Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. Yarra 2500 [base map] 13-19. Lower Plenty, Montmorency, Yallambie. Parishes of Keelbundora 2856 and Nillumbik 3310. Municipalities of Heidelberg 228, Diamond Valley 257 and Eltham 238. Prominent streets include: Elder Street, Para Road, and Main Road Lower Plenty. Includes Watsonia Army Barracks.MMBW Map in 1:2500 [scale] series. Cream parchment with green tape reinforcing on edges and punched holes on left edge.mmbw, melbourne and metropolitan board of works, shire of diamond valley, montmorency - maps, yallambie - maps, lower plenty - maps

The photograph was taken from the iron bridge on the Rupertswood Estate. The tower of the Rupertswood Mansion can be seen in the distance. The Eadie family were business people and millers in Sunbury.A post card featuring a dark sepia image of a creek with a large house in the distance. There is a hand written message on the back.Written on the back: Dear old boy Many happy returns of the 8th. I . . . . . . . . . . . . making the . . . .Yours ever Will. Iron bridge at Rupertswood. Mr Hal Eadie Dannevirke NZ.rupertswood mansion, jacksons creek

Augustus Bostock was the 9th child of Robert & Rachael Bostock of Vaucluse Epping Forest, Van Diemen’s Land. He was only 4 years old when his mother died. He was inspired by his father to seek his fortune in the Western District of Victoria. He arrived around 1850. He married Margaret Aitkin in July 1865. Augustus owned several properties in the district and leased others. He sat on the court of Warrnambool, Mortlake or Hexham as required. He resided at Marramook in Hawkesdale and later moved to Vaucluse in Hopetoun Road Warrnambool, where he died in 1920 at the age of 87. He was involved in many aspects of life in the Western District, racing, cricket, and social activities to name a few. This flyer is advertising the sale of 12000 sheep, 30 cattle, 10 horses and station plant at the expiration of the lease of Coomete. It states that Coomete has been in the possession of Mr. Augustus Bostock for over 30 yearsThis is one of a number of documents which relate to the Bostock family who were one of the most important pioneering families of the Western District. They owned and leased various properties around Warrnambool and were involved in many aspects of social and business life. This document contains a detailed view of the stock owned by Augustus Bostock at Coomete. From a social perspective the details provided show that it was an event of some importance in the farming area.Cream paper with heading and title in large font at the top with Coomete Estate in uppercase inside banner lines underneath with details of stock and numbers to be sold in smaller print below. Mercer printer Geelong. For further particulars apply to Armstrong, Howe & Co Geelong and Terang, James Jellie Warrnambool.coomete, warrnambool, augustus bostock, coomete lease, 1894

Photograph shows a muddy road with white van and two people in the Plenty River catchment near Mt DisappointmentPart of the John Ramsdale collection of slides and audio visual material.Colour photograph scanned from slide.No maker's marks. No caption on slide.plenty river, mt disappointment

Story of the Starling and Stewart families over several generations as farmers in the Plenty-Yarrambat area, compiled by Greg Neumann2021 updated version: on CD Rom. 2013 version: 19 p., black and white and colour photographs and maps, stapled top left corner.starling family, stewart family, plenty river, plenty, janefield mill, janefield mill on the plenty river, yarrambat

Photograph shows a 3-lane road with "Federally funded" sign This is Plenty Road Bundoora, near Parade college.Part of the John Ramsdale collection of slides and audio visual material.Colour photograph scanned from slide.No caption. Printed maker's mark on slide "Kodak Kodachrome Slide"plenty road bundoora, parade college

Photograph shows park with narrow path, trees and timber play equipment taken along the Plenty River Trail.Part of the John Ramsdale collection of slides and audio visual material.Colour photograph scanned from slide.No maker's marks. No caption on slide.plenty river trail, greensborough, banyule parks

Photograph shows the Plenty River with rubbish, including tyre and fallen branch. This part of the River is on the Montmorency - Greensborough border.Part of the John Ramsdale collection of slides and audio visual material.Colour photograph scanned from slide.No maker's marks. No caption on slide.plenty river, pollution

Photograph shows Plenty Road Mill Park with Shell petrol station and Macdonalds, showing the urban expansion in this area.Part of the John Ramsdale collection of slides and audio visual material.Colour photograph scanned from slide.No maker's marks. No caption on slide.plenty road mill park, urbanisation

The former Uniting Church being relocated due to roadworks in Plenty. The building was most recently used as a florist - Sugabuds.Digital copy of colour photographplenty- places, sugabuds florist, uniting church

The former Uniting Church being relocated due to roadworks in Plenty. The building was most recently used as a florist - Sugabuds.Digital copy of 3 colour photographsplenty- places, sugabuds florist, uniting church

A photograph of two girls fishing in the Plenty River pool in the 1950s. Captioned as Win and Nance - Nance is Nance Simons.Digital copy of black and white photograph.simons family, plenty river pool, fishing

The Plenty River in flood, Greensborough circa 1972. There were two major floods in Greensborough at the time, 1972 and 1974.Digital copy of black and white photograph.plenty river, floods

5 photographs of the Plenty River in flood, Greensborough. There were two major floods in Greensborough at the time, 1972 and 1974.Digital copy of 5 black and white photographs.plenty river, floods

Drawing of Anderson's Mill on the Plenty River, 1849 by George Alexander Gilbert. Original held at SLV (Image # 6642).Copy of black and white drawing, enlarged and laminated.george alexander gilbert, plenty river, andersons mill

Sign on Plenty River Trail at Greensborough: "An Urban Bushcare Project funded by the Commonwealth Government's National Heritage Trust".Digital copy of colour photograph.plenty river trail

Map showing layout for township of HeatherlieTownship of Heatherlie; Parish of Boroka; County of Borung; scale measurement; R.O. Robson Authorised surveyormaps, heatherlie township

Invition to Richard Edward Fielding and a friend to attend the wedding reception for Dorothy Fawcett and Leslie Wislon at Plenty Hall, Greensborough on April 27, 1940 Mr - Mrs Fawcett request the pleasure of the Company of Eddie - Friend at a Reception in honour of the Marriage of Dorothy with Leslie Wilson at Plenty Hall on April 27th at 8 P.M Main Road, Greensborough. R.S.V.P. April 13thdorothy may fawcett, greensborough, leslie anzac wilson, main street, plenty hall, reception, richard edward fielding, tom fielding collection, wedding invitation

The Maroondah Aqueduct pipe bridge, opened in 1891, was an important part of the system carrying water from the Maroondah Reservoir near Healesville to Melbourne. Most of the original system has been replaced by stainless steel pipes, the Greensborough section now running under the Plenty River since 1977. The original pipe bridge can still be seen over the Plenty River at Greensborough.2 p. typescriptaqueduct pipe bridge greensborough, maroondah aqueduct, melbourne water supply, anne paul

Old community hall (long wall with row of windows) and Lower Plenty Kindergarten visible at corner of Glenauburn and Para Roads. Packaged in "Filmpro King Size prints Definitely Better EST. 1918" envelope. Pencil notes: 36 shots $2.87 Eltham Shire J. McD and 19/7/67. Alma Street and Kett Street Lower Plenty c.July 1967.Black and white photographalma street, glenauburn road, carisbrook crescent, lees road, lower plenty, lower plenty kindergarten, para road, houses, streets

Land sale advertisement for 50 home sites with map of Sub-division showing layout of streets and allotments, summary of local features and services and terms of sale, and copy of sectional map of Crown Allotments 20 & 21B Parish of Warrandyte also showing layout of Sub-division.Subdivision includes Grandview Grove (later Bemboka Road), Merrill Crescent and Kerry Road, Warranwood. Estate Agents - V.C. Swift & Son R.E.S.I., Main Street, Croydon, Phone 20. Solicitors - Morgan, Fyffe & Mulkearns, 108 Queen Street, Melbourne. Handwritten 1970s real estate price notations for some blocks.

At the end of World War One, there was a renewed interest in residential land and a number of estates opened up in the Municipality of Moorabbin. The train line from the city to Frankston was electrified in 1922 which intensified the sale in the municipality of Moorabbin, particularly land which was in the vicinity of the railway stations.Example of the progress of the Municipality of MoorabbinHand drawn plan of the McKinnon Railway Estate, McKinnonMcKinnon Railway Estate, McKinnon - hand drawn planmckinnon road, watkins street (now bent street), claire street, real estate, mckinnon, moorabbin

Prue Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation Study : Volume 2 - Development History’ (1988), summarised the periods of urban development and subdivisions of land in Kew. The periods that she identified included 1845-1880, 1880-1893, 1893-1921, 1921-1933, 1933-1943, and Post-War Development. These periods were selected as they represented periods of rapid growth or decline in urban development. An obvious starting point for Sanderson’s groupings involved population growth and the associated economic cycles. These cycles also highlighted urban expansion onto land that was predominantly rural, although in other cases it represented the decline and breakup of large estates. A number of the plans in the Kew Historical Society’s collection can also be found in other collections, such as those of the State Library of Victoria and the Boroondara Library Service. A number are however unique to the collection.Subdivision plans are historically important documents used as evidence of the growth of suburbs in Australia. They frequently provide information about when the land was sold on which a built structure was subsequently constructed as well as evidence relating to surveyors and real estate and financial agents. The numerous subdivision plans in the Kew Historical Society's collection represent working documents, ranging from the initial sketches made in planning a subdivision to printed plans on which auctioneers or agents listed the prices for which individual lots were sold. In a number of cases, the reverse of a subdivision plan in the collection includes a photograph of a house that was also for sale by the agent. These photographs provide significant heritage information relating house design and decoration, fencing and household gardens.The ‘Oswinia Estate’ subdivision in East Kew was planned and auctioned in the first half of the 1920s. 169 allotments were created in the triangular section of land bordered by High Street, Burke Road and the Government Boulevard (later Kilby Road). The only piece of land excluded was that where the previous Kew Pound had been located at the east tip of the triangle. Allotments were created fronting Glass, High, Namur, Oswin Streets, Irymple Avenue, and the Government Boulevard. The name for the Estate was derived from Oswin’s farm, which had been one of the largest landholdings in East Kew. The selling agents annotated the plan in our collection with crosses indicating those lots that had been sold. The inset locality plan is particularly interesting as it shows the route and stations of the Outer Circle Railway. When the subdivision plan was created, it included the proposed bridge over the Yarra at Burke Road. The bridge was to be officially opened in 1926.subdivision plans - east kew, oswinia estate, high street, glass street, namur street, government boulevard - kilby road, irymple street, oswin street

Prue Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation Study : Volume 2 - Development History’ (1988), summarised the periods of urban development and subdivisions of land in Kew. The periods that she identified included 1845-1880, 1880-1893, 1893-1921, 1921-1933, 1933-1943, and Post-War Development. These periods were selected as they represented periods of rapid growth or decline in urban development. An obvious starting point for Sanderson’s groupings involved population growth and the associated economic cycles. These cycles also highlighted urban expansion onto land that was predominantly rural, although in other cases it represented the decline and breakup of large estates. A number of the plans in the Kew Historical Society’s collection can also be found in other collections, such as those of the State Library of Victoria and the Boroondara Library Service. A number are however unique to the collection.The Kew Historical Society collection includes almost 100 subdivision plans pertaining to suburbs of the City of Melbourne. Most of these are of Kew, Kew East or Studley Park, although a smaller number are plans of Camberwell, Deepdene, Balwyn and Hawthorn. It is believed that the majority of the plans were gifted to the Society by persons connected with the real estate firm - J. R. Mathers and McMillan, 136 Cotham Road, Kew. The Plans in the collection are rarely in pristine form, being working plans on which the agent would write notes and record lots sold and the prices of these. The subdivision plans are historically significant examples of the growth of urban Melbourne from the beginning of the 20th Century up until the 1980s. A number of the plans are double-sided and often include a photograph on the reverse. A number of the latter are by noted photographers such as J.E. Barnes.The Normanby Heights Estate not unusually used hyperbole to attract purchasers to the auction of 17 lots facing Argyle Street (sic), Pleasant Avenue and Normanby Road. Predictably factors appealed to included the proximity to schools etc, the availability of public utilities, friable soil, picturesque views and ‘advancing settlement’. If that were not enough, the sales pitch exhorted prospective purchasers to consider their backbone. ‘Thrift is unquestionably the Backbone of any Nation. No better form of Thrift can be encouraged in the young citizen than by investing his or her savings in a piece of land in a growing, healthy and beautiful locality. NORMANBY HEIGHTS ESTATE admirably fits the need.’ The experience of Australia at war undoubtedly contributed to the use of terms such as ‘Backbone of a Nation’ and the appeal to egalitarian principles in the choice of the term ‘young citizen’. The recognition that women had savings and might be the prospective purchaser also reflects a new sense of the rights and entitlements of women in the postwar period.subdivision plans - kew, normanby heights estate, pleasant avenue, normanby road, argyle street

Photograph shows fallen trees with road in background. This the headwaters of the Plenty River and clearing of timber can cause problems such as erosion.Part of the John Ramsdale collection of slides and audio visual material.Colour photograph scanned from slide.No maker's marks. No caption on slide.plenty river