The original small, pioneer cottage was built in the late 1840s to early1850s, by an unknown pioneer. It was located on part of a 30 Acre allotment that was originally part of Dendy’s Special Survey granted in 1841. The doors and window sashes, (made of red deal joinery timber), as well as the brass locks and fittings, are from the original cottage, and were imported from England. The fire-place bricks are from the original cottage, and are sun-dried, (not kiln fired), and are hand-made. Convict marks can be seen on two bricks. There is a small display of external cladding shingles from the original pioneer cottage. These shingles were hand-split, and most likely made from locally collected timber The nails included in this display were used to fasten the shingles on the original cottage, and are also hand-made. The cottage was occupied by William Box and family from 1865 until 1914 when it was sold to William Reitman who resided there until 1950. The enamel nameplate, “Colonial”, on the wall of the cottage, was the name chosen for the original pioneer cottage by Mr William Reitman, when he purchased the property in around 1915, for 1200 Pounds approximately. In 1974 Mr Lewis, a timber specialist, found the dilapidated building on property he had recently purchased in Jasper Rd and suggested it be reconstructed and relocated. Moorabbin Council agreed and the cottage was rebuilt just about 250 metres from its original site. The cost of the rebuild was met by 'Victoria's 150th Committee, plus a small grant from the City of Moorabbin, and Mr Laurie Lewis donated much of the timber for the reconstruction. The re-constructed cottage plan has followed faithfully the original dimensions, and plan of the original pioneer cottage, and as many original items from that cottage’s long occupation have been incorporated. The photographs in Album 1 record the progress of the reconstruction from February 1984 to the First Public Open Day November 18th 1984The Moorabbin Standard was the local newspaper for the City of Moorabbin during the 20thCentury until it was absorbed into The Leader Newspaper Group Pty Ltd. This article shows the builder Mr Arthur Smith working on the roof shingles during the reconstruction of Box Cottage in Joyce Park Ormond May 1984. Mrs H. Deam and Mr A. Smith, CMHS members,kept this article to record the progress of the ‘Reconstruction’ from February 1984 to November 1984. A Moorabbin Standard Newspaper article, May 9th 1984, with 2 x black and white photographs of the builder, Mr Arthur Smith, working on the Roof shingles during the reconstruction of Box Cottage in Joyce Park , Ormond. Written on article ; Moorabbin Standard, May 9th Wed. 1984brighton, moorabbin, highett, ormond, mckinnon, cottages, pioneers, colonial, dendy henry, box william, box elizabeth, reitman william, convicts lewis timber co. ltd., deam h, smith arthur, museums, box alonzo, moody & smith builders highett, the moorabbin standard newspaper, the leader newspaper pty ltd.,

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Horizontal and vertical shafts were used to reach and follow the roof in the Long Tunnel Mine. Later as inclined shaft was used. Markings: 33 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Colour photo of Bendigo Tram Depot C 1980 ( J. Lerk 28.2.2000 ) gabled roof buildings, brick with corrugated iron rooves. Tram nos. 18, 30, 21 visible wrought iron gate.organization, government, bendigo tramways

Queen Victoria Gardens, Bendigo, showing statue of Queen Victoria, RSL Hall, Post Office tower with clock, roofed shelter on Pall Mall at right. Printed on bottom of photo: Queen Victoria Gardens, Bendigo.unknowncottage, miners

Postcard, color. Image shows tram no. 25 outside Beehive building, Pall Mall, Bendigo. Tram's livery is maroon and white. Coca Cola and Bendigo Timber Co. sign on roof. Garden of marigolds in foreground.Nu Color Vuebendigo, tramways, tram no. 25, bendigo, tramways, tram no. 25, pall mall, beehive

Coloured slide transparency. Image is of a house. The building is of brick with an iron roof. A verandah along the front has decorative iron lacework. Discarded household items sit under the verandah and a seat is on the left hand side.Kodachrome Transparencyslide, bendigo, bendigo institute of technology

Photograph. Harry Biggs Collection. From behind Council Club overlooking roof tops across Eaglehawk. The sign Town Hall Hotel can be seen painted on 1 wall. Eaglehawk Primary School is in the distance.photograph, streetscape, eaglehawk, harry biggs collection, overlooking eaglehawk

Photograph of a brick veneer house with a tiled roof on the corner of High St., and Station St. Kangaroo Flat. On the two sides of the property facing the roadways there is a wire fence. In the background can be seen a portion of Stonemans Supermarket.buildings, house, kangaroo flat, brick veneer house, kangaroo flat, stonemans

Plaster base and top. Middle section of tin. Tin has vents all around. Cylindrical design. Top is slightly dome shaped. Base sloped outward. Old roof air vent - old ventilator.Pepper's improved patent ventilator. 'PEPPERS'

The series of five photographs feature various stages of the demolition of a double fronted brick Victorian cottage which was on the east side of Evans Street opposite the railway line and local football ground. A KFC complex now occupies the site.A coloured photograph in landscape format showing a double fronted Victorian brick cottage undergoing demolition. The slates on the roof have been removed. The front and side walls are intact. Some rubble is on the ground in front of the verandah.victorian cottages, house demolitions, evans street, george evans collection

View of Wimmera Flour Mill Co showing brick office building. C1930B/W photograph of Stawell Flour Mill. To the right of photo is a single story brick building with a tiled roof. Two cars are parked out the front and a person at one car. Fence and telephone pole in the foreground.The Wimmera Flour Mill Compstawell industry

Original house built by Leo Mitchelson 1918c who built many houses around this era. Occupied by Joe Burke and family and Sister Burke, nurse and midwife. Later the Misses Falk.|Also One other photograph showing replacement modern home painted grey.Colour photograph of a private residence at 10 Hunter Street. Photograph shows attractive gable roofed dwelling, bay window across front room window, lights beside front door. Lakes Entrance Victoriahouses, heritage study

Relocated from 14 Hunter Street, Lakes Entrance, Victoria, when owners had new home built.Colour photograph of a weatherboard dwelling with corrugated iron, hipped and gabled roof. Vernada across half front. Gable decoration above front window. Situated in Byrnes Road, Toorloo Arm, Lakes Entrance, Victoria.houses, fences, heritage study

Possibly relocated from another site (local information). Home of Berlingeri family since 1960's.Colour photograph of a dwelling at 8 Roadknight Street, with corrugated iron hipped roof. Timber walls, original veranda on front and side have been enclosed. Outer walls covered with cladding. Lakes Entrance Victoriahouses, heritage study

Former Metung Post Office business was conducted from this building.Colour photograph of a weatherboard dwelling at 15 Stirling Road, corrugated iron hipped roof, fenced veranda at front with decorative turned veranda posts, wide timber steps from driveway to veranda. Metung Victoriahouses, heritage study

Built 1896c. provided guest house accommodation and bed and breakfast since being established.Colour photograph of a substantial weatherboard dwelling at 3 Rosherville Road, hipped and gabled roof of corrugated iron. Located in garden setting above Chinaman's Creek and known as Metung House since establishment. Metung Victoria.houses, heritage study

Cliff Crest was previously a venue for tourists as 'Scone Cottage' Tea Rooms and occasional guest accommodationColour photograph of a weatherboard dwelling with hipped iron roof, fanlight above front door with side light windows. Brick chimney. Name plate Cliff Crest beside front door. Lakes Entrance Victoriawaterways, islands

Yields information about Ballarat's trams during 1964 and the Victoria St terminus. Has the Orphanage in the background.Ilford cardboard mount, colour slide of No. 36 at the Victoria St terminus, 27.3.1964 with the original orphanage building in the background. Tram has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St west and an electric cooking roof advert."Bogie 36. Victoria St ter. No. 38, 27.3.64" in ink."tramways, trams, carlton st loop, tram 36

Black and white photograph of SEC No. 11 turning from Barkly St into Main St.. Tram has destination of "Gardens via Drummond Nth", Twin Lakes sign on end and SEC briquettes roof ad.trams, tramways, ballarat, barkly st., mt pleasant , tram 11

Yields information about the operation of trams in Ballarat and Lake Wendouree.Black and white photograph of No. 36, Wendouree Parade, near Haddon St, 4/4/1969. Tram has the destination of Gardens via Drummond St. Nth and SEC Roof advertisement. Shows lake in the background.In blue ink, "Lake Wendouree (near Haddon St), No. 36, 4-4-69"tramways, trams, haddon st, wendouree parade, tram 36

Yields information about the Ballarat's tramcars in the early 1970's and the east end of Sturt St and Grenville St.Black and white photograph of Ballarat No.35 in the City Loop, with the destination of "CITY". Graeme Turnbull photograph, 13/3/1970. Has the Dickins Food store in the background and Patersons. Tram has a Briquettes roof advertisement.On the rear in pencil, "Ballarat Bogie car 35 parked on the City Loop in Sturt Street, 13/3/70. Graeme Turnbull photograph. and in ink in the top right hand corner, "13/3/70 AA-27"tramways, trams, city loop, sturt st, grenville st, tram 35

Kodak Ektachrome slide, white cardboard mount, of VR No. 48 at Sandringham Railway Station on 29/9/1956. Photograph by Keith Kings. Tram has three individual Robur Tea advertisements mounted on the roof.On top of slide is photographers stamp and slide no K(y)(102). On sides are letters "28/2/62'. On base are words 'V.R. 48 at Sandringham Railway Station'.tramways, trams, vr, sandringham, tram 48

Lock up originally located at rear of police station in Gellibrand Street QueenscliffFrequent occupants of the gaol were fishermen and sailors for being intoxicatedTimber lock-up building with tin roof painted white with small well secured door in the middle. A window with bars is high above the door. Door has black hinges, double locks and viewing window.gaol, lock up, queenscliff historic buildings

The City of Kew (1860-1994) was a municipality within the boundaries of suburban Melbourne, bordering on the inner suburbs. It was governed by a Council who employed council officers and workers. Services offered to ratepayers included garbage collection. Workers also carried our rubbish removal. From the evidence of photographs, garbage trucks has a semi-circular top with openings on the side of the top and at the rear. Rubbish carts were simple open top containers. Both garbage trucks and rubbish carts were drawn by horses and, in the interwar years and after, operated out of the Council Depot in High Street (formerly the 'horse tramway' sheds and later was to be replaced by the Kew Recreation Centre. The depot was on the corner of High and Disraeli Streets, kew. Small, original black and white positive photograph of a City of Kew garbage cart and two council workers. The rectangular cart has a curved roof with openings at the side. A large door at the back allowed for the removal of garbage. Annotation in pencil by donor verso: "From E. Bentley / used during and after WW2 / Kew Garbage Truck"rubbish collection, garbage collection, rubbish carts, city of kew, council workers, horse-drawn vehicles, kew depot

Black and white photograph. Ground floor acing south towards Lonsdale street in what was the cafe and in 2015 is the Breacan office. Wires hang from roof. Wheelbarrow in middle of frame. Taken during restoration inspection.historic buildings, building construction, cultural structures and establishments

This home was formerly known as ‘Guildford’ and was built in 1888. 'Guildford' / ‘Monserrat’ originally fronted Mont Albert Road. 1888-c1900 George Jobbins, architect 1900-04 William Holmes, designer of the electrification of Melbourne suburban railways 1906-22 Philip Parer family - Phillip Parer was one of 5 Parer sons & 3 daughters who came to Australia from Spain from the 1850s onwards. The family set up a catering business. 1922-23 George Dicker family, later of Mont Albert Road After the frontage was sold, the entrance to 'Monserrat' became Wandsworth Road. A black and white photograph of a Italian Boom style house, with a double row of iron lace, and pairs of verandah columns in place of the usual single ones. The roof structure is elaborate and with chimney pots on the substantial Victorian chimneys.wandsworth road, surrey hills, architects, catering business, chimneys, house names, italian boom style, mont albert road, (mr) george jobbins, 'guildford', 'monserrat', (mr) phillip parer, spanish families, (mr) william holmes, (mr) george dicker

The Wodonga Historical Society Haeusler Collection provides invaluable insight into life in late nineteenth and early twentieth century north east Victoria. The collection comprises manuscripts, personal artefacts used by the Haeusler family on their farm in Wodonga, and a set of glass negatives which offer a unique visual snapshot of the domestic and social lives of the Haeusler family and local Wodonga community. The Haeusler family migrated from Prussia (Germany) to South Australia in the 1840s and 1850s, before purchasing 100 acres of Crown Land made available under the Victorian Lands Act 1862 (also known as ‘Duffy’s Land Act’) in 1866 in what is now Wodonga West. The Haeusler family were one of several German families to migrate from South Australia to Wodonga in the 1860s. This digital image was produced from one of the glass negatives that form part of the collection, probably taken by Louis Haeusler (b.1887) with the photographic equipment in the Wodonga Historical Society Haeusler Collection.This item is unique and has well documented provenance and a known owner. It forms part of a significant and representative historical collection which reflects the local history of Wodonga. It contributes to our understanding of domestic and family life in early twentieth century Wodonga, as well as providing interpretative capacity for themes including local history and social history.Digital image created from the Haeusler Glass negative collection. Two men ploughing with a pair of horses. A man and woman with two dogs are on the verandah in the background. The house is made of brick with a corrugated iron roof and verandah.wodonga pioneers, haeusler family, glass negatives, dry plate photography, wodonga families, farm activities

Black and white photograph of Ballarat tram No. 37 at Gardens terminus, standing on the loop track at the terminus. Tram has destination of "City" and SEC Roof advertisement "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen." trams, tramways, gardens, gardens loop, wendouree parade, tram 37

Site of Grenville Standard newspaper office - printers 1885. Originally Cornish family home and boot shop. Brick faced c1950.Colour photograph showing small single cream brick fronted building with verandah near building with pitched roof and huge garage door at front. Photograph taken in 1988 of Linton CFA building and Murrell's newsagency.murrell's newsagency, linton cfa, buildings