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Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Puffing Billy line near The Tanks
B&W photo of the Puffing Billy line near The Tanks below Glen Park Farm. On the left is the house of the Dunham family, with shedding in the background. The land slopes down to the track then falls quite steeply away to a treed area. In the distance can be seen land which is now part of Cardinia Reservoir. -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Glen Park Farm, Selby
B&W photo showing Glen Park Farm, Selby, owned by the Johns family, as seen from the north-east corner. Photo shows the descent to the valley then up Black Hill in the background. Mostly cleared paddock apart from the cypress avenue to the farmhouse (which is glimpsed between the trees) a few single trees dotted about, and the heavily treed area on the top of Black Hill. There is a small building or shed or possibly a haystack in the centre of the photo. -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Glen Park Farm, Selby
B&W photo shows two horses harnessed to a harvester or grass cutter. A worker dressed in pale shirt and hat stands to their left, behind chest-high grass. They are in a large paddock with trees dotted around. -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Glen Park Farm, Selby
B&W photo of Glen Park Farm taken from the eastern slope of Black Hill. -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Percy and Cissie Johns at Glen Park Farm
B&W photo of Percy and Cissie Johns at Glen Park Farm. Percy is astride a motorbike, reg # 12169, wearing a light coloured jacket over a shirt and tie, and wearing a peaked cap (similar to a uniform cap). Cissie is seated in the sidecar. She is wearing a light blouse and she is smiling. The sidecar has a folded-down roof and a windscreen. There are sheds and trees behind them. -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Views of Menzies Creek during Covid lockdown 2020
Five photographs of Menzies Creek and other villages during the August 2020 Covid Lockdown, taken by Kate Leigh. 027/37 is a photograph of a drinking tap in a park, with a sign saying “Drinking taps closed until further notice”. 027/38 is a cafe sign instructing customers “Please order inside only 3 customers @ a time inside. Wait outside for your order. Thx for your patience.” 027/039 is a shop with a corrugated iron roof, closed off with tape. 027/40 and 027/41 both feature close-ups of railway tracks, with the latter showing weeds sprouting from rails. -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - At The Kiosk, Ferntree Gully, Vic
B&W postcard, Rose Series P.2365, named 'At The Kiosk, Ferntree Gully, Vic.' Photo shows around twenty or more cars parked outside the kiosk in what is now Ferntree Gully National Park Several people are walking and standing in the carpark and on the paths. The kiosk is visible in the background with advertising signs outside, including one for Peters Ice-cream. Closer to the camera is a stone shelter. There are tall trees beside the carpark and in the background of the photo is a heavily treed hillside. The back of the postcard is blank. -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Former Edebohls family home, Narre Warren East
Two colour photographs showing a log cabin amongst trees. It was owned by the Edebohls family. The walls are made of logs, the gable ends have wooden shingles, and there is a more recent tin roof with the original shingle roof underneath the tin. There is a verandah on the downhill side of the house. Trees surround the house. The house is opposite Kerrs Park and is believed to be the oldest house left in Narre Warren East. -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Narre Warren East shop
Black and White Photograph of the Narre Warren East shop, possibly taken 1953-1956, featuring a building at the top of a driveway. About seven cars are parked out the front of the building. The shop has a high-pitched roof, a central door, and large windows or a verandah. Under the left windows is an advertisement for Swallows ice cream. There are trees surrounding the shop. This was the first and only store in Narre Warren East. It is now a house on Wellington Road. The home and store was built by Bert Dorning, and the Dornings opened and ran the store. -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - People on the spillway of Belgrave Reservoir c.1940s
Black and white photo showing a group of people on the spillway of Belgrave Reservoir (at the time in the Belgrave Autocamp which is now called Belgrave Lake Park). The photo is taken from a person in a boat, the prow of which is visible at the bottom of the image. Three older boys are crouched to the left of the image. All are wearing shorts, shirts, and shoes with long socks, and two have pullovers. In the middle of the photo is a man with three children. The man is crouching. The children are in a huddle. To the right of the image are two adults standing on the spillway. The person on the right is male but the other's gender is uncertain. Between them and the children is what looks like a large portable radio. Behind the group is a heavily treed area which includes three or more white-trunked trees close to the spillway. In the distance is a white house with a verandah running across the front. This house belonged to Laura (surname unknown) before WW2. The house appears to be (now) 30 Judkins Ave.The photo has a white border and on the back is printed '1627'. It probably dates to the 1940s and is part of a collection of family photos donated by Pam Harris, Shire of Sherbrooke President, 1982-3 & 1987-1988. -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Fairy Dell in Belgrave Lake Park c.1940s
Black and white photo taken at Fairy Dell in Belgrave Lake Park. There is felled timber in the foreground and what appears to be a plaid blanket lying to one side next to three or more long objects. Two kookaburras sit on the logs. In the background is a cleared area and a small covered eating area where some people are seated. On the back of the photo is printed '1920'. It probably dates to the 1940s and is part of a collection of family photos donated by Pam Harris, Shire of Sherbrooke President, 1982-1983 & 1987-1988. -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Terry Smith at the building site of the caretaker's house, Belgrave Reservoir, c.1940s
Black and white photo of Terry Smith, Pam Harris's younger brother, aged about 6 or 7, during the building of a septic tank for the caretaker's house at Belgrave Lake Park. Terry is sitting in a concrete mixer. On the ground are bags of concrete. A pile of sand is on a tarpaulin. Behind Terry there are shrubs and small trees and behind them are tall trees on a steep hillside. The Belgrave Reservoir is at the bottom of the slope. A house can be seen in the distance, possibly the house visible in B0399. Terry and Pam's father, Oscar Smith, built the caretaker's house, selling it in 1960 for £1250. The photo probably dates to the 1940s and is part of a collection of family photos donated by Pam Harris, Shire of Sherbrooke President, 1982-1983 & 1987-1988. -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Smith family holiday house on Park Drive, Belgrave, c.1940s
Black and white photo of the Smith family house on Park Drive just past Belgrave Lake Park. The House appears to have an enclosed verandah. A man, possibly Oscar Smith, is looking out of the window and a second person, possibly Pam Harris's sister, is also looking out. Below them, two young people, a boy and a smaller girl, are standing in the garden. This was possibly the caretaker's place. '1627' is stamped on the back of the photo. The photo probably dates to the 1940s and is part of a collection of family photos donated by Pam Harris, Shire of Sherbrooke President, 1982-1983 & 1987-1988. -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - ERL Library van at school, February 1986
Black and white photo of the Eastern Regional Libraries' mobile van parked at Narre Warren East School. The van's steps and side extension are in place. Photo copied from Edna Boothroyd whose family lived next door to the school. -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Narre Warren Methodist Church being relocated in 1968
Black and white photo showing the Narre Warren East Methodist Church in 1968 being backed onto a block on the north side of Wellington Rd near the intersection with (now) Edebohls Rd. It was moved from a site closer to Kerrs Park. Photo copied from Edna Boothroyd whose family lived on Wellington Rd, Narre Warren East. Also mud map showing where the church was moved from and to. -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - St Martins Church awaiting repositioning, July 1995
B&W photo taken from the top of a crane and showing the Original St Martins Church parked on the back of a truck at 127 Colby Drive, Belgrave Heights, on Sunday 2nd July 1995, awaiting placement on the block. The St Martins Church Hall (not visible) has already been shifted into place. The Belgrave Heights Progress Hall can be seen on the right side of the photo. -
Power House Rowing Club
Colour photograph, 03 Albert Park Novice IV, 1959, 1959
Digital scan of colour photograph. Names not recorded. -
Power House Rowing Club
Colour photograph, 08 Albert Park Maiden II, 1960, 1960
Digital scan of colour photograph. Names not recorded. -
Power House Rowing Club
Newspaper clipping, Details Of The Rowing, 1937
CHALLENGE CUP The grand challenge cup (senior eights) brought together what is considered to be the best two club crew in Australia today - New South Wales Police and Albert Park, winners of the Gilbey Cup at the V.R.A. regatta last Saturday. -
Power House Rowing Club
Newspaper clipping, ALBERT PARK WIN GILBEY CUP, 1937
SENIOR FOURS TO UNIVERSITY Lose Contests in V.R.A. Maiden 8's To Albert Park -
Australian Racing Museum
Cigarette Card, Jockey S.D. Fisher, Australian Jockeys, Sniders and Abrahams Issues, Standard Cigarettes, Series of 61 unnumbered, Issued 1908-1909, 1908 - 1909
... (exhibition only) MCG Yarra Park Brunton Avenue Richmond melbourne S.D ...S.D. Fisher, Australian Jockeys, Sniders and Abrahams Issues, Standard Cigarettes, Series of 61 unnumbered, Issued 1908-1909Cream, cardboard card. Front, image of jockey in pink jacket with brown hoops, brown sleeves and brown cap, with jockey name in brown text on bottom of image. Back, 'Standard Cigarettes' in tan text in box.s.d. fisher -
Australian Racing Museum
Racebook, Victoria Racing Club, 1946
... (exhibition only) MCG Yarra Park Brunton Avenue Richmond melbourne Un ...Un-numbered page race programme for the Victoria Racing Club Autumn Meeting First Day Saturday 2 March 1946. Front cover has a white background with green and white writing, and a green and yellow 1930s art deco design with the VRC insignia in the middle top. Back cover has a white background with green writing, and a yellow border, explaining the railway arrangements. -
Australian Racing Museum
Cigarette Card, race horse Briseis, 1906
... (exhibition only) MCG Yarra Park Brunton Avenue Richmond melbourne ...Cigarette card from the Australian Racehorses series of Melbourne and Sydney Cup winners, issued 1906. . White card, No.15 in the series, with an illustration of a jockey on Briseis, winner of the Melbourne Cup 1876, and details of the horse in blue text. Brown text on verso with details of Sniders & Abrahams. -
Australian Racing Museum
Lithograph
... (exhibition only) MCG Yarra Park Brunton Avenue Richmond melbourne ...race horse Trident with Tom Hales, from the 'Woodhouse's Australasian Winners' series of Frederick Woodhouse Junior -
Australian Racing Museum
Bookmaker's bag
... (exhibition only) MCG Yarra Park Brunton Avenue Richmond melbourne ...Used by Sidney Hill (Sid's father, also named Sidney Hill, was a bookmaker therefore Sid Jnr used his middle name Desmond).Bookmaker's leather bag, with leather strap and handle, painted 'D. HILL / Reg V.R.C. V.A.T.C.'. -
Australian Racing Museum
Ticket: Victoria Racing Club Member's Tickets in leather ticket holder, 1906-1907
... (exhibition only) MCG Yarra Park Brunton Avenue Richmond melbourne ...Leather ticket holder containing two Victoria Racing Club lady's tickets for the 1906-1907 season, issued to Mrs L. J. Blyth. -
Australian Racing Museum
Saddle, race horse
... (exhibition only) MCG Yarra Park Brunton Avenue Richmond melbourne ...Used by George Moore in his last race, the 1971 Victoria Derby, won by classic Mission. Saddle was gifted to Classic Mission's trainer Syd Brown following the race.Leather saddle -
Australian Racing Museum
Dress
... (exhibition only) MCG Yarra Park Brunton Avenue Richmond melbourne ...Roselia Isabell Welch was an actress born 16 November 1838, probably in England. Father John Murrell Welch, mother Angela Towsey. Dress has been worn by her descendants.|This decorative day dress was worn by Roselia Welch to the 1872 Melbourne Cup. Roselia made her Cup Day dress by hand - she may have used a published dress pattern but her skill as a needlewoman is evident as the entire surface is decorated with narrow hand beaded black braid applied in a fern-like motif over the blue cotton fabric of the dress creating a lace-like effect.Dress worn by Roselia Isabel Welch to the 1872 Melbourne Cup. White lining inside dress, blue lining inside train. V neck, front hook and eye opening. Handmade hook holes down centre front. Set in sleeves with black piped armhole seams. Fitted bodice with black piped seams Flat front skirt, full bustle area at back with centre back opening. Floor length train. Blue printed label on lining of centre back panel, right side. Upper case letters 'SUP' visible. Brown tape at waist with hook. Two pairs of tapes either side of back opening for bustle. Black lace around neck, sleeve, train and back opening edges. Black cotton loop in centre of train. Inset pockets right side at hip level and very small one left side at waist level. Entire surface of dress decorated with black braid hand stitched in a fern-like pattern. -
Australian Racing Museum
Photo finish; Hume Juvenile Handicap
... (exhibition only) MCG Yarra Park Brunton Avenue Richmond melbourne ...Framed black and white photo finish of the Hume Juvenile Handicap, at Epsom Racecourse on 26 March 1938, won by Swifan. -
Australian Racing Museum
Helmet, jockey
... (exhibition only) MCG Yarra Park Brunton Avenue Richmond melbourne ...Michelle Payne was the first woman jockey to win the Melbourne Cup on 'Prince of Penzance'Protective helmet worn by Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne.