Elizabeth Morrison, was born in 1874 and died in 1963, aged 89 years. She was the schoolteacher at Warrigal until she married the donor's grandfather and moved to Melbourne to take up residence with him. Her husband Edward was a porter on the train from Melbourne to Adelaide. Together they had three children: two boys and a girl.  The donor's father was the youngest who was born in 1911.  The eldest son, Kenneth Morrison, was a Monsignor in the Catholic Church, and an Air Force Chaplain during the Second World War, while the daughter was a spinster who owned a few haberdashery and children’s clothing stores. The donor's father had a newsagency in Bridge Road, Richmond. He and his wife lived in Carson Street, Kew for about 50 years and had four children, two of whom were to become lawyers, another a surgeon and the final child social worker/family therapist.The donor's father lived until he was 100 years of age.Copy of a photograph of the owner of a 19th Century dress in the collectionPhotocopy of a photograph of Elizabeth Morrison (nee Fitzgerald) in c.1892. australian fashion - victorian era - 1890s, elizabeth morrison

Donor purchased this photograph from an op. shop. It depicts workman surfacing a road in the Geelong area. The steam engine present is driving a belt to operate a crusher which is crushing rock to surface the road. The drays are used to carry the crushed rock.Photograph, road surfacing in the Geelong area, c.1900-20.road surfacing

Black and white photograph. Girls' Hockey Team C. 1970On reverse, "Photograph by Information Branch Victorian Department Of Agriculture."female students, hockey, sports, c. 1970

Photo of the painting scanned by Morrie Forte 2011. "The Minns’ Hotel, the was originally a butcher shop, before owner George Minns transformed it into a hotel. It later became known as Mac’s Hotel, which remains a popular place in Melton today".Oil Painting by D C Power Minns Hotel Meltonlocal architecture

Ernie Kear and his son Bruce were local excavators and involved in many projects around Wonga Park requiring bull dozing, in particular clearing land for orchards, building dams etcEarly history of Wonga Park orchard growing district. Early dams were built by horse and scoop on the back which was handled by the orchardist, or the dam builder but later replaced by bulldozersErnie Kear excavating a dam in Wonga Park c 1940 no hard copy electronic only

The Willows built by Ralph Parkinson on his farm c. 1855. local architecture, local special interest groups

Henry Dendy (1800-1881) is best known as the founder of Brighton. It is not well known that years later he lived far longer at Eltham than he did at Brighton. In 1840 whilst still in England, he bought eight square miles of unspecified land in the Port Phillip district. This entitled him to bring a number of other people to the colony and in 1841 he arrived in Williamstown in the York with his family and 139 others. He took up this land entitlement at what is now Brighton and most of the emigrants settled there. He encountered financial problems and lost his interest in the estate in 1844. He left Brighton in 1847. He successfully not always successfully became a brewer at Geelong, a sheep farmer at Christmas Hills and Upper Moira, a flour miller at Eltham, a sheep farmer again at Werribee and finally a copper miner at Walhalla. Dendy came to Eltham in 1856 after having spent a year in England, he purchased about 5 acres of land in two parts situated each side of Maria Street (Main Road). There was a steam flour mill on that part of the land adjoining the Diamond Creek. He became prominent in local affairs serving for a time on the Eltham District Roads Board including one term as President. Dendy’s wife Sarah died at Eltham in 1860 and also in that year he was appointed Chairman of a committee to establish a Church of England in Eltham. He donated one of his Pitt Street lots for this purpose. St Margaret’s Church was opened on this site in 1861. In 1867 Dendy sold his mill to W F Ford and moved to Werribee and then Walhalla where he remained until his death. He is buried in the Walhalla cemetery. Part of the land on which the Eltham Community Reception Centre stands was the site of Dendy’s house and Mill. Some of the old trees on the site could well have been planted in Dendy’s time. Much of this information was obtained from the book “Henry Dendy and his Emigrants” by L A Schumer.Colour photograph copy of Portrait of Henry Dendy c.1875henry dendy

Part of Frank Forster's baby feeding bottle collection. In Australia, this type of bottle was known as "Truflow"; and was manufactured by Johnson & Johnson. The missing 'c' on this bottle makes this bottle rare and of greater value than similar ones with the correct spelling. (Verbal communication: Helen Johnson) In Australia this type of bottle was known as "Truflow" which was also manufactured by Johnson & Johnson.Broadly cylindrical glass bottle, but flattened to create six sides. Graduations in ounces and cubic centimetres written on two sides. With cream coloured plastic top. The first 'c' in cubic is missing in the text on the bottle. Bottle carries the text "evenflo", "MADE IN U.S.A", "BOTTLE CONFIG. R". Text on base reads "FF (in circle) 18"infant feeding, dr frank forster

The little blue bag was stirred around in the final rinse water on washday. It disguised any hint of yellow and helped the household linen look whiter than white. The main ingredients were synthetic ultramarine and baking soda, and the original "squares" weighed an ounce and cost 1 penny. Reckitt’s had been in the blue and starch business in Hull, England, even before they started importing French ultramarine in the 1850s to make the new blue rinse additive at their English factory. These blue bags, being alkaline , were useful to ease the pain of wasp, ant and insect bites. Reckitts blue bags were an essential part of washday for early settlers in Moorabbin Shire and continued to be used throughout 20thC.Laundry blue bags (2), 'Reckitt's' Blue Bag, paper-wrap made by Reckitt and Colman (Australia) Ltd, Australia, c 2oth C. Made of powdered ultramarine and baking soda. RECKITT& COLMAN PTY.LIMITED SYDNEY AUSTRALIA / Reckitt's Bag Blue / Squeeze the bag in the last rinse / & stir. This keeps your linen white / / RECKITT & COLMAN PTY. LIMITED SYDNEY AUSTRALIA. Red & white stripes Regd.reckitts pty ltd., hull u.k., moorabbin, bentleigh, early settlers, pioneers, laundry equipment, linen, clothing, washing aids

Loading Record Card - Livestock Market B. C. C. (Bendigo City Council?) - cattle market loading card. Date/Name/Time on front; SHP/LBS columns on reverseorganization, public utility, primary industry

CLUNES C - SPECIAL PREMIER NETBALL C 1971 L - R JAN KINNERLY, ALISON RIDLEY, ANDREA DUNCAN, JAYNE PICKFORD, SALLY DUNCAN, BILLIE ROBINSON, CORALIE COON.SEE ABOVElocal history, photography, photographs, sport, netball

This card is the first in a set of 16 information cards produced by the Stamina Clothing Company re: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks at merino sheep and wool production in Australia.Card no. 1 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55. Verso of card no. 1 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55.No. 1 The beginning of the story of Crusader Cloth.wool growing merino sheep - history, australian woollen mills pty ltd stamina clothing company, wool growing, merino sheep - history

This card is the second in a set of 16 information cards produced by the Stamina Clothing Company re: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks the process of sheep shearing.Card no. 2 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55. Verso of card no. 2 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55.No. 2 Shearing merinos for the Crusader Mills.shearing, australian woollen mills pty ltd stamina clothing company

This card is the third in a set of 16 information cards produced by the Stamina Clothing Company re: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks the process of wool buying and wool sales.Card no. 3 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55. Verso of card no. 3 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55.No. 3 Buying the 'Golden Fleece' for the Crusader Mills.wool brokering wool sales, australian woollen mills pty ltd stamina clothing company, wool brokering, wool sales

This card is the fourth in a set of 16 information cards produced by the Stamina Clothing Company re: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks the process of wool sorting and classing.Card no. 4 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55. Verso of card no. 4 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55.No. 4 Wool Sorting at the Crusader Mills.woolclassing, australian woollen mills pty ltd stamina clothing company

This card is the fifth in a set of 16 information cards produced by the Stamina Clothing Company re: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks the process of wool scouring.Card no. 5 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55. Verso of card no. 5 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55.No. 5 Wool scouring at the Crusader Mills.australian woollen mills pty ltd stamina clothing company, scouring

This card is the sixth in a set of 16 information cards produced by the Stamina Clothing Company re: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks the process of wool carding.Card no. 6 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55. Verso of card no. 6 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55.No. 6 Carding the scoured wool at the Crusader Mills.australian woollen mills pty ltd stamina clothing company, carding

This card is the seventh in a set of 16 information cards produced by the Stamina Clothing Company re: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks the process of wool combing and shows a Noble comb.Card no. 7 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55. Verso of card no. 7 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55.No. 7 Combing the carded slivers at the Crusader Mills.australian woollen mills pty ltd stamina clothing company, combing, noble comb

This card is the eighth in a set of 16 information cards produced by the Stamina Clothing Company re: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks the process of top making at a gilling machine.Card no. 8 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55. Verso of card no. 8 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55.No. 8 Top making at the Crusader Mills.australian woollen mills pty ltd stamina clothing company, gilling, top making

This card is the ninth in a set of 16 information cards produced by the Stamina Clothing Company re: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks the process of the drawing out of the top.Card no. 9 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55. Verso of card no. 9 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55.No. 9 Drawing out the Top prior to spinning at the Crusader Mills.australian woollen mills pty ltd stamina clothing company, drawing

This card is the tenth in a set of 16 information cards produced by the Stamina Clothing Company re: Australian Woollen Mills as give aways. It looks the process of spinning.Card no. 10 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55. Verso of card no. 10 from the Crusader Mills information card set, c.1945-55.No. 10 Spinning the rovings into yarn at the Crusader Mills.australian woollen mills pty ltd stamina clothing company, spinning