Black and white photo of soldier's monument in Whitehorse Road, Mitcham.soldiers memorial, mitcham

Adjustable metal 8"x 8" masking board for cropping and photographic printing Imperial scale, excellent condition Adjustable frame for variable cropping of prints; maaximum printing 240mm x 190mm (8.5"x 6.5") An Elande product manufactured by Lee & Diverell, Mitcham, Victoria, AustraliaELanDE product manufactured by Lee & Diverell, Mitcham, Victoria, Australia

Till CollectionTHE TILL COLLECTION SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT The significance of the Alwyn Till Collection is that Alwyn was born in Mitcham in 1921. He attended Mitcham Primary School and Box Hill Boys High School. He served his Community mainly through his activities within the Christ Church Anglican Church Mitcham. He joined the Royal Australian Airforce in World War II in September 1939. He trained as a Pilot in Australia and Canada, was posted to England and saw action in Europe. He was shot down over France and rescued by and then joined the French Resistance and while fighting with them was fatally shot. A Baron fighting with him wrote to his mother to inform her of his death. Alwyn's parents were Evaleen Victoria Till (nee Maggs) and Sydney Norman Till who first lived in Creek Road Mitcham, before moving to 573 Whitehorse Road Mitcham. His father served in World War where his eyesight was damaged and he was taught by the then Blind Institute in suitcase making of which we have two examples in this collection. He died in 1931. Alwyn took over responsibility for his mother and sister Alison. We can understand how devastated his mother and sister would have been at the news of Alwyn's feeling that he must serve his country in World War 11. His letters home were so precious to them that they carefully kept all his correspondence, notices of death and condolences from friends. After Alison's death in 2007 her relation Joan Walker transcribed each of Alwyn's letters home into two bound volumes. The executors, Joan Walker and Anne Drew deposited the original letters with the Whitehorse Historical Society. Due to their significance as historical documents of one serviceman's complete correspondence with his family the Whitehorse Historical Society Committee after consultation with the donors deposited the original letters with the State Library of Victoria. The Whitehorse Historical Society retains the copies. Alison and her mother kept many family memorabilia and personal items which make up this significant collection as they show how people lived, worked and served in the local community and municipality This collection represents the love and devotion of the women to their families during the course of two world wars. The father was disabled as a result of World War 1 and died an early death and a son who thereafter took on the responsibility as head of the family at an early age. This young handsome charismatic son served his community in peace time and gave his life in World War 11. This mother and sister were devoted to his memory.'Nursery Rhymes Collected and Illustrated' By Walter J Morgan with inscription on front cover 'Christ Church Sunday School, Mitcham. Awarded to Alison Till. November 1926.|London Society for promoting Christian Knowledge - New York.'Christ Church Sunday School, Mitcham. Awarded to Alison Till. November 1926.books, children's

Black and white photo of Toc H Members inspecting fire damage to log cabin off Agra Street Mitcham - March 1960|Ref ND2597toc h - mitcham branch, white, orme, graham, 'uncle jack', crossley, les, barbour, barry

Black and white photo of Toc H Members inspecting fire damage to log cabin off Agra Street, Mitcham - March 1960.|Ref ND2597toc h - mitcham branch, skewes, george, white, orme, graham, 'uncle jack', crossley, les, barbour, barry

Black and white page from Leader Newspaper showing Baby Merlyn Leach, daughter of Nancy at Mitcham's 2nd Annual Gymkhana and Champion Baby Show.leach, nancy, leach, merlyn

Article in Whitehorse Gazette re subdivision and rezoning of the former Wunderlich site in Mitcham Road, Mitcham.Wunderlich site in Mitcham Road,land subdivision, redlands properties, wunderlich limited, mitcham road, mitcham

Blackburn Railway Line heading towards Mitchamblackburn railway, mitcham, glen ebor avenue

Owned by Rae Mathews of Nymph Street, Mitcham, a member of Nunawading and District Historical Society (now Whitehorse Historical Society) since 2000.Watercolour painting of Schwerkolt Cottage - mounted and framed. NB/ Matches framed oil painting by B. Rogalski hanging in local Historical Room (i.e. same scene & same viewpoint)Signed lower right hand corner B. Rogalskischwerkolt cottage, mathews rae, nunawading & district historical society, rogalski barbara

2 Coloured photos of Enterprise Way - Right-of-way B/N Brittania Street and Mitcham Road. This lane ran between the rear of shops on Whitehorse Road and the Mitcham Primary School (Lower School). Demolition of the school made way for Coles/New World Supermarket and several shops on Whitehorse Road made way for Original Coles Variety Store (facing Whitehorse Road) in foreground.coles variety store

Photo of the Australian Tesselated Tile Co. Pty Ltd Chimney Stack before demolition - looking eastward towards Mitcham Road - interesting view of rails into kiln.brickworks, australian tesselated tile co. pty ltd, chimneys

Black and white photo of Construction of Ross House, 26 Dampier Street, Mitcham, facing North to Margaret Street.Donor Nance Ross is possibly Mavis Pepperell's sister.ross, nance, pepperell, mavis, mock family

An anemometer is intended for determining velocity distribution over an area or in a boundary layer. This item was purchased by Mechanical Engineering upon the request of Dr Len Cubitt, to determine wind speed at various heights above the ground. Investigation related to wind energy harnessing projects, including that undertaken by MARS Industries in Ballarat. The 6-cup anemometer had a marked superiority in tests over the 3-cup anemometer and also had lower starting speeds.Anemometer in a case complete with mounting blocks, but without electric leads for connecting the black finished wood case which also incorporates pulse counters and connections for power supply and for other logging instruments. Serial Number AM1-6-8875 Name Plate on lid between clasps. 'RIMCO" RAUCHFUSS INST & STAFF Pty Ltd 12 Monomeath Drive, Mitcham, Vic. 3132" scientific instrument, anemometer, len cubitt, mechanical engineering, energy harnessing projects, starting speeds

Song book used in Mitcham Technical in 1988.Song book from Mitcham Technical School Yellow cover with black lettering and black spiral. Gordon Hoskin - Registrar.music, mitcham technical school

Produced and distributed during commemoration of Centenary of St John's Catholic Church MitchamBlue and black ink biro pen with plastic steel ball point and top with steel pocket clip and steel trim. The barrel of the pen has a printed dull gold logo and text.Logo: oval logo 'SJM/ with faith and love'|'1888 - 1988 / St John's Mitcham Centenary'|End of barrel: 'Made in USA'domestic items, writing equipment

Coloured photograph looking from Schwerkolt Cottage Reserve across Deep Creek Road as work begins on construction of new Bridge.deep creek road, mitcham

Coloured photograph looking from Schwerkolt Cottage across Deep Creek Road to start of construction of new Bridge.deep creek road, mitcham