Date of birth 27th April 1893 Born at Spring Hill – Kyneton Parents – Thomas and Mary Elizabeth nee Coates Lang. The family lived in High Street Melton 1896. He started his schooling at Melton State School in Nov 1897. Mr Lang was the Head Teacher from 1896 – 1917. Horace enlisted on the 29th March 1915 24th Battalion D Company and sailed on the Euripides on the 8th May to Egypt. They landed on Gallipoli in early September returning to Egypt at the end of the year. In April on 1916 Horace and his brother Thomas had an opportunity to meet for a few hours before he moved onto France. He received the military medal in 1916 “For conspicuous gallantry in constructing and holding an advanced bombing post near Flers on 18/19 November within close range of the enemy. The garrison had to remain motionless throughout the day but Corpl. Lang refused to be relieved until his company left the trenches, setting a most encouraging example of endurance.” In May 1917 the Battalion was near Arras – Bullecourt. On 3rd May he was last seen alive carrying a Lewis Gun, and wounded making his way to the casualty station according to witnesses reporting to the court of enquiry. The family, in Melton had a first heard that he had been wounded, or was a prisoner. My grandmother Jessie Barrie and the Lang family went to Port Melbourne as the troop ships arrived hoping they would find someone who might know of his fate. AWM records and Red Cross files reveal the extent of the efforts that family and friends made enquiring about his fate. In December 1917 he was declared Killed in Action on May 3rd at Bullecourt where he is commemorated. Horace Lang postcardRear: Dear Jessie & All, I am in the pink not doing to bad. Haven't had any letters from you for some time. Hope you haven't forgotte me. Don't be so long nest time. Letter later from your loving bro Horace. (PS) Photo is very crook. (Front: Yours Horace, France 28/2/17)local identities

The inaugural meeting to form Harcourt Bowling Club was held in May 1955. Cr Ben Bingham donated half an acre of land in Bagshaw st Harcourt and the club acquired a small building from Blight's Quarry to serve as a clubhouse. The first day's play took place on 24th October 1959. New clubrooms were built in 1961 with the official opening of the Club held on Saturday 11th November 1961. The club became affilaited with Bendigo District Bowling Assocaition and, in 1966/67 won the Associated division 3 pennant. ; Depicts a group of men, the core ‘movers and shakers’ of the Harcourt community, in the course of their favourite recreation, Association champions in just the seventh year after formation.. Black and white photograph of fourteen men dressed in collar and tie, white trousers and dark blazers, each bearing the club name, HARCOURT BOWLING CLUB B.D.B.A. PENNANT WINNER - DIVISION 3- SEASON 1966-67 and the names of each player.

This folder contains the official Inspector's reports for House Creek School Number 2266. Inspections were carried out every six months for all Victorian Government Schools. On 8th October 1879 Mathew Parnaby and others applied for the establishment of a school, between Huon and House Creeks, about four miles southwest of Wodonga. The District Inspector approved and Albert Schlink offered two acres of freehold land as a site, four chains from the southeast corner of Allotment Eight, Section 10, of the Parish of Wodonga in the County of Bogong. A portable classroom, 22ft x14ft, with quarters was erected at a total cost of £192, and SS2266 opened on 1st of June 1880 with Edwin Davis as Head Teacher. In 1883 the average attendance ranged between 12 and 20. Both school and quarters fell into a very bad state of repair. Temporarily closed in 1894, the school reopened as a result of a petition by Ferdinand Godde and others. By 1902 the school had a nett enrolment of 37, the grounds had been fenced, and a shelter shed erected by local effort. By 1907 the nett enrolment had risen to 45 with an average attendance of 37. Ferdinand V. Godde served as Correspondent of the Committee in 1911. House Creek was unstaffed in February 1917 and closed on 8th of November 1917. It reopened on 4th August 1921, but with a nett enrolment of 6, closed on the 24th July 1926. The building was sold for removal. Many of the reports in this Register were written and signed by Henry Finch Rix. He was a pioneer of the Victorian School Inspection System and from 1884 to 1887 worked as a Chief Inspector in the Beechworth Education District. He had previously played with the Carlton Football Club for one season. Henry Rix was a highly regarded educator and a staunch advocate of the establishment of school libraries to teach children of "the rich stores of profitable pleasure to be found in books."This item is significant because it documents progress and recommendations for students at an early government primary school in the Wodonga district.A large bound folder of printed forms. The majority have been completed in handwritten reports including names, notes and statistics. On cover: INSPECTOR'S REGISTER BOOK STATE SCHOOLShenry finch rix, house creek school, victorian school inspectors, school 2266

Victorian Trotting Club (V.T.C.) Elsternwick Park Member Ticket and Fixture for Season 1886Victorian Trotting Club (V.T.C.) Elsternwick Park Blue Booklet/Folder with Gold Writing with attached Blue Ribbon containing Member Ticket and Fixture for 1886 SeasonFront and Back Cover: V.T.C. / Season 1886. Inside Left: Victorian Trotting Club Elsternwick Park / No S39 / Season 1886 / Issued to Mr Bennett Esq / Not Transferable / Thos. Haydon Secretary / This Ticket entitles you to all the Privileges of Membership, which includes Admission for yourself and two Ladies to the Grand Stand / Its loss or non - production will render you liable to payment and the money will not be refunded / By Order of the Committee. Inside Right: Fixtures for 1886 / Saturday January 23rd / Wednesday March 17th (St Patrick's Day) Cup Meeting / Saturday April 24th Easter Saturday / " May 8th / " July 3rd / " August 28th / Wednesday October 13th Caulfield Cup Week / Wednesday November 3rd Melbourne Cup Week / Saturday December 18th / Andrew Sherar, 11 Collins street West, Melbourne. harness racing, trotting, membership, ticket, 1886, victorian trotting club, elsternwick park, mr bennett esq, fixture

King James Bible published Aug. 1934 Family Bible of Robert William Whatmough and Mary Whatmough (nee Hill), married August 4, 1839 in Manchester, Lancashire, England and migrated to Australia with baby daughter Jemima, arriving Port Phillip Bay 19 February 1841. Inscribed in ink on inside front cover: Jemima Whatmough born January 18th 1840 on Saturday Robert Whatmough born March 26th 1842 on Saturday Job Whatmough born May 11th 1844 Saturday Died April 12th 1845 Sarah Whatmough born September 17th 1845 James Whatmough born June 28, 1847 Died February 1st 1848 Margaret Whatmough born June 15th 1848 Died March 24th 1850 Jessy Whatmough born January 26, 1851 Inscribed in ink on inside front cover facing page: William Jordison’s Thirty knoul (?) Bok (?) 25th – 1839 ROBERT WHATMOUGH BOOK Presented by Mr. Ferguson Robert Whatmough Presented By the Teacher Mary Ann Whatmough born September 4th 1853 Died November 11th Friday 1853 Benjamin Whatmough born 25 July 1854 Died January 2 1855 Inscribed in ink on inside rear cover facing page over: 1852 This Book Belongs to Mr. Robt. Whatmough On the River Plenty September 16th And in pencil: presented by mr sanger Jemima Whatmough married Robert Fielding on June 23, 1859 at Fitzroy, Victoriabenjamin whatmough, holy bible, james whatmough, jemima fielding (nee whatmough), jessy whatmough, job whatmough, margaret whatmough, mary ann whatmough, mary whatmough (nee hill), robert whatmough, robert william watmough, sarah whatmough, tom fielding collection, plenty river, pioneer family

ill, maps, p.51.non-fictionA lineside guide to the Victorian Railway's North East Railway from Melbourne to Wodonga in Victoria, for the North East Railway Centenary Special Train Tour on the 24th November 1973.railroad construction - victoria - history, railroad operations - victoria - history

The Victorian Music Teachers Association was formed by members of the University of Melbourne Conservatorium in 1928. The Bendigo group operated from the 1930's till 2006.Bendigo Music Teachers Association Concert Programs and Flyers 1984 - 2002 onwards A4 white papers in plastic sleeve Bendigo Symphony Orchestra Concer 1 - 2 December 1984 Bendigo Symphony Orchestra Bendigo Town Hall 20th April 1986 Bendigo Symphony Orchestra Inglewood, Bendigo Town Hall and Maryborough, 9th, 10th and 24th August 1986 Bendigo Symphony Orchestra, Faure's Requiem 22nd November 1987 Bendigo Easter Festival 1988, 9th April 1988 Winter Concert 30th July, 1989 Bendigo Symphony Orchestra Palm Sunday Concert, 19th March 1989 Bendigo Symphony Orchestra Family Concert, 4th November 1990 Bendigo Symphony Orchestra Mozart's Requiem, 7th September 1991 Bendigo Symphony Orchestra, Bendigo Easter Fair Palm Sunday Concert 12th April, 1992 Bendigo Symphony Orchestra, 4th April, 1993 Bendigo Symphony Orchestra, 14th November 1993 Bendigo Symphony Orchestra, An evening of Fine Music, 2nd September 1995 Benola Singers and Bendigo Symphony Orchestra, Handel's Messiah, 31st March 1996 Bendigo Symphony Orchestra, 1996 winter Concerto Concert, 20th July, 1996 Combined Choir Concert, Bendigo Festival, 25th October 1997 Benola Singers and Bendigo Symphony Orchestra, Handel's Messiah, 5th April, 1998 Oratorio, The Creation, Palm Sunday, 16th April 2000 Bendigo Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven at Sacred Heart, 10th November 2002 Piano Duo, Kharitonova and Mashlak, Bendigo Symphony Orchestra, Young Soloist in Concert, 24th July Bendigo Symphony Orchestra, Summer Concert, 8th, 14th, 15th December, Bendigo Symphony Orchestra Programme, Conductor: David Lord Bendigo Symphony Orchestra with Bendigo Youth Orchestra, 14th August Bendigo Easter Fair, Easter Festival Concert, 28th March Masterpieces of Opera and Instrument, 25th October Moscow! Moscow! 18th July, Bendigo Symphony Orchestra and Bendigo Youth Choir Spring Concert, 10th September Bendigo Symphony Orchestra Concert, 30th July, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Toccata and Fugue, 26th October, Bendigo Symphony Ochestra, Winter Concert, 26th July, Mozart's, The Magic Flute, 4th July,