Sports Clubs in Kew in the final decades of the 19th century and in the early 20th century were often umbrella organisations with facilities for a number of sports. Typically in Kew, this included teams in lawn bowls, tennis and croquet. The Kew Bowling Club was formed in 1880 while the privately owned Auburn Heights Recreation Club was opened in 1904. By 1998, the two Clubs decided to amalgamate at the Auburn Heights site in Barkers Road, forming the Kew Heights Sports Club. The combined club was itself taken over by the Melbourne Cricket Club in 2012 becoming MCC Kew Sports Club. In 2017 MCC Kew closed and its landholding was subsequently sold to Carey Baptist Grammar School. Both the Kew and Auburn Heights Clubs assembled important collections. These historically significant and large collections were donated to the Society in 2020. The collections include manuscripts, pictures, trophies, plans, honour boards etc. References Barnard FGA 1910, 'Sports and Pastimes' in Jubilee History of Kew Victoria: Its origin & progress 1803-1910. Chapman J & C 1999, The history of the Auburn Heights Recreation Club, 1904 to 1908. Reeve S 2012, City of Boroondara: Thematic Environmental History, p.216.The combined collections of the four sporting clubs making up the collection number hundreds of items that are historically significant locally. They are also significant to the sporting history of the greater Melbourne area and to the sports of lawn bowls and tennis in Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection illuminates two of the Victorian historic themes - 'Building community life' through forming community organisations and 'Shaping cultural and creative life' by participating in sport and recreation.Bound minute book of the Auburn Heights Ladies' Bowling Club covering the period 1957 to 1962. [The item forms part of the large historic Auburn Heights Recreation Club collection, with items relating to the sports of lawn bowls, tennis and croquet, gifted to the Kew Historical Society in 2020].auburn heights ladies' bowling club - barkers road - kew (vic), auburn heights ladies' bowling club - minute books

Written on back of photograph and catalogue card 'Mail 12/12/1957. Army Ball, 1957. Dr. Joan Bradley (Balwyn) and Major Robertson (Hawthorn). D.C. 10th Field Squadron'.

Black and white photograph of 16 Halley Street, Blackburn taken in 1957; incorporating the miner's cottage built before 1923halley street, blackburn no. 16, miner's cottage

Photograph of Form 2B (1957) at Macleod High School. There are 18 girls in the first 2 rows and 18 boys in the back 2 rows. Admin school building is in the background.Shows large class sizes compared with today and the style of uniform worn.Black and white school photograph.On back in pencil: Helen Spencemacleod high school, school photographs

Catalogue card reads, '1957 - Opening of McLeans new showroom. Left to right, W. Wademan, ?? , Cr. R. Spencer, Hon. G.O. Reid, Mr. H.G. McLean, 12th December 1957'.

Newspaper Clipping regarding closure of trams to Henley, Richmond, Magill, Richmond through Grenfell and Currie Sts. Adelaide in Feb 1957 and comments from SA Branch President of the Aust. Electric Traction Association, Mr. M. Alexander - no information on source of the newspaper. Record images added 20/8/2013.trams, tramways, adelaide, closure, aeta

Jubilee Park opened 17 October 1957. Same photograph also appears in Ringwood Mail 24 October 1957 captioned as follows: L to R: Mr A Seitz, Pres. VCA, Cr P. Vergers, Mayor Ringwood, Mr C. Beaumont, Pres. RCC., Mr Dowling (Chairman Board of Control)Catalogue card reads, "Opening Jubilee Park. P. Vergers, C. Beaumont, W. Dowling". (No name for fourth man)

Vol. 9, No. 5, Summer 2004-05 CONTENTS Winning AMSSA Short Story by Emily Kersing 3 New paintings by Elizabeth Nettleton 6 Poetry by Karen Throssel 10 Montsalvat Poetry by Fiona Seivers 11 Banyule Arts News 13 Book reviews 14 Ausra Larbey at Heide 16 CD Reviews 19 Robbie Greig CD Launch 23 Artin' About 24 Wining & dining 30 Listings 32 "Peter Dougherty has been involved in the local art scene for many years. As publisher and editor of the arts magazine Artstreams, his comments on the various branches of the arts are widely respected. His "The Arts" column in the Diamond Valley Leader presents a brief summary for a much wider cross section of the local community. Peter also operates his own gallery and the Artstreams Cafe at the St Andrews market. Peter has a wealth of knowledge about present day and historical aspects of local art and artists." - Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 161, March 2005Colour front and back cover with feature articles and literary pieces with photographs and advertisements printed in black and white. 36 pages, 30 cm. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1996) - Vol. 10, no. 5 (summer ed. 2005/​06) art streams, art streams gallery, emily kersing, eltham gourmet poultry & game, plenty of colour, samson hill estate, alan marshall short story award, liz nettleton, montsalvat, robbie greig, banyule festival, poetry, fiona sievers, darebin art show, bundoora homestead, latrobe university, banyule art collection, dynamic vegies, hurstbridge & districts community bank branch, organic produce store, wellers of kangaroo ground, mudbrick home restoration, northcote pottery, congo systems, bulleen art & garden centre, frames for art of hurstbridge, eltham town jazz and blues heritage festival, eltham jazz festival, thompsons amcal pharmacy, bridges, hurstbridge galleries, elizabeth nettleton

Three quarto typed pages of relating to the closure of the Ballarat School of Mines Museum and the fate of the Pern Anthropological Collection. .1) Sydney Pern writes to the Principal of the Ballarat School of Mines, Dick Richards, asking for details relating to the closure of the Ballarat School of Mines Museum and the future of the Pern Aboriginal Weapon Collection. The correspondence is dated June 1957. .2) Ballarat School of Mines Principal, R.W. Richards responds to Dr Pern assuring him that nothing will happen to the collection without consultation. The correspondence is dated 06 June 1957. .3) Ballarat School of Mines Registrar, F.W. Ferguson, responds to Dr Pern on behalf of the Ballarat School of MInes Council, and again assured Dr Pern that nothing will happen to the collection without consultation.pern, sydney pern, aborigines, aboriginal, museum, ballarat school of mines museum, f.e. ferguson, r.w. richards, dick richards

Catalogue card reads, "Cheers in the Ringwood camp for Ringwood's third premiership. Among Ringwood supporters Mrs. Gordon Lindsay was just smiling, but the lady on the end had the volume of a prima donna. 19/9/1957".

Catalogue card reads, 'Wedding - 1957. Turnbull and Gillespie. Bridesmaids, Nancy Perry, Elinor Turnbull, Groomsmen, Alexander Turnbull, Michael Cotten. Married Church of England, 7th Sept. 1957'. '"Mail" 19/9/57'.

Two page photocopied printed list, foolscap sheets titled "Official list of route numbers, at November 1957", giving the list of route numbers for all numbers to 97 including A to E, showing where numbers and most letters not used at the time. Does not give bus route numbers. Shows the un-numbered routes. List prepared by Wal Jack.trams, tramways, mmtb, route numbers, routes

Ringwood High School Exercise Books owned by Phyllis Papps: Sewing, Form 1B, 1956 Cooking, Form 2B 1957 Unlabelled - Cooking

A colour slide people on a boat at a mooring in 1957. Operation Float was an event run by Melbourne Legacy to take Junior legatees on an outing. It could have been to naval boats such as HMAS Cerberus or to a Yacht club. It gave the junior legatees the opportunity to see a naval boat in action, spend time on the water or try sailing. In 1957 it appears to be several smaller boats taking small groups of children out on the bay. Was with many other slides taken in the 1950s and 1960s. The slides have been photographed to make digital images and moved to archive quality sleeves. In many cases the original images were not well focussed and the digital image the best available.A record of outings being organised for children.Colour slide of people in a boat in a red edged Kodachrome cardboard mount.Printed on reverse in red ink 'Kodachrome Transparency / Processed by Kodak'. Handwritten in blue ink 'All aboard for Operation Float 5'. Imprinted in black ink '16'operation float, junior legatee outings

A colour slide people on a boat out at sea in 1957. Operation Float was an event run by Melbourne Legacy to take Junior legatees on an outing. It could have been to naval boats such as HMAS Cerberus or to a Yacht club. It gave the junior legatees the opportunity to see a naval boat in action, spend time on the water or try sailing. In 1957 it appears to be several smaller boats taking small groups of children out on the bay. Was with many other slides taken in the 1950s and 1960s. The slides have been photographed to make digital images and moved to archive quality sleeves. In many cases the original images were not well focussed and the digital image the best available.A record of outings being organised for children.Colour slide of people in a boat in a red edged Kodachrome cardboard mount.Printed on reverse in red ink 'Kodachrome Transparency / Processed by Kodak'. Handwritten in blue ink 'A crash boat full of joy / 20'. Imprinted in black ink '11'operation float, junior legatee outings

A colour slide boats at a pier in 1957. Operation Float was an event run by Melbourne Legacy to take Junior legatees on an outing. It could have been to naval boats such as HMAS Cerberus or to a Yacht club. It gave the junior legatees the opportunity to see a naval boat in action, spend time on the water or try sailing. In 1957 it appears to be several smaller boats taking small groups of children out on the bay. Was with many other slides taken in the 1950s and 1960s. The slides have been photographed to make digital images and moved to archive quality sleeves. In many cases the original images were not well focussed and the digital image the best available.A record of outings being organised for children.Colour slide of boats at a mooring in a red edged Kodachrome cardboard mount.Printed on reverse in red ink 'Kodachrome Transparency / Processed by Kodak'. Handwritten in blue ink 'Embarking for Operation Float / 6'. Imprinted in black ink '17'operation float, junior legatee outings

This membership ticket belonged to Alan R. Ely. Tickets admit bearer to games. Tickets include the names of office-bearers of the Greensborough Football Club and the season's fixture or draw.Gary Partington is a lifetime member of the football club and a GHS member. The Ely tickets were given to the late Trevor Partington when John Ely left the area and have been passed to Gary. Season ticket, cardboard. Cover: dark green with silver printing. Inside: white with green textCover: "Greensborough Football Club. Season 1957". Inside: Membership number "227" written inside.greensborough football club, membership tickets, partington family, ely family

Written next to photograph, "Clock tower from outside Presbyterian Church, Adelaide Street - 1957."

A colour slide of children getting ice creams from a legatee at an outing in 1957. It was Operation Float which was an event run by Melbourne Legacy to take Junior legatees on a boat outing. It could have been to naval boats such as HMAS Cerberus or to a Yacht club. It gave the junior legatees the opportunity to see a naval boat in action, spend time on the water or try sailing. In 1957 it appears to be several smaller boats taking small groups of children out on the bay. Was with many other slides taken in the 1950s and 1960s. The slides have been photographed to make digital images and moved to archive quality sleeves. In many cases the original images were not well focussed and the digital image the best available.A record of outings being organised for children.Colour slide of children gathered in a park in a red edged Kodachrome cardboard mount.Printed on reverse in red ink 'Kodachrome Transparency / Processed by Kodak'. Handwritten in blue ink 'Have a lolly 13'. Imprinted in black ink '6'operation float, junior legatee outings

A colour slide a USA Destroyer 130 on Port Philip in 1957. It was during Operation Float which was an event run by Melbourne Legacy to take Junior legatees on an outing. It could have been to naval boats such as HMAS Cerberus or to a Yacht club. It gave the junior legatees the opportunity to see a naval boat in action, spend time on the water or try sailing. In 1957 it appears to be several smaller boats taking small groups of children out on the bay. Was with many other slides taken in the 1950s and 1960s. The slides have been photographed to make digital images and moved to archive quality sleeves. In many cases the original images were not well focussed and the digital image the best available.A record of outings being organised for children.Colour slide of a destroyer in a red edged Kodachrome cardboard mount.Printed on reverse in red ink 'Kodachrome Transparency / Processed by Kodak'. Handwritten in blue ink 'USA Destroyer 130 / 19'. Imprinted in black ink '15'operation float, junior legatee outings

Wedding Photo - no identification on photo but subsequently identified as Joan Fankhauser and Graeme Frazer 1957. (By Betty Fuller, whose sister attended the wedding - see Notes). Geoffrey Baker Studios

David Kinnane was the leader of a Victorian Railways First Aid team that won many state and interstate competitions. Other members of the team were: Geoffrey Storey and Joe Deveson. The Victorian Railways used to hold first aid competitions with groups of men competing in teams.Signatures: David J Kinnane; W Blackburn VICTORIAN RAILWAYS - AMBULANCE ORGANISATION - Certificate of Proficiency This is to certify that David J Kinnane has passed 16th examination in the First Aid to the injured. Melbourne 1957 T ? MacKenzie - Ambulance Officerdavid kinnane, first aid, victorian railways, 1938, rupert m downes, rpert downes, v. e. southwood, st john ambulance association

Photograph of the wedding group at "Launchley" after the wedding in St Augustine Church Creswick on the 20 Feb 1957. Photo from left to right : John Chatham Philip's brother and Best Man], Philip Chatham, Elizabeth Chatham (nee Holmes) and Margaret Holme [ Elizabeth's cousin and Bridesmaid].Black and white photograph in square frame with standwedding, st augustine church, philip chatham, elizabeth chatham (nee holmes), margaret holmes (cousin), launchley, ascot, creswick, chatham-holmes collection