Book based on movie made about the Hill battlesoft cover non-fiction book with 272 pages

Date is the one given by descendant Julia Thornton. William and May Palstra were married in 1920; this was their first and only home. They had 3 children, Margaret, Jocelyn and William. Margaret Thornton was a daughter of William and May Palstra; one of her daughters, Julia Thornton still lives in the house in 2023. For a time 3 generations of the family lived in the house - Margaret Thornton, Julia Thornton, her then-husband and their 2 children. The house remains in 2023 with extensions to the rear and side. Donation form signed by Julia Thornton. This is one of very few homes in the area which has been held continuously by the same family. It is typical of the Californian bungalow style built after World War 1 but modified for expanded family needs. This was achieved in a reasonably sympathetic manner before a heritage overlay was approved for a large part of Guildford Road and without a 2-storey extension.Black and white photo of William and May Palstra standing in the gateway of their Californian bungalow home in 1921. It is painted or stained in a dark colour and has 3 chimneys and a brick verandah. The fence is of wire-mesh construction. There is a house nameplate over the verandah.palstra, californian bungalows, guildford road, william palstra, may palstra, julia thornton

non-fictionA history of the Wodonga Albury Camera Club from its inception in the 1950s. Produced to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of the club in 2013camera club, wodonga albury, clubs wodonga, photography

Morrison Kleeman Real Estate sales information material relating to the property "Landscape". Built by the cartoonist and painter Percy Leason (1889-1959). anthropologist. Leason was associated with the Montsalvat Artists’ Colony and built “Landscape” before he moved to the USA in 1937 . 6 documents, 12 pages A4 gayle blackwood collection, houses, morrison kleeman real estate, eltham south, landscape, lavender park road, percy leason

First Annual report of the Heidelberg Golf Club Bowling Club. Includes list of members. The Bowling Club was formed in 1958 to enable members no longer able to walk the hills of the golf course to have a sporting involvement with the club.Annual reports found in this collection begin in 1959-60. Numbering of Annual Reports begins with the Eighth report in 1965-667 page booklet, typed and copied report in printed manilla cover.annual reports, financial reports, heidelberg golf club bowling club

Built by artist and cartoonist Percy Leason in 1927 in what was then New Street but renamed Lavender Park Road in the late 1950s/early 1960s. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then /​ Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p121 Said to be a genius, cartoonist Percy Leason’s career was at its peak when in 1925 to 1926 he built his home at New Street (now Lavender Park Road) Eltham. The Herald newspaper owner, Sir Keith Murdoch, had hired Leason for his newly acquired Melbourne Punch magazine at a salary of £1750, making him ‘one of the highest paid cartoonists in the world’.1 With this salary and financial help from Murdoch, Leason was able to build his lovely home in Eltham. At the crest of a sweeping drive, the home now two-storey in white brick with a gabled grey slate roof and dormer windows is flanked by an extension built by another owner in the 1980s. Leason lived in the home with his wife, Isabel and children, until 1937, when he left for the United States of America, where he lived until his death in 1959. The four-bedroom house and garden would have been well-suited to bringing up his family and to entertaining their friends in style. Large airy rooms have high ceilings with moulded plaster, timber floors and several are brightened with bay windows. Leason made friends with many of the artists and personalities who gravitated to Eltham. Around 1931 Justus Jörgensen, founder of the Montsalvat Artists’ Colony, helped Leason build his large studio at the back of the house. Another friend was journalist Mervyn Skipper, father of jeweller and sculptor Matcham, and artists Helen and Sonia. Leason’s teacher, artist Max Meldrum, also visited and rented accommodation in Eltham, opposite Wingrove Park. Punch folded in 1925, but Leason continued as cartoonist for Table Talk. In 1926 Leason began the cartoons of a mythical Australian town Wiregrass, which were inspired by Kaniva, his home town. The art gallery in Main Road Eltham was named Wiregrass in Leason’s honour. Leason completed 1000 drawings from 1919 to 1937, which author Garrie Hutchinson claimed, were technically unsurpassed and had regional and universal interest. Leason’s acute observations of country life stemmed from his childhood in Kaniva in Victoria’s western Wimmera, where he was born, the son of a selector, in 1889. Meldrum claimed that Leason could name every plant and the habits of every animal.2 Leason also painted 28 portraits of the last full-blooded aboriginals in Victoria at Lake Tyers in Gippsland, most of which are in a private collection. In Sydney Leason illustrated Henry Lawson’s Selected Poems and worked for The Bulletin. Leason had begun his career at 13 as an apprentice lithographic artist at Sands and MacDougall. He attended night classes at the National Gallery and the Victorian Artists Society. Leason first visited Eltham in 1910 to paint with fellow artist William ‘Jock’ Frater. They camped near Bible and Pitt Streets and along the Diamond Creek on the site of the present Eltham Retirement Centre. Despite his success as a cartoonist, Leason wanted to be recognised as a serious painter and for his anthropological work.3 He was also conservative and felt uncomfortable with the modern art scene in Melbourne.4 So he left for the United States of America to work as a painter. Ironically his time in New York saw the burgeoning of modern art, notably by artists such as Jackson Pollock. But Leason found his niche by running an art school, painting society portraits and illustrating books and magazines.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, landscape, lavender park road, percy leason, new street

War By Other Means tells the story of the creation and implementation of a communist policy in Vietnam during a crucial yet hitherto largely unexplored period - between the 1954 Geneva Conference and the establishment of the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam in December 1960.vietnam - history - 1945-1975, geneva conference 1954, national front fr the liberation of south vietnam, viet cong

Contents: • Next meeting, guest speaker; Kevin Patterson: The Tall Ships • May Meeting • Society Excursion • Annual General Meeting • Subscriptions • Workshop Meeting • Other Brief Items The Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.A4 photocopied newsletter distributed to membersnewsletter, eltham district historical society, shire of eltham historical society

Article about the 60th wedding anniversary of Ernest and May Pettigrove in 1985Text and black and white imagepettigrove family, ernest pettigrove, may pettigrove, 60th wedding anniversary

non-fictionThe memoirs of Margaret Emily Brown (nee Youngman) who emigrated to Australia with her parents, Arthur and Mary Youngman. The book describes the family's declining fortunes, her schooldays in Port Fairy and her experiences as a governess with several different Western District families. (google books)margaret emily youngman, port fairy (vic.), governess

While the end of World War II heralded a new era, postwar restrictions on resources affected what could be built, how people worked, and the everyday lives of men and women. The decade beginning in 1950 included monumental shifts in the social and cultural fabric of life in Australia more widely, and also in Kew. This exhibition explores how life changed by exploring the memories of people who lived in Kew during these years, the development of notable private and public modern architecture, and the ways that innovation transformed the lives of Kew’s residents. Set of five photos of artefacts and photographs of the main exhibition room of the Kew Historical Society at the Kew Court House. The secondary room includes images of 1950s and 1960s architecture. Also included in this file is the exhibition flyer.kew -- history -- postwar, kew historical society -- exhibitions

Gift of Mr. W.D.C. Denovan, 1894Gilt framed photographic work consisting of 472 small individual portraits making up one large work with names of each of the men below. Centre and slightly larger portrait of George Lansell. Decorative mount. Plaque centre front of work.Presented to the Bendigo Art Gallery by / W.D.C. Denovan / 1894 (on plaque) Inscribed, l.l., pen and ink, "H. HANSEN. PHOTO"; l.r., "NEXT SCHOOL OF MINES, BENDIGO"; top, watercolour & pen and ink, "PIONEERS OF BENDIGO"; bottom, letterpress, list of names.

index, ill, p.226.non-fictionAn illustrated history of the 60 class 4-8-2 2-8-4 Garratt steam locomotive on the New South Wales Railways.locomotives -- new south wales -- history, 60 class locomotive - new south wales - history