A ready reckoner useful to the farmer during the 1950'sSquare orange card with rotating wheel attached by a centrre metal stud. By aligning appropriate measures on the wheel and card it tells the farmer the approx number of acres that can be worked in a ten hour day with any tool or implement.Allis Chambers tracotr calculator. Tractor speed miles per hour. Width of cut in feet of ploughs, harrows, cultivators, combines, harvesters etc (see photo)

Sworn valuation and report of A. C. Huggins situated in Mitcham Road, Mitcham for 17 October 1923. Land of 2 acres, part under orchard (Cherry), weatherboard house of 6 rooms in fair order. Value 1,450 pounds.Sworn valuation and report of A. C. Huggins land values, huggins, a. c., mitcham road, mitcham, price, charles s.

Pru Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation Study : Volume 2 - Development History’ (1988), summarised the periods of urban development and subdivisions of land in Kew. The periods that she identified included 1845-1880, 1880-1893, 1893-1921, 1921-1933, 1933-1943, and Post-War Development. These periods were selected as they represented periods of rapid growth or decline in urban development. An obvious starting point for Sanderson’s groupings involved population growth and the associated economic cycles. These cycles also highlighted urban expansion onto land that was predominantly rural, although in other cases it represented the decline and breakup of large estates. A number of the plans in the Kew Historical Society’s collection can also be found in other collections, such as those of the State Library of Victoria and the Boroondara Library Service. A number are however unique to the collection.The Kew Historical Society collection includes almost 100 subdivision plans pertaining to suburbs of the City of Melbourne. Most of these are of Kew, Kew East or Studley Park, although a smaller number are plans of Camberwell, Deepdene, Balwyn and Hawthorn. It is believed that the majority of the plans were gifted to the Society by persons connected with the real estate firm - J. R. Mathers and McMillan, 136 Cotham Road, Kew. The Plans in the collection are rarely in pristine form, being working plans on which the agent would write notes and record lots sold and the prices of these. The subdivision plans are historically significant examples of the growth of urban Melbourne from the beginning of the 20th Century up until the 1980s. A number of the plans are double-sided and often include a photograph on the reverse. A number of the latter are by noted photographers such as J.E. Barnes.The subdivision advertised as the Bonnie Doon Estate in Greensborough was first advertised in 1908. At that stage, the new subdivision included 15 allotments of between one and four acres. By the time the subdivision plan in the Kew Collection was created, only 12 lots of between ¾ and 2½ acres remained. Both the State Library and Kew plans emphasise the distance to the city being 13½ miles, which could be reached by train on weekdays and weekends. Unusually, the plan describes the suitability of lots as locations for ‘Week-end Homes’. Correspondingly, the train line is described as ‘The Holiday Resort for the Northern Suburbs’.bonnie doona estate, subdivision plans - greensborough

Document. Manila folder & 4 letters, 1 map The 4 letters pertain to an application by the Commonwealth of Australia to the lands Depart. For sale of an area of 8 acres 0 roods 31 perches now comprising the garden of Fortuna to unlimited depth.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, central nell gwynne, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, central nell gwynne gmc, south nell gwynne, gold mining, dept of mines

Photocopy of letter to the Commercial Bank, Prahran re land and property valuation occupied by Mr Sliegner, north side of Canterbury Road, Tunstall (Now Forest Hill) close to Springvale Road. Land 2.5 acres with villa and out buildings.land values, sliegner (mr), canterbury road, forest hill, c. husband (estate agent)

Newspaper article outlining RSPCA plans to sell 5 or 6 acres of its East Burwood property at market value to help fund the new veterinary clinic and hospital. The sum required to build the new hospital and clinic is $4 million. RSPCA plans to sell 5 or 6 acres of its East Burwood property at market value to help fund the new veterinary clinic and hospital. royal society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, burwood east, barber, peter, veterinary services, land sales

Photocopy of Certificate of Title. Vol 3715 Fol. 742903 to Julius Draeger, 12 August 1913, for fifteen acres of land being part of Crown Portion 94, including plan of subdivision (P72294) cancelling title. [Contract of Sale ND567]Photocopy of Certificate of Title. Vol 3715 Fol. 742903 to Julius Draeger, 12 August 1913, for fifteen acres of land being part of Crown Portion 94, including plan of subdivision (P72294) cancelling title. [Contract of Sale ND567]glebe street, forest hill, land subdivision, draeger, carl julius otto, vicki street, bindy street, lee-ann street

Indenture document, hand written in ink and ruled in red ink, between James Northcott, farmer and William Anderson ' of the same place' for 380 acres at Bullock Creek. Document is in poor condition and folded in four sections. Document dated 1870.rural industry, farm property, indenture northcott and anderson

Report of the Rising Sun Lease of 25 acres situated at Lake La Page, Western Australia, over which the Company has taken an option on the recommendation of Mr. F. J. Rashleigh, who inspected and reported on the property on behalf of the option holders.Corryong Gold Mining Co.business, stockbroker, kelly & allsop, kelly & allsop collection, corryong gold mining syndicate., lake la page, r.t.trembath, fred tricks.

Photocopy of contract of sale between Julius Draeger, vendor and John Ernest Kleinert, 19 June 1937, for 15 acres of land being part of Crown Portion 94, Certificate of Title, Vol 3715 Fol 742908 (Certificate of Title ND576)land sales, draeger, carl julius otto, kleinert, john ernest, glebe street, forest hill

Handwritten receipt signed by Thomas Jones acknowledging he received from Charles Jones the sum of 150 pounds in payment of land at Kimbolton 34 acres or thereabouts. A two pence stamp duty is affixed the the letter and the date 31/08/23 is on the stamp.document

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Hope park: built in 1867 by architect David Weir, he literally tried to make his home his castle and had two acres of vines and by 1872 he was calling himself a vigneron.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were