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Henry Christian (c.1809-91), the grandfather of the photographer, was one of the first settlers in Kew. He arrived in Victoria with his wife Agnes and son Orlando in 1855 on the Gypsy Queen. He established a rope-making business in Bulleen Road by 1858 but was declared insolvent two years later. In his final years, he was celebrated as one of the oldest living settlers of the district. His son, Orlando Henry Beater Christian (c.1853-1930) became a member of the Hawthorn Band and a foundation member of the Willsmere Swimming Club. Orlando and his wife Elizabeth had four children of which Henry Beater Christian (1886-1962) was the oldest.An album of photographs, compiled by Henry Beater Christian (1886-1962) of Pakington Street, Kew, depicting individuals, natural and settled environments and the interactions between these worlds. Henry Christian, was a keen explorer, not just of his immediate environment but also of the Victorian wilderness. His major opus is contained in two albums in which he records, sometimes in majestic detail and on other occasions the intimate features of the natural world. His photographic travels during the 1920s, often in solitary ramblings but on other occasions with companions, recall the heroic landscape photography of an earlier era, pioneered by Nicholas Caire. In addition to their aesthetic value, the albums are historically significant records within the State of Victoria, of what is now a distant point in time, and of places that have become radically altered through human intervention.Digital copy of a 47-page photograph album containing 255 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. The album contains a groups of photographic positives taken by Henry B Christian (a resident of Pakington Street), of places in Kew and throughout regional Victoria during the 1920s. The mainly sepia photographs, while small, are of a high resolution. Photographs are typically lightly glued onto pages. Locations are frequently identified by white or black ink, which in a number of cases is illegible due to wear.henry beater christian (1886-1962), landscape photography, photograph albums, kew (vic.) — yarra river, kew (vic.) — zig-zag bridge, kew (vic.) — macauley’s boathouse, studley park (vic.) — yarra river, wonderland — grampians (vic.), black spur (vic.), marysville (vic.), maroondah dam (vic.) — construction, warburton (vic.), cockatoo (vic.), bruthen (vic.), swan reach road (vic.), glen hills (vic.), lightning creek (vic.), omeo (vic.), glen wills (vic.), mt wills (vic.), sunnyside (vic), granite flat (vic.), toolangi (vic.), yea (vic, )., flowerdale (vic.), mt white law (vic.), baw baw (vic.), christian-washfold collection

This map shows geological features, suggests the last basalt flow, and includes alotments and names of Mining Companies. Although this map has no date on it the Ballarat Industrial School is used for dating purposed. The Ballarat Industrial School ran from 1869-1879, but the term Ballarat Industrial School Reserve was still in use in 1898 and possibly beyond.Geological Map of Ballarat with 3 holes in the left hand side. The map indicates the position of Lake Wendouree, Township of Warrenheip, Ballarat East, Industrial School Reserve, Winters Swamp, Police Paddock, Wyndholm Premptive Right (Salton and Waldie), Black Hill, Vale Park Reserve, Pennyweight Hill, Little Bendigo, Black Swamp Lead, monte Christo Reef, Chinaman's Gully, Miners Rest, Pincotts Dam, Northumberland Gully. It also show the following goldmining companies: City of Ballarat, Kohinor, Hand and Band, Great North West, Northern Junction, Kneeshaw, Rossers Freehold, Silurial.ballarat, warrenheip, lake wendouree, ballarat east, winters swamp, winter swamp, wyndholm premptive right, cemetery, vale park reserve, little bendigo, kneeshaw co., industrial school reserve, kirks dam, pincotts dam, black hill, wombat hill, dead horse gully, miners rest, mt rowan, salton and waldie, rose hill co, great north west no 1, rose's freehold co, hand and band co, police reserve, police paddock, mount rowan, ballarat industrial school reserve, market reserve, winter's swamp, kneeshar co, monte cristo line of reef, chinaman's gully or black snake, milkmaid's gully, ballarat gold field, bakery hil lead, old gravel pits lead, golden point lead, eureka lead, miner's rest, yarrowee creek, leigh creek, black swamp lead, yorkshire reef, nil desperandum reef, cockatoo lead, hit or miss gully, herbert werner frederick de nully, pennyweight hill, esmond's lead, ash's lead, nightingale lead, john bull gully, gladstone reef, whitehorse reef, petticoat creek, pincott's dam, frenchman's gully, tim's crushing plant, jenkin's gully, california gully, drake's creek, sulton and waldie, ballarat undustrial school, ballarat & mariborough railway

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non-fictionOral histories given by many different people within the Shire of Pakenhammuriel dick, ian forte, bill parish, barbara birch, russell clark, lal & roy weatherhead, alan sillcock, marjorie elliott, edward knox, eveline staindl, vin & peg tyler, gay failla, vera dell'universita, harold ramage, cr jack russell, bruce adamson, darla adamson, frances bishop, eric bumpstead, stan hamilton, merv horan, audrey ridgway, nell turnbull, harry blackburne, edith bumpstead, agnes cunningham, dan cunningham, lorna & murray giles, lorraine noack, allan pownceby, betty purton, bill & edith shelton, bill studd, muriel & fred treloar, noel & marjorie webster, garfield victoria, bunyip victoria, tynong victoria, nar nar goon victoria, maryknoll victoria, cockatoo victoria, gembrook victoria, beaconsfield victoria, dewhurst victoria, upper beaconsfield victoria, pakenham victoria

124 p. : maps ; 21 cm.non-fictionThe town of Cockatoo was destroyed by fire in 1983. This book tells the story of the building up of the parish of St. Luke's Anglican Church and the building of the Church in the four years following the fires. It is written by Peter Crawford who became the vicar of the Emerald-Cockatoo parish on the outskirts of Melbourne. cockatoo (vic.), ash wednesday bushfires 1983

non-fictionReminiscences by Cockatoo residents of happenings in Cockatoocockatoo (vic.), robert loney maye

xv, 416 p.; 26 cmnon-fictionHistory of European settlement of Dandenong ranges; minimal references to Aboriginal occupation. dandenong ranges, land settlement, ferntree gully, scoresby (vic.), lysterfield (vic.), macclesfield (vic.), avonsleigh (vic.), wantirna (vic.), bayswater (vic.), rowville (vic.), emerald (vic.), yellingbo (vic.), cockatoo (vic.), early pastoralists

151 p.; 30 cmnon-fictionAsh Wednesday reflections by residents of Cockatooash wednesday bushfires 1983, cockatoo (vic.)

94 p.; 22 cmnon-fictionAsh Wednesday fires with personal stories of the people involvedcockatoo (vic.), ash wednesday bushfires 1983

66 p.; 27 cmnon-fictionA pictorial history of Beaconsfield, Guys Hill, Upper Beaconsfield, Officer, Toomuc Valley, Pakenham, Pakenham Upper, Cockatoo, Gembrook, Nar Nar Goon North, Tynong, Tynong North, Garfield and Bunyippictorial history, beaconsfield (vic.), upper beaconsfield (vic.), guys hill (vic.), officer (vic.), toomuc valley (vic.), pakenham (vic.), pakenham upper (vic.), cockatoo (vic.), gembrook (vic.), nar nar goon north, tynong (vic.), tynong north (vic.), garfield (vic.), bunyip (vic.)

Printed newspaper sized magazine. The front cover has a burnt out house with Ash Wednesday printed in white with a red background at the top of the page and 1983 Bushfires at the bottom of the page. non-fictionA large newspaper sized magazine remembering the Ash Wednesday bushfires on 16 February 1983. The magazine/newspaper was produced by The Herald and The Sun newspapers in conjunction with the Geelong and Bendigo Advertisers. It was produced to raise money for the State Disaster Appeal. ash wednesday, the dandenongs, mount macedon, the otways, framlingham, cockatoo, upper beaconsfield,