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Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Haeusler Glass Negatives Collection - Jack Parker with the pony he taught to do tricks, c1910
... house with corrugated iron roof. Negative Haeusler Glass ...The Wodonga Historical Society Haeusler Collection provides invaluable insight into life in late nineteenth and early twentieth century north east Victoria. The collection comprises manuscripts, personal artefacts used by the Haeusler family on their farm in Wodonga, and a set of glass negatives which offer a unique visual snapshot of the domestic and social lives of the Haeusler family and local Wodonga community. The Haeusler family migrated from Prussia (Germany) to South Australia in the 1840s and 1850s, before purchasing 100 acres of Crown Land made available under the Victorian Lands Act 1862 (also known as ‘Duffy’s Land Act’) in 1866 in what is now Wodonga West. The Haeusler family were one of several German families to migrate from South Australia to Wodonga in the 1860s. This digital image was produced from one of the glass negatives that form part of the collection, probably taken by Louis Haeusler (b.1887) with the photographic equipment in the Wodonga Historical Society Haeusler Collection. Parker Family - Samuel Skelton Parker, Jack Parker’s father, migrated to Australia from Ballymena, Country Antrim, Ireland in 1884. He married Bridget Cusack from County Clare in 1883. They had children William, James, Jack, Samuel and Rachel. After working on a station in northern NSW, they moved to Barnawartha and set up a butchery and later a bakery. In 1890 the family moved to Wodonga, buying a property in West Wodonga, which he called “Park Hall” after his home in Ireland. The property is now the location of the Wodonga Golf Club in Parkers Road, West Wodonga.This item is unique and has well documented provenance and a known owner. It forms part of a significant and representative historical collection which reflects the local history of Wodonga. It contributes to our understanding of domestic and family life in early twentieth century Wodonga, as well as providing interpretative capacity for themes including local history and social history.Digital image created from the Haeusler Glass negative collection. Jack Parker sitting on his pony which is lying down on the ground. Jack taught this pony to perform several tricks. The Parker family home and some outbuildings are visible in the background. This is a substantial brick house with corrugated iron roof.wodonga pioneers, haeusler family, glass negatives, dry plate photography, parker family wodonga, horsemanship -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Haeusler Glass Negatives Collection - Two men ploughing with horse team, c1910
The Wodonga Historical Society Haeusler Collection provides invaluable insight into life in late nineteenth and early twentieth century north east Victoria. The collection comprises manuscripts, personal artefacts used by the Haeusler family on their farm in Wodonga, and a set of glass negatives which offer a unique visual snapshot of the domestic and social lives of the Haeusler family and local Wodonga community. The Haeusler family migrated from Prussia (Germany) to South Australia in the 1840s and 1850s, before purchasing 100 acres of Crown Land made available under the Victorian Lands Act 1862 (also known as ‘Duffy’s Land Act’) in 1866 in what is now Wodonga West. The Haeusler family were one of several German families to migrate from South Australia to Wodonga in the 1860s. This digital image was produced from one of the glass negatives that form part of the collection, probably taken by Louis Haeusler (b.1887) with the photographic equipment in the Wodonga Historical Society Haeusler Collection.This item is unique and has well documented provenance and a known owner. It forms part of a significant and representative historical collection which reflects the local history of Wodonga. It contributes to our understanding of domestic and family life in early twentieth century Wodonga, as well as providing interpretative capacity for themes including local history and social history.Digital image created from the Haeusler Glass negative collection. Two men ploughing with a pair of horses. A man and woman with two dogs are on the verandah in the background. The house is made of brick with a corrugated iron roof and verandah.wodonga pioneers, haeusler family, glass negatives, dry plate photography, wodonga families, farm activities -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Haeusler Glass Negatives Collection - Man and a dog standing on a verandah, c1910
The Wodonga Historical Society Haeusler Collection provides invaluable insight into life in late nineteenth and early twentieth century north east Victoria. The collection comprises manuscripts, personal artefacts used by the Haeusler family on their farm in Wodonga, and a set of glass negatives which offer a unique visual snapshot of the domestic and social lives of the Haeusler family and local Wodonga community. The Haeusler family migrated from Prussia (Germany) to South Australia in the 1840s and 1850s, before purchasing 100 acres of Crown Land made available under the Victorian Lands Act 1862 (also known as ‘Duffy’s Land Act’) in 1866 in what is now Wodonga West. The Haeusler family were one of several German families to migrate from South Australia to Wodonga in the 1860s. This digital image was produced from one of the glass negatives that form part of the collection, probably taken by Louis Haeusler (b.1887) with the photographic equipment in the Wodonga Historical Society Haeusler Collection.This item is unique and has well documented provenance and a known owner. It forms part of a significant and representative historical collection which reflects the local history of Wodonga. It contributes to our understanding of domestic and family life in early twentieth century Wodonga, as well as providing interpretative capacity for themes including local history and social history.Digital image created from the Haeusler Glass negative collection. A man a dog standing on a verandah. The house is made of brick with a roof of corrugated iron.wodonga pioneers, haeusler family, glass negatives, dry plate photography, wodonga families -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Wodonga Atheneum
From 1870 onwards discussions took place in Wodonga concerning the best location for a building to house and reorganise the holdings of the Wodonga Literary Institute and Free Library. The Literary Institute, originally the Belvoir Literary Group, had been formed prior to 1861 and changed its name with the renaming of the town in 1869. In 1873 a meeting was held to consider the re-organising of the Wodonga Literary Institute and Free Library as “there were a goodly number of valuable books and other property belonging to the Institution but they were not used, and it was a pity to see such valuable works and sketches shut up in a back store getting spoiled”. In October 1885 the Wodonga and Towong Sentinel reported that the Wodonga Athenaeum and Free Library committee were seeking a grant of £200 to add to the £200 already paid to purchase Hellerman’s buildings. In October 1886 the Wodonga Athenaeum in Hume Street was officially opened. It was designed by Gordon and Gordon, architects, and built by Stewart Bros. This building continued to house the Atheneum and its collection until 1915 when the new library in High Street was built. In 1916 the Athenaeum building was moved on drays drawn by Clydesdale horses, to 153 Lawrence Street and used as a private home since. The building is heritage listed. This image is one of a collection of glass negatives taken by Robert Prentice. The negatives are clearly identified as he inscribed in the glass a back-to-front capital R (Я) on to which was joined a capital P creating his mark ЯР. On the glass he would also scratch the name Prentice where he could, in this case along the bottom of the picket fence.This image is significant because it housed the Wodonga Literary Group and Free Library, the first library building in Wodonga.Black and white image of old wooden house with tin roof. Trees and a picket fence are at the front of the house.Written below picket fence: Atheneum Wodonga, Prenticewodonga literary institute and free library, atheneum wodonga, belvoir literary group, robert prentice -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s and Digital Image, Syd Harvey, ESCo No. 12 outside Wendouree Parade depot, c1920
Black and white photo of ESCo No. 12 outside Wendouree Parade depot, post the 1912 installation of Motorman's windscreens. Both blinds rolled up. Has a roof advertisement for "Carter & Werner Opticians" and a step ad for "Eureka Cos. BO Punch". Seat backs face passengers to sit on the outside of the tram., that is have yet to be relocated to face inwards only. See image 757.2 - which shows this. Three copies of the photo - both from a copy neg. Copy 1, circa 1980, Copy 2, by John Phillips, 1993, Copy 3 ex Ken Magor, sent by Wal Jack to Ken. The rear of this print has extensive details on rear. See item 9468 for a glass plate negative.Yields information about the appearance of one of the Museum's tramcars at the time of fitting windscreens and demonstrates the evolution of the ESCo's tramcars, and advertising. Image 757.2, is different to others in that it is fitted with a chain along the sides and a pay as you enter sign at the rear.Series of black and white photographs of ESCo tram 12. 757.2 - on rear in ink "24a)", top left hand corner and along bottom edge "Car 12 at Lake Wendouree near depot Sydney Harvey" and "William F Scott" address label in the bottom left hand corner., See image i4 for details of Wal's notes on back of photo.trams, tramways, esco, windscreens, tramcars, roof ads , tram 12 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Bendigo steam tram No 2 Mollison St, William H Robinson, 1892/1895
Copy print of a sepia toned image of a Bendigo Tramways Co. Ltd steam tram motor (No. 2) and trailer No. 6, possibly on the depot access track. Shown as a W. H. Robinson photograph, was scanned from a block mounted print. Has in pencil "1892 - 1902" reproduced on the photograph. Trailer No. 6 has a roof advertising board "Drapery half price Beehive Sale". shows in detail the presentation of the trams, painting scheme, bogie arrangements. Two copies held. 4369.2 - Black and White copy print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Added 30/6/2013. Has 'WJ T168" written in ink on the front of the photograph. See item 9464 for a glass plate negative of this image and 987 and 1439 for other images.Yields information about Bendigo steam tram and their trailers.Black and White reproduction printCopy 1 - Has "17)" in the top left hand corner of the front of the photograph. On the rear "(8)" in pencil in the top left hand corner. In pencil and ink "Bendigo Tramways (steam system) 1892", "Copied from William H Robinson / Leonard C. Bennetts Collection" and a "William F Scott" address label in the bottom right hand corner. Also has cropping instructions and other marks. Copy 2 - In pencil "Bendigo / William H Robinson / Leonard C. Bennett Collection" 4369.1 - on rear in ink "Bendigo No. 2 Motor, No. 6 Car, Mollison St. 1895" Motor No. 2 by Baldwin B/No. 12242 of 1891" Has Wal Jack copyright stamp on rear and number T168 written in.trams, tramways, bendigo, mollison st, steam trams, trailers, tram 2, tram 6 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image - ESCo 21 Grenville St, 1920
Photo of ESCo Sebastopol type No. 21 in Sturt St arriving at the Grenville St city terminus. Has a "Suttons for Organs" roof advertisement. Wal's album noted "Sebastopol type No. 21, Sturt St 1920." Has "1920" written on the photograph in the bottom right hand corner. See also Reg item 178 for another version of this image and 9465 for a glass plate negative.Yields information the appearance of the Sebastopol type tram when they were in service, c1920 and the north side of Sturt St streetscape.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album.trams, tramways, sebastopol type, sturt st, grenville st, suttons, esco, tram 21 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Age, Image of Bendigo steam tram No. 2 and trailer, July 10, 1943
Reproduction of a photograph of Bendigo Steam tram No. 2 and Bendigo Tramways Co. Ltd. bogie trailer. Caption "Bendigo's steam tramway at the close of last century." Same photo as that in Keith Kings "The Bendigo Tramways" but the roof ad board on the trailer has been altered to cover the advertisers name. Keith Kings gives the trailer as No. 6, rebuilt from the unsuccessful battery tram No. 1. See item 9464 for a glass plate negative of this photograph.Yields information about Bendigo Steam trams.Newspaper Clipping from The AGE, Saturday July 10, 1943.trams, tramways, steam trams, bendigo, trailers, bendigo tramways co. ltd. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Wal Jack, ESCo No 17 in Wendouree Parade, 30/05/1906
ESCo No 17 in Wendouree Parade, Photographed on the depot lead. Tram in as built or original form. Wal's note on rear of photograph say's Motorman J. Quirk, Conductor Fritz A Their and the photo is dated 30/5/1906. Note hanging destination side over the front of the tram rather than a roof version. Shows crew uniforms. See also Reg Item 3578, 4290, 8700 for other copies of this image and 9466 for a glass plate negative.Yields information about the ESCo tramcars as originally built and the uniforms originally worn.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album. See image i2 for details of inscriptions on back of photograph.trams, tramways, esco, uniforms, wendouree parade, tram 17 -
Working Heritage Crown Land Collection
Award - Royal Mint Building Award, JA Dodd Excellence in Construction
2002 Excellence in Construction AwardsFramed Award 2002 Excellence in Construction Awards, JA Dodd LTD, Excellence in Construction, (Existing Buildings) Under $2 million, Project: The Royal Mint Building, Architect: Robert Peck von Hartel Trethowan, Location: 280 William Street Melbourne, J A Dodd Ltd's refurbishment of the historic former Royal Mint Building delivered to the client's specification in retaining the features of this historic building, while at the same time providing modern office accommodation with state of the art facilities. New works have been defined by a modern style encompassing glass, stainless steel and flush surfaces, offering a stark departure from the ornate finishes of the original building. Traditional timber mouldings, tiles stonework and intricate paint methods have been used only where repairs to the existing building were required. The judges praised the superb job and made special mention of the exposed roof trusses. 38 master builder awards -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - Christian Family
Six documents on the Christian Family. Nine typed pages by Robert Trumble dated 08/02/1974. Extracts taken from two books written by him about the Christian family in Australia. Three pages about Thomas Christian and Myoora from Caulfield Historical Society Newsletter April/June 1974. Handwritten notes on Thomas and Violet Christian from 1886-1891, possibly taken from Rate Books, unsigned and undated. Handwritten information from the Public Record Office Victoria giving extract of register of Wills, Vol.W1, page 39 Christian, Thomas. Unsigned and undated. Photocopied UK incoming passenger list dated 28/04/1899 showing Mrs. Christian, eight children and maid on the ship Wakool, from Ancestry.com.au Newspaper item dated 26/01/2013 from the Saturday Age mentioning Coolart Homestead, late Victorian mansion, owned at one stage by Tom Luxton who was married to Gertrude Christian.christian thomas, christian violet mary, christian dorothy, christian emily, barclay frank, baker blanch miss, christian florence, trumble hugh, christian arthur james, christian may, player charles dr., llaneast, house names, player janet, player alison, player dorothy, myoora, christian gertrude, christian grace, richards henry caselli, richards harry, trumble robert, trumble kathleen, christian dorothy, dandenong road, caulfield, luxton thomas j., trumble ken, christian edgar john, emery irene, the golden age of cricket, the trumble family in australia, dunstan john r., o’donnell j., caulfield historical society, alma road, hawthorn road, dandenong road, craigellachie, orrong road, p.c. day dawn, p.c. gold mining company ltd., charters towers, mines and mining, gold mining, balconies, verandahs, cast iron work, towers, stained glass, mansions, ievers william, pfeiffer frederick, newmann violet mary, lloyd john charles, architects, brooke family, servants, stairs, teacher work, cellars, flats, slate tiles, roofs, chimneys, fireplaces, land subdivision, coach houses, reed henderson and smart (architects), wills, ships, wakool, henderson anketell -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, L. Perrin, mid 1920's?
Black and White Photograph of a major tram delay at the intersection of Gertrude and Nicholson St with many cable trams backed up in Nicholson St with a cable tram pit cover lifted, two workmen. Photo appears to have been taken soon after when trams were recommencing. In the view is a workman with a trolley and possibly the pit cover. Turning is a Barnet Glass Rubber Co. Ltd. truck with a soft roof. L. Perrin Photo.On rear in ink bottom left hand corner "L.Perrin"trams, tramways, cable trams, nicholson st, gertrude st, accidents, tram 528 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Glass plate - Bendigo steam tram No 2 Mollison St, William H Robinson, 1892/1895
Glass plate negative of Bendigo Tramways Co. Ltd steam tram motor (No. 2) and trailer No. 6, Trailer No. 6 has a roof advertising board "Drapery half price Beehive Sale". Shows in detail the presentation of the trams, painting scheme, bogie arrangements. Photo in Mollison St. See items 987, 1439 and 4369 for other reproductions of this photograph.Yields information about Bendigo steam tram and their trailers.Glass plate negative in a brown paper envelope.The envelope has Wal Jack stamps T168 and T169 and a written note "Bendigo Steam Trams"trams, tramways, bendigo, mollison st, steam trams, trailers, tram 2, tram 6 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Glass plate - ESCo 12, c1920
Black and white photo of ESCo No. 12 outside Wendouree Parade depot, post the 1912 installation of Motorman's windscreens. Both blinds rolled up. Has a roof advertisement for "Carter & Werner Opticians" and a step ad for "Eureka Cos. BO Punch". Seat backs face passengers to sit on the outside of the tram., that is have yet to be relocated to face inwards only. For other copies of this photo see item 757.Yields information about the appearance of one of the Museum's tramcars at the time of fitting windscreens and demonstrates the evolution of the ESCo's tramcars, and advertising.Glass plate negative, in white paper wrapping."Old type Ballarat 12" in pencil on wrappingtrams, tramways, esco, depot, windscreens, tram 12, roof ads -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Glass plate - ESCo 21, Grenville St, 1920
ESCo Sebastopol type No. 21 in Sturt St arriving the Grenville St city terminus. Has a "Suttons for Organs" roof advertisement. Same image as items 178 and 5143.Yields information the appearance of the Sebastopol type tram when they were in service, c1920 and the north side of Sturt St streetscape.Glass plate negative, in a black envelope.trams, tramways, sebastopol type, grenville st, sturt st, esco, suttons, tram 21 -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photograph, Alan King, Kangaroo Ground Presbyterian Church, 28 December 2007
Built in 1878, the orange polychromatic brick structure replaced a slab building which had been used since 1951. The building has changed little with its handsome bricks buttressed on both sides, a slate roof and a Celtic cross on top of the front gable. The carved wooden pulpit and 18 pews are original. The cathedral-style ceiling is fully lined with tongue-and-groove pine boards and the floor is also pine. The walls have arched oblong leadlight windows. In 1977 the congregaton decided not to join the Uniting Church, whcih amalgamated some Presbyterian churches with all the Methodist and Congregational churches in Australia. Together with the store and school, the church is one of Kangaroo Ground's three public buildings. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p91 The small Presbyterian church in Main Road, Kangaroo Ground, has been a spiritual centre for more than a century. Built in 1878, the orange polychromatic brick structure replaced a rude slab building, which had been used as both a church and school since 1851. Earliest settlers, who were Scottish farmers, had worshipped together since 1841 in a barn owned by farmer James Donaldson and led by a layman called Smith.1 However, from 1843, the Reverend Peter Gunn conducted church services. Prominent early church members include the Donaldson, Bell and Cameron families. In 1851, Samuel Furphy (father of author Joseph) built their first church building, a 30 feet x 18 feet (9m x 5.5m) slab structure on half an acre (0.2ha) donated by Mr Donaldson. Conditions could be very uncomfortable in extreme weather.The green slabs of timber and sapling logs, covered partly with mud, had centimetre-wide cracks, allowing rain and wind through, when not blocked out by folds of paper.2 However this did not deter the first couple marrying there in 1857: John Wilson of Nillumbik and Christina Macpherson of Christmas Hills. The Reverend Peter Gunn seldom visited so it was usually left to Andrew Ross, the settlement’s first teacher and founder of the newspaper The Evelyn Observer, to lead the divine services instead.3 In 1877 the settlers raised £355/19/- and hired architect, Charles Maplestone and builder, Mr Self, to construct today’s church building. Each family rented a pew or pews for ten shillings a half-year; they also paid quarterly subscriptions for the minister’s stipend.4 It was not until 1886 that the church celebrated its first wedding, that of John Bell (junior) from Violet Bank and Elizabeth Charlton of Cunis Nillen. The Sunday School’s first recorded meeting was also held that year. In 1892 a weatherboard vestry was built, and the following year John Bell donated a church bell, which the fire brigade used as a warning for several years. Conditions have varied greatly during the century. In 1893 the Reverend Darroch had to travel more than 2000 miles (3220km) to attend to his scattered parishioners. Then in the Depression, the minister Mr Brown, subsisted only on lodgings with no stipend. The Sunday School ceased for many years because of the small population, but reopened in 1949. The building has changed little with its handmade bricks buttressed on both long sides, a slate roof and a Celtic cross on top of the front gable. The carved wooden pulpit and 18 pews are original and in fine condition. The cathedral-style ceiling is fully lined with tongue-and-groove pine boards and the floor is also of pine. The walls have arched oblong leadlight windows. One window has stained glass commemorating Mrs Jessie Agnes Cameron and her ancestors – the pioneering Bell family. It depicts The Sower because the family comprised farmers who came to a strange land to sow the seeds of their faith as much as their crops. Thistles signify their Scottish ancestry and the pigeons are a symbol of Pigeon Bank, the Kangaroo Ground farming property where Jessie Cameron was born.5 Other historical ties are seen on two marble memorial tablets and carved wooden chairs dedicated to former members. The Church still has the original Bible with gold edged paper, presented by the women of the congregation in 1871, although it is no longer used. In 1977 the Presbyterian congregation decided not to join the Uniting Church, which amalgamated some Presbyterian churches with all the Methodist and Congregational churches in Australia. Together with the store and school, the church is one of Kangaroo Ground’s three public buildings.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, kangaroo ground presbyterian church -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photograph, Marguerite Marshall, Former home of Professor William MacMahon Ball, York Street, Eltham, 24 May 2007
Situated at the eastern end of York Street, Eltham, 'Shinrone', the former home of Professor William (Mac) MacMahon Ball was one of the first in the Shire of Eltham to incorporate mud-brick. Professor MacMahon Ball, a political scientist, writer, broadcaster and diplomat and family moved to York Street, Eltham in 1945 into a timber cottage built around the 1890s and in poor repair. Mac asked Alistair Knox to renovate the home and he expanded the living area and added verandahs. In 1948 Montsalvat artist and sculptor Sonia Skipper supervised the building of most of the mud-brick studio. Neighbour Gordon Ford made the mud-bricks. Mac also asked John Harcourt, who had worked with him as a journalist in shortwave broadcasting, to build a pise (rammed earth) and stone addition to the largely timber house. Harcourt built two bedrooms - including an attic bedroom - a balcony with a shower and toilet, a nd a fireplace and chimney of local stone. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p141 At the eastern tip of York Street, Eltham, stands Shinrone, the former home of one of Australia’s intellectual leaders. Professor William Macmahon Ball, was one of the first to bring Asia as a foreign policy issue to the Australian public.1 He was a political scientist, writer, broadcaster and diplomat. The house was one of the first in Eltham Shire to incorporate mud-brick,2 because of the acute shortage of building materials after World War Two. Its novice builders later become leaders in Eltham’s built and garden design. Mac (as he was usually called), who was the son of a Church of England minister, was born in Casterton, Victoria in 1901 and died in 1986. In 1945 he helped establish the United Nations, as political consultant to the Australian Delegation at the San Francisco Conference.3 Then in 1946 Mac was appointed British Commonwealth Representative on the Allied Council for Japan, which is recorded in detail in his diary.4 In 1948 Mac led an Australian Government Goodwill Mission to South East Asia. However, Mac was perhaps most successful as an academic and public speaker.5 He was a commentator on the Australian Broadcasting Commission, from the early 1930s to the early 1960s. He was also Controller of the Short-Wave Broadcasting Unit during World War Two, which later became Radio Australia. From 1923 he taught at The University of Melbourne, then became foundation Professor of Political Science in 1949 and was Chair until his retirement in 1968.6 In 1942, as the government expected a Japanese invasion, Mac’s wife Katrine and their only child Jenny, moved from Kew to Eltham as temporary evacuees. However Mac and Katrine lived in Eltham for almost the rest of their lives. After staying with friends, they rented a house in Reynolds Road, where, as it was wartime, they needed to keep horses for transport and a cow and poultry for milk and eggs. In 1945 the family moved to the house at York Street, which was then a timber cottage, built around the 1890s and in poor repair. The underground well, cellar and part of the garden are all that remain of what stood on the original 18 acre (7.3ha) allotment. Thanks largely to Katrine’s hard work, the house was gradually renovated and extended. The long rambling house was partially built by several young neighbours, who were inspired by the cheap mud-brick and stone building style of Montsalvat, the Eltham artists’ colony. Mac asked Alistair Knox to renovate Shinrone, named after an Irish village near Katrine’s family home. Knox later popularised the mud-brick style of house construction, for which Eltham became known. He expanded the living area and added verandas. In 1948 Montsalvat artist and sculptor Sonia Skipper supervised the building of most of the mud-brick studio. Another neighbour, Gordon Ford, who was to have a major influence on the Australian garden style, made the mud-bricks. Mac also asked John Harcourt, who had worked with him as a journalist in short-wave broadcasting, to build a pisé (rammed earth) and stone addition to the largely timber house. Harcourt built two bedrooms – including an attic bedroom – a balcony with a shower and toilet, and a fireplace and chimney of local sandstone. With pioneering work naturally came mistakes, including one particularly dramatic incident when Harcourt was building walls with unsupported sections. Jenny Ellis, Mac’s daughter, remembers being awakened from sleep by a thundering shudder. The wall of her room had fallen down – fortunately away from her! In 1950 artist Peter Glass – another neighbour and later landscape designer – built Katrine a mud-brick pottery. As a result, the house features at one end Harcourt’s characteristic steep gable roof, while at the other the flatter construction characteristic of Knox. Mac referred to the home as the Eltham ‘experimental building site’.7 Surprisingly, the combination works, perhaps partly because it has the warm inviting feel of timber, mud-brick and stone.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, eltham, alistair knox, gordon ford, john harcourt, mudbrick construction, pise construction, professor macmahon ball, shinrone, sonia skipper, york street -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - First Methodist Church, Wodonga
Land for the Methodist Church in Wodonga was reserved in 1864. By 1865 the Reverend Francis Neale, a Wesleyan minister was appointed to Albury from where he supervised the congregation at Wodonga Creek until a church was built in 1873. By 1885 Wodonga and the other preaching places on the Victorian side of the Murray had become a separate circuit under the Reverend L. J Rowlands. This circuit included Bethanga. Kiewa. Leneva, Kergunyah and Bonegilla. In the 1960s the Methodist congregation built a new chapel in Hovell Street, Wodonga. The creation of the Uniting Church during the 1970s meant that the services were held in the former Presbyterian Church and joint Sunday School classes were conducted in the Methodist Hall. In 1961 the Church building and land was purchased by the Ukrainian Community for £2,000. Ukrainian Catholic families in Wodonga donated £100 each towards the purchase. Additional fund raising such as carol singing in nearby towns (Benalla, Wangaratta, Albury and Wodonga) assisted with the purchase of the Church. The former Methodist Church was in poor condition and the members of its new congregation undertook the replacement of the floor, the footings, replastering of the walls and the construction of an altar. The renovations cost a further £400. Once a month a priest came up from Melbourne to conduct services in the Church. On completion it was blessed by Bishop Ivan Prasko to become St Olga's Catholic Church (Ukrainian). In 1965 the Church was dedicated to its patron St Volodymir, with Bishop Varlamm (Sydney) and Bishop Donat (Melbourne) taking part in the ceremony. The members of the Ukrainian Catholic community also built a hall and smaller chapel in Hunt Street, Wodonga. With a declining congregation, this property became more manageable to maintain than the original brick building and the decision was made to close the building in 2010. In 2022 the building and extensive block of land in Church Street was sold commercially for potential redevelopment.These images are significant because they depict an early Wodonga Church building.A collection of coloured photographs depicting the first Methodist Church in Wodonga, Victoria It was a red brick church with a steeply pitched gable roof and parapeted gable walls. There was a small front porch with matching roof and gable treatment to the front. Simple timber Gothic windows were along the sides, with a tri-partite window above the porch. Two sections of this window featured stained glass, the other was opaque glass. Red brick buttresses were topped with white-painted render, as were the parapets, and the windows were also outlined with white painted render. Timber joinery was painted white. A front path led directly to the porch and the Church was flanked by mature oak trees. A small, relatively modern red brick skillion extension was added to the rear of the building.wodonga churches, methodist church wodonga, ukrainian catholic church wodonga -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting, Ruth Denny, Gardens Cottage Portland 1857, 1967
CEMA Art collectionThe painting depicts a blue stone building with green door. On either side of the door is a window and there is a chimney at either end of the roof. The side of the house closest to the viewer is overgrown with vegetation which extends up to and covers the chimney. To the right of the building is a green fence with a leaf-less tree behind. To the left of the building is a smaller green fence with several green trees behind. The work has a plain wooden frame with a mount and glass.Front: Gardens Cottage Portland 1857 Ruth Denny 1967 (black, handwritten) Back: Sticker: DEANS MU 8291 FOR FRAMING 346 LT. COLLINS ST., MELB. NO. 20438 Yellow sticker: 3033portland, female artist, female, women, botanic gardens, curator's cottage -
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Painting, Ruth Denny, Customs House Portland 1849, 1967
CEMA Art collectionThe painting depicts a stone building with red roof. The front of the building features a double staircase which leads from both sides of the building to a central door. On either side of the door is a window. The side of the building features four windows, three of which are covered. To the left of the building are various plants with the roof of a building in the background. To the right of the building is a fence and blue wall. The work has a plain wooden frame with a mount and glass.Front: Customs House Portland 1849 Ruth Denny 1967 (black, hand-written) Back: Sticker: DEAN'S MU 8269 FOR FRAMING 346 LT. COLLINS ST., MELB. No 20438 Yellow sticker: 3032portland customs house, female artist, female artists, bluestone, bluestone building -
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Painting, Ruth Denny, Old Cottages Richmond St. Portland, 1967
CEMA Art collectionStreet scene with three buildings and a fenced area. The centre focus of the work is two small buildings. The building on the left is yellow with red roof and green door. Standing in front of the house is a female figure with red shirt and white skirt. The building to the right is pale yellow with green roof, red chimney and green door. There is a Norfolk Pine tree behind the middle house. The image is depicted using straight lines in pen for the outline of the buildings and for some of the details.The work has plain wooden frame with a mount and glass.Front: Old Cottages Richmond St.Portland Ruth Denny 1967(black, handwritten) Back: Sticker:DEAN'S MU 8291 FOR FRAMING 346 LT.COLLINS ST., MELB. NO. 20438 Yellow sticker: 3034female artists, female artist, women, portland street scene, portland, richmond street -
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Drawing, Noel Jones, Laneway, 1971
NoneView of a laneway in pen. Black and white. The laneway begins lower centre of image and recedes into image, halting 1/3 into the image. It is flanked by a high wooden fence on the right and a low wooden pole fence on the left. Behind fence on the right is the top of the wall and the roof of a house. One the left there is a house on a slight hill, rising above the road. There are houses in the background, with power poles and antennae visible above the roof lines. Mounted in black matt. Framed in silver frame with glass.Front: NWJones 71/ (lower left, black felt tip pen) Back: "Laneway" N.W. Jones 31 Linden St Box Hill Sth $25.00 (centre, black felt-tip pen)street scene, buildings, drawing -
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Painting, a) Johnston & Co. Hamilton b) Johnstone O'Shannessy, Melbourne, Burswood, late 1800s
From Victorian Heritage: The single storey mansion house with enclosed glass verandah, Burswood was built in 1853 on a site overlooking the Portland Bay for English born pioneer colonist Edward Henty. John Barrow of Adelaide was the architect for this exceptional Australian regency style residence which he designed as a central block of fine axed basalt ashlar and slate roof (now replaced) with flanking brick wings forming an enclosed rear courtyard. Burswood is the most important early mansion house in western Victoria, being an exceptional Australian regency design by distinguished colonial architect James Barrow. Edward Henty, a member of one of Australia's most remarkable colonial families and the founder of Portland, established the first permanent settlement in Victoria on 19th November 1834, and Burswood is testimony to his success as an early colonist. Henty lived in his mansion for 17 years in a semi-regal state. Burswood has been little altered since completion in 1853. A glasshouse conservatory to the side of the present enclosed verandah was demolished prior to 1895 and the slate roof replaced with iron. Johnstone, O’Shannessy & Co was a leading photographic studio located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was active from 1865 to 1905. Henry James Johnstone was also an artist and studied at Louis Buvelot's school and with Thomas Clark.Painting of a sandstone coloured building. A grand house with a driveway and well-kept gardens to the front. There is a horse and cart with a man standing to the side of it. There is a female figure exiting the building and another female and a man further along the driveway with a dog. The building has a glass conservatory attached to the side. The sky is blue with several fluffy clouds.Bottom right: Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co Melbourne (in white paint)homestead, henty, historic buildings, colonial, burswood house