$4,000 funding through bi-centennial grant to restore wetlands at end of Waratah Street, Blackburn.$4,000 funding through bi-centennial grant to restore wetlands at end of Waratah Street, Blackburnwetlands, gardiners creek, dates, john, city of nunawading, waratah crescent, blackburn, laurel grove, zachariah, andrew, maybury, stuart, reeves, paul

A landscape submission written for the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) for Blackburn Lake and the Bell Bird Streets. Definitions given of boundaries of the Lake area, ownership, housing and gardens. Photographs and map.A landscape submission written for the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) for Blackburn Lake and the Bell Bird Streets.blackburn lake sanctuary, waratah crescent, blackburn, jeffery street, hill street, boongarry avenue, linum street, laurel grove, acacia avenue, city of nunawading, melbourne and metropolitan board of works, furness park, camberwell grammar school

Plan of subdivision of former Mitcham Technical School and later Mullauna Secondary College Senior Campus - Knightsbridge Estate.land subdivision, knightsbridge estate, mitcham technical school, mullauna secondary college, senior campus, cherrybrook close, nunawading, knightsbridge avenue, sunnyside avenue, crest grove, dunlavin road, mitcham, carter avenue, humphreys avenue

Advertising brochure for a classic period house at 5 Heather Grove, Nunawading for auction on 21 November 1998Advertising brochure for a classic period house at 5 Heather Grove, Nunawading for auction on 21 November 1998auctions, heather grove, nunawading, no 5

Estate agent leaflet for auction of house 10 October 1998, 3 Stanley Grove, Blackburn.Estate agent leaflet for auction of house auctions, stanley grove, blackburn, no. 3

Painting was found in hard rubbish collection in Myrtle Grove Blackburn and given to Simon CleggSmall water colour painting of 36 The Avenue Blackburn in a white square frame. There is a white timber fence in the foreground, with many trees green brown and yellow with a building amongst them. Painting signed E.PerepE Perep- 36 the Avenue prior to extensionhandcrafts, hand painted

The home of Ester Phillips in 23 Heather Grove, Nunawading was the original Post Office and General Store. Heather lived in the house after Charles Edward Hodges an early Postmaster.Miniature Salter Scales No 18D Small weighing scales - dish for items to be weighed on a triangular support and on a pedestal and base. Calibrated in 1/3rd oz on left hand side and 1/4 oz on the right hand side.Salter No 18D Made in Englandinstruments, weighing, communication, postal

Obituary of Harry Grover, former Nunawading gazette editor, who died aged 96 July 1997. Cutting from Whitehorse Gazette. 30/7/1997grover, harry;, mitcham arts association, blackburn and mitcham film society

Black and white photograph of Dorothy Penn holding baby harold on property in Orchard Grove, Blackburn South.penn, dorothy, harold, orchard grove, blackburn south

Black and white photograph of Annie Booth and Norma Hynes picking apples on the Booth's orchard in Orchard Grove, South Blackburn.booth, annie, hynes, norma, orchard grove, blackburn south.

Annie and William Booth, with their five children, left England to migrate to Australia in 1923. They came on the maiden of the S.S.Demosthenes. They bought and occupied land - six and half acres in Orchard Grove, Blackburn South - from 1923 to 1942 when the moved to Salisbury Street, Mont Albert.|William Booth obtained an office position with Danks where he remained till retirement.|The home in Orchard Grove was called 'Marple' after the place in England where the honeymooners.|They ran poultry and an orchard - apples, plums, quinces and peaches which were sold for additional income. This was fairly common at the time for the man to have a job but to use their property for extra income.|The Anglican Church is built on the Booth's top paddockBlack and white photograph of of 'Marple', the Booth family home on Orchard property in Orchard Grove, South Blackburn.marple, booth family, orchard grove, blackburn south, anglican church

Black and white photograph of Norma Hynes, friend of Booth family on their property in Orchard Grove, Blackburn South.hynes, norma, booth family, orchard grove, blackburn south.

Black and white photograph of McCracken House, 43 Orchard Grove, Blackburn South. (Now Orchard House, St. Ninians Uniting Church). Old Orcharding Family Home.orchard grove, blackburn south, no. 43, st. ninians uniting church blackburn south

Black and white photograph of Holiday Home of Louis & Francesca (Cissie) Schwerkolt - Ti Tree Grove, Mentone - c1917 - 'Mitcham'. Left to right - Louisa, Cissie, Les and Frances (Dit) Hogan and four children, Alice (middle daughter on verandah). Man in hat is believed to be Van Pruyen, husband of Dora, older sister of Cissie & Dit - it may be Louis Schwerkolt.schwerkolt family, schwerkolt cottage