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Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Woolrich Service Car
Jim Woolrich driving the Woolrich Service Car. Sign reads Sassafras - Olinda. Jim and his father George set up the car service in 1917 but it did not last long.Jim Woolrich in their Touring Car.jim woolrich, woolrich, olinda, car, transport, service car, touring car -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, c1911
"Hillcrest" on Mernda Road, Olinda. The home of the Devine Family. c1911 The descriptive text on the reverse of this photograph was hand written by John Lundy-Clarke.“Hillcrest” Mernda Road Olinda 1911. The home of the Devine family. The early settlement road passed to the left of the camera. House faced down over the valley of the Sassafras + Perrin Creek towards Kallista. The deviation to regrade the road passed to the right of the house. It was in front of the house on the left hand side of the picture that Vera Devine and her school mates practiced the maypole dance under her tuition. hillcrest, devine, devine family, mernda road -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Group Outside Quamby Cafe, c1940s
Three adults and two children standing outside the front of Quamby Café Olinda c1940s.Advertising signs show café, Grills and Sennitts Icecream. This is the Quamby café at its largest size and the front is similar to the entry to the Cuckoo Restaurant today. Inscription on the back identifies Anne, Eric, Lindy & Irene.Written on back in pencil: Anne, Eric & Lindy & Irene outside Quamby.quamby cafe, quamby, olinda, cafe, sennitts icecream -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Quamby Cottage
Quamby Cottage LHS and Quamby Café the larger building RHS. Cottage and café built by the Dorey family in 1914. Photograph taken from the hill opposite (possibly near Cloudehill on Olinda -Monbulk Road. Cottage was destroyed by fire. Quamby Café now Cuckoo Restaurant.On back of photograph - Quamby + cottage from opposite hill.quamby, quamby cafe, olinda, quamby cottage, iris woolrich, dorey -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph
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Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Rowse Brothers Worman's Cottage, 1972
1972 photograph of the Rowse Brothers workman's cottage built on the bank of the Olinda Creek in 1938.This photograph has a detailed inscription on the back handwritten by John Lundy-Clarke in 1974.Rowse Bros Workman’s Cottage built in 1938 on bank of the Olinda Creek at the 800’ contour on Crown Allotment 925B of materials and bricks taken on demolishing in the same year the house built in 1897 for J.W. Richardson before his marriage to Jeanie Green and their family’s home till 1912 when they went to Queensland. Sold to Rowses in 1913 was Rowse family home till the thirties then workman’s cottage. Chimney built by J. Lundy-Clarke. Picture Dec 1972 by JLC.rowse, workman's cottage, richardson, olinda creek, kalorama, chimney -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - No 61 Olinda Street Quarry Hill Bendigo
The Bendigo & Region Branch is the National Trust’s voice in the region. The Branch works with council and the community on local heritage issues. New members are always welcome at any of the Branch’s meetings and events.No 61 Olinda Street Quarry Hill Bendigo - Late Edwardian - SlideNo 61 is on the slide but a search of Google Street View could not find it.history, bendigo, national trust collection bendigo, 61 olinda street quarry hill bendigo -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Isaac Jeeves First Home On Running Creek 1917, 1917
Enlargement of photograph taken by Norman Rowse in 1917 that shows the first home of Isaac Jeeves built at the Running (Olinda) Creek. This photograph has a detailed inscription on the back handwritten by John Lundy-Clarke in 1974.Enlargement of photo taken by Norman Rowse in 1917 of the group of buildings erected as his first home by Isaac Jeeves at the 800° contour on the Running (Olinda) Creek on Crown Allotment 925A. The small building on the right behind the pony and the fowls was Isaac’s first substantial home and was occupied in 1858 he having lived in camp on the creek as a miner since 1855. The tall building on left was barn built in the sixties and the large roof behind was the five roomed house with a tree fern floor. This last building was of blackwood entirely above the floor and was built in the early sixties. The two old homes were pulled down by the Rowses in 1918 and the tree fern floor was pulled up by Len Childs in 1933.norman rowse, isaac jeeves, len childs, running creek -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Woolrich Service Car, Between 1917 & 1921
Postcard print showing a Woolrich Service Car with a board attached reading Sassafras & Olinda. George Woolrich started a passenger car service in 1917 with his son Jim. George Woolrich is the driver and his wife Kate Woolrich nee Hand (daughter of early settler Thomas Hand of Kalorama) is seated in the back. The photo would have been taken between 1917 and 1921.service car, woolrich, george woolrich, kate woolrich, kate hand, car, olinda, sassafras -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Document - Speech, Empire Day 1933
This document is a speech titled "Empire Day 1933. A message to the children at Olinda School from their member". It is signed G H Knox. It was written by Sir George Hodges Knox and read to the children at Olinda School as part of the Empire Day celebrations in 1933. Sir George Hodges Knox (1885-1960) was a veteran of WW1 and was elected to the Ferntree Gully Shire Council in 1922. He held this post until 1927.The City Of Knox is named after him. He won the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat for Upper Yarra in 1927 for the Nationalist Party. He became Speaker for the Victorian Parliament in 1942 and remained there until 1947. Between 1945 and his death in 1960 he held the seat of Scoresby. He was knighted in 1945. The celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday on May 24 was renamed Empire Day in 1903 after her death in 1901. Empire Day was observed in state schools from 1905 with a program of addresses, pageants and patriotic songs, with children swearing allegiance to King and Empire with a loyal declaration. The last celebration of Empire Day in Australia took place in 1958. Five sheets of unlined paper that appear to have been torn from a writing pad with a speech handwritten in thick, black fountain pen commemorating Empire Day.olinda school, sir george hodges knox, empire day, speech, city of knox, knox, olinda, school, celebration -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - R.O.HENDERSON TAG
Object, R.O.Henderson Tag for Mrs.M.I.King 143 Olinda Street, Bendigo,. R.O.Henderson (Beehive) Pty,Ltd. Bendigo Phone Bgo 31.bendigo, buildings, r.o.henderson -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, US Motors Bus, late 1940s
Small photograph showing a US Motors bus in Main Street Olinda under snow. US Motors depot in background. Late 1940sus motors, bus, coach, snow -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CAMBRIDGE PRESS COLLECTION: LETTER PAPER - ETTRICK, OLINDA STREET, BENDIGO
Lined letter paper with printed letterhead. Telephone number on the left and 'Ettrick' 116 Olinda Street, Bendigo and date line ending 19- - on the right.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, ettrick -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CAMBRIDGE PRESS COLLECTION; LETTER PAPER - CHARLES COLLARD
Letter paper with printed letterhead. Date line ends 19- -. Charles Collard, Licenced Real Estate Agent, 116 Olinda Street, bendigo.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, charles collard -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Schwerkolt Cottage, 1969
Black and white photo of Nunawading Apex Club members dismantling barn prior to its removal from Olinda to Schwerkolt Cottage. (two copies)schwerkolt cottage, apex club of nunawading, barn -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Panorama of Sassafras, Vic, c1950
Panorama of Sassafras in the 1950s taken from Wallaby Avenue looking down onto the Sassafras Cabaret building. Rostrevor can be seen at centre top.Black and white Rose Series postcard P. 10220 showing a view from high down the Main Street of Sassafras looking north towards Olinda.On reverse POST CARD. A Real Photograph. Produced in Australia.rose series, postcard, sassafras, cabaret, wallaby avenue, rostrevor -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DELIVERY DOCKET/PICKUP DOCKET
Delivery Docket/Pickup Docket from The Beehive, Pall Mall, Bendigo (R. O. Henderson). Name on this particular docket is Mrs J. King , Olinda St.organization, business, local bendigo -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, They're Both 100, 1/09/1965 12:00:00 AM
They're Both 100; photo and article on the 100 year old barn donated to Nunawading City CouncilThey're Both 100; photo and article on the 100 year old barn donated to Nunawading City Council by Mr. A. Ansell of Olinda, for erection near Schwerkolt Cottage.They're Both 100; photo and article on the 100 year old barn donated to Nunawading City Councilschwerkolt cottage, ansell, a.m, barns, city of nunawading -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DRY CLEANING CARD AND ENVELOPE
a.: Dry cleaning card - Brown Gouge with name entered as 'King' and Article entered as '? Repair' b.:envelope inscribed in pen:'From Mrs Joyce King Olinda St'organization, business, bendigo businesses -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, View near the Falls, Mount Dandenong, early 1900s
Postcard showing a woman wearing a long dress and wide brimmed hat standing on a footbridge that crosses the Olinda Creek. Tree ferns and bushes are in the background. Taken early 1900s.On front of postcard: View near the Falls, Mount Dandenong. On back of post card: Mason, Firth & McCutcheon, Printers, Melbourne.mason, firth & mccutcheon, olinda falls, footbridge, bridge, mt dandenong, olinda creek -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Programme - Camp
The Methodist Youth Fellowship was for young people from 15 - 25 year old, which regularly, usually on Friday evenings. They organised camps and summer school conferences.Two foolscap Roneoed sheets of paper which give the Study Groups and Officials for the 4th Annual Camp, Heathmont & East Ringwood Olinda Methodist Youth Fellowship Camp 1963. methodist youth fellowship -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Schwerkolt Cottage Barn
The barn was donated by the Ansell family of Olinda. It was dismantled and re-erected on the Schwerkolt property by the Nunawading Apex Club during Black and white photo of building the barn at Schwerkolt Cottageschwerkolt cottage, barn, nunawading apex club -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Gregory's Publishing Company Pty Ltd, Gregory's Street Directory of Melbourne and suburbs and Metropolitan Road Guide, 1971
Street DirectoryRevised edition of Gregory's Directory including a series of road maps of Melbourne and its suburbs, newly extending to Lilydale, Mornington, Laverton, Deer Park, Epping, Diamond Creek, Olinda, Belgrave, and Doveton.non-fictionStreet Directorystreet directories - melbourne, gregory's street directories -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - DELIVERY TICKET TO MRS M.L. KING FROM JOHN V. SCHENCK
Cardboard Delivery Ticket with green ink printing to Mrs M.L. king 143 Olinda St from John V. Schenck 'For everything Horticultural -315-317 Hargreaves St bendigo phone 797ephemera, mementoes, plant tag, john v. schenck 'for everything horticultural -
Vision Australia
Image
Sister Elizabeth Lindsey worked at the RVIB Nursery from it's inception in 1933. During this time, she took photographs of the children, whom she had care of, documenting their life at RVIB as well as the wartime displacement to Olinda when the army took over the St Kilda Road building. Adopting one of her orphan charges, Sister Lindsay left RVIB in 1945. 58 digital files of photographs.rvib nursery, monty james, angelo harris, jimmy schultz, ian cooper, bertie glenister, alan crotty, harry parsons, shirley devine, helen boyd, alan woods, joan morice, david ditchfield, elaine dean (later leahy), cynthia walker, matron jessie morrison, barbara spencer, mae rita, margaret russell, jessie rita, pearl tropman, margaret seary, heather stewart, mrs jenkins, gwen baird, hilda gammon, bobby bolter, judith king, joan ryan, olinda -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Schwerkolt Cottage Barn
The barn was donated by the Ansell family of Olinda and was dismantled by the Nunawading Apex Club and re-erected at Schwerkolt Cottage in time for the opening on 17th October 1965.Black and white photo of members of the Nunawading Apex Club erecting the barn at Schwerkolt Cottage (2 copies).schwerkolt cottage, barn, ansell, nunawading apex club -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - H.A. & S.R. WILKINSON COLLECTION: CONDITION OF SALE
Conditions of sale by private contract dated 14th November, 1938 between Sandhurst and Northern District Trustees Executors and Agency Company Limited as Executor of will of Richard Lowe deceased (seller) and W. A. Rankin (buyer) for land situate No. 139 Olinda Street, Bendigo being part of Crown allotment 5 and 6 section 96C described in certificate of title volume 2367 folio 473243 and having 100 links to Olinda Street by a depth as fenced, together with 4-roomed weatherboard dwelling and all sundry. Price 800 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Selina with grandaughter, 1949
Seated is 'Aunt Selina', Lena Green's mother with her granddaughter. July 1949To Dear Iris and Ted, from Aunt Selina. July 1949lena green, olinda -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Mary Card's Cottage
Mary Card's cottage where she lived with her sister Harriet on the left. Miss Card was a well known writer of works on crochet. The descriptive text on the reverse of this photograph was hand written by John Lundy-Clarke.Mary Card who owned the cottage on the left was a journalist whose writings on crochet work was known world wide.mary card, olinda -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Vehicle - Buggy - 4 wheel - Double Seater
Purchased from the estate of J.Winter of Doncaster through Mrs. Price c/o Mrs. A. M. Ansell of Hacketts Road, Olinda, Vic for £20 (pounds).Two seater, four wheel buggy painted green with cream trim. Luggage compartment at rear of seat. The two back wheels are larger than the front two. Long shafts at front. A buggy lamp is fitted at each side. Seats are curved at the back.transport, horse