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Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - ‘KENLY’, Gladstone Parade, 34, Elsternwick
This file contains two items about this property: 1/Photocopy of Caulfield conservation study on ‘Kenly’ (1899) completed by Andrew Ward in October 1994. Includes a brief history of owners and tenants from 1888 to 1941 and a description of its architectural features as well as a black and white exterior photograph. 2/Two colour exterior photographs dated 13/10/2011gladstone parade, elsternwick, ‘kenly’, house names, 21-aug-18, mansions, hume c., kooyong park estate, clarence street, jackson thomas b., shoobra road, wells andrew, ford grylls, langwill p., henriques fred, pearson alfred, edmends james, williamson alfred, caulfield, ward andrew, architectural styles, victorian style, verandahs, brick houses, windows -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - H.A. & S.R. WILKINSON COLLECTION: CONTRACT OF SALE
Conditions of sale by private contract dated 7th March, 1939 between J.A. Robertson (seller) and A.E. Simms (buyer) for land situate Prowse Road, Bendigo, at present occupied by Mrs. Harbour as tenant, being the land described in right to occupy residence area No. 190. Also all the vendor's right, title and interest to the land as fenced adjoining the above mentioned property, together with 5-roomed weatherboard dwelling and all sundry. Price 250 pounds. Attached copy of application to register a Lienorganization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - H.A & S.R. WILKINSON COLLECTION: CONDITION OF SALE
Conditions of sale by private contract issued by Bishop & Earl and H.A. Wilkinson and dated 25th July, 1949 between C.M. Taylor(seller) and F.W. Rogers + D.J. Rogers (buyers) land situate No. 47 Reginald Street Bendigo at present occupied by the purchaser as tenant, being part of Crown allotment 23 section 104C described in Crown grant volume 2052 folio 410334 as per plan of subdivision approved by the Bendigo Council, together with 4-roomed weatherboard dwelling and all sundry. Price 1,100 poundsorganization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - H. A. & S. R. WILKINSON COLLECTION: CONTRACT OF SALE
Conditions of sale by private contract dated 1st November, 1950 between G. F. & E. M. Humphrey (vendor) and A. J. Swift (purchaser). Property: land situate No. 216 forest Street, corner Harrison Street, Bendigo, at present occupied by purchaser as tenant, being part of Crown allotment 339 section K, Parish of Sandhurst City of Bendigo, land described in certificate of title volume 3148 folio 629432, together with 4 room weatherboard dwelling and all sundry outbuildings. Price: 365 poundsorganization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Slide - 'Ramornie', Pakington Street, 1979
One of a group of slides taken by members of the Society of built heritage in Kew in 1979-80. The selection of subject matter reflects the priorities of the period. The colour of some slides has degraded.The slides represent a snapshot in time of built architecture in Kew, much of which has changed in the forty-plus period since they were created.Colour positive transparency (slide) of 'Ramornie' in Pakington Street , Kew in 1979. Ramornie was built for the Scottish solicitor, James Maitland Campbell. He employed his brother William M. Campbell as architect, and N. W. Frogley of Prahran as builder. Campbell was Mayor of Kew on three occasions. The house was built during his first tenure of the mayoral office. After a succession of tenants and owners in the 20th century, Ramornie became known as ‘The Towers’, and was converted into a boarding house. It has now returned to private ownership. historic houses -- kew (vic.), ramornie -- pakington street -- kew (vic.), the towers -- pakington street -- kew (vic.) -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - Regent Street, 45, Elsternwick
Two items about this property: 1/Newspaper advertisement in the Bayside Weekly, dated 08/2009, advertising the forthcoming sale of 45 Regent Street, Elsternwick. The article gives details on renovations and interior and exterior features. 2/Research note by Claire Barton, dated 08/06/2012, referencing Sands and McDougall editions 1948, 1960 and 1970 giving names of previous tenants at 45 Regent Street.regent street, elsternwick, victorian style, glenhuntly road, cast ironwork, stefanis angelos, stavrakis bill, smith arthur r, johnson b mrs, bungalows -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - REGENT STREET, 54, ELSTERNWICK
Two items about this property: 1/Advertisement in the Bayside Weekly, 27/10/2010, for the forthcoming auction of 54 Regent Street, Elsternwick. Gives brief details of the house interior and exterior. 2/Research note dated 06/06/2012 by Claire Barton, referencing Sands and McDougall editions 1911, 1913, 1923, 1948, 1960 and 1970 giving names of previous tenants at 54 Regent Street.regent street, elsternwick, cottages, victorian style, biggin scott, real estate agents, johnson william, port howard, edwards minnie, walker f j, gill k j -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, The early history of Wolseley Close, Mont Albert, 2010
Includes copy of will of William Clark. Resident of the property at 9 Wolseley Close in 1910. Includes copy of the Alan Holts home occupier / tenant records - names from 1920 - 1980. Includes photo of Wolseley Close house, taken 1888/1889 plus colour photo of Wolseley Close house taken by Lin Merry, 2010. Land Title information, surveys, subdivision Includes list of occupants of the house, p.17Includes some plans of houses built in Wolseley Close, Mont Albert, Victoria. Outlines details of property at 9 Wolseley Close19p : col illcragg family, windsor crescent, surrey hills, (mr) william ainger, (mr) isaiah ainger, whitehorse road, noorn hill, house names, koonda, d j maloney, (mrs) louisa clara maggs, taramera, union road, st.abbs, york street, (mr) william henry cleverdon, wolseley street, windsor park estate, tarawera, merry family, clinton family, adams family, tel-el-kebir, farrell family, (mr) william clark, trafalgar street, (mr) (sir) matthew davies, (mr) c h james, (mr) james munro, (mrs) elizabeth clark, langdale, (mr) stanley dewar, (mr) john jose, (mrs) emily hampton, potton, (mr) alexander potton, (mr) john atkinson morris, freehold investment & banking co., mont albert, windsor park surrey hills, dalton family, (mr) henry wood, wolsley close -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - H.A. & S.R. WILKINSON COLLECTION: CONTRACT OF SALE
Conditions of sale by private contract dated 19th January, 1931 between R.L. Priest (seller) and F.S. Shepherd & C.A. Shepherd (buyer) for land situate Epsom Road, Eaglehawk Flat, being conditional purchase lease of special settlement area land from the Crow, entered in the register book volume 1001 folio 200107, allotments 152B and 152C section N, containing 15 acres no roods 27 perches at the present occupied by Mr. Hummel as tenant. Together with 5-roomed weatherboard dwelling and all sundry. Price 250 poundsorganization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - H.A. & S.R. WILKINSON COLLECTION: CONTRACT OF SALE
Conditions of sale by private contract dated 26th October, 1937 between J.B. Edwards (seller) and G.F. Sansom (buyer) for land situate ''Hazelbrae'' Corner Russell and Hamlet Streets, Bendigo and occupied by tenant, having a frontage of 82 feet 6 inches to Russell street by a depth of 68 feet 6 inches to Hamlet Street and being part of Crown allotment 22 section 74Cand described in certificate of title volume 3289 folio 657653, together with 5-roomed brick and weatherboard dwelling and all sundry.. Price 465 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - H.A. & S.R. WILKINSON COLLECTION: CONDITION OF SALE
Conditions of sale by private contract dated 22nd July, 1947 between N.E. & Mrs. B. E. Woodall (sellers) and Mrs N.I. Rigby & Mrs D.M. Sayer (buyer) for land situate 86 Violet Street Bendigo, at present occupied by Mr. Bice as tenant, being the land in conveyance registered No. 66, book 589. Also the land untransferred in certificate of title volume 5350 folio 1071748 Crown allotment 19 section 11B, together with 5-roomed brick and weatherboard dwelling and all sundry. Price 600 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - H.A. & S.R. WILKINSON COLLECTION: CONDITION OF SALE
Conditions of sale by public auction issued by H.A. Wilkinson and dated 6th September 1950 between miss H. Barrass (seller) and H. W. Ray (buyer) for land situate No. 139 Queen Street Bendigo at present occupied by Mr. L.J. Lobb a tenant, being lot 1 on plan of subdivision made by Mr. A.E. Pritchard dated 13th August 1950 and being part of Crown allotment 10 section 90C, together with 5-roomed weatherboard dwelling and all sundry. Subject to existing weekly tenancy. Price 870 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - H.A. & S.R. WILKINSON COLLECTION: CONDITION OF SALE
Conditions of sale by private contract issued by George Pethard Auctioneer and dated 9th June, 1924 between H. A. Wilkinson as seller and F. R. Rosan as buyer. Land situate at 121 Mundy Street Bendigo at present occupied by Mrs. Hodge as tenant being Crown allotment 10 of section 8C Parish of Sandhurst city and county of Bendigo described in certificate of title volume 2732 folio 546267 and having a frontage of 125 links by a depth of 200 links, together with 6-roomed brick house and all sundry. Price 575 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - H.A. & S.R. WILKINSON COLLECTION: CONDITION OF SALE
Conditions of sale by private contract issued by George Pethard Auctioneer and dated 9th June, 1924 between H. A. Wilkinson as seller and F. R. Rosan as buyer. Land situate at 121 Mundy Street Bendigo at present occupied by Mrs. Hodge as tenant being Crown allotment 10 of section 8C Parish of Sandhurst city and county of Bendigo described in certificate of title volume 2732 folio 546267 and having a frontage of 125 links by a depth of 200 links, together with 6-roomed brick house and all sundry. Price 575 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - H. A. & S. R. WILKINSON COLLECTION : CONTRACT OF SALE
Conditions of sale by private contract dated 3rd April, 1945 between Mrs. E. M. Bradford (vendor) and E. J. Stirton (purchaser). Property: land situate no. 325 Barnard Street, Bendigo at present occupied by Mrs. Knight as tenant, being Crown allotment 12A section 49B Parish of Sandhurst City of Bendigo being land described in Crown grant volume 2580 folio 515907, together with 4 room weatherboard dwelling and all sundry outbuildings. Also copper, troughs bath and electric light fittings. Price: 220 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - T C WATTS & SON COLLECTION: 17 STERNBERG STREET, BENDIGO, 1928
Edward Claude Binns (1900-1979) was born in Swan Hill to Edward and Helen (nee Dietz) Binns. He was a salesman and lived at 17 Sternberg Street with his wife Eva Mabel (nee Court) who he married in 1926. They had previously lived at 53 Williamson Street, Bendigo.Black and white photograph mounted on rectangular brown board. House, tiled hipped roof. With large portico and brick and concrete pillared verandah. Double front door two double hung windows. Weatherboard and rough cast. Woven wire fence. On back of photo:' T.C. Watts & Son, Ted Binns (name unclear) Sternberg St., October 1928. Dr. Gretton-Watson, tenant at 35/- week, 5 rooms and sleepout. Mrs. C. Morris Owner £2750, gas heater' On front of photo, written in pen ' 17 Sternberg Street'.bendigo, business, t c watts and son, binns -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Letter - Shoobra Road, 74, Elsternwick
Three documents about this property: Two photocopied typed (with handwritten working notes) documents from Brighton Historical Society on 74 Shoobra Road with similar brief history, includes tenants and owners from 1913 to 1974. Correspondence from Chris Haynes, owner of 74 Shoobra Road, to Peta McGregor, owner E Hrick 19 Shoobra Road, dated 24 March 2011 donated to Glen Eira Historical Society.shoobra road, elsternwick, hamilton thomas ferrier j.p. m.l.c, riddell john carre, devin leslie, rosstown railway property company, turpie david j., turpie emily mrs, green osmond d., woods charles, richards william, reeves alan r., davies j., taylor p.l., branson john, cheatley david, dyer s., bullock hilary miss, landells rosalind mrs, haynes chris, haynes ursula -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Article - Regent Street, 50, Elsternwick
Two items about this property: Newspaper advertisement dated 02/11/2005, source unknown, advertising the forthcoming 19/11/2005 auction of 50 Regent Street, Elsternwick. Gives brief details on the property interior and exterior. Research note by Claire Barton, dated 06/06/2012, referencing Sands and McDougall editions, 1913, 1923, 1948, 1960 and 1970, giving names of previous tenants at 50 Regent Street.elsternwick, regent street, cottages, cast iron work, tosin paul, stavrakis bill, real estate agents, herbert ralph, capuano chas m, eldred c m, eldred m, smith regd t -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - Nithsdale
One document about this property: 1/Photocopy of Caulfield Conservation Study by Andrew Ward dated August 1994 - gives architectural features of 133 Kambrook Road, and notes that original 1858 house is still visible. The article also mentions that further additions to the house from 1860 to 1925 eventually upgraded the home to mansion status. The history lists all owner/tenants from 1858 to 1925. Includes two poortly reproduced photos.kambrook road, 'nithsdale', house names, mansions, italianate style, architectural styles, crouch thomas, caulfield north, chambers j., glen eira road, stables, ironmongers, maxwell charles, ogilby james, bambra road, hobbys william, smith dudley, grazier, ward andrew, millers, brockhoff adolph -
Ballarat and District Irish Association
Image, Charles Parnell, c1864, 1864
Parnell was an Irish nationalist and statesman who led the fight for Irish Home Rule in the 1880s. Charles Stewart Parnell was born on 27 June 1846 in County Wicklow into a family of Anglo-Irish Protestant landowners. He studied at Cambridge University and was elected to parliament in 1875 as a member of the Home Rule League (later re-named by Parnell the Irish Parliamentary Party). His abilities soon became evident. In 1878, Parnell became an active opponent of the Irish land laws, believing their reform should be the first step on the road to Home Rule. In 1879, Parnell was elected president of the newly founded National Land League and the following year he visited the United States to gain both funds and support for land reform. In the 1880 election, he supported the Liberal leader William Gladstone, but when Gladstone's Land Act of 1881 fell short of expectations, he joined the opposition. By now he had become the accepted leader of the Irish nationalist movement. Parnell now encouraged boycott as a means of influencing landlords and land agents, and as a result he was sent to jail and the Land League was suppressed. From Kilmainham prison he called on Irish peasants to stop paying rent. In March 1882, he negotiated an agreement with Gladstone - the Kilmainham Treaty - in which he urged his followers to avoid violence. But this peaceful policy was severely challenged by the murder in May 1882 of two senior British officials in Phoenix Park in Dublin by members of an Irish terrorist group. Parnell condemned the murders. In 1886, Parnell joined with the Liberals to defeat Lord Salisbury's Conservative government. Gladstone became prime minister and introduced the first Irish Home Rule Bill. Parnell believed it was flawed but said he was prepared to vote for it. The Bill split the Liberal Party and was defeated in the House of Commons. Gladstone's government fell soon afterwards.(http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/parnell_charles.shtml, accessed 21 January 2014) The Irish National Land League (Irish: Conradh na Talún) was an Irish political organisation of the late 19th century which sought to help poor tenant farmers. Its primary aim was to abolish landlordism in Ireland and enable tenant farmers to own the land they worked on. The period of the Land League's agitation is known as the Land War. Within decades of the league's foundation, through the efforts of William O'Brien and George Wyndham (a descendant of Lord Edward FitzGerald), the 1902 Land Conference produced the Land (Purchase) Act 1903 which allowed Irish tenant farmers buy out their freeholds with UK government loans over 68 years through the Land Commission (an arrangement that has never been possible in Britain itself). For agricultural labourers, D.D. Sheehan and the Irish Land and Labour Association secured their demands from the Liberal government elected in 1905 to pass the Labourers (Ireland) Act 1906, and the Labourers (Ireland) Act 1911, which paid County Councils to build over 40,000 new rural cottages, each on an acre of land. By 1914, 75% of occupiers were buying out their landlords, mostly under the two Acts. In all, under the pre-UK Land Acts over 316,000 tenants purchased their holdings amounting to 15 million acres (61,000 km2) out of a total of 20 million acres (81,000 km2) in the country. Sometimes the holdings were described as "uneconomic", but the overall sense of social justice was undeniable. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_National_Land_League, accessed 21 January 2014) The Irish National Land League was founded at the Imperial Hotel in Castlebar, the County town of Mayo, on 21 October 1879. At that meeting Charles Stewart Parnell was elected president of the league. Andrew Kettle, Michael Davitt, and Thomas Brennan were appointed as honorary secretaries. This united practically all the different strands of land agitation and tenant rights movements under a single organisation. The two aims of the Land League, as stated in the resolutions adopted in the meeting, were: ...first, to bring out a reduction of rack-rents; second, to facilitate the obtaining of the ownership of the soil by the occupiers. That the object of the League can be best attained by promoting organisation among the tenant-farmers; by defending those who may be threatened with eviction for refusing to pay unjust rents; by facilitating the working of the Bright clauses of the Irish Land Act during the winter; and by obtaining such reforms in the laws relating to land as will enable every tenant to become owner of his holding by paying a fair rent for a limited number of years. Charles Stewart Parnell, John Dillon, Michael Davitt, and others including Cal Lynn then went to America to raise funds for the League with spectacular results. Branches were also set up in Scotland, where the Crofters Party imitated the League and secured a reforming Act in 1886. The government had introduced the first ineffective Land Act in 1870, then the equally inadequate Acts of 1880 and 1881 followed. These established a Land Commission that started to reduce some rents. Parnell together with all of his party lieutenants, including Father Eugene Sheehy known as "the Land League priest", went into a bitter verbal offensive and were imprisoned in October 1881 under the Irish Coercion Act in Kilmainham Jail for "sabotaging the Land Act", from where the No-Rent Manifesto was issued, calling for a national tenant farmer rent strike which was partially followed. Although the League discouraged violence, agrarian crimes increased widely. Typically a rent strike would be followed by evictions by the police, or those tenants paying rent would be subject to a local boycott by League members. Where cases went to court, witnesses would change their stories, resulting in an unworkable legal system. This in turn led on to stronger criminal laws being passed that were described by the League as "Coercion Acts". The bitterness that developed helped Parnell later in his Home Rule campaign. Davitt's views were much more extreme, seeking to nationalise all land, as seen in his famous slogan: "The land of Ireland for the people of Ireland". Parnell aimed to harness the emotive element, but he and his party preferred for tenant farmers to become freeholders on the land they rented, instead of land being vested in "the people".(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_National_Land_League, accessed 21 January 2014)Image of bearded man known as Charles Stewart Parnellballarat irish, parnell, charles parnell, home rule -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Fred Rochow Railways Collection - Wodonga VRI versus Melbourne Conductors, 1982
The Fred Rochow Railways Collection incorporates photos related to the operation of the Wodonga Railway Station including different types of trains and railways staff C. 1930 – 1990. It was donated to the Wodonga Historical Society by Fred Rochow, a railwayman who spent many years based in Wodonga. He joined the Victorian Railways on 17th June l947 and retired in 1988. For some time, he was a member of the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen and served a term as a member of the Trades Hall Council. He had an extensive knowledge of the struggles that took place to achieve better conditions for railway workers. Fred worked for many years as a fireman and then worked his way up the ranks to driver, experiencing many changes from the days of steam locomotives through to diesel trains, locomotives and even the modern XPT train. He worked throughout Victoria at different stages of his career, with his final working years focused on the northeast of Victoria and the Albury to Melbourne line. After his retirement, Fred continued to share his love of steam miniature trains with the community.This collection has local and statewide significance as it captures images of trains, locomotives and personnel who operated the railway services in Wodonga and throughout Northeast Victoria. The railways played a critical role in opening up Victoria and connecting Australia for trade, business, social communication and transport.A photo of the members of the Wodonga VRI team who played against a team of Melbourne Conductors in Wodonga.Back Row: Mick Steff, Alistair Sandiland, Mick Sandilands, John Ferris, John Partington, Candy Whitsed, David Lohde, Mel McRorie, Wayne McAulffe, Laurie Allan, Martin McGrath, Tony Doody, Ian Sandford Front Row: Chris Graham, Ian Vertigan, Wayne Tenant, Wayne Green, Robin Heathcore, Ray Newton, Colin Symes, G. Barrett. Lying Down: Brad McElroy, "Shocker" Murray.railways wodonga, social activities railways 1982, fred rochow -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CERTIFICATE OF TITLE MCKENZIE STREET
Certificate of title under the transfer of land act 1890. Vol.3219 fol.643627. James Dunlop Boyd medical practitioner and Annie Sophia Boyd married woman, both of McKenzie Street Bendigo areas tenants in common the proprietors of an estate in fee simple, subject to the encumbrances notified hereunder in all this piece of land delineated and colored red on the map in the margin being part of crown allotment fourteen section two B city of Bendigo, together with a right of carriageway over the road colored brown on the said map. Dated the fourteenth day of August 1907.buildings, commercial, mckenzie street -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - H. A. & S. R. WILKINSON COLLECTION: HAND WRITTEN LETTER
Hand written letter dated: Bendigo, November 12Th (?), 1892The letter on letterhead of The Colonial Mutual Fire insurance Company Limited and addressed to Mrs Schroeder. It reads: Dear Madam Messrs. Connolly and Tatchell have asked me to write you in reference to the insurance of your butcher shop in the joint names of Mr. Kelly and yourself. Mr. Tatchell says he understand that you wish to insure it for 100 pounds. Will you kindly sign the proposal at the bottom and give me the name of your tenant. I am dear madam yours faithfully signed R. J. Barton.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate -
Ballarat and District Irish Association
Image, T. Brennan, c1864, 1864
Following the founding meeting of the Mayo Tenants Defence Association in Castlebar, County Mayo on 26 October 1878 the demand for The Land of Ireland for the people of Ireland was reported in the Connaught Telegraph 2 November 1878. The first of many "monster meetings" of tenant farmers was held in Irishtown near Claremorris on 20 April 1879, with an estimated turnout of 15,000 to 20,000 people. This meeting was addressed by James Daly (who presided), John O'Connor Power, John Ferguson, Thomas Brennan, and J. J. Louden. The Connaught Telegraph's report of the meeting in its edition of 26 April 1879 began: Since the days of O'Connell a larger public demonstration has not been witnessed than that of Sunday last. About 1 o'clock the monster procession started from Claremorris, headed by several thousand men on foot – the men of each district wearing a laural leaf or green ribbon in hat or coat to distinguish the several contingents. At 11 o'clock a monster contingent of tenant-farmers on horseback drew up in front of Hughes's hotel, showing discipline and order that a cavalry regiment might feel proud of. They were led on in sections, each having a marshal who kept his troops well in hand. Messrs. P.W. Nally, J.W. Nally, H. French, and M. Griffin, wearing green and gold sashes, led on their different sections, who rode two deep, occupying, at least, over an Irish mile of the road. Next followed a train of carriages, brakes, cares, etc. led on by Mr. Martin Hughes, the spirited hotel proprietor, driving a pair of rare black ponies to a phæton, taking Messrs. J.J. Louden and J. Daly. Next came Messrs. O'Connor, J. Ferguson, and Thomas Brennan in a covered carriage, followed by at least 500 vehicles from the neighbouring towns. On passing through Ballindine the sight was truly imposing, the endless train directing its course to Irishtown – a neat little hamlet on the boundaries of Mayo, Roscommon, and Galway. Evolving out of this a number of local land league organisations were set up to work against the excessive rents being demanded by landlords all over Ireland, but especially in Mayo and surrounding counties. From 1874 agricultural prices in Europe had dropped, followed by some bad harvests due to wet weather during the Long Depression. The effect by 1878 was that many Irish farmers were unable to pay the rents that they had agreed, particularly in the poorer and wetter parts of Connacht. The localised 1879 Famine added to the misery. Unlike other parts of Europe the Irish land tenure system was inflexible in times of hardship. (Wikipedia) The Irish National Land League was founded at the Imperial Hotel in Castlebar, the County town of Mayo, on 21 October 1879. At that meeting Charles Stewart Parnell was elected president of the league. Andrew Kettle, Michael Davitt, and Thomas Brennan were appointed as honorary secretaries. This united practically all the different strands of land agitation and tenant rights movements under a single organisation. Michael Davitt Founder of the Land League The two aims of the Land League, as stated in the resolutions adopted in the meeting, were: ...first, to bring out a reduction of rack-rents; second, to facilitate the obtaining of the ownership of the soil by the occupiers. That the object of the League can be best attained by promoting organisation among the tenant-farmers; by defending those who may be threatened with eviction for refusing to pay unjust rents; by facilitating the working of the Bright clauses of the Irish Land Act during the winter; and by obtaining such reforms in the laws relating to land as will enable every tenant to become owner of his holding by paying a fair rent for a limited number of years. (Wikipedia)Image of a man with a moustache. He is T. Brennan.ballarat irish, brennan, thomas brennan, irish land act, rent -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - PRENTICE STREET, 59, ELSTERNWICK
Two items about this property: 1/Caulfield Conservation study by Andrew Ward, dated September 1994. His description of the villa is brief, he includes a small history of the street and ownership/tenants from 1885 to 1924. 2/Newspaper advertisement on newly built Elyse at 59 Prentice Street, Elsternwick. Details modern features of home and the incorporation of Edwardian style as well. Dated 16/03/2002 and includes 2 coloured interior and 1 colour exterior photographs.prentice street, victorian style, fitzmonnie leonora, ward andrew, elsternwick, timber houses, manson emmert, bricklayers, buxtons, corrugated iron, kooyong road, tiles, 'elyse', edwardian style, estate agents, verandah, fitzmonnie henry, newsagents, lowe s andrew, architectural features, fitzmonnie john, elliott william, elliott marc -
Melbourne Legacy
Slide, Legacy House, 1957
A slide image of Legacy House from 1957. Junior Legacy Melbourne purchased 289-299 Swanston Street Melbourne (previously called Red Cross House) in 1956 from the Commonwealth Government with money gifted to Legacy in memory of David H Dureau. The donation was initially used to purchase a different building at 342 Swanston St, which was sold in 1954, and 289 Swanston St was purchased. Melbourne Legacy is still using three floors of the building, with tenants on the ground floor.A record of what the Legacy House building looked like when just after it was acquired by Melbourne Legacy.Colour slide x 2 of Legacy House from 1957.Both slides are marked as 'Legacy House', one is numbered '9' and the other '10' by the manufacturer.dureau house, properties, streetscape, swanston st -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Administrative record - Rent Ledger, 1910 to 1925
The name of the business that produced the contents of this ledger is unknown. It is a record of rents paid by tenants to the property owners in Warrnambool and district from 1910 to 1925 and includes the rents paid and the dates. It probably belonged to a real estate firm or an accountancy or law firm dealing in property, mortgages and financial investments. Many of the names contained in the ledger are well-known (Coakley, Alston, Gleeson, McGennan etc) and the ones that are not so well known are mostly those with only one or two rental properties. This ledger is of some interest as a research tool giving information on property owners and renters in Warrnambool from 1910 to 1925. It will be of greater value if the name of the ledger owner can be found. This is a ledger with a cover made of wood and covered with a light brown material. It has a heavy metal insert inside to hold the pages. There are heavy card pages and white pages ruled with red and blue lines. The page entries are handwritten in ink. warrnambool renters 1910-1925, warrnambool property owners 1910-1925 -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, 3 Beatty Street, Mont Albert
Original address was No. 1 Victoria Street; became 3 Beatty Street in 1969. Occupants: 1891-1905 Leopold Augustus Carter, Collins Street dentist (see Alan Holt cards for details of tenants); son of Ernest Carter, dentist, of 'Shrublands' in Balwyn Road, Canterbury. 1905-1909 James Johnston Hemphill, Esquire 1909-1919 G. E. Jeans, Gentleman 1919-1920 Colin Friend, medical practitioner 1920-1964 Augustin Lodewyckx 1964-1967 Mina Lodewyckx 1967- Lodewyckx family A black and white photo of a house surrounded by trees, possibly fruit trees.beatty street, mont albert, victoria street, leopold augustus carter, james johnston hemphill, augustin lodewyckx, mina lodewyckx, lodewyckx family -
The Beechworth Burke Museum Research Collection
Card (Series) - Index Card, George Tibbits, 12 Ford Street, Beechworth, 1976
George Tibbits, University of Melbourne. Faculty of Architecture, Building and Town & Regional PlanningIndex system that support the research for Beechworth : historical reconstruction / [by] George Tibbits ... [et al]Arranged by street names of BeechworthEach index card includes: street name and number of property, image of property, allotment and section number, property owners and dates of ownership, description of the property according to rate records, property floor plan with dimensions.beechworth, george tibbitsbeechworth, george tibbits -
Melbourne Legacy
Slide, Legacy House, 1961
A slide image of Legacy House from 1961. after it had been repainted. Junior Legacy Melbourne purchased 289-299 Swanston Street Melbourne (previously called Red Cross House) in 1956 from the Commonwealth Government with money gifted to Legacy in memory of David H Dureau. The donation was initially used to purchase a different building at 342 Swanston St, which was sold in 1954, and 289-299 Swanston St was purchased. Melbourne Legacy is still using three floors of the building, with tenants on the ground floor.A record of what the Legacy House building looked like when just after it was acquired by Melbourne Legacy.Colour slide of Legacy House from 1961.Slide mount has 'Legacy House after repainting 19-6-61' handwritten in blue pen.dureau house, properties, streetscape, swanston st