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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: NORTH DEBORAH GOLD MINING CO. N.L, 1954-1960
Documents: Green Foolscap Folder Containing: 1 Agenda for meetings of directors 8/2/1954 to 21/1/1956, 2 various letters re scrip, markings read: ''North Deborah NL Sundry Papers'' handwritten on front coverorganization, business, industrial - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, north deborah -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Map, Dandenong Ranges area. Sheet 7, c1957
Detailed map covering area from Mitcham and Vermont to Ringwood and Heathmont.Detailed map covering area from Mitcham and Vermont to Ringwood and Heathmont. Shows streets, block boundaries, buildings, railway and creeks. Note says prepared from State Aerial Survey, April 1954 and Cadastrial Survey information July 1956.Detailed map covering area from Mitcham and Vermont to Ringwood and Heathmont. maps, mitcham, vermont, ringwood, heathmont -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph
Between !955 and 1959 National Servicemen from Albury and NE Victoria trained as Centurion crewmen for 8/13 VMR.The 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles was raised as a regiment of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps on 1 May 1948 with Headquarters in Melbourne and squadrons in Sale, Benalla/Wangaratta and Albury. In 1955 Regimental Headquarters moved to Wangaratta and a second squadron was located at Albury. The Sale squadron transferred to 4th/19th Prince of Wales’s Light Horse. In 1977 8/13 VMR Regiment was reduced to an independent squadron A Squadron 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles and in 1991 was linked with 4th/19th Prince of Wales’s Light Horse forming the VMR Squadron of that regiment.Reproduction photograph of five National Servicemen at Puckapunyal training as Centurion drivers prior to in 1956 being posted to 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles . From front : Troopers C. Hore, K. McLure, J. Black, J. McGrath, and unknown. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, W. J. Llewelyn, late 1971
Set of two colour digital images taken by W. J. Llewelyn of: .1 - Dredging the eastern end of the Lake Wendouree Rowing course - 1956? or at a later date. .2 - Tennis tournament at the City Oval - 1950's? See condition detailstrams, tramways, city oval, sports, rowing, lake wendouree -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Sub-series) - Subject File, Currency (Australia), 1958-present
Various partiesReference, Research, InformationSecondary Values (KHS Imposed Order)Subject file containing a two documents, the first being a rare, original copy of 'An Account of the Coins, Coinages, and Currency of Australasia' (Coleman P Hyman, 1893), and the second, a 17-page booklet, written in 1954 and reprinted in 1956 on the history of currency in Australia. -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Photograph - King's Birthday Weekend 1936 on the High Plains
MEYER COLLECTION - FALLS CREEK PHOTOS In 1947 a determined group of like-minded State Electricity Commission (SEC) staff including Ray Meyer, the chief surveyor of the Kiewa Hydro-Electric Scheme, had a common interest that revolved around the skiing potential of the snow-covered high plains which included what is now the resort of Falls Creek. The six SEC employees, Toni St Elmo, Ray Meyer, Jack Minogue, Lloyd Dunn, Adrian Ruffenacht and Dave Gibson (together with their families) banded together to secretly build a 'hut' that was the first ski lodge at Falls Creek. Using a road built in 1930s to gain access to Falls Creek, their hut project was carried out in secret as efforts by other skiers were blocked by H.H.C. Williams – the engineer in charge of the Hydro Scheme. In 1946 Ray Meyer made a trip to the Lands Office in Melbourne. He came away with a 99-year lease on three acres that was ideally suited for a hut designed by Lloyd Dunn. Adrian Ruffenacht (Design Engineer for the KHS) had suggested where the group should build because of easy access to a spring for water. Much of the building material required was scavenged from derelict huts on the high plains. Due to the need for secrecy, the determined group worked on the hut in the evenings and weekends to avoid detection. During the building period the group had met at Echidna Rock (now known as Eagle Rock) where Skippy St Elmo announced, "This is my favourite ‘Skyline’.” And so the first lodge in the area at Falls Creek Ski Resort came into existence. With the development of the International Poma in the 1970s, the Skyline Lodge, which was sited between the ski-lift’s pole one and pole two, was demolished. However, the legacy of Ray Meyer, Toni St Elmo, Jack Minogue, Lloyd Dunn, Adrian Ruffenacht and Dave Gibson and Skyline lives on in the vibrant atmosphere of Falls Creek Resort. The MEYER COLLECTION documents developments on the Kiewa Hydro Scheme and their life at Falls Creek from the mid 1930s to 1960s.This image is significant because it depicts aspects of the life of a pioneering family of Falls Creek and the founders of "Skyline", the first lodge at Falls Creek.Three images taken on the King's Birthday weekend in 1936. Kelly's Hut and stockyards were built by Patrick J Kelly in 1901. In 1956 the hut was burnt down and replaced with a State Electricity Commission (SEC) hut moved from a nearby site. falls creek, bogong high plains, kelly's hut, kelly's stockyard, tom fitzgerald, perc semmens -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Shield, c1956
Wangaratta Bowling Club RSL Tournament 1956 to presentBowling Tournament between local RSL's in North East Victoria.Brown timber shield with silver banner above cast depicting lawn bowler surrounded by 21 small silver shields with inscriptions.Wangaratta Bowling Club RSL Tournamentwangaratta bowling club, rsl tournament, shield -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Memorabilia - Brooch - Olympic Games - Melbourne, c1956
Purchased by the Society to extend the Olympic Games Memorabilia (1956).Brass coloured bow on a pin from which is suspended a book with clasp. Embossed 'Olympic Games - Melbourne'. When opened it folds out to miniature post cards of scenes in Melbourne.Made in Englandcostume accessories, jewellery -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book - Wedding missal-prayer book
Missal used at wedding of parents of Margaret Scully in 1956.Missal and prayer book with cellulose cover with cross on cover. Crucifix on inside cover. Contained in box.Rev John J. Brennanreligion, marriage -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Kew Light Opera Company, Marion Tilley in The Maid of the Mountains, 1956
The Kew Light Opera Company was formed in 1952, and mounted a number of musical and variety productions each year until it was subsumed in the "Q" Theatre Guild in 1957. A partial record of performances by the company includes: 1952 Florodora, 1953 The Cingalee - San Toy or The Emperor's Own, 1954 While the Sun Shines - A Country Girl - Our Miss Gibbs, 1955 The Toreador - The Arcadians, 1956 The Maid of the Mountains - Whiteoaks - Goodnight Vienna!, 1957 A Country Girl. Most of the Company's performances took place in the Kew Recreation Hall in Wellington Street, Kew. The scrapbook of annotated photographs, programmes, and newspaper reviews of which this item is a part was assembled by Marion Tilley, wardrobe mistress for, and performer in, productions by the Kew Light Opera Company and the "Q" Theatre Guild. It is significant as a remarkably complete document of theatre performances in Kew, Victoria during the 1950s and 1960s. The scrapbook, and the items individually catalogued within it, have artistic and aesthetic significance within the history of performing arts in Victoria in the middle of the 20th Century. They have social significance in that they reveal socio-cultural values and preoccupations during the period. The records also act as a history of arts activities in the Kew Recreation Hall and later in the Kew City Hall as entertainment and community arts and music precincts.Sepia toned photograph of Marion Tilley, one of the 'Fisher Folk' in the production. Marion Tilley was the creator of the scrapbook from which the photo is drawn. Here she stands at the end of the performance with a bouquet of flowers.marion tilley, kew light opera company, kew recreation hall -- wellington street -- kew (vic.), performing arts -- kew (vic.), theatre memorabilia -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Kew Light Opera Company, Goodnight Vienna!, 1956
The Kew Light Opera Company was formed in 1952, and mounted a number of musical and variety productions each year until it was subsumed in the "Q" Theatre Guild in 1957. A partial record of performances by the company includes: 1952 Florodora, 1953 The Cingalee - San Toy or The Emperor's Own, 1954 While the Sun Shines - A Country Girl - Our Miss Gibbs, 1955 The Toreador - The Arcadians, 1956 The Maid of the Mountains - Whiteoaks - Goodnight Vienna!, 1957 A Country Girl. Most of the Company's performances took place in the Kew Recreation Hall in Wellington Street, Kew. The scrapbook of annotated photographs, programmes, and newspaper reviews of which this item is a part was assembled by Marion Tilley, wardrobe mistress for, and performer in, productions by the Kew Light Opera Company and the "Q" Theatre Guild. It is significant as a remarkably complete document of theatre performances in Kew, Victoria during the 1950s and 1960s. The scrapbook, and the items individually catalogued within it, have artistic and aesthetic significance within the history of performing arts in Victoria in the middle of the 20th Century. They have social significance in that they reveal socio-cultural values and preoccupations during the period. The records also act as a history of arts activities in the Kew Recreation Hall and later in the Kew City Hall as entertainment and community arts and music precincts.Black and white photograph of cast members in The Kew Light Opera Company's Australian premiere of Goodnight Vienna!, performed during the 1957 Moomba Festival in the Alexandra Gardens and also in the Kew Recreation Hall. Goodnight Vienna! was composed by George Posford with additional lyrics by H. V. Purcell. The lyrics were by Holt Marvell who had written the book on which the musical was based. Goodnight Vienna! was produced and directed for The Kew Light Opera Company by Lance Nicholls with musical direction by John Trotter. The scenery and lighting was designed by James L. Alexander, while the costumes were by Ada Colton.Marion Tilley has written underneath the photograph: "In Alexandra Gardens. Moomba Festival"performing arts -- kew (vic.), scrapbooks, marion tilley collection, kew light opera company, kew recreation hall, musical comedy -- melbourne -- victoria, alexandra gardens - melbourne -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Kew Light Opera Company, Goodnight Vienna!, 1956
The Kew Light Opera Company was formed in 1952, and mounted a number of musical and variety productions each year until it was subsumed in the "Q" Theatre Guild in 1957. A partial record of performances by the company includes: 1952 Florodora, 1953 The Cingalee - San Toy or The Emperor's Own, 1954 While the Sun Shines - A Country Girl - Our Miss Gibbs, 1955 The Toreador - The Arcadians, 1956 The Maid of the Mountains - Whiteoaks - Goodnight Vienna!, 1957 A Country Girl. Most of the Company's performances took place in the Kew Recreation Hall in Wellington Street, Kew. The scrapbook of annotated photographs, programmes, and newspaper reviews of which this item is a part was assembled by Marion Tilley, wardrobe mistress for, and performer in, productions by the Kew Light Opera Company and the "Q" Theatre Guild. It is significant as a remarkably complete document of theatre performances in Kew, Victoria during the 1950s and 1960s. The scrapbook, and the items individually catalogued within it, have artistic and aesthetic significance within the history of performing arts in Victoria in the middle of the 20th Century. They have social significance in that they reveal socio-cultural values and preoccupations during the period. The records also act as a history of arts activities in the Kew Recreation Hall and later in the Kew City Hall as entertainment and community arts and music precincts.Black and white photograph of Lance Nicholls, left, in a performance of Goodnight Vienna! by The Kew Light Opera Company in 1957. Nicholls produced and directed the production as well as performing as Prince Schmettoff. The accompanying programme provides a profile of Nicholls. It states that: Lance Nicholls (Prince Schmettoff), our producer, is a well known personality in the theatre and radio world, having created a reputation as an outstanding character actor through his roles in "Libel", "Streets of London", "Seven Day's Leave", "Village Priest". He was with J.C.W. for many years and a leading player with the late Gregan McMahon, The Roland McCarty Shakespearian Coy., and The Melbourne Little Theatre; also touring with the Council of Adult Education in "Tobias and the Angel" and "The Miser", then in "While the Sun Shines" for the Red Cross. Mr. Nicholls conducted his own Company of players, known as The Modern Theatre, who presented Shakespearian productions to schools and colleges, and has successfully produced many other plays and Musical Comedy. The Kew Light Opera Company has been fortunate in having a producer and player of such high calibre as Mr. Nicholls, and, it has been seen in previous successful shows under his guidance, hopes to go on to further success in the future."Inscribed above the photo in the scrapbook by Marion Tilley: "Lance Nicholls".performing arts -- kew (vic.), scrapbooks, marion tilley collection, kew light opera company, kew recreation hall, musical comedy -- melbourne -- victoria -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Melbourne Herald?, "Overhead Tram Gear will go", Jan. 1956
Newspaper clipping from a Melbourne paper? (Melbourne Herald? - given the dateline on the top of the cutting) dated Jan. 1956, titled "Overhead Tram Gear will go" reporting that work on pulling down the overhead will soon be started following the completion of tram services in Ryrie St on this Saturday night. Privately operated buses taking over, notes final closure on March 5, road repairs and SEC paying Councils for the road works over a 8 year period. Note on rear has a "Herald Index" of share prices. Contained originally within Reg Item 5623 at the front of this note book. For items see btm5623 loose items list.pdf.geelong, closure, overhead -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK 'FLYNN'S FLYING DOCTORS' BY HARRY HUDSON
BOOK - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 227 page hardback book with dust jacket. 'Flynn's Flying Doctors by Harry Hudson is an artist's journey through the outback and the story of the Flying Doctor Service in Australia. Illustrated by the author with 130 sketches. Written in collaboration with P.R. Stephenson and with a forward by George Simpson. Published by William Heinemann, Melbourne in 1956 and printed by Speciality Press, Melbourne. Handwritten in ink on flyleaf 'To Alec H Chisholm mammoth of the editorial chair from P.R. Stephenson Dec. 1956 Happy Landings!' '2198 HUD' catalogue sticker on spine and inside back cover.Harry Hudsonbooks, natural history, australia, alec h chisholm collection, flying doctor service, john flynn, harry hudson, p.r.stephenson, george simpson. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Harp of Erin Hotel, c.1880
This work forms part of the collection assembled by the historian Dorothy Rogers, that was donated to the Kew Historical Society by her son John Rogers in 2015. The manuscripts, photographs, maps, and documents were sourced by her from both family and local collections or produced as references for her print publications. Many were directly used by Rogers in writing ‘Lovely Old Homes of Kew’ (1961) and 'A History of Kew' (1973), or the numerous articles on local history that she produced for suburban newspapers. Most of the photographs in the collection include detailed annotations in her hand. The Rogers Collection provides a comprehensive insight into the working habits of a historian in the 1960s and 1970s. Together it forms the largest privately-donated collection within the archives of the Kew Historical Society.Harp of Erin (c.1864-1956). Strategically situated on Bulleen Road (High Street) in East Kew, the ‘Harp of Erin’ was built on the corner of Harp Road and High Street. The present hotel is the third to be built on the site. A second, two storey brick and stucco hotel built c.1864 replaced an earlier wooden structure built in 1854 by Edward Glynn. The ‘Harp’ was a local landmark, used by the Melbourne Hunt Club for their meetings. The Club had their kennels behind the hotel, and at meets, red-coated riders might be seen assembling from all directions. The later building was constructed in 1956."Harp of Erin Hotel. Has been altered several times. First built by Edw. Glynn 1851. Not the first which was built in 1854."harp of erin hotel, dorothy rogers -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Album - Photograph, J.A. McDonald, Research-Warrandyte Road, Sep. 1958
Between Blooms Road and Sloans Hill Primed – April 1956Record of various Shire of Eltham infrastructure works undertaken during the period of 1952-1962 involving bridge and road reconstruction projects, sometimes with Eltham Shire Council Project Reference numbers quoted. It was during this period that a number of significant improvements were made to roads and new bridges constructed within the shire that remain in place as of present day (2022). In many situations, the photos provide a tangible visible record of infrastructure that existed throughout the early days of the Shire. The album was put together by or under the direction of the Shire Engineer, J.A. McDonald.infrastructure, shire of eltham, bridge construction, road construction, 1956-04, research-warrandyte road -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Land of the Southern Cross, 1955-56
Produced to publicise Australia at the time of Olympic Games, Melbourne, 1956Blue background with stars of Sourthern Cross in gold with representatives of Australian emblem on front inside cover and fly leaf and on corresponding back, the kiala and lyrebirdcommonwealth of australia, olympic games, new guinea, sport -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - Evening Bag
This handbag belonged to Violet May Sack Keen) 1898-1956Black silk bag with yellow silk lining. Four clusters embroidered flowers with centre bouquet. Good clip fastener. Fine chain handle.costume accessories, female -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, M. Nelson, Wilson's Prom Camp 1955, 1955
Donated by former student Maureen A. Nelson (née Skuse) (1956)The 1955 student groupstudents, maureen a. nelson (née skuse), springhurst, excursion -
Melbourne Legacy
Journal - Document, set of newsletters, Legacy Newsletter, August 1942 to September 1959
A newsletter published by Legacy in this format for many years from 1942. They mentioned "Issued from time to time for Private Circulation among the Sons and Daughters of Deceased Service men and Merchant Seamen who served their Country during the War of 1914-18, or the present War" Many articles on the work of Legacy, including features on boys classes, girls classes, camps, the residences and where their past residents ended up. There are some suggestion for careers and some general interest articles. Some very interesting photos. Issues: Vol. 1 No. 1 (August, 1942) Vol. No 2 (October 1942) Vol. 1 No 3 (December 1942) Vol. 1 No 4 (July 1943) Vol 1. No 6 (December 1944) Vol. 1 No 7 (March, 1945) Vol. 1 No 8 (June, 1945) Vol. 1 No 9 (November 1945) Vol. 1 No 12 (August 1946) Vol. 2 No 1 (October, 1946) Vol. 2 No 2 (December, 1946) Vol. 2 No 4 (May 1947) Vol. 2 No 5 (September, 1947) Vol. 2 No 6 (December, 1947) - 2 copies Vol. 2 No 7 (May 1948) Vol. 2 No 8 (August, 1948) Vol. 2 No 9 (November 1948) Vol. 3 No 10 (June 1949) - 2 copies Vol. 3 No 11 (September 1949) Vol. 4 No 1 (March 1950) Vol. 4 No 2 (October 1950) Vol. 4 No 1 (July 1951) - seems 'Vol 4' was used twice. Vol. 4 No 3 (December 1951) Vol. 5 No 2 (July 1952) Vol. 5 No 3 (December 1952) Vol. 6 No 1 (April 1953) Vol. 6 No 2 (September 1953) Vol. 7 No 1 (July 1954) Vol. 8 No 1 (June, 1955) - 2 copies Vol. 8 No 2 (October 1955) Vol. 9 No 1 (February 1956) Vol. 9 No 2 (August 1956) Vol. 9 No 3 (December, 1956) - 2 copies Vol. 10 No 1 (June, 1957) - 2 copies Vol. 10 No 2 (December, 1957) Vol. 11 No 1 (August, 1958) Vol. 11 No 2 (December, 1958) - 2 copies Vol. 12 No 1 (May 1959) - 2 copies Vol. 12 No 2 (August, 1959) Vol. 12 No 3 (September, 1959) Vol. 12 No 4 (December 1959)A record of newsletter published that reported on news of Junior Legatee activities.Newspaper style newsletter for Junior Legacy Club, Melbourne. 00019.1) Vol 1 No 1 August 1942 00019.2) Vol 1 No 2. October 1942 00019.3) Vol 1 No 3. December 1942 00019.4) Vol 1 No 4. July 1943 00019.5) Vol 1 No 6. December 1944 00019.6) Vol 1 No 7. March 1945 00019.7) Vol 1 No 8. June 1945 00019.8) Vol 1 No 9. November 1945 00019.9) Vol 1 No 12. August 1946 00019.10) Vol 2 No 1 October 1946 00019.11) Vol 2 No 2 December 1946 00019.12) Vol 2 No 4 May 1947 00019.13) Vol 2 No 5 September 1947 00019.14) Vol 2 No 6 December, 1947 00019.15) Vol 2 No 7 May, 1948 00019.16) Vol 2 No 8 August 1948 00019.17) Vol 2 No 9 November 1948 00019.18) Vol 3 No 10 June, 1949 00019.19) Vol 3 No 11 September, 1949 00019.20) Vol 4 No 1 March, 1950. Playing children on the cover. 12 pages 00019.21) Vol 4 No 2 October 1950. Girl and boy on cover. 12 pages 00019.22) Vol 4 No 1 July 1951 (note Vol and Number is same as 00019.20 but different edition). Sir Thomas Blamey on cover. 8 pages. 00019.23) Vol 4 No 3 Dec 1951. 00019.24) Vol 5 No 2 July 1952. 00019.25) Vol 5 No 3 December 1952. Sir Dallas Brooks on cover. 8 pages 00019.26) Vol 6 No 1 April 1953 00019.27) Vol 6 No 2 September 1953. Mother and son on cover. 16 pages 00019.28) Vol 7 No 1 July 1954 00019.29) Vol 8 No 1 June 1955. Portrait of Queen Elizabeth on the cover. 16 pages 00019.30) Vol 8 No 2 October 1955. Serviceman and toddler on the cover. 16 pages 00019.39) Vol 9 No 1 February 1956. Earl Mountbatten on the cover. 12 pages 00019.31) Vol 9 No 2 August 1956. Mayor Sir Frank Selleck on the cover. 16 pages 00019.40) Vol 9 No 3 December 1956 00019.32) Vol 10 No 1 June 1957 00019.32) Vol 10 No 2 December 1957 00019.33) Vol 11 No 1 August 1958 00019.34) Vol 11 No 2 December 1958 00019.35) Vol 12 No 1 May 1959 00019.36) Vol 12 No 2 August 1959 00019.37) Vol 12 No 3 September 1959 00019.38) Vol 12 No 4 December 1959newsletter, activities -
Victoria Police Museum
Photograph (police car)
Ford Zephyr, registration no. GPW 001, with police sign on top of vehicle and siren attached to front right hand side of bonnet. Slight damage to left side undercarriage and front bumper bar. Vehicle in the background, registration no. GSW 659. Circa 1956police vehicles; motor transport branch; wireless patrol; ford zephyr car -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - VAL CAMPBELL COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH OF ALAN MCCONNELL, 1958-1961
Black and white head and shoulders photo of Alan McConnell. Written on the front of the photo: 1958-59 Alan McConnell Vic Country Diving Champs 3rd 1956-57 1961 Country Diving 1st. Written on back of photo: Diving & Club Champrecreations, sports, swimming -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, A Lesson in history, 2004
Article about the history of Blackburn High School, founded in 1956 and now having 750 students.Article about the history of Blackburn High School, founded in 1956 and now having 750 students. Judy Laity was an original teacher and has taught children and grandchildren of former students.. Several prominent former students and also its rich music program.Article about the history of Blackburn High School, founded in 1956 and now having 750 students. blackburn high school, laity, judy, scott, don, donnett, jenny, minter, anne, minter, elizabeth, james, darren, day, andrew, grant, barbara, white, jen, dancel, karen, james, jonathan, tidy, hugh, music -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Photographs, RVBA “Hotham Premiers”, Kew’s Fourth Premiership Division, 1984, 1984
Sports Clubs in Kew in the final decades of the 19th century and in the early 20th century were often umbrella organisations with facilities for a number of sports. Typically in Kew, this included teams in lawn bowls, tennis and croquet. The Kew Bowling Club was formed in 1880 while the privately owned Auburn Heights Recreation Club was opened in 1904. By 1998, the two Clubs decided to amalgamate at the Auburn Heights site in Barkers Road, forming the Kew Heights Sports Club. The combined club was itself taken over by the Melbourne Cricket Club in 2012 becoming MCC Kew Sports Club. In 2017 MCC Kew closed and its landholding was subsequently sold to Carey Baptist Grammar School. Both the Kew and Auburn Heights Clubs assembled important collections. These historically significant and large collections were donated to the Society in 2020. The collections include manuscripts, pictures, trophies, plans, honour boards etc. References Barnard FGA 1910, 'Sports and Pastimes' in Jubilee History of Kew Victoria: Its origin & progress 1803-1910. Nixon NV 1980, The History of the Kew Bowling Club 1880-1980. Reeve S 2012, City of Boroondara: Thematic Environmental History, p.216.The combined collections of the four sporting clubs making up the collection number hundreds of items that are historically significant locally. They are also significant to the sporting history of the greater Melbourne area and to the sports of lawn bowls and tennis in Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection illuminates two of the Victorian historic themes - 'Building community life' through forming community organisations and 'Shaping cultural and creative life' by participating in sport and recreation.Framed and glazed photograph of RVBA “Hotham Premiers”, Kew’s fourth premiership Division 1 1984 (others 1955, 1956, 1958). [The item is part of the large historic Kew Bowling Club collection (1880-1988) gifted to the Kew Historical Society in 2020].kew bowling club - wellington street - kew (vic), clubs - lawn bowls - kew (vic), kew bowling club - rvba pennants -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Document - Bookmark, Deaprtment of Health Victoria, Calendar Bookmark : A useful reminder of the annual Free Chest X-Ray Service, 1955-56
This work forms part of the collection assembled by the historian Dorothy Rogers, that was donated to the Kew Historical Society by her son John Rogers in 2015. The manuscripts, photographs, maps, and documents were sourced by her from both family and local collections or produced as references for her print publications. Many were directly used by Rogers in writing ‘Lovely Old Homes of Kew’ (1961) and 'A History of Kew' (1973), or the numerous articles on local history that she produced for suburban newspapers. Most of the photographs in the collection include detailed annotations in her hand. The Rogers Collection provides a comprehensive insight into the working habits of a historian in the 1960s and 1970s. Together it forms the largest privately-donated collection within the archives of the Kew Historical Society.A Calendar bookmark for 1955 and 1956 published by the Department of Health and the City of Kew. The rear of the bookmark lists the locations of the x-rays (Kew Recreation Hall; St Hilary's Church Hall; North Kew Willsmere Service Station) and the dates when they will take place.health, x-ray, chest xray, bookmark -
St Patrick's Old Collegians Association (SPOCA)
Photograph - Culture, Cadets
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Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Ellis Collection, c1956
Negative (120) of a view of a W7? crossing the Merri Creek Bridge in Queens Parade Clifton Hill - notes provide date of 1956. A low resolution A4 laminated was received with the negatives. Hi Res image filed in the dbtext/hawthtramcoll/Large Images/htd3588large.jpgtrams, tramways, queens parade, clifton hill, merri creek, bridges -
Brighton Historical Society
Flag, School flag, circa 1914 - 1956
This flag was used by Esperance Girls School, a private school based in Brighton from 1894-1956. Esperance was established in 1894 at 6 Normanby Street by Misses Emsie, Marion, Gussie and Daisy Beaver. The four sisters came from a formerly-prosperous land-owning family that had suffered badly as a result of the depression of the early 1890s. At a time when few occupations were open to gentlewomen, running a school provided the sisters with a respectable means of supporting themselves. Notable teachers at Esperance during the 1890s included elocution mistress Miss Jeannie Taylor, who would later become better known as the author Mrs Aeneas Gunn. In 1924 the school was sold to Miss Marian Taylor and Miss Christina McMillan, who had previously served as joint principals of Alexandra College in Hamilton between 1909 and 1913. Both women had strong family connections to Brighton: Christina was the granddaughter of early pioneer Archibald McMillan and Marian was a relative of long-serving town clerk J. H. Taylor. The new principals relocated the school to a large two-storey house on the corner of Park Street and Esperance Avenue, where it remained until its closure. They operated the school until 1950, when they sold it to a Miss Bury, who in turn sold it to the local Baptist Church in 1956. Following this final sale, the school continued for another four terms before closing.Navy blue flag, both sides featuring a large yellow-gold crest in centre, containing image of an anchor and surrounded by semicircular scroll with the motto "SPES ANCORA ANIMAE". Background features horizontal green stripe across centre, containing smaller red stripe and bordered on each side by yellow stripes.esperance girls school, flag, school flag -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Research Notes, H. S. McComb, "MMTB - Data Regarding Essendon - Tramway Services", 1956
.1 - Set of 8 foolscap pages, carbon copy of "MMTB - Data Regarding Essendon - Tramway Services", from 1.10.1887 to 1.12.1955, giving a list of events, extracts from government papers, concerning the development of the Essendon Tramways. Prepared by H. McComb, dated 8-8-1956. .2 - Set of approx. 80 plain note paper half quarto sheets, giving hand written events for the above notes - gives date, event etc. Some have initials AR by the date. Sorted in date order. Items 2027 to 2030 and 1309 copy 2 contained within box 72.3 in a brown folder marked "Historical Data regarding Essendon Tramways and their services to the City"trams, tramways, essendon, saltwater river, keilor rd, reports, essendon depot, nmetl, moonee ponds -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Rose Stereograph Co, Flinders St station clock tower looking south towards the Shrine, 1956
Postcard - Rose Series black and white of the view from the Flinders St station clock tower looking south towards the Shrine. Shows St Kilda Road, Prince Henry's Hospital, the Yarra River and the gardens on the south side of the river. Has two trams in the view. On the lower edge of the card "The Rose Series P13602 Looking over St Kilda Road from Flinders St Station Melb. Vic" and "Olympic Year 1956". On the rear is a note written to Keith from Ken of Barkly St Mornington on 14/1/58 mainly about a Pat Lyton? now a tram conductor at Hanna St and a meeting with Brian. Has some personal notes about Pat.trams, tramways, flinders st, postcards, st kilda road