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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Railway shunting yards, Port Melbourne, Douglas Smallpage, 1970s
Lasercopy enlargement of a photo showing the railway shunting yards with Centenary Bridge, Station and Princes Piers in the background, taken from the Graham St overpass in the 1970stransport - railways -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - 2010 Calendar, Pat Grainger, Historic Port Melbourne - Our Eventful past, Sep 2009
... Built Environment Piers and Wharves Transport - Railways ...Researched, written and designed by member Pat GRAINGER as a fundraiser for PMH&PS. Production volume: 675 copiesHistoric Port Melbourne - Our Eventful past. Cover photo is a political rally at hotel Clare Castle. All following years calendars also recorded against cat no 1864built environment, piers and wharves, transport - railways, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, religion - anglican (holy trinity), natural environment, sandridge lagoon, local government, fire and fire services, armed services - navy, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps, west gate bridge, melbourne & hobsons bay railway, victorian sugar company, great white fleet, local government - borough of port melbourne -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - Proposed bridge under Hobsons Bay railway at Clarendon Street, Emerald Hill, 1854 - 1884
... Proposed bridge under Hobsons Bay railway at Clarendon...Plan of proposed bridge under Hobson's Bay Railway... of proposed bridge under Hobson's Bay Railway at Clarendon Street ...Plan of proposed bridge under Hobson's Bay Railway at Clarendon Street, Emerald Hill, affecting Sandridge railway and Sandridge Road. Flood level re Sandridge line is shown.transport - railways, flood, emerald hill, town planning -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Borough of Sandridge, Charles Clay, Borough Surveyor, Surveyor's Reports, 1877
Surveyor Charles CLAY's reports to Council March 1877 to June 1882, handwritten. 176pp volume bound in maroon linen with red spine; sticker on front: MINUTE BOOK; 'Surveyor's Reports' hand printedThree names/addresses noted on first page. Two printed Agendas 1881 and 1882 pasted in front.local government - borough of sandridge, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, port melbourne town hall, transport - tramways, engineering - canals and drainage, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, business and traders, fishermans bend, fire and fire services, flood, engineering - bridges, utilities, health - general health, hotels, built environment - domestic, industry - manufacturing, livestock, transport - railways, charles clay, sandridge lagoon -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Photograph -Centenary Bridge stairway, Port Melbourne, 1991
Taken by Alison Kelly during the demolition years for 'Bayside' developmentColour photograph of Centenary Bridge stairway (west, beach side) through the gap under the bridge can be seen what remains of the Port Melbourne railway shunting yard. Mounted on grey paper.centenary bridge, built environment - civic, transport, alison kelly -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - 85 & 86 Evans Street, Port Melbourne, Meredith Turnbull, Dec 1996
Meredith Turnbull photographed this series in 1996 to record the rapidly changing streetscape, which had already had a number of old houses replaced by concrete two-storey structures under the State government's urban consolidation policyFrom a series of 70 colour photos recording all buildings in Evans Street from Graham Street overpass to Ingles Street, as photographed from the railway reservation, by Meredith Turnbull in December 1996 - number 85, 86 (corner shop at Bridge Street)House numbers noted on backbuilt environment - domestic, meredith turnbull -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Bridge Street, Port Melbourne, Meredith Turnbull, Dec 1996
Meredith Turnbull photographed this series in 1996 to record the rapidly changing streetscape, which had already had a number of old houses replaced by concrete two-storey structures under the State government's urban consolidation policyFrom a series of 70 colour photos recording all buildings in Evans Street from Graham Street overpass to Ingles Street, as photographed from the railway reservation, by Meredith Turnbull in December 1996 - Bridge StreetHouse numbers noted on backbuilt environment - domestic, meredith turnbull -
Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute (BMI Ballarat)
Railway Line & Trucks from Humffray St Bridge
... Ballarat goldfields Railway Line & Trucks from Humffray St Bridge ...This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, railway, truck, hummfray st bridge -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Allen & Unwin, Four thousand bowls of rice : a prisoner of war comes home, 1993
Over 60,000 Australians and Americans captured by the Japanese during World War II toiled and died to build the Bridge over the River Kwai. Respected military historian Linda Goetz Holmes tells the story of one man's survival in Japanese labor camps during WWII. Amazing photographs, taken secretly by other prisoners, chronicle this dark history of Allied troops in the Pacific theatre of war.Index, bibliography, notes, ill, p.179.non-fictionOver 60,000 Australians and Americans captured by the Japanese during World War II toiled and died to build the Bridge over the River Kwai. Respected military historian Linda Goetz Holmes tells the story of one man's survival in Japanese labor camps during WWII. Amazing photographs, taken secretly by other prisoners, chronicle this dark history of Allied troops in the Pacific theatre of war.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – australia, burma thailand railway -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Pierre Boulle, The bridge on the river Kwai, 1952
... stories - fiction burma-siam railway - fiction The Bridge ...The Bridge on the River Kwai" tells the story of three POWs who endure the hell of the Japanese camps on the Burma-Siam railway - Colonel Nicholson, a man prepared to sacrifice his life but not his dignity; Major Warden, a modest hero, saboteur and deadly killer; Commander Shears, who escaped from hell but was ordered back. Ordered by the Japanese to build a bridge, the Colonel refuses, as it is against regulations for officers to work with other ranks.p.157.fictionThe Bridge on the River Kwai" tells the story of three POWs who endure the hell of the Japanese camps on the Burma-Siam railway - Colonel Nicholson, a man prepared to sacrifice his life but not his dignity; Major Warden, a modest hero, saboteur and deadly killer; Commander Shears, who escaped from hell but was ordered back. Ordered by the Japanese to build a bridge, the Colonel refuses, as it is against regulations for officers to work with other ranks. war stories - fiction, burma-siam railway - fiction -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Map (item) - Sales Brochure, Plenty Township Estate and Bryn Teg Hill's Estate, Coghill & Haughton, Melbourne, c.1924
... by the elctrification of the Eltham railway line bonds road bridge bryn teg ...Plenty Township Estate "The rapid growth of Greensborough and the great traffic development on the main road between Heidelberg and Eltham augurs well for Plenty Township Estate. Already a Store, Post Office and State School have been started, and the activities of the Local Progress Association will help the district forward considerably. Within walking distance of the Montmorency and Greensborough stations." Bryn Teg Hill's Estate "Better known as "The Old Sand Hill, "within walking distance of the Montmorency and Greensborough railways stations." "Some few years back Mrs Thomas subdivided portion of the Sand Hill Paddocks, and the areas sold have been settled and many converted into charming outer suburban garden homes with cultivation and orchard plots. The south-eastern slope gives the land a grand outlook over the Yarra Valley on to the Dandenoings, and the are is very picturesque and homely." "A number of the blocks contain large deposits of valuable building sand, which should prove good speculation in view of the forecast for further rapid home development along the Eltham Suburban Electric Service." Sand Hills Road (Old Eltham Road) Date estimated as c.1924 - Electricification of railway line to Eltham referenced on map occured April 1923 and Mrs Mary Thomas died August 1925. Her home Bryn Teg became part of the Heidelberg Golf Club in 1927.The establishment of Lower Plenty as a suburban growth area supported by easy commuting facilitated by the elctrification of the Eltham railway linebonds road, bridge, bryn teg hill's estate, coghill & haughton, eltham road, heidelberg golf club hotel, houses, lower plenty, lower plenty bridge, lower plenty road, main road, plenty hotel, plenty river, plenty township estate, real estate agent, sales brochure, sand hills road, the old sand hill, sand hill paddocks, woodfull road, old eltham road, bryn teg, mrs m thomas -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, Harry Gilham, Grave of Alfred and Margaret Armstrong, Eltham Cemetery, Victoria, Sep 2009
Alfred Patrick Armstrong was born in England in 1825 and was employed under the renowned Isambard Kingdom Brunel as a civil engineer during the construction of the Great Western Railway and the South Wales Railway. He came to Melbourne in 1852 and purchased property in Eltham. He became a mining surveyor and was Inspector of Mines and the Mining Registrar for the St Andrews Division of the Castlemaine Mining District. In 1855, he chaired a meeting calling for a bridge to be erected across the Yarra River between Eltham and Temple Stow. He was registered as an innkeeper in 1858, was a recognised collector of the £110 raised for the building of the first building of State School No. 209 (Eltham Primary) and was a Trustee for the Church of England site on the Eltham Cemetery Trust in 1860. He was elected to the Eltham District Road Board (forerunner of Eltham Shire Council) from 1867 to 1871 and then served as an Eltham Shire Councillor from 1871 to 1878 (including Shire President in 1873). Margaret Armstrong to whom he was married in 1854 at St Pauls Church, Melbourne, died on the 27th March 1887. Alfred died in 1893, having been in ill health for some time, and is buried in Eltham Cemetery with his wife Margaret. The monument features a tall pillar capped with a draped urn: a symbol of death. In Loving Memory of Alfred Armstrong Died May 27tth 1893 Aged 68 years Also of his wife Margaret Died March 27th 1887 Aged 63 years This burial site is of special interest as the monument has the tallest pillar-a vase-a draped cloth top (unfulfilled life) and additional panels of names around the sides and the base, which include: Ada Gertrude Armstrong, beloved daughter of Alfred & Margaret Armstrong, died May 30th 1878, aged 21 years Mary Armstrong, beloved mother to Alfred Armstrong, died April 10th, 1886 aged 82 years Arthur Vivian Harrison, died 4th Nov. 1899, aged 8 years Arthur Reynolds Stockwood Armstrong, son of Alfred Armstrong, died 4th Nov. 1908, aged 43 years Laura Augusta Harrison nee Armstrong, died 26th July 1921, aged 64 yearsRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 6 stripsKodak GC 400-9eltham cemetery, gravestones, alfred armstrong, margaret armstrong, ada gertrude armstrong, arthur reynolds stockwood armstrong, arthur vivian harrison, laura augusta harrison (nee armstrong), mary armstrong -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Peter Pidgeon, Grave of Alfred and Margaret Armstrong, Eltham Cemetery, Victoria, 5 April 2021
Alfred Patrick Armstrong was born in England in 1825 and was employed under the renowned Isambard Kingdom Brunel as a civil engineer during the construction of the Great Western Railway and the South Wales Railway. He came to Melbourne in 1852 and purchased property in Eltham. He became a mining surveyor and was Inspector of Mines and the Mining Registrar for the St Andrews Division of the Castlemaine Mining District. In 1855, he chaired a meeting calling for a bridge to be erected across the Yarra River between Eltham and Temple Stow. He was registered as an innkeeper in 1858, was a recognised collector of the £110 raised for the building of the first building of State School No. 209 (Eltham Primary) and was a Trustee for the Church of England site on the Eltham Cemetery Trust in 1860. He was elected to the Eltham District Road Board (forerunner of Eltham Shire Council) from 1867 to 1871 and then served as an Eltham Shire Councillor from 1871 to 1878 (including Shire President in 1873). Margaret Armstrong to whom he was married in 1854 at St Pauls Church, Melbourne, died on the 27th March 1887. Alfred died in 1893, having been in ill health for some time, and is buried in Eltham Cemetery with his wife Margaret. The monument features a tall pillar capped with a draped urn: a symbol of death. In Loving Memory of Alfred Armstrong Died May 27tth 1893 Aged 68 years Also of his wife Margaret Died March 27th 1887 Aged 63 years This burial site is of special interest as the monument has the tallest pillar-a vase-a draped cloth top (unfulfilled life) and additional panels of names around the sides and the base, which include: Ada Gertrude Armstrong, beloved daughter of Alfred & Margaret Armstrong, died May 30th 1878, aged 21 years Mary Armstrong, beloved mother to Alfred Armstrong, died April 10th, 1886 aged 82 years Arthur Vivian Harrison, died 4th Nov. 1899, aged 8 years Arthur Reynolds Stockwood Armstrong, son of Alfred Armstrong, died 4th Nov. 1908, aged 43 years Laura Augusta Harrison nee Armstrong, died 26th July 1921, aged 64 yearsBorn Digitaleltham cemetery, gravestones, ada gertrude armstrong, alfred armstrong, arthur reynolds stockwood armstrong, arthur vivian harrison, laura augusta harrison (nee armstrong), margaret armstrong, mary armstrong -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, A (Red Rattler) Tait train bound for Princes Bridge at Eltham Railway Station, 1975
... A (Red Rattler) Tait train bound for Princes Bridge at... for Princes Bridge at Eltham Railway Station Digital copy only ...eltham railway station, red rattler, tait train -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, The Age et al, Centenary of the Eltham to Hurstbridge Railway extension, 2012
In 2012 local community groups acknowledged the centenary of the extension of the Railway line from Eltham to Hurstbridge which took place in 1912. Newspaper article: Automatic system signals the end of the station's tradition, The Age 20 June 2012. Material produced by Nillumbik Historical Society advertising centenary celebrations and providing history with photographs of the Eltham to Hurstbridge extension. The Heidelberg Historian newsletter of the Heidelberg Historical Society No 279, December 2013 (14 pages) including an article by David Watson "Prince's Bridge to Hurst's Bridge".29 pages, newspaper articleharry gilham collection, hurstbridge railway line, centenary celebrations, eltham railway station -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Old railway overpass, Sherbourne Road, Briar Hill, c.1971, 1971
... railway bridge... railway bridge sherbourne road ...Shortly before demolition Cross Reference: 01696 print; 01918-2 negativeNegative black and white film 120 6x9 format 3 stripsAgfa APX 100briar hill, bridge, para road, railway bridge, sherbourne road -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Old railway overpass, Sherbourne Road, Briar Hill, c.1971, 1971
... railway bridge... railway bridge sherbourne road ...Shortly before demolition Cross Reference: 01696-2 print; 01918-3 negativeNegative black and white film 120 6x9 format 3 stripsAgfa APX 100briar hill, bridge, para road, railway bridge, sherbourne road -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Old railway overpass, Sherbourne Road, Briar Hill, c.1971, 1971
... railway bridge... railway bridge sherbourne road ...Shortly before demolition Cross Reference: 01696-3 print; 01918-4 negativeNegative black and white film 120 6x9 format 3 stripsAgfa APX 100briar hill, bridge, para road, railway bridge, sherbourne road -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Old railway overpass, Sherbourne Road, Briar Hill, c.1971, 1971
... railway bridge... para road railway bridge sherbourne road ...Shortly before demolitionNegative black and white film 120 6x9 format 3 stripsAgfa APX 100briar hill, bridge, para road, railway bridge, sherbourne road -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Old railway overpass, Sherbourne Road, Briar Hill, c.1971, 1971
... railway bridge... railway bridge sherbourne road ...Shortly before demolition Cross Reference: 01696-4 print; 01918-7 negativeNegative black and white film 120 6x9 format 3 stripsAgfa APX 100briar hill, bridge, para road, railway bridge, sherbourne road -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Old railway overpass, Sherbourne Road, Briar Hill, c.1971, 1971
... railway bridge... railway bridge sherbourne road ...Shortly before demolition Cross Reference: 01696-5 print; 01918-8 negativeNegative black and white film 120 6x9 format 3 stripsAgfa APX 100briar hill, bridge, para road, railway bridge, sherbourne road -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Old railway overpass, Sherbourne Road, Briar Hill, c.1971, 1971
... railway bridge... railway bridge sherbourne road ...Shortly before demolition Cross Reference: 01696-6 print; 01918-9 negativeNegative black and white film 120 6x9 format 3 stripsAgfa APX 100briar hill, bridge, para road, railway bridge, sherbourne road -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Russell Yeoman, Para Road (Carter Street) Bridge over the Plenty River, Briar Hill, 1970s
... carter street bridge railway line russell yeoman collection ...Digital file only; created from original colour positive slide transparencystreets, para road, carter street, bridge, railway line, russell yeoman collection -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Russell Yeoman (left) and Joh Ebeli hold the Society Banner at the end of the Parade in Panther Place near the Railway Trestle Bridge, Eltham Community Festival Parade, 8 November 1986, 08/11/1986
... at the end of the Parade in Panther Place near the Railway... the Railway Trestle Bridge, Eltham Community Festival Parade, 8 ...[from a contemporary report:] The Shire of Eltham Historical Society's entry in the 1986 Eltham Community Festival Parade included Ben Hall's Cobb & Co. coach along with several vintage motor vehicles and the Society's new Community Banner. Members dressed in in an appropriate costume to ride in one of the vehicles or walk along with them. The assembly point was in Cecil St. at 11.45 a.m. The Society's entry was awarded the major prize for the parade.Colour photographeltham festival, shire of eltham historical society, 1986, russell yeoman, trestle bridge, joh ebeli -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Sherbourne Road Railway Bridge, Briar Hill, 3 November 1967, 1967
... Sherbourne Road Railway Bridge, Briar Hill, 3 November 1967...railway bridge... melbourne Photograph Sherbourne Road Railway Bridge, Briar Hill, 3 ...Shortly before demolition. Date established from two Polaroid images taken same day with pencil note on reverse "3/11/67"Negative black and white film 120 6x9 format 3 strips Cross Ref: 01918-5 (medium format negative duplicate from a print) and 01893-13 (negative original)Agfa APX 100briar hill, bridge, para road, railway bridge, sherbourne road -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, At the end of the Parade in Panther Place near the Railway Trestle Bridge, Eltham Community Festival Parade, 8 November 1986, 08/11/1986
... At the end of the Parade in Panther Place near the Railway... the Railway Trestle Bridge, Eltham Community Festival Parade, 8 ...[from a contemporary report:] The Shire of Eltham Historical Society's entry in the 1986 Eltham Community Festival Parade included Ben Hall's Cobb & Co. coach along with several vintage motor vehicles and the Society's new Community Banner. Members dressed in in an appropriate costume to ride in one of the vehicles or walk along with them. The assembly point was in Cecil St. at 11.45 a.m. The Society's entry was awarded the major prize for the parade.Colour photographeltham festival, shire of eltham historical society, 1986, eileen gibbons, jack hodson, opal smith, sue law, russell yeoman, trestle bridge -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Russell Yeoman (left) and Joh Ebeli hold the Society Banner at the end of the Parade in Panther Place near the Railway Trestle Bridge, Eltham Community Festival Parade, 8 November 1986, 08/11/1986
... at the end of the Parade in Panther Place near the Railway... the Railway Trestle Bridge, Eltham Community Festival Parade, 8 ...[from a contemporary report:] The Shire of Eltham Historical Society's entry in the 1986 Eltham Community Festival Parade included Ben Hall's Cobb & Co. coach along with several vintage motor vehicles and the Society's new Community Banner. Members dressed in in an appropriate costume to ride in one of the vehicles or walk along with them. The assembly point was in Cecil St. at 11.45 a.m. The Society's entry was awarded the major prize for the parade.Colour photographeltham festival, shire of eltham historical society, 1986, russell yeoman, trestle bridge, joh ebeli -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newsletter, No. 236 October 2017
Contents: • The Times They Are a Changin by Jim Connor • 11th October Meeting – A 50th Anniversary Panel of EDHS Members • Heritage Excursion – Saturday 4th November - Shillinglaw Farm Walk • The Easter Rooster Lunch by Ann Constable (Vaughan Johnson) • Vale – Don Kinsey AM by Jim Connor • Eltham District Historical Society by Jim Connor • Peter and Diana Bassett-Smith • Commemorative Service at St Margaret’s Church, Eltham by Kathleen Toal • Eltham in Victorian Railways Weekly Notices by Richard Pinn • Wellers Hotel of Kangaroo Ground – Part 2 by Jim Allen • Monash Bridge at Hurstbridge – 100 years old in 2017 by Pam Lawson • Our Eltham – Artistic Recollections by Jim Connor • Eltham and District Community Bank • Our Sponsors • Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society The Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.A4 newsletter distributed to membersnewsletter, eltham district historical society, shire of eltham historical society -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Sherbourne Road bridge construction works over railway line, Montmorency, c.1971, 1971c
... Sherbourne Road bridge construction works over railway line...railway bridge... eltham sherbourne road railway bridge construction montmorency ...Black and white photograph printeltham, sherbourne road, railway bridge, construction, montmorency -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, Looking west to Mountainview Road Bridge from Petrie Park, Montmorency, 1998c
... Bridge from Petrie Park, Montmorency Roll of 35mm colour negative ...Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 8 strips and associated 10 x 15 cm colour printKodak Gold 100-5montmorency, mountainview road bridge, petrie park, railway line