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Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, 11 York Street, Mont Albert, May 1974 (2), 1974
This is the home of Ernest Lance Young and Beryl Mair and the childhood home of their children Barbara, Ken and Laurie. Lance was born 24 March 1915 in Surrey Hills, the son of Ernest Augustus Young and Ruby Nichell Whitty. He married Beryl Mair in 1939 and died on 5 October 1999 at Mont Albert. Electoral rolls list him as a manufacturer. His address after marriage was 11 York Street, Mont Albert. He is buried in Box Hill Cemetery (M-*-0867) along with his father. He served in WW2 (Service Number - VX104733 enlisting at St Kilda) and after returning took over his father's business. The Mair family were resident in Barton Street for several generations. Beryl's father Dave Mair was a keen sportsman and founder of the Kangaroo Social Club of cricketers. This is part of a large collection relating to the Mair, Deakin and Young families. Colour photo of the street view of 11 York Street, Mont Albert. Taken from across the street, it shows only part of the gable of the house. The house is heavily screened by a mature garden with several large trees or shrubs. The fence is low and constructed from roughly faced stone.In blue biro on rear: "11 YORK ST / MONT ALBERT" and separately "May 74" ken young, barbara young, laurie young, laurie newton, beryl mair, ernest lance young, lance young, york street, mont albert -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph of Renshaw's Victoria House Store, Tarnagulla, 1890-1916
Murray Comrie Collection. Murray Comrie's information about Renshaw's to be added. This photograph is a dark copy probably created from an older original.Monochrome photograph of people outside Renshaw's Store in Tarnagulla. Three women standing on curb and a man standing on wagon with two harnessed horses. The woman in the middle is Mary Renshaw, and she is surrounded by her daughters. The gable roof of the Golden Age Hotel can be seen dimly on the left.tarnagulla, renshaw's, renshaws, renshaw, shops, businesses, commercial road -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - T C WATTS & SON COLLECTION: 20 BANCROFT STREET, 1930
BHS CollectionBlack and white photograph mounted on rectangular grey board. House, brick, corrugated iron roof, bullnose verandah, shutters on end window, creeper on verandah posts, 'fan' in fill to gable, scalloped picket fence, telephone pole outside corner of block. 20 Bancroft Street.Frank A. Jeffree, Bendigoplace, building, residential, stamped on back in rectangle ''t.c. watts and son/auctioneer/estate agents/253 mitchell street/bendigo'' stamped on back in circle ''royal historical society of victoria, bendigo branch'' -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1945 c
Black and white photograph of Venga Guest house, run by Miss Bertha Hansen for over thirty years. It shows timber and cement sheet building, gable roof, bay window, picket fence at front, front door has side light windows. Small girl in doorway.guesthouses, architecture, room display -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1935c
The Homestead, L C P Furnished Apartments have become very popular (on back)Black and white small format postcard of the Homestead at Whiters Camp Park. A timber and fibro cement building in Californian bungalow style. Low pitched gable roof with built in veranda extensions. Homestead was the residence of the proprietor and family. Formal garden in foreground image. Lakes Entrance Victoriatourism, houses, resort -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Housing, 1999 c
House has been modified. Metal framed windows replaced sash, dormer window added to landing at top of internal stairs. Yallourn houses were offered at very low cost when coal deposits under the town were to be accessed in the 1970s.Owner/residents Alister and Wendy Balfour. (Both deceased in 2014c.)Colour photograph of a dwelling at 29 Marlin Drive. A two storey timber home with dormer window through gable roof of simulated tiling. Six steps leading up to front door. A well maintained home relocated from the coal town of Yallourn. Lake Tyers Victoriahouses, heritage study -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Housing, 1999
Built 1920c by J Reggardo first owner.Colour photograph of a small timber farmhouse situated at Old Lake Tyers Beach Road, Lake Bunga. It is unpainted timber with corrugated iron gable roof, external brick chimney. Half of veranda has been enclosed. Remains of orchard in front of house. Lakes Entrance Victoriahouses, heritage study -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Brick and Stucco Bungalow, J E Barnes, c.1920
The Kew Historical Society's map collection includes a substantial number of real estate subdivision plans, mainly of Kew but also of surrounding suburbs in Melbourne. Most of the subdivision plans date from the 1920s and 1930s when the districts old homes and local farmland were being split up to accommodate residential growth in the postwar period. These early plans were assembled by a local firm, Jas R Mather & McMillan, which had an office in Cotham Road. Many of the plans, and sometimes photos, were annotated by the agents.Subdivision plans are historically important documents used as evidence for the growth of suburbs in Australia. They frequently provide information about when the land was sold as well as evidence relating to surveyors and real estate and financial agents. The numerous subdivision plans in the Kew Historical Society's collection represent working documents, ranging from the initial sketches made in planning a subdivision to printed plans on which auctioneers or agents listed the prices for which individual lots were sold. In a number of cases, the reverse of a subdivision plan in the collection includes a photograph of a house that was also for sale by the agent. These photographs provide significant heritage information relating house design and decoration, fencing and household gardens.The photograph may also be aesthetically significant depending o the importance of the photographic atelier.Real estate photograph for a local agent by the Kew photographer, Josiah Earl Barnes. The photo is of a weatherboard or brick rendered bungalow with a twisted wire fence. Given Barnes' status a a Kew photographer, the house is probably locate din Kew or East Kew. Unfortunately the handwritten information on the mount bordering the photo is damaged and cannot be read. The bungalow has a gabled, tiled roof with terra cotta finials at the front of both gables. The house has a central doorway, framed by a pseudo portico supported by four wooden columns. On each side of the doorway, at the front, there are paired sash windows, which, like the half-timbered gable, are picked out in a darker colour.Handwritten, mostly illegible description by selling agent on mount surround: " .... in Diningroom, Drawing Rooms, ... Photographers details printed on mount: "J. E. Barnes / Photo / Phone 1966 Haw KEW"houses - kew, bungalows - kew, real estate photographs, j.e. barnes -- photographer -
Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society
Photograph, Baptist Chapel Lerderderg Street Bacchus Marsh 1883
The Baptist Chapel was first opened in March 1868 in Lerderderg Street, Bacchus Marsh, next to State School No. 28. The plans were prepared by James G. Pippett and the building was constructed by bricklayer J.F.Taylor and carpenter W. Nelson. When fire threatened its destruction in 1871, the townspeople assisted in saving the building by tearing off the roof and removing windows and flooring. Subsequently it was found that a solid silver Communion Service was missing as well as the contents of the Poor Box. The Chapel was renovated and used until 1898 when the building was moved to Main Street, next to the Post Office. Two rooms were added at the front when the building was rebuilt. It was demolished in 1985.Small sepia unframed photograph on card with gold border framing photograph. Housed in the Jeremeas Family Album, which contains photographs of Bacchus Marsh and District in 1883 by Stevenson and McNicoll. The photograph is of a substantial brick building with a shingle roof. The gable above the front entrance and the side of the building under the guttering are ornamented with rows of bricks laid horizontally. A round window sits in the centre of the gable. The central door and the front and side sash windows are topped by semi-circular brick arches. The ornamentation is continued with contrasting bricks down the corners of the building. An ornamental iron fence runs along the front of the building. A large fir tree stands in the grounds. On the front: Stevenson & McNicoll. Photo. 108 Elizabeth St. Melbourne. COPIES CAN BE OBTAINED AT ANY TIME. On the back: LIGHT & TRUTH inscribed on a banner surmounted by a representation of the rising sun. Copies of this Portrait can be had at any time by sending the Name and Post Office Money Order or Stamps for the amount of order to STEVENSON & McNICOLL LATE BENSON & STEVENSON, Photographers. 108 Elizabeth Street, MELBOURNE churches bacchus marsh, baptist chapel bacchus marsh -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Skippers Restaurant, 1999c
Original home of George Carpenter, son of John Carpenter, first contractor for the artificial entrance. On this site home and office of Carpenter's Caravan Park.Colour photograph of Skippers Restaurant, Esplanade. It shows a weatherboard building, centre roof connects eastern hipped roof and western gable which is half timbered in Tudor style. Decorative corbels support eaves. Wrought iron lacework and brackets under veranda roof. Lakes Entrance Victoriaarchitecture, township, restaurant -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Historic House, 1930
House built in Roadknight Street, by Ernie Ault, local builderBlack and white photograph of the residence of Rex and Mac Harbeck, seen in garden showing a cement sheet house with gable roof, unusual bay window across N E corner, white timber fence posts and rails with wire netting attached, established garden. Lakes Entrance Victoriahouses, local history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Historic House, 1999
Originally had corrugated iron roof, additions to house in 1950's, internal alterations, roof tiled.Colour photograph of a Californian Bungalow style dwelling at 15 Barkes Avenue. Outer walls of timber and cement render. Tiled roof has hips and valleys, gables above the veranda. Brick and concrete solid square veranda columns. Upper windows with leaded quarries. Lakes Entrance Victoriahouses, heritage study -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - T C WATTS & SON COLLECTION: HARGREAVES STREET, BENDIGO, 1930
William James Trembath (13/4/1877-27/3/1930) was a draper who lived with his wife Mary Florence (nee Ellis) ( 1877 -29/7/1932) at 521 Hargreaves Street. They had married in 1901. Also living with them in 1924 was their daughter, Mavis Eileen who was a typist.Black and white photograph mounted on rectangular grey board. House, wooden double fronted house with L.H.S and recessed porch. Steps leading up to porch. Stucco and wood apex to gable. Canopy over front RH window. Written on back of photoboard ' Mr. Trembath, Hargreaves Street, £1200'Frank A. Jeffree photo Bendigobendigo, business, t.c. watts & son, trembath. -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Bed and Breakfast, Gibson, Tim, 1998
Built 1987c by American businessman in Cape Cod style, builder unknown, was barge superintendent for McDermott's.|Also three other colour photographs, groups of people in outside courtyard, and inside at tables for luncheon.Colour photograph of The Gables, a large multi-gabled dwelling of red brick with tiled roof, dormer windows in upper storey at 1 - 9 Creighton Street. Developed as Bed and Breakfast accommodation by Bruce and Maureen Livingstone between 1994 and 2004. Surrounded by landscaped gardens. Kalimna Lakes Entrance Victoriahouses, accommodation -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - St John's Metung, 1999
Original Church built late 1880's on John King's property, moved to present site 1897. Church Hall built after WWI by voluntary labour, later enlarged.Colour photograph of St John's Anglican Church, Metung, showing a timber English Gothic style church with gable roofs over nave, chancel, porches etc. Lancet windows with peripheral glazing bars. Turned finials on roofs including belfrey roof. Bollard and chain fence. Metung Victoriareligion, churches -
Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society
Photograph, Stone Villa house 4 Bennett Street Bacchus Marsh 1883
The house depicted in this image was constructed in 1865 for James Young a prominent local businessman and participant in community affairs. James Young left Bacchus Marsh in 1869. In 1870 Stone Villa was purchased by local solicitor Francis Gell. In 1872 it was bought by William Collyer. For a time before 1883 it was used as a school operated by Mr Thomas Kissock and his wife. From 1883 until 1922 it was used as a parsonage by the Church of England. In 1922 it was sold to Frederick Slack as a private residence. Since Slack's ownership there have been other owners. As of April 2024 it remains as a private residence and is listed as a heritage property in the Moorabool Shire planning scheme. The identity of the two women and young girl in the foreground of the image has not been established. One of the women, and the child are possibly the wife and daughter of the Rev A.C. McCausland who was the Church of England Vicar in Bacchus Marsh from 1872 until 1885 and would have resided in this house in 1883 when this picture was produced.An early visual record of one of the most culturally and architecturally significant nineteenth century stone houses in Bacchus Marsh.Small sepia 'carte de visite' style unframed photograph on card with gold border framing photograph. Housed in the album, 'Photographs of Bacchus Marsh and District in 1883 by Stevenson and McNicoll', the Jeremeas Family Album. The photo is of a stone dwelling with an ornate gable above the inset front door which is flanked by two double windows, one of which is a bay window. The gable roof line bears ornate woodwork. A weatherboard extension with verandah has been added to the rear of the house, running north-south. A picket fence lines the block to the side of the dwelling. Two elegantly dressed women, both holding a furled umbrella, stand at the front, one holding the hand of a little girl.Printed On the front: Stevenson & McNicoll. Photo. 108 Elizabeth St. Melbourne. COPIES CAN BE OBTAINED AT ANY TIME. On the back: LIGHT & TRUTH inscribed on a banner surmounted by a representation of the rising sun. Copies of this Portrait can be had at any time by sending the Name and Post Office Money Order or Stamps for the amount of order to STEVENSON & McNICOLL LATE BENSON & STEVENSON, Photographers. 108 Elizabeth Street, MELBOURNE. Hand written on the reverse: 'Stone Villa built by James Young 1860 (sic) as his private residence, later as a school (Mr and Mrs Kissock proprietors) bought by CofE for Vicarage 1883-1922. Courtesy of Mrs J Jeremeas, Photo 1883' james young 1816-1871, houses, stone villa bacchus marsh, clergy residences, bacchus marsh vic. history, schools bacchus marsh, stevenson and mcnicoll 1883 photographs of bacchus marsh and district -
Christ Church Anglican Parish of Warrnambool
Memorial Windows: William & Sarah BATEMAN, 1869
William Bateman Snr was born to parents Daniel Bateman and Patience Wilkinson in Bradford, Yorkshire, England in approx. 1794. He married Sarah Smith on 20th November 1815 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. They had four children – Patience (Born abt 1817), Daniel (born abt 1819) William (born abt 1831) & James (born abt 1837)all born in England. William Snr and Sarah Bateman and two sons – William and James - arrived in Australia in approx 1853. They brought with them considerable capital/stock and bought into a business in Warrnambool in William Jnr’s name. Bateman & Co rapidly became the largst mercantile business in the area and did rather extensive business with the Banks of Victoria and Australiasia. It is thought that William Snr assisted in the business to some extent, expecially financially. His other son Daniel (who remained in England) is also thought to have had a financial interest in the business as a dormant partner. The business was so prominent, Bateman & Co issued round copper tokens as a Trade Token - value one penny. These were inscribed with the Business name and were limited in their use to the business. In Sept 1856 the business was transferred to a Mr. Thos W. Sellars (nephew of William Bateman Jnr) and shortly afterwards the store closed with an order for the sequestration of the insolvents estate, but was not made absolute until December 1856 when the Insolvency court ruled for the “compulsory sequestration” of the business due to fraudulent activities within the business. But in the meantime in early November fire completely destroyed the business which left only the insurance payouts. Both William Bateman Snr and William Bateman Jnr are listed on the Pioneers’ Honour Board in the foyer of the Warrnambool Library. It is reported William Bateman Jnr was a trustee of Christ Church, was a City Councillor, and was involved in many other community organisations. He also subscribed towards the cost of building a permanent Church which was opened in 1856. William Bateman Snr died in Warrnambool on 30/03/1868 and his wife Sarah died in August 1868. William Bateman Jnr presented to Christ Church, stained glass windows in memory of his parents William & Sarah Bateman. William Bateman Jnr died in June 1913. Four stained glass windows, three lancet and one circular. The theme of the lancet windows depicts the three occasions when the apostles Peter, James and John were Jesus' sole attendants: The raising of Jairus' daughter. On the Mount of Transfiguration. In the Garden of Gethsemane. The circular window in the gable of the wall represents "The Enthroned Christ". -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Drawing - Digital copy, Building Publishing, Details of weather vane, Seamens' Institute building, Melbourne, Victoria, 12 September 1923
This sketch was published in Building : the magazine for the architect, builder, property owner and merchant, Vol. 33, No. 193 (12 Sept., 1923) but Walter Butler had imagined it in the design for the mission in 1916/17. In the article published in the Herald, Thursday 30 August 1917, page 12, it is mentioned the "the architect has designed a copper ship final for the main gable of the building and it, like the gymnasium, is awaiting the collection of more funds or the generosity of a special donor."The plans confirm that Walter Butler was the designer of the vane that he had already imagined in the early sketch of the Flinders Street building in 1916 and also help us determine when was the vane made.This article was published in 1923 and the first photograph of the weathervane was only published in the 1928 Annual Report. The plans are significant as they could potentially help rebuild the weathervane stole in March 2022. Plans for the weather vane, Seamens' Institute building, Melbourne, Victoriawalter richmond butler (1864–1949), windvane, weathervane, finial, flinders street -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Housing, 1999
Typical of J C Dahlsen house plan, built 1929 - 1930 by Dahlsen's for A J Legg and family. Mrs M E Legg operated it as 'Kalimna Gardens Tea Rooms' for a few years.Colour photograph of a dwelling at Lookout Road, Kalimna. Lower third of walls weatherboard, upper walls fibro cement. Hip roof of corrugated iron, gablet ventilator at roof ridge, gable over projecting front room. Bullnose veranda has been enclosed on south side. Kalimna Lakes Entrance Victoriahouses, architecture -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Ensay Primary School, 1993
Taken July 1993.Colour photograph of the Ensay Primary School number 2953, East Gippsland. Taken from rear school ground, it shows original timber building with gable roof, brick chimney with chimney pot, portable classroom, playground and out buildings. Large corrugated iron tank on stand at side fence. Ensay Victoriaschools, buildings -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1928c
Francis cafe shop and guest house, burnt completely 1925-1926.Black and white photograph of Venga Guest House which was run for over thirty years by Miss Bertha Hansen. It shows a small weatherboard and cement sheet building, gable roof, bay window, half veranda at front. To west of Venga is side of Broomes Federal Hotel. To east is Cafe Francis. Lakes Entrance Victoria,guesthouses, architecture, restaurant -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Aston (or Afton) Cottage, Pitfield, Home of Mr. and Mrs. Alan McDonald
This is understood to be a house at Pitfield which was lived in by Alan (Allan) McDonald and his wife Rosanna, née Lewis. LDHS records have this house named as "Aston Cottage", however correspondence with a McDonald descendant in 2020 suggests that the house may have been called "Afton Cottage", as the McDonald family later lived at a property at Linton which they understood was called "Afton Grove".Enlarged black and white copy of original photograph which has been mounted on white card. The photograph shows the front of a weatherboard house which has twin gables and a verandah. A woman wearing a long gown with an apron is sitting in a rocking chair on the verandah; a man who is wearing a suit and a hat is standing next to her.aston cottage, afton cottage?, alan (allan) mcdonald, rosanna (rose or rosina) mcdonald née lewis, pitfield, houses -
Wycheproof & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Wycheproof Court House, (estimated); mid to late 19th century
The Court House opened as a court of petty sessions in 1890 and closed as a court in the early 1980s. It is now a 'Place of Deposit' for paper based products, maps, documents and photographs, and the home of the Wycheproof and District Historical Society Inc. The local Craft Group met at the Court House between 1982 and 2010. The Buloke Shire Council oversees the maintenance of the building.The Court House is No H 1656 on the Victorian Heritage Register. It is the one of only two buildings with this listing in Wycheproof, and characteristic of the type of building constructed in the early days of settlement in Wycheproof. The architecture is of aesthetic value and although some restoration work has taken place to maintain the structure, it remains in good condition and with some of the original furnishings intact.Sepia print of the Wycheproof-Court-House. It was constructed during 1889/90 and commissioned on September 23,1890 as a court-of-petty-sessions. A simple form of Court House built of red-face-brick but embellished by stepped brick work in the principal gable and by the traverse veranda with elaborate frieze and gabled pavilions that protect the street facade. The roof is of slate.Nonecourt house, wycheproof heritage 1890, petty sessions, building, red face brick, gabled pavilions -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - T C WATTS & SON COLLECTION: LANGSTON STREET, BENDIGO, 1927
Thomas Crouch Watts was born on March 7th. 1865, to Joseph and Susan Watts. Before the real estate business commenced, Thomas and his brother were in partnership as booksellers and stationers in a shop at View Point. Thomas lived in a fine house in Rowan Street, which was called 'Ottawa' Thomas started his real estate business in the early 1900s in a shop in View Street. His daughter Edna was the book keeper and typist, Stewart Watson was the salesman and Stanley Phipps (Edith Lunn's father) was the property manager and valuer. When Thomas Watts died in 1914, his daughter took over the running of the business. She married Stewart Watson in 1918. Eventually the name of the business was changed to Bishop and Earl. From a letter from Edith Lunn re T.C. Watts & Son. 'The firm of T.C. Watts & Son later became Bishop and Earl. When the firm of Bishop and Earl ceased to operate after the death of Edith Lunn's father, S.P. Bishop, Miss. June Parry, Secretary of the BHS was a member of staff. June rescued all the photos of properties listed for sale from the office and placed them into the custody of the BHS.' Black and white photograph mounted on rectangular grey board. Weatherboard double fronted house, verandah with brick piers and timber supports, Two chimneys visible, small gable LH side front. C1920 . Woven wire fence. Single gate next to double gate. Written on back of image ' Marrows Langston St £700.Frank A Jeffree, Bendigoplace, building, residential, see also; previous reg. no mp11 (2000-16-01):and previous reg. no. mp13 (200-14-01) -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - MAHER HOME
Black and white photograph: 'Maher Home', McIvor Road. 317 (printed numbers on back, possibly from developing). Old cottage style home with gable roof and one chimney on left. Set in an untidy garden, behind a broken-down picket fence. Physical condition: unmounted. Inscriptions/Markings: Maher Home, McIvor Road.buildings, residential, victorian -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AULSEBROOK AND MARTIN COLLECTION: MUNICIPAL OFFICES, EAGLEHAWK
Colour photo: two storey red brick building, verandahs, ornate fretwork in gables. Sign in front of building 'Borough of Eaglehawk Municipal Offices' 'Caradon' 80-82 Victoria Street, Eaglehawk, 3556, On rear of photo: 'Aulsebrook & Martin Pty Ltd., Photographers, 6 Ruth St., Golden Square 3555 Phone 054 437565bendigo, buildings, municipal offices, eaglehawk -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: SHEARING SHED
B&W Photograph of a shearing shed, with a wooden extension, there are sheep yards off to the side of the extension. There is a weather vane attached to the gable, there are trees in the background. Another shed with a weather vane can be seen behind the trees. A ramp extends upwards from a door in the end of the shed. The words 'East Loddon Shire' are written at the bottom of the Photoplace, building, shearing shed, east loddon shire, shearing shed -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph
Rosenthal Winery in Vineyard Road, Sunbury was one of the first wineries established in the area. It was owned by R. F. Kurrle. The roofless building still stands on the property which was part of the dairy farm owned by Tom and Angela Millett. The last vintage from the property was crushed in 1910.A view of the exterior of the ruins of Rosenthal Winery showing 2 sides. It is a bluestone building with a red brick arched doorway at the front and a small narrow arched window above the doorway. Along the side there is another arched doorway at the lower level and 5 paneless windows along the upper level. The pitched gable ends are still standing but the building is roofless.rosenthal winery, wineries, vineyards, vineyard road, sunbury wineries, kurrle, r. f., millett, tom, angela, sunbury, george evans collection -
Williamstown Botanic Gardens- Hobsons Bay City Council
Postcard – Williamstown Botanic Gardens, M Schulz, Prague, c1900-1920
The original postcards in this series (2013.002 to 2013.018) were generously loaned to Williamstown Botanic Gardens by a private collector for copying. The logo in the middle of the words ‘POST CARD’ indicates the card was printed by M. Schulz in Prague. Schulz was a long-established company from Prague and printed postcards for customers from worldwide. Schulz printed in photo-chromolithography. The Curator’s lodge, designed by the Town Surveyor, HV Champion, was constructed in 1907 following the re-organisation of the north-east corner with the demolition of the old curator's cottage and erection of new gates. The postcards are evidence of the interest the gardens held as a subject for postcard publishers. The text and images provide a snapshot into fashions, social interests and concerns of the time. The professionally produced images provide a pictorial history of Gardens including changing planting styles, various structures and features of the Gardens eg the aviary, cannons, the fountain, the second Curator’s Lodge and gates. The images offer an opportunity to compare garden vistas with the present day. The card also demonstrates how postcards were used as a method of contact in contrast to the contemporary use as souvenirs. A colour image of a house (the Curators lodge) behind a fence with two children sitting on it. There are two large Cordylines, one in the forefront of the image standing in lawn and surrounded by pink flowers, and one closer to the house. The house is brown timber with two brick chimneys and has a green corrugated iron roof with gables over the windows at the front and side.Front: ‘The Lodge, / Williamstown Gardens’. Reverse: Centre top ‘POST CARD’ with a logo [MS] in the middle of the words; left side vertical ‘O. Rippon Series’; left side ‘This space may be used for communication.’; right side ‘For Address only.’; left side bottom ‘Printed in Germany’. There is a one penny red Tasmanian stamp on the top right hand corner. The card is addressed to ‘Miss E G Holford / 60 Upton St, / Launceston, / Tasmania.’ Top left corner in pencil ‘$10’ (believed to be inserted by the vendor.postcard, gardens, post-card, williamstown-botanic-gardens, hobsons-bay-city-council, curator’s lodge, children, cordyline -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, 17 Essex Road, Surrey Hills
An Edwardian style timber house with a galvanised iron roof on a wide block. It is painted in a mid-brown with white trim to the windows, gables, finials and veranda posts. The veranda is timber with 6 turned posts. The front door is accessed from the side off the driveway in which are parked 2 (?) Ford falcons, one cream-coloured and the other red.