"Fairyland", the home of Jim and Grace Tabulo, was a major local, state and international tourist attraction situated in Kew, Victoria during the mid twentieth century. Located at 57 Malmsbury Street, Kew, the weatherboard house and its garden were heavily decorated with statues, crockery and other collected items. A series of notebooks were used to record the messages of child and adult visitors to the property from the 1940s to the 1960s. After Mrs Tabulo's death, these visitor books are believed to have formed part of the Dorothy Rogers Collection. They entered the Kew Historical Society's collection following her death in 1973.This series of visitor books are the most important primary sources relating to the internationally renowned 'Fairyland' cottage in Malmsbury Street, Kew. Their social significance is that they record in the post war period the values and beliefs of children and adults who visited this historically significant tourist attraction.Diary repurposed as a visitor book and containing handwritten comments and drawings primarily made by children during visits to the home of Grace Tabulo, 1956-1957. Commonly known as "Fairyland", the house was located at 57 Malmsbury Street Kew. The book is wrapped in brown paper, which covers maroon and black card covers that are decorated with stickers of the British Royal Family. Unpaginated, 94pp. Handwritten on paper front cover: "MRS GRACE TABULO: 1879-1965/ FAIRY HOUSE [sic] / 1956 / 1957" Printed on card cover: "COLLINS / AUSTRAL/ DIARY/ 1948/ NO 926" Handwritten inside cover: "FAIRY LAND / Kew / February 22 1956""grace tabulo, fairyland - 57 malmsbury street (kew), tourism - kew - 1945-1965, childhood - kew, collectors and collecting, gardens - kew (vic), scrapbooks - 20th century

"Fairyland", the home of Jim and Grace Tabulo, was a major local, state and international tourist attraction situated in Kew, Victoria during the mid twentieth century. Located at 57 Malmsbury Street, Kew, the weatherboard house and its garden were heavily decorated with statues, crockery and other collected items. A series of notebooks were used to record the messages of child and adult visitors to the property from the 1940s to the 1960s. After Mrs Tabulo's death, these visitor books are believed to have formed part of the Dorothy Rogers Collection. They entered the Kew Historical Society's collection following her death in 1973.This series of visitor books are the most important primary sources relating to the internationally renowned 'Fairyland' cottage in Malmsbury Street, Kew. Their social significance is that they record in the post war period the values and beliefs of children and adults who visited this historically significant tourist attraction.Foolscap visitor book and containing handwritten comments and drawings primarily made by children during visits to the home of Grace Tabulo, May 1959- August 1960. Commonly known as "Fairyland", the house was located at 57 Malmsbury Street Kew. The book is wrapped in brown paper, which covers blue and red card covers with green cloth strip binding. Several pages of the book have entries which have been made upside-down. Unpaginated, 80pp. Handwritten on paper front cover: "1959 / 1960" Handwritten inside cover: "Fairy Land / 57 Malmsbury St/ Kew""grace tabulo, fairyland - 57 malmsbury street (kew), tourism - kew - 1945-1965, childhood - kew, collectors and collecting, gardens - kew (vic), scrapbooks - 20th century

"Fairyland", the home of Jim and Grace Tabulo, was a notable local, state and international tourist attraction situated in Kew, Victoria during the mid twentieth century. Located at 57 Malmsbury Street, Kew, the weatherboard house and its garden were heavily decorated with statues, crockery and other collected items. A series of notebooks were used to record the messages of child and adult visitors to the property from the 1940s to the 1960s. After Mrs Tabulo's death, these visitor books are believed to have formed part of the Dorothy Rogers Collection. They entered the Kew Historical Society's collection following Dorothy Roger's death in 1973.This series of visitor books are the most important primary sources relating to the internationally renowned 'Fairyland' cottage in Malmsbury Street, Kew. Their social significance is that they record in the post war period the values and beliefs of children and adults who visited this historically significant tourist attraction.Foolscap size visitor book containing handwritten comments and drawings primarily made by children during visits to the home of Grace Tabulo, 4 January 1962- 30 January 1963. Commonly known as "Fairyland", the house was located at 57 Malmsbury Street Kew. The book is wrapped in brown paper, which covers back cardboard covers with a red cloth strip binding. Approximately 139 pages, and covers. Note pages are paginated, commencing at page 36.Handwritten in pencil on paper cover: "1962/ 1963" Handwritten in ink on label adhered to front cover: "January 4 / 1962 / Fairy Land/ Kew"grace tabulo -- fairyland -- 57 malmsbury street -- kew (vic.), tourism - kew - 1945-1965, childhood - kew, collectors and collecting, gardens - kew (vic), scrapbooks - 20th century

Various PartiesReference, Research, InformationArranged by Secondary Values (value of records to users)‘Otira’ is an estate built in 1877 by Henry Berry, located at 73 Walpole Street. Known for being expansive and incredulous. It would later be used for missionary training by the Methodist Church in 1925, The file includes: An essay/research piece about ‘Otira’, and an article by Dorothy Rogers.otira – kew (vic.)., historic houses -- kew (vic.), walpole street -- kew (vic.), henry berryotira – kew (vic.)., historic houses -- kew (vic.), walpole street -- kew (vic.), henry berry

Various PartiesReference, Research, InformationArranged by Secondary Values (value of records to users)The Terrace House at 14-16 Princess Street in Kew, is a historical building that came under threat of acquisition and demolition by the City of Kew during the 1970s. Public opinion strongly favoured the terraces instead of the proposed car park spaces, and publishing in Melbourne’s ‘The Age’ helped to create a compromise. By 1979, the building was confirmed to instead be renovated into office buildings, and now exists as a doctor’s office. The file includes: Letters between the multiple organisations and Jill O’Brien, a notice of sale for the property, plans for the office renovation, and newspaper articles regarding the property.14-16 princess street – kew (vic.), houses – kew (vic.)14-16 princess street – kew (vic.), houses – kew (vic.)