Mitcham RSL collection History of war service- enlisted Geelong 25/8/1915 aged 18. Died 15/4/1917 Bristol England age 19Picture containing service memorabilia for Pentzlyn, Charles Stewart memorial plaque (Dead mans penny) Memorial certificate Kings letter Mothers badge Victory Medal & Mothers medal Photograp |Mounted in black frame Medals & memorial plaque inscribed with namemilitary history, army

Article in The Age newspaperArticle on raising a Tourist Loan for development of Tourist Resorts.local history, documents, newspapers, tourism, black & white newspaper clipping

Article in The Age newspaperArticle on visit of the Premier, Mr Dunstan, to Phillip Island to discuss the proposal for a bridge between San Remo and Newhaven and also to discuss preservation of the Koala.local history, documents, newspapers, bridges, phillip island, koalas, black & white newspaper clipping, san remo, newhaven

Article in The Age newspaperArticle on new reservation are for Koalas at Phillip Island Race Course and also a suggestion by Mr Dunstan, Premier of Victoria, that the penalty for keeping Koalas in captivity should be raised from £5 to £50local history, documents, newspapers, phillip island race track, koalas, wildlife reserves, black & white newspaper clipping, mr dunstan premier of victoria

Article in The Age newspaperArticle stating that a bridge linking San Remo and Phillip Island will be built.local history, documents, newspapers, bridges, phillip island, black & white newspaper clipping, mr dunstan premier of victoria

Article in The Age newspaperArticle on visit of the Premier of Victoria, Mr. Dunstan, to Phillip Island.local history, documents, newspapers, phillip island, mr dunstan, premier of victoria, black & white newspaper clipping, mr dunstan premier of victoria

While the exact history of this item is not recorded, handworked items were an important feature of home and social life in rural districts in the 19th and 20th centuries. Of some local social significance.White cotton hand crocheted teardrop shape evening bag, mesh pattern with scallops radiating from rose motif in centre (front and back), scalloped edge, 3 small decorative baubles, lined with fine cotton,with drawcord. Condition and colour good. Age not determined but probably 20th century.Nonehome made, handcraft, handbag, evening bag, bridal wear, crotchet work, hand work, decorative work

The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. Two truncated pages of typed notes. No title or date. Scribblings and crosses with pencil and green pen. Topics include: responsible financial management, and the Bendigo Home and Hospital for the Aged.bendigo, council, report, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo. bendigo home and hospital for the aged.

Photocopy of Death Certificate re George Biggins -died 12.12.1926 at Heathcote Hospital age 61 of Septicemia and Cardiac failure / Photocopy taken from Third Schedule Deaths in the District of Heathcote , Victoria book .The main information re: death details are intact , but there is evidence of some writing which is indistinctdocument, george biggins

Memorial card in Memory of Elizabeth Dower of Trebost, Stithians who died 25/10/1889, age 82 years. Card opens out and has a 9 mm black border front, back and inside. On the front is printed In Memoriam, with some filigree work around it. On the inside is a small poem.person, individual, death, memorial card, elizabeth dower

A.O.F., Court King of the Forest, No. 3770, B.U.D. Notice of Intention and Proposition. I hereby give notice of Intention to Propose Mr. John Riggs, age 38 years, Occupation Miner, Place of Birth England, residence Long Gully, Single. The Proposition - Mr John Riggs as a Candidate for admission.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - correspondence, court king of the forest, john riggs

Printed leaflet from A.O.F. B.U.D. Widow & Orphans' Fund detailing the Entrance Fees and Contributions for different ages. Registration Fees for Wife and Children and the Benefits paid to Widows and Orphans'. Some rules printed at the end. John Waller, P.S. Printed by J. Brockley, Printer, Williamson St., Sandhurst.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - correspondence, aof bud, j brockley, john waller

Ticket in raffle for a "Style-tone customline sedan and accessories" with retail value of £2000. Tickets £2- each. Drawn at HSV Channel 7 on Wednesday 17th September, 1958 at 10.30 pm. Winner notified, results in "Sun" and "Age" on Friday 19th September 1958. Sponsored by Alan Coffey Motors.THE LORD MAYOR'S CHILDRENS CAMP FUND / LORD MAYOR'S PORTSEA CAMP / PRINCE HENRY'S HOSPITAL / (Central Council of Auxilaries) / £2000 Combined Charity Raffle / Ticket No. 68510 / Drawing of: Car and PHH logo.raffle ticket, 1958, the lord mayor's children's camp fund, lord mayor's porstea camp, prince henry's hospital, r.j. swadesir, i.h. wilson jp, w.h. crawford, alan coffey motors

Yields information about Ballarat's trams during 1966c, the Mt Pleasant terminus.AGFA blue / white plastic mount, colour slide of No. 33 at the Mt Pleasant terminus, c1966 - still has the white on black destination roll. In the background are the shops advertising Robur Tea, Women's Weekly, The Age, and Coca Cola. The tram has Eureka Roofing and Electric Cooking roof adverts.tramways, trams, mt pleasant, barkly st, tram 33

Letter from Victorian Government presenting Peter Ellis with a Seniors Card. Signed Steve Bracks, Premier and Gavin Jennings, Minister for Aged Care. Seniors Card logo (dark blue, white and gold) on the top left corner and Victoria The Place to Be (dark blue and white) on the top right corner.communication, postal, letters, peter ellis collection, victorian government, seniors card, steve bracks, gavin jennings

Newspaper clipping from The Age, 22/2/1947, titled "Memories of the Cable Trams", recalling the days of the cable trams, its developments, recalling the good and bad of the cable trams, working on hot and cold days. Has a photo of a grip man in MMTB uniform and a cable tram in Bourke St.trams, tramways, cable grip, cable trams, closure, crews

Newspaper clipping, The Age 15/7/1992, titled "Hit by a bureaucrat's tram", written by Kevin Childs, photo Angela Wylie, about Phil Pinder, an artist who created ceramic models of the Transporting Art trams. Who was displaying and selling them. This breached copyright, advised by the Ministry of Arts.trams, tramways, transporting art, copyright, models

2 newspaper articles in "The Age" June 8, 1976 and the "Australasian Express" June 25, 1976 about Burnley College students. Michael Rigby (1976) and Gwyn Cleeves (1978) who claim to have discovered a successful method of grafting gum trees. Same photograph, reversed of Michael Rigby.the age, australasian express, students, michael rigby, gwyn cleeves, grafting, gum trees, eucalypts

BEVERLEY JOAN CAMPBELL MARRIED KEVIN WILLIAM HARPER IN SEPTEMBER 1979. KEVIN WAS THE POSTMASTER AT CLUNES. KEVIN DIED IN 1999 AGED 65 AND BEVERLEY DIED IN 2007 AGED 66HISTORY OF THE CLUNES POST OFFICE - 1879 TO 1979 BY BEV HARPERlocal history, documents, clunes post office

Joseph Butterworth COOMBS (1842-1901), was an accountant who founded a successful mercantile trading company. At the time of his marriage to Caroline Mary MICHEL in 1869, Coombs had already purchased ten acres of Studley Park. The acreage included land on the west of Fenwick Street that extended along lower Stawell Street to the corner of Yarra Street, all of it connected directly to the Yarra environs. A right of way to Studley Park Road was on the title, though Coombs went on to purchase more land, some of which faced Studley Park Road. In addition to owning the Studley Park acreage, Coombs later acquired 1,201 acres of land abutting the Acheron River. While retaining the Kew property he became a Taggerty Councillor and was Shire President for a time. J.B. Coombs died at Acheron Station in 1901 (aged 59 years). A few months after, tenders were called to repair the Kew dwelling, the Fenwick Street property now appearing in records with the name ‘Hope Mansell’. Caroline Coombs remained at Hope Mansell until she died in 1924, survived by three sons and five daughters. Not long after her death, advertisements appeared for the sale of the Studley Park land. The sale seems to have been a mechanism for distribution of the Estate, as the following year the original ten acre holding was transferred to members of the family. The eldest daughter Mabel married William Younger who, with his brother Alexander, developed Younger and Mackie Courts, both south of Studley Park Road. [Research: Kerry Fairbank]In 1961, the granddaughter of Joseph and Caroline Coombs, Mabel Isola (Younger) Grattan, donated ten 19th century dresses and parasols to the Kew Historical Society. The costumes, now known as the 'Coombs Collection', are the earliest recorded items of clothing to enter the Society's collection. Each of the items in the Coombs Collection, of which this item forms a part, is historically, aesthetically and socially significant. As a collection, the costumes includes outstanding examples of morning wear, day dresses, wedding dresses, and clothing accessories, providing evidence of outstanding dressmaker skills in Victoria during the mid to late Victorian period. Single-piece, floor length, gold silk taffeta evening dress featuring the use of a very long fishtail train to which is attached a silk cord to allow the wearer to hold it above the floor. The dress includes a number of decorative features including the extensive use of box pleats on the sleeves and on the hem of the skirt; contrasting gold and cream braiding and tassles; and the extensive use of ruching on the bodice at the front. Due to the age and fine quality of the silk taffeta used, there is evidence of the degradation of the fabric on one shoulder and a tear in the rear of the skirt. Otherwise the dress is in excellent condition.fashion - 1870s, australian fashion, wedding dresses, costumes, women's clothing, coombs collection

Soldier notes: LIONEL YOUNGHUSBAND NX115868 & N199216, refer Cat No 2491P for service details. Photograph, black & white, soldier in uniform standing in front of a garden, paling fence & palm tree. Soldier is Lionel YOUNGHUSBAND..Handwritten in black ink on back of photograph: “Lionel Younghusband. Died in Heidelberg Military Hospital July 14th 1943 age 22 yrs” Stamped in black ink on back: James Print Inglewoodphotography-photographs, military history - army

The Melbourne artist Alma Agnes Marion Figuerola, was the daughter of Juan Pedro Narciso Figuerola (1869-1919) and Alice Lucinda Walker Hanson (1889-1969). Each of their three daughters grew up to be involved in the arts: Alma as a painter; Carmen Irene (1906-1993) as a short story writer, poet and teacher of dancing; and Sylvia (also Silvia) Lyla Alice (1911-1992) as a composer and cellist. The first art lessons Alma Figuerola received were with Oscar Binder. Later she attended the art school established by the Melbourne 'tonalist' [Duncan] Max Meldrum (1875-1955). She graduated from his school in 1920, participating in her first group exhibition in the same year. Solo exhibitions of her work were to be held in 1933 at the Meldrum Gallery in Elizabeth Street, in 1937 and 1945 at the Athenaeum Gallery at 188 Collins Street, and in 1951 at Georges Gallery in Collins Street. Throughout her extensive career she participated in group exhibitions, usually with artists of the Meldrum School, and as a member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters, of which she was invited to become an associate in 1935. In 1953, her portrait of Professor ES Hills was entered in the Archibald Prize Competition of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. A resident of Kew from the 1930s - 51 Studley Park Road, often with her mother, her sister Carmen, or both - from c.1942 until her death she lived at 'D’Estaville', 7 Barry Street. From the late 1930s she is recorded as actively contributing to the arts at a local level. In 1939 and 1940 she participated in art exhibitions at the Hawthorn Municipal Library organised by Jessie Carbines. From 1944 to 1951 she co-organised successive Kew Arts Festivals, initially in the Presbyterian Church Hall in Highbury Grove and later at the Recreation Hall in Wellington Street. A foundation member of the Kew Historical Society in 1958, Alma Figuerola remained an active member of the Society until her death on 8 December 1970. She predeceased her two sisters who both died in the 1990s and who are buried at Andersons' Creek Cemetery in Warrandyte.An undated photograph of Alma Figuerola and an as yet unidentified man hanging paintings for an art exhibition at one of the Kew Arts Festivals held between 1944-51.On reverse, handwritten "4583 Alma Figuerola" Photographer stamp" Copy Right This photograph may not be reproduced without permission in writing from the Editor of "The Age", *** Collins Street, Melbourne, and Pitt Street, Sydney"alma figuerola album, arists - kew (vic), art exhibitions - kew (vic)