Document. The Owen Williams collection. Note accompanying invoice 3728.5 from Fidler & Ayres to Mr Owen Williams, Bendigo, dated Feb 10th 1905.bendigo, industry, owen williams & co.

Document. Invitation for Mr A.J.Hamilton from Mrs M Hall to the wedding of her daughter Annie to Mr G. Wilkinson Stewart, July 5th, 1905.performing arts, elocution, wedding invitation

Document. Grey bi-fold one sided flyer advertising "GRAND CONCERT", Deniliquin Town Hall, March 1905. Mr A.J.Hamilton included in the program.performing arts, elocution, concert

Photograph of the class at the Eaglehawk state school in 1905 (May), including P.K. Smith. Details are written on the back including ' Carius ide erit tempo veniri'person, group, students, eaglehawk state school. p.k. smith

Laughing Waters Walk, 7 Sep 2013 This Society excursion was a follow up to the Laughing Waters Story told to us by Jane Woollard at our Annual General Meeting in March 2013. It involved a walk commencing from the corner of Laughing Waters and Overbank Roads along Laughing Waters Road to its eastern end and returning partly over the same route - a total distance of about 2.5km. On the way we visited the two artist in residence properties, River Bend and Birrarung, to view the houses on them that are associated with Alistair Knox, Gordon Ford and others in the local mud brick and artistic community. We also able to walk around the derelict ruin which was once home to Gordon and Sue Ford, Boomerang House. An unexpected afternoon tea was offered to us by the artists in residence at Birrarung House and we had a brief opportunity to view inside the house. Gordon Ford and photographer Sue Winslow were married in 1965. They set up home in an old log cabin on the property Gordon had purchased in 1954 on Laughing Waters Road. Situated between the Yarra River and Overbank Road, Gordon had built a small mud-brick shack on the river and a pontoon. Over the decades the shack has been locally referred to as “the love shack”, the “rooting shack” or simply “Gordon’s shack”. Gordon and Sue commissioned local builder Graeme Rose to do a wattle and daub renovation and extension to the old log cabin on the north side of Laughing Waters Road. The work had only just been completed in 1965 when a bushfire swept through the area and destroyed the cabin. Gordon and Sue relocated to his property, Fulling, in Pitt Street, Eltham. In 1970 work started on a new house at the Laughing Waters property. Originally known as the Banana House, it is now known as Boomerang. Designed by Alistair Knox, the mud-brick house includes iron window grilles made by Matcham Skipper that puncture the curved mud walls. The grilles were made from ‘off-pressings’ from the Sidchrome tool works in Heidelberg. Gordon, Sue and family moved into the house in 1972. Their marriage fell apart and Sue moved to Sydney with the children around the same time Gordon commenced building Birrarung just below Boomerang on the Laughing Waters Road block. After the Fords moved out, Boomerang it was rented out to various share households of students, musicians, artists and environmentalists for twenty-four years. Gordon Ford sold Birrarung and Boomerang to Melbourne Water in 1999. The Laughing Waters Artist in Residence Program was developed as a partnership between Parks Victoria and Nillumbik Shire Council. Boomerang was deemed unfit for habitation so was used as a day studio only. By 2001 Boomerang was in a poor state of repair and by 2002 the last artist in residence was to use the house as a studio. Nillumbik Shire Council had been granted funds from the Melbourne Community Fund to restore both Boomerang and Birrarung but it was apparent in early 2003 that the funds would be insufficient to restore both houses. Boomerang was infested with termites which presented a risk to any occupants and so the decision was made to close Boomerang and concentrate funding on Birrarung. Boomerang was fenced off for safety and to prevent intrusion and remains ‘caged’ today (2023). However, it is readily apparent the property has been occupied by squatters over the years. By 2023 it was clear that the squatters had abandoned the property and sections of the roof structure have given away in some areas and collapsed internally. For a more in-depth description and history of the property and that of Gordon and Sue Ford, see Jane Woollard's book, "Laughing Waters Road; Art, Landscape & Memory in Eltham" published 2016.2013-09-07, activities, eltham district historical society, heritage excursion, jim connor collection, laughing waters road, boomerang house, gordon ford

Shows the decorations applied to the tram. Photographed on the Bendigo tram depot access track with a crewman standing inside the drivers door. Black and White prints contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details.Yields information of a decorated tram for the 1954 Queens visit.Photograph of No. 22 decorated for the Queen's visit (Royal visit) at the depot 7-3-1954. Printed on Ilford paper. See Reg Item 5779 for a photo of the same tram on the depot access track. See image i2 for rear of photograph. On the rear in blue ink "SEC Bendigo No 22 decorated for Queen's visit, outside depot 7-3-54" with Wal Jack copyright stamp in the top right hand corner.trams, tramways, bendigo, royal visit, decorated trams, depot, tram 22

Geoffrey Blainey was the first Chancellor of the University of Ballarat (now Federation University Australia). In 2010 the supervised reading room and special collections in the E.J. Barker Library were named the 'Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre". A number of photographs of Geoffrey Blainey and others during the launch of the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre, and order of proceedings for the E.J.Barker Library, Friday, August, 2010 .1) Invitations to the refurbished University of Ballarat, including the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre, 20/08/2010 .2) Invitations to the refurbished University of Ballarat, including the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre, 20/08/2010 geoffrey blainey, geoffrey blainey research centre, e.j. barker library, clare gervasoni, verna barry, carole seymour, library, invitation

Photo of 10 trams in Lydiard St., with No. 20 at north end for Australian Railway Historical Society visit on 7-4-1962. Taken from west side of Lydiard St. looking south. Photo includes Vauxhall and Morris built cars. No. 20 fitted with dash canopy lights, small white strip, and has an ad for 'The Age' on front panel. Destination shown is 'Special'. Photo is over exposed.'SEC Ballarat ARHS Specials, 10 trams in Lydiard St. Nth. 7/4/62.' in blue ink.tramways, trams, lydiard st., specials, arhs, tram 20

Tait collection: item 26 of 62 This is a 1905 document containing information on the Will and Probate of Elizabeth Bright, a widow from Ellerslie in Victoria. She died in April 1905 and left real estate to the value of £540 and personal estate to the value of £412. The main beneficiary was her daughter-in-law, Ann Gibson, the wife of William Gibson, a dairyman from Ellerslie. No other information has been found on Elizabeth Bright. The lawyer concerned with the document was Edward Backhouse of Terang. He came to Victoria with his family in 1871 and was educated at Wesley College and Melbourne University. He was the founder and Head Teacher of the Alma Road Grammar School in St. Kilda and later was the Head Teacher of the St. Kilda Grammar School. He also was the Classics teacher at Geelong Grammar School. He practised law at Terang and Yea. This document is of some interest as it gives details on the Will and Probate of Elizabeth Bright who lived at Ellerslie, an area with some associations with Warrnambool at the time. This is white sheet of paper folded in two with hand written material on the four sides detailing the Will and Probate of Elizabeth Bright of Ellerslie, 1905. The pages have printed red lines on three sides. The document has one hand-drawn stamp of the Colonial Bank of Australia of Terang. The written material is legible. In the Supreme Court of Victoria; In the Probate Jurisdiction; In the Will of Elizabeth Bright late of Ellerslie in the State of Victoria Widow deceased.elizabeth bright, edward backhouse, warrnambool, ellerslie, tait collection

Black and White copy print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photo of the Pall Mall with the Town Hall and Post Office buildings in the background, a mine poppet head. Features an electric tram towing an ex Ballarat double deck horse tram trailer. Has the Bendigo Supply Stores in the right hand side of the photo. Would appear to be a special event given the number of people in the photograph. Copied by Keith Kings from The Bendigonian 19/9/1905. On rear in ink " SA777, Bendigo, Electric tram towing an ex Ballarat old horse tram. Fountain. Copied ex "The Bendigonian 19/9/1905."trams, tramways, bendigo, charing cross, horse trams, pall mall

Bendigo plough trail 23/08/1996. A person looking at the track being dug by plough. Another one near ute and several more standing.Fujiorganisation, industry, gas and fuel

"Practical warp gaiting"- W Middlebrook, "Textile Manufacturer" Monograph No 7"Practical warp gaiting"- W Middlebrook, "Textile Manufacturer" Monograph No 7textile industry - education textile machinery, textile manufacturer, warping, weaving looms, textile industry - education, textile machinery

Coloured Postcard Murray Views No. 7. Cato Park Stawell Victoria. The three black and white photos are missing the larger palm tree on the right in the foreground. The view is of the lake surrounded by trees and bench seating. One colour post card Murray View No 7 Cato Park Stawell Victoria plus two similar black & white photos one smaller the other an enlargement. Also a small B&W photograph in Album 14, p28. The post card is a view of a section of the lake surrounded by willows, 2 tall pine trees and one large palm tree on the right. The lake is also surrounded by 3 concrete & wood bench seats with maybe a 4th in the distance. Murray View No 7 Cato Park Stawell Vic. On the back "Post Card Real Photograph produced in Australia by Murray View, Gympie, Q".stawell

Photograph of Harleston, now Grimwade House, Sep 27 1905caulfield, caulfield north, orrong road, harleston, grimwade house, mansions

View looking up Thompson Avenue from The Esplanade. The Chicory Kiln built in 1870, a two storey brick building is adjoined by West's General Store, built in 1869 to cater for the needs of the Settlers. A large Gum Tree and finally houses follow on from these two buildings. In the foreground and to the left, is a small three sided fence and a gracious Gas Lamp on long pole.Cowes looking up Thompson Ave to Chapel Street. 1905Main Street Coweslocal history, photographs, streetscape, cowes, black & white photograph, mary robb

No 15 Bannerman Street Bendigo - Late Victorian - c1900-1905history, bendigo, national trust collection bendigo, 15 bannerman street bendigo

Newspaper The Sun 15/08/1945 Photo Copy Japanese Surrendernewspapers, ww2, army

Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.Article 08 of 65 Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection. history, bendigo, grapevine cuttings, grave in maiden gully, first parliamentary election

Document. Invitation to Mr A. Hamilton to a Smoke Social from Mr Jacob Cohn, President of the Bendigo Agricultural and Horticultural Society , Town Hall, 11th October, 1905.performing arts, elocution, invitation to a smoke social

Document. Invitation for Mr and Mrs Hamilton from Mrs M Hall to the wedding of her daughter Annie to Mr G. Wilkinson Stewart, July 5th , 1905.performing arts, elocution, wedding invitation

Document. Royal Princess Theatre Program featuring Mr Alf C. Bottoms, Mr Geo. Jennings, Little Baby Wright. August 1905. Two copies.performing arts, elocution, theatre program

Document. Yellow flyer advertising ''Grand High-Class Concert'', Eaglehawk and Borough Bands, Town Hall, Eaglehawk, August 1905. Mr A.J.Hamilton included in program.performing arts, elocution, concert

Document. Yellow flyer advertising ''Grand Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT''. In aid of Recreation Reserve Kangaroo Flat, Oddfellows Hall, March 1905. Mr.A.J.Hamilton included in program.performing arts, elocution, concert

Document. Apricot concert flyer advertising Methodist Chinese Mission, ''Annual Tea and Concert'' Schoolroom, Forest Street, November 1905.Mr. A.J.Hamilton included in program.performing arts, elocution, concert

Document. Yellow concert program advertising ''Grand Operatic and Ballad Concert'', ANA St.Arnaud Branch No 27, Town Hall, 1905. Alex Hamilton included in program.performing arts, elocution, concert