The wedding gown was worn by Lucy Kneeshaw Prout for her marriage to John Sommers on 29th November, 1871 at Trinity Church of England and Ireland, Williamstown, Victoria. Lucy was born in Woolwich, Kent, England in August 1850 and immigrated to Australia with her family in 1852 on the 'SS Coromandel'. She was the youngest of five children. Their parents were Edward and Elizabeth Prout (nee Hall). Lucy died in 1940 - 90 years of age. John E. Sommers was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1846 and emigrated to Australia with his family in June 1853 on the 'Tongataboo'. His marriage certificate shows that he was an engineer. He studied at the National Gallery's School of Design under both Clark and Campbell from 1872 to 1879. He drew a compressed charcoal and pencil portrait of Fred McCubbin in 1876. The portrait was displayed in the Golden Summers exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria in 1985 and is shown on page 40 of the Golden Summers catalogue. Their grand-daughter, Mrs Marjorie Gibson (born 1910) said he was associated with the Heidelberg School and the Box Hill Artists Camp. He is also noted in the 'Book of Australian Artists'. He exhibited prolifically with the Victorian Artists Society until his resignation in 1898. In 1881 John Sommers took employment with the Education Department at Castlemaine (Ref. Golden Summer catalogue - pages 26 and 40). John died in 1930 aged 84 years. John and Lucy Sommers children John and Dora both studied at the National Gallery of Victoria, so senior was added to John E. Sommers Senior's works. There is a short biography on page 26 of Golden Summers. Researched by Valda and Ted Arrowsmith May 2006.One piece old gold Paper Taffeta wedding gown, stand up collar, piped in green taffeta. Forty covered buttons from neck to hemline. Shaped sleeve with 15cm cuff and three buttons. Two rows of seven cm appliqued green and gold shaped fans along hemline. Two rows of green and gold piping and 8cm deep gold fringe. Back of dress has central panel of pleats and six covered buttons and a square cut hem line for the train at back. Dress bodice is lined and has two 7cm bones in side seam.costume, female ceremonial

Time line of the life of August Schwerkolt.Time line of the life of August Schwerkolt.schwerkolt august, richter paulina, schwerkolt emil august, schwerkolt louis, schwerkolt augustus, schwerkolt albert william, schwerkolt louis 2, schwerkolt paulina augusta, schwerkolt john william, schwerkolt richart reinhold, schwerkolt carl benno, schwerkolt johanna caroline, schwerkolt wilhelm ferdinand, schwerkolt johann theodor, schwerkolt bertha maria, schwerkolt maria elizabeth, kruse maria catherine wilhelmina, both franz, both johanna dorothea henriette, both wilhelmina, both francesca, schwarzman franz, emmi, vermont state school no. 1022, box hill cemetery, antonio, northcote victoria

Committee formed to organise campaign for 'Popular Girl Competition' in aid of annual appeal for Box Hill and District Hospital, June 1947 including Box Hill, Blackburn, Mitcham, East Burwood and Doncaster. Extract from scrapbook of Mrs Jessie Williams.Committee formed to organise campaign for 'Popular Girl Competition' in aid of annual appeal for Box Hill and District Hospital, June 1947sell, marjorie, cruse, audrey, gepp, nancy, fankhauser, joan, johns, francis, fulton, john, sparks, r.h., williams, jessie, box hill and district hospital, popular girl competition

Photocopy of Certificate Vol. 3352 Fol 335 to Freehold Assets Co Ltd 29 September 1909 for fifty acres fronting on South Side of Canterbury Road, part Crown Portion 94; including record of subdivision transfers 1909 - 1916 and 1992.land subdivision, .freehold assets company limited, glebe street forest hill, crittle, thomas nathaniel, henwood, william, mcarthur, john, draeger, carl julius otto, jay, daniel, barnes, john thomas, mary ann, kleinert, beatrice annie, stanley ernest

Photocopy of contract of sale between Julius Draeger, vendor and John Ernest Kleinert, 19 June 1937, for 15 acres of land being part of Crown Portion 94, Certificate of Title, Vol 3715 Fol 742908 (Certificate of Title ND576)land sales, draeger, carl julius otto, kleinert, john ernest, glebe street, forest hill

Photocopy of Certificate of Title Vol 5807 Fol 1161261 to Carl Julius Otto Draeger for four acres of land being part of Crown Portion 93 at Forest Hill; with verso of C/T Vol 1900 Fol 37984 recording transfers to Lydia Esther Lovell, Lillian Sarah Frances Lovell, William John and Mabel Jessie Brown.Photocopy of Certificate of Title draeger, carl julius otto, canterbury road, forest hill, glen valley road, lovell, lydia esther, lillian sarah frances, brown, william john, mabel jessie

Extracts from the Sales register of T.R.B. Morton (1897 - !906) including names of people well known in Nunawading.t. r. b. morton & son, wainwright, (mrs), blood, sophia, hodgson, ellen, boyle, joseph, william james, bloom, alfred, cook, edmund a., greig, alfred woolley, crow, robert t., william hill, course, florence rebecca, charles, finger, charles henry, fankhauser, robert c, john, farmilo, hubert henry, fulton, margaret, game, thomas robinson, husband (mrs), henwood, william, dashwood, f.r., samuel j.m., blake, arthur palmer., horkings, hurter, c.e., john henry, janet, hone, robert arthur, henry john, joyner, herbert, jeffery, mary ann, keogh, james, lieber, otto, methodist boys home, purches, frederick walter, rooks, charles francis, abraham, edmund, sarah, scott, eliza emma, sergeant, frederick, henry, pickett, tainton, brock, mary theresa, thiele, ambrose frederick, walker, edgar edwardes, mary jane, zander

Information board giving brief history of the establishment of schools in the former City of NunawadingInformation boarddenominational schools board, national board of education, vested schools, non-vested schools, common schools board, harkaway national school, nunawading common school no. 454, burwood east primary school no. 454, thompson, john edward, mount pleasant methodist church, scotchman's hill, delaney's road, vermont, winter, john, mcghees road, mitcham, delaney's road common school no 1022, vermont primary school, no. 1022

Coloured photograph of Governor's visit to Schwerkolt Cottage showing William Orange (Box Hill Historical Society) Robert Chong, Mayor, Governor, John Landy and Cr. Chris Aubrey.landy, john., schwerkolt cottage, orange, william, chong, robert, aubrey, chris

Coloured photo of Drake Family Tombstone at Box Hill Cemetery.drake, francis john, dr., alice, francis james, nancy, box hill cemetery

Coloured photo of Group at 'Hill Top', Blackwood.barnes, jess., barker, ian, crean, emmeline, gray, beryl, forbes, flora, hollows, margaret, gorsuch, mr, shirley, johnson, ken, fry, judith, molukas, john, phyllis, nicholas edward, matthews, bill, nunawading historical society

Australian school of painting established in 1880's by group of painters who camped in Box Hill on Gardiner's Creek. They later moved to Heidelberg. Plein air painting instigated by Tom Roberts.Australian school of painting established in 1880's by group of painters who camped in Box Hill on Gardiner's Creek. painting, roberts, tom, mccubbin, frederick, abrahams, louis, streeton, arthur, sutherland, jane, heidelberg school, conder, charles, humphrey, mather, john, handasyde, stewart, hansen, theo brooke, gardiners creek, dewar, s. g.

'Hall links generations', by Larissa Ham. Article on 20th anniversary of the Wal Wicking Hall located at Forest Hill Secondary College, Blackburn South Campus. Whitehorse Gazette, 25 November 1998.wal wicking hall, forest hill secondary college, blackburn south campus, taylor, jane, marnie, alexia, richardson, john, wicking, nancy, schools

Coloured photo of Memorial Plaque at St. John's Catholic Church, Mitcham.st. john's catholic church, mitcham, air hill burying ground

Belonged to John Philip Bennett, Uncle of Barbara Gardiner, Secretary of the Society. Mr Bennett was born on 13-3-1908, near Wedderburn. The family had a poultry in Elgar Road, Box Hill. In 1926 He moved to Thames Street, Box Hill where he kept 'chooks' until about 1994.German egg scales, for weighing eggs. Egg sits in bowl attached to swinging pendulum. Three legged stand.domestic items, weighing