The annual IPS picnic was an important event where family and friends would get together. From left Nicholas Kavadeas, Marigo Kavadeas (nee Raftopoulos), Yianni Raftopoulos (Patakia).Buses were hired to transport members to the picnic as very few owned their own cars during the in the early years. Bus travel to the picnic continued through to the 70s although by then the majority travelled by private cars. The bus trips were very convivial with singing of popular Greek folk music. Black and white photograph of two men and a lady standing in front of a bus. There is a white border around the photo.Ithacan picnic Circa Early 30s

The picnic was an annual event organised by the Ithacan Philanthropic Society from the early days of its inception and enjoyed by families. They were usually held at the beach or at a reserve in the countryside on Melbourne's rural fringe. The men in the photograph may have been the organising committee for the event.The annual picnics organised by the Ithacan Philanthropic Society gave members and their friends and families a chance to meet socially and to relax away from their workplaces. It is still an important event on the club's calendarA black and white photograph of nine men standing and sitting in a bushland setting. They are wearing suits and each one has a badge pinned onto their suit lapels. The photograph has been printed on A4 copy paper.A.E. BENSON/NTH MELB written in bottom RH corner.

A photograph on the wedding day of Erigoni (Nitsa) Vlassopoulos (Kopela) and Kyriakos Kyriakakis in Ithaca. Freda Lucas (nee Benias) pictured on the left is the flower girl. The couple migrated to Australia in the 1950s and settled in Red Cliffs near Mildura where they ran the Vlass family business, The Golden Key café. Erigoni is the daughter of Dimitri and Eugenia Vlassopoulos and sister of Stathis, Panos, Costas and Nikos. Nitsa and Kyriako had three children, George and Eugenia born in Ithaca and Dimitri (Jim) born in Red Cliffs. Nitsa and Kyriako eventually retired in Greece.A black and white photograph edged with a crinkle cut white border of bride and her flower girls with a man and a lady standing on each side of her. They are standing in an open area with shrubs growing behind them

Photographed are Diamando and Yianni Raftopoulos (Bourlotos) and Diamando's sister, Maria Paizis. They are pictured in the village of Kioni in Ithaca.A black and white photograph of two ladies and a man standing under an olive tree.

The photograph taken on one of the many mountainous hillsides on Ithaca. Second from the right is Antigone Raftopoulos dressed in dark clothes, together with her son Yianni, and her two nieces Hariklia Raftopoulos and Kalypso Sofianos (nee Raftopoulos). All are from the village of Kioni. A black and white photograph of a man and three ladies standing on a rocky hillside.

Taken in Kioni, Ithaca, the photograph features members of the Raftopoulos ( Bourlotos) family. The two men at the back are Panoyianni Raftopoulos and his brother Vasilios. The older man seated in front of them is Dionysus Raftopoulos. The younger lady is Andriana who was engaged to Gerasimos (Gerry) Raftopoulos.A black and white photograph of four men and two ladies seated in a lounge room. There are two framed pictures on the wall behind them.

Brother and sister, Panogiannis (Peter) Raftopoulos ( Bourlotos) and Kalypso Sofianos are photographed with Kalypso's children, Konstandina (Nina) and Spiros (Pip). Panogiannis was actively involved with the IPS. He was elected Secretary only about a year after he came to Melbourne. He proposed the introduction of the IPS Tertiary Bursaries which were introduced in 1988 and are now known as the Year 12 Awards. Kalypso was also a very active IPS member and in 1995 was made an Honorary Life Member of the society.A black and white photograph of a man and lady with a little boy and girl sitting behind a sedan car parked near a tree.

Arthur and Aspasia (Sia) Koutsouvelis and Aspasia's mother, Ioulia Raftopoulos along with Helen and Andrew Yiannis, Arthur's sister and brother-in-law pictured outside the Evangelismos Orthodox Church in East Melbourne in 1956. Ioulia Raftopoulos nee Sicotis arrived in Australia from South Africa in 1926. She married George Raftopoulos, who migrated to Australia in 1908 from Frikes and was a founding member of the Ithacan Philanthropic Society. He and his brother Arthur worked in the Spot Cafe in the 1940s and 1950s. George and Ioulia had two daughters, Effie and Aspasia (Sia). Family celebrations were a very important part of Ithacan social life especially weddings and baptisms. A black and white photograph of three smartly ladies and two men standing outside a brick building. They are all wearing overcoats.

p.17.non-fictionA brief history of some of the locomotives of the private railways of Victoriarailroad locomotives - victoria - history, railroads - victoria - history

Index, ill, p.286.non-fictions Australia's largest veterans' organization, the R.S.L. has been the subject of bitter controversy. The League has often been attacked, and as frequently defended, but it has never been examined in depth by an impartial observer. This book is the first detailed and dispassionate examination. It is not an 'official', or even an authorized account of the R.S.L.'s pressure group activities - while the League provided unrestricted access to its files and records, the organization's leaders exercised no censorship or control over the final results. The author examines the R.S.L.'s attempts to influence the Commonwealth government against a background of continual internal conflict over tactics. He describes the constant approaches to the government on pensions, medical benefits, war service homes, soldier settlement, employment preference, and gratuities, as well as on such controversial subjects as defence and anti-communism, all of which serve to mark the R.S.L. as one of Australia’s most active pressure groups. The book also points to the danger implicit in the R.S.L.'s attempt to monopolize the virtues which it claims are uniquely Australian. In its rigid enforcement of the exclusiveness of Anzac Day, it is argued, lie both the League's peculiar strength and its greatest problems. australia - politics and government, pressure groups - australia

The Adult Education Association Drama Group originally staged Liliom at the Union Theatre, University of Melbourne on Saturday, 3rd November, 1951, at 8pm and on the 8th November it was re-staged by them as the opening production of the The City of Heidelberg Repertory Company, now known as the Heidelberg Theatre Company Inc. in the Eistedford Hall, Ivanhoe. Sketch for Prologue, Fair Ground Scene, and Sketch for Scenes 2 and 3, The Tin Type Shop, for Adult Education Association Drama Group production at the Union Theatre from 1st – 3rd November, 1951. Resulting sets were transported to the Eisteddfod Hall, Ivanhoe and used in the opening production in January, 1952 for the newly formed City of Heidelberg Theatre.Sketch for Prologue, Fair Ground Scene, and Sketch for Scenes 2 and 3, The Tin Type Shop, for Adult Education Association Drama Group production at the Union Theatre from 1st – 3rd November, 1951. Resulting sets were transported to the Eisteddfod Hall, Ivanhoe and used in the opening production in January, 1952 for the newly formed City of Heidelberg Theatre. Sketch for Prologue, Fair Ground Scene, and Sketch for Scenes 2 and 3, The Tin Type Shop, for Adult Education Association Drama Group production at the Union Theatre from 1st – 3rd November, 1951. Resulting sets were transported to the Eisteddfod Hall, Ivanhoe and used in the opening production in January, 1952 for the newly formed City of Heidelberg Theatre Company. Photo from unidentified newspaper of the director of Liliom by Ferenc Molnar, Joy Youlden.an Adult Education Association Drama Group production at the Union Theatre from 1st – 3rd November, 1951 and restaged at the Eisteddfod Hall, Ivanhoe as the opening production in January, 1952 for the newly formed City of Heidelberg Repertory Group. The Adult Education Association Drama Group performers, backstage workers and technicians staged the play at the Eisteddfod Hall in Ivanhoe. Local Councillor E.A. Carlyle attended and addressed the audience. Reg Rudd is described as director-producer. He announced another Repertory evening in February. Inagural production under the name of The City of Heidelberg Repertory Company, now known as the Heidelberg Theatre Company Inc., staged in the Eisteddfod Hall, 14 Ivanhoe Parade, Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia on the 8th November, 1952.All items in good condition. Original and one colour photocopy of hand drawn sketches for the Prologue and Scenes 2 and 3 settings in blue biro with watercolour washes on ecru paper. On the back side of paper with scene sketch of Act 1. Photo – Joy Youlden - Small black and white cutting from unidentified newspaper on newsprint which has yellowed, Cutting has been glued onto ecru A4 paper sheet. Sketch for Scene 6, The Land Beyond, and Sketch for Scene 7, Julies House 16 Years later, an Adult Education Association Drama Group production at the Union Theatre from 1st – 3rd November, 1951. Resulting sets were transported to the Eisteddfod Hall, Ivanhoe and used in the opening production in January, 1952 for the newly formed City of Heidelberg Repertory Group. Sketches for Scene 4, The Railway Embankment, and Sketch for Scene 5, Behind The Shop, an Adult Education Association Drama Group production at the Union Theatre from 1st – 3rd November, 1951. Resulting sets were transported to the Eisteddfod Hall, Ivanhoe and used in the opening production in January, 1952 for the newly formed City of Heidelberg Repertory Group. Handwritten detail of scene numbers and names, name of producer, theatre company AEA (Adult Education Association) Drama Group Show and place, Union Theatre.eistdford hall, fern matthews, city of heidelberg repertory group, adult education association drama group, liliom, liliom by ferenec molnar directed by joy youlden, 1952, 1

Colour photograph. Library. Tour group. Books on stands.photo, group, mixed group

PHOTOGRAPH OF GROUP PEOPLE WATCHING MARCHING GROUP SALUTING.1 ORIGINAL SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH CLUNES TOWN HALL WITH GROUP OF ONLOOKERS AND MARCHING GROUP MRS C MITCHELLlocal history, photographs, town hall

black and white photo mounted on grey card. Mixed group of males and females, seated in front of waterfall and broken branches. Some people holding long sticks - walking group ?person, group, casual

Colour slide of four widows and two children at Government House in 1960. Melbourne Legacy held an annual Christmas Party for Junior Legatees and Widows at Government House for many years. Junior Legatees were given gifts. Was with many other slides taken in the 1950s and 1960s. The slides have been photographed to make digital images and moved to archive quality sleeves. In many cases the original images were not well focussed and the digital image is the best available.A record of a Legacy Christmas party held at Government House.Colour slide of a a group of widows at a Legacy Christmas Party at Government House, in a cardboard Kodak mount with red printing.Handwritten 'A Happy Group Govt House Party 1960' in blue ink.christmas party, government house party

Date and Location Unknown - Bert Hills Retirement - Group PhotoKodakperson, group, retirement presentation

group of gas and fuel employees around a table for some functionKodakperson, group, males

Card with coloured illustration depicting a group of people working in a Vineyard.artwork, print, group

Cato Family Photo of Alick, Edwin, Gertrude, Una and Dora. Black & white Cato family group. The photo is of 3 women in long formal dresses with 2 males in formal suits standing behind the 3 seated women. Family group (Alick, Edwin, Gertrude, Una, Dora)stawell

Group photo of Australian Army Unit (unknown)Group photo taken in front of old drill hall which was located in the current Ringwood railway station car park

Honour Board for Wangaratta Legacy Widows Group - Office Bearers 1964 - presentLocal widows of ex servicemen who are supported and cared for by the Victorian Returned Services League.Stained brown timber five sided with Legacy crest and list of names in gold coloured paint.Wangaratta Legacy Widow's Group - Office Bearerslegacy widows group, wangaratta rsl, honour board

B&W photograph of large community group, mixed age group, circa 1890sB&W photograph of large community group, mixed age group, circa 1890s."16" written at top of photocirca 1890s mixed ages community group photo

The Grinton Collection. Ships SMO and Nurses on the HMAT Karmala on the way home 1919. SMO Capt. C. P. Rosenthal. (Ships Medical Officer) Nurses include; Sister Sarah Eliza Faulkner (Sydney) S/Nurse Ivy Louisa Robbins (Epping, NSW) S/Nurse Edith Agnes Purdon (Bathurst, NSW) Sister Catherine Douglas Graham (Footscray) Nurse Gladys Webster Jarrett RRC (Middle Park) Nurse Ida Mary Mason (Wodonga) Nurse Ethel May Mead RRC (Elsternwick) Sister Elizabeth Hamilton O'Reilly (Leitchville) S/Nurse Janet Hay (Adelaide) Sister Janet Ivy Barron (Enogerra, Qld). Refer Cat No 1280 for Jack Grintons service details.Photograph framed. Photograph - black and white photograph on paper depicting a group of nurses and a medical officer, all in uniform, in an informal group portrait. Background - ship's superstructure. Frame - Timber, light varnish finish, Perspex front, cardboard backing."Group 5: Quota 45 - Journey Home". "J. Australian nurses and a Medical Officer". framed accesssories, camera on the somme, ww1, 38th bn, grinton, hmat karmala

Group photo taken at R. Saw retirement on the 12/10/1989.person, group, retirement r. saw

A group of employees enjoying barbecue in the grounds of the new Gas&Fuel buildingFujiperson, group, mixed

The Grinton Collection. Refer Cat No. 1280 for Jack Grintons service details.Photograph framed. Photograph - black and white photograph on paper, depicting a large group of soldiers relaxing inside a building. Frame - timber, light varnish finish, Perspex front, cardboard backing."Group 1: Living behind the lines". "Evening in France".framed accessories, camera on the somme, 38th bn, grinton

Black and white photograph on card of group of 16 people men women & a child.Vincent Kelly Bendigophotograph, portrait, group