Report of land sale by public auction, Parish of Nunawading, October 1855cousens, james, williams, william, heading, nalborough, phillip, riley, patrick, blood, thomas, cook

List of property valuations for Mitcham Riding of the Shire of Blackburn and Mitcham dated 24 / 12 / 1929. Valued by C. Morton of land that was being considered for parks in 1930.List of property valuations for Mitcham Riding of the Shire of Blackburn and Mitcham dated 24 / 12 / 1929. mitcham riding, mitcham road, shire of blackburn and mitcham, land values, charlesworth estate, mitcham, harrison street, burnett street, antonio, cook, w, whitehorse road, lucknow street, creek road, rooks, gell, percy street

Letter from A. M. Lonie of Maddock, Jameson & Lonie, solicitors to M.L. Grey Esq , Auctioneer, 800 Whitehorse Rd, Mitcham regarding charging orders for land sales.Letter from A. M. Lonie of Maddock, Jameson & Lonie, solicitors to M.L. Grey Esq , Auctioneer,cock, stuart street, blackburn, whitehorse road, mau, rooks road, mitcham, morgan, laburnum street, lots 25, 26, smith, carween avenue, lot 44, coghill, barkly terrace, lot 3, moody, church street, lot 4, cook, lot 33, james, lot 40, mountford, thomas street, lot 19, lett, game street, lot 15, sullivan builders pty ltd, glen ebor avenue, lot 26, davey, mount pleasant road, forest hill, partridge, dunlavin road, lots 7 & 8, wright, mcdowall street, lots 106 - 7, gibb, lot 9

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

Photocopies of 3 sheets of documents in the Public Record Office listing the first land purchases in Nunawading. Headed: 'Final Report of a sale by public auction of suburban and country lands held at Melbourne on the 22nd October 1855'.williams, william, cousens, james, heading, nalborough, phillip, riley, patrick, blood, thomas, cook, holland, john, lobb, burrell, charles, land subdivision

These type of cigarette silks were included in WD & HO Wills cigarette packets to induce women in particular to take up smoking.|The Word 'Cartophilic?|It is believed that this unusual word was coined in the 1920s by Col. Bagnall, an Englishman, who was the father of the hobby of cigarette card and trade card collecting. It is thought to be a combination of a Latin word, 'carto' meaning 'card and the Greek word 'philic', meaning 'love'.- lover of cards. The term originally related to the collection of the two types mentioned, however, our Society has included postcards in the range of items collected by our members.|The Cigarette Card|The cigarette card began its evolution in the United States of America, in the early 1880s as a plain piece of cardboard used by tobacconists to protect the cigarettes which were sold in that era, not in packets, but loosely. A purchaser would buy his cigarettes then wrap them in paper around the small piece of cardboard, which acted as a stiffener. In fact, for many decades, cigarette cards were known as 'stiffeners' in the USA.|The card depicting 'The Marquis of Lome' is reputed to be the first known cigarette card issued. This is thought to have been in 1879. It did not take long for an enterprising entrepreneur to recognise the advertising potential of the cigarette card, and, very soon, the cards began displaying popular images, often in sets. This had the effect of youngsters, wishing to complete their sets, harassing their fathers to buy a specific brand of cigarettes. The kids who collected cards in the days when they were being issued in the cigarette packets, would hang around outside the local tobacconist's shop, pestering the men who had just bought a packet of cigarette, with the cry: 'can I have the cig can mister?'|It is a proven fact that, here in Australia during the 1930s, at least one set had one card deliberately withheld and issued very sparingly. This card is No. 86 (Mrs Jack Crawford) in the Carreras 'Turf Personality Series'. Thus, in a set of reasonably easy cards to get, this one card is a constant source of frustration for the collector, and as such, commands a premium when it comes to price. It is not hard to imagine the young collector nagging his to Dad to keep buying 'Turf' cigarettes to enable him to finish the set.|From small beginnings the cigarette card soon gave rise to a booming industry in itself. Artists and writers were|employed to produce the cards, which were miniature works of art and served as little encyclopaedia's for the children of the day. By the 1930s cards were being issued in the countless millions. It has been stated, in one book on the history of cards; that 450 million sets of a series produced and issued by the prolific issuer of cards in the United Kingdom, WD & HO Wills. As each set contained 50 cards you would need a calculator with a very long result window to see the answer to how many cards of that series were in circulation.|Australia's involvement would appear to have its beginnings with the English and American firms who shipped their tobacco products here and the cards of American Tobacco Company (ATC) are found in great numbers in early Australian collections; many featuring Australian subjects, e.g. 'Australian Parliament a 1901 issue. Earlier U.S. sets depicting Australians included Goodwin & Co's, so called. 'Australian Series' with cricketers and Australian Rules footballers who were on the sporting scene during the 1880s. The caption of one of theses cards reads:|'W.Hannysee. Captain Port Melbourne Football Club' which enables us to pinpoint the year of issue to either 1889 or 1890.|On the Australian scene the first local manufacturer who issued cards seems to have been The National Cigarette Company of Australia Proprietary Limited, whose 'Tally Ho' packets contained cards from a series of thirteen featuring the touring 'English Cricket Team 1897-8' Of the few Australian manufacturers who issued cards, only two companies issued more the two sets.|Undoubtedly the cards issued by the Melbourne firm Sniders & Abrahams (later Sniders & Abrahams Pty Ltd) are the 'jewels in the crown' of Australian card issues. They issued some thirty-three series, with numerous sub-series and allied issues such as metal badges, metal football shields, celluloid flags etc., which ensured that the hobbyist had a vast range from which to collect. Sporting themes – football, cricket, horse racing – dominate, indicating the Australians' love of sport and the outdoors was as strong in those earlier times as it is today. Military, animals and birds themes were also to the fore, with a touch of culture being provided by 'Shakespeare', 'Dickens', actresses and even classical 'Statuary'. Humour was not forgotten with 'Cartoons and Caricatures', 'Naval and Cricket (double meaning) Terms' and the 'Jokes' series. Art and history were covered by the artist, S.T. Gill's 'Views of Victoria in 1857' while the stereoscopic 'Views of the World' expanded the collectors' knowledge of the world as a whole.|The Sniders & Abrahams series began in 1904 and by 1919 the company was in decline and was eventually taken over by G.G. Goode & Co. Ltd. This company produced one set only, the highly collectable 'Prominent Cricketer Series' issued in 1924. During the early to mid-1920s, J.J. Schuh Tobacco Pty Ltd issued eight series, again containing the popular subjects of sport and war. At least two provincial tobacconists, Lentens of Bendigo and Baillies of Warrnambool, issued private football series. The last series of cards issued by a truly Australian firm was Dudgeon & Arnell's '1934 Australian Cricket Team'.|The Australian market was not neglected by the English companies with WD & HO Wills, Godfrey Phillips and Ogdens all making their contributions. By far the most active issuer was the long-established company Wills, whose 'Cricketers' of 1901 heralded the flood of Australian series, which continued into the mid-thirties.|The onset of the 1939-45 World War sounded the death knell of the cigarette card and very few post-war issues were made, certainly not here in Australia.|The Trade Card|The Trade Card is a non-tobacco item used by manufacturers to promote and advertise their products, in the same way that cigarette cards were. It is uncertain exactly when they were first produced, but in the USA, non-collectable cards were issued by firms in the early 1800s. These were more akin to a latter day 'business card'. It was not until the 1850s, when coloured and pictorial cards were issued to advertise and promote products that the Trade Card|became a collectable item. Many beautiful lithographic cards were produced in this early era and they are very mu sought after by collectors. By the 1870s the issues of Trade Cards became more prolific and it is from this era that more cards are seen.|Again, it is difficult to pinpoint the exact date of the first Australian Trade Card and it may be that the highly collectable and extremely rare 'American Candy Co's' - 'Pure Caramels' Australian Rules football card, issued i 1891, is the earliest series. This confectionery firm was located in Fitzroy, a Melbourne suburb. To date only two subjects have been seen.|Another early set was 'Flags', issued by F.H.Fauldings & Co. It featured testimonials of seven English cricketers who toured Australia with the 1894/5 Test team. Fauldings was an Adelaide based firm which manufactured medicinal toiletries, soaps and oils, using the distinctly Australian eucalyptus oil. During the 20th century a multitude of Australian businesses issued trade cards, with confectionery manufacturers such as Hoadleys, Allens, Sweetacres and Australian Licorice producing the majority of them. Again sporting themes dominated with the ever popular Aussie Rules football cards being the most numerous. Cricket issues ran a close second.|Apart from sporting cards, almost every subject imaginable was covered by the Trade Card, making it the most diverse and interesting branch of cartophilly. In contrast to the Cigarette Card, which had its demise prior to the Second World War, the Trade Card is still alive and well.|We all are aware of the long running 'Birds of Australasia' series put out by Tuck-fields Tea and 1 doubt if there is a kitchen drawer in Australia that has not got one or two of these informative and attractive cards floating about in it. These cards were first produced in the early 1960s and are still being inserted in that company's packets of tea. Such is also the case with Sanitarium Health Foods, manufacturers of the well known Weetbix, who began issuing cards, with a wide range of subjects, in the early 1940s and continue to do so.|The 1940s and 1950s saw the two breakfast food giants, Kornies and Weeties dominating the card scene. Kornies footballers were in production fora decade from 1948 to 1959. Four years later in 1963, we saw the start of four decades of Scanlens bubble-gum card issues, both football and cricket. In the mid 1990s, with the end of the Scanlens/Stimorol cards, the Trading Card came on the scene. These cards do not fit under the umbrella of the Trade Card, having been produced and marketed purely as a 'collectable' with no connection whatsoever to any product, which of course is necessary for an item to be classified as a Trade Card.|The earliest British postcard was issued in 1870 and was designed to send short messages; the stamp was printed on the card, therefore it did not require an envelope. It was considered by many to be lowering the postal standards because the texts were no longer private. However the cards were a great success as on the first day of issue in 1870, half a million passed through the London postal centre.|The first illustrated postcards are said to be those introduced by a French stationer in 1870. He realized that French troops fighting in the Franco-Prussian War needed to be able to send short messages to their families and designed a 'postcard' to suit the purpose. As many of the soldiers were illiterate they decorated their cards with sketches of their many activities at the front rather than writing; thus creating a picture postcard. Private enterprise soon saw the great financial possibilities of this new easy and attractive way of communication by post; also sending a postcard cost less than postage for letters. It was correctly assumed that postcards were likely to overtake letter writing in many instances.|Between 1875 and 1882 every state in Australia introduced official postcards, N.S.W. first and Tasmania last. Each state produced a simple type of postcard with a pre printed stamp allied to that state. The stamp side stated 'The Address Only To Be Written On This Side'; the reverse side sometimes carried a simple illustration or decoration with space fora short message, each state extolling their own state's virtues. In 1901, with the advent of Federation, the new Government became responsible for all postal services in Australia and produced postcards for sale in every state. With several mail deliveries each day in most towns, postcards were used for many purposes. One 1906 postcard, with an illustration of fruit, was sent from Mrs X in the morning to her greengrocer ordering her fruit and vegetables to be delivered that afternoon. Another lady asks her charlady to 'come this afternoon'.|Australian private enterprise also began selling pictorial postcards, most companies using the very experienced German printing works who were the worlds best in the field of lithography and fine detailed colour-printing. Many of these beautiful German cards still exist today, 100 years later. Australia did have a few fine printers but they were in the minority. Black and white postcards printed in Australia in the early 1900s were often of good quality e.g. postcards printed by 'The Bulletin', illustrating the works of 'The Bulletins' top artists.|Between c1903-09 The Melbourne company Osboldstone and Atkins etc. printed coloured reproductions of 46 J.A. Turner bush/rural life paintings, which were generally of good quality and became hugely popular and still sought after today. Like thousands of homes in Europe, Britain and U.S.A., many Australia homes had albums of cherished postcards, which were given pride of place for visitors to see and enjoy.|Postcard collecting remained popular but was changing with the times. About 1912 the Australian photographer George Rose of Melbourne began to produce topographical B/W real photographic postcards covering most of Australia and other photographers began to do likewise. These cards soon found their way into collections as well.|WWI and the horrors of war suddenly changed the world; postcards were still in great demand but the subject matter was far more serious. Thousands of postcards from the trenches in European war zones arrived in Australia to be included in family albums. Propaganda and recruitment messages were produced to encourage enlistment. Australian postcard producers began to create cards decorated with gum leaves, boomerangs, wattle etc., which were designed for sending to Australian troops serving overseas. Very few 'pretty' cards were available, as access to the Gentian printing works was no longer possible and exporting of postcards from Britain was very limited. By the end of WWI people had other more serious problems to contend with and the avid postcard collecting hobby declined, fold greetings took over and topographical photographic postcards became a small but steady income for the producers and newsagents etc. in every town.|Fortunately many of these old postcards still exist and are avidly collected by a new generation or postcard collectors. The Australian Cartophilic Society Inc. is one of four postcard/cigarette card organizations in Australia. They are, N.S.W. Post Card Collectors Society; Queensland Card Collectors' Society Inc. and West Australian Card Collectors|Society, and across the Tasman there is a New Zealand Postcard Society.|References:|Picture Postcards of the Golden Age A Collector's Guide by Toni & Valmai Holt. Picture Postcards in Australia 1898 - 1920 by David CookBox of Cigarette Silks ( 10 ) depicting animal motifs, which were placed in cigarette packets as an incentive for women in particular to smoke.|WD & HO Wills|Produced 1911 - 1917personal effects, smoking accessories, recreations, collections

Joe Swift made and donated the following items to the Mitcham Sub-Branch of the RSL.|1. RSL Badge outside the entrance doors from the main car park.|2. Legacy Badge inside the above doors.|3. Sword mounted on the East wall of the main hall.|It is thought that Swift's Foundry manufactured some items for Canberra War Museum and the above may have been replicas.Black and white photo of Staff at Swifts Foundry, Carween Avenue, Mitcham. Swifts made Commemorative Plaque for opening of Schwerkolt Cottage.swifts foundry, carween avenue, mitcham, cook, molly

First land sales and prices in Nunawading.First land sales and prices in Nunawading.land sales, land subdivision, middleborough road, nunawading, koonung creek, canterbury road, whitehorse road, holland john, burrell charles, riley james, wilks joseph, springvale road, o'connor patrick, williams william, heading william, blood thomas, cook james, whitman fred, cook charles, kefford r, wilton edward, cousens james, riley patrick, lobb john, orr joseph, woods john, morton william, clisby william, polak nelson, tranter william

Framed Black and white photo of Debutante Mayoral Ball, City of Nunawading, Mayor & Mayoress: Cr. & Mrs H.R. Seeger.shambrook, robert, gibson, robert, savage, winifred, cook, lois, mclennan, bruce, smith, basil, abbott, elizabeth, poulton, jack, mclannan, patricia, tainton, colin, knight, dorothy, tainton, velma, edwards, neil, lynch, walter, grant, joyce, cook, jill, seeger, rosemary, cox, kevin, rees, elizabeth, mitchelmore, betty, arnall jeff, kemp, mavis, chrystie, graham, ramsey, marcelle, crow, walter, sanders, shirley, debutante ball, city of nunawading, debutantes

ian bruce, garry hillman, ron james, brian baker, rod goode, peter watts, bill langford, ian whitmore, thess hannah, simone clay, elizabeth sarah, michael ambler, rod eeles, maureen mcmillan, kerry archbold, marilyn cook, jenny moore, robyn sharp, ian mccallum, barb dawe, bill kirk, mr geoff hocking, carol trenfield, tom rees, jill palmer, graham chibnall, allan poynton, daryl bennett, kevin o’hehir, andrew vanrooyen, john mcclure, peter fraser.

Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest Scott.map, explorers, exploration, new holland, norfolk island, point hicks, timor

Copy of a map from 'A Short HIstory of Australia' by Ernest Scott.map, explorers, exploration, voyages, captain james cook, new south wales coast

Black & white photograph of family group of five people. two children sitting on the brick wall of verandah. In the background, front door of house and two sash windows.maggs family, till family, cook family

Black and white postcard of Choir, St John's Anglican Church Blackburncook, nellie, chrystie, margie, jennings, gladys, cook, lesley, goodwin, eva, grant, lily, goodyear, violet, cooper, olive, cooper, florrie, brown, annie, george, marion, goodwin, doris, slater, bessie, jennings, doreen, collins, dorothy, raymond, a., rev., goodwin, mr., choirs, st john's anglican church, blackburn

Invoice from R.P. Chapman, wholese and retail butcher, of Yandoit and Franklin.luigi gervasoni, philately, invoice, c.b. cook, staley and connell, yandoit

Photograph of the Werona World War One Honour Board on display in the Smeaton Primary School in 2013.werona honour board, c. andrew, h. andrew, j. cook, c. cook, g. croucher, w. cameron, r. edmonstone, g.c. hurley, p.j. hanley, t.e. hanley, t. pearson, h. tognolini, werona, werona state school

Rubber stamp and wood stamp holder for stamping the words "Ballarat Tramways" on letters and other documents. Consists of red painted wood stamp holder and black plastic handle with black "drawing pin" to indicate the top of the stamp. trams, tramways, btps, letters, btm