Various news articles pertaining to the January 1965 Victorian bushfires. • Fire Kills 8; Seven trapped near car, p1 (Illust.) • …Then the rain came, p3 (Illust.) • Bushfire kills 5 children, 2 women, p3 (Illust.) • Hottest since ’61, p3 • Fire’s big leap, p3 (Illust.) • Fire crisis was worst since ’62, p5 • Blaze leaps township, p5 • 120 flee at guesthouse, p5 • Clothes burnt off 2 firemen, p5 • Too close for comfort; Fire sweeps through farm buildings; Kooyong Coolers; Beach bath; pp20-21 (Illust.) tom fielding collection, victorian bushfires - 1965, victorian bushfires – 1965, longwood, euroa, arnold west, bendigo, blackwood, derek dillon, garry mathieson, ted guppy, olinda, bridgewater, kevin poyser, john jenkins, bendigo base hospital, federation cup, kooyong, carol sutherland, peter james sage

Photograph envelope containing collection of miscellaneous photographs, most labelled. (1) "Mr. K. Hasler." (Staff 1962-1965.) (2) "Mr. Hasler." (cut out of a wedding photograph.) (3) Principal's Residence with man on tractor clearing between front of house and Californian Redwood. "And we will have vistas...Beautiful Vistas." (4) "Lucy Pruis." (1966). (5-7) Unidentified students. (8) Group of male students on Oak Lawn. "Part of the Old Brigade." (9, (a) "Quadrangular Basketball Team." (10, 10a) "Student Representatives." Names and graduation dates (1965-1967.) (11) Male student standing on top of a wall.k. hasler, staff, principal's residence, tractor, californian redwood, students, oak lawn, basketball team, student representatives

Significant in being a detailed set of instructions for the Forest City signalling system that was operated by the tram's trolley pole. Details of the locations and crossing loops where used, primarily around the loop and through Bridge St. and how it operated. Prepared and printed by the SEC during 1965.Five page, foolscap duplicated document, stapled in two locations along the top edge, titled Forest City Signals, and dated 20-1-1965, giving details about the Forest City signalling system installed in Ballarat. Explains how the system operates, gives instructions, details of the system, location of the loops, trams following each other, power failure. Also gives details of how the Bridge St system operated and the switch at Grenville St. Gives instructions for running out of the depot. Note: The locations of the signals are not as detailed as in the Driver Training Manual - See Reg Item 3486 See also Reg Item 5373 for another similar copy and fully scanned copy.trams, tramways, signals, crossing loop, forest city signals, grenville st, wendouree parade

1384.1 - Ticket, printed on gold card using brown ink titled "Souvenir Ticket Closure of Hawthorn Depot" for the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria's 5th tour to mark the closure as a running shed on 13/14 Feb. 1965. Notes the Official Opening day of 6/4/1916. Tour used tram SW6 850. See Reg Item 1384 for another sample of this ticket and another Hawthorn depot associated tour ticket. 1384.2 - Ticket printed on dark gold card using brown ink titled "Souvenir ticket to mark the 50th year of the opening of the Hawthorn Tramway Trust", gives dates of the opening, MMTB Takeover and closure. Notes it is the 11th TMSV tour.The date of the MMTB taken over has been changed in ink from "1st" to "2nd"trams, tramways, mmtb, tickets, tours, tmsv, htt, hawthorn

The original Mechanics Institute Hall burn down on 28/8/1965 and this book contains the minutes for the this hall.Standard Minute Book used by the Emerald Mechanic Institute in 1942minute book mechanics institute emerald

Ian Charles Teague (Major) served with AATTV 1964 -1965 and 1st Special Air Service 1970.Silver flip-top metal zippo cigarette lighter. Personalized by Ian Teague with his name and with blue and yellow Airborne insignia on front. Capt I.C. Teague/ Airborne insignia. AATTVzippo lighter, capt i.c. teague, aattv, australian army training team vietnam (aattv)

Mr. Ivan Brozntskyy was principal of Ukrainian Saturday school 'Ivan Franko' Sunshine from 1965 to 1966.Black and white photo, with date typed under photo. photo is attached to cardboard backing, is also framed with light blue patterned border. photo has been laminated.ivan brozntskyy, principal, ukrainian saturday school, ivan franko, sunshine

"The Du Ponts of Delaware" -W E Carr ,1965. The Du Pont company originally developed nylon.textile fibres textile fibres - synthetic, nylon, textile fibres, textile fibres - synthetic

The old bridge demolished in 1965. Photo shows John Henster and daughter standing , looking over the side.Black and white photo of bridge, Lake Road, Blackburnlake road blackburn, lake road bridge blackburn

The sedans are Wireless Patrol cars.Three police cars with blue lights on roof in yard at Dawson Street. L to R: Rambler registration number JGC-301, Studebaker Accident Appreciation Squad station wagon, registration number JFH-991, Studebaker registration number JGA-213. Circa 1965police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; studebaker car; studebaker station wagon; rambler car; dawson street; accident appreciation squad

"The Merry Widow" was composed by Austro Hungarian composer Franz Lehar with the libretto by Viktor Leon and Leo Stein. It was based on the comedy play "The Embassy Attache". It premiered in Vienna in 1905.Bendigo Operatic Society music programme. "The Merry Widow," - Capital Theatre, Bendigo - Opening Friday, April 30th, 1965 for 5 nights. A5 booklet of 15 pages. Booklet consists of lists and photos of people involved and organizing the concert, advertisements, synopsis of story and scenes. music, concert, programme

Black and white postcard entitled 'Blackburn Road'. Scene shows bridge over unmade road and heavily treed sides. Looking north|Known as Halley's Bridge.|Demolished in 1965.|Blue stones from bridge used in garden of Lynette Letcher in Clovely Court Blackburn.blackburn road, blackburn, hooke, albert arthur, halley's bridge, bridges, letcher lynette

This certificate is for the Comrade's Pledge awarded when joining the Methodist Girls' Comradeship. The pledge states that the candidate will by the help of God they will be a loyal Comrade and try to fulfil in her life the ideals and laws of the Order and participate in the work and worship of her Church.E3094.22.1 Cream bi-fold paper with black text. E3094.22.2 The pledge certificate has been completed and belonged to Beverley Johnston. E3094.22.3 The pledge certificate has been completed and belonged to Janet Woolhouse."Uniting Church Centre 14th June 1978 Beverly Johnston Audrey W Smith" "East Burwood 14th May, 1965 Janet Woolhouse Beverley J. Lowe"methodist girls' comradeship, methodist youth of australasia, beverley j lowe, state superintendent, janet woolhouse, east burwood, uniting church centre, beverley johnston, audrey d smith

Stratherne Presbyterian Girls' School was founded in 1889 at the home of Miss Ethel Dare at 45 Riversdale road, Hawthorn. The final location of the school was 131 Power street, Hawthorn - a house gifted to the school by Mr and Mrs John Patterson in 1923. The Alma Pedersen Cup was awarded for best general improvement in the Junior school. The school closed in 1968.Silver trophy with handles."Inter House Swimming Presented to Pat Seymour 1941 - 1944. 1963 Patterson House 1964 Patterson 1965 Dare 1966 Dare 1967 Patterson 1968 Dare"stratherne presbyterian girls' school hawthorn

Manuscript titled "A brief history of the Tramways of Bendigo", prepared by Keith Kings during 1965 based on the text in the last paragraph. Was to be a joint effort with Wal Jack, notes Wal's death in 1964. Provides a short history of Bendigo, the construction and operation of the battery and steam tram system, the take over and construction of the electric tramways by the Electric Supply Co. of Victoria. Includes the takeover by the SEC, replacement tramcars, the North Bendigo extension, exchange of cars with Ballarat, Geelong, attempts to close the system and operations during the mid 1960s. The material in this manuscript would have formed by the basis of a booklet published by the ARHS/TMSV at the time of the closure of the SEC operated tramways in 1971.Yields information about the history of Bendigo Tramways written in 1965. Has a strong association with the author who prepared a larger work when the tram system closed in 1971.Manuscript titled - The Tramways of Bendigo - 31 quarto typed pages, carbon copy.Has a number of corrections to the text.trams, tramways, manuscript, history, esco, sec, tramcars, steam trams, bendigo tramways

Refer also to Reg. No. 5110 for Byways Estate 1965 release, and Reg. No. 5114 for Byways Estate 1970 release.Double-sided real estate notice showing subdivision location with street and property layout, with separate A4 typewritten price listSubdivision plan includes Byways Drive, Buronga Avenue, Hender Street, Lester Avenue and Jess Court. (Agent) C.E. Carter & Son R.E.S.I. 126 Whitehorse Road, Ringwood (Telephone) 870 2519, A.H. 723 3298, 878 2648

Refer also to Reg. No. 5110 for Byways Estate 1965 release, and Reg. No. 5113 for Byways Estate 1967 release.Single page advertisement showing layout of the last stage of the Byways Estate subdivisionSubdivision plan includes Hume Street, Walhalla Drive and Hender Street. (Agent) C.E. Carter & Son R.E.S.I. 126 Whitehorse Road, Ringwood, 3134 (Telephone) 870 2519, 870 6830, 870 6024, A.H. 723 3298, 870 4604, 870 6454

Watsonia High School cookery apron made in 1965 needlework class by Dawn Petts for 1966 cookery class.White and blue cotton apron, with small white towel "DP" embroidered on apron and towelapron, watsonia high school

Corporal Trevor H Parrott served in Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1RAR, 1965 - 66.Set of six voice recordings of letters of Cpl Parrott, 1BN RAR to his wife in Kent Town South Australia. Each tape secure in postage boxrecording tapes, 1 rar, parrott, th parrott, tape, letter, recording

The Old Orchard Shopping Centre, situated on the corner of Springfield and Williams Road, Blackburn North, was opened in October 1965.Coloured photograph of the land on which the Old Orchard Shopping Centre was built. Sign on right 'Old Orchard Shopping Centre - A Lend Lease development.'old orchard shopping centre, blackburn, shopping centres

Depicts start of annual intercollegiate University of Melbourne Portsea to Melbourne tricycle race held between 1965 - 1983.Black and white photographNone

CEMA Art Collection Winner of 1965 Portland Art Society Art Prize for category Any other medium.The drawing depicts the burnt remains of a mountain top. In the foreground are two mountain edges which are black with a patch of blue and patch of orange/brown. In the background are remains of several burnt tree stumps on a purple/brown ground. The work has a thin wooden frame, white painted hessian and glass.Front: M Macqueen 64 (signature, lower right, black chalk) Back: MARY MACQUEEN "BURNT MOUNTAIN" (1964) (lower left, typed label) 1964 (upper right, yellow sticker and also pencil)female artist, women, landscape

The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. Three typed pages titled 'Opening of Legal Year Mar 1 (?) 1965. 'Mr Justise Starke' is handwritten across the top. Corrections in black ink.bendigo, council, speech notes, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo. opening of legal year 1965.