The Kew railway was opened in 1887, and diverged from the main (Box Hill–Lilydale) line about half-way between Hawthorn and Glenferrie. From the point of divergence the line was slightly less than one mile long, and it had only one intermediate station — Barker. There were four road over-bridges and two level crossings, including one over the busy Barkers Road. The line supported a passenger and goods service, and was electrified in December 1922, at the same time as the main line to Box Hill. There were a number of peak hour services which ran from Flinders Street station (Melbourne) to Kew, but in 1938 all but one of these were diverted to the Ashburton line, where traffic was growing. This had an adverse effect on Kew traffic, as passengers from Kew needed to cross over a footbridge at Hawthorn to change trains, and the main line trains were usually already crowded by the time they reached Hawthorn. At about the same time the off-peak trains were replaced by road buses. In 1952 all passenger trains were withdrawn, but the road bus service continued for many years. Goods trains were finally withdrawn in 1957, and the railway was dismantled in 1958-59. (Source: Frank Stamford, 'The Hawthorn - Kew Railway')Small black and white snapshot of the last passenger train at Barker Railway Station in 1952. The photograph, one of 12, is part of a larger album of newspaper clippings, timetables, tickets and photos relating to the Kew Railway Line, taken and compiled by Lachlan Richardson, while a resident of Kew. The album dates from the 1950s. The album is part of a larger subject file on the Kew Line, compiled over time by members of the Kew Historical Society."Barker Station / August 1952"kew railway line, transport -- railways -- kew (vic.), barker railway station, kew branch line

These picture books were read to very young children in the early 1900's. A collection of 12 children's books for the very young. 1. A for Apple. 2. The Words of Jesus. 3. The Sleeping Beauty. 4. The Peg Family Number Books. 5. Father Tuck's Letter Box. 6. Nursery Land Adventures. 7. Chatterbox. 1912. 8. Range Rider Annual. 9. My ABC of Shops. 10. The Last Days of Jesus. 11. The Boyhood and Manhood of Jesus. 12. Fun and Frolic.books, baby books, children's books, children's fiction

A British family magazine for Sabbath reading. Various religious themes.Red cloth-bound hardcover book. Front and back covers detached from spine, spine torn and very worn. Title and date (1875) in gold print front cover & spine. Fly leaf, title page and pp. 1-2 missing. last pages & back flyleaf missing. Foxing throughout, torn/ragged-edged pages. Pages gilt edged. 826 pp. Very poor condition.Nil.british family magazine, whitburgh cottage collection, sunday reading

The Fred Rochow Railways Collection incorporates photos related to the operation of the Wodonga Railway Station including different types of trains and railways staff C. 1930 – 1990. It was donated to the Wodonga Historical Society by Fred Rochow, a railwayman who spent many years based in Wodonga. He joined the Victorian Railways on 17th June l947 and retired in 1988. For some time, he was a member of the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen and served a term as a member of the Trades Hall Council. He had an extensive knowledge of the struggles that took place to achieve better conditions for railway workers. Fred worked for many years as a fireman and then worked his way up the ranks to driver, experiencing many changes from the days of steam locomotives through to diesel trains, locomotives and even the modern XPT train. He worked throughout Victoria at different stages of his career, with his final working years focused on the northeast of Victoria and the Albury to Melbourne line. After his retirement, Fred continued to share his love of steam miniature trains with the community.This collection has local and statewide significance as it captures images of trains, locomotives and personnel who operated the railway services in Wodonga and throughout Northeast Victoria. The railways played a critical role in opening up Victoria and connecting Australia for trade, business, social communication and transport.Guard Hugh Fraser about to take his last ride on 10 May 1971. He started his career with Victorian Railways as a Lad Porter on 1 July 1924 at Oakleigh Station. He worked as a Shunter at Korumburra, Williamstown Pier, Woodend and Ballarat. Hugh was Leading Shunter at Wodonga from 1935 until 1941. His final position was as Guard at Wodonga from 1941 until May 1971.railways wodonga, fred rochow, wodonga railwaymen, hugh fraser

Newspaper clipping - full page newspaper - from the MX news, Friday 11/10/2002 - titled "Melbourne's last work of art. (And you thought it was just a tram stop.)", featuring stop 6, Collins St, Town Hall - about Yarra Trams Superstops - notes that Yarra trams were awarded the John Truscott Design Foundation award recognising excellence in community designs. Also advertises Route 109.trams, tramways, yarra trams, superstops, collins st, route 109, tram stops

Black and white image of a man with moustache, wearing working clothes and boots. Bundles of twigs propped against fence post and rail behind him. The clothing appears quite ragged in appearance. His trousers are held up by rope tied at his waist. Jimmy was said to be the last Chinese miner to live in the Linton area. The photograph shows Jimmy in his market garden on Snake Valley Road, Linton, circa1900.jimmy lee ching, chinese, miners, linton

Established by Patrick Kavanagh and William English in Surry Hills, Sydney in 1922 as a subsidiary of Kande Kitchenware. They manufactured and sold kitchenware until the 1960's.Price List - July 1st 1934 KAVANAGH & ENGLISH LTD. Manufacturers of 'Kande' kitchenware Lacey street, Sydney. It consists of 10 pages printed in B&W ink.The last 4 pages have B&W illustrations of kitchenware. A small leaflet ( measuring 12.5 x 9 cm) printed in red ink is glued to the front of the booklet. It mentions 'TERMS as from 1st July, 1934' There are two staples on the spine.

The main content is war news with photos plus sports news, interesting adverts by businesses in Cairo and Alexandria, last page has photos of Australian soldiers in Syria with ancient Roman and Crusader ruins.Newspaper, The AIF News, issued y the Australian Imperial Force Middle East, classed as 8 pages, yellowed, all print in black, contains photos.“The AIF News, Saturday 5 July 1941 No 69”the aif news, middle east, 1941

This document proposes the change of land use from farming and quarrying to residential. This also includes the proposal for a Civic Centre in the (then) Shire of Diamond Valley. The plans listed in the 'Schedule of Plans' on last page are missing.Includes proposal for the Aqueduct to be converted to an underground system. Includes statistics relating to population increase. Dark brown plastic folder. 23 foolscap-size pages. Maps, Application for Permits to subdivide land in the Greensborough area.partington family, mitchell family, whittingham family, albion reid, diamond valley civic centre, shire of diamond valley

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show events and people from the Churchill Island precinct.Black and White photograph of Victorian Farmer's Union cairn commemorating James Grant. Enlarged with white border.Catalogue number in pencil on reversejames grant, cairn, churchill island

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show conservation efforts that were undertaken at Churchill Island.Black and White photograph with white border depicting alert koala on tree branch during the day.Catalogue number in pencil on reverse. Stamp on reverse: "COPYRIGHT/FISHERIES & GAME DEPT./VICTORIA"churchill island, koala, photograph, conservation

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show conservation efforts from the Churchill Island precinct.Black and White photograph showing volunteer in a gum tree attempting to capture a koala.Catalogue number in pencil on reverse. "3"?"w" on top-right reverse in pencilchurchill island, koala, conservation

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show conservation efforts from the Churchill Island precinct.Black and white photograph of koala and joey hanging onto diagonal branchCatalogue number in pencil on reverse. "5" in pencil on reversechurchill island, koala, photograph

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show candid pictures taken by previous residents of the Island.Small black and white photo with a white border showing two women, two horses, and a dog.On reverse: "CHURCHILL EASTER 1946/ ME.JOAN.L" in pen. Catalogue number on reversechurchill island, photograph

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show candid pictures taken by previous residents of the Island.Faded black and white photograph with a white border showing two women in front of the waterside.Catalogue number written in pencil on reverse. 'Churchill Mum + Me 1946' written in pen on reverse. 'Kodak Print' stamp on reversechurchill island, photograph

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show candid pictures taken by previous residents of the IslandBlack and white photograph depicting view across the inlet separating Churchill Island to Phillip Island with mud and scrub in the foreground.Catalogue number written in pencil on reverse. 'Churchill 1946' in pen on reversephotograph, churchill island

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show candid pictures taken by previous residents of the Island.Black and White photograph depicting two women standing in front of a stand of trees with a narrow inlet of water in the background.Catalogue number written in pencil on reverse. 'Churchill Island 1946/Mum + Me' in pen on reversechurchill island, photograph

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show candid pictures taken by previous residents of the Island.Black and white photograph showing a man, a dog, and a Bugatti with a trailer behind the car. The man is standing beside the car and a ferry can be seen in the background, along with a narrow inlet and some trees.Catalogue number in pencil on reverse. Three different hands writing three inscriptions in pencil on reverse. 'HARRY JENKINS AND HIS BUGATTI';'At end of Churchill Road';'Note Punt c.1941' '6''29' stamped on reverse in blue ink. 'Kodak Print' stamp on reverse. churchill island, harry jenkins

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show candid pictures taken by previous residents of the Island.Black and white photograph of a women driving a tractor on a muddy ground with wooden/corrugated steel buildings in the background. Catalogue number written in pencil on the reverse. 'Think it is Billie Wilson on Tractor' written in pencil on reverse. 'c.1941' written in pencil in different hand on reverse. 'Kodak Print' stamp on reverse. '6''29' stamp in blue ink on reversechurchill island, photograph

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show candid pictures taken by previous residents of the Island. Black and white photograph showing a wheelbarrow and buckets overflowing with lush produce and vegetables. Photograph taken behind Rogers' Cottages at Churchill Island.Catalogue number written on reverse in pencil. 'Rogers Cottage behind/A load of vegetables from the garden/c.1940' written in pencil on reverse. 'Kodak Print' stamped in black ink on reverse. '1''34' stamped in black on reverse' 'VELOX' stamped repeatedly diagonally on reversechurchill island, photograph

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show candid pictures taken by previous residents of the Island. Black and white photograph showing a man in a dingy motoring away from the camera across an inlet heading to Churchill IslandTREV LEAVING MAINLAND 1953 [written in pen on reverse] Catalogue number written in pencil on reverse.photograph

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show candid pictures taken by previous residents of the Island.Black and white photograph showing a paddock with a fence line and a stand of trees running diagonally from the foreground to the background.Catalogue number written in pencil on reverse. 'Churchill 1953' written in pen on reversechurchill island, photograph

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show candid pictures taken by previous residents of the Island. Black and white photograph showing an old barn partially shrouded by a large eucalyptus tree.Catalogue number on reverse in pencil. Four different styles of handwriting on the reverse of the photograph. All in pencil. 'Note the old square (?) water tank.' 'Near old barn. Note eucalypt - one koala was here. c.1940' '69' '44'churchill island, photograph

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show candid pictures taken by previous residents of the Island.Black and white photograph showing a landscape view along Churchill Island with a tree partially framing the left hand side.Catalogue number on reverse in pencil. Three different styles of handwriting in pencil on reverse. 'From Boys' Home End of Island c.1930s' .'315'. '69'churchill island, photograph

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show candid pictures taken by previous residents of the Island. Black and white photograph showing a group of five men on a furled sailboat. Photograph shows a body of water and a view of Churchill Island in the backgroundCatalogue number written in pencil on reverse. Four different styles of handwriting on reverse in pencil. 'Going fishing' 'on Harry Jenkins' big boat c.1941' '946' '69'churchill island, photograph, harry jenkins

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show candid pictures taken by previous residents of the Island. Black and white photograph showing three men, a parked car on the right side, unloaded bags, and a stand of three trees.Catalogue number written in pencil on reverse. Four different styles of handwriting on reverse in pencil. 'Ken Stoll and Ray Ghelliar and Ken's automobile on Phillip Island at the end of Churchill Island. Waiting to be pushed up by dingy' '69' '337' 'c.1940' photograph, churchill island

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show candid pictures taken by previous residents of the Island. Black and White photograph showing aerial view of Churchill IslandCatalogue number written on reverse in pencil. 'Churchill Is. 1.1.40 Photo Capt Patterson A.N.A' written on reverse in pencil '5''34' stamped in black on reverse. 'VELOX' stamped repeatedly in diagonal pattern on reversephotograph, churchill island

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show candid pictures taken by previous residents of the Island.Black and White photograph showing seven people posing around the cannon in front of the Norfolk Pine at Churchill Island.Catalogue number written in pencil on reverse. 'Max Cumming Gordon Grant Esther Grant Gid Ashley + ?' 'c.1939' written in pencil on reverse. '3''81' stamped in black on reverse.churchill island, photograph, cannon

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show candid pictures taken by previous residents of the Island. Black and white photograph showing a man on a horse looking at the camera, and another man looking at the horse. Tall trees and sky dominate the background.Catalogue number written on reverse in pencil. 'Max Cumming and (Me) Arthur Evans on the horse' 'Note Pine Trees' 'c.1938' written on reverse in pencil in different hand writing. '3''81' stamped on reverse 'Agfa B yira' stamped on reversechurchill island, photograph

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show candid pictures taken by previous residents of the Island.Black and White Photograph showing Ted Jenkins in a cart being pulled by a horse. A foal is visible to Jenkins' right.Catalogue number written in pencil on reverse. 'Ted Jenkins in the pony cart' written in pencil on reverse 'c.1940' written in pencil on reverse 'KODAK PRINT' stamped on reverse' '1''78' stamped in black ink on reversechurchill island, ted jenkins, photograph