Belonged to the Maggs family and used for decorative beading work.1. Box with floral motif on the front: orchids on a blue background. Nestles Orchid Box.; 2. Two plastic containers, one red lid, one grey containing seed beads.; 3. Artistic cylindrical engraved needle box with removable head.Nestles - Orchid Box

Given to potential applicants wanting to join any arm of service. Enquiry at any drill hall for conditions of service.Conditions of Service in the Australian Militia Forces. Home defence only. Cream bifold leaflet with blue printing and with rising sun crest above printing.Conditions of Service in the Australian Militia Forces. Home defence only.

1. Programme: Ringwood Cricket Club; Premiership Smoke Night, Masonic Hall, Ringwood; Fri 29 July 1960.; 2. Flyer: Ringwood Borough Council Election McLeod, Lawrence Hurtle, [1] +Additional Keywords: McLeod, Lawrance Hurtle

Films were once conducted in the Ringwood Town Hall. This ceased with the increasing popularity of the Drive-In Theatre - one of which was located nearby in Maroondah Highway, Croydon.1. Tickets (2), Kirby's Theatres, Ringwood Town Hall, Sat 21 June, Resv Stalle E12 & E14 (Torn); 2. Ticket, Kirby's Theatres, Ringwood Town Hall, Sat 27 Oct, Dress Circle D15 (Torn); 3. Fri 15 Feb, Dress Circle G12 (Torn) for doorkeeper; 4. Village Drive In, Admit One 1/- Miller, Melbourne

1. Two tickets from Salvation Army to Mr & Mrs McCaskill, inviting them to the official opening of the Bush Fair.|2. A ticket to the Harvest Festival Thanksgiving with the Mayor J. K. McCaskill presiding over a program by the Bayswater Boys' Home.1. Green ticket with black printing and fruit motif.; 2. Buff coloured ticket with black printing.Salvation Army Ringwood

A suggested list of names suitable for streets in Ringwood, and showing origin of name. Two pages foolscap, 100 names approx. ; Hull: Surveyed Gippsland Road now Maroondah Highway, 1855 (Also name of roar in Croydon); Darke, Wm Wedge, Surveyed all land between Yarra and Western Port, including Ringwood - 1843; Wedge, Chas. Nephew of John Helder Wedge, Batman's surveyor, 1834. Active in Ringwood East Progress Association over 40 years ago.; "Barker's Track" - forerunner of Gippsland Road, Maroondah Highway.; Bickford, N Superintendent of Hodgkinson's Field Party of Surveyors etc. Original Land Owners; Isaacs,S. G. Bought first land in Ringwood - March 1858 - Lot 3; Moss, M.Lot 1 - April 1858; Davis, J. Lot 6 - April 1858; Riley, P. Lot 11 - April 1858; Marks, M.Lot 15 - November 1858; Wieland, C.F. Lot 14b - July 1872; Richter, K.H. Lot 14a - April 1869; Molloy, J. Lot 21 - December 1877; Watson, B. Lot 22a - April 1869; Stutt, W. Lot 27 - June 1884; Blood, R & W.Lot 42-3 - March 1872; Cox, J. Lot 41 - March 1870; Moncrieff, T.Lot 40a - September 1876; Pett, J. Lot 40b - January 1878; Feltham, F. Lot 28a - September 1881; Downing, J.J.Lot 32b - October 1881; Burge, W. Lot 39 - April 1875; Axford, W. Lot 32a - December 1877; Ball, E.A.Lot 37 - March 1869; Parker, G. Lot 28 - June 1882; Gangell, W.Lot 24a - January 1883; Hodgson, A.D. Lot 25a - May 1875; Muldowney, P. Lot 30d - June, 1877; Hosie, J.S. Lot 34, 30b - June 1878; Rourke, H.Lot 36 - July 1869; Duggan, T.Lot 35 - May 1870; Pach, W. Lot 30e - May 1884; Morris, J. Lot 25b - June 1882; Kleinert, A. Lot 29c - August 1886 +Additional Keywords: Hull / Darke, Wm Wedge / Wedge, Chas / Wedge, John Helder / Bickford, N

Used by district inspectors assessing the educational standards, buildings and grounds.Report Book Feb 1956 - Oct 1965. Grey covered with dark grey binding, mended with cream binding.

Minute Book of Committee for Ringwood Primary School No. 2997 Feb-1964 to May-1970.Minute Book of Committee for Ringwood Primary School No. 2997 Feb-1964 to May-1970. Grey cardboard covered book with cream cloth binding. Black printing on front - Form No (GC 560). All pages used.Feb-1964 to May-1970

Minutes of meetings held by the Finance Committee of the Ringwood State School from Jul-1964 to May-1971. Note in front cover 'Earlier minute books handed to Head Teacher, Ringwood State School 2997 on 25th March, 1968 for safe keeping' Signed Horn.Minutes of meetings held by the Finance Committee of the Ringwood State School from July 1964 to May 1971. Pale blue cardboard covers, cream cloth spine. Half pages unused. Sticky tape used on front edge of spine.Minute Book, Education Department, Victoria.

Handwritten article about Captain Edward Thomas Miles 21-Jul-1944, copied from a newspaper.This is a handwritten copy from an unnamed newspaper. Refer also to the Australian Dictionary of Biography.; 21-Jul-1944 - Newspaper.; He heard Dickens, Disraeli; Captain Edward Thomas Miles who died recently at Ringwood where he had lived in retirement for many years, was born in Hobart 1849 and gained Master Mariners Certificate at 21 and his first command two years later. Served in the China, South African and Indian Wars. Was on the China - London tea run.; Pioneered the coastal trade of Tasmania.; was warden of Hobart marine Board, Member for Glamorgan in the Tasmanian House of Assembly for 12 years and also a minister before Federation.; In 1905 got Concession from Siam to form the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Company, which later won 2,000,000 pounds worth of Tin. Sons and Grandsons managed the original company until present war, and one son and three grandsons remained to become prisioners of war.; Met Cecil Rhodes when he went to the Cape with his first sample of diamonds from the Kimberley.; With all other ship's officers was called out as special policeman to quell the Fenian riots in London.; Heard on several occasions Charles Dickens reading his own works. Listened to Disraeli and Gladstone speaking in the House of Commons.; With his partners built the Zeehan to Strahan railway, Tasmania, 29 miles. Was shipwrecked 3 times.; His first memory was that of travelling with his parents to the gold diggings in Victoria by bullock cart in 1852 at the age of three years. +Additional Keywords: Miles, Captain Edward Thomas / Dickens, Charles / Disraeli / Rhodes / Gladstone

Early memories of Ringwood by the writer, giving some details of her birth and early homes she lived in.Early memories of Ringwood by Margaret A. Barrett; Typed foolscap pages. Qty 2. +Additional Keywords: Barrett, Margaret A

Used by the Ringwood Arts and Crafts SocietyMinute book of the Ringwood Arts and Crafts Society. Mottled grey cover and blue cloth binding. All pages used. Minute 36 on front label.

As in Brief Description|1 of 5 belonging to J. HewishYellow cardboard certificate with brown printing Ringwood & District Horticultural Society. First Show held March 16, 1897. Second prize J. Hewish. +Additional Keywords: Hewish, J (President) / Williams, George A (Sec) / Oliver, Thomas, Printer, Lilydale.

Used by the mothers club of the Ringwood State SchoolMinute Book. Grey cardboard covered with cream cloth spine. All pages used.Minute Book. Mothers Club Nov 1965 - Nov 1974

Minute book of the Mothers Club Committee for the Ringwood Primary School No 2997 Nov-1982 to 1988.Minute book of the Mothers Club Committee for the Ringwood Primary School No 2997 Nov-1982 to 1988. Red covered Collins 3880 Series Minute Book - with gold lettering. All pages filled.

Train tickets used from Ringwood to various locations and a pram storage ticket. See also 3334.Five train tickets:; 1. Blue Ringwood to Blackburn; 2. Ringwood to Geelong - half blue/half brown; 3. Ringwood East to Williamstown Pier- 2 tickets buff colour; 4. Storage ticket for a pram - buff with green central strip

Green and grey light cardboard bifold programmes with green printing - picture of Civic Centre on the front. +Additional Keywords: Hubbard, B. J. (Mayor) / Webster, J.N. (Town Clerk) / Robertson, A.C. (City Engineer)Official opening Ringwood Civic Centre Saturday 7-Feb-1970

Pass Book of the State Savings Bank of Victoria. Grey cardboard cover with red spine belonging to Mr John G Aird Sr. a/c 260 Pounds 11 Shillings paid in full 16-Sep-1924. +Additional Keywords: Aird Sr., John G.

List of local publications, plans, programmes, currency, maps etc., identified with the Maroondah area.List of items in Maroondah Time Capsule. Pale lemon coloured A4 page

Prepared by student Jessie A Lamphies possibly 1974Book 'Vana' exercise book. On cover: 'Sewing Notes Jessie A Lamphies SS4087 Rippon Lea'. 58pp. Alternate graph and lined pages. Contains samples of materials. +Additional Keywords: Lamphies, Jessie A

30 annual reports including 13 with individual plastic binding for Ringwood & District Cricket Association Inc from seasons 1979/80 to 2014/15. Missing 1977/78. 2016/17 Annual Report & Balance Sheet added August 2017.

Mrs Jessie Hill trained in 1935 and donated her book of hand stitched samples to the Historical Society in 1989.Book A3 size with thick brown paper cover. The book has eight pages of thick caramel coloured paper with sewing samples attached. Bound with yellow cord. +Additional Keywords: Hill, Jessie, Mrs