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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Casterton, Victoria, c. 1946
SOURCED FROM CASTERTON TOWN HALL (FORMER SHIRE OF GLENELG)Black and white photo postcard. Casterton 1946 flood. Man in overalls in foreground behind barbed wire fence, several 44 gallon drums. Buildings on left, tractor towing horse float, whole area flooded, no dry land visible.Back: Purple stamp 'POSTCARD' Purple photographer's stampcasterton, flood, 1946, tourism -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Envelope, n.d
Brown envelope, 'J.L. Wyatt & Co. Auctioneer, Land Stock & Commission Agents Portland' printed on top left. Addressed by hand to H.L. Vivian, Percy St. Portland. Details of a crown allotment handwritten on front of envelope, in black ink and pencil.Back: 'Margaret Ann Clarke ?Lofty' - handwritten, black ink. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - aerial view of Portland, c. 1954
Black and white aerial photograph of coastline around Portland. Black border, scale all sides, 5 rows of 3 't' at regular intervals. Bottom half ocean, top half land, separated by beach, further left than 8471Front: '607 - 90 ' - handwritten, white, borderaerial photography, central portland, portland harbour, south west coastline -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photographs/documents, Harris Family memorabilia - photos of house and land, wedding etc. Will of Richard Francis Harris. Death Cert of James Augustine Harris. 1960s-1980s, 1960-1980s
Collection of the Harris family memorabilia given to Richard Carter by Judy O'Neill. Wedding groups may be James Harris' wedding. The collection of 22 photos include boring for water in the 1968 drought. The will of Richard Francis Harris gives a share to James Augustine Harris. James Augustine Harris' vaccination certificate was sent to Mr. M.W. Harris, Queen Street Bendigo. James lived in Dorset Rd Boronia prior to his death.Collection of 22 photos - 9x9 - black and white - house and land; 4 wedding photos - un-named; 3 miscellaneous photos; Will of Richard Francis Harris; Vaccination certificate; Death certificate of James Augustine Harris with his funeral arrangements and tributes -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Flyer, Land Sale Advertisement - Woodlands Estate, North Ringwood, Victoria - circa 1970
Double sided single-page advertisement for land sale with locality map and layout of Woodlands Estate subdivision in North Ringwood, with summary of local features and services. No indication of date of flyer other than post-Eastland Shopping Centre opening in 1967.Subdivision includes Oban Road, Terrigal Close, Dorelaw Drive (later Melview Drive), Naroo Court, and Barook Court. Agent's rubber stamp imprint - H.C. Walton & Son, 264 Doncaster Road, North Balwyn. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - H.A. & S.R. WILKINSON COLLECTION: CONDITION OF SALE
Conditions of sale by private contract dated 22nd May, 1930 between D.K Doxford (seller) and G. Rasmussen (buyer) for land situate in Charles Street, Bendigo, together with 5-roomed weatherboard dwelling and all sundry. Price 440 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - H.A. & S.R. WILKINSON COLLECTION: CONDITION OF SALE
Conditions of sale by private contract dated 2nd July, 1936 between J.H. Hunt (seller) and J.E. Raabe (buyer) for land situate No.7 Drought Street, together with 5-roomed weatherboard dwelling and all sundry. Price 475 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - H.A. & S. R. WILKINSON COLLECTION: CONDITION OF SALE
Conditions of sale by private contract dated 20th. February, 1926 between R. Rigby and H. A. Wilkinson for land situate in Allingham Street, Golden Square at present occupied by vendor together with 4-roomed weatherboard dwelling for the price of 225 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - H.A. & S.R. WILKINSON COLLECTION: CONDITION OF SALE
Conditions of sale by private contract dated 10th. August, 1928 between S. Hunter and G. Coates for land at the corner of Clark and Haman Streets, Bendigo together with water pipes, W.C. and all sundry for the price of 27 pounds and 10 shillings.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - RAVENSWOOD CROWN LANDS
Photograph, Ravenswood Crown Lands ( water reserve ) 3 stone cottages on Crown land near Ravenswood shearing shed. Cottages were used by the shearing teams. One contains a large wood stove and alongside, a bread oven (bricked over)photograph, building, ravenswood estate -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Letter - Brian Robinson, EPA Chairman re cleanup of Bayside development site, Ewan Ogilvy's Bayside Papers, Box One, 1988
Ewan Ogilvy, former Melbourne Councillor and also of Community Services Victoria, Inner Urban Ministerial Advisory Committee and Uniting Church's Centre for Urban Research and Action (CURA), was instrumental in social justice approaches to town planning. He and CURA's Social Justice and the City Project funded Port Melbourne community groups protesting against the SCDC development in 1987. His files were presented to the Society in May 2001 on his preparation for leaving Victoria.From Ewan Ogilvy's chronologically organised 'Bayside Papers' relating to the proposed development of Port Melbourne industrial land in the late 1980s: Letter from EPA chairman Brian Robinson regarding cleanup of development site, included in bound black fileAll items signed 'Ewan Ogilvy'town planning, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, public action campaigns, environmental issues, public housing, ewan ogilvy, centre for urban research and action, sandridge city development co pty ltd, scdc, brian robinson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Postcard - Public Transport Victoria, stylised view of Bay Street, Port Melbourne, Public Transport Victoria, 2017
Art deco style representation of Bay Street Port Melbourne with palm trees, bus and Mediterranean looking buildings. yachts in the Bay and moon rising behind land. Reverse side pale blue with text (Charles Rennie Macintosh style font)"Take a stroll under the palms of Port Melbourne. Explore the world of Melbourne by bus."built environment, bay street, public transport victoria -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, Ewan Ogilvy's Bayside Papers, Box Three - Victorian Auditor General's Office - Special Report No. 18: Bayside Development, 1988
Ewan Ogilvy, former Melbourne Councillor and also of Community Services Victoria, Inner Urban Ministerial Advisory Committee and Uniting Church's Centre for Urban Research and Action (CURA), was instrumental in social justice approaches to town planning. He and CURA's Social Justice and the City Project funded Port Melbourne community groups protesting against the SCDC development in 1987. His files were presented to the Society in May 2001 on his preparation for leaving Victoria.From Ewan Ogilvy's chronologically organised 'Bayside Papers' relating to the proposed development of Port Melbourne industrial land in the late 1980s: Victorian Auditor General's Office - Special Report No. 18: Bayside Development - blue/green soft cover bookSigned 'Ewan Ogilvy'town planning, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, public action campaigns, environmental issues, public housing, missions to seamen, ewan ogilvy, sandridge city development co pty ltd, scdc, linton r lethlean, barry pullen - mlc -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - SCDC Report, Ewan Ogilvy's Bayside Papers, Box One, 1987 - 1998
Ewan OGILVY, former Melbourne Councillor and also of Community Services Victoria, Inner Urban Ministerial Advisory Committee and Uniting Church's Centre for Urban Research and Action (CURA), was instrumental in social justice approaches to town planning. He and CURA's Social Justice and the City Project funded Port Melbourne community groups protesting against the SCDC development in 1987. His files were presented to the Society in May 2001 on his preparation for leaving Victoria.From Ewan OGILVY's chronologically organised 'Bayside Papers' relating to the proposed development of Port Melbourne industrial land in the late 1980s: Sandridge City Development Corporation report on hydraulic model testing and comp. modelled traffic estimates September 1987All items signed 'Ewan Ogilvy'town planning, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, public action campaigns, environmental issues, transport - motor vehicles, ewan ogilvy, centre for urban research and action, sandridge city development co pty ltd, scdc -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LEASE DOCUMENT FOR FIRST SANDHURST RACECOURSE(PHOTOCOPY), 1855
Photocopy of the original lease for land for a public racecourse. Lease between the Queen and L. McLachlan and Others (Panton, Emmett, Bell, Ladbury and Tierney). Dated 11th October 1855. The photocopy was sent to Felicity Kingerlee with an undated letter from Harold Freeman. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LANDS OFFICE: REPORT OF LAND SALES BY AUCTION 1881 - 1895, 1881 - 1895
Document: LANDS OFFICE: REPORT OF LAND SALES BY AUCTION 1881 - 1895 Green hard cover book with buff spine and corners. Contains reports of sale by public auctions of crown lands in Charlton, St. Arnaud, Avoca, Donald, Wedderburn, Wycheproof.Lands Officeplace, land sales, auctions, lands office, land surveyed, land sold, land sales, auction -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: CENTRAL NAPOLEON GOLD MINING CO. N.L, 16th April 1951
Document: Letter to the Central Napoleon Gold Mining Co N.L from McColl Rankin & Stanistreet notifying the company that Mr J.Bakker's land application no 94/152 has been approved, marked in grey pencil on map located in document 2205.706a.organization, business, industrial - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, central napoleon -
Dutch Australian Heritage Centre Victoria
Boch Delfts Wall Plate, Boch
A fully decorated Boch Delfts wall plate depicting a scene with water, sailing boats, a small dinghy, distant land with village and a glimpse of shore in the foreground. The whole is encircled by a ribbon of blue. The broad outer edge is decorated with leaf and flower patterns.The marks "Boch" and "Delfts" encircled by flower patterns cover a small central area on the back. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Miss Fit
A black and white photograph of an armoured Engineer D8 bulldozer 'Miss Fit' involved in land and mine clearing operations up to the foothills of the Long Hai Mountains. The Engineer on the front of the D8 was directed. The driver, who could not see, because of the thicknss of the jungle.photograph, d8 bulldozer, long hai hills, engineers, gibbons collection catalogue -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Search And Destroy Mission
A black and white photograph of IV Corps Mekomg Delta South Vietnam,1969. Helicopters of the 135th Assalt Helicopter Company land Vietnamese rangers in rice paddies, in the Delta, to commence a series of search and destroy missions against NVA/VietCong in the area.photograph, iv corps, mekong delta, 135th aslt helicopter co. emus, nva/vc, gibbons collection catalogue -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Plaque
A red wall shield with Land Warefare Centre written on top. A gold dragon emblem in the centre with Australia written on a silver boomerang. There is a plaque at the bottom of the shield that reads Presented to Wo2 I McPhail From LWC Sgts Mess Dec 81shield, mcphail collection -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Battle to ground land grabs, 2004
The Municipal Association of Victoria is fighting for exemption from laws that allow council owned land to be acquired by adverse possession.The Municipal Association of Victoria is fighting for exemption from laws that allow council owned land to be acquired by adverse possession. Like other councils Whitehorse has spent thousands fighting such claims. In 2000 the council lost a part of Forest Hill serve.The Municipal Association of Victoria is fighting for exemption from laws that allow council owned land to be acquired by adverse possession. city of whitehorse, mccallum, jessie, forest hill reserve, parks and reserves, lanes, municipal association of victoria -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, History of the largest remaining orchard in the Nunawading District (Matheson's), 1989 - 1991
Senior school or university assignment being history of the largest remaining orchard in the Nunawading District, Matheson's Orchard.Senior school or university assignment being history of the largest remaining orchard in the Nunawading District, Matheson's Orchard. Researched by Martin, Brendan and Barry Dillon. Corrections and additions by Marjory B. Miller, nee Marny Matheson. Copies of land titles included.Senior school or university assignment being history of the largest remaining orchard in the Nunawading District, Matheson's Orchard. orchards, morton, william, matheson, charles, fankhauser, walter john, mary, matheson's orchard -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Caring For Senior Citizens, 1996
Vermont Elderly People's homes has completed Stage 1 of Dandvue Village units - for aged pensioners capable of independent living. The land was the old site of Vermont Primary School. Article includes brief details of other projects involving the organisation.vermont primary school, no. 1022, retirement homes and villages, vermont elderly peoples homes, kirkpatrick, birdie, palmer, cyril, hauser, ken, williams, muriel -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Forest Hill, 1/06/1937
Photocopy of contract of sale between Julius Draeger, vendor and John Ernest Kleinert, 19 June 1937, for 15 acres of land being part of Crown Portion 94, Certificate of Title, Vol 3715 Fol 742908 (Certificate of Title ND576)land sales, draeger, carl julius otto, kleinert, john ernest, glebe street, forest hill -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Why they gave 4 acres, 1/01/1967 12:00:00 AM
Two articles from Nunawading Gazette and The Sun on Mr & Mrs Arthur Hooke donating their 4 acres of land at Blackburn to create Wandinong Sanctuary.Two articles from Nunawading Gazette and The Sun on Mr & Mrs Arthur Hooke donating their 4 acres of land at Blackburn to create Wandinong Sanctuary. They did not want their property subdivided so left it as a perpetual sanctuary for the people to be maintained by Nunawading Council.Two articles from Nunawading Gazette and The Sun on Mr & Mrs Arthur Hooke donating their 4 acres of land at Blackburn to create Wandinong Sanctuary. hooke, albert arthur, hooke, janet emily, wandinong sanctuary -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Map, City of Nunawading Historical Geography Project
Periods covered 1834-1879. Early colonists to coming of railway, 1880-1918 Land boom, bust to WW1, 1919-1944 Part WW1 to end of WW2, 1945-present Post war suburban explosion - farming, clay industries,settlement.local history, heritage awareness study steering commitee, johnston chris, walker, vanessa, vosper, maria, kellaway, carlotta -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - JOHANSON COLLECTION: MORTGAGE MRS CATHERINE STUART RICHARDS
Legal document: On front No. 29869, Mrs. C. Richards to the Commissioners of the State Savings Bank of Victoria, dated 21st Feb 1921, for amount of 250 pounds, for land 33 7/10 perches allotment 10, section 80, City of Bendigo.bendigo, land sales, allot 8, sec 80 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - IAN DYETT COLLECTION: AUCTION CATALOGUE - SHEPPARTON MUNICIPAL QUARRIES
Orange covered catalogue for auction of Extensive Quarry Machinery, Plant, Equipment and Land of the Shepparton Municipal Quarries at Dookie held on 27th June, 1939. Printed by The Cambridge Press. Contains description of lots. J. H. Curnow & Son were the auctioneers.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - shepparton municipal quarries, j h curnow & son, the cambridge press -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - Original B/W Photograph, Former Whyke's Grocer building, Warrenheip St, Buninyong, 18 September 1993
Original building was established by Whyke's family Grocery, built in 1860s. Stripped to apricot brickwork. Verandah removed. Situated East Side of Warrenheip St between Eyre St and Forest St, Buninyong. Building much altered and used as a restaurant in 1970s. Fell into disrepair. Revival took place but not restoration. 1990s under threat of demolition if not conforming to council safety requirements. Building has since been renovated as a pizza restaurant (2023). Vacant lots have since been built on.Established by a prominent local family, an example of a mid 19th century shop. Black and white photo of former Whykes Grocer, 1860's. Streetscape photo of former Whykes Grocer brick building. Power pole with Warrenheip St sign. 3 other shopfronts visible, street trees and vacant land between shops.buninyong, whykes, grocery, building, street scape, warrenheip st