Two documents that show that in 2003 Melbourne Legacy decided to sell two of its properties, 22 Selwood St, Hawthorn East and 9 The Avenue, Windsor. This decision was taken due to rising maintenance costs and that the money raised from the sale of the properties could be used to benefit all 24,000 widows under their care. One document was a statement by President Tony Parkes about the decision and the other a letter from Jellis Craig offering to be involved in the sale. They had read about the decision in the Leader newspaper. No time frame had been set and all residents of these two properties would be consulted by Legacy personnel with a family member present. Also photocopies of the two land titles for the properties.This shows the commitment of Melbourne Legacy to ensure that residents individual circumstances, accomodation, needs preferences and location were considered in the move, and cause as little disruption to the residents as possible.Cream A4 paper, plus brochure from real estate agent, Jellis Craig,Stamped 'Received 09 JAN 2003 Melbourne Legacy' in blue ink, top left hand corner. Top centre Jellis Craig letter head. Letter signed Peter Batrouney and Micheal Armstrong (Jellis Craig).widows, properties, titles

Colour photograph of a slab building at Sovereign Hill, Ballarat East.sovereign hill, architecture, slab building, canvas roof

Colour photograph of the Main Road at Sovereign Hill, Ballarat East.sovereign hill, main road, clark borthers, c. spencer, t. murphy, architecture

Colour photograph of the Slab cottage at Sovereign Hill, Ballarat East.sovereign hill, main road, dilge's blacksmith

Digital image of W2 510 east bound in Collins St, with the King St intersection in the background. Tram showing route 47, Kew Depot. In the background is a RACV station wagon, a policeman on point duty. The tram has adverts for Berec butter, Photo by Dick Jones - reference - 510_CollinSt_DickJones_6711M7.34.62 Buildings as advised by Rod Atkins 11/11/2019 William Angliss Building 528 - 534 Collins street - NE cnr. of King street - since demolished New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Company Ltd. building 538 – 544 Collins Street – NW cnr. of King street. McPhersons Building 546 – 555 Collins Street. Edwards Dunlop and Company Ltd. Building 568 – 580 Collins Street – since demolished.trams, tramways, w2 class, collins st, kew depot, route 47, tram 510

See Ref. NA4362Childs maroon school zip front windcheater, long sleeves, school motif of white rising sun, with Blackburn East on scroll on left hand. Pockets on front, ribbing around neck, cuffs and waistband.Blackburn Eastcostume, children's uniform

Black spectacle case with hinged lid at one end. Small metal framed spectacles in case.Shepherds Friendly Society, East Anglia District - On Case.personal effects, seeing aids

"Margaret Robbie was another of the local painters who came late to art or combined it with a quite different occupation. Her grandparents, John Shaw and Margaret (Byers), went to Hobart in 1855 but then crossed the Strait and settled in Kyenton where they remained until 1918. Margaret was the issue of the marriage of Mary Shaw and Robbie. She spent a considerable time overseas for the YWCA, including a period as its General Secretary in Toronto, Canada, and worked in the Middle East during World War 2. Margaret Robbie made her garage in Ringwood Street into a flat-cum-studio-cum-gallery for her painting activities when she was not caring for her sister and an elderly aunt." - Hugh Anderson - Ringwood, Place of Many Eagles [p.218].Painting with cardboard border in glass-fronted frame.Sticker on back of frame - "Ringwood Framing Gallery, 233 Whitehorse Road Ringwood, Phone 8704930"

Prue Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation Study : Volume 2 - Development History’ (1988), summarised the periods of urban development and subdivisions of land in Kew. The periods that she identified included 1845-1880, 1880-1893, 1893-1921, 1921-1933, 1933-1943, and Post-War Development. These periods were selected as they represented periods of rapid growth or decline in urban development. An obvious starting point for Sanderson’s groupings involved population growth and the associated economic cycles. These cycles also highlighted urban expansion onto land that was predominantly rural, although in other cases it represented the decline and breakup of large estates. A number of the plans in the Kew Historical Society’s collection can also be found in other collections, such as those of the State Library of Victoria and the Boroondara Library Service. A number are however unique to the collection.Subdivision plans are historically important documents used as evidence of the growth of suburbs in Australia. They frequently provide information about when the land was sold on which a built structure was subsequently constructed as well as evidence relating to surveyors and real estate and financial agents. The numerous subdivision plans in the Kew Historical Society's collection represent working documents, ranging from the initial sketches made in planning a subdivision to printed plans on which auctioneers or agents listed the prices for which individual lots were sold. In a number of cases, the reverse of a subdivision plan in the collection includes a photograph of a house that was also for sale by the agent. These photographs provide significant heritage information relating house design and decoration, fencing and household gardens.The mansion Woodlands in Harp Road, East Kew suffered the death of a thousand cuts. In its case, the cuts were subdivisions. Previous subdivisions of the mansion and its grounds were given titles such as ‘The Eastlawn Estate’ (MAP.0055), whereas at the end, the subdivision called it as it was, naming itself the ‘final section of the Woodlands Estate’ when it was put up for auction in 1932. The emphasis in the promotion of the subdivision was that it provided purchasers with splendid opportunities ‘to build modern homes in select, well established modern surroundings’. As with other subdivisions in the interwar period, transport links were emphasised. The six residential lots cut Woodlands off from Harp Road. When the vendor, Louisa Rachel Preston Hill, was to die at Woodlands in 1937 aged 86 her address was given as Normanby Road.subdivision plans - kew, woodlands estate

Set of two reports from The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways. .1 - 8 pages - stapled report titled "General Scheme of Tramways for the Metropolis", dated 24/7/1923, examining the MMTB's General Scheme for Tramways (See Reg Item 2088, 2089 and 2098), includes financial position of the Board, tramway or railways, the scheme itself, committee recommendations and view of the railway's commissioners. .2 - 8 pages - stapled report titled "East Northcote and Ivanhoe Railless Electric Tramways" - dated 26/10/1922 - looking at proposal for a Railless tramway (trolley bus), district to be served for residential districts, proposals, annual costs, expenses, alternative routes, betterment tax or municipal guarantee, effect on railway revenue, view of the committee and recommendations. Note: These document are available as a pdf on the Parliament of Victoria website..2 - has "Mr. Lormer" in ink on top left hand corner.trams, tramways, mmtb, general scheme, tramways, development, parliament, railways, finances, construction, trolley buses, railless, northcote, ivanhoe

Report - 41 pages, photocopied, stapled in top left hand corner - titled "East Burwood Tramway Extension - beyond Middleborough Road - Feasibility Study - September 1982". No details as who made the report, though attached to the front cover by a paper clip is a Metropolitan Transit Authority with compliments sheet, stamped "Information Officer", office address of 616 Little Collins St. Gives details of proposals considered, population and land use, existing services, patronage, operating costs, revenue and provides an assessment. Looks at costs for an extension only to Blackburn Road, Springvale Road and to Vermont South. Report showed the cost benefit ratio for Blackburn Road was 1, and less for the other possibilities. Appears to be an update of the Oct. 1981 report - see Reg item 686.trams, tramways, east burwood, feasibility study, new tramway, mmtb, middleborough rd, vermont south

Foolscap duplicated reports or ""Transcript of Evidence Public Works Committee - Melbourne - 4 Dec. 1974 - East Preston Burwood Enquiry". Each set stapled in top left hand corner. 689.1 - First day - 54 pages - 4/12/1974 689.2 - Second day - 80 pages - 24/3/1975 - last page loose. 689.3 - 3rd day - 46 pages - 2/7/1975 689.4 - Report from the Parliamentary Public Works Committee - 7/6/1977 - 21 pages 689.5 - Newspaper cutting from The Sun, 18/1/1975, advertising the Committee and calling for submissions. 689.6 - Quarto sheet - Burwood Tram line extensions listing possible stops. See Reg Item 1354 for a report dated 7/7/1976.Each set of documents stamped "AETA" and "AETA Public Transport Committee" on the front sheet.trams, tramways, east burwood, victorian government, parliament, enquiries

Collection of Subdivision Plans, Land Sale flyers, Auction notices, and Real Estate Agent's notes for Coolooli Estate, Ringwood East, Victoria. Subdivision includes Coolooli Court, Isabel Avenue, Walhalla Drive, Cleland Street, Landell Court, Byways Drive, Heathwood Street and Hume Street, released over four stages - First Stage auction 16 August 1969, Second Release private sales from July 1970, Third Release Auction 11 September 1971, Final Release auction June 21st 1975. Agents - C.E. Carter & Son, 126 Whitehorse Road, Ringwood until moving to 122 Whitehorse Road in 1973 - Tel. 870 6024, 870 6830, 870 2519, A.H. 723 3298, 870 6960. Digitised copy of photograph - A.B. Carter and Andy McLean at Coolooli Estate auction, 11 September, 1971.

Folded A3 double sided page advertising auction of 14 timbered allotments - 3/4 to 4 acres, on Saturday, 10th December, 1983, with terms of sale, location map, and summary of subdivision features.Subdivision includes Angus Avenue, Vasey Concourse and Ruthven Way, Ringwood East, and Cheong Street, Croydon, Victoria. A covenant has been placed on most titles specifying that only one dwelling house can be erected during the next ten years. Auctioneers in Conjunction - Stockdale & Leggo, 422 Collins Street, Melbourne, (Telephone) 67 6661, A.H. 20 2364, and C.E. Carter & Son, 122 Whitehorse Road, Ringwood, Victoria 3134, (Telephone) 870 6211, A.H. 876 4124.

One of a collection of 15 photographs/postcards donated by Lois MullinsBlack & White postcard of Cowes beach east of Erehwon Point."Photo Shop Series No. 23" "The beach east of Erehwon Point, Cowes"cowes beach phillip island, phillip island beaches, coastline phillip island, lois mullins

Grey soft covered book including photorgraphspresbyterian church, anniversary, religion, fellowship, young men's fellowship, presbyterian girls' fellowship, fellowship arch

Possible dates: b. 12/10/1868, d. 14/10/1947. Husband, Alfred Coates was Home Missionary in Diamond Creek from 1910 to 1913 and in Bacchus Marsh on 18/3/191, according to the Argus, p. 19, 18/3/1916.B & W studio portrait of a seated Sister Bessie (Emma Elizabeth Coates nee Dau) dressed in her Home Missionary uniform.dau, emma elizabeth, sister bessie, methodist central mission, alfred coates, home missionary

Rev. Archibald E. Newton (1893 - 1959) entered Home Mission work at Waratah. He commenced his ministry in 1927 at Mt. Lyell and Strahan in Tasmania, and subsequently served at Wynard (1930), Wycheproof (1933), Traralgon (1937), Pascoe Vale & Merlynston (1943). He was appointed chaplain to metropolitan gaols in 1941, and from 1946 he was chaplain to gaols and hospitals, including mental hospitals. He parish was known as the "Pitiful Parish". Newton died in Dromana on 30 July 1959.B & W head and shoulders studio portrait of the Rev. Archibald E. Newton.Methodist Home Missions. Rev. A.E. Newton, Chaplain to Gaols & Hospitals.archibald e. newton, methodist, minister, home missionary, chaplain, pentridge prison

Joan Richard was a speaker at the Surrey Hills Historical Society meeting in November 2013. A watercolourist, she has been a long standing member of MSWPS, Past and Recent President in 2017 and a Life Member. The Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors was founded in 1902 by women who had been students at the Art School of the National Gallery of Victoria, to provide a forum for artistic discussion and an opportunity to view and comment on each other's work. Originally named the Students' Art Club, it became "Woomballana" (meaning either 'everlasting beauty' or 'search for beauty') Art Club, The Women's Art Club, the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and finally, in 1954, the present title was adopted. The history of the MSWPS and its members’ achievements, issues of the workplace, family and art commitments, the economic survival of artists, migrant artists and prejudice against women are also explored. Much of the information in “More Than Just Gumtrees” has not been available in previous publications; it includes hitherto unpublished sources - oral history interviews, minute books, reviews, letters, early photographs. There are includes biographies of over 300 artists, with individual exhibition lists, representation in public collections etc REF: MSWPS website. Artist Mabel Pye, who lived in Surrey Hills, is one of the featured artists.A history of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors and of the women who have belonged since 1902. Some of these women have become well-known to the art world, other have slipped by un-noticed. Incl. index, bibliography.To the Surrey Hills/Historical Society/Presented by/Joan Richard/19th November/2013melbourne society of women painters and sculptors, women painters, women sculptors, mabel pye, joan richard

Colour photograph of the Ballarat Times Office at Sovereign Hill, Ballarat East.sovereign hill, main road, ballarat times

Colour photograph of tents and rustic cottage at Sovereign Hill, Ballarat East.sovereign hill, tents, canvas roof, diggings

Colour photograph of tents and rustic cottage at Sovereign Hill, Ballarat East.sovereign hill, carver and dalton

Colour photograph of tents and rustic cottage at Sovereign Hill, Ballarat East.sovereign hill, the diggings

A number of children sit on the edge of the Eureka Swimming Pool, Ballarat East.eureka swimming pool, eureka, swimming, swimming pool