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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Street names, 1989
... Nunawading Historical Society... Historical Society, on the history of the Mitcham street names...Whitehorse Historical Society Inc. 2-10 Deep Creek Road ...Artic;le by Gwenda Trethewy, member of Nunawading Historical SocietyArtic;le by Gwenda Trethewy, member of Nunawading Historical Society, on the history of the Mitcham street names, Endeavour, Flinders, Moresby and Beaufort, Oct - Dec 1989 and map of the area and an extract of the article.Artic;le by Gwenda Trethewy, member of Nunawading Historical Societystreet names, trethewey, gwenda, turner, (commander), nunawading historical society, endeavour street, mitcham, flinders street, mitcham, moresby street, mitcham, beaufort street, mitcham -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Visit by Mitcham High School, 1/10/1985
... Nunawading Historical Society... Nunawading Historical Society and City of Nunawading archives, 1st...Whitehorse Historical Society Inc. 2-10 Deep Creek Road ...Resource Kit for Mitcham High School students visiting Nunawading Historical Society and City of Nunawading archives, 1st October 1985. Comprises examples of land documents relating to the Mitcham area.mitcham high school, nunawading historical society, city of nunawading, mitcham -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Audio - Audio Cassette, Municipal Planning, 13/04/1996 12:00:00 AM
... Nunawading and District Historical Society... to Nunawading & District Historical Society meeting, 13th April, 1996...Whitehorse Historical Society Inc. 2-10 Deep Creek Road ...Cassette - Talk by Ron O'Neill on Municipal Planning given to Nunawading & District Historical Society meeting, 13th April, 1996. Ron was the former Strategic Planning Officer in the former City of Nunawading.nunawading and district historical society, o'neill, ron, municipal planning -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Postcard, Historic Postcard - Set 2 no 6- Shire Hall, Nunawading, c1890
... Box Hill Historical Society... by Box Hill Historical Society - 2 copies...Whitehorse Historical Society Inc. 2-10 Deep Creek Road ...Black and white historic postcard (Set 2 No 6 ) Shire of Nunawading Hall, Station Street, Box Hill, c1890. Original supplied by Box Hill Historical Society - 2 copiesbox hill historical society, shire of nunawading hall, nunawading library & information service -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Correspondence, Invitation, 1978
... Nunawading and District Historical Society...Invitation from Nunawading & District Historical Society...Whitehorse Historical Society Inc. 2-10 Deep Creek Road ...Invitation from Nunawading & District Historical Society to all teachers and students (HSC History) to attend a talk entitled 'Attitude to non-European Migration' by Don Gibb from Rusden State CollegeInvitation from Nunawading & District Historical Society to all teachers and students (HSC History) to attend a talk entitled 'Attitude to non-European Migration' by Don Gibb from Rusden State CollegeInvitation from Nunawading & District Historical Society to all teachers and students (HSC History) to attend a talk entitled 'Attitude to non-European Migration' by Don Gibb from Rusden State Collegegibb, don, nunawading and district historical society, immigration, poole, e -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Letter - Correspondence, Caroline Schwerkolt Wedding, 1994
... Nunawading Historical Society...Rosalie Whalen wrote to the Nunawading Historical Society...Whitehorse Historical Society Inc. 2-10 Deep Creek Road ...Rosalie Whalen wrote to the Nunawading Historical Society requesting permission for her niece, Caroline Schwerkolt, who is the great great granddaughter of August Schwerkolt, to be married within the grounds of Schwerkolt Cottage in 1995.Rosalie Whalen wrote to the Nunawading Historical Society requesting permission for her niece, Caroline Schwerkolt, who is the great great granddaughter of August Schwerkolt, to be married within the grounds of Schwerkolt Cottage in 1995.Rosalie Whalen wrote to the Nunawading Historical Society requesting permission for her niece, Caroline Schwerkolt, who is the great great granddaughter of August Schwerkolt, to be married within the grounds of Schwerkolt Cottage in 1995.schwerkolt, caroline, whalen, rosalie, nunawading historical society -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Spring Festival 2001, 2001
... nunawading & district historical society...Coloured photograph of three members of Historical Society...Whitehorse Historical Society Inc. 2-10 Deep Creek Road ...Coloured photograph of three members of Historical Society - Margaret Skey,Valda Arrowsmith and Barbara Keene acting as judges for the Historical Costumes Fashion Parade at the Federation Spring Festival run by the City of Whitehorse.skey, margaret, arrowsmith, valda, keene, barbara, nunawading & district historical society, whitehorse spring festival, city of whitehorse -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FORTUNA COLLECTION: SAVE FORTUNA VILLA
... Bendigo Historical Society Inc... Historical Society Inc. titled 'Save Fortuna Villa'. Held...Bendigo Historical Society Inc. Bendigo Historical Society ...Flyer for a Public Meeting organised by the Bendigo Historical Society Inc. titled 'Save Fortuna Villa'. Held at the Bendigo Town Hall Reception Room on Tuesday 2nd May 2006 at 7 pm.bendigo, clubs, save fortuna villa, bendigo town hall, bendigo historical society inc -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Historic steam trip, 2/11/1982 12:00:00 AM
... Australian Railway Historical Society... by the Australian Railway Historical Society. Archivist Keith Paterson... will be organized by the Australian Railway Historical Society. Archivist...Whitehorse Historical Society Inc. 2-10 Deep Creek Road ...Commemorative one day steam trip to celebrate the centenary of the Camberwell - Lilydale railway line.Commemorative one day steam trip to celebrate the centenary of the Camberwell - Lilydale railway line. The K190 steam local will stop at Blackburn for a short ceremony. The celebration on 27 November will be organized by the Australian Railway Historical Society. Archivist Keith Paterson said when the line opened December 1882 the area east of Box Hill had only small and scattered pioneer farms, no shops and only one post office at a hotel in Blackburn and 1 or 2 schools. In 1861 first station was opened, terminating at Hawthorn, which was the case for 20 years.Commemorative one day steam trip to celebrate the centenary of the Camberwell - Lilydale railway line. railways, camberwell to lilydale rail line centenary, australian railway historical society, patterson, keith arthur -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Black and White, Interior of the Former Ballarat East Library, c1979, c1979
... ballarat historical society... Society (probably during transfer of the Ballarat Historical... of traditional crafts brian mclennan ballarat historical society Museum ...This photo was most probably taken when the Ballarat School of Mines was considering the former Ballarat East Library as a campus. In 1980 the Ballarat School of Mines Council presented a proposal to the Ballarat City Council regarding occupying and managing the Ballarat East Free Library as a School of Traditional Crafts. The proposal included maintaining the building in optimum condition.Three black and white photographs of the interior of the former Ballarat East Library. .1) Room in the former Ballarat East Library housing remnants of the Ballarat Historical Society (probably during transfer of the Ballarat Historical Society Collection to the Gold Museum) .2) Room in the former Ballarat East Library with built in show cases at one end, and modern classroom tables and chairs. Brian McLennan sits writing at a table. .3) Roofing detail in the former Ballarat East Libraryballarat east library, ballarat east free library, school of traditional crafts, brian mclennan, ballarat historical society, museum -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Here's some news from the past, 1992
... Historical Society...Quote from Nunawading historical Society newsletter: On 26...Whitehorse Historical Society Inc. 2-10 Deep Creek Road ...Quote from Nunawading Historical Society newsletter: On 26 Jun 1935 the herald reported that real estate was reviving between Box Hill and Croydon, new industries had started and there was a shortage of houses to let.Quote from Nunawading historical Society newsletter: On 26 Jun 1935 the herald reported that real estate was reviving between Box Hill and Croydon, new industries had started and there was a shortage of houses to let.Quote from Nunawading Historical Society newsletter: On 26 Jun 1935 the herald reported that real estate was reviving between Box Hill and Croydon, new industries had started and there was a shortage of houses to let.real estate, historical society -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Conservation workshop 1998, 1998
... Conservation workshop at Historical society... Historical Society mainly around table....Stawell Historical Society Inc 46 Longfield St Stawell ...Conservation workshop at Historical societySet of six colour photgraphs of people at Stawell Historical Society mainly around table. -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Photograph - Image, Lyell, A.R, 1950-1959 (Approximate)
... australian railway historical society... Historical Society for the best railway picture of the year... Historical Society for the best railway picture of the year...Rutherglen Historical Society Murray Street Rutherglen high ..."Prize Winner: This picture of the Wahgunyah-Springhurst mixed train crossing Black Dog Creek (near Lilliput) won for Mr A.R. Lyell the C.C. Singleton prize of the Australian Railway Historical Society for the best railway picture of the year. The subject is one of the very few mixed trains now running in Victoria, many of them having been superseded by diesel rail cars."Black and white photographic reproduction of photograph of Wahgunyah-Springhurst mixed train crossing Black Dog Creek at Lilliput. Reproduction of prize winning photo taken by Mr A.R. Lyell"Prize Winner: This picture of the Wahgunyah-Springhurst mixed train crossing Black Dog Creek (near Lilliput) won for Mr A.R. Lyell the C.C. Singleton prize of the Australian Railway Historical Society for the best railway picture of the year. The subject is one of the very few mixed trains now running in Victoria, many of them having been superseded by diesel rail cars."railways, wahgunyah-springhurst train, lilliput, black dog creek, c c singleton prize, australian railway historical society -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Handover of National Bank Signature Books, 1977
... . In 1977, the President of the Kew Historical Society received two... Greer (right) of Kew Historical Society...."1977 / PRESIDENT OF KEW HISTORICAL SOCIETY, CENTRE...Kew Historical Society Inc 1 Civic Drive Kew melbourne ...The National Bank of Australasia was formed in 1857. It began commercial operations in Queen Street, Melbourne in 1858. The Bank’s first branch in Kew opened at 87 High Street in 1885. A second building, on the corner of Walpole and Brougham Streets, designed by Inskip & Robertson, replaced the first branch in 1888. The second building remains, albeit in a somewhat altered state. In 1977, the President of the Kew Historical Society received two historic ‘Signature Books’ from the Kew branch of the National Bank of Australia.Press photograph, from the Whitehorse Standard, of the handover of two Signature Books by the manager of the National Bank of Australia, Mr Bendixer, to Marshall Slattery (centre) and Gordon Greer (right) of Kew Historical Society."1977 / PRESIDENT OF KEW HISTORICAL SOCIETY, CENTRE, RECEIVING 2 SIGNATURE BOOKS DONATED TO THE SOCIETY BY THE KEW BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL BANK / CENTRE PRESIDENT KHS MR SLATTERY, ON HIS LEFT MR BENDIXER MANAGER, RIGHT MR G GREER MEMBER KHSnational bank of australasia, national bank of australia, bank signature books -- kew (vic.) -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: MAKING TRACKS - MY VICTORIAN RAILWAYS STORY ESSAY
... Morrison Making Tracks logo - publication of Royal Historical... Historical Society of Victoria....Bendigo Historical Society Inc. Bendigo Historical Society ...Making tracks: My Victorian Railways Story, essay submitted by Janette Morrison, 68 Barkly St Bendigo. Foolscap paper with Making Tracks logo on top of the page. Publication of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria.document, memo, railway, making tracks - my victorian railways story essay janette morrison making tracks logo - publication of royal historical society of victoria. printed by, printers proprietary ltd., 27 little bourke st., melbourne. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: DUDLEY HOUSE HISTORIC CATALOGUE
... Royal Historical Society of Victoria. Bendigo and Dictrict... House Home of The Royal Historical Society of Victoria Bendigo...Bendigo Historical Society Inc. Bendigo Historical Society ...A white sheet of paper folded in half and titled '' Dudley House Home of The Royal Historical Society of Victoria Bendigo and District Branch. Built 1859. Historic Catalogue.'' Price 20c. Hand written in grey lead.buildings, commercial, dudley house, lydia chancellor, collection, buildings, history, royal historical society of victoria. bendigo and dictrict branch, dudley house, bendigo -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Looking for a home, 1982
... Nunawading Historical Society...Australia Post rejected Nunawading Historical Society's...Whitehorse Historical Society Inc. 2-10 Deep Creek Road ...Australia Post rejected Nunawading Historical Society's suggestion that the old post box which once stood outside the Melbourne Elizabeth Street Post Office should be re-erected at some notable local site.Australia Post rejected Nunawading Historical Society's suggestion that the old post box which once stood outside the Melbourne Elizabeth Street Post Office should be re-erected at some notable local site.Australia Post rejected Nunawading Historical Society's suggestion that the old post box which once stood outside the Melbourne Elizabeth Street Post Office should be re-erected at some notable local site.nunawading historical society, letter boxes -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Heritage Day 2003, 13/04/2003 12:00:00 AM
... whitehorse historical society... displayed by Austin 7 Car Club members at Whitehorse Historical...Whitehorse Historical Society Inc. 2-10 Deep Creek Road ...Coloured - Panoramic view of vintage Austin 7 cars displayed by Austin 7 Car Club members at Whitehorse Historical Society's Heritage Day held at Schwerkolt Cottage and Museum Complex on 13 April 2003whitehorse historical society, austin 7 car club, heritage day 2003 -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper, Diamond Valley Leader, A Journey Through Time, 17/11/1999
... nillumbik historical society... of the active Historical Societies in the area in 1999....Greensborough Historical Society 34A Glenauburn Road Lower ...Details the ages of local schools and the contact details of the active Historical Societies in the area in 1999.A special supplement issued in the lead up to New Year's Eve 1999.A Diamond Valley News advertising supplement issued on 17th November 1999. 12 pages, illus. (some col.). Scan of entire item available at GHS.nillumbik historical society, eltham historical society, warrandyte historical society, yarrambat historical society, ellis cottage historical centre, andrew ross museum, diamond valley news, celebrate 2000 -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Article (Item) - Newsletter article, Melbourne Meccano Club, Marysville Meccano commemorated, 01-2012
... models to the Marysville & District Historical Society.... models to the Marysville & District Historical Society....Marysville & District Historical Society 39 Darwin Street ...A newsletter article regarding the donation of Meccano models to the Marysville & District Historical Society.A newsletter article regarding the donation of Meccano models to the Marysville & District Historical Society. Manical Mechanicals was owned and operated by Marg and Alistair Mackie in Murchison Street in Marysville in Victoria. It offered a display of various engineering wonders of the world all made from Meccano. There was also a selection of models, toys and other items that all moved. The Meccano models were all built by Doug Wilson who lived in Wangaratta in Victoria. In 1937, when he was 12, Doug won first prize at Brunswick Technical School for making a Meccano model aeroplane with three rotating propellers. Manical Mechanicals was destroyed in the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires.manical mechanicals, marysville, victoria, meccano, doug wilson, brunswick technical school, 2009 black saturday bushfires, melbourne meccano club, melbourne meccano club newsletter -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Artists of Kew Exhibition, 1950-1960
... kew historical society - members... in Wellington Street. A foundation member of the Kew Historical Society... members of the Kew Historical Society....Kew Historical Society Inc 1 Civic Drive Kew melbourne ...The Melbourne artist Alma Agnes Marion Figuerola, was the daughter of Juan Pedro Narciso Figuerola (1869-1919) and Alice Lucinda Walker Hanson (1889-1969). Each of their three daughters grew up to be involved in the arts: Alma as a painter; Carmen Irene (1906-1993) as a short story writer, poet and teacher of dancing; and Sylvia (also Silvia) Lyla Alice (1911-1992) as a composer and cellist. The first art lessons Alma Figuerola received were with Oscar Binder. Later she attended the art school established by the Melbourne 'tonalist' [Duncan] Max Meldrum (1875-1955). She graduated from his school in 1920, participating in her first group exhibition in the same year. Solo exhibitions of her work were to be held in 1933 at the Meldrum Gallery in Elizabeth Street, in 1937 and 1945 at the Athenaeum Gallery at 188 Collins Street, and in 1951 at Georges Gallery in Collins Street. Throughout her extensive career she participated in group exhibitions, usually with artists of the Meldrum School, and as a member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters, of which she was invited to become an associate in 1935. In 1953, her portrait of Professor ES Hills was entered in the Archibald Prize Competition of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. A resident of Kew from the 1930s - 51 Studley Park Road, often with her mother, her sister Carmen, or both - from c.1942 until her death she lived at 'D’Estaville', 7 Barry Street. From the late 1930s she is recorded as actively contributing to the arts at a local level. In 1939 and 1940 she participated in art exhibitions at the Hawthorn Municipal Library organised by Jessie Carbines. From 1944 to 1951 she co-organised successive Kew Arts Festivals, initially in the Presbyterian Church Hall in Highbury Grove and later at the Recreation Hall in Wellington Street. A foundation member of the Kew Historical Society in 1958, Alma Figuerola remained an active member of the Society until her death on 8 December 1970. She predeceased her two sisters who both died in the 1990s and who are buried at Andersons' Creek Cemetery in Warrandyte.Photograph of a group of adults attending an exhibition entitled Artists of Kew. Two people have been identified in the photograph - Cr WHS Dickinson and Alma Figuerola at centre. The location of the exhibition is at the old Kew Town Hall in Walpole Street. Both Miss Figuerola and Cr Dickinson were foundation members of the Kew Historical Society.Reverse: "Artists of Kew Exhibition. Founder of KHS Cr Dickinson in dark suit. Miss Alma Figrierola [sic] to his left". "KH-97" kew historical society - members, alma figuerola, cr whs dickinson, exhibitions - kew (vic), southesk - cotham road - kew (vic), kew town hall - walpole street -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - ESMA TURNER COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH PLAQUE AND PHOTOS
... Huntly and district' s Historical Society ) AMALGAMATED SOCIETY... of the Huntly and District Historical Society) Amalgamated Society...Bendigo Historical Society Inc. Bendigo Historical Society ...Esma Turner Collection - (Esma Turner - Secretary of the Huntly and District Historical Society) Amalgamated Society of Engineers / photo of plaque and photos 10x15mm - see 4737.1- Amalgamated Society of Engineers Presented to F J Britt 1889.photograph, person, male, esma turner collection - ( esma turner - secretary of the huntly and district' s historical society ) amalgamated society of engineers / - -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Eastern Freeway Extension, 2001-2002
... nunawading & district historical society... Historical Society and documents distributed to participants...Whitehorse Historical Society Inc. 2-10 Deep Creek Road ...Collection of papers relating to landscape concepts for Deep Creek/ Loughnan road Bridge, December 2001-March 2002.Collection of papers relating to landscape concepts for Deep Creek/ Loughnan road Bridge, December 2001-March 2002. Includes Vicroads correspondence with Nunawading & District Historical Society and documents distributed to participants in public consultation meetingsCollection of papers relating to landscape concepts for Deep Creek/ Loughnan road Bridge, December 2001-March 2002. vicroads, nunawading & district historical society, eastern freeway extension, deep creek road mitcham, loughnan road ringwood, bridges -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Fashion has kept pace, 16/04/2008 12:00:00 AM
... Whitehorse Historical Society Inc....Whitehorse Historical Society's exhibition 'Four decades...Whitehorse Historical Society Inc. 2-10 Deep Creek Road ...Whitehorse Historical Society's exhibition 'Four decades of women's fashions of the 20th century', first half entitled 'From pantaloons to G-strings' is on display at the Schwerkolt Cottage & Museum Complex.Whitehorse Historical Society's exhibition 'Four decades of women's fashions of the 20th century', first half entitled 'From pantaloons to G-strings' is on display at the Schwerkolt Cottage & Museum Complex. Photo of Vicki Jones-Evans and exhibitsWhitehorse Historical Society's exhibition 'Four decades of women's fashions of the 20th century', first half entitled 'From pantaloons to G-strings' is on display at the Schwerkolt Cottage & Museum Complex.jones-evans, vicki, fashions, whitehorse historical society inc. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Course family, 2008
... Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.... by Pat Richardson at a Whitehorse Historical Society general...Whitehorse Historical Society Inc. 2-10 Deep Creek Road ...The Course Family - pioneers of Forest Hill. Talk given by Pat Richardson at a Whitehorse Historical Society general meeting, 9 February 2008.The Course Family - pioneers of Forest Hill. Talk given by Pat Richardson at a Whitehorse Historical Society general meeting, 9 February 2008. With genealogical chart and documents relating to the family's English origins, migration and land holdings.The Course Family - pioneers of Forest Hill. Talk given by Pat Richardson at a Whitehorse Historical Society general meeting, 9 February 2008. forest hill, tainton family, fankhauser family, whitehorse historical society inc., course family -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Mixed media - Video Tape, Cottage Craft
... Nunawading and District Historical Society... Historical Society Open Day by Barrie Thompson. Records all...Whitehorse Historical Society Inc. 2-10 Deep Creek Road ...Video - taken in April 2002 During Nunawading & District Historical Society Open Day by Barrie Thompson. Records all the activities taking part in the grounds of Schwerkolt Cottage and Museum Complex. Running Time: Six minutes.non-fictionnunawading and district historical society, schwerkolt cottage and museum complex, thompson barrie, argyle movie presentaton, open day 2002 -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - List of people interested in attending inaugural meeting of PMHPS, Jul 1993
... port melbourne historical & preservation society... Melbourne worked towards the formation of a historical society... the inuagural meeting of the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation...Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society Port ...Following the amalgamation of the Cities of Port Melbourne, South Melbourne and St Kilda, interested residents of Port Melbourne worked towards the formation of a historical society to preserve the heritage of Port Melbourne.Photocopy of contact list of people interested in attending the inuagural meeting of the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society on August 4th 1993.societies clubs unions and other organisations, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps, wendy morris, pat grainger -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Document, Cover of the booklet 'The Story of Box Cottage Museum', 2016
... city council, city of moorabbin historical society, ormond... Museum / Home of the City of Moorabbin Historical Society Inc...City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box ...2015 Booklet compiled by CMHS members D. Maynard, Fran & Holger Bader for sale as a fund raiser to assist the preservation of the artefacts in Box Cottage Museum Ormond. Glen Eira City Council Community Grant 2016 was obtained to finance the printing by MKR Printing Ltd Carnegie. Since the Booklet was produced to raise funds for Box Cottage Museum copies are available $5 each on application to CMHS PO Box 4028 McKinnon or [email protected] Booklet compiled by CMHS members D. Maynard, Fran & Holger Bader for sale as a fund raiser to assist the preservation of the artefacts in Box Cottage Museum Ormond whilst providing information about early settlement in Moorabbin area for visitors, schools and the wider community. Glen Eira City Council Community Grant 2016 was obtained to finance the printing by MKR Printing Ltd Carnegie. A5 glossy, colour Cover of the booklet 20 pages with photographsCover of Booklet Front; The Story of Box Cottage Museum / Home of the City of Moorabbin Historical Society Inc. / Joyce Park, Jasper Rd., Ormond, Melbourne 3204 / compiled by / City of Moorabbin Historical Society Inc. / with support from Glen Eira City Council. Back; Box Cottage Museum, Joyce Park, Ormond, Vic, 3204 / Home of the City of Moorabbin Historical Society Inc. A0020547E / Box Cottage Museum is proudly sponsored by the City of Glen Eira / copyright CMHS 2015 city of moorabbin, lewis laurie, mkr printing ltd carnegie, brighton, dendy henry, box william, box elizabeth, rietman august, rietman frieda, box cottage museum ormond, box alonzo, glen eira city council, city of moorabbin historical society, ormond, bentleigh, cheltenham -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - ITEMS RELATING TO: 'GOLDEN DAYS' EXHIBITION, AUGUST 1960, 13/07/1960
... Bendigo sub-branch of R.S.L and the Bendigo Historical Society; b...Bendigo Historical Society...Bendigo Historical Society Inc. Bendigo Historical Society ...Items relating to 'Golden Days' exhibition, August 1960: a. Newspaper cutting (13/7/1960) asking for exhibits - call from Bendigo sub-branch of R.S.L and the Bendigo Historical Society; b. R.H.S.V (Bendigo and District Branch. ''Circular No.5/60, 24th May, 1960 with item re the ''Golden Days Exhibition'' with the two aims of the Exhibition detailed; c. Letter from R.H.S.V (Bendigo Branch) bringing the historical exhibition to the notice of recipients of this letter - with details of entrance costs; d. accompanying circular with details of range of subjects of exhibition, dates of operation, charge for admission, location - Memorial Hall, Pall Mall. (Some additional stapled items and letter for intending visitors).Bendigo Historical Societyorganization, military, golden days exhibition, memorial hall, pall mall, golden days exhibition, bendigo r.s.l. john randall. kimbolton estate. campaspe.mr p. j. clarey. mr h. curnow. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Kew Historical Society, Historical Exhibition, Kew, 1964-1965
... in Wellington Street. A foundation member of the Kew Historical Society...Kew Historical Society...Kew Historical Society Inc 1 Civic Drive Kew melbourne ...The Melbourne artist Alma Agnes Marion Figuerola, was the daughter of Juan Pedro Narciso Figuerola (1869-1919) and Alice Lucinda Walker Hanson (1889-1969). Each of their three daughters grew up to be involved in the arts: Alma as a painter; Carmen Irene (1906-1993) as a short story writer, poet and teacher of dancing; and Sylvia (also Silvia) Lyla Alice (1911-1992) as a composer and cellist. The first art lessons Alma Figuerola received were with Oscar Binder. Later she attended the art school established by the Melbourne 'tonalist' [Duncan] Max Meldrum (1875-1955). She graduated from his school in 1920, participating in her first group exhibition in the same year. Solo exhibitions of her work were to be held in 1933 at the Meldrum Gallery in Elizabeth Street, in 1937 and 1945 at the Athenaeum Gallery at 188 Collins Street, and in 1951 at Georges Gallery in Collins Street. Throughout her extensive career she participated in group exhibitions, usually with artists of the Meldrum School, and as a member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters, of which she was invited to become an associate in 1935. In 1953, her portrait of Professor ES Hills was entered in the Archibald Prize Competition of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. A resident of Kew from the 1930s - 51 Studley Park Road, often with her mother, her sister Carmen, or both - from c.1942 until her death she lived at 'D’Estaville', 7 Barry Street. From the late 1930s she is recorded as actively contributing to the arts at a local level. In 1939 and 1940 she participated in art exhibitions at the Hawthorn Municipal Library organised by Jessie Carbines. From 1944 to 1951 she co-organised successive Kew Arts Festivals, initially in the Presbyterian Church Hall in Highbury Grove and later at the Recreation Hall in Wellington Street. A foundation member of the Kew Historical Society in 1958, Alma Figuerola remained an active member of the Society until her death on 8 December 1970. She predeceased her two sisters who both died in the 1990s and who are buried at Andersons' Creek Cemetery in Warrandyte.An undated photograph, one of two copies, of WHS Dickinson and Alma Figuerola at the opening of an exhibition in Kew in 1964/5."Artists of Kew Exhibition. Founder of KHS Cr Dickinson in dark suit. Miss Alma Figuerola to his left."arists - kew (vic), exhibitions -- kew (vic.), gordon greer