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Letter - Rosstown Railway
This file contains four items: 1/A black and white photocopy of a letter dated either 07/08/1889 or 09/08/1889, from Robert Lundon to an unidentified recipient discussing an agreement reached between the author – on behalf of the recipient – and Soon Hang Hi in regard, in regards to the allotment known as Webber’s. The agreement is outlined in the letter in what appears to be Chinese characters, and includes the marks of Robert Lundon and Soon Hang Hi. File note from Joy Wu states that the calligraphy is not Mandarin or traditional Chinese. 2/Three sheets of hand-written working notes with information taken from the Victorian Government Gazette on THE ROSSTOWN AND MURRUMBEENA LAND COMPANY LIMITED, THE ROSSTOWN JUNCTION RAILWAY AND PROSPERITY COMPANY LIOMITED, and THE ROSSTOWN JUNCTION, ELSTERNWICK, AND OAKLEIGH RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED, covering dates between 1887 and 1894. The notes concern meetings and creditors claims relevant to the companies, with reference numbers for the information source. Date and author of the notes are not recorded. 3/A black and white photocopy of the a partial map of the Rosstown Railway and surrounding area, undated. The map includes the names of landholders in the areas of Brighton, Garden Vale and Elsternwick, as well as other railway lines present in the region. 4/A fold-out map and guide of the Rosstown Rail Trail, including a brief general history of Caulfield as well as a more extensive biography of William Murray Ross and the Rosstown Railway. The map marks and describes significant sites along the trail, including photographs of some of these sites, provided by DF Jowett.documents, correspondence, webber’s, lundon robert, chinese characters, ethnic communities, signatures, text, settlements, taxes, fraser john grieves, lovell r.h., price davies, meetings, communication activities, soon hang hi, commercial events and activities, the rosstown and murrumbeena land company limited, victorian government gazette, bulmer richard, parry john, osment henry, shareholders, creditors claims, the rosstown junction railway and property company limited, finch and best, lawyers, the rosstown junction elsternwick and oakleigh railway company limited, cameron w.c., phillips p.d., garden vale, elsternwick, elsternwick railway station, rosstown, rosstown railway, thomas street, bay street, kooyong road, melbourne and brighton railway, hawthorn road, bambra road, caulfield and frankston railway, booran road, grange road, koornang road, murrumbeena road, north road, north road railway station, east brighton railway station, south road, railway routes, railway lines, railways, land transport, murphy j., caulfield, hamilton t.f., dane p., holloway, webb, ailee john, payne t.b., brodie chas, dane john, o’neil h., mccombie john, mcmillane a., smyth c.d., cooper, ebden, landholders, jeffrey j.d., gill j., balcombe a.e., cooper h., mcnab j., white j., sutherland j., greeves a.f.a., newton m.c., chamley f.b., fowler j., inglis p., grant t., stooke j., swanson g., cochrane c., adams e.b., mccombie thas, keyes robert, brighton cemetery, burials grounds and graveyards, war-ein road, were j.b., holland j., mcmahon c., winter t.l.m., dendy henry, mitchell w., jackson s., were j.e., wickham francis dawe, bryant jane, east brighton railway station, railway stations, maps, allotments, land titles, roads and streets, rosstown rail trail, city of glen eira, tourism, trains, tourism information bureaus, tours, pamphlets, elsternwick railway park, oakleigh junction, princes park, ee gunn reserve, packer park, sites, jowett d.f., weickhardt i.g., return to rosstown: railways land sales and sugar beet ventures in caulfield, land sales, walking trails, ross william murray, transport objects, locomotion, walking, cycling, driving, sports, country mansions, people, caulfield john, builders, construction and demolition workers, occupations, careers, professionals, topography, geology, landforms, horticulture, market gardens, primary industry workers, city of caulfield, mood kee, pennington harold, annual general meetings, caulfield town hall, glen eira city council, carnegie, carnegie station, rosstown station, people by circumstance, migrants, sugar beet, sugar beet mill, sugar beet industry, mills, factories, sea beach lines, bent thomas, parliamentary representatives, neville street, miller street, lemann’s swamp reserve, koornang park, cane sugar industry, breweries, rabbit processing plants, health establishments, hospitals, food production establishments, abattoirs, thieves, social problems, vagrants, theft, squatting, financial economics, debt, finance industry, insurance companies, company managers, bentleigh, ross leila, the grange, leila road, wild cherry road, financial trouble, mortgages, gisborne street, archibald street, riddell parade, victoria railways, glen huntly road, clarence street, college street, gladstone parade, parrell street, aileen avenue, seaview street, drion estate, land subdivisions, dover street, sussex street, landfill, marara road, booran road, woodville avenue, dorothy avenue, ormond park, royal avenue, ormond railway station, oakleigh road, melten avenue, miller street, munro avenue, lord reserve, neerim road, toolambool road, the rosstown hotel, rosanna street, murrumbeena crescent, commercial establishments, the national bank, rosstown road, kangaroo road, poath road, freda street, hughesdale kindergarten, oakleigh council, hughesdale community centre, civic establishments, galbally reserve, plaques, warrigal road, out and about brochures -
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Document - BRIGHTON GENERAL CEMETERY
This file contains a six-page handwritten list of tombstone inscriptions from a select number of graves at the Brighton General Cemetery, dated August 1973 and 10 11 1973, author unknown. Details include names and date of death, with some entries also stating date of birth, family relationships, the mason of the tombstone and other significant details relating to the internment. A short handwritten note is attached to the end of the list, of what appears to be details of four internments in the INDEPENDENT section of the cemetery, including crossed-out details previously mentioned in the list.cemeteries, brighton cemetery, ricketson sophia, ricketson henry joseph, ricketson georgina sherbourne, ricketson olive elaine, a and c ballantyne, ballantyne a, ballantyne c, stonemasons, grimwade edward norton, grimwade phelia maude, casey james joseph, tope h., 4 tope and co., dempsey. isabella, dempsey william james, caulfield, huxley parker and co., liddiard henry w.w., liddiard anna susanna, stark robert m., ford sarah, ford henry, ford elizabeth, bent thomas, bent elizabeth, bent gertrude huntley, bleazby elizabeth h., people by circumstance, huntley john jnr., shand mary, kentucky, irving william, irving winter, noorilim, dandenong road, irving frances amelia, miller septimus, miller clara johnstone, miller gwendoline, stone robert, pearson william, pearson eliza laura, craigellachie, pearson hugh, pearson henry travers, pearson alexander buchanen, pearson hugh boyd, pearson alex l., webb charles, webb emma, webb ethel mary, the poet gordon, gorden annie lindsay, langdon william, langdon constance annie, langdon h.j., langdon ell, langdon john barry, langdon george rupert webb, langdon frank harry webb, langdon w.f., langdon s.s.a., langdon dottie, langdon william farquhar, croton hurst, higginbotham george, higginbotham edith, morris edith, morris edward e., reade maude, sproule george, elsternwick, st. clements, sproule mary elizabeth, sproule may, sinnatt farley, stanley henry, stanley mary elizabeth, todman madge brown, todman charles, long john, fox e. phillip, trott harry, plaques, boyd pamela, boyd theodore penleigh, artists, clarke alice lovell, bishops court, bevan ann, bevan philip, bevan margaret maybery, bevan richard, bevan amy constance, bevan laurie adelaide, ormond -
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Photograph - CARNEGIE ORANGE LODGE
This file contains an original black and white photograph of 30 persons. Names and location unknown.carnegie, orange lodge, bromfield m., bromfield norm e., murrumbeena, tranmere avenue, mcpherson ian. d., clubs, groups, associates, societies, organisations -
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Book - CAULFIELD CENTENARY 1957
This file contains four items 1/Two copies of a twenty-four page booklet titled CITY OF CAULFIELD CENTENARY 1857-1957, created by the Caulfield City Council and printed by Peter Isaacson Pty Limited, Melbourne. The booklet details important aspects of Caulfield’s history including council procedures, the Caulfield Road District Proclamation, the first election and a summary of 100 years of local government with a description of the present Caulfield in 1957. The booklet also includes several pictures of various Caulfield landmarks and people including one of Caulfield City Councillors (11 men and 1 woman). Also one photocopied version of this booklet. 2/Eleven pages of typed notes for the City of Caulfield Centenary booklet. All notes are undated and incomplete. Two pages titled NOTES on THE HISTORY and PROGRESS OF THE CITY OF CAULFIELD, author unknown. Three and a half pages titled THE STRUCTURE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN VICTORIA, author unknown. Five pages titled 100 YEARS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT – EARLY CAULFIELD, by Mrs A. P. Bell. 3/A typed letter to Miss V. Webb-Langdon from the Town Clerk H.G. Nelson, acknowledging her contribution to historical details for the Caulfield Council’s Centenary booklet, dated 24/12/1957. 4/A handwritten letter and a handwritten note regarding the acquisition of notes for the Caulfield Centenary booklet. The letter is dated 03/08/2006 and the note is dated 09/02/2007.city of caulfield centenary, caulfield road district, sinclair a.j.g., city hall, war memorials, gamble h.a., machin l.r., bunny f.c.d., caulfield park, koornang reserve, parton e.m., sims h.e., thomson w.r., gunn e.e., yorston j.s., wallace g.e. mrs, green w.c., jenner e.r., ward boundaries, dandenong road, queens avenue, normanby road, station street, bond street, glen eira road, orrong road, poath road, north road, booran road, nepean highway, glen huntly road, glenhuntly road, inkerman road, hotham street, nelson h.g., fullard w.r., mackley g.j., ellis k.i, crosbie m.r., nutting b.i., body j.h., pritchard r.j., guildford l.t.g., lund l.m., street h.c., reynolds a.w., elections , political processes, local government, springthorpe reserve, greenmeadows gardens, business and finance, roads and streets, caulfield racecourse, east caulfield reserve, mackinnon reserve, hawthorn road, balaclava road, murrumbeena road, lempriere avenue, victoria street, koornang road, lord reserve, lyons street, murrumbeena reserve, kangaroo road, ormond park, beatty crescent, foch street, packer reserve, oakleigh road, leila road, prices park, bambra road, riley reserve, playgrounds, town hall, maternal and child health centres, truganini road, grange road, senior citizens centre, barkley sir henry, moore david, handasyde gilbert, caulfield school room, harris g.w., semple john, dempsey william, brooks w.a., wilson thomas, lyall william, murrum murrumbeen lifestyle, ‘greenmeadows’ house, lempriere family, aboriginal culture, ‘rippon lea’ house, caulfield john, ‘slaney’s’ home, alma road, paddy’s swamp, racecourse hotel, caulfield technical college, bevan mr., ‘grosmont’, hart john, railways, mansions, ‘rosecraddock’, langdon h. j., caulfield cup, ‘crotonhurst’, webb judge, ‘kilwinning’, service james, ricketson henry, ‘glen eira’, house names, garden vale, ross william murray, ‘ross’s folly’, outer circle railway, caulfield grammar school, davies j. henry, lagdon william, grimwade f.s., loyd charles du plan, hope george, ‘airdrie’, kooyong hill, market gardens, dairies, lady talbot milk supply, jenner family, o’niell college, presentation sisters, glenferrie road, grimwade frederick sheppard, grimwade alice, ‘harlston’, grimwade house, ‘saint aubin’s’, ‘st. aubin’s’, ‘caulfield hall’, caulfield john p.t., st georges road, caulfield military hospital, nursing homes, health establishments, dover street, sports and recreations, rosanna street, ‘cantala’, health services, parks and reserves, community services, town planning, local government finance, local officials and employees -
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Letter - CAULFIELD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
This file contains 2 items: 1/One original typed letter dated 10/05/1982 written by Judith Mills as co-ordinator of Caulfield Citizens Advice Bureau. The letter is addressed to a volunteer (no name) advising them that they need to complete a ‘Client Information Sheet’ each time they visit a particular client who they have ongoing dealings with. The letter states that the ‘enclosed’ sheet was devised to make continuity between volunteer and the C.A.B. more efficient. 2/Original copy of ‘client information sheet’ which is to be completed by a volunteer detailing their dealings with a particular client ie. Client address, job description and comments.caulfield citizens’ advice bureau, caulfield, town hall, hawthorn road, volunteers, mills judith, mills judy, meals-on-wheels, home help, community services -
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Document - CAULFIELD COMMUNITY THEATRE
This file contains a three page typed and handwritten program for CHASE ME COMRADE by the Caulfield Community Theatre, undated. The program names the author, director, cost and crew of the play, as well as providing acknowledgements to groups outside the theatre who assisted in the production.theatre, plays, entertainment, caulfield, cooney ray, authors, lee lillian, gould marcia, cranston georgia, dermer tamara, slattery mark, boral mark, collins george, ohlson steve, sheppard noel, dawes russel, taylor michael, guthrie andrew, lee don, chester winifred, brennan patricia, documents, community groups, danvers carrol, payne norman, woolf diana, woolf ernie, clarke joyce, godfrey’s appliances of caulfield, guyatt billy, carnegie, st. anthony’s parish, glenhuntly, glen huntly, st. patrick’s parish, murrumbeena, mccoll bros. of hughesdale, hughesdale, leb paul, programs, theatre companies, groups people, casts performers -
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Document - Caulfield Elderly Citizens’ Association
... 1962, 75 names with no further information. Caulfield Elderly ...Contains 15 items: 1/Blank paper with letterhead of the Caulfield Elderly Citizens’ Association – President, Mrs Cr. G. E. Wallace, MBE, JP. (Gladys Wallace, later Gladys Machin) 2/Handwritten minutes of public meetings, Caulfield Elderly Citizens’ Association, held 02/10/1952 (two pages). 27 were in attendance, a Ladies’ Committee had been formed. 3/Minutes (typewritten; one page) of the third public meeting of the Caulfield Elderly Citizens’ Association, Caulfield Town Hall, 03/02/1953. 4/Minutes (typewritten, one page) of the Caulfield Elderly Citizens Association held 10/04/1953-minutes seem incomplete. 5/Caulfield Elderly Citizens Association Honary Secretary’s First Annual Report for the year ended 28/02/1954 (typewritten, three pages). Notes that the Association had 542 financial members. 6/Caulfield Elderly Citizens Association – first Annual Meeting, held 18/03/1954 (typewritten, 3 pages). 62 attended this AGM. 7/ Caulfield Elderly Citizens Association. Second Annual Meeting held 30/03 (no date stated but 1955 is meant). The report opens to the balance sheet for the year ending 28/02/1955. 91 were in attendance. 8/Caulfield Elderly Citizens Association – Revenue Statement from 01/03/1956 to 30/06/1957. The Association had 12,151 pounds in its accumulated fund, with 1,489 in expenditures in 1956-57. 9/’Some Questions – Answers Wanted’ – list (one page) of 18 questions arising out of the Association’s 1960-61 report. Unsigned, without response. 10/Caulfield Elderly Citizens Association – minutes of meeting held on 07/08/1961. 11/Invitations (3 copies) to attend the eight annual meeting of the Caulfield Elderly Citizens Association, to be held on 07/08/1961, with Agenda of the Meeting. 12/Invitations (5 copies) to attend the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Caulfield Elderly Citizens Association, 19/07/1962, with Agenda of the Meeting. 13/Caulfield Elderly Citizens Association – Minutes of the Eight Annual Meeting held 07/08/1962 (although 1961 may have been meant) (3 copies). 14/Minutes of Ninth annual meeting Elderly Citizens Association 19/09/1962. 15/Typewritten ‘List of Members who have passed away’, listed by year from 1955 through 1962, 75 names with no further information.caulfield elderly citizens association, caulfield aged people associations, elderly citizens clubs, elderly people meetings, wallace cr g. e. mrs, wallace gladys, machin gladys -
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Document - CAULFIELD LADIES’ BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
This file contains two items about this organisation: 1/Original copy of document titled ‘48th Annual Report for year ended 30061998’. The report was presented in the Mayoress’ Reception Room, Caulfield City Hall on 11/09/1978. Document outlines the activities undertaken by the Society during the aforesaid year, ie. assistance given and donations received. A statement of receipts and payments is included with this item. The statement includes names of donors. 2/Original copy of document titled ‘50th Annual Report. Year ended 30061980’. The report was presented in the Mayoress’ Reception Room, Caulfield City Hall on 29/09/1980. Document mainly describes some of the events from the past 50 years where the society has been able to assist and also the names of those volunteers who have served for many years.caulfield city hall, caulfield ladies’ benevolent society, caulfield voluntary workers’ shop, caulfield community service, elsternwick club, caulfield city council, caulfield c.w.a., caulfield country womens’ association, walters yvonne, community services, local government, community services, voluntary workers, fyfe vera, bridges mrs., pullman eileen, macgowan mrs., donald wyn, green mrs., cornall mrs., hedley vera, machin mrs., sinclair mrs., tyers mrs., aihlen mrs., nelson harold, nelson pauline, cornall john j., mayor, councillors, v.a.b.s., caldwell mrs., blairs mrs., alfred felton estate, felton bequest, alfred edments trust, edments trust, trudy and florence williams trust, a. felton estate, state treasury, victorian association of benevolent societies, mayoress -
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Article - Dairies
This file contains one item: 1/A carbon copy of a typed history of Corams Hughesdale Dairy, from the early days in 1925 to 1977, in Stewart St. The dairy was run for three generations. Horsefloats were superseded by trucks, and Corams became a large distributor in Victoria. Article dated 05/12/77, author unknown apart from first name ‘PRM’. Note in pencil: ‘Mrs. Coram 562340’.hughesdale dairy, corams dairy, dairies, dairying, stewart street, coram bernard lewis, coram vin, charleston bakeries, carnegie, corcim neville, coram alan, jesmond dairies, koornang road, murrumbeena, caulfield, oakleigh amateur film society, coram colin, coram shane, drays, transport, horses, bluey, kangaroo road -
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Photograph - Elsternwick
... Lisbon House Orrong Road House names Rippon Lea Estate Caulfield ...This file contains three items. Photocopied and three page retyped article, undated c.1930s and source unknown from Real Estate Agent Philippe Batters 03/09/1997. Three page document from Keith James Smith, undated, on research on Elsternwick and Glen Huntly Road shops and traders. Three articles from THE AGE 13/05/2000 and 15-16/02/2013 and MELB BAYSIDE WEEKLY 03/11/2010 giving snap shots of Elsternwick housing and facts.batters philippe, real estate agents, elsternwick, paddocks, glen huntly road, walter kelly, elsternwick park, slaughter yards, glen eira roads, point ormond, glenhuntly railway station, nepean highway, grange road, holdsworth’s jewellers, staniland grove, coles store, shops, orrong road, fosseys, hattams mensware, woolworths, dalgarnos crockery and kitchenware, chapmans gifts, garth’s shoe store, garth jack, allen’s furniture and auction rooms, elsternwick market, adam’s cakes, mr. green’s pet shop, turner mr., grocer shop, moores lendring library, hopetown gardens, gardens, jack hatheralls butchershop, butchers, chinese laundry, chinese community, laundries, mr. & mrs. darbyshires milkbar, st. johns church, kooyong road, hasseles garage, garages, royal parade, glenhuntly, camden, hawthorn road, blacksmiths, camden town, dolls hospital, caulfield state school 773, independent picture, theatres, camden theatre, southern indoor bowl centre, larch street, montessorie school, collins milk bar, milk bars, collins lin, hartrick miss, armond mr., lennie mr., rothells sausage factory, north road, red bus service transport, furlonger miss, dance studio, moran and cato grocery, cato family, newsagent, tozer brook, furniture store, green gables american style soda fountain and milk bar, hoyts renown theatre, state savings bank, riddell parade, clarence street, aileen avenue, smith keith james, camden town, sports club, peer gary, gary peer & associates, brukarz jack, ray white real estate, real estate agents, classic cinema theatres, st. george’s road, elizabeth street, allison road, gladstone park, myrtle street, victoria street, caulfield, st kilda east, lisbon house, orrong road, house names, rippon lea estate, caulfield south, carnegie, gordon street, carre street, main street, clarence street, elsternwick club, jewish holocaust museum, daily planet, brothels, wesley college, elsternwick primary, st. joseph’s primary, scholem aleichen college, liebler yavneh, hopetoun gardens, harleston park -
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Document - GLEN HUNTLY
This file contains 3 items about land subdivision and development in Glen Huntly: 1/1 colour real estate advertisement (undated) for the auction of lots of land in Glen Huntly Park Estate, Glen Huntly to be held 06/12/1930. The poster includes1 black and white photograph (85mm x 201mm) of the Shopping Centre on Glen Huntly Road and a colour map (95mm x 107mm) of the Estate and surrounding locality. Also included on the poster is 1 black and white photograph of the Glen Huntly Park Estate and Cypress Plantation of the Glen Huntly Park. 2/1 undated advertisement for an auction of land in Glen Huntly Park to be held 19/03/1938 pursuant to an order to an order for sale made by the Supreme Court of Victoria. It includes 1 black and white photograph (52mm x 375mm) of shops along Koornang Road and 1 black and white photograph (52mm x 375mm) of shops along Glen Huntly Road. 3/1 black and white aerial photograph (undated and unattributed) (164mm x 272mm) of Glen Huntly Park Estate and surrounding area, with street names added, which indicates the second section of the Estate for sale.glen huntly, grange road, glen huntly road, watson crescent, garden avenue, wattle avenue, park avenue, mckay avenue, neville street, miller street, morgan street, truganini road, koornang road, glen huntly park and recreation reserve, glen huntly park estate, royal avenue, glen huntly railway station, tram depots, lyons street, moira avenue, katandra road, ormond, mimosa road, glen huntly park pty ltd, city of caulfield, lord h, land sales, auctions, parks and reserves, shops, elsternwick, caulfield -
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Article - GLEN HUNTLY (HISTORY OF)
This file contains 10 items about the history of Glen Huntly: 1/6 photocopied pages from ‘The History of St Kilda’ which relates to the place name Glen Huntly, and the Quarantine graves, date unknown. 2/2 photocopied pages from the ‘Sun Pictorial’ dated 13/4/1928 and 12/4/1928; relating to the state of the graves at Point Ormond and their re-internment to St Kilda Cemetery. 3/1 pen and ink sketch of graves at Point Ormond from the State Library Victoria. 4/3 pages taken from a website on the re-internment of graves and some social history as to the reason that the new emigrants were coming to Australia. The Article also has 7 photographs. 5/2 newspaper articles on the ‘Glen Huntly’ descendants forthcoming reunion being held on 21&22/4/1990. 6/1 article reprinted from newsletter no. 22 October 1983 on the barque ‘Glen Huntly’. Also details of passengers who died and the burial of 3 at Point Ormond. 7/1 handwritten document (unattributed) taken from ‘Migrant ships for South Australia 1836-1850’ by Ronald Parsons. 8/1 pamphlet commemorating the 150th anniversary of the ‘Glen Huntly’ arriving in Melbourne. It gives information about the ship, passengers, memorial in St Kilda Cemetery and upcoming descendants’ reunion. 9/1 program of commemoration events 21&22/4/1990. 10/1 piece of art work for a ‘Welcome to Glen Huntly’ sign, featuring a ship. Undated, unattributed and source unknown.‘glen huntly’, buchanan captain, fever ship, emigrants, cummins ann, st kilda cemetery, bowman mrs, caulfield, craig john, cameron miss, mcgonagle mrs, elsternwick, armstrong george, mathers james, the glen huntly pioneers memorial, jones alfred ramsey, st david’s uniting church (grange road), glen huntly, glen huntly road, lake street, glen huntly state school, glen huntly presbyterian church, south caulfield, mernda avenue, garden avenue, grange road, jenkin (boss) william, wattle avenue, chinese joss-house, smith a.w, glen huntly post office, foundation stones, king f.l, methodist church, trinity congregational church, greek orthodox church, salvation army temple, wanalta road, st anthony’s roman catholic church, st agnes’ anglican church, booran road, st david’s uniting church, el nido grove, manses, royal avenue, munster avenue, james street, rothschild street, neerim road, organs, peace memorial organ, railways, marara road, curraweena road, booran road, bambra road, rosstown railway, murray-ross william, leila road, murray-ross leila, ‘the grange’, north road, wild cherry road, ‘rosstown’, picture theatres, manchester grove, aerodrome, lord reserve, neville street, lyons street, morgan street, rosedale avenue, rifle clubs, glen huntly infant welfare centre, watson grove, rowlands drapery, drapers, bones plant nursery, nurseries, elsternwick railway station, railway stations, kooyong road, glen eira road, truganini road, rosstown sugar works, ross murray, street names, typhoid, diseases, death and dying -
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Document - GLEN HUNTLY (HISTORY OF)
... Glen Eira Historical Society 965 Glen Huntly Rd Caulfield ...This file contains one item: 1/A loose-leaf, 23-page document titled ‘The History of Glen Huntly’, by Alfred R. Jones, dated 20/06/1991, describing the history of the suburb. The author has drawn heavily from the 4 sources noted in the bibliography. Subjects covered include the ship the suburb is named after, the suburb’s State School, the suburb’s churches, the Rosstown Railway and Sugar Mill, the origin of the name of Carnegie, the suburb’s aerodrome, and the beautification of the Glen Huntly Shopping Centre. The final 12 pages consist of 9 appendices relating to the aforementioned subjects. Appendix A is a typewritten letter from Ron McLeod, secretary of the Place Names Committee, to Mr. D. R. Aylen, CEO of the City of Caulfield, notifying the latter of the alteration of the name ‘Glenhuntly’ to ‘Glen Huntly’. Appendix B is a list of the ministers of St. David’s Uniting Church from its formation in 1916 to the present. Appendix C identifies the persons portrayed in St. David’s stained glass windows. Appendix D is a poster announcing the auction of 41 blocks of land between Hawthorn and Bambra Road formerly owned by William Ross, plus a map identifying said land blocks and anither fir locality. Appendix E is an A4 plan of the Rosstown Railway. Appendix F is a drawing of the Rosstown Sugar Mill. Appendix G is a poem titled ‘The Swagman’s Retreat’, by Herb Arnott, about the failure of the Mill. Appendix H is a map of Caulfield’s horse tramways plus a list of opening and closing dates. Appendix J is a list of streets explaining the meanings of their names.glen huntly, glenhuntly, local history, ‘glen huntly’ (ship), ‘glen huntlely’ (ship), quarantine stations, glen huntly road, lake street, mernda avenue, glen huntly state school no. 3703, ormond francis, ormond, garden avenue, grange road, churches, congregational church, glen huntly presbyterian church, st. david’s, st. david’s uniting church, anglican church, jenkin william ‘boss’, methodist church, wattle avenue, smith a. w. mr., glen huntly post office, glen huntly road, king f. l. mr., uniting church, child care centre, presbyterian church of eastern australia, glen huntly methodist church, sun aria, miller mary, stained glass, phrenologists, trinity congregational church, primitive methodists, ‘the victorian independent’, mercy mr., greek orthodox original old calendar church, wanalta road, salvation army, halls, myrtle street, catholic church, st. anthony’s roman catholic church, foundation stones, neerim road, mannix archbishop, st. agnes’ anglican church, booran road, sunday schools, clergy residences, ‘see’ anglican news magazine, lees archbishop, booth archbishop, glen huntly presbyterian church, el nido grove, tennis courts, bollard v. w. right rev., waratah avenue, royal avenue, munster avenue, james street, rothschild street, peace memorial organ, singers, bremner marie, scotland betty, carden joan, rosstown railway, south caulfield, plants, marata road, curraweena road, bambra road, ross william murray, ross leila, ross constance, vautin constance, ‘the grange’, north road, leila road, wild cherry road, caulfield roads board, elsternwick, land sales, sugar mills, koornang road, woornack road, elsternwick railway station, riddell parade, clarence street, dover street, oakleigh road, murrumbeena crescent, carlisle crescent, railways, trains, parks and reserves, caulfield council, sussex street, caulfield city council, swamps, rosstown sugar mill, rosstown estate, ‘the swagman’s retreat’, arnott herb, rosstown, carnegie, ‘ross’s folly’, carnegie andrew, rosstown hotel, dandenong road, rosstown road, rosstown plate horse race, caulfield racecourses, ames avenue, rosstown court, hostels, murrumbeena, cinemas, innovations (cabinetry film), films, music, pianos, manchester grove, safeway store, squash courts, airports, lord reserve, aeroplanes, air navigation act 1921, neville street, larkin sopwith aviation company of australasia, lyons street, morgan street, bookmakers, nightsoil, poultry, weatherboard buildings, glen huntly railway station, rosedale avenue, rifle clubs, scout groups, 1st glen huntly troop, ana, dowding jack mr., glen huntly infant welfare and family planning clinic, vermador private hospital, watson grove, rowlands (drapers), bones plant nursery, caulfield railway station, bridges, trams, horse tramways, glen eira road, elsternwick railway station, kooyong road, aboriginal peoples, truganini road, hannan lyn mrs. (urban planning officer), glen huntly shopping centre, sculptures, street beautification scheme, “flying the yellow flag”, moore olive, “return to rosstown”, jowett d. f., weickhardt i. s., “from sand swamp and health”, murray peter r., wells john c., caulfield historical society, newsletters, place names committee, mcleod ron, aylen d. r. mr., jones hugh rev., king joseph, scarfe james, vertigan sidney, vertigan earle, rance victor, flavell cameron, denholm robin, moorhead ken, taliai siupeli, eccles james leslie, little agnes, hutchins william r., dickie may a., gordon ivey agnes, theobald a. a. mrs., brownbill lloyd norman, ash georgette, land sales, auctions, messrs. crews & arkle, street names -
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Newsletter - Glen Huntly Branch of the Liberal Party
This file contains 1 item: 1/Publication of the 50th Anniversary Glen Huntly branch of the Liberal Party of Australia, Victorian Division dated 2 April 2006 giving historical details of the origins of the name Glen Huntly.glen huntly, glen huntly log, glen huntly road, caulfield, goldstein, robb andrew, shardey helen, king leo, political parties, glen huntly branch of the liberal party of australia victorian division, diseases, glen huntly primary school, barque, quarantine station, migrants, pioneers, ‘flying the yellow flag’, moore olive, glenhuntly -
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Book - Local Government Act First Report of the Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges
This file contains 1 item: 1/The Local Government Act, First Report of the Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, printed by order of the Victorian Legislative Assembly on 08/03/1865. The document is the first annual report of John Steavenson, Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges under s330 of the Local Government Act no. 176 (1863), and relates to transactions which took place from 02/09/1863 to 31/12/1864. The report outlines operations carried out by the Department of Roads and Bridges in this period. In the Glen Eira area this includes: separating electoral subdivisions of single districts (Moorabbin), adding detached portions of territory to road districts and shires (Caulfield), appointing of and altering in polling places, appointing of polling places for ridings of shires and subdivisions of road districts (Moorabbin), preparing and transmitting of forms of books also of pro forma accounts for guidance of local bodies in keeping their accounts, appointment of main roads, construction of a main road, ‘Dandenong’, in the Caulfield and Gardiner districts, proclaiming of Common Toll Roads, names of and security given by Managers of Common Toll Roads. The report also gives some information about the Shire of Caulfield, which contained 24 road districts and 340 rate payers in 8¼ square miles, and the Shire of Moorabbin, which contained 62 road districts and 713 rate payers in 30 square miles.local government act, assistant commissioner of roads and bridges, legislative council, caulfield historical soceity, steavenson john, sullivan j. f. the honourable, caulfield, moorabbin, road districts, point nepean road, nepean highway, dandenong road, princes highway, brown edwin, osher joseph, cosgrove john, ferres john, roads and bridges offices, caulfield roads district, moorabbin roads district, road construction and maintenance, roads and streets, acts of parliament -
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Document - Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works
This file contains five items relating to Caulfield Council Visits with the Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW) from 1919 to circa 1974: 1/A photo album containing photos from the MMBW ‘visit to the Headworks, Yan Yean Water Supply, Wallaby and Silvery Creeks’ from 28/02/1919 to 03/03/1919, attended by members of the Caulfield City Council. The album contains 13 original black-and-white photographs, 3 of which are of the council members. The album is accompanied by a report by Felicitie Campbell, written 11/2008, about these visits. 2/A publication from the MMBW documenting its review of operations for 1973-1974. The report contains information about water supply, sewerage and drainage infrastructure completed or in progress during this period including infrastructure in Caulfield, Ormond, Carnegie and Bentleigh. 3/A periodical feature from the MMBW titled ‘Living City’, issue no. 16, Spring/Summer 1974. Included in the article titled ‘Program’ is a notice that construction will continue on the Elster Creek drain from Thomas St. to Wheatley Road, McKinnon. The periodical also includes the names of commissioners W. R. Walters from Caulfield and G. R. Bricker from Moorabbin (back cover). 4/2 maps and 1 information booklet from the Thomson Project Open Day attended by Felicite and John Campbell as representatives of the Caulfield City Council. This was an annual MMBW open date. Date unknown. 5/Resarch notes by Kate Aldred about the photo album and Thomson Project Open Day booklet and their links to Felicite Campbell 01/04./2014.koornang road, draper street, hall street, centre road, brewers road, caulfield intercepting sewer, byron street, caulfield park, elster creek, caulfield, carnegie, ormond, bentleigh, thomas street, brighton east, wheatley road, mckinnon, city of caulfield, bricker g. r., walters w. r., caulfield city council, melbourne and metropolitan board of works, hall councillor, murray councillor, murphy councillor, wharington councillor, phillips councillor, blyth councillor, best robert sir, reid doctor, jowett mr., wooley mr., hindle mr., annual reports, water supply structures and establishments, sewerage and sanitation, sewerage establishments, drainage, town planning, business and finance, councillors, mayors, acqueducts, dams and reservoirs, creeks, waterfalls, rivers, construction sites, north road, north road pumping station, cities and towns, campbell felicitie -
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Letter - Murrumbeena (Origin of Name)
This file contains three items about the origin of the name of Murrumbeena: 1/A letter from the Town Clerk to the Chief Librarian of the Public library Swanston Street, dated 28/11/1955, pursuing an enquiry as to the origin of the name ‘Murrumbeena’. 2/The reponse of the Chief Librarian, C. A. McCallum, dated 01/12/1955, giving the origins of the name and listing Edward Curr and Brough Smyth as references. 3/A letter from the Town Clerk to Mr. A. W. H. Lucas of Western Australia, the original enquirer, dated 06/12/1956, outlining the findings of C. A. McCallum.murrumbeena, curr edward, smyth brough, kenyon a. s., mccallum c. a., lucas a. w. h. mr., aboriginal languages -
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Document - National Council of Jewish Women
... Headquarters at 131-133 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield North, named the Annia... Headquarters at 131-133 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield North, named the Annia ...This file contains two items relating to the National Council of Jewish Women (Victorian Section): 1/An invitation to the 63rd Annual Luncheon of the National Council on 14/03/1990, at Tudor Court Receptions, 141 Kooyong Road, Caulfield. The invitation states that the guest speaker will be Annette Allison, media and television personality. Inside the invitation when unfolded, is a long list of the Council’s Patronesses and Hostesses 2/A photocopy of a newspaper article entitled ‘NCJW moves into new home’ by Eileen Vamos, date and newspaper unknown, relating to the opening of the National Council’s new Victorian Headquarters at 131-133 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield North, named the Annia Castan Centre and Sadie Fink offices. The article discusses the opening Caulfield Park, the work of Annia Castan and Sadie Fink after whom the headquarters were named, and plans for the use of the Annia Castan planting a tree as others look on, and the other of Mayor and Mayoress of Caulfield, Jack and Felicitie Campbell, at the planting ceremony.national council of jewish women, tudor court receptions, kooyong road, caulfield, solomon geulah dr., allison annette, caulfield park, hawthorn road, caulfield north, bassat nina, castan annia, fink sadie, fink mina, fink jack, shipton roger, mccutcheon andrew, cornard geoff, campbell jack mayor, capbell felicitie mayoress, shulman phillip, curan george, sokolowich aaron, balint susie, mallinek malvina, samuel ian, sheedy ray, ilan, open door project, jewish welfare society, jnf victoria, westbury street, balaclava, jewish community, open ceremony, community groups, tree planting ceremonies, official events, mayors, annie castan centre, sadie fink offices -
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Document - NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED OR CIRCULATED IN CAULFIELD
This file contains four items: 1/Two typed lists of the names and years of circulation of Elsternwick and Caulfield Newspapers held at the Caulfield Library, the first with amendments in ballpoint pen and the second a revised version of the first dated 12/07/1988. Also included in the item is a typed list of what appears to be issues of the Southern Cross newspaper held at the library and an original handwritten list with a black and white photocopy of newspapers held at the Caulfield Library, dated 11/09/1988. These were provided by Gladys Vallati (longtime member; Head Librarian of Caulfield Library for many years). 2/Two extracts from the Caulfield Historical Society Newsletters (issues April 1975 No 15 and June 1975 No 16) detailing newspapers published and or circulated in Caulfield that are held at the State Library of Victoria, both undated and author unknown. The first has some handwritten annotations and a minute from the first meeting of the Caulfield Road Board on 25/11/1857 on the reverse side, listing the surnames of those present. Also included in the item is a typed draft for one of the extracts. 3/A six page handwritten list of newspapers circulated in the area of Caulfield held in Australian libraries, taken from a Union List dated 1967 in the Canberra National Library, author unknown. Details given of the newspapers include the title and dates of issue, in some cases also listing the merging of newspapers and ceasing of publication. Attached is a handwritten note detailing the production history of the Caulfield and Elsternwick Advertiser dated October 1980, author unknown. 4/A file note dated 24/02/2021 noting that the acompanying typed list of the titles, eras of publications and storage location of newspapers held at Glen Eira Historical Society dated September 2008, is out of date and superceded.elsternwick, buzz, glenhuntly advertiser caulfield communication activities, the elsternwick advertiser, libraries, newspapers elsternwick times caulfield library, the caulfield star southern cross documents, the caulfield advertiser, the age, the caulfield mercury and glenhuntly guardian, the elsternwick and caulfield herald, the elsternwick and caulfield mercury, the caulfield and elsternwick star, the caulfield and elsternwick times caulfield elsternwick advertiser, caulfield and elsternwick leader the caulfield and elsternwick advertiser caulfield contact caulfield news australia israel review, regional progress jerusalem post international edition australian jewish news, the elsternwick leader, microforms, caulfield bibliography brighton , malvern , oakleigh, prahran, carnegie courier, the observer, south east suburban mail, elsternwick news caulfield road board meetings, board meetings caulfield historical society, caulfield historical society newsletter victorian government gazette, the argus, caulfield city council caulfield city council rate books , books, rate books, minute books, harris mr , brooks mr , semple mr, handasyde gilbert, nelson mr, dempsey mr, grants, financial economics, brighton independent, brighton leader, brighton news, brighton southern cross, southern weekly, sunshine times, malvern advertiser, malvern and armadale express, malvern and armadale recorder, malvern argus, malvern courier and caulfield mirror, malvern news, malvern press, malvern spectator, malvern standard, southern news, ormond news, prahran telegraph, oakleigh and caulfield times, chadstone progress, property review weekly, glen eira historical society newsletter, glen eira caulfield leader, glen eira news, south east suburban mail, brighton independent, bentleigh echo, bentleigh news, bentleigh standard, prahran and st kilda advertiser, prahran chronicle, prahran news, prahran post, the times, daily mail, esplanade post, st kilda advertiser, st kilda and balaclava news, st kilda and caulfield southern cross, st kilda district guide, st kilda chronicle, st kilda mercury, st kilda news, oakleigh local news, oakleigh advertiser, oakleigh and caulfield times, oakleigh and mulgrave guardian, oakleigh leader, oakleigh southern cross, standard times -
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Document - ROTARY CLUB OF CAULFIELD
This file contains 13 official documents pertaining to the Rotary Club of Caulfield: 1/A typewritten copy of the constitution of the Rotary Club of Caulfield (undated). Said document is essentially an instruction manual detailing how the Club is to be administered and the duties of officials. 2/A page (unclear if intended for use as a poster or letter) announcing a Business Persons Breakfast to be held at St. Anthony’s Parish Hall on 19/11/1986, wherein Jeff Kennett, M.L.A., Leader of the Opposition of the Parliament of Victoria, will deliver a speech titled ‘Responsibility Before Rights’. 3/A booklet announcing the 25th anniversary celebration of the Rotary Club of Caulfield, to be held at Tudor Court on 24/02/1987. Contains the menu, national anthem, programme, and two lists – one of the founding members of the Club and one of the extant members of the Club. 4/Two copies of a booklet announcing a dinner, to be held at Tudor Court on 10/11/1987, wherein charter will be presented to the Rotary Club of Caulfield-Rosstown by District Governor Ian Knight. Contains a list of extant staff, the menu, the programme, a description of the history of the ‘Wembley Wheel of Friendship’, a list of charter members, and an account of the etymology of the name ‘Rosstown’. 5/Two copies of a page featuring four items of relevance to the Rotary Club of Caulfield. The first is an article (titled ‘Rotary scholar makes it’, author unspecified, source unspecified, undated) about Club scion Mark Collard receiving an MBA from Clarkson University. The second is an article (titled ‘New Caulfield Rotary’, author unspecified, source unspecified, undated) about the presentation dinner to which item 7 pertains. (This article is not present in its entirety, trailing off at the end.) The third is an announcement of a ‘progressive dinner’ to be held on 28/11/1987, also containing an announcement of a bicentennial conference to be held on 19/03/1988. The fourth is an announcement of what appears to be the initiation of some sort of historical re-enactment, the proceeds of which will fund the Rotary Club’s ‘Polio Plus’ project. A title (‘A Long Haul Through Caulfield’) suggests this item may be the header section of an article about said event, but if so, the remainder is not present. Contains three black-and-white photographs; one of Collard with an unidentified woman (presumably his wife), one of Club President Howie Dunlop congratulating Charter President Geoff Oscar, and one of some men riding on a horse-drawn cart. 6/Two copies of a booklet announcing a President Changeover Dinner, to be held on 28/06/1988. Contains the menu, programme, and a list of extant members. 7/Two copies of the weekly bulletin of the Rotary Club of Caulfield, dated 28/06/1988. Contains lists of faculty, notification of the Club’s decision to admit women, notification of upcoming events, a biography of guest speaker Fred Epstein, and a list of the times and places of alternative meetings. 8/Two photocopied statements of the receipts and expenditure of the Rotary Club of Caulfield, one for the period 01/10/1989 – 30/06/1990, and one for the period 01/07/1990 – 27/08/1990. 9/The photocopied minutes of a New Members Committee Meeting of the Rotary Club of Caulfield, dated 02/08/1990. Objects of discussion include fundraising methods and application of funds. 10/A booklet announcing Change Over Night, dated 21/06/1994. Contains the programme, menu, national anthem, and a list of extant faculty. 11/4 unbound pages announcing the winners of the Rotary Youth Photographic Awards, dated 1995 (a more specific date than this is not given). (Pages contain no photographs.) 12/A small note announcing the Murrumbeena Community Market, to be held on 04/12/2010, of which the Rotary Club of Caulfield is one of the sponsors. 13/A booklet announcing a dinner to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Rotary Club of Caulfield, to be held on 23/02/2012. Contains the programme, menu, a list of past presidents, a description of the history of the Gifu Vase (a trophy in the Club’s possession), and a list of some of the charity projects the Club has been engaged in.rotary club of caulfield, clubs and associations, charitable organisations, kennett jeff m.l.a., st. anthony’s parish hall, grange road, neerim road, glenhuntly, festivals and celebrations, tudor court, gray robin, baird jack, lord john, king john, crittenden doug, gelme anthony, hunkin ed. rev., fryer roy, quine john, bedford f., bell jim, bunny d., cripps e., don john, epstein fred, hattam j., howard w., kerry g., kumnick j., kurrie s., lord l., morrison charles, nelson h., parton willis, perry bruce, pollard r., price f., skuse e., stillwell g., tilley norman, tomlinson charles, watson don, webster j., wilson duncan, fincher roy, wheller john, allen selwyn, christopher don, cohen godfrey, davis keith, davis lloyd, dornbierer w., dunlop howie, fillmore wally, ford john, ford peter, forshaw ken, gales brian, green myer, hind jim, humphreys john, hunter ian, lewis ray, melville jack, oscar geoff, penaluna harry, perlen louis, rampling ross, ronaldson keith, sherlock max, sicklemore graham, smith barry, stapleton ted, summers ron, tovey david, rotary club of caulfield-rosstown, knight ian, tudor court, kooyong road, bellmaine mark, langfelder kurt, morris rob, rome graeme, alma club, wilks street, wills david, blankfield mark, awards, wembley wheel of friendship, bellmaine loretta, cunningham david, cunningham jean, davis pam, davis rex, davis judith, forshaw hannah, graham jeremy, graham kara, hassing andre, hassing arlette, jacobs frank, jacobs june, langfelder judy, morris robert, morris angela, nettlebeck rosalie, oscar enid, rattray john, rattray diana, rome lorraine, sarah ted, sarah denise, sherlock helen, smith suzanne, stapleton jackie, turner brook, turner vicki, tuhiwai tamati, tuhiwai ravina, will arnold, will claire, rosstown, ross william murray, rosstown sugar works, collard mark, rotary foundation, keller chuck, campbell felicitie mrs., campbell jack cr., knight genny, albury civic centre, green tess, tantram avenue, quine gwen, beaver street, rosalind ray, rosalind lweis, devon street, little company of mary hospital, polio plus, smith ian, jackson adrian, miller peter, spence bert, wheller denise, coffey bill, financial documents, receipts, gilmartin e., moran d., kaan a., fillmore wal, coleman peter, coleman moyrha, wesley college elsternwick big band, puddy mark, fradkin barry, fitzgerald gerald, renton robert, herschberg gedeon, kinston david, montgomery peter, dawes shane, silberberg henry, zazryn ben, cohen michael, rotary youth photographic awards, photographic competitions, photography, terry ted mr., terry e. a. mr., eldridge hannah, cottral anne, abdullahi khalid, gostin cassie, podlabeniouk lena, diyab ahmed, draca julijana, pevkoski danilla, wooster heath, lesar dion, sansoni rachel, leatham chelsea, townsend jessie, barker megan, fitzgerald megan, maokhamphiou anthony, smith naomi, fraser sue-ellen, white tanya, murrumbeena community market, koornang uniting church, murrumbeena road, welsh heather, robinson david, kesselschmidt sima, potasz sophie, southwick david, cheyne gordon, ryall keith, arianti listy, westbrook natasha, pollard bob, hancock irey, lovett jack, cooper alby, rundle john, patkin nehama, mcmullen adele, douglas jennie, preston mark, resubal loreto, gifu vase, aoki seiichi, operation firewood, alfred hospital, bus of knowledge, australia day breakfast, bethlehem hospital, caulfield hospital -
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Letter - Theatres and Cinemas
This file contains four items relating to research by members of the Caulfield/Glen Eira Historical Society about theatres and cinemas in Glen Eira: 1/A handwritten copy of a letter from the Caulfield Historical Society to the Secretary of Hoyts requesting information about Hoyts cinemas in Glen Huntly, St. Kilda, Caulfield, Carnegie and Elsternwick. Date unknown. 2/A typed list of cinemas in Glen Eira, dated 07/08/2010 giving their location, name, dates of operation and current status. Researcher unknown. 3/Research notes written by Claire Barton, 02/07/2013, paraphrased from ‘The Pictures and Flea Pits: 80 Years of Australians at the Pictures’ by Simon Brand (1983). The notes give the broader context of cinemas in Australia at the time many Glen Eira cinemas were in operation. 4/Research notes written by Claire Barton, 04/07/2013, paraphrased from ‘Moorabbin: A Pictorial History, 1862-1994’, by John Cribbin (1995). The notes give a brief history of the Bentleigh Theatre and Ormond Theatre (renamed ‘The Plaza’).hoyts theatres ltd., gardenvale, mayfair gardenvale, nepean theatre, glen huntly, glen huntly theatre, caulfield, crystal palace theatre, carnegie, hoyts carnegie theatre, elsternwick, hoyts elsternwick theatre, esquire, nepean highway, glenhuntly road, glen huntly road, manchester grove, dandenong road, woorayl street, carre street, gordon street, cinemas, theatres, bentleigh, hoyts bentleigh, caulfield south, camden, carnegie, memorial, rosstown, carnegie theatre, pohebe, renown, elster, esquire, kadima, sharon, classic, rex, argosy, capri, ormond theatre, the plaza, depression 1929-1939, audiences, industry, world war 1939-1945, television broadcasting, drive-in theatres, entertainment, bentleigh theatre, centre road, nicholson street, suburban life, suburbs, community centres, north road, cribben john, brand simon, barton claire, caulfield historical society -
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Article - Caulfield Evangelical Methodist Church
Reprinted article from the Flame, Vol 2 Nov 1 1969. The article gives a brief overview of the businesses in the Camden Town area now known as South Caulfield in the early 1900s, well known local names and the history of the churches various locations in South Caulfield. Also includes two coloured photographs and chronology of church history from 1893-1983 compiled from documents in file by Gladys Vallati date 03/07/2012.hawthorn road church, caulfield, camden, camden town, south caulfield, market gardens, glenhuntly road, hawthorn road, mcconchie hs, the caulfield mercury, newspapers, shops, le page mrs, hood mrs, hood mrs, es&a bank, banks, wighman mr, cedar street, page jw, bakers, fraser mr, blacksmiths, state school 773, schools, newstead street, mills, redman, mccombe, head, lomas, summerell, watts, topp, rowney, elberry, jackson, young, benbow, smith jj, brunel, primitive methodist church, caulfield methodist church, gas & fuel corporation, pyne street, camden town primitive methodist church, provan david rev, elsternwick st kilda methodist circuit, orrong road, balaclava, elwood and bundeera road south circuit churches, brewer md, byard tm, caulfield circuit bambra road, eldridge lb, dunston a, caulfield evangelical church, caulfield continuing methodist church, caulfield presbyterian church, neerim road, caulfield evangelical church, hunkin mr, veitch r, jupiter street -
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Document - Box Family
This file contains two items pertaining to a property named Box Cottage (named after residents William and Elizabeth Box) located in Joyce Park, Jasper Road, Ormond 3204: 1/A typewritten document (two pages), the date and context unknown (albeit authored by A. Smith) about the property. The first part of the document describes the materials and techniques utilized during the property’s original construction around 1850 and during subsequent renovations, whilst the second part describes the reconstruction of the property at a nearby site by the City of Moorabbin Historical Society. 2. A printout of a page from the website of the City of Moorabbin Historical Society (authored by Yun Ma, last modified on 13/01/2013, and accessed 30/06/2014), about the property’s present usage as a museum. Included is some brief historical information about the property, plus advertising of some of the various artefacts on display therein. Also included are six black-and-white photographs (presumably hailing from the museum’s collection) portraying the property’s environs as they existed in the past.‘box cottage’, box family, box william, box elizabeth, cottages, smith a, a. lewis & co pty ltd timber merchants, building construction, construction materials, trees, city of moorabbin historical society, moorabbin historical society, ma yun, museums, museum displays, timber houses, joyce park, jasper road, ormond, timber, woodwork, woodworking, woodworking tools, farm and garden equipment, pioneers -
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Document - ST JAMES PARADE, 33, ELSTENRWICK, ‘AVALON’
Contains 2 items about this property: 1/Two property advertisementss, dated 15/06/2002 on forth coming sale of property, including 4 photographs. 2/Handwritten research on occupiers of property by Claire Barton from Sands and McDougall on 15/03/2013.st james parade, elsternwick, ‘avalon’, house names, spanish mission, architectural features, ‘o’neill estate’, fireplaces, lead lights, plaster moulds, geer clfrd. m, davis mrs annice f. -
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Document - LANGDON FAMILY
This file contains four items pertaining to the Langdon family: 1/Five typed copies of research notes ‘History of the Langdons of Caulfield’, undated, probably by Irene Anderson, eleven pages. 2/Photocopy of typed and hand written notes, four pages, by Irene Anderson for her history of the Langdons dated August 1982 plus one typed version of the first 3 pages. 3/Handwritten, nineteen pages draft of ‘The Langdon homes’ by Irene Anderson, undated. 4/Photocopy of an extract from ‘Henderson’s Families’, five pages titled ‘Langdon of Rosecraddock’ (four copies), some with handwritten notes.caulfield, langdon phillip, ‘rosecraddock’, hawthorn road, kooyong road, powderham road, craddock avenue, franklin j. r., langdon marie, langdon clive, moxham margaret, langdon henry joseph, langdon elizabeth laetitia, langdon montague william, langdon charles petley, langdon emily amy, langdon florence elizabeth, langdon laura, langdon blanche emma, langdon jane, renwick jane, renwick samuel, ‘the garrell’, glen eira road, langdon elizabeth, langdon leslie john, langdon mary elizabeth, langdon dorothy, langdon margery, campbell mary elizabeth, campbell dorothy, franklin margery, franklin john riddoch, halstead street, ‘tarqua’, ‘lirrewa’, lirrewa grove, caulfield town hall, ‘hengar’, happy days kindergarten, read louisa martha, ‘neringa’, house names, ‘beemery’, blanche street, seymour road, ‘little cromer’, esler lilian, webb lilian, langdon stanley blake, langdon richard read, langdon philip clarke, langdon mary laetitia lane, langdon henry clive courtenay, st mary’s anglican church caulfield, ‘penleigh’, parsons florence elizabeth, parsons charles robert, waiora road, ‘beemery park’, ‘bellecourt’, sherlock max, langdon road, anderson irene victoria, ‘lincluden’, southall kate, ‘ringwood’, sadler alfred, mansion house, elsternwick -
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Letter - MEMORIES GLEN EIRA ROAD
2 items: 1/A ten page handwritten letter from Mrs. C.R. Biesse on 12/12/1976 to Mr. Murray. The letter gives her memories of the area around Judge Hood’s Estate, related to her by an elderly acquaintance and her grandfather. Includes a small handdrawn map. 2/Handwritten research by Claire Barton on street names and residents off Orrong Road in 1911 Sands and McDougall directory.biesse c.r. mrs., merton street, caulfiled north, judge hood, hood crescent, droving, judge hood’s estate, land subdivision, judge stephens, st. mary’s church, otira road, helenslea road, shelford, landscapes, kerr b. mrs., palmer florence mrs., morrice street, glen eira road, kambea grove, bushland, cattle, mitchell mr. builder, palmer florence, mitchell colin, mitchell clive, mitchell francis, mitchell mrs., perry family, orrong road, st. aubins ave., ‘orotava’, hayes g.h., ‘kambea’, lothian henry, oswald j.d., ‘merton’, glen eira road -
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Document - LEMPRIERE AVENUE
1/A newspaper cutting from The Argus 12/07/1927 (a print-out of same from Trove), praising the virtues of demolishing former mansion ‘Rozelle’ and erecting a ‘score’ of pretty modern villas from Balaclava Road directly into Green Meadows Gardens, a public reserve. Article describes modernity of homes in great details and the streetscape vistas (1 photo included) including road and pathways. 2/A Caulfield St Kilda Leader, dated 25/08/1993, article with Caulfield residents George and Edna McKaige wanting a planning amendment ‘with teeth’ to protect their Lempriere Ave streetscape. Andrew Ward, Heritage Architect, identified Lempriere Ave as one of Caulfield’s significant areas, because of its Interwar streetscape.east st kilda, ‘rozelle’ mansions, balaclava, land subdivision, balaclava road, georgian style, spanish mission style, orrong road, greenmeadows gardens, lempriere avenue, leadlight, mckaige george, power and telegraph lines, triple-fronted style, interwar streetscape, mckaige edna, ward andrew, caulfield council, elsternwick, welsh heather (councillor), councillors, akehurst jeff, caulfield heritage watch, spencer david, johnson john dr., ‘kilwinning’, george h., peterson william mrs., ‘melby’, ‘springfield’, rose-watt miss, ‘rozelle’, ‘cressy house’, meadow street, smith wallace m., heron herbert l., ‘goathland’, ‘melbe’, wright james, marsh malcolm reginald, house names, melby avenue, springfield avenue, goathlands street, kilwinning court, heritage studies, town planning -
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Document - GARDENVALE
This file contains two items about Gardenvale, which was previously all part of Caulfield: 1/Photocopied eight page document by M. Stewart, 1961, entitled ‘The Gardenvale Story’. It describes Gardenvale Railway and surrounding roads and land. Lempriere’s Paddock, rail tracks on the main roads for the use of market gardeners’ wagons. Sale of land for O’Neill College Estate and construction of a subway through the railway embankment to Gardenvale Shopping centre, including efforts by local people and the council for work to be completed and costs. Footnote is circa 1977. 2/Map of Glen Eira printed from Council website 20/06/2014 showing Glen Eira’s share of Gardenvale.gardenvale, bent thomas, brighton, caulfield, elsternwick, railway stations, lempriere family, ‘bentville’, lempriere’s paddock, market gardens, nepean highway, nepean road, north road, kooyong road, polo, sheridan family, bluestone houses, bethlehem hospital, land subdivision, begonia street, gardenia road, gardenia street, magnolia street, lantana street, martin street, shops, ‘ben burb’, house names, padua hospital, brighton, o’neill miss, o’neill college, o’neill richard, o’neill estate, elster avenue, o’neill college estate, railway crescent, denver crescent, brentani avenue, college street, rosstown railway, brighton cemetery, ross mr, hawthorn road, ormond, gardenvale progress association, elster creek, parliamentary representatives, landscapes, gardenvale road, railway lines, subways, traders association, drainage, floods -
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Letter - ‘MOOD KEE’
Three items about this property, two of which were provided by Peter R Murray (author of ‘From sand, swamp and heath...’. 1/A handwritten letter to P Murray from ex resident Gwen Joynes giving some history on people and places, possibly to help with his book on Caulfield’s past. Dated 08/12/1976. 2/A handwritten letter to Mr Murray from Gwen Joynes with details about accompanying photograph of ‘Moodkee’ and people in photograph; photograph presumably returned as requested. Dated 24/03/1977 3/A photocopied photo of Mood Kee and some written research from Sand Swamp and Heath. Photo likely to be that referred to above.pennington harold, caulfield council’s meeting room, harcourt avenue, caulfield town hall, ‘rosecraddock’, caulfield, davies sydney, langdon family, ‘mood kee’, fonts, ‘yerangle’, house names, st mary’s church of england, johnstone brid. gen., subdivisions, swagmen, johnstone mrs, davis sydney, r.s.l club, ‘ripley’, slaney family, ‘sylverly’, ‘belton’, davis family, glen eira, ‘garrell’, greenwood family, ‘sanquar’, kooyong road, bell family, ‘royston’, slatter family, ‘hengar’, glen eira road, langdon family, joynes gwen, davis gwen, mosley g mrs, davies mrs, mudge mrs, slate tiles, verandahs, weatherboard buildings, brick houses, bluestone, board and shire offices -
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Letter - HUNT, WILLIAM HOGARTH
Two sets of this man's handwritten memories: 1/Five pages of handwritten personal memories, written by William Hogarth Hunt 13/07/1977. He outlines his family, their travels and settlement in 1908 at Glenhuntly: a detailed account of residents, shop owners, land sales and identities, Murray Ross, Mr Burr of Burr’s Gun Oil and Mr Zarman. Also details Glenhuntly Methodist Church, football, athletics, Glenhuntly Aerodrome and an extensive list of local residents and their stories. 2/Two pages of handwritten personal memories, written by William Hogarth Hunt 02/09/1977. A detailed account of residents, shop owners, identities, athletes, local policemen and their stories in the Glen Huntly area.personal memories, hunt william hogarth, glenhuntly, grange road, trams, plumber, stone mary ann, neerim road, wanalta road, schurme mrs, private hospital, hospitals, watson grove, hunt jessie, hunt alfred, hunt charles, smith mr, fisher mr, smith mrs, jockeys, dore george, ‘willis’, builders, house names, mernda, roseberry grove, el nido, neerim road, glenhuntly post office, mrs fielder’s sweetshop, mrs beer’s sweet shop, paddocks, confectionery, fielder fred, maroona road, murrumbeena, grocers, callister dave, carnegie state school, hay and corn store, james street, woodyard, hillards chemist, hughes body works, chemists, davidson’s, glenhuntly printing, hay and corn stores, railway gates, anz bank, fox mr, martin jack, fox mrs, clothing stores, steam rollers, radio and tv shop, beasley j, delicatessen/ham and beef shop, butchers, schurme’s private hospital, gellatley george, tailors, commonwealth banks, watson grove, banks, preston peter, e.j. & h. amos, hardware stores, estate agents, glenhuntly picture theatre, whittle mr, theatres, newsagency, cooper and cooke, station street, f.j. long and co, jennings a.v, timber yards, builders, ‘the estate’, hillcrest estate, grange road, marara road, rosedale avenue, hobart jack, mackie road, confectionery stores, ross murray, glenhuntly athletic club, godfrey evelyn, athletics clubs, railways, glenhuntly junior football club, elsternwick, princess park, carnegie oval, booran road, koornang park, ormond oval – ee. gunn reserve, glenhuntly oval, oakleigh road, victorian amateur turf club, koornang road, glenhuntly aerodrome, neville street, glenhuntly state school, rosslyn street, geary mr, lauriston tennis courts, bakers, carnegie r.s.l., east bentleigh, bowling clubs, tucker road, tennis clubs, centre road, murrumbeena road, larman mr, hollway street, nurseries, parker street, lyle marshall, burr mr, solicitors, builders, bones nursery, ‘burr’s gunoil’, glenhuntly methodist church, carnegie, smith alf, ezard family, clemens family, noy family, noy clarrie, dickie family, storey family, storey george, davis family, joss house, chinese community, wattle avenue, grange road, glenhuntly amateur football club, football clubs, glenhuntly athletic club, athletic clubs, glen huntly junior football club, carnegie oval, koornang park, glenhuntly oval, victorian amateur turf club, glenhuntly aerodome, glenhuntly state school, geary mr., bakers, east bentleigh, tucker road, centre road, larman mr, nurseries, lyle marshall, solicitors, bones nursery, carnegie, "the estate", royal avenue, mckay avenue, dumsday bertha miss, love family, gilmour family, waratah ave, sinclair mr, tuckpointers, bricks, donegan mr, plumbers, frazer mr, frazer and jenkinson printers, frazer arthur, ezard manufacturing, jewellers, private hospital, maroona road, o'carroll mr, beattie mr, horse trainer, morton tom, lord harry, estate agents, ormond, councillors, taylor mr, builders, gibson family, westley alf, o'carroll j (jack) d, glenhuntly athletics club, athletes, jack page's bakery and cake shop, nay clarrie, hunt william h., hunt alf, page jack, armstrong jack, manchester grove, morgan advertising, cusdin sid, farrier, glenhuntly cricket club, caulfield racecourse, neerim road, hoffman's plumbing, emma street, st. agnes school, st. agnes church hall, jenkin 'boss' mr, teachers, hawthorn miss, quinn miss, chitty charlie, chitty's timber, crystal palace picture theatre, theatres, marsh bill, hardware shops, watson arthur w, j.s. kidd and company, marshes hardware, kidd's hardware, bruce ivy, 'belgrave', house names, belgrave road, dandenong road, hunter 'pud', police officers, hunt jess, kangaroo road, murrumbeena, glen huntly