These maps show the land use along the Plenty River. Both Aboriginal and white settlements are shown.Set of maps showing the Plenty River.

From the National Trust register: Statement of Significance Maretimo, a 22 room single storey Australian Colonial Georgian style mansion set on a prominent bluff overlooking Portland harbour, was erected c. 1854 for John Norman McLeod. The design of Maretimo, which is constructed of basalt ashlar with fine-axed parapet entablature, delicate open timber work verandah and Regency interior, has been tenuously attributed to Adelaide architect James Barrow. Maretimo is rivalled only by the stylistically similar Henty residence, Burwsood of 1853 by James Barrow, as perhaps the finest Australian Colonial Georgian style residence erected within the first twenty years of settlement in Victoria. The residence, which was occupied for twenty years by distinguished English-born gentleman parliamentarian, pastoralist and former Van Deimen's Land settler, J H McLeod, is now notable for the disciplined facade and elegantly crafted interiors. Maretimo has been meticulously maintained and is presented in near perfect original condition. The interiors have been sensitively enhanced and redecorated.Linen souvenir tea towel 'Maretimo'. Green and black on cream. 'MARETIMO' at top, front view of Maretimo beneath, then map of locaion, then view from air. 'HISTORIC HOME PORTLAND, VICTORIA' beneath 'Pure Linen', bottom right.historic building, historic homestead, maretimo, henty, souvenir

A brief history of the Kulin clan in Victoria.A brief history of the Kulin clan in Victoria.kulin clan, great dividing range, yarra river, goulburn river, tonne-be-wong, toole-be-wong, donne-be-wong, mount riddell, ben cairn, donna buang, port phillip settlement, john batman, james dredge, port phillip protectorate for aborigines, duang wurrung, king parrot creek, acheron river, mitchellstown, william le souef, murchison, woi wurrung, boon wurrung, warrandyte, mordialloc, little river, william thomas, acheron station, mohican run, john green, mohican station, badger creek, healesville, coranderrk, black's spur, christmas bush, prostanthera lasianothos, geringdah

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

Brief typed history of McKinnon settlement taken from Moorabbin A Pictorial History 1862-1994 by John Cribben. Includes photocopied pages of railway gates, five land estate flyers and an article from the McKinnon Progress, undated.mckinnon, cribben john, crop production, markets, farmers, elster creek, mcmillan archibald, thomas street, centre road, wheatley road, vineyards, south road, ormond, brighton, moorabbin, irish, immigrants, bentleigh, priests, hanrahan pierce, hanrahan johanna, caroll michael, caroll catherine, howes eliza, howes john, howes edward, shanahan denis, shanahan ellen, gould james, gould catherine, howes george, bignell road, jasper road, tucker road, mcguiness family, quinn family, halinan family, malane family, inns, the gardeners arms, mckinnon hotel, bent james, bent thomas, tickets of leave, murray road, were nicholas, sargood family, ripponlea, mansions, elsternwick, st. stephens’ common school, church of england, school houses, evelyn street, st. john’s anglican church, telegraph offices, post offices, state schools, manchester road, north road, nicholls buildings, rivers frank, rivers ray, shops, pridgeon mr., elm grove, sobrin mr., clark misses, greaves bakery, armitage mrs., rout mr., tunnicliffe mrs., lance’s milk bar, johnson’s hardware shop, stiringer mrs., white horrie, robinson’s, mcinnerney’s flower shop, jean darling’s cakes, wyles jim, mckinnon progress association, glen orme avenue, ormond theatre, theatres, lester harry, the plaza, railway crossing, railway gates, wright street, nichols l., builders, pine grove, halls, st. elmo estate, patterson station estate, patterson road, brewer road, purton road, clee hill estate, railway park, hawthorn grove, wattle grove, elm grove, learys estate, manchester road, selkirk avenue, masters estate, lancaster street, moylan street, moorabbin railway crossing

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

Brief typed history of McKinnon settlement taken from Moorabbin A Pictorial History 1862-1994 by John Cribben. Includes photocopied pages of railway gates, five land estate flyers and an article from the McKinnon Progress, undated.mckinnon, crop production, markets, farmers, elster creek, thomas street, centre road, wheatley road, vineyards, south road, ormond, brighton, moorabbin, irish, immigrants, bentleigh, priests, bignell road, jasper road, tucker road, mcguiness family, quinn family, halinan family, malane family, inns, the gardeners arms, mckinnon hotel, tickets of leave, murray road, sargood family, ripponlea, mansions, elsternwick, st. stephens’ common school, church of england, school houses, evelyn street, st. john’s anglican church, telegraph offices, post offices, state schools, manchester road, north road, nicholls buildings, shops, elm grove, greaves bakery, lance’s milk bar, johnson’s hardware shop, robinson’s, mcinnerney’s flower shop, jean darling’s cakes, mckinnon progress association, glen orme avenue, ormond theatre, theatres, the plaza, railway crossing, railway gates, wright street, builders, pine grove, halls, st. elmo estate, patterson station estate, patterson road, brewer road, purton road, clee hill estate, railway park, hawthorn grove, wattle grove, elm grove, learys estate, manchester road, selkirk avenue, masters estate, lancaster street, moylan street, moorabbin railway crossing, archibald mcmillan, john cribben, pierce hanrahan, johanna hanrahan, michael caroll, catherine carroll, eliza howes, john howes, edward howes, denis shanahan, ellen shanahan, james gould, catherine gould, george howes, james bent, thomas bent, nicholas were, frank rivers, ray rivers, mr sobrin, mr pridgeon, misses clark, mrs armitage, mr rout, mrs tunnicliffe, mrs stiringer, horrie white, jim wyles, harry lester, l nichols

History and biography of George Thomas senior and junior. Also gives details of the siblings, family tree of few siblings, and some plans of Thomas properties. A forty-four page book published by Eric F. Thomas in 1986thomas eric f., thomas george, thomas george snr, thomas george jnr, land surveyors, land subdivision settlements, estate of klaterville, brighton estate, churches, church groups, mckinnon road, thomas road, thomas street, tucker road, orrong road, glen eira road, st marys church of england glen eira road, gardeners, farmers, caulfield, seymour road, thomas george alfred, thomas adelaide, warrein road, north road, thomas percival theodore, thomas elsie adelaide, thomas arthur gilbert, quarries, stone quarries, agricultural activities, methodist church, church groups, thomas cecilia hilda, thomas stanley charles, thomas bertha alice, melbourne street, murrumbeena, murrumbeena methodist church, sunday schools, sunday schools teacher, moonya road, thomas amy ida mary, women’s christian temperance union, thomas edith minnie, bible society, thomas william henry, linacre jane ann

Contains one item about 'Labassa', called 'Ontario' when owned by Alexander William Robertson: 1/One copy of a thirty-two page colour book, published by the Friends of Labassa and The National Trust in 2004. The book details the history of Labassa (and its owners) as a place for social gatherings and entertaining of Melbourne society of the late nineteenth century, and its letter use as flats and a boarding house. Extensively illustrated with colour photographs, architectural sketches and plans, the book LABASSA: A GRAND VICTORIAN MANSION details Labassa’s architectural significance Please refer to file 1113Y for the other copy of this book. For further information about Labrassa please refer to file 1113.labassa, ontario, sylliott hill, caulfield north, friends of labassa, manor grove, national trust of australia (victoria), balaclava road, orrong road, caulfield, mansions, cobb and co., amatil ltd. (limited), alcoa of australia ltd. (limited), lyall william, mickle john, billing richard annesley judge, robertson alexander william, watson john boyd ii, koch john augustus bernard, hammond victoria, palmer lee, davis kingsley, groenhout chris, worrall bronwyn, balderstone sue, biarujia ian, cassidy darien, davidson rodney ao obe, forge warwick, lewis miles dr., sagazio celestina dr., billing mary, billing williamina, billing richard junior, watson flora kate, robertson eva, robertson nina, robertson emily, robertson john, australian-german association, bicentennial gift to the nation, ferguson and urie, crouch and wilson, tangent design, midas printing (asia) limited (ltd), flats, architectural features, architectural styles, auctions, land sales, land subdivision, architects, lawyers, judges, coaches and carriages, businesspeople, german community, victorian style, grants, voluntary workers, property development, construction (events and activities), gold mining, theatrical productions, stairs, stained glass, settlements, graziers, verandas, cast iron work, marble, balconies, bell towers, towers, bay windows, panoramic views, bedrooms, servants quarters, billiards rooms, rooms, fireplaces, sculpture, servants, marvellous melbourne, land use, depression 1890s, photography, photographers, entrance hall, domestic life, cultural events and activities

Nanya Station, owned and managed by the University of Ballarat (now Federation University Australia), was purchased with assistance from the Department of Environment and Heritage Government Caring for our Country program. Nanya Station is located in the Scotia country, west of the Darling Ana-Branch in far western New South Wales and consists of the Nanya Western Lands Pastoral Lease 3281 – Perpetual Leasehold Lot 1244 in Deposited Plan 762778, Parish of Winnebaga, County of Tara and part of Lot 1242 County of Windeyer. Nanya is within the tribal area of the Danggali Aboriginal people, a sub-group of the Barkindji. Many Aboriginal sites have been recorded adjacent to major rivers in the region providing evidence that these areas supported a large population. The Scotia region has one of the shortest stock grazing histories of western NSW. Along with five other Scotia properties, Nanya was created as a pastoral lease in 1927. The first European settlement on the land followed exploration of the area by Sturt and Eyre. In 1854, the Lake Victoria lease which encompassed this area comprised 465,000ha.included Scotia blocks 1, 2, 3 and 4, Amoskeag and Winnebaga which formed the area known as the Scotia. It was described as a region of thick mallee scrub, interspersed with bluebush flats and Belah woodland. In the 1920s artesian water was found and the dry Scotia country was surveyed and divided into six Homestead leases allocated by ballot (Withers 1989). All properties were approximately 30,000ha, with a recommended stocking level of 3,000 sheep. Winnebaga (renamed Nanya) was taken up by Gordon Cumming. He initially dug a dam near the southeast corner of the property. A larger ground tank and rudimentary dwelling at the site of the present complex was later established. An adjacent area was cleared and cropped to provide feed for the horses used in digging the earth tanks. The ruins of the original building are located between the shearing shed and Homestead Tank. A cottage was built in the 1930s and a more substantial Red Gum framed homestead in the early 1950s. The lease was held by Mr Gordon Cumming until 1984 when it was purchased by Mr Norm Scadding as an extension to the adjacent lease, Belvedere. It was sold in 1995 to Mr Rob Taylor of Waikerie then in 1999 to BeMax Pty. Ltd., a sand mining company. These last three owners all permitted use of the property by the University for teaching and research. The Centre for Environmental Management at the University of Ballarat had been involved in studies of flora and fauna in western New South Wales since 1988. Studies became concentrated on the Scotia region with its variety of intact ecosystems due to a short pastoral history. Of particular significance is a system of natural salt lakes of which the most extensive is the Scotia Discharge Complex located on Nanya Station. An extensive vegetation survey of the Scotia region Westbrooke et al. 1998) highlighted the significance of the area both in terms of the range of communities in relatively intact condition and the occurrence of species and communities of restricted distribution. Nearly 400 species were recorded of which nine had either not previously been recorded or have restricted distribution in western NSW. Twenty-two plant communities occur on Nanya Station of which two, Halosarcia lylei low open shrubland and Hemichroa diandra/Halosarcia/Frankenia low open shrubland, are dominated by species not previously recorded from NSW. H. lylei and Acacia loderi shrublands are listed as endangered under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act. As noted, the area has a relatively short grazing history and, due to the presence of large areas of mallee with a Triodia understorey and restricted water supplies, stocking rates have been low. The diversity of ecosystems in relatively intact condition and extensive areas of old growth mallee made Nanya a highly significant refuge for biological diversity. This factors led to the purchase of Nanya Station by the University of Ballarat in 2004 with the assistance of the Department of Environment and Heritage for the purposes of conservation, research and education. In 2010 the southern paddocks of Nagaella Station (10,000ha.) which lie along the northern boundary, were purchased with the assistance of Lower Murray Darling Catchment Management Authority and added to the Nanya lease to provide complete protection for the communities of the Nanya Discharge Complex and further high quality Malleefowl habitat. Four digital reports documents relating to Federation University's Nanya Station, Western New South Walesnanya station, scotia country, pastoral lease, winnebaga county, darling ana-branch, martin westbrooke, environmental education, nagaella station, lower murray darling catchment management authority, conservation research education, ian gribble, pat prevett, ian henderson, danggali