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Alfred Health (The Alfred, Caulfield Hospital, and Sandringham Hospital)
Book, Ann M Mitchell, The Hospital South of the Yarra A history of Alfred Hospital Melbourne from foundation to the nineteen-forties, 1977 The Griffin Press
Board of Management of The Alfred commissioned Ann M Mitchell to write a history of the hospital from its foundation until the nineteen-forties. The hospital treated its first outpatient on 6 March 1871 and its first inpatient on 13 March 1871.Book details major milestones of hospital's history from 1860's including its naming after Prince Alfred. Records major achievements including important treatment, teaching and research. Lists many important personnel including doctors, nurses, matrons and Board Members.Small Book 299 Pages Red CoverThe Hospital South of the Yarra, Ann M Mitchellthe alfred, history, 1871, 1940's, medical, patients, health, hospital -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph
In the early 1980s, the CBD of Sunbury bounded by Evans, Brook, O'Shanassy and Station Streets underwent major redevelopment. The photograph was taken in the centre of this developed area.A black and white photograph of a small shopping complex showing a craft shop and a coffee lounge. Five people are at the entrance of the small arcade.shopping centres, bakery walk, link arcade, let's be crafty, suzanne's coffee lounge, george evans collection -
Forests Commission Retired Personnel Association (FCRPA)
ICI Explosives Sampler
The Forests Commission had a large and active engineering branch which was often called upon for major demolition or quarry work. Most overseers, as well as some foresters, were trained in the use of explosives to “blow stuff up” such as removing stumps and rocks from roads. Districts usually had a small powder magazine tucked away in the bush for storage of gelignite and detonators.Sample board showing examples of explosives and detonatorsroad construction and maintenance. -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Information Branch, Victorian Department of Agriculture, Principal's House, 1900-1909
Therefore the earlier comment about seated man would not be correct.2 copies black and white photograph. House and surrounding garden. Building is of stucco and timber, slate roof, 4 chimneys. The original sections of the house date from 1872. The seated gentleman on a bench in front of the house is probably Mr. E.E. Pescott.Reverse of larger copy, "from box the Garden/Land 1909." On reverse of smaller copy, "Photograph by Information Branch Victorian Department of Agriculture Ref. No. 1981(889-2.)" Further copy: handwritten on reverse, "Early 1900 certainly before 1909. Caption "Directors residence (1909) was a major feature of the garden. sadly it was demolished in 1980 now leaving none of the early college buildings outstanding." In different handwriting, "Principals House before 1909."e.e. pescott, principal's residence, principal's house -
Chiltern Athenaeum Trust
Book, The Home Guard Fieldcraft Manual, April 1942
Owned by Adde Andreas Matiess John Cooper who served in WW1 and was awarded the Military Medal. He also served as a Lieutenant with the 22nd Battalion in WW2.Adde Cooper was born and lived in Chiltern and served in both WW1 & WW2. Small green fabric reinforced booklet. 173 pagesWritten by Major John Langdon-Davies. John Murray & The Pilot Presschiltern, ww1, ww2, military medal, adde andreas matiess john cooper -
Nillumbik Shire Council
Reinis ZUSTERS (b.1918 Ukraine, arr.1950 Aus - d.1999 NSW Aus), Sunday Morning Montsalvat, 1979
Reinis Zusters OAM was born 15 October 1918 in Odessa, Ukraine, of Latvian parents. Zusters’ father died before he was two years old and he was raised in an orphanage from an early age. He had one sister. He studied Art at the Riga Technical College, Latvia, from 1935 to 1940. He married Aldija Kapteinis, and they had a daughter, Rudite (born 1942 in Riga). After World War II the Zusters family were refugees. They reached Western Australia in 1950, where they stayed for 6 months before moving to Canberra, ACT. In 1952, Zusters moved from Canberra to Pennant Hills in Sydney with his second wife, Arija Biks. Their daughter Laura was born in Sydney in 1956. In 1966, Zusters met his future third wife, Venita Salnajs. In 1969, Zusters bought a house in Greenwich, Sydney. He married Venita on September 17, 1976, and they moved to Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains. Zusters died on 8 October, 1999 at Wentworth Falls, and was cremated at Rookwood Crematorium, Sydney. His ashes are buried in the Latvian section of Rookwood Cemetery. Zusters studied at the Technical College of Riga (Latvia), and at East Sydney Technical College, Australia. He was influenced by his Latvian cultural heritage, and admired the artist Voldemars Tone (1892-1958). Shortly after arrival in Australia, Zusters became a draughtsman with the Department of Works and Housing in Canberra. Later he was appointed chief designer with the Australian-American architectural firm Austin-Anderson, at St. Leonards, Sydney. Zusters practised as a full-time professional artist from 1968. Zusters was a prolific painter, predominantly in oils. He produced many large landscapes, including triptychs of the Blue Mountains. His landscapes were mountain scenes prepared in the manner of Jackson Pollock and completed with washes and pale glazes of colour. His cityscapes featured a rich paint surface and sharp-edged thickness of paint applied with a palette knife, layer upon layer. He painted urban scenes of Sydney, inland Australian scenes, and several major portraits including Sir Winston Churchill’s gardener (purchased by Art Gallery of NSW). He made many small informal portrait-drawings of friends. His usual signature was “Zusters”. His work is represented in numerous public and private collections in Australia and abroad. He won numerous prestigious awards in Australia, Japan and USA and was honoured with the Order of Australia Medal in 1994. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Crown, Major's rank
Small gold and crimson Crown - Major's lapel rank. Queen Elizabeth's crown with red velvet cushion. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Wooden framed picture
Small wooden framed copy of photograph under glass.Inscription below picture is as follows. " On 17 December 1915,a famous game of cricket was played at Shell Green,Anzac,as Turkish shells passed overhead. The batsman, Major George MacArthur Onslow, 7th Light Horse Regiment NSW,has just been caught out. The game was part of the various deceptions planned to deceive the Turks that all was normal at Anzac while the evacuation was being carried out". Shell Green was the only piece of flat ground for the game to be played on. -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Digital photograph, Dorothy Wickham, Grave showing Freemason's symbol, Lindisfarne Island, UK, 2016
Lindisfarne – also known as Holy Island – is one of the most important centres of early English Christianity. It can be reached by car at low tide as there is a causeway across to the Island. Irish monks settled here in AD 635 and the monastery became the centre of a major saint’s cult celebrating its bishop, Cuthbert. The masterpiece now known as the Lindisfarne Gospels was created here in the early 8th century. There is a small village on the island, with a church still in use. Interesting graves, the priory ruin, Viking remnants and a castle adorn the isle.Grave showing Freemason's symbol, Lindisfarne Island, UKIn Memory of George Burn, with a compass and set square and castle symbolgeorge burn, grave, freemason, symbolic, symbol, linidsfarne, st cuthbert, holy island, northumberland -
City of Ballarat Libraries
35 mm Slide, Statuary Pavilion, Ballarat Botanical Gardens circa late1950s
James Russell Thompson (1818-1886) a successful mining investor and stockbroker of the Ballarat Stock Exchange, gifted the pavilion and the statues within, as a 10,000 pound bequest to the City in his will. The pavilion, designed by architect T.E. Molloy on an octagonal plan with a convex curved roof, was constructed in 1887, and houses the statues Flight from Pompeii, Rebekah, Susannah, Modesty and Ruth. The pavilion is a major feature of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, and unique in Victoria. It is a favourite subject for photographers, and Mrs Strange has captured it surrounded by massed small begonias. Mrs Bon Strange and her husband Bert were well known Ballarat residents. When Mrs Strange died some years ago, her extensive slide collection was sorted through and those relevant to Ballarat were gifted to the Ballarat Library. botanical gardens, lake wendouree, james russell thompson, statuary pavilion, weighing machine -
International House, The University of Melbourne
Photograph (Item), Three students looking at books, 1961
This photo appeared in the International House magazine, Satadal, in 1961, with the caption 'A small but interesting collection of books is available for students' casual reading. A wide selection of magazines and newspapers is also provided, and administered, by the International House Students' Club. The IH Library was formally created in 1962 as the Sir Angus Mitchell Library, with the Rotary Club of Melbourne a major source of financial support . Through 1961 and 1962, donated funds and books allowed for the development of a collection, initially focusing on necessary texts for undergraduate students, and texts on the histories and cultures of other countries.'Satadal 1961' inscribed on reverselibrary, books -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, St Laurence O'Toole Catholic Church, Sandon, 2017, 16/07/2017
A small wooden school (22' x 14') was erected in Sandon by Father Patrick Smyth in 1859 (and at Golden Point) which was used for Mass and came to be regarded as a chapel. Twenty-three years later, a brick church was built by Father Allen at a cost of 1,000 pounds. The Church was blessed by Archbishop Goold on May 6th 1883 and dedicated to St Laurence. The 1940s saw some refurbishment and in 2002 a major restoration project was undertaken. St Laurence's was restored from roof to footings, by a dedicated band of volunteers and trades people. Work was completed mid 2003 and in November 2003 St Laurence's was re-dedicated with the celebration of Mass and a picnic tea. Colour photograph of a brick church at Sandon, Victoria. sandon, sandon cemetery, st laurence o'toole catholic church, sandon -
Hume City Civic Collection
Container - Bottle - Liquor, SUNBURY SUB BRANCH/70th ANNIVERSARY/1923-1993
This unopened small bottle filled with port was produced to acknowledge the Sunbury Sub Branch of the Returned Services League of Australia's 70th Anniversary in 1993. The bottle has a short story of the Sunbury sub branch having been given official recognition on the 10th December 1923 by the RSL. Major William Alexander Morton D.S.O was the patron and also the first president of the Sunbury Sub Branch.Small cream with brown spots ceramic half size bottle with a black seal covering top of bottle the seal has a very small chip out of seal. The contents are still in the bottle.front: SUNBURY SUB BRANCH/70th ANNIVERSARY/1923-1993 back: The....; LEST WE FORGETreturned services league, sunbury r.s.l, anniversaries, celebrations, william alexander morton, 1920s, 1990s, george evans collection -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, The Home Guard Fieldcraft Manual
... and photographs. Home Guard Major John Langdon-Davies Small green material ...Book written by Major John Langdon-Davies for the Home Guard. Gives instructions on various subjects relating to training of the Home Guard. Text nnd black and white drawings and photographs.Small green material covered book with black writing (title, author, price and publisher) on front and spine (title).home guard, major john langdon-davies -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph - 3rd LH Bde 1918
Following Gallipoli service, 3rd Light Horse Brigade comprising 8th (Victorian), 9th (South Australian/ Victorian) and 10th (West Australian) Light Horse Regiments formed part of the ANZAC Mounted Corps under command of Sir Harry Chauvel in the campaigns through Egypt, Palestine and Syria, 1916-1918. Fine study of senior officers of a Light Horse Brigade in the Middle East during World War 1 (1914-1918).Small Black and white photograph of Brigadier Wilson and Staff, 3rd Light Horse Brigade circa 1918.Back row L-R, Lieutenant Latham, Major Worthington, Captain Lyall, Captain Barker. Front row L-R. Lieutenant - Colonel Stewart ( Field Ambulance ), Lieutenant - Colonel Todd ( 10 Light Horse ), Brigadeer Wilson, ( Brig.( OMD ) , Lieutenant Colonel Wilson ( Brig. OND ), Lieutenant - Colonel Scott ( 9th Light Horse ), Lieutenant - Colonel Daly ( 8th Light Horse ) & seated in front Captain Hammond3rd light horse brigade, wilson, wwi, world war one, middle east -
Melbourne Legacy
Photograph, Annual Demonstration, 1974
Junior Legatee performers in the Annual Demonstration, which was a major event for Legacy each year, usually held at the Melbourne Town Hall. This photo provides just one example of the beautiful costumes worn by Junior Legacy girls for Legacy's Annual Demonstrations at the Melbourne Town Hall. These costumes were made by members of the Junior Legacy Mothers' Club and the Melbourne Legacy Wives' Association. Whilst the cost to Legacy was very small, the quality of the work produced was truly professional. A record of a Junior Legacy Demonstration. This photograph serves as photographic evidence of the work that the Legacy Wives' Association and Junior Legacy Mothers' Club produced over the years.Black and white photo of five women in matching ensembles (jumpsuits and plaid patterned hats). They are turned to the side and facing the camera with one hand on their hip and the other holding the brim of their hat.Written on back of photo: "P2 LEGACY", "1974" Stamped on back of photo: "COPYRIGHT / THE HERALD & WEEKLY TIMES LTD. / MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA / NOT TO BE REPRODUCED OR DISPLAYED WITHOUT WIRTTEN PERMISSION"junior legatee, annual demonstration, costumes, girls' classes -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO TOWN HALL ''A GOLDFIELD' PALACE'' LEAFLET, 2002
Bendigo Town Hall, Heritage Victoria ''A Goldfields Palace Blue Leaflet'' with coloured photographs and white text. Photographs courtesy of Westox Pty Ltd and the City of Greater Bendigo. 2002. Front page features the extensive work that would be undertaken for the restoration. A time line beginning 1851, gold discovered in Bendigo. 1854 German-born W. C. Vahland arrived in the colony. 1855 Town of Sandhurst (Bendigo) became a municipality. 1856 First Town Hall was a small timber building on View point. 1857 Vahland sets up his architectural practice with Robert Getzschmann. 1859 A new, two-storey Italianate Town hall designed by George Fletcher, Town Surveyor, was built. 1866-77 Two-storey extension added to the north of the building to house the council chamber. 1871-72 Addition of the Corn Exchange comprising two storeys and a basement to the north of the building. 1878-87 Major remodelling of the exterior and interior carried out to the designs of architect W. C. Vahland. The work comprised major extensions and the addition of three towers and mansard roof, reconstruction of the main stair, decorative plasterwork by Otto Waschatz (decorated Royal palace, Copenhagen), and council chamber painted by W. J. Straugher. 1902 Painting of the main hall by Coulter and Smith of Bendigo. 1913-15 Remodelling of offices. 1926 Replacement of main Hargreaves Street hall entrance, foyer and balcony with stage. 2000 Restoration works to the Town hall commence. The middle pages and the back show some of the conservation works that were required.bendigo, tourism, town hall restoration, 4-2000 www.heritage.vic.gov.au -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Programme - BENDIGO OPERATIC SOCIETY ''ANNIE GET YOUR GUN''
Bendigo Operatic Society ''Annie Get Your Gun'' At the Capital Theatre View Street Bendigo for a Six Night Season Commencing Thursday 18th November,1971. Producer: Max Collis. Assistant Producer, Bellet and Wardrobe Mistress: Madge Welch. Society Pianist: Ruth Gorman. Musical Director: Gwen Grose. Cast: Kerry Lorenz as a Small Girl - Ferd Lorenz as Charlie Davenport - Shane Brennan as Mac (Property Manager) - Douglas Sayle as Foster Wilson - Ann Ball as Dolly Tate - Annette Beckwith as Winnie Tate - Terry Carr as Tommy Keeler - Len Carr as Frank Butler - Heather Lindhe as Annie Oakley - Mark Edebone, Peter Miller as Little Jake - Debbie Moyle, Rosemarie Favaloro as Nellie - Jennifer Carr, Cathy Johnson as Jessie - Judith Hall, Suzanne Hartley as Minnie - Brian Thomas as Col.Wm F. Cody - Valerie Griffith as Mrs. Little Horse - Wilma Baldwin as Mrs. Black Tooth - Kerry Hogan as Trainman - Bridgette Agnew as Waitress - John Tonkin as Conductor - Bernard Keogh as Major Gordon Lillie (Pawnee Bill) - Fred trewarn as Chief Sitting Bull - Ann Rundall as Wild Horse Ceremonial Dancer - Jan Lovett as Sylvia Potter Porter - Jill James as Mrs. Adamsprogram, theatre, bendigo operatic society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - Gold Scales Weights
Troy ounces are slightly heavier than avoirdupois ounces that we commonly use. 1 troy ounce equals roughly 1 1/8 ounces and is used for the weighing of precious metals and gems. It is believed that the troy ounce dates back to the 16th century to the town of Troyes in Frances. This was a major trading centre for Europe and a standardised for of weights was needed. One troy ounce equalled 480 grains of barley.Four circular Troy weights - three have raised outer edge/lip with weight details imprinted in the centre. Large weight has the number 2 embossed in the middle. Second has the number 1.0 in the middle third has the number 1/2 in the middle. Fourth weight is solid and has a smaller inner circle. All appear to be made out of brass All taper down to smaller base.gold mining, gold mining equipment, gold mining history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - Nesting weights
Troy ounces are slightly heavier than avoirdupois ounces that we commonly use. 1 troy ounce equals roughly 1 1/8 ounces and is used for the weighing of precious metals and gems. It is believed that the troy ounce dates back to the 16th century to the town of Troyes in Frances. This was a major trading centre for Europe and a standardised for of weights was needed. One troy ounce equalled 480 grains of barley.Two Sets of Troy weights all circular and tapering to the bottom plus two individual weights - 1oz. One Complete set of Troy weights round in shape and tapering to bottom with six inner weights imprinted with 6oz, 4oz, 2oz, 1oz and nothing on two inner smaller ones.2nd set is incomplete with three inner crucibles next size is missing and then smallest size 6oz 4oz 2oz 1oz . Two individual weights 1oz.gold mining, gold mining crucibles, gold mining equipment, gold smelting -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Machine - Pratt & Whitney R 2000 1,300 HP Air Cooled Radial
Historical Details: . Description: The R2000 engine was developed from the Pratt and Whitney R1830 with a focus on reducing production costs and fuel consumption. Built in relatively small numbers it powered only two major aircraft types; the Douglas DC 4 and the DeHavilland Canada Caribou. Level of Importance: State -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photographs [Series], Robert Baker, Exhibition , Josiah Earl Barnes: The Embarkation Photographer, Kew Court House, 2015, 2015
From its beginnings in 1958, the Society has mounted exhibitions and/or displays, in early days in shop windows and in community spaces located in the Kew City Hall (later Kew Library), and since 2010 at the Kew Court House. Exhibitions typically coincided with the annual Kew Community Festival in March, but after 2013 evolved into three new exhibitions yearly at the Kew Court House. Smaller displays continue to be mounted in the Kew Library.Born digital series of photographs of an exhibition focusing on the World War I work of the Kew photographer, Josiah Earl Barnes, also known as 'the embarkation photographer'. All the images in the exhibition were lent by three of his descendants. The exhibition formed the Kew Historical Society's major contribution to the Gallipoli and Beyond Commemorations. photographers - kew (vic) - josiah earl barnes, j.e. barnes - the embarkation photographer, australian photography - world war 1 - 1914-1918, wwi -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Kew Recreation Hall, Wellington Street, c.1950
The Kew Recreation Hall was opened in 1880. For eighty years it was a major venue for concerts, performances, dances and civic events. It was demolished in 1960.This work forms part of the collection assembled by the historian Dorothy Rogers (1905-1973), donated to the Kew Historical Society by her son in 2015. The manuscripts, photographs, maps, and documents were sourced by her from both family and local collections or produced as references for her print publications. Many were directly used by Rogers in writing ‘Lovely Old Homes of Kew’ (1961) and 'A History of Kew' (1973), or the numerous articles on local history that she produced for suburban newspapers. Most of the photographs in the collection include detailed annotations in her hand. The Rogers Collection provides a comprehensive insight into the working habits of a historian from the 1960s to the 1970s. Front view, from Wellington Street, of the former Kew Recreation Hall. The 1880 weatherboard building has a long covered entrance leading to the gabled facade. A smaller gabled room protrudes from one side of the facade. At this stage, the decorative features: gables, brackets, finials, etc were still preserved. The triple window would have been a major source of light for the interior. It appears to have an upper balcony in front of the window. Annotation verso: "28. Kew Recreation Hall prior to demolition. Built about 1880."dorothy rogers, kew recreation hall, buildings -- wellington street (kew) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Giant Red Gum. Victoria Park [Kew], c.1950
In 1871, Victoria Park, beside the Boroondara General Cemetery was set aside as a public reserve. As the Park developed, exotic plants were added to existing specimens. In 1910, a photograph of ‘The Oldest Inhabitant: A Giant Red-gum Tree’ in the Park was included in the Jubilee History of Kew. Fifty-one years later the tree was re-photographed by Colin Campbell. A 2007 Master Plan developed for the City of Boroondara advises the retention of this now dead River Red Gum, including a ‘managed risk zone’ and planting under the heavily lopped tree.This work forms part of the collection assembled by the historian Dorothy Rogers (1905-1973), donated to the Kew Historical Society by her son in 2015. The manuscripts, photographs, maps, and documents were sourced by her from both family and local collections or produced as references for her print publications. Many were directly used by Rogers in writing ‘Lovely Old Homes of Kew’ (1961) and 'A History of Kew' (1973), or the numerous articles on local history that she produced for suburban newspapers. Most of the photographs in the collection include detailed annotations in her hand. The Rogers Collection provides a comprehensive insight into the working habits of a historian from the 1960s to the 1970s. Small monochrome snapshot of the former giant River Red Gum that until it died was a major feature of Victoria Park, Kew. In the background is the red brick wall of the Boroondara General (Kew) Cemetery.Annotation verso: "Giant Red Gum. Victoria Park. Still there over 100 yrs old"dorothy rogers, victoria park (kew), river red gums -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Kew Recreation Hall, Wellington Street, c.1950
The Kew Recreation Hall was opened in 1880. For eighty years it was a major venue for concerts, performances, dances and civic events. It was demolished in 1960.This work forms part of the collection assembled by the historian Dorothy Rogers (1905-1973), donated to the Kew Historical Society by her son in 2015. The manuscripts, photographs, maps, and documents were sourced by her from both family and local collections or produced as references for her print publications. Many were directly used by Rogers in writing ‘Lovely Old Homes of Kew’ (1961) and 'A History of Kew' (1973), or the numerous articles on local history that she produced for suburban newspapers. Most of the photographs in the collection include detailed annotations in her hand. The Rogers Collection provides a comprehensive insight into the working habits of a historian from the 1960s to the 1970s. Oblique view, from Wellington Street, of the former Kew Recreation Hall. The 1880 weatherboard building has a long covered entrance leading to the gabled facade. A smaller gabled room protrudes from one side of the facade. At this stage, the decorative features: gables, brackets, finials, etc were still preserved. The triple window would have been a major source of light for the interior. It appears to have an upper balcony in front of the window. Annotation verso: "Kew Recreation Hall. Built ca. 1880 (Photo prior to demolition in 1960".dorothy rogers, kew recreation hall, buildings -- wellington street (kew) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Instructional photograph No.7: Using concrete for street kerbs, Portland Cement Association, 1921
One of seven photographs produced by the Portland Cement Association in 1921 showing how concrete kerbs could be created. Portland Cement Association (PCA) was founded in 1916. From 1917, the association actively promoted the benefits of concrete for road works in Australian newspapers. In the nineteenth century in Melbourne (Vic.) 'made roads' typically had gutters and kerbing lined with bluestone.The photographs are important evidence of the availability of instructional models for the use of concrete in street works in Victoria. While the photographs date from the early 1920s, the use of concrete for kerbing did not reach its maturity until after World War 2. The photos demonstrate knowledge about and the use of concrete in street works in a major Melbourne municipality at an early period.Black and white photograph with printed instructions on the reverse showing the production of concrete kerbing on 67th Street, West Allis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA). The photograph was produced by the Portland Cement Association of Chicago in 1921 and used within the Chief Engineer's Department of the City of Kew (Vic.)."7th - Brushing Surface with flat brush, wet with clean water, to remove tool marks and small surface irregularities." street works, kerbing, gutters, concrete, portland cement association -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Filling in the Outer Circle Railway cutting at East Kew, 1939
W.D. Vaughan (Kew's Civic Century, 1960, pp.195-6) quotes Council Minutes of 1938 and 1939 to record that: "After protracted negotiations between the Council, the Railways Department and the Tramways Board agreement was reached in June, 1938, for the filling of the railway cutting at the Harp Junction and shifting tram tracks to the High Street alignment ... The Outer Circle railway land from Princess Street to Park Crescent was purchased by the Kew Council in October, 1939, for 2,750 [pounds]. The land from Park Crescent to High Street was leased for 1 [pound] per annum. Considerable work was done in levelling the embankments to the original surface level."Important and rare photograph of the period, showing major works by Kew Council in Kew East working on a significant piece of urban infrastructure.Small, original black and white positive (photograph) showing workers and vehicles filling in the tracks of the former Outer Circle railway at East Kew. In the background is the metal bridge with brick piers, adjacent to the Harp Junction. The bridge crossed the cutting, linking the two parts of High Street. Behind the tip truck, painted on the side with the name 'Fowler Quarries' [located Keilor Road, North Essendon], one can see shops [including T.G. Garroway, Cash Grocer] in High Street. What appears to be the City of Kew Steamroller is immediately in front of the bridge. A group of passers-by watch from the bridge and from the road. Annotation in pencil on verso: "Filling in Outer Circle line at High St East Kew prior to straightening High St. (c. Feb 1930?)outer circle railway, railway cuttings, harp junction, high street -- kew east -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Programme - Theatre Programme, Small Hotel / by Rex Frost, 1957
From the early 1950s, the Kew Repertory Players performed more substantial, if less spectacular fare in the Recreation Hall, and later in the new Kew City Hall, after the former’s demolition in 1960. Their repertoire ranged from plays by Noel Coward to J.B. Priestley. Many of their programmes, the earliest from 1953, and the last from 1965, form part of our collection.Arthur Henry Dear was an employee of the City of Kew, acting as Hall Keeper of the Kew Recreation Hall in Wellington Street, and later the new Kew City Hall in Cotham Road. The Arthur Dear Collection contains memorabilia - tickets, programmes, invitations - as well as his identification badge. Items in the collection dates from the 1940s to the 1970s. The Kew Recreation Hall (Wellington Street) and later the Kew City Hall (Cotham Road) were major locations in suburban Melbourne in the postwar period for civic and private events including theatre productions and exhibitions. The Arthur Dear Collection (in conjunction with the scrapbooks compiled by Marion Tilley) provide a comprehensive snapshot of performing arts in Kew during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. The collection includes valuable data about performances, performers, directors etc., during this period. Programme issued by The Kew Repertory Players for a performance of Small Hotel by Rex Frost. The performances took place in the Kew Recreation Hall in November 1957. The 4-page programme includes a cast list, a synopsis and advertisements for local businesses.small hotel, rex frost, kew repertory players, arthur dear collection, performing arts -- kew -- victoria, kew recreation hall -- wellington street, theatre memorabilia -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Container, Milk Bottles Recovery Ltd, Milk Bottle, 1930-1950
Milk Bottles Recovery Ltd began production in Melbourne in 1930. Its head office was located at 48 Market Street, Melbourne. It supplied milk bottles to dairies throughout metropolitan Melbourne, and possibly Victoria. It ended production in the 1950s. Smaller Kew dairies without their own named bottles, would have sourced bottles from a statewide provider such as Milk Bottles Recovery Ltd.Kew was a major milk producing district in the Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries, with three major dairy farms lining the Yarra between Studley Park in the west and Burke Road in the east. In addition to these dairy producers, there were also a number of accredited dairy retailers in the suburb. The largest and most enduring of these was the Model Dairy founded by the Kew pioneer James Venn Morgan. Milk bottles that include the name of the producer or retailer are historically significant as they represent a period in Kew's history before the mass production of milk in the second half of the Twentieth Century. A number of these named bottles have the additional attribute of rarity.Milk bottle - Milk Bottles Recovery Ltd. Pressed inscription: "Milk. One Pint. This bottle belongs to Milk Bottles Recovery Ltd and cannot be used with out written permission. milk bottles, milk bottles recovery ltd -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, J E Barnes, Kew Becomes a City, 1921, 1921
This is a smaller version of the large framed photograph donated to the new City of Kew by Cr Wishart. The framed photograph was hung in the Walpole Street Town Hall. Presumably, each of the Councillors in the portrait was presented with a smaller version.This photograph was donated by a descendant of the Kellett family. This picture, like it framed counterpart, is historically significant as a record of a major civic event in Kew's history. It is also aesthetically significant as the last official photograph taken by the photographer Josiah Earl Barnes before his death in the same year.Kew Becomes a City, 1921. Small photograph mounted on card of the official portrait of the Mayor and Councillors of Kew in 1921. Josiah Earl Barnes, the photographer, posed the group in front of the Jubilee Rotunda in the Alexandra Gardens in Cotham Road, Kew. At the centre of the group in mayoral robes is the then mayor of Kew, Cr. F.G.A. Barnard. This was to be the last major commission by the Council for J.E. Barnes, who had been responsible for creating the series of 19th Century portraits of former mayors that was displayed in the Kew Town Hall in Walpole Street.J. E. Barnes / Photoj.e. barnes, kew (victoria), kew city council, alexandra gardens, f.g.a. barnard