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Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Information folder - Elvery family
Folder contains information pertaining to the Elvery family of Belgrave Heights. Contents: -Trifold A3 pamphlet, glossy paper, black, white and orange "The Lodge Just the perfect place to stay" c1990s advertisement flyer. -Map, hand-drawn with photos attached, "9 Hole Golf Course. Belgrave Heights - 1930-1943". Photocopy of large poster made by Betty DeCoite (original in map drawer) -Photocopy of photo, annotated in ink "Photo taken in Dandenongs - possibly Monbulk/the Patch? Photo supplied by David Elvery 2/6/99" -Photocopy of photo, Belgrave South Football Club team, probably 1945, plus list of names of team - from David Elvery 2/6/99 -printout, State Library of Victoria Multimedia Catalogue, Rose Series postcard of "Sunnyside Lodge" Lockwood, Belgrave South -copy of printed letter from David Elvery to CEO Shire of Yarra (sic) dated 8/6/99 re. vegetation on Mt Morton. Handwritten additions plus p'copy of Valentine Series postcard #3832 "Panorama From Mount Morton, Belgrave Heights" -p'copy of typed speech with annotations, by Rev. A.C. Beckingham at the opening of Lockwood -p'copy of photo, Harrison and Dalny Elvery and children David and Wendy c1936. Annotated by David Elvery 30/5/99 -printout, SLV Multimedia Catalogue, Rose Series postcard "Lockwood House" Lockwood, Belgrave South -p'copy, subdivision map "Lockwood Estate" lodged plan 6548 -p'copy, subdivision map Lockwood area, plan #6970 -A3 sheet, p'copies 6 postcards of Belgrave Heights -p'copy photo Elvery house, later "Sunnyside" and "Devon Lodge" annotated by David Elvery 2/6/99 -3 p'copied photos, Belgrave Heights, possibly Varney's butchers shop, possibly Whitlam residence. Annotated by David Elvery -2 p'copied photos, "Lockwood House", Golf links (Bill Woodfull, Principal of Upwey High School in photo), annotated David Elvery 2/6/99 -2 photos from David Elvery - moving Melbourne tram into "house" location at Lockwood, and bus "W. Dyke" unknown date and location. -3 photos from David Elvery - David on Gypsy (pony) Mt Morton Rd c1937, Wendy and David at entrance 37 Lockwood Rd c1942, David on Mack (horse) on golf links c1947 -Photo Arthur and Harrison Elvery, Lockwood House in background c1916 -photo Mrs Elvery, p'copy of postcard 26/3/20 addressed to "Dear Maud", mentions Charlie's wife and Laura (incomplete) -photo George Rae (Narre Warren North) Harold Allen and three other boys c1939 -6 photos, unlabelled (duplicates?) -photo Orchard Rd, Belgrave Heights -photo unlabelled, woman with child in pram, house in background (Lockwood?) -photo David Elvery on Gypsy as above -Rose postcard P2032 "Lockwood" Belgrave, Victoria -photo David Elvery on Mack (as above) -photo Wendy and David Elvery (as above) -2 photos, tram being moved (as above), football team -p'copy of Certificate of Title Vol.4562 Fol. 912336 dated 31/1/1922 - see list of names in folder -p'copy Memorial of Instruments (Land Title) dated 14/1/1914 -p'copy Cert. of Title Vol. 4562 Fol. 912335 dated 31/1/1922 -handwritten note, David Elvery to Susan Heywood-Downard -p'copy Memorial of Instruments dated 14/1/1914 -p'copy subdivision map, area bounded by Glen, Orchard, Avonside and Bay Rds, Belgrave Heights -p'copy Cert. of Title, Vol. 4810 Fol. 961945, dated 2/1/1924 -p'copy Cert. of Title, Vol. 4562 Fol. 912337, dated 31/1/1922 -Typed list of photo caption, relating to some of above photos -List of names and dates appearing on land title documents enclosed -Printout, Australian Dictionary Of Biography - Davies family - handwritten addition, marriage details, Arthur Elvery & Hannah Ord. -Printout - Family Search, Maria Louisa Davies, and family group, Ebenezer Davies & Ruth Bartlett. -letter to editor, Northern Star, Lismore, NSW, 11 Aug. 1923, Hannah Elvery, re. sport on Sunday -typescript - Elvery Family History, part of the "Alstonville" Elvery story, supplied by David H. Elvery 30th May 1999. From Bob Quincey.elvery family, lockwood house, belgrave heights, devon lodge -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Legal record - Abbott Collection: Legislative Assembly nomination form
Robert Burrowes was born in Canada in 1826 and came to Australia and Bendigo in 1853. He initially opened a boot and shoe shop in Pall Mall and latera wine and spirit and grocery store in High Street. He was elected to the Bendigo Council in 1856. In 1855 he started the first fire brigade. In 1858 he married Sarah Ellen Vickery. He was elected to Parliament as the member for Bendigo and served 1866 -1877 and again 1880 - 1893. During the latter period he was Minister for Mines. For full biography see:- https://www.bendigohistory.com/pioneersofbendigo/Nomination under the Electoral Act of 1865, 29 Vict. No.279, nineteenth schedule. The 14th day of February 1868 We, the undersigned electors of the Sandhurst District do hereby nominate Robert Burrowes of Sandhurst for the office of Member of the Legislative Assembly for the said district at the election to be held for the said electoral district of Sandhurst in pursuance of writ issued the sixth day of February 1886. The signatures of twelve electors follow with the signature and consent to nominate of Robert Burrowes. On the back Nomination Papers Election 20 February 1868legislative assembly, election 1868 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - Biography "Life so Full of Promise", Published by Scribe 2023
626-page soft cover book entitled 'Life so Full of Promise' by Ross McMullin Further biographies of Australia's lost generation. Part 1 Brian Pockley, Part 2 Norman Callaway, Part 3 Murdoch Mackay Illustrated with many B&W photos.On 4th page 'For James with gratitude for your help with this book Ross McMullin' handwritten in black pen.ross mcmullin, brian pockley, norman callaway, murdoch macaky -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, For the Love of Children: My life and medical career / [by] David Buxton Pitt, 1999
... mental health - victoria - history pediatricians - australia ...xiv, 208 p. : ill., ports.mental health - victoria - history, pediatricians - australia - biography -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Cyril Pearl, Australia's Yesterdays: a look at our recent past, 1974
Cyril Pearl provided historical guidance and contributed much of the textSydney : Readers Digest Services Pty Ltd, 1974 360 p. : ill.(some col.), facsims., maps, ports. ; 31 cm. non-fictionCyril Pearl provided historical guidance and contributed much of the textaustralia -- social conditions -- 20th century, australia -- social life and customs -- 20th century, australia -- biography., australia -- social conditions 1901-1970 -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Alan McCulloch, Encylopedia of Australian Art, Volume One, A-K, 1984
2 volume 1984 edition of Alan McCulloch's History of Australian ArtHawthorn, Vic. : Hutchinson of Australia, 1984 2 v. (xxxv, 1327 p., [264] p. of plates (some col.) ; 24 cmnon-fiction2 volume 1984 edition of Alan McCulloch's History of Australian Artart -- australian -- dictionaries, artists -- australia -- biography -- dictionaries. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Gavan L Burn, Carey Roll of Honour, 1939-1945, 2001
120 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 31 cm. non-fictioncarey baptist grammar school -- students -- biography, private schools -- victoria -- kew -- history, world war 1939-1945 -- biography, cemeteries, australia - armed forces - biography -
Tennis Australia
Swap Card, 1979
77 swap cards and duplicates (.1-.47), featuring biographies on most tennis players of the time, histories of the grand slam competitions, histories of the major tennis stadia, a history of tennis and other tennis sports, and a mass of statistics across the back of each card. Materials: Paper, Inktennis -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Booklet - Catalogue, Xavier College, Panorama of Australian Painting: 1818-1968, 1968
This work forms part of the collection assembled by the historian Dorothy Rogers, that was donated to the Kew Historical Society by her son John Rogers 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 in the 1960s and 1970s. Together it forms the largest privately-donated collection within the archives of the Kew Historical Society.A catalogue for an exhibition of Australian Art (1818-1968) at Studley House (Xavier Preparatory School) in 1968. The catalogue includes artist biographies and lists works exhibited. The foreword on the history of Studley House is written by Dorothy Rogersxavier college, australian art, dorothy rogers, art catalogues -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Booklet - Catalogue, Xavier College, Panorama of Australian Painting: 1818-1968, 1968
This work forms part of the collection assembled by the historian Dorothy Rogers, that was donated to the Kew Historical Society by her son John Rogers 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 in the 1960s and 1970s. Together it forms the largest privately-donated collection within the archives of the Kew Historical Society.A catalogue for an exhibition of Australian Art (1818-1968) at Studley House (Xavier Preparatory School) in 1968. The catalogue includes artist biographies and lists works exhibited. The foreword on the history of Studley House is written by Dorothy Rogersaustralian art, xavier college -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Libraries Board of South Australia, Narrative of a Survey of the Coasts of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia performed between the Years 1818 and 1822 in two volumes (Vol.1), 1969
This two-volume work by Captain Phillip Parker King (1791–1856) was published in 1827, and describes the Royal Navy's 1817–22 surveying expedition to chart the coastal regions of Australia. King carried out the surveys in two successive ships, the Mermaid, which was declared unseaworthy in 1820, and the newly commissioned Bathurst. He worked on the charts, which were published by the Hydrographic Office, for two years after his return to England. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society, and later undertook a similar surveying voyage, in which he was accompanied by Captain Fitzroy on the Beagle, around the coast of South America. The book is derived from the author's journal, and describes not only the voyages but also the towns and settlements of the region. Volume 2 continues the survey along the north and west coasts of Australia, and contains an appendix describing winds, currents, ports and islands.Facsimile Editions No.30. 2 v. : illus., fold. charts, tables. non-fictionThis two-volume work by Captain Phillip Parker King (1791–1856) was published in 1827, and describes the Royal Navy's 1817–22 surveying expedition to chart the coastal regions of Australia. King carried out the surveys in two successive ships, the Mermaid, which was declared unseaworthy in 1820, and the newly commissioned Bathurst. He worked on the charts, which were published by the Hydrographic Office, for two years after his return to England. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society, and later undertook a similar surveying voyage, in which he was accompanied by Captain Fitzroy on the Beagle, around the coast of South America. The book is derived from the author's journal, and describes not only the voyages but also the towns and settlements of the region. Volume 2 continues the survey along the north and west coasts of Australia, and contains an appendix describing winds, currents, ports and islands.australia -- description and travel -- to 1850., hydrography -- australia., natural history -- australia. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Libraries Board of South Australia, Narrative of a Survey of the Coasts of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia performed between the Years 1818 and 1822 in two volumes (Vol.2), 1969
This two-volume work by Captain Phillip Parker King (1791–1856) was published in 1827, and describes the Royal Navy's 1817–22 surveying expedition to chart the coastal regions of Australia. King carried out the surveys in two successive ships, the Mermaid, which was declared unseaworthy in 1820, and the newly commissioned Bathurst. He worked on the charts, which were published by the Hydrographic Office, for two years after his return to England. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society, and later undertook a similar surveying voyage, in which he was accompanied by Captain Fitzroy on the Beagle, around the coast of South America. The book is derived from the author's journal, and describes not only the voyages but also the towns and settlements of the region. Volume 2 continues the survey along the north and west coasts of Australia, and contains an appendix describing winds, currents, ports and islands.Australian Facsimile Editions No.30. 2 v. : illus., fold. charts, tables. non-fictionThis two-volume work by Captain Phillip Parker King (1791–1856) was published in 1827, and describes the Royal Navy's 1817–22 surveying expedition to chart the coastal regions of Australia. King carried out the surveys in two successive ships, the Mermaid, which was declared unseaworthy in 1820, and the newly commissioned Bathurst. He worked on the charts, which were published by the Hydrographic Office, for two years after his return to England. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society, and later undertook a similar surveying voyage, in which he was accompanied by Captain Fitzroy on the Beagle, around the coast of South America. The book is derived from the author's journal, and describes not only the voyages but also the towns and settlements of the region. Volume 2 continues the survey along the north and west coasts of Australia, and contains an appendix describing winds, currents, ports and islands.philip parker king, natural history -- australia., australia -- description and travel -- to 1850. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Douglas Pike, Australian Dictionary of Biography Vol.1 1788-1850 A-H, 1966
v. 1. 1788-1850, A-HMelbourne : Melbourne University Press; London ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1966 v. <1-18> ; 26 cm + index + corrigenda + supplement. non-fictionv. 1. 1788-1850, A-Haustralia - biography -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Melbourne University Press, Australian Dictionary of Biography Vol.2 1877-1850 I-Z, 1967
non-fictionaustralia - biographies - 1877-1850 -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Melbourne University Press, Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 6 1851-1890 R-Z, c.1970
Melbourne : Melbourne University Press; London ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1966-<2012> v. <1-18> ; 26 cm + index + corrigenda + supplementnon-fictionaustralia - biography -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Charles E Sayers, David Syme: A Life, 1965
viii, 311 p., 12 leaves of plates : ill., ports ; 25 cm. non-fictionaustralia -- victoria -- biography, newspaper proprietors -- victoria, syme david --1827-1908, newspaper publishing -- australia -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Jules Feldmann, Gadsden, the first 100 years, 1980
Biography of the Gadsden familyWest Melbourne : J. Gadsden Australia, 1980 iii, 169 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. non-fictionBiography of the Gadsden familygadsden family, j gadsden australia -- history, packaging industries -- australia -- j gadsden australia 1879-1979, package goods industry -- australia, australia -- social life and customs -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Jane Sandilands, Helen Macpherson Schutt Philanthropist 17 April 1874-19 April 1951, 2001
Melbourne : Helen M Schutt Trust , 2001 36 p. : ill., ports ; 30 cm. non-fictionschutt family, schutt helen macpherson, helen m. schutt trust, philanthropists -- australia -- biography, women in philanthropy. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Frederick Howard, Kent Hughes: a biography of Colonel The Hon. Sir Wilfred Kent Hughes, 1972
Limited edition of 500 copies. Available from Ramsay, Ware Publishing Pty Ltd, 552 Victoria Road, North Melbourne, Vic. 3051.South Melbourne : Macmillan for the Kent Hughes Memorial Committee, 1972 ix,255p. : plates ; 23cm. non-fictionLimited edition of 500 copies. Available from Ramsay, Ware Publishing Pty Ltd, 552 Victoria Road, North Melbourne, Vic. 3051.kent hughes w.s. (wilfrid selwyn) 1895-1970, australia -- politics 1927-1970, sir wilfrid selwyn kent- hughes 1895-1970, biographies -- australia -- politics and government -- 20th century -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, Joan and Betty Rayner: Strolling Players, 1972
The sisters were born in New Zealand. They travelled not only around Australia and New Zealand but around Europe, the British Isles and Canada in a caravan performing songs, dances and tales they collected. Often there was little scenery. They established a Theatre of Youth (T.O.Y.) near Circular Quay in Sydney and later founded the Australian Children's Theatre. Mavis Thorpe Clark (1909-1999) began her writing career as a schoolgirl. She was educated at Methodist Ladies College in Hawthorn. Her first story for children was published as a serial in The Australasian newspaper when she was 14 years old. Her first book was written when she was 18 and published in 1930. She was a prolific writer. She wrote mainly for children and teenagers, but also authored several biographies, a number of non-fiction titles, and many articles, short stories and scripts for newspaper, magazine and radio. During the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s she travelled extensively in South Australia and Western Australia gathering material for her stories. In 1967 she won the Children's Book Council of the Year award for The Min-Min which was set in outback South Australia.164p illus. This history details the careers of the New Zealand born sisters, Joan and Betty Rayner.(ms) joan rayner, (ms) betty rayner, australian children's theatre, children's play, (ms) mavis thorpe clark, theatre of youth (t.o.y.) -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, Sharing Journeys: celebrating cultural diversity in Surrey Hills, 2016
This book shares the stories of 20 people from a wide variety of backgrounds, all with connections to the Surrey Hills Neighbourhood Centre (SHNC). Through personal memoir or oral history they reflect upon their experience of moving to Australia from other countries. Interviewers and photographers also with links to SHNC. Foreword by Josh Frydenberg, Federal Member for Kooyong.This book shares the stories of 20 people from a wide variety of backgrounds, all with connections to the Surrey Hills Neighbourhood Centre (SHNC). Through personal memoir or oral history they reflect upon their experience of moving to Australia from other countries. Interviewers and photographers also with links to SHNC. Foreword by Josh Frydenberg, Federal Member for Kooyong.immigrants - victoria - surrey hills, biography, (mrs) shima ibuki, (mr) chris young, (mr) hung le, (mr) nathan paramanathan, (ms) sue barnett, (ms) suet mun wong, (mrs) betsie mineur, (mr) rudi mineur, (mrs) kathryn mcevoy, (mrs) anke schwaiger, (ms) phillipa taylor, (ms) jessy zhu, (ms) julia mcleish, (miss) nasrin sadeghpour, (mrs) melanie sanders, (mrs) priscilla tiplady, (mr) robin tiplady, (mr) leslie gibbons, geln stander, (mrs) helen standler, (mr) joe sterpin, (mrs) rosa spinello, (mrs) pepa jones, (mr) graham o'rourke, (mr) simon williams, (mr) colin barrow, (mrs) rosemary barrow, (mr) josh frydenberg, (mrs) ruth scharley, (mrs) soni prabhur, (mrs) julie zeelander -
Federation University Art Collection
Painting - Oil, et al, [The Green Vase] by David Strachan, c1948
David STRACHAN (1919–1970) Born 25 June 1919 at Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Arrived 1920 Adelaide, Australia: 1921 Creswick, Victoria David Strachan attended Creswick State School and Geelong Church of England Grammar school. By the age of 16 he wanted to be an artist. Accompanying his mother to London in 1936, he enrolled at the Slade School of Fine Art, where he met Godfrey Miller. In 1937 he attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris, and painted at Cassis on the Mediterranean Sea. He returned to Australia in April 1938 and studied at the George Bell School, Melbourne. He had a growing interest in classicism blended with a fascination for the dream-state which was reinforced in his work after he moved to Sydney in 1941. There he was befriended by Jean Bellette and her husband Paul Haefliger, who were to be driving forces behind the Sydney Art Group (founded 1945). He lived on the top floor of the Haefligers' house at Double Bay, and together the three artists drew from models whom the Haefligers hired. In this period Strachan painted and exhibited some of his most poetic works—mainly figurative and landscape subjects, and still-lifes of haunting beauty. His flowers, bowls of fruit, birds, and angelic figures glimmered out of the darkness as things not of this world, evoked faintly, like mythological personages in a gently spoken narrative. He 'spent an erratic war' painting camouflage at Bankstown aerodrome with other artists, among them (Sir) William Dobell, and dancing minor roles with Hélène Kirsova's ballet company. In 1948 Strachan settled in Paris. His paintings, included by Peter Bellew in an exhibition at the Musée National d'Art Moderne, had been well-received by French critics two years earlier. In 1950 he began tentative experiments in etching. These led to the formation of the Stramur-Presse, a business venture which published etchings and lithographs of leading French and English artists. His most important project was a series of twenty-two colour etchings illustrating Alister Kershaw's book of poems, Accent & Hazard (Paris, 1951). Strachan continued to exhibit in Australia and maintained a lively social life with Australian friends. From Paris, he went for weekend painting trips with Moya Dyring in her car and, after 1957, visited the Haefligers on Majorca. He lived in London in 1955-57. His paintings became progressively less soft in effect, his palette brightened, and his forms, especially the still-lifes, became spikier. In the late 1950s his attention drifted towards the study of Hindu philosophers and Jungian psychology. For most of 1957-58 he was enrolled at the C. G. Jung-Institut, Zürich, Switzerland. In 1959 he worked in Silvio Daneo's silkworm factory at Bricherasio, Italy. In May 1960 Strachan returned to Sydney. He lived at Woolloomooloo before buying a house at Paddington in 1963. Over the ensuing years he involved himself energetically with the art scene, exhibiting, teaching (1960-65) at East Sydney Technical College, fund-raising for memorials for Thea Proctor and Dyring, and as the last president (1965) of the Society of Artists. His paintings were out of harmony with the prevailing fashion for abstraction, but he won the Wynne prize for landscape painting in 1961 and 1964 (shared). Perhaps the most moving works of Strachan's last ten years were the mining landscapes, including those he painted near Hill End, leading up to his vast canvas, 'Lewers Freehold Mine'. This was a history picture, depicting the mine as it might have appeared in 1874. He presented it to the Creswick Historical Museum in 1970 in memory of his father. (Barry Pearce, 'Strachan, David Edgar (1919–1970)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/strachan-david-edgar-11786/text21083, published first in hardcopy 2002, accessed online 6 January 2016.) This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Framed still lifefeaturing fruit and flowers.art, artwork, strachan, david strachan, still life, flowers, flora, available -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Book, Elizabeth O’Callaghan, Silent lives : women of Warrnambool and district 1840-1910, 2017
... . warrnambool (vic.) -- biography. warrnambool (vic.) -- history ...A narrative of the pioneering women of Warrnambool and surrounding districts during the 1840’s-1910. Includes photographs, illustrations, paintings, bibliography, index.374 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 30 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexnon-fictionA narrative of the pioneering women of Warrnambool and surrounding districts during the 1840’s-1910. Includes photographs, illustrations, paintings, bibliography, index.history & archaeology., society & social sciences., women -- victoria -- warrnambool -- biography., warrnambool (vic.) -- biography., warrnambool (vic.) -- history., australian, aboriginal australian, women pioneers, women aboriginal australian -- victoria, book -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Book, Gelding Street Press, Abalone pioneers : the Untold Stories of the Victorian Western Zone Divers, 2019
“Abalone Pioneers is the Australian story of the divers, deckhands, researchers and processors who established and developed the zone's abalone industry. The book chronicles the amateur fisherman of the 1950s and the hazy crazy tribe of ‘scruffy longhairs’, who were attracted by the hedonistic lifestyle and fantastic profits in the 1960s, to the professional enterprise of today. It charts the development of the Victorian Western Abalone Divers Association and it role managing and protecting the Victorian Western Zone’s resources, and explores the successful diver-led commercial processors. Illustrated with over 100 historical photographs and featuring over 50 interviews, Abalone Pioneers is an exuberant and fascinating account of the establishment of one of Australia’s valuable but little-known fisheries.”--Back cover.224 pages, 19 pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour facsimiles, colour portraits ; 27 cm.non-fiction“Abalone Pioneers is the Australian story of the divers, deckhands, researchers and processors who established and developed the zone's abalone industry. The book chronicles the amateur fisherman of the 1950s and the hazy crazy tribe of ‘scruffy longhairs’, who were attracted by the hedonistic lifestyle and fantastic profits in the 1960s, to the professional enterprise of today. It charts the development of the Victorian Western Abalone Divers Association and it role managing and protecting the Victorian Western Zone’s resources, and explores the successful diver-led commercial processors. Illustrated with over 100 historical photographs and featuring over 50 interviews, Abalone Pioneers is an exuberant and fascinating account of the establishment of one of Australia’s valuable but little-known fisheries.”--Back cover.western abalone divers association (victoria) -- history., divers -- victoria, western -- biography., abalone fisheries -- victoria, western -- history., abalone industry -- victoria, fishers -- victoria, abalones., fisheries -- victoria., sports & active outdoor recreation., local history., abalones -- victoria, western., abalone industry -- australia., deep diving., fisheries -- australia -- victoria., victoria, victoria., australian, book -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Book, Warrnambool Institute Press, Harpoons to harvest : the story of Charles and John Mills, pioneers of Port Fairy / J.R. Carroll, 1989
... -- biography pioneers -- tasmania -- biography australian history ...The story of Charles and John Mills, pioneers of Port Fairy. Includes genealogical information.xv, 286 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., geneal. tables, maps, ports. Includes index. Geneal. tables on lining papers. Bibliography: p. 225-260non-fictionThe story of Charles and John Mills, pioneers of Port Fairy. Includes genealogical information. maritime, mills, john brabyn, 1810-1877, charles frederick, 1812-1855, mills family, pioneers -- victoria -- port fairy -- biography, pioneers -- tasmania -- biography, australian history, biography, exploration, genealogy, harbour master, mills : charles and john, mills brothers, port fairy, shipping, warrnambool history, whaling, wrecks, book -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Book, Melbourne University Press, Untold stories : memories and lives of Victorian Kooris, 1998
'I'm your half-brother and I'm here to stay. This is my home.' With these words Wilmot Abraham sought refuge with his white relations. 'Did you ever read your history?': Mrs. Mary Clarke remembers p. 1 'An old hand': Jim Cain p. 12 'I'm your half-brother, and I'm here to stay': Wilmot Abraham p. 36 The Three Pompeys The Written Record p. 48 Banjo Clarke's Stories p. 62 'Why did they take them away?': Lizzie and Henry McCrae p. 74 In Defence of Framlingham: Collin Hood p. 79 Double Dispossession: King David p. 107 James Dawson's Informants p. 137 'Why are we kept prisoners here?': Ernest and Maggie Mobourne p. 148 'The old ones, they wouldn't tell us nothing': Mrs. Connie Hart's memories p. 181 'Breaking the cycle is the hard thing to do': Geoff Rose, a stolen child p. 200 Epilogue: James Dawson, Camperdown George and the Obelisk p. 220 The Hood Family p. 238 The Mobourne Letters p. 241 Abbreviations p. 252 Notes p. 252 Bibliography p. 264 Index p. 274xxi, 283 p. : ill., facsims., map, ports. ; 23 cm. Includes index and bibliographical references: p. 264-273.non-fiction'I'm your half-brother and I'm here to stay. This is my home.' With these words Wilmot Abraham sought refuge with his white relations. 'Did you ever read your history?': Mrs. Mary Clarke remembers p. 1 'An old hand': Jim Cain p. 12 'I'm your half-brother, and I'm here to stay': Wilmot Abraham p. 36 The Three Pompeys The Written Record p. 48 Banjo Clarke's Stories p. 62 'Why did they take them away?': Lizzie and Henry McCrae p. 74 In Defence of Framlingham: Collin Hood p. 79 Double Dispossession: King David p. 107 James Dawson's Informants p. 137 'Why are we kept prisoners here?': Ernest and Maggie Mobourne p. 148 'The old ones, they wouldn't tell us nothing': Mrs. Connie Hart's memories p. 181 'Breaking the cycle is the hard thing to do': Geoff Rose, a stolen child p. 200 Epilogue: James Dawson, Camperdown George and the Obelisk p. 220 The Hood Family p. 238 The Mobourne Letters p. 241 Abbreviations p. 252 Notes p. 252 Bibliography p. 264 Index p. 274 western district (vic.) -- colonization., aboriginal australians -- victoria -- western district -- history., aboriginal australians -- victoria -- western district -- interviews, race relations - racial discrimination., child welfare - child / parent separation - stolen generations., history - biographies - indigenous., book -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Book - Two Photos and a Medal, Janette Williams, Two Photos and a medal / ‘... a Cerberus story’
William George Monteith and his involvement with the Victorian and Australian Navy.357 p., illustrationsnon-fictionWilliam George Monteith and his involvement with the Victorian and Australian Navy. australian navy history, australian naval ships, hmas cerberus, biography, william george monteith, navy, victoria -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Adam Lindsay Gordon, A Brief Biography and Adam Lindsay Gordon Craft Cottage, Adam Lindsay Gordon, Australian Poet, Unknown
There is a brief biography of Adam Lindsay Gordon, Australian poet and details about his Cottage which is now in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens.Adam Lindsay Gordon was seen by some people in Ballarat as a notable person during his brief time in that city as well as being known for his poetry.1 page of dot points with a brief addendum and a print-out with a small black and white picture of the Adam Lindsay Craft Cottage in the top lefthand corner and two columns of print. Overleaf, are two of Gordon's poems.Nonejohn garner, doctor john garner, ballarat botanical gardens, friends of ballarat botanical gardens, crafts council of ballarat, craft cottage, adam lindsay gordon, adam lindsay gordon cottage, australian poet, poetry, john garner collection, gardens, ballarat -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Richard Armstrong Crouch. 1868-1949. Australian Dictionary of Biography. 19/11/2019, Richard Armstrong Crouch, Benefactor and the Avenue of Sculptures of Australian Prime Ministers
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