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Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway West, Ringwood- 1878. Thomas Grant's original blacksmith's shop
Black and white photographTyped below photograph, "Mr. Thomas Grant's original blacksmith's shop in Maroondah Highway Ringwood - 1878. West of Ringwood St. on south side near drive-in shopping centre. (Opposite new ANZ bank). -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway Central, Ringwood. Main street, Ringwood c1924. showing cars and horse-drawn carriages in front of shops - undated but possibly c1924
Black and white photograph (2 copies- 1 large, 1 small)Written on rear of backing sheet of large copy: "Early days of Ringwood commercial centre. Present frontage of Eastland to Maroondah Highway." Image shows Main Street with motor cars and horse drawn vehicles in front of shops. -
Lake Bolac & District Historical Society
Photograph - Black and white photograph, Lake Bolac Post Office - Glenelg Highway Lake Bolac c.1940s, c1940
Lake Bolac Post Office Glenelg Highway. Initially the Post Office was established at the Store in 1868. This official weatherboard building was opened in 1887 incorporating a telegraph office, money order office and post office savings bank. The Post Office business was relocated in 1944 and the building was used as a private residence with the front room leased to Dennys Lascelles. Note the horse hitching rail and kerosene street light.Photograph depicting a weatherboard building across a road. The building is fenced. In front of the building there is a telegraphic or electric post and a lamp post.lake bolac, post office, glenelg highway, dennys lascelles -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Newspaper, Fight to save tree near Ringwood Timber on Maroondah Highway, late 1950s
Two newspaper articles, re the fight to save tree near Ringwood Timber on Maroondah Highway, late 1950s. The Yellow Box tree was located west of Ringwood timber, outside Bill Patterson's Motors near the New Street intersection. The fight was led by Cr Ben Hubbard, the secretary of the Ringwood Horticultural Society, Mr Kearsley, but was eventually lost. The articles are from The Herald and dated December 1957 and 11th June 1959. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood State School No. 2997 viewed northward from Maroondah Highway. C1912 After building partitioned
Black and White School Building Photographedearly c1912, following structural alterations by partitioning the original single room into two classrooms during that year (According to Ringwood Primary School History) See VC# 6876 et al for images before the partitioning. Typed below photograph, "Ringwood State School No. 2997 seen from Maroondah Highway. Entrance was from Ringwood St. opposite end of Charter St. School was behind site of present Coles store. c1900". (Note: Actually c1912) -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway Central, Ringwood. Construction of Warrandyte Road railway viaduct, 1923
Black and white photograph (2 copies)Typed below photograph: "Construction of Warrandyte Road railway viaduct, Ringwood - 1923." Maroondah Highway shops in background later redeveloped as the site of Safeway supermarket then Officeworks office supplies outlet, prior to Eastland Shopping Centre expansion in 2015. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway Central, Ringwood. Laying water main in Main Street, 1935
Black and white photographImage shows excavator digging trench for water main on Main Road (Maroondah Highway. Towards the west, near the corner of Warrandyte Road. The Ringwood Stationmaster's house is on the left, Bamford's timber yard, Coffee Palace and other shops on right. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Clocktower re-opening on corner Maroondah Highway and Wantirna Road, Ringwood - December 1967
Mr. Bill Kelly, R.S.L., laying a wreath at Ringwood Clocktower opening.Typed below photograph, 'Mr. Bill Kelly, R.S.L. at new position of clocktower'. Catalogue card reads, 'Clocktower re-opening. Mr. Bill Kelly laying wreath (R.S.L.) at clock in new position corner Maroondah Highway and Wantirna Road'. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway Central, Ringwood. Looking east from opposite station entrance, 1918
Black and white photograph (3 copies- 2 large, 1 small)Typed below one large photograph: "Maroondah Highway Ringwood 1918 looking east - opposite station entrance. Old Post Office to left." Written on back of small photograph: "c1920. Godbehear was brother to Rev. Godbehear who died 1945". -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway East, Ringwood- 1900. Sandy Creek Bridge, Maroondah Hwy
3 photographs ( 2 large black and white, 1 small sepia)Written on all copies: "New Sandy Creek Bridge". Typed below large photograph: "Maroondah Highway Ringwood looking east. To right of bridge is now Ringwood Lake. Mount Dandenong Road turnoff to right at top of rise with antimony mine in background - 1900". -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway Central, Ringwood. Whitehorse Road looking west. 1908
Photographs (3 copies- 2 black and white, 1 sepia postcard).Typed below one photograph: "Maroondah Highway Ringwood looking west. Warrandyte Rd coming in from right. 1908." Written on back of another photograph: "Fence divides two levels of road opp Warrandyte Rd looking west. Station Master's house on left." -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Mr. E. F. Cass and pupils at Ringwood's first school - Cass State School 1451, located at corner Everard Rd. & Maroondah Highway - 1883. Mr. Cass was Head Teacher at the school 1874-1894
Typed below photograph, "Mr. E. F. Cass and pupils at Ringwood's first school, corner Everard Rd. & Maroondah Highway. 1883." Other notes on backing sheets read, "Cass State School 1451, Mr. E. F. Cass (Head teacher 1874-1894)". -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Octant, Late 18th to mid-19th century
An Octant is a doubly reflecting navigation instrument used primarily by sailors to measure the angular distance between two visible objects and was a forerunner of the sextant. The name comes from the Latin octo, or “one-eighth of a circle,” for the Octant’s arc which spans 45°, or one-eighth of a circle. The primary use of an Octant is to measure the angle between an astronomical object and the horizon for the purposes of celestial navigation. The estimation of this angle is known as sighting or shooting the object, or taking a sight. The angle, and the time when it was measured, can be used to calculate a position line on a nautical chart (latitude), for example, sighting the Sun at noon or Polaris at night (in the Northern Hemisphere) gives an angle by which the latitude can then be estimated. Sighting the height of a landmark on land can also give a measure of distance. History: The principle of the Octant as an instrument to measure ones latitude was first implemented around 1742-present but was superseded by the improvement of the octant to a sextant, a very similar instrument, better made and able to measure bigger angles 120°, allowing the measurement of Luna distances to give longitude when used with an accurate chronometer. The sextant started to appear around 1730 and had been attributed to by John Hadley (1682–1744) and Thomas Godfrey (1704–1749), but reference to the sextant was also found later in the unpublished writings of Isaac Newton (1643–1727). Earlier links can be found to Bartholomew Gosnold (1571–1607) indicating that the use of a Sextant for nautical navigation predates Hadley's implementation. In 1922, the sextant was modified for aeronautical navigation by Portuguese navigator and naval officer Gago Coutinho. Henry Hemsley was a lesser-known instrument maker and optician working in London in the late 17th and early 18th century. However, it should be noted that there were two Henry Hemsley opticians and instrument makers around this period. (Henry Hemsley 1, 1786-89, who had premises at 85 Fleet St London and Henry Hemsley 2, 1828-56), whose workshop was at 135-138 Radcliff Highway London. Therefore, based on the inscribed workshop address Henry Hemsley 2 is responsible for making this example.The octant is representative of its type and although not fully complete it demonstrates how 18th and 19th-century mariners determined their latitude on a chart to navigate their way across the world's oceans in the 18th and 19th century. It also demonstrates the skill and workmanship of the early instrument makers that operated from London at this time and provided most of the navigational instrumentation use by commercial and military navies of the time.Octant, ebony wooden frame and handle. Scale is missing from recess in frame. "H. Hemsley 135-138 Ratliff Highway, London", no box"H. Hemsley 135-138 Ratcliff Highway, London"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, navigation, navigational instrument, instrument used for navigation, sextant, henry hemsley, instrument maker, london, octant -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Post Office in 1908/9. Maroondah Highway
Typed below one copy, "Ringwood Post Office in 1909. Maroondah Highway - Opposite present Holeproof site". Other copy of same photograph reads, "Ringwood original Post Office opposite Guyatts new store - 1908". Backing sheet states, "Ringwood P.O. Weekly Times 4 July 1908". -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway Central, Ringwood. Railway Station, Ringwood- c1920
Photograph (3 copies- 2 large, 1 small postcard)Typed below large photograph: "Overlooking Ringwood railway station looking north from Station Street. c1920." Inscription beneath photograph reads, "Railway Station. Ringwood. Real Photo Series M. 2451". Image shows steam locomotive in station, with platform advertising boards, and shops fronting Maroondah Highway. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway Central, Ringwood. C.G. Noden Shoe Shop, c1920's
Black and white photograph (2 copies- 1 large, 1 small) Typed below large photograph: "Shoe shop in Maroondah Highway 1920s." Image shows 2 men standing in doorway of shop. Writing on window reads, "C.G. Noden, returned soldier." Included with photograph is a copy of Australian Military Forces enlistment details for Charles George Noden dated 20/8/14. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway Central, Ringwood. Main St, looking west showing old railway crossing and station masters home in centre - 1918
Black and white photograph (2 copies)Typed below one copy: "Main St. Looking west showing old railway crossing and station masters home in centre - 1918". Typed below other copy: "Maroondah Highway looking west c1918. Showing old railway level crossing at left. Station masters residence in centre. Shops to right now Eastland car park." -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway Central, Ringwood. Main Street looking west. Adelaide St. corner on right. c1924
Photograph (3 copies- 2 large black and white, 1 sepia postcard) Typed below one of the photographs, "Maroondah Highway looking west. Shops to right now Eastland carpark. Shops in centre are opposite station entrance" Typed below other copy: "Main St. looking west. Adelaide St corner on right. c1924." Typed on sepia postcard copy: "Main Street, Ringwood, Victoria. Valentines Series. M4801." -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph
The old Calder Highway before the construction of the duplication of the Calder Highway between the Railway crossing and Plumpton Road.A coloured panoramic view of the old Caler Highway at Diggers Rest. It is unmounted.old calder highway, diggers rest, plumpton road, railways, george evans collection -
Broadmeadows Historical Society & Museum
Photograph - Fatal Accident, Leader newspaper, 16 September 1986
Fatal accident Somerton Road and Hume Highway 1986Event in SomertonPhoto b/w: 17.5 cm x 12 cmObs 17//9/86; P1; Pascoe Vale Road crash Leader Newspaper stampfatal accident, hume highway, somerton road, somerton, broadmeadows observer -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway Central, Ringwood. The old Post Office (our third), 1930
Black and white photograph (2 copies)Typed on back of one photograph: "The old Ringwood Post Office (our third) at the corner of Maroondah Highway and Ringwood Street. Ringwood Market is now on the left behind the picket fence and the new telephone exchange is now just past where the picket fence is. Our second telephone exchange was just behind this post office. Note how bare Loughnans Hill was. c 1930s". -
City of Kingston
Photograph - Colour, c. 1982
This aerial photograph of South Road and Nepean Highway, Moorabbin shows the area where houses and shops on the south side of the Nepean Highway have demolished for the widening of the highway. The pressures of rapid urban development in Moorabbin and beyond, especially to the south of Moorabbin caused bottlenecks and delays, especially at the South Road and Nepean Highway intersection, hence the scheme to widen Nepean Highway.The pressures of rapid urban development in terms of people, housing construction, industrial development and commercial activity, in Moorabbin and beyond, especially to the south would put pressure on road infrastructure in the region. In the early 1980s, a major road expansion of the Nepean Highway was implemented to increase capacity on this major thoroughfare for vehicle commuters. Car use had also increased with commuters from the increasingly populous southern suburbs travelling to their place of work in the Melbourne CBD.Colour photograph of an aerial view of South Road and Nepean Highway, Moorabbin. The image shows houses on the south side of the Nepean Highway that have demolished for widening of road. It features housing and commercial buildings looking north towards Cummins Road.Handwritten blue ink: 82 - 5452 - 11 Handwritten red ink: 112% Handwritten black ink: Ch. 7nepean highway, south road, moorabbin, roads, transport, infrastructure -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway East, Ringwood- 1920. H.J. Bently, Timber Merchant and Joinery
Black and white photograph (2 copies) Typed below one photograph: "Maroondah Highway 1920. Coffeys now on right and building on left still there (1979)" Written on rear of backing sheet: "Whitehorse Road 1920- Coffeys site- looking north. Shop now rebuilt and occupied by Lawford. Building behind 'H. J. Bentley' sign still there 1976 as part of Lawfords. Matlocks Livery Stables in background to left of 'Lime and Cement' sign. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway West, Ringwood- 1925. Outside the Ringwood Market
Black and white photograph (2 images MHW0025a and MHW0025b)Image MHW0025a: (2 copies) Typed under one photograph: "Outside the Ringwood Market in Maroondah Hwy, 1925. Shop in centre now SEC site at cnr Ringwood St. S.S.B. building still on site shown to left." Image MHW0025b: (2 copies) Typed under one photograph: "Maroondah Highway looking East towards cnr Ringwood Street and Wantirna Rd. Ringwood market in centre. -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard - Bullock Island, Bulmer H D, 1930C
2x black and white small format postcards both 6x9|1x tinted small format postcard 6x9|All above show inscription 'Road and Entrance'Black and white postcard of Princes Highway, entrance and Bullock Island taken from Kalimna Hill Lakes Entrance, VictoriaPrinces Highway, Entrance and Bullock Island, Lakes Entrancecoast, fences, roads and streets -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, Bulmer H D, 1920c
Black and white copy same sizeTinted postcard of a bend in the Princes Highway, Jemmys Point. It shows the road between the steep cutting and post and rail fence. Glimpse of footbridge to Bullock Island, entrance and hummocks. Lakes Entrance VictoriaPrinces Highway, Lakes Entrance topography, waterways, roads and streets -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - The Entrance, 1910c
Black and white photograph of the Princes Highway at Kalimna. It shows the road around Jemmys Point. Bullock Island and a distant view of the man made entrance. Gumtrees along roadside. Lakes Entrance VictoriaThe Entrance from Princes Highwayroads and streets, vegetation, fences, waterways -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Photograph - Image, 1949
Black and white photograph of a weatherboard building set close to the edge of a highwayOn back of photo: "Old miners Post Office on Murray Valley Highway near Rutherglen 1949"miners post office, murray valley highway, post offices, gold mining -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway East, Ringwood- 1973. Westward view from Braeside Avenue along Maroondah Highway
Black and white photographWritten on rear of backing sheet: "Ringwood from Braeside Av. 9/73". -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway Central, Ringwood. Railway Station entrance facing Maroondah Highway, Ringwood - 1939
Black and white photograph (2 copiesTyped below photograph: "Marking out foundations of shops. Left hand corner of Station entrance - 1939".