Printed invitation one of 4 invitaions in the set ,to invite Mr & Mrs H. H. Bradley from His Majesty's Ministers of State for Australia to Celebrtae the Opening Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia to meet their Royal Highness The Duke and Dutchess of Cornwell and York. To an evening reception at the Exhibition Building Melbourne on the 9th of May 1901, at 8 o'clockSignficant collection of 4 invitatons of national signficance Plus a printed Momento from the Duke and Dutchess 00533 Evening reception to Meet the Duke and Dutchess 00534 Invitaion from the Govenment of Victoria 00535 Invitaion from Edmund Barton the Prime Minister 00536 Invitaion from the Govenment of Victoria for a conversazione 07/05/1901 at 8 pmMounted offset print. The print is mounted on brown mount board. The print has an embossed seal of Duke and Dutchess of Cornwall and York. Printed invitation from the miniters of state to invite Mr and Mrs H H Bradley to attend the reception.Invitaion hand written. On the left is a maiden , dressed in red with a helment carrying a British Shield on the Right hand side is a maiden dressed in purple carrying a St shield . The print is bordered by vines and leaves with scrolls for text details. The print has silver and gold highlights.Printed: His Majesty's Ministers of State for the Commonwealth of Australia/ request the honour of the presence of... / in the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, on Thursday, 9th May, to witness/ the Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth./ Edmund Barton/ Prime Ministermelbourne, australia, commonwealth, printed offset, invitaion, celebrate opening parliament commonwealth australia, parliament, duke dutchess cornwall york, mr mrs h h bradley, exhibition building, 1901, 09 05 1901

painted for Nell McCleanPink rose in full bloom with buds and foilage on light green back ground . On cardboardpainting by mrs p artis home hotel nell mcclean

This book is a memento of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwell and York to Melbourne in May 1901, they came here to open the first Commonwealth Parliament of AustraliaThe book is part of a collection from the H H Bradley family, the other items are personal invitations to the opening of the first Parliament.Paperback Book. an 80 page book with soft card covers bound with green cloth binding, mainly pictorial, of their visit to opening of the 1st Commonwealth Parliament of Austrlia with a description with each photo in black and white, the cover is partly dark brown with the rest there is a photo of a river on the bottom right hand corner and the book title on the left within a scrolled frame and the dark brown background. front and back cover quite grubby, bottom right had corner missing and torn 20+20mm, a finger nail size missing middle right hand side, bottom left hand corner next to binding has a 22+25mm Piece missing

Mr George Potter Manager of the Victorian Hardwood Company mill at Powelltown is sitting in centre of photograph Image of three fallers with axes and two others around stump of large tree. Black and white photograph A3 mounted on cardboardrear of photo, writen description; central figure is Mr George Potter Manager VHC Powelltown Died c1949 presented by Mrs A G Potter daughter in-law of above 76 Bluff Rd Black Rock axe, ferns, powelltown, timber, fallers, george potter, victorian hardwood company

Workmen at E. Lloyd's mill, Hoddles Creek Negative Black white. Scanned at 600 dpi. mill, timber, lloyds, workmen

Negative Black white Scanned at 600 dpi. The Saxton family, 1923, Gilderoysaxton family fruit growers timber workers sandy ross gilderoy 1923

The "Express" is pulled by the Little Yarra steam train, and is on a wooden trestle bridge crossing the Saxton creek at Gilderoy, the carriage on the end was for passengers, but it was only used for a short timePowelltown Express 1914 Gilderoy. Negative Black white Scanned at 600 dpi. trestle bridge tramway powelltown steam engine saxton creek gilderoy a ross

The steam train "Powellite" at three bridges station pushing a flat top and guards/passenger carriage to Powelltown, there is a load of flour in bags and extra passengers on the flat topThree Bridges Railway station Negative Black white Scanned at 600 dpi.three bridges railway station steam train powellite a ross

Negative Black white Scanned at 600 dpi. Mr. Hilditch Snr. Hazelwwod Rd, Warburton Rdmr hilditch snr hazellwood rd warburton rd

Group at the Railway station,this is taken at the Powelltown Mill, you can see the very tall chimney stack in the background, this would be a weekend, with a special train put on for the workers, possibly going to a dance ,races, cricket or football in Yarra Junction, going by the way everyone is dressed in their Sunday Best, the conductor is 4th from the right. Group at the Railway station Black and White negative scanned at 600 dpirailway station powelltown dance passenger carriage sandy ross

DWR-00286 Details of Timber truck ironwork, Victorian Hardwood Company, Powelltown, 1919. Blue Print.Victorian Powell Wood Process Ltd details of timber truck ironwork scale 1 1/2" -3" = 1 foot Sheet No 17 11/07/12 Note:- the number off each part are for one wagon only

03016 Group of timber workers at the mill Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Black & white Negative, scanned at 600 dpitimber mill group sandy ross

Parbury Bridge Warburton Negative Black white. Scanned at 600 dpi.parbury bridge warburton tramway yarra river

Cow pulling cart with 2 men Negative Black white. Scanned at 600 dpicow cart solid wooden wheels

Charlie Griffiths and Charlie Hort on cart Negative Black white. Scanned at 600 dpicharlie griffith charlie hort horse cart

03022 Victorian Hardwood Co, Powelltown Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Black & white Negative, scanned at 600 dpivictorian hardwood company mill travaser timber

03026 Building tramway track 1895 Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Negative, Black & white. Scanned at 600 dpi building tramway track 1895 deep cutting

03027 Photograph Building of tramway track Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Negative, Black & white.Two men with horses digging earth with scoops and then tipping it over the side of the new embankment to make it wide enough for timber traffic to pass by.building tramway track horse scraperscoop

03029 Hilditch family Hazelwood, Warburton East Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Negative, Black & white. Scanned at 600 dpihilditch family hazelwood warburton east

03030 Charlie McCrae of Wesburn on Platts Tramway Mt Ben Cairn,1920. Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Negative, Black & white. Scanned at 600 dpi. charlie mccrae wesburn platts tramway mt cain 1920

03032 Stacks of Hay - C McCrae Wesburn Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Negative, Black & white. Scanned at 600 dpistack of hay c mccrae wesburn

03033 Fairy bend at Sunnyside Warburton Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Negative, Black & white. Scanned at 600 dpifairy bend sunnyside warburton

This intersection was a busy one with the tramway traffic having Steam Engines and their trucks crossing about 8 times a day, horsedrawn vehicles often had trouble crossing the tramway because it was quite uneven at times.03037 PC Main Street Yarra Junction, at the corner of Little Yarra Rd, the Powelltown tramway crosses the road at this intersection Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Negative, Black & white. Scanned at 600 dpi. yarra junction main street rail crossing

yarra junction railway station goods yard powelltown tramway

03039 PC Main street Yarra Junction. Team of horses pulling sawn timber on log bogies along the wooden Gilderoy tramline. Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Black & white Negative, scanned at 600 dpimain st yarra junction station masters house gilderoy tramway

Primitive Bowls started in Ancient Egypt, and the common form has remained very popular throughout the 20th century, with the popularity waning in the 21st century.Powelltown had a very vibrant community with many recreational, activities, Bowls, cricket, football, tennis, swimming, and dances, held at powelltown and Yarra Junction. The community built their own facilitys. they also built tennis courts and a picture theater/hall at Gilderoy03052 Bowling club 1900 Powelltown. Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Black & white Negative, scanned at 600 dpibowling club 1900 powelltown bowling ball bowling pitch

03056 Model Powelltown built by Primary school pupils Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Negative, Black & white. Scanned at 600 dpimodel powelltown built primary school pupils model house

powellite powelltown steam train

03053 PC Murray Views 14, Alpine Retreat Hotel Warburton Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Black & white Negative, scanned at 600 dpialpine retreat hotel warburton pc murray views 14