Penleigh Boyd, Robin and Patricia Boyd's son, writes “Prior to 1950 Robin, like most other amateur or hobby photographers, took black and white printed photographs. The oldest slides date from 1950 when Robin and Patricia travelled to Europe on Robin’s Robert Haddon Travelling Scholarship.” In 1948 Robin Boyd was awarded ‘joint first place’ in the Robert Haddon competition for his design of Mildura art gallery. The scholarship helped fund their first overseas trip. Robin and Patricia were passengers on the Greek ship “Cyrenia” departing in May 1950, passing through the Suez Canal and landing in Genoa five weeks later. For six months, they travelled extensively throughout Europe (predominantly driving themselves) - France, Italy, United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Spain.Colour slide in a mount. View from the top of the Arc De Triomphe, Paris, FranceParis / Avenue De Wagram from Arcade T.h / Boulevard (Cancelled) (All Handwritten)haddon travelling scholarship, haddon, robin boyd, slide

The AFB were aware that accommodation options for blind people were limited and sought to open a hostel to assist with this.The first hostel opened in Lara Street, South Yarra but could not meet demand. In 1926, a suitable property 'Egremont' at 54 The Avenue, Windsor, came on the market. The price was £2650. Lack of funds to purchase seemed an insurmountable barrier. With assistance from the Trustees of the Edward Wilson Estate and the Felton Bequest a deposit of £650 was raised. In a huge step of faith the Committee took out a mortgage of £2000. The interest on the mortgage and its repayments weighed heavily on the Committee. The Avenue, as 'Egremont' was commonly termed, was also a seven roomed house. Mr Paterson and the Architect, Mr Parkes of Oakley and Parkes, immediately began planning an extension, fourteen single bedrooms were added. They were filled from the Waiting List. A Windsor Auxiliary was formed and worked to reduce the mortgage of £2000. An active programme of dances, card evenings, theatre nights and the like took place under the leadership of Mrs. Robertson. The Auxiliary also took an interest in the boarders, arranging entertainment and social activity. £1500. was still owed in 1930. Living side by side is no easy task for a group of people, and the Hostel meeting minute books are filled with stories of disputes over wireless sets, telephones, hot water bottles and wardrobes. In 1958, with rising costs and the growth of aged care centres, the Hostel was closed and the house sold to a succession of private buyers. In 2016 it still stands and has been refurbished as a guest house.B/W copy of newspaper photographThe hostel for blind women at 54 The Avenue, Windsor was established in 1926 to provide a place where sightless women may live together to their mutual advantage under proper and sympathetic supervision. The Windsor Hostel was sold in 1958. This building still stands today and has been refurbished.egremont, blind womens hostel, tilly aston

Black and white "Murray Views" postcard and souvenir photograph - Ringwood State School, Greenwood Avenue, Ringwood. Circa 1950s.Post Card. Real Photograph Produced in Australia by Murray Views, Gympie, Q.

Established in 1946, during the construction of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme, the township of Mt Beauty was developed by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria to provide additional accommodation for the thousands of workers during the construction of the country’s second largest hydro-electricity scheme. 
Although these towns were built as temporary accommodation for the workers and their families, many stayed after the scheme finished. Combined with the influx of European migrants, with their rich cultural backgrounds, all played a major part in shaping the future character of the Mount Beauty, the Kiewa Valley and Falls Creek. The Bright Council, now the Alpine Shire took over the control of the township in 1960. This relatively young town of Mount Beauty, along with the surrounding townships of Falls Creek, Bogong, Tawonga South and Tawonga, are all part of a prospering tourist area with excellent services, accommodation, food and a wide range of recreational activities available for all ages. According to Shire records, the population of Mt Beauty has grown from 1,500 in 1981 to 1,800 in 2016 with a projected increase to 2,000 in 2013The photographs taken around 1993 show a prosperous commercial centre catering for both locals and the needs of visitors. It provides a pictorial history of the changes which have occurred in the retail/commercial district of Mt Beauty over the years. It also demonstrates the attention paid by Alpine Shire towards providing accessible recreational green space around the town centre.Set of 7 colour photographs of Lakeside Avenue, Mt Beauty. Circa 1993 showing retail services and streetscape of the time. No markingsmt beauty, lakeside ave mt beauty

Part of a group of photos from Bryant West Collection donated by Mary Carney.Black & White photograph of Thompson Avenue, Cowes. Two ladies, a dog and a man with a horse and buggy. Another person nearby.Sent as a postcard with letter on back to Miss Robb from Amie C Wragge?? Christmas and New Year Greetings.thompson avenue cowes phillip island, cowes phillip island, bryant west collection, mary karney

One of a collection of over 400 photographs in an album commenced in 1960 and presented to the Phillip Island & Westernport Historical Society by the Shire of Phillip IslandAerial photograph of the intersection of Thompson Avenue & Chapel Street showing General Store, Phillip Island Garage and Catholic Church.local history, photography, intersection thompson avenue & chapel street, cowes, black & white photograph, thompson avenue cowes, chapel street cowes, garages, churches, john jenner, bryant west

Studebaker Lark Mobile Traffic Section Q car registration number HWA-883 on Alexander Avenue. Circa 1963police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; studebaker lark car

Social, historicalExample of the Moorabool Shire sign and the felling of trees for power company in the late twentieth centuryColour photo, of the Western outskirts of the township of Yendon showing 8-10 felled pine trees of the southern side of avenueroad signs, yendon, moorabool shire, streetscape, felled pinetrees, powercor

Robin Boyd travelled to the USA and Britain for several weeks. He attended the opening of the new Australian Chancery in Washington DC, where he had designed an innovative exhibition with cylindrical display cases and sound recordings.Colour slide in a mount. Window display, opposite the New York Public Library, Fith Avenue, New York, USA.Made in Australia / 11 / JUL 69M2slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Possibly Yarra river across to Richmond from Alexandra Avenue, South Yarra, Victoria, AustraliaMade in Australia / 30 / JUN 67M6 / Encircled 48 (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd

Coloured photograph showing newsagent at Rangeview Shopping Centre. Corner of Mitcham Road and Carween Avenue. Mitcham Road in forefront.rangeview shopping centre, shopping centre, shops

Black and white photograph of a dark coloured ute used at Davins Dairy, Corner Mitcham Road and Victoria Avenue Mitcham.davins dairy, model dairy, daries

Robin Boyd developed a close friendship with the founder of the Bauhaus in Weimar Germany, Walter Gropius, who had moved to the USA in the 1930s. Through this connection, Boyd was invited to be the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Bemis Professor at the School in the North American academic year 1956-7. Robin and Patricia Boyd, with their youngest daughter Suzy, were based in Cambridge, Massachusetts for the year. Boyd gave some lectures at MIT and he was also invited to give lectures at many other universities, allowing him to travel widely within the USA, especially on the East Coast. This gave him the opportunity to meet architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, Paul Rudolph and many others, and visit the offices of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and places like Taliesin and the General Motors Technical Center Detroit. On the way home, the Boyds visited London, Berlin, Paris and Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp Chapel in France.Colour slide in a mount. Cochran House (1950), Lake Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. (Architect: Alexander Smith Cochran.)1957 (Handwritten)/ Baltimore Cochran House( Handwritten)/ 8 (Handwritten)mit bemis professorship, mit, robin boyd, slide

John Malcolm Fraser AC, CH, GCL (21 May 1930 – 20 March 2015) was the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia and the Leader of the Liberal Party from 1975 to 1983. Fraser's bust was originally created by Victor Greenhalgh. However, Greenhalgh and others were critical of the final casting. Following Greenhalgh's death in 1983, Peter Nicholson was asked to create a new bust for Fraser, which was completed after the bust of Fraser's successor Hawke had been installed. 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. A plaster marquette of Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser produced for the bronze bust in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens' Prime Ministers Avenue.art, artwork, prime minister, prime minister's avenue, malcolm fraser

Lithographer JEM, exd. JWD, July 1904, no. 81, 40P. 15W.melbourne and metropolitan board of works, map, camberwell, cartography

Single sided advertisement for private sale of residential allotments - undated, circa 1950s.Subdivisions include Mullum Mullum Road,Glen Cairn Avenue (Glencairn), Oban Road, and Norman Avenue (later Hugh Street). Agent - A.T. Miles & Son, 175 Main Street, Ringwood, Phone WU 6215.

Part of a 43-photo record of the MMBW�s engineering feat in drilling a 12 inch pipe line up to 40 feet deep through rock hardened by volcanic action associated with geological fault that occurs along the line. The work took place from October 1979 to May 1980 on the southern boundary of Hubbard Reserve, North Ringwood. The collection was presented to the Ringwood Historical Research Group by J Clarke on 9th June 1980.E560 N22Jan 1980 A43 Work on mole boring pit in 39 Burlock Avenue backyard

Bay View Guesthouse was located on The Esplanade between Thompson Avenue and Warley Avenue, Cowes, Phillip Island Typed menu for dinner on 23/9/1932 at "Bay View", guesthouse, Cowes. Small round photo of a koala on the Menu.Above the koala - Welcome to "Bay View". Below: "I hope you'll enjoy your stay." Followed by the menu of Soup: Fish: Joints: Vegetables: Sweets:bay view guest house, bay view cowes phillip island, guesthouses cowes phillip island, j west, dinner menu

Samuel Johnson is riding around Australia on a unicycle in an attempt to break a world record and raise money for the Garvan Institute (breakthrough medical research) . (www.loveyoursister.org) The Ballarat Courier (18/02/2013) reported: "Actor Samuel Johnson was humbled by the turnout and support in Ballarat for his epic unicycle ride about Australia. After an emotional farewell with sister Connie, who is terminally ill with cancer, Johnson reached Ballarat on day two of his Love Your Sister Ride – an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most distance travelled on a unicycle (15,000 kilometres), raise a million dollars for breast cancer research and spread the word for early detection."A unicylist in pink shirt travels under the Ballarat Arch of Victory at the entry to the Ballarat Avenue of Honour. The unicyclist is actor Samuel Johnson.ballarat avenue of honour, ballarat arch of victory, samuel johnson, love your sister, unicycle, cycle

Social, historicalExample of the felling of trees for power company in the late twentieth centuryColour photo, of the Western outskirts of the township of Yendon showing 8-10 felled pine trees from the southern side of avenueyendon, moorabool shire, streetscape, felled pinetrees, powercor

Robin Boyd developed a close friendship with the founder of the Bauhaus in Weimar Germany, Walter Gropius, who had moved to the USA in the 1930s. Through this connection, Boyd was invited to be the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Bemis Professor at the School in the North American academic year 1956-7. Robin and Patricia Boyd, with their youngest daughter Suzy, were based in Cambridge, Massachusetts for the year. Boyd gave some lectures at MIT and he was also invited to give lectures at many other universities, allowing him to travel widely within the USA, especially on the East Coast. This gave him the opportunity to meet architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, Paul Rudolph and many others, and visit the offices of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and places like Taliesin and the General Motors Technical Center Detroit. On the way home, the Boyds visited London, Berlin, Paris and Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp Chapel in France.Colour slide in a mount. 660 Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York, USA, 1957. (Architects: Carson and Lundin.)Made in USA / Patented / 04819 / B (Handwritten) / Encircled 15 (Handwritten) / Encircled 21 (Handwritten)mit bemis professorship, mit, robin boyd, slide

Land Memorial No 963, Book 377, relating to transfer of land in Metropolitan Avenue, Nunawading from William Horan to William Loganhoran, william, logan, metropolitan avenue, nunawading, land sales

Joe Swift made and donated the following items to the Mitcham Sub-Branch of the RSL.|1. RSL Badge outside the entrance doors from the main car park.|2. Legacy Badge inside the above doors.|3. Sword mounted on the East wall of the main hall.|It is thought that Swift's Foundry manufactured some items for Canberra War Museum and the above may have been replicas.Black and white photo of Staff at Swifts Foundry, Carween Avenue, Mitcham. Swifts made Commemorative Plaque for opening of Schwerkolt Cottage.swifts foundry, carween avenue, mitcham, cook, molly

Coloured photo of House at 38 Haines St., Mitcham (corner of Victoria Avenue)in the process of being renovated. An example of an early residence.haines street., mitcham, no.38