Extract from The Argus, Monday July 9th 1888 - Griffiths Point Saturday at a Public meeting of the inhabitants of Griffiths Point, held this afternoon to consider the most appropriate name for the newly proclaimed township there. It was unanimously decided on the suggestion of Mr Fraser that it should be called San Remo.Extract from The Argus, Monday July 9th 1888local history, documents, newspapers, griffiths point, san remo, , black & white newspaper clipping, miss elms san remo

Inset photograph of San Remo Hotel with surrounding advertisement describing situation, facilities, attractions and weekly tariff.Advertisement for accommodation at San Remo Hotel. T. Bergin was the proprietor of the San Remo Hotel.local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, advertisement, tourism, san remo hotel, black & white photograph, miss elms san remo

Central front door to large two storey building, large brick chimneys on either side of roof, two on each side of gable roof, attic storey above this. Wrought iron railing of upper verandah, long thin windows with curtains or blinds, single storey building to left of picture. White Picket fence across front, a man's figure at gate.San Remo Hotellocal history, photography, photographs, slides, film, tourism, san remo hotel, black & white photograph, miss elms san remo

A repeat of photograph of large group of children and teachers this time without hats. Group standing and seated. Nestled into ferns and bush background.Sunday School Picniclocal history, photography, photographs, slides, film, sunday school picnic, black & white photograph, miss elms san remo

Single-fronted wooden school building behind picket fence. Porch at front, brick chimneys on each side of corrugated roof. Two single windows either side of porch. 17 children in front of picket fence with teacher. Mostly hatted or capped - teacher behind children.Group of seventeen children with teacher outside front of school. John Dickie II in middle of front row.local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, school group 1904, san remo, black & white photograph, miss elms, schools, dickie family

View of San Remo looking across The Coal Jetty from Dickie's Hill. Sail boats at right foreground. Across the water the San Remo Hotel.Griffiths Point and The Narrows from Dickie's Hill.local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, san remo, black & white photograph, miss elms san remo, griffiths point

Photo 1: Old car in centre of photo on beach. House in background. Photo 2: Cars and people gathered at Punt. Photo 3: People sitting on beach. Punt on right of photo - sailboat along side Jetty on left. Car waiting for Punt. Photo 4: Car boarding Punt. 6 figures of family alongside.Cars boarding and leaving the San Remo/Newhaven Punt.local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, san remo punt, sepia photograph, miss elms san remo

The first Punt under construction at Newhaven. Charlie Newman and wife with unknown man with bandaged arm. Across the water is view of San Remo township. Overhanging ??Close-up of Punt in San Remo waters. Background view of San Remo township.local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, the first punt, san remo punt, black & white photograph, miss elms san remo

Front view of Pier Hotel - weatherboard building - tower - like front entrance. Showing name of Hotel in large print otherwise single storey building eminating on each side, more on left of photograph. Trees and bush on right side of building. Picket fence to left in foreground. Stationary horse and buggy, driver in white suit and dark bowler hat.Pier Hotel. Horse and Buggy with driver in foreground.local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, pier hotel, black & white photograph, miss elms san remo

Backs of two figures seated on beach. To left of them a sedan car and several people. Behind car water and pier. Between pier and punt on extreme right an anchored masted sailing boat. One car already on punt. View of San Remo in background.Beach, Jetty and Punt. View of hills in backgroundlocal history, photography, photographs, slides, film, jetties, punt san remo, black & white photograph, miss elms san remo

Left of photograph Bergin & Co, Griffiths Point Store in very large lettering. Residence above store, four open windows. Woman in white blouse and long black skirt entering one of two doors. The weatherboard building right on street. Next door San Remo Hotel. Bar entry on left. Large window on brick wall. Weatherboard upper storey with verandah and elaborate pillars wrought iron work and big turret attic towards back.Beautiful blown-up picture of the store and hotel side by side. Store open for business. Lady enteringlocal history, photography, photographs, slides, film, griffiths point store, san remo hotel, black & white photograph, miss elms san remo

Two storey brick building with attic top. On left of building one storey section. Group of four men in shirt sleeves hobnobbing. A Holden car, white utility and old Packard across frontage. Top left hand corner Pine tree branches. On right side branches of Norfolk Pine.Close-up photograph of hotel, San Remolocal history, photography, photographs, slides, film, hotel san remo, bergins hotel, black & white photograph, miss elms san remo

Reserve with trees left and right. Road beyond fence. Across the toad, weatherboard Pier Hotel. Residence to left side of 2 storey turret. Building with flag pole. Colonial double-chimneyed homestead style house tucked amongst trees and bushes to right.Pier Hotel and adjacent house. A picturesque scene.The Rose Series P700 copyright. Pier Hotel from The Reserve, San Remo, Victorialocal history, photography, photographs, slides, film, pier hotel, san remo, hotels, black & white photograph, miss elms san remo

Section of home frontage, single storey brick building. Elaborately decorated verandah roofing with lace wrought iron. Corrugated section painted in grey and white stripes. Mosaic style flooring of verandah in front of and to sides of lace curtained windows. Four figures of family, mother seated, son standing with hands on back of chair. Two daughters one standing and one kneeling in front.Partial exterior of family on verandah of home.local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, houses, black & white photograph, miss elms san remo

Strip of water shore with a dingy close to water and larger boat to the right. San Remo Hotel and Griffiths Store nestled in among large bushy trees. Behind the rather ornate hotel a glimpse of a rising bare hill.San Remo shore with glimpse of San Remo Hotel amongst trees beyond the beach.San Remo Shore 251local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, san remo shore, black & white photograph, miss elms san remo

From left of picture showing the San Remo and Piers Hotels. A horse hitched to part fence on side of road. Bushes between hotels and foreshore. The Genesta, Jetty, Coal Jetty and Jetty leading to what could be baths jutting out into Westernport. Phillip Island foreshore in background.Sea shore looking across to Phillip Island. Large photograph extensive white - grey sky. Road and hotels in front of beach.local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, sea shore san remo, hotels, black & white photograph, miss elms san remo

Foreground track leading down to two jetties and shed of San Remo Harbour. Near shed a covered wagon. Coal boat at end of jetty. Large shrubbery on left of picture. Phillip Island foreshore across Westernport in background.Track leading to passenger and coal jetties, Phillip IslandPhillip Island from San Remo Harbourlocal history, photography, photographs, slides, film, san remo harbour, jetties, black & white photograph, miss elms san remo

Lovely rural scene at waters edge. Picture flanked by large trees looking across water to Newhaven jetty.Rural scene of foreshoreNewhaven from San Remo. Phillip Islandlocal history, photography, photographs, slides, film, foreshore newhaven, foreshore san remo, black & white photograph, miss elms san remo

8 dark grey ponies all bridled with three young children in attendance. Oldest girl in hat and riding gear. Second younger girl and young curly-headed boy. Trees and shrubs in background.Three children with eight Shetland ponieslocal history, photography, photographs, slides, film, shetland heights san remo, shetland ponies, black & white photograph, miss elms san remo

Samuel and Thomas Anderson seated upright on grass in parkland area under trees. The old homestead, "Netherwood", is in background fenced from side to side. "Netherwood" is comprised of two rambling gabled buildings. One brother with axe.Samuel and Thomas Anderson at Netherwood about 1865local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, netherwood, buildings--historical, black & white photograph, miss elms san remo

Wattle and Daub building with corrugated roofing, brick chimneys, narrow wooden posts on verandah. "Netherwood" about 5 km east of San Remo, was built by the Anderson's in 1854. Today no trace of buildings remains.Close up of old homestead, long narrow-posted verandah. Across front picket fencing. Across right of picture three figures on verandah, one seated in a rocker chair. Dark shadows of trees at forefront. Trees behind buildings.local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, netherwood, buildings--historical, black & white photograph, miss elms san remo

Harriett Cunningham and Mary Potter (seated) at Motherwell St, Hawthorn. Mary (nee Anderson) a daughter of Thomas and Catherine Anderson, was born in 1854. Married Rev. Potter in 1884 and died in 1943.Photograph of Mary Potter (nee Anderson) with Harriett Cunningham outside an old bluestone building. Mary seated in wicker chair below verandah steps. Harriett is standing behind chair. A casement window to left. Both ladies very elderly.local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, harriett cunningham, mary potter, black & white photograph, miss elms san remo

Letters from Victorian Pioneers 51. John Hart. The career of John Hart after leaving England as a boy and at 22 becoming a Commander of a Bass Strait Sealing Schooner. After losing much of his personal wealth, he lived in South Australia to become Premier three times from 1865 - 71. His association with Phillip Island was Shipping, bark to London.Synopsis of the life of John Hart. Sea Captain, Merchant Trader, Ship Owner, Over lander, Flour Miller and Politician. Born in England 1809, died in Adelaide 28th January, 1873. This article on John Hart was followed by an account of his writings October 1834 on his bark collection enterprise in Westernport and Phillip Island.First commercial venture in Westernport. John Hart and Griffiths Sealer/Whaler "Elizabeth"local history, documents, letters, john hart, politician, merchant trader, black & white photograph, miss elms san remo

A document outlining all the hostelries that existed along the Yarra Track between Marysville and Wood's Point.A document outling all the hostelries that existed along the Yarra Track between Marysville and Wood's Point.yarra track, marysville, wood's point, woods point, fernshaw, paradise plains, black spur, mount grant, george edwards, walker family, melbourne, new chum, hit & miss restaurant, mr clifford, michael woods, glen watts, tri bhean hotel, ewen cameron, ewen hugh cameron, thomas barton, butler's wood's point directory, globe hotel, swanston street, mount juliet, ben more & c, jordan district, jefferson's watts bridge inn, matthew jefferson, reefer's hotel, boyle's hotel, william henry johnson, samuel boyle, black spur hotel, fisher's creek, narbethong, fisher's home hotel, black spur inn, frederick fisher, william hodson, wood's point road, acheron river, acheron bridge hotel, john robson, granton, clifford, wilks creek, wilks creek hotel, patrick maloney, steavenson, marysville hotel, australian hotel, junction hotel, the dutchman's restaurant, henry kuyper, william podlech, mount arnold, mount arnold hotel, charles schultz, james toohey, john gleeson, joy burchall, ian newman, henry brockman, belle isle, belle elle, bellell creek, upper yarra, guerin's bridge, bell's hotel, henry petty, celia moran, ruth petty, cumberland creek, cumberland creek store and restaurant, cumberland creek hotel, charles edwin hargreaves, annie hargreaves, urina hargreaves, alice hargreaves, healesville, josiah hargreaves, henderson drysdale, henry whelan, halfway house, thomas smith, svendson, gosling, donovans creek, chesterville, perry's hotel, john perry, perry's coach and horses hotel, edward courtney, scandinavian hotel, the swede's, walker's hotel, jacob burchart, golden fleece, theodore kappler, george koehler's hotel, david walker, millicent walker, elsie jowett, bill walker, big river, royal mail hotel, shaw's, slingsby davies, edwin jones, elizabeth jane parker, sandridge, archibald charles edwin jones, matlock, alexander myers, frank berwick frederick jones, ned jones, jennie jones, sophie milllicent parker jones, thomas shaw, dorothy walker, travellers rest hotel, reefton, summers, john fehring, f fehring, katerina fehring, john christoph blumeyer, anne fehring, john baker, evelyn observer, anna katrina baker, hannah catherine baker, john frederick baker, mcmahon's creek, oaks, the springs, st clair, sinclair's valley, mountain home hotel, neilson, collins, waters, jan emma sinclair, john sinclair, mr cox, peter sinclair, willie we have missed you hotel, spring vale hotel, robert matthews, thomas crawford

This file contains 2 items: 1/A handwritten note, undated and source unknown, regarding the foundation stone at Church of Christ Ormond. It details the date that the stone was laid and by whom. 2/A typed church of Christ Annual Report for the year 1975-1976.ormond, church of christ, north road, arnott street, henrichsen e.c., buchanan f.e., williams louise r., clayden c.p., carnegie, mansell david mr., towns bruce, towns heather, richter peter, richter heather, mckenzie’s ray, kilgour russell, moorabbin town hall, barber susan, bauich barbara, padey leanne, hunt margaret, meihuizen peter, brumley lynlea, morffew dong, mullen jan, mullen ian, nebauer anne, nebauer dan, grant jean, grant dennis, grant ruth, kay dennis, knee brian, cole don, parker alan, parker shirley, clayden carl, clayden mrs., knee aif, martin mrs., barker mrs., mathieson mrs., randall mrs., mckenzie mrs., joyce mrs., the oakleigh senior citizens, keneley mrs., walker mrs., howard marge mrs., churches of christ nursing home, vafiopolus mrs., bean mr., bean mrs., goodin d. miss, mcmillan h., mcmillan j., whittaker i., cann betty mrs., streader joy m., christian men’s fellowship, parker a.g., tippett mrs., manson v., hood r., hood jillian, hood ruth, hunt carol, woolnough g. mr., cole p. mr., malvern – caulfield club, oakleigh club, faragher l., enzi c., ghys peter, knee ian, hunt l.m., alabaster r.l., keneley m., young j.m., howard m., crittle c., alabaster robert, jones v., ennor e., woolnough g., ryan mrs., knee m., rose l., harris p., ryall d., religious structures and establishments, religious groups, church groups, congregations (religious), monuments and memorials, documents, clergy, baptism, rites and ceremonies, festivals and celebrations, annual reports.

This file contains 2 items relating to school magazines and publications: 1/1 photocopy of a page from the school magazine ‘Quaerite’, 1968, with a photograph of many students in front of the assembly hall and an article about the opening of the assembly hall on 05/06/1968 author unknown. 2/1 copy of the Shelford Old Grammarians publication ‘GOSSIP’ (Grammarians of Shelford Social Interest Paper) issue no. 85, dated 1st quarter of 1988. The publication includes details about the running of and events held by the Shelford Old Grammarians as well as details about the lives of former Grammarians. Written by David Waxman.shelford girls’ school and kindergarten, schools, openings (events), delacombe rohan sir, woods dr. archbishop, choirs, orchestras, musical events and activities, dances and balls, stevenson nan, henderson margot, pianos, old grammarians association, shelford old grammarians, ‘grammarians of shelford social interest paper’, ‘gossip’, anderson jean mrs, olinda street, caulfield south, thompson debbie mrs, rome lorraine, wilson lorraine, st georges road, elsternwick, guala lynne, parke lynne, halstead simone, barrington street, bentleigh east, kendall debbie, webb jean, deller lynne, franzoni lynne, brown nola, jenkinson nola, nelms jenny, bond jenny, waite janine, brown helen, clubs and associations, meetings, events and activities, sport, gleadell linda, koch linda, barbecues, dawson sally, richards sally, richards bronwyn, barnacle bronwyn, crocker susan, waxman susan, hosford margaret, hoult margaret, francis dyanne , franzoni dyanne, baxter dorothy, scott maureen, ahearne robyn, summer louise, ballantyne robyn, hill robyn, painsh elizabeth, mayne lyn, eshelby shirlene, looker margaret, hunter dale, martin colleen, evans julie, froomes vicki, plaisted leonie, leah leonie, pull lisa, patxy godby, currer liz, crawshaw pam, shaw debbie, milner cheryl, hopkings wendy, tietgens jenny, gill janet, edwards leigh, hannon lisa, folley melinda, sport, bray jennifer, birch jennifer, graham sally, smith sally, bosquet rue, masters anne, dalton anne, murray michele, brown michele, sutton kaye, griffiths kaye, faragher sue, butterfield anne, thompson anne, cassidy julie, lynes yvonne, van buuren vanessa, vanselow elizabeth, hall elizabeth, riley vicki, rowed elizabeth, strugnell peter, caulfield grammar school, graham andrew, murray peter, hoad ian, amos emma, carr vanessa, mallaby kirstienne, valentine karen, calderwood jan, perkins jan, perkins jan, humphries karen, asher kim, hannon lisa, mardardy mischel, sanford belinda, sherlock natalie, barklamb kate, levy sally, mathew jennifer, stahmer sally, gray mrs, australia day, howell marilyn, harley robyn, elms liz, johnston liz, mcilveen bronwyn, calderwood simone, zacharin pat, williamson pat, waite pamela, wilson pamela, perkins jan, woodburn bettina, bromley bettina, stuchbury leanne, dalton sue, dalton leigh, myers jean, sligo pam, gibson pam, collins sue, baddams miss, limb lois, rice lois, bishop myra, planner betty, planner pam, smart arlie, lambert dorothy, goode sandra, harris margaret, chamberlain margaret, elms elizabeth, johnston elizabeth, rome lynne, waxman dawn, clements dawn, weddings, halls

Four documents on the history of the Howitt family: 1/A photocopied extract on Dr. Godfrey Howitt, taken from biographical information in ‘A Woman of Importance’, by Jean Uhl. Information details his family history, religion, his medical affiliations, his garden in Collins St. 2/Two page print out from Wikipedia done 13/12/2013 on Godfrey Howitt giving family history and his medical history in Melbourne; includes a sketch of him. 3/Family tree map by Claire Barton. 4/Print out on Alfred William Howitt, taken from Monash website, on his life as an explorer, geologist and anthropologist. Monash University’s Howitt Hall is named in his honour.howitt godfrey dr., howitt mrs., bakewell miss, howitt william, bakewell phoebe, caulfield, howitt alfred william, melbourne hospital, benevolent asylum, howitt william godfrey, farms, entomologist, howitt john henry, howitt charles, medical school committee, university of melbourne, philosophical society of victoria, royal society of victoria, magistrate, howitt hall, explorer, geologist, anthropologist, ‘howittia’ blue-flowered mallow