Prior to the election of female Councillors and Mayors in the 1960’s, The Lady Mayoress role was one of the few ways women could officially undertake civic duties. Mayoresses made important contributions to their local communities through their charity work and as ambassadors for their region on a state and federal level. They also undertook some Mayoral duties on occasions when their husband was unavailable. Mayoress Taylor was born Hannah Ellen Mullany and died 9th September 1963 aged 83. Hannah Taylor served as Mayoress from 1930 -31, 1937 - 38 and 1942 - 43.Framed, oval photographic portraits with convex glass and print, created using a collodion wet plate process. Hand coloured detail.lr, Mrs W H Taylor / Mayoress 1930 - 31 / " " 1937 - 39. ll, Vincent Kelly / Bendigohannah mullany, taylor, studio photography, city of greater bendigo portraits, city of bendigo mayoress

Prior to the election of female Councillors and Mayors in the 1960’s, the Lady Mayoress role was one of the few ways women could officially undertake civic duties. Mayoresses made important contributions to their local communities through their charity work and as ambassadors for their region on a state and federal level. They also undertook some Mayoral duties on occasions when their husband was unavailable. Born in 1884 at Fryerstown, May Catherine Quick married David William Streader in 1910. May Streader served as Mayoress from 1946 - 1947 and died aged 103 years old in 1987. Reproduction of photographic studio portrait sitting behind oval mount.ll; Mrs D. W. Streader / Mayoress / 1946 - 47. lr R. Vincent Kelly / Bendigovincent kelly, studio photography, raymond kelly, city of bendigo mayoress, city of greater bendigo portraits, may quick, mayoress streader, city of bendigo mayor, mayor d.w. streader

Black and white photograph (2 copies)Written on rear of backing sheet of first photograph: "Ringwood Borough Council 1946. L to R: A. Kibbin, Health Inspector, C. Merry, Building Inspector, G. Bray, Engineer, J. McCaskill, Mayor, A.F.B. Long, Town Clerk, J. Grenfell, Rate Collector". Typed below second copy: Mayor J.K. McCaskill and the Town Clerk, Mr. Long 1946".

Helen Nall enlisted in the RAAF No 500602 on 1.11.1944 age 23 years. Discharged with the rank of Sister on 21.4.1946 serving in No 6 RAAF Hospital.Black & white portrait of Helen NALL RAAF Member WWII. Lady is wearing a dark uniform jacket, tie, light shirt with RAAF pattern, broad brimmed hat with light shade badges in front.Rear: “1944 Sister Helen Nall No 500602 RAAF Nursing Service. Rank - Flying Officer. Now Helen MAYOR, 7 Bancroft St Bendigo 3550”photographs, raaf, nursing

Leather bound black spine and cover corners with green cloth-covered board covers. Gold lettering and gold graphics on spine. Set contains volumes I-XXV, catalogued as 438.1 - 438.25. Vol I: Egypt & Mesopotamia (438.1); Vol II: Israel-Persia India-Pheonicia Asia-Minor (438.2); Vol III: Greece to the Peloponnesian War (438.3); Vol IV: Greece to the Roman Conquest (438.4); Vol V: The Roman Republic (438.5); Vol VI: Early Roman Empire (438.6); Vol VII: The Later Roman (438.7); Vol VIII: Arabs Crusades Papacy (438.8); Vol IX: Italy (438.9); Vol XI: France 843-1715 (438.11); Vol XII: France 1715-1815 (438.12); Vol XIII: France since 1815. Netherlands (438.13); Vol XIV: Netherlands. Germany (438.14); Vol XV: Germany (continued) (438.15); Vol. XXIII. The United States. Spanish America (438.23); Vol. XXIV. Turkey. Minor Eastern States. China. Japan (438.24).history, world history

Black and white photographWritten on back of photograph- "Frank Pyke's apple orchard. See booklet 'Welcome to R/wood' 1948 or 1949. H. F. Pearson Mayor 1948 - 1949."agriculture

Brass plaque mounted on a wooden back boardTo commemorate the oversubscription of the allotted quota of the this loan by the Borough of Rutherglen . J. Burch Mayor, W.M. Hughes Prime Minister, W.A. Watt Treasure. J. Marriott. Melb.peace, loan, wwi, commemoration, plaque

This object relates to Charles Ben French. He was born on 17 November 1904 in Melbourne, Victoria. Charles French served in the NZ Merchant Navy as a Merch. Navy Non-Commissioned Baker (BAKER). He was not taken as a prisoner of war.Gold engraving - City of Kew, Victoria Insignia, Presented by The Mayor, Councillors and Citizens of the City of Kew to C B French on enlistment for Active Service Abroad 1941second world war (ww2), 1939 - 1945, personal items, ballarat rsl, ballarat

The orthodox version of the origins and history of the Kew Elder(ly) Citizens’ Association was established by Cr. W. D. Vaughan in his book Kew’s Civic Century (1960), when he wrote that: "When Mrs. C. H. Simpson was Mayoress in 1952 she set up the Elderly Citizens’ Association to care for the needs of ages persons in Kew. The idea was strongly supported and a start was made by providing social afternoons for elderly folk at Southesk. Visiting sick people in their homes, providing firewood where needed, and other activities were undertaken by the Association. The aid of Council was sought to further the work. It was decided that a social unit for elderly folk be established at Southesk." (p.126-7). In the following pages, he describes in detail Council’s role in formally establishing the Association. This ‘official’ version was reasserted in the later Thematic Environmental History of the City of Boroondara (2012). However the origins and gestation of community of organisations is rarely straightforward. In 1965, five years after Vaughan’s book was published, the author of East Kew Women’s Club : Twenty Years : 20-7-1945-30-7-1965, writing about the period July 1947 to July 1950, described the role the Club played in establishing the Kew Elder Citizens Association. The author wrote: "At a meeting of the Kew Community Aid, the plight of many elderly people in Kew who were dependent on pensions was raised and in order to ascertain their needs the practice was begun of serving morning tea at the Masonic Hall in Walpole Street, where pensions were then paid. From this beginning the Kew Elder Citizens Association was formed in Kew with wide support, and Club members gave willing support on the committee, in helping serve afternoon tea and in entertainment." (p.4) Photographic evidence also leads to questions about Vaughan’s version of events. A framed photograph in the Society’s Collection shows a Public Meeting to form the Kew Elder Citizens Association in a room at Southesk a year earlier in 1951. Whatever version of the origins of the Association is correct, a later framed photograph in the Society’s collection shows the opening of the completed Clubrooms of the Kew Elder Citizens at South Esk by the Hon. E.P. Cameron M.L.C, Minister of Health, on 12 November 1956. The Association is still active in Kew and is currently located at Hamer Court, opposite the Boroondara General (Kew) Cemetery in High Street, Kew.Framed, inscribed photograph of the opening of the Kew Elder Citizens Club at Southesk in 1954. The ceremony would appear to be conducted on the western side of the house.‘Opening of the Kew Elder Citizens Clubrooms “South Esk” by the Hon. E.P. Cameron M.L.C, Minister of Health, 12.11.1956. Cr. W.A. Comeadow O.B.E., J.P. (Mayor).’southesk, kew elder citizens club, kew elderly citizens club, kew senior citizens club

The Municipality of Kew (1860-1863), the Borough of Kew (1863-1910), the Town of Kew (1910-1921) and the City of Kew (1921-1994) were local government instrumentalities in the State of Victoria. In 1994, the City of Kew was amalgamated, together with the former Cities of Camberwell and Hawthorn, into the new City of Boroondara (1994- ). Like other local government entities of the period, Kew was administered by town clerks. The two notable town clerks in Kew's history were H. H. (Henry Hirst) Harrison (1868-1955) and W. D. (William Dickie) Birrell (1899-1974). Harrison was appointed to the position in 1901 and retired in 1938 after 37 years. Birrell, appointed Acting Town Clerk in 1921, became Town Clerk in 1938, following Harrison's retirement. He continued in this role until his retirement in 1966.This card is part of an historically significant civic collection, containing hundreds of separate invitations, documents, greeting cards, programmes and tickets issued and/or collected by successive town clerks. Items in the collection illuminate the political, social and cultural history of the district. As a continuous record, ranging across most decades of the Twentieth Century, they reveal changing tastes in design, values and relationships in the history of local government in Victoria.ENTREE CARD / SMOKE NIGHT GIVEN BY THE MAYOR OF KEW (CR JOHN S WEIR) / RECREATION HALL, KEW / MONDAY; 4TH AUGUST, 1913, AT 8 P.M.civic ephemera -- town of kew, entree cards, smoke nights

Black and white photographWritten on back of photograph: "Arthur Blood". Arthur Blood was a Ringwood Councillor 1924/25 to 1937/38, and Mayor 1929/30, 1930/31, 1931/32.

Portland Town CouncilRetouched photograph of a man in a grey suit. He is wearing a side part in his hair. Framed under glass in a gold frame (plater/papermache and wood), in a gold card mount.Front: Portland Town Council (top centre), Councillor James Grenville Murrell, J.P., Mayor 1938-39 and 1943-45 (lower centre) Back: (no inscriptions)councillor james grenville murrell

Notice of a public meeting convened by the St Kilda Mayor to organise support for a special appeal to raise funds for St Vincent's Hospital. The full date is not given but is likely to have been 11 April 1933.White paper, discoloured with age, printed in bluehospital fundraising, st vincent's hospital, city of st kilda

Lady Delecombe Sir Rohan Delecombe Mayor Cr G.S. Bennett Lady Mayoress Mrs Bennett Governors Aide watching the town hall clock strike. Stawell Town Council Centenary 1970stawell government

Menu for a civic dinner hosted by the City of St Kilda (Mayor Elaine Miller) on 5 August 1983. The menu is written in French and the illustration inside is of 'Royal Street in the Old New Orleans French Quarter'. Folded white card printed in black with a gold St Kilda crest on the front and an illustration of a street in New Orleans inside.city of st kilda, civic dinners, st kilda mayor elaine miller

The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. Twenty-one pages of typed notes in the format used for his talks on 3BO 'The Mayor Speaks'. Undated, but mentions 1951 Centenary celebrations. Notes are titled the Mayoress's Appeal, two pages with his usual numbered report following. Topics include : the Mayoress's Appeal (in aid of the Benevolent Home), Bendigo Creek, the Vinal Egg Processing machine, Monday night's council meeting, bus fares, North Bendigo sports ground, Government Grant, Bendigo Centenary, visit of Rt. Hon Ernest Brown.bendigo, council, speech notes, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo. 3bo 'the mayor speaks'. bendigo centenary 1951.

The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. Twenty-one pages of typed notes. On left-hand margin of front page is written in green ink - To be broadcast as Mayors Report on evening of May 2 1951. Corrections in body of speech written in a dark blue ink. Topics included: Rotary, Anzac Day, the Northern District Municipal Conference, the Featherstone Memorial lecture, garbage tips, garbage collector, the Health Report, the Centenary Road Race, building regulations, the Migrants Exhibition, the Recruiting Convoy, the outlet from the city along Hargreaves St.bendigo, council, speech notes, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo. 3bo 'the mayor speaks'. bendigo centenary 1951.

The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. Seven typed pages headed 'The Australian Institute of Management - Melbourne Division. 'Marketing and promotion for the Smaller Business' Lecture Series. Lecture No. 1 - Wednesday 26 August at 8pm.' This was in a 1965 sequence of Mayor's papers. There are summaries of three lectures - 1. Finding out where and what you can sell (Mr P D R Morgan) 2. What methods of selling should be employed (Mr S Cookson) 3. How to increase your sales (Mr A R Dansey).cottage, miners, councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo. australian institute of management.

The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. Four typed pages titled 'Mayor Speaks May 14th'. Topics include : Bendigo Technical College Speech Night, visit from the Town Clerk of Timaru N.Z., the Victorian Promotion Committee and development of industry and employment in Bendigo, the need for worker housing, the sponsorship of Bendigo Apex Club of the 'Bring out a Briton' campaign, proposed Bendigo Aerodrome, Justice of the Peace issues, crude language in library books, and the weights and measures bureaucracy. There appears to be a page missing from these notes.bendigo, council, report, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo. bendigo technical college. victorian promotions committee. bendigo apex club.

Yields information about the fare dinner for the SEC Ballarat tramway employees and has a strong association with those who took part and autograph the dinner menu or programme sheet., Yields information about the fare dinner for the SEC Ballarat tramway employees and has a strong association with those who took part and autograph the dinner menu or programme sheet.Quarto sheet, Gestener duplicated printed, titled "Tramway Farewell Dinner", provided by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria - Mid-Western Supply Branch. Provides a detail programme for the dinner, speakers and a space for autographs which has been extensively filled in by participants. Speakers Mr. I. Pellas (SEC Ballarat Manager), N. R. White - Chairman and General Manager of the SEC), Cr. J. A. Chisholm (Mayor of Ballarat), Cr. N. F. Donald - Mayor of the Borough of Sebastopol with the Harmony provided by Mr. R. G. Lemke and response by Mr. R. Courtney. See Reg Item 6473 for another example of this item.Extensive autographs on both sides of the sheets as well pen marks.trams, tramways, sec, closure, dinner, menu, ballarat

Letter produced by stencil or Gestetner process, dated 13/9/1971, by the City of Ballaarat, inviting Mr. L. J. Denmead to a Civic function to mark the occasion of the closure of the Ballarat Tramways on 20/9/1971. Printed onto quarto duplicator paper, with the name of the invitee written in using black ink. Has the City Crest, address, telephone number. Letter gives the details of the function, the occasion and that the newly appointed Chairman of the SEC, Mr. N. R. White will be attending, along with the Mayor, Cr. J.A. Chisholm and the Mayor of Sebastopol, Cr. N. F. Donald. Members of both council were to attend."Mr. L. J. Denmead"trams, tramways, closure, civic functions, city of ballaarat, sec

golf, brighton municipal golf links, brighton public golf course, brighton east, mayor, councillor, opening, ceremony, speech, cr. j.a. grant, cr. e.m. young, cr. j.a. kennedy, cr. j. redapple, c.e. tuxen, city engineer, j.h. taylor, town clerk, kiosk

Children's Art Show held on Saturday 27th October 1956 at the Ringwood Lower Town Hall. Newspaper article from Ringwood Mail dated 1st November 1956. In attendance was Mr Eric Westbrook, Director of the National Gallery, Cr AJ Lavis, Mayor of Ringwood.

The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. Twenty-three typed pages of notes for a speech on Town Planning. Title: Address to the Bendigo Rotary Club July 27 1954 on Town Planning.bendigo, council, speech notes, councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo. rotary club. town planning.

2 copies of a black and white photo of Konrad Hynes' Butcher Shop. Written under the photo is: Formerly Konrad Hynes' Butcher Shop cnr. Wells and Happy Valley Road. (Konrad Hynes Mayor of Bendigo approx 1900). House demolished approx. late 1980.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - konrad hynes' butcher shop

Programme. Borough of Eaglehawk, In memoriam. Day of national mourning 20th May, 1910. Divine service in memory of our beloved King Edward VII. Town Hall 3pm - Jtn Smalley, Mayor. Drawing of the king at the centre. On the back: J.T. Anderson, general printer, Eaglehawk.eaglehawk, history, day of national mourning

White programme for Return Ball by the Citizens of Bendigo to His Worship the Mayor of Bendigo, Cr. J. H. Curnow and Mrs. Curnow at the Town Hall, Bendigo on 20th July, 1904. Buff coloured with spring of flowers across centre of card. Printed on the inside is a list of dances.document, invitations, mayoral balls and other entertain, document, programme return ball, cr j h curnow, mrs curnow