Index, bib, maps, plates, ill, p.164.non-fictionJames Forbes' one great object was the advancement of pure religion and education among the people of Port Phillip. He was the first settled clergyman of Port Phillip District.presbyterian clergy - melbourne - biography, educators - victoria

Blue felt triangular pennant with gold screen printed text."W.S.P.C.C.A C.GRADE PREMIERS 1967-68 SEDDON/YARRAVILLEwestern suburbs presbyterian churches cricket association, church cricket, pennants

The urban development of Surrey Hills occurred largely followed the extension of the railway to Lilydale from 1882 and by the late 1880s a variety of sporting and other cultural clubs and societies had been established, many being associated with the local churches. Ken James researched this book for the Surrey Hills Historical Society, of which he is a member, using material and photos from the Surrey Hills Historical Society collection, material from TROVE and other sources. There is a history of 82 groups and where possible dates of operation are included.music, basketball, bowls, cricket, cycling, football, golf, gymnastics, hurling, netball, rifle shooting, swimming, table tennis, tennis, squash, walking, brass bands, choral groups, debating, dramatic clubs, musical club, operatic society, surrey hills orchestra, quadrille, rose club, our holy redeemer church, surrey hills church of christ, surrey hills methodist church, st stephens presbyterian church, australian natives association, balwyn combined, catholic young men's society, surrey hills baptist church, surrey hills independent order of rechabites, wyclif congregational church, surrey hills college, hockey, chatham netball club, blue bell tennis club, benson street methodist church, our ladies wattle park, surrey hills state school old scholars tennis club, surrey squash centre, surrey hills neighbourhood centre, cantrices ladies choir, surrey hills choristers, surrey hills everleigh private amateur dramatic club, field naturalists, holy redeemer basketball, holy trinity basketball, surrey hills church of christ basketball, holy trinity church of england, surrey hills methodist basketball, surrey hills presbyterian basketball, surrey hills bowls club, surrey hills ladies bowls club, surrey hills ana bowls club, surrey hills ior bowls club, balwyn combined cricket club, holy redeemer young men's society cricket club, holy trinity cricket club, surrey hills ana cricket club, surrey hills baptist cricket club, surrey hills church of christ cricket club, surrey hills cricket club, surrey hills ior cricket club, surrey hills junior cricket club, surrey hills methodist cricket club, surrey park combine cricket club, wyclif congregational cricket club, wyclif uniting cricket club, wyclif cricket club, surrey hills cycling club, venture cycle, venture cycling club, surrey hills neighbourhood centre cycling group, balwyn combined football club, surrey college football club, surrey hills combined football club, holy redeemer young men's society football club

ITwo booklets relating to St Andrew's Kirk, Ballarat. .1)St Andrew's Kirk Year Book 1957-8. This booklet includes financial statements and reports such as The irk Session , Board Of Management, St Andrew's- Congoes tennis CLub, Floral Guild, P.F.A., Drama Group, Boys' Club, P.W.M.U. , Girl Girl Company, 3rd Brownie Pack, St Andrew's Kirk Choir, Ladies Guild, Sunday School. .2) Folded pamphlet for the St Andrew's Kirk Municipal Service, 16 September 1956 at 7pm. the service was conducted at the request of the mayor of the City of Ballaarat, Cr Kenneth C. Webbst andrew's kirk, presbyterian, boustead, bullock, clemence, coutts, crawford, punshon, barnes, chester, griffiths, sykes, taylor, tippett, thwaites, waller, webb, goddard, cowan, mcgregor, allen, spiers, ellerton, bell, eileen john, drew, annie draffin, vera mayo, clark chester

non-fictionA letter from Ian Hill and a document regarding the Scovell family of Blackburn.lyell andrew, hill ian, sweetland george william, laburnum street blackburn, scovell family, presbyterian church blackburn

Black and white copy of original portrait of a dark-haired gentleman with a full beard and his hair parted on the left. He is wearing a dark suit and white shirt and bowtie.rev h. h. findlay, presbyterian church

Blue plate with black transfer print. Gift to Alex Gillespie from Dr Alan Gregory.Front: 'Ormond College University Melbourne 1881 - 1981'. Back: 'Produced exclusively for Ormond College'ormond college, university of melbourne, presbyterian

White linen cloth was placed on the book boards of the pews for communion. [Source: McMillan, W. : The worship of the Scottish Reformed Church 1550-1638. London : James Clarke, 1931. pg 236.]Plain white linen pew covers some labelled N and S. 14 Centre, 19 North, 18 South. Various sizes.st giles presbyterian church murrumbeena, murrumbeena uniting church

Small stapled pamphlet. 21 unnumbered pages. With illustrations. Height 21cm. BMDHS Location: AR/SU5/Pamphlets boxMyrniong is a village near Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. This pamphlet was published in 1959 on the occasion of Centenary Celebrations of State School no. 487 and Pentland Hills Presbyterian Church, both of which are located in the village of Myrniong. Publication information: Myrniong and District: A Brief History [compiled by D.R. Lidgett], [Myrniong, Vic.] : Back to Myrniong Committee, 1959. myrniong victoria history

The tea service originally consisted of cups, saucers, plates, teapots, basins and milk jugs. John Walker arrived in Hobart Town in 1822. Within a month he was appointed superintendent of the government flour-mill on the Hobart Town Rivulet. Next year he received a grant of 200 acres (81 ha) and in 1824 built a mill at Richmond. [Australian Dictionary of Biography] CH008.2 was a gift from the Right Reverend Gillam Albert McConnell (Pat) Wood to Jenny and John Preston while on their honeymoon. March 1967 Pat Wood was selling the very large dinner set to raise money for the restoration of the interior of the church. CH008.1 and CH008.2 white plate with blue rim and blue image of church in centre. "PRESENTED BY JOHN WALKER ESQ TO ST ANDREWS CHURCH"scots memorial church hobart, john walker, st andrew's presbyterian church hobart, rev g.a. (pat) wood

Rectangular blue and white banner with gold fringing at the bottom."RINGWOOD PFA BRANCH"presbyterian fellowship association, presbyterian fellowship association ringwood, pfa, banners

Orange shield shaped banner with royal blue fringing at the base and appliqued PGA enblem and text. The banner has a wooden rod at the top and orange string for hanging."GLEN IRIS" "PGA"presbyterian girls' association, presbyterian girls' association glen iris

This mid-19th century scientific reference book, Introduction to Modern Geography, explains geography and astronomy using the globe of the world as a teaching aid. The inscription connects this book to the Bobinawarrah Public Library but research to date has found no further details about the library. The rural area was settled in 1859, but in 2016 its population was only 87. It is situated about 21 kilometres south of the City of Wangaratta, in Northeast Victoria. In 2024 the local community received a grant for preservation of its almost 100-year-old Bobinawarrah Memorial Hall which displays an honour board of the Pioneers of Bobinawarrah 1859-1959. The donor of the book lived in Warrnambool. ABOUT THE AUTHOR, James Thomson (1786-1849): - James Thomson was a British Irish mathematician. He became Professor of Mathematics at the University of Glasgow. He wrote many school textbooks and reference books, one of which was Introduction to Modern Geography, first published in Belfast in 1827, and revised and published in over 20 more editions. Thomson tutored two of his several children at home. His older son James Thomson (1822-1892) became an engineer and physicist. His younger son William Thomson (1824-1907) became Professor of Natural Philosophy from 1846-1899 at the University of Glasgow, and later the 1st Baron of Kelvin, famous for his designs of nautical instruments such as the navigational compass and sounding equipment used in the transatlantic installation of sea cable. William was part of the firm that became famous as Kelvin & Hughes Ltd., suppliers of radar and echo sounders to the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Defence. The name continued on as Kelvin & Hughes. James Thomson (1786-1849) was a renowned British Irish mathematician and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Glasgow. He was a respected author of many important school books and textbooks that were widely used to provide understanding of arithmetic and geography. Thomson encouraged practical education and held extra classes for young ladies to learn mathematics and geography, which were a novelty at that time. Many of his works were known and used worldwide. This work was published in many editions. It is now considered as culturally significant as a basis for knowledge about our civilisation and has been made publicly available in overseas countries, and republished and reproduced in a readable format, including its diagrams and maps. Book; scientific textbook. The book has a black leather cover. The front cover is blank, but the spine has an embossed gold vertical title within a rectangular border boasting fancy corners. The fly page has a detailed title. The author is James Thomson. It is the Eighteenth edition, published in Simms & McIntyre of London and Belfast in 1845. An inscription connects it to the Bobinawarrah Public Library in Victoria.Spine within a gold border: "THOMSON'S GEOGRAPHY" Fly Page: "AN INTRODUCTION TO MODERN GEOGRAPHY, WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING AN OUTLINE OF ASTRONOMY, AND THE USE OF THE GLOBES. BY JAMES THOMSON, LL.D., PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW." "Eighteenth Edition" "LONDON: SIMMS AND McINTYRE, ALDINE CHAMBERS, PATERSOSTER ROW; AND DONEGALL -STREET, BELFAST.""1845"flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, introduction to geography, james thomson, reference book, professor thomson's introduction to modern geography, bobinawarrah public library, james thomson mathematician, james thomson engineer, 19th century irish mathematician, irish presbyterian, william thomson 1st baron of kelvin, professor of mathematics, glasgow university, william thomson professor of natural philosophy, introduction to modern geography, outline of astronomy, use of the globes, james thomson ll.d., simms and mcintyre, 1843, scientific book, school book, lord kelvin, baron kelvin of langs, nautical instruments, marine instruments, transatlantic cable, kelvin & hughes, thomson’s geography, astronomy, geography, world globe, cartography, pioneers of bobinawarrah, textbook

Brown's Self-Interpreting Family Bible. London: Blackie and Son 1862. A thick dark brown volume with a tiny embossed diamond shaped self-pattern on both covers. All edges of pages are gilt, The title, Holy Bible is printed in gold lettering at the top of the spine and it has five raised bands across it. The black and white decorative title page has Brown's Self-Interpreting Family Bible with many Additional notes, References and Readings, also Index of subjects printed at the top. Underneath in a semi-circle shape is a black ad white illustration of Ruth and Naomi, with publisher details below. The following Title Page has full details and explanations of the contents. There is a Publisher's Preface and Attestations to this Edition. Following this is a Memoir of The Rev. John Brown, closing with his final words upon his death on 19th June 1787. He was buried at Haddington Churchyard 24th June A.D. 1787, aged 65 years. Following this is an Introduction to the Right Understanding of the Oracles of God. There are many black and white plates included throughout the Bible. Pp. 1157 (Bible) At the back are many additional inclusions such as: Alphabetical Index, A Collection of Similies contained in the Scriptures, Complete Index, and Concise Dictionary, The Psalms of David in Metre, Translations and Paraphrases and more. There are missing pages of the Hymns. In all a most complex Bible for the family. Included are four loose pages with details of some of the Sebire Family Tree as noted in the Inscriptions section below. non-fictionA late Victorian family Bible— the beloved King James text, augmented by the late Revd John Brown of Haddington’s Comprehensive Bible study aids which was well bound. First published in 1611, the King James Version of the Bible has exercised an incalculable impact on piety, language and literature throughout the English-speaking world. "Other translations may engage the mind, but the King James Version is the Bible of the heart" (Campbell, 275). It is probably the text most commonly found in decorative family Bibles such as this one, which has several black and white plates. The Rev. John Brown of Haddington was "a tirelessly faithful pastor"—"For eight months of the year he delivered a lecture, two sermons, and an exercise each Sunday"—and also a prolific author. He is best remembered for his Self-Interpreting Bible, first published 1778, which became "as familiar in Presbyterian households as John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and Thomas Boston's Human Nature in its Fourfold State" (DNB). Without Apocrypha. There is a Separate New Testament title page dividing the bible. Opposite page 832 is The Family Register fully handwritten in black ink Old English script commencing with Peter Sebire born 14th June 1835 Sen Died 20th September 1902 (67 years). Many other entries are listed. bibles, religious books, religion, genealogical charts, genealogy, genealogical documents, family trees