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Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: LOCOMOTIVE BRAKE EQUIPMENTS, WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE
Buff coloured booklet, red spine, on front : Instruction Pamphlet, No. C-4, January 1937. A-6 ET and A-7 EL Locomotive Brake Equipments, Westinghouse Brake ( Australasia ) Pty. Ltd., Concord West, NSW, Australia. Written on top of cover in blue ink ' J.H. Badham, Bendigo' Written inside front cover in blue ink ' J. Badham, …? Driver, Bendigo Loco. On front page ' J. Badham 8 September 38'.Westinghouse Brakecottage, miners, j. badham, westinghouse brake, victorian railways -
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Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: ENGINE CLEANERS HANDBOOK ON LOCOMOTIVES (WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE)
Brown paper covered notebook. Written on front page in blue ink 'J.H. Badham, Loco, Bendigo. Booklet contains 'practical questions on the locomotive and westinghouse brake that engine cleaners will be required to know before being allowed to act as firemen.' Two newspaper cuttings inside pages ' amount of pensions' and 'opinion' piece from Maryborough Advertiser on people giving Nazi salute ( appears to be in 1950's ) undated.J. H. Badhamcottage, miners, badham, victorian railways, westinghouse -
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Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: NOTEBOOK DETAILING DRIVER ACTIVITIES
Black covered notebook, handwritten comments on places worked, sequence of activities during trip. Earliest date 17 Jan. 1936.J. Badhamcottage, miners, j. badham, victorian railways -
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Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: VICTORIAN RAILWAYS LOCOMOTIVE BOOKLET
Red covered booklet : 'Practical questions and answers, concerning the locomotive for engine cleaners. Melbourne, July, 1906' written on front cover in black.J. Badhamcottage, miners, j. badham, locomotive, victorian railways -
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Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: VICTORIAN RAILWAYS NOTE BOOK
Buff coloured note book, red spine. Victorian Railways Note Book printed on front cover. Contains diary type entries detailing, locations worked, items bought.J. Badhamcottage, miners, j. badham, railways -
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Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: VICTORIAN RAILWAYS NOTE BOOK
Buff coloured cover, red spine. Victorian Railways Note Book printed on front cover. Small note book detailing locations visited whilst driving locomotive, notes on events that happened. Handwritten, dating from 1955.J. Badhamcottage, miners, j. badham, railways, 1955 -
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Photograph - PETHARD COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH OF ALICE SPRING
Photo of Reso party at Alice Springs camp . / Tour of central Australia and NT Circa May 13- June 13 1947 / photos of Ant hills and termite mounds abound in the Australian outback. (Note -'Reso' appears to be 'Victorian National Resources George Pethard Collection including references to Taraxale Brewing Company Pty Ltd /hard covered 29x19mm photographic album bound with black string / black and white Photographs of Alice Springs , NT and surrounding area .Last Development).photograph, landscape, australiana, george pethard /taraxale brewing company pty ltd /victorian national resources development ') -
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Document - DOCUMENT - OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE BENDIGO MAIL CENTRE, 05/12/1977
The Victorian Mail Network brochures, two with Official Opening of the Bendigo Mail Centre Programs. The Opening took place on Monday, 5th December, 1977.In the program are some Postal Historical notes and the program for the day. The brochure Victorian Mail Network has a map of the postal districts of Victoria with Country and Metropolitan Mail Centres and some notes on the front. On the inside, is another map from Kyneton - Echuca, Robinvale, Wentworth, Ouyen and to Bendigo via Charlton. Also Castlemaine. It has a list of the Benefits of the Scheme. On the back is a table, Standard of Service - Final posting times.bendigo, institutions, bendigo post office, document, official opening of the bendigo mail centre, the hon. eric l. robinson, m.h.r., joseph cusworth, sir john nimmo, john w henderson, r j page, cr r f turner, c g primmer, j w bourchier, b coughlan -
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Document - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION; DAYLESFORD HIGHLAND GATHERING OFFICIAL PROGRAMME
One booklet with a tartan front cover. Also on the cover are the words, 'Official Programme. Fourteenth Annual Daylesford Highland Gathering. Saturday, 20th November, 1965. Victoria Park, Daylesford. Victorian Highland Pipe Band Championships, grades1, 2, 3. Victorian Highland & National Dancing Championships. Highland Games & Piping. Scottish Country Dancing. Massed Bands Display and Parades. Street March. Dan N. McKinnon, Organising Secretary/ Price 2/-. 40pgs. Illustrations, advertisements, photos.program, music, daylesford highland gathering, lydia chancellor, collection, event, dancing, music, bands, program, programme, victorian highland pipe band, daylesford -
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Document - PROGRAM: THE TRUST PLAYERS 1959 SEASON
Program: Victorian season, Bendigo, Geelong, Ballarat. The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust presents 'The Trust Players' in 'Fire on the Wind' a drama by J. Anthony Coburn, Bendigo, Royal Princess Theatre, Sept 10, 11,12. Geelong Plaza Theatre Sept 14, 15, 16 . Ballarat Her Majesty's Sept. 17, 18, 19. Peerless Press Pty Ltd.,Sydney, Australia.Peerless Press Pty. Ltd., Sydney, Australiaprogram, theatre, the trust players 1959 season, trust players, fire on the wind, a. coburn, elizabethan theatre trust, bendigo, ballarat, geelong -
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Photograph - BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH: MAN WOMAN AND DOG
black and white photograph - Man woman and dog black wearing Victorian era clothing / old and stained / bottom and rear shows Logo -Stevenson & McNicoll late Benson & Stevenson Photographers 108 Elizabeth Street Melbourne / 'Light & Truth -Copies of this portrait can be had at any time by sending the name and Post Office Money Order or stamps for the amount of order' / Mrs Goggin & husbandphotograph, person, male / female, man woman and dog black wearing victorian era clothing / / -stevenson & mcnicoll late benson & stevenson photographers 108 elizabeth street melbourne / / mrs goggin & husband -
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Book - THE AUSTRALIAN BOY SCOUT DIARY 1933, 1933
The Australian Boy Scout Diary 1933. Inside front cover is an intimate picture of Chief & his family. With specially written notes and Sketches for Cubs, Scouts, Rovers and Scouters. Obtainable at all State Headquaters in Australia. Prepared and Published by the Victorian Section in conjuntion with the Federal Scout Council of Australia. Printed by Exchange Press Pty Ltd, 310 Spencer Street, Melbourne. Index: Boy Scouts. Bush Fires. Calendars 1933, 1934. 1934 Calendar. Conventional Signs and Maps. Fires. First Aid. Headquaters Address. Holidays. Knots, Bends and Hitches. List of Badges. Local Fixtures. Morse. Our Flag. Personal Memoranda. Pioneering. Plan of Camp. Rover Scouts. Scout Uniform. Scout Signs and Salutes. Sea Scouts. Sea Scouting - Notes on Boat Handling. Semaphore. South by the Stars. Swimming. Torch. Treatment of Snakebite. Troop Camps. Weights and Measures. Wolf Cubs. Wood Badge. Uses of Scout Staff. Inside rear cover is a sepia photo of the site of the 1933 Jamboree at Godollo, Hungary. Book is very detailed giving information on all aspects of Scout life, with sketches for knots, maps, etc. Inscriptions are on page 58: Troup or Pack - 1st Epsom Pack. Watch No. 4133033. Season Ticket No. Commonwealth acc 957. Savings No. 4729. Size in Hats: 7. Size of Boots: 5. Size of Collar 14 1/2. Size of Gloves 6 1/4. Iinscription on page 60: Books Read: In Search of Wales, Morton. Faraway, Priestly. Jock the Scot, Alice Grant Rosemary. Bernard Shaw, Frank Harris.Exchange Press Pty Ltd., Melbournebook, bendigo, scouts, the australian boy scout diary 1933. photo of chief & his family. notes and sketches for cubs, scouts, rovers and scouters. obtainable at all state headquarters in australia. published by the victorian section in conjunction with the federal scout council of australia. exchange press pty ltd, melbourne. index: boy scouts. bush fires. calendars 1933, 1934. 1934 calendar. conventional signs and maps. fires. first aid. headquarters address. holidays. knots, bends and hitches. list of badges. local fixtures. morse. our flag. personal memoranda. pioneering. plan of camp. rover scouts. scout uniform. scout signs and salutes. sea scouts. sea scouting - notes on boat handling. semaphore. south by the stars. swimming. torch. treatment of snakebite. troop camps. weights and measures. wolf cubs. wood badge. uses of scout staff. sepia photo of the site of the 1933 jamboree at godollo, hungary. information on all aspects of scout life, with sketches for knots, maps, etc. inscriptions page 58: troup or pack - 1st epsom pack. watch no. 4133033. season ticket no. commonwealth acc 957. savings no. 4729. size in hats: 7. size of boots: 5. size of collar 14 1/2. size of gloves 6 1/4. page 60: books read: in search of wales, morton. faraway, priestly. jock the scot, alice grant rosemary. bernard shaw, frank harris. -
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Photograph - BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF MAN AND WOMAN WEARING VICTORIAN ERA CLOTHING
black and white photograph of man and woman wearing Victorian era clothing / old and stained / rear shows Logo - Wm Murray Photographer , 74 Broomielaw St Glasgowphotograph, person, male / female, black and white photograph of man and woman wearing victorian era clothing / old and stained / rear shows logo - wm murray photographer , 74 broomielaw st glasgow -
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Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION; BACK TO NUMURKAH. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION AND PROGRAMME
An off-white soft covered booklet titled, ' Back to Numurkah 23rd to 29th March, 1951. Official publication and programme.' Published by Hartshorne-Waller Publicity, 48a Begonia Road, Gardenvale, Vic. XM 2710 (Copyright). Printed by The Endeavour Press, 381 High Street, St. Kilda, S.2. LA 9181. Advertisements relative to the times are of note. 56 pgs. Photos. Also included is a steel cylinder with a one penny stamp addressed to Mrs Chancellor Golden Sq. Bendigo. It also has the words photo only on it. Inside is a photo of the people who attended the 'Back to Numurkah.'civic mementoes, numurkah, lydia chancellor collection, collection, numurkah, collection, victorian country towns, reunions, event, programme, program, civic mementoes -
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Document - NORMAN OLIVER COLLECTION: SPEECH NOTES 4 JAN 1951
The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. These speech notes comprise 14 pages of typed notes with a date 4 Jan 1951 written in pencil in the margin of the front page. Events mentioned include: Bendigo's Centenary, the knighthood of Sir George Lansell on New Year's Day, the Ambulance, Municipal Baths, Sewerage Authority estimates, Victorian publicity, in subtitled paragraphs.bendigo, council, speech notes, councillor norman oliver, sometime mayor of bendigo. radio station 3bo 'the mayor speaks'. sir george lansell. bendigo centenary 1951. -
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Magazine - AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN
Bulletin. 24 page booklet Volume XXX, No. 505, dated November 1979. Issued by the Australian Railway Historical Society. Publication devoted to the story of the Newport Railway Workshops (Victorian Railways). Written by G Doenau and illustrated with B & W photos of engines, carriages and views of workshops.organisation, industry, history, australian railway historical society, newport railway workshops, g doenau, victorian railways -
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Document - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: K A WILSON, 1962 - 1967
Envelope containing papers and cards from Taxation Office and Myer. 2 copies of tax papers in the name Eileen Wilson who was an employee of Myer (Melbourne) Limited. 2 copies of Employee's Copy of Victorian Government Pensioners in the name of K A Wilson. 2 small cards with assessment numbers on them. Receipt from Alfred Nott Pty. Ltd. Optometrists & Dispensing Opticians dated 13/7/65 for 7 shillings & 6 pence in the name Miss Wilson. Papers in a white envelope addressed to M/S K. A. Wilson Flat 2 95 Grey St. St. Kilda S. 2. It has a return address: State Superannuation Board Treasury Gardens Melbourne, C.2person, individual, foster & wilson collection, foster & wilson collection, k a wilson, eileen wilson, myer (melbourne) limited, alfred nott pty. ltd., state superannuation board -
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Document - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: A.C.F. NEWS AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND (VICTORIAN DIVISION), 1942, 1943
Bound pages 2 copies A.C.F. News. Australian Comforts Fund (Victorian Division). Official Bulletin. Vol. 1, No.1. January 1942 and Vol 2 No. II November , 1943. MelbourneLydia Chancellororganization, club/society, australian comforts fund, australian comforts fund, lydia chancellor collection -
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Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND RECORD OF ATTENDANCE, 1944-46
Blue and green hard covered book. Contains handwritten entries on records of attendance at meetings of Australian Comforts Fund (Victorian Division) in years 1944 - 1946. Also in printed form a leaflet containing an address by H.H. Krohn, Hon. Administrator, Australian Comforts Fund )Victorian Division), at Annual Meeting 27/3/45 plus miscellaneous paper jottings.Lydia Chancellororganization, club/society, aust. comfort fund, lydia chancellor, collection, australian comforts fund golden square branch, world war 11, war -
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Document - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: LETTER, 27/12/15
Letter from Joseph Sternberg MLC 1891 - 1928 Bendigo Province To Mr Henry Wilson, Victorian Railways, Rochester. Letter has Legislative Council Victoria emblem on the top and State Parliament House, Melbourne printed in red. (b) Envelope also has emblem printed on back flap.document, foster & wilson collection, mr henry wilson, joseph sternberg mlc, legislative council victoria -
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Document - 1988 EASTER GUN & MODELLERS SHOW, 1988
Pamphlet. Five photocopies of an advertising pamphlet for the 1988 Bendigo Easter Gun & Modellers Show held in the Trades Hall, 38 View St. from April 2 to April 4.Golden City Collectors Assoc. & Central Victorian Modellers.organization, club/society, easter fair, golden city collectors association, central victorian modellers, easter gun and modellers show. -
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Book - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1881
Book; 'Victorian Government Gazette', Volume LXI, 1st January to 30th June 1881. Rob't S. Brain, Acting Gov't Printer, Melbourne. 1872 pages.government, state, vic gov't gazette, mccoll rankin & stanistreet -
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Book - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1881
Book; 'Victorian Government Gazette'. Volume LXII. 1st July to 31st December 1881. John Ferres, Gov't Printer Melbourne. Pgs 1873 to 3663, plus index 33pages.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETgovernment, state, victorian government gazette vol ii, mccoll rankin & stanistreet -
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Book - A PUB ON EVERY CORNER BENDIGO & SURROUNDS VOLUME 3, 2009
A pub on every corner Bendigo & surrounds volume 3, 1911, 1912, & 1913 articles from the Bendigonian newspaper, information on over 200 hotels, 174 pages with black and white photographs.Pamela Houstonbook, hotels, history-victorian-bendigo-hotels. -
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Document - NATIONAL TRUST COLLECTION: TOUR OF BENDIGO NOTES
Bendigo Tour Notes. Four foolscap pages of notes for a tour of Bendigo buildings on Sunday 14 June (year not given). Issued by the National Trust of Australia, Central Victorian Branch. Buildings listed as open for inspection - Potteries, Joss House, Sacred Heart Cathedral, 53 Forest St. Also a list of other buildings of interest. Purchase of notes for 50 cents gains admission to open buildings.National Trust (perhaps 1970s)buildings, organisation, national trust tour, national trust, bendigo buildings tour notes. -
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Document - DEVONSHIRE MINES - DEVONSHIRE MINES PRODUCTION
Hand written notes on Devonshire Mines mentioning name of mine, years of operating, depth, yield and authority.mine, gold, devonshire mines, devonshire mines, bendigo goldfields - history & production, surprise, victorian st mungo, mystery co, duke of edinburgh, gt ext'd sth devonshire, new st mungo shaft, new st mungo, ext'd sth devonshire, sth devonshire co, duchess of edinburgh, albert & coy, west united devonshire, united devonshire co, princess alexandria, saxon & celt & hopewell -
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Document - DEVONSHIRE MINES - NOTES ON THE DEVONSHIRE GROUP OF MINES
Carbon copy of notes on the Devonshire Group of Mines - New Chum Line. Notes mention mines, years of operating, location in relation to other mines in the group, yields, dividends and depth of shafts. Some give locations in relationship to streets, etc. Signed by A. Richardson.mine, gold, devonshire mines, devonshire mines, new chum line, surprise, victorian st. mungo, mystery co., duke of edinburgh, gt ext'd st devonshire, new st mungo, duchess tribute, extended south devonshire, south devonshire, devonshire sands cyaniding coy, duchess of edinburgh, albert's coy, old albert's shaft, united devonshire, freeman & coy, the danes, west united devonshire, hopewell, phoenix, extended st mungo, princess alexandra, saxon & celt coys, east devonshire, sheepshead line, new st mungo east shaft, gt. extended hustlers -
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Photograph - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: PIECES OF CARBON, SECTION OF EXHAUST STACK
Black and white photo showing: 1. Carbon removed from the exhaust stack of the semi diesel engine of the Bendigo City Council road roller. 2. Section of exhaust stack before being cleaned out. 3. Piece of carbon taken from Victorian locomotive cylinder and 4 Samples of scale scabs taken from the cylinder of the diesel engines at the Little 180 Gold Mining Coy. Vincent Kelly Bendigo impressed in the bottom left corner. Information typed on the back of the photo.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, bendigo city council, little 180 gold mining coy bendigo, vincent kelly -
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Photograph - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: SCALEBUOY SET-UP
Photo of Scalebuoy set-up with the driving mechanism in factory. Also shown is the pipe work. On the back are two articles from Transport and Engineering in Australia December 16, 1937. One is about how the Scalebuoy came to be and the other is about Scalebuoy in the Victorian Railways locomotives. The name COCHRANE is embossed on two covers near the top of the large container.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, photograph of scalebuoy apparatus , victorian railways, kew gardens, mr abbott -
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Document - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Dull orange folder containing copies of letters, brochures, information sheets and some newspaper cuttings. Name on the front is Frank A. Stevenson 244 Hargreaves St Bendigo. Letters date from 1937 to 1942. Newspaper titles include: Prevention of Rust- Principle of the Scalebuoy, Scalebuoys in Cars, Tragic Death of Captain Hartley Abbott and the Obituary of Captain R.H.S.Abbott.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, frank a stevenson, mr bacon, amalgamated freezing co bendigo, g whalley, gunbower co-operative butter factory & trading coy ltd, mr wallace, j charlesworth, d v evershed, bendigo electronic co, walshes crown hotel, hunter bros, wybgones unit, 180 gold mining co, o'hallorans cyanide unit, crystal ice works, stevenson unit, bendigo council, central nell gwynne, nth deborugh g m co, deborugh g m c, deborugh consolidated, cohuna butter factory, geo ross, victorian producers' co-operative coy ltd, h abbott, ernest f o liddell, rothacker bros, motor spares ltd, leggo's buildings, t j jorgensen, mr robinson, stevenson bros, r h s abbott, d c house, the electrical factor in metabolism, w n abbott, the great boulder proprietary gold mines ltd, w o galletly, mr stronell, newport workshops, victorian railways, mr brownbill, mr james, the university of melbourne, j l osborne, n clarkson, sister mary gonzaga, st joseph's hospital, mater misericordiae hospital, mr herzog, sister m monica?, vacuum oil, j johns, h j grigg, w a walsh, market square, crown hotel, g e cole, transport & engineering in australia 16/12/1937, mr menderson, mr ross, sanitary age 8/2/1935, northern kiwanis clubs, harry a baxter, w h cunningham & hill ltd, link-belt co ltd, sir william crooks, royal zoological society, ginna works germany, close brothers, w h taylor, geo taylor hardware co ltd, details of hydraulic spinner unit (scalebuoy), a davidson, john g kelly inc, hannon, myers wishart, kennedy, mr critten, pennsylvania rubber coy, paul a douden & co, w e humphrey, kansas city public service co, smith, tangney hotels, wahkonsa hotel, muscatine hotel, arlington hotel, burke hotel, helen tangney-springer, f w woolworth co, w w edan, ymca, n f alcock, b j ingram, scalebuoys, bendigo electronic company of australia proprietary limited, a s bloomfield, harry ponsonby mackenzie, arthur robinson & co, the commercial banking company of sydney ltd, a t madden, victorian railways, e c eyers, city of bendigo, frank h day, lane's motors pty ltd, h c holland, union oil soap & candle co ltd, knox home, n a duthie, w h mccorkindale, maungatapere co-op dairy co ltd, the whangarei co-op dairy co ltd, w h millingford, kettering cartons limited, j g arlidge, w e humphrey, kansas city public service company, h w smith, prospectus of scale buoy distributors limited, edwin gripper banks, richard hartley smith abbott, frank shaw fitchett, hayden smith & fitchett, the commercial bank of australia limited, william john stanley horsfall, frank cooper, scott's hotel, a j phillips, stringer & phillips proprietary ltd, e g banks, edwin gripper banks, reginald william stringer, frank cooper, claude gordon robinson, s reid