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Canterbury History Group
Document - T. J. Francis' Garage, 1/08/1986 12:00:00 AM
Notes on an interview with Mrs Beth Watkinson of Blackburn , about her father's garage in East Camberwell. Interview conducted by Colleen Morgan and Mary Doeryeast camberwell, francis> t. j., francis family, petrol stations, jose> sam, taxis, canterbury road -
Camberwell Historical Society
Book (Item), Lucy Bracey et al, Annie's War: the story of one Boroondara family's wartime experience, 2019
camberwell, boroondara, war -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, c1920
Parletts owned and operated a timber yard near the railway station in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Parlett's store was situated in Audley Street opposite the wheat silos. Ada Parlett, W. J. Parlett's niece is a concert pianist.Photograph of Parlett's Store, Rutherglen with Mr W.J. Parlett and Mr Bob Ready standing outside store, black and white, mounted on thick beige card.On verso: "Elderly man = W J (Bill) Parlett, Rutherglen - a prosperous man. Father of Florie who also worked in her father's timber business and understood timber measurements. Florie remained single and died in Rutherglen."parlett, parletts store, w j parlett, audley street, bob ready, william james parlett -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Jim Woolrich
Jim Woolrich, brother of Ted and son of George Woolrich dressed in a suit, tie and hat. In 1917 Jim started a passenger car service from Ferntree Gully to Olinda with his father, George. This did not last long. Around 1919 Jim had started a nursery on part of his father's land in Olinda. He produced and sold flowers and foliage to shops.Jim Woolrichjim woolrich, woolrich, olinda -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - Copy of Photograph, Photograph of Domenico Franchi, his wife Elizabeth,(nee Buckle) and their children, c 1881, c1881
historic, social, familyPhotograph of Domenico Franchi, his wife Elizabeth,(nee Buckle) and their children, c 1881 Eldest son Henry (b.1873) standing at rear, Eldest daughter Mary (b.1876) seated in front, younger daughter Maria (b.1878) on father's lap, younger son Domenico (b.1880) on father's lap. Family lived in Scotsburn 1870-1898.scotsburn, domenico franchi, franchi family, elizabeth buickle -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - GROUP PHOTOGRAPHS WW1, Edgar Dawson Collection : Leave in Killarney Ireland March 1918, 1918
This three-photograph group is the fifth in a series of records of items in the collection of Edgar Dawson DCM. Dawson was the Regimental Sergeant Major of 57th Battalion, AIF. C Company of the 57th was composed of men drawn from Echuca, Eaglehawk and Bendigo. The postcards are from his personal album, and many are annotated in Dawson's hand with explanatory notes on the subject. Refer to Cat No 893 for his service details. Items originally in album cat. no. 207P These three photographs above portray various members of the AIF on leave in Killarney, Ireland. Three photographs taken by a commercial photographer in Killarney Ireland. These photographs illustrate how men from different units relaxed together on leave. 1. A group of AIF soldiers enjoying leave outside the Graham Hotel, Killarney. The soldier on left is a corporal in 2nd Division Pioneers, next to him is a private in the 1st Division, then a signaller from 5th Division with two years' overseas service chevrons and two wound stripes, RSM Hector Dawson, 57th Btn, then a Gallipoli veteran with what seems to be a Fifth Division patch, unknown, and lastly a 1st Division sergeant. 2. A relaxed group outside the Graham Hotel. RSM Dawson is third from the right. Second from the left is an officer of the Canterbury Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. 3. RSM Dawson (hatless) and comrades setting off to likely see the famous local lakes. Each photograph is inscribed on verso "To dear Mother and Father, with love from Heck, Killarney" with the date.postcards, 57th battalion, edgar dawson dcm -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, NAVAL, Antony PRESTON, "Cruisers- An Illustrated History 1880 -1980", 1980
Hard cover book with dust cover. Hard cover - cardboard with Navy Blue buckram cover. Gold print on spine. Dust cover - paper, red and black print on front, spine, front and back flaps. Illustrated, front cover photograph in colour of a ship dockside. Back cover - photograph in colour of a portion of a ship in a seascape of water, sand and trees in background. 191 pages, cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated in black and white and colour photographs, maps and technical illustrations. Front end paper - handwritten greeting.Front endpaper - blue pen - handwritten, "TO DAD/ FROM VALERIE & IAN - FATHERS DAY 1981". books, navy cruisers -
Greensborough Historical Society
Manuscript, Greensborough at Intervals by D Medhurst, 1835-1935
Traces the changes to the area around Greensborough from the earliest days of white settlement to 1935.A personal memoir of the early days of settlement in the Greensborough district by a member of one of the pioneering families.48 x A4 pages. Photocopy of handwritten manuscript. Bound in plastic cover.By D. Medhurst - added in pencil by Faye Fort: "Annie May's father, Faye's great grandfather"greensborough history, medhurst family, greensborough -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mr John Bird & Mary Cocking -- possibly in front a Butcher Shop & Store
John Bird & Mary Cocking with five other people in front of a Store & what's said to be a butcher shop c 1874.Black and white photo of 7 people outside a weather board shop. Four of the group are females and two men one is on horseback and one a young boy. The women are in long decorative dresses. A house & chimney can be seen on the left side behind a picket fence. Handwritten on photo "Father" and part of "mother" (above squiggly line). The first two on left of photo.stawell business -
Ballarat RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
Book - Memorials from Lucas girls to now
"Where the factory girls began and the fathers finished; a social history of war memorialisation in West Ballarat"literature, ballarat rsl, ballarat -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Artwork, other - Stained glass window, Dacre Smyth, Australian Navy Window, 2007
Commodore Dacre Smyth (1923-2008), designed the two memorial windows for the 106th Anniversary of the Australian Navy and coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the Missions to Seafarers in Melbourne. The windows were dedicated by Reverend Bishop Jeremy Ashton on the 1st of March 2007. A plaque was also erected under the windows.Arched windows depicting HMAS Australia 1 (1913-1924) , HMAS Cerberus (1870-1924), and a portrait of Admiral W.R. Creswell, Father of the Australian Navy.st peter chapel, flinders street, mission to seafarers, seamen's mission, mission to seamen, st peter, sailors, seamen, stained glass windows, win, memorial chapel, commodore dacre smyth (1923-2008), royal australian navy, ran, d-day landing, battle of the coral sea, william rooke creswell (1852-1933), hmas cerberus, hmas australia 1 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Letter - Obituary, 30/05/1927
Two copies of Portland Guardian 30 May 1927, containing Obituary for William Primrose Anderson (father of K.S. Anderson). Also a newspaper clipping of the same. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Administrative record - Birth Certificate - Robert Thomas Silvester, 21/01/1938
K.S. Anderson CollectionFull copy of Birth Certificate for Robert Thomas Silvester, born at Springvale, 1 October 1865, father Thomas William, Mother Mary, nee Fitzgerald.robert thomas silvester -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - MOUAT CRAWFORD COLLECTION: FARMING IN THE WIMMERA, c1960s
Mouat Collection - Farming in the Wimmera. Father and son on the ferguson tractor. Markings; Raking the grass with a side delivery rake, prior to baling. Used as a teaching aid.Kodakfarming -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: NOTE FROM J BADHAM'S DAUGHTER REQUESTING TIME OFF FOR HER FATHER
Note from J Badham's daughter requesting time off for her father - dated October 1933. Fine notepaper faded, notes written in pencil.document, memo, railway, note from j badham's daughter requesting time off for her father - dated october 1933 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - UNKNOWN FAMILY COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH, Circa. 1890
Photograph - black and white. Portrait of a family, looks like father, mother and two (young) children, looks like a older boy and younger child, a girl.Mendelssohn, View St., Bendigo.person, family, portrait of family, photograph. portrait of a young family, husband, wife, young boy and young girl. unknown family portrait. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Application for Reentry Permit, US Department of Labor, for Richard Hartley Smith Abbott. Document gives name, age, description, occupation, Father and mother's name.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, application for reentry permit to us, richard hartley smith abbott, mariposa, richard hartley smith abbott, hannah gibbs, charles s bird, abbott suypply company -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Hottelmann Family
Hottelmann family, internees from camp 3 during WW2.Black and white photograph of Emil and Ellen Hottelmann standing in front of a hedge. Mrs Hottelmann is holding baby Ellen and Siegelinde is standing in front of her father.ellen hottelmann, emil hottelmann, sieglinde hottelmann, camp 3 internees -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Photograph - Image, The Empress Studio, c1915
Donated by Mrs Carracher, GaelPhotograph of two men, one in army uniform (could be father & son), sepia, unframed, cardboard. Soldier believed to be Duncan Baker. Slight silverfish damageOn mount below photo: "The Empress Studio, 225 Chapel Street, Prahran"world war 1, world war i, ww1, wwi, soldiers, duncan baker -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1994
Photo appeared in Lakes Post 31.8.1994, P 20Black and white photograph of junior student Daniel Van Ryk speaking about Fathers Day at Lakes Entrance Primary School. Lakes Entrance Victoriaschools -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1994
Black and white photograph showing junior student Caitlin Arnold at Lakes Entrance Primary School, speaking about Fathers Day. Lakes Entrance Victoriaschools -
Camberwell RSL Sub-Branch
Letter, 1916 Letter written by Brendan Culcutt from Turkish POW camp, addressed to his father, Mr B. Culcutt, Rhianva, Punt Road, South Yarra, Vic
Unique and significantFrench Red Cross letter card written by Brendan Culcutt on the 10th June 1916 from a Turkish POW camp to his father in Melbourne VictoriaSee photos -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Rogers, J. G, For King and Country': The 1914-18 War Diaries of J.M. Laidlaw, 1985
An edited version of the War Diaries of J.M. Laidlaw from January 1916 to June 1919.To dear Ruth Clark. This book is a gift to you as a way of saying thank you for your wonderful generosity in gifting me a copy of your late father's publication 'The Church of Our Fathers' 3 May 1997 Jane Gay Rogers.world war 1914-1918, diaries -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, Katie's Dream, 2000
In this novel, Katie begins having a dream soon after her fathers death. The dream is always the same yet when she awakes up she can never remember what it is about. During the next few months fragments of it start coming back to her. At Medlow, a dilapidated Victorian Villa she encounters a ghostly figure of ten year old Rachel. So begins a strange adventure which takes her back to 1898.In this novel, Katie begins having a dream soon after her father's death. The dream is always the same yet when she awakes up she can never remember what it is about. During the next few months fragments of it start coming back to her. At Medlow, a dilapidated Victorian Villa she encounters a ghostly figure of ten year old Rachel. So begins a strange adventure which takes her back to 1898.On Title Page: With my best wishes /Adrian Peniston-Birdmedlow, house names, warrigal road, (miss) norma bull, surrey hills, (mr) rob adams, (dr) (mr) richard bull, 1889, cairncross family, 1898, willcyrus -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Family Group Photograph 1895
Includes Diana Tiddy front left of photo and Caleb Tiddy front right. Fathers name also Caleb Tiddy a Hotelier. Diana was a nurse in the Boer War hurse, health, boer war -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Colour, Mayor of Kew Cr John Hogan Gervasoni, and Gus Gervasoni
Cr John H. Gervasoni's great grandfather was born in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy, and settled at Yandoit Creek near Daylesford. He served for the Mt Franklin Road Board in the early 1900s.Colour photograph of Mayor of Kew Cr John Hogan Gervasoni, and his father Gus Gervasoni. The photo is taken at the Kew Civic Centre in Charles Street, Kew. john hogan gervasoni, gus gervasoni, mayor, cit of kew, kew civic centre -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION; EMPTY BOX
An empty box with a cartoon drawing on the lid of Cr. G.A. Pethard President Bendigo Bowlling Association and twice Mayor of Bendigo and father of Mrs. Lydia Pethard. 1949.Bendigo Personalities 1949person, individual, cr. g.a. pethard, lydia chancellor, collection, cartoon, cr. g.a. pethard, drawing -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Letter - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: GOLDEN SQUARE METHODIST CHURCH APPEAL LETTER, 1929
LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: GOLDEN SQUARE METHODIST CHURCH Appeal Letter from G.A. Pethard Trustee. George Pethard was Lydia Chancellor's father. April 1929bendigo, history, churches, george pethard, lydia chancellor, fund raising -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - Henry & Steven Smith, Jan Pigot, 1995
Henry & Steven Smith, a father and son hardware business started by Henry Smith in the mid 1950's. 209 Canterbury Road. Sepia photograph taken in 1989canterbury, smith> henry, smith> steven, canterbury road -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - Methodist Ladies College, Hopetoun Avenue Canterbury. Final "Break Up" December 1937, 1937
Children at the Christmas Break Up, Methodist Ladies College , Hopetoun Avenue, Canterbury. C.P. Holt is "Father Christmas". Includes a separate list of most of the people in the photograph.canterbury, hopetoun avenue, methodist ladies college, christmas, students, holt> c.p., robilliard> n. miss