A fading crimson envelope containing items of interest. The envelope is addressed to, ' Mrs L. Chancellor, Room 22, Bethlehem.' - (i) A handwritten letter to Mrs Chancellor from Nancy ? From Box 3 Colbinabbin dated 1-11-73 telling of family activities. (ii) A handwritten letter on pink writing paper from Mrs Janice McGowan, 3 Churchill Ave., Flora Hill, Bendigo. It appears she is asking Lydia for information on some possessions of hers so she can value them. Lydia has written on the top of the letter, ' ans. & posted it 18/4/75.' (iii) some handwritten lists on note paper with pictures of roses on it.ephemera, mementoes, correspondence, lydia chancellor, collection, correspondence, death notice, ephemera, personal effects, communication

Black and white photograph in cream folder with card frame inside. Tray truck with display on back, consisting of large model tomato sauce bottle on box. Brick building in background painted with advertising sign. Inscriptions: in image on wall 'Quick to Quench, Cohn's, est. 1857'. On truck 'Say Cohns Please:, '100 years', 'Cohn Limited, Sw3an Hill', 'Cohn's Tomato Sauce', Truck number plate 'GNA 665'. Hand written BR corner 'Reg V Brock'. Rubber stamp front BR corner, 'Reg V Brock of Bendigo'. History: Prev. Acc. No. MP201topic, transport

Copies of Photographs from - Views of Bendigo by Nicholas Caire Originals in Box 13 No.1 Sandhurst east/ City Reserve x 2 No 2 New Chum Line of Reef No 3 Sandhurst to North from top of Masonic Hall No.4 Hustler's Line of Reef No.5 Battery of stampers for crushing quartz x 2 No.6 View Sandhurst from top of Masonic Hall x 2 No.7 Excavation Quartz Reef, Ironbark Hill. No 8 St. Paul's Church. No.9 View Camp Reserve from Court House. No.10 View of Nth. Old Chum. No.11 View Camp Hill near the Lodge x 2 No.12 Garden Gully. No.13 Shamrock Hotel, Sandhurst. No.14 View from Court House, east end Pall Mall. No.15 Wesleyan Church, Golden Square x 2 No.16 Savings Bank, Sandhurst No.17 Bendigo District Hospital. No.18 Interior Wesleyan Church x 2 No.19 View Golden Square township. No.20 The Town Hall, Sandhurst. No 21 The City Hotel,Sandhurst. No 22 Pall Mall Sandhurst, No 23 Sandhurst City Market No 24 Pall Mall looking west x 2 No 25 Camp Hill x 2 No 26 Charing Cross No 27 View Sandhurst. x 2 No 28 Long Gully. No 29 Railway station and sheds No 30 Cemetery Back Ck. No 31 Kock's Pioneer Quartz Crushing Plant Long Gully. No 32 Masonic Hall. No 33 Bendigo Benevolent Asylum. No 34 Bendigo Flat. No 35 Old Chum Hill x 2 No 36 New Chum Gully No 37 Township of Eaglehawk No 38 From St Paul's tower looking west No 39 Tunnel Big Hill. No 40 From St Paul's tower looking south x 2 No 41 From St Paul's tower looking eastward x 2 No 42 From St Paul's tower looking north west x 2 No 43 Great Extended Hustlers Quartz Mining Claim No 44 Big Hill Rail line x 2 No 45 From St Paul's tower looking westward x 2 No 46 From St Paul's tower looking north west No 47 Big Hill Ranges Buick. x 2 No 48 St.Paul's Tower x 2 No 49 Eaglehawk township. No 50 Mitchell Street No 51 Botanical gardens, White Hills x 2 No 52 View Point, Sandhurst. .N.J. Caire.place, bendigo, bendigo area., views of bendigo.

Undated newspaper cutting titled Interest in Hydroponics. Cutting mentions an experiment by Mr. Frank Stevenson of Bendigo in which he grew flowers in liquid. There was local interest as well as overseas interest.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, interest in hydroponics, frank stevenson, box hill council

Photograph of opening of remodelled auditorium, Red Cross Ball, 24 May, 1938. Some identifiable people are Mr and Mrs W HOWE; Councillor J P CRICHTON; Mrs J P CRICHTON; Mrs Ivy Lavinia WEBER (MLA Box Hill); Councillor H M FENNELL; Councillor J BERTIE, Syd ANDERSON, Town Clerk.local government - city of port melbourne, port melbourne town hall, red cross ball, city engineers, elizabeth branton crichton nee portbury, james peter crichton, sydney sims anderson, fred cook, joseph bertie, henry melville fennell, william howe, mrs w howe, ivy lavinia weber

Document. Black edged folded mourning card for Thomas Langdon. ''In Loving Memory. Hon. Thomas Langdon M.L.A.. Aged 82 years. Who was interred in the Box Hill Cemetery 28 th May 1914''.document, memo, black edged folded mourning card

Scale model of one furrow plough as used by early settlers. Made by William Ashman, formerly of Eaglehawk and late of Essendon. Presented by his daughter, Thelma Drummond of Box Hill, Victoria. The silver medal is inscribed "County of Bendigo Agricultural and Horticultural Societry. Awarded to Wm Ashman, Eaglehawk for model plough. Spring Show 1887".agriculture, farm, model plough

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Saturday, January 29, 2005. Hard yakka: this photograph, which was taken sometime around the late 40s early 50s, shows a load of finished boxes being loaded at Williamson's box factory, ready to be transported to Melbourne. the photograph was taken just off Happy Valley Road, at the Victoria Hill Diggings area. Eric Finch was the owner of the truck and his eldest son, Kevin, can be seen standing on the truck's running board. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Cardboard box lid with paper label reading Beehive Bendigo, from Henderson & Goodisson to Miss Jeffery, C/o Mrs Faul, Quarry Hill. Printed on lid - by special appointment to His Excellency the Governor, Henderson & Goodison, Pall Mall, Bendigo, with coat of arms & illustration of Bees and Bee Hive Markings - T. Frame & Co.commerce, shop equipment, beehive building

Artwork. Norman Penrose collection: (1) Coloured pencil drawing of a homestead on a hill. Two people in front of the house. In front of the house is a bucket sitting on a box or a well. The house has another building beside it. They both look like log construction. Drawn on grey paper. (2) Tan drawing on light blue paper with a two story building in the background. A man on a ladder is working at the window. Two people are at the other window. There is a tall tree beside the building. In front of the building is a motor car. Three people are having a picnic on the grass beside the car.drawing, pencil, bushmans homestead, norman penrose collection, bushman's homestead

Green school pennant with a safety pin. Words in white: California Gully Primary School No. 123, white five points star, Bell topper Hill Centenary Year july 1st, 2nd, & 3rd. 1883-1983. In the white box at the bottom the signature, Gertrude Perry.school, centenary, california gully

Education Department (First Edition) 1941. Fabric covered cardboardFaye Harris, 61 Lucknow Street, Mitcham. WU 2906. Box Hill Girls Technical School. Form 1F.education department, arithmetic, book

History of Box Hill from its beginning to 1978. Index; photos; plan of Box Hill in 1905 on endpapers; Members of Council in order of election. Presentation Edition: #15box hill

This book gives a brief description of tramways around the world before focussing on Box Hill-Doncaster's very own. The tramway - the first electric one in the Southern Hemisphere - operated from 1889-1896. It ran from Whitehorse Road along Station Street north to Doncaster Road Intersection. Photos. Index.arnot> arthur, draper> thomas, laurie> david, meader> william, masters> william, serpell> richard, glassford> matthew, aspinall> joseph w., cockcroft> george, collier> samuel, ellingworth> william, inglis> john, mcmurdie> f.a., padgham> silas, rawlings> alfred, serpell> alfred, wright> george, wright> james, wright> john, wright> william edward, lauer> a.c.h., transport, tram services, station street, box hill, elgar road, doncaster, doncaster road, box hill and doncaster tramway company