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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: PETER ELLIS ORDER OF AUSTRALIA RECIPIENT, 26th January, 2012
2 page article printer on A4 printer paper. Handwritten in greylead pencil across top of first page reads: Trad + Now Article written by John Williamson. Peter Ellis Order of Australia Recipient 2012 By John Williams. On 26th of January 2012 Peter Ellis was awarded the Order of Australia (OAM) for his services to the Arts through the collection and preservation of Australia's folk history. Peter has been a long time correspondent to this magazine and has provided the most detailed information on social dancing in Australia. There are many more things about Peter that readers should know. Peter has the largest collection of dance related material in the National Library Archives from over thirty years of collecting. His collecting trips have included Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania. The Western Australia trip was with John Meredith who was a long time mate of Peter's. Peter is a founder, charter member and life member of the Bush Dance and Music Club of Bendigo and received the Graham Squance award from the Folk Song and Dance Society of Victoria. He was also awarded a life membership of the Victorian Folk Music Club. Peter is founder of the Celebrated Emu Creek Bush Band which has been performing for thirty years and has played at the opening of the Melbourne Museum, Victorian State Parliament and Centenaries of the Shamrock Hotel and Post Office in Bendigo among many other gigs. Peter has also produced twenty one CDs with Emu Creek in that time which cover quadrilles, couples dances and the History of the Bendigo over one hundred and fifty years. (Emu Creek are already booked for the Canberra Centenary Ball in 2013!) Peter has also played with the famous Wedderburn Old Timers for thirty years during which time that band has received two platinum and several gold recording awards. Peter has also found the time to write several books including his three well know volumes of dance music, 'Collectors Choice' and the definitive volume on social dance in Australia 'Merry Country Dance'. He has also co-authored 'Two Hundred Dancing Years' with Shirley Andrews and 'Music Makes Me Smile - The music of the Nariel Valley' with Harry Gardner. Peter has also contributed to books compiled by others such as Rob Willis, Graham Seal and Dave Di Santi. Peter has trained many young musicians and conducted continuing Ed classes and Deb sets. He is a gold medal standard ballroom dancer in his own right which many dancers say contributes to his understanding of the correct tempo for all the dances he plays for. Peter has also been instrumental in the Bendigo Field Naturalist's Club of which he is a life member. He has been heavily involved in campaigns that have led to the establishment of two flora reserves and extensions to the Greater Bendigo National Park when housing developments threatened native bushland. He has contributed text and photographs to the publication 'Wildflowers of Bendigo'. Peter's award was really well deserved as you can see. What is really fitting is that he received the award on Australia Day. How fitting for a man who has single handedly saved more of Australia's Social Dance music and history than any other person. Australian dancing, music and the environment really owes Peter a lot. Well done from all your Trad and Now readers.person, individual, peter ellis oam -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - VICTORIA HILL MARONG RD BENDIGO HERITAGE DAY BROCHURE 2010, 2010
Victoria Hill Marong Rd Bendigo (Opposite the Gold Mines Hotel) Heritage Day Brochure 2010. Victoria Hill Guided Tours James Lerk (Bendigo Historical Society) George Ellis (Bendigo Cornish Association) Rod Orr (Bendigo Field Naturalists Club) David Bannear (Heritage Victoria) Presentations: Rod Fraser The Geology of Victoria Hill and Bendigo, Kurt Walder German Heritage Ballerstedts-miners from the Hartz Mountains crushing battery, Rod Orr Mining and the Environment in Bendigo, Michele Matthews (BRAC) Sir John Quick the Forgotten Father of Federation spent his youth in the shadow of Victoria Hill, David Bannear ''Things Forgotten'' - the Archaelogy of Bendigo, Carol Holsworth the Chinese and Victoria Hill area, John Kelly Inquests held at the Gold Mines Hotel, George Ellis The Cornish miners of the Ironbark and Long Gully area, Amanda Jean The Ironbark Heritage Study. Coath Cottage Open Day owner Andrew Ward and Restorer Gary Hill explain the history and restoration of the 1860s miners cottage after Black Saturday fire. Restoration Loans from the City of Greater Bendigo.bendigo, gold mining, heritage day 2010 -
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Document - BENDIGO VICTORIA'S GOLDEN CITY TOURISM BROCHURE ?1960S, ?1960s
Bendigo Victoria's Golden City Tourism Brochure Postcards 1960's. Charing Cross and Pall Mall looking north to the Post Office, Central Deborah Gold Mine and Vintage Tram, Chinese Joss House Emu Point Finn Street Bendigo, Charing Cross looking towards the Post Office Pall Mall Bendigo, Bendigo Vintage Tram Pall Mall Bendigo, Royal Tour Tram No. 30 Pall Mall Bendigo, Lake Eppalock at the Bendigo Yacht Club, Dusk Alexandra Fountain Pall Mall Bendigo, Sacred Heart Cathedral From High Street Bendigo, Central Deborah Gold Mine, Shamrock Hotel.bendigo, tourism, postcard -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - LODGE COLLECTION: JOSEPH LAMBERT HOWARD BOOKLET, 5th November, 1915
Black covered booklet, inside front 'Grand United Order of Oddfellows in Victoria Grand Lodge Hall, Latrobe St., Melbourne. Brother Joseph Lambert Howard,Sandhurst Lodge No. 1316, Held at Court House Hotel' First page details contributions made 1914.Edgerton & Moore, Print., Melbournebendigo, clubs, oddfellows -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BENDIGO: VICTORIA'S GOLDEN CITY
Coloured booklet of various scenes and buildings in and around Bendigo, titled Bendigo Victoria's Golden City. The front cover has a scene of Charing Cross looking towards Pall Mall. Inside the front cover is a very brief history and some Historical Buildings are mentioned. They are: Fortuna, Shamrock Hotel, Gold Mines Hotel, City Hall, Post Office, Law Courts, the Home for the Aged, Sacred Heart Cathedral, St. Paul's, Specimen Cottage, Log Lock-up and the Chinese Joss House. The coloured pictures inside are: The Central Deborah Gold Mine, Fortuna, Miner's Cottage, The Gold Mines Hotel, Victoria Hill, Bendigo Law Courts, Eaglehawk Log Lock-up, Look-out Tower Rosalind Park, Alexandra Fountain - Charing Cross, Conservatory Gardens with Law Courts in background, Inside the Conservatory, Bendigo Home & Hospital for the Aged - Victoria's 'White House', Sacred Heart Cathedral, Chinese Joss House, Chinese Joss House - Interior of the Main Temple, Bendigo Pottery - Potter at work, Bendigo Municipal Offices, Bendigo Institute of Technology at Flora Hill, Mt. Alvernia Hospital, Cobb & Co Coach, R Class Locomotive, Bendigo Tramcar, Lake Weeroona and Lake Eppalock Pumping Station. Some more attractions are mentioned inside the back cover. On the back cover is the Cenotaph - the only scale replica of the Whitehall Cenotaph - and Alexandra Fountain by night.Nucolorvue Productions Pty Ltdbendigo, tourism, photographs of bendigo icons, bendigo - victoria's golden city, fortuna, shamrock hotel, gold mines hotel, city hall, post office, law courts, home for the aged, victoria's 'white house', sacred heart cathedral, st paul's, specimen cottage, log lock-up, chinese joss house, charing cross, cenotaph, alexandra fountain, centra deborah gold mine, army cartographic unit, miner's cottage, harvey town, victoria hill, look-out tower rosalind park, conservatory gardens, conservatory, bendigo pottery, bendigo municipal offices, bendigo institute of technology, mt alvernia hospital, cobb & co coach, r class locomotive, bendigo railway station, bendigo tramcar, lake weeroona, lake eppalock pumping station, art gallery, historical museum eaglehawk, melville's caves, whitehall cenotaph, nucolorvue productins pty ltd, national library of australia -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - LESLIE JOHN BAGUST COLLECTION PHOTO OF QUEEN VICTORIA GARDENS, 1940
Leslie John Bagust Collection. Black and white photo of the Queen Victoria Gardens. In the foreground is the baby health centre, (since removed), Queen Victoria statue in white, centre background shows the RSL Hall and part of the roof and the clock tower of the Old Bendigo post Office. Background right the tower of the Shamrock Hotel and centre background is the town of the Bendigo School of mines. The right shows vehicles parked along Pall Mall. To the right of the health centre there is a small white statue, of unknown representation. At the bottom of the photo in white Queen Victoria Gardens, Bendigo and to the right is No.10.bendigo, parks and gardens, queen victoria gardens -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - VICTORIA HILL AREA
Map of Victoria Hill Area printed on yellow paper. Details of tracks, cuttings, contours (in Metres) and Anticline. Location of mines, open cuts and buildings are shown. Numbers on map are: Ballerstedt's Claim 1 - 5; North Old Chum Co. 6; Lansell's 180, 7,8,11; Battery 9.10.12; Victoria Quartz Co. 13 - 17; Rae's Open Cut and Vicinity 18 - 28, Great Central Victoria Co 29 - 36, Adventure and Advance Area and vicinity 37 - 40 and Victoria Consols Co 41.map, bendigo, victoria hill, victoria hill area, victoria consols, new chum anticline, great central victoria, rae's open cut, w rae's home, victoria quartz, ballerstedt's open cut, lansell's 180, north old chum, central nell gwynne, john brown factory, gold mines hotel, cleopatra needle type chimney, floyd's battery, ballerstedt's 24yd claim, humboldt shaft, wittscheibe's jeweller's shop, luffsman and sterry's claim, victoria hill reserve, mines dept reervation -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO HOTEL COLLECTION: CAMP HOTEL, EAGLEHAWK
Colour photo: Camp Hotel, Cnr High And Victoria Streets, Eaglehawk, two storey hotel, no verandah. White painted plain façade, patterned pediment on top storey. 'Camp Hotel' sign on first storey, 'Foster's' sign partly visible on ground floor.bendigo, hotel, camp hotel -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO HOTEL COLLECTION: VICTORIA HOTEL, EAGLEHAWK
Colour photograph, Victoria Hotel,Corner High and Victoria Streets, Eaglehawk. Two storey hotel, rendered brick, iron lace trimmed verandah on both levels with gable on corner, top level. Appears to be early 70's ?bendigo, hotel, victoria hotel eaglehawk -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO HOTEL COLLECTION: COURT HOUSE HOTEL
Colour image of Court House Hotel, 1 Pall Mall, Bendigo, Hotel is two storey, painted white with brown print. On outside of hotel 'Carlton Draught, Court House Hotel'. Victoria Bitter sign on top storey. Appears to be late 1970's?bendigo, hotel, court house hotel -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - Geographical dictionary
The Gazetteer presents an extensive a to z list of Victorian towns and villages, lakes, rivers and creeks, islands, bays, hills and mountains, runs and other localities and features. Entries include latitude and longitude, populations, proximity to other towns, local industries, coach and mail runs, hotels, churches and schools.Bailliere's Victorian Gazetteer and road guide containing the most recent and accurate information as to every place in the colony. Brown hardcover book, on the spine: Victorian Gazetteer with map 1865. The first and last pages are advertisements. The book has 442 pages listing every place in the colony. The map is not included. Compiled by Robert P. Whitworth. Published by Bailliere, Regent Street Unreadable name on first page and the name of F. Houston in blue pen on first page geographic dictionary, colony of victoria -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - JOHN JONES COLLECTION: BACK TO MANDURANG SOUVENIR 1938
Photocopies and original of 'Back to Mandurang' Souvenir. Celebration 1938. Contains the history of Mandurang and many of the local residents, the industries and agricultural pursuits. Names mentioned are: Mrs Thomas, Les Nankervis, Geo McGuire, Pinche, Mr Coghill, Mr Fenton, Atkinson's Station, John T Deravin, Wine Hall, Church, Kerr's Hotel, Tannery, Mr Panton, John Billman, Sheepwash Creek, Emu Creek, Port Phillip District (Victoria), Mr Charlesworth, Sam Snowden, Mr Grant, Grant's Land Act, Mr Montgomery, Mr McEncroe, Mr Wyeland, John Smith, Mr Adams, Geo Kofoed, Monti, Mr Ewing, Wm Ewing, Geo Green, Jim Green, Green Bros, Wm Keating, Mandurang Hotel, J B Loridan, Mr Lansell, 'General Grant', August Heine, Mr Myers, Mr Barth, Phylloxeria, Mr Jones, Mr McGuire, James Hargreaves, Mr Bounty, E Huillier, Sam Martin, Mr Oldworth, Dr Backhaus, Andrew Monti, W Wenwright, Mr Munroe, Mr Eldridge, Wm Wright, W Thomas Lowe, Taylor, Sam Lowe, George Lowe, Wm Hargreaves, Albert E Pearce, Piccaninny Creek, G Sherriff, Mr Stein, Albert Stein, John Theodore Deravin, Robins, Phylloxera vastrix, Mr Grosse, Board of Health, Chateau Dore, House of Assembly, Dr Hugh Deravin, Mrs Deravin, John Adolphus Deravin, Education Department, Bendigo High School, St Andrew's College, Stock Exchange, Relief Funds, L Dungey, Mr Crawford, A W McCauley, Schillerio, Cleghorn, Goudge and Sibley, Sibley and Lambert, R H S Abbott, Protestant Church, Miss E Wright, W Stephenson, Geo Lowe, J Hargreaves, Theo Deravin, Wm Pearce, Mrs A Deravin, St John's Roman Catholic Church, Father O'Connell, Father McKnab, Post Office, I Witworth, W Casey, Franz Steilow, Geo Billman, R Brennan, F Osborne, Mr Webster, Wm Hughes, Mr Raymond, One Tree Hill, Jerry Ryan, Bendigo City, Shire of Strathfieldsaye. Original copies are very dilapidated and pages 6, 7, and 8 are missing. (In 5 pockets).ephemera, mementoes, back to mandurang, john jones collection - back to mandurang souvenir 1938, mrs thomas, les nankervis, geo mcguire, pinche, mr coghill, mr fenton, atkinson's station, john t deravin, wine hall, church, kerr's hotel, tannery, mr panton, john billman, sheepwash creek, emu creek, port phillip district (victoria), mr charlesworth, sam snowden, mr grant, grant's land act, mr montgomery, mr mcencroe, mr wyeland, john smith, mr adams, geo kofoed, monti, mr ewing, wm ewing, geo green, jim green, green bros, wm keating, mandurang hotel, j b loridan, mr lansell, 'general grant', august heine, mr myers, mr barth, phylloxeria, mr jones, mr mcguire, james hargreaves, mr bounty, e huillier, sam martin, mr oldworth, dr backhaus, andrew monti, w wenwright, mr munroe, mr eldridge, wm wright, w thomas lowe, taylor, sam lowe, george lowe, wm hargreaves, albert e pearce, piccaninny creek, g sherriff, mr stein, albert stein, john theodore deravin, robins, phtlloxera vastrix, mr grosse, board of health, chateau dore, house of assembly, dr hugh deravin, mrs deravin, john adolphus deravin, education department, bendigo high school, st andrew's college, stock exchange, relief funds, l dungey, mr crawford, a w mccauley, schillerio, cleghorn, goudge and sibley, sibley and lambert, r h s abbott, protestant church, miss e wright, w stephenson, geo lowe, j hargreaves, theo deravin, wm peatce, mrs a deravin, st john's roman catholic church, father o'connell, father mcknab, post office, i witworth, w casey, franz steilow, geo billman, r brennan, f osborne, mr webster, wm hughes, mr raymond, one tree hill, jerry ryan, bendigo city, shire of strathfieldsaye -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: FOLKVINE NEWSLETTER
Two copies of Folkvine, the Newsletter of the Folk Song & Dance Society of Victoria, November 1994 Vol. 19 No. 10 and March 1995 Vol 20 No. 2. Newsletters contain information about musicians,, folk clubs, Festivals, Folk on Radio, Music Venues, where to learn or participate in music and song, and Metropolitan and Out of Town Dance Venues.document, newspaper, folk song & dance, peter ellis collection, folkvine, folk song & dance society of victoria, jamie johnston, peter ellis, graham squance memorial award, emu creek bush band, bendigo bush dance and music club, east brunswick club hotel, bernard carney, pastnace, dave rackham, kristina olsen, michelle shocked, christine lavin, geoff achison, meg macdonald, alistair hulett and the hooligans, jeanette gillespie, folkvine, brian hickey, chris garrity, enda kenny, dave brannigan, colcannon, danny spooner, john faulkner, stuart cowell, john acauslan, folklife and heritage centre, shirley andrews, coralie collins, margot f hitchcock, eric purdie, jeanette gillespie, gwenda davey, australian folk trust, mary traynor -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: OFF TO THE DIGGINGS BROCHURE
Blue and cream brochure titled 'Off to the Diggings' In the comfort of your own car. Tour guide is Rusty. Tours cover some historical places in Bendigo. On the back is where bookings can be made. Other Historic Tours mentioned are: Central Deborah Mine, Chinese Museum, Mining Museum adjacent to Eaglehawk Town Hall and victoria Hill.bendigo, history, gold mining, peter ellis collection, off to the diggings, rusty, alexander mckellar, ballarat goldfield, eureka uprising, emu creek bush band, boundary hotel, visitor information centre, bendigo tourism, central deborah mine, chinese museum, mining museum - eaglehawk, eaglehawk town hall, victoria hill -
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Photograph - LESLIE JOHN BAGUST COLLECTION: CHARING CROSS AND THE MALL, 1940
Leslie John Bagust Collection. Black & White Photo Charing Cross and Pall Mall Bendigo 1940. Alexandra Fountain in the foreground and behind that the Queen Victoria Gardens. Image taken looking west towards the Shamrock Hotel and the Old Post Office. Beside the R.S.L. Soldiers Memorial Hall is the Military Museum. The law Courts are then beside the Old Post Office Gallery.bendigo, tourism, charing cross and pall mall bendigo -
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Photograph - LESLIE JOHN BAGUST COLLECTION: VIEW POINT FROM SOLDIERS MEMORIAL HALL, 1940
Leslie John Bagust Collection. Black and White Photograph View Point from R.S.L. Soldiers Memorial Hall, Bendigo 1940. In the foreground Queen Victoria statute and surrounding gardens in the background the City Family Hotel and Cahill's Solicitors on the opposite corner.bendigo, tourism, soldiers memorial halll-view point, http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/organisations/bendigo-rsl-memorial-military-museum/ -
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Photograph - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: MUSICIANS
Black and white photo of a group of musicians. They have various wind instruments and a bass drum. Written on the back: Instruments. L - R. clarinet - cornet - cornet - B flat saxhorn - E flat saxhorn - euphonium - euphonium - circular bass. In front of Victoria Hotel Tanunda. Date not known. At gathering of Odd fellows.photo, group, musicians, peter ellis collection, victoria hotel tanunda, odd fellows -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Audio - The 1930s Depression Tapes - Jean Coulter, 2005
In 2005 Michele Matthews interviewed current and former residents of Bendigo for her thesis on the 1930s Depression as part of her PhD Research, with the University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts, History Department. Michele interviewed fifteen members of prominent Bendigonian families. The thesis was titled: "How Depressing?: The impact of the Great Depression on Bendigo and District 1925-1935". The Michele Matthews Collection contains fourteen audio cassette tape recordings and one written transcript. The tapes are each approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes duration. The questions presented to the interviewees explore everyday experiences they would have lived through at the time of the Depression. The questions covered sixteen relevant subjects: • Introduction and housing • Social activities, swimming, cinemas, school and games played with friends • Organizations such as the RSL, Relief Committees etc. and any effect they had on family life • The life of the single woman • Unemployment and Employment • Government Assistance • Charities Aid • Self-help • People Power, e.g. boycotts or protests • Politics • Trouble or crime • Family Health, Medical and Diet • Education • General memories of, and hardships encountered, during the DepressionNOTE: The interview tape except for the introduction is blank and, as their are no interview notes, it is assumed that the interview was abandoned for some reason. Audio tape interview with Jean Coulter (Nee May). Jean was born in 1915. In 1936 she married Raymond Coulter. Her father, David May was a fencer in Northern Victoria, and her mother worked as general duties in a hotel. She attended school at Quarry Hill State School (1921-1926) and Domestic Arts (1926-1927). The tape has been converted to a sound file. The 90 minute interview can be listened to, and the notes viewed, at the Bendigo Historical Society. By appointment only.history, bendigo, michele matthews collection, the 1930s depression tapes, jean coulter -
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Ephemera - Invitation to Shamrock Hotel Official Re-Opening
Invitation, white card, green text, issued by the Government of Victoria and the Directors of the Shamrock Hotel to Mr. M.A. Sheean to the Hotel's Official Re-Opening by the Premier of Victoria, Hon. R.J. Hamer, at 12.00 noon, Tuesday 14th April, 1981.tourism, invitation, shamrock hotel, re-opening, hon. r.j. hamer, martin sheehan -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Kew Flyer Team, c.1912
In 1903, an article in the Box Hill 'Reporter' noted that the Kew Flyer Cycle business had been started in 1893 by Harry F. Cooper, who was "the oldest cycle maker in the district". By 1903, the Kew Flyer business was located at 8 (later 14) Cotham Road where it was to remain an institution until its closure. Seven years later, W.D. Vaughan, in his 'Jubilee History of Kew, Victoria' (1910) wrote that: "Several cycling clubs have been born and died, suffering chiefly from the migration of the leading spirits in the organisations, but since 1900 the ‘Kew Flyer’ road race, instituted by Mr. H. F. Cooper, has been the cycling event of the year among local riders. It is run on the White Horse Road at Blackburn." Early newspaper reports record that distance of the Race was initially 10 miles but by 1906, the event was 15 miles, starting from the Travellers' Rest Hotel in Blackburn. Cooper's Kew Flyer business in Cotham Road introduced new technologies and models throughout its 56-years of operation. By 1908, it was claimed that the shop had been enlarged with new "workshops and [the] latest lathes and cycle building tools. [It] Is now one of the most up-to-date Cycle Works in Victoria". By the First World War, Cooper had expanded his business to include motorbikes with "Precision Engines". The Kew Flyer business and the annual road races continued through the War, even though a number of its staff left for the front. One of these was [Pte] Robert Charles Field Richardson, who joined the 6th Battalion, fought and was wounded at Gallipoli, and died of his wounds in a hospital in Alexandria, Egypt in 1915. In 1917, the death of Private H.S. Herbert was announced. He had been the winner of the Kew Flyer Cycle Road Race in 1913. He died in action in France, having fought at Gallipoli and in France at the Battle of Pozieres. The majority of bicycles advertised by Cooper were designed for men, although bikes for women and 'juveniles' were advertised as early as 1918, so they were probably manufactured throughout the period. Harry Cooper was to sell his Kew Flyer business in 1936, after 39 years of trading. The business he began continued until 1949.This is a very rare image [the location of the original is now unknown] of a Kew Flyer team. The photo was sourced and remained in the possession of the historian Dorothy Rogers, whose brother was an early member of staff in the firm. The photo is historically significant as it is the only known photograph of a Kew Flyer Team, and possibly the only known photo of Harry F. Cooper, the founder of the firm and a key figure in Victorian cycling history. Photograph, the first of two, of an earlier album photograph of the Kew Flyer Team in uniform with trainers and workers of the company. One of the men in the photograph is probably Harry Cooper, the proprietor of the Kew Flyer business in Cotham Road, Kew. Harry Cooper was the sponsor of one of the best known trader cycle races in Melbourne. The photograph remained in the possession of the Rogers family until its donation to the Society by John Rogers in 2015.Handwritten annotation by the historian Dorothy Rogers on reverse: "Kew Flyer Team about 1912-13. Coopers Cycle Shop Cotham Rd opp. Kew Post Office".kew flyer, harry f cooper, trader bike races - victoria - kew, kew flyer team -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Kew Flyer Team, c.1912
In 1903, an article in the Box Hill 'Reporter' noted that the Kew Flyer Cycle business had been started in 1893 by Harry F. Cooper, who was "the oldest cycle maker in the district". By 1903, the Kew Flyer business was located at 8 (later 14) Cotham Road where it was to remain an institution until its closure. Seven years later, W.D. Vaughan, in his 'Jubilee History of Kew, Victoria' (1910) wrote that: "Several cycling clubs have been born and died, suffering chiefly from the migration of the leading spirits in the organisations, but since 1900 the ‘Kew Flyer’ road race, instituted by Mr. H. F. Cooper, has been the cycling event of the year among local riders. It is run on the White Horse Road at Blackburn." Early newspaper reports record that distance of the Race was initially 10 miles but by 1906, the event was 15 miles, starting from the Travellers' Rest Hotel in Blackburn. Cooper's Kew Flyer business in Cotham Road introduced new technologies and models throughout its 56-years of operation. By 1908, it was claimed that the shop had been enlarged with new "workshops and [the] latest lathes and cycle building tools. [It] Is now one of the most up-to-date Cycle Works in Victoria". By the First World War, Cooper had expanded his business to include motorbikes with "Precision Engines". The Kew Flyer business and the annual road races continued through the War, even though a number of its staff left for the front. One of these was [Pte] Robert Charles Field Richardson, who joined the 6th Battalion, fought and was wounded at Gallipoli, and died of his wounds in a hospital in Alexandria, Egypt in 1915. In 1917, the death of Private H.S. Herbert was announced. He had been the winner of the Kew Flyer Cycle Road Race in 1913. He died in action in France, having fought at Gallipoli and in France at the Battle of Pozieres. The majority of bicycles advertised by Cooper were designed for men, although bikes for women and 'juveniles' were advertised as early as 1918, so they were probably manufactured throughout the period. Harry Cooper was to sell his Kew Flyer business in 1936, after 39 years of trading. The business he began continued until 1949.This is a very rare image [the location of the original is now unknown] of a Kew Flyer team. The photo was sourced and remained in the possession of the historian Dorothy Rogers, whose brother was an early member of staff in the firm. The photo is historically significant as it is the only known photograph of a Kew Flyer Team, and possibly the only known photo of Harry F. Cooper, the founder of the firm and a key figure in Victorian cycling history. Photograph, the second of two, from an earlier album photograph of the Kew Flyer Team in uniform with trainers and workers of the company. One of the men in the photograph is probably Harry F. Cooper, the proprietor of the Kew Flyer business in Cotham Road, Kew. Harry Cooper was the sponsor of one of the best known and oldest trader cycle races in Melbourne. The photograph remained in the possession of the Rogers family until its donation to the Society by John Rogers in 2015.Handwritten annotation by the historian Dorothy Rogers on reverse: "Kew Flyer Team from very old photo".kew flyer, harry f cooper, trader bike races - victoria - kew, kew flyer team -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Vehicle, Kew Flyer, Women's Roadster, c.1920
In 1903, an article in the Box Hill 'Reporter' noted that the Kew Flyer Cycle business had been started in 1893 by Harry F. Cooper, and that he was "the oldest cycle maker in the district". By 1903, the Kew Flyer business was located at 8 (later 14) Cotham Road where it was to remain an institution until its closure. In 1910, W.D. Vaughan, in his 'Jubilee History of Kew, Victoria' wrote that: "Several cycling clubs have been born and died, suffering chiefly from the migration of the leading spirits in the organisations, but since 1900 the ‘Kew Flyer’ road race, instituted by Mr. H. F. Cooper, has been the cycling event of the year among local riders. It is run on the White Horse Road at Blackburn." Early newspaper reports recorded the distance of the race as initially 10 miles but by 1906, the event extended to 15 miles, starting from the Travellers' Rest Hotel in Blackburn. Cooper's Kew Flyer business in Cotham Road introduced new technologies and models throughout its 56-years of operation. By 1908, it was claimed that the shop had been enlarged with new "workshops and [the] latest lathes and cycle building tools. [it] Is now one of the most up-to-date Cycle Works in Victoria". By the First World War, Cooper had expanded his business to include motorbikes with "Precision Engines". The Kew Flyer business and the annual road races continued through the War, even though a number of its staff left for the front. One of these was [Pte] Robert Charles Field Richardson, who joined the 6th Battalion, fought and was wounded at Gallipoli, and died of wounds in Alexandria, Egypt in 1915. In 1917, the death of Private H.S. Herbert was announced. He had been the winner of the Kew Flyer Cycle Road Race in 1913. He died in action in France, having fought at Gallipoli and at the Battle of Pozieres. The majority of bicycles advertised by Cooper were designed for men, although bikes for women and 'juveniles' were advertised as early as 1918, so they were probably manufactured throughout the period. Harry Cooper was to sell his Kew Flyer business in 1936, after 39 years of trading. The business he began continued until 1949.This is an historically significant and rare 1920s Kew Flyer Cycle in intact condition, with most of the original paintwork preserved on the frame. Harry F Cooper, who was the manufacturer of the cycle had a retail business and a factory in Kew. He promoted the Kew Flyer Road Race which was the most important trader-run cycle event in Victoria from 1900 to his retirement in 1936.An unrestored Kew Flyer Women's Roadster ca 1920, donated to the Kew Historical Society by John Wyatt in 2017. Original paint work and logo on the loop frame in navy blue, blue and gold, featuring Egyptian influences in the painted design . The rubber sprung saddle was made by Dunlop and has a serial number on a plate at the rear. The loop frame is original. Most of the cycle, on an initial evaluation following the donation were judged to be original, but with the addition of a later mudguard, reflector and chain guard. These have now been removed.Kew Flyerwomen's roadster, kew flyer, harry f cooper, businesses - kew, cycling -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Township in Victoria, c.1926
Henry Beater Christian (1886-1962) , was a descendant of one of the earliest settler families in Kew. Employed at the Kew Asylum as a 'public servant', he was a skilled amateur photographer, photographing numerous scenes in Kew and on his travels around Victoria. The majority of his photographs date from 1916 to 1929. His finest photographs are housed in two photograph albums. Digital copy of a photograph from page 30 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. John Chapman has written in 'Bushwalking Clubs - A Brief History', about the establishment in Victoria of the first bushwalking club in 1888, and the popularisation of bushwalking during the interwar period. Henry Christian's 'walks' appear to have been undertaken solely or with a companion/s. This black and white photo is untitled, but follows a page of photos taken on a walking trip from Cockatoo to Gembrook in Victoria. The view selected by the photographer is of a distance shot of a township nestled at the foot of a hill. The most distinctive building in the town is a two-storey [hotel?] immediately left of centre. [Untitled]henry beater christian (1886-1962), landscape photography, christian-washfold collection, photograph albums, bushwalking -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Omeo, c.1926
Henry Beater Christian (1886-1962) , was a descendant of one of the earliest settler families in Kew. Employed at the Kew Asylum as a 'public servant', he was a skilled amateur photographer, photographing numerous scenes in Kew and on his travels around Victoria. The majority of his photographs date from 1916 to 1929. His finest photographs are housed in two photograph albums. Digital copy of a photograph from page 33 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. John Chapman has written in 'Bushwalking Clubs - A Brief History', about the establishment in Victoria of the first bushwalking club in 1888, and the popularisation of bushwalking during the interwar period. Henry Christian's 'walks' appear to have been undertaken solely or with a companion/s. This black and white photo is part of a group of photos taken in the Victorian High Country. The page is labelled 'Omeo' and includes photos of landscapes, individuals, and towns. This small black and white photo is a panoramic view of Omeo in Victoria in the mid-1920s. At the centre of the view is The Golden Age Hotel with the Livingstone Creek in the foreground."OMEO"henry beater christian (1886-1962), landscape photography, christian-washfold collection, photograph albums, bushwalking, northeast victoria, victorian high country, omeo -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Document (item) - Programme, The Municipalities of Kew, Camberwell, Hawthorn, Dinner, Menzies Hotel, 1939
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.civic invitations -- kew (vic), the right hon r g menzies -- mp for kew -- prime minister, menzies hotel -- melbourne (vic.) -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Audrey N. Steele, Family History of John & Annie Pope, 1992
This is the second Book about my Pioneering ancestors. The First was about "Pioneering Freelands Henry & Ann.Lime Green card cover with black border black text, drawing of mine poppet head with b/w photo of the old Bull & Mouth hotel Murtoa. Family History of John & Annie Pope (Underlined) Settlers at Daylesford, Stawell & Murtoa, Victoria Inside: To The Stawell Historical Society with thanks & the compliments of the writer Audrey N Steelestawell -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Book, The Historical Committee Of Portland, The Portland Bay Settlement, 1934
Aboriginal resistance to settlement, Native Police Force, G.A. Robinsons proposal to re-settle Flinders Island people and extracts fom his 1841 expedition report. Contents I. The early navigators and explorers II. Sealers and whalers and tales of the sea III. The Hentys and Victoria's first permanent settlement IV. Early incidents and personalities V. Under government control Vi. Social life and activities VII. The story of the press VIII. Business, professions and industry IX. Hotels and roads X. Sport XI. Environs of Portland XII. Miscellaneous historical items.8vo; pp. x, 285; frontispiece, numerous b/w illustrations, plans and maps two of which are folding, index, appendices including "List of Purchasers at original land sale", "First Election List", "Subscription lists for both First Church of England and First Presbyterian Church", original blue cloth, title in gilt on spinenon-fictionAboriginal resistance to settlement, Native Police Force, G.A. Robinsons proposal to re-settle Flinders Island people and extracts fom his 1841 expedition report. Contents I. The early navigators and explorers II. Sealers and whalers and tales of the sea III. The Hentys and Victoria's first permanent settlement IV. Early incidents and personalities V. Under government control Vi. Social life and activities VII. The story of the press VIII. Business, professions and industry IX. Hotels and roads X. Sport XI. Environs of Portland XII. Miscellaneous historical items.robinson, george augustus, 1791-1866., government policy - initial period and protectionism - 1788-1850., government policy - state and territory - victoria., law enforcement - police - native police., race relations - violent - massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - to 1900., sport., pioneers -- victoria -- portland., portland (w vic sj54-11), portland (vic.) -- history., book -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph - Photograph of the Bool sisters in fancy dress, 1904
Williams Family Collection. Original photograph mounted on card backing. George Foers (named on reverse) was Tarnagulla's policeman from 1900-1910.Monochrome photograph depicting four sisters from the Bool family of Tarnagulla, dressed up for the 1904 'Poster Fair', wearing labels relating to local stores and household products. In May 1904, a ‘poster fair’ was enjoyed by attendees at the the Victoria Hotel and Theatre, Tarnagulla. It included a range of stalls where ‘about 30 young ladies, who had charge of the various stalls, wore costumes with advertisements of local and metropolitan business firms’ to raise funds for the new Church of England parsonage. From the left, Ruth Bool is representing the Exchange Store, Florrie Bool is supporting the Criterion Store, Vera Bool prefers Hudson's Soap, and Alice Bool is advocating Velveteen Soap.'Handwritten on reverse: "G. Foers. All the Bool Girls".tarnagulla, bool, thomson & comrie's exchange store, businesses, celebrations, entertainment -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph: Maidentown Hotel, Llanelly, 1920
Donald Clark Collection. A monochrome photograph of the Maidentown Hotel formerly in Llanelly, Victoria. Image taken 1920. Copy photograph. llanelly, hotels -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph, Victoria Hotel & Theatre (Public Hall) and Commercial Road, Tarnagulla, early 1990s
Donald Clark Collection. A colour photograph depicting the Victoria Hotel & Theatre (Public Hall) and section of Commercial Road, Tarnagulla Original photograph.