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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Forest Hill, Boyle, Dudley
Information on early settlement of Forest Hill and names of pioneers dating back to 1864.Information on early settlement of Forest Hill and names of pioneers dating back to 1864.Information on early settlement of Forest Hill and names of pioneers dating back to 1864.bolster family, bayle family, mcclare family, oru? family, read family, cawise? family, peacock family, jayau? family, mcarthur family, gregory family, forest hill holiday house, forest hill residents kindergarten -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Pioneer's House, S.W. Corner of Canterbury and Heatherdale Roads, 1987-88
Pioneer's House on Subdivision - Homestead Rise: S.W. Corner of Canterbury and Heatherdale Roads.pioneer's house, homestead rise subdivision, canterbury road mitcham, heatherdale road mitcham -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Legal record - The Indenture, Crown Portion 86, otherwise known as 'The Morgan Deed', 1852 (and later)
This indenture once formed part of the City of Kew's Municipal Collection. Cr. W.D. Vaughan in his history 'Kew's Civic Century' (1960) records on page 194 that: "The original deed of conveyance of the land being all of Crown Portion 86, Kew, purchased by John Quick, James Venn Morgan, Samuel Derrick and William Derrick was presented by the Historical Society of Victoria on behalf of Mrs Fryer, a daughter of the later J.V. Morgan, to the [Kew] Council on August 5, 1941. Crown Portion 86, comprised all the land between Cotham Road and High Street to an alignment opposite the east boundary of Glenferrie Road. On it the first residential house was built by Mr. J.V. Morgan in 1852." Following the donation, the Indenture was surrounded by other original related text and explanatory notes and framed. The resulting framed documents are the largest framed objects in the collection.The Indenture and the accompanying contextual documents are some of the most historically significant manuscripts to have survived since the settlement of Kew in the 1850s. They provide a link to Kew's most famous pioneering families.Framed 1952 Indenture recording the sale of land in Kew to pioneering Kew families.james venn morgan, john quick, william derrick, samuel derrick, kew (vic) - history, kew (vic) - pioneers, samuel watts, kew (vic.) — municipal collection -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - Realia, 1930's
Wooden Sign - Pioneers Mr T & Mrs C Rea & M.A. Barnettstawell -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - L Kuglemann's Pioneer Store, c1910
Sepia photograph of Kuglemann's Pioneer Store with two people (children?) standing outside.canterbury, canterbury road, kuglemann> l., grocers, general stores -
Bendigo Military Museum
Container - HOLDER, MATCH BOX, c.1917
Herbert Edgar Hewston No 40 AIF. Refer Cat No 2759.2 for his service history. Part of the HEWSTON collection WW1 & WW2.Match Box Holder, aluminium, three sided, inscribed on two sides.“Third Pioneers 40 H Hewston” “Messines 7.6.17”containers - domestic, military history - army, metalcraft - aluminium, match box -
National Wool Museum
Pennant
SWAN HILL PIONEER SETTLEMENT VICTORIA Paddle Steamer GEM SWAN HILL PIONEER SETTLEMENT VICTORIA COBB & CO COACH D688 LOCOMOTIVEswan hill pioneer settlement, victoria -
Bendigo Military Museum
Administrative record - CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE WW1, 31/1/1919
James Joseph Kirkham No 685 enlisted in the AIF with F Coy 8th Batt on 21.8.1914 age 25 years. Embarked for Egypt 19.10.1914, embark for Gallipoli 5.4.1915, hospital 19.5.1915 with Influenza then Rhuematism, return to Gallipoli 6.8.1915. Embark for France 26.3.1916, hospital 25.4.1917 with Appendicitis, return to unit 10.12.1917, attached to 1st Pioneer Batt 9.3.1918, return to Australia, leave for 1914 personnel 8.10.1918, discharged from the AIF 31.9.19. Refer 1283, 1986P.Certificate of discharge, Register No 1135 for Pte James Joseph Kirkham no 685, 1st Pioneers, 31/1/1919. Details name, rank, regt no, enlistment date, service at home and abroad, reason for discharge and discharge date. Certificate has been laminated.documents - certificates, military history-service records, kirkham -
Wangaratta Historical Society
Framed Photo of William Clarke, William Clarke
The photo shows "William Clarke" who owned and operated the first commercial Punt across the Ovens River during the goldrush daysthe photograph shows "William Clarke" who was one of the first pioneers of the township of Wangaratta as it is now known. He also built one of the first hotels in Wangaratta.Brown wooden framed photograph, greyish background with silver surround around photo of William Clarke, one of Wangaratta's foundation pioneers. The wood is from the first punt. He was the owner of the first punt to cross the Ovens river, which he had built for 500 pounds. It was sunk in 1855 after the first bridge across the Ovens river was built.William Clarke1 1839 Wangaratta William Clarke 11 William Clarke 111(my father) Nell Clarke 1884-1965 William Clarke 1 Pioneer of Wangaratta Vic. 1839 This frame is made of oak from the punt he operated over the Ovens River during the goldrush days to Beechworthclarke family, punt, sydney hotel -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Magazine - 20 Light Horse magazine 1945
The 20th Light Horse (Victorian Mounted Rifles) was raised in 1920 as part of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Citizen Military Forces, with Headquarters at Seymour and depots along the Goulburn Valley from Mansfield to Tocumwal in southern NSW. In December 1941, 20th Light Horse (Victorian Mounted Rifles) converted from horse to mechanised, initially as 20th Motor Regiment. In 1943 the Regiment was deployed to Merauke, Dutch New Guinea. Upon its return in April 1945, the Regiment was redesignated 20th Pioneer Battalion. It was disbanded following the end of the war. 20th Light Horse was the only light horse regiment to serve overseas in WWII.Rare copy of Regimental magazine published on return from overseas service WW11Regimental magazine of the 20th Pioneer Battalion AIF prepared and published following the Unit's return from Dutch New Guinea, and change of title from 20th Motor Regiment in 1945.. Sixty- Six pages, stapled at edge.In ink along bound edge page 3 " V.G. Groutsch "20 light horse, motor regiment, pioneer battalion, merauke, magazine, v.g. groutsch -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, 1910
This photograph dating to 1910 depicts an open cut sluicing site located in El Dorado captured looking east up the open cut from the number 3 Barge site. Sluicing was undertaken in the area from 1900 to 1942 with some short breaks between these periods. The image depicts a location mined by Cocks Pioneer Gold and Tin Sluicing Company (as recorded on the annotation on the card mount). It portrays open cut rocks with a crevice in the center of the image where the sluicing was being undertaken. There is a small timber structure on the right of the image which could be an entrance to a mine or supports made of wood to prevent a cave in at the open cut site and above the cut rock there is bush. The timber structure has rail tracks on top of the bridge which could suggest the identification of this structure as a mine entrance. The rail tracks were used for little carts which hauled soil from the mine. The Cocks Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines N.L was one of El Dorado's two largest open cut sluicing mines of the 20th Century. The other was named the Cocks El Dorado Gold Dredging Company. The Cocks Pioneer Mines operated from 1901 until 1941 and found a total of 117,378 ounces of Gold and 1,673 tones of tin concentrates over these years. The Cocks company was formed in 1898 and operated until 1941. Open cut sluicing involved the use of high-powered hoses which used the centrifugal sand pump system (known as hydraulic sluicing) which broke down the soil which was then processed for gold and other precious metals. From 1914 , four years after this image was captured, the company reformed to Cocks Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines NL (previously it was known as Cocks Pioneer Sluicing Co) and undertook large scale sluicing operations until 1929 and then 1934-1941. El Dorado is located on Reedy Creek and is surrounded by forested country to the north and east. It is 20 km east of Wangaratta in Victoria's regional north-east. John Cock was the son of a Cornish minor who arrived in El Dorado in 1858. Cock founded his gold and tin mining company which ran successfully for many years in the El Dorado region. It was an open cut sluicing company because of the abandonment of underground mining after this was deemed too dangerous. In 1935 Cock's El Dorado Company commissioned the floating dredge which is still visible in El Dorado today. The dredge was built by the Thompson engineering works, Castlemaine, and weighed over 2,000 tones and today has a place on the Victorian Registers of historic buildings. Interestingly, the name El Dorado does not derive from the gold in the region, but from the Barambogie pastoral run completed by William Baker in 1840-1841. Gold was discovered in El Dorado 1854 but the gold was too deep for individual prospectors to find, it required the use of heavy machinery.The search for gold is ingrained into the history of Victoria and therefore, images like this one which portray an open cut sluicing site can reveal important information for society and technology for the date when the photograph was taken. This image is of important historical significance for its ability to convey information about sluicing and the methods used to find gold in 1910. It also shows a location where sluicing was undertook which provides insight into the impact of sluicing on the environment at a time when it was done. This image is important for current research into the history of El Dorado, a small regional location near Wangaratta in Victoria's North East. Therefore, this image has the capacity to be beneficial for research into society and the motivations of those living and working in this region during this period and therefore, has social significance. The Beechworth Burke Museum has additional images relating to gold sluicing and El Dorado which can be analysed and studied alongside images like this one.Sepia coloured rectangular photograph printed on gloss photographic paper mounted on board.Obverse: COCKS PIONEER Q + T SL CO, N.L. / 1910 / LOOKING EAST UP OPEN CUT / FROM NO3 BARGE SITE / Reverse: 1997 . 2611 / A02611el dorado, north east gold, sluicing, gold sluicing, hydraulic sluicing, 1910, gold and tin mine, open cut mining, mining, gold mining, north-east victoria, beechworth, burke museum -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, Colin Kitchen, "John Kitchen, Chemical Industry Pioneer and the development of the family firm", Nov 1986
"John Kitchen, Chemical Industry Pioneer and the development of the family firm" An overview of the life of John Kitchen, chemical industry pioneer, and the development of the family firm of soap and candle manfacturers, written by Colin Kitchen (an additional typed copy also)industry - manufacturing, families, business and traders - soaps/candles, john kitchen, colin kitchen, tony kitchen, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, apollo candle co, lever & kitchen pty ltd -
Upper Yarra Museum
Negative Photographic Reproduction, Workers winching a log at Pioneer Creek
Workers winching a log at Pioneer Creek Black and White negative scanned at 600 dpiworkers winching log pioneer creek -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.
Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Former Steele's Pioneer Company Mine, Yandoit, 16/01.2016
A number of colour photographs of the remnants of works at Steele's Pioneer Gold Mine, Yandoit, Victoria.steele's, yandoit, steele's pioneer, mining -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Pioneers' Cottage, 9/06/1965 12:00:00 AM
'Miranda' pays an interesting visit to a Pioneers' Cottage;'Miranda' pays an interesting visit to a Pioneers' Cottage; article on Schwerkolt Cottage and it's furnishing.'Miranda' pays an interesting visit to a Pioneers' Cottage;schwerkolt cottage, pioneers cottage -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Cottages are a tribute, 21/09/1979
Article by Peter Wilmoth, 'Cottages are a tribute to our pioneers' on Schramm's Cottage and Schwerkolt Cottage.schwerkolt cottage, schramm's cottage -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Family's big day, 1978
Three generations of a pioneer Nunawading family gathered together on the eve of a grand-daughter's wedding.Three generations of a pioneer Nunawading family gathered together on the eve of a grand-daughter's wedding.Three generations of a pioneer Nunawading family gathered together on the eve of a grand-daughter's wedding.kendall, myrtle, kendall, frederick, orchardists, cairns, shirley, cairns, annette, reed, wayne -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Boyd, Gail, Council's Folk Museum, 1965
An article describing the collection of pioneer relics that have been collected to furnish Schwerkolt Cottagecity of nunawading, pioneer's house, schwerkolt cottage, antiques, field jean -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph, 1870 c
Nehemiah Guthridge peioneer of Gippsland shipping died at Emerald Hill Melbourne in June 1878Black and white photograph of Nehemiah Guthridge pioneer of Gippsland Shipping between Melbourne and Sale.tourism, transport -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Photograph, Anderson, Mrs William
Early Settler, Belfast, Vic.Early photograph of early settlerBlack and white photograph of Wife of William Anderson, Belfast Pioneer owners of the Union Inn pioneer, settler, portrait, people, family, mrs william anderson, union inn, cox street, james street -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PIONEERS OF BENDIGO
BHS CollectionPhoto of Pioneers of Bendigo (copy or original). Men's photos are numbered with corresponding name on bottom of image. A large photograph was issued from the studio of Mr. H. Hanson, of McCrae street, to the order of Mr. R. Walker of Melbourne. The original Photograph is owned by Sandhurst Trustees Bendigo. It has six additional photographs attached. There are 472 photographs of pioneers of Bendigo. The earliest of these arrived in 1851 and most of them by 1860. The great majority, however, were pioneers from 1851 to 1856. Many hundreds of other pioneers during this period are not included in the picture.bendigo, history, pioneers of bendigo -
Clunes Museum
Photograph, CIRCA 1914/1918
H.N. THOMAS WAS A MEMBER OF THE 1ST BATTALIONPIONEERS. REGIMENTAL NO.1982BLACK & WHITE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF PRIVATE H.N. THOMAS.PTE H.N. THOMAS NO 1982 FIRST PIONEERS BATT. A.I.F.local history, photography, photographs, military -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Murray Views, View from the Pioneers Memorial in Stawell c1950 -- Postcard, C 1950
Sister of Donor Visited Stawell in th e1950'2 When she Purchased thes Murray Views Cards. The Cards were produced for sale to touristsSet of 8 Murry Views Postcards No 1 to No 8 C. 1950Murray Views No. 4 View from Pioneers Memorial Stawell -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Painting - Picture, A Period of Rest
There is some conjecture that this is a picture of Louis SchwerkoltWooden frame with gold inset. Black and white picture taken from a newspaper depicts old gentleman with white beard sitting in a wheelbarrow with a dog beside him. Bush backgroundA Period of Rest - The Sturdy pioneer pauses to enjoy his pipeillustrations, prints -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, James Dannock (jnr), c.1880
This work forms part of the collection assembled by the historian Dorothy Rogers, that was donated to the Kew Historical Society by her son John Rogers in 2015. The manuscripts, photographs, maps, and documents were sourced by her from both family and local collections or produced as references for her print publications. Many were directly used by Rogers in writing ‘Lovely Old Homes of Kew’ (1961) and 'A History of Kew' (1973), or the numerous articles on local history that she produced for suburban newspapers. Most of the photographs in the collection include detailed annotations in her hand. The Rogers Collection provides a comprehensive insight into the working habits of a historian in the 1960s and 1970s. Together it forms the largest privately-donated collection within the archives of the Kew Historical Society.Portrait of James Dannock Jnr."James Dannock Jnr. (Son of James pioneer). Born 1831."james dannock -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
Plaque, LEGA, Battalion Plaque
Timber plaque with 2/2nd Battalion insigniaBattalion insignia 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion A.I.F in scroll -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book - Family History, Grist For the Mill Author Jan Liddicut
SettlersBinding - Plastic, Paper line drwing on cover with NHILLGrist for the Mill: The Story of the Oivers - A pioneer miller famiy in Australiasettler -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Newspaper clipping 11/7/72 Canoe tree in Kiewa & Photo-Tawonga Homestead
1. Kiewa Valley Consolidated School was established in 1953 combining Dederang North, Kergunyah, Gundowring, Kiewa, Gundowring Upper, Red Bluff, Charleroi and Gundowing North schools on a 10 acre site with 11 rooms at Kiewa. The bark was cut from the canoe tree, by aboriginal craftsmen, to produce a canoe for fishing in the rivers running through the Kiewa Valley either before or just after the 1800's. The tree trunk, located at Kiewa, would have been used at the beginning of European settlement in the Kiewa Valley or just before contact was made. 2. Pictorial record of the graves of early pioneers C Ibbotson, Mrs Elizabeth Eyre and John Eyre who died between 1858 – 1904, all located at Tawonga Homestead 1. The above schools are in the Kiewa Valley. The date and number of combined schools give insight into the change in population and families in the Kiewa Valley before and after 1953. The tree was found along the Kiewa River and indicates that Aborigines lived by the river and used tree bark to craft canoes to cross rivers and to fish in the deeper sections of the river. 2. Pictorial record of the early history of Kiewa Valley pioneers whose descendants have lived and worked in the Kiewa Valley for many years 1. Newspaper article of local school children visiting a canoe tree in Kiewa July 11, 1972. mounted on buff card 2. Black and white photo of pioneer graves at old Tawonga Homestead. Mounted on buff card 1. Handwritten in black ink above newspaper clipping ‘Canoe Tree Kiewa Valley Consolidated School. 11 July, 1972’ Handwritten in pencil at bottom of article ’10 Nov. ‘72’ 2. Handwritten in black ink above photo ‘Tawonga Homestead graves’ Handwritten below photo ‘T Ibbotson D. 1858, Elizabeth Eyre D. 1879, John Eyre D 1879, John Eyre D. 1904 tawonga homestead, canoe tree at kiewa, tawonga graves -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph
One of a collection of over 400 photographs in an album commenced in 1960 and presented to the Phillip Island & Westernport Historical Society by the Shire of Phillip IslandPhotograph of Rhyll pioneers Mr & Mrs W Walton, seated on a wicker two seater settee.local history, photography, photographs, mr & mrs w walton, black & white photograph, walton family, rhyll, phillip island, pioneers, john jenner, bryant west -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Badge
Cap badge brass, Royal Dutch Army Pioneer Battalion. Helmet, with crossed pick and shovel.badge/buttons, army