Published quarterly since 1977, the newsletters of the Kew Historical Society contain significant research by members exploring relevant aspects of the Victorian and Australian Framework of Historical Themes. Frequently, articles on people, places and artefacts are the only source of information about an aspect of Kew, and Melbourne’s history.non-fictionThe Inaugural McIntyre Lecture / p1. East Kew School [East Kew Primary School] / Graeme Lindsay p2. Kew Festival at the Court House] / p2. President's address / David Benwell p3. [Blank] / p4-5. Members of Committee 2011-2012 / p6. Book Sales / p6. Vale [David Pitt 1916-2011, Sheila Pitt 1912-2011, Kenneth Silcock 1910-2011] / p6. One small shop [179 High Street, aka 61 Bulleen Road] / Judith Vimpani p7. 2012 Calendar / p8. kew historical society (vic.) -- periodicals., kew historical society (vic.) -- newsletters, kew historical society (vic.) -- journals

Various PartiesReference, Research, InformationArranged by Secondary Values (value of records to users)Sheila Pitt (1912-2011) was a resident in Kew who has afforded the Kew Historical Society recollections of the period of World War 2 as a housewife. This also includes memories on living in Kew during the 20th century, both personal and wider ranging. The file includes: An obituary, copies of her recollections, and a newspaper with her memorial in ‘The Age’.sheila pitt – kew (vic.), pitt -- kew (vic.)sheila pitt – kew (vic.), pitt -- kew (vic.)

rona treffene, sheila treffene, doug noyce, mr. brow, ikey jamieson, aurora staff

mr. hillier, sheila treffene, dossie baines, mr. halstead, dorrie davoren, joyce millhouse, truck driver, aurora staff

muriel tyers, mckenzie, doreen cox, dorrie davoren, sheila treffene

joyce hodgson, joyce millhouse, simpson, daphne taylor, dorothy summerfield, sheila treffene, mavis taylor, dorrie davoren, doreen cox, rona treffene

william comb, charlie mcswain, aurora packing pty ltd - merbein branch employees, sheila camin, mary dorman, john dorman, joyce camin, tug-of-war team, duke of gloucester's visit, harry symons, dalmura, doris roberts, merbein state school student

joan rogers, william blandowski, christmas party 2007, settlers picnic, robert alexander pearce, sheila nee camin welden, cannan's shop, street names, soldiers, kenny park pillars, grave matters

Keith Sharp was a descendant of the Hurst family, and lived in Hurstbridge, being active in the Hurstbridge Country Fire Authority. His family's farm gave its name to Sharps road, Hurstbridge. Contents Gwen Sharp, no date: Photocopy of collection of material on Sharp family of Hurstbridge and naming of Sharps Road containing: Photograph Fergusen's paddock, Hurstbridge, 1987. Notes on renaming of Sharp's Flat to Sharps Road. Notes on the Hurst family and how Keith Sharp is descended from Ellen Hurst, with details of each generation. Photographs of Sharp family and of Hurstbridge. Photograph of Allwood House, 1899, including W G Gray, Carrie Sharp and Robert Sharp. Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etcgwen sharp, sharp's flat hurstbridge, sharps road hurstbridge, arthurs creek, hurstbridge, hurst private memorial grave site, robert hurst, frances hurst, hurst's bridge, ellen hurst, keith sharp, sheila ferguson, henry facey hurst, charles botterell hawkins, fanny hawkins nee hurst, caroline frances maria sharp nee hawkins, robert nehemiah sharp, "the oaks" kinglake, william sharp, edgar sharp, harry sharp, stan sharp, daisy sharp, "homeleigh" hurstbridge, roy sharp, jean sharp, lilian sharp, allwood house hurstbridge, ferguson's paddock hurstbridge, arthur's creek road, carrie sharp, sharps house hurstbridge, dorset house hurstbridge, ryans butcher hurstbdirge, hortons bakery hurstbridge, bootmaker hurstbridge, d g graham blacksmith hurstbridge, noella macperson nee sharp, richard sharp, robert sharp, muriel sharp, edna sharp, lyn sharp, muriel sharp nee limmer, muriel willson, henry willson, country fire authority hurstbridge