Kew Historical Society was awarded a grant by the Library for a Significance Assessment in 2017-18. Preliminary workshops were held in Canberra at the Library, where the awards ceremony took place.Kew Historical Society Archivist receiving a Community Heritage Grant award on behalf of the Society at a ceremony in Canberra to conduct a Significance Assessment. kew historical society - awards, significance assessment -- national library of australia, robert baker - archivist - kew historical society inc

A comprehensive history of the Schwerkolt family in Mitcham, based on extensive research and documents from family sources. Schwerkolt Cottage is a pioneer cottage built around 1880 at Mitcham, Victoria. This heritage site encompasses the original stone cottage, associated replicated outbuildings and a local history museum, surrounded by 2.25 hectares of gardens and bushland, and adjacent to Yarran Dheran bushland park. Lifetime member Doug Orford sold his house in Napoleon Street November 2023 and has moved into a care faciity. His daughter Cathy assisted him in identification of items for donation to the Society.johann august schwerkolt, pioneer, schwerkolt cottage and museum

Contents: • Finding a Home by Russell Yeoman • Our Next Meeting – Wednesday 8th August 2018 • Open Day at our Local History Centre – Saturday 1st September 2018 • Eltham 1950s – Childhood Reminiscences – Part 5 by Ann Constable • Land for Sale at Little Eltham by Russell Yeoman • The County of Evelyn by Russell Yeoman • An ‘enlightening’ tale by Jim Connor • The Andrew Ross Museum by Mick Woiwod • Kangaroo Ground – Centre of the Shire by Mick Woiwod • On the Thirsty Road to the Diggings by Mick Woiwod • Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society The Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.A4 newsletter distributed to membersnewsletter, eltham district historical society

Contents: • Eltham District - Early History • Annual General Meeting - Laughing Waters Road: Art, Landscape and Memory in Eltham with Jane Woollard • Heritage Excursion - Eltham War Memorials Walk - Saturday 7th May • An Interesting Little Historical Exercise by Michael Aitken • Eltham’s Inclined Railway by Richard Pinn • 50th Anniversary Commemorations by Jim Connor • Kenneth Francis Pitts by Wendy Pitts-Butler • Notice of Annual General Meeting • The Evelyn Observer • Kangaroo Ground War Memorial Tower • ... and also • Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society The Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.A4 photocopied newsletter distributed to membersnewsletter, eltham district historical society, shire of eltham historical society

Contents: • Well …. Things have been somewhat different …. Again! by Jim Connor • A Christmas Tale by Richard Pinn • First Open Air Gallery in Australia (part 2) by Liz Pidgeon • The Mercury by Jim Connor • The Wilsons and the Kinloch Barn (part 2) by Michael Wilson with Liz Pidgeon • Eltham Insights (part 2) by Pam Robinson • Annual General Meeting – 24th November 2021 • Brougham Street Bridge by Peter Pidgeon • Eltham Cemetery Stories by Richard Pinn o Robert David Taylor • Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society The Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.A4 newsletter distributed to members (Digital and A4 photocopy)newsletter, eltham district historical society, covid-19, coronavirus pandemic

Contents: • The Pen by Jim Connor • Former Hat Factory – Eltham by Jim Connor • Heritage Excursion –Saturday 4th September • The Wilsons and the Kinloch Barn by Michael Wilson with Liz Pidgeon • The Peters of Peter Street by Jim Connor • Annual General Meeting - 2.00pm, Saturday 14th August 2021 (Rescheduled) • Thoughts on Mud Brick by Alistair Knox • Farewell to the Eltham Community Craft and Produce Market by Jim Connor • Eltham Cemetery Stories by Richard Pinn o Benjamin Oliver Wallis o Christopher Watson • Contacts for the Eltham District Historical SocietyThe Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.A4 newsletter distributed to members (Digital and A4 photocopy)newsletter, eltham district historical society, covid-19, coronavirus pandemic

Document. KELLY & ALLSOP COLLECTION. 18 slips of paper, each of approx. bookmark size. Each has identical stamps on them. At the top is the ink stamp of the 'Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch'. At the bottom is the embossed stamp of the 'South Nell Gwynne Gold Mining Company, No Liability'. In the middle is the embossed stamp of the 'East Clarence Gold Mining Company, No Liability'.Bendigo Historical Society?business, stockbroker, kelly & allsop, kelly & allsop collection, embossed mining stamps, east clarence gold mining co., south nell gwynne mining co.

a. CD 'Coo-ee Songs of the Anzac's,'Centenary Commemoration Bendigo Remembers, Lest We Forget' Produced by the Bendigo Historical Society Inc, with funding from The Anzac Centenary Community Grants Program, the Victorian Government and the Victorian Veterans Council. Document b. Document listing songs, artists and timing associated with CD.The Bendigo Historical Society Inc.,military, world war 1, anzac cd and script

44p., text and chartsnon-fictionfamily history, genealogy

Unpaged typescriptnon-fictionnillimbuk, diamond valley, eltham, historic dates

Account of the digital transcription of the 30,000 signature Victorian Women's Suffrage Petition 1891, tabled in Parliament in September 1891 it sought that "Women should vote on equal terms with Men."1 p. photocopy of article published in Ancestor, Vol.28, No. 1, March 2006women's suffrage petition, women's petition 1891, women's suffrage, monster petition

Index, ill, maps, p.63.non-fictionA list of Australian tourist railways and museums in 1993railway and tramway preservation - australia, tourist railways and museums - australia

Index, ill, maps, p.96.non-fictionA list of Australian tourist railways and museums in 1994railway and tramway preservation - australia, tourist railways and museums - australia

Ill, p.18.non-fictionA history of trams to Papanui - a pictorial and descriptive representation.tramways - new zealand, urban transport - new zealand, tramways - christchurch

Ill, maps, p.36.non-fictionA history of trams in Christchurch - a pictorial and descriptive representation.tramways - new zealand, urban transport - new zealand, tramways - christchurch

Ill, maps, p.36.non-fictionA history of trams in Christchurch - a pictorial and descriptive representation.tramways - new zealand, urban transport - new zealand, tramways - christchurch

index, ill, maps, p.113.non-fictionA history of the Mount Somers Tramway in the mid-Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand.railroad construction - new zealand, railroad operations - new zealand

Copy of the Warrant granting the Tramways Benefit Society a Coat of Arms by the College of Arms in 1975. Gives dates of formation and the legislative background of the Society. The Society purchased the Vimy Hospital in 1949. See Reference for further details.Tells part of the story of the Tramways Benefit SocietyDocument - Tramways Benefit Society - Coat of Arms 1975 - printed on light card.tramways, tfs, friendly society, transport health, badges, benefit society, medical, coat of arms

Contents: • The Carrucan Dairy by Russell Yeoman • Our Annual General Meeting • May Excursion – John Street Mud Brick Precinct • Empire Day by Ann Constable • . . . . More Than A Family Reunion by Irene Kearsey • Eltham Scouts • Eltham District Welfare Committee – a history by Jenny Ellis • My People: Alan Marshall talks about . . . Eltham in the early days • Alan Marshall • Eltham Cemetery Stories by Richard Pinn o William McMahon Ball o George Bird • Annual general Meeting • Vale – Dr Malcolm Harrop OAM • Contacts for the Eltham District Historical Society The Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.A4 newsletter distributed to membersnewsletter, eltham district historical society