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Ballarat Heritage Services
Image - Black and White, Ballarat Miners' Turf Club Showing Stands and Office Bearers, 1922, 1922
A large group of people are photographed in front of the Ballarat Town Hall.ballarat, turf club -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Machine - Dictaphone, The Dictaphone Corporation, 1900-1920
Office Equipment imported from United StatesThe dictaphone, intact with its cylinders, has historic local importance as an item used in the old Kew Town Hall and also as a work of technological innovation from the first part of the 20th century.Metal Dictaphone used in the Kew Town Hall in Walpole Street.Metal Label (top): "THE DICTAPHONE / REG US PATENT OFF / TRANSCRIBING MACHINE / DICTAPHONE CORPORATION / NEW YORK / MODEL B10 TYPE X / SOLE MANUFACTURERS MADE IN U.S.A"dictaphone, kew town hall (walpole street) -
Melton City Libraries
Map, Melton Water Supply, Unknown
The development that had arguably the greatest impact in encouraging population growth in the shire during this period, was the establishment of a reliable water supply for the district. This had been a major concern of the local community for over 100 years, since the Melton township was first founded. Despite various schemes over the years to create a reliable water supply, the district was still dependent on bores, wells and tanks when the Melton Waterworks Trust was established in 1961 to address Melton’s water woes. With the opening of the Djerriwarrh Dam in December 1963, the shire’s residents finally had access to a reticulated water supply.Map shows the boundary of the area where the water will be serviced in the towncouncil -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - Verandah, Shipping Office, Town Pier, Sandridge, 8 Jan 1862
Plan of verandah to shipping office, Town Pier, Sandridge, 1862.Fred. W. Bull (Municipal Surveyor)piers and wharves - town pier, frederick william bull -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Stereograph, 16,002: Cut Flowers in the Grand Market Place, Brussels, Belgium
One of two sets of stereographs donated by the O'Beirne family along with a stereoscope for viewing (Stereoscope is Registration no. 2014-51).Stereographic image showing people and flower stalls in a town square."16,002. CUT FLOWERS IN THE GRAND MARKET PLACE, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM. Fragrant Blooms / from the Country to Gladden the Weary Townsfolk".stereographs, flower markets -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, John Noble Wilson, 2017, 2017
Colour photograph of a painting on public display at the Ballarat Town Hall. john noble wilson, mayor, city of ballarat -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - NEWSTEAD ALLOTMENTS, 10/06/1886
Map: Town ans Suburban Lots, Newstead, Parish of Strangwaysmap, allotments, newstead , allotments, parish of strangways -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - NATIONAL TRUST ENTRY
DVD. National Trust Entry Historic Towns, Bendigo Streetscapes. -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Document - Brochure, c.1960s
Sole Agent - Rogan Real Estate.Coloured brochure of The Town Estate subdivision, Cowes. Circa 1968cowes subdivisions, phillip island, rogan real estate cowes phillip island, kate murphy, c. 1960s -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
BALL HELD FOR GOLD CENTENARY IN CLUNES ATTENDET BY JOAN EASEY, MISS VICTORIA WHO STAYED WITH COUNCILLOR A. C. McLENNAN AND FAMILY.ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF GOLD CENTENARY BALL AT THE CLUNES TOWN HALL.FRONT ROW L. TO R. MRS. C. HUNT, MRS. KELLER, MRS A. McLENNAN, MISS VICTORIA & PARTNER, MR. PEAKE, MRS. RUSS WHITE, M.L.A. MRS. C.FENTON, MRS.DOWNES, MR. DOWNES, [STATE BANK] MRS. EBERHARD, MR. EBERHARD.local history, photography, photographs, events and celebrations, gold centenary ball 1950 -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Housing, 1999 c
House has been modified. Metal framed windows replaced sash, dormer window added to landing at top of internal stairs. Yallourn houses were offered at very low cost when coal deposits under the town were to be accessed in the 1970s.Owner/residents Alister and Wendy Balfour. (Both deceased in 2014c.)Colour photograph of a dwelling at 29 Marlin Drive. A two storey timber home with dormer window through gable roof of simulated tiling. Six steps leading up to front door. A well maintained home relocated from the coal town of Yallourn. Lake Tyers Victoriahouses, heritage study -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.
Photograph - Colour, Lisa Gervasoni, Ballarat Civic Hall, 2006, 14/06/2006
The Ballarat Civic Hall was built in the 1950s. The photographs were taken from the tower of the Ballarat Town Hall in 2006.Three photographs taken from the Ballarat Town Hall tower featuring Ballarat Civic Hall, a cream brick building built in the 1950s. .1) The cream brick Ballarat Civic Hall dominates this photograph, with Creswick road visible on the left. .2) The cream brick Ballarat Civic Hall is to the right of this photograph, with Creswick road visible on the left. The Bunge silos are in the centre. .3) Armstrong Street North, with Ballarat Civic Hall in the centre ballarat civic hall, civic hall, ballarat, creswick road, armstrong street north -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Banner - Banner - Civic Mementoes, 1984
Souvenir of Portland's 150th. White taffeta. Town Crest (blue/red/yellow) Red lettering - Town of Portland First Permanent Settlement of Victoria Blue Fringe. Gold cord hanger.Front: n/a -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Letter - Letter of correspondence from L. Fell, Town Clerk, to K.S. Anderson 1967, 18/10/1967
Typed letter from L. Fell, Town Clerk, to K.S. Anderson, thanking him for assistance on a submission re centralisation. Green/grey foolscap size, Town of Portland letterhead paper.k s anderson, town of portland -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Document - Invitation - Presentation dinner for Town Clerk, Mr. Noel Henry 1959, May-59
Invitation folded, from Mayor and Councillors, Town of Portland to presentation dinner for Town Clerk, Mr. Noel Henry, Saturday 30th May, 1959. cream embossed card, gold print.Front: Inside: Left hand page: 'Mr. H.L. and Miss Betty Vivian, 22 Otway St. Portland' - handwritten, blue biro Right hand page: '15 Otway St. PORTLAND' - handwritten, blue biro -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Walks Around Historic Towns, No 1 A Walk Around Tarnagulla, circa 1990s
Donald Clark Collection.A photocopied foldable A4 brochure created to guide a walking tour. Title: Walks Around Historic Towns, No. 1, A Walk Around Tarnagulla. Features 13 places of interest around the town.tourism, local history, walking tours -
Ithacan Historical Society
Photograph, Vathi Harbour, Ithaca Greece, c1970s
Vathi is the main town of Ithaca where the municipal offices, local high school, medical centre and other services are located. It is one of the most natural ports in Greece. Ferries from the mainland used to dock at Vathi however, now arrive at the port of Piso Aetos. In middle of the harbour is the tiny islet of Lazaretos where the church of Ag Sotiros (the Saviour) stands. During the period of English rule, Lazaretos functioned as a quarantine station. The buildings erected by the British later served as a prison. However these were destroyed during the earthquakes of 1953 and later demolished. Lazaratos is now popular with young couples who chose to marry in the church. A coloured photograph overlooking the harbour of Vathi, the main town and port on Ithaca. Houses are built around the water's edge and along the lower slopes of the mountains. A small islet, known as Lazaretos, is visible in the middle of the harbour. harbours, vathi -
Glen Eira City Council History and Heritage Collection
Photograph
One of 5 B/W photographs showing areas within Caulfield Town Hall. Production date unknown sometime after 1931 and before 1976. Original source unknown. Copyright for this image is unknown, although likely commissioned by Council. It has been digitised and published here for educational and research purposes. If you believe that you have copyright to this image and would like it removed from the site please contact us through the 'Leave a Comment' tab below.B/W photograph of Councillor's room off council chamber at Caulfield Town Hall. Image of two wooden tables set up in a T-shape configuration with chairs and a side board in the background. Two images hang on the wall in the background.Small Sticker, gold, adhered to r.h.s.verso corner 'The Speciality Press'. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Plan, Survey Plan, Park Hill Road, Kew, 1880-1890
The streets identified on the survey plan - Cotham Road, Park Hill Road East, Park Hill Road West in Kew were each gazetted by the Victorian Government in 1865. The hand-coloured survey plan was completed by Holland Loxton, Town Clerk and Surveyor of the Borough of Kew from 1866. The unnamed survey plan includes names of land owners in addition to measurements (2 chains to 1 inch) and streets. Named owners include Webster, Payne and Francom which will enable us to narrow down the creation date of the survey.Handdrawn survey plan by a former surveyor and town clerk of KewHand drawn and coloured survey plan created by Holland Loxton, Surveyor and Town Clerk of Kew, showing land owned by Payne in Park Hill Road, Kew. The plan includes street names, land measurements and land owners.surveys - kew, maps - kew, holland loxton, park hill road - kew, holland loxton -- surveyor, survey plans -- parkhill road -- kew (vic.) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Document (item) - Invitation, City of Kew, Reception in Honour of the Prime Minister of Australia, 1955
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.IN HONOUR OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA / (THE RT. HON. R G MENZIES, CH, QC, MP) / AND DAME PATTIE MENZIES GBE / THE MAYOR OF KEW / (COUNCILLOR MARIE DALLEY OBE, JP) / REQUESTS THE PLEASURE OF THE COMPANY OF / ___________ / AT A RECEPTION AT THE RECREATION HALL, MONDAY 18TH JULY, 1955, AT 8.30 P.M. / TENDERED TO THE PRIME MINISTER IN RECOGNITION OF HIS RECORD TERM OF OFFICE. / RSVP TOWN CLERK, 4TH JULY / DINNER DRESScivic invitations -- kew (vic), commemoration of the sitting of the first parliament, civic ephemera -- city of kew, recreation hall - kew (vic), rt hon r g menzies, cr marie dalley -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Pioneers’ Memorial on Big Hill -- Opening & Unveiling Ceremony
Unveiling stone tablet on completion of Pioneers’ Memorial 1938. Black & white photo showing His Excellency, Sir Frederick Wollaston Mann, K.C.M.G., and Lieutenant Govenor of Victoria, unveiling of stone tablet on the completed Pioneers Memorial in c 1938. Mr. W.G. Sharpley the Town Clerk on the right, holding his hat. The Memorial is situated at the top of the Big Hill, which gives a spectacular 360-degree view of the area.Unveiling stone tablet on completion of Pioneers’ Memorial c 1938. The black & white photo showing His Excellency, Sir Frederick Wollaston Mann, K.C.M.G., and Lieutenant Govenor of Victoria, unveiling of stone tablet beside the Town Clerk Mr. W.G. Sharpley. Dedicated to the Pioneers of Stawell and District - by - His Excellency Sir Frederick Woolaston Mann, K.C.M.G. Leiut. Governor of Victoria Aug. 6th 1938.stawell -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - EAGLEHAWK HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTION: THE EAGLEHAWK BOROUGH LOAN PROSPECTUS
Two copies of a prospectus of the Eaglehawk Borough loan of 5,000 pounds. By order of the council, John Highmore (Mayor) William Cook (Town Clerk). Also Notice of motion no.788 dated 14/12/1897, Cr. Kneebone move that the town clerk advertise the intention of the Council to borrow the sum of 5,000 pounds for erecting a new town Hall. Also included Voting Paper. Four pages of handwritten notes with names and amounts for tenders working on the Town Halleaglehawk, history, prospectus -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - ROY J MITCHELL COLLECTION: SANDHURST TOWN, BENDIGO
Colour photograph. Image shows two children looking at a gold cradle at Sandhurst Town, Bendigo. Man, dressed as miner, operating cradle. Written on back '10 March '80. Sandhurst Town Bendigo, Goldrush Gully Mine. 'Strike it Rich' 10.3.1980. Sandhurst Town near Bendigo, Vic by Roy J. Mitchell.Roy J Mitchellbendigo, tourism, sandhurst town -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Notes, Apologies, function at Port Melbourne Town Hall, Apr 1969
Handwritten notes on foolscap bank paper, noting acceptances/apologies. From group of related letters and documents kept by Town Clerk Andy AANENSEN relating to a function held at Town Hall 19.4.1969.local government - city of port melbourne, andreas (andy) t aanensen, town clerks, celebrations fetes and exhibitions -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - NEWSPAPER COLLECTION: THE SUN - A ONE FAMILY TOWN
The Sun from Wednesday April 14, 1976. A two pages article titled: A one family town about the Sandhurst Town tourist village. Article by Roger Sanders with pictures by Bill Tindale.newspaper, sun news -pictorial, a one family town -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - HMAS Lonsdale & the Freedom of Port Melbourne, c. late 1980's
Mayor, Perce McGuire WHITE in front of the Town Hall, granting the Freedom of the City of Port Melbourne to HMAS Lonsdale. Standing to his left are Town Clerk, Fred JACKSON and Councilor Barry MITCHELL. perce mcguire white, cr barry mitchell, local government - city of port melbourne, celebrations - freedom of the city, fred jackson -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph, Lake Tyers Beach Tidy Towns committee Victoria, Sept. 1991
Doug Coole, Don Aldred, Joe Taylor, Adeline Whelan, Trevor Langstrom (judge) Cr. Frank Hunter, Cr. Barry Secombe, Alistaor Pearse, Des Marcon, Herbie Weinzierl. Also second photo with Trevor Langstrom, Herbie Weinzierl, Joe Taylor, Black and white photograph of Lake Tyers Beach Tidy Towns committee Sept.1991. Also second photo of three members of Lake Tyers Beach Tidy Towns committee Sept.1991 clubs, committees -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Document, Ist Airmail letter 1917, 1917
This letter, the first air mail letter sent to Warrnambool, was written by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Sir David Valentine Hennessy and carried by the aviator, Basil Watson on the first flight to Warrnambool January 24th 1917. The letter was delivered to the Mayor of Warrnambool, Cr Webb.There were several other letters delivered at the same time but this is the important official one. Basil Watson was a pioneer aviator who built his own aeroplane which was 18 feet long with a wing span of 26 feet and it had a 7 cylinder 50 H.P. Rotary Gnome engine. Watson flew from Point Cook to Warrnambool in one hour 55 minutes, an Australian cross-country flying record at the time. In Warrnambool Watson amazed the crowd with his dare-devil aerial acrobatics, looping the loop 14 times over the Warrnambool Racecourse. Basil Watson died when he crashed his plane into the sea near Point Cook, just two months after he landed in Warrnambool. This letter is of the utmost significance being the first air mail letter delivered to Warrnambool. It is an important memento of the first aeroplane flight into Warrnambool by the pioneer aviator Basil Watson. This is a cream-coloured sheet of paper folded in two to make four pages. It has handwriting in black ink on two pages. The writing is a little faded. The first page has the logo of the Melbourne Town Hall. The pages are partly torn at the folds. ‘Town Hall, Melbourne, 21/1/17. Lord Mayor’s Room, Dear Mr Mayor, I have much pleasure in sending you greetings by aeroplane piloted by my friend’s son, Mr Basil Watson. I hope when the cruel war is over and victory crowns our efforts, we all in the C’wealth will be able to fly from one state to the other. With best wishes for the New Year, …….. (signature indecipherable), D.V. Hennessy. His Worship the Mayor of Warrnambool.’pioneer aviation in the western district, basil watson, history of warrnambool -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - The Ruschmeyers - Publicans of the Town and Country Hotel, Diamond Hill Bendigo
John Christopher Ruschmeyer arrived in Melbourne aged 26 aboard the 'Essex' from Hanover, Germany via London in 1864. Shortly after his arrival in Australia he travelled to the Bendigo diggings. He became one of many thousands of German diggers on the Central Victorian Goldfields. He married Elizabeth Little Shepherd (Morrison) in 1874, a widow who had travelled down from Brisbane after the death of her first husband (John Shepherd). He became a naturalized citizen in 1893. Shortly after his marriage and having mined Golden Gully for some years he turned to hotel keeping and was the licensee of the Town and Country Hotel in Woodward Road, Golden Gully up until his death in 1911. The family of 4 daughters and 3 sons survived him. The family of Ernest, Maude, Christopher, Ethel and Edith (twins), Charles and Dolly Ruschmeyer all lived in the Bendigo area. His sons continued working in the mining tradition. He is buried with his wife in the Bendigo Cemetery. After his death Elizabeth moved to Thistle St until her death in 1922. Christopher Ruschmeyer and his family lived in a small house (now part of a poultry farm) in Woodwood road opposite the TOWN AND COUNTRY HOTEL. A brother Ernest Walter Ruschmeyer lived in a house next to the hotel. Ernest built the house. After Ernest's death in 1927 another brother Charles Hex Ruschmeyer married Ernest's wife Gertrude. The hotel was first licensed in 1898 and closed in 1916. John Ruschmeyer was the licensee until his death in 1911. Elizabeth took over the license until 1912 when it was sold to a Catherine E Hoffaer. This information is provided by Neil Graham of Strathfieldsaye whose Grandfather on his Mother's side was John Ruschmeyer and John Christopher Ruschmeyer was his Great Grandfather.Digital image: image shows Town and Country Hotel, Diamond Hill. Ruschmeyer's were the publicans. Standing outside hotel, were from left, Ethel, Dolly, Maude, Edith, Elizabeth.person, family, ruschmeyer, john christopher ruschmeyer, town and country hotel, ruschmeyer, diamond hill bendigo -
Mont De Lancey
Card - Dance Cards, Circa 1913
Belonged to Eileen Otter, who was 18 or 19 at the time of the Dances, this may have been when she first 'came out' into Society.4 cardboard Dance Cards, one with a pencil attached by string.1, "Government House" 2. "St Kilda Town Hall 12 Sept 1913" 3. "City of Melbourne Regiment, Town Hall Prahran Fri 19 Sept 1913" 4. Victorian Naval & Military Club. St Kilda Town Hall 31 Oct 1913" dancing, leisure