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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, Fowler's Method of Bottling Fruits & Vegetables, 1950's
Used by Molly Myers in the 1950's - she lived in Blackburn and was mother to Judy Hall.Small light blue book with fruit basket, xxxxxx bottles and stick lady. Copy right by J. Fowler. Book has 148 pages.fruit, preserving, vegetables, molly myers, fowlers -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Victorian Department of Agriculture, Display on Pruning Day, Unknown
Note by T.H. Kneen 13 May 1992, "One of many displays set up in the College Hall on the occasion of Public Fruit Tree Pruning Demonstrations."Black and white photograph. Display of leaflets providing information on fruit and vegetable growing available from the Victorian Department of Agriculture at a Pruning Day at Burnley.On reverse, "Photograph by Victorian Department Of Agriculture Ref. No. D.144.E."fruits, vegetables, pruning, fruit tree pruning demonstration, department of agriculture victoria, publicity, burnley college, leaflets, pruning day -
Federation University Art Collection
Painting - Oil on canvas, [Still Life] by Gwen Graham, 1970
Gwen GRAHAM Gwen Graham was a member of the Ballarat Artists Society. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Framed still life oil on canvas painting depicting a fruit bowl, vase and zucchini.art, artwork, gwen graham, still life, fruit, apple, banana, zucchini, vase, available -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Commercial Photographic Co. Pty. Ltd, Central Hallway of Administration Building, c. 1949
Note by T.H. Kneen 26.2.1992, View looking North to Principal's office. At left is Fruit Preserving Branch Show Room & Display Windows Circa 1949. Moved to Head Office in Queen Street, Melbourne in 1974.Black and white photograph. Ground floor passage inside Administration Building looking north towards the Principal's Office. Fruit Preserving showroom on the left.On reverse, Commercial Photographic Co. Pty. Ltd. 217 Queensberry Street, Carlton, Melbourne, N.#. FJ 5266 When Ordering Further Prints Please Quote-No K370-1.principal's office, fruit preserving branch, show room, display window, administration building, main building, interior administrastion building, interior main building, fruit preserving -
Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park
Pamphlet, Price List for 1925, A.G. Nightingale, Nurseryman, Emerald, Vic, About 1925
Nursery owned by Alfred George Nightingale, who originally worked for Nobelius Nurseries. Nightingale Nursery sold fruit and ornamental trees and delivered to Emerald Railway Station. The nurseries covered an area of 50 acres.Part of the horticultural history of Emerald and the surrounding district.Four page, cream coloured pamphlet with black printing. Contains price lists for fruit trees, ornamentals, berries, hedge plants, creepers and pot plants.a.g.nightingale, emerald -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Packaging: King Cole bag, Circa 1970
King Cole’s fruit shop operated in Liebig Street from around the 1940’s. It was operated by Alan Cole and his family for many years. Many of the advertisements of the mid20th century are advertising case lots of locally sourced product such as Portland and Harcourt. The business name King Cole continues to have a link with Warrnambool as a wholesale business which operates from the industrial Estate in Cooper St West Warrnambool.This item provides an historical and social link with the people of Warrnambool and district.White paper bag with red printing.King Cole Fruit supply 93 Liebig St Warrnambool, Phone 622699.warrnambool, king cole, alan cole, fruiterer, liebig st -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, John West in the Goulburn Valley, 2003
Written by an academic to publicise the part West played in agriculture, especially the fruit growing industry of the regionBlack spine. Clear plastic front, black plstic back. Front page white, black printing.fruit, irrigation, ardmona, document, biography -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Kyela, 1973
Journal of Kyabram & District Historical Society 1971-1973. History of Western Goulburn Valley Fruit industry. includes Cooper and Brewer genealogyBeige cover, title in gold, colour sketch of paddlesteamer. Vol. 1 No. 5 1971-1973. Colour photo of tin of fruit on back cover. Blue, red, yellow logo on front cover.kyabram preserving co, books, history, local -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Publicity Branch Victorian Department of Agriculture, Students Working Outside Shade House, c. 1960
Appears as an illustration in, "Green Grows Our Garden," A.P. Winzenried p 106. Students identified as Oliver Frost and Dian Durrant. the caption reads, "The Old Nursery had only bare facilities but note the espalier fruit tree and the Shade House."Black and white photograph. 2 male students working outside the Shade House putting potted plants in small glasshouses. Espaliered fruit trees in the background.On reverse, "Photograph by Publicity Branch Victorian Department Of Agriculture Ref. No. c.1695Q ."students, shade house, glasshouses, green grows our garden, a.p. winzenried, oliver frost, dian durrant, espaliered fruit trees, students working outside, old nursery, nursery -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, 'Green' Centre Comes Alive, 09/12/2019
Burwood Brickworks has been officially opened as a living building.Burwood Brickworks has been officially opened as a living building with a 2000 sq. m. rooftop farm and 250 trees to cover the northern side of the centre & fruit trees lining each row of the car park.Burwood Brickworks has been officially opened as a living building. brickworks, shopping centre, environment, trees -
St Kilda Historical Society
Photograph, St Kilda Foreshore, c. 1865-1870
Granny's fruit stall and Royal Ladies baths, c1865 - 1870. Mainly women and childrenblack and white photograph, unmountedSt Kilda Foreshore c 1865-1870 showing Granny's Fruit Stall and Royal Ladies' Baths. (Ref.Cooper.v.2. p.155) Copy courtesy LaTrobe Library Melbourne -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Plaque - Escutcheon, Brighton Coat of Arms, 1858
When Brighton was first incorporated as a borough in 1859, the first seal and coat of arms of the municipality depicted a market gardener. Spade in one hand and fruit in the other, the gardener is surrounded by a cornucopia of produce, a ploughman toiling the field behind him, and a mill in the distance. It is underscored by the motto ‘By their fruits ye shall know them’.Oil paint on metal on shaped wood shield, depicting a figure of a standing male pioneer holding a spade in one hand and fruit in the other. A fruit tree directly behind him, two pineapples to the right and a cornucopia bearing fruit to the left. Behind the pioneer are depictions of the sea with a ship, a farmer with a horse ploughing a field, a steam train, and a windmill. A black banner at the top of the shield has inscription BRIGHTON which sits above the Royal Coat of Arms. A red banner at the bottom has Brighton's motto 'FRUCTU NOSCITUR' which translates to ‘By their fruits ye shall know them’. Another black banner underneath: 1858.escutcheon, coat of arms, brighton, fructu noscitur, bayside, shield, heraldry, borough of brighton, market gardener, windmill, train, farmer -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Photograph, Black & White, Fruit & Vegetable display Float Easter Parade c1917, c1916
The Friendly Societies Carnival at Mentone 1916 during WW1 was arranged to showcase the local activities and raise funds for the 'Discharged Wounded Soldiers Fund' = £140 was raised. As elsewhere in Australia most of the local young men had enlisted in the AIF and some were coming home wounded - many were killed on overseas battlefields. This Parade was led by the Cheltenham Brass Band with the following Friendly Societies AOF, IOR, HACBS, PAFS, and ANA. The PAFS - Protestant Alliance Friendly Society - had 2 entries 'Fruit & Vegetable Display' and 'The Murder of Nurse Edith Cavell' both floats won their category. The Carnival gave prizes for sports events on the Mentone Oval and a concert was held at night at the Mentone Ice Skating Rink.World War 1 1914-1918 had a devastating impact on many early settler families whose sons had volunteered to serve in AIF. 1916 many of these young men were returning injured or had been killed overseas The Community rallied around to support these men and their families by holding fund raising events like the CarnivalBlack & White photograph of a horse drawn wagon displaying Fruit and Vegetables for a procession c 1916Handwritten ; Decorated wagon possibly part of a procession of market gardeners cartsfriendly societies cheltenham 1916, nurse edith cavell, cheltenham brass band 1916, ww1 1914-1918, wounded soldiers fund, allnutt ella, smith j l; smith mary ann, stanley helen, smith vic, chaff cutter, horse drawn carts, toll gates brighton, motor cars 1900, steam engines, early settlers, bentleigh, mckinnon, parish of moorabbin, city of moorabbin, county of bourke, moorabbin roads board, shire of moorabbin, henry dendy's special survey 1841, were j.b.; bent thomas, o'shannassy john, king richard, charman stephen, highett william, ormond francis, maynard dennis, market gardeners, vineyards, orchards -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Document, Brunnings and Nobelius catalogues, 1910
1. Fruit tees (Nobelius). 2. Fruit trees, etc. (Brunnings)fruit trees, catalogues, brunnings, nobelius -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Jar Glass - Mason's Patent, early 1900's
This clear, light green, glass "hand blown" fruit preservation jar was used before the mass manufacturing of "screw topped" fruit preservation glass jars imported from Asia or great Britain. The "Mason's Patent" on the jar was for the screw-neck form of the jar top. The screw neck provided the jar with a vacuum seal (preservation) method of fruit jar storage. The reference on the jar of the actual date that the patent was established was in effect for 13 years with extension of a further 7 years. It was an American world wide patent which resulted in only specific manufacture to Glass Works that had paid the manufacturing levy imposed. The air bubbles in the glass suggests that this jar was "hand blown". This would then place the manufacture date before 1900. Preserves came in glass jars bought at the local grocery store or at a large city store on a shopping expedition. The shape of the jar changed as did the stopper used to seal it. Jars were recycled remaining the property of the manufacturer. History of Mason's.This fruit jar is significant to a rural area such as the Kiewa Valley and in the early 1900's when the preservation of fruit and vegetables was an intrinsic part of the typical rural farm/property family. Local shops could only supply fruit and vegetables as seasons permitted. The travelling "green grocer" was more prevalent in towns and cities but not in semi remote rural areas. Historical: Change of jars - shape, glass, stopper, embossing & use. Aesthetic: Display showing embossing & shape especially if in good condition.This vintage "Mason's Patent", screw on thread lid fruit jar was hand blown (air bubbles). It was produced for the home canning of local fruit. The jar is made from thick glass and is tinted light green. Clear glass jar with slight green tinge used for preserves. sides almost straight but jar has a slight bulge almost all the way to the top. Heavily embossed on 1 side. Horizontal print in large capital letters. At the top - manufacturer's name with emblem beneath it. The base has a slight bulge inwards with embossing.In a half ecliptical form "MASON'S" and underneath the Mason's logo.Under the logo "PATENT/ NOV 30 th / 1858". On the base "C201" (double molded).fruit and vegetable preserves, domestic fruit and vegetables bottling, off seasonal fruit and vegetable storage, jar, bottle, preserves, mason's preserves -
Federation University Art Collection
Painting - poster, 'Gold Seal Mixed Fruits' by Betty Brown, c1935
Betty Brown was a student of the Ballarat Technical Art School when she completed this work, most probably for the Wiltshire Poster Competition. In the 1936 Ballarat School of Mines Annual Report it was stated: "It is my pleasure to report a most successful year in the Technical Art School. I the Annual Poster Competition for Technical Schools, organised by Wiltshires Pty Limited, 16 prized valued at 33 pounds 8 shillings - out of 23 prizes valued at 56 pounds - were won by our students. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.A framed original gouache poster depicting a box of mixed fruits with whole fruits such as pineapple, oranges, cherries, lemons, apples and grapes at the top of the box, and dried fruits and a fruit cake at the bottomAt the lower edge of the work are the words "John Macleod & Co Pty Ltd. 122 Lydiard Street Ballarat" A sticker on the lower right hand side reads "Exhibit No 8547 Class No 1736"art, artwork, betty brown, brown, fruit, poster, ballarat technical art school, wiltshire poster competition, available -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - Street view of shop No. 108 Maling Road, Jan Pigot, 1994
Coloured photograph of the fruit shop called Canterbury Fruit Emporium at No. 108 Maling Roadcanterbury, maling road, shops -
Federation University Art Collection
Painting - Oil, et al, [The Green Vase] by David Strachan, c1948
David STRACHAN (1919–1970) Born 25 June 1919 at Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Arrived 1920 Adelaide, Australia: 1921 Creswick, Victoria David Strachan attended Creswick State School and Geelong Church of England Grammar school. By the age of 16 he wanted to be an artist. Accompanying his mother to London in 1936, he enrolled at the Slade School of Fine Art, where he met Godfrey Miller. In 1937 he attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris, and painted at Cassis on the Mediterranean Sea. He returned to Australia in April 1938 and studied at the George Bell School, Melbourne. He had a growing interest in classicism blended with a fascination for the dream-state which was reinforced in his work after he moved to Sydney in 1941. There he was befriended by Jean Bellette and her husband Paul Haefliger, who were to be driving forces behind the Sydney Art Group (founded 1945). He lived on the top floor of the Haefligers' house at Double Bay, and together the three artists drew from models whom the Haefligers hired. In this period Strachan painted and exhibited some of his most poetic works—mainly figurative and landscape subjects, and still-lifes of haunting beauty. His flowers, bowls of fruit, birds, and angelic figures glimmered out of the darkness as things not of this world, evoked faintly, like mythological personages in a gently spoken narrative. He 'spent an erratic war' painting camouflage at Bankstown aerodrome with other artists, among them (Sir) William Dobell, and dancing minor roles with Hélène Kirsova's ballet company. In 1948 Strachan settled in Paris. His paintings, included by Peter Bellew in an exhibition at the Musée National d'Art Moderne, had been well-received by French critics two years earlier. In 1950 he began tentative experiments in etching. These led to the formation of the Stramur-Presse, a business venture which published etchings and lithographs of leading French and English artists. His most important project was a series of twenty-two colour etchings illustrating Alister Kershaw's book of poems, Accent & Hazard (Paris, 1951). Strachan continued to exhibit in Australia and maintained a lively social life with Australian friends. From Paris, he went for weekend painting trips with Moya Dyring in her car and, after 1957, visited the Haefligers on Majorca. He lived in London in 1955-57. His paintings became progressively less soft in effect, his palette brightened, and his forms, especially the still-lifes, became spikier. In the late 1950s his attention drifted towards the study of Hindu philosophers and Jungian psychology. For most of 1957-58 he was enrolled at the C. G. Jung-Institut, Zürich, Switzerland. In 1959 he worked in Silvio Daneo's silkworm factory at Bricherasio, Italy. In May 1960 Strachan returned to Sydney. He lived at Woolloomooloo before buying a house at Paddington in 1963. Over the ensuing years he involved himself energetically with the art scene, exhibiting, teaching (1960-65) at East Sydney Technical College, fund-raising for memorials for Thea Proctor and Dyring, and as the last president (1965) of the Society of Artists. His paintings were out of harmony with the prevailing fashion for abstraction, but he won the Wynne prize for landscape painting in 1961 and 1964 (shared). Perhaps the most moving works of Strachan's last ten years were the mining landscapes, including those he painted near Hill End, leading up to his vast canvas, 'Lewers Freehold Mine'. This was a history picture, depicting the mine as it might have appeared in 1874. He presented it to the Creswick Historical Museum in 1970 in memory of his father. (Barry Pearce, 'Strachan, David Edgar (1919–1970)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/strachan-david-edgar-11786/text21083, published first in hardcopy 2002, accessed online 6 January 2016.) This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Framed still lifefeaturing fruit and flowers.art, artwork, strachan, david strachan, still life, flowers, flora, available -
Federation University Historical Collection
Artwork, other - Artwork - Painting, Signwriting by Keith Rash
Sign with black background with blue, brown, green and orange.Fruit Flours Sepsignwriting, keith rash, alumni -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper, Blackburn & Mitcham Reporter
Blackburn & Mitcham Reporter issues with accompanying index booklets. 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938 covering Mitcham, Blackburn, Tunstall, Vermont, Forest Hill and East Burwood with fruit growing industry in Doncaster and events in Box Hill. From 1934? includes Doncaster Reporter.Blackburn & Mitcham Reporter issues with accompanying index booklets 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938 covering Mitcham, Blackburn, Tunstall, Vermont, Forest Hill and East Burwood with fruit growing industry in Doncaster and events in Box Hill. From 1934? includes Doncaster Reporter.Blackburn & Mitcham Reporter issues with accompanying index booklets. 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938 covering Mitcham, Blackburn, Tunstall, Vermont, Forest Hill and East Burwood with fruit growing industry in Doncaster and events in Box Hill. From 1934? includes Doncaster Reporter.mitcham, blackburn, tunstall, vermont, forest hill, burwood east, box hill, fruit industry -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Newspaper - Newspaper Cutting, The Argus, Female Students Working in the Orchard, 1930-1940
Two newspaper cuttings pasted onto a sheet of paper. (1) "Golden fruit - girl students at the Burnley Horticultural College gathering a fine crop of oranges in the orchard." in The Argus, 16th July 1931.(2) student examining some blossom, with the caption: "Searching for thrips: the thrips menace has made its appearance again on fruit blossom in some districts of Victoria. This photograph, taken today at the Burnley Horticultural School, shows one of the girl students with a magnifying glass looking for the minute insects. A few isolated thrips have been discovered on the buds of some of the trees at the school."female students, oranges, thrips, students working outside, fruit, orchard, field station, blossom -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, The Orchards of Doncaster & Templestowe
For 100 years Doncaster-Templestowe was a major fruit producing area. The industry had a profound effect on the landscape and vegetation. Although orcharding families came from a variety of backgrounds, German families were an important sub-group.A comprehensive history of fruit growing in the Doncaster-Templestowe area between 1850s and 1950s when orchards began to be subdivided for housing. It includes B&W photos and line drawings and maps. It covers details of the varieties grown, the families involved, pests, machinery involved, markets, blacksmiths and reasons for the demise of the industry in the area.irvine green, eric collyer, doncaster-templestowe historical society, gottlieb thiele, ruffey creek, bismarck street, victoria street, thomas petty, george hislop, john whitten, john clay, august aumann, carl hanke, gottfried uebergang, waldau, max schramm, german lane, george street, john tully, henry crouch, george tortice, august zerbe, jane serpell, sidney williams, phylloxera, joseph bosisto, richard serpell, frederick thiele, w s williams, edwin lawford, james read, john finger, richard clay, ferdinand finger, leeds street, wetherby road, john russell, sarah uebergang, mary hislop, rudolph werner, john petty, archibald mclaren, john hicks, joe hicks, john smedley, william smedley, william hunter, sylvester mullens, laurie's forge, curtis hillman, anne hillman, dan harvey, calder's forge, hillman's blacksmith works, thomas serpell, gill smith, victorian fruit growers association, h g reynolds, alfred thiele, william webb, fred zerbe, mary anne clay, orchardist's coolstore, r h werner & co, j h land, orchardists and fruit cool stores association, a t petty, r read, r chivers, jack noonan, arthur ireland, jack robinson, george knee, donvale cool store, herb petty, frank petty, fred tolly, gordon white, blue moon fruit co-operative ltd, kathleen petty, peg chivers, jack russell, mathew adams, george mcgahy, edwin bullock, james hodson, edwin wilson, david corbett, edwin lowford, thomas beavis, william hanke, tom petty, edward crossman, andrew zander, carl aumann, heinrich fromhold, thomas chivers, william williams, reinhold denhert, henry finger, august furhmann, henry serpell, john ireland, frank smedley, william kent, william knee, thomas buck, henry white, gottlieb leber, alexander speers -
Woods' Farming and Heritage Museum
Cake Tin, Tin
Octagonal tin.Rich Cherry Fruit Cake -
Harcourt Valley Heritage & Tourist Centre
Fruit Packing Chart, 1968
Published by Dept. of Agriculture Division of Horticulture Victoria. Harcourt district exported immense quantities of apples and pears, each box containing fruit that had been sized (by diameter) so as to have uniform-sized fruit in the box, wrapped in tissue paper, all packed base- or stem-end against the cheek of its neigbouring piece, to restrict movement/bruising of the apples in transit. A colourful label on the end of the box had a space to insert the size and count, i.e. the number of pieces of fruit in the box. If the packer followed the chart the count was determined from the chart by reference to the diameter of the fruit as it came off the grader. Harcourt’s reputation for quality fruit was enhanced by the ability to deliver uniform-sized blemish-free and unbruised fruit which then attained premium prices in the market, contributing to the prosperity of the district. The packing chart was a vital aid In order to achieve this.Chart- two-sided black text on white paper pasted to backing board depicting columns and figures describing the required measurements for packing Rome Beauty Apples and Granny Smith Apples. 1 x pink foolscap card with black type, 1 x green foolscap card, 1 x yellow double sided foolscap card Packing Chart for Rome Beauty Apples in Friday Moulded Trays Telescopic Carton Inside Measurements 19 3/4" x 11 7/8" x 11 1/2". W. H. Harris Senior Fruit Packing Instructor August 1968. The same wording appears on the opposite side of chart with the words Granny Smith apples replacing Rome Beauty Apples -
City of Kingston
Photograph - Digital image, c. 1900
Aged 17, Edwin Thomas Penny took over the 10 acres of freehold land held by his deceased father, Thomas Penny. Edwin Penny developed a reputation as an innovative orchardist and market gardener who grew apples, plums, passion fruit, peaches, pears, and lemons, and between the trees he planted potatoes, rhubarb and other vegetables.Sepia toned digital image of the Penny family. Back row left to right: Clifford Penny, Reubin Penny, Edwin Penny. Front row left to right: Albert Penny, Edwin Thomas Penny, Hilda Penny and Lytton Pennymarket garden, orchards, fruit, vegetables, moorabbin, cheltenham -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Len MacDonald c1980s
Len MacDonald, c1980s, with fruit and vegetables.tatura, shops, mcdonald l, locals, costume, male -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, The Orchards of Doncaster and Templestowe, 1985
History of fruit growing and early orchardists.History of fruit growing and early orchardists.History of fruit growing and early orchardists.orchards, apples, pears, doncaster, templestowe -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Domestic object - Tin, c.1910
This tin was bought to help tell the story of this company’s connection with Glaxo. In 1715, Silvanus Bevan opened a pharmaceutical business in London. He was later joined by his brother, Timothy. The business grew to be well respected by the local as well as international community, especially in the United States. In 1792, William Allen joined the business and worked his way up the ranks. His wife was a Hanbury, and upon his death, the business passed to the Hanbury’s. Allenbury’s manufactured pastilles, a sweet, medicated lozenge. In 1958, Allenbury’s became part of Glaxo Laboratories. Tin Box Sugarless Fruit PastillesPatented The "Allenburys" Jujubes & Pastilles manufactured in England Trade Mark AD1715 Allen & Hanbury Ltd London E.2commercial, glaxo, allenbury's, allen and hanburys ltd, london, port fairy -
Merbein District Historical Society
Container - Bottle, Cordial
W.A.R. Chiselett factory in MerbeinClear glass bottle with a picture of fruit Embossed: Merbein Cordial works W.A.R Chiselett war chiselett, cordial, fruits -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Award - Trophy, c.1880
Robert Keys,1818-87 b.Ireland, arrived Australia 1841 and joined parents on a farm in Brighton.Victoria. 1870 he commenced his own 15 acre 'fruit garden' in Keys Rd Moorabbin and in 1881-82 was awarded the 'Leader Cup', by the Leader Newspaper, as the Winner of the Brighton Horticultural Society 'Best Fruit Garden' competition. Robert Keys, early settler 1841, was a talented orchardist , Brighton Councillor 1860 and Moorabbin City Coucillor until his death 1887. Item donated by Keys Family c1985 The 1879 Schedule of Prizes booklet of the Brighton Historical Society ( MAV 00022),describes in detail this trophy, prize moneys and rules and regulations of the competition. The booklet, cat. no. 00022, is on display with this trophyThis item is significant because of its connection with the Keys Family who were early settlers in District of Brighton/ Moorabbin and were greatly involved in community activities. After the 1841 Dendy Special Survey allotments of land were sold or rented to pioneer settlers who developed market gardens, fruit farms ( orchards), vineyards, poultry farms in the area now known as Bentleigh, Cheltenham, Oakleigh. They were very proud of their fine produce and hence enthusiastically entered these 'Annual Exhibitions' by the Brighton Horticultural Society.The Sterling Silver goblet shaped Trophy. Base has engraved beaded rim with chevron type motif. Embossed ring midway up stem and fern leaves engraved on bowl of goblet engraved on bowl of goblet " Brighton Horticultural Society/ 1881-82/ Leader Cup/ Awarded To/ Robert Keys/ For Best Fruit Garden/ Brighton District." Hallmarked 'GU', Birmingham, UK. George Unite circa 1880keys robert, trophy, 1881, leader newspaper, leader cup, brighton, horticultural, silver cup, silver, moorabbin, brighton horticultural society