Pru Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation Study : Volume 2 - Development History’ (1988), summarised the periods of urban development and subdivisions of land in Kew. The periods that she identified included 1845-1880, 1880-1893, 1893-1921, 1921-1933, 1933-1943, and Post-War Development. These periods were selected as they represented periods of rapid growth or decline in urban development. An obvious starting point for Sanderson’s groupings involved population growth and the associated economic cycles. These cycles also highlighted urban expansion onto land that was predominantly rural, although in other cases it represented the decline and breakup of large estates. A number of the plans in the Kew Historical Society’s collection can also be found in other collections, such as those of the State Library of Victoria and the Boroondara Library Service. A number are however unique to the collection.Subdivision plans are historically important documents used as evidence of the growth of suburbs in Australia. They frequently provide information about when the land was sold on which a built structure was subsequently constructed as well as evidence relating to surveyors and real estate and financial agents. The numerous subdivision plans in the Kew Historical Society's collection represent working documents, ranging from the initial sketches made in planning a subdivision to printed plans on which auctioneers or agents listed the prices for which individual lots were sold. In a number of cases, the reverse of a subdivision plan in the collection includes a photograph of a house that was also for sale by the agent. These photographs provide significant heritage information relating house design and decoration, fencing and household gardens.The ‘Studley Heights Estate’ on the South Side of Studley Park Road was launched in 1936. The seventeen allotments in the subdivision fronted Hyton Crescent and Studley Park Road.subdivision plans - kew, studley heights estate

Single page black & white photocopy of subdivision plan showing layout of 28 residential allotments with inset showing price list & some marked 'sold'.Director and Licensed Estate Agent - R.F. Jennings Pty Ltd., 8 Streeton Lane, Doncaster East 3109. Phone 842 7666 all hours.

Photocopy of subdivision - 128 residential allotments in Mullum Mullum Road, Sonia Street, Linda Drive, Jill Court, Eve Court, and Alma Court, Ringwood.

Typewritten details of Land Auction, 14th May, 1960, with map showing ten allotments in area bounded by Yarmouth Street, Wantirna Road and Walmer Street. Terms £100 Deposit. Residue £30 qrt including interest 6-1/2% Balance 5 years. (Agents) - A.T. Miles & Son, 175 Whitehorse Road, Ringwood WU.6215. C.E. Carter & Son, 126 Whitehorse Road, Ringwood WU.6024, WU.6830.

Map showing residential allotments numbered 1 and 2 on Through Road and Unsworth Road, Ringwood, Vic., with property dimensions and location of drainage & sewerage easement.H.J. Macey Licensed Surveyor, 36 Nerissa Street, Burwood (Telephone) BX1917.

Map attached to blue cardboard backing showing weatherboard house and 3 residential allotments on Wantirna Road between Kirk Street and Vine Street, Ringwood.

Hand-drawn map attached to light cardboard backing showing 5 residential allotments on eastern side of Maidstone Street Ringwood, north of Canterbury Road.RFK 8/11/51

Shows the allotment boundaries and names of landowners at the timeSignificant as it shows owners of rural land in the Peterborough area.Photocopy of an old mapHandwritten notes and markings on the map.peterborough, curdies river, curdies river inlet, old maps, maps, narrawaturk

Hand written letterLetter is from N.Madden -Coach and Horses Hotel, to the Ringwood Borough Council, dated 9th June 1937. Contents regarding Allotments of land in the Heatherdale Station Estate.

Three maps mounted on green cardboard - Hand-drawn map of residential allotments off Warrandyte Road in Milne Road and Berringa Road Park Orchards. Map with acres roods and perches measurements of allotments in Canterbury Road and Miller Street Heathmont. Clipping from a land sale brochure with street names not existing together in the area - Rangeview Avenue, Press Avenue and Mountview Avenue.

Letter written by Signalman Angus MacKAY 2486 5BTN AIEF at Seymour and addressed to E O'SUllivan ESQ. Delgett Park Street, South Yarra Letter dated 8.7.1915 A single page letter when folded becomes an envelope. Paper is lined and handwritten in black ink. The letter written to his uncle mentions pay and allotment monies.ww1, letter, pay allotments

Auction notice for '87 grand allotments in the very centre of the pottery industries, and adjoining the railway station', Mitcham, November 26 [?1887]. Auctioneer: Staples, Wise & Co. Auction notice for '87 grand allotmentsmitcham, auctions, staples, wise & co

Brochure on McGlone's Estate, Mitcham. auction of 24 allotments, April 1921. Bordered by Station Street, Whitehorse Road, McGlone Street and Mitcham railway line and stationBrochure on McGlone's Estate, Mitcham. auction of 24 allotments, April 1921.land sales, auctions, mcglone, john, elizabeth, mitcham post office, mitcham police station, station street, mitcham, mcglone street, whitehorse road

Document. Burnewang Park Estate. Applications re closer Settlement board from Discharged Soldiers holding Qualification certificates to take up land for Farm Allotments.

Double sided A4 gloss print advertisement with subdivision map showing location and size of 27 residential allotments and A4 price list page for 14 Lots.Price list includes comment that "construction shall commence in September, with completion in December. Titles Office registration would be expected in January. (No mention of year/s, circa early to mid 1990s).

Identity Card for Civilian Construction Corps issued to SimonsID card issued to civilian trades persons during world war two.CardboardCivil Constructional Corps Identity Card Issued to Simons Macrobridge Worth Nationality British Trade Truck Service 12/2/43 Allotment 3.0.0 Medical History

The Kew Historical Society collection includes almost 100 subdivision plans pertaining to suburbs of the City of Melbourne. Most of these are of Kew, Kew East or Studley Park, although a smaller number are plans of Camberwell, Deepdene, Balwyn and Hawthorn. It is believed that the majority of the plans were gifted to the Society by persons connected with the real estate firm - J. R. Mathers and McMillan, 136 Cotham Road, Kew. The Plans in the collection are rarely in pristine form, being working plans on which the agent would write notes and record lots sold and the prices of these. The subdivision plans are historically significant examples of the growth of urban Melbourne from the beginning of the 20th Century up until the 1980s. A number of the plans are double-sided and often include a photograph on the reverse. A number of the latter are by noted photographers such as J.E. Barnes.The Mount Ida Estate was a subdivision of fifty-two residential allotments bordering Tooronga Road, Leura Grove, Constance Street, and Mount Ida Avenue in Hawthorn East. The report of the sale of the Estate in The Argus (21 September) claimed that over 1,000 people attended the auction and that all allotments were sold on the day. On the other side of Constance Street, the plan identifies the ‘Eastern Recreation Reserve’ (now Anderson Park).subdivision plans - hawthorn

Double-sided bifold page advertising auction on Saturday 3rd March, 1962 - 13 residential allotments in Hearthside Court and 6 shop sites in Loughnan Road, with map of subdivision, terms of sale, and summary of features and services. Adjoining service station shown on accompanying Plan of Subdivision - Part of Crown Allotment 28 Parish of Warrandyte, also showing location of property known as "Hearth", hence Hearthside Court.Auctioneers - Baillieu Allard Real Estate Pty Ltd., 360 Collins Street, Melbourne, and 302 Toorak Road, South Yarra. Telephone 24-4365, After hours XU1549, WL2471.

1957 C.R.B. Plan of Survey of Parts of Crown Allotment 1 & Crown Allotment F, Section II Parish of Nillumbik, County of Evelyn Eltham-Yarra Glen Road, Shire of Eltham Shows Surveyor field notes, property ownership and building type and construction.eltham-yarra glen road, country roads board, eltham, main road, survey plan, 1957, a.r. thomas, b. & b.d. hearn, b.g. anderson, bellevue road, e.m. pitts, f.a. m. macrae, g.e. & b. moulder, j. bromley, j.m. & s.g. johnstone, k.f. pitts, l.c. docksey, m. & e.c.w. baart, m.p. bromley, n.r. ord, p.j. & g.e. murphy, park road, r.a. bruce, r.a. macbeth, r.w. shearing, railway road, s.e. & y.p. houghton, w.k. bell, w.s.r. & f.n. toley, neil webster collection

Ballarat East, Section 103, Allotment 21 & 22, Peake and Tress Streets, Mount Pleasant. Surveyed by W. S. Reeves Contract Surveyor April 14th, 1871. Also shows allotments of T. Williams and F. Macalpin, as well as the Powder Magazine Reserve.Plan of the Graveyard Reserve and Mount Pleasant Powder Magazine.mount pleasant, w.s. reeves, plan, powder magazine, t. williams, f. macalpin

Map of residential allotments for sale, with terms of sale, summary of subdivision features and local services and facilities, and photographs of local street scene and lake (Loughnan's Lake - location not marked), Subdivision includes Wonga Road (later Loughnan's Road), Glenvale Road, Kubba Road, Felix Crescent, Summit Crescent, Pine Crescent, Aurum Crescent, Hygeia Parade, Panorama Avenue, Avalon Grove, Montalbo Road, Cielterre Avenue. Sole Agents T.M. Burke Pty Ltd, 340 Collins Street Melbourne Phones 6294, 6779. Map by S. Callanan, Licensed Surveyor, 107 Elizabeth Street Melbourne. Date of poster estimated from railway services information extract " ... 36 fast electric trains to Flinders Street daily ... proposed electrification to Croydon ..." . Timeline for electrification of Lilydale Line record indicates Box Hill to Ringwood January 1923, Ringwood to Croydon November 1924 (Source: History of Croydon - McGivern, Vol.1 p20).

Double sided multi-fold leaflet advertising subdivision site, layout of streets and allotments, summary of local features and services and terms of sale. Inset photographs of local views.Auction Saturday March 29th, 1919. 58 Lots. Subdivision includes Warrandyte Road, Mullum Mullum Road, Hobart Street, Paxton Street, Arnold Street. Agents - Dunlop & Hunt Pty Ltd., 317 Collins Street, Melbourne Tel. Cent. 10104-10105, J.B. McAlpin, Tel. Ringwood 7. Auctioneers - Sydney T. Haynes & Co., 60 Queen Street, Melbourne, Tel. 3400. Solicitors - Hodgson & Finlayson, 360 Collins Street, Melbourne.

Black and white photocopied plan - Part of Crown Allotments 14A and 40A showing blocks in Sharps Court and Salsibury Court, Heathmont. Some blocks showing sale price.K.J. Noonan & Co. Licensed Land Surveyors, Suite 16 "Gloucester Lodge", 445 StKilda Road, Melbourne S.C.2, Telephone BM 1631. References to coloured easements etc., not evident from b&w photocopy.

Document, Beament Family Home Site, Allotment 11C, Section 117C, 40 Garsed Street, Bendigo.This was obtained from Parish of Sandhurst, City of Bendigo, Sheet E.bendigo, house, beament family

Map: crown allotments 13 and 14, Sec. E. City of Bendigo, Parish of Sandhurst. Shows site of Bendigo Gasworks. Prepared by Garnel Gordon Birch Surveyor, 12.6.1942map, bendigo, gasworks, gas company, plans

Maddingley is a locality or township within the broader township area of Bacchus Marsh. This map is dated 1856 but is based on an earlier survey in 1843. The main area of Maddingley shown on this map is an area bounded by Bacchus Street, Moore Street, Griffith Street and Franklin Street. Other streets visible are Inglis Street, Labilliere Street, McCrae Street. The area to the east of Franklin Street is not sub-divided and is described as an 'alluvial flat. A single page paper map showing land allotments, streets, and natural watercourses in the township of Maddingley. The map is pasted into a bound volume containing 76 maps or plans in total. Two inscriptions: 1. A.J. Skene Surveyor, 1843. ; 2. Surveyor-General's Office Melbourne, Sept 6, 1856. (Lithographed by R. Meikle)bacchus marsh victoria maps, maddingley victoria maps, land use, maddingley victoria history