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Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Iron
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Small goffering iron, used for small items and details on a garment. -
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Drill brace
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...A hand tool used with a bit to drill holes, usually in wood. Pressure is applied to the top and the tool is rotated with a U-shaped grip. This example has two wooden handles.On the metal pipe says "Stanley". On other side is No,144 10in.carpentry, tool -
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Milk bottle holder
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Wire basket constructed to hold up to four milk bottles for when the milkman delivered bottles to houses. Before delivery, people would put empty bottles in the basket to be replaced by full bottles. -
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Can of Stanfords Material Stiffener
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Rectangular Tin of Material Stiffener.Label says "MATERIAL STIFFENER" from Stanfords brand. "Stiffener for all types of silk...etc (Not velvet) for hand-made...making. If a softer finish is desired, thin the stiffener with "Thinning liquid" only." -
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Pitchfork head
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Large, metal three-pronged pitchfork, used for shifting hay, etc. Is missing its handle. -
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Chip basket, 1940's
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Belonged to Elizabeth Cox. Her daughter believes that it was used in England to make chips in a large frying pan. It formed part of the household items package brought to Australia in 1958 she believes. It was used until around 1990s.Chip basket (shallow), made to be used in a frying pan. Made of plated steel. Belonged to Elizabeth Cox who emigrated from England in 1958 with her entire household equipment. It was donated by her daughter, Susan Heywood-Downard after her death. -
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Ice cream container and icing set, Ice cream container - before 1992. Icing set - unknown
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Peters Ice Cream tub. Inside is an icing set consisting of a metal icing gun, a metal plunger, and 5 metal nozzles.Use by Date sticker says "Best before 19 SEP 92" -
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Scarf, Shire Of Sherbrooke, c1960s
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...In a box of leftover items from when Shire Of Sherbrooke was dissolved in 1995.Scarf given as presentation gift by Shire Of Sherbrooke. Cream background with green and dark brown leaf pattern repeating, and edged with dark brown lyrebird motifs (Shire logo) surrounded by dark brown and green stripes.shire of sherbrooke -
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Woven Raffia Basket
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Woven raffia basket with oval wooden base. Basket has handle arching from one side to the other. -
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Selby Community House documents
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...A collection of files created during the first several years of Selby Community House's existence by the house's first co-ordinator, Jocelyn Aytan. -
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Postcard - Postcard-original-Swans Bend Belgrave, Vic. c.1940s, A Bend In The Road, Belgrave
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Sepia-toned postcard featuring bend coming into Belgrave Township from the west. Later known as Swans Corner. Dr Shirley Francis's house in centre of photo. Photo shows a hillside with three houses above the road. A man walks along the lower side of the road. c. 1920s. -
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Postcard - Postcard-original-Beauty Bend, Belgrave, Vic. c. early 1930s, Beauty Bend
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Sepia-toned postcard featuring Beauty Bend just outside Belgrave Township on Monbulk Road. There is heavy bush to either side. A house is in the distance. -
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Postcard, Silvan Reservoir
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Sepia-toned postcard featuring distant view of Silvan Dam. The middle ground shows cleared land all set out for agriculture, houses also visible. c. early 1930s -
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Postcard, Sherbrooke Falls
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Sepia-toned postcard featuring Sherbrooke Falls running heavily. Rocks at side of Falls. -
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Photograph, A Bend In The Road, Belgrave, c. 1920s
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Photo shows a bend in the road, Belgrave, most likely on Monbulk Road below Sherbrooke Forest. An unmade road crosses a small gully. A group of three or so young people are leaning over the bridge railing. The area is heavily treed. A BEND IN THE ROAD hand-wriiten in ink below the photo on the album page -
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Album - Handmade photographic album, Belgrave
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...This album is made of strong cardboard now held together by ribbon and it contains 17 images taken around Belgrave in the early 1920s. The photographer is unknown but it could have been Charles Ladd, engraver, farmer, and amateur photographer, who lived with his family in Dewhurst. The photos are of local beauty spots in the Sherbrooke Forest, Lipscombe's Hill, Biffin's Hill and Selby trestle bridge areas. Several people appear in various photos and appear to be a group of family and/or friends. -
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Postcard
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Set of ten small postcards showing scenes around the Dandenong Ranges, Victoria. See individual entries below. -
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Postcard, Clematis Av, Sherbrooke
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Sepia-toned postcard featuring Clematis Avenue Sherbrooke. Narrow track, very heavily ferned on either side of avenue. -
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Postcard, Clematis Av, Sherbrooke
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Sepia-toned postcard featuring Clematis Avenue Sherbrooke. Very heavily ferned on either side of road. Almost just a track. -
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Postcard, Monbulk Creek, Belgrave
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Sepia-toned postcard of Monbulk Creek, Belgrave. Ferns growing along side of Creek. Several straight trunks have fallen across the creek. -
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Postcard, The Monbulk Rd, Belgrave
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Sepia-toned postcard showing Monbulk Rd, Belgrave, presumably heading towards Kallista. Road is unmade. Trees and ferns growing along side of the road. The ground slopes downhill from left to right. At a bend in the road a stretch of wooden barrier is visible near a gully. -
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Postcard, The Monbulk Rd, Belgrave
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Sepia-toned postcard featuring Monbulk Road, Belgrave, presumably heading towards Kallista. Very tall fern trees on left side of road. Road not made. -
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Postcard, The Main Street, Belgrave
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Sepia-toned postcard of Belgrave showing cars and horse and carts sharing street. Car parked up on Mt. Dickie. Moran and Cato grocery store. Sign for V.A. Duncan, auctioneer, and a chemist. Garage on left hand side around bend. c. early 1930s -
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Photograph, Belgrave from Lipscombe's Hill
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Sepia photo shows a track through bush at Belgrave. Tall gum trees in foreground. Treed hill in background with houses visible among the trees. Presumably taken from near Sherbrooke Forest. -
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Photograph, Bringing in a log near Belgrave
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Photo of a worker bringing in a log on a dray with what appear to be narrow steel wheels. Dray is being pulled by eight or ten steers or small bullocks. Heavy bush and tall, straight timber on side of the road. Most likely Sherbrooke Forest. Road bends to left behind team then possibly to the right, going up a small rise. The man could be well-known bullocky Bill Martin. He is dressed in a wellworn hat, a pale shirt with sleeves rolled up, and darker pants, and is carrying a long, slender stick or possibly a whip in his right hand. -
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Photograph - Photo album cover
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Photo of the cover of Jacobson photo album. Cover is dull brown cardboard with a photo of Belgrave stuck on (now loose) and a dark pattern, possibly hand-drawn. Cover is now held together by two short white ribbons (not original)."Belgrave" has been handwritten on the photo. -
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Photograph, Belgrave
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Photo which was originally stuck to Jacobson photo album. Photo shows a man in a dark jacket, pale shirt and pale hat, standing or walking along a road above two houses in a steep valley, probably the valley below Monbulk Road. Man is visible from waist up. One house is probably the house which features in other photos. The name 'Belgrave' has been hand-drawn on the top of the photo in an elegant script. The word is in black with a white outline."Belgrave' hand-drawn on the photo. -
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Photograph, Belgrave from Biffin's Hill
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Photo of Belgrave township from Biffin's Hill (present-day site of Mater Christi School). Road running across front of photo is now Belgrave-Gembrook Rd. There is a sign on the side of the road advertising Biffin Hill Estate for sale. Belgrave main street is visible in background. c. 1920s -
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Photograph, Hauling Logs to Sawmill
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Ten cows, steers, or bullocks hauling logs to a sawmill (possibly McLaren's sawmill in Belgrave). Bullocky standing behind team with backs to camera. The team is on a manmade track, surrounded by bush but in sunshine. c. 1920s -
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Photograph, Horse Shoe Bend on Narrow Gauge Line
... Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc. 127 Colby Drive ...Photo of Puffing Billy coming around the horseshoe bend at Selby and beginning to cross the trestle bridge, heading away from Belgrave. The engine is only part shown. It is hauling four open-sided carriages with canvas covers, and a further six or so enclosed carriages. There appears to be no wind as the smoke is hanging above the train. Railway infrastructure (barrier fences) can be seen in the foreground, and there are wires across the left side of the photo. c. 1920