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Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph, James Street
... James Street, Port Fairy, South West, Victoria, Australia ...coloured photographcottage, building, home, house, james street -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph, Cox Street
... Cox Street, Port Fairy, South West, Victoria, Australia ...coloured photographcottage, building, home, house, cox street -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph, Cooinda
... Port Fairy, South West, Victoria, Australia ...Cooinda was one of three stately homes built on the hill at the entrance to Port Fairy the others being Talara and SeaviewBlack and white photograph of double storied house flanked by two single storied housescottage, building, home, house, cooinda, talara, seaview -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph, Cooinda
... Port Fairy, South West, Victoria , Australia ...A rare photograph showing 3 beautiful buildings owned by 3 prominent people in Port Fairy The central building (Cooinda) no longer exists as it was the wish of the last owner that it be demolished after she passed away.Rare photograph of all three prominent houses the central building having been demolished.Black and white photograph of 3 buildings on hill South west of Port FairyCOOINDA capital letters on front of photograph mount PORT FAIRYbuilding, home, house, cooinda -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph, Leura
... South West, Victoria, Australia ...Leura homestead owned by Dick and Mary Fry. They appear on the verandah in this photoSepia Photographhomestead, building, home, house, leura -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph, Digby Family Somerset House 16 Albert St
... 21 Albert St, Port Fairy, South West, Victoria, Australia ...The Digby Family on the front verandah of their home Sommerset House 21 Albert Street Port FairyBlack and white photographcottage, building, home, house -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph
... Gipps street, Port Fairy, South West, Victoria, Australia ...This house was owned in turn by the Evans, the Haylock’s and the Murray’s No 24 Gipps StBlack and white photograph taken from upstairs in the old flour mill in Gipps Street of 24 Gipps Street.cottage, building, home, house -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph, Clonmara Albert Rd
... Princes Highway, Port Fairy, South West, Victoria ...Coloured photographcottage, building, home, house -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph, Albert Rd
... Albert Road, Port Fairy, South West, Victoria, Australia ...Coloured photographcottage, building, home, house, albert road -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph, Albert Rd NS Section
... Albert Road, Port Fairy, South West, Victoria, Australia ...Coloured photographcottage, building, home, house, port fairy north -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph, Arthur Hoey Albert Rd 1992, 1992
... Albert Road, Port Fairy, South West, Victoria, Australia ...Arthur Hoey, a Port Fairy Builder inspecting the ruins of a cottage on Albert Road. Arthur went on to restore the cottage. Research done by family found that the house a t one stage belonged at one time to Chidley a photographer . Further information also to hand mentions the area being used by Stan Chidley for a "scent farm". Several types of herbs and flowers were being grown thereColoured photograph of Arthur Hoey standing in a hole in the wall of the cottagecottage, building, home, house, albert road, scent farm -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph, Albert Rd NS Section house removed c1995
... Albert Road, Port Fairy, South West, Victoria, Australia ...This house in Albert Road Port Fairy North was bought and removed by the Victorian Government to make way for a new section of the Princes Highway that was to loop around and bypass the town. It was last owned and farmed by Claude and Katrine Brown. Katrine was the library teacher at the Consolidated School in the 1960's.coloured photographcottage, building, home, house, port fairy north, albert road -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph, Albert Road
... Albert Road, Port Fairy, South West, Victoria, Australia ...Coloured photographcottage, building, home, house, albert road -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph
... Gipps Street, Port Fairy, South West, Victoria, Australia ...This view of the Customs house and Court house also includes the wreck bell which hung on a plinth outside the Customs house until the 1970's. The wreck bell was rung to alert the town that a ship was in trouble in the bayBlack and white photograph of the Wreck bell at Courthouse & Customhousebuilding, home, house, government, gipps street, court house, customs house, wreck bell -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph, 65 Cox St
... 65 Cox Street, Port Fairy, South West, Victoria, Australia ...Black and white photographcottage, building, home, house, cox street -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph, Drill Hall Cottage
... Bank Street, Port Fairy, South West, Victoria, Australia ...Residence attached to the Drill Hall. Now updated and tourist accommodation.coloured photographcottage, building, home, house, bank street -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph, Jackson's Cottage
... Sackville, Port Fairy, South West, Victoria, Australia ...Jackson's cottage in Sackville StreetBlack and white Photographcottage, building, home, house, jacksons -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph, 49 Cox St
... 49 Cox Street, Port Fairy, South West, Victoria, Australia ...black and white photographcottage, building, home, house, cox street -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph, Comely Banks
... Princes Highway, Port Fairy , South West, Victoria ...coloured photographcomely banks, building, home, house -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph, Braim House
... James Street, Port Fairy, South West, Victoria, Australia ...Braim House was built as a school by Doctor Braim now a private home coloured photographcottage, building, home, house, school, braim, james street -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph
... Albert Street, Port Fairy, South West, Victoria, Australia ...Coloured photographcottage, building, home, house, 21 albert st -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph
... Campbell Street, Port Fairy, South West, Victoria ...coloured photographcottage, building, home, house, 57 campbell st -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph
... Ocean Drive, Port Fairy, South West, victoria, australia ...The first year planting of Marrum Grass on Boarding School Bay dunes to stop the erosion of the sand caused by denuding the dunes of the scrubby tea tree that would have covered the dunes. They cut the tea trees down to use for tanning animal hides for leather and clothing rare photograph of the first years progress of the planting of marrum grass on the dunes of Boarding School Bay to halt the sand drift caused by the removal of tea trees.black and white photograph of the newly planted Marram Grass on the dunes at South Beachhandwritten: About 1884 See also 10.00.002 --- W.H.Storey - Marrum Grass. 1st Year. Boarding School Bay. Port Fairybotanical, marrum grass, boarding school bay, samuel avery -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesPhotograph, c.1886
... Cnr Bank & Barkley Sts, Port Fairy, South West, Victoria ...This shop stood at the corner of Bank and Church Streets and was pulled down to make way for another service station. When the service station closed in the 1990's it was used as a storage unit for a Port Fairy builder. It in turn has been pulled down and replaced with 2 shops, a bank and two units above.Black & white photographMrs C.W. Freckleton Toolong.- my father's saddlery business-shop now owned by Mr Richter taken in 1880shop, commercial, warehouse, bank street, church street -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Interview with Bill GREVILLE by John Garner, 20 March 2007, Twenty-Two Years a Gardener in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, Interview, 20 March 2007, Written account March 1985
... 509 York Street, Ballarat, south-west, Victoria, Australia ...Interview taken by John Garner March 2007. (002a) Written document by Bill Greville March 1st 1985A very detailed account of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, their development and upkeep; the propagation of plants and personnel employed.17 white sheets of paper clearly typed.All visiblejohn garner collection, garner, dr, greville, interview, ballarat botanical gardens, ballarat, gardens, bill greville, gardener, nursery man, tom toop, begonias, harry coulter, war service 1940-44, bill lindsay, zoo, the maze, the fernery, tom beaumont, statues, tilly thompson, gardens staff 1944. glasshouses. -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Manager, Ballarat Botanical Gardens, City of Ballarat, Interview with Ian ROSSITER by John Garner, 26 May 2006, 26 May 2006
... Gillies Street, Ballarat, south-west, Victoria, Australia ...Ian Rossiter, City of Ballarat, Manager of Strategy Development and Corporate Projects& Ballarat Botanical Gardens, interviewed by Doctor John Garner for the Friends of the Botanical Gardens Oral History Project.The interview is valuable in giving information and insights of the Manager of the Gardens over fourteen years.All visiblejohn garner collection, garner, rossiter, interview, ballarat botanical gardens, ballarat, gardens, doctor, ian rossiter, horticulture, robert clark centre, fernery, prisoner of war memorial, sequoias, master plan, wetlands, curator's house, statues -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Director of Parks and Gardens, City of Ballarat, Interview with Bob WHITEHEAD by John Garner, 07 February 2007, 7th February 2007
... Gillies Street, Ballarat, South-west, Victoria, Australia ...Bob Whitehead, Director of Parks & Gardens for the City of Ballarat. 1978-1989The interview is valuable in terms of the development of new techniques in the Gardens and the establishment of the Friends of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens.All visible. Clear grey and white photograph of Bob Whitehead, front page. 2nd front page coloured photograph of Bob Whitehead.None.john garner collection, garner, whitehead, interview, ballarat botanical gardens, ballarat, gardens, doctor, horticulture, kevin heinze, melbourne city council, modern techniques, fernery, sequoias, conservatories, establishment of the friends of the ballarat botanical gardens -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History GroupWork on paper - A Glowing Reference, John LINGHAM, letter from Council, City of Ballaarat, 1909, 5th March 1909
... Sturt Street, Ballarat, south-west, Victoria, Australia ...John Lingham was employed by the City of Ballaarat Council, in the Botanical Gardens, for over 30 years.John Lingham was a Curator of the Ballarat Botanic Gardens who worked with Guilfoyle and was a highly regarded consultant about other public gardens in Victoria. City of Ballarat logo, typed in the form of reference, signed by the Mayor and City Clerk with some dark shading left hand side.City of Ballarat seal in lower left hand corner.john garner collection, garner, dr, lingham, 1909, city of ballaarat, ballarat botanical gardens, ballarat, gardens, john lingham, floral and landscape gardening -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - City Father, George SMITH died 1896, Ballarat Star, 1st August 1896, page 4, 1 August, 1896
... Ballarat, south-west, Victoria, Australia ...George Smith was a noted nurseryman and seedsman who founded the Royal Exotic Nurseries at Lake Wendouree. He gave technical advice in the laying out of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, the planting of street trees and in advancing numerous municipal works around Ballarat.George Smith advanced the interests of Ballarat and its inhabitants in numerous ways, especially in agriculture and horticulture. He was also instrumental in making Ballarat famous in the other Colonies as well as overseas. Three pages of photocopied newsprint in heavy black print. National Library of Australia reference number at the bottom of each pagejohn garner collection, garner, dr, smith, ballarat star, newspaper, 1896, ballarat botanical gardens, ballarat, gardens, george smith j.p., city father, baron von mueller, kew gardens, goldfields, city councillor, magistrate -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History GroupPhotograph - First residence of George Longley and family in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, North Lodge, George Longley residence, 1863-1867, 1st Curator of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, C 1863-1867
... North Gardens, Wendouree Parade, Ballarat, South-west ...First curator's cottage, was built in the gardens early 1860's, later moved to 1414 Gregory St, now relocated back to the Northern Gardens and used by the "Friends of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens" for meetings and Botanikids activities.The Cottage is important as an early structure in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens. It is one of the early works of the Ballarat pioneer architect, Cassini. Its removal from Gregory Street back to the Gardens is testament to the generosity and enthusiasm of the Friends of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens. Its renovation was funded by the Ballarat City Council and the Friends of the Botanic Gardens as an important landmark from the past. It is now visited, used and enjoyed by the community. Many original features of the Cottage are intact with a modern extension.Blurred photograph in parts especially lower half of the photograph.Back of black and white photograph in biro, longhand print, "North Lodge - Geo.Longley First Curator- Residence. From 1863 to 1867 Gardens Cottage Built." Now located at 1414 Gregory Street. In faint print, THORNTON RICHARDjohn garner collection, garner, dr, george longley, longley, curator, curator house, ballarat botanical gardens, ballarat, gardens, north lodge, cassini, architect, northern gardens, longley family
