Australian soldiers with a Vickers gun. Newspaper clipping from Cairo "Last Australian leaves Tobruk"

Volume 1 506 pages

Volume 2 392 pages Maps and black and white prints

Volume 3 482 pages

Hard cover with colour and black and white photographs. 130 poages.

Formal identification of the property to be bought as the first Melbourne Legacy residence sent to Legatee E. Russell, Chair of the Hostel Committee. The survey is hand drawn and meticulously measured.The documents demonstrate business practices in the 1940s with regard to the purchase of property, as well as being an important record of the first property to be purchased by Melbourne Legacy as a residence for children.00310.1 Letter from Dudley A. Tregent, Solicitor, dated 15 January 1943, to Legatee E. Russell, Chair of the Hostel Committee, enclosing the survey sketch plan. White paper, black letterhead and typing, two holes punched for filing 00310.2 Survey sketch plan by Meudell, Gillespie & Co, dated 13 January 1943. Black type and printing, with some red shading and writing, on white foolscap paper. 00310.3 Letter from Meudell, Gillespie & Co to Mr. D.A. Tregent, Solicitor. Quarto, black typing, red underlining, on white.00310.1 Signed by D.A. Tregent 00310.2 Signed by Percival A. Jordan 00310.3 Signed by Percival A. Jordanholmbush initial negotiations, properties, holmbush

Letter from Dudley A Tregent, Solicitor showing an outline of the final payment required for purchase of the Holmbush property, including stamp duty, transfer of Title fees and Council Rates. A record of the costs of acquiring property as well as being an important record of the first property to be purchased by Melbourne Legacy as a residence for children.Quarto copy paper, black and white, two hole punched for filing.holmbush initial negotiations, holmbush, properties

00331.1 A copy of the letter from the solicitor to the real estate agents that handled the transaction to claim for the return of items included in the purchase of the Holmbush property that were removed by the previous owner. 00331.2 A note to accompany the copy of the letter.Business practices in the 1940s around the purchase of the first property by Melbourne Legacy as a residence for children.00331.1 Quarto white copy paper, black type, two hole punched for filing. 00331.2 White note paper, black type, two hole punched for filing.holmbush initial negotiations, holmbush

The illustration looks northeast from Town Hall overlooking the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets, towards Black Hill and Grenville St. Has two ESCo trams in view, both with roof-mounted destinations, Post Office, and the Grenville St shelter. C1907. Has the National Mutual building in the bottom right-hand corner advertising Commercial Unity and Doepel & Co.Yields information about the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets and associated buildings.Illustration cut from a magazine or publicationballarat, illustrations, post office, sturt st, lydiard st, esco

Photograph taken from Grenville St looking southeast along Sturt St, c1912 Has ESCo tram towing a trailer, ESCo 20 and another two trams in the photograph. Many people are crossing the road. Wal Jack notes - "Original electric and trails, Summer car No. 20 passing bandstand about 1920" - note windscreens have not been fitted to the trams, possibly around 1910. Negative would be a copy negative of an original photograph. See item 8954 for a print of this image.Yields information about the trams and trailers in use c1912.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album. Negative also held.On rear of photograph in ink "T30 Ballarat Tramways / Old Types in Sturt St, Summer Tram 20 passing old bandstand / W. Jack"trams, tramways, sturt st, grenville st, esco, trailers, tram 20

Yields information about the ESCo electric trams and the streetscape the Grenville St era and demonstrates how items were "photoshopped" or manipulated into the photo to make the street look busy.Photo montage of ESCo tram No 16, before windscreens (No 16) at Grenville St looking towards Town Hall. Four motor cars, and pedestrians have been added to the original photo to make the street "Look busy". On the reverse is a photo cropped at the top of Eureka Monument. The photo has buildings on the south side of Sturt St. in the view. Image re-scanned at high density 14-9-2013 and record checked. Two copies held.trams, tramways, sturt st, grenville st, ballarat trams, esco

Roundabout is situated at the centre of the town. Shops in streetscape are a mixture of 1800s and 1900s construction.The streetscape is of historic and social significance, representative of a small country town.Original B/W photograph of roundabout at the corner of Learmonth and Warrenheip Sts, Buninyong. Streetscape of shops on the NE corner. buninyong, roundabout, warrenheip st, learmonth st, streetscape, shops

Record of Gong 1980's.Colour photo, view looking S.E. of the Upper Dam, also known as The Gong,. Buildings, upper left hoiuse of T. Attwood, Market Gardener, 1860; Centre bluestone former brewery 1854 and behind extension 1980.gong, reservour, brewery, attwood

Record of Victorian era church in 1980's. NB Ingles St. is unpaved.Colour photo, Dr. Longden's house, Learmonth St. West.uniting church, presbyterian church, ingles street

One of a series of photos created for an exhibition by the City of Kew of notable locations. The photos represent a snapshot in time.Enlarged photograph mounted on board, donated to the Kew Historical Society by the City of Kew on 10 April 1991.hays paddock - kew east (vic), kew (vic) - history, kew (vic) - public parks, kew (vic) - farming