Book-Kitchener - by Bri-Gen. CR Ballard Book- Hard covered green cover with black printing / paper dust cover / showing price of eighteen shillings /publisher London : Faber & Faber Ltd / included in front of book 3x newspaper clippings from The Sun & Bendigo Advertiser - Kitchener’s smile , Lord Kitchener - his Military Service , How Kitchener perished.Bri-Gen. CR Ballardbooks, military, world war 1, lydia chancellor collection, collection, book-kitchener - by bri-gen. cr ballard /publisher london : faber & faber ltd, war, military, male, individual, biography, lord kitchener, horatio herbert kitchener

Contract of sale of land dated 15th June, 1955 between Mr. T. Wilkinson (vendor) and Mrs. J. M. Schultz (purchaser). Property: that piece of land situated corner Reverie and Buckley Street, Bendigo, being the land described in Right to occupy residence area no. 5050, together with weatherboard and brick dwelling and all sundry outbuildings. Price: 660 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Contract of sale of land dated 22nd March, 1955 between Mr. K. O. Stokes (vendor) and Mrs. E. Simmonds (purchaser). Property: that piece of land situate Lethebys Road, Eaglehawk, land described in right to occupy residence area No. 9596, together with weatherboard and brick dwelling, all sundry outbuildings, all linos, blinds and curtains. Price: 320 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Contract of sale of land dated 10th July, 1952 between Mrs. E. P. M. McDonald (vendor) and Mrs. Threlfell (purchaser). Property: land being Crown allotment 19 section 15B City of Bendigo Parish of Sandhurst, land comprised in certificate of title volume 2567 folio 513352, together with all buildings thereon. Price: 900 poundsorganization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Contract of sale of land dated 11th October, 1951 between Mrs. G. M. Wicker (vendor) and Mrs. O. A. Torpy (purchaser). Property: land being part of Crown allotment 10 section 100C City of Bendigo Parish of Sandhurst land described in certificate of title volume 6160 folio 1231986, together with all buildings thereon. Price: 1,000 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Conditions of sale by private contract dated 28th October, 1948 between Mr. J. M. Bulder (vendor) and Mrs. E. K. Tieman (purchaser). Property: land and buildings at 66 Olinda Street, occupied by Mrs. Tieman as tenant being part of allotment 8 section 77C, described in certificate of title 3431 folio 686047. Price: 450 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

A cream programme with blue print. On the front cover is a photo of Mr. W.C. Frazier A.R.C.O. The Conductor and the words, ''The Bendigo Choral Society.'' Season 1924 Third Concert. Twenty-eighth Concert, Masonic Hall, Bendigo. Wednesday, November 26, 1924. Bendigo Choral Society and Castlemaine Choral Society. Followed by a list of the artists. Programme price 3d.7 pages.program, music, bendigo choral society, lydia chancellor, concert, ' the bendigo choral society, ' ' the castlemaine choral society, ' music, singing, choir, amusements, masonic hall bendigo, programme, buildings, concert

"The Infants Magazine", October 1910, Vol, XLV. No 538. Publisher S. W. Partridge & Co ltd, 8 &9, paternoster Row, London, B.C. Published monthly and registgered for transmissionby Canadian Magazine Post, price 1d. Hazell, Watson and Viney, Ltd London and Aylesbury - printers. Illustration page 147 outlined in pencil "Picture to Colourin" coloured in back page.books, children's, the infants magazine

29 pages with illustrations book "Clay Modelling for Little Ones". "A graduated course for infant and junior classes ". Published London: George Philips & Son 32 fleet Street E. C. Liverpool: Philip, son and Nephew, 45 to 51 Souht castle St. Fourth edition. sixth thousand. All rights reserved [entered at stationers Hall. Price ninpence net].books, children's, clay modelling

Australian Home Journal from August 1st, 1956. On the cover these patterns enclosed: No.8850 lady in red dress, white hat and white gloves carrying a black bag. No. 8851 lady in blue dress with flowers pattern and white handbag. no. 9701 toddler in yellow tunic and no. 9700 toddler in pink dress. the magazine has 52 pages. Price 1 shilling.books, magazines, women's magazine

Black and White Photo of a very early Tram, Advertising Sign says 'Drapery Half Price - Beehive Sale', Side markings 'Bendigo Tramways Co.Ltd', the front tram car is marked Number 2 and maybe steam propulsion and towing the larger carriage. Rear of the photo has written in biro Early Bendigo Tram. Also number 91(4?) written in pencil.photograph, tram, no 2, early bendigo tram, bendigo tramways, trams, bendigo tramways co.ltd

Ticket contained within Reg. Item 2526, page 9, ESCo- Ballarat Tramways Adult Transfer Check Tickets (Va1389) Off white colour card with black print and red over printed price of 3d. Has conditions of use on the ticket. Has been punched. Note Item Not formally Numbered. See also Reg. Item 2500 for a similar ticket.trams, tramways, tickets, transfer tickets, esco

Blue covered catalogue with dark blue printing for an auction sale of Antique Imported Exclusive Furnishings and contents of Burnewang Estate at Elmore. The famous two-storied mansion home of Mrs. A. E. Bayne. Auction was held on 26th, 27th and 28th June, 1945. R. J. Vicars-Foote was the auctioneer. Column down the right hand side of lots to enter selling price.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - burnewang estate, mrs a e bayne, r j vicars-foote, cambridge press print, mr r c dick, buckell & jeffrey pty ltd, the kentucky coffee lounge

Diggers & Mining. Stores at the diggings. One grievance of the diggers on the early fields was the high cost of most commodities. Prices were rising all over Victoria, but they rose even more steeply at the diggings, because, with drays and bullock-drivers at a premium, and with the roads in a bad state, the cost of cartage to the fields rose rapidly. Markings: 38 994.LIF. 5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Small grey covered auction catalogue for a sale of Surplus Machinery situated at Blue Tier, Lottah and at Derwent Bridge Construction Works by order of Wedd's Machinery Agency. Auctioneers J. H. Curnow & Sons. Machinery offered included mining machinery, electric motors, pumps, tools, spare parts and a tractor. Most of the lots have the sale price written beside them.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - tasmanian surplus machinery, j h curnow & son, wedd's machinery agnecy hobart, derwent bridge construction works, c j curnow, h j lowe, f c dyett, j l jamieson & co, w g wedd, mercury press

Edward Blatchford Wright was born in 1894 in Birmingham, son of Edward Wright and Florence Emuss. It is not known when he migrated to Australia but he served in the AIF during WW1, seeing action in France. On enlistment aged 20 years 9 months, he gave his occupation as farmer. He married Gertrude Matilda Wain in 1919. He came to Surrey Hills c1924. He was a grocer in the area for several decades with shops in Canterbury Road. In 1942 he is listed at 235 Union Road. This was a residential address. Alan Holt's Surrey Hills property register places him at 365 Canterbury Road (c1920-1930) and 359 Canterbury Road (c1930-1940). He died in 1972 in Mont Albert. His last electoral roll entry in 1968 gives 18 Serpentine Street, Mont Albert. He and his wife are buried in Burwood Cemetery.Black and white photo of the exterior of Edward Blanchford Wright's grocery shop in Canterbury Road, Surrey Hills. The screen door is open and William Reynolds stands in the opening, dressed in a long white coat. The window displays are stacked high with cans and packages and large signs advertising the prices of goods. There is advertising on the windows for Marmite, Glen Valley tea, Preservene soap and Brockoff's biscuits. advertising, shops, grocers, businesses, union road shops, edward blatchford wright, william reynolds, burwood cemetery, world war 1, canterbury road

Clive Leslie Swift (RAAF 430415) was born in Elsternwick in 1924 and served in the RAAF in Borneo during WW2. He was mentioned in dispatches. He married Enid (Ina) Mary Smith in 1947. Together they ran the grocery store at 10 Croydon Road from 1949 until some time after 1954. In the 1980s they were living in Highbury Road, East Burwood and Clive was working for Unigate (later Bonlac) in a managerial position. (REF: Oral testimony, Libby Wilson, Canterbury History Group). The shop continued after the Swifts left but was later destroyed by fire. Clive Swift died in March 2014. This and other dockets were tucked into Ruth Matthews' recipe folder. Ruth and Harold Geoffrey (Geoff) Matthews lived at 42 Guildford Road, Surrey Hills. The donor recalled that her paternal grandmother (Ethel May Matthews) also occasionally shopped at the Swifts' shop as it was closer to her home (31 Guildford Road) than either than Griffith’s on Union Road or Thomas’ on Maling Road . Dockets such as these are reflective of shopping in the pre-supermarket era when women generally walked to the local shop or had proprietors or a staff member come to the house to take weekly orders. A pre-printed grocery docket for C. L. Swift (Late R.A.A.F.) on cream (slightly discoloured) paper printed in black, red and blue filled in with 19 hand-written items, their prices and the total of the grocery order. A green and cream duty stamp to the value of 3d is attached and over-signed with initials as having been paid. Order was for Mrs Matthews of Guildford Road.clive leslie swift, miss enid (ina) mary smith, mrs enid (ina) mary swift, croydon road, guildford road, grocery store, docket, accounts, bushells tea, mrs ruth matthews, harold geoffrey matthews, 'geoff' matthews

Clive Leslie Swift (RAAF 430415) was born in Elsternwick in 1924 and served in the RAAF in Borneo during WW2. He was mentioned in dispatches. He married Enid (Ina) Mary Smith in 1947. Together they ran the grocery store at 10 Croydon Road from 1949 until some time after 1954. In the 1980s they were living in Highbury Road, East Burwood and Clive was working for Unigate (later Bonlac) in a managerial position. (REF: Oral testimony, Libby Wilson, Canterbury History Group). The shop continued after the Swifts left but was later destroyed by fire. Clive Swift died in March 2014. This and other dockets were tucked into Ruth Matthews' recipe folder. Ruth and Harold Geoffrey (Geoff) Matthews lived at 42 Guildford Road, Surrey Hills. The donor recalled that her paternal grandmother (Ethel May Matthews) also occasionally shopped at the Swifts' shop as it was closer to her home (31 Guildford Road) than either than Griffith’s on Union Road or Thomas’ on Maling Road . Dockets such as these are reflective of shopping in the pre-supermarket era when women generally walked to the local shop or had proprietors or a staff member come to the house to take weekly orders. A pre-printed grocery docket for C. L. Swift (Late R.A.A.F.) on cream (slightly discoloured) paper printed in black, red and blue filled in with 19 hand-written items, their prices and the total of the grocery order. A green and cream duty stamp to the value of 3d is attached and over-signed with initials as having been paid. Order was for Mrs Matthews of Guildford Road.clive leslie swift, miss enid (ina) mary smith, mrs enid (ina) mary swift, croydon road, guildford road, grocery store, docket, accounts, bushells tea, mrs ruth matthews, harold geoffrey matthews, 'geoff' matthews

Block of "The Met City Saver" Adult tickets - with The Met logo. Tickets not priced. Ticket nos. A 952203 to 399. Printed on white sheets, stapled at the top with a large staple onto a cardboard backing strip. Note the top of the tickets have a green band on the right hand side of the ticket. See also Reg item 564.4 for another example and 1231 for other examples.trams, tramways, tickets, city section, mta, the met

Map - 18 fold - 6 x 3 with colour map of public transport including buses, titled "Melbourne's Public Transport Map", published by the Department of Infrastructure, Effective July 1999. Gives rail and tram maps, information on tickets, zones (3 Number) Has The Met contact details and website. Has DOI and State Govt logos. Priced $2.trams, tramways, map, doi, melbourne, the met

Typed notes titled 'Growing Plants Without Soil'. Typed on paper with printed letterhead of Howe & Franch Inc. Chemicals. Notes mention containers and method of planting plants for Hydroculture. Also gives the Formula to use in the water, price and size of the bottle of formula. Also mentioned that house plants watered with the formula improve their growth. Broadcast 'Final' written at the top of page.sciences, bill ashman collection - correspondence, growing plants without soil, howe & french inc. chemicals

Jessie McCleverty had a private ladies school in 2 locations in Surrey Hills in the early 1900s. She is not registered in teacher records at PROV. According to Jocelyn Hall's notes her school was located at 12 Durham Road from 1903-1905/6 and from then until 1933 at 44 Windsor Crescent.The earliest date in Sands & MacDougall is c1902 and according to the Victorian Government Gazette 1924, the school closed in 1923. [1933 may be a typo.] She was born in Melbourne in 1862 daughter of George McCleverty and Mary Gill. She had a brother William Edward, b1858, Ballarat East. Her parents may have migrated independently from Ireland. They married in 1856. By 1931 she was retired but still living in Surrey Hills. It is unclear exactly when she moved to Queensland, but she is listed on the electoral roll there for 1943 living with her niece Frances Victoria Shepperd and she died on 26 Jul 1943. She is buried in Toowoomba Cemetery. Fanny Wridgway (1890-1956) was born in Box Hill, the daughter of Frederick Wridgway and his wife Mary Ann (nee Young). She had an older brother Alfred and a younger sister Mary Ann. Box Hill Reporter entry gives her attending Banff Ladies' College in Box Hill in 1904 and she was dux of the school in 1905. Although the original donor indicated that Fanny was a teacher, she is not registered on the PROV Victorian Teachers' Roll. Electoral roll entries consistently indicate that her occupation was 'clerk'. She is buried in Box Hill Cemetery, along with her sister Mary Ann. No information found regarding W M Nance.This a fine example of the standard of work required of a senior student for examination purposes in 1907/1908.An exercise book with alternating lined and plain paper. The cover is beige in colour with a stamped illustration in the top LH corner. The binding is navy coloured cloth tape. it has rounded corners. The pages are numbered in neat black pen in the upper outside corner. An index on the front page indicates the scope of entries and the page number. The book is almost full. Each completed page has been signed by W M Nance. Illustrations and executed in black ink and the detail is very fine. in 2 places there are pressed rose leaves.Front cover in faded black ink: "(No. 1118 Passed in 1907) / Fanny Wridgway / Ladies' High School / Surrey Hills. / N0. 1366. present Exam. Dec. 1908" Back page in faded black ink: "J. M'Cleverty / Principal / Ladies' High School. Surrey Hills" jessie mccleverty, fanny wridgway, nature study, schools, private schools, w m nance, box hill cemetery