The photo is part of a set provided by Robin Harris of his early life (1953-1962) in 'The Shack' at Antonio Park. See ND5241 for his story 'When Antonio Park was home'.)Black & white photograph of the Shack in Antonio Park (1953-1962) showing the eastern side which faced Deep Creek Road. See ND5241 for history.antonio park mitcham, the shack, whitehorse road, mitcham, no.627, harris. robin, bushfire - 1962

The photo is part of a set provided by Robin Harris of his early life (1953-1962) in 'The Shack' at Antonio Park. See ND5241 for his story 'When Antonio Park was home'.)Black & white photograph of Doris Harris (1900-1975) with her grandson, and Robin Harris's nephew, Mark Coleclough. Photo was taken from the eastern side of the shack looking toward Deep Creek Road and showing part of the overgrown fruit orchard in the background. See ND5241 for history.antonio park mitcham, harris. dorothy, coleclough. mark, the shack, whitehorse road, mitcham, no.627, harris. robin, bushfire - 1962

The photo is part of a set provided by Robin Harris of his early life (1953-1962) in 'The Shack' at Antonio Park. See ND5241 for his story 'When Antonio Park was home'.)Black & white photograph of of Robin Harris, nephew Mark Coleclough and sister Margaret Julie Harris. See ND5241 for history.antonio park mitcham, coleclough. mark, the shack, whitehorse road, mitcham, no. 627, harris. robin, harris. margaret julie, bushfire - 1962

The photo is part of a set provided by Robin Harris of his early life (1953-1962) in 'The Shack' at Antonio Park. See ND5241 for his story 'When Antonio Park was home'.)Black & white photograph of Mark Coleclough feeding 'Clumpy Jim'. The horse belonged to a neighbour. The paddock later became part of the Antonio Park Primary School. See ND5241 for history.antonio park mitcham, coleclough. mark, whitehorse road, mitcham, no. 627, bushfire - 1962

Articles in annual report include: President's report, finance report, balance sheet, the Kooyong story 50 years of service to the blind, honorary services, blind members, life governors. 1 printed volume with illustrationsassociation for the blind, annual reports, henry bolte, h.m. lightfoot, john wicking, sir john wilson, john wilson, eunice wilson, p. daddo, frankston ladies choir

Novels by eminent hands. Jeam's Diary. Adventures of Major Gahagan. A Legend of the Rhine. Rebecca and Rowena. The History of the next French Revolution. Cox's Diary. Short stories by W.M. Thackaray.Green cloth-covered hardcover book with gold decoration to front, spine and rear. Faded and marked spine, wear to cover edges and top & bottom of spine. Moderate foxing to pages. Rear cover detaching. 448 pp. Fair condition.P.1 '341', crossed out. Kilmore Mechanics Institute stamp. Title page '29'.adult fiction, kilmore mechanics institute library.

Advertisement for the sale of the Colonial Tramcar Restaurant placed by Peat Marwick of Melbourne. The Age Newspaper of 15/2/1983 has a story about the launch of the tram - see item 3730.Yields information about early days of the Tramcar Restaurant in Melbourne.Newspaper cutting from the Financial Review 23-11-1983 advertising Notice - The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant for saletrams, tramcars, colonial tramcar restaurant, restaurant tram, sale of trams

This is a well known Story. Given as a prize at Stawell Baptist S.S. Presented to Doris Hughes Iv Class Girls. Miss Dalkin. The Dalkin family in Stawell over many Years.Brown Paper cover over the hard Cover: Deep Green with Gold Inscribing.Swiss Family Robinson Doris Hughes 1St Prize Baptist Sunday School Teacher Miss J. Dalkin. Baptist Sunday School Stawell Baptist S.S. Doris Hughes 1st Prize Iv Class Girls Miss Dalkinstawell education

From the title page - "NOTHING OVER US/ The story of/ The 2/6th Australian Infantry Battalion" Part of the "William (Bill) THOMASON" Collection. Refer Cat. No. 4136P for more items.Hardcover book with dust cover. Cover - cardboard, mid brown colour buckram, gold colour print on spine. Dust cover - paper, white and dark green colour print on front and spine on dark green, mid brown and cream colour background. Front illustration - brown colour crayon drawing of an Australian soldier. Flaps - white colour printed information. 604 pages, cut, plain white colour paper. Illustrated black and white and colour photographs, maps and drawings. End papers - front and back - sepia toned photograph of troops on Parade, background streetscape of trees and tram. publications, books, history 2/6th infantry battalion, william (bill) thomason collection

Belonged to JOHN WILLIAM GRINTON No 1043 C Coy 38th Batt AIF. Refer Reg No 1280 for Service Details also 1317P, 1319P. Refer 1634P for the story on the map.Trench map of France - Edition 5A Bellicourt - Montbrahain - Bran Court. Tan, wooden frame, glass front with white cardboard backing. Hanging wire attached at back with centre strengthening brace. Map stuck on white background. German trenches in blue. Top middle: France. RHS bottom rear: The Union Studio - Castlemaine sticker.documents - maps, frame accessories, military history - army

The Howard Rotary Hoe was very difficult to operate and there were many stories about this. John Rayner (Staff) remembers a female student cutting through the flower beds out of control.Black and white photograph. Female student learning how to use a Howard Rotary Hoe.female students, howard rotary hoe, john rayner

These photographs are copies of original paintings by the Australian marine artist A V Gregory (1867-1957), also known as Arthur Victor Gregory. Gregory lived and worked in South Melbourne. He took over the Gregory Studio owned by his father, George Frederick Gregory, painting actively between 1899 and 1932. He usually signed his works as ‘A V Gregory’. Some of his original works have been sold for thousands of dollars. These mounted photographs, by A.V. Gregory, show both steam and sailing ships sailing in the Tea Race from China to London in 1872. The information included with the photographs has the following text: “Tea Clippers “ Well done Cutty Sark, by Bobbie Burns The CUTTY SARK and THERMOPYLAE. The start of the 1872 Tea Race from China to London. The “Cutty Sark” first away, followed closely by the “Thermopylae”, finally parting after several days’ company. On this race the “Cutty Sark” lost her rudder in the Indian Ocean, putting her hopelessly out of the race, and enabling the “Thermopylae” to pass her and reach London on 11th October, 115 days out, the “Cutty Sark” limping home seven days later. The credit of the race was given to the “Cutty Sark” by the shipping world. Copies of the pictures may be had from A.V. Gregory, 326 Albert Road, South Melbourne."The detailed images of the vessels depicted in this photographs shows some of the many sail and steam vessels painted by the renowned Victorian marine artist A V Gregory, whose original works are highly valued today by marine collectors. The pictures and document are significant for their association with the Tea Clippers, famous for racing across the world to arrive in Australia with the fastest time.Photographs of paintings of sail and steamships, three photographs mounted together side by side, titled "Australian Rivals - Past and Present". The centre shows the sailing ships Thermopylae and Cutty Sark. It is flanked on each side by a photograph of a steamship. The document with the photographs gives the history of the famous Tea Race from China to London in 1872.Title: "Australian Rivals - Past and Present". Handwritten on Left photograph "A.V. GREGORY - SS KATOOMBA" Handwritten on Centre photograph; "THERMOPLAE - A.V. GREGORY - CUTTY SARK - FIRST AWAY" Handwritten on Right photograph; "CANBERRA - A/V/ GREGORY" Handwritten on accompanying card is the story of the Tea Clippers.flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, ss katoomba, thermopylae, cutty sark, tea race, tea race china to london 1872, canberra, tea clippers, a v gregory

The Weekly Times was first published on September 11, 1869. In September 1875, The Weekly Times absorbed two other Melbourne-based rural publications, the Economist and Town and Country.In 1892 the Daily Telegraph company sold its buildings and mastheads to the Herald group, which has published The Weekly Times continuously since. In 1902 The Herald and Standard Newspaper Company Ltd changed its name to the present Herald and Weekly Times. These booklets were published as souvenir magazines to "celebrate 100 years on the land". They had ten parts published weekly from September 15 - November 17 1999. These magazines are records of 20th century rural history of Victoria. Ten magazines inside a hard plastic covered folder. They are Weekly Times souvenir booklets/magazines titled "Our Land, Our Century 1900-1999: Celebrating 100 Years on the Land". They contain pictures and stories of events related to rural Australia. Each edition covers ten years from 1900 -1989.

White Hills Cemetery - Bendigo a Reflection, a history of the White Hills Cemetery, the second largest in the goldfield town of Sandhurst, later called Bendigo, and the story of the dedicated early Sextons of this Cemetery.92 pages with black and white photographs & maps, compiled by Fiona.E.Stanton in partnership with the Bendigo Historical Society Inc, in a spring bound binder.Fiona.E.Stantonbendigo, cemetery, white hills cemetery, bendigo-cemetery-white hills- sextons

Program on yellow paper with greenish printing on the front and back, and black printing and photo on the inside. On the front page is Henry Lawson 1867 - 1922 and a few paragraphs about him. On the inside is a photo and a brief story of his life and the Official Opening Programme 8th April 1981. On the back is a sketch and a poem by Henry Lawson.document, programme, official opening lawson's restaurant, henry lawson, burns, kipling, tolstoi, bryand roberts, leonard teale, viv martin

Cream card with a 3mm gold oval frame with a mostly light purple scene inside it. In the foreground are 3 brown deer. Behind them is a 2 story house with lights in the windows. Bluish sky with clouds. Red cord holds the insert & card together. 'Wishing You a Happy Christmas' printed in gold at the bottom.person, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards

Book, The Benolas, Forty Years of Making Music by Keith Cole.1977.Contents of book ; Mavis Webster; Her Story; Talented Accompanists; Formation and Form of the Benolas and choristers, People, Practice, Appearance, Places.; Performances; Celebrating and Socialising; Serving the Community with Song, included in the book is an Invitation for 'A Trip Down Memory Lane'Keith Colebook, bendigo, the benolas

The Passages exhibition looked back to Port Melbourne in the 1970s when the make-up of the Council changed and the Greek community became even more a part of life in Port. This CD covers the valuable contribution made by the members of the Greek community who came from Greece to make Port Melbourne their home.CD-ROM containing information relating to the Passages Exhibition launched at Port Melbourne Town Hall, 28 Aug 2017. The disc includes family stories, working documents, photographs of display items, photographs taken during the launch, Powerpoint presentation prepared by John Kirby and display panels prepared by Pat Grainger.pat grainger, jill dawson, john kirby, greek community, celebrations fetes and exhibitions

The story of the attempt to establish the Rosstown industrial and residential complex in the Caulfield district, south-east of Melbourne, during the second half of the nineteenth century. The focus of the scheme was a major beet processing mill, the Rosstown Sugar Works. It also looks at the railways lines which serviced the sugar beet ventures in the Caulfield/Rosstown area.victorian history, local history, town planning, william murray ross, rosstown estate, rosstown railway

A commercial publication issued by the local Sunbury community, featuring stories of people and events in Sunbury as well as advertising local businesses. It has been printed on glossy paper with a colourful cover with 8 small photos and the title written in different colours on the front and the rest of the cover contains advertisements. The inside pagesw are in black and white.non-fictionA local community magazine.community magazines, sunbury times

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, 15/1/2015, titled "Tram crew finds turtle crossing the tracks". Has a photo of tram 38, northbound near depot junction with the turtle, actually a tortoise, in the foreground. It was a slow news day in Ballarat! Quotes Peter Waugh, and has the story around a Myki card.btm, wendouree parade, turtle, tortoise, animals

Black ink sketch on buff coloured card, titled Shamrock Hotel. Written on the front is Shamrock Hotel Jan Neil 1972. It is a detailed drawing of the Hotel, with no other buildings in it. It is an ornate building of four stories. Written in pencil on the back is: Received 12.9.2002 GB. Derek? Augwin 2/29 Glebe Ave Cheltenham.artwork, shamrock hotel, jan neil