Part of Ron LAING's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.From a set of colour photographs of Sporting Clubs in Port Melbourne: Port Melbourne Bowling Clubsport - lawn bowls, societies clubs unions and other organisations, ron laing, port melbourne bowling club

Port Melbourne Bowling Club letterhead from 1930s (blank, 15 copies). blue-linedsport - lawn bowls, societies clubs unions and other organisations, port melbourne bowling club, sydney sims anderson

Plans for the proposed laundry at Canterbury Bowling Club cnr Kendall Street and Chaucer Street Canterburycanterbury, canterbury bowling club, kendall street, chaucer street, lawn bowls, plans, laundries

Victorian Bowlers' Charity Tournament Certificate, February 1935. Canterbury Bowling Club Section Winners canterbury bowling club, lawn bowls, victorian bowlers charity tournament, younghusband> t, theimeyer> c., hotchin> w. a., greenham> a..g, canterbury

Sepia photograph of members of the Canterbury Bowling Club on the green c.1912. Possibly a pennant team.canterbury, canterbury bowling club, lawn bowls, kendall street, maling road

Sports Clubs in Kew in the final decades of the 19th century and in the early 20th century were often umbrella organisations with facilities for a number of sports. Typically in Kew, this included teams in lawn bowls, tennis and croquet. The Kew Bowling Club was formed in 1880 while the privately owned Auburn Heights Recreation Club was opened in 1904. By 1998, the two Clubs decided to amalgamate at the Auburn Heights site in Barkers Road, forming the Kew Heights Sports Club. The combined club was itself taken over by the Melbourne Cricket Club in 2012 becoming MCC Kew Sports Club. In 2017 MCC Kew closed and its landholding was subsequently sold to Carey Baptist Grammar School. Both the Kew and Auburn Heights Clubs assembled important collections. These historically significant and large collections were donated to the Society in 2020. The collections include manuscripts, pictures, trophies, plans, honour boards etc. References Barnard FGA 1910, 'Sports and Pastimes' in Jubilee History of Kew Victoria: Its origin & progress 1803-1910. Nixon NV 1980, The History of the Kew Bowling Club 1880-1980. Reeve S 2012, City of Boroondara: Thematic Environmental History, p.216.The combined collections of the four sporting clubs making up the collection number hundreds of items that are historically significant locally. They are also significant to the sporting history of the greater Melbourne area and to the sports of lawn bowls and tennis in Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection illuminates two of the Victorian historic themes - 'Building community life' through forming community organisations and 'Shaping cultural and creative life' by participating in sport and recreation.Collection of loose photographs in a sleeve. [The item is part of the large historic Kew Bowling Club collection (1880-1988) gifted to the Kew Historical Society in 2020].kew bowling club - wellington street - kew (vic), clubs - lawn bowls - kew (vic)

Bill Sherman and Betty Curtis, Tatura Bowling Club Presentation Night.tatura, locals, curtis, sherman, bowling club, costume, female, male, civic, memento, presentations, recreations, sports

This file contains eight items. “A Short Outline of the History of the E.D.B.C.” Photocopy of typewritten history of the club, one page from 1909 to 1982, noting important events and personalities. Handwritten notes from Southern Cross newspaper, 08/05/1909 and 10/04/1909 about meetings to establish the club, into lists of office-bearers. Three photocopies of a group photo of members of the E.D.B.C., undated but probably 1910-14. No caption but verse of one copy states Early Days E.D.B.C. Photocopy of one page from 500 Victorians, Centenary Edition, 1934, on Arthur Apps, J.P. “Mortician” with cartoon portrait, noting that he is now associated with the Elsternwick District Bowling Club. Mounted photograph of Opening Day of the Elsternwick District Bowling Club 1934, handwritten on the reverse, of the raising of the flag for new club building. Mounted photograph of Elsternwick District Bowling Club Opening Day. Previous label on file states that it shows the presentation of a small trophy “Kitty” to Mayor H.C.H. Smith and Mayoress on opening day 1934. Photocopy of printed R.S.V.P. invitation from Elsternwick District Bowling Club for meeting of Official Opening of the Green and 75th Anniversary of the Club Opening 31/08/1984. The page states that the original Invitation in file 1204A with note on back. Ten mounted original colour photographs on five pages of Opening of the Green, presumably 31/08/1984 but no date is given, of presentations and speeches by office-bearers and photographs of members, identified by handwritten names written under each photograph. Backing used in this file states that it contains History of Elsternwick District Bowling Club 1909-1951 but this is not included.elsternwick district bowling club, king j.l., levens g., hunt keith, charlesworth harold, hannah charlie, donaldson janet, hunt ellen mrs., hannah doris, pearson les, peterson les, mcloghlin jim, berg john, berg joy, trimble family, christie j., cook r., dear i., hunt e., shier n., vessey l., ward i., white m., main m. i., coz charles, meadows s., watts j., regan j.b., ross w.t., murphy e.c., davies h.g., scott arthur, cunningham h., brown w.r., lillie a.g., apps arthur, smith h.c.h., elsternwick district ladies bowling club, govett miss y., ward norma, martins veronica, peace mary, markaris thelma, tirrike trio, sporting clubs, lawn bowls, anniversaries, elsternwick, bowling clubs

Port Melbourne Bowling Club - Cash book for seasons 1930/31 to December 1940/41 (incomplete)sport - lawn bowls, port melbourne bowling club

Letter from Mr PEDDIE? on a Swallow & Ariell letterhead, to the Port Melbourne Bowling Club, Jan. 1939sport - lawn bowls, societies clubs unions and other organisations, port melbourne bowling club, swallow & ariell ltd, peddie ?

Sepia photograph of Canterbury Bowling Club's winning team for V.B.A. Championship "B" RInk 1929-30canterbury, canterbury bowling club, lawn bowls, kendall street, cooper> s., davies> e.t.p., joseland> f.e., weymouth> j., victorian bowling association

Bowling Club Licence October 10, 1888. Page from the Register of Applications for Licenses, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria . Small page attached to it January 21 1952, where William HOWE confirms its authenticity in the presence of a JP, William L SMITHsport - lawn bowls, societies clubs unions and other organisations, william howe, port melbourne bowling and tennis club, port melbourne bowling club, william l smith

Lease document between Port Melbourne City Council and Port Melbourne Bowling Club regarding new clubrooms.local government - city of port melbourne, sport - lawn bowls, william howe, henry melville fennell, james peter crichton, sydney sims anderson, george alexander rogers, michael thomas woodruff, thomas griffin, t page, mayors, town clerks, port melbourne bowling club

Sepia photograph of group at Canterbury Bowling Club, could be some of the Croquet Club, but no information available c.1912canterbury, canterbury bowling club, canterbury croquet club, lawn bowls, croquet, kendall street

Copy of photograph, Executive of Port Melbourne Bowling Club, 1919-1920. Presented to E.H. WALE President, 1918-1920sport - lawn bowls, p w gardiner, w campbell, sydney sims anderson, r r mckean, w t hart, arthur hester, e h wale, k stranaghan, william thomas may, port melbourne bowling club

Sepia photograph of bowling at the Cantebury Bowling Club .c 1917. Canterbury Buildings, Canterbury Road and Balwyn Road in backgroundcanterbury, canterbury bowling club, lawn bowls, canterbury buildings, canterbury road, balwyn road

This file contains eleven items. Caulfield Bowling Club cashbook 1993-1998. Caulfield South Bowling Club Foundation Opening day programme dated 11/09/1948 in Princes Park, Caulfield South. Caulfield South Bowling Club Opening day programme dated 27/08/1949. Caulfield South Bowling Club Sixth Opening day programme dated 05/09/1953. Caulfield South Bowling Club Seventh Opening day programme dated 04/09/1954. Caulfield South Bowling Club Eighth Opening day programme dated 10/09/1955. Caulfield South Bowling Club Annual Report dated 1950-1951. An article from the Caulfield Port Phillip Leader detailing the Battle of the Bowls event that was held to raise money for the Bowls Disaster Relief Fund dated 12/04/2011. An article from the Melbourne Weekly Bayside on the use of Caulfield Racecourse dated 04/05/2011. Esternwick District Bowling Club and Elsternwick District Ladies Bowlng Club invitation for the combined official opening of the Green Ceremony for the 75th Anniversary of the clubs’ opening, dated 31/08/1984. An article from the Caulfield Leader on the demolition of two Melbourne Racing Club buildings in Glen Eira, dated 05/07/2011.miller elizabeth, southwick david, dodds d.a., norris c.e., gainey j., parton e.m., morris t.w., caulfield, victorian bowling association, sims howard, caulfield south ladies bowls, caulfield south bowling club, joske p.e., caulfield park, caulfield junior citizens band, bowls disaster relief fund, mckinnon, glen eira, elsternwick, murrumbeena park, penhalluriack frank, caulfield racecourse, carnegie, supporters of caulfield reserve, caulfield village, battle of the bowls, pennant competition, house committee, station street, caulfield north, caulfield north tabaret, booran road, caulfield south, glen eira road, dover street, don john, crown land, clubs, associations, societies, sports, recreations, leisure, cultural events, bowling clubs, sports establishments, recreations establishments, cultural structures, sports grounds, playing fields, parks, reserves, sports people, r.b.v.a., caulfield port phillip leader, nation robert, nation bob, caldwell j.s., mccormack garnet, thompson jenny, berriman ann, hird s.j. mrs., fuller robert, knott l.j. mrs., squire george, paton george, dalmon glad, nimon kath, grimwood n., haysey jean, schwartzman mary, bond kay, robinson kath, morris t.w. mrs., williams w., roberts klem, aarons joe, gold roslyn, mcloghlin j., govett y., discombe brian, esakoff margaret, osborne roy, brentwood harry, vickers stan, hogben les, maxwell billy, mccauley j., johannesen a., grieves k., hird s.j., currie w., osborne w.r., ankerson h., herbert c., knott j.l., mclaren j., thornton c., shugg l., williams c., ritchie h., tinkler howard v., bunny d.h., parton e.m. mrs., don j. mrs., sims h.e. mrs., osborne margaret, tinkler pam, tucker joy, bland roy, reynolds alex, simmons harry

Sepia photograph of bowling on the green at the Canterbury Bowling Club. Balwyn Road in the background and the old Canterbury Baptist Church. c.1912canterbury, canterbury bowling club, kendall street, balwyn road, canterbury baptist church, lawn bowls