In 1899 John Vincent Smith acquired the property known as 'Bundoora Park'. In the same year he organised a public competition for a design for a house to be built on the property. The competition (worth $50) was won by architect Sydney Herbert Wilson who also designed the Malvern Town Hall. In 1990 a fourteen room mansion was erected. The Australia Tesselated Tile Co of Mitcham supplied most of the tiles for the walls and floors, and Griffins and Lilials for the roof decoration.Coloured photograph detailing the history of Bundoora Park Homestead, Bundoora. Features a drawing of the mansion. The Australian Tesselated Tile Co. Pty Ltd of Mitcham supplied tiles and other materials.bundoora park homestead, australian tesselated tile co pty ltd, tiles

black and white photograph fair condition mountedPark School, St Kilda (about 1903) on back: Donated by Miss L. Hanby(?) R21 St Kilda Park

This plan was for the sale of parcels of land from the Lerderderg Park Estate property in 1911. Advertising for the sale appeared in the Bacchus Marsh Express newspaper through July of 1911. The property was situated only a few kilometers from the township of Bacchus Marsh. The agents for the sale were L. A. Fairbairn & Co.Lerderderg Park Estate was a significant and early colonial property in the Bacchus Marsh area. This plan provides details about the first time the property was subdivided for sale. It is therefore documents an important moment in the history of this property and the broader trend of the subdivision of older and larger properties in the district.A single page paper plan showing allotments of land for sale from the Lerderderg Park property owned by John Wills. The parcels of land for sale are coloured in red.The Lerderderg River and Pyke's Creek Irigation Channel shown on the plan are in blue ink. The rest of the plan is a dark cream or beige colur with the text in black ink. The plan has been extensively annotated with hand-written notes indicating the names of people who purchased the various parcels of lands and the prices paid for those lands. Part of the top of the plan containing some text appears to be missing. The plan is pasted into a bound volume containing 76 maps or plans in total. Top: Have received instructions to Sell, account Mr John Wills, his renowned LERDERDERG PARK LANDS, so well and favourably known throughout the Commonwealth. In areas from 3 acres to 1276 acres. Every lot is either rich lucerne land (or portion now under lucerne) with some higher land adjoining Railway Station, and 2 Milk factories within 2 miles, absolutely the finest land in Victoria. Bottom: THIS IS THE FIRST SUBDIVISIONAL SALE of Rich Flats in Bacchus Marsh since the Pyke's Creek Scheme, and every lot is commanded by it. Only 32 miles from Melbourne.bacchus marsh victoria maps, land sales, lerderderg park estate, land subdivision

Written on back of photograph, "Car park Eastland".

Written on back of photograph, "Greenwood Park Kinder."

Written on back of photograph, "Greenwood Park Kindergarten".

James Murgatroyd worked at Warrnambool Woollen Mills, Federal Mill, Tweedside, Collins Mills and set up looms for Alexander Spinning Mills Sydney, his son Fred Murgatroyd worked as a loom tuner at Yarra Falls, Tweedside and Collins mills in Victoria as well as in Sydney, and studied at Leeds University.Murgatroyd Photograph CollectionJohnstone Park, Geelong No 6 KODAK PRINTtextile mills, collins bros mill pty ltd, murgatroyd, mr fred murgatroyd, mr james, geelong, victoria

James Murgatroyd worked at Warrnambool Woollen Mills, Federal Mill, Tweedside, Collins Mills and set up looms for Alexander Spinning Mills Sydney, his son Fred Murgatroyd worked as a loom tuner at Yarra Falls, Tweedside and Collins mills in Victoria as well as in Sydney, and studied at Leeds University.Murgatroyd Photograph CollectionJohnstone Park, Geelong No 4 KODAK PRINTtextile mills, collins bros mill pty ltd, murgatroyd, mr fred murgatroyd, mr james, geelong, victoria

Sister of Donor Visited Stawell in th e1950'2 When she Purchased thes Murray Views Cards. The Cards were produced for sale to touristsSet of 8 Murry Views Postcards No 1 to No 8 C. 1950Murray Views No 7 Cato Park Stawell

Colour photograph showing lady wearing black skirt, white frill-necked blouse, grey fitted jacket and hat, riding horse side-saddle."Jenny Kerr 1983 Linton Park Exhibition".ldhs activities, ldhs exhibition linton park 1983, jenny kerr

Stories of the Simpson FamiliesGreen Card Cover with Black Print and drawings top left, lower right is a wattleKingskettle to Newbury Park The Simpsons of Stawell and Concongellastawell

Willsmere Park is bounded by the the Yarra River, Green Acres Golf Club, Willow Grove and the Eastern Freeway. The land on which the park is now situated was bought by Thomas Wills at the Crown Land Sales of 1846 (Section 56). From the 1840s to the 1940s it was intensively farmed. The park is dominated by very large playing fields, while planting to the southern boundary was undertaken when the Eastern Freeway was built. It is only along the banks of the Yarra that there is any remnant native vegetation. Willsmere Park is of significance as an area of open land that remains from the flood plain that once dominated northern Kew. (Source: Kew Conservation Study, 1988)Original colour small format polaroid photograph of flooding in the Willsmere Park, taken on 16 September 1993."Flooding of Willsmere Park from Yarra 16.9.93"willsmere park, yarra river -- floods -- kew (vic.)

Photograph of the Peter Roberson sign at Murrumbeena Park in 2009 The club change rooms are on the left and the Murrumbeena Park Bowling Club is in the backgroundmurrumbeena, murrumbeena cricket club, cricket, cricket clubs, parks and reserves, grandstands, signs, robertson, peter, murrumbeena park bowling club, lawn bowls

Coloured photograph of grandstand in Walker Park on the corner of Dunlavin and Whitehorse Road, Mitcham. (Photograph taken from main entry to park)grandstands, walker park

Rotunda Victoria Park / Cato Parkstawell

Rotunda Victoria Park / Cato Parkstawell

Clutha was the home of John Carson, the second mayor of Kew. Leonard Terry designed the house for him in 1856. Terry was the architect of the Melbourne Club (1858), the former London Chartered Bank (1861), Lothian Terrace in Carlton (1865), and the ES&A Bank in Hawthorn (1873). The commission for Clutha was won three years after Terry’s arrival in Victoria.An extremely rare photograph of a major residential architectural commission of Leonard Terry. The photograph of the house has statewide significance as the home of the Victorian pioneer and businessman, John Carson. A rare, nineteenth century photograph of ‘Clutha’ in Studley Park Road, Kew. The sepia-toned photograph is of the front of the house, with its bluestone foundations and its second storey balcony. A real estate advertisement in 1875 described the house as: 'First-class family mansion, and about 8½ acres of pleasure grounds and fruit garden. The house, erected under the plans and supervision of Mr. Leonard Terry, is most substantially built of brick, stuccoed, on solid bluestone pediment, forming a noble basement story, large entrance hall, and lobby, with conservatory on the left. *** A wide verandah and balcony, erected on cast-iron columns, runs round the house, the views from which are perhaps unequalled in extent and beauty in the neighbourhood of the city, commanding the bay, shipping, Mount Macedon, and Dandenong Ranges. Th e whole forming a most complete gentleman's residence, no expense having been spared in its erection and comfortable finish.'"Clutha West Side Studley Park Road Kew / Clutha West Side"clutha, john carson, leonard terry

Those sections of Studley Park closest to the River Yarra were set aside as parkland in the 1850s. After initial discussions about whether it was a suitable site for a Government House, much of the land was instead gazetted in the 1860s as the location for a new lunatic asylum, to expand overcrowded mental health facilities at the Yarra Bend Asylum on the other side of the river at Fairfield. Those sections of Studley Park bounded by the Yarra River, Studley Park Road, Princess Street and Fellows Street were subdivided and sold at the Crown Land Sales in 1851. Much of this urban area remained open farmland until the twentieth century, apart from mansions, largely located along the main roads.Original, black and white positive print of what is said to represent Studley Park in 1937. If the attribution and date is literally to be understood, then it would appear that the photograph may have been taken from the Kew side of the river looking across to open farmland in the Yarra Bend Park. If the designation of Studley Park is to be understood more loosely, then it might be a view of what is now East Kew, taken from a section of Kilby Road. Inscribed verso: "Studley Park 1937" studley park -- kew (vic.)

Folder containing leaflet and flyer for the Pictorial History of Park Orchards exhibition by local resident, Graeme Tamme, at Park Orchards Community House, 8th & 9th September, 2007. Follow-up letter 16th January, 2008 from Graeme Tamme, to Richard Carter, past RDHS President. (Enclosures mentioned in letter not included in folder.)

Catalogue card reads, 'Park Opening - Opening Jubilee Park?' Written on back of one copy, 'Ringwood Mail. 17/12/59'.

View of the Caravan Park Across the lake.caravan park

Bust of Apollo in the Gardens at Central Parkmonuments, apollo

Bust of Apollo in central Park Stawellmonuments, apollo

Black and white photo of Antonio Parkantonio park, mitcham

Two A4 size gloss paper pages advertising residential development including outline of local facilities and services, with locality map and layout of Monterey Park streets.Monterey Park - Jennings Industries Limited, 690 Springvale Road, Mulgrave, 3170, Phone 5618000. Subdivision includes Parkwood High School, Tortice Drive, Heape Way, Appleberry Place, Stringybark Court, Conifer Court, Crawley Grove, Monterey Close (later Monterey Place), Lucy Place, Middlebrook Drive, Gahnia Close, Glanfield Court, Cone Close, Jull Parade, Pinus Close (later Pinetree Court), Radiata Close, Old Warrandyte Road, and entry from Warrandyte Road.