Mrs J.L.Smith and Ada Smith in the backyard of the house Law Muir Den 510 Centre Rd Bentleigh c 1910. . The early settler women usually devoted a whole day to washing as it was very labourious. A fire was lit in a stone pit and a large tub of water boiled. Soap that had been made, usually in the previous Autumn, from fat drippings and caustic soda, was flaked into the tub to form suds. The clothes were moved around in the tub with a long wooden paddle that was also used to lift the clothes out of the tub into another tub of cold rinsing water..Stains were removed by scrubbing soap on the cloth against a scrubbing board. Clothes were wrung by hand or a mechanical wringer and hung on the clothes line to dry. Mary Ann Smith was married John Logan Smith 1860-1932 who at first rented a cottage 'Law Muir Den' & Shed from Mr Box and commenced business as a wood merchant - sawing logs into shorter pieces using one horse to power the saw. He purchased the property, added to the buildings , began trading in fuel and fodder as well and installed a chaff cutting mill powered by 10hp steam engine. The business prospered As Motor transport was increasing 1926 J L Smith built a small Garage on the opposite corner (Woolworths Supermarket 2005) , employed a good mechanic ( Reg Hunt ) and developed another successful business. J.L.Smith was an early settler in East Brighton now Bentleigh and established successful Wood cutting, Grain & Chaff cutting and Motor garage businesses in Centre Road . He was elected Councillor of the Shire of Moorabbin and, with Mary Ann, his family were involved with local Church, Red Cross, and other community organizations.Photograph, Black & White, showing 2 women washing clothes in a large tub, set over a fire in a stone pit, in the back yard. Clothes are hanging from a rope line strung between 2 trees and held up with a wooden 'prop'

12 photocopied pages. Page four has acknowledgements, Page five mentions Pen-Portraist by Raly Wallace and Kevin Vallence, Page 14 mentions some rich areas: White Hills, Red Hill (now Virginia Hill), Eaglehawk, Golden Gully, New Chum Gully, Long Gully, Spring Gully, Derwent Gully, California Gully, Sailors Gully and Peg Leg Gully. There are two sketches on the page: Windless, by W. Ralston, Australasian Sketcher 20/12/1879 (D O'Hoy Collection) and a sketch of some miners in a tent with some mining equipment in front of it. There are two men in front of a fire at the front of the tent. Page 16 has a sketch of an old brick house with iron lace on the veranda and a picket fence at the front. Page 17 mentions the school and some Friendly Societies and Church. Page 22 mentions Quartz Mining. There is a Lithograph of a Quartz outcrop, New Chum Gully 1852 by George Rowe and a View of Surface Workings 1861, a Batchelder Photo. Page 23 mentions Edward Nucella Emmett, a pioneer gold digger who became involved in many important public issues. Page 25 mentions Company Mining and Crushing. It has a sketch of a Primitive Quart Crusher. Page 37 Mentions Richard Pope, a Miner who tramped from job to job in Bendigo and eventually followed the rush to Broken Hill. Page 38 mentions the Eaglehawk Brass Band and Friendly Societies in Eaglehawk. Page 39 is headed Miner's Cottage. It mentions stone miners' cottages. Page 40 has a sketch of a Georgian Style Sandstone Cottage Harvey Town. Page 41 mentions men sweeping the road to get gold, Bull Family grocery shop and a blacksmith. Page 42 is headed St. Augustine's. Page 43 has a sketch of St. Augustine's Church. Page 59 is headed Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfields (B.A.G.) Edward Clarence Dyason was largely behind a new company set up in 1917 to work the Bendigo field in an entirely new way. (B.A.G.) wished to take over all existing mining companies, and place them under a single management structure.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - some historical information, mr l hooley, mr l bennetts, mr w watson, mr w heraud, mr d m davies, mr w perry, mr h harvey, mr a llewellyn, mr e oates, chook temple by mr alan llewellyn, mr f cusack, tracey ipsen, ray wallace, bendigo field naturalists' club, eaglehawk tree lovers' society, bendigo historical society, university of melbourne, kevin vallence, monash university, bendigo technical college, south australian writer's fellowship, windlass, w ralston, australasian sketcher 20.12.1879, d o'hoy, mechanics institute, california gully school, bell topper hill, i.o.r. (rechabites), cobden tent, refuge tent, sutton tent, m.u.i.o.o.f.'s loyal darling, bible christian church, california hill wesleyan methodist church, saint jude's anglican church, quartz mining, e n emmett, jonathan harris, haris' claim, j hustler, george rowe, batchelder, la trobe library, cave, amos, new chum line of reef, edward nucella emmett, bendigo city council, all saints, william westgarth, latham and watson, hustler's line of reef, bell and irons, ballerstedt and son, young and company, nicholas and bassit, ensor, thomas carpenter, quartz crusher, goldfields and mineral districts of victoria, richard pope, daniel webster mine, isaac dyason, old chum mine, north old chum mine, young chum mine, george lansell, lazarus, silicosis of the lungs, eaglehawk brass band, victoria hotel, mr williams, eaglehawk branch of the australian natives association, loyal catherine lodge, mr james, odd fellows in the loyal catherine lodge branch no 4935, richard harvey, thomas harvey, moonta copper mines, harvey town, national trust of australia, eaglehawk tree lovers society, saint mungo's methodist church, clark's beehive battery, world war 1, kee-young, lady barkly hotel, prankhurst, bull family, cousin jack, st augustine's, myers, nicholls, john o'brien, around the boree log, the rev dean hayes, st kilian's, bendigo amalgamated goldfields (b.a.g.), edward clarence dyason, r h s abbott, hercules and energetic, south new moon, new chum goldfields, central red white and blue consolidated, brown john, the life and times of long gully, bendigo press, val white, megan snoop

Black and white photograph of the conservatory gardens and surrounding area. The phot shows the early plantings of the palm trees along the outer fence, and the layout of garden beds waiting to be filled with plants.Just left of centre is a white statue. At the start of Bridge street on the right side there is a line cabs waiting for business. Centre can be seen the bridge over the Bendigo Creek. To the right centre there are a group of retail establishments.bendigo, parks and gardens, conservatory gardens

Sepia image mounted on board: image shows large procession of horse drawn vehicles, line of jinkers, carriages, etc. disappears into background, with bicycle riders alongside. Men are mostly wearing three piece suits, hats, and women wearing long dresses, seated in carriage. Procession is lined up outside buildings. Timber buildings with iron roof. Written on sign ' Roberts & Sons. Indistinct, behind trees' Roberts & Sons operated a foundry in Wills Street, Bendigo. Roberts & Sons, picnic, 1896. (Source: Bendigo Trust Collection)'Robevent, recreation, picnic, bendigo, procession, roberts & sons, foundry, wills street.

Black and white photo : image of young woman standing, leaning on tree stump. Woman is dressed in long dark skirt, buttoned jacket with frills on sleeves. Image is edged in black with gold line. On back of image: 'Bijou Portrait Parlors, View Place, Sandhurst ( negatives kept ).' Below the photo are the words Artist, Atkinson, Photo.Atkinsoncottage, miners, bendigo, sandhurst, atkinson

Thomas Crouch Watts was born on March 7th. 1865, to Joseph and Susan Watts. Before the real estate business commenced, Thomas and his brother were in partnership as booksellers and stationers in a shop at View Point. Thomas lived in a fine house in Rowan Street, which was called 'Ottawa' Thomas started his real estate business in the early 1900s in a shop in View Street. His daughter Edna was the book keeper and typist, Stewart Watson was the salesman and Stanley Phipps (Edith Lunn's father) was the property manager and valuer. When Thomas Watts died in 1914, his daughter took over the running of the business. She married Stewart Watson in 1918. Eventually the name of the business was changed to Bishop and Earl. From a letter from Edith Lunn re T.C. Watts & Son. 'The firm of T.C. Watts & Son later became Bishop and Earl. When the firm of Bishop and Earl ceased to operate after the death of Edith Lunn's father, S.P. Bishop, Miss. June Parry, Secretary of the BHS was a member of staff. June rescued all the photos of properties listed for sale from the office and placed them into the custody of the BHS.' Black and white original photograph mounted on grey board. House, weatherboard, corrugated iron roof, verandah, picket fence, wooden fretwork on gables and windows. Decoration along roof line, one chimney visible , garden with two palm trees. Bay window RH side. Harrison's Est £1150, 29 Pyke Street Bendigo written on back of image. Date: 9 Dec 1927. stamped on back.A. Jeffree, Bendgoplace, building, residential, previous reg. no. mp81 part of a collection of photographs used by estate agent t.c. watts and sons, bendigo to show potential purchasers.

Photos of two houses on a piece of paper. The top photo is a white house with a portico and steps at the front door, a window at each side and a striped blind at the edge of the portico. Decorative brick work at spout level. A concrete path is along the front of the house and leads out to the front and side. A vase with a flower and a statue on the corner of the path. there is a table and chairs beside the house. The garden is very black. The lower photo is a brick house with a door, a tall window that is rounded at the top and three small windows just below the spout line. There are some plants in front of the house and trees around it. parts of the garden are dark.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - two houses

Black and white photograph of sketch of Government Camp, June, 1853. Officers, tents and trees. Printed on bottom in margin in front ' Mr. Panton, Mr. Kabat, Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Barnard, Mr. Winch. Police Court and lockup on hill to left Resident Commissioner's tent on left, facing line of tents. Officers' Tents, Government Camp, June 1853. ( A picture by Ludwick Becker, presented to the Art Gallery by Mr. J.A.. Panton.Ludwick Becker ???place, landscape view, government camp

Black and white photograph on green mount. Group of 24 students and 3 adult males. Trees, shrubs and lawn. Plant arch at LB. Poppet legs in background. Inscriptions: in image - on small board 'Violet St 877 Merits 1912'. 'Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch', circular stamp on back of photo. 'E Bond Photographer, Landscape and Portrait'. Oval stamp on rear. History: Previous Acc. No. 'GP19'. Wilma Meggs 20.7.2001 'Merit was achieved in year 8 of school'. James Lerk 19.11.1999 'Violet St State School, Merits pupils 1912. Mine in the background on the Sheepshead Line of Reef'.E Bond, Photographer, Landscape and Portraitperson, group, violet street state school

Cream card with dark grey at the top around the top half of 4 gold coloured circular areas with shell pattern on them. 4 red leaves beside them. Further down is an oval frame with greenish scene of a sailing boat, water & a tree. This has a gold line around it then an indented line then another gold line. From near the top is some gold scrollwork, leaves and grey leaves with gold edges. The gold & red top pattern is repeated on the lower left side. From the near bottom edge of the frame are line & scrollwork going to the bottom edge and 25mm up the right side. 'Content and Gladness ever fill your heart' is printed in gold above right of the frame.Raphael Tuck & Sonsperson, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards

White card with 10mm grey border. Gold line between the grey & white. In the top left half is a maroon shape with gold edges and purple flowers on it. Inside the shape is a coloured scene of a man with a wagon load of hay crossing a stream. Two trees in the backgrou;nd at the sides of the road. A green stem with purple & mauve flowers hang from the left of the frame. On the right are two flower stems which meet at a small rectangle with a flower in it and a long stem with flowers hangs down to the bottom. Between the flowrs is printed inblack & purple with gold highlights & underline: With Hearty Good Wishes for a Happy Christmas. Gold printing inside.Raphael Tuck & Sonsperson, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards

4 calendars. (a) 1903 tiled Vine Leaves'. It is a foldable calendar. It is in four sections with a blue strip down each side. Each section has 3 months and a verse printed on it. There is vine leaves and grapes. Each month is printed on a large leaf. (b) 1941 calendae with 'A Calendar of Happy Days' printed in gold on the front of the little calendar booklet. It is a mottled grey colour with a light greenish ribbon at the top. It has a coloured picture of the Crucifiction glued inside a gold line border. (c) 1950 calendar. Coloured garden scene with trees and colourful flowers, pathways and steps. An archway at the back. Picture glued to a heavy piece of card with a pale blue calendar booklet glued to the bottom with a piece of pale blue heavy paper. 'May each Day be a Happy One' printed in gold on the front of the booklet. (d) Pale blue1937 calendar booklet with 'Calendar' printed on the front in dark blue. The back is a piece of wood (3 ply) with hand painted blue & yellow flowers painted on it. A piece of pink cord is threaded in a hole at the top for hanging.ornaments, residential, malone collection, assorted calendars

Document. Greeting Cards. Small creamy 5-fold card opening from the centre. Green fine line border 7 decorative work on the front folds. On the left are letters in various colours, all on top of one another. On the right, printed in gold, is: With All Good Wishes. It has some red shading and gold scrollwork. In the centre, inside a gold frame is a small painting of a house behind a hedge, part of a woooden fence, and in the foreground, 2 trees and some grass.person, individual, greeting card, malone collection, greeting cards

Document. Malone Collection. Small pale green card with gold border with a fine black line top, bottom and right side. A brown circle with gold inner and outer borders and gold bells and ribbon at the top. It has a scene with a house, flowers, tree and a red sky inside it. Underneath is a gold rectangle with 'Happiness (printed in red) be yours from day to day printed on it. On the right is a pink rose with stems and green leaves. On the left is a line drawing of stems and leaves.Raphael Tuck & Sons, Limitedperson, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards

Cheque with cheque butt attached with date line ending 192-. The Northern Seed Supply Co. printed at the top with a fruit tree and roses around or beside the letters. Printed in the centre is The English, Scottish and Australian Bank Limited Bendigo. Decorative scroll work on the left edge with The Northern Seed Supply Coy. Printed in the centre. Printed in grey and black with pale red Not Negotiable in the centre.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, the northern seed supply co, the english scottish and australian bank limited

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decade. This series of photographs show candid pictures taken by previous residents of the Island.Black and white photograph showing a paddock with a fence line and a stand of trees running diagonally from the foreground to the background.Catalogue number written in pencil on reverse. 'Churchill 1953' written in pen on reversechurchill island, photograph

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the last decadeBlack and white photograph of a line of Moonah trees near a shoreline with a paddock in the foreground. Catalogue number written in pencil on reverse. churchill island

Churchill Island has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century. Photograph of two men standing in front of a white car under a line of pine treesA167 [written in pencil on reverse] catalogue number on reverse in pencilchurchill island, photograph

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection.Colour photograph of a small line of market stalls with green marquee roof, with a group of people in a blend of contemporary and historic dress assembled to the left of the frame and a small tree surrounded by four hay bales in the foreground.KODAK PROCESSING/JAN.82 [stamped in middle on reverse] Catalogue number written on reverse in pencil churchill island, photograph

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century. This series showcases photographs taken in the 1930s and 1940s and shows people who lived and worked on the Island during the Jenkins period. This photograph was taken in December 1939.black and white photograph with white border showing a man wearing suspenders and hat sitting on the ground in front of a line of rocks, gazing out towards the left of the frame. A line of pine trees are visible in the background. Digitised from a high resolution copy (original Polaroid is in poor and fragile condition)nilchurchill island, photograph, arthur evans

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century to the present.Black and white photograph of a cow in the pasture with a line of pine trees and Amess House visible in the background.Catalogue number written in pencil on the reverse. Handwritten on reverse in pen '1939 (?) with pine trees and house. It was necessary to aim the cannon between these trees when firing'churchill island

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century to the present.Black and white photograph of a cow in the pasture with a line of pine trees in the background.Catalogue number written in pencil on the reverse. Handwritten on reverse in pen '1939 Mainly to show pine trees. High house tank stand shown'churchill island

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century to the present.Black and white photograph of a cow in the pasture with a line of pine trees in the background.Catalogue number written in pencil on the reverse. Handwritten on reverse in pen 'hOUSE WITH PINE TREES IN FRONT. tAKEN FROM THE WINDMILL AROUND 1939'churchill island

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century to the present.Black and white photograph with a white border of a cow in a pasture with a line of pine trees and a fence cutting the background. Catalogue number written in pencil on the reverse. churchill island

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century to the present. This series of photos comes from an album entitled 'Aspects of Churchill Island'.Black and white photograph with white border showing a group of large pine trees surrounding a pasture. Squat plank benches line the open field.Catalogue number written on reverse in pen/pencilchurchill island, landscape

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century to the present. Black and white photograph with white border of the orchard and vegetable garden on Churchill Island. A line of pine trees stand in the background with a wire fence dividing areas of the garden.Catalogue number written on reverse in pencilchurchill island

Sepia photograph mounted on backing card. Photograph is faded and depicts a street intersection with a tram running along the centre of the road. Buildings line the street and part of a fountain is on the right hand side. Foliage from a tree frames the shot. The words Mitchell Street Bendigo are printed along the bottom edge of the image. On reverse card is addressed to Miss I Dean McKenzie St Golden Square. Writing covers the left hand side.WSM Melbournepostcard

Green and white two piece box for Kayser Graduates School Stretch Nylons Guaranteed not to ladder written on sides, grey 9 1/2 F12/11. London, Paris, New York, Rome, Australia. Top of box has a coloured photograph of a girl in school uniform sitting on a bench seat. She is looking Towards a tall building tower surrounded by trees and gardens. Tri-fold green and white paper lining inside the box has a line drawing of the building on the box cover.Written in pen on lid of box;; Grandma Ellison made these , Ellifson Lillian May Ellison Elsiecostume accessories, female, nylon stockings box.