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Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Newspaper clipping, The North Central Review, Going going gone, 30 Aug 2005
A newspaper article on the closure of the livestock market site at Mernda. Allan Lloyd from Beveridge and Bessie McMahon of Kinglake are pictured attending the last day of the market. 1 page newsprint with coloured image.Going going gonemernda market, mernda saleyards, rod carnegie, allan lloyd, bessie mcmahon -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Newspaper clipping, The Free Press, Saleyards finale, 24 Aug 2005
A newspaper article on the closure of the livestock market site at Mernda. History of Australian Agriculture1 page newsprint with coloured images.Saleyards finalemernda market, mernda saleyards, rod carnegie, quiney family, quiney mawbey, thomas beesely -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Newspaper clipping, Whittlesea Leader, Chef joins Vigano fight, 27 Sep 2005
A newspaper article on the restoration of the historic Farm Vigano in South Morang. Florentino chef Guy Grossi agreed to become a patron of Farm Vigano.Historical building of South Morang.1 page newsprint with coloured images.Chef joins Vigano fightfarm vigano, vigano family, south morang, maria theresa vigano, mario vigano, italian immigrants, guiliana mercoli -
Pyrenees Shire Council
painting, Heather Featherson, Hay Bales and view of the Grampians by Heather Featherson, 2005
significant as a work of art by local Pyrenees artist, locally significant to the Central Highlands Region of Victoria as a representation of local landscape and/or culture painting of a hay fieldsigned: HDF (lower right) -
Wyndham Art Gallery (Wyndham City Council)
Sculpture, Bill Perrin, Conundrum, 2005
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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Print/s, Earl Ewers, 25/09/2005 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the photograph and BTM display set up in the depot part of celebrating 100th anniversary of electric trams in Ballarat and some of the people involved in the day.Colour print of the temporary display set up in the depot as part of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of electric trams in Ballarat. Printed on Kodak Royal Paper. Earl Ewers photograph. trams, tramways, displays, centenary, btm -
Melton City Libraries
Newspaper, Melton Schools-150 years in Melton, 2005
Melton South "The establishment of a settlement of Melton South was induced by the opening of the railway in 1884. This subsequently prompted a number of industries, initially sawmills, and in the early twentieth century, chaff mills. This development coincided with the Exford ‘Closer Settlement’ estate at the beginning of the new century, boosting local population and produce, and the development of the chaff industry which employed many people in the Melton area. (Around 1912 the government had brought out English migrants to settle the Exford estate.) By c.1912 the small Melton Railway Station settlement had a boarding house (probably for chaff or sawmill employees), store, a small church and a hall. The Melton Valley Golf Club originated near the railway station in 1927 (in 1931 it moved to the present Melton links). In 1910 the community had built the large timber ‘Victoria Hall’, which became the focus of community life for several generations. In August of that same year AR Robertson MP and D McDonald applied for the establishment of a school on land set aside for that purpose by the Closer Settlement Board, near the Melton Railway Station settlement. District Inspector McRae recommended that a school for classes up to Grade 3 be established as an adjunct to the Melton State School. And so SS3717, ‘Melton Railway School’, was established in the leased Victoria Hall on 1st December 1911. Thomas Lang, head master at Melton since 1896, was in charge of both schools. As a ‘prep’ school only, it was necessary that the older Melton Railway Station settlement students travel to Melton SS430 at Unitt Street. Since 1912 local residents had been petitioning for the establishment of a separate school at Melton Railway Station on the grounds that it would be better if all children from the one home could attend the same school, and that the Victoria Hall was unsuitable as a school building. As a result an area of 2 acres - Allotment 8, Parish of Djerriwarrh, Exford Estate - was reserved for a State School on 4th March 1914. However the Department wrote that a school would not be established there in the near future, as ‘there is no likelihood in sight that the Railway Station settlement will increase in importance’. Parents persisted with their petitions to the Education Department, claiming that the Victoria Hall was too large, had no fireplace, that teachers were unable to use the wall for teaching aids, and that, being less than 20 metres away from a chaff mill employing 30 men, was too noisy. The turning point came when in 1920 the Hall Committee decided to increase its rent for the hall. In 1920 Head Teacher Lang advised the Education Department to discontinue SS3717 as an adjunct. The District Inspector supported this recommendation, and the schools separated in 1923. In April of that year 41 children, comprising Grades 1-8, moved into an almost completed brick building on the present site. On the 6th July 1923 the official opening of the school took place; after a ceremonial journey from the Hall to the school, speeches were given by the Hon AR Robertson and the Chief Inspector of Education. Everyone then journeyed back to Victoria Hall for a ‘bountiful repast’. (These dates are at odds with the date of 5th March 1925 given in Blake as the date the children occupied the new SS3717 brick school building. ) A teacher’s residence had been purchased for ₤500 in 1923, and the school’s name was changed to ‘Melton South’ in the same year. Even though the older Melton South pupils would no longer have to travel to the Unitt Street school, an additional brick room was still required at the Melton SS430 in that same year. In 1961 a new room was added to the school. In 1972, at the beginning of Melton’s boom as a satellite town, the number of enrolments was 224. The school has since shared in the exponential growth of the town of Melton, and at the time of its jubilee celebration (1983), 524 pupils were enrolled. Victoria Hall, neglected and vandalised, was demolished in 1992. It had been handed back to the Council on condition that it be replaced by a new hall, with the same name, and was commemorated by a plaque. Apart from the 1923 brick school building, and the railway station, none of the principal early Melton South public sites survive. Few early residential sites remain. (Further research will establish whether the house on the corner of Station Street and the railway line was the original teacher’s residence.)" Melton State School "On 17th May 1858 a State subsidised, combined Denominational School was opened by HT Stokes, with an attendance of about 30 children. This school was conducted in the wooden Melton Combined Protestant Church, situated on ‘a creek flat’ thought to be on the north side of Sherwin Street between Pyke and Byran Streets. It is likely that the Church had been established by 1855 and that the first minister was the Rev. Hampshire, who lived in Cambridge House on the Exford Estate. Ministers of the Protestant denominations were invited to hold services there. As there was only one resident Minister in the town (Presbyterian Mr J Lambie), laymen of the various denominations often spoke on Sundays. In 1863 this building was declared a Common School with the number 430. One of its first and most prominent headmasters was John Corr, who served from 1860 to 1864. Most of Mr Corr’s children also became teachers, including Joseph Corr, at the Rockbank school, and J Reford Corr and WS Corr, headmasters and teachers at numerous prestigious private secondary schools around Australia. John Corr purchased land alongside the school and elsewhere in and near Melton, became secretary and treasurer of the new Cemetery Trust, and by July 1861 was deputy registrar of births, deaths and marriages. He walked three miles every Sunday to teach at the Weslyan Sunday School he had established. Despite good reports from the Education Department Inspector, and burgeoning enrolments, the local school committee recommended the dismissal of, firstly, his wife (from the work mistress position), and then him from the headmaster position. Corr saw his dismissal as an attempt to redirect state aid for education from the Combined Protestant school to the support of the Free Presbyterian Minister Rev James Lambie (by one account the owner of the land on which the Common School was erected), whose son-in-law James Scott subsequently assumed responsibility for the school. Rev Lambie failed in his efforts to keep the existing school, which the Education Department Inspector and the majority of Melton citizens regarded as badly situated and badly built. Following a conditional promise of state aid, local contributors in 1868-69 raised ₤72.10.6 towards the cost of an iron-roofed bluestone rubble building 43 ft x 12 ft. This was erected on a new site of 1.5 acres (the present site). The State contributed ₤120 to the new school, which opened in 1870. A very early (c.1874) photograph of the school shows its headmaster and work mistress / assistant teacher (probably James Scott and his wife Jessie) and its (very young) scholars. Similar photos show pupils in front of the school in c.1903, and 1933. In 1877 a second bluestone room costing ₤297 was added and further land acquired from the Agricultural Society (who only needed it two days a year) to enlarge the schoolground to 3 acres. In the early 1880s an underground tank augmented the school water supply and in 1919 a five-roomed wooden residence was added. During this period the school correspondents often compained that the walls of the bluestone buildings were damp, affecting the plaster. In 1923 a brick room 26 ft 6 in by 24 ft with a fireplace and four rooms facing south, was added, and a corridor built to link the three buildings. This served adequately for the next 40 years. The school bell probably dates to 1883. The school also has a memorial gate (1951) to World War One ex-students, and an honour board to the 64 ex-students who served in the First World War. The school roll fell to 42 in the early post war-years, but was boosted by an influx of migrants, mainly from the UK, from the late 1960s. This presaged the boom in Melton’s development, and the corresponding growth of the school, with timber and temporary classrooms added to the previous masonry ones. An endowment pine plantation established in 1930 augmented the school’s fundraising activities when it was harvested in 1968. Part of the site was planted with eucalyptus trees in 1959. Famous ex-students of the early twentieth century included Hector Fraser (internationally successful shooter) and cyclist Sir Hubert Opperman". The Express Telegraph articles about the history of Melton South and Melton State Schoolseducation -
Melton City Libraries
Newspaper, Fred Makes History, 2005
Born in October 1915 The life of Fred Hunter, a Melton resident, article featured in Fairfax community Newspapers local identities -
Melton City Libraries
Newspaper, Oz home where her heart is, 2005
Melton and Moorabool Leader article about Sophie Ramsay local identities, council -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Drawing - Property Illustration, Margaret Picken, 3/43 Clyde Street, Kew East, 1983-2005
After training as a Cartographic Draftsman within the mining industry, I worked as a property illustrator for real estate firms in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne for 23 years from 1983. I initially photographed houses with a Polaroid camera and made a 'thumbnail' sketch while there. The photos were used to scale off a sketch in pencil and then that sketch was overlaid with drafting film and the 'pen and ink' completed. The pens I used were the Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens. The ink was also made by Rotring (German).The film was ‘Rapidraw’, polyester drafting film, double matte. It takes a very fine line and doesn’t bleed. As well as house sketches, there were often floor plans and site plans ordered. Aerial sketches were ordered when the property needed an overall view. (Margaret Picken, 2020)This drawing is one of a series created by Margaret Picken for real estate agents in Melbourne between 1983 and 2006. Each work is signed and dated by the artist.Gift of Margaret Picken, 2020Pen and ink drawing on drafting film of 3/43 Clyde Street, Kew East by Margaret Picken.3/34 CLYDE ST., EAST KEW / MARG. PICKEN artist -- margaret picken 1950-, property illustrations — buildings — kew east (vic.), 3/34 clyde street - kew east (vic) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Drawing - Property Illustration, Margaret Picken, 49 Westbrook Street, Kew East, 2005
After training as a Cartographic Draftsman within the mining industry, I worked as a property illustrator for real estate firms in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne for 23 years from 1983. I initially photographed houses with a Polaroid camera and made a 'thumbnail' sketch while there. The photos were used to scale off a sketch in pencil and then that sketch was overlaid with drafting film and the 'pen and ink' completed. The pens I used were the Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens. The ink was also made by Rotring (German).The film was ‘Rapidraw’, polyester drafting film, double matte. It takes a very fine line and doesn’t bleed. As well as house sketches, there were often floor plans and site plans ordered. Aerial sketches were ordered when the property needed an overall view. (Margaret Picken, 2020)This drawing is one of a series created by Margaret Picken for real estate agents in Melbourne between 1983 and 2006. Each work is signed and dated by the artist.Gift of Margaret Picken, 2020Pen and ink drawing on drafting film of 49 Westbrook Street, Kew East by Margaret Picken.49 WESTBROOK ST., E KEWartist -- margaret picken 1950-, property illustrations — buildings — kew east (vic.), 49 westbrook street -- kew east (vic.) -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - Making a City in the Country: The Albury-Wodonga National Growth Centre Project, 1973-2003, Bruce J Pennay, 2005
A case study of what began as one of the Whitlam Governments boldest ventures to make a new city in the country so as to relieve the pressure on capital cities. This book explains what was involved in that venture what went right and what went wrong. It relates a specific case study to shifts in the wider political and economic context. It is fresh in perspective in that it views the growth centre strategy from an actual site rather than from government offices.non-fictionA case study of what began as one of the Whitlam Governments boldest ventures to make a new city in the country so as to relieve the pressure on capital cities. This book explains what was involved in that venture what went right and what went wrong. It relates a specific case study to shifts in the wider political and economic context. It is fresh in perspective in that it views the growth centre strategy from an actual site rather than from government offices.albury-wodonga corporation, city planning, decentralisation, whitlam government decentralisation -
Camberwell RSL Sub-Branch
Bronze Plaque, Service memorial plaque to Bluey Pearce, October 2005
Bronze PlaqueSee attached photo. Service memorial for 21 years of service as the Hon. Secretary of the Camberwell City RSL -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Printed Display item, Circa 2005
Black and white print of soldier in camo gear carrying a steyr weapon. Soldier also has back pack etc.Print done by Jeff Isaacs -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Developer proffers new plan, 2005
Compromise plans for multi-storey apartment towers in Colombo Street Mitcham, rejected by Whitehorse CouncilCompromise plans for multi-storey apartment towers in Colombo Street Mitcham, rejected by Whitehorse CouncilCompromise plans for multi-storey apartment towers in Colombo Street Mitcham, rejected by Whitehorse Councilhigh-rise buildings, colombo street, mitcham, planning development -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Full of passion for bikes, 2005
Obituary article for George Robinson, who owned and operated Rob's Cycles in BlackburnObituary article for George Robinson, who owned and operated Rob's Cycles in BlackburnObituary article for George Robinson, who owned and operated Rob's Cycles in Blackburnrob's cycle and sports, robinson, george -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Early birds to take lake walk, 2005
Article and photograph advertising the annual Blackburn Lake Sanctuary 'Breakfast with Birds' event.Article and photograph advertising the annual Blackburn Lake Sanctuary 'Breakfast with Birds' event.Article and photograph advertising the annual Blackburn Lake Sanctuary 'Breakfast with Birds' event.blackburn lake sanctuary, moodie, ian, bird observers' club of australia -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Anger at Lake decision, 2005
Blackburn Village Residents' Group express anger at VCAT decision to approve Regis Group's nursing home plan near Blackburn LakeBlackburn Village Residents' Group express anger at VCAT decision to approve Regis Group's nursing home plan near Blackburn LakeBlackburn Village Residents' Group express anger at VCAT decision to approve Regis Group's nursing home plan near Blackburn Lakenursing homes, blackburn lake sanctuary, planning development -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, The Hidden treasure, 2005
Article on the Schwerkolt family, Cottage and the book written by Ted Arrowsmith on them.Article on the Schwerkolt family, Cottage and the book written by Ted Arrowsmith on them.Article on the Schwerkolt family, Cottage and the book written by Ted Arrowsmith on them.schwerkolt cottage & museum complex, arrowsmith, ted, schwerkolt, johann august, arrowsmith, valda -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Cycle club founder, 2005
Obituary for George Ernest Robinson, cyclist and cycle manufacturer of Blackburn.Obituary for George Ernest Robinson, cyclist and cycle manufacturer of BlackburnObituary for George Ernest Robinson, cyclist and cycle manufacturer of Blackburn.blackburn cycling club, robinson, george, rob's cycle and sports -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Council declares new precinct, 2005
Listing of Heritage precincts and some individual heritage sites in the City of Whitehorse, with information about their significanceListing of Heritage precincts and some individual heritage sites in the City of Whitehorse, with information about their significanceListing of Heritage precincts and some individual heritage sites in the City of Whitehorse, with information about their significancevermont park, thomas street, mitcham, heritage studies, westbrooke, samantha -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Joy at Mullum Mullum wildlife finds, 2005
Article on echidna sighting near Mullum Mullum Creek. With photo of Betty Millner.Article on echidna sighting near Mullum Mullum Creek. With photo of Betty Millner.Article on echidna sighting near Mullum Mullum Creek. With photo of Betty Millner.millner, betty, mullum mullum creek, echidnas -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Still on track for atheletes, 2005
Article on Dorothy Maxwell's contribution to youth athletics at the Bill Sewart Athletics Track. Photo of Dorothy Maxwell.Article on Dorothy Maxwell's contribution to youth athletics at the Bill Sewart Athletics Track. Photo of Dorothy Maxwell.Article on Dorothy Maxwell's contribution to youth athletics at the Bill Sewart Athletics Track. Photo of Dorothy Maxwell.bill sewart athletic track, maxwell, dorothy -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, New bid for cinema, 2005
Article on development plans for former quarry site on Middleborough Road for a cinema complex and discount department store.Article on development plans for former quarry site on Middleborough Road for a cinema complex and discount department store.Article on development plans for former quarry site on Middleborough Road for a cinema complex and discount department store.middleborough road, burwood east, reading entertainment australia pty ltd, burwood heights, commercial development, land subdivision -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Trams rumble into Vermont South for first time, 2005
Trams rumble into Vermont South for first time.Launch of Burwood Highway tram route extended to Vermont SouthTrams rumble into Vermont South for first time.tram services, burwood highway, vermont south, vermont south -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Tunnel vision, 2005
Article on the progress of excavation works on Eastlink's Mullum Mullum Valley tunnel, and the visit of Premier Steve Bracks and Transport Minister Peter Batchelor to the site.Article on the progress of excavation works on Eastlink's Mullum Mullum Valley tunnel, and the visit of Premier Steve Bracks and Transport Minister Peter Batchelor to the site. Photos of site and visitors.Article on the progress of excavation works on Eastlink's Mullum Mullum Valley tunnel, and the visit of Premier Steve Bracks and Transport Minister Peter Batchelor to the site. eastern freeway extension, mullum mullum creek, eastlink -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, McCubbin Tributes: Artist's Life hits a high note, 2005
Feature article on Peter Burgess' opera 'McCubbin, a musical biography of Frederick McCubbin'.Feature article on Peter Burgess' opera 'McCubbin, a musical biography of Frederick McCubbin'. Photographs of composer Peter Burgess, McCubbin and his painting 'Gathering the Mistletoe'.Feature article on Peter Burgess' opera 'McCubbin, a musical biography of Frederick McCubbin'. mccubbin, frederick, burgess, peter, heidelberg school, operas -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Nightmare on Ramsay Street, 2005
Feature article on 'Ramsay Street', the site of 'Neighbours', Australia's longest running soap opera.Feature article on 'Ramsay Street', the site of 'Neighbours', Australia's longest running soap opera.Feature article on 'Ramsay Street', the site of 'Neighbours', Australia's longest running soap opera.neighbours (television program), pin oak court, vermont south -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, McCubbin, the musical, 2005
Article on Peter Burgess' opera 'McCubbin, a musical biography of Frederick McCubbin', including Burgess' efforts to get the opera staged.Article on Peter Burgess' opera 'McCubbin, a musical biography of Frederick McCubbin', including Burgess' efforts to get the opera staged. Photographs of Burgess, McCubbin and his painting 'Bush Idyll'.Article on Peter Burgess' opera 'McCubbin, a musical biography of Frederick McCubbin', including Burgess' efforts to get the opera staged. mccubbin, frederick, burgess, peter, heidelberg school, operas -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Tiffany's Natural Order, 2005
Article on ex-park ranger and agricultural journalist Carrie Tiffany.Article on ex-park ranger and agricultural journalist Carrie Tiffany. Her first novel 'Everyman's rules for scientific living' is set on the Better Farming Train in 1930s Victoria. Photo of Tiffany outside the barn at Schwerkolt Cottage & Museum Complex.Article on ex-park ranger and agricultural journalist Carrie Tiffany.better farming train, schwerkolt cottage & museum complex, tiffany, carrie