A spiral bound volume of 122 pages including maps, photographs and illustrations prepared as a travel guide to the Old Hume Highway. It includes a Foreword by Peter FitzSimons.The Hume Highway was officially named in 1928, when both the New South Wales and Victorian governments agreed to give the unified inland route between Sydney and Melbourne the name, honouring explorer Hamilton Hume who, with William Hovell, first found the overland path in 1824. Much of the original highway followed their overland route wherever the landscape allowed. The road connected many small communities and rural properties, although in many parts was narrow and unsurfaced. Over the following years alterations and some deviations occurred with changing transport needs and heavier traffic loads. One of these deviations was completed in 1933 at Table Top north of Albury between Ettamogah and Mullengandra due to the construction of the Hume Weir which flooded the existing highway. Gradually sections of the road were converted to a dual carriageway. In 1961 the first modern freeway-standard, four-lane section was completed in Victoria at Craigieburn. The Hume Highway was also rerouted in Albury to avoid the town centre. Many major bypasses and duplications in New South Wales were completed throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1994 the last section of the Hume Highway in Victoria was duplicated with the completion of the Wangaratta bypass. The Albury-Wodonga bypass was opened in 2007 and in 2013 the final section, the Holbrook Bypass in NSW, was opened to traffic on August 7, completing the full Sydney-Melbourne dual carriageway link. In the course of this gigantic engineering achievement, many small, historic towns throughout Victoria and New South Wales were bypassed and often forgotten by passing commuters in a rush to reach their destination. This publication includes maps and information about the sites and landmarks in these towns. It encourages travellers to venture of the modern highway and rediscover the Old Hume Highway and the stories it holds about out past.old hume highway, hume highway, travel guide hume highway, \

Issued by Board of German Educators, Health Insurance Fund. Part of the collection of William (Bill) Thomason. Refer Cat No. 4136P.Magazine in German. cream colour paper with writing in front in red. Inside writing in black in newspaper style of article. Pictures and Ads. Contains 52 pages inside. On cover is emblem of German Eagle carrying the Nazi Cross. Some pages inside are loose.Marked as issue 12 Jun 1939.collection of william (bill) thomason, magazines, german, education system, \

The share certificates were issued after the purchase of shares in the two mining companies. The owner of the shares was Robert Hartley Smith Abbott, the stepson of Joseph Henry Abbott. Robert Abbott inherited the family businesses, including Abbott Supply Co. He served on the council of the Shire of Strathfieldsaye and served as Major of Bendigo 1917 to 1918. He also served in the Victorian Legislative Council.Two share certificates issued to R.H.S. Abbott from The Central Nell Gwynne Mining Company in 1906 and The State Reef Gold mining Company in 1896. The Central Nell Gwynne Mine operated from 1906 until the 1940s with major works during the 1930s. The poppet head is still intact on Happy Valley Road. Slate Reef Gold Mining Company had operations at Wilson's Hill in Marong. A road has been named after Wilson's Hill.robert abbott, share certificates, mining companies, nell gwynne, slate reef, \

Colour photograph of a double storey building, which was built as a grocery store in c1869.ballarat, lyons street south, ballarat bertie, commercial building, architecture, \