This file contains six items pertaining to the Rotary Club of Glen Eira: 1/The 1996-7 bulletin of the Club. Contains the address and phone number of the Club, a brief history of Glen Eira, a list of the times and locations of the meetings of both the Glen Eira branch and others in Melbourne, and a list of present and past faculty. 2/A typewritten letter, dated 21/03/1997, from Geoff Oscar, former president of the Club, to Mrs. Felicitie Campbell of the Caulfield Historical Society, thanking the latter for an address delivered to the Club on 18/03. 3/Bulletin #38 of the Club, which principally describes a meeting held at 29/04/1997. Features a duty roster, an advance program, a description of a presentation about ANZAC Day to be delivered at the meeting by Ross Bastiaan, a description of a presentation about great cities of the world delivered at the previous meeting by Peter Shellie, a poem about ANZAC Day, notifications of various upcoming events, and an attendance report. Also attached is a an extract from Victorian Railways to ’62 by Leo J. Harrigan describing the history of the Rosstown Railway. 4/Two copies of a booklet announcing the 21st birthday celebration dinner of the Club, to be held on 11/11/2008. Included is the menu, program of events, and a list of past presidents of the Club. 5/A booklet, dated 2009, providing basic information about the Club, including its address, meeting time, contact details, mission statement, faculty, past presidents, calendar and a brief history. 6/A card announcing the 21st Annual Business Person’s Breakfast, to be held at Glen Eira Town Hall on 12/03/2010, featuring David Smorgon as guest speaker.glen eira, rotary club of glen eira, clubs and associations, st. georges road, elsternwick, local history, ricketson henry, watts thomas, architects, ‘glen eira’, mansions, house names, australian general military hospital no. 11, alfred hospital, southern memorial hospital, graham jeremy, james barry, langfelder kurt, fookes marc, asher geoff, süssmann jacques, flores denis, strong john, sylvester bill, oscar geoff, cohen peter, leske john, sharp merv, ray alf, nettelbeck david, sherlock max, rattray john, pollock david, smith barry, harris paul, britten elizabeth, jacobs frank, campbell felicitie mrs., caulfield historical society, scout groups, dover street, north road, trams, ripponlea, market gardens, chinese community, nepean highway, glen eira road, caulfield grammar, horses, edinburgh avenue, bastiaan ross dr., zazryn ben, schwartz roy, nathan vic, stewart ron, sharp hiam, bendel david, steven john, turner brian, shellie peter, warren r., dalidakis g., silvester b., brain judy, stuckey hugh, solomon john, sloman felicity, anzac day, ‘anzac day poem’, stockdale alan, pfau leon, caulfield races, fundraising events, rotary club of caulfield-rosstown, rosstown sugar mill, banners, ‘victorian railways to ‘62’, harrigan leo j., rosstown railway, railways, business and finance, ross william murray, ‘the grange’, caulfield, rosstown junction railway and property co., rosstown railway abandonment act 1916, rosstown, carnegie, rosstown road, festivals and celebrations, kooyong lawn tennis club, food, heuberger david, harambee choir, mcinnes ray archdeacon, muir colin, aarons joseph, nagaoka ryo, miwa takashi, sheezel robert, matheson judy, marks ian, nelson adrian, blode larry, the london tavern, hawthorn road, binstock sam, hill jan, faiman keith, nirens jeff, preston mark, fabian garry, dimand jack, silvester bill, city of glen eira town hall, annual business person’s breakfast, smorgon david

File contains 3 items: 1/Original handwritten notes by Leo J Harrington (VR Melbourne) and T O’Callaghan titled ‘Victorian Railways to ‘62’. Notes include dates of electrification of lines, station openings, valuations, railway station names and their origins. Reference to council minutes regarding request to change the name of Elsternwick station to Caulfield in June 1871. 2/Original newspaper article from ‘The Age’ dated 10/06/1978 by Graeme Davidson titled ‘A case study of Railway politics’. Article refers to a publication called ‘Return to Rosstown, Railway, Land Sales and Sugar Beet ventures in Caulfield’ by D. F. ‘Return to Rosstown’ recounts the story of the Rosstown Junction railway and its creator, William Murray Ross. Tells of Ross’ life since coming to Australia from Liverpool and how he prospered as a land speculator owning large tracts of land in Caulfield, the sugar mill and his plans to operate a railway. 3/Original newspaper article (and image) from ‘Moorabbin Standard’ dated 25/11/1981, titled ‘Centenary train to carry mayors’. Article reports that a special train will run from Spencer Street Station to Mordialloc railway Station on Saturday 19/12/1981 to celebrate the centenary of the railway line to Mordialloc. Story mentions that in 1881, the Caulfield to Mordialloc line was a single track and that passengers can also board the special train at Caulfield Station. Image is of steam train with red ‘tait’ carriages (undated).victorian railways, caulfield, glenhuntly, glen huntly, elsternwick, carnegie, murrumbeena, ormond, steam train, glenhuntly road, glen huntly road, ripponlea, north road, rosstown, rosstown junction railway, ross william murray, railways, trains, south caulfield, grange road, railway stations, mirrambeena, caulfield city council, sugar mill, electrification.

Victorian Railways aerial survey record print of the railway line between Heywood and Rennick (S.A. border) Black and white, white vertical strip on imageBack: 'Heywood - Rennick 21581 - 19844 279m 70c 62 SA border ' - all black ink. Purple VR aerial survey stamp. '3 May 1952' - black stamp

SURREY HILLS RAILWAY 1. Notes from Boroondara Standard: 6.10.1883, 1.9.1883 and 12.4.1883 in Vol. 7 No. 323; 2.8.1883 Vol. 7 No. 314; and 30.8.1883, No. Vol. 7 No. 318. (1 page). 2. Gatekeepers 1896 to 1919. (1 page). 3. Surrey Hills railway station notes 1910-1971 (1 page). 4. Some notes about the history of Surrey Hills railway station 1879-1886 (1 page). 5. Surrey Hills railway station and trains: notes from various people from 1883 (4 pages). 6. Empire days at Surrey Hills 1905 – 1908 (2 pages). 7. Early railway history – Outer Circle Line Recalled: ‘’Çanterbury Courier’’ 25.5.1949. (1 page). 8. Railway and subdivision: various notes (1 page). 9. Surrey Hills Tower: various notes (1 page). 10. Surrey Hills railway station: history 1879-1971 (1 page). 11. Railway at Surrey Hills: notes from Archie McCallum 27.8.1990 (1 page). 12. Steam trains: notes from Mrs. McCullough (1 page) (undated). 13. Surrey Hills railway station: notes on stationmaster’s house 1915-1970, Treloars and woodyard (1 page). 14. Surrey Hills station masters 1883-1990 (1 page). 15. Request for booking office ?.?. 1884 (1 page). 16. Request for booking office 3.12.1884 (1 page). 17. Officers in charge of railway stations 1886. (2 pages). 18. Part of contract for construction of railway to Lilydale, 1884 (1 page). 19. Railway timetables 1883 (9 pages). 20. Railway construction 1882 ‘’noise on Sunday’’ (1 page). 21. Map of railway line 1881 (1 x A3 page). 22. Railway line through Surrey Hills and Mont Albert showing landowners about1880 (1 A3 page). 23. Surrey Hills railway station. S.H.N.N. No. 2, Feb. 1983 (1 page). 24. ‘’Station plaque unveiling’’, S.H.N.N. No. 6, Oct./Nov. 1983 (1 page). 25. 2 newspaper cuttings: ‘’Çongratulations’’, Free Press, 23.2.1983; and ‘’Rail service is 100 years old’’ (undated). 26. ‘’Rail is 100 years old’’ (2 small newspaper articles with same photo). Progress Press, 13.10.1983. 27. ‘’Happy birthday 100’’; and advertisement for Steam Train Rides. SHNN No. 7, Nov. 1983. 28. ‘’Poor quality graffiti’’. SHNN No. 18, Oct./Nov. 1983. 29. “First prize for Surrey Hills”. SHNN No. 26, (Feb./Mar. 1987. 30. ‘’Jack Rutter does it again!’’ SHNN No. 33, Apr./May 1988. 31. ‘’Jack Rutter does it again, again!’’ SHNN No. 37, Nov./Dec. 1988-Jan.1989. 32. ‘’Station Master John Rutter – a well-‘’MET’’ green-thumb’’. Gardening news, October, 1990. 33. ‘’Following a train of historic thought’’. Progress Press, 14.11.1990. 34. ‘’Thanks, Jack!’’ SHNN No. 51, Apr./May 1991. 35. ‘’Free tea and cake!’’ SHNN No. 52, June/July 1991. 36. ‘’Cracks Update: Thanks, but…’’ SHNN 75, Apr. May 1995. 37. Letter to editor from Robert Clark, state member for Box Hill. SHNN No. 76, June/July 1995. 38. Photo from SHNN No. 77, Aug./Sept. 1995. 39. Letter to the editor of SHNN No. 77, Aug./Sept. 1995. 40. ‘’The master gardener’’. Obituary of J.E. Rutter. Herald Sun, 22.3.1996. 41. ‘’Dehumanising Surrey Hills’’. SHNN No. 81, Apr./May 1996. 42. ‘’Historic railway shop demolished’’. SHNN No. 92, Feb/ March 1998. 43. ‘’Machines replace people – well nearly!” SHNN No. 92, Feb./Mar. 1998. 44. ‘’A scream for sanity on our trains’’, by Sally Dugan. ‘’The Age’’, 1.7.1999. 45. ‘’Surrey Hills to be Premier station’’. SHNN No. 103, Dec. 1999-Jan. 2000. 46. ‘’’No action yet by Hillside trains’’. SHNN No. 106, June/July 2000. 47. ‘’Good news from Hillside (now connex). SHNN No. 107, Aug./Sept. 2000. 48. ‘’Surrey Hills – Premium Station update’’. SHNN No. 110, Feb. Mar. 2001. 49. ‘’Letter to the Editor’’, M. Robins. SHNN No. 111, Apr. May. 2001. 50. ‘’Stop press’’. SHNN No. 113, Aug./Sept. 2001. 51. ‘’Council and Connex cooperate’’. SHNN NO. 124, June/July 2003. 52. ‘’New visions for Surrey Hills Station’’. SHNN No. 138, Oct./Nov. 2005. 53. Student ideas for Surrey Hills station (2 sketches). Undated. 54. ‘’Reinventing the suburbs’’. SHNN No. 139. Dec. 2005-Jan. 2006. 55. ‘’Coffee on the run to the train?’’ SHNN No. 184, June/July 2013. 56. ‘’Surrey Hills gets its own jail!’’ SHNN No. 188, Feb./Mar. 2014. 57. ‘’Can Surrey Hills become part of a low-carbon city?’’ SHNN No. 194, Feb./March 2015. 58. ‘’Two killed as express train crushes car’’. ‘The Age’, 15.9.2016. 59. ‘’Two die at crossing’’. Herald Sun 15.9.2016. 60. ‘’Slow train speeds plea’’. Herald Sun 16.9.2016. 61. “Rail’s 100th fun run”, no source, 11.10.1983, includes photo with Jack Rutter, his wife Coral and Bill Chandler (1 page). 62. “Surrey Hills special”, Eastern Standard, 29.11.1983, includes photos of the station and one of train driver Mr. M. Plasztan (2 pages). 63. Photo of Surrey Hills railway station 1915, courtesy Mrs. Nora Gibbons (reproduction), 1 page). 64. “Railway crossing accident”, by Bill Chandler, SHNN No. 204, October/November, 2016 (1 page). 65. “Quick thinking saves baby girl from injury”, by John Dubois, source unknown, 1995 (1 page). 66. Guide to Victorian railway records, Public Record Office, undated (1 A3 sheet, printed 4 sides). 67. Surrey Hills, Boroondara Review Local, 25.7.2012 (1 page). 68. “Push to remove crossing” article by Paul Shapiro. Progress Leader 15.5.2018 69. “Labor makes crossing vow” article by Anthony Piovesan. Progress Leader 30.10.2018 70. “Surrey Hills Station Update” no author listed. SHNN No. 173. Aug/Sept 2011 71. “History of Mont Albert and Surrey Hills Stations” by Sue Barnett. SHNN No. 234 Oct/Nov 2021 72. “Shooting of Surrey Hills Station Master” by Mr John Richards 1920. (one page) surrey hills railway station