Three gold covered auction catalogues with black printing for Australia's First (Believed to be World's First) Gold Nugget Auction held in the Memorial Hall, Pall Mall, Bendigo on the 24th May, 1980. Catalogues are made of card and are tri-fold. On the front is a black sketch of Bendigo Historic Post Office. The inside which is white are the Conditions of Sale, the centre has the List of Nuggets which includes Lot No., No. of Nuggets and Approx. Lot Wt. in Grains. Under this are the Ingots which includes the Lot No. and Approx. Weight in Grains. Some notes are underneath. On the right fold is A History of Gold Discovery in Victoria and Large Nugget finds in the Area. Also mentioned are the Welcome Stranger Nugget, The Blanche Barkly Nugget and the Robins Nugget. On the inside gold side is A History of 3 D's Gold Mine N.L. and some information about Nuggets. On the back is Curnows name and a Reproduction of Curnows original Letterhead circa 1900.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - gold nugget auction, 3d's gold mine n.l., bendigo advertiser & clearads, mines department, welcome stranger nugget, red hill company's mine, blanche barkly nugget, precious nugget, ah chang, desmond robins, arthur robins, mining lease 452, mr a sexauer, robins nugget, gold nugget casino las vegas, bolton bros pty ltd, bluey robins, doug cahill, dick sandner, department of minerals and energy, national bank of australasia ltd, commonwealth development bank daryl mcclure, e j dunn, department of mines, curnows (bendigo), j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett, fred dyett

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. Hard yakka: miners in front of the Central Nell Gwyne Mine in Bendigo. The man second from left is Delty Arthur Robins, who was the underground manager of the mine. He brought the first gold to the surface. Date unknown. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Golden Square Maple Street P.S. Collection - Photograph - Grade 5-6 S 1999 class and their teacher. Their names are: 3rd Row L-R: Reece Alderding, Tim Marmion, Felicity Usher, Tracey Priest, Dylan Hunt, Erin Wyatt, Jessie Taylor, Max Grant, Amy Campbell. 2nd Row L-R: Jacquie Fordham, Michele Brannagan, Sam Bacon, Kate Geyer, Toby Martin, Jessica Hall, Llewellyn Green, Miriam Henderson, Kyle Bevans, Tara Sullivan, Broderick Gordes. Front Row L-R: Hope Williams, Chas Barker, Lindon Stewart, Martin Olsen, Lisa Haines, Nicholas Parker, James Ng, Rebecca Negus, Jessie Rodgers. Absent: Clinton Turner. Teacher: B Savy. Principal: Mr David Robins.Arthur Reed Photoseducation, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square maple street p.s. collection - photograph - grade 5-6 s 1999, reece alderding, tim marmion, felicity usher, tracey priest, dylan hunt, erin wyatt, jessie taylor, max grant, amy campbell, jacquie fordham, michele brannagan, sam bacon, kate geyer, toby martin, jessica hall, llewellyn green, miriam henderson, kyle bevans, tara sullivan, broderick gordes, hope williams, chas barker, lindon stewart, martin olsen, lisa haines, nicholas parker, james ng, rebecca negus, jessie rodgers, clinton turner, b savy, mr david robins, arthur reed photos

Coloured photograph of the Maple Street Primary School Grade 3-4 W 1999 class and the teachers. Their names are: 3rd Row L-R: Caitlin Wyatt, Michael Goudge, Chloe Whittle, Mikayla Abbott, Tegan Raeburn, Lauren Roberts, Chris Stringer, Gary Fletcher-Thomas, Kaine Leech, Hayley Rowan. 2nd Row L-R: Madeline Briggs, Sheridan Olsen, Clayton Chapman, Nathan Hogan, Justin Moore, Matthew Geyer, Ethan Robinson-Hendry, Amelia Hunt. Front Row L-R: Samantha Gorrie, Eva Staples, Andrew Welsh, Callum Kentish, Bethany Degenhardt, Kyle Malcolm, Erin Doherty, Richelle Wells. Absent: Matthew Sheedy. Teacher: K Gerber. Principal: Mr David Robins.Arthur Reed Photoseducation, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square maple street p.s. collection - photograph - grade 1-2 r 1999, caitlin wyatt, michael goudge, chloe whittle, mikayla abbott, tegan raeburn, lauren roberts, chris stringer, gary fletcher-thomas, kaine leech, hayley rowan, madeline briggs, sheridan olsen, clayton chapman, nathan hogan, justin moore, matthew geyer, ethan robinson-hendry, amelia hunt, samantha gorrie, eva staples, andrew welsh, callum kentish, bethany degenhardt, kyle malcolm, erin doherty, richelle wells, matthew sheedy, k gerber, mr david robins, arthur reed photos

Coloured photograph of the Maple Street Primary School Grade 3-4 W 1999 class and the teachers. Their names are: 3rd Row L-R: Jessica Clarkson, Sathvik Kumar, Paul Carroll, Talan Sinclair, Jenna Maree Brannagan, Kerrie McDowell, Alan Clark, Lauren Hooper, Sam Rofe, Bridget Casey, Holly Fern. 2nd Row L-R: Tyson Cope, Glenn Wyatt, David Ross, Joel Hilson, Elise Watts, Thomas Goodridge, Jeremiah Oibo, Rhett Parry, Curtis Brown. Front Row L-R: Matthew Ferrari, Thomas Woodward-Hunt, Seann Fordham, Sam Vickers, Kristen Mapperson, Travis Kennedy, Nathan Green, Kin Tho, Davy Man. Teachers: G Wood, V Schavoni. Principal: Mr David Robins.Arthur Reed Photoseducation, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square maple street p.s. collection - photograph - grade 3-4 w 1999, jessica clarkson, sathvik kumar, paul carroll, talan sinclair, jenna maree brannagan, kerrie mcdowell, alan clark, lauren hooper, sam rofe, bridget casey, holly fern, tyson cope, glenn wyatt, david ross, joel hilson, elise watts, thomas goodridge, jeremiah oibo, rhett parry, curtis brown, matthew ferrari, thomas woodward-hunt, seann fordham, sam vickers, kristen mapperson, travis kennedy, nathan green, kin tho, davy man, g wood, v schavoni, mr david robins, arthur reed photos

Coloured photograph of the Maple Street Primary School Grade Prep - 1K 1999 class and the teachers. Their names are: 3rd Row L-R: Michael Robertson, Tahni Logan, Jasmin Vickers, Kestrel Kentish, Danielle Stokes, Jasinta Bergman, Trent Jackson. 2nd Row L-R: Callum Muir, Sheena Dewar, Jory McDowell, James Elliott, Kayla Plunkett, T.J. O'Dea, Bradley Sing, Alissa Argus. Front Row L-R: Taelor Sloan, Jake Cardinal, Alex Craig, Brock Fordham, Zachary Ritchi. Teachers: W Neve, D Kent. Principal: Mr David Robins.Arthur Reed Photoseducation, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square maple street p.s. collection - photograph - grade prep - 1k 1999, michael robertson, tahni logan, jasmin vickers, kestrel kentish, danielle stokes, jasinta bergman, trent jackson, callum muir, sheena dewar, jory mcdowell, james elliott, kayla plunkett, t.j. o'dea, bradley sing, alissa argus, taelor sloan, jake cardinal, alex craig, brock fordham, zachary ritchi, w neve, d kent, mr david robins, arthur reed photos

Coloured photograph of the Maple Street primary School Grade 1-2 G class 1999 and their teacher. Their names are: 3rd Row L-R: Stephanie Barker, Jesse McKune, John Washbourne, Ryan Woods, Rebecca Hooper, Brooke McKindley, Beau Jackson, Matilda Brown, Rodney Reeves, Megan Baird. 2nd Row L-R: Courtney Jackson, Breanna Lea, Jessica Wild, Craig Pearce, Jayden Cardinal, Nicholas Sing, Ben Bacon, Jeremy Hassell. Front Row L-R: Quenton Oibo, Nicole Watts, David Symons, Sigrid Bruhn, Jessica Ansell, Jade Ritchi, Britta Parry, Natalie Thompson, Caitlin Ansell. Teacher: M Gregson. Principal: Mr David Robins.Arthur Reed Photoseducation, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square maple street p.s. collection - photograph - grade 1-2 g 1999, stephanie barker, jesse mckune, john washbourne, ryan woods, rebecca hooper, brooke mckindley, beau jackson, matilda brown, rodney reeves, megan baird, courtney jackson, breanna lea, jessica wild, craig pearce, jayden cardinal, nicholas sing, ben bacon, jeremy hassell, quenton oibo, nicole watts, david symons, sigrid bruhn, jessica ansell, jade ritchi, britta parry, natalie thompson, caitlin ansell, m gregson, mr david robins, arthur reed photos

Coloured photograph of the Maple Street Primary School Grade 5-6 L 1999 class and their teacher. Their names are: 3rd Row L-R: Samantha Keeping, Stevie-Lee Jorgensen, Rachael Owens Adele Lowry, Daniel Williams, Nathan Humphreys, Braden Leech, Samantha Manton, Leigh Flower. 2nd Row L-R: Joshua Drinkwater, Tegan Doherty Danny O'Connor, Danielle Raeburn, Beau Ritchi, Danielle McNamara, Michael Lowe, Chloe Reeves. Front Row L-R: Matthew Carmichael, Maurice Allan, Jacana Ferrari, Andrew Bergman, Mark Cummings, James Moffat, Bridget Callow, Marnie Smith, Jason Pearce, Grant McKune. Absent: Evan McHugh, Adam Wharton. Teacher: S Lacey. Principal: Mr David Robins.Arthur Reed Photoseducation, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square maple street p.s. collection - photograph - grade 5-6 l 1999, samantha keeping, stevie-lee jorgensen, rachael owens adele lowry, daniel williams, nathan humphreys, braden leech, samantha manton, leigh flower, joshua drinkwater, tegan doherty danny o'connor, danielle raeburn, beau ritchi, danielle mcnamara, michael lowe, chloe reeves, matthew carmichael, maurice allan, jacana ferrari, andrew bergman, mark cummings, james moffat, bridget callow, marnie smith, jason pearce, grant mckune, evan mchugh, adam wharton, s lacey, mr david robins, arthur reed photos

Coloured photograph of the Maple Street Primary School Grade Prep N 1999 and their teacher. Children are wearing school uniform. Their names are: 3rd Row L-R: Terrance Reeves, Tyler Davies, Chantelle Brown, Alyce Wells, Sarah Welsh, Becki Graham, Emma Tonkin, Rosa Man, Christopher Walsh. 2nd Row L-R: Jesse Goudge, Julian Ross, Jarrad Lowe, Tara Woods, Jye Healey, Sebastian Young, Mark Higginbottom, Kailin Delves. Front Row L-R: Coby Rodgers, Tia Dole, Samantha Ferrari, Sharifah Oibo, Karl McDowell, Kai Ng, Michylla Hewitt-Hill, Stephanie Brennan, Nikitah Barton-Page. Absent: Amy-Rose Howard. Teacher: M Nicks. Principal: Mr David Robins.Arthur Reed Photoseducation, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square maple street p.s. collection - photograph - maple street primary school grade prep n 1999, terrance reeves, tyler davies, chantelle brown, alyce wells, sarah welsh, becki graham, emma tonkin, rosa man, christopher walsh, jesse goudge, julian ross, jarrad lowe, tara woods, jye healey, sebastian young, mark higginbottom, kailin delves, coby rodgers, tia dole, samantha ferrari, sharifah oibo, karl mcdowell, kai ng, michylla hewitt-hill, stephanie brennan, nikitah barton-page, amy-rose howard, m nicks, mr david robins, arthur reed photos

Coloured photograph of the Maple Street Primary School Grade 2 - 3 R class and their teachers. Their names are: - 3rd Row L-R: Thomas Ansell, Annie Ng, Liam Gordes, Shane Lowry, Shanelle Crole, Zachary Jury, Hayley Saunders, Dale Lowry, Tamara Ferrari, James Ferrari. 2nd Row L-R: Rebecca Craig, Matthew Compston, Ashlyn Kentish, Kristen Olsen, Ricky Apps, Chloe Coombs, Dirk Muir, Wanisha Malcolm, Joshua Patten. Front Row L-R: Jasmine Aldous Rachel Horgan, Benjamin Reidy, Corey Bray, Sara Hunt, Chanel Healey, Christina Foreman, Tyson Brennan, Emma Goudge. Teachers: B Reidy, E Bruhn. Principal: Mr David Robins.Arthur Reed Photoseducation, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square laurel street p.s. collection - photograph - golden square maple street primary school 1999, thomas ansell, annie ng, liam gordes, shane lowry, shanelle crole, zachary jury, hayley saunders, dale lowry, tamara ferrari, james ferrari, rebecca craig, matthew compston, ashlyn kentish, kristen olsen, ricky apps, chloe coombs, dirk muir, wanisha malcolm, joshua patten, jasmine aldous rachel horgan, benjamin reidy, corey bray, sara hunt, chanel healey, christina foreman, tyson brennan, emma goudge, b reidy, e bruhn, mr david robins, arthur reed photos

Coloured photograph of the Maple Street Primary School Grade 3-4 A class and their teacher. Children are wearing school uniform. Their names are: 3rd Row, L-R: Kyle Leech, Sarah Fern, Larissa Carson, David Thatcher, Rhys Bryson, Jacinta Brennan, Todd Kairns, Stephanie Thompson, Caleb Wallis, Kaye Haines. 2nd Row L-R: Christopher Roberts, Mia Williams, Ashley Fletcher-Thomas,, Patrick Cummins, Matthew Williams, Joshua Dimond, Erin O'Loughlin, Jordan Sloan. Front Row L-R: Alicia Barnett, Carla Anderson, Brady Rowan, Joshua Baird, Caitlin Davies, Andrew Shelton, Catherine Ross, Danielle Gahan. Absent: Jesse Bennett, Sean Wharton. Teacher: N Ansell. Principal: Mr David Robins.Arthur Reed Photoseducation, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square laurel street p.s. collection - photograph - maple street primary school 1999, kyle leech, sarah fern, larissa carson, david thatcher, rhys bryson, jacinta brennan, todd kairns, stephanie thompson, caleb wallis, kaye haines, christopher roberts, mia williams, ashley fletcher-thomas, patrick cummins, matthew williams, joshua dimond, erin o'loughlin, jordan sloan, alicia barnett, carla anderson, brady rowan, joshua baird, caitlin davies, andrew shelton, catherine ross, danielle gahan, jesse bennett, sean wharton, n ansell, mr david robins, arthur reed photos

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. Bonding: Will Robins and Arthur, his 10th son, would travel to a hut in the bush every weekend. On Saturdays, the pair would dig for gold, and on Sundays they would catch rabbits and gather wood to take home to King Street for the fire. Photo taken in 1924.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Headstones from the Guildford Cemetery. Headstones found in the cemetery include: ALFORD Phyllis Edith ANDERSON Phyllis Mary BARASSI Guiseppi, Jemima, Ann Conolly, Carlo Guiseppi, Carlo Guiseppi BAUD Catherine Edith BIRD Axel Jackson BISHOP George F, Elizabeth Futtrel BLACKMORE Lindsay Horace, Thelma Phyllis BLIGHT Edith Ann BLINKHORN Billinge, Amy Clark BOOTH Lyn BOURKE Gordon, Margaret BRANDON Janet Annie BYATT Elizabeth CANEVASCINI Vincenzo CARTER David, Ruth Vida CARTER Frank Noel CARTER Peggy Dawn CARTER Ruth, Strutten CASLEY George Alfred CERCHI Brian Maxwell CHAPMAN Stephen Henry James COX James, Sarah DARROCH Jennifer Anne DARROCH Robert Henry, Madge Annie DAVIES Marlene Kaye DAVIS Mark Richard DELL John, Anna DELMENICO Charles David, Robina May DELMENICO Giuseppe, Margaret DELMENICO Ivy May DELMENICO Jack, Adeline Marie DELMENICO Morris Charles DELMENICO Morris Vivian, Christina DELMENICO Pasqual Levio, Mary Ann DELMENICO Victor Guildford, Daisy Evelyn DELMENICO Victor M, Catherine DELMENICO Angelina (Quadri) DERRETT Edith Ellen DERRETT John William DOWNEY C L DOWNEY John Neville ELLIS Louisa, James, Emily, Edith Mary EMMETT Elsie Victoria, Robert Gordon ENVALL Paul Persson EVANS William George EVANS Florence Jane, William George EVANS John Herbert EWIN George Alton Cedric EWIN - MARTIN Marjorie Patricia FARRELL Lawrence John FLEMING James FOLETTI James Desmond FOLETTI John, Beatrice Emily FOLETTI Joseph, Susan Juliet FOLETTI Nell FOLETTI Virginia, John Alfred FOUND Joyce Lily FOUND Laurence Charles FRANZI Ann, Guiseppi Angelo FRANZI Clifford J, Ivy I FRANZI Marjorie, Harcourt F FRANZI Norman Charles FRANZI Sydney Gladstone, Augustus Lewis FRANZI Walter Edward, Amelia Selina FRANZI Giuseppi, Mary Ann Geeves, Edgar Alberto GALLICIOTTI G D GIBSON Frank D, Irene E GILL Charles Clifford GILL Gordon E, Alma M GILL Henry J E, Jane GLEN Douglas William GLEN Heather Lynette GLEN Winifred, Robert Alexander GLEN Robert Maxwell Stuart GLEN Ronald William GREENING Alfred James, Joyce HARDING Albert HARRIS Baby daughter of Raymond and Gail HARRIS Raymond John Wright HARRIS F D, Olwen Jennett HASSELL Marian HILL Daniel, Ada Maude HILL Isobel Mary, Daniel HILL Louisa Elizabeth, Emilie Jane, Robert, Sarah Jane HILL Frederick T HOLLAND Derek Patrick HOLLAND Anthony HOWLETT Walter , Zillah May HUNTER Bruce Andrew INGRAM Florence Ada KAY Gordon F, Beatrice KELLY Margaret KIDMAN Ann, John William KIDMAN George W, Mary Ann, Charlotte, Thomas KIDMAN Mary Jane, George J, George, Robert KIMPTON Violante O, Albert KINGSLEY Elizabeth KIRKPATRICK Colin McKay KIRKPATRICK Cyril E KIRKPATRICK Israel, Maria KIRKPATRICK Roy D KIRKPATRICK William H, Margaret LEE Annie Isobel (Vosti) LEONI Amy, Celestino LEONI Rosa LOMAS Robert A MANNING Roger Fielding MARSH Anthony Joseph MARTIN Sarah Jane, Wilfred MARTINOJA Filippo, Antonio, Domenica MARTINOJA Margaret McDONALD Ronald, Doris Annie McELHINNEY David G, Charles Galbraith McELHINNEY David Lewis, Mary Dorothy McELHINNEY Emily McGARRIGLE William L McKENDRY James Henry McQUEEN Charles, Olive May MEANEY Albert John, Emma Tomsey MEGEE Kay Leonore MEIN Alma Joan MEIN Ethel Muriel MEIN Eva, Norman D MEIN Florence MEIN Leonard Alvin, Hilda Margaret MEIN Wilfred Gordon MINHINNICK James Henry, Kathleen Dorothy Rose MOLLOY Matilda Seraphina, Richard, Matilda Winifred NICHOLLS G D, William NORTH Henry NORTH Henry, Margaret, Susannah OAKFORD W OLIVER PALLOTT Ernest Hiram PASSALAQUA Albert John, Louisa Emily PASSALAQUA Frederick, Prospero, Mary Ann PASSALAQUA John Antonio PASSALAQUA Laurie, Joyce PASSALAQUA Peter Francis PASSALAQUA Ronald Francis PASSALAQUA Virginia PASSALAQUA Zoe Victoria PASSALAQUA Frank PEDLER Horace Roy, Thelma PERRY Betty May (Simms), Alan Graham PIETSCH Allan William PIETSCH Florence Annie PINCINI Venanzia (formerly Bonetti, Leoni) POOLE Harry, Beryl Lyell POWELL Mary J, John PROWSE William Hubert PYWELL Albert James RALPH George RANKIN Percy, Harriet RASMUSSEN Eileen RAY Arthur Thomas REECE Ernest, Katie ROBERTS David, Lily ROBERTS Hannah Vernon ROBINS Davina B J RUSCONI Jane, John, Carlo, Carlo, William SCOTT Marietta SEWART Isaac, Margaret SHEEN Kenneth, Louisa SIMMONDS Lance Kurt, Rachael Pamela SIMMS Leslie T, Veronica Victoria SIMMS Margaret Jane, Harold Norman SIMMS Thomas, Louisa Emily SMARK Michael Joseph SMITH Annie Ethel SMITH Leslie Victor SOUTHWOOD William, Emily Thorpe STEVENS Clarence David, Ida STEVENS Daphne Jean, Arthur STEVENS Herbert Charles STEVENS Isobel, George STEVENS John, Fanny, Sarah STEVENS Leslie, Elaine STEVENS Mary K, Samuel STEVENS Mavis Ina, Roy Clifford STEVENS Roland Oswald STEVENS Samuel STEWART Charles, Catherine, Philip STEWART Francis, Ann STEWART Francis, Delfina STEWART Francis, Mary STEWART James A, Alice STEWART Leslie William STEWART Mary Madalene STEWART William STEWART William D, Gladys Irene STREETER Margaret Eugenie STREETER W G STURGESS Alan Robert STURGESS Albert John TAYLOR T R THOMAS Lily Ann THOMPSON Edwin James THOMSON - EWIN Kimley THORNHILL Peter Charles THRUSSELL R J - wooden cross TIRINANZI Pasqual TITHER Arthur, Mary Elizabeth TOGNI Angelina May, Massimo TOGNI Mary Caroline, Antonio Battista TRACEY Jacquiline Carol TRANTER Phyllis Elsie, Benjamin Alfred TREVENA George Robert TRUDGEON Eric, Vera May TULLO George TULLO John, Catherine TULLO John, Isabella TYZACK Dorothy Edith, Thomas William Paul TYZACK Harold Gordon, Louisa Caroline TYZACK Helen Adele UDEN Dorothy UNKNOWN Ron UNWIN Edward J, Edward G T VACA Milan, Margaret Mary VERLIN Elizabeth, James VOSTI Antonio Domenico, Victoria Kate VOSTI Brian Joseph VOSTI Giovanni Antonio VOSTI Joseph Charles, Ivy Elizabeth VOSTI William Francis VOSTI Antonio Domenico VOSTI Lucinda Margaret (Keating) WALKER David, William WATSON Mary Ascot (Vosti) WERNER George William WESTBROOK Dawn Frances, Eric Ernest WHARTON Richard, Jane WHARTON Thomas, Mary WHIDBOURNE Joyce Eileen WILLOUGHBY Trevor John WOOD Caroline V, E May WOOD Edwin David, Edna Letitia WOOD Edwin, Madeline WRIGHT Margaret, Annie Jane WRIGHT Reuben, Jessie, Elijah, Olive WYLIE William Abecrombie ZEPNICK Dennyvosti, delmenico, martonoja, sellars, guidlford, guildford cemetery

Coloured photograph of the Maple Street Primary School Staff 1999. Their names are: 3rd Row L-R: Denise Marshall, Debbie Kent, Kristy Gerber, Wendy Neve, Vicki Shauvoni, Meredith Nicks. 2nd Row L-R: Sonya Doolan George Wood, Chris McClellan, David Robins Peter Pritchard, Brenda Savy. Front Row L-R: Margaret Gregson, Noeleen Ansell, Basil Eliades, Susan Hoile, Evelyn Brown, Barbara Reidy, Sandra Lacey. Absent: Patrick Cotter, Sharon Derby, Gail Drew. Principal: Mr David Robins,Arthur Reed Photoseducation, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square maple street p.s. collection - photograph - staff 1999, denise marshall, debbie kent, kristy gerber, wendy neve, vicki shauvoni, meredith nicks, sonya doolan george wood, chris mcclellan, david robins peter pritchard, brenda savy, margaret gregson, noeleen ansell, basil eliades, susan hoile, evelyn brown, barbara reidy, sandra lacey, patrick cotter, sharon derby, gail drew, mr david robins

Built by noted artist Theodore Penleigh Boyd, father of architect Robin Boyd. Covered under National Estate, National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Local Significance and Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then /​ Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p111 The Robins at Warrandyte,* was once home to a member of a famous family and is also one of the first reinforced concrete houses in Victoria. The builder, Theodore Penleigh Boyd, born in 1890, was a talented painter1 noted for his works of the Warrandyte bush. He was the father of architect Robin Boyd, author of the Australian Ugliness and the uncle of painter, Arthur Boyd. Penleigh Boyd’s great grandfather was Sir William A’Beckett, Victoria’s first Chief Justice. Penleigh Boyd is considered by some to be an ‘unsung hero’ overshadowed by more famous members of his family. Mornington Gallery Director Andrea May said many believed Boyd ‘had never received the national acclaim that he deserved’.2 Classified by the National Trust3 and part of the Australian National Heritage,4 The Robins is set well back near the end of Kangaroo Ground – Warrandyte Road, unobserved by passers-by. Built in 1913, The Robins has some Art Nouveau influences and is a descendant of the Queen Anne style. It is covered in stucco and has a prominent attic, which Boyd used as a studio. Some parts of the house are up to 33 centimetres thick and built in part with pisé (rammed earth) and in part with reinforced concrete. Amazingly, Boyd built The Robins without an accessible driveway, and only a narrow track along which he had to cart building materials. The journey was uphill and Boyd terraced the land with Warrandyte rock5 without the aid of machinery. At only 33 years, Boyd was killed in a car accident in 1923. He was buried in Brighton near the home of his parents. Several people have since owned the house, including political journalist, Owen Webster. Boyd was born at Penleigh House, Wiltshire, and studied at Haileybury College, Melbourne and The Hutchins School, Hobart. He attended the Melbourne National Gallery School and in his final year exhibited at the Victorian Artists’ Society. He arrived in London in 1911 and his painting Springtime was hung at the Royal Academy. He painted in several studios in England and then worked in Paris.6 There he met painter Phillips Fox through whom he met artists of the French modern school and also his wife-to-be, Edith Anderson, whom he married in Paris in 1912. After touring France and Italy, the couple returned to Melbourne. In 1913 Boyd held an exhibition and won second prize in the Federal Capital site competition, then the Wynne Prize for landscape in 1914. In 1915 Boyd joined the Australian Imperial Force, and became a sergeant in the Electrical and Mechanical Mining Company. However he was severely gassed at Ypres and invalided to England. In 1918 in London Boyd published Salvage, writing the text and illustrating it with 20 black-and-white ink-sketches of army scenes. Later that year he returned to Melbourne, and, despite suffering from the effects of gas, he held several successful one-man shows, quickly selling his water-colour and oil paintings. In his short career Penleigh Boyd was recognized as one of Australia’s finest landscape painters. He loved colour, having been influenced early by Turner and McCubbin. His works are in all Australian state galleries, the National Collection in Canberra as well as in regional galleries.7 His wife Edith was also an artist having studied at the Slade School, London, and in Paris with Phillips Fox. After her marriage she continued to paint and excelled in drawing. In later years she wrote several dramas, staged by repertory companies, and radio plays for the Australian Broadcasting Commission, in which she took part. She was the model for the beautiful red-haired woman in several of Phillips Fox’s paintings and the family hold three of his portraits of her. *Possibly named after the Aboriginal words warran, meaning ‘object’ and dyte, meaning ‘thrown at’.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, kangaroo ground-warrandyte road, north warrandyte, the robins

In 1983, the National Trust advised the Shire of Eltham that it was investigating a number of trees within the shire which had been nominated for recording the Register of Significant Trees of Victoria. The trees involved were described in the Shire of Eltham Historical Society Newsletter No. 29, March 1983 as follows:- 1. Eucalyptus melliadora (Yellow box) . a) An outstanding mature specimen 42 metres high in Laughing Waters Road, Eltham. b) Another mature specimen in Arthurs Creek road, Hurstbridge is reported to be the tree under which the bushranger Robert Bourke was tied after he shot and killed Henry Hurst in 1866 . 2. Quercus robur (English Oak). a) "Donaldson's Oak", Donaldsons Road, Kangaroo Ground was planted by John Donaldson from seed collected from Windsor Great Park in 1878. b) "Wippells Oak". This now misshapen tree is located on the St. Andrews Road near the Kangaroo Ground Fire Station. Its origins may have been similar to Donaldson's Oak, and as a young tree it apparently slipped from higher up the hill during wet weather. Both oaks are of local historical importance. 3. Eucalyptus globulus (Blue Gum). A large mature specimen at the corner of the Kangaroo Ground-St. Andrews Road and Bakehouse Road, Panton Hill. 4. Plantanas acerifolia (Plane tree) A number of trees forming the Avenue of Honour to Eltham's First World War soldiers along Main Road between Dalton and Pitt Streets, Eltham. 5. Pinus canariensis (Canary Island Pine), Pinus pinea, (Stone pine) and Cedras altlantica, (Cedar) These trees are located at the Hurst family graves in the grounds of the Hurstbridge Pre-school Centre. In 1991 the Shire of Eltham introduced controls into its planning scheme to protect sites of architectural, historic or conservation interest and significant trees. The controls were approved by the Minister for Planning and Housing. As advised in the Shire of Eltham Historical Society Newsletter No. 78, May 1991, a planning permit is required to demolish or alter any listed building or to destroy, lop or remove any listed tree. Provision is made for comments to be obtained from the National Trust or Historic Buildings Council in considering any applications. The buildings and trees listed were: Buildings: 250 Bolton Street Eltham (former Walter Withers home) "Rosehill" - Bonds Road Lower Plenty St Andrews Church of England - St Andrews "Montsalvat" - Hillcrest Avenue Eltham St Margarets Church and former vicarage - Pitt Street Eltham Presbyterian Church - Kangaroo Ground Parks and Environment Office (former police quarters) Main Road Eltham Former Court House - Main Road Eltham "Shillinglaw Cottage" - Main Road Eltham "The Robins" - Kangaroo Ground Road Warrandyte Trees: "Donaldsons Oak" - Donaldsons Road Kangaroo Ground Yellow Box - Laughing Waters Road Eltham Yellow Box - Arthurs Creek Road Hurstbridge Wippells Oak - St Andrews Road Kanqaroo Road Pines and Cedar - Hurst family cemetery Greysharps Road Hurstbridge Yellow Box - Parsons Road Eltham A large Blue Gum at Panton Hill has been listed but has recently died (1991). In 1993 work by Council Parks and Environment staff and volunteers resulted in the preparation of a Significant Tree Register listing forty-one trees or groups of trees. According to Shire of Eltham Historical Society Newsletter No. 91, March 1993, a similar number remained to be assessed for inclusion in the register. There is a wide range of indigenous and planted trees on private and public land and extending through the Shire of Eltham from Lower Plenty to Kinglake. Most can be viewed from publicly accessible locations. The Significant Tree Register lists 41 trees or groups of trees throughout the Shire. It contains a wide range of naturally occurring and planted trees. They have been assessed according to eleven criteria including size, age, rarity, historical value and the like. The list includes large old Red Gums at Lower Plenty, historic Oaks at Kangaroo Ground and Mountain Ash at Kinglake. The register includes a set of slides showing each tree. Garry Bartlett of the Council's Parks and Environment Section and Faye Shepherd were extensively involved in establishment of the register (Newsletter No. 93, November 1993). In 1999 Niliumbik planners prepared an amendment to the Planning Scheme to provide protection for approximately 200 of the places listed in the heritage studies and also in the Significant Tree Register commenced by the Eltham Council (Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 127, July 1999. In 2004, The Register of Significant Trees was presented to the Eltham District Historical Society by Nillumbik Shire Council as part of a wider collection of of its memorabilia of the former Eltham Shire Council (EDHS Newsletter No. 159, July 2004. Album of loose handmade paper sheets contained within a handmade slip cover constructed of handcrafted card with encapsulated flora material (flowers, vines, ferns) and tinted. Each page also contains an embedded/adhered fern leaf also tinted with lacqueur or similar, text as appropriate in ink by hand calligraphy. Each page also has a white protective sheet cut to size and adhered to back surface with sticky tape and folded over face of page. Pages variously have photographs and coloured masks adhered with a gum resin. Over time much of this resin has let go and photos/masks have been reattached using acid free archival safe adhesive. 15 pages 41 x 29 cm inclusive of 3 blank pages. Slip case 42 x 30 x 1 cm; face cover of slip case has broken off at left hand margin as insufficient depth/flexibility for contents.arthurs creek road, blue gum (eucalyptus globulus), canary island pine (pinus canariensis), couties road, donaldsons oak, donaldsons road, eltham, english oak (quercus robur), eucalyptus melliodora, graysharps road, hurst tree, hurstbridge, ironbark (eucalyptus tricarpa), ironbark hill, kangaroo ground, kangaroo ground-kinglake road, laughing waters road, panton hill hotel, panton hill, parsons road, significant trees register, sonia van bodegraven, sonjart, stone pine (pinus pinea). atlantic cedar (cedrus atlantica), wippells oak, yellow box gum (eucalyptus melliodora), yellow box gum