Two items about the Attwood Family: A seventeen page computer typed copy of the memories of John Attwood, compiled by Colin Smith in January 2002. Includes memories of his childhood, contact and impressions of local identities including Merric Boyd and others; the retailers and business owners in the Murrumbeena area, the trains and railway stations, picture theatres and other businesses. A photocopy of an article taken from the Herald Sun newspaper 06/11/2007. Myra Attwood, wife of John, local business person in Murrumbeena Newsagency; includes brief local history of family and Myra’s personal hobbies, till the time of her death. Also a newspaper clipping of her death notice, unknown source and date.emily street, murrumbeena, elsternwick, railway stations, signal boxes, beena avenue, murrumbeena state school, primary schools, attwood john, attwood myra, attwood rhonda, attwood colin, attwood warren, attwood murray, attwood janine, attwood susan, attwood michael, attwood greg, attwood gerard, black bridge, outer circle railway, murrumbeena newsagency, newsagents, murrumbeena railway station, railway stations, book binders, stevens alf, sykes harold, attwood motors, neerim road, boyd merric, boyd mrs., timber houses, outbuildings, artists, trains, car parks, christie’s woodyard, ferguson cam, railway accidents, ardyne street, north road, dalny road, brett street, barnes family, newspapers, roads and streets, soils, flower growing, market gardens, world war 1939-1945, land subdivisions, air raid precautions, bicycles, drawing, springthorpe park, mass media, murrumbeena shopping centre, butcher shops, grocer shops, green grocers, shoe shops, confectionary shops, barber shops, beck george, bowyer ralph, rennie bill, bookmakers, presbyterian church, methodist church, hanna’s milk bar, sunday school, woodland bill, ssw grocery chain, drays, woodland alec, lee ron, jewellers, bakeries, fish shops, dressmakers, delicatessens, east bentleigh, selkrigs family, pottery, heads’ garage, head lindsay, head doug, head clarry, head ron, murrumbeena road, car retailers, petrol pumps, motor vehicle repair shops, billy one motors, bird mr., real estate agents, w.b. tonks and company, sparrow mr., pidgeon mr., hardware stores, florist shops, murrumbeena post office, tile shops, gardens, murrumbeena chamber of commerce, kiosks, gardeners, carnegie citizens band, spurway nursing home, argosy theatre, cinemas, dance halls, the capri, theatre groups, caulfield council, the blowfly train service, billiard rooms, printers, hammond olsen and company, l.j. miles and company, moody’s real estate agency, paddocks, flats, es&a bank murrumbeena, esanda bank murrumbeena, state savings bank murrumbeena, commonwealth bank murrumbeena, fuel merchants, hobart road, golden fleece service station, quince’s buses, bus services, ardyne street, timber yard, gow mr., railway parade, shell service station, pharmecies, house miss, bicycle shops, barnhill les mr., fliner mr., boot makers, widdop peter, moran and cato’s, grocers, pizza shop, car yards, classic caravan, o’brien kevin, wrought iron work, williams mr., candle making factory, lights, power tom, gates, fences, whitelaw monier tiles, whitelaw bill, hanna rex, dandenong road, cumloden grammar school, independent schools, emmaus rest house, oakdene, house names, taranto bob, hanson cab service, billy one motors, grey mr., horse troughs, horse drawn vehicle, taxis, board roy, buick cars, charleston’s bakery, carnegie, rosstown hotel, corum’s dairy, kangaroo road, reids dairy, dalny road, reid shaver, racehorses, cove’s dairy, wilson street, police, murrumbeena police station, dunoon street, murrumbeena park, footballers, gangs, liberal party, labour party, united australian party, uap, woodland alec, liquor shops, johnson suzanne, singers, taylor squizzy, boyd family, artists, criminals, skase christopher, skase charles, sunaria competition, herald and weekly times, ralph j.w., j.h. ralph butchers, butcher shops, pennington gardens, home units, flats, schrape frank, builder, smith colin, mansions, death registers, hockley myra, esperanto, book keepers, accountants, solicitors

Two hand written one page letters from Brenda M. Niall, dated 11/05/1983 and 03/06/1983 respectively, to R. Ballantyne of the Caulfield Historical Society, requesting information on the property Glenfern. One page newspaper article entitled INSPIRING THE ARTS from THE AGE, dated 04/05/2002, regarding Glenfern and the Boyd family by Mary Ryllis Clark. Includes photographs of two paintings and one photograph of the home.niall brenda m., clark mary ryllis, boyd family, glenfern, st kilda east, boyd thomas, boyd john theodore, boyd william, boyd lucy, boyd emma minnie, inkerman road, inkerman street, boyd arthur merric, boyd lily, laing charles, terry leonard, architects, watson thomas, wesley college, colleges, à beckett emma, ostberg john, ostberg amy, cooke max, heathcote richard, ned kelly, ledger heath, griffiths rachel, films, labassa, rippon lea, boyd ethel, caulfield historical society, gothic style, architectural features, martin lucy, boyd merric, hotham street, boyd max

A one page undated article from the magazine Period Home Renovator, outlining the National Trust’s current use of Glenfern as a venue for cultural activities programs in late 2002. The article includes an unattributed coloured painting (60mm x 90mm) of the exterior of Glenfern.gothic revival, glenfern, inkerman road, hotham street, balaclava, boyd family, niall brenda, boyd arthur merric, boyd merric, st kilda east, team of pianists

A photocopy of a four page article in Table Talk, dated 01/01/1925, describing Joyous Gard, the Murrumbeena home of Dr J W Springthorpe. The article includes nine photographs of the house exterior and garden, the house interior and Dr and Mrs Springthorpe. It mentions that Mrs Arthur Tuckett laid out the garden, helped out by Mr Guilfoyle in the planning of it. The file also includes a photocopy of the obituary of Dr Springthorpe, published in The Argus newspaper on 24/04/1933. The obituary includes a photograph of Dr Springthorpe. Also included in the file is a list of references relevant to Dr John Springthorpe compiled by Maureen Jones on 09/11/2011. The file also includes a photocopy of a two page article by Maureen Jones, published in The Ancestor magazine in 06/2003, about Dr Springthorpe and his second wife Daisie. The article includes a photograph of the Springthorpe Memorial. The file also includes a printout of an email, dated 14/11/2001, from Maureen Jones to the Glen Eira Historical Society, providing the details of the Exhibition Inner Worlds – Portraits and Psychology, at the University of Melbourne from 18/04/2012 to 22/07/2012, which includes Dr Springthorpe.joyous gard, springthorpe john william, springthorpe annie constance, inglis annie constance, springthorpe dorothy, springthorpe enid, springthorpe lancelot john, springthorpe daisie, johnstone daisie evelyn, murrumbeena, gilbert web, tuckett arthur mrs, guilfoyle mr, springthorpe memorial, omama road, neerim road, caulfield city council, tyers s, johnstone jessie louise, boyd merric, springthorpe guy, gardens, garden plants, furnishings, brick houses, edwardian style, doctors, dentists, architectural styles, architectural features, house names

A reprinted page from BURKE’S COLONIAL GENTRY vol. 1, 1891, regarding Captain John Theodore Thomas Boyd, his family and his lineage dating back to 1716 in chapter entitled Boyd of Glenfern. Includes handwritten information regarding research on the Boyd family. Also handwritten information regarding the origins of Glenfern which was designed by Francis O’Donnell and built for him prior to 1860 and Caulfield rate book notices data.boyd john theodore thomas, glenfern, st kilda east, boyd lucy charlotte, boyd robert alexander, boyd theodore fielding, boyd arthur merric, boyd lucy de guzman, boyd frederick mcarthur, boyd thorton martin, boyd harry lascelles, boyd reginald septimus, boyd rupert, boyd kirby montague, boyd norman gear, boyd enid, à becket emma minnie, watson thomas, mansions, bronkhurst henry adolphus, inkerman street

4 documents which have references to the a’Beckett family. Photocopied extract from Burke’s Colonial Gentry Vol 1 1891 on the name a’Beckett, William Arthur Callander Handwritten research on various a’Beckett family tree members taken from Burke’s Colonial Gentry etc, includes rate details of home in Alma Street Leaflet on The Briars Mornington giving history on family and the Napoleonic collection of furniture Photocopied article on a’Beckett name taken from ‘Sand, Swamp and Heath by Peter R Murray and John C Wells 1980. This paragraph gives the connection to Emma Minna a’Beckett who married Arthur Boyd. Boyd’s father owner Glenfern on the corner of Hotham and Inkerman Street. This is the beginning of the artistic Boyd family in Murrumbeenaa’beckett william arthur callander, mills emma, boyd arthur merric, a’beckett thomas turner, alma street, a’beckett emma minnie, glenfern, house names, hotham street, inkerman street, alma road