Copy of contract with attachments and covering typewritten summary. Property - 17 acres or thereabouts, Part of Crown Portion 7, Parish of Ringwood, Certificate of Title Volume 6595 Folio 1318826 and Certificate of Title Volume 6491 Folio 1298079. Hand-drawn plan of land includes red shaded area on Crown Portion 7 north of Canterbury Road.18662 Hill – Pyke AI Summary (30/9/2026) This 1944 contract records the sale of 17 acres, being part of Crown Portion 7, Parish of Ringwood, from Raymond Henry Hill (vendor) to Frank Cedric Pyke (purchaser) for £680, with a £50 deposit and the balance payable within 14 days of receiving Government consent for the sale. The land comprised portions of Certificates of Title Vol. 6595 Fol. 1318826 and Vol. 6491 Fol. 1298079, and the exact area was subject to survey, with any surplus or deficiency to be adjusted at £40 per acre. The purchaser agreed to pay the cost of the survey, and the valuer’s fee was to be shared equally. A plan of the land was attached to the contract. The contract incorporates the standard 1936 Copyright Conditions of Sale, together with wartime National Security Regulations requiring both parties to obtain Commonwealth Treasurer consent. If consent was refused, the contract became void and all money paid was to be refunded; if consent was granted only at a reduced price, the vendor could either accept the reduction or cancel the sale. The purchaser also had to sign an acknowledgment under the Farmers’ Debts Adjustment Act 1935. A solicitor’s letter dated December 1944 accompanies the documentation, forwarding the transfer for Hill’s signature and noting the need for a related easement to be executed before settlement.

L. McPherson Sternberg and Co. was a large public company set up in Bendigo in the year 1853 especially to cater for the New South Wales consignments of cattle and horses which came regularly to Bendigo in those days to feed the thousands of hungry miners who had congregated from the four comcri:; of the earth in search of gold. The cattle were sold in the Municipal Cattle Yards ,and the horses in the Bazaar at Charing Cross. The founders of the business must have had tremendous faith in the future of Bendigo to have built such a large and solid structure as the Bazaar, including ample space for the administrative offices which, though reconstructed, are still basically as they were in the far-off fifties. When L. McPherson Sternberg & Co. retired from business in or about the year 1892, the business was acquired by Mr. Frank A. Hill. Frank A. Hill and Co. - a 14 page pamphlet outlining the history of the company and its 100 year development. Black and white, contains texts and photos.history, bendigo, frank a hill and co

Sale notice of a Californian bungalow in Canterbury Road Forest Hill, built by Frank Fisher, agents for Hill 60 Estate, first subdivided in 1929.Sale notice of a Californian bungalow in Canterbury Road Forest Hill, built by Frank Fisher, agents for Hill 60 Estate, first subdivided in 1929.californian bungalows, canterbury road, forest hill, no. 327, fisher, frank, hill 60 estate, forest hill

Five documents about the history of Elsternwick Methodist Church: 1/Two copy of the Centenary History of Orrong Road Uniting Church 14 November 1887-14 November 1987 by Norma Ward. Includes a list of Ministers, supernumeries and members of the male choir. 2/Handwritten updated history by N. Ward. 3/Roneoed copy of history of church by Betty Snowball dated 1978. 4/Caulfield Conservation study by Andrew Ward dated January 1995. 5/Printed extract of minutes dated 28/10/1927, 20/01/1928, 04/04/1928 and 07/06/1928. Details include the design of windows, placement in church, cost incurred of windows, the unveiling of windows, who by and appointment of committee to solicit donations to reduce debt reduction.methodist church, orrong road, elsternwick, snowball betty, foundation stones, campbell james, sunday school, halls, organs, leadlight, cato college, crouch t.j., architect, gothic revival architecture, bluestone, architectural features, mccallum alex, monuments and memorials, oakleigh arthur, stained glass, cato methodist ladies college, orrong road uniting church, cato parish, chapels, architects, crouch t.j., builders, ireland and newton, ward norma, religious structures and establishments, point nepean road, catterall john, daniel george, cook r. osborne, williams spencer, eggleston j., symons f., clergy, johns w.t., knuckey h.m., mitchells a.h., webster n.d.l., butcher t.w., cocks w.h., arthur g.t., warren j.e., williams r., hooper r.e., allen h.f., bennett m.m., walklate c.j., elliot n., hull j.e., chadwick r.j., roberts v., johnson l., coombe m., prior family, prisk family, mclaughlin family, searls family, bartrop family, orames fred, peverill family, brown family, crave e.s., bremer family, lambert family, grimwood family, kenny joe, wilson family, furlong family, oakley r. mck., holt vera, holt thelma, towans furniture removal, bouchier miss, trevena miss, matthews g.f., whitbourn m.j., penhallbrick family, searls beat, charlesworth albert, adams percy, leather tom, crone ted, hill herb, clubs and associations, staniland grove, beck family, rogers family, phillips family, kent family, kemp family, oakley family, bowden family, whiteside jack, bond family, beddoe bob, aston family, eddy r.d., marshman family, blackie family, kerr family, crellin family, towan family, curtis family, clarks, vivian george, lansell family, carmichael family, bright family, borcher family, albury family, cole family, semmens family, symons family, crowe e.s., hill bert, ward les., marriott jack, mcdonald malcolm, frost charles, macalese jack – entertainer ventriloquist, dunnachie frank, fletcher jack, gamley doug sen., old aubrey, gregory fred, roach family, grimwood family, hill frank, hill alan, sprott norm, guard w.h. rev., wellard ralph, bower wally, dunstan bert, hill herb, proctor keith – organist, gamley doug, slate tiles, rowan street, builders, jones and co., elsternwick uniting church – st. john’s, glenhuntly road, fijian assembly of god, victorian synod of the uniting church, plaques, memorials, mcoakley r. mrs., mcoakley r. mr., pensford mr., davies f.e. mr., brooks robinson and co., eddy r.d., whitborn m.j. mrs., whitborn g.f., tarah mr., arthur w. rev., biddoe mr., davies mr., crow mr.

Auctioneer's brochure for Hill 60 Estate, Forest Hill. 64 sites for auction 2.30 pm Saturday 13 April 1957. Agent Frank Fisher & Co.Auctioneer's brochure for Hill 60 Estate, Forest Hill. forest hill, hill 60 estate, forest hill, frank fisher & co, fisher, frank, menin road, nunawading, andrew street, nunawading, fisher street, nunawading, will street, nunawading, jocelyn court, nunawading, shady grove, nunawading

Black and white copy of a newspaper article titled 'Chance for cheeky winners'. Image shows a line of naked men leaning on the railing of the Municipal Baths in 1932. Below, a panoramic view of the Bendigo Aquatic Centre (Municipal Baths) as it appeared in the 1920's. Photos taken by Frank Hill and provided to the Bendigo Advertiser by Alan Campbell.bendigo, municipal baths, bath lane, swimming pools, frank hill