Photograph: Paul Keating, Prime Minister of Australia, pictured with Norm Borchers (left) and Betty Borchers (right). Paul Keating visited Sebastopol Community Centre in September 1995 as part of Jenny Beacham's campaign. Paul Keating was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia and the Leader of the Labor Party from 1991 to 1996. Norm Borchers was a long-term trade unionist (Amalgamated Engineering Union and the Australian Railways Union) and ALP member; he lived and worked in Ballarat. Norm Borchers passed away in 2008. Borchers was a Club President of the Sebastopol Lions Club (1975-76). He worked for the railways as an engineering employee and was long-term trade unionist (Amalgamated Engineering Union and the Australian Railways Union) and ALP member; he lived and worked in the Ballarat area. Norm was active in workplace disputes during the ALP split in 1955. He was a long time supporter of Ballarat Trades Hall. Betty Borchers worked as a legal secretary. She was active in the Ballarat ALP and is the wife of Norm Borchers.Photograph.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council;, ballarat trades hall, keating, paul, prime minister, borchers, norm, borchers, betty, beacham, jenny, politicians, elections

This file has 7 items. 1.Certified copy dated 28/05/1975 of birth certificate of Phoebe Elizabeth Marsh on 08/05/1869 in Chewton Victoria, and certified copy dated 22/05/1975 of marriage certificate of Ignatius John LePage and Phoebe Marsh on 14/06/1906 in Bendigo. 2.Photocopy of will of Ignatius John LePage dated 07/09/1933 and of inventory and probate application dated 1940. 3.Photocopy of will of Phoebe LePage dated 06/11/1971. 4.Photocopy of praecipe to probate registrar concerning will of Phoebe LePage dated 28/11/1941. 5.Photocopy of inventory of possessions in the estate of Phoebe Marsh dated 17/03/1942. 6.Correspondence dated 30/01/1994 and 10/05/1994 to Felicity Campbell, of Caulfield Historical Society from William Norris concerning his LePage family history notes. 7.Handwritten notes titled ‘The Marsh Bayle LePage Caulfield Connection’ by William Morris dated 10/01/1994 concerning the LePage family history in the Caulfield area.marsh phoebe elizabeth jane, lepage phoebe elizabeth jane, lepage ignatius john, elsternwick, carre street, orrong road, st joseph’s elsternwick, state savings bank elsternwick, norris william, bentleigh, vickery street, caulfield historical society, keating betty, holland grove, north caulfield, ford hazel, campbell felicity, vallati gladys, imperial avenue, hawthorn road, glenhuntly road, alder street, liquor shops, halesowen, grocers, marsh victor james bernard, berklea private hospital, kooyong road, briggs street, marsh alice, newstead street, marsh lucie, marsh charlie e.c., marsh dudley ward, murrumbeena state school, oak street, phoebe theatre, bayly james b., chloris crescent, bambra road, lepage catherine, turnbull charles, murrumbeena road, murrumbeena, dandenong road, renown theatre, quantrelle madge, gunning margaret, grange road, glenhuntly, mcnamara madge, st george road, lepage winnie, marsh edwin charles, lepage ellen, orrong grove, sandham street, st joseph’s convent

Photograph: Ms Betty Borchers (left) and Senator Gareth Evans (right). Photograph taken at the Barkly Hotel in Ballarat. Gareth Evans was a federal parliamentarian from 1978 to 1999, serving as a Cabinet Minister in the Hawke and Keating governments. He was Minister for Foreign Affairs at the time the photograph was taken. Betty Borchers worked as a legal secretary. She was active in the Ballarat ALP and is the wife of Norm Borchers.Photograph.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council;, borchers, betty, evans, gareth, politicians, cabinet ministers, barkly hotel

Robyn Mason was a member of the ALP and unsuccessfully contested the seat of Ballarat West in 1996. She was a feminist, teacher and a social worker who fought hard for those affected by sexual abuse and violence. Robyn Mason passed away in 2016. This large collection of photographs was donated after her passing; the collection reflects the vastness of Robyn's contribution to the Ballarat community. Photographs here include the following persons: Batchelor, Peter Beacham, Jenny Borchers, Betty Borchers, Norm Bracks, Steve Breen, Barry Brumby, John Garbutt, Sherryl Keating, Paul Knight, Sharon Laffey, Catherine Mason, Robyn Rootes, Jeff Sheehan, Frank Thomson, Hedley Thwaites, John Politics, government, advocacy, education - Ballarat region. Photographs.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics and government, alp, australian labor party, brumby, john, mason, robyn, beacham, jenny, elections - state - victoria, sheehan, frank, laffey, catherine, thwaites, john, keating, paul, kennett, jeffrey, state premiers, batchelor, peter, borchers, betty, borchers, norm, bracks, steve, breen, barry, keating, paul, knight, sharon, rootes, jeff, thomson, hedley