Patti Monolis, from the Maribyrnong Library Service in Footscray, accepts a gift of books and other resources from Arthritis Victoria's Resource Centre Coordinator, Lisa Bywaters. A cropped version of this photo appears in the Vol 15 Issue 4, Summer 2002 edition of the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria's quarterly magazine, Update. It is captioned: "Patti Manolis accepting gift of books from Lisa Bywaters at western region RARE".COL photo of two women, standing. One of them is holding a stack of books with some purple and pink ribbon wrapped around it. Behind them, there is a black speaker on a vertical stand. In the background, there is a large wooden door and a white-painted brick wall.[Handwritten in blue ink, from the top left corner across the centre of the photo] PATTI Manolis of Maribyrnong Library Service FOOTSCRAY accepting the gift of books & resources from Lisa Bywaters AV Resource Centre Coordinator AV [crossed out] [Handwritten in blue ink in the top right corner] L-R 2 [circled] P14arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, donation, books, educational resources, patti moonlis, maribyrnong library service, footscray, lisa bywaters, av resource centre, coordinator, c1990s, c2000s

O.F.M. was the ORDNANCE FACTORY MARIBYRNONG. Up to the end of June 1943 and at a time when the wages were about £5 ($10) to £6 ($12) per week Australia had spent £1,106,000,000 (£156 per head) on the war effort. A lot of the money was spent at home in making war necessities such as armaments, munitions, boots, clothing, and in providing special training. Significant increases in numbers occurred in the personnel employed in the fighting services, and also in the work force involved in the war effort. During the financial year 1942-1943 the war cost Australia £561,743,000 (over a billion dollars), while the Income Tax raised from individuals totalled only 16.5% of this amount. To finance the war the Australian government had previously borrowed money from the public, and from institutions such as the savings banks, friendly societies, and life assurance societies, by running three successfully subscribed Liberty Loans. The institutions had contributed considerably more money to these Liberty Loans than the public, however it can be argued that the public members of these institutions had also contributed some money indirectly. The 4th Liberty Loan which opened on 5 October 1943 and closed on 9 November 1943 was intended to raise £125,000,000, with the government aiming for 750,000 subscribers. Bonds costing £10 each could be bought on a time payment scheme. A total of £126,408,000 was raised at two different interest rates and maturity dates, however the number of subscribers had only reached 567,533. Some newspaper reports of the time indicate that the low number of subscribers was a partial failure of the loan, because spare money in the community could lead to inflation at a time when goods were in short supply. The government set target quotas on how much money should ideally be raised in a particular district, and how many subscribers should ideally take part. Often these quotas proved to be excessive. The Special Red Pennant Award as given to the No 1 FORGE O.F.M. was normally for achieving the highest per capita contribution within each particular group. What is unknown at this stage is what other entities were in the same group, or how large the group was. There were other variations of the awards such as those given to country districts, where a star was placed on the left hand corner of the pennant if the money quota was reached, while two or three stars indicated that the quota was doubled or tripled. A bar was also included on the pennant if the quota of subscribers was achieved, while two bars indicated double the quota of subscribers. The above information was sourced from Trove newspaper articles at: (1) http://nla.gov.au.nla.news-article70439716, (2) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141292541, (3) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11797265, (4) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11788072, and from (5) http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1070158--1-.PDF (see page 580).This framed award has significance in that it serves as a historic reminder that the No 1 Forge O.F.M. and the Ordnance Factory Maribyrnong once existed within the Shire of Braybrook, and later the City of Sunshine, and that it was involved in the manufacture of ordnance for World War 2. It also serves as a historic reminder that it costs a huge amount of money for a country to be involved in a major war, and that a big contribution is required from the public to raise money and to produce goods for the war effort.Permanently sealed brown stained wood frame with a glass face. Enclosed behind the glossy glass is a triangular shaped pennant made of red felt material. The red colour appears to be somewhat faded. The inscriptions and markings on the pennant are in blue, gold, and white coloured inks.The AUSTRALIAN COAT OF ARMS diagram plus the following writing: SPECIAL AWARD / 4th LIBERTY LOAN / Oct.-Nov. 1943 / No 1 FORGE O.F.M.4th liberty loan, special award, ordnance factory maribyrnong, no 1 forge o.f.m., oct - nov 1943, red pennant

Solomon Heights is a 32–33 hectare pocket of Sunshine North, bounded by Baldwin Avenue, Munro Avenue, Vermont Avenue (south), Albion–Jacana railway line (west) and Maribyrnong River (north & east). In the 1920s, developers carved the land into 433 to 435 lots, but the estate never received roads, drainage, sewerage, or power. By 2025, it still had, unmade roads, no services, no development of any kind. The parcel of land has the presence of critically endangered flora and fauna species which is protected under federal and state laws. One of the flora species is the spiny rice flower, a small plant with spike tipped stems and pale yellow flowers. 5682.01 - Solomon Heights - An Urban Blight Part 1.JPG 5682.01 - Solomon Heights - An Urban Blight Part 2.JPG 5682.02 - Solomon Heights Strategic Assessment Agreement.pdf 5682.03 - Solomon Heights Glen Ora Estate Pty Ltd V's Brimbank City Council Court Judgment.pdf 5682.04 - Solomon Heights Estate Southern Section Map.pdf 5682.05 - Solomon Heights Land Use Planning Options Brimbank Ordinary Council Meeting.pdf 5682.06 - Lets Save Solomon Heights Grassland Nature For All Of Us Poster.pfdsolomon heights, sunshine north, michael solomon, spiny rice flower

Set of 53 black and white photographs collected or taken by Ellen Butland - 1964 to 1975 For a listing of the prints see htd5720list.pdf. Word file and scanning by Gary Davey 5/2021 EB1 W2 253 in Collins St, Route 11 service, W2 314 visible in Swanston St. bound for East Coburg. circa 1970 Ellen Butland.jpg EB2 W2 349 on a tour in Dandenong Road, circa 1975 Ellen Butland.jpg EB3 W2 249 in William St, Note the center poles, Route 56 service, Demolition of the Menzies Hotel in progress, c1970 Ellen Butland.jpg EB4 W2 399 in Elizabeth St, Route 59 service. Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) Building in Franklin St. in the background. c1970 Ellen Butland.jpg EB5 W2's 470, 397, 273, 526, W5 811 Camberwell Depot, c1970 Ellen Butland.jpg EB6 W2 388 & SW6 852 in Riversdale Road, c1967 Ellen Butland.jpg EB7 W2 410 in Flinders St, Route 48 service. c1970 Ellen Butland.jpg EB8 W2 349 in Royal Park, c1973 Ellen Butland.jpg EB9 W2 385 and AEC MK.VI bus 720 in South Melbourne Depot, This Doncaster Depot bus is on a meal break from working East Malvern tram replacement. c1974 Ellen Butland.jpg EB10 W2 606 in St Kilda Road, Route 67. c1973 Ellen Butland.jpg EB11 W2 434 on a tour at South Melbourne Depot, c1974 Ellen Butand.jpg EB12 W2 433 in Riversdale Road, Route 74 service. c1969 Ellen Butand.jpg EB13 W2 418 in St Kida Road, c1974 Ellen Butland.jpg EB14 W2's 432 & 273 in Camberwell Depot, c1968 Ellen Butland.jpg EB15 W2 410, Cotham Road Kew c1968 Ellen Butland.jpg EB16 W2 415 in Riversdale Road, Route 74 service. c1969 Ellen Butland.jpg EB17 W2 418 in St Kilda Road, Route 4D service. c1968 Ellen Butand.jpg EB18 W6 992 in Camberwell Depot, with W2's on other roads c1975 Ellen Butand.jpg EB19 W6 983 in Bourke St, Route 96 service between Russell and Exhibition Streets. Hoys cinema Centre behind. Advertisement for Lloyd Triestino Line. late 1968 Ellen Butland.jpg EB20 W6 968 in Bourke St, Route 89 service. late 1968 Ellen Butand.jpg EB21 9B Truck under a W3 Class car, c1969 Ellen Butland.jpg EB22 Y1 611 at Batman Avenue, c1964 Ellen Butland.jpg EB23 W2 588 at South Melbourne Siding, Albert Road. c1968 Ellen Butland.jpg EB24 W2 578 in Riversdale Road, at Glenferrie Road. Route 74 service. c1968 Ellen Butand.jpg EB25 W2 507 on route 7 service and SW6 851 at Camberwell Terminus Burke Road Deepdene, c1967 Ellen Butland.jpg EB26 W4 674 in Swanston St, Route 2A service. c1964 Ellen Butland.jpg EB27 W5 681 on Route 56 entering William St from Peel St. c1969 Ellen Butland.jpg EB28 W5 682 leaving River Street reserve track and swinging into Gordon St. Maribyrnong. Route 82 service. c1971 Ellen Buckland.jpg EB29 W5 772 in Elizabeth St. at Bourke St. Route 19 service. c1968 Ellen Butland.jpg EB30 W5 776 on Route 69 in Glenferrie Road at Henrietta St, Hawthorn. c1968 Ellen Buckland.jpg EB31 W5 786 in Leeds St Footscray Terminus, Route 82. c1972 Ellen Butland.jpg EB32 W3 667 in Swanston St, c1958 or earlier outside the State Library. Ellen Butland.jpg EB33 W2 267 in St Kilda Rd, on Route 8 service, c1935. Copy of a Murray View No.72 Postcard. Ellen Butland.jpg EB34 SW6 900 Advertising Car and a L class car at South Melbourne Depot, Jan 1975 Ellen Butland.jpg EB35 W7 1003 in Spring St, on Route 95 service. c1965 Ellen Butland.jpg EB36 SW6 958 Glen Huntley Road on Route 4, c1953 Ellen Butland.jpg EB37 Z Class 1 and 7 in Victoria Parade, 1975 Ellen Butland.jpg EB38 Z Class 3, 2 & 5 at Preston Workshops, 30-4-1975 Ellen Butland.jpg EB39 Z class 3 in Nicholson St, at Victoria Parade 30-4-1975 Ellen Butland.jpg EB40 Z class no 3 in Queens Parade, 30-4-1975 Ellen Butland.jpg EB41 X 217 in Coldblo Road Malvern Depot, 13-1-1974 Ellen Butland.jpg EB42 W2 220 in Collins St, Route 9 service. c1970 Ellen Butland.jpg EB43 W2 225 in Swanston St, Route 6 service. c1967 Ellen Butland.jpg EB44 W2 233 Road Line Marker Car in South Melbourne Per way yard, c1976 Ellen Butland.jpg EB45 W2 242 in Brunswick Depot, c1968 Ellen Butland.jpg EB46 W7 1007 in Collins St, at Market St. Route 9A service. c1970 Ellen Butland.jpg EB47 W7 1013 in Bourke St, The Southern Cross Hotel behind. Route 88 service. c1970 Ellen Butland.jpg EB48 W7 1020 in LaTrobe St, at Elizabeth St. Route 9E service. c1969 Ellen Butland.jpg EB49 W7 1025 in Collins St, Route 9A service. c1969 Ellen Butland.jpg EB50 W7 1037 in Bourke St. The Southern Cross Hotel behind, Route 97 service. c1970 Ellen Butland.jpg EB51 W5 838 in South Melbourne Depot, c1975 Ellen Butland.jpg EB52 W2's including 526, 653 and 588 plus the AEC Matador R10 recovery vehicle in Glenhuntly Depot, c1975 Ellen Butland.jpg EB53 W7 1001 in Bourke St, Between Swanston and Russell Streets. Route 97 service. c1970 Ellen Butland.jpgtrams, tramways, glenferrie road, collins st, elizabeth st, batman ave, nicholson st, victoria parade, preston workshops, malvern depot, glenhuntly depot, camberwell depot, riversdale road, flinders st, tram 253, tram 606, tram 434, tram 433, tram 418, tram 432, tram 273, tram 410, tram 415, tram 418, tram 992, tram 983, tram 349, tram 968, tram 611, tram 588, tram 578, tram 507, tram 674, tram 681, tram 682, tram 772, tram 249, tram 776, tram 786, tram 667, tram 267, tram 900, tram 1003, tram 958, tram 1, tram 7, tram 3, tram 2, tram 5, tram 399, tram 217, tram 220, tram 225, tram 233, tram 242, tram 1007, tram 1013, tram 1020, tram 1025, tram 1037, tram 838, tram 1001, w2 class, w3 class, w4 class, w5 class, sw6 class, w6 class, w7 class, y1 class, x class, z1 class, tram 811, tram 397, tram 526, tram 385, tram 653, r10 vehicle, route 11, route 56, route 59, route 48, route 74, route 7, route 4, route 9a, route 9e, route 97, swanston st, tram 314, dandenong road, st kilda road, william st, tram 470, royal park, bus 720, mmtb buses, aec mk.vi class, south melbourne depot, route 3, cotham road, route 4d, route 96, route 89, 9b trucks, albert road, burke road, tram 851, route 2a, route 5a, peel st, route 82, gordon st, river st, route 19, route 69, leeds st, route 1, advertising trams, route 8, spring st, route 95, glenhuntly road, queens parade, coldblo road, route 9, route 6, works cars, brunswick depot, market st, route 88, la trobe st