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Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Evan Meades, Mill Park, River Red Gum Trees, Aug 1988
... Mill Park, River Red Gum Trees...Mill Park..."Northern fringe of Mill Park Aug 88"... Whittlesea melbourne Photograph Mill Park, River Red Gum Trees Print ...One of a series of photographs taken in 1988-1989 around the Shire of Whittlesea by Evan Meades.Print copy of a photograph"Northern fringe of Mill Park Aug 88"evan meades collection, plenty road, mill park, mill park estate, plenty road mill park, red gum trees, river red gum trees -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Evan Meades, Mill Park Estate, Sep 1988
... Mill Park Estate...Mill Park..."Mill Park Estate (Nth) from Plenty Road Sept 88"... Whittlesea melbourne Photograph Mill Park Estate Print copy ...One of a series of photographs taken in 1988-1989 around the Shire of Whittlesea by Evan Meades.Print copy of a photograph"Mill Park Estate (Nth) from Plenty Road Sept 88"evan meades collection, plenty road, mill park, mill park estate, plenty road mill park, red gum tree -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Evan Meades, Mill Park, Red Gum Tree, Aug 1988
... Mill Park, Red Gum Tree...Mill Park..."Northern fringe of Mill Park Telecom building shown... Whittlesea melbourne Photograph Mill Park, Red Gum Tree Print copy ...One of a series of photographs taken in 1988-1989 around the Shire of Whittlesea by Evan Meades.Print copy of a photograph"Northern fringe of Mill Park Telecom building shown at left ? Aug 88"evan meades collection, plenty road, mill park, mill park estate, plenty road mill park, red gum tree -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Evan Meades, Mill Park, red gum tree, Sep 1988
... Mill Park, red gum tree...Mill Park..."Northern fringe of Mill Park looking Sth. 500 metres... Whittlesea melbourne Photograph Mill Park, red gum tree Print copy ...One of a series of photographs taken in 1988-1989 around the Shire of Whittlesea by Evan Meades.Print copy of a photograph"Northern fringe of Mill Park looking Sth. 500 metres in from Plenty Road Sept 88"evan meades collection, plenty road, mill park, mill park estate, plenty road mill park, red gum tree -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Evan Meades, Mill Park, Sep 1988
... Mill Park...Mill Park..."Northern fringe of Mill Park. Plenty Road 500 metres west... Whittlesea melbourne Photograph Mill Park Print copy of a photograph ...One of a series of photographs taken in 1988-1989 around the Shire of Whittlesea by Evan Meades.Print copy of a photograph"Northern fringe of Mill Park. Plenty Road 500 metres west, looking Sth/west Sept 88"evan meades collection, plenty road, mill park, mill park estate, plenty road mill park, red gum trees, river red gum trees -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Evan Meades, Mill Park, Aug 1988
... Mill Park...Mill Park..."Northern fringe of Mill Park Plenty Road, 300 metres Nth... Whittlesea melbourne Photograph Mill Park Print copy of a photograph ...One of a series of photographs taken in 1988-1989 around the Shire of Whittlesea by Evan Meades.Print copy of a photograph"Northern fringe of Mill Park Plenty Road, 300 metres Nth of new Telecom building, looking west Aug 88"evan meades collection, plenty road, mill park, mill park estate, plenty road mill park, red gum tree -
Greensborough Historical Society
Slide - Photograph, John Ramsdale, Bluestone Church on Plenty Road Mill Park: Slide 30, 1990s
... Bluestone Church on Plenty Road Mill Park: Slide 30...plenty road mill park...Photograph shows a bluestone church on Plenty Road Mill...Photograph Slide Bluestone Church on Plenty Road Mill Park ...Photograph shows a bluestone church on Plenty Road Mill Park.Part of the John Ramsdale collection of slides and audio visual material.Colour photograph scanned from slide.No maker's marks. No caption on slide.plenty road mill park, bluestone church -
Greensborough Historical Society
Slide - Photograph, John Ramsdale, Rural landscape Mill Park: Slide 9
... Rural landscape Mill Park: Slide 9...mill park..., possibly east of Plenty Road near Mill Park...., possibly east of Plenty Road near Mill Park. Part of the John ...Photograph shows a rural landscape with a few buildings, possibly east of Plenty Road near Mill Park.Part of the John Ramsdale collection of slides and audio visual material.Colour photograph scanned from slide.No maker's marks. No caption on slide.mill park -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article, The History of Mill Park, 31/07/1838
... The History of Mill Park...mill park...A short history of the Mill Park area from its initial sale... Plenty Lower Plenty melbourne Article The History of Mill Park 4 ...A short history of the Mill Park area from its initial sale in 1838 as Portions 19 and 20, Parish of Keelbundora.4 p. typescriptmill park -
City of Whittlesea
Photograph (item) - Photographs - Buildings, Redleap Stables Mill Park Farm
... Redleap Stables Mill Park Farm...Mill Park...Redleap Stables, Mill Park Farm. The stables were built..., Mill Park Farm. The stables were built by the Miller brothers ...Redleap Stables, Mill Park Farm. The stables were built by the Miller brothers in 1890 to house the racehorses (notable Redleap, twice Grand National Hurdle winner)redleap stables, mill park, grand national hurdles, redleap, henry miller -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Evan Meades, Mill Park, Jul 1988
... Mill Park...Mill Park... Whittlesea melbourne Photograph Mill Park Print copy of a photograph ...One of a series of photographs taken in 1988-1989 around the Shire of Whittlesea by Evan Meades.Print copy of a photograph"View from Telecom Building Looking Nth/west July 88"evan meades collection, plenty road, mill park, mill park estate, plenty road mill park, red gum trees, river red gum trees -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Evan Meades, Mill Park, c.1988/89
... Mill Park...Mill Park... Whittlesea melbourne Photograph Mill Park Print copy of a photograph ...One of a series of photographs taken in 1988-1989 around the Shire of Whittlesea by Evan Meades.Print copy of a photograph"unknown near Childs Road Epping ? 1988/1989"evan meades collection, plenty road, mill park, mill park estate, childs road mill park -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Photographs x 2- D Reids home at Mill Park 1973, 2/12/1973
... Photographs x 2- D Reids home at Mill Park 1973... 1845. At Mill Park. 2 Dec 1973 2. Handwritten in blue ink under... Photographs x 2- D Reids home at Mill Park 1973 2 colour photographs ...David Reid (1820-1906) was a pastoralists and politician. He left school at 16 and after meeting the overlander John Gardiner he decided to look for land south of the Murray River. Equipped by his father with some 500 head of cattle, 2 bullock wagons and teams and 6 assigned servants, he reached the Ovens River on 8 September 1838. David settled at Currargarmonge, near Wangaratta. At the end of 1843 he took up land near Yackandandah. In 1847 he took up a section of the family run of which Woorajay (Wooragee) formed a part. He built the first water driven flour-mill in the district on his Yackandandah run in 1845; his woolclip of 1848 was one of the first to be handled by R. Goldsbrough and was claimed to come from sheep descended from stock imported in the 1820s from George III's flock. Going into politics, he held the Legislative Assembly seat of Murray from October 1859 to May 1862. David Reid was a highly regarded grazier and local politician who was significantly involved in settlement around the Yackandandah area. Photo demonstrates ongoing interest in the local history of the area and its early residents2 colour photographs mounted together on buff card 1. Man and 2 children (unidentified) standing outside the remains of the Reid home. 2 Dec, 1973 2. Group of unidentified people on a tour of the old homestead of D. Reid. 2 Dec, 19731. Handwritten in black ink under photo 'D. Reid's home 1845. At Mill Park. 2 Dec 1973 2. Handwritten in blue ink under photo 'Snapshots Clare Roper"clare roper -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Plan, RMIT Mill Park Campus, 1995
... RMIT Mill Park Campus...mill park campus... Boulevard Richmond melbourne Plan RMIT Mill Park Campus Tracing ...Tracing paper copy, Landscape III Assignment 1995. Scale 1:500.rmit, mill park campus -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Booklet, Mill Park Regional Centre, Dec 1975
... Mill Park Regional Centre...mill park... Whittlesea melbourne Booklet Mill Park Regional Centre Spiral bound ...Report outlining a proposal for the development of a new town centre in the South Morang region, by Perrott Lyon Timlock Kesa & Associates Pty. Ltd. Architects and Planners.Spiral bound booklet, 16 p., architect sketchessouth morang, mill park -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Document - Original, Payment Receipt, R. M. Cuthbertson, Mill Park Farm, South Morang, 17 Dec 1906
... Payment Receipt, R. M. Cuthbertson, Mill Park Farm, South.... Cuthbertson, Mill Park Farm, South Morang A small paper receipt ...Payment receipt issued to Mr. W. Forster Wood, for delivery of 6 pigs to R. M. Cuthbertson, Millpark Farm, South Morang. Dated 17 Dec 1906. A small paper receipt with black print and hand written details, green 1d stamp bottom left.R. M. Cuthbertson, Millpark Farm, South Morangmillpark farm, r m cuthbertson, south morang -
Greensborough Historical Society
Slide - Photograph, John Ramsdale, Plenty Road and urban creep: Slide 28, 1990s
... plenty road mill park...Photograph shows Plenty Road Mill Park with Shell petrol.... No caption on slide. Photograph shows Plenty Road Mill Park ...Photograph shows Plenty Road Mill Park with Shell petrol station and Macdonalds, showing the urban expansion in this area.Part of the John Ramsdale collection of slides and audio visual material.Colour photograph scanned from slide.No maker's marks. No caption on slide.plenty road mill park, urbanisation -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Ruins of Coulstocks Mill, Janefield, South Morang
... Mill Park Farm at Janefield on the Plenty River..., Janefield (Mill Park - Bundoora)..., Janefield (Mill Park - Bundoora) Mill Park Farm at Janefield ...Mill Park Farm at Janefield on the Plenty River was established around 1840 by George Coulstock where he grew wheat. His flour mill was one of the first in Victoria, under construction as early as 1841. After bushfires and Coulstock's early death in 1842, the farm and its mill were taken over by local landowners Henry Miller and John Brock. Peter Hurlestone took charge of the mill. With water diverted from the Plenty River to fill the newly built Yan Yean Reservoir which opened in 1857, the Hurlestone family quit and that was the demise of the mill.Five colour photographs of ruins of Coulstocks Mill, Janefield (Mill Park - Bundoora)mills, flour mills, coulstock, janefield, plenty river, ruins, stone walls, bundoora, plenty gorge -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), "PTC Transport Hub Projects", 1992
... Mill Park... for the Mill Park Light Rail project and tram system overhead renewal...Trams tramways PTC Funding Mill Park Overhead Trackwork ...Reports and associated documents for the PTC Transport Hub Projects - Better Cities Funding - Commonwealth and State Government projects - 1991 through to 1995. .1 - list of projects, timing, source of funding, project description and timing - about 25 sheets. .2 - four sheets stapled - providing a timeline for the Mill Park Light Rail project and tram system overhead renewal projects. .3 - six sheets - listing the tram projects - overhead, automatic points, track renewal and giving time lines in a Gantt chart. .4 - Newspaper cutting advertising for the pre-qualification of contractors for PTC electric traction - rail and tram as part for the Transport Hub project; - The Age 20/5/1992trams, tramways, ptc, funding, mill park, overhead, trackwork -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Audio Compact Disc, Audio Recording; Victoria's Anzac Centenary: Anzac Stories produced by Bill McGillivray, recorded by 88.6 Plenty Valley FM, 24 March-24 April 2016, 2016
... , Mill Park Secondary College, P.E. Cook, Plenty Valley 88.6 FM..., Mill Park Secondary College); MP3 file, 9.94MB; 07:14 03 P. E... by Felicity Williams, Head of English, Mill Park Secondary College ...Two Compact Discs produced by 88.6 Plenty Valley FM Disc 1 Tracks 01 Introduction; MP3 file, 01.02MB; 0.44 02 Epping District (written and spoken by Felicity Williams, Head of English, Mill Park Secondary College); MP3 file, 9.94MB; 07:14 03 P. E. Cook (wriiten and spoken by Liz Pidgeon, Local and Family History Librarian, Yarra Plenty Regional Library); MP3 file, 10.5MB; 07:38 04 Research Honour Board (wriiten by Jim Allen of Eltham District Historical Society and spoken by Daniel Polombi of Plenty Valley FM; MP3 file, 7.52MB; 05:28 05 Will Longstaff (wriiten by Bill McGililvray, Plenty Valley FM and spoken by Daniel Polombi of Plenty Valley FM; MP3 file, 9.01MB; 06:33 06 Robert Smith (wriiten and edited by Bill McGillivray, Plenty Valley FM and spoken by Shelley Carpatharcus and Daniel Polombi of Plenty Valley FM; MP3 file, 9.55MB; 06:57 07 Stanley Addison (wriiten and spoken by Jim Connor of Eltham District Historical Society; MP3 file, 9.25B; 06:43 08 Bessie Gallagher (wriiten by Maureen Jones and and spoken by Geraldine Ishken of Plenty Valley FM; MP3 file, 12.3MB; 08:58 Disc 2 Tracks 09 George Muir Letter 1 (wriiten by Maureen Jones and and spoken by Geraldine Ishken of Plenty Valley FM; MP3 file, 9.32MB; 06:47 10 George Muir Letter 1 Part 2; MP3 file, 9.17MB; 06:40 11 George Muir Letter 1 Part 3; MP3 file, 8.50MB; 06:11 12 George Muir Letter 2; MP3 file, 4.91MB; 03:34 13 George Muir Letter 3; MP3 file, 7.25MB; 05:17 14 George Muir Letter 4; MP3 file, 5.59MB; 04:04 15 George Muir Letter 5; MP3 file, 4.63MB; 03:22 16 George Muir Letter 6; MP3 file, 3.38MB; 02:27 17 George Muir Letter 7 (introduction by Jim Connor of Eltham District Historical Society, original letters by George Muir, commentary written by Helen Mann and Bill McGillivray of Plenty Valley FM, spoken by Romero Callaghan and Stephen Pidgeon); MP3 file, 4.36MB; 03:10 18 George Muir Letter (introduction by Jim Connor of Eltham District Historical Society, original letters by George Muir, commentary written by Helen Mann and Bill McGillivray of Plenty Valley FM, spoken by Craig Wright of Planty Valley FM); MP3 file, 12.4MB; 09:02alan marshall, anzac stories, audio cassette, audio recording, bessie gallagher, bill mcgillivray, community radio, craig wright, daniel polombi, eltham district historical society, epping district, felicity williams, george muir, geraldine ishken, helen mann, jim allen, jim connor, liz pidgeon, maureen jones, mill park secondary college, p.e. cook, plenty valley 88.6 fm, research honour board, robert smith, romero callaghan, shelley carpatharcus, stanley simpson addison, stephen pidgeon, victoria's anzac centenary, will longstaff, yarra plenty regional library -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "East Preston Tramway Extension - Feasibility Study July 1976", Jul. 1976
... Mill Park...Trams tramways East Preston Mill Park Latrobe University ...Ninety three page, plus yellow covers, plastic cover on front and bound with a brown coloured comb binder report titled "East Preston Tramway Extension - Feasibility Study July 1976", by the MMTB. Looks at the costs, construction, operating cots, revenue, proposals considered and patronage for the extension of the East Preston tramway in various stages. Has a number of maps, figures, tables, plans, property acquisition, extension to Preston Institute of Technology, road layouts, bus routes and analysis of costs.Stamped on cover and inside page "Discarded from PTC Library 19 Oct 1989".trams, tramways, east preston, mill park, latrobe university, tramway proposals, mmtb -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper Clipping - Digital Image, All's ready for carols [Greensborough Primary School Gr2062], 30/11/2004
... in Carols by Candlelight at Mill Park in 2004.... by Candlelight at Mill Park in 2004. greensborough primary school carols ...Greensborough Primary School students participated in Carols by Candlelight at Mill Park in 2004.Newspaper clipping, black and white text and colour image.greensborough primary school, carols by candlelight -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, Mill House, 1986
... . Park Mill House Tatura ...Photograph of home of Mill House and upstairs extension and bullnose verandah added. Former home of George and Norma Parks and family. Nephew of Dr J. Park. House was connected with former flour mill, now demolished. Now home of Dr and Mrs C. Kerr and family.Black and white photograph of Mill House, Albert Street, Tatura. Exterioron back: Mill House with upstairs extension, home of Dr and Mrs Charles Kerr, Albert Street, Tatura 1986dr and mrs c. kerr, dr j. park, mill house tatura -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Cutting timber for Browns Mill, Kinglake District
... logging loggers lumber trade brown's mill Kingake national park ...Loggers from Brown's Mill, Kinglake use a hand saw to remove bark and split a tree trunk after its felling in the Kinglake forest. Circa 1923.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book, "Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, kinglake, browns mill, logging, loggers, lumber trade, brown's mill, kingake national park, forest, bush -
Greensborough Historical Society
Document, with newspaper clippings, Sergeant Peter Henry, 13/09/2008
... of his service in the Heidelberg, Thomastown, and Mill Park areas..., Thomastown, and Mill Park areas. From the early 1980s, he ...Peter Henry joined the Police Force in 1972, spending much of his service in the Heidelberg, Thomastown, and Mill Park areas. From the early 1980s, he was responsible for setting up and coordinating many Neighbourhood Watch areas. He retired in September 2008.1 p. typescript, with 7 newspaper clippings from various publicationsneighbourhood watch, peter henry, victoria police -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper, The Chronicle Newspaper Group, The Bundoora Chronicle - Semper Paratus. Edition 01/22. October 2022, 2022_10
... was distributed to Mill Park, Watsonia North, Greensborough, Yallambie... was distributed to Mill Park, Watsonia North, Greensborough, Yallambie ...First published in 2022, the Bundoora Chronicle was distributed to Mill Park, Watsonia North, Greensborough, Yallambie, Watsonia, Macleod, Kingsbury. During the pandemic in 2020, most local papers ceased production. Unfortunately, although named the Bundoora Chronicle, this newspaper holds no local news and is more an advertising feature for greater Melbourne.Newspaper, 20 pages. Black text, colour and black and white images. 2 copiesnewspapers - melbourne, local newspapers -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Copy, Lindsay Mann, Mayfield Presbyterian Church, Mernda, 2011
... ), Whittlesea (1863), Mill Park (1861) and Epping (1867). Like Mill Park...), Whittlesea (1863), Mill Park (1861) and Epping (1867). Like Mill Park ...Mayfield Presbyterian Church, on Plenty Road Mernda. MAYFIELD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Mayfield Presbyterian Church at Mernda was erected in 1860, and the first service held on 23 October that year. The erection of the Mayfield Church, and others at Janefield and Whittlesea soon after, reflected the relatively large number of Scots in the Plenty Valley in the 1850s. Presbyterian services had been held at Mernda prior to the erection of the Mayfield church. In 1851 and 1852 the Rev. P. Gunn of Campbellfield conducted services at Mr. Radcliffe’s (now the Poplars), a barn at Carome and at Moses Thomas’ newly erected house on Marsh Farm. Mayfield Church was built on an acre of land, apparently donated by Moses Thomas. The block was a 66 feet frontage to Plenty Road. It is not clear who designed and built the Mayfield Church, although it has been generally accepted that it was Moses Thomas. Dr. Richard Ely, the historian who owns the adjacent property The Poplars, believes it was most likely Thomas, given that he possessed both the capacity and resources for the task, as well as a personal interest. For a short time, the newly completed church was called the Guthrie Church, after the prominent Scottish Free Church Leader. Moses Thomas died in 1878. His son Walter, who had joined him on the church committee in 1861, served on it almost until his death in 1932, having been ordained as an Elder in about 1880. During the 1880s he became Superintendent of the Mayfield Sunday School, a task he also performed until shortly before his death. On 15 October 1922 a special service was held at the Mayfield Church to celebrate its recently completed renovation, including the installation of the four still present Gloria lights. Further minor repairs and renovations have been made in recent times. Mayfield Church is the earliest of the five Presbyterian Churches in the City of Whittlesea, predating Kalkallo (1860), Whittlesea (1863), Mill Park (1861) and Epping (1867). Like Mill Park this church was built by Moses Thomas and similarly suffers from differential settlement on the uneven foundations. Here the cracking and movement is less severe than at Mill Park and this building is reasonably sound. It appears to be the design prototype for the more elaborate Mill Park building. It is a simple preaching hall with small gabled porch. The only elaboration occurs at windows where render quoins are formed to reveal and to gable ends, where a bull's eye louvre decorates the gable, and a rendered string course terminates them. The general proportions and the squat rectangular windows give the church a Georgian character clearly based on Scottish precedent. The windows are the dominant feature of the design. They are unusually large for the size of the church and incorporated on the principal entrance facade in similar manner to Mill Park. Whereas at Mill Park the windows are also large, their pointed Gothic form clearly indicates a church. Here the windows have a domestic quality and contribute to the simple “village” quality of the building. The bluestone walls are well executed in coursed random rubble to a much better standard than the Mill Park design. As for the initial Mill Park church (added in later) there is no separate sanctuary or vestry. The interior is remarkably plain and incorporates an altar, lectern and communion rail all within the nave. The gloria lights of 1922 survive apparently in working order. At the rear of the large open site is a stable built c1920 for parishioners' horses. Mayfield Church is historically significant for its association with the “Laird of Mernda”. Moses Thomas and his early effects to create a town at this site. It is architecturally significant for its simple construction probably incorporating Scottish precedents and for the high-quality use of local bluestone. HISTORICAL REFERENCE J.W. Payne, The Plenty, 1985. Mayfield Presbyterian Church Mernda : Historical notes on its origin by R. Ely 1991. City of Whittlesea Heritage Study. Historical building in Mernda.A4 colour copy of a photograph and digital image on HDmayfield presbyterian church, mayfield mernda, bluestone church, guthrie church, laird of mernda, moses thomas, church, red gum tree, stable -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Gwen Hawke, Mayfield Presbyterian Church, Mernda, 20 Oct 2010
... ), Whittlesea (1863), Mill Park (1861) and Epping (1867). Like Mill Park...), Whittlesea (1863), Mill Park (1861) and Epping (1867). Like Mill Park ...Mayfield Presbyterian Church, on Plenty Road Mernda. MAYFIELD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Mayfield Presbyterian Church at Mernda was erected in 1860, and the first service held on 23 October that year. The erection of the Mayfield Church, and others at Janefield and Whittlesea soon after, reflected the relatively large number of Scots in the Plenty Valley in the 1850s. Presbyterian services had been held at Mernda prior to the erection of the Mayfield church. In 1851 and 1852 the Rev. P. Gunn of Campbellfield conducted services at Mr. Radcliffe’s (now the Poplars), a barn at Carome and at Moses Thomas’ newly erected house on Marsh Farm. Mayfield Church was built on an acre of land, apparently donated by Moses Thomas. The block was a 66 feet frontage to Plenty Road. It is not clear who designed and built the Mayfield Church, although it has been generally accepted that it was Moses Thomas. Dr. Richard Ely, the historian who owns the adjacent property The Poplars, believes it was most likely Thomas, given that he possessed both the capacity and resources for the task, as well as a personal interest. For a short time, the newly completed church was called the Guthrie Church, after the prominent Scottish Free Church Leader. Moses Thomas died in 1878. His son Walter, who had joined him on the church committee in 1861, served on it almost until his death in 1932, having been ordained as an Elder in about 1880. During the 1880s he became Superintendent of the Mayfield Sunday School, a task he also performed until shortly before his death. On 15 October 1922 a special service was held at the Mayfield Church to celebrate its recently completed renovation, including the installation of the four still present Gloria lights. Further minor repairs and renovations have been made in recent times. Mayfield Church is the earliest of the five Presbyterian Churches in the City of Whittlesea, predating Kalkallo (1860), Whittlesea (1863), Mill Park (1861) and Epping (1867). Like Mill Park this church was built by Moses Thomas and similarly suffers from differential settlement on the uneven foundations. Here the cracking and movement is less severe than at Mill Park and this building is reasonably sound. It appears to be the design prototype for the more elaborate Mill Park building. It is a simple preaching hall with small gabled porch. The only elaboration occurs at windows where render quoins are formed to reveal and to gable ends, where a bull's eye louvre decorates the gable, and a rendered string course terminates them. The general proportions and the squat rectangular windows give the church a Georgian character clearly based on Scottish precedent. The windows are the dominant feature of the design. They are unusually large for the size of the church and incorporated on the principal entrance facade in similar manner to Mill Park. Whereas at Mill Park the windows are also large, their pointed Gothic form clearly indicates a church. Here the windows have a domestic quality and contribute to the simple “village” quality of the building. The bluestone walls are well executed in coursed random rubble to a much better standard than the Mill Park design. As for the initial Mill Park church (added in later) there is no separate sanctuary or vestry. The interior is remarkably plain and incorporates an altar, lectern and communion rail all within the nave. The gloria lights of 1922 survive apparently in working order. At the rear of the large open site is a stable built c1920 for parishioners' horses. Mayfield Church is historically significant for its association with the “Laird of Mernda”. Moses Thomas and his early effects to create a town at this site. It is architecturally significant for its simple construction probably incorporating Scottish precedents and for the high-quality use of local bluestone. HISTORICAL REFERENCE J.W. Payne, The Plenty, 1985. Mayfield Presbyterian Church Mernda : Historical notes on its origin by R. Ely 1991. City of Whittlesea Heritage Study. Historical building in Mernda.2 colour photographsmayfield presbyterian church, mayfield mernda, bluestone church, guthrie church, laird of mernda, moses thomas, church, red gum tree, stable -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, Rev. Colin Chapman and Dog, 1986
... ; Mill Park 1991–1996. Retired 1996 but continued active ministry...; Mill Park 1991–1996. Retired 1996 but continued active ministry ...B. 25/11/1932 England; d. 14/2/2001. Ordained 1964; Penguin Tas. Methodist Church 1964–67; Dromana 1968–71; Benalla 1972–77; Diamond Valley 1978–1985; Laverton North/Altona 1985–1991; Mill Park 1991–1996. Retired 1996 but continued active ministry in supply situations until his death.Chapman is shown seated, dressed in clerical collar and jumper, patting his cocker spaniel.Reference to Church & Nation.chapman, colin -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, 1985
... at La Trobe in sociology, in Aboriginal studies… (Mill Park... at La Trobe in sociology, in Aboriginal studies… (Mill Park ..."Bruce Dickerdike, 29, was a teacher in the Northern Territory at Lajamanu (Hooker Creek). He did three years of study at Ridley College and was ordained deacon in the Anglican Church. After 12 months curacy he switched to the Uniting Church. In addition to the normal hall work, he's been doing further studies at La Trobe in sociology, in Aboriginal studies… (Mill Park, establishing a congregation.)"B & W head and shoulders photos of Rev. Bruce Dickerdike, Theological Hall graduate 1984.C&N identification.uniting church minister, bruce bickerdike