Elsternwick Baptist Church Golden Jubilee (1894 – 1944) Booklet, with an accompanying letter from Helen Lewis, dated 03/04/1977 (Church secretary) and a hand written brief history of church mostly taken from Booklet. Also a double-sided Golden Jubilee Programme for events held 16/09/1944 – 26/09/1944. History dates back to 1858.elsternwick baptist church, mclean, d. f. pastor, elsternwick, blackburn g. h. rev, glenhuntly road, roth a. g. rev, mcdonald s. a. rev, thomas b., moulton. h. h., linolen o. r. rev, wood. f. j. rev, allum h., golden jubilee, robertson r. rev, allison j. b. rev, longley h., greyson j. rev, thompson a. r. rev, scholefield h. g. rev, thomas b, webber w., weir k., wood a, wood f, carpenter c, rimington f, wills f, samuel nell miss, blackburn g. h. mrs, brooks w. a., wright c. w mrs, westmore h. w mrs, wood a. mrs, thomas b mrs, pattinson l. miss, rowlston j. miss, dennis d miss, o’ donnell p. miss, constantine b, drew. c. a, davis h.s, davies w, swanston e. e, parkinson j t, sheldon j, steel p.w, montgomery b, tillyer g, greyson w, tudball f., curtis h. f., swanton g. h., steel p.w, le maistre f. w, thurgood g.f., thompson j. c., elsternwick, glen eira road, st. mary’s, caulfield union church, poole william rev., gregson john rev., reid john rev., day edwin rev., orrong road, glenhuntly road, elsternwick congregational church, old grammar school, regent street, chapman s. rev., williamson g. rev., gregson mrs., gregson f miss, gregson m. miss, gregson w. mrs, davis h. s. mrs, hare mrs, turner d, turner d. mrs, tillyer g. mrs, aston a. e, aston a. e mrs, hastings george picking a, picking a. mrs, drew ca, drew c. a. mrs, kebby mrs., dance g. mrs, webber mrs, brooks mrs, wills mr., turner mr w, warnewood h rev, williamson r. rev, mclean d.f. pastor, foundation stones, st. george’s road, davies n., roth a.g. rev, linden o. r. rev, hebenstreit mr., stone mr., penn mr., pennstone, robertson r. rev, thompson a. r. rev, mcdonald. s. a . rev., ormond church, thompson a.r. mrs, steel p. w mrs., steel pw, pater a.s., blackburn g.h. rev., bean a w rev., blackwell a. e. rev., porches, organs, kew – church, dhurringile, drew charles, burgess mrs, pearson e. a., montgomery b., montgomery b, thurgood mr., swanton g. h., harvey. misses, drummond am, waite f miss, waite h. j., waite miss l, gregson w., battle c. w., crabb v. f., wigg c., whelan s. j., ratelift betty, carpenter c., drew chas., tillyer george, hebenstreit h, hastings a, kennedy g, parkinson a.e., parkinson h.g., wills v., davis matron., carpenter c.a., elliot d., heyneman jg., lambert d. r, middlin p. m., rimmington fc, watt k. r., wills f. c., allum k. v, trodd. a. w, blackmore m., casey c. b, chalmers m. a., chapman f., sutton r., watt l. j, wood. f. c, whelan p., lambert g., crabbe t. f, thomas rowland., blackwell h., thomas bernard, phillips j. w, marris alice, caulfield, booran road, clergy residences, fires, caulfield union church, burgess mrs, brick, kappa sigma pi, baptist ce committee, y. p. fellowship, cricket clubs, dennis clubs, kindergartens, halls, sunday schools, heating and cooling, choirs, ladies’ auxilary, ladies’ fellowship guild, junior church, christian endeavour, senior girls’ missionary union (sgmu), gymnasiums, yp league, men’s morning meeting, men’s society, brooks a, junior choir, pope w g mrs, hughes aa mla, kerr freda miss, lewis helen i. mrs, shannon lb rev

Mrs. Vanessa McDonald was born in Beechworth in 1917. Christened, Agnes Bertha Collins, Vanessa changed her name in 1960. Mrs. McDonald's family's connection with gold mining in the district reach back to the first of Beechworth's gold rushes, when her great grandfather, a Dutchman who adopted the name Charles Collins, arrived in 1851-1852. Mrs. McDonald spent her childhood in the isolated hamlet of Stanley, in the area known as 'Little Scotland', where she recalls helping her mother to raise younger siblings, picking apples and walnuts on the family farm, and roaming the hills for wildflowers. As a young woman Mrs. McDonald attended religious and social gatherings in the local community. In 1940 she went to Melbourne to work as a mothercraft nurse during the Second World War. She met her husband at a Beechworth football match and was married at the Stanley Methodist Church in 1941. The gold diggings known as the 'Nine Mile' became the hamlet of Stanley, after the British Prime Minister, Lord Stanley, in 1858. By the late 1850s, Stanley boasted schools, an athenaeum, a church, a weekly newspaper and several hotels and other civic infrastructure to cater for a growing population. The area attracted large numbers of Chinese miners, whose presence was frequently resisted. Like other early Victorian mining settlements, Stanley was a hotbed of political and racial tensions during the gold rush. One side of the Nine Mile Creek was known as 'Little Scotland’, the other, 'Little Ireland'. A number of Christian denominations built congregations and churches in Stanley, including the Church of England, Methodist Church, the Catholic Church, and Presbyterian Church. Stanley became part of the United Shire of Beechworth in 1871. By 1880 timber was being cut and two sawmills were established by 1887. River-dredged gold mining consumed vast amounts of timber from the forests in the area, and in 1931 the first of several softwood plantations began. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth'. These cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke.Following the decline in the mining and associated industries during the early-mid-twentieth century, the Beechworth district experienced a period of general economic decline. On the east side of the Dingle Range, Mrs. McDonald's father, William Henry Collins, felled timber and the family were pioneer apple orchardists. The establishment of apple orchards in Stanley reflects changes to how land was used and contributes to our understanding of the historical development of rural communities following the gold rush. Mrs. McDonald's recollections are significant for understanding family and social life in a small rural town in years leading up to the Great Depression and prior to the Second World War. This oral history recording may be compared with other oral histories and items in the Burke Museum's collection. This oral history account is socially and historically significant as it is a part of a broader collection of interviews conducted by Jennifer Williams which were published in the book 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth-century Beechworth.' While the township of Beechworth is known for its history as a gold rush town, these accounts provide a unique insight into the day-to-day life of the town's residents during the 20th century, many of which will have now been lost if they had not been preserved.This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.Mrs Vanessa McDonald /listen to what they say, beechworth, oral history, burke museum, emigration, gold rush immigration, victorian gold rush, mining families, apple orchard, forestry, forest plantation, little scotland, stanley, twentieth century history, regional australia, rural australia, farming, harvest festival, great depression, dingle range, the nine mile, australian wildflowers, high country wildflowers, mothercraft nurse, rural and regional women, social history, collins, mrs. vanessa mcdonald, building community life, shaping cultural and creative life, fruit growers, family history, changes to land use in regional victoria

A 27 page book by John (Jack) James Whitty, written circa 1983. It details his life, including his variety of jobs from his youth through to retirement. Gives cameo stories around Caulfield Racecourse, and also on Squizzy Taylor, when Jack drove taxis in the area, often picking up Ida Pender and dropping her off at the Palais.whitty john james, whitty jack, whitty laurie, caulfield military hospital, kambrook road, caulfield, whitty chas, point nepean road, taylor squizzy, pender ida, caulfield racecourse, the heath, bond street, goodfellow mrs., goodfellow claude a., trainer, neerim road, queens road, queens avenue, booran road, stables, caulfield station, subway, crystal palace theatre, murrumbeena, omama road, whitty molly, hospitals, racecourses, horse racing, horses, horse riders, stables

Wooden handle and metal pick hammer Plaque of handle: PRESENTED TO / Mrs R M Horner / MINERVA II / 14-4-73minerva, rowing

Correspondence (copies, 9 pages) describing the funds raised and dispersed for the widows of the miners killed in the explosion at the Great Extended Hustlers Mine in 1914. Names of miners' families: Mrs Campbell, 3 children Mrs. Blair, 2 chldren Mrs Thomas, 3 children Mrs Martin Mrs Chinn Mrs Forster, 2 children Mrs Walkley Letter addressed to His Worship The Mayor, Town Hall dated 20 July 1914 describes the participants names and the terms of payment. Letter from Mrs Margaret Campell authorising bearer to pick up cheque Sandhurst and Northern District Trustees managed the fund.bendigo, mining, great extended hustlers

One of a series of copied photographs depicting life on an orchard in 1910. Originals owned by Mrs Nancy Tyson, Merrigum, a local historian.Black and white photograph of 2 men, with ladders and buckets picking fruit in Merrigum orchard, 1919. Fruit trees in background.on back: Merrigum Orchard, fruit picking season, 1910.lilian pitt, orchard work

One of a series of copied photographs depicting life on an orchard in 1910. Originals owned by Mrs Nancy Tyson, Merrigum, a local historian.Black and white photograph of man picking fruit.on back: picking the fruitlilian pitt, orchard work

One of a series of copied photographs depicting life on an orchard in 1910. Originals owned by Mrs Nancy Tyson, Merrigum, a local historian.Black and white photograph of 5 men having lunch during fruit picking season, Merrigum Orchard.on back: Merrigum orchard lunch during fruit picking season.lilian pitt, orchard work

The Kewriosity Sheet (1979-83) was first published in the City of Kew (Victoria) in June 1979 as a two-sided 'community newssheet'. It aimed to: 'share news about Kew happenings and Kew people, and to exchange ideas about living in Kew'. Later issues gradually evolved into a 4-page, quarto sized publication. The Kewriosity Sheet was superseded by the Kew Council publication 'Kewriosity' (1983-1994).non-fictionWhat's doing in Kew for June / p1. Q Crop [Youth Group, Holy Trinity Church of England Kew.] / p1. All day and long term parking for the Fenton Ave. Car Park - Kew Junction Shopping Centre / p1. Where to pick up your Kewriosity Sheet / p1. Henry Pride Volunteer Service / Mrs Jean Oswald p1. Your news is good news / p1. Kew Op Shop / p1. Do it yourself duplication [The Copy Shop] / p1. What do you do if no-one seems to have the right answer? [Citizens' Advice Bureau] p1. Kew Historical Society / p2. The friendly stranger [Stranger danger] / p2. Swimming - even in the Winter! / Maureen Meyers p2. Backgammon [Kew Backgammon Club] / p2. Diplomacy [Decision Games] / p2. 'Anything Goes [Cole Porter, Starlight Theatrical Co.] / p2. Kew Croquet Club / p2. Family tea – "Indian Style" [East Kew Baptist Church] p2. Playgroup [Uniting Church , Highbury Grove] / p2. Youth Clubs [St Hilary’s Church of England] / p2. Nominations for Council [Cr Robert Pritchard, Cr Phyllis Hore, Cr Jack Gervasoni, Cr Jack Ryan, Cr.Walter Haldun / p3. Appointment of traffic engineering consultant. [DT Grogan & Associates] / p2. community publications --- kew (vic.), the kewriosity sheet, newsletters - kew (vic.)