This file contains three items. 1. A three-page Caulfield Conservation Study of the Balaclava Road/Hawthorn Road Tramway Crossing, undertake by Andrew Ward and dated September 1994. Study includes a brief history of the junction and a statement of significance. Study also includes Four black and white photographs of the junction and of architectural details of the tram tracks. 2. A letter from the Conservation Manager of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) to the manager of the Planning Section for the City of Glen Eira, dated 15/06/2001 and attached to a six-page Classification Report. The letter informs of the Classification of the Grand Union Junction at the intersection of Balaclava and Hawthorn Road by the national trust, signed by Conservation Manager Ian Pausacker. Classification Report includes details such as the date of construction, a statement of significance, history of the junction, physical description of the junction and the condition of the junction at the time of writing. Report also includes a map of the Melbourne Tram Network drafted by Keith Kings and dated 01/005/1956, with illustration of the layout of fifteen tram depots, and updated aerial illustration of the Grand Union Junction, and a further map of Melbourne Tramways developed by North Melbourne Electric Tramways and Lighting Co. and Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust, drafted by Keith Kings and dated January 1914 with illustrations of three tram depots. 3. Two articles from the Caulfield Leader written by Aaron Langmaid and dated 13/02/2007 and the Melbourne Bayside Weekly dated 21/02/2007 written by Joanne Sim, both concerning the Grand Union Junction. The article from the Caulfield Leader includes a picture of Executive Officer of the council of Tramway Museum of Australia Craig Tooke in front of the intersection. The article from the Bayside Weekly includes a picture of a tram passing through the junction and a brief history of the junction and tram network in Caulfield. The article also refers to twp local tram shelters at the intersection of Dandenong Road and Alma Road and also Orrong Road and Balaclava Road.caulfield, caulfield conservation, study, balaclava road, hawthorn road, grand union junction, ward andrew, tramway crossings, transport, acland street, caulfield racecourse, tram tracks, race events, event, tram routes, thorough fares, melbourne and metropolitan tramways board, prahran and malvern tramway trust, prahran and malvern district tramways, caulfield electric tramways, caulfield city council, architectural detail, city of glen eira, balaclava road and hawthorn road intersection, balaclava road and hawthorn road junction, dandenong road, glenhuntly road, four-way tram junctions, access covers darling road, cast metal access covers, hadfields patent, caulfield park, tram systems, tram networks, heritage, tramway heritage, kings keith, tram depots, glenhuntly depot, maps, glen eira, melbourne electric tramways, north melbourne electric tramways and lighting co., prahran and malvern tramways trust, caulfield leader, bayside weekly, tooke craig, tourist attractions, grand union tramways junction, caulfield junction, cable car tramways, tram shelters, building, sheds, alma road, orrong road, caulfield electric line, balaclava junction, elsternwick railway station, caulfield station, caulfield station loop, tram services, transport establishments, thoroughfares, buildings, structures, establishments, parts of buildings or structures, documents, commercial industry, sites, historic sites, melbourne bayside weekly

From TROVE - the Bendigo Independent Newspaper 19 Mar 1906 - Page 3 George Lansell was born in the old-fashioned Kentish village of Margate, England, in 1823. He was the eldest son of Mr. Thomas Lansell, a grocer and tab-low chandler, a sensible, sound businessman, a characteristic Kent man. When14 years of age young George Lansell lefschool and assisted his father in the grocery business. He grew into manhood, and gained a thorough acquaintance with the soap and candle factory work. When he was 29 years of age his younger brother, Wootton Lansell, who was an old and respected resident of Bendigo, and who as a boy had taken to a sea-faring Life, but had left it and settled in Australia, wrote home to Margate and advised some of his brothers to follow him. The valuable experience he had gained and the glowing colors in which he pictured Australia Felix, had its influence on his brothers George and William, and they made up their minds to join Wootton In 1853Fortuna - Research on the Lansell Family History This item contains the following documents: 11217.56a Research on the former German town of Schmiedeberg - request for information from the Bendigo Library for Rodney Ruff 11217.56b Extracts from the "Digger - Pioneer Index, Victoria 1836-1888. This document is a genealogical index summarizing records for individuals with the surname Ballerstedt (and similar spellings) in Victoria, Australia, from 1836 to 1888. (e.g., "balerstt").Records Found:Only 2 matching records for the surname group. 11217.56c Sixteen handwritten detailed pages of notes on research into the Lansell Family 11217.56d Death Certificate for Cyril Vane Lansell, grazier of Corowa NSW, 39 years 1932 11217.56e Marriage Certificate of George Lansell and Bidellia Jarvis at All Saints Church in St Kilda Feb 27 1872 11217.56f Death Certificate in the South Yarra District - Possibly Bidellia Lansell, 20 Sept 1880 11217.56g Map of Cemetery with a grave hi-lighted as G. Lansell. Handwritten note on the back says it is for Bidellia Lansell, and no one else is buried there. 11217.56h Death Certificate for the Sandhurst District for Gottried Tobias Ballerstadt 1869 11217.56i Death Certificate for the Sandhurst District for Conrad Adolpheus (?), farmer and miner 11217.56j Location map of the Melbourne General Cemetery with No W 329 grave hi-lighted in the Church of England section. Belongs to Bedelia Lansellnon-fictionbendigo, fortuna, george lansell, schmiedeberg, cyril vane lansell, ballerstadt, bidelia jarvis lansell, rodney ruff