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Greensborough Historical Society
Article - Newspaper Clipping (copy), Melbourne Times, Provincial news: The Bushrangers 1842, 07/05/1842
Report of a group of special constables and settlers successful killing and capture of a party of bushrangers who had raided and robbed several stations along the Plenty River in 1842 4 p. typescript Transcribed from Melbourne Times 7 May 1842bushrangers, plenty river -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Artwork, other - Newspaper, Copy of the First Portland Guardian, published August 20th 1842, 1842
From Trove and Wikipedia: The Portland Guardian was a weekly newspaper published between 1842 and 1964 in the seaport town of Portland, Victoria, Australia. It was known as the Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser from 1842 to 1876. It was founded by Thomas Wilkinson and James Swords, and was the second newspaper to be launched in country Victoria. It was eventually absorbed by local rival Portland Observer, with the final issue appearing on 26 March 1964.Newspaper page framed between 2 panes of glass in a wooden frame formed by 4 cross-bars of wood.portland guardian, newspaper, 1800s, 1842 -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Richard Mazzucchelli, Fossicking Afar - The Life of Joseph Antonio Carlo Mazzucchelli 1842-1909, 2016
the life of Joseph Antonio Carlo Mazzuchelli 1842-1909White card cover with three colour photographs. the centre scene is of Stawell.Fossicking Afar The Life of Joseph Antonio Mazzucchelli 1842-1909 By Richard Mazacchellistawell -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, 125 years : The story of the State Savings Bank of Victoria 1842-1966, 1/01/1967
On New Years Day, 1842, The State Savings Bank of Victoria opened for business. This book explores the development over the first 125 years.On New Years Day, 1842, The State Savings Bank of Victoria opened for business. This book explores the development over the first 125 years.state savings bank of victoria, banks, commercial establishments, businesses -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article - Newspaper Clipping (copy), Geelong Advertiser, Melbourne: the capture of the bushrangers, by C. J. La Trobe 1842, 06/06/1842
Victorian Governor C. J. La Trobe informed the public of the Colonial Secretary's despatch of satisfaction at the recent capture of the bushrangers on the Plenty, and his thanks to those responsible. This was sent to the Geelong Advertiser for publication.1 p. typescript. Copied from Geelong Advertiser 6 June 1842bushrangers, plenty river -
Federation University Historical Collection
Digital Image, Passenger Ticket for the Ship Duke of Richmond, 1842, 25/04/1842
This passenger ticket is a copy from an original held by the Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat. The original was glued onto a page in a large album of photographic images of early Ballarat. Recognising their significance the Council of the Old Colonists’ Association had them removed and restored. The originals are now framed and on display in the Old Colonists’ Hall.Digital copy of an original passenger ticket for the Ship Duke of Richmond purchased by Frederick Laing for a cabin passage. The ship sailed from Leith to Port Phillip and cost 36 pounds and 13 shillings, and the ticket is dated April 1842 It is signed by John Broad Goodsirlaing, frederick laing, ship, immigration, migration, duke of richmond, goodsir, john broad goodsir -
Orbost & District Historical Society
folder, Time Line From 1842, c 2005
This folder was compiled by volunteers at the Orbost Visitor Information Centre (Slab Hut) as a reference tool.This item is a useful research tool.A black plastic covered loose leaf display folder. It contains a a list of events relating to Orbost from 1842 - 2005.orbost-history time-line folder -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Cable Kenneth J and Marchant Jane C, Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record Series 1 1788-1841 with series 2 supplement 1842-1899, 1988
Biographical details of any australian, submitted by individuals, who lived or were born 1842 -1899, subject must be deceased contains some photographs.genealogy, settlers -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Cable Kenneth J and Marchant Jane C, Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record 1842 -1899 Volume 3, 1987
Biographical details of any Australian submitted and sponsored by individuals, who lived or were born 1842-1899, subject must be deceased, contains some photographs.genealogy, settlers -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Cable Kenneth J and Marchant Jane C, Australian Biographical and Genealogical record 1842 - 1899 Volume 2, 1985
Biographies of persons who lived on mainland Australia compiled from information submitted by individuals. The subject must have arrived or born in Australia 1842 -1899, and must be deceased. contains some photographs.genealogy, settlers -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Edgar Morrison et al, Frontier life in the Loddon Protectorate : episodes from early days, 1837-1842 /? by Edgar Morrison. The Aborigines of Australia : a lecture delivered ... before the John Knox Young Men's Association, on Wednesday May 10th, 1854 /? by Edward Stone Parker, 1967
The episodes related here occurred between the years 1837 and 1842 and describe what would now be called a period of confrontation between the Aboriginal inhabitants and the white settlers who flocked to the scene so glowlingly described by Sir Thomas Mitchell in 1836.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsloddon, edward stone parker -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper - Newspaper supplement, The Age, A City is Born: Melbourne Celebrates 150 years 1842-1992, 09/08/1992
The Sunday Age supplement celebrating 150 Years of the incorporation of Melbourne as a city (1842-1992) Newspaper supplement, 4 pages, text and illus. melbourne, melbourne history, victoria 150th anniversary -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mr Isaac Newton 1842-1915 miner then dairyman farmer then became a butcher in Patrick Street -- Studio Portrait
Portrait - Isaac Newton 1842-1915 miner then dairyman farmer then became a butcher in Patrick Streetstawell -
Greensborough Historical Society
Compact disc, South Australia: births, deaths, marriages: [1842-1937], 1788-1905
South Australian births, deaths and marriages (B.D.M.) Each disc contains records for South Australia: Disc 1 South Australia births 1907-1928; Disc 2 South Australia marriages 1917-1937; Disc 3 South Australia deaths 1842-1915; Disc 4 South Australia pre-reg deaths ; Disc 5 South Australia: pre-reg marriages; Disc 6: South Australia marriages 1842-1914; Disc 7 South Australia marriages 1842-1916; Disc 8 South Australia births 1907-1928.A database of vital records (births, deaths, marriages) from South Australia.8 x compact discs in plastic casesContents listed on each CDgenealogy resources, family history, registers of births deaths marriages, south australia -
Greensborough Historical Society
Compact disc, New South Wales Bounty immigrants [1829-1842], 1829-1842
New South Wales Bounty immigrants: This disc contains records for New South Wales 'bounty' immigrants 1829-1842.A database of immigration records for colonial NSW1 compact disc in plastic caseContents listed on CDgenealogy resources, family history, new south wales - immigration, new south wales - passenger lists -
Greensborough Historical Society
Document - Article, Anne Paul, Resident ladies on the Plenty River - 1842 petition, 2019_08
A petition from ladies resident on the Plenty River was submitted to the Governor of Victoria, Charles La Trobe requesting protection from bushrangers, following an incident in 18423 p. typescript, colour photographbushrangers, petitions, plenty river -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, D.S. Ford, Benjamin Boyd in Australia 1842 -1849, 1940's
This is the second edition of the book. Benjamin Boyd 1796 - 1851) was a Scottish-born Australian pioneer and entrepreneur, and briefly, a politician. He arrived in Hobson's Bay, Port Phillip District, on his schooner, the Wanderer, on 15 June 1842, and reached Port Jackson, Sydney, on 18 July 1842. He was a shipping magnate, merchant, banker, pastoralist and station owner, Member of the Legislative Council, town planner and a whaler Boyd became one of the largest landholders and graziers of the colony of New South Wales; before suffering financial difficulties and becoming bankrupt. Boyd briefly tried his luck on the Californian goldfields before being purportedly murdered on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Many of his business ventures involved blackbirding, the practice of coercing and kidnapping South Sea Islanders as slave labourers. This book is a useful reference tool.A small thin 48 pp paper covered book titled, "Benjamin Boyd in Australia". The cover is black and white. The price is noted at 1/6.on front cover - handwritten in green pen : "M.J. Gilbert"book-benjamin-boyd-in-australia boyd-benjamin boydtown -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article, Norm Colvin, Events leading up to the Plenty Ladies' Petition 1842, 2020_
This article, written and researched by Norm Colvin, GHS Secretary, identifies the people involved in the events leading to the petition to the Governor of Victoria, C. J. La Trobe, from 'Ladies resident on Plenty River' requesting protection from bushrangers, 5 May 1842. It identifies the bushrangers, the owners of the stations robbed, the group of men who rode out to assist and the identity of the "ladies" who signed the petition.This article identifies the people involved in the incidents, a list of locals in the 1840s.12 pages typescript, map.plenty river, bushrangers, petitions -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, KERR, William, Kerr's Melbourne Almanac. Port Phillip directory for 1842 : a compendium of useful and accurate information connected with Port Phillip, 1842
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Greensborough Historical Society
Article - Newspaper Clipping (copy), Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser, Supreme Court - Criminal Side Special Session 11 May 1842, 12/05/1842
Summary of court record of trial of bushrangers captured at Plenty River1842, comprising address of presiding judge His Honour Judge Willis, and witness and counsel statements.6 p. typescriptbushrangers, plenty river -
St Kilda Historical Society
Photograph, Plaque marking the site of the first block of land sold in the first Crown Land Sales in St Kilda 7 Dec 1842, c. 1980s?
colour photograph unmounted (2 identical photographs)This plaque marks the site of the first block of land sold in the first Crown Land Sales in St Kilda 7 Dec 1842. The buyer was Lieut. James Ross Lawrence, R N, Captain of the Schooner 'Lady of St Kilda'. He named Acland st after Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, owner of "The Lady of St Kilda". This plaque was unveiled by Commander RS Veale RAN (retd) CMG for St Kilda City Council. 24 March 1985. -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph, Portland Guardian (1842-1964), 30 June 1962
The Port of Portland opened in 1959. Straight after the Mission had the desire to establish a Mission at this location. A building was found in November 1961 on Cliff Road (AR 1961). After alterations and renovations, it was officially dedicated and opened the 30 June 1962. The Portland Mission was the fourth building to be opened in Victoria.small b & w photograph depicting outdoor empty chair setup for Mission to Seafarers outdoor service.stamp: K7020portland-victoria, 1962, dedication, opening -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, Portland Guardian (1842-1964), 30 June 1962
The Port of Portland opened in 1959. Straight after the Mission had the desire to establish a Mission at this location. A building was found in November 1961 on Cliff Road (AR 1961). After alterations and renovations, it was officially dedicated and opened the 30 June 1962. The Portland Mission was the fourth building to be opened in Victoriasmall b & w photograph depicting outdoor Mission to Seafarers church service, with attendees seated in chairs.stamp: "PORTLAND GUARDIAN" PHOTO / COPYRIGHTportland-victoria, 1962, victoria, opening, dedication -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, Portland Guardian (1842-1964), 30 June 1962
The Port of Portland opened in 1959. Straight after the Mission had the desire to establish a Mission at this location. A building was found in November 1961 on Cliff Road (AR 1961). After alterations and renovations, it was officially dedicated and opened the 30 June 1962. The Portland Mission was the fourth building to be opened in Victoria.Large rectangular (landscape orientation) monochrome photo, depicting 6+ clergymen gathered in a 'U' shape, conducting an outdoor servicePortland Guardian stampmission to seamen, portland, victoria, 1962, dedication, opening -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Peter Pidgeon, Thomas Sweeney arrived 1842. Sweeneys & Carrucans were later joined in marriage. Eltham Cemetery, 2 Sep 2017
Heritage Excursion - An Eltham South Ramble, 2 Sep 2017Born Digitalactivities, eltham district historical society, eltham south, heritage excursion, local history centre -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, The Plenty Bushrangers of 1842 : the first Europeans hanged in Victoria / Lindsay Mann ; foreword by Richard E. McGarvie, 1996
Bear's Castle (Yan Yean, Vic.) Port Phillip Volunteers. Bushrangers -- Victoria -- History. Executions and executioners -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- History. Capital punishment -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- History.xvi, 119 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes index. BibliographyISBN 064629718X [signed on cover page by author]bear's castle, yan yean, plenty, bushrangers -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Phillip Pepper et al, You are what you make yourself to be : the story of a Victorian Aboriginal family 1842-1980, 1989
The story of the Pepper Family and their life on the Mission at Lake Tyers. This strong family have recounted their tales and the history of the area and the lives and control of Aboriginal people.b&w photographs, b&w illustrations, tables, word lists, document reproductionswotjobaluk, kurnai, ramahyuck, gippsland, lake tyers -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Wellings, H.P, Benjamin Boyd in Australia (1842-1849), 1935
Brief history of Boyd's years in Australia, particularly his connection with Boydtown in Eden and the whaling industry, but including information on his pastoral activities and other interests.settlers, whaling industry, ships and shipping, agriculture -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Australian Biographical and Genealogy Record 1842-1899 Volume 1
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Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Broome, Richard author, Your Are What you Make Yourself to Be The Story of a Victorian Aboriginal Family 1842 to 1980, 2005
A very informative and compassionate history of the conflict between the Aboriginal of Victoria, early settlers and government agenciesISBN 174114 569 4aboriginals, legislation