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Raymond Island Historical Society
Book, Memories of My Early Life, late 2010
... 1935 50... in Victoria 1935-1950 History of Raymond Island and local residents ...Biography of Vivienne Pearl Sullivan growing up on Raymond Island in Victoria 1935-1950History of Raymond Island and local residentsSoftcover Book - white Sepia tone Image of Raymond Island on cover. A4 portrait size 53 pagesMemories of My Early Life By Vivienne Pearl Sullivan (nee Smith)raymond island, vivienne pearl smith, vivienne pearl sullivan, 1935 50 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BUSH COLLECTION: EPHEMERA
... & Gotch - Sample Calendar No. 3 1935.( 61 cm x 50 cm) x2; c...); b. Gordon & Gotch - Sample Calendar No. 3 1935.( 61 cm x 50 ...Ephemera from Original Box 313; This is not a catalogued description of the contents but a broad-brush overall description. a. Book with 'Ledger' on cover; has newspaper cuttings re stage and screen on 8 of 94 pages (remaining, mostly blank); b. Gordon & Gotch - Sample Calendar No. 3 1935.( 61 cm x 50 cm) x2; c. Gordon & Gotch - Sample Calendar No. 2 (61 cm x 50 cm) x 2; d. Victorian Act of Parliament No 3041 (amending the Law relating to Public Health, 1919, 176 pages; e. Victorian Act of Parliament -(amending the Sewerage District Acts No 3437, 1925, 5 pages ; f. Scrapbook with cuttings from papers relating to Australia's history, scenery, flora and fauna, Farming, Industry, Rodeo, Horse Racing, Rural, Surf Life Saving, Religion, Federation, Explorers, Gold, Birds, - some loose cuttings in back; g. Land Tax Act, Schedule L 1910 (blank sheet); h. Commission of Public Health - three day tour of Western District (Warrnambool, port Fairy, Colac) from Melbourne; i. Collection of cuttings, envelopes; j. Newspapers - Argus, Advertiser pages late 1930s; (not scanned) k. Collection of newspaper cuttings; l. Collection of Public Health Regulations, 7 parts; m. Act of Parliament, Victoria No. 2632 - Law relating to Amendment of the Constitution; n. Folder containing issues of The Bendigo Church News, 25 parts 1930s-1950s; o. Collection of book lists/catalogues; p. AA (Automobile Association) Members Handbook 1963; q. Collection of varied sheets and pamphlets; r. Articles of Association - Ocean Salt Company; s.. Sydney Symphony Orchestra program 1953; t. Queen Mary's Message to the people, Jan 1936; u. various notices for display of historical items (BHS Collection)ephemera, mementoes -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Colonel (RTD) Sydney Patterson, M.C., M.I.D, c. 1950
On display in History House.Black and white photograph of man in military uniform, with peaked hat. Badges are pinned to hat and left lapel. ¾ turn to right. Below image is text stating man's identity and positions.Front: Colonel (RTD) Sydney Patterson M.C., M.I.D., War Service World War 1. Served from 1914-1919 New Guinea (Naval Force) 1914. Egypt, France, Belgium 1915-1919, 20th Batalion A.I.F.M.I.D. 1916, M.C. 1917. Commissioned on the Field. Twice wounded. World War 2. Served from 1939-1945 Australia (Darwin) New Guinea, New Britain, etc. Captain 1939, Adj. No. 7 Aust Int. Training Centre, 1941. G.S.O. 3 (O) G. Branch A.H.Q. 1942. Major R.A.E. (Docks) 1942. L.L. Colonel R.A.E. C.R.E 3rd Aust. Dock Group. CIVIC SERVICE Councillor, Portland 1931-1940 (Resigned for War Service) 1945-1957. Mayor of Portland 1935, 1938, 1939-40, 1949-50, 1953-54. Harbour Trust Commissioner, appointed March 1950 (1950-1957). Back: Mr. Stevenson (pencil, centre) -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Book, L.F. Johnston Commonwealth Government Printer, Military Financial Regulations and Instructions, Early 20th Century
Military Financial Regulations and Instructions 1935 Reprinted with amendments up to and including Statutory Rule No 122 of 22 December 1938 and with amendments to Instructions up to and including Serial No 40 (AAO 141/1939)Pay and Allowances for Service Personnel as at 1935/1939 A book oblong in shape faded blue/green colour thin cardboard covers white pages.Serial No 40 (AAO 141/1939) by Authority L.F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra (Printed in Australia). Hand written in ink in top right hand corner of front cover: W. A. Cronk/Capt 59 Bn Hand written in ink top right corner of inside front page: W.A. CRONK. Capt./59 Bn.military financial regulations canberra johnston australia -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Badges, Badges and Coins 1939-45: 50 years of Queen Victoria's Reign; ANZAC Pins, King George and Queen Elizabeth; City of Wangaratta; etc, 1939 - 1945
Many issues - ANZAC DayBadges and coins. Refer photograph. +Additional Keywords: Pratt, G / GibbonTop Row L_R:; Victoria - 50 Years of Reign. Diam 3cm.; RDFA/Time Keeper (2 badges); Plastic 7-pointed badge (2 badges): Palestine-Gallipoli, FRANCE, Egypt, Mesopotamia, North Sea, New Guinea. In Centre: Lest We Forget printed across a map of Australia.; Assorted ANZAC pins/badges (5 badges); Middle Row L-R:; Side 1: King George VI & Queen Elizabeth (5 badges); Side 2: City of Wangaratta. Wangaratta Proclaimed a City.; Bottom Row:; Royal Life Saving Society, Established 1891. Centre: Awarded to G. Gibbon 1945.; Awarded to G Pratt v 1945; Victorian Rifle Association (2 badges); Legacy Badges/Pins (2 badges); Map of Australia on metal pin; Badge: Side 1 Centenary of Victoria 1934. On undeveloped scene embossed)/ Side 2 Centenary of Victoria 1935. (On city skyline embossed) Diam 2.6 cm.; Pavilion Fund Bayswater 1947-1948 -
Learmonth and District Historical Society Inc.
Photo - Ryan.M.J, Richards & Co. Photos Ballaarat, Ryan, Matthew John.(J.P.), 1935 (exact)
This Photo Of Councilor Matthew John Ryan,(J.P.)forms part of a composite photo of 1934-1935 Councilors.He was first elected, as a member, to Ballarat Shire Council on 30th. August 1897. Apointed Shire President,1902-08-14-23-32-38-44-50. Original Historic Photo of Councilors for the year 1935-1935.Photo of Councilor Matthew John Ryan,(J.P.),on grey mount situated middle of top row,of composite photo of all Councilors for the year 1934-1935.Collection of photos of Councilors 1934-1935.shire, ballarat, j p, council, 1934 1935, ryan, matthew, john -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - H.A. & S.R. WILKINSON COLLECTION: CONTRACT OF SALE
Conditions of sale by private contract dated 21st. October, 1935 between J. Mahon (seller) and H. Taylor (buyer) for land situate Hodgkinson Street, Bendigo having a frontage of approx. 52 feet by a depth of approx. 108 feet, being parts of lots 6 and 7 on plan of subdivision registered No.13862 part of Crown allotments 6 and 7 section 38C land described in Crown grant volume 1502 folio 300225 and Crown grant volume 2642 folio 528242. Price 50 pounds. Attached receipt and plans to build house on that land (W. H. Ellis builder) for 500 pounds also attached detailed list of materials and labour.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO BOYS TRAINING FARM LEDGER
Dark green covers, red spine. Ledger book of financial records of Boys' Training Farm 1935 - 1937. Payments to Bendigo businesses listed and financial costs of running aspects of the farm detailed. e.g. Wages - lads; piggery, fowl pens, implement shed, windmill ( pages 46 - 50)bendigo, institutions, boys' training farm, boys' training farm, j.t. keane, flora hill -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Burnie Tram
The Birney tram was named after its designer Charles Birney and was designated a "safety car". It was a type G tram that had a smaller wheel base and was designed specifically for routes with lighter traffic as it could only carry 50 passengers. It featured folding doors and steps and was the first tram that could be operated by the driver alone without a conductor. This particular tram was built in 1925 by the J G Brill Company in Philadelphia, USA. It was flat-packed to Adelaide where it was reassembled. It operator in Adelaide until 1935 when it was sold to Geelong before again being sold to the Bendigo Tramways in 1947. It continued to operate until the tramways closure in 1972. Each winter it becomes the Bendigo yarnbomb tram. Birney tram photographed at Charing Cross, Bendigo (probably tour with Association of Engineers on Thursday March 12th 1970). B&W photograph.burnie tram, tour at charing cross, bendigo 1973 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PLAZA THEATRE
Eleven photocopies of Plaza Theatre Bendigo images including documentation. 1 Plaza Theatre Bendigo upstairs auditorium, 2 Ground floor entrance Plaza Bendigo 1936 and name of film starring Gary Grant Constance Bennett 'Big Brown Eyes', 3 Plaza Theatre Mitchell Street Bendigo 1953 film 'Warpath' Edmund O' Brien Dean jagger forest tucker Harry Carey 'Thunder in the East' Alan Ladd Deborah Kerr Charles Boger Phyllis Calvert nearby residents Hamptons Newsagency Melody Bar Pearse dentist Quins bluebird fruit shop Norris's Menswear Matchetts grocery, 'Port Hole Paradise' My Days as an Assistant Projectionist by Micheal Purdon 6 pages, copy of a glass advertising slide, cinema glass advertising slide late 40's early 50's, Plaza theatre Auditorium 1935, Plaza Bendigo 1967 Projector 2X Cummings & Wilson Western Electric Sound Bases Peerless Magnarc Carbon Arc Lamps.bendigo, buildings, plaza theatre -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ERROL BOVAIRD COLLECTION: WHEAT BOUNTY CLAIM
The John Bovaird Collection : Commonwealth of Australia Wheat Bounty Act 1934 State of Victoria Claim for Payment. By Errol Balfour Bovaird of May Reef PO via Avonmore. Regarding 150 bushels delivered for sale to John T Stewart of Lockington. Wheat produced on 50 acres : Allotment 25 Parish of Pannoo Bamawm. Dated 13/4/1935. Pink paper.agriculture, farm, wheat crop -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ERROL BOVAIRD COLLECTION: WHEAT BOUNTY CLAIM
The John Bovaird Collection. Commonwealth of Australia Wheat Bounty Act 1934 State of Victoria Claim for Payment. By Errol Balfour Bovaird of May Reef PO via Avonmore. Regarding 96 bushels delivered for sale to R. Anderson of Lockington. Wheat produced on 50 acres : Allotment 25 Parish of Pannoo Bamawm. Dated 13/4/1935. Pink paper.agriculture, farm, wheat crop -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ERROL BOVAIRD COLLECTION: WHEAT BOUNTY CLAIM
The John Bovaird Collection. Commonwealth of Australia Wheat Bounty Act 1934 State of Victoria Claim for Payment. By Errol Balfour Bovaird of May Reef PO via Avonmore. Regarding 96 bushels delivered for sale to R. G. Anderson of Lockington. Wheat produced on 50 acres : Allotment 25 Parish of Pannoo Bamawm. Dated 13/4/1935. Pink paper.agriculture, farm, wheat crop -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ERROL BOVAIRD COLLECTION: WHEAT BOUNTY CLAIM
The John Bovaird Collection. Commonwealth of Australia Wheat Bounty Act 1934 State of Victoria Claim for Payment. By Errol Balfour Bovaird of May Reef PO via Avonmore. Regarding 96 bushels delivered for sale to Henry Jackson of Lockington. Wheat produced on 50 acres : Allotment 25 Parish of Pannoo Bamawm. Dated 13/4/1935. Pink paper.agriculture, farm, wheat crop -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Rifle cleaning kit
Metal container containing gun cleaning equipment. Round brushes x 2. Gun oil container. Length of aluminium linked chain. The rifle cleaning kit is for the Mauser K98 rifle. The K meaning " Karabiner ". The calibre is 7.92 x 57mm . This rifle was adopted on the 21st June 1935 as the standard rifle used by the Wehrmacht. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Framed Photograph
Engraved wooden frame with sepia coloured photograph. H M A S Sydney was launched from Newcastle on Tyne on 22nd September 1934 in England. Sydney was commissioned into the Australian Navy in September 1935. H M A S Sydney was a modified "Leander" class Cruiser. Sydney was involved in offensive actions in the theatre of war. . -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Cap Badge, Black Watch, 1902-1935
Cap Badge ,Black Watch, Royal Highlanders 1902-1935. Badge features a rayed and faceted star similar to the Star of the Order of Thistles. Upon the centre, within a wreath of thistles, an oval frosted circle bears the burnished motto: 'Nemo Me Impune Lacesset' ( Meaning no one attacks me with impunity) This is surmounted by a monarchial crown. Within the circlet the figure of St Andrew is depicted holding his cross on a frosted ground On either side of the crown bears ' The Royal Highlanders' . On the bottom of the badge a scroll with the words 'Black Watch". refer https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1963-12-74-1See "Description" -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Wooden Plaque, 1983
Wooden plaque presented to Bill Bakker (RAAF).1935 to 1983 School of Radio RAAF readiness through training. Governor General,s Banner presentation on 29th April 1983. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Weapon - Bandolier 303 Bullets (73)
Bullets (Firing Caps removed)Various Markings---MF 56 7- RG54 7-MF 58.7-1935-K17 ZNA-RAL12.VII-MW.44.VII-MF.1942WI-HG1942 VII-1938-1936-K1931 VII-1935-HG.1942.VII-303MV8Z.PP78-DA44- U1943.VII-1961V2-MF.27.10-DA.1943,VII-MH.1942.VII (Plus) -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph - Card Box Photographs, George Munro Pty Ltd Engineers, Ballarat circa 1935
The engineering works was located on Davey Street between Mair & Webster Streets. This was later to become Deutcher's, manufacturers of agricultural implements. About 50 employees sit out the front of the building.george munro pty ltd engineers, george munro, building, manufacturing, persons, work -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Black and White, Hepburn Springs Swimming Pool
The Hepburn Pool was built in Spring Creek during the 1930s by the Zelmans of Bellinzona Guest House. Alberto Zelman paid for local workers to construct the pool to their specifications so the visitors to local guest houses could swim on hot days. The Hepburn Pool was used for the Victorian Swimming Championships, with 6 stones marked at one end for each lane. It is 50 yards long, the length required for competitions. In 1935 the Hepburn Amateur Swimming Club organised their first swimming carnival, the meeting conducted by the Victorian Amateur Swimming Association, In 1969 the Daylesford Olympic Swimming Pool was constructed so this 'old swimming pool' was neglected. Fortunately in 1993 local volunteers associated with the Savoia Hotel returned the pool to its former glory with the help of old photos and a lot of hard work. Two well known swimmers swam at the pool in the Victorian swimming Championships, they were Annette Kellerman and Frank Beaurepaire. The Pool was named Victoria's Favourite Built Place in 2004 as part of the Victorian Government's involvement in the International Year of the Built Environment. It was included on the Victorian Heritage Register following a nomination and comparative analysis of pre Olympic Swimming Pools in Victoria by Lisa Gervasoni.Black and white photograph of the Hepburn Pool in Spring Creek, including the diving board.hepburn springs swimming pool, hepburn springs, hepburn pool, pre-olympic swimming pools, albert zelman, bellinzona, annette kellerman, frank beaurepaire, victorian amateur swimming association, hepburn amateur swimming club -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Magazine - Alex Gill, June 17, 1985
Bendigo Pottery was established in the 1850s, when Scottish migrant George Duncan Guthrie stumbled upon a local clay deposit and created a successful pottery business. Soon, it would rival the great Staffordshire potteries of 19th century England. It opened to tourists in 1971. Alex Gill began working at the Bendigo Pottery inn 1935 at the age of 13. Six months later he began an apprenticeship at the pottery and retired in 1986 as a Master Potter.Alex Gill works his potter's magic in Bendigo, Woman's Day Magazine Article by Heather Waby. The article is on Alex Gill about the 50 years that he began when he was 13 years old. It contains photos of Alex working at the pottery and some of his speciality products.history, bendigo, merle lummis collection, alex gill bendigo pottery -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Furniture - Wooden dresser with a mirror from the Terminus Hotel, Wodonga
The wooden dresser came from the Terminus Hotel in High St., Wodonga. In 1873, James Thompson Hatch built the two-storeyed Terminus Hotel at 79 Sydney Road (later known at High Street), then sold it to George Day and Kenneth McLennan for £1,230. It was first licensed to J. G. Morton in January 1874. In 1879, Annie Allen, from Ireland, took over as licensee of the hotel containing 14 rooms, after she and her husband, George James Allen, purchased it. He became licensee in 1883. Under the Allens, the Terminus became, ‘a principal rendezvous for visitors to the town.’ September 1888 saw additions to the building that included a billiard room, a dining room, and 18 other rooms. Following the death of her husband in 1889, Annie Allen continued to run the Terminus Hotel. She later married John Haldon and was licensee of the hotel until 1893 when the licence was transferred to William Carkeek. In the early 1900s the Hotel was thoroughly renovated. The Terminus Hotel was for sale by auction on 5th March 1909. It comprised about 50 rooms, a two-storey building built of brick and iron with hot and cold water service and acetylene gas throughout. The principal hotel in Wodonga, was let from 1st January 1909 on a seven years’ lease at a rental of £9 per week. 1935 saw extensive improvements by proprietor W. P. Kinney, while in 1941 further extensive improvements were carried out to make a good hotel better. A pall of shock and disbelief descended over Wodonga’s historic Terminus Hotel on 1st June 1998 when it was destroyed by fire then demolished in 1999. The site was sold for almost $1 million and redeveloped for a medical clinic. The wooden dresser has local significance as it came from the Terminus Hotel in High St., Wodonga.Wooden dresser with a mirror, two small side drawers and two large drawers with circular recessed metal handles and metal castors.dressers, dressers with mirrors, wooden dressers -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Mann Collection Album - Terminus Hotel; Gippsland & Northern, C1960s - 1970s
This photo is part of a collection of Wodonga Town Photos donated by Elaine Mann. Elaine was married to David Mann, a successful Wodonga businessman and community leader who passed away in Wodonga in June 2012. David was a member of the Mann family who began their business in Wodonga in 1920. Elaine was a teacher in Wodonga for many years and an active member of the community. The Terminus Hotel In 1873, James Thompson Hatch built the two-storeyed Terminus Hotel at 79 Sydney Road (later known as High Street), then sold it to George Day and Kenneth McLennan for £1,230. It was first licensed to J. G. Morton in January 1874. In 1879, Annie Allen, from Ireland, took over as licensee of the hotel containing 14 rooms, after she and her husband, George James Allen, purchased it. He became licensee in 1883. Under the Allens, the Terminus became, ‘a principal rendezvous for visitors to the town.’ September 1888 saw additions to the building that included a billiard room, a dining room, and 18 other rooms. Following the death of her husband in 1889, Annie Allen continued to run the Terminus Hotel. She later married John Haldon and was licensee of the hotel until 1893 when the licence was transferred to William Carkeek. In the early 1900s the Hotel was thoroughly renovated. The Terminus Hotel was for sale by auction on 5th March 1909. It comprised about 50 rooms, a two-storey building built of brick and iron with hot and cold water service and acetylene gas throughout. The principal hotel in Wodonga, was let from 1st January 1909 on a seven years’ lease at a rental of £9 per week. 1935 saw extensive improvements by proprietor W. P. Kinney, while in 1941 further extensive improvements were carried out to make a good hotel better. A pall of shock and disbelief descended over Wodonga’s historic Terminus Hotel on 1st June 1998 when it was destroyed by fire then demolished in 1999. The site was sold for almost $1 million and redeveloped for a medical clinic.This photo collection is of significance as it documents how the businesses and buildings in Wodonga have evolved and contributed to community throughout the late 20th century.Terminus Hotel; Gippsland & Northern Co-operative Pty. Ltd.; Graham Bradbury Men's Hairdresser; Patricia Anne Fashions; Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company (A.M.L. & F). on the west side of High Street. The Terminus Hotel was built C. 1873. and was destroyed by fire in 1998, The Gippsland and Northern Co-operative Co. Ltd was formed in 1905, but the date of its establishment in Wodonga is not confirmed, but they were holding fortnightly sales at the Wodonga sale yards by early 1919.wodonga businesses, high st wodonga, terminus hotel, gippsland & northern -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Legal record, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), MMTB By-Laws, 1922
Set of 54 Printed documents - MMTB By-Law No. 6 - detailing Tolls, Fares and Charges and associated amendments - date given is that date shown as the application of the Common seal or approved by the Governor in Council. Printed on various sized sheets. Original documents or generally extracts from the Government Gazette. .1 - 16 page foolscap document - side stapled - 30-4-1926 - front page scanned. .2 - 1 page foolscap - 1-9-1926 - scanned .3 - small sheet - 13-10-1926 .4 - 9-12-1926 .5 - 11-1-1927 .6 - 25-1-1927 .7 - 4-5-1927 .8 - 27-7-1927 .9 - 21-9-1927 .10 - 2-2-1928 .11 - 17-4-1928 .12 - 1-5-1928 .13 - 6-6-1928 .14 - 4-7-1928 .15 - 12-2-1929 .16 - 8-4-1929 .17 - 11-6-1929 .18 - 3-7-1929 - includes tourist trips by Motor Omnibuses and the various route details. .19 - not allocated .20 - 12-8-1929 .21 - 7-10-1929 .22 - 11-12-1929 .23 - 28-4-1930 .24 - 24-6-1930 .25 - 27-8-1930 .26 - 8-10-1930 .27 - 5-11-1930 .28 - 12-11-1930 .29 - 1-9-1931 .30 - 1-12-1931 .31 - 15-12-1931 .32 - 1-3-1933 .33 - 15-8-1934 .34 - 22-7-1935 .35 - 9-9-1935 .36 - 24-12-1935 .37 - 7-4-1936 .38 - 13-5-1936 .39 - 19-5-1936 .40 - 9-6-1936 .41 - 19-10-1936 .42 - 21-10-1936 .43 - 2-12-1936 .44 - 12-1-1937 .45 - 8-2-1937 .46 - 26-7-1936 .47 - 29-9-1937 .48 - 7-11-1938 .49 - 23-11-1938 .50 - 22-12-1938 .51 - 18-4-1939 .52 - 14-8-1939 .53 - 13-11-1939 .54 - 9-12-1940 .55 - 7-1-1941 Second copy of the original document By-Law 6 - added 20/7/2019 - from the collection of Robert Green, see htd3096doc.pdf and in good condition.trams, tramways, mmtb, by laws, appeals, fares, tourist trips, tourist bus -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photograph, Alan King, Memorial to Peter Brock, Ferguson's Paddock, Hurstbridge, 23 January 2008
Ferguson’s Paddock, Hurstbridge. A plaque on a boulder commemorates Peter Brock. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p167 On a rock in Ferguson’s Paddock, Hurstbridge, a plaque commemorates Peter Brock. It includes the words: ‘Boy from Hurstbridge without special privileges, grew to become champion of racetracks around the world but he never forgot his beginnings’. Brock came from a well-established local family. Born in Hurstbridge in 1945, he lived in Anzac Avenue as a child, attended the Hurstbridge Primary and Eltham High Schools and lived in the district most of his life. His father Geoff owned the Diamond Valley Speed Shop in Greensborough. Brock’s forbears were amongst the area’s earliest settlers. From Scotland, the Brocks arrived in Tasmania in 1830, to graze sheep. Family members moved to Sunbury, then Preston, grazing sheep in the Bundoora area. John Brock owned Janefield, possibly named after his wife. In 1855 he granted around two acres (0.8ha) of his estate for a school.1 In 1866 Lewis Brock bought 264 acres (107ha) in Nutfield, the first non-Aboriginal person to own that land. They planted an orchard, then from around 1935, Brock’s uncle Sandy and his grandfather Lewis, ran a dairy on the property. In the 1980s Brock and his then partner Bev, bought most of the property, which they sold after their separation in 2006.2 Brock’s father was a Hurstbridge Football Club President, but Brock’s uncle Sandy, of Brocks Road, Doreen, has been particularly active in local affairs. He was President of the Mernda Football Club (then Plenty Rovers), President of the Panton Hill Football League and he founded the Arthurs Creek and District Landcare Group. He also gave more than 50 years of service to the Whittlesea Agricultural Society, the Volunteers for Australian Football and the Doreen Rural Fire Brigade. Community service was important to Brock too. Brock, with his then partner Bev, established the Peter Brock Foundation in 1997, the year he retired from full-time V8 Supercar racing. The Foundation’s grants have included $100,000 towards the upgrade of a walking track in the Hurstbridge Parklands and other projects include a holiday house for the families of child cancer victims.3 Brother Lewis saw Brock as a spiritual person, who had a great affinity with people. He saw Brock as a role model of someone who could achieve their dreams. ‘The family didn’t have much money, yet that didn’t stop Peter realising his dreams. He was strong and didn’t let difficult times crush him.’4 Despite his later successes, Brock’s most treasured trophy was for running 100 yards (91.4m)at his primary school in 1955, and he appreciated his head master Ted Griffiths’ encouragement of his sporting endeavours. At high school Brock became captain of Everard House. In his first year he bought a 1928 Austin 7 for £5. He cut the car into a box shape with an axe and enjoyed driving it – despite it having no brakes - at his grandparents’ farm at Nutfield. The turning point in Brock’s life came at age 23, when he built an Austin A30 in an old henhouse in Wattle Glen, using a Holden engine. He was laughed at until it won the Australian Sports Sedan Championship in 1968. Brock’s career then took off and he became a professional driver. Brock won Australian motor sport’s best-known event, the Bathurst 1000, nine times. Brock endured a bitter split from Holden in 1986 over control of his Holden-backed vehicle modification business and a car performance-enhancing device he called the ‘energy polariser’– despite it having no scientific evidence to support its claims. But Brock returned to Holden in 1994.5 Then in 1997, aged 52, Brock retired from fulltime V8 Supercar racing. However he continued to race at motor sport events. Brock won several awards, including an Order of Australia Medal in 1980, the Australian Sports Medal in 2000, and the Centenary Medal.6 On September 8, 2006, Brock died; after his car hit a tree during the Targa West Rally in Western Australia.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, ferguson's paddock, hurstbridge, peter brock memorial, peter brock