The Methodist Order of Knights was the official youth organisation of the Methodist Church of Australasia. It originated in Hurstville, NSW, on the 4th October 1914 by the then Mr and later Rev Alex Bray. Alex Bray was a Sunday School teacher and spoke to his class of the Knights of the Round Table. In 1917 the Order of Knights was officially recognised by the Sunday School Dept of the NSW Methodist Conference. Courts spread thoroughout Australia. In 1927 the High Court of NSW called for designs for a badge and in 1929 the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia recognised the Order as an approved Organisation. In 1938 the Senior Section was organised into Degrees of Sincerity, Service and Sacrifice; the Junior Section into Pages' Degree with advancement to Esquire. In 1954 the Junior Section was reorganised into two groups: Pages 8 to 11 years and Esquires 12 to 15 years. The Knight's Motto: "Live Pure, Speak True, Right Wrong, Follow Christ the King, else wherefore born?" Courts of the Order: General Conference Department of the Christian Education - General Court - Provincial High Court - District Court - Local Court - Senior Court - Intermediate Court - Junior Court . Regalia: All members of the Intermediate and Senior Courts wore regalia consisting of a cloth shield superimposed by a cross of light and dark blue ribbons, and supported by a cloth collar. Esquire and Degree of Sincerity regalia: White collar and white shield. Degree of Service regalia: Green collar and shield. Degree of Sacrifice: Scarlet collar and shield. District Court regalia: Blue collar and gold shield. High Court regalia: Gold collar and purple sheild. General Court regalia: Purple collar and shield. Officers of the local courts wore their symbols as part of their regalia.Methodist Order of Knights Charter for the Methodist Church of Australasia Order of Knights. The Charter is for Court Kurrajong Numurkah No. 264. It is dated 22nd. June 1953 and is signed by J K Beers, Knight Grand Commander and Charles Gallache, Governor."Court "Kurrajong" Numurkah No. 264"methodist order of knights, j k beers, charles gallache, court kurrajong

Photograph probably for promotional purposes, of a "David Sowden & Sons" loom, No 264. Photograph was among items from Yarra Falls Mill.Photograph, black and white, of a "David Sowden & Sons" loom, No 264.264textile machinery weaving, yarra falls mill david sowden & sons, weaving looms, weaving machinery, textile machinery, weaving

This book was produced by Patons and Baldwins and contains patterns of knitted garments for women. It was owned by Billie Rech, the aunt of the donor, who was a great knitter.Patons / KNITTING BOOK / No. 264 / "FELICITY" / See page 8 / 7d.handicrafts - history knitting, patons and baldwins (australia) ltd, handicrafts - history, knitting

Document gives the data about scheduled speeds in miles per hour for General Electric GE-264 motors for stops per miles, gear ratios, and wheel sizes for form A and B motors. Has a table for truck or bogie data and weights. Enabled street car or tramway operators to select their equipment and motors. Demonstrates a GE data sheet to assist tramway engineers in their equipment selection.Data sheet typed on foolscap paper.tramways, tramcars, ge, general electric, motors, specifications

Contents: • Fifty Five Years Ago • Our Next Meeting – 2.00pm Saturday 11th June 2022 • Heritage Excursion – Saturday 2nd July - Eltham Lower Park – Walk and Talk • Those Wild Aqueduct Days • How the Wheel Turns . . . Sometimes by Jim Connor • Eltham Progressing – 1925 • Unusual Requests? By Jim Connor • Drownings in the Aqueduct by Richard Pinn • Register of Significant Trees by Jim Connor • Eltham Cemetery Stories by Liz Pidgeon o Memorial to Stillborn Babies • Annual General Meeting –Saturday 23rd April 2022 • SubscriptionsThe Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.A4 newsletter distributed to members (Digital and A4 photocopy)newsletter, eltham district historical society

T Humphrey & Co were located at 264 Collins Street Melbourne in 1900.Black and white photograph mounted on fawn cardT Humphrey & Co., 264 Collins St., Melb.

Ill, p.264.non-fictionA description of Cook's journeys for a juvenile audience.exploration, james cook - travels

Index, p.264.non-fictionThe role of the British government in the prosecution of the war of 1914-1918great britain - politics and government, world war - 1914-1918 - history

Index, p.264.non-fictionAn early biography of Adolf Hitlerheads of state - germany - biography, germany - national socialist party

Ill, p.264.non-fictionA travellers guide to Oxfordoxford - description, oxford - travel

264 p. : ill.fictionfiction

ill, maps, .264.History of the railways to Warburton, Powelltown and Noojee both the Victorian Railways and various timber tramways in Victoria.railroad operations - victoria - history, timber tramways - victoria - history

Ill, p.264.non-fictionIllustrated experiences of Australians who served in Bomber Commandroyal air force - bomber command, world war ii - air warfare

index, ill, maps, .264.Reflections on the planned railways in Melbourne and the opportunities lost due to the rail network remaining unfinished.railroad operations - victoria - history, railroad construction - victoria - history

Ill, maps, p.264non-fictionDescriptions of the experiences of allied prisoners of way in Taiwanworld war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese, ex prisoners of war - biography

264 p., illus. (some col.).non-fictionCovers the geological and cultural history of Hanging Rock.hanging rock (vic.) - history, picnic at hanging rock

"Laughing Waters has been a source of inspiration for many artists and designers, and was a natural extension of the dynamic art and lifestyle movement that began in the 1930s at Montsalvat. It was also an important site in the development of the Melbourne art scene in the 1960s and '70s, especially the earth building movement known as the Eltham Style. Since 2001 more than eighty artists have been in residence at Laughing Waters in Birrarung House and Riverbend. Their experiences and art making are woven together with Wurundjeri, European and family histories to create an evocative account of a special place in a bushy outer suburb of Melbourne." -- back cover. Eltham District Historical Society is acknowledged in the Acknowledgments section of this book.264 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ISBN 9780994486707laughing waters, eltham, yarra river, artists, killeavey, mud bricks

Photograph. Guildford Primary School. No 264.

Index, ill, maps, p.264.non-fictionA history of the railwaymen who volunteered to work on the Commonwealth railways North Australia Railway from Darwin to Birdum in the Northern Territory during World War II.commonwealth railways (australia) -- history., railroad operations in war - australia - history

Rev John Watsford (1820 - 1907). Born at Parramatta, N.S.W. First Australian born minister of the Methodist Conference. Spent 8 years with the Wesleyan Mission in Fiji. Founded Prince Alfred College Adelaide. Home Mission Secretary for Victoria. President of the Australasian Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church 1871. President of the General Conference of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church in 1878. Australasian Representative at the Ecumenical Council of Methodism in London 1881.B & W head and shoulders studio portrait of the Rev. John Watsford, mounted on brown card.john watsfore, wesleyan, methodist, minister, parramatta, fiji, prince alfred college, home mission, president australasian conference, ecumenical council

This book is the remarkable story of the world's tallest tree species, the Redwood, growing in the Great Otway National Park in Victoria's south-west. It was originally planted by Victorian foresters for experimental purposes on land abandoned by the early settlers. The Coast Redwood, native of California, is now thrives in the Otways alongside the famous eucalypt, the towering Mountain Ash. The majestic Otway Redwoods, still in their youthful growth phase, have withstood adversity caused by fire, landslide, lighting and chainsaws, while the ongoing political debate about the conservation of the valuable forest resources continues.The redwoods of the Otway Ranges. Roger B. Smith. Lothian Custom Publishing; Middle Park (Vic); 2015. ii, 202 p.; illus., maps, appendices, notes. IBSN 978 1 921737 13 8. Soft cover.With best wishes from Roger Smith.

Two items relating to the Ormond Uniting Church (former Thomson Memorial Presbyterian Church): 1/ a book named "The Ormond Faith Story - The History Of The Ormond Uniting Church Centenary Edition 1903 – 2003". The front cover includes a colour photograph of the Church and the back cover includes a list of the Ministers during that time period. The Contents include several black and white photographs and an Appendices written by Rev Bill Morgan, Rev. Rod Horsfield, Rev. Robert Mcutchen and Rev. John Lamont, on what Ormond means to them. 2/ a black and white photograph of three ladies inscribed on the back as "Ormond Uniting Church Drop-in Centre, Cnr North & Booran Rds., Caulfield. Sept 84"A5-sized printed book of 64 pages plus colour back (photos of 9 men around Uniting Church insignia)and front (in red border is a colour photo of the Church) covers, with black and white images on the inside of these covers. It is mostly printed text with a number of black and white photos.ormond uniting church, anthony street, centenary edition, merton hall, anglican, maud street, presbyterian, wheatley road, methodist, ocean street, saint cuthberts, beattie james rev., jones hugh rev, chalinor john rev., hadley vincent rev., broughton david rev., morgan william rev., mcutchen robert rev., lamont john rev., horsfield rod rev., tregear george rev., kirkside independant living units, uniting church inaugurated, kids of the uniting church australia, kuca, after school program, saint kevins catholic church, father crimin, caulfield adult learning centre, daley daniel rev., green kevin rev, probin david rev, glen orme avenue, ormond, caulfield, plaza cinema, north road, manse, booran road, sunday school, glen orme, ladies church aid, ladies guild, dromana, playgroup, ucaf, booran road hall, fraser street hall, mordialloc, ormond park, new hall, reid christina rev., lamont john rev, cricket, tennis, glen orme avenue methodist church, ormond presbyterian church, st kevin’s catholic church, glen huntly presbyterian church, malane's corner, market gardens

This negative is one of a batch of ten images taken apparently around the same time at Gembrook c. early 20th century. This one is of the Ferntree Gully to Gembrook railway line, which was completed in December 1900. The view looks northwards to the hills from probably present-day Station Road. This stark image of bare landscape with dead trees recalls both the early timber industry in Gembrook and the practice of wide-spread clearing of land for farming use.Black and white negative - landscape view - of the railway line at Gembrook. The railway is in the foreground. The landscape is bare apart from dead and ringbarked trees. Negative has been kept inside a packet which is not original.Handwritten on (not original) packet containing negative: 'Railway line & dead trees /Gembrook'gembrook, timber industry, railway, 1900, early 20th century, station rd

These are a batch of ten negatives apparently taken around the same time at Gembrook c. early 20th century. They include three images of a bullock team (two with a child in the picture), two images of the Ranges Hotel (one distant), two images of farm workers, one image of the main street, one image of the railway line and one of children playing backyard cricket. The negatives were developed by Baker & Rouse, agents for Kodak, who began their operations in Melbourne in 1905. At some unknown time, the negatives were donated to the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum. At this point, they may have then been placed in individual packets - because the original Baker and Rouse folder was in poor condition - and labels were written. In 2023 or 2024, the Yarra Ranges Museum donated them to the Emerald Museum.These negatives provide a glimpse into early 20th century everyday and farming life of Gembrook.Ten negatives showing people and places in Gembrook circa early 20th century. These negatives are contained in individual packets which are not original. The original film developer's folder is separate. Each negative has been classified separately in Victorian Collections.On folder: 'KODAK / BAKER & ROUSE / PROP. LTD. ... / MELBOURNE: / 284 COLLINS STREET. ...' On back of folder handwritten: ' old Marituna / Gembro [partly erased] atherlie'gembrook, ranges hotel, gembrook general store, baker & rouse, early 20th century

This is one of a batch of ten negatives apparently taken close to the same time in Gembrook in the early 20th century. This negative shows a young girl, entitled 'Miss Heath' standing in the foreground near a bullock team pulling a cart loaded with sacks of possibly potatoes or grain. A man is kneeling on top of the sacks doing some adjustments. There are two other negatives in this batch of the same bullock team with one of them featuring the same girl. There is also another negative showing the same girl playing backyard cricket. This negative provides a glimpse of the early 20th century cartage in Gembrook.Negative showing a girl standing in the foreground near a bullock team which is pulling a cart loaded with sacks of possibly potatoes or grain. A man is kneeling on top of the sacks doing some adjustments. The negative has been kept in a packet which is not original.Handwritten on packet: 'Miss Heath with Bullock Train / Gembrook'gembrook, bullock team, miss heath, potatoes, early 20th century

This negative is one of a batch of ten images taken apparently around the same time at Gembrook c. early 20th century. This negative is of a side and back view of the Ranges Hotel showing three formally dressed men and one woman standing on the balcony. The Ranges Hotel was built in 1902 following the completion of the Ferntree Gully to Gembrook railway line in 1900. It was an important social institution and tourist destination in Gembrook for over 100 years before its destruction by fire in 2018.This negative features an iconic and historical building in Gembrook which has since been burnt down.Black and white negative - landscape view - showing a side and back view of the Ranges Hotel, Gembrook. This negative has been kept inside a packet which is not original.Handwritten on (not original) packet containing negative: 'House Gembrook'gembrook, ranges hotel, ferntree gully to gembrook railway, early 20th century

This negative is one of a batch of ten images taken apparently around the same time at Gembrook c. early 20th century. This one is of a child (titled 'Miss Heath') standing in front of a bullock team pulling a cart loaded with sacks of possibly potatoes. Two other negatives feature this same girl: one standing with the same bullock team and the other playing backyard cricket. An additional negative features the same bullock team with no people.These negatives provide a glimpse of early 20th century cartage in Gembrook.Black and white negative showing girl standing in front of bullock team which is carting a load of sacks of possibly potatoes or grain. A man is standing next to the bullock team. An open gate is visible in the foreground. The negative has been kept inside a packet which is not original.Handwritten on packet containing negative: 'Miss Heath with Bullock train / Gembrook'gembrook, bullock team, miss heath, potatoes, early 20th century

This negative is one of a batch of ten images taken apparently around the same time at Gembrook c. early 20th century. This one is of three men of whom two are clearly workers, possibly timber workers, and the third may be their boss. Timber was an important early industry in Gembrook. These negatives provide a glimpse of the early 20th century timber industry in Gembrook.Black and white negative - portrait view - showing three men posing for the photo. The man in the middle wears a suit and is smoking a pipe and holding an axe. The men on either side of him appear to be workers with one holding a hand tool over his shoulder which may be an axe, and the other is smoking a pipe. Negative has been kept inside a packet which is not original.Handwritten on (not original) packet containing the negative: '3 men with axe - Gembrook'gembrook, timber industry

This negative is part of a batch of ten negatives apparently taken around the same time at Gembrook c. early 20th century. This one is of a bullock team pulling a cart loaded with bags of possibly potatoes or grain. There are two other photos of this same bullock team taken in the batch. These negatives provide a glimpse of the early 20th century cartage in Gembrook.Portrait view, black and white photograph of bullock team pulling a cart loaded with sacks of possibly potatoes or grain in Gembrook circa early 20th century. Negative has been kept in a packet which is not original.Handwritten on packet: 'Bullock train on road / Gembrook'gembrook, bullock team, early 20th century