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Wangaratta RSL Sub BranchUniform - Identification Tag, A E Thompson, c1915
... ...3279...Identification tag issued to Albert Edward THOMPSON 3279 8th Bn and 24th Battalion WW1. Born Benalla in 1886 enlisted 31/7/1915 and embarked 26/11/1915 from Melbourne. 23/3/1916 admitted to hospital - asthma and returned to Australia 11/5/1916 and discharged 19/7/1916. ...3279 THOMPSON A E 8 AUST INF RC...ID Tag WW1 AE Thompson 3279 3279 THOMPSON A E 8 AUST INF RC Round silver metal disc with hole centre top A E Thompson Uniform Identification Tag ...Identification tag issued to Albert Edward THOMPSON 3279 8th Bn and 24th Battalion WW1. Born Benalla in 1886 enlisted 31/7/1915 and embarked 26/11/1915 from Melbourne. 23/3/1916 admitted to hospital - asthma and returned to Australia 11/5/1916 and discharged 19/7/1916. Resided Benalla/Wangaratta. Died 27/2/1966 and buried at Wangaratta.Round silver metal disc with hole centre top3279 THOMPSON A E 8 AUST INF RCid tag, ww1, ae thompson, 3279 -
Wangaratta RSL Sub BranchBadge, Swann & Hudson, TPI, c1939
... ...3279...Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Returned Solders Association Badge with 1965 membership disc attached in centre issued to Albert Edward THOMPSON 3279 8th Bn and 24th Battalion WW1. Born Benalla in 1886 enlisted 31/7/1915 and embarked 26/11/1915 from Melbourne. 23/3/1916 admitted to hospital - asthma and returned to Australia 11/5/1916 and discharged 19/7/1916. ...Died 27/2/1966 and buried at Wangaratta. WW1 AE Thompson 3279 Badge TPI TOTALLY AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED SOLDIERS ASSOCIATION Disc - 'TPI 1965' Reverse side - V1729 Circular badge has a narrow blue enamel border surmounted by a king's crown with red enamel detail. ...Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Returned Solders Association Badge with 1965 membership disc attached in centre issued to Albert Edward THOMPSON 3279 8th Bn and 24th Battalion WW1. Born Benalla in 1886 enlisted 31/7/1915 and embarked 26/11/1915 from Melbourne. 23/3/1916 admitted to hospital - asthma and returned to Australia 11/5/1916 and discharged 19/7/1916. Resided Benalla/Wangaratta. Died 27/2/1966 and buried at Wangaratta.Circular badge has a narrow blue enamel border surmounted by a king's crown with red enamel detail. The central section of the badge contains blue enamel banners and scroll at the bottom in gold on blue enamel. At the centre of the badge is a removable blue enamel disc. On the reverse is two lugs and pin.TOTALLY AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED SOLDIERS ASSOCIATION Disc - 'TPI 1965' Reverse side - V1729ww1, ae thompson, 3279, badge, tpi -
Wangaratta RSL Sub BranchBadge, Stokes & Son, RSSILA, c1930
... ...3279...Returned Sailors and Solders Imperial League of Australia Badge with 1934 membership tag attached to crown issued to Albert Edward THOMPSON 3279 8th Bn and 24th Battalion WW1. Born Benalla in 1886 enlisted 31/7/1915 and embarked 26/11/1915 from Melbourne. 23/3/1916 admitted to hospital - asthma and returned to Australia 11/5/1916 and discharged 19/7/1916. ...Died 27/2/1966 and buried at Wangaratta. WW1 AE Thompson 3279 Badge RSSILA 'RETURNED SAILORS & SOLDIERS / IMPERIAL LEAGUE' Shield shaped badge surmounted by a King's Crown. ...Returned Sailors and Solders Imperial League of Australia Badge with 1934 membership tag attached to crown issued to Albert Edward THOMPSON 3279 8th Bn and 24th Battalion WW1. Born Benalla in 1886 enlisted 31/7/1915 and embarked 26/11/1915 from Melbourne. 23/3/1916 admitted to hospital - asthma and returned to Australia 11/5/1916 and discharged 19/7/1916. Resided Benalla/Wangaratta. Died 27/2/1966 and buried at Wangaratta.Shield shaped badge surmounted by a King's Crown. The centre of the badge shows a sailor and a soldier in raised detail. A blue enamel circle surrounds the central detail and the outer edges of the shield are white enamel. At the bottom of the badge is a red enamelled scroll. Small brass disc over two lugs attached by pin reverse side. 'RETURNED SAILORS & SOLDIERS / IMPERIAL LEAGUE'ww1, ae thompson, 3279, badge, rssila -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionPhotograph - Photograph - Main Breakwater Construction, n.d
... Black & white photo. Same subject as 3279, but cranes both on west side of b'water. & only one workboat visible....Port of Portland Authority Archives Port of Portland Archives Portland Harbour Black & white photo. Same subject as 3279, but cranes both on west side of b'water. & only one workboat visible. ...Port of Portland Authority Archivesport of portland archives, portland harbour -
Mont De LanceyWar Medal, 1914
... "1914-15" on front. "3279 Pte. J.H. Clegg 8/BN AIF" on rear....Military medals "1914-15" on front. "3279 Pte. J.H. Clegg 8/BN AIF" on rear. Brass War Medal 1914-1915 Star awarded to the Late Pte. ...Awarded to Pte. J.H. Clegg. Given to Australian soldiers who served at Gallipoli - Clegg did not return from the War.Brass War Medal 1914-1915 Star awarded to the Late Pte. J.H. Clegg, on red, white and blue Grosgrain ribbon"1914-15" on front. "3279 Pte. J.H. Clegg 8/BN AIF" on rear.military medals -
Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupPhotograph (Item) - Black and White, Woman seated in chair
... May be a younger version of 3279 Woman in front of Victorian House...May be a younger version of 3279 Woman in front of Victorian House Photo is named 14880033.jpg on CD Woman seated in chair Photograph Black and White ...Woman seated in chair. May be a younger version of 3279 Woman in front of Victorian HousePhoto is named 14880033.jpg on CD -
Melbourne Tram MuseumPostcard, Rose Stereograph Co, "Elizabeth Street Melbourne", late 1940s
... Rose Series postcard P. 3279, titled "Elizabeth Street Melbourne" with a W5 class car (City route 19), southbound in Elizabeth Street, crossing Lonsdale Street. ...Rose Series postcard P. 3279, titled "Elizabeth Street Melbourne" with a W5 class car (City route 19), southbound in Elizabeth Street, crossing Lonsdale Street. ...Rose Series postcard P. 3279, titled "Elizabeth Street Melbourne" with a W5 class car (City route 19), southbound in Elizabeth Street, crossing Lonsdale Street. The Flinders Street Railway station is in the far distance.Yields information about Elizabeth Street late 1940s.Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear. Two copies held.Has a hand written letter on the rear.tramways, trams, w5 class, elizabeth st, route 19, lonsdale st, rose series -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillagePhotograph
Black And White Photograph of Loch Etive - Hobsons Bay 1896 (Has Been Mounted On Cardboard) flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, photograph, loch etive, hobsons bay -
Greensborough Historical SocietyPhotograph - Digital image, Charles Marshall et al, Australian troops inspect a Bedouin house in Kharm Palestine, 1918_
Australian troops inspect a Bedouin house in Kharm [Tulkarm?] Palestine.Digital copy of black and white photograph. "Bedouin house at Kharm Palestine"charles marshall, world war 1 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionPhotograph - Photograph - Main Breakwater construction, Portland, 28/02/1957
Port of Portland Authority Archivesport of portland archives, main breakwater, portland, harbour, construction, crane -
Ringwood and District Historical SocietyPhotograph, Photograph of football team and four officials. B&W. Perhaps Bayswater Football Club circa 1960s
Photograph of Football team and two coaches. B&W. Perhaps Bayswater Football Club. +Additional Keywords: Kennedy / Pong (2nd from the L) -
Orbost & District Historical Societyblack and white photograph, late 19th - early 20th century
this is a photograph taken at the original jetty at Tabbara on the Brodribb River used by Samuel Richardson who established his mill in 1882. There was a constant demand for timber to supply the growing townships of Orbost , Marlo and surrounds. It was at this mill that the original paddle steamer Curlip was built. More information in "Curlip" by May Leatch. Helena Warrem (1871-1962) was a self-taught photographer who became both the local press correspondent and a producer of humorous trompe l'oeil postcard images. Helena Warren was a thirty-two year old settler living on a small mixed farm with her husband, William, at Newmerella, near Orbost in Gippsland, Victoria, when she bought her first camera, an Austral Box quarter-plate. Her family says she was entirely self-taught, like many women photographers who started out with nothing but the instructions on the packets of film and chemicals. In over fifty years practice she graduated from the total novice, who opened all her first mail order plates in bright sunlight and ruined them, to a competent photographer who became both the local press correspondent and an inveterate producer of humorous trompe l’oeil postcard images. Helena Francis Warren (nee McKeown) was married to William John Warren and lived in Newmerella. She supplied the photos for the Back-To-Orbost celebration book in 1937 and also designed the Back-To-Orbost badge. She was known for her soft toy making. (by Ivy Rodwell in from Personalities and Stories of the Early Orbost District by Mary Gilbert).This photograph is a pictorial record of a typical family activity in the late 19th - early 20th century in the Orbost area, The clothing and manners are reflective of that time, This photograph also has significance in its association with Helen Frances Warren, a popular Orbost identity who was well known as an accomplished photographer and needleworker,A black / white photograph of a family group seated on a wooden jetty. There is a man on the right with a fishing rod. A man is standing next to woman holding a teapot and cup and saucer. On the left a woman is sitting and holding a baby on her knee. The rest are sitting or kneeling with a picnic cloth spread in front of them. There are bottles, jars, plates and cups on the cloth. on back - "The Warren Family Tabara Jetty"tabbara-jetty warren-family-orbost recreation-picnic -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub BranchEpaulette
Commodore Medicaluniform, 2000, ran -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Equipment - Grenade Cannister
Olive green cylinder to house hand grenade with white stenciled lettering.Explosive 1 Green M26A2 LOT MY 121 MY-2-71hand grenade cannister -
National Wool MuseumRibbon fragment
Awarded at Agricultural show.ROCHESTER SHOW - 1951agricultural shows, rochester, victoria -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumPostcard, WTP, ESCo tram west bound at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St. Ballarat, c1906-7
Printed black and white postcard of an ESCo tram west bound at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St. Ballarat, c1906 - 7 - has a destination box. Has a number of pedestrians in the picture. Taken from the east side of the intersection, looking towards the Town Hall, with the National Mutual Insurance building and Snows in the photo. Also shows the overhead arrangements - two wire for Sturt St, single for Lydiard St, coming into the intersection. Titled "Sturt Street, Ballarat" along the top edge. On rear of postcard are the words "Post Card", has initials "WTP" in bottom left hand corner, a 1d Victorian stamp, cancelled 1/5/07, stamp "5". Divided back type. Address to Mrs T.D. Cayett? Falcon St, North Sydney NSW. Note about their travels, where they stayed and that they had travelled to the Gardens by tram. See item 8237 for a coloured version. Black and white postcard - titled "Sturt Street Ballarat" - used 1907trams, tramways, esco, sturt st, postcards, town hall -
Sunshine and District Historical Society IncorporatedPhotograph - Maribyrnong State School Collection - 1967 Sports Team Photograph
This item was part of the Maribyrnong State School CollectionMaribyrnong State School|Back Row G. Rosignoli, M. Cutcheon, C. Parker, H. Wetzel, C. Gibson, L. Fenn, L. Whelan, R. Hansford, K. Lamb, S. Hill, D. Pennell, C. Norling, V. Georska, J. Stock, E. Sewell, H. Wilson, N. Webster|4th Row C. Berry, M. Henshall, G. Phillip, S. morgan, N. McFadyean, J. Giddles, G. Ravenhall, U. Wilson, R. Mifsud, J. Kokkin, G. Callaway, M. Emery, L. Blampied. R. Chivell, I. Markin, K. Baddeley, M. Morgan, R. Howden|Centre Row J. McItyre, S. Fletcher, B. Terry, J. Chivell, M. Prosser, G. Tsiantikos, S. Weizel, D. Luke, C. Pickett, G. Radywonik, J. Stock, J. Bocklesby, L. Ravenhall, D. Harrison, K. Brocklesby, J. Cowell, O. Redywonik|2nd Row G. Morley, B. Senders, J. atherton, R. Monteith, G. Broughton, M. Dibbin, J. Marcie, E. Schellander, S. Morley, K. Brown, R. Buckley, K. Winczaruk, I. Sterry, P. Beddeley, P. Howden, P. Overton|Front Row I. Radywonik, L. Sanders, G. Buckley, H. Delzza, R. Radford, M. Atherton, S. Tetlow, A. Duke, J. Wilson, J. Tellow, G. Mathew, K. Prosser, H. Cuthbertsonmaribyrnong state school, state school, warrs road, maribyrnong -
Clunes MuseumCertificate - MINER'S RIGHT
PHOTOCOPY OF MINER'S RIGHT ISSUED TO ELLEN ANDREWS OF CLUNES 14th FEBRUARY 1906 AND 30th JANUARY 1923local history, mining, miner's right, ellen andrews -
Stawell Historical Society IncPhotograph, Mr Richard M Goldworthy & Mrs Sarah Eliza Goldsworthy nee Unknown's Grave & Headstone
Grave - Richard M. & Sarah Eliza Goldsworthystawell -
Ballarat Heritage ServicesLetter, re Joan Sutherland stamps from Australia Post, 2004
A Golden Celebration A Gala Tribute to Dame Joan Sutherland and Mr Richard Bonynge was held at Opera Theatre Sydney Opera House on Thursday 22 January 2004. The major patron was Australia Post who issued stamps with Joan Sutherland's image on them. Many singers took part in the Celebration Concert, including Jacqueline Dark and David Hobson both born in Ballarat. A4 white page with black typed textjoan sutherland, stamps, richard bonyngne, jacqueline dark, david hobson, opera, a golden celebration -
Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupPhotograph (Item) - Black and White, Lady in front of Victorian house
Lady in front of Victorian HousePhoto is named 14880029.jpg on CD -
Mont De LanceyCherry Stoner, Circa 1910
The stone is forced through the flesh of the cherry. The flesh goes one way and the stone another.Hand-punched, cherry stoner."Rollman Mfg. Co." "Mount Joy. PA. USA"food processing equipment -
Melbourne Tram MuseumDocument - Memorandum, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), May Day Procession, 5/05/1946 12:00:00 AM
Letter from HS Wootton, Town Clerk, City of Melbourne to Secretary MMTB about a procession through the city on Sunday 5th May, 1946. Memos from JM Harry, Dist Traffic Superintendent SS for tram requirements for the procession.Several handwritten notes on the letter, and dates underlined in red pencil.trams, tramways, tram services, parades, events -
Allan Doney Collection, Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Negative - Bendigo Queen Elizabeth Oval - Cricket - Grandstand, Allan Doney, 1950 -1970
In the years of Allan Doney’s photography, landmark buildings succumbed to fire, neglect and redevelopment. He photographed the grey sand hills from Bendigo’s mining past, the streetscapes, poppet heads, miners’ cottages, gracious homes with ornate verandahs, trams and much more. Above all, his photographs show how much of the city has survived from the 19th century – and how much has not. Through two decades of great change, Allan Doney was there to capture ways people interacted with it. Although he travelled to many other places in Northern Victoria and beyond in search of subjects for his art, he seemed to always return to Bendigo for inspiration. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Maritime, Herbert Whitney, Shipwrecks with illustrations, 1890
... Printed letterhead "TELEPHONE: WOOLSTHORPE 7" , " KULEAN PASTORAL COY. Pty Ltd", 3279" Typed text "This book was completed by Herbert Whitney, Uncle of Mrs W.I. ...Woolsthorpe Printed letterhead "TELEPHONE: WOOLSTHORPE 7" , " KULEAN PASTORAL COY. Pty Ltd", 3279" Typed text "This book was completed by Herbert Whitney, Uncle of Mrs W.I. ...The author Herbert Whitney has written and illustrated his information about shipwrecks in an exercise book. This book is the second that he has written on the topic. The first book was about Victorian shipwrecks and the family has not been able to trace that book. The author was the uncle of Mrs W I Holmes, need Kathleen Whitney. The book is significant for its collection of information and illustrations about shipwrecks.Herbert Whitney wrote a an illustrated book about shipwrecks. It is the anther's second book on the subject of shipwrecks. A note typed on letterhead is attached to the inside cover. Printed letterhead "TELEPHONE: WOOLSTHORPE 7" , " KULEAN PASTORAL COY. Pty Ltd", 3279" Typed text "This book was completed by Herbert Whitney, Uncle of Mrs W.I. Holmes, nee Kathleen Whitney. There is no name attached, and it is book No.2. All attempts to trace No 1 have failed -- it is the most important- -- on "Victorian ships."flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, herbert whitney, kathleen whitney, kathleen holmes, shipwrecks, victorian shipwrecks, illustrated shipwrecks, kuleah pastoral coy. pty ltd., woolsthorpe -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumPostcard, JE, "Sturt Street Ballarat", 1909
... On the rear of the postcard are the initials "JE" in the top centre, a 1d Victorian stamp, cancelled 5/4/1909, addressed to a Mrs Sproston of Skeleton Cottage Avoca with a message from her granddaughters - Fervie and Edith. See item 3279 for a black-and-white version. ...On the rear of the postcard are the initials "JE" in the top centre, a 1d Victorian stamp, cancelled 5/4/1909, addressed to a Mrs Sproston of Skeleton Cottage Avoca with a message from her granddaughters - Fervie and Edith. See item 3279 for a black-and-white version. Yields information about Sturt St at Lydiard St looking west and the tramway overhead. trams tramways esco sturt st postcards overhead Town Hall See image i2 for letter and posting details. ...Coloured postcard of an ESCo tram westbound at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St. Ballarat, c1906 - 7 - has a destination box. There are several pedestrians in the picture. Taken from the east side of the intersection, looking towards the Town Hall, with the National Mutual Insurance building and Snows in the photo. Also shows the overhead arrangements - two wire for Sturt St, single for Lydiard St, coming into the intersection. On the rear of the postcard are the initials "JE" in the top centre, a 1d Victorian stamp, cancelled 5/4/1909, addressed to a Mrs Sproston of Skeleton Cottage Avoca with a message from her granddaughters - Fervie and Edith. See item 3279 for a black-and-white version. Yields information about Sturt St at Lydiard St looking west and the tramway overhead.Printed colour postcard titled Postcard - "Sturt Street Ballarat" used - 1909See image i2 for letter and posting details.trams, tramways, esco, sturt st, postcards, overhead, town hall -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph - Aerial Photograph, Landata, Eltham; Crown Allotment 15, Section 5, Parish of Nillumbik (Stokes Orchard Estate), Apr. 1978
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Centred on present day Diosma Rd, Stokes Pl, Nyora Rd and Eucalyptus Rd Historic Aerial Imagery Source: Landata.vic.gov.au Aerial Photo Details: Project No :1368 Project : DIAMOND CREEK Run : 5 Frame : 71 Date : 03/1975 Film Type : B/W Camera : RC8 Flying Height : 2200 Scale : 4000 Film Number : 3279 GDA2020 : 37°42'50"S, 145°09'36"E MGA2020 : 337821, 5824325 (55) Melways : 22 B5 (ed. 42) A History of the Development of Crown Allotment 15, Section 5, Parish of Nillumbik – Stokes Orchard Crown Allotment 15, Section 5, Parish of Nillumbik (CA15) is a square allotment of 158 acres or approximately a quarter of a square mile. ...Centred on present day Diosma Rd, Stokes Pl, Nyora Rd and Eucalyptus Rd Historic Aerial Imagery Source: Landata.vic.gov.au Aerial Photo Details: Project No :1368 Project : DIAMOND CREEK Run : 5 Frame : 71 Date : 03/1975 Film Type : B/W Camera : RC8 Flying Height : 2200 Scale : 4000 Film Number : 3279 GDA2020 : 37°42'50"S, 145°09'36"E MGA2020 : 337821, 5824325 (55) Melways : 22 B5 (ed. 42) A History of the Development of Crown Allotment 15, Section 5, Parish of Nillumbik – Stokes Orchard Crown Allotment 15, Section 5, Parish of Nillumbik (CA15) is a square allotment of 158 acres or approximately a quarter of a square mile. ...Centred on present day Diosma Rd, Stokes Pl, Nyora Rd and Eucalyptus Rd Historic Aerial Imagery Source: Landata.vic.gov.au Aerial Photo Details: Project No :1368 Project : DIAMOND CREEK Run : 5 Frame : 71 Date : 03/1975 Film Type : B/W Camera : RC8 Flying Height : 2200 Scale : 4000 Film Number : 3279 GDA2020 : 37°42'50"S, 145°09'36"E MGA2020 : 337821, 5824325 (55) Melways : 22 B5 (ed. 42) A History of the Development of Crown Allotment 15, Section 5, Parish of Nillumbik – Stokes Orchard Crown Allotment 15, Section 5, Parish of Nillumbik (CA15) is a square allotment of 158 acres or approximately a quarter of a square mile. It lies just beyond the eastern end of Pitt Street, south of Nyora Road to the northern end of Eucalyptus Road and extends east from Eucalyptus Road to Reynolds Road. The topography of CA15 is generally steep, sloping up to a hill near the centre of the land, the ridgeline passing through the properties along the southern side of Diosma Road. Eucalyptus Road is a straight north-south road with its northern end at the north west corner of CA15. Until the end of the 1970s this road was an un-named Government Road and was largely not open to traffic. With residential development in the 1970s the road was constructed, and the council allocated the name obviously in recognition of the predominant species of the local bushland. CA15 was purchased from the Crown by George D’Arley Boursiquot, a prominent Melbourne printer, on 28th October 1852. On November 23, 1922, former Member for Gippsland and Melbourne Real Estate Agent, Hubert Patrick Keogh purchased the allotment then sold it March 13, 1925, to local farmer, Robert David Taylor, a former Shire of Eltham Councillor (1911-1920) and Shire President (1919). Taylor had extensive land holdings stretching west towards Bible Street and Main Road. The Taylor home was situated at the top of the hill in Bible Street at present day 82 Bible Street. At the time of Taylor’s purchase in 1925, CA15 was subdivided into 48 lots that could be described as small rural properties or large residential lots. A typical lot size was one hectare or 2.5 acres. The subdivision created two roads, Nyora Road, and Diosma Road, each following an irregular alignment between Eucalyptus and Reynolds Roads. However, the lots were not sold off separately nor were the roads constructed. The land effectively remained as one parcel for many further years. Robert David Taylor died November 30, 1934, and probate was granted to his son of the same name, Robert David Taylor of Bible Street, Salesman and William McLelland Vance Taylor of 73 Emmeline Street, Northcote, Clerk, with the transfer of the land into their names on July 8, 1935. Frank Stokes worked as a qualified accountant at Kennons leather factory in Burnley, while living at 1 Thomas Street, Mitcham. He suffered from migraines and wanted to return to working the land (he had previously worked on farms and orchards since coming to Australia from England in 1926, both in WA and Vic.). He first travelled to the district by train in July 1942 to find land with the intention to establish an orchard. By chance he met Arthur Bird of Bird Orchard (bounded by Pitt Street, Eucalyptus Road, and Wattle Grove) and they got talking over their common interest. Arthur put Frank up for the night and pointed out the land, 158 acres- part of the Taylor Estate- £900, Crown Allotment 15, Section 5, Parish of Nillumbik (CA15) somewhat diagonally opposite Bird Orchard. Stokes applied through the Riverina Agency to purchase the land who in turn applied for permission from Canberra to sell as there was a new government regulation introduced during the Second World War banning land sales except for immediate production. Stokes obtained a loan on his Mitcham house of £600 @ 5% and paid £450 deposit with quarterly payments of £15 spread over 5 years. Stokes was assisted and advised by Arthur Bird who farmed the neighbouring orchard. In early 1943 Stokes took possession and would catch the train out to Eltham on Fridays after work and began building a hut on the corner of Nyora Road and the Government Road (Eucalyptus Road) for shelter and to lock up tools. He established an orchard on the central western part of the land through the centre of which ran a natural waterway (part of the present-day linear park) and was able to pay a neighbour (Hawkins) to help with clearing and fencing 25 acres, and with a horse and single furrowed plough, planted approximately 2,500 fruit trees - cherries, peaches, plums, almonds, pears, apricots and lemons as well as a few apples and oranges; a massive task. Aerial photographs from the 1940s through to the 1990s clearly show the orchard with most of the larger CA15 site remaining as natural bushland. A huge problem was hares and rabbits eating all the new buds off the tiny trees. As well as laying poison he painted the trees with a mixture of cow manure and lime, often working by moonlight. Procurement of wire and wire netting was difficult because of the war but after much effort he obtained a permit from the Agricultural Department for supplies in March 1944. In February 1945 Stokes applied for a permit to build a “packing shed” as no house building was allowed. It was to be 33 feet x 21 feet and cost £312. It was constructed mostly from second-hand materials, which were hard to obtain, especially iron for roofing. Stokes finished work at Kennons on October 31, 1945, and in March 1946 he sold the family home at Mitcham for £1,230 plus £170 for furniture. On May 15, 1946, title to the CA15 property was issued to Frank Howard Alfred Stokes, Orchardist and Gladys Ethel Stokes, Married Woman, both of Pitt Street, Eltham. The family of five then moved into the very unfinished “packing shed” at Eltham, which was a struggle to weatherproof. Eventually rooms were divided off and lined with hessian bags and whitewashed. Their income was firewood (cut and sold), selling rockery stones and cut Sweet Bursaria. (It was discovered during the 1940s that Sweet Bursaria contained the sunscreen compound Aesculin. The RAAF utilised this compound from Sweet Bursaria during WW2 for pilots and gunners.) The orchard’s first fruit sale was a half-case of Le Vanq peaches in December 1947 for the price of 8 shillings. In 1956 plans for house were drawn and Glen Iris bricks purchased (1956 Olympic Rings variant). The building of the house commenced in 1957 - 12 feet of original packing shed was removed – and was completed in 1959. Water was connected from newly built pressure storage on the property at the end of 1959 and the electricity connection for the first time at 3pm on April 29, 1960. The house remains to present day (somewhat modified) at 1 Nyora Road, home to Nyora Studio Gallery. On occasions, spare remnants of the 1956 bricks have been known to be unearthed in gardens on the estate as they were utilised by Frank Stokes to fill in rabbit holes. On May 26, 1950, a parcel of land was compulsorily acquired by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works on the hilltop to establish an easement for a high-level service reservoir to augment Eltham’s water supply. The project also included pipe tracks for the necessary water mains. The reservoir has now been superseded by higher level water tanks east of Reynolds Road and its former site is now a public reserve. On November 27, 1964, the State Electricity Commission served notice to compulsorily acquire a further parcel through the eastern part of the land for a major electricity transmission line that augmented supply from the La Trobe Valley to Melbourne. The easement was registered February 11, 1966. The easement was widened July 18, 1969 for a second transmission line to be constructed. In 1971 Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme amendments adopted Nyora Road as the boundary between a residential zone to the north and a rural zone to the south. This determined the future development of the land. In the mid-1970s the Shire of Eltham divided the orchard into numerous rate-able parcel lots, the 48 lots having been established in 1925 and the subsequent rates assessment proved unsustainable for Stokes. He commenced selling lots outside the boundary of the orchard, north of Diosma and South of Nyora. However shortly later the land between Nyora and Diosma Roads and west of the electricity easement was sold and subdivided into residential lots, a housing development by Macquarie Builders and marketed as the Stokes Orchard Estate. New streets were created, and most were named after trees, although one, Stokes Place, commemorates the former owners. The development was undertaken in two stages; Stage 1 (1975) encompassing Scarlet Ash Court, Ironbark Close and Peppermint Grove bounded by Nyora and Eucalyptus roads and Stage 2 (1978) encompassing Stokes Place, Orchard Way, The Crest and The Lookout bound by Nyora and Diosma roads. The developer, Macquarie Builders went bankrupt shortly after the release of Stage 2 leaving many purchasers to fend for themselves and arrange for their own independent builders. There were also difficulties with sewerage for the land immediately south of Diosma Road and so the conventional residential lots were abandoned in favour of larger lots. The development of Orchard Way, The Crest and The Lookout did not proceed as planned and the proposed lots were incorporated into five-acre parcels instead. These included a low-density group housing development by the Graves family and the award winning Choong House (1983) with Gordon Ford developed garden immediately next door situated on the ridge of the hill nestled amongst the original bush, Eucalypt trees and Sweet Bursaria. In 1994, Nillumbik Shire Council applied Significant Environment and Significant Landscape overlays upon the properties on the south side of Diosma Road to ensure protection of this natural bush garden environment. With the arrival of the sewer along Diosma Road in the 1990s, most of these five-acre parcels have since been subdivided multiple times. The Choong house presently sits on a 2.7-acre property, which in 2022 Nillumbik Council nominated for Cultural Significance Heritage protection and is considered potentially significant at State level. The Stokes family were also associated with the Eltham Christian Church. In the 1970s this church had met in temporary premises in Eltham. Lots of the original 1925 subdivision remained south of Nyora Road and a number of these lots were utilized for the Eltham Christian School, which was established by the Eltham Christian Church in 1981. The school operated on this site until 2000. The premises are now used by The Vine Baptist Church. By the mid-1980s the whole of CA15 had been developed for residential and school purposes, except for the sections north of Diosma Road and between the transmission lines and Reynolds Road. Sewerage issues had been resolved for the section north of Diosma Road and in 1987 it was in the process of being subdivided into residential lots. The development coincided with the discovery of colonies of the rare and endangered Eltham Copper Butterfly on the site. This resulted in a community and political campaign to save the butterfly habitat. With the co-operation of the land developer the subdivision was altered to create two bushland reserves in the critical butterfly habitat areas. In the late 1980s the State Government was investigating options for establishing a metropolitan ring road link between Diamond Creek and Ringwood. The chosen route was adjacent to Reynolds Road and so this created a freeze on development of CA15 between Reynolds Road and the electricity easement. The ring road proposal was eventually abandoned, and this part of the land was subdivided into low density residential lots. Diosma Road has been discontinued at the electricity easement and the eastern part incorporated into View Mount Court with access from Reynolds Road. The whole of CA15 has now been developed for residential or associated purposes, ranging from conventional density to quite low density south of Nyora Road. Some remnants of the orchard remain, a few cherry trees on the Graves property and a lone apple tree in Stokes Place. The butterfly reserves comprise significant areas of remnant bushland. Linear reserves through the estate link with central Eltham via the Woodridge linear reserve and with Research along the electricity easement. CA15 as it exists today has a complicated history of rural use, Government acquisition, urban development, and community action. References: • “Stokes Orchard, an incomplete history”; Russell Yeoman with Doug Orford • Correspondence, Beryl Bradbury (nee Stokes) • Aerial Photographs, 1931-1991, Landata (landata.vic.gov.au) • Certificate of Title, Vol. 4930 Fol. 985900 • Plan Number LP 10859 aerial photo, diosma road, eltham copper butterfly, eucalyptus road, ironbark close, nyora road, peppermint grove, peter & elizabeth pidgeon collection, power transmission lines, reynolds road, scarlet ash court, stokes orchard estate, stokes place, woodridge estate, frank stokes -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumSign - "NOTICE TO TRAM CREWS. If you are involved in any incident that may cause a DELAY TO THE SERVICE. RING CONTROL ROOM IMMEDIATELY BY TRACK TELEPHONE No. 30 OR PUBLIC TELEPHONE F.J.3279. COST OF PUBLIC TELEPHNE CALLS WILL BE REIMBURSED."
... RING CONTROL ROOM IMMEDIATELY BY TRACK TELEPHONE No. 30 OR PUBLIC TELEPHONE F.J.3279. COST OF PUBLIC TELEPHNE CALLS WILL BE REIMBURSED." ...Demonstrates how the SEC used signage to confirm procedures for Tramway Crews. A metal, brass coloured sign originally etched and painted with black for the lettering and border lines. The sign has been overpainted with green paint. The sign gives detailed instructions to Tram Crews who may be involved in an incident which delays the service. The plate has a hole in each corner to enable attachment to the tram cab. The reverse has some black paint splotches from the painting of the lettering.tramways signs, etched tramway signage -
Moorabbin Air MuseumDocument (Item) - SME 3279 the calculation of aileron reversal speed equations graphs, Royal aircraft establishment Farnborough Hants
... Royal aircraft establishment Farnborough Hants Document SME 3279 the calculation of aileron reversal speed equations graphs ...
