After training as a Cartographic Draftsman within the mining industry, I worked as a property illustrator for real estate firms in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne for 23 years from 1983. I initially photographed houses with a Polaroid camera and made a 'thumbnail' sketch while there. The photos were used to scale off a sketch in pencil and then that sketch was overlaid with drafting film and the 'pen and ink' completed. The pens I used were the Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens. The ink was also made by Rotring (German).The film was ‘Rapidraw’, polyester drafting film, double matte. It takes a very fine line and doesn’t bleed. As well as house sketches, there were often floor plans and site plans ordered. Aerial sketches were ordered when the property needed an overall view. (Margaret Picken, 2020)This drawing is one of a series created by Margaret Picken for a range of real estate agents in Melbourne between c.1983 and c.2003. Each work is signed and dated by the artist.Gift of Margaret Picken, 2020Pen and ink drawing on drafting film of 67 Alfred Street, Kew by Margaret Picken.67 ALFRED ST., KEW / MARG. PICKEN '87architectural sketches -- houses -- kew (vic.), artist -- margaret picken 1950-, 67 alfred street -- kew (vic.)

After training as a Cartographic Draftsman within the mining industry, I worked as a property illustrator for real estate firms in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne for 23 years from 1983. I initially photographed houses with a Polaroid camera and made a 'thumbnail' sketch while there. The photos were used to scale off a sketch in pencil and then that sketch was overlaid with drafting film and the 'pen and ink' completed. The pens I used were the Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens. The ink was also made by Rotring (German).The film was ‘Rapidraw’, polyester drafting film, double matte. It takes a very fine line and doesn’t bleed. As well as house sketches, there were often floor plans and site plans ordered. Aerial sketches were ordered when the property needed an overall view. (Margaret Picken, 2020)This drawing is one of a series created by Margaret Picken for a range of real estate agents in Melbourne between c.1983 and c.2005. Each work is signed and dated by the artist.Gift of Margaret Picken, 2020Pen and ink drawing on drafting film of 69 Alfred Street, Kew by Margaret Picken.69 ALFRED ST., KEW / MARG. PICKEN '87artist -- margaret picken 1950-, architectural drawings -- houses -- kew (vic.), 69 alfred street -- kew (vic)

Black and white photo of old house in Alfred Street, Blackburnalfred street blackburn, photo dated 1976.

A list of businesses which occupied Nos 1-38 Alfred Street, Blackburn.alfred street, blackburn

Black and white photo of old house in Alfred Street, Blackburn with office built in front.alfred street, blackburn

The Alfred Street Brickworks, Blackburn, was located near the railway line and operated from 1855 to 1895. E.W. Parry managed it and was a shareholder along with T.R.B. Morton. Cross Ref No 3980.The Alfred Street Brickworks, Blackburn. brickworks, blackburn and tunstall property co., alfred street blackburn, morton thomas richard burrowes, parry e w

Former St Marks Presbyterian Church opened 1874. Became scout hall in 1992. Corner of Alfred Street and Sharps Lane.stawell religion

Portrait - Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Wood from Alfred Street foundation members of Stawell Corps of the Salvation Army. Mr. and Mrs. Wood were foundation members of the Stawell Corps of the Salvation Army, which was founded in 1884. The first officers being Captain Furbur, and Lieutenant Quick. Mr. and Mrs. Wood lived in Alfred Street. Their original home has been demolished. The certificate is dated 1886.Bearded Gentleman Standing on left with jumper and Salvation Army Badge. Lady in dress and bonnet seated.stawell

Photographic images of properties in Port Melbourne. Image may have been taken by a PMHPS member or scanned from a past resident or taken for real estate sale purposes. .01 - 21 Alfred St (Folly Cottage) May 2012 .02 - 73 Alfred st (April 2012)built environment - domestic, albert street

Black and white photo of one of the first houses in Cottage Street, Blackburn. Made from bricks from the brick kilns in Alfred street. Was Mrs. Hommerson's childhood home 1909 - 1910.cottage street, blackburn, alfred street, pioneer's house, hammerson, mrs.

Sales plan for land in the suburb of Highett, bounded by Point Nepean Road and including Sandford Street, Turner Road, Alfred Street and Peace Street.The developing urban area of Highett within the City of Kingston. This land sale pamphlet illustrates the subdivision of land within the municipality and the changing demographic of the district as new houses are constructed close to infrastructure.Colour pamphlet advertising for sale at auction The Hill Estate, Highett. Incorporates a map of the estate bordered by Point Nepean Road and including Sandford Street, Turner Road, Alfred Street and Peace Street.Handwritten in grey pencil on subdivision map next to subdivisions 91, 92, 93, 106, 107 and 108: x Handwritten in grey pencil on back cover: The / Hill Estate / Highettland sales, estate, highett

Laser copy of photograph of Alfred Dowsett's (clothier and draper) shop, 305 Bay Street c 1880sbuilt environment - commercial, business and traders - tailors and clothing, alfred dowsett, bay street

Sales plan for land in the suburb of Highett, bounded by Point Nepean Road and incorporating Sandford Street, Turner Road, Alfred Street, Peace Street and Tennyson Street. .The developing urban area of Highett within the City of Kingston. This land sale pamphlet illustrates the subdivision of land within the municipality and the changing demographic of the district as new houses are constructed.Colour pamphlet advertising subdivisional auction sale of the Hill Estate Highett. Incorporates a map of the estate bordered by Point Nepean Road and encompassing Sandford Street, Turner Road, Alfred Street, Peace Street and Tennyson St. Handwritten in grey pencil on reverse: Hill Street / Jamieson Handwritten in blue pencil on reverse: The Hill Estate Handwritten in blue pencil on subdivision map: [tick] [on majority of properties marked on map]highett, land sales, estate

Pru Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation Study : Volume 2 - Development History’ (1988), summarised the periods of urban development and subdivisions of land in Kew. The periods that she identified included 1845-1880, 1880-1893, 1893-1921, 1921-1933, 1933-1943, and Post-War Development. These periods were selected as they represented periods of rapid growth or decline in urban development. An obvious starting point for Sanderson’s groupings involved population growth and the associated economic cycles. These cycles also highlighted urban expansion onto land that was predominantly rural, although in other cases it represented the decline and breakup of large estates. A number of the plans in the Kew Historical Society’s collection can also be found in other collections, such as those of the State Library of Victoria and the Boroondara Library Service. A number are however unique to the collection.Subdivision plans are historically important documents used as evidence of the growth of suburbs in Australia. They frequently provide information about when the land was sold on which a built structure was subsequently constructed as well as evidence relating to surveyors and real estate and financial agents. The numerous subdivision plans in the Kew Historical Society's collection represent working documents, ranging from the initial sketches made in planning a subdivision to printed plans on which auctioneers or agents listed the prices for which individual lots were sold. In a number of cases, the reverse of a subdivision plan in the collection includes a photograph of a house that was also for sale by the agent. These photographs provide significant heritage information relating house design and decoration, fencing and household gardens.In advertising the twenty-two sites of the Grenville Estate in Cotham Road and Alfred Street, Kew, the auctioneers emphasised the proximity of the development to shops, schools, and churches. That mansions surrounded the Estate was publicised as an added attraction. The plan shows how at this stage A regrettable aspect of this plan is that it is pasted over, and obscures a real estate photograph by the Kew photographer Josiah Earl Barnes.subdivision plans - kew, grenville estate, glenferrie road, alfred street, thomas street, cotham road

"In Memories of Vietnam" Australian who knew the war from close up look back over the years and recall their experiences in their own words. Sft cover, card board, white, beige and black print of front book and spine. Front cover illustrated with black and white photographs of three soldiers in uniform with jungle background, beige colour back cover bacvkground. 283 pages.On front fly leaf - hand written blue ink " Donated by Leon Burke".books, militar history

Hard cover with dust cover. 324 printed pages containing text and black and white photographsDonated by R Bingley on permanent loan to the Ringwood RSL

Copy of photo of Prince Alfred Hotel c1910. Nine men standing in Bay Street include Maurice Twohig (publican family) and Walter Cooke (barber), Jim Smith, Bert Cooke and Gol Gallagher.business and traders - hotels, maurice twohig, ellen twohig, eliza twohig, jim smith, walter cooke, bert cooke, gol gallagher

Model Replica of Stawell St Marks Building Alfred Street. On Permanent Loan from Colin Byron Familystawell

Part of the block shaded yellow on the plan contains Phoenix P-12 School Senior CampusPlan of Ballarat with leae area No 5722 coloured yellow. Plan of the streets around Hertford Street, ballarat. The yellow depicts the area leased (No 5722 Ballarat)mining lease 5722 ballarat, ballarat, hertford street, cromwell street, alexandra street, alfred street, verdon street, clarkson street, spencer street, franklin street, hill street, grant street, albion street, rowlands street, edwards street north, mining, cgt, plans, phoenix p-12 school senior campus

The land sales in the area stopped due to the 1890s depression. For the next 20 years real estate sales virtually stopped until after WWI.Example of the progress of the Municipality of MoorabbinAdvertising flyer for auction of real estate sales - plan of building blocks for saleThe Hill Estate, Highett - 110 allotments - Auction Saturday September 22, 1917 T.R.B. Morton & Sonpoint nepean road (nepean highway), turner street, sanford street, alfred street, peace street, highett, real estate, moorabbin

Plan of sewerage area no. 974, Shire of Blackburn and Mitcham. Scale 400' to an inch. 22 September 1933.sewerage and sanitation, shire of blackburn and mitcham, whitehorse road, blackburn, vine street, parkside street, alfred street, main street, the avenue, gordon crescent