White covered book with multiple images.ballarat shire, shire of ballarat, c.e. brown, learmonth sire hall, gold memorial, miners rest reticulated water, australian timken, ballarat airport, joe white maltings, franklin caravans, kirk's reservoir, white swan reservoir, electricity, lucas, unilever australia, ballarat gas company, coronet caravans, lindsay gunn, martin stoneware, w. r. walton, m.b. john, ballarat agricultural and pastoral society, planning scheme, webcona estate, brown's heavy haulage, ballarat mental hospital, alfredton pre-school centre, wendouree recreaton reserve, wendouree pre-school, wendouree youth club, corporation saleyards, arch of victory, lake burrumbeet, perry park, ballarat high school, wendouree west state school, ewing house, ballarat grammar school, ballarat teachers' college, learmonth presbyterian church, st mathew's wendouree, st mary's redemptorist monastery, norm doodt, pre-mixed concrete, wendouree bowls club, ballarat shire councillors, rex hollioake, david baird, thomas ford, william troup, wilfred hirst, charles brown, charles giot, william walton, david powell, john pemberton, hugh patterson, alexander mcdonald, edward edwards, james mitchell

These letters were received by Henry James of Orbost. Henry James (1860-1932) was a well-known identity in the Orbost district. He was a stock agent and auctioneer who helped to establish the seed bean industry in Orbost. He was the second secretary of the Snowy River Shipping Co. as well as a shire councillor and prominent member of MUIOOF. They concern a fund established to raise money to bring the three sons of Jennings Carmichael to Australia. A committee established by Henry Gyles Turner, a a notable Australian banker and historian, was formed to raise funds to bring the boys to Australia. Grace Elizabeth Jennings Carmichael (1867-1904), poet and nurse, was born on 24 February 1867 at Ballarat, Victoria, daughter of Archibald Carmichael, a miner from Perthshire, Scotland, and his wife Margaret Jennings, née Clark, from Cornwall, England. . She was educated at Melbourne and while still a child went to live on a station at Orbost, and grew up close to the bush she came to love so much. In 1888 she went to Melbourne to be trained as a nurse at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, and in 1891 published a small volume of prose sketches, Hospital Children. Having qualified she obtained a position on a station near Geelong, and subsequently married Francis Mullis. She contributed verse to the Australasian, and in 1895 Poems by Jennings Carmichael was published. She lived for a time in South Australia and then went to London, where she died in poor circumstances in 1904. Her husband, Henry Mullis, was last recorded in the workhouse in Woolrich, but then disappeared leaving the three children- Geoffrey 7 yrs, (Thomas) Clive 5 yrs & 4 year old (Archibald) Keith and one year old (Rupert) Wyatt, destitute & were sent to the Northampton workhouse, (Thomas ) Clive dying in 1906. In 1910, a group of Carmichael's admirers, discovered the whereabouts of her children, where a public fund was established to bring the children to Australia, the Victorian Government giving them free passage, arriving in Victoria in October of 1910. The children were placed in private homes and took on their mother's single name of Carmichael. In 1910 a small selection of her poems was published, in 1937 a plaque to her memory was unveiled at Orbost in the Mechanics Institute ( reg. 554), and a year later a replica was placed in the public library at Ballarat. Two of Jennings Carmichael's sons were present at the ceremony.Jennings Carmichael, a leading Australian poet spent much of her childhood in Orbost.Several letter written to H. James concerning the Jennings Carmichael Children's Fund. Stapled to one letter is a typed article about the Jennings Carmichael Children's Fund written by Frank a. Russell. The other letter is a three page stapled handwritten letter from St Oswald's, Ormond College, seeking information about Jennings Carmichael.james-henry jennings-carmichael correspondence

This Plaque was presented to the Shire of Ballarat by the Mayor,Councillors and Citizens of the CITY of WANGANUI New Zealand.Dark wooden shield with Crest of City of Wanganui New ZealandOn Crest - Sans Dieu Rein - City of Wanganui. On silver, below Presented by the Mayor,Councillors and Citizens of the City of Wanganuicity of wanganui new zealand.plaque.shire of ballarat

Letter from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11, to acknowledge a letter sent by the Shire of Ballarat to Her Majesty on the occasion of the visit of Rear Admiral Sir Brian Murray and Lady Murray expressing a message of loyalty and to be forwarded to Her Majesty.Acknowledgement of loyalty to the CrownRectangular dark wood frame with gold around inner edge. Letter from Buckingham Palace is set in a dark brown mount and at the base is an explanation as to why this letter was received. (Letter) BUCKINGHAM PALACE 20th September, 1983. Dear President, I am commanded by the Queen to thank you, Councillors, Ratepayers and Citizens of the Shire of Ballarat for your kind and loyal message of greetings. Her Majesty received this message with much pleasure and was touched by the kind and loyal sentiments it contained. Yours Sincerely John ......... The President The Shire of Ballarat. (at the base) On Wednesday 24th August,1983,On the occasion of the official visit to the Shire of Ballarat,of His Excellency, Rear Admiral Sir Brian Murray,K.C.M.G.,O.A.,K.ST.J.,Governor of Victoria,and Lady Murray,C.ST.K.,a message of loyalty was presented for forwarding to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11.rear admiral sir brian murray k.c.m.g.govenor of victoria 1983.message from queen elizabeth11.

Photo recording the Council for the year 1987 to 1988. Back row- Mr J.W.M.Johnson (Shire Secretary), Cr.W.M.Flynn, Mr T.J.Barrington (Deputy Shire Secretary), Cr. M.J.Vallance, Mr.P.G.Winter (Deputy Shire Engineer), Cr.G.H.Spittle, Cr G.C.Walton, J.P., Cr. R.A.McDonald, Mr. R.H.Hollioak (Shire Engineer). Front Row- Cr.K.C.Edmonston, Cr. B.L.Hughes, Cr.D.A.Baird,J.P. Cr.G.S.Giot,J.P.(Shire President) Cr.C.A.Crick,J.P. Cr. I.M.Nelson J.P. Cr.R.Kinnersley J.P.This gives a pictorial record of councillors in office for the year 1987 to1988. Coloured Photo set on beige cardboard mount.Council of the Shire of Ballarat.1987/88ballarat shire council 1987-88.

Pink covered book showing the Council Offices of the Shire of Ballaratballarat, shire of ballarat, ballarat shire council, brown, george powell, learmonth shire hall, cobb & co, learmonth, ballarat townscape, australian timken, wendouree west housing estate, wendouree west, ballarat airport, joe white maltings, alfredton, a.v. wehl industries, begonia house, walton, valenite-modco, sec substation, ballarat agricultural and pastoral society, gong gong, wendouree sewerage teatment works, alfredton recreation and sports centre, wendouree west library, wendouree recreation reserve, wendouree youth club, norton villiers, planning scheme, lucas textiles, immunizaton, kelaston, linda brown pre-school, wendouree pre-school, parklands clinic, alfredton infant welfare centre, darriwell park, vitclay pipes, t.m. burke estate, webbcona estate, franklin caravans, lake burrumbeet, forrest street primary school, ballarat high school, wendouree west state school, coronet industries, wendouree primary school, learmonth presbyterian church, st matthew's wendouree, st mary's redemptorist fathers monastery, robert ritchie, robert ritchie foodstores, stan farquhar, berklee products, ballarat golf course, s. j. weir, dowling forest racecourse, norm doodt, hines plaster, ballarat aerial view, victorian inland meat authority, s.k. mcivor, j. & g. dart, wendouree west aerial view, egg and egg pulp marketing board, councillors, kinnersly, giot, powell, sansom, cornell, edmonston, crick, ford, mitchell, cobb & co, j. g. dart, rex hollioake, mcdonald, baird, cobb & co, j. & g. dart

The Ballarat Technology Park is associated with Federation University Australia. The first stage commenced on 03 August 1989 when the first sod was turned by Hon, David White, Minister for Industry, Technology and Resources. John Beaumont was the Director of the Ballarat Technology Research and Development Park in 1989.Twenty items relating to the History of the Ballarat Technology Park as collected by John Parkin. .1) Handwritten notes by John Parkin on the history of the Ballarat Technology Park .2) Letter from A.E. Helyar (Shire of Buninyong Secretary), 08 March 1988 .3) Shire of Buninyong Minutes 07 June 1988 .4) Development of High Technology Activity by Jack Barker .5) Definition of a Technology Park by Derek Woolley .6) Shire of Buninyong minutes 28 June 1988 .7) Shire of Buninyong minutes 19 July 1988 .8) Invitation to a reception to commemorate the inauguration of the Ballarat Technology Park (John Parkin) by Shire of Buninyong President Cr Judith Coull to be held on 03 August 1989. .9) Invitation to a reception to the Ballarat Technology Park (John Beaumont) .10) Ballarat Courier article 04 August 1989 .11) Draft letter to Professor Geoffrey Blainey from John Parkin .12) Letter to the Editor from John Parkin, 18 December 2000 .13) University of Ballarat Development Appeal, 04 November 1994 .14 & .15) Invitation to installment dinner to celebrate the installation of Professor Geoffrey Blainey as Chancellor of the University of Ballarat to be held in the Union Building (now Albert Coates Building), Mt Helen campus .16) Letter to the editor from John Parkin .17) Letter from John Beaumont, 25 November 1994 .18) Invitation to the opening of the ISSC Southern Region Data Centre to be held on 24 November 1995. .19) Letter from Barry Traynor, 13 December 1995 .20) Planning Scheme information relating to the LaTrobe Research and Development Zone. .1) 2nd May 2005 History of Technology Park (I.T. centre) The history of the Technology Park started back in the mid-1980s. At the time I was a Buninyong Shire Councilor and as such I was Buninyong's representative on the then Ballarat Development Committee. At one of our meetings we received a request for information on a suitable site for a technology park. The requirements were for a site adjacent to a tertiary institution, secluded for security purposes and large enough to contain such a development. The next morning I contacted our Shire Engineer at the time, Newell Barrett and we drove around the area we both agreed that the current site was the most suitable we saw to meet the requirements. At the time it was owned by George Morrison. however the original enquiry to the B.D.C. came to nothing but the Shire Council and the B.D.C. decided to investigate the possibility of the site becoming a technology Park and information was collected. At about this time Mr Morrison put the property on the market and it was bought by a Ballarat builder, Mr John Beaumont, with the idea of developing it as a residential area. Council then arranged a meeting with Messrs Morrison and Beaumont to discuss the matter. I remember Mr Morrison saying he did not care what was done with it he just wanted to sell it and move down to the coast. Mr Beaumont, on the other hand, said he wasn't ready to retire yet and the idea interested him. As a result a committee consisting of the B.C.A.E., B.D.C. and Buninyong Shire Council (and Mr Beaumont) was formed to plan the development and rezone the area to technology park. It was previously zoned residential land and would seem to have been suitable for sub-division and residential development - its close proximity to the College being a major factor in its favour. The point of this is if Mr Beaumont had insisted on pursuing his original plan and had opposed the rezoning, I am quite confident he would have won an appeal at the A.A.T . (Administrative Appeals Tribunal - forerunner of V.C.A.T.) and the I.T. centre would not have got off the ground and the area would be covered with houses. But Mr Beaumont did go into the project with enthusiasm and the first stage was commenced on the 3rd August 1989 when the first sod was turned by Hon. David White, the Minister for Industry, Technology and resources (See the Courier 4th August 1989) Mr Beaumont went overseas to study similar parks and look for tenants. Unfortunately government did not support the project as they have now and apparently Mr Beaumont was ahead of his time for the private sector so Mr Beaumont could not continue the development and the site eventually passed to the College. I personally think more could have been done ... The work done by the Buninyong Shire Council and Ballarat Development Committee seems to have been forgotten as according to the Courier December 21, 2000 we are told the Park opened in 1995 as a joint venture between the City and the University. As a former Councillor said to me on the day "What happened to the plaque David White unveiled in 1989!" If there is any other information you want, please contact me. You may use my file for reference. Kind regards John Parkin PS I always felt a bit guilty that I encouraged John Beaumont and he was left in the lurch. ballarat technology park, parkin, john parkin, helyar, barker, woolley, shire of buninyong, beaumont, blainey, geoffrey blainey, southern region data centre, greenhill enterprise centre, stan jeffrey, jeffrey, john beaumont, david white

IT IS ON PERMANENT LOAN FROM HEPBURN SHIRE COUNCIL. CR. A. S. MACKENZIE WAS ELECTED TO THE CLUNES BOROUGH COUNCIL IN 1918 AND WAS MAYOR 1924-25; 1930-31. THE PHOTOGRAPH ORIGINALLY HUNG IN CLUNES TOWN HALL DURING HIS TERM AS MAYOR.PHOTOGRAPH OF CR. ANDREW S. MACKENZIE - FRAMED.CLUNES BOROUGH COUNCIL ANDREW S. MACKENZIE. ELECTED COUNCILLOR 1918, MAYOR 1924-25; 1930-31 HORNBY STUDIO BALLARAT.local history, photography, photographs, councillors & officers

IT IS ON PERMANENT LOAN FROM HEPBURN SHIRE COUNCIL. CR. C.W. BLACKMORE WAS ELECTED TO THE CLUNES BOROUGH COUNCIL ON 7-5-1952 AND SERVED AS MAYOR 1954-55; 1958-59 AND 1959-60. THE PHOTOGRAPH ORIGINAL HUNG IN THE CLUNES TOWN HALL DURING HIS TERM AS MAYOR.FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF CR. CHARLES W BLACKMORECLUNES BOROUGH COUNCIL CHARLES W. BLACKMORE ELECTED 7-5-1952 MAYOR 1954-55 1958-59 1959-60. CON TARANS STUDIO BALLARATlocal history, photography, photographs, councillors & officers

IT IS ON PERMAMENT LOAN FROM HEPBURN SHIRE COUNCIL. CR. R.A. STEART WAS ELECTED TO CLUNES BOROUGH COUNCIL NOVEMBER 27TH. 1941, AND ELECTED MAYOR 1944-45. PHOTOGAPH ORIGINALLY HUNG IN CLUNES TOWNHALL DURING HIS TERM AS MAYOR.PHOTOGRAPH OF CR. R.A. STEART, FRAMEDBOROUGH OF CLUNES. R.A. STEART ELECTED COUNCILLOR NOV. 27TH. 1941 MAYOR 1944-45 HORNBY STUDIO BALLARATlocal history, photography, photographs, councillors & officers

The Arthurs Creek Cemetery was originally the private cemetery of pioneers Agnes and Patrick Reid. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then /​ Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p11 The Hazel Glen property, at Middle Hut Road, Arthurs Creek, which includes one of Victoria’s earliest pioneer buildings, was the forerunner to the Arthurs Creek and Doreen townships. At one time the Doreen Post Office and school were called Hazel Glen. The Hazel Glen State School No 945, before it was moved to its present site, stood on land to the south of Chapel Lane, which had been donated by Hazel Glen owner, William Reid. In May 1895 the post office was renamed Doreen to avoid confusion with the Reid’s address. The Arthurs Creek Cemetery was originally the private cemetery of Hazel Glen pioneers Agnes and Patrick Reid. The Reids with their eight children, arrived in Melbourne in April 1839. In 1844 Patrick Reid took over the licence to the Stewart Ponds run of 5120 acres (2072ha). Reid renamed it Hazel Glen, after Hazelden, the name of the Reid estate at Mearns in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Reid built a small cottage from local stone and hand-made bricks, with walls one yard (91 cm) thick, a flagstone floor and a shingle roof. Today two rooms and a store room survive as part of a larger house. Agnes died in 1847 aged 49, and was buried on a hill overlooking Hazel Glen, where it is said she had asked to be buried as it had been a favourite picnic spot.2 In 1858 Patrick died aged 74, and was buried near her. Their son William was to become Whittlesea Shire’s first president. From 1868 he was a Whittlesea Roads Board member, then a shire councillor until shortly before his death in 1923 aged 88. In 1865 the Reid’s burial area was no longer on their property, so it was declared a cemetery site. In 1867 it became the Linton Public Cemetery, being in the Linton Parish. However, to avoid confusion with Linton near Ballarat, the cemetery was renamed the Arthurs Creek Public Cemetery in 1926. Arthurs Creek was named after Henry Arthur, a pastoralist and public servant, who ran 1000 sheep lower down the Creek, from 1836 to 1841. It is believed he built his home at the end of today’s Challenger Street in Diamond Creek.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. agnes reid, arthurs creek cemetery, nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, patrick reid, reid family

The hotel was originally Webb's hotel, then Blunt's. Ambrose and Mary Murrell are believed to have bought the hotel c.1881/1882. (See report in the Ballarat Star, 13th December 1882). After Ambrose died in 1891, Mary Murrell continued to run the hotel, with the assistance of her daughter Caroline. In 1922 she sold the hotel to Mr. S. Cracknell, a Grenville Shire Councillor who lived at Scarsdale/Newtown. (Sale of hotel reported in Ballarat Star, 9th March 1922.)Sepia photograph of hotel on Skipton Road in Linton."Linton".murrell's victoria hotel

IT IS ON PERMAMENT LOAN FROM HEPBURN SHIRE COUNCIL. CR. W.C. FOULKES WAS ELECTED TO THE CLUNES BOROUGH COUNCIL IN 1925, AND SERVED AS MAYOR IN THE ABOVE MENTION YEARS. THE PHOTOGRAPH ORIGINALLY HUNG IN CLUNES TOWN HALL DURING HIS TERM AS MAYOR.PHOTOGRAPH OF CR. WILLIAM C. FOULKES-J.P. - FRAMEDCLUNES BOROUGH COUNCIL ELECTED COUNCILLOR-1925 MAYOR 1928-29-32-33-1940-41, 41-42, 46-47, 1951-52, 52-53, 1960-61, 61-62, 62-63, 63-64, 64-65. RETIRED IN 1965. HORNBY STUDIO BALLARATlocal history, photography, photographs, councillors & officers

IT IS ON PERMANENT LOAN FROM HEPBURN SHIRE COUNCIL. CR. W. RICHARDS WAS ELECTED TO THE CLUNES BOROUGH COUNCIL ON JULY 17TH. 1895 AND SERVED UNTIL 1918. HE WAS MAYOR IN 1900 AND 1910. THE PHOTOGRAPH ORIGINALLY HUNG IN THE CLUNES TOWN HALL DURING HIS TERMS AS MAYOR.FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF CR. WILLIAM RICHARDSCLUNES BOROUGH COUNCIL WILLIAM RICHARDS COUNCILLOR JULY 17 1895 TO 1918 MAYOR 1900 & 1910 PHOTO HORNBY BALLARAT.local history, photography, photographs, councillors & officers

IT IS ON PERMANENT LOAN FROM HEPBURN SHIRE COUNCIL.CR. WILLIAM BARKELL ELECTED TO CLUNES BOROUOGH COUNCIL 29/9/1915 AND WAS MAYOR 1925-26; 1931-32. PHOTOGRAPH ORIGINALLY HUNG IN THE CLUNES TOWN HALL DURING HIS TERM AS MAYOR.FRAMED PHOTO OF WILLIAM BARKELL J.P.CLUNES BOROUGH COUNCIL WILLIAM BARKELL J.P. ELECTED COUNCILLOR 29.9.1915. MAYOR 1925-26; 1931-32. HORNBY STUDIO BALLARAT.local history, photography, photographs, councillors & officers

IT IS ON PERMANENT LOAN FROM HEPBURN SHIRE COUNCIL.CR. ARTHUR LEAN J.P. ELECTED TO COUNCIL SEPT. 4TH 1935. MAYOR AUGUST 20TH 1938-39. PRESIDENT OF CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS 1939.PHOTOGRAPH OF CR. ARTHUR LEAN J.P. - FRAMED.BOROUGH OF CLUNES ELECTED COUNCILLOR SEPT. 4TH 1935 MAYOR AUGUST 20TH 1938-39. ALSO PRESIDENT OF CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS 1939. HORNBY STUDIO BALLARAT.local history, photography, photographs, councillors & officers

IT IS ON PERMAMENT LOAN FROM HEPBURN SHIRE COUNCIL. CR. W. BIRCH WAS ELECTED TO CLUNES BOROUGH COUNCIL JANUARY 9TH. 1935 AND ELECTED MAYOR 1937 - 1938. PHOTOGRAPH ORIGINAL HUNG IN CLUNES TOWN HALL DURING HIS TERM AS MAYOR.PHOTOGRAPH OF CR. WILLIAM L. BIRCH. FRAMEDCLUNES BOROUGH COUNCIL. WILLIAM L. BIRCH. ELECTED COUNCILLOR 9.1.35 MAYOR 1937-1938local history, photography, photographs, councillors & officers

IT IS ON PERMAMENT LOAN FROM HEPBURN SHIRE COUNCIL.CR. ANDREW C. MC LENNAN ELECTED TO CLUNES BOROUGH COUNCIL ON 28/8/1930 AND ELECTED MAYOR 1934.FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF CR. ANDREW C. MC LENNAN.CLUNES BOROUGH COUNCIL ELECTED COUNCILLOR 28/8/1930. MAYOR 1934-35. HORNBY STUDIO BALLARAT.local history, photography, photographs, councillors & officers

IT IS ON PERMAMENT LOAN FROM HEPBURN SHIRE CR. S. OWENS J.P. WAS ELECTED TO THE CLUNES BOROUGH COUNCIL IN 1926 AND SERVED AS MAYOR 1933-34. THE PHOTOGRAPH ORIGINALLY HUNG IN THE CLUNES TOWN HALL DURING HIS TERM OF OFFICE.FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF CR. SAMUEL OWENS, J.P.CLUNES BOROUGH COUNCIL SAMUEL OWENS, J.P. ELECTED COUNCILLOR 2.12.1926 MAYOR 1933-34 HORNBY STUDIOS. BALLARAT.local history, photography, photographs, councillors & officers

IT IS ON PERMANENT LOAN FROM HEPBURN SHIRE COUNCIL.CR. W. J. CHAMPION WAS ELECTED COUNCILLOR TO CLUNES BOROUGH COUNCIL IN 1914 AND WAS MAYOR 1926-27. THE PHOTOGRAPH ORIGINALLY HUNG IN THE CLUNES TOWN HALL DURING HIS TERM AS MAYOR.PHOTOGRAPH OF CR. WILLIAM J. CHAMPION - FRAMED.CLUNES BOROUGH COUNCIL WILLIAM J. CHAMPION. ELECTED COUNCILLOR 12.10.1914. MAYOR 1926-27. HORNBY STUDIOS BALLARATlocal history, photography, photographs, councillors & officers