A black and white photograph of members of the Batchelor Family. The Batchelor Family owned and operated Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria.A black and white photograph of members of the Batchelor Family. The Batchelor Family owned and operated Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria.taggerty, victoria, australia, taggerty house, accommodation, james batchelor, photograph, dick batchelor, louise batchelor, emily batchelor, annie batchelor

A black and white photograph of Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria. The Batchelor Family owned and operated Taggerty House.A black and white photograph of Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria. The Batchelor Family owned and operated Taggerty House.TAGGERTY HOUSEtaggerty, victoria, australia, taggerty house, accommodation, james batchelor, photograph

A digital copy of a black and white photograph of members of the Batchelor Family who owned and operated Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria.A digital copy of a black and white photograph of members of the Batchelor Family who owned and operated Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria.taggerty, victoria, australia, taggerty house, accommodation, james batchelor, photograph

A digital copy of a black and white photograph of Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria. The Batchelor Family owned and operated Taggerty House.A digital copy of a black and white photograph of Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria. The Batchelor Family owned and operated Taggerty House.taggerty, victoria, australia, taggerty house, accommodation, james batchelor, photograph

A digital copy of a black and white photograph of Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria. Taggerty House was owned and operated by the Batchelor Family.A digital copy of a black and white photograph of Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria. Taggerty House was owned and operated by the Batchelor Family.taggerty, victoria, australia, taggerty house, accommodation, james batchelor, photograph

A digital copy of a black and white photograph of Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria. The Batchelor Family owned and operated Taggerty House.A digital copy of a black and white photograph of Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria. The Batchelor Family owned and operated Taggerty House.taggerty, victoria, australia, taggerty house, james batchelor, accommodation, photograph

A digital copy of a black and white photograph of Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria. The Batchelor Family owned and operated Taggerty House.A digital copy of a black and white photograph of Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria. The Batchelor Family owned and operated Taggerty House.taggerty, victoria, australia, taggerty house, james batchelor, accommodation, photograph

A digital copy of a black and white photograph of Annie Batchelor. The Batchelor Family owned and operated Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria.A digital copy of a black and white photograph of Annie Batchelor. The Batchelor Family owned and operated Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria.taggerty, victoria, australia, taggerty house, accommodation, james batchelor, photograph, dick batchelor, louise batchelor, emily batchelor, annie batchelor

A digital copy of a black and white photograph of Emily Batchelor on horseback. The Batchelor Family owned and operated Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria.A digital copy of a black and white photograph of Emily Batchelor on horseback. The Batchelor Family owned and operated Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria.taggerty, victoria, australia, taggerty house, accommodation, james batchelor, photograph, dick batchelor, louise batchelor, emily batchelor

A digital copy of a black and white photograph of Dick and Louise Batchelor and guests. The Batchelor Family owned and operated Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria.A digital copy of a black and white photograph of Dick and Louise Batchelor and guests. The Batchelor Family owned and operated Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria.taggerty, victoria, australia, taggerty house, accommodation, james batchelor, photograph, dick batchelor, louise batchelor

Leather bound with decorative embossing with some in gold on covers and spine.non-fictionThe Batchelor family Bible. The Batchelor Family were early residents of Taggerty.bible, batchelor family, taggerty

A digital copy of a black and white photograph of an unknown couple named as Claire and Rick on the verandah at Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria. The photograph was taken in 1983.A digital copy of a black and white photograph of an unknown couple named as Claire and Rick on the verandah at Taggerty House near Taggerty in Victoria. The photograph was taken in 1983.taggerty, victoria, australia, taggerty house, accommodation, batchelor family, photograph

Francis Box was born in Withyham, Sussex and came to Australia with his parents George and Mary Box and siblings in 1856. He was assigned to work in Beaufort and had various jobs including ‘gold miner’ at Heathcoat where he married Eliza Jane Thompson. Francis decided to return to market gardening after the death of his 1st child Francis George Box in 1875 aged 13months. The child was buried in Brighton Cemetery and Francis then rent/leased the land on the corner of Tucker Road and Elizabeth Street East Brighton ( now Bentleigh) owned by his brother Henry who with another brother John helped Francis clear the land, and establish a market garden. They had 4 children and began to prosper until in 1882 their 2year old child Lena Caroline Box was killed in a fire that destroyed their house. Francis was burned trying to rescue the child. The local community raised money to assist the family. The land boom brought prosperity again and Francis bought more land around Tucker Road which was bequeathed to his children. Francis and Eliza Jane had four more children but one died in infancy and another aged 2 years. Only 5 of their 9 children survived. Francis and Eliza Jane, who died in 1922, are also buried in Brighton Cemetery Mable ‘May’Alma Box, who was born in Brighton, married Earnest Hembrow in 1899 and they had a daughter Doreen May Hembrow 1900. After Earnest died early 1900’s , May married John Amos Wright Batchelor 1912, a widower with 3 children, and then together had 2 children. Amos died in 1958 and May in 1969 in Cowra, NSW Box Cottage Museum, a reconstruction of an early settler hut, is named after the Box family who resided there 1865 -1913 . William Box who with his wife Elizabeth Avis Box and 13 children lived and farmed on the block of land in Jasper Road, East Brighton ( now McKinnon / Ormond) that was part of the Henry Dendy Special Survey 1841 . Francis Box, a brother of William Box, was born in Withyham, Sussex and came to Australia with his parents George and Mary Box and siblings in 1856. Francis established market gardens in Tucker Road Bentleigh. . Mable ‘May’ Alma Box was the 3rd child of Francis Box Inscribed in Album “ The early photos in this album were found by Mr (Laurie) Lewis when he was demolishing the Old Box Cottage. He gave them to Mrs Avis Box Eldridge who in turn gave them to me. They were not identified. I believe they rightly belong in the Cottage. I have attempted to identify them and present them in a way they can be preserved as a historical record of the era.” A B Leigh A black and white photograph of Mable (May) Alma Box daughter of Francis Box c1879YEOMAN & Co 47 CHAPEL STREET / PRAHRANbox george, box mary, box william, box elizabeth honor, box alonzo, box mary louisa, dendy henry, were j b, dendy's special survey 1841, brighton, moorabbin, bentleigh, mckinnon, ormond, market gardeners, dairy farms, early settlers, pioneers, tucker road, box francis , thompson eliza jane, box william henry george, box charles francis, box-hembrow mable alma, box jessie melinda, box edith florence , hembrow earnest, batcheldor john amos wright, hembrow doreen may,

Assorted invoices/receipts re Bush family. Bendigo and Melbourne business for Mr S Bush & Miss Merle Bush. Receipts from businesses, charities and municipal sources. Adult deaf and Dumb Society of Victoria, Union Assurance Society, British and Foreign Bible Society, Victoria League in Victoria, The Church Missionary Society, The Navy League, Victorian Railways Commissioners, The Girl Guides' Association, Robert Batchelor dentist, Albert M. Bush, Foy and Gibson Pty Ltd, Hartley's, T.S. Glasier & Co, W.H. Osborn Pty Ltd, The Northern Seed Supply, Myer Emporium, William Lunn, Allan & Co, Chaucher Library and Book Shop, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, City of Bendigo, Bendigo Sewerage Authority, Bendigo Gas Company, Bendigo Electricity Supply and Tramways, Bendigo Electricity Supply, Howard Pty Ltd, R. O. Henderson, Vacuette Company, Sands McDougall Pty Ltd, Colonial Gas Association, Stilwell's, Provincial Motors Pty Ltd.person, family, bush collection (family