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Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage ParkPostcard - Postcard of Bear's Castle, Yan Yean, 1890s
... Postcard of Bear's Castle, Yan Yean......Bear's Castle...This postcard is part of an album of postcards which date from late 19th century to mid 20th century. Bear's Castle is a unique and historical building constructed in the 1840s and classified by the National Trust for its design and construction techniques. ...Postcard of historic Bear's Castle in Yan Yean....On front: Inscribed 'Bear's Castle on Old Landmark Yan Yean Whittlesea' On back, handwritten long message which does not mention places. ...Postcard of historic Bear's Castle in Yan Yean. Postcard Postcard of Bear's Castle, Yan Yean ...This postcard is part of an album of postcards which date from late 19th century to mid 20th century. Bear's Castle is a unique and historical building constructed in the 1840s and classified by the National Trust for its design and construction techniques. The purpose of the 'castle' is contested but one theory is that it was built as a defensive citadel against attacks by bushrangers which had occurred prior to the owner, John Bear, ordering its construction.This postcard is in an album of postcards dating from the late 19th century to mid 20th century. It reflects the popularity of collecting postcards in Australia which reached a height in the early 1900s until around 1920. Postcard of historic Bear's Castle in Yan Yean.On front: Inscribed 'Bear's Castle on Old Landmark Yan Yean Whittlesea' On back, handwritten long message which does not mention places. It begins with: 'This is one I got on Wednesday. / Travelled with a friend of Lou and Will....'postcard, photography, 1900s, bear's castle, buildings, yan yean, "green postcard album" -
Eltham District Historical Society IncBook, The Plenty Bushrangers of 1842 : the first Europeans hanged in Victoria / Lindsay Mann ; foreword by Richard E. McGarvie, 1996
... bear's castle...Bear's Castle (Yan Yean, Vic.) Port Phillip Volunteers. ...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Bear's Castle (Yan Yean, Vic.) Port Phillip Volunteers. ...Bear's Castle (Yan Yean, Vic.) Port Phillip Volunteers. Bushrangers -- Victoria -- History. Executions and executioners -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- History. Capital punishment -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- History.xvi, 119 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes index. BibliographyISBN 064629718X [signed on cover page by author]bear's castle, yan yean, plenty, bushrangers -
Eltham District Historical Society IncBook, Robert Wuchatsch 1950- et al, Historic buildings of the Whittlesea Shire / Robert Wuchatsch and John Waghorn, 1985
... ...bear's castle...A photograph of Bear's Castle at Yan Yean Reservoir is on the cover....A photograph of Bear's Castle at Yan Yean Reservoir is on the cover. buildings shire of whittlesesa bear's castle ISBN 0958866309 Paperback; [114] p. : ill. ...Historical accounts of 55 buildings which portray the Shire of Whittlesea's diverse history. Contains 70 photographs, all full page, 12 in colour. Each is accompanied by a comprehensive account of the homes' origins and changing ownerships through the generations. There are also drawings and a map of the Shire of Whittlesea. Reference to the Peter Lalor Home Building Co-Operative Society Ltd., a project devised to overcome the critical shortage after World War 2. Produced as part of the celebrations for Victoria's 150th anniversary by the Whittlesea Historical Society. A photograph of Bear's Castle at Yan Yean Reservoir is on the cover.Paperback; [114] p. : ill. (some col.), 1 map ; 19 x 25 cm.ISBN 0958866309buildings, shire of whittlesesa, bear's castle -
Eltham District Historical Society IncBook, Earthbuild, Mud and Man: a history of earth buildings in Australia by Ted Howard, 1992
... Includes references to local sites Bear's Castle, Yan Yean (City of Whitlesea), mud brick houses in Eltham, including at Montsalvat and Eltham Community Centre, Smith's Gully, Plenty Baptist Church and Warrandyte. ...Eltham District Historical Society Inc 728 Main Rd Eltham melbourne Includes references to local sites Bear's Castle, Yan Yean (City of Whitlesea), mud brick houses in Eltham, including at Montsalvat and Eltham Community Centre, Smith's Gully, Plenty Baptist Church and Warrandyte. ...Includes references to local sites Bear's Castle, Yan Yean (City of Whitlesea), mud brick houses in Eltham, including at Montsalvat and Eltham Community Centre, Smith's Gully, Plenty Baptist Church and Warrandyte. Includes chapter on Alistair Knox. The author's own home appears in the book on page 100. It was situated at Batman Road, Eltham next to the manse and church opposite Stanley Avenue. It was demolished for unit development June 2004 after the author's death in 2003. A significant and oft cited history of the mud brick earth construction style of architecture which includes a number of examples within the Shire of Nillumbik, known to be a site of the environmental earth building movement following WW2.198 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ISBN 0646069624earth construction, mud bricks, pise, domestic architecture -
Kew Historical Society IncAlbum, Eva Grant, Historic Buildings in Victoria & New South Wales, 1919-c.1962
... Malvern (Vic) - church Mount Ridley (Vic) - Summerhill Melbourne (Vic) - Old Brewery - Custom’s House Lane (1960), Customs House, Scott’s Hotel (1962), Western market (c.1960) Phillip Island (Vic) - Grave Toorak (Vic) - Mandeville Hall, Merna (sic) - Arthur Streeton’s house, Toorak House Wentworth (NSW) - Harvey’s Hotel, Sturt Memorial, Sturt’s Tree, Wentworth Gaol Williamstown (Vic) - Williamstown Dairy Yan Yean (Vic) - Bear’s Castle (c.1947) Beveridge/Big Hill (Vic) - Kelly’s cottage...Malvern (Vic) - church Mount Ridley (Vic) - Summerhill Melbourne (Vic) - Old Brewery - Custom’s House Lane (1960), Customs House, Scott’s Hotel (1962), Western market (c.1960) Phillip Island (Vic) - Grave Toorak (Vic) - Mandeville Hall, Merna (sic) - Arthur Streeton’s house, Toorak House Wentworth (NSW) - Harvey’s Hotel, Sturt Memorial, Sturt’s Tree, Wentworth Gaol Williamstown (Vic) - Williamstown Dairy Yan Yean (Vic) - Bear’s Castle (c.1947) Beveridge/Big Hill (Vic) - Kelly’s cottage Important photograph record (and notes) about historic buildings in Victoria. heritage sites - victoria - australia eva grant scrapbooks - 20th century See images 38-page scrapbook with additional text created by Eva Grant, a past member of the Kew Historical Society. ...One of three scrapbooks created by Eva Grant, a past member of the Kew Historical Society which were donated by her niece, Julie Thomson, in 2013. The scrapbook includes photographs and descriptions of the following sites. (Many of these are now demolished and so the photographs and descriptions may be rare records of a site.) Sites include: Abbotsford (Vic) - Abbotsford Convent, Mayfield (c.1962), prefabricated house - Church street Armadale (Vic) - church (c.1959) - Thomson & Wattletree Roads Arthur’s Seat (Vic) - McCrae homestead Ballarat (Vic) - Memorial plaque on site of Bentley’s Hotel, Memorial on site of Eureka Stockade, Early municipal buildings - East Ballarat, Adam Lindsay Gordon’s cottage - Botanical Gardens, View from Sovereign Hill, Shell house Broken Hill (NSW) - panorama (1963), Flying Doctor’s base (?1963) Eltham (Vic) - Hassell’s outdoor art gallery Essendon (Vic) - Niddrie Homestead and stables (1963) Geelong (Vic) - first Bishopscourt Hawthorn (Vic) - Convent (1930), The Hawthorns, Keilor plains (Vic) - pioneer homes, pioneer cemetery Kew (Vic) - Roseneath (1951), Tarring - Ruyton, Turinville, house - Foley street (c.1960). Malvern (Vic) - church Mount Ridley (Vic) - Summerhill Melbourne (Vic) - Old Brewery - Custom’s House Lane (1960), Customs House, Scott’s Hotel (1962), Western market (c.1960) Phillip Island (Vic) - Grave Toorak (Vic) - Mandeville Hall, Merna (sic) - Arthur Streeton’s house, Toorak House Wentworth (NSW) - Harvey’s Hotel, Sturt Memorial, Sturt’s Tree, Wentworth Gaol Williamstown (Vic) - Williamstown Dairy Yan Yean (Vic) - Bear’s Castle (c.1947) Beveridge/Big Hill (Vic) - Kelly’s cottageImportant photograph record (and notes) about historic buildings in Victoria.38-page scrapbook with additional text created by Eva Grant, a past member of the Kew Historical Society. In addition to the 68 photographs, there are two postcards and a number of publications/handouts.collected by Eva on her trips to heritage sites in Victoria and New South Wales. The pages of the album can be viewed in the image carousel above. Most of the photographs of heritage buildings were taken in the early 1960s.See imagesheritage sites - victoria - australia, eva grant, scrapbooks - 20th century -
Sunshine and District Historical Society IncorporatedArchive - City of Sunshine and City of Brimbank Social Events
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Invitation to High Mass for the 100th year of the Constitution of the Municipality of Sunshine 1860 to 1960 at Barclay Reserve King Edward Avenue on 29 May 1960|Invitation to Ladies Luncheon for the 100th year of the Constitution of the Municipality of Sunshine 1860 to 1960 at Mariana Hall Corner Station Road and Monash Street Sunshine on 4 May 1960|Booklet to Ladies Luncheon for the 100th year of the Constitution of the Municipality of Sunshine 1860 to 1960 at Mariana Hall Corner Station Road and Monash Street Sunshine on 4 May 1960|Invitation to the Reception for the 100th year of the Constituion of the Municipality of Sunshine 1860 to 1960 at Town Hall Sunshine on 13 May 1960|Booklet The Sunshine Mayoral Debutante Charity Ball 3 May 1986 Oriana Receptions|Booklet The Sunshine Mayoral Debutante Charity Ball 23 May 1987 Oriana Receptions|Booklet The Sunshine Mayoral Debutante Charity Ball 21 May 1988 Italo Australia Social Club|Invitation The Sunshine Mayoral Multicultural Charity Ball 22 July 1989 Florentine Receptions|Booklet The Sunshine Mayoral Multicultural Charity Ball 22 July 1989 Florentine Receptions|Invitation The Sunshine Mayoral Debutante Ball 3 July 1993 Florentine Receptions|Booklet The Sunshine Mayoral Debutante Ball 3 July 1993 Florentine Receptions|Flyer City of Sunshine Community Day Festival 23 April 1994|Flyer Australia Day Citizenship Ceremony 26 January 2022|Flyer Cooinda Festival 25 to 31 March 1974|Flyer Sunshine Centenary Celebrations May 1960 Order of Events|Flyer Complimentary Dinner to Ex Cr Reg Barclay JP By a Number of His Friends Hotel Derrimut 20 May 1952|Programme Grand Concert at Sunshine Town Hall 12 May 1937 Given by the President of the Shire of Braybrook Cr A Lowe to commemorate the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth|Private Inspection of Wallaby Creek and Yan Yean Reservoir Including Bears Castle Arranged by Comm TR Barclay JP 22 to 24 September 1950 Room Reservations and Transport Arrangements|Collection of minutes and documents on the Cooinda Festival 1975...City of Sunshine City of Brimbank Invitation to High Mass for the 100th year of the Constitution of the Municipality of Sunshine 1860 to 1960 at Barclay Reserve King Edward Avenue on 29 May 1960|Invitation to Ladies Luncheon for the 100th year of the Constitution of the Municipality of Sunshine 1860 to 1960 at Mariana Hall Corner Station Road and Monash Street Sunshine on 4 May 1960|Booklet to Ladies Luncheon for the 100th year of the Constitution of the Municipality of Sunshine 1860 to 1960 at Mariana Hall Corner Station Road and Monash Street Sunshine on 4 May 1960|Invitation to the Reception for the 100th year of the Constituion of the Municipality of Sunshine 1860 to 1960 at Town Hall Sunshine on 13 May 1960|Booklet The Sunshine Mayoral Debutante Charity Ball 3 May 1986 Oriana Receptions|Booklet The Sunshine Mayoral Debutante Charity Ball 23 May 1987 Oriana Receptions|Booklet The Sunshine Mayoral Debutante Charity Ball 21 May 1988 Italo Australia Social Club|Invitation The Sunshine Mayoral Multicultural Charity Ball 22 July 1989 Florentine Receptions|Booklet The Sunshine Mayoral Multicultural Charity Ball 22 July 1989 Florentine Receptions|Invitation The Sunshine Mayoral Debutante Ball 3 July 1993 Florentine Receptions|Booklet The Sunshine Mayoral Debutante Ball 3 July 1993 Florentine Receptions|Flyer City of Sunshine Community Day Festival 23 April 1994|Flyer Australia Day Citizenship Ceremony 26 January 2022|Flyer Cooinda Festival 25 to 31 March 1974|Flyer Sunshine Centenary Celebrations May 1960 Order of Events|Flyer Complimentary Dinner to Ex Cr Reg Barclay JP By a Number of His Friends Hotel Derrimut 20 May 1952|Programme Grand Concert at Sunshine Town Hall 12 May 1937 Given by the President of the Shire of Braybrook Cr A Lowe to commemorate the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth|Private Inspection of Wallaby Creek and Yan Yean Reservoir Including Bears Castle Arranged by Comm TR Barclay JP 22 to 24 September 1950 Room Reservations and Transport Arrangements|Collection of minutes and documents on the Cooinda Festival 1975 Collection of Invites for various City of Sunshine and City of Brimbank Social Events Archive City of Sunshine and City of Brimbank Social Events ...Invitation to High Mass for the 100th year of the Constitution of the Municipality of Sunshine 1860 to 1960 at Barclay Reserve King Edward Avenue on 29 May 1960|Invitation to Ladies Luncheon for the 100th year of the Constitution of the Municipality of Sunshine 1860 to 1960 at Mariana Hall Corner Station Road and Monash Street Sunshine on 4 May 1960|Booklet to Ladies Luncheon for the 100th year of the Constitution of the Municipality of Sunshine 1860 to 1960 at Mariana Hall Corner Station Road and Monash Street Sunshine on 4 May 1960|Invitation to the Reception for the 100th year of the Constituion of the Municipality of Sunshine 1860 to 1960 at Town Hall Sunshine on 13 May 1960|Booklet The Sunshine Mayoral Debutante Charity Ball 3 May 1986 Oriana Receptions|Booklet The Sunshine Mayoral Debutante Charity Ball 23 May 1987 Oriana Receptions|Booklet The Sunshine Mayoral Debutante Charity Ball 21 May 1988 Italo Australia Social Club|Invitation The Sunshine Mayoral Multicultural Charity Ball 22 July 1989 Florentine Receptions|Booklet The Sunshine Mayoral Multicultural Charity Ball 22 July 1989 Florentine Receptions|Invitation The Sunshine Mayoral Debutante Ball 3 July 1993 Florentine Receptions|Booklet The Sunshine Mayoral Debutante Ball 3 July 1993 Florentine Receptions|Flyer City of Sunshine Community Day Festival 23 April 1994|Flyer Australia Day Citizenship Ceremony 26 January 2022|Flyer Cooinda Festival 25 to 31 March 1974|Flyer Sunshine Centenary Celebrations May 1960 Order of Events|Flyer Complimentary Dinner to Ex Cr Reg Barclay JP By a Number of His Friends Hotel Derrimut 20 May 1952|Programme Grand Concert at Sunshine Town Hall 12 May 1937 Given by the President of the Shire of Braybrook Cr A Lowe to commemorate the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth|Private Inspection of Wallaby Creek and Yan Yean Reservoir Including Bears Castle Arranged by Comm TR Barclay JP 22 to 24 September 1950 Room Reservations and Transport Arrangements|Collection of minutes and documents on the Cooinda Festival 1975city of sunshine, city of brimbank -
Williamstown High SchoolSongs for Trevor and Dan, 2014
... Tommy Castles, Grizzly and the Bears, SheWolf, Asas, Eamon Eats....Tommy Castles, Grizzly and the Bears, SheWolf, Asas, Eamon Eats. ...One CD in jewel case. Songs by Williamstown High School bands - Forest okay? Tommy Castles, Grizzly and the Bears, SheWolf, Asas, Eamon Eats.williamstown high school, music -
Ballarat Heritage ServicesPhotograph - Colour, The Bear Hotel, Devizes, England
... castle in Norman times dictated the layout of the town which is still visible. It contains over 50 Heritage Plaques. There were people in Devizes locality in prehistoric times and a Roman villa once stood on The green. The Wiltshire Museum is home to one of the best Broze Age collections in Britain and includes finds from around Stonehenge including the famous Bush Barrow gold. Some convicts that were tried at the Devizes Assizes were transported to Australia. Amongst these was John Chew, transported to Tasmania, but later his family settled in Victoria. devizes, the bear ...Devizes is a medieval market town in the centre of Wiltshire, 16 miles from Stonehenge and 8 miles from Avebury. The building of a castle in Norman times dictated the layout of the town which is still visible. It contains over 50 Heritage Plaques. There were people in Devizes locality in prehistoric times and a Roman villa once stood on The green. The Wiltshire Museum is home to one of the best Broze Age collections in Britain and includes finds from around Stonehenge including the famous Bush Barrow gold. Some convicts that were tried at the Devizes Assizes were transported to Australia. Amongst these was John Chew, transported to Tasmania, but later his family settled in Victoria.devizes, the bear hotel, staircase, window -
Ballarat Heritage ServicesPhotograph - Colour, The Bear Hotel, Devizes, England
... castle in Norman times dictated the layout of the town which is still visible. It contains over 50 Heritage Plaques. There were people in Devizes locality in prehistoric times and a Roman villa once stood on The green. The Wiltshire Museum is home to one of the best Broze Age collections in Britain and includes finds from around Stonehenge including the famous Bush Barrow gold. Some convicts that were tried at the Devizes Assizes were transported to Australia. Amongst these was John Chew, transported to Tasmania, but later his family settled in Victoria. devizes, the bear ...Devizes is a medieval market town in the centre of Wiltshire, 16 miles from Stonehenge and 8 miles from Avebury. The building of a castle in Norman times dictated the layout of the town which is still visible. It contains over 50 Heritage Plaques. There were people in Devizes locality in prehistoric times and a Roman villa once stood on The green. The Wiltshire Museum is home to one of the best Broze Age collections in Britain and includes finds from around Stonehenge including the famous Bush Barrow gold. Some convicts that were tried at the Devizes Assizes were transported to Australia. Amongst these was John Chew, transported to Tasmania, but later his family settled in Victoria.devizes, the bear hotel, staircase, window -
Ballarat Heritage ServicesPhotograph - Colour, The Bear Hotel, Devizes, England
... castle in Norman times dictated the layout of the town which is still visible. It contains over 50 Heritage Plaques. There were people in Devizes locality in prehistoric times and a Roman villa once stood on The green. The Wiltshire Museum is home to one of the best Bronze Age collections in Britain and includes finds from around Stonehenge including the famous Bush Barrow gold. Some convicts that were tried at the Devizes Assizes were transported to Australia. Amongst these was John Chew, transported to Tasmania, but later his family settled in Victoria. devizes, the bear ...Devizes is a medieval market town in the centre of Wiltshire, 16 miles from Stonehenge and 8 miles from Avebury. The building of a castle in Norman times dictated the layout of the town which is still visible. It contains over 50 Heritage Plaques. There were people in Devizes locality in prehistoric times and a Roman villa once stood on The green. The Wiltshire Museum is home to one of the best Bronze Age collections in Britain and includes finds from around Stonehenge including the famous Bush Barrow gold. Some convicts that were tried at the Devizes Assizes were transported to Australia. Amongst these was John Chew, transported to Tasmania, but later his family settled in Victoria.devizes, the bear hotel, staircase, window -
Ballarat Heritage ServicesPhotograph - Colour, Dorothy Wickham, Monument in Town Square, Devizes, England, 2017
... castle in Norman times dictated the layout of the town which is still visible. It contains over 50 Heritage Plaques. There were people in Devizes locality in prehistoric times and a Roman villa once stood on The green. The Wiltshire Museum is home to one of the best Bronze Age collections in Britain and includes finds from around Stonehenge including the famous Bush Barrow gold. Some convicts that were tried at the Devizes Assizes were transported to Australia. Amongst these was John Chew, transported to Tasmania, but later his family settled in Victoria. devizes bear ...Devizes is a medieval market town in the centre of Wiltshire, 16 miles from Stonehenge and 8 miles from Avebury. The building of a castle in Norman times dictated the layout of the town which is still visible. It contains over 50 Heritage Plaques. There were people in Devizes locality in prehistoric times and a Roman villa once stood on The green. The Wiltshire Museum is home to one of the best Bronze Age collections in Britain and includes finds from around Stonehenge including the famous Bush Barrow gold. Some convicts that were tried at the Devizes Assizes were transported to Australia. Amongst these was John Chew, transported to Tasmania, but later his family settled in Victoria.devizes, bear hotel, staircase, window
