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Greensborough Historical Society
Oral History, Dawn Bennetts (nee Petts) et al, Allan Bishop remembers the early years. Interview by Dawn Bennetts, 1931o
... Bennetts...Dawn Bennetts (nee Petts) ...Recollections of Allan Bishop, resident of the Greensborough area for about 40 years, as interviewed and written by his niece Dawn Bennetts (nee Petts)8 page text, black & white and col photographsallan bishop, greenhills -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article, Greenhills State School no.4893 (1962-1964): by Dawn Bennetts - GH4893, 1962-1964
... Bennetts - GH4893...Dawn Bennetts (nee Petts) ...Greenhills Primary School celebrated its 50 year anniversary and reunion in 2012. In this story, pupil Dawn Bennetts (nee Petts) recalls early memories of the school.Recalls early days at Greenhills Primary School. There appears to be few records surviving from the early days.2 pages of typed text. Copy 2 (3 Pages) amended with photographs and map of school.greenhills primary school, greenhills state school, dawn bennetts, dawn petts -
Greensborough Historical Society
Folder, Ian Bennetts, Is there a pattern to the distribution of burglaries and thefts reported to the Greensborough police station, and what factors may influence this? by Ian Bennetts, 1990_
... factors may influence this? by Ian Bennetts...Ian Bennetts ...Year 12 Geography individual research project, Montmorency Secondary College, 1990. Investigates whether there a pattern to the distribution of burglaries and thefts reported to the Greensborough police station, and what factors may influence this? by Ian Bennetts72 p. spiral bound loose leaf folder. Typescript, coloured maps and diagramsVictorian Police logo on title page.thefts, greensborough, police - greensborough -
Greensborough Historical Society
Folder (article and CD), Briar Hill Primary School / compiled by Marilyn Smith and Dawn Bennetts (nee Petts), 1927o
... Dawn Bennetts (nee Petts)...Marilyn Smith and Dawn Bennetts ...This history of Briar Hill Primary School was written by GHS members Marilyn Smith and Dawn Bennetts (nee Petts). They had access to Briar Hill's archives and scanned photographs and news articles relating to the school. These are saved to a CD.Briar Hill Primary School was opened in the 1927 but was threatened with closure or amalgamation in 2000 due to low student numbers. With the introduction of "Steiner-influenced" classes, numbers had increased to around 170 in 2013.Green plastic folder containing article, photographs and compact disk.briar hill primary school, briar hill state school, marilyn smith, dawn bennetts -
Greensborough Historical Society
Document - Article, Dawn Bennetts, The End of Eltham Community Market - 2021, by Dawn Bennetts, 2021_04
... The End of Eltham Community Market - 2021, by Dawn Bennetts...Dawn Bennetts ...1 p. typescript, col. illustrationsnon-fictioneltham craft & produce market, markets, eltham -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article, Interview with Val Mallett, by Dawn Bennetts and Merilyn Mullavey, 18/11/2016
... Interview with Val Mallett, by Dawn Bennetts and Merilyn...Dawn Bennetts (nee Petts) ...Val and Mailey Mallett have lived in Hurstbridge and Greensborough since 19573 p., black & white typescript, photographsgreensborough, mallett family -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article, 'The Pictures' at Greensborough, by Dawn Bennetts (Petts), 2019_
... 'The Pictures' at Greensborough, by Dawn Bennetts (Petts)...Dawn Bennetts (nee Petts) ...History of cinemas operating in Greensborough 1920s to 1960s.18 page folder, black and white text, newspaper clippingscinemas, ashril theatre, greensborough picture theatres -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article, Interview with Mrs Margaret O'Connor, by Dawn Bennetts, 1953o
... Interview with Mrs Margaret O'Connor, by Dawn Bennetts...Dawn Bennetts (nee Petts) ...Margaret O'Connor's recollections of living at 17 Greenhill Road Greensborough, where she has lived since 1954.2 p., col. photographgreenhill road greensborough, o'connor family -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article and Photograph, Margaret O'Connor et al, The Shop at 19 Greenhill Road Greensborough, by Margaret O'Connor and Dawn Bennetts, 1958o
... O'Connor and Dawn Bennetts...Dawn Bennetts (nee Petts) ...Don and Winifred Dobell built a shop at 19 Greenhill Road in the late 1950s. Various businesses operated there, and it is currently (2018) a restaurant named the Clay Oven. People in the photograph are Granny Anderson, her daughters June Thorpe and Dot Turner and Stella Slow.3p., typescript and black and white and colour photographs plus one black and white photographgreenhill road greensborough, dobell family -
Greensborough Historical Society
Folder, Ian Bennetts, Settlement option: the hierarchy of commercial centres in urban areas, by Ian Bennetts, 1990_
... urban areas, by Ian Bennetts...Ian Bennetts ...Year 12 Geography Fieldwork assignment aims: (1) to establish if there is a hierarchy of commercial centres in the Greensborough area, and (2) to establish the hinterlands of selected commercial centres in the Greensborough area. Centres studied are: Briar Hill, Greensborough, Looker Road and Montmorency47 p. typescript, coloured diagrams and photographs in looseleaf foldergreensborough, briar hill, montmorency, looker road montmorency -
Greensborough Historical Society
Oral History, Betty McKenzie (Adams/Joyner) memories, 1937o
... Dawn Bennetts (nee Petts) ...Memories of life at Briar Hill from the late 1930s to about 1960 as told by Betty McKenzie to Dawn Bennetts (nee Petts)2 pages typescript (2 copies), one with background notes by Dawn Bennettsbetty mckenzie, greenhills, briar hill -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic Collection
Photograph - Portrait, Vincent Kelly, Mrs G. Bennetts Mayoress 1933 - 1934, c. 1934
... Mrs G. Bennetts Mayoress 1933 - 1934 ...Prior to the election of female Councillors and Mayors in the 1960’s, the Lady Mayoress role was one of the few ways women could be active in civic life. Mayoresses made important contributions to their local communities through their charity work and as ambassadors for their region on a state and at times, international level. Mayoress Bennetts was born Christina Annie Williams in 1879 in Daylesford and died on 27th March, 1974, aged 95 in Melbourne. Christina Bennetts was Mayoress from 1933 - 34.The Bennetts were widely known for establishing Bennetts Arcade in Pall Mall.Framed, oval photographic portraits with convex glass and print, created using a collodion wet plate process. Hand coloured detail.christina williams, mayoress christina bennetts, mayor bennetts, vincent kelly phototgrapher, city of bendigo -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - NAME BADGE, post WWII
Items issued to either R.G Bennetts N0’s 119452, 36088 RAAF, R.R Bennetts No A312177 RAAF.Badge, cloth, whitish in colour " Bennetts” stencilled on in black.“Bennetts”uniforms, military, identification, accessory -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph, Ian Bennetts, Greensborough Plaza 1990.1, 1990_
... Ian Bennetts ...Greensborough Plaza. 1990Photographs taken in 1990, many businesses have changed and there have been extensions and renovations to the shopping centre.Colour photograph"Greensborough Plaza 1990 (photo taken by Ian Bennetts)" -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph, Ian Bennetts, Greensborough Plaza 1990.2, 1990_
... Ian Bennetts ...Greensborough Plaza. 1990Photographs taken in 1990, many businesses have changed and there have been extensions and renovations to the shopping centre.Colour photograph"Greensborough Plaza 1990 (photo taken by Ian Bennetts)" -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph, Ian Bennetts, Briar Hill Shops 1990.1, 1990_
... Ian Bennetts ...Briar Hill shops, corner Mountainview Road and Sherbourne Road.Photographs taken in 1990, many businesses have changed but the buildings remain in 2019.Colour photograph"Briar Hill shops 1990" (photo taken by Ian Bennetts)briar hill, mountainview road briar hill, sherbourne road briar hill -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph, Ian Bennetts, Briar Hill Shops 1990.2, 1990_
... Ian Bennetts ...Briar Hill shops, corner Mountainview Road and Sherbourne Road.Photographs taken in 1990, many businesses have changed but the buildings remain in 2019.Colour photograph"Briar Hill shops 1990 (photo taken by Ian Bennetts)"briar hill, mountainview road briar hill, sherbourne road briar hill -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph, Ian Bennetts, Were Street Montmorency Shops 1990.2, 1990_
... Ian Bennetts ...Shops in Were Street Montmorency. 1990Photographs taken in 1990, many businesses have changed but the buildings remain in 2019.Colour photograph"Montmorency. .Were St. 1990 (photo taken by Ian Bennetts)"montmorency, were street montmorency -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph, Ian Bennetts, Looker Road Montmorency Shops 1990, 1990_
... Ian Bennetts ...Looker Road shops,Looker Road Montmorency.Photographs taken in 1990, many businesses have changed but the buildings remain in 2019.Colour photograph"Looker Rd shop 1990 Monty. (photo taken by Ian Bennetts)"montmorency, looker road montmorency -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph, Ian Bennetts, Were Street Montmorency Shops 1990.1, 1990_
... Ian Bennetts ...Shops corner Were Street and Rattray Road Montmorency. 1990Photographs taken in 1990, many businesses have changed but the buildings remain in 2019.Colour photograph"Montmorency 1990. Cnr Were St + Rattray Rd (photo taken by Ian Bennetts)"montmorency, were street montmorency, rattray road montmorency -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article, 'The Pictures' in Greensborough, 2023
... Dawn Bennetts (nee Petts) ...A short history of cinemas operating in Greensborough 1920s to 1970s. This is an excerpt from an earlier article by Dawn Bennetts.1 page, black and white text and imagecinemas, ashril theatre, greensborough picture theatres -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article, Dawn Bennetts (nee Petts), Eltham Community Market, 1978o
... Dawn Bennetts (nee Petts) ...A history of the Eltham Community Market by stallholder Dawn Bennetts. The Market began in 1978 and Dawn joined in 1985.7 typed pages, col. illus. and maps.eltham community market, dawn bennetts -
Greensborough Historical Society
Oral History, Gloria Stevens nee Wightman, Interview with Gloria Stevens (nee Wightman), 1931o
... Marilyn Smith and Dawn Bennetts ...Gloria Stevens' reminiscences of people and places in Greenhills from the late 1930s to early 1950s. Interviewers: Marilyn Smith and Dawn Bennetts.5p. black and white text plus photographsgreenhills, oral history, gloria stevens, gloria wightman -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mrs Emma Martin nee Bennett -- Studio Portrait
Emma Martin nee Bennett. Photograph taken in early 1900's in a photographic studio. Emma is seated and leaning on a table with her gloved right hand on an open book. A potted plant is prominent beside her on the table. Mrs. Emma Martin nee Bennett -- Studio Portrait. Emma has a long dress with puffed sleeves and decorative collar and hat. Emma (nee Bennett) Martinstawell portrait -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article - Article, Journal, Dawn Bennetts, Pictures at Greensborough, Vic, 2021_12
... Dawn Bennetts ...Record of film showings at various locations in Greensborough from 1921 to the current Hoyts multiplex cinema at Greensborough Plaza in 1995. This article is based on Dawn Bennetts' earlier article for GHS.4 p. photocopy, text and photographs, some in colour. Reprinted from Cinema Record, Issue 112, December 2021moving pictures, greensborough, ashril theatre, greensborough picture theatres, cinemas -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, the colonisation of Australia . . . as told by a nine-year-old in 1960 by Robbo Bennetts, 2020
... -old in 1960 by Robbo Bennetts ..."The Colonisation of Australia is a record of what was taught in a small-town Victorian primary school sixty years ago about the arrival of the first European explorers and settlers, and what they saw when they got here. Included are over 50 scanned pages of the author's Grade 5 and 6 Social Studies workbooks."--Back cover. Retired teacher Robbo Bennetts book is part biographical, part history of education and part commentary. Robbo documents his childhood growing up in Lower Plenty and his attendance at Lower Plenty State School between 1955 and 1961. Most of the book is based on his interest of the First Nations history and reflections on what he was taught at school, acknowledging shortcomings at the time.Paperback; 100 pages; illustratednon-fiction"The Colonisation of Australia is a record of what was taught in a small-town Victorian primary school sixty years ago about the arrival of the first European explorers and settlers, and what they saw when they got here. Included are over 50 scanned pages of the author's Grade 5 and 6 Social Studies workbooks."--Back cover. Retired teacher Robbo Bennetts book is part biographical, part history of education and part commentary. Robbo documents his childhood growing up in Lower Plenty and his attendance at Lower Plenty State School between 1955 and 1961. Most of the book is based on his interest of the First Nations history and reflections on what he was taught at school, acknowledging shortcomings at the time. robbo bennetts, lower plenty state school, reminiscences, childhood, school work, lower plenty -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Bennett, Richard, Richard Bennetts early days of Port Fairy, 1984
... Richard Bennetts early days of Port Fairy. ...Contents: Richard Bennett's Early Days of Port Fairy - ...; Three Articles by 'Bruni' - The Yangery Estate; Tower-hill Park; Koorongah.viii, 92 p. : ill. ; plates; maps; 25 cm.Contents: Richard Bennett's Early Days of Port Fairy - ...; Three Articles by 'Bruni' - The Yangery Estate; Tower-hill Park; Koorongah.port fairy-history, aborigines of port fairy district. im cain; -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDAL SET WW1, post WWI
Harold Bennett No 6959 enlisted in the 23rd reinforcements 5th Batt AIF on 16.9.1916 age 24 years 5 months. Embarked for England 23.11.1916, hospital 21.2.1917 with Bronchitis, embarked for France 25.8.1917, transfer to the 38th Batt 2.9.1917, WIA 4.10.1917 shell wound abrasions to the back, WIA 9.6.18 GSW right ankle, discharged from the AIF 1.7.1919. Medals, court mounted, set of 2, re H BENNETT 1. War Medal 1914-19 2. Victory Medal“6959 PTE H BENNETT 38TH BN AIF”awards, medals, passchendaele barracks trust -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
William Bennett (Corporal) served in the Ballarat Volunteer Rifle Rangers 2nd Battalion Ballarat, Clunes detachment, he won marksmanship awards in 1867, 1968, 1869, 1871. .1 Black and white photograph of William Bennett in army uniform, sabre in left hand, walking stick in right. .2 Black and white photograph of R K Paul, seated.1 On reverse; J R Tanner Clunes, William Bennett .2 R K Paul March 12th 1865 , to his sincere friend W Bennettwilliam bennett, r k paull, j r tanner photographer -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Work on paper - Three samples of wrapping paper (a-Cockings, b-Bennetts Store & c-Beehive stores)
... Bennetts ...Robert Samuel Valentine Cocking (1882 - 14/5/1945) Born in Bendigo, Val Cocking began hi retail career at Myer Bendigo before opening his own draper shop c. 1912 in the lower block Pall Mall. In 1914 he moved his stock into temporary premises while he renovated his new shop, which combined the former Post Office Hotel and adjacent grocery and stationary shops. The new emporium opened in Aug 1918 selling drapery and soft goods. Mr Cocking was a champion rifle shooter; President of the Bendigo Chamber of Commerce; President of the Sandhurst Football Club for 18 years and President of the Bendigo Cricket Club. Bennetts Hardware shop was in Hargeaves St near the entrance to Allan's Walk in the 1950's. Beehive buildings. This was originally the Sandhust Mining Exchange and as such was the oldest purpose built exchange in Australia and was one of only two in regional Australia. It was initially established in the 1850's to service the miners of the area. It's first double story incarnation as the Bendigo Stock Exchange, contained up to 2000 stockbrokers and 5000 shareholders. In 1871 the building burnt to the ground and the new and current building was completed in 1872. The modern building was designed by Charles Webb, who was also responsible for the Royal Arcade in Melbourne. and features a pitched glass roof similar to the Royal Arcade, Melbourne.Three samples of wrapping paper from a. Cockings, b. Bennetts Store & c. Beehive storeswrapping paper, cockings, bennetts, beehive