July Excursion July 6, 2019 - Exploring Lower Plenty The predominant feature of this walk in the Bonds Road area, Lower Plenty is the large number of magnificent old River Red Gums that line the route. These trees are of the spreading woodland form of this species indicating that they must have been originally growing in a reasonably open setting. The walk also includes parts of the historic Cleveland Estate and the homestead “Rosehill” established by pioneer farmer Henry Stooke. This area was the site of the first recorded European settlement in what was to become the Shire of Eltham when the Willis brothers arrived in the late 1830s. From the southern part of Cleveland Avenue there are extensive views across and along the Yarra Valley. An article on the history of this area was contained in Newsletter edition 201, November 2011. The walk will start at the at the corner of Bonds and Stawell Roads, Lower Plenty - EDHS Newsletter No. 246 June 2019fay bridge collection, 2019-07-06, blackburn bricks, eltham district historical society, heritage excursion, rosehill homestead, lower plenty

Black and white photo of bridge over Lake Road, Blackburn. c1888. Made of Blackburn Bricks. Demolished in 1965 Photo shows the lake overflow area.lake road blackburn, lake road bridge blackburn

Used by donor in 'Blackburn - a picturesque history'Black & white photo of original Bakehouse at rear of 97 Railway Road built in 1890, with handmade Blackburn bricks. See page 57 of Da Costa book.railway road blackburn, no. 97 rear

Colour photo of driveway leading to the house built by Sydney Geal in 1951, at 124 Blackburn Road, Blackburn. Bricks and ceramic tiles used in the house were made at Geal's Pottery, 266-272 Springvale Road, Nunawadinggeal, sydney, blackburn road blackburn, no. 124

Used by donor in 'Blackburn - a picturesque history'Black & white photo of oldest business premises at 93 - 97 Railway Road Blackburn. Built in 1888 of Blackburn bricks. It is oldest business premises in the township.(1978) Later the Blackburn Eastern Office Supplies (see NA8) Page 31railway road blackburn, nos. 93-97, eastern office supplies

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.

This book focuses on the area's history and traces the development through settlement, adaptation and consolidation to the present. It discusses the history of early families, the railway, land boomers, churches and school. Robin da Costa, later Mrs Robin da Costa- Adams, came to live in Balwyn Road, Canterbury and joined the Canterbury History Group.Hardback book of 144 pages, indexed with multiple black and white photos.In Jocelyn Hall's writing: "Donated to Surrey Hills Neighbourhood Centre".(mr) james blackburn, meader's travellers' rest hotel, blackburn hotel, blackburn post office, blackburn railway station, blackburn pioneers, blackburn company, (mr) george augustus goodwin, (mr) thomas r b morton, blackburn brick works, st john's anglican church, blackburn methodist church, blackburn church of christ, blackburn presbyterian church, st thomas the apostle peace memorial church, seagoe common school, the courier blackburn, blackburn library, blackburn primary school, blackburn open-air school, blackburn creek hotel, blackburn college, blackburn kindergarten, newark grammar, blackburn hall, morton park, blackburn lake sanctuary, backhouse's dairy, blackburn lake, wandinong sanctuary, barelli bakehouse, blackburn cool store, blue moon fruit co-operative ltd, 1st blackburn scouts troop, blackburn and district tree preservation society, hotels, (ms) robin da costa

A property illustration by Margaret Picken Commissioned by a real estate agency for the purpose of advertising 125 Jolimont Rd., Vermont This property is listed as having sold for $225,500 in 2001 Made by using Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens with Rotring ink on Rapidigraph polyester drafting film, double matte. Trained as a cartographic draftsman within the mining industry, Margaret Picken is an artist who worked producing property illustrations for real estate agencies in eastern suburbs of Victoria from 1983-2005. Retiring from the industry as technological changes favored coloured photography over illustrations, and commissioning companies over sole contractors.This artwork is of Historical Significance as a record of local domestic architecture.A black ink line drawing on drafters film by Margaret Picken, of a black and white line drawing of a single story brick house, with a driveway on the left leading to a connected garage in the background. In the foreground is a front yard with garden beds edged with stone boarders. There are two hole punch holes just below centre of the upper edge6 Judy Crt., Vermont Margaret Picken © 2001 Woodards - Blackburnwhitehorse historical society, schwerkolt cottage, housing, architecture, margaret picken, house, garden, real estate, vermont, vermont south

39 pagesnon-fictionA booklet of random articles that have been printed in WHS newsletters over the years.nunawading, smith l l dr, hall's timber mill, barelli family, watt's dairy, pettigrove, harrington's bakery, orchards, blackburn post office, rob's cycle and sports, mcglones, mitcham brick and pottery co ltd, builders trading and roofing co ltd, fitzmaurice a y, warren frances, vermont, glasson bill, gardiner barbara, slater william henry, elmore algernon john, hoadleys chocolates

A property illustration by Margaret Picken Commissioned by a real estate agency for the purpose of advertising 30 Orion St., Vermont. This property is listed as having sold for $364,500 in 1994 Made by using Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens with Rotring ink on Rapidigraph polyester drafting film, double matte. Trained as a cartographic draftsman within the mining industry, Margaret Picken is an artist who worked producing property illustrations for real estate agencies in eastern suburbs of Victoria from 1983-2005. Retiring from the industry as technological changes favored coloured photography over illustrations, and commissioning companies over sole contractors.This artwork is of Historical Significance as a record of local domestic architecture.A black ink line drawing on drafters film by Margaret Picken, of a multi story brick house, set back from a front lawn. on the left is a driveway leading to a separate garage.30 Orion St., Vermont Marg. Picken - 94 Woodards - Blackburnwhitehorse historical society, schwerkolt cottage, housing, architecture, margaret picken, house, garden, real estate, vermont, vermont south

The Watts family bought the dairy at 20 Albert St. in 1929 and increased the business from one to seven carts. From Albert St. they moved to Rialway Parade. In the beginning their milk came from a family dairy farm located in Moorabbin but after the Government required all milk to be pasteurised they obtained their milk from Crumps' dairy in Surrey Hills as was more efficientBlack and white photograph of the house and dairy belonging to the Watts family. House painted white and the dairy on the side of the brick building.dairies, watts' blackburn dairy, railway parade blackburn, watts don

Coloured photograph of a brick building with a blue canopy, cars parked in front and a council sign. The building is located at 15 Central Road Blackburn.blackburn childrens services centre, childrens services

Used by donor in 'Blackburn - a picturesque history'. Dud Prior commenced his first business with ten gold sovereigns. He was born in Nicholson Street Nunawading in 1889 and in 1917 he opened his first shop in Blackburn near the roundabout. In 1920 he moved next door to a brick shop which was later known as the Lion's Den. It was later demolished.Black & white photo of Dud Prior in his private zoo.prior, dud, blackburn road blackburn

Used by donor in 'Blackburn - a picturesque history'Original bakehouse at rear of 97 Railway Road Blackburnblackburn brick and tile co, blackburn

1962 plans, interior drawings and specifications for G. Scambler's brick house at 16 Wolsley Crescent, Blackburn, and the 2013 Barry Plant Real Estate flyer. non-fiction1962 plans, interior drawings and specifications for G. Scambler's brick house at 16 Wolsley Crescent, Blackburn, and the 2013 Barry Plant Real Estate flyer. The architect was Drayton and Colman.scambler gk, drayton & colman architects, wolsley crescent

A property illustration by Margaret Picken Commissioned by a real estate agency for the purpose of advertising 8/15-17 Laburnum St., Blackburn This property is listed as having sold in for $250,000 in 2003 Made by using Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens with Rotring ink on Rapidigraph polyester drafting film, double matte. Trained as a cartographic draftsman within the mining industry, Margaret Picken is an artist who worked producing property illustrations for real estate agencies in eastern suburbs of Victoria from 1983-2005. Retiring from the industry as technological changes favored coloured photography over illustrations, and commissioning companies over sole contractors.This artwork is of Historical Significance as a record of local domestic architecture.A black ink line drawing on drafters film by Margaret Picken, of a two story brick house with connected garage on the right. A driveway leads up from the foreground to the garage and front steps. On either side of the drive, are garden beds.8/15-17 Laburnum St., B/Burn M.Picken © 2002 Realtorwhitehorse historical society, schwerkolt cottage, housing, architecture, margaret picken, house, garden, real estate, blackburn

A property illustration by Margaret Picken Commissioned by a real estate agency for the purpose of advertising 6/27 Laburnum St., Blackburn This property is listed as having sold in for $170,500 in 1996 Made by using Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens with Rotring ink on Rapidigraph polyester drafting film, double matte. Trained as a cartographic draftsman within the mining industry, Margaret Picken is an artist who worked producing property illustrations for real estate agencies in eastern suburbs of Victoria from 1983-2005. Retiring from the industry as technological changes favored coloured photography over illustrations, and commissioning companies over sole contractors.This artwork is of Historical Significance as a record of local domestic architecture.A black ink line drawing on drafters film by Margaret Picken, of a single story brick house muntin windows, there are three dormer windows. At front of the house is a concrete staircase leading to the portico front door. To the left is a driveway leading to a separate timber carport. There are two hole punch holes just below centre of the upper edge6/27 Laburnum St., B/Burn Margarget Picken - 95 Woodards - B/Burnwhitehorse historical society, schwerkolt cottage, housing, architecture, margaret picken, house, garden, real estate, blackburn

The brick was used in the construction of a toilet block located behind the Blackburn Library and next to the railway line. it was donated by the City of Whitehorse after the toilet block was demolished in 1999.1956 Olympic Glen Iris cream brick'Glen 1956 Iris' with Olympic ringsbuildings, materials

Chimney from 33 Orient Ave. MitchamLocal Brickmaker|local usered clay brick. marked with 'Blackburn' approx 1915. Top indent (frog) has name 'Blackburn'Blackburnbuildings, materials, trades, bricklaying

A property illustration by Margaret Picken Commissioned by a real estate agency for the purpose of advertising 23 Laburnum St., Blackburn This property is listed as having sold for $553,000 in 1998 Made by using Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens with Rotring ink on Rapidigraph polyester drafting film, double matte. Trained as a cartographic draftsman within the mining industry, Margaret Picken is an artist who worked producing property illustrations for real estate agencies in eastern suburbs of Victoria from 1983-2005. Retiring from the industry as technological changes favored coloured photography over illustrations, and commissioning companies over sole contractors.This artwork is of Historical Significance as a record of local domestic architecture.A black ink line drawing on drafters film by Margaret Picken, of a single story brick house from a left angled street birds eye view. On the left is a driveway curving to a separate carport on the right in front of the house, leading to a second larger carport in the backyard. Pointed hedges fence in the front garden, which features ornamental trees and a small pond. The fenced backyard has a pool on the left and beyond that is a large space of open lawn and trees. There are two holepunch holes on just under the upper edge.23 Laburnum St., B/Burn Margaret Picken - 98 Woodards - Hawthornwhitehorse historical society, schwerkolt cottage, housing, architecture, margaret picken, house, garden, real estate, pool, blackburn

A property illustration by Margaret Picken Commissioned by a real estate agency for the purpose of advertising 29 Laburnum St., Blackburn This property has since been been subdivided since it's listing in 1996 Made by using Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens with Rotring ink on Rapidigraph polyester drafting film, double matte. Trained as a cartographic draftsman within the mining industry, Margaret Picken is an artist who worked producing property illustrations for real estate agencies in eastern suburbs of Victoria from 1983-2005. Retiring from the industry as technological changes favored coloured photography over illustrations, and commissioning companies over sole contractors.This artwork is of Historical Significance as a record of local domestic architecture.A black ink line drawing on drafters film by Margaret Picken, of a black and white line drawing of a single story brick house. On the right is a driveway curving across the front yard to a separate garage on the left in the background. In the foreground in a front lawn, and garden bed edge the house. There are two holepunch holes on just under the upper edge.29 Laburnum St., B/Burn Margaret Picken - 96 Woodards - B/Burnwhitehorse historical society, schwerkolt cottage, housing, architecture, margaret picken, house, garden, real estate, blackburn

A property illustration by Margaret Picken Commissioned by a real estate agency for the purpose of advertising 101 Lake Rd, Blackburn This property is listed as having sold for $226,000 in 1996 Made by using Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens with Rotring ink on Rapidigraph polyester drafting film, double matte. Trained as a cartographic draftsman within the mining industry, Margaret Picken is an artist who worked producing property illustrations for real estate agencies in eastern suburbs of Victoria from 1983-2005. Retiring from the industry as technological changes favored coloured photography over illustrations, and commissioning companies over sole contractors.This artwork is of Historical Significance as a record of local domestic architecture.A black ink line drawing on drafters film by Margaret Picken, of a black and white line drawing of a single story brick house with a small arched portico over the front door. On the left is a driveway curving to the right toward a connected carport. In the foreground are garden beds with rounded rocks amongst shrubs and trees. There are two holepunch holes on just under the upper edge.101 Lake Rd, B/Burn Margaret Picken - 97 Woodards - B/Burnwhitehorse historical society, schwerkolt cottage, housing, architecture, margaret picken, house, garden, real estate, blackburn

A property illustration by Margaret Picken Commissioned by a real estate agency for the purpose of advertising 7 Laurel Gve, Blackburn This property is listed as having sold in for $840,000 in 1995 Made by using Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens with Rotring ink on Rapidigraph polyester drafting film, double matte. Trained as a cartographic draftsman within the mining industry, Margaret Picken is an artist who worked producing property illustrations for real estate agencies in eastern suburbs of Victoria from 1983-2005. Retiring from the industry as technological changes favored coloured photography over illustrations, and commissioning companies over sole contractors.This artwork is of Historical Significance as a record of local domestic architecture.A black ink line drawing on drafters film by Margaret Picken, of a black and white line drawing of a single story brick house, with three dormer windows, and portico over the front door. In the center is a driveway leading to a separate double garage with dormer windows. To the right is a wooden fence and gate connecting to the house. In the foreground is a wrought iron and brick post fence enclosing the front yard which features a path to the front door, a greenery and a tree to the right. There are two holepunch holes on just under the upper edge.7 Laurel Gve., B/Burn Margaret Picken - 98 Woodards - C'Wellwhitehorse historical society, schwerkolt cottage, housing, architecture, margaret picken, house, garden, real estate, blackburn

A property illustration by Margaret Picken Commissioned by a real estate agency for the purpose of advertising 10 Laurel Gve, Blackburn This property is not listed as having sold in 1996 Made by using Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens with Rotring ink on Rapidigraph polyester drafting film, double matte. Trained as a cartographic draftsman within the mining industry, Margaret Picken is an artist who worked producing property illustrations for real estate agencies in eastern suburbs of Victoria from 1983-2005. Retiring from the industry as technological changes favored coloured photography over illustrations, and commissioning companies over sole contractors.This artwork is of Historical Significance as a record of local domestic architecture.A black ink line drawing on drafters film by Margaret Picken, of a black and white line drawing of a double story brick house. On the right is a leading to a carport, steaming of of this is a path toward the font door. At this corner is a light post. In the foreground is a front lawn with surrounding greenery. There are two holepunch holes on just under the upper edge.10 Laurel Gve., B/Burn Margaret Picken - 96 Woodards - B/Burnwhitehorse historical society, schwerkolt cottage, housing, architecture, margaret picken, house, garden, real estate, blackburn

A property illustration by Margaret Picken Commissioned by a real estate agency for the purpose of advertising 7 Laurel Gve, Blackburn (rear) This property is listed as having sold for $840,000 in 1995 Made by using Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens with Rotring ink on Rapidigraph polyester drafting film, double matte. Trained as a cartographic draftsman within the mining industry, Margaret Picken is an artist who worked producing property illustrations for real estate agencies in eastern suburbs of Victoria from 1983-2005. Retiring from the industry as technological changes favored coloured photography over illustrations, and commissioning companies over sole contractors.This artwork is of Historical Significance as a record of local domestic architecture.A black ink line drawing on drafters film by Margaret Picken, of a black and white line drawing of a double story brick house. On the right is a leading to a carport, steaming of of this is a path toward the font door. At this corner is a light post. In the foreground is a front lawn with surrounding greenery. There are two holepunch holes on just under the upper edge.7 Laurel Gve., B/Burn Margaret Picken - 96 Woodards - B/Burnwhitehorse historical society, schwerkolt cottage, housing, architecture, margaret picken, house, garden, real estate, blackburn