A collection of papers presented to the Box Hill Historical Society as talks, covering medical care, the clay industry, memories of Surry Hills, the Brewer family, Box Hill Post Office, the Sim family, tennis clubs, Girl Guides, Shire of Nunawading, Iris Roderick and the Bovill's of Balwyn.A collection of papers presented to the Box Hill Historical Society as talks, covering medical care, the clay industry, memories of Surry Hills, the Brewer family, Box Hill Post Office, the Sim family, tennis clubs, Girl Guides, Shire of Nunawading, Iris Roderick and the Bovill's of Balwyn.Title page: Alan Holtbox hill city historical society, (ms) iris roderick, bovills of balwyn, box hill, girl guides, tennis clubs, sport, surrey hills rose society, (mr) james henry simpson, beatrice avenue, (mr) james allan, (mr) thomas hogg, box hill post office, brewer family, surrey hills, clay industry, health services, (mr) john k blogg, (miss)kitty mcewan, empire day, festivals and celebrations, albany crescent, fires, 1935, box hill medical centre, (dr) (mr) john de la roche bragge, (dr) (mr) alfred purdue vaughan, (dr) (mr) walter joseph craig, fairbank hospital, (dr) b n gandevia, windsor crescent, deepdene outer circle railway

A collection of papers presented to the Box Hill Historical Society as talks, covering medical care, the clay industry, memories of Surrey Hills, the Brewer family, Box Hill Post Office, the sim family, tennis clubs, Girl Guides, Shire of Nunawading, Iris Roderick and the Bovill's of Balwyn. Deepdene crescent outer circle railway A collection of papers presented to the Box Hill Historical Society as talks, covering medical care, the clay industry, memories of Surry Hills, the Brewer family, Box Hill Post Office, the sim family, tennis clubs, Girl Guides, Shire of Nunawading, Iris Roderick and the Bovill's of Balwyn.box hill city historical society, (ms) iris roderick, bovills of balwyn, box hill, girl guides, tennis clubs, sport, surrey hills rose society, (mr) james henry simpson, beatrice avenue, (mr) james allan, (mr) thomas hogg, box hill post office, brewer family, surrey hills, clay industry, health services, (mr) john k blogg, (miss) kitty mcewan, empire day, festivals and celebrations, albany crescent, fires, 1935, box hill medical centre, (dr) (mr)john de la roche bragge, vaughan, alfred purdue (dr) (mr), (dr) (mr) walter joseph craig, fairbank hospital, (dr) b.n. gandevia

Born 3rd June 1922 in Surrey Hills, Norman documents his life as it revolved around Surrey Hills and Box Hill. He went to Surrey Hills State School and later, after the war he became a postman at Box Hill Post Office. Some notes have been documents by specific years. The Addendum documents the common lifestyles of the day.Born 3rd June 1922 in Surrey Hills, Norman documents his life as it revolved around Surrey Hills and Box Hill. He went to Surrey Hills State School and later, after the war he became a postman at Box Hill Post Office. Some notes have been documents by specific years. The Addendum documents the common lifestyles of the day.shepherd street, presbyterian church, (mr) - woolford, surrey hills, schools, (mr) - fury, webb's dairy, surrey hills state school, (mr) - pola, (mr) - bevan, verona street, postmasters, (mrs) - webb, box hill south, box hill post office, churches, world war, 1939-1945, (mr) norman bruce kerr

.1 - typed notes with the heading "a tablet beside the Box Hill Post Office today marks the terminus" Provides notes on the Box Hill - Doncaster electric tramway of 1888, some historical notes about its operation and closure. Includes notes on Bendigo's battery trams, steam trams, SA's Goolwa to Port Elliot tramway, Fairfield horse tramways and other horse trams. No information as to who prepared the original document - possibly Bob Prentice. .2 - an extract from a publication showing the commemorative cairn at the Box Hill terminus and providing some notes on the tramway.Yields information about the first Australian electric tramway and other tramways in Victoria..1 - Foolscap sheet - blue paper, typed notes on the Box Hill - Doncaster Tramway and other Victorian Tramways. .2 - digital scan of a publication showing the commemorative cairn at Box Hilltramways, trams, box hill, electric trams, victorian tramways, commemorative, monuments, steam trams, bendigo, doncaster

Before 1851, letters sent through the mail were charged by the number of sheets it contained and the distance it travelled. For example, a letter consisting of one sheet of paper was charged the single rate; a double letter, that is two sheets, was charged double the single rate, a treble letter, was charged three times the single rate, and so on. In other words, each additional sheet of paper increased the charge by one rate. In Great Britain. Sealing a letter in an envelope effectively put an end to postal clerks' ability to count the number of sheets in a letter and an alternative method of determining the postage had to be found. Overweight mailings had previously required the items to be weighed but with the introduction of the Uniform Penny Postage act of 1839, the public could mail a letter not exceeding a half-ounce in weight within the United Kingdom for one penny if prepaid, or two pence if paid on delivery. These postal scales belonged to Dr.William Roy Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. They were donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by his daughter, Bernice McDade. They are part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” that includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. ABOUT THE “W.R.ANGUS COLLECTION” Doctor William Roy Angus M.B., B.S., Adel., 1923, F.R.C.S. Edin.,1928 (also known as Dr Roy Angus) was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria in 1901 and lived until 1970. He qualified as a doctor in 1923 at University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was house surgeon to Sir (then Mr.) Henry Simpson Newland. Dr Angus was briefly an Assistant to Dr Riddell of Kapunda, then commenced private practice at Curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, SA, where he was physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as new Medical Assistant to Dr Thomas Francis Ryan (T.F. Ryan, or Tom), in Nhill, Victoria, where his experiences included radiology and pharmacy. In 1927 he was Acting House Surgeon in Dr Tom Ryan’s absence. Dr Angus had become engaged to Gladys Forsyth and they decided he further his studies overseas in the UK in 1927. He studied at London University College Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and in 1928, was awarded FRCS (Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons), Edinburgh. He worked his passage back to Australia as a Ship’s Surgeon on the on the Australian Commonwealth Line’s T.S.S. Largs Bay. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1929, in Ballarat. (They went on to have one son (Graham 1932, born in SA) and two daughters (Helen (died 12/07/1996) and Berenice (Berry), both born at Mira, Nhill ) According to Berry, her mother Gladys made a lot of their clothes. She was very talented and did some lovely embroidery including lingerie for her trousseau and beautifully handmade baby clothes. Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . Its first station was in the remote town of Oodnadatta, where Dr Angus was stationed. He was locum tenens there on North-South Railway at 21 Mile Camp. He took up this ‘flying doctor’ position in response to a call from Dr John Flynn; the organisation was later known as the Flying Doctor Service, then the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A lot of his work during this time involved dental surgery also. Between 1928-1932 he was surgeon at the Curramulka Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. In 1933 Dr Angus returned to Nhill and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital (a 2 bed ward at the Nelson Street Practice) from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what previously once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr Tom and his brother had worked as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He had been House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1902-1926. Dr Tom Ryan had one of the only two pieces of radiology equipment in Victoria during his practicing years – The Royal Melbourne Hospital had the other one. Over the years Dr Tom Ryan had gradually set up what was effectively a training school for country general-practitioner-surgeons. Each patient was carefully examined, including using the X-ray machine, and any surgery was discussed and planned with Dr Ryan’s assistants several days in advance. Dr Angus gained experience in using the X-ray machine there during his time as assistant to Dr Ryan. When Dr Angus bought into the Nelson Street premises in Nhill he was also appointed as the Nhill Hospital’s Honorary House Surgeon 1933-1938. His practitioner’s plate from his Nhill surgery is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. When Dr Angus took up practice in the Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan’s old premises he obtained their extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926. A large part of this collection is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. In 1939 Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool where he purchased “Birchwood,” the 1852 home and medical practice of Dr John Hunter Henderson, at 214 Koroit Street. (This property was sold in1965 to the State Government and is now the site of the Warrnambool Police Station. and an ALDI sore is on the land that was once their tennis court). The Angus family was able to afford gardeners, cooks and maids; their home was a popular place for visiting dignitaries to stay whilst visiting Warrnambool. Dr Angus had his own silk worm farm at home in a Mulberry tree. His young daughter used his centrifuge for spinning the silk. Dr Angus was appointed on a part-time basis as Port Medical Officer (Health Officer) in Warrnambool and held this position until the 1940’s when the government no longer required the service of a Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool; he was thus Warrnambool’s last serving Port Medical Officer. (Masters of immigrant ships arriving in port reported incidents of diseases, illness and death and the Port Medical Officer made a decision on whether the ship required Quarantine and for how long, in this way preventing contagious illness from spreading from new immigrants to the residents already in the colony.) Dr Angus was a member of the Australian Medical Association, for 35 years and surgeon at the Warrnambool Base Hospital 1939-1942, He served as a Surgeon Captain during WWII1942-45, in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W., completing his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. During his convalescence he carved an intricate and ‘most artistic’ chess set from the material that dentures were made from. He then studied ophthalmology at the Royal Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital and created cosmetically superior artificial eyes by pioneering using the intrascleral cartilage. Angus received accolades from the Ophthalmological Society of Australasia for this work. He returned to Warrnambool to commence practice as an ophthalmologist, pioneering in artificial eye improvements. He was Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist to Warrnambool Base Hospital for 31 years. He made monthly visits to Portland as a visiting surgeon, to perform eye surgery. He represented the Victorian South-West subdivision of the Australian Medical Association as its secretary between 1949 and 1956 and as chairman from 1956 to 1958. In 1968 Dr Angus was elected member of Spain’s Barraquer Institute of Barcelona after his research work in Intrasclearal cartilage grafting, becoming one of the few Australian ophthalmologists to receive this honour, and in the following year presented his final paper on Living Intrasclearal Cartilage Implants at the Inaugural Meeting of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists in Melbourne In his personal life Dr Angus was a Presbyterian and treated Sunday as a Sabbath, a day of rest. He would visit 3 or 4 country patients on a Sunday, taking his children along ‘for the ride’ and to visit with him. Sunday evenings he would play the pianola and sing Scottish songs to his family. One of Dr Angus’ patients was Margaret MacKenzie, author of a book on local shipwrecks that she’d seen as an eye witness from the late 1880’s in Peterborough, Victoria. In the early 1950’s Dr Angus, painted a picture of a shipwreck for the cover jacket of Margaret’s book, Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks. She was blind in later life and her daughter wrote the actual book for her. Dr Angus and his wife Gladys were very involved in Warrnambool’s society with a strong interest in civic affairs. He had an interest in people and the community They were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens. After his death (28th March 1970) his family requested his practitioner’s plate, medical instruments and some personal belongings be displayed in the Port Medical Office surgery at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, and be called the “W. R. Angus Collection”. At about the same time that the adhesive postage stamps and envelopes made their appearance, postal administrations began to experiment with strategically placed street letter boxes, known as pillar boxes because of their round, pillar-like shape, that permitted the public to mail letters from a place other than from a post office. For all these reasons, the use of postal scales became the nucleus of every post office. Scales had been in use since ancient Egyptian times so their use for everyday commerce was not unusual in the 1800s. What was new in 1840 was their ubiquitous use throughout the postal system. No post office could function effectively without one. Although the earliest scales used in post offices did not differ markedly from the ones in general use as time went on they were adapted specifically for postal use. For example, a paper sleeve, also known as a weight sticker, was attached that showed the applicable rate of postage for any given weight. This innovation was quite a time saver as postal clerks no longer needed to weigh the item first and then refer to a separate chart to determine the required postage for that particular weight.The W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The collection of medical instruments and other items and equipment is culturally significant, being an historical example of medicine from late 19th to mid-20th century. Dr Angus assisted Dr Tom Ryan, a pioneer in the use of X-rays and in ocular surgery.Postal scales with weights,. Balance scale has brass fittings and is mounted on a rectangular wooden stand, with depressions for brass weights. Weights measure 1oz, 2oz, 4oz and 8oz.'Warranteed Accurate'flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, scales, post

This Post Office Receiving Pillar was restored in 1980 and is now a fully operational Australia Post mailbox. In early August 1980 Prime Minister Mr. Fraser posted Warrnambool’s first commemorative envelope into this restored Post Office Receiving Pillar at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. The special limited edition envelopes are numbered 1 – 7000. When posted, the envelopes would have the Flagstaff Hill Logo and Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village’s own postmark of a ship’s steering wheel surrounding a lighthouse and a sailing ship, and were dated August 3 on the First Day Cover. Amongst Flagstaff Hill’s collection is that very first letter posted by Prime Minister Fraser. HISTORY OF POST OFFICE RECEIVING PILLARS In 1851 ‘pillar boxes’ were installed at roadside locations in the island of Jersey, England; they had already been successful in several European countries. The use of new prepaid, adhesive postage stamps as well as the roadside pillar boxes meant there was no need for the public to take a trip to the Post Office just to post a letter. By 1855 London had installed its first six Pillar Boxes. In 1856 the pillar boxes were first introduced in Sydney. These were circular with a crown on the dome, supported by leaves. Early Victoria Mail was originally collected by ‘letter carriers’, first appointed in Melbourne in 1841, equipped with leather bag and hand bell. He wore a red coat with brass buttons and a black top hat! In 1844 two wooden receiving boxes were erected in Melbourne. The first cast iron boxes were installed in South Melbourne (Emerald Hill) and were still in service until 1967. They were a fluted circular design and made in England. In the early 1860’s the ‘low door round’ design posting box was introduced, being circular and surrounded by a crown, with two broad embossed bands around its circumference. The clearance door was in front of the box and low down. These were made in Australia. In the early 1870’s square boxes with a tapering top were being used. These too were made in Australia by different manufacturers with slight variations on style such as the orientation and number of slots. Next came the circular boxes again, similar to the ‘low door round’ but with the clearance door extending to just below the posting slot, often referred to as ‘high door round’. These boxes did not have embossed bands. In 1887 small cast iron boxes were introduced, attached to posts and poles and called ‘lamp post receivers’. Around 1930 a ‘London’ model was used in Victoria. It was copied from the flat-domed type in London but made in Tasmania. [References: Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village records, The Warrnambool Standard, August 1st, 1980, “Stamps.Au” http://www.stampsau.com, 4th April 2011 (Extracted from “Australian Street Posting Boxes” by Ken Sparks – out of print)] Post Office Receiving Pillar, or letterbox.1885 “High Door Round” design. Tall cast iron cylinder with decorative dome cap with crown on top. Side has a slot and a hinged door with handle shaped as a fist. Painted red with gold trim. “POST OFFICE / RECEIVING PILLAR” lettering cast into cylinder. Restored in 1980 and once again operating as an Australia Post mailbox. Commemorative plague on pillar.“POST OFFICE / RECEIVING PILLAR” lettering cast into cylinder. Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum – Port of Warrnambool. This letter receiver was officially commissioned on 3rd August 1980 by the Prime Minister of Australia, the Right Honourable Malcolm Fraser M.P. on completion of 25 years’ service as the Federal Minister for Wannon.”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, post office receiving pillar, letterbox, mailbox, australia post

Post Office Receiving Pillar was Collected from Warrnambool City Council’s Scott Street Depot and transported to Flagstaff Hill, stored in the Barracks area Friends of Flagstaff Hill began the project of restoring the Post Office Receiving Pillar in early 2011. The replacement dome required a pattern to be made from paper, then timber, then someone to manufacture it. The cast iron body required sand blasting and undercoating. The pillar was installed in Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in March 2014. A specialist visited the Village and painted the pillar with 7 coats of ‘post office red’ then completed the job with gold paint on the details. In 2015 an information plate of brass was fitted to the Pillar in the position that would have originally announced the clearing times. It was originally manufactured by G Couch, Engineer, Alliance Iron Works, Melbourne. Gordon Couch passed away in June 1896 and his Works were offered for auction in November 1897. HISTORY OF POST OFFICE RECEIVING PILLARS In 1851 ‘pillar boxes’ were installed at roadside locations in the island of Jersey, England; they had already been successful in several European countries. The use of new prepaid, adhesive postage stamps as well as the roadside pillar boxes meant there was no need for the public to take a trip to the Post Office just to post a letter. By 1855 London had installed its first six Pillar Boxes. In 1856 the pillar boxes were first introduced in Sydney. These were circular with a crown on the dome, supported by leaves. Early Victoria Mail was originally collected by ‘letter carriers’, first appointed in Melbourne in 1841, equipped with leather bag and hand bell. He wore a red coat with brass buttons and a black top hat! In 1844 two wooden receiving boxes were erected in Melbourne. The first cast iron boxes were installed in South Melbourne (Emerald Hill) and were still in service until 1967. They were a fluted circular design and made in England. In the early 1860’s the ‘low door round’ design posting box was introduced, being circular and surrounded by a crown, with two broad embossed bands around its circumference. The clearance door was in front of the box and low down. These were made in Australia. In the early 1870’s square boxes with a tapering top were being used. These too were made in Australia by different manufacturers with slight variations on style such as the orientation and number of slots. Next came the circular boxes again, similar to the ‘low door round’ but with the clearance door extending to just below the posting slot, often referred to as ‘high door round’. These boxes did not have embossed bands. In 1887 small cast iron boxes were introduced, attached to posts and poles and called ‘lamp post receivers’. Around 1930 a ‘London’ model was used in Victoria. It was copied from the flat-domed type in London but made in Tasmania. … [References: Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village records, The Argus, 11th April, 1890, The Argus, 2nd July, 1896, The Argus, 30th Nov. 1897, “Stamps.Au” http://www.stampsau.com, 4th April 2011 (Extracted from “Australian Street Posting Boxes” by Ken Sparks – out of print)] Post Office Receiving Pillar, or letterbox.1885 "High Door Round" design, restored 2014 Tall cast iron sylinder with decorative dome cap, slot in side, hinged door with handle shaped as a fist. Painted red with gold trip..Reconditioned barrel, reconstructed dome. Restored by Friends of Flagstaff Hill, 2014. Now a working letterbox. Made in Melbourne.Oval maker's plate “ - G. COUCH - / ENGINEER / ALLIANCE IRON / WORKS / MELBOURNE”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, post office receiving pillar, letterbox, mailbox, australia post

[from EDHS Newsletter No. 80, September 1991:] SPRING EXCURSION: As usual for October we have arranged a bus tour outside the local area. We will leave from the Eltham Shire Offices at 9.00 am on Sunday 27th October and travel to "The Briars" at Mornington and "Mulberry Hill" at Baxter. The cost will be $16.00 for adults and $8.00 for children. This includes admission to each of the houses and afternoon tea at "Mulberry Hill". Bring your own lunch to eat at "The Briars" and something for morning tea if you wish. "The Briars" is one of the oldest pastoral stations on the Mornington Peninsula. It has historical associations with the early settlement of the district and with Alexander Balcombe who settled in the area about 1843. Near the house is a wetland wildlife reserve with walking paths and bird observation hides. "Mulberry Hill" was the home of Sir Darryl Lindsay and his wife Joan. Darryl (1889-1976) was a member of the famous art family of Lindsays and was a prominent artist in his own right. He was also a noted art administrator, being appointed Director of the National Gallery of Victoria in 1942. Joan Lindsay (1896-1984) was an important writer. Her best known work was "Picnic at Hanging Rock". Members may find it interesting to read her autobiography "Time Without Clocks" prior to this trip. Members are welcome to bring their friends. Bookings will only be confirmed on payment. Please complete the attached form and return with payment to the September meeting or to our post office box. The trip is still some time off but there is no further Newsletter before then. Note the date in your diary how. As this will probably be the first day of daylight saving you will need to remember that in organizing yourself on the day. Please arrive at 8.45 am ready for a prompt start at 9.00 am.Two colour photographsactivities, mulberry hill, the briars

Ken Hesse was a former president of the Bendigo Rotary Club and in 1997 the Bendigo Rotary club unveiled a memorial plaque at the corner of Sydney Myer Place and Midland Highway , Rosiland Park.A box of twenty-eight photographic slides containing various views of Bendigo. Included are buildings and streetscapes. Item part of Mr. Ken Hesse Collection. This item contains the following photos: 12604 Colour photo of the slide box 12604a The Queen Elizabeth Oval from the lookout tower; football match in progress 12604b A holden car going up a hill besides a park 12604c View of Bendigo from the lookout in Rosalind Park 12604d The old post office and law courts in Pall Mall 12604e Looking up Mitchell Street, the fountain, an Eaglehawk bound tram and the Fountain Plaza 12604f Mirradong Home for the Blind, McIvor Road Bendigo 12604g Wildflower 12604h View overlooking East Bendigo in the distance 12604i The Sacred Heart Cathedral front from McKenzie Street 12604j A Bendigo Church 12604k Spectators at a procession Charing Cross Bendigo 12604l St Aidan's Orphanage Bendigo 12604m Old Bendigo Showgrounds (Tom Flood Centre) 12604n Old Bendigo Showgrounds (Tom Flood Centre) 12604o Kangaroos and emu at the Botanical Gardens 12604o The Benevolent Home (Anne Caudel Centre) 12604q The Benevolent Home looking towards White Hills 12604r The Benevolent Home (Anne Caudel Centre) 12604s Bendigo Town Hall 12604t Bendigo Senior Citizens Club - at the rear of the library 12604u Bendigo Art Gallery in View Street 12604v Bendigo old show grounds (Tom Flood Centre) 12604w Former Bendigo Teachers College Osborne Street 12604x Charing Cross from High Street 12604y Lake Weeroona 12604z Looking over the old Municipal Pool and Barnard Street towards North Bendigo 12604za The Benevolent Home (Anne Caudle Centre) 12604zb The Benevolent Home (Anne Caudle Centre) 12604zc From the lookout looking towards White Hills.history, bendigo, bendigo home and hospital for the aged, bendigo anne caudle centre, ken hesse collection

Black and white print with negative (N148) of an ESCo tram descending the Sturt St. hill from Lydiard St. North towards Grenville St. Photograph taken from possibly the post office. looking south east. Photo taken soon after opening as tram is not fitted with a destination box. Has horse drawn vehicle and person on bicycle travelling up hill alongside the tram indicating traffic arrangements at the time. Post office steps in photograph as well as Sutton store, Yankee Doodle store and Morris draper shop. Photo title "Sturt St. Ballarat". Another two tramcars at end of Bridge St. Copy negative and photograph by John Phillips of a Postcard High Res Images added 5/3/2011. Original neg scanned at hi res and updated 11/5/2020.trams, tramways, sturt st, esco, grenville st, bridge st

Yields information about the tram operations at or near the Titanic Bandstand in Sturt St.Five (5) Digital images taken by George Coop during the period 1968 - 1970, of SEC trams in Sturt St, between Lydiard and Grenville Streets on the north side of Sturt St. .1 - Tram 11, descending the hill by the Titanic bandstand with the Post Office in the background. Trams has a Twin Lakes advert, Bliss Bombs and the destination of Mt Pleasant. .2 - Tram 31 ditto, except destination of Victoria St. .3 - Tram 13 with bandstand in the view - for Mt Pleasant. .4 - Tram 33, with a lady and man carrying a box descending the footpath. Tram has the destination of Victoria St and a Twin Lakes sign. .5 - Tram 26, at corner of Sturt and Camp Streets, with the Owen Williams store in the background. trams, tramways, sturt st, tram 11, tram 31, tram 13, tram 33, tram 26

Unveiling of plaque on wall of old Post Office, north west corner of Whitehorse Road and Station Street, marking the centenary of the first electric tram which ran between Box Hill and Doncaster. George Padgham (left) and Edna Perrin (right) unveiling the plaque with Box Hill Mayor Cr. Tom Thorpe, in picture.B&w photocentenaries, thorpe> tom (cr.), plaques, mayoral robes, mayors, box hill-doncaster tram, trams, electric tramway, padgham> george, perrin> edna

Early view of Station Street looking north from Bank Street towards Whitehorse Road showing dirt road, horse drawn vehicles and trees. The Boer War memorial is shown in the middle of the intersection. The photograph was taken prior to the Post Office being built on the corner of Station Street and Whitehorse Road.B&w phototransport, boot makers, gove> jack, bank street, monuments and memorials, horse drawn vehicles, trees, box hill, station street, whitehorse road, boer war memorial, e.s.&a. bank, telegraph and light poles, doncaster tower

A montage of 9 Box Hill photos titled 'Box Hill Makes Definite Progress'. Photos -1. Town Hall 2. Whitehorse Road 3.Girls' Technical School. 4 Post Office 5. Soldiers 'Memorial Hall 6. View from the water tower. 7. The White Horse Statue. 8. Station Street. 9. World War 1 Memorial and BandstandB&w phototown halls, whitehorse road, station street, post offices, girls' technical school, white horse statue, soldiers memorial hall, bandstands, monuments and memorials, world war> 1914-1918

Silas Padgham's store and post office in Whitehorse Road, Box HillSepia photographLabel on rear says 'First Post Office in Box Hill, Silas Padgham's Store, Presented by Mrs. D. McIntosh of Collingwood 1972'.padgham> silas, post offices, businesses, shops

Don Brown was born in 1924. He commenced work as a messenger at the Surrey Hills post office on 12 July 1938. The photo was taken in early 1939 in the yard beside the post office. He became the postal assistant in 1940. This work involved some counter duties, but mainly despatching the mail. In January 1940 he enlisted in the RAAF. In November 1987, Don visited Surrey Hills on a trip 'down memory lane' from his then home in Canberra. He sent this photo to the historical collection following this trip and recorded the following memories of staff at the Surrey hills post office during the period 1938-1941. The post master was HS (Stan) Shaw; the postal clerk was AH (Bert) Mitchell; the postal assistant was Alec Walsh, then Terry Gawne, the Don Brown. There were 9 postmen at any one time. Postmen Don remembered were Len Collins, Bert Binns, Frank Johnson, Ern Harding, Len Warmbrunn, Merv Daley, Chris Larsen, Charlie Woodford, Pat Ginnane, Bill Carlson, Jim Payne and Bill Devlin. There were 2 telegraph messengers at any one time; apart from Don himself there were George Smith, Ron Paez and Bob Nelson. Terry Gawne and George Smith also joined the RAAF. Terry was shot down and killed in the Pacific in 1943. Ern Harding, Bill Carson and Bill Devlin joined the army. At the time of his employment George Smith, Bill Devlin, Jim Payne and Don himself were under 40; the others were in their forties or older. Don remained in contact with George Smith, who in 1987 was living in Box Hill.Black and white photo of a young man wearing a uniform astride a bicycle. In the background is a corrugated iron fence. don brown, surrey hills post office

J A Geer's grocery store operated from 1909-1912 on the site established by George Sim in 1884. He bought a house and added a shop where, in 1889, he established the first post office in the area. Prior to this residents had to go the Box Hill to collect mail. Date is approximate.This records one of the earliest businesses in Surrey Hills. To begin with, businesses developed along Canterbury Road rather than Union Road, in part because of the muddy nature of the land north of the railway line.Black and white photo taken from a postcard of Canterbury Road, near the corner of Union Road, looking west in 1906 or 1907. Two children play on the LHS of the street and there is a man on a horse and carriage, and a cart, on the RHS. Buildings on the RHS are the Surrey Family Hotel and J A Geer's grocery store; on the LHS is a row of double-storey terraces including Hansen's Terrace on Canterbury Road to the west of Union Road.On LHS within the original image is 'Canterbury Road, Surrey Hills'; on the rear in top LH corner in blue biro in Jocelyn Hall's handwriting "J H / spare"canterbury road, geer's grocery store, surrey family hotel, businesses, horse drawn vehicle, hansen's terrace, post card, mr j a geer

Letter from the Crown Solicitor to Edgar Erikson, orchardist, re compulsory acquisition of land for postal use. He was paid 264 pounds.land titles, eriksson, edgar, junction road, blackburn north, australia. crown solicitors office, johnston, louisa caroline, station street, box hill, post offices

A reproduced article from The Reporter, Box Hill, 8 Aug 1889 outlining the meeting between Nunawading Councillors and the Postmaster General to change the name of the L. L. Vale Post Office to Vermont.A reproduced article from The Reporter, Box Hill, 8 Aug 1889.l. l. vale, city of nunawading, vermont, mount pleasant

Set of three items associated with a letter from Ken Craven, Secretary of the AETA to John Belot. .1 - White DL size envelope with the five of the Oct 1989 Historic Tramway Stamps with the tram cancellation stamp dated 11 October 1989. Has the "Australia's Historic Tramways" logo in the lower left hand corner, hand addressed to John Belot and the stamp for the stamp show Melbourne 18-22 October 1989 in the bottom right hand corner. On the rear has details of the stamp issue, W.K. Craven's address stamp, and two cancellation stamps - Blackburn 11 Oct. 1989 and Caulfield Post Office stamp. .2 - Handwritten letter from Ken Craven, Secretary of the AETA to John Belot, noting the exhibition at Box Hill and his forthcoming trip to NZ and the Transport Art ticket enclosed. .3 - Transporting Art tram No. 13 ticket No. 0085, dated 17th July 1989, Jenyns tram (Lorraine and Bob). See also Reg Items 470 to 474 for other examples and associated materials and 510 for a Poster. On the rear are detail of the stamp issue, the designers and cover design.trams, tramways, stamps, australia post, aeta, letters, transporting art

All July 1969 - no route numbers shown. .1 - Box Hill - Heidelberg - Templestowe .2 - East Kew - Box Hill - Doncaster .3 - Deer Park - Sunshine Park - Sunshine - Footscray - City .4 - Fishermen's Bend - City .5 - Williamstown Rd - Footscray Railway Stn - Ballarat Rd .6 - Garden City - City .7 - La Trobe University - Northland - West Heidelberg - City .8 - Box Hill - North Blackburn .9 - Bulleen - North Kew - City .10 - Clifton Hill - Elsternwick .11 - Box Hill - East Doncaster - Mitcham - Ringwood .12 - Deer Park - Sunshine Park - Sunshine - Footscray - City - Saturdays and Sundays - printed on pink paper. 13 - Warrandyte - Donvale Post Office - City 14 - Warrandyte - Park Orchards, Ringwood.Yields information about MMTB Bus services July 1969Set of 14 MMTB Bus timetables, folded sheets, providing timetables for specific routes, day of week giving information on tram times at specific time points, route map, sections and fares and organisation address - 616 Little Collins St. Melbourne.trams, tramways, timetables, tickets, bus services, fares, mmtb

Notice of Ordinary meeting of the Council 28th August 1979 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Supplementary Valuations Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Area Commissioners Rate Recovery Sale Constitution of the Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Errington Reserve Transfer of Land Crown Land Committee of Management Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Rate Rise Result of Municipal Association of Victoria Meeting Western Region Refure Disposal Group Committee Meeting Street Construction Scheme Dickson Street Variations to Municipal Officers' Award Diamond Reserve Car Parking Summary of Results of Municipal Association Seminars on Bains' Board of Reviews Report Report on the Rainbow Workshop Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Family Day Care Program Box Hill Senior Citizens' Club Volunteer Training Outreach Project YMCA Sunshine North Western Suburbs Spastic Relief Association Large Print Book for Aged Services Telephones for Pensioners Domiciliary Care Services Working Party Nursing Home Development in Sunshine Braybrook - Maidstone Housing Commission Liaison Committee Report of the Chief Health Officer Health Act Registrations for 1979 Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Thomas Borthwick & Sons (Australasia) Ltd Section 95 Health Act 1958 Application to Construct New Guard House at Francis Street Entrance Rubella German Measles Immunisation Campaign Australia Institute of Health Surveyors Sixth National Conference Adelaide 22nd - 26th October 1979 Report of the Superintendent of Traffic & By-Laws Special Parking Area Corio Street Court Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Supervision of School Crossings Report of the City Librarian Highpoint West Library Staff Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Fun & Fitness Trail Albion Primary School Council Holiday Programme Staffing Report on Skateboard Riding and the Need for Facilities in Sunshine Report of the City Engineer & Planner Proposed Amendment No 112 to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Proposed Amendment No 104 to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Old Sunshine Post Office Site Planning Permit Application Retail Plant Nursery Addition to Existing Shopping Centre Development Neale Road Planning Permit Extension to Existing Sunshine Wesleyan Methodist Church 139 - 143 Devonshire Road Planning Permit Application Stormwater Drainage Discharge Stony Creek Somerville Road by S.C.I. Meat and Paper Pty Ltd Planning Permit Vicarage Caretaker's Residence Addition to Existing Place of Worship and Place of Assembly Darnley Street Planning Permit Application C.B.I. Constructions Pty Ltd Warehouse off Ashley Street Planning Permit Application Factory Extension Smith Bros Pty Ltd McDonald Road Brooklyn Planning Permit Five Falts 136 - 138 Glengala Road Planning Permit Application Extension to Supermarket Sims Holdings Pty Ltd Railway Lot 30 Sun Crescent Planning Permit Application Factory Lot 13 McIntyre Road Planning Permit Application Factory Lot 12 McIntyre Road Strata Subdivision 7 St. Albans Road Street Construction Westerngate Estate Livingston Street, Antrim Court, Bracknell Place, Warrington Crescent, Craigavon Court, Columbia Court and Part of Tamar Drive Deer Park Plan of Transfer and Consolidation Kentucky Fried Chicken Ballarat Road Sunshine Contract Somerville Road Outfall Drain Bon Thomas Reserve Development Sunshine Tip E.P.A. Waste Stream Surveys Programme Lawrence Street Footpath Bridge Ardeer R.S.L. Land Dickson Street Proposed Development Wright Street Bridge Sewerage Facilities Deer Park Declaration of Sewerage Area No 3833 All Lots Bracknell Place & Columbia Court and Lots 771 to 777 and 741 to 734 Opie Road and Contains 54 Lots Pedestrian Operated Signals in Anderson Road Between Forrest Street and Ridley Street Proposed School Crossing King Edward Avenue Between Adelaide Street and Hutchinson Street Albion Proposed Relief Drain Deer Park South Road Reconstruction Left Turn Lane in Ashley Street McKechnie Street Drain Railway Lane Replacement of Paling Fence Cornhill Street Abutting Laneway Anderson Road Diversion Drain Supplementation Kororoit Creek to Stony Creek Sunshine Proposed Construction of Whitesides Avenue / Collenso Street Sunshine West Roads and Drains Westerngate North Stages 2A and 2B Subdivision and Outfall Drains Westerngate North Stages 1B-1 and 2A Council Depot Amenities Block Council Depot Workshop Report of the Building Surveyor Building Over Easement 59 Furlong Road Sunshine North Building Over Easement 17 Bent Street St. Albans Fire Separation of Different Classes of Occupancy 88 - 89 Berkshire Road Sunshine North Report of the Director of Parks & Recreation Reserves Practice Wicket Enclosures Dobson Reserve & Kinder Smith Reserve 5th Sunshine Scout Group Barclay Reserve Tree Planting Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 15th August 1979errington reserve, st. albans, diamond reserve, diamond avenue, albanvale, dickson street, sunshine, main road east, box hill senior citizens' club, braybrook - maidstone housing commission liaison committee, thomas borthwick & sons, francis street, brooklyn, highpoint west library, rosamond road, maribyrnong, albion primary school, sunshine post office, hampshire road, sunshine wesleyan methodist church, devonshire road, stony creek, somerville road, s.c.i. meat and paper pty ltd, darnley street, braybrook, c.b.i. constructions pty ltd, ashley street, smith bros, mcdonald road, glengala road, sunshine west, sims, sun crescent, mcintyre road, sunshine north, st. albans road, livingston street, antrim court, bracknell place, warrington crescent, craigavon court, columbia court, tamar drive, deer park, kentucky fried chicken, ballarat road, bon thomas reserve, quinn street, sunshine tip, lawrence street footpath bridge, lawrence street, ardeer, r.s.l., wright street bridge, wright street, opie road, anderson road, forrest street, ridley street, king edward avenue, adelaide street, hutchinson street, albion, south road, mckechnie street, cornhill street, kororoit creek, whitesides avenue, collenso street, furlong road, bent street, berkshire road, dobson reserve, churchill avenue, kinder smith reserve, lily street, maidstone, 5th sunshine scout group, scouts, scoutting, barclay reserve

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 28th August 1979 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Supplementary Valuations Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Area Commissioners Rate Recovery Sale Constitution of the Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Errington Reserve Transfer of Land Crown Land Committee of Management Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Rate Rise Result of Municipal Association of Victoria Meeting Western Region Refure Disposal Group Committee Meeting Street Construction Scheme Dickson Street Variations to Municipal Officers' Award Diamond Reserve Car Parking Summary of Results of Municipal Association Seminars on Bains' Board of Reviews Report Report on the Rainbow Workshop Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Family Day Care Program Box Hill Senior Citizens' Club Volunteer Training Outreach Project YMCA Sunshine North Western Suburbs Spastic Relief Association Large Print Book for Aged Services Telephones for Pensioners Domiciliary Care Services Working Party Nursing Home Development in Sunshine Braybrook - Maidstone Housing Commission Liaison Committee Report of the Chief Health Officer Health Act Registrations for 1979 Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Thomas Borthwick & Sons (Australasia) Ltd Section 95 Health Act 1958 Application to Construct New Guard House at Francis Street Entrance Rubella German Measles Immunisation Campaign Australia Institute of Health Surveyors Sixth National Conference Adelaide 22nd - 26th October 1979 Report of the Superintendent of Traffic & By-Laws Special Parking Area Corio Street Court Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Supervision of School Crossings Report of the City Librarian Highpoint West Library Staff Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Fun & Fitness Trail Albion Primary School Council Holiday Programme Staffing Report on Skateboard Riding and the Need for Facilities in Sunshine Report of the City Engineer & Planner Proposed Amendment No 112 to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Proposed Amendment No 104 to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Old Sunshine Post Office Site Planning Permit Application Retail Plant Nursery Addition to Existing Shopping Centre Development Neale Road Planning Permit Extension to Existing Sunshine Wesleyan Methodist Church 139 - 143 Devonshire Road Planning Permit Application Stormwater Drainage Discharge Stony Creek Somerville Road by S.C.I. Meat and Paper Pty Ltd Planning Permit Vicarage Caretaker's Residence Addition to Existing Place of Worship and Place of Assembly Darnley Street Planning Permit Application C.B.I. Constructions Pty Ltd Warehouse off Ashley Street Planning Permit Application Factory Extension Smith Bros Pty Ltd McDonald Road Brooklyn Planning Permit Five Falts 136 - 138 Glengala Road Planning Permit Application Extension to Supermarket Sims Holdings Pty Ltd Railway Lot 30 Sun Crescent Planning Permit Application Factory Lot 13 McIntyre Road Planning Permit Application Factory Lot 12 McIntyre Road Strata Subdivision 7 St. Albans Road Street Construction Westerngate Estate Livingston Street, Antrim Court, Bracknell Place, Warrington Crescent, Craigavon Court, Columbia Court and Part of Tamar Drive Deer Park Plan of Transfer and Consolidation Kentucky Fried Chicken Ballarat Road Sunshine Contract Somerville Road Outfall Drain Bon Thomas Reserve Development Sunshine Tip E.P.A. Waste Stream Surveys Programme Lawrence Street Footpath Bridge Ardeer R.S.L. Land Dickson Street Proposed Development Wright Street Bridge Sewerage Facilities Deer Park Declaration of Sewerage Area No 3833 All Lots Bracknell Place & Columbia Court and Lots 771 to 777 and 741 to 734 Opie Road and Contains 54 Lots Pedestrian Operated Signals in Anderson Road Between Forrest Street and Ridley Street Proposed School Crossing King Edward Avenue Between Adelaide Street and Hutchinson Street Albion Proposed Relief Drain Deer Park South Road Reconstruction Left Turn Lane in Ashley Street McKechnie Street Drain Railway Lane Replacement of Paling Fence Cornhill Street Abutting Laneway Anderson Road Diversion Drain Supplementation Kororoit Creek to Stony Creek Sunshine Proposed Construction of Whitesides Avenue / Collenso Street Sunshine West Roads and Drains Westerngate North Stages 2A and 2B Subdivision and Outfall Drains Westerngate North Stages 1B-1 and 2A Council Depot Amenities Block Council Depot Workshop Report of the Building Surveyor Building Over Easement 59 Furlong Road Sunshine North Building Over Easement 17 Bent Street St. Albans Fire Separation of Different Classes of Occupancy 88 - 89 Berkshire Road Sunshine North Report of the Director of Parks & Recreation Reserves Practice Wicket Enclosures Dobson Reserve & Kinder Smith Reserve 5th Sunshine Scout Group Barclay Reserve Tree Planting Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 15th August 1979errington reserve, st. albans, diamond reserve, diamond avenue, albanvale, dickson street, sunshine, main road east, box hill senior citizens' club, braybrook - maidstone housing commission liaison committee, thomas borthwick & sons, francis street, brooklyn, corio street, highpoint west library, rosamond road, maribyrnong, albion primary school, sunshine post office, hampshire road, neale road, deer park, sunshine wesleyan methodist church, devonshire road, s.c.i. meat and paper pty ltd, stony creek, somerville road, darnley street, braybrook, c.b.i. constructions pty ltd, ashley street, smith bros, mcdonald road, glengala road, sunshine west, sims, sun crescent, mcintyre road, sunshine north, st. albans road, livingston street, antrim court, bracknell place, warrington crescent, craigavon court, tamar drive, kentucky fried chicken, ballarat road, bon thomas reserve, quinn street, sunshine tip, lawrence street footpath bridge, lawrence street, ardeer, r.s.l., wright street, wright street bridge, opie road, columbia, anderson road, forrest street, ridley street, adelaide street, hutchinson street, albion, south road, mckechnie street, cornhill street, whitesides avenue, collenso street, furlong road, bent street, berkshire road, dobson reserve, churchill avenue, maidstone, kinder smith reserve, lily street, 5th sunshine scout group, scouts, scouting, barclay reserve