George H Budge - Newspaper Article - biography (death)Justice of the Peace ; President, Country Party, Rosedale Branch ; Life Member, Gippsland District Racing Association ; Life Member, Victorian Racing Club ; Secretary, Rosedale Racing Club ; Secretary, Thorpdale Branch, Manchester Unity Lodge ; District Grand Master of M.U.I.O.O.F for Sale District ; Chairman, Rosedale State School Committee ; george h budge, thorpdale mercery, thorpdale general store, railway hotel tallarook, butcher shop tallarook, bridge hotel dandenong, central hotel beaconsfield, cardinia park hotel, jp heyfield, country party, gippsland district racing association, victorian racing club, rosedale racing club, manchester unity lodge, m.u.i.o.o.f for sale district

Mrs Budge at St Katherine's Church St Helena. Her husband was stationed at Watsonia Barracks. Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn.Digital copy of black and white photograph.peter blackbourn, budge family

St Katherine's Church St Helena. Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn. Refer to Mrs Nell Budge and her letter to Peter Blackbourn stating this photo was taken during the early part of the Pacific War.Digital copy of black and white photograph.peter blackbourn, st katherines church st helena

This is a small pocketbook owned by Master Mariner John Budge Murray. It is 119 pages long and contains a mix of detailed navigational calculations and lessons, diary entries, drill commands for soldiers "On Parade" and personal jottings. The dates in the notebook span the years from 1881 to 1887 and mention trips from Hong Kong to Singapore, Galle, Colombo, the Suez Canal, Aden, Port Said, Malta, Gibraltar and London. Two of the ships mentioned include the S. S. Bangalore and the S. S. Assam - both belonged to the "Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company" (later known as the P&O Line). John Budge Murray was born in 1847 at Olrig, Caithness in Scotland. During the course of his career, he was a merchant marine employed by the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (better known as P&O) and also became a master mariner and Captain serving in the Chinese Naval Service. When he married in 1888, his marriage certificate listed his occupation as "Captain in the Chinese Naval Service". Family records show his sister describing him as "commanding three frigates in the South China Sea - allegedly chasing pirates!" His obituary in the "John O'Groat Journal" in 1910 said he was "one of the original contingent of Britons who served as officers in the Chinese Fleet ...it was they who cleared the Chinese seas of the pirates who infected them." It went on to say "Captain Murray was brave even to the most reckless exposure of his life and ... the Chinese crews had explicit faith in him." John Murray and his wife Jessie had four children and by 1901 were living on a farm at Aucorn in Caithness. One of his sons (also called John Budge Murray) immigrated to Australia and joined the 8th Battalion, AIF (Australia Imperial Force) in 1915 and was killed in France in August 1918. Captain Murray died at Olrig in 1910. In 1840 the Peninsula Steam Navigation Company won a contract for the mail service between the U.K. and Egypt. They expanded their operations to include mail contracts to Alexandria, from Suez to Ceylon, Madras and Calcutta and in 1845 further expanded their operations to Shanghai. Steam communication with Australia was inaugurated in 1852 and in 1854 the Bombay Mail Service passed from the East India Company to P&O. By 1884 P&O's fleet contained fifty ships including the S.S. Assam and S.S. Bangalore - both are mentioned in Captain Murray's pocketbook. In 1882 the S.S. Bangalore was operating in the Bombay / Far East mail service and had made several trips in 1876 between Bombay and Melbourne. In 1875, the Qing Dynasty began to establish a modern Imperial Navy. They ordered a series of warships from Britain and Germany. Two of these ships (the Chaoyong and the Yangwoi) were built at the Tyne shipyards and sailed to China in 1881. They also needed to improve the skills of their naval personnel, and some skilled officers were recruited from Britain. This pocketbook is a significant example of a Master Mariner's everyday working pocketbook. It is also an important object as it belonged to a Scottish Master Mariner who held the unusual position as an officer in the Chinese Naval Fleet.A Master Mariner's small pocket-sized notebook. It has a black cover, 119 pages and contains a mix of navigational records, personal addresses, diary type entries and personal jottings in ink and pencil.First page - "John Budge Murray/Aucorn /Bower/ J. B. Murray/John B/ John B Murray/ Aucorn"flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, great ocean road, captain john budge murray, captain murray, master mariner, navigational calculations, ships log, pocketbook, peninsula and oriental steam navigation company, p&o, s.s. bangalore, s.s. assam, drill commands, chinese naval service, qing dynasty, south china sea

Part of the Chapman Stock collection of photographs and family history from Peter Blackbourn.Copy of letter from Nell Budge to Peter Blackbourn. Includes photo of Mrs Budge with daughter Jennifer at St Katherine's Church St Helena. Letter includes transcript of an article on the church, source unknown.chapman stock family, peter blackbourn, nell budge, st katherines church, st helena

This book is part of a collection of books, photos and memorabilia donated from the Chatham-Holmes family collection. The book belonged to G. Holmes.A blue-green cloth covered, hard bound book with the book name, author and publisher printed on the spine in dark blue. The book was owned by G. Holmes.Written in pencil on inside page - G.Holmes, Humour, Courage, Resourcefulness, Wisdom, Large mindedness, Opinion of Blacks, Christians, Rem Joan O'Donohue & the budge Written in pencil on Title page - What is D. Bates answer to the problem of the treatment of the Aborigines? Do you think it tis the best answer?g holmes, the passing of the aborigines, daisy bates, chatham-holmes family collection