Program for the Shire of Lilydale Presidential Dinner recognizing the service of current and former Shire of Lilydale councilors and conferring the title of Honorary Freeman on George de Pury.13 page booklet typed text on yellow toned paper1990s, lilydale, george de pury, raymond yates, burgi family

Diary of Johann Burgi's diary when he was an early settler in Wandin6 A4 Pages one sided black and white photocopy of handwritten journalburgi family, johann burgi, wandin, diaries, 1880s

Owned by the Burgi family.Ceramic plate with gold painted rim, burgundy edge and an illustration of a band and woman on a seat."Royal Victoria Pottery Made in England" "C. Burgi" in felt pen on the back.plates

The original owners were The Burgi Family.A very old small thick photograph album made of dark tan leather with an elaborate embossed floral tan and gold design on the front cover. The back cover has plain lined patterns in a square shape with the spine having black lines across it. The brass clasp on the side is in working order. It contains 15 thick double sided pages which have sepia family photographs inserted. There is one side missing a photograph. Each picture has the name of the photographic studio printed at the bottom of the photo. The whole album as quite worn and damaged.'Burgi' is written in blue biro on the left endpaper at the front. 'DARBY SLEVIN' is written in grey pencil at the bottom of the photo on page 6.photographs, albums, photograph albums, photographic accessories

Swiss origin. Used and donated by the Burgi family.Cream Calico bag with cherry pips inside. Violet writing in German script printed on outside.Chriefi Steine

A small square faded green school Drawing Book with a decorative lined and patterned front cover. An ornate lined border encloses the Title, Series, No. 2, Student name and School name lines at the bottom. Inside are coloured samples of folded and cut coloured paper shapes to show the student's skills. There are four loose folded shapes enclosed. It is stapled at the spine. Pp.20non-fictionThis publication falls under the category of early 20th-century Australian educational or school drawing books, which aimed to teach children drawing, color mixing, and brush techniques, often featuring nature-based studies or simple illustrations for tracing and painting. This particular book was used to display a student's ability to fold paper.art, school textbooks, schools

A badly worn brown and blue marbled style coloured covered Nature Study Exercise book for student use in schools. There is a white rectangular sticker with a decorative green and brown border pasted in the middle of the front cover with the title, and a Name and Class line with the student's details added in ink and pencil. It is stapled at the spine with green tape binding it together. The book is filled with different Nature Study topics such as Roots,The Vine Moth, The Violet and others, all handwritten in grey pencil. The first page is filled with pencilled columns of numbers counting by fives 5 - 690. It was used in 1912 by Louis Kolling Class 3.non-fictionA 1912-era exercise book would likely feature hand-drawn sketches of plants or insects, pressed flowers, and handwritten observations made by a student. The pages of the book would have a lined page on the left and a blank page for illustrations opposite.australian schools, school equipment, school books, school subjects

A red cloth covered Arithmetic book for Grade V. The title, editor and publisher details are printed in black lettering and enclosed by a border of thin black lines around the edges of the front cover. 8d. is printed in the bottom front right hand corner. There is a small black lined symbol in the middle. The title page has full publishing details, with a single student's arithmetical workings in black ink. Written in ink and grey pencil is the name of the student. Inside the back cover are many workings out of sums and an outline of a steam train. Inside there is a list of the Federal Arithmetic books in the series, a Prefatory Note, explanations and samples of processes with 60 Exercises. There are included, tables, sample workings out, oral exercises. At the back are advertisements for The Austral Grammars, The Southern Cross Public Schools Atlas, The Federal Geographies, Stories of Australian Explorers and Southern Cross Word and Sentence Building. Pp. 128.non-fiction This is a vintage cloth covered school textbook, specially written to meet the requirements of the new Victorian syllabus for elementary schools, focusing on comprehensive, practical mathematics for Grade V children aged 9 12 years old, 1912. It covers fundamental topics for young students. arithmetic, arithmetic books, school textbooks, school equipment

This book is a soft green linen-covered textbook published by Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, widely used in Australian Government Schools for Grades VII and VIII in the early 1900's. It was the last of a series focusing on grammar and composition skills. The front cover has the title, series and full publishing details printed in black lettering enclosed within a black lined outline. There is a black outlined symbol in the middle.The price 1/3 is printed in the bottom right hand corner. The student's name is handwritten in black ink on the inside left of the front cover at the top. Full details are printed on the title page. Inside there is a list of the Austral GRAMMARS series, an Introduction by Alfred Fussell, a list of The Federal Arithmetics books, Contents, followed by comprehensive examples and explanations of the lessons. At the back are advertisements for The Struggle for Freedom and The Australian Citizen and The Southern Cross Public Schools Atlas for Australasian Schools. Pp. 184non-fictionThis is a Fourth Book of Grammar and Composition - Studies and Exercises in Language, and a heavily used educational text, specifically designed for Grades VII and VIII students. It served as an English grammar and composition, or language studies, text for early secondary students. The text reflected early 20th-century Australian curriculum.school books, school textbooks, school equipment, books

This book is a soft green linen-covered textbook published by Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, widely used in Australian Government Schools for Grade VI in the early 1900's. It was the fourth of a series focusing on grammar and composition skills. The front cover has the title, series and full publishing details printed in black lettering enclosed within a black lined outline. There is a black outlined symbol in the middle.The price 10D is printed in the bottom right hand corner. The student's name is handwritten in black ink on the inside left of the front cover at the top. Full details are printed on the title page. There are workings of sums handwritten in black ink too. Inside there is a list of the Austral GRAMMARS series, an Introduction by Alfred Fussell, a list of two of The Southern Cross Poetry Books, Contents, followed by comprehensive examples and explanations of the lessons. Pp. 130non-fictionThis is a Third Book of Grammar and Composition - Studies and Exercises in Language, and a heavily used educational text, specifically designed for Grade VI primary school students. It served as an English grammar and composition, or language studies text. The text reflected early 20th-century Australian curriculum.school books, school textbooks, school equipment, books

Exercise books were used by students in all Australian schools for class work and for homework. This may have been a homework book. It has had many pages removed and is quite thin. On a page at the back of the book there are three stamps with the date - Oct 10 1915 and one with Oct 12 1915. Seven books were donated by the Burgi family. Louis Kolling B: 1904, Clifton Hill - D: 1984. Louis was the son of Louis and Mary Ellen Kolling who married in 1892 nee Burgi.A black covered school exercise book with arithmetic, spelling, grammar handwritten in black ink. The letters LK are written inside the front cover, with the back cover having sums and sentences written.On the inside of the front cover the letters 'LK' are handwritten elaborately. 'Louis Kolling' is handwritten at the top of one page. On a page at the back of the book there are three stamps with the date - Oct 10 1915 and one with Oct 12 1915.school equipment, australian schools, exercise books

A red cloth covered Arithmetic book for Grade VI. The title, editor and publisher details are printed in black lettering and enclosed by a border of thin black lines around the edges of the front cover. 10d. is printed in the bottom front right hand corner. There is a small black lined symbol in the middle. The title page has full publishing details, with many student's arithmetical workings in black ink and grey pencil as well as the name of the student. Inside the front and back covers are many workings out of sums. Inside there is a list of the Federal Arithmetic books in the series, a Prefatory Note, Contents, explanations and samples of processes with 49 Exercises. There are included Tables, sample workings out, oral exercises. At the back is an advertisement for The Austral Grammars and The Southern Cross Public Schools Atlas. P. 152.non-fiction This is a vintage cloth covered school textbook, specially written to meet the requirements of the new Victorian syllabus for elementary schools, focusing on comprehensive, practical mathematics for 11-12 year olds in the early 1900's. It covers fundamental topics like whole numbers, compound rules (money), fractions, decimals, percentage, length, and area. More complicated aspects such as Cubic Measure is not introduced until it can be applied to practical exercises in finding the the cubical contents of simple rectangular solids.arithmetic, arithmetic books, school textbooks, school equipment

Library Committee purchased enlargement 18 August 1919. Mr J Burgis donated frame.Portrait of John Treweek, Athenaeum secretary and librarian. Oak frame - natural finish, oval. Gold mount with copy of original (enlargement of smaller photograph in Treweek family).

The original owner was Louis Kolling.An antique thick rectangular photograph album made of dark tan leather with an elaborate embossed floral and leaf design on the front and back covers. The brass clasp on the side is in working order but is broken. It contains 24 thick double sided cardboard pages which have sepia family photographs inserted. There are several missing photographs. Each picture has the name of the photographic studio printed at the bottom of it. Some photos have names written beneath them in blue writing. Each page has beautiful hand painted coloured flowers and leaves decorating them. At the front is a highly coloured decorative floral title page with the word - Album. On the back of this page is a blank Index with 100 spaces to write the names of those in the photographs. The whole album as quite worn and damaged with several inscriptions.'On the front right side endpaper is handwritten on the textured page in blue ink 'Mrs Kelling, a present from Mrs Bond'. Painted ornately in colourful paints is 'Martha Bond' There is a strip of paper included on this page handwritten in blue biro 'Donated posthumously by Louis Kolling, a first cousin and neighbour of Edmund L. Burgi'. On the back endpaper handwriitten in grey pencil ''Via Lilydale' On the last page of photographs on the opposite page is handwritten in blue ink 'Mrs Kolling Clifton Hill.' which is underlined.photographs, albums, photograph albums, photographic accessories

An orange covered book with details printed in black: the title, As it Happened: The History of Coldstream, Gruyere, Yering and Killara Volume Four from 1941 to 1960 Part 1and a sepia photograph of mining at David Mitchell's property near Steele's Flats. David Mitchell is leaning against a tree in a suit, overcoat and hat, is watching the men at work. The author is printed below in black along with Lilydale & District Historical Society. There is a Contents page and Index at the back. Inside are detailed facts, photographs, posters and more. On the back cover printed in black is information about the this volume being split into two Parts - 1 and 2 with the index in Part 2.non-fictionVolume Four covers the final history of the area from 1941 - 1960, Parts 1 and 2. This Part 1 book is divided into sections covering family, sport, social life, disasters, transport, schools, business, Dame Nellie Melba and Lillydale Council. Includes extracts from newspapers, photographs and index. The development of agriculture and the wine industry is clearly described. Local murders, suicides, accidents and deaths are all reported. This volume in two parts is a wonderful resource for teachers, students and lovers of history. history - lilydale and district, settlement - lilydale and district, victoria - history