A series of articles from the Canterbury Courier reprinted in book form. 32 pages; A4. A series of reminiscences, stories and pictures depicting events and people in the district and their celebrations. Many names of early Canterbury identities and landowners and their streets.canterbury, canterbury station, shrublands, emulation hall, banks, shops, lowe> j. w., swan> c. r., rochester road, logans paddock, morrison> crosbie, empire day, outer circle railway, monomeath, bennett> g j, camm> a, scott> g c, hassett> p

The Late Mr William Griffiths, blacksmithTyped article with black and white photographymiss alice camm, canterbury courier, robertsons butrcher, redmans bakery, early horses, crosbie morrison, margaret street

8 pagesLocal newspaper circulating in East Camberwell, Canterbury, Chatham, Surrey Hills, Mont Albert, Box Hill and Burwood, Includes 2 page article on early history of Canterbury discussing the first library and librarian; the first cricket club and football club in Canterbury. With b&w reproduction of William Tibbit's 1882 lithograph of Canterbury. canterbury, canterbury railway station, shrublands, canterbury road, pioneers, advertisements, correspondence, sport, canterbury library, bennett> george jesse, canterbury cricket club, reminiscences

8 pagesCanterbury Courier was a free newspaper that circulated in East Camberwell, Canterbury, Chatham, Surrey Hills, Mont Albert, Box Hill and Burwood.canterbury, canterbury gardens, coe> rowland, maling> w, robinson> george, camm> alice, coghill and son, surrey hills, advertisements, sport

8 page broadsheetFree newspaper that circulated in East Camberwell, Canterbury, Chatham, Surrey Hills, Mont Albert, Box Hill and Burwood.canterbury, butcher shops, railways, outer circle railway, terry> j.w., advertisements, sport, canterbury road, airdrie

1. Plan of Canterbury Sports Ground proposed playground 21.5.1982. Placed with other plans. 2. ‘Recreation ground’. Research by A.J. Holt, from various local newspapers 1888-91 (2 pages). 3. ‘The Canterbury sports ground 6 ¼ acres’. Notes from Alan Holt 16.8.1983 ( 3 copies, original and 1 page, and 2 copies x 2 pages). 4. ‘Council debate on sports ground’, Canterbury Courier, 18.5.1949 (1 page). 5. ‘Canterbury recreation oval’, Alan Holt, 1983 (1 page). 6. ‘Playground development programme’ advertisement from City of Camberwell in Progress Press, 9.6.1982 (1 page). 7. Canterbury Sports Ground redevelopment. Article from SHNN June/July 2024 plan of canterbury sports ground, recreation ground, canterbury recreation oval, canterbury courier

1. 1902 Coronation celebrations at Surrey Hills. Extract from Box Hill Reporter, 4.7.1902. (1 page). 2. Letter from W. Dimmick to Mr. Lucas, Canterbury Road. 21.5.1935. (1 page). 3. Letter from Mr. Dimmick to Mr. C.T. LUCAS. 26.6.1934. (1 Page). 4. From National Library of Australia Trove, printout of photo from Argus. 1.6.1935. (1 page). 5. From National Library of Australia Trove, printout of photo from Argus. (Druid’s float). 27.5.1935. (1 page). 6. Copy of Children’s Procession First Prize for decorated bike, presented to F. Dimmick (undated). (1 page). 7. ‘Empire day at Surrey Hills remembered’, newspaper and date unknown, includes photo. (1 page). 8. ‘Empire day at Surrey Hills’, newspaper unknown, 17.5.1907. Ref. A0032 (3). (1 page). 9. ‘What happened to the Box Hill line trains on Empire Night 1907’, Jack McLean, Ref. A0032 (3). (2 pages). 10. ‘Empire Day bonfire’, The Sun, 25.5.1936, copy of photo from Latrobe Library, SLV. (1 page). 11. ‘Empire Day flags to fly tomorrow’, The Argus, May, 1936 photo. (Ref. 31-348B Jocelyn Hall). (1 page). 12. ‘Empire Day flags to fly tomorrow’, The Argus, May, 1936. (1 page). 13. ‘Empire torch at Balwyn record crowd expected at huge celebration’, Canterbury Courier, 18.5.1949. (1 page). 14. Empire day at Surrey Hills, Jack McLean, (member of Railway Signals Historical Society), 1983. (2 pages). 15. A few memories of Surrey Hills in the 1930s and 1940s, Lorraine Carrington, October, 1979. (Her home is now Surrey Hills Medical Centre. There are photos of her house in 1937). (1 page). 16. Memories of Surrey Hills by John Reaburn, Mr. Vic ? Bowen, Stan Smith (Vincent Street), Jack Newell and Mr. Rawlings, undated. Covers celebrations from 1902. (3 pages). 17. Extracts from newspaper, probably B.H. Reporter, about 1907-9. (2 pages). 18. Notes on Empire Day and Arthur Brooks, Jocelyn Hall, undated. (1 page). 19. Celebrating Empire Day 1905, refer to photo re Hansen’s Exchange Building. (1 page). 20. Argus articles 28.5.1907 and 25.5.1909 typed by Jocelyn Hall. (1 page). 21. ‘Monster empire blaze at Balwyn’, Canterbury Courier, 25.5.1949 ? (1 page). 22. ‘First empire day - 1906’, Box Hill Reporter, 8.6.1908 (2 pages). 23. ‘Forty thousand people saw this show – Empire Day 1934’, AND ‘The first band formed in Surrey Hills’, Unknown paper (3 pages). 24. ‘Empire celebrations at Surrey Hills, Canterbury and Balwyn’, Box Hill Reporter, exact date unknown, between 1933-8 ((1 page). empire day, 1902 coronation celebration

The first article announces the unveiling of Gordon's bust and the second gives an account of the unveiling of Gordon's bust outside the Gordon Memorial Cottage in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens and something of Gordon's connections.Many Literary Societies were represented at the unveiling of Gordon's bust. This event also connected Ballarat citizens with the Gordons and their history, as well as with the poet.2 white pages with uneven quality of print. The newspaper article is headed "Bust of Gordon Unveiled". 1 white page with a short paragraph, second column, announcing the unveiling of the Gordon Bust.At the bottom of p.2 in blue biro is written October 27,1941. P.1.john garner, doctor, john garner collection, ballarat botanical gardens, friends of ballarat botanical gardens, adam lindsay gordon, adam lindsay gordon cottage, adam lindsay gordon bust, literary societies, poetry, australian poetry, the gordons, archbishop of canterbury, gardens, ballarat