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University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Assembly Hall, Unknown
... girls' changing room... hall zinnias administration building hall girls' changing room ...Note by T.H. Kneen 19 November 1991," S.E. entrance to Assembly Hall and rear entry to girls change rooms. Garden bed foreground right featuring zinnias."Black and white photograph. Entrance to the Hall from the Gardens. Girls' changing rooms on the right. Zinnias in foreground.assembly hall, zinnias, administration building, hall, girls' changing room, main building -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Album - Black and white negatives and prints, John L. Sutherland Collection, c. 1954
... changing room... changing room excursions dahlias tractor royal agricultural show ...John L. Sutherland graduated in 1954. See B09.0004(42) photograph of him.1. 10 black and white photographs, some with inscriptions, in Ilford Films paper packet - Burnley and Wilson'd Promontory excursion. 2. Black and white negatives from Kodak packet containing 76 negatives, proofs made and scanned - Burnley and excursions. 3. Kodak packet containing roll of 35 negatives - Burnley and Dinner Dance.4. Cardboard Kodak negative box with roll of 34 negatives - excursion to Wilson's Promontory.5. CD of scanned 3 and 4. j. l. sutherland, students, wilson's promontory excursion, administration building, pruning, helen eastman, glasshouses, cacti, students working outside, cricket, luffmann ponds, horses, orchard, insid, students in class, locker room, changing room, excursions, dahlias, tractor, royal agricultural show, student outside classes, speech day -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Album - Black and white photographs, certificate and reports, Justine Curry (Mitchelson) Album Burnley Horticultural CollegeVic. 1953-1954, 1953-1954
... boys changing room... orchard border wilson's promontory camp mervyn boys changing room ...Donated by Justine Curry (nee Mitchelson) (1954) for the 1991 Centenary. Also includes photocopy of her Certificate of Competency and her Reports for 1953 and 1954. Note (5) Frame for School Bell which used to be on top of the Pavilion is on the ground outside the Administration Building, later installed above the door.Photograph album collection of 61 b/w photographs of different sizes dated 1953-1954, some labelled. Were attached to magnetic pages but have come loose and have been transferred to plastic pockets. Also photocopy of work experience. A newspaper cutting. certificate of Competency. Reports.Labelled, "Justine Curry 4/11A Margate Pd., Margate, Qld 4020." justine curry (nee mitchelson), administration building, luffmann ponds, yarra river, helen eastman, orchard, wilson's promontory, lloyd davies, mr kneen, students, e. b. littlejohn, jennifer edwards, botanic gardens melbourne, cricket, student groups, certificate of competency, school report, justine curry, justine mitchelson, t h kneen, luffman ponds, lily ponds, royal botanic gardens, ann spruzen, teena, garden views, school bell, orchard gates, orchard border, wilson's promontory camp, mervyn, boys changing room, john rittinger, barb mckay, carmel devaney, marie-louise leng, john sutherland -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Cato Lake diving platform -- Postcard
... . On the verandah of the change room are people in swimming costumes and one... & white with trees along the lake and behind the change room. .... On the verandah of the change room are people in swimming costumes and one ...Diving Tower Valentine Series Card No. 1815. Post card is a view of the diving platform with the change rooms at the lake. On the verandah of the change room are people in swimming costumes and one person about to dive into the lake. There is also an enlarged photo of the post card. c 1930-1940.Valentine Series Post Card No 1815 of the Diving Tower and Change rooms at Lake c 1930 - 1940. The post card is black & white with trees along the lake and behind the change room. Valentine Series No. 1815 THE SWIMMING POOL, STAWELL on the back Published by the Valentine Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., Queen St., Melb.stawell -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - Change room, addition, Station Pier, Port Melbourne, Melbourne Harbor Trust, 19 Jun 1963
... Change room, addition, Station Pier, Port Melbourne...Plan (working drawing) for addition of change room... authority Plan (working drawing) for addition of change room ...Plan (working drawing) for addition of change room at Station Pier.piers and wharves - station pier, melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PORTRAIT - CENTRAL DEBORAH MINERS, 1946
... , miners, standing between Change-Room No.1 and Change-Room No.2... of men, miners, standing between Change-Room No.1 and Change-Room ...Photograph - black and white. A photo of a group of men, miners, standing between Change-Room No.1 and Change-Room No.2. Written on front of photo 'Central Deborah - Mine, Bendigo 1946.Pall Mall Photo.organization, business, central deborah mine, central deborah miners. -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, 1930-1939
... in the background is the ladies change room. Unmounted postcard... Club, the building in the background is the ladies change room ...The Sunbury Swimming Club held their events at the Sunbury Swimming Club. The narrow part of the creek was known as 'the Nook' where children had to swim across to get their swimming certificates.A sepia photograph of Sunbury Swimming Club, the building in the background is the ladies change room. Unmounted postcardsunbury swimming club, the nook, sunbury swimming pool, swimming pools, gregor, alex, billinghurst, beryl, francey, sandra, sport, george evans collection -
Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park
B/W Photograph, Ces Svanberg, Emerald F.C, 1970s?
... , in the changing room in his uniform, lacing up a boot. ... photograph of Ces Svanberg, Emerald Football Club, in the changing ...The photo features an identified member of the Emerald Football Club.B/W photograph of Ces Svanberg, Emerald Football Club, in the changing room in his uniform, lacing up a boot. Rear (handwritten): Ces Svanberg Emerald Football Clubemerald football club, svanberg -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Carolyn Dean, 1981
... the framework for the toilet change room area in the NW corner... the framework for the toilet change room area in the NW corner ...Black and White photograph of John Phillips constructing the framework for the toilet change room area in the NW corner of the depot, 1980 or 1981. Reported on work being commenced in the 1980 - 81 Annual report. Photo Carolyn Dean. tramways, trams, btps, depot -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - North Port Oval, Port Melbourne, Douglas Smallpage, 1920s
... into the changing room structure that was constructed in the meantime.... are seen headed into the changing room structure ...Photo of Port Melbourne football ground (North Port Oval), taken after grandstand was rebuilt (around 1926-) after the 1918 burning of the earlier one. Opposing teams are seen headed into the changing room structure that was constructed in the meantime.sport - recreational grounds, sport - australian rules football, doug smallpage, north port oval -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1925 c
... as a changing room at the western end of Bullock Island a favoured... Legg named, sitting outside a hut used as a changing room ...Black and white photograph of a group of nine children Gladys and George Legg named, sitting outside a hut used as a changing room at the western end of Bullock Island a favoured swimming place as the water was always clean and fresh from tidal movement Lakes Entrance Victoriaislands, people, recreation facilities -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: CENTRAL DEBORAH GOLD MINE NL: GUIDE TO MINE, 1985
... and shaft, change room, drying room, first aid room, ore bins... about poppet legs and shaft, change room, drying room, first aid ...Document: 2 copies of complimentary guide to the Central Deborah Gold Mine. Details information about poppet legs and shaft, change room, drying room, first aid room, ore bins, boiler, stoke hold, winding engine, boiler feed pump, electric compressor, dteam driven compressor and blacksmith's shop.Central Deborah Gold Mine NLorganization, business, central deborah gold mine, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet collection: central deborah gold mine nl, goldmining -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Photograph/s set of 2, Warren Doubleday, 13/03/1998 12:00:00 AM
... and 3 road, with change room in the background. 848.2 - shows.... 848.1 - shows area at the rear of No. 2 and 3 road, with change ...Set of two colour photographs of the depot floor at the rear of No. 2 and 3 road after hotmixing and No. 2 road, between the rails on Friday March 13. Photographs by Warren Doubleday. On Kodak Paper. 848.1 - shows area at the rear of No. 2 and 3 road, with change room in the background. 848.2 - shows area between 1 and 3 roads, with 39, 26 and 38 in background. See March 1998 Fares Please!depot, floor surface -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Plan - Shire of Bright - Mt Beauty Swimming Pool and Sporting Complex 1985 x2
... complex was safer and included amenities eg. toilets, change room... and included amenities eg. toilets, change room etc. It was easier ...Mt Beauty residents swam in the local rivers. The new complex was safer and included amenities eg. toilets, change room etc. It was easier to supervise and teach swimmers and to develop their skills in water.The swimming pool enabled residents and visitors of the Kiewa Valley to swim in safety and to improve their water skills.Two Black and White plans each showing the proposed buildings and pool areas of the Mt Beauty Swimming Pool and Sporting Complex. Dated 26th June 1985mt beauty swimming pool, shire of bright -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - JOAN O'SHEA COLLECTION: CENTRAL DEBORAH GOLD MINE BENDIGO, 26th November, 1984
... , Change Room, Caretakers or rag pickers room, Drying room, first..., Change Room, Caretakers or rag pickers room, Drying room, first ...Joan O'Shea Collection. Central Deborah Gold Mine Bendigo. Promotional material. Chronological History, Poppet legs and shaft, Change Room, Caretakers or rag pickers room, Drying room, first aid room, carbide light room, Underground, carpenters shed, ore bins and loading bays, stamper battery, wilfley table, berdan pans, laboratory, display room, boiler, stroke hold, winding engine, boiler feed pump, electric driven compressor, steam driven compressor, blacksmith's shop.Photograph Courtesy Philip Beer.mining, marketing, central deborah mine. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (series) - Subject File, Baby Health Centres, 1958
... Changing Room in Walpole Street. There is also a photocopy of W D... to the establishment of the Baby Changing Room in Walpole Street. There is also ...Various PartiesReference, Research, InformationKHS OrderSubject file containing photocopies and a journal published by the RHSV (69:1, June 1998). The article, ‘Baby Boon: The Infant Welfare Movement in Victoria’, was written by Margaret Flood. While the article only makes one reference to milk supplied by Kew dairies, it contains useful descriptions of the role of Baby Health Centres and their staff. A newspaper article/clipping (1991) refers to the establishment of the Baby Changing Room in Walpole Street. There is also a photocopy of W D Vaughan’s text on Baby Health Centres in Kew (1960).infant welfare centres - kew (vic.)infant welfare centres - kew (vic.) -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HANRO COLLECTION: HANRO SAMPLE ROOM PHOTO
... is a display of knitwear in wood style cabinetry with a change room... cabinetry with a change room and Hanro underwear display ...See Item 11000.189Hanro Sample Room Photo: Tall Room with 3 banks of Studio type lighting. At the back is a glass door. The walls are painted wood panelling to the door line in front of that is the reception desk with a curved desk that has a vase of glowers. A filing cabinet is to the right with cupboards to the back. A black phone sits on the desk. To the right of the room is a display of knitwear in wood style cabinetry with a change room and Hanro underwear display. To the left you can see part of the rack display. At the bottom of the photo at either side is some sticky tape Box 116Aphotograph, building, hanro, hanro -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CENTRAL DEBORAH MINE
... additonal information re, Room 2 (change room) and Model room. H&I... information re, Room 2 (change room) and Model room. H&I. Pamphlet ...5 pieces of information/advertising material for the Central Deborah Mine. A. Thankyou card presented to A. Richardson in appreciation of assistance with restoration of the mine. B&C. Diagram of the layout of the mine area, including highlights of underground tours, Key dates of the mine history and a map key to layout on the front of the pamphlet. D&E. Complimentary copy of a guide to the Central Deborah Gold Mine, showing the layout of the area and a description of each numbered site at the site. F&G. Advertising brochure, similar to the previous copy, D&E, with numbered locations at the site, and descriptions of each site. Includes additonal information re, Room 2 (change room) and Model room. H&I. Pamphlet of the mine area, showing chronological history, and short description of theach numbered site.gold mining, miners' safety cage, central deborah mine. -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Award - Shield, Soccer Football Shield For Annual Competition by Crews of Merchant Ships, c. 1936
... a temporary pitch and a change room facility near Port Melbourne... a temporary pitch and a change room facility near Port Melbourne ...Football matches were a popular onshore activity and Annual reports note Reverend Weller in the 1920s managed to establish a temporary pitch and a change room facility near Port Melbourne. The donor, Wally Nancarrow, was a tailor in the Queen Victoria Building in Sydney (from Nov. 1927- Aug. 1935 on Trove) so the relation with the Melbourne Mission is unclear. The shield can be seen hanging above the canteen on item 1713 (dated c. 1950) and in the Celia Little Room. The Annual Report 1936 mentions a shield (p11) seen on page 15: "Football: The competition has been extended this year, and in the future is to include all matches played in Australian ports. The Victorian Missions to Seamen Shield is the present trophy, and the Assistant-Chaplain has been appointed Organiser and Honorary Secretary." The shield may have been done after the one mentioned in the annual report and we can only speculate nothing was ever engraved because of WW2.The collection holds many historic and later contemporary colour photos of crew football teams posed onshore and on decks. Sports and games were an essential part of the welfare services offered by the Mission when seamen had long shore leave.Wooden shield featuring two circular disk silver plaques one on each side at the top. One with the engraving of a ship and the other with the engraving of a footballer. At the top in the centre is an anchor in relief gilded with a rope attached, falling across the front of it and coiling at the bottom of the anchor. Two flags crossing over in the middle of the shield; one the Australian Navy flag and the other the Mission to Seamen flag. Laying over the top of the poles of the flags is a brass banner with the competition description engraved on it. At the bottom is a brass scroll with an inscription about who presented it and where. The shield has 12 smaller, blank silver shields along the sides. The shield is kept inside a wooden display cabinet with a glass front and navy material back ground.engraved on brass banner: For annual competition by crew of merchant ships presented by Wally Nancarrow, Sydneyshield, soccer, football, anchor, brass, silver, wally nancarrow, mission to seafarers victoria, walter james nancarrow (1885 - 1961) -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: INVENTORY OF PLANT BOOK
... headed 'Changing Room' lists various items. 'Beer Cooler & Store... various related items. A page headed 'Changing Room' lists various ...Red cover note book dated 30/4/(19)15 with pencilled handwritten heading, Inventory of Plant , Brewery, W & S, [Wine & Spirits] Cordials, Malt House . Inside page is headed 'Top Room' and lists in handwriting numerous items which equipped a brewing operation. Three following pages are headed 'Wine & Spirit Store' and lists various related items. Two following pages are headed 'Brewery Cellar' and list various related items. A page and a half headed 'O W Ice Works' also lists various related items. A page headed 'Changing Room' lists various items. 'Beer Cooler & Store' page has a list of items as well as does five pages headed 'Factory'. Two pages headed 'Cooper Shed', single page headed 'Carpenter Shed', two pages 'Malt House' two pages 'New Chilling Plant, two pages 'Stable' single page 'Blacksmith', Fire Brigade Hose & Connection' ,and finally under 'Motor Cars' heading a Clement Bayard and a Talbot are named with a value respectively of 150 pounds and 500 pounds each.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Preston Workshops, "Around the Tracks", Oct. 1984
... Press" about changes to the Mess Room and car park at Preston... changes to the Mess Room and car park at Preston Workshop. "Around ...654.1 - 14 pages (7 A4 sheets, photocopied onto pink paper), titled "Around the Tracks", Preston Workshops news and reports, including Norm Cross notes on the film Malcolm, Bob Spark's Poetry, workshops consultative committee report and other workshop notes. 654.2 - single sheet pink A4 paper, photocopied, title "Stop Press" about changes to the Mess Room and car park at Preston Workshop.trams, tramways, preston workshops, malcolm, staff -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Booklet - Amenities Block, J Kitchen & Sons, Unilever Australia Pty Ltd, 1957
... Department ; Social Club library ; Conference room ; Vehicles... Department ; Social Club library ; Conference room ; Vehicles ...Nineteen page booklet with pale blue card cover (with drawing of Amenities Block) and brighter blue binding. The introduction states that the building is about to be completed and it is for all employees use. Written in 1957 it includes section headings - Progress of amenities, Port Melbourne; Design of the building ; Dining and canteen facilities ; Locker and toilet facilities ; Medical centre ; Entrance and time clocks ; Personnel Department ; Social Club library ; Conference room ; Vehicles; Changes in the use ofbuildings ; Use of the building; and drawing of the layout of each floor.industry - manufacturing, business and traders - soaps/candles, built environment - industrial, workers, unilever australia (holdings) ltd, j kitchen & sons pty ltd -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Ships' Telegraph section, Milne Brothers, Copper and Brass Works, Early-to mid-20th century
This Engine Room section of a ship's telegraph system was part of the equipment of the Ports and Harbour ship the SS Rip. The vessel serviced and maintained the lights and buoys at Port Phillip Bay and Queenscliffe. The SS Rip was possibly the former gunboat "Albert". The ship’s communication system that was used from the late 19th century to early-to-mid-20th-century is called an Engine Order Telegraph (E.O.T.) or ship’s telegraph. The system has two parts, the Bridge Section and the Engine Room Section. The Bridge Section is usually mounted on top of a pedestal, and the Engine Room Section is often attached to a vertical surface. The standard commands printed or stamped onto the dial are the directions of AHEAD and ASTERN, and the speeds of STOP, FULL, EASY, STD. BY. and FIN. ENG. The ship’s pilot on the Bridge of a vessel sends his Orders for speed and direction to the to the Engine Room with the E.O.T. He moves the lever or levers, depending on the number of engines the ship has, to change the indicator on the Bridge Section’s dial to point in the new direction and speed of travel. This change causes the Orders to be duplicated on the Engine Room Section’s dial and a bell to signal the change simultaneously. The engineer then adjusts the ship’s engines and steering equipment to follow the pilot’s Order. The manufacturer, Mulne Bros., was a copper and brass works at 166 Sussex Street Sydney, in December 1892, and previously from 1870 at 128 to 130 Sussex Street. The company made and sold a wide range of equipment including machinery and gauges for the Railways.The Engine Room section is significant for being part of the communications system on the ship SS Rip, owned by Melbourne's Ports & Harbours department and used to service and maintain the navigation signals of Port Phillip Bay and at Queenscliffe in the mid-20th century. The dial is an example of marine equipment made in Australia and used for the safety of Victorian vessels. It is also significant for being made by an early Australian manufacturer, Milne Brothers of Sydney.Engine Room Section of a ship’s telegraph or Engine Order Telegraph (E.O.T.). The round metal dial has inscriptions stamped around the edges. The inscriptions are nautical terms for direction and speed and include the maker’s details. The dial was made by Milne Bros. of Sydney. It was part of the equipment on the "SS Rip" in Victoria.Black paint around dial: "MILNE BROS. / MAKERS / SYDNEY" "FULL EASY STD. BY " "FIN ENG. EASY FULL" ""ASTERN" "STOP" "AHEAD"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, marine technology, marine communications, engine order telegraph, e.o.t., ship’s telegraph, bridge section, engine room section, ship’s engine telegraph section, marine telegraph, milne bros., milne brothers, sydney, copper and brass works, ports & harbours ship, ss rip, gunboat albert, service ship, maintenance ship -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Plate, Ritz Warrnambool - fragment, Early 20th century
The Ritz was situated near the corner of Lava and Liebig St. The site was originally a hotel which traded under various names, including The Prince of Wales Dining Room, The Stork The Red Lion and later the Princess Royal after a fire in 1880 and it was delicensed in 1900. it later became the Mia mia cafe before a change to the Ritz. A fragment from Warrnambool's past.Fragment of white plate with black and white check edge and logo of Ritz with Warrnambool in banner below it.Ritz Warrnambool.warrnambool, ritz cafe warrnambool -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Photograph - Building of Myrtleford Ski Club
Myrtleford Ski Club is a non-commercial, family friendly club. It was one of the earliest lodges to be built at Falls Creek and was one of the earliest ski clubs formed and celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2013. In 1949, Myrtleford Ski Club obtained permission for occupancy and began planning the MSC Lodge. There were only three other huts on the mountain, Bogong Ski Club in an old Army hut, Skyline as the Ski Club of Victoria lodge and the Albury Ski Club lodge. The lodge was built mostly from donated materials. The basement was dug out and lined with stone from the Ruined Castle area, timber was cut (using cross-saws) from the Walpole properties and was milled then carted up to Falls Creek on either the Walpole or Calvert trucks. The iron on the roof was originally a tobacco kiln on Billy McNamara's property. The lodge has undergone many improvements over the years including a second storey added in the 1950’s, updating of accommodation, shower and toilet facilities to meet the changing needs of members. The lodge now caters for 38 people in a variety of shared rooms from two to eight beds per room. Toilet and shower facilities are also shared. The club has a Lodge Managers for the winter season. Myrtleford Ski Lodge was one of the earliest ski lodges built in the Falls Creek area in 1938. It is an excellent example of early sporting and community activities in the Upper Kiewa Valley area. Photograph shows family members, including women, involved in the construction.Sepia photograph of the building of the Myrtleford Ski Club about 1948Handwritten on the back of photograph in black pen - Building Myrtleford Ski Club (about 1948) Stamped on back of photograph - 6 2511myrtleford ski club, skiing, snow sports, victorian alps, falls creek -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Painting, The David Harbison Rest Home, 10 & 12 Arthur Street, Eltham
Notes by Jock Read who donated painting to the Society: “Site of present-day Eltham Mall The property was owned by a Mr David Harbison who was connected to one of the Melbourne daily newspapers who donated the property to the City Newsboys Society to be used as they required. The property consisted of two building blocks with one four roomed house known as the Cottage. The Secretary of the City Newsboys Society decided to use the property as a Rest Home for mothers of newsboys who needed a rest and could not afford a holiday. Miss Onians added another four roomed dwelling to the home which was known as the Bungalow. Another three roomed residence was erected at the rear of the cottage for the use of the Caretaker. The rear of the property was used as a camp area for the use of Troop of Boy Scouts known as the 13th Melbourne Troop which met at the Newsboys Society Hall in Little Collins Street. Later the name of the troop was changed to City Newsboys Troop who held their Christmas camps at Eltham and Hurstbridge alternating years. In 1930 the caretaker (Mr. Francis) became ill and resigned that position. I had been a member of the scout troop and offered the position as Honorary Caretaker which I held for eight years. The Homes were used regularly as such until the death of Miss Onians. It was sold later and used as private homes until the Eltham Mall was built.” Further research has determined that apparently, Harbison left £1,000 in his will for the City Newsboys Society and the Secretary, Miss Edith Onians built the rest home from these funds. It was opened on November 12, 1919. David Harbison Rest Home, Jock Read, City Newsboys Society, 13th Melbourne Troop, Boy Scouts, City Newsboys Troop, Miss Onions, Mr Francis, Arthur Street, Eltham, Eltham Mall, David HarbisonN.D. 16 x 36 cm Oil on Masonite board UnsignedInscribed on back "The David Harbison Rest Home 10 & 12 Arthur St. Eltham" -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Document - Photocopy, Diamond Valley News, Newspaper article: Fred looks back by Linley Hartley, Diamond Valley News, c.1985
Fred looks back; Report: Linley Hartley, Picture: Ron Grant Teaching himself German again after 70 years is just one of the many tasks Fred Golgerth, of Greensborough, has undertaken and succeeded in during his lifetime. As the two year old tenth child of a German descendent, Fred learnt to speak German from an Aunt. But World War 1 was raging. Fred’s older brother had gone to Europe with the Australian forces, changing his name … to ….. to sound less German. “I used to get my bottom slapped for speaking German at home,” Fred said. Even his name was changed from Otto to the more anglicised Frederick. Fred claims his involvement with Eltham started two years before he was born! His sister, two years older than him, was a babe in arms when his parents bought a piece of grazing property in Mount Pleasant Rd. “It was about 24 acres on a spur of Mt Pleasant,” Fred said. “My parents bought it from Mr and Mrs Hughes. There was a two-room mud hut in wattle and daub that we lived in from time to time. “My parents had a dairy farm and dairy in West Coburg, and they bought the Mt Pleasant land to put the dry stock on. “At one stage my mother got very ill and my older sister took my younger sister and myself to Eltham for four or five months. I went down to Eltham Primary School then.” That wasn’t the only time Fred stayed in Eltham. His sister, Wilhemina, known as Willa, married Jim Watson who had the Eltham hotel for some years from the end of World War 1. Pillar to post living was the way Fred described his youth, when he stayed with one married sister after another. “After a while Will and Jim lived in the big house at the top of Pitt St, next to the Council depot, and the hotel was managed by Fitzsimmons who had a big place near the river down there on Fitzsimons Lane. There was no bridge in Fitzsimons Lane but we used to cross the river at a ford, rolling up our trouser legs so they wouldn’t get wet, and carrying our shoes. I’d o down to visit some friends I had in Templestowe. And sometimes Jim Watson took his horse drawn lorry across the ford on his way to the brewery, instead of going don through Heidelberg.” “The bridge across the Yarra in Fitzsimons was not built until 1961.” Fred Golgerth, was only a teenager when he was rolled off his pushbike under a car on the bend between Mt Pleasant Rd and the Diamond Creek bridge. He was hospitalised in the little hospital on the east side of Eltham village that served the district in those days. He still carries the scars of the burns he received from the exhaust pipe and recent x-rays have revealed several broken vertebrae. At the time of the accident he was treated for a dislocated neck and was in plaster from his hip to the base of his head for about seven months. But nothing daunted Fred. Bouncing back he began work as an apprentice to a motor mechanic in Bell St, Preston, a man who is still living (at 90) in Queensland and who still communicates with Fred frequently. “He was like a father to me,” Fred declared. He was a marine engineer as well, so I …. that as well as blacksmithing. They taught us properly then.” After finishing his apprenticeship, Fred bought himself a 30 hundredweight Fargo truck and began his own contract carting business, doing most of the work for a firm called Carnegie’s and a subsidiary of that, Howard Radio. It was in the office Fred met his wife. “He taught me to drive the truck giving me lessons in my lunch hours up the Bourke St and Flinders St extension,” she said. “After work I’d have a driving lesson and all the girls from the Howard Radio would pile in the back to get a lift to Richmond Station.” In the 1939 bushfires, the Mt Pleasant Rd property was burnt out and the hut raised. Two years later, Fred and Dorothy were married. Fred paid £7.15.0 ($15.50) for the suit in which he was married. Dorothy had pulled out of the Women’s Air Training Corps to be married. Others with whom she trained went to Darwin and were in a convoy that was bombed. Fred went into the garage business in Brighton and continued his cartage business for a while. His company was employed to do all Brown Gouge’s motor repairs and factory maintenance. Because Fred had a certificate to do steam repair work he often got jobs maintaining industrial boilers. While he was in Brighton, Fred bought an eight-seater 1925 Silver Ghost Rolls Royce from Sir Keith Murdoch. When the couple moved to Rosanna in about 1943, it became a delivery van for the dairy they operated. “I thought I’d like to get back into a dairy business” Fred said. “We used to deliver the milk in the Rolls. “But it was hard work. We couldn’t get the labour and we’d drive to the farm and pick up the milk cans, take them back to the dairy, cool the milk, bottle it and deliver it. The inspectors would come regularly and the walls for bacteria.” Fred was exhausted. The couple gave up the dairy and moved to Eltham to live on the old property where a weatherboard house had now been built. It wasn’t a big house and the glassed in Rolls Royce limousine became the daytime nursery for the Golgerth’s second daughter. We’d put her in there to sleep during the day.” “Dorothy Golgerth was known to drive the Rolls at breakneck speed along Mt Pleasant Rd. Fred took some time off work then began driving a little local bus run by the Lyon Brothers before taking a maintenance job at the Athenaeum Club in the city. He’d ride an old Harley-Davidson to the station and travel into the city by train. Later, when the family moved to Pryor St. (their house stood where McEwans car park is now) Fred could walk to and from the station. “There was no resident doctor in the early days of Eltham,” Fred said. “Dr Cordner used to come from Greensborough to a room in the old house next to the old grocery shop on the corner of York St and Main Rd, Eltham (the grocery shop is now the Eltham Feed and Grain Store). The Golgerths lived in Eltham until “Dollar Day” – the day decimal currency became official. They eventually moved to Greensborough, when they have lived since. Fred has had his share of interesting jobs since then, retiring at 65 seven years ago when he was working in the engineering department at Larundel. Recently, two of his older sisters and a brother died, within a month. They were all in their 80s. They all had a profound influence on Fred, especially during his youth. His sharp wit and amusing anecdotes are the richer for his having been the youngest of a family that made the best of every circumstance. And now, as he enjoys his retirement, he is concentrating on relearning the language of his infancy; teaching himself German from tapes and a ‘teach yourself’ manual. He is fiercely proud of his German ancestry and treasures the diary, written in German in Gothic script, kept by his grandparents during their journey to Australia. On the inside in blue pen: "To Sadie, Wal Margaret & Elizabeth with lots & lots of love & best wishes from Mother"marg ball collection, eltham hotel, herbert james watson, otto (fred) golgerth, wilhemina watson (nee golgerth) -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Film - Video (Digital), Geoff Paine, Skipper Cottage: Stories of the Nillumbik Shire with Geoff Paine, June 2020
One of a series of videos "Stories from the Nillumbik Shire with Geoff Paine" A brief overview of the Skipper Cottage or Whitecloud and the Bootmakers cottage (mid 1850s) with Sue Thomas, partner of Adam Skipper who have lived there for about 40 years. Includes a view inside the Bootmaker's cottage. Discusses the flood plain and how the house was moved to its present site on high ground due to flooding. The high ground came about due to dumping of rubble from the quarry where the school car park is which was used to source stone to build the schoolhouse across the road. It was moved on horse and wagon approximately 200 metres. The cottage was previously a Cobb and Co stopping station for mail. When Montsalvat was being built in the 1940s, Lena Skipper who was originally from Sydney invested her money into buying Whitecloud rather than putting money into Montsalvat like many others. Upon her death, Matcham Skipper inherited the house. Seaweed was used as insulation in the ceiling and after Matcham owned it a spark from the fireplace set the seaweed on fire and gutted the front of the house which is now all one big room. Also illustrates some of the changes to the house over the years and its construction. The Elm forest has grown naturally from suckers spread from one tree.MP4 Digital file 00:05:50; 674MBvideo recording, bootmakers cottage, lena skipper, lena thomas, matcham skipper, school residence, skipper house, whitecloud cottage -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document - Document - Letter, Ballarat Junior Technical School: Letter to the Education Department re Suggested alterations to School Entrance, 1952
Letter to the Education Department thanking them for additional desks and lockers. Wishes to put forward for consideration a proposal to improve the entrance to the building. Present entrance inadequate and opens on to a cloak room and wash basins. Parents are expected to wait in the area. Plan show suggested changes and carried out at small cost and greatly enhance the appearance and prestige of the school.2 Cream pages, typed ballarat junior technical school, head master, l garner, education department, acknowledge receiving new desks and lockers, changes to entrance needed, wash basins, lockers coat pegs, accommodation for parents inadequate, plans, enhance building -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Publication, Major Edwin L. Kennedy Jr, The Australian Light Horse: A Study of the Evolution of Tactical and Operational Maneuver
This study analyses the actions of the Australian Light Horse in the Middle East campaign during World War 1. It shows the basis for their approach to war and how these techniques were successful by adapting to the circumstances of the situation. The Australian Light Horse demonstrated the traits of initiative and flexibility during the campaign in Egypt and Palestine by changing their modus operandii from mounted infantry to cavalry. a seemingly minor shift semantically, a major shift doctrinally. Their adaptability to the situations in the desert was largely responsible for their tactical successes and played a major part in the success of the operational manoeuver of the mounted forces under General Allenby during the last year of the war.Photocopy , filed in 4 ring A4 loose leaf binder, 181 pages