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Kew Historical Society IncPhotograph - 'Clutha', Studley Park Road, 1860-1890
Clutha was the home of John Carson, the second mayor of Kew. Leonard Terry designed the house for him in 1856. Terry was the architect of the Melbourne Club (1858), the former London Chartered Bank (1861), Lothian Terrace in Carlton (1865), and the ES&A Bank in Hawthorn (1873). The commission for Clutha was won three years after Terry’s arrival in Victoria.An extremely rare photograph of a major residential architectural commission of Leonard Terry. The photograph of the house has statewide significance as the home of the Victorian pioneer and businessman, John Carson. A rare, nineteenth century photograph of ‘Clutha’ in Studley Park Road, Kew. The sepia-toned photograph is of the front of the house, with its bluestone foundations and its second storey balcony. A real estate advertisement in 1875 described the house as: 'First-class family mansion, and about 8½ acres of pleasure grounds and fruit garden. The house, erected under the plans and supervision of Mr. Leonard Terry, is most substantially built of brick, stuccoed, on solid bluestone pediment, forming a noble basement story, large entrance hall, and lobby, with conservatory on the left. *** A wide verandah and balcony, erected on cast-iron columns, runs round the house, the views from which are perhaps unequalled in extent and beauty in the neighbourhood of the city, commanding the bay, shipping, Mount Macedon, and Dandenong Ranges. Th e whole forming a most complete gentleman's residence, no expense having been spared in its erection and comfortable finish.'"Clutha West Side Studley Park Road Kew / Clutha West Side"clutha, john carson, leonard terry -
Kew Historical Society IncPlan - Subdivision Plan, J R Mathers & McMillan, Clutha Subdivision, 1940
Pru Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation Study : Volume 2 - Development History’ (1988), summarised the periods of urban development and subdivisions of land in Kew. The periods that she identified included 1845-1880, 1880-1893, 1893-1921, 1921-1933, 1933-1943, and Post-War Development. These periods were selected as they represented periods of rapid growth or decline in urban development. An obvious starting point for Sanderson’s groupings involved population growth and the associated economic cycles. These cycles also highlighted urban expansion onto land that was predominantly rural, although in other cases it represented the decline and breakup of large estates. A number of the plans in the Kew Historical Society’s collection can also be found in other collections, such as those of the State Library of Victoria and the Boroondara Library Service. A number are however unique to the collection.The Kew Historical Society collection includes almost 100 subdivision plans pertaining to suburbs of the City of Melbourne. Most of these are of Kew, Kew East or Studley Park, although a smaller number are plans of Camberwell, Deepdene, Balwyn and Hawthorn. It is believed that the majority of the plans were gifted to the Society by persons connected with the real estate firm - J. R. Mathers and McMillan, 136 Cotham Road, Kew. The Plans in the collection are rarely in pristine form, being working plans on which the agent would write notes and record lots sold and the prices of these. The subdivision plans are historically significant examples of the growth of urban Melbourne from the beginning of the 20th Century up until the 1980s. A number of the plans are double-sided and often include a photograph on the reverse. A number of the latter are by noted photographers such as J.E. Barnes.The subdivision plan for the Clutha Subdivision is one of the largest in the Society’s collection. The plan includes a map of the proposed allotments, photographic views to the north and south, and information about the kinds of buildings that could be constructed on the allotments. The subdivision was bounded by Studley Park Road, and Carson, Stevenson and Edgecombe Streets. Two new streets, Mackie Court and Younger Street were created as part of the subdivision. The subdivision took its name from ‘Clutha’, the home of John Carson, who was to become Mayor of Kew in 1863. A Report to the City of Boroondara outlined how: ‘The Clutha estate was progressively developed from 1940, with new houses under construction on the Studley Park Road, Carson and Edgecombe Street frontages by 1941. By 1943, directory listings were available for all addresses with the exception of Mackie Court. Building ceased after the government’s prohibition on civilian building was enforced from 1942, with little change in listings until the 1950s when the remainder of the subdivision was developed’."H"subdivisions - kew - studley park, clutha subdivision, studley park road -
Kew Historical Society IncPlan - Subdivision Plan, Thornton Estate, 1918
The ‘Thornton Estate’ was the final subdivision of ‘Thornton’ in Studley Park Road. Thomas Cubitt Balmain originally owned Thornton, next to John Carson’s ‘Clutha’. Before its final subdivision, the Thomson family owned it. The Estate was a subdivision of 15 residential allotments running between Studley Park Road and Stevenson Street. The allotments faced these streets as well as Thornton Street, which the vendor undertook to make. Contemporary newspaper advertisements advised that ‘The estate possesses many advantages, notably its private and secluded, though convenient, position, splendid frontages and depths, and being close to the electric tram and Kew train, also within easy walking distance of the Victoria-street cable tram’. The terms offered purchasers were ten per cent deposit, with the balance to be paid in ten equal half-yearly payments at a rate of 5 per cent.The ‘Thornton Estate’ was the final subdivision of ‘Thornton’ in Studley Park Road. Thomas Cubitt Balmain originally owned Thornton, next to John Carson’s ‘Clutha’. Before its final subdivision, the Thomson family owned it. The Estate was a subdivision of 15 residential allotments running between Studley Park Road and Stevenson Street. The allotments faced these streets as well as Thornton Street, which the vendor undertook to make. Contemporary newspaper advertisements advised that ‘The estate possesses many advantages, notably its private and secluded, though convenient, position, splendid frontages and depths, and being close to the electric tram and Kew train, also within easy walking distance of the Victoria-street cable tram’. The terms offered purchasers were ten per cent deposit, with the balance to be paid in ten equal half-yearly payments at a rate of 5 per cent.subdivision plans - kew, thornton estate, studley park road -- kew (vic.), thornton avenue -- kew (vic.), stevenson street -- kew (vic.) -
Melton City LibrariesPhotograph, Schutt and Barrie Flour Mills, 1969
Arthur Henry Schutt. Born 18th July 1912 at Spotswood He was the third child of John Ralph and Mary Jane Schutt. His grandfather was the first librarian of the Victorian Law Courts and his uncle, William Schutt, was a lawyer who later became the Chief Justice Sir William Schutt. His mother was born a Clutha House, stony Creek Yarraville, a was one of ten children. John Schutt opened a chaff mill at the corner of Williamstown and Geelong Roads at West Footscray. The mill was placed on in an old quarry below the ground which saved much of the backbreaking labour of heaving sheaves of hay up into the machinery, the below ground location enable the hay to be fed directly into the railway trucks into the cutters. An elevator then carried the chaff up from the ground directly into the waiting transport, at a great saving in manpower. The chaff mill became on of the largest in Victoria employing more than forty men, and later moved into flour milling.Schutt and Barrie Flour Mills, Melton South site. Opposite this Mill was a Public Weighbridge. A rail siding crossed Brooklyn road to serve chaff mill. The rail line crossed west of the Methodist Churchlocal identities, agriculture -
Kew Historical Society IncPlan - Subdivision Plan, Thornton Estate, 1918
The ‘Thornton Estate’ was the final subdivision of ‘Thornton’ in Studley Park Road. Thomas Cubitt Balmain originally owned Thornton, next to John Carson’s ‘Clutha’. Before its final subdivision, the Thomson family owned it. The Estate was a subdivision of 15 residential allotments running between Studley Park Road and Stevenson Street. The allotments faced these streets as well as Thornton Street, which the vendor undertook to make. Contemporary newspaper advertisements advised that ‘The estate possesses many advantages, notably its private and secluded, though convenient, position, splendid frontages and depths, and being close to the electric tram and Kew train, also within easy walking distance of the Victoria-street cable tram’. The terms offered purchasers were ten per cent deposit, with the balance to be paid in ten equal half-yearly payments at a rate of 5 per cent.subdivsion plans - kew, studley park, thornton estate -
Kew Historical Society IncJournal (series), Kew Historical Society, Newsletter No.116, September 2016
Kew Historical Society IncCommunication - Events - Research - CollectionsOriginal orderNo. 116 SEPTEMBER 2016: Back to Kew 1875 / Judith Scurfield p1. Heritage issues / Brad Miles p3. What's On - September to December / Brad Miles p3. New Strategic Plan / Brad Miles p4. Not a Ragbag Wagga: the Kew patchwork quilt / Suzanne McWha p5. The Great War in Kew: 1916 those who went / Andrew Frost p7. The Kew Festival Gazette 5 October 1895 / Don Garden p7. The Skilled Artisan: Bertie Robert Edgar Greenwood / Robert Baker, John Torpey, Judith Vimpani p9. Jill O'Brien / Robert Baker p9. More examples of Lost Kew - Clutha / Robert Baker; Fernhurst / Kerry Fairbank; Blackhall / Felicity Renowden; Kew Railway Station / Robert Baker p10. AGM Form of appointment of proxy p11. AGM Nomination form p11.khs newsletters, historical society newsletters, history -- kew (vic.), j dannock, dorothy rogers, back to kew 1875, derrick, king, henty, o’shaughnessy, stawell, loxton, bennett, rimington, pat mornane’s paddock, xavier college, horatio wills, willsmere farm, thomas wills, forres, arthur purnell, strategic plan, patchwork quilts, silk hexagon quilt, wimba, john sharpe denbigh, jane denbigh, mary denbigh (nee perry), boroondara general (kew) cemetery, 18 gordon avenue, elizabeth gertrude denbigh, annette gero, helen muriel johnston, ww1 -- kew (vic.), first world war -- kew (vic.), wars -- recruitment, pte. charles field richardson, the kew festival gazette, kew catholic church building fund, bertie robert edgar greenwood, george william greenwood, annie payne, john torpey, moseley & son, molding planes, mcpherson’s woodworkers’ tools 1909, vale -- jill o'brien, mayors of kew, villa alba museum, clutha, blackhall, 26 sackville street -- kew (vic.), 55 studley park road -- kew (vic.), john carson, catherine booth girls’ home, preshil, the margaret lyttle memorial school, fernhurst, george wharton, boroondara district road board, st paul’s college, villa maria society, kew railway station, form of appointment of proxy, agm -- nomination form, bertie greenwoodkhs newsletters, historical society newsletters, history -- kew (vic.), j dannock, dorothy rogers, back to kew 1875, derrick, king, henty, o’shaughnessy, stawell, loxton, bennett, rimington, pat mornane’s paddock, xavier college, horatio wills, willsmere farm, thomas wills, forres, arthur purnell, strategic plan, patchwork quilts, silk hexagon quilt, wimba, john sharpe denbigh, jane denbigh, mary denbigh (nee perry), boroondara general (kew) cemetery, 18 gordon avenue, elizabeth gertrude denbigh, annette gero, helen muriel johnston, ww1 -- kew (vic.), first world war -- kew (vic.), wars -- recruitment, pte. charles field richardson, the kew festival gazette, kew catholic church building fund, bertie robert edgar greenwood, george william greenwood, annie payne, john torpey, moseley & son, molding planes, mcpherson’s woodworkers’ tools 1909, vale -- jill o'brien, mayors of kew, villa alba museum, clutha, blackhall, 26 sackville street -- kew (vic.), 55 studley park road -- kew (vic.), john carson, catherine booth girls’ home, preshil, the margaret lyttle memorial school, fernhurst, george wharton, boroondara district road board, st paul’s college, villa maria society, kew railway station, form of appointment of proxy, agm -- nomination form, bertie greenwood -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Journal (series), Kew Historical Society, Newsletter No.114, March 2016
Kew Historical Society IncCommunication - Events - Research - CollectionsOriginal orderNo 114 MARCH 2016. Public and Private Gardens / Robert Baker p1. What's On March to June 2016: Exhibitions, Future Events p3. Kew Festival 2016 p4. Cobblers of Kew / Robert Baker p4. Kew Goes to War: Part 1 Kew men enlist, or not / Andrew Frost p5. Questions & Answers p7. The Remarkable A.W. Dakin / Robert Baker p8. Baldur [Grammar School] and the Art of 'Female Muscle Culture' / Suzanne McWha p9. More Examples of Lost Kew: Elm Lodge, Kew Lunatic Asylum, Range View, Reno p11. Membership & Donations p12. khs newsletters, historical society newsletters, history -- kew (vic.), gardens -- kew (vic.), john carson, clutha - studley park road, horticulture society of victoria, john pascoe fawkner, w.r. rucker, george pockett, alexandra gardens -- kew (vic.), sir reginald talbot, kew horticultural society, kew recreation hall, w.h. richardson, villa alba - walmer street, james broadbent, kew garden club, exhibition -- victorian fashion, cobblers of kew, john witchell, bootmakers -- kew (vic.), national bank of australasia, les witchell, ww1 -- kew (vic.), ww1 -- recruitment, ww1 -- demographics -- kew (vic.), kew town council, f.r.ratten, kew central patriotic league, major general j.w. mccay, sir robert best, hon. g. swinburne, cr j.h. hewison, kew brass band, ww1 -- conscription referendum, j.e. bailey, sir frank madden, working men’s college, fairyland, dutch migrant hostel, fr. maas, malinda -- cotham road, bella vista -- cotham road, kew baseball club, christopher robinson, frank littlefield, north kew football club, kew football club, willsmere park, h.l. barclay, a. brierley, h. ely, j. marshall, stradbroke park, kew high school, arthur william dakin, francis f. dakin, lucy dakin, biggin -- fellows street, biggin -- princes street, 33 princess street -- kew (vic.), victorian racing club, australian stud book, ww1, kew war memorial, holy trinity church, trinity grammar, francis edward dakin, ross sea relief expedition, ship -- aurora, sir ernest shackleton, aurora” antarctic re- lief expedition of 1916- 1917, captain john king davis, captain aeneas macintosh, sir david hennessy, c p. de la motte, dr. f.o. middleton, islands to ice, andrea magritte tuxen, baldur girls grammar school, ailsie villa -- carson street, 15 wellington street -- kew (vic.), 17-19 denmark street -- kew (vic.), emily muriel grace davies, grace-park ladies college, emily davies, victorian institute for the advancement of plain needlework, association for the advancement of plain needlework, miss e. webster, australian exhibition of women’s work, mary slight mills, villa baldur, francis ferdinand dakin, lucy dakin (nee chapman), margaret lucy dakin, dorothy dakin, elm lodge -- wellington street, arthur septimus king, madford, st anthony’s home for babies, range view - 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