Soft covered book with a photographuc image of the building known as Caragulac on the cover. Contents include the Gulidjan, Robertson family, Cargulac house, Cororooke, Andrew Spence Chirnside, William Prenzel, polo, Colac Caledonian Society, Colac Mounted Cadets, Thomas Baker, Leonard Samuel Ralton, Len Talton, Matthews family, Monash Cottage, Disappearing lakes.gulidjan, robertson family, cargulac house, cororooke, andrew spence chirnside, william prenzel, polo, colac caledonian society, colac mounted cadets, thomas baker, leonard samuel ralton, len talton, matthews family, monash cottage, disappearing lakes., tuff quarries, red rock, hugh murray, murdering gully massacre, william robertson, margaret robertson, william buckley, the hill estate, colac estate, colac polo club, guyon purchas, caragulac land sale, garry gibson, sharyn gibson

Tait collection: item 17 of 62 These are the Letters of Administration for Thomas Coffey who died intestate in February 1898. He was formerly a settler from Corowa, New South Wales and latterly from Warrnambool and Colac. His real estate valued at £20 and his personal estate valued at £746 was granted to his widow, Margaret Coffey of Kirkstall. Thomas Coffey died in Colac at the age of 64 but no other information on him has been found.This document is of minor interest, being the Letters of Administration following the death of Thomas Coffey. He may have lived in Warrnambool for some time in the latter part of the 19th century. The document has been in the possession of Ernest Chambers, a lawyer with offices in Warrnambool, Port Fairy and Koroit at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The document has then been stored in the Kepler Street offices of successive law firms until it was located in the premises previously occupied by the firm of Mackay Taylor.This 1898-1899 document consists of three pages of parchment paper tied together with thin green cord and cropped at the top and bottom left hand corners of the document. There are two seals attached, one with red sealing wax from the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the other attached with green ribbon from the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria. The document material is handwritten in black ink. There are six stamps – three from New South Wales, one from Geelong and two are indecipherable. The document also has a blue stamp duty label attached (New South Wales, one per cent stamp duty). The document is in fair condition with one page with the writing fading and difficult to read. letters of administration, thomas coffey, tait collection

The State Savings Bank of Victoria passbook number 67563 running from October 1959 until mid 1982 has several features. (1) The cover is held in place by string. (2) The cover has the name of Colac printed on it. (3) Inside the front cover the SSB conditions relating to Depositors, and the Rules and Regulations of the SSB. (4) Inside the back cover the SSB branches and agencies are printed.. (5) On the inside back cover the withdrawl by depositors from branches other than their own. (6) Inside, the February 14 1966 decimal currency conversion.Beech Forest Progress Association passbook 67563, 29 October 1959 to 1 June 1981. The State Savings Bank of Victoria, Colac Branch. (1) Original passbook number crossed out and the number 67563 inserted. (2) re Estate of S.R. Cameron dec'd, from Clarke & Barwood. Memorandum included.beech forest progress association; passbook; state savings bank; dc conversion; state bank of victoria;

Historic documentsA4 x3 printed sheets:- - Covering letter from the Soldier Settlement Commission dated 19/10/1955 - Map of Minjah Estate - Map showing the subdivision of Minjah Estate1 x typed letter 2 x copies of mapssoldier settlement allocations