This diary was written by Cpl William Donald McDonald 3403 who served from July 1915 to November 1918. The diary covers the period August 5th 1916 to December 31st 1917.William McDonald was stationed in England mostly at the Salisbury Plain for the entire period. This item was mistakenly identified as as the J A G Brass diary, with 11Lieut J A G Brass being written inside the front cover of the diary. However J A G Brass was a distant cousin of W McDonald who still lived in Scotland and along with other names inside the front cover were contacts for the writer. Among the names are A W Hardy, J W Jolly, I J Windsor, Pte H A Jessop. The book itself is a modified British Service notebook, having been cut down by the author to make it a more manageable size. William McDonald was 35 years of age when he enlisted and was a tailor before enlistingThis diary has historic significance as it records daily life during the first world war. It relates daily life in the army ranks. It also has strong links to local families.Modified Service notebook of the type issued for use in the British Army of World War 1. It would have originally measured 5” x 7”, but has been cut down by nearly removing the fly end of the pages to reduce them about 3.5”. The author, who was a painstakingly neat and fastidious man, has also re-rounded the corners, to prevent them ‘dog-earing’. The aim of the modifications is likely to have been to make the item easy to slip in or out of a tunic pocket. Heavy light grey green card with rounded corners bound with two staples. 96 pages, each with 8 faint, light blue, vertical lines. Handwriting in ink and indelible pencil is across the lines.The front cover of the Notebook (now the back cover of the diary) is annotated as ‘Army Book 136A’, effaced with an imperial crown of the ‘St James’? Pattern with a title inscribed in an ellipse, which would once have read - SUPPLIED FOR THE USE OF OFFICERS AND NCOS.warrnambool, ww1 diary, mcdonald 3403, william donald mcdonald, william mcdonald, j a g brass, world war one

List of Full Course Students' 1947, Magazine Committee, Editorial, Editor's Notes, News and Notes, Our New Principal, Obituary, Farewell Dinner to Mr and Mrs A. F. Heseltine, S.M. B. Sports Committee. Principal's Page, The Literary Society, Science Section, A Trip to Whyalla, Art Section, Senior Sport, Commercial Notes, Dressmaking and Girls' Preparatory Section, Junior Technical School Section .2) Yellow cover with blue, white and green lettering, soft covered magazine of 54 pages.ballarat school of mines, magazine, n. whitaker, e. stevens, d. spence, r. gladman, d. munroe, f. g. procter, p. wilson, dr. j. r. pound, j. swain, r. w. richards, h. j. edwards, r. p. flower, ken palmer, john leslie burt, r. s. ewins, w. r. burrow, david maxwell, c. a. hoadley, mr and mrs a. f. heseltine, james rogers, dorothy spence, tom hobill, a. e. lambert, w. b. hirt, p. maloney, j. blainey, n. hornbuckle, k. bremner, o. whitworth, r. pullen, r. eason, j. a. mckenzie, j. mckenzie, w. brown, d. harbour, k. whiter, m. sewell, r. kibby, b. sherritt, mr hillman, miss fogarty, mr richards, miss darby, d. brayshaw, d. judd, b. tippett, neville m. bunning, w. ross, r. u'ren, g. bligh, s. baird, j. parker, m. grace, j. mccoy, f. savage, j. veale, d. jelbart, b. hewitt, j. willis, a. temby, b. tantau, n. rees, j. rogers, h. fumberger, l. veale, m. heatherington, r. rosser, b. davis, b. murrel, c. edmonds, r. cairns, j. morrish, j. wilson, g. coward, j. scala, w. ludbrook, g. searle, j. dunstan, m. murray, b. u'ren, r. loft, m. kennedy, a. mccallum, c. mcdonald, t. sawyer, f. mcwilliam, r. spence, b. llewellyn, t. lannen, m. robot, n. pitcher, j. cartledge, m. court, p. hay, t. halstead, n. bawden, d. stevenson, e. lloyd, b. jones, m. pitcher, olive whitworth, rhonda cockburn, k. roberts, w. clarke, j. james, n. silvey, t. shaw, s. vinegrad, j. watts, a. young, k. ward, p. hewitt, g. murrowood, i. lepp, g. hindson, k. belsar, d. gilbert, d. tozer, t. hewitt, m. collinson, w. coad, f. tolliday, w. quayle, r. wilson, r. cochrane, r. norman, c. sanos, j. daly, j. blackburn, r. kennedy, william arthur prowse, l. george, c. beaston, r. ward, g. stimson, r. plover, w. congress, s. hoffman, m. rundell, j. skilbeck, f. atkinson, r. rickard, t. wren, d. mcdonald, j. bethune, r. lavery, g. allen, b. feaver, c. jones, w. coles, k. spalding, m. tweedale, m. horwood, r. eyres, m. bailey, m. coleman, i. hicks, f. atchison, i. mcconchie, o. v. o'neull, l. l. sedgwick, william prowse, bill prowse, neville bunning

Telescope stand, 4 legged adjustable stand with joining wooden bar. Adjustment made by loosening wing nuts. Has "W D McDonald" written faintly on cross bar.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

Pale green booklet with dark blue printing and dark blue ribbon on the left titled Installation of M. W. Bro. His Excellency Colonel The Right Honorable The Earl of Stradbroke K.C.M.G., C.B., G.V.O., C.B.E. as Grand Master of The United Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Victoria. Town Hall, Melbourne. 26th March, 1924. Title printed in dark blue with fancy gold border. Above the titled is a blue, white red and yellow emblem, divided into four, with five white stars between. In the top left is three lions, top right is the Southern Cross, below it is a rearing lion and the bottom left is a harp. Above the emblem is a symbol. Contents include Grand Officers 1924 - 25, Order of Procedure, Installation Ceremony, Board of General Purposes 1924 - 25 and the Board of Benebolence 1924 - 25. Printed by Osboldstone & Co. Pty. Ltd., Printers, Melbourne.Osboldstone & Co. Pty. Ltd,. Printers Melbourneclubs, social, installation and investiture of officers, masonic society events (various) - installation of m w bro his excellency colonel the right honorable the earl of stradbroke, frederick thomas hickford, william player bice, w kemp, w g pearse, canon f w wray, rev t b reed, d h mcdonald, w j byrne, k n trenery, j h terrill, w stewart, l evans, h g swindells, j g mcnicholl, e h collett, h d hirst, j n peters, f g h ritchie, a e ringwood, g a pethard, f j davies, a bennett, g c jury, j f sorensen, j a fraser, j a lording, a r hunt, j h pollard, j g gogoll, j t riley, m c nuttall, a j dean, c e murfett, r e lewis, a darroch, j a curtis, h abbott, j a mcmillan, l p lancashire, a l smith, a albert, j phillips, t brown, t hatton, l l williams, geo e emery

Eleven adolescent males, most wearing cricket attire. ballarat school of mines, cricket, sport, d. shore, a. sneddon, h. maddern, w. williams, v. hunt, r. warnock, b. leviston, e. mcdonald, d. flynn, a. collins, a. nye

Timber Honour Board on display at the Ballarat Base Hospital. nurses, world war one, ballarat base hospital, quarterman, m. anderson, j. borwick, g. bennett, l. cannon, t. dunn, r. douglas, e. davidson, d. furness, l. howarth, r. just, a. brown, s. bell, m. bolton, m. butler, a. brawn, e. keane, g. larkan, r. medwell, m. morrow, m. matthews, g. munro, l. mckenzie, e. popplewell, r. pratt, d. llewellyn, l. mcdonald, e. mcleod, l. rogers, a. roberts, s. semmens, a. serjeant, m. slater, b. thompson, f. vines, v. woinarski, l. whidburn, p. wardell, b. williams, l. mcgregor, s. morris, l. poultney, i. peady, b. peady, j. reeves, r. tyers, j. thomas, a.m. westcott, b. wallace

Group photograph, mounted on brown card, showing Linton State School students in grades V-VIII in 1923. Names of pupils are inscribed in ink across the mount.linton state school no. 880, a. ching, h cornish, h commons, h thompson, r bolte, n mcdonald, j stapleton, c wishart, j reidy, t kennedy, m murrell, d megee, i mcdonald, m brett, e kennedy, g pettersen, j rowe, j lorbach, n brown., n murrell, n chasey, l mitchell, a armstrong, m stapleton, n sparrow, a gascoigne, j commons, i kirby, l pettersen, h pettersen(standing - all others sitting), h commons, j wishart, l allan, p megee, w wishart, s pyke, w jennings, j stapleton, r pye, j megee

The South Warrnambool Primary school No 1902 was opened in 1877 by the mayor at the time Cr J Cramond. The first teacher was Mrs Eliza Clarke. It catered for the children of the strong and closely knit community of South Warrnambool. The Mc Donald family was one of these families. A clear photograph of a school with which many past students would have fond memories. A contribution over 25 years to a primary school in this case by W D McDonald is a story of personal endeavour. It therefore has historical and social significance.Coloured photograph of the South Warrnambool State School framed with inscription written in black ink at bottom of coffee coloured mount.Presented to Mr W D McDonald by the residents of South Warrnambool as a token of appreciation for services rendered as a member of the School Committee (1912-1937) A Wilkins Photo. Stuart Mc Donald and Shirley written on back of frame mounting board.south warrnambool primary school, school number 1902, warrnambool history

Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from 2002. Champs: Castlemaine football team, 1935. Left to right, back row: H. Tingay, H Tatt, R. Smith, D. McDonald, W. Pardon, J. McGrath, R. Seelenmeyer, J. Foletti. Centre: N. Richards (vice-captain), J. Showell, R. Barassi, J. Davidson (captain), T. Mitchell, R. Hawkins, N. Torrens. Front: W. Rodda, I. Irvine, R. Connell and T. Cooper. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Lavers Hill Cheese Factory operated from 1906 until about August 1913. It consisted of a factory and a residence, with the managers B. Philbrick, D. McRae and D. McDonald. The ledger, covering the period 1910 until 1913 when the factory closed, deals with cheese sales, local sales, milk purchases and journal entries for this period, as well as wages, cartage and other operating expenditure. The Lavers Hill Cheese Factory closed when it became more advantageous to send their cream into Colac. Ledger. Lavers Hill Cheese Factory, 1910-1913.Loose leaf: Lavers Hill Cheese Factory; Purchases Butterfat, 1910-11; contents; Manufacturing A/c.lavers hill; cheese; factory; butter;

Participants in LDHS exhibition at Linton Park 1983.Colour photograph of two ladies wearing period costumes driving horse drawn buggy with man riding horse beside."Len McDonald, Gaye Mason, (D. Jim) Cheryl McDonald (nee Rutherford)".ldhs activities, ldhs exhibition linton park 1983, len mcdonald, faye mason, cheryl mcdonald

The North Warrnambool Rifle Club was operating in Warrnambool in the 1930s. It had 132 members in 1935. A noted member was the well-known local photographer, Arthur Jordan whose father, Joseph, was a crack rifle shot and was a member of the Warrnambool Rifle Club. The Barber Centenary Cup was presumably established to commemorate the Centenary of Victoria as the cup competitions commenced in 1934 and were completed in 1935. The competitions were usually held over distances of 300, 500 and 600 yards. It is not known which member of the several Barber families in Warrnambool at the time donated the cup but G. Barber was a member of the Rifle Club in 1934-5 and winner of the Gray Centenary Cup. W. D. McDonald, the winner of the trophy, was the Captain of the C lub in 1935.This item is significant as it is connected with early 20th century Warrnambool sport (rifle shooting). It shows what sort of award was given for competition winners and reveals the popularity of rifle shooting in Warrnambool in earlier decades, with two clubs existing at that timeThis is a sports trophy cup made of electro-plated nickel silver (now very tarnished). It was a trophy named ‘The Barber Centenary Cup’ given for competitions amongst the North Warrnambool Rifle Club members during 1934-5. On cup: N.W.R.C. The Barber Centenary Cup Won by W.D.McDonald 1935 On base: E.P.N.S. Empire Plate warrnambool;, rifle shooting; barber centenary cup; w.d.mcdonald, barber centenary cup, w.d.mcdonald

CLUNES GOLF CLUB LADIES PLAYERS. Late 1950's at the old Clunes Golf Course in Keirces Road.CLUNES GOLF CLUB LADIES PLAYERS - B. FENTON, M. HARVEY, J. McDONALD, D. VORBACK, Nance Mead, Phyllis PICKFORD, Ida LEISHMAN, Mavis Williams, Allison Coutts, Ivy Loader , E. TOOLE. Late 1950's at the old Clunes Golf Course in Keirces Road.photograph, golf, clunes golf club

Front Row L to R: J. Brereton, d. Catteral, M. Chilton, L. Cooke, P. Crew, K Crowle, J. Engledow, K. Filcock, K. Ford, R. Green, K. Holt, M. Hunting, C. Linke, S. Lamb, J. Lee. Back Row L to R: J. Lennon, D. Lumby. J. McDonald, P. Malone, T. Nunn, R. Paravinic, J. Poole, R. Reid, W. Sampey, P. Sanger, E. Schanssema, K Struthers, P. Turner, N. White, R. Williams, P. Williams. P. Worboys.Black and White photograph of ambulance officer recruitsambulance officers training centre, recruits

Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from 2002. A winning bunch: Bendigo (8.14) defeated Echuca (5.11) on October 17, 1948. The winning football team was: back row: E. Anderson, I. Connell, L. Raynor, L. Ross, W. McGrath, K. Swatton, R. Southcombe, T. Harrington, D. Evans and E. Thompson. Centre row: F. Kyne, J. Elvey, H. Tobin, W. Mills, N. Coleman and M. Bulger. Front row: V. Hussey, W. White, A. McDonald, D. McHardy and A. Stewart. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

The Portland Social Amusement Club was founded in 1897. Taken from Trove. Portland Guardian Monday May 26 1913: Portland Social Amusement Club. The members of the above Club celebrated the 16th anniversary of its foundation on Tuesday evening last, when the usual banquet. and social gathering was held. During the afternoon, a numerous band of the lady members attended at the, Free Library Hall and made the necessary arrangements, so that on arrival at the scene at 8 p.m. those attending were very pleasurably surprised to find most taste fully decorated tables actually groaning with the weight of all those good things which appeal so strongly, it is said, to the average man, and perhaps we may also add, woman also. At any rate, he would indeed be hard to please, who was not fully satisfied with all that was placed before him on that eventful evening. The attendance this year overtopped that of previous years, as over 80 ladies and gentlemen took part in what must be considered as one of the most successful of the many 'successful gatherings that have taken place. This 16th anniversary was the 431st ordinary gathering that had occurred, and, as the President (Mr. F. A.Row) justly said, it would appear that the Club, which many years ago was given but six months live, had proved the falsity of the attempted prophecy. After the principal business of the gathering had been transacted, the usual Club dinner speeches were made. The President gave "The King," which after being duly honored, was followed by the principal toast of the evening, "The day we celebrate." To Mr D. McDonald the toast of the Absent and Foundation members was entrusted, and as usual, that veteran discharged his duty well. II i cferred to the fact that of the 34 foundation members who started the Club in 1897,only five were present that evening. Mr W. T. Bennett, as one of the five referred to, responded, and hoped that in the glorious future that appeared before Portland, the Club, which had been started in the days of its adversity, would flourish in a like manner. Mr Grant proposed the toast of "Our Visitors." and in the name of the Club welcomed them to this the most important gathering of the year. Mr J. R. Woods responded in his usual happy way, and acknowledged that, until he had been the Club's guest during the years of his mayoralty of the town, he had no idea that it had enrolled among its members the number of ladies and gentlemen that it had or that its functions were upon the scale that he had since found to be the case. Mr G. H. .ennett upheld the claims of the ladies, especially those belonging to the Club. He evidently spoke with much feeling, and. waxed more than usually poetical in his eulogy of the graces and skill of the gentler sex. He rather upset the equilibrium of three of the younger portion of the gentlemen present by asking them to respond, but they all managed to "upstand" and make their acknowledgments. Mr T. F. Cruse was particularly happy in proposing the toast of. "The President and Members of Committee," who, he claimed, had done so much towards the success of the Club, and were deserving of the best that the members could give. Mr T. E. C. Henry, upon the invitation of the .President, responded,-end pointed out that [whilst it might appear that the work of the committee was light, it was not so in reality, as any member who desired a seat upon the Board would soon find out after.his or her election. The singing of Auld Lang Syne brought this portion of the entertainment to a close. In the dance which followed, some opportunity to view the ladies' dresses was afforded, and it could then be easily seen that the anniversary gathering of the Club was considered by the lady members at least, if not .by others, to be important enough to demand special treatment in the matter of dress. Many elaborate and beautiful costumes graced the scene, and everyone appeared to thoroughly enjoy themselves. The function was kept going merrily until about 2 a.m.; when the break up occurred. During the gathering telegrams of con gratulation were received from Mr W. B. Shevill and also from Mr Jno. Homers, both old members, the former a foundation one. Mr O'Donnell apologised for his own and Mrs O'Donnell's absence.Photograph of Portland Social Amusement Club

A white document titled Bendigo Teachers' College. Pre Graduation Luncheon. 11th December, 1968. Below the title is a copy of the Menu being offered and an outline of the Program: Chairman - Mr. F. Courtis. Grace - Mr. Rob Davis. Welcome - Mr. F. Courtis. Loyal Toast and Graduation cake - Miss Lorraine Silke and Mr. Rob Davis. Principal - Mr. J. M. Hill. Guest Speaker Mr. J. Witney. Also included Mrs. H. Chatfield and Miss Lorraine Silke. On the back of the card is a list of the Students of 1966 - 1968. Trained Infant Teacher's Certificate: Linda Boxall, Carole A. Campbell, Maureen J. Carter, Alice M. Chiswell, Robyn J. Clemson, Lynn F. Dewhurst, Rosslyn D. Doble, Elizabeth J. Duvall, Nola L. Flynn, Dawn E. Freemantle, Dawn E. Gray, Louise Hadfield, Laurel Y. Harrison, Beth A. Harrop, Jennifer N. Hildebrand, Merren J. Hurlston, Helen M. Jasper, Glenise F. King, Rosalie D. King, Wendy J. Lanyon, Anne T. Luddington, Bernadette M. Moore, Judith M. Olsen, Cheryl D. Peace, Janet E. Pollock, Glenda J. Ritchie, Sandra F. Ross, Patricia Scott, Lorraine M. Silke, Kaye E. Speers and Robyn M. Walker. Students of 1967 - 1968. Trained Primary Teacher's Certificate: Garry D. Aitchison, David C. Allsop, Susan M. Blacket, Leonie J. Bock, Coral M. Brown, Glenys M. Brown, Helen E. Campbell, Merril A. Campbell, Dianne J. Cheong, Roslyn O. Chisholm, Lloyd R. Christopher, Therese A. Curran, Tanyth M. Dainton, Robert J. Davis, Elaine Duncanson, Janice Eddy, Joyce P. Evans, Kerrie F. Featherston, Heather F. Fehring, M. Selby Fidler, E. R. Lia Filisone, Lindsay J. Fisher, Jennifer K. Goode, Kaye D. Gribben, Patricia J. Grigg, Susan A. Haines, Rhonda M. Hall, Mary J. Hallinan, Raymond C. Harvey, Neil J. Harrington, Robin C. Hill, Gayle L. Hinks, Carol A. Hitchens, Aileen M. Hooley, Susan M. Hunt, J. Maree Hutchins, Rhonda E. Jobling, Cherrill J. Johnson, Roslyn M. Jordan, Leonard J. Jude, Mary Kappadais, James C. Kennedy, Cheryl A. Little, Helen M. Lynas, Brian D. McDonald, Elaine T. Mace, Patricia Mackin, Christine E. Maddern, Michael J. Maher, Janet F. Markey, Averil N. Miles, Helen A. Moait, Kenneth D. Molyneux, Edna M. Morrison, Jillian M. Morrison, Noelene E. Morrison, Marilyn F. Nadenbousch, Christine D. Napier, Sandra Nesbit, Maxine J. Nicolson, Jane L. Nisbet, Jeanette M. Norman, Shane J. O'Brien, Jillian R. Ogden, John G. Pease, Pauline E. Peck, Peter C. Powles, Denise M. Quinn, Georgia A. Radcliffe, John Reid, Kaye Retallick, Glenice W. Rice, Kirtis R. Richards, Judith H. Richards, Pamela M. Schroeter, Marjorie R. Shaw, Christopher F. Sharpley,Beverly L. Smith, M. Anne Stuchbery, Heather Sutherland, Elaine R. Sutton, Ian H. Taylor, Julie A. Thirwell, Margaret A. Thomas, Jennifer R. Thorne, Faye E. Tonkin, Rosemary D. Turner, Robert R. Walsh, Helen J. Watt, Glenda K. Wilson and Eugeniusz Zolnieczyk.bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo teachers' college, bendigo, education, teaching, teachers, students, menu, graduation luncheon, lunceon, tertiary education, graduates, graduands, graduation, bendigo teachers' college staff, bendigo teachers' college students

The Morwell War Memorial Morwell War was unveiled on 06 June 1921. The Memorial was originally the level crossing between Commercial Road and Station Street (later Princes Highway). It was later moved to its present position on the Princes Highway opposite Hoyle Street. (http://www.morwellhistoricalsociety.org.au/warmemorial.htm) Names Inscribed on War Memorial – World War 1 *Killed in action * Allis G. Francis J. Pettit H. Amiet C. Graur R. L. Pryor W. * Amiet F. D. Hall J. A. Pryke R. Anderson C. Hall S. D. Rowell F. Billingsley A. H. Hare Bert Rowe C. Butters C. * Handler P. Ronald A. Q Butters R. Hogan E. J. Rintoull W. G. (D.C.M.) Brown H. H. Kleine F. W. Saddler J. Brinsmead F. S. Whitelaw A. Smith C. Collins W. Whitelaw D. Symons H. Collins J. S. F. Keegan F. Thomas L. G. Cooper H. S. Little K. Thomas R. W. Capon W. V. Lock E. * Thomson R. H. Davey R. R. Lyons C. * Tulloch J. Davey E. W. Lyons R. P. Vunell C. R. E. Davey W. R. Miller F. Vinall H. V. Davey C. E. Maher A. Wood A. Duncanson J. Maher L. Wilkins F. Dusting C. * McIntosh A. Warnett J. * Dusting H. Neal A. E. Warnetyt W. H. Derham H. * O’Donnell T. Young J. A. World War 2 – Killed in action Allen H. A. Eason L. W. McDonald D. Angus C. P. Evans H. T. Muncaster J. Bolitho H. Ferguson R. W. Murray A. M. Bolton C. R. A. Gair N. Peter T. Bowden N. J. Green D. I. A. Read L. H. M. Brudge W. G. Hewat G, A, Roy E. W. Catterick J. H. Horsefall L. Sillcock R. R. Deanne A. Johnson F. Stagg J. L. Deering C. J. King L. S. Templer R. C. Doolan W. T. Lawrence F. E. Tienery R. Dickson L. H. McArthur D. Turner R. H. Williams R. K. Vietnam War – Killed in action Adrian RichColour photograph of a life sized Australian soldier wearing a slouch hat, on top of a large raised platform. A commemorative plaque is depicted in the foreground. The front inscription of the memorial reads: "This plaque was erected in memory of those who paid the Supreme Sacrifice in the Boer War [Names] Erected by the residents of Morwell riding as a tribute to the men resident in the riding who enlisted and in memory of those who made the Supreme Sacrifice in the Great War 1914-19 [Names] This plaque is erected in memory of those who paid the Supreme Sacrifice in World War II and Korea [Names] In affectionate remembrance of A. Rich R.A.R killed in action Vietnam 1962-72"The plaque in the foreground reads" "Centenary Commemoration Plaque This plaque commemorates 100 years since the first World War commended in 1914 and Australian and New Zealand (ANZAC) troops landed at Gallipoli on 25th April, 1915. Members of the Morwell RSL Sub-Branch will always remember the sacrifices made by service personal to give us the freedom we enjoy the this day. They Shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them Lest We Forget."morwell, morwell war memorial, world war one, anzac centenary, gippsland

Melton South "The establishment of a settlement of Melton South was induced by the opening of the railway in 1884. This subsequently prompted a number of industries, initially sawmills, and in the early twentieth century, chaff mills. This development coincided with the Exford ‘Closer Settlement’ estate at the beginning of the new century, boosting local population and produce, and the development of the chaff industry which employed many people in the Melton area. (Around 1912 the government had brought out English migrants to settle the Exford estate.) By c.1912 the small Melton Railway Station settlement had a boarding house (probably for chaff or sawmill employees), store, a small church and a hall. The Melton Valley Golf Club originated near the railway station in 1927 (in 1931 it moved to the present Melton links). In 1910 the community had built the large timber ‘Victoria Hall’, which became the focus of community life for several generations. In August of that same year AR Robertson MP and D McDonald applied for the establishment of a school on land set aside for that purpose by the Closer Settlement Board, near the Melton Railway Station settlement. District Inspector McRae recommended that a school for classes up to Grade 3 be established as an adjunct to the Melton State School. And so SS3717, ‘Melton Railway School’, was established in the leased Victoria Hall on 1st December 1911. Thomas Lang, head master at Melton since 1896, was in charge of both schools. As a ‘prep’ school only, it was necessary that the older Melton Railway Station settlement students travel to Melton SS430 at Unitt Street. Since 1912 local residents had been petitioning for the establishment of a separate school at Melton Railway Station on the grounds that it would be better if all children from the one home could attend the same school, and that the Victoria Hall was unsuitable as a school building. As a result an area of 2 acres - Allotment 8, Parish of Djerriwarrh, Exford Estate - was reserved for a State School on 4th March 1914. However the Department wrote that a school would not be established there in the near future, as ‘there is no likelihood in sight that the Railway Station settlement will increase in importance’. Parents persisted with their petitions to the Education Department, claiming that the Victoria Hall was too large, had no fireplace, that teachers were unable to use the wall for teaching aids, and that, being less than 20 metres away from a chaff mill employing 30 men, was too noisy. The turning point came when in 1920 the Hall Committee decided to increase its rent for the hall. In 1920 Head Teacher Lang advised the Education Department to discontinue SS3717 as an adjunct. The District Inspector supported this recommendation, and the schools separated in 1923. In April of that year 41 children, comprising Grades 1-8, moved into an almost completed brick building on the present site. On the 6th July 1923 the official opening of the school took place; after a ceremonial journey from the Hall to the school, speeches were given by the Hon AR Robertson and the Chief Inspector of Education. Everyone then journeyed back to Victoria Hall for a ‘bountiful repast’. (These dates are at odds with the date of 5th March 1925 given in Blake as the date the children occupied the new SS3717 brick school building. ) A teacher’s residence had been purchased for ₤500 in 1923, and the school’s name was changed to ‘Melton South’ in the same year. Even though the older Melton South pupils would no longer have to travel to the Unitt Street school, an additional brick room was still required at the Melton SS430 in that same year. In 1961 a new room was added to the school. In 1972, at the beginning of Melton’s boom as a satellite town, the number of enrolments was 224. The school has since shared in the exponential growth of the town of Melton, and at the time of its jubilee celebration (1983), 524 pupils were enrolled. Victoria Hall, neglected and vandalised, was demolished in 1992. It had been handed back to the Council on condition that it be replaced by a new hall, with the same name, and was commemorated by a plaque. Apart from the 1923 brick school building, and the railway station, none of the principal early Melton South public sites survive. Few early residential sites remain. (Further research will establish whether the house on the corner of Station Street and the railway line was the original teacher’s residence.)" Melton State School "On 17th May 1858 a State subsidised, combined Denominational School was opened by HT Stokes, with an attendance of about 30 children. This school was conducted in the wooden Melton Combined Protestant Church, situated on ‘a creek flat’ thought to be on the north side of Sherwin Street between Pyke and Byran Streets. It is likely that the Church had been established by 1855 and that the first minister was the Rev. Hampshire, who lived in Cambridge House on the Exford Estate. Ministers of the Protestant denominations were invited to hold services there. As there was only one resident Minister in the town (Presbyterian Mr J Lambie), laymen of the various denominations often spoke on Sundays. In 1863 this building was declared a Common School with the number 430. One of its first and most prominent headmasters was John Corr, who served from 1860 to 1864. Most of Mr Corr’s children also became teachers, including Joseph Corr, at the Rockbank school, and J Reford Corr and WS Corr, headmasters and teachers at numerous prestigious private secondary schools around Australia. John Corr purchased land alongside the school and elsewhere in and near Melton, became secretary and treasurer of the new Cemetery Trust, and by July 1861 was deputy registrar of births, deaths and marriages. He walked three miles every Sunday to teach at the Weslyan Sunday School he had established. Despite good reports from the Education Department Inspector, and burgeoning enrolments, the local school committee recommended the dismissal of, firstly, his wife (from the work mistress position), and then him from the headmaster position. Corr saw his dismissal as an attempt to redirect state aid for education from the Combined Protestant school to the support of the Free Presbyterian Minister Rev James Lambie (by one account the owner of the land on which the Common School was erected), whose son-in-law James Scott subsequently assumed responsibility for the school. Rev Lambie failed in his efforts to keep the existing school, which the Education Department Inspector and the majority of Melton citizens regarded as badly situated and badly built. Following a conditional promise of state aid, local contributors in 1868-69 raised ₤72.10.6 towards the cost of an iron-roofed bluestone rubble building 43 ft x 12 ft. This was erected on a new site of 1.5 acres (the present site). The State contributed ₤120 to the new school, which opened in 1870. A very early (c.1874) photograph of the school shows its headmaster and work mistress / assistant teacher (probably James Scott and his wife Jessie) and its (very young) scholars. Similar photos show pupils in front of the school in c.1903, and 1933. In 1877 a second bluestone room costing ₤297 was added and further land acquired from the Agricultural Society (who only needed it two days a year) to enlarge the schoolground to 3 acres. In the early 1880s an underground tank augmented the school water supply and in 1919 a five-roomed wooden residence was added. During this period the school correspondents often compained that the walls of the bluestone buildings were damp, affecting the plaster. In 1923 a brick room 26 ft 6 in by 24 ft with a fireplace and four rooms facing south, was added, and a corridor built to link the three buildings. This served adequately for the next 40 years. The school bell probably dates to 1883. The school also has a memorial gate (1951) to World War One ex-students, and an honour board to the 64 ex-students who served in the First World War. The school roll fell to 42 in the early post war-years, but was boosted by an influx of migrants, mainly from the UK, from the late 1960s. This presaged the boom in Melton’s development, and the corresponding growth of the school, with timber and temporary classrooms added to the previous masonry ones. An endowment pine plantation established in 1930 augmented the school’s fundraising activities when it was harvested in 1968. Part of the site was planted with eucalyptus trees in 1959. Famous ex-students of the early twentieth century included Hector Fraser (internationally successful shooter) and cyclist Sir Hubert Opperman". The Express Telegraph articles about the history of Melton South and Melton State Schoolseducation

1041-01 Family of Elizabeth Rebecca Bryant & Solomon West - family identified c1924 - ?? 1926 1041-02 Back to Phillip Island c 1924. People identified in 1989 by Mrs Beth Freeman, daughter of William Otway MorrisonHistorical1041-01 Photograph: Family of Elizabeth Rebecca Bryant & Solomon West 1041-02 Photograph: Back to Phillip Island c 1924 with names1041-01: Family of Elizabeth Rebecca Bryant & Solomon West Back L-R Alfred Ernest West, Albert Bryant, Edwin Calver, William Joseph Front L-R Charles Solomon, Alice Elizabeth McDonald, Fanny Maria Morrison, Emily Elizabeth Lock, Harry Thomas 1041-02: Back to Phillip Island c.1924 Identification 1989, Mrs Beth Freeman daughter of William Otway Morrison Front L-R 1. Dan Morrison 2. Ted West 3. Norman McDonald 4. William West s/o Solomon 5. ? 6. William Otway Morrison Second Row L-R 1.? 2. Miriam West Henderson d/o John 3. ? 4. Emily West Lock d/o Solomon 5. ? 6. Fanny West Morrison w/o No. 6 above, d/o Solomon 7. Child to 10 (man with pipe) not identified Back Row L-R 1 to 5 not identified 6. Albert West, s/o Solomon 7. Marion Somerville West 8. Janet Morrison w/o Wm West (obscured) 9. Harry Brown 10. Nell West Brown d/o William West 11-13 unidentified 14. Alice West McDonald d/o Solomon 15. Jenny?west, back to phillip island c1924, morrison family, bryant, solomon

Square wooden honour board with gold text, cut corners and a protrusion at the top with a simplified WHS logo and heading.JUNIOR HOUSE CAPTAINS YEAR OVENS KING MERRIWA WAREENA GIRLS BOYS GIRLS BOYS GIRLS BOYS GIRLS BOYS Jnr 1985 L. REID J. DOWLING M. FLYNN B. MARTIN J. FISHER J. BOULTON R. WARREN D. BARHAM Jnr 1986 K. DODSON C. LEWIS A. PLUMRIDGE J. HODSON J. FISHER J. ARCRI R. WARREN D. McDONALD Jnr 1987 S. SCHOLZ C. DERRICK T HEMPEL B. DERRICK M. WILLIAMSON M. DOBROWOLSKI J. BECHAZ S. CLAYTON Jnr 1988 K. McCORMACK A. CLARK M. IMRIE M. GREGORY J. O'FLYNN S. NORMAN M. HERTIC C. GOULD Jnr 1989 K. SOUTHERN L. SCHOLES D. McLAUGHLIN M. MOSCROP A. GREALY O. ROODENBURG H. NOLAN D. ILOTT Jnr 1990 J. SHERIDAN C. CLARK C. NORTON B. MORRIS G. WOODWARD D. PRESTON D. FRASCA A. ROSSER Jnr 1991 K. WELCH D. DEMAJ J. STEPHENS B. MORRIS K. JENKINSON P. FLYNN N. WILLIAMS A. ROSSER Jnr 1992 K. WELCH R. GRAHAM K. GLENISTER A. WISE L. REA D. FURNELL D. BIGGER R. JOHNSON Jnr 1993 R. STEFANIAC T. LEWIS C. HORN A. BARROW R. BARROW M. STAMP A. NOLAN A. WHOLERS Jnr 1994 B. SPASOJEVIC R. ROSSER M. CHILCOTT H. FULTON J. HARRISON S. HIBBERSON L. HILDEBRAND R. WOODWARD Jnr 1995 D. SMITHERAM D. FURSE M. CHILCOTT J. McCORMICK J. HARRISON D. CONSTANTINO S. KNOX A. BROWN Jnr 1996 D. SMITHERAM J. MULLINS K. DOUSSET J. FISHER K. GRAHAM S. CHALLMAN K. BREW D. OATES Jnr 1997 R. CONROY H. STAMP N. EVERITT M. BELL R. HOGARTH D. BREESE C. JONES J. DOODY Jnr 1998 J. MORONEY R. GLOVER L. RITCHENS T. LAMBERT E. BRIGGS J. PORTER M. DEFAZIO J. KIKER Jnr 1999 T. WINZER R. GLOVER K. GOODEY B. SOLIMO A. COOTE D. COOTE D. COLES J. USSHER K. KIKER Jnr 2000 A. POTTER S. GANNON K. WHEELER C. FURZE K. WHITE C. WHITE H. OLIVER A. SHELDRICK Jnr 2000 R. GILBERT R.GOLVER K. GOODEY B. SOLIMO G. JONES D. COLES A. NAISH C. DOUG Inter 2001 K. O'BRIEN S. GANNON K. WILLIAMS M. CONROY V. STEWART J. AMMITZBOLL H. OLIVER C. MANGUBAT Jnr 2002 J. BORDIGNON T. SORRAGHAN N. TAVARE M. ANDERSON B. KERLIN D. GAUT K. SURACE M. GLOVER Inter 2002 A. POTTER S. GANNON S. DAWS T. CHIVERS M. WATKINS D. MORGAN H. OLIVER J. PATRICK Jnr 2003 S. PENNY N. PORTER E. NEWMAN A. ROBERTSON S. McSWINEY B. REVELL K. SURACE B. McMILLAN Inter 2003 R. CLARKSON D. McCULLOUGH S. ANDERSON M. CONROY G. ATKINSON T. CROCKETT H. OLIVER D. SEYMOUR Jnr 2004 C. WESLEY R. STONE E. PANE J. DWYER G. BLANCH M. GATHERCOLE C. BODLER R. LUGG Inter 2004 A. VELJANOSKA D. McCULLOUGH N. TAVARE D. BAKKER E. HARRINGTON J. AMMITZBOLL M. BASSIER M. GLOVER Jnr 2005 E. KEIR J. PARTINGTON A. WESCOMBE J. SIRIANNI A. MARTIN R. ALLEN J. SCHULZ-BAHLEBURS D. SCOTT Inter 2005 J. ROBBINS T. STAFFORD E. PANE J. DWYER K. GRAHAM M. GATHERCOLE K. SURACE M. MACLEISH Jnr 2006 M. BRUCE S. ALDOUS H, PANE L. BRABAZON C. TYLER J. ANDERSON O. HUTCHINGSON B. MORTIMER Inter 2006 L. TINDILL J. DAVENPORT E. PANE D. MORGAN A. FULLER M. GATHERCOLE S. COOTE S. CARUSO DONATED BY P.A.S.T.A. 1988