This work forms part of the collection assembled by the historian Dorothy Rogers, that was donated to the Kew Historical Society by her son John Rogers in 2015. The manuscripts, photographs, maps, and documents were sourced by her from both family and local collections or produced as references for her print publications. Many were directly used by Rogers in writing ‘Lovely Old Homes of Kew’ (1961) and 'A History of Kew' (1973), or the numerous articles on local history that she produced for suburban newspapers. Most of the photographs in the collection include detailed annotations in her hand.The Rogers Collection provides a comprehensive insight into the working habits of a historian in the 1960s and 1970s. Together it forms the largest privately-donated collection within the archives of the Kew Historical Society.Photograph from the Dorothy Rogers collection showing a semi-demolished building. The structure has not been conclusively identified.dorothy rogers, kew, demolished buildings

Closing time for the Theatre Royal Melbourne’s Theatre Royal opened 16 July 1855 at 236 Bourke Street, between Swanston and Russell, in the heart of the city’s entertainment district and it was comparable in size to London’s Drury Lane and Covent Garden. It was rebuilt in 1872 following a fire, remodelled in 1904, and demolished in 1933, due in part to the Great Depression, and also to the growing popularity of moving pictures. On the site was erected Manton’s department store, then Coles, Target, and now Kmart. The Quaker Girl, a 1910 Edwardian musical comedy with long running success in London, Paris and Broadway, opened in Melbourne at the Theatre Royal on 22 July 1933. Stars Cyril Ritchard and Madge Elliott were to become husband and wife, their Sydney wedding photograph now an iconic Australian image of that time. The theatre closed 13 November 1933. MCK080 Published: The Age 4 November 1933 Featured in "Newsworthy: Melbourne in photographs 1933-1936" exhibition at East Melbourne Library, October to December 2023. Exhibition caption by project volunteer, Louise McKenzie. THEATRE ROYAL (1933, November 4). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved October 16, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203364238 Additional research by project volunteer, Fiona Collyer and librarian, Fiona Campbell: The Theatre Royal closed on 13 November 1933. During demolition in December, a worker was pinned by the legs under two tons of collapsing ceiling concrete. Miraculously he escaped with only a broken leg. A commemorative plaque was unveiled in 1937, displayed at the front of Manton's department store. The event was covered in The Age on 20 Dec 1937. It was a beautiful blue enamel and brass with the comedy and tragedy masks, one crying and one laughing, at the top with a timeline of the theatre underneath. Its whereabouts became unknown after the multiple changes with department stores on the site. In 2019 Greg Sampson set out on a mission to find it and in 2021 eventually tracked it down, on a wall behind the door of a staff tea room in Kmart. After much arduous lobbying by Greg it was eventually relocated to the Kmart arcade on the site where the Theatre Royal was originally located. Annette Cooper's history of Manton's and the Bourke Street site described the process of acquisition and demolition of the theatre: "Around 1933, the theatre came on the market – ‘a gift from heaven’ for its enterprising neighbours. Manton’s acquired the theatre and started planning for its demolition to enable the expansion of the store. William Manton and his sons, Jack and Ivor, watched the final production at the theatre, Harold Fraser-Simson’s musical comedy The Maid of the Mountains. 'It was, for the theatre-goers, a nostalgic last appearance, an emotional night, the end of an era. There were those who were mortified at the prospect of a store taking the place of their palace of dreams.' Even Whelan the Wrecker sensed the importance of the occasion and donated four bricks from the theatre to the National Museum of Victoria. They are the oldest bricks in the museum’s collection and form part of its Whelan the Wrecker collection." UNDER BIG FALL OF CONCRETE (1933, December 8). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved April 14, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243215969 The Relocation of the Theatre Royal Plaque, Greg Sampson, https://theatreheritage.org.au/on-stage-magazine/news/item/989-the-relocation-of-the-theatre-royal-plaque Photo of theatre interior, Arts Centre Melbourne, https://collections.artscentremelbourne.com.au/#details=ecatalogue.184409 OLD THEATRE ROYAL (1937, December 20). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved March 25, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205554847 AMATEUR ATHLETICS -- LIFE SAVING DISPLAY MEMORIAL PLAQUE UNVEILED (1937, December 20). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 15. Retrieved March 25, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205554863 It's smart to be thrifty: the story of Manton's department store, Annette Cooper, https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/3%20Annette%20Cooper%20-%20It%E2%80%99s%20smart%20to%20be%20thrifty%2C%20the%20story%20of%20Manton%27s%20department%20store.pdfPhotographer notations on slide: "Theatre Royale 1933 B4". theatres, 1930-1939, fires, musicals, films, department stores, demolished buildings, commemorative plaques, incidents, concrete, whelan the wrecker, bricks, kmart, bourke street melbourne, manton's department store, theatre royal, coles, target

Published: The Age 4 April 1934 p11 Published title: "DEMOLITION AND BUILDING ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY." Published caption: "Interesting studies in the building activities in the city are afforded by the above three photographs taken yesterday when work ceased owing to the rain. That on the left is a striking picture of the remains of the Palace Hotel buildings, running back from Bourke street to Little Collins street, better known as the Bijou Theatre. This is the largest demolition contract ever undertaken in Melbourne. The view is towards Bourke street, from a vantage point in Little Collins street. In the right centre of the ruins may be seen a large portion of the light frame and lattice work which extended over the once well known arcade. In the background three stories of Melbourne Coffee Palace, on the opposite side of Bourke street rise above the front of the theatre in the photograph, and the Melbourne General Hospital is just discernible through the mist at the top. The steel frame work in the centre picture is readily identifiable as that erected for the extension of the State Savings Bank at the south-west corner of Bourke and Elizabeth streets. The steel skeleton to the right, suggestive of immense strength, is that nearing completion in Collins street for the Bank of New South Wales." Trove article identifier: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203828669 Description: Partial demolition of three-storied and five-storied buildings. One building has a large atrium. View of buildings taken from rear. Building at 225 Bourke Street (between Swanston and Russell, south side) contains Bijou Theatre. Also Victoria Arcade, built 1876, architect Joseph Reed. On other side of Arcade is Gaiety Theatre (formerly known as Oxford Theatre). Cityscape in background. Opposite is Melbourne Coffee Palace, built 1882, demolished c.1970. Featured in "Newsworthy: Melbourne in photographs 1933-1936" exhibition at East Melbourne Library, October to December 2023. Exhibition caption by project volunteer Louise McKenzie: "The largest demolition contract ever undertaken in Melbourne… The building on the left is a striking picture of the remains of the Palace Hotel buildings, running back from Bourke Street to Little Collins Street, better known as the Bijou Theatre. This is the largest demolition contract ever undertaken in Melbourne.” – The Age The Bijou Theatre was erected in 1877 and originally built as part of Victoria Arcade, which was entered through the Bourke Street frontage. The Theatre was “de rigueur with the gallants and belles of the period. Dainty ladies and white gloved, stiff collared dandies thronged the ‘promenade’ which runs under the theatre.” (Herald 5 Feb 1934) However by 1885, after a fire, the building had been rebuilt to include the three level Bijou Theatre. In November 1890, Arthur Streeton worked there briefly as a scenery painter. By 1909 it was the first “legitimate” theatre in Melbourne to screen films on a semi-permanent basis, while also covering vaudeville, pantomime and its wildly popular final program, “Mickey the Mouse” Revue. In this photo, it is being demolished by Whelan the Wrecker. The tiny iron spiral staircases that led to the dressing rooms (and down which more than one unwary actor sometimes fell) were salvaged and built into the fabric of Monsalvat at Eltham. References: https://theatreheritage.org.au/on-stage-magazine/stage-by-stage/item/52-bijou-theatrePhotographer notations on slide: "B20".demolished buildings, 1930-1939, joseph reed, theatres

Demolished Building near old Fire Stationbuildings, fire station

Coloured photographPhotograph shows piled up rubbish of demolished building of old Club in Miles Avenue.

Coloured photographPhotograph shows piled up rubbish of demolished building of old Club in Miles Avenue.

Photo: partly demolished building, showing bakers oven, piles of timber on RH side and in front of oven. Notes indicate demolition by T. Noble.cottage, miners, jenkins baker shop, bakery, demolition

Photo is part of collection of items donated by the Grigg family to LDHS after the death of Marie Grigg. Inscription on photo gives date 1965, however it is understood the school building was not demolished until 1969.Very small black and white photograph showing partially demolished school building.In pencil on back: "Circa early 1965 / Demolition of school building at Linton. / Possibly first wing." Photo taken by member of Grigg family."linton state school demolition, marie grigg legacy

Colour photograph. Ground floor facing south towards Lonsdale street. Entrances show where access corridors were to connect demolished buildings. What was the cafe and in 2015 is the Breacan office. Taken during restoration inspectionhistoric buildings, building construction, cultural structures and establishments

This building dated back to the 1880s and had previously operated as Delany's Hotel and then the Royal Hotel. It was built near the site of the original Delany's Hotel, built in 1856. The Royal Hotel closed in 1921 after the area voted to be a 'dry area'. Tower House Day and Boarding School operated from 1921 until 1932. Norman Carter took many photos of Surrey Hills and Mont Albert from the 1920s; many were associated with events and activities of the Church of England.Black and white photo of a partially demolished building. The roof is missing and there is a pile of rubble along the front wall. What remains indicates that it has been a large building in the Victorian style. There is a mixture of treatments to the surrounds of the windows. On the RHS part of a truck can be seen.Original: Top LH corner in blue biro "see matching photo"; top RH corner "498 / spare"; bottom LH corner in lead pencil "N Carter"; bottom RH corner in blue biro "20-8-32" - all Jocelyn Hall's handwriting.tower house day and boarding school, schools, education, royal hotel, hotels, construction and demolition, dry area, licensing polls, temperance movement, delany's hotel, norman carter

Record of demolished buildingB?W photo, Yendon Railway Station with steam train, c 1950yendon, station, railway, steam train

Previously Mobil Garage owned by Danny and Pat D'Elia until 2001. Then demolished in 2006.15cm x 10cm colour photograph of the corner of Lancefield Road and Sydney Street. Printed on matte photographic paper (Kodak brand) Recent demolished building with rubble piled up and green security fencing around the perimeter of the property. Visible in the background is 1 Powlett Street.Printed on the back: Development information: PREMIER service station, construction sites

Previously Mobil Garage owned by Danny and Pat D'Elia until 2001. Then demolished in 2006.15cm x 10cm colour photograph of the property on the corner of Lancefield Road and Sydney Street. Sydney Street view. Printed on glossy photographic paper (Konica brand) Recent demolished building with rubble piled up and green security fencing around the perimeter of the property. Multiple photographs with multiple views available.Printed on the back: Development information: Simon Yu Pharmacy s029 service stations, construction sites

Plan for alterations to the drainage and plumbing of the Dennys Lascelles wool store (current building and demolished building).Drainage plan for Dennys Lascelles building, c.1920s. Detail of drainage plan for Dennys Lascelles building, c.1920s.PLAN OF DRAINAGE / for / Dennys Lascelles Lim. / (Messrs Laird & Buchan, Agents) / MUNICIPALITY: CITY OF GEELONGwool stores, dennys, lascelles limited laird and buchan, plans

Previously Mobil Garage owned by Danny and Pat D'Elia until 2001. Then demolished in 2006.15cm x 10cm colour photograph of the corner of Lancefield Road and Sydney Street. Printed on matte photographic paper (Kodak brand) Recent demolished building with rubble piled up and green security fencing around the perimeter of the property. Sign for the Willowmavin Estate is visible advertising land sales. Multiple photographs with multiple views available.Printed on back: Development information: Premier service station, construction sites

Previously Mobil Garage owned by Danny and Pat D'Elia until 2001. Then demolished in 2006.15cm x 10cm colour photograph of the corner of Lancefield Road and Sydney Street. Printed on matte photographic paper (Kodak brand) Recent demolished building with rubble piled up and green security fencing around the perimeter of the property. Sign for the Willowmavin Estate is visible advertising land sales. Multiple photographs with multiple views available.Printed on the back: Development information: PREMIER service stations, construction sites

Club Rooms North Park 1991 & 2000 Demolition of old rooms and photos of erection of brick rooms.15 Colour photographs of building being demolished and erected,stawell

A number of buildings were demolished along the south side of Little Lonsdale Street between St Francis Street and Elizabeth Street for the construction of the new Monastery for the Blessed Sacrament Congregation including a former school building and Advocate Press building. Demolition of the Advocate begun 6 July 1937 and was completed by mid-August. Construction works for the Monastery began soon after and was officially opened by Archbishop Mannix on 1 May 1938.Man pushing a wheelbarrow of rubble with the Advocate Press Building partially demolished in the background. Photographer unknown. Faded black and white photograph. Yellowing.church buildings, historic buildings, lost architecture, wrecking, melbourne, st francis' church

Original building. The original building was demolished and replaced by the current building in 1927.rifle club hotel, williamstown, pub

The AETA published calendars on an annual basis through to 2005, promoting electric transport in Public Transport. In the background is the old State Savings Bank buildiing before it was fully demolished - buildings on the west side have already been demolished. Photo by Shane McCarthy.Yields information about the AETA promotional activities.Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA) Calendar for 1976, featuring a photograph of a then new Z class in Bourke St Melbourne at the intersection with Elizabeth St. Gives contact details for the AETA divisions. Stapled to the sheet is a 12 sheet preprinted calendar for 1976 with various details of holidays etc. Printed on card with a punched hole on the top edge.calendars, aeta, bourke st, z class, state savings bank

A number of buildings were demolished along the south side of Little Lonsdale Street between St Francis Street and Elizabeth Street for the construction of the new Monastery for the Blessed Sacrament Congregation including a former school building and Advocate Press building. Demolition of the Advocate begun 6 July 1937 and was completed by mid-August. Construction works for the Monastery began soon after and was officially opened by Archbishop Mannix on 1 May 1938.Advocate Press Building being demolished by hand. Shows men on the upper storey, dismantling the building. Photographer unknown. Faded black and white photograph. Yellowing.church buildings, historic buildings, lost architecture, wrecking, melbourne, st francis' church

This photo shows the foundation stone that was erected on the Manchester Unity Hall site when it was built in 1961. The building was demolished to make way for the Local Government Center, presently housing the Rural City of Wangaratta. The first meeting of Manchester Unity members was held in Wangaratta 1863. This was an important sociocultural group in Wangaratta during the mid 20th Century.This photo shows the foundation stone that was erected on the Manchester Unity Hall site when it was built in 1961. The building was demolished to make way for the Local Government Center, presently housing the Rural City of Wangaratta and other government departments.manchester unity hall wangaratta muioof

This building dated back to the 1880s and had previously operated as Delany's Hotel and then the Royal Hotel. It was built near the site of the original Delany's Hotel, built in 1856. The Royal Hotel closed in 1921 after the area voted to be a 'dry area' in the local option poll. Tower House Day and Boarding School operated from 1921 until 1932. Norman Carter took many photos of Surrey Hills and Mont Albert from the 1920s; many were associated with events and activities of the Church of England.Black and white photo of a partially demolished building. The roof and part of the second storey are missing. What remains indicates that it has been a large building in the Victorian style. Along one side at ground level there are 4 arches, perhaps entry to a covered veranda, above which is a colonnade, and perhaps an open veranda on the upper level. There is a mixture of treatments to the surrounds of the windows. On the corner, within an arch which may have once been a doorway, is a sign reading: "TOWER HOUSE / DAY / & / BOARDING SCHOOL". There is a car with a retractable hood in the lower RH Corner of the photo.Rear top centre in blue biro "1932" (crossed out); top RH corner "498" in red biro; centre "Demolition of / Tower House Day & Boarding / cr Canterbury & Broughton Rds / previously Tower House Hotel / originally Royal Hotel / See partner photo."; bottom RH cnr "demol (in red biro) / 20-8-32". All in Jocelyn Hall's handwriting.tower house day and boarding school, schools, education, royal hotel, hotels, construction and demolition, dry area, licensing polls, temperance movement, delany's hotel, norman carter

A number of buildings were demolished along the south side of Little Lonsdale Street between St Francis Street and Elizabeth Street for the construction of the new Monastery for the Blessed Sacrament Congregation including a former school building and Advocate Press building. Demolition of the Advocate begun 6 July 1937 and was completed by mid-August. Construction works for the Monastery began soon after and was officially opened by Archbishop Mannix on 1 May 1938.Elevated view from south-west corner of St Francis Church, across roof top towards the partially demolished Advocate Press Building. In background, Coop's Shot Tower to the left, State Library to the right. Photographer unknown. Faded black and white photograph. Yellowing.church buildings, historic buildings, lost architecture, wrecking, melbourne, st francis' church