Title page reads: 'Notice Paper for Special Meeting of the Shire Council to be held on Tuesday 30th August 1983 to commemorate the 125th Anniversary of Buninyong District Road Board 1858.Cream card cover with hole-punched binding of pages. Yellow ribbon through holes. Volume contains a selection of news cutting copies relating to Buninyong.Shire of Buninyong Logo on front cover.shire of buninyong, district roads boards, local government

Photocopy newspaper clipping: Out of the Past, 1958, photograph of first post office at Eltham in 1880s, image owned by the Burgoyne family who had long association with the Postal Department. Photocopy Tabular Return of Post Offices in Victoria 1855-1856, including Kangaroo Ground (Andrew Ross), Little Eltham (Thomas Hunniford, Saint Andrew (William Watson). Typed newspaper article: District Roads Boards, The Argus 2 October 1867, re opening of post office savings banks and money order offices at (among others) Eltham. Index card: Thomas Hunniford, Anne Hunniford, Eltham Post Office, Eltham Telegraph Office. Letter Nillumbik Shire to Eltham District Historical Society, 9 December 2015, re Planning Application 377/2015/06P. Letter Nillumbik Shire to Eltham District Historical Society, 2 February 2016, conference re Planning Application 377/2015/06P.. Newspaper article: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, Manningham and Nillumbik Bulletin, November 2021, re stonework on building.main road, eltham, property, businesses, eltham post office, burgoyne family, kangaroo ground post office, little eltham post office, saint andrew post office, andrew ross, thomas hunniford, william watson, anne hunniford, eltham telegraph office

In 1851 Moses Thomas purchased 400 acres, including a half mile frontage to the Plenty River, at Mernda (then known as Morang) where he operated a farm, inn and other business. In 1865 Moses Thomas was appointed Engineer, Clerk and Collector for the Morang District Road Board. In this role he would have been responsible for overseeing the collection of local property rates and the maintenance and construction of local roads and drains. Road District Boards were one of the earliest forms of local government in Victoria. The Morang or Upper Plenty Road District was established in 1862. It covered part of what is today Mernda, Doreen, South Morang, Mill Park and Bundoora. In 1875, the area merged with the Whittlesea Road District to form the Shire of Whittlesea. Moses Thomas briefly served as a Councillor with the Shire of Whittlesea until his death in 1878. Correspondence. Letter, paper, handwritten text with seal. Letter from James Ryan, Shire Secretary, Shire of Whittlesea to Mrs Moses Thomas on the death of Moses 18 May 1878.

In 1848, Francis Rogerson form Dumfriesshire, Scotland purchased 80 acres of land at Kangaroo Ground on which he built a two-roomed bark hut. He named the property afterr the many Bronzewings and Wonga Pigeons in the area. Ewen Hugh Cameron moved to Pigeon Bank the same year he was elected to Parliament as the Member for Evelyn. At the time he moved in, Pigeon Bank had six rooms and the present water well. He made further extensive additions and lived there until his death in 1915. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then /​ Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p27 Pigeon Bank, on the Kangaroo Ground – Warrandyte Road, Kangaroo Ground, is one of the Shire’s oldest farm dwellings, and has been home to some of the district’s earliest and most distinguished families. Although close to the road, the white weatherboard Victorian farmhouse is ensured privacy by the trees and hedges around it. On 4.8 hectares of farmland, Pigeon Bank is surrounded by rolling hills, farmland and bush, the peace of which is punctuated by an occasional birdcall. Pigeon Bank’s first owner was Francis Rogerson, from Dumfriesshire, Scotland, who bought 80 acres (32.4ha) of land in 1848 on which he built a two-roomed bark hut. Today this is the centre piece of the 14-room home.1 Rogerson lined the rooms with tongue-and-groove boards and roofed them with wooden shingles and sapling frames, which remain under the present green corrugated iron roof. He named Pigeon Bank after the many forest bronzewing and Wonga Pigeons in the area at the time, and the name Bank was commonly used in Scotland. Rogerson was united with one of the oldest families in the area when his sister Janet married John Bell, son of William, the original Bell settler. When Ewen Cameron moved to Pigeon Bank in 1874 it had six rooms and the present water well. He made extensive additions to the house and farm buildings and lived at Pigeon Bank until his death in 1915. Cameron, who had arrived in Melbourne from Scotland in 1853, contributed an enormous amount to the community. He worked as a builder, as a miner at Andersons Creek, a storekeeper at Queenstown2 and as the first postmaster at Warrandyte. In 1867 he married Agnes Bell, daughter of local farmer, John Bell. Cameron was a member of the Eltham Road Board (which preceded the Shire Council) and for more than 50 years, from 1863, he was an Eltham Shire Councillor, being President three times. Cameron was the Member for Evelyn for 40 years from 1874. In the 1880s he became the Government Whip, in 1902 the Minister for Mines and Water Supply, and in 1904, the Minister for Health, Cameron was also an outstanding farmer, whose farm won the Agricultural Department prize for the finest in the district, three consecutive times. Not surprisingly Pigeon Bank became the centre of district life. Every New Year’s Eve, Cameron hired a highland piper, who marched from the Kangaroo Ground school house to Pigeon Bank playing his pipes.3 Distinguished visitors included opera singer, Dame Nellie Melba, Victorian Premier, Thomas Bent, Governor, Lord Hopetoun and artist, Longstaff. Following Cameron’s death, the property changed hands several times, then returned to the family in 1919 when bought by Gordon Cameron. As the car took over from the horse, Pigeon Bank entered difficult times because the farm had produced chaff and oats and bred Clydesdales and harness ponies. In 1926 Mr Matthews bought the property and made many alterations including pulling down the kitchen, which had been separate from the main house. The property again changed hands several times. One owner was Senator James F Guthrie, who added a sunroom. In 1968 the house again returned to the Cameron family, when Vera Jackson, a grand-daughter of Ewen Cameron, and her husband, bought the property. The Bishop family, who were sixth and seventh generation Bells and also descended from the Camerons, restored the house in the 1980s. Today tongue-and-groove boards still line part of the hall (which retains two fine arches), the breakfast room, and Ewen Cameron’s former room. Five original fireplaces in the bed and living rooms are still in working order. The wide veranda with a curved iron roof and ornate iron lace work bounds three sides of the house, and nearby a windmill stands beside the water well. Sue and Ron James, who bought the property in 2001, made extensive improvements to the homestead and meticulously restored the grounds to their original state.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, ewen hugh cameron, francis rogerson, kangaroo ground, kangaroo ground-warrandyte road, pigeon bank

Built in 1860, the Eltham Courthouse is the oldest public building remaining in Eltham. In its early days the building was used as the meeting place and office of the Eltham District Road Board and as an overflow classroom for the local school. The Eltham Courthouse ceased operational duties in 1984 and is now used by various community groups including Eltham District Historical Society. It was listed on the Victorian Heritage Register (Number H0784) in 1982. The building is of architectural significance because it retains intact early features. These include use of handmade bricks, simple decoration, roof trusses, timber ceiling boards, original windows, doors and associated hardware and a collection of court furniture. Additions to the court house have been done in a manner which did not interfere with the fabric of the original building. It is a fundamental asset in the Eltham Justice Precinct and is being fully restored in 2021 thanks to Nillumbik Shire Council.35mm colour positive transparency (1 of 23) Mount - Kodak EktachromeProcess Date MAY 88Meltham, eltham courthouse, main road

4 Colour photographs of Sunshine and District Historical Society members in front of display boards exhibited in the Historical Room of the then new library building, Hampshire Road Sunshine Photographs on display panel board were reproduced from images of the Sunshine and District Historical Society and The Living Museum of the West Photograph not reproduced for copyright reasonssunshine & district historical society display, hugh victor mckay

Erected in council offices to commemorate past civic leaders. Put up after the Shire of Braybrook was converted into the City of Sunshine in 1951. Removed after most of the City of Sunshine was absorbed into City of Brimbank on 15 December 1994. Salvaged by Sunshine & District Historical Society Inc.Two large honour boards of the Braybrook Road District Chairmen and Shire of Braybrook Presidents. Names and dates are in gold lettering.Names: Francis Brown, J.A. Marsden, W.J. Clarke, William Boase, S.S. Ritchie, W.H. Powell, R. Faragher, John Blair, James Christie, T.B. Derham, George Mclagan, James Dickson, George Graham, William Hopkins, W.C. Barnett, Richard Manning, James Howatson, G.S. Mullenger, Thomas Opie, W.S. Lancashire, R.D. Hopkins, W.H.Waldon, Thomas Warr, Alfred Smith, Isaac Collins, W. Robinson, J.B. Derham, Chas J. Spong, W. Sheahan, George McKay, G.Cranwell, Alexander Robinson, G.W. Pennell, Henry J. Neal, James L. Scott, W.J. Pridham, W.R. Dempster, Henry Skewes, Ralph McKay, E.M.H. Drayton, Alf E.A. Lowe, J.R. Parsons, A.G. Pennell, T.R. Barclay, G.E. Dobson, R.A. Barrett, A. Beachley.shire of braybrook, braybrook road district, honoue board

Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council of the City of Sunshine to be held on 21st September 1977 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Estimates Schedules Proposed Agreements with Councils in Relation to New Garbage Tip Sunshine Tip City of Brunswick, City of Essendon, City of Melbourne, City of South Melbourne, City of Fitzroy, City of Richmond & City of Keilor Chaplin Reserve Proposed New Lease Additional Rent Sunshine City Soccer Club Names of Proposed Railway Station Deer Park "Crick" or "Pollard" Proposed Purchase Tip Site from Boral Resources Pty Ltd Sunshine Tip Purchase of I.C.I. Oval Deer Park Main Transmission Line Easement Keilor Terminal Station to Truganina Terminal Station Easement Street Construction Agreement Printing of Historical Society Book "Sunshine & District to 1901) and Secretarial Assistance Proposal for Re-Zoning of Zone 7 (Derrimut) Community School Agreements Acquisition of Lots 43 & 44 Northumberland Road Arbitration for Compensation Officers Co-Ordinating Committee Autonomy of Departments Brochure on Council Services Community Notice Boards Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services The 21st Victorian Geriatrics Conference Family and Community Services Programmes Employment and Industry Problem in the Western Region Diamond Reserve Committee of Management Diamond Reserve Kindergarten Report of the By-Laws Officer Removal of Fire Hazards Dog Act Fixing of Registration Fees Report of the City Engineer Land Use Permit Application Car Park to Serve Existing Display Home Centre lot 1171 Main Road West Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Shop and Storage Purposes 229 Hampshire Road Land Use Permit Application Radio Mast 552 Geelong Road Land Use Permit Application Show Room Extension to Existing Caravan and Car Sales Yard Lot 1 Geelong Road Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Amendments Land Use Permit Application Social Club Furlong Road Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Shop and Dwelling 82 Glengala Road Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Shop 67 McIntyre Road Land Use Permit Application Car Sales Yard Lots 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 & Part 12 Rosamond Road Land Use Permit Application Illuminated Sky Sign 242 Hampshire Road Land Use Permit Application Access to Main Road Geelong Road Land Use Permit Application Squash Court Centre Lots 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 & Part 12 Rosamond Road Land Use Permit Application Advertising Lots 5 & 6 Ballarat Road Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Shop and Addition of Caretakers Dwelling 87 Glengala Road Land Use Permit Application Bon Thomas Reserve Pre-School Centre Industrial Offensive Zoned Land Laverton North Shire of Werribee Plan of Subdivision Geelong Road & Francis Street Strata Subdivision 14 Forrest Street Outer Ring Road Study Acquisition of Road Reserve Somerville Road from Market Road to Kororoit Creek (For Future Bridge & Road Connection) Summer School of Park Management Application for Funds for 1978/79 Country Roads Board Report of Building Surveyor Flood Plain Management in Victoria Purchase of Land Adjacent Lot 63 Roussac Court Sunshine North Fencing Lot 343 Anley Place Ex G.U.D. Premises Burton Crescent Maribyrnong Ainsworth Reserve Child Care Centre / Pavilion Extraordinary Business Use of Sassella Park Removal of Fence Around Proposed Swimming Pool, Layout of Athletics Track & Hockey Pitch Orders of the Day Confirmation of Loan with the Australian Mutual Provident Society city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, sunshine tip, chaplin reserve, anderson road, sunshine, sunshine city soccer club, i.c.i. oval, ballarat road, deer park, keilor terminal station, truganina terminal station, northumberland road, sunshine north, diamond reserve committee of management, diamond reserve kindergarten, main road west, st. albans, hampshire road, geelong road, brooklyn, furlong road, glengala road, sunshine west, mcintyre road, rosamond road, maribyrnong, bon thomas reserve pre-school centre, bon thomas reserve, quinn street, francis street, forrest street, albion, somerville road, market road, roussac court, anley place, burton crescent, g.u.d., sassella park, station road

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 21st September 1977 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Estimates Schedules Proposed Agreements with Councils in Relation to New Garbage Tip Sunshine Tip City of Brunswick, City of Essendon, City of Melbourne, City of South Melbourne, City of Fitzroy, City of Richmond & City of Keilor Chaplin Reserve Proposed New Lease Additional Rent Sunshine City Soccer Club Names of Proposed Railway Station Deer Park "Crick" or "Pollard" Proposed Purchase Tip Site from Boral Resources Pty Ltd Sunshine Tip Purchase of I.C.I. Oval Deer Park Main Transmission Line Easement Keilor Terminal Station to Truganina Terminal Station Easement Street Construction Agreement Printing of Historical Society Book "Sunshine & District to 1901) and Secretarial Assistance Proposal for Re-Zoning of Zone 7 (Derrimut) Community School Agreements Acquisition of Lots 43 & 44 Northumberland Road Arbitration for Compensation Officers Co-Ordinating Committee Autonomy of Departments Brochure on Council Services Community Notice Boards Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services The 21st Victorian Geriatrics Conference Family and Community Services Programmes Employment and Industry Problem in the Western Region Diamond Reserve Committee of Management Diamond Reserve Kindergarten Report of the By-Laws Officer Removal of Fire Hazards Dog Act Fixing of Registration Fees Report of the City Engineer Land Use Permit Application Car Park to Serve Existing Display Home Centre lot 1171 Main Road West Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Shop and Storage Purposes 229 Hampshire Road Land Use Permit Application Radio Mast 552 Geelong Road Land Use Permit Application Show Room Extension to Existing Caravan and Car Sales Yard Lot 1 Geelong Road Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Amendments Land Use Permit Application Social Club Furlong Road Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Shop and Dwelling 82 Glengala Road Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Shop 67 McIntyre Road Land Use Permit Application Car Sales Yard Lots 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 & Part 12 Rosamond Road Land Use Permit Application Illuminated Sky Sign 242 Hampshire Road Land Use Permit Application Access to Main Road Geelong Road Land Use Permit Application Squash Court Centre Lots 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 & Part 12 Rosamond Road Land Use Permit Application Advertising Lots 5 & 6 Ballarat Road Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Shop and Addition of Caretakers Dwelling 87 Glengala Road Land Use Permit Application Bon Thomas Reserve Pre-School Centre Industrial Offensive Zoned Land Laverton North Shire of Werribee Plan of Subdivision Geelong Road & Francis Street Strata Subdivision 14 Forrest Street Outer Ring Road Study Acquisition of Road Reserve Somerville Road from Market Road to Kororoit Creek (For Future Bridge & Road Connection) Summer School of Park Management Application for Funds for 1978/79 Country Roads Board Report of Building Surveyor Flood Plain Management in Victoria Purchase of Land Adjacent Lot 63 Roussac Court Sunshine North Fencing Lot 343 Anley Place Ex G.U.D. Premises Burton Crescent Maribyrnong Ainsworth Reserve Child Care Centre / Pavilion Extraordinary Business Use of Sassella Park Removal of Fence Around Proposed Swimming Pool, Layout of Athletics Track & Hockey Pitch Orders of the Day Confirmation of Loan with the Australian Mutual Provident Society city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, sunshine tip, albion, chaplin reserve, anderson road, sunshine, sunshine city soccer club, boral resources, i.c.i. oval, ballarat road, deer park, keilor terminal station, truganina terminal station, northumberland road, sunshine north, diamond reserve committee of management, diamond reserve kindergarten, main road west, st. albans, hampshire road, geelong road, brooklyn, furlong road, glengala road, sunshine west, mcintyre road, rosamond road, maribyrnong, bon thomas reserve pre-school centre, bon thomas reserve, quinn street, francis street, forrest street, somerville road, market road, roussac court, g.u.d., burton crescent, ainsworth reserve child care centre, ainsworth reserve, vernon street, sassella park, station road

Sports Clubs in Kew in the final decades of the 19th century and in the early 20th century were often umbrella organisations with facilities for a number of sports. Typically in Kew, this included teams in lawn bowls, tennis and croquet. The Kew Bowling Club was formed in 1880 while the privately owned Auburn Heights Recreation Club was opened in 1904. By 1998, the two Clubs decided to amalgamate at the Auburn Heights site in Barkers Road, forming the Kew Heights Sports Club. The combined club was itself taken over by the Melbourne Cricket Club in 2012 becoming MCC Kew Sports Club. In 2017 MCC Kew closed and its landholding was subsequently sold to Carey Baptist Grammar School. Both the Kew and Auburn Heights Clubs assembled important collections. These historically significant and large collections were donated to the Society in 2020. The collections include manuscripts, pictures, trophies, plans, honour boards etc. The combined collections of the four sporting clubs making up the collection number hundreds of items that are historically significant locally. They are also significant to the sporting history of the greater Melbourne area and to the sports of lawn bowls and tennis in Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection illuminates two of the Victorian historic themes - 'Building community life' through forming community organisations and 'Shaping cultural and creative life' by participating in sport and recreation.Navy blue and white printed pennant with a gold fringe. The pennant describes the competition, and in the spaces provided, the winning team has inscribed their team and personal names,BLACKBURN & DISTRICT NIGHT TENNIS ASSN / PREMIERS / SPRING 2012 / SECTION 9 / LADIES 'KEW DELIGHTS' / ANNE WRIGHT, ANNIE RUSSELL, ANDREA MURRAY, SALLY SWINGLER, SANDRA DOWNSkew heights sports club - 397 barkers road - kew (vic), kew heights tennis club - competition trophies

Printed booklet. Stapled binding with stiff paper cover. Glossy internal paper pages. Not paginated. 12 pages. A commemorative council notice paper produced for a special meeting of the Shire of Bacchus Marsh on 18th October 1962. This meeting was held to commemorate the first meeting of the Bacchus Marsh Road District Board on the 14 November 1856 and the first meeting of the Bacchus Marsh and Maddingley District Road Board on 22 November 1862. The booklet contains the text of a council motion commemorating the foundation of local government in the Bacchus Marsh area. The booklet also contains historical information such as reproductions of the Victoria Government Gazette issues of 1856 and 1862 proclaiming the creation of Road Boards in Bacchus Marsh and Maddingley, a list of Councillors as of 1962, selected reproductions of Council minutes from 1856 and 1862, and a list of Chairmen, Presidents and senior officers of the Shire from 1856 until 1962. Printed by Crisp and Sons Printers, Bacchus Marsh, 1962. BMDHS Location: AR/SU5bacchus marsh shire council, shire of bacchus marsh, local government bacchus marsh history, bacchus marsh history