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Kew Historical Society IncArchive (Sub-series) - Subject File, Early Landowners (Kew), 1958
... edward augustus atkyns... Glass, Richard Davies Ireland, Edward Augustus Atkyns etc.... davies ireland edward augustus atkyns nicholas fenwick george ...Various partiesReference, Research, InformationSecondary Values (KHS Imposed Order)Small subject file that contains information on early landowners in Kew. The research and notes are unsigned and undated. There is also some research on residents named in the early rate books. Specific landowners with information about them in the file include notes by Mavis Rolley on J.W. Cowell and Catherine Cowell, George Wharton, Nicholas Fenwick, Capt. John Murchison, Hugh Glass, Richard Davies Ireland, Edward Augustus Atkyns etc.j.w. cowell, catherine cowell, john murchison, richard davies ireland, edward augustus atkyns, nicholas fenwick, george whartonj.w. cowell, catherine cowell, john murchison, richard davies ireland, edward augustus atkyns, nicholas fenwick, george wharton -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Sub-series) - Subject File, Kew Historical Society, HOWARD family, 1970
... edward augustus atkyns... sarah howard edward augustus atkyns The file contains a single 3 ...Various partiesReference, Research, InformationSecondary Values (KHS Imposed Order)The subject file contains a single 3-page document donated by Mr A Atkyns containing his research on the Howard family of United Kingdom and Australia. The main point of interest in the file is the references to Frederick William Howard who was an early landowner in Studley Park, in Kew. The file also lists the marriages of Howard children into other families such as the Cussens. The file includes a brief family tree.kew historical society - archives, kew - history, charles howard (1796-?), ship - sir godfrey webster, ship - james watt, howardville - preston (vic), elizabeth bennett, sarah pierce (?-1877), patrick e cussen, charles james howard, helen mcpherson, frederick william howard, kate alsop, amelia howard, rowland macarthur, edward cussen ormond howard, margaret alsop, anne howard, john alsop, emma sarah howard, edward augustus atkynskew historical society - archives, kew - history, charles howard (1796-?), ship - sir godfrey webster, ship - james watt, howardville - preston (vic), elizabeth bennett, sarah pierce (?-1877), patrick e cussen, charles james howard, helen mcpherson, frederick william howard, kate alsop, amelia howard, rowland macarthur, edward cussen ormond howard, margaret alsop, anne howard, john alsop, emma sarah howard, edward augustus atkyns -
Kew Historical Society IncPhotograph - 'Neama', Studley Park Road, 1978
... Edward Augustus Atkyns was born in Wiltshire, England... Edward Augustus Atkyns was born in Wiltshire, England in 1840 ...Edward Augustus Atkyns was born in Wiltshire, England in 1840. His family emigrated to Australia in 1852. As a young man he was a keen cricketer and played at the first cricket ground in the district, located between Barkers Road and Hawthorn Grove, on the site of the future Barker railway station. Atkyns was admitted to the Victorian Bar in 1861, initially working in his father’s practice. He sat as a local magistrate in both Kew and Hawthorn and acted as solicitor for several shire councils. Elected to the Hawthorn Borough Council in 1863 at the age of 23, he served in that municipality as mayor in 1866-67. By 1877, he had moved to Kew where he lived at Neama in Studley Park Road, a property later incorporated into the St Paul’s School for the Blind.Rare colour photograph of what was once a significant house in Kew.Original colour positive photograph (Kodak print) of the main house of 'Neama', colloquially known as the 'farmhouse'. Photographed by Stewart West in April 1978 (it was later demolished by the Villa Maria Society).Annotated reverse: "Front view of Neama / Farmhouse on St Paul's School for the Blind Children / Fernhurst Estate"st paul's school for the blind, neama, studley park road -- kew (vic.), historic houses -- kew (vic.), villa maria society -
Kew Historical Society IncPhotograph - 'Neama', Studley Park Road, 1978
... Edward Augustus Atkyns was born in Wiltshire, England... Edward Augustus Atkyns was born in Wiltshire, England in 1840 ...Edward Augustus Atkyns was born in Wiltshire, England in 1840. His family emigrated to Australia in 1852. As a young man he was a keen cricketer and played at the first cricket ground in the district, located between Barkers Road and Hawthorn Grove, on the site of the future Barker railway station. Atkyns was admitted to the Victorian Bar in 1861, initially working in his father’s practice. He sat as a local magistrate in both Kew and Hawthorn and acted as solicitor for several shire councils. Elected to the Hawthorn Borough Council in 1863 at the age of 23, he served in that municipality as mayor in 1866-67. By 1877, he had moved to Kew where he lived at Neama in Studley Park Road, a property later incorporated into the St Paul’s School for the Blind.Rare colour photograph of what was once a significant house in Kew.Original colour positive photograph (Kodak print) of the secondary building at 'Neama', colloquially known as the 'hall'. Photographed by Stewart West in April 1978 (it was later demolished by the Villa Maria Society).Annotated reverse: "Timber hall on Fernhurst land / Transported there approx 1878."st paul's school for the blind, neama, studley park road -- kew (vic.), historic houses -- kew (vic.), villa maria society
