Contributor: T.H. KneenBox of 21 slides. Some dated. Appear to be for teaching Arboriculture. 2 labelled and scanned: (1) "Ilex cornuta Burnley 7/64." (2) Melaleuca styphelioides Burnley 6/8/64." arboriculture, lecture, trees

1, 2. the stained glass window hanging in the Staff Room. Formerly in Principal's Residence May 90. 20 slides : 3, 4. Dairy before it was refurbished for the 1991 Centenary. 5, 6.Media Bins, 7, 8.Sequoia sempervirens, 9. Egg Curator's Cottage, Others unidentified. Mar 90.staff room, principal's residence, dairy, media bins, egg curator's cottage, garden week, 1990, stained glass window, sequoia sempervirens

Egg and nest collecting was considered a hobby for the 19thC Victorian gentlemen and the handwritten notes that often accompany the eggs can be as valuable to curators as the eggs themselves. Details have helped scientists understand the changes in bird nesting behavior in the past century and some of these historical eggs have also played a role in major scientific discoveries. Early settlers in Moorabbin Shire were fascinated by the new flora and fauna they found in the local and wider countryside.This is a typical collection of natural objects of an early settler in Moorabbin Shire 19thC when Charles Darwin inspired a general interest in the evolution of speciesA collection of bird eggs, nests and a seahorse in a wooden display box with a glass lid .bird's eggs c1900, bird's nests c1900, victorian era collectors, early settlers, pioneers, moorabbin shire, bentleigh, cheltenham, natural sciences, ornithology, darwin charles,