144p.non-fictionBrief profiles on some of the German pioneer families in the Local and surrounding areas as well as further afield. Some of them are buried in Box Hill Cemetery.aumann> heinrich wilhelm, fankhauser> george frederick, fankhauser> henry, fankhauser> george henry, fankhauser> robert christian, fankhauser> john butler maling, fankhauser> stanley charles, fankhauser> walter john, franke> marie charlotte, fankhauser> edward charles, mahoney> bartholomew, fankhauser> john august, rieschiek> august, lohn> henrich, finger> ernest ferdinand, fliegner> ernst ferdinand, hanke> ernst john, lauer> henrich> christian, lauer> frederick> gottfried, lohn> heinrich, schramm> max von, shepherd> esther ruby, tainton> rose selina, thiele> john gotthold, zerbe> august john, zerbe> frederick carl, zerbe> august edward, zerbe> henry august, zerbe> albert august, cemeteries, box hill cemetery

78 pages. Includes B&w photos, maps of the battlefields and indexThis tribute to local volunteers who served in World War I. Lists the names and service numbers of all volunteers identified as being born or enlisted in Blackburn, Mitcham, Nunawading and Vermont. Those who died in service are detailed.world war> 1914-1918, davey> jack, draeger> clarence norman, farrelly> martin, geal> albert, geal> george, gurdon> edwin, anderson> arthur andreas, bethel> robert james, blake> charles william gilbert, bond> samual thomas, bromley> roy phillips, colton> james henry, dobson>david, dowton> henry william, fankhauser> george ferdinand, featherstone> george redman, fleming> andrew cumming, fleming> norman reid, gilbert> leslie raymond talbot, hall> charles samuel, hogan> henry arthur, hornby> leslie laurence, hughes> richard ewen, hurter> edward charles tobias, jones> geoffrey ernest, jones> rolf stanley, lawson> andrew john, mcmillan> john lawson, mills> thomas hamlyn, mynott> edward, o'hara> robert james, piercy> harold wilfred, piercy> walter leonard, piggott> john albert, pither> frederick henry, prior> cecil victor, rolfe> leopold francis william, sheehan> andrew clifford, smith> ernest ralph, stockfeld> frederick harry, stockfeld> gerhard robert, toogood> richard james, toogood> thomas michael, walker> henry ivanhoe, ward> francis daniel, welsh> edwin raymond, white> frederick thomas, williams> arthur stuart, willox> leslie lewis, youlden> clarence

Undated article in which Norman Armstrong corrects earlier information and states that the first meeting of the Shire Council of Blackburn and Mitcham was at Blackburn on 16 Oct 1925.Undated article in which Norman Armstrong corrects earlier information and states that the first meeting of the Shire Council of Blackburn and Mitcham was at Blackburn on 16 Oct 1925.shire of blackburn and mitcham, ellemer, h, mock, w, elmore, algernon john, watts (cr), husband, charles edward, gray, l.j., bishop, herbert thomas, bayley, leonard.sherwin, armstrong, norman, fankhauser, g.f.