R J Russell operated a timber and hardware store in Koroit Street Warrnambool around the 1950’s. He succeeded from Newcombe Pty Ltd which had operated a timber and hardware store on the site (the present Target store) from the 1870’s. The business continued to trade under the Newcombe name after the death of Newcombe around 1900.A common well used item with links to a local business.Wooden yard ruler with markings in one eigthth inch measurements and numbered in inches. Text written in black on both sides.On front side: J Russell Pty Ltd. Timber and hardware merchants 148 Koroit Street Warrnambool. Phone 22. On reverse: Fencing materials, general hardware, paints, oils , Glass. Contractors or builders. Phone 22r j russell warrnambool, newcombe pty ltd warrnambool, timber yards warrnambool

Coloured Photograph of brick paved lane. Previously the lanes had been paved with blue stone pitcher. Note the variety of fencing materials used in this lane which connected Ormond Avenue with Victoria Street.lanes, ormond avenue, mitcham, victoria street

Small section of single strand barb wire. Wire found at home in Strathfieldsaye, near Bendigo. Wire is high tensile and has a slight kink under the barbs which locks them in position. Item donated by Elaine Swanson, Strathfieldsaye, whose father purchased most of his fencing materials from Abbott Supply, Bendigo. The wire matches the design outlined in Abbott's patent application attached.rural industry, fencing, barbed wire, abbott, farming material, fence wire

Extraordinary Business Reports 4th April 1978 Land Use Permit Car Sales Village Drive-In Theatre Somers Street Land Use Permit Storage of Fencing Materials Paramount Road Land Use Permit Bunting 556 Ballarat Road Land Use Permit Structure Improvements to existing service station Cnr Geelong Road and Francis Street Land Use Permit Alterations and additions to existing factory Lot 292 Hawthorn Avenue Land Use Permit Existing truck and earth moving equipment sales Geelong Road Land Use Permit Extensions of permit Flats Ballarat Road Variation Toilet Block Hampshire Road Plan of Subdivision Hook Street and Vule Street city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, somers street, drive-in theatre, sunshine north, paramount road, tottenham, ballarat road, albion, geelong road, francis street, brooklyn, hawthorn avenue, ardeer, hampshire road, sunshine, hook street, vule street, st. albans

Wooden fence droppers were used in traditional post-and-wire agricultural fencing to maintain the correct spacing between horizontal fence wires. The principal fence posts were placed at intervals and carried the tension of the wires. Droppers were installed between these posts and attached to each horizontal wire. Their purpose was to keep the wires evenly separated and working together as a fence, rather than allowing individual strands to move independently. When livestock pushed against a fence, the droppers helped distribute the movement across several wires and reduced the likelihood of animals forcing their way between them. Before commercially manufactured steel droppers became widespread, farmers could make wooden droppers from locally available timber, drilling holes or otherwise fastening them at the required wire spacing. Wooden droppers were particularly suited to rural properties where timber was readily available and fencing materials were often fabricated or repaired on the farm.Two long, narrow wooden fence droppers, rectangular in section and fitted with a series of regularly spaced holes along their length. The droppers are made from narrow lengths of timber with slightly irregular, weathered surfaces. Each has multiple holes corresponding with the positions of the horizontal wires in a conventional wire fence. Unlike a fence post, a dropper was not intended to carry the main tension of the fence or necessarily be driven deeply into the ground. Instead, it was positioned vertically between the main posts and attached to the horizontal fence wires. The droppers kept the wires evenly spaced and tied them together vertically, helping prevent individual wires from spreading apart when pressure was applied by livestock. The two examples differ slightly in width, shape and hole arrangement, suggesting they may have been individually or locally made.farm equipment, fencing

A digital copy of a black and white photograph of a splitters hut at Bellel near Marysville. A timber splitter (historically also called a paling-splitter or wood-splitter) was a manual forest worker who felled large trees and split the wood along the grain into useful building materials and fencing components using hand tools like axes, heavy wooden mallets (mauls), and iron wedges.A digital copy of a black and white photograph of a splitters hut at Bellel near Marysville.SPLITTERS HUT BELLEL/ MARYSVILLEmarysville, victoria, australia, timber splitter, paling splitter, wood splitter, photograph

Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council 27th February 1979 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Sale of Land Adjacent to Deer Park Hotel Ballarat Road Deer Park to Carlton & United Breweries Ltd Lease of Part Land G.U.D. Burton Crescent Lease of Cricket Club Premises Dempster Park Municipal Offices Extensions Rate Statistics Tottenham Technical School 27 Duke Street Lease Swimming Pool Instruction Contract Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Service Community Directory Welwyn Street Kindergarten Deer Park Visiting Kindergarten Teacher Family Day Care Volunteer Training Family and Community Services Programme Problems of Regional Office of Social Welfare Department Visiting Kindergarten Teacher Report Proposal for Voluntary Youth Community Service Scheme Walk for the Child Report of the Chief Health Officer Nuisance 177 Ridgeway Parade Sunshine West Removal of Dwelling Outside the Municipality McDonald Road Sunshine to Skenes Creek North Garbage By-Law No 123 Removal of Dwelling Outside the Municipality 7 Norma Street Sunshine to Government Road Warrong Shire of Minhamite Report of the Chief By-Laws Officer Proposed Limited Parking St. Albans Road Near Princess Street St. Albans Increase in Sustenance Fee Dog Act Method of Dog Destruction Proposed No Parking Right of Way Rear of Station Place Report of the City Librarian Australia Council Public Lending Right Survey Melton Library Book Stock Children's Library Holiday Programme Highpoint West Library Interior Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Rainbow Workshop Child Care Position Ground Allocation for the Winter Season 1979 School Holiday Programme January 1979 Report of the City Engineer & Planner Derrimut Saleyards Change in Government Proposals Planning Permit Application Storage of Fencing Material Paramount Road Tottenham Planning Permit Application Widening of Existing Access Sunshine Road Amendment No 1 Part 1A to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Planning Permit Application Factory or Workshop Extension 19 Evans Street Braybrook Planning Permit Application Warehouse and Factory Hawthorn Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Warehouse and Retail Timber Outlet Lot 9 Ballarat Road Albion Planning Permit Application Service Premise and Caretaker's Dwelling Lots 317 & 318 Dover Street Albanvale Standard Planning Permit Conditions and Standard Grounds of Refusal Plan of Subdivision Lot 1 & 2 Comley Street Sunshine North Plan of Subdivision 101 Ballarat Road Maidstone Plan of Subdivision St. Albans Road St. Albans Plan of Subdivision Thomson Street and Jackson Street Maidstone Plan of Subdivision Kentucky Fried Chicken Ballarat Road Sunshine Plan of Subdivision Westerngate Estate Stage 6A Consolidation of Title Lots 327 & 328 Aycliffe Drive Deer Park for Aycliffe Drive Infant Welfare Centre Neale Road Construction Stage 2 Purchase of surplus Motor Mowers Tenders Westerngate Project Proposed Surcharge drain Clarke Street Car Park Extension Corner Dickson Street Right of Way Main Road West at Cornhill Street Private Street Construction Part of Warrs Road Declaration of Sewage Areas No 3680 & 3685 Sewerage Facilities Deer Park Health Act Drain Creation of Easement Sunshine Swimming Pool Variations Extensions & Additions Ballarat Road Infant Welfare Centre Deer Park Report of the Building Surveyor Building Over Easement 33 Oakwood Road St. Albans Siting of Building Lot 26 Adams Street St. Albans Report of the Director of Parks & Recreation International Year of the Child Playground Killeen Street Sunshine West Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 15th February 1979 Submission to Local Government Advisory Board Re Boundariesdeer park hotel, ballarat road, deer park, sunshine cricket club, dempster park, phoenix street, sunshine north, tottenham technical school, duke street, braybrook, welwyn street kindergarten, welwyn street, ridgeway parade, sunshine west, mcdonald road, norma street, sunshine, st. albans road, princess street, st. albans, station place, highpoint west library, rosamond road, maribyrnong, derrimut saleyards, sunshine road, evans street, hawthorn avenue, dover street, albanvale, comley street, maidstone, thomson street, jackson street, aycliffe drive, aycliffe drive infant welfare centre, neale road, clarke street, dickson street, cornhill street, warrs road, sunshine swimming pool, kennedy street, ballarat road infant welfare centre, oakwood road, adams street, killeen street

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 27th February 1979 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Sale of Land Adjacent to Deer Park Hotel Ballarat Road Deer Park to Carlton & United Breweries Ltd Lease of Part Land G.U.D. Burton Crescent Lease of Cricket Club Premises Dempster Park Municipal Offices Extensions Rate Statistics Tottenham Technical School 27 Duke Street Lease Swimming Pool Instruction Contract Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Service Community Directory Welwyn Street Kindergarten Deer Park Visiting Kindergarten Teacher Family Day Care Volunteer Training Family and Community Services Programme Problems of Regional Office of Social Welfare Department Visiting Kindergarten Teacher Report Proposal for Voluntary Youth Community Service Scheme Walk for the Child Report of the Chief Health Officer Nuisance 177 Ridgeway Parade Sunshine West Removal of Dwelling Outside the Municipality McDonald Road Sunshine to Skenes Creek North Garbage By-Law No 123 Removal of Dwelling Outside the Municipality 7 Norma Street Sunshine to Government Road Warrong Shire of Minhamite Report of the Chief By-Laws Officer Proposed Limited Parking St. Albans Road Near Princess Street St. Albans Increase in Sustenance Fee Dog Act Method of Dog Destruction Proposed No Parking Right of Way Rear of Station Place Report of the City Librarian Australia Council Public Lending Right Survey Melton Library Book Stock Children's Library Holiday Programme Highpoint West Library Interior Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Rainbow Workshop Child Care Position Ground Allocation for the Winter Season 1979 School Holiday Programme January 1979 Report of the City Engineer & Planner Derrimut Saleyards Change in Government Proposals Planning Permit Application Storage of Fencing Material Paramount Road Tottenham Planning Permit Application Widening of Existing Access Sunshine Road Amendment No 1 Part 1A to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Planning Permit Application Factory or Workshop Extension 19 Evans Street Braybrook Planning Permit Application Warehouse and Factory Hawthorn Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Warehouse and Retail Timber Outlet Lot 9 Ballarat Road Albion Planning Permit Application Service Premise and Caretaker's Dwelling Lots 317 & 318 Dover Street Albanvale Standard Planning Permit Conditions and Standard Grounds of Refusal Plan of Subdivision Lot 1 & 2 Comley Street Sunshine North Plan of Subdivision 101 Ballarat Road Maidstone Plan of Subdivision St. Albans Road St. Albans Plan of Subdivision Thomson Street and Jackson Street Maidstone Plan of Subdivision Kentucky Fried Chicken Ballarat Road Sunshine Plan of Subdivision Westerngate Estate Stage 6A Consolidation of Title Lots 327 & 328 Aycliffe Drive Deer Park for Aycliffe Drive Infant Welfare Centre Neale Road Construction Stage 2 Purchase of surplus Motor Mowers Tenders Westerngate Project Proposed Surcharge drain Clarke Street Car Park Extension Corner Dickson Street Right of Way Main Road West at Cornhill Street Private Street Construction Part of Warrs Road Declaration of Sewage Areas No 3680 & 3685 Sewerage Facilities Deer Park Health Act Drain Creation of Easement Sunshine Swimming Pool Variations Extensions & Additions Ballarat Road Infant Welfare Centre Deer Park Report of the Building Surveyor Building Over Easement 33 Oakwood Road St. Albans Siting of Building Lot 26 Adams Street St. Albans Report of the Director of Parks & Recreation International Year of the Child Playground Killeen Street Sunshine West Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 15th February 1979 Submission to Local Government Advisory Board Re Boundaries Extraordinary Business Planning Permit Application Clothes Manufacturing Main Road West Planning Permit Application Car and Caravan Sales Ballarart Road Sunshinedeer park hotel, ballarat road, deer park, sunshine cricket club, dempster park, phoenix street, sunshine north, tottenham technical school, duke street, braybrook, burton crescent, maribyrnong, welwyn street kindergarten, welwyn street, ridgeway parade, sunshine west, mcdonald road, norma street, sunshine, st. albans road, princess street, st. albans, station place, highpoint west library, rosamond road, derrimut saleyards, paramount road, tottenham, sunshine road, evans street, hawthorn avenue, albion, dover street, albanvale, comley street, maidstone, thomson street, jackson street, kentucky fried chicken, aycliffe drive, aycliffe drive infant welfare centre, neale road, clarke street, dickson street, main road west, cornhill street, warrs road, sunshine swimming pool, kennedy street, ballarat road infant welfare centre, oakwood road, adams street, killeen street

Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council of the City of Sunshine to be held on 13th July 1977 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Financial Statements The Hub Operating Statement, Municipal Tip Operating Statement & Statement of Receipts & Expenditure Rates, Sanitary and Interest Abandonments for 1976/1977 Assistance to Unemployed Young People Protean Holdings Ltd Appeal Against Issue of Permit Land Transfer from the Council to Boral Resources (Vic) Pty Ltd Bon Thomas Reserve Proposed Development Legal Action to Recover Outstanding Account From The council for Soil from the Works at the new Monsanto Factory to More Park Sunshine Baseball Club Request for Extension to Lease Pavilion Dempster Park Use Dempster Park For Tennis Surrender of lease 23C Northumberland Road Swimming Pools Sunshine & Deer Park Payment of Wages by Cheque Course in Financial Management Diamond Reserve Shared Use of Education Department and Council Facilities Steers Street Group Part Private Street Scheme Involving Underground Drainage Only Financial Statement Year Ended 30th September 1976 and Auditor's Report Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Welfare Officer Subsides Report of the Chief Health Inspector Report of Weights and Measures Inspector National Conference Health Surveyors Perth October 1977 Ardeer Infant Welfare Centre Dumping of Rubbish Burke Street, Duke Street, Evans Street & Maribyrnong River Riverbank Braybrook Report of the By-Laws Officer By-Laws Officers Course Report of the City Librarian Application for Library Council of Victoria (Public Libraries Division) Special Projects Grant 1977-78 Australian Library Week 16th to 24th September 1977 Report of the City Engineer Land Use Permit Application Flats Chifley Drive Land Use Permit Application Conversion of Existing Petrol Filling Station to Self Service North East Corner of Ballarat Road and Station Road Land Use Permit Application Single Service Premises South West Corner Tinto Close and Allandale Drive Deer Park Land Use Permit Application Consulting Rooms Dental Surgery Lot 173 Fairbairn Road Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Place of Worship Sunshine Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Corner Wilkinson Street and Islington Street Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Amendments Land Use Permit Application Display Home and Information Store Lots 69 & 70 Tamar Drive Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Factory Lots 56 & 57 Marshall Street Land Use Permit Application Factory Lot 208 Cromer Avenue Land Use Permit Application Addition to School St. John's College 204 Churchill Avenue Braybrook Land Use Permit Application Light Industrial (Bakery) Addition to Existing Shop 133 South Road Braybrook Land Use Permit Application St Bernadette's Primary School & Church Presbytery Addition to Existing Church and School Land Bounded by Suffolk Road, Westmoreland Road, Rufford Street & Willey Street Land Use Permit Application Sale and Distribution of Floor Coverings, Builders Hardware, Electrical Domestic Appliances and Furniture Land Bounded by Halstead Street and Ashley Street Land Use Permit Application Store & Building Materials and Crane Hampton Avenue The Melbourne Bikeway Plan Strata Subdivision 50 Middle Road Strata Subdivision 17 Mayne Street Strata Subdivision 1 Grandview Avenue Strata Subdivision 52A Forrest Street Strata Subdivision 10 Dunlop Street Westerngate North Estate Subdivision Amendment to Sealed Plan Stage 6A Nickson's Estate The Lower Yarra Crossing The Case Against The Toll Western Region Commission Meeting with City of Williamstown Relating to Disposal of Garbage Sunshine Tip Membership of Australian Conservation Foundation Certificate of Completion Glengala Stage 111 Private Street Scheme Inquiry into Goods Movements and Access to Services in the Metropolitan Area of Victoria Quotations Received for Fencing / Fencing Materials Garfield Street Watermain State Emergency Service Provisionof Footpath Dickson Street Flooding Boundary Road / Fairbairn Road Access Road Corio Street to Business Premises Request for Closure of Part of Northumberland Road Between Wiltshire Street and Suffolk Road by Sunshine North Technical School Engineering Vacation Employment University of Melbourne and R.M.I.T. Report of the Building Surveyor Building Office Public Relations Application Outbuilding 29 Verdun Street Maidstone Installation of Underground Tank B.P. Service Station Corner Ballarat Road and Stonemark Street Building Permit Lot 7 Clyde Street Maribyrnong The Hub Repairs Quotation Albion North Pre-School Centre House of Sunshine Repairs Quotation Deer Park Hall Repairs Quotation Ainsworth Reserve Child Care Centre / Pavilion Orders of the Day Proposal to Close A Road Between Marsh Street and Emu Road Maidstone Proposal to Construct The Steers Street Group Part Private Street Scheme Confirmation of Making A By-law In Connection with By-Law No 123 Garbage Receptacles city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, northumberland road, sunshine north, sunshine swimmng pool, deer park swimming pool, station road, deer park, kennedy street, the hub, sun crescent, sunshine, bon thomas reserve, quinn street, monsanto, footscray west, more park, ardeer, sunshine baseball club, talmage street, dempster park, phoenix street, diamond reserve, albanvale, steers street, burke street, duke street, evans street, maribyrnong river, braybrook, chifley drive, maribyrnong, ballarat road, tinto close, allandale drive, fairbairn road, sunshine west, sunshine congregation of jehovah's witnesses, wilkinson street, islington street, tamar drive, marshall street, st. john's college, churchill avenue, south road, bernadette's primary school, suffolk road, westmoreland road, rufford street, willey street, ashley street, halstead street, hampton avenue, middle road, mayne street, grandview avenue, forrest street, dunlop street, sunshine tip, garfield street, st. albans, dickson street, boundary road, corio street, wiltshire street, sunshine north technical school, verdun street, maidstone, stonemark street, clyde street, albion north pre-school centre, house of sunshine, deer park hall, ainsworth reserve child care centre, vernon street, marsh street, emu road

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 13th July 1977 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Financial Statements The Hub Operating Statement, Municipal Tip Operating Statement & Statement of Receipts & Expenditure Rates, Sanitary and Interest Abandonments for 1976/1977 Assistance to Unemployed Young People Protean Holdings Ltd Appeal Against Issue of Permit Land Transfer from the Council to Boral Resources (Vic) Pty Ltd Bon Thomas Reserve Proposed Development Legal Action to Recover Outstanding Account From The council for Soil from the Works at the new Monsanto Factory to More Park Sunshine Baseball Club Request for Extension to Lease Pavilion Dempster Park Use Dempster Park For Tennis Surrender of lease 23C Northumberland Road Swimming Pools Sunshine & Deer Park Payment of Wages by Cheque Course in Financial Management Diamond Reserve Shared Use of Education Department and Council Facilities Steers Street Group Part Private Street Scheme Involving Underground Drainage Only Financial Statement Year Ended 30th September 1976 and Auditor's Report Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Welfare Officer Subsides Report of the Chief Health Inspector Report of Weights and Measures Inspector National Conference Health Surveyors Perth October 1977 Ardeer Infant Welfare Centre Dumping of Rubbish Burke Street, Duke Street, Evans Street & Maribyrnong River Riverbank Braybrook Report of the By-Laws Officer By-Laws Officers Course Report of the City Librarian Application for Library Council of Victoria (Public Libraries Division) Special Projects Grant 1977-78 Australian Library Week 16th to 24th September 1977 Report of the City Engineer Land Use Permit Application Flats Chifley Drive Land Use Permit Application Conversion of Existing Petrol Filling Station to Self Service North East Corner of Ballarat Road and Station Road Land Use Permit Application Single Service Premises South West Corner Tinto Close and Allandale Drive Deer Park Land Use Permit Application Consulting Rooms Dental Surgery Lot 173 Fairbairn Road Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Place of Worship Sunshine Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Corner Wilkinson Street and Islington Street Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Amendments Land Use Permit Application Display Home and Information Store Lots 69 & 70 Tamar Drive Land Use Permit Application Extension to Existing Factory Lots 56 & 57 Marshall Street Land Use Permit Application Factory Lot 208 Cromer Avenue Land Use Permit Application Addition to School St. John's College 204 Churchill Avenue Braybrook Land Use Permit Application Light Industrial (Bakery) Addition to Existing Shop 133 South Road Braybrook Land Use Permit Application St Bernadette's Primary School & Church Presbytery Addition to Existing Church and School Land Bounded by Suffolk Road, Westmoreland Road, Rufford Street & Willey Street Land Use Permit Application Sale and Distribution of Floor Coverings, Builders Hardware, Electrical Domestic Appliances and Furniture Land Bounded by Halstead Street and Ashley Street Land Use Permit Application Store & Building Materials and Crane Hampton Avenue The Melbourne Bikeway Plan Strata Subdivision 50 Middle Road Strata Subdivision 17 Mayne Street Strata Subdivision 1 Grandview Avenue Strata Subdivision 52A Forrest Street Strata Subdivision 10 Dunlop Street Westerngate North Estate Subdivision Amendment to Sealed Plan Stage 6A Nickson's Estate The Lower Yarra Crossing The Case Against The Toll Western Region Commission Meeting with City of Williamstown Relating to Disposal of Garbage Sunshine Tip Membership of Australian Conservation Foundation Certificate of Completion Glengala Stage 111 Private Street Scheme Inquiry into Goods Movements and Access to Services in the Metropolitan Area of Victoria Quotations Received for Fencing / Fencing Materials Garfield Street Watermain State Emergency Service Provisionof Footpath Dickson Street Flooding Boundary Road / Fairbairn Road Access Road Corio Street to Business Premises Request for Closure of Part of Northumberland Road Between Wiltshire Street and Suffolk Road by Sunshine North Technical School Engineering Vacation Employment University of Melbourne and R.M.I.T. Report of the Building Surveyor Building Office Public Relations Application Outbuilding 29 Verdun Street Maidstone Installation of Underground Tank B.P. Service Station Corner Ballarat Road and Stonemark Street Building Permit Lot 7 Clyde Street Maribyrnong The Hub Repairs Quotation Albion North Pre-School Centre House of Sunshine Repairs Quotation Deer Park Hall Repairs Quotation Ainsworth Reserve Child Care Centre / Pavilion Orders of the Day Proposal to Close A Road Between Marsh Street and Emu Road Maidstone Proposal to Construct The Steers Street Group Part Private Street Scheme Confirmation of Making A By-law In Connection with By-Law No 123 Garbage Receptacles city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, protean holdings pty ltd, bon thomas reserve, quinn street, deer park, deer park swimming pool, station road, sunshine swimming pool, sunshine baseball club, boral resources, dempster park, phoenix street, sunshine north, sunshine, sunshine north tennis club, diamond avenue, albansvale, steers street, kennedy street, the hub, sun crescent, sunshine tip, monsanto, more park, talmage street, albion, north sunshine tennis club, northumberland road, ardeer infant welfare centre, burke street, duke street, evans street, maribyrnong river, chifley drive, maribyrnong, ballarat road, tinto clos, allandale driv, fairbairn road, wilkinson street, islington street, tamar drive, marshall street, cromer avenue, st. john's college, sunshine congregation of jehovah's witnesse, churchill avenue, braybrook, south road, st bernadette's primary school, suffolk road, westmoreland road, rufford street, willey street, halstead street, ashley street, hampton avenue, middle road, mayne street, grandview avenue, forrest street, dunlop street, garfield street, st. albans, dickson street, boundary road, corio street, wiltshire street, verdun street, maidstone, clyde street, albion north pre-school centre, deer park hal, vernon street, sunshine west, marsh street, emu road, ainsworth reserve child care centre, stonemark street

The subject is not formally identified but it appears to be Olive Duncan, a Ladies Harbour Lights Guild member.This is a photograph of social and historic significance, being part of a sub-collection of material that provides a snapshot of the type of individuals involved in the Ladies Harbour Lights Guild and the activities carried out by that organisation. Sepia photograph of a woman in a cane chair in a garden, with fencing and trees in the background.olive duncan, ladies harbour lights guild, olive hall, lillie duncan, lhlg

Zilles Printers was begun by Lewis Zilles in the early 1930s. It was in McKenzie Street Ballarat. His son Jeffrey also became a printer - letterpress, offset and screen printer. The business became Zilles Printers/Graphics and was in Armstrong Street and later Bell Street Ballarat. Munro Engineers were pioneers in farming equipment since 1800s. Their main product was a range of fencing machinery. In 1963 they invented and produced the world's first tractor mounted, hydraulic post driver with digger. Advertising material preparations for Munro Engineering of Wendouree. Items included are paste-up of pamphlet, single sheet advertisements and written information, stickers and photographs for the preparation of printed matter.Four page pamphlet - printer's paste-up design plus two single pagesContact information for Munro Engineers. Mechanical information in pencilzilles printers, ballarat, munro engineering, pioneers in farming equipment, fencing machinery, tractor mounted post driver with digger, pamphlets, wendouree

Photograph shows a road construction area with "Road Closed" sign and temporary fencing. This is the old bridge at Lower Plenty under reconstruction.Part of the John Ramsdale collection of slides and audio visual material.Colour photograph scanned from slide.No maker's marks. No caption on slide.old lower plenty bridge, lower plenty bridge

This item is an example of a home-made item used by a rural family. It is made from readily available materials.A hand-made wire toasting fork. It has four prongs and the handle is twisted with a loop at the top for hanging. It is made of two strands of fencing wire.hand-made toasting-fork food-preparation

This item wasused before diesel, electric and battery drilling apparatus were used by farmers, and other trades requiring a portable yet reliable method of drilling holes. As this item is a 3/4 inch hole drill it would be suitable for fencing and providing holes for structural studs. As with all outdoor farm equipment, man power was required (be it the farmer or farm hands). Fitness of the operator was at a high standard but protective gloves were not highly thought of as it was before occupational, health and safety regulations became mandatory over all manual handling activities, be they on rural properties or town/city factories. This period was one where the male ego was at its pinnacle i.e. the harder the tasks the more of a man was required. Hard manual work was not only the "way to go" but also a necessity. Evolution of cheap portable electric/battery powered tools opened up a more efficient method available, especially to those with less muscle strength. This item personifies the rugged environment of the rural workplace. The Kiewa Valley with its main emphasis on farming and grazing provided ample opportunity to use this construction implement. The manufacturer being a Scottish tool company is very significant in the era when this hole maker was in high demand. British steel products were of high grade and had a good record of reliability. The reliability of any tool was a solid factor for farmers and tradesmen in this semi-isolated region (Circa early 1900s) within the Kiewa Valley and its regional area. This factor,although not as crucial, post 1960s, when Asian manufacturers entered the market place and produced cheaper tools and transportation and supplies was more frequent and reliable, the need for the more expensive British made tools diminished considerably. After the influx of tradesmen from war torn Europe (post 1945) and the increased availability of tradesmen in the Kiewa Valley and its region the price of tools was and still is not as crucial and the cost of all required tools has become a minimal part of the equation. It is only with the emerging younger trades person, farmer and grazier, who have more, "one eye on production costs" and no "old ties to the motherland" inert mind set that quality tools such as this auger and other hand tools "must be made to last a life time" is no longer part of the modern work environment.This cast iron, hand operated Auger has a short barrel shaped cylinder at one end (known as the "Eye") and at the other end a Helical screw blade (screws the cutting edge into wooden material, thereby creating a hole 3/4 inch diameter in the wood) . The barrel section at the top permits a metal or wooden leverage plank to be inserted. The main rod has a 180mm long cutting/screw blade running from the bottom up towards the "eye" end. From the end of the screw blade to the handle is 380mm and cylindrical, but this changes at 550mm from the "eye" end to a 14mm x 10mm rectangular shape shaft.This shaft end is welded to the "Eye".On the shaft below the "eye" is stamped " MATHESON GLASGOW" on the front side and a spade (cards) symbol on the back.auger, hand drill, fencing, tool, rural trades, brace & bit

Copy of a Heritage Trade & Services Directory Edition 1, dated April 2001. Compiled by City of Greater Bendigo Heritage Advisory Committee. Front cover has an oval picture of part of a building with scaffolding in front of it. Listed are: Architectural Hardware; Architects; Blacksmiths; Brickwork - General; Builders; Castings - Iron and Non Ferrous Metals; Cement Decoration and Rendering; Chimney Pots; Chimney Restoration; Chimney Sweeps; Colour Consultant; Concrete - Pre-cast; Damp Control; Drafting Service; Fabric; Fencing; Fire Mantels and Inserts; Floor Coverings; Furniture Restoration and French Polishing; Garden Renovations; Glass - Etching; Glass - Leadlighting; Guttering, Galvanised Iron and Sheet Metal Work; Interior Decorating; Joinery and Carpentry; Light Fittings; Masonry Cleaning; Paint; Painters and Decorators; Paint Stripping; Plasters and Associated Products; Resurfacing - Enameling; Resurfacing - Powder Coating; Restumping and Underpinning; Roof Restoration - Iron; Roof Restoration - Slate; Roof Restoration - Terracotta; Second Hand Materials; Stone - Quarries and Cutting; Stonemasons; Tile Layers; Tiles; Turning and Verandah Roofing.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - heritage trade & services directory, heritage advisory committee, city of greater bendigo

This photograph documents the construction of the Jacana Underpass Tunnel, a landmark infrastructure project undertaken to allow Melbourne’s Western Ring Road to pass beneath a complex transport corridor. The corridor included Pascoe Vale Road, Electric Street, and four active railway lines—two broad gauge, one standard gauge, and one commuter line—making traditional tunneling or bridging methods impractical. The tunnel was constructed using a pioneering hydraulic jacking technique, where precast concrete tunnel segments, each weighing approximately 1200 tonnes, were pushed into place through pilot tunnels. This method minimised disruption to the busy transport corridor above, which carried tens of thousands of vehicles and multiple rail services daily. The Jacana Underpass Tunnel was constructed between 1992 and 1993 as part of Melbourne’s Western Ring Road project, a major infrastructure initiative aimed at improving traffic flow and connectivity across the city’s northern suburbs. The underpass was designed to carry the freeway beneath a complex transport corridor that included Pascoe Vale Road, Electric Street, and four active railway lines—two broad gauge, one standard gauge, and one commuter line. Due to the shallow depth of cover—less than one metre in some areas—and the need to maintain uninterrupted road and rail services above, engineers employed an innovative hydraulic jacking technique. This involved pushing precast concrete tunnel segments, each weighing approximately 1200 tonnes, through pilot tunnels using hydraulic rams. The method was one of the largest of its kind in Australia at the time and allowed for the safe and efficient installation of the tunnel without open excavation. The photograph captures a key stage in the construction process, showing the dual tunnel portals, heavy machinery, and construction materials on site. It reflects the scale, complexity, and ingenuity of late 20th-century civil engineering in Victoria and provides valuable insight into the evolution of Melbourne’s transport infrastructure.This photograph documents a pivotal moment in the construction of the Jacana Underpass Tunnel, part of Melbourne’s Western Ring Road infrastructure project undertaken in the early 1990s. The image features two tunnel entrances under construction, surrounded by heavy machinery, construction materials, and temporary fencing, with a dirt access road leading into the site. The Jacana Underpass was constructed using a hydraulic jacking technique, a method that allowed large precast concrete tunnel segments—each weighing approximately 1200 tonnes—to be installed beneath a live transport corridor without disrupting traffic or rail services. This innovative approach was one of the largest of its kind in Australia and addressed significant engineering challenges, including shallow cover and complex geological conditions. The photograph is significant for its documentation of advanced civil engineering practices and the transformation of Melbourne’s northern suburbs through major infrastructure development. It provides insight into the construction techniques, site logistics, and material use typical of large-scale tunneling projects in the late 20th century. As part of an archival collection, this image contributes to the historical record of urban growth, transport planning, and engineering innovation in Victoria. It holds enduring value for researchers, historians, and infrastructure professionals studying the evolution of public works in the state.Colour photo. Construction Site. Jacana underpass tunnel.(Back - blue pen) 'Underpass/Jacana'underpass, jacana, construction, 1990's, jacana underpass tunnel, western ring road

"The dry stone walls provide a tangible link to the area’s white settlement, and they remain a symbol of the profound change in land usage from the original Kulin custodians to the European arrivals of the nineteenth century. The bulk of dry stone wall construction in Victoria occurred between the 1850s and 1880s. The gold rush of the early 1850s in particular inspired a flurry of construction. At this time, labour previously available for shepherding livestock dried up, as men gravitated to the goldfields to seek their fortunes. This necessitated the building of fencing to contain the district’s growing number of sheep, cattle and horses. An explosion in surveying, subdivision and the sale of Crown lands also contributed to a boost in construction. Government regulations that punished pastoralists for allowing their livestock to stray provided further incentive to fence-off previously open expanses of land. The major benefit of this type of fencing was that it utilised the materials at hand; the plentiful grey basalt that scattered the landscape. In the case of the dry stone walls built around Melton, the characteristic round or oval shape of the volcanic fieldstones on the western plains inspired some distinctive designs.54 Another advantage of dry stone walls was their ability to withstand the ravages of flood, fire and drought often experienced in the district. This durability accounts for the fact that many of these fences still exist today". Dry Stone Wall trail brochure/pamphlet for visitors provided by Melton Visitor Information Centrecouncil, landscapes of significance

Circular tin box. Lid printed with a scene of a man and woman playing tennis, ca. 1930. Sides of tin printed with imagery ofassorted sporting equipment (including those associated with boxing, fencing, tennis, lacrosse, hockey, football, cricket and golf. Materials: Metal, Inktennis

A civic campaign for new public offices developed in Kew in the 1880s. After much deliberation, the location chosen was the junction of Bulleen and Cotham Roads. The buildings were designed by George Watson and John Henry Harvey, architects within the Department of Public Works (Victoria). Building was commenced in 1887, and after one year, the buildings were opened. The Post Office was transferred to the new Commonwealth Government in 1901. The Police Station and Court House, sold by the Victorian Government to the City of Boroondara in 2007, are now a community cultural centre and performing arts venue.The buildings were listed on the Victorian Heritage Register Register (HO885) in 1991. They are historically and architecturally significant to the State Of Victoria because Watson and Harvey's designs exhibit diversity in integrating civil offices, they accommodate the apex of road junctions, and they demonstrate a departure from the contemporaneously favoured High Victorian Classical to the Queen Anne style in the design of civic buildings. 35mm colour transparency of an original plan by George Watson and John Henry Harvey, architects of the Department of Public Works (Victoria), in 1887 for New Public Offices at Kew. This plan was copied by the donor from an original held at the Commonwealth Archives in Brighton (Vic). The copy was made to illustrate a report that the donor made on ‘The functional planning design, building materials and construction methods of the Kew Post Office’ as part of course work at RMIT.IRON FENCING TO COURT AND POST OFFICE / PART ELEVATION OF FENCING IN FRONT OF COURT / SECTION ..kew court house, kew police station, kew post office, architectural drawings, khs - slides, new public offices -- kew (vic.), architecture — queen anne style

Folder of Memos and directions (htd3207i1> htd3207i8) - Air raid precautions, covering painting, respirators, sheds, tools, kits, shelters, stacks , blackouts, trenches, emergency, air raid shelters (htd3207i9> htd3207i16) - Accidents, covering accidents and derailments, (htd3207i17) - Bridges – inspection of Victoria St bridge (htd3207i18) - Cable tracks, covering tarring, patching, top dressing of cable tracks (htd3207i19> htd3207i21) - Cartage, covering hired trucks, cartage of wood blocks, spoil, sleepers (htd3207i22> htd3207i23) - Contracts, blank page (no image) - Councils, covering track opening, storm water drain, bad roads (htd3207i24) - Costs, covering maintenance costs, construction costs, wet weather (htd3207i25> htd3207i26) - Depots, covering inspections, storage, paving, telephones, mail (htd3207i27> htd3207i30) - Derailments, covering controls, reports (htd3207i31) - Drainage (htd3207i32) - Eastern Lines, covering loading platforms, crossovers, work orders (htd3207i33> htd3207i34) - Eastern Lines Reconstruction (htd3207i35> htd3207i37) - Eastern Line Maintenance (htd3207i38> htd3207i40) - Estimates (htd3207i41) - Employment (htd3207i42) - Footscray Lines (htd3207i43) - Instructions (htd3207i44) - Journals, covering Engineering Journal and magazines (htd3207i45) - Materials – General, covering frames & covers, unloading stores, packing plates, petrol allowance, ashes at Preston workshops, electrodes, sleepers (htd3207i46> htd3207i50) - Maintenance – General, covering loading platforms, inspections, work orders, paving (htd3207i51> htd3207i57) - Northern Lines, covering greasing of curves, crossovers, loading platforms (htd3207i58> htd3207i61) - Northern Lines – Reconstruction, covering crossings, welding machines (htd3207i62> htd3207i64) - Northern Lines – Maintenance, covering repairs, crossings, lifting programme, fencing, curves, track inspection, repairs (htd3207i65> htd3207i70) - New Lines (htd3207i71> htd3207i80) - Plant – General (htd3207i81> htd3207i94) - Plant – Concrete Mixers (htd3207i95) - Plant – Motor Vehicles (htd3207i96> htd3207i100) - Plant – Rollers (htd3207i101> htd3207i103) - Plant – Grinders (htd3207i104) - Plant – Grinders & Scrubbers (htd3207i105> htd3207i110) - Plant – Compressors and Tie Tampers (htd3207i111) - Plant – Cleaner Cars (htd3207i112> htd3207i114) - Plant – Loaders (htd3207i115) - Plant – Tools (htd3207i116> htd3207i117) - Plant – Miscellaneous (htd3207i118) - Per Way – General (htd3207i119> htd3207i121) - Public Utilities (htd3207i122> htd3207i123) - Reconstruction – General (htd3207i124> htd3207i126) - Railways (htd3207i127> htd3207i129) See \dbtext\hawthorn\photo_collections\3207_Folder for scanned images.trams, tramways, instructions