Medhurst Family standing outside their fruit shop in Grimshaw Street GreensboroughFrom the John Mackey collection. this item was displayed at the offices of Ryan, Mackey and Kelly, solicitors, Main Street Greensborough.Timber-framed photograph of Medhurst's Fruit Shop, black and white.greensborough, john mackey, medhurst family, david medhurst, jack medhurst, martha medhurst, medhurst's fruit shop

Speros Defteros is standing in the doorway of his fruit shop, the Acropolis Fruit Shop. Speros owned a series of fruit shops in South Yarra, Coburg and Bentleigh. A black and white photograph of a shopkeeper standing at the door of a suburban fruit shop. A display of fruit is in the window and two boxes of vegetables are by the door.

An fruit shop owned by an Ithacan family, possibly owned by a member of the Kallinikos family in South Melbourne.A black and white photograph of a lady and man with a little girl standing in a well stocked fruit shop with promotional posters displayed above the fruit display.

Hughes Fruit Shop and Milk Bar, Main Road, Eltham, c.1949 promoting Peters Ice Cream Immediately to the right of the shop is a bootmaker factory that employed 15 people. It was situated on the corner of Pryor Street and is the site of the present-day Westpac Bank. Pryor Street is an unmade road. To the left of the shop are four vacant blocks stretching to Luck Street where Mr and Mrs Britton had a house. On the other side of Pryor Street is the original Blue Gum Cafe and Milk Bar advertising Swallow's Ice Cream. At the time it was operated by Pop Warner. [We believe the fruit shop was built 1946-1948 based upon evidence of another photo (EDHS_02182) looking northeast from Staffs store circa October 1945 and an aerial photo of December 1945 which only shows the bootmaker factory.] Behind the shop is a tall Bluegum tree. This was the tree that the Bluegum Cafe was originally named after. Miss Barber's 'Blue Gum' Soda Fountain opened October 1922 and was the first shop on the eastern side of Main Road following Luther Haley's Bakery and General Store on the other side adjacent to the railway station in 1902. The Bluegum was felled in the early 1960s when Burge's Blue Gum Cafe and milkbar was sold and demolished in September 1960 to make way for a new store, Mr. J. Millet's Foodland. OLD LANDMARK GOES Perhaps the most famous landmark in Eltham's' business section disappeared last Wednesday when the towering blue gum in Pryor Street at the rear of Main Road shops was felled. The tree, stated to be more than 80 feet high, was the one for which the adjoining café was named, when that business was Eltham’s only provision store, long before the turn of the century. Mr. J. Millett, who now owns the property on which the tree stood, deeply regretted its removal, but was mindful of the need for expansion in the business area. The "Old Blue Gum" was removed by Mr. A. Wilson, expert tree feller, from Heidelberg. Its proportions might be assessed by these facts – it took a gang of experienced men two days to completely fell and clear the tree, and, falling sections being brought down by cable tipped electricity wires on the opposite side of Pryor Street. Images from the private collection of Mrs Noel Williams (nee Hughes) Noel’s parents, George Elgar Hughes and Jean Alice Hughes had a combined milk bar and fruit shop in Main Road, Eltham. Noel worked in the shop after leaving Eltham High School aged 15 (1950), until she married George Williams in 1956, whose grandparents, Violet and Will Williams, owned the Bellevue estate in Livingston Road, Eltham. Her father, then sold the property. George and Noel raised 3 children on their farm in Kangaroo Ground and Noel, who turned 90 years old in July 2025, is a life member of the Andrew Ross Museum.hughes fruit shop and milk bar, main road eltham, george elgar hughes, jean alice hughes, 1949, blue gum (eucalyptus globulus), blue gum milk bar (eltham), eltham shopping centre, eltham shops, fruit shop, green grocer, milk bar, peter's ice cream, pryor street, shoe factory., swallow's ice cream, bedford truck, pop warner, bootmaker's shop, newsagency, noel williams collection, shoe factory, telephone box

The shop was located in Bridge Street. The photo shows the external fruit displays and prices. The shop included a Nestles chocolate machine. It is presumed that George Russo is standing in front.building, commerical, george russo, fruit shop, bridge street

In the photograph a young Nakis Raftopoulos is arranging the fruit display in his father's (Spiro Raftopoulos) shop which was at 250 Johnson Street in Abbotsford. Many Ithacan Greeks who settled in Melbourne opened businesses as it was difficult for non-British immigrants to secure employment in the early years when Ithacans first started arrive. The business were mostly associated with food vending, either cafes, restaurants, oyster bars and sea food shops, or fruit shops, stalls or barrows. They ventured into the food vending business because it was an area the had skills in. Also some of these business didn't require enormous initial capital outlay and provided a springboard for entrepreneurial Ithacans to progress to larger scale businesses. The ownership of businesses by Ithacans assisted the development of chain migration with Ithacan business owners providing employment to relatives who wished to emigrate to Melbourne. A black and white photograph of a young man in a fruit shop. he is arranging apples in a display behind a counter. The photograph has been reproduced and is mounted on board.

A digital copy of a colour photograph of a fruit shop located in Marysville in Victoria.A digital copy of a colour photograph of a fruit shop located in Marysville in Victoria. This shop was owned and operated by a local man, Lew Potter. The shop was located in Pack Road in Marysville.marysville, victoria, lew potter, fruit shop, pack road

Sculli Brothers Fresh Fruit shop, Main Street Greensborough. Sculli's now operate from a store in Greensborough Plaza.Digital copy of colour photographmain street greensborough, sculli family

Sculli Brothers Fresh Fruit shop, Main Street Greensborough. The Sculli brothers opened their Greensborough fruit and vegetable business in 1960 shortly after migrating to Australia. Sculli's now operate from a store in Greensborough Plaza.Digital copy of colour photographmain street greensborough, sculli family

Range of in store pricing tickets, lettering and noticesbaggaley family, bendigo businesses

Coloured photograph canterbury, maling road, shops, petroro family

This photograph, taken by The Advocate in 1993, were published as part of the newspaper’s ongoing column profiling local traders across the district. This photograph features Mehry's Fruit & Veg Shop located at 23 Sun Crescent, Sunshine.The Sunshine Advocate’s feature on local traders was a modest yet well‑liked column that played a meaningful role in strengthening community identity. Through these regular profiles, the newspaper promoted local businesses and helped shape Sunshine’s understanding of its developing commercial district.7602 - Mehry's Fruit And Veg Shop 23 Sun Crescent Sunshine 1993 Photograph (Advocate 297.3).JPGmehry's fruit & veg, sun crescent, sunshine

These photographs, taken by The Advocate in 1992, were published as part of the newspaper’s ongoing column profiling local traders across the district. These photographs feature Big Fields Fruit And Vegies Shop located at the Sunshine Plaza, Hampshire Road, Sunshine.The Sunshine Advocate’s feature on local traders was a modest yet well‑liked column that played a meaningful role in strengthening community identity. Through these regular profiles, the newspaper promoted local businesses and helped shape Sunshine’s understanding of its developing commercial district.7567.01 - Big Fields Fruit And Vegies Shop Sunshine Plaza Hampshire Road 1992 Photographs (Advocate 131.1).JPG 7567.02 - Big Fields Fruit And Vegies Shop Sunshine Plaza Hampshire Road 1992 Photographs (Advocate 131.1).JPG 7567.03 - Big Fields Fruit And Vegies Shop Sunshine Plaza Hampshire Road 1992 Photographs (Advocate 131.1).JPG 7567.04 - Big Fields Fruit And Vegies Shop Sunshine Plaza Hampshire Road 1992 Photographs (Advocate 131.1).JPG 7567.05 - Big Fields Fruit And Vegies Shop Sunshine Plaza Hampshire Road 1992 Photographs (Advocate 131.1).JPGbig fields fruit and veg, sunshine plaza, hampshire road, sunshine

All covers have fruit boxes with apples in them. Hanging on them is a picture in a wooden frame of a man holding a baby and a lady. Title and authors name on front. Back is a narrative about the book. Spine has title in brown and authors name in red.non-fictiontatura internment camp, millmerran qld, zoe boccabella, annibale boccabella

Black & white photograph

Mr Duus of Union Road, Surrey Hills was a butcher and greengrocer Note the correct spelling is "DUUS". A 1965 calendar from Duus Brothers is in vertical file under "butchers". Anthony Paul, Edward William and Alan Edward Duus were all butchers. Trevor William Duus was a carrier. In 1980 they all lived in Croydon.Interior of greengrocer shop. Displays of fruit, apples, bananas, oranges, polystyrene boxes of onions, lettuce. Scales suspended from ceiling. Brick walls with posters of fruit and rolls of plastic bags attached to front of display boxes.shops, greengrocer, posters, union road, surrey hills, duus brothers, tony duus, anthony duus

B/W postcard showing first shop in Blackburn, built by Mrs. M. Pearce who sold fruit and vegetables, later groceries, until her death in 1934. See NP238 for better photopearce, mrs. m., shops, blackburn

This photograph shows Butcher's Fruit Shop replaced the Refreshment Rooms which were destroyed by fire in 1898This photograph shows Levi Butcher's Fruit Shop which replaced the Refreshment Rooms in the early 1900's and possibly some family members.A woman and three children posing outside Butcher's Fruiterer Shop circa 1900sButcher's Fruit shop replaced Refreshment Roomsbutcher family, butcher's fruiterer, learmonth street buninyong

Speros Defteros is the fruiterer in the photograph. He arrived in Melbourne in 1938 to join his father in a Coburg fruit shop. During his working life he had fruit shops in Toorak Road in South Yarra, Centre Road in Bentleigh and Domain Road in South Yarra. He later supplied fruit to restaurants and hotels in Melbourne. As a result of racial prejudice he experienced on his arrival, Spero took up boxing and later wrestling where he experienced success and was nominated to compete for Greece in the London Olympics of 1948. As he was unnaturalised at the time of the Melbourne Olympics he competed once again for Greece in 1956. Spero is an example of many young Ithacans who left Greece between the war years to join relations in Melbourne and to work in a family business. They later went on to open their own business, mostly in food retailing businesses such as fruit, fish and chips, milk bars and restaurants. A black and white photograph of a man holding a box of cucumbers in his fruit shop.

Photographs taken by teacher at Pleasant Creek Training Centre to help train students in living skills and becoming familiar with what shops sold. Part of socializing students for leaving the training centre.Main Street Stawell. Showing shops and businesses in Main Street. education, shops, main street

Photographs taken by teacher at Pleasant Creek Training Centre to help train students in living skills and becoming familiar with what shops sold. Part of socializing students for leaving the training centre.Main Street Stawell. Showing shops and businesses in Main Street. education, shops, main street

Anthi Chilianis is standing outside the fruit shop 'South Melbourne Fruit Palace' which her husband, George along with Panayioti (Peter) and Theofilos Kouvalias opened at 288 Clarendon Street, South Melbourne in the 1930s. The photograph was taken in 1994 and surprisingly the shop's signage and façade had not changed. A coloured photograph of lady standing outside a fruit shop which has fruit and flowers attractively displayed across the front. The name of the business is painted on a large board across the wide entrance to the shop. ithacan businesses, fruit shops

The fruit shop photographed was owned and run by Spiros Kallinikos and was one of the many similar businesses that Ithacans, who had settled in Melbourne during the first half of the twentieth century, operated within the CBD and surrounding suburbs. Pictured us Spiro's wife Evrilikia holding her daughter Calliope together with her Spiro's sister Chrisoula Sikiotis (nee Kallinikos). A black and white photograph of two ladies standing in the doorway of a suburban fruit shop. One of the ladies is holding a little child. The display window is attractively stocked with a variety of fruit and vegetables. There are also cauliflowers stacked on the right side of the doorway, and fruit in boxes on the left.

One of the men pictured outside the South Yarra Fruit Palace is Nick Sikiotis. Located at 600 Chapel Street in South Yarra, Sikiotis established the business in 1922. He also established a shop at 345 Toorak Road, on the corner of Rockley Road which was leased to a florist. His business was one of many owned and operated by Ithacans in both the Melbourne CBD and surrounding suburbs during the first decade of the twentieth century. Nick Sikiotis arrived in Melbourne from Greece in the early 1920s. A black and white photograph of two men standing in the doorway of a fruit shop. ithacan businesses

Coloured photograph of the fruit shop called Canterbury Fruit Emporium at No. 108 Maling Roadcanterbury, maling road, shops