This street-sweeping cart was used on Pakington Street before the amalgamation of six local councils to form the City of Greater Geelong. The cart is from around 1960 when the City of Geelong West had approximately 17,500 people within its borough. The cart was wheeled up and down the popular street; cleaning litter and providing a clean and pleasant street for locals and shop owners alikeThree wheeled metal cart with hinged lidGeelong West City Councilcity of geelong west, cleaning

Evidence or submission by the Geelong City Council for the Enquiry into Public Transport Facilities in the Geelong Urban District" to the Transport Regulation Board, Sept. 1953, presented by Cr B E Purnell. Document addresses issues with buses, trams, railways, hire cars, taxis, Bell Report of 1948 and other matters to be considered. Included is 7 page submission by Geelong and District Town Planning Committee looking at the function of the scheme, relationship with transport authorities, traffic census, transport issues in specific suburbs, road proposals, and town planning.Demonstrates evidence given to the TRB re Geelong transport and town planning in 1953.Document - 10 foolscap sheets, duplicated, stapled in top left hand corner.tramways, tramcars, geelong, history, city of geelong, roads, trb

This flag was commissioned by the Geelong City Council. The Geelong & District Returned Soldiers' Reception Committee appears to have been Functional 1918-1920.The Flag is an OriginalCloth Flag - Union JackIn an oval circle in the middle of the flag - Welcome Home Geelong & District Returned Saliors and Soldiers' Reception Committee.union jack, geelong city council

Originally built as a squatter's mansion in North Geelong 1858, Osborne House is currently owned by Geelong City Council and is used for community purposes. This is a history of the house and its various uses.79 p. paperback printed in black, illus.geeelong, osborne house

The Geelong West Coat of Arms is divided into four sections representing Transport, Industry, Shipping and Agriculture. For Transport (top left) a steam train typified the Geelong-Melbourne railway. Top right showed a factory, bottom left was a sailing clipper and bottom right had bales of wool. The modern adaptation of the official Coat of Arms is used in the booklet.1 Booklet pages are edged with gold with banner at top. Yellow ribbon at spine. Photographs of councillors and Governor of Victoria .2 Thick paper with red writinggeelong west, coat of arms, transport, industry, agriculture, louis keavy, mayor, centenary, governor of victoria, sir henry winneke, government gazette

Hard Bound Volume. Victorian Police Gazettes for 1863 Author: Institutional Government Publication Publisher: John Ferres, Melbourne Date: 1863 Further Information: Compilation of Weekly Victorian Police Gazettes for 1863 in a hard bound volume with red spine and red corner reinforcing. Front panel grey coloured lettering in gilt with gilt banding to spine. Inside is twelve issues of the Police Gazettes for 1863.non-fictionThe Victoria Police Gazette was a confidential, internal publication of the Victoria Police, issued to inform police officers, court and justice officials, and government departments about matters relevant to policing across the colony. It commenced in December 1853 and was initially published weekly by the Victoria Police. It was distributed each week to city and rural police stations and to government offices and newspaper publishers. Inclusions in this weekly publication were people wanted for questioning in relation to various crimes, prisoners discharged from city or country gaols, extracts from Police Gazettes in New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, New Zealand, and occasionally overseas countries, as well as extracts from the Hobart Town Gazette listing escaped convicts and the person to whom they were assigned. There was also a "Missing Friends" section, where most people listed were not criminals but were sought by police so relatives, old friends, or government officials could renew contact with them. In addition, there was a record of deserted wives and children, listing the offender's name, birthplace, age, occupation, last known area of residence, likely future movements and known relatives. There was also a section on court lists, warrants issued, appointments and staffing changes within the police service, arrest and discharge records with physical descriptions, and lists of pastoralists with descriptions of their livestock brands.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, victoria police gazette 1862, victoria police gazette, warrnambool books and records, great ocean road

Hard Bound Volume. Victorian Police Gazettes for 1864 Author: Institutional Government Publication Publisher: John Ferres, Melbourne Date: 1864 Further Information: Compilation of Weekly Victorian Police Gazettes for 1864 in a hard bound volume with red spine and red corner reinforcing. Front panel grey coloured lettering in gilt with gilt banding to spine. Inside is twelve issues of the Police Gazettes for 1864.non-fictionThe Victoria Police Gazette was a confidential, internal publication of the Victoria Police, issued to inform police officers, court and justice officials, and government departments about matters relevant to policing across the colony. It commenced in December 1853 and was initially published weekly by the Victoria Police. It was distributed each week to city and rural police stations and to government offices and newspaper publishers. Inclusions in this weekly publication were people wanted for questioning in relation to various crimes, prisoners discharged from city or country gaols, extracts from Police Gazettes in New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, New Zealand, and occasionally overseas countries, as well as extracts from the Hobart Town Gazette listing escaped convicts and the person to whom they were assigned. There was also a "Missing Friends" section, where most people listed were not criminals but were sought by police so relatives, old friends, or government officials could renew contact with them. In addition, there was a record of deserted wives and children, listing the offender's name, birthplace, age, occupation, last known area of residence, likely future movements and known relatives. There was also a section on court lists, warrants issued, appointments and staffing changes within the police service, arrest and discharge records with physical descriptions, and lists of pastoralists with descriptions of their livestock brands.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, victoria police gazette 1862, victoria police gazette, warrnambool books and records, great ocean road

Hard Bound Volume. Victorian Police Gazettes for 1865 Author: Institutional Government Publication Publisher: John Ferres, Melbourne Date: 1865 Further Information: Compilation of Weekly Victorian Police Gazettes for 1865 in a hard bound volume with red spine and red corner reinforcing. Front panel grey coloured lettering in gilt with gilt banding to spine. Inside is twelve issues of the Police Gazettes for 1865.non-fictionThe Victoria Police Gazette was a confidential, internal publication of the Victoria Police, issued to inform police officers, court and justice officials, and government departments about matters relevant to policing across the colony. It commenced in December 1853 and was initially published weekly by the Victoria Police. It was distributed each week to city and rural police stations and to government offices and newspaper publishers. Inclusions in this weekly publication were people wanted for questioning in relation to various crimes, prisoners discharged from city or country gaols, extracts from Police Gazettes in New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, New Zealand, and occasionally overseas countries, as well as extracts from the Hobart Town Gazette listing escaped convicts and the person to whom they were assigned. There was also a "Missing Friends" section, where most people listed were not criminals but were sought by police so relatives, old friends, or government officials could renew contact with them. In addition, there was a record of deserted wives and children, listing the offender's name, birthplace, age, occupation, last known area of residence, likely future movements and known relatives. There was also a section on court lists, warrants issued, appointments and staffing changes within the police service, arrest and discharge records with physical descriptions, and lists of pastoralists with descriptions of their livestock brands.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, victoria police gazette 1862, victoria police gazette, warrnambool books and records, great ocean road

Hard Bound Volume. Victorian Police Gazettes for 1866 Author: Institutional Government Publication Publisher: John Ferres, Melbourne Date: 1866 Further Information: Compilation of Weekly Victorian Police Gazettes for 1866 in a hard bound volume with red spine and red corner reinforcing. Front panel grey coloured lettering in gilt with gilt banding to spine. Inside is twelve issues of the Police Gazettes for 1866.non-fictionThe Victoria Police Gazette was a confidential, internal publication of the Victoria Police, issued to inform police officers, court and justice officials, and government departments about matters relevant to policing across the colony. It commenced in December 1853 and was initially published weekly by the Victoria Police. It was distributed each week to city and rural police stations and to government offices and newspaper publishers. Inclusions in this weekly publication were people wanted for questioning in relation to various crimes, prisoners discharged from city or country gaols, extracts from Police Gazettes in New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, New Zealand, and occasionally overseas countries, as well as extracts from the Hobart Town Gazette listing escaped convicts and the person to whom they were assigned. There was also a "Missing Friends" section, where most people listed were not criminals but were sought by police so relatives, old friends, or government officials could renew contact with them. In addition, there was a record of deserted wives and children, listing the offender's name, birthplace, age, occupation, last known area of residence, likely future movements and known relatives. There was also a section on court lists, warrants issued, appointments and staffing changes within the police service, arrest and discharge records with physical descriptions, and lists of pastoralists with descriptions of their livestock brands.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, victoria police gazette 1862, victoria police gazette, warrnambool books and records, great ocean road

Hard Bound Volume. Victorian Police Gazettes for 1867 Author: Institutional Government Publication Publisher: John Ferres, Melbourne Date: 1867 Further Information: Compilation of Weekly Victorian Police Gazettes for 1867 in a hard bound volume with red spine and red corner reinforcing. Front panel grey coloured lettering in gilt with gilt banding to spine. Inside is twelve issues of the Police Gazettes for 1867.non-fictionThe Victoria Police Gazette was a confidential, internal publication of the Victoria Police, issued to inform police officers, court and justice officials, and government departments about matters relevant to policing across the colony. It commenced in December 1853 and was initially published weekly by the Victoria Police. It was distributed each week to city and rural police stations and to government offices and newspaper publishers. Inclusions in this weekly publication were people wanted for questioning in relation to various crimes, prisoners discharged from city or country gaols, extracts from Police Gazettes in New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, New Zealand, and occasionally overseas countries, as well as extracts from the Hobart Town Gazette listing escaped convicts and the person to whom they were assigned. There was also a "Missing Friends" section, where most people listed were not criminals but were sought by police so relatives, old friends, or government officials could renew contact with them. In addition, there was a record of deserted wives and children, listing the offender's name, birthplace, age, occupation, last known area of residence, likely future movements and known relatives. There was also a section on court lists, warrants issued, appointments and staffing changes within the police service, arrest and discharge records with physical descriptions, and lists of pastoralists with descriptions of their livestock brands.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, victoria police gazette 1862, victoria police gazette, warrnambool books and records, great ocean road

Hard Bound Volume. Victorian Police Gazettes for 1869 Author: Institutional Government Publication Publisher: John Ferres, Melbourne Date: 1869 Further Information: Compilation of Weekly Victorian Police Gazettes for 1869 in a hard bound volume with red spine and red corner reinforcing. Front panel grey coloured lettering in gilt with gilt banding to spine. Inside is twelve issues of the Police Gazettes for 1869.non-fictionThe Victoria Police Gazette was a confidential, internal publication of the Victoria Police, issued to inform police officers, court and justice officials, and government departments about matters relevant to policing across the colony. It commenced in December 1853 and was initially published weekly by the Victoria Police. It was distributed each week to city and rural police stations and to government offices and newspaper publishers. Inclusions in this weekly publication were people wanted for questioning in relation to various crimes, prisoners discharged from city or country gaols, extracts from Police Gazettes in New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, New Zealand, and occasionally overseas countries, as well as extracts from the Hobart Town Gazette listing escaped convicts and the person to whom they were assigned. There was also a "Missing Friends" section, where most people listed were not criminals but were sought by police so relatives, old friends, or government officials could renew contact with them. In addition, there was a record of deserted wives and children, listing the offender's name, birthplace, age, occupation, last known area of residence, likely future movements and known relatives. There was also a section on court lists, warrants issued, appointments and staffing changes within the police service, arrest and discharge records with physical descriptions, and lists of pastoralists with descriptions of their livestock brands.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, victoria police gazette 1862, victoria police gazette, warrnambool books and records, great ocean road

Peter Box , played Australian Rules Football for Cheltenham and Australian Football League team Footscray . He won the Brownlow Medal in 1956. This medal, named after Fitzroy footballer Charles Brownlow, is awarded each year to the Fairest and Best Player in the AFL as voted by the umpires of the AFLPeter Box was a champion Australian Rules Footballer in the 1950's and won the prestigious Bownlow medal in 1956A Black and white photograph of Peter Box, Captain Footscray AFL Club, with Bob Davis , Captain Geelong AFL Club c 1950Handwritten - Peter Box / Brownlow Medalist 1956 / Footscray / Cheltenham Captain 1950box peter, australian rules football, brownlow medal, brownlow charles, footscray football club, fitzroy football club, geelong football club, davis bob, city of moorabbin, brighton, dendy henry, box william, box elizabeth, rietman august, rietman frieda, box cottage museum ormond, box alonzo, glen eira city council, city of moorabbin historical society, ormond, bentleigh, cheltenham

Hard Bound Volume. Victorian Police Gazettes for 1862 Author: Institutional Government Publication Publisher: John Ferres, Melbourne Date: 1862 Further Information: Compilation of Weekly Victorian Police Gazettes for 1862 in a hard bound volume with red spine and red corner reinforcing. Front panel grey coloured lettering in gilt with gilt banding to spine. Inside is twelve issues of the Police Gazettes for 1862.non-fictionThe Victoria Police Gazette was a confidential, internal publication of the Victoria Police, issued to inform police officers, court and justice officials, and government departments about matters relevant to policing across the colony. It commenced in December 1853 and was initially published weekly by the Victoria Police. It was distributed each week to city and rural police stations and to government offices and newspaper publishers. Inclusions in this weekly publication were people wanted for questioning in relation to various crimes, prisoners discharged from city or country gaols, extracts from Police Gazettes in New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, New Zealand, and occasionally overseas countries, as well as extracts from the Hobart Town Gazette listing escaped convicts and the person to whom they were assigned. There was also a "Missing Friends" section, where most people listed were not criminals but were sought by police so relatives, old friends, or government officials could renew contact with them. In addition, there was a record of deserted wives and children, listing the offender's name, birthplace, age, occupation, last known area of residence, likely future movements and known relatives. There was also a section on court lists, warrants issued, appointments and staffing changes within the police service, arrest and discharge records with physical descriptions, and lists of pastoralists with descriptions of their livestock brands.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, victoria police gazette 1862, victoria police gazette, warrnambool books and records, great ocean road

CONTENTS: 4351/01 Ringwood Joint Services Committee; Meals-on-wheels Project; Submission to Ringwood City Council on 7the August 1972. 4351/02 Association of Apex Clubs, Zone 13 - 8th Annual Convention, Wangaratta, 10-12 October 1986 Hosted by Rowville Apex Club 4351/03 Ringwood Apex Club Banner – 21st Anniversary Year 1987 (30cm x 22cm) 4351/04 Apex National Jubilee Convention, 1981 - Geelong 4351/05 Association of Apex Clubs, Zone 13 – M.A.N. Metropolitan Apex Newsletters, Miscellaneous copies 1982-1985 4351/06 Apex Clubs of Australia Manual 4351/07 List of Ringwood Apex Club members up to July 1986 4351/08 Apex – Jemma. Zone 13 – Melbourne. 6 issues. (19cm x 24cm) 4351/09 The Apexian Magazine – Miscellaneous copies. (A4 size) 4351/10 Miscellaneous newspaper clippings. 4351/11 Miscellaneous general information items.

Dark cream coloured soft card cover with brown text. Title is in larger text with the Legacy emblem in the centre of the front cover. The back cover has the poem, Flanders Field and the legacy response. Eight pages which has text and some photographs. A list of Warrnambool office bearers is on the inside back cover. non-fictionlegacy 1947, warrnambool history, warrnambool legacy

Axedale is well known for its Bluestone. Early on the quarries employed a large number of people. In the 1860’s Napthali Ingham selected land in Axedale and opened a bluestone quarry beside the river later known as Ingham Hill. The quarry produced dressed curbing and pitchers for use in Bendigo and Melbourne. This bluestone can be seen throughout Axedale in the churches, the bridge over the Campaspe River and guttering in the township. The quarry also supplied bluestone products further afield, for example road metal. Napthali Ingham, the owner of one of the first quarries in Axedale, arrived in Victoria from Lancashire, England, some time before 1860, and settled in Brunswick, Victoria. He may have been building his home in Ewen[sic] Street in 1860, at approximately 31 years of age, when he placed two advertisements in The Argus, October 10. One called for tenders for carting "upwards of 100 perches of rubbish to Sandridge." The other calls for tenders to supply "800 bushels of Geelong Roche Lime." His address, given for the purpose of the advertisements, is Ewen Street, Brunswick. There were a number of quarries and clay pits in Brunswick at this time and by July 9, 1861, Ingham was operating a quarry and contracting services to local councils and boroughs for road works, including Sydney Road. He also operated the True Briton Hotel in Ewen Street. Ingham continued his quarry works and business dealings in the Brunswick area for a few years and, around 1872, was contracting for the City of Bendigo. He eventually moved to Axedale, between Bendigo and Heathcote, where he took up land and opened a bluestone quarry on the east bank of the Campaspe River. As he had difficulty transporting bluestone to Bendigo, he wrote a letter to The Bendigo Advertiser, suggesting a tramway be laid between Sandhurst (Bendigo) and Axedale. Over the next ten years or so, he modified this suggestion to a rail line connecting Sandhurst, Axedale and Heathcote to the North East line at Seymour. This suggestion did not materialise in its entirety, but it eventually resulted in what became the Wandong, Heathcote and Sandhurst Rail Line, the first sections, Bendigo-Heathcote and Wandong-Kilmore, opening October 1, 1888. In the 1870s, Ingham built the Quarry Hotel which is now the crumbling ruins adjoining Ingham Road on the east side of the Campaspe River.. Its condition is worsening as time passes. Ingham intended to have a tramline constructed from his Axedale bluestone quarry to the new rail line. This also did not happen but he was successful in getting a wood siding provided at the location that is today's Hanson's Quarry. Evidence of the rail siding are still evident at the site in 2025. Ingham's quarry is now owned by Hansen Quarries Ingham died in 1909 and the rail line that grew out of his suggestion lasted until 1958 when it was closed from Bendigo to Heathcote. The Heathcote Junction section was closed in 1968. Another quarry was owned and operated by Brasier, Riley and Nelson. 'This well known firm of contractors have a most extensive plant and all the latest improved machinery required for the supply of kerbstone, pitchers, monumental work and dressed bluestone metal for road making. ('Bendigo & District, 1902') 1. One page typed poem, written by W.G. O'Neill, titled 'The Pitcher Dressers, (Quarrymen). The poem tells the story of three Rowan brothers who came to the Axedale Quarry: 'They came to work on Axedale stone, Big contracts came that way, As pitcher dressers they could earn, Their thirty bob a day.' 2. Three copies of newspaper articles relating to quarry work and employees attached to poem: information regarding Brasier, Riley and Nelson, contractors (Bendigo and District 1902); 'The Stone Quarry Grievance' (Bendigo Advertiser, 15 June, 1959, p2); 'A Restriction Upon Industry' (Bendigo Advertiser, 2 June, 1859). Article 'A Restriction Upon Industry" details the anomalies that exist between working the quartz reefs for gold and quarrying for building stone. The cost of obtaining a license to 'quarry stone is 50 pounds sterling which must be paid down in order to merely prospect the ground. Some people who took out a lease to work a reef were actually 'looking for building stone'. On bottom of poem, W.G. O'Neill, Bendigo. Pupil of Axedale School, 1908-1917.axedale, quarry, napthali ingham, pitchers, pitcher dressers, bluestone, campaspe river, quarry hotel, rowan brothers

Seventeen page Heritage Place Report on the Former California Gully Police Station at 15 Thorpe Street, California Gully. It is the former police station and quarters, former timber stables and timber cottage residence demolished and horse paddock on separate title. Report includes a Statement of Significance, Place History (History of the Area), Policing California Gully Goldfields, History of the Buildings, Chronology of Ownership, Rate Books 1858, - 1867 - 1868, 1895 Borough of Eaglehawk Rates, 1922 Voters Roll, 1952 & 1962 Sands & McDougall Directory Thorpe St California Gully, Comparable Examples, Secondary Sources, Description Conservation Policy Guidelines (Specific), Physical Conditions, Physical Description 1, Map of Early Photo Location, Bendigo Parish Plan circa 1870, Certificate of Title 1950 & 1960. Pge 14 has plans, maps and an aerial photo of 15 Thorpe Street. Page 15 has an aerial photo of 15 Thorpe Street, California Gully with Allotment Size. Page 16 & 17 has photos.heritage, heritage report - former police station and quarters - california gully, city of greater bendigo, wilson & ass, butler, amanda jean, johnson reef shafts no 1 & 2, rose of denmark, princess dagmar, bendigo amalgamated goldfields company, captain frederick standish, royal irish constabulary, e thorpe, campbell, taylor, watson, brown, hosken, mckowne, mcqualter, parker, hicks, eaglehawk municipal council, victorian police force, d bannear, historic mining sites in the sandhurst eaglehawk and raywood mining divisions, department of conservation and natural resources, joshua thorpe, thorpe & co, johnson & co, william thorn, michael thomas, james murdock, edward c brown, francis youlden, gold escort, water police, mounted police, city police (melbourne), geelong police, gold fields police, rural bench constabulary, the people's force, robert haldane, n wild, streets of the borough of eaglehawk, police registration act, william henry mitchell, camp hotel, j o c nieman, j m catarach, g w hosken, margaret hosken nee mckown, majorie alice mcqualter, kellie anne mcqualter, adam joseph doolan, mr hicks, sands & mcdougall, hill george, meeking howard, mcewan frank a, jinks stanley, mccaig mrs eleanor, gordon john l, mcqualter mrs adeline, maher william l, raynor robert, flack john p, whitehead miss a, sang george t, linddsay john p, dyer henry, jackman george a, tibbetts mrs s a, hosken mrs margaret winifred nee mckowne, chaplin frank w, wilson c e, wright george, miller g a, sheyhill basil hugh, marshall r, miles j h, parker w b, barkla w g, nicholls les, cartledge clifford william, cole charles basil, farmers citizens trustees co, bev hanson

George Joseph Pitman was born on 2 May 1803, in Bristol, England, his father, Thomas Dix Pitman, was 40 and his mother, Anna Simmonds, was 38. He married Clara Matilda Hamilton on 15 November 1827, in St Pancras Old Church, St Pancras, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He immigrated to Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia in 1850 and lived in Barnstaple, Devon, England, United Kingdom in 1841. In 1856, his occupation is listed as solicitor in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. He died on 14 January 1896, in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, at the age of 92, and was buried Kew Cemetery Boroondara Victoriahttps://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L77X-BQS/george-joseph-pitman-1803-1896g George Joseph Pitman is believed to be the first solicitor on the Sandhurst Gold FieldGrey blue coloured paper with black print and black handwriting In the Supreme Court of The Colony of Victoria VICTORIA by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c., &c., &c. To Goege Joseph Pitman Gentleman Greeting We confiding in your knowledge and ability have committed to you, full power and authority as a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria to take and receive in the Colony of Victoria except the City of Melbourne and Town of Geelong the verification of Memorials, and also to take and receive the acknowledgement of Deeds relating to Property in the Colony of Victoria aforesaid under and by virtue of the Provisions of an Act of the Governor and Council of New South Wales passed in the 5th Year of the Reign of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, entituled "An Act to " amend the act for the Registration of Deeds, and to provide for " the Establishment of a Separate Registary for Sydney and Port Phillip respectively" This Commission to be in force until the same shall be revoked. Given under my Hand and the Seal of the said Supreme Court at Melbourne, this Twenty fourth day of August in the Year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty five An impression of THE SEAL OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE COLONY OF VICTORIA Three illegible signatures george joseph pitman, bendigo's first solicitor, solicitor certificate

Two letters (stapled together) from T H Williams, Country Organiser from the Federated Municipal and Shire Council Employees' Union of Australia - Victorian Division, one to The Town Clerk (pink copy) and the other to J Richmond. The Town Clerk's letter, dated 21/12/1978 refers to the replacement of a 20' extension ladder, electric power leads, and new oilskin wet weather gear. Signed by T H Williams. The letter to J Richmond, dated 20/12/1978 mentions Service Grants to the workers. Quoted are payments made by the Geelong Water & Sewerage Trust to their workers at the end of the First Year, Third Year, Fifth Year and Eighth Year.bendigo, council, cattle markets, bendigo saleyards collection - letters, city of bendigo, j richmond, norm harris, t h williams, federated municipal and shire employees' union of australia - victorian division, the geelong water & sewerage trust

73.30 page booklet, unbound, held by paper clip. 'Geelong, Ballarat, and Bendigo Economic Audit, draft' July 1995.bendigo, council, city of greater bendigo

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council Held on 3rd October 1978 Reports on the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Victorian Beer Alcoholic Content Proposal for Reduction Land Transfer Adjacent to Deer Park Hotel Medway Golf Club Payment in Lieu of Rates Diamond Avenue Infant Welfare Centre Non-Availability of Subsidy Untied Grants Proposed Library Highpoint West Shopping Centre Land Transfer Discontinued Right of Way Rear of Railway Parade Deer Park Supplementary Valuations Community Youth Support Scheme Report of the Chief Health Inspector Nuisance Condition at 403 Ballarat Road Sunshine Removal of Dwelling Outside the Municipality Health Act Registrations Monsanto Application for Approval to Install Septic Tank Recirculating Sand Filter System at the Stansfield Steel Project Fairbairn Road Sunshine West Health (Tent) Regulations 1978 Draft Rubbish In and Around Flats Quarry Hole Commonwealth Land J.L. MacTaggart (Australia) Pty Ltd Noise By-Law Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises Under the Health Act Infectious Diseases Sewerage Overflow 2 Bruce Street Albion Smoking in Public Buildings Immunisation Sunshine North Institute of Weights & Measures Annual National Conference Report of the Chief By-Laws Officer Court Proceedings Parking and Traffic Infringements Prohibited Parking Links Street Prohibited Parking Princess Street Area Prohibited Parking Gould Street Report of the City Librarian Bookmobile sites Municipal library Subsidy 1978/79 Bookmobile Seminar Children's Literature seconds National Seminar September 1st to 5th 1978 Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Municipal Recreation Service Gound Allocations School Summer Season Holiday Programmes September 1978 Report of the City Engineer Proposed Children's Reception Centre for Erection in the City of Sunshine Planning Permit Application Illuminated Sign Churchill Avenue Planning Permit Application Grazing of Horses Furlong Road Planning Permit Application Offices Main Road West Planning Permit Application Extension to Exising Car Sales Yard Rosamond Road Planning Permit Application Corner of Neale Road and Station Road Deer Park Proposed Amendment No 81 to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Proposed Widening of Station Road Planning Permit Application Motor Repair Station Wright Street Planning Permit Application Sky Sign Hampshire Road Planning Permit Application Extension to Existing Warehouse McIntyre Road Planning Permit Application Consulting Rooms, Pharmacy, Service Premises and Caretaker's Dwelling Corner of Tamar Drive and Billingham Road Planning Permit Application Horse Grazing Judge Street & Norman Street Planning Permit Application Signs Geelong Road Planning Permit Application Factory Extension Carrington Drive Planning Permit Application Sky Sign Ballarat Road Sunshine Planning Permit Application Factory and Office Gee Street Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Drive in Bottle Shop and Extensions to St. Albans Hotel McKechnie Street Planning Permit Application Sky Sign & Fascia Signs Ballarat Road Sunshine Planning Permit Application Store Addition to Existing Office Geelong Road Plan of Subdivision Boral Resources Ballarat Road & Hulett Street Plan of Subdivision R.D.C. Projects Evergreen Avenue and Pineneedle Court Plan of Subdivision McPhersons Mitchell Street Plan of Subdivision Navigator Street Consolidation of Title Marshall Street Consolidation of Title Kevin Dennis Motors Ballarat Road and Annersley Street Consolidation of Title Lots 37 & 38 Balfour Avenue Contract Playground Equipment Various Reserves Contract Reconstruction of Sydney Street Contract Gooding Street 40 Hour Week Victorian Sewerage and Drainage Contractors' Group Declaration of Sewered Properties General Notice Sewerage Facilities M.M.B.W. 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Everyone seemed to know Frances – it was November 1985 – I met Frances at the Victorian Synod office as she lent me her office to interview staff for St Philip’s which I was taking over in 1986. The interviews completed, she took me to a nearby coffee shop where we had a delightful chat. I came away much the richer, more informed about St Philip’s and feeling I had known Frances forever. And so started our 23 year friendship, with me hearing the first of many stories – for Frances was a wonderfully gifted story teller with a capacity to turn the past into life, and its characters into real people. It seems fitting that a person destined to add to Australia’s history should be born down the beach from Mendonca’s Mahogany ship – Port Fairy on the 28 January 1924. There she went to school – first to primary school then to Camperdown’s Higher Elementary School which went to Year 10. She was the eldest of four children with three brothers, Jock, Norman and Rod. After Year 10, Frances took a job in Camperdown as a dental nurse. She tackled this successfully until deciding to study at Rolland House in Carlton to become a Deaconess. Jock, her brother, recalls asking Frances what made her decide to be a Deaconess. At a Presbyterian Fellowship camp at Warrnambool, Frances and the others were sleeping in the Church Hall on palliases. During the night she awoke and her eye was drawn to a stained glass window, unusually brightly lit. On the window were the words “Follow Me”. Without flinching Frances took the words to heart and decided to serve God as a Deaconess, and during her time with the Australian Inland Mission she became quite a legend. What a patriot Frances was! She loved the stories of pioneers and knew well the history of where she had come from – the Western District. A keen follower of cricket, she would be right up with the last test and the issues of the team. Originally a Melbourne football supporter, she became an avid Geelong supporter and would often score at the annual self destruct St Philip’s vs Flynn Church match. She loved the gladiatorial, albeit often suicidal display. And though an Aussie through and through she loved her Scottish roots. Through her stories, she could easily transport a person in the Centralian landscape onto the heather of the Highlands. In spite of her love for Scotland, the city which was her favourite was New York. Frances – truly a citizen of the world. As a citizen of the world Frances fought for Indigenous and migrant women’s rights and was active in the World Council of Churches, sponsoring local and overseas women to study in Australia and to return to their homes as trained teachers and theologians. Up until recently she was involved in the Spina Bifida and Hydro Cephalis Association of SA. By the time she had taken up with the AIM Frances had a well tuned desire for social justice. To her it was important that the poor and less fortunate were given a go. She felt that the Labor Party provided her best avenue to push her social justice desires. After joining the party in 1956, she quickly became a respected member of the party and worked tirelessly for it, being honoured in the end with life membership. In the party she knew everyone and everyone knew her. She introduced me to Bob Hawke and when I spoke to Gough Whitlam once on a plane, he affirmed to me his friendship with Frances. In her cottage was a picture of her with Kevin Rudd with his arm around her. She is remembered by her party colleagues as someone who had a real compassion for helping people. She believed in the traditional ethic of the Labor Party which is to help those who are less fortunate. Interestingly, she supported St Philip’s moving from solely being a residential college to a school because we had chosen a relatively low fee base to enable maximum access for people and our boarding house continued to, and still does, offer accommodation to any student wishing to attend schools in Alice. Having supported the outback for years from the engine rooms of the mission arm of the church in Victoria, Frances then decided to move to Alice for her retirement. Settling in the little cottage at the far south eastern corner of Old Timers, this became to me, my family and I’m sure to plenty of people, Frances’ Cottage. But moving to Alice was hardly moving into retirement. She quickly became Chaplain at St Philip’s where she clearly showed her love for the children and staff and a real belief in St Philip’s role – to provide access to education for isolated children. She became a stalwart of the Adelaide House Museum, a wonderful member of the congregation, a powerful contributor to the Presbytery and the Annual Synod. Frances was strong, never flinched on a point of principle and discussed things face to face so that you truly knew where you stood with her. She had a great feeling for the pastoralists and knew many of them well. As Chaplain of the College she related well to the children and in addition, knew many of their families. She also felt deeply for the Indigenous people and regularly tackled the issue of how conditions could be improved for them. As we developed the school at St Philip’s, Frances worked with me on so many things. She would visit the College each week for Chapel, run a Sunday school for little kids and the service for all the boarders. When the school was ready to start she wrote the College prayer, said now every week by all students. The prayer says so much about Frances. She pioneered the RE program, teaching RE and in addition to Sunday, visited staff and students every Wednesday. At Presentation Night she presented a homily and provided the blessing – always a strong presence in front of the College community. She was so much part of St Philip’s that when we built the new boarding house in 1990 it seemed so obvious to call it McKechnie House. As a faithful servant of Adelaide House for years and an enthusiastic member of the National Trust, Frances was the first chairperson of the committee, a driving force to redevelop Adelaide House and she worked tirelessly to present John Flynn’s Hospital in the best light. She helped to deliver the stories of Flynn and McKay and the Outback missionaries to so many people and was instrumental in producing meaningful displays. I enjoyed walking around the museum with her intensely, enjoying her detailed stories of the past missionary era and I know many others would have as well. As a loyal and loving member of the Flynn Church, and being such a comrade of Fred McKay’s, Frances understood intricately the symbols which lie within the architecture. Once again, as a story teller, each one had a yarn attached to it. Over her twenty-three years as a member of the Flynn Church she has made a wonderful contribution. As a charismatic personality people were naturally attracted to Frances and were touched and affected by her. Peter Robson, twenty-two years at St Philip’s, remembers her asking him why he had stayed so long at the College. He explained to her that it was her address one day in Chapel in the early times that inspired him to keep going. With great wisdom she had said, “You can’t conquer something, unless you allow it to conquer you.” St Philip’s had conquered him. Wherever she went, whomever she was with, she had a real and lasting impact. Frances brought the reality of the Outback to so many as she addressed congregations around Victoria. She started the Australian Church Women’s Fellowship in the Northern Territory in 1997. She was also involved in setting up the Institute for Aboriginal Development. I believe that Frances should have been recognised nationally for her work with an AM. However, she was the Northern Territory finalist in the Senior Australian of the Year Awards in 2003. In 2004 she was awarded an OBE – not from the Queen but at Old Timers. This is a coveted award which means “Over Bloody Eighty”. Frances was part of it all, in the river, at a bush dance, at a dinner, at a service, at a party, at a meeting, at a footy game, at a cricket game, at Synod, at Presbytery, at Labour meetings, I could go on. Frances McKechnie, what a wonderful Australian. (Eulogy by Chris Tudor) Frances McKechnie died mid-2008. Deaconess Frances McKechnie is seated in front of a map of Australia marked with Australian Inland Mission places identified.At the time the photo was taken, McKechnie was the Victorian Regional Officer for the Australian Inland Mission (Presbyterian). At one stage, she worked for National Mission Frontier Services from 1968 to 1986. See below for the eulogy at her funeral by Chris Tudor. (Frances died May or June 2008.)deaconess frances mckechnie; australian inland mission; presbyterian church

Tram 14 was a small green and cream single truck tram operated by one person. Entry was by the narrow door at the driver's end of the tram. People would pay their fare to the driver. There was no conductor. Pink advertisement for the Bendigo Bank was on the side. The tram is photographed outside the Shed at the Ballarat Tramway Museum. Tram body was built in 1915 for the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust. Sold to the Melbourne Electric Supply Co. Ltd. in 1927 and ran in Geelong. Transferred by the State Electricity Commission to Ballarat in 1936. It was the last tram to be overhauled by the SEC. It is now the property of the Ballarat City Council and on loan to the Museum.Coloured photograph of No. 14 tram. Advertising board on side for Bendigo Bank. Laminated'Green and cream coloured with gold number and lines. Special in destination window.tram 14, driver, small tram, narrow door, special, ballarat tramway museum, shed, advertisement, green and cream, single truck, 1915, prahran and malvern tramway museum, melbourne electric supply co, 1927, geelong, state electricty commission, ballarat, 1936, ballarat city council

The tram body was built in 1916 for the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust. It ran as Tram 75. In 1927 it was sold to the Melbourne Electric Supply Co. Ltd and ran as Geelong Tram 29.The State Electricity Commission tranferred the tram to Ballarat in 1936 and it became Tram 14. The tram is the property of the Ballarat City Council and on loan to the Museum. This photograph was taken in December 1971. It shows the tram being shunted from road "1" to road "3" by hand and by J Witlers' landrover. Photograph taken by Campbell Duncan.Black and white photograph of Tram 14Information about photograph and date - 19 Dec 71 tram 14, 1916, prahran and malvern tramway trust, tram 75, melbourne electric supply co, geelong tram 29, state electricity commission, ballarat 1936, tram 14shunting tram at ballarat, j witler, landrover, campbell duncan, photographer

Typed copy of the Deed of Delegation, dated 26/8/1926 between the City of Geelong and others and The Melbourne Electric Supply Co. regarding the operation of tramways within their respective towns or cities, setting out the operating requirements of the trams, fares, roads etc. Refers to the Tramway Act of 1890. Councils involved were: City of Geelong, Borough of Newtown and Chilwell, Borough of Geelong West, Shire of South Barwon and the Shire of Corio.Yields information about the agreement between MESCo and the various municipalities in 1926.Document - 19 quarto typed sheets, with two punch holes on the left hand edge.tramways, geelong, mesco, legal matters, agreements, operating agreement

This publication outlines a brief history of Geelong and it’s current (as of 1930) industrial and commercial industries, including ports, railways, woollen industries, engineering, motor, banking, hospitality, salt, cement, distilleries, phosphates, aviation, sports and education. Eighty two page book containing printed text and black and white photographs. The book has a map insert at the back, and the cover is a brown with black text. Cover [printed]: Geelong Inside page [printed]: GEELONG: / THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS / PUBLICATION HAS BEEN SUPPLIED FROM / OFFICIAL AND OTHER AUTHENTIC SOURCES / AND SETS FORTH THE POSSIBILITIES FOR / THE FUTURE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT / OF THE CITY AND ITS ENVIRONSgeelong, history, industry, commerce, ports, railways, woollen mills, engineering, cars, aviation, education, distillieries, geelong publicity council, norman woodfine, cement, salt, phosphate, sports, banking

Demonstrates a consultation process and yields information about the process that saw the eventual take over of the ESCo and MESCo tramways by the SECMinutes - 23 carbon copy foolscap sheets - minutes or transcript of a meeting between the SEC and the City of Ballarat and Borough of Sebastopol 28/10/1929 to regarding the SEC take over and agreements with the locals councils, pending authorisation by Parliament. Sir John Monash led the SEC group Has a list of attendees. trams, tramways, minutes, sec, geelong, ballarat, bendigo, city of ballaarat, borough of sebastopol