These letters were written and sent by John Draffin to his son. John Draffin came to Australia as a child with his parents from the north of Ireland . He came to Orbost in 1894 and was Shire Secretary from then until 1910 His children were Andrina, Eva, George, Maggie, Sally and Nellie.John Draffin was a prominent Orbost citizen involved in many community activities. This item is a useful research tool.Hand-written correspondence, on ruled paper. Central horizontal fold, some foxing on edges.draffin family, john draffin, george draffin, east gippsland shire councillor, northern ireland heritage, c.1900s

The Orbost Workers' Band and the Orbost Town Band amalgamated in 1913 to form the Orbost Municipal Band under the conductorship of Mr Charles Spink. This photo, taken in 1907, is probably of the orbost Town Band. In the photo are : Percy Watt, Geoff Beattie, Bill Gluth, Charles Spink, Bert McCay, R. Cotterill, Fred Smooker, George Draffin and Jin Lynn. The various Orbost bands have played a major role in the Orbost community activities as well as providing entertainment and musical experiences for the many members. A black and white photograph of two rows of men,front row kneeling and back row standing. The men are dressed in suits with waistcoats and are wearing hats.Each is holding a brass instrument.

On April 7, 2009 Jennifer Gibbons was farewelled at Kooyong, as she decided to retire after 31 years of working at first the Association for the Blind, then Vision Australia Foundation and finally Vision Australia. A very small crowd of the people she has worked alongside of during that time came together to celebrate her work, her passion and her commitment. On the Friday prior to that, she enjoyed a farewell lunch with her current team.146 x digital colour photographs of farewellJennifer's farewells April 2009vision australia, jennifer gibbons, janene sadhu, irene sumbera, eve lustig, don draffin, george zamanis, roberta ashby, gerard menses, kevin murfitt, tony clarke, stephen jolley, lynne kells, glenda russell, margaret hall, bernadette hodgkinson, julie rae, maryanne diamond, terri cooke, ranmali ratnachandra, ron anderson, merrilyn veitch, sharon muldoon, damien mccormack, prue watt, john gow, deb hilton-jones, kenny johar

This is a photograph of John Draffin and his family. John Draffin was for a time the Orbost Shire Secretary. John Draffin came to Australia as a child with his parents from the north of Ireland . He came to Orbost in 1894 and was Shire Secretary from then until 1910 He had four children: Andrina, Eva, George, Maggie, Sally and Nellie. "Mr Draffin was 67 years of age when he died. He had for many years been engaged in farming pursuits, and at one time held the position of champion plough- man of Victoria. In his younger days he used to make it his boast- that although he was a small man he could do as much work as a big one Some thirty odd years ago be took up land in South Gippsland, but in 1895 gave up farming, and was appointed secretary to the Orbost shire, a position which he held until he was compelled by failing health to resign." - from Snowy River Mail 1 August 1912.John Draffin was a prominent Orbost citizen involved in many community activities.A black / white studio photograph of a family - mother father and six children. The parents are seated with the youngest child, other children are standing.draffin-john orbost-shire-secretary

This book belonged to John Draffin. John Draffin came to Australia as a child with his parents from the north of Ireland . He came to Orbost in 1894 and was Shire Secretary from then until 1910 He had four children: Andrina, Eva, George, Maggie, Sally and Nellie.This item is associated with John Draffin who was a prominent Orbost citizen involved in many community activities. This item is a useful research toolA small black leather bound 782 pp book with the title, "Molesworth's Pocket Book of Engineering Formulae" in gold print inside an ornate gold border. Pages are gilt edged. Contains line drawings and charts. inside front cover - "John Draffin, Orbost 24.12.04"book-enginering-formulae molesworth-sir-guilford-lindsay science

46 page book produced by the women of the Shire of Eltham as a fundraising project for the construction of the WW2 Eltham War Memorial. Contents: I. Fish, II. Meat, III. Puddings and desserts, IV. Bread and scones, V. Cakes and biscuits, VI. Jams, marmalades and chutneys, VII. Salads, dressings and sauces, VIII. Drinks. 47 p. : ill., b&​w., ; 19 cm. a. & s. davis pty ltd, a. boyd-graham, a. lyon, a. mezner, a. uglow, a.m. lynes, b. clark, b. rothwell, b. thomas, b.j. brinkkotter, b.m. gresford, b.w. morrison, betty p. metcalfe, briar hill timber & trading, c. may, c. pelling, c. smith, cold comfort farm, commercial bank of australia, cook-book, cooking, d. garratt, d. richards, d. warner, d.g. wills, draffin bros pty ltd, e. egan, e. hoppner, e.i. rains, e.s. rothwell, eltham home supplies, eltham hotel, eltham motor garage, eltham real estate & business agency, eltham war memorial trust, f.j. burgoyne, g.b. gresford, gas and fuel corporation of victoria, george lovitt & co pty ltd, guest's biscuits, h.w. downing, heidelberg district bakery, i. putnam, j. & j. burgoyne, j. kimber, j.m. attiwill, jack burgoyne, kraft cheddar, l. carter, lyon bros garage, m. banks, m. battye, m. black, m. erswell, m. foletta, m. johnson, m. roletta, m.h. bucknell, m.j. loosli, millett's foodland, n.h. baxter estate agent, n.h. baxter, new bridge building supplies, m. banks, m. battye, m. black, m. erswell, m. foletta, m. johnson, m. roletta, m.h. bucknell, m.j. loosli, millett's foodland, n.h. baxter estate agent, n.h. baxter, new bridge building supplies, o. holland, o.a. brown, p. moore, p. pease, p. peel, p. reece, presswell's eltham east auto service, r.j. scully, rains, recipes, research meat supply, research post office and general store, s. littlehales, stanley s addison, t. sawyer, t.e. & e.m. moran, v. addison, v. hughes, valley furniture, women's auxiliary, cookery, fundraising

This selection of images was shortlisted for inclusion in the book 'Lighthouse on the Boulevard' by Judith Buckrich. They include items from the State Library of Victoria collection, as well as those in the archives. The final edition of the book did not include all of them, but those that were have indications in the individual description page for each image. 59 scanned photographs of RVIB, blind people and buildingsroyal victorian institute for the blind, buildings, leal house, employment, tilly aston, aaron solomon, annie rose drummond, j.t. hogarth, neil westh, trudi westh, augusta tutton, jeremy king, robert toseland, mary pipczak, anita sun, maria robinson, george dyer, malcolm brodie, trevor anderson, david blyth, don draffin, bruce allen, kevin murfitt, peter ward, eileen ayre, rosanne cunningham, reverend william moss, david palmer, george findlay, ormond hall, blind soldiers

On November 25, 2005, a time capsule was buried at Vision Australia's head office in Kooyong. As part of the contents, these images were put on CD and placed inside the capsule. The capsule is designated to be opened in 2066, to celebrate 200 years of providing services to people who are blind or vision impaired.1 CD with 16 imagesvision australia, gerard menses, graeme innes, john landau, june ashmore, keith barton, david blyth, malcolm daubney, lynette davis, maryanne diamond, paul gleeson, timothy griffiths, mike janes, kevin murfitt, owen van der wall, christopher cullen, tony miller, barry chapman, ivan cribb, michael brown, doug kent, george dyer, malcolm brodie, trevor anderson, don draffin, bruce allen, lawrence mccredie, peter ward, eileen ayre, rosanne cunningham