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St Kilda Historical Society
Photograph, Harry Hawker plaque, St Kilda home - images collection
... Gourlay Street... Gourlay Street ...Harry George Hawker was born on 22 January 1889 at South Brighton, Melbourne. He was the son of George Hawker, blacksmith, and Mary Ann Hawker, née Anderson, both Victorian-born. He attended schools at Moorabbin, East Malvern, St Kilda and Prahran. In 1901, he left school at the age of 12 and became a trainee mechanic at the Melbourne branch of Hall & Warden bicycle depot. In 1905 he joined the Tarrant Motor and Engineering Co. as a qualified mechanic and, in about 1907 he set up his own workshop at Caramut, western Victoria. In 1911 he left for England with the intention of becoming an aviator. In June 1912, he was employed by Sopwith Aviation Co. Ltd and worked on the Sopwith-Wright biplane. He enrolled in a flying school where he was personally taught by Sir Thomas Sopwith, and obtained his licence a few months later. He went on to become a test pilot, a renowned aviator who won many competitions, and a designer who improved aircraft safety and performance. He was killed while flying a French Goshawk on a trial run near Hendon, England, on 12 July 1921. Colour photograph unmountedOn the plaque: Harry Hawker 1889-1921 Aviator & Aircraft Designer lived here 1900-1911. Plaque unveiled for City of St Kilda by Weston Bate 12 February 1989st kilda, plaques, harry hawker, hg hawker, gourlay street -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Pamphlet - Melbourne Aerodrome, Grange Road, Glen Huntly
... Gourlay Street East St Kilda, The Hawker Family Home. The Pamphlet... Gourlay Street East St Kilda, The Hawker Family Home. The Pamphlet ...Three documents about the history of Harry G. Hawker who flew from this and other places: 1/A Pamphlet On Harry George Hawker 1889 – 1921 Published on 12 February 1989 For The Unveiling By Weston Bate of St Kilda Commemorative Plaque At 31 Gourlay Street East St Kilda, The Hawker Family Home. The Pamphlet Gives Biographical Information Based on Hawker’s Entry In The Australian Dictionary of Biography. Double- (CMHS) Newsletter of March 2015 on brothers Harry and Herbert Hawker. 3/Pamphlett "Harry Hawkder In Austrlaia 1914" announcing 2014 as the year to commemorate the centenary of his return to Austrlai in 1914. This includes a short history of Harry Hawker, records he set and 3 black and white photographs plus 1 sepia. Contact details included for Chris Hawker plus a Facebook page still current at 13/11/2017. Double-sided.hawker harry george, aviators, aviation, pilots, aircraft, sopwith aviation company, hawker stanley herbert, hawker george, hawker mary, hawker maude, hawker ruby, st john's caulfield north, engineer, caulfield army and navy club (rsl), caulfield repatriation hospital, duke street, caulfield south, new street, elsternwick, caulfield racecourse, millen senator minister for defence, world war 1914-1918, "death spin", sopwith aircraft co. -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Postcard - Manhattan Portage at Salford Lad's Club café, Port Melbourne, Steve Gourlay, 2000s
Four postcards for Manhattan Portage. Photographed at Salford Lad's Club cafe, Port Melbournebusiness and traders, manhattan portage, steve gourlay, salford lad's club -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Advertisement, 1860-1910 (Approximate)
Thought to be used by Rich in his grocers shop, Main St. Rutherglen. Later known as Bamber's Hit or Miss store. Found in small upstairs room by Mr. R. Hill of Kelly & Hill, Hardware shop.An advertisement for raspberry and lime juice chips. Ornamented with pictures of lime fruit & branches & raspberries. Printing in red gold and black on pale blue background. Mounted on contact plastic"Goulay & Morrison / Wholesale confectioners / Manufacturers of the celebrated Raspberry & Lime Juice Chips / Melbourne"confectionery, advertising, gourlay & morrison