Colour Staff ID photographs. Identified by Ala Shtrauser and Andrew Smith. (2) Robert Smart-Tutor. (3) Hans Frederick-Admin Assistant. (6) Sue Barrett-Nursery Apprentice. (7) Margaret Wood-Admin Officer. (10) James Hitchmough-Lecturer. (13) Jim Stafford-Admin Officer. (14) Russell Benellack-Admin Officer. (15) David Curby-Handyman/Carpenter. (16) Diane Kolevas-Admin Asst. (176) Rosemary McConell-Librarian. (18) Cathryn Jaggs-Admin Officer. (19) Brian Pell-Principal. (20) Geoff Olive-Lecturer. (21) Kevin Blaze-Lecturer. (22) Darrell Gibbs-Admin Officer. (23) Johan Burnett-Lecturer. (24) Sandra Christians-Admin. (26) Ed Smart-Lecturer.staff, id photographs, ala shtrauser, andrew smith, robert smart, hans frederick, sue barrett, margaret wood, james hitchmough, jim stafford, russell benellack, david curby, diane kolevas, rosemary mcconell, cathryn jaggs, brian pell, geoff olive, kevin blaze, darrell gibb, johan burnett, sandra christians, ed smart

Warrandyte artist, Clara Southern, features on the Artists Trail. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then /​ Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p189 Since early in the 20th century this district has attracted artists and other creative people. So much so, that Eltham has been compared to the Left Bank in Paris, New York’s Greenwich Village and London’s Bloomsbury. That is until the 1970s when Eltham rapidly expanded into a suburb. However many artists still flourish not only in Montsalvat, Dunmoochin and the Bend of Islands but elsewhere in Nillumbik. Some artists who have worked or lived in Nillumbik are well-known nationally and internationally. Artists are attracted to the hilly district’s subtle colours, unique light and the Yarra River and Diamond Creek. The railway’s extension to Eltham in 1902 brought artists to paint for the day or to camp. Then many settled in Eltham, perhaps also because the poor quality land, far from the city, was cheap. Following World War Two they found they could build houses and studios cheaply by making their own mud-bricks. The flexible material, with its warm tones blending into the bush, also satisfied their aesthetic sensibilities. As early as 1900, Will Longstaff, known for his painting The Ghosts of Menin Gate at the National War Memorial in Canberra, lived at Stanhope in Peter Street, Eltham, later to become the home of intellectuals Clem and Nina Christensen. Members of Australia’s first significant art movement, the Heidelberg School of Artists, painted in Eltham, Warrandyte and Diamond Creek. Walter Withers lived at the corner of Bolton and Brougham Street, Eltham and taught Sir Hans Heysen, who for a short while stayed with the Withers family. In Warrandyte were Clara Southern, whom Frederick McCubbin taught at the National Gallery School and Penleigh Boyd, who is represented in all Australian state galleries and the National Collection in Canberra. May Vale, daughter of politician William, lived in Diamond Creek. With Jane Price they feature on the Heidelberg School Artists Trail, part of which runs through Nillumbik. The trail includes signs each displaying a reproduction of a painting by an artist and located near where the artist lived or painted. In Nillumbik the trail includes parts of Warrandyte, Eltham in the Alistair Knox Park, Main Road shopping precinct and Wingrove Park, the Research walking track on Main Road and the Diamond Creek Reserve. In 1916 artist William ‘Jock’ Frater lived at the corner of Arthur and Bible Streets, Eltham. Before then, Frater, with other artists including Percy Leason (who moved to Eltham in the mid 1920s) painted in Eltham on weekends. They camped near Bible and Pitt Streets and along the Diamond Creek where the Eltham Retirement Centre now stands.4 In 1921, painter Peter Newbury (father to painter David Newbury, who was born in Eltham) moved to Cromwell Street, Eltham. Max Meldrum, the first Australian painter to formulate a consistent theory of art largely based on tone,5 taught local artists Alan Martin, Clarice Beckett, Peter Glass and Justus Jörgensen. Meldrum visited Eltham then rented a house there for 18 months opposite Wingrove Park. In 1934, artist and architect Justus Jörgensen and his doctor wife Lil and friends built Montsalvat, the artists’ colony. Montsalvat has played an important part in attracting artists to Eltham and its mud-brick, pisé, stone and recycled building materials has had a major influence on Eltham’s built environment. Jörgensen’s students who also helped him build Monstalvat included Arthur Munday, Lesley Sinclair, Helen Lempriere, Joe Hannan, Helen, Sonia and jeweller/sculptor, Matcham Skipper. Among artists who visited Montsalvat were Clifton Pugh and Angry Penguins’ artists Albert Tucker and Arthur Boyd. Some who painted after World War Two were Alan Martin of Eltham and Warrandyte artists Frank Crozier and Harry De Hartog6, one of Melbourne’s first painters influenced by Cubism.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, clara southern, main road, research (vic), heidelberg school artists trail

Photocopies of five newspaper cuttings from 11/5/1988 to 20/6/1990 mentioning the German Society by Bendigo Advertiser writer Maurie McDonald. Mentioned are German Society plans memorial to its pioneers, German contribution to Bendigo, German dinner an outstanding success, German settlers established vineyards in the district and German Society plans to remember its pioneers. One cutting has a photo of an ornate bookcase which was made for a Miss Pike. It was the work of a German tradesman, Mr C Nagle. Another has a sketch? Of the Brache & Co Weroona Vineyard, Sandhurst. It also mentions a number of early vineyards. These cuttings were held in an extra copy of the drawing of the man with the wine barrels (8803.33).bendigo, clubs, bendigo heritage, german heritage society collection - newspaper cuttings, bendigo advertiser 11/5/1988, 3/5/1989, 6/9/1989, 20/6/1990, maurie mcdonald, daryl pinder, peter hyett, glen schier, josef mika, ian walder, bendigo library, peggy & bill schlotterlein, annita schlotterlein, renate & hans ruemelin, michael ruemelin, max drechsler, vin drechsler, dr david stolz, rosemary schulz, mrs june stolz, ali zvirgzdins, eva mika, johann detleff kahland, eugene sandner, glen schier, lydia & josef aniolkowksi, helen, christa & dieter scharenberg, brache & co, weroona vineyard sandhurst, dr backhaus, bruhn, pohl, mannes' strathfieldsaye vineyard, hercynia vineyard, greiffenhagen, wittschiebe's vineyard, carl august heine, adventure vineyard, scheuffle, streckfuss, henry mayer, frederick kramer, frederick klemm, kahland, miss pike, mr c nagle, johann gottfried tabias christopher ballerstedt, gustavus von tempsky, ken wust, frank cusack, clem schmidt, dorothy strauch, ausrey drechsler, reg schleiger, ian weibegen, ron meurer, bill mannes tim iser, neil mertens

Entry No. 621 on page 856. Entry is a list of the Catherine Reef United Claimholders Gold Mining Company Shareholders with their address and the number of shares they hold. Manager was Thomas Eyre and the Company Office was at Peg Leg Gully, Eaglehawk. Names of Shareholders are: John Abern, Simon Albert, James Allen, William Allen, Alexander Anderson, William Anderson,Harry Leigh Atkinson, William Bannerman, Adolphus Barnett, Adolphus Robert Barnett, Alexander Bayne, Adam Beattie, Robert Bell, Gottfried Bermann, William Boncher, James Branagan, Carl Brecht, Frederick William Brinkmeyer, William Ruthford Brown, Joseph Burgoine, Thomas Burgoine, Thomas Burrows, Joseph Butler, John Thomas Caldwell, Philip Carr, Mary Jane Chantler, James Cobb, Edward Cook, Edward F Cooper, James Crameri, George Cudden, Jacob Ludwig Culmsec, Gustav Damkohler, Ellen Dithmer, William Dixon, William Doig, Robert Campbell Dow, Adam George Dunlop, Andrew McBride Dunlop, Hugh Ellis, Thomas Eyre, Richard Philip Eyre, William Farnsworth, Matthew Fawcett, Frederick John Fleming, John Forrest, Andrew Frei, Robert Gilmour, James Gray, Fordinand Gremelsbecher, Robert Grieve, John Grieve, William Grose, George Hagger, Andrew Hamilton,Hans Truchen Hansen, Thomas Harding, Abraham Harkness, Alexander Hay, Joseph A C Helm, John Hoole, George Hoole, Edward Hunt, Thomas Huston, Henry Jackson, Samuel Jackson, Eli James, Robert Jeffrey, Carl Heinrich Jensen, George Foster Johnson, Richard Kevern, William Kimber, Martin Kircher, Hay Kirkwood, Henry Koch, John Lamperd, Mary Anne Lawley, Charles Letheby, Joseph Lowery, Ninjan Mailor, William Marshall, Robert Marshall, Henry Adolphus Medlicott, John Mitchell, William Moore, Susan Murray, Andrew McGrigor, John Steele McNair, Thomas McCormack, Peter Nielson, William Parry Nicholls, Henry Boyns Nicholas, George Nicholson, John Noble, Daniel Noonan, John O'Keeffe, David Purves, William Rea, William Usher Reavely, Francis Robinson Reay, John Bellew Richards, Samuel Richardson, William Robinson, Henry John Rowe, Thomas Ruberg, John Rule, Thomas Rule, Joseph Rutherford, Edward B Ryal, John Snaith Rymer, Philip Seeber, Ferdinand Sahlberg, John Thomas Sanders, Edward Saunders, Charles Selwyn Savage, Charles Sayer, John Scanlon, William Schafer, James Sherson, William Simpson, Antony Smith, Samuel Snowdon, Peter Sorensen, Anders Neilsen Sorensen, Frederick Stahl, David Chaplin Sterry, James Steward, Louis Straub, Robert Suggett, George Suggett, John Talbot, Marion Taylor, John Thomas, Joseph Thomson, Thomas Treloar, William Trimble, George Turner, Alfred Wainwright, Charles Wallin, John Watson, Joseph Watson, Richard John Webb, Frederick Whitaker, John William Williams, Henry Williams, Robert Wills, Christian Weiss, John Wilson, William Winter, George Wisemann, Joseph Wood, James William Wood, Edward Wrixon, Thomas Young and Henry Young. Witness to Signature was J D Crofts.mining, business, shareholders, catherine reef united claimholders gold mining company shareholders, thomas eyre, mining partnerships limited liability act 1860, john abern, simon albert, james allen, william allen, alexander anderson, william anderson, harry leigh atkinson, william bannerman, adolphus barnett, adolphus robert barnett, alexander bayne, adam beattie, robert bell, gottfried bermann, william boncher, james branagan, carl brecht, frederick william brinkmeyer, william ruthford brown, joseph burgoine, thomas burgoine, thomas burrows, joseph butler, john thomas caldwell, philip carr, mary jane chantler, james cobb, edward cook, edward f cooper, james crameri, george cudden, jacob ludwig culmsec, gustav damkohler, ellen dithmer, william dixon, william doig, robert campbell dow, adam george dunlop, andrew mcbride dunlop, hugh ellis, thomas eyre, richard philip eyre, william farnsworth, matthew fawcett, frederick john fleming, john forrest, andrew frei, robert gilmour, james gray, fordinand gremelsbecher, robert grieve, john grieve, william grose, george hagger, andrew hamilton, hans truchen hansen, thomas harding, abraham harkness, alexander hay, joseph a c helm, john hoole, george hoole, edward hunt, thomas huston, henry jackson, samuel jackson, eli james, robert jeffrey, carl heinrich jensen, george foster johnson, richard kevern, william kimber, martin kircher, hay kirkwood, henry koch, john lamperd, mary anne lawley, charles letheby, joseph lowery, ninjan mailor, william marshall, robert marshall, henry adolphus medlicott, john mitchell, william moore, susan murray, andrew mcgrigor, john steele mcnair, thomas mccormack, peter nielson, william parry nicholls, henry boyns nicholas, george nicholson, john noble, daniel noonan, john o'keeffe, david purves, william rea, william usher reavely, francis robinson reay, john bellew richards, samuel richardson, william robinson, henry john rowe, thomas ruberg, john rule, thomas rule, joseph rutherford, edward b ryal, john snaith rymer, philip seeber, ferdinand sahlberg, john thomas sanders, edward saunders, charles selwyn savage, charles sayer, john scanlon, william schafer, james sherson, william simpson, antony smith, samuel snowdon, peter sorensen, anders neilsen sorensen, frederick stahl, david chaplin sterry, james steward, louis straub, robert suggett, george suggett, john talbot, marion taylor, john thomas, joseph thomson, thomas treloar, william trimble, george turner, alfred wainwright, charles wallin, john watson, joseph watson, richard john webb, frederick whitaker, john william williams, henry williams, robert wills, christian weiss, john wilson, william winter, george wisemann, joseph wood, james william wood, edward wrixon, thomas young, henry young, j d crofts

School Council, Members of Staff, List of Full Course Students 1948, S.M.B. Magazine Committee, Editorial, Principal's Page, News and Notes, Editor's Notes, Obituary - S. H. Mayo, Farewells to Staff Members, Alterations in Staff, Science Section, The Literary Society, S.M.B. Yesterday and Today, The Ex-Servicemen, R.A.A.F. Story, Art Section, Escape from Nazi Europe, Short Story Competition, Senior Sport, Girls Sport, Commercial Notes, The Junior Techs, Junior Technical School Students' 1948, Students' doing Trade Apprenticeship Courses Green cover with maroon and green lettering, soft covered magazine of 54 pages. Artwork Mr Ramm - By Robert Tantau Borrick - By H. McWilliam Darb - By Robert Tantau Have a chip Will - By Robert Tantau Junior - By Robert Tantau Bruce - By Robert Tantau Pen and ink Ilustration (car) - By Ron Cairns Rosemary - By Robert Tantau Maurine - By Robert Tantau Howard - By H. Tozer Mick - By Robert Tantau Lorna - By Robert Tantau Sandy - By Robert Tantau Hughes - By Robert Tantau Bautovich - By Robert Tantau Bill and Banjo - By Robert Tantau Mac - By Robert Tantau Rowy - By John Willis ballarat school of mines, magazine, h. tozer, v. lancaster, g. murdoch, m. greenwood, alan j. fenton, c. rook, b. bryan, c. g. fairbank, r. p. flower, c. sanos, eric e. marshman, r. w. richards, m. k. ashton, w. k. l. murray, g. ramm, john c. collins, f. g. procter, dr. j. r. pound, donald c. johnston, neville d. gardner, arthur c. burrow, phillip e. richards, john f. swain, hester darby, lewis huisman, betty freeth, j. williams, m. treganowan, gwenyth williams, w. archibald, maureen callahan, margaret ryan, t. downes, dawn anderson, m. rowbottom, beverley letti, l. greenbank, valerie ritchie, beryl hutchings, p. reidy, robert tantau, willis brown, wesley wilson, donald durant, geo m. hetherington, john a. wilson, maxwell f. murray, ron cairns, geoffrey j. edmonds, john k. ballinger, william n.. edwards, r. rosser, horace j. graham, kevin k. treloar, john h. boag, francis l. veal, hans fumberger, john r. jopling, william h. wray, stanley j. dunstan, john willis, robert e. davis, jeffrey m. coward, william j. scala, george r. searle, norman w. ludbrook, robert r. u'ren, rex h. hollioake, alan vinegrad, h. mcwilliam, james w.b. tippett, james w. brokenshire, frederick g. savage, ronald t. spence, john r. sawyer, terence p. lannen, e. lloyd, d. brayshaw, valerie daff, betty hearn, thelma halsall, v. henderson, netta pitcher, moira baker, betty whitford, joan ellis, pamela hay, r. b. williams, heather coad, s. shillington, b. duffer, j. a. willsher, m. mclean, j. catherall, c. beeston, e. shaw, n. silvey, d. stevens, k. adams, t. hewitt, i. lepp, j. mccormack, a. young, l. george, j. terrill, k. spalding, j. watts, w. clarke, g. hindson, d. gilbert, a. hewitt, r. plover, g. murrowood, r. cochrane, j. bethune, j. walton, r. ward, j. blain, r. gluyas, r. luke, j. daly, k. ward, i. mcconchie, p. hewitt, j. skilbeck, e. jones, c. hoffman, w. mckenzie, r. phillips, g. allen, h. saw, c. mayne, b. graham, m. tweedale, d. alexander, w. rodgers, r. norman, m. horwood, p. hains, m. coleman, g. hannah, r. bawden, r. simpson, d. ditchfield, albert bradley, w. d. ditchfield

A white board roll of honour for the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment listing the name and dates of their members who were killed in Vietnam. The first list of names were from 1966-67 and the second list of names were from 1969-70. At the top of the board is the 7RAR insignia5 rar, roll of honour, pte errol wayne noack, 4717546, australian national serviceman, royal australian infantry corps, 5th battalion, the royal australian regiment, killed in action, pte paul charles sullivan, 3786696, pte john robert sweetnam, 215958, maj donald mackenzie bourne, 23916, 1st australian reinforcement unit, cpl brendan francis coupe, 15358, capt robert bruce milligan, 29635, pte leslie thomas farren, 3786921, pte donald murray clark, 5713804, pte robert john lubcke, 42720, pte michael damien poole, 342916, l/cpl marian tomas, 5713739, pte richard wayne sandow, 43496, pte raymond john kennedy, 16196, pte james clifton webster, 5713751, pte graham francis anthony warburton, 3786978, l/cpl george bruce green, 2782127, cpl norman james womal, 15170, lt john carruthers, 36911, pte gordon henry d'antoine, 54865, maj malcolm bruce mcqualter, 235136, mention in dispatches, l/cpl bryan phillip watson, 5713748, pte richard edward lloyd, 2784015, pte erald herman nilsen, 1200083, 2lt kerry patrick rinkin, 217479, pte noel arthur pracy, 216044, cpl george geoffrey gilbert, 14900, pte leslie james pettit, 217961, 2lt brian geoffrey walker, 5411605, l/cpl paul leslie smith, 135494, sgt (acting) bernard lyle smith, 42252, pte hans leonhard muller, 2788085, pte james mungo white, 5715978, 1 australian reinforcement unit, 1st battalion, pte james clyde mcmillan, 3794377, pte geoffrey anthony pike, 218421, pte baron frederick smith, 3793566, pte alexander remeljej, 4719818, pte david john banfield, 6709107, lt erroll john lee, 235328, pte ronald francis connors, 218554, australian army catering corps, pte andrew drummond, 55537, pte matthew philip linton, 1734491, pte peter joseph jackson, 2789790, cpl (temp) henry edward suttor, 218006, pte wayne edward teeling, 2790880, l/cpl michael paul white, 217191, cpl john joseph kennedy, 216304, pte nick john cassano, 5716427, pte anthony edward loughran waring, 5716163, pte barry john thompson, 2789920, pte timothy charles turner, 4720253

Seven seated and fifteen standing men dressed in suits around a long table in a panelled room hung with formal portraits of men. A trophy sits on the long table amongst loose paper sheets. Research by project volunteer, Fiona Collyer: The Commercial Travellers’ Association of Victoria (CTA) was formed at a meeting of 40 commercial travellers held at the Duke of Rothesay Hotel, 24 Elizabeth Street on 1 December 1880. Their charter was to advocate for better working conditions for commercial travelling salesmen, including improved accommodation at discounted rates and travel concession fares. At first by locomotive, horse and buggy, steamers and horseback, later also by motor car and motorcycle, “The Man on the Road” went into the back-blocks of the country to extend the interests of commerce to the stores and households of Australian regional towns and isolated settlements. Affiliated organisations existed in all states and New Zealand and in 1895 they integrated to form the United Commercial Travellers’ Association of Australasia (UCTAA). By the turn of the 20th century, the Victorian branch of the CTA had 421 Association Members and 520 Club members. The CTA continued to hold meetings in leased rooms in hotels and offices until 1898 when they commissioned purpose-built premises at 190-192 Flinders Street (extant, now the Macstore, next to former Metropolitan Gas Company Buildings). Designed by leading architectural firm of brothers H.W. & F.B.Tompkins (Dimmey’s Model Store, Swan Street, London Stores, Herald and Weekly Times, Myer building, Diamond House, Centreway Arcade, Manton’s Store) in the Queen Anne Revival style at the cost of £20,000, the four storey building had a facade of red Northcote bricks and an entrance of Pyrmont stone. It was very modern for the time, featuring elevators, offices, bars, kitchen, dining, card and billiard rooms and 31 bedrooms with shared bathrooms for the footsore travellers. However, despite adding two storeys in 1901, and another storey and a basement in 1905, they soon outgrew their premises, and in 1912 the CTA commissioned a new building at 328 Flinders Street. At this time, buildings in Melbourne were constrained by the city height limit of 132 feet (40 metres)- the maximum height of firefighting ladders. The new CTA building was the tallest building in Melbourne until 1932 when regulations changed allowing the Manchester Unity Building to be built. The new CTA headquarters was the epitome of comfort and luxury with cutting edge facilities to ease the fatigued salesman and prepare him for another stint on the road. General Secretary, James Davies travelled to Britain and America to acquire the very best and latest innovations. After visiting the new premises, Punch magazine 11 June 1914 reported “furnishings, appliances, and labour-saving conveniences which were more than up to date- they were up to-morrow.” The Edwardian Baroque style building was again designed by architects H.W. & F.B. Tompkins at the cost of £100,000 and built by contractors F.E. Shillabeer and Sons (Nicholas Building, Kellow-Falkiner Pty Ltd car showroom). The nine storey plus basement building is of steel frame construction with concrete floors. The ground floor facade is of grey granite and above that it is faced with cream glazed bricks chosen to combat discolouration from the pollution emitted by Flinders Street Station trains across the road. The facade is decorated with mascarons, gum leaf trim and balconies with classical style balustrade. The club was entered through revolving doors into a two storey high, circular, domed lobby with white columns, American oak panelled walls and intricate mosaic flooring. The ceiling is festooned with plaster gum leaf and gum nut detail, a theme that is repeated throughout the building. The basement kitchen had modern, labour saving appliances that would be the envy of any Edwardian housewife, including an electric toaster, a potato peeling machine, heated dumb waiter, dishwashing machine and electric refrigeration and cooking. It serviced the commodious second floor dining room which seated 200 people and the cafe/breakfast room, 80 people. Members were permitted to entertain their lady friends there for afternoon tea between the hours of 3 and 5 pm every day, except Sunday. The members’ facilities included a barbershop, clothes pressing machine, boot cleaning chair, pipe and cigar stall with electric humidor, public telephones, lockers and safe deposit. The building was serviced with five elevators, a built in vacuum cleaning plant, hot water radiators and linen and postal chutes. The first floor was devoted to business and relaxing, containing the Board, Writing, Reading and four Business Rooms. The board room had Queensland maple panelling with huge blackwood tables topped with blue morocco and golden tortoise-shell trim and cane bottomed chairs. Large framed photographs of past presidents since 1884 lined the walls. The Reading Room ran the whole width of the building. Arthur Streeton’s painting “Between the Lights, Princes Bridge 1888” and Frederick McCubbin’s “Looking North from Mount Macedon” were hung there, as well as paintings by renowned Australian artists Hans Heysen, Walter Withers, John Mather, Jan Hendrik Scheltema. The Argus 30 May 1914 quipped “Around the walls hang evidences that the commercial traveller's soul has not been killed in his pursuit of commerce”. The blackwood panelled room was furnished with Queen Anne style tables and chairs and green leather armchairs with inviting rocker foot rests allowing weary travellers to relax after traversing the railways and dusty roads of Victoria while planning their next sales trip. “The Australasia Traveller” Volume 10, Number 2, April 1914 page 35 noted “An attendant will be constantly employed on this floor to take care of the stationary supply, to tidy up newspapers, and generally study the convenience of members.” The third floor was for amusements with billiards, a bar and four rooms for playing cards, dominoes and chess. The huge billiard room had seven Alcock billiard tables including a table in a partitioned match-room for tournaments, exhibitions and matches. The walls were lined with members’ cues and for spectators, comfortable lounges with marble topped tables and electric bell pushes for drinks service. There were 150 bedrooms over five floors, each with their own telephone and wash basin and five suites with a private sitting room attached. There were four bathrooms per bedroom floor and capacious, well-lighted shaving rooms. Top rate club tariff for bed and breakfast - 6 shillings, if called for a country train leaving Melbourne before 8am - 4 shillings, suite and breakfast- 9 shillings, sixpence. “The Australasia Traveller” Volume 10, Number 2, April 1914 page 35 reported “All “early calls” will be made from the Club Office to Bedrooms by means of the Telephone, so that instead of waking everybody else up on the corridor, only the member concerned will know that it is his unpleasant duty to get up.” The new CTA premises was widely regarded as the finest club in the Southern Hemisphere. The CTA also built the adjacent six storey Commerce House with 52 sample rooms for travellers to display their wares with the remainder rented to retail businesses and a post and telegraph office. After the CTA moved into their new, larger premises in 1914, neighbouring department store Ball & Welch expanded into the former CTA. The CTA saw themselves in a nation building role and were an influential lobby group to the Government. They advocated for inter city trunk telephone lines, standard gauge railway lines between NSW and Victoria, improved roads and highways, the Murray River water scheme and maintaining the White Australia Policy. They were very active in fund raising for the war efforts. The CTA offered its members support in other ways with benevolent funds for widows and orphans, mortuary, accident, sickness and an annuities fund for members over 65 years. There were scholarships for members’ children and home purchase scheme to assist with home ownership. A secondary membership scheme provided access to non commercial travellers (men only) to its exclusive club premises. They also organised social events and activities such as billiard tourneys, golf tournaments, dances and an annual “Smoke Social” which was a social event where men gathered for a formal dinner, community singing, lectures, speeches and of course, to smoke! Daylesford born James Davies OBE, (1865-1931) worked at the CTA for 50 years, starting as an office boy and working his way up to General Secretary and editor of the monthly trade journal for UCTAA members, “The Traveller” (1890-1905, later “The Australasian Traveller” 1905-1924 and then “The Australian Traveller” 1925-1976) and the annual colour supplement magazine “Australia To-Day” (1904-1973). “The Australasia Traveller” featured commentary on the issues of the day like wars, tariffs and trade, articles on new products and hotel recommendations and their rates and lots of advertising, especially alcohol, tobacco and accommodation in regional hotels. There were regular columns, each illustrated with a line drawing and these included “Our Immigration Record” a state by state summary of arrivals of “desirable immigrants” to Australia, while bemoaning the declining (white) birth rate. The column followed the arrival of British boys sent to Australia as agricultural apprentices to work on rural properties which were short of labour. Between 1913-1928, 1750 “Barwell Boys”, some as young as 14 years of age arrived in South Australia to work. NSW had a similar program known as the Dreadnaught Boys Scheme where 5595 boys immigrated between 1911-1939. The boys were considered of “good British stock”. There was a “Home Page For The Ladies” showcasing the latest fashions in women’s clothing, millinery and hairstyles and tips and trends in home furnishings.“Children’s Corner for Dear Little Folks” which featured puzzles, jokes and stories and members could send in photographs of their children. “Road Echoes” devoted to “The Man On The Road” and his doings. “Face Massage, Smiling is the Best Face Massage”, the humour page full of jokes and funny stories. “Railway Rumbles” news of innovations, timetables, tickets and grumbles about lavatories, food and drinking water on trains and at railway stations. And in case we forget that members had a home away from their CTA home, gardening tips with “The C.T. as Gardener”column. The annual magazine “Australia To-Day” was a vehicle to promote Australia here and overseas as a modern, prosperous country with abundant opportunities and pleasant climate. It sought to showcase its manufacturing, agriculture and tourism and encourage British immigration to Australia. The magazine featured articles about recently arrived migrants at work, quirky native flora and fauna, beach culture, recreation and the Australian way of life in the settler nation. Many of the articles were written by politicians of the day, including Robert Menzies. The UCTAA commissioned original artwork for the front covers and feature articles of “Australia To-day” from leading Australian artists. These included Norman Lindsay, Frederick McCubbin, Napier Waller, Lionel Lindsay, Hans Heysen, C Dudley Wood, Louis McCubbin, Penleigh Boyd, Louis Buvelot, Christian Waller and Ellis Rowan and her Australian wildflowers. Some of the photographs in “Australia To-Day” were provided by state and federal government departments as well as manufacturers, newspapers and mining companies. Amongst of the credited photographers was Helmut Newton who later earned world acclaim as a fashion photographer and architectural and industrial photographer Wolfgang Sievers (unfortunately their photographs remain in copyright and aren’t available online). Also featured was Richard C. Strangman, a professional photographer from Canberra, William Howieson of Melbourne, who has 22 photographs in the collection of NGV, Tasmanian wilderness photographer Frederick Smithies, Athol Shmith, portrait photographer and educator from Melbourne, Gordon de Lisle, a Melbourne commercial, industrial, aerial and society portrait photographer. (One of Gordon’s assignments was as the stills photographer for the 1959 movie “On The Beach” filmed in Melbourne). Photographs taken by acclaimed Antarctic and official war photographer Captain Frank Hurley OBE for Adelaide’s Centenary were also featured. The Australian Government was keenly aware of the influence and quality of the UCTAA publications. On 1 June 1914 The Age reported that to advertise Australia in Great Britain and elsewhere, the Department of External Affairs purchased 6500 copies of “Australia To-Day” magazine for £515 to distribute free to “places where they are most likely to come under the notice of a desirable class of immigrants.” In 1950, the office of Prime Minister Robert Menzies ordered 2550 copies of that year’s issue of “Australia To-Day” for the Department of Commerce and Information to distribute. The CTA donated their archives to University of Melbourne Archives which includes original artworks and photos used in “Australia To-Day” (Melbourne University has digitised 1114 photos) and sundry items including trophies, ashtrays, commemorative souvenirs, menus, a rare “Safechek” sovereign changer, a bust of James Davies and even a CTA embossed wash bowl and chamber pot. After the death of General Secretary James Davies in 1931, the CTA held the annual “James Davies Memorial Cup” golf tournament at various Melbourne golf courses, the winner receiving a splendid silver cup. “Table Talk” magazine photographs from 29 June 1933 depict the travellers beautifully (and I would say correctly) attired in tweedy plus fours, Fair Isle knitwear, flat caps and of course fringed brogues. I have been unable to ascertain whether the trophy in our photo is for golf or another CTA social activity. The CTA Victoria membership peaked in 1951 with 4,672 Aassociation members and 3,693 Club members. In 1959, Hollywood came to Melbourne when film stars Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins and Fred Astaire descended to film ‘On the Beach,’ directed by Stanley Kramer. The film is based on the bestselling Neville Shute novel about the aftermath of World War Three, a nuclear war that has obliterated most of the Northern Hemisphere. Radioactive dust is heading toward Australia and everyone is preparing for death. Scenes with Anthony Perkins were filmed in the CTA billiards room as the exclusive Pastoral Club. Anthony Perkins’ character, Lieutenant Commander Peter Holmes of RAN tells Gregory Peck’s character, Commander Dwight Lionel, that The Pastoral Club is…”A mahogany and polished brass sort of place-some people claim it was the stuffiest club in the Commonwealth” before assuring him that despite shortages, the club is likely to have some Scotch left. In a scene at the Pastoral Club two, old (probably red faced) codgers discuss the challenge of drinking all of the 400 bottles of Gould Campbell vintage port in the club wine cellar before they succumb to radiation sickness in five months time. The NGV has 12 photographs in their collection of wardrobe stills of Ava Gardner modelling costumes designed by the Fontana Sisters of Rome for “On The Beach”, taken by Italian photographer G.B.Poletto. During the filming, Gregory Peck and his family stayed at “Kurneh” 206 Domain Road, South Yarra, the former home of three times Grand Slam winner Norman Brookes. Through the decades, Australian society was changing and in order to stay relevant, the CTA had to change too. In 1971, two women were elected for club membership, although they were only granted limited access to the club’s facilities and in 1972, women were invited for the first time to participate in the previously men only annual “Smoke Social”. In 1975, dwindling membership forced the closure of The Commercial Travellers’ Association building and in 1977, the building was sold, with the CTA ceasing to operate in 2014. It was the end of the road for the “Knights of the Road”. In 1992, the CTA building at 328 Flinders Street was placed on the Victorian Heritage Register in recognition of its architectural and cultural significance. The building has been meticulously restored with many of the original fittings, decorative plasterwork, mosaic flooring, stained glass windows, columns, chandeliers and the panelling made from Australian timbers retained. After renovations the building became first the Euro Asia Hotel, then the Duxton Hotel and in 2005 The Rendezvous Hotel, Melbourne. In tribute to the history of the building and the film “On The Beach”, the Rendezvous Hotel has the Ms Ava Bar, Perkins room, Mr Tompkins restaurant, Commerce Room and the Davies Room. References: COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA. (1899, May 27). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 25. Retrieved February 21, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138615498 COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS. (1914, May 30). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 8. Retrieved February 13, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7272511 NEWS OF THE DAY. (1914, June 1). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189414314 COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' "AT HOME." (1914, June 11). Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918; 1925), p. 32. Retrieved March 19, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129699692 https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/69669 https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/757 http://www.pikitiapress.com/blog/2015/1/26/australia-today Commercial Travellers at Yarra Yarra (1933, June 29). Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939), p. 6. Retrieved February 28, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article149547845 https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/537460 https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE7420895&file=FL19171568&mode=browse https://www.history.sa.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Barwell_Boys_Catalogue-compressed-compressed-compressed.pdf Australia Today," 1927 (1926, December 11). Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), p. 15. Retrieved March 17, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223844810 https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2020/12/19/an-inhabited-space-helmut-newtons-lovers/ https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/artist/2075/ https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/?s=Poletto+&type=collection https://rendezvousmelbourne.com.au/digital-history-tour/Photographer notations on slide: "Commercial Travellers Group B6".clubs, department stores, 1930-1939, commerce, manufacturing, federation/edwardian style architecture, railways, tourism, games, agriculture

This Honour Board was presented to the National Vietnam Veterans Museum by the National Servicemen's Assoc. of Australia, 14 Feb 2008. It also recognizes Sapper Reginald N. Bridgland (3787083) and Sapper Geoffrey E. Mills (5713692) both who were with 22 Const. Sqn who were killed in action in Borneo. National Service Honour Roll, framed in black and gold frame. Contains names, rank, state, unit and date of death in date order. Also, six replica medals: Australian Active Service Vietnam 1945 - 1975, Vietnam Medal, Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal, Australian Defence Medal, Anniversary of National Service Medal 1951 -1972 and South Vietnam Campaign Medal. All medals have ribbons attached. Bottom left hand corner has the Australian Coat of Arms insignia and bottom right hand side has the Australian Army (Rising Sun) Insignia.They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn; At the going down of the sun and in the morning' We will remember them. Lest We Forget. Presented by the National Servicemen's Assoc. of Australia, 14 Feb 2008.honour roll, australian national serviceman, killed in action, vietnam, borneo, pte errol wayne noack, 4717546, royal australian infantry corps, 5th battalion, the royal australian regiment, pte leslie thomas farren, 3786921, tpr tony holland, 3786634, royal australian armoured corps, 1st armoured personnel carrier squadron, l/cpl marian tomas, 5713739, pte gordon knight, 2782226, 6th battalion, pte anthony thomas purcell, 3787580, 2lt gordon cameron sharp, 2781465, commendation for gallantry, l/cpl jack jewry, 2781847, pte albert frederick mccormack, 1730993, pte dennis james mccormack, 1730994, pte colin joseph whiston, 3787607, 1 australian reinforcement unit, pte douglas javing salveron, 1731040, pte glenn alfred drabble, 1730929, pte kenneth howard gant, 1730941, pte paul andrew large, 2781704, pte victor roy grace, 1730947, pte warren david mitchell, 1731013, pte graham francis anthony warburton, 3786978, l/cpl bryan phillip watson, 5713748, pte paul charles sullivan, 3786696, pte geoffrey lawrence tweedie, 3787416, pte douglas roy powter, 2782783, pte peter john arnold, 2781363, pte michael james birchell, 2781899, tpr victor ian pomroy, 3786644, pte brian david waters, 5713981, pte david raleigh webster, 5713986, pte donald murray clark, 5713804, l/cpl george bruce green, 2782127, l/cpl kevin leslie mitchinson, 4717751, a squadron, 3rd cavalry regiment, pte james clifton webster, 5713751, tpr robert peter wilsen, 4717841, pte peter richard hart, 2781944, pte dennis hampton bracewell, 2782525, pte william john ashton, 1730888, pte richard edward lloyd, 2784015, 2lt kerry patrick rinkin, 217479, sapper ramon john peter deed, 3788300, royal australian engineers, 1st field squadron, sapper glen trever bartholomew, 2782555, sapper gregory vincent brady, 2782812, sapper john laurence o'hara, 2782779, sapper dennis lindsay brooks, 3787889, sapper terrence james renshaw, 3788172, pte james george cox, 1731426, l/cpl richard mervyn woolford, 4718082, 2nd battalion, pte peter shaun mcgarry, 2412362, pte timothy joseph cutcliffe, 2785238, l/cpl peter edward mcduff, 2782440, pte dennis edwin nelson, 4718427, pte william john brett, 2785150, pte leslie james weston, 1731955, pte norman george allen, 2784699, pte norman victor hawker, 3789232, pte noel charles pettitt, 3790094, pte ronald john bell, 5714249, pte francis arthur hyland, 6708488, pte dayle william morrison, 1732186, pte alex ernest james bell, 5714453, l/cpl ross charles mcmillan, 2785033, pte robert graham perrin, 3789447, pte robert john caston, 4719003, pte guy richard godden, 6708763, 3rd battalion, lt leonard alexander taylor, 2nd lt leonard alexander taylor, 3787987, pte geoffrey francis mathews, 5714739, pte john rogers, 4718449, pte thomas johannes de vries van leeuwen, 4718756, pte john alexander doherty, 3789770, sapper david john steen, 4719232, pte douglas brian plain, 3789448, sapper geoffrey john coombs, 6708750, 2nd lt john fraser, 1731113, l/cpl roger leon fisher, 4718368, pte errol john bailey, 2786313, 1st battalion, pte john alfred o'brien, 2786748, gunner ian james scott, 3791583, pte lawrence rodney sheppard, 3790506, pte bevan maxwell trimble, 3791291, cpl john gregory stinson pearce, 2784043, l/cpl william henry martin, 1731467, pte alan john wallis, 2787255, signalman alexander henry young, 1732408, royal australian corps of signals, 104 signal squadron, pte brian thomas young, 1733095, pte lindsay noel brown, 3790530, pte john walter desnoy, 3791033, pte william malcolm thomas, 4718911, pte jeffrey thomas worle, 3790789, pte dal edward abbott, 2786017, pte stuart john barnett, 5715206, pte peter eris murray, 2788524, tpr robert james gillard, 3790395, pte john alexander campbell, 2787278, pte michael muc, 2787512, pte michael james noonan, 2787793, l/cpl robert burns, 4718097, pte michael sukmanowsky, 4719573, pte archibald stanley williams, 5715189, signalman dennis eric abraham, 4718946, pte barry norton davidson, 2788283, pte kevin frederick brewer, 6708915, pte paul evans, 1732701, pte john michael slattery, 2787079, pte ian james thomson, 2786038, headquarters, 1st australian task force, l/cpl paul richard peter van rijsewijk, 5715180, pte john richard tinkham, 3791207, pte kenneth raymond houston, 2787776, l/cpl anthony vincent quigley, 4719160, pte ian james gibbs, 5715657, cpl (temp) frederick john annesley, 2784162, 2lt terrance edward langlands, 2786939, l/cpl john milton rands, 2787069, trooper michael john hannaford, 3791920, c squadron, 1st armoured regiment, pte ronald james gaffney, 3793157, 9th battalion, pte christopher william roost, 5715153, pte raymond john cox, 2787020, pte thomas frederick meredith, pte reginald arthur phillips, 4719545, cpl harold robert musicka, 4717754, pte peter charles smith, 2788912, pte bruce james plane, 4719981, pte samuel graham, 2787716, pte joseph steven ramsay, 1733037, pte gary alex archer, 2788583, pte robert alan byrne, 2786525, pte raymond alfred mcguire, 2787478, pte victor neils petersen, 1733375, pte grantley james scales, 4719367, pte joseph george manicola, 3793137, pte james mungo white, 5715978, pte barry randolph george, 2789508, pte trevor ralph black, 1734408, pte alexander remeljej, 4719818, pte lyall hugh mcpherson, 5715701, sapper peter john bramble, 2789684, pte paul francis reidy, 3793403, pte wayne edward teeling, 2790880, pte peter joseph jackson, 2789790, pte timothy charles turner, 4720253, pte anthony edward loughran waring, 5716163, l/cpl keith ivan dewar, 5715633, trooper robert george young, 1733547, b squadron, pte gordon dennis sorrensen, 2790417, pte leslie james pettit, 217961, pte hans leonhard muller, 2788085, l/cpl richard john abraham, 4719565, pte raymond charles kermode, 1733818, pte mathew loughman, 3794096, 1st australian logistic support group, sapper john smith, 3794831, pte james clyde mcmillan, 3794377, pte baron frederick smith, 3793566, pte david john banfield, 6709107, pte ian william kingston, 1734754, pte david john fisher, 2787344, pte kevin john prior, 1734329, 2nd special air service squadon, 3rd special air service squadron, sapper alan leslie duncuff, 5716228, pte john wallace holloway, 3794544, pte matthew philip linton, 1734491, sapper anthony lisle, 2791437, pte nick john cassano, 5716427, sapper john gerald greene, 2791447, 17th construction squadron, pte allen roy brown, 3794895, l/cpl gregory ian stanford, 2790070, pte malcolm robert robertson, 3793978, pte thomas arthur evans, 3794256, sapper anthony edward hollis, 2786682, pte barry john thompson, 2789920, cpl robert james jackson, 2783512, pte philip mackay richter, 3796110, 8th battalion, pte larry james maclennan, 3795935, pte barry john munday, 3795712, pte raymond duncan clark, 3794556, pte kenneth allan duffy, 1735143, l/cpl robert edward power, 2790170, pte daryl poulson, 3795605, pte graham robert kavanagh, 4720992, sapper harold walter hurst, 2791326, pte john leonard mcquat, 5716533, l/cpl phillip raymond goody, 1734847, pte noel valentine crouch, 5716239, pte dennis william neal, 1735386, pte desmond john tully, 2792375, pte john leslie morgan, 3795756, royal australian army ordnance corps, 2nd advance ordnance depot, pte stephen warwick dickson, 2792089, pte stanley gordon larsson, 4720583, pte paul john navarre, pte paul john crawley, 2792729, sapper ian neil scott, 1735424, pte john harold bullman, 2794031, sapper peter lawrence penneyston, 6709611, pte garry ian willoughby, 3797671, sapper martinus jacobus maria schuit, 4720852, pte allan lloyd, 3797086, pte milton raymond dufty, 2792150, pte alan talbot, 3797623, pte raymond brian patten, 2141115, pte peter francis kowalski, 1735712, 2lt david paterson, 4718855, cpl (temp) noel alan smith, 3797613, pte rodney stewart chapman, 4721369, pte ronald wayne salzmann, l/cpl ronald wayne salzmann, 1732899, 2lt ian george mathers, 2794496, pte trevor james attwood, 2794278, pte roger william driscoll, 2794265, pte donald cameron hill, 2794350, pte michael towler, 2792254, pte bernard michael pengilly, 30 jul 1971, pte maxwell lachlan rhodes, 2796378, pte brian charles beilken, 5718195, pte james duff, 3799449, pte ralph james niblett, 3798081, pte roderick james sprigg, 5718122