The Kew Historical Society's map collection includes a substantial number of real estate subdivision plans, mainly of Kew but also of surrounding suburbs in Melbourne. Most of the subdivision plans date from the 1920s and 1930s when the districts old homes and local farmland were being split up to accommodate residential growth in the postwar period. These early plans were assembled by a local firm, Jas R Mather & McMillan, which had an office in Cotham Road. Many of the plans, and sometimes photos, were annotated by the agents.Subdivision plans are historically important documents used as evidence for the growth of suburbs in Australia. They frequently provide information about when the land was sold as well as evidence relating to surveyors and real estate and financial agents. The numerous subdivision plans in the Kew Historical Society's collection represent working documents, ranging from the initial sketches made in planning a subdivision to printed plans on which auctioneers or agents listed the prices for which individual lots were sold. In a number of cases, the reverse of a subdivision plan in the collection includes a photograph of a house that was also for sale by the agent. These photographs provide significant heritage information relating house design and decoration, fencing and household gardens.The photograph may also be aesthetically significant depending on the importance of the photographic atelier.Undated blue subdivision plan in Kew of 14 lots facing Argyle Road, Heather Grove and Victor Road. The Plan identifies Tuxen & Miller as the surveyors. [Formerly catalogued as MAP.0059]subdivision plans - kew, argyle road - kew, heather grove - kew, victor avenue - kew

Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council of the City of Sunshine to be held on 9th March 1977 Report of the Acting Town Clerk Acquisition of land bounded by Gooding and Willis Streets and the Railway Line St. Albans Cat Protection Society Audit Fees Lease of Navigational Deacon site in Robinsons Road Deer Park Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board Rates & Sanitary Interest Abandonments for 1976/77 Safety Precautions with Swimming Pools Land Transfer from D.U.L. National Estate Programme Award Matters Variation to the General Award for Building Inspectors Staff Gratuity Scheme Federal Funding for Local Government PRojects Report of the Chief Health Inspector Amusements Parlour Application Woolworths Shop Hampshire Road Corner Devonshire Road Application to Extend an Amusement Parlour 69 McIntyre Road Application for Septic Tank Prosecutions Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Conditions of Flats Application Office & Amenities Block Colyer Fehr Pty Ltd Burke Street Braybrook Authorised Officer for Immunisation Procedures for Housing Orders Infant Welfare Request for Opening Outside Normal Hours Report of the By-Laws Officer Scout Hall Signs on Lamp Poles Various Area Report of the Welfare Officers People Rights Booklets Family Day Care Report of the City Library Extended Hours of Opening Rainbow Workshop Report of the City Engineer Furlong Road Estate Stage 6 Westerngate Estate Stage 1A Plan of Subdivision Tallintyre Road Housing Commission of Victoria Land Use Permit Application Detached House 38 Doherty Street Land Use Permit Application Detached House Lot 497 Leila Street Land Use Permit Application Extension to Flats Lot 50 Oldfield Street Land Use Permit Application Detached House Lot 275 Orama Street Rezoning St. Albans Road and Percy Street St. Albans Glengala Estate Stage 3 Abandonment of Easement Land Use Permit Application Motorcycle Sales and Service 87 - 89 McIntyre Road Land Use Permit Application Sign Magnet Store Ballarat Road Deer Park Exchange of Land Nickson's Subdivision Furlong Road abutting the North West Boundary of the Sunshine Tip. Lots 700 to 407 abuts on to Denton Avenue and came across garbage. Transport Regulation Board Variation to Existing Bus Route 455 Transport Regulation Board Bus Service Glengala Estate Preferred Development Area Deer Park Variation to Contract Glengala Estate Stage 3 Meals on Wheel Van Irrigation of Reserves Employment of Council Plumber Land Use Permit Application Subdivision Geelong Road and Old Geelong Road Geelong Road at Burgess Road Brooklyn Land Use Permit Application Extension of Annunciation Primary School Playground Heather Avenue & Eames Avenue Central Avenue Drain Culvert at Western Avenue Land Use Permit Application Lot 122 Whitehill Avenue Land Use Permit Application Home for the Frail / Aged Darnley Street North West Corner Lily Street Land Use Permit Application Factory 172 McIntyre Road Steers Street Group Part Private Street Scheme Easement Drain under the Health Act Albion Navigator Street North of The Esplanade Proposed 6 Tonne Load Limit Strata Subdivision 1 Fabian Court Cranwell Street Kerb & Channel & Footpath Construction Land Use Permit Additions to Christ the King Primary School & Caroline Chisholm Catholic College Churchill Avenue Plan of Subdivision Ballarat Road South Side between Ashley Street and Whittaker Street Land Use Permit Application Extension of Offices Pridham Holdings Evans Street Alterations to Flat Areas Maribyrnong Opening in Party Walls Lots 24 & 25 Alick Road Brooklyn Undersize Allotment 17 Benjamin Street Installation of Underground Tank Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 15th February 1977 Confirmation of Loan with Melbounre & Metropolitan Board of Works Plan of Subdivision 36 Market Road city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, gooding street, willis street, st. albans, navigational beacon, robinsons road, deer park, woolworths, hampshire road, devonshire road, sunshine, mcintyre road, sunshine north, burke street, furlong road, doherty street, leila street, oldfield street, sunshine west, orama street, st. albans road, percy street, ballarat road, sunshine tip, geelong road, old geelong road, burgess road, brooklyn, annunciation primary school, eames avenue, heather avenue, western avenue, whitehill avenue, darnley street, lily street, braybrook, navigator street, the esplanade, maribyrnong, cranwell street, christ the king primary school, caroline chisholm catholic college, churchill avenue, ashley street, whittaker street, pridham holdings, evans street, alick road, benjamin street

Minutes of the ordinary meeting of council held on 9th March 1977 Report of the Acting Town Clerk Acquisition of land bounded by Gooding and Willis Streets and the Railway Line St. Albans Cat Protection Society Audit Fees Lease of Navigational Deacon site in Robinsons Road Deer Park Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board Rates & Sanitary Interest Abandonments for 1976/77 Safety Precautions with Swimming Pools Land Transfer from D.U.L. National Estate Programme Award Matters Variation to the General Award for Building Inspectors Staff Gratuity Scheme Federal Funding for Local Government PRojects Report of the Chief Health Inspector Amusements Parlour Application Woolworths Shop Hampshire Road Corner Devonshire Road Application to Extend an Amusement Parlour 69 McIntyre Road Application for Septic Tank Prosecutions Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Conditions of Flats Application Office & Amenities Block Colyer Fehr Pty Ltd Burke Street Braybrook Authorised Officer for Immunisation Procedures for Housing Orders Infant Welfare Request for Opening Outside Normal Hours Report of the By-Laws Officer Scout Hall Signs on Lamp Poles Various Area Report of the Welfare Officers People Rights Booklets Family Day Care Report of the City Library Extended Hours of Opening Rainbow Workshop Report of the City Engineer Furlong Road Estate Stage 6 Westerngate Estate Stage 1A Plan of Subdivision Tallintyre Road Housing Commission of Victoria Land Use Permit Application Detached House 38 Doherty Street Land Use Permit Application Detached House Lot 497 Leila Street Land Use Permit Application Extension to Flats Lot 50 Oldfield Street Land Use Permit Application Detached House Lot 275 Orama Street Rezoning St. Albans Road and Percy Street St. Albans Glengala Estate Stage 3 Abandonment of Easement Land Use Permit Application Motorcycle Sales and Service 87 - 89 McIntyre Road Land Use Permit Application Sign Magnet Store Ballarat Road Deer Park Exchange of Land Nickson's Subdivision Furlong Road abutting the North West Boundary of the Sunshine Tip. Lots 700 to 407 abuts on to Denton Avenue and came across garbage. Transport Regulation Board Variation to Existing Bus Route 455 Transport Regulation Board Bus Service Glengala Estate Preferred Development Area Deer Park Variation to Contract Glengala Estate Stage 3 Meals on Wheel Van Irrigation of Reserves Employment of Council Plumber Land Use Permit Application Subdivision Geelong Road and Old Geelong Road Geelong Road at Burgess Road Brooklyn Land Use Permit Application Extension of Annunciation Primary School Playground Heather Avenue & Eames Avenue Central Avenue Drain Culvert at Western Avenue Land Use Permit Application Lot 122 Whitehill Avenue Land Use Permit Application Home for the Frail / Aged Darnley Street North West Corner Lily Street Land Use Permit Application Factory 172 McIntyre Road Steers Street Group Part Private Street Scheme Easement Drain under the Health Act Albion Navigator Street North of The Esplanade Proposed 6 Tonne Load Limit Strata Subdivision 1 Fabian Court Cranwell Street Kerb & Channel & Footpath Construction Land Use Permit Additions to Christ the King Primary School & Caroline Chisholm Catholic College Churchill Avenue Plan of Subdivision Ballarat Road South Side between Ashley Street and Whittaker Street Land Use Permit Application Extension of Offices Pridham Holdings Evans Street Alterations to Flat Areas Maribyrnong Report of the Building Surveyor Opening in Party Walls Lots 24 & 25 Alick Road Brooklyn Undersize Allotment 17 Benjamin Street Installation of Underground Tank Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 15th February 1977 Confirmation of Loan with Melbounre & Metropolitan Board of Works city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, gooding street, willis street, st. albans, navigational deacon, robinsons road, deer park, woolworths, hampshire road, devonshire road, sunshine, mcintyre road, burke street, braybrook, tallintyre road, doherty street, leila street, oldfield street, sunshine west, orama street, st. albans road, percy street, sunshine north, furlong road, sunshine tip, denton avenue, geelong road, old geelong road, brooklyn, burgess road, annunciation primary school, heather avenue, eames avenue, western avenue, whitehill avenue, darnley street, lily street, fabian court, navigator street, the esplanade, maribyrnong, cranwell street, christ the king primary school, caroline chisholm catholic college, churchill avenue, ashley street, whittaker street, pridham holdings, alick road, evans street, benjamin street, market road

Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. Yarra 2500 [base map] 17-26. Hurstbridge. Municipalities of Diamond Valley 257 and Eltham 238. Prominent streets include: Flat Rock Road and Heather Avenue. Includes Hurstbridge Railway Station.MMBW Map in 1:2500 [scale] series. Cream parchment with green tape reinforcing on edges and punched holes on left edge.mmbw, melbourne and metropolitan board of works, shire of diamond valley, hurstbridge - maps

George Rimington established The Parkhill Nursery in 1877. By 1910, it was more commonly known as Rimington’s Nurseries and well known for its sale of violets. After World War II, Rimington’s Nurseries were gradually subdivided and sold. The 38 allotments were released in sections, including lots 34 to 36 on the corner of Mont Victor Road and Victor Avenue. Previous lots in the subdivision had bordered Burke Road, Rimington Avenue, Heather Grove, and Stoke Avenue. The selling point as it had been in comparable estates for a century were the proximity to transport, schools and churches, as well as the high location and excellent views. The subdivision plan shows most of the lots in the entire subdivision: 1-11, 13-26, and 34-38. Presumably, lot 12 and lots 27-33 were still to be released.Subdivision plans are historically important documents used as evidence of the growth of suburbs in Australia. They frequently provide information about when the land was sold on which a built structure was subsequently constructed as well as evidence relating to surveyors and real estate and financial agents. The numerous subdivision plans in the Kew Historical Society's collection represent working documents, ranging from the initial sketches made in planning a subdivision to printed plans on which auctioneers or agents listed the prices for which individual lots were sold. In a number of cases, the reverse of a subdivision plan in the collection includes a photograph of a house that was also for sale by the agent. These photographs provide significant heritage information relating house design and decoration, fencing and household gardens.Subdivision plan advertising five superb home sites among lots in Burke Road, Stoke Avenue, Victor Avenue, Mont Victor Road and Heather Grove.subdivision plans - kew, rimington avenue -- kew (vic.), heather grove -- kew (vic), stoke avenue -- kew (vic.), burke road -- kew (vic.), mont victor road -- kew (vic.)

Pru Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation Study : Volume 2 - Development History’ (1988), summarised the periods of urban development and subdivisions of land in Kew. The periods that she identified included 1845-1880, 1880-1893, 1893-1921, 1921-1933, 1933-1943, and Post-War Development. These periods were selected as they represented periods of rapid growth or decline in urban development. An obvious starting point for Sanderson’s groupings involved population growth and the associated economic cycles. These cycles also highlighted urban expansion onto land that was predominantly rural, although in other cases it represented the decline and breakup of large estates. A number of the plans in the Kew Historical Society’s collection can also be found in other collections, such as those of the State Library of Victoria and the Boroondara Library Service. A number are however unique to the collection.Subdivision plans are historically important documents used as evidence of the growth of suburbs in Australia. They frequently provide information about when the land was sold on which a built structure was subsequently constructed as well as evidence relating to surveyors and real estate and financial agents. The numerous subdivision plans in the Kew Historical Society's collection represent working documents, ranging from the initial sketches made in planning a subdivision to printed plans on which auctioneers or agents listed the prices for which individual lots were sold. In a number of cases, the reverse of a subdivision plan in the collection includes a photograph of a house that was also for sale by the agent. These photographs provide significant heritage information relating house design and decoration, fencing and household gardens.A preliminary plan for the Mont Victor Hill subdivision of 1936 which included 23 allotments bordering the Rimington Nursery in Mont Victor Road. The subdivision created allotments in Victor Avenue, Heather Grove and Burke Road. Bisecting the Estate and clearly marked on the plan is the Railway Reserve which at this stage was all that remained of the Outer Circle Railway. The auctioneers note on the plan that the subdivision was made possible by the order of Messrs S. H. Bennet & H. Wright, the executors of the Wills of S. Bennett & E. Foreman.mont victor hill estate, subdivision plans - kew

Bi-fold advertisement for sale of residential allotments - New Lincoln Estate, New Street, Ringwood, with summary of local facilities and services, locality plan, layout of sub-division, and price list. Also an advertisement from Ringwood Mail dated 12 July 1951. Subdivision includes New Street, Heywood Street, Barkly Street, Keith Grove, Maurice Avenue, Inez Avenue, Catherine Street, Neville Street, Neale Grove (later Heather Grove), and Sylvia Grove. Agent - Ringwood Real Estate Co., Station Entrance, Ringwood. (Phone) WU 6661, WU 6662.Accompanying handwritten sales notes researched in 2024 by Richard Carter - Carter Real Estate ... "Maurice Ashkanasy KC CMG owned the rectangular estate located between New, Barkly, Heywood Streets and Sylvia Grove in South-West Ringwood. It was given the name "The New Lincoln Estate". It was first advertised around July 1951 as "48 superb allotments", through Ringwood Real Estate (Station Entrance). A sub-divisional plan from CE Carter showed 152 blocks with 60-foot frontages and varying between 110 and 150 feet in length. Later, in 1954 house and land packages were offered through William White in Elsternwick - "Three modern bedrooms, large lounge-dining-room, kitchen with dinette, nicely equipped bathroom - £2,685 to £2,762, deposit £300". The roads were created and named after family members - Neale (later Heather) Grove - after Maurice's son Neal Mark Ashkanasy. The street was later re-named Heather Grove after Maurice's wife, Heather Helen Ashkanasy (Epstein), who passed away in 1999, aged 95. Neville Street - after Marice's other son, Aaron Solomon Neville Ashkanasy known as Neville. Catherine Street and Inez Street - after Heather's mother Catherine Inez Epstein. Maurice Avenue - after Maurice Ashkanasy, vendor. Keith Grove - after Keith Epstein. ..."

Display panel: Map of Coleman's house location; 1904 photograph of Coleman house with Tom Newton, Mary Coleman (later Dowes) Mary Ann Coleman (nee Burke, mother of Jack Coleman, George Coleman, Mary Coleman), George Coleman, John (Jock) Coleman (father of John Coleman junior married to Margaret Coleman nee Dare); 1971 photograph of part of Coleman house. Typed document, compiled by Dorothy Peatling, Objection to Application 980731 Proposal for 6 units at 1203 Main Road Eltham, stories from Mrs Thomas, Ken Gaston, Frank Martin, Vicky Weston (nee Coleman), Frank Burgoyne, Heather Bakos, Mrs Dansey, and other historical information. Typed document, by Margaret Jennings, Objection to Application 980731 Proposal for 6 units at 1203 Main Road Eltham, history of site. Typed document, by Eltham District Historical Society, history of site, summary of interviews from Dorothy Peatling objection.main road, eltham, property, houses, coleman house, coleman crescent, mary coleman, mary dowes, mary ann coleman, mary ann burke, jack coleman, george coleman, john coleman, jock coleman, margaret coleman, margaret dare, dorothy peatling, mrs thomas, ken gaston, frank martin, vicky weston, vicky coleman, frank burgoyne, heather bakos, mrs dansey, wattletree road, edendale farm, orchard avenue eltham north, diamond creek, christmas creek, cobb and co royal mail

Was a small triangular shaped shop opposite the Poat Office. Was called Kings Cross Cafe when owned by Tina and Pat Paganella in the late 1960's early 1970's. Was also a Chinese Restaurant, Silver Sampan, mid - late 1970's, run by Liz and Warwick. Faye Lancaster and Heather Costigan ran it as a Fish and Chip shop around 1982. Cindy’s Takeaway by the Powells was the last business prior to it being demolished to make way for the present arcade.Black and white photograph taken inside Arceris small cafe on the corner of Esplanade and Barkes Avenue opposite the Post Office Lakes Entrance Victoriabusinesses, restaurant