Mrs Irene Bartlett made a series of postcards depicting landmarks around Port Fairyblack and white post cardcottage, building, home, house, sketch, irene bartlett

This is one of a series of post cards drawn by artist Mrs Irene Bartlett of Port Fairy. This one depicts the Stag Hotel on the corner of Cox Street and Sackville Street. Now known as Seacombe Houseblack and white drawing of the Stag Hotel and Cottages drawn showing Sackville and Cox street aspects to be used as a post cardStag Hotelhotel, sketch, i.bartlett, post card, sackville street, cox street, seacombe house, stag inn, irene bartlett, stag hotel

Sketch by local artist Mrs Irene BartlettBlack and white church, sunday-school, building

Register of First Pupils Dated 8 - 7 2026|Adams, Stella Adderley, Thomas Adderly, Olive Ainsworth, Violet Allen, Laura Anderson, Holly Anderson, Lola Ayton, Arthur Ayton, Jeffrey Barlow, Leila Bartlett, John Batten, Audrey Batten, Mavis Beadon, Alan Bell, Florence Benn, Dorothy Benn, Edna Benn, Walter W. Bennet, Edith Bennet, Elsie Bennett, Dorothes Bennett, Henry Bennett, Norma Benoulli, Royce A. Beynon, Frank Binns, Stella M. Blakey, Harold Breaden, Marion Breadon, Maxwell Bridges, Agnes G. Bridges, Bessie Bridges, Charles Bridges, Joseph Bridges, Myrtle Brock, Jethro Brock, Rose Annetta Brooks, Adas Brooks, Clarence Brooks, George Brown, Jean Brown, Robert Brown, Stanley Brutnell, Kathleen Bunting, John Campbell, Jessie Campbell, Marjory Challen, Peter Champman, Joy Chapman, Keith Chapman, William Clayton, Ada Clayton, Thomas Clemson, Nancy Close, Irene Jean Collison, Hannah Collison, Vera J. Coulter, Ronald Coulter, Thelma Cox, Roy Cox, Sydney Crompton, Raymond Dale, Dorothy Dempsey, Eileen Dickson, George Dickson, Leslie Dickson, Maria Francis Dixon, Isobella Donald, David Downing, Marjory Dunstan, Frances Dunstan, William Dyett, Gordon Dyett, Ronald Evans, Edward Firth, Emily Foran, Frank Frith, Emily Frith, Maisie Gardiner, Jack Gardiner, Monica Gilbert, Laughrey Gillman, Jean Gillman, Marvis Hall, Gladys Hall, Marjory Hall, Trevis Harbottle, Charles Harbottle, Ethel Heffer, Annie Heffer, Elizabeth Heffer, Maud Heffer, Olive Heid, George L. Hiscock, Augustus Hiscock, Evelyn Hiscock, Muriel Hiscock, Valma Hogarth, Ludwig Hunter, Dorothy James, Daisy Johnston, Merle Kenny, Frank Lapthorne, Coral Lapthorne, Joy Lawson, James "Jim" Neil Lowe, Lyla Mahoney, Stuart Mancell, Herbert Mancell, Jack McCall, Janet McDonald, Victor McKay, Edith McKay, Jessie McPherson, Flora Millar, George Montgomery, Albert Montgomery, Alen Montgomery, John Morris, Albert Morrisey, John Morrisey, Mathew Morrisey, Raymond Mounsey, Ray Nayler, Jack Neish, William J. Norman, Elizabeth Norton, Dennis Nye, Florence Nye, Helen J. Nye, Mabel Ethel Perry, William Phillips, Melva Prichard, Marie Proughton, Dorothy Quick, Elsie Quick, Jean Ivy Rautman, Marie Raymond, Vivian Reddrop, Bertha Reddrop, Jean Roberts, Percival Roberts, Walter Rose, Maxwell Scott, Gillah Scott, Norman Searle, William Skinner, Seslie Small, Duncan Smith, Joseph Smith, William Soutar, Henry Stafford, Dorothy Stafford, Thelma Stark, Alfred W. D. Stark, Edith Starke, William Steele, James Sweeney, David Tindell, Maudel Trickey, George Trickey, Violet Trowbridge, Harry N. Trueman, Henry Vivian, Raymond Walker, Harold Warmiington, Ian Warmington, Ian Warmington, John Warmington, Stuart Warmington, Wilson White, Norma Whittet, Jessie Whittet, Lyn Widdy, Jessie Wilson, Eric Wilson, Normanalbion primary school, albion state school, state school, primary school, albion, adelaide street

Dr Michele Matthews has been a local and social historian for nearly three decades since she first used correspondence held by the then Bendigo City Council for her Honours thesis. She is an ardent advocate for the use of local history records to tell Victorian and Australian history from a grassroots perspective. Michele’s MA thesis, ‘A forgotten “Father” of Federation: Sir John Quick 1852‑1911’ (2003), and her PhD thesis, ‘Survivors, schemes, Samaritans and shareholders: the impact of the Great Depression on Bendigo and District 1925‑1935’ (2007), both drew heavily on Bendigo and district records. Michele used this article as part of her research: Annie Irene Michelsen, a prominent Bendigo community figure. Annie Irene Michelsen (1870–1955) was born in White Hills, Bendigo, to Spero Tussup (from Dalmatia) and Mary Tracy (from Ireland). She became a nurse at Bendigo Hospital and later helped establish the Bendigo Nursing Auxiliary. In 1894, she married John Andrew Michelsen, a former Bendigo mayor after whom the Michelsen Medal (awarded annually in the Bendigo Football League) is named. Annie and John had three children, including Cyril Michelsen, who became Chief of Staff and later Editor of The Bendigo Advertiser. She was deeply involved in community service and social welfare, working with: The Baby Health Centre The Red Cross (which awarded her a long-service medallion) Church and sporting organizations, including rowing, croquet, and lawn bowls clubs. As mayoress, she was known for her kindness, energy, and dedication to the welfare and progress of Bendigo. In 1927, she and her husband helped host the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) during their visit to Bendigo. Over more than three decades as the wife of a councillor and during three terms as mayoress, she contributed extensively to civic life in Bendigo. Annie died on 7 June 1955, aged 85, at her home, Stoneleigh, in Lucan Street, Bendigo. The article portrays Annie Michelsen as a pioneering community worker and respected civic figure whose contributions to Bendigo's social, charitable, and public life left a lasting legacy. Michele Matthews Collection: PHD Research - Newspaper Article History Lives, by Jim Evans - Annie was a true pioneer, newspaper article date unknown This item includes the following documents: 8672.27a Black and white photo in 1920 by the Bartlett Brothers of John Michelsen, Rene and Beryl (front), with Cyril and Annie Michelsen 8672.27b Annie Michelsen (right) with an unknown fried - Black and White Photo 8672.28c The Duchess of York black and white photo in 1927 8672.28d Black and white photo of the Former Bendigo Mayor, John Michelsen in his robes 8672.28e PDF File of the articlebendigo, michele matthews collection, annie irene michelsen, john andrew michelsen