Plan for the Ballarat Jam Factory, Davey StreetAdditions to Factory Davey Stret for the Ballarat Jam Coy Pty Ltdballarat jam factory, grigsby, industrial heritage, davey street

Colour photograph of the Former Ballarat Jam Factory.ballarat jam factory, industrial heritage, davey street ballarat

Colour photograph of the Former Ballarat Jam Factory.ballarat jam factory, industrial heritage, davey street ballarat

In 1906, the Anglo-Australian Brewery Company had purchased the Spring Creek brewery after the death of Frederick Allen. A.A. Billson, M.L.A., by then a director of Anglo-Australian Brewery, then converted the premises into a jam and fruit preserving works. The Beechworth District Jam, Pickle and Fruit Preserving Company Ltd started fruit preserving in 1907. In 1912, the jam works was sold to a Melbourne company, who traded as S.S. Jam Co./S.S. Jam Factory until around 1915. Three rectangular photographs - one sepia postcard and two black and white copies printed on paper3121.1 (reverse): Post Card / Correspondence. [vertical centre-line] Address only. / [stamp placement of rectangular "Kodak.Austral." wordmarks] Employees Beechworth / Jam Factory / about 1900 / 84-213-1 / 3121.1 / 97 2326 / 10 / Factories / 3121.2 (reverse): Employee's / Beechworth Jam Factory / (previously Allens Brewery) / early 1900s / 84-213-1 (Repro) / 3121.2 / Factories / [yellow sticky-note: factories] / 3121.3 (reverse): SS Jam Factory / B'worth Jam Factory / Railway Avenue / B'worth / 97 2326 / PH 213 / 3121.3 / jam, jam factory, railway street, fred allen brewery, frederick allen, a.a. billson, beechworth brewery, 1910s beechworth, beechworth factories, twentieth century beechworth, fredrick allen, beechworth district jam pickle and fruit preserving company ltd, s.s. jam factory, s.s. jam, s.s.jam co., preserves, fruit preserving, the anglo-australian brewery company, anglo-australian brewery company, cordial manufactory beechworth, ecks, spring creek brewery, blackberries

four photocopies of black & white photographs of the Bendigo Jam Factory Farmers & Fruit Growers Cooperative Society Ltd. photographs of the factory circa 1902 1 covering letter 2 current interior of factory 3 current interior of factory 4 exterior of factory with workforce (14 women & 7 men) 5 interior of factory with (predominantly women) workforce at work stations

Glass bottles and lid manufactured for Kerr's Jam Factory in Buninyong, 1890s. Damaged bottle was found on property that was the old David Kerr orchard.Significant example of 19th century jam jar, used by local Buninyong jam factory to bottle and sell locally made jam.Glass bottles manufactured for Kerr's Jam Factory, Buninyong, 19th centuryKerrs Jams Buninyongindustry, commerce, kerr family, buninyong, david kerr

Bendigo Jam Factory Stencil: 6 - TIN (s) NO - 10 (??) UNLABE (d) TOMATO (es) Poor condition, RHS portion missing, stained and print marked

Items belonged to Mrs. Ellen & Mr. Charles Cornell. (Manager of Evelyn Jam Factory).Two boxes. 1. Covered box with desert scene on lid. 2. Small grey/blue flocked box "Exquisite".boxes

Raspberry barrel used for taking fruit to the jam factory from Mr. W.J. Sebire's property.Large wooden round berry barrel. Metal bands & wooden lid. Brown/red paint.barrels

SoftcoverTwo newspaper clippings (i) Jam factory redevelopment (ii) Guardian May 3, 1971 on Long-lost Caravaggio painting for sale. Envelope with Mrs P Davies typed on itwalsh st library

Loading buckets of fruit, probably raspberries from "The Oaks" Thomson family property, Kinglake into a covered cart hitched to a horse by four hatted farm workers. Most likely the fruit was headed to the "jam factory" at Kinglake operated by the Kinglake Fruit Growers Preserving Company which was formed about 1900. The fruit was pulped as the first step in the process by beng cooked in a steam bolier. The barrels of processed druit pulpt were then transported in barrels by horse and cart to the Whittlesea railway station.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Neg 12.5 x 9 cm printshire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, kinglake, harvesting, pioneers and painters, fruit industry, market garden

" As well as preserving companies, various grocery chains, buying groups and wholesale co-operatives sold jam under their own brand names. One such company was Melray. Melray, founded in East Prahran, Melbourne, in 1932, was the forerunner of the Foodland chain (1958). It had branches across the country. Their jam labels included special reward tokens for redemption in-store. It is most likely that Melray jam was produced by Henry Jones’ Australasian Jam Company, or at least labelled at the iconic Jam Factory in South Yarra, Melbourne – a site of jam production in Australia for almost 100 years. Many Melray labels were discovered there, when the site was converted to a shopping centre in the 1970s, a period of industry-wide decline." (Information from australiapostcollectables web-site) The Melray Association of Independent Grocers consisted of the leading storekeepers throughout the State of Victoria, with a central headquarters and bulk store in Melbourne.These tokens were issued by Melray Stores as a reward for custom. This item is associated with the period when Australia produced and exported much more of its agricultural produce - including tinned jam.A paper token - Melray Custom Reward Token. This is a reward token issued by Melray for regular custom - 3 units.melray grocery-store custom commerce

This tabard is one of a small number that were produced/woven by Japanese master weaver Jun Tomita during the period that he was resident artisan at the Jam Factory in Adelaide. The tabard incorporates Ikat/Kasuri woven central panels. Tomita was born in 1951 in Toyama prefecture, and is based in Kyoto, the textile centre of Japan. The technique he uses kasuri (the Japanese term for ikat) is selectively pre-dying yarns before weaving to create pattern. The other decorative features of this garment are based on Japanese family crest designs (kamon). The pointed shoulders of this garment are reminiscent of the stiffened shoulders of kataginu, the upper part of the kamishimo ensemble that was formal wear for samurai men. Tomita was at the Jam factory from 1976-78 and he has works in numerous public collections, including: - Stanthorpe Art Museum, Art Gallery of South Australia / Australia - Oslo National Gallery / Norway - National Museum of Israel / Israel - Stedelik Museum, Museum of Rotterdam / The Netherlands - Denver Art Museum, St. Louis Art Museum, Long House Foundation - Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Art/USA - Victoria and Albert Museum, UK - Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan The donor purchased this tabard from an exhibition held at Wool House in Parkville Victoria, which was sponsored by the Australian Wool Board to promote the use of Australian Wool in textiles and fashion at that time, around April/May in 1977. At that time (1976-1977) the donor owned and run a retail/display shop for craft products such as ceramics, artworks and jewellery. The donor subsequently retained this in storage with some other items since the business closed.Double sided reversible tabard featuring woven centrals panels. One side is navy blue with white and blue detail panels, one side is grey with green, brown and cream central panel detail.textile, tabard, japan, art, clothing, weaving, fashion, design, ikat, kasuri

Frederick William Mawson and his wife Mary (nee Mullard) and baby daughter, Beatrice Mary migrated to Victoria as steerage passengers, arriving in Melbourne on 1 July 1882 on the sailing ship the ‘Holmsdale’. They settled in Bona Vista Avenue, Surrey Hills (house demolished) and he established a jam factory in Boundary (Warrigal) Road. Further children of the family were Harriett, Muriel, Ethel, Winifred, John and Frederick William (Jnr). The later died in WW1 and there is a transcript of his diary in this collection. Four of the daughters became nurses, three serving in WW1. The other son John became a local builder, who after the war built 'Holmsdale' in Union Road as a convalescent home to be run by his sisters. After the death of his first wife Frederick (Snr) married Catherine Small, a widow with children of her own.The family were early settlers in Surrey Hills and their story in relation to the service of local men and women during WW1 is well documented.Vertical file of information related to the Mawson family which includes: 1. Notes and documents that came from John Howden via G Randy Johnston, his tenant at 257 Union Road, Surrey Hills. (6 pages in total): a. The Misses Mawson family history, written by John Howden (2 pages), b Note from G Randy Johnston, c. Passengers’ contract ticket for Fred, Mary & Beatrice Mawson on the ‘Holmsdale’, 1882, d. Photocopies of 2 photos of the ‘Holmsdale’, e. Invitation (blank photocopy) to the opening of ‘Holmsdale’ Convalescent Home, 257 Union Road, Surrey Hills, 14.3.1936. 2. Advertising brochure for ‘Holmsdale’ Convalescent Home (undated) (3 pages: original and photocopy x 2). 3. English family documents (8 pages): a. John Spensley Barnsdall bapt Mar 1818, b. John Spensley Barnsdall marriage registration, c. Census 1861 for John Mawson, Betsy Bradbury Mawson, Frederick William Mawson and George Barnesdale Mawson, d. Census 1871 for John Mawson, Betsy B. Mawson, Frederick W. Mawson and George B. Mawson and Arthur Mawson, e. Census 1881 for John Mawson, Betsy B. Mawson, Arthur Mawson and George Mawson, f. Census 1881 for Fredk W Mawson and Mary Mawson. 4. PROV Unassisted passenger list information for Mary Mawson 1882 (1 page). 5. Mawson family members notes compiled by Sue Barnett (2 pages). 6. Harriet Godden Mawson details including WW1 service details, Royal Military College of Australia certificate of service certificate, references from Duntroon and Gresswell Sanatorium (11 pages). 7. Beatrice Mawson details including WW1 service on the ‘Mongolia’ – Argus article 28 June 1917 and her account of the sinking of the ‘Mongolia’ published in Castlemaine newspaper, 18 August 1917 (4 pages). 8. Muriel Mawson details including WW1 service and evidence of her training at Castlemaine Hospital (5 pages). 9. F.W. Mawson Jr details including WW1 service including Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau file and Dasey (misnamed photo of him) (8 pages, incl photo). 10. F.W. Mawson Snr details incl birth registration, 1871, marriage to Catherine Small, death registration, cemetery index (5 pages). 11. Betsy Bradbury Mawson death & burial details (2 pages). 12. John Mawson family: John Mawson probate notice, 24 Sept 1941; marriage of son Ivan to Joan Manning, 29/9/1945 (2 pages). 13. Arthur David Mawson details - extract from Ancestry.com family tree notated by Sue Barnett; death notice from The Argus, 24 oct 1939 (2 pages). 14. Holmsdale and the Mawson family - Presentation to Surrey Hills Historical Society: 21 March 2012 by Sue Barnett, 25 pages including photos. 15. Letter from John Howden to Sue Barnett, 1 April 2012. 16. Information re Dr James Moore Andrew of Yallourn.(mr) frederick william mawson, (mr) john howden, (mr) frederick william mawson jnr, aif, (miss) beatrice mary mawson, (miss) harriet godden mawson, (miss) muriel mawson, (mr) john mawson, (miss) ethel mawson, (miss) winifred sarah mawson, (mr) lyell mcalister howden, (miss) olive mabel garrett, (mrs) olive mabel mawson, garrett and mawson, 'holmsdale', holmsdale convalesent and rest home, 257 union road, 'erskine', 5a barloa road, 'carbethon', 50 churchill street, (mrs) mary mawson, box hill cemetery, (mrs) catherine small, (mrs) catherine mawson, 14 bona vista avenue, (mr) arthur david mawson, (mrs) betsy bradbury mawson, world war one, nurses, builders

Fence yard with piles of timber. Weatherboard building in background. This is one of 7 B/W 8x10 inch photos with notes on obverse by Dick Crichton. Accompanying letter from Florence Chrichton 2013 : "Originally sent to Shire of Eltham Engineer, Mr. McDonald. [These photographs were part of their campaign to the Shire of Eltham in 1975] claiming that the zoning regulations were being breached by the occupants of various factories in the nearby light industrial zone [Brougham Street, Eltham] - to the detriment of those living in adjoining residential zones, and that, despite .. earlier objections and complaints, nothing was done about it." 1 black and white photograph printed with white borderInscribed on back: "Ryans Yard, Susan Street, (part owned by Tillings) showing Tillings surplus baulk timber (at extreme right and left) before milling. This timber is often also stored in Peel Street. Majority of baulks are stored at rear or side of Tillings main premises. Eltham High School object to transportation of this timber along Bell and Susan Streets in large semi-trailers. Trucks backing in and out of Tillings cause frequent traffic jams in Bridge Street (often around 8am)." industrial estate, brougham street, eltham, 1975, bolton street, dick crichton, n.j. tillings, timber factory, shire of eltham, susan street, bell street, eltham high school

Joseph Fowler (1888-1972), businessman and municipal councillor, was born on 28 February 1888 at Bagworth, Leicestershire, England, one of thirteen children of John Fowler, groom, and his wife Mary, née Ash. With his brother Sydney, in the early 1900s Joseph worked in a fruit-preserving business run by an uncle at Maidstone, Kent, and continued with the firm after 1908 when it was relocated at Reading. At St Andrew's parish church, Leicester, on 7 September 1910 he married a nurse, Elizabeth Harris (d.1965); they emigrated in 1913 and settled at Camberwell, Melbourne. Encouraged by his commercial experience, and by the variety and quality of fruit in Australia, Fowler set up a fruit-bottling business in the rear of his small house in Burke Road. Trading as J. Fowler & Co., by 1915 the company had begun producing home-bottling kits which contained a sterilizer, bottles, lids, rings and a thermometer. To acquire the capital to establish a factory, Fowler travelled the district, selling his kits door-to-door from the back of a cart. In 1920 he bought a shop at the corner of Power Street and Burwood Road, Hawthorn, and registered his business as a private company. During the Depression his kits became a household name. In 1934 Fowlers Vacola Manufacturing Co. Ltd was registered as a public company. Housewives, nationwide, were urged to bottle their own fruits and jams by 'Mrs B Thrifty', the dainty cartoon character who graced the firm's advertisements. Numerous recipes and instruction books, such as From Orchard to Bottle the Fowlers Way, advertised the necessary preserving equipment, extending to jelly bags and juice extractors. Australian-made glass and imported steel and rubber were used in the production of Fowlers Vacola Bottling Outfits. Determined to put something back into the community which had supported him so well, in 1933-60 Fowler represented Yarra Ward on the Hawthorn City Council (mayor 1938-39 and 1945-46). He served as vice-president of Swinburne Technical College (1942) and of the Hawthorn branch of the Australian Defence League (1943); he was also a Rotarian, and a warden and vestryman of St John's Anglican Church, Camberwell. Changed demands in World War II encouraged Fowlers Vacola to diversify their product. Canned goods were manufactured for allied troops in the South Pacific. In 1953 new buildings and plant, including a giant pressure-cooker, were installed to increase productivity: from that time Fowlers Vacola sold canned and bottled food throughout Australia and abroad. By 1960 the factory occupied more than 122,000 sq. ft (11,330 m²) and further expansion was to occur when the firm moved to Nunawading. Fowler retired in 1961, but remained chairman of directors; his son Ronald succeeded him as managing director. Variously described as a generous, jovial man with a sense of humour, and as a strict and astute manager whose company was his life, Fowler was renowned for his straight business dealings and his 'no-nonsense' attitude. Survived by his son and daughter, he died on 24 April 1972 at Camberwell and was cremated. His estate was sworn for probate at $204,424. On Ronald Fowler's death in 1978, the company was bought out by the Sydney firm, Hooper Baillie Industries Ltd; it in turn sold to Sabco Ltd of South Australia; in 1994, when Sabco went into receivership, Australian Resource Recovery Technologies re-established Fowlers Vacola Australia Pty Ltd's headquarters in Melbourne. Copper boiling pot for home preserves, handles, lid and removable thermometer, also acc ompany instruction booklet. "Fowlers Method of Bottling Fruits and Vegetables"Fowler's "Vacola" Reg. No. 68081 Sterilizer

Textiles. Calico flour bag printed on both sides in black ink. 1. ''Jones, Miller & Co's Royal Self Raising Flour, 5 lbs Net. Factory Bendigo, Victoria. Coat of Arms printed in centre JM&C. Illegible signature in brown ink in one corner. 2. JONES, MILLER & CO.Self Raising Flour Factory Manufactures of Jams, Jellies, Canned Fruits, Pickles, Tomato Sauce, Chutneys, Custard Powders, Essences, Etc. Williamson & Myers Streets, Bendigo, Victoria. Telephone 73 and 19 Box 50. Collection has another in linen fabric which has been unstitched on side and bottom seams. Uncatalogued. The Bendigonian reported in 1933 that Jones, Miller and Company had an up-to-date factory that had already gained a standard of excellence for Bendigo pure food products.textiles, domestic, jones, miller & co flour bags

Prior to its purchase by Leader Newspapers, this factory was erected and operated as Cottees (Australia) for the manufacture of jams,pickles,cordials etc.Set of five coloured photos of the dismantling of the former Leader Newspaper offices (and the former factory of Cottees Australia} at the corner of Whitehorse and Railway Roads Blackburnleader community newspapers, cottees(australia), whitehorse road blackburn, railway road blackburn