3 items about this person: 1/Two twelve page carbon copied documents, purportedly written by William Letchte, son of George, written in c1935/36. He writes of his jobs as a dairyman, cow minder at the age of ten tears. He recollects streets, people, residences, business and general landscape in the area, as he takes you on a tour of the area. 2/Photocopied photo of Katrina Lechte (nee Bolch?) donated by Ian Lechte, 15 Adrian Street, East Bentleigh. 3/Photocopied copy of first pages and cover of William Lechte’s booklet on ‘Caulfield 1869 – 1935 Memories of the Past’, published by the City of Caulfield, 1992. The Society has the full booklet in its book collection (not yet catalogued as of 07/07/2015).grange road, glenhuntly, glen huntly station, alma road, dairies, caulfield park, swamp, queens avenue, station street, cross street, racecourse, heywood j. g., turf club hotel, dandenong road, royal hotel, koornang road, north road, murrumbeena road, mclaurin archibald, crosbie j. w., poath road, newton mr., hooker mr., peck family robert farmer, dairies, ross murray, rosstown, hansen hans, arnott family, peppin family, ormond station, malane family, fraser simon, overtons, shepherds, spring road, mohlers, brighton cemetery, mall kim, market gardeners, long john farmer, fiedler mr., booran road, reservoir, summers mr., maddocks mr., holland mr., caulfield council, glen eira road, harriman benjamin c., kambrook road, bambra road, princess park, marriott john, hawthorn road, brickworks, hyam mr., cottages, jasmine street, sycamore street, paddy o’briens swamp, arnold tom, london tavern hotel, guess john-grocer, topp mr., poath road, pine trees, colonel le marehand, balaclava junction, chemist shop, bell mr., nicholls mr. william h., wine shop, orme mr., pepperorn mr. john, balaclava road, orchards, harvey mr. robert tailor, schubert mr., blew charlie – gardener, philpott mr. richard b., farquhar mr. william farmer, newing t. r., glen eira road, payne john, brockhoft mr., dickson mr. james, snipe t., bevan mr., mckean family john, murray family, francis mr., hart mr., mcdougall james, brady peter, cad, elsternwick station, webb mr., masters mr. samuel, master street, ford mr., anderson mr. joseph gardener, slaney mr., boxhill mr. richard, post office, newsagent, hotham street, service james, bunn mr., sargood mr., orrong road, arnold tom – dairy, officer mr., grimwade mr., alexandra street, oakleigh hall, degraves mr., wilson samuel, ‘manifold’, house names, miller septimus, alma road, knox mr. james gardener, smith mr., coachman, ‘cumloden’, lange mr., holyrood justice mr., cronin mrs. mary, mcgivenys dairy, ‘belle vista’, lloyd c. d., caulfield council, hughes mr., armstrong j. a., tom healey’s market garden, kooyong road, inkerman road, tom roe’s market garden, mcleod captain, daish captain, plumridger mr. frederick, gardeners, tester mr. thomas, kent mr., kent g., fiddes mr., billings mr., semple mr., fosberry mr., howitt or., merrett mr., orchards, hawthorn road, hines mr., ‘rosecraddock’, langdon h. j., ‘crotonhurst’, webb justice mr., renwick s., ‘garrell’, barry mr., drinsdale family, st. mary’s church, sunday school, newing miss, teachers, stephen justice mr., stephen wilberforce, mount l., grimwade’s, ‘grimwade house’, danby’s, spence mr., venables family, mr. moss’ congregational church, barnhill mrs., porter miss, webb’s, ferguson, orange, police stations, kooyong road, pennington mr., health inspectors, engineers, inkley mr., farriers, mckeon mr., ‘sylverly’, dixon mr. edward, turner mr., marriott robert, ‘ravenhurst’, thompson j. j., wott t., architects, perrin mr. francis, tennis courts, royal parade, sayce mr. joseph j. p., ricketson h., ‘glen eira’, mansions, hospitals, turner mr., evans family, stephens miss, registers, mcculloch lady, convalescent homes, prentice street, edward street, strickland, keany pat, brentwood charlie, fordham lewis, hopetoun gardens, higgins mr. joseph f. engineer, railway construction bill, evans mr., beavis mr., twycross family john, medina captain, cowderoy mr. benjamin, murray mr., moore mr., ‘glenfern’, st. georges road, glen huntly road, cedar street, hunt bill – ‘bandy hunt’, jessamine street, alder street, le page’s store, post offices, balaclava junction, stephens frank, solicitors, parkside street, robinson j., ilbery mr. and family, mclennan mrs., victoria street, savings bank, riddell parade, elworthy mr. richard, butchers, shaw mr. william, armstrong mr., guess’ hotel, sycamore street, bagshaw mr., clack joe, wawn alex, sisson family, north road, younger mr., kooyong road, sheridan joseph, anketell family – john, wren john – carpenter, wills mr. peter, attrills arnold, heffernan family, cox peter, ilbery john, hotham street, glen huntly road, page j. w., bakeries, forests, godfrey mr., blacksmiths, thompson j. j., olive street, cedar street, letchte w., tierney richard, alma road, st. kilda east, murray peter, letchte’ cows – grazing, holland grove, eskdale road, lechte katrina, lechte ian, lechte catherine, lechte warren, lechte stuart, lechte elaine

This file contains one item: 1/Handwritten research notes recording details about various hotels in the Caulfield area and environs. Details include handwritten maps and lists of publicans/licensees/nominees. Notes by author unknown and undated. Some of the notes make reference to entries in Sands & McDougall directories.r. k. cole hotel collection, london tavern hotel, london tavern and store, glen huntly road, caulfield, sycamore street, hawthorn road, dandenong road, derby road, koornang road, caulfield club hotel, rosstown hotel, royal hotel, the vine beer house, the vine caulfield hotel, newton h., balaclava road, bambra road, mirrambeena road, murrumbeena road, poath road, the tam o’shanter hotel, wilston street, farmers’ arms home hotel, chestnut street, hooper street, thompson william, martin p. j., orme frederick, orme fred, nicholls william henry, mullins john, armstrong john, egan james, westwood james, westwood ellen, greenberg david, greenberg sydney, greenberg rose, spamm cath, pitter mabel, morrow andrew, morrow andy, feddan george curtis, guess john, evans rowland, evans roland, riordan john, smith george elms, bedwell c., griffen frederick, connelly p. h., uhrbrock f., swift charles, gregor f., hazlett david, moore l., harley susan, mott h., nichols william henry, ross peter mclean, elsternwick, mcnamara margaret, mcnamara v., stevens catherine, mcgregor f., clarice george

This file contains six items pertaining to the Rotary Club of Glen Eira: 1/The 1996-7 bulletin of the Club. Contains the address and phone number of the Club, a brief history of Glen Eira, a list of the times and locations of the meetings of both the Glen Eira branch and others in Melbourne, and a list of present and past faculty. 2/A typewritten letter, dated 21/03/1997, from Geoff Oscar, former president of the Club, to Mrs. Felicitie Campbell of the Caulfield Historical Society, thanking the latter for an address delivered to the Club on 18/03. 3/Bulletin #38 of the Club, which principally describes a meeting held at 29/04/1997. Features a duty roster, an advance program, a description of a presentation about ANZAC Day to be delivered at the meeting by Ross Bastiaan, a description of a presentation about great cities of the world delivered at the previous meeting by Peter Shellie, a poem about ANZAC Day, notifications of various upcoming events, and an attendance report. Also attached is a an extract from Victorian Railways to ’62 by Leo J. Harrigan describing the history of the Rosstown Railway. 4/Two copies of a booklet announcing the 21st birthday celebration dinner of the Club, to be held on 11/11/2008. Included is the menu, program of events, and a list of past presidents of the Club. 5/A booklet, dated 2009, providing basic information about the Club, including its address, meeting time, contact details, mission statement, faculty, past presidents, calendar and a brief history. 6/A card announcing the 21st Annual Business Person’s Breakfast, to be held at Glen Eira Town Hall on 12/03/2010, featuring David Smorgon as guest speaker.glen eira, rotary club of glen eira, clubs and associations, st. georges road, elsternwick, local history, ricketson henry, watts thomas, architects, ‘glen eira’, mansions, house names, australian general military hospital no. 11, alfred hospital, southern memorial hospital, graham jeremy, james barry, langfelder kurt, fookes marc, asher geoff, süssmann jacques, flores denis, strong john, sylvester bill, oscar geoff, cohen peter, leske john, sharp merv, ray alf, nettelbeck david, sherlock max, rattray john, pollock david, smith barry, harris paul, britten elizabeth, jacobs frank, campbell felicitie mrs., caulfield historical society, scout groups, dover street, north road, trams, ripponlea, market gardens, chinese community, nepean highway, glen eira road, caulfield grammar, horses, edinburgh avenue, bastiaan ross dr., zazryn ben, schwartz roy, nathan vic, stewart ron, sharp hiam, bendel david, steven john, turner brian, shellie peter, warren r., dalidakis g., silvester b., brain judy, stuckey hugh, solomon john, sloman felicity, anzac day, ‘anzac day poem’, stockdale alan, pfau leon, caulfield races, fundraising events, rotary club of caulfield-rosstown, rosstown sugar mill, banners, ‘victorian railways to ‘62’, harrigan leo j., rosstown railway, railways, business and finance, ross william murray, ‘the grange’, caulfield, rosstown junction railway and property co., rosstown railway abandonment act 1916, rosstown, carnegie, rosstown road, festivals and celebrations, kooyong lawn tennis club, food, heuberger david, harambee choir, mcinnes ray archdeacon, muir colin, aarons joseph, nagaoka ryo, miwa takashi, sheezel robert, matheson judy, marks ian, nelson adrian, blode larry, the london tavern, hawthorn road, binstock sam, hill jan, faiman keith, nirens jeff, preston mark, fabian garry, dimand jack, silvester bill, city of glen eira town hall, annual business person’s breakfast, smorgon david

Photographs and stories about Australian pubs.History - colloquial, pictorial and historical. Social customs of Australians.Paper; book. Front cover: Picture of Chloe, a famous painting from Young and Jackson's Hotel (Melbourne) with a man in a black hat toasting her; yellow and white text.Front cover: authors' name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, history, stories, photographs, pubs, pictures, drinking establishments, hotels, taverns, australia - social customs