Maroon cloth binding over carboard covers, with title and author in gold on spine and cover, within framing design. Gold edged pages. 366 pp.My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by John Henry Jowett is about Jowett's daily meditations on the Word of God. Excerpt: "BRAM began his journey without any knowledge of his ultimate destination. He obeyed a noble impulse without any discernment of its consequences. He took "one step," and he did not "ask to see the distant scene." And that is faith, to do God's will here and now, quietly leaving the results to Him."meditation, religion, christianity

As the Jowett Memorial Fountain in not evident in front of the building, it is assumed the photograph was taken between 1891 and 1921.Early image of Caulfield Town Hall, b/w photograph of the Caulfield Shire Hall.

This file contains three items about the origin of Carnegie's name:. 1/Three page photocopied article The Town and the Tycoon, undated, by Stephen Collicoat. Brief history on Andrew Carnegie and his family. 2/Twenty one photocopied pages of correspondence between the Mayor and Councillors Edwin James, the secretary Victorian Railways, Fred Jowett, Retallack, J.F.A. Powell, C.A. McCallum dated from 01/08/1908 to 05/08/1969. 3/Photocopied photograph of Rosstown Hotel c.1910 with small article about hotel and licensee, undated and unknown.carnegie, collicoat stephen, rosstown, carnegie andrew, rosstown progress association, koornang, neerim road, maroona road, james edwin, valetta, kokaribb road, petallack j.a., iles mr., fielden mr., amos e.j., murrumbeena, dudley, jowett frederick, town clerk, mimosa road, kooyong, portreath, carnegie railway station, clark t., hotel, rosstown hotel, soames hotel, stage coaches, ross murray, rosstown junction railway, mill, verandahs, horse trough, hitching posts

This file contains three items: 1/A review of the ROSSTOWN RAIL TRAIL from LIVING IN GLEN EIRA, vol. 11, 2004, Issue 4, no. 25, date and author unknown. The review explains the purpose of the Rail Trail with a brief narrative of the history behind Rosstown Sugar Mill Railway line. Concluding with information on the location of the Trail and the expected time required to walk the entire track included in the review is a map of the Rail Trail, which marks significant sites along the trail with historic pictures. 2/A newspaper article from THE AGE, dated Tuesday 21/10/1980 and written by Iola Matthews, reporting on the circumstances that led to the publication of the book RETURN TO ROSSTOWN written by Des Jowett and Ian Weickhardt. The article begins with a brief biography of the authors before moving into details of the book’s content, providing a further biography of W. Murray Ross which includes information on his financial ventures – particularly the Rosstown Rail – his marriage and children. The article includes a black and white photograph of Weickhardt and Jowett walking along the route of the railway line, an illustration of the Rosstown sugar works and a map of the area surrounding the site of the mill. 3/Three photocopies of a black and white illustration of the Rosstown sugar works from the east, undated and artist unknown.rosstown rail trail, rosstown, ross william, ross w. murray, ross murray, sugar beet mills, mills, elsternwick, land transport, railways, railway lines, railway routes, carnegie neville street, carnegie miller street, factories, market gardens, horticulture, peat, soils, land forms, topography, geology, civic issues, cone sugar industry, elsternwick plaza, elsternwick, glenhuntly road, parks and reserves, ee gunn reserve, caulfield racecourse, sportsgrounds, caulfield, carnegie, riddell parade, clarence street, aileen avenue, princes park, dover street, marara road, oakleigh road, rosanna street, murrumbeena crescent, north road, kooyong road, hawthorn road, booran road, koornang road, poath road, warragul road, railway platforms, railway buildings, bambra road, swamps, landforms, landfill, council landfill, railway bridges, bridges, railway underpasses, sporting clubs, tennis clubs, bowls clubs, rosstown railway, rosanna street reserve, maps, railway maps, living in glen eira, weickhardt ian, jowett des, caulfield south, curraweena road, oakleigh, caulfield technical school, return to rosstown, beet sugar industry, crops, land booms, land development and subdivisions, bent thomas, fink benjamin, sugar works, rosstown hotel, oamdenong road, rosstown dry cleaners, shops, rosstown road, rosstown plate, people by circumstance, migrants, accountants, occupations, professionals, the grange, real estate, grange road, financial agents, judges, rosstown estate, financial trouble, rabbit preserving, breweries, political debates, political issues, political electorates, politics, political science, debt, financial loans, court procedures, court cases, legal events and activities, malleson and riggall, widowers, seabeach railway, economics, economic deadline, depression 1890s, economic crash, mortgages, divorce, social problems, poverty, ross claude, ross roderick, world war 1914-1918, wars, military history, servicemen, australian flying corps, engineers, caulfield council, swagmen, homelessness, glenhuntly road, glenhuntly road tram, woornack road, leila road, wild cherry road, melten avenue, illustrations, steam trains, trains, horse and cart, horse-drawn transport, railway stations

Four correspondence items about the opening of Gardenvale Railway station: 1/Photocopied draft invitation to opening of Gardenvale railway station 06/12/1906.. 2/Photocopied correspondence from The Town Clerk, Brighton to F Jowett Caulfield, re amendments to invitations handwritten & dated 24/11/1906. 3/Handwritten names, as a draft list to invitees together with a roneod page of 50 ticket invitation names. 4/A photo/postcard of the opening of Gardenvale Railway station and accompanying letter from the sender, Miss Wood, whose grandfather, Councillor F G Wood secured the station for the residents of Caulfield.gardenvale railway station, lloyd c d (mayor), mayors, jowett f, caulfield, gardenvale, lantana road, wood miss, wood f g, councillors

This file contains one item: 1/A printout from the Victorian Memorials Database, undated and researcher unknown, containing records of 9 memorials in the Caulfield City municipality. These memorials are: - Caulfield Grammar School Site Pavement Marker, Elsternwick - Monument to racehorse ‘Jackstaff’ in Caulfield Racing Museum. - Rosstown Railway Marker, Bambra Road, Caulfield. - Thomas Alexander Browne Grave, Brighton Cemetery. - Grave of Sir John and Lady Monash, Brighton Cemetery. - Frederick Jowett Memorial Drinking Fountain, Caulfield Town Hall - Adam Lindsay Gordon Grave, Brighton Cemetery. - Jewish victims of World War 2 Memorial, Kadimah Centre, Elsternwick. - Hopetown Gardens Cannon, Elsternwick.historical markers, caulfield city, caulfield grammar school, elsternwick, regent street, caulfield racing museum, rosstown railway marker, caulfield, bambra road, curraweena road, marara road, city of caulfield, mayors, councillors, caulfield historical society, rosstown railway, caulfield grammar school pavement marker, monument to racehorse ‘jackstaff’, ross murray, browne thomas alexander, thomas alexander browne grave, brighton cemetery, rolf boldrewood, north road, caulfield south, browne margaret maria, grave of sir john and lady monash, monash john sir, monash hannah victoria lady, frederick jowett memorial drinking fountain, caulfield town hall, hawthorn road, glen eira road, jowett frederick, borough of caulfield, adam lindsay gordon grave, gordon adam lindsay, gordon annie lindsay, jewish victims of world war 2 memorial, kadimah jewish cultural centre and library, selwyn street, burston seddon, hopetoun gardens cannon, glenhuntly road, glen huntly road, schools, historic sites, plaques, footpaths, horseracing, horses, jackstaff, monuments and memorials, railways, authors, cemeteries, graves, gravestones, jewish community, town clerks, shire secretaries, town hall, drinking taps, poetry, children, libraries, world war 1939 – 1945, hopetoun, cannons, festivals and celebrations