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Greensborough Historical SocietyBook, Eltham District Historical Society Incorporated, A Chronology of known local events 1835 - early 2000: including... Shire of Nillumbik and the former shires of Eltham and Diamond Valley, 2000
... A Chronology of known local events 1835 - early 2000: including... Shire of Nillumbik and the former shires of Eltham and Diamond Valley...Greensborough Historical Society 34A Glenauburn Road Lower Plenty Lower Plenty melbourne Collection of 974 historical events in the Shire of Nillumbik and the former Shires of Eltham and Diamond Valley. nillimbuk diamond valley eltham historic dates Unpaged typescript A Chronology of known local events 1835 - early 2000: including... Shire of Nillumbik and the former shires of Eltham and Diamond Valley Book Book Eltham District Historical Society Incorporated Eltham District Historical Society Incorporated ...Unpaged typescriptnon-fictionnillimbuk, diamond valley, eltham, historic dates -
Eltham District Historical Society IncBook, Harry Gilham, A chronology of known local events 1835 - early 2000 including those in the Shire of Nillumbik and the former Shires of Eltham and Diamond Valley, 2000
... A chronology of known local events 1835 - early 2000 including those in the Shire of Nillumbik and the former Shires of Eltham and Diamond Valley...A chronology of known local events 1835 - early 2000 including those in the Shire of Nillumbik and the former Shires of Eltham and Diamond Valley Book Book Harry Gilham Eltham District Historical Society Inc. ...2nd edition. "The design of this document is to provide information to access known publications and resource collections that are publicly available for study... this collection of 974 historical events is not complete". The publication is arranged by year order with a brief statement of historical event with source abbreviation. Source list provided. Includes index. Produced by the Eltham District Historical Society Inc. Also held, Edition 1 1999This edition, one of several, is a significant reference document for the history of the Shire of Nillumbik and former Shires of Eltham and Diamond Valley bringing together a timeline of key events in the history of this local community. Softcover; 1 v. (unpaged) ; 30 cm.ISBN 0957719817shire of eltham, shire of diamond valley, chronology, eltham district historical society -
Lara RSL Sub BranchNewspaper - The Sun Newspaper Dated 11/9/1942 - Special - My War Part 32 - Japs Advance On Moresby - The Kokoda Horror, Local Newspaper reporting On Events Of World War 2 - dated b11/9/1942 - Special - My War Part 32
... Local Newspaper reporting On Events Of World War 2 - dated b11/9/1942 - Special - My War Part 32...Local Newspaper reporting on Events Of World War 2 dated 11/9/1942 - Special - My War Part 32...Lara RSL Sub Branch McClelland Ave Lara Local Newspaper reporting on World War 2 dated 11/9/1942 - Japs Advance On Moresby - The Kokoda Horror Local Newspaper Reporting on World War 2 Events Dated 11/9/1942 - Special - My War Part 32 world war 2 local newspaper dated 11/9/1942 my war part 32 Japs Advance on Moresby - The Kokoda Horror Local Newspaper reporting on Events Of World War 2 dated 11/9/1942 - Special - My War Part 32 Local Newspaper reporting On Events Of World War 2 - dated b11/9/1942 - Special - My War Part 32 Newspaper The Sun Newspaper Dated 11/9/1942 - Special - My War Part 32 - Japs Advance On Moresby - The Kokoda Horror ...Local Newspaper reporting on World War 2 dated 11/9/1942 - Japs Advance On Moresby - The Kokoda HorrorLocal Newspaper Reporting on World War 2 Events Dated 11/9/1942 - Special - My War Part 32Local Newspaper reporting on Events Of World War 2 dated 11/9/1942 - Special - My War Part 32Japs Advance on Moresby - The Kokoda Horrorworld war 2, local newspaper dated 11/9/1942, my war part 32 -
Ringwood and District Historical SocietyPamphlets, Maroondah / Ringwood: Various leaflets about local organisations and events, primarily Arts related. 2004-2008, 2004 - 2008
... Maroondah / Ringwood: Various leaflets about local organisations and events, primarily Arts related. 2004-2008....Maroondah / Ringwood: Various leaflets about local organisations and events, primarily Arts related. 2004-2008. ...Various leaflets about local organisations and enterprises:; 1. Summer series 2007-2008;; 2. 2004 Maroondah - Winter Arts Festival;; 3. Parks and Paths Maroondah;; 4. Waterways of Maroondah;; 5. Maroondah Movement for Reconciliation Inc 2008; 6. Maroondah Art Gallert Program 2007; 7. Disabled Persons Craft and Display Fair 1981. -
Lara RSL Sub BranchNewspaper - Table Tops Newspaper Dated 1/10/1944, Table Tops Newspaper Dated 1/10/1944 Armed Forces Australian produced for Australian Troops
... british repulse fierce attacks smash up lek crossing - 2 more island captured in palau group - local news events...British Repulse Fierce Attacks Smash Up Lek Crossing - 2 more island captured in Palau Group - Local News Events, for pages...Lara RSL Sub Branch McClelland Ave Lara Table Tops Newspaper produced by First Australian Army Press unit for Australian Troops Dated 1/10/1944 four pages Australian Forces produced Newspaper for issue to Australian Troops british repulse fierce attacks smash up lek crossing - 2 more island captured in palau group - local news events world war 2 newspaper table tops dated 1/10/1944 British Repulse Fierce Attacks Smash Up Lek Crossing - 2 more island captured in Palau Group - Local News Events, for pages Table Tops Newspaper dated 1/10/1944 -Produced by Australian Armed Forces Queensland for Issue to Australian Troops Table Tops Newspaper Dated 1/10/1944 Armed Forces Australian produced for Australian Troops Newspaper Table Tops Newspaper Dated 1/10/1944 ...Table Tops Newspaper produced by First Australian Army Press unit for Australian Troops Dated 1/10/1944 four pagesAustralian Forces produced Newspaper for issue to Australian TroopsTable Tops Newspaper dated 1/10/1944 -Produced by Australian Armed Forces Queensland for Issue to Australian TroopsBritish Repulse Fierce Attacks Smash Up Lek Crossing - 2 more island captured in Palau Group - Local News Events, for pagesbritish repulse fierce attacks smash up lek crossing - 2 more island captured in palau group - local news events, world war 2, newspaper, table tops dated 1/10/1944 -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.Newspaper, Nunawading Reporter, 1946
... Issue dated 19 July 1946, including local events...Whitehorse Historical Society Inc. 2-10 Deep Creek Road Mitcham melbourne Nunawading Reporter Shire of Doncaster and Templestowe City of Nunawading Issue dated 19 July 1946, including local events Issue dated 19 July 1946, including local events Nunawading Reporter Newspaper Newspaper ...Issue dated 19 July 1946, including local eventsIssue dated 19 July 1946, including local eventsIssue dated 19 July 1946, including local eventsshire of doncaster and templestowe, city of nunawading -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.Photograph, Bulla Primary School, November 1985
... Everyone was dressed in colonial costume to celebrate an important local event....Everyone was dressed in colonial costume to celebrate an important local event. Bulla Primary School Photograph ...Students and staff Bulla State School had a dress-up day when they arrived at school in colonial costume to celebrate the 150th anniversary of European settlement in Victoria. In this photograph the entire school and staff assembled in the school yard.A non-digital coloured photograph of the students an teachers from Bulla Primary School assembled in the school yard. Everyone was dressed in colonial costume to celebrate an important local event.bulla primary school, bulla -
Clunes MuseumDocument - BOOK / EXTRACTS, 1970
... ...local events...Clunes Museum 36 Fraser Street enter building through Collins Place Clunes goldfields local history document local goverment mining local events CREAM COVER WIRE BOUND STUDENTS BOOK CONTAINING EXTRACTS HISTORICAL EVENTS 1839 - 1971. ...CREAM COVER WIRE BOUND STUDENTS BOOK CONTAINING EXTRACTS HISTORICAL EVENTS 1839 - 1971. HANDWRITTEN BOOK No 1 BOOK No 2 THE PASTORAL ERA 1839 - 51 CRESWICK ADVERTISER THE GOLD ERA 1851 - 1900 CLUNES GUARDIAN AFTER GOLD 1900 - 1972 ARGUSlocal history, document, local goverment, mining, local events -
Clunes MuseumProgramme
... LOCAL EVENTS...LOCAL EVENTS MUSICAL EVENING PEACH COLOURED PAPER CARD WITH BLACK PRINTING. ...PEACH COLOURED PAPER CARD WITH BLACK PRINTING. PROGRAMME FOR CHARITY JUVENILE CHOIR CONCERT AT ARMY HALL CLUNES 23 DECEMBER 1909.local events, musical evening -
Peterborough History GroupPoster - Concert Poster 1915, 1915
... Hand made cardboard poster advertising a local concert event...Peterborough History Group Peterborough great-ocean-road Ad for a concert held to raise money for The Peterborough Creche Significant to the town as it mentions local people and is an example of social activities at the time, 1915. social activities j irvine w appleton cumming family euchre-hints for beginners concerts loch ard - performance Peterborough Reverse side of cardboard is a VB Bitter Ale poster Hand made cardboard poster advertising a local concert event Poster Concert Poster 1915 ...Ad for a concert held to raise money for The Peterborough CrecheSignificant to the town as it mentions local people and is an example of social activities at the time, 1915.Hand made cardboard poster advertising a local concert eventReverse side of cardboard is a VB Bitter Ale postersocial activities, j irvine, w appleton, cumming family, euchre-hints for beginners, concerts, loch ard - performance, peterborough -
Melton City LibrariesPhotograph, Guests at the First Hundred Years Celebration Melton State School 430, 1970
... ...local significant events...Melton City Libraries 31 McKenzie Street Melton melbourne Education local significant events Local Identities Guests at Melton State School's First Hundred Years Celebration, the event was held at Mechanic's Hall, Melton. ...Guests at Melton State School's First Hundred Years Celebration, the event was held at Mechanic's Hall, Melton.education, local significant events, local identities -
Melton City LibrariesBooklet, Country Women's Association Recipe Book, 1974
... Local Significant Events... Significant Events Local Identities Recipes from the members of the Bradvale Branch Country Women's Association Recipe Book Booklet Barrie Collection ...From 1944-1996, Edna Barrie was a member of the Melton Branch Country Women’s Association (CWA), Melton Branch, Secretary of the Branch in 1945 – 1946 and Branch International Secretary 1970-1971. She worked with choir, music and drama interest groups within the branch attaining both first and second place in 1959, second place in 1952 Exhibition and second in Music in 1960 in the state. She was involved in their handicraft craft events, fund raising and musical events and singing competitions. During the 1950s she trained Trios and Quartets in part singing for the CWA competitions in Ballarat and Melbourne. It was at this time that she developed her skill as a conductor and trainer of choirs. She later auditioned for the Victorian Choir for alto parts believing she would stand a better chance of being chosen, because of her ability to sing in natural harmony. In 1962 she participated in the Tenth Australian Country Women of the World (ACWW) Triennial Conference “Australia Presents: CWA Massed Choir” in the Melbourne Town Hall. This event was recorded by Super Sound Spotlight on 45 extended play vinyl record. The songs were Australian music and words, for example The Silver Stars are in the Sky, The Graceful Swaying Wattle and Kookaburra. Edna continued with her interest in the Victorian Choir regularly meeting at the CWA Headquarters in Toorak for rehearsals. In 1974 she took part in the Australian Choir at the fourteenth Triennial conference of the ACWW Interfaith Service held at the Perth Concert Hall on the 13th of October. Recipes from the members of the Bradvale Branchlocal significant events, local identities -
Melton City LibrariesPhotograph, West Melton Regional Shopping Centre, 1973
... Local Significant Events...Opening of the Centre views from the parking areas and paddocks Local Significant Events Local Identities Opening of the West Melton Regional Shopping Centre taken from the carpark West Melton Regional Shopping Centre Photograph Barrie Collection ...Kilpatrick house which stood on the site until the 1970s on the land now occupied by the Regional Shopping Centre later to be renamed Woodgrove. Opening of the Centre views from the parking areas and paddocksOpening of the West Melton Regional Shopping Centre taken from the carparklocal significant events, local identities -
Melton City LibrariesPhotograph, Shire centenary, 1962
... ...local significant events...Melton City Libraries 31 McKenzie Street Melton melbourne Council local significant events Local Identities Group of people at the centenary Shire centenary Photograph Barrie Collection ...Group of people at the centenarycouncil, local significant events, local identities -
Melton City LibrariesPhotograph, VWWGA & APPU float, 1962
... ...local significant events...Melton City Libraries 31 McKenzie Street Melton melbourne Council local significant events local identities Float was part of the Shire centenary VWWGA & APPU float Photograph Barrie Collection ...Float was part of the Shire centenarycouncil, local significant events, local identities -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Ruth H. Pendavingh, Widening of Main Road Bridge over the Diamond Creek, Eltham, 1984c
... (EDHS Chronology of known local events 1835- early 2000) ...(EDHS Chronology of known local events 1835- early 2000) Widening of Main Road Bridge over the Diamond Creek, Eltham Photograph Photograph Ruth H. ...Three colour photographs of the construction work of the widening works of the bridge over the Diamond Creek, Eltham, near Lower Eltham Park Victoria. The bridge re-opened on October 25, 1984. (EDHS Chronology of known local events 1835- early 2000) eltham, main road, main road bridge, bridges, construction, diamond creek (river) -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph, Ruth H. Pendavingh, Widening of Main Road Bridge over the Diamond Creek, Eltham, 1984c
... (EDHS Chronology of known local events 1835- early 2000) ...(EDHS Chronology of known local events 1835- early 2000) Widening of Main Road Bridge over the Diamond Creek, Eltham Photograph Photograph Ruth H. ...Three colour photographs of the construction work of the widening works of the bridge over the Diamond Creek, Eltham, near Lower Eltham Park Victoria. The bridge re-opened on October 25, 1984. (EDHS Chronology of known local events 1835- early 2000) eltham, main road, main road bridge, bridges, construction, diamond creek (river) -
Buninyong & District Historical SocietyPhotograph - ANZAC Day procession 1997, led by Bert Strange, ANZAC Day procession 1997
... ...Local RSL....Events...Buninyong & District Historical Society Old Court House, Buninyong Town Hall 313 Learmonth Street Buninyong goldfields 1997 march led by Mr Bert Strange, in wheelchair; he died soon afterwards. 1997 ANZAC Day march in Buninyong, local identity. People. Local RSL. Events and celebrations. Military. Excellent condition for a colour photograph. ...1997 march led by Mr Bert Strange, in wheelchair; he died soon afterwards.1997 ANZAC Day march in Buninyong, local identity. Excellent condition for a colour photograph.people., local rsl., events and celebrations., military. -
Clunes MuseumPhotograph, RIALTO STUDIOS, BACK TO CLUNES 1920, 1920
... local history...events...Clunes Museum 36 Fraser Street enter building through Collins Place Clunes goldfields CROWD SCENE TO BACK TO CLUNES NOVEMBER 13th 1920 local history events and celebrations back to clunes BACK TO CLUNES 1920 .1 HANDWRITTEN ON BOTTOM ON CARDBOARD IN INK: BACK TO CLUNES NOV 13TH 1920 .2 HANDWRITTEN IN INK ON BOTTOM ON CARDBOARD: J. ...CROWD SCENE TO BACK TO CLUNES NOVEMBER 13th 1920.1 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH ON GREY CARDBOARD MOUNTNG WITH COMMEMORATION BADGE ATTATCHED ON TOP OF THE CARDBOARD MOUNTING BACK TO CLUNES NOVEMBER 13TH TO 25TH 1920 .2 BLACK AND WHITE COPY OF SAME PHOTOGRAPH MOUNTED ON BEIGE CARDBOARD .3 BLACK AND WHITE COPY OF SAME PHOTOGRAPH, MOUNTED ON GRAY CARDBOARD.1 HANDWRITTEN ON BOTTOM ON CARDBOARD IN INK: BACK TO CLUNES NOV 13TH 1920 .2 HANDWRITTEN IN INK ON BOTTOM ON CARDBOARD: J. FLOWER C VITLE MRS POTTER PROWE G WILLIAMSON (ILLEGIBLE) V GRANDHARD BACK TO CLUNES 1920 .3 WHITE STICKER ON BACK: BACK TO CLUNES NOV 13TH TO 20TH local history, events and celebrations, back to clunes, back to clunes 1920 -
Clunes MuseumPhotograph, 1920
... local history...events...C.WILLIAMSON FAMILY BUTCHER, BAKER IN BACKGROUND. local history events and celebrations back to clunes BACK TO CLUNES 1920 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AT BACK TO CLUNES 1920. ...FANCY COSTUME PARADE. BACK TO CLUNES 1920. SHOPS INCL. C.WILLIAMSON FAMILY BUTCHER, BAKER IN BACKGROUND.BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AT BACK TO CLUNES 1920. PEOPLE WEARING FANCY COSTUMES.local history, events and celebrations, back to clunes, back to clunes 1920 -
Clunes MuseumAlbum - PHOTO ALBUM
... local history...events...Clunes Museum 36 Fraser Street enter building through Collins Place Clunes goldfields local history events & celebrations clunes museum HARD COVERED BROWN PHOTO ALBUM, RED AND GREEN STRIPE ON FRONT COVER, ALBUM CONTAINS PHOTOGRAPHS OF CLUNES MUSEUM'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY IN 1984; AND CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS 1983, 1984 AND 1987 Album PHOTO ALBUM ...HARD COVERED BROWN PHOTO ALBUM, RED AND GREEN STRIPE ON FRONT COVER, ALBUM CONTAINS PHOTOGRAPHS OF CLUNES MUSEUM'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY IN 1984; AND CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS 1983, 1984 AND 1987local history, events & celebrations, clunes museum -
Clunes MuseumProgramme - CONCERT PROGRAMME, GUARDIAN PRINT, DOCUMENT / PROGRAMME, 1898
... LOCAL HISTORY...EVENTS...LOCAL ARTISTS PERFORMED. LOCAL HISTORY EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS CONCERT PROGRAMME HELD IN CLUNES TOWN HALL THURSDAY MAY 19TH, 1898 IN AID OF THE LOCAL CHARITIES DOCUMENT / PROGRAMME Programme CONCERT PROGRAMME GUARDIAN PRINT ...LOYAL CLUNES LODGE MU100F ORGANISED A SELECT CONCERT THURSDAY MAY 19TH 1898 WITH GRAND SOCIAL TO FOLLOW IN AID OF LOCAL CHARITIES. LOCAL ARTISTS PERFORMED.CONCERT PROGRAMME HELD IN CLUNES TOWN HALL THURSDAY MAY 19TH, 1898 IN AID OF THE LOCAL CHARITIESlocal history, events and celebrations -
Clunes MuseumPhotograph, HORNBY - CLUNES, 22/01/1912
... local history...events...Clunes Museum 36 Fraser Street enter building through Collins Place Clunes goldfields MOUNT BECKWORTH JANUARY 22ND 1912. local history events and celebrations mount beckworth On Reverse: Written in pencil K Patience, written in black ink "Mount Beckworth" Jan 22/12 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH, MOUNTED ON FADED GREEN MATT BOARD, GROUP OF PEOPLE CAMPING AT MOUNT BECKWORTH, UNDER A TREE, BICYCLE ON LEFT OF PICTURE. ...MOUNT BECKWORTH JANUARY 22ND 1912.BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH, MOUNTED ON FADED GREEN MATT BOARD, GROUP OF PEOPLE CAMPING AT MOUNT BECKWORTH, UNDER A TREE, BICYCLE ON LEFT OF PICTURE. WITH INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING VIOLIN, ORGAN ETC..On Reverse: Written in pencil K Patience, written in black ink "Mount Beckworth" Jan 22/12local history, events and celebrations, mount beckworth -
Clunes MuseumBooklet - LEAFLET, CENTENARY OF CLUNES, VICTORIA, EASTER 1939, 1939
... local history...events...TOURELLO SCHOOL. local history events and celebrations back to clunes civic mementos CENTENARY OF CLUNES, VICTORIA, EASTER 1939 LEAFLET REFERRING TO "BACK TO CLUNES" AND "BACK TO TOURELLO" CENTENARY OF CLUNES EASTER 1939. ...CENTENARY OF CLUNES, VICTORIA, HELD EASTER 1939. THIS SHOWS PHOTOS OF CLUNES TOWN HALL, HIGHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, KNITTING MILLS, SOLDIERS MEMORIAL, DAIRY COMPANY, HOSPITAL, ESMOND DISCOVERY OF GOLD MONUMENT. ALSO A POEM DATED 1912 BY M.J. ALSO CHINESE RIOT, CLUNES 1860, 1938. TOURELLO SCHOOL.LEAFLET REFERRING TO "BACK TO CLUNES" AND "BACK TO TOURELLO" CENTENARY OF CLUNES EASTER 1939. CONTAINING PHOTOS, SHORT HISTORY OF CLUNES, POEM COMMEMORATING EASTER 1939 CENTENARY OF CLUNESCENTENARY OF CLUNES, VICTORIA, EASTER 1939local history, events and celebrations, back to clunes, civic mementos -
Melton City LibrariesDrawing, The first 100 years of Melton State School 430, 1970
... ...local significant events...Education local identities local significant events Sketches were part of preparation for production of Red Book 'The first 100 years'. ...The Melton State School No. 430 built in 1869-70, with the bluestone additions constructed in 1877 and the brick additions in 1924.It is the only remaining nineteenth century school in the Shire of Melton. Sketches were part of preparation for production of Red Book 'The first 100 years'.education, local identities, local significant events -
Melton City LibrariesMemorabilia, Melton State School Centenary, 1970
... ...local significant events...Education local significant events Pen, flag and flyer from the Melton State School Centenary celebrations Melton State School Centenary Memorabilia Barrie Collection ...On 17th May 1858 a State subsidised, combined Denominational School was opened by HT Stokes, with an attendance of about 30 children. This school was conducted in the wooden Melton Combined Protestant Church, situated on ‘a creek flat’ thought to be on the north side of Sherwin Street between Pyke and Byran Streets. It is likely that the Church had been established by 1855 and that the first minister was the Rev. Hampshire, who lived in Cambridge House on the Exford Estate. Ministers of the Protestant denominations were invited to hold services there. As there was only one resident Minister in the town (Presbyterian Mr J Lambie), laymen of the various denominations often spoke on Sundays. In 1863 this building was declared a Common School with the number 430. One of its first and most prominent headmasters was John Corr, who served from 1860 to 1864. Most of Mr Corr’s children also became teachers, including Joseph Corr, at the Rockbank school, and J Reford Corr and WS Corr, headmasters and teachers at numerous prestigious private secondary schools around Australia. John Corr purchased land alongside the school and elsewhere in and near Melton, became secretary and treasurer of the new Cemetery Trust, and by July 1861 was deputy registrar of births, deaths and marriages. He walked three miles every Sunday to teach at the Weslyan Sunday School he had established. Despite good reports from the Education Department Inspector, and burgeoning enrolments, the local school committee recommended the dismissal of, firstly, his wife (from the work mistress position), and then him from the headmaster position. Corr saw his dismissal as an attempt to redirect state aid for education from the Combined Protestant school to the support of the Free Presbyterian Minister Rev James Lambie (by one account the owner of the land on which the Common School was erected), whose son-in-law James Scott subsequently assumed responsibility for the school. Rev Lambie failed in his efforts to keep the existing school, which the Education Department Inspector and the majority of Melton citizens regarded as badly situated and badly built. Following a conditional promise of state aid, local contributors in 1868-69 raised ₤72.10.6 towards the cost of an iron-roofed bluestone rubble building 43 ft x 12 ft. This was erected on a new site of 1.5 acres (the present site). The State contributed ₤120 to the new school, which opened in 1870. A very early (c.1874) photograph of the school shows its headmaster and work mistress / assistant teacher (probably James Scott and his wife Jessie) and its (very young) scholars. Similar photos show pupils in front of the school in c.1903, and 1933. In 1877 a second bluestone room costing ₤297 was added and further land acquired from the Agricultural Society (who only needed it two days a year) to enlarge the schoolground to 3 acres. In the early 1880s an underground tank augmented the school water supply and in 1919 a five-roomed wooden residence was added. During this period the school correspondents often compained that the walls of the bluestone buildings were damp, affecting the plaster. In 1923 a brick room 26 ft 6 in by 24 ft with a fireplace and four rooms facing south, was added, and a corridor built to link the three buildings. This served adequately for the next 40 years. The school bell probably dates to 1883. The school also has a memorial gate (1951) to World War One ex-students, and an honour board to the 64 ex-students who served in the First World War. The school roll fell to 42 in the early post war-years, but was boosted by an influx of migrants, mainly from the UK, from the late 1960s. This presaged the boom in Melton’s development, and the corresponding growth of the school, with timber and temporary classrooms added to the previous masonry ones. An endowment pine plantation established in 1930 augmented the school’s fundraising activities when it was harvested in 1968. Part of the site was planted with eucalyptus trees in 1959. Famous ex-students of the early twentieth century included Hector Fraser (internationally successful shooter) and cyclist Sir Hubert Opperman. Pen, flag and flyer from the Melton State School Centenary celebrationseducation, local significant events -
Melton City LibrariesDocument, Grand Centenary Ball Ticket, 1970
... ...Local Significant Events...Education Local Significant Events Ticket for the Grand Centenary Ball at Melton State School 430 Grand Centenary Ball Ticket Document Barrie Collection ...History of the Place "On 17th May 1858 a State subsidised, combined Denominational School was opened by HT Stokes, with an attendance of about 30 children. This school was conducted in the wooden Melton Combined Protestant Church, situated on ‘a creek flat’ thought to be on the north side of Sherwin Street between Pyke and Byran Streets. It is likely that the Church had been established by 1855 and that the first minister was the Rev. Hampshire, who lived in Cambridge House on the Exford Estate. Ministers of the Protestant denominations were invited to hold services there. As there was only one resident Minister in the town (Presbyterian Mr J Lambie), laymen of the various denominations often spoke on Sundays. In 1863 this building was declared a Common School with the number 430. One of its first and most prominent headmasters was John Corr, who served from 1860 to 1864. Most of Mr Corr’s children also became teachers, including Joseph Corr, at the Rockbank school, and J Reford Corr and WS Corr, headmasters and teachers at numerous prestigious private secondary schools around Australia. John Corr purchased land alongside the school and elsewhere in and near Melton, became secretary and treasurer of the new Cemetery Trust, and by July 1861 was deputy registrar of births, deaths and marriages. He walked three miles every Sunday to teach at the Weslyan Sunday School he had established. Despite good reports from the Education Department Inspector, and burgeoning enrolments, the local school committee recommended the dismissal of, firstly, his wife (from the work mistress position), and then him from the headmaster position. Corr saw his dismissal as an attempt to redirect state aid for education from the Combined Protestant school to the support of the Free Presbyterian Minister Rev James Lambie (by one account the owner of the land on which the Common School was erected), whose son-in-law James Scott subsequently assumed responsibility for the school. Rev Lambie failed in his efforts to keep the existing school, which the Education Department Inspector and the majority of Melton citizens regarded as badly situated and badly built. Following a conditional promise of state aid, local contributors in 1868-69 raised ₤72.10.6 towards the cost of an iron-roofed bluestone rubble building 43 ft x 12 ft. This was erected on a new site of 1.5 acres (the present site). The State contributed ₤120 to the new school, which opened in 1870. A very early (c.1874) photograph of the school shows its headmaster and work mistress / assistant teacher (probably James Scott and his wife Jessie) and its (very young) scholars. Similar photos show pupils in front of the school in c.1903, and 1933. In 1877 a second bluestone room costing ₤297 was added and further land acquired from the Agricultural Society (who only needed it two days a year) to enlarge the schoolground to 3 acres. In the early 1880s an underground tank augmented the school water supply and in 1919 a five-roomed wooden residence was added. During this period the school correspondents often compained that the walls of the bluestone buildings were damp, affecting the plaster. In 1923 a brick room 26 ft 6 in by 24 ft with a fireplace and four rooms facing south, was added, and a corridor built to link the three buildings. This served adequately for the next 40 years. The school bell probably dates to 1883. The school also has a memorial gate (1951) to World War One ex-students, and an honour board to the 64 ex-students who served in the First World War. The school roll fell to 42 in the early post war-years, but was boosted by an influx of migrants, mainly from the UK, from the late 1960s. This presaged the boom in Melton’s development, and the corresponding growth of the school, with timber and temporary classrooms added to the previous masonry ones. An endowment pine plantation established in 1930 augmented the school’s fundraising activities when it was harvested in 1968. Part of the site was planted with eucalyptus trees in 1959. Famous ex-students of the early twentieth century included Hector Fraser (internationally successful shooter) and cyclist Sir Hubert Opperman". Ticket for the Grand Centenary Ball at Melton State School 430education, local significant events -
Melton City LibrariesPoster, Melton Water Ski Carnival, 1962
... Local Significant Events...Melton City Libraries 31 McKenzie Street Melton melbourne Speedboat Carnival and Canadian Hell Drivers was part of the carnival Local Significant Events Poster from Holden promoting the carnival Melton Water Ski Carnival Poster Barrie Collection ...Speedboat Carnival and Canadian Hell Drivers was part of the carnivalPoster from Holden promoting the carnival local significant events -
Melton City LibrariesPhotograph, Construction of Dam Wall- Melton Water Supply, 1963
... Local Significant events...Melton City Libraries 31 McKenzie Street Melton melbourne Local Significant events Council Local architecture Local identities Photographs of the construction of the dam wall for Melton's water supply Construction of Dam Wall- Melton Water Supply Photograph Melton Barrie Collection ...Photographs of the construction of the dam wall for Melton's water supplylocal significant events, council, local architecture, local identities -
Melton City LibrariesPhotograph, George Tinkler, Edna Barrie and Pearl Walker at First Hundred Years Celebration Melton State School 430, 1970
... ...Local significant events...Education Local identities Local significant events George Tinkler, Edna Barrie and Pearl Walker at First Hundred Years Celebration Melton State School 430. ...Edna attended Melton State School 430 from 1924 – 1933. Her father Fred had also attended the same school. Edna was also the co-author with Mabel Rogers “The First 100 Years, 1870 – 1970”, and assembled a collection of School Class Photograph and identified and compiled lists of names for future school history. George Tinkler, Edna Barrie and Pearl Walker at First Hundred Years Celebration Melton State School 430. This event was held at Mechanics Hall, Melton.education, local identities, local significant events
