Correspondence and invoices relating to potato growing and selling 1943-1944 belonging to William Leonard Nash, known as Les Nash. Interesting because of the war time context and exemption from war service. See also VEMU 61 for W.L. Nash correspondence relating to dairy farming.Approximately 60 sheets of varying sizes, including letters, printed circulars and invoices.Paperemerald, victoria, australia, agriculture, vegetable growing, world war two, genealogy, william leonard nash

The land St Cuthbert's stands on may have been donated by a resident of the region by James Hermon and may have been designed by Robert Cason. The Victorian Heritage Register lists the year the building was completed as 1909 but other sources indicate a slightly earlier date of 1907-8. The architectural design is unusual in combining a Gothic arched door with square pointed windows. The Register notes that the building's Arts and Crafts character would have been accentuated by the original stained-wood cladding, though in this image the cladding has been painted white. Further research would be needed to state the percentage of people in Menzies Creek, Emerald and surrounds who identified as Anglican in the first half of the Twentieth Century due to a lack of detail in the available census data. In the 1991 Census 18.2% of Victorians stated that they were Anglican, the second largest faith group. Despite this, the Church sold the property to a private owner in 1997. St Cuthbert's was subsequently used for weddings, christenings, funerals and other functions, extending the building's significance to the local community as a place of celebration and commemoration. The wedding chapel closed in 2022 and the building became a private home.The photograph is significant as an image of a heritage listed church building prior to renovations and extension works in 1997 that changed the profile of the building. The Church served as a place of worship for people of the Anglican faith in the area from approximately 1909 to 1997 and as a wedding venue from 1998 until the venue's closure.Black and white rectangular photograph printed on photographic paper. The photograph depicts St Cuthbert's Anglican Church in Menzies Creek, prior to renovation and extension works in 1997 that have given the modern building a different profile.menzies creek, st cuthberts church, james hermon, robert cason, anglican church, church of england, weddings, christenings, funerals

Book written to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Menzies Creek Primary School. Supplements previous history: VEMU 173.Soft cover book with black and white and coloured photographs. Red cover; 68 pages. No ISBN.menzies creek victoria australia, schools and colleges, children, local history, religious structures and establishments, community centres, rail services, menzies creek primary school, lisa hall, st cuthbert's church, menzies creek hall, puffing billy railway

Written to celebrate the Menzies Creek Primary School Centenary 1882-1982. History of the district's institutions. Archived copy signed by authors was presented to the museum. Filed with letter of donation to Gus Ryberg.3 copies, 64p. : ill., maps. ISBN 0959344403. another copy also on 18Emenzies creek victoria australia, schools and colleges, school history, kath breen, lorraine edmonson, menzies creek primary school

First subdivisional auction in the district of Menzies Creek, 1923. Then named Aura. Warnock owned Selby Store around 1922. The auction was on 26 December 1923. J.T. Mahoney's Agency Phone Belgrave 1. T.W. Butcher Phone 1 LEmerald. Terms One Pound deposit, One Pound per month, 6% interest paid quarterly. Photograph is of road fronting estate.Estate Agent's notice mounted on cardboard, includes photograph re Auravale Estate Menzies Creek first subdivision.menzies creek victoria australia, land sales, real estate agencies, maps, auravale estate, warnock's auravale estate, t.w. butcher, j.t. mahoney

Pen and wash sketches of historic sites and buildings in the Dandenongs by Victorian artist Don Angus, accompanied by text by Joy Hayes, editor of New Idea magazine.62p.; ill.; hard cover; ISBN 085 179 1263M. A'Varddandenong ranges, victoria, australia, emerald, victoria, australia, kallista victoria australia, menzies creek victoria australia, the patch victoria australia, selby victoria australia, art, joy hayes, don angus, ferntree gully national park, dobson, the basin, one tree hill, ferny creek school, sherbrooke forest, puffing billy, nobelius nursery, emerald lake park, olinda, mount dandenong, kalorama, silvan

Personal narrative written for Gus Ryberg for 'The Four Ws'. Ern Dunham, born in 1916, came to live in Menzies Creek with his family in 1920.Ern Dunham - 6p. handwritten, plus 4 p. typed version.Papermenzies creek victoria australia, local history, genealogy, ernest dunham

Cloth map of planned subdivision of land in Menzies CreekAt the top of the Plan: "Plan of Subdivision / Part of Crown Allotment 26, Sec.A / Parish of Narreworran County of Evelyn / Scale 2 Ch - 1in"emerald, victoria, australia, town planning, menzies creek, roads, subdivisions

A photographic history of Emerald and district using photographs from the Emerald Museum collection. Photographs collected and reproduced by Chris Britton, text by Jo Jenkinson. Design by Les Cope of CopeArt, Menzies. 2006. Creek. Published with the aid of a Local History grant from the Public Record Office, and launced in March 2006 by local state MP Tammy Lobato. This copy preserves subsequent corrections.softcover A4 book, 96 pages, B&W photosemerald, victoria, australia

Sketches of historic buildings and sites in the Dandenongs with descriptions of their history and the districts they belong to.Soft cover, landscape format, xii, 116p.:ill., maps, 21x29cm. Includes bibliography. ISBN 0958793514 2 copiesdandenong ranges, victoria, australia, emerald, victoria, australia, historic sites, historic buildings, david williams, lysterfield, churchill national park, belgrave, selby, menzies creek, clematis, cockatoo, gembrook, yellingbo faunal reserve, macclesfield

Extracts from 'Founder of the Dandenongs' emphasise Emerald and district history. Book out of print.Photocopied extracts, pp. 16-29, 32-33, 40-43, 48-49, 59, 66-79, 84-87. ISBN 9059919341aboriginal culture, emerald, victoria, australia, dandenong ranges, victoria, australia, lilydale, mooroolbark, ryrie homestead, mount dandenong, clematis, menzies creek, selby

Map adjoins VEMU 266. Bordered by Woori Yallock and Menzies Creeks, and parishes of Wandin Yallock, Monbulk and Gembrook. Shows original selections plus later titleholders of land in the Emerald area, including C A Nobelius, J W Bottomley, J. Smethurst and others.Paper of Nangana County of Evelyn Second issue. Cloth map, bound on all sides with cloth tape. Paper on clothemerald, victoria, australia, maps, subdivisions, carl axel nobelius, william bottomley, department of lands and survey

Framed photograph is of yellow-helmeted honeater, and was presented to Meander in 1977 (see inscription). Document describing history and activities of Meander (framed); plus documents prepared by Margaret Valeich, Secretary of Meander, 1996, and two maps of the Menzies Creek track. Coloured map, titled Dandenong Ranges Walking Trails, was prepared by Parks Victoria and includes the Menzies Creek Tourist Track.Photograph in frame of carved wood ; documents: one A4 typewritten page, two black and white A4 maps, and one printed colour map.Paper|Wood|Glass(On photograph) Cardinia Shire Council Environment Management Award: Land and Water Management Category, Presented to MEANDER 1997emerald, victoria, australia, dandenong ranges, victoria, australia, tracks, clubs, associations, societies, shire of cardinia victoria australia, meander, menzies creek, emerald tourist track inc., parks victoria

7 assorted small black and white photographs, unmounted.a. Floss & Frank's wedding - Alf & Florrie Stuart 1941. .|b. Geo & Alice Davey, Emerald 1920s at 'Copplestone'.|c. Durban & Olive Stuart 1930|d. Grandma & Grandpa Davey, 'Copplestone'.|e. Dorothy (Dora) Davey, Heidelberg Hospital? Later Mrs Young. 'Copplestone'.| f. Grandpa Stuart's brother. To Dear Alf and Jessie, With Best Wishes from Brother James. Xmas 1915. (Builder of Rotunda on Menzies Creek.).|g. Alfred James Stuart. First boy baby born on Emerald Gold fields 1861. Durban from Father. J. Stuart.| h. Alf Stuart Jnr. family 1945: Jean, Keith & Mae, Frank Mum, Dad & Ron.emerald, victoria, australia, pioneers, genealogy, stuart family, davey family, alfred stuart, durban stuart, florence stuart, alice davey, bert davey 1910-1984, george davey, bert jones family, ferres family

A brief gold rush starting in 1858 led to the opening up of the Emerald district. While short lived (and not very successful,) the influx of people led to the early timber and farming industries that built the communities that now exist. The image on the postcard shows typical working conditions on more advanced operations, using significant diversions of creeks to provide water for sluicing while the creek bed below the diversion would be dried and exposed to allow workers to remove the material for processing in the hydraulic sluice. The correspondence on the postcard, whilst sometimes difficult to read, helps to paint a picture of life in the district, and how people communicated in this earlier period. The recipient of the postcard is a prominent member of the early Gembrook community, John Ure, who ran various businesses including a cheese factory in Silver Hills/North Gembrook. The lack of legible postage date opens up many mysteries about this item, as well as different references to the person in the sluice being "Tom Collins"The record shows strong significance, depicting working conditions and technology of early gold mining in the Emerald area. Even more-so, the personal/commercial correspondence depicts a customer ordering cheese from the local cheese factory, presumably before electric communication.Black and White rectangular postcard printed on laminated card stock, personal correspondence. This postcard depicts hydraulic sluicing in the Emerald area of Victoria. Two bearded workers, one wearing a hat, are posing in the mid ground. One is standing in the sluice itself and one standing above on the embankment with shovel in hand. Native forest surrounds the workings with roots exposed, while the sluice itself runs vertical through the frame, roughly cut into the ground. Eagle eyes may notice the missing hat sitting on part of the woodwork towards the foreground.Obverse: Hydraulic Sluicing, / Emerald near Gembrook / Reverse: Printed: Printed in Prussia / [Print torn off]orne / Handwritten Message: ohn Ure / Dear Sir / Will you kindly send / a loaf of old cheese for / about si ound / Station on Sunday next / will be up there if fine / kindly remember me / to all / Bill Atz / Handwritten Address: Mr John Ure / orth Gembrook Post Office / Gembrook / Handwritten Note: ho Collin / Menzies creek sluicing race / Prospect Bend area / Postmarks: Unintelligible except for Victoria and AP 9 May likely say Gembrook, year unknown Pencil Marks: 5 VEMUP1039emerald, victoria, australia, gembrook victoria australia, gembrook, emerald, avonsleigh, menzies creek, clematis, gold mining, goldmining, correspondence

discovered on Patrick Madigan's farm in Blackhill Road, Menzies Creek. Cousin to Jim & Peter MadiganSmall, black buggy lantern kerosene operated with wick red reflector glassBritish Madeemerald, victoria, australia, transport, patrick madigan, jim madigan, peter madigan, blackhill road