Digital copy of school group photograph Mernda State School No 488 1927

Digital copy of school group photograph Mernda State School No 488

Moses Thomas standing with 2 children, Walter Thomas in wagon at the Bridge Inn Hotel Mernda possibly late 1860s early 1870s

Bluestone bridge across the Plenty River, Mernda. Commissioned by Moses Thomas, Secretary Morang District Road Board 1867bridges, moses thomas, mernda, bridge inn road

Blackbraes Farm is listed in the Whittlesea Heritage Overlay HO14, Photographic survey, 10 Cravens Road Merndablackbraes farm, mernda

In 2018 GHS members visited Turner's Bakery in Mernda for lunch and continued on to visit historic sites remaining in the Mernda area. These photographs show remnant bush and the Parks Victoria sign in the area.Mernda is an area of rapid modern growth with a few remaining historic buildings dating from the 19th centuryDigital copy of colour photographsmernda, parks victoria, bushland

The Mechanics Institute, Yan Yean (later Mernda) was built in 18881 p. black and white photocopy from bookyan yean, mernda, mechanics institutes victoria

In 2018 GHS members visited Turner's Bakery in Mernda for lunch and continued on to visit historic sites remaining in the Mernda area. This photograph shows the Mernda Mechanics Institute, established 1888. It was sited to the rear of the Bridge Inn Hotel on land donated by the hotel's owner. Today the Mechanic's institute is a small hall available to rent.Mernda is an area of rapid modern growth with a few remaining historic buildings dating from the 19th century.Digital copy of colour photographsmernda, mernda historic sites, mernda mechanics institute, mechanics institutes victoria, bridge inn hotel mernda

In 1851 Moses Thomas purchased 400 acres, including a half mile frontage to the Plenty River, at Mernda (then known as Morang) where he operated a farm, inn and other business. In 1865 Moses Thomas was appointed Engineer, Clerk and Collector for the Morang District Road Board. In this role he would have been responsible for overseeing the collection of local property rates and the maintenance and construction of local roads and drains. Road District Boards were one of the earliest forms of local government in Victoria. The Morang or Upper Plenty Road District was established in 1862. It covered part of what is today Mernda, Doreen, South Morang, Mill Park and Bundoora. In 1875, the area merged with the Whittlesea Road District to form the Shire of Whittlesea. Moses Thomas briefly served as a Councillor with the Shire of Whittlesea until his death in 1878. Correspondence. Letter, paper, handwritten text with seal. Letter from James Ryan, Shire Secretary, Shire of Whittlesea to Mrs Moses Thomas on the death of Moses 18 May 1878.

Brian was born in Ayr on the West Coast of Scotland. Brian lived in Mernda Street Sunshine West. Brian was an artist who painted in water colours. His paintings won prizes at the Royal Melbourne Show, Sunbury Show, Bacchas Marsh Show and at the Ballarat Society of Artists Awards. Brian became good friends of John Willaton, a S&DHS member and former City of Sunshine Town Clerk. During a trip to Scotland by John & his wife Dorothy to research Dorothy's family tree, the pair stayed at Brian's brother's in-law Bed & Breakfast accommodation. Brian gave this painting to John & Dorothy in memory of their trip to Scotland.Water colored painting of the Brigde over the River Doon, Scotland mounted in cardBrig O' Doon|To John From Brian Lawrence in memory of your trip to the Brig O' Doon (Bridge over River Doon) B. Lawrence 98brig o' doon, scotland, brian lawrence

Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council of the City of Sunshine to be held on 30th November 1977 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Supplementary Valuations Christmas Recess The Hub Holidays For Employees Office Accommodation Welfare Staff Meeting Dates Christmas Recess Western Region Commission Report of Matters Arising from Last Meeting Committee of Municipal Recreation Officers Council Participation Sanitary and Interest Abandonments for 1977/78 Proposed Lobby for Increased Federal Subsidies Proposal to Rezone Zone 7 and Adjoining Land Playing of Bingo on Council Property Proposed Amendment to Albion Rovers Lease Dempster Park Occupation of Pavilion and Proposed Dempster Park Committee of Management Sunshine North Tennis Club, Sunshine North Scout Group, Sunshine Cricket Club Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Schools in the Sunshine Area Deer Park Childrem's Community Centre Committee of Management Child Care Centre Ainsworth Reserve Sunshine West Service of Furlong Road Hospital Report of the Chief Health Officer Vending Machines Registration Fees Prosecutions Proceedings Sunshine Magistrate Court Australian Institute of Health Surveyors Fourth Annual Conference 10th to 14th October 1977 Perth West Australia Health Act Registrations Report of Medical Officer of Health Report of the By-Laws Officer Stray Dog Problem R.S.P.C.A. Symposium Report of the City Librarian Halloween Celebrations Library Hours over the Christmas Period Bookmobile Sites in January Extension Services During the School Holiday Period Report of the City Engineer Land Use Permit Application Consulting Rooms Diagnostic Laboratory 20 Withers Street Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (Powers) Bill Land Use Permit Application Bunting Over Used Car Sales Yard 556 Ballarat Road Sunshine Land Use Permit Application Addition of L.P. Gas Tank and Additional Hopper for Ready Mic Concrete Plant Lot 1 Hampstead Road Land Use Permit Application Flats 37 Phoenix Street Land Use Permit Application Flats Lot 42 Killara Street North East Corner Mernda Street Land Use Permit Application Subdivision and Detached House on Each Lot Tamar Drive Contract Supply and Maintenance of Vehicles Fourth Avenue Private Street Scheme Garfield Street Private Street Scheme Reconstruction of Sydney Street Contract Plan of Subdivision Epalock Crescent & Joyce Close Replacement of Fleet No 410 Toyota Hiace Weights & Measures Application for Fund for 1977/78 Country Road Board Foundation for the Technical Advancement of Local Government Engineering in Victoria Load Limits Various Road Certificate of Completion Garfield Street Intersection of Western Highway / Station Road Deer Park Construction of Footpath North Side of Ballarat Road From West Moreland Road to McIntyre Road Request from Sunshine High School Drainage Works Stony Creek From Cary Street to Furlong Road Construction of Suffolk Street City of Footscray Future Garbage Disposal Site South Side Bunting Road Certificate of Completion Health Act Drain Garfield Street Area Private Street Scheme Concrete Right of Way at Rear of Shops in Main Road West at Cornhill Street St. Albans Proposed Transfer of Land St. Albans Road near Furlong Road Annual Supply Contract Supply of Concrete in Min Mix Trucks Report of the Building Surveyor Computer Aided Design Seminar Vocational Employment Building Surveyor's Office Installation of Underground Tank Geelong Road Corner Tottenham Parade Undersize Allotment 2 Ridley Street Sunshine Swimming Pool Solar Heating Ainsworth Childcare Centre / Pavilion Ainsworth Reserve Dempster Park Cricket Pavilion Cleaning Infant Welfare Centres General Cleaning Contract Albion Tennis Club Pavilion Child Care Buildings Program M.M.B.W. Sewer Child Care Buildings Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment 15th November 1977 Subdivision of Land Fairbairn Road Proposed Transfer of Funds for Provision of Office Accommodation city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, the hub, sun crescent, albion rovers soccer club, chaplin rerserve, anderson road, sunshine

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 30th November 1977 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Supplementary Valuations Christmas Recess The Hub Holidays For Employees Office Accommodation Welfare Staff Meeting Dates Christmas Recess Western Region Commission Report of Matters Arising from Last Meeting Committee of Municipal Recreation Officers Council Participation Sanitary and Interest Abandonments for 1977/78 Proposed Lobby for Increased Federal Subsidies Proposal to Rezone Zone 7 and Adjoining Land Playing of Bingo on Council Property Proposed Amendment to Albion Rovers Lease Dempster Park Occupation of Pavilion and Proposed Dempster Park Committee of Management Sunshine North Tennis Club, Sunshine North Scout Group, Sunshine Cricket Club Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Schools in the Sunshine Area Deer Park Children's Community Centre Committee of Management Child Care Centre Ainsworth Reserve Sunshine West Service of Furlong Road Hospital Report of the Chief Health Officer Vending Machines Registration Fees Prosecutions Proceedings Sunshine Magistrate Court Australian Institute of Health Surveyors Fourth Annual Conference 10th to 14th October 1977 Perth West Australia Health Act Registrations Report of Medical Officer of Health Report of the By-Laws Officer Stray Dog Problem R.S.P.C.A. Symposium Report of the City Librarian Halloween Celebrations Library Hours over the Christmas Period Bookmobile Sites in January Extension Services During the School Holiday Period Report of the City Engineer Land Use Permit Application Consulting Rooms Diagnostic Laboratory 20 Withers Street Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (Powers) Bill Land Use Permit Application Bunting Over Used Car Sales Yard 556 Ballarat Road Sunshine Land Use Permit Application Addition of L.P. Gas Tank and Additional Hopper for Ready Mic Concrete Plant Lot 1 Hampstead Road Land Use Permit Application Flats 37 Phoenix Street Land Use Permit Application Flats Lot 42 Killara Street North East Corner Mernda Street Land Use Permit Application Subdivision and Detached House on Each Lot Tamar Drive Contract Supply and Maintenance of Vehicles Fourth Avenue Private Street Scheme Garfield Street Private Street Scheme Reconstruction of Sydney Street Contract Plan of Subdivision Epalock Crescent & Joyce Close Replacement of Fleet No 410 Toyota Hiace Weights & Measures Application for Fund for 1977/78 Country Road Board Foundation for the Technical Advancement of Local Government Engineering in Victoria Load Limits Various Road Certificate of Completion Garfield Street Intersection of Western Highway / Station Road Deer Park Construction of Footpath North Side of Ballarat Road From Westmoreland Road to McIntyre Road Request from Sunshine High School Drainage Works Stony Creek From Cary Street to Furlong Road Construction of Suffolk Street City of Footscray Future Garbage Disposal Site South Side Bunting Road Certificate of Completion Health Act Drain Garfield Street Area Private Street Scheme Concrete Right of Way at Rear of Shops in Main Road West at Cornhill Street St. Albans Proposed Transfer of Land St. Albans Road near Furlong Road Annual Supply Contract Supply of Concrete in Min Mix Trucks Report of the Building Surveyor Computer Aided Design Seminar Vocational Employment Building Surveyor's Office Installation of Underground Tank Geelong Road Corner Tottenham Parade Undersize Allotment 2 Ridley Street Sunshine Swimming Pool Solar Heating Ainsworth Childcare Centre / Pavilion Ainsworth Reserve Dempster Park Cricket Pavilion Cleaning Infant Welfare Centres General Cleaning Contract Albion Tennis Club Pavilion Child Care Buildings Program M.M.B.W. Sewer Child Care Buildings city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, the hub, sun crescent, albion rovers soccer club, chaplin rerserve, anderson road, sunshine, dempster park committee of management, sunshine north tennis club, sunshine north scout group, sunshine cricket club, dempster park, phoenix street, sunshine north, ainsworth reserve child care centre, ainsworth reserve, vernon street, sunshine west, furlong road, st. albans, withers street, ballarat road, hampstead road, maidstone, killara street, mernda street, tamar drive, deer park, fourth avenue, garfield street, sydney street, albion, epalock crescent, joyce close, western highway, station road, westmoreland road, mcintyre road, sunshine high school, cary street, suffolk street, bunting road, brooklyn, main road west, cornhill street, tottenham parade, geelong road, footscray west, ridley street, sunshine swimming pool, albion tennis club

Notice of Ordinary Meeting 8th December 1976 Report of the Town Clerk Rates and Sanitary Interest Abandonments Land Transfers Land Subdivision Albion Reid Open Space Agreement Ballarat Road Albion Report of the Chief Health Inspector Prosecutions Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Application for Septic Tanks Application for Installation of Gas Fired Dry Septic Tank Units Health Act Registrations Report of the Weights & Measures Inspector Weights and Measures Report for the Two Months Ending 26th November 1976 Report of the City Engineer Signalisation of Intersections City of Essendon Melbourne and Metropolitan Planning Scheme Proposed Amendment Annual Supply of Concrete Contract Proposed Transfer of Loan Money Plan of Subdivision 24 & 26 Mernda Street Land Use Permit Application Subdivision and Detached Houses Neale Road Land Use Permit Application Placement of Fillings Robinsons Road Land Use Permit Application Commercial Centre and Associated Car Park Neale Road Consolidation of Title Swing Bridge Motors 556 Ballarat Road Acquisition Gas and Fuel Corporation Victoria Land Use Permit Application Cluster Subdivision Off Neale Road Land Use Permit Application Flats Hertford Road Land Use Permit Application Timber Yard Part Lots 250, 251, 252, 253 & 254 Ayton Street Land Use Permit Application Sign 136 Durham Road Land Use Permit Application Subdivision Ballarat Road Bounded by Ashley Street on the West and Whittaker Street on the East Land Use Permit Application Residential Bee Keeping Middle Road Strata Subdivision 8 Clyde Street Refund Cash in Lieu Flats Forrest Street Report of the Building Surveyor Fencing lots 7, 8 & Part Lot 9 Third Avenue House Closer to Frontage Lot 51 & Part Lot 52 Hampshire Road city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, mernda street, neale road, sunshine west, deer park, robinsons road, ballarat road, albion, hertford road, sunshine, ayton street, sunshine north, durham road, ashley street, whittaker street, maidstone, middle road, clyde street, maribyrnong, forrest street, third avenue, hampshire road, albion reid

Minutes Of Ordinary Meeting 8th December 1976 Report of the Town Clerk Rates and Sanitary Interest Abandonments Land Transfers Land Subdivision Albion Reid Open Space Agreement Ballarat Road Albion Report of the Chief Health Inspector Prosecutions Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Application for Septic Tanks Application for Installation of Gas Fired Dry Septic Tank Units Health Act Registrations Report of the Weights & Measures Inspector Weights and Measures Report for the Two Months Ending 26th November 1976 Report of the City Engineer Signalisation of Intersections City of Essendon Melbourne and Metropolitan Planning Scheme Proposed Amendment Annual Supply of Concrete Contract Proposed Transfer of Loan Money Plan of Subdivision 24 & 26 Mernda Street Land Use Permit Application Subdivision and Detached Houses Neale Road Land Use Permit Application Placement of Fillings Robinsons Road Land Use Permit Application Commercial Centre and Associated Car Park Neale Road Consolidation of Title Swing Bridge Motors 556 Ballarat Road Acquisition Gas and Fuel Corporation Victoria Land Use Permit Application Cluster Subdivision Off Neale Road Land Use Permit Application Flats Hertford Road Land Use Permit Application Timber Yard Part Lots 250, 251, 252, 253 & 254 Ayton Street Land Use Permit Application Sign 136 Durham Road Land Use Permit Application Subdivision Ballarat Road Bounded by Ashley Street on the West and Whittaker Street on the East Land Use Permit Application Residential Bee Keeping Middle Road Strata Subdivision 8 Clyde Street Refund Cash in Lieu Flats Forrest Street Report of the Building Surveyor Fencing lots 7, 8 & Part Lot 9 Third Avenue House Closer to Frontage Lot 51 & Part Lot 52 Hampshire Road city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, ballarat road, albion, mernda street, neale road, sunshine west, deer park, robinsons road, hertford road, sunshine, ayton street, sunshine north, durham road, ashley street, whittaker street, maidstone, middle road, clyde street, maribyrnong, forrest street, third avenue, hampshire road

Painted from the home (or front) paddock which ran south to the creek. The paddock was used for the cultivation of lucerne and maize crops in the lower regions while closer to the house where Ainwick Crescent is now situated, it was a burgeoning market garden for the cultivation of all varieties of vegetables. The large pines beyond, sheltered the farmyard on the west of Gardenia Road. That complex can be partly glimpsed on the left of the painting. This is a directly painted watercolour relying on the use of white paper and transparencies to impart a feeling of morning light. The figure is the artist's mother for whom the picture was painted. Provenance: Augusta Borrack (nee Ziebell) Collection, John Borrack CollectionThese two paintings by acclaimed Victorian artist John Borrack, a direct descendant of the Ziebell family through his mother Augusta, hold substantial artistic, historical, and familial significance for Ziebell’s Farmhouse Museum and the broader Westgarthtown narrative. Borrack, recognised as one of Australia’s leading landscape painters, is known for his sensitive, precise and atmospheric depictions of place. His professional standing and artistic skill considerably elevate the cultural value of these works. The paintings depict Ziebell’s Farmhouse and the associated outbuildings on the opposite side of Gardenia Road, capturing the rural character of the property prior to subdivision and suburban encroachment. They function as accurate visual records of the farm’s earlier setting and the self-sufficient lifestyle. Their documentary value is amplified by Borrack’s own reflections: he explained that he made the original sketches in the 1950s and later, in the 1970s, “decided to make a positive record of what the farm looked like”, developing these paintings from those earlier drawings. One work shows the farmhouse and milking shed as seen from the cemetery: the other captures the view from the front garden toward the former vegetable garden. Their provenance deepens their significance. As works created by a Ziebell descendant who consciously sought to record his family heritage, the paintings embody intergenerational memory, personal connection, and the enduring legacy of the Ziebell family within Victoria’s cultural landscape. They enrich the museum’s interpretive capacity, offering rare artistic insight into the historic farmstead and contributing meaningfully to the preservation and understanding of Westgarthtown’s heritage. Watercolour painting, depicting Ziebell's Farmhouse from the south (Thomastown and Mernda). Painting is mounted in a gold frame with cream board.Artist signature: John Borrack; Last Days at Ziebells "The Pines" Thomastown, 'Pro mea matre hanc picturan feci (In Memoria)'illustrations, watercolours, john borrack, ziebell, watercolour, painting

Painted from Gardenia Road. The extensive farm complex on the right. (Western side of Gardenia Road). was demolished in 1972 for housing development. Buildings shown are cowshed, hay barn, engine shed and stables. Painted in the late afternoon, the lengthening shadows and lowering sky, could presage the ominous fate awaiting the farm with development. The Ziebell Farm was known as “The Pines” and sadly none of the many that proliferated there remain. Today they would be equivalent to those at the cemetery, having been planted at the same time. Provenance: John Borrack CollectionThese two paintings by acclaimed Victorian artist John Borrack, a direct descendant of the Ziebell family through his mother Augusta, hold substantial artistic, historical, and familial significance for Ziebell’s Farmhouse Museum and the broader Westgarthtown narrative. Borrack, recognised as one of Australia’s leading landscape painters, is known for his sensitive, precise and atmospheric depictions of place. His professional standing and artistic skill considerably elevate the cultural value of these works. The paintings depict Ziebell’s Farmhouse and the associated outbuildings on the opposite side of Gardenia Road, capturing the rural character of the property prior to subdivision and suburban encroachment. They function as accurate visual records of the farm’s earlier setting and the self-sufficient lifestyle. Their documentary value is amplified by Borrack’s own reflections: he explained that he made the original sketches in the 1950s and later, in the 1970s, “decided to make a positive record of what the farm looked like”, developing these paintings from those earlier drawings. One work shows the farmhouse and milking shed as seen from the cemetery: the other captures the view from the front garden toward the former vegetable garden. Their provenance deepens their significance. As works created by a Ziebell descendant who consciously sought to record his family heritage, the paintings embody intergenerational memory, personal connection, and the enduring legacy of the Ziebell family within Victoria’s cultural landscape. They enrich the museum’s interpretive capacity, offering rare artistic insight into the historic farmstead and contributing meaningfully to the preservation and understanding of Westgarthtown’s heritage. Watercolour depicting Ziebell Farmhouse from the north, Thomastown and Mernda. In gold frame with cream border.Artist signature: John Borrack; 70's Ziebells German Lane South Viewillustrations, watercolours, john borrack, ziebell, watercolour, painting

significant as a work of art by local Pyrenees artist, locally significant to the Central Highlands Region of Victoria as a representation of local landscape and/or culture landscape with water painting "signed: John Burrack '84 (lower left) verso: Afternoon Lake Goldsmith John Burrack Mernda '84"

Attachment for the Ordinary Meeting of Council to be held on 19th September 1978 City of Knox Letter Dated 25th August 1978 Representation Under the Reconstituted Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Victorian Government Department of Health Letter Dated 17th August 1978 Home Help and Welfare Officers' Subsidies Municipal Associated of Victoria Letter Dated 23rd August 1978 Grants and Subsidies City of Sunshine Letter Dated 1st September 1978 Closure of Albion North Infant Welfare Centre Town Planning Appeals Tribunal Letter Lot 1 Monash Street Map of Mernda Street Land Required for Drainage Purposes Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Amendment No 70 Part 4A Department of Administrative Services Letter Drainage Easement Through Part of the Albion Explosive Factory Road Failure Report Knox Bottle Recovery & Recycling Scheme city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, albion north infant welfare centre, monash street, sunshine, albion explosive factory, deer park, mernda street, sunshine west