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Eltham District Historical Society IncDocument - Folder, Smith, Edwin
... ...Motschall orchards...Edwin Smith Beaumont Cherry Tree Road Panton Hill Alice Cracknell nee Smith Victor Smith Rose White nee Smith May Jones nee Smith Bert Smith Will Smith George Smith Samuel Smith Queenstown now St Andrews Lloyd Smith Heidelberg Travel Service Motschall orchards Smiths Gully Alfred Smith Florry Scarse nee Smith Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etc Smith, Edwin Document Folder ...Samuel Smith settled in Queenstown, now St Andrews, in 1854. His son Edwin Smith took land in Panton Hill in 1871 and family lived at "Beaumont", Cherry Tree Road, Panton Hill in 1894. Contents Photocopy of photograph: Mr and Mrs Edwin Smith and Family. Newspaper article: "Milestone for Smith family", Leader Associated Newspapers Eltham Centenary Supplement, 30 March 1971. History of Smith family. Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etcedwin smith, beaumont cherry tree road panton hill, alice cracknell nee smith, victor smith, rose white nee smith, may jones nee smith, bert smith, will smith, george smith, samuel smith, queenstown now st andrews, lloyd smith, heidelberg travel service, motschall orchards, smiths gully, alfred smith, florry scarse nee smith -
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Document - Folder, Motschall, Emil and Marjorie Florence Smith
... Noel Motschall's Panton Hill orchard received good rain. Newspaper article: "Book on 'Hill' is launched", Diamond Valley News, 20 March 1984. ...Noel Motschall's Panton Hill orchard received good rain. Newspaper article: "Book on 'Hill' is launched", Diamond Valley News, 20 March 1984. ...Emil William (Mon) Motschall lived at Panton Hill all his life and married Marjorie Smith, also a local. In 1969, he was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to the local Fire Brigade and was involved with other local organisations. Marjorie wrote two chapters in Alan Marshall's book "Pioneers and Painters" and wrote a history of Panton Hill. Contents Newspaper article: "Mon devoted a life to the Hill", Diamond Valley News, c1977, Life of Emil Motschall. Newspaper article: "His dam nearly runneth over", Diamond Valley News, 8 July 1980, p1. Noel Motschall's Panton Hill orchard received good rain. Newspaper article: "Book on 'Hill' is launched", Diamond Valley News, 20 March 1984. Launch, by Robert Marshall, of Marjorie Smith Motschall's book "Wild Wood Days at Panton Hill". Newspaper article: "Rare welcome for visitors to craftschop", Diamond Valley News, 20 March 1984. Small drama of locked door at Montsalvat craftschop. Newspaper article: "Marjorie Florence Smith Motschall". Obituary. Newspaper death notices: Marjorie Motschall.Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etcemile william (mon) motschall, panton hill vic, panton hill fire brigade, british empire medal, marjorie florence smith motschall, albert motschall, arthur cracknell, edwin smith, violet smith, long gully road panton hill, wild wood days at panton hill, robert marshall, alan marshall, "pioneers and painters", reverend peter lawry, montsalvat, evie gough, susan gough, william motschall, rosemary motschall, marjorie anne motschall, noel mitcshall -
Eltham District Historical Society IncBook, Braidwood Press, Wild wood days at Panton Hill / by Majorie Smith Motschall, 1984
... Motschall [nee Smith] was born in 1910 at Panton Hill and has lived all her life in the district. She was educated at the local State School and brought up in a great clan of relatives, being a third generation of pioneers in the area. her great grandgather, Sam Smith of Bury, lancashire settled at Queenstownin 1852. Edwin Smith, the author's grandgather commenced orcharding...It remains one of very few significant secondary source publications written specifically on this rural community. majorie smith motschall panton hill memoir reminiscences orcharding [three copies: written on title page of one copy] To Opal With Best Wishes - Marjorie Smith Motschall 18-3-84 [written on title page of a second copy] With Best Wishes to Eltham Historical Society - Marjorie Smith Motschall 18-3-84 Paperback; 141 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm. ..."Marjorie Motschall [nee Smith] was born in 1910 at Panton Hill and has lived all her life in the district. She was educated at the local State School and brought up in a great clan of relatives, being a third generation of pioneers in the area. her great grandgather, Sam Smith of Bury, lancashire settled at Queenstownin 1852. Edwin Smith, the author's grandgather commenced orcharding in Panton Hill in 1874. These memoirs were written to record her impressions of Panton Hill whihc she wanted to share with others. In particular the book is rich in personal reminscences and observations on the social conditions and work-a-day life as it unfolded during hte period 1914-1960." - Back cover. The book is sprinkled with various black and white historial photographsThis book is significant in that it documents the history of the Panton Hill community through the eyes of a third generation resident and local historian and represents life and memories particularly during the twentieth century. It remains one of very few significant secondary source publications written specifically on this rural community.Paperback; 141 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.[three copies: written on title page of one copy] To Opal With Best Wishes - Marjorie Smith Motschall 18-3-84 [written on title page of a second copy] With Best Wishes to Eltham Historical Society - Marjorie Smith Motschall 18-3-84majorie smith motschall, panton hill, memoir, reminiscences, orcharding
