John Porter (1843-1925) arrived in Australia in 1864 and taught in many church schools in Victoria and was very involved in the Methodist Church, he purchased "Fernbank" in Lal Lal Street and became secretary to the new Buninyong Butter Factor upon his retirement.John Porter played an integral role in local community establishments including local church schools, the Buninyong Methodist Church, the Buninyong Butter Factory and he and his family lived at "Fernbank" for many years.A sepia portrait of a formally dressed John Porter wearing Pince-nez spectacles gazing into the cameraLafayette Studio Perth W.A.john porter, education, buninyong butter factory, fernbank

Copy of original photograph. Photograph shows a gentleman wearing suit and top hat, standing with left hand leaning on arm of a chair, right arm crooked at waist height."Mr John Clarke of Piggoreet Station".mr john clarke, piggoreet station

Mr John Monaghan in car outside “Vinelea” HomesteadB/W. Photograph of a man in a car prked in front of a house with a picket fence.On Rear: "Vinelea" Greens Creek Mr John Monaghan in a car.stawell, monaghan, vinelea

Black and white copy of original photograph showing a bearded gentleman wearing a long jacket, sitting in a chair, with a cane resting on his left knee."Mr John Wearne".john wearne

John Morgan first resided in Williamstown in 1855, having migrated from Bristol England. He established himself in real estate forming John Morgan and Co and became a large property owner and in partnership with Mr. W.H. Roberts erected the Sailsbury Buildings, in Nelson Place. He was one of the earliest members of the Williamstown council and the Mechanics Institute and one of the most prominent men in the town. He was a Justice of the Peace, a Vice President of the Hospital and for many years a director of the Country of Bourke Building Society. He died on the 26th January 1910. source: Williamstown Advertiser 1910williamstown, mr john morgan

Photomr john ross, gardener, maggie mcgrath's album, sovereign remedies book

Mr John Herron and his wife Isa Mary Herron purchased the house at 4 Vickery Street Bentleigh in 1950 from Miss M Marriott. Isa May (nee Kennedy) was the granddaughter of James Jones a very early settler in Moorabbin Shire and Miss M Marriott was a descendant of the early settler market gardeners Marriott family. Mr Herron lived there until 1989 and the house was demolished and turned into a carpark for the busy Shopping precinct of Centre Road, Bentleigh. The Marriott family were early settler market gardeners from 1878 in the area of Dendy’s 1841 Special Survey. Isa May Jones, the grand daughter of James Jones married John Herron in 1940. James was the son of Philip Jones , a chair-maker, who settled in the area of East Brighton, now Bentleigh, in 1852. John Herron immigrated to Australia in 1926.A black and white photograph of the house at 4 Vickery Street, Bentleigh purchased by Mr John Herron and his wife Isa May (nee Jones) in 1950 from Miss M. Marriott. * pioneers, early settlers, brighton, moorabbin, bentleigh, market gardeners, dairyman, dairy farmer, jones james, jones mary ann, jones martha, jones elizabeth ann, dendy henry, dendys special survey 1841, elster creek, melbourne, jones ethel may, herron isa mary, herron john, tram conductor, marriott m

Letter from Police Department re police attendance at Horticultural Society's exhibition. This is a photocopy of the letter from the Police Department informing the recipient that a sufficient amount of Police Constables would be in attendance at the Exhibition of the Horticultural Society of Victoria to be held the following Saturday. It is signed by Nicholas Standish, Chief Commissioner. It is addressed to John Toon, Honorary Secretary Hawthorn.Photocopy of letter from Police Department to Mr John Toon, Honorary Secretary, Horticultural Society, Hawthorn, dated 23.03.1864horticultural society, exhibition, police, nicholas standish, melbourne police presence, john toon

Document. State Funeral of Mr John Henry 'Jack' Lockett OAM, 22 January 1891 to 25 May 2002. Order of Service, Strathdale Community Centre YMCA Crook Street, Bendigo.Thursday 30 May 2002.document, memo, state funeral of jack lockett

Typewritten letter and envelope relating to the deferment of Mr. Newell's National Service training. Letter dated 27th July 1957Text, letter: " COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA / DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE / Mr. John R. Newell / LINTON POST OFFICE. "john newell, department of labour and national service, national service training

Black and white copy of original portrait showing a man with a full beard and mustache, wearing a light coloured suit, sitting to the right of a lady who is standing, wearing a dark/black fitted long sleeve dress. She has her dark hair tied up in a bun and parted in the middle. Small white ruffle around her neckline, with a large cameo at her throat. Buttons down the bodice."Mr and Mrs John O'Meara".mr john o'meara senior, mrs john o'meara (nee maria o'brien), portrait, photograph

Indenture transferring a lease from Mrs Beaumont and Mr John Petterson to Mr David Williams for premises in Hargreaves Street Sandhurst dated 8 October 1877 The indenture pertains to allotment no 10 section 1C hargreaves Street Sandhurst One page folded in eight - 210mm H x 110mm W

Portrait - Mr. John D’Altonstawell

Black and white photograph"On front of photograph" Certificate presented to Mr John Hill ,Superintendant of Ringwood East Methodist Church and Sunday School. Image shows 3 members of McAlpin family.

Stawell Automatic Telephone Exchange Opening 1965. Officer in charge of works Mr John Hollingsworth of Geelongstawell communications

Stawell Automatic Telephone Exchange Opening 1965. Officer in charge of works Mr John Hollingsworth of Geelongstawell communications

Black and white photograph (2 copies)Typed under photograph: Gathering Lancifolium lillies and Queen Victoria roses at Mr John Hill's nursery, Ringwood. Typed below heading of one copy- "Mr. J. Hill's Nursery, Mt Dandenong Rd, Ringwood East. 1905. Written on back of photograph: "Hill Bros. Nursery 1905. (Mr. John Hill and daughters). Mt Dandenong Rd Ringwood East." Additional words- "Note Chimney stack (125' ?) from one of Ringwood brickworks on Dublin Rd.

One of a series of Goldfield Heritage Books, Visit of Mr John King was published by BHS Publishing and written by Marie Kau. Green soft covered bookjohn king, marie kau, talbot

Rectangular cardboard. At the front in black fountain pen: Prize Ball presented by the M.C.C. (English XI) to Mr. John Glen for his fine fielding, 23rd April 1864. Underneath a typed report: 1863-64 five matches won and two lost, including Parr's English Eleven. England 85 and 178. The Twenty-two, 74 (W. Bruce 12, J. Glen 10) and 45. Bowling for Bendigo: Wills nine for 92, Shum five for 37. Bowling for England: Tinley 27 for 57, Jackson 13 for 22. "BUCC Jubilee Souvenir Report"clubs, cricket, bendigo united cricket club

Literary Institute Restoration 1989. Man on left is President of Historical Society Mr Cliff Loats and on right is Former Treasurer Mr John Van Leeuwen.stawell

Stawell Historical Society Inc. Original Members. L To R Mrs Dawn Miller. Mrs H Croft. Mr Geoff Sudholz. Mr Allan Miller. Mrs Jean Hughes and Mr John Muller. 1981stawell

Deep Lead – Portrait – Mr. & Mrs. John Davidsonstawell

Tinted portrait of a seated man. He is turned to the right, and has his left hand resting on a table, loosely holding a pair of folding spectacles (tinted gold). He is wearing a three-piece suit, black cravat with a small knot, checked trousers and has curly hair and long side burns.Front: (no inscriptions) Back: Mr. John Pearson, Percy Street, Portland (black fountain pen, centre). This photo came from Windsor Cottage. John pearson and Captain Fawthrop were great friends. They are buried together in the Queensland Cemetry (black ink, lower centre). Harry Ward Goldsmith, late of Portland (pencil, lower centre).ambrotype, photography, james fawthrop, admella, portrait photography

The smoker's cap belonged to Mr John Bennett one of the pioneer settlers of Dooboobetic and Yeungroon. Round smoker's cap, Material are blue fabric outer with bead work in yellow beading. Pattern of the beading is a flower and vine pattern around the brim. A yellow tassel is on top. The lining is a golden silk with quilting pattern on crown.bennett, dooboobetic, yeungroon, charlton, clothing

Copy of original photograph. Photograph shows a woman with hair drawn back front face, wearing striped long-sleeved waisted full skirted gown, seated with hands folded together on lap, beside a bearded man wearing suit with bow tie, standing at left with right hand behind woman's shoulder, left arm hanging by his side."Mr and Mrs John Christie, Carngham - Man of Kent hotel buried in Linton cemetery".mr & mrs john christie, man of kent hotel carngham

This small piece of wood was cut from a rib of the wreck of the Enterprise in c1885 by Mr John Flett (1869 – 1944), whilst it was lying on the beach in Lady Bay, Warrnambool. Mr Flett was about 16 years old at the time and used the wood (with other pieces from the wreck) to make a picture frame. A newspaper report published in the Gippsland Gazette on Tuesday 16th July 1912 titled "An Interesting Relic" describes a picture frame being displayed in Mr. Flett's shop in Warragul which was of interest as it had been made from wood taken from the wreck of the Enterprise when it was lying on the beach at Lady Bay, Warrnambool. This was still in his possession in the 1930’s when Mr. Flett presented the small sample of wood to Mr. Henri Worland of the Warrnambool Museum and Art Gallery - along with a signed letter of ownership. A transcription of the letter is as follows - “Kalos” 12 Yendon Road Glen Huntly S.E.9 Dear Mr Warland, I am enclosing herewith a small piece of timber which, about 50 years ago, I cut from a rib of the old wreck which at that time was well known as the old “Enterprise”. I am prepared to sign a sworn statement that this is a piece of that wreck and has never been out of my possession since I cut it from the wreck. Since returning to the city I visited the museum and inspected the walking stick and small model of a boat, presented I think, by Mr Richie. I notice the different grain of the timber and would suggest that they are not Blue Gum, and the piece I am enclosing is definitely of that Tasmanian timber. Of course there may have been other imported timbers used and only the frame of the vessel made of the Blue Gum; I am not suggesting an error on the part of Mr Richie, who evidently knew the old wreck [in an?] earlier date than I did. The piece I am enclosing was incorporated in an old picture frame which I made 50 years ago, and although not used for many years has always been in my possession. With kind regards Yours faithfully J Flett (signature) P.S. I have other small pieces in a small photo frame which I may let you see some day, but not just now. Mr R. Christian will recognise the other frame when he sees it, as we were working together when it was made. J.F. There were several branches of Fletts living in Warrnambool in the mid to late 1800’s. They were all related and had emigrated from Stromness in the Orkney islands – arriving mostly in the 1850’s on different ships. John Flett’s mother was Jessie Isbister who arrived in Australia in 1852 with her family on board the Ticonderoga. Over 168 passengers died on the voyage including two of Jessie’s sisters and one of her brothers. Mrs Jessie Flett's obituary (titled "An Old Colonist") which appeared in the West Gippsland Gazette on Tuesday 8th September 1914 describes her early connections to Warnambool and the Ticonderoga. John Flett moved from Warrnambool to Birchip, Warragul and later went to Melbourne where he worked for the YMCA. During WW1, he worked at the Caulfield Military Hospital and volunteered for active service with the YMCA in France -caring for the welfare of the soldiers. After the war, he continued to work with the YMCA in a secretarial capacity. THE ENTERPRISE 1847-1850 The wooden, two-masted schooner Enterprise was built in New Zealand in 1847 and registered in Melbourne, Australia. The Enterprise carried a cargo of agricultural produce and other commodities for trade between the ports of the Colony. On September 14, 1850, the Enterprise was at anchor in Lady Bay under its Master, James Gardiner Caughtt, loaded with a cargo of wheat and potatoes. A strong south-easterly wind caused the vessel to drag on its only anchor and the rudder was lost. The gale force wind blew it sideways and it became grounded. A local aboriginal, Buckawall, braved the rough sea to take a line from the shore to the Enterprise. All five members of the crew were able to make it safely to land. The Enterprise was totally wrecked. The Enterprise wreck was in an area called Tramway Jetty in Lady Bay. Since then the area became the location of the Lady Bay Hotel and now, in 2019, it is in the grounds of the Deep Blue Apartments. In fact, with the constantly changing coastline through built-up sand, the wreck site is now apparently under the No 2 Caravan Park in Pertobe Road, perhaps 150 metres from the high tide. Its location was found by Ian McKiggan (leader of the various searches in the 1980s for the legendary Mahogany Ship). DIFFERENTIATING the New Zealand Schooner “Enterprise” from John Fawkner’s “Enterprize“ Dr. Murray Johns, Melbourne, says in his article The Mahogany Ship Story “… In fact, as I documented in 1985, the Warrnambool wreck was of an entirely different ship, also called Enterprize [with the spelling ‘Enterprise’], but built in New Zealand in 1847. Fawkner’s ship had already been sold to a Captain Sullivan in 1845 and was wrecked on the Richmond Pier in northern New South Wales early in 1847. “ - (further details are in NOTES: and FHMV documents) Mr Flett had assumed the timber was Tasmanian Gum as he thought it had come from the Enterprise which had been owned by Mr Fawkner and built in Tasmania but we now know the ship was built in New Zealand and the timber was most probably New Zealand Rimu.This piece of wood is significant for its association with the wreck of the schooner Enterprise, now on the Victorian Heritage List VHR S238, being a New Zealand built but Australian owned coastal trader. The wreck is also significant, by connection with the Enterprise, for its association with indigenous hero Buckawall who saved the lives of the five crew on board. The original owner of the wood (Mr John Flett) is significant as a member of one of Warrnambool’s pioneering families, which has contributed to the growth of the community in several ways over the years, living and working in the area.Small square piece of brown wood with a handwritten inscription on the back. The front is polished with a prominent grain and a shallow indentation along two sides. The back has the words "FLETT" and "ENTERPRISE" written in ink with a line separating them. The back is rough and has two indentations - possibly from a nail or tack. The wood sample is accompanied by a letter. Handwritten letter (two pages) of authenticity by Mr. John Flett to Mr. Worland (Manager of the Warrnambool Museum and Art Gallery). 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