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Ringwood and District Historical SocietyPhotograph, Ringwood Bowling Club- Mrs. Parkinson rolling the kitty. (Undated)
... Ringwood Bowling Club- Mrs. Parkinson rolling the kitty..."Written on back of photograph" Mrs Parkinson rolling..." Mrs Parkinson rolling the kitty. Black and white photograph ...Black and white photograph"Written on back of photograph" Mrs Parkinson rolling the kitty. -
The Beechworth Burke MuseumAudio - Oral History, Jennifer Williams, Mrs Sheila Parkinson, 3 January 2000
... Mrs Sheila Parkinson...Mrs Sheila Parkinson was born in Wagga in 1916 and came...Mrs Sheila Parkinson /...-country Mrs Sheila Parkinson was born in Wagga in 1916 and came ...Mrs Sheila Parkinson was born in Wagga in 1916 and came to Beechworth as a young woman around 1938. Sheila trained as a psychiatric nurse at Mayday Hills hospital prior to the second World War. At that time, unmarried women were accommodated and received nursing training on-site. Shiela was obliged to cease professional training and employment when she married in 1941, which disrupted completion of her final nursing examinations. Following post-war changes to the law that allowed married women to work, Sheila returned to Mayday Hills. Sheila's husband, Don, returned to Beechworth after four years abroad as a serviceman in the Australian Air Force. Beechworth's institutions were a major source of local employment throughout the twentieth century. As well as providing limited employment opportunities to young women like Shiela, post-war European migrants from Bonegilla Migrant camp found at Mayday Hills, encouraging European migrant settlement in the district. Mayday Hills was renamed several times since its establishment in 1867. At the peak of operations, it comprised sixty-seven buildings housing over twelve hundred patients patients and five hundred staff. The hospital officially closed in 1998. Today, the decommissioned two-storey Italianate style main building stands on eleven hectares of botanical gardens under National Trust protection. The site remains a popular cultural heritage destination for visitors. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth. The cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke.Employed as a psychiatric nurse at one of Beechworth's large welfare institutions, Mayday Hills, Mrs Sheila Parkinson recalls the conditions faced by staff and patients at the hospital, which cared for chronically ill people from the Ovens region and patients from the Yarra Bend Asylum, Melbourne, which closed in 1925. When Sheila first began her nurse training, Mayday Hills suffered from a lack of resources and rudimentary facilities and patients frequently suffered from the cold due to poor heating and inadequate clothing and bedding. However, as the twentieth century progressed, Sheila recalls how conditions and treatments improved as a result of increased government funding of services and advances in psychiatry and pharmaceutical medicine. Mrs Sheila Parkinson's oral history recording is historically and socially significant for its witness to life in Beechworth in the pre- and post-WWII period. Sheila's story enriches our understanding of processes of modernisation with regard to psychiatric and welfare services, while the course of Sheila's professional training and employment brings attention to systemic and socio-economic barriers faced by women, as well as the valuable contribution women and migrants make in the delivery of care and ancillary services. This oral history account is socially and historically significant as it is a part of a broader collection of interviews conducted by Jennifer Williams which were published in the book 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth-century Beechworth.' While the township of Beechworth is known for its history as a gold rush town, these accounts provide a unique insight into the day-to-day life of the town's residents during the twentieth century, many of which would have been lost if they had not been preserved.This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.Mrs Sheila Parkinson /twentieth century beechworth, mayday hills, psychiatric care, benevolent asylums, nursing, wwii, psychiatric treatment, country women, psychiatric hostpital, beechworth's institutions, local employment, government institutions, listen to what they say, oral history, burke museum, sheila parkinson, beechworth lunatic asylum, beechworth mental hospital, beechworth hospital for the insane, the kerferd clinic, bonegilla migrant camp, working women, white australia policy -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyPhotograph, Williams, Methodist Church Choir, 1932
... Mrs PARKINSON... WYATT Lorne CONWAY Mrs PARKINSON Ethel STAUNTON Lily PLUMMER ...Graham Street Methodist Church Choir, 1932religion - wesleyan methodist church, ben cross, fred stacey, bert williams, ron seamer, percy thomas, norm kelley, ted benbow, percy scoble, ted mowlam, hazel rosewarne, muriel martin, mary collins, ann cross, mavis wyatt, lorne conway, mrs parkinson, ethel staunton, lily plummer, stella edwards, elma rosewarne, edith owen, lily wilson, florence black, mrs monkhouse, tom hopkins, william seamer, mrs seamer, jessie thomas, ann eager, grace allan, sylvia evans, bonnie stacey, mavis staunton, phyllis black -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub BranchPhotograph - Letter and Photograph, Unknown
... Headquarters, January 5th 1918. To Mrs E. Parkinson Pridfort St... Battalion. Battalion Headquarters, January 5th 1918. To Mrs E ...WWI Historical significance.1# Letter of commendation for Pte Christopher Parkinson. 2# Photo of internment for C. Parkinson 2156, 2nd Battalion Trois Arlines Military Cemetary.1# Second Australian Pioneer Battalion. Battalion Headquarters, January 5th 1918. To Mrs E. Parkinson Pridfort St, Daylesford Vic. Letter reads The Commanding Officer has directed me to advise you that the name of 2156 Pte Parkinson C. has been published in the routine orders of this Battalion, for good work done by him previous to his death, and in forwarding this note to you wishes to express his appreciation of this man's services with this Battalion. Signed by Capt. & Adj. 2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion. 2# Parkinson Christopher 2156. Private. 2nd Battalion, Trois Arlines Military Cemetry. A photo on the opposite side Of Pte Parkinson's grave. -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Audio - Oral History, Jennifer Williams, Mrs Elva Hill & Mrs Mary Martina, 22nd August 2000
This oral history interview was conducted with two sisters, Mrs Elva Hill and Mrs Mary Martina. They describe growing up in Beechworth, living a fairly well-off life compared to others around them. Mrs Martina in particular talks about going to school, becoming a teacher, and helping to set up Beechworth Secondary School. She talks briefly about gender roles for girls in the classroom and how teaching has changed over time. Mrs Hill and Mrs Martina describe the Beechworth community as friendly, including towards migrants, and suggest they were not particularly involved in political movements except for protesting after the dismissal of the Whitlam Government. They discuss visiting the Albury Show. The sisters briefly discuss 'them pushing the wheelbarrow to Mt Buffalo'. This refers to a publicised wager between garage proprietor Tom Parkinson and Post Office Hotel licensee Tony Evans in 1935. Evans challenged Parkinson to push him in a wheelbarrow for over 80km (with an elevation of 1000m) from the Beechworth Post Office to Mt Buffalo in just eight days, with the winner awarded twenty pounds. A brochure was published with official rules, and the incident made international news in the New York Times. They briefly discussed that their parents worked at the 'Mental Hospital', the full name of which was the Mayday Hills Mental Hospital, known at other points as the Beechworth Asylum and the Beechworth Hospital for the Insane. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth. These cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke.The statement captures a personal perspective on the teaching profession and education at rural schools during the mid-twentieth century, with a focus on the experience of young girls and women going to school. It specifically discusses the establishment of Beechworth Secondary School. Mrs Hill and Mrs Martina also provide insights into the social dynamics of the town, as two girls from a well-off family discuss how they believed people from different backgrounds interacted with one another. The interview also puts Beechworth into a wider social context, as the women discuss how they were perceived when they went to College and how they interacted with wider politics. This oral history account is socially and historically significant as it is a part of a broader collection of interviews conducted by Jennifer Williams which were published in the book 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth-century Beechworth.' While the township of Beechworth is known for its history as a gold rush town, these accounts provide a unique insight into the day-to-day life of the town's residents during the 20th century, many of which will have now been lost if they had not been preserved.This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.Mrs Elva & Mrs Mary Martina /listen to what they say, beechworth, oral history, burke museum, hill, martina, sisters, boarding school, rural school, primary school, beechworth secondary school, mayday hills mental hospital, gender, gender at school, entertainment, albury show, dress codes, wealth gap, whitlam dismissal -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Letter - ELSTERNWICK BAPTIST CHURCH, GLEN HUNTLY ROAD, 481, ELSTERNWICK
Elsternwick Baptist Church Golden Jubilee (1894 – 1944) Booklet, with an accompanying letter from Helen Lewis, dated 03/04/1977 (Church secretary) and a hand written brief history of church mostly taken from Booklet. Also a double-sided Golden Jubilee Programme for events held 16/09/1944 – 26/09/1944. History dates back to 1858.elsternwick baptist church, mclean, d. f. pastor, elsternwick, blackburn g. h. rev, glenhuntly road, roth a. g. rev, mcdonald s. a. rev, thomas b., moulton. h. h., linolen o. r. rev, wood. f. j. rev, allum h., golden jubilee, robertson r. rev, allison j. b. rev, longley h., greyson j. rev, thompson a. r. rev, scholefield h. g. rev, thomas b, webber w., weir k., wood a, wood f, carpenter c, rimington f, wills f, samuel nell miss, blackburn g. h. mrs, brooks w. a., wright c. w mrs, westmore h. w mrs, wood a. mrs, thomas b mrs, pattinson l. miss, rowlston j. miss, dennis d miss, o’ donnell p. miss, constantine b, drew. c. a, davis h.s, davies w, swanston e. e, parkinson j t, sheldon j, steel p.w, montgomery b, tillyer g, greyson w, tudball f., curtis h. f., swanton g. h., steel p.w, le maistre f. w, thurgood g.f., thompson j. c., elsternwick, glen eira road, st. mary’s, caulfield union church, poole william rev., gregson john rev., reid john rev., day edwin rev., orrong road, glenhuntly road, elsternwick congregational church, old grammar school, regent street, chapman s. rev., williamson g. rev., gregson mrs., gregson f miss, gregson m. miss, gregson w. mrs, davis h. s. mrs, hare mrs, turner d, turner d. mrs, tillyer g. mrs, aston a. e, aston a. e mrs, hastings george picking a, picking a. mrs, drew ca, drew c. a. mrs, kebby mrs., dance g. mrs, webber mrs, brooks mrs, wills mr., turner mr w, warnewood h rev, williamson r. rev, mclean d.f. pastor, foundation stones, st. george’s road, davies n., roth a.g. rev, linden o. r. rev, hebenstreit mr., stone mr., penn mr., pennstone, robertson r. rev, thompson a. r. rev, mcdonald. s. a . rev., ormond church, thompson a.r. mrs, steel p. w mrs., steel pw, pater a.s., blackburn g.h. rev., bean a w rev., blackwell a. e. rev., porches, organs, kew – church, dhurringile, drew charles, burgess mrs, pearson e. a., montgomery b., montgomery b, thurgood mr., swanton g. h., harvey. misses, drummond am, waite f miss, waite h. j., waite miss l, gregson w., battle c. w., crabb v. f., wigg c., whelan s. j., ratelift betty, carpenter c., drew chas., tillyer george, hebenstreit h, hastings a, kennedy g, parkinson a.e., parkinson h.g., wills v., davis matron., carpenter c.a., elliot d., heyneman jg., lambert d. r, middlin p. m., rimmington fc, watt k. r., wills f. c., allum k. v, trodd. a. w, blackmore m., casey c. b, chalmers m. a., chapman f., sutton r., watt l. j, wood. f. c, whelan p., lambert g., crabbe t. f, thomas rowland., blackwell h., thomas bernard, phillips j. w, marris alice, caulfield, booran road, clergy residences, fires, caulfield union church, burgess mrs, brick, kappa sigma pi, baptist ce committee, y. p. fellowship, cricket clubs, dennis clubs, kindergartens, halls, sunday schools, heating and cooling, choirs, ladies’ auxilary, ladies’ fellowship guild, junior church, christian endeavour, senior girls’ missionary union (sgmu), gymnasiums, yp league, men’s morning meeting, men’s society, brooks a, junior choir, pope w g mrs, hughes aa mla, kerr freda miss, lewis helen i. mrs, shannon lb rev -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Letter - ELSTERNWICK BAPTIST CHURCH, GLEN HUNTLY ROAD, 481, ELSTERNWICK
Two documents about the history of this church: Pamphlet with a brief history of events & names from 1858 to 1962 (November) & handwritten additions to 1974 Letter to Mr Wells, dated 04/04/1977, from Helen Lewis is advising him that the foundation stones actual inscription is Caulfield Union Church erected 1889.elsternwick baptist church, elsternwick, reid john rev, congregational union, old grammar school, caulfield union church, day edwin rev., regent street, gregson john rev., st. george’s road, glen eira road, orrong road., glenhuntly road., poole w rev., king street, hebenstreit mr., fires, brick building, thompson a. r. rev., president, thomas bernard, moulton harold, webber w., architects, warner l. e., brett h. m, builders, george r. l. rev, brown arthur, gregson j rev., mclean d. f. pastor, linden o. r. rev., roth a. g. rev., robertson r rev., thompson a. r. rev., mcdonald s. a. rev., wood f. j. rev., allison j. b. rev., scholefield h. g. rev., holland a. r. rev., paice j.v. rev., smith a. e. rev., merry g. e. rev., edmonds n. a. r. rev., shannon l. b. rev., drew c. a., davis h. s., davies w, swanton e. e., parkinson j. t., sheldon j, steel p. w., montgomery b, thompson j.c. rev., moulton h. h., webber w. e, whitehead l, redpath b, chibnall a. miss, lewis h. mrs., golden jubilee review, organs, kindergartens, women’s fellowship, choirs, sunday schools, halls, festivals & celebrations, wells mr, lewis helen -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document - Document - Letter, Ballarat Junior Technical School: Letter to Mrs O'Dell re Scholarship recipients for 1952
Letter to Mrs O'Dell, Honorary Secretary Mothers' Club, with a receipt for Six Pounds for their scholarships for 1952. Information on past students who had scholarships given. Colin Hocking - gained Intermediate Technical Certificate at Diploma entrance level, now in an architect's office. Kevin Parkinson passed his Junior Technical Certificate. Norman Leckie plans to complete Form 4 and ultimately become a teacher.Cream pages, typed ballarat junior technical school, head master, l garner, mrs o'dell, hon secretary, mothers' club, scholarship money, colin hocking, intermediate technical certificate, diploma entrance level, architect's office, kevin parkinson, junior technical certificate, norman leckie, form 4, teacher -
Mission to Seafarers VictoriaPlaque - Memorial Plaque, Helene Frances Burke
Helene Frances nee Tickell, daughter of William Tickell of Quarry Hill. She first married George Joshua Francis "Fred" Parkinson (27 January 1884 – 22 October 1913), a railway worker and AFL player. Fred died after a horrific railway accident leaving her with a three months old baby. She then married Patrick Thomas Burke in 1915. Patrick Burke was called up on 18 June, 1915, and placed in the 7th Reinforcements for the 8th Battalion, 2nd Brigade. He was made Acting Corporal for the duration of the voyage when the group left Melbourne on HMAT Demosthenes A64 on 16 JulyCommemorative Plaque for Helene Frances Burkehelene frances burke, 1958, williamstown, lightkeepers' auxiliary, treasurer, flagstaff maritime museum, mrs p. burke, mrs p.t. burke, patrick thomas burke, helene frances parkinson nee tickell, helene frances burke nee tickell -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Book - St. Clement’s Church of England, Elsternwick
2 copies of ‘Our First 100 Years Saint Clement's Elsternwick’, a 48 page book on the history of the church. Includes early photos of church, church members, interior of church, church furniture, nine stained glass windows and photographs of Rev. John Hislop, Rev. H. B. Macartney, Rev. H. W. H. Adeney, Rev. George Sproule, Rev. Hugh H. Gardner, Rev. Alfred Ernest Albert Britten, Rev. John Henry Frewin, Rev. Karl Egbert Hamilton, Rev. Colin J. Cohn, Rev. George Tooth, Rev. John Rowse. Includes photographs.st. clement’s church of england, st. clement’s anglican church, elsternwick, covey joan, moore alison, parkinson stephen, hislop john rev., allman beatrice, cohn colin, frewin nell, morris phyllis, hayman miriam e., kirke clarice, rowse john rev., tooth george rev., foundation stone, stanley st., manses, macartney h. b. rev., adeney h. w. h. rev, sproule george rev., oak avenue, gardner hugh h. rev., britten alfred ernest albert rev., frewin john henry rev., patterson nellie, moore mary elizabeth, hamilton karl egbert, hamilton mrs. karl, britten alfred mrs., cohn charlotte, cohn lottie, tooth brenda, stanley street, rowse kay, roselea street, caulfield south, anglican church, sunday schools, religious groups, clergy, davies j. h., mccombie street, caulfield grammar school, st. mary’s caulfield, carre-riddell t. w., stained glass, organs -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - CAULFIELD RSL
This file contains one item about the finances of Caulfield RSL 1/The annual reports and balance sheet of the Caulfield RSL for the period ending 31/12/2002. Contains the President’s Report, the Treasurer’s Report, the Chief Executive Officer’s Report, the Membership Report, the Welfare Report, the Ladies’ Auxiliary Report, the Committee Meeting attendance roster, the Statement of Financial Performance, the Audit Report, the Statement of Income and Expenditure, and the Statement of Receipts and Payments.caulfield, caulfield returned servicemen league (rsl), exservice organisations, clubs and associations, armed forces, soldiers, aged people, senior citizens centres, annual reports, johnstone joan, jacobs ian, fidler mick, mclean tom, booth geoff, palmer bruce, clark john, festivals and celebrations montgomery house, supple john, harris leonie mrs., larkin bob, yemm bruce, bly lesly m., greer john g., crabb norman g., sinclair william m., o’neil owen r., financial documents, st. george’s road, elsternwick, fidler michael, social services, mitchell john, stewart ron, decker john, plews allan, caulfield general medical centre, mayell wally, hospital visiting team, elder vin, elder gail mrs., ladies auxiliary, francis ken, sanders alan, dew david, parkinson william, doyle thomas j., ellwood charles b., whelan james p., gillard. graeme o., graeme o. gillard and co (certified practising accountants) -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, C. Northcote Parkinson, illustrated by Robert C. Osborn, Mrs Parkinson's Law, and Other Studies in Domestic Science, 1968
... Jacket Mrs Parkinson's Law, and Other Studies in Domestic Science ...Hardcover w/ Dust Jacketmarriage, family, humour, walsh st library -
Stawell Historical Society IncPhotograph, Mrs Elizabeth Ann Grant nee Parkinson
Elizabeth Ann Grant nee Parkinson died 1921 aged 77 years in Melbourne. Buried Stawell Cemetery with her husband Edmond Craigie Grant. Photo taken c 1885 - 1890. see more information 119.4.Photograph of Elizabeth Ann Grant nee Parkinson in a long outfit holding a decorative purse in her left hand.stawell portrait -
Expression AustraliaNewsletter, The Victorian Deaf News April-May-June 1936
Published by the Deaf Committee of the Adult Deaf and Dumb Society of Victoria'The Victorian Deaf News' Newsletter is a significant publication as an historical record giving and insight into the people, activities and events of the Deaf Community in VictoriaVol. 1 No. 2 (New Series) April-May-June 1936; Size 24.5cmHx18.5cmW; 20 pagesgeorge oakley, maggie cruickshank, mr and mrs frank dyble, abraham, johnston, mary retallick, allsopp, doney, l. sanders, melby allsopp, maisie reiffel, ruby mcdonald, dulcie jones, betty doyle, ludbrook, ashby, monahan, hately, bay steamesr, evans, peters empson, johnston, elsie abraham, louis mccubin, john longstaff, elsie spears jackson, anniesecombe, e. thomas, gladys bates, andrew rankine, paqualin, don wallis, damman, e. roxburgh, arthur morgan, h. r. gillett, frank williams, t. parkinson, jack boal, annie webb, davis, margaret gibson, e. r. noble, j. m. johnston, e. sturcke, emma reade, williamson, allen, mona stevens, colin johns, o. quinton, a. stokes, d. ashby, w. dunstan, roy windridge, g. thomas, c. mortimer, arthur edward raines, jean mccollough, w. mcmillin, dorothy campbell, herbert wilson, harold w. bickford, elizabeth jones, william jones, a. e. clarkson, -
Surrey Hills Historical Society CollectionBook, Robert Benjamin Stevens: leather merchant, 1981
72p; ill; fascims; ports This book is about Robert Benjamin Stevens, a leather merchant and his family and their descendants, who lived in Surrey Hills.72p; ill; fascims; ports This book is about robert Benjamin Stevens, a leather merchant and his family and their descendants, who lived in Surrey Hills.stevens family, genealogy, (mr) john fidler, (mrs) jane fidler, (mrs) jane sebeston, (miss) jane sebbison, (miss) ann selina stevens, (miss) mary jane stevens, (mr) robert benjamin stevens, (miss) mary ann matilda stevens, mont albert road, surrey hills, (miss) margaret fidler, (miss) christina fidler, (mr)william cromarty, (miss) mary fidler, (mr) robert stevens, (mr) (rev) andrew mitchell ramsay, (prof) (mr) frederick sargood, union road, (mr) eric marshall, (mr) robert archer, (mr) frederick stanley, (mr) jim cerato, (mr) norm bainbridge, (capt.) - pearson, (mr) john rae brown, (mr) james barclay, (ms) agnes sarah goding, (ms) mary ann wilkins, (miss) - bowes, box hill market, mosgiel hospital, leather merchant, (mr) clifford james, (mr) keith mackay, arbee handcraft, (mr) noel stevens, (mr) don fowler, (mrs) doris may, (mrs) doris stevens, (miss) grace elizabeth archer, (rev) j morley, (rev) p schweiger, (rev) g shepherd, a michaelis, a cromie, a cravino, w h doery, r king, b j parkinson, h perrin, e williams, (mr) bruce torode, (mrs) illma bruce, (mr) malcolm gill, (ms) sandra shepherd, (mr) don lewis, (mr) clive shepherd, (ms) fiona mccaughey, (mr) alan stevens, (ms) helen skilbeck, (ms) patricia stevens, (mr) peter austin, (mr) ross shepherd, (mr) geoff stevens, arp warden, pembroke road, mont albert, (miss) zilla bertha loughrey, (mr) cliff snape, (miss) lyn bull, gascoyne street, (miss) cheryle patricia charlton, scouts, (mrs) margaret duckworth, (mr) barry duckworth, chatham state school, (ms) gwen dovey, (miss) agnes millicent, (miss) joyce shepherd, (miss) elsie may good, langford street -
Surrey Hills Historical Society CollectionBook, Canterbury Corps: 1915 - The Salvation Army - 1990, 1990
This book summarises the first seventy-five years of the Canterbury Corps of the Salvation Army and its move to a new citadel in Guildford Road, Surrey Hills.guildford road, surrey hills, (col) (mr) arthur arnott, (col) (mr) harry goffin, (bro) (mr) bill rossitor, (bro) (mr) frank deane, (maj) will parkinson, (capt) (mr) ian wallace, churches, salvation army, (capt) (mr) les webb, (mrs) - hay, (capt) r bennett, (maj) edwin handy, (mrs) - hayward, (lt) o kennewell, (dr) (mr) bram southwell, (mrs) - bensley, box hill boys' home, canterbury picture palace, (ms) grace garlick, east camberwell girls' home, (capt) m gregory, religious groups, (mr) william booth, (general) eva burrows, (commissioner) bramwell h. tillsley -
Melton City LibrariesPhotograph, Barrie Collection, The Willows, 1973
Currently the headquarters of the Melton Historical Society, the Willows was built in 1855 by a farmer called Ralph Parkinson. In 1867, it was purchased and extended by James Ebden Minns. His son, George Minns, was given the property by his father in 1903, George was a council member of Melton Shire for 37 years and after he eft the area in 1951, the property became derelict. Although due to the support of the community, Melton Shire Council purchased the property in 1972 and to assist with the restoration, a group was established called the Willows Restoration Committee. The members included Chairman Cr Ed Gillespie, Lorraine Gillespie, Mr & Mrs Alan Reed, Ken Young, Bill Amor, Edna Barrie, Max Watson, Cr Jeff Robinson and Wendy Barrie.Restoration was completed in 1982.The Willows before restoration in 1973. This is the view of the front of the house and part of side wire fencing.council, local special interest groups, pioneer families, local architecture, local identities
