non-fictionA short history of the Narre Warren Railway Station Mechanics' Institute and Free Library.narre warren (vic.), narre warren mechanics institute

Photos from the Narre Warren, Narre Warren North and Harkaway areas covering the years 2000 to 2001A4 folder with photos in sleevesnarre warren (vic.) -- history, harkaway (vic.), year 2000 celebrations, red cross auxiliary, bayview, narre warren mechanics institute, fountain gate primary school

Kristin McFARLANE An Australian artist who combines graphic design, glass, botanical specimens, photography, encaustic painting, print and typography to explore fragility, nature and beauty. Kristin studied graphic design followed by a Graduate Diploma and Master of Fine Arts in glass at Monash University, Melbourne. Since graduating in 2004 she has undertaken public and private commissions and exhibitions including works for the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Monash University and Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan. Kristin designed and created the trophies for the Australian of The Year Awards from 2005-2014. These glass panels celebrate the history of the Monash University site; its early days as Berwick showgrounds and Casey Arifield to its current use as a state of the art educational centre. Images sourced from: Berwick Nostalgia, Early days o Berwick and its surrounding ditricts, Beaconsfield, Upper Beaconsfield, Harkaway, Narre Warren North, Berwick Mechanics Institute and Free Library and Monassh University archives. Federation University Australia took on the Berwick campus after Monash departed from the campusmonash university, casey airfield, berwick showgrounds, federation university berwick campus, berwick, fused glass

Photos from the Narre Warren, Narre Warren North and Harkaway areas covering the years 1908 to 1920A4 folder with photos in sleevesnarre warren (vic.) -- history, harkaway (vic.), kalora park cricket club, harkaway mechanics institute, beaconsfield state school, hillsley, hillcroft, araluen, tandeyern

22 p.; 30 cmnon-fictionA history of the Hall from 1906 to 2006. 100 yearscwa choir, iona pioneers 1892 - 1919 photo of group

viii, 198 p.; 29 cmnon-fictionWhat were Mechanics Institutes? Every country town seems to have one and they are often impressive 19th century buildings. Free Library is usually emblazoned across the facade, but nowadays there is probably a gallery, museum, or public hall in there. But where are the books? – and more intriguing, where are the mechanics? The answers are here. This book tells the story of one Mechanics Institute that is still operating as a library 136-odd years after being established. Along the way we learn much about how many of the other 1,300 Institutes established in Victoria operated.berwick mechanics institute, free library

44 pagesnon-fictionJubilee of the Clyde Public Hall and Mechanics Instituteclyde (vic.), clyde public hall and mechanics institute

106 p. : ill., portraits, map, bib., pbk ; 30 cmnon-fictionContents include: Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey [Edrington]; The Police Paddocks and the Native Police Corps; The changing face of Berwick township; Coaches, tolls and local councils; Berwick Mechanics Institute and Free Library; Berwick Primary School [No. 40] and Berwick Grammar School; A century of quarrying in Berwick; The German settlement of Harkaway; Emerald’s first State School No. 2110 (1879-1909); The railway to Gippsland; Early sawmilling in West Gippsland; Tooradin and the coastal villages; Some notable early residents and their homes; The draining of the Koo-Wee-Rup swamp; Guest houses at Upper Beaconsfield; Ada Armytage of Holm Park; The soldiers of early Berwick; Memorials, commemorations and avenues of honour; Bush nursing hospitals; The Melbourne Hunt Club [The "Kennels" at Cranbourne]; Growing up in Berwick in the 1930s & 1940s; Growing up in Beaconsfield in the 1930s and 1940s; Casey Airfield; The history of Maryknoll [Catholic farming community]; The filming of “On the beach”; Memories of Ash Wednesday; Maps of the Casey-Cardinia area. Notable people : William Lyall and "Harewood'; William Clarke and "Springfield'; Sydney Webb and "Holly Green"; Carl Axel Nobelius; Edwin Flack and "Burnbank"; Carlo Catani;. Includes illustrations, portraits, photographs, maps and bibliography. city of casey, cardinia shire (vic.)

iii, 179 p.; 30 cmnon-fictionThe history of Emerald Mechanics' Institute 1905-2019emerald (vic.), emerald mechanics' institute