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Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.Photograph, Olinda State School In Snow, 1951
... Olinda State School In Snow...olinda school... of the original. A former pupil of Olinda State School contacted...Snow at Olinda Primary School 1951. Children playing... is a copy of the original. A former pupil of Olinda State School ...The photograph held by the Historical Society is a copy of the original. A former pupil of Olinda State School contacted the Society with the following information: The photograph was taken in 1951. The teacher is Keith Curley who was Head Teacher from 1951 - 59. The depth of the snow that year was 9 inches out in the open and the photo was taken either by The Age or the Sun. Snow at Olinda Primary School 1951. Children playing in school ground.olinda, snow, olinda school, school, school children, keith curley -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.Photograph, School Sports Olinda 1909
... School Sports Olinda 1909...olinda school...View of school children from Olinda State school...Olinda 1909 School sports on the (now) Coonara Road below... road olinda school school school children Olinda 1909 School ...View of school children from Olinda State school at the Sports on Mernda (now Coonara) Road in 1909. The descriptive text on the reverse of this photograph was hand written by John Lundy-Clarke.Olinda 1909 School sports on the (now) Coonara Road below the school. olinda, sports, sports carnival, mernda road, coonara road, olinda school, school, school children -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.Photograph, Olinda State School in Snow, mid 1920s
... Olinda State School in Snow...Olinda School...Outdoor scene at Olinda State School Number 3494 showing...-and-the-dandenong-ranges olinda Snow School School children Olinda School ...Outdoor scene at Olinda State School Number 3494 showing a group of school children throwing snowballs. The school was opened in 1906. This photo was taken mid 1920s.olinda, snow, school, school children, olinda school -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.Photograph, Kenloch Party 1923, 1923
... Olinda School...Staged photograph of 'Olinda School Party' at Kenloch. Used...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Olinda School Kenloch T Kennon Kennon Family Xmas ...Staged photograph of 'Olinda School Party' at Kenloch. Used as a Christmas card by the Kenloch owners Mr & Mrs T. Kennon in 1923. The Kennon family were strong supporters of Olinda State School.olinda school, kenloch, t kennon, kennon family, xmas card, olinda, xmas -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.Photograph, View From Range Road, Olinda. 1909, 1909
... Olinda School... and the Olinda school on the skyline above Dodd's stables. Range Road... olinda Olinda School Range Road Bullock Track 1909 view of Olinda ...1909 view of Olinda showing 'Charlemont' guest house and the Olinda school on the skyline above Dodd's stables. Range Road (The Bullock Track) is in the foireground. The descriptive text on the reverse of this photograph was hand written by John Lundy-Clarke.1909 view of Olinda from Range Road (The Bullock Track). Showing school on skyline above Dodd’s stables with “Charlemont” on left.charlemont guest house, dodd, dodd's stables, stables, olinda, olinda school, range road, bullock track -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.Document - Speech, Empire Day 1933
... olinda school.... A message to the children at Olinda School from their member.... A message to the children at Olinda School from their member ...This document is a speech titled "Empire Day 1933. A message to the children at Olinda School from their member". It is signed G H Knox. It was written by Sir George Hodges Knox and read to the children at Olinda School as part of the Empire Day celebrations in 1933. Sir George Hodges Knox (1885-1960) was a veteran of WW1 and was elected to the Ferntree Gully Shire Council in 1922. He held this post until 1927.The City Of Knox is named after him. He won the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat for Upper Yarra in 1927 for the Nationalist Party. He became Speaker for the Victorian Parliament in 1942 and remained there until 1947. Between 1945 and his death in 1960 he held the seat of Scoresby. He was knighted in 1945. The celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday on May 24 was renamed Empire Day in 1903 after her death in 1901. Empire Day was observed in state schools from 1905 with a program of addresses, pageants and patriotic songs, with children swearing allegiance to King and Empire with a loyal declaration. The last celebration of Empire Day in Australia took place in 1958. Five sheets of unlined paper that appear to have been torn from a writing pad with a speech handwritten in thick, black fountain pen commemorating Empire Day.olinda school, sir george hodges knox, empire day, speech, city of knox, knox, olinda, school, celebration -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.Photograph, St Matthew's Sunday School, Olinda. c1935, c1935
... St Matthew's Sunday School, Olinda. c1935...Young students from St Matthew's Sunday School, Olinda... Hall Young students from St Matthew's Sunday School, Olinda ...Young students from St Matthew's Sunday School, Olinda holding the Sunday School Shield. C 1935. The pictured shield is kept in the St Matthew's Church Hall. From the back L - R. ?, Jean Patterson, Peggy Hall, Roy Breen, Mona Griffin, ?, Gwen Evans, Douglas Hall, Bill Brown, Keith Evans, Stewart Brown, Jack Breen, Ian Ellis, ?, ?, ?, Jeff Evans, Russell Hall, ?, ?, John Miles, Frank Boulter, Joan Boulter, Geoff Miles, Joan Bartlett, Nan Breen, Thomas Hall.school, sunday school, st matthew's church, children, school children, jean patterson, peggy hall, roy breen, mona griffin, gwen evans, douglas hall, bill brown, keith evans, stewart brown, jack breen, ian ellis, jeff evans, russell hall, john miles, frank boulter, joan boulter, geoff miles, joan bartlett, nan breen, thomas hall -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.Photograph, Olinda Sports Carnival 1909
... olinda school...-and-the-dandenong-ranges olinda olinda school sports Easter Monday Sports ...View of the crowd, both adults and children at the Olinda Sports carnival on Easter Monday 1909. The descriptive text on the reverse of this photograph was hand written by John Lundy-Clarke.Easter Monday Sports Olinda 1909olinda, olinda school, sports -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.Photograph, High Jump Olinda Sports Carnival 1909
... olinda school...-and-the-dandenong-ranges olinda olinda school alan dodd ernie schneider ...Scene from the Easter Monday Olinda Sports Carnival in 1909 with Alan Dodd clearing the high jump bar and Ernie Schneider standing to the left of the bar. The descriptive text on the reverse of this photograph was hand written by John Lundy-Clarke.1909 Alan Dodd clearing the bar. Ernie Schneider to the left of the bar.olinda, olinda school, alan dodd, ernie schneider, sports, sports carnival -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.Photograph, Main Street Olinda c1908
... in foreground and Olinda State School up on the hill. Reverse...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Olinda Jack Dodd General Store School Photo ...c1908 view of Main Street Olinda with Dodd's store in foreground and Olinda State School up on the hill. Reverse of photograph has handwritten description by John Lundy-Clarke.Photo of Olinda taken about 1908 showing State School on skyline. Dodd’s store in foreground. Hodges blacksmith shop on roadside right. Coonara Road, then Mernda Road leads up out the picture right, Mt Dandenong Road goes down left. Range Road (the bullock track) is in immediate foreground and Sassafras turns to the right before the visible tracks on Mernda Road.olinda, jack dodd, general store, school -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - SOUTH BENDIGO BOWLING CLUB 1906
... is the Congregational church, later a school in Olinda Street, Quarry Hill..., later a school in Olinda Street, Quarry Hill. Poppet head ...Copy of black and white photograph, South Bendigo Bowling Club 1906. Men on bowling green, dressed in white trousers, dark blazers, straw bowler hats. The spire on LH side is the Congregational church, later a school in Olinda Street, Quarry Hill. Poppet head in background, RH side, is the Cosmopolitan and Summer Hill United Gold Mining company ( registered) on 2nd September 1870. Brick chimney on extreme RH side of photo. Mine not in image, but close by was the Palmerston. The mine was on the Sophia Reef, Manager George Wilsn Froggatt. Shareholders 1870: Robert Taylor, Ellen Taylor, Henry Hattam, Michael Cock, Robert Carr, William H. Casey, John McCrae, Joseph Millin, William Moran, Morton Hansen, George W. Froggatt, John A. Woodward, Robert Moorhead, William Nicholls.bendigo, mining, cosmopolitan anfd summer hil united -
Eltham District Historical Society IncNewspaper - Newspaper articles, Sun News-Pictorial, They Flee Night Peril, The Sun News-Pictorial, Wednesday, January 17, p1, 1962
Various news articles pertaining to the January 1962 Victorian bushfires in the Dandenong and Healesville districts which by the third day had encompassed large areas of the State. Specific Eltham Shire districts mentioned include Panton Hill and Hurstbridge on page 1, Warrandyte on page 2, 3, 4 and 5, Hurstbridge, Smith’s Gully, Kinglake on page 3 and 4, Strathewen, Kangaroo Ground, Panton Hill, St. Andrews, Smith’s Gully on page 4 and Pound Bend, Smith’s Gully and Warrandyte on pages 20-21 • They Flee Night Peril, p1 (Illust.) • Their grim picnic; A flash fire strikes, p2 (Illust.) • Night of terror as towns quitted, p3 • Fought till he dropped, p3 (Illust.) • Rain in fire area, p3 • Wye River town goes, p3 • Black Friday Hero Dies In Fire; with wife, grandsons, p4 • Surrounded!, p4 (Illust.) • Main street houses ablaze, p4 • Hurstbridge is evacuated, p4 • Scores jump in river at Warrandyte, p5 • Hills people leave homes, p5 • “Fire” cry at Parlt., p5 • Blind – he’s safe now, p5 (Illust.) • Police Chief Runs Battle, p7 • From Fire Front: Hospital treats 34, p7 • Firms send help, p7 • Tragedy and Ruin: Third Day; Ferntree Gully; Warrandyte; Pound Bend; Smiths Gully; Escape for 18, pp20-21 (Illust.) • Church was a haven for the hurt, weary, p39 (Illust.) • A home is lost, p40 (Illust.) tom fielding collection, victorian bushfires - 1962, victorian bushfires – 1962, panton hill, hurstbridge, five ways crossroads, warrandyte south, dandenongs, upwey, mt. evelyn, monbulk, olinda, sassafras, st. andrews, warrandyte, christmas hills, yarra river, mitcham, whitehorse roiad, donvale, park orchards, metropolitan fire chief, w.t. aldridge, loughnan’s hill, ringwood, woori yallock, leslie ockwell, linda ockwell, kalorama, healesville, daylesford, fire damage – buildings, wye river, portland, eganstown, ballarat, sherbrooke park forest, forest commission headquarters, kallista, r.t. seaton, montrose, yallourn, central gippsland, smith’s creek, black friday, geoffrey ockwell, ronald ockwell, preston town hall, e.j. tenner, strathewen, kangaroo ground, eric farnsworth, adele farnsworth, robin farnsworth, roy cleland, ann cleland, belgrave, sassfras, kaloramalice commissioner porter, mansfield, box hill hospital, pound bend, ferntree gully, ferntree gully state school, w. carew, ann quinton -
Glen Eira Historical SocietyArticle - SHELFORD GIRLS’ SCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN
This file contains 2 items relating to school magazines and publications: 1/1 photocopy of a page from the school magazine ‘Quaerite’, 1968, with a photograph of many students in front of the assembly hall and an article about the opening of the assembly hall on 05/06/1968 author unknown. 2/1 copy of the Shelford Old Grammarians publication ‘GOSSIP’ (Grammarians of Shelford Social Interest Paper) issue no. 85, dated 1st quarter of 1988. The publication includes details about the running of and events held by the Shelford Old Grammarians as well as details about the lives of former Grammarians. Written by David Waxman.shelford girls’ school and kindergarten, schools, openings (events), delacombe rohan sir, woods dr. archbishop, choirs, orchestras, musical events and activities, dances and balls, stevenson nan, henderson margot, pianos, old grammarians association, shelford old grammarians, ‘grammarians of shelford social interest paper’, ‘gossip’, anderson jean mrs, olinda street, caulfield south, thompson debbie mrs, rome lorraine, wilson lorraine, st georges road, elsternwick, guala lynne, parke lynne, halstead simone, barrington street, bentleigh east, kendall debbie, webb jean, deller lynne, franzoni lynne, brown nola, jenkinson nola, nelms jenny, bond jenny, waite janine, brown helen, clubs and associations, meetings, events and activities, sport, gleadell linda, koch linda, barbecues, dawson sally, richards sally, richards bronwyn, barnacle bronwyn, crocker susan, waxman susan, hosford margaret, hoult margaret, francis dyanne , franzoni dyanne, baxter dorothy, scott maureen, ahearne robyn, summer louise, ballantyne robyn, hill robyn, painsh elizabeth, mayne lyn, eshelby shirlene, looker margaret, hunter dale, martin colleen, evans julie, froomes vicki, plaisted leonie, leah leonie, pull lisa, patxy godby, currer liz, crawshaw pam, shaw debbie, milner cheryl, hopkings wendy, tietgens jenny, gill janet, edwards leigh, hannon lisa, folley melinda, sport, bray jennifer, birch jennifer, graham sally, smith sally, bosquet rue, masters anne, dalton anne, murray michele, brown michele, sutton kaye, griffiths kaye, faragher sue, butterfield anne, thompson anne, cassidy julie, lynes yvonne, van buuren vanessa, vanselow elizabeth, hall elizabeth, riley vicki, rowed elizabeth, strugnell peter, caulfield grammar school, graham andrew, murray peter, hoad ian, amos emma, carr vanessa, mallaby kirstienne, valentine karen, calderwood jan, perkins jan, perkins jan, humphries karen, asher kim, hannon lisa, mardardy mischel, sanford belinda, sherlock natalie, barklamb kate, levy sally, mathew jennifer, stahmer sally, gray mrs, australia day, howell marilyn, harley robyn, elms liz, johnston liz, mcilveen bronwyn, calderwood simone, zacharin pat, williamson pat, waite pamela, wilson pamela, perkins jan, woodburn bettina, bromley bettina, stuchbury leanne, dalton sue, dalton leigh, myers jean, sligo pam, gibson pam, collins sue, baddams miss, limb lois, rice lois, bishop myra, planner betty, planner pam, smart arlie, lambert dorothy, goode sandra, harris margaret, chamberlain margaret, elms elizabeth, johnston elizabeth, rome lynne, waxman dawn, clements dawn, weddings, halls -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of VictoriaProgramme - Camp
The Methodist Youth Fellowship was for young people from 15 - 25 year old, which regularly, usually on Friday evenings. They organised camps and summer school conferences.Two foolscap Roneoed sheets of paper which give the Study Groups and Officials for the 4th Annual Camp, Heathmont & East Ringwood Olinda Methodist Youth Fellowship Camp 1963. methodist youth fellowship -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.Photograph, The Olinda-Sassafras Road, Vic
... by Melbourne High School. Sassafras-Olinda Road Sassafras Olinda ...Rose Series post card # P. 3565 showing the Sassafras - Olinda Road taken outside Rostrevor Guest House. Photograph taken pre 1920 prior to the pine plantation planted by Melbourne High School.Black and white copy of Rose Series post card P. 3565 showing a section of the Olinda - Sassafras Road with a large tree in the foreground.On Front: THE ROSE SERIES P. 3565 THE OLINDA - SASSAFRAS ROAD. VIC.sassafras-olinda road, sassafras, olinda, rostrevor, post card, the rose series, rose series -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.Photograph, Panorama of Olinda 1904 Sections 3 & 4
Sections 3 & 4 of a 4 panorama of the Main Street of Olinda made up of 4 side by side photos. 1904 view of Olinda looking across Mernda (later Coonara) Road towards the site of the future State School.olinda, main street, panorama -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.Photograph, Lookout On Top of Mount Olinda 1910, c1910
c1910 Lookout tower on the hill behind tthe school at Olinda.This shows the first one built. It was followed by a covered lookout. This position lost its value when the trees grew high. The descriptive text on the reverse of this photograph was hand written by John Lundy-Clarke.The lookout on the top of Mt Olinda 1910. This one was the first one it was followed by a covered one but the position lost its value with the growth of trees in the area. It is looking towards what is now Kalorama and the Jeeves clearing in the gap can be seen at the extreme left. lookout, tower, mt olinda, mount olinda -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.Photograph, c1911
"Hillcrest" on Mernda Road, Olinda. The home of the Devine Family. c1911 The descriptive text on the reverse of this photograph was hand written by John Lundy-Clarke.“Hillcrest” Mernda Road Olinda 1911. The home of the Devine family. The early settlement road passed to the left of the camera. House faced down over the valley of the Sassafras + Perrin Creek towards Kallista. The deviation to regrade the road passed to the right of the house. It was in front of the house on the left hand side of the picture that Vera Devine and her school mates practiced the maypole dance under her tuition. hillcrest, devine, devine family, mernda road -
Vision AustraliaAdministrative record - Text, Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind annual report 1942, 1942
From it's beginning in 1867, the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind grew in size and its number of employees and benefactors. These bound volumes of annual reports contain the information sent to subscribers of the Institute and outline the notable events and difficulties facing the blind and the RVIB. These include the acquisition of Ormond Hall, nursery and school buildings by the Commonwealth and the transferal of infants and pupils to 'The Georgian' at Olinda with the need for more staff due to more residential staff required, blind pupils formed a 'Junior Red Cross Circle' raising money and also contributed knitwear and splints for mine-sweepers, the loss of Headmaster Garnet Dent, Miss Lenna Bryson and Mrs E Dunkerton on or after the move to Olinda, the appointment of Headmaster Geoffrey E Green, Miss Betty De Huggard and Miss Dulcie Allen, with Mrs Rita Nightingall and Miss Vera Hopton visiting Olinda to provide lessons, Arthur McKay passed his Diploma of Music, 1400 pianos and harmoniums were tuned this year, as most sighted employees are engaged in war work an application was successful with the Director of Manpower to keep some sighted workers in key positions as they may be required to help those blinded by war action, around 25 partially sighted workers have been placed in other factories, several workers passed the Junior First Aid Certificate of St John's Ambulance, and the loss of Dr W.B. Vance who was Honorary Medical Officer for 39 years.1 volume bound with illustrations.royal victorian institute for the blind, annual reports -
Surrey Hills Historical Society CollectionPhotograph, Thomas William Hall of 10 Pembroke Street Surrey Hills, 1940
Date is approximate. Donor is the widow of Thomas Hall. Biographical notes provided: Thomas was born in Melbourne on 14/9/1928 and lived at Olinda until c1932 when his family moved to 10 Pembroke Street, Surrey Hills. He attended Surrey Hills State School, then went on to Box Hill High School (and / or Technical School - both are mentioned). He bought a horse and cart in order to be able to make deliveries for trades people and hence pay his way through technical school. He attended technical school 3 evenings per week studying building, carpentry, plumbing, electrical work and bricklaying. He built many homes in the eastern suburbs. He played tennis and attended church at Church of Christ. Married Margaret on 2/4/1955. Retired to Dromana where he was a member of the garden club at Redhill. Died 24/7/2004.Black and white photo of a boy identified as Thomas William Hall of 10 Pembroke Street, Surrey Hills sitting on a delivery cart with Snowy the horse in harness. "T Hall / ....." is painted on to the side of the cart. Taken in the backyard of his home in readiness for making deliveries."THOMAS WILLIAM HALL / BORN 14.9.28 DIED 24-7-04" in blue biro on rear of photo at top.hall, thomas william (mr), horse drawn vehicles
