This file contains 8 pages and one property notice. The file contains: 1/descriptions from Andrew Ward’s Heritage Planning Report. Notes on residents of ‘Roseneath’ from 1866 to 1963. Articles include household goods sale, public notices, wills and estate notices from Trove and census record. Details from Ancestry.com 2016. 2/Property sale notice of ‘Roseneath’ dated 04/03/2016 from Leader newspaper.‘roseneath’, house names, point nepean road, elsternwick, bogle andrew esq., auctions, wragge william, wragge mary, wragge william charles, miller william, councillors, rusden street, mcmillan street, subdivision, boyle andrew, merchants, shire of caulfield, east st kilda riding, breckinhill lodge, bogle andrew mrs., wragge w mrs, st kilda cemetery, cemeteries, kirkham councillor, long councillor, riddell councillor, lempriere councillor, ilberry concillor, worthington george, judges, tulloch annie, st kilda ladies benevolent society, worthington mrs, wheeldon isaac, tulloch w.g., breweries, elsternwick, madame berry west company, tulloch and son, mccracken’s brewery, elsternwick station, ‘elderslie’, glenhuntly road, wheeldon sarah, cross anastacia, brick houses, meek alexander charles, meek una eveline, meek david, meek jane, meek james, meek alexander, meek kathleen, meek william, lloyd i. captain, lloyd mary, lloyd nova, lloyd eileen, meek anastasia mary, meek william john, meek monica venus, engineers, marine surveyors, social events and activities, wills and estates, real estate, advertisements

This file contains nine pages about people related to this property: 1/Copy and pasted eight pages taken from Census Records and Trove items. Articles include the death of Thomas Livingstone Cleland during WWI. Various social notes regarding his family up to 1953. There are articles on the W.J. Mathieson family, who also resided there, as well as residing in Benalla. 2/Print from Trove of an article from the 23/11/1934 edition of The North Eastern Ensign (Benalla, Vic) about the wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs W.J. Mathieson, held at Cumbernauld on 27/10/1934.cumbernauld, thornleigh grange, house names, cleland thomas livingstone, cleland annie, gardeners market, clayton road, ‘hillside’, caulfield, anderson street, cleland sydney, cleland margaret, cleland james, cleland adelaide, cleland robert, cleland bessie adelaide, cleland agnes, cleland lily, cleland alick douglas milkman, cleland aggie, cleland tom h.s. draftsman, cleland kenneth malcolm, cleland ethel, cleland hector, cleland edna may, mathieson w.j., mathieson isabel, burrows f.a. lieut., east st. kilda, hawthorn road, ‘thornleigh grange’, south caulfield progress association, south caulfield junction, caulfield court, jenkins harry, giles alfred, grafton street, elsternwick, dawes john, chloris crescent, st. john’s presbyterian church, mathieson evelyn mary, marks theodore leslie, mathieson kitty, masonic hall, st. george’s road, haverfield frank, haverfield mrs, haverfield robert ross, rynn mary buckley, cyclists, cycling, donald alexander, martin lottie, whitelaw joan, trinity hall, brighton road, gilmore patricia phyllis, brooklyn ave., point nepean road, north road, brighton court, cleland nora, seaview drive, cleland john stuart, mathieson isabella cristina, kalymna grove, mathieson catherine m., tailor, mathieson william james, councillors, social events and activities, births deaths and marriages, anniversaries, world war 1914-18, soldiers

Nine pages researched by Jan Rigby 26/04/2012, on the Chinese community in Brighton including five pages of Chinese gardeners and one photocopied page of SANDS AND MCDOUGALLS 1913 edition.chinese community, ormond state school, primary schools, wheatley road, chong cheok hong, murton hall, merton hall, halls, malva street, chinese mission, maw mary, maw daniel, gardeners, lees jim, lee jimmie, jasper road, bentleigh, gard, joss house, religious building, ling ah, you ah, quirk edward, mooach chen, point nepean road, north road, clayton samuel, lee u. ah, lee sam, sing sing, reid albert, tucker road, leong ah, gee ah, southern cross newspaper, bambra road, caulfield, rigby jan, ying goon

The City of Moorabbin Historical Society was formed c 1960 by a group of Moorabbin residents who were concerned that the history of the area should be preserved. A good response to a call for items related to the historical area of Moorabbin Shire brought donations of a wide variety of artefacts which are now preserved by the current members of CMHS at Box Cottage Museum . Helen Stanley, Secretary of CMHS, began producing a Newsletter for members in April 2007 to provide current information and well researched items of historical interestHelen Stanley has produced a bi-monthly Newsletter, 2007 - 2013, for the members of the City of Moorabbin Historical Society that contains well researched interesting historical items, notification of upcoming events, current advice from Royal Australian Historical Society , Museums Australia Victoria and activities of Local Historical Societies. The Newsletter is an important record of the activities of the CMHS. Mrs Nance Blackman’s notes in 1978 for the Centenary of The Cheltenham Church of Christ.. The Blackman family were early settlers in Moorabbin Shire. 5 x A4 paper printed on 1 side Issue 22 of the bi-monthly, City of Moorabbin Historical Society Newsletter produced by Society member and Secretary, Mrs Helen Stanley in June 2011. Notice of meeting June 26th and CMHS members exhibited some artefacts at the ‘Fun4over50’s’ event at Kingston (Moorabbin ) Town Hall June 5th. Glen Eira City Council Building Dept. Officers inspected erosion along the North side of the Barn floor, members have planted seedlings in the garden and Helen and Joan are entering data about our ‘Collection’ onto the MAV website while Jim Dale has photographed some of the farm machinery. Small paragraphs about early local Religious groups – Salvation Army, Methodist and Presbyterian Ministries – with 2 photocopied photographs. Helen also provides the notes penned by Mrs Nance Blackman in 1978 for the Centenary of The Cheltenham Church of Christ. CITY of MOORABBIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY / JUNE 2011 NEWSLETTER city of moorabbin historical society, stanley helen, melbourne, moorabbin, brighton, cheltenham, ormond, bentleigh, mckinnon, market gardeners, pioneers, early settlers, moorabbin shire, box cottage museum, city of moorabbin, box william, glen eira city council, museums australia victoria, knott peta, church of christ cheltenham, baptist church, presbyterian church. salvation army, jasper road, point nepean road, brewer’s road, redmore rev. james, methodist mission to chinese market gardeners, blackman nance, lydia street bentleigh

This file contains 1 item: 1/The Local Government Act, First Report of the Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, printed by order of the Victorian Legislative Assembly on 08/03/1865. The document is the first annual report of John Steavenson, Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges under s330 of the Local Government Act no. 176 (1863), and relates to transactions which took place from 02/09/1863 to 31/12/1864. The report outlines operations carried out by the Department of Roads and Bridges in this period. In the Glen Eira area this includes: separating electoral subdivisions of single districts (Moorabbin), adding detached portions of territory to road districts and shires (Caulfield), appointing of and altering in polling places, appointing of polling places for ridings of shires and subdivisions of road districts (Moorabbin), preparing and transmitting of forms of books also of pro forma accounts for guidance of local bodies in keeping their accounts, appointment of main roads, construction of a main road, ‘Dandenong’, in the Caulfield and Gardiner districts, proclaiming of Common Toll Roads, names of and security given by Managers of Common Toll Roads. The report also gives some information about the Shire of Caulfield, which contained 24 road districts and 340 rate payers in 8¼ square miles, and the Shire of Moorabbin, which contained 62 road districts and 713 rate payers in 30 square miles.local government act, assistant commissioner of roads and bridges, legislative council, caulfield historical soceity, steavenson john, sullivan j. f. the honourable, caulfield, moorabbin, road districts, point nepean road, nepean highway, dandenong road, princes highway, brown edwin, osher joseph, cosgrove john, ferres john, roads and bridges offices, caulfield roads district, moorabbin roads district, road construction and maintenance, roads and streets, acts of parliament

Contains three items about this: 1/A photocopied article (across 3 long columns) from the Southern Cross newspaper dated 21/07/1928. The article contains details of the opening of the Gardenvale Martin Street subway ceremony. Mention is made of the Caulfield Council’s spontaneous assistance, harmony working alongside Brighton and their financial assistance, as well. Councillor E.F. England (Mayor of Caulfield) attended on behalf of the Caulfield Council. He referred to the large patronage on the Brighton line, also mentioning similar issues for the Elsternwick level crossing. There are brief summaries from the many speakers. The pupils from Gardenvale and Elsternwick schools were congregated around the subway, and the Brighton municipal Brass Band rendered selections. 2/Newspaper clipping (source not stated perhaps Melbourne Sun), ‘Elsternwick to get underpass’, dated 25/02/1959, stating that ‘work has begun to build an underpass that will abolish the Glenhuntly Road level crossing’, with photograph and a map of the level crossing. 3/Handwritten note, signed ‘FEC, 17/11/2006’, headed ‘To be researched – Shooting in foot underpass-policeman killed-murder last man to be hanged in Victoria’, with note on Glenhuntly Road underpass.‘southern cross’, gardenvale progress league, point nepean road, newspapers, caulfield council, north road, ‘made in australia’ week, railways department, parliamentary representative, railway crossings, councillors, gardenvale school, elsternwick school, schools, market gardens, gardenvale progress association, england e.f.(mayor), elsternwick, caulfield, hoyts theatre, theatres, glenhuntly road, elsternwick station, police, murders, executions, shops, elsternwick plaza, petrol stations, ‘the hub’, flats, brothels, ‘the daily planet’ (sic), car parks

This file contains two items about this family: 1/Printout of a webpage from museumvictoria.com.au entitled ‘Digital Photograph – Man & Woman in Horse Driven Buggy, Elwood Park, circa 1917’. The image is of Matthew and Jeanette Kelly driving a horse drawn buggy in Elwood Park, circa 1917. The content description also mentions that Matthew Kelly was a saddler in his father John Kelly’s saddlery business. 2/Typed sheet entitled ‘Research findings for Matthew Robert Kelly’ dated July 2014 by Margaret Dunbar on behalf of GEHS. It shows information from the Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages records plus Electoral Rolls between 1909 and 1942 and has three addresses for Matthew Robert Kelly in Elsternwick. Details of other family members included.elwood park, kelly matthew robert, kelly jeanette veronica, elster park, elsternwick, kelly john, nepean highway, golf courses, kelly elizabeth, acreman alice maud mary, sportsgrounds, saddleries, saddlers, telephonist, horse-drawn vehicles, kelly veronica, brady veronica, kelly jeanetta, brady jeanetta, brady nita, kelly alice theresa, kelly james michael, kelly margaret ann, kelly mary elizabeth, kelly catherine agatha, kelly helena alphonsus, kelly alice, kelly matthew patrick, st georges road, point nepean road, cochrane street, parks and reserves

Five documents about the history of Elsternwick Methodist Church: 1/Two copy of the Centenary History of Orrong Road Uniting Church 14 November 1887-14 November 1987 by Norma Ward. Includes a list of Ministers, supernumeries and members of the male choir. 2/Handwritten updated history by N. Ward. 3/Roneoed copy of history of church by Betty Snowball dated 1978. 4/Caulfield Conservation study by Andrew Ward dated January 1995. 5/Printed extract of minutes dated 28/10/1927, 20/01/1928, 04/04/1928 and 07/06/1928. Details include the design of windows, placement in church, cost incurred of windows, the unveiling of windows, who by and appointment of committee to solicit donations to reduce debt reduction.methodist church, orrong road, elsternwick, snowball betty, foundation stones, campbell james, sunday school, halls, organs, leadlight, cato college, crouch t.j., architect, gothic revival architecture, bluestone, architectural features, mccallum alex, monuments and memorials, oakleigh arthur, stained glass, cato methodist ladies college, orrong road uniting church, cato parish, chapels, architects, crouch t.j., builders, ireland and newton, ward norma, religious structures and establishments, point nepean road, catterall john, daniel george, cook r. osborne, williams spencer, eggleston j., symons f., clergy, johns w.t., knuckey h.m., mitchells a.h., webster n.d.l., butcher t.w., cocks w.h., arthur g.t., warren j.e., williams r., hooper r.e., allen h.f., bennett m.m., walklate c.j., elliot n., hull j.e., chadwick r.j., roberts v., johnson l., coombe m., prior family, prisk family, mclaughlin family, searls family, bartrop family, orames fred, peverill family, brown family, crave e.s., bremer family, lambert family, grimwood family, kenny joe, wilson family, furlong family, oakley r. mck., holt vera, holt thelma, towans furniture removal, bouchier miss, trevena miss, matthews g.f., whitbourn m.j., penhallbrick family, searls beat, charlesworth albert, adams percy, leather tom, crone ted, hill herb, clubs and associations, staniland grove, beck family, rogers family, phillips family, kent family, kemp family, oakley family, bowden family, whiteside jack, bond family, beddoe bob, aston family, eddy r.d., marshman family, blackie family, kerr family, crellin family, towan family, curtis family, clarks, vivian george, lansell family, carmichael family, bright family, borcher family, albury family, cole family, semmens family, symons family, crowe e.s., hill bert, ward les., marriott jack, mcdonald malcolm, frost charles, macalese jack – entertainer ventriloquist, dunnachie frank, fletcher jack, gamley doug sen., old aubrey, gregory fred, roach family, grimwood family, hill frank, hill alan, sprott norm, guard w.h. rev., wellard ralph, bower wally, dunstan bert, hill herb, proctor keith – organist, gamley doug, slate tiles, rowan street, builders, jones and co., elsternwick uniting church – st. john’s, glenhuntly road, fijian assembly of god, victorian synod of the uniting church, plaques, memorials, mcoakley r. mrs., mcoakley r. mr., pensford mr., davies f.e. mr., brooks robinson and co., eddy r.d., whitborn m.j. mrs., whitborn g.f., tarah mr., arthur w. rev., biddoe mr., davies mr., crow mr.

Photocopied illustration with barest details of local resident, surveyor Francis J. Doolan taken from 500 Victorians – Centenary Edition 1934.doolan francis j., surveyors, council of victorian institute of surveyors, point nepean road, elsternwick, mirams bob, illustrations