Token presented to the postmistress Miss Marianne Thomson from the citizens of Ringwood, 1st August 1913.Presentation to postmistress Miss Marianne Thomson, signed by the citizens of Ringwood on 1st August 1913. +Additional Keywords: Citizens of RingwoodThis token of Our esteem is presented to You by the Undermentioned Citizens of Ringwood on Your retirement from the position of Postmistress after thirty Years Honourable Service. We take this Opportunity of thanking You for Your very many Acts of Kindness and Courtesy. And in conclusion trusting that You will be long spared to enjoy the Rest You have so faithfully earned. We have the privilege of Subscribing Ourselves. Yours very Sincerely, 1st August 1913. A.J.B.Aird, J.G.Aird, W.Aitken, J.C.Allan, H.E.B.Armstrong, L.F.Armstrong, A.D.Anderson, G.Anderson, M.Anderson, O.Anderson, T.Anderson, F.Baker, Bamford Bros, J.W.Barrett, E.Baxter, J.Bienvenu, A.Blood, G.Blood, H.Blood, I.Blood, S.Blood, W.J.Blood, L.Brakewell, G.Bray, G.T.Bruce, Mrs.Bruce, T.Burrows, W.H.Chamberlain, A.Chivers, R.E.Clarke, F.Clayton, J.Cooper, J.Cornelt, W.J.Craig, M.A.Crusswell, W.Cutts, Mrs W.Cutts, A.Daniel, F.Daniel, G.G.Davey, E.Davis, O.Delaney, M.Dickson, E.J.Evans, H.L.Falconer, N.Falconer, T.Falconer, T.S.Falconer, J.C.Fitzpatrick, P.Fitzpatrick, Mr.Geraghty, Mrs.Geraghty, H.Gerlach, A.Gowty, M.A.Grant, T.Grant J.P, M.R.Grant, A.E.Grant, T.W.Grant, A.D.Guthrie, H.Hamilton, C.Hams, A.Hann, E.Hann, Mrs.E.Hann, E.L.Hann, J.Hann, Harding, K.Henriques, J.Higginson, J.Hill, W.Hill, W.Hone, G.B.Howship, P.Howship, H.C.Howship, S.J.Kennedy, E.Keogh, J.P.Kiernan, A.King, Mrs.A.King, A.Kleinert, J.Knox Jr., T.Knox, H.C.Jones, J.Jones, T.H.Justice, W.N.Lamont, A.T.Langley, Mrs.Langley, F.D.Laurie, R.C.Layton, L.Leadbeater, A.Lindsay, J.Lothian, A.Loughnan, B.Mackinlay, E.Mackinlay, H.Mackinlay, W.Mackinlay, W.R.Mackinlay, C.L.Madden, N.Madden, J.J.Maggs, Miss.D.Maggs, A.Matthews, A.H.Miles, A.T.Miles, L.C.Miles, C.E.Miles, R.F.Miles, S.D.Miles, W.E.Miles, C.Mills, E.A.Milne, E.Molloy, J.Muldowney, M.Murphy, B.B.McAlpin, J.B.McAlpin, E.M.McDermott, W.McEwan, J.McGillivray, M.McGillivray, I.McLean, M.McGillivray, Miss McNamara, B.McSweeney, E.Parker, J.Parker, J.T.Pickett, E.Pollard, F.R.Pollard, H.Pollard, D.Porteus, OJ.Pratt, Mrs.OJ.Pratt, V.Rooney, V.T.Rooney, E.Russell, S.Scales, W.Smith, W.G.Smith, H.Stephenson, A.Stowell, R.Sutherland, Mrs.R.Sutherland, T.D.Thorne, J.Trainor, S.Unsworth, Miss.Unsworth, C.E.Walden, A.E.Walker, C.Wedge, G.T.Wiggin, E.White, J.M.White, F.Wilkins, J.Wilkins, R.G.Wilkins, E.Williams, C.R.Williams, L.Williams, P.G.Williams, T.V.Williams, W.G.Williams, W.S.Williams, Mrs.W.S.Williams, W.S.Williams Jr., D.Wright, M.Wright, A.D.Young, M.M.Young, P.T.Young, P.T.Young Jr., E.M.Davis, M.McAlpin, R.Sutton, E.W.Taylor. Also Miss Marianne Thomson

During the North-East Victorian bushfires of 1952, Helen Felton, Postmistress of Tintaldra post office, worked continuously for five days and nights to ensure the flow of communication through the disaster. Helen Felton conceded to leave her post for only 45 minutes while “the fire passed within fifteen feet of the spot where she was working,” burning down the garage and neighbouring store, before returning to work. Today, technologies such as cells on wheels, mobile exchanges on wheels, and NBN Sky Muster trucks are deployed in the wake of a disaster to ensure survivors have access to communications services. In a disaster, access to mobile coverage or landline connection to emergency services can be essential for the survival of life and property.emergency, bushfires, communications, regional, post office, telephonist, postmistress, helen felton

Typed below document, "Notice of Appointment of Mrs. Fanny Marden as Postmistress at Heathmont - 1929".

Miss Eleanor Boness was Postmistress at Linton between 1890 and 1894. In the photograph she is most likely the woman not wearing a hat, with Jim Wearne who was postal assistant standing next to her.Sepia photograph of Linton Post Office, with members of the public standing outside it, and two staff members, identified as Jim Wearne and Miss Boness. (Side view of building, taken in Clyde Street).Across top of card mount: "Linton Post Office 1900". Across bottom of card mount: "Jim Wearne Miss Boness". Note: Although this photograph is dated 1900 in the inscription, it was most likely taken at an earlier time. linton post office, jim wearne, eleanor boness

Typed below photograph, "Ringwood's first Post Office showing first Postmistress, Miss M. Thompson and her mother. 1890". (South side of Main Street (Maroondah Highway), approximately 300 meters west of Ringwood Railway Station). Writing on back of original photograph reads, "Grandma and Auntie Martha Thomson 1890". Stamps on back of photograph read, "Wall Bros. Photographers ... St. Kilda". Other stamp reads, "R.J.T. Futcher, Geelong, Victoria, Australia".

Believed to be a simple alpahbetical register of births kept by Marianne Thomson, Ringwood Postmistress and local registrar. Foolscap sized notebook with handwritten index to Births A-Z by surname. Each entry is simply the surname, christian names and Ringwood District Birth Registration Number. Believed to have been entered by Marianne Thomson, Postmistress and local Registrar. The actual Register images and searchable pdf of the registers are found in VC records 50001, 50002 and 50003 This handwritten notebook is kept only because it appears to hae been written by Marianne Thomson. All the information in it is in the full searchable transcription pdf in the above VC records. Inside front cover: "Index of Births Registered in Ringwood District."

Ringwood Post Office c.1910, Postmistress Miss Thompson +Additional Keywords: Miss Thompson

Colour photograph of Mrs Jessie Coates retiring postmistress in side post Office at Buchan Victoria. Also a second colour photograph of Mrs Jessie Coates postal services, social history

Colour photograph of Mrs Jeanette Lawson nee Brown former Postmistress of Wiseleigh P.O. celebrating her 104th birthday at Private Nursing Home Kalimna Victoriagenealogy, celebrations

Mrs Jeanette Lawson nee Brown born Cathgart NSW 11/3/1895, husband Craigie Lawson died 1964Colour photograph of Mrs Jeanette Lawson nee Brown former Postmistress of Wiseleigh P.O. celebrating her 104th birthday at Private Nursing Home Kalimna Victoriagenealogy, celebrations

This stamp was made by C G Roeszear & Son Melbourne. This was passed to me by my mrother, Mary Elizabeth Millane Nee Markham. She told me that, for as long as she could remember - and from at least 1920 - this stamp had been used by her mother, Bertha Jane Markham (nee Cruse) when she was Post Mistress at Mitcham and that she, ( that is, my mother) had continued to use the stamp in her own shop (Cnr Station St and Whitehorse Rd) from 1944 to 1957. This stamp was used in Mitcham Post Office continually from 1920 to 1944 at which time the Post Office was removed from the building; it was then used in the shop at the same location until June 1957.Mrs Markham's Paid Brass stamp Wooden bull shaped handle attached to a brass oval shaped stamp with words PAID IN FULL Mrs Markham was postmistress at Mitcham.It was part of her shop & dwelling cr Whitehorse Road and Station Street.Building on WCC Heritage overlayPaid in fullmetalcraft, bronzeware

Article in Nunawading Gazette about the first Post Office in Forest Hill. The first postmistress was Catherine Peacock (and storekeeper) who died in the 1930's. Later the P.O. was transferred to the North West corner of Canterbury Road and Springvale Road. The first Post Office and store was located at 259 Canterbury Road and this building was demolished in 1950.post offices, peacock, catherine, mcarthur, archibald, canterbury road, forest hill, no 259, forest hill post office

The Country Women's Association of Victoria was founded in 1928. It was formed to promote the interests of women and children in rural areas. Mabel Hedditch (1897 - 1966) moved to Australia and was postmistress in Bridgewater. Aswell as being elected to the Portland Town Council she was a founding member of the Country Women's Association of Victoria. Programme for Country Women's Association Choral and Drama Festival 1990. Yellow front and back cover with a green content page. Three pages in total stapled together. The cover page shows pixelated images of four drama masks with title information. Held at the Portland Civic Hall, 9th-10th Oct. 1990. Cover page: The Country Women's Association of Victoria Inc. / Choral & Drama Festival, Portland Civic Hall, 9th & 10th October 1990 / Convenor - Mrs M Stratford / Adjudicators, Mrs J Irving - Drama, Mr P Sargeant - Choralcountry women's association, cwa, fesitvals, choral and drama festival

Original Register of Births from which official information was submitted to the Victorian Births Deaths and Marriages Registry. A3 Birth Register of Victoria "Schedule A" in the District of Ringwood. Original Births Registration Document, handwritten for Ringwood Births between 1883 and 1893, Registration numbers 1 - 244. Signed by Postmistress and Deputy Registrar Marianne Thomson. High resolution images of individual pages are available on request from Ringwood and District Historical Society. A searchable pdf of transcriptions of all entries with a cross reference to the individual page image included as the second media item.

Juliana Magan was the seventh child of miner Patrick Magan and his wife Mary (née Flanagan). She was Postmistress at Linton from 1898 until at least 1912. Juliana Magan married Daniel Garvey at St Francis' Catholic Church in Melbourne in 1916. Photograph is part of Old Lintonian collection ; no. 61.Black and white photograph of a lady with spectacles, wearing light long sleeved gown, with throat band and brooch at centre of v neckline."Jan 1915"mrs dan garvey, juliana magan, old lintonian collection, postmistresses

Dr George Scantlebury practised as a doctor in Linton in the 1880s. He married Catherine Baynes who was Postmistress at Linton. The family moved from Linton to Cheltenham in 1889. Vera Scantlebury, born in Linton just before the family left for Cheltenham, also became a doctor. George Clifford (Cliff) Scantlebury was born in Cheltenham in 1890.Scanned copy of a photo taken at Christmas 1893, showing Dr George Scantlebury and two of his children, Cliff and Vera.dr george scantlebury, cliff scantlebury, vera scantlebury

Original Register of Births from which official information was submitted to the Victorian Births Deaths and Marriages Registry. A3 Birth Register of Victoria "Schedule A" in the District of Ringwood. Original Births Registration Document, handwritten for Ringwood Births between March 1893 and August 3rd 1903, Registration numbers 245-497. Signed by Postmistress and Deputy Registrar Marianne Thomson. High resolution images of individual pages are available on request from Ringwood and District Historical Society. A searchable pdf of transcriptions of all entries with a cross reference to the individual page image is included as the second media item.

Original Register of Deaths from which official information was submitted to the Victorian Births Deaths and Marriages Registry. A3Deaths Register of Victoria "Schedule B" in the District of Ringwood. Original Deaths Registration Document, handwritten for Ringwood Deaths between 2 May 1884 and 20 December 1911, Registration numbers 1-235. Signed by Postmistress and Deputy Registrar Marianne Thomson. High resolution images of individual pages are available on request from Ringwood and District Historical Society. A searchable pdf of transcriptions of all entries with a cross reference to the individual page image is included as the second media item.

Photo 1 - Rene Roper (Postmistress) crossing swollen Kiewa River on a milk can flying fox at Tawonga, during high winter waters Photo 2 - First Tawonga bridge was built in 1884- destroyed by floods in 1916. New bridge constructed 1923 and destroyed in 1953. Present concrete bridge constructed in 1986 and named Ryders BridgeBridge construction over Kiewa River at TawongaCopies of two original black and white photos. Photo 1 - Flying fox at site of Tawonga Bridge over the Kiewa River Photo 2 - Timber pile bridge over the Kiewa River at Tawongatawonga bridge, kiewa valley

The Mitcham Post Office was erected in 1924 as a large double-storied brick residence with two shops facing Whitehorse Road. In the larger shop Bertha and Patrick Markham operated a mixed newsagency business and the local Post office. Bertha Markham was appointed Postmistress. Patrick Markham put himself forward as a candidate for the Mitcham Riding in 1914 but was defeated by 34 votesColoured photograph of P J Markham's luggage label with inscription P. J. Markham, 678 Whitehorse Road, Mitcham, Phone Ringwood 198markham p j

"Alexander Colquhoun [Herald art critic 1914-1922 and feature writer for the Age 1926-1941] ... took private students in the first decade of the century, and one of these was Winifred Miles, who after her marriage in 1910 lived the remainder of her life in Ringwood. ... (She) began by doing charcoal studies of animals when she was in Balranald, but in later years moved to oils and then watercolours, travelling around Ringwood to find places to paint by means of a pony-driven governess-cart. She won prizes for paintings in the Royal Melbourne Shows." - Hugh Anderson - Ringwood, Place of Many Eagles [p.217].Painting with cardboard border in glass-fronted frame. Painted from an original black & white photograph, Catalogue Reg No. 1347 recorded as "Ringwood's first Post Office showing first Postmistress, Miss M. Thompson and her mother. 1890". (South side of Main Street (Maroondah Highway), approximately 300 meters west of Ringwood Railway Station). Writing on back of original photograph reads, "Grandma and Auntie Martha Thomson 1890". (Difference in painting date and photograph date indicates years as shown are approximate only). Sticker on back of frame - "Ringwood Framing Gallery, 233 Whitehorse Road Ringwood, Phone 8704930"

Original Register of Births from which official information was submitted to the Victorian Births Deaths and Marriages Registry. A3 Birth Register of Victoria "Schedule A" in the District of Ringwood. Original Births Registration Document, handwritten for Ringwood Births between 3 August 1903 and 4 March 1913, Registration numbers 498-733. Signed by Postmistress and Deputy Registrar Marianne Thomson. High resolution images of individual pages are available on request from Ringwood and District Historical Society. A searchable pdf of transcriptions of all entries with a cross reference to the individual page image is included as the second media item. Also included as the last page of the register is a Maternity Allowance Notice.

Looking south along Main Road from the south side of the intersection of Bridge Street with Main Road. Post Office (Anne Hunniford Postmistress) on left then the Commercial Bank of Australasia building. The house on the right, 'Derril,' was purchased by Walter Gahan in 1924 and was demolished in 1968 when Main Road was widened. In the distance on the left is Watson's Hotel and on the right (opposite side of the main road, Morris's Hotel Cross Ref: 0624This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image Print 14 x 24 cm 35 mm B&W negativeanne jane hunniford (1855-1928), bridge street, commercial bank of australia, derril, eltham, gahan house, main road, morris's hotel, post office, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, watsons hotel

(See also NP262 ) Black and white photo of Mitcham Post Office, NE corner of Whitehorse Road and Station Street. Has been site of Mitcham PO for many years - built in 1924. Following the death of Bertha Markham, Postmistress, in 1944, the building was not a PO; it resumed that function in mid 1957: between 1944 and 1957, the post office location was on the same block several buildings to the east of the current site. This building was also the home of Mary Millane (daughter of Bertha Markham) who operated a mixed business here and her husband Harold conducted a studio photographic business from these premises. The Millane family sold the premises to the PMG and vacated the premises in June, 1957, at which time it resumed service as the Mitcham Post Office.mitcham post office

Dr George James Scantlebury practised as a doctor in Linton in the 1880s. He married Catherine Millington Baynes who was Postmistress at Linton. The family moved from Linton to Cheltenham in 1889. Vera Scantlebury was born in Linton in 1889 just before the family left for Cheltenham. The Scantlebury's other three children were all born in Cheltenham, George Clifford (Cliff) in 1890, Dorothy (Dot) in 1893, and Ethel Eileen (Eileen) in 1899. Vera Scantlebury (afterwards Scantlebury-Brown) also became a doctor. She was instrumental in the formation of the Infant Welfare Division of the Victorian Health Department, and was first Director of Infant Welfare. Dorothy Scantlebury became Principal of Toorak College in 1942.Black and white copy of original photograph. Family portrait shows Dr George Scantlebury, his wife Catherine (nee Baynes) and their four children, Vera b. 1889, Cliff b. 1890, Dorothy b. 1893, and Eileen b. 1899. L-R: Eileen, George, Vera, Catherine, Dorothy, Cliff.dr george scantlebury, catherine scantlebury (née baynes), vera scantlebury-brown, cliff scantlebury, dorothy scantlebury, eileen scantlebury