"This item was found in a suitcase of rubbish along Axe Creek Road, Longlea, in the mid 1970s. It has been stored in my photo album ever since. Code's had a property along Axe Creek/McIvor Highway and there is a Code's Lane there now. Anecdotal, and possibly quite untrue, they had a vineyard and were wiped out by phylloxera." ( Rodney Edwards, donor, 26th August 2024) One page document, parchment colour. Written across of document 'Borough of Raywood". Letter signed by Jacob Philip Balk Mayor, November 13th. 1888, outlining the employment details for Frederick George Code as 'the Officer of Herdsman of the Raywood Borough and Common at a nominal salary of one pound per annum and a commission of eighty per cent on fees received'. Handwritten on back of document: 'Bendigo Jam Factory 1902, January 11th. (indecipherable) lot Plums ten cases 2 ct 2 gr @ 40/-, 5.'frederick code, raywood pound, raywood common, axe creek, axedale, axedale pound

Raywood is in the State of Victoria.Gold mining lease blocks at Raywood. Thought to be from The Gold-Fields of Victoria Reports of The Mining Registrars for the Quarter Ended 30th June 1886raywood, raywood botanical gardens, pound, raywood state school, buxton, new buxton, new perserverance, pioneer, new nil, south pioneer and may reef, london

The McCormick name in farm machinery dates back to Cyrus McCormick, who produced the first successful reaper in 1831. McCormick's company was one of the pieces that eventually became International Harvester. International renamed their new 10-20 and 15-30 tractors as McCormick-Deering in 1923. The McCormick-Deering name was used on standard (wide) front tractors for the next three decades, until it was phased out in favor of the International name.Joan Filbey Collection: Invoice from F.W. Scarce General Storekeeper Phone 14 Raywood.Agent for Goldsbrough Mort General Agencies A/cs. Strictly Monthly. 1 Item McCormick-Deering 10-20 Tractor Steel Wheels sold as reconditioned 325 pound by Bray and Sinclair, Kent Street Ascot Vale. Receipt stamps attached with the writing: Received above payment, F W Scarce 16/8/49history, bendigo, mccormick-deering tractor, raywood, f.w. scarce, joan filbey collection