A hand-drawn map of Mary-Meadows guest house drawn by Anne Counsel (Sievers) from her memories of the guest house. The map was of Mary-Meadows in 1956 and was drawn in 2010. Mary-Meadows and was part of the Mary Chain of guest houses built by Eric Dowdle in Marysville. A hand-drawn map of Mary-Meadows guest house drawn by Anne Counsel (Sievers) from her memories of the guest house.marysville, victoria, australia, mary chain guesthouses, eric dowdle, rita dowdle, marylands, mary lyn, mary lodge, kerami, mary meadows, mary brook, barron of beef, mary port, guest house, photograph, sherbrooke, mount martha, the golf house, el kanah, mary chain golf links, map, anne counsel (sievers), hand-drawn map, alec sievers, rene sievers, robert sievers, anne sievers

This set of 16 photographs were taken in mid-1990 during a family function held at the BBQ area of the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Australian Survey Corps. Traditionally the cutting of the cake was performed by the Unit commanding Officer and the youngest soldier. The name of the soldier assisting CO LTCOL Rene van den Tol is not known. This occasion was one of several events held in 1990 to commemorate the 75th anniversary. More information is provided in pages 147 and 150 of Valerie Lovejoy’s book 'Mapmakers of Fortuna – A history of the Army Survey Regiment’ ISBN: 0-646-42120-4. This is a set of 16 photographs of a family BBQ held at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo in mid-1990. The black and white photographs are on 35mm negative film and scanned at 2400 dpi. They are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. .1) & .2) - Photo, black & white, 1990. RA Svy 75th anniversary cake. .3) - Photo, black & white, 1990. L to R: SPR Caroline (Wyatt) Evans, SPR Sandra Dee, unidentified. .4) - Photo, black & white, 1990. L to R: unidentified, SPR Caroline (Wyatt) Evans, SPR Sandra Dee, remainder unidentified. .5) - Photo, black & white, 1990. L to R: CPL Di (Thomas) Sutar, SPR Caroline (Wyatt) Evans, unidentified. .6) - Photo, black & white, 1990. Cutting of the cake L to R: unidentified guests, CO LTCOL Rene van den Tol, unidentified. .7) - Photo, black & white, 1990. Cutting of the cake L to R: unidentified children, CO LTCOL Rene van den Tol, unidentified. Adults in background L to R: SPR Jeanette Drury-Lane, CPL Guenther Ebenwaldner, CPL Perry Burt, SPR Harris Lee, Karen Rothwell, SPR Neil Pedler, WO1 Allan Hancox, unidentified, SGT Wolfgang Thun, Joe Farrington. .8) - Photo, black & white, 1990. Cutting of the cake L to R: unidentified children, CO LTCOL Rene van den Tol, unidentified. Adults in background L to R: Karen Rothwell, SPR Neil Pedler, WO1 Allan Hancox, unidentified, SGT Wolfgang Thun, Joe Farrington, remainder unidentified. .9) - Photo, black & white, 1990. Cutting of the cake L to R: CO LTCOL Rene van den Tol, unidentified. Adults in background L to R: unidentified, SGT Wolfgang Thun, unidentified, PTE Gary Sievers, unidentified (x4), Pat Thwaites, remainder unidentified. .10) - Photo, black & white, 1990. Cutting of the cake L to R: CO LTCOL Rene van den Tol, unidentified. Adults in background L to R: unidentified, SGT Wolfgang Thun, PTE Gary Sievers, Joe Farrington, remainder unidentified. .11) - Photo, black & white, 1990. Cutting of the cake L to R: CO LTCOL Rene van den Tol, unidentified. Adults in background L to R: unidentified, WO1 Allan Hancox, Joe Farrington, PTE Gary Sievers. .12) - Photo, black & white, 1990. Cutting of the cake L to R: CO LTCOL Rene van den Tol, unidentified. Adults in background L to R: SGT Wolfgang Thun, unidentified, Joe Farrington, PTE Gary Sievers, remainder unidentified. .13) - Photo, black & white, 1990. BBQ L to R: MAJ Bob Williams, D-SVY COL Don Swiney MBE, unidentified. .14) - Photo, black & white, 1990. BBQ L to R: MAJ Peter Clark, WO1 Bill Jones, D-SVY COL Don Swiney MBE, unidentified. .15) - Photo, black & white, 1990. BBQ L to R: SPR Leigh Palfrey, unidentified. .16) - Photo, black & white, 1990. BBQ L to R: SGT Brian Paul, WO2 Rob Bogumil.There are no annotations.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna