24 Battalion Christmas Greetings card sent to his sister Marion, by VX25903 Robert Ross ADAMS Born 14/10/1919 at Three Bridges/Powelltown Enlisted 19/6/1940. Trained at Wangaratta with the 2/24 Battalion. 16/11/40 embarked overseas and served in the Middle East and New Guinea. Inside page has a Christmas greeting, and poem entitled “Thoughts” together with black and white image of a soldier with rifle. Card also contained a small separate page with verse entitled Comradeship Hymn.Item sent by R Adams to his married sister Marion and family during WW2. Donor Norma Woods, is the daughter of Marion and niece of Adams.Cream coloured cardboard card with red white and grey symbol top left corner above two words in black printOn cover - Christmas Greetings Inside cover - Sender VX25903 Dvr R Adams HQ Coy 2/24 Bn AIF Abroadww2, 2/24 battalion, middle east, rat of tobruk, robert ross adams, christmas card

A number of newsletters relating to former staffmembers of the University of Ballarat and predecessor institutions. It also includes and contact list for members. former staff association, ex-staff association, thelma rungkat, zig plavina, ken clements, verna barry, gower, neville, graber, j.j., battersby, david, baty, j.e., martin, frank, schrieke, roy, wittwer, vivienne, wixted, d, sweatman, stan, beggs, hugh, hillman, l.f.j, burrow, charles, clements, ken, finton, william, hooper, harvey, norwood, tom, plavina, zigurds a., sweatman, stan, coldwell, betty, maclean, andrew, minter, gordon, moritz, henry, norwood, tom, plavina, zigurds a., rungkat, thelma, stevens, max, sweatman, stan, coldwell, betty, norwood, tom, plavina, zigurds a., rungkat, thelma, clements, ken, else, dennis, firestone, a., hawley, graham, martyn, j., may, jean, morrell, j., norwood, tom, plavina, zigurds a., moritz, henry, norwood, tom, hooper, harvey, russell, peter, binns, greg, brooke, dulcie, brooke, dulcie, brookes, a.c., clements, ken, crocker, g, may, jean, mckenzie, alfred l, norwood, tom, sargent, malcolm, brookman, b, norwood, tom, sharrock, john, sharrock, john, sharrock, john, binns, greg, coldwell, kobyn, crocker, george, hawley, graham, may, keith, minto, william, norwood, tom, o'haire, v, runnalls, t.h., snow, john, surtees, r, woolley, derek j, binns, greg, brooke, dulcie, crosby, p, crump, john, crump, mrs, dowling, h, fryer, j, hawley, graham, norwood, tom, sharrock, robert, biddington, geoffrey, adams, frank, aston, morrell kenneth, binns, greg, brooke, dulcie, clements, ken, day, phil, hook, robert, lees, brian, norwood, tom, norwood, tom, tibbits, smith, ray watson, geoffrey biddington,, cole, candice, mccubbery, g, norwood, tom, norwood, tom, barker, jack, norwood, tom, casselli, h.r., trudinger, p, barker, jack, barker, john, hillman, lindsay f, richards, richard w, barker, jack, watson, ray, hawley, graham, cox, kerry o., moritz, henry, mainwarring, geoff, ballard, alan, barker, jack, barry, verna, barth, f.w.h., clements, ken, durant, i.a., else, dennis, hawley, graham, hawley, graham, lees, brian, martin, frank, norwood, tom, norwood, tom, roberts-austin, w.c., robson, walter, ross, helen m, watson, ray, ballard, alan, clements, ken, coles, shirley, hawley, graham, hawley, graham, kline, colin, lees, e, norwood, tom, alan ballard, clements, ken, day, philip, graham hawley, kline, colin, la gerche, j., lees, michael, lovett, r, martin, frank, millar, monica, neale, a.h., norwood, tom, norwood, tom, roberts, g.m., robson, walter, schrieke, roy, shannon, g.g., watson, ray, sweatman, stan, frank martin, norwood, tom, roberts, gordon, robson, walter, watson, robert, tibbits, w, jardyne, m, brooke, j.d., tom norwood, roberts, gordon, schroeder, carl, jack barker, bartlett, a.h., greg binns, brooke, j.h., hawthorne, james w, kline, j.m., martin, g, roberts, j., rochford, j., schulman & compton, gervasoni, clare, zigurds a. plavina, peter blizzard, corbould, william, hook, robert, hurley, frank, leeanne pitman, zig plavina, roy schrieke, roy taylor, sweatman, stan, hooper, john, sweatman, t, plavina, zigurds a., plavina, zigurds a., plavina, zigurds a., hooper, n.s., plavina, zigurds a., adams, frank, dytschenko, l, fernandez, gerry, oliltree, w, plavina, zigurds a., quick, barrie, quick, clive, ruffle, charles, tonkin, l, victor, williams, amy, clare gervazsoni, harvey hooper, henry caselli, e.j. barker, h.r. murphy, clare gervasoni, colin kline, dulcie brooke, dennis else

The book profiles various American senators who went against party policy and community sentiment and acted according to conscience. Stories include the following senators: John Quincy Adams Daniel Webster Thomas Hart Benton Sam Houston Edmund G. Ross Lucius Lamar George Norris Robert A. TaftRelevant to US political and parliamentary history.Book; 245 pages. Cover: blue background; white lettering; author's name and title. In blue ink, "Deptford Mall, N.J., April 1978."btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, senators - usa, adams, john quincy, government, politics, webster, daniel, benton, thomas hart, houston, sam, ross, edmund g, lamar, lucius, norris, george, taft, robert a.

This file contains four items: 1/A black and white photocopy of a letter dated either 07/08/1889 or 09/08/1889, from Robert Lundon to an unidentified recipient discussing an agreement reached between the author – on behalf of the recipient – and Soon Hang Hi in regard, in regards to the allotment known as Webber’s. The agreement is outlined in the letter in what appears to be Chinese characters, and includes the marks of Robert Lundon and Soon Hang Hi. File note from Joy Wu states that the calligraphy is not Mandarin or traditional Chinese. 2/Three sheets of hand-written working notes with information taken from the Victorian Government Gazette on THE ROSSTOWN AND MURRUMBEENA LAND COMPANY LIMITED, THE ROSSTOWN JUNCTION RAILWAY AND PROSPERITY COMPANY LIOMITED, and THE ROSSTOWN JUNCTION, ELSTERNWICK, AND OAKLEIGH RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED, covering dates between 1887 and 1894. The notes concern meetings and creditors claims relevant to the companies, with reference numbers for the information source. Date and author of the notes are not recorded. 3/A black and white photocopy of the a partial map of the Rosstown Railway and surrounding area, undated. The map includes the names of landholders in the areas of Brighton, Garden Vale and Elsternwick, as well as other railway lines present in the region. 4/A fold-out map and guide of the Rosstown Rail Trail, including a brief general history of Caulfield as well as a more extensive biography of William Murray Ross and the Rosstown Railway. The map marks and describes significant sites along the trail, including photographs of some of these sites, provided by DF Jowett.documents, correspondence, webber’s, lundon robert, chinese characters, ethnic communities, signatures, text, settlements, taxes, fraser john grieves, lovell r.h., price davies, meetings, communication activities, soon hang hi, commercial events and activities, the rosstown and murrumbeena land company limited, victorian government gazette, bulmer richard, parry john, osment henry, shareholders, creditors claims, the rosstown junction railway and property company limited, finch and best, lawyers, the rosstown junction elsternwick and oakleigh railway company limited, cameron w.c., phillips p.d., garden vale, elsternwick, elsternwick railway station, rosstown, rosstown railway, thomas street, bay street, kooyong road, melbourne and brighton railway, hawthorn road, bambra road, caulfield and frankston railway, booran road, grange road, koornang road, murrumbeena road, north road, north road railway station, east brighton railway station, south road, railway routes, railway lines, railways, land transport, murphy j., caulfield, hamilton t.f., dane p., holloway, webb, ailee john, payne t.b., brodie chas, dane john, o’neil h., mccombie john, mcmillane a., smyth c.d., cooper, ebden, landholders, jeffrey j.d., gill j., balcombe a.e., cooper h., mcnab j., white j., sutherland j., greeves a.f.a., newton m.c., chamley f.b., fowler j., inglis p., grant t., stooke j., swanson g., cochrane c., adams e.b., mccombie thas, keyes robert, brighton cemetery, burials grounds and graveyards, war-ein road, were j.b., holland j., mcmahon c., winter t.l.m., dendy henry, mitchell w., jackson s., were j.e., wickham francis dawe, bryant jane, east brighton railway station, railway stations, maps, allotments, land titles, roads and streets, rosstown rail trail, city of glen eira, tourism, trains, tourism information bureaus, tours, pamphlets, elsternwick railway park, oakleigh junction, princes park, ee gunn reserve, packer park, sites, jowett d.f., weickhardt i.g., return to rosstown: railways land sales and sugar beet ventures in caulfield, land sales, walking trails, ross william murray, transport objects, locomotion, walking, cycling, driving, sports, country mansions, people, caulfield john, builders, construction and demolition workers, occupations, careers, professionals, topography, geology, landforms, horticulture, market gardens, primary industry workers, city of caulfield, mood kee, pennington harold, annual general meetings, caulfield town hall, glen eira city council, carnegie, carnegie station, rosstown station, people by circumstance, migrants, sugar beet, sugar beet mill, sugar beet industry, mills, factories, sea beach lines, bent thomas, parliamentary representatives, neville street, miller street, lemann’s swamp reserve, koornang park, cane sugar industry, breweries, rabbit processing plants, health establishments, hospitals, food production establishments, abattoirs, thieves, social problems, vagrants, theft, squatting, financial economics, debt, finance industry, insurance companies, company managers, bentleigh, ross leila, the grange, leila road, wild cherry road, financial trouble, mortgages, gisborne street, archibald street, riddell parade, victoria railways, glen huntly road, clarence street, college street, gladstone parade, parrell street, aileen avenue, seaview street, land subdivisions, dover street, sussex street, landfill, marara road, booran road, woodville avenue, dorothy avenue, ormond park, royal avenue, ormond railway station, oakleigh road, melten avenue, miller street, munro avenue, lord reserve, neerim road, toolambool road, the rosstown hotel, rosanna street, murrumbeena crescent, commercial establishments, the national bank, rosstown road, kangaroo road, poath road, freda street, hughesdale kindergarten, oakleigh council, hughesdale community centre, civic establishments, galbally reserve, plaques, warrigal road, out and about brochures, orion estate