Rose Charman's parents, David and Lilly Charman managed Brookdale Guest House 1901-1914. Guest Houses in the Dandenongs had become popular weekend destinations for visitors from Melbourne at that time. This organ would have been used for concerts, singalongs etc. Rose Charman's parents, David and Lilly Charman managed Brookdale Guest House 1901-1914. Guest Houses in the Dandenongs had become popular weekend destinations for visitors from Melbourne at that time.This organ is a reminder of the time when guesthouses flourished in the Dandenongs following the completion of the narrow gauge train line,This reed or pump organ is a keyboard instrument that operates via bellows that blow wind past free-floating reeds. It is a Cornish Reed Organ.Inscribed on organ pedals: 'Cornish & Co.' and 'Washington N.J.'organ, organ seat, rose charman, brookdale guest house, cornish piano & organ company

Guest houses in the Dandenongs flourished after the opening of the narrow-gauge railway line from Ferntree Gully to Gembrook in 1900.. Brookdale was a well-known guest house in Emerald operating 1901 - 1920. These photographs show how the guests spent their time there.This album is indicative of the era of guesthouses in the Emerald area which reached their peak in the early 20th century.A small photograph album containing six black and white photographs of a holiday at Brookvale guest house. This was given to Mrs Charman (proprietor) in 1904. Also, five loose photos at the back of the album unrelated to the actual album but related to Brookdale and/or the Charman family.On front cover of Album: 'Photographs' Handwritten inside front cover: 'To / Mrs Charman / From W. L. & F. D. Lawson / 1904 / A Memento of Days Spent in Emerald' Inside blank page before photos handwritten: 'Brookdale'charman, brookdale guest house, 1904, emerald, victoria, australia, picnic, rose charman, lily charman, rose edebolls

Nettie Palmer was a well known Australian writer who lived with her writer husband, Vance Palmer, at Rose Charman's Cottage in Emerald for a period of time.Photocopy of handwritten letter from Nettie Palmer to Mrs Jeffery, dated 8 Feb 1954Written on Nedou & Sons' Hotel notepaper, printed details and address crossed out.emerald, victoria, australia, writing, nettie palmer

The author, Katharine Susannah Pritchard, was at one time the owner of Rose Charman's Cottage, which she leased to Vance and Nettie Palmer, and which became a centre for the gathering of well-known literary figures early in the 210th century.411p.: First published 1946 (by the Australian Pub. Coy.)K.R.W. Davis LTFG Authorised Newsagentemerald, victoria, australia, authors, fiction, katharine susannah prichard, rose charman's cottage

Emerald was a gathering place for some Australian writers in the early 20th century. Vance and his wife Nettie Palmer were two such writers. In addition to their literary works, they were remembered for their great compassion and generosity. Vance Palmer's novels wrote between 1920 and 1959.In 1919, the couple rented Rose Charman's Cottage in Emerald from the writer, Katharine Susannah Prichard.Vance and Netty Palmer advocated for the recognition of Australian literature as a subject worthy of serious study and teaching.Published 1957. Hardback. Novel.On spine: 'Seedtime / Vance / Palmer'vance palmer, author, seedtime, novel, katharine susannah prichard, rose charman's cottage, emerald, victoria, australia, nettie palmer

Janet Gertrude (Nettie) Palmer (1885-1964), writer and critic, was born on 18 August 1885 at Sandhurst (Bendigo), Victoria. Nettie's education began at home with her mother and continued at Miss Rudd's Seminary at Malvern. In 1900-04 she attended Presbyterian Ladies' College. n 1905 Nettie enrolled at the University of Melbourne (B.A., 1909; M.A., 1912). She was awarded the exhibition and first-class honours in first-year English and gained honours in modern languages. The Palmers returned to Melbourne in 1915 and moved to Katharine Prichard's cottage at Emerald. Between 1918-19 she lived with her aunt Ina Higgins, returning to Emerald living at Rose Charman Cottage in the early 1920s. Nettie emerged as possibly the most important literary critic in Australia. After the publication of Modern Australian Literature 1900-1923 (1924), a landmark in criticism which won the Lothian essay prize, she had many more regular outlets, notably her weekly literary causerie in the Illustrated Tasmanian Mail (212 articles in 5½ years), the Brisbane Courier, All About Books and the Bulletin Red Page. Nettie was committed to the development of a national literature as a means of achieving a more enlightened community. Much of her writing dealt with the themes, subjects and idiom of Australian writers, notably Henry Handel Richardson. She played a seminal role in establishing the canons of Australian literary criticism but she also wrote widely on world literature. Some of her essays were published in Talking it Over (1932); her 1928 anthology, An Australian Story-Book, set standards for the short story. Nettie's lively correspondence from Caloundra, and from 1929 from Melbourne, established a network of contact and encouragement between many Australian and overseas writers and intellectuals, and especially for young women writers such as Marjorie Barnard and Eleanor Dark for whom she provided an anchor. In 1931 she published her biography, Henry Bournes Higgins, and in 1934 she co-edited The Centenary Gift Book. Active in the Australian Literature Society, the Verse-Speaking Association, and later the Fellowship of Australian Writers, she lectured and broadcasted.The book is socially, artistically and historically significant as it is an account of the gradual settlement of the Dandenongs, and Nettie Palmer was a significant figure in Australian art circlesRed hard cover book with buff dust jacket, dust jacket protected with plastic cover.$4.95 (crosses out), 200,$1707 263dandenongs, book, nettie, palmer

Notes compiled by Jo Jenkinson on tours of Emerald and district conducted in April and May 1990 by Gus Ryberg. The notes were written to accompany photographs, now in a display book (see VEMU ). Contain details of historical sites around Emerald. Includes hand-written amendments by Gus Ryberg.7p. of typescript, printout from a computer file, with map.butchers, nils muth, nottingham house, hogan park, emerald coffee palace, monkey dung creek, a'vard picnic ground, rose charman's cottage, copplestone, lumeah, gus ryberg, emerald, victoria, australia, retail trade, orchardists, vegetable growing, herb growing, horticulture, guest houses, gold mining, quarries, historic sites, historic buildings

No. 5 in 'Round Monbulk' Series. Describes three drives: Map 1Monbulk-Kallista-Sherbrooke-Sassafras-Olinda-Monbulk; Map 2 Monbulk-Emerald-Macclesfield-Monbulk; Map 3 Belgrave-Lysterfield valley-Ferntree Gully-Upwey-Tecoma-Belgrave. This is the primary copy.17p.:ill.,maps; spiral bound, revised edn. first pub 1994. ISBN 1875 301 364. (primary copy)Paperkallista, jack emerald, fleming's nursery, macclesfield cemetery, avonsleigh church of christ, emerald museum, nobelius heritage park, rose charman's cottage, butterfield park, dandenong ranges, victoria, australia, monbulk, betty hotchin, gold mining, historic sites, historic buildings, tourism, emerald, victoria, australia

No. 5 in 'Round Monbulk' Series. Describes three drives: Map 1Monbulk-Kallista-Sherbrooke-Sassafras-Olinda-Monbulk; Map 2 Monbulk-Emerald-Macclesfield-Monbulk; Map 3 Belgrave-Lysterfield valley-Ferntree Gully-Upwey-Tecoma-Belgrave. This is a duplicate copy.17p.:ill.,maps; spiral bound, revised edn. first pub 1994. ISBN 1875 301 364. (duplicate copy)Paperkallista, jack emerald, fleming's nursery, macclesfield cemetery, avonsleigh church of christ, emerald museum, nobelius heritage park, rose charman's cottage, butterfield park, dandenong ranges, victoria, australia, monbulk, betty hotchin, gold mining, historic sites, historic buildings, tourism, emerald, victoria, australia

No. 5 in 'Round Monbulk' Series. Describes three drives: Map 1Monbulk-Kallista-Sherbrooke-Sassafras-Olinda-Monbulk; Map 2 Monbulk-Emerald-Macclesfield-Monbulk; Map 3 Belgrave-Lysterfield valley-Ferntree Gully-Upwey-Tecoma-Belgrave. This is the second duplicate copy.17p.:ill.,maps; bound, revised edn. first pub 1994. ISBN 1875 301 364. (second duplicate copy)Paperkallista, jack emerald, fleming's nursery, macclesfield cemetery, avonsleigh church of christ, emerald museum, nobelius heritage park, rose charman's cottage, butterfield park, dandenong ranges, victoria, australia, monbulk, betty hotchin, gold mining, historic sites, historic buildings, tourism, emerald, victoria, australia

Emerald was a gathering place for some Australian writers in the early 20th century. She bought an Emerald cottage where she lived and also rented to fellow writers Vance and Netty Palmer. Katharine Susannah Prichard published between 1915 and 1967. 'Working Bullocks' was one of Katharine Susannah Prichard's two major works: it dramatized the physical and emotional traumas of timber workers in the karri country of Australia's south-west.Katharine Susannah Prichard was a well-known Australian writer with an association with Emerald.Hardback. Published 1956. First published 1926.'Working Bullocks /by / Katharine Susannah Prichard' on front and back coverskatharine susannah prichard, author, working bullocks, novel, vance and netty palmer, rose charman's cottage, emerald, victoria, australia

The Rose Stereograph Company was founded by George Rose at age 19 around 1880. At the time, he produced 3D stereographs before moving onto photography in the 1920s. He photographed in Australia as well as overseas depicting some of the most important events, people and historical events of the early 20th century, as well as every day places and life in Australia.The postcard of The Rose Series is historically and artistically significant as it is associated with renowned photographer of the late 19th and early 20th century, George Rose, who captured many landmarks, important events and people throughout Australia and the world.Black and white rectangular postcard printed on card. The black and white postcard depicts an Australian bullock team with around twelve cattle, in pairs of two, pulling a wagon led by one man. Another man stands to the side on the dirt road. Trees are lining the left side of the road and can be seen in the background.Obverse: The Rose Series, P. 1605 / An Australian Bullock Team /emerald, victoria, australia, bullock teams, david charman, the rose series, rose series postcards, postcards, photography, 1880s, george rose