The train line from the city to Frankston was electrified in 1922 which intensified the sale in the municipality of Moorabbin, particularly land which was in the vicinity of the railway stations. This estate was auctioned on Saturday, October 20, 1923.Example of the progress of the Municipality of MoorabbinAdvertising flyer for auction of real estate sales - plan of building blocks for saleHighlands Estate, Moorabbin plan.point nepean road (nepean highway), schofield street, taverner street, herbert street (now linton street), moorabbin, real estate, auction

Colour lasercopy of Port Melbourne Settlement boys club. Taken with flash 1930s, probably not at 311 Nott Street clubhouse - could be at Excelsior Hall? Separate copy with most boys named (see media).societies clubs unions and other organisations, ken turner, port melbourne settlement, bob turner, ernie turner, tom anderson, bruce anderson, albie beaumont, 'titch' beaumont, barrett, george downard, keith downard, alf davenport, fred davenport, keith davenport, dixon, bert heathcote, fred heathcote, merv leyden, 'bug' mitchell, 'flea' mitchell, 'nunk' manners, sydney ross, jack ross, sweeney, jack hedley, mitchell, alf schofield, george brown, bill thackrah, 'skinny' anderson, 'nunc.' manner, andy angwin, 'fat' wadell, norm "cox", pudley, 'smiler' mcgrath, 'blood' whitford, arnie anderson, bill sweeney, 'spud' manner, jim ratchford, davies, wade, henry sweeney, 'buster' lyons, 'basher' duggan, 'ockie' prest, ern turner, kingsley jones, 'podge' barrett, alexander, bartlett, hutchinson, leyden, ratcliffe, cooper, howard swift, bill man, bill rose, lugg, hudson, davis, jack turner, sinclair, bill saville, carter, syd ross, dunn, les harcourt, lunt, ted marion, merve leydon

One of a batch of yarn sample cards. Alexander Lau established his business in 1950 in the Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne. He designed textiles and commissionned many of his textiles to be spun andf woven in Geelong mills. He had a long association with the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Mill and with Mr Schofield, the manager. In 2000, he retired and closed the business.ARGILE/ TURQUOISE/ MAUVE/ ROUUILLE/MULTICOtextile design fashion textile industry - history, alexander lau pty ltd, textile design, fashion, textile industry - history

One of a batch of yarn sample cards. Alexander Lau established his business in 1950 in the Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne. He designed textiles and commissionned many of his textiles to be spun andf woven in Geelong mills. He had a long associatiob withthe Returned Soldiers and Sailors Mill and with Mr Schofield, the manager. In 2000, he retired and closed the business.AMANDE/ BLEU/ CAMEL/CONCORDE/ LIEUREtextile design fashion textile industry - history, alexander lau pty ltd, textile design, fashion, textile industry - history

One of a batch of yarn sample cards. Alexander Lau established his business in 1950 in the Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne. He designed textiles and commissionned many of his textiles to be spun andf woven in Geelong mills. He had a long associatiob withthe Returned Soldiers and Sailors Mill and with Mr Schofield, the manager. In 2000, he retired and closed the business.AMORAGE/ORIFLAMME/PARME/ROSE/SOUS-BOIStextile design fashion textile industry - history, alexander lau pty ltd, textile design, fashion, textile industry - history

One of a batch of yarn sample cards. Alexander Lau established his business in 1950 in the Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne. He designed textiles and commissionned many of his textiles to be spun andf woven in Geelong mills. He had a long association with the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Mill and with Mr Schofield, the manager. In 2000, he retired and closed the business.Yarn sample card: card wound with four samples of woollen yarn, each yarn sample is the same design but in a different colourway. The card is printed with the label COL: and handwritten with the colour names.NOIR/PURPEL/ STELL/WILLOWtextile design fashion textile industry - history, alexander lau pty ltd, textile design, fashion, textile industry - history

Alexander Lau established his business in 1950 in the Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne. He designed textiles and commissioned many of his textiles to be spun and woven in Geelong mills. He had a long association with the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Mill and with Mr Schofield, the manager. In 2000, he retired and closed the business.Glossy paper clothing tag with rainbow coloured logo and black printed text.front: CRESTKNIT KNITWEAR & / ALEXANDER LAU FABRICS / TOGHETHER IN / CO-ORDINATING FASHION / (SEE OVER) back: This ticket is your / SYMBOL GUIDE / to help you to / co-ordinate this garment with / a color-matched CRESKNIT lambswool / pullover or cardigan. / Look for the matching ticket on / CRESKNIT LAMBSWOOL KNITWEAR / and you'll find colors created to / give you sophisticated / CO-ORDINATION.