Notice of ordinary meeting of the council 5th August 1980 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Western Region Commission Contribution for 1980/81 Street Construction Agreement Part Fairfax Circuit Albanvale Land Transfer Part of Rogers Street and Francis Street Discontinued to Abutting Owners Ralph McKay Ltd & Maribyrnong Timber Pty Ltd Request for Open Space Entitlement Farmers' and Graziers Subdivision McDonald Road Brooklyn Committee for Councillor Information Programmes Staff Matters Award Variations On Cost C.R.B. Projects Council Property 2 - 4 Burton Crescent Maribyrnong Supplementary Valuations Constitution Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Dickson Street Private Street Scheme Sunshine Tip Tipping Agreements Collins & Davey Motors Pty Ltd Transfer to Whelan the Wreaker Holdings Pty Ltd Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Building Regulations for Child Care Centres Request for Financial Assistance Aboriginal Advancement League Western Region Community Legal Centre Progress Report on Howard Kingham Lodge Frail Aged Hostel Darnley Street Braybrook Report of the Children's Services Development Officer Levels of Income Security Payments Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Health Act Registrations for 1980 Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises Under the Health Act Infant Welfare Centre Boundaries Aycliffe Drive Infant Welfare & Pre-School Centre, Diamond Avenue Infant Welfare Centre & Deer Park Infant Welfare Centre Officers' Authorisation Under the Second-hand Dealers Act Report of the Superintendent Traffic & By-Laws Court Proceedings Parking Infringements Shopping Trolleys Dog Act Report of the City Librarian Library Subsidy Report of the City Engineer & Planner Planning Permit Eight Flats Fraser Street Sunshine Planning Permit Firty Bed Nursing Home 41 Thomson Street Corner Jackson Street Maidstone Planning Permit Application Internally Illuminated Sky Sign 809 Ballarat Road Deer Park Planning Permit Application Medical Consulting Rooms Lot 5 North West Corner Glengala Road and Bell Street Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Retail Plant Nursey Lots 32, 33 & 34 South West Corner Raleigh Road and Burton Crescent Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Roof to Bridge Platform Extension With Existing Industrial Complex Somerville Road Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Garden and Building Supplies Lot 13 & 14 Francis Street Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Garden and Building Supplies Lot 16 Francis Street Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Rosamond Bowling Club Licensed Club Robert Barrett Reserve Rosamond Road Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Sign 594 Ballarat Road Albion Planning Permit Flats Station Road Deer Park Planning Permit Application Proposed Relocatable Classrooms Holy Eucharist Primary School 1A Oleander Drive North West Corner Chedgey Drive St. Albans Planning Permit Application Rebuilding of Damaged Wall of Existing Licensed Grocer Ballarat Road Maidstone Planning Permit Application New & Used Car Sales and Service Dealership 209 Ballarat Road Maidstone Planning Permit Application Shop Alterations and Extensions Lots 1 & 2 Ballarat Road Deer Park Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Contravention 121 Rosamond Road Maidstone Proposed Survey Sunshine Shopping Centre By Humanities Department of Footscray Institute of Technology Students Removal of Easement Lot 261 Atunga Court Sunshine West Strata Subdivision 101 Ballarat Road Plan of Consolidation of Title Wiltshire Files Sunshine Road Tottenham Tenders for Playground Equipment Naming Lanes North Side of Devonshire Road East of Cornwall Street Right of Ways Running North South From Una Street to Devonshire Road as Byron Place and Shelley Place Plan of Subdivision Westerngate North Estate Stage 4 Removal of Easement Station Road Deer Park Creation of Easement Lot 119 Station Road Deer park Availability of Sewer for Lots 246 to 252 Rosslare Parade St. Albans Aycliffe Drive Infant Welfare & Pre-School Centre Cherry Crescent Child Care Centre Rosamond Bowling Club Alterations and Additions to Municipal Offices Epalock Crescent Infant Welfare & Pre-School Centre and Ridgeway Parade Welfare & Pre-School Centre More Park Pavilion Request by Sunshine District Women's Softball Association for Two Electric Hand Dryers Report of the Building Surveyor Building Over Easement Lot 12 Block A McIntyre Road Sunshine North Building Over Easement 9 Orloff Court Sunshine North Wireless Tower Lot 1 Somerville Road Footscray West Schedule for Authorsing of Affixing the Common Seal of the Municipality to Documetns Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 31st July 1980 Proposal to Construct Right of Way East Side of Sydney Street From King Edward Avenue to Forrest Street Under the Provisions of Division 10 of Part XIX of the Local Government Act 1958 Proposal to Construct Dickson Street (Part) Under the Provisions of Division 10 of Part XIX of the Local Government Act 1958 Notice of Motion Planning Permit Retail Plant Nursery Ballarat Road Deer Parkfairfax circuit, albanvale, burton crescent, maribyrnong, dickson street, sunshine, farmers' and graziers, rogers street, francis street, ralph mckay ltd, maribyrnong timber pty ltd, mcdonald road, brooklyn, sunshine tip, whelan the wreaker holdings, collins & davey motors, howard kingham lodge, darnley street, braybrook, aycliffe drive infant welfare & pre-school centre, aycliffe avenue, deer park, diamond avenue infant welfare centre, diamond avenue, deer park infant welfare centre, fraser street, thomson street, jackson street, maidstone, ballarat road, glengala road, bell street, sunshine west, raleigh road, robert barrett reserve, rosamond road, albion, station road, holy eucharist primary school, oleander drive, chedgey drive, st. albans, atunga court, wiltshire files, sunshine road, tottenham, devonshire road, cornwall street, una street, byron place, shelley place, rosslare parade, cherry crescent child care centre, rosamond bowling club, epalock crescent infant welfare & pre-school centre, epalock crescent, more park, esmond street, ardeer, sunshine district women's softball, mcintyre road, sunshine north, orloff court, footscray west, sydney street, king edward avenue

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 5th August 1980 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Western Region Commission Contribution for 1980/81 Street Construction Agreement Part Fairfax Circuit Albanvale Land Transfer Part of Rogers Street and Francis Street Discontinued to Abutting Owners Ralph McKay Ltd & Maribyrnong Timber Pty Ltd Request for Open Space Entitlement Farmers' and Graziers Subdivision McDonald Road Brooklyn Committee for Councillor Information Programmes Staff Matters Award Variations On Cost C.R.B. Projects Council Property 2 - 4 Burton Crescent Maribyrnong Supplementary Valuations Constitution Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Dickson Street Private Street Scheme Sunshine Tip Tipping Agreements Collins & Davey Motors Pty Ltd Transfer to Whelan the Wreaker Holdings Pty Ltd Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Building Regulations for Child Care Centres Request for Financial Assistance Aboriginal Advancement League Western Region Community Legal Centre Progress Report on Howard Kingham Lodge Frail Aged Hostel Darnley Street Braybrook Report of the Children's Services Development Officer Levels of Income Security Payments Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Health Act Registrations for 1980 Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises Under the Health Act Infant Welfare Centre Boundaries Aycliffe Drive Infant Welfare & Pre-School Centre, Diamond Avenue Infant Welfare Centre & Deer Park Infant Welfare Centre Officers' Authorisation Under the Second-hand Dealers Act Report of the Superintendent Traffic & By-Laws Court Proceedings Parking Infringements Shopping Trolleys Dog Act Report of the City Librarian Library Subsidy Report of the City Engineer & Planner Planning Permit Eight Flats Fraser Street Sunshine Planning Permit Firty Bed Nursing Home 41 Thomson Street Corner Jackson Street Maidstone Planning Permit Application Internally Illuminated Sky Sign 809 Ballarat Road Deer Park Planning Permit Application Medical Consulting Rooms Lot 5 North West Corner Glengala Road and Bell Street Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Retail Plant Nursey Lots 32, 33 & 34 South West Corner Raleigh Road and Burton Crescent Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Roof to Bridge Platform Extension With Existing Industrial Complex Somerville Road Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Garden and Building Supplies Lot 13 & 14 Francis Street Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Garden and Building Supplies Lot 16 Francis Street Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Rosamond Bowling Club Licensed Club Robert Barrett Reserve Rosamond Road Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Sign 594 Ballarat Road Albion Planning Permit Flats Station Road Deer Park Planning Permit Application Proposed Relocatable Classrooms Holy Eucharist Primary School 1A Oleander Drive North West Corner Chedgey Drive St. Albans Planning Permit Application Rebuilding of Damaged Wall of Existing Licensed Grocer Ballarat Road Maidstone Planning Permit Application New & Used Car Sales and Service Dealership 209 Ballarat Road Maidstone Planning Permit Application Shop Alterations and Extensions Lots 1 & 2 Ballarat Road Deer Park Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Contravention 121 Rosamond Road Maidstone Proposed Survey Sunshine Shopping Centre By Humanities Department of Footscray Institute of Technology Students Removal of Easement Lot 261 Atunga Court Sunshine West Strata Subdivision 101 Ballarat Road Plan of Consolidation of Title Wiltshire Files Sunshine Road Tottenham Tenders for Playground Equipment Naming Lanes North Side of Devonshire Road East of Cornwall Street Right of Ways Running North South From Una Street to Devonshire Road as Byron Place and Shelley Place Plan of Subdivision Westerngate North Estate Stage 4 Removal of Easement Station Road Deer Park Creation of Easement Lot 119 Station Road Deer park Availability of Sewer for Lots 246 to 252 Rosslare Parade St. Albans Aycliffe Drive Infant Welfare & Pre-School Centre Cherry Crescent Child Care Centre Rosamond Bowling Club Alterations and Additions to Municipal Offices Epalock Crescent Infant Welfare & Pre-School Centre and Ridgeway Parade Welfare & Pre-School Centre More Park Pavilion Request by Sunshine District Women's Softball Association for Two Electric Hand Dryers Report of the Building Surveyor Building Over Easement Lot 12 Block A McIntyre Road Sunshine North Building Over Easement 9 Orloff Court Sunshine North Wireless Tower Lot 1 Somerville Road Footscray West Schedule for Authorsing of Affixing the Common Seal of the Municipality to Documetns Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 31st July 1980 Proposal to Construct Right of Way East Side of Sydney Street From King Edward Avenue to Forrest Street Under the Provisions of Division 10 of Part XIX of the Local Government Act 1958 Proposal to Construct Dickson Street (Part) Under the Provisions of Division 10 of Part XIX of the Local Government Act 1958 Notice of Motion Planning Permit Retail Plant Nursery Ballarat Road Deer Park Extraordinary Business Report of the City Engineer Planning Permit Flats Station Road Deer Park Report of the Building Surveyor Dangerous Building 12 - 14 Drummartin Street Albion Height of Fences 37 Wintersun Drive Albanvalefairfax circuit, albanvale, burton crescent, maribyrnong, dickson street, sunshine, farmers' and graziers, rogers street, francis street, ralph mckay ltd, maribyrnong timber pty ltd, mcdonald road, brooklyn, sunshine tip, whelan the wreaker holdings, collins & davey motors, howard kingham lodge, darnley street, braybrook, aycliffe drive infant welfare & pre-school centre, aycliffe avenue, deer park, diamond avenue infant welfare centre, diamond avenue, deer park infant welfare centre, fraser street, thomson street, jackson street, maidstone, ballarat road, glengala road, bell street, sunshine west, raleigh road, robert barrett reserve, rosamond road, albion, station road, holy eucharist primary school, oleander drive, chedgey drive, st. albans, atunga court, wiltshire files, sunshine road, tottenham, devonshire road, cornwall street, una street, byron place, shelley place, rosslare parade, cherry crescent child care centre, rosamond bowling club, epalock crescent infant welfare & pre-school centre, epalock crescent, more park, esmond street, ardeer, sunshine district women's softball, mcintyre road, sunshine north, orloff court, footscray west, sydney street, king edward avenue, drummartin street, wintersun drive

Built c.1868, St Andrew’s Anglican Church is Nillumbik Shire’s oldest timber church and is historically, socially, and spiritually significant to the Shire of Nillumbik. The church is historically significant because it may have given its name 'St Andrews' to the town (another suggestion is that the name came from the local hotel), it is also historically significant as one of only four buildings that remain from the Caledonian goldfields era of Queenstown (now St Andrews) and one of only a handful of buildings that survived the 1960s bushfires. The church is historically, socially, and spiritually significant because it has played an important part in community life for more than 150 years; a proposal to move the church in 1984 met with strenuous opposition. Much of the fires on Black Saturday 2009 were the north of the town. The town itself remained intact - as did this heritage building. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Local significance Published: Nillumbik Now and Then /​ Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p69 The St Andrews Anglican Church and former St Andrews Primary School, are two reminders of the district’s early days, when it was founded on gold. St Andrews, then called Queenstown, was the earliest goldfield in the Caledonia Diggings.1 It was the Upper Diamond Gold Mining and Administrative Centre, with 3000 miners. Queenstown was also the seat of the Court of Petty Sessions. The church and school then stood close to European and Chinese stores, three hotels, a brewery and a quartz mill.2 In 1861, Queenstown was officially proclaimed a township. From 1865, the name Queenstown was interchangeable with St Andrews, until 1952, when the town was officially named St Andrews. As gold declined from the early 1880s, Queenstown changed dramatically into a settlement of small farms. St Andrew’s Anglican Church, built in 1868, is the Shire’s oldest timber church and possibly gave its name to the township.3 The small timber church was opened on November 1, 1869, by the Dean of Melbourne. Anniversary tea meetings helped raise funds, and in 1889, a three-bedroom parsonage was built alongside. In 1910, the vicar, the Rev Selwyn Chase (and friend of the Scouting Movement’s founder, Baden Powell), established the 1st Queenstown Scout Troop, only two years after Scouting began in Australia. The church was important to the lives of many local residents who were baptised, married and had funeral services there. But by the 1950s the population had decreased and so did the weekly attendances. Around the mid-1960s the church closed, then fell into disrepair. So in the mid 1980s it was sold to the Education Department and was under threat of relocation or demolition. However this caused such opposition from locals,4 that instead, the Anglican church leased it as part of the Panton Hill parish5 and it was reconsecrated in 1987. Queenstown’s first school was held in a tent after transferring from Andersons Creek, Warrandyte.6 From 1858 a church school, Caledonia Diggings, stood west of the main road, a quarter of a mile (0.4km) before Buttermans Track. In 1882 the school was moved from a leased building, owned by headmaster Robert Harris, into a larger building on the corner of the School and the Heidelberg-Kinglake Roads. It had been moved from Smiths Gully and included a teacher’s three-roomed residence.7 In 1887 the school was replaced by the Queenstown State School No 128, although it was also called Caledonia Diggings until 1891. In 1956 it was renamed St Andrews. Still standing, this building is now used as the St Andrews Community Centre and the residence is leased for private use. The original timber-lined room remains alongside the extensions, and is distinctive with its high ceiling and tall small-paned windows. In 1984 a new school was built 500 metres west of the old school. Many residents have contributed much to St Andrews but one family that has done so for several generations is the Harris family. Robert Harris was an active member of the St Andrew’s Anglican Church, and worked hard at improving the town’s amenities until his death in 1887. He was a signatory to the successful 1863 petition to the Chief Commissioner of Police, against the proposed removal of the Court of Petty Sessions and police station at the Caledonia Diggings. The police station stayed in the town until 1917. Harris was Head Teacher of Queenstown State School from 1864 to 1874, then of the Smiths Gully school until it closed in 1882, and he continued teaching at Panton Hill until his death. His son, Robert Charles Harris, was editor and printer of the local newspaper, The Evelyn Observer, from 1873 until 1915. Robert’s son, William Shelley Harris, served in the Boer War and in World War One. In 1928 he became Kinglake National Park’s first park ranger. Robert’s daughter Elizabeth, taught needlework at Queenstown State School, and later ran the post office in Kinglake.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, st andrews, st andrews anglican church

Source: Mrs. McMinn, Kinglake.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, kinglake, kinglake national park, ranger, shelley harris, jehosaphat park

Left to Right: Prof. Laver, Prof. Greenwood, S. Harris (Hon. Ranger), Mr. Hewitt. Source: Dr. Edith J. Hewitt and Mrs. McMinn, KinglakeThis photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, kinglake, committee of management, hewitt, kinglake national park, prof. greenwood, prof. laver, ranger, shelley harris

L-R: Prof. Laver, Shelley Harris, Mr. Croll. Mr. Blair, Mr. Hewitt. Reproduced on p103 of 'Pioneers & Painters'This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Negsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, kinglake, kinglake national park, mr. croll, mr. blair, mr. hewitt, prof. laver, ranger, shelley harris, pioneers and painters, professor laver, croll, blair, hewitt, picnic

Source: Mrs. McMinn, KinglakeThis photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, kinglake, kinglake national park, ranger, shelley harris

Reproduced on p73 of 'Pioneers & Painters' Two horse drawn carriages outside Thomson's hotel in Kinglake. One is carrying passengers. On the left attached to the hotel is the Post Office. Mrs Thomson was the postmistress who in 1927 had held the position for 43 years (since 1884). The licence for the house was obtained in 1908 by Mr. Harry Thomson who by 1927 was the oldest permanent resident in Kinglake, having been there about 50 years. The hotel was destroyed by bushfire in February 1926 and a new hotel constructed on the site in 1927 by owner and licensee, Mr Frank Thomson, Harry’s son. Another identity at the hotel is Mr W. S. Harris, better known as "Shelley” who was the ranger at Kinglake National Park but also served in the Boer War and World War 1 having got away after being rejected ten times, at the age of 55 years.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Neg 9 x 12.5 cm B&W printsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, kinglake, mail coach, thomson's hotel, kinglake hotel, postal service, passengers, transport, frank thomson, harry thomson, shelley harris, post office

Copies of newspaper articles copied from "The Evelyn Observer" with dates. Includes some news reports but mostly letters from soldiers. Names include W. J. Beard of Research E. Andrew of Eltham Private S. Harris (Kangaroo Ground, Queenstown and Kinglake) E. Payne (Whittlesea) W Reid of (Hazelglen) W. J. Capewell (Eltham)Various un-numbered pages held in place housed in yellow folder. Photo of soldier on a horse on the cover. No caption but probably Private/Trooper Shelley Harris of Kinglake, Bushmen's Corp. Boer Warevelyn observer, boer war, letters, world war 1

Lavers Hill General Store, or more usually, Hampshire's Store, was owned initially for two years by Hampshire and Hutley, and then for 17 years by Mr and Mrs P. Hampshire (senior) who serviced the area including during the Depression. On their retirement their son, Percy, went into partnership with Leo Brauer for four years, and then ran it with his wife, Nea, for a further eight years until the store burnt down. The Store was a placed where the community congregated. It was a place where people met or waited for the train or the Cream Bus or the Mail Bus. Inside it was a place where you could buy groceries, fruit and vegetables, footwear, petrol, and so on. It was a place where children could buy a big stick of licorice for a halfpenny or 3d. worth of broken biscuits. Blackwood Gully Tea Rooms now stands in its place. B/W. Laver's Hill General Store, c.1945, with petrol bowser and sedan outside, and the level crossing to the right and the level crossing sign midfield.lavers hill; general store; railways; petrol bowser; hampshire; hutley; leo brauer;

The Fred Rochow Railways Collection incorporates photos related to the operation of the Wodonga Railway Station including different types of trains and railways staff C. 1930 – 1990. It was donated to the Wodonga Historical Society by Fred Rochow, a railwayman who spent many years based in Wodonga. He joined the Victorian Railways on 17th June l947 and retired in 1988. For some time, he was a member of the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen and served a term as a member of the Trades Hall Council. He had an extensive knowledge of the struggles that took place to achieve better conditions for railway workers. Fred worked for many years as a fireman and then worked his way up the ranks to driver, experiencing many changes from the days of steam locomotives through to diesel trains, locomotives and even the modern XPT train. He worked throughout Victoria at different stages of his career, with his final working years focused on the northeast of Victoria and the Albury to Melbourne line. After his retirement, Fred continued to share his love of steam miniature trains with the community. Shelley Railway Station - Shelley was once Victoria's highest railway station, located 781 metres above sea level. The Shelley Railway Station was opened in 1916 and closed in 1979. The railway was used early in its life to transport farmer’s livestock from the Upper Murray to Wodonga. From the 1950s the railway was used heavily to transport equipment and machinery from Wodonga to the Upper Murray to help build the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme. The Snowy Hydro Scheme was completed in 1974 and after several years of low level use, the railway was closed. Some remnants of the Shelley Station passenger platform can still be seen today, along with some information boards. The Shelley Railway Station now forms part of the High Country Rail Trail.This collection has local and statewide significance as it captures images of trains, locomotives and personnel who operated the railway services in Wodonga and throughout Northeast Victoria. The railways played a critical role in opening up Victoria and connecting Australia for trade, business, social communication and transport.Left to Right: Fireman Bert Cadman, Driver Wally Riley, Guard Hugh Fraser. Locomotive S300 - the ‘Matthew Flinders’ The S class diesel locomotives were built by Clyde Engineering in 1957 for the Victorian Railways. Designed as premier express passenger diesels, they assumed the ‘S class’ title from a fleet of steam locomotives. They were also given names of famous Australians. The S300 took the name ‘Matthew Flinders’. In 1962, S300 was converted from the Victorian broad gauge of 5’3” to the New South Wales gauge of 4’8.5”, in order to operate the new Southern Aurora between Sydney & Melbourne. As the locomotive grew older it was removed from these duties and was sold to Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia (CFCLA) in 2004. It is now owned by a private owner and is on loan to the Canberra Railway Museum.railways wodonga, fred rochow, wodonga railwaymen, s class locomotive

The Fred Rochow Railways Collection incorporates photos related to the operation of the Wodonga Railway Station including different types of trains and railways staff C. 1930 – 1990. It was donated to the Wodonga Historical Society by Fred Rochow, a railwayman who spent many years based in Wodonga. He joined the Victorian Railways on 17th June l947 and retired in 1988. For some time, he was a member of the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen and served a term as a member of the Trades Hall Council. He had an extensive knowledge of the struggles that took place to achieve better conditions for railway workers. Fred worked for many years as a fireman and then worked his way up the ranks to driver, experiencing many changes from the days of steam locomotives through to diesel trains, locomotives and even the modern XPT train. He worked throughout Victoria at different stages of his career, with his final working years focused on the northeast of Victoria and the Albury to Melbourne line. After his retirement, Fred continued to share his love of steam miniature trains with the community. Shelley Railway Station - Shelley was once Victoria's highest railway station, located 781 metres above sea level. The Shelley Railway Station was opened in 1916 and closed in 1979. The railway was used early in its life to transport farmer’s livestock from the Upper Murray to Wodonga. From the 1950s the railway was used heavily to transport equipment and machinery from Wodonga to the Upper Murray to help build the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme. The Snowy Hydro Scheme was completed in 1974 and after several years of low level use, the railway was closed. Some remnants of the Shelley Station passenger platform can still be seen today, along with some information boards. The Shelley Railway Station now forms part of the High Country Rail Trail.This collection has local and statewide significance as it captures images of trains, locomotives and personnel who operated the railway services in Wodonga and throughout Northeast Victoria. The railways played a critical role in opening up Victoria and connecting Australia for trade, business, social communication and transport.Shelley Railway Station. This image shows the tank where the hand brakes were lifted. They were applied again at the "up" side of Koetong for about another 10 miles then lifted near Bullioh.railways wodonga, fred rochow, shelley station, high country rail trail

Report of works Forward Planning Committee Meeting 15th July 1980 Vic Rail Gates / Traffic Lights St. Albans, Melton Line Electrification, Demolition of House St. Albans Road / Main Road East, South Road Estate, Railway Station Furlong Road and Maintenance of Sunshine Subway Property 4 Station Place Sunshine Damage By Fire Lighting Maribyrnong River Bank Petition Closing of R.O.W. Wright Street 88 Station Road Naming of Lanes Leading to Our Lady's Youth Centre off Devonshire Road Particular Reference to Byron Lane & Shelley Lane Omar Street Intersection Line Marking Devonshire Road Land North West Corner Wright Street and Hampshire Road Acquisition Naming of Reserves all names are to be registered with the Place Names Committeest. albans road, main road east, south road, furlong road, braybrook, st. albans, station place, sunshine, maribyrnong river, maribyrnong, wright street, station road, deer park, omar street, maidstone, devonshire road, hampshire road