The Wonga Park Community Cottage, 1984, originally built by Alan Bickford in 1950 for his family, owned by the Shire of Lillydale since 1978

Hard cover book of 96 pages with a loose leaf coverWritten and Printed for Shire of Lillydale

Draft Plan prepared for the Shire of Lillydale “To Assist in Achieving an Identifiable Town Centre for the Wonga Park Village”

Index, bib, ill, p.321.non-fictionThe military history and heritage of the Shire of Lillydale in three volumeslillydale shire - history, military participation - shire of lillydale

Letter dated 18/10/1985 from the Shire of Lillydale to Margaret Fankhauser agreeing to name the reserve on Upton land the Arthur John Upton Reserve

Letter dated 22/7/1985 to Shire of Lillydale from the Upton family requesting that the reserve on what was Upton land be named the A.J. Upton Reserve or alternatively Upton Reserve

Hand written certificate on cardboard backingPresented by the citizens of the Shire of Lillydale. Signed by William MacKinley-President and J C Winterbottom - Shire Secretary

A brown book with a grey dust jacket featuring an old photograph of a bullock team and wagon, Birt's Hill, Brushy Creek. A farmer, Michael Smith stands at the horse's head. The title and author are printed in black lettering at the top with Shire of Lillydale printed in white at the bottom with a white outline of the shire coat of arms. The spine has all details in black lettering. The back of the book's end paper has a list of the Shire of Lillydale West Riding Councillors. The blurb on the back end paper gives an outline of the contents inside. There is a Preface, Contents, Acknowledgements, and Index at the back. Inside are photographs, maps, advertisements and detailed information about the early days of settlement and development up to the 1980's. Pp. 96.non-fictionThe book is a historical account of these Victorian suburbs, commissioned by the Shire of Lillydale. It documents the area's development through personal stories, maps, and photographs, detailing the evolution of these communities.

Framed Certificate of Appreciation to Mr. August GilbertShire of Lillydale. Oct. 22nd. 1915.To Mr. August Gilbert. Dear Sir, On behalf of the citizens of the Shire of Lillydale we desire to present you with this small token of our appreciation of your Patriotism in volunteering for the Front. We feel that you will worthily maintain the Honour of the Empire and trust that your service will materially assist Great Britain and her Allies in the great struggle in which they are now engaged. We commend you to the care of Devine Providence and earnestly pray for your safe and speedy return. we are, Yours faithfully. (Signed by the President and Councillors of The Shire of Lillydale.

Written on backing sheet, "Mullum Creek looking towards Warrandyte Rd. bridge. Showing Shire of Lillydale notice". One photograph is dated 1931.

Celebration week 19th-27th October 1974, to make the jubilee of severance from Shire of Lillydale in 1924, from City of Ringwood. All material is from Gwen Horman’s three albums that she owned.

A faded grey small booklet stapled on the left side with the title Shire of Lillydale printed at the top of the front cover. Under it are two small outlines of crossed ferns and at the bottom of the cover is printed By-Laws No.52 & 62... Building and By-Laws No.53 & 62 Residential Areas. Price 1/6. p.23non-fictionA slim booklet listing the Shire of Lillydale's By-Laws for Building and Residential Areas in pursuance of the powers conferred by the Local Government Acts.local council, by-laws, building by-laws, lillydale

The Wonga Park and District Residents' Association requested the Shire of Lillydale consider removing the crests on Jumping Creek Road Wonga Park east and west of the intersection with Yarra and Dudley Roads to improve visibility at the intersection. The Shire of Lillydale thought that this would simply increase the speed of traffic through the intersection and suggested a roundabout be built and came up with four alternative treatments. When they discovered that a roundabout would require water mains to be lowered and the M&MBW would not give a quote on the cost (which would be substantial) they opted for traffic islands instead.

A large yellow paperback book titled: The Shire of Lillydale and its Military heritage - Volume Three - The Second World War: The War in Europe & the Middle East. It has English and Australian crossed flags underneath the title at the top, with a black and white photograph of a soldier embracing his mother. Inside is Contents, Introduction, Foreword are black and white photographs of significant people, advertisements, militia facts and stories as well as a Bibliography and Index at the back. Pp. 339.non-fictionThis book of Lillydale's military heritage covers The Second World War: The War in Europe and the Middle East. It has sections on - Between the Wars: The Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1939, Local Militia Forces (1918 - 1939), The Coming of the War. It details The Home Front, Patriotic Welfare, Our Service Personnel, V.E. Day, and Locals in Australian Military History.second world war, lilydale history, lilydale military history, military heritage

Framed CertificateShire of Lillydale. To Driver A Gilbert. Sept.18th. 1919. Dear Sir, We desire to accord you a Hearty Welcome on your return from the front. You nobly responded to the call of Empire and gallantly performed your duty in the vindication of right. We fully appreciate your bravery, and the inestimable value of the part you have taken in the Great War for freedom and justice i which Great Britain and her Allies have lately been engaged. We trust that you will soon recover from the effects of the terrible experiences you have undergone. On behalf of thr Citizens of the Shire, We are, Yours Sincerely, William Mackinlay President. J C Winterbottom Shire Secretary.

South-West Riding of the Shire. Voting booth at Recreation Hall, Ringwood

Mount Evelyn RSL Sub BranchPictures on the front page in black and white with title. Back page tan coloured with printing and picture of two flags Australian and British. 88 pages of text and pictures.

Addendum to folder of Estate Agent's notes compiled in preparation for property auction, "Shadowood", 74-76 Alto Avenue, Croydon, Victoria, 11th October, 2008. Ten pages plus map detailing the history of the severance of Croydon from Lillydale written by Robert Federick Jensen.

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The photograph is from the album of Ivy Child. It shows a rare scene of the Mountain Grange Homestead. Mountain Grange was built by Thomas Hand on his 306 acres. By 1881 he had completed the homestead and a large barn. Thomas Hand died suddenly in 1888 and his family took over the property. His son William Hand lived in the homestead until 1931 until it was demolished due to white ants. The great barn was demolished in 1930. A new home was built and Will stayed until 1939 when the property was sold to the Shire of Lillydale. It is now the site of the Kalorama Oval. This photograph is c1927 Ivy May Child (1910 – 1989) was the daughter of Arthur Edward (Ted) Child (1878 – 1964) and Ethel May Madden (1888 – 1970). Ted Child was the son of Matthew Francis Child (1839 – 1933) and Martha Jeeves (1857 – 1926). He was the grandson of one of the early pioneers Francis Child. Ivy grew up on the family property on Childs Road and took many photographs. Most of these are glued into her photo album. The album covered the years from c1927 – 1932. Ivy married Henry William Burgess (1906 – 1968) in 1944. The photographs remain in their original state in the album with individual copies made. Black and white photograph showing a cleared area. There is a wire and posr fence in the foreground, a tall row of pine trees across the centre with two buildings visible. One in front of the trees RHS and he other in a gap in the centre. A crop has been planted in two long rows centre right of the photograph.Handwritten below the photograph in the album: MOUNTAIN GRANGEivy child, mountain grange, thomas hand, william hand, will hand, barn, great barn, homestead, shire of lillydale, kalorama oval