This volume contains biographical and genealogical information about Australians, famous and infamous, and ordinary citizens compiled from information provided by family historians.genealogy, biography

Nunawading company, Ajax Spurway Fasteners, have won Ford Motor Company's Q1 preferred quality award. The company produces nuts for car manufacturing and is believed to be the last remaining nut manufacturing plant in Australia.Nunawading company, Ajax Spurway Fasteners, have won Ford Motor Company's Q1 preferred quality award.cars, ajax spurway fasteners, hatton, peter, mckellar, ian

The folder contains four items in two groups. 1) A Caulfield Contact article, vol 15, no 6, 27/07/1986, and a Caulfield Progress article dated 26/07/1989 describing the official opening of the Caulfield Spurway Nursing Home. 2) A typed copy of Caulfield Spurway Nursing Home Residency Agreement Proforma and a Commonwealth Department of Community Services document Common Form of Agreement regarding the temporary absence of a nursing home resident.nursing homes, murrumbeena road, spurway nursing home, opening ceremony, mayors, braun emil, parliamentary representative, tehan marie, councils, municipal government, local officials, chief executive officer, aylen doug, spurway homes, trustees, stephenson lyle, spurway jim, spurway trust, fundraising events, commonwealth government, state government, community groups, carnegie opportunity shop, caulfield voluntary workers shop, city of caulfield lions club, aged people nursing homes

This folder contains three items relating to donations received towards the Building Appeal. 1) Photocopy of two newspaper article cuttings from Caulfield Progress dated 28/4/1988 and 26/05/1988, the former with a photograph of Councillor Patience holding the City of Caulfield Nursing Home Thermometer. 2) Newspaper cutting of Caulfield Contact, vol 13, no 6, 30/06/1988 advising of the sale of Spurway Homes and subsequent donation of $880,000 to appeal. 3) Newspaper cutting from Malvern-Caulfield Progress, 06/07/1988, Mayor’s Diary, regarding Spurway Homes sale and contribution to Nursing Home Fund.carnegie, shops, fund raising events, carnegie opportunity shop, caulfield voluntary workshop, clubs and associations, soldiers and airmen association, gladys e machin senior citizens club, community groups, caulfield community service, hughesdale community centre, carnegie-murrumbeena senior citizens centre, caulfield early planning retirrement group, fund raising committee city of caulfield, caulfield early planning retirement group, city of caulfield nursing home appeal, baby health centre committee, business people, reg hunt motors, churches, uniting church glenhuntly, st davids uniting church, green j m mrs, minnis d, campbell j, brocklebank b, mckenna s, james keith m, pratt m j, stewart m, simmons c, grant i, anderson s, bloom d, bloom i, tehan n, loftus e, curraweena flats, accommodation, hostels, spurway homes, charitable organisations, spurway homes trust, caulfield, anderson road, spurway robert

This folder contains four items. 1) The agenda for the meeting held 15/07/1987, to set up the Spurway Nursing Home Fund Raising Committee. 2) Minutes of the City of Caulfield Nursing Home Appeal Committee held on Monday 26/10/1987. 3) City of Caulfield Nursing Home Appeal posters. 4) Handwritten draft letters to principals of Caulfield schools seeking student donation.fund raising events, spurway nursing home, spurway homes, appeal fund raising committee, mayor, cambell a j, committees of management, patience g s, green j m mrs, stephenson mrs l, shops, opportunity shop, campbell f mrs, green j n mrs, patience j mrs, brodie m mrs, young s mr, stephenson l mr, gilliard g mrs, robinson a mrs, arden a mrs, posters, city of caulfield, schools, principals, document, correspondence

Two items about the Attwood Family: A seventeen page computer typed copy of the memories of John Attwood, compiled by Colin Smith in January 2002. Includes memories of his childhood, contact and impressions of local identities including Merric Boyd and others; the retailers and business owners in the Murrumbeena area, the trains and railway stations, picture theatres and other businesses. A photocopy of an article taken from the Herald Sun newspaper 06/11/2007. Myra Attwood, wife of John, local business person in Murrumbeena Newsagency; includes brief local history of family and Myra’s personal hobbies, till the time of her death. Also a newspaper clipping of her death notice, unknown source and date.emily street, murrumbeena, elsternwick, railway stations, signal boxes, beena avenue, murrumbeena state school, primary schools, attwood john, attwood myra, attwood rhonda, attwood colin, attwood warren, attwood murray, attwood janine, attwood susan, attwood michael, attwood greg, attwood gerard, black bridge, outer circle railway, murrumbeena newsagency, newsagents, murrumbeena railway station, railway stations, book binders, stevens alf, sykes harold, attwood motors, neerim road, boyd merric, boyd mrs., timber houses, outbuildings, artists, trains, car parks, christie’s woodyard, ferguson cam, railway accidents, ardyne street, north road, dalny road, brett street, barnes family, newspapers, roads and streets, soils, flower growing, market gardens, world war 1939-1945, land subdivisions, air raid precautions, bicycles, drawing, springthorpe park, mass media, murrumbeena shopping centre, butcher shops, grocer shops, green grocers, shoe shops, confectionary shops, barber shops, beck george, bowyer ralph, rennie bill, bookmakers, presbyterian church, methodist church, hanna’s milk bar, sunday school, woodland bill, ssw grocery chain, drays, woodland alec, lee ron, jewellers, bakeries, fish shops, dressmakers, delicatessens, east bentleigh, selkrigs family, pottery, heads’ garage, head lindsay, head doug, head clarry, head ron, murrumbeena road, car retailers, petrol pumps, motor vehicle repair shops, billy one motors, bird mr., real estate agents, w.b. tonks and company, sparrow mr., pidgeon mr., hardware stores, florist shops, murrumbeena post office, tile shops, gardens, murrumbeena chamber of commerce, kiosks, gardeners, carnegie citizens band, spurway nursing home, argosy theatre, cinemas, dance halls, the capri, theatre groups, caulfield council, the blowfly train service, billiard rooms, printers, hammond olsen and company, l.j. miles and company, moody’s real estate agency, paddocks, flats, es&a bank murrumbeena, esanda bank murrumbeena, state savings bank murrumbeena, commonwealth bank murrumbeena, fuel merchants, hobart road, golden fleece service station, quince’s buses, bus services, ardyne street, timber yard, gow mr., railway parade, shell service station, pharmecies, house miss, bicycle shops, barnhill les mr., fliner mr., boot makers, widdop peter, moran and cato’s, grocers, pizza shop, car yards, classic caravan, o’brien kevin, wrought iron work, williams mr., candle making factory, lights, power tom, gates, fences, whitelaw monier tiles, whitelaw bill, hanna rex, dandenong road, cumloden grammar school, independent schools, emmaus rest house, oakdene, house names, taranto bob, hanson cab service, billy one motors, grey mr., horse troughs, horse drawn vehicle, taxis, board roy, buick cars, charleston’s bakery, carnegie, rosstown hotel, corum’s dairy, kangaroo road, reids dairy, dalny road, reid shaver, racehorses, cove’s dairy, wilson street, police, murrumbeena police station, dunoon street, murrumbeena park, footballers, gangs, liberal party, labour party, united australian party, uap, woodland alec, liquor shops, johnson suzanne, singers, taylor squizzy, boyd family, artists, criminals, skase christopher, skase charles, sunaria competition, herald and weekly times, ralph j.w., j.h. ralph butchers, butcher shops, pennington gardens, home units, flats, schrape frank, builder, smith colin, mansions, death registers, hockley myra, esperanto, book keepers, accountants, solicitors

This file contains two items: 1/Minutes of Lions’ Club meeting (21/11/1988) district 201. Includes list of members, an overview of how the club was formed (25/04/1966 by joining Caulfield and Elsterrnwick), description of events, activities, donations and appeals, such as Westgate Bridge Appeal, Hobart Bush Fire Appeal, sponsored seeing eye dogs, hospital equipment donated, and health checks. Includes a cartoon on lions sausage sizzle and photocopy of four photographs (with handwritten notes) showing the presentation of cheques for Hobart Bush Fire (not dated), charter members (dated 1962), presentation of mobile first aid unit to St. John Ambulance Brigade (not dated) and photocopy of the interior. 2/Two pamphlets for the Lions’ Club (dated 08/1987 and on the other dated 11/1985).city of caulfield, lions’ international, lions’ club district 201, lions’ club caulfield, lions’ club elsternwick, meetings, nursing homes, spurway nursing home city of caulfield, daycare, fundraising events, charitable organisations, royal southern memorial hospital, associations organisation and societies, citizenship ceremonies, hospitals, hospital equipment, st. johns’ ambulance, city of caulfield, bethlehemn hospital, tudor court, john allison/monkhouse, lions’ youth exchange, ormond kindergarten, caulfield grammar school basketball teams, gladys machin elderly citizens, camdon court, mobile first aid unit caulfield division, rippon lea, murrumbeena, caulfield scouts, st. john ambulance brigade, spurway family, schwartz albert, lions’ club code of ethics, bendixsen morgens, knowles alan, braun emil, traine ravie lady, wurzel joseph, wheat john, arden fred, patron eric, knowles alan, wallace ken, vermay fred, donoghue clif, giles gordon, huggard gordon, martin ray, nixon geoff, shepes charles, smith pat, tesoriero dom, wilkin john (assume johrn incorrect), zimmet paul, patience geoff, same harvey, cornhill wal, davis john (assume jihn incorrect), fisher bert, hosking alan, macgowan ian, scumacher cubby, shepard ken, stephenson lyle