Story of three Scottish immigrant families - Geals, Stark and Forbes. Arrived in Australian 1924.White plastic front cover, black spine and back cover. Black letters. Title Closer Settlement Days in the Goulburn Valley by Agnes Mary Brown (Nessie).geals family, stark family, forbes family, agnes mary brown (nessie), scottish migrants

Story of three Scottish imigrant families - Geals, Stark, Forbes. Arrived in Australia 1924White plastic front cover. Black spine and backcover. Black letters title CS Days in the Goulburn Valley by Agnes Mary Brown (Nessie)closer settlement days, geals, stark, forbes, brown a, brown n, undera, tatura, closer settlement gv, books, history, local

Walter Bruce Nixon (20.11.1934-8.9.2012) lived at Yarra Glen and was a bus line owner. He also ran a company, Tarcoola Press, which published books on the history of the Nillumbik and Yarra Valley area, and generously supported organisations such as the Andrew Ross Museum and the C J La Trobe Society. Contents Newspaper article: "Revealed: the stark beauty of an early settlement", The Age, 19 November 1999, Bruce Nixon underwrote publication of a book of C J La Trobe's drawings and paintings of Melbourne. Newsletter extract: "Bruce Nixon: a boyhood in Ivanhoe", Heidelberg Historian No.270 June 2012, Bruce Nixon's memories of growing up in Ivanhoe from the 1930s and on Mick Woiwod's books. Order of Service: Walter Bruce Nixon, 14 September 2012. Flier: "Recent works by Mick Woiwod", notes the support provided by Bruce Nixon.Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etcbruce nixon, charles joseph la trobe, tarcoola press, waterdale road ivanhoe, ivanhoe state school, knox church ivanhoe, ivanhoe swimming club, donaldson family of kangaroo ground, thomson family of kangaroo ground, james bruce donaldson, james thomas donaldson, john donaldson, wallace thomson, george donaldson, james williams bushranger, andrew ross, andrew ross museum, mick woiwod, wurundjeri people of kangaroo ground, coranderrk healesville, walter bruce nixon

Helen Skipper, artist, businesswoman and horse breeder, was the daughter of Mervyn Skipper and Lena Cooper. After the family migrated to Australia, Mervyn became involved with Montsalvat and Helen became Justus Jorgensen's lover. Contents Newspaper article: "Helen Skipper dies, 86", Diamond Valley News, 28 June 2000. Helen Skipper's funeral at Montsalvat. Newspaper article: "Helen Stark Skipper", The Age, 27 October 2000. Obituary of Helen Start Skipper.Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etchelen skipper, mervyn skipper, walter burley griffin, ivanhoe girls grammar school, justus jorgensen, lily jorgensen, pandemonium literary magazine, victor venn, lena skipper nee cooper, elef jorgensen, sigmund jorgensen, matcham skipper, sonya skipper, sebastian jorgensen, lyn knorr, the beckoning bookshop eaglemont

J.S.MULCAHY (2) JULY 1895 - SEPT 1896 J.F.WILSON (3) OCT 1897 - JAN 1902 and E. WILSON (1) NOV 1908 W.J. COCKING JAN 1895 W. BLACKBAND (4) JAN 1897 - JULY 1912 W. TURNBULL (4) AUG 1893 - OCT 1908 G G SIMONS (5) JULY 1895 - MAY 1910 R. GEORGE & SON (7) - OCT 1895 - JAN 1903 W. BARKELL (3) NOV 1907 - DEC 1911 H. BOCKHOLT (4) JUN 1902 - MAY 1912 BROADBENT BROS & CO. - DEC 1901 CLUNES PRESERVING COMPANY (2) 17 MAR 1897 & 1 DEC 1897 W. COOPER - 15 NOV 1898 C.H. CORFIELD FEB 189? C & J FAWCETT (2) AUG 1909 & FEB 1911 A. J. GIDDINGS PRINTER - 1 OCT 1910 J. HERON & CO. IRONMONGERS - 15 OCT 1898 JACKSON & SONS - 1 DEC 1904 RICHARD LEAN STOREKEEPER - JULY 1906 JOHN LEMMON HARNESS MAKER (2) - MAR 1901 MAR 1905 JAMES LISTON DRAPER (3) JUL 1896 - OCT 1908 LUFF BROTHERS MERCHANTS - NOV 1898 M. MCDONALD - APR 1899 PITCHER & SON STOCK AGENT - FEB 1899 J.W. PRESTON (3) - JUN 1900 - JUN 1912 ROBINS & PAYNE (2) JUN 1904 & DEC 1911 P. ROWE - SEPT 1899 J. SPIVEY 17 NOV 1897 G. STARK - GROCER (3) DEC 1901 - APR 1905 W.H. STAVELY - MAR 1903 T. THOMAS TAILOR - FEB 1900 WALLIS & GIDDINGS PRINTERS - OCT 1904 F.W. WEICKHARDT IRONMONGER (2) APR 1911 & APR 1912 J. FRANZ WEICKHARDT - BAKER - JUN 1899 D. WHYTE - BOOTMAKER - OCT 1908 J. BURN SADDLER - JAN 1905 FURTHER ASSORTED HANDWRITTEN RECEIPTS FOR VARIOUS SERVICES AND PURCHASES TO THE FAWCETT FAMILY. RECEIPTS ISSUED BY CLUNES BUSINESSES TO THE FAWCETT FAMILY FOR GOODS AND SERVICES INCLUDING BLACKSMITH, BOOTS AND SHOES, BAKER, GROCER, BOOKSELLER AND STATIONERS , PRODUCE, TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS, BETWEEN 1893 AND 1912fawcett family, mulcahey, wilson, cocking, blackhard, turnbull, symons, weickhardt