One of three books presented to the Kilmore Mechanics Library in 1860 signed by John Pascoe Fawkner. Brown board hardcover book with cloth- bound spine. Spine cracked & torn top & bottom, corners worn. Foxing throughout particularly front few pages. 400 pp. Fair condition.Kilmore Mechanics Institute stamps inside front cover, on flyleaf and throughout. On flyleaf,'255', crossed out, '23' in red ink, underlined. Title Page signed by John Pascoe Fawkner. P.3, 'Presented to the KIlmore/Mechanics Library/ July the 9th 1860/By/John Pascoe Fawkner'.john pascoe fawkner

This magazine was published as a souvenir to commemorate the centenary of European settlement in Victoria, 1934A 104 page soft covered magazine relating to Melbourne's first 100 years. It contains stories about the settlement of early Melbourne, businesses, land purchases and advertisements. The front cover has a brown background and a colour reproduction of a painting titled Pioneers by W. B. McInnes.tourism recreation history melbourne magazine table-talk

According to this report, 62 competitors participated in the 1923 hill climb.1 page. Copy of newspaper article, chiefly illus.greensborough hill climb, motor racing

The September 5, 1912 issue of Table Talk celebrated "Wattle Day" where new plantings are made of the national flower and featured images from both Melbourne as well as the first excursion to Hurstbridge. Those from Hurstbridge were photographed by notable WW1 photographer, J.E. Barnes. Also digitised and accessible via National Library of Australia Trove website - (1912, September 5). Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939), p. 23. Retrieved July 28, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page17413107 See an article on reflections about Wattle Day on page 29 - SOME REFLECTIONS UPON WATTLE DAY. (1912, September 5). Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939), p. 29. Retrieved July 28, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146180986 The inaugural Hurstbridge Wattle Day Festival was held Saturday, September 1, 1912 when a specially commissioned train brought 1,000 visitors to the district to enjoy the splendour of the wattle in bloom. “Melbourne’s first “Wattle Day” Campaign, the day when Australia’s national flower was to be all pervading in the streets of the metropolis, and sold in sprigs and bunches by hundred of lady volunteers, for purposes of charity, was not blessed with happy climatic conditions on Monday [2 Sep 1912]” - WATTLE DAY. (1912, September 7). Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), p. 39. Retrieved July 28, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198116738 “In connection with Wattle Day celebrations a special train conveyed a thousand people to Hurst's-Bridge last Saturday afternoon [1 Sep 1912]. Lengthy reports of the excursion appeared in the daily papers last Monday. - WATTLE DAY. (1912, September 6). Evelyn Observer and Bourke East Record (Vic. : 1902 - 1917), p. 2 (MORNING.). Retrieved July 28, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60656027 See a review of the excursion to Hurst’s-Bridge - HURST'S-BRIDGE EXCURSION. (1912, September 2). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 9. Retrieved July 28, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196255907 The excursion to Hurst’s-Bridge was considered such a success that the Railway department arranged to run another special train to the station on Saturday, October 5, 1912 - HURST'S-BRIDGE EXCURSION. (1912, October 2). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved July 28, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203325447Inaugural Hurstbridge Wattle Day Festival held 1 September 1912d3-class steam locomotive, hurstbridge wattle festival, special train, tait train, tourism, wattle day campaign, wattle day festival, david smyth collection

Hardcover, No Dust JacketMargin notes - see particularly p.46walsh st library

Mary Tenbosch lived in Eltham for 40 years and died 1968. Contents Newspaper article: "She saw the spacious era pass: Death of an early Elthamite", Diamond Valley News, 21 May 1968. Life of Mary Tenbosch. - Obituary for Mrs Mary Tenbosch, former wife of W.B. Bassett-Smith who lived for 40 years at the top of York Street.Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etcmary tenbosch, york street eltham, bridge street eltham, brougham street eltham, eltham telephone exchange, lyon brothers eltham, millette's eltham, research hotel, eltham fire brigade, percy leason, wiregrass cartoons, henry street eltham, blue gum milk bar (eltham), brougham steet, eltham, eltham public hall, eltham shops, ford model t, ford wagonette, henry street, lyon bros. garage, millett's foodland, montevideo, newsagency, obituary, police station, post office, table talk, telephone exchange, uruguay, w.b. bassett-smith, york street

George Meudell was born in Bendigo in 1860, the son of a bank manager. He became a public accountant. He worked for B J Fink. He took up a seat on the Stock Exchange. He later wrote a book, 'The Pleasant Career of a Spendthrift'. The book caused a stir and was withdrawn from sale. There was a later edition where a lot of names were withdrawn from the book.document, names of bendigo pioneers, the meudell mystery, the land boomers, michael cannon, maurice brodzky, george meudell, table talk, bendigo high school, money miller's bank of victoria, grant meudell, hnry miller, isaac pitman, john alsop, melbourne savings bank, andrew lyell, mercantile finance co ltd, b j fink, g w taylor, thomas bent, w l baillieu, stock exchange melbourne, william knox, broken hill proprietary, f m dickenson, historical society of victoria, the pleasant career of a spendthrift, george routledge & sons ltd, routledge & kegan paul ltd, frank campbell, robertson & mullens ltd, j m gillespie, sir matthew davies's mercantile bank, unofficial history of victoria, booksellers' association, the pleasant career, theodore fink, the herald, wilke & co pty ltd, the pleasant career of a spendthrift and his later reflections, lionel robinson, william clark, s m bruce, premier building society, j kitchen & sons ltd

Colour slide of legatees and children at Government House during a Legacy Christmas party in the 1960s. Melbourne Legacy held an annual Christmas Party for Junior Legatees and Widows at Government House for many years. Junior Legatees were given gifts. The exact date is not known but there are 15 slides in the same white mount which appear to be the same event (02913 - 02924). Governor Delacombe is in some the photos so they are post 1963 when he became Governor. Was with many other slides taken in the 1950s and 1960s. The slides have been photographed to make digital images and moved to archive quality sleeves. In many cases the original images were not well focussed and the digital image is the best available.A record of a Legacy Christmas party held at Government House.Colour slide of legatees at a table talking to children and a widow at a Government House Christmas party in an Agfacolor plastic mount which is white on one side and blue on the other.Imprint of "Agfacolor Service' on the blue side of the mount.christmas party, government house party, toys

Also a black and white photograph of Queenie Roadknight reading Table Talk while relaxing in hammock 05272.1 in albumBlack and white photograph of Harriette Janet 'Queenie' Roadknight seated in a hammock outside one of the tents behind Roadknight's Claremont guest house Lakes Entrance Victoria, plus a second photo of Queenie reading in a hammock.genealogy, recreation, camping

This vital fundraiser event was held at Lady Fraser's house, opened by Lady Forster and featured in respective issues of Punch and Table talk , October 12th 1922. Also reported in the Argus on Monday 9th of October 1922.The event raised important funds towards the costs of opening the Dome Gymnasium at the 717 Flinders St Mission to Seafarers. The building became known eventually as the 'Norla Dome Gymnasium". The Fraser's home, Norla was sold and demolished in 1934 for subdivision.A large whole page (p.34) clipping from Punch journal featuring a photo-essay of an event at a garden fete at Norla in 1922. The page is annotated in places with identifying names in handwritten ink;Some hand-inscribed annotations in blue ink some indecipherable: "Lady Lyle" and "Lady Miller", G. Hawkey, are clear.norla dome, gymnasium, lady fraser, gladys hawkey

Swallow & Ariell's was a major manufacturer of biscuits, it operated from its factory in Port Melbourne from 1854 till 1991. This item is a newpaper advertisement for one of its products - the Graham Cracker - it appeared in the weekly magazine Table Talk on 7 January 1926.Black and white photo.business and traders - bakers, swallow & ariell ltd, graham cracker

Frances Rigg was a local business identity in Kew, at one stage managing the local branch of the English, Scottish and Australian (ES&A) Bank at 175 High Street from c. 1920 until the 1940s. After Francis Rigg’s death, the collection of buttons and medallions was inherited by his son, Ken Rigg (1922-2014). The collection was subsequently donated to the Kew Historical Society in 2015 by Francis' grandson, Adrian Rigg, at the time of the Gallipoli & Beyond Commemoration in 2015. The collection covers a period of almost 40 years. The majority of the buttons are patriotic buttons, issued and sold during and immediately after the First World World War (1914-1918) to raise funds for national and overseas causes. The collection also includes a number of locally significant sporting event buttons and sporting club medallions, issued in the 1920s and 1930s.Patriotic and other pressed tin buttons and badges were produced in large numbers in the first decades of the twentieth century. By nature, insubstantial and ephemeral, they have not always survived. The collections of badges, buttons and medallions in the Kew Historical Society collection is homogenous and yet diverse, ranging from buttons sold to raise funds for the war efforts in 1914-18 and 1939-45, to those used at festivals and sporting events. Because of the manufacturing process, many surviving buttons and badges have been affected by inadequate storage, suffering from oxidisation and physical damage. These survivors are now historically and socially significant artefacts, revealing much about the attitudes and values of the period in which they were produced. Their widespread distribution means that they are frequently significant at a local, state, national and international level.Photographs accompanied an article in ‘Table Talk’ in October 1916 on the sale of buttons labelled ‘Please Help the Hospitals’ . The Commonwealth Button Fund supported the appeal. In the photographs, all of the collectors are holding tins with the Red Cross logo on them. The actual fundraising button depicts a dog with a basket in its mouth. The dog has a red cross on his coat."Please Help / The Hospitals"patriotic buttons, first world war (1914-18), badges

A box with a picture of men and women on the front. It contains 2 folders of newspaper cuttings. (1) A series of 'Bendigo Advertiser' newspaper cuttings under the heading of 'Woman on Bendigo' 1956-1957. Also contains a few cuttings all relating to Bendigo 1932 - 1960 and from 'Bendigo Advertiser' and 'Table Talk.' 1932 - 1960. (11) 'Press pictures of Bendigo Women and their Work.' 'Bendigo Advertiser,' 1956 - 1967.Women on Bendigo and Paper Snapsperson, individual, women, lydia chancellor, collection, bendigo, women, 'women on bendigo, ' 'paper snaps, ' pioneer women of bendigo, ' female, individual

Images of John Wicking at the Association's Christmas Party held at the Malvern Town Hall. In the first picture Mr Wicking reads from a prepared speech on the stage, with a Christmas model of a reindeer and sleigh behind him as well as seated people. In the second image John and Janet Wicking are talking to another couple in the foyer of the Malvern Town Hall, with the Gilbert/Montford war memorial in the background. The third image is of John Wicking and Arthur Wilkins, sitting side by side at long tables, talking to the people around them.3 x B/W photographs of John WickingXMas Party 77 40A/3, 10, 15association for the blind, john wicking, janet wicking, arthur wilkins

Percy Leason (1889-1959) was born in Kaniva Victoria, Leason is best remembered as a cartoonist. His wiregrass cartoons in the Melbourne magazine “Table Talk” were based on a mythical country town. The inspiration was Kaniva but the happenings could be associated with many towns. Eltham residents thought they could identify with many cartoons. Leason was also an accomplished painter and an anthropologist. Leason was associated with the Montsalvat Artists’ Colony and in the mid 1930’s built “Landscape” in nearby Lavender Park Road. At the end of 1937 Leason travelled to America where he remained for the rest of his life. Paperback; 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 22 cm.percy leason, artists

Art Review, Walter Withers Exhibition (opened May 14, 1891) at his studio, 463 Collins Street West, Melbourne, The Australasian Critic, July 1,. 1891 See also other reviews Art and Artists. (1891, May 22). Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939), p. 4. Retrieved August 22, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147284837 ART NOTES., (1891, May 15). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 6. Retrieved August 22, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8643932Journal inscribed: "Mrs Withers 463 Collins St. West Melbourne"463 collins street west, art exhibition, art review, john withers collection, melbourne, walter withers studio, walter herbert withers, artist

Believed to be Percy Leason’s tribute to famous singer, Dame Nellie Melba, operatic soprano who died on 23 February 1931. The black and white drawing shows two men beneath a pedestal and sculpture of a head with the words “MELBA. A GREAT AUSTRALIAN”. Percy Leason (1889 - 1959) was a painter and cartoonist renowned for his depictions of Australian society in the 1920s and 1930s. He lived in Eltham from about 1924 to 1938 when he moved to the USA. In 1931 his cartoons were published in the Melbourne weekly magazine “Table Talk”, usually a whole page on page 8 or 9. (although it cannot be confirmed that this one was). Orignal source: Thomas Nelson, Carlton. 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 and 4 x 5 inch B&W Negsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, percy leason, nellie melba, cartoon, drawing

Colour photograph. Peter Ellis adjusting concertina in box. People standing talking behind table.person, individual, peter ellis oam

Photographer notations on slide: Melb Aux Ball Debutantes at St Kilda Town Hall for Freemason's Hosp[ital] B[all] B107 . Published: The Age, 3 June 1936 Caption: Debutantes who were presented at the first Annual Ball of the Melbourne Auxiliary for the Freemason’s Hospital at the St. Kilda town hall last night. . References: No title (1936, June 3). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 13. Retrieved October 22, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204844622 . MASONIC HOSPITAL BALL (1936, June 11). Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939), p. 40. Retrieved October 22, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article152065043Photographer notations on slide: "Melb Aux Ball Debutantes at St Kilda Town Hall for Freemason's Hosp B. B107".dances and balls, freemasons, town halls, 1930-1939, clothing and dress

Shows a view looking south from the Town Hall in Swanston Street at Collins Street with a W class No 328, Note the shine in paint work. Many pedestrians, motor cars and passengers boarding or alighting from the tram. In the background is a building advertising "Table Talk" magazine and "Lux" bath flakes. The cable tram signal on the left hand side of the photos by a hop awning. Photo taken just after the 1926 conversion of Swanston Street from cable tram to electric trams. A Collins Street cable tram is visible on left of the photo. The Nicholas Building further down Swanston St is still under construction. 6423.1 - shows the full-size image obtained from an internet - shows tram W2 328 - from Rose Series P.10522.Yields information about Swanston Street after the conversion from cable to electric trams.Black and white photograph - one of a series of photo cards from item 6424. has "L" in ink on rear.cable trams, tramways, tram 328, trams, w class, collins st, swanston st, signals, rose series

"Jones purchased a quiet little weekend retreat in the hill', published in 1928. Black and white drawing from a Bird’s eye perspective showing a house with veranda surrounded by shrubbery and a large gum tree. It features numerous people in the garden with a road full of various automobiles at the top of the picture. The image is reminiscent of the artists “Wiregrass” series of a mythical country town which were published in the Weekly “Table Talk” magazine from 1926 to 1937. Percy Leason (1889 - 1959) was a painter and cartoonist renowned for his depictions of Australian society in the 1920s and 1930s. He lived in Eltham from about 1924 to 1938 when he moved to the USA. Published by Thomas Nelson, Carlton date unknown. Published in "Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall" (1971) Chapter 16 Eltham in Modern Times, page 97.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 imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, eltham, percy leason, drawing, illustration