Blue foolscap report on Brown's Diggingsbrown's diggins, smythe's creek, gorges m. lowther, peter lalor, j.b. humffray, g. mcdonald, thomas platt, james gibbs, archibald carmichael, james baker, john c. campbell, john lynch, washington claim, banner of war claim, victoria claim, better-late-than-never claim

A typed copy of correspondence from Brighton Historical Society, dated 29/11/1988, detailing the history of residents from construction of 7 Oak Ave, Elsternwick in 1888 through to 1974. The letter also details the names Leongatha and Corpach, giving a brief history on the name Corpach. The second document is handwritten working notes with the same details as the correspondence.oak avenue, wimble h (mrs), hazard f.a., elsternwick, cuthbert kingston, weymuss charles, leongatha, cuthbert e (mrs), cameron william c., corpach, teague maggie, gardener hugh (rev), mcnaughton james, teague j.h. (mrs), sabelberg thomas, crawford edward, cameron margaret, platt james w, platt ellis. r, anderson a. m. (mrs), bullock h. (miss), landells rosalind., postal workers, depression 1890s, anglican church

This 1868 letter was kept by unknown persons until 100 years later, it was then forwarded to Holy Trinity Secretary F.A.W. ('Skip') SHORT. The persons not signed but listed at closing of the letter were all prominent citizens including various Councillors. A copy of letter in The Age, 16 May 1868, p1 lists 27 parishioners (giving better identification of the people ie first names or initials) plus 73 others. In both the handwritten letter and the printed copy in The Age the names CURTISS and Henry Chas. CURTISS are listed. While this could be the correct spelling we have used Henry Charles CURTIS which is the much more common reference to him in newspapers. He was a surgeon and Sandridge Councillor (8 Aug 1867 - 4 Feb 1873).Small handwritten letter to the vicar of Holy Trinity Rev F.C. PLATTS, 1868, suggesting he remove "to some other sphere of labour" - from 25 listed parishioners "and 73 others!"religion - anglican (holy trinity), public action campaigns, david thomas, george trodd, thomas swallow, william morley, james ker beck plummer, william richardson tarver, henry dando, frederick charles platts, william garside, robert mulford, james elsworthy, r g banner, richard j barlow, william james barlow, thomas clay, mrs cane, mrs mason, william arnold, thomas slater, william cook, john sharples, s bentley, e stevens, george kentish, thomas ripkey, c earnshaw, george carnaby, henry charles curtis, f a w 'skip' short

Scotsburn is near the Victorian town of Buninyong. It was named after squatter Andrew Scott, and Celia Scott.A book relating to the history of Scotsburn and its early community. andrew scott, celia scott, kirkland, yuulong, matthew allison, lal lal, william cresswell, george ernest harbour, yendon, george zennis hudson, joseph jackson, isabella jackson, domenico lorensini, italian gully, domenico fanchi, sarah buckle, arnold buckle, ellis pearce, robert platt, david matthews, john shearer, ada jamieson, ernest alfred skelton, james allison, william stepnell, margaret stepnell, john white, dorcas white, scotsburn state school, scott's marsh post office, scotsburn union church, thomas hastie, scotsburn hall, john henty, scotsburn