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Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesMixed media - Model, R. Ireland Timber Yards, 1970`s
... R. Ireland Timber Yards...Small handmade model of a Robert Ireland's timber yard and shop front from the 1892 almanac. ...R .Ireland, Timber Yards,...R. Ireland Timber Yards Mixed media Model Allan Mewkill ...Part of 11 pieces modeled on the 1893 almanac published by the Port Fairy Gazette. Used as display in the first Port Fairy Historical Society building on an extended mantel piece, 20 Bank Street Port Fairy.Small handmade model of a Robert Ireland's timber yard and shop front from the 1892 almanac. R .Ireland, Timber Yards,model, building, mewkill, ireland -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumDocument, Certificate of Right of Burial in the Tatura Public Cemetery, Lease,Account from West End Timber Yards for Coffin
... Certificate of Right of Burial in the Tatura Public Cemetery, Lease,Account from West End Timber Yards for Coffin......west end timber yards...Photocopies of Certificate of Right of Burial in the Tatura Public Cemetery dated 15/01/1906 and 2 receipts for same plots labelled Toolamba West Public Cemetery dated 6/12/1905, Lease between John Herbert Davies & Catherine Heaphy for the Criterion Hotel Tatura, Account from West End Timber Yards (A. Miles) for Coffin and Hearse & Conducting Funeral. ...Certificate of Right of Burial in the Tatura Public Cemetery, Lease,Account from West End Timber Yards for Coffin Document ...Photocopies of original documentsPhotocopies of Certificate of Right of Burial in the Tatura Public Cemetery dated 15/01/1906 and 2 receipts for same plots labelled Toolamba West Public Cemetery dated 6/12/1905, Lease between John Herbert Davies & Catherine Heaphy for the Criterion Hotel Tatura, Account from West End Timber Yards (A. Miles) for Coffin and Hearse & Conducting Funeral. All are photocopies on A4 paper.tatura, heaphy, cemetery, criterion hotel, west end timber yards, davies, cussen, documents, certificates -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: J R HOSKINS BENDIGO TIMBER & IRON YARDS
... HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: J R HOSKINS BENDIGO TIMBER & IRON YARDS... J R Hoskins Timber & Iron Yards...Harry Biggs Collection. 2 small black & white photos of J R Hoskins Timber & Iron Yards. Photo 1 - A corner of the moulding mill at J R Hoskins - it shows men working at the mill - inside in a large shed. ...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields ORGANIZATION Business commercial Harry Biggs Collection J R Hoskins Timber & Iron Yards Photograph. Harry Biggs Collection. 2 small black & white photos of J R Hoskins Timber & Iron Yards. ...Photograph. Harry Biggs Collection. 2 small black & white photos of J R Hoskins Timber & Iron Yards. Photo 1 - A corner of the moulding mill at J R Hoskins - it shows men working at the mill - inside in a large shed. Photo 2 - The front of the business in Hargreaves & Queen Streets, Bendigo. 2 horses & carts with a load of timber on them. There are also 9 men standing at the front.organization, business, commercial, harry biggs collection, j r hoskins timber & iron yards -
Brunswick Community History GroupPhotograph - Moreland Timber Yard, c1910
... Moreland Timber Yard......Timber yards...Faded black and white mounted photograph of Moreland Timber Yard in the early years of the 20th century. ...Faded black and white mounted photograph of Moreland Timber Yard in the early years of the 20th century. ...Photograph Moreland Timber Yard ...Faded black and white mounted photograph of Moreland Timber Yard in the early years of the 20th century. Two men stand near a flat bed truck with sawn timber towering around them. The sign says 'The Moreland Timber Yard, Office and Mills, Moreland Road, Phone BWk 78.' An accompanying handwritten note from Laurie Cunningham says 'These pictures are from the old Moreland Timber Yard which once stood on the Brunswick side of Moreland Rd. Sorry, I have forgotten the name of the kind donor.' 4 other photos in this group are P2023-062, P2023-064 and P2023-065, P2023-074.Faded black and white mounted photograph of Moreland Timber Yard in the early years of the 20th century. Two men stand near a flat bed truck with sawn timber towering around them. The sign says 'The Moreland Timber Yard, Office and Mills, Moreland Road, Phone Bwk 78.' There are four other photos in this group.moreland timber yard, timber yards, brunswick road -
Hume City Civic CollectionPhotograph, Early 1990's
... ...timber yards...The building suppliers and timber yard has been demolished and a Centrelink Office and car park area has been built on the site. ...A coloured photograph of part of a streetscape on the east side of Evans Street featuring the timber supply yard and 3 other shops. A plane tree has been planted at the edge of the footpath and there are high cyclone gates into the timber yard....The adjacent shop is now a Youth Resource Centre. building suppliers timber yards shopping centres evans street george evans collection A coloured photograph of part of a streetscape on the east side of Evans Street featuring the timber supply yard and 3 other shops. ...The building suppliers and timber yard has been demolished and a Centrelink Office and car park area has been built on the site. The adjacent shop is now a Youth Resource Centre.A coloured photograph of part of a streetscape on the east side of Evans Street featuring the timber supply yard and 3 other shops. A plane tree has been planted at the edge of the footpath and there are high cyclone gates into the timber yard.building suppliers, timber yards, shopping centres, evans street, george evans collection -
Ringwood and District Historical SocietyDocument, Bamford Bros Timber Merchants, Box Hill SAw Mills & Timber Yards - Advertisement. Date Unknown
... Bamford Bros Timber Merchants, Box Hill SAw Mills & Timber Yards - Advertisement. Date Unknown...Bamford Bros Timber Merchants, Box Hill SAw Mills & Timber Yards - Advertisement. Date Unknown Document ...Advertisement for Bamford Bros Box Hill Timber Merchants &c. Date Unknown. Source unknown but originally scanned from a Victorian Business handbook of some type. ...Station Street Box Hill "Next to Station". Ironmongers and Furnishing Undertakers -
Brunswick Community History GroupPhotograph - Moreland Timber Yard, 1910 c
... Moreland Timber Yard......Timber yards...Faded black and white mounted photograph of Moreland Timber Yard in the early years of the 20th century. ...Faded black and white mounted photograph of Moreland Timber Yard in the early years of the 20th century. ...Moreland Timber Yard Timber yards Faded black and white mounted photograph of Moreland Timber Yard in the early years of the 20th century. ...Faded black and white mounted photograph of Moreland Timber Yard in the early years of the 20th century. Two men stand on either side flat bed truck with another man on the tray at the back. Timber piled up on left side of image. The sign says 'The Moreland Timber Co Pty Ltd. All Builders' Supplies. Office and Mills, Moreland Road, Phone BWk 78.'On the right hand side of the sign is 'Agents for Sherring Williams. Paints and Varnishes.' An accompanying handwritten note from Laurie Cunningham says 'These pictures are from the old Moreland Timber Yard which once stood on the Brunswick side of Moreland Rd. 4 other photos in this group are P2023-059, P2023-062 and P2023-065, P2023-074.Faded black and white mounted photograph of Moreland Timber Yard in the early years of the 20th century. Two men stand on either side flat bed truck with another man on the tray at the back. Timber piled up on left side of image. The sign says 'The Moreland Timber Co Pty Ltd. All Builders' Supplies. Office and Mills, Moreland Road, Phone BWk 78.' On the right hand side of the sign is 'Agents for Sherring Williams. Paints and Varnishes.' There are four other photos in this group. moreland timber yard, timber yards -
Box Hill Historical SocietyPhotograph - Businesses - Saw Mills
... Timber yards...Timber yard in Whitehorse Road, Box Hill ...Bird Station Saw Mills and timber yard Timber industry establishments B&w photo Photograph Businesses - Saw Mills ...Timber yard in Whitehorse Road, Box Hill B&w phototimber yards, bird> p., p. bird station saw mills and timber yard, timber industry establishments -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - Highfield Timber and Hardware Coy. c.1970, c. 1970
... ...Timber yards...Norman O'Brien, Henry Lederman and an unnamed man in the Highfield Timber Yard c.1970...Canterbury History Group 190A Canterbury Road Canterbury melbourne Norman O'Brien, Henry Lederman and an unnamed man in the Highfield Timber Yard c.1970 Canterbury Highfield Timber and Hardware Coy Highfield Road Lederman> Henry O'Brien> Norman Timber yards Colour photograph Photograph Highfield Timber and Hardware Coy. c.1970 ...Norman O'Brien, Henry Lederman and an unnamed man in the Highfield Timber Yard c.1970Colour photographcanterbury, highfield timber and hardware coy, highfield road, lederman> henry, o'brien> norman, timber yards -
Box Hill Historical SocietyPhotograph - Businesses - Saw Mills
... ...Timber yards...Bird Station Saw Mills & Timber Yard - possibly Main Street entrance with employees standing in foreground....Bird Station Saw Mills and timber yard Timber yards Industries Businesses Bird> P. ...P. Bird Station Saw Mills & Timber Yard - possibly Main Street entrance with employees standing in foreground.B&w photop. bird station saw mills and timber yard, timber yards, industries, businesses, bird> p., timber industry establishments -
Eltham District Historical Society IncPhotograph - Black and White Print, Briar Hill Timber Yard, Sherbourne Road
... Briar Hill Timber Yard, Sherbourne Road......timber yards...View of Briar Hill Timber Yard (owner Fred Squires) from back fence showing sawdust pile and tower in background. ...Duplicate of 00291 briar hill timber yards sherbourne road industries Briar Hill Timber & Trading Black and white print on photo paper Briar Hill Timber Yard, Sherbourne Road Photograph Black and White Print ...View of Briar Hill Timber Yard (owner Fred Squires) from back fence showing sawdust pile and tower in background. Duplicate of 00291Black and white print on photo paperbriar hill, timber yards, sherbourne road, industries, briar hill timber & trading -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - Highfield Timber and Hardware Coy c.1970, c. 1970
... ...Timber yards...Timber in the yard at the Highfield Timber and Hardware Coy....Canterbury History Group 190A Canterbury Road Canterbury melbourne Timber in the yard at the Highfield Timber and Hardware Coy. ...Timber in the yard at the Highfield Timber and Hardware Coy.Coloured photograph of canterbury, highfield timber and hardware coy, highfield road, taubmans paints, advertising signs, timber yards -
Chelsea & District Historical Society IncPhotograph - Mini Golf, Carr's Timber Yard, 1929
... Carr's Timber Yard......Carr's Timber Yard...Adults and children playing Mini Golf at Carr's Timber Yard, 456-458 Nepean Highway Chelsea. In the background you can see the Frankston railway line and St Joseph's School/Church....Black and white photo of adults and children playing mini golf at Carr's Timber Yard....Carr's Timber Yard Photograph Mini Golf ...Adults and children playing Mini Golf at Carr's Timber Yard, 456-458 Nepean Highway Chelsea. In the background you can see the Frankston railway line and St Joseph's School/Church.Black and white photo of adults and children playing mini golf at Carr's Timber Yard.sport, entertainment, mini golf, carr's timber yard, chelsea -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Order Book, Order book used in a timber yard (illegible company name) distributing to named customers in and around Ringwood area - 1925
... Order book used in a timber yard (illegible company name) distributing to named customers in and around Ringwood area - 1925....Name of timber yard is not known....Order book used in a timber yard. Dark green covers with red leather spine. ...Name of timber yard is not known. Order book used in a timber yard. ...Order book used in timber yard to record orders which were crossed out when completed. Name of timber yard is not known.Order book used in a timber yard. Dark green covers with red leather spine. Label on front not legible. 275pp. all used. Half page alphabetic index in middle with customer names. -
Surrey Hills Historical Society CollectionPhotograph, 3 Norfolk Road Surrey Hills - home of Mr and Mrs Albert Ernest Vine
... ...w j vine & co timber yards...W J Vine & Co Timber Yards were located at 587-593 Canterbury Road. ...W J Vine & Co Timber Yards were located at 587-593 Canterbury Road. ...Albert Ernest Vine Snr, was a City of Camberwell Councillor from 1926-1934 and 1937-1944. He was also Mayor of Camberwell in 1940/41. There is a sundial in the Surrey Gardens erected in his memory. Known as Ernest, he and his wife Edith (nee Sword) lived at 3 Norfolk Road from 1920-1945. Earlier addresses are on file in Alan Holt card index. He was active in Surrey Hills Progress Association. He was the son of William James Vine (1860-1920) and Sarah Elizabeth Gunner (1859-1941). W J Vine & Co Timber Yards were located at 587-593 Canterbury Road. Elizabeth Gunner's brother was Henry Gabez Gunner (1862-1940), a builder in the Surrey Hills area. Box Hill Reporter (6/6/19) records that Ernest applied to Camberwell City Council for permission to subdivide land in Norfolk Road with a frontage of 85' into 2 equal lots for a dwelling to be erected on each, one for himself and the other for his mother. Albert Ernest & Edith Vine had the following children: Albert Ernest Jnr (b 1904), Robert (b 1908), Edgar (b 1912), Inez (b 1915) and Beth (b 1918). Both No 1 & No 3 were demolished c1970.Black and white photo of a 1920s style single-storey weatherbaord home with leadlight windows, a tiled roof and a wide veranda supported by timber columns on stucco pillars. The veranda has a simple timber balastrade and a flight of timber stairs to it. There does not appear to be front fence. A simple sloped double carport on the RHS and proud of the house is of a later date.norfolk road, californian bungalows, w j vine & co timber yards, mr william james vine, mr albert ernest vine, mrs edith vine, miss edith sword -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - J R HOSKINS TIMBER & IRON YARD, BENDIGO, c1900
... J R HOSKINS TIMBER & IRON YARD, BENDIGO......bendigo timber & iron yards...Premises of 'J R Hoskins, lathes and plaster, timber and iron yard', 'Bendigo Timber and Iron Yards J R Hoskins Proprietor'. ...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields Business bendigo timber & iron yards Hoskins Sepia photograph. Premises of 'J R Hoskins, lathes and plaster, timber and iron yard', 'Bendigo Timber and Iron Yards J R Hoskins Proprietor'. ...Sepia photograph. Premises of 'J R Hoskins, lathes and plaster, timber and iron yard', 'Bendigo Timber and Iron Yards J R Hoskins Proprietor'. Timber building, Verandah on street front left hand side. 17 men and boys standing in line in front of premises. Killian & Son Watch Maker and Jeweler on the right. Inscriptions: Nil.business, bendigo timber & iron yards, hoskins -
Melbourne LegacySlide, Operation Firewood - Eildon, 1960s
... Colour slide of a dark red truck beside a pile of cut wood in a timber yard near Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. ...Colour slide of a red truck in a timber yard during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount....Colour slide of a red truck in a timber yard during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount. ...Colour slide of a dark red truck beside a pile of cut wood in a timber yard near Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. Legatees would organise collection of wood from the country and distribute it to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Other slides show the cutting and loading of wood and delivery to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. 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 the best available.A record of Legacy helping widows by sourcing, supplying and delivering firewood. When open fires were the main source of heating, a load of firewood and help moving it, would have been very important to the widows.Colour slide of a red truck in a timber yard during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount.Printed on front in red ink 'Anscochrome / View from this side / Made in Australia'. Hand written on front 'Cutting last loads / Eildon' in blue pen. Printed on reverse in red ink 'Processed by Verycolor photo labs. Melbourne, Victoria'.operation firewood, trucks, wood -
Melbourne LegacySlide, Operation Firewood - Eildon, 1960s
... Colour slide of a dark red truck beside a pile of cut wood in a timber yard near Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. ...Colour slide of a red truck in a timber yard during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount....Colour slide of a red truck in a timber yard during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount. ...Colour slide of a dark red truck beside a pile of cut wood in a timber yard near Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. Legatees would organise collection of wood from the country and distribute it to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Other slides show the cutting and loading of wood and delivery to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. 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 the best available.A record of Legacy helping widows by sourcing, supplying and delivering firewood. When open fires were the main source of heating, a load of firewood and help moving it, would have been very important to the widows.Colour slide of a red truck in a timber yard during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount.Printed on front in red ink 'Anscochrome / View from this side / Made in Australia'. Hand written on front 'Cutting last loads / Eildon' in blue pen. Printed on reverse in red ink 'Processed by Verycolor photo labs. Melbourne, Victoria'.operation firewood, trucks, wood -
Melbourne LegacySlide, Operation Firewood - Eildon, 1960s
... Colour slide of legatees standing by two cars a timber yard near Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. ...Colour slide of legatees beside two cars in a timber yard during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount....Colour slide of legatees beside two cars in a timber yard during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount. ...Colour slide of legatees standing by two cars a timber yard near Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. Legatees would organise collection of wood from the country and distribute it to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Other slides show the cutting and loading of wood and delivery to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. 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 the best available.A record of Legacy helping widows by sourcing, supplying and delivering firewood. When open fires were the main source of heating, a load of firewood and help moving it, would have been very important to the widows.Colour slide of legatees beside two cars in a timber yard during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount.Printed on front in red ink 'Anscochrome / View from this side / Made in Australia'. Hand written on front 'Eildon / After the job is done' in blue pen. Printed on reverse in red ink 'Processed by Verycolor photo labs. Melbourne, Victoria'.operation firewood, cars, wood -
Melbourne LegacySlide, Operation Firewood - Eildon, 1960s
... Colour slide of three men cutting logs using a sawmill at a timber yard in Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. ...Colour slide of men cutting logs in a timber yard in Eildon during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount....Colour slide of men cutting logs in a timber yard in Eildon during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount. ...Colour slide of three men cutting logs using a sawmill at a timber yard in Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. Legatees would organise collection of wood from the country and distribute it to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Other slides show the cutting and loading of wood and delivery to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. 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 the best available.A record of Legacy helping widows by sourcing, supplying and delivering firewood. When open fires were the main source of heating, a load of firewood and help moving it, would have been very important to the widows.Colour slide of men cutting logs in a timber yard in Eildon during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount.Printed on front in red ink 'Anscochrome / View from this side / Made in Australia'. Hand written on front 'Champion cutter / Eildon' in blue pen and '22' in pencil. Printed on reverse in red ink 'Processed by Verycolor photo labs. Melbourne, Victoria'.operation firewood, wood, sawmill -
Melbourne LegacySlide, Operation Firewood - Eildon, 1960s
... Colour slide of men cutting logs using a sawmill at a timber yard in Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. ...Colour slide of men cutting logs in a timber yard in Eildon during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount....Colour slide of men cutting logs in a timber yard in Eildon during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount. ...Colour slide of men cutting logs using a sawmill at a timber yard in Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. Legatees would organise collection of wood from the country and distribute it to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Other slides show the cutting and loading of wood and delivery to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. 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 the best available.A record of Legacy helping widows by sourcing, supplying and delivering firewood. When open fires were the main source of heating, a load of firewood and help moving it, would have been very important to the widows.Colour slide of men cutting logs in a timber yard in Eildon during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount.Printed on front in red ink 'Anscochrome / View from this side / Made in Australia'. Printed on reverse in red ink 'Processed by Verycolor photo labs. Melbourne, Victoria'.operation firewood, wood, sawmill -
Melbourne LegacySlide, Operation Firewood - Eildon, 1960s
... Colour slide of a man repairing a sawmill at a timber yard in Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. ...Colour slide of a man repairing a sawmill in a timber yard in Eildon during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount....Melbourne Legacy 293 Swanston Street Melbourne melbourne Colour slide of a man repairing a sawmill at a timber yard in Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. ...Colour slide of a man repairing a sawmill at a timber yard in Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. Legatees would organise collection of wood from the country and distribute it to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Other slides show the cutting and loading of wood and delivery to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. 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 the best available.A record of Legacy helping widows by sourcing, supplying and delivering firewood. When open fires were the main source of heating, a load of firewood and help moving it, would have been very important to the widows.Colour slide of a man repairing a sawmill in a timber yard in Eildon during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount.Printed on front in red ink 'Anscochrome / View from this side / Made in Australia'. Handwritten 'Repairs / Eildon' in blue pen. Printed on reverse in red ink 'Processed by Verycolor photo labs. Melbourne, Victoria'.operation firewood, wood, sawmill -
Melbourne LegacySlide, Operation Firewood - Eildon, 1960s
... Colour slide of men cutting logs using a sawmill at a timber yard in Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. ...Colour slide of men cutting logs in a timber yard in Eildon during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount....Colour slide of men cutting logs in a timber yard in Eildon during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount. ...Colour slide of men cutting logs using a sawmill at a timber yard in Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. Legatees would organise collection of wood from the country and distribute it to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Other slides show the cutting and loading of wood and delivery to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. 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 the best available.A record of Legacy helping widows by sourcing, supplying and delivering firewood. When open fires were the main source of heating, a load of firewood and help moving it, would have been very important to the widows.Colour slide of men cutting logs in a timber yard in Eildon during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount.Printed on front in red ink 'Anscochrome / View from this side / Made in Australia'. Hand written on front 'Cutting Firewood / Eildon' and '22' in blue pen. Printed on reverse in red ink 'Processed by Verycolor photo labs. Melbourne, Victoria'.operation firewood, sawmill, wood -
Melbourne LegacySlide, Operation Firewood - Eildon, 1960s
... Colour slide of legatees loading a semi trailer beside a pile of cut wood in a timber yard near Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. ...Colour slide of legatees loading a semi trailer in a timber yard during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount....Colour slide of legatees loading a semi trailer in a timber yard during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount. ...Colour slide of legatees loading a semi trailer beside a pile of cut wood in a timber yard near Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. Legatees would organise collection of wood from the country and distribute it to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Other slides show the cutting and loading of wood and delivery to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. 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 the best available.A record of Legacy helping widows by sourcing, supplying and delivering firewood. When open fires were the main source of heating, a load of firewood and help moving it, would have been very important to the widows.Colour slide of legatees loading a semi trailer in a timber yard during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount.Printed on front in red ink 'Anscochrome / View from this side / Made in Australia'. Hand written on front 'Eildon - Firewood / Quick loading' in blue pen. Printed on reverse in red ink 'Processed by Verycolor photo labs. Melbourne, Victoria'.operation firewood, semi trailers, wood -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - J R HOSKINS TIMBER & IRON YARD, C1900
... J R HOSKINS TIMBER & IRON YARD......bendigo timber & iron yards...J R Hoskins Timber & Iron Yard. Timber premises, verandah. Horse on left hand side, 10 men posed in foreground. ...J R Hoskins Timber & Iron Yard. Timber premises, verandah. Horse on left hand side, 10 men posed in foreground. ...Sepia photograph. J R Hoskins Timber & Iron Yard. Timber premises, verandah. Horse on left hand side, 10 men posed in foreground. C A Brown's shop partly pictured on left side, hairdressing saloon. Physical description: faded. Inscriptions/Markings: Wall Bros. Photographers, 15 Chapel St., St. Kilda. Exactly Opposite All Saints' Church.Wall Brosbusiness, bendigo timber & iron yards, wall bros photographers, j.r. hoskins -
Melbourne LegacySlide, Operation Firewood - Eildon, 1960s
... Colour slide of two loaded semi trailers at a timber yard in Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. ...Colour slide of two loaded semi trailers in a timber yard in Eildon during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount....Melbourne Legacy 293 Swanston Street Melbourne melbourne Colour slide of two loaded semi trailers at a timber yard in Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. ...Colour slide of two loaded semi trailers at a timber yard in Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. Legatees would organise collection of wood from the country and distribute it to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Other slides show the cutting and loading of wood and delivery to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. 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 the best available.A record of Legacy helping widows by sourcing, supplying and delivering firewood. When open fires were the main source of heating, a load of firewood and help moving it, would have been very important to the widows.Colour slide of two loaded semi trailers in a timber yard in Eildon during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount.Printed on front in red ink 'Anscochrome / View from this side / Made in Australia'. Hand written on front 'Loading finished / Eildon' and '23' in blue pen. Printed on reverse in red ink 'Processed by Verycolor photo labs. Melbourne, Victoria'.operation firewood, semi trailers, wood -
Melbourne LegacySlide, Operation Firewood - Eildon, 1960s
... Colour slide of five ladies with a table of refreshments for legatees in a timber yard in Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. ...Colour slide of five ladies near a table with refreshments in a timber yard in Eildon during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount....Melbourne Legacy 293 Swanston Street Melbourne melbourne Colour slide of five ladies with a table of refreshments for legatees in a timber yard in Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. ...Colour slide of five ladies with a table of refreshments for legatees in a timber yard in Eildon. It was during Operation Firewood. They were wives of the legatees who were cutting and loading wood. Legatees would organise collection of wood from the country and distribute it to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. Other slides show the cutting and loading of wood and delivery to widows in metropolitan Melbourne. 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 the best available.A record of Legacy helping widows by sourcing, supplying and delivering firewood. When open fires were the main source of heating, a load of firewood and help moving it, would have been very important to the widows.Colour slide of five ladies near a table with refreshments in a timber yard in Eildon during Operation Firewood in brown Anscochrome cardboard mount.Printed on front in red ink 'Anscochrome / View from this side / Made in Australia'. Hand written on front 'Wives look after the _____ / Eildon' in blue pen. Printed on reverse in red ink 'Processed by Verycolor photo labs. Melbourne, Victoria'.operation firewood, wood, wives -
Ringwood and District Historical SocietyPhotograph, Ringwood Timber and Trading, Maroondah Highway. (undated, probably late 1960's early 1970's)
... Unmilled Timber yard...Undated Unmilled Timber yard Ringwood Timber and Trading, Maroondah Highway. ...Unmilled Timber yardWritten on back of photograph, "Ringwood Timber and Trading, Maroondah Highway". Undated -
Box Hill Historical Society
Photograph - P Bird's timber merchant
... ...Timber yards...Box Hill Historical Society Box Hill Heritage Centre Suite 7 Town Hall Hub Box Hill melbourne P Bird's timber merchant brick premises established 1918 and original building with staff lined on the street. Bird's Timber Yard Businesses Bird> P. Timber yards Timber merchants Employees Handwritten family history of original donor "Ruby Sweetland daughter of Frederick & Emma Sweetland Hay N.S.W./ granddaughter James & Mary Ann Adelaide Collier, Box Hill./ now wife of Alexander Thomas Gunn of Hepburn Springs Vic 1976/Mary Ann Adelaide Collier nee Britnell, was born on way out/to Australia in the St. ...P Bird's timber merchant brick premises established 1918 and original building with staff lined on the street.Sepia photo mounted on cardboardHandwritten family history of original donor "Ruby Sweetland daughter of Frederick & Emma Sweetland Hay N.S.W./ granddaughter James & Mary Ann Adelaide Collier, Box Hill./ now wife of Alexander Thomas Gunn of Hepburn Springs Vic 1976/Mary Ann Adelaide Collier nee Britnell, was born on way out/to Australia in the St. Vincent Gulf in a sailing boat near Adelaide/ Sth Australia, hence the name of Adelaide/ Alexander Thomas Gunn's grandfather owned the No 1 Country Hotel Licence at Kangaroo Flat "The Glasgow Arms/Hotel. near Bendigo Victoria, about 1840./ They had a family of 6 boys & 5 girls/4 boys Tom, Dan, Jack & Alexander took up land in Thorpedale/ Victoria about 1860 & paid 1 [pound] an acre for it. This land was covered/ in dense forest fern tree & fern gullies & would rain for 6 months/ in this district was the tallest tree in the world height 365 feet./ Palling splitting was main source of living for many years after being/ cleared now produces the best potatoes in Victoria. Very pretty hilly country"bird's timber yard, businesses, bird> p., timber yards, timber merchants, employees -
Box Hill Historical SocietyPhotograph - Businesses - Saw Mills
... ...Timber yards...Bird Station Saw Mills and timber yard Timber yards Timber workers Horse drawn vehicles Bird> P. ...Premises - possibly Whitehorse Road entrance. Employees standing in front with horses and carts.B&w photoTyped label on rear of photo states 'The original of this photo was given to Harry Aumann when he bought the timber for his home in Harris Gully Road in 1901.'p. bird station saw mills and timber yard, timber yards, timber workers, horse drawn vehicles, bird> p., aumann> h., industries, businesses, timber industry establishments
