Thomas Maher sent this Christmas New Year Card to his wife at home in Footscray Victoria December 1915, he later died of wounds 11-8-1918 at the Western Front. Christmas Card/Happy New Year, with stiched leaf half way up from the bottom. Rectangle paper card with the top left and bottom right diagonal corners.Top of Card with motif. Blue in colour wth centre circle containing, 2 masted sailing ship with soldier, elephant, 3 x Conifers, 2 x Pyrimids with Camel in front. Bottem left side 10 printed leaves with flower bud stems, above leftside below Motif 2 x printed leaves with flower buds and stems. In blue ink, "Just a Leaf from "GALLIPOLI" Wishing you a Merry Xmas and A Happy New Year. Reverse side To Edie from Tom with love,with 2 x short lines underneath.christmas, gallipoli, 1915, christmas card, happy new year, world war 1, leaf, tom maher, wife edie

Soft cover book - The Murderous Assault at Dead Horse Flat and other Tales of the Life and Times of Anastasia Maher & her Descendents. By Lyndal Simmonds Copy no. 51 donated by Tom Maher 156 pages plus an index of names A comprehensive history of the Maher Family in AustraliaLyndal Simmondsmaher famiyl, family history

Black and white soft covered magazine of the Ballarat Teachers' Collegeballarat teachers college, tom turner, beaufort house, john burt, jeff bunney, ron maynard, elizabeth tweedle, john hamilton, kerry steele, michael maher, webster street hostel, gillies street hostel, victoria street hostel

Two copies of a black and white photo of the Hopetoun Brass Band of 1918. Bandsmen are wearing uniforms and holding various musical instruments. The man in the middle at the front is wearing a suit and has a shield in front of him. Under the photo is printed the name of the band and that today it is known as the Marong Municipal Band. Also, the known names of the bandsmen. The names of the known bandsmen are: Roy Pain, Orm Bamford, Bill Turner, Mick Banfield, Rup Tregonowan, George Roy, Bert Bowater, Harold Hildebrandt, Les Rundle, Col Brown, Vic Rosenbrook, Herbie Reed, Tom Skilbeck, Bell Ketterer, Les Maher, Albert Hocking, Bill Roy senr, Mr. Bain, George Michell, Dave Collier, Bill Pain and Sammy Veale.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - the hopetoun brass band of 1918, marong municipal band, roy pain, orm bamford, bill turner, mick banfield, rup tregonowan, george roy, bert bowater, harold hildebrandt, les rundle, col brown, vic rosenbrook, herbie reed, tom skilbeck, bell ketterer, les maher, albert hocking, bill roy senr, mr bain, george mitchell, dave collier, bill pain, sammy veale

Various news articles pertaining to the January 1965 Victorian bushfires specifically with a focus on fires at Eltham North. Specific Eltham Shire districts mentioned include Eltham North and veteran Herald staff photographer Bert Rodda on page 1 • 3 Die as Bushfires Sweep the Hill: 10 homes burn at Nth. Eltham, p1 (Illust.) • 100 dogs die, p1 • Taken on the run, p1 (Illust.) • Fire runs wild at Eltham, p3 (Illust.) • 10-mile front out of control; Gippsland area ablaze, p3 • Trapped, but saved by wind, p3 tom fielding collection, victorian bushfires - 1965, victorian bushfires – 1965, eltham north, bert rodda, glen park road, short road, research (vic.), wattle glen, diamond creek, warrandyte, eltham, gippsland, mrs g. maher, bill dancy, eltham north store, bushfire damage - buildings

Yields information the employees of the SEC from about the 1960's through to closure. Not known if completely accurate.List - typed A4 sheet titled "Ballarat Tramways Employees (60's - 71)", prepared by Wayne Kell. Lists employees in alphabetical order images: .1 - jpg scan of the sheet .2 - pdf of the list in a single vertical column .3 - word document in the image files Noel Aghan Noel Allen Max Anderson Brian Anwyl Adam Balloch Ray Barrow Ian Bentley James Billman Les Bird Mick Blackman Kevin Blake Dave Blaw Brett Boddington Kevin Brookman Gary Butler Kevin Butler Marty Cahill Bob Carter Daryl Chambers R oy Courtney Steve Crosby Ray Curnow Ron Davidson Bill Davies S. Davies W. Davies T Ed Davis L. Denmead Max Devlin Austin Domaschenz Des Domaschenz T. Dunstan Ted Edmunds Allen Edwards George Etheridge D. Everett John Everett Ted Fish Vic Gill Ian Grant George Gray Max Green Ray Hall Norm Hamilton Rory Herauville Bernie Hill Colin Hill Norm Hunt Danny Irvine Allan Jeffreys Bruce Jenkins David Jones Ron Jordan Wayne Kell Alan Kellett Alf Kellett Dave Kellett Noel Klein Hec Knight Ron Knight Mick Laidlaw Ed Lake Stan Lakey Herb Lee George Long Norm Lorensini Geoff McErvale Doug McGregor Leo McMahon Alec McWilliam Bill Maes George Magee Jim Maher Mick Mahoney Andre Malins B. Mannion Les Mark Jack Marone Jackie Mason Arthur Maxwell Harold May Allan Meaney Brian Melville Jim Menzies Alf Mercer Barry Morris Robert Morris Bruce Munn Tom Nancarrow Bill Newell Les North John O’Keefe Dan O’Leary Dick Oliver Joel Owen Eric Patterson Bert Peart Ivan Pellas D. Powell Lindsay Quick Arthur Reed Bill Retallick Rex Rewell Howard Reynolds Neil Robe Ned Romeo Vin Ryan Rick Rykers Bill Segrave John Schmidt Charles Scicluna David Skewes Harry Smerdon Brian Smith Roy Smith Bill Spicer Tony Stephens Max Stephens Tom Stevenson Neil Sutherland Doug Thompson Ian Tierney Ian Trenfield John Truscott Bill Trusler Bill Tuddenham A. Turnbull Dave van Oorschot E. van Rooy Harry van Oorschot Henk van Oorschot Bill van Oorschot Gerry van Rooy Harry van Rooy Ian Wallis Lou Walker Bill Ward Geoff Ward Vin Webb Bill Wellard L. Wellard R. Williams Terry Williams Doug Wiseman Edward Wrightlists, employees, personnel, ballarat, crews

Greyhound Coursing was popular as far back as 1886, when the first president of the club was Mr Gellion. From 1896, open coursing was held at Dhurringile Estate until 1904, when meetings were held "in the paddock north of the town" In 1919 the Tatura Plumpton Coursing Club was inaugurated and successfully ran many of the classics, such as the Oaks, Derby, and Waterloo Cup meetings until 1967, when Plumpton Coursing was declared illegal. Plumpton Coursing Club: L-R: Neil Colliver, Mick O'Reilly, Jack Maher, John Marker, Tom Cornish.Black and white photograph of members of the Plumpton Coursing Club. Photograph on foam backing.Plumpton Coursing Club - list of members (see below). approximately 1950's.tatura, recreations, sports

Loaned for digital copy. Shire of Rodney Councillors, Secretary & Engineer, 1954.|Back: William. McMaster Smith; Stan Youlden; Tom Hastie; Stuart Ross; Jack Downer.|Front: Jack Maher; William Martin (Secretary); George Brewer (Pres.); Arthur Knee (Engineer); Gordon Anderson; Nathaniel Doonan.|Rodney Shire

Wimmera Motor and Engineering works Young & Ledgar. Group of men and three women in workshop/garage.Group of men and three women in a workshop. Majority are seated with two standing rows behind those seated.Fiat Wimmera Motor & Engineering Works Young & Ledger. R. M. Darrie. Fiat Salesmen & Dannes, Ted Mills, Fred Bailey, Don Sparrow, Miss Hould, Ern. Simpson, Mrs. Walz, Mrs. Noland, Mr. Bailey (Sr), Walter Giles, Norm. Harding, Mr. Harvey, Norm. Fittock, Mr. J. Carr, Mrs. J. Carr, Arch. Maher, Clem. Summerton, Ridd, Austin Maclay, J. Paton, Bert. Whiteside, Mr. Punchard, Mr. Sewall, Tom Lambert. EB. Giles, Jack, Sunningham, Jim, Court, Mr. Chapbell, Newt. Richardson, Jack. Nolan, Jules Morgan, Roy. Ledger, Franz. Morgan (hidden), Chas.Procter, Perc. Ledgar, James Young, Les. Ledger, xxxx Plain, Bill Holden, Syd, Maddison, John? Simpson, Jack Fitzell.stawell