From a collection of 35 photos taken by Doug Orford at 35 specific locations along the exact boundary of the then Shire of Eltham.Colour photographeltham, silver street

Colour photograph: Golden Vine Hotel, Myrtle Street, Bendigo,single storey building painted white, no verandah, patterned pediment on top. White awnings over doors and windows. Could be early 1970's image?bendigo, hotel, golden vine hotel

Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council 21st March 1978 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Income Tax Sharing Future Role of the Western Region Commission Ground Allocation Winter Season 1978 Holiday Programmes Leases Scout Halls Lowe Crescent, Dempster Park, Errington Reserve, Sassella Park Land Transfer Ardeer for Infant Welfare and Preschool Centre Proposed Tip Site Commonwealth Land Deer Park Land Transfer Dowling Street Re-Subdivision of Municipality Ward Boundaries Supplementary Valuations Meals on Wheels Loan Borrowings Street Construction Agreements Stages 19 & 20 Albanvale Compulsory Acquisition Lots 43 & 44 Northumberland Road Report of the Co-Ordinator Welfare Services Early Childhood Development Complex in the Sunshine / Footscray Area Domiciliary Are Benefit Report on Welfare Rights Working Group Wester Region Committee on the Ageing Report of the Chief Health Inspector Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Quarterly Return on Food Samples Removal of Dwelling Outside the Municipality 70 Suffolk Street Maidstone to Lot 1 Daylesford Road Trentham Health Act Amendments (Nuisance) Health Act Amendments (Septic Tanks) Health Act Nuisance Land Adjacent to Highpoint West Shopping Centre and Land Adjacent to Closed Section of Burton Crescent / Duffy Street and Van Ness Avenue Maribyrnong Health Act Registrations Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises under the Health Act Report of the Chief By-Laws Officer ANZAC Commemorative March Disposal of Derelict Vehicles Limited Parking Swimming Pool Report of the City Engineer Land Use Permit Application Cafe Take Away Food Premise Shop 18 Lot 3 St. Albans Road and Lot 4 Princess Street Proposed Amendment No 83 to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Land Use Permit Application Ornamental Garden Display & Sales 553A & 553B Geelong Road Brooklyn Land Use Permit Application Sky Sign 222 Forrest Street Ardeer Land Use Permit Application Flats 26 & 28 Bloomfield Avenue Land Use Permit Application Amenities Block Additions to Existing Rendering Works Pridhams Holdings 21 Evans Street Land Use Permit Application Store Addition to Two Exiting Shops & Dwellings 59 Sydney Street Land Use Permit Application Office 83 Main Road West Land Use Permit Application Consulting Rooms Medical 52 Station Place Land Use Permit Application Furniture & Carpet Sales Warehouse Light Industrial Gift & Electrical Fittings & Office 2 - 4 Burton Crescent Land Use Permit Application Cafe 59 St. Albans Road Land Use Permit Application Sign Corner Hampshire Road & Devonshire Road Cluster Development Rear of 117 Station Road Town Planning Appeal Consolidation of Title Cromer Avenue and McIntyre Road Strata Subdivision 53 Graham Street Contract Gooding Street Private Street Scheme Westerngate Estate Stages 3A, 3B, 4A & 4B Subdivision Furlong Road Estate Stages 1 & 2 Subdivision Albanvale Stages 19 & 20 Subdivision Contract Supply of Vehicles Replacement of Weights & Measures Vehicle Fleet No 41 Sewerage Reticulation Areas No 7060 & 7061 Sunshine 142A Sewerage Scheme Certificate of Completion Bunnett Private Street Scheme Speed Restricted Zones Fitzgerald Road, Tilburn Road, Station Road, & Forrest Street Acquisition of Land for Road Construction Purchase of Land Abutting Kororoit Creek from M.M.B.W. Tenders Vehicles Wheel Washing Unit Hulett Street Sunshine Tip Report of the Building Surveyor Open Garage 32 Union Street Sunshine Outbuilding 32 Killara Street Sunshine West Installation of Underground Tank 88 - 90 Berkshire Road Installation of Underground Tank Ballarat Road South West Corner of Vine Street Braybrook Installation of Underground Tanl 12 Central Avenue Sunshine Air Conditioning Plant Maintenance Central Library Alterations to Grandstand Skinner Reserve Willis Street Pre-School Centre Furlong Road Pre-School Centre Sunshine Indoor Pool Service Street Sunshine Child Care Buildings Highpoint West Welfare Complex Variation Toilet Block Hampshire Road Bon Thomas Reserve Pre-School Building Station Road Pre-School Centre Report of the Director of Parks & Recreation Landscaping Willis Street Pre-School Centre Extensions to Existing Baseball Nets at Barclay Reserve Roof Over Practice Wickets at Lloyd Reserve Replacement of Wire Netting Over Cricket Practice Nets At Scovell Reserve Due To Vandel Damage During 1977 city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, lowe crescent, sunshine, dempster park, phoenix street, sunshine north, errington reserve, st. albans, sassella park, station road, deer park, downing street, northumberland road, albanvale, suffolk street, maidstone, highpoint west shopping centre, rosamond road, burton crescent, duffy street, van ness avenue, maribyrnong, princess street, geelong road, brooklyn, forrest street, ardeer, bloomfield avenue, pridhams holdings, evans street, sydney street, albion, station place, hampshire road, devonshire road, st. albans road, cromer avenue, mcintyre road, graham street, gooding street, furlong road, bunnett private, fitzgerald road, tilburn road, kororoit creek, hulett street, sunshine tip, union street, killara street, berkshire road, ballarat road, vine street, braybrook, central avenue, skinner reserve, churchill avenue, willis street pre-school centre, willis street, furlong road pre-school centre, sunshine indoor pool, service street, bon thomas reserve, quinn street, station road pre-school centre, barclay reserve, king edward avenue, lloyd reserve, camperdown avenue, scovell reserve, scovell crescent

Minutes of the ordinary meeting of council held on 21st March 1978 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Income Tax Sharing Future Role of the Western Region Commission Ground Allocation Winter Season 1978 Holiday Programmes Leases Scout Halls Lowe Crescent, Dempster Park, Errington Reserve, Sassella Park Land Transfer Ardeer for Infant Welfare and Preschool Centre Proposed Tip Site Commonwealth Land Deer Park Land Transfer Dowling Street Re-Subdivision of Municipality Ward Boundaries Supplementary Valuations Meals on Wheels Loan Borrowings Street Construction Agreements Stages 19 & 20 Albanvale Compulsory Acquisition Lots 43 & 44 Northumberland Road Report of the Co-Ordinator Welfare Services Early Childhood Development Complex in the Sunshine / Footscray Area Domiciliary Are Benefit Report on Welfare Rights Working Group Wester Region Committee on the Ageing Report of the Chief Health Inspector Prosecution Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Quarterly Return on Food Samples Removal of Dwelling Outside the Municipality 70 Suffolk Street Maidstone to Lot 1 Daylesford Road Trentham Health Act Amendments (Nuisance) Health Act Amendments (Septic Tanks) Health Act Nuisance Land Adjacent to Highpoint West Shopping Centre and Land Adjacent to Closed Section of Burton Crescent / Duffy Street and Van Ness Avenue Maribyrnong Health Act Registrations Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises under the Health Act Report of the Chief By-Laws Officer ANZAC Commemorative March Disposal of Derelict Vehicles Limited Parking Swimming Pool Report of the City Engineer Land Use Permit Application Cafe Take Away Food Premise Shop 18 Lot 3 St. Albans Road and Lot 4 Princess Street Proposed Amendment No 83 to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Land Use Permit Application Ornamental Garden Display & Sales 553A & 553B Geelong Road Brooklyn Land Use Permit Application Sky Sign 222 Forrest Street Ardeer Land Use Permit Application Flats 26 & 28 Bloomfield Avenue Land Use Permit Application Amenities Block Additions to Existing Rendering Works Pridhams Holdings 21 Evans Street Land Use Permit Application Store Addition to Two Exiting Shops & Dwellings 59 Sydney Street Land Use Permit Application Office 83 Main Road West Land Use Permit Application Consulting Rooms Medical 52 Station Place Land Use Permit Application Furniture & Carpet Sales Warehouse Light Industrial Gift & Electrical Fittings & Office 2 - 4 Burton Crescent Land Use Permit Application Cafe 59 St. Albans Road Land Use Permit Application Sign Corner Hampshire Road & Devonshire Road Cluster Development Rear of 117 Station Road Town Planning Appeal Consolidation of Title Cromer Avenue and McIntyre Road Strata Subdivision 53 Graham Street Contract Gooding Street Private Street Scheme Westerngate Estate Stages 3A, 3B, 4A & 4B Subdivision Furlong Road Estate Stages 1 & 2 Subdivision Albanvale Stages 19 & 20 Subdivision Contract Supply of Vehicles Replacement of Weights & Measures Vehicle Fleet No 41 Sewerage Reticulation Areas No 7060 & 7061 Sunshine 142A Sewerage Scheme Certificate of Completion Bunnett Private Street Scheme Speed Restricted Zones Fitzgerald Road, Tilburn Road, Station Road, & Forrest Street Acquisition of Land for Road Construction Purchase of Land Abutting Kororoit Creek from M.M.B.W. Tenders Vehicles Wheel Washing Unit Hulett Street Sunshine Tip Report of the Building Surveyor Open Garage 32 Union Street Sunshine Outbuilding 32 Killara Street Sunshine West Installation of Underground Tank 88 - 90 Berkshire Road Installation of Underground Tank Ballarat Road South West Corner of Vine Street Braybrook Installation of Underground Tanl 12 Central Avenue Sunshine Air Conditioning Plant Maintenance Central Library Alterations to Grandstand Skinner Reserve Willis Street Pre-School Centre Furlong Road Pre-School Centre Sunshine Indoor Pool Service Street Sunshine Child Care Buildings Highpoint West Welfare Complex Variation Toilet Block Hampshire Road Bon Thomas Reserve Pre-School Building Station Road Pre-School Centre Report of the Director of Parks & Recreation Landscaping Willis Street Pre-School Centre Extensions to Existing Baseball Nets at Barclay Reserve Roof Over Practice Wickets at Lloyd Reserve Replacement of Wire Netting Over Cricket Practice Nets At Scovell Reserve Due To Vandel Damage During 1977 Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 28th February 1978 Extraordinary Business Land Use Permit Application Transport Depot Somerville Road Land Use Permit Application Flats Lot 88 Chifley Drive Land Use Permit Application Extensions to Existing Building Truck Sales & Service Centre Geelong Road Land Use Permit Application Greyhound Kennels Waranga Crescent St. Albans Land Use Permit Application Non-Flashing Illuminated Sign Ballarat Road Land Use Permit Application Erection of Sign and Replacement of Canopy Ballarat Road Plan of Strata Subdivision 85 - 89 Ballarat Road city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, lowe crescent, sunshine, dempster park, phoenix street, sunshine north, errington reserve, st. albans, sassella park, station road, deer park, downing street, northumberland road, albanvale, suffolk street, maidstone, highpoint west shopping centre, burton crescent, duffy street, van ness avenue, maribyrnong, st. albans road, princess street, geelong road, brooklyn, forrest street, ardeer, bloomfield avenue, pridhams holdings, evans street, sydney street, albion, main road west, station place, hampshire road, devonshire road, cromer avenue, mcintyre road, graham street, gooding street, furlong road, bunnett private, fitzgerald road, tilburn road, kororoit creek, hulett street, sunshine tip, union street, killara street, sunshine west, berkshire road, ballarat road, vine street, braybrook, central avenue, skinner reserve, churchill avenue, willis street pre-school centre, furlong road pre-school centre, sunshine indoor pool, service street, bon thomas reserve, quinn street, barclay reserve, king edward avenue, lloyd reserve, camperdown avenue, scovell reserve, somerville road, chifley drive, waranga crescent

Main Road, Henry Street to Diamond Street; Silver Street to Bible Street Application No. 0337771902, 1903, arthur street, bible street, bird street, diamond creek (creek), diamond street, eltham, eltham railway station, henry street, main road, silver street, survey plan, vine street, application 33777, map

Copy of plan of Blackburn area bounded by Whitehorse Road, Station Street and Railway ParadeCopy of plan of Blackburn arealand subdivision, blackburn, whitehorse road, station street, railway road, vine street

Plan of sewerage area no. 972, Shire of Blackburn and Mitcham, scale 400' to an inch. 13 July 1933. Note that the area including Stuart Street on the map is now the Thiele Court area.sewerage and sanitation, shire of blackburn and mitcham, whitehorse road, blackburn, railway road, vine street, lithgow avenue, downing street, frankston street, stuart street, thiele court

Plan of sewerage area no. 974, Shire of Blackburn and Mitcham. Scale 400' to an inch. 22 September 1933.sewerage and sanitation, shire of blackburn and mitcham, whitehorse road, blackburn, vine street, parkside street, alfred street, main street, the avenue, gordon crescent

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 1999. Transformation: Horwood's foundry, Vine Street, Bendigo, circa 1900. It is now Girton Grammar.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Map attached to blue cardboard backing showing weatherboard house and 3 residential allotments on Wantirna Road between Kirk Street and Vine Street, Ringwood.

Set of 4 slides made from the Association of Railway Enthusiast Provincial Tramways film strip, possibly during April 1967. 1192.1 and 1192.3 mounted in Kodak Ready Mounts. The others in plain white mounts. Slides dated Dec. 1968. 1192.1 - No. 21 outbound to Golden Square in High St., between Wattle and Vine Streets. Photo taken after the tram has passed photographer. Has a sign for "Reid's Furnituorium" in the background. 1192.2 - Bendigo No. 28 dressed up as Myers Christmas tram, passing the Post Office and Courts in Pall Mall. 1192.3 - Bendigo No. 23 at Needle Loop en route to Eaglehawk. Tram has two SEC roof ads, one "Electric Cooking" and the other "Everything fine in my all electric kitchen". 1192.4 - Bendigo scrubber parked at the end of the main depot lead, alongside the depot office buildings.Details in blue ink, date hand stamped in purple ink. 1192.1 - "No. 21 heads along High St for Golden Square between Wattle and Vine Streets." 1192.2 - "Birney No. 28 in Christmas Garb, traverses Pall Mall en route to North Bendigo". 1192.3 - "No. 23 at Needle Loop on its run to Eaglehawk". 1192.4 - "Scrubber car at Bendigo Depot".tramways, trams, north bendigo, bendigo, bridge st loop, depot, tram 21, tram 23, tram 28, tram scrubber

Sepia photo with approx 50 workmen outside Horwood's Foundry, on window 'Horwood and Son, Engineers, Millwrights, Iron and Brass Founders. Vine Street sign on building. Blue line drawn around image.R. Dermer Smith, Bull street, Sandhurstorganization, business, horwood and sons engineers, horwood and son, engineers, millwrights, iron and brass founders at the corner of vine and mackenzie streets. began as the bendigo iron works in 1856. this photograph of some of the staff was taken by r. dermer smith of bull street, sandhurst abo

Handwritten 'Notes' re various Bendigo buildings (no author, no date) - for a talk or article? References to: Sandhurst Brewery (Havelock Street); Bendigo Brewery (Vine Street); Mr J Armstrong; Phoenix Brewery (Vine Street); Star Brewery (Bridge Street); Shamrock Hotel; Phillip Kennedy; Vahland and Getschmann; Royal Theatre; Haymarket Theatre; Scherffs Store; Abbotts Hotel and Assembly Room; Lyceum Theatre; G A Fletcher; Moore Bros Store; Lyric Theatre; H Barrow; Campaspe Inn (Runnymede)buildings, commercial, breweries

Program, Bendigo Repertory Society presents ''Two Dozen Red Roses'' by Kenneth Horne.Girton Hall, Vine Street. Tuesday April 29th, Wednesday 30th, Thursday May 1st 1958. Programme One Shilling. Copyright 1953Bolton Bros.Pty. Ltd. Printers, Bendigo.program, theatre, bendigo repertory society

BHS CollectionContract of sale issued by Hyett, Willis & Hyett Solicitors and dated 30th November 1949 between the executors of W.H. Hammond Estate (seller) and G.A. Risstrom (buyer). Sale of freehold property situate at 11 Vine Street, Bendigo and all that piece of land on the western side of Vine Street about 118 links southerly from High Street with a frontage of 68 links by a depth of 80 links and a width at the rear of 31 links described in right to occupy a residence area No. 4796 in the books of the Land Department together with all improvements. Price 500 poundsorganization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Horwoods foundry: in Vine Street, Bendigo, the foundry housed up to 300 workers. Mr. Joel Horwood is the man in the middle with the white beard. The area is now the site of Girton College.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Joel Horwood established the foundry in the late 19th Century in Vine Street Bendigo. The Foundry manufactured mining machinery, agricultural castings, and bells.Sepia coloured photograph of Bendigo Iron Works / Horwood's Foundry. There is a large single storey building with a group of people standing in front of the side with the Bendigo Iron Works sign. Behind the building there is a chimney and a poppet head. The building is fronted by unmade roads.poppethead, horwood's foundry, bendigo iron works

Joel Horwood established the Horwood's Foundry in the late 19th Century in Vine Street Bendigo. The Foundry manufactured mining machinery, agricultural castings, and bells.Sepia coloured photograph of Bendigo Iron Works, mounted on card. There are four windows and a door visible behind a large group of workers standing in front of the building. Some of the workers are seated on a raised platform. Most of the windows have broken glass. A partially torn label below the photograph reads "Photographed by Chevalier Commercial Hotel Pall Mall"bendigo iron works, chevalier

Partially trimmed copy of a land subdivision auction advertisement on cardboard backing, with digitised copy of original flyer.Subdivision includes Thanet Street, Albert Street, Arlington Street, Barkly Street, Maidstone Street, Kirk Street, Vine Street, Surrey Street, Yarmouth Street and West Prussia Road (later Wantirna Road) Ringwood, Vic. Property names include Wandsworth, Ingleside, Lyndhurst and Karsruhe. Auctioneer and Estate Agents - Coghill & Haughton, 79 Swanston Street, Melbourne Auburn and Canterbury. Licensed Surveyor - W.P. Steane, M.C.E., 317 Collins Street, Melbourne.

Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from 2000. Busy: the Frank Brown Brick factory, Back Creek, circa 1900. Frank M. Brown was born in 1857. He began his working life as an apprentice pattern maker with A. Roberts & Sons, iron founders, in Wills Street, Sandhurst. He later became foreman of Horwoods Foundry in Vine Street. He formed a foundry partnership with Thomas R.J. Carter in 1887 as Carter & Brown. In 1889 he left Carter to start his own City foundry in Wattle Street. In 1892 Brown established a steam brick works opposite 208 Sheepwash Road (now Sternberg Street) which continued to operate until about 1916. In 1902 he purchased the Vine Street foundry to trade as Bendigo Iron Works. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Thomas Edward Williams was a native of Glamorganshire, South Wales, and came to Victoria in 1857, in the sailing ship Morning Light. He came to live in Bendigo in 1872. Mr Williams lived at 67 Vine Street, Bendigo. His obituary in the Bendigo Advertiser states that he was "the originator of the floral displays in the Easter Fair processions". The medal is possibly in recognition of his services for the Easter Fair.Heart shaped medal on a brown plaited leather strap with metal clasp fittings. Embossed within a border around the edge "Bendigo Easter Fair 1902". The centre of the medal is decorated with scotch thistles. Obituary from the Bendigo Advertiser, 1914.Engraved on reverse of medal "Thomas Edward Williams"easter fair 1902, floral display, medal

Statement from F. W. Milne & Son, Merchants and General Engineers, Vine Street, Bendigo to North Deborah G. M. Co. N. L. Copy of statement for the month of July, 1958. Top of the page is printed with 'F.W. Milne & Son, Merchants and General Engineers' of Vine Street, Bendigo and the name and types of goods and services offered. Statement is for repair to boiler feed pump, turn taper on end of rock drills to suit sample, make a mild steel cross head wedge to suit sample, supply of bolts, make dies and remove dent from tube of telescopic drill bar, make mild steel split clamp nut to suit sample, make 2 mild steel screws 2 1/2'' x 5/8'' with hexagon head 1'' across flats 1/2'' long and thread to suit sample. Statement is a typed, carbon copy. It has copy written in pencil under the typing. Albert Richardson Collection. document, gold, north deborah g. m. co. n. l., north deborah g. m. co. n. l., statement to north deborah g. m. co. n. l., f w milne & son

10934.30a - Notification of out-of-stock items. Receipt dated: 29 July 1954. pink cream, rectangular paper The receipt header reads "F.W. Milne & Son" in capital letters. Milne and Son were merchants and engineers. below the company name, it lists the company's: Address - Vine Street, Bendigo Contact Info - Phone 53 and 54 Handwritten in blue ink on a black typed template. For the purchase of leather belts. 10934.30b - Letter notification of altered discount. Receipt dated: 25th Sep 1953. large, cream, rectangular paper with a printed header in green and black ink. The receipt header reads "F.W. Milne & Son" in capital letters. Milne and Son were merchants and engineers. They sold Iron and steel, galvanised and steam piping and fittings, pumps, pulleys, transmission belting, bearings, shafting, air hoses, packings etc. below the company name, it lists the company's: Address - 52-60 Vine Street, Bendigo Contact Info - Phone 53, 54 and 1026 Typed blue ink on printed header. signed by the secretary in blue pen ink. 10934.30c and 10934.30d - business card Receipt dated: 1-2nd Sep 1954. tan - rectangular paper printed with business header in black ink. The Card reads: (10934.30c) F.W. Milne & Son. Merchants and Engineers. Vine Street, Bendigo. Distributors of: - Bearing Service Co. of Aust. PTY. and Stewarts & Lloyds PTY. LTD. Welding electrodes and welding equipment. Belting. Vee belts and Pulleys. Steel. Pipes and Pipe fittings. Steam valves and packings. British tube mills products. Electric motors. die cast and aluminium vee pulleys and motor pulleys. centrifugal pumps and pumping equipment. Petter diesel engines. Roseberry engines. Jap petrol engines. (10934.30d) Vine Street, Bendigo. Dear Sir, we wish to advise that our representative Mr. H.W. McMaster, will have the pleasure of calling on you on or about the 1-2 Sep 1954. Any orders entrusted to him will receive our careful prompt attention. bendigo, morton's stores, fw milne and son

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Monday, June 28, 2004. Class of 1968: form four, Church of England Girls Grammar School, Vine Street, Bendigo. Form teacher was Lilian Hocking. Pictured: Linley Grylls, Marrion James,Jean Heaney, Joc Edgar, Libbi Turner, Kerry Larcombe, Lee Snell, C. Jones, Prue Atkinson, Jane Moss, Jenny Porter, Jenny J. Porter, Lilian Hocking, Julie Williamson, Sue Baldwin, Yvonne Hickson, Julie Anderson, Kate Branson, Janet Clarke, Sandra Forbes, June Hayes, Kaye Price, JaneMcDonald, Jenny Gibbs, Nola Maskell and Elizabeth Martin.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Conditions of sale by private contract dated 12th March, 1948 between C. J. Watt (vendor) and W. & M. L. Seckold (purchaser). Property: all that piece of land situate No. 28 Vine Street, Bendigo, at present occupied by D. Ellis as tenant, being part of Crown allotment 9 section 129C, Parish of Sandhurst City of Bendigo, being the land described in certificate of title volume 4685 folio 936900, together with 6 room weatherboard dwelling and all sundry outbuildings except any such outbuildings belonging to the tenant. Subject to existing tenancy. Price: 810 pounds. Attached 2 hand written notes plus a certificate of valuation giving a breakdown of the valuation.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

WHS Inc were presented with 10,000 glass plate negatives from Thelma & Vine Photographic Studios, Murphy Street Wangaratta from the 1860's - 1950's. The glass plate negatives depict mostly portrait studies of families, weddings and special occasions; there are a few outdoor studies.These studies are invaluable as they provide a record of fashion, family structures, significant people and events, buildings, streetscapes, transportation and landscape of Wangaratta & district from the 1860's - 1950's. These glass plate negatives provide the historical, fashion, cultural anthropological context of society from the time frame they depict.WHS Inc were presented with 10,000 glass plate negatives from Thelma & Vine Photographic Studios, Murphy Street Wangaratta from the 1860's - 1950's. The glass plate negatives depict mostly portrait studies of families, weddings and special occasions; there are a few outdoor studies. An example of a glass plate negative is featured above, this is a goat race from the early 1900's. Goat races were common in rural towns as entertainment at agricultural shows, sporting events and other celebrations. This local jockey is Bob Sloan, who had a Men's Wear business in Wangaratta.glass plate negatives

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Beginnings: the miner's cottage in the foreground is thought to be located near the corner of Vine and Barnard streets. The German Lutheran Church can be seen in the background. Circa 1870.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were