After recording the final meeting of the Port Melbourne Benevolent Society in 1988, Mrs Elwin ALLEN kept the books until 1997, when she handed them on to PMH&PSMinutes of the Port Melbourne Benevolent Society 19.7.1979 to 20.7.1988, entered into grey book with green linen binding, printed 'Service Account Book'. One of several documents from the Society's archives.Pen scratches lower right front coverbarry 'bomber' mitchell, charities and appeals, societies clubs unions and other organisations, mrs elwin allen, port melbourne benevolent society, beris campbell, julia lindsay, jessie edwards, heather wale, lorna mason, emmy harrison, dudley sherlock, l smith, anna louise robieson, rosa coluccio, katherine partridge, w skelton, margaret white, tom stewart, shirley stewart, j stewart, barbara stewart, vera cunningham, frederick robert winduss, noni winduss, raymond frank julier, lil julier, iris wills, w bowtell, james mitchell, val mitchell, leslie mantle, ronald 'bunna' walsh, kenneth william stark

This file contains twelve photocopied letters dated from 11/08/1969, through to 14/12/1983. The letters are correspondence from MRs. V. Willmott to Mrs. Joan Wills in a response/request looking for lost relatives of John Caulfield. Joan Wills informs Mrs. V. Willmott that no relatives could be found. 1/S. N. Penrose wrote on 11/08/1959, on behalf of V. Willmott regarding her uncle. 2/Correspondence dated 12/09/83 from V. Willmott asking for information about her uncle, John Caulfield. 3/Typed correspondence date 14/09/1983 to Mrs. Willmott from Mrs. Joan Wills, mentioning that she was enclosing a biographical outline of John Phillip, Caulfield with her correspondence. 4/Typed letter to Mr. Caulfield from Joan Wills, regarding his sisters request to their descendants in Caulfield, dated 14/09/1983. 5/Typed letter to Joan Wills from W. W. Caulfield, dated 28/09/1983, informing her that he has no information regarding their ancestors in Caulfield. 6/Correspondence from Mrs. V. Willmott to Joan Wills, dated 03/10/1983, confirming that she is the niece of John Caulfield. 7/Correspondence from Mrs. V. Willmott, dated 10/10/1983 where she confirms details, she was sent from the biographical outline about her uncle. 8/Typed letter dated 19/10/1983 to Mrs. V. Willmott from Joan Wills, informing her of her brothers contacting them, but still have no positive information about her family. 9/Typed letter to Mrs. V. Willmott from Joan Wills, dated 19/10/1983, still unable to make any connections for her. 10/Typed letter dated 12/11/1983 to Mrs. V. Willmott from Joan Wills, just giving her a general suggestion of where she may get some ideas from her health + wellbeing. 11/Handwritten letter dated 26/11/1983 to Mrs. Wills from V. Willmott, talking about the biography she was writing, and still entreating her, if she could contact the ‘Age’ with an article about trying to find her ‘Caulfield’ family. 12/Typed letter from the Geneological Society of Victoria to Felicity Campbell, regarding all the mail from Mrs. V. Willmott, to assess them and their information, dated 14/12/1983, by Mrs. Joan Wills, research officer. 13/Two aerogram letters dated, 16/03/77 and 14/01/11 sent by V. Willmott to Peter R. Murray and Associates in requiring a request/response looking for lost relatives of John Caulfield. 14/One carbon copied letter to Mrs. Willmott from Peter R. Murray, about her enquiry about her Australian relatives pre-1978.willmott v., wills joan, caulfield historical society, geneological society of victoria, south caulfield, campbell f., penrose s. n., wells j. mrs., caulfield william, caulfield eva, murray mr., wells mr., riley david, bells agnes, caulfield brian, elsternwick, cambden town, mcdonald ian

This file contains 13 official documents pertaining to the Rotary Club of Caulfield: 1/A typewritten copy of the constitution of the Rotary Club of Caulfield (undated). Said document is essentially an instruction manual detailing how the Club is to be administered and the duties of officials. 2/A page (unclear if intended for use as a poster or letter) announcing a Business Persons Breakfast to be held at St. Anthony’s Parish Hall on 19/11/1986, wherein Jeff Kennett, M.L.A., Leader of the Opposition of the Parliament of Victoria, will deliver a speech titled ‘Responsibility Before Rights’. 3/A booklet announcing the 25th anniversary celebration of the Rotary Club of Caulfield, to be held at Tudor Court on 24/02/1987. Contains the menu, national anthem, programme, and two lists – one of the founding members of the Club and one of the extant members of the Club. 4/Two copies of a booklet announcing a dinner, to be held at Tudor Court on 10/11/1987, wherein charter will be presented to the Rotary Club of Caulfield-Rosstown by District Governor Ian Knight. Contains a list of extant staff, the menu, the programme, a description of the history of the ‘Wembley Wheel of Friendship’, a list of charter members, and an account of the etymology of the name ‘Rosstown’. 5/Two copies of a page featuring four items of relevance to the Rotary Club of Caulfield. The first is an article (titled ‘Rotary scholar makes it’, author unspecified, source unspecified, undated) about Club scion Mark Collard receiving an MBA from Clarkson University. The second is an article (titled ‘New Caulfield Rotary’, author unspecified, source unspecified, undated) about the presentation dinner to which item 7 pertains. (This article is not present in its entirety, trailing off at the end.) The third is an announcement of a ‘progressive dinner’ to be held on 28/11/1987, also containing an announcement of a bicentennial conference to be held on 19/03/1988. The fourth is an announcement of what appears to be the initiation of some sort of historical re-enactment, the proceeds of which will fund the Rotary Club’s ‘Polio Plus’ project. A title (‘A Long Haul Through Caulfield’) suggests this item may be the header section of an article about said event, but if so, the remainder is not present. Contains three black-and-white photographs; one of Collard with an unidentified woman (presumably his wife), one of Club President Howie Dunlop congratulating Charter President Geoff Oscar, and one of some men riding on a horse-drawn cart. 6/Two copies of a booklet announcing a President Changeover Dinner, to be held on 28/06/1988. Contains the menu, programme, and a list of extant members. 7/Two copies of the weekly bulletin of the Rotary Club of Caulfield, dated 28/06/1988. Contains lists of faculty, notification of the Club’s decision to admit women, notification of upcoming events, a biography of guest speaker Fred Epstein, and a list of the times and places of alternative meetings. 8/Two photocopied statements of the receipts and expenditure of the Rotary Club of Caulfield, one for the period 01/10/1989 – 30/06/1990, and one for the period 01/07/1990 – 27/08/1990. 9/The photocopied minutes of a New Members Committee Meeting of the Rotary Club of Caulfield, dated 02/08/1990. Objects of discussion include fundraising methods and application of funds. 10/A booklet announcing Change Over Night, dated 21/06/1994. Contains the programme, menu, national anthem, and a list of extant faculty. 11/4 unbound pages announcing the winners of the Rotary Youth Photographic Awards, dated 1995 (a more specific date than this is not given). (Pages contain no photographs.) 12/A small note announcing the Murrumbeena Community Market, to be held on 04/12/2010, of which the Rotary Club of Caulfield is one of the sponsors. 13/A booklet announcing a dinner to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Rotary Club of Caulfield, to be held on 23/02/2012. Contains the programme, menu, a list of past presidents, a description of the history of the Gifu Vase (a trophy in the Club’s possession), and a list of some of the charity projects the Club has been engaged in.rotary club of caulfield, clubs and associations, charitable organisations, kennett jeff m.l.a., st. anthony’s parish hall, grange road, neerim road, glenhuntly, festivals and celebrations, tudor court, gray robin, baird jack, lord john, king john, crittenden doug, gelme anthony, hunkin ed. rev., fryer roy, quine john, bedford f., bell jim, bunny d., cripps e., don john, epstein fred, hattam j., howard w., kerry g., kumnick j., kurrie s., lord l., morrison charles, nelson h., parton willis, perry bruce, pollard r., price f., skuse e., stillwell g., tilley norman, tomlinson charles, watson don, webster j., wilson duncan, fincher roy, wheller john, allen selwyn, christopher don, cohen godfrey, davis keith, davis lloyd, dornbierer w., dunlop howie, fillmore wally, ford john, ford peter, forshaw ken, gales brian, green myer, hind jim, humphreys john, hunter ian, lewis ray, melville jack, oscar geoff, penaluna harry, perlen louis, rampling ross, ronaldson keith, sherlock max, sicklemore graham, smith barry, stapleton ted, summers ron, tovey david, rotary club of caulfield-rosstown, knight ian, tudor court, kooyong road, bellmaine mark, langfelder kurt, morris rob, rome graeme, alma club, wilks street, wills david, blankfield mark, awards, wembley wheel of friendship, bellmaine loretta, cunningham david, cunningham jean, davis pam, davis rex, davis judith, forshaw hannah, graham jeremy, graham kara, hassing andre, hassing arlette, jacobs frank, jacobs june, langfelder judy, morris robert, morris angela, nettlebeck rosalie, oscar enid, rattray john, rattray diana, rome lorraine, sarah ted, sarah denise, sherlock helen, smith suzanne, stapleton jackie, turner brook, turner vicki, tuhiwai tamati, tuhiwai ravina, will arnold, will claire, rosstown, ross william murray, rosstown sugar works, collard mark, rotary foundation, keller chuck, campbell felicitie mrs., campbell jack cr., knight genny, albury civic centre, green tess, tantram avenue, quine gwen, beaver street, rosalind ray, rosalind lweis, devon street, little company of mary hospital, polio plus, smith ian, jackson adrian, miller peter, spence bert, wheller denise, coffey bill, financial documents, receipts, gilmartin e., moran d., kaan a., fillmore wal, coleman peter, coleman moyrha, wesley college elsternwick big band, puddy mark, fradkin barry, fitzgerald gerald, renton robert, herschberg gedeon, kinston david, montgomery peter, dawes shane, silberberg henry, zazryn ben, cohen michael, rotary youth photographic awards, photographic competitions, photography, terry ted mr., terry e. a. mr., eldridge hannah, cottral anne, abdullahi khalid, gostin cassie, podlabeniouk lena, diyab ahmed, draca julijana, pevkoski danilla, wooster heath, lesar dion, sansoni rachel, leatham chelsea, townsend jessie, barker megan, fitzgerald megan, maokhamphiou anthony, smith naomi, fraser sue-ellen, white tanya, murrumbeena community market, koornang uniting church, murrumbeena road, welsh heather, robinson david, kesselschmidt sima, potasz sophie, southwick david, cheyne gordon, ryall keith, arianti listy, westbrook natasha, pollard bob, hancock irey, lovett jack, cooper alby, rundle john, patkin nehama, mcmullen adele, douglas jennie, preston mark, resubal loreto, gifu vase, aoki seiichi, operation firewood, alfred hospital, bus of knowledge, australia day breakfast, bethlehem hospital, caulfield hospital

3 items about the Howitt family in the 1800s to early 1900s: 1/Twelve photocopied pages from ‘The Educational Magazine’ August 1955. The article is about Dr. Godfrey Howitt, his arrival in Melbourne with his family, the house he lived in in Collins Street before moving to Caulfield, and his other family members. Includes details of his professional life. 2/Newspaper reprinted article from ‘News’ Shepparton, dated 19/07/1960 on the centenary of the start if Burke and Wills’ expedition mentioned the journey made by author William Howitt and his two sons, and about his book he wrote ‘Land, Labour and Gold’, and about son Alfred who became a scientist and later brought the remains of Burke and Wills back to Melbourne. 3/A 15-page booklet written by family member Gwen Webb on the life and work of Alfred William Howitt, explorer, scientist and public servant. Booklet covers prospecting, Burke and Wills, East Gippsland, Bairnsdale, science, public service, and a chronology and his honours and distinctions, printed in 1980, titled ‘A. W. Howitt 1830-1908’howitt godfrey dr., howitt richard, botanists, naturalists, howitt alfred, cussen dr., howard mr., were mr., howitt mary, howitt lane, howitt william, gold rush, writers, ‘grosvenor chambers’, balaclava road, kooyong road, caulfield, howitt william godfrey dr., surgeon, ‘harvard house’, howitt edith mary, anderson edith mary, howitt edward, howitt charles ernest, howitt charlton, scientists, explorers, howitt mrs., webb gwen, howitt a. w., howitt walker mary, howitt alfred william, farms, boothby liney, howitt liney mrs.

This file contains 8 pages and one property notice. The file contains: 1/descriptions from Andrew Ward’s Heritage Planning Report. Notes on residents of ‘Roseneath’ from 1866 to 1963. Articles include household goods sale, public notices, wills and estate notices from Trove and census record. Details from Ancestry.com 2016. 2/Property sale notice of ‘Roseneath’ dated 04/03/2016 from Leader newspaper.‘roseneath’, house names, point nepean road, elsternwick, bogle andrew esq., auctions, wragge william, wragge mary, wragge william charles, miller william, councillors, rusden street, mcmillan street, subdivision, boyle andrew, merchants, shire of caulfield, east st kilda riding, breckinhill lodge, bogle andrew mrs., wragge w mrs, st kilda cemetery, cemeteries, kirkham councillor, long councillor, riddell councillor, lempriere councillor, ilberry concillor, worthington george, judges, tulloch annie, st kilda ladies benevolent society, worthington mrs, wheeldon isaac, tulloch w.g., breweries, elsternwick, madame berry west company, tulloch and son, mccracken’s brewery, elsternwick station, ‘elderslie’, glenhuntly road, wheeldon sarah, cross anastacia, brick houses, meek alexander charles, meek una eveline, meek david, meek jane, meek james, meek alexander, meek kathleen, meek william, lloyd i. captain, lloyd mary, lloyd nova, lloyd eileen, meek anastasia mary, meek william john, meek monica venus, engineers, marine surveyors, social events and activities, wills and estates, real estate, advertisements

3 items about this person: 1/Two twelve page carbon copied documents, purportedly written by William Letchte, son of George, written in c1935/36. He writes of his jobs as a dairyman, cow minder at the age of ten tears. He recollects streets, people, residences, business and general landscape in the area, as he takes you on a tour of the area. 2/Photocopied photo of Katrina Lechte (nee Bolch?) donated by Ian Lechte, 15 Adrian Street, East Bentleigh. 3/Photocopied copy of first pages and cover of William Lechte’s booklet on ‘Caulfield 1869 – 1935 Memories of the Past’, published by the City of Caulfield, 1992. The Society has the full booklet in its book collection (not yet catalogued as of 07/07/2015).grange road, glenhuntly, glen huntly station, alma road, dairies, caulfield park, swamp, queens avenue, station street, cross street, racecourse, heywood j. g., turf club hotel, dandenong road, royal hotel, koornang road, north road, murrumbeena road, mclaurin archibald, crosbie j. w., poath road, newton mr., hooker mr., peck family robert farmer, dairies, ross murray, rosstown, hansen hans, arnott family, peppin family, ormond station, malane family, fraser simon, overtons, shepherds, spring road, mohlers, brighton cemetery, mall kim, market gardeners, long john farmer, fiedler mr., booran road, reservoir, summers mr., maddocks mr., holland mr., caulfield council, glen eira road, harriman benjamin c., kambrook road, bambra road, princess park, marriott john, hawthorn road, brickworks, hyam mr., cottages, jasmine street, sycamore street, paddy o’briens swamp, arnold tom, london tavern hotel, guess john-grocer, topp mr., poath road, pine trees, colonel le marehand, balaclava junction, chemist shop, bell mr., nicholls mr. william h., wine shop, orme mr., pepperorn mr. john, balaclava road, orchards, harvey mr. robert tailor, schubert mr., blew charlie – gardener, philpott mr. richard b., farquhar mr. william farmer, newing t. r., glen eira road, payne john, brockhoft mr., dickson mr. james, snipe t., bevan mr., mckean family john, murray family, francis mr., hart mr., mcdougall james, brady peter, cad, elsternwick station, webb mr., masters mr. samuel, master street, ford mr., anderson mr. joseph gardener, slaney mr., boxhill mr. richard, post office, newsagent, hotham street, service james, bunn mr., sargood mr., orrong road, arnold tom – dairy, officer mr., grimwade mr., alexandra street, oakleigh hall, degraves mr., wilson samuel, ‘manifold’, house names, miller septimus, alma road, knox mr. james gardener, smith mr., coachman, ‘cumloden’, lange mr., holyrood justice mr., cronin mrs. mary, mcgivenys dairy, ‘belle vista’, lloyd c. d., caulfield council, hughes mr., armstrong j. a., tom healey’s market garden, kooyong road, inkerman road, tom roe’s market garden, mcleod captain, daish captain, plumridger mr. frederick, gardeners, tester mr. thomas, kent mr., kent g., fiddes mr., billings mr., semple mr., fosberry mr., howitt or., merrett mr., orchards, hawthorn road, hines mr., ‘rosecraddock’, langdon h. j., ‘crotonhurst’, webb justice mr., renwick s., ‘garrell’, barry mr., drinsdale family, st. mary’s church, sunday school, newing miss, teachers, stephen justice mr., stephen wilberforce, mount l., grimwade’s, ‘grimwade house’, danby’s, spence mr., venables family, mr. moss’ congregational church, barnhill mrs., porter miss, webb’s, ferguson, orange, police stations, kooyong road, pennington mr., health inspectors, engineers, inkley mr., farriers, mckeon mr., ‘sylverly’, dixon mr. edward, turner mr., marriott robert, ‘ravenhurst’, thompson j. j., wott t., architects, perrin mr. francis, tennis courts, royal parade, sayce mr. joseph j. p., ricketson h., ‘glen eira’, mansions, hospitals, turner mr., evans family, stephens miss, registers, mcculloch lady, convalescent homes, prentice street, edward street, strickland, keany pat, brentwood charlie, fordham lewis, hopetoun gardens, higgins mr. joseph f. engineer, railway construction bill, evans mr., beavis mr., twycross family john, medina captain, cowderoy mr. benjamin, murray mr., moore mr., ‘glenfern’, st. georges road, glen huntly road, cedar street, hunt bill – ‘bandy hunt’, jessamine street, alder street, le page’s store, post offices, balaclava junction, stephens frank, solicitors, parkside street, robinson j., ilbery mr. and family, mclennan mrs., victoria street, savings bank, riddell parade, elworthy mr. richard, butchers, shaw mr. william, armstrong mr., guess’ hotel, sycamore street, bagshaw mr., clack joe, wawn alex, sisson family, north road, younger mr., kooyong road, sheridan joseph, anketell family – john, wren john – carpenter, wills mr. peter, attrills arnold, heffernan family, cox peter, ilbery john, hotham street, glen huntly road, page j. w., bakeries, forests, godfrey mr., blacksmiths, thompson j. j., olive street, cedar street, letchte w., tierney richard, alma road, st. kilda east, murray peter, letchte’ cows – grazing, holland grove, eskdale road, lechte katrina, lechte ian, lechte catherine, lechte warren, lechte stuart, lechte elaine

Elsternwick Baptist Church Golden Jubilee (1894 – 1944) Booklet, with an accompanying letter from Helen Lewis, dated 03/04/1977 (Church secretary) and a hand written brief history of church mostly taken from Booklet. Also a double-sided Golden Jubilee Programme for events held 16/09/1944 – 26/09/1944. History dates back to 1858.elsternwick baptist church, mclean, d. f. pastor, elsternwick, blackburn g. h. rev, glenhuntly road, roth a. g. rev, mcdonald s. a. rev, thomas b., moulton. h. h., linolen o. r. rev, wood. f. j. rev, allum h., golden jubilee, robertson r. rev, allison j. b. rev, longley h., greyson j. rev, thompson a. r. rev, scholefield h. g. rev, thomas b, webber w., weir k., wood a, wood f, carpenter c, rimington f, wills f, samuel nell miss, blackburn g. h. mrs, brooks w. a., wright c. w mrs, westmore h. w mrs, wood a. mrs, thomas b mrs, pattinson l. miss, rowlston j. miss, dennis d miss, o’ donnell p. miss, constantine b, drew. c. a, davis h.s, davies w, swanston e. e, parkinson j t, sheldon j, steel p.w, montgomery b, tillyer g, greyson w, tudball f., curtis h. f., swanton g. h., steel p.w, le maistre f. w, thurgood g.f., thompson j. c., elsternwick, glen eira road, st. mary’s, caulfield union church, poole william rev., gregson john rev., reid john rev., day edwin rev., orrong road, glenhuntly road, elsternwick congregational church, old grammar school, regent street, chapman s. rev., williamson g. rev., gregson mrs., gregson f miss, gregson m. miss, gregson w. mrs, davis h. s. mrs, hare mrs, turner d, turner d. mrs, tillyer g. mrs, aston a. e, aston a. e mrs, hastings george picking a, picking a. mrs, drew ca, drew c. a. mrs, kebby mrs., dance g. mrs, webber mrs, brooks mrs, wills mr., turner mr w, warnewood h rev, williamson r. rev, mclean d.f. pastor, foundation stones, st. george’s road, davies n., roth a.g. rev, linden o. r. rev, hebenstreit mr., stone mr., penn mr., pennstone, robertson r. rev, thompson a. r. rev, mcdonald. s. a . rev., ormond church, thompson a.r. mrs, steel p. w mrs., steel pw, pater a.s., blackburn g.h. rev., bean a w rev., blackwell a. e. rev., porches, organs, kew – church, dhurringile, drew charles, burgess mrs, pearson e. a., montgomery b., montgomery b, thurgood mr., swanton g. h., harvey. misses, drummond am, waite f miss, waite h. j., waite miss l, gregson w., battle c. w., crabb v. f., wigg c., whelan s. j., ratelift betty, carpenter c., drew chas., tillyer george, hebenstreit h, hastings a, kennedy g, parkinson a.e., parkinson h.g., wills v., davis matron., carpenter c.a., elliot d., heyneman jg., lambert d. r, middlin p. m., rimmington fc, watt k. r., wills f. c., allum k. v, trodd. a. w, blackmore m., casey c. b, chalmers m. a., chapman f., sutton r., watt l. j, wood. f. c, whelan p., lambert g., crabbe t. f, thomas rowland., blackwell h., thomas bernard, phillips j. w, marris alice, caulfield, booran road, clergy residences, fires, caulfield union church, burgess mrs, brick, kappa sigma pi, baptist ce committee, y. p. fellowship, cricket clubs, dennis clubs, kindergartens, halls, sunday schools, heating and cooling, choirs, ladies’ auxilary, ladies’ fellowship guild, junior church, christian endeavour, senior girls’ missionary union (sgmu), gymnasiums, yp league, men’s morning meeting, men’s society, brooks a, junior choir, pope w g mrs, hughes aa mla, kerr freda miss, lewis helen i. mrs, shannon lb rev

W.D. and H.O. Wills cigarette card of Port Melbourne Football Club players; one colour - sepia - 1933: # 167 W PERRETTsport - australian rules football, port melbourne football club, pmfc, w perrett