Information on Westgarthtown history and personalities, including photographer Fred Kruger, the Ziebel family, and the origins of the Pura Milk brand.8 p. newsletter, with leaflet westgarthtown, thomastown

Coloured photograph of the sanctuary of St Johns Church Westgarthtown. Th organ was made in the late 19th century.westgarthtown, st johns church westgarthtown

A short history of Westgarthtown (Thomastown Historic Precinct)Revised and enlarged edition. 44 p., illus. (some col.)westgarthtown

Coloured photograph of The rear of Zeibell's Cottage at Westgarthtown .westgarthtown, ziebell's cottage

Coloured photograph of view of the front of the St Johns Church at Westgarthtown,westgarthtown, st johns church westgarthtown

Coloured photograph of St Johns Church, Westgarthtown from the cemetery.westgarthtown, st johns church westgarthtown

Coloured photograph of the outbuildings at Wuchatsch Cottage at Westgarthtown. Cottage is the oldest home continually lived in by descendents of the one family.westgarthtown, wuchatsch cottage

Coloured photograph of interior of St Johns Church, Westgarthtown and the members who visited.|L-R Valda Arrowsmith, Lois Binnie (Whitehorse Council), Irma Hatty. Ellen Mitchell, Peter Simmenauer, Frances Warren and Barbara Gardiner.westgarthtown, arrowsmith, valda, binnie, lois, simmenauer, peter, warren, frances, gardiner, barbara, hatty, irma, mitchell, ellen

Coloured photograph of Ziebell's Cottage from the entrance gate.westgarthtown, ziebell's cottage

A history of Westgarthtown, German and Wendish immigrants first settled at Westgarthtown in March 1850, situated 16 Kilometres north of Melbourne this land now forms part of the suburbs of Thomastown and Lalor. Soft cover 36 pages with black & white and coloured photographs,maps & illustrations. Published by the Heritage Council Victoria and the City of Whittlesea.victoria, history, german, victoria-history-german-westgarthtown

BHS CollectionWhite 3 ring binder contains information on Westgarthtown,Tatura german heritage trail with illustrations, photographs and maps, mostly written in German language.victoria, history, german, history-victoria-german-westgarthtown-tatura

Coloured photograph of Ziebell's Cottage and garden.westgarthtown, ziebell's cottage

Coloured photograph of the garden at Ziebell's Cottage Garden taken from the front garden looking to the street.westgarthtown, ziebell's cottage

non-fictionPapers delivered at a Conference 17/04/1999von mueller ferdinand, melbourne, german community

Contents: • Next meeting, guest speaker; Robert Wuchatsch: Westgarthtown • November Meeting • Christmas Function • Society Headquarters • President’s Report • Spring Excursion • Eltham Heritage Trail • Nillumbik Heritage Study • More News • A Punt Across the Yarra at Eltham? • Former Eltham Shire Office Site The Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.A4 photocopied newsletter distributed to membersnewsletter, eltham district historical society, shire of eltham historical society

Handmade by Carl Heinrich Alfred "Carl Alfred" Ziebell (1867–1940), great-grandson of Westgarthtown pioneers Christian and Sophia Ziebell, this toy horse is an example of the skilled craftsmanship practised within the Ziebell family. It was made for the children of his eldest son, Alfred Ziebell, and remained within the family until donated by Joan Morris (née Ziebell).Handmade wooden toy horse known as Pearly Bridge, constructed and painted white with a dark painted saddle and mounted on a rectangular wheeled base with four red-painted wheels. The horse features a stylised carved body with a flat, shaped head and simple painted details

Large leather-bound illustrated family Bible published in the United States c.1871 and printed in the German language. The Bible contains a family register section recording births and deaths, as well as a dedicated section for family photographs. The volume is richly illustrated throughout and reflects the importance of religion and family record keeping within German Lutheran communities of the nineteenth century. The Bible belonged to the Seeber family of Westgarthtown. The Seeber family lived in a house on High Street, opposite the present-day Lalor Railway Station, for almost one hundred years. Family patriarch John Seeber worked as a shoemaker and operated his business from the family home. Many members of the Seeber family are buried in the Westgarthtown Lutheran Cemetery. The Bible was retained within the Seeber family for generations and was donated to Ziebell's Farmhouse Museum by Helen Pearce, granddaughter of Agnes Seeber, the youngest child of John and Johanna Seeber.

This 19th-century German secretaire is a refined example of the Biedermeier style, valued for its restrained elegance, high-quality craftsmanship, and practical, compartmentalised interior. Made with fine veneers, typically cherry or walnut, over a sturdy timber carcass, Biedermeier secretaires represent an important era of German domestic design that emphasised order, utility, and tasteful simplicity. Its significance to Ziebell’s Farmhouse Museum is elevated by its direct association with Christian Ziebell, who returned to Germany in 1855 after having settled in Westgarthtown and brought the secretaire back to Melbourne by ship. As a personally selected furnishing, it reflects both Christian’s continued connection to his homeland and the aspirations of a settler family building comfort, status, and familiarity in a new country. The secretaire contributes meaningfully to the interpretation of German migrant domestic life, craftsmanship, and transnational identity, offering tangible insight into what the Ziebell family valued and chose to carry across the world.

This finely crafted women’s gold fob watch, made by Robert Stauffer & Fils of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, is an elegant example of mid-19th-century Swiss watchmaking. Its engraved floral motifs, protected beneath glass and repeated on the reverse, reflect the refinement and skill associated with one of Europe’s foremost horological centers. Believed to have belonged to either Elizabeth Ziebell (née Sprenger, 1836–1892) wife of Carl Chrsitian Ziebell or Amelia Alice Ziebell (née Bodycoat 1870-1948) wife of Albert Heinrich Ziebell, the watch provides a personal link to the women of the early Ziebell family and to domestic and social life within Westgarthtown’s German settler community. Women’s watches of this era were both functional and fashionable, commonly worn on a long necklace chain, suspended from a chatelaine at the waist, or attached to a decorative bodice brooch. Such pieces served as markers of refinement, femininity and social standing. The tiny winding key is central to the object’s significance. Before stem-winding mechanisms became standard in the 1870s, watches were wound and set by inserting a small key into an arbor at the back of the case. The survival of both the watch and its original key strengthens their historical integrity and deepens understanding of 19th-century personal technology. Donated to Ziebell’s Farmhouse Museum in 2025 by Kristina Colic (née Ziebell) and her father Mervyn Turner Ziebell, the watch holds strong familial and interpretive value, enriching the museum’s representation of women’s heritage, adornment and craftsmanship within the Ziebell family. Robert Stauffer & Fils of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

Vol. 4, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1999 CONTENTS LEGACY OF WILLIAM WESTGARTH Beginnings of German culture in Victoria 3 POSTCARD FROM VIENNA Soni Stecker in the coffee capital of Europe 6 SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL Poets Christen the Montsalvat barn 9 NEW BLOOD FOR ARTS OF ELTHAM 11 HILARY JACKMAN IN PROFILE An artist examines her motives 12 POETRY 14 VOLUMES 1ST BIRTHDAY Celebrating a new chapter in the story of Nillumbik 16, 17 NEW HEIDE EXHIBITION Luna Park and the Art of Mass Delirium 18 SONGLINES A dream takes shape for Nerida Kirov 20 THEATRE WITH CAROLYN PICKETT 23 BOOK REVIEWS 24 - 28 CD REVIEWS Coco's Lunch -Wally Wombat Shuffle; Hooray! for Mr Whiskers 29, 32 "Peter Dougherty has been involved in the local art scene for many years. As publisher and editor of the arts magazine Artstreams, his comments on the various branches of the arts are widely respected. His "The Arts" column in the Diamond Valley Leader presents a brief summary for a much wider cross section of the local community. Peter also operates his own gallery and the Artstreams Cafe at the St Andrews market. Peter has a wealth of knowledge about present day and historical aspects of local art and artists." - Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 161, March 2005Colour front and back cover with feature articles and literary pieces with photographs and advertisements printed in black and white. 36 pages, 30 cm. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1996) - Vol. 10, no. 5 (summer ed. 2005/​06) art streams, john borrack, ziebell farmhouse, sumer in the parks, william westgarth, westgarthtown, yarra valley country club, llobex image wizards, soni stecker, vienna, victorian artists supplies, adams of north riding, pool & spa care centre, montsalvat, eltham arts council, hilary jackman, st andrews hotel, jordie albiston, ian mcbryde, city of whittlesea community festival, volumes, clive dickson, luna park, museum of modern art at heide, art in public places, songlines, nerida kirov, manningham arts centres, carolyn pickett, women's circus, edna walling, trisha dixon, jennie churchill, gwen ford, eltham library community gallery, roberta sykes, soni silvan strecker, dymocks booksellers, wintyre recital gallery, carolyn morwood, anne delaney, coco's lunch, bulleen art & garden centre, franciscus henry, monty deli & catering services

Owned by Augusta Borrack (Nee Ziebell), circa; 1910-1915. Made with German parts, with a frame likely assembled in Melbourne by Wertheim. Iron-framed Thurmer upright piano with dark wooden panels. Two marks where candlesticks or other objects may have been attached can be seen on the front panel. Decorative carving on sides. 2 pedals.Thurmer; Sole Agents Allan & co. Pty Ltd Melbourne, on front. Paper sticker inside top lid - 'Ferd. Thurmer'.musical instruments, keyboard, thurmer, piano, augusta borrack (ziebell), leo borrack, allan & co.

Piano stool with green velour upholstered seat. Seat top also acts as the hinged lid to the storage space inside. Wooden frame with four legs in the cabriole style.No visible markingsmusical instruments, accessories, piano, stool, green velour, musical instrument, accessories.

Salt-glazed terracotta jar with flanged rim. Two-toned brown glaze, with darker tone covering the upper third of the jar to the shoudler.3P imprinted on shoulder of jar.domestic items, food storage & preservations, container, jar, two-toned, storage, terracotta.

Song book with musical score for keyboard including 1200 musical pieces.Sylvia Schultz 581 written on inside front cover. Sticker reading Keswick Book Depot 315 Collins Street Melbourne. On fly leaf stamp reads Post Office Christian Assn. Melb. Branch. In pencil NH12/6 written.books, music, musical books, hymns, ira d. sankey, marshall, morgan, scott ltd, lutheran, song book

Song book with musical score for keyboard.Sylvia Schultz written on cover.books, music, musical books, granddad's songs, song book.

Red wooden turned handle with steel hooked shape blade. Blade is hook shaped with serrations on hooked area.No visible markingsdomestic items, food preparation, butter balls, curling tool, butter, kitchen, food, dairy.