Photograph of William Durance together with some information from his service history file. William was the son of Margaret Madigan of Emerald and Macclesfield, from a previous marriage.Photograph and service information for William Durranceemerald, victoria, australia, macclesfield victoria australia, genealogy, world war one, william durance, margaret madigan, june madigan

The bag has had a renovation at some stage with new internal straps and a new internal label. There is a luggage label inside with 'T J Madigan Emerald' inscribed which suggests that Jim Madigan may have used it and that he was a subsequent owner of the bag.According to the label, this is a bag presented to William Durance (presumably a local resident) by Cockatoo Creek residents after returning from World War 1. There is nothing further known about William Durance.Officer's kit bag, suitcase type with straps small dedicatory metal plaque attached to side. Leather. Presented to William Durance by Cockatoo Creek residents.Inscribed on metal plaque on front of bag: 'Presented to / William Durance / by Residents of / Cockatoo Creek / Victoria T C Jackson Maker 583 Bourke St Melbourne|T C Jackson 583 Bourke St W Melbourne' Inscribed on inside label:'T. C. Jackson & Co. Makers / ... Collins Street / 268 Flinders Street / 583 Bourke St / Melbourne On (new) internal label: ''T. C. Jackson / Maker / 583 Bourke Street / Melbournewilliam durance, jim madigan, cockatoo creek, world war 1, leather bag

This file contains eight items about the history and construction of church organs in the Glen Eira area: 1/A photocopy of notes on the history of the church organ in the Bambra Road Church of Christ (1 page). 2/A photocopy of an extract from the book ‘The Christ Church Chronicles 1901-2001’ p20-24, by Vi Manson, giving a detailed description of the life of the organ in Christ Church Anglican Church, Ormond. It describes the building, relocation, restoration, rededication and role of the organ in church activities. 3/Extracts from ‘Colonial Organs and Organbuilders’, p121-122, 126, 131, 140, 182-183, by E. N. Matthews, 1969, about organ installations, repairs and sales. It contains entries about organs previously and currently located in Murrumbeena, Caulfield, Elsternwick, Balaclava and Bentleigh. 4/A photocopied extract from a letter from Mrs. M. Ring to the Caulfield Historical Society, dated 14/03/1986, describing the organ at ‘Crotonhurst’ (1 page). 5/A photocopy of notes (1 page), written by Trevor Hart, dated unknown, on the history and building of Elsternwick Congregational Church (Caulfield Union Church) containing a note about an organ built by George Fincham that was sold in 1962. 6/A photocopy of a small paragraph about the organ in St. Mary’s Anglican Church, paraphrased from E. N. Matthews ‘Colonial Organs and Organbuilders’, author and date unknown (1 page). 7/A photocopy of a page of a research project by Kate William, date unknown, giving a brief history of the organ and choirs at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Caulfield. 8/A photocopy of a draft resolution to gift the Merklin-Shutze pipe organ located in the Uniting Church, Orrong Road, Ormond to the Australian Catholic University. Author and date unknown (1 page).bambra road church of christ, bambra road, organs, choirs, religious groups, fincham george, organists, fullard leonard, depression 1929-1939, world war 1939-1945, durance ronald rev., dunlop julie, larner john, muston ged. bishop, musical events and activities, christ church anglican church ormond, concerts, balaclava, holy trinity church balaclava, torrance g. w., parsons c. r., ure james, bryant mr., brentnall t., meedham s. p., inge h. j., stevens j. n., balaclava methodist church, fentum g. b., eggleston j., bentleigh, st. george’s church bentleigh, caulfield, st. mary’s church caulfield, perry bishop, reed joseph, lee kaye, taylor hugh ms., stephen miss, hart mr., kaye s., dixon miss, hardeman j. j., dumergue charles, wright j. d., dixon f. miss, courcelle john, elsternwick, elsternwick baptist church, warner l., andrewartha c. w., elsternwick methodist church, rippon lea, ripponlea, sargood frederick t. hon. sir., croton hurst, crotonhurst, webb g. h. f., mclaughlin j., murrumbeena, murrumbeena methodist church, hill william, hart trevor, caulfield historical society, caulfield union church, elsternwick congregational church, st. mary’s anglican church caulfield, music, dixon h. mr., smithers mr., merklin-schutze, orrong road, elsternwick/caulfield south church council, ormond