The Tesselated Tile company began in 1886 under the Wiseman brothers. At the beginning only bricks and stoneware pipes were manufactured. Mr E. E. Walker was engaged as manager and good progress was made until 1893 when the banks crashed. This business was a survivor and by the end of the 1890's the manufacture of tiles had begun. When the Wiseman brothers died in about 1907, E.E. Walker became the managing director.Black and white photograph of the Australian Tesselated Tile factory as seen from above. Pairs of chimneys in the foreground, and in the distance a tall chimney showing A T Tile Co in whiteaustralian tesselated tile co pty ltd, tile factories, edwards, edgars edwards

This is one of the two Wiseman brothers' homes built in Widford Street in 1887. They were named Ashleigh and Sawbridgeworth and were similar. When the Wisemans became bankrupt, with the collapse of the land boom in the 1890s, the houses remained in the estate and were tenanted. At the close of the first world war, both were taken over by the Army as hospitals. This photo is of Ashleigh which became Infectious Diseases Hospital No. 5. Sawbridgeworth was the staff hospital. The photo was taken in 1919. This house was later bought by Thomas Shaw Logan, the well-known auctioneer. On his death, the house was demolished and the property subdivided. The other house, Sawbridgeworth, was bought by the MIssion of St James and St John and then became St. Agnes Girls Home from 1925 until 1963. It was then bought by St. Matthews and is now known as Wiseman House.Black and white photograph (2 copies) of house with hospital flag and people outside.

Sawbridgeworth was built in 1887 by Arthur Wiseman. The house was named after the little English village in Hertfordshire where the Wisemans had lived for hundreds of years. Arthur's brother, Albert, built his mansion, called Ashleigh, which also fronted Widford Street. Wiseman House is located alongside St. Matthew's Anglican Church.Wiseman House is an important building in Glenroy's and St. Matthew's history.Black & white photograph of front facade of Sawbridgeworth House with people in a horse and buggy.Copied with permissionwiseman, st. matthew's

Harry and brother Les completed certificate courses. They were sons of the head teacher at Dromana State School where E.B. Littlejohn began school. Harry subsequently farmed in Western Australia and Les at Redhill, Vic. E.B. Littlejohn.Sepia photograph. Students P. Haines and H. Wiseman (1928) standing in front of the Luffmann PondsOn reverse, "Peggy Haines and Harry Wiseman 1927, E. Chalmers 29 Macleod Pde. Macleod."ella chalmers (née fry), peggy haines, harry wiseman, 1927, les wiseman, students, certificate courses, dromana state school, e.b. littlejohn, luffmann ponds, lily ponds