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Black and white photograph of old brick building with scalloped roof-line. Decorative bricks in various places, particularly on top of windows and door.
'The Rest' tea rooms, Maroondah Highway, opposite Heatherdale Road.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Mail" 24-8-94, P 3. Trust Assets
Legal opinion has confirmed Ringwood Trust assets could go to a new council when amalgamations occur. The information was presented to Ringwood councillors last Monday night from trust specialist, Mr Ian Hardingham.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Mail" 24-8-94, P 7. News watch. Cloud over trust by Leonora Elliot-Bruce
The new Ringwood mayor has changed the ball game in council deliberations over Eastland's expansion and the future of the Ringwood Bowling Club's Miles Ave site. On the casting vote of the new mayor, Cr Neil Macdonald, negotiations have been taken out of the hands of a special commitee and into full council.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Mail" 12-10-94, P 7. Help for farmers
The Ringwood RSL has come to the rescue of drought stricken farmers by scheduling an auction on Sunday November 20. But the RSL desperately needs items to be auctioned. All proceeds from the auction will go directly to Queensland farmers, RSL President Mr Ron Burch said.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Post" 24-12-94, P 16. Ringwood RSL Club lends a hand to drought victims
Ringwood RSL Club has already raised over $20,000 to help drought affected farmers in Queensland. Club members aim to raise $60,000 and have enlisted the help of Tatts, Comalco, Club Keno, CUB, the Queensland Rugby Association and the Brisbane Bears football club
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Technical drawing of "Proposed Station At 16Mls 38Chs89Lks (Dublin Road)" inluding boundary line, red shaded platform with station buildings, and green shaded possible future "up" track. Surrounding streets include Dublin Road, Patterson Street, and subsequent hand-written additions of Railway Avenue, Lawrence Grove, Stanley Avenue, Wenwood Street, and Lois Street. Land title details of Patterson Street properties mainly illegible.
Scale: 40'=1". Possible future (platform) extension for 8 car trains (and) extension for 10 car trains.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Post" 26-7-95, P 1. GOVT PROBES LAND DEAL
The proposed multi-million dollar sale of the Ringwood Bowling Club site to retail giant Coles Myer, is currently being investigated by the State Government. Local Government minister, Roger Hallam, confirmed the Office of Local Government investigation this week.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Mail"5-12-95", P 5. Depopt will be subdivided.
Maroondah Council will subdivide the former Ringwood Depot site and sell it. The council last week passed amendment 1.38 to rezone the land to light industrial, allowing the subdivision to go ahead. It would not reveal how much it expected for the land because of the tender sale process.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Post"16-8-95, P 3. Eastland deals all clear
The Victorian Auditor General has found no major inconsistencies or financial implications for the new Maroondah Council in any deals between the former Ringwood Council and retail giant Coles Myer over the Eastland Shopping Centre Project. Howevber, the long awairted "Due diligence" report rel;eased on Monday by council reveals that because of the escalation in Ringwood Plaza project costs - from over $7.5 million in February 1993, to over 12.2 million last February - the Ringwood Trust has "short term liquidity problems".
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Colour photocopy of poster sub-titled Ringwood Station Reserve & Railway Station Reserve. Auction of 93 sites on Saturday 27th October (no year, likely 1925).
Subdivision includes Station Street, Government Road (Wantirna Road), James Street, William Street. Auctioneers - Hair & Gill, 16 Collins Street West and Glenferrie. Solicitor - Seymour Fergie, Elizabeth Street. Surveyors - Fowler & Gatward, 12 Collins Street West.
Map of residential allotments for sale, with terms of sale, summary of subdivision features and local services and facilities, and photographs of local street scene and lake (Loughnan's Lake - location not marked),
Subdivision includes Wonga Road (later Loughnan's Road), Glenvale Road, Kubba Road, Felix Crescent, Summit Crescent, Pine Crescent, Aurum Crescent, Hygeia Parade, Panorama Avenue, Avalon Grove, Montalbo Road, Cielterre Avenue. Sole Agents T.M. Burke Pty Ltd, 340 Collins Street Melbourne Phones 6294, 6779. Map by S. Callanan, Licensed Surveyor, 107 Elizabeth Street Melbourne. Date of poster estimated from railway services information extract " ... 36 fast electric trains to Flinders Street daily ... proposed electrification to Croydon ..." . Timeline for electrification of Lilydale Line record indicates Box Hill to Ringwood January 1923, Ringwood to Croydon November 1924 (Source: History of Croydon - McGivern, Vol.1 p20).
A0-size (approx) linen-backed municipal engineer’s survey map of named streets and lot-numbered properties within Borough of Ringwood.
Scale: 8 chains to 1 inch.
Ringwood Mail 26 June 1985
Ringwood Mail 19 October 1994
Maroondah Leader 7 December 2004
Maroondah Leader 12 Aug 2003
City of Maroondah
City of Maroondah
City of Maroondah
Mayor Cr Bill Wilkins of City of Ringwood, Chief Executive Officer, Alan Robertson, architect Ivan A Anderson & Associates
Kindly scanned from Ringwood Branch archival collection
Kindly scanned from Ringwood Branch archival collection
Kindly scanned from Ringwood Branch archival collection
Kindly scanned from Ringwood Branch archival collection
Kindly scanned from Ringwood Branch archival collection
Victorian Collections acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.
