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Black and white photograph of family with horse in orchard.
Typed below photograph, "Walter Hunt ploughing his orchard, now Greenwood Park, Greenwood Ave. Children left to right, Vera (Mrs. Fitzgerald, dec.), Harold and Laureen (Mrs. Bob Lynch, dec.). c 1911." The backing sheet has similar information but adds the birth dates of the children, "Laureen, born 1907, Harold, born 1904, Veronica (Vera) born 1900."
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
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
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.
