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Buff coloured book referring to the freedom of entry to the City of Ringwood being granted upon Royal Australian Engineers 3 Division, including how the ceremony originated for granting freedom of entry and order of ceremony.; History of the Royal Australian Engineers 3 Division 1948-1965 and history of the development of Ringwood.
Parent Record for Archive collection of photographs and documents relating to City of Ringwood Freedom of the City Ceremonies, Parades and Souvenirs. Including Presentations to Royal Australian Engineers
Typed on back of one photograph, 'Lt. Col Baldwin receiving the key and the certificate of Freedom from the Mayor. Town Clerk, F. Dwerryhouse seated at back. The unit paraded on the reserve at the back of the Town Hall. 27 Mar. 1965'. Written on back of another picture, "Mayor Ben Hubbard handing "Freedom of City" to Capt.. 3rd Div. Engineers'. Last photograph states below it, 'Freedom of the City' on back of same picture, '27th Mar. 65. Mayor (Cr. B.J. Hubbard presenting scroll of Freedom of City to Royal Australian Engineers'. Typed below 11172-2: 1965 Mayor Cr. B. Hubbard presenting scroll qwith Major General His Honour Norman A. Vickery & Major Gen R. J. H. Risson, and handwritten on the reverse: "This is the Scroll presented to the Royal Australian Engineers 3rd Division on 27 March (1965) granting them the freedom of the City of Ringwood. From Left the Mayor of Ringwood (Cr Benjamin Hubbard), The Commander 3rd Division (Major General His Honour Judge Norman A. Vickery) and Major General RJH Risson who represented the Colonel Commandant, Royal Australian Engineers"
Written on back of photograph, '27 Mar. 1965. Mayor Ben Hubbard inspecting guard of honour'. Catalogue card reads, 'Freedom of City 1965. Mayor Ben Hubbard inspecting Guard of Honour - 3rd Division Engineers'.
Black and White Photograph. See also ABC silent movie of the event in VC record 11129. Ringwood Mail Newspaper article about the ceremony and parade is in VC 11129 Lt. Col. E.R. Baldwin Being challenged.
Written on back of one copy of photograph, 'Photo ... Southern Command, Army Public Relations.' Catalogue card reads, 'Freedom of the City. Taken when Ben Hubbard was mayor.' Typed on back of another copy: Police Inspector A. Angus challenging the R.A.E. on their right to enter Rignwood. O.C. replies. this took place outside the entrane to the Railways Station. Date Stamp 27 Mar 1965.
Catalogue card reads, 'Freedom of the City. Taken when Ben Hubbard was mayor.'
Black and White Photographs
Catalogue card reads, 'Freedom of the City. Taken when Ben Hubbard was mayor.' On Reverse of the enlarge cropped photo: "Lt. Col. E.R. Baldwin thanking Ringwood for the "Freedom".
Black and White photographs of RAE band from Kapooka, N.S.W.
Catalogue card reads, 'R.A.E. Band. "Freedom of City". 34d Div. Engineers'. Written on backing of photograph, 'RAE band from Kapooka, N.S.W. 7/3/65. "Freedom" 3rd Div. Eng.' Two photographs and two extra slightly cropped versions. Handwritten on the back of 11168-4 "The Royal Australian Engineers Corps Band from Kapooka (NSW) moved into position near four Mounted Troopers during a march through Ringwood on March 27. The troopers supported Police Inspector A. Angus, who acted as Town Marshall to challenge 200 Members of the Royal Australian Engineers, 3rd Division. The Regiment gained entry to the City by the production of a Freedom of the City Scroll presented by the Mayor of Ringwood (Cr. B.J. Hubbard)."
1. Metal ornamental key with lettering on head and base in black presentation box..; 2. Box with lid lined with silk and a with a small plaque in the centre. The base of the box is lined with blue velvet. +Additional Keywords: 1. Key - 11.75 x 4.5; Box - 8 x 16.5 x 2.5
Plaque: 'Presented to R.A.E. 3 Div by the Council of the City of Ringwood on the occasion of granting of the Freedom of Entry to the Municipality 27th March, 1965.'
Postcard size black and white photograph
"Written on back of photograph" 14.7.90. The Mayor addressing the parade.
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"Written on back of photograph" 14.7.90. Parade at attention
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"Written on back of photograph" 14.7.90. Arrival of the C.O. for the parade
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"Written on back of photograph" 14.7.90. Parade at the salute for the Mayor's arrival
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"Written on back of photograph" 14.7.90. The parade - Eastland car park
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"Written on back of photograph" 14.7.90. The Pipe Band - Seymour St
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"Written on back of photograph" 14.7.90. Turning out of Seymour St to Ringwood St
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"Written on back of photograph" 14.7.90. The band
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"Written on back of photograph" 14.7.90. Taking the salute
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"Written on back of photograph" 14.7.90. The Parade
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"Written on back of photograph" 14.7.90. Saluting stand at Clock Tower awaiting the Parade
Copy of Newspaper articles
Ringwood Post July 11 1990. Pomp & Circumstance Ringwood Post July 18 1990. Freedom of the City
16mm Kodak Film (Eastman Plus-X Reversal Safety Film Type 7276) of the presentation of Freedom of the City of Ringwood to the Royal Australian Engineers in March 1965 (later renamed to 22nd Engineer Regiment, RAE). The film title indicates made by ABC but no other information. There is no sound on the film. It was digitised in 2023 by Aidem Media and the resulting .mp4 is attached to this record. Two newspaper items giving further information are also attached - one has a number of photos which match scenes in the film, verifying the occasion
Copy of A4 handwritten manuscript with comments and corrections to the 1965 Freedom of entry to the City of Ringwood booklet, for future booklets.
Buff coloured booklet referring to the freedom of entry to the City of Ringwood being granted upon Royal Australian Engineers 3 Division. This booklet is the Procedure for Official Guests. Two copies - one has Offical Car Park sticker affixed inside.
Buff coloured letter dated 11th March 1965, stating the Council has "decided that as a fitting climax to the ceremony of conferring upon the Unit (Royal Engineers 3 Division) the Freedom of Entry to Ringwood, a Ball be held at the Unit's depot in Dublin road, Ringwood east, on the night of the ceremony - that is, the 27th March next" Proceeds to the appeal for erection of the proposed Maroondah Cojmmunity Hospital. Invitation signed by B.J. Hubbard, Mayor - City of Ringwod Note: At the time of cataloguing (May 2024), no photos of the Ball have been found, nor any reference to the Ball in local newspapers.
Ref A/1/9, Town Hall, Ringwood
2 Invitation Cards for the Conferring of Freedom of Entry to the City of Ringwood upon Royal Australian Engineers 3 Division, 1965. Invitations for Mr. And Mrs. R. A. Pullin, and Mr. J.K. McCaskill
The cards read: His Worship the Mayor (Cr B. J. Hubbard, J.P.) and Councillors of the City of Ringwood request the pleasure of the company of Mr and Mrs R.A. Pullin (Invitation no. 117) (and on second card, Mr. J.K. McCaskill, invitation no. 101) at the Conferring of The Freedom of Entry to the City of Ringwood upon Royal AUstralian Engineer 3 Division at Ringwood 2.30pm Saturday, 27th Marchd, 1965 RSVP 19th March, 1965, Town Clerk, Town Hall, Ringwood On Receipt of Acceptance Entree Cards will be forwarded.
Program Booklet and Invitation Card for the Conferring of Freedom of Entry to the City of Ringwood upon Royal Australian Engineers 7th Field Regiment, 1981. The Program booklet includes: - Image and Description of the Presentation Scroll - How the Ceremony Originated - Serving Officers of the regiment - Brief History of the Royal Australian Engineers, and of the 7th Field Engineer Regiment - Brief History of the Development of Ringwood
The Invitation card reads: His Worship the Mayor (Cr F. J. Corr J.P.) and Councillors of the City of Ringwood request the pleasure of the company of Mr and Mrs Rob Atkins at the Conferring of The Freedom of Entry to the City of Ringwood upon The Field Engineer Regiment, Royal Australian Engineers at Ringwood 2.30pm Saturday, 11th July, 1981 RSVP 1st July, 1981, Town Clerk, Civic Centre, Ringwood On Receipt of Acceptance, Entree Cards will be forwarded.
Program Booklet for the Conferring of Freedom of Entry to the City of Ringwood upon Royal Australian Engineers 7th Field Regiment, Saturday July 14th 1990. The Program booklet includes: - Order of the Ceremony - List of Councillors and Serving Officers of the Regiment - Description of the Ceremony - Brief History of the Unit
Program Booklet for the Conferring of Freedom of Entry to the City of Ringwood upon Royal Australian Engineers 4th Combat Engineer Regiment, Sunday 18 March 2001. The Program booklet includes: - Order of the Ceremony - Image of the Freedom of Entry Scroll - List of serving Officers of the Regiment, including the Commanding Office, Lieutenant Colonel D. G Hughes - List of Councillors including the Mayor, Cr Peter Gurr - Information about the Regiment
A4 copies of Landata Victoria Historical Search documents - Vol 5781 Fol 1156174.
Leslie Mills is now the proprietor of an Estate in Fee-simple subject to the Encumbrances notified hereunder ... 10 acres or thereabouts, together with a right of carriage way over Grandview Grove (later Bemboka Road), Warranwood, Victroia. Transfers include Alexander William Brown of Tooradin, Farmer - 29th October, 1945, (died 25th June, 1957), Probate granted 28th January, 1958, to Alfred Hart Brown of Dandenong, Estate Agent, and Harry Britten Elms of Cardinia, Gentleman, Oliver Burgess, Grandview Grove Ringwood, Florist - 14th May, 1964, Privatus Proprietary Limited, St.Kilda Road, Melbourne - 27th October, 1977, John Patrick Kelly, Company Director and Yvonne Gloria Kelly, Married Woman, joint proprietors, 10th September, 1980,
A4 copies of Landata Victoria Historical Search documents - Vol 4197 Fol 839286.
Winifred Cambridge of Balwyn, Married Woman, is now the proprietor of an Estate in Fee-simple subject to the Encumbrances notified hereunder ... 17 acres 2 roods 3 perches or thereabouts, being part of Lot 9 on plan of subdivision no.4315, Bemboka Road, Warranwood, Victoria. Encumbrance comment "Appurtenant to carriageway over Omeo Parade on LP12040". Transfers include John Collins of Brysons Road Ringwood, Farmer - 16th June, 1944, Kevin Collins of Warranwood, Carrier - 20th September, 1951, Francis Mohan of St.Kilda - 19th January, 1968, Vivian Campbell Rush, Engineer, and Dorothy May Rush, Married Woman, both of Main Road, Warrandyte, joint proprietors, and Alan Humphrey Croxford, Gentleman, and Eleanor Pearl Croxford, Married Woman, both of Pound Road, Warrandyte, joint proprietors as Tenants In Common - 31st March, 1969, Transferred as to the interest of Alan Humphrey Croxford and Eleanor Pearl Croxford - 13th July, 1973.
A4 copies of Landata Victoria Historical Search documents - Vol 5598 Fol 1119416.
Thomas Arthur Wentworth Burkitt of Box Hill, Retired Clerk of Courts, is now the proprietor of an Estate in Fee-simple subject to the Encumbrances notified hereunder ... 35 acres 1 rood 11 perches or thereabouts, together with right of carriage way over part of Warrandyte Coach Road on plan of subdivision no.12040. Subdivision maps includes Brysons Road, Warrandyte Coach Road (later Wonga Road), Rangeview Parade (later Omeo Parade), and Kardinia Crescent, Warranwood. Mortgages and Transfers include Mortgate - part to the Trustees of Vic District no.82 I.O.O.R, 1st August, 1929, Mortgate - part to Arthur Edward Perry, 1st August, 1929, Transfer 1426692 - George Clements Dickason and Will Gordon Sprigg, 20th August, 1929, Transfer 1766662 - Linda Elizabeth Collins, 28th March, 1940.
A4 copies of Landata Victoria Historical Search documents - Vol 3520 Fol 703990.
Mary Burchett of Ringwood, Married Woman, is now the proprietor of an Estate in Fee-simple subject to the Encumbrances notified hereunder ... 50 acres 1 rood 32 perches or thereabouts, being lots 1 and 10 on plan of subdivision no.4315. Subdivision map includes un-named roads - western side is Wonga Road (later Warranwood Road), and eastern side is Grandview Grove (later Bemboka Road), both north of Plymouth Road, Ringwood, Vic. Title transferred to Theodore Hartley Burchett, 27th July, 1911. Encumbrance comment "Special railway condition contained in Grant to Francis Cooke."
A4 copies of Landata Victoria Historical Search documents - Vol 3398 Fol 679415.
Mary Burchett of Lilydale Road, Ringwood, Married Woman, is now the proprietor of an Estate in Fee-simple subject to the Encumbrances notified hereunder ... 55 acres 3 roods 35 perches or thereabouts, being lots 8 and 9 on plan of subdivision no.4315. Subdivision map includes un-named road - Grandview Grove (later Bemboka Road, Warranwood, Vic). Title transferred to Theodore Hartley Burchett, 27th July, 1911.
Also photo of Cr BJ Hubbard, Mayor of Ringwood in 1949
A4 copies of Landata Victoria Historical Search documents - Vol 3520 Fol 703991.
Theodore Hartley Burchett of Lara Lake, Farmer, is now the proprietor of an Estate in Fee-simple subject to the Encumbrances notified hereunder ... 180 acres 01 rood 27 perches or thereabouts, being lots 1, 8, 9 and 10 on plan of subdivision no.4315. Subdivision map includes un-named roads - lower western side is Wonga Road (later Warranwood Road), and eastern side is Grandview Grove (later Bemboka Road), both north of Plymouth Road, Ringwood, Vic. Transfers include Anna Maria Wicks and Henry James Trowbridge, 3rd October, 1911 Elizabeth Ann Walden, 18th September, 1912 - 28ac 3rds 5per. Edward Thomas Miles, 22nd September, 1913 - 27ac 19per. Samuel Styles, 10th October, 1916 - balance.
Includes end of article from VC entry 15512
Detailed history of the event, continuing on next Page (VC entry 15513)
Signed by the Ringwood Town Clerk AFB Long
A4 copies of damaged Landata Victoria Historical Search documents - Vol 3726 Fol 200 - incomplete proprietor and transfer details.
Edward Thomas Miles is now the proprietor of an Estate in Fee-simple subject to the Encumbrances notified hereunder ... 27 acres 19 perches or thereabouts, together with a right of carriage way over roads coloured brown. Subdivision map includes un-named roads - western side is Wonga Road (later Warranwood Road), and eastern side is Grandview Grove (later Bemboka Road), both north of Plymouth Road, Ringwood, Vic. Transfers include (illegible) Dobbs, November, 1927 - 5 acres Harry Temple Marshall, 1st December, 1928 - 10ac 3r David Edward Meyland, 4th October, 194-? (illegible).
Pages 585-587. Includes photos of the first Borough of Ringwood council and the new Ringwood State School
A4 copies of Landata Victoria Historical Search documents - Vol 5485 Fol 1096803.
Harry Temple Marshall is now the proprietor of an Estate in Fee-simple subject to the Encumbrances notified hereunder ... 10 acres 3 roods 10 perches or thereabouts, together with a right of carriage way over roads coloured brown. Subdivision map includes un-named roads - western side is Wonga Road (later Warranwood Road), and eastern side is Grandview Grove (later Bemboka Road), both north of Plymouth Road, Ringwood, Vic. Transfers include Harold Claude Howship, 1st December, 1928 James Bell McAlpin, 26th March, 1939.
A4 copies of Landata Victoria Historical Search documents - Vol 5485 Fol 1096804.
Harold Claude Howship of Mt. Dandenong Road Ringwood, Nurseryman, is now the proprietor of an Estate in Fee-simple subject to the Encumbrances notified hereunder ... 5 acres 3 roods 10 perches or thereabouts, part of Crown Section Twenty, Parish of Warrandyte, County of Evelyn, together with a right of carriage way over roads coloured brown. Subdivision map includes Wonga Road (later Warranwood Road), Grandview Grove (later Bemboka Road), and Plymouth Road, Ringwood. Proprietors and Transfers include Emily Mills, Plymouth Road Ringwood, Widow - 27th January, 1939. William George Carter, Grandview Grove Warranwod - 14th March, 1947 - 3 acres Evelyn Goudie and Beverley Gwen Goudie, Wonga Road Warranwood - 23rd October, 1950 - 1 acre
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Recived $4.50 from Mr R. E. Quaife for Jeanine on 9/8/1968.
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Jeanine Quaife, 8 Tamar Street, Ringwood. Inocculated against poliomyelitis, diptheria, tetanus, tuberculosis.
Digitised video 1.63GB). Duration: 36 minutes. Recorded August, 2024. (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)
In this presentation, long time RDHS member and Treasurer, Peter Fry, provides this month's informative talk on a brief history of the neighbouring hamlet of Park Orchards, and the Barro Family's association with Ringwood and Pronto Concrete.
Black and white photograph (2 copies)
Nil Site later to become Safeway store.
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Nil Image shows Hannams Camera store, and Safeway roof near Warrandyte Road.
A4 copies of Landata Victoria Historical Search documents - Vol 7052 Fol 1410222.
William George Carter of Grandview Grove Ringwood, Nurseryman, is now the proprietor - three acres or thereabouts shown on map (12202a) - 14th March, 1947. Transfer B284834 Registered 21 September, 1961 - 1 acre shown on map (12202c) north of Plymouth Road.
Multi-fold leaflet with summarised past community leaders' tributes and map showing parks and other local Ringwood and Heathmont facilities bearing their names.
McAlpin Reserve, Douglas Maggs Reserve, Mahon Reserve, Loughies Bushland, Peter Vergers Reserve, B.J. Hubbard Reserve, Kevin Pratt Pavilion, Staley Gardens, Greenwood Park, A.F.B. Long Reserve, R.O. Spencer Pavilion, Russell Lucas Oval, Fred Dwerryhouse Pool, Herman Pump Reserve, A.C. Robertson Field, F.J.C. Rogers Reserve, Harpers Bush, A.G. Lavis Pavilion, Dexters Bush, H.E. Parker Reserve.
Photograph (2 copies- 1 large black and white, 1 small sepia)
Written on photograph: "Ringwood, Vic." Image shows view of dirt road looking west from Warrandyte Road with shops on right, and Station Masters house in background. Horse and dray in middle of road.
South-West Riding of the Shire. Voting booth at Recreation Hall, Ringwood
Double sided bi-fold leaflet advertising 14 allotments, layout of streets, summary of local services and terms of sale.
Auction Saturday 13th October, 1973. Auctioneers - C.E. Carter & Son R.E.S.I. 126 Whitehorse Road, Ringwood, Telephone 870 2519, 870 6830, 870 6024, A.H. 870 0421, 870 3568.
Folded double-sided page with black and white photographs of local views with black and red print advertising elevated home sites, including terms of sale, locality map, and description of local facilities and services, with blocks marked as SOLD subsequent to auction sale December 1922. (See Record ID no.5249)
Subdivision includes Wonga Road (later Loughnan Road), William Street, Andrew Street, Munro Street and Harrison Street. Estate Agents - Keogh & King, 70 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Telephone 6938.
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