Correspondence from Mrs Marie Ricardo of Ringwood East, to Maroondah City Council,suggesting erection of a panel to show where the local coolstore once stood.
Documents include details of a similar panel erected for "Orchardists Coolstore - Doncaster East" with an associated photograph.
Historical Summary to be added
Parent Record for Archive collection of photographs, documents, minutes etc relating to the Ringwood Co-operative Coolstores Society Ltd. up to it's closure in 1960.
From https://researchworks.oclc.org/archivegrid/archiveComponent/1013459255: Australia's first plant pathologist. Lecturer in Biology at Melbourne University from 1884. In 1890 Daniel McAlpine was appointed to the Victorian Department of Agriculture as vegetable pathologist 'to attend to all diseases of plants that might form the subject of inquiry'. In 1911 McAlpine was assigned to the Commonwealth and State governments for four years to undertake researches into bitter pit of apples, a disease he had reported in 1900. Realising the difficulties such an investigation posed, he was reluctant to accept the post but did so 'for the credit of Australia'. He made detailed observations of the disease and published five reports but, unable to discover the cause, found himself arrayed against the Victorian government botanist Professor A. J. Ewart, who mistakenly attributed bitter pit to traces of poison in the soil
Large ledger, dark green cover, red leather spine with inscription. Bitter Pit investigation. Tracking fruit sent to coolstores 3-Jul-1911 to 30-Aug-1916. From Agricultural Department, fruit from all over the state - not just Ringwood. Some is from N.S.W. Only pages 1 & 2 scanned as examples.
Specimen Book; Vegetable Pathology; Agricultural Department; Coolstore
The Ringwood Fruit Association occupied the building in Adelaide Street that subsequently became 'The Mail' offices. Some nominations of committee and Rent rate notices for 1924 - 1925 under heading 'Ringwood C0-operative Cool Stores Society Ltd.
Dark purple coloured ledger with green suede spine. Applications and Allotments of shares in the Ringwood Fruit Assoc. Ltd with subsequent levies. Started 2-Dec1915 used until 1-Sep-1924. +Additional Keywords: Many well known names
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Used by the Coolstores Committee and given to Norwood High School by the Management Committee. R. Mullin persuaded the high school committee to give them to the Ringwood Historical Research Group.
Red covered book with suede spine and corners. Minute book from first to 80th committee meetings of the Ringwood Co-operative Coolstores Society Ltd - from 16-Dec-1915 to 10-Jan-1922. Scanned copies of the minutes are in VC Items 11237 - 11242
Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for the years specified. The originals are in the bound minutes book referred to in VC Record 11236.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for the years specified. The originals are in the bound minutes book referred to in VC Record 11236.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for the years specified. The originals are in the bound minutes book referred to in VC Record 11236.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for the years specified. The originals are in the bound minutes book referred to in VC Record 11236.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for the years specified. The originals are in the bound minutes book referred to in VC Record 11236.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for the years specified. The originals are in the bound minutes book referred to in VC Record 11236.
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Used by the committee of the Ringwood Co-operative Cool Stores Society Ltd. Started at the 81st meeting and ended with the 200th meeting on 6-Feb-1934.
Brown watermarked covered book with suede spine and suede corners. 'Minute Book' is printed on red leather on spine. There are 286 pages all used, covering Minutes from March 7 1922 to January 9, 1934. . (Previously VC 3315, renumbered 11243). All pages have been scanned - one year per pdf - in VC 11244-11255. Note that 1934 Minutes are continued in the next Minute Book VC 11221
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for 1922. The originals are in the bound minutes book referred to in VC Record 11243.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for 1923. The originals are in the bound minutes book referred to in VC Record 11243.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for 1924. The originals are in the bound minutes book referred to in VC Record 11243.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for 1925. The originals are in the bound minutes book referred to in VC Record 11243.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for 1926. The originals are in the bound minutes book referred to in VC Record 11243.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for 1927. The originals are in the bound minutes book referred to in VC Record 11243.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for 1928. The originals are in the bound minutes book referred to in VC Record 11243.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for 1929. The originals are in the bound minutes book referred to in VC Record 11243.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for 1930. The originals are in the bound minutes book referred to in VC Record 11243.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for 1931. The originals are in the bound minutes book referred to in VC Record 11243.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for 1932. The originals are in the bound minutes book referred to in VC Record 11243.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for 1933-34. The originals are in the bound minutes book referred to in VC11243. Note that for 1934, this pdf only covers January 9 1934 minutes. The further 1934 minutes are in Minute Binder VC1120, and the pdf in VC11221
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Black and White photo found loose in MInutes Book (VC11243), accompanying minutes 2nd May 1925 of discussion of the fire. See VC11247 for pdf of those minutes. Photograph now attached to page 74 of the minute book.
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Black and white photograph (2 copies)
Image taken from Town Hall roof and shows cleared site of coolstore on corner of Maroondah Highway and Wantirna Road.
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A large brown Kalamazoo binder containing Minutes of the society from 1934 through to its winding up in 1960. The binder is opened with a key to insert or remove pages. The original key is lost, but RDHS Archivist Nevelle Burns made up two replacement keysm to allow the Pages to be removed for scanning. Once scanned the pages were reinsrted and the key used to close and lock the binder. The scanned minutes are in VC items 11221 to 11234 (2 years per item). VC Item 11235 is the Auction Catalogue associated with the closure of the Coolstores in 1960. This minute book was Item 24 at an Auction and was donated to RDHS (donor unknown). Key to VC Records of Scanned Minutes from Bound Kalamazoo Minute Book (VC 11220): VC ID Identification_Title 11221 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1934-1935 11222 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1936-1937 11223 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1938-1939 11224 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1940-1941 11225 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1942-1943 11226 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1944-1945 11227 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1946-1947 11228 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1948-1949 11229 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1950-1951 11230 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1952-1953 11231 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1954-1955 11232 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1956-1957 11233 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1958-1959 11234 Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd - Minutes Book-Minutes 1960 including windup of the Society
Label on cover reading "Committee Meetings - 201 -374 1934-1960. Ringwood Co-operative Cool Stores Society Ltd"
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for the years specified. The originals are in the large Kalamazoo Binder referred to in VC Record 11220.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for the years specified. The originals are in the large Kalamazoo Binder referred to in VC Record 11220.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for the years specified. The originals are in the large Kalamazoo Binder referred to in VC Record 11220.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for the years specified. The originals are in the large Kalamazoo Binder referred to in VC Record 11220.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for the years specified. The originals are in the large Kalamazoo Binder referred to in VC Record 11220.
coolstores
Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for the years specified. The originals are in the large Kalamazoo Binder referred to in VC Record 11220.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for the years specified. The originals are in the large Kalamazoo Binder referred to in VC Record 11220.
coolstores
Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for the years specified. The originals are in the large Kalamazoo Binder referred to in VC Record 11220.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for the years specified. The originals are in the large Kalamazoo Binder referred to in VC Record 11220.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for the years specified. The originals are in the large Kalamazoo Binder referred to in VC Record 11220.
coolstores
Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for the years specified. The originals are in the large Kalamazoo Binder referred to in VC Record 11220.
coolstores
Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for the years specified. The originals are in the large Kalamazoo Binder referred to in VC Record 11220.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for the years specified. The originals are in the large Kalamazoo Binder referred to in VC Record 11220.
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Scanned copy of Minutes of the Ringwood Cool Stores Co-operative Society Ltd for the years specified. The originals are in the large Kalamazoo Binder referred to in VC Record 11220. This appears to be the final minutes prior to winding up of the Society, however the Minutes do state that the Committee will continue. No further minutes have been located as of 16/6/2025.
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A5 Buff coloured Auction Catalogue for the aucrion of 177 items.
Important Auction Sale Wednesday December 2nd 1959 at 11am, on the premises 108 Whitehorse Road, Ringwood (Corner Wantirna Road) Cool Stores Machinery and Plant Building for Removal To the Order of the Ringwood Co-operatie Cool Stores owing to expiration of the Lease. --- On View Tuesday December 1st - 9:30am - 4 pm --------------------- Auctioneers E. M. Purdy & Co. Pty Ltd. 20 Queen Street Melbourne. 61-2141 (3 Lines)
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