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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.

Old Coolstores in Maroondah Highway, corner Wantirna Road

Typed below photograph, "Old Coolstores in Maroondah Highway, corner Wantirna Rd." Written on photograph, "Cool Store, Ringwood".

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Black and white photograph (2 copies- one original mounted on embossed cardboard backing)

Written below original photograph: "Opening of the Ringwood Cool Store by Sir Thomas Gibson Carmichael, Governor of Victoria." Written on rear of backing: "Opening of Ringwood Cool Store 17-3-1911 by State Gov. Later a co-op. Corner Main St. and W. Prussia Rd., S.E. corner."

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Coloured photograph

Written on back of photograph: "The coolstore, corner Whitehorse and Wantirna Roads, Ringwood. 6/12/59".

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Black and white photograph

Written on back of photograph: "1963 - Ringwood Cool Stores demolition".

Black and white photograph

Written on back of photograph: "Cool Stores - Repair after fire 1925".

Black and white photograph

Written on backing sheet: "1963 - Ringwood Cool Stores demolition".

Black and white photograph

Typed below photograph: "Ringwood Cool Stores being demolished. Formerly on present clocktower site".

Black and white photograph

Written on back of photograph: "Cool Store demolition, 1963". Photograph taken by Brian Pump, 36 Knaith Rd, Ringwood East, 3135.

Black and white photograph (3 copies- 2 large, 1 small)

Typed below a large copy, "Ringwood Coolstores. Site now occupied by the clocktower. Stores were demolished in 1959". Written on back of small copy: Ringwood Co-op Coolstore, c/r Maroondah Hwy & Wantirna Rd. Site now occupied by clock tower & shops.

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Black and white photograph

Written on back of photograph: "Site of Cool Store- 17.11.63. Old goods shed to the left, new shed to the right. Kendall's house (old hospital) in background. Corner of Whitehorse Road and Watirna Road. Photographed by Brian Pump, 36 Knaith Road, Ringwood East.

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Black and white photographs - 3 slightly differe nt view from Town Hall Roof of Cool store demolition site 1962 (various sizes of copies)

Typed below large photograph: "Overlooking the cool store site, 1962". Written on back of small photograph: "Cool store site cleared. Taken from top of Town Hall."

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

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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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. A larger version of this photo is in VC789

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Postcard size colour photograph

Written on back of photograph: Demolition of Ringwood Coolstores -Circa 1960's

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Postcard size colour photograph

'Written on back of photograph" Coles Store, Maroondah Highway, looking through Coolstores demolition -circa 1960's

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Black and white photograph interior of Ringwood Coolstores showing workers at assembly line.

"Written on back of photograph" Ringwood Coolstores - Circa 1940's

Black and white photograph interior of Ringwood Coolstores showing workers at assembly line.

"Written on back of photograph" Ringwood Coolstores - Circa 1940's

Black and white photograph interior of Ringwood Coolstores showing workers at assembly line.

"Written on back of photograph" Ringwood Coolstores - Circa 1940's

Green cast iron engine plaque featuring maker's name mounted on varnished timber backing, retrieved by Ron Pullin for preservation by Ringwood Historical Society following demolition of Ringwood Coolstore in 1963.

Marshall Sons & Co Ltd No 26759 Gainsborough & London

Notice to Shareholders registered under the law relating to Industrial and Provident Societies, detailing 18 by-laws regarding handling of fruit and equipment at Ringwood Cool Store, dated March 7th 1944, by order J.G. Aird, Secretary.

Shareholders will be held personally responsible for their Servants or any person to whom they let space. These By-Laws will be strictly enforced. On the third infringement of the By-Laws the offending Shareholder will be liable to be dealt with under Rule 12, viz.- "The Committee, subject to the approval of the next ensuing General Meeting, shall have power to expel any member whose conduct in its opinion is or was injurious to the interests of the Society, and in such case the Committee may pay to such member the amount paid on his Shares in the Society." Ringwood Mail Print, Phone 65.

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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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