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Wonga Park: The Oaks, early. Built by Merric Hughes, and original Eight Hour Pioneer settler
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Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Wonga Park: The Oaks, early, c. 1931
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3269 The Oaks, early
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Mixed media (Item) - Compact Disc of Photos, 34 Scans of Negatives of Historic Photos of Wonga Park
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Mixed media (Item) - Compact Disc of Photos, 34 Scans of Negatives of Historic Photos of Wonga Park
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Mrs Florence Sharp and daughter Elizabeth in horse cart c. 1920, About 1920
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Mrs Florence Sharp and daughter Elizabeth in front of tea room early 1920s, Early 1920s
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Wonga Park: 3 horseback riders on Jumping Creek Road, About 1920
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Roll of Honour Wonga Park WW1, About 1920
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, 4 students outside WP School c. 1915, About 1920
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Family in 2 wheel horse cart, About 1920
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Marshall's Post Office Wonga Park 1931, c. 1931
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, 3262 1914 Wonga Park school children parents etc, c. 1931
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Old Hall Wonga Park, c. 1931
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Wonga Park School Group, c. 1931
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Wonga Park: Read's Dam, Orchard and House, c. 1931
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Wonga Park: Old School with students, c. 1931
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Wonga Park: Hall post 1926, c. 1931
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Stane Brae Homestead at Wonga Park, c. 1931
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Wonga Park: The Oaks, early, c. 1931
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, No. 1 Embarkation Depot RAAF Bivouac Wonga Park entry permit, c. 1931
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Wonga Park: Mr. Philpott, owner of Stane Brae, c. 1931
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Wonga Park: Mrs. Philpott, owner of Stane Brae, c. 1931
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Wonga Park Kiosk Store c 1948, c. 1931
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Wonga Park: Old Jumping Creek Bridge, c. 1931
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Wonga Park: Vergers Family in 2 wheel horse cart, c. 1931
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Wonga Park: School and garden, c. 1931
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Wonga Park: The Oaks, 1930s, c. 1931
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Wonga Park: The Oaks 3 in garden
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Lady in front of Victorian house
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Elizabeth Sharp later Vergers
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Tea House at The Oaks
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Wonga Park: A view of the Yarra River
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Wonga Park: Yarra River with Crooning Waters house and Mt Lofty
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Wonga Park: Mrs Sharp standing with daughter Elizabeth on horse c. 1920
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Woman seated in chair
- Photograph (Item) - Black and White, Wonga Park: Mrs Sharp in front of shade house (later tea house) with baby Elizabeth in pram c.1913
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupDocument - Minutes, Wonga Park: 12 Nov 1980 Minutes of Joint West Riding Residents' Associations at Council Chambers
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupWork on paper - Newspaper cutting, Wonga Park: May 1999, Warrandyte Diary: "New Crossing Place" New bridge for Jumping Creek Road
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupWork on paper - Newspaper cutting, Wonga Park: 5 Jul 1994, Lilydale & Yarra Valley Post: "Battle for Wonga Park" WP&DRA prefer to stay with Lillydale in municipal amalgamations
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupWork on paper - Newspaper cutting, Wonga Park: Date unknown, Paper unknown: Advertisement by MMBW for sale of 3 Farmlets no longer required for Yarra Brae Dam which did not proceed
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupWork on paper - Newspaper cutting, Wonga Park: 7 Oct 1981 Ringwood Croydon Mail: "Top priority for program" re Proposed Brushy Creek Drainage Scheme
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupWork on paper - Newspaper cutting, Wonga Park: 17 Nov 1981 Lillydale and Yarra Valley Express: "Bushland future assured" re Acquisition of Yarra River frontage for State Park
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupWork on paper - Newspaper cutting, Wonga Park: 7 Oct 1981 Ringwood Croydon Mail: "Hopes held for funds" re Proposed Brushy Creek Drainage Scheme
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupWork on paper - Newspaper cutting, Wonga Park: 30 Sep 1981 Ringwood Croydon Mail: "Flood is Off" re Proposed Brushy Creek Drainage Scheme
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupWork on paper - Document, 5 June 1972 Shire of Lillydale, Formal Objection to Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Amendment 3
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupWork on paper - Plan, Proposed Concept Plan for Development of Wonga Park
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupPhotograph - Black and White, Wonga Park: Brian and Roger Eggleton picking lemons between 1949 and 1953
The Hedge, aka Thomas Knee's house. Thomas Samuel Knee (born c. 1881in Lilydale) married Jane Maggs c. 1912, Thomas Samuel Knee's father Thomas Knee (married to Sarah Hardidge and who it appears was also an orchardist in Yarra Road) was rated for the land as vacant land at the turn of the century (c. 1900) Thomas Samuel Knee rated as owner of vacant land (CA14B of over 20 acres1911-12 and as a house 1912-13, next year CA 14C added making a total of 39 acres. It appears that Thomas Samuel Knee and his wife Jane lived at the property until 1949 when they moved to Montrose. In 1949 it was purchased by Hubert Victor (Vic) Eggleton after they migrated from Banstead in Surrey England. They had four boys Peter (who did a lot of the farming with Gladys), Brian, Michael and Roger. It was mixed farming: lemons, cherries, eggs, chickens and Gladys bred Spaniel dogs too. They had 2 dairy cows and a draft horse. The farm was larger then and was subdivided at a later date. The big dam was added too. the painting of the house was painted by a cousin of the Lusks. Ownership: Thomas Samuel Knee 1912-1949, Eggletons, 1949 - c.1953, then Timms, c. 1953 - early 1970s then Lusks early 1970s to c. 2012. The Lusks built a new house and after that the old house had various tenants.
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupPhotograph - Black and White, Wonga Park: Peter Eggleton with Captain, a draught horse between 1949 and 1953
The Hedge, aka Thomas Knee's house. Thomas Samuel Knee (born c. 1881in Lilydale) married Jane Maggs c. 1912, Thomas Samuel Knee's father Thomas Knee (married to Sarah Hardidge and who it appears was also an orchardist in Yarra Road) was rated for the land as vacant land at the turn of the century (c. 1900) Thomas Samuel Knee rated as owner of vacant land (CA14B of over 20 acres1911-12 and as a house 1912-13, next year CA 14C added making a total of 39 acres. It appears that Thomas Samuel Knee and his wife Jane lived at the property until 1949 when they moved to Montrose. In 1949 it was purchased by Hubert Victor (Vic) Eggleton after they migrated from Banstead in Surrey England. They had four boys Peter (who did a lot of the farming with Gladys), Brian, Michael and Roger. It was mixed farming: lemons, cherries, eggs, chickens and Gladys bred Spaniel dogs too. They had 2 dairy cows and a draft horse. The farm was larger then and was subdivided at a later date. The big dam was added too. the painting of the house was painted by a cousin of the Lusks. Ownership: Thomas Samuel Knee 1912-1949, Eggletons, 1949 - c.1953, then Timms, c. 1953 - early 1970s then Lusks early 1970s to c. 2012. The Lusks built a new house and after that the old house had various tenants.
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupPhotograph - Black and White, Wonga Park: Eggleton family's first Christmas in Australia 1949
The Hedge, aka Thomas Knee's house. Thomas Samuel Knee (born c. 1881in Lilydale) married Jane Maggs c. 1912, Thomas Samuel Knee's father Thomas Knee (married to Sarah Hardidge and who it appears was also an orchardist in Yarra Road) was rated for the land as vacant land at the turn of the century (c. 1900) Thomas Samuel Knee rated as owner of vacant land (CA14B of over 20 acres1911-12 and as a house 1912-13, next year CA 14C added making a total of 39 acres. It appears that Thomas Samuel Knee and his wife Jane lived at the property until 1949 when they moved to Montrose. In 1949 it was purchased by Hubert Victor (Vic) Eggleton after they migrated from Banstead in Surrey England. They had four boys Peter (who did a lot of the farming with Gladys), Brian, Michael and Roger. It was mixed farming: lemons, cherries, eggs, chickens and Gladys bred Spaniel dogs too. They had 2 dairy cows and a draft horse. The farm was larger then and was subdivided at a later date. The big dam was added too. the painting of the house was painted by a cousin of the Lusks. Ownership: Thomas Samuel Knee 1912-1949, Eggletons, 1949 - c.1953, then Timms, c. 1953 - early 1970s then Lusks early 1970s to c. 2012. The Lusks built a new house and after that the old house had various tenants.
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupPhotograph - Black and White, Wonga Park: Gladys Eggleton picking lemons between 1949 and 1953
The Hedge, aka Thomas Knee's house. Thomas Samuel Knee (born c. 1881in Lilydale) married Jane Maggs c. 1912, Thomas Samuel Knee's father Thomas Knee (married to Sarah Hardidge and who it appears was also an orchardist in Yarra Road) was rated for the land as vacant land at the turn of the century (c. 1900) Thomas Samuel Knee rated as owner of vacant land (CA14B of over 20 acres1911-12 and as a house 1912-13, next year CA 14C added making a total of 39 acres. It appears that Thomas Samuel Knee and his wife Jane lived at the property until 1949 when they moved to Montrose. In 1949 it was purchased by Hubert Victor (Vic) Eggleton after they migrated from Banstead in Surrey England. They had four boys Peter (who did a lot of the farming with Gladys), Brian, Michael and Roger. It was mixed farming: lemons, cherries, eggs, chickens and Gladys bred Spaniel dogs too. They had 2 dairy cows and a draft horse. The farm was larger then and was subdivided at a later date. The big dam was added too. the painting of the house was painted by a cousin of the Lusks. Ownership: Thomas Samuel Knee 1912-1949, Eggletons, 1949 - c.1953, then Timms, c. 1953 - early 1970s then Lusks early 1970s to c. 2012. The Lusks built a new house and after that the old house had various tenants.
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupPhotograph - Black and White, The Hedge (Tom Knee's House) 278 Yarra Road Wonga Park in 1949
The Hedge, aka Thomas Knee's house. Thomas Samuel Knee (born c. 1881in Lilydale) married Jane Maggs c. 1912, Thomas Samuel Knee's father Thomas Knee (married to Sarah Hardidge and who it appears was also an orchardist in Yarra Road) was rated for the land as vacant land at the turn of the century (c. 1900) Thomas Samuel Knee rated as owner of vacant land (CA14B of over 20 acres1911-12 and as a house 1912-13, next year CA 14C added making a total of 39 acres. It appears that Thomas Samuel Knee and his wife Jane lived at the property until 1949 when they moved to Montrose. In 1949 it was purchased by Hubert Victor (Vic) Eggleton after they migrated from Banstead in Surrey England. They had four boys Peter (who did a lot of the farming with Gladys), Brian, Michael and Roger. It was mixed farming: lemons, cherries, eggs, chickens and Gladys bred Spaniel dogs too. They had 2 dairy cows and a draft horse. The farm was larger then and was subdivided at a later date. The big dam was added too. the painting of the house was painted by a cousin of the Lusks. Ownership: Thomas Samuel Knee 1912-1949, Eggletons, 1949 - c.1953, then Timms, c. 1953 - early 1970s then Lusks early 1970s to c. 2012. The Lusks built a new house and after that the old house had various tenants.
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupPhotograph - Colour, The Hedge (Tom Knee's House) 278 Yarra Road Wonga Park in 2023
The Hedge, aka Thomas Knee's house. Thomas Samuel Knee (born c. 1881in Lilydale) married Jane Maggs c. 1912, Thomas Samuel Knee's father Thomas Knee (married to Sarah Hardidge and who it appears was also an orchardist in Yarra Road) was rated for the land as vacant land at the turn of the century (c. 1900) Thomas Samuel Knee rated as owner of vacant land (CA14B of over 20 acres1911-12 and as a house 1912-13, next year CA 14C added making a total of 39 acres. It appears that Thomas Samuel Knee and his wife Jane lived at the property until 1949 when they moved to Montrose. In 1949 it was purchased by Hubert Victor (Vic) Eggleton after they migrated from Banstead in Surrey England. They had four boys Peter (who did a lot of the farming with Gladys), Brian, Michael and Roger. It was mixed farming: lemons, cherries, eggs, chickens and Gladys bred Spaniel dogs too. They had 2 dairy cows and a draft horse. The farm was larger then and was subdivided at a later date. The big dam was added too. the painting of the house was painted by a cousin of the Lusks. Ownership: Thomas Samuel Knee 1912-1949, Eggletons, 1949 - c.1953, then Timms, c. 1953 - early 1970s then Lusks early 1970s to c. 2012. The Lusks built a new house and after that the old house had various tenants.
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupPhotograph - Colour, The Hedge (Tom Knee's House) 278 Yarra Road Wonga Park in 2023
The Hedge, aka Thomas Knee's house. Thomas Samuel Knee (born c. 1881in Lilydale) married Jane Maggs c. 1912, Thomas Samuel Knee's father Thomas Knee (married to Sarah Hardidge and who it appears was also an orchardist in Yarra Road) was rated for the land as vacant land at the turn of the century (c. 1900) Thomas Samuel Knee rated as owner of vacant land (CA14B of over 20 acres1911-12 and as a house 1912-13, next year CA 14C added making a total of 39 acres. It appears that Thomas Samuel Knee and his wife Jane lived at the property until 1949 when they moved to Montrose. In 1949 it was purchased by Hubert Victor (Vic) Eggleton after they migrated from Banstead in Surrey England. They had four boys Peter (who did a lot of the farming with Gladys), Brian, Michael and Roger. It was mixed farming: lemons, cherries, eggs, chickens and Gladys bred Spaniel dogs too. They had 2 dairy cows and a draft horse. The farm was larger then and was subdivided at a later date. The big dam was added too. the painting of the house was painted by a cousin of the Lusks. Ownership: Thomas Samuel Knee 1912-1949, Eggletons, 1949 - c.1953, then Timms, c. 1953 - early 1970s then Lusks early 1970s to c. 2012. The Lusks built a new house and after that the old house had various tenants.
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupPhotograph - Painting, The Hedge, Yarra Road Wonga Park
The Hedge, aka Thomas Knee's house. Thomas Samuel Knee (born c. 1881in Lilydale) married Jane Maggs c. 1912, Thomas Samuel Knee's father Thomas Knee (married to Sarah Hardidge and who it appears was also an orchardist in Yarra Road) was rated for the land as vacant land at the turn of the century (c. 1900) Thomas Samuel Knee rated as owner of vacant land (CA14B of over 20 acres1911-12 and as a house 1912-13, next year CA 14C added making a total of 39 acres. It appears that Thomas Samuel Knee and his wife Jane lived at the property until 1949 when they moved to Montrose. In 1949 it was purchased by Hubert Victor (Vic) Eggleton after they migrated from Banstead in Surrey England. They had four boys Peter (who did a lot of the farming with Gladys), Brian, Michael and Roger. It was mixed farming: lemons, cherries, eggs, chickens and Gladys bred Spaniel dogs too. They had 2 dairy cows and a draft horse. The farm was larger then and was subdivided at a later date. The big dam was added too. the painting of the house was painted by a cousin of the Lusks. Ownership: Thomas Samuel Knee 1912-1949, Eggletons, 1949 - c.1953, then Timms, c. 1953 - early 1970s then Lusks early 1970s to c. 2012. The Lusks built a new house and after that the old house had various tenants.
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupWork on paper - Minutes, Wonga Park and District Residents' Association Committee Meeting Minutes 30 May 1980
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupWork on paper - Minutes, Wonga Park & District Residents' Association Minutes of Meeting 14 August 1992
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupWork on paper - Minutes, Wonga Park & District Residents' Association Minutes of Meeting 9 October 1992
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupWork on paper - Minutes, Wonga Park & District Residents' Association Minutes of Meeting 6 July 1992
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupWork on paper - Minutes, Wonga Park & District Residents' Association Minutes of Meeting 6 June 1992
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupWork on paper - Minutes, Wonga Park & District Residents' Association Minutes of Meeting 8 May 1992
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupWork on paper - Minutes, Wonga Park & District Residents' Association Minutes of Meeting 10 April 1992
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History Group
Work on paper - Newsletter, Wonga Park & District Residents' Association News & Notes March 1993
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupNewspaper (Item) - Cutting, Wonga Park: c. 1994 Warrandyte Diary cutting They're Not Keen On Bulleen
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupDocument (Item) - Submission, Wonga Park: 6 August 1990 Submission by Flora Anderson to Shire of Lillydale re Penderel Court Reserve
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History GroupDocument (Item) - Submission, Wonga Park: 1979 by Ray Brindle - Principles for the Appointment and Operation of the Hall Committee of Management - for consideration by the Residents' Association
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History Group
Work on paper (Item) - Set of Questions, Wonga Park: 3318 28Apr 1975 Questions by R. Galloway and answers by Cr. Alan Smith
A typewritten set of questions, presumably to be asked at a Residents' Association meeting by R. Galloway with handwritten answers presumably supplied by Cr Alan Smith
