Historical information
2 items:
1/A ten page handwritten letter from Mrs. C.R. Biesse on 12/12/1976 to Mr. Murray. The letter gives her memories of the area around Judge Hood’s Estate, related to her by an elderly acquaintance and her grandfather. Includes a small handdrawn map.
2/Handwritten research by Claire Barton on street names and residents off Orrong Road in 1911 Sands and McDougall directory.
Subjects
- biesse c.r. mrs.,
- merton street,
- caulfiled north,
- judge hood,
- hood crescent,
- droving,
- judge hood’s estate,
- land subdivision,
- judge stephens,
- st. mary’s church,
- otira road,
- helenslea road,
- shelford,
- landscapes,
- kerr b. mrs.,
- palmer florence mrs.,
- morrice street,
- glen eira road,
- kambea grove,
- bushland,
- cattle,
- mitchell mr. builder,
- palmer florence,
- mitchell colin,
- mitchell clive,
- mitchell francis,
- mitchell mrs.,
- perry family,
- orrong road,
- st. aubins ave.,
- ‘orotava’,
- hayes g.h.,
- ‘kambea’,
- lothian henry,
- oswald j.d.,
- ‘merton’,
- glen eira road
