Historical information
Walter Bruce Nixon (20.11.1934-8.9.2012) lived at Yarra Glen and was a bus line owner. He also ran a company, Tarcoola Press, which published books on the history of the Nillumbik and Yarra Valley area, and generously supported organisations such as the Andrew Ross Museum and the C J La Trobe Society.
Contents
Newspaper article: "Revealed: the stark beauty of an early settlement", The Age, 19 November 1999, Bruce Nixon underwrote publication of a book of C J La Trobe's drawings and paintings of Melbourne.
Newsletter extract: "Bruce Nixon: a boyhood in Ivanhoe", Heidelberg Historian No.270 June 2012, Bruce Nixon's memories of growing up in Ivanhoe from the 1930s and on Mick Woiwod's books.
Order of Service: Walter Bruce Nixon, 14 September 2012.
Flier: "Recent works by Mick Woiwod", notes the support provided by Bruce Nixon.
Physical description
Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etc
Subjects
- bruce nixon,
- charles joseph la trobe,
- tarcoola press,
- waterdale road ivanhoe,
- ivanhoe state school,
- knox church ivanhoe,
- ivanhoe swimming club,
- donaldson family of kangaroo ground,
- thomson family of kangaroo ground,
- james bruce donaldson,
- james thomas donaldson,
- john donaldson,
- wallace thomson,
- george donaldson,
- james williams bushranger,
- andrew ross,
- andrew ross museum,
- mick woiwod,
- wurundjeri people of kangaroo ground,
- coranderrk healesville,
- walter bruce nixon
