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Newspaper, Flyers for election to the council of ET Purser (1949), D Baxter (1955) and N Madden/EF Wieland (1927)
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Archive - Parent Record, Borough of Ringwood 1924-1960 - Archive Collection
Parent Record for Archive collection of photographs and documents relating to Borough of Ringwood, formed in 1924
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Map, Proposed Improvements to Ringwood Park (Ringwood Lake) dated 14 January 1927
Proposed Improvements to Ringwood Park (Ringwood Lake) dated 14 January 1927, signed Cr McCaskill. Main Road is Whitehorse Road (Maroondah Highway), and Mt Dandenong Road is incorrectly labelled Whitehorse Road. The map shows Rosedale Crescent and Railway Parade, both of which exist in 2024. On the bottom of the map, south of the railway line, showing proposed streets - Graham Road, Anderson Street and Adams Street - in preparation for the sale of the Theo Anderson property. That area is now Bedford Park.
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Newspaper, Fight to save tree near Ringwood Timber on Maroondah Highway, late 1950s
Two newspaper articles, re the fight to save tree near Ringwood Timber on Maroondah Highway, late 1950s. The Yellow Box tree was located west of Ringwood timber, outside Bill Patterson's Motors near the New Street intersection. The fight was led by Cr Ben Hubbard, the secretary of the Ringwood Horticultural Society, Mr Kearsley, but was eventually lost. The articles are from The Herald and dated December 1957 and 11th June 1959.
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Newspaper, Various newspaper articles about car parks, children's tiles and improvements to Ringwood Lake 1955 - April 1990
Various newspaper articles about car parks, children's tiles and improvements to Ringwood Lake 1955 - April 1990.
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Newspaper, Newspaper articles detailing the acquisition of 40 acres of land for Jubilee Park, formerly known as Sanders Estate, for recreation purposes
Various newspaper articles about detals of the acquisition, by Ringwood Council, of 40 acres of land for Jubilee Park, formerly known as Sanders Estate, for recreation purposes in 1945-1959. The area included named streets - Prussia Road (not West Prussia Road), Duffy Street, Ireland Street, Evens Street and Chapman Street.
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Newspaper, Newspaper articles detailing the gift of 17 acres of land south end of New Street, by Frank Pike of Heatherdale Road, for parkland
Newspaper articles detailing the gift of 17 acres of land south end of New Street, by Frank Pike of Heatherdale Road, for parkland. The new park will be called Pomona Park. It was later called Proclamation Park, used for athletics, baseball and cricket.
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Document, Flyers headed "Borough of Ringwood" about Election Day on Thursday 25th August 1927 from AT Miles and JB McAlpin, candidates
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Letter, 1946 letter from Municipal Association of Victoria stating that stray dogs will not be sent to universities but Dog's Home and Animal Hospital
Two-page letter
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Flyer, By Councillor AB Taylor, Shire of Lillydale, seeking votes for council election on Thursday 24th August 1905
South-West Riding of the Shire. Voting booth at Recreation Hall, Ringwood
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Magazine, Extract from the Australian Municipal Journal 31 December 1924 on "The Birth of a Borough" at Ringwood
Pages 585-587. Includes photos of the first Borough of Ringwood council and the new Ringwood State School
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Letter, Letter from Ringwood Mayor Cr AT Miles to the Whiteway family for catering at the Laying of the Ringwood Town Hall Foundation Stone on 19 February 1927
Signed by the Ringwood Town Clerk AFB Long
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Newspaper, Extract from Ringwood Mail 22 December 1949 on the Borough of Ringwood Ceremony in 1924
Detailed history of the event, continuing on next Page (VC entry 15513)
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Newspaper, Extract reprinted from Ringwood Mail November 1924 on the pioneer families - the Kennedys, Pratts, Dicksons and others
Includes end of article from VC entry 15512
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Newspaper, Extract reprinted from Ringwood Mail 20 April 1944 discussing boundaries of being "Ringwood" soldiers
Also photo of Cr BJ Hubbard, Mayor of Ringwood in 1949
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Document, Certificate of Title - Leslie Mills of Plymouth Road, East Ringwood, Farmer - part of Crown Section 20, Parish of Warrandyte, County of Evelyn - 19th January, 1932
A4 copies of Landata Victoria Historical Search documents - Vol 5781 Fol 1156174.
Leslie Mills is now the proprietor of an Estate in Fee-simple subject to the Encumbrances notified hereunder ... 10 acres or thereabouts, together with a right of carriage way over Grandview Grove (later Bemboka Road), Warranwood, Victroia. Transfers include Alexander William Brown of Tooradin, Farmer - 29th October, 1945, (died 25th June, 1957), Probate granted 28th January, 1958, to Alfred Hart Brown of Dandenong, Estate Agent, and Harry Britten Elms of Cardinia, Gentleman, Oliver Burgess, Grandview Grove Ringwood, Florist - 14th May, 1964, Privatus Proprietary Limited, St.Kilda Road, Melbourne - 27th October, 1977, John Patrick Kelly, Company Director and Yvonne Gloria Kelly, Married Woman, joint proprietors, 10th September, 1980,
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Document, Certificate of Title - Thomas Arthur Wentworth Burkitt - part of Crown Section 20, Parish of Warrandyte, County of Evelyn - 1st April, 1919
A4 copies of Landata Victoria Historical Search documents - Vol 4197 Fol 839286.
Winifred Cambridge of Balwyn, Married Woman, is now the proprietor of an Estate in Fee-simple subject to the Encumbrances notified hereunder ... 17 acres 2 roods 3 perches or thereabouts, being part of Lot 9 on plan of subdivision no.4315, Bemboka Road, Warranwood, Victoria. Encumbrance comment "Appurtenant to carriageway over Omeo Parade on LP12040". Transfers include John Collins of Brysons Road Ringwood, Farmer - 16th June, 1944, Kevin Collins of Warranwood, Carrier - 20th September, 1951, Francis Mohan of St.Kilda - 19th January, 1968, Vivian Campbell Rush, Engineer, and Dorothy May Rush, Married Woman, both of Main Road, Warrandyte, joint proprietors, and Alan Humphrey Croxford, Gentleman, and Eleanor Pearl Croxford, Married Woman, both of Pound Road, Warrandyte, joint proprietors as Tenants In Common - 31st March, 1969, Transferred as to the interest of Alan Humphrey Croxford and Eleanor Pearl Croxford - 13th July, 1973.
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Document, Certificate of Title - Thomas Arthur Wentworth Burkitt - part of Crown Section 20, Parish of Warrandyte, County of Evelyn - 5th June, 1929
A4 copies of Landata Victoria Historical Search documents - Vol 5598 Fol 1119416.
Thomas Arthur Wentworth Burkitt of Box Hill, Retired Clerk of Courts, is now the proprietor of an Estate in Fee-simple subject to the Encumbrances notified hereunder ... 35 acres 1 rood 11 perches or thereabouts, together with right of carriage way over part of Warrandyte Coach Road on plan of subdivision no.12040. Subdivision maps includes Brysons Road, Warrandyte Coach Road (later Wonga Road), Rangeview Parade (later Omeo Parade), and Kardinia Crescent, Warranwood. Mortgages and Transfers include Mortgate - part to the Trustees of Vic District no.82 I.O.O.R, 1st August, 1929, Mortgate - part to Arthur Edward Perry, 1st August, 1929, Transfer 1426692 - George Clements Dickason and Will Gordon Sprigg, 20th August, 1929, Transfer 1766662 - Linda Elizabeth Collins, 28th March, 1940.
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Document, Certificate of Title - Mary Burchett, Lilydale Road, Ringwood - part of Crown Section 20, Parish of Warrandyte, County of Evelyn - 5th July, 1911
A4 copies of Landata Victoria Historical Search documents - Vol 3520 Fol 703990.
Mary Burchett of Ringwood, Married Woman, is now the proprietor of an Estate in Fee-simple subject to the Encumbrances notified hereunder ... 50 acres 1 rood 32 perches or thereabouts, being lots 1 and 10 on plan of subdivision no.4315. Subdivision map includes un-named roads - western side is Wonga Road (later Warranwood Road), and eastern side is Grandview Grove (later Bemboka Road), both north of Plymouth Road, Ringwood, Vic. Title transferred to Theodore Hartley Burchett, 27th July, 1911. Encumbrance comment "Special railway condition contained in Grant to Francis Cooke."
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Document, Certificate of Title - Mary Burchett, Lilydale Road, Ringwood - part of Crown Section 20, Parish of Warrandyte, County of Evelyn - 14th January, 1910
A4 copies of Landata Victoria Historical Search documents - Vol 3398 Fol 679415.
Mary Burchett of Lilydale Road, Ringwood, Married Woman, is now the proprietor of an Estate in Fee-simple subject to the Encumbrances notified hereunder ... 55 acres 3 roods 35 perches or thereabouts, being lots 8 and 9 on plan of subdivision no.4315. Subdivision map includes un-named road - Grandview Grove (later Bemboka Road, Warranwood, Vic). Title transferred to Theodore Hartley Burchett, 27th July, 1911.
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Newspaper, Extract reprinted from Ringwood Mail 20 April 1944 discussing boundaries of being "Ringwood" soldiers
Also photo of Cr BJ Hubbard, Mayor of Ringwood in 1949
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Document, Certificate of Title - Theodore Hartley Burchett - part of Crown Section 20, Parish of Warrandyte, County of Evelyn - 1911
A4 copies of Landata Victoria Historical Search documents - Vol 3520 Fol 703991.
Theodore Hartley Burchett of Lara Lake, Farmer, is now the proprietor of an Estate in Fee-simple subject to the Encumbrances notified hereunder ... 180 acres 01 rood 27 perches or thereabouts, being lots 1, 8, 9 and 10 on plan of subdivision no.4315. Subdivision map includes un-named roads - lower western side is Wonga Road (later Warranwood Road), and eastern side is Grandview Grove (later Bemboka Road), both north of Plymouth Road, Ringwood, Vic. Transfers include Anna Maria Wicks and Henry James Trowbridge, 3rd October, 1911 Elizabeth Ann Walden, 18th September, 1912 - 28ac 3rds 5per. Edward Thomas Miles, 22nd September, 1913 - 27ac 19per. Samuel Styles, 10th October, 1916 - balance.
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Newspaper, Extract reprinted from Ringwood Mail November 1924 on the pioneer families - the Kennedys, Pratts, Dicksons and others
Includes end of article from VC entry 15512
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Newspaper, Extract from Ringwood Mail 22 December 1949 on the Borough of Ringwood Ceremony in 1924
Detailed history of the event, continuing on next Page (VC entry 15513)
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Letter, Letter from Ringwood Mayor Cr AT Miles to the Whiteway family for catering at the Laying of the Ringwood Town Hall Foundation Stone on 19 February 1927
Signed by the Ringwood Town Clerk AFB Long
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Document, Certificate of Title - Edward Thomas Miles, Gentleman, "Woorara", Ringwood - part of Crown Section 20, Parish of Warrandyte, County of Evelyn - 1913
A4 copies of damaged Landata Victoria Historical Search documents - Vol 3726 Fol 200 - incomplete proprietor and transfer details.
Edward Thomas Miles is now the proprietor of an Estate in Fee-simple subject to the Encumbrances notified hereunder ... 27 acres 19 perches or thereabouts, together with a right of carriage way over roads coloured brown. Subdivision map includes un-named roads - western side is Wonga Road (later Warranwood Road), and eastern side is Grandview Grove (later Bemboka Road), both north of Plymouth Road, Ringwood, Vic. Transfers include (illegible) Dobbs, November, 1927 - 5 acres Harry Temple Marshall, 1st December, 1928 - 10ac 3r David Edward Meyland, 4th October, 194-? (illegible).
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Magazine, Extract from the Australian Municipal Journal 31 December 1924 on "The Birth of a Borough" at Ringwood
Pages 585-587. Includes photos of the first Borough of Ringwood council and the new Ringwood State School
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Document, Certificate of Title - Harry Temple Marshall, Wesburn Farmer, Vic. - part of Crown Section 20, Parish of Warrandyte, County of Evelyn - 1928
A4 copies of Landata Victoria Historical Search documents - Vol 5485 Fol 1096803.
Harry Temple Marshall is now the proprietor of an Estate in Fee-simple subject to the Encumbrances notified hereunder ... 10 acres 3 roods 10 perches or thereabouts, together with a right of carriage way over roads coloured brown. Subdivision map includes un-named roads - western side is Wonga Road (later Warranwood Road), and eastern side is Grandview Grove (later Bemboka Road), both north of Plymouth Road, Ringwood, Vic. Transfers include Harold Claude Howship, 1st December, 1928 James Bell McAlpin, 26th March, 1939.
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Document, Certificate of Title - Harold Claude Howship, Nurseryman, Ringwood, Vic. - 1928
A4 copies of Landata Victoria Historical Search documents - Vol 5485 Fol 1096804.
Harold Claude Howship of Mt. Dandenong Road Ringwood, Nurseryman, is now the proprietor of an Estate in Fee-simple subject to the Encumbrances notified hereunder ... 5 acres 3 roods 10 perches or thereabouts, part of Crown Section Twenty, Parish of Warrandyte, County of Evelyn, together with a right of carriage way over roads coloured brown. Subdivision map includes Wonga Road (later Warranwood Road), Grandview Grove (later Bemboka Road), and Plymouth Road, Ringwood. Proprietors and Transfers include Emily Mills, Plymouth Road Ringwood, Widow - 27th January, 1939. William George Carter, Grandview Grove Warranwod - 14th March, 1947 - 3 acres Evelyn Goudie and Beverley Gwen Goudie, Wonga Road Warranwood - 23rd October, 1950 - 1 acre
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Photograph, View south from 8 Tamar Street, Ringwood, Victoria - c.1960s
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Photograph, View towards Loughnan's Hill from 8 Tamar Street, Ringwood, Victoria - c.1960s
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Photograph, 8 Tamar Street, Ringwood, Victoria - c.1960s
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Photograph, Jeanine Quaife at 8 Tamar Street, Ringwood, Victoria - c.1960s
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Document, Receipt - David M. Lush, Dentist, 145 Whitehorse Road, Ringwood - 1968
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Recived $4.50 from Mr R. E. Quaife for Jeanine on 9/8/1968.
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Document, State Savings Bank of Victoria Passbook and Cover - circa 1960
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Jeanine Quaife
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Document, City of Ringwood Immunization Record - 1960
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Jeanine Quaife, 8 Tamar Street, Ringwood. Inocculated against poliomyelitis, diptheria, tetanus, tuberculosis.
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Mixed media - Video, RDHS Guest Speaker Presentation - "Barro Family Park Orchards to Pronto" - Peter Fry
Digitised video 1.63GB). Duration: 36 minutes. Recorded August, 2024. (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)
In this presentation, long time RDHS member and Treasurer, Peter Fry, provides this month's informative talk on a brief history of the neighbouring hamlet of Park Orchards, and the Barro Family's association with Ringwood and Pronto Concrete.
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Photograph, Maroondah Highway Central, Ringwood. P. Bamford store, corner Warrandyte Road. c1924
Black and white photograph (2 copies)
Nil Site later to become Safeway store.
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Photograph, Maroondah Highway Central, Ringwood. Looking east towards Warrandyte Road, 1974
Black and white photograph
Nil Image shows Hannams Camera store, and Safeway roof near Warrandyte Road.
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Document, Certificate of Title - W.G. Carter, Grandview Grove, Warranwood, Victoria, (later Bemboka Road) - part of Crown Section Twenty, Parish of Warrandyte, County of Evelyn - 1947
A4 copies of Landata Victoria Historical Search documents - Vol 7052 Fol 1410222.
William George Carter of Grandview Grove Ringwood, Nurseryman, is now the proprietor - three acres or thereabouts shown on map (12202a) - 14th March, 1947. Transfer B284834 Registered 21 September, 1961 - 1 acre shown on map (12202c) north of Plymouth Road.
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Pamphlet, Heathmont Uniting Church Community Lifestyle Centre, 2024
Multi-fold leaflet with summarised past community leaders' tributes and map showing parks and other local Ringwood and Heathmont facilities bearing their names.
McAlpin Reserve, Douglas Maggs Reserve, Mahon Reserve, Loughies Bushland, Peter Vergers Reserve, B.J. Hubbard Reserve, Kevin Pratt Pavilion, Staley Gardens, Greenwood Park, A.F.B. Long Reserve, R.O. Spencer Pavilion, Russell Lucas Oval, Fred Dwerryhouse Pool, Herman Pump Reserve, A.C. Robertson Field, F.J.C. Rogers Reserve, Harpers Bush, A.G. Lavis Pavilion, Dexters Bush, H.E. Parker Reserve.
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Photograph, Maroondah Highway Central, Ringwood. Main Street, c1909
Photograph (2 copies- 1 large black and white, 1 small sepia)
Written on photograph: "Ringwood, Vic." Image shows view of dirt road looking west from Warrandyte Road with shops on right, and Station Masters house in background. Horse and dray in middle of road.
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Flyer, By Councillor AB Taylor, Shire of Lillydale, seeking votes for council election on Thursday 24th August 1905
South-West Riding of the Shire. Voting booth at Recreation Hall, Ringwood
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Pamphlet - Land Auction Brochure, Waterloo Street, Burns Street and Simpson Street, Heathmont, Victoria - 1973
Double sided bi-fold leaflet advertising 14 allotments, layout of streets, summary of local services and terms of sale.
Auction Saturday 13th October, 1973. Auctioneers - C.E. Carter & Son R.E.S.I. 126 Whitehorse Road, Ringwood, Telephone 870 2519, 870 6830, 870 6024, A.H. 870 0421, 870 3568.
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Flyer, Sub-divisional residential land sale advertisement - Ringwood Park Estate, Ringwood, Vic. - circa 1922
Folded double-sided page with black and white photographs of local views with black and red print advertising elevated home sites, including terms of sale, locality map, and description of local facilities and services, with blocks marked as SOLD subsequent to auction sale December 1922. (See Record ID no.5249)
Subdivision includes Wonga Road (later Loughnan Road), William Street, Andrew Street, Munro Street and Harrison Street. Estate Agents - Keogh & King, 70 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Telephone 6938.