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Michael Carr and Michael Bulger : Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; GS-TM-13

GS-TM-13; Michael Carr and Michael Bulger : Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; Elevated photograph of headstone placed over the remains of Michael Carr, and his brother-in-law Michael Bulger. The stone, with triangular top with quarter-circular shoulders, takes up the bottom half of the image. A railing, trees and memorials are in the background. Selby writes that this tombstone is "the earliest Catholic memorial that remained down to the time of exhuming". Unfortunately, because the photographer is looking down on the headstone, the inscription is difficult to read; and the reading isn't helped by the faded image. However, the same image in photograph form is clearer. The decorative motif at the top of the stone shows a cross above IHS within a sun symbol, surrounded by the words, GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO. Followed by: Memento Mori This Stone is Erected by Mrs. Catherine Carr widow of the late Mr. Michael Carr late of Dublin who departed this life on the 19th of October 1839 Aged 36 Years Also her Brother Mr. Michael Bulger who Departed this Life on the 11th of March 1841 Aged 29 Years Requiescant in pace Selby, in his Memorial History of Melbourne, tells us that, "[Carr] bought land at the first land sale, and was one of our earliest publicans. His burial was the sixth in this [RC] Division of the Cemetery." Carr and Bulger were reinterred in Fawkner Cemetery, Section: Old Pioneers, Grave 388. This image is attributed to Everard Studley Miller who photographed many graves and tombstones in the Old Melbourne Cemetery (established in 1837) in the 1920s as part of a project led by Isaac Selby to record and commemorate all aspects of Melbourne's second cemetery (the first being at Flagstaff Hill). The RHSV holds original glass negatives and albums of the photographs from this project. One of the many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund. For more information about this image <a href="https://www.historyvictoria.org.au" target="_blank"> contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria.</a>; Photograph; Images collection

Langhorne & August families: Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; GS-TM-35

GS-TM-35; Langhorne & August families: Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; A colourised photograph of a stone, table tomb with round legs or "stone on piles" as described by Selby. Behind this tomb, in the middle distance is the "oblong horizontal stone on a stone base" which lies over the remains of five members of the Langhorne and August families. Both monuments sit in a sea of long grass. More tombs and trees are in the background. According to Selby, the table tomb just has "E. B. S. 1845" carved into the top, and the inscription on the flat tomb reads: (82 in Selby's grave index p. 378, OPMHoM) "Elizabeth, wife of William Langhorne, 1841; Henry August, infant son of Alfred & Sarah; Sarah, widow of John S. August of Belize, Honduras, 1844, aged 52; Robert Mastrall, her son, 1845, aged 22 years; Alfred Langhorne, late of Laverton, 1874, 57 years. On the stone is the monogram AM. One cannot tell if it refers to the maker of the tomb or the people buried in it." This monument was relocated to Fawkner Cemetery (Old Pioneers Section, grave 76), and it features on a page of the Altona Laverton Historical Society's website devoted to Alfred and Sarah Langhorne and their homestead. Selby suggested that the deceased were relatives of George Langhorne, who clashed with William Lonsdale over the latter's treatment of Aboriginals. (p.197, OPMHoM) According to newspaper reports, Alfred Langhorne married Sarah, daughter of the late John S. August of Belize, Honduras, on 25th May, 1841. This image is attributed to Everard Studley Miller who photographed many graves and tombstones in the Old Melbourne Cemetery (established in 1837) around 1920 as part of a project led by Isaac Selby to record and commemorate all aspects of Melbourne's second cemetery (the first being at Flagstaff Hill). The RHSV holds original glass negatives and albums of the photographs from this project. One of the many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund. Selby numbered this slide #53 or #55. For more information about this image <a href="https://www.historyvictoria.org.au" target="_blank"> contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria.</a>; Photograph; Images collection

MS 011885 (Box 062-8); Notes and newspaper article : George Russell 1812-1888; Includes biographical details & part played by pioneer George Russell in Melbourne's early settlement, including formation of Clyde Company. Notes (anonymously compiled) about George Russell of Golf Hill and his journey from Scotland to Hobart, via the Swan River settlement in WA, in the vessel 'Drummore', (voyage 1830-31). Russell of Golf Hill (near Shelford, Victoria) was one of the earliest pioneers of the colony having arrived in Port Phillip in 1836 on the schooner "Hettie" with numerous sheep, intent on securing a pastoral run. The schooner, entering the heads 'got aground between Schnapper point and the Red Bluff- soon becoming a wreck so that the owners of a flock of sheep which were on board had to wade up to their necks in the sea to land them safely, carrying them on their shoulders.' Author speaks of Russell mostly in the past tense but appears to be writing not long after Russell's passing, probably between 1890-1900. This account closely follows George Russell's own account eventually published as - The Narrative of George Russell - in 1935. "He (Russell) has written a narrative of his life which may some day be published," says the note-writer. Author holds Russell in high esteem, noting his kindness and hospitality to a wide circle of relatives and friends, especially in the early days. The author commends Russell's work as a magistrate for 40 years. (Box 062-8) MS 011885 includes an Australian Women's Weekly magazine cutting written by Gladys Hain, 1957, with details of homesteads Golf Hill and Mawallok, Barunah Plains, publication date December 4th, 1957. NOTE: Golf Hill homestead was near Shelford on the Leigh River, 45 kms north-west of Geelong. Now part of Golden Plains Shire. "The current two-storey bluestone mansion exists from 1876." [source: arwonblogger.blogspot.com/2013/07/branching-out-life-at-leigh.html]; Document; Manuscripts Collection; No donor credited but manuscript notes (anonymously written, probably between 1890-1900) were received by RHSV between December 1941 and January 1942. These notes described in ledger as "Geo. Russell Golf Hill". The newspaper article was added to the manuscript file post 1957 and has no acquisition details.

Victorian Historical Journal : 31 Volume 8 (3), 1921; Royal Historical Society of Victoria; Index: Australasian Fire and Life Insurance Company : / p. 93 Beale, Anthony : experiences in Melbourne in 1840 / p. 101-112 Chitty, Alfred : 'Fire Insurance Offices and 'Fire Marks' in Australasia, Part 1' (article) / p. 81-93 Churches, Early : in Mortlake / p. 97 Colonial Insurance Co. : / p. 92 Cornwall Fire Insurance Co. : / p. 91 "Derwent and Tamar Fire and Marine Insurance Co." : / p. 89 Fire Brigades : early fire brigades / p. 89, 91, 92 Fire Insurance Offices : and 'fire marks' in Australasia / p. 81-93, 113-116 Fire Insurance Policy, 1846 : (illustration) / p. 89 Fire Marks, Australasian : / p. 81, 113 Fyans, Captain Foster : (Socal Life in Melbourne in 1840) / p. 104-5 Geelong : Geelong and Western District Fire and Insurance Company / p. 92 "Geelong and Western District Fire and Marine Insurance Co." : / p. 92 Hotels : in Mortlake / p. 97 La Trobe, Charles Joseph : (Social Life in Melbourne, 1840) / p. 102 Land : speculation in, in Melbourne, 1840 / p. 108 Local Government : beginnings of, in Mortlake / p. 100 Melbourne : early fire brigades / p. 89, 91, 92 Melbourne : early Melbourne newspapers / p. 101 Melbourne : land speculation in Melbourne, 1840 / p. 108 Melbourne : Melbourne Fire Insurance Offices / p. 90, 91, 116 Melbourne : races in Melbourne, 1840 / p. 107 Melbourne : Williams, Chas., Auctioneer, in 1840 / p. 108 Mortlake : beginnings of Local Government in / p. 100 Mortlake : early churches in / p. 97 Mortlake : early hotels in / p. 97 Mortlake : early schools in / p. 98 Mortlake : first school building (illustration) / p. 98 Mortlake : Mortlake; a Township of the Plains / p. 94-100 Mortlake : pioneers of Mortlake (illustration) / p. 98 Mount Shadwell : Mortlake, and the naming of / p. 94-96 Murdoch, J. R. : 'Mortlake: a Township of the Plains' (article) / p. 94-100 New South Wales Fire Insurance Companies : / p. 92, 116 Newspapers, Early : early Melbourne / p. 101 Portraits : pioneers of Mortlake (portrait) / p. 98 Race Meetings and Racing : Melbourne races in 1840 / p. 107 Schools : early schools in Mortlake / p. 98 Schools : first school building, Mortlake (illustration) / p. 98 Sydney Fire Insurance Company : / p. 92 Tamar Fire and Marine Insurance Company : / p. 89 Tasmanian Fire Insurance Company : / p. 88 Van Diemen's Land Insurance Company : / p. 89 Vasey, G. B. : 'Social Life in Melbourne in 1840, Part 2' (article) / p. 101-112 Victoria Fire Insurance Company : / p. 91 Williams, Charles : Auctioneer in Melbourne, 1840 / p. 108 ; Periodical; Library - Periodicals

P-763-G; Australian pioneers, (Geelong section) with date of arrival, 1896; Massingham, G.L. (George Leake) 1866-1921; 215 portrait photographs, bust, of Australian male pioneers from the Geelong area. Last image (l.r.) reads: "Hospital Corner / Forms Within." Lower mount reads: "Registered November 24th, 1896." "Note. - Where a second date is given, it is that in which the Subscriber was FIRST elected or appointed to the office referred to." Names identified: A. Anderson A. C. Macdonald, 1847 A. L. Dick, 1855 A. M. Campbell, 1842 A. Miller, 1855 A. R. Reed, 1848 Abraham Atkins, 1842 Alexander Boyd, 1848 Alfred Chant, 1850 Alfred Willey, 1849 Archibald Ross, 1852 Australian pioneers, (Geelong Section.) C. A. Bedggood, 1852 C. J. Dennys, 1842 C. R. Pawsey, 1849 C. Y. Nash, 1854 Charles Hall, 1857 Charles Kernot, 1851 Charles Wyatt, 1847 Chas Read, 1849 Chas. Eastwood, 1841 Chas. Jas. Whyte, 1840 Chas. Wilcox, 1854 Col. J. Longville Price D. McDonald, 1852 Daniel Dean, 1852 Denis O'Brien, 1853 Don McAndrew, 1854 E. Bennion, 1852 E. Coulson, 1857 E. Cuzens, 1849 E. F. Haworth, 1840 E. H. Cole, 1842 E. J. Hall, 1855 Edward Blakiston, 1841 Edwin Bayley, 1849 Edwin Collins, 1850 Edwin Gillingham, 1852 F. Haworth, 1856 Francis Beech, 1849 Francis Summers, 1857 Frederick Willey, 1849 G. E. Green, 1851 G. G. Brockway, 1856 G. Heath, 1847 G. M. Hitchcock, 1850 G. N. Furnell, 1858 Geo. Grecian, 1844 Geo. Guthrie, 1844 Geo. Martin, 1839 Geo. Mercer, 1851 Geo. Strong, 1853 George Hague, 1843 H. F. Richardson n.b. H. G. Roebuck, 1849 H. Hayward, 1852 H. L. Penrose, 1854 H. M. Dixon, 1852 H. M. Garrard, 184? H. Roebuck, 1849 Henry Billman, 1851 Henry Hutchins, 1853 Henry Sargeant, 1851 : Mayor Geelong W. 1891,1895, 1896 Henry Thacker, 1858 Herbert Jarman, 1850 Hon. James Balfour, 1852 Hugh May Wilson, 1849 Hy. Bannister, 1855 J. A. Whitfield, 1853 J. Balfour, 1852 J. Bracebridge Wilson, 185? J. C. Paterson, 1847 J. C. Taylor, 1853 J. G. Carr, 1845 J. H. Connor, 1852 J. H. Dardel, 1842 J. Hosford, 1855 J. J. Martin n.b. J. L. Hardiman, 1855 J. M. Anderson, 1852 J. Mackay, 1857 J. Montgomery, 1852 J. Raddenbury, 1853 James Birrell, 1854 James Blair, 1841 James Dobson, 1841 James Monro, 1854 James Noble, 1841 James Strong, 1853 Jas. Deans, 1852 Jas. Hendy, 1852 Jas. Jose, 1851 Jas. King, 1849 John Bannerman, 1849 John Clark, 1852 John Dalley, 1856 John Daniel, 1855 John Daniel, 1855 John Davison, 1849 John Donaghy, 1849 John Hammerton, 1859 John Haworth, 1853 John Ince, 1849 John Keown, 1854 John Leigh, 1841 John McMaster, 1850 John Palmer, 1857 John Paterson, 1851 John Richardson, 1849 John Robertson, 1849 John Ross, 1853 John Taylor, Inspector B.P. Health, 1851 John Traill, 1855 Jonas Blakiston, 1851 Joseph Everett, 1852 Joseph Tolson, 1839 Joseph Watts, 1848 Joshua Vines, 1852 Josiah Walter, 1851 Lloyd Hooper, 1862 Matthew Farrar, 1841 Morris Jacobs, 1852 Nathaniel Brown, 1854 P. McKeever, 1838 Page Knight, 1848 Patrick Murphy, 1853 Peter McCann, 1836 Peter McIntyre, 1852 R. Davey, 1854 R. H. Sennett, 1851 R. J. Joyce, 1851 R. M. Aitchison, 1853 R. W. Boyle, 1848 Reuben Quarrill, 1852 Rev. Canon Goodman, 1853 Rev. G. Heyer, 1868 Rev. J. S. H. Royce, 1856 Richard Clarke, 1851 Richard Haworth, 1853 Richard Lawry, 1854 Robert Balding, 1852 Robert Bell, 1841 Robert Gillespie, 1851 Robert Lowe, 1849 Robert McDonald, 1855 Robert Purdie, 1851 Robert Shirra, 1852 Robert Willey, 1849 Samuel Barber, 1851 Samuel Moore, 1849 Sharp Brearly, 1848 Silas Harding, 1841 Simeon Price, 1844 Sir M. H. Davies T. A. Sidders, 1854 T. Arkins, 1854 T. B. Hunt, 1851 T. Bonning, 1842 T. F. Morkham, 1853 T. F. Perry, 1854 T. F. Seeley, 1857 T. Holden n.b., 1837 T. J. Mulder, 1848 T. L. Price, 1844 The Very Rev. G. O. Vance D. D., Dean of Melbourne 1852 Thomas Wright, 1853 Thos. Adcock, 1849 Thos. Bell, 1854 Thos. Daniel, 1855 Thos. J. Parker, 1853 Thos. Peters, 1852 Thos. Roadknight W. B. Day, 1841 W. B. King, 1841 W. Charles Kernot, 1851 W. G. Clutterbuck, 1854 W. Gardiner, 1853 W. H. Bowden, 1842 W. H. Kernot, 1853 W. H. Page, 1853 W. H. Potter, 1849 W. H. Searle, 1854 W. Hammond, 1844 W. Higgins, 1849 W. Humble, 1858 W. J. Reid, 1841 W. P. Gilbert, 1852 W. S. Moore, 1855 W. W. Bradley, 1850 W. W. Wheatland, 1848 W. Wheelans, 1853 Ward Nicholson, 1857 Wilson McWilliams, 1857 Wm. Aitchison, 1849 Wm. Batten, 1850 Wm. Bell, 1842 Wm. Box, 1845 Wm. Cakebread, 1849 Wm. Ferguson, 1859 Wm. Ford Vance, 1854 Wm. Fraser, 1848 Wm. G. Cakebread, 1849 Wm. Henry Holmes, 1837 Wm. Holden, 1830 Wm. Jackson, 1849 Wm. Jenkins, 1848 Wm. King, 1845 Wm. Kyle, 1841 Wm. MacMullen, 1849 Wm. Oliver, 1841 Wm. Pride, 1854 Wm. Sommers, 1854 Wm. Strong, 1853 Wm. Underwood, 1853 Wm. W. Miles Wm. Walker, 1849 ; Photograph; Images collection

St. Francis' Roman Catholic school, side view, Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 1910; A-166.2-E

A-166.2-E; St. Francis' Roman Catholic school, side view, Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 1910; The land on which St Francis Church stands was granted in July 1839. St Francis Church was designed by Samuel Jackson and built between 1841 and 1845 with the foundation stone being laid on 4 October 1841, the first mass in the completed nave being held on 22 May 1842 and the completed church blessed on 23 October 1845. [source : Victorian Heritage Register statement of significance] ; Photograph; Images collection

ART-0335; Street plan and the City of Melbourne, Business Register, 1906; McCarron Bird & Co. (Firm); Framed coloured map showing business firms and street numbers. The area is bound by Spring Street, Flinders Street, Latrobe Street and Spencer Street. Landmarks include the State Library, Town Hall, Royal Mint, Flinders Railway station and the Carlton Gardens. Businesses and occupants are identified.; Map; Images - Artworks

LIB 005319a; The Age annual : political & statistical register of the Colony of Victoria; Annual statistical survey and almanac of Victoria, including details of parliamentary activity. Contents include: Acts of Parliament passed Banks of Victoria Census of Victoria for 1881 Crown lands - statistics Electoral provinces and returning officers [names and addresses] Gold raised in Victoria Harbour Trust Millers', cornfactors, & produce dealers of Victoria Ministries of Victoria Notable events of the year Population - statistics Railway stations Shipping statistics Wool exported by Victoria LIB 005825 1880 143 pages LIB 005826 1884 158 pages Includes advertising; 1875-1891; Book; Library - Rare books

LIB 013339; Who's who in Australia : an Australian biographical dictionary and register of prominent people; Johns, Fred, 1868-1932.; Each issue covers key Australians from a range of fields, including business, politics, the arts, sport, law, entertainment and academia. Every entry includes details of education, postnominals, awards, career history, committees, honorary positions, recreations, birth and family details, clubs, publications and contact details. Note : Published every 3 years since 1959. Prior to this date issues were published for 1927-1928, 1933-34, 1935, 1938, 1941, 1944, 1947, 1950 and 1955. Imprint varies: 1933/34, Melbourne : The Herald; 1935-1988, Melbourne : Herald and Weekly Times. Issues held - 1927- 1950; Book; Library - Reference

LIB 019320; The All-Australia memorial : a historical record of national effort during the Great War : Australia's roll of honour ; history, heroes and helpers; The foreword is by Senator the Hon. George Foster Pearce, Minister of State for Defence ; introductory narrative by E. Ashmead-Bartlett, Official British correspondent at the Dardenelles. Sections: Exploits of the ANZACS, ANZAC honoured dead [a roll of Victorian soldiers], Australia's fighting families, Regimental register : Australian Imperial Force 1914-1915 : comprising the principal Victorian units as officially compiled at embarkation. Maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, index.; Book; Library

LIB 00060497; Ranelagh : a special place ; Breidahl, Meg; "Here is the history of Mount Eliza's Ranelagh Estate from before European settlement to the present. Ranelagh Estate is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register and classified by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria). A unique seaside corner of the Mornington Peninsula, nestled beside the shores of Port Phillip, its place in history is often overlooked and this is the first time a detailed history of the Estate has been recorded." Back cover. ; Book; Library

Mi-60.004; Interior of Jack's Magazine. : Ammunition Factory, Footscray; Black and white image of the interior. The magazine is off la Scala Avenue near Gordon Street. The bluestone magazine was opened in 1878 to safely store gunpowder imported into the colony of Victoria. It has associated earth mound blast walls, tunnels, tramways, service buildings, loading dock and canal. It was designed by the Victorian Public Works Department under the supervision of William Wardell and built by contractor George Cornwell between 1876 and 1878 The site later provided storage for other dangerous materials used in the ammunition factories close by. Victorian Heritage Register H1154; Photograph; Images collection

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