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Victorian Historical Journal : 35 Volume 9 (3), 1923; Royal Historical Society of Victoria; Index: Babcock, W. H. : legendary islands of the Atlantic / p. 80 Barnard, F. G. A. : 'First Electoral Roll for Port Phillip' (article) / p. 87-96 Bushrangers : / p. 69-72 Cemeteries : Gordon's monument, Brighton Cemetery / p. 65 Elections : first election in Geelong / p. 94 Elections : to Legislative Council, 1843 / p. 93, 95 Electoral Roll : first for Port Phillip / p. 87-96 Geelong : first election in / p. 94 Gordon, Adam Lindsay : notes on / p. 65-69 Gordon, Adam Lindsay : the poet Gordon and his monument in the Brighton Cemetery (illustration) / p. 65 Kelly Gang : notes on / p. 73-79 Long, Charles R. : 'Memorials to Victorian Explorers and Pioneers, Part 4' (article) / p. 65-79 Mansfield : police memorial at / p. 78-79 Melbourne : Parliamentary elections in / p. 93-95 Memorials : the poet Gordon and his monument in the Brighton Cemetery (illustration) / p. 65 Memorials : police memorial at Mansfield / p. 78-79 Police, Victorian : police memorial at Mansfield / p. 78-79 Port Phillip : first electoral roll for Port Phillip / p. 87-96 ; Periodical; Library - Periodicals

RG03-44-111; Set of papers: planning appeal and heritage registration, Freemason's Hospital, East Melbourne; Butler, Graeme, 1947-; Heritage reports, research files and correspondence related to the Freemason's Hospital, Clarendon Street, East Melbourne. The papers were gathered in the course of a submission by the East Melbourne Group to add the hospital to the state Heritage Register in 2001, in response to a proposed redevelopment of the site. FOLDER 1: > Nomination of the Freemasons' Hospital by the East Melbourne Group to Heritage Victoria for the Heritage Register, with associated correspondence and documents. > East Melbourne News, September 2003 ("Freemason's High-Rise Rejected") FOLDER 2: > Graeme Butler, "Heritage Report Freemason's Hospital, East Melbourne", (2001). Prepared for the Environmental Defenders Office. > Robin Grow, "Deco hospitals - Can they survive?", Journal of Society Art Deco Victoria, Vol 2, No 1. (duplicate) > file of images (photocopy duplicates) FOLDER 3: > Meredith Gould, "The East Melbourne Heritage Area. A Background to the Development of Planning Controls" (2001) > Hansen Partnership, Context Connybeare Morrison, "Freemason's Hospital Site Clarendon Street, East Melbourne Urban Context Report" (2001) The East Melbourne Group is a resident's association formed in 1953 which aims to protect and improve the heritage and amenity of East Melbourne and Jolimont. [Source: East Melbourne Group website] East Melbourne forms part of the City of Melbourne. These items are part of the Butler Collection, a large archive of conservation studies, photographs and related reference material.; 2001; Document; Butler Collection; Donated by Graeme Butler, 2023.

LIB 00061730; Assessment of the Minister for Planning's heritage property portfolio : Volume 4 : Former drill hall CMP review; Lovell Chen (Firm); Other title : Former Drill Hall, 235-249 A"Beckett Street, Melbourne : Conservation Management Plan Review A report on the historical and architectural importance of the former Army Medical Drill Hall located at 249 A'Beckett Street in Melbourne (the current headquarters of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria). Heritage Register H0717. Prepared for the Department of Planning and Community Development, March 2013 Includes a detailed physical survey and architectural appraisal of the site. Architectural drawings and illustrations. ; Book; Library

MS 001089 (Folio Box F15-7); VPRS 1109 : Register of Drainers Day Labour, n.d.; Unit 1,; Victoria. Department of Public Works; A Department of Public Works 'Authority Book' that records payments due to men constructing drains in Victoria. There are no dates found. The records book is of historical and social significance to Victoria, as it describes the financial payments for workers undertaking construction works. The documentation includes: A list of the drains that were constructed at the front of the book, while also providing a page number for each job. The pages have columns that provide: Rate of pay or type of work. Name of worker. The hours worked. The amount due. The total of payments made. ; Manuscripts Collection

PH-230003; Blythvale Homestead, Yalla-Y-Poora Road, Streatham, 1920?; 4 wide angle lens views of the single storied red brick homestead and garden at Blythvale. Built for John Ritchie in the 1860s, although portions may be older. [source : National Trust Register] PH-230003.1 : View of house from garden, two women and a dog posed at the edge of the garden. PH-230003.2 : View of lawn and garden from house. Game of croquet underway with three women players. PH-230003.3 : View of lawn and garden from house. Three children on the lawn and croquet hoops in place. PH-230003.4 : Copy of image of the house from the garden.; Photograph; Images collection

Former Devonshire Arms Hotel, corner of Fitzroy and Princes Street, Fitzroy, c. 1970; PH-990015

PH-990015; Former Devonshire Arms Hotel, corner of Fitzroy and Princes Street, Fitzroy, c. 1970; Two storey building on the corner of Fitzroy and Princes St in Fitzroy. Two cars are parked along Fitzroy Street with parking meters marking the bays. On the heritage register no. H0528 Built by Francis Clark in the early 1840s and now considered to be Melbourne’s oldest licenced public house and Fitzroy’s oldest surviving building. It is now part of the St Vincent’s Hospital complex. It operated as a hotel from 1843 to 1920 when it was one of the 27 Melbourne hotels forced to close by the Licensing Reduction Board. It later became a hostel; Photograph; Images collection

MS 000510 (Box 152-2); Miscellaneous papers re East Gippsland history; Blackman, Nance; Papers include a summary of the records of East Gippsland history collected by James Slater and compiled by Nance Blackman. Principal references include Captain Archibald McLeod, Alfred William Howitt, John Reeve, Edward Bayliss, D. B. Hopkins, James Aitkin, William Odell Raymond, George McKillop, J. G. Wilmot, Rev. Edward Gifford Pryce, John Rhodes Wilkinson, Lachlan Macalister, Angus McMillan, A. S. Knight, Sir Charles Nicholson, John H. W. Pettit, William and Eliza Mein, Rev. Willoughby Bean, Harry Payne, Frederick Jones, Alexander Arbuckle, Stracey Sharp, Loughnan brothers, Peter Imlay, Frederick Taylor, John Davidson Smith, John Morrison, James O'Rourke, Captain John Stevenson, - Drevermann, Nowa Nowa pioneers, and Aboriginal chief Jemmy Gibber. References to localities, stations and homesteads include : Lucknow, Lindenow, Numbla Munjie (Ensay), Buchan, Nangatta, Snakes Ridge, Eagle Point, Toonallock (Paynesville), Bruthen, Boisdale, Port Albert, Bushy Park, Stratford, Strathfieldsaye, Swan Reach, Clydebank, Mewburn Park, Dargo, Orbost, Kilmorie Station, Bairnsdale, Sale, Omeo, Monaro district and Mitchellstown Other references include early bridges, explorations, churches, clergy, Aboriginal Australians, hospitals, schools, business life and pioneering life generally. Notes on the history of East Gippsland compiled by John Wilson of Stratford; these give details of old tracks and rates; Disher family; bridging over Macalister and Thompson rivers, Bushy Park estate and brief biographical sketches of Angus McMillan and family; miscellaneous correspondence to Nance Blackman re official records re Alfred William Howitt, Angus McMillan, William Odell Raymond and a letter signed by John Wilson; notes on A. W. Howitt compiled by the Public Library of Victoria; notes on the naming of the Snowy and Latrobe Rivers. NOTE: Additional material re background to these papers includes a photocopy of a letter signed by Nance Blackman, 1964, and biographical notes on James Slater and his records of Bairnsdale compiled by Linda M. Barraclough. Keywords: Linda M Barraclough, Nance Blackman, Boisdale, Bruthen, Buchan, Bushy Park, Clydebank, Dargo, Drevermann, Eagle Point, Ensay, Jemmy Gibber, D.B. Hopkins, Alfred William Howitt, Peter Imlay, Frederick Jones, Kilmorie Station, A.S. Knight, Latrobe River, Lindenow, Loughnan brothers, Lucknow, Macalister River, Macallister, Lachlan, George McKillop, Archibald McLeod, Angus McMillan, Eliza Mein, William Mein, Mewburn Park, Mitchellstown, Monaro district, John Morrison, Nangatta, Sir Charles Nicholson, Nowa Nowa, Numbla Munjie (Ensay), James O'Rourke, Omeo, Orbost, Harry Payne, Paynesville, John H. W. Pettit, Port Albert, Edward Pryce, Raymond Gifford, William Odell, John Reeve, Sale, Schools, Sharp, Stracey, Slater, James, Smith, John Davidson, Snakes Ridge, John Stevenson, Stratford, Strathfieldsaye, Swan Reach, Frederick Taylor, Thompson River, Toonallock (Paynesville), John Rhodes Wilkinson, J.G. Wilmot, John Wilson.; Manuscripts Collection

GLG 25/X; Rough sketch of the Port Phillip country, 1838?; Learmonth, Thomas, 1818-1903; A hand drawn copy of the map made by Thomas Learmonth and included with his letter to Charles La Trobe, one of many given to the Governor on his departure from Melbourne on 5 May 1854. These were published in "Letter's from Victorian Pioneers" Indicates station properties taken up in 1837 and occupied in 1838. Geelong was identified as site for town in 1802 but was only gazetted as a town in 1838, making this map significant and early. Features names of stations around Geelong taken up in 1837 (in red, including Learmonth station) and those further afield in 1838 and 1839 (in black), with rivers and mountains across to Portland. Extends westward towards Portland and Grampians. Indicates around 25 stations in red (taken up in 1837) and stations in black occupied in 1838, along with prominent western Victorian towns (Warrnambool), lakes (Corangamite) and ranges (Anakie, Grampians).; Map; Images collection

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