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Chapel Street, from the Town Hall Tower, looking north in 1867, William's Road is to the right, running over the hill past 'Como' lands ; T.W. Cameron (Firm); 1867; GS-EV-47
GS-EV-47; Chapel Street, from the Town Hall Tower, looking north in 1867, William's Road is to the right, running over the hill past 'Como' lands ; T.W. Cameron (Firm); Glass slide of a colourised aerial photograph of the suburb of Prahran by C. Nettleton. There are many buildings and some vacant blocks of land in the foreground. There are more buildings and vacant land in the background. Chapel Street runs from the foreground to the distant horizon and is on the left side. One of 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 gave a lecture entitled 'Old Melbourne, Old Prahran and Toorak', at St John's Parish Hall, Jackson Street, Toorak, on 17th October 1929. ; 1867; Glass slide; Images collectionPhotography
St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, c. 1880; GS-EV-53
GS-EV-53; St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, c. 1880; Glass slide of a photograph depicting this cathedral which is located on Eastern Hill in Melbourne, in an area bounded by Albert Street, Gisborne Street, Lansdowne Street and Cathedral Place. Designed by William Wardell in the Gothic style. It was built in stages between 1858 and 1940, consecrated in in 1897, and the spires were not added until the 1930s. The northern view from Cathedral Place toward the western entrance side of the building. In the background to the right hand side of the building is St Patrick's College which was demolished in January 1971. One of 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. Permission to be obtained for reproduction and publication. <a href="https://www.historyvictoria.org.au" target="_blank">For a high resolution copy of this image, contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria</a> ; Glass slide; Images collectionPhotography
Castlemaine Market; GS-EV-69
GS-EV-69; Castlemaine Market; Glass slide of a photograph of the market at 44 Mostyn Street, and the shops further along the street, looking towards the hills behind the town. The Castlemaine Market originally contained 22 shops for the sale of local fresh foods and products. It was one of three market buildings arranged geometrically around an arcaded water tank built over the town well in Market Square. The two earliest red brick market buildings, known as East and West Markets, were erected in 1858 to the design of Edmund Spencer, the town surveyor. In 1861/2 an imposing North Market, the present Classical Revival building, was designed by the town surveyor, William Beynon Downe. [source : Victorian Heritage database] VHR no. H0130 One of 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. Permission to be obtained for reproduction and publication. <a href="https://www.historyvictoria.org.au" target="_blank">For a high resolution copy of this image, contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria</a> ; Glass slide; Images collectionPhotography
Henty's plough, Portland; GS-EV-79
GS-EV-79; Henty's plough, Portland; Glass slide that depicts the plough used to turn the first sod of soil in Victoria on December 6, 1834 when Henty’s workman Robert Cowley planted a crop of potatoes in the area now known as 'the ploughed field' on the cliff top in Bentinck Street in Portland. The plough was later mounted on a commorative plague. The plough consists of a mouldboard and share. The iron work was made by John Wilkie of Uddingston, Scotland, and Henty added the beam of Australian hardwood. (Source: History House, Glenelg Shire). Plough image cropped out of GS-EV-39 or GS-EV-41 Related and similar images : GS-EV-39, GS-EV-41, GS-EV-42 One of 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. Permission to be obtained for reproduction and publication. <a href="https://www.historyvictoria.org.au" target="_blank">For a high resolution copy of this image, contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria</a> ; Glass slide; Images collectionPhotography
Cook's Cottage, before removal to Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne - gs-g-19
GS-G-19; Cook's Cottage, before removal to Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, c. 1930; A photograph of what was thought to be the boyhood home of James Cook at its original location in the North Yorkshire village of Ayton before it was shipped to Australia. It was built for the parents of James Cook in 1755. In 1934 the cottage was dismantled and each stone numbered so the building could be accurately reconstructed in its new location. It is now a popular tourist attraction in Fitzroy Gardens, East Melbourne. 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.; Photograph; Images collection; Selby CollectionPhotography
General Gordon monument, Spring Street, Melbourne - gs-g-27
GS-G-27; General Gordon monument, Spring Street, Melbourne, c. 1900; Photograph taken from the southeast of the monument dedicated to General Charles Gordon of Khartoum. Designed by William Hamo Thornycroft, the over 3m high memorial has the bronze figure of the general in a contemplative stance on a tall square stone plinth. The monument was erected by the people of Victoria in 1887. The buildings along the west side of Spring Street, including the Windsor Hotel, can be seen in the background on the left, and the Treasury Building on the right. The statue shares the Gordon Reserve park with a memorial to the poet Adam Lindsay Gordon. 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.; Glass slide; Images collectionPhotography
Old Melbourne Cemetery: view of the southern boundary, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; GS-TM-30
GS-TM-30; Old Melbourne Cemetery: view of the southern boundary, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; Photograph of a view along a very overgrown path bordered by tombs and trees, with the monument to James Jackson in the foreground, right. The trees in Franklin Street can be seen in the background. 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. Typed label on slide: Old Melbourne Cemetery. The Jackson Obelisk. Builder of Toorak House. For more information about this image <a href="https://www.historyvictoria.org.au" target="_blank"> contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria.</a>; Photograph; Images collectionPhotography
First balloon ascent in England, 1784; c. 1784 (original image); GS-USM-02
GS-USM-02; First balloon ascent in England, 1784; The first balloon ascent in Britain was made by Vincent Lunardi on 15th September 1784 from the training grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company at Moorfields in London. His balloon was filled with hydrogen and he took with him a cat, a dog, a pigeon in a cage, a bottle of wine and a cold chicken. His flight lasted for two hours and fifteen minutes. Lunardi and all the livestock survived the flight. One of the many 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. This image is provided for research purposes and must not be reproduced without prior permission.<a href="https://www.historyvictoria.org.au" target="_blank">For a high resolution copy of this image, contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria</a>; c. 1784 (original image); Glass slide; Images collectionPhotography
LIB 010549; History of Hawthorn : and book of reference (Illustrated) Jubilee year, 1910; Colles, C.G.A.; The book comprises a revised version of a history of the municipality setting out Hawthorn's "growth and progress, from small beginnings to our present dignity of Cityhood'. Illustrations include Old pioneers of Hawthorn, Hawthorn City Councillors, Hawthorn Town Hall and Post office, the old town hall, Reception of Lord Hopetoun at entrance to the city, Present bridge of the Yarra, Old and new bridges, Burwood road looking west, Laying the key brick of the Hawthorn new main drain, Hawthorn city naval cadets, F.H. Brunning Pty Ltd 64 Elizabeth Street, Strathern Riversdale Road, Grace Park Mary Street, Glenferrie House, J Balloch and Sons Auburn Road, Milverton College Fermanagh Street, Griffith Warehouse Flinders Street, Camberwell Grammar School Burke Road, Caffin Drapery Auburn Road, W.N. Unkles Grocer Burwood Road, J. Hardie Drapers Burwood Road, Interior and exterior of the Don cash trading store, Cash and Family butcher Burwood Road, E.I. Hooper drapers Burwood Road, Turners chemist Burwood Road, Rooks and Scott carriage builders Riversdale Road, Eastern Suburbs Technical College, Governor Hotham Hotel corner William street and Burwood Road.; Book; LibraryLibrary
LIB 015537; Old times in the bush of Australia : trials and experiences of early bush life in Victoria during the forties; Kirby, James, 1828-1904; The author describes himself on the title page as 'one of the earliest (if not the earliest) Bush Pioneers, of the Colony of Victoria, now living.' Kirby came to Australia from Northampshire in 1839. Provides first-hand oral history of early Swan Hill district circa 1840 until 1894 by James Kirby was a sheep farmer at "Hillcroft" near Minyip in the Wimmera. Describes Tyntyndyer Station and the Beveridge Brothers for whom Kirby worked, details events leading up to and following the murder of Andrew Beveridge, relates detail of Aboriginal contact with white settlers, Aboriginal culture and tribal life, plus anecdotes about settlers in Swan Hill district. Mentions bush ranger Morgan and gold miners, and includes some bush yarns. The book was written at the expressed wish of his Excellency the Governor, Lord Hopetoun. RHSV copy has a dedication by the author to Edward Armstrong, the public librarian of Victoria.; Book; LibraryLibrary
LIB 040209; The book of the bush : containing many truthful sketches of the early colonial life of squatters, whalers, convicts, diggers, and other who left their native land and never returned; Dunderdale, George, 1822-1903; Stories and reminiscences of life in Victoria between 1850 and 170 told from the perspective of a government officer at a time when squatters and collectors were governing the bush. The author was the Clerk of Courts at Colac and Alberton, Victoria. Illustrated by J. Macfarlane Contents: Purging out the old leaven First settlers Wreck of the convict ship "Neva" on King's Island Discovery of the River Hopkins Whaling Out west in 1849 Among the diggers in 1853 A bush hermit The two shepherds A valiant police-sergeant White slaves The government stroke On the ninety-mile Gippsland pioneers The Isle of blasted hopes Glengarry in Gippsland Wanted, a cattle market Two special surveys How government came to Gippsland Gippsland under the law Until the golden dawn A new rush Gippsland after thirty years Government officers in the bush Seal islands and sealers A happy convict. Ferguson 9304 B.; Book; LibraryLibrary
LIB 040681; Capturing time : panoramas of old Australia; Barnard, Edwin; This work is based on panoramas made between the 1820s and 1930s, covering all of Australia's capital cities and rural areas. The development of the panorama ("cyclorama") is discussed in an opening chapter. Contents include : Capital of the convicts' colony : Sydney 1820 Home for rogues and rebels : Newcastle 1821 Luxuries worthy of a better race : Hobart 1825 &​ Sydney 1827 The view from the frontier : King George Sound 1832 In the grip of Swan River fever : Fremantle 1832 Pioneers on Port Phillip Bay : Melbourne 1841 [Samuel Jackson] The plains of Australia Felix : Challicum 1852 A city built on dreams of gold : Melbourne 1863 Light's vision becomes reality : Adelaide 1866 Convict colony to colonial capital : Brisbane 1872 The harbour city on a world stage : Sydney 1880 City on the edge of nowhere : Perth 1880 "Truly, a happy land is this" : Launceston 1890 Desperate days in the deep north : Palmerston (Darwin) 1870-1897 Building the bush capital : Canberra 1911, 1920s &​ '30s Panoramas made easy : Sydney, Katoomba and Newnes 1920s & '30s. Includes illustrations, maps, and bibliography; Book; LibraryLibrary