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RG03-44-049; Set of papers: Austral Building, 115-119 Collins Street, Melbourne; Butler, Graeme, 1947-; Research file for Austral Building, 115-119 Collins Street, Melbourne. File assembled for possible inclusion of Austral Building on the Historic Buildings Register in 1988. The Austral Building [also Austral Buildings] was constructed in 1890 in the English Queen Anne revival style. It was designed by noted Melbourne architect, Nahum Barnet and housed noted literary and artistic tenants until well into the 20th century. [Source: Wikipedia] Includes: > 1 x correspondence, Historic Buildings Council, 1988. > 4 x National Trust of Australia (Vic) research files/file notes, c.1988. > Mary Holyoake, "Artists' Studios in Melbourne 1840s-1980s", unpublished manuscript. > Graeme Butler, "Austral Buildings. Oral Data", 1988. > City of Melbourne - building permit application index cards, (photocopies) > partial architectural plans, 1929, 1970. (photocopies) > photocopies of photographs > handwritten notes - Sands & MacDougall directory entries These items are part of the Butler Collection, a large archive of conservation studies, photographs and related reference material. Some items were copied onto repurposed paper and show unrelated text on one side.; 1988; Document; Butler Collection; Donated by Graeme Butler, 2023.Archives
RG03-64-001; Glenferrie Road/High Street conservation study commissioned by the City of Malvern; Coleman Sutherland Conservation Consultants (firm); 1-1: Title page: Glenferrie Road/High Street conservation study; commissioned by the city of Malvern; prepared by Coleman Sutherland Conservation Consultants.; May 1983. 2nd edition: August 1984. This study identifies buildings and areas of architectural and historical importance within the Glenferrie Road/High Street Centre and makes recommendations for their protection under the Historic Buildings Register and Town and Country Planning Act. The report includes guidelines for building restoration and future development. Includes maps, diagrams, photographs, bibliography and glossary. Also includes a building typology matrix, recording original and restored features of each building in the survey area. 1-2: Supplementary file. Letter addressed to Graeme Butler from Brian Stafford, Lacework Landscape Collaborative, dated 16 August 1988. The Butler Collection is a large archive of conservation studies, photographs and related reference material.; 1984; Book; Butler Collection; Donated by Graeme Butler, 2023Library
RG03-80-020; Industrial Archaeology of Victoria; Vines, Gary; 20-1: Other title: Industrial Archaeology of Victoria, industrial heritage databases, registers and recording systems in use in Victoria by Gary Vines for Melbourne's Living Museum of the West Incorporated, 1996. This report provides a summary of the heritage recording systems in use in Victoria in 1996, with outlines of the organisations and the type of typological or classification used. Key types of sites include bridges, roads, milestones, railways, water supply, electrical supply, wharves, mining, agricultural and pastoral technology, flour mills and moveable objects. Includes index and comparative analysis. 20-2: Supplementary file > Contextual letter from Gary Vines regarding contents of report. > 2 floppy disks, and accompanying 1 page description regarding content. Contains bibliography, indexes. The Butler Collection is a large archive of conservation studies, photographs and related reference material.; 1996; Book; Butler Collection; Donated by Graeme Butler, 2023Library
Panoramic view looking along Toorak Road, Toorak, 1920; T.W. Cameron (Firm); GS-BCS-40
GS-BCS-40; Panoramic view looking along Toorak Road, Toorak, 1920; T.W. Cameron (Firm); This elevated view of the north side of Toorak Road looking east was probably photographed from the tower of St John's Church, which is situated on the south-east corner of Orrong and Toorak roads. Located east of Lansell Road, the red brick building seen just left of the middle of the image is a chapel and presbytery built by the Catholic Church in 1911. In 1922, St Peter's Catholic Church was built on this site. The grey and white steeple, seen on the horizon to the right of the image, belongs to the Presbyterian (Uniting) Church, built in 1876, north of St Georges Road. The houses and mansions occupying the land between the two churches, that is, the land between Lansell Road and St Georges Road, were built on the Toorak House estate after it was subdivided in 1874 and 1900. William Drummond bought at least two allotments facing Toorak Road, and built 'Kildrum' in 1902, a mansion with a coach house and outhouses. An early electric tram can be seen passing in front of St Peter's. The Prahran municipality was one of the first to establish a tram service in 1910. Image most probably reproduced from 'The History of Prahran, from its first settlement to a City' (2nd. ed. 1924) by J. B. Cooper, opposite p140. 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 collectionPhotography
University of Melbourne : first building - original design, c. 1855; T.W. Cameron (Firm); GS-BCS-46
GS-BCS-46; University of Melbourne : first building - original design, c. 1855; T.W. Cameron (Firm); This etching of the proposed first major building (quadrangle) to be constructed at the University of Melbourne campus, focusses on the south wing with its short tower. Unfortunately, after building the other three wings of the quadrangle, there were no more funds to complete this fourth, south side above the foundations. This image is probably one of the etchings commissioned by the architect, Francis Maloney White, of the building he envisioned. He based his design on contemporary British university buildings which favoured the Tudor Gothic style to denote ties to traditional seats of learning, but with an absence of ecclesiastic features, to indicate modernity and secular ideas. The foundation stone was laid in 1854 by the first Chancellor, Sir Redmond Barry, and the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Charles Hotham. The design was altered many times during the build. The original design of the south wing tower inspired the clocktower of the Old Arts building opened in 1924. The south wing was finally constructed in 1969. A creek was dammed to create the lake, and gardens of native and exotic plantings and meandering paths were landscaped around the Quadrangle. Also see "A History of the University of Melbourne" by E. Scott (1936) opposite p12. Similar image GS-EM-72. 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 collectionPhotography
Exhibition Building, Melbourne: Interior showing Grand Organ, stage and seating in hall, c. 1880; GS-BCS-50
GS-BCS-50; Exhibition Building, Melbourne: Interior showing Grand Organ, stage and seating in hall, c. 1880; This photograph has been taken looking west along the west nave of the Exhibition Building towards the Organ Gallery. The stage in front of the organ has been set up ready for an orchestra. The Exhibition Building was constructed in 1879-1880, and the organ erected in 1880, for the 1880-1 Melbourne International Exhibition. The image shows the west nave with its wide side aisles on the ground floor and continuous galleries on the first floor. There is a banner that reads "India" to the left of the stage. There are flags "of every nation" draped from the first floor galleries. The organ was made at the Richmond factory of Mr George Fincham, and at the time was considered to be the 20th largest organ in the world. Part of the organ was removed in 1948, the rest in 1965. 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 probably showed this slide during his lecture, 'Melbourne Exhibitions', at the public library on August 10th, 1932. He gave another lecture, 'Great Exhibitions of the World - With a plea for one at the Centenary of Victoria', at Independent Hall, Collins Street, on July 5th, 1949. For more information about this image <a href="https://www.historyvictoria.org.au" target="_blank"> contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria.</a>; Glass slide; Images collectionPhotography
Bourke Street looking west from Swanston Street, Melbourne, c. 1900; GS-CS-12
GS-CS-12; Bourke Street looking west from Swanston Street, Melbourne, c. 1900; This photograph has been taken from the intersection of Bourke and Swanston streets, looking west. The photographer is standing in the road on the south side of the intersection, nearly getting themselves knocked down by a passing horse-drawn vehicle, as seen by the horse's head in the bottom-left foreground. Another horse and empty cab has just crossed Swanston Street and heads west. A cyclist waits on the left before venturing forth. A policeman wearing the "on duty" stripes on his lower-left cuff, chats to a man holding a white flag. Before traffic lights were installed in the 1920s it was up to these early traffic police, with their noticeable white helmets, to stop collisions and gridlock at main intersections. Two cable trams cross Elizabeth Street further west. Bourke Street rises in the distance densely lined with buildings on both sides. The Leviathan Clothing Company is seen on the south corner on the left of the image. Its premises were rebuilt in 1913. Part of the signage of the Hotel Metropole can be seen further along the south side. On the north side of Bourke Street is Buckley & Nunn, a drapers and importers, and Robertson & Moffat, drapers and clothiers. Both stores have "sales" on. The clock on the GPO building says ten minutes to ten. 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>; Glass slide; Images collectionPhotography
GS-CS-21; Bank of New South Wales, Collins Street West, Melbourne, c. 1880; Dunscombe Optician Bristol; View of a row of elegant buildings centred on the north side of Collins Street West at No 55, the Bank of New South Wales. The building on the left at No 59 became the offices of the City of Melbourne Bank Ltd after 1872 [source : SLV]. The Bank of New South Wales (No 55) is an intricate dual-level facade Renaissance Revival-style building by Joseph Reed and completed in 1857. This was the head office of the Bank of NSW in Victoria. It is a copy of Jacopo Sanssovina's Biblioteca Marciana in St Mark's Square, Venice. The building was demolished in 1932 owing to structural problems. The facade was preserved and gifted by the bank to the University of Melbourne, where it formed the facade of the old Commerce Building in 1938. In 2004 the facade was incorporated into a new building at the university, known as the Melbourne School of Design within the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. No 49 shows an ornate-fronted three storey building with many pillars. Businesses occupying the building included the offices of the British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company, the European & Eastern Telegram Agency, and George N. Oakley, a mining agent and Consul for His Hawaiian Majesty. 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
Commissioners of Markets, minutes of first meeting - GS-EM-39
GS-EM-39; Commissioners of Markets, minutes of first meeting, c. 1842; Two hand-written pages documenting the first meeting of the Commissioners of Markets of Melbourne, which was held at the Police Office on November 8th, 1841. Later meetings were held at the Exchange Hotel in Collins Street. Just over a year later the work of the Commission is taken over by the Market Committee, part of the newly formed Town Council. Only two members of the Commission, Fawkner and Stephens, entered the Council. The Market Commission was the first body elected under statute in Victoria; the commissioners being elected by landowners with an annual rental of 20 pounds. Three markets were created: produce and meat (Western Market), a separate cattle market, and a hay and corn market. Present at the meeting were the Police Magistrate Major St. John, James Simpson, George Arden, James Dobson, John Jones Peers, J. P. Fawkner, John Stephen, Dr Farquhar McCrae & George Porter. The first order of business was to elect the Chairman, James Simpson. Isaac Selby made photocopies of the document which he included in a talk he gave to the Victorian Historical Society titled, "The Life of Dr John Patterson and The Election of the First Mayor of Melbourne", reproduced in "The Victorian Historical Magazine" (Vol. XXI, No. 4, p.16). 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
The Windsor to St Kilda Railway Loop Bridge, spanning St Kilda Road, St Kilda, 1857; T.W. Cameron (Firm); GS-EV-55
GS-EV-55; The Windsor to St Kilda Railway Loop Bridge, spanning St Kilda Road, St Kilda, 1857; T.W. Cameron (Firm); Glass slide that depicts the railway bridge over St Kilda road and a footpath. A man is driving livestock on the road, and a man and woman are walking along the path. The railway bridge, buildings and cloudy sky are in the background. In 1857 the St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company was authorized to run a line from Brighton to Windsor, and then by a loop across Punt Road and St Kilda Road to St Kilda Station and then on to Flinders Street. The first train on the loop line from St Kilda was on 3 December 1859, and it opened to the public ten days later. This St Kilda-Windsor railway line linked the isolated Windsor to Brighton (Bay Street) section of the Melbourne railway network to the city. The branch line fell into disuse when an alternative route was built between Windsor and Richmond stations and was closed in 1862. [Sources: Wikipedia, Victorian Heritage Database Report] 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.; Glass slide; Images collectionPhotography
GS-GS-175; Set of plumbing diagrams, drawings and "germs": probably teaching aids used by Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW); The set comprises of 66 slides from GS-GS-175 to 241 showing instructional diagrams and drawings of how to avoid problems in household and street plumbing, including: GS-GS-175 Drain made of "seconds" GS-GS-176 Vents and pipes GS-GS-177 Invasive odors GS-GS-178 Drawing with caption: "Jerry builder" buying "seconds" GS-GS-179 Overflowing cesspit GS-GS-180/181 Section through house model GS-GS-182/183 Exterior of house model GS-GS-184/185 House sanitation-room ventilation GS-GS-186 Leaking underground pipes GS-GS-187/188 Cesspool underneath house GS-GS-189 Broken pipe near stream GS-GS-190 Blocked pipe flooding basement GS-GS-191 Broken pipe flooding basement GS-GS-192 Broken pipes contaminating under floor GS-GS-193 Drawing of woman watching workmen GS-GS-194 Incorrect slope under floor GS-GS-195 Blocked street drains ... GS-GS-202 Keeping drinking water pure ... GS-GS-206 Sewerage contaminating drinking water ... GS-GS-208 Leaking street drain ... GS-GS-214 A clean, safe house GS-GS-215 Weak cover of cesspit (with man falling in) ... GS-GS-227 "MMBW / Drawings of Type / House Connections" ... GS-GS-229 Septic plant for 20 adults ... GS-GS-231 Cartoon of two "germs" talking to each other GS-GS-232 to 241 Photographs of bacteria under a microscope lens Many glass slides were 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
Derrimut Memorial : Melbourne General Cemetery, 1930; GS-TM-05.1
GS-TM-05.1; Derrimut Memorial : Melbourne General Cemetery, 1930; Photograph of gravestone placed over the remains of Derrimut, an Aboriginal leader of the Boonwurrung people from the Melbourne area. The gravestone is a plain white stone with a slightly curved top, which is viewed face-on taking up most of the image. The details of why the memorial was erected are etched in black starting at the very top of the stone. It reads : "This stone was Erected By a few colonists To commemorate the noble act Of the Native Chief Derrimut Who by timely information given October 1835 To the first colonists Messrs Fawkner, Lancey, Evans, Henry Batman And thier [sic] dependents Saved them from massacre, Planned by some of the Up-country tribes of Aborigines. Derrimut closed his mortal career". For some reason the photograph, or maybe the slide maker, has cut off the bottom three lines of text, which reported where Derrimut died (in the Benevolent Asylum), when (May 28th 1864), and age (Aged about 54 years). The grave is surrounded by kerb with a low iron railing. Some shrubs have been planted behind the stone. There is a large monument to the right and behind Derrimut's memorial. 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. He numbered this slide 26. 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