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MT-029 (MS Box 285); Geoffrey Ernest Walker, Licensed Private Inquiry Agent, 1960s; Collection of material relating to Geoffrey Ernest Walker who worked as a Licensed Private Inquiry Agent during the 1960s. The name of the detective agency was Abbey Detective Agency and also Broadway Mercantile Agency. Working in mostly the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne he and his staff undertook investigations for divorce cases, the collection of debts, the repossession of cars and the issue of court summons. MT-029.001 - A4 Diary 1968 Used as a "day book" to record the day to day operations of Walker's business as a Private Inquiry Agent in 1968. Includes the whereabouts of staff on particular days as well as phone messages and client information. Handle with care as front pages are coming loose Includes the following items. . MT-029.001.001 Note with phone messages Moorabbin Rates Office, Caulfield Rates office and a number of clients. On stationary for Ledermycin capsules syrup drops. MT-029.001.002 Small calendar from Chapel Gate Pharmacy in Balaclava MT-029.001.003 Pamphlet for Health Services Association Contributory Fund. MT-029.001.004 Note with phone message from clients. On stationary for Ledermycin capsules syrup drops. MT-029.001.005 Note with phone messages from clients. Mt-029.001.006 Business card with phone message on the back. Business card is for Andre Razums of Devondale Cream Sales Pty Ltd. MT-029.001.007 Postcard to Geoff Walker from his Uncle Harry. Features an image of South Africa. MT-029.001.008 Letter to Lawrie from Uncle Harry. The letter is on the letter head of the "Royal Interocean Liners" MT-029.002 - A4 Diary 1967 Used as a "day book" to records the day to day operations of Walker's business as a Private Inquiry Agent in 1967. Includes the whereabouts of staff on particular days as well as phone messages and client information. Includes the following items. MT-029.002.001 Receipt from Institute of Mercantile Agents 18 Randle Street Sydney received $55.10 from Broadway Mercantile Agency MT-029.002.002 Receipt from Caravilla, Reef & Associated Motels (Travelodge) Caravilla Gundagai for $10.50 received 28/08/1967 from Mrs Stewart. MT-029.002.003 Receipt from Commercial Hotel Yass for $6.70 received Mrs Stuard (sic) for accommodation. Proprietor J.K. Kerr. MT-029.002.004 to MT-029.002.009 6 deposit slips for The National Bank of Australasia Limited for 1967 in the amounts of $10.60, $29.25, $12.15, $20.00 and $52.00. MT-029.002.010 Certificate from Institute of Mercantile Agents. "This is to certify that Broadway Mercantile Agency is a Member of this Institute but order of the Committee. Dated 14 December 1967. Reg No. 431. MT-029.002.011 Loose piece of paper giving the details including description (6'1", medium to big build, hazel eyes, dark hair and wears a gold wedding ring) of a man (police officer). Gives details of the places he served and his known associates. MT-029.002.012 & MT-029.002.013 Two black and white photographs attached to the above mentioned loose piece of paper show the man (as indicated by an X) and his wife and another couple at the beach. MT-029-002.014 to MT-029.002.039 Business receipts issued to Geoffrey Walker and Mrs. Stewart and relating to various cases. Includes search fee receipts from the Motor Registration Branch of the Victoria Police and receipts from Government Printing Office, Lady Nell Seeing Eye Dog School and Scarborough School Fund. MT-029.003 - A4 Diary 1969 Used as a "day book" to record the day to day operations of Walker's business as a Private Inquiry Agent in 1969. Includes the whereabouts of staff on particular days as well as phone messages and client information. Includes the following items. MT-029.003.001 Business card for C.H. Collins Private Enquiry, Agent and Process Server (Investigator) 2 Bernard Crescent Bundoora 3083. MT-029.003.002 Business card for Vernon de Young Duhig Ford Pty Ltd 100 Keilor Road Essendon North, Victoria 3041 MT-029.003.003 Note with messages regarding clients MT-029.003.007 & MT-029.003.008 2 page letter addressed to D.A. McKenzie Esq. Licensed Inquiry Agent 63 Midlothian Street Chadstone from F.N Warner Shand Barrister & Solicitors whose address is Box 107 Post Office Rabaul Territory of Papua & New Guinea regarding identifying the man who committed adultery with one of his client's wives. Mr. Warner Shand has requested Mr. McKenzie take photographs of the man who worked at the Lido Restaurant and the said man so that the son of the client can identify him. There is confusion over the man's name and it has been asked this be clarified so he can be named in the divorce MT-029.004 - Ledger of Divorce Cases, No. 3 Register of divorce case handled by the Abbey Detective Agency from April 4 1962 until September 11th 1962. There is also a case at the end from 11 November 1961. They give details of the Petitioner, the Respondent and where know the Co-respondent in the case and also the actions taken by the Detectives in the case. The case notes include details of cars owned by the Respondents in each case, the addresses they live at, the address of their co-respondents and their work places. MT-029.004.001 to MT-029.004.009 Some of the files have photographs attached to the records of the Respondent in question. MT-029.005 - Ledger of Divorce Cases, No. 4 Register of divorce case handled by the Abbey Detective Agency from September 15th 1962 until March 30th 1963. They give details of the Petitioner, the Respondent and where know the Co-respondent in the case and also the actions taken by the Detectives in the case. The case notes include details of cars owned by the Respondents in each case, the addresses they live at, the address of their co-respondents and their work places. MT-029.005.001 to MT-029.005.006 Some of the files have photographs attached to the records of the Respondent in question. There are also two notes / messages taken related to particular cases. MT-029.006 - Ledger of Divorce Cases, No. 6 Register of divorce case handled by the Abbey Detective Agency from January 1st 1964 until December 12th 1964. They give details of the Petitioner, the Respondent and where know the Co-respondent in the case and also the actions taken by the Detectives in the case. The case notes include details of cars owned by the Respondents in each case, the addresses they live at, the address of their co-respondents and their work places. MT-029.006.001 to MT-006.007 Some of the files have photographs attached to the records of the Respondent in question. In this ledger there is also a letter from the Agency to a client regarding an outstanding account and the threat of legal action. MT-029.007 - Ledger of Divorce Cases, No. 7 Register of divorce case handled by the Abbey Detective Agency from December 21st 1964 until December 12th 1966. They give details of the Petitioner, the Respondent and where know the Co-respondent in the case and also the actions taken by the Detectives in the case. The case notes include details of cars owned by the Respondents in each case, the addresses they live at, the address of their co-respondents and their work places. MT-029.007.001 Letter to client regarding an overdue account. ; Book; Tonta Collection

BOOKLET 143; The Sun News Pictorial : Centenary celebrations review, December 11, 1934; Special edition of the newspaper, No. 3817 with photographs of the all the events and people. Contents : The Duke of Gloucester's triumphal entrance into the city [crossing Princes bridge] -- Children give great display for Duke [17,000 children gather at MCG] --- Royal Show expressions and impressions -- Champion cyclists clash in Centenary 1000 -- Duke leaves Melbourne to make country tour -- Here come the Grenadier guards -- Famous pilots prepare for Centenary Air race -- Caulfield Cup -- Magical nights in Centenary Melbourne -- Planes speed across world in great Air Race - Scott's comet wins thrilling air ace -- Heroes who fought out finish of air race [KLM plane being pulled out of mud at Albury] -- City's amazing welcome to air race heroes - Cars in thrilling speed test for Grand prix -- Melbourne Grammar wins Centenary School sports -- Melbourne stages its greatest [floral] pageant -- Natures stages a brilliant pageant too [Centenary Horticultural Show] -- How Victorian Scots celebrated Centenary -- Flying hoof and flying sticks in polo tourney -- Naval pageant gives brilliant picture of past -- 80,000 people hear Centenary Choir of 2000 voices -- Duke makes billy tea on one of country tours -- Duke visits state's provincial cities -- Derby ushers in rich racing carnival -- Champion schoolboy athletes meet in intra-empire games -- 100,000 line Yarra banks for gay Henley Carnival -- Noted Anglicans at all-Australian assembly -- Women show their polo skill in first interstate game -- Bowler's Centenary tourney -- Some last minute plungers on Cup eve -- Pictures tell the story of Centenary £10,000 cup -- Peter Pan and how he won the Melbourne Cup -- What women wore at the race fashion parades -- "In grateful memory I dedicate this shrine" [Duke dedicates the Shrine of Remembrance] -- Famous golfers in Centenary events -- American golfers show the way its done -- The state's Pioneers honored at Centenary functions -- Hentys land again in vivid Portland pageant -- English women's test team plays Victoria -- Papal legate opens the Eucharistic congress -- 150,000 choir sings at candlelight service -- Papal legate gives final benediction [from balcony at Mt St Evin's Hospital]; Booklet; Library

Panoramic view looking south from Town Hall, Fitzroy, August 1880; 1880; GS-BCS-13

GS-BCS-13; Panoramic view looking south from Town Hall, Fitzroy, August 1880; The photograph shows an elevated view of rooftops and buildings stretching to the horizon, with one clearly visible street on the left. The inscription on the border of the image tells us it is taken from the City of Fitzroy Town Hall's tower looking south. The date, August 1880, economic details, and the names of the mayor and councillors at that time are also printed on the border. The street is Napier Street, and on the left side of this street, the largest building is the Presbyterian Church. In the right foreground is a sign which reads "Wickhams Dining Rooms", which was located at 14 Condell Street, Fitzroy. On the horizon, Government House can just be seen at the end of Napier Street, and St Patrick's Cathedral in the middle horizon. The Sands & McDougall Directory of 1880 lists many private residences and small businesses, such as bakers, grocers, and hotels, in the area shown in the photograph. However, from the 1930s to the 1960s, this neighbourhood was included in various government slum reclamation programs. Most of the buildings in the photograph were razed before the construction of the Atherton Gardens high-rise housing commission estate during the 1960s. 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. Isaac Selby gave an illustrated lecture on "Old Melbourne and Fitzroy, its First Suburb", at Town Hall, Fitzroy, on 16th August, 1928. For more information about this image <a href="https://www.historyvictoria.org.au" target="_blank"> contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria</a>; 1880; Photograph; Images collection

Collins Street (south side) looking east from Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, c. 1887; GS-CS-26

GS-CS-26; Collins Street (south side) looking east from Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, c. 1887; This photograph of a coloured lithograph shows in detail the buildings along the south-side of Collins Street from the south-east corner of Elizabeth Street. The busy intersection is shown in the foreground with the brightly coloured "Kew" tram on the right, two horse-drawn vehicles on the left, which look like a later addition to the image, and a pair of white horses crossing the street. The elegant buildings of Collins Street stretch into the distance starting with the colonnaded bank building on the right. This building, built in the early 1880s on the site of the Clarence Hotel, was occupied by the City of Melbourne Bank. This enterprise ran into difficulties during the 1890s and the Royal Bank of Australia took over occupancy of the building in 1903 lending the name, Royal Bank Corner, to this location for many decades, even after the building was demolished in 1939. The other buildings on this side of Collins Street are mainly more banks, building societies, insurances companies and accountants offices. The large grey steep roofs are atop the Victoria Buildings (c. 1888-1966) located on the south-east corner of Swanston Street. Apart from the Town Hall clocktower, the only detail on the north-side of Collins Street is a banner advertising "George & George Universal Providers". The store occupied this building until 1889 when it was destroyed by fire. The Block Arcade was built on this site in 1891. 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 many lectures on old or early Melbourne, given during the 1930s. "When Melbourne Takes Rank as a City", was given on 12th February, 1948, at the Assembly Hall, Collins Street. 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 collection

Harry Hawker, pioneer Australian aviator; Gunn's Slides (Firm); 1919; GS-IT-76

GS-IT-76; Harry Hawker, pioneer Australian aviator; Gunn's Slides (Firm); Harry Hawker examining the engine from his wrecked Sopwith Atlantic aircraft. Harry George Hawker, a pioneer Australian airman, was born in Brighton, Melbourne in 1889. He became a skilled motor mechanic and set up his own business. He went to England in 1911, hoping to become an aviator. He got a job with the Sopwith Aviation Co., took flying lessons and gained his pilot's licence in 1912. He became a test pilot and designer for Sopwith and made several record breaking flights. He brought a Sopwith Tabloid aircraft to Australia and gave demonstration flights. Hawker returned to England and worked with Sopwith throughout World War I. One of his greatest contributions to aviation was his development of a technique for regaining control of a spinning aircraft. In May 1919 Hawker and Lieutenant-Commander McKenzie-Grieve attempted to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in a Sopwith Atlantic aircraft. Engine trouble forced them down in the sea well away from shipping lanes. However, they had come across a Danish steamer, the SS "Mary", and were able to ditch near her. They were picked up and the aircraft was abandoned. The "Mary" had no radio so the world did not know what had happened to the aviators until several days later when they were landed in England. The wreckage of the Sopwith Atlantic was salvaged by the SS "Lake Charlottesville" and landed in Falmouth, England and subsequently displayed in Selfridge's store in London. This photograph shows Harry Hawker examining the engine of the wrecked aircraft. On July 12th 1921 Hawker was killed in the crash of a Nieuport Goshawk while he was practising for the Aerial Derby air race. 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>; 1919; Glass slide; Images collection

Flight Lieutenant R.W.Bungey, RAF; 1941 (original image); GS-PM-35

GS-PM-35; Flight Lieutenant R.W.Bungey, RAF; Robert Bungey was born in 1914 in South Australia. He learned to fly with the RAAF at Point Cook and then went to England as a member of a group of twenty-five RAAF officers who took up short service commissions in the Royal Air Force in July 1937. When war broke out Bungey was with 226 Squadron flying obsolete Fairey Battle bombers in the Battle of France. These aircraft were totally outclassed by the Luftwaffe and Bungey was lucky to survive. Back in England, Bungey transferred to Fighter Command, initially flying Hurricane fighters. In March 1941 he was posted to 452 Squadron, RAAF, flying Spitfires. In October he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Also in October Bungey married an English girl, Sybil Johnson. In February 1942 Sybil arrived in Adelaide to await the birth of their first child. She stayed with Bungey’s parents and a baby boy was born in March 1942. On 4 May 1943 Bungey, who had been posted back to Australia, arrived in Adelaide to join Sybil and their baby son Richard. Unfortunately, on 27 May Sybil died of meningitis. Distressed by his wife’s death, on 10 June Robert Bungey went to Brighton Beach in Adelaide with Richard and shot Richard, then himself. Robert died but the baby, although seriously wounded, survived and was adopted by Robert’s brother. A Spitfire fighter flown by Bungey while he was with 452 Squadron is on display in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. The original of this drawing is contained in the book "Men of the RAF" by Sir William Rothenstein and Lord David Cecil (1942). 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>; 1941 (original image); Glass slide; Images collection

Burke and Wills Memorial : Melbourne General Cemetery, c. 1920s; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; GS-TM-02

GS-TM-02; Burke and Wills Memorial : Melbourne General Cemetery, c. 1920s; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; Photograph of the front of the monolithic Burke and Wills memorial located at the southern end of Melbourne General Cemetery. The bodies of the dead explorers were exhumed from the place where they died, Cooper's Creek, Queensland, and were interred in the cemetery in January 1863. The monument was erected over the grave site in May 1866, and the inscriptions on the base added in 1873. The inscription reads: In Memory of Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills The large, Harcourt granite, roughly hewn block was the largest block ever quarried in Victoria, with the Victorian Parliament providing the funds. The monument was designed by Huxley and Parker, who placed the granite on another square block to which the inscriptions were added. Both blocks are elevated on two steps. The top part of a smaller monument can be seen at the bottom of the photograph. It was erected in 1910, by the Council of the Old Colonists Association, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the departure the explorers from Melbourne. At least two other graves can be seen to the left of the monument, and others to the right. 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

Adam Lindsay Gordon: Brighton General Cemetery, Melbourne, c.1930; T.W. Cameron (Firm); GS-TM-04

GS-TM-04; Adam Lindsay Gordon: Brighton General Cemetery, Melbourne, c.1930; T.W. Cameron (Firm); Photograph of memorial built over the remains of Adam Lindsay Gordon, poet and gentleman steeplechase rider, located at Brighton Cemetery, Caulfield South. The memorial takes the form of a bluestone stepped square pedestal topped with a bluestone broken Doric column. A white stone wreath decorates the top of the column. White stone inserts on the faces of the pedestal are etched with details of his death, and the names of his poems. THE POET GORDON (on face on right) Died June 24 1870 Aged 37 Years. SEA SPRAY and SMOKE DRIFT (on face on left) The poet's grave became a popular pilgrimage site, thousands would gather annually, and a number of societies were formed devoted to his memory. Two free-standing commemoration plaques are at the base of the monument, possibly placed there at either the 50th or 60th anniversary of Gordon's death. The dark circular one, on the left, has been placed by members of the Australian Natives Association. The ANA was instrumental in organising the gatherings. The framed plaque on the right shows a picture of Gordon surrounded by a green wreath. This could be an image of the wreath brought from England and donated by his "first love". Bushes and plants surround the monument, and other graves can be seen in the background. Wattle was known to be Gordon's favourite flower and wattle trees were planted around his grave by his followers according to newspaper reports. A trefoil shaped grave marker with the number 20 can be seen in the foreground. Gordon was living in Brighton when he committed suicide by shooting himself at the nearby beach. 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 collection

Conway family : Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; GS-TM-17

GS-TM-17; Conway family : Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; Photograph of tombstone placed over the remains of Henry Conway and his three sons, John, Henry and James. Selby tells us in his "Memorial History of Melbourne" (p.385, ref.205), that this is "One of the better kept graves, railed, with a good stone." More tombstones can be seen in the background. The slight curve of the gravestone top is decorated with spiral pattern. The inscription starts at the top of the stone allowing for additions over the years. The inscription reads: ERECTED BY HENRY CONWAY IN MEMORY OF HIS SON JAMES WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 3rd APRIL 1849 AGED 2 YEARS This infant bud so fresh and fair Cut off by early doom, Came but to show how young a flower In Paradise can bloom. HERE ALSO IS INTERRED the body of the above-named HENRY CONWAY WHO departed THIS life the 3rd July 1853 AGED 34 years. HENRY CONWAY son of the above, died 23rd December 1891, aged 47 years. JOHN CONWAY DIED 22nd AUGUST, 1909, AGED 66 YEARS John "Jack" Conway was a well known sportsman who played first-class cricket and captained the Carlton Football Club. He organised the first Australian cricket tour to England in 1878, and wrote for The Age, Argus and the Sydney Morning Herald. 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

John Pascoe Fawkner, wife and parents : inscription only, Melbourne General Cemetery, c. 1930; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; GS-TM-45

GS-TM-45; John Pascoe Fawkner, wife and parents : inscription only, Melbourne General Cemetery, c. 1930; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; Photograph of the white stone inscription tablet fixed to the back wall of the memorial built over the remains of John Pascoe Fawkner, founder of Melbourne, his wife, Eliza, and his parents, John and Eliza. The memorial takes the form of a small steeply-roofed stone mausoleum, with an arched doorway and a stone balustrade projecting from the front. (GS-TM-03) An image of John Pascoe Fawkner's head and neck, side-on, is carved into the pointed top of the text panel within a circle, with the text picked out in black underneath. The inscription reads: Here Lies (Gothic script) The Mortal Remains Of JOHN PASCOE FAWKNER Who Founded the City of Melbourne August 29th 1835 Born October 20th 1792, at London Died September 4th 1869, at Smith St. Collingwood Aged 77 Years also of JOHN FAWKNER Senior, Who Died September 24th 1854 Aged 84 Years. And of his Widow ELIZA [John Senior's much younger second wife] Who Died May 18th 1858 Aged 66 Years (The details of John Pascoe Fawkner's wife, also Eliza, have been cut off the bottom of the slide. She died July 8th, 1879) 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. Selby strongly argued that Batman, and not Fawkner, was the founder of Melbourne, and organised annual visits to Batman's grave on Foundation Day. Ironically, Batman's grave was relocated to Fawkner cemetery in 1923. 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

Edward Curr, his widow and two sons: Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; GS-TM-54

GS-TM-54; Edward Curr, his widow and two sons: Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; Photograph of a light-coloured stone with a round top and curved shoulders, marking the burial of Edward Curr, two of his sons, and his widow. The grave, in the Roman Catholic section, is bordered by a low iron railing. Long grass and trees fill the blurred background. The inscription reads: (398, in Selby's grave index, p. 397, OPMHoM) (Small cross with I. H. S.) In Your Charity Pray for the Soul of EDWARD CURR of St Heliers Who Departed This Life Nov 16, 1850 Aged 52 Years Also for WILLIAM TALBOT Second Son of the above Who Died May 12, 1847 [actually died 1846] Aged 24 Years Also for ARTHUR Sixth Son of the above Who Died Dec 2, 1854 Aged 24 Years Also for ELIZABETH Widow of EDWARD CURR Who Departed This Life Oct 18, 1866 In Her 69th Year Requiescant In Pace (carved towards the bottom of the stone) Selby tells us (p. 107) that Curr "was an English Roman Catholic with an Irish spirit", advocating for separation from the government of NSW. He was a "successful squatter" introducing special breeds of cattle and sheep, and becoming known as "the potentate of the north." Unfortunately he died the year before Victoria was declared an independent colony. 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. The date 1918 is written on the border of the slide. 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

LIB 045555; Making herstory : voices of the Thwaites and Fitzpatrick women across time and place; Downey, Helen; Spanning two centuries, Making Herstory is a unique window into the raw pioneer existence of Mary Ann Thwaites, her daughter Ethel, who grew up in the 1870s Victorian town of Queenscliff, and her granddaughter Theodora, who conquered the men's domain of the Tasmanian wilderness in the late 1930s. Alive with twists and connections, we wonder what Theo's outspoken mother, Ethel, is hiding. Unravelling her secret brings an understanding of why her daughter took to hiking, mountaineering and skiing in Tasmania, never returning to seaside Queenscliff, where one of the most scenic and historically significant places was Thwaites Walk, named for the Thwaites men - Theo's grandfather, uncles and cousins. his is a significant herstory. The voices of these women speak to us through letters, diaries, stories, newspapers and magazines, reverberating across time and changing with each location, adding to the often dismissed, but important, wealth of recorded female experience. Contents ch. 1. Mary Ann and Ethel : there were women on the piers ch. 2. Ethel : living in Queenscliff when feminism was a luxury ch. 3. Ethel : silencing fish wives - women can't sing, paint, write or think ch. 4. Ethel : tyranny and humiliation in Fitzpatrick's bakery ch. 5. Theo : adolescence on the Bellarine Peninsula ch. 6. Ethel : in her wildest dreams, she never imagined Theo's independence ch. 7. Theo : women climbing Cradle ch. 8. Theo : independence and freedom, roaming on a bicycle ch. 9. Ethel : rejecting the submissive role patriarchy reserved for her ch. 10. Theo and Ethel : WWII and the composing genius of Bach and Sutherland ch. 11. Theo : diverse WWII recreational and cultural pastimes for women ch. 12. Ethel : economic independence for all women ch. 13. Theodora, Nancy and Rosaline : there were women on the peaks! ch. 14. Theo : history required the invisibility of women ch. 15. Ethel and Theo : women's experiences matter ch. 16. Theo : married on Friday, trapped in the kitchen on Monday ch. 17. Mary Ann, Ethel and Theo : lost herstories cannot be plucked out of thin air.; Book; Library

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