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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

MS 0001796; Documents from the office of Geographic Names; Office of Geographic Names; Collection of material from the Office of Geographic Names as Victorian Genealogy index, old RHSV newsletters, Sands & Mc Douglas Directory of Victoria 1968, List of Post Telegraph offices, Pamphlet Victoria’s Golden Years and Historic Place Investigations of the West Wimmera District. Copies of documents handwritten by K. L. Chapel and sketches regarding the Pastoral Run of the lands with Parishes and selectors indexed in tabs describing names, allotments, date of applications and other personal details. 275-1 McKenzie Spring (15 pages) – The Pastoral Era 1849 – 1883 – The Selectors 1879 – 1884 Glenlee (21 pages) – The Pastoral Era 1857 – 1880 – The Selectors 1878 – 1884 Tullyvea (29 pages) – Some of the men of the Pastoral Era 1846 – 1879 – Selectors who came before the mallee was opened for settlement 1878 – 1885 – Lessees who followed unsuccessful selectors 1882 - 1906 275-2 Mount Elgin (125 pages) – The Pastoral Era 1847 – 1885 – The Selectors 1876 – 1885 275-3 Lillimur and Nateyip (63 pages) – The Pastoral Era 1847 – 1881 – The Selectors 1876 – 1885 The Big Desert Country (22 pages) Shire of Lowan (9 pages) “Australia Felix”. “Looking Backward” (by Arcola – Extracts from “Dimboola Banner” 26th May, 2nd June, 9th June, 1916) – (2 pages) 275-4 Lorquon – Counties of Lowan and Weeah (84 pages) – Some of the men of the Pastoral Era 1851 – 1881 – Selectors 1878 – 1884 – Lessees who followed unsuccessful selectors 1887 – 1906 Lorquon Run Sketch plan (2 copies) 275-5 A Wimmera Pioneer and his family – St. Eloy D’Alton (1849 – 1930) – (114 pages) Appendices – (1 page) Wimmera Place Name Aboriginal Origins, etc. – Extracts from “Pioneers of the Wimmera” (by St. Eloy D’Alton – published in the “Dimboola Banner” 1st, 4th and 8th April 1913) – (3 pages) Obituary of Miss Sophia D’Alton of Halls Gap Extracts from Certificate of Death of St. Eloy D’Alton Obituary of St. Eloy D’Alton Some of the published writings of St. Eloy D’Alton (3 pages) The Botany of the “Little Desert”, Wimmera, Victoria (by St. Eloy D’Alton) Extract from “The Victorian Naturalist”, Vol. XXX. August, 1913. 275-6 Cove – Brimble (91 pages) – The Pastoral Occupation 1849 – 1884 – The Selectors pursuant to the 1869 Land Act. ; Document; Library; Donated by Rafe Benli, Project Officer, Office of Geographic Names, 14 May 2014

P-527.001-Pi; Members of the McQualter Family sitting on the ground outside Ballan House, Ballan. c.1885; Eden Photo Studio, Ballarat; Members of the McQualter Family sitting on the ground outside Ballan House, Ballan. c.1885 The McQualter Family from left to right are believed to be 1. Miss Caroline Clara (Carrie) McQualter (1860-1951) 2. Miss Elizabeth Jane (Jean) McQualter (1866-1939) ? 3. Mr Robert McQualter (1827? - 1895) 4. Mrs Elizabeth McQualter (Nee Barty) (1825?-1909) 5. Mr John George Taylor? While the inscription on the back indicates that the 2nd women in the photograph is daughter Elizabeth Jane (Jean) Mcqualter it might in fact be daughter Jean Ferguson McQualter who was married to Mr John George Taylor in 1875 Alternatively while in inscription on the back indicates the gentleman to the far right as being Mr John George Taylor it maybe son in law Lachlan Alexander Fairbairn who was married to the identified Elizabeth Jane (Jean) McQualter. Caroline Clara McQualter (Carrie) married James Alexander McIndoe in 1885 Elizabeth Jane (Jean) McQualter married station and stock agent Lachlan Alexander Fairbairn in 1889 Jessie Ferguson McQualter married Mr John George Taylor in 1875. ; Photograph

Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution, 1878. ; Nettleton, Charles, 1826–1902; A-32-E

A-32-E; Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution, 1878. ; Nettleton, Charles, 1826–1902; View of the main building from the west. To the left of the building is a small glass house and in the foreground are fruit trees and a vegetable plot. Situated on the east side of St Kilda Road [583-597 St Kilda Road] to the south of Wesley College, the school was opened on 13 October 1866 by His Excellency, Sir J.H.T. Manners-Sutton, six months after the foundation stone was laid on 6 March 1866 by the governor, Sir Charles Darling. The north wing was added in 1871. The architects were Crouch and Wilson, the builder William Ireland. F.J. Rose was headmaster / superintendent 1860-1891. Sir William Stawell was president for over thirty years from 1861. In 1946 the school was renamed Victorian School for Deaf Children. [Refs: 'Utmost for the highest : the story of the Victorian School for Deaf Children', J. H. Burchett.] Victorian Heritage Register H2122 It is one of approximately 50 photographs from the set 'Views of Melbourne" by Charles Nettleton. Complete set in RHSV collection A-10-C to A-50-C. 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>; Photograph; Images collection; Purchased from J. A. Hanley (bookseller), May 1918

Manse at Scots Church, Campbellfield c. 1850-1864; c . 1925; A-53-C.6

A-53-C.6; Manse at Scots Church, Campbellfield c. 1850-1864; View of the original bluestone manse which was built for Reverend Peter Gunn. He was the second minister, and was there from 1845 until his death in 1864, and is buried in the church grounds. The bluestone manse, designed by architect, Charles Laing, was built for Gunn in 1850. The church and manse stand on land donated by Neill Campbell, of the Campbellfield Estate, the original grantee. The architect was commissioned by the church committee in 1850 to prepare plans. In the beginning is served a primarily Scottish-born congregation. The burial ground in the churchyard was established in 1844. [Ref: A Study of Scot's Church, Campbellfield, and the Manor House, David Morgan., Victorian Heritage Database Report] Victorian Heritage Register H0127 One of a group of six photographs mounted on card. Four photographs are of the exterior of the church, one is of the exterior of the manse and one shows Rev. Peter Gunn standing at the entrance to the church. See A-53.001-C to A-53.006. 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 . 1925; Photograph; Images collection; Donated by Mrs Aeneas Gunn, March-June 1930

P-452.001-Co; Henry Gyles Turner, banker and writer, 1831-1920, 1906; Alice Mills (Firm); One of three studio portraits. Henry Gyles Turner was born in 1831, Kensington, London, England to William Turner and Caroline Gyles. He sailed to Australia aboard the RMS 'Argo' from Southampton, England in 1854. In 1855, Henry married Helen Ramsay in South Yarra. They had no children. Henry was an Officer of the Bank of Australasia from 1854 to 1870; before becoming the General Manager of Commercial Bank of Australia from 1870 to 1901. He held many Public Office positions; for example: Chairman of the St Kilda Cemetery Trust, Vice President Historical Society of Victoria, President of Banks Rowing Clubs, Member Metropolitan Fire Brigade Board and President of Eclectic Association of Melbourne. Over the years, Henry G. Turner published many pamphlets and books; for example: 'A History of the Colony of Victoria', 1904; 'The Aims and Objects of a Literature Society', 1903. A full list of his positions and literary works can be found in his own handwriting within the RHSV datasheet 'Register of Early Colonists', dated 1917. Henry moved to Queensland for a few years before returning to Victoria where he passed away in 1920, in St. Kilda.; Photograph; Images collection

RG03-44-066; Heape Court Warehouse Precinct. Sites & Context; Butler, Graeme, 1947-; Collection of photocopied images and building identification forms gathered together for a 1990 Historic Buildings Council hearing related to nineteenth century warehouses located in Heape Court, Melbourne. Includes information on comparable surviving brick or bluestone sites elsewhere in Melbourne and Carlton. The "Heape Court warehouses, dating from the early 1850s, are an important surviving examples of a nineteenth century commercial laneway precinct. It contains two rare examples of gold-rush period warehouses, the 1854 brick Pynsent's Second Store and Cooper's Blacksmith Shop at the rear of 361-5 Little Lonsdale Street, and the 1853 bluestone Pynsent's First Store at 303-305 Elizabeth Street constructed by the notable firm of James Lawrence & son. The laneway also contains the three-storey brick Cooper's Warehouse at the rear of 359 Little Lonsdale Street, designed in 1887 by the significant Melbourne architects Twentyman and Askew for the ironmongers and importers J. Cooper & Son. All three buildings and the laneway remain substantially original and have been in continuous use for commercial purposes for over 130 years. The precinct retains an intimate scale coupled with a consistent 19th century architectural character. Classified: 11/08/1990." [Source: Victorian Heritage Database - Victorian Heritage Register H0826] Thit items are part of the Butler Collection, a large archive of conservation studies, photographs and related reference material. ; c.1990; Document; Butler Collection; Donated by Graeme Butler, 2023.

RG03-44-103-2; Streetscape vol.1 [City of Melbourne conservation study]; Butler, Graeme, 1947-; A compilation reference volume created from the streetscape sections of two of seven studies carried out for the Historic Buildings Preservation Council of Victoria in 1976. This volume is comprised of material from the Area 1 and Area 2 studies. Includes some maps and photocopies of photographs. Repeats some Area 2 content found in RG03-44-103-1. Includes loosely inserted pages. This volume is part of a larger project of seven studies commissioned by the Historic Buildings Preservation Council of Victoria [now Heritage Victoria] to document heritage buildings in central Melbourne. Each study was by a different heritage consultant or firm and aimed to provide the classifications sub-committee with relevant architectural and historical information to support registration of significant buildings. Area 1 study by John & Phyllis Murphy Area 2 study by Graeme Butler (working for Perrott Lyon Timlock Kesa and Associates) The Butler Collection is a large archive of conservation studies, research files, photographs and related reference material.; Book; Butler Collection; Donated by Graeme Butler, 2023

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