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Mrs Jane Montgomery Mackinnon : Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; GS-TM-37

GS-TM-37; Mrs Jane Montgomery Mackinnon : Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; A front-on photograph of a decorated chest tomb, mounted on a plinth, which sits over the remains of Jane Montgomery Mackinnon, wife of Lauchlan Mackinnon who was the Member for Port Phillip of the Legislative Council of Sydney. The monument, described by Selby as "one of the finest works of art in the Cemetery", has finely carved architectural features and elaborate decorations including, acanthus and scrollwork feet, the pattern of which is repeated in the carving mounted on the top of the chest. The two inscription panels are placed on either side of a carved wreath, and an inverted flaming torch appears on both edges. The inscriptions read: Left: Erected By LAUCHLAN MACKINNON (written in very elaborate script) in most affectionate remembrance of his good and faithful wife JANE MONTGOMERY who died on the 18th June, 1849. in the 40th year of her age. Right: (216 in Selby's grave index, p. 385, OPMHoM) "She was characterised by good sense, sterling unbending principle, largeness and warmness of heart, tender sensibility, and deep toned piety" Jane was the sister of James Montgomery, solicitor, and died at Cumberland-place, Sydney. Selby tells us that Jane's "body was brought back from Sydney in the 'Shamrock' and placed here." A newspaper article states that "the severity of his domestic affliction" caused Lauchlan to resign his seat on the Council. He later remarried. Another of Selby's glass slides (GS-TM-59) is a colourised photograph of the tomb taken from the front-right. It is shown that the chest tomb is mounted on a high stone plinth, and that is is enclosed by an iron railing. A palm leaf and three stars are carved on the short side of the chest. Also, it appears that some decorations have been removed from the top of the monument in the time between when the two images were taken. 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. 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

Pardon of convict William Cliffe, Hobart, 15 November 1847 ; Denison, Sir William Thomas; ABR-28.1

ABR-28.1; Pardon of convict William Cliffe, Hobart, 15 November 1847 ; Denison, Sir William Thomas; Pardon of convict William Cliffe, Hobart (TAS), 15 November 1847, by Sir William Thomas Denison, Lieutenant-General of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) Inscribed on image centre: "VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, / No. 813 / To all to whom these presents shall come, I, SIR WILLIAM THOMAS DENISON, Knight, Captain in the Corps of Royal Engineers, Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of Van Diemen's Land and its Dependencies, send Greeting. / WHEREAS William Cliffe was tried at Rutland in the year 18 (blank space) and arrived in this Island in the year 1821 under sentence of Transportation for life AND WHEREAS Her Majesty hath been pleased to signify to me Her approval, through one of Her Principal Secretaries of State, of a Pardon being granted to the said William Cliffe upon condition he shall not during the said period for which the said sentence was pronounced return to or be found within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. NOW THEREFORE I the said SIR WILLIAM THOMAS DENISON, in pursuance of the instructions to me in that behalf given and sent by the Secretary of State, and of the Act of Parliament, intituled "An Act to amend the Law affecting transported Convicts with respect to Pardons and Tickets-of-Leave, by this instrument in writing under the Seal of the Colony of Van Diemen's Land, grant to the said William Cliffe a Pardon, upon the condition he shall not during the said period for which the said sentence was pronounced return to or be found within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as aforesaid. / Signed by the Comptroller-General / REGISTER B. FOLIO 23 / In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, and caused the Seal of the Colony of Van Diemen's Land to be hereunto affixed, at Hobart Town in Van Diemen's Land, this fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. / W T Denison Lieutenant-Governor.; Photograph; Images collection

Panoramic view of Melbourne, looking west from the General Post Office towards Law Courts, c. 1899; Cooper, Henry; 1899; GS-BCS-24

GS-BCS-24; Panoramic view of Melbourne, looking west from the General Post Office towards Law Courts, c. 1899; Cooper, Henry; This photograph has been taken from the third floor roof or clock tower of the General Post Office, which is located on south-east corner of Bourke and Elizabeth streets. The focal point of the photograph, on the middle horizon, is the large and imposing building and dome of the Supreme Court, which is located to the west on William Street, between Little Bourke Street and Lonsdale Street. A third level was added to the General Post Office in 1887. Another distinct architectural feature, to the left of the dome, is the watchtower of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Station No 2, situated at 447 Little Bourke Street. Another feature, not quite so obvious, to the right of the dome, is the tower of the Italianate mansion, Rostella, owned by Sir T. N. Fitzgerald, surgeon, located in Lonsdale Street. This private house was demolished in 1970. Also seen are advertisements for businesses in Little Bourke Street, which runs across the middle of the photograph from the lower right to left of the dome. In the middle of the photograph is a sign for the bone dust manufacturing business of J. Cockbill, whose address was 407 Post Office Place, another name for this section of Little Bourke Street. "Dead horses and cattle removed" reads the sign. Opposite at 400 Lt Bourke St is the business of T. P. Power, Saddlers & Ironmonger. In the middle foreground is a stand-alone sign advertising Frank Vial & Sons, Leather Belt Factory. The Vial factory was to the north at the corner of Queen and A'Beckett streets. Just behind the Frank Vial sign is painted T. Warburton. Thomas Warburton had an ironmongery store in Warburton Lane off Lt Bourke St. Warburton Lane still exists today. Between the dome and the watchtower is a sign for Fallshaw Bros., Billiard Tables & Furniture, which was located at 191 Queen St and 437 Lt Bourke St. Between the dome and Rostella's tower is a sign, Jacobs Hart & Co, Tobacco Merchants, whose address was 225-231 Queen Street. According to the Sands & McDougall Directory for 1900 there are hotels at most of the corners along Little Bourke Street, but the only one visibly named in the photograph is the Racing Club Hotel, seen in the lower right. 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 numbered the slide 117. For more information about this image <a href="https://www.historyvictoria.org.au" target="_blank"> contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria</a>; 1899; Photograph; Images collection

High Street, Prahran, looking east, c. 1890s -c. 1910; T.W. Cameron (Firm); GS-BCS-33

GS-BCS-33; High Street, Prahran, looking east, c. 1890s -c. 1910; T.W. Cameron (Firm); This photograph of High Street, Prahran, has been taken from an elevated position, looking east. This image was most probably reproduced from "The History of Prahran, from its first settlement to a City" (1924) by J. B. Cooper, opposite page 108, with a caption dating it in the 1890s. However, around 1910, Maples furniture and piano warehouse was opened on the north-west corner of Chapel and High streets (not in the photograph). It was a large four-storey building with a corner tower adding another floor. It is possible that the photograph was taken from here, looking east, following High Street, seen from the centre foreground and disappearing into the horizon. Prahran, an inner suburb of Melbourne, became a popular shopping centre from the 1890s, which rivalled the CBD of Melbourne. There are various advertisements and shop signs in the photograph, one, "Dixon's O T", the blue and yellow sign in the middle left, also helps date the image. Dixon's O T was a very popular cordial made with chillis that was manufactured from 1905 and into the 1940s. The Sands & McDougall Directory of 1910 records John Dixon & Co, cordial manufacturers, at 193 High Street. At 181 High Street we find G. Bennett, signwriter, whose advertising sign is just below Dixon's. Above the Dixon sign, further east, a black and white sign reads Kirkwood's. Kirkwood Boot Company was located at 253 High Street. On the south side of High Street, on the right of the image, is a sign for Thomas M Donaldson & Co, general printers at 164 High Street. A few shops further east is a hard to read brown sign with yellow writing, but Sands & McDougall tells us that this is the premises of D Rosenberg, boot maker, at number 170. The large brown brick church, on the right of the street, in the middle of the image, is the Church of Christ, located between 222 and 236 High Street. On the premises is a Mrs Tucker who runs the Victorian Protestant Defence Association. The building dates from 1853 and still stands today. The grey building to the right of the church is the Church of Christ Sunday School at 59 Victoria Street. There are a number of horse-drawn vehicles in the image. The tree-filled horizon reflects the more residential neighbourhood of Armadale. 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 gave a lecture on "Old Melbourne, Old Prahran and Toorak" at St. John's Parish Hall, Toorak, in October 1929. 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

Crew of Vickers Vimy aircraft, winner of 1919 England-Australa air race; Gunn's Slides (Firm); 1919; GS-IT-75

GS-IT-75; Crew of Vickers Vimy aircraft, winner of 1919 England-Australa air race; Gunn's Slides (Firm); The crew of the Vickers Vimy aircraft which won the England-Australa air race in 1919. They are: Captain Ross Smith, Lieutenant Keith Smith, Sergeant W.H. Spiers and Sergeant J.M. Bennett. In 1919 the Australian Prime Minister, Billy Hughes was in England. He flew frequently between London and Paris for the peace talks and saw a great future for air transport. Also in 1919 there were many Australian airmen in England awaiting repatriation. Hughes decided to encourage aviation and to provide the chance for some of these airmen to fly home by offering a prize of £10,000 for the first Australians to fly to Australia. The five official entries included a Vickers Vimy crewed by Ross and Keith Smith, Shiers and Bennett. The only official entrant to reach Australia and win the prize was the Vimy piloted by Ross Smith. It carried the British registration markings G-EAOU, leading to the nickname ‘God ‘Elp All Of Us’, which also may have reflected the feelings of the crew at times during the race. The pilot was Captain Ross Smith from Adelaide who had a distinguished combat record with the Australian Flying Corps. As navigator, he had his elder brother Keith who had served as a flying instructor. Sergeant Bennett from St Kilda had served in the Middle East as had Sergeant Shiers from Semaphore in South Australia. The Vimy left Hounslow on 12th November 1919. They flew across France and Italy, struggling against bad weather and soggy airfields. They continued via Crete to Cairo, then on across Syria and Iraq to India, reaching Delhi on 25th November. They reached Akyab in Burma on 29th November. Their flight continued via Rangoon, Bangkok and Singora in Malaya. At Singora the tailskid was damaged in landing on the rough airfield and Bennett had to make a replacement. The next stop was Singapore and then across the Dutch East Indies to Sourabaya where the Vimy became bogged on landing. For take–off a runway of bamboo mats donated by local residents had to be laid. The final stop before the Timor Sea crossing was Atamboea in Timor, reached on 9th December. On 10th December the Vimy completed the final leg to Darwin, landing on the airfield at Fanny Bay at 3.40 pm to win the Race and the prize. 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

McIntyre & Henderson females : Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; GS-TM-28

GS-TM-28; McIntyre & Henderson females : Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; Photograph of a tall rectangular tombstone with a semi-circular top with concave shoulders, enclosed with a decorated rail. The top of the stone is carved with an oak bough and acorns, trumpet and harp. The inscription reads: (282 in Selby's grave index pp. 390-1 OPMHoM) IN Memory of ANN Mc INTYRE Died 22nd July 1851 Aged 15 Years -o- ELIZABETH Mc INTYRE Died 28 - Nov - 1857 Aged 57 Years Think of me as you pass by, As you are now so once was I ; As I am now so you shall be, Prepare in time to follow me. CHRISTINA HENDERSON Died 14th August 1903 Aged 63 Years JEAN HAMILTON HENDERSON Daughter of Above Died 29th October 1917 Aged 52 Years Elizabeth McIntyre's funeral procession left from her residence where she died, 190 Bourke Street east. Elizabeth McIntyre and Christina Henderson were her daughters. Newspaper reports say that Christina, nee McIntyre, an elderly widow aged 65, died on the way to Melbourne Hospital after being "picked up in [Little Collins-street] in an unconscious condition." She was identified at the hospital morgue by her niece, Mrs. Elizabeth O'Reilly, a nurse at the hospital. A related glass slide showing a close-up of the inscription (GS-TM-57), has a label on it reading, "The Henderson Stone. Last burial in the Old Melbourne Cemetery." A newspaper notice informs us that W. Hamilton Henderson, son of the late John Henderson, procurator fiscal of Hamilton, Scotland, married Christina McIntyre of Narung Station, Lower Murray, at Sandhurst on 10th October, 1864. The following year the birth of a daughter is announced at Pitt Street, Sydney, on 6th July, 1865. According to newspaper stories, W. Hamilton Henderson was made postmaster of Morangarell in 1867, and had a few poems published in the newspaper in 1869 and 1870. A record of his death is proving hard to find, but a clue may be found in a story in The Herald of October 1862 which claims, "a person named William Hamilton Henderson has made an attempt to commit suicide on Sunday last." 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. Selby numbered this slide #18. 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

MS 000615 (Box 107 [1-2], Box 108 [1-5], Box 109 [1-5]); Miscellaneous papers: 1889-1943; Kenyon, Alfred Stephen, 1867-1943; As well as personal papers, items concern Australiana, history of man, settlement in the Port Phillip District and include:,a detailed account of Kenyon's tour of Central Australia 1933-34 and log of a journey to S.A., Queensland and N.S.W., 1929, rough index of Australian localities, their origins and geographical features,correspondence and research notes on "The pastoral pioneers of Port Phillip" and the "Clyde Company papers" signed by Phillip Brown and Janet Biddlecombe with references to George Russell, John Gardiner, Golf Hill, Terinallum run, early maps and major families,a paper "The overlanders"; and,a substantial collection of newspaper articles bound and entitled "The Victorian Mallee". Research on Port Phillip settlement includes a list of settlers, towns, early post offices, police, etc., research papers on anthropological and historical subjects, principal correspondents include C. C. Towle, D. Raymond, James Slater, Frederick Danvers Power, Lindsay Black, Maurice F. Leask, family memoranda by William Glen Walker and papers re Thomas Walker estate,bibliographical list of articles and pamphlets by A. S. Kenyon. Personal papers include biographical sketch, documents and notes on his career with references to Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and Institution of Engineers. Overall interesting research material on Victoria's pastoral industry, Aboriginal Australians, explorations, geology, anthropology, numismatics, shipping and navigation. Historical lectures written from 1940-1942 and antiquities lectures written from 1939-1942 included are: "Portland", "Ballarat and gold", "Wangaratta", "The Murray River and Echuca", "Port Phillip District and Charles Joseph La Trobe", "Immigration - John Dunmore Lang", "The Aboriginal Protectorate", "Exploration and the explorers", "The Wimmera and the Mallee", "The family and the household", "Food", "Dark Ages", "Renaissance", "Culture origins", "Tribal development", "Family organisation", "The halcyon days of Greece", "Egypt and the Egyptians", "The Roman deluge", "The influences of the Orient", "Man's beginnings", "Ancient China", "India and the Indus", "Mesopotamia", "Greece", "Rome the destroyer", "The age of the darkness"," Yesterday", "In the beginning", "The middle Stone Ages", "The later Stone Age", "The Bronze Age", "The age of iron", "The age of alloys", "The Polynesians", "The Red Indian", "The Civilisation of the Mayans". NOTE: A. S. Kenyon was active in many areas of public life; he was Commissioner of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, Keeper of Antiquities and Numismatist to the Public Library. His interests were varied and his publications were numerous. See V.H.M. Vol. XVIII and XX. Keywords: Aboriginal Australians, Anthropology, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Central Australia, Echuca, Explorers and exploration, Gardiner, John, Geology and geologists, Golf Hill, Immigration and immigrants, Institute of Engineers, Kilmore, La Trobe, Charles Joseph, Lang John Dunmore, Leask, Maurice F., Mallee, Murray River, Navigation, New South Wales, Numismatics, Overlanders, Pastoral industry, Police, Port Phillip District, Port Phillip District, settlement,Portland,Power, Frederick Danvers, Queensland postal services,Raymond, D., Russell, George, Ships and shipping, Slater, James, South Australia, Squatters and squatting, Terinallum Run, Towle, C.C.,Walker, Thomas, Walker, William Glen, Wangaratta, Wimmera; Document; Manuscripts Collection

MS 000659, MS 022292, MS 013001 (Box 084); Alfred Woolley Greig papers; Greig, Alfred Woolley, 1873-1944.; A large collection of source material on the history of Melbourne, c. 1835-1910, compiled by A. W. Greig. A. W. Greig set himself the task 'of breathing life into the dry bones of the past and presenting a picture of a period full of surging life', or, as he also says, he has provided the researcher with 'a regular rag-bag of incoherent facts'. We are given a detailed account of the social and economic life of the village settlement, its multifarious class and cultural life as well as its more practical aspects of development, a study that embraces social classes from the indigent to the privileged. Also includes articles on Australians generally. Includes miscellaneous newspaper cuttings include a folio of "Bygone days" by A. W. Greig, correspondence from David Dow (account of immigrant ship 'Success'), John Clarke (history of cycling in Victoria) and C. M. Lucas (the Chinese fishermen's settlement at St Kilda), extensive notebooks and a large collection of essays on various aspects of Melbourne's history (alphabetically compiled). (Box 084-a) MS 022292 : Newspaper articles and index (1939-45), "Bygone Days" - A.W Greig, "Australiana - a collection of newspaper cuttings (Box 084-b) MS 013001 : Notes on the history of local government in NSW and Victoria - A.W Greig (Box 084-c) MS 013001 : Notes on pioneers of social service in Melbourne - A.W Greig (1940) (Box 084-d) MS 013001 : After the gold rush: a study in the development of Melbourne society (1 complete version, 2 handwritten drafts (Box 084-e) MS 013001 : Outline of Australian history (1940) (Box 084-f) MS 013001 : Vanished Melbourne - Chapter 1 (draft) (Box 084-g) MS 013001 : History of early Melbourne - miscellaneous draft notes only (3 bundles of notes) (Box 084-h) MS 000659 : The immigration ship 'Success' - letter and information from David M. Dow (1941) (Box 084-i) MS 000659 : Chinese fisherman in St Kilda in the 1870s - handwritten recollection by C.A Lucas (1941?) (Box 084-j) MS 000659 : Early history of cycling in Victoria - John A. K. Clarke (1911) Also contains an envelope of index cards (needs further clarification and research to identify importance and value) A. W. Greig was one of the foundation members of R.H.S.V. in 1909. He was Honorary Secretary for 14 years, President for 3 years and a member of the Council. He was particularly knowledgeable on the history of Melbourne. His publications include "Notes on the history of local government in Victoria" (Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1925). Transcripts for some items included in box. NOTE: A card index to subjects covered by Boxes 83-88 is held in the RHSV Manuscripts Room. NOTE: Papers continued through boxes 083, 085, 086, 087, 088. ; Document; Manuscripts Collection

The Wondermap of Melbourne; an aerial perspective drawing of Melbourne, from Royal Park to Glenferrie (in north) and Port Melbourne to Elsternwick (in south), 1934; Gunn's Slides (Firm); GS-BCS-21

GS-BCS-21; The Wondermap of Melbourne; an aerial perspective drawing of Melbourne, from Royal Park to Glenferrie (in north) and Port Melbourne to Elsternwick (in south), 1934; Gunn's Slides (Firm); A reproduction of a aerial perspective pictorial map showing the City of Melbourne and its surrounding suburbs, which was created to celebrate Melbourne's centenary in 1934. It is detailed and colourful with cartoonish elements. The original Wondermap was 30 x 40 inches (76 x 102 cm) in size, and was drawn by John Power Studios. The detail includes houses, shops and factories, hospitals and monuments including the Shrine of Remembrance, and the Zoological Gardens complete with animals. Each suburb and some main city streets are labelled above an arch picked out in red. Boats, trains, trams and cars feature. "No Parking" signs pop up out of the Melbourne City grid. People, many with speech bubbles, populate the beach, streets, and open spaces. On the lower left of the map, there is a figure pointing off to the west saying, "We could could not fit Melbourne's big industrial suburbs in." The beach and streets are coloured yellow, some trees are red, the open spaces are green, and the river, sea and Albert Lake are dark blue. The map is edged in green gum leaves and red gum nuts. There are small square coloured drawings of Aboriginals engaged in various activities, three along each edge; and Capt. Lonsdale's Cottage, middle top, and the First Police Station, middle bottom edge. To make the slide, these images have been truncated. A decorative compass is in the top right corner, and there are three scrolls displaying various information. The smallest and plainest scroll, in the bottom right, gives the name, John Power Studios, and address of the maker of The Wondermap of Melbourne. The largest scroll, coloured yellow, in the bottom left corner, invites viewers to look at Melbourne City "from a dizzy height". The Centenary Year scroll, in the top middle, features an open book and a Father Time drawing above the date, 1934. The page on the left of the book displays some information about Melbourne, and the right hand page is left blank for autographs. 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

Collins Street (south side) looking east from Russell Street, Melbourne, c. 1890; GS-CS-23

GS-CS-23; Collins Street (south side) looking east from Russell Street, Melbourne, c. 1890; A view down Collins Street taken looking east from Russell Street, focussing on the busy road and buildings on the south side of Collins Street towards Swanston Street. The first building on the left of the image with a human figure on the top holding a flag pole was built between 1885 and 1890. According to the Sands & McDougall directory of 1890, this building was occupied by the Daily Telegraph and Weekly Times newspapers company (No. 193). A written sign running across the top of the building possibly reads, "The Herald & Weekly Times". In 1895, the Sands & McDougall directory states that the building is occupied by The Herald Standard and The Weekly Times. Next door to the right, is a building with a rounded parapet topped by a sphere. This new three-storey building, again built between 1885 and 1890, is occupied by the Argus and Australasian newspaper business, which has occupied this site for a number of years. Again to the right is a small building seen just above the trees. This is the City Club Hotel, formerly the Yorick Club Hotel. The large building with the tall, triangular roof, on the south-east corner of Collins and Swanston Streets is Queen Victoria Buildings, whose main occupant was the Freehold Investment and Banking Company of Australia. At street level Queens Walk was an arcade which ran through this building between Collins and Swanston streets. A statue of Queen Victoria crowned the corner of the building (RHSV BL008-001, and Remembering Melbourne, p. 167). This building was demolished to create City Square. The next roof with a square top, railing and flag pole, belongs to Premier Buildings at No. 229. The scaffolding seen towering from the street in the middle of the image is probably being used for the construction of the Equitable Building, completed in 1896. Behind the scaffold is the dome of the Federal Hotel and Coffee Palace, completed in 1888. On the north side of Collins Street the tall building, Pleasance Buildings (No. 178), is occupied by a variety of businesses. "Martin & Pleasance" at No. 180 is a homeopathic chemists. The top of the Melbourne Athenaeum can be seen in front of the Town Hall clock. At midday Collins Street is very busy with cable trams, hansom cabs, and well-attired pedestrians. 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

GS-EM-12; Melbourne City Council, minutes of first meeting, c. 1842; Two hand-written pages documenting the first meeting of the Town Council of Melbourne which was held at the old Royal Hotel, Collins Street. Melbourne was created a town by the Melbourne Incorporation Act 1942 (6 Vic., No. 7). The Act also made provision for the creation of a Town Council to administer the affairs of the town, and for the election of town councillors and aldermen. The minutes read: "Minutes of Proceedings / of / The Town Council of Melbourne / Melbourne 9th December 1842 / Present / Councillors Beaver, Condell, Dickson, Fawkner, James, Kerr, / Mortimer, Orr, Patterson, Russell & Smith At the first quarterly meeting of the councillors / elect of Melbourne held pursuant to announcement of / his honor the Superintendent in the Royal Hotel Collins / Street at noon the Councillors proceeded in terms of the / Melbourne Municipal Corporation Act to the transaction / of the business to be done so that day. Resolved on the motion of Councillor James, seconded / by Councillor Smith, that Councillor Patterson be the / Presiding Officer at the present election of Mayor and / Aldermen. Resolved on the motion of Councillor Kerr, seconded / by Councillor Orr, that Councillors Mortimer and / Russell be the scrutineers at the present election. The council then proceeded to the motion of Aldermen / for the different Wards, when the following Councillors / were declared duly elected Aldermen of their respective / Wards. Alderman for Bourke Ward Councillor Kerr 6 votes / Gipps Ward Councillor Crondell 9 votes / La Trobe Ward Councillor Russell 10 votes / Lonsdale Ward Councillor Mortimer 6 votes [Page 2-far right edge of page hard to read] The Council then determined that Aldermen Condell / and Russell should remain in office for six years / and Aldermen Kerr and Mortimer for three years. The vote was then taken for the office of Mayor, / when it appeared that there were an equal number / of votes for Alderman Condell and Councillor Patterson, / the Presiding Officer & scrutineers having decided in / favour of the former Alderman, Condell was / duly elected. Moved by Councillor Fawkner, seconded by Councillor / Beaver, that the doors of the Council Chamber be hence- / forth open for the admission of the public. / The decision on Councillor Fawkner's motion was / by consent deferred until next meeting of the Council. [signed] H. Condell / Mayor" Isaac Selby made photocopies of the above 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). According to Selby, John Charles King held the office of town clerk from 1842 to 1851, so he was probably the secretary who took the minutes of the meeting. 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 collection

John Stewart Spotswood : Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; GS-TM-40

GS-TM-40; John Stewart Spotswood : Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; A photograph of two side-by-side tombstones marking the remains of John Stewart Spotswood and two daughters. The smaller stone with a triangular top, on the left, was placed there in 1844 to commemorate the death of Eliza Spotswood, who died in her second year. When her father John died in 1851, a larger stone, with a semicircular top with concave shoulders, was added to the grave site. When another daughter Elizabeth died in 1860, Eliza and Elizabeth's inscriptions were added to their father's tombstone. Selby tells us that this is a "neatly railed grave", but the rail cannot be seen in the photograph. (The ornate rail can be seen in AL046-0090) The inscription reads: (234 in Selby's grave index, p. 387, OPMHoM) Stone on left: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ELIZA SPOTSWOOD WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JULY 28th 1844 AGED 1 YEAR 9 MONTHS 23 DAYS Stone on right: SACRED (Gothic script) To The Memory of JOHN STEWART SPOTSWOOD who departed this life at Williams Town on the 5th November 1851 Aged 42 years Happy soul thy days are ended All thy mourning days below Go by angel guards attended To the sight of Jesus go! Weep not for me but be content I was not yours but only lent My end you know my grave you see Prepare yourselves to follow me ALSO ELIZA SPOTSWOOD Born Dec 5th 1842 Died July 28th 1844 ELIZABETH SPOTSWOOD Died March 26 1860 Aged 15 Years & 3 Months Selby tells us that Spotswood was an early settler of Williamstown, who owned a ferry which crossed the Saltwater River. Spotswood widow dies in 1891, aged 83. John Stewart was born in India, son of Captain John Spotswood (1785-1859). When his father retired from the army Captain Spotswood relocated his family to Tasmania. In January 1841 John Stewart purchased Lot 1, 1 rood 36 perches, of land at Williams Town, also that year he married Anna Victoria Normandale. In 1842 he was granted an auctioneer's license in Williams Town. He purchased 119 acres (Lot 12) in the County of Bourke in August 1847, the area now known as Spotswood. (Trove and Spotswood College Alumni Trust website) 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. Selby numbered this slide #64. 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

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