GS-BCS-19; St George's Church of England, Malvern, c. 1905; T.W. Cameron (Firm); The photograph of this church from taken from Glenferrie Road from the south-west. Today the church is hidden behind large trees at 296 Glenferrie Road, but when this photograph was taken the churchyard was edged in a low colourful flowerbed. The house to the rear and right of the church is possibly the manse. The image is quite grainy suggesting that the slide was made from a photograph in a newspaper or a book.
In 1857 a school room was built on an acre of land purchased in Glenferrie Road, Malvern, which was later licensed for church services. In 1865 more land was bought to the north, where at the end of 1865, construction began on the building designed by Samuel Merrett. Due to lack of finances, the church was not consecrated until 1875.
The building program began again in 1883 with Mr Robert Dalton as architect for the addition of the transepts and a temporary wooden chancel and sanctuary. The program was completed in two years.
In 1887 a narrow strip of land was bought along the north boundary of the churchyard, and Mr Urban Billing was engaged as architect to complete the chancel and sanctuary. In 1888 the new work—transepts, chancel, sanctuary, organ chamber and vestry—was consecrated by the Bishop of Melbourne, the Right Reverend Field Flowers Goe.
Saint George’s was the parish church for the state governors, who lived at ‘Stonington’ in Glenferrie Road from 1901 until 1931, when the governors-general vacated State Government House.
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. This was slide #90 according to Selby's record.
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GS-BCS-20; Town Hall, Malvern, c. 1920; T.W. Cameron (Firm); This photograph of Malvern Town Hall, which is located on the north-east corner of Glenferrie Road and High Street, Malvern, has been taken from the opposite corner of the crossroads, and shows the west and southern frontages, with the imposing clock tower on the corner of the building as the focal point.
The two-storey Renaissance Revival style building has a two-storey central portico, to the left in the image, and French Second Empire style towers. The parapet is adorned with balustrading and urns.
There are three women standing in the shadow of a tree under the clock tower. They look to be dressed in clothes from the 1920s. The foreground of the photo is taken up by the crossroads of Glenferrie Road and High Street. There are tram tracks in the roads but no overhead cables, suggesting that electric trams had not yet been installed for these lines.
The town hall was constructed in 1886 to a design by John Beswicke from the firm Wilson & Beswicke, with additions, such as the clock tower in 1890, by Crouch and Wilson. John Beswicke went on to design town halls in Brighton, Essendon, Hawthorn and Dandenong.
It is one of the grand public buildings constructed during the Marvellous Melbourne era. The foundation stone was laid 22 September 1885 by Alfred Deakin, then the Victorian Minister of Public Works.
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. This was slide #52 according to Selby's record.
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GS-BCS-28; Scots' Church, Collins Street, Melbourne, c. 1875; Nettleton, Charles, 1826–1902; This photograph of Scots' Church, which is located on the north-west corner of Russell and Collins streets, has been taken from the east and south-side of Collins Street.
The east facade of the church including the east transept is shown, with the entrance porch at the base of the slender pointed tower, which at 210 feet was the highest point in the city for many years.
As the Presbyterian congregation grew in numbers, led by the Scottish born Rev. James Forbes, it was decided a larger church was needed. The experienced local architects Reed & Barnes were engaged in 1869. The foundation stone was laid in 1873 and the church, constructed by David Mitchell, opened in 1874. The style is "decorated Gothic".
The photograph includes, in the foreground on the right, the entrance and tower of Independent Church, which is located on the opposite corner of Russell Street, also designed by Reed and Barnes (see GS-BCS-23).
In the lower left of the photograph is the back view of the Burke & Wills Memorial, which was placed at the crossroads of Russell and Collins streets on 21st April, 1865. However, an increase in traffic and the laying of tram tracks required that the statue be relocated in 1886.
Beyond the Burke & Wills Monument, descending down Collins Street, can be seen the Baptist Chapel, completed in 1862, the Melbourne Athenaeum, built in 1839, and the clock tower of Melbourne Town Hall, opened in 1870.
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.
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GS-BCS-39; Toorak House, Toorak, 1854; Gill, Samuel Thomas, 1818-1880; This coloured drawing of Toorak House, the location of Victoria's second Government House, is situated on the west side of St Georges Road, south of Tahara Road. The artist, S. T. Gill, views the property from the south and depicts the west entrance with square tower, south wing and surrounding grounds.
Toorak house was the residence of the Governor of Victoria from 1854 to 1876. This Italianate Victorian style mansion was originally built, c. 1848-51, for Melbourne merchant James Jackson of Jackson, Rae & Co, to a design by architect Samuel Jackson, no relation, but James never occupied the building, dying in 1851. The house's and subsequently the suburb's name, Toorak, is believed to be from the Woiwurrung language meaning black crow or reedy swamp.
The Church of Sweden has occupied the property since 1956.
S. T. Gill (1818-1880) illustrated Australian colonial life, and produced a visual record of how the populace lived, loved, worked and played. This illustration of Toorak House was probably included in Gill's "Sketches in Victoria" series, which was in circulation in 1854, and included portraits of buildings showing their architectural details.
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 in October 1929.
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GS-EV-48; Corner of Chapel and Greville Streets, Prahran; W. Bulley Bread and Biscuit Baker, Prahran Town Hall and Court House; Glass slide of photograph of the Chapel street view of the Town Hall. The adjoining buildings on each side of the building, the court house on the Greville street corner and W. Bulley Bread and Biscuit Baker, Confectioner on the south side of the building. The corner street and pavement are also in the foreground. A horse-drawn carriage is in the left bottom corner. There are pedestrians walking along the pavement. A cloudy sky is in the background.
The original Town Hall was built in 1861 to the design of local architects Crouch and Wilson in the Italianate style of Victorian architecture popular in Melbourne at the time, including Italian Renaissance inspired interior spaces. The building was extended in 1888 to include a City Hall in a similar style.
The clock tower was designed by Charles D'Ebro and built in 1890 above the municipal offices and council chambers for the former City of Prahran.
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In 1869 the court house building was taken down and possibly to some extent rebuilt at the rear of the town hall, with entry from Greville Street.
W. Bulley advertised from that location between 1864 and 1866.
One of many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund.
Selby gave a lecture entitled 'Old Melbourne, Old Prahran and Toorak', at St John's Parish Hall, Jackson Street, Toorak, on 17th October 1929.
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GS-TM-03; John Pascoe Fawkner, wife and parents : Melbourne General Cemetery, 1930; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; Photograph of the memorial built over the remains of John Pascoe Fawkner, founder of Melbourne, his wife, Eliza, and his parents, John and Eliza, located at the southern (?) end of Melbourne General Cemetery.
The memorial takes the form of a small steeply-roofed stone mausoleum , with an arched doorway and a stone balustrade projecting from the front. The tree shading the entrance has since been removed, as has the small bush in the foreground of the image.
The details of the interred Pascoe family are engraved on white stone on the back wall inside the structure, and cannot be seen in this photograph. See GS-TM-45 for inscription detail.
More tombstones are visible to the right and left of the Fawkner monument.
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. The date, 1930, is written on the slide.
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GS-TM-06; Hotham Memorial : Melbourne General Cemetery, c. 1930; Gunn's Slides (Firm); Colourised photograph of the very grand and unique memorial built over the remains of Sir Charles Hotham, naval officer, and lieutenant-governor of Victoria from 1853 to 1855. Hotham was interred in January 1856 and the memorial erected in 1858.
This very tall and slender monument was designed by George Gilbert Scott, who later designed Prince Albert's memorial commissioned by Queen Victoria, and sculptured in England by John Birney Philip.
At the foot, partially hidden by a surrounding stone curb and decorative ironwork railing, is a low, stepped granite chest tomb protruding forwards from the stepped, square pedestal base of the memorial. There is an inscription, which cannot be seen in this photograph, written above the tomb on the facing facade of the pedestal.
There are five sections of carved granite transforming the square of the pedestal to the round shape of the column. The column is made up of two equal sections divided by a decorated wreath in white stone. The surmounted cross is carved to reveal four niches in which the figures of Wisdom, Justice, Mercy and Fortitude are placed. A large, elaborate cross crowns the whole structure.
Unfortunately due to its height, over 15 metres, the monument became unstable in the 1990s, and the column and cross were removed and are awaiting repair.
The path and grassed areas in the foreground look well tended, and trees are seen behind the memorial. There are at least six other significant monuments to the right of the Hotham memorial in the image.
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 #36.
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GS-TM-14; James Horatio Nelson Cassell and wife: Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; Photograph of the memorials placed over the remains of the Hon. James Horatio Nelson Cassell, public servant, and his wife. The memorials are at the centre of the image, surrounded by a railing. Paths, small trees, and other memorials can be seen in the background, as well a large building outside the cemetery to the right of the image. According to Selby's "Memorial History of Melbourne", this image has been cropped from a larger view of the Presbyterian section, taken from Franklin Street.
The elaborate monument to James Cassell takes the form of a decorated cube pedestal on a three stepped base, topped with a draped urn and covered by a four columned temple structure, which is itself topped by another urn. The inscription, not seen in this image, is carved on the side of the pedestal base. The low monument with a flat top immediately to the right of the large memorial, covers the remains of the wife of James Cassell.
Selby tells us in his "Memorial History of Melbourne", that "the splendid monument [...] was destroyed in transferring the remains to the Fawkner Cemetery".
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 #58.
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GS-TM-23; Agnes Stewart Dodds : Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; Photograph of the monument placed over the remains of Agnes Stewart Dodds, and her two infant sons.
Selby describes the gravestone as a "railed grave with a good sandstone monument with angel's face over it... It is generally recognised as a work of art." The angels face with wings is carved centrally on the pediment top of the headstone. The text is carved into a shield-shaped panel.
The inscription reads: (152 in Selby's grave index, p. 382 OPMHoM)
SACRED (Gothic script)
To The Memory Of
AGNES STEWART
Wife Of
CHARLES DODDS
SETTLER WESTERN PORT
Who Departed This Life
On The 17th Febry 1841
In The 21st Year Of Her Age
and (Gothic script)
Her Two Infant Sons
CHARLES And WILLIAM
There is a sad notice published in the Melbourne Advertiser of 22nd February, 1841. It reads: "Birth. At New Town, on the 7th instant, Mrs. Charles Dodds, of a son.
Died. At New Town, on the 17th instant, in the twenty-first year of her age, Agnes, wife of Charles Dodds, Esq., late of West Bank, East Lothian.
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 #34.
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GS-TM-32; William Kerr : Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; Photograph of a simple, round top, upright tombstone marking the burial place of William Kerr and two infant sons. Selby tells us that the grave is "surrounded by a rail", not seen in the image; and that "the geraniums are in bloom" as seen in the foreground. There is a pattern or lettering at the top edge of the stone but a growth of moss or mould has covered it up.
The inscription reads: (271 in Selby's grave index p. 390, OPMHoM)
IN (Gothic Script)
Memory Of
WILLIAM KERR
Born 16TH February 1812
Died 25TH May 1859
CHARLES MORELAND KERR
Born 2nd March 1849
Died 6th March 1851
JOHN CARDLISH KERR
Born 17th August 1850
Died 29th January 1851
William Kerr was a journalist who, after working for early newspapers in Sydney and Melbourne, started the Argus in 1846. He became its editor after selling the paper in 1848. He was also involved in local politics and was Melbourne's Town Clerk, but had to resign after some accounting abnormalities were discovered. He was the stationmaster at Sunbury when he died and was survived by his wife, Caroline Amelia, nee McCandlish, and four daughters. (Australian Dictionary of Biography)
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.
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GS-TM-46; Melbourne General Cemetery : Hotham Memorial pedestal, c. 1930; Photograph of the pedestal and inscription of the columnar memorial built over the remains of Sir Charles Hotham, naval officer, and lieutenant-governor of Victoria from 1853 to 1855. Hotham was interred in January 1856 and the memorial erected in 1858.
The very tall and slender granite monument was designed by George Gilbert Scott, who later designed Prince Albert's memorial commissioned by Queen Victoria, and sculptured in England by John Birney Philip.
Seen here is the front face of the square pedestal base of the memorial. The stepped pedestal is beautifully carved, especially the top band which is wreathed in flowers which meet the base of the column.
The inscription states:
+ To the memory of Sir Charles Hotham
Captain in the Royal Navy
And one of her majesty's naval aides de camp
Knight Commander of the most honorable military order of the bath
And the first Captain General and Governor in Chief of Victoria
Voted by the Legislative Council January 10 1856
The carved triangular shape in the foreground is the roof of the tomb which protrudes from the base of the monument.
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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 #36.
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