S-76.001; Walhalla devastated by fire, November 1888; The Walhalla Chronicle; A man standing amidst the burnt out buildings, the chimneys still standing and a unburnt building higher up on the hill.
Walhalla was almost totally destroyed by fire on the night of the 24th November 1888. The fire is believed to have originated in one of the back rooms of the Crawford's drapery establishment.
Buildings and businesses destroyed included Messes. Harris and Buchanan's general store, Cowl's chemist's shop, Fielchenfield's drapery establishment, Middleton's tailor's shop, the Long Tunnel Hotel, the Walhalla Chronicle newspaper and printing office, Jolly's tobacconist's and stationery premises, Mainland's jeweller's shop, the Mechanic's Institute,'the Bank of Victoria and the Bank of Australasia, Dunn's grocery store, Trick's mining office, the Empire Hotel, the Catholic chapel, Jolly's butcher's shop, Fleming's hair dressing premises and some private houses. The shire hall and the post office were damaged, but saved.
[source : The Moe Register and Narracan Shire Advocate, Sat 1 Dec 1888, p.4]
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S-76.004; Township of Walhalla damaged by fire, November 1888; The Walhalla Chronicle; Panoramic view of township of Walhalla. A burnt out building and chimneys in the foreground, looking down the valley toward undamaged buildings.
Walhalla was almost totally destroyed by fire on the night of the 24th November 1888. The fire is believed to have originated in one of the back rooms of the Crawford's drapery establishment.
Buildings and businesses destroyed included Messes. Harris and Buchanan's general store, Cowl's chemist's shop, Fielchenfield's drapery establishment, Middleton's tailor's shop, the Long Tunnel Hotel, the Walhalla Chronicle newspaper and printing office, Jolly's tobacconist's and stationery premises, Mainland's jeweller's shop, the Mechanic's Institute,'the Bank of Victoria and the Bank of Australasia, Dunn's grocery store, Trick's mining office, the Empire Hotel, the Catholic chapel, Jolly's butcher's shop, Fleming's hair dressing premises and some private houses. The shire hall and the post office were damaged, but saved.
[source : The Moe Register and Narracan Shire Advocate, Sat 1 Dec 1888, p.4]
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GS-IT-74; Keith Anderson and his fiance Bon Hlliard; Gunn's Slides (Firm); Keith Anderson was a pioneer Australian airman who had been a friend and business associate of Charles Kingsford Smith. Anderson was to have been a crewman on the'Southern Cross' aircraft when Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm flew from the United States to Australia in 1928 but he was dismissed before the flight. He subsequently sued Kingsford Smith for breach of promise. Kingsford Smith paid Anderson 1000 pounds which he used to buy a Westland Widgeon light aircraft which he christened 'Kookaburra'.
In 1929 Kingsford Smith, with a crew of three, left Richmond in NSW in the 'Southern Cross', on a round-the-world flight. They encountered bad weather, became lost, and made a forced landing in the Kimberley area of Western Australia. Radio problems meant that they could not communicate with the outside world.
Various search efforts began. Keith Anderson set off in 'Kookaburra' accompanied by Bob Hitchcock. Their aircraft had an unreliable engine and they were ill-equipped with no tools and very little food and water. Engine problems forced them down in the Tanami Desert. They fixed their engine but with no tools they were unable to clear a take-off run in the surrounding scrub.
The 'Kookaburra' was eventually found by a search aircraft but by that time Anderson and Hitchcock were dead. Anderson wrote a partial diary of their last days on a scrap of fabric from the covering of the aircraft's tail.
There was an outcry over the whole affair, with much public sympathy for Anderson and Hitchcock, their family and friends, particularly for Anderson's fiance, Bon Hilliard. There were allegations that the forced landing of the 'Southern Cross' was a publicity stunt. A Royal Commission exonerated Kingsford Smith but his reputation was permanently damaged.
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.
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GS-PW-03; Montage of images of pioneer New Zealand aviator Jean Batten; Jean Batten, a New Zealander, became famous as a pilot in the 1930s with a number of record-breaking flights. This image shows a montage of pictures of Jean after several of her flights. The man beside her in the lowest picture is her father, Fred Batten.
Jean was born in Rotorua in 1909. In 1929, after being taken on a flight in Charles Kingsford-Smith’s ‘Southern Cross’, she decided she wanted to become a pilot.
She and her mother moved to England in 1929 and Jean joined the London Aeroplane Club. She gained her pilot’s licence and with financial help from friends she purchased a Gipsy Moth light aircraft. With this she hoped to fly solo to Australia and to beat the record set by Amy Johnson in 1930 for a solo flight by a woman. Jean’s first two attempts were unsuccessful but finally in May 1934 she reached Sydney, beating Amy’s record by more than four days. She took her Moth to New Zealand by sea (it had insufficient range to cross the Tasman) and undertook a celebratory six-week tour of New Zealand.
Returning to England, Jean purchased a new aircraft, a Percival Gull Six, and in that she made more record flights, including from England to Brazil in 1935 and England to New Zealand in 1936. She received numerous awards and trophies.
Jean spent World War 2 in fund-raising activities but after the war became something of a recluse. She moved around with her mother until the latter’s death in 1965. Jean was in Spain and in 1982 she died, alone, in Majorca from complications following a dog bite. She was unknown in Majorca and was buried in a pauper’s grave. Her family did not learn of her death until 1987.
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.
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GS-TM-19; Son and wife of Skene Craig : Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; Colourised photograph of the headstone placed over the remains of the wife of Skene Craig, Mary, and his son, Frederick William. Selby writes in his "Memorial History of Melbourne" that, "Garryowen tells us that John Smith, a shepherd, was the first interred in the Old Cemetery, and that the second was Frederick William, the son of Skene Craig." (p.5)
The image shows that the stone has leaned backwards in its grassy bed over the years. The stone has a Gothic pointed top and indented sides. The inset text panel has a wave pattern at the top which encloses a carving of a rose with stem, leaves and hip.
The inscription reads:
In Memory of
Frederick William
Son of
SKENE CRAIG MERCHANT
Melbourne
Died March 1837
Aged 18 Months.
Also
Mary wife of the said
SKENE CRAIG
Died 20th November 1852,
Aged 40 Years
In his book Selby tells us that, "Craig came over with Lonsdale as a contractor to the Commissariat, and while not properly a civil servant, yet he derived an income from the service... [Skene ran the Post Office out of] his house in Collins Street, which is situated where the Rialto is today... Mr. Craig gave the letters out in his store... In the early fifties he carried on the whole of the Government contract for provisioning the goals, police hospitals and kindred institutions." (p. 86)
Skene Craig returned to England and was buried in Cornwell in 1879.
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-34; Timothy Lane : Old Melbourne Cemetery, c. 1920; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; A colourised photograph of an elaborately carved, Gothic chest tomb, surrounded by a simple railing. This monument covers the remains of Timothy Lane, his wife, and four male relatives.
"A valuable old tomb, built like an old Abbey", this monument was in the far north-eastern corner of the cemetery in the Roman catholic section. The wall of the Victoria Markets can be seen in the background, as well as the fence along Queen Street. The ground the monument stands on is sunken below street level and the carving looks damaged. Selby tells us that the tomb was destroyed when the remains were exhumed, and never rebuilt.
The inscription reads: (319 in Selby's grave index p. 393, OPMHoM)
On the ridge of the roof of the tomb there is "Pray for the soul of Mary Lane, good Christians of your charity." The ages and dates were in Roman letters, thus: "In Memory of Timothy Lane, November 3rd, MDCCCLX [1860], aged L [50] years. R.I.P.; David Lane, died MDCCCLII [1852], aged XXXV [35] years; John Dunn[e] died XXII January, MDCCCL [1850], aged XXVIII [28] years; Allan Lane; William Lane, 30th November, MDCCCL [1850], aged 12 years.
The original monument above was replaced by a flat low monument in marble in Fawkner Cemetery. The inscription includes details of his wife, Mary Connell Lane, who died 10th March, 1852. Allan Lane and William Lane were sons of Timothy and Mary. David Lane was Timothy Lane's brother, and John Dunne, a friend.
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 #51.
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GS-TM-48; Hotham Memorial : Melbourne General Cemetery, 1930; Miller, Everard Studley, 1886-1956.; 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 façade 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 three other significant monuments surrounding the Hotham memorial in the image.
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.
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