Collection: Local History Vertical File

Pamphlet describing the windows with a brief history.

Includes biographical information and extract from Victoria and its Metropolis. Abraham Bateman arrived in Melbourne in 1849. Amongst a varied career, he became a well known butcher in Newmarket.

Items relating to Abram Daer, a plumber of Hotham (later North Melbourne).

Includes letters to Ruth Crow re membership (1967); correspondence from Ruth Crow re dissolution of the Northern branch of the A.B.E. (1969); notes for speech (undated); education petition; Beliefs and Policy of the A.B.E. Monthly editions of the A.B.E..

Robert Bottomley, who was largely responsible for adding nutritional value to animal food - to the extent that few homes with pets now are without "balanced" food pellets - has died in Port Macquarie in NSW after a long illness. He was 92.

Reproduction of the first issue of 'The Age', dated Tuesday, October 17, 1854, no. 1, v. 1.

Women's involvement in social reform was a cause and consequence of the movement towards emancipation. Philanthropic work was largely to do with health and hygiene.

Auction notices for properties in Agnes Street, East Melbourne.

File contains notes by Winston H. Burchett on the history of various properties in Agnes Street, Jolimont. Incudes images of properties.