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Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society

Locality: Doncaster, Victoria

Address: Schramm's Cottage, Muriel Green Drive 3109 Doncaster, VIC, Australia

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25.01.2022 PROV VPRS 14075 - P0001 - 1 (bound paper booklet at PROV North Melbourne) A member of Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society is doing great work copying material from the Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV) to improve it's access. Ian Schafter photographed pages from Doncaster East Primary School Rolls in September 2016.... Ian Schafter is a great grandson of Gottlob Schafter, orchardist of Andersons Creek Road, Doncaster East whose direct family members and a number of their subsequent families are included in the register. The Register actually starts in the year 1914 as the commencing date for recording pupils at the school. However a column in the Register headed Date of Admission shows pupils at the school in previous years back to around 1907. These pupils are the first names listed in the Register but the Register starts with the actual grade they were in is as at 1914. Although the inclusion of pupils in the Register stops at 1943, the Register’s class records continue to 1949 for those pupils registered as at 1943. There are approximately 692 pupil names within the Register. The Register consists of 65 headed columns containing various details of each pupil attending the school over four pages with the first two page spread showing columns 1-12 and the second two page spread showing columns 13-65. 1 Register No. (sequential numbering of pupils) 2 Name - Christian Names to be entered in full, and to be entered after the Surname 3-5 Date of Birth - Day-Month-Year 6 Date of Admission 7 Name of Parent or Guardian 8 Residence of Parent or Guardian 9 Distance from School 10 Occupation of Parent 11 School Last Attended 14-37 Grade into which Administered or Transferred During - Year by 1st half yearly and 2nd half yearly 38-61 Number of Meetings Attended During - Year by 1st half yearly and 2nd half yearly 62 Date of Obtaining Qualifying Certificates 63 Date of Obtaining Merit Certificate 64 Date of Last Attendance 65 Destination

25.01.2022 Doncaster Primary School 197 - Class Photos https://dt-hs.blogspot.com//doncaster-primary-school-no-19

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24.01.2022 Gottlob George Schafter b. 15 Sep 1864 Germany d. 13 May 1938 (aged 73) Box Hill Cemetery Box Hill, Whitehorse City, Victoria, Australia PLOT CE*-1082 MEMORIAL ID 123936964... https://www.findagrave.com/memor/123936964/gottlob-schafter

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23.01.2022 Devonshire couple settled early. One of the earliest settlers in the shire was John clay and his wife Agnes who arrived in Doncaster from Hull farm Petrockstow, Devonshire in 1851 to establish a family home and Orchard on the hill alongside the site at present occupied by the garage of D & E Cameron Pty Ltd. It is of interest to report that an article published in the Argus February 1851 stated that great bushfires burning on Clay’s Hill were clearly visible from as far awa...y as Melbourne. Clay’s Hill had by this time become the commonly known name for this particular part of the district later renamed Doncaster. Of John Clay’s family, a son Richard became a member of the Templestowe District Roads Board. when the only equipment available for the workers was a wheelbarrow, they're being insufficient funds to purchase a horse and dray. He was an original Trustee of the Athenaeum Hall which was established in 1870 and first Doncaster Public Library 1872 with 200 books. He made his orchard available to the Department of Agriculture for research purposes in their endeavours to combat serious fruit pests, in the process assisting to convert Doncaster from an unproductive area to one of the most prosperous in the state. A proud possesion in the family is a silver cup awarded by the Leader newspaper for the best orchard in the district 1887. In the next generation, Henry John Crossman Clay, again an orchardist, became a member of the Doncaster Shire Council from 1909 to 1924 including three terms as shire president. To this day there are still 70 direct descendants of John and Agnes living in the district and several 6th generation children. The photograph left is of Richard Clay, son of the original settlers, John and Agnes Clay TheMirror 22Feb1967 OR 5MAR1967 ? Selected Press Cuttings 1967 OCR_Page_20 Clay See More at: https://dt-hs.blogspot.com/2018/03/clay-family.html

22.01.2022 Doncaster East Primary School - Class Photos https://dt-hs.blogspot.com//doncaster-east-primary-school-

21.01.2022 The Koonung Creek Walking Track A river flat lies along the Nunawading side of Koonung Creek, and it is along here the extension to the Eastern Freeway will run, but on the East Doncaster side the freeway will only cross the creek in a few places. On this side, a walking track runs through the sloping land between the creek and the back yards of East Doncaster houses. Forty years ago, rows of fruit trees spread up to the top of the slope from the valley of Koonung Creek....Continue reading

21.01.2022 History Pavilion on Templestowe Rd, Templestowe marks the site of the former Upper Yarra Hotel, with photographs plastered around the interior detailing the (now mostly vanished) history of the area. See also: https://dt-hs.blogspot.com//the-upper-yarra-hotel-templest

19.01.2022 FINNS RESERVE Finns Reserve at Templestowe is rich in local history. On the Templestowe side of the reserve, John James looked after the Bulleen Pound in the 1840s. Then, in 1852, David Bell was pound keeper and he built the Upper Yarra Hotel. The hotel was a long low building with whitewashed walls and a picturesque thatched roof. It stood on a rise of land with a view across the river flats to the Yarra winding its way among the river gums. David Bell's hotel had the d...Continue reading

19.01.2022 Bunya Pines In 1970, seven Bunya Pines grew in Doncaster. Since then, three of these have disappeared, but four new ones have been planted. A fine Bunya stood outside the Council Offices. It's history went back to the 1860's and was a gift to Max Schramm from Baron von Mueller, then Director of the Botanical Gardens. This tree went when Doncaster Road was widened, the timber was saved by the council and staff at the Depot milled the timber to make a table and chairs for Sch...ramm's Cottage. At the corner of Bayley Grove, a Bunya grew in Burkby Lawford's garden. The tree is no longer there. Among the fine collection of trees planted by Frederick Lawford at his home in Church Road was another Bunya Pine. It was cut down when the land was subdivided. In the Eastern Golf Links, east of the club house, another tree marks the site where David Mitchell built a house for one of his farms in 1860. At the corner of Waldau Court and Victoria Street, the Thiele family planted a tree and John Finger planted two others in Ruffey Park, north of the creek. These had been each side of a gate connecting the orchard and a horse paddock. To celebrate a Thiele family reunion, two Bunyas were planted in Ruffey Park near Friedensruh and Eric Collyer planted two more in the land of Friedensruh. In 1975, the grandson of Max Schramm, assisted by his own grandson, planted the Bunya Pine in Schrammís Cottage, on the west lawn, to replace the tree that stood in front of the cottage in Doncaster Road. The Bunya Pine was discovered in 1838 by Andrew Petri in Southern Queensland. The Aborigines highly valued the trees and looked on the seeds as a delicacy. The seeds, extracted from the cones, about 40 mm long were eaten raw when young and fresh, or ripe seeds were roasted in ashes or hot coals, or even cooked in damper when they had flour. Every third year, a tree would have a bumper crop and natives came long distances for feasts. The Aboriginals called the tree Bon-yi Bonyi. So Petri took samples from the trees and gave them to J. S. Bidwil, a naturalist who took them to England. The tree was described at the Kew Gardens, being officially named by Sir William Hooker, Araucaria bidwilli. The trees that grow to a maximum height of 140 feet abound in the Bunya Mountains in South East Queensland. The timber obtained from the tree is classed as eminently suitable for furniture as it is possible for it to be cut into wide planks. It has been used for joinery, cabinet work, shelving, flooring, lathes, plywoods and veneers. It is a pale coloured fissile timber. Irvine Green writing in 1993 09 DTHS Newsletter

19.01.2022 Class photo at Doncaster State School c1900. One of about twenty photographs, once belonging to the late Mr. W. E. Goodson, a former headmaster of Doncaster Primary School [1898-1924], and given to DTHS by the family of the late Mr L. J. Cameron. DP1207 & DP1208 Back Row: 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 7- Middle Row: 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6- Fromt Row: 1-, 2-Marjorie Kathleen Gould Trinnick known as Kathleen Trinnick, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-... See more at: https://dt-hs.blogspot.com//doncaster-primary-school-no-19

18.01.2022 Doncaster Templestowe Area: The Broad Geographic Landscape The natural landscape of the municipality is now (1991) overlain by introduced plantings and land uses. Elements of this natural landscape remain, and most have local or regional significance. The landscape we see and value today is influenced by its underlying land form (topography), the pattern of rivers and streams, remnant native vegetation, and the plantings and land uses which have been introduced during the ye...Continue reading

17.01.2022 Doncaster East State School No. 2096 Pupils’ Register for the period January 1907 to September 1943 PROV VPRS 14075 - P0001 - 1 (bound paper booklet at PROV North Melbourne) A member of Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society is doing great work copying material from the Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV) to improve it's access.... Ian Schafter photographed pages from Doncaster East Primary School Rolls in September 2016. Ian Schafter is a great grandson of Gottlob Schafter, orchardist of Andersons Creek Road, Doncaster East whose direct family members and a number of their subsequent families are included in the register. The Register actually starts in the year 1914 as the commencing date for recording pupils at the school. However a column in the Register headed Date of Admission shows pupils at the school in previous years back to around 1907. These pupils are the first names listed in the Register but the Register starts with the actual grade they were in is as at 1914. Although the inclusion of pupils in the Register stops at 1943, the Register’s class records continue to 1949 for those pupils registered as at 1943. There are approximately 692 pupil names within the Register. The Register consists of 65 headed columns containing various details of each pupil attending the school over four pages with the first two page spread showing columns 1-12 and the second two page spread showing columns 13-65. 1 Register No. (sequential numbering of pupils) 2 Name - Christian Names to be entered in full, and to be entered after the Surname 3-5 Date of Birth - Day-Month-Year 6 Date of Admission 7 Name of Parent or Guardian 8 Residence of Parent or Guardian 9 Distance from School 10 Occupation of Parent 11 School Last Attended 14-37 Grade into which Administered or Transferred During - Year by 1st half yearly and 2nd half yearly 38-61 Number of Meetings Attended During - Year by 1st half yearly and 2nd half yearly 62 Date of Obtaining Qualifying Certificates 63 Date of Obtaining Merit Certificate 64 Date of Last Attendance 65 Destination https://www.facebook.com/pg/DoncasterTemplestoweHistoricalSociety/photos/?tab=album&album_id=685007131971046

14.01.2022 Doncaster East primary school remodelling 1919 Remodelling works to the Doncaster East primary school in 1919 (PROV record ref: VPRS 3686/P0006/2082). Included extending the old classroom wall eight feet to give a room 24’ x 36’, the old residence rebuilt/reconfigured as another classroom and a Head Teacher's office, store, verandah and other rooms added.... Thanks to: Ian Schafter See more at: https://dt-hs.blogspot.com//doncaster-east-primary-school.

13.01.2022 Aumann Reunion Who would have thought there would be so many Aumanns in Australia? It seemed that most of them were in Doncaster on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st of October. Nearly five hundred registered for the weekend and four busloads attended a tour of the district on Saturday afternoon, viewing the former homes and orchards of members of the Aumann family. Over 200 family members arrived at Schramm's Cottage at 2pm for the dedication of the new headstone re-erected ...Continue reading

13.01.2022 Great video taken by drone of Pontville Homestead by Sam Tucker in May 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL4AOQcg6OI

13.01.2022 FINNS RESERVE Finns Reserve at Templestowe is rich in local history. On the Templestowe side of the reserve, John James looked after the Bulleen Pound in the 1840s. Then, in 1852, David Bell was pound keeper and he built the Upper Yarra Hotel. The hotel was a long low building with whitewashed walls and a picturesque thatched roof. It stood on a rise of land with a view across the river flats to the Yarra winding its way among the river gums. David Bell's hotel had the d...Continue reading

12.01.2022 The Ruffey Creek Park Ruffey Creek Park is a magnificent 68 hectares of rolling landscape surrounding the valley of Ruffey Creek. The park has areas for barbeques, picnics, walking, jogging, or just a relaxed walk to enjoy the country. It is an asset that any city would be proud of. The concept of the park began during the 1960's with the idea of Doncaster and Templestowe having its own Botanic Gardens just as last century every city had a Botanical Gardens. Evidently the ...Continue reading

11.01.2022 Rate Books - Shire of Doncaster 1891-1910 Thanks to the efforts of Ian Schafter, we have photos of pages from the Ratebooks from 1891-1910 in our archive and online. See: https://dt-hs.blogspot.com/p/archive.html... UNFORTUNATELY, you cannot search images for a name UNTIL someone has read/transcribed the names from each of the images. PLEASE consider helping us by transcribing a page OR, much easier, reading one or more pages into Google "voice typing" a free, extremely accurate, online voice transcription service. See: https://dt-hs.blogspot.com//voice-typing-with-google-docs. for details or contact DTHS

11.01.2022 Holy Trinity Church of England - 106 Church Rd, Doncaster VIC 3108 GPS: 3747'15.9"S 14508'17.1"E Original Minutes On the following pages are selections from the minutes of Holy Trinity Church of England collected by Mrs. Phyllis Whitten. These records commence with the building of the church and conclude with the building of the timber chancel in 1886. The stone chancel was constructed in 1932; in 1971, attendances increased when Doncaster changed from an orchard district ...to a growing suburb, then the new extension was added. 1993 03 DTHS Newsletter

11.01.2022 PONTVILLE - A Project Waiting to Happen In the 1830's Major Charles Newman settled on the banks of the Yarra on land later to become Templestowe. In 1847, after living in a turf hut, Newman built a brick homestead, he called it "Pontville" after the place where he had been in van Diemans Land. The Pontville homestead, is still standing. It was the first real house to be built in the area and is now not only the oldest building in Doncaster-Templestowe but the oldest in the... eastern half of Victoria, east of Heidelberg and north to the Murray. Pontville stands on a magnificent stretch of land that will soon be made a Metropolitan park but it is not accessible to the public, so is relatively unknown. The building needs attention for, over the years, unfortunate changes have been made and vandals have caused much damage. However, the base structure of the original building is still sound. The damage has been mostly to the added unwanted parts. Last year, the detached kitchen was seriously damaged causing grave fears for the safety of Pontville, as a result David Perrin MP has formed a steering committee with representatives from, the Council, Melbourne Parks and Waterways, The National Trust, the Historic Buildings Preservation Council and the Doncaster-Templestowe and Warrandyte Historical Societies. The committee is working to protect and preserve Pontville and to prepare for later restoration. A conservation study is to be carried out to determine the original form of the building and the surrounding landscape. This will provide guide lines for its restoration and the use of the land. Support from the community is required, both to help with the care of the Pontville and to convince the authorities that the building is important, not only to our district but to Victoria. A "Friends of Pontville" is being formed. Soon a Sunday morning gathering will be held at Pontville, possibly with a work party to tidy up the site followed by a barbecue on the banks of the river. Irvine Green writing in 1994 06 DTHS Newsletter See more at: https://dt-hs.blogspot.com//pontville-our-first-homesteads https://www.facebook.com/DoncasterTemplestoweHistoricalSociety/posts/661994707605622 https://www.facebook.com/DoncasterTemples//400835647054864 https://www.facebook.com/DoncasterTemplestoweHistoricalSociety/posts/334814673656962 https://www.facebook.com/DoncasterTemplestoweHistoricalSociety/posts/317763272028769

09.01.2022 River Red Gum Corner Bridge Street and Manningham Road, Bulleen This tree is over 300 years old, with a height of 20m, a spread of 17m and a trunk circumference... of 6m. It was saved by a local resident when the block it's located on was cleared. The tree faces possible removal once again, this time to make way for the North East Link Project, however options are being explored to retain the tree. Click 'LIKE' to vote for the River Red Gum for the 2019 Victorian Tree of the Year. More: www.nationaltrust.org.au/treeoftheyear

09.01.2022 Ford Truck The 1928 model A Ford Truck from Schramm's is being renovated and restored at the Templestowe Technical School (Yarra Secondary College). Jim Gray arranged with the Rotary Club of Doncaster to have the truck restored as a school project by students of the school. The Rotary Club and the Historical Society are sharing the cost of materials. The engine has been taken apart, cleaned and reassembled, it now runs beautifully. ... The cabin is being rebuilt and worn parts replaced. Work on the body still has to be done. There are various trades involved in the work covering several departments, such as engineering, body building, panel beating, spray painting and upholstery. The process takes time as students can only work during school periods between other subjects. When completed this old orchard truck, looking in perfect condition, will go into its new home where there is protection from the elements. 1993 09 DTHS Newsletter

08.01.2022 100 YEARS AGO On Boxing Day in 1894, Henry Fromhold was at a picnic in an adjoining paddock when he saw two youths in his orchard. They had broken some branches off cherry trees and were taking them away. John Pump and some other men, who were at the picnic, came over and helped Fromhold to detain the youths while he went and called Constable Hartshorn. At the Box Hill Court, Henry Fromhold said the cherries were worth one pound. The youths who had spent the morning drink...ing at the Tower Hotel were given two months gaol each. 1993 03 DTHS Newsletter DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. Samuel Plant was charged with being drunk and disorderly at Canter-bury on Saturday, December 22nd. Prisoner pleaded not guilty and stated that he had walked to Glenferrie and back and was resting when he was arrested on a charge of drunkenness. Fined Is. and 2s. costs, in default 24 hours; time being given to pay. John Ryan, who was charged with a similar offence, pleaded guilty, and produced a certificate that he had signed the pledge for 12 months. Fined 2s. 6d. and 2s. costs, in default seven days. DAMAGING FRUIT TREES. Two lads named George Birch and John Wilson were brought up on a charge of destroying fruit trees at Doncaster. Henry Fromhold gave evidence that while at a picnic in the adjoining paddock on December 20th he noticed several youths in his garden and upon going over noticed these two with others coming out with branches of cherry trees in their arms. He told them to put them down and they did so, but afterwards returned and were about to take them off, when he sent for the police and gave them in charge. He estimated the damage done at about 1. John Pump said he was at Don-caster on the 26th of December last, and saw prisoners in conjunction with about four others in MIr. Fromhold's garden. Did not see them break the branches off. but they were carrying the branches. All made off but these two who were detained while he went for the police. Constable Hartshorn (of Melbourne) was on duty at Doncaster on the date mentioned and the last witness came to him and said he was wanted. On going to the garden, found the prisoners, who admitted they had been in the garden, but had not broken the trees. The branches produced were similar to those broken off the trees. He had seen them in the morning at the Tower Hotel, where they were with several others from Port Melbourne and were even then the worse of drink, and had evidently come out for the express purpose of creating a disturbance. Sentenced to one month each. BOX HILL POLICE COURT. FRIDAY DECEMBEB 28, 1894. (Before Messrs. Ellingworth (Chairman), Blackburne, and Bishop, J's.P.) 1895 'BOX HILL POLICE COURT.', Reporter (Box Hill, Vic. : 1889 - 1918), 4 January, p. 3. , viewed 26 Feb 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90364204

07.01.2022 For Doncaster-Templestowe History, our DTHS President recommends: Manningham : from country to city By Barbara Pertzel & Fiona Walters ... Book : 3 versions : 2001 Keywords: Manningham (Vic.) - History.; Doncaster and Templestowe (Vic.); Doncaster ... Manningham : from country to city / ... Manningham : from country to city. ... Stories of the residents of Manningham were recorded to produce a history of the area. Topics ... 1740970004 ISBN:1875606998 ISBN:9781875606993 ISBN:1740970004 ISBN:1875606998 ISBN:9781740970006 ISBN:9781740970006 ISBN:9781875606993 See: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34281323 This book is available from Manningham Civic Centre for $30

07.01.2022 Historic Walks Through Doncaster - Templestowe Parks The 100 Acres The park is a block of natural bushland set aside for the appreciation of the natural habitat. The 100 acres contains flora and fauna that was native to the area before the intrusion of settlers. At the turn of the century, Tom Petty, Doncaster's most enterprising orchardist, purchased a large area at Park Orchards and cleared the land for orchards. One of the men who worked for Tom Petty was his nephew, J...Continue reading

07.01.2022 Banksia Park Templestowe Road, Bulleen (172.12) A Board of Works regional park planned on North American principles with distributed car parks, shared footways, information signs and interpretation signs, picnic and barbeque facilities, play equipment and sculptures. The principal landscape images are of pasture and woodland edge. Vegetation consists of some remnant River Red Gums, with plantings of Eucalypts, Acacias and exotic species including Prunus and Pin Oak. Nine inte...rpretive plaques are located along the footway which follows the river course. Note the old stand of exotic trees adjacent to one memorial including Italian Poplar, Indian Bean Tree, Ash leaf Maple, Common Ash, Alder, Spanish Chestnut & Pussy Willow. The area was farmed by Sydney Ricardo, a State Member of Parliament. Some rubble footings from his house apparently remain within the grounds of Heide II, and quince and pear trees planted during his ownership are thought to remain within the park (1) Of local significance. (1) Maris Taylor, pers. comm. Excerpt from: City of Doncaster and Templestowe Heritage Study 1991 Richard Peterson p. 1-4 http://www.manningham.vic.gov.au/file/26126/download Also see: https://www.manningham.vic.gov.au/file/43886/download https://www.facebook.com/pages/Banksia-Park/960461110638173

06.01.2022 Doncaster Arms Hotel (later Doncaster Hotel, Doncaster Inn, Stutt's Hotel and The Doncaster) 3747'12.0"S 14508'36.3"E (see more at: https://dt-hs.blogspot.com/) Built at the corner of Doncaster Road and Bismark later (Victoria) Street in 1854 and named the Doncaster Arms Hotel, it was owned by William Burnley and run by John Robert Wilson....Continue reading

05.01.2022 Henry Thiele and family at the welcome home to his son Ferdinand and his English bride, Daisy, outside Henry's home in Main Road Doncaster. The photograph was taken by Henry's brother August Thiele. This store (later Mitchell's grocery) and house were recently demolished to make way for shops in Doncaster Road immediately east of Shire offices (Municipal offices). The Mirror 22Feb1967

05.01.2022 The Lauer Family In April 1893 the eighth child of August and Ida Lauer was born, they named her Hilda. This year Mrs. Hilda Lloyd, a member of the Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society, celebrated her 100th birthday. Hilda Lloyd now lives in a nursing home in Surrey Hills but this lovely lady has an active mind and her speech is clear. Hilda Lloyd's father was Heinrich August Lauer the Doncaster baker, a well known figure in the district. He came to Australia from Aue...Continue reading

03.01.2022 Thank You........... and Help !!! So many people contribute in so many ways to the retention of historical information through these pages. If you have any spare moments to help, there are so many ways that you could contribute from the comfort of your own home.... e.g. We have just uploaded images made by Ian Shafter from the Doncaster East Primary School. BUT only 1 page has been dictated into text. Unless this is done, the information will not be "searchable" on Facebook, google or in our internal databases. It is SO EASY to dictate with the VERY ACCURATE and fast google "Speech to text" feature. If anyone can help with this or the many other projects that we have going, please contact us through Facebook Messages. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGDELeDEWJ4

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02.01.2022 Cavalcade of Bridal Gowns 1860 -1980 "Happy is the Bride the sun shines on" This old saying was not quite accurate for the opening of our display on Nov 1st. but at least the rain kept away and our spring gardens were at their best. Over fifty invited guests and friends were present at our official opening, performed by Councillor Irene Goonan. Great boughs of cherry blossom and roses provided a charming background for over thirty bridal gowns of all eras from 1860 - 1980. Th...e oldest gown dating from 1862 stood demurely under a spotlight with its accompanying Brussels lace veil beside it. We were fortunate in having a four generation set of gowns from the Finger family beginning in 1881 and continuing to 1965. The dining room had its table set for a wedding breakfast with sparkling glassware and shining silver, and upon the table stood a beautiful wedding cake. In this room were displayed gowns from the 1920's and 1930's, all simple but beautifully cut styles so very typical of those eras. In many cases, the studio portraits photographed at the time of the weddings added interest. The parlour displayed gowns of the 1930's and 1940's with a highlight being a satin pageboy suit of 1940, complete with tiny bugle and a tiny pink rosebud trimmed frock worn by a five year old "rosebud" flower girl. The bedroom held gowns of the more modern times artistically displayed, a special feature being two bridesmaids dresses, mauve and aqua, from a rainbow wedding, a fashion popular a few years ago. In the study, stood four gowns of various eras, one being our latest acquisition - a 1895 leg-of-mutton sleeved satin gown. Heavily beaded on the bodice, it was complete with a fur muff and tiny glace kid cream satin shoes. A wonderfully varied display of wedding photos was mounted in the schoolroom tracing wedding styles back over 100 years. Of interest, in addition to the dressmaking styles, is the method of photographing weddings that has changed from the stylised settings of the past, to the more informal modern placings. Several showcases of wedding memorabilia, including veils, invitation cards, decorative horseshoes and even a menu card from a honeymoon holiday could be admired A great deal of work went into the collection/ display of this material and the thanks of us all should go to those who assisted in setting up the exhibition. The display will run until November 29th Sat and Sun 2-5 pm. Please let all your friends know about it and encourage them to come along. Judith Leaney writing in 1992 12 DTHS Newsletter

02.01.2022 VALE - TEMPLESTOWE PRIMARY SCHOOL The City of Doncaster and Templestowe in common with most other Melbourne municipalities suffered the closure in 1993 of several state schools, by the Directorate of School Education. Falling enrolments in the city dictated these closures which were decided individually by taskforces made up of several neighbouring schools. S S 1395 Templestowe was among those to close. No community likes to lose its school which always has sentimental and... historic values to the parents and the children who attend the school. However the proposed closure and sale of the land on which the Templestowe school stands, drew an unusually large number of protests at an extraordinary meeting held by the Templestowe School Council on November 23rd 1993. SS 1395, in particular the old brick school building is a special case. This 1874 building is the oldest building in Templestowe and is listed on the City of Doncaster and Templestowe Historic Building Register as an outstanding example of a 100-type standard gable - roofed school of which few remain in Victoria. As a result of that meeting, a written assurance was received from Mr Peter Greenhorn of the Education Department Property Unit that the Directorate will not be demolishing the original school building. When the land on which the school building stands is sold, a special condition is included in the Contract of Sale that the building is to be preserved. In addition, as the building is on the Register of Historic Buildings, a permit from the Council would be required to alter it, which provides extra protection. Having made sure the building is safe, the next necessary step is to take some positive action to formulate a community use for the building. To this effect, a further meeting was held of interested parties with ideas to make use of the old school. Many expressions of interest were received from the Templestowe RSL, the Arts Centre Basketball Association and the Templestowe Traders, and a small committee was formed to investigate these. At the time of writing, the Doncaster and Templestowe Council are deciding whether or not to buy the entire site. Ideally, the quaint old brick school could be incorporated into the expanded and revitalized Templestowe Village shopping centre giving the area an historic focal point in pleasing contrast to the modern shopping precinct. 1994 03 DTHS Newsletter See more at: https://dt-hs.blogspot.com//templestowe-primary-school.html

01.01.2022 Class photo at Doncaster State School c1900. One of about twenty photographs, once belonging to the late Mr. W. E. Goodson, a former headmaster of Doncaster Primary School [1898-1924], and given to DTHS by the family of the late Mr L. J. Cameron. DP1207 & DP1208 Back Row: 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 7- Middle Row: 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6- Fromt Row: 1-, 2-Marjorie Kathleen Gould Trinnick known as Kathleen Trinnick, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-... See more at: https://dt-hs.blogspot.com//doncaster-primary-school-no-19

01.01.2022 Doncaster Templestowe Area: The Broad Geographic Landscape The natural landscape of the municipality is now (1991) overlain by introduced plantings and land uses. Elements of this natural landscape remain, and most have local or regional significance. The landscape we see and value today is influenced by its underlying land form (topography), the pattern of rivers and streams, remnant native vegetation, and the plantings and land uses which have been introduced during the ye...Continue reading

01.01.2022 The Koonung Creek Walking Track A river flat lies along the Nunawading side of Koonung Creek, and it is along here the extension to the Eastern Freeway will run, but on the East Doncaster side the freeway will only cross the creek in a few places. On this side, a walking track runs through the sloping land between the creek and the back yards of East Doncaster houses. Forty years ago, rows of fruit trees spread up to the top of the slope from the valley of Koonung Creek....Continue reading

01.01.2022 Henry William Crouch My great-grandfather, Henry William Crouch, came to Doncaster in 1863. He was one of the main people who started the Church of Christ in Doncaster. For years there was this old photo of him with a big bushy beard in the old church hall, which was the original church building, and if anybody new came to Sunday School or church Fd say, That’s my great grandfather. I was always proud of this man with his big bushy beard’. Henry Crouch was also the patriarc...Continue reading