This photo is submitted to the Flickr Friday Photos 2012 under the theme of "doors".
Like the previous photo, these doors also once had another use. They are now an emergency entrance fro mthe Council offices but previously were the front doors to Camberwell Library.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
#fp2012 #blogjune Old Camberwell Library back door 52/22/1
This photo is submitted to Flickr Friday Photos 2012 under the theme of "doors".
The doors shown here were once the back entrance and loading dock for Camberwell Library. The door to the left was an entrance to the workroom and the door in the centre of the photo opened into the main staircase and thence to the circulation desk.
Since renovations to this 1890 building and the moving of Camberwell Library to temporary accommodation six years ago, the doors are now internal and lead to Council offices, meeting rooms and the Council chamber.
The doors shown here were once the back entrance and loading dock for Camberwell Library. The door to the left was an entrance to the workroom and the door in the centre of the photo opened into the main staircase and thence to the circulation desk.
Since renovations to this 1890 building and the moving of Camberwell Library to temporary accommodation six years ago, the doors are now internal and lead to Council offices, meeting rooms and the Council chamber.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Telling Tales Tag Cloud 52/18/1
Telling Tales has blog posts about lots of topics relating to Boroondara and its past. If you are interested in a particular topic don't forget to check the Tag Cloud on the right hand side of the blog. Clicking on any of the tags will take you to posts on the topic of your choice.
And if you don't find a topic there that you are interested in, send us an email to localhistory@boroondara.vic.gov.au and we will do our best to answer your query.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Beehive-road, Hawthorn 52/17/3
This photo is part of the City of Boroondara Library Service's contribution to the Flickr Friday Photos 2012 challenge under the theme of wildlife.
Wildlife and its use for the names of hotels also led to street names. In this case, the street which is now Barkers Road was originally called Beehive Road after the 1854 Beehive Hotel which operated from the corner of Beehive Road and Kew Road. This report from the South Bourke Standard on 4 July 1862 on the Hawthorn Council meeting on June 30, 1862 refers to correspondence with the neighbouring Kew Council in relation to changing the name of Beehive-road to Barkers-road as well as correspondence about road works on Beehive-road.
Wildlife and its use for the names of hotels also led to street names. In this case, the street which is now Barkers Road was originally called Beehive Road after the 1854 Beehive Hotel which operated from the corner of Beehive Road and Kew Road. This report from the South Bourke Standard on 4 July 1862 on the Hawthorn Council meeting on June 30, 1862 refers to correspondence with the neighbouring Kew Council in relation to changing the name of Beehive-road to Barkers-road as well as correspondence about road works on Beehive-road.
Red Lion Hotel 52/17/2
This photo is part of the City of Boroondara's contribution to the Flickr Friday Photos 2012 challenge under the theme of Wildlife.
The early settlers of Hawthorn (and Boroondara more generally) found lots of unfamiliar wildlife around them. But we don't find any hotels called The Wallaby or The Opossum. Instead they named their hotels as they had done in their places of origin, in this case the Red Lion, an entirely other kind of wildlife.
This 1936 photo of the then delicensed Red Lion in Church Street Hawthorn gives us an idea of the now demolished hotel which was of great local significance as a site for early political and social gatherings fron 1852.
The early settlers of Hawthorn (and Boroondara more generally) found lots of unfamiliar wildlife around them. But we don't find any hotels called The Wallaby or The Opossum. Instead they named their hotels as they had done in their places of origin, in this case the Red Lion, an entirely other kind of wildlife.
This 1936 photo of the then delicensed Red Lion in Church Street Hawthorn gives us an idea of the now demolished hotel which was of great local significance as a site for early political and social gatherings fron 1852.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Rainbow man 52/16/3
This photo is submitted as part of the City of Boroondara Library Service's contribution to the Flickr Friday Photos 2012 challenge.
Cole's Book Arcade in Melbourne was characterized by its rainbow symbol and the the Coles Funny Picture Books all had rainbows on them. Cole also had a rainbow garden at his Essendon house and is photographed beside it in this this book. This biography, Cole of the Book Arcade, was lovingly written by E. Cole Turnley, grandson of the book arcade owner.
And the Boroondara link? Well, the author Cole Turnley (known to us as Ted) was a long time Hawthorn resident and Hawthorn Library user. The Rainbow Man, Cole himself (and his wife and infant daughter), are buried in Boroondara cemetery.
Cole's Book Arcade in Melbourne was characterized by its rainbow symbol and the the Coles Funny Picture Books all had rainbows on them. Cole also had a rainbow garden at his Essendon house and is photographed beside it in this this book. This biography, Cole of the Book Arcade, was lovingly written by E. Cole Turnley, grandson of the book arcade owner.
And the Boroondara link? Well, the author Cole Turnley (known to us as Ted) was a long time Hawthorn resident and Hawthorn Library user. The Rainbow Man, Cole himself (and his wife and infant daughter), are buried in Boroondara cemetery.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Original altar of Immaculate Conception Hawthorn 52/11/3
Original altar of Immaculate Conception Hawthorn 52/11/3, a photo by Boroondara Libraries on Flickr.
The original altar of Immaculate Conception Church in Hawthorn is a beautiful example of wood carving. It was imported from Belgium by Parish Priest Father Edward Nolan for the opening of the church in 1869 at a total cost including freight and duty of 170 pounds. It is the work of distinguished Louvain wood carver, M. Vermeylen.
The Melbourne Advocate reporter at the opening was amazed by the altar and reredos forming a triple arch behind it to contain the tabernacle and the statues of Our Lady and St Joseph. He stated: "We believe that this is the first altar of oak imported into these colonies, and it is certainly unequalled for beauty in Australia."
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