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The
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There are over
2000 photos in the collection including many of early residents,
sporting teams, shopkeepers and local primary school grades.
Here is a sample of photos and ephemera from the collection:
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Phil
Voutier
Phil Voutier was a pupil at Chatham Primary School in Weybridge
Street from 1927, the year the school opened, until 1932.
He is one of a number of pupils who was captured by an enterprising
photographer who visited the school with his pony early in
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John
Butler Maling
Pictured as 1st Mayor of Camberwell in 1905/06, John Maling
was an early resident who leased but then bought a parcel
of 13 acres in Surrey Hills in the 1860s. The land was bounded
by Weybridge Street and Whitehorse Road and had a small creek
lined with willow trees running through it. As a consequence
he named his home 'The Willows'. This was demolished after
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44
Guildford Road, Surrey Hills
This Edwardian style home was relatively newly-built when
this photo was taken in 1913. Its owner, Mr B Offszanka poses
on the verandah and his cart can just be seen on the left
of this picture. No 44 is a modest home with simple detail
in the picket fence and fretwork decoration of the verandah
and coloured patterned glass in the windows rather than the
more ornate leadlight. Later the main window to the street
was replaced with a bay window and in recent years the home
has had a second storey added. |
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'Spenceycrof',
654 Canterbury Road
Today this home in Surrey Hills is hidden behind a large fence
sheltering it from the noise of traffic along Canterbury Road.
However it and the section it is built on date back to the
very early days of settlement in this area. Canterbury Road
was then known as Delany's Road. It is thought that 'Spenceycroft'
incorporates part of the original farmhouse built on the site
by George Klepper, who planted a vineyard in the area. He
was one of a number of German families who settled in Surrey
Hills during the later part of the 19th century. Later the
land associated with 'Spenceycroft' was worked as a dairy
farm by James and Elizabeth Rayment. |
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Here
are some examples of ephemera from our historical
collection. You
can buy 'Surrey Hills in Celebration of the Centennial 1883-1983'
for $15 from SHNC.
Are
you interested in assisting us with our Heritage Collection?
Become a Heritage Collection Scribe. Click
here for more details.
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