Templestowe Valley Primary School aerial GoogleMaps 2018
Templestowe Valley Primary School
Templestowe Valley Primary School was established in 1969 and is situated on a spacious, elevated site that offers a quiet, safe and attractive environment, with established gardens and shade trees. The comfortable classrooms are well maintained, air-conditioned and heated. There is a well- equipped Library and separate rooms for Performing Arts, Science and Visual Arts.
Tennis in Doncaster Templestowe
Members of the Doncaster Tennis Club. The Doncaster Tennis Court was at the rear of the Doncaster Primary School, and the north-east corner of Federal Park. Unfortunately, none of this large group of people is identified. | Other Information: Joan Seppings Webster mentions Federal Park, Council Street Doncaster, in an article in the Doncaster Mirror, 30 July 1986. DP0312
Zander
Zander
The Zander home stands in Doncaster Road near Church Road. It is a large brick house set back from the street in a garden of lawns and bushes.
Major Charles Newman (1783-1865)
Charles Newman
Charles NEWMAN was born in the village of Cranborne, County of Dorset, England on the 21 December 1783. He was the first son of Thomas and Mary NEWMAN whose home was near the hamlet of Monkton/Monckton which lies three miles north of Cranborne. At the age of 17, in 1801 he was nominated as a cadet for the Bombay Establishment of the Honorable East India Company under the sponsorship of Paul Le MESURIER, the Headmaster of Hailebury College. This college was the training facility for the civil and military officers, who were employed by the company in its virtual monopoly of the East India trade and the Administration of India such as it was in those days. Charles NEWMAN was trained at the college for a further five years before entering the Madras Military Establishment in 1806.
He rose within the ranks during the next 30 years and attained the rank of Major in the Indian Army commanding the 51st Regiment Bengal Native Infantry. He married Catherine OTTO, the widow of Sergeant Josiah READER who had died of cholera at Fort St George during 1823. Catherine had one daughter named Maria Augusta READER who was born in 1822 at Madras, Tamil Nadu, India. She was also pregnant with a second child at the time of Josiah's death. In 1824 Isabella Reader was born at Madras. Tamil, Nadu.
Records prove that Charles NEWMAN and Catherine READER had a son born on the 8th February 1828 at Madras whom they named Thomas NEWMAN. The birth record which was sourced from the East India Register, states the child was his son and heir. The child died on the 20th June, 1829 aged 1 year, four months and twelve days. The infant Thomas NEWMAN was buried at St. John's Church, Tiruchirappalli, Trichy Cemetery Madras. Late in 1828 their second son Charles was born at Madras, Tamil Nadu. In 1833 a daughter was also born at Madras and was named Caroline.
Marriage records show that Charles NEWMAN and Catherine OTTO were married at Madras, Tamil Nadu, India on the 8th September 1834. As his sight had degraded, Charles NEWMAN retired from the Honorable East India Company army on the 10 September 1834 and with his family and two step daughters migrated to the penal colony of Van Diemans Land (VDL) Tasmania. The NEWMAN family arrived at Hobart on the ship Princess Victoria on the 10 November 1834. He expected to get a grant of land in VDL only to find out that free grants of land had been abolished. He procured a job supervising convict labour at a place called Pontville where there was a Garrison and Barracks. He travelled to Port Phillip Bay in about 1837. Hearing that land was selling quickly in the newly formed town of Melbourne he followed the Yarra River on the north side from Heidelberg. Fertile flats along the creek attracted his eye and he purchased a large area of land that totalled 640 acres what is now known as Newmans Road, Templestowe. He held a pastoral lease on 10,000 acres through Templestowe, Warrandyte and East Doncaster where he grazed sheep, cattle and bred horses.
A further two children were born to Charles and Catherine while in VDL, Louisa born near Brighton in 1836 and Thomas born in Hobart town on the 15th January 1839. In 1840 Major NEWMAN was the first permanent (European) settler who squatted on the land at the junction of Deep Creek, now Mullum Mullum, and the Yarra River. In 1843 he settled with all of his family at the homestead he built and named "Pontville". Within a few years Major NEWMAN built a second family home at Monckton. He eventually owned 640 acres freehold, and leased 10,000 acres throughout Warrandyte, Templestowe and East Doncaster. In 1852 he built a third house in Lennox Street, Hawthorn. Their final child was born in 1842 at Pontville and named Mary Anne. The NEWMAN family, at this time were the the furthest settlers east of Melbourne. Their descendants occupied the land until 1955, the only descendants to still carry on the NEWMAN name today are the WEBSTER Family. Maria Augusta Reader (NEWMAN) daughter of Catherine OTTO and step daughter of Major Charles NEWMAN married Thomas CUNNINGHAM an early descendant of the HORGAN - CARROLL and CLEAR Families.
Much has been documented about Major Charles NEWMAN over the years during the history of Templestowe. He had run ins with the local bushranger gang whom he pursued relentlessly. The bushrangers were said to be former convicts whom he harshly supervised in VDL. To get even they raided his farm and on one occassion led him away to the horse paddock with the intention of shooting him. His wife Catherine stepped in and demanded to go with them to the paddock. This saved his life, the bushrangers took his best horses then rode away. The second band of the bushranger gang raided his homestead shortly after this encounter and while they ransacked his home and stole priceless possessions they forced him to stick his head in a chimney while the robbery took place. Eventually the bushrangers were captured and hanged in Melbourne. Most of Major Newmans stolen property (military medals and artifacts) were later found hidden on a property not far away and returned to him.
Major Newman was also harsh on the local natives who constantly set fires in his paddocks and property. He insisted that his employees be armed and use their weapons against the natives. To get even for the harsh treatment a group of these local natives ascended onto his homestead armed with spears with the intent of killing him. Catherine hid him in the chimney and eventually the natives went away. On coming out of the chimney, the story goes, that he was singed and all black and covered with with soot. The Major also had problems with the law and order procedures and decisions made by the magistrates in the colony. On several occasions he questioned the decisions of magistrates when things did not go the way he expected. On at least one instance he was threatened with contempt of court by the presiding benchman.
Major NEWMAN grazed cattle and sheep with his two sons. He bred horses, welsh ponies and turned to breeding and racing thoroughbred horses in the surrounding districts . He had his own racetrack at the river flats by Homestead Road. He owned a racehorse called "Necromncer" that was the best blooded horse in the provence and valued at 700 guineas. The horse died suddenly in 1846. He regularly travelled back and forth between Tasmania (VDL) and the mainland to buy his cattle and sheep and once lost a valuable consignment of stock in a shipwreck. He appealed to the NSW Government for grants of land under the retired soldiers act but was denied as he had left his claim too late, he only had a certain amout of time to make application for land which had expired since his retirement from the army. Major NEWMAN employed native Indian servants for the running of his household needs. He would also attend incoming migrant ships to sign suitable employees for his farm, and would have police arrest those he considered did not meet their employment conditions. His daughter Caroline ran a small school house from her fathers property and students would row across the river from Eltham each day to attend school.
The NEWMAN family were not without their share of tragedies. The death certificates of Charles NEWMAN and Catherine OTTO (READER) confirms that their eldest child was born 1828 in India and named Thomas, followed by another son late 1828 who they named Charles. A third son was born in 1839 at HobartTown, VDL and also named Thomas. There was also a reference at the NEWMAN - Monckton Family Crypt to the death of a son named Thomas, who is now confirmed as their first born and buried at Trichy Cemetery, Madras in 1829.
Louisa NEWMAN died at Templestowe on the 19th December 1853 aged 17 years, Caroline NEWMAN died at Templestowe in 1857 aged 24.
Catherine OTTO (READER) died at Hawthorne, Victoria on the 8th February 1865, Major Charles NEWMAN died shortly after on the 12 September 1865, he was totally blind when he died. His death certificate gives the year of 1865 as the year of his death, on his headstone it is shown as 1866. Thomas NEWMAN died on the 6th June 1869 at Collingwood aged 30. He left a wife Susannah Victoria NEWMAN (nee WEBB) and and two daughters, his two sons born earlier had died in infancy and buried at the Monckton family cemetery. Charles NEWMAN (junior) died at Warrambyte in 1904. Mary Ann NEWMAN married Edward Richard CROSSWELL in Melbourne during 1865. The marriage produced ten children three of whom died at an early age. Mary Anne died on the 12th June 1903 at Prospect Grove, Northcote, Victoria. She was buried in Whittlesea (Yan Yeah) Cemetery.
Both the Major and his wife Catherine were buried in the family crypt at Monckton located at the end of Homestead Road. Burial on private land was discouraged by the government and was finally abandoned several years later. After the area was divided into orchard lots. The NEWMAN remains and their headstones were moved to the Templestowe Cemetery in 1910. Monckton was demolished in 1968. Local history has it that the grave diggers who were supposed to relocated Major NEWMAN's remains simply moved the headstones to Templestowe cemetery leaving the remains where they were originally buried at the entrance gates to Monckton homestead (now called Windrush). The will of Major Charles NEWMAN was very demanding and insisted that if his son Thomas married into the WEBB family he was to forfeit his share of the inheritance. In 1862 Thomas did marry Susannah WEBB and after the death of Charles in 1865 and Thomas in 1869, Mary Ann NEWMAN permitted her sister in-law Susannah NEWMAN and her two nieces to remain and share the NEWMAN estate
The two step daughters of Major Charles Newman, Maria Augusta READER married Thomas CUNNINGHAM at Green Ponds, Tasmania during 1839. Maria and Thomas settled at Templestowe and raised a large family. Maria died on the 4th July 1897 and is interned at Templestowe Cemetery. Isabella Reader married Joseph HAYNES at Melbourne in 1843. Isabella and Joseph also raised a large family and eventually moved to Sydney NSW where she died on the 9th November 1898 at Newtown NSW. She was buried a few days later at Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney.
Source: Charles Newman 1783 - 1865 (rootsweb.com) Mar2023
Major Charles Newman Lone Grave Site, East of Homestead Road, Templestowe. A10.
HISTORY : Major Charles Newman served as commanding officer of the 51st Bengal Native Infantry of the East India Company, in India.' He retired on September 6, 1834. He arrived at Van Diemen's Land at the end of that year and worked supervising convict labour. In 1837, he sailed to Port Philip to select land. He followed the Yarra on the north side near Heidelberg (which had been already sold), and built a turf cottage, then a house "Pontville", about 1845, which still stands.(2) In 1846-7, he purchased "Monckton Station" and built the house "Monckton" in the early 1850s.(3) He acquired a pre-emptive right of 640 acres and held a pastoral lease on 10,000 through Templestowe, Warrandyte and East Doncaster, grazing cattle & sheep and breeding horses. His own racetrack was on Homestead Road. "Monckton" was demolished in 1968.(4) In 1855, Newman left Templestowe to live in Lonsdale Street, as he went blind. Both he and his wife were buried in the "family crypt at "Monckton" at the end of Homestead Road." The seven Newman graves were moved to Templestowe Cemetery in 1910. "It is said that...the Major's bones are still lying near the gate to "Monckton" (now "Windrush") at the end of Homestead Road."(5)
VISUAL DESCRIPTION : A beautiful site overlooking the Yarra Valley to the North and the Creek Valley to the East. There is a large pine shading an old dam.
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS : Victoria has a large number of lone grave burials. Most are now unmarked, like this one. Those that are identifiable are "extremely significant". Examples are : James "Tally Ho" Taylor of Major Mitchell's party (1836) on the Broken River at Benalla; of Alexander Miller (1862) at Murrindindi, Yea; of Agnes Kistock (1847) Havey Park, Strathbogie; and of Eliza Archer (1847), Crooke Street, Lucknow at Bairnsdale.(6)
SIGNIFICANCE : An unmarked lone grave site of local historical significance of Major Charles Newman and his family. Newman was the first settler of Templestowe in 1837, the builder of "Pontville" (c1845) and "Monckton" (1850s, now demolished).
INTACTNESS The gravestone has been relocated.
CONDITION & THREATS : No threats known. The site should be sufficiently disinterred to determine whether it still holds the remains. If so, it should be identified and interpreted and protected from rabbits and stock.
REFERENCES :
1. Hazel Poulter (Editor Jim Poulter), Templestowe : A Folk History, Templestowe, 1985, p.4. This history is indebted to Mrs Poulter's outline.
2. Context Pty. Ltd., City of Doncaster and Templestowe. Heritage Study, Doncaster 1991, p.61 for "Pontville". Paul de Serville, Port Philip Gentlemen, Melbourne 1980, p.193 has him living "in Oriental splendour at Heidelberg".
3. Refer : A26, "Windrush", Homestead Road, Templestowe.
4. Poulter, op.cit. 5. Ibid. 6. Celestina Sagazio (Editor), Cemetaries : Our Heritage (National Trust of Australia Victoria), Melbourne 1992, pp.117-119 & 154-155.
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS : Victoria has a large number of lone grave burials. Most are now unmarked, like this one. Those that are identifiable are "extremely significant". Examples are : James "Tally Ho" Taylor of Major Mitchell's party (1836) on the Broken River at Benalla; of Alexander Miller (1862) at Murrindindi, Yea; of Agnes Kistock (1847) Havey Park, Strathbogie; and of Eliza Archer (1847), Crooke Street, Lucknow at Bairnsdale.(6)
SIGNIFICANCE : An unmarked lone grave site of local historical significance of Major Charles Newman and his family. Newman was the first settler of Templestowe in 1837, the builder of "Pontville" (c1845) and "Monckton" (1850s, now demolished).
INTACTNESS The gravestone has been relocated.
CONDITION & THREATS : No threats known. The site should be sufficiently disinterred to determine whether it still holds the remains. If so, it should be identified and interpreted and protected from rabbits and stock.
REFERENCES :
1. Hazel Poulter (Editor Jim Poulter), Templestowe : A Folk History, Templestowe, 1985, p.4. This history is indebted to Mrs Poulter's outline.
2. Context Pty. Ltd., City of Doncaster and Templestowe. Heritage Study, Doncaster 1991, p.61 for "Pontville". Paul de Serville, Port Philip Gentlemen, Melbourne 1980, p.193 has him living "in Oriental splendour at Heidelberg".
3. Refer : A26, "Windrush", Homestead Road, Templestowe.
4. Poulter, op.cit. 5. Ibid. 6. Celestina Sagazio (Editor), Cemetaries : Our Heritage (National Trust of Australia Victoria), Melbourne 1992, pp.117-119 & 154-155.
Source: Manningham Heritage Study Volume 2 Context Pty Ltd 2006
The original burial site is at the end of Homestead Road. Near petty orchard behind the cattle yard. It is a heritage listed site.
There were 7 Newman family burials: Major Charles Newman, Catherine Newman, Louisa Newman, Caroline Newman, Thomas Newman and his two infants sons Ascot and Thomas. Remains were meant to be transferred to cemetery in 1910. But only headstones were removed. The base of Louisa Newman headstone marks the site.
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Artist: RossTownsend. Owned by: CarlWebster. The house appearance is based of a photo that appeared in The Age in 1933, as well as various description Carl found.
There were 7 Newman family burials: Major Charles Newman, Catherine Newman, Louisa Newman, Caroline Newman, Thomas Newman and his two infants sons Ascot and Thomas. Remains were meant to be transferred to cemetery in 1910. But only headstones were removed. The base of Louisa Newman headstone marks the site.
Remains of Major Charles Newman's (or Louisa's ?) headstone near the east end of Homestead Road, Templestowe. The original headstones marking the final resting place of Major Newman and members of his family were removed from Monckton to the Templestowe Cemetery in 1910. It is believed however, that the bodies were left undisturbed. The Newman private cemetery was, and still is, on private property. DP0699
Remains of Major Charles Newman's (or Louisa's) headstone near the east end of Homestead Road, Templestowe. DP0701
Newman Graves - Templestowe cemetery - plaque and 4 headstones:
Newman Graves - Templestowe cemetery - Plaque at front of graves:
"Charles Newman 1783-1865 Born Dorset, England. Major of the Honourable East India Company. Forst St George Mdras. Settled in Tasmania 1834. Templestowe First permanent Settler 1837. Pontville Deep Creek. Seven Tombstones of the Newman family removed from Monckton private cemetery 1910. His death certificate record death in 1865 - Aged 83 years."
Newman Graves - Templestowe cemetery - Plaque at front of graves:
Charles Newman Headstone - - Templestowe cemetery: In Memory of Charles Newman. ?? Major ??? E.I.C. Service 51 Reg - Bengal Native Infantry - Died 12? September 1866 - Aged 81 years
Louisa Newman Headstone - Templestowe cemetery ?: To the memory of Louisa, the daughter of Major Newman, who died Dec 10? 1885? aged 16 years and 9 months.
Caroline Newman Headstone Sacred to the memory of Caroline. The eldest beloved daughter of Major and Catherine Newman. Died, deeply regretted by all who knew her. Nov 1 1857. Aged 20 years. may her soul rest in peace.
Catherine Newman Headstone: In memory of Catherine. Wife of Major Newman. Died February 6 1865. Aged 64 years. May her soul rest in peace.
Major Charles Newman in the Courts
During 1847 - 1848 Major Charles NEWMAN had several newspaper recorded court room arguments with the Melbourne Magistrates when rulings or decisions they made did not turn out the way that he would have expected. As an ex Army Officer and upholder of English discipline and justice he wanted the civil administrators of the colony to be harsh in handing down strict sentences to those who broke the laws, especially against him. His courtroom outbursts demonstrated this point.
AN ABSCONDER. Source: The Melbourne Argus - Friday 1 September 1848.
Major NEWMAN appeared at the Police Office on tuesday last, to substantiate a charge which he had preferred against a youth in his employ, named John WATTS, for neglect of duty and then absconding from his hired service. The gallant Major stated his complaint of twelve specific acts of negligence and disobedience of orders, but particularly dwelt upon the boy refusing to take out his sheep on sunday last, upon which occasion defendant stated he had not engaged as a shepherd, and moreover, that being a lad the Police Bench would not punish him for his refusal. On being called upon for his defence, the boy said he was badly fed and hardly treated by the Major; that no later than last week he had been given as rations portions of a diseased lamb, and therefore bolted to his parents for some wholesome food. The Major offered to produce evidence to rebut this assertion, but the Bench did not think it necessary, as it was highly improbable, and was not credited by them. The Bench mulcted the lad of all wages due, and ordered him back to his employment. During the investigation of the case, Major NEWMAN stated that his complaints did not receive that degree of attention from the Police Bench which a proper feeling of justice would warrant; upon this the following fracas took place: - Mr James SMITH (one of the presiding magistrates): - I will not allow you (addressing the Major) to make use of such language in this Court. You are in the habit of animadverting upon the judicial conduct of the magistrates in a manner totally uncalled for, and I tell you plainly I shall not tolerate it for a moment. Major NEWMAN: - If I have animadverted upon their conduct, I presume I had and still have reason for so doing. Mr RUTLEDGE, J.P. (from Belfast): - I consider, Major NEWMAN, such a remark extremely impertinent. This is the first time I have sat upon this Bench, and therefore your language cannot possibly apply to me; but I feel convinced your remark is equally impertinent when applied to the other magistrates. Major NEWMAN: - I beg to state to your Worship (addressing Mr RUTLEDGE) that I did not intend my words to apply to you. Mr SMITH: - It is no matter who you applied them to, Sir; and if you cannot behave yourself in a Court of Justice in a more becoming manner, I shall commit you for contempt. Major NEWMAN: - Well, you can do that if you are inclined, I suppose, and abide the consequences.
Mr. RUTLEDGE: - Such conduct, Major, is extremely unseemly; and I trust that in future you will treat the Bench with becoming respect. Major NEWMAN: I have not been treated fairly in this Court; I have frequently made statements in cases where I was interested, but persons in this office have thought it too much trouble to take them down. Mr BELCHER:, Clerk of the Bench, said - the last remark of Major NEWMAN, if applied to him was incorrect ; and as the Major did not vouchsafe a reply, the matter dropped.
THE MAGISTRACY. - Some days ago, Source: The Melbourne Argus - Friday 25th August 1848
Mrs. NEWMAN, wife of Major NEWMAN, applied to the Police Bench for a warrant to apprehend a runaway servant named BADDELL. The presiding Magistrate, Mr. A. McLACHLAN refused to entertain the case, upon the grounds that Mrs. NEWMAN was not competent to file an information in a matter where her husband was the complainant. On wednesday Major NEWMAN attended at the Police office for the purpose of making the application in person, when it was ascertained that the defendant had effectually baffled every attempt which could possibly be made for his capture by leaving the Province. Major NEWMAN, thereupon, took the Bench to task for negligently administering the laws, owing to which he said criminals escaped the punishment due to their offences, and employers of labour, as in his own case, were subjected to serious inconvenience and pecuniary loss; Mrs. NEWMAN had frequently acted for him in India and some of the adjacent Colonies while he had been otherwise engaged, and he could not understand why a similar practice should not obtain here; the Melbourne Magistrates did not know or would not comprehend their duties, and the public were the sufferers; these were the only British Colonies where the laws were improperly administered. Mr HULL, one of the presiding Magistrates informed the Major that such language would not be tolerated, as he was convinced that the Magistrates of Melbourne performed their duty as fearlessly, as honestly, and, according to their ability, as efficiently as any other justices in the world; with regard to Mr. McLACHLAN, he believed the language used in connection with that gentleman's refusal to entertain the former case, was equally uncalled for and unwarrantable ; he would not sit there and hear such aspersions cast upon the Magisterial character of the Port Phillip Bench, otherwise it might he construed that his silence was a tacit acknowledgment of their truth, especially when these charges were made by a gentleman in a high rank of life such as Major NEWMAN. The Major explained that his language did not apply to the Magistrates then on the Bench ; but Mr. HULL interrupted him, and directed him to wait upon the Clerk of the Bench with regard to the subject of his complaint.
AN ABSCONDER. Source: The Melbourne Argus Tuesday 29 August 1848.
Major NEWMAN applied to the Police Bench yesterday, for awarrant under the Masters and Servants' Act to apprehend a man named George WATTS, who had absconded from his hired service. The warrant was ordered to issue. Major NEWMAN stated to the Bench that unless assistance was afforded him by the Magistrates, he would be unable to keep a single man upon his station ; the new arrivals from Britain he said were uncontrollable, and although receiving high wages were little better than useless. Mr. WESTBY said the Bench would afford every reasonable assistance, with which the Major appeared more pleased than upon his former visit to the Police office.
A FATAL FLAW. Source: The Melbourne Argus Friday 23 April 1847.
A man named George SELLERS who had been in the employment of Major NEWMAN and was sentenced to one month's imprisonment for disobedience of his master's orders and at the expiration of his incarceration to return to his master and complete his agreement, was on wednesday last brought before the Magistrates charged with "absenting himself from his hired service." It appeared that the man had been released from gaol two days before, and had not as he had been desired returned to his master. The magistrates held that this was not an absenting within the meaning of the Act and SELLERS. was consequently discharged.
Source: Charles Newman 1783 - 1865 (rootsweb.com) Downloaded Mar2023
Major Charles Newman - Fire
ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE - SOUTH YARRA.
To the Editor of the Argus.
SIR,—The fearful Thursday ever to be re-membered in this colony, was equally destructive on the south side, as on tho north side of the Yarra.
Major Newman chose that day of all days to set fire to his stubble, the flames of which soon became uncontrollable, and swept in their on-ward course all the possessions of the unfortu-nate people who live by sawing and splitting— all of whom were obliged to run for their lives abandoning all they possessed but what was on their backs.
Mr Thompson, Warrandyte, had two drays de-stroyed with their loads of sawed timber.
Mr Louis Robinson of the Deep Creek, lost his all, his entire premises being swept away.
On the evening of that day, no less than fifty persons took refuge in the only place spared in the Deep Creek, Bulleen, that of Mr Pickering who was obliged to bestride his dwelling, and have water incessantly handed him to keep off burning flakes of bark which were flying in the air and endangered every dwelling.
The people thus houseless in the Deep Creek, Bulleen, who were all engaged in sawing or split-ting wood, have lost not only the timber sawn, but their tools with which they got their living— in consequence they are destitute, and are set soliciting the aid of their more fortunate neighbours.'
BRITANNICUS.
Bulleen, 12th February, 1851.
Source: 1851 'ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 14 February, p. 2. , viewed 24 Mar 2023, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4776193
Monckton Homestead
HISTORIC HOMES VIII - Two Stations on the Yarra: Bushrangers and Gold. (The Age 1933)
MELBOURNE'S HISTORIC HOMES . .
BY C.E.S.
Pontville
VIII. — Two Stations on the Yarra: Bushrangers and Gold.
BY C.E.S.
THROUGH the village of Heidelberg the road crosses the Yarra— narrow at this point— and then goes past rich river flats to the small settlement of Temple-stowe. It sweeps wide here, a little away from the winding Yarra, and makes a long climb up a pleasant slope. At its top, the road forks. That to the right, macadanised, leads down on its winding way to Warrandyte. That, to the left is Newman's road. It is earth formed, and trickles through orchard and dairy coun-try - orchards mostly - until suddenly it loses itself in rutted, grassy track, and eventually gives itself up at the wired entrance to an old orchard. Facing this remnant of a track is an old white washed house, all under a slate pyramid roof. The fruit trees go up almost to the front door; an old, bland-looking door, with two dim-eyed windows, one each side, and a verandah covering it rakishly, for all the world like an old,, devil-may-care cap that is a little down in the peak from age and much wear. In an old buggy, in an old barn, the household fowls roost; the gasping remains of an aged vine trails over a trellis at the back. There are apples ripening on tho window sills; the handle of a pump sticks out from a well which is under the house. It is on a knoll, this old house; East from it, separated by a pleasant valley, through which a creek trickles; and on another knoll— they are twins, these two grassy knolls — is another old house. Longer fronted, this one, with a spacious front porch, windows each side of it. The slates have long since gone from the roof, and galvanised iron taken their place. Two grey cement chimneys rear tall, stout heads from the roof top. Comfortable looking chimneys, homely like the white-washed house. We stroll down through the fruit trees, and slip-ping through a wire fence, come through a belt of light timber on to pleasant, well-grassed flats, grazing twenty or so fine cattle. A sharp, turn to the left, and we cross the creek by a low, log bridge, and, toiling up n sharp pinch, are at the front door of the house on the second knoll. The brick work shows where the white cement has peeled off. Age is written on everv inch of the sub-stantial house. A family of dairy farmers is here now. They point out pridefully the rich flats, that go down to the river, a bend of which we glimpse through the thick timber. East, at the boundary of the property, is another belt of thicker timber. There is a great, beautiful, quiet over everything; yet less than half a mile away traffic whirls over the busy Warrandyte road.
Pontville Bridge
Bridge at Pontville
A little known bridge spanned the Yarra from Templestowe to Eltham at Pontville. It was built before the first World War as a training exercise by army enginers. Later Sam McCauley, who owned Pontville, chopped it down because rabbits were coming across from the bush on the Eltham side.
Source: 1992 06 DTHS Newsletter
Pontville bridge
A little known bridge spanned the Yarra from Templestowe to Eltham at Pontville. It was built before the First World War by Army Engineers for training purposes. Later Sam McCauley chopped it down because rabbits were coming across the bridge from the bush on the Eltham side.
Doncaster Racing Club
Doncaster Racing Club,
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENTBy Permission of the Proprietor, Mr. Stutt,
RACES
will be held on
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1894
(WEATHER PERMITTING.)
Official Programme
PRICE - SIXPENCE.
Judge: G. LEAVEN, Esq. Starter: R SWEETNAM, Esq.
Stewards: Messrs. W. STUTT, A. WITCHHELL. E. BULLOCK. and E. J. LAWRENCE.
On the decision of the Stewards, the Proprietor of the Course. Mr W. STUTT, guarantees the Payment cf STAKES.
E. J. LAWRENCE. Secretary.
4. MARKET GARDENERS’ AND FRUITGROWERS’ RACE Of 2 sovs., ad led to a sweepstake. of 5s. each. all to go to the winner. Catch weight ; lowest weight, 10 stone. Distance, about 1 mile. To start at 4.15
pm.
Yrs.
1. Mr. P. Sheahan's b g Warburton a red jkt, white saah,red cup
2. Mr. Maggs br Wonga a blu, gold jkt, bla. wht. cap
Mr. J. Robin on’s ch m Actress a
4. Mr. Beveridge’s b g Moondah a
Mr. E. Street's b g Skyscraper a
Published in 1989 06 DTHS Newsletter
DONCASTER RACING CLUB.
By permission of the proprietor, Mr. Stutt, a
RACE MEETING
Will be held on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1894
First Race to start at 1.30 p.m. P
ROGRAMME. SELLING HURDLE RACE, of 5 sovs., winner to be sold for £15 ; 7lbs allowed for every £5 in reduction of selling price ; 2 stone over weight for age. Entry 5s.
Distance about 1¼ mile.
HANDICAP PONY RACE, of 5 sovs., for Ponies 13.2 and under. Entry 5s. Dis-tance about 4 furlongs.
DONCASTER HANDICAP, for HORSES, of 5 sovs. Entry 5s. Distance about 6 furlongs.
1894 'Advertising', Reporter (Box Hill, Vic. : 1889 - 1918), 16 November, p. 3. , viewed 09 Aug 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90363906
Discussion:
The notice says that Stutt was "proprietor". Perhaps of the land that the race was to be on ?
Stutt Ave is still there to the east of the Easter Golf Club (formerly "Tullamore")
"In 1909 'Tullamore' was sold to William Stutt (formerly a Shire Councillor and an M.P.), and it remained in the family for over forty years ."
City of Doncaster and Templestowe Heritage Study 1991 Richard Peterson.
http://www.manningham.vic.gov.au/file/26126/download
https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Stutt+Ave,+Doncaster+VIC+3108/@-37.7861698,145.1058029,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6ad647163045cd1b:0x4098707831ef1681!8m2!3d-37.7861698!4d145.1079916
Bushrangers in Bulleen
John Woods, the first settler in Bulleen, had his hut ransacked by bushrangers on Febuary 4th, 1838. After the Melbourne races, a neighbour was going to visit Woods when he was surprised by ?ve escaped convicts. They took his double barrel pistol and made him lead them to Woods hut where they took some articles and half his meat and flour. Then the convicts went off. Trigg, the leader of the gang called out, "Stay where you are or I will put the contents of this piece through you". The convicts were part of a public work gang in Melbourne. They were bullock drivers, sawyers and assistants to the surveyors. Their names were: William Hiscock, Will Lavender, James Luff, William Trigg, George West and Will Banfield. That evening after being locked up for the night they had escaped. Ten days later the gang turned up at James Simpsons but on the Werribee River. Simpson and his neighbour Wedge both had leases on the land that later became part of Werribee Park. Simpsonís servant, Richard Plummer, was in bed, when his dog barked outside the door. He looked out and saw some men running up fast. He slammed the door and tried to put trousers on but they burst in. They were all armed. The leader said ,"You are all alone, will you get a light and something to eat and we will not hurt you". While Plummer prepared a meal the convicts ransacked both Simpsonís huts, then told him to go to bed.
George Tobin, the captain of Fawkners cutter "Childe Harolde", had sailed down the bay to the Werribee River where he anchored at Simpsonís station ready to load wool. Unaware that anything was wrong, he walked up to the hut and entered to find three convicts pointing guns at him. They asked who he was and when he said he was master of the "Childe Harolde" they replied, "You are just the man we want". Tobinís assistant on the cutter, Thomas Gower, had gone off to do some shooting. Returning to the cutter, he walked into the gang. Trigg told him to row a small boat up to Mr Wedge ís landing and said "We wonít thank you if you do, but if you donít, we will shoot you". Both Wedge and Darke were in the hut where Lavender was guarding them with a double-barrel pistol. The gang robbed Wedgeís huts but were careful to only take half the food. They loaded the goods onto the boat and told Gower to row back to the "Childe Harolde". Both Tobin and Gower were then made to take the cutter down the river and were put ashore, but Gower was called back. Luff gave him a pound note, saying that is for working so hard.
Foster Fyans, police magistrate of Geelong, hearing that a gang of bushrangers had stolen the "Childe Harolde", commandeered a cutter, the "Lapwing", and set off in pursuit. The convicts had not gone far before they ran aground on lndented Head due to an unfavorable wind. When Fyans found the ship, shots were ?red, but the convicts ran off into the bush. Fyans turned back to port and ordered a party of troopers to search the area from Corio to the Barwon river. Four days later the troopers captured West and Trigg hiding behind a log, and Hiscock who was lying wounded nearby.
Eight miles further on they came upon the remainder of the men. They were all well armed but surrendered. They were carrying: ten pistols, six fowling pieces, four powder ?asks, one shot bag, two powder canisters, one hankerchief of powder and a bag of buckshot. Also among the items they had stolen were clothing, a spy glass, razor, burning glass, a book ëBeauties of Shakespeareí and one silver pencil case.
It is a coincidence that when John Wood came to Port Phillip, two years before, he was in partnership with Richard Wedge on the Werribee River.
1989 06 DTHS Newsletter
George Tobin, the captain of Fawkners cutter "Childe Harolde", had sailed down the bay to the Werribee River where he anchored at Simpsonís station ready to load wool. Unaware that anything was wrong, he walked up to the hut and entered to find three convicts pointing guns at him. They asked who he was and when he said he was master of the "Childe Harolde" they replied, "You are just the man we want". Tobinís assistant on the cutter, Thomas Gower, had gone off to do some shooting. Returning to the cutter, he walked into the gang. Trigg told him to row a small boat up to Mr Wedge ís landing and said "We wonít thank you if you do, but if you donít, we will shoot you". Both Wedge and Darke were in the hut where Lavender was guarding them with a double-barrel pistol. The gang robbed Wedgeís huts but were careful to only take half the food. They loaded the goods onto the boat and told Gower to row back to the "Childe Harolde". Both Tobin and Gower were then made to take the cutter down the river and were put ashore, but Gower was called back. Luff gave him a pound note, saying that is for working so hard.
Foster Fyans, police magistrate of Geelong, hearing that a gang of bushrangers had stolen the "Childe Harolde", commandeered a cutter, the "Lapwing", and set off in pursuit. The convicts had not gone far before they ran aground on lndented Head due to an unfavorable wind. When Fyans found the ship, shots were ?red, but the convicts ran off into the bush. Fyans turned back to port and ordered a party of troopers to search the area from Corio to the Barwon river. Four days later the troopers captured West and Trigg hiding behind a log, and Hiscock who was lying wounded nearby.
Eight miles further on they came upon the remainder of the men. They were all well armed but surrendered. They were carrying: ten pistols, six fowling pieces, four powder ?asks, one shot bag, two powder canisters, one hankerchief of powder and a bag of buckshot. Also among the items they had stolen were clothing, a spy glass, razor, burning glass, a book ëBeauties of Shakespeareí and one silver pencil case.
It is a coincidence that when John Wood came to Port Phillip, two years before, he was in partnership with Richard Wedge on the Werribee River.
1989 06 DTHS Newsletter
Nativity Scene in Schramm's Cottage
Nativity scenes originated in the earliest centuries. They developed from the use of dolls which had religious significance. In Europe, dolls were in the image of Saints and were associated with Christmas. Often a structure, representing the nativity was erected in churches and private homes where the Christ Child was displayed in its cradle with sometimes elaborately costumed figures of the Holy family, the Magi and their retainers. These reached a point of great elaboration in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The nativity scene at Schrammís Cottage came from Germany where it was made in the last century. We have been given an article on a French traditions of nativity scenes called Santons.
1988 12 DTHS Newsletter
Christmas dinner on the voyage out to Australia - Mrs. Maria Yates 1854
Now I must begin to tell about Christmas. We are wondering all the time what sort of dinner we shall have. The day before Christmas such a shouting "Captains of Messes - for flour, currants and raisins". Each adult had 3/4 lb. extra and a pound of fruit, a tin of condensed eggs, a tin of preserved carrots, extra jam and suet. Then we were told to get our puddings ready by 8 o'clock to boil all night. Then a man comes round to all the berths: "Will you give up your soup tomorrow and have your puddings boiled in fresh water, or have them boiled all night in salt water". Everyone gave up the soup and by 5.00 the next morning, all the puddings were ready. It would have done you good to see them and the many different ways they were marked - some had a piece of wood tied to the string, some a button, one had a china doll, another a bunch of rags sewn to the bottom. Ours had a ring tally. At midnight, the single men sang carols outside the Captain's cabin. They had two violins and two concertinas. They sang "Christians Awake" "While Shepherds Watched" and "Ring all the Bells of Heaven". Christmas Day it was raining and blowing hard until the evening when it cleared up and. everybody went on deck, although it was so cold. The Doctor sat in the hatchway and gave each child a packet of toffee and a handful of nuts. Then a scramble for nuts of all kinds, and biscuits. Sometimes when they thought another handful was coming, down comes a shower of flour and smothered everybody Some of the women went to the baker and got some flour and when the Captain least expected it, he had it proper. It was all great fun.
1988 12 DTHS Newsletter
Voyage of Abberton 1884
Voyage of Abberton 1884
Mrs. Irene Drakeford has sent a letter written to Governor LaTrobe with a report on the arrival of the sailing ship "Abberton".Irene Drakeford's Great Grandparents, Cranwell, were on the ship with James Read and his wife Annice. The Cranwells settled in Cotham Road, Kew where they grew vegetables and later fruit. The Reads came to Templestowe and were among the first orchardists. Extracts from this letter are reproduced below:
The Films of Les Petty
Thanks to Marion Richards for contact details for Ruth Petty. Thanks to Ruth Petty for permission to put online. (Stephen Digby for DTHS July2018)
01 Family Movie
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