At Templestowe, a co-operative organised by A. T. Petty, R. Read and R. Chivers established a cool store with thirty shareholders. It opened at the beginning of the 1919 season and held 12,000 cases of fruit. William Webb was appointed secretary.
Orchards of Doncaster Templestowe - Irvine Green
Photo collection of Cool Store in dilapidated state - 1972 - Garth Kendall
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A cooperative cool store was built by local growers in 1919 and was a landmark at the corner of Porter Street and Fitzsimons Lane for over 50 years.
http://www.victorianplaces.com.au/templestowe
1930 'Templestowe Orchardists Adopt Sound Methods', Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), 26 July, p. 53. , viewed 05 Sep 2018,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223327970
1925 'FRUIT GROWING.', The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), 19 December, p. 14. (METROPOLITAN EDITION), viewed 05 Sep 2018,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140725612
TEMPLESTOWE COOL STORE. Minute books 1917-1969. (Held by DTHS ?)
Engine room at the Templestowe Cool Stores | Engine room at the Templestowe Cool Stores with the engineer. The Cool Stores were situated at the north-west corner of Porter Street and Fitzsimons Lane. (Photograph mounted with caption) | | Templestowe Templestowe Cool Stores|Cool stores|Porter Street|Scanned images | DP0341
Templestowe Cool Store | Templestowe Cool Store, corner of Porter Street and Fitzsimons Lane, being demolished in the early 1970s. The packing area has been removed revealing the doors into the cool chambers. The cool store was built in 1922. (Photograph mounted with caption) | | Templestowe Templestowe Cool Store|Cool stores|Porter Street|Fitzsimons Lane|Scanned images | Green, Irvine DP0389
Templestowe Cool Store |1930s | Templestowe Cool Store, corner of Porter Street and Fitzsimons Lane, with horse-drawn and motor fruit wagons positioned for loading/unloading. The house behind the picket fence at the left of the photo, may have belonged to the late William Kent, whose property was situated between Clarke Street and the Templestowe Recreation Ground in Porter Street. | | Templestowe Cool stores|Templestowe cool Stores|Fruit wagons|Kent, William|Scanned images | DP0793
Templestowe Cool Stores |18-Nov-67 | Sketch of the Templestowe Cool Stores, situated at the north-west corner of Porter Street and Fitzsimons Lane, Templestowe, as sketched by Alfred A. Perry on 18 November 1967. Mr Perry stated the Cool Stores were built in 1917 by local fruit growers with government assistance. It had four cool chambers, each with a storage capacity of 5,000 cases. It was used as a hall for the welcome home to the Templestowe soldiers who served King and country in the Great War. Mr A. Mason was the engineer at the time Mr Perry did his sketch. It was demolished in 1974 and the site is now occupied by a Shell service station. | Mounted and framed with two other sketches by Mr Perry | Templestowe Templestowe Cool Stores|Cool Stores|Mason, A.|Perry, Alfred A. | Sketched by Alfred A. Perry DP0987
Templestowe Cool Store |1920s | Photograph of dairy farms at Templestowe, with the rear of the Templestowe Cool Store in the foreground. The photo was taken from the hilltop behind the Cool Store [NW cnr of Porter Street and Fitzsimons Lane] and shows the farms to the south east. The fencing is post-and-rail. The cooling tower belonging to the cool store is on the right. | | Templestowe Templestowe|Templestowe Cool Stores|Cool Stores|Porter Street, Templestowe|Scanned images | DP1087
Peace celebrations at Templestowe |Nov-18 | Photograph of Peace celebrations at the Templestowe Cool Store | | Templestowe Peace celebrations|Templestowe Cool Store|Cool Stores|Scanned images | DP1088
Peace celebrations at Templestowe |Nov-18 | Photograph of school children celebrating the end of WW1. They are pictured standing in front of the Templestowe Cool Store, Fitzsimons Lane, Templestowe. | | Templestowe Peace celebrations|Templestowe Cool Store|Cool Stores|Scanned images | DP1089
Peace celebrations at Templestowe |Nov-18 | Photograph of a procession of school children, lead by flag bearers, on their way to peace celebrations at the Templestowe Cool Store. John ['Jack'] Aumann is holding the Australian flag on the right. | | Templestowe Peace celebrations|Aumann, John|Scanned images | DP1090
Templestowe Cool Store in the 1920s, built 1919, demolished in 1972. (extracted from Century of Tennis in Tempy)
Templestowe Orchardists Cool Store Demolition
North west corner. Previously Whitten's cool store.
Cool Store Demolition c1980
The cool stores, once on the corner of Fitzsimons Lane & Porter Street, were photographed in the late 70’ or early 80’s, whenever demolition took place. Many cool room lining boards ended up as walls in our Eltham home which I was extending at the time.
George Coop 2019
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