Suburban Voices

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Alves, Lesley, 1946- & Rice, Tess. 2001, Suburban voices : stories of multicultural Manningham / written by Lesley Alves ; photographs by Tess Rice. Whitehorse Manningham Regional Library Corp Box Hill, Vic. ISBN 0 9587367 0 7  https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/2643116

Doncaster East Primary School No 2096 (Formerly named Deep Creek 1878-1893)

Opened 1878
History ? Buildings altered ???
Significant Pupils ?Closed in 1997 when students moved to site of Waldau Primary School, Denhert St. The combined schools were renamed as Doncaster Gardens Primary School.

North west corner of George St and Blackburn Road.

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The Headmaster's Horse

Mr Patrick W. Considine was the head teacher at Doncaster East Primary School from 1910 to 1914. For teachers today there are always complaints from parents about things affecting their chil- dren’s schooling and Mr Considine was not exempt from this with a complaint about his horse at school. 

Tullamore - Thomas Naghten Fitzgerald - Eastern Golf Club

Tullamore to Golf Course

With the pending sale of the Eastern Golf Course for commercial and residential development it is time to revisit the history of this site. In this district orchardists or farmers built their houses, the more successful they were the larger their home. One house "Tullamore" now the clubhouse of the Eastern Golf Club was an exception. It was built a~ the country home of Sir Thomas Fitzgerald, Melbourne's leading surgeon. The property of "Tullamore" had its origins in 1858 when the "Carlton Estate", north of Doncaster Road was subdivided. A grazing lease of over one square mile had previously extended across this area. The homestead and stockyard of this cattle station were located in the vicinity of the corner of Petty's Lane and Wilson's Road. The land, which later became the Eastern Golf Course, covered three blocks of approximately thirty acres each. One of these was bought by James Smith and the other two by David Mitchell. James Smith was the father of Laurie Smith, who became well known in the district as a drawing teacher. His brick home was built at the top of Elgar Road. David Mitchell bought his land as a farm; it became one of his four country properties. He built a small cottage on Doncaster Road opposite the stables. A Bunya Bunya pine that his daughter Dame Nellie Melba used to climb as a young girl marks the location of the cottage.

c1930. Sir Thomas Fitzgerald's country home, "Tullamore" built in 1886 in Doncaster Road as a country home. It became Eastern Golf Club/ Links in 1924.  The oldest section of the building was built for Sir Thomas Fitzgerald, the eminent surgeon of the Melbourne Hospital. The property was later purchased by William Stutt, the owner of the Doncaster Hotel. This photograph is a copy of one that appeared in a newspaper or magazine, and shows the new additions on the east side.  Dr Fitzgerald named the property 'Tullamore', by which name it was known for many years after Fitzgerald ceased to be the owner. DP0216 

Daniel Harvey and Family

The DTHS Archive includes a number of photographs and documents relating to Daniel Harvey, implement maker.
Documents include Day Book for repairs done by Daniel Harvey at his blacksmith's shop in 1906-1910.
Daniel Harvey's ledger of his blacksmith shop in Lower Templestowe repairing plough shares, horse shoes etc. from 1906 - 1910. The ledger includes the price of the work and the name of the customer.
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and a photocopy of a document containing advertisements, testimonials and photographs of the Petty two-furrow disc orchard stripping plough. The document is produced by D Harvey, Box Hill, and carries his name, although it does not mention Herb and Frank Petty who originally developed the plough.
DTHS Archive dd5AF2D1 c1934

Power in the East - A Short History of the Electricity Department of the City of Doncaster & Templestowe (White 1986)

At our October Meeting, Graeme Andersen, former electrical Engineer for the City of Doncaster and Templestowe (1967-1987) spoke about the origins of electricity in Melbourne and its subsequent expansion in to the metropolitan area. In 1893, the Government installed three arc lamps in Melbourne - one at the Post Office, one at the Telegraph Office and another outside Parliamen_t House. Generators to supply electric power were driven by gas engines. Until 1911, electncity around Melbourne was distributed by Melbourne City Council, along with three private companies, which later amalgamated to become the Melbourne Electric Supply Co. By this time, the provision of electricity had extended to Camberwell and Brighton. Initially, the use of electricity was restricted to lighting only, but once it was realised that it could also be used for other domestic purposes, various household appliances began to make their appearance on the market - radiators, ovens and in 1912, the fi~st Hotpoint electric iron. Hot water heaters were first introduced in 1909, for the benefit of dentists and nurses, but both took some time to become popular househol~ commodities. Moves to establish a state owned authority for the generation and supply of electricity were made by the Government in 1917 and led to the establishment of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria {SECY) in 1921. Many Councils, including Manningham then purchased in bulk from SECY and retailed it to ratepayers. Electricity came to Doncaster in 1916 following deputations· from the local progress Association, some members of which agreed to act as guarantors for the scheme. Power was purchased by the shire from the Melbourne Electric Supply Co. A switching on ceremony, took place on the evening of 9th of February when the Shire President, Councillor August Zerbe asked his wife to "close the switch". In 1971, the Ciry of Doncaster and Templestowe was the first Municipality in Victoria to make the provision of electricity a mandatory requirement for all the new residential subdivisions. Our speaker, Graeme Andersen, was the driving force behind the implementation of this policy 

Source: Eric Collyer writing in 2009-06 DTHS Newsletter

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Power in the East - A Short History of the Electricity Department of the City of Doncaster & Templestowe (White 1986).   Publication has no copyright symbol.  No publisher. No record in NLA.  No ISBN.  Apr2021 - All contact enquiries, online and offline effort to locate author failed.

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Park Orchards Chalet and Golf Links

Source:  GoogleMaps

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Aumann : the family history, 1853 - 1993 (Eric Uebergang) Pt1

Uebergang, Eric.  1993,  Carl Samuel Aumann : the family history, 1853 - 1993 / Eric Uebergang  Aumann Reunion Committee Diamond Creek, Vic (NLA Record)

DTHS has been granted permission by the author to reproduce this book in full, and is working to make it available as soon as possible within this website.

This book in the DTHS library

It can also be purchased for $10 (contact DTHS) plus postage (Weight 1135g Dimensions 240mm x130mm x 30mm.)

Postage Estimate Dec2025: Prepaid satchels

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Small 35.5 x 22cm, 5kg,  $11.50

As at Dec2025, there are still some copies left....

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Schramms Cottage and Orchard Museum Booklet (1978 and 1984)

Aumann : the family history, 1853 - 1993 (Eric Uebergang) Pt3

CLARIS ANNA AUMANN

Claris Anna Aumann was born on July 27th, 1912, at Templestowe, Victoria; the second child of Gustav Adolph Aumann and Anna Maria Agnes nee Blobel. After completing her education at the Templestowe School, she remained at home helping on the orchard and in the home.

Claris regularly attended the Lutheran Church, Doncaster, where she took an active part in the life of the church, and was organist for many years, a position taken over by her sister, Joyce after Claris married. She married Harold Alfred Fixter on July 15th, 1945, at the Lutheran Church, Doncaster. Harold was born on July 19th, 1905, at Stoney

Creek, Gippsland, Victoria; the son of William Fixter and Pauline Ernestine nee Uebergang.

Claris and Harold made their home at Maffra, Gippsland, where Harold owned a plumbing business, which was later mn by Eric Fixter, Harold’s son by a previous marriage. Claris and Harold had one daughter, Kathryn Joy.

Claris now worships regularly at the Uniting Church, Maffra. Harold died on December 8th, 1971, at Maffra and was buried in the Maffra Cemetery, Victoria. Claris still lives in the home at Maffra.

Thiele Family

Frederick Thiele and his family.

Frederick THIELE was born at Doncaster in 1855, the sixth child of Gottlieb and Phillipine Thiele who were pioneer settlers of the district. He attended the school conducted in the Lutheran Church at Waldau where Max Schramm was the teacher. The transfer of the school from Waldau to Main Road in 1864 was effected during the time of his attendance. After leaving school, Fred worked on the family orchard at Friedensruh, and grew up to become one of the district’s most successful orchardists.

Early in his life he was sent by his father for professional training in horticulture at the nurseries of J.C. and T.C. Cole in Hawthorn where he learnt various methods of plant propagation. Fred was an innovator and introduced better methods of management to make the orchard more profitable. He was also a mentor to his brothers Edmund and Alfred, who in later years with Fred, worked the family orchard in partnership. At one time Fred realigned a section of Ruffey Creek below the homestead, digging this out by pick and shovel. Evidence of this can still be clearly seen in the creek today.

JayCees - Doncaster & Templestowe

Junior Chamber = JCs = JayCees

The United States Junior Chamber, also known as the Jaycees, JCs or JCI USA, is a leadership training service organization and civic organization for people between the ages of 18 and 40.[1] It is a branch of Junior Chamber International (JCI).[2] Areas of emphasis are business development, management skills, individual training, community service, and international connections.[3] The U.S. Junior Chamber is a not-for-profit corporation/organization as described under Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(4).

History of Doncaster & Templestowe (Keogh 1975)

• June 2021 - Web search for Graham Keogh contact unsuccessful.
• Keogh signs the preface to the history as E.G.K so it appears his first name actually begins with an E.  The Ryerson index shows a death notice on 9 Nov 1981 in The Age. Melbourne for Eustace Graham Keogh.  Also, Trove shows that when Eustace was awarded the MBE in January 1957, he lived in South Warrandyte.
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ByWays of Local History (Doncaster Mirror) and YesterYear (Doncaster News) 1981-1993 - Joan Seppings/Webster

ByWays of Local History - Doncaster Mirror - 170-175

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permanent Public Open Space, with a rider that it was not to be used exclusively at any one time, by any one sport or organisation, but was to be designated for PASSIVE RECREATION.

The Scout Hall got there by stealth. The proposal for part of the park land to be used for the scout building was not even advertisedi in the local paper, as stipulated by the Local Government Aact. ( See my newspaper article ) . I was not well at the time, and unable to learn inadvance of the xxpx proposal. I other words, about this, I did not get " a leak ", so could not bring the knowledge to the notice of the people so all concerned could put their view.

I later learned, through Cr Keith Remington, that another site, between houses in Thea ^rove and also on parkland, had been proposed, advertised, and received many objections. Sat The knowledge of a great many residential objections, and desire to maintain parkland open and fwee to all, should have persuaded a responsible council to look for a different type of area. r>ut there were pressures from parents of potential scouts. Cr Remington told me that pro-hall-on-rark councillors knew that if they advertised the proposal as required by lawT nh-imotors would force ib to lapse. So they did not advertise it, but just went ahead and gave the land over to the Scouts use. This was illegal

two ways. 1. because of the earlier ruling on non-exclusive use. and 2. Because of L.G.A. requirements.

Ironically, after all I have done over the years to obtain

Where have all the orchards gone ? [Joan Seppings, Walkabout July 1967)

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Centenary Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Congregation Doncaster 1858-1958 (Booklet)

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AS your Pastor in this centenary year of your Trinity Lutheran congregation of Doncaster, it is my duty and privilege to introduce this booklet to you. It shall tell you, the third, fourth, fifth and sixth generations of descendants of your pioneer forefathers, something of the history of the Doncaster Lutheran congregation through 100 years. It shall bring before you the pastors who preached and taught the Word of God to old and young; you will see their pictures and read brief summaries of their work in this district. It will bring before you the pictures of a number of founders, pioneers and officials of the congregation, and, as you read, the story will unfold which they helped to write. It will try to let you see, behind these men, the women whose pictures do not appear, but who nobly played their part in home and field, in family and in church. It will tell you cf the church your forefathers built on Waldau Hill and of the joy they had in worshipping there. It will tell you how the second church was built, then the manse and finally the hall. It will tell you something of the history of the congregation down to the present time written by men and women who are close to you. You will learn something of the difficulties and trials met with by congregation and pastors as one generation took over from another, as the language changed, as the organisations emerged and grew, each making their contribution to the growth of the congregation as a whole. You will see and read a great deal about men and women; but behind them this booklet would have you see God working with them, through them and sometimes without them to guard, keep and strengthen the congregation so that it might bear living witness to Him.

Doncaster Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Congragation Doncaster 1858-1933 Souvenir Booklet

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SEVENTY-FIFTH

ANNIVERSARY

The Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Congregation

DONCASTER

1858 - - 1933

Bless the Lord, O my soul,

And forget not all His benefits;

Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness And tender mercies.—‘Psalm 103: 2 

Waldau Village Historic Walk - Clearing in the Forest (Manningham Council)

Starting at the Victoria Street carpark at Ruffey Lake Park, points of interest for this heritage walk focus on the influence of German settlers who became orchard growers and created the Waldau Village legacy.

Electricity supply in Doncaster and Templestowe (Anderson 1992)

Electricity supply in Doncaster and Templestowe : a history of the Electricity Department of the City of Doncaster and Templestowe - Graeme F. Anderson/ Andersen.  ISBN 0646090828.   https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1874784   Scan of Original Booklet

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May 2021: Permission request sent to author at Mr G F Anderson, 30 Tannock St, North Balwyn Vic 3104.   (DTHS members believe that Graeme Anderson is deceased ). Book published/ sponsored by Manningham City Council.