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Hurrey Brothers, wholesale and retail dairymen. Milk twice daily from our own farm at Yan Yean. Photo credit… The name Craigie was first found in Ayrshire formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland,… Thomas Henry Hurrey was born in 1835 in Launceston, Tasmania. His wife Mary Jane Hall was born in… The bluestone Craigie Lee homestead constructed c. 1860 was purchased by Thomas Hurrey in 1886 from James Bett.… This historical photograph depicts the severe devastation of wheat stacks at the Berriwillock railway yards (located approximately 31… "The Licensing Act was always a problem in the Mallee especially. Hotels were required to close at 6… Royal Palace Parks of Gödöllő, 1933. “The Scout Movement is a voluntary non-political educational movement for young people… Beatrice Violet Jullyan pictured as a bridesmaid, sometime before her own wedding. Photo credit Draper family Beatrice Violet Jullyan at Merriwoola Street (before marriage). Photo credit Draper family "I visited my Aunt Fanny Smith at King’s Heath, Birmingham. She was my father’s youngest sister. She had… Beatrice Draper, 1935. A doting new mother with her first child in the drought-stricken Mallee during the Great… Chester attended the 9th Wood Badge training course for Scout Masters, held at Gilwell Park, Gembrook in September… "We visited France in 1933 in three buses and saw battle fields and cemeteries including Amiens, where at… "Elaine and Robert were born while we were at Woomelang, also Alan. Bruce was born at Heyfield". Chester… Beatrice pictured in 1935, having recently given birth to her first child in "Woomelang where we spent the… "Beat and I were married on 16 December 1933 at St Mary’s, Caulfield. Beat’s family lived at Merriwoola… The 4th World Scout Jamboree was a gathering of Boy Scouts from all over the world, hosted by… "We visited Lake Balaton and swam in the Danube, visited the Prater and Schonbrunn Castle near Vienna. We… J C Draper and Baden Powell use for chapter 9 "Scouts Here for Jamboree," The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 22 December 1934, p. 18. Photo… Schutt & Barrie. Photo credit: Robinson, M. (c. 1980). Charles Ernest Barrie of Darlingsford Melton (1871 – 1931).… Scout Leaders at the 1934–1935 Frankston Jamboree. This photograph captures a lineup of senior Scout leaders and officials.… This photo taken between 1893 and 1896 occurred on the same day as a family group portrait that… The Arthurs Creek Tennis Association Challenge Shield. The Brock family of ‘Kirkliston’ donated this historic shield to the… The Arthurs Creek Rifle Club World War 1 Memorial Shield was with the Brock family who have since… The Leader of Saturday 13 September 1884 reported: It is with regret we hear of the death of… A lifetime on horseback - James Chester Draper at 'Barton Hill', Arthurs Creek c 1907. Jim was described… Mr. J. F. Boadle, one of the warmest patrons of the society, whose varied and well-selected stock formed… Yan Yean State School No. 697, c 1914 to 1915 Back Row: Tom Draper, Dan McKenzie, Ken McPhee,… Yan Yean State School No. 697, c 1913. Back Row: Don McKenzie, Ken McPhee, George Wilson, Myles Merrilees,… Yan Yean State School No. 697, c 1911. Back Row: Mr Babbage, Glady Olney, George Wilson, Myles Merrilees,… Potatoes grown in the Yan Yean and Arthurs Creek districts. Photo credit James Chester Draper Maize grown in the Yan Yean and Arthurs Creek districts. Photo credit James Chester Draper 'Winnowing' at 'Barton Hill' Arthurs Creek. Photo credit Draper family 'Fenwick' Homestead, Yan Yean, by Bruce G. Draper, 1970s. This fine bluestone house is typical of the area… Harvesting Barley at 'Hazel Glen' c 1940. Photo credit Reid family Bears Castle - Yan Yean Reservoir, 1970s. Photo by Bruce G. Draper for "Yan Yean: A History", by… Harvesting Oaten Hay with the Reaper and Binder at 'Barton Hill'. The author's father, James (Jim) Chester Draper,… "Yan Yean: A History", by Dianne Edwards. Published by the Yan Yean School Council, 1978. A conversation between… Peter Nankervis and Bruce G. Draper at the Arthurs Creek Mechanics Institute’s WW1 Honour Roll and Commemorative Garden… Hazel Glen Uniting Church, Yan Yean Road, Doreen on December 6, 2018. A piper is in the foreground… Numurkah railway station opened as the terminus of the railway from Shepparton in 1881. It closed in 1993.… Eventually I saw an unused Church of England at Naring. I bought it for fifteen pounds for a… Wireless patrol car. A Lancia Trikappa Tourer. The 7-stage amplifier with the tuning condenser can be seen through… Corporal Rodney Breavington and Private Victor Lawrence Gale. The Bandiana World War Two memorial is specifically dedicated to… The kerosene came in cases of two tins. A kero. case made a good tucker box. We used… Mr. James went as Chaplain to the Alfred Hospital where he caught influenza and died. Hundreds died in…