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Can you help identify these photos?

Generally these photos should relate to buildings or people in the Geelong Region.  I was going to delete photos as they were identified however at this stage they will remain due to protests from interested parties!

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Schools

We are trying to sort out a series of school register indexes compiled over a number of years by the Geelong Family History Group for schools in the Barrabool Shire.

We've come up with a query about a school identified as "Moriac Sec School" - we believe it is PROBABLY Moriac School No 4117 as the dates seem to fit - but we'd like to be 100% certain.

Some of the schools we have entries for:

  • Lake Town (Mount Moriac) School No 2063
  • Modewarre School No 396
  • Moriac Sec School [Moriac School No 4117?]
  • Mount Moriac School No 1608

We've identified a number of pupils [26] who moved FROM Modewarre School TO Moriac Sec School and hope that someone can identify people on the list and therefore confirm details of "Moriac Sec School".

Have a look at the list to see if you can help.

According to Vision & Realisation, Moriac No 4117 began in 1922 in a timber building on the present site, south of the Warrnambool-Melbourne railway.  References continue until at least 1960 which still fits with the dates we have.

  

 

Bricks

This advertisement appeared on the front page of the Geelong Advertiser on 19 Dec 1840 and 26 Dec 1840.

What was "THE BRICKS: Branch Association"?

"Bricks" have been identified in Tasmania - generally louts who if they broke a window yelled "Bricks" as they fled.  It is not known if this was a similar "group" in Geelong!

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PJ001

The caption says "Birregurra is going ahead" but is it a photo of Birregurra or Ondit or ??

The photograph was reproduced in the Geelong Advertiser in the 1970s however "locals" ask - is it really Birregurra.  Can you help - names of shopkeepers etc. - to identify the correct location?

IDENTIFIED: this is Cressy and NOT Birregurra.  Confirmed with electoral rolls etc and a photo on the SLV Picture Catalogue showing these actual buildings.

View the 2nd image on the right or follow this link and look at a larger version of the image H87.52/131 taken c1909-1914. 

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DM001 Information about this painting and the MOTH family can be found here.

IDENTIFIED: a member of the MOTH family has been in touch and provided some terrific information on the family and the shop

 

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Z004 Ocean Grove school in 1953 - Grade 1 ?

Can you help identify students in this photo?

Front row (L-R): 1, 2, 3, 4
2nd row (L-R): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
3rd row (L-R): 1, 2, Jeff CARTER, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Back row (L-R): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

To help with the identification, a list of possible students (based on age) has been provided.
 

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W002 Building ruins - former hotel or house?

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Z001, Z002 and Z003 Stained Glass Window - located in storage on the Bellarine Peninsula or near by. 

Centre piece :

Born at Falkirk Scotland March 7th 1821
A P
1852
Left England October 4th 1847

Is it AP or AF?
Is 1852 year of death?
If this is a memorial window, who is A P / A F?

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W001 IDENTIFIED: Identified as St Luke's Methodist Church, Highton - it still exists but a new church has been built in front of it.

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AM001

This photo was taken by J. LOCKWOOD who was operating from 102 Moorabool St, Geelong in 1912 and from 92 Moorabool Street 1917-31.

Can you tell us anything about the band, the people, etc.?

IDENTIFIED: as a Salvation Army Band, but not confirmed which Corps.

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Last Updated on Sunday, 07 February 2010 21:35  

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