Bibliography update

I have just taken a few moments to trawl through the catalogues of the State Library of Victoria and the Sam Merrifield Library, looking for any recent publications which I hadn't yet included in my bibliography of Local and Family History Resources for Essendon,  Flemington and Keilor.  

I last updated the bibliography in 2017.  Among the books of local interest I saw the above Remarkable: the Good Guys Story, and also "Whose Little Cottage is This?" 33 Vida St, Essendon: a history, 1945-2014 by Grant and Steven Barlow.   

Some of the books I added have been recently published, others are a little older.  The additions are all highlighted in red.

The Good Guys story started in 1952, when Ian Muir withdraw all his savings to open a small shop in Essendon. Ian Muir had a vision of the future in the electrical appliances industry, and he showed that he could make his vision good.

Andersons of Horseshoe Bend Farm, Keilor

Aerial photo showing Horseshoe Bend Farm in 1951.  Author's collection.

The recent posting of the Montasell photos of Keilor prompted Christine Laskowski to pull out an article she wrote in 2006, based on an interview with Peter and Beryl Anderson of Horseshoe Bend Farm.  The Montasells and the Andersons were probably on Horseshoe Bend Farm at the same time during the 1940s.

The aerial image above is taken looking west.  The circle of trees to the east of  Horseshoe Bend is the Keilor Cemetery.

Peter had many cheerful stories to tell about growing up in Keilor, including a problem he had on Egg Day.  For those of you not familiar with the Egg Appeal, this little item from Trove will explain it all:

Egg Appeal
More than 250,000 eggs are consumed
at the Royal Melbourne Hospital every
year, and it requires thirty dozen eggs
to provide just one meal. As eggs form
a most important part of the invalid's
diet, an egg appeal is held each year.
This year's appeal will be held on October
10, and donations, however small, will be
gratefully received. They may be left
at the hospital, but if desired, a driver
will call, or freight will be paid on eggs
sent from the country or outer suburban
districts.
Egg Appeal (1939, October 5). The Age
(Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 3.
 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206334990

For the full interview, go to the Time Travellers website

Photos of Montasell's farm, Keilor, 1940s

Photo by J Montasell, courtesy of Viv McComb.

I have just added a page of terrific photos of the Montasell farm in Keilor, and surrounds, taken in the 1940s. Antonio Montasell was a Catalan (Spanish) farmer, who leased a farm at Keilor for 10 years before moving to Deer Park and buying his own place.  The photo above, not actually on the farm, is of the Keilor Lagoon.  

Midwives of Essendon and Flemington update 2019

Lucy Knight, in nurse's uniform with Una Knight, in front of St Mary's,

Lake Bolac, circa 1910 State Library of Victoria Collection, H2002.18/61.

I have updated the list of midwives who operated in Essendon, Ascot Vale, Moonee Ponds, Flemington and Kensington, from certificates sighted over a period of years.  The list will tell you the years and suburbs they worked in, and the names of the doctors they worked with. 

You can find the list of Midwives and also an updated list of Doctors on the Time Travellers website.