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Recollections, the Honourable Evan Walker.

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Chapter One

  1. C.Gaz., 19/3/1887, p. 2.
  2. Alexander Sutherland, Victoria and its Metropolis: Past and Present (Melbourne, 1888), Vol. 1, p. 573; Isaac Selby, The Old Pioneers’ Memorial.
  3. The History of Melbourne from the Discovery of Port Phillip to the World War (Melbourne, 1924), p. 365: the cemetery ‘created a mental road’.
  4. ‘Garryowen’, Chronicles of Early Melbourne, 1835-52 (Melbourne, 1888), p. 29.
  5. C.Gaz., 25/10/1889, p. 2; 11/9/1891, p. 2: the population of Victoria ward was increasing every year; 27/12/1895, p. 2.
  6. ‘Garryowen’, Chronicles, p. 30: when Carlton was put on the market, it was gobbled up by investors with money from the gold days. Noelle Belcher, A Historical Tour of Princes Hill, North Carlton (Carlton, 1976),pp. 1-2.
  7. VPRS 795/1714: 5/4/1887-10109; 27/5/1888-38207. Robertson’s reply to the Tynan report, 30/6/1888-21714. In 1892, the Lygon Street school was made an adjunct to SS 112 Faraday Street. It was closed in October 1908 (V€9’R, 3, p. 55).
  8. Application no. 2946, 15/6/1887-18646. VPRS 795/1714: 17/5/1887-13190; 20/5/1887-15097; Government Gazette, 3/6/1887, p. 1517.
  9. VPRS 795/1714: 1/9/1887-28599; 22/9/1887-31170; 28/9/1887-32013.
  10. VPRS 795/1714: 27/10/1887-33786.
  11. MLA Motions and Orders no. 55, p.3l7f; VPRS 795/1714: 2/11/1887-37148.
  12. Argus, 29/10/1924, pp. 6, 9.
  13. V&R, 1, p.xxxix.
  14. ibid., p. 277
  15. VPRS 23/2/1889-6691. School Roll: 897/8: 28/2/1889-7580.
  16. VPRS 795/1714: 24/7/1889, 6/8/18891-6691. (Campbell had satisfactorily carried out at least one prior contract for the PWD). Schoolgrounds: VPRS 795/1714: 17/9/1889-38435. Newspaper reports in October 1896 refer to work needed in the yard and for boulders to be removed (C. Gaz., 9/10/1896, p. 2).
  17. VPRS 795/1714: 22/8/1889-33313; 14/9/1889-36783, and memo 10/2/1990.
  18. C.Gaz., 24/1/1890, p. 2; 9/5/1890, p. 2.
  19. VPRS 640/1811: 6/7/1891-33912. Lee Street, the only other school in North Carlton, had more than 1000 students (C. Gaz., 9/10/1890, p. 2).
  20. VPRS 795/1714: 20/8/1895-25801.
  21. VPRS 795/1714: 11/9/1901-20903. By the time of his next letter (30 September 1901-35398), the number waiting for admission had grown to 33.
  22. V&R, 1, pp. 269-77.
  23. V&R, 1, p. 243.
  24. In 1904, Skewes forwarded a street plan outlining the proximity of St Michael’s to the school, VPRS 795/1714: 1904-1141.
  25. VPRS 795/1714: 30/4/1890-16091.
  26. VPRS 795/1714: 8/5/1890-24364; report presented 21/5/1890.
  27. VPRS 795/1714: 21/7/1890-34180.
  28. VPRS 795/1714: 24/7/1890-34892.
  29. VPRS 795/1714: 2/8/1890-36723; 6/8/1890-37432 - noted in Lease Book, ll/8/1890. C.Gaz., 18/12/1891, p.2.
  30. VPRS 795/1714: 24/12/1891-64140.
  31. VPRS 795/1714: 20/8/1895-25801.
  32. VPRS 795/1714: 12/2/1895-3557; 22/6/1899-20206: twenty-one children from years 1 to 3 lived nearer to SS Lygon Street. A memorandum dated 28/2/1895 (attached to 1895/3557) lists the Department’s purpose.
  33. VPRS 795/714: 22/6/1899-20206; 5/1 1/1903-5914.
  34. VPRS 20/8/1895-25801, and internal comment, 23/8/1895.
  35. VPRS 795/1714: 6/6/1899-17862; 7/6/1899-17863.
  36. VPRS 795/1714: 4/8/1902-28087.
  37. VPRS 795/1714: 7/6/1899-17863; 17/7/1902-26061.
  38. VPRS 795/1714: 17/6/1899 (Skewes’ information about St Michael’s); 27/9/1899 (Departmental memorandum advising the lease be taken); 31/10/1899-38342 (completion of transaction).
  39. VPRS 795/1714: 9/10/1901-36727, 36889, 37997.
  40. VPRS 795/1714: 23/5/1904-5761.
  41. V&R, 1, pp. 327ff.
  42. PWD March 1901/1380; 25/1/1902. By the time the contract was let, the cost had escalated to £4176 (27/2/1906-1906/674).
  43. VPRS 795/1714: 28/2/1889-6691 (letting of contract); 28/2/1889 (memorandum to Gardiner about the cost). That the building was two-storey is indicated in a letter of Russell to the Department dated 16 April 1890 (VPRS 795/1714: 1890-16091). Unfortunately, no architectural plans of the Arnold Street building survive. According to L. Burchell, Princes Hill would have been modelled on the same basic plan as Kensington. I am most grateful to L. Burchell (Victorian Schools. A Study in Colonial Government Architecture, I873-I900, Melbourne, 1980), for his generous help, advice and invaluable expertise on school architecture. It was he who pointed out that the school was two-storey. He also generously reconstructed the floor plans illustrated in this book. Between 1872 and 1888, the Education Department had its own Architectural Section, headed by Herbert R. Bastow. In 1888, Bastow and his Department moved to the Public Works Department, where, henceforth, the Education Department contracted the PWD.
  44. Argus, 3/9/1889, p. 9; Age, 2/9/889, p. 6; C.Gaz., 13/9/1889, p. 2.
  45. VPRS 795/1714: 16/4/1890-16090.
  46. C.Gaz., 18/12/1891, p.2.
  47. VPRS 795/1714: 7/10/1889 (land purchase for £l3.10.0 per sq. ft); The contract had been let on 17/8/1891, to be completed by 7/12/1891 -Cost: an undated document attached to files of June 1906 shows the cost of the three phases. Discussion with L. Burchell. Tell-tale signs of Bindley’s work are the corbelling seen on the Head Teacher’s office. Similar features appear on the Parkville Post Office, which was designed by Bindley. On the Congress of 1904, see Ed.Gaz., 20/9/1905, p. 37. Cost and size, VPRS 795/1714-undated file attached-to June 1906 files. Contract: VPRS 795/1714: 27/2/1906-2111; delays: 10/l2/1906-8333.
  48. The size of the hall: VPRS 3916/127: 26/6/1961. Threats in 1902 to cut the hall from the original plan because of expense were averted on the grounds of the school’s active role in kindergarten teacher.training (VPRS 795/1714: 17/3/1902-8611).
  49. Recollections, Vera Shakespeare.
  50. Melbourne Fire Brigade reports, VPRS 3916/127 2/10/1958.
  51. VPRS 795/1714: 23/2/1911-697.
  52. VPRS 640/1638: 20/6/1908-8032; internal memo, 21/2/1912; internal memo, 795/1775-9/4/1914. 1 ’
  53. VPRS 795/1714: 28/6/1912.
  54. VPRS 795/1714: 17/6/1912; 4/7/1912-2644.
  55. VPRS 795/1714: 21/2/1912; attached memorandum, 28/2/1912.
  56. VPRS 795/1715: 2/10/1913; also letter ofW. Cook, 4/10/1913-3590;
  57. St Michael’s lease: 22/10/1913-3774.
  58. Victorian Parliamentary Debates, Session 1913-14, v. 134, 20/9/1913, p.1407.
  59. VPRS 795/1715: 30/4/1914; Argus, 22/4/1914, p. 14.
  60. VPRS 795/1715: 13/6/1914-2182.
  61. Argus, 1/1/1925, p.4.
  62. VPRS 796/631: 11/5/1921-210; 17/6/1921-21.4.
  63. VPRS 796/631: 17/2/1922-228.
  64. VPRS 795/631: 13/12/1922-251. Delays were caused by alterations to the plans, 29/3/1922, 31/7/1922-239.
  65. VPRS 795/631: 11/4/1923-259.
  66. VPRS 795/631: 8/6/1923-264.
  67. VPRS 795/631: 29/2/1924. No information exists as to what happened from the last use of St Michael’s in 1914 until 1924.
  68. VPRS 640/2628: 8/10/1924.
  69. Argus, 1/3/1924, p. 18; 17/4/1924, p. 12; 19/4/1924, p. 17. Cost: VPRS 100592 6/7/1939.
  70. V&R, 1, pp. 376ff; VPRS10059: 21/10/1939; 13/11/1939; 18/11/1939.
  71. VPRS 795/1714: 15/5/1895-16419.
  72. VPRS 796/631: 29/8/1933-154.
  73. VPRS 795/1714: 4/8/1902-28087.
  74. Ev. Gaz., 20/9/1905, pp. 37-38; 25/7/1911, pp. 231-35.
  75. VPRS 795/1714: 20/1/1908, p. 287.
  76. Argus, 27/5/1913, p. 5.
  77. VPRS 640/4308-10/2/1956.


Chapter Two

VPRS 10059-25/6/1958.

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