Coolart : a short historyThe Meyrick cousins were the first leaseholders of Coolart, and after they left in 1846 the lease was sold four times until 1875, when the government cancelled the lease and sold the land as freehold. Frederick Sheppard Grimwade bought the property in 1895 as a country retreat and sold it in 1907 due to ill health. Coolart had various owners until it was purchased in 1937 by Tom Luxton, chairma...
Hastings Cool Stores, c. 1920This image shows a large timber building with a double gable and several doors and windows across the front. Four motor vehicles and a horse and wagon are parked at the front of the building. Three people can be seen standing near the vehicles. A dirt road and grass are in the foreground. Tall trees are in the background on the far right-hand side of the image. The following is printed at ...
Hastings & District Co-Operative Cool Stores Ltd, 1920 - 1978This collection contains: 6 cash books ; 1 shares receipt book ; 2 ledgers ; 2 share transfer journals ; 1 annual reports and balance sheets book ; 1 minute book ; share certificates ; Victorian Government Act no. 6277 1958 ; rule books (20 copies) ; 3 stamps ; 1 seal ; tax return documents ; balance sheets ; lists of shareholders ; 1 newspaper article
Sailor, c. 1940This image shows a man in a white sailor’s uniform holding the two front legs of a calf. He is smiling for the camera. He is slightly crouched down on an open grassed area with tall palm trees behind him and large thick trees in the far background. Three other people, dressed in white, can be seen in the distance.
Large building, 1932This image shows a large building with three small triangular pediments across the iron roof. Several doors and windows are across the front of the building. A tall tower is on the far right-hand side. “Hastings Cool Stores” is in large letters across the front of the building underneath the windows. A post and rail fence is in front of the building and a gravel road is in the foreground. ...