Lavington Memories - Recently Updated Pages

Picture Gallery

lmcgrath — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:28:22 CDT

Ration Card
Sawyer's Sawmill

Spurr Memories

lmcgrath — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:20:09 CDT

Trevor Spurr

Les and Jessie took up residence in Dick Road East Lavington 1940 along with four children - Gordon, Grant, Trevor and June. Later Keith and Lesley were born.
Wagga Road end of Dick Road - Skinners - Peter Dick and wife, son Les who ran a dairy farm - Hiltons - McCardles. Next door to us was Tresize - Ogston - Kaylocks - Gordons and Hannas. Dick Road was white powdery clay lined with gum trees.
Many family confrontations amongst the older children were soon to melllow into life long friendships.
Weekly supplies were delivered by horse and cart from Wagga Road Store.
Ice was delivered by horse and buggy twice weekly.
No electricity or water.
The older four witnessed an Indian Cremation, now the site of North Albury/Lavington Pool.
All six children still living, four still reside in Lavington.

Submitted by Trevor Spurr. 30/07/2007.

Items from the past

lmcgrath — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:47:45 CDT

Items of Memory.
The early vehicles were square and solid.
The roads were of dirt.
Children came to school on horses.
Chinese market gardener at the school.
Vegies, Ice and Baker's Carts.
Air raid shelter dug across from the school.
Plenty of early orchards.
Rabbitting for food and money.
Wartime - singing patriotic songs; petrol rationing; coupons for clothing, butter ,tea,sugar.
Darkie's Tunnel was a goldmine.
Carting wood by horse and cart.
Indian funeral pyres near North Albury Pool.
Big two-up rings at Muddy Dam and along Mica's Lane now Douglas Road.
Hague Street was Dudley Street.
Centaur Road was Hamilton Valley.
Water carting from a stand pipe at Jack Livermore's Store on Union Road. Seven shillings and six pence for a furphy load (180 gallons).

By Tom Rixon

The Photograph

serpentstooth — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:29:36 CDT

Home

elearning — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:39:42 CDT

Welcome to the Lavington Memories Online!

This is a shared web space for the collection of stories and photos from Lavington. The Lavington Memories project is included in the Write around the Murray story festival for Albury/Wodonga.

New stories have been added to the site since last you visited:
family stories: Joseph Box, Spurr Memories and The Photograph
local history stories: Lavington's new name

The festival will take place from July 27 to August 5 2007. The Lavington Memories exhibition opens at the Lavington Library at 11 am Monday 30 July and continues to 31 August.

Lavington Memories is an exhibition that celebrates the unique identity and local history of Lavington. The local experiences and memories of members of the Lavington community have been recorded and documented using three different mediums: film and the production of a digital story; these website contributions recording memories online; and objects, photographs and maps, which are displayed at the Lavington Library. The final medium of film encapsulates the uniqueness of Lavington and features the many faces who are the heart of the Lavington community. View the film from the Lavington Movies page.

We invite you to apply to be a writer in this site and add a story. To add a Lavington Memory, using the simple template pages provided in the sections listed on the left beneath the Lavington Memories link. Don't forget to save your work. Instructions for creating a page are provided here.

If you have photographs of Lavington you may like to add your images in the Picture Gallery page. Keep images small, no bigger than 200 x 150 pixels and upload in .jpg format. See samples below. Instructions for adding an image are provided here.

Note: please use plain English and DO NOT include inappropriate material. We reserve the right to delete any material deemed to be offensive, defamatory or discriminatory.

New Permissions: this site has been upgraded and now has some restrictions on making comments about the stories. Only those who are approved as writers will be permitted to 'add a story'.

Lavington Memories

elearning — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 06:13:03 CDT

You're at the right place now to start learning how to add your story.

We've created a separate page of instructions for you, so just click on the Instructions option here or in the navigation bar at the left of the screen.

You may then choose the section most appropriate for your story, like Family Stories or Local History stories or Other stories that don't quite fit the other two categories. Select that link from the left hand navigation and then select one of the sample pages provided there for you. If you want to start a whole new page you can do that too if you wish by clicking the Add a new page option in the left hand navigation. Note: be sure to use the Text with photo template option for a new page.

Once you have a page to write into you'll notice some text already there, just highlight this with your cursor and delete using the delete key on your keyboard. Then you can start typing in your 200 words story.

Lavington Library staff will be able to help you start writing your story so if you are in the Library, ask for some help. If you are at home on your own computer and
you need help with anything, try clicking the Help icon in the top right hand corner of the site.

Joseph Box and Lavington

lmcgrath — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:56:26 CDT

LAVINGTON NAME CHANGE
For many years the question has been asked:"How did Lavington get its name?"

It is hoped that the explanation which follows solves this mystery. This is only a brief summary of the research which has been done. If the reader would like to know more, please contact Betty Dunn of the Lavington Family History Group - phone 2060 263808 or
email macdunnau@yahoo.com.au .
If anyone can supply further information, please do not hesitate to do so.
In 1908, with the growth of Black Range increasing, there was a move afoot in the community to change the name of the area.
The "Albury Daily News", 19th November 1908, describes a meeting held the night before in the School of Arts, to discuss further improvements to the small village.
Several years prior to this, there had been a Progress Association in existence which had achieved a lot, but over the years had dwindled away.
On the night in question, at a well attended meeting, it was decided to resuscitate the Association, with Mr Wells as Hon. Secretary.
The most historic proposal on that historic night was to find another name for Black Range. The reason for this was at the time there were four or five other Black Ranges in Australia and this led to a great deal of confusion, especially in the postal department, as there were no post codes in those early days.
Several names were submitted, and after a ballot was carried out, the name Lynton was decided upon. However, it was then noted that there was another Linton in Australia, so Rawson was the next choice. The meeting came to a close with the decidion to proceed with the name Rawson with the proper authorities.
However, for various reasons, this name did not eventuate, and after much discussion Lavington was decided upon.
Prior to 1908, Black Range was also known as Lavington. This came about with the arrival about 1852 of Joseph Box from Market Lavington in Wiltshire, England. He was the youngest son of Richard Box and Sarah Ann Ward and was born about 1843.
The Box Family had lived in Market Lavington as far back as the 1600s, if not before (REF IGI and Mrs Peggy Gye, Curator of Market Lavington Musuem).
Joseph’s father owned a brick yard and reference to this can be found in the book on Market Lavington (Lavington & District Family History Group).
The first reference to Joseph’s entry to Australia is in the "Immigration Index Victoria – British Ports 1852-1859" VPRS 11448/Pl, Fiche B 019, Page 001, where it states there is a J Box, farmer, on board. The ship is the "Anglesey", 1018 tons and its Master was Mr Thorne. It sailed from Plymouth on 1st September 1852.
They appear together again on "The Kent" in 1862, making it seem that they went home to England to visit family and then returned to Australia.
Joseph called his small property at Black Range "Lavington",after his home town in Wiltshire, England.
It is rumoured that Joseph owned a piece of machinery at Black Range, possible a gold battery, which he named "The Lavington". This machinery was also rumoured to be at Leneva but has not yet been located.
Both brother settled in Albury and North-Eastern Victoria, marrying and having families. Richard died in 1871 and is buried at Barwidgee, Victoria, though he is mentioned on his wife’s grave in Albury Cemetery. Joseph, who died October 1913 is buried at Bright.
On the 16th June, 1909, the "Albury Daily News" reports that the celebration on name change for Black Range was made the previous nigth in the School of Arts and it was decided that Lavington would be the popular choice.

Submitted by Betty Dunn

Lavington Name Change - Poem

lmcgrath — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:55:57 CDT

Poem
Lavington Literary Institute

Yell hip hooray and sing and shout,

The bloomin’ Range is counted out
Rejoice ye, all and everyone,
We’ve changed the name to Lavington.

At 8 o’clock the hall was full,
And the organ roared like Barney’s Bull.
Then someone tried a song to sing,
And we all yelled out God save the King.

Now the club they call the Glee,
Began to sing most awfullee.
And when the Base put in its spoke.
T’would break the heart of Charlie’s Oak.

Then someone yapped anent the Range,
And someone spoke re Lavington.
We all agreed we liked the change!
The while we gormandised like fun.

Now after this the hall was cleared,
And all of them, who were not beered
Danced and sang, and ‘ere the morning sun,
We unhooked three cheers for Lavington.

Joseph Box & Lavington

lmcgrath — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:41:43 CDT

Lavington Movies

elearning — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:33:43 CDT

Dare to Dream Pictures presents ...

Lavington Memories (the film)

Click the play button to view the film.

Lavington Memories - a movie created for the Lavington Memories Exhibition.

Lavington, formerly Black Range, is often thought of as simply a part of Albury. However, the Lavington area has a history and unique identity of its own dating back to the discovery of gold in the 1850's.

Lavington Memories captures some of the nostalgia and rich fabric of the Lavington area. It depicts some of the activities, recollections and characters that have been part of Lavington's history.

Joining Lavington Memories

elearning — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:18:27 CDT

If you have not yet joined this wiki site then view the slideshow below.

http://www.slideshare.net/cmcculloch/joining-lavington-memories-wiki/1

Other 4

elearning — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:37:42 CDT

This is a template page

Use this template when you want to use photos and text to tell your story. Click EasyEdit, then highlight this text with your cursor and type over it with your own words: You can write as much as you want!

This sample photo is easy to replace with one of your own: Click the EasyEdit button, highlight the placeholder image at left and hit "delete." Then click the "image" button in the toolbar and use the "browse" button to find the image you want to insert from your computer. It's that easy.

The text can be wrapped around your image, or you can have the text start below the photo. You can also move the photo to the right side of the page. See your choices for photo and text placement by clickin on the photo with your mouse and then clicking "image" on the toolbar.

You can also change the size of your photo by clicking on it once to highlight it, then by clicking the "plus" or "minus" sign in the "Edit Image" toolbox. When you're all done, save your page.

Instructions

elearning — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:33:42 CDT

So you'd like to contribute a story ..... this is how to do it.

In each page provided for storytellers in the Lavington Memories section you'll find a picture holder space and some text already in place. Just like the template displayed below.

You'll notice that the text itself tells you what to do. If you make a mistake that's okay as you can cancel at any time using the cancel option in the EasyEdit Toolbar.

Please select a category (Family, Local History or Other) using the links on the left hand navigation. You'll find these by first selecting Lavington Memories. Once you've selected a category you'll find several story pages available. They're called Memory, History or Other and they are numbered sequentially. Select one of these and claim it by adding the text and image for your story. If more pages are required they can be made by using the Add a new page option in the left Navigation.

Use this template when you want to use photos and text to tell your story. Click EasyEdit, then highlight this text with your cursor and type over it with your own words: You can write as much as you want!

This sample photo is easy to replace with one of your own: Click the EasyEdit button, highlight the placeholder image at left and hit "delete." Then click the "image" button in the toolbar and use the "browse" button to find the image you want to insert from your computer. It's that easy.

The text can be wrapped around your image, or you can have the text start below the photo. You can also move the photo to the right side of the page. See your choices for photo and text placement by clicking on the photo with your mouse and then clicking "image" on the toolbar.

You can also change the size of your photo by clicking on it once to highlight it, then by clicking the "plus" or "minus" sign in the "Edit Image" toolbox. When you're all done, save your page.

Adding a Page

Make sure you have selected the segment in which the new page is to appear first, then select the Add a new page icon. Key in the title for that page and any keywords; select the Image and Text template option and click Save.

Adding an Image

Select the page on which the image is to appear and click on the EasyEdit tool. Place your cursor where the image is to appear and click the Image tool in the EasyEdit Toolbar. Follow the onscreen instructions that ask you to locate the image on your computer, size to fit the page and select the format option of your choice. Click Done when finished. You can always return to the EasyEdit to adjust if necessary.

Digital Stories

elearning — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 06:47:35 CDT

Memories of Lavington in visual format.

These stories have been created with photos, video footage, authentic voice and music sountracks.

To view the story click on the play button below.

To upload your movie here use the Widget from the tool bar above.

Here's an example of mine for your enjoyment.

Lavington Memories - Recently Updated Pages

Picture Gallery

Spurr Memories

Trevor Spurr

Items from the past

The Photograph

Home

Welcome to the Lavington Memories Online!

Lavington Memories

Joseph Box and Lavington

Lavington Name Change - Poem

Poem
Lavington Literary Institute

Joseph Box & Lavington

Lavington Movies

Dare to Dream Pictures presents ...

Lavington Memories (the film)

Click the play button to view the film.

Lavington Memories - a movie created for the Lavington Memories Exhibition.

Joining Lavington Memories

Other 4

This is a template page

Instructions

So you'd like to contribute a story ..... this is how to do it.

Adding a Page

Adding an Image

Digital Stories

Other 3

This is a template page

Other 2

This is a template page

Other 1

This is a template page

Other stories

History 5

This is a template page

History 4

This is a template page

Lavington Memories - Recently Updated Pages

Picture Gallery

Spurr Memories

Trevor Spurr

Items from the past

The Photograph

Home

Welcome to the Lavington Memories Online!

Lavington Memories

Joseph Box and Lavington

Lavington Name Change - Poem

PoemLavington Literary Institute

Joseph Box & Lavington

Lavington Movies

Dare to Dream Pictures presents ...

Lavington Memories (the film)

Click the play button to view the film.

Lavington Memories - a movie created for the Lavington Memories Exhibition.

Joining Lavington Memories

Other 4

This is a template page

Instructions

So you'd like to contribute a story ..... this is how to do it.

Adding a Page

Adding an Image

Digital Stories

Other 3

This is a template page

Other 2

This is a template page

Other 1

This is a template page

Other stories

History 5

This is a template page

History 4

This is a template page

Poem
Lavington Literary Institute