1x Foolscap Photograph Album containing 45 photographs. Many photographs in this album were described by Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders ('Aunty Bet', b. 1926) in an oral history video recording in 2017 (see S00000351). Many photographs were also described by Jennifer Margaret Saunders (b. 1958) in an oral history audio recording in 2019. Relevant extracts from both of these oral histories have been transcribed and are viewable (along with general descriptions of the photographs) below.

Note: the front and back of each photograph in this album has been allocated two additional numbers (eg. S00000206-00001 and S00000206-00002) which match the digital files of that photograph (front and back). These numbers are also labelled on the physical photos.

Photographs:

• Photograph 1 (S00000206-00001/S00000206-00002)
Photograph of James Farr Saunders (‘Jim/Dadda’, b. 1888) sent to Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott (‘Lizzie’, b. 1894). On the reverse is written: ‘To Lizzie from Jim with best wishes and good luck’. 21 October 1910.

"That’s Dadda. He looked very young for his age. 1910. He was born in 1888. He was 22 in this photo." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"From 1910. So this would be five years before they were married. They were courting since she was about sixteen so this would've been a very early photo card that he just had to send to this beautiful young woman. Apparently when he first saw her, that was it. Only sixteen." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 2 (S00000206-00003/S00000206-00004)
Photograph (portrait) of Doris Christina Jorgenson (b. 1897). On the reverse is written: 'yours sincerely, Doris'.

"I’m not certain but I think that’s Doris Jorgenson. Mamma’s (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) cousin." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

• Photograph 3 (S00000206-00005/S00000206-00006)
Photograph (portrait) of Catherine Saunders ('Kate/Katie', b. 1882). On the reverse is written: ‘To Jim With love from yours truly Katie 19/2/10’. 19 February 1910.

"That’s his (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) sister Kate. You can see she’s a Saunders if you look at it hard enough." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"Katie. That's James Farr Saunders' eldest sister Catherine. 1910. A beautiful portrait of his sister Kate." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 4 (S00000206-00007/S00000206-00008)
Photograph of Margaret Ada Deane nee Saunders ('Aunty Mag', b. 1886). On the reverse is written: 'Jim' (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888).

"I think that’s Aunty Mag" - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"That's James Farr Saunders' other sister. I believe it's Margaret Ada. Aunty Mag. Her wedding photo appears a little further into this album. I believe that's her. Margaret Ada Saunders. She becomes Margaret Deane when she marries Harry Deane (Charles Henry Deane, b. 1884). She was always referred to as Aunty Mag. On the back of the photo it says "Jim'. Clearly they were getting these kind of studio photographs and handing them round. That's nice isn't it?" - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 5 (S00000206-00009/S00000206-00010)
Postcard photograph of a military group sent from Richard Edward Baird (‘Uncle Dick’, b. 1877) in Egypt during World War One to his mother Lavinia Harriet Elliott nee Taylor (‘Harriet Elliott’, b. 1852). On the reverse is written: ‘Dear Mother, I am keeping alright. I was glad to meet Joe (?). I have not seen him for over 4 months. I wish I had his luck going home. In memory to all. Goodbye and god bless’. July 1914.

"This is definitely my grandmother Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders' (b. 1894) half-brother, older than her, from her mother Harriet Elliott's, first marriage. He's clearly identifiable in the photo there, third from the right second row, sitting down. That's definitely him. Good moustache. All these are photos are of him (S00000206-00009; S00000206-00011/00012; S00000206-00013/00014; S00000206-00015/00016). They're all from Egypt. He was based there in the First World War. It was called Abbassia. Abbassia Detention Barracks in Egypt. This photo is dated July 1914. The back of this one talks about 'Joe'. Not sure who Joe is. And it's from 'Uncle Dick'. That's Richard Baird." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 6 (S00000206-00011/S00000206-00012)
Photograph (portrait) of Richard Edward Baird (‘Uncle Dick’, b. 1877) sent from Abbassia Detention Barrack in Egypt during World War One to his mother Lavinia Harriet Elliott nee Taylor (‘Grandma Elliott’, b. 1852). On the reverse is written: ‘To Mother With best love. From your loving son R. E. Baird’. July 1914.

This is from Uncle Dick. Grandma Elliott originally married Mr David Baird (b. 1842) in 1876 and had a son, Dick. When Dick was younger than three, his father David died and Grandfather Elliott (John Frederick Elliott, b. 1855) later became his stepfather, raising him with Mamma (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) and Aunty Lily (Lavinia Harriet Saunders, b. 1891). - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"Aunty Bet talks a lot about how John Frederick Elliott (b. 1855), really did treat this stepson as his own and raised him as his own with my grandmother Elizabeth Jane Taylor (b. 1894) and my Aunty Lily (b. 1891). They always regarded him as a brother." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 7 (S00000206-00013/S00000206-00014)
Photograph sent from Richard Edward Baird (‘Uncle Dick’, b. 1877) in Egypt. C.1914.

"Grandma Elliott (Lavinia Harriet Elliott nee Taylor, b. 1852) married David Baird (b. 1842) and when Uncle Dick was younger than three he died. Grandma, Harriet (Lavinia Harriet Taylor, b. 1852), married Mr Elliott (John Frederick Elliott, b. 1855) when Dick was three who brought him up as his own. Anywhere that Dick has written, it was always written ‘loving father’ and that was Grandpa Elliott. Dick knew no other father because his father died before he was three. Mamma (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) says she only remembers Dick as a teenage boy on a bike because Grandma evidently lost a couple of babies and that’s why there's such a big gap between Dick and Aunty Lily (Lavinia Harriet Elliott, b. 1891). They were probably trying to have a baby, or maybe trying not to have a baby. That’s why there’s a gap there. Dick was born about ten years earlier or something than Aunty Lily." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

• Photograph 8 (S00000206-00015/S00000206-00016)
Photograph sent from Richard Edward Baird (‘Uncle Dick’) in Egypt c.1914.

• Photograph 9 (S00000206-00017/S00000206-00018)
Photograph of William Saunders ('Uncle Bill', b. 1895) during World War I.

"That’s Uncle Bill. He would’ve been about 17. In an army uniform. I never heard it mentioned where he was or where he fought. He came home. His lungs were affected by the gas, the mustard gas. He was the youngest child. He was only 18 months when his father, William Richard (b. 1852), died after a work injury on the Princes Bridge. Bill’s full name was William Richard too. His father, Mamma (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) said, he was always wet through. You can just imagine. I think he died of pneumonia. He died young. In his early 40s. Dadda (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) was seven." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"That's Uncle Bill during the war. Uncle Bill was my grandfather James Farr's (‘Poppa’, b. 1888) brother. My father's uncle. My great uncle. And I can't remember if he was younger or older than Poppa. I think younger. His lungs were affected by the mustard gas. I don't know much about Uncle Bill. I do remember visiting him down at his beachfront flat round from Port Melbourne near Middle Park. I do remember him having the oxygen mask. Definitely very very affected by mustard gas. I don't know where he fought, unfortunately. I think it was such a sad thing. He came back so affected for the rest of his life. Inside my family what I've gathered is that the very sad tragic stories didn't get talked about much. All of those children and my grandfather and my father, Aunty Bet who loved family history, they never talked about William Richard (b. 1852), the grandfather who died. They didn't talk about that level of tragedy." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 10 (S00000206-00019/S00000206-00020)
Photograph (portrait) of Lavinia Harriet Elliott (b. 1891).

"This is a beautiful portrait of the young Lavinia Harriet Elliott. She was named after her mother (Lavinia Harriet Elliott nee Taylor, b. 1852). That's my grandmother's older sister. She's the aunty who lived in Sydney. She's the one that taught the crocheting and did a lot of the embroidery and crochet work that's in the archive." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 11 (S00000206-00021/S00000206-00022)
Photograph of William Richard Saunders ('Grandfather Saunders', b. 1852).

"And that’s Grandfather Saunders. William Richard Saunders. From Kent. Who came out as a stonemason to work on Princes Bridge." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"Now this photo is fabulous. That's Grandfather Saunders. My grandfather's father. William Richard. The man who died as a result of having been wet all the time building the Princes Bridge. He was Scottish. A stonemason. Apparently he came out to Australia to build that bridge. He's clearly quite a young man here. It could have been taken when he just left England or just arrived here. Aunty Bet never knew him but she recognised him in this photo. He died when her father was a child. He left my great grandmother Euphemia Saunders nee McClarty (b. 1856) with seven kids. That's him. He looks about twenty here. Probably before he married. Maybe when he was leaving England. That looks like a sailing ship motif. This photo could be the sort of thing you have taken to leave with your relatives when you're about to travel across the world. Perhaps. I wouldn't be surprised." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 12 (S00000206-00023/S00000206-00024)
Photograph of Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott ('Mamma', b. 1894), Lavinia Harriet Elliott nee Taylor ('Grandma Elliott', b. 1852), and John Frederick Elliott Saunders (‘Jack’, b. 1916).

"This photo might have been taken in the Fitzroy Gardens. Grandma couldn’t stand having her hair long so she used to have it cut short, shingled. Mamma's wearing her cameo. And Jack’s got a ball in his hand I think. I wouldn’t be surprised if Mamma was pregnant there. Could be. Gee, when I look at this photo closely you can see Anne (Anne Cowley, b. 1958). Jimmy’s (James Farr Saunders, b. 1927) so like her to look at, the shape of her face. You look at Jimmy and you look at David (David James Saunders, b. 1957). Similar. And that’s Jack there." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"So that's my grandmother Elizabeth Jane, the taller woman on the right. If you look at the age of baby Jack there and what she's wearing, a high-waisted dress, as soon as Aunty Bet saw this photo she said 'hm wouldn't be at all surprised if Mamma was pregnant there with baby William'. That’s William Saunders (b. 1922), the baby that died. The other thing that Aunty Bet pointed out straight away was the fact that she's wearing a cameo here. There's a big thing in our family about the cameos. We've got that cameo. It was left to my cousin Anne (Anne Cowley, b. 1958). Look at that haircut. She was quite a unique woman for this generation or this era. She wore her hair cut very very short in what they call a 'shingle'. It's extremely short. She stood out amongst all the women in her community because of the short haircut." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 13 (S00000206-00025/S00000206-00026)
Photograph of the grounds at Amherst sent from Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott ('Mamma', b. 1894) to James Farr Saunders ('Dadda', b. 1888). On the reverse is written: ‘You I love and you for ever. You my [sic] change but I shall never. If separation be our lot Dearest Jim forget me not’.

"I know where that’s from. That’s from Amherst. ‘You I love and you forever…’ She sent this to Dadda from Amherst. Amherst. There might be records or archives there about the old times. Mamma sent this to Dadda from Amherst before they were courting. When she was sick and sent away. Look at her handwriting. It’s beautiful. It did get a bit shaky like mine. Isn’t that romantic? ‘Dearest Jim forget me not’. They never ever diagnosed her as being a TB patient. She got a chill, she was sick and she wasn’t getting over it. They sent her up there into the sunshine, over the Dividing Range to get fresh air and sunshine and country food. That’s how they treated patients who had TB. She got a chill at Aunty Lily’s (Lavinia Harriet Elliott, b. 1891) 18th birthday. Aunty Lily was 18 and Mamma was 14. They would've been out in the cold in Station Street somewhere. She didn’t pick up after the chill. Or maybe it happened later when she was older, when she was 18 or 19." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"This is a mysterious photo. It's quite old. Aunty Bet was very animated when she talked about this photo. At Amherst, recovering from tuberculosis. She was up there for quite some time. When you had these kinds of chest conditions, you were sent away to these places. You lived, almost like in army barracks, but the air was warm and dry, supposed to be good for it. The pencil marks here, the cross on the right, would have been the building she was sleeping in. She would've been there sometime between the ages of 16 and 21. Maybe she was 17 or 18. More photos appear in the archive of the nurses that were here that she became friends with. She was there for quite a while and had quite a happy time apparently." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 14 (S00000206-00027/S00000206-00028)
Wedding photograph of James Farr Saunders (b. 1888) and Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott (b. 1894). From L-R: Elsie May Robottom nee Baird (b. 1900), Euphemia Saunders ('Phemie', b. 1892), William Saunders ('Uncle Bill', b. 1895), James Farr Saunders ('Dadda', b. 1888), John Frederick Elliott ('Grandpa Elliott', b. 1855), Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott ('Mamma', b. 1894), Tom Scully, and Lavinia Harriet Elliot ('Aunty Lily', b. 1891). December 1915.

"December 1915. This was their wedding day. That’s Elsie Robottom nee Baird. She was the eldest of Uncle Dick (Richard Edward Baird b. 1877) and Aunty Louie (Louisa Elizabeth Baird nee Lincoln, b. 1877). That’s Phemie Saunders. She's next to Uncle Bill. Phemie was the youngest girl and a pretty girl she was. And there's Dadda and Mamma. And Grandpa Elliott. Gee just look at him. Jimmy’s (James Farr Saunders, b. 1927) frame is like him and he walks like him but I wouldn’t say he looks like him. Fair, English colouring. Jim’s colouring. And now that’s Tom Scully, a friend of Dadda's, the best man. And that’s Aunty Lily. Dadda might’ve been on the wharf then. He was on the wharf during the First World War, towards the end of it. He left the milk cart when Jack (John Frederick Saunders, b. 1916) was three. 'Farnsworth' was the name of the dairy. There's a photo of Dadda with the staff from the dairy (see: S00000203-00007)" - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"That's the wedding photo. James and Elizabeth at the front. So this is Elsie Robottom. She was Elsie Robottom nee Baird. Uncle Dick that we saw in the photo from the First World War, that's his first born daughter. Dick married Louie and had five children. So my grandmother, the bride, it is her niece. She was the flower girl. This bridesmaid here sitting down front left, that's Euphemia Saunders. She was referred to in my lifetime as Aunty Phemie. This chap here, third from the left, is Uncle Bill, the soldier who went to World War Two, my grandfather's brother. Maybe he was the groomsman at the wedding. And that's my grandfather the groom fourth from the left, James Farr Saunders. And that there fifth from the left, is John Frederick Elliott who we refer to as Grandpa Elliott. The fabulous, charming, charismatic, John Frederick Elliott. Everybody loved him. I've never seen a photo like this one where you can actually see his charming face. Look, look at the line of the eyes and the eyebrows and the nose, it's absolutely identical to my grandmother. Even the shapes of their faces. All the children adored him. He ended up living at 392 Williamstown Road after Grandma Elliott (Lavinia Harriet Elliott nee Taylor, b. 1852) died. He lived in that little room at the top that was the sewing room. That was his room. When he passed away that became my father's (James Farr Saunders, b. 1927) room. That's a bit of house history for you. This chap here, it might be Tom Scully, Grandpa's (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) mate on the wharf, but I'm not sure. And this is my Great Aunty Lily (b. 1891), Grandma's sister, the crocheter and embroiderer who lived in Sydney to become a mason. She was quite an independent woman, never married." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 15 (S00000206-00029/S00000206-00030)
Photograph of John Frederick Elliott ('Grandpa Elliott', b. 1855), Lavinia Harriet Elliott nee Taylor ('Grandma Elliott', b. 1852) and John Frederick Elliott ('Jack', b. 1916). All are smartly dressed.

"Look at the way Grandpa Elliott’s standing there. And that’s Jack. Grandma and Grandpa Elliott and Jack. Jimmy (James Farr Saunders, b. 1927) was more like Grandma Elliott to look at but he was built like Grandpa. " - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"Grandpa Elliott and Grandma Elliott. Baby Jack. Grandma Elliott's son Dick (Richard Edward Baird, b. 1877) had several children and then her daughter Elizabeth Jane (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) had five and lost one. So this was the first grandchild to Grandma Elliot's daughter Elizabeth Jane. And both those baby photos are Jack as well (S00000206-00031/00032 & S00000206-00033/00034). - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 16 (S00000206-00031/S00000206-00032)
Photograph of infant John Frederick Elliott Saunders ('Jack', b. 1916).

• Photograph 17 (S00000206-00033/S00000206-00034)
Formal photograph of infant John Frederick Elliott Saunders ('Jack', b. 1916) sent to Lavinia Harriet Elliott (‘Aunty Lily’, b. 1891). On the reverse is written: ‘To Aunty Lily with love from Jackie’.

"These are all Jack. ‘To Aunty Lily with love from Jackie’. These are staged photos I think." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"Aunty Lily was Grandma's sister who went to live in Sydney. So clearly they took a photo of Jackie and sent it to Sydney." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 18 (S00000206-00035/S00000206-00036)
Photograph of James Farr Saunders ('Dadda', b. 1888) and (?) Tom Scully at a Stevedore Picnic. 16 February 1924.

"Stevedore Picnic. 16 February 1924. Don’t they look a couple of larrikins? Not sure who the other chap is. It was a family affair these picnics. All I remember of Dadda going to the Stevedore Picnic is later in life, he came home and his friend Vic had died and they hadn’t told him. He was terribly upset. The first ten years Dadda was on the wharf, there were a few chaps who used to come around. Tom Scully was very nice, he used to make a big fuss of us kids. - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"That's my Grandfather James Farr Saunders on the right. The other man, we think, might be Tom Scully. They were larrikins. Stevedore's picnic 19th of February 1924. He'd been married for eight and a bit years. I love that photo. Cigarette hanging out of his mouth. He was a big smoker." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 19 (S00000206-00037/S00000206-00038)
Photograph of an unknown individual.

"Don't know who this is. Unknown." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 20 (S00000206-00039/S00000206-00040)
School photograph with John Frederick Elliott Saunders ('Jack', b. 1916). Port Melbourne Grade Two.

"Jack is second row, fourth from the left. That's him." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 21 (S00000206-00041/S00000206-00042)
School photograph with Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders (b. 1926). Grade Four and Five. Elizabeth is third row from the front, third from the left. Teacher is Mr Puncheon. C.1938.

"There she is. God love her." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 22 (S00000206-00043/S00000206-00044)
Photograph of the opening of Melbourne City Mission Jubilee Hall.

"This is something. Melbourne City Mission Jubilee Hall. This is the opening of it. There was a sister who was there who was so much loved. Look at all the babies." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"This is an interesting one. Grandma (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) was very involved with the City Mission. A lot of the stories around the dressmaking and the repairs she did, pushing a pram full of second-hand clothes from the Mission. She was very committed to the work they were doing to support the families who were struggling with the poverty and with social issues around the strikes on the waterfront and the depression. It was a very big deal when this hall was opened. This building here, it's now an op-shop on Grey Street St Kilda. I think it's the same one. They still serve lunches out the back for people who are down on their luck and need meals.

I had a very good look at this photo and I think that woman there holding that baby (the third baby from the right) might be Grandma holding Aunty Bet (Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, b. 1926). I think the woman next to her holding an older baby could easily be Grandma Saunders (Euphemia Saunders nee McLarty, b. 1856) as a younger woman holding Aunty Lavinia (Lavinia Harriet Saunders, b. 1923). Often if Grandma is in a photo then Grandma Saunders is also there. Or the babies could be my Dad (James Farr Saunders, b. 1927) and Aunty Bet. It's guesswork. Dates would help." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 23 (S00000206-00045/S00000206-00046)
Photograph of a group of men and women at a picnic with a horse and cart in the background. James Farr Saunders ('Dadda', b. 1888) is second row from front, second from right. Photographer: R. McGeelian, Elm St, Balaclava.

"Look at the hats. They’re all going to a picnic or something. Dadda’s there. Horse and cart. That’s how you went for a picnic in those days. Maybe Williamstown or Ferntree Gully" - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"Yep, there he is. Gorgeous chap. And as Aunty Bet pointed out to me, well, none of those women are Mamma. But, if we don’t have a date, well we can’t be too hard on him because from 16 to 21 she wasn’t allowed to go out with him very often. Get your head round that. You know, from 16 until they were engaged, I think they really didn’t get much time together and unless they were chaperoned. We can’t really say for sure where this photo was taken. It doesn’t look like it’s a beach side. It looks like it could be more a rural setting. Just imagine them all piled in that cart going off for a picnic. It’d be great wouldn’t it? ‘Albert Park’ the cart says. So that’s the cart they borrowed to get there. I don’t know anything more than that." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 24 (S00000206-00047/S00000206-00048)
Photograph of a group of men and women at a picnic. James Farr Saunders ('grandfather', b. 1888) is front row, second from the left.

"Another group photo. I can now pick my grandfather straight away whenever I look at photos like this. There he is." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 25 (S00000206-00049/S00000206-00050)
Formal photograph of James Farr Saunders (b. 1927) as a baby when he won the Johnson and Johnson Baby Soap Prize.

"Wasn’t he just gorgeous? A beautiful baby." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"It’s a baby portrait of my father. James Farr Saunders. And yes, he won the Johnson & Johnson baby soap prize for this portrait and elsewhere in the archive you have the certificate of him winning the bonniest baby award I think it is and he is, he’s very bonnie." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 26 (S00000206-00051/S00000206-00052)
Formal photograph (family portrait) of (left) Louisa Elizabeth Baird nee Lincoln ('Louie', b. 1877), (back) Elsie May Baird nee Robottom (b. 1900), (child at front right) Lillian Victoria Baird ('Lily Baird', b. 1909), (right) Richard Arthur Lincoln Baird ('Arthur', b. 1906), and (baby on left) William Harry John Baird ('Bill', b. 1913).

" This is Louie. Louie’s father had a very good job at the Argus office. That’s Elsie Baird, Mamma’s (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) bridesmaid. That’s Lily Baird that lived in Williamstown Road. That’s Arthur and that’s the baby. Louie was Richard Edward Baird's (b. 1877) wife. She married Mamma’s half brother." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"Now this is Richard Baird's wife, Louie with her four children and the eldest girl is Elsie Baird who became Elsie Robottom, who was Grandma and Grandpa’s (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott b. 1894 and James Farr Saunders b. 1888) bridesmaid. So this would have been my grandmother Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders’ sister-in-law Louie Baird. Great lace collars here." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 27 (S00000206-00053/S00000206-00054)
Wedding photograph of Margaret Ada Deane nee Saunders ('Aunty Mag', b. 1886) and Charles Henry Deane ('Harry', b. 1884). L-R: James Farr Saunders ('Poppa', b. 1888), an unknown female, Charles Henry Deane, Margaret Ada Deane nee Saunders, an unknown male, an unknown female, and Sarah Bousie nee Saunders ('Aunty Sadie', b. 1884). 12 February 1913.

" That’s Aunty Mag. Poppa on the left. The husband Harry Deane is third from the left. Not sure who everyone is here. One of them could be the best man. That’s Aunty Sadie on the right. Don’t know who the little girl is but she looks as though she knows Dadda. ‘12/2/13. Jim’. That’s when Aunty Mag got married to Harry Deane." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"Here she is, Aunty Mag’s wedding photo. And that’s Harry Deane, who was called Uncle Harry but he had another name. They called him Charles Deane. And there’s my grandfather James Farr, and his sister on the left, at Aunty Mag’s wedding. We don’t know who this little girl is, but as Aunty Bet liked pointing out, she seems very comfortable and familiar with Poppa. And that is Aunty Sadie there, Sarah Saunders. My grandfather is a groomsman to both his sisters, Margaret and Sarah. I like that. I love Sadie. And Aunty Mag." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 28 (S00000206-00055/S00000206-00056)
Formal photograph (portrait) of Elsie May Robottom nee Baird (b. 1900) and George Robottom.

"Elsie Robottom. Look at her bag. That’s George Robottom and Elsie. The eldest of Louie and Dick’s children. She was Elsie Baird." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"Okay, well here she is. I believe this portrait is Elsie Baird. Elsie Robottom nee Baird. Eldest of Louie and Dick’s children, that’s right. And when Aunty Bet sees this in the oral history she says ‘ah she was very pretty’. There was something about her that they found very pretty and Aunty Bet says she had very pretty curly hair. It’s interesting isn’t it? Aunty Bet loved looking at this. She thought Elsie was a very lovely stylish woman." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 29 (S00000206-00057/S00000206-00058)
Photograph of the ‘Runners up to Preston 1927’. William Richard Saunders ('Uncle Bill', b. 1895) is second row from front, third from left.

"Okay here’s a football photo. It’s ‘Runners up to Preston 1927’. This is Uncle Bill, my grandfather's (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) brother. He played footy and it is him, I know it’s him. And I think this is my grandfather, in fact I’m sure it is, standing in the back row, he’s probably involved with the team as a coach or something and his brother was playing. That’s him, right at the back, five from the left." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 30 (S00000206-00059/S00000206-00060)
Formal photograph (portrait) of Lavinia Harriet Taylor nee Elliott (‘Grandma Elliott’, b. 1852) and Richard Edward Baird (‘Dick’, b. 1877) as a toddler after Dick’s father (David Baird, b. 1842) had died (possibly from pneumonia). Note: This is an enlarged photograph of the next photo (S00000206-00061/00062).

"Dick’s father, Grandma Elliott’s first husband, died. I think it was something chesty. You know, if you got pneumonia in those days you were gone. This was probably after he died." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

• Photograph 31 (S00000206-00061/S00000206-00062)
Formal photograph (portrait) of Lavinia Harriet Taylor nee Elliott (‘Grandma Elliott’, b. 1852) and Richard Edward Baird (b. 1877) as a toddler after Dick’s father (David Baird, b. 1842) had died (possibly from pneumonia).

"So here we go. This is Grandma Elliott. Grandmother Elliott as a widow with her little three year old and they’re dressed in black. I think you’ll find that is sort of a mourning portrait, look, he’s even got little black gloves on. They buried her first husband. I’m only speculating that this is a mourning portrait because it’s just her and the child, and she’s quite formally holding her ring finger like that so you can see the wedding band. So it looks to me like a mourning portrait. It’s quite beautiful isn’t it? And this is definitely her as a young woman. She was only 28 when he died. Women went through a lot very young back then." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 32 (S00000206-00063/S00000206-00064)
Photograph of Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott (‘Mamma/Grandmother’, b. 1894) at dancing class. Elizabeth Jane is front row, second from the right. C.1904.

"Now that’s Mamma there. She looks so much like Anne! (Anne Cowley, b. 1958). Dancing class. She’s got dumbbells or something. It was dancing. Her hair doesn’t look very curly but it’s got a bow on it. You can definitely see Anne in her there. She would’ve only been 10 or 12." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"This is a fabulous, very old photo of girls in a dance class, maybe ballet. They are holding what I think of as callisthenic dumbbells or something and they’ve all got their hair done in the same way with the bow and the same shoes. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if it was for a little bit of a performance. Anyway, that’s my grandmother Elizabeth Jane Taylor there, front row, second from the right. It’s quite fabulous really isn’t it? 115 years ago or something like that. My grandmother had chestnut red hair, so, it would have been nice to see this photo in colour. And she’s the spitting image, absolute spitting image of my cousin Anne. And my Aunt Lavinia (Lavinia Harriet Cowley nee Saunders, b. 1923). They’re the only women that’ve got that particular look in the family, all three of them." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 33 (S00000206-00065/S00000206-00066)
Photograph of two girls, possibly Nellie McLarty (b. 1912) and Jean McLarty (b. 1909).

"I don’t know who that is. Maybe the girls who came across from Perth to live with Grandma Saunders (Euphemia Saunders nee McLarty, b. 1856). Might be. Nelly and Jean. Jean had nice curly hair. The ages aren’t quite right though. Nelly was a bit older than Jack (John Frederick Elliot Saunders, b. 1916). But I don’t remember Nelly or Jean as a girl." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"It’s two little girls. The older girl is wearing a mourning armband, a black armband, on her white frock. Two little girls who’ve lost someone close to them. Aunty Bet didn’t recognise these two little girls when she looked at this photo, or even the next one (S00000206-00067/00068). But the two girls could be Nellie and Jean McLarty who were cousins of James Farr Saunders (b. 1888). They were sent by their father (John McLarty, d. 1946) to South Melbourne from Perth to live with Grandma Saunders after their mother (Mary Johanna McLarty nee Walton, d. 1913) died. Jean, who would have been the taller one, was born in 1909 and Nellie was born in 1912. Their mother died in 1913 so Nellie would have been a bit over a year old and the older girl about five. Don’t know if these girls are them though, the ages look a bit off. Not sure." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 34 (S00000206-00067/S00000206-00068)
Photograph of an unknown woman. Undated.

• Photograph 35 (S00000206-00069/S00000206-00070)
Formal photograph (portrait) of Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott (‘Mamma’, b. 1894) before she was married. On the reverse is written: ‘To Nellie, with love from Lizzie… August 25 1911’. C.1911.

"Mamma handmade the blouse she’s wearing. It was silk. She was very fond of blue. They were good blues. That would have been a lovely sort of blue silk. Rich in colour. It wouldn’t have been a gaudy blue. She’s got one of those brooches that Dadda gave her when they were courting. She’s young here. Younger than 21. Maybe 18. Look at the beautiful gloves." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"This is a beautiful portrait of my grandmother. Copies of this photo were made and sent to various people. The back of this says ‘To Nellie, with love from Lizzie… August 25 1911.' I think that would be Nellie Meehan, Grandma's best friend" - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 36 (S00000206-00071/S00000206-00072)
Portrait of James Farr Saunders (b. 1888), sitting on a chair on the back porch of 66 Iffla Street.

"I’ll tell you something. That floor is brick, bricks that he would’ve laid. The edging and the bricks." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"This is a lovely photo of my grandfather. Aunty Bet thought he was sitting in the backyard of 66 Iffla Street, which was Grandma's (Euphemia Saunders nee McLarty, b. 1856) house. And that’s where he would have been living up until when he got married." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 37 (S00000206-00073/S00000206-00074)
Photograph of John Frederick Elliott ("Grandpa Elliott", b. 1855).

"To me this looks like Grandpa Elliott. I see it in the shape of the face. Grandpa Elliott as a young man. He was in the Royal Navy, the English Royal Navy, and we have his discharge papers in the archive." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 38 (S00000206-00075/S00000206-00076)
Photograph of two children and an adult in front of a house. Undated.

"That’s not Grandma’s (Euphemia Saunders nee McLarty, b. 1856) house in Iffla Street. The chimney’s not in the right place." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"There’s a woman standing outside a house with two little girls that are quite close in age. Grandma Elliott (Lavinia Harriet Elliott nee Taylor, b. 1852) raised her two little girls, Lavinia (Lavinia Harriet Elliott, b. 1891) and my grandmother Elizabeth (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) over in a little house in Williamstown. So I’m not sure, but I think that might be them. I think that looks like Grandma Elliott because of the short haircut. Maybe." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 39 (S00000206-00077/S00000206-00078)
Postcard photograph of two nurses at Amherst (one is playing a banjo). On the reverse is written: ‘To dear Lizzie, With best love from Nurse (…?) and Nurse Hall’.

"We’re back to Amherst. There are two crosses marked on this building. This is quite a lovely long postcard. This was possibly sent to Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott (b. 1894) after she’d gone home. That’s what Aunty Bet seemed to think and that sorta rings true." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 40 (S00000206-00079/S00000206-00080)
Postcard photograph sent from Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott (b. 1894) to her mother (Lavinia Harriet Elliott nee Taylor, b. 1852) whilst Elizabeth Jane was in Amherst, aged 16. On the reverse is written: ‘I hope you will write to me and also Louie. How are you getting on? Is Dad working? Mother this is the photo 4.10.1910. The sanatorium I have marked the tent with a cross that I am in. Mother I do not know what you are doing in the evenings but I know I never get a letter from you. Only about once a week or a fortnight. I think you ought to write often. I wish Louie to write and Elsie to send her photo but I think I am forgotten. Now I am up here I remain your loving daughter. XXXXX’. 4 October 1910.

"That’s a cross where she stayed (on the right). They were nice to her and she had a nice time. But she was lonely. ‘I hope you will write to me… I think you ought to write often…I think I am forgotten…your loving daughter’. She must’ve been up there longer than we thought. Maybe a couple of months." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"For a 16 year old to ask that question ‘Is dad working?’ is interesting. It might mean there were periods of time when he wasn’t getting enough work. 4th of October 1910. I don’t know when the Great Depression was and I don’t know when the strikes were on the waterfront, but clearly there was some question as to whether he was working or not. Interesting." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 41 (S00000206-00081/S00000206-00082)

"Aren’t they gorgeous? ‘To dear Lizzie with best love…’ this was sent from the nurses at Amherst to Mamma (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) after she left. In their archives up there at Amherst, I bet they’d love to see this." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"Aunty Bet loved this. This woman is very important to Aunty Bet. Sister Barton. I think Sister Barton ran Amherst. My grandmother (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) stayed in contact with her for many years." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 42 (S00000206-00083/S00000206-00084)
Postcard photograph sent from Richard Edward Baird ('Uncle Dick', b. 1877) to his mother Lavinia Harriet Taylor nee Elliott ('Grandma Elliott', b. 1852). Richard Edward Baird is in the second row from the front, third from the right. On the reverse is written: ‘Dear Mother. Just a few lines to let you know how I am keeping alright so far and I hope you are all well at home. Give this postcard to Lizzie, I have sent two more home via Joe for you and Louie. These are just about the same. Remember me to Lizzie and Lily and Mrs Koshin (?)…Goodbye and God bless you all.’ 21 April 1916.

"That’s Uncle Dick. 21st April 1916. This might’ve been in Egypt. He didn’t seem to me to be at the fighting front but mind you he had a rank. Not sure what he was. A junior rank. This is the First World War. See they’re mainly officers here in this photo. They have stripes on their arms. He came back well from the war, he didn’t have any injuries that I know of." - Elizabeth E. Saunders, 2019

"Well we’ve gone back to Egypt. 21st April 1916. This is the same photo as you’ve already seen, there he is, the same position. He was in his 30s when he went to war." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 43 (S00000206-00085/S00000206-00086)
Photograph of Euphemia Saunders nee McLarty ('Grandma', b. 1856) with her sons William Saunders ('Uncle Bill', b. 1895) and James Farr Saunders ('Dadda', b. 1888).

"This is Dadda, Uncle Bill and Grandma. Uncle Bill looks about 13. Dadda was a bit older than him. Gee they thought a lot of their mother. And so did Nellie (Nellie McLarty, b. 1912) and Jean (Jean McLarty, b. 1909). Particularly Nellie. You know, when Nellie was picked to play cricket in England, she didn’t want to go because Grandma didn’t want her to go. Only because she was nervous for her. Uncle Bill got a few of the officials down to speak to Grandma. They said Nellie would never have gone without her blessing. Isn’t that amazing? It’s nothing Grandma did, it was just Grandma. No one wanted to cause her any worry." - Elizabeth E. Saunders, 2019

"That’s Grandma Saunders with my grandfather James Farr and her other son William. So it’s her with her two sons. And it looks very similar to a studio shot from the first photograph in this album (S00000206-00001). I reckon this photo was taken in the same studio on the same day." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 44 (S00000206-00087/S00000206-00088)
School photograph, possibly of Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott (b. 1894) in the first row, fourth from the right (excluding boys sitting down in front). Possibly Nott Street in Port Melbourne.

"That looks like her there. I can just tell cause she looks just like my cousin Anne (Anne Cowley nee Saunders, b. 1958)." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 45 (S00000206-00089/S00000206-00090)

"This is a very old photo. And it’s from Geelong. And that man there’s got quite a beard. He’s certainly got the build of Grandpa Elliott (John Frederick Elliott, b. 1855). This would be Grandma Elliott's (Lavinia Harriet Taylor nee Elliott, b. 1852) family from Geelong. This could be her father Edward Taylor (b. 1820s)." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

1x Foolscap Photograph Album containing 107 photographs. Many photographs in this album were described by Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders ('Aunty Bet', b. 1926) in an oral history video recording in 2017 (see S00000351). Many photographs were also described by Jennifer Margaret Saunders (b. 1958) in an oral history audio recording in 2019. Relevant extracts from both of these oral histories have been transcribed and are viewable (along with general descriptions of the photographs) below.

Note: the front and back of each photograph in this album has been allocated two additional numbers (eg. S00000207-00001 and S00000207-00002) which match the digital files of that photograph (front and back). These numbers are also labelled on the physical photos.

Photographs:

• Photograph 1 (S00000207-00001/S00000207-00002)
Photograph of Miss Lila Sutton.

"Miss Lila Sutton. She was the telephonist at the Underwriter's Association where I worked. She was lovely. Lila Sutton." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"Aunty Bet left school at 13 and she went to work straight away. One of the earliest jobs she had was with the Underwriter’s Association. These are photos of her in her early working life with the young women she worked with. Aunty Bet’s first job was with a milliner I believe, in the Manchester building in Melbourne, in the city. She sewed bands into hats. I think her job at the Underwriters Association was her second job." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 2 (S00000207-00003/S00000207-00004)
Photograph of Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders (b. 1926) and her co-workers at the Underwriters Association. 1940.

"It’s me sitting at the switchboard. I often used to be at the switchboard. Jack (John Frederick Elliott Saunders, b. 1916) took that girl out [on the left]. I was fourteen. First year out of school. That’s Lila Sutton behind me and the switchboard was here [back right]. 1940." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

• Photograph 3 (S00000207-00005/S00000207-00006)
Photograph of an unknown male

"No idea who that is. Maybe a relative from Geelong. Not sure." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

• Photograph 4 (S00000207-00007/S00000207-00008)
School photograph of Grade Five at Graham Street School. James Farr Saunders (b. 1927) is top row, fourth from the left.

"Grade Five. Graham Street State School. I think that’s Ralph Ling [front row, fourth from right]. That’s one of the Catons [second row, 5th from left]. Related to the Catons who used to go to the YMCA Camp Manyung. The original family were butchers." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"James Farr Saunders. That’s my dad. The Catons used to be the butchers on Bay Street, Port Melbourne. I think they moved to Bendigo but they used to come to Camp Manyung when we were kids. The Lings were a Port Melbourne family. Ralph Ling and Lenny Ling were great mates of my father’s. There’s various photos we have with Lenny Ling." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 5 (S00000207-00009/S00000207-00010)
Photograph of Gordon McLaughlan, James Farr Saunders ('James', b. 1927), James Farr Saunders ('Dadda', b. 1888) and John Frederick Elliott Saunders ('Jack', b. 1916) in front of a car on holiday in Belgrave. Picnic Day. 1941.

"Belgrave 1941. Mr McLaughlan. That's Gordon McLaughlan. He was Mrs McLaughlan’s husband. And James, Dadda and Jack. And I think this is Jack’s car." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

• Photograph 6 (S00000207-00011/S00000207-00012)
Photograph of Joan McLaughlan (middle), Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders (b. 1926) (right) and Lavinia Harriet Cowley nee Saunders (b. 1923).

"That’s Joan McLaughlan in the middle, me and Lavinia. We were staying there in a holiday house." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"This is the same day as the previous photograph. Same roll of film. They’re all in the car together. See in the previous photo, Dad’s (James Farr Saunders, b. 1926) got on a cap and a vest and whatnot? The girls got into the spirit of things and dressed up like this, sort of men’s clothing, for the big day out at Belgrave. This is a magic photo. I love their attitude." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 7 (S00000207-00013/S00000207-00014)
Photograph of six adults including Euphemia Saunders nee McLarty ('Grandma', b. 1856).

"That’s Grandma there, second from the right. Poppa’s (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) mum. The rest are Grandma’s family but I can’t work out who they are." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"This apparently was taken in the garden at 66 Iffla Street I believe. Grandma Saunders is Euphemia Saunders, the one who raised Nellie McLarty (b. 1912) and her sister Jean McLarty (b. 1909). Grandma Saunders nee McLarty. The rest are members of Grandma’s family. Some might have been visiting from Western Australia." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 8 (S00000207-00015/S00000207-00016)

"That’s Peter John Saunders (b. 1947). There was a period of time when my uncle Jack (John Frederick Elliott Saunders, b. 1916) and his wife Dorothy (Dorothy May Saunders nee Leheny) were living in the flat at the back of the house at Williamstown Road. They had their first two babies there, just like my mum and dad did. This is their first born Peter." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 9 (S00000207-00017/S00000207-00018)

• Photograph 10 (S00000207-00019/S00000207-00020)
Photograph of Dorothy May Saunders nee Leheny and Peter John Saunders (b. 1947). c.1947.

"Well that’s Dorothy and Peter." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

• Photograph 11 (S00000207-00021/S00000207-00022)
Photograph of Peter John Saunders (b. 1947). 1949.

"That’s Peter in his lovely little overcoat with velvet collar." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"This is years later to the previous photos of Peter. It’s a different roll of film. This photo is from 1949. He was born in 1947." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 12 (S00000207-00023/S00000207-00024)
Photograph of Sarah Bousie nee Saunders ('Aunty Sadie', b. 1884) and an unknown man.

"Well that’s Aunty Sadie. I don’t know if that’s the uncle who used to come across from Western Australia. I’m not sure." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"Aunty Sadie. My grandfather’s sister. Sarah was her name. It’s taken on the same day as one of the other photos in this album (S00000207-00013/S00000207-00014). " – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 13 (S00000207-00025/S00000207-00026)
Photograph taken at Healesville, Easter 1942.

"Healesville, Easter, 1942. That’s right. And that’s Jack’s (John Frederick Elliott Saunders, b. 1916) car. Freddy Martin the butcher’s family had a holiday home up there and he used to let it to some of his customers including us. On our way through Box Hill it was quite common for us to pick up Bill Baird (William Harry John Baird, b. 1913). He was the son of Uncle Dick (Richard Edward Baird, b. 1877). Jack was rather fond of him and felt he was, you know, among all girls, and he’d pick him up and it was okay by Elsie (Elsie Robottom nee Baird, b. 1900). Mamma (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) would say to him ‘look I’ve got plenty of clothes I can put on him. Just give me another pair of shoes for him’. That’s Lavinia (Lavinia Harriet Cowley nee Saunders, b. 1923) on the far right, Bill Baird is second from the left, and that's me mucking around with a flower on the far left. That was Healesville. It was fun. Everything was fun. It was." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"This is a great photo. Aunty Bet (Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, b. 1926) with a scarf wrapped round her head. This is my father (James Farr Saunders, b. 1927) in the middle. My grandmother (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders, b. 1894) next to him. And a friend of the family they picked up for the outing. Bill Baird (William Harry John Baird, b. 1913). I love this photo." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 14 (S00000207-00027/S00000207-00028)
Photograph of four Women: L-R: Catherine Saunders ('Aunty Kate', b. 1882), Euphemia Saunders nee McLarty ('Grandma Saunders', b. 1856), Margaret Ada Deane nee Saunders ('Aunty Mag', b. 1886), and Euphemia May Deane (b. 1913). Taken on Station Pier. 1937.

"Now, that’s Aunty Kate, Dadda’s (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) eldest sister, the first in the family [on the left]. Grandma Saunders [second from the left]. Aunty Mag, she was lovely [second from the right]. And she was lovely too and her name was Euphemia May [on the right]. Aunty Kate was the eldest daughter, Aunty Mag was the third I think, Dadda’s sisters. And Euphemia May would’ve been Dadda’s niece. Euphemia May was Aunty Mag’s daughter. Mother and daughter. Euphemia was tall. There was tallness in the family, on the other side. They had a brother Frank and he and Jack (John Frederick Elliott Saunders, b. 1916) were the spitting image of each other. They were second cousins. Frank got out of the car at our place one day and you just thought it was Jack. This photo was taken on Station Pier. The day Nellie sailed for England with the cricket team. About 1937 I think it was. Euphemia May was a school teacher. Remained single. You can see a resemblance between her and Nell McLarty (b. 1912)." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"This is the day Nellie McLarty sailed for England with the cricket team. 1937. There’s another photo from this day that is in one of the other albums in the archive (see S00000203). It’s another photo of them on the dock that day. It must be after Nellie had left because she’s not in the photo. There’s a lot of references to Nellie McLarty as a cricketer on Trove." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 15 (S00000207-00029/S00000207-00030)
Photograph of (left, aged 16) Lavinia Harriet Cowley nee Saunders' (b. 1923), (middle) John Frederick Elliott Saunders ('Jack, b. 1916), and (right, aged 14) Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders (b. 1926). 1940.

"That’s Lavinia the night of her debutante in the Holy Trinity Hall in the Port Melbourne Town Hall. Jack. And look at me. She would’ve been 16 or maybe 14. And my dress was blue, and blue velvet the bow. You can see my hair’s curly can’t you?" - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"This photo also has links to other photos in the other album (see S00000203)." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 16 (S00000207-00031/S00000207-00032)
Photograph of three children at the beach c. 1937. R-L: James Farr Saunders ('Jim', b. 1927), Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders ('Aunty Bet', b. 1926), Lavinia Harriet Cowley nee Saunders (b. 1923).

"Jim, me and Lavinia at the beach somewhere." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"Lavinia, Aunty Bet and my dad Jim lounging at a beach along the bay somewhere. There are quite a lot of other photos from this day in the other album (see S00000203)." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 17 (S00000207-00033/S00000207-00034)

"This is Grandma (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) and Dad (James Farr Saunders, b. 1927) on the beach, a different day to the previous photo. Frankston 1943. It’s a beautiful photograph. Dad was born in 27 so he is a teenager here." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 18 (S00000207-00035/S00000207-00036)

"This photo appears several times. Another copy is in the other album as well (see S000000206-00023)." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 19 (S00000207-00037/S00000207-00038)
Photograph of John Frederick Elliott ('Grandpa Elliott', b. 1855), Harriet Lavinia Elliott nee Taylor ('Grandma Elliott', b. 1852) and John Frederick Elliott ('Jack', b. 1916). c. 1920.

"John Frederick Elliott. Born 1855. Husband of Harriet Lavinia Taylor, that was her single name. She became Harriet Lavinia Elliott. Maybe she still carried the name ‘Taylor’ though. And that’s Jack. By the time Jack was three, they had been married for a long long time. This was taken about 1920. Harriet was previously Harriet Baird and had a little boy, Richard Baird (Richard Edward Baird, b. 1877). He would’ve been well grown up at the time this photo was taken. She was widowed and then she remarried. She remarried at the Wesleyan Church in Williamstown. I’ve got the newspaper with the wedding in it." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"This is Grandpa Elliott, Grandma Elliot, and my Uncle Jack as a little boy." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 20 (S00000207-00039/S00000207-00040)
School photograph. John Frederick Elliott Saunders (b. 1916) is back row, fourth from the left. Nott Street School in Port Melbourne.

• Photograph 21 (S00000207-00041/S00000207-00042)
Photograph of John Frederick Elliott Saunders (b. 1916) with his parents James Farr Saunders (b. 1888) and Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott (b. 1894). Note: this photograph is similar to S00000207-00029/00030 and to other photographs in album S00000203 (same dress, same background, but of a different occasion).

• Photograph 22 (S00000207-00043/S00000207-00044)
School photograph, Grade Four or Five. James Farr Saunders ('Jim', b. 1927) is second row from front, seventh from right.

"Oh isn’t he gorgeous? Look at him, right in the middle. With a cap on. Look at the angle of it. Oh gee. Grade Four I think. Or Grade Five. That’s a gorgeous one of Jim. I’ll bet it was his maroon cap." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"That’s my dad. He was gorgeous. And Aunty Bet (Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, b. 1926) loved him. They loved their little brother. For their entire lives, that’s how she talked about him, as being gorgeous. He was a gorgeous baby, I imagine he was a lovely brother. How sweet that Aunty Bet remembered his cap was maroon." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 23 (S00000207-00045/S00000207-00046)
School photograph with Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders (b. 1926). Grade Five.

"That’s me. Third from the left. Look at the bow and the big curls. You can see my curls are hanging to my shoulders." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

• Photograph 24 (S00000207-00047/S00000207-00048)
Photograph with James Farr Saunders ('Jimmy', b. 1927) top row, third from the right.

"Ralph Ling [front row, third from right]. Same class as Jimmy in the top row. He looks very scruffy for Jimmy. He never ever looked that scruffy. He’s frowning. That’s Ivo Dengo [back row, second from left] who was killed. It was post Saturday lunchtime and they all wanted to go to St Kilda Town Hall or somewhere but Ivo wanted to go to the car races. He went and a wheel flew off a car and hit him in the head. Killed in the crowd. It was terrible." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

• Photograph 25 (S00000207-00049/S00000207-00050)
School photograph, Grade Two. James Farr Saunders (b. 1927) is front row, seventh from right.

• Photograph 26 (S00000207-00051/S00000207-00052)

• Photograph 27 (S00000207-00053/S00000207-00054)

• Photograph 28 (S00000207-00055/S00000207-00056)
Photograph of Louisa Elizabeth Baird nee Lincoln ('Louie', b. 1877) and Richard Edward Baird ('Uncle Dick', b. 1877) at the wedding of either John Frederick Elliot (b. 1916), Lavinia Harriet Cowley nee Saunders (b. 1923) or James Farr Saunders (b. 1927).

"Uncle Dick and Aunty Louie. Richard and Louisa Baird. Richard Baird was Grandma Elliott’s (Lavinia Harriet Elliott nee Taylor, b. 1852) son to her first marriage, to David Baird (b. 1842). In album S00000206 there are a number of other photos of Uncle Dick. This the same young man that was in Egypt in World War One, based at Abbassia Detention Barracks. It was a sort of hospital. Photo S00000207-00059 in this album is of him as well." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 29 (S00000207-00057/S00000207-00058)
Photograph of a group of adults at a wedding.
Top row from left: James Farr Saunders, Elizabeth, Richard Arthur Lincoln Baird (b. 1906), Elsie Robottom nee Baird (b. 1900), George Robottom, Lillian Victoria Callick nee Baird (b. 1909), Jerry Callick.
Bottom row from left: William Henry John Baird (b. 1913), Arthur Baird (Elsie’s son?), Louisa Elizabeth Baird nee Lincoln (b. 1877), George Baird (?), unknown male.

• Photograph 30 (S00000207-00059/S00000207-00060)
Photograph (portrait) of Richard Edward Baird (b. 1877) at a wedding.

• Photograph 31 (S00000207-00061/S00000207-00062)
Photograph of James Farr Saunders (b. 1888) and Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott (b. 1894) in front of John Frederick Elliott's (b. 1916) car. They are dressed up, with Elizabeth wearing the matching coat to the dress she wore to James Farr Saunders ('Dad', b. 1927) and Margaret Dawn Saunders nee Witton's ('Mum', b. 1931) wedding.

"That coat has been acquired by Museum Victoria. They took the whole ensemble of what she was wearing in the wedding photo of Mum and Dad’s wedding. This photo, and others like it, appear multiple times in the other photo album S00000203." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 32 (S00000207-00063/S00000207-00064)
Photograph of Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders (b. 1926) holding David Saunders (b. 1957) at Jennifer Margaret Saunders’ (b. 1958) christening.

"There are more photos of this day in the other photo album (S00000203) as well." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 33 (S00000207-00065/S00000207-00066)
Photograph of David James Saunders (b. 1957).

"That’s my brother David as a young baby. He’s in a highchair out the back of 392 Williamstown Road. That’s my grandfather (‘Pop’, James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) in the background. He’s pruning the plum tree. The famous bagged-every-year plum tree. You’ll notice that the high chair is on wheels. Mum (Margaret Dawn Saunders nee Witton, b. 1931) would’ve been up in the flat. Having the chair on wheels would’ve made it easy for her or Pop to push the baby around and they could hang out in the garden together. Perfect. April 1957. What a lifestyle. Lucky little kid." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 34 (S00000207-00067/S00000207-00068)
Photograph of Anne Cowley nee Saunders (b. 1958), Christine and Barbara Mount, Jennifer Margaret Saunders (b. 1958), David James Saunders (b. 1957), and Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott ('Grandma', b. 1894). Photo probably taken by James Farr Saunders (b. 1927).

"Isn’t she gorgeous? Anne. You all were gorgeous and she was too. That’s Christine Mount, Barbara Mount and Jen on Barbara’s knee. And David in the billy cart." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"So this is at the very front gate of the property at 392 Williamstown Road. Anne is in Grandma’s arms. The Mount girls were the neighbours two doors down. They often played with us. That’s me there as well on her knee. And my brother David. That concrete driveway from the flat to the street was great for billy carts and trikes and whatnot. You can see what life was like for Grandma and Grandpa with their son and new daughter-in-law and two small babies living out the back. It must’ve been quite good fun to have the kids around." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 35 (S00000207-00069/S00000207-00070)
Photograph of David James Saunders (b. 1957) on a trike towing Jennifer Margaret Saunders (b. 1958) and Anne Cowley (b. 1958) in a cart.

"You didn’t have to have a lot of money to have a lot of fun did you?" - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"And here’s another great photograph of David towing us. A similar photo also appears in the album S00000203 where David is sitting here talking to Anne and I. Maybe he’s giving us instructions. It’s a very nice image of him looking like he’s saying something like ‘it’s okay ladies. I’m going to tow you. Stay calm. Stay cool.’" – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 36 (S00000207-00071/S00000207-00072)
Photograph of James Farr Saunders ('Pop', b. 1888) in his garden at the Williamstown Road house.

"Well that’s Pop in the garden down the back tending to the tomatoes. I know they’re tomatoes because you can see the tomato stakes. Being a gardener, I know you have to painstakingly nip out all the little sprouts that come out or else you get way too much leaf and not enough fruit. " – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 37 (S00000207-00073/S00000207-00074)
Photograph of James Farr Saunders ('Pop', b. 1888) in his garden at the Williamstown Road house.

"I think this photo is the original of the previous one. This photo is certainly consistent with the sort of photos Aunty Lavinia (Lavinia Harriet Cowley nee Saunders, b. 1923) would’ve been taking around the house at the time with her Box Brownie." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 38 (S00000207-00075/S00000207-00076)
Photograph of a group of women walking down the south side of Collins Street. All worked at the Underwriters Office at 60 Market Street. From L-R: Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders (b. 1926, aged 14), an unknown woman, Pat (aged 15), Ines and Beryl.

"This was Collins Street, between Market Street and Elizabeth Street on the south side. We’re walking down to Elizabeth Street. That’s me on the left… we were all in the office at the Underwriter's, where I worked. Look at my gloves. The swing in our skirts. I would’ve been 14. Pat was 15. Off to work in the city." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"This is a gorgeous photo. Can you imagine? 14 year old girls off to work in the city. How different to now. I love the idea of this. She was just so keen to get to work. In her oral history recordings, Aunty Bet talks about wanting to get to work and wanting to have money to buy clothes and things."– Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 39 (S00000207-00077/S00000207-00078)
Photograph of Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders (b. 1926) holding baby Rodney Gilbert Saunders on the day of his christening at Holy Trinity in Port Melbourne.

"So that baby was the second child born when Jack (John Frederick Elliott Saunders, b. 1916) and Dorothy (Dorothy May Saunders nee Leheny) were living in the flat at the back of the house at 392 Williamstown Road. I imagine when this photo was taken he was brought from Port Melbourne to go to his christening."– Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 40 (S00000207-00079/S00000207-00080)
Photograph of Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders (b. 1894), Mrs Danguard, Joyce Danguard, Arnold Danguard, and an unknown man in front of a car in the snow (likely Healesville).

• Photograph 41 (S00000207-00081/S00000207-00082)
Photograph of Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders (b. 1926, aged 14), with a horse which had been hired in Healesville. Mrs McLaughlan in the background watching on. James Farr Saunders (b. 1927, aged 12) on the back of another horse. Easter 1942.

"We had fun. 1942. I was only 14." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"She’s wearing the same jodhpurs here that we have in the archive (see S0000265). That’s a nice link isn’t it? They did have fun."– Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 42 (S00000207-00083/S00000207-00084)
Photograph of Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders ('Aunty Bet', b. 1926) seated on a Malvern Star bike.

"It was a beautiful bike. I bought it in Bruce Smalls in Elizabeth Street. Put it on layby and paid it off. About 14 or 15 pounds I think. You didn’t get credit, you paid it off and then you picked it up. The last Malvern Star to be imported from England. After that they were made in Australia. That might be wrong though. I heard something on the radio about Malvern Stars being made in Australia. You could look at the bike. It might say ‘Made in England’ or ‘Made in Australia’." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"The Malvern Star. There it is. Good tip from Aunty Bet. I’ll have to have a look at the bike. Aunty Bet used to talk about how beautiful that bike was to ride. Her sister Lavinia (Lavinia Harriet Cowley nee Saunders, b. 1923) had bought a Malvern Star a few years after her and it was never as good to ride as Aunty Bet’s one. Bet’s was so much nicer and easier to ride that sometimes Lavinia would ask ‘oh Bet give me a ride on yours for a while’ and they’d swap. They did incredible and long bike rides then. They’d put the bikes on the train to Geelong and then ride to Anglesea. That’s quite a long trip. Then they’d all go camping and then they’d pack up and ride back to Geelong. Intense. And the roads wouldn’t have been anything like they are now. That’s the bike that I had restored. It was always in the house at 392 Williamstown Road. Years and years ago I had the thought that if I could have just one thing of Aunty Bet’s, I’d love that bike. I ended up with it. I had it mechanically restored so by the end of December 2017 I was riding it. It’s in my house right now."– Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 43 (S00000207-00085/S00000207-00086)
Photograph of Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders ('Aunty Bet', b. 1926, the nurse in the upper left of the picture) who was on the road working as a dental nurse from 1952-1966. Photograph taken c.1954.

"We were on the road from 1952 until 1966. And Dadda (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) took a turn on the weekend and I came in. It was a long weekend I think. I rang up on the Monday morning and they treated me so well. Keith, a friend of Billy’s and Marie’s rang Mr Wig who was in charge of the country trips and told him what had happened, that I couldn’t go back. And the message came to me, ‘tell her not to worry, come in when she can, we’ll send a replacement for her today until such times that she can return’. They always treated me very well when I had some disaster happen." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"So from 1952 to 1966 she would be on the road Monday to Friday. She would come home on a Friday night, have the weekend at home and then be off again Monday morning. All over Victoria. Prior to this archive project starting, I spoke to someone at the School of Dentistry at Melbourne Uni. I’d been put in touch with them through Aunty Bet’s dentist who was a terrific female dentist at the top of Collins Street. Anyway, the School of Dentistry has a dental museum. They were very keen to have copies of these images because they had no record of this. All these photos relate to that period in her life. "– Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 44 (S00000207-00087/S00000207-00088)
Photograph of a dentistry caravan. 1954.

"This photo and the next one (S00000207-00089) are of the same caravan. The same people standing in front of the same caravan"– Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 45 (S00000207-00089/S00000207-00090)
Photograph of John Watson (dentist on the left), Gwen (middle) and another dentist in front of one of the caravans. 1954.

• Photograph 46 (S00000207-00091/S00000207-00092)
Photograph of caravan taken in Culgoa. 1952.

"We’re bogged. We’re bogged in Culgoa. We got to within a couple of hundred yards of the main street and we got bogged. We were all hungry so we went for lunch and decided to sort it out after. When we came out of the pub, there was our van right there in front of us. Somebody had seen what had happened to us and towed it out for us." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"She loved that story. Down in the Mallee in Culgoa there were sheets of sand, it was very sandy and so very easy for this to happen, to glide off the road and end up in a ditch. I can just imagine the word going round and a farmer coming along with a tractor and pulling it out. But no one came into the pub and told them, they just left the van there for them. Aunty Bet loved her life on the road." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 47 (S00000207-00093/S00000207-00094)
Photograph taken in a backyard in Sunshine with a baby in a pram.

"I think that baby in the pram might be Bruce (Bruce James Saunders), Rodney’s (Rodney Gilbert Saunders) younger brother. That was in Devonshire Road, Sunshine." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 48 (S00000207-00095/S00000207-00096)
Photograph of Lavinia Harriet Elliott ('Aunty Lily', b. 1891) and Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders ('Aunty Bet', b. 1926) at Bondi Junction.

"Gorgeous photo. At Bondi Junction. Aunty Lily lived in Bondi for a long time. Not quite sure why she went to Sydney. Mum (Margaret Dawn Saunders nee Witton, b. 1931) said it was because she was a mason, a Freemason. She wanted to be an active member. Women were allowed in up in Sydney whereas they weren’t here in Melbourne. I’m not sure if that’s right though. I Googled it and it looked like there were some lodges in Melbourne that took in women. There was one in Richmond. Who knows. Anyway, it’s a great photo of the two of them." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 49 (S00000207-00097/S00000207-00098)
Photograph of Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders ('Aunty Bet', b. 1926, aged early 20s), Lavinia Harriet Elliott ('Aunty Lily', b. 1891) and friends. They went on a boat up the east coast of Australia. They had gone ashore and taken a trip.

"So that’s Aunty Lily (back left) and there’s Aunty Bet (back right). Short hair, quite slim. She’s quite young here." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 50 (S00000207-00099/S00000207-00100)
Photograph of Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders ('Aunty Bet', b. 1926, aged early 20s), Lavinia Harriet Elliott ('Aunty Lily', b. 1891) and friends on holiday.

• Photograph 51 (S00000207-00101/S00000207-00102)
Photograph of Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders ('Aunty Bet', b. 1926, aged early 20s) and Lavinia Harriet Elliott ('Aunty Lily', b. 1891) on holiday.

"Same trip as the previous photos. The offcuts of that fabric for the dress that Aunty Bet’s wearing were in her glory box. I’ve got them now." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 52 (S00000207-00103/S00000207-00104)

• Photograph 53 (S00000207-00105/S00000207-00106)
Duplicate photograph.

"This and the next photo are duplicates of earlier photos in this album. They look very sharp don’t they?" – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 54 (S00000207-00107/S00000207-00108)
Duplicate photograph.

• Photograph 55 (S00000207-00109/S00000207-00110)
Photograph of Lavinia Harriet Elliott ('Aunty Lily', b. 1891), Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders ('Aunty Bet', b. 1926) and three other women on holiday up the coast of Australia. Photograph of boat journey and pineapple plantation. They were away for 2-3 weeks.

"This is the same trip as the earlier photos (see: S00000207-00097, etc.). Pineapple Plantation. Magnetic Island." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 56 (S00000207-00111/S00000207-00112)

• Photograph 57 (S00000207-00113/S00000207-00114)

• Photograph 58 (S00000207-00115/S00000207-00116)
Photograph of Lavinia Harriet Cowley nee Saunders (b. 1923) carrying a child in a bonnet.

• Photograph 59 (S00000207-00117/S00000207-00118)

• Photograph 60 (S00000207-00119/S00000207-00120)

• Photograph 61 (S00000207-00121/S00000207-00122)

• Photograph 62 (S00000207-00123/S00000207-00124)
Photograph of Lavinia Harriet Elliott ('Aunty Lily', b. 1891) and her friend Mrs Sullivan who was visiting from Sydney.

"Aunty Lily often travelled with a friend. This is at the house at 392 Williamstown Road" – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 63 (S00000207-00125/S00000207-00126)
Photograph of Lavinia Harriet Cowley nee Saunders ('Aunty Lily', b. 1923, right) and Lavinia Harriet Elliott ('Great Aunty Lily', b. 1891, left) possibly on a trip to Sydney.

"This is my Aunty Lily with my Great Aunty Lily. Both called Lavinia Harriet." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 64 (S00000207-00127/S00000207-00128)
Photograph of Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders ('Aunty Bet', b. 1926) and Joyce Murray (a member of the YWCA from Manyung) on a Pioneer Trip to Adelaide. Addressed on back to Mr Williams, 9 Station Road, Seddon.

"I love this photo. It’s a beautiful one." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 65 (S00000207-00129/S00000207-00130)

• Photograph 66 (S00000207-00131/S00000207-00132)
Photograph of Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders (b. 1926) in front of tourist monuments on a trip.

• Photograph 67 (S00000207-00133/S00000207-00134)

• Photograph 68 (S00000207-00135/S00000207-00136)

• Photograph 69 (S00000207-00137/S00000207-00138)

• Photograph 70 (S00000207-00139/S00000207-00140)
Photograph of Lavinia Harriet Cowley nee Saunders (b. 1923) and possibly Frank Geoffrey (they were on the ball committee together of the YMCA and YWCA).

• Photograph 71 (S00000207-00141/S00000207-00142)
Photograph of Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders (b. 1926) in mauve and white check dress heading up to Sydney on a boat to visit Lavinia Harriet Elliot (b. 1891).

• Photograph 72 (S00000207-00143/S00000207-00144)
Photograph of Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders (b. 1926) in mauve and white check dress heading up to Sydney on a boat to visit Lavinia Harriet Elliot (b. 1891).

• Photograph 73 (S00000207-00145/S00000207-00146)
Photograph of Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott ('Grandma', b. 1894) on the wedding day of Lavinia Harriet Cowley nee Saunders ('Aunty Lavinia', b. 1923) and Melvin Cowley (b. 1925). February 1956.

"That’s Grandma on Aunty Lavinia’s wedding day." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 74 (S00000207-00147/S00000207-00148)

• Photograph 75 (S00000207-00149/S00000207-00150)
Photograph of Lavinia Harriet Cowley nee Saunders (b. 1923) and guests at her wedding. February 1956.

"There are many other photos of this wedding day, from the same roll of film even, in the other album S00000203." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 76 (S00000207-00151/S00000207-00152)
Photograph of Lavinia Harriet Cowley nee Saunders (b. 1923) and guests at her wedding. February 1956.

"And there’s my grandfather (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) there. I love this photo. He looks so proud." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 77 (S00000207-00153/S00000207-00154)
Photograph of John Frederick Elliott Saunders ('Uncle Jack', b. 1916) in a beret and Peter John Saunders (b. 1947) fishing (probably) on the Anglesea River.

"All these photos (S00000207-00153 to S00000207-00159) are all of my Uncle Jack. And the boys Peter (Peter John Saunders), Rodney (Rodney Gilbert Saunders) and Bruce (Bruce James Saunders). We’d go camping on the Anglesea River at Anglesea in the summertime. Jack and the boys always went fishing over near the bridge on the river." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 78 (S00000207-00155/S00000207-00156)

• Photograph 79 (S00000207-00157/S00000207-00158)

• Photograph 80 (S00000207-00159/S00000207-00160)

• Photograph 81 (S00000207-00161/S00000207-00162)
Photograph of Lavinia Harriet Elliott ('Great Aunt Lily', b. 1891) and 8 week old David James Saunders (b. 1957). 1957.

"That’s my Great Aunty Lily from Sydney with my brother David in the backyard of Port Melbourne. You can see the clothesline and the sheds and what not. On the back of the photo it says ‘8 weeks’. So Great Aunty Lily would often come down when a baby was born or christened. – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 82 (S00000207-00163/S00000207-00164)
Photograph of Lavinia Harriet Elliott ('Great Aunt Lily', b. 1891) and 4 week old David James Saunders (b. 1957). 1957.

"That’s Great Aunty Lily holding David who’s 4 weeks old. That’s Grandma (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliot, b. 1894) beside her. I think Great Aunty Lily was David’s godmother. These photos make sense in that regard." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 83 (S00000207-00165/S00000207-00166)
Photograph of Lavinia Harriet Elliott ('Great Aunt Lily', b. 1891) and 4 week old David James Saunders (b. 1957). 1957.

"This is the same day as the previous one, just zoomed in. She probably would have come down and stayed for a month I imagine." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 84 (S00000207-00167/S00000207-00168)

• Photograph 85 (S00000207-00169/S00000207-00170)
Photograph of Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders ('Aunty Bet', b. 1926) in Lakes Entrance with other dentists and dental nurses. November 1954.

"That’s Aunty Bet with some of the dentists she would have been out in the country with. These are some of the same people that are in the earlier dentistry photos in this album. This might’ve been a lunch or a day off or something." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 86 (S00000207-00171/S00000207-00172)

• Photograph 87 (S00000207-00173/S00000207-00174)

• Photograph 88 (S00000207-00175/S00000207-00176)

"That’s my Great Aunty Lily (Lavinia Harriet Elliott, b. 1891) with a baby. Not quite sure who." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 89 (S00000207-00177/S00000207-00178)

• Photograph 90 (S00000207-00179/S00000207-00180)
Photograph of Peter John Saunders (b. 1947). 1947.

"Peter John at 8 weeks old" – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 91 (S00000207-00181/S00000207-00182)
Photograph of Peter John Saunders (b. 1947), Rodney Gilbert Saunders and Bruce James Saunders.

"These are my cousins Peter, Rodney and Bruce." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 92 (S00000207-00183/S00000207-00184)
Photograph of Anne Cowley (b. 1958).

"This is my cousin Anne. Same as the next photo but a different day and a different outfit (see S00000207-00185)" – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 93 (S00000207-00185/S00000207-00186)
Photograph of Anne Cowley (b. 1958).

• Photograph 94 (S00000207-00187/S00000207-00188)
Photograph of David James Saunders (b. 1957) and Anne Cowley (b. 1958).

"This is my brother David and cousin Anne. Not sure where they are." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 95 (S00000207-00189/S00000207-00190)
Photograph from a birthday party at 7 Murphy Street, Oak Park. The children in the photograph are Anne Cowley (b. 1958), Jennifer Margaret Saunders (b. 1958), Elizabeth Jane Saunders (b. 1961), Russell Cowley (b. 1962), John Cowley (b. 1960), Rodney Gilbert Saunders, Bruce James Saunders and Peter John Saunders (b. 1947). Also present are Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott ('Grandma', b. 1894) and James Farr Saunders ('Grandpa', b. 1888).

"Grandma and Grandpa with all their grandkids. This might be my birthday. I got that doll, Sally-Anne, for a birthday when I was about this age. I've still got it." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 96 (S00000207-00191/S00000207-00192)
Photograph of (R-L) David James Saunders (b. 1957), Elizabeth Jane Saunders (b. 1961) and Jennifer Margaret Saunders (b. 1958).

"That’s David, Liz and me. A photographer came to the family home. This photo was taken in the lounge room. My sister was born in September 1961 so this photo is probably about 1962." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 97 (S00000207-00193/S00000207-00194)
Photograph of David James Saunders (b. 1957).

"That’s my brother David as a baby" – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 98 (S00000207-00195/S00000207-00196)
Photograph of David James Saunders (b. 1957), John Frederick Elliott Saunders ('Uncle Jack', b. 1916) and an unidentified woman loading a trailer in the driveway of 392 Williamstown Road.

"There’s Uncle Jack. Unloading wood or something off a trailer. That’s in the driveway of the Port Melbourne house. This might be from when they were building the kitchen in the early 1950s but I could be wrong. There was something going on in the driveway anyway. They’re carrying wood. It’ll be for the kitchen oven I presume. They had a wood stove up until the mid 1960s I think. It got too hot for my grandfather (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) which is why they turned it off and just had the gas cooker for January, February, March. They ran it up until 1974 in the winter or the colder months." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 99 (S00000207-00197/S00000207-00198)

"This is Aunty Lily (Lavinia Harriet Elliot, b. 1891) travelling again with her companion." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 100 (S00000207-00199/S00000207-00200)
Photograph of various adults away on a trip.

"This is a group shot, on a bus tour or something somewhere. " – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 101 (S00000207-00201/S00000207-00202)

• Photograph 102 (S00000207-00203/S00000207-00204)
Photograph taken at Station Pier the day Nellie McLarty (b. 1912) left to go to England to play cricket in 1937.

"This is the same day, maybe even the same photo, as one we saw earlier in this album. The day she left for England. I think this might be the same photo as the earlier one but the other one was cropped. This one’s better, you can see their shoes." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 103 (S00000207-00205/S00000207-00206)
Photograph of Euphemia Saunders nee McLarty ('Grandma Saunders', b. 1856), William McLarty (Bill) who had come over from Perth, and an unknown man in a backyard.

"This photo and the next one are from the same day. Same time, but probably not the same day, as the photo at the start of this album. That’s Grandma Saunders. Euphemia Saunders nee McLarty. " – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 104 (S00000207-00207/S00000207-00208)

• Photograph 105 (S00000207-00209/S00000207-00210)
Photograph of Catherine Saunders ('Aunty Kate', b. 1882), Euphemia Saunders nee McLarty ('Grandma Saunders', b. 1856) and Sarah Bousie nee Saunders ('Aunty Sadie', b. 1884) with a baby, possibly Sarah Bousie nee Saunders' granddaughter.

"My mother (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) got diphtheria when her son (James Farr Saunders, b. 1927) was around 7 months old. They didn’t anticipate she’d be there very long and as it happened, she wasn’t there terribly long. She was terribly sick then with diphtheria. Back then, everybody looked after everybody's babies when people were sick. God, they were marvellous. Whereas today, we’re frightened of getting this, that and the other thing. Dadda (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) put Jimmy (James Farr Saunders, b. 1927) in the pram right round to Grandma Saunders to look after him. It wouldn’t have mattered what she was doing, she would’ve just welcomed him with open arms. And Aunty Sadie of course.

Grandpa Elliott (John Frederick Elliott, b. 1855) would have had Lily and me on the tram up to Elsie’s (Elsie May Robottom nee Baird nee Robottom, b. 1900) on Clarke Street South Melbourne. I had a ball. We both did. They had three boys and we had a ball. They were very very good to us. Grandpa Elliott would have the pair of us on the tram and up to Elsie’s.

Grandma Saunders and Aunty Sadie were looking after Jimmy (James Farr Saunders, b. 1927) when he was 7 months old. Every time they went near him with food he wouldn’t open his mouth. They did everything to try and get Jimmy to eat. He wouldn’t eat vegetables or anything. So what did she do? She got the idea, they’d have a meal ready for Jack (John Frederick Elliott Saunders, b. 1916) to call in on the way home from school at 4 o’clock to feed Jimmy. Jack was in the first year of the tech, a boy, 11 years old. When Jimmy saw Jack with the plate of food, Jack said he nearly bit the end off the spoon eating it. Jimmy knew Jack. Jack said he nearly ate the end off the spoon, he couldn’t get into it quick enough." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

• Photograph 106 (S00000207-00211/S00000207-00212)

• Photograph 107 (S00000207-00213/S00000207-00214)
Photograph of John Henry (Harry) Deane (b. 1915), Euphemia May Deane ('Phemie', b. 1913) and Ada Elizabeth Deane ('Ada Deane', b. 1916) taken 3rd March 1919. Written on back: ‘To Uncle Jim and Auntie Lizzie. With love from Phemie, Harry and Ada’. Sent to James Farr Saunders (b. 1888) and Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott (b. 1894).

Regarding John Henry, Euphemia May and Ada Elizabeth's father Charles Henry (Harry) Deane (b. 1884): "His eyes were terribly bloodshot from the mustard gas and his chest was terribly affected. His eyes were always blood shot and they worried me, as a kid, you know. That his eyes looked so sore. They were bloodshot from the war. He never got over the war. And then he died. I remember him quite well." - Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, 2017

"Phemie, Harry and Ada. Phemie is short for Euphemia. 1919. A hundred years ago. Isn’t it amazing to think of? They’ll all be dead now. You know, my son does this amazing thing whenever he’s stressed. He says to himself, ‘well, in a hundred years I’ll be dead and none of this will matter’. Anyway. These kids here are dead now. All their stresses and everything gone. We’ll be the same eventually." – Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

1x Foolscap Photograph Album containing 128 photographs (some colour, some black-and-white). Also includes negatives, envelopes, assorted notes, etc. The photographs were described by Jennifer Margaret Saunders (b. 1958) in an oral history audio recording in 2020. Relevant extracts from this oral history have been transcribed and are viewable below.

Note: the front and back of each photograph in this album has been allocated two additional numbers (eg. S00000203-00001 and S00000203-00002) which match the digital files of that photograph (front and back). These numbers are also labelled on the physical photos.

Photographs:

• Photograph 1 (S00000203-00001/S00000203-00002)

"This is probably the oldest photo we have in the archive. In the middle is John Frederick Elliott’s (b. 1855) grandmother, we’re not sure what her name is. It’s possible that that’s John Frederick Elliott as a child to her right." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 2 (S00000203-00003/S00000203-00004)

• Photograph 3 (S00000203-00005/S00000203-00006)

"A postcard from 1911. It’s to my grandmother (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Elliott nee Saunders b., 1894) from my grandfather (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888). I don’t know why he was in this place called Nagambie. Anyway. This is one of a series of postcards that my grandparents exchanged between each other. He was clearly away in April 1911. They must’ve been courting. "I remain yours truly…" If we had gone through these with Aunty Bet (Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, b. 1926) before she died we might have been able to get more of the stories." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 4 (S00000203-00007/S00000203-00008)

"This is a group of men dressed in work clothes standing outside what I predict is a dairy. Before my grandfather (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) worked on the wharf he worked on a milk cart delivering milk. That’s him there, second from the right, with a hat on. I’m pretty sure this is from when he was working on the milk cart for Farnsworth's dairy. Aunty Bet (Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, b. 1926) talked about him working on the milk cart before he went on the wharf. In one of the letters that Richard Baird (b. 1877) sent from Egypt during World War One, he writes about how my grandfather couldn’t hack it where he was because the milk would go sour from the heat. It was that postcard that prompted Aunty Bet to tell me about him being on the milk cart (see: S00000206-00028)." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 5 (S00000203-00009/S00000203-00010)

"This is some sort of group photo of a picnic. I don’t know where it is. Lots of kids and families. Some sort of work picnic I’d say but I just don’t know what." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 6 (S00000203-00011/S00000203-00012)

"A nurse with a new born baby sitting on her knee. S00000203-00015 is the same. Just from the quality and age of the photo and the look of the baby, I think it might be my Uncle Jack (John Frederick Elliott Saunders, b. 1916) as a baby."- Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 7 (S00000203-00013/S00000203-00014)

"This little baby here is Uncle Jack (John Frederick Elliott Saunders, b. 1916) playing in some sort of picnic basket. We have other photos of this picnic on this same day elsewhere in the archive." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 8 (S00000203-00015/S00000203-00016)

• Photograph 9 (S00000203-00017/S00000203-00018)

"Aunty Bet (Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, b. 1926) as a lovely young teenage girl in her ice skates posing for this photo in front of the painted back drop at St Moritz ice skating rink in St Kilda. They went there a lot. It was a common fun activity for Dad (James Farr Saunders, b. 1927), Aunty Bet and Aunty Lavinia (Lavinia Harriet Saunders, b. 1923). I used to go there as a kid too. This photo’s good. On the back it says ‘Christmas 1943’. A date at last. Aunty Bet was 17 then." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 10 (S00000203-00019/S00000203-00020)

"This is Uncle Jack (John Frederick Elliott Saunders, b. 1916) as a very young man with a young lady at some sort of ball. This is a posed photo." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 11 (S00000203-00021/S00000203-00022)

"This is Aunty Bet (Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, b. 1926) with a young man at a similar event as the previous one. She’s dressed in a lovely outfit." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 12 (S00000203-00023/S00000203-00024)

"And here’s Aunty Bet (Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, b. 1926) again." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 13 (S00000203-00025/S00000203-00026)

"Grandma and Grandpa (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Elliott nee Saunders b. 1894 and James Farr Saunders b. 1888) . This one and the next few photos were all taken on the same night. You can see they’re all wearing the same outfits. That dress that Grandma’s wearing, it’s a blue ball gown, it’s the same one we have here in the archive." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 14 (S00000203-00027/S00000203-00028)

"This is a group shot from the same night." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 15 (S00000203-00029/S00000203-00030)

"The same night again."- Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 16 (S00000203-00031/S00000203-00032)

"My dad (James Farr Saunders, b. 1927) only looks like he’s about 12 there to me. So Aunty Bet (Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, b. 1926) would be about 13 or 14." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 17 (S00000203-00033/S00000203-00034)

"This is a black and white photo of Aunty Bet (Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, b. 1926) in her debutante frock, looking into the mirror in the front room of the Port Melbourne house. Beautiful floral decoration and the organza decorations around the neckline are in the collection of Museum Victoria now. The dress was taken apart and reused. The beautiful sheer fabric from the dress was made into throws to cover a table. Museum Victoria collected the throws as well." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 18 (S00000203-00035/S00000203-00036)

"This is my father (James Farr Saunders, b. 1927) partnering my Aunty Bet (Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, b. 1926) at her debutante ball. You can see on the chain around her neck, she’s wearing my grandmother’s (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) cameo which she absolutely adored." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 19 (S00000203-00037/S00000203-00038)

"This is Aunty Bet (Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, b. 1926) sitting at a piano doing piano practice. This piano was in the front room of the house. That photo on the piano there was on my grandmother’s (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) dressing table when I packed up the house. Uncle Jack (John Frederick Elliott Saunders, b. 1916) in his army uniform. He didn’t do service but he was in one of the army services that were at home. Apparently he was a courier. On the back of this photo it says ‘silent study 1940.’ So Aunty Bet would’ve been 14. I love it when there’s a date on the back." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 20 (S00000203-00039/S00000203-00040)

"This is a little photo, looks like Aunty Lily (Lavinia Harriet Cowley nee Saunders, b. 1923) feeding a kangaroo. Could be Aunty Dorothy (Dorothy May Saunders nee Leheny). Looks like a box brownie photo." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 21 (S00000203-00041/S00000203-00042)

"In the front yard of the Port Melbourne House. That’s my cousin Peter (Peter John Saunders, b. 1947). My Dad (James Farr Saunders, b. 1927) was still living in the house then and he rode a Red Indian motorcycle. So this is little Peter playing with Uncle Jim’s motorbike in the yard. Can you imagine how much fun it would’ve been?" - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 22 (S00000203-00043/S00000203-00044)

• Photograph 23 (S00000203-00045/S00000203-00046)

" These gorgeous little ones, that’s Aunty Dorothy (Dorothy May Saunders nee Leheny) and my cousin Peter (Peter John Saunders, b. 1947). It’s taken in the driveway of Port Melbourne. You can see the fence line. She lived there when she and Jack (John Frederick Elliott Saunders, b. 1916) first got married and, like my Mum and Dad (Margaret Dawn Saunders nee Witton b. 1931 and James Farr Saunders b. 1927), they had their first two kids there." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 24 (S00000203-00047/S00000203-00048)

"This is Aunty Bet (Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, b. 1926) as a gorgeous teenage girl on a beach somewhere." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 25 (S00000203-00049/S00000203-00050)

"Aunty Bet (Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, b. 1926) and my Dad (James Farr Saunders, b. 1927) second from the left. Frankston 1943."
- Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 26 (S00000203-00051/S00000203-00052)

"Boxing Day 1948. In 1948, Uncle Jack and Aunty Dorothy (John Frederick Elliott Saunders b. 1916 and Dorothy May Saunders nee Leheny) were living in the flat behind the main house with their gorgeous first born boy Peter (Peter John Saunders, b. 1947) as a toddler. And my Dad (James Farr Saunders, b. 1927) was packing up the Red Indian Motorcycle, you can see all the camping gear on it, and he’s going off down camping in Anglesea or somewhere with all his friends. We have photos from the camping trip. This is him heading off from home. And you can see Grandma (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) at the gate. Watching her son go off on his motorbike camping adventure. Look at her with her arms crossed. I just know how she would have been feeling. He was only about 20. Not even 20. They had a lot of fun. And then of course the little nephew gets the little trike for Christmas and wants to copy his uncle. So there’s Peter with his little trike loaded up with his own camping gear, his billy on the back. Can’t you imagine the fun?" - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 27 (S00000203-00053/S00000203-00054)

• Photograph 28 (S00000203-00055/S00000203-00056)

• Photograph 29 (S00000203-00057/S00000203-00058)

"James McLarty. This is a business card of the McLarty relatives who lived in Western Australia." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 30 (S00000203-00059/S00000203-00060)

"That’s Grandma Saunders (Euphemia Saunders nee McLarty, b. 1856). She’s the one whose husband died. She raised Nellie McLarty (b. 1912). On the back of this photo it says ‘8th of March 1941.’" - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 31 (S00000203-00061/S00000203-00062)

"A series of press clippings from 1946. There’s a death notice here for when Grandma Saunders (Euphemia Saunders nee McLarty, b. 1912) died. July 4th 1946. " - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 32 (S00000203-00063/S00000203-00064)

"A large black and white photocopy of Melvin Cowley (b. 1925) in the middle and Aunt Lavinia (Lavinia Harriet Cowley nee Saunders, b. 1923) who married Melvin in 1956. They’re a good looking couple. My aunt is gorgeous. Like Catherine Hepburn. My aunt was a stunning bride. She had such a beautiful nature. Kind and gentle and sweet. And he was gorgeous too. Very happy marriage. Very happy lives." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 33 (S00000203-00065/S00000203-00066)

"This is jumping back in history a bit. On the right is my grandmother (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894). In the middle is her sister, my Great Aunty Lily (Lavinia Harriet Elliott, b. 1891), and there is Great Aunty Lily’s friend on the left. I’m not sure who the friend is but she travelled quite a bit with my Aunty Lily." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 34 (S00000203-00067/S00000203-00068)

"This is my Aunty Lily (Lavinia Harriet Cowley nee Saunders, b. 1923) looking very stylish."- Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 35 (S00000203-00069/S00000203-00070)

"This is my Grandma and Grandpa (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott b. 1894 and James Farr Saunders b. 1888). He’s in his coat and she’s all rugged up and looking fabulous. They might be going on a trip because in the next photo, you see them all in front of a tour bus. They did go off on holidays and bus trips." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 36 (S00000203-00071/S00000203-00072)

• Photograph 37 (S00000203-00073/S00000203-00074)

"Grandpa (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888), Grandma (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) and someone with a lovely hat. Same trip as the previous photos. Hard to say where they are." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 38 (S00000203-00075/S00000203-00076)

"Same trip but this time the bus is bogged. Trying to get it out of a ditch. Oh dear." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 39 (S00000203-00077/S00000203-00078)

"Same roll of film as the last ones. It’s the dog on the tuckerbox. Gundagai. So they clearly went up that way." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 40 (S00000203-00079/S00000203-00080)

"Another trip. Some tourist monument. Not sure where. Maybe Canberra." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 41 (S00000203-00081/S00000203-00082)

"Another tourist destination of some sort. Same hat and coat being worn as the previous photos." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 42 (S00000203-00083/S00000203-00084)

"Similar as the last ones. At a look out somewhere." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 43 (S00000203-00085/S00000203-00086)

"Another holiday photo." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 44 (S00000203-00087/S00000203-00088)

"I think this is inside Parliament House. Old Parliament House. This is a postcard and my Grandfather (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) has written. It’s to ‘Lavinia, Betty and Jim’ (Lavinia Harriet Saunders b. 1923, Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders b. 1926, and James Farr Saunders b. 1927) and it’s dated 1950. In 1950, that was five years before Mum and Dad (Margaret Dawn Saunders nee Witton b. 1931 and James Farr Saunders b. 1927) got married. So Lavinia, Betty and Jim were all home alone while Grandma and Grandpa (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott b. 1894 and James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) had gone off on adventures. So in 1950 Dad would have been 24, Aunty Bet 25, Lavinia 26, so you can imagine. In the years I was caring for Aunty Bet before she went into care she told me the story about how much the three of them missed Grandma when she went away because of her cooking. Apparently this trip, when they finally got back, the kids made a big banner that hung across the fireplace where the wooden stove was and it just said ‘Welcome Home Mum’. Nothing about my Grandpa. They just missed the cooking. Aunty Bet loved telling me that. So this postcard is Grandpa writing to the kids at home from the Canberra post office." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 45 (S00000203-00089/S00000203-00090)

"This photo and the next few are from a different roll of trip, a different trip. Grandma, Grandpa and Aunty Bet (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott b. 1894, James Farr Saunders, b. 1888 and Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders b. 1927) left to right. They must’ve gone away on a trip together. A country area somewhere."- Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 46 (S00000203-00091/S00000203-00092)

• Photograph 47 (S00000203-00093/S00000203-00094)

• Photograph 48 (S00000203-00095/S00000203-00096)

"Lovely photo of Aunty Bet (Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, b. 1927) here. The light is beautiful. She’s stitching something." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 49 (S00000203-00097/S00000203-00098)

• Photograph 50 (S00000203-00099/S00000203-00100)

"Aunty Bet (Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, b. 1927) looked at this and thought it might have been from Grandma and Grandpa’s (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott b. 1894 and James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) silver wedding anniversary. Not sure though." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 51 (S00000203-00101/S00000203-00102)

"Clearly away on another trip. They loved having photos taken while they were away. The next photos are all from the same trip I think. Not sure where they are."- Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 52 (S00000203-00103/S00000203-00104)

• Photograph 53 (S00000203-00105/S00000203-00106)

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• Photograph 55 (S00000203-00109/S00000203-00110)

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• Photograph 57 (S00000203-00113/S00000203-00114)

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• Photograph 61 (S00000203-00121/S00000203-00122)

• Photograph 62 (S00000203-00123/S00000203-00124)

"There’s Grandma and Grandpa (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott b. 1894 and James Farr Saunders, b. 1888). Back row, third and fourth from the right. Looks like fun. They went on so many adventures. They loved it." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 63 (S00000203-00125/S00000203-00126)

• Photograph 64 (S00000203-00127/S00000203-00128)

• Photograph 65 (S00000203-00129/S00000203-00130)

"This one and the next four, these are the photos of the kitchen being built. The renovation work is really well documented. Museum Victoria has the plans for it. The receipts for the work including the plumbing, the brickwork and whatnot are in the archive. In this photo here you can see Grandpa (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) standing at the new kitchen door. Look at the new pristine brickwork. He would’ve been feeling pretty happy with himself by then." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 66 (S00000203-00131/S00000203-00132)

"The scaffold here is the scaffolding required to build a brick chimney." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 67 (S00000203-00133/S00000203-00134)

"This photo is taken from Aunty Bet’s (Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, b. 1926) bedroom, the pink room, looking down at the flat. That’s my Dad (James Farr Saunders, b. 1927) on the scaffold building the chimney." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 68 (S00000203-00135/S00000203-00136)

"This photo is fun. That’s my grandmother (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) wearing my grandfather’s (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) work dungarees. I reckon she’s probably got his shoes on as well. That’s a tip truck there. There would’ve been sand and concrete, a mess made from the renovating, and she’s out there helping. That’s the sort of sheila she was. I love this photo. This photo has the same mark on the back as photo 89 in the 207 album. I don’t know what it is. Many of these photos were dispersed around the house. Actually all the photos in this album are ones that I put together. I found them in all sorts of unlikely places. Which is why they’re a bit disjointed. There are lots of photos in the other albums we’ve already processed that relate directly to the ones here." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 69 (S00000203-00137/S00000203-00138)

"This is a lovely picture of my grandmother (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894). She’s looking quite beautiful. This is a boat on a lake. She’s getting on or getting off. They’re clearly off on some adventure somewhere." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 70 (S00000203-00139/S00000203-00140)

"This is a lookout somewhere." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 71 (S00000203-00141/S00000203-00142)

"This is a posed photo of Grandma and Grandpa (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott b. 1894 and James Farr Saunders b. 1888) and another woman sitting in front of some beautiful historic water fountain. I don’t recognise it." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 72 (S00000203-00143/S00000203-00144)

"Grandma, Grandpa (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott b. 1894 and James Farr Saunders b. 1888) and the woman as the previous one. In the doorway of a church or somewhere. Nice light." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 73 (S00000203-00145/S00000203-00146)

• Photograph 74 (S00000203-00147/S00000203-00148)

• Photograph 75 (S00000203-00149/S00000203-00150)

• Photograph 76 (S00000203-00151/S00000203-00152)

"Another holiday but a different one with a different bus." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 77 (S00000203-00153/S00000203-00154)

"This is Dad (James Farr Saunders, b. 1927) on the left and my Uncle Jack (John Frederick Elliott Saunders, b. 1916) on the right. This is at my Uncle Jack’s house in Sunshine. They were living out the back of the Port Melbourne house while they were building this house in Sunshine. This photo will be dated around the very early 1950s. This was around the time that Dad was establishing himself as a carpenter, as a builder." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 78 (S00000203-00155/S00000203-00156)

"This is on a boat trip." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 79 (S00000203-00157/S00000203-00158)

"That’s my mother (Margaret Dawn Saunders nee Witton, b. 1931) on the left, standing there with my grandmother and grandfather (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott b. 1894 and James Farr Saunders b. 1888)." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 80 (S00000203-00159/S00000203-00160)

"Here’s a lovely image of grandma and grandpa (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott b. 1894 and James Farr Saunders b. 1888) sort of wading in the water with their pants rolled up. It’s a beautiful photo." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 81 (S00000203-00161/S00000203-00162)

"This is a group shot on some sort of trip somewhere." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 82 (S00000203-00163/S00000203-00164)

"This is a black and white photo of my mother and father’s wedding. James Farr Saunders (b. 1927) and Margaret Dawn Saunders nee Witton (b. 1931). This photo is lovely because it’s in my grandparents’ (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott b. 1894 and James Farr Saunders b. 1888) lounge room. This was the catered event that we have a receipt for elsewhere in the archive. It shows the bridesmaid and best man. The bridesmaid is a woman named Rhoda Nakashiba, a Japanese-Australian woman. She was doing her mothercraft nursing at Berry Street Family Home with my mother. They were best of friends. She was also my godmother. Our families were very close. The best man was Laurie Kilborn. He was a really great friend of my dad’s." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 83 (S00000203-00165/S00000203-00166)

"This one through to 171 are all of Aunty Lavinia’s (Lavinia Harriet Cowley nee Saunders, b. 1923) wedding which was in February 1956. Aunty Bet (Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, b. 1926) was the bridesmaid. These photos are all taken in the front garden of 392 Williamstown Road. The bridesmaid dress Aunty Bet is wearing in this photo was the most beautiful pale blue with a white raised embossed pattern evenly all over it and that’s been acquired by the National Trust. In 2016 it was in immaculate condition. Including the under petticoats and everything." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 84 (S00000203-00167/S00000203-00168)

"There’s Aunty Lavinia (b. 1923) as a stunning bride on Grandpa’s (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) arm." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 85 (S00000203-00169/S00000203-00170)

"This one is the bride and the bridesmaid. She was a beautiful, breath taking bride." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 86 (S00000203-00171/S00000203-00172)

• Photograph 87 (S00000203-00173/S00000203-00174)

"This is Uncle Mel (Melvin Cowley, b. 1925) and Aunty Lavinia (b. 1923) standing up to the ceremony. Front of the church. You can just see Aunty Bet (b. 1927) holding the veil." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 88 (S00000203-00175/S00000203-00176)

"This is Aunty Bet getting out of the bridal car at the church." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 89 (S00000203-00177/S00000203-00178)

"This is Aunty Lavinia (b. 1923) standing with her nephews Peter (Peter John Saunders, b. 1947) and Rodney (Rodney Gilbert Saunders), right to left, in their funny looking safari suits. They’re so gorgeous. I love this photo. And Aunty Bet (b. 1926) in the background." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 90 (S00000203-00179/S00000203-00180)

"I think this is just stunning. Lavinia (b. 1923) and Mel (Melvin Cowley, b. 1925) getting absolutely pelted with confetti. It’s a ripper of a photograph isn’t it? And she’s wearing Grandma’s (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) pearls which we still have in the family." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 91 (S00000203-00181/S00000203-00182)

"This is gorgeous too. People gathering outside the church heading towards the bridal car. Gorgeous." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 92 (S00000203-00183/S00000203-00184)

"Another photo from outside the church. The littlest chap down the bottom, I believe that’s her youngest nephew. In 177 you see the two eldest nephews Rodney and Peter. This little guy here is the youngest, Bruce James Saunders. They would’ve been the only grandchildren at that stage because Lavinia (Lavinia Harriet Cowley nee Saunders, b. 1923) hadn’t had any and Mum and Dad (Margaret Dawn Saunders nee Witton b. 1931 and James Farr Saunders b. 1927) hadn’t had any yet." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 93 (S00000203-00185/S00000203-00186)

"This is the wedding group shot of the bride and groom (Lavinia Harriet Cowley nee Saunders b. 1923 and Melvin Cowley b. 1925) and the bridesmaid and groomsman." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 94 (S00000203-00187/S00000203-00188)

"This is Grandma and Grandpa (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott b. 1894 and James Farr Saunders b. 1888) left to right and I don’t know who the other person is." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 95 (S00000203-00189/S00000203-00190)

"These are gorgeous. I love these photos. This one and the next few are Grandma and Grandpa (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott b. 1894 and James Farr Saunders b. 1888). So, clearly it’s Grandma and Grandpa playing on swings. Grandpa’s pushing her and they’re so clearly having a gorgeous time and you know, they’re not spring chickens by a long shot in these photos." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 96 (S00000203-00191/S00000203-00192)

• Photograph 97 (S00000203-00193/S00000203-00194)

"This woman and this chap. This woman is Grandma’s best friend from childhood. They stayed friends. The Meehan’s. I just can’t remember their names. But it’s Grandma’s best friend and her husband. The two couples have clearly gone to Queenscliff or somewhere for the day and they’re mucking about on the swings. They look terrific." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 98 (S00000203-00195/S00000203-00196)

• Photograph 99 (S00000203-00197/S00000203-00198)

• Photograph 100 (S00000203-00199/S00000203-00200)

"I put these photos together because they relate. They have my mother’s handwriting on the back. These are some photos my mother (Margaret Dawn Saunders nee Witton, b. 1931) sent down to her mother-in-law (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894). This is taken at the front of Port Melbourne when my mother was living there. That’s my brother (David James Saunders, b. 1957) as a baby. So, David at 6 and a half months." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 101 (S00000203-00201/S00000203-00202)

"There’s Great Aunty Lily (Lavinia Harriet Elliott, b. 1891) in fur wearing her cameo with my brother (David James Saunders, b. 1957) wrapped in the christening blanket she crocheted for him with her sister, my grandmother (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894). I believe this is David’s christening. That would’ve been in 1957. 4 weeks old. Great Aunty Lily would’ve come down from Sydney for his birth and christening. This is a great photo because it’s outside the church. That church is St James’ Cathedral in King Street which is where Mum and Dad (Margaret Dawn Saunders nee Witton b. 1931 and James Farr Saunders b. 1927) were married and we were all christened. In this photo, that’s Great Aunty Lily holding baby David. She’s wearing the fur that we’ve got the receipt to in this archive. She’s posing to be photographed by Uncle Jack (John Frederick Elliott Saunders, b. 1916) and look at this. That’s Uncle Mel, Melvin Cowley (b. 1925), holding a movie camera. If we wanted to there’s 8 and super 8 footage of these family events. It must be still with them, at their family home in Doncaster. It wouldn’t take much to get it digitised. I reckon we should. He was such a cool guy and he had gear and he was there filming. It would be fantastic to get it." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 102 (S00000203-00203/S00000203-00204)

"That’s Jill Reichstein there from the Reichstein family. Standing on the left. At my brother’s (David James Saunders, b. 1957) christening in 1957." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 103 (S00000203-00205/S00000203-00206)

"These ones are pretty cute. I’m in them. That’s Grandma and Grandpa (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott b. 1894 and James Farr Saunders b. 1888). Grandpa’s holding my brother David (David James Saunders, b. 1957) and Grandma’s holding me on my christening day. This would’ve been late 1958. I love this one. The smile of pride on Pop’s face holding this beautiful boy. The ease with which she holds a new born baby is great too. You can read a lot into it. No fuss. Just there like that. I love that photo." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 104 (S00000203-00207/S00000203-00208)

"I’m in the backyard of Port Melbourne. Mum’s (Margaret Dawn Saunders nee Witton, b. 1931) holding me. I’m 4 weeks old. So that would be late November 1958." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 105 (S00000203-00209/S00000203-00210)

"This one’s gorgeous. Left to right, that’s Grandma (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894), my father (James Farr Saunders, b. 1927), my grandfather (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888), Peter (Peter John Saunders, b. 1947), Rodney (Rodney Gilbert Saunders), Bruce (Bruce James Saunders) and the blonde girl is Jill Reichstein, hanging out. She calls my mother ‘Nurny’, a little girl’s version of ‘nurse’ and she used to come and sleep in the little flat with my parents and play in the backyard. It was fun. The kids all have one hand out, they’re probably getting a jelly bean or something, and Dad and Grandpa are jokingly handing out their hands too." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 106 (S00000203-00211/S00000203-00212)

"These lovely colour photos, this one and the next, that’s me on my Grandfather’s (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) shoulders and that’s me there with him, and my brother David (David James Saunders, b. 1957) and my cousin Anne (Anne Cowley, b. 1958). Anne and I were both born in 1958. That rubber ball there, I think we got that for Christmas. This is directly across the road from the family home, the great big ovals. We used to call it the Bend but I’m not sure why we called it that. We’d always go and play over the Bend and Grandpa loved to take us over there. When we got a bit older that’s where we went to fly the kite. The same beautiful paper kite that's now with Museum Victoria. There was a lot of business in making the kite and then in taking it over to fly. Was the wind coming from the south? Did we need a bit more tail or a bit less tail? It was great. Grandpa was great. He would really play with us and teach us. It was such fun." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 107 (S00000203-00213/S00000203-00214)

• Photograph 108 (S00000203-00215/S00000203-00216)

"These are gorgeous photos too. From that same period in our lives. This one and the next is my brother David (David James Saunders, b. 1957) and I on the beach. I can tell from the background that this would’ve been the beach at Port Melbourne, round the corner." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 109 (S00000203-00217/S00000203-00218)

• Photograph 110 (S00000203-00219/S00000203-00220)

"This one and the next one is of the front driveway up to the front gate of 392 Williamstown Road. This one is Dave (David James Saunders, b. 1957) negotiating with his two female relatives who are in the box of the billycart. He’s driving it and he’s clearly trying to negotiate something. Look at the look on my face. I have got my own ideas. There’s another photo of this day and this billycart in one of the other albums in this archive." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 111 (S00000203-00221/S00000203-00222)

"This is lovely. This is me toddling up to the front gate and my grandfather’s (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) clearly just got the mail from the letterbox and he’s handing it to me saying go and give it to Grandma (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894), or someone. Sweet isn’t it. I’m glad these photos were taken, these very candid shots." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 112 (S00000203-00223/S00000203-00224)

"Now this is when life moved to the family home that Mum and Dad (Margaret Dawn Saunders nee Witton b. 1931 and James Farr Saunders b. 1927) built out at Oak Park. This is my brother (David James Saunders, b. 1957) in the beautiful sailor suit that Grandma (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) made for him. There are lots of photos and information about the fairy dress she made for me but we mustn’t forget she also made this really gorgeous sailor suit for Dave. There was a whistle on the end of it. Unfortunately the sailor suit didn’t survive childhood. I love that photo of David. He’s standing at the front door of 7 Murphy Street where we grew up." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 113 (S00000203-00225/S00000203-00226)

• Photograph 114 (S00000203-00227/S00000203-00228)

"This is also 7 Murphy Street. We’re all on the back porch. It’s the first Christmas that we lived there. I think Dave (David James Saunders, b. 1957) got that sailor suit for that Christmas. We left Port Melbourne when I was 18 months old so we were there just in time for Christmas in 1960 I think. Anyway, this was definitely the first Christmas we had at the new family home. Right to left, that’s my cousin Bruce Saunders, that’s my brother David Saunders, Anne Cowley, (b. 1958), me, Peter (Peter John Saunders, b. 1947) and Rodney (Rodney Gilbert Saunders). I’m always frowning in photographs. That was my own idea. I think I thought I was being put upon, being forced to have a photo taken. Anyway, this is a big family Christmas at our new house." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 115 (S00000203-00229/S00000203-00230)

"That’s in the new family home. I believe I’m about 2 years old here. Grandma (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) made me that pink dress for my second birthday." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 116 (S00000203-00231/S00000203-00232)

"Now these are a beautiful set of black and white photos of a birthday party. It’s my brother’s birthday. David James Saunders (b. 1957). He’s at the head of the table, and they’re singing happy birthday at him and he’s covering his ears. I’m there in the dress with the big bow. My brother’s got a cute little bow tie on. He’s 7 or 8 here I’d say. So this would be about 1964 or 1965. So mid 1960s kids birthday party. There’s a lot to be read into these images." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 117 (S00000203-00233/S00000203-00234)

• Photograph 118 (S00000203-00235/S00000203-00236)

• Photograph 119 (S00000203-00237/S00000203-00238)

• Photograph 120 (S00000203-00239/S00000203-00240)

"This is the same party. The same kids. There’s Grandpa (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888). At most of these beautiful childrens’ events, you see him looking just like he is here. In the background, enjoying watching just so much. It’s lovely." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 121 (S00000203-00241/S00000203-00242)

"This is the Henshaw’s farm. Uncle Eric. Eric Henshaw. That’s him standing in the barn door holding a bale of hay. That’s my brother David (David James Saunders, b. 1957) on the back of the hay cart there, looks like we’re helping with the hay baling. There’s Grandpa (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) so he was there with us. That’s me standing beside him holding his hand in my apron. That’s Aunty Bet (Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, b. 1926) there and my sister Liz (Elizabeth Jane Saunders, b. 1961)." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 122 (S00000203-00243/S00000203-00244)

"And this one of the Henshaw girls." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 123 (S00000203-00245/S00000203-00246)

"And this is David (David James Saunders, b. 1957) and I on the back of the hay baling truck. Do you see how you hay baled in those days? It was all laid down like that." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 124 (S00000203-00247/S00000203-00248)

"That strapping woman there, I think that’s Eric’s daughter. I’m not sure who the younger woman is there. And it’s Eric Henshaw driving the tractor. It was fun. I remember it as being the most incredible wonderland at the farm." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 125 (S00000203-00249/S00000203-00250)

"So this was the same holiday, the same farm. That’s my grandfather (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888), the great vegetable gardener, clearly getting in to Uncle Eric’s vegie patch. That’s my brother (David James Saunders, b. 1957) watching." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 126 (S00000203-00251/S00000203-00252)

"That’s David (David James Saunders, b. 1957), me and Uncle Eric (Eric Henshaw) on one of the horses." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 127 (S00000203-00253/S00000203-00254)

"This is a really lovely picture of Grandma and Grandpa (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott b. 1894 and James Farr Saunders b. 1888) as they were getting older." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

• Photograph 128 (S00000203-00255/S00000203-00256)

"I know what this is. This is my cousin Peter Saunders’ (b. 1947) graduation from university. It was in the 1960s. Third from the left is Peter. He’s there in his robes. That’s (left to right) Uncle Jack (John Frederick Elliott, b. 1916), Grandma (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894), Peter, my Aunty Dorothy (Dorothy May Saunders nee Leheny), my cousin Rodney (Rodney Gilbert Saunders) and my cousin Bruce (Bruce James Saunders). I vaguely remember Grandma being so excited about the first grandson to graduate. He was into science. He was at Melbourne Uni. He specialised in splitting the atom. He was very involved over there. That beautiful blue suit Grandma’s got on and that lovely blue hat and the bag were all still in the house when I went in. I think National Trust took the suit and the hat." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2020

1x A3 Photograph Album containing 17 black-and-white photographs (previously loose, many mounted on card, some duplicates). The photographs were described by Jennifer Margaret Saunders (b. 1958) in an oral history audio recording in 2020. Relevant extracts from this oral history have been transcribed and are viewable below.

Note: the front and back of each photograph in this album has been allocated two additional numbers (eg. S00000208-00001 and S00000208-00002) which match the digital files of that photograph (front and back). These numbers are also labelled on the physical photos.

Photographs:

• Photograph 1 (S00000208-00001/S00000208-00002)

"I'm pretty sure this woman is Elsie Rowbottom nee Baird (b. 1900). So she's the daughter of Richard Baird (b. 1877). Yeah. So to my grandmother (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894), this lovely young woman here with her husband and two babies would have been her niece. Her half brother’s daughter. And my understanding is she was a lovely person, dearly loved by my grandma and grandpa (James Farr Saunders, b. 1888) and the family. Now this is her husband. If we look on the family tree, we can find out his name and we could probably find out the childrens’ names. But this would have been one of those lovely family portraits you go to a studio to have done and you send out. Grandma would have loved it." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 2 (S00000208-00003/S00000208-00004)

"So this is my mother and father (Margaret Dawn Saunders nee Witton b. 1931 and James Farr Saunders b. 1927). A wedding photo taken in the front room of the family home at 392 Williamstown Road. That clock and that photo and that vase were still on that mantelpiece in 2016 when I packed up the home. That clock was given to my grandmother (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894) as a wedding present when she got married from Kitcheners Soap Factory. She was working in the soap factory bottling soap when she was married. On her wedding certificate, the description of her work was bottler." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 3 (S00000208-00005/S00000208-00006)

"And that photo is the baby portrait of my father (Jamess Farr Saunders, b. 1927) that won the Johnsons and Johnsons Bonniest Baby Prize." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 4 (S00000208-00007/S00000208-00008)

"So this is from mum and dad's (Margaret Dawn Saunders nee Witton b. 1931 and James Farr Saunders b. 1927) wedding, but with Grandma and Grandpa (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott b. 1894 and James Farr Saunders b. 1888) in the photo. This ensemble that Grandma is wearing to their wedding minus the hat, which didn’t survive, has been acquired by Museum Victoria. The suit that Grandpa's wearing went to the National Trust. And I've still got Mum’s wedding dress and the lovely handmade suit Dad’s wearing. I'm not sure what I’m going to do with them, but they still exist. This was another one of the sort of formal photos that Grandma had. All of these formal photos in this album, they were in the bottom of Grandma’s side of the wardrobe. In the wardrobe were all her clothes and flat on the bottom was this pile of these lovely studio sort of photos with the cardboard covers closed." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 5 (S00000208-00009/S00000208-00010)

"This is one of the Henshaw girls. There was a period in the mid 60s, when I was a little girl, when one of the daughters of a country family came down and lived in the flat behind Grandma and Grandpa (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott b. 1894 and James Farr Saunders b. 1888) while they did their hairdressing training or something like that. And they were engaged at the time and they got married. That was Alyne Henshaw. This photo is of her and clearly, looking at the suits and the dress and the hairstyles, it's from the 1960s. This young woman lived in the flat, it's just a nice bit of continued use of that flat as accommodation for people. Alyne is mentioned in letters between John Menzel and Aunty Bet dated 1963-1967 so this photo must have come from some time around then (see S0000166)." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 6 (S00000208-00011/S00000208-00012)

"The first grandchildren. Peter John Saunders (b. 1947), Rodney Gilbert Saunders and Bruce James Saunders (right to left). And clearly Aunty Dorothy (Dorothy May Saunders nee Leheny) went and had this gorgeous photo of her three sons done at a studio and sent it to Grandma (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott, b. 1894)." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 7 (S00000208-00013/S00000208-00014)

"This is quite an old photo. I don't know who they are. Look at the hat and the bouquet. I just don't know who they are. I think that they might be connected to the Bairds. I don't think it's any of the Saunders. Richard Baird’s (b. 1877) children maybe? They look more like brother and sister, perhaps. I don't know. She's got a big bouquet. I don't think they're a couple." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 8 (S00000208-00015/S00000208-00016)

"Okay. Well, this is my cousin Anne (Anne Cowley nee Saunders, b. 1958) as a baby, she was a very pretty baby." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 9 (S00000208-00017/S00000208-00018)

"So these weren't in that collection of sort of grandmother's portraits. This is an incredible photo. It's quite an old photo, it's a big group of men. There's a few piano accordions, a few top hats. It looks like a tent and a flag there. So there’s two or three very old photos here. I think I might have or you might have put them in this archival sleeve when we were packing them up from the house. They're really intriguing photos. They’re really old, quite staged group shots. Where would they be? Who would they be? I'm pretty sure I combed right through it. Wasn't sure I recognised, for instance, my grandfather in it. You know, you almost wonder if it was…because they're so old, you almost wonder if this photo might not have been from my great grandparents’ lives. Is this some gathering of people the Elliott's hung out with or is it some people that Grandpa Saunders (William Richard Saunders, b. 1852) hung out with. It's very hard for me to say anything much about that." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 10 (S00000208-00019/S00000208-00020)

"This one. Looks like a similar era. Maybe even older. It's an indoor event. Men and women. Families. A few babies. Once again, you know, the women are still wearing the lace collars, so it's quite an old photo. I think that's Grandpa Elliott (John Frederick Elliott, b. 1855) there (back right). He had a big moustache. See that man there? That really looks like Grandpa Elliott. He was tall, he was strapping. He had that kind of forehead and that kind of moustache. That woman next to him is Grandma Elliott (Lavinia Harriet Elliott nee Taylor, b. 1852) I think. I'm going to go so far as to say that yes, that definitely is him, which kind of helps date and place the photo as it could have been somewhere in Williamstown because they lived over in Williamstown. It’s pretty incredible isn’t it that, in this whole collection of photographs, there are so few that we haven’t been able to exactly pinpoint and identify who the people are? That’s pretty remarkable really." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 11 (S00000208-00021/S00000208-00022)

"And this is just a fabulous photo as well. It's a huge gathering. Some kind of family picnic. And I'm saying family in this one, cause there's just so many kids and women, you know. So it could be the Stevedore's picnic. They certainly had Stevedore picnics. Now, once upon a time, I had a magnifying glass and I spent a bit of time looking at this one. It would be great to know exactly what this photo was, wouldn't it? I reckon that couple there is my Grandmother and Grandfather (Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott b. 1894 and James Farr Saunders b. 1888, second standing row from the back towards the right of the picture, couple in hats with man holding child in white outfit and white hat). And that woman and girl next to them on the left could easily be Aunty Lavinia (Lavinia Harriet Elliott, b. 1891) and maybe Aunty Bet (Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders, b. 1926). The little boy in white could even be Jack (John Frederick Elliott Saunders b. 1916). Well, let me just have another closer look. You know, I think that definitely is her. Grandma. That's what she looked like as a young woman. So this child, the little boy with a little hat on, I think that is Jack. I'm going to go as far as to say that is definitely all of them. So, John Frederick is the boy, my uncle. My dad was born in 1926 and Jack was born in 1916 and he's about two here in this photo. So this photo could be dated around 1916." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 12 (S00000208-00023/S00000208-00024)

"So that’s Grandma and Grandpa. The wedding photo." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 13 (S00000208-00025/S00000208-00026)

"This is Uncle Jack (John Fredeerick Elliott Saunders, b. 1916) and Aunty Dorothy’s (Dorothy May Saunders nee Leheny) wedding. Look at her. When I found this photo at the bottom of Grandma’s wardrobe, it was the first time I’d seen the wedding photo of Jack and Dorothy. February 1944 that photo. They were still living out the back of the Port Melbourne house in 1948. Four or five years of living there with two pregnancies and two babies. It's amazing isn’t it?" - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 14 (S00000208-00027/S00000208-00028)

"Oh, that's the firstborn grandchild Peter Saunders (b. 1947)." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 15 (S00000208-00029/S00000208-00030)

"This is a duplicate of one of the earlier ones in this album. This large format one and all these large format sort of studio portraits. And this one of the weddings, they were all in the wardrobe. But some of the other photos in this album, like the group ones, I can’t remember where they all came from in the house. I think I found them in unlikely places, like under the stairs and out in the flat. I really wish I could remember, but I can't. But every one of these that's like a staged studio portrait in a cardboard cover they were all in a very neat pile in the bottom of her wardrobe. And it was kind of beautiful, that she kept this beautiful, quite minimal, formal collection of portraits of weddings and things. Fascinating." - Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 16 (S00000208-00031/S00000208-00032)

A wedding photo. I believe this is the wedding of Nellie and Harry Meehan. Best friends of my grandparents. - Notes from Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

• Photograph 17 (S00000208-00033/S00000208-00034)

"This is my Great Aunt Lily, Lavinia Harriet Elliott (b. 1891)." - Notes from Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

1x Foolscap photograph album containing approximately 215 photographs (some colour, some black-and-white). Photographs were found in various locations (either loose or in bundles) throughout the house in Port Melbourne. These photographs illustrate Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders (b. 1926) life with her nieces and nephews and her grand-nieces and grand-nephews. There are also photographs of Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders on adventures with her friend Norma, and photographs of the sheds that previously stood in the garden of 392 Williamstown Road.

Elizabeth Euphemia didn't have a camera so all the families were sending her photos following the occasions. They include photographs of special events (such as birthdays, weddings, graduations, christenings, etc). There are also photos here of Elizabeth Euphemia going on outings with her friend Norma. And there a number of photographs of the house at 392 Williamstown Road when a series of sheds were demolished. You can see the shadows of the apricot tree and the plum tree in one of the photos here.- Notes from Jennifer Margaret Saunders, 2019

Section 1 - John Frederick Saunders ('Jack', b. 1916)

Section 2 - Lavinia Harriet Cowley (nee Saunders, b. 1923)

Section 3 - James Farr Saunders (b. 1927)

Section 4 - Elizabeth Euphemia on outings with her friend Norma

Section 5 - Garden and sheds (before demolition) at 392 Williamstown Road

77x Photographs (digital copies only) of James Farr Saunders Jnr (b. 1927) with various friends and family members c.1930s-1970s.

People in photographs include: James Farr Saunders (b. 1927); Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders (b. 1926); Peter John Saunders (b. 1947); Rodney Gilbert Saunders; David James Saunders (b. 1957); Margaret Dawn Saunders nee Witton (b. 1931); Lavinia Harriet Elliott (b. 1891); Elizabeth Jane Taylor Saunders nee Elliott (b. 1894); Jennifer Margaret Saunders (b. 1958); Anne Cowley nee Saunders (b. 1958); Dorothy Saunders nee Leheny; John Frederick Elliott Saunders ('Jack', b. 1916); Lavinia Harriet Cowley nee Saunders (b. 1923); James Farr Saunders (b. 1888) and Russell Cowley (b. 1962).

Titles (file names) of photographs:

1940's JFS Camping.tif
1940s - basketball team, YMCA camp, JFS second from left.tif
1940s - Bet second from left, JFS second from right.tif
1940s - JFS and friend camping.tif
1940s - JFS back, second from right.tif
1940s - JFS camping 2.tif
1940s - JFS camping 3.tif
1940s - JFS camping 4.tif
1940s - JFS camping with caravan.tif
1940s - JFS camping, rode Red Indian motorcycle.tif
1940s - JFS camping.tif
1940s - JFS driving Jack's car.tif
1940s - JFS on left.tif
1940s - JFS on motorcycle, backyard 392 Williamstown Rd.tif
1940s - JFS on right.tif
1940s - JFS right.tif
1940s - JFS standing back middle.tif
1940s - JFS working on engine, beside newly built flat 392 WIlliamstown rd.tif
1940s - JFS YMCA Camp Manyung, Mt Eliza.tif
1940s - out the front of 392 Williamstown rd, Jack's Car, JFS' motorcycle, Peter and Rodney Saunders.tif
1940s - YMCA gymnastic club.tif
1940s- basketball team, JFS front left.tif
1950s - Margaret saunders camping with JFS.tif
1950s - Margaret Saunders left, JFS right.tif
1950s JFS left, Margaret Saunders right.tif
1955 - JFS honeymoon, friends' farm.tif
1955 - JFS honeymoon.tif
1955 - JFS honeymoon2.tif
1955 - JFS honeymoon3.tif
1955 - JFS honeymoon4.tif
1955 - JFS honeymoon5.tif
1955 - Margaret honeymoon 3.tif
1955 - Margaret honeymoon.tif
1955 - margaret honeymoon2.tif
1955 - Margaret honeymoon4.tif
1955 - Margaret Saunders, honeymoon.tif
1955- JFS and Margaret, honeymoon.tif
1957 - David Saunders' christening, held by godmother Lavenia Harriet Elliott and EJTS on right.tif
1959 - driveway 392 Williamstown Rd, David, Jennifer, Anne.tif
1961 - First Christmas at 7 Murphy St, Oak Park - Dorothy, Bet, EJTS, Lavenia, Margaret Saunders, baby John, Lavenia Cowley.tif
1961 - Jennifer and JFS snr, across the road from 392 Williamstown Rd.tif
1961 - Jennifer Saunders, dress made by EJTS fir second birthday, Oak Park.tif
1961 - Jennifer, JFS snr, Anne Cowley, David, across the road from 392 Williamstown Rd.tif
1966 - Jennifer Saunders' 8th birthday, Bet, JFS snr, EJTS, Lavenia in back, 7 Murphy st, Oaky Park.tif
1967 - David Saunders' tenth birthday, 7 Murphy St, Oak Park, with JFS snr, Bet, EJTS, Lavenia Harriet Eliott.tif
early 1940s - fancy dress ball, JFS left, Lavenia 4th from left, Bet front.tif
early 1940s - JFS fancy dress ball.tif
early 1950s - JFS and Margaret, courting, with baby from Berry St Foundling Home where Margaret Dawn Witton was a mothercraft nurse.tif
early 1950s - JFS fourth from left.tif
early 1950s - JFS right.tif
early 1950s - Melvin Cowley and JFS, camping.tif
Early 1960s - David Saunders in costume made by EJTS.tif
Early 1960s - David, Elizabeth and Jennifer Saunders at Eric Henshaw's farm, Seymour.tif
early 1960s - Elizabeth Saunders' christening, St James' King St, with Peter Saunders, Mavis Reichstein, Jill Reichstein.tif
Early 1960s - Jennifer, David and Elizabeth Saunders with Eric Henshaw at his farm, Seymour.tif
Early 1970s - Bet and JFS snr at Peter Saunders' wedding.tif
Early 1970s - Jack, Bet, JFS snr at Peter Saunder's wedding.tif
late 1940s - JFS and Jack building Jack's house, Sunshine.tif
late 1950s - David and Jennifer Saunders, building of 7 murphey st, Oak Park.tif
Late 1950s - David Saunders in plum tree, 392 Williamstown Rd.tif
late 1950s - EJTS with JFS, JFS snr, Peter, Jill Reichstein, Rodney, Bruce, backyard 392 Williamstown Rd.tif
late 1950s - Jennifer and David Saunders, front yard 392 Williamstown Rd.tif
late 1950s - Jennifer and David, Port Melbourne.tif
late 1950s - JFS, Jennifer, David, Margaret Saunders.tif Late 1950s - Margaret Saunders holding David, 392 Williamstown Rd.tif
Late 1960s - Chrismas at 7 Murphy St, Oak Park, Lavenia Harriet Elliott in centre.tif
late 1960s - Christmas, JFS snr and Russell Saunders.tif
mid 1930s - L-R Lavenia, EJTS, John Frederick Elliott, Bet, JFS, JFS snr - Jack possibly behind camera, 392 Williamstown Rd.tif
mid 1940s - Y's Men's Club christmas party, JFS back third from left.pdf
Mid 1960s - Christmas at 7 Murphy St, Oak Park.tif
mid 1960s - christmas at 7 Murphy st, Oak Park2.tif
October 1955 -JFS honeymoon.tif
October 1965 - Jennifer Saunders' 7th birthday, back row JFS snr, EJTS, Lavenia Elliott.tif
October 1965 - Jennifer Saunders' 7th birthday.tif
September 1964 - Elizabeth Saunders' 4th birthday.tif
September 1964 - Elizabeth Saunders' third birthday, JFSsnr and EJTS in back, 7 Murphy St, Oak Park.tif
September 1965 - Elizabeth Saunders's 4th burthday, 7 Murphy St, Oak Park.tif

1x Digital folder containing photographs taken before, during and after the packing up of the Saunders family home at 392 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne. Most photographs taken by Jennifer Margaret Saunders (b. 1958) in 2016-2017. Also includes low res photographs of select items from the Saunders Family Archive, as well as survey photographs taken by archivist Winsome Adam at various stages of the archiving project. These sets of photos show the original locations of items within the house in 2016 and offer a unique overview of the archiving project.

Subfolders are named as follows:

-saunders photos part 1 - the house as found
-saunders photos part 2 - the pack up process
-saunders photos part 3 - compiled photos - the house for sale, the exhibition, etc
-saunders photos part 4 - select low res photographs of records from the archive
-archivist (winsome adam) - photographs during the packing up and archiving process

Key words: photographs; 392 Williamstown Road

2x Digital MOV files of an audio interview of Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders (b. 1926). The transcript from this interview is below.

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT

Title: Interview with Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders
Interviewer: Jennifer Margaret Saunders
Date of Interview: 2017

Jennifer Margaret Saunders ('J'): Did you enjoy going to school?
Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders ('E'): Oh yes. I didn’t take it too seriously.
J: Where did you go to school?
E: Graham Street.
J: When you say you didn’t take it too seriously do you mean it was just fun?
E: I wish I had taken it more seriously. Very much so. But I enjoyed it.
J: I’ve got all the photos. Do you remember all the photos we went through? I have all these recordings of you talking about all the different school photos. I’ll make sure that Deb [Tout Smith] from the museum [Museums Victoria] gets those as well. She says there’s a slate board in the collection. You know that little slate that you said was Pop's?
E: Oh yes. I’m pretty well sure it was Pop's at Albert Park. It certainly came to Graham Street from Poppa.
J: So would you have taken Pop’s slate to school to use?
E: Yes
J: So it is something that you used as well?
E: Oh yes. And I remember Jimmy carrying it in his bag. He used it. There was no…
J: So you didn’t tend to do your writing on paper? You used chalk? Then wiped it off and started again?
E: Well on slate you had slate sticks. At the end of the day you’d always have it cleaned.
J: That’s good. I didn’t know you’d used it.
E: Oh yes. I used it at school. We must’ve looked after everything.
J: I’d say your name could be Elizabeth Euphemia ‘Looked After Everything’ Saunders. You have. You have looked after everything. It’s remarkable.
E: As a little child I must’ve, we all must’ve.
J: And all four kids probably used it by the sound of it.
E: Oh we did. Oh it had come from Saunders. You see Grandma looked after everything.
J: Your mum or Pop’s mum?
E: Pop’s mum.
J: Euphemia. Now, what hopes did you have for when you grew up? When you were a little girl. When you were going to school. Do you remember?
E: Oh yes. Yes yes.
J: What sort of dreams did girls have?
E: Clothes. Money. Work. I couldn’t get to work quickly enough. I was at work at 13.
J: And your first job at 13 was…?
E: The very first one. A milliner’s assistant.
J: Wow. That must’ve been a bit of fun.
E: I had to sew the headbands in.
J: Where was the shop?
E: Manchester Unity Building
J: In the city. So you were off into the city (on the bus?) at 13.
E: The train.
J: 13. So in those days what level of education did you achieve? Was that an age at which kids often left school and went to work? You would’ve finished what we think of as primary school.
E: Oh yes.
J: And then rather than go on to what we call high school, you went to work.
E: We went to Middle Park Central.
J: For one year?
E: [Some] did and then they went to Middle Park Central. That was the central school. Graham Street. Albert Park State, Middle Park Central, Melbourne High. It was a stepping stone to Melbourne University.
J: In your era, how many kids were in your grade say at the end of primary school? About how many went on to high school and how many went out like you did to get jobs or apprenticeships?
E: Perhaps about half. Because by then parents couldn’t afford to clothe their kids. They had to afford the uniform
J: School uniform. To keep going to school. Yes.
E: Or buy it second hand or something.
J: [Deb Tout Smith from Museum Victoria made the comments that] you became a dental nurse in later years. You trained in Italian language and taught lipreading. You trained in professions where you could help others and which were meaningful and fulfilling. She wants to ask you about your debut because there’s a lovely photo of you on the evening, looking into the mirror, and the posy [the organza flowers that were on the dress] you wore is amongst the donations [going to the museum]. How old were you?
E: Twenty.
J: So that would’ve been 1946. You were born in 1926. What can you remember about making your debut?
E: Oh it was gorgeous.
J: Do you remember the training and dancing?
E: Oh yes.
J: There was quite a build up to it. And who was your partner on the night?
E: Jimmy.
J: Oh of course. Dad was. I’ve seen the photo of you and Dad. I wasn’t sure if that was just the two of you posing for a family photo. That’s nice. Was he a nice dance partner?
E: Oh gorgeous. He wasn’t as good a dancer as Jack.
J: Really?
E: Lavinia always said "A modern waltz with Jack and a foxtrot with Frank [Jeffries]."
J: So Lavinia loved to dance? I can imagine her dancing.
E: Oh yes.
J: And how did the night go? Where was it? Where did they hold these balls?
E: The St Kilda Town Hall.
J: Would there have been a band? And would you all come out and be presented in a very traditional way?
E: Oh yes.
J: Who hosted it? If you were twenty, was it through the church?
E: Through the hospital.
J: Which hospital?
E: The Eye and Ear.
J: The Eye and Ear Hospital hosted debutante balls? Was it part of their fundraising?
E: Yes
J: Oh I hadn’t realized that
E: Very much so
J: And did Grandma make your dress?
E: No Ellie made it
J: Ellie O’Hara?
E: Yes. Gee she was brilliant. She could sew.
J: I imagine you would have had to go down for fittings?
E: Oh yes. [indecipherable]
J: And the flowers were made separately?
E: The girl that made the flowers was one of the people that was in the department that made things for…let me think…the person who assists an eye doctor. She assisted him, artistic. She made various things at work.
J: So she had a day job and she made the flowers in her spare time?
E: You know she wouldn’t take anything? Everybody up there was well to do.
J: At the Eye and Ear?
E: Yes. So I insisted on buying a pair of stockings. In those days, a pair of stockings was a pair of stockings.
J: Were you working at the Eye and Ear at the time?
E: Yes
J: So she was like a work pal?
E: Yes
J: And did you make your deb because you were working at the Eye and Ear? Did Lavinia make hers with the Eye and Ear?
E: No she made hers with Holy Trinity [Church]. Hasn’t anybody else got an interesting life Jen?
J: I guess they do. But I don’t think you realise how interesting yours has been.
E: No I didn’t.
J: No you really didn’t. I mean it’s social history for that time in Melbourne. Here you are at 91 still able to tell us the stories. It’s pretty special.

69x MOV files (9.63GB) containing oral history video recordings of Elizabeth Euphemia Saunders (b. 1926) discussing some of the photographs in the Saunders Family Archive.

Key words: photographs; oral histories; family history