We are both the oldest surviving members of our families. As life-long collectors, and inheritors from those who have Gone Before, we must move on some of our Stuff before that (hopefully far-off) day when it becomes our children’s responsibility. Happy to combine for cheaper postage but PLEASE WAIT for combined invoice from me or ask me for one; postage discounts can only be given on combined purchases paid for on a single invoice.

These postcards come from the Grieve family. Thomas Gordon (known as Gordon) Scott Grieve was born in 1897 to Thomas William Grieve and Edith Clara Thompson at Hawthorn. Married Doris Eleanor (Nell) Ashton Croll 1942. She was the daughter of Charles Henderson Croll and  his wife Maria (known as May), whose postcards I have been selling.

Thomas William Grieve seemed to work his whole life in the Victorian Railways Department. In 1884 he was a clerk in the Traffic Dept, in 1887 he was a Relieving Station Master, possibly at Kerang. He was a stationmaster at various locations – Kerang (1890), Castlemaine (1907 - 1908), Stawell (end of 1908), Ballarat (1910 - 1911). He died at  Ballarat in 1913 aged 62 the son of Scott Walter Grieve and Mary nee Bergin.
Edith Clara Thompson born 1865 was the daughter of George Timothy Thompson and Mary Ann nee Hills. She died at Canterbury in 1940. She had one sister named Mabel (known as May)(1868).
An extensive family tree can be found through these links https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Grieve-193
Mabel married Ernest John Sidebottom in 1893. The family lived in Tasmania. They had children Dorothy Irene (Rene) in 1899, Geoffrey Lancelot Sidebottom in 1902.  
https://www.ancestry.com.au/genealogy/records/ernest-john-sidebottom-24-15163fl

Most of these postcards are either addressed to Gordon from members of his family, or to May (Mabel) from friends and family. I think the earliest is around 1905, the latest date 1920s.
Almost all of the these cards are in very good to excellent condition. Many are unused, all were kept in an album, maintaining their condition. These are for Victorian towns and places. Happy to combine.

1905/6 3 CARDS MELBOURNE FLINDERS LANE TOWN HALL ELIZABETH ST & POST OFFICE #21

Very interesting coloured litho card titled Flinders Lane showing roadway crowded with horse drawn vehicles. Postmark unclear addressed to Castlemaine so 1906/7. Coloured card showing Town Hall p/m 1906. Coloured card Elizabeth St and Post Office, buildings and transport p/m 1905.

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