TRANSCRIPT ———————————————— Coffee Tavern Prahran 2/11/80 To Frederick J. Rose Esq. Dear Sir, We the undersigned members of the Committee of the Deaf Mute Association have decided to elect you as the President of the Adult Deaf and Dumb Association

Letter authorising F. J. Rose to collect subscriptions from a particular factor on behalf of the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institute.

From the album of Jim and Eva Johnston.

TRANSCRIPT ———————————————— 32 Izett St Prahran November 8th 1880 Frederick J. Rose Esq. Dear Sir. I am a receipt of your note of the 5th and in reply to your questions as to the main objects of the Association and

The second annual report of the Australian Association for the Advancement of the Deaf.

1953 Performance

Elizabeth Steel, the first recorded deaf convict in Australia, arrived on board the Lady Juliana.

Photo of the South Australian lacrosse team at an interstate match against Victoria in 1920.

Children from the WA School for Deaf and Dumb Children in 1930s.

1933 Court Case

The March/April 1909 issue of the Victorian magazine, The Gesture.

Children from the WA School for Deaf and Dumb Children in 1930s.

This picture shows the building of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum in St Kilda Rd and some of its daily activities. The print is a wood engraving originally published on 2 September 1885 in the Illustrated Australian News.