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Hymettus Cottage & Garden
Work on paper - Newspaper article, Bicentennial gift
non-fictionmt pleasant school, ballarat, bicentenary, michael taffe, francis ellis, tree planting -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Wollemi Pine, Some selected facts, Unknown
The Wollemi Pine is an iconic tree found in the Ballarat Botanic Gardens.The Wollemi Pine was thought to be extinct until 1994. It is the world's oldest and rarest tree species belonging to a 200 million year old plant.One sheet of paper with information in point form in a box.None.doctor, ballarat botanic gardens, wollemi pine, sydney botanic gardens, 1994, iconic trees., wollemia noblis., david noble, john garner collection, gardens, ballarat -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Work on paper (Item), Stockman's Residence
Handwritten note on back of government form stating that plans were found in a plan press in PWDstockman's residence, plans, a.w. jessep -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Edward Morey - Benefactor, The Morey Gates, Ballarat Botanical Gardens
john garner collection, ballarat botanical gardens, gardens, ballarat, morey, gates -
Federation University Bookplate Collection
Work on paper - Bookplate, Alejandra Coirini EX LIBRIS
After a quiet period, interest in bookplates in Australia began to increase in the early 1970s, Entrepreneurial art and book collectors such as Edwin Jewell and others commissioned multiple Bookplate designs from a range of well known fine artists. At a 1997 meeting in Melbourne of the Ephemera Society of Australia Edwin Jewell and others announced the formation of the Australian Bookplate Society. The society was instrumental in promoting the art of the bookplate through establishment of the Australian Bookplate Design competition. The competition includes a design award for International bookplate designers and graphic artists.Pair of dolphins on blue background framed in a gilt edged medallion inside a border of leaves against a sage colour.Pencilled beneath the plate 'Photoplay 3/10 "Dolphin Love" and Artist's signature dated 2020'. -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Work on paper - Over the Top
official journal October 1957 price one pennyover the top ringwood sub.branch rssaila president D.Mattiske secretary W.Eade treasurer G.Bannerman -
Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat Inc.
Work on paper, Francois Cogne, Part of Main Road 1859
When this court house was abandoned it became the site of the Ballarat School of Mines, the first School of Mines in Austalasia. Francois Cogne was born in 1829 in Paris. He worked in Australia between 1856 and 1864. He died in 1884.Framed lithograph of the former Ballarat Circuit Court.francois cogne, biggs and shoppee, main road -
RMIT Design Archives
Work on paper - Paintings, Academy of Science, Canberra
The Shine Dome is one of seven projects that the Royal Australian Institute of Architects has nominated to the World Register of Significant Twentieth Century Architecture. In 1956 six architects were invited to submit plans for the Academy of Science's new building in Canberra and the Academy's building design committee selected Grounds Romberg and Boyd's proposal designed by Roy Grounds. It features a shallow arcaded concrete dome, sheeted in copper and was one of a number of domed buildings that appeared around this time internationally, expressing the optimism of the post-war years. It perfectly reflected the Academy's ambition to champion excellence in Australian science and promote international scientific engagement. Paul Wallace, a well-known Melbourne renderer, drew this perspective of the proposed design, possibly for the competition submission, in 1956.Coloured perspective of the Academy of Science buiding in Canberra.Printed text on attached sticker, 'ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, CANBERRA / 1958 / Grounds, Romberg and Boyd, / Architects'. Printed centre on verso, 'ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CANBERRA GROUND, ROMBERG AND BOYD ARCHITECTS 340 ALBERT STE., MELBOURNE C2'.science, canberra, architecture, rmit design archives, design -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Work on paper, "South Wing" - Xavier College, 1978
Sydney Joy (joy) Stewart (1925-2018) was a founding member of the Kew Historical Society, and during the 1970s its secretary. During her residence in Kew, she completed numerous property illustrations on commission. These ranged from preliminary sketches, including architectural details to finished pen & ink and wash illustrations on paper. On moving to Queensland, Joy Stewart donated the remaining property illustrations in her possession to the Kew Historical Society. In 1987-88, she fulfilled a commission by the Society of designs for a series of embroideries completed by residents during the Australian Bicentennial commemorations.Pen and wash drawing, set in an external card mount, depicting the south wing of Xavier College, Kew by Joy Stewart.Inscription: "South Wing" - Xavier College." Signed lower right: "JStewart 78".joy stewart, xavier college - kew (vic), schools - kew (vic) -
Australian Lace Guild - Victorian Branch
Textile - Machine made lace
Machine made "Chemical" lace edging. Cotton thread embroidered onto a base fabric which is later dissolved away. -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Our Lake and Gardens. Ballarat Courier, 12/12/1894, Abundance of Water and Beautiful Flowers
john garner collection, ballarat botanical gardens, gardens, ballarat -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Work on paper (Sub-Item) - Photograph, Riparian vegetation along Diamond Creek. Looking upstream from Diamond Street Bridge, Eltham
Colour photograph of a muddy creek (probably after a downpour) with plants growing on the water's edge along both banks of the creek, including trees, shrubs, grasses and vines. eltham, creek, vegetation, diamond street, bridge, diamond creek -
National Wool Museum
Textile - Cook Well Self Raising Flour Bag
These domestic kitchen bags were donated to the National Wool Museum by Lila Gore. Lila donated Children’s Clothing (RGE 8324) to the museum in 2022 and at her time of donating, inquired as to whether the museum would also be interested in these bags she had been collecting. Lila said there was no reason as to why she was saving the bags, other than she liked the art works and thought they were too good to end up in landfill. She had thought perhaps she would make something out of the bags, or perhaps give the bags to a friend to make something. When Lila was donating the Children’s Clothing to the museum, she thought that the National Wool Museum would be the perfect home for the bags. Domestic kitchen bags such as these date from the late 19th century through the mid-20th century. They were used at home, usually by women, containing household items which would not spoil, such as flour, sugar, animal feed, seeds, and other commodities. In modern times a trip to the supermarket is a daily chore, in the past however, these trips happened far less often, with big sacks such as these a large reason why. In the rural US and Canada, Feed sack dresses and Flour sack dresses, were an iconic part of rural life from the 1920s through the Great Depression, World War II, and post-World War II years. Australia also reused these sacks, typically for making wagga style blankets, but re-use for clothing was not unusual.Calico bag with yellow and blue graphic text on front.Front: COOK-WELL \ SELF- \ RAISING \ FLOUR \ PREPARED WITH \ PHOSHATE AERATOR \ HENRY BERRY & Co (A/S??Ltd) \ 568 580 COLLINS STREET \ MELBOURNE \ NET 7 LBSwagga, flour, oats, bag, calico, lila, gore, depression, war, kitchen -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Textile - Lace Trim
This elegant lace trim is Irish crochet lace. Crochet skills were brought to Ireland from France by Ursuline nuns in the 1700s and was mainly confined to the convents. When the Potato Blight occurred in 1845 the principal source of food and income was lost and families were destitute. Several wealthy women taught the peasant women the art of crochet and then marketed it to their wealthy friends in England and Europe thus saving many Irish families from starvation. Irish crochet is made in several parts. Women would specialize in a signature motif and would sell their motifs to stores. From there more lace workers would be employed to join them together to make a larger piece. The larger pieces would go to the master lace maker who would assemble them into the final pattern or items. Many women became the major wage earners for their families from these skills. Closer inspection of this piece reveals the initial repeated floral motif. To get an idea of the fineness of some of this crochet lace, a woman described her ‘famine hook’ as a sewing needle with the eye cut out and the point at the other end inserted in a wooden handle.The Amess family owned Churchill Island from 1872 to 1929. This lace collection was owned and contributed to by four generations of Amess women, see above.Irish crochet handmade lace trim, ivorychurchill island, lace, jane amess, lace collection -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Work on paper (Item) - Ansett Boeing 767 notes, 767 Ron Hard
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Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Textile - Lace Piece Border on Net
This machine made net (76cm x 38) is trimmed on the edge with a tamboured design in the style of Limerick lace. Machines were so proficient in copying handmade lace that it is very difficult to tell if the trim is done by hand or by machine. Tambour lace was the earliest form of Limerick lace and was worked in chain stitch onto machine made net using a very fine crochet hook, so fine in fact that some practitioners used a sewing needle with the eye cut out and the pointed end inserted into a wooden handle.The lace industry in Limerick was started by Charles Walker in 1829 Many Irish women who learned the craft worked from home but Walker knew that he would get more consistent and cleaner work if he could oversee the work being done so he built a factory for the women. Limerick lace lost popularity after Walker died in 1842 but was revived in the late 1880s and continued to be made into the 20th century but never reached the heights of the Walker period. If this pattern is machine made it would have been made using a Bonnaz machine which was later called a Cornely machine. Antoine Bonnaz (1836 – 1915), a silk machine engineer, produced the first successful industrial chain stitch machine. His patent was finally acquired by Ercole Cornely in Paris who developed a hook shaped needle that could make a line of chain stitches. Initially these machines were only available in northern France but they were so popular that they were eventually exported to the rest of the world and are still being produced today. This lace edging is quite fine and would only be about a centimetre in width and so would be subtle in effect, perhaps to be used on undergarments or as a fichu for day wear.The Amess family owned Churchill Island from 1872 to 1929. This lace collection was added to and refined over the course of three successive generations of women.Machine made net, trimmed with tamboured design in style of Limerick lace.Note in package "LIMERICK LACE TRIMMINGS"lace, janet amess lace collection, churchill island, amess -
Greensborough Historical Society
Work on paper - Invitation [copy], Bundoora Farewell Social Committee, The Bundoora Farewell Committee 1946, 31/07/1940
Copy of an invitation to the Bundoora Farewell Social Committee 'social and dance tendered to members of soldiers, sailors and airmen leaving the district on active service'. Held on 31st July 1940 at the Bundoora District Hall in honour of men joining up to fight in World War 2.An example of community spirit during the war years.Copy of invitation, blue text on white paper.Name of invitee inside.bundoora, bundoora public hall, world war 2 -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Work on Paper, Struss, Elsie, Untitled, Undated
Donated from the estate of Wemyss Struss, 2016Charcoal and marker on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Textile - GREY COTTON GLOVES, Worn from 1960s onwards
Textiles. Grey cotton gloves. Fastened at wrist with dark grey plastic button (1.4 cm) and button hole. Three pin tucks on back of glove. Three other pairs still inside cellophane sleeves. 2 X size 10; 1 x size 9 1/2. Stapled. Beehive labels removed , uncatalogued.Label inside RH glove ''Dent's cotton Made in England''.Cardboard label-removed and stored separately, ''The Beehive 4R 13/11''. Printed on Cellophane sleeves, 'Dents gloves'. 'Hand in Glove with the World'. Made in England'. Picture of a Gloved hand holding a world glove.textiles, domestic, grey cotton gloves -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Work on Paper, Struss, Elsie, Untitled, Undated
Donated from the estate of Wemyss Struss, 2016Ink on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection -
Vision Australia
Textile - Object, Illawarra Staff tshirt
White size 16 tee shirt with Illawarra Staff printed in flocked lettering across the chest. Back has no imagery.White tee shirt with black velvet writingIllawarra Staffassociation for the blind, advertising -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Textile - Tablecloth, 2004
Paynesville Uniting Church Uniting Church Fellowship members 1998-2004 oblong cream tablecloth with the UCA logo in the centre and years and names of members radiating from it in red, black and white fabric ink. paynesville uniting church uniting church fellowship -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Work on Paper, Struss, Elsie, Untitled, Undated
Donated from the estate of Wemyss Struss, 2016Pencil, marker and ink on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Textile - Costume and Accessories
Collection of Five Doylies 3 Round shaped cotton material Centres crochet surrounds all different patternsstawell clothing material -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Textile - Costume and Accessories
Silk Crocheted Baby’s Bib. Cream Silkstawell clothing material -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Work on paper - printed booklets
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Lara RSL Sub Branch
Work on paper - Internet research for World War 1 - Pictures and Maps 1918, World War 1 - Pictures and Maps 1918
Internet Research materialRelevant research material 1918 World War 1Internet Research printouts of World War 1 details - General Sir John Monash portrait, Maps of Battles etcGeneral Sir Jon Monash portrait and details of service, Maps of Battles of Wold War 1 1918 world war 1 - 1918 internet research printed material australian at war 1918 -
Clunes Museum
Work on paper - FAMILY HISTORY THOMAS HENRY WHITE
THOMAS HENRY WHITE BORN 15/05/1855 MARRIED MARY ANN WILLIAMS (BORN 01/02/1856) ON 31/05/1879. THEY LIVED IN CRESWICK. CHILDREN: ADA GERTRUDE 04/08/1880 TO 12/10/1931 EMMA ROWE 04/05/1882 TO 21/02/1883 PEARL ROSE 13/05/1884 TO 13/05/1884 AMY LOVE 01/01/1886 TO 17/07/1967 OLIVE ROWE 02/04/1891 TO 07/06/1966 THOMAS HENRY 24/12/1895 TO 26/05/1896 THE FAMILIE MOVED TO KALGOORLIE FOR A BRIEF PERIOD. IN MARCH 1909 THE FAMILY MOVED TO WOOD LUPINE WA. IN MAY 1909 MARY ANN RETURNED TO CLUNES TO HELP HER STEPMOTHER AND ANT. MARY ANN AND THOMAS ARE BURIED TOGETHER AT KARRAKATTA THOMAS HENRY WHITE DIED AT AGE 63 ON 15/08/1917 MARY ANN DIED ON 08/08/1945 thomas henry white, mary ann white, mary ann williams -
Colac RSL Sub Branch
Textile - Grey Woollen Blanket with blue stripes and red trim, Woollen Blanket used at Changi POW camp belonging to William "Bill" Goodwin
Used at Changi POW camp after the fall of SingaporeHigh significanceGrey woollen blanket with blue stripes and red trim -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Work on paper (item) - Memories of No 1 Flying Instructors Course: No 1 Flying Training Squadron Point Cook 1939, George Bills-Thompson 57 Gibbs St Port Fairy 3284