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Canterbury History Group
Ephemera - 49 Warburton Road Canterbury, [1990]
Real estate advertisement for the sale by auction of 49 Warburton Road Canterbury on Saturday 20 October [1990]. Includes a sketch of the exterior of the house and a floor plan.canterbury, warburton road, edwardian style -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Book, Ballyshanassy - A History of the Burwood District, 1991
Ballyshnassy was the original name for part of Burwood; Bally in Ireland meaning town, so it was Shanassy's town.History of Burwood (Victoria), researched and compiled by Alyssa Clarkson as part of her VCE studies. Includes transcript of interviews with long-time residents of the district, Mrs. N. Ashworth (nee Donaghey), Mrs. V. Dalzell (nee Nelson), Miss Una Harrison, Mrs. V. Smith (nee Rankin), Mrs. Walsh (nee Rice), and Mr. Fred Payne. -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet (Item) - Qantas historical documents, Remember - By Air ! Qantas Ltd Longreach Dossier of Qantas Historical Documents
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Kew Historical Society Inc
Programme, The "Q" Theatre Guild, Maritana, 1958
The “Q” Theatre Guild was formed in 1957. It inherited the productions and casts of the earlier Kew Light Opera Company. The Guild initially performed in the Kew Recreation Hall (Wellington Street) and later at the Kew Civic Hall (Cotham Road). A partial list of its performances include: 1957 The Geisha 1958 Maritana 1959 They All Do It (Cosi Fan Tutti) 1959 Blossom Time 1959 Love’s a Luxury 1960 There And Back & The Bohemian Girl 1960 Die Fledermaus 1961 Gay Rosalinda 1961 The Land of Smiles 1961 Kisses For A Kid & Hansel and Gretel 1962 Die Fledermaus 1964 Monsieur Beaucaire 1964 Macbeath [The Beggars’ Opera] 1964 The Beggars’ Opera Undated And So To BedThe Marion Tilley scrapbook is a significant record of performing arts in Melbourne during the 1950s and 1960s. The scrapbook includes programmes, photographs, newspaper reports and personal annotations which are a rich source of detail about repertoire, performers, and artistic sensibility in the period.Souvenir programme isued by the "Q" Theatre Guild incorporating Kew Light Opera Company for a performance of 'Maritana' an opera by Vincent Wallace. Performances were held in June 1958. The programme forms part of a scrapbook that includes programmes, photographs and theatre reviews for the Kew Light Opera Company and later "Q" Theatre Guild."q" theatre guild, theatre groups (kew), performing arts, maritana (opera) -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Bimbi
Pattison Collection This item is from the ‘Pattison Collection’, a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, which was founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the lack of financial support led the WMI in 1911 to ask the City Council to take it over. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Library as it was then called. When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Ralph Pattison. Eventually, the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. RALPH ERIC PATTISON Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 Pattison accepted a position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council. His huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower areas of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave from 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However, he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. WARRNAMBOOL PUBLIC LIBRARY The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) was formed by a voluntary community group in 1863, within six years of Warrnambool’s beginnings, and it's Reading Room opened in 1854. The WMI operated until 1963, at which time it was one of the oldest Mechanics’ Institutes in Victoria. Mechanics’ Institutes offered important services to the public including libraries, reading rooms and places to display and store collections of all sorts such as curiosities and local historical relics. In 1886 a Museum and Fine Arts Gallery were added to the WMI and by the beginning of the 20th century, there was also a billiards room and a School of Art. By this time all Mechanics’ Institutes in country Victoria had museums attached. Over the years the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Library was also known as the Warrnambool Public Library the Warrnambool Library and the Free Library. Early funding from the government was for the “Free Library”. The inscription in a book “Science of Man” was for the “Warrnambool Public Library”, donated by Joseph Archibald in 1899. Another inscription in the book “Catalogue of Plants Under Cultivation in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens 1 & 2, 1883” was presented to the “Warrnambool Library” and signed by the author W.R. Guilfoyle. In 1903 the Warrnambool Public Library decided to add a Juvenile Department to library and stock it with hundreds of books suitable for youth. In 1905 the Public Library committee decided to update the collection of books and added 100 new novels plus arrangements for the latest novels to be included as soon as they were available in Victoria. In July 1911 the Warrnambool Council took over the management of the Public Library, Art Gallery, Museum and Mechanics’ Institute and planned to double the size of the then-current building. In 1953, when Mr R. Pattison was Public Librarian, the Warrnambool Public Library’s senior section 10,000 of the 13,000 books were fiction. The children’s section offered an additional 3,400 books. The library had the equivalent of one book per head of population and served around 33 per cent of the reading population. The collection of books was made up of around 60 per cent reference and 40 per cent fiction. The library was lending 400 books per day. In 1963 the Warrnambool City Council allocated the site of the Mechanics’ Institute building, which included the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery, for the new Municipal Offices and the Collections were dispersed until 1971. The Warrnambool Library took over the Mechanics’ Institute Library’s holdings on behalf of the Warrnambool City Council. Since the closure of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, the exact location and composition of the original WMI books and items has become unclear. Other materials have been added to the collection, including items from Terang MI, Warrnambool Court House and Customs House. Many of the books have been identified as the Pattison Collection, named after the Librarian who catalogued and numbered the books during his time as Warrnambool Public Librarian in the time before the Mechanics’ Institute closed. It seems that when Warrnambool became part of the Corangamite Regional Library some of the books and materials went to its head office in Colac and then back to Warrnambool where they were stored at the Art Gallery for quite some time. Some then went to the Warrnambool Historical Society, some stayed at the Art Gallery and some were moved to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. The various stamps and labels on the books held at Flagstaff Hill show the variety of the collection’s distribution and origin. The books in the collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village date from the 1850’s to the late 1950s and include rare and valuable volumes. Many of the books are part of the “Pattison Collection” after the Warrnambool’s Public Librarian, Mr R. Pattison. The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. Bimbi Author: Ouida Publisher: George Robertson Date: 1882 Ouida was the pseudonym of the English novelist Maria Louise Ramé (although she preferred to be known as Marie Louise de la Ramée).The label on the spine with typed text PAT 823 OUI Pastedown front endpaper has a sticker from Warrnambool Public Library covered by a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service The Flyleaf has the name "Louise Ranie" written in blue ink. book, bimbi, ouida, maria louise ramé, marie louise de la ramée, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, C. Northcote Parkinson, illustrated by Robert C. Osborn, Mrs Parkinson's Law, and Other Studies in Domestic Science, 1968
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacketmarriage, family, humour, walsh st library -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, The heirloom library, Huckleberry Finn, ????
The classic story of a mischievous 19th-century boy in a Mississippi River town and his friends, Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher, as they run away from home, witness a murder, and find treasure in a cave.Ill, p.287.fictionThe classic story of a mischievous 19th-century boy in a Mississippi River town and his friends, Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher, as they run away from home, witness a murder, and find treasure in a cave. adventure fiction, juvenile fiction -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Mountstephen, Nick, Sir Paul Edmund de Strzlecki, 2012
A short history of Patties Foods Limited, a family business commenced in Lakes Entrance in 1966 and later transferred to Bairnsdale.businesses -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet - Fogarty Field Flying School history, Fogerty Field Fl;ying School Operations Manual
Operations manual for trainee, private, commercial pilots & staff members operating Fogerty Field Flying School aircraftStapled bookletnon-fictionOperations manual for trainee, private, commercial pilots & staff members operating Fogerty Field Flying School aircraftguidelines for aircraft operations -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, RECORD OF SERVICE, The Specialty Press Pty Ltd, 1939 - 1945
VX124619 Gnr Francis George Warren, enlisted 28 /5/1942. Replacement book commencing 19/10/1945.Book - Brown cardboard covered, 49 pages, black print on cover and pages.AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES Revised August 1944. Record of Service Book. Male member.passchendaele barracks trust, record of service book, francis george warren -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - Direction finding - wireless, Wireless Direction Finding
Technical overview of rad;io and position finding circa early 1930snon-fictionTechnical overview of rad;io and position finding circa early 1930swireless direction finding circa 1930s -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - Booklet: Settlement of the Western District, Collett, Bain and Gaspar, Printers, Settlement of the Western District From Prehistoric Times to the Present, 1985
This booklet documents a public lecture series held in Warrnambool 3rd November 1984.This is a soft-cover book of 133 pages on the settlement of the Western District from prehistoric times to the present. It has a blue paper front cover and a grey paper back cover. The front cover is covered with a clear plastic sheet and the binding is plastic. The cover has an image of a sketch of the Warrnambool beach showing the lighthouse complex on Middle Island and the lighthouse on the beach (established 1860). There are a Contents page, a Foreword, a List of Plates and seven articles on different aspects of the Western District history by different authors. There are black and white photographs and illustrations. One page (p.17) has been annotated by Les O’Callaghan.This booklet documents a public lecture series held in Warrnambool 3rd November 1984.western victorian history, edmund gill, peter ronald, john sherwood, jan critchett, tony dingle, miles lewis, kevin o’toole, warrnambool, history -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, H J Melbourne, Farms, Fences and Fairways – Stawell Golf Club Centenary 1898-1998, 1998
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BUSH COLLECTION: STOCK BOOK (BUSH'S STORE), 1915
Hard-bound stock Book (Bush's Store). Inscribed in ink on inside cover 'Stock Jan 14th 1915 fol1'. Stamped on inside cover - ''Mason & Carter, Stationers Etc Main St Bairnsdale' (Hence - Bush).person, individual, bush collection - personal -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - BENDIGO SHOW, 1970
Slide. Bendigo Show. A group of show patrons at the show with a ferris wheel in the background.slide, bendigo, bendigo show., bendigo show. -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1964
In 1964, Robin and Patricia Boyd spent several weeks on a world tour - Boyd took a leading role at the International Design Conference in Aspen and he also visited Chicago, Yale University, and New York’s World Fair. The Boyds then travelled on to England, Finland (especially to see Tapiola), Russia and India to see Le Corbusier's Chandigarh, and also Hong Kong and Thailand.Colour slide in a mount. Tapiola, FinlandMade in Australia / 17 / AUG 64M / 14 (Handwritten) / Tapiola (Handwritten)finland, slide -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Town of Port Melbourne, Electric Supply, cash book, 1913 - 1928
Town of Port Melbourne, cash book - Electric Supply. For the period commencing September 1913 to September 1928local government - town of port melbourne, local government - city of port melbourne -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - RALPH BIRRELL COLLECTION: EIG SCHOOL, c1966
EIG School - Ralph Birrell Collection. - Construction of Latrobe Uni. C1966. Bendigo Institute of Technology, Engineering School, Applied Science. Surveying with surveyors tripod.Kodakeducation, tertiary, latrobe university bendigo, eig school - ralph birrell collection. - construction of latrobe uni. c1966. bendigo institute of technology, engineering school, applied science. surveyors tripod. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Book, My Grandparents, Relatives and Melbourne - Peter Le Get
Peter Le Get's Great Great Grandparents to his Grandchildren 2008 - Typical Lives in Melbourne's First 100 years and beyond. -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Slide - Photograph, Eltham Shire Council, Unidentified rural road within the Shire of Eltham, c.Nov. 1980
35mm colour positive transparency Kodak Kodachrome cardboard mountProcessed Nov 1980infrastructure, rural areas, rural road, unidentified -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Ceremonial object - Memorial Cross, Thomas, Memorial Cross
White wooden cross with knitted poppy attached coloured red with green and black center. Soldier's name and serial number printed in black ink on front. Australian flag attached on back.THOMAS, DAVID JOHN 38712cross, memorial cross, thomas -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - THE AUSTRALIAN BOMBER SINCE 1921, TOPMILL PTY LTD
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The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, The desert rats : the history of the 7th Armoured Division 1938 to 1945, 1954
The history of the 7th Armoured Division 1938 to 1945Ill, maps, p.312.non-fictionThe history of the 7th Armoured Division 1938 to 1945world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - north africa, world war 1939 - 1945 - regimental histories -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Monbulk RSL, Monbulk's World War I diggers : a collection of service histories of the men and women from Monbulk and District who served in World War 1 1914-1918, 2016
A collection of the service and non service histories of the men and women from Monbulk and District who served in World War I. 1914-1918.Index, ill, p.116.A collection of the service and non service histories of the men and women from Monbulk and District who served in World War I. 1914-1918.world war 1914-1918 - australia - sources, world war 1914-1918 - pictorial works -
Greensborough Historical Society
Flyer - Advertising Leaflet, St Mary's Catholic School, St Mary's Community Fair, 25/11/2023
Advertising Flyer for St Mary's Community Fair held on 25/11/2023Advertising Leaflet, 1 page, printed in colour on one side.st mary's primary school, st marys catholic church greensborough -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: ROBERT HARKNESS 'THE BENDIGO HYMWRITER', 1988
LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: Robert Harkness 'The Bendigo Hymwriter' By Keith Cole. 1988 Published by Keith Cole Publications, 28 Woodbury Stree Victoria 3550, printed by D.G. Walker Pty Ltd Railway Place Bendigo Vic 3550 Contents: Godly Parents His early years and conversion Fourteen years with Charles M. Alexander Dedicated Service in the United States His musical development The Gospel Hymwriter Death and eulogybendigo, history, bendigo churches -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Mountford C P, The Art of Albert Namatjirra, 1944
An account of t he Aboriginal artist Alber Namatjirra and his remarkable talent as a watercolour landscape painter. Illustrated with some reproductions of his art.aboriginals -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Ephemera - Ticket, Victoria Theatre Ticket, 20/12/1982
Pink card with black typing. It is a ticket for the Victorian Theatre at Sovereign Hill, Ballarat East.VICTORIA THEATRE SOVEREIGN HILL BALLARAT F 07 Balcony 20 DEC 1982victoria theatre, ticket, sovereign hill, ballarat -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Booklet, Hiking from the Australian Jamboree, 1935
Souvenir booklet printed for 1935 Frankston Jamboree. A hike to Gilwell Park, Gembrook. Booklet contains fold out maps of hiking areas. Also early aboriginal history of Victoria and in 1837, when John Gardiner occupied Mooroolbark sheep station.Small brown covered booklet, black writing. Sketch of Scout in hiking gear on front. Scout Emblem and kangaroo, Australian Jamboree, Frankston, Vic 1935 on back cover.scouting, books, history, local -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Flying the Edge Flight at the Threshold of Optium Performance by Capt Brian McAllister