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Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Ceremonial object - Ribbon Bar
1939,/ 1945. Ribbon. Pacific ribbon, War Ribbon.Coloured bar. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Programme - Bendigo Operatic Society: H.M.S. Pinafore
Items belonged to a Bendigo woman, born in 1919 who lived in Bendigo all her life and died at the age of 94 years. Program is for Bendigo Operatic Society's performance of H.M.S. Pinafore at Flora Hill High School Auditorium, for 5 nights commencing Tues 26th June (year not mentioned) consists of 4 pages, double sided print, folded in half & stapled in centre. Pink colored cover/back page & centre page. Black/white & some red ink print Program includes: names of Committee, Cast, black/white photos of production team & cast, synopsis of story & list of musical numbers & local advertisements souvenir programme, bendigo operatic society -
Unions Ballarat
Book - Labour History No. 66 May 1994 (D.J. Spiers Collection), Irving, Terry
Published semi-annually, contains refereed, scholarly articles about social and labour history in Australasia, - labour politics, trade unions, management labour practices, co-operatives, gender and ethnicity. This edition includes these articles: -Labourism: a Political Genealogy -Class, Populism and Labour Politics in Victoria, 1890-1914 -Keynesianism, Socialism and Labourism and the Role of Ideas in Labour Ideology -A Century of Laborism and the State, 1891-1993: An Historical Interpretation -We are of Age: Class, Locality and Region at Port Kembla, 1900-1940 -Researching Industrial Relations History: The Development of a Databas on Australian Trade Unions 1825-1900 -Loyalty and Communists: an interview with Bill Gollan -International Women's Day in Newcastle in the Fifties and Sixties: A Personal Account -Forthcoming: A Bibliography of Australian Communism -Postcard from California: the Hoover Institute -The ACTU Congress of 1993 -Australian Canadian Labour History Conference -The Australian Society for the Study of Labour History -The Classing Gaze: Sexuality, Class and Surveillance -Book reviews -Newcastle's Special Day; Australians in Spain Memorial UnveilingLabour and class politics; direct relevance to industrial relations; social issues in general that fall within the purview of the union movement.Book; paper.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, history - labour, labourism, politics - class, industrial relations, economics, politics - communism, women's rights, book reviews, conference reports -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Programme - Fifth Annual Speech Night, Norwood High School, Ringwood, Victoria, 1962
Held at Ringwood Town Hall 12th December, 1962 -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Deep Lead State School Number 721 -- Volume 1, 1993
History Of Deep Lead School701: Black Card with Blue Binding tape on spine. Faded Silver writing. hand written 701-1 Purple Card Cover with Blue binding tape on spine. Black writing. Hand WriitenDeep Lead School No 721 Underlined Vol.1. Deep Lead School No 721. Vol 2stawell education -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Carlisle, Robert et al, Victorian Steam, 1975
A pictorial tribute to the steam locomotives at work in Victorian in the 1960s and the early 1970s.ill, maps, p.112.non-fictionA pictorial tribute to the steam locomotives at work in Victorian in the 1960s and the early 1970s.steam locomotives - victoria- history, railroad operations - victoria -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Williams, T. Jeff, The Glory Hole (Copy 1)
Set against the alien landscape of Vietnam - where the only escape from the horror of combat is a black sense of humour.fictionSet against the alien landscape of Vietnam - where the only escape from the horror of combat is a black sense of humour.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - fiction -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Australian Gliding January To December 1981
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University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Slide - Glass slide, 1891-1905
Sale Agricultural and Horticultural Society '50. Silo of Sale A.H.S.'50. Silo of Sale A.H.S.school gardens, australia, sale, agricultural and horticultural society -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Slide, Quinn Estate, Sackville Street, Montmorency, May 1983
One of a series of images of roads and infrastructure taken by Eltham Shire Council Planning and Engineering officers, May 1983 specifically looking at Private Street Schemes post road construction/sealing operations35 mm colour positive transparency (1 of 21) Mount - Kodak Kodachrome Cardroads, infrastructure, road sealing, footpaths and gutters, private street scheme, housing estate, montmorency, quinn estate, sackville street, t-bowl -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - BENDIGO- TRAIN IN TOWN, Feb 1970
Slide. Bendigo- Train in Town. Looking up Mitchell Street towards the train.slide, bendigo, bendigo- train in town., bendigo- train in town. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Cyril Pearl, Australia's Yesterdays: a look at our recent past, 1974
Cyril Pearl provided historical guidance and contributed much of the textSydney : Readers Digest Services Pty Ltd, 1974 360 p. : ill.(some col.), facsims., maps, ports. ; 31 cm. non-fictionCyril Pearl provided historical guidance and contributed much of the textaustralia -- social conditions -- 20th century, australia -- social life and customs -- 20th century, australia -- biography., australia -- social conditions 1901-1970 -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Elaine Dundy, Frinch, Bloody Finch: A biography of Peter Finch, 1980
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacketwalsh st library -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Before the invasion: Aboriginal life to 1788, 1688-1788
A text outlining Aboriginal life before European settlement.Basic background to traditional Aboriginal life.Soft cover. 112 pages, illus., maps. aborigines, indigenous australians, pre european settlement -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, White Ladies
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 area 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 during 1942 to 1942 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 MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE Warrnambool's Mechanics' Institute (or Institution as it was sometimes called) was one of the earliest in Victoria. On 17th October 1853, a meeting was held where it was resolved to request the Lieutenant Governor of the Colony to grant land for the erection of a Mechanics' Institutes building. A committee was formed at the meeting and Richard Osburne chaired the first meeting of this committee. The land on the North West corner of Banyan and Merri Streets was granted but there were no funds to erect the building. The Formal Rights of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute's encompassed its aims and these were officially adopted in1859; "This Institution has for its object the diffusion of literary, scientific, and other useful knowledge amongst its members, excluding all controversial subjects, religious or political. These objects are sought to be obtained by means of a circulating library, a reading room, the establishment of classes, debates, and the occasional delivery of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy, mechanics, astronomy, chemistry, natural history, literature, and the useful and ornamental arts, particularly those which have a more immediate reference to the colony." The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute opened its first reading room in November 1884 in the National School building at the corner of Banyan and Timor Streets. The Institute was funded by member subscription, payable on a quarterly, half-yearly or yearly basis. Samuel Hannaford, the Manager of the Warrnambool Bank of Australasia, was the first Honorary Secretary of the Mechanics' Institutes, and an early President and Vice-President. He also gave several of the early lectures in the Reading Room. Another early Secretary, Librarian and lecturer was Marmaduke Fisher, the teacher at the National School. Lecture topics included The Poets and Poetry of Ireland', 'The Birth and Development of the Earth', 'The Vertebrae - with Remarks on the pleasures resulting from the study of Natural History' and 'Architecture'. In 1856 the Reading Room was moved to James Hider's shop in Timor Street, and by 1864 it was located in the bookshop of Davies and Read. In the 1860's the Mechanics' Institute struggled as membership waned but in 1866, after a series of fundraising efforts, the committee was able to purchase land in Liebig Street, on a site then called Market Square, between the weighbridge and the fire station. A Mechanics' Institute building was opened at this site in August 1871. The following year four more rooms were added to the main Reading Room and in 1873 the Artisan School of Design was incorporated into the Institute. The same year Joseph Archibald established a Museum; however, it deteriorated when he was transferred to Bendigo in 1877. In 1880, with Archibald's return to Warrnambool, the Museum was re-established, and in 1885 a new building was built at the back of the Institute to accommodate the re-created School of Design, the Art Gallery and the Museum. In 1887 the Museum section was moved to the former courthouse in Timor Street (for some time the walls of the building formed part of the TAFE cafeteria but all is now demolished)). In 1911 the Museum was transferred back to the original building and the management of the Mechanics' Institute was handed over to the Warrnambool City Council. The Museum and Art Gallery became one and housed many fine works of art, and the Library continued to grow. The building was well patronised, with records showing that at the beginning of the 20th century there were between 500 and 800 visitors. During World War One the monthly figures were in the thousands, with 3,400 people visiting in January 1915. The Museum was a much - loved Institution in Warrnambool until the contents of the Museum and Art Gallery were removed to make room for the Warrnambool City Council Engineers' Department. The contents were stored but many of the items were scattered or lost. When the original building was demolished the site became occupied by the Civic Centre, which included the new City Library. (The library was temporarily located in the old Palais building in Koroit Street.) In the process of reorganisation the Collection was distributed amongst the community groups: -The new City Library took some of the historical books and some important documents, historic photographs and newspapers. -The Art Gallery kept the 19th Century art collection and some of the artefacts from the museum. -The Historical Society has some items -The State Museum has some items -Some items were destroyed -Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village has old newspapers, Government Gazettes, most of the Mechanics' Institute Library, ledgers and documents connected to the Mechanics' Institute Library, some framed and unframed artworks and some photographs. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute Library book collection is deemed to be of great importance because it is one of the few collections in an almost intact state, and many of the books are now very rare and of great value. 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. White Ladies Author: Francis Brett Young Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd Date: 1935 The label on the spine with the typed text PAT FIC YOU Pastedown front endpaper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library covered by a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service Front loose endpaper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book, white ladies, francis brett young, 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
Slide, Robin Boyd
Colour slide in a mount. House, possibly AustraliaMount Made in Englaandslide, robin boyd -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - BENDIGO & EASTER FAIR, 1963
Bendigo Art Gallery, View Street, Bendigo.slide, bendigo, art gallery -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Slide - Slide - Construction Portland/Cashmore Airport, c. 1980
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Kew Historical Society Inc
Slide - Cotham Road Facade: Kew Post Office, 1980
A civic campaign for new public offices developed in Kew in the 1880s. After much deliberation, the location chosen was the junction of Bulleen and Cotham Roads. The buildings were designed by George Watson and John Henry Harvey, architects within the Department of Public Works (Victoria). Building was commenced in 1887, and after one year, the buildings were opened. The Post Office was transferred to the new Commonwealth Government in 1901. The Police Station and Court House, sold by the Victorian Government to the City of Boroondara in 2007, are now a community cultural centre and performing arts venue.The buildings were listed on the Victorian Heritage Register Register (HO885) in 1991. They are historically and architecturally significant to the State of Victoria because Watson and Harvey's designs exhibit diversity in integrating civil offices, they accommodate the apex of road junctions, and they demonstrate a departure from the contemporaneously favoured High Victorian Classical to the Queen Anne style in the design of civic buildings. 35mm colour transparency of the secondary entrance, red brick walls, recessed balconies and painted and rendered architectural features of the Kew Post Office, facing Cotham Road. The [former] post office is a significant example of the English Queen Anne Revival style. The photograph was taken as part of a series by Ralph Andrews (Department of Building, RMIT) in April 1980.kew post office, khs - slides, new public offices -- kew (vic.), architectural styles -- english queen anne revival -
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. Wat Arun, Temple of Dawn, Bangkok, ThailandMade in Australia / 15 / AUG 64Mthailand, slide -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, McNab, Chris, Military Vehicles: 300 of the World's Most Effective Military Vehicles, 2003
300 of the World's most effective Military Vehicles300 of the world's most effective military vehicles.300 of the World's most effective Military Vehiclesarmoured vehicles, military, tanks (military science) -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - Getting on in the World
Hardcover book with brown paper cover. "Getting on in the World" or, hints on success in life by William Mathews. Second edition published in London by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington in 1876. the book has 389 pages plus a preface and an index Aileen and john Ellison Collection.Getting on in life - L.J. Ellison on front cover. A blue stamp with the name LJ Ellison on first page.etiquette, philosophy, life -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Government Gazette 1, 1 January - 30 June 1875, 1875
Dark blue marbled cloth cover over hard cardboard. Red leather spine and corners. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown on spine. Gold lettering on spine.reference, government administration, state government -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - AILEEN AND JOHN ELLISON COLLECTION: BOOKLET - A GUIDE TO MANHOOD
Small booklet (36 pages) titled "A Guide to Manhood" A reliable graded sex education booklet for young men 15 years and over. Foreword by Professor Harvey Sutton O.B.E. The booklet was published by father & Son welfare movement of Australia in 1959. Contents - Chapter 1: As you are. Chapter 2: the miracle of human birth. Chapter 3: Becoming adult. Chapter 4: New horizons. Chapter 5: Full steam ahead.books, school, sex education -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, The Ridge and the River, 1992
Soft cover and card board, white colour print on front, book and spine cover illustrated "Life on Slaten's Knoll" by Harold Abbott. Light brown, black and green colour background. Rising Sun badge on front and back cover. 220 pages. Autobiography. Hand written in black ink, "Donated by Byo Y Mens Club". books, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Arthur Campbell, The Seige. A Story from Kohima, 1956
Book, 216 pages, maroon buckram hard cover. Black & white photos & sketches, black print on white paper, illustrated maps inside covers.Edith L Johnsonbooks, military, history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Cassell and Co, The second world war volume one: The gathering storm, 1950
Volume one of a six volume history of the second world warIndex, p.601non-fictionVolume one of a six volume history of the second world warworld war 1939-1945 - history, winston churchill 1874-1965 - military leadership -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Pamphlet - ATO pamphlet re Arts Tax Deduction c1980, Flyer & news clipping, c1980
Museum display provider's tax incentivesTax incentives for provision of museum displayTri-fold ATO pamphlet re Arts Tax Deduction c1980.Reverse " NIL " -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Slide - Photograph, Queenstown Cemetery, Smiths Gully Road, St Andrews, c.2004
The discovery of gold in Smyth's Creek in 1854 and subsequent gold rush to the Caledonia diggings led to the establishment of Queenstown (present day St Andrews). The first recorded burial was July 31st, 1861 and it was officially declared a Cemetery Reserve in 1866. Many graves are unmarked and unrecorded including many Chinese and other itinerant miners. The cemetery was closed for new burials in 1851. The last recorded burial was in 1981 in an existing family grave.35mm colour positive transparency Mount - white 7 dots (Technodia Italy)queenstown cemetery, smiths gully road, st andrews -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1967
Robin Boyd was an invited speaker at the 1967 New Zealand Institute of Architects Conference held in Queenstown, New Zealand. From New Zealand, he travelled on to Montreal, Canada, where he was Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67. Colour slide in a mount. College House 1964, Ilam, Christchurch, New Zealand. (Architects: Warren & Mahoney.)Made in Australia / 5 / APR 67M7slide, robin boyd