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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Poster - "Our Choice?", "Port Our City Our Life Our Choice" protest, Pat Grainger, Sep 1987
This object was one of several 'arts' projects against the SCDC Bayside development. proposals, funded by the Uniting Church's 'Social Justice and the City Project' in 1987. Posters urged residents to take part in the Sept. enquiry into the Environmental Effects statement. "Our Choice?" One of three "Port Our City Our Life Our Choice" series protest posters. Below photograph - "For Port's sake, speak up! Keep Port free of traffic jams and increased pollution. Objections to major development due by 8 September" Photograph B+W Graphics red, blue, white. (3 copies)public action campaigns -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Film, 1970
This film is a curated collection of iconic early Australian films. There are three sequences. The first sequence consists of a segment of 1908 boxing match between Jack Johnson and Tommy Burns at Sydney Stadium, 1906 Hawthorn street scenes, and a 1909 VFL Football final. The second sequence consists of 1896 Melbourne Cup, 1906 Sydney street scenes and Baldwin Spencer footage of Australian indigenous ceremonial dance. The third sequence consists of a bush ranger scene from "Robbery Under Arms" (1920), a great escape scene from "The Sentimental Bloke" (1919) and Sydney Harbour boat chase from "Let George Do It" (1938). These sequences are repeated several times. These would have been selected by Robin Boyd for screening at the Australian Pavilion at Expo 70 in Osaka, where Robin Boyd was Exhibitions Architect. 16mm black and white silent film inside a circular metal canister with lid. Duration-39:33 minutes. Head out - Loose archival wind placed in archival film storage container.expo 70, jack johnson, tommy burns, melbourne cup, spencer baldwin, early australian film, robin boyd -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Sign, Ballarat Tramway Museum (BTM), Nov. 2004
Laminated A4 sign produced by the BTM early November 2004, advising potential travellers/visitors that the tramway was not operating due to severe damage to our power system by an electrical storm. Advises that the Depot / Museum is open. Sign was positioned at Depot Junction and secured by four tacks. It was removed by Peter Winspur at the time of the first tram run out on 26/12/2004.trams, tramways, lightning strike, closure, power supply, btm, 30th anniversary -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Audio - Recording, HMV. World Record Club recording
The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.The fabulous Victoria de los Angeles. LP 33RPM vinyl, Catalogue Number: WRC S/4838, Record cover, Plastic sleeve, 1 vinyl disk, paper Lyric pamphlet. Cover notes, J.D. Bicknell. Victoria de los Angeles Piano: Gerald Moore.lp, sound recording -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Audio - Port Melbourne remade, Seamus O'Hanlon, 25 Jun 2012
Seamus O'Hanlon discussing Port Melbourne remade, our industrial and post-industrial history 1970-2012Duration 01:32:09built environment - industrial, industry, seamus o'hanlon -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Audio - PMHPS Meeting, Oral history, Wendy Lowenstein, Glen Stuart, 22 Mar 1999
Recording of PMHPS Meeting on 22.03.1999. Recording done by Glen Stuart at Port Town Hall. Speaker was Wendy Lowenstein regarding her oral history "In the beginning was the Word". Recording duration 1:25:14piers and wharves - waterside workers, arts and entertainment - literature, crimes and misdemeanours, industrial disputes, wendy lowenstein -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic Collection
Ceremonial object - Robe, Unknown
Full length black robe with large blue lapels. Sleeve detail includes buttons and matching blue ribbon.city of greater bendigo ceremonial item -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Audio - Oral History, Jennifer Williams, Miss Amy Elizabeth Porritt, 10th February 2000
Amy Elizabeth Porritt was born on the 21st of March 1915 on Atkinson Road, Beechworth to Thomas Frederick Rodan and Maud Isabel Dowling. Her family had strong associations with Australia's oldest continuously operating newspaper, the Ovens and Murray. Both her grandfather and father worked on this newspaper and played a significant role in continuing its operation. Amy was well-known in the Beechworth community and is remembered fondly for her generosity and her love of cats ‘they are all I live for’ she would often say. She was an avid gardener and had a beautiful garden at 47 Finch Street. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth. These cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke. Miss Amy Elizabeth Porrit's account of her life in Beechworth and the local area during the 20th century is historically and socially significant to the cultural heritage of the region. She details important historical events and hardships in the region's history that had a lasting local, regional and national impact, including Australia during war time, economic struggles, and women's societal roles in a rural area. This oral history account is socially and historically significant as it is a part of a broader collection of interviews conducted by Jennifer Williams which were published in the book 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth-century Beechworth.' While the township of Beechworth is known for its history as a gold rush town, these accounts provide a unique insight into the day-to-day life of the town's residents during the 20th century, many of which will have now been lost if they had not been preserved.This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.Miss Amy Elizabeth Porrit / listen to what they say, beechworth, oral history, burke museum, porritt, amy elizabeth porritt, gardener, ovens and murray newspaper, o&m -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Looping Film, DVD's for displays in the museum
Copies of the 12 Film, DVD's used in the VDU's in the museum.Contains: Artillery (Part A); Navy (Part B); Armour (Part C); Infantry (Part D); ARVN Special Forces, TET Offensive, 1968 (Part E); Gallipoli Submarine, AE2 (Part F) ; Army Nurses in Vietnam (Part G); Vietnam, Armour, Artillery, Infanty, RAAF, helicopters, Magpie, Vung Tau (Part H); 2 Sqn Magpie Part I); Helicopters Vietnam (Part J); 9 Squadron RAAF (Part K); Vung Tau (Part L).film, dvd, national vietnam veterans museum -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Sign - Metal letter A
The steamship, SS Australia, was built in Greenock, Scotland in 1892, for the P & O Steam Navigation Company. Australia was considered to be one of the most luxurious vessels afloat and she held the speed record from England to Australia at the time. On 21st June 1904, due to pilot error, the Australia hit the notorious Corsair Rock, part of the Point Nepean Reef, on the eastern side of Port Philip heads, opening a gaping 5 meter hole along her keel. Passengers and some of the crew were rescued by craft sent from Queenscliff.Relic from a significant wreck on Corsair Rock at Point NepeanMetal letter A mounted on timber board in front with salvage account on the backAccount of salvage of artefactsign, ships name, ss australia -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Audio - Oral History, Jennifer Williams, Mr Ray Stone, 8th June 2000
Ray Stone was born in 1927, growing up in Beechworth as the oldest of eight children, but spent much of his life travelling, which he recalls in this oral history. Although he started working at the Beechworth Tannery with his father, he joined the Navy before he was of age in 1944 to support the war effort, and upon returning to Beechworth gave up on the Tannery after half a day to continue working jobs across Victoria instead. He talks extensively about watching Beechworth's famous Wheelbarrow race, where Tony Evans bet Tom Parkinson that the latter would not be able to push the former in a wheelbarrow from the Beechworth Post Office to Mt Buffalo in eight days. Calling himself a "helper all [his] life", he discusses the way many towns he worked in would come together to support struggling families, especially widows. In comparison, he suggests that the Beechworth of 2000 is much less community-orientated. He also discusses the economic changes he's witnessed around Beechworth, from the difficulties during the Depression while he was a child, to business improvements at the Tannery and Brewery, to the tourism boom. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth. These cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke.Ray Stone's account of his life is historically and socially significant to the region of Beechworth for the way it describes changes in the town over the twentieth century. It covers themes including community relationships, business development, and cultural life. It makes this commentary in comparison to nearby regions such as the Snowy Mountains. This oral history account is socially and historically significant as it is a part of a broader collection of interviews conducted by Jennifer Williams which were published in the book 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth-century Beechworth.' While the township of Beechworth is known for its history as a gold rush town, these accounts provide a unique insight into the day-to-day life of the town's residents during the 20th century, many of which will have now been lost if they had not been preserved.This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.Mr Ray Stone /listen to what they say, beechworth, oral history, burke museum, stone, ray stone, tannery, tanneries, finch street, navy, the great depression, poverty, wheelbarrow race, cars, gift footrace, marriage, travel -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, Video, Vietnam: a television history: Part 9 - Cambodia and Laos
A series of 13 videocassettes (VHS)vietnam - history, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -
St Kilda Historical Society
Poster - Advertisement, Captain Kenney's Victoria, 1880s
Captain William Kenney pioneered swimming baths at St Kilda after arriving in Victoria in 1852. Later, he built baths at Brighton Beach.Laminated photocopy of printed advertisement for Kenny's Baths at St Kilda and Brightoncaptain kenney, st kilda bathing ship, brighton beach baths, 19th century -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Poster (Item) - Avon Mark 1 Aero Engine (Sectioned) MI 43:12
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, Video, Secrets of War: Air wars Vietnam Alpha strike
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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Sign - Auxiliary Board, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "BRAY RACEWAY"
Sheet metal sign boards, with bracket to hang on front of trams- used to advertise horse trotting racing meetings at the Bray Raceway on the Sebastopol line. Lettered "TROTTING BRAY RACEWAY TONIGHT" and on the opposite side "TROTTING BRAY RACEWAY FRIDAY"trams, tramways, ballarat, signs, bray raceway, trotting -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Audio - PMHPS Meeting, Fishermen's Bend migrant hostel, Vivienne Gunn, 23 Sep 2005
Recording of the PMHPS meeting 23.09.2003 at Port Melbourne Bowling Club. Speaker was Vivienne Gunn on immigration, migrants and the migrant hostel at Fishermen's Bend . Recording duration 47:34immigration, vivienne gunn -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster, Royal Victorian Instituted for the Blind. and Deafness foundation, get immunised for Rubella, 1970's
Poster advertising the need to get immunised for Rubella, a cause of deafness. Space donated by the Royal Victorian Instituted for the Blind. Notes the Deafness foundation. Used on a Melbourne tram.trams, tramways, advertisements, posters -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Sign - PTC Logo Adhesive Label, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), c.1990s
Used as external signage on vehicles.Signage belonging to a now-superceded transit agency (since the 1990s).A plain, rectangular adhesive sign (with rounded corners) with the logo of the PTC printed in front. The brand of the adhesive (3M Controltac) is printed on the adhesive-covering paper on the reverse side. The logo is printed via applying pressure to the label; it is likely that the original adhesive film (which would be made of plastic) has been used.public transport, signs, ptc, public transport corporation -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Audio - Video Recording - Digital, Ben Piper, Brushes with Fate, and with Port Melbourne, 23 Mar 2021
Digital video recording of PMHPS meeting held on 23 March 2021. Ben PIPER talks on the topic of ‘Brushes with Fate, and with Port Melbourne’, the story of how Ben came to live in Port Melbourne, told through a lens of world, Australian and Port Melbourne history, with occasional lashings of nostalgia.ben piper -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "The New System of Fares and Sections to be Introduced on Sunday, 3rd October 1937", Sep. 1937
Poster titled "The New System of Fares and Sections to be Introduced on Sunday, 3rd October 1937" produced by the SECV, Ballarat Electric Tramways. r. Provides information on the SEC control, the method of payment, sections, fares, weekly, school, scholars, luggage and parcel, View Point Services and Tourist Ticket. Signed by H. N. Hornabrook as Manager. Has printer's name, Tulloch and King in the bottom left-hand corner. See Reg. Item 8025 for individual copies and 8251 for the associated map/fare poster that was used in tramcars.Demonstrates the work the SEC undertook to provide information on the new ticket system of 1937 and yields information about the system.Poster contained within Reg. Item 2488, page 30, Numerous on page 31 in ink and penciltrams, tramways, sec, fares, sections, tickets -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Sign, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "TRAFFIC / DEPOT"
Wooden sign painted with white background, black letters, "TRAFFIC, DEPOT" and two red directional arrows under words. On a wooden board, which has a groove underneath (ex tongue and groove plank?). Has two off centre mounting holes.trams, tramways, depot, ballarat -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Year of the Road Runner
A Film, DVD in case named "A" Field Battery RAA. Red & Blue colours with a shield with the words 'Semper Paratus' (US Coast Guard song). Year of the Road Runner & description of contents of Film, DVD which runs 40 minsfilm, dvd, field battery raa -
Federation University Historical Collection
Poster, Elise Whetter (Celtlink), Celebrating 20 Years of the Ballarat Technology Park, 2015
Brown, blue and white poster with the words 'Celebrating 20 Years of Innovation and Enterprise'.ballarat technology park, greenhill, anniversary -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Poster (Item) - RAAF memorabilia - RAAF units, Poster - Aircraft of 1970's, newspaper articles handwritten notes & AWM
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Stanley Athenaeum & Public Room
Ceremonial object - Wooden Gavel
Wooden gavel 15cm with thin handle . Circular engraving worn on the base.Circular engraving worn on the base. -
Vision Australia
Audio (item) - Sound recording, Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, Around the Institute: August 3, 2004
Around the Institute was a weekly program consisting of interviews around a specific topic, undertaken by host Corey Nassau. August 3 - Annual High Tea at Windsor Hotel – Ian McDonald, Nystagmus and albinism – Ros Wellington.royal victorian institute for the blind, radio shows -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Poster, Infomation of Mourning Soldier Print
Legend of the Framed Print "Mourning Soldier"poster, mourning soldier -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Poster (Item) - Canberra Hydraulic Components MI 13:7
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Melbourne Legacy
Audio - Recording, tape, Rt. Hon. John. G. Gorton C.H., M.P
The tape has not been played but from the label it is presumed to be a recording of John Gorton to launch Legacy week. For many years the main time of year for fundraising is September when Legacy holds 'Legacy Week'. Often there is a celebrity who would launch the appeal so presumably John Gorton recorded a message. John Gorton flew for the RAAF in World War 11, and was Prime Minister of Australia.A record that celebrities were part of the Legacy Appeals in the 1970s.Black magnetic tape on a clear plastic spool in a red cardboard box.Box, RCA, Magnetic Tape, For your recorder, Extra strength, Professional standard, Splice free, 600Ft. 1.5 mil polyester 5" reel, type 15M-6, 1.5 mil polyester, RCA type 1.5m-6. Spool, made in USA, RCA, side 1legacy week, legacy promotion