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The Beechworth Burke Museum
Audio - Oral History, Jennifer Williams, Isabel Wells, 24th February 2000
Isabel Wells was born in Beechworth in 1914. Her father, Mr. Newey, was a butcher; his shop was in Ford street and he took over from his grandfather. The family business, along with the local residents, was supplying the main government institutions in the region, like Mayday Hills Hospital and The Ovens and Murray Home, making a large percentage of his profit. Mr. Newey was also a captain of the fire brigade and Isabel mentioned that there were more fires happening in those days. The menace of a huge fire was impending in Beechworth for many years, due to the lack of adequate water supply and the absence of trained firefighters. The first fire brigade in the town was voluntary and was formed in 1858 under Superintendent Luke Reilly. A few other schemes deployed the following years, with all failing to sufficiently control the fires that occurred, until the creation of the first reliable fire brigade in the 1870s. The worst fire in the town's history happened on 23rd March 1867; it swept through many shops and the post office, leaving behind a damage cost estimated at £12,000. Isabel's mother was in a wheelchair, suffering from osteoarthritis; thus, Isabel had taken over the responsibility for looking after her mother and assisting her with daily living needs and personal care activities. She used to play golf and tennis and she was a member of the town tennis club. In terms of social life, Boxing Day was a big occasion for the town, with horse-races and games taking place. According to her narration, the use of cars was a turning point in the town's social activities, since people were able to visit nearby places and take day trips, such as having a picnic at Lake Kerferd or Buffalo. 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. Isabel's account of her life in Beechworth and the local area during the 20th century is historically and socially significant as it offers valuable information about the business activity in the region and provides a deeper insight into the operation of butcher shops and meat supply during the first half of the previous century. Additionally, it offers invaluable information about the everyday life of people living in Beechworth, and highlights aspects of the overall social life and activities.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.Mrs Isabel Wells/ isabel wells, beechworth, mr. newey, ford street, butcher, mayday hills hospital, the ovens and murray home, fire brigade, 23rd march 1867, fire, osteoarthritis, boxing day, horseraces, lake kerferd, buffalo, picnic, cars, firefighters, luke reilly, wheelchair -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Poster - On Anzac Day
Framed poster -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Sign, "Weather Blinds must not be operated by Passengers", 1960's
Enamel sign, black capital letters and lines on white background, with words in capital letters "Weather Blinds must not be operated by Passengers". Sign has a black enamel backing, with marks from the enamelling process and two holes centrally at either end. Two copies held.trams, tramways, signs, sec -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Audio - PMHPS Meeting, Brian Hegarty, Growing up in Middle Park and Port Melbourne, Garry Smart, 25 Mar 2019
Brian Hegarty talks about growing up in the 1950s, 60s and 70s from Middle Park to Port Melbourne. PMHPS monthly meeting 25.03.2019 Duration including meeting preliminaries 1:08:56social activities, families, brian hegarty -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Poster - Image, Boer War Statue, Ballarat, c1906
The Boer War was fought in South Africa,A digital scan of a printed memorial to Ballarat soldiers killed in South Africa. It includes the Ballarat Baoer war Monument, and 14 Ballarat Soldiers.soldiers statue, boer war memorial, ballarat boer war soldiers, r.w. salmon, g.a. eddy, foster, j.s. molloy, s.r. coulter, a.g. gilpin, j. hurst, a.t. allen, c. vaughan, neil grant, a.r. burley, alfred johnson, south africa, h.a. plamer -
Greensborough Historical Society
Audio - Audio Cassette, Diamond Valley Choral Society, Creation, performed by Diamond Valley Choral Society, 1990s
A recording of The Creation', an English language oratorio by Joseph Haydn, composed in 1797/98. The oratorio depicts and celebrates the creation of the world as described in the Book of Genesis. This performance by the Diamond Valley Choral Society has no information on date or venue.1 audio cassette in clear plastic caseHandwritten on cassette: "Haydn - Creation - A + B"diamond valley choral society, creation (oratorio) -
Vision Australia
Audio (item) - Sound recording, Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, Around the Institute: June 26, 2001
Around the Institute was a weekly program designed to keep clients and staff informed of events, activities and thoughts relating to low vision and blindness. It consisted of interviews undertaken by Jo Matthews, with sound engineer Ed Gamble, designed to inform, educate and explore on a variety of topics. . June 26: Update on library - Jane Evans, New recreational advisory group – Beth Johnston.royal victorian institute for the blind, radio shows -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Banner
The letters of the completed banner were made by different churches within in the presbytery and spelled a sentence, presumably "BUILD YOUR CHURCH LORD!" Orbost was one of the churches that had the finished banner on display. One of 24 small banners with tabs at the top of each for hanging on a rod. 19 have large blue letters appliqued on them. Twenty two of the banners are roughly square and two are smaller and oblong. Three have no letters and are used as spacers in the four word sentence that the letters make. The banners are decorated with rural and coastal images. BN068.9 "R" with green and yellow wattle in fabric paint. This banner has wo tabs. "R"uniting church adult fellowship -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Photos from the Vietnam War by Les Fuller (12 Film, DVDs)
vietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives - australian -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Poster - "Port Melbourne, Our City, Our Life, our Choice, No Amalgamation", 1984
The slogan 'Our city, Our Life, Our Choice' was the result of a competition run by the Council and won by Joan CURTIS of Heath Street. The poster was designed by the Council in protest against the amagamation threat of the early 1980sProtest poster 'Port Melbourne - Our City, Our Life, Our Choice - No Amalgamation' Port Melbourne City coat of arms in black, graphics red, white and bluepublic action campaigns, amalgamation, joan curtis -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Vietnam: the ten thousand day war: special collectors edition (Copy)
Contains 7 Film, DVDsvietnam war, 1961-1975 - participation, american -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Poster, Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), "Tramways 1885 - 1985", "Railways 1854 - 1985" "Buses 1925 - 1985", 1985
Set of three transport posters issued by the Metropolitan Transit Authority, in 1985 featuring trams, trains and buses. See also Reg Item 151 for a laminated version of the tramways poster. .1 - Poster titled "Tramways 1885 - 1985" featuring drawings of cable tram set with a bogie trailer (472), horse drawn tram black and white drawings of A, F, J and S class trams, though the last one printed with a Z. SW6 940, horse, U 205, W2 348, Z 223 and A 233. Has two Metropolitan Transit Authority tram tickets and an Inner Travel Card, with the MTA logo in the bottom right hand corner. .2 - Poster titled "Railways 1854 - 1985", featuring drawings of the first train for Hobsons Bay Railway Company, various trains, staff drawings, Tait, Harris, Hitachi and Comeng trains with a first class all lines tick, Collingwood Edmondson and a Metro and Travel cards. Has part of the suburban train map. .3 - Poster titled "Buses 1925 - 19856", featuring drawings of 1925 MMTB Tilling Stevens, Munitions, Thornycroft, Leyland, double deck buses, AEC Regal Mk 3, Mk 6, 1975 Leyland, 1977 Volvo and MAN buses, along with a Day Tripper and other travel card tickets.trams, tramways, posters, melbourne, mmtb, mta, tram & bus services, buses, railways, tilling stevens, thornycroft, leyland, aec, volvo, man -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Film - Compact Diskette with video, Sony, "Melbourne 2006", Mar. 2006
DVD, with plastic cover and printed paper insert, DVD printed white cover, titled "Melbourne 2006", of the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. Features the flying Melbourne W class from about 6min 20 secs for about 3 mins. DVD is write protected, could not copied to the hard drive.trams, tramways, commonwealth games, melbourne, events -
Bendigo Military Museum
Poster - POSTER, FRAMED, "The Family Herald and The Weekly Star", Montreal Canada, " CANADA RALLY TO THE EMPIRE - ANSWERING THE CALL OF THE MOTHERLAND", 1914
From relevant information - "The poster was sent to my Grandmother's father (John Garriock) from Canada. It was a giveaway in a Canadian farming magazine of the time. My Grandmother (Barbara Ross) and Grandfather (Robert Heddle Ross) kept the poster and it eventually came to me. I wish to donate it as a way of remembering them".Poster - panoramic poster, paper, black and white, depicts the "Canadian Army setting sail to join British Forces operating against Germany in the War of Nations". Collection of ships setting sail. Print below illustration. Frame - timber, brown/black stain/paint, cardboard backing to poster, cardboard backing. Glass front.framed item, poster, canada, 1914 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Audio - Launch of Gold tram and Interview with Arthur Reynolds, Alan Bradley, Jun. 2001
ABC Radio broadcast at the time of the launch of the Gold Tram - tram 45 - on loan from Bendigo,Demonstrates the work of the Ballarat Tramway MuseumAudio cassette tape containing 1. Approximate 50 second item within the Goldfields Radio ABC News on 12/6/2001 regarding the launch of the Gold Tram that day. Contains an interview with Peter Winspur. Read by Graham Knox? Recorded by Stephen Butler. 2. Interview (oral history) with Arthur Reynolds by Alan Bradley (see Reg. Item No. 2146 for transcript) concerning the use of the SEC Ballarat Scrubber Tram. Made 14/6/2001 and for audio extract. tramways, trams, gold tram, abc radio news, ballarat scrubber tram, interviews, tram 45 -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Audio - Radio interview, 3aw, $10,000 reward for safe return of stolen 104-year-old weather vane, 20 May 2022
On 20 May 2022, Phillip Cornish, Acting CEO of the Mission, was interviewed by 3aw about the theft of the windvane and the reward. A $10,000 reward is on offer for the safe return of a historic weather vane. The 104-year-old weather vane was taken from the top of the Mission to Seafarers building in the Docklands in March. One generous patron is putting up the reward. CEO of Mission to Seafarers, Philip Cornish, is desperate for the weather vane to be returned. “It’s a wonderful piece of Victorian heritage,” he told Ross and Russel. “The person who returns it potentially gets $10,000, no questions asked. “We think its probably someone looking for scrap metal which would be an absolute disgrace if that’s the case.”mission to seafarers, radio interview, podcast, weathervane, phillip cornish, windvane, theft, 3aw, community radio, reward -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Ashes of Vietnam: from the book by Stuart Rintoul
5 part radio documentaryvietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives - australian -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Hero Found: the greatest POW escape of the Vietnam War, 2010
dengler, dieter, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - prisoners and prisons, prisoners of war - united states -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, Video, Vietnam: 7, the Battle of Khe Sanh
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Vision Australia
Audio (item) - Sound recording, Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, Around the Institute: April 30, 2002
Around the Institute was a weekly program designed to keep clients and staff informed of events, activities and thoughts relating to low vision and blindness. It consisted of interviews undertaken by Jo Matthews-Lamb, Susan Thompson, Janet Cronin and Corey Nassau, with sound engineer Ed Gamble, designed to inform, educate and explore on a variety of topics. April 30: Northern region and different professional groups – Amanda Howell, Barriers to higher education – Collette O’Neill. royal victorian institute for the blind, radio shows -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Audio - PMHPS, Mapping of Port Melbourne, Janet Bolitho and Margaret Bride, John Kirby, 22 May 2017
Janet Bolitho and Margaret Bride talk about mapping of Port Melbourne Duration 01:26:51 (including meeting preliminaries)built environment, janet bolitho, margaret bride -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Poster - Map showing ancesttral family estates of Melbourne's first people pre European Settlement, Marcus Lee Design, This once as it was - the ancestral family estates of Melbourne's first people, 2016
This once as it was - the ancestral family estates of Melbourne's first people. Colour map with text. Pre European settlement. Based on Colonial survey maps of Port Phillip Bay region. 1837 and 1864australian aborigines, natural environment, arweet derrmut, point ormond, st kilda, yuro yuroke, bunjil, burrarung river, queensbridge falls -
Bialik College
Audio - Oral history interviews with Israel Kipen and Sara Segal, 1987
Four audio cassette tapes of approximately three hours of interviews with Israel Kipen, a founder of Bialik and its longest serving Council President. One audio tape of a one hour interview with Sara Segal, an early teacher at Bialik in Carlton. Both interviewed by librarian Jan Marshall in April 1987. There is also an associated file of notes and correspondence between Jan Marshall and Hilary Rubinstein, co-author of a bicentennial history of Australian Jewry. The interviews have been digitised. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.oral history, foundations -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Audio - Audio Recording, Mark Cauchi; Eltham to Hurstbridge Railway – The line through the valley of the Diamond, 22 Apr 2022
At this meeting we are pleased to have as our guest speaker Mark Cauchi, who is an active railway historian and a long-term member of the former Australian Railway Historical Society. Mark will provide a glimpse into the extension of the railway from Eltham to Hurstbridge, using various historic and current-day railway images.1:18:42 duration Digital MP3 file; 27.0 MBaudio recording, eltham, eltham district historical society, meeting, society meeting, agm, hurstbridge line, mark cauchi, railway line -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Audio - Video, Memories of former Warden Monte Punshon, Camp 4
Memories of former Warden to the Camp 4 Japanese families, Monte Punshon. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Paper bag batch, museum copy, 9 August 2004
Photos from the Vietnam Warvietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives - australian -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Nineteen nurses: the story of Alfred Hospital nurses in wartime Vietnam (Copy 2), 2012
The story of nineteen nurses from the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne who volunteered to go to Vietnamnurses - vietnam -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Poster - Postcards and handkerchief, c: 1919
Found in attic of Hardware store at No. 1 Barkly Avenue, Richmond. This store was the original home of the Turner Tools Company (later Stanley Tools Co). The Company moved to Swan Street Richmond before they moved to Nunawading. (Information Courtesy of Graham Plaw of the Hand Tools Preservation Society). Inscription from postcards written by Joseph Tracey to his wife Jessie and daughter Ruby, 9 Barclay Street, Richmond. Joseph's number was 2891, 38th battalion, 6th reinforcements. Joseph embarked from Melbourne Victoria on board HMAT A7 Medic on 16th December 1916 and returned to Australia 10 April 1919WWIWooden framed picture with eight souvenir postcards and one handkerchief from France 1919, mounted on wood veneer. Handkerchief with 1919 and pink flowers on top. Army photo of 17 soldiers. All postcards are embroidered and the handkerchief with lace edging a Souvenir de France: 1919.On the flower- Rose Day in London 13/7/17 Post card inscriptions: -Wednesday 11/4/17. Well Dear I did reseve your loving letter yesterday and I was pleas to heare that you was out of the Hospitle agan and I hope you keep well right now and Dear I hope you don't afto go in to the Hospitle agan Well Dear dont you voat for Conscription voat NO as the game is not fare. To My Loving Wife from your Loving Husbiun Lark Hill Camp -Just a small Card from a land so fare away amuce the snow and strangers in the lovey place they ? London I remain your loving husbuin Sutton Mandeville Camp To my Dear Wife From your lovening Husbuin Abroad -Just a small card from a Place far away and so cold and quite I wish I was near you agan and let it be sun I send this from Lark Hill Camp To My Dear Daughter From Dear Dader -To My Dear Little Ruby I am sending this card to you with my best love to you and lots of kiss for you Dear and hope you are a good Girl for Mother from your Dear Father in a place so far away. The best of love to you and hope you are well as it leave me in the best of Halth. Sent from Camp at Wind mill Hill on the Planys Vilies Tudgershall. Miss Ruby Tracey No. 9 Barkley Avenue E Richmond Melb Vic Australin -From Dear Dadey Just a token my Dear Daughter From your farther across the sea and smetimes I that I hear your laughter Blown right across the Water. From Sutton Mandeville No. 4 Trayind Camp To Miss R Tracey No 9 Barkley Avenue Richmond Australian -My Darling Wife Just a small card from your loving Boy and Hoping you Will be please with it I did get this at the camp we just came to the name of it is Sutton Mandeville and it was snowing a little. Mrs J Tracey No 9 Barkley Avenue Richmond Aust Vict Aust military history, army -
Bendigo Military Museum
Poster, Daily Chronicle, "Fall in", c 1914 - 1917
This is a cloth/linen poster from WW1. In the centre is an image of a British soldier blowing a bugle. Under that are a few music lines with the phrase "Fall in". Further out from the centre are sets of the two British flags with 8 lines of poetry, encouraging men to enlist, and why. Around the outsides are the flags of various allied nations at the time. (N.B. The US flag is not there which dates the poster around 1914 - 1917).ww1, enlistment, personal & national courage -
Vision Australia
Audio - Sound recording, Vision Australia, Around Vision Australia: Episode 39
Covering issues and news about Vision Australia and the opportunities it provides for clients, volunteers and staff. Host: Stephen Jolley with guest interviews by Valerie Thomas. Stephen Jolly talks about the situation for deaf-blind people with Jan Bendenko. Glen Morrow speaks with Frances Keyland about what's available in the library. Valerie Thomas interviews indoor 10 Pin bowling champions Hazel Hockley and Paul Holmes. Kate Gniel concludes the program with a wrap of what's going on around the organisation.1 digital sound file in WAV formatradio shows, vision australia, valerie thomas, kate gniel, stephen jolley, jan bendenko, glen morrow, frances keyland, hazel hockley, paul holmes