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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - INTERIM TELEPHONE DIRECTOR: BENDIGO, MAY 1959
INTERIM TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, BENDIGO, MAY 1959 Paper booklet containing New telephone numbers and amended dialling codes for Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Epsom, Junortoun, Kangaroo Falt, Maiden Gully and Spring Gully. A Commonwealth of Australia production with Coat of Arms on front page.book, bendigo, bendigo history & its people -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Ginger Murdoch
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 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. 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. Ginger Murdoch Author: William Hatfield Publisher: Angus & Robertson Date: 1932The label on spine with typed text PAT FIC HAT Pastedown front endpaper has a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Servicewarrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, ginger murdoch, william hatfield -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Ephemera - Capek, Irene Mrs
Card from Som, after the death of Fred Capek given to Irene Capek.som, capek fred, capek irene -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - HERALD SUN TORCH RELAY SOUVENIR
Four pages souvenir edition of the Herald Sun from Thursday July 27, 2000. Herald sun official newspaper of the Sydney 2000 Olympic torch relay. Welcome to the Goldfieldsnewspaper, herald, souvenir edition -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: ON THE MOVE
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. On the move: Bendigo's Wayne Hillman supplied this photograph of Bucknell and Jeffrey House Removals on the job in the 1940s. The old cottage seen here was being moved from Garsed street and Wayne's father can be seen in the white pants, third from the left. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Jones, Colin, Nowa Nowa Primary School No 3738, 2012
A study of passenger vessels on the Gippsland Lakes and rivers, from about 1880 to 2010ships and shipping -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: AT SEA
Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from Saturday, March 20, 2004. At sea: George Healey, then 18, was off to serve in World War 1, but never survived. He sent this card to his sister, May Healey, in Golden Square in 1916. The card was to show her as his ''home at sea''. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: POLICE DRILL
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Police drill outside the stone lock up at their barracks at Camp Hill in 1861. The barracks were built in 1858. The officer's residence is at the rear. (Photo courtesy of the Bendigo Historical Society)newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - British Standard 1657 Buttress Threads
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Greensborough Historical Society
Book, The Tower of Remembrance and War Memorial Park on Garden Hill at Kangaroo Ground, Victoria, 1919o
Outlines the history of the Kangaroo Ground Tower of Remembrance from 1918 and the process undertaken by Nillumbik Council's Advisory Committee to refurbish the Tower. The Tower of Remembrance is a local landmark in Kangaroo Ground which had fallen into disrepair. This book documents the restoration of the Tower and Park c1997-2002Soft clear plastic front cover, red back cover. 107 pages, black and white illus. tower of remembrance, war memorials, kangaroo ground, nillumbik council, eltham district historical society -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book - Military memories of servicemen, Soldiering on: The Australian Army at Home and Overseas, 1942
World War 2 published by Australian War Memorial Printed and bound by Halstead Press p/l 9-19 Nickson St Sydney 1942red fabric over card, text in gold,, text with photographs and line drawingsDonated to the Stawell Biarri Group for Genealogy inc. by Nino and Ellenor Musumeci. September 2012world war 2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - BOOKLET, AVIATION, Whitcombe & Tombs Pty Ltd, Whose Aeroplane is That?, 1943
Refers to the service of LAC Lance & Percy Coates.This is a booklet with a light cardboard cover, fastened with 2 staples. On the front is an underside view of a spitfire in flight. (Probably an MK1). It has RAF roundels. The phrase "Whose plane is that?" is printed in red ink. The phrase "Aircraft Identification" is in white ink. Inside are 53 pages of Aircraft photos, data and charts of the various warring nations. The front cover has a rubber stamp of McGills Agency, Melbourne.ww2, aircraft -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, W Dittmar, Exercises in qualitative chemical analysis with a short treatise on gas analysis, 1887
Brown hardcovered book of 313 pagesnon-fictionw. dittmar, aldred mica smith, chemistry, gas analysis -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (collection) - The Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans August 1967
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Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Vintage, Appeasing Hitler : Chamberlain, Churchill and the road to war, 2020
On a wet afternoon in September 1938, Neville Chamberlain stepped off an aeroplane and announced that his visit to Hitler had averted the greatest crisis in recent memory. It was, he later assured the crowd in Downing Street, 'peace for our time'. Less than a year later, Germany invaded Poland and the Second World War began. This is a vital new history of the disastrous years of indecision, failed diplomacy and parliamentary infighting that enabled Nazi domination of Europe. Drawing on previously unseen sources, it sweeps from the advent of Hitler in 1933 to the beaches of Dunkirk, and presents an unforgettable portrait of the ministers, aristocrats and amateur diplomats whose actions and inaction had devastating consequences.Index, bibliography, notes, ill, maps, p.497.non-fictionOn a wet afternoon in September 1938, Neville Chamberlain stepped off an aeroplane and announced that his visit to Hitler had averted the greatest crisis in recent memory. It was, he later assured the crowd in Downing Street, 'peace for our time'. Less than a year later, Germany invaded Poland and the Second World War began. This is a vital new history of the disastrous years of indecision, failed diplomacy and parliamentary infighting that enabled Nazi domination of Europe. Drawing on previously unseen sources, it sweeps from the advent of Hitler in 1933 to the beaches of Dunkirk, and presents an unforgettable portrait of the ministers, aristocrats and amateur diplomats whose actions and inaction had devastating consequences.great britain - politics and government - 1936-1945, great britain - diplomatic history -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Magazine (Item) - (SP) Collection of AHSA New Bulletins, AHSA - Vol 21 No 3/ 4; Vol 22 No 2/ 4; Vol 23 No 1/ 2/ 3/ Vol 24 No 3/ 4; Vol 25 No 1/ 2 /3 /4; Vol 26 No 1/ 2/ 3; Vol 27 No 1/ 2/ 4; Vol 34 No 3; Vol 35 No 3; Vol 37 No 1/ 4; Vol 38 No 2; Vol 42 No 2; Vol 44 No 3
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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Trams not playthings", 5/07/1972 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, 5/7/1972, about the concerns of the Brown Hill Progress Association that the tramway preservation project does not become "a plaything" for people who may want to play trams". Spoke about control of the organisation by Ballarat people. Cr. Chisholm noted the BTPS had six Ballarat based members on the Board, including the President. Cr. Pittard moved that a copy of the letter be sent to the BTPS.In red ink in top right hand corner '5/7/72'trams, tramways, brown hill progress association, museum establishment, btps, city of ballaarat -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: INSPECTING THE NELL GWYNNE GOLDMINE POPPET HEAD
Newspaper clipping, Bendigo Advertiser 19.10.1970. . Image shows six men, members of the Rotary Club of Bendigo South standing at the foot of the Nell Gwynne Poppet head. Men in image are: Professor Lewis ( lecturer in architecture, Melbourne University) , Don Allen, Albert Richardson, Vic Wodetski, Bill Rodd and Jack Bright. 'Caption reads: Professor Lewis is keen to see Bendigo do something about restoring the surface workings of a goldmine to working condition as a tourist attraction.'bendigo, mining, minimg museum -
Federation University Historical Collection
Magazine, Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine, 1961
Red covered magazineballarat school of mines -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet (Item) - Description and parts list AN 03-5-2, Induction Vibrator complete
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES COLLECTION: MINUTE BOOK, 1995 - 2005
Minute Book. Star of Bendigo Tent Independent Order of Rechabites 23 loose pages in back of book. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet - Periodical, The Ruskin 'All About' Nunawading, 1954
Booklet The Ruskin 'All About' Nunawading. 1954Booklet The Ruskin 'All About' Nunawading. 1954Booklet The Ruskin 'All About' Nunawading. 1954directories, city of nunawading -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, Armed Forces
A seventy eight page Magazine titled "The Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces. Many Photograph of people and places impacted by the North Vietnamese Conflict.booklet, republic of vietnam, north vietnamese -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (collection) - Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp C3 Engine Operators Handbook, Operators Handbook Twin Wasp C3 Engines
Detailed instructions for operation of Twin Wasp C3 engine -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Shire of Rodney Sheep Dip Register 1955-19182, 1955-1982
Record of prices paid to Rodney Shire for sheep dipping 1955-1982, Tatura and District.Blue cover, suede spine and corners. Red label, blue label, gold lettering on spine.sheep dip list, shire of rodney, local sheep farmers, livestock, shire of rodney sheep dipping register -
Clunes Museum
Book, W.T. RAWLEIGH CO. LTD
GUIDE FOR OWNERS OF STOCK AND POULTRY.BOOK - STOCK AND POULTRY RAISERS' GUIDE 1937local history, book, reference -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - CAFÉ ROYAL ADVERTISING FAN
Cardboard fan advertising Café Royal 300 Hargreaves St Bendigo with a depictions of a small girl seated reading, on front , back reads Café Royal services & details, wooden handle.Steele Melbourne 2338 Made in USAcommerce, advertising, fan -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOKS, WW2, The Sun News Pictorial, The First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Years of War in Pictures, Post 1945
Book collection from WW2, inside one book was a collection of leaflets, refer Cat No 4185.10. Originally owned by Reg RUNCIMANBook collection, hard buckram cardboard covers, two dark maroon, 4 red colour, gold print on the spine, embossed designs on the front covers, slightly glossy pages, Vol’s 1 - 2 320 pages, Vol’s 3,4,5.6 255 pages, illustrated B & W and colour.the wars best photos, ww2 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ARTS REGISTER 2ND EDITION, 2001
Arts Register 2nd Edition. 148 pages. Spring bound. City of Greater Bendigo.City of Greater Bendigo, Cultural Development & Eventsbook, bendigo, arts -
Vision Australia
Booklet - Text, Auxiliary newsletter: Out and About, 1988-2005
Out and About was produced to keep RVIB auxiliaries informed of news, activities and events that occured across the state, and to recognise individual auxiliaries and their members undertaking the valuable work of raising funds for RVIB. Produced six times a year, changing to monthly and possibly quarterly. A photocopied issue of the original 1956 newsletter is included. 1 v. in various pagingsAlso titled: RVIB Auxiliary newsletterroyal victorian institute for the blind, auxiliaries