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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - JAMES LERK COLLECTION: BENDIGO JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2008 GRAND FINAL PROGRAM, 2008
JAMES LERK COLLECTION: Bendigo Junior Football League 2008 Grand Final Program Program of the teams and timetables - coloured cover courtesy of the Bendigo Advertiser price $2G&L Gerdsen screen printing , Bendigo -
Australian Commando Association - Victoria
Book, Col Ron Garland MC and Bar, Nothing Is Forever -2/3rd Australian Independent/Commando Company
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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, The Prose Works of John Milton Vol 1
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. 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. The Prose Works of John Milton Vol 1 Author: John Milton Publisher: Henry G Bohn Date: 1848 The label on the spine with typed text PAT 828 MIL The endpaper facing the flyleaf has a stamp from the Warrnambool Mechanics Institute Front loose endpaper has a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Warrnambool Mechanics Instituteshipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, 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, the prose works of john milton vol 1, john milton -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Tim Burstall, The Prize by Tim Burstall and Gerard Vandenberg published by Michael Joseph, 1962
Tim Burstall lived in Eltham[32] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Book - Library Book The Age Newspaper Stories from 1979--1980, The best of the Age 1979---1980 Edited by Peter Cole-Adams, First published 1980
A large paperback book with laminated black and white covers. It has a montage of people and events on both front and back covers.age, newspaper, best, journalism, -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Audio - Audio Cassette, Warren, Frances, Daniel Harvey, 7/12/1996
Talk given by Frances Warren to Nunawading & District Historical Society meeting on 7 December 1996, on Daniel Harvey and the establishment of his implement works in Doncaster, Box Hill and Nunawading.Audio Cassette - Talk given by Frances Warren to Nunawading & District Historical Society meeting on 7th December, 1996, on Daniel Harvey and the establishment of his implement works in Doncaster, Box Hill and Nunawading. Document held at WHS archives under ND5954.daniel harvey, farm and garden equipment, farm equipment factories, warren, frances, nunawading and district historical society inc. -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Australian War Memoria, Royal Australian Navy, 1939-1942, 1957
This volume tells briefly the story of the Royal Australian Navy and of Australian naval policy between the wars, and then records the part played by the ships and men of that Navy on every ocean and particularly in the eastern Mediterranean and Indian and Pacific Oceans from 1939 until the end of the first quarter of 1942. When the volume ends most of the surviving ships are on the Australia Station again and the Japanese fleets dominate half the Pacific Ocean and the seas to the north of Australia. The [author] describes not only the actions of the Australian ships but the problems and policies of the British fleets of which they often formed a part, and discusses the strategical and administrative questions encountered by the senior leaders in AustraliaIndex, ill, maps, p.686.non-fictionThis volume tells briefly the story of the Royal Australian Navy and of Australian naval policy between the wars, and then records the part played by the ships and men of that Navy on every ocean and particularly in the eastern Mediterranean and Indian and Pacific Oceans from 1939 until the end of the first quarter of 1942. When the volume ends most of the surviving ships are on the Australia Station again and the Japanese fleets dominate half the Pacific Ocean and the seas to the north of Australia. The [author] describes not only the actions of the Australian ships but the problems and policies of the British fleets of which they often formed a part, and discusses the strategical and administrative questions encountered by the senior leaders in Australiaworld war 1939 – 1945 – naval operations - australia, royal australian navy - history -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book, Marysville-Moss, Snow and Mountain Ash, Unknown
A pictorial book of the flora, fauna and waterfalls in the Marysville district affected by the 2009 Black Saturday bushfirePaperback. Front cover has a main photograph of Keppel's Hut on a misty day in the rainforest. There are also four small photographs along the lower edge of the front cover. They are of a Mountain Ash canopy, a Drosera Peltata, a Brown Tree Frog and a view of the smoke plume on Black Saturday.marysville, victoria, australia, landmarks, flora, fauna, waterfalls, black saturday, bushfire, nature -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Course Guide, University of Ballarat Program Guide 2012/13, 2012
Couloured cover, predominantly in ochre, with a young man's face featuring. Contents include: Applications. Deferring. VTAC, fees, financial assistance, scholarships, TAFE, Campuses, Exchange Universities, Stawell Campus, Camp Street Campus, Arts Academy, SMB Campus, Mt Helen Campus, Ararat Campus, Horsham Campus, UB Tec, Student Experience office, Student Living Skills, Aboriginal Education Centre, Student Learning Skills, Conselling, UB PASS, UB Ready, SMB Fitness Centre, Disability, Helat Services, Alumni, Gold Key Chapter, Student Res, idences, apprenticeships, traineeships, unisports, ceramics, acting, teaching, nursing, human movement, Nick Driden, engineering, geology, mining, equineapplications. deferring. vtac, fees, financial assistance, scholarships, tafe, campuses, exchange universities, stawell campus, camp street campus, arts academy, smb campus, mt helen campus, ararat campus, horsham campus, ub tec, student experience office, student living skills, aboriginal education centre, student learning skills, conselling, ub pass, ub ready, smb fitness centre, disability, helat services, alumni, gold key chapter, student res, idences, apprenticeships, traineeships, unisports, ceramics, acting, teaching, nursing, human movement, nick driden, engineering, geology, mining, equine, courses, handbook -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Book - A Tale of Two Cities, n.d
Novel 'A Tale of Two Cities' by Charles Dickens, edited by grace Todhunter B.A, Hard cover, red, gold lettering on spine -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Bison Books, Korean war, 1990
The Korean war in illustrations and textIndex, ill, p.80.non-fictionThe Korean war in illustrations and textkorean war 1950-1953 - history, general douglas macarthur -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, Military symbols: Maritime Wing, Army School of Transport: Handout No: 137, Part 3, Service, Arm, branch and functional symbols, size symbols
australia - armed forces - service manuals -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, David Stanton, Seated Working Posture, 06/1990
Report presented for the Ballarat College of Advanced Education School of Engineering Graduate Diploma in Occupation Hazard Management. The supervisor was G.F. Jenkinsonviosh, seated working posture, health and safety -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Various, The Golden Quill - Volume 5, 2017
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet (Item) - Ansett's Have Got There The Hard Way Know Your Airlines No.2 Of A Series
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Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Chancellor Press, World War I, 1914-1918, 1998
An illustrated history of social and military aspects of the Great warIndex, ill, maps, p.175.non-fictionAn illustrated history of social and military aspects of the Great warworld war 1914-1918 - history, world politics - 20th century -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Pony soldiers: with the Australian Light Horse in Vietnam, 1965-1966
australia. army. light horse regiment, 4th/19th (prince of wales's) - history, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - participation. australian -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: THE LIFE OF GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS
A pink book titled 'The Life of Gustavus Adolphus the Heroic King of Sweden. The greatest character of the Thirty Years' War. The champion of an oppressed people; called by his contemporaries The Lion of the North, and the Bulwark of the Protestant Faith.' London : Ward, Lock & Co., Salisbury Square, E.C. 641 - 656 pgs.This booklet is one of a series of 53 ' Ward & Lock's Penny Books for the People.' 'Biographical Series.' Price one penny. There are also advertisements of notes.books, biography, gustavus adolphus, lydia chancellor, collection, sweden, swedish history, scandinavia, gustavus adolphus, ward & lock's penny biographies, ward & lock's penny books for the people, biographical series, biographies, male, individual, person, penny books, advertisements -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Broome, Richard, Arriving, 1984
Tells the story of immigrants, from settlement at Port Phillip to date. It also describes the interaction with the Aboriginal people who were already here it spans 50,00 years. First chapter of each volume is an overview of traditional life at the time of contact concentrating on Aboriginal economic life altering/?managing of environment, with discussions of original population estimates and extent of decimation due to; disease in colonial times - smallpox, V.D., Aboriginal and white attitudes, friendships/?violent conflict, continued depopulation, missions/?reserves - 19th/?20th cent. incldg Lake Tyers, contemporary Aboriginal identity, welfare/?land rights programs.v-xiv; 258 P.; : ill. (some col.). ; maps; figs.; notes; index; 26 cm.Tells the story of immigrants, from settlement at Port Phillip to date. It also describes the interaction with the Aboriginal people who were already here it spans 50,00 years. First chapter of each volume is an overview of traditional life at the time of contact concentrating on Aboriginal economic life altering/?managing of environment, with discussions of original population estimates and extent of decimation due to; disease in colonial times - smallpox, V.D., Aboriginal and white attitudes, friendships/?violent conflict, continued depopulation, missions/?reserves - 19th/?20th cent. incldg Lake Tyers, contemporary Aboriginal identity, welfare/?land rights programs.social identity - aboriginality. | religions - christianity - missions. | settlement and contacts - colonisation - 1788-1850. | daily life. | demography - population dynamics. | government policy - integration. | government policy - state and territory - victoria. | health - infectious diseases - smallpox. | land rights. | socioeconomic conditions - living conditions. | race relations - violent - massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - to 1900. | race relations - racism - stereotyping. | reproduction. | technology. | bung yarnda /? lake tyers (e vic gippsland sj55-07) victoria. | victoria -- history. -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, 3rd Year Final Exhibitin 1992, 1992
White soft covered book with a listing of each 3rd Year Visual Art Student at Ballarat University College. Each open page features a photographic image of the artist in the studi, and an artist statement.ballarat university college, ceramics, elaine d'esterre, aleander purdie, f. sleeman, end of year exhibition, eye -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Ouseley, Mulvy, The Jewess by Mulvy Ouseley, 1911
Hardcover book, 306 pages. Book has a blue cover.fictionmulvy ouseley, fiction -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Book - Readers Digest Illustrated story of Word War II, 1970
Hard cover with dust cover. 536 printed pages containing text, maps and photographs -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: CATS
Plastic folder containing items relating to cats. Includes photos, newspaper, postcards.Bendigo Advertiser, The Sunperson, individual, lydia chancellor, lydia chancellor, collection, cats, animals, pets, ephemera -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Walter Tyndale, Japan and the Japanese, 1910
Light blue, cloth-covered covers and spine. Text and graphics in gold. Coloured illustration on front cover-garden scene. 32 coloured illustrations by the author.japan, travel, social life, customs -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet (item) - CAC proposal to manufacture A-10 Crash Resistant Fuel Cells
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Phoenix and the Birds of Prey: Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism in Vietnam, 2007
vietnam war - 1961-1975 - underground movements, counterinsurgency - vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Higging, David R, Combat: Vietnam 1967-68 US Marine versus NVA Soldier978 1 4728 0899 8, 2015
In 1967-68, the United States Marine Corps (USMC) was on the front lie of defense of South Vietnam's Quang Tri Provence, which was at the very heart of the Vietnam conflict.In 1967-68, the United States Marine Corps (USMC) was on the front lie of defense of South Vietnam's Quang Tri Provence, which was at the very heart of the Vietnam conflict.united states - marine corps, quang tri provence, north vietnamese army -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet (Item) - Analysis of air cargo potential, Boeing Europe- Pacific rim Australasia
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Federation University Historical Collection
Book, The Astonishing History of Ballarat Volume 3: The Stoy of the Quartz Miners of Ballarat, 2020
Blue soft coverd book. non-fictionballarat, mining, quartz mining, great depression, redan, sebastopol, ballarat east, federation -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Operation And Service Instructions Types 1042 And 1337 Carbon Pile Voltage Regulators