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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, The Graphic Illustrated Newspaper Vol 62
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. WARRNAMBOOL PUBLIC LIBRARY The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) was formed by a voluntary community group in 1863, within six years of Warrnambool’s beginnings, and its Reading Room opened in 1854. The WMI operated until 1963, at which time it was one of the oldest Mechanics’ Institutes in Victoria. Mechanics’ Institutes offered important services to the public including libraries, reading rooms and places to display and store collections of all sorts such as curiosities and local historical relics. In 1886 a Museum and Fine Arts Gallery were added to the WMI and by the beginning of the 20th century, there was also a billiards room and a School of Art. By this time all Mechanics’ Institutes in country Victoria had museums attached. Over the years the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Library was also known as the Warrnambool Public Library the Warrnambool Library and the Free Library. Early funding from the government was for the “Free Library”. The inscription in a book “Science of Man” was for the “Warrnambool Public Library”, donated by Joseph Archibald in 1899. Another inscription in the book “Catalogue of Plants Under Cultivation in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens 1 & 2, 1883” was presented to the “Warrnambool Library” and signed by the author W.R. Guilfoyle. In 1903 the Warrnambool Public Library decided to add a Juvenile Department to library and stock it with hundreds of books suitable for youth. In 1905 the Public Library committee decided to update the collection of books and added 100 new novels plus arrangements for the latest novels to be included as soon as they were available in Victoria. In July 1911 the Warrnambool Council took over the management of the Public Library, Art Gallery, Museum and Mechanics’ Institute and planned to double the size of the then-current building. In 1953, when Mr R. Pattison was Public Librarian, the Warrnambool Public Library’s senior section 10,000 of the 13,000 books were fiction. The children’s section offered an additional 3,400 books. The library had the equivalent of one book per head of population and served around 33 per cent of the reading population. The collection of books was made up of around 60 per cent reference and 40 per cent fiction. The library was lending 400 books per day. In 1963 the Warrnambool City Council allocated the site of the Mechanics’ Institute building, which included the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery, for the new Municipal Offices and the Collections were dispersed until 1971. The Warrnambool Library took over the Mechanics’ Institute Library’s holdings on behalf of the Warrnambool City Council. Since the closure of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute the exact location and composition of the original WMI books and items have become unclear. Other materials have been added to the collection, including items from Terang MI, Warrnambool Court House and Customs House. Many of the books have been identified as the Pattison Collection, named after the Librarian who catalogued and numbered the books during his time as Warrnambool Public Librarian in the time before the Mechanics’ Institute closed. It seems that when Warrnambool became part of the Corangamite Regional Library some of the books and materials went to its head office in Colac and then back to Warrnambool where they were stored at the Art Gallery for quite some time. Some then went to the Warrnambool Historical Society, some stayed at the Art Gallery and some were moved to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. The various stamps and labels on the books held at Flagstaff Hill show the variety of the collection’s distribution and origin. The books in the collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village date from the 1850s to the late 1950s and include rare and valuable volumes. Many of the books are part of the “Pattison Collection” after the Warrnambool’s Public Librarian, Mr R. Pattison. 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 Graphic Illustrated Newspaper Vol 62 Publisher: Edward Joseph Mansfield Date: 1900 Further Information: June to December 1900 Paste down front end paper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library.flagstaff hil, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, 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 graphic illustrated newspaper vol 62, edward joseph mansfield -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Newspaper - Newspaper - The Sun News-Pictorial Weekend Magazine, c. 1953
The Sun News-Pictorial Weekend Magazine supplement presenting the form and order of service in the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. *10529 -10542 loose pages from 10528 -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Booklet, J H Veitch & Sons, The 'Sphinx" Souvenir. A collection of Cartoons, c1908
The Sphinx was a magazine of Durham University students published between 1905-1922, except for the period between July 1914 and the end of 1918. This volume appears to be a collection of the cartoons originally published in that magazine. While it contains no publishing details or date, we surmise it may have been published in about 1908.Thin grey covered book with grey a drawing of a Sphinx on cover. Contents consist of pages of cartoons, printed on only one side of the paper, being a collection of satirical cartoons.durham university, cartoons -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Pamphlet, We Are Proud of Our City - Ringwood (1973), 1973
Community information brochure issued in 1973 by Ringwood Council outlining local services, sporting, and cultural facilities. Includes names of Ward Councillors, and two City of Ringwood Free Tipping Vouchers valid until the end of 1974."Frontpiece: A quiet corner of the Fred Dwerryhouse Swimming Centre, Jubilee Park." "The staff at the Civic Centre are at your service. Ring 8704311 for guidance on - Town Planning applications, Road and footpath construction, Building matters, Garbage clearance, Connection to sewer by end of 1973, Immunisation times and places, Home help, Rate payments and valuations, Booking of meeting rooms, Clearance of fire hazards, Stray dogs and all nuisance complaints."rinx -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Bridges-Webb, Dr.C, O Rourke Family, 1984
A booklet listing early goldfields of Gippsland, with history of each and descriptions of difficult terrain and difficulties faced by gold seekers.mines and mining, settlement -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, National Tree Program, 1987
An account of the National Tree program which was established in 1982.Stiff glossy covers. Green. Photos of trees front and back. Front cover "National Tree Program. Progress Report 1982-1987" Illustrated in colour. national tree program -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Audio - Guest speaker, Paul Mullaly, 24 November 2011
Paul Mullaly discussing crime in SandridgeDuration 01:09:22law -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Margaret Thatcher, The Path to Power, 1995
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket2 Items: Thank You postcard from Nicholas Selman and Newspaper review of this bookbritish biography, politics, government, walsh st library -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JACK PERRY COLLECTION: NEWSPAPER HORWOODS FOUNDRY
Newspaper article regarding Horwood Foundry, situated where the now Girton College buildings are erected. Horwoods also had a gold mine on the property.bendigo, mining, horwoods foundry, horwoods foundry, girton college -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book, Michael Bouquet, No Gallant Ship, 1959
non-fictionkeith oliver, donation -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Audio - PMHPS Meeting, Dr Keith Pescod, "A place to lay my head", 22 Mar 2004
Recording of PMHPS Meeting on 22.03.2004. Recording done at Port Town Hall. Speaker was Dr Keith Pescod "A Place to lay my head". Discussing where migrants to melbourne found shelter in earliest days. Recording duration 01:02:25.immigration, dr keith pescod -
Bendigo Military Museum
Newspaper - SOUVENIR NEWSPAPER, The Australian, 500 The Australians Who Died in Vietnam, c1988
20 page newspaper with black print and photographs of the men and women killed in Vietnam."The Australian Special Edition" Thursday 18th August 1988.vietnam war, 500 australians, newspaper -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, Angus & Robertson Ltd, Australia in Palestine, 1919
Hard covered book. Stories of the Australians' campaign in Palestine in World War 1, with photos, drawings and mapsaustralian military history, palestine -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Newspaper - Death and Funeral notices, William John Aders (Bill) - February, 2003
Well known local builder in the Ringwood - Heahmont area.Two small notices from newspaper -
Murtoa & District Historical Society and Museum
Book, HUBBARD BROS, Holy Bible Die Heilige Bibel, 1874 (exact)
Holy Bible leather bound gold embossed German bible . On front cover various persons praying .Printed 1860's BOOSEY & CO.'S Fair condition . Old and New Testament holy bible, leather bound, gold embossed, 1860 s printed, german bible, janetzke family bible, janetzke, 1881 1974, bilingual, printed u s a -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Newspaper, From RC Horman scrapbook, Mayor of Ringwood 1960/61, youth training and running Mayor
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: OKLAHOMA
A white booklet with red and black print titled 'Oklahoma!' and presented by the Bendigo Operatic Society at the Capital Theatre View Street for five nights commencing on the 15th October, 1965. The Producer is Mr. Cid Ellwood and the lead actors are: Patricia McCracken, Leonard Carr, Ferd Lorenz, Heather Lindhe, Joan Crane, Fred Trewarne, Brian Thomas, Emily Houston, Graham Filcock, Reg Boromeo, Peter Houston and Douglas Sayle. Also included within the booklet are two Bendigo 'Advertiser' articles. One article is titled 'Pert 'Oklahoma Is Not At All Amateurish.' 16/10/1965. The second article is titled 'Interest in 'Oklahoma' is Mounting.' 9/10/1965.performing arts, music, oklahoma, lydia chancellor collection, collection, stage show, drama, musical, theatre, bendigo, clubs and associations, entertainment, performing arts, programme, program, bendigo operatic society, music, actors, actresses, acting, person, societies -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, "Flame proof air break switches for Voltages Not Exceeding 600Volts"s", 1926-1932
.1 - Book - 20 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Air-break knife switches and laminated brush switches for voltages not exceeding 660Volts" - C23 - 1926, August 1926" .2 - Book - 24 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Flame proof air break switches for Voltages Not Exceeding 600Volts", C25-1926, October 1926. .3 - Book - 24 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Flame proof air break circuit breakers for Voltages Not Exceeding 600Volts", C26-1926, October 1926. .4 - Book - 24 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Totally Enclosed air-break Circuit Breakers for Voltages not exceeding 660 Volts" - C27 - 1926, September 1926. .5 - Book - 24 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Totally Enclosed air-break Switches for Voltages not exceeding 660 Volts" - C28 - 1926, December 1926. .6 - Book - 24 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard "Metallic Resistance Materials for Electrical Purposes" - C29-1926, November 1926. .7 - Book - 28 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Face Plate controllers and resistances for use therewith Electric Motors (DC and AC Slip ring)" - C31-1926 - December 1926. .8 - Book - 28 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Australian Standard "Contactor Controllers and Resistances for use therewith Electric Motors (DC and AC Slip ring)" - C32-1926 - December 1926. .9 Book - 36 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Electrical Performance of Industrial Electric Motors and Generators with class A insulation" - C34-1927, October 1927 with a green label dated September 1932 advised that the tentative standard has been endorsed as a Standard with amendment. .10 - Book - 56 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, Tentative Australian Standard - "Electrical Performance of Large Electric Generators and Motors - Rating permitting overloads" - C35-1927, April 1927 with a green label dated September 1932 advised that the tentative standard has been endorsed as a Standard with amendment. On top right hand corner has the date stamp of the "The Electric Supply Co. of Victoria Ltd Ballarat" trams, tramways, power station, standards, materials, electrical systems -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet - CAC Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Ministry of Supply Tests on NACA 0012 with Various Thick Trailing Edges at High Speeds
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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Audio - Recording - Rob Collier - interview - 22 July 2002, Tunstall Early Settlers; John Collier; oral history
collier john, collier ann, collier rob, tunstall -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, 50 Easy and Interesting Ways for Serving Apples and Pears
50 Easy and Interesting Ways for Serving Apples and Pears Published by Australian Apple & Pear Board warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, 50 easy and interesting ways for serving apples and pears -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: UP AND AWAY
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Wednesday, May 12, 2004. Up and away: former Bendigo mayor Cr T.R. Flood, on right, gets ready to take off with an unnamed Qantas pilot of the first Boeing 707/338C, with a convertible passenger-cargo cabin, in 1967. The jet, named The City of Bendigo, took the mayor, and six other Bendigonians, from Avalon to Sydney, including a cruise over Melbourne. The Bendigo party were also guests of Qantas at the then modern Wentworth Hotel. Before returning to Victoria, they were taken on a tour of the Kingsford Smith aerodrome at Mascot.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Booklet - Instructional Booklet - Ancient Order of Foresters, S. C.R.* Sub-Chief Ranger's Duty, n.d
Dark green, self-embossed hard cove booklet. 'S.C.R. in gold on front cover Sub-Chief Ranger assists the Chief Ranger in the duties of his office and is to give directions to the Senior and Junior Beadlesancient order of foresters, friendly society, administrative record -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, Inaugural Election Springfield Ward, 1/03/1997
Notice to electors of Springfield Ward. Includes map of city with wards defined. List of polling places.Notice to electors of Springfield Ward. Includes map of city with wards defined. List of polling places. Photographs and statements by candidates. Eligibility of voters and conditions for voting, including index of streets, primary vote report, how to vote card..Notice to electors of Springfield Ward. Includes map of city with wards defined. List of polling places. city of whitehorse, local government elections, moore, nick, branagan, wendy, abbott, kevin, dunn, allan, peter, yao, colin -
Clunes Museum
Book, Buckets to Pagers, Clunes Fire Brigade, 2014
.1 Paper back, dark blue cover. Author Robert Campbell, 131 pages contains text and photos, 150 years of service .2 Also Anniversary Dinner Programme 1864-2014paper -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Lord Lytton (Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton), Eugene Aram : a tale [novel] ; includes 'Eugene Aram : a tragedy' [fragment of a drama], First published 1831? This reprint of a later edition, probably reissued in 1890s
A tale of events that led to the execution of Eugene Aram in 1759.320 p. (Eugene Aram - A tale p. 1; Eugene Aram - A tragedy p. 307-320). Bound in calico which is printed with product advertisements.fictionA tale of events that led to the execution of Eugene Aram in 1759.lord lytton, fiction, eugene aram, t. craig [bookbinder] -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - LANSELL COLLECTION: ARTICLE BENDIGO ADVERTISER: THE FORTUNA SAGA, THE HOUSE THAT GOLD BUILT
Newspaper clipping: The Fortuna Saga, the house that gold built. Saturday Jan 13th. 1979, and Sat. Jan 27th. 1979.cottage, miners -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Ian Grant, A dictionary of Australian military history from colonial times to the gulf war, 1992
An alphabetical listing of various aspects of Australian military history including battles, technologies and individuals.p.414.non-fictionAn alphabetical listing of various aspects of Australian military history including battles, technologies and individuals.australia - history - military, australia - history - military - encyclopaedias -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - WEEVILS IN THE FLOUR, 1978
Weevils In The Flour, an oral record of the 1930s depression in Australia.464 pages.Wendy. Lowenstein.book, depressions -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''IN MEMORY OF MARY AUGUSTA POYNTER''
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 47 page soft cover booklet of verse by Mary Augusta Poynter (Oct 3, 1905 - June 7, 1930) compiled by Hugh E. Poynter. Set up and printed in 1930 by S. T. Leigh & Co. Ltd, Sydney. Catalogue sticker ''2128 POY'' on front cover. Handwritten in ink inside front cover 'With kind regards from Hugh E Poynter 1930'.Mary Augusta Poynterbooks, collections, poetry, alec h chisholm collection, mary augusta poynter, hugh e.poynter, poetry