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The Beechworth Burke Museum
Audio - Oral History, Jennifer Williams, Mrs Pam Croswaite, 2000
Mrs Pam Croswaite was born 1928 in Beechworth. Her father was one of the Zwar brothers who co-owned the Beechworth Tannery until it was sold in the 1950s. Her grandfather was the founder of the Zwar Bros. Tannery and one of the first car owners in Beechworth. Pam went to university to become a pharmacist, studying in Beechworth and Melbourne. She returned to Beechworth to raise her family after quitting her work and travelling with her navy husband to England twice. In 1984 she returned to work as a pharmacist at Mayday Hills psychiatric facility, the former 'Beechworth Lunatic Asylum'. Her grandfather, on her mother's side, was the former superintendent of the psychiatric facility. She retired in 1993, but remained active in the community in the choir and book clubs. 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.Pam's story is significant because of her familial links to the Zwar Bros, who owned the tannery and employed a large percentage of the township and her work as a pharmacist in the Mayday Hills facility. She was the granddaughter of the tannery's founder and daughter of one of the three brothers who owned it until the 1950s. She become a pharmacist after studying in Melbourne and via correspondence from home, which demonstrates how university study was conducted in the 1940s. She worked in the psychiatric facility Mayday Hills, the former 'lunatic asylum', as a pharmacist after her separation form her husband from 1984 to 1993. Pam's story also demonstrated the expectation of women to leave their work to raise their families and the general expectations of women during the 1930s,40s and 50s. The project is significant because it records locally important stories and memories of the township in the 1900s. By recording the memories of some of the older members of the community, information on Beechworth's evolution as a township can be 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.beechworth, burke museum, beechworth lunatic asylum, mayday hills, zwar bros. tannery, beechworth tannery, pharmacist -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: POISE
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Saturday, January 3, 2004. Poise: Bruce Fentham partners student Susie Webb during her dance examination in 1989. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Booklet, Leaney, Judith et al, In Search of a Site - Ringwood Primary School No. 2997 Centenary 1889-1989 Booklet, 1989
Booklet compiled for Ringwood Primary School No. 2997 Centenary 1889-1989 with photos of students, the Greenwood Avenue site and a history of time line. Reminiscences of Daisy Paddock.Booklet (4 copies) compiled for Ringwood Primary School No. 2997 Centenary 1889-1989 with photos of students, the Greenwood Avenue site and a history of time line. Reminiscences of Daisy Paddock.; 1. Blue covered, light cardboard with white paper; 68 page insert.; 2. Typed foolscap Page - request for info for book. +Additional Keywords: Paddock, Daisy / Leaney, Judith / Williamson, Glenys'In Search of a Site' -
Federation University Historical Collection
Ephemera - Ticket, Eureka Stockade Memorial Trust John Basson Humffray Luncheon, 1998, 16/07/2000
Cream card ticket to Inaugural Carboni-Maud Dinner held by the Eureka Stockade Memorial Trust. The guest speaker of Anthony Pagliaro. A5 menu from the dinner.eureka stockade memorial trust, john basson humffray, kevin livingston, tina ford, old colonists' hall, letterhead -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BENDIGO ADVERTISER INDEX OF FUNERALS, INQUESTS, OBITUARIES, ACCIDENTS & MORE 1877 - 1880
A spring binder containing 145 pages of Bendigo Advertiser Index of Funerals, Inquests, Obituaries, Accidents & More 1877 - 1880 taken from micro-film of the Bendigo Advertiser held at the Bendigo Goldfields Library, researched & compiled by Patricia Hocking.Patricia Hockingbooks, catalogues, personal notices -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Retiring after 21 years, 27/11/1991
Mrs Joan Bell is retiring after 21 years at Forest Hill Kindergarten and her farewell is to be held on 6 Dec 1991 at the kinder.bell, joan, forest hill kindergarten, watson, brett, bartling, simone, mahon, patrick, forsyth, sarah -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, The Old Pioneers' Memorial History of Melbourne From the Discovery of Port Phillip to the World War, 1924
Blue hard covered book of 494 pages. Images, and a large plan of prominent burials in the Melbourne Old Cemetery, and a Map of Melbourne. melbourne, melbourne cemetery, melbourne old cemetery, john batman, edmund hobson, batman's map, st francis' church, james balfour, mrs hornbrook, paddy's market, wilson hall, working men's college, henry kendall, le souef's cottage, world war one, westernport, melbourne cup, hoddle, collingwood, south melbourne, prahran, richmond, kew, brunswick, coburg, preston, hawthorn, camberwell, nunawading, doncaster, st kilda, brighton, sandringham, cheltenham, caulfield, oalkleigh, footscray, sunshine, north melbourne, carlton, ballarat school of art library, ballarat technical art school, book plate, library plate, hume and hovell's overland journey 1824-5, major mtichell's overland journey, australia felix, booplate, aborigine, aboriginal, captain cook, arthur phillip, isaac smith, george bass, matthew flinders, john murray, catain baudain, captain collins, edward henty, portalnd, map od melbourne in 1938, john pascoe fawkner, the "enterprise: and fawkner's first home, old colonists' homes, rushall crescent north fitszroy, richard bourke, the old melbourne post offfice, old governmnt house, toorak, latrobe's house at jolimont, first melbourne land sale, melbourne water supply, peter henry smith, victorian legislative council opening, map of melbourne and collingwood, prince's bridge, crossing the rivers by punt, f.a> rucker, canvas city emerald hill, arrival of the gold escort in melbourne, the yarra, queen's wharf, tall ships, old st james, mary e. budd, st francis church, michael carr, meolbourne city mission, state library of victoria, melbourne public library, bourke street, angus mcmilan, methodist ladies college, ormond college, armistance celebrations, robert russell, mia mia, theatre royal bouke st, melbourne from flaggstaff hill, federal coffee palace collins st, lord melbourne, melbourne mint, old melbourne town hall, robert russell's melbourne and yarra falls, mandevalle hall, point lansdale lighthouse, wilson's promontory, margaret m. ward cole, williamstown, flinders st melbourne, queenscliff battery, broadmeadows soldiers' camp, embarkation of first troops on the 'ceramic', general monsash, ian hamilton, general bridges, victorian war memorial, national war memorial, st kilda pier, first melbourne cup, hoddle's grid, albert park, melbourne mechanic's institute, st kilda toll gate, munted policeman, springthorpe memorial, james bonwick, mornane's paddock, victorian railways melbourne and surburban lines, carlton gardens, thomas napier, wiliam westgarth, george augustus robinson, william lonsdale, elizabeth mary batman, peomena frances darling batman, dig tree, exhibition of 1854, exhibition of 1866, exhibition buildings, geelong harbour, jubilee lake, port campbell, warrnambool, queenscliff lightboat, batman's first house -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Exhibition Catalogue, 10:30, Graduate Works 1999-2008, 2008
Catalogue features successful completions of Masters and Doctoral creative arts, Arts Academy Research Graduates 1999-2008.Book of works from the University of Ballarat Graduate Research Programme [sic]. 70 pge book interspersed with similar amount of translucent half pages, double card blind embossed cover (white smooth card and black textured card), perfect/burst bound.non-fictionCatalogue features successful completions of Masters and Doctoral creative arts, Arts Academy Research Graduates 1999-2008.university of ballarat, federation university, ceramics, drawing, graphics, graphic design, printmaking, sculpture. higher degrees, masters, doctorate, hdr, arts academy, school of arts., julie bennett, terrie brooks, loris button, ursula calderone, julie collins, maryanne coutts, colin donald, georgina green, julie heron, judith hughes, diane jacono, anthony kazepis, paul lambeth, sandra laver, kelly mcniece, paul mears, emil milos, felicity morton, christopher nelson, john o'loughlin, melissa peacock, marie purtill, louse saxton, chain khiang whang, robert whitson, carole wilson, linda woodfield, jeff woodger, michelle zuccolo -
Canterbury History Group
Book, Bounce Books, A journey through Melbourne's East
A promotional book published by Fletchers, of photographs of Melbourne's eastern suburbs.non-fictionA promotional book published by Fletchers, of photographs of Melbourne's eastern suburbs.canterbury, fletchers, balwyn, balwyn north, box hill, blackburn, bulleen, doncaster, doncaster east, donvale, camberwell, mitcham, local history -
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 Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: FIVE WISE MEN
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. Five wise men: vice-presidents of the South Bendigo Football Club. Accompanying the photo is a quote by Coleridge: ''Sadder and wiser men, they rose the morrow morn''. Photo taken from the South Bendigo Football Club's 1921 premiership souvenir program. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: SURVEY OFFICE
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Survey Office: built in 1854, 60 View Streeet was the site where most of the early street and buiolding planning for Bendigo took place.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: A PAGE IN HISTORY
Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from 2002. A page in history: members of the Bendigo Advertiser's social club enjoy a day out on a golf course. The date of the photo is unknown, although it's believed to be in the 1940s. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film, Sections from "The Blood Vote" (for W. Noack)
Copy of a TV show titled, This Fabulous Century: a Peter Luck production.television broadcasting - australia, noack collection, noack, errol, peter luck productions -
Box Hill Historical Society
Book, C. Howard Beanland O.A.M, A Lifetime in Technical Education
'A lifetime in Technical Education' by C. Howard Beanland O.A.M.non-fiction'A lifetime in Technical Education' by C. Howard Beanland O.A.M.vocational education, beanland c. howard, box hill technical school -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Newspaper - Newspaper pages, Mines Out Mind, Sailors Go Gay, 2 December 1939
The magazine Picture News, published by the Herald and Weekly Times in December 1939, shows how sailors were entertained at the mission. The photographs depict sailors having a good time, dancing with the ladies from the guild and even Mrs Moira Oliver, Padre Oliver's wife, playing ping pong, sining with pianist Mrs Helen Ellis. Padre Oliver was then chaplain on the HMAS Australia, and Rev. Dixon Tracy was the interim chaplain at the mission.The photographs demonstrate the work of the mission during the war. The Picture News was a short lived magazine first published in November 1939 and ceased in 1940.4 pages of the magazine Picture News, Picture News Volume 1, number 5 dated 2 December 1939: Page 3 to 6 illustrated with photographs form the Seamen Mission's entertainments offered during the war. ww2, picture news, 1939, moira oliver, helen ellis, lhlg, dance, song, reverend dixon tracy, g. spratley, ping pong, dances -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Vietnam combat: the Marines and the Navy. (Copy 1)
Documentary on the US involvement in the Vietnam Warvietnam war, 1961-1975 - participation, american -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, The Battle of Coral, 1988
"The Battle of Coral" is the exciting and dramatic story of the biggest unit level battle involving Australian soldiers in the Vietnam War. Donated by Andrew John BALSILLIE MBE. Refer Cat No 118.5 for his service details, RSL, Council history.Hard cover, red colour buckram. white colour print on spine. Dust cover with plastic cover, black and red colour print on front, back and spine. Illustrated yellow colour background, silhouette of helicopter/jungle on front. 361 pages cut plain. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps. End paper - illustrated maps.Title page - hand written in black ink "Donated by / 2-1-2000" - owners stamp in black ink "Major A.J. BALSILLE, .M.B.E.,J.P.books, military -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: FORTUNES OF JACK STRETCH
Newspaper article 'Fortunes of Jack Stretch' (an Anglican Minister) Reference is made to The Holy Trinity Parsonage, Maldon.newspaper, the holy trinity parsonage , maldon / jack stretch '-(an anglican minister) -
Canterbury History Group
Ephemera - 3a View Street Canterbury, 1997
Real estate advertisement for auction of 3a View Street Canterbury on 26 July 1997. includes coloured photograph of the exterior of the residence, two interior views, floor and site planscanterbury, view street, sinclair & co -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Newspaper - Newspaper Cutting, The Herald, Helen Wiltshire, 1955
Photograph and article in "The Herald" 15.10.1955 about fertilizing camellias.the herald, flowers, camelias, helen wiltshire, camelia myrtifolia, camelia japonica 'myrtifolia' -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Barry Humphries, My Life as Me, 2002
Hardcover w/ Dust JacketChristmas cards slipped into inside cover to Patricia and Johnbarry humphries, australian - comedian - autobiography, walsh st library -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Booklet - Digger Cookery Book, George Robert Riley, Brennan-Baldie Collection, c1948
Published in c1948 by Wightons Print, 215 Moreland Road, Coburg. These chapbooks were sold door to door after WWII by members of the Partially Blinded Soldiers Association in Victoria to fundraise for the association. The Association was established in 1924 to serve the interests and welfare of partially blinded returned soldiers. The author, George Robert Riley (late AIF and AMF) was born in Drouin in 1890; died in 1952. He trained as a compositor. Served in France and was partially blinded during WWI. He also enlisted during WW2 when he seems to have lowered his age. There do not appear to be many copies of this publication that have survived. It does not appear in either the State Library of Victoria or the National Library of Australia catalogue. The Museum of Victoria may have a copy. Apart from its significance as a fundraiser for returned soldiers, it documents culinary fashions in the post-WW2 period. Although a number of the recipes in Part 1 have exotic names, they are yet to be influenced by post-war migration to Australia.A 32 page booklet held by 2 metal staples. The paper is stained and embrittled but was probably originally cream. The cover depicts a soldier at rest under a palm tree dreaming of home and a hearty meal. Printed in shades of green and grey-black. This is Part One of Two. The chapbook contains 140 recipes, mostly broadly Anglo-European. Nilchapbooks, ww2, wightons print, mrs kate brennan, partially blind soldiers association, george robert riley -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - STRAUCH COLLECTION: DISCOVERING THE PROM ON FOOT
Discovering the Prom on foot, a guide to 22 walks, including four nature walks, in Wilsons Promontory National Park, a joint publication of the National Parks Service, Victoria and the Victorian National Parks Association, 64 pages with black and white photograpgs, illustrations & maps.place, land, wilsons promontory, victoria-national parks- nature walks -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, John Barleycorn
This book was part of a large group of books referred to as the Pattison Collection, which belonged to the Warrnambool Public Library, part of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute. About RALPH ERIC PATTISON and the ‘PATTISON COLLECTION’ The ‘Pattison Collection’ is a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, 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 WMI was led to ask the City Council to take it over in 1911 due to lack of financial support. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Public Library as it was then called. 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 when Pattison accepted the 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 1945 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 NEW WARRNAMBOOL LIBRARY 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 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. 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. John Barleycorn Author: Jack London Publisher: Mills and Boon Ltd. The label on spine cover with typed text PAT FIC LON Pastedown frontend paper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library covered by a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service Second front loose endpaper has handwriting that maybe the signature of Jack London flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, 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, john barleycorn, jack london -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper - Newspaper clipping, The Age Newspaper, Domain Road trams may be gone for good, 26-03-2023
Article written by the Age transport Reporter, Patrick Hatch. Discusses the possible non-return of trams to Domain Road following the opening of the new tram interchange at ANZAC station. Tram route 8 from Coburg to Toorak was axed when Domain Road closed to St Kilda Road in 2017, and it was combined with route 55 to create a new 58 route. which travels 400 metres further south along St Kilda Road and tuns eastward along Toorak Road.Newspaper clipping from the Age titled: "Domain trams may be gone for good"tramways, trams, route 8, route 58 -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Anchen, Nick, Puffing Billy Spirit of the Dandenongs, 2017
An illustrated history of 2'6" VR narrow gauge railway in Victoria with emphasis on the preserved Belgrave to Gembrook line.ill, p.108.non-fictionAn illustrated history of 2'6" VR narrow gauge railway in Victoria with emphasis on the preserved Belgrave to Gembrook line.vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history, narrow gauge railroads - australia - history -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Fund-raiser dies, 21/08/1996
Long time fund raiser for Strathdon Community dies at 84 years.bakes, harold arthur -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, January 1988 In Retrospect, Jan. 1988
A newspaper Clipping from a section of The Ballarat Courier called In Retrospect which states events that happened from the past. Contains two items involving the new Horse Tramway system. Top one was about the horse tramways first accident involving a cow and the second one about what type of tramway system to have as the councillors described the horse trams as painful. Images added 3-12-2016trams, tramways, ballarat horse tramways, horse trams -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Cassell and Co, The second world war volume two: Their finest hour, 1950
Volume two of a six volume history of the second world warIndex, p.556.non-fictionVolume two of a six volume history of the second world warworld war 1939-1945 - history, winston churchill 1874-1965 - military leadership