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Kew Historical Society Inc
Programme, Kew Canoe Carnival, 1939
An item from an outstanding and diverse photographic collection, assembled by members of the Christian and Washfold families of Kew.10-page souvenir programme for the Kew Canoe Carnival to be held at Yarra Bend National Park on Saturday February 18th, 1939. Proceeds were designed to assist the Victorian Society for Crippled Children. Front cover shows photograph taken at the previous year's carnival. The site of the carnival shown on an internal map was upriver from Macauley's boat house. Photograph on back cover shows canoeists at Kew Boat Sheds, 45 Molesworth Street.kew canoe carnivals, recreation -- river yarra, christian-washfold collection -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Book - Book: Newbridge - Tarnagulla - Llanelly, Newbridge - Tarnagulla - Llanelly, 2000
Soft cover history book, plastic binding. -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Eyre & Spottiswoode, Frontiers and wars, 1962
The first four books written by Winston Churchill combined into one volumeIll, maps, p603.non-fictionThe first four books written by Winston Churchill combined into one volumeboer war 1899-1902 - personal narratives, winston churchill - biography -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Barrett, Charles, Australia outback, 1938
Roper River-AboriginesRock Carvings-Australian AboriginalDaly River, Tully River, Moira Lakes (Vic.)48 p. : chiefly ill. ; 26 cm.Roper River-AboriginesRock Carvings-Australian AboriginalDaly River, Tully River, Moira Lakes (Vic.)australia -- pictorial works. -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet (Item) - Ansett Theory Of Flight Of Sikorsky Helicopters
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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Hidden Lives: war, internment and Australia's Italians, 2018
Tells the stories of those immigrants who experienced detention during World War 2 as enemy aliens in these allied nations. Some Italian families whose husbands were arrested as "security risks" were sent to internment camps such as Loveday S.A hundreds of miles away leaving their wives and families to cope alone during W.W.2Cover has colours of the Italian flag, green, white and red. Across the centre of the flag is a photo of Italian internees arriving at a camp.For our surrogate mother, Lurline Knee. Thank you for bringing the Tatura story to us. beast wishes from Claudia (Marsella) Barker may 2018.world war two, italian internees -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Audio - Oral History, Bayside Development Proposal, Brian Couldrey, 12 Jan 2004
Oral History from Brian Couldrey on Bayside Development Proposal (discussing the proposed Sandridge City development). Recording made by Janet Bolitho on 12.01.2004 Recording duration 32:51built environment, town planning - proposals shelved, brian couldrey -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet (item) - CAC Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Glide Slope Receiver, GSA-25A Glide Slope Receiver
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, Video, Vietnam: 27 mins. (Copy 1)
Black/white actuall footage of Australian soldiers in Vietnam with music in the background.australian force vietnam, australian army, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - australia, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - SCHOOL BOOK
Black cover Primary school exercise book un-named. Handwritten child entries include brief histories of Australian States. Health Week Stamp pasted on inside cover is dated October 5th-13th 1925. Coloured pencil drawings enclosed of Italy, England, Scandinavia, Ireland, British Isles as well as Phases of the Moon. Handwritten school account located middle pages features names of 'Gibson of Coburg' and Miss Phelan.victoria, history, health week -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, John Hetherington et al, THE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER/ A PORTRAIT, 1943
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The Celtic Club
Book, Compton Mackenzie, Whisky galore, 1963
The inhabitants of Great and Little Toddy think they can cope with WW2 - but then the whisky runs out. Life becomes intolerable until fate delivers them a shipwreck with a cargo of whisky.p.251.fictionThe inhabitants of Great and Little Toddy think they can cope with WW2 - but then the whisky runs out. Life becomes intolerable until fate delivers them a shipwreck with a cargo of whisky.hebrides (scotland) - fiction, irish fiction -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Audio - Audio, Casette, Vietnam: picking up the pieces
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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, An Unsocial Socialist
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 a 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 a 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'S 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 1860s 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 historic 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 Historic 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. An Unsocial Socialist Author: Bernard Shaw Publisher: Constable & Company Ltd Date: 1924 Further Information: Popular Edition 1924The label on the spine cover with typed text PAT FIC SHA Pastedown front endpaper 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 Corangamite Regional Library Service. Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute. 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, an unsocial socialist, bernard shaw -
Melbourne Legacy
Booklet, A Gift of Remembrance, 2018
Marketing material created to promote leaving a bequest to Legacy in a will. Was produced approximately 2017 or 2018.A record of Legacy promotional material.Colour printed booklet x12 pages about gifts in wills.wills, bequests -
Clunes Museum
Book, TESS BRADY, THE NOISE OF EMPTY BUILDINGS, 2021
THIS IS THE STORY OF TESS BRADY IN CLUNES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLUNES BOOKTOWNDARK RED COVER, BLACK SPINE ON FRONT FOUR WINDOWS WITH SHUTTERS , 221 PAGES A STORY ABOUT CLUNES, ITS PEOPLE AND ITS DEVELOPMENT SOMETIMES THE STORIES ARE TRUE - BUT NOT ALWAYS TESS BRADY MOVED FROM THE CITY TO CLUNES THIS IS HER OWN STORY AND THE STORY OF CLUNESnon-fictionTHIS IS THE STORY OF TESS BRADY IN CLUNES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLUNES BOOKTOWN tess brady, the noice of empty buildings, booktown -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK WW1, Tim Lycett, Fromelles - The Final Chapters, 2013
Fromelles - The Final Chapters - How the buried diggers were identified and their lives reclaimed.Soft cardboard cover. Gold / white / black print on front, spine & back. Illustrated front to back, photos of field of poppies in landscape with 4 soldier's portraits in soft sepia tones in the sky of the landscape. 262 pages, cut, plain, off white. Between pages 134 - 135 are an illustrated collection of photos in black / white / colour / sepia on glossy white paper.book, fromelles -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Book - The distribution of the important timber trees of the genus eucalypus, C.E. Carter, 1945
This is a rebound volume of Carter's bookBook -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, T W White, Guests of the Unspeakable, 1928 & 1990
An Australian Airman's escape from Turkey in the First World Warnon-fictionAn Australian Airman's escape from Turkey in the First World War -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Randal Wilson, Dale Budd, "Destination Waterfront City", 2014
Book - 80 pages, A4 landscape format pages including card covers, full colour printing on gloss paper, titled "Destination Waterfront City" written by Randal Wilson and Dale Budd of 2014. Covers Melbourne tram history including cable trams, early electric trams, trams in art, historic fleet, colour schemes, tram types, depots, ticket machines, maps, principally looking at the then current Melbourne fleet. Includes notes on the authors. Has a photo of E6003 on the front cover.trams, tramways, melbourne, tramways, history, e class -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Audio - Audio, Tape, A collection of 14 sound tapes
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Handbook for Electricians and designers, Aircraft Electricity
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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board - Works Codes and Instructions", 1961
Book - green Rexene covers, with title - "Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board - Works Codes and Instructions". Six sections, sewn into covers, dated April 1961, signed by J. J. Fisher, Civil Engineer. 118 pages plus covers. Book numbered "46". Provides an list of contents, giving provisional codes or instructions for works, instructions, about the maintenance and repair of the track welding, safe working, watchmen, care of lamps, and plant.On first page a signature in ink - "W. Armstrong"?trams, tramways, mmtb, track, maintenance -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Port Melbourne Council, Sanitary Inspectors Report Book, J Mounsey, Sanitary Inspector, 1929 - 1936
James MOUNSEY - Council InspectorSanitary Inspector's Reports to Port Melbourne Council 1929-1936. Detailing duties re traffic, fire, building regulations, installation and use of petrol pumps, food labelling, street hoardings, crowd behaviour. Notes wireless aerials cause damage to chimneys when attached by wire p.88transport - motor vehicles, local government - city of port melbourne, environmental issues, health - general health, business and traders, industry, nightsoil, built environment, fishermans bend, livestock, engineering - canals and drainage, james mounsey -
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. -
Clunes Museum
Book, FRED M. WHITE, NETTA
A NOVEL "NETTA" BY FRED M. WHITElocal history, book, novel, hudson laura -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Australia. Dept. of Veteran's Affairs, Bravo: Recollections and Reflections of the Veteran Community: Story Writing and Art Competition, 2011
True Wartime Experience; True Life Experience; Fiction; Poetry; Women and War; Art; Craft; PhotographyTrue Wartime Experience; True Life Experience; Fiction; Poetry; Women and War; Art; Craft; Photographyenglish literature - competitions, veterans - services for - australia -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, The Story of George Allez Brehaut 1836-1911, and his desendants. Guernsey to Great Western
Great Western Salt Creek FamilyLight Blue Cover with sepia photograph of large family groupBy Acon Ballantynefamily history -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Petit Palais, The School of Paris And The Great Epoch of Montparnasse, 1973
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacketwalsh st library -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book, Time-Life Books, The East Indiamen, 1980
Illustrations of Venetian shipsBlack cover with picture of ship and embossed gilded writingsnon-fictionIllustrations of Venetian ships seafarers, time life books, east india