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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Specimens of Roman Literature
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. 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. Specimens of Roman Literature Edited by Charles Cruttwell Publisher: Charles Griffin & Co Date: First Published 1879 Further Information: Second Edition. The label on the spine cover with typed text PAT 898 SPE Inside front loose end paper reads in Hand writing J T Stanley, Dec. 1883 Warrnambool Paste down front end paper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library. Front loose end paper has a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service.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, specimens of roman literature, charles cruttwell -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Ephemera (Item) - Etching, MILLER'S BLACK SPUR HOTEL, NARBETHONG, Unknown
A copy of a black and white etching of the Black Spur Hotel at Narbethong.A copy of a black and white etching of the Black Spur Hotel at Narbethong.black spur hotel, black spur inn, narbethong, victoria, australia, etching -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book, WOLFGANG SPATE, TEST PILOTS
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The Beechworth Burke Museum
Audio - Oral History, Jennifer Williams, Miss Amy Elizabeth Porritt, 10th February 2000
Amy Elizabeth Porritt was born on the 21st of March 1915 on Atkinson Road, Beechworth to Thomas Frederick Rodan and Maud Isabel Dowling. Her family had strong associations with Australia's oldest continuously operating newspaper, the Ovens and Murray. Both her grandfather and father worked on this newspaper and played a significant role in continuing its operation. Amy was well-known in the Beechworth community and is remembered fondly for her generosity and her love of cats ‘they are all I live for’ she would often say. She was an avid gardener and had a beautiful garden at 47 Finch Street. 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. Miss Amy Elizabeth Porrit's account of her life in Beechworth and the local area during the 20th century is historically and socially significant to the cultural heritage of the region. She details important historical events and hardships in the region's history that had a lasting local, regional and national impact, including Australia during war time, economic struggles, and women's societal roles in a rural area. This oral history account is socially and historically significant as it is a part of a broader collection of interviews conducted by Jennifer Williams which were published in the book 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth-century Beechworth.' While the township of Beechworth is known for its history as a gold rush town, these accounts provide a unique insight into the day-to-day life of the town's residents during the 20th century, many of which will have now been lost if they had not been 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.Miss Amy Elizabeth Porrit / listen to what they say, beechworth, oral history, burke museum, porritt, amy elizabeth porritt, gardener, ovens and murray newspaper, o&m -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Machinery for Metalliferous Mines, 1894
The 1st edition of this famous work, giving an excellent account of the machinery used in late 19th century metal mining in the UK and overseas is very rare. It covers a wide range of equipment - pumps, steam engines, drills, winding engines, stamps & concentration mills, aerial ropeways, tramways and early uses of electricity etc. Brown hard cloth covered book. xvi 564 pages with additional advertisements, with over 300 illustrations and drawings, some fold out. Chapters include Water as a motive power, Wind engines and ventilating machinery, Steam boilers/engines and oil engines, hoisting machinery, draining of Mines, pumping engines, rock drilling machinery, boring machinery, concentration machinery, sizing and classifications trommels, joggers and jigging, fine concentration, milling of gold ores, milling of silver ores, amalgamation plates and machinery, dry and roasting machinery, chlorination and cyandide processes for the extraction of gold, electricity as a motive power for mining, electric lighting and blasting, aerial wire ropeways, transport by rail and road. There a a number of lovely line illustrations in the book including: Poncelot's undershot waterwheel; Fromont furnace;Victor turbine; Pelton waterwheel; Root's positive blower;Cross section and front elevation of Lancashire boiler; Robey's Compound Mill Engine; Portable Winding Plant; Iron Pit Head Gear ; Loading Arrangement in an Incline Shaft; kibble; Worthington Pump; California Pump; Scram's Air Compressor; Rock drill Bits; Special Sharpening tools; Boring tools;Rotating Picking table; Ore Feeder; roller crusher; stamp battery; round buddle; slime table; vanner; amalgamating plant; belt elevator;roasting furnace;splicing wire rope; capel; tipping waggon;mining, cornish pump, linkenbach table, water wheel, ventilation, oil engine, california, america, water, steam boilers, steam engines, oil engines, pumpimg, rock drilling, boring, jiggers, milling, silver, gold, drying and roasting, chlorination, cyaniding, lead, zinc, copper, electricity, electric lighting, wire ropes, transport, wind engine, poppet head -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Saunders Nicole, Advice to a Young lady in the Colonies being a letter sent from Mrs E of England to Maria Macarthur in the Colony of New South Wales in 1812, 2007
Research interpretation and recommendation for management of the World War 1 memorial carvings at Lakes Entrance, victoria, being the place of potential cultural significance component of diploma of natural resourcesworld war 1914-1918, memorials -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book - Books, Knitting, Knitting book for girls, 1935, c1930s, c1940s
Four Books -1935 Lux Knitting Book, Knitting Book for Girls No 4(1930s), Layettes New Series No 101, Gloves Socks and Caps (1940s)Lux Book Lever Brothers, A "New Idea" Production/Publicationbooks, handcrafts -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Rowe, John, Count Your Dead: A Novel of Vietnam. (Copy 2), 1968
John Rowe puts his fingers into the open wounds of the Vietnam War. His book hursts, but it is essential reading for those who want to understand the warJohn Rowe puts his fingers into the open wounds of the Vietnam War. His book hursts, but it is essential reading for those who want to understand the war vietnam war, 1961-1975 - fiction, war stories -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, H E McMahon, Strathfieldsaye Perry Bridge, 1906
Photocopy of the McMahons of the islands and their descendants plus some information on Alexander Murray local timber miller and entrepreneur Gippslandsettlers, timber industry -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, The Acts of the Parliament of Victoria, 1891
Light brown leather bound spine and corners. Gold text on spine hi-lighted by red background textured blue/dark brown cloth covered covers.victorian government, state government, administration, governance, parliament -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), Two SEC tickets - 18c and 16c. - last day, 1969
The last ticket to be issued by the conductor of the last SEC operated tram (see Reg Item 1950 for the 2nd last ticket) in Ballarat. Issued to Ray Hall by Lew Walker and marked on rear as such.Two SEC tickets - 18c and 16c. 18c - ticket standard issue at the time - A407234 - See Reg Item 1724 for full details. SEC 16c ticket - yellow ink on off white paper, denomination 16c, lettered A521545, headed State Electricity Commission of Victoria, Provincial Tramways. On rear in yellow ink is a SEC advertisement "ELECTRICITY makes life easier" with the SEC's little boy wrapped in a towel logo. The ticket number is in black ink. On rear in black ink are words "Last ticket issued on Ballarat Tramways Sept 19, 1971. By Conductor L. Walker No 54 on last car 40 from Sebastopol to depot." See Reg Item 1950 for the "2nd last ticket" Were stored in a small brown plastic holder - located with worksheet. See History of ticket A521545 - returned to Walker family via Kerry Walker 28/1/2008. See also Reg Items 259, 1950, 6140, 6246, 6977 for other "last tickets".trams, tramways, secv, tickets -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - THE FLYING GROCER, RUPERT GUINNESS, 2007
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Greave, Peter, The painted leopard, 1960
255 p. : plain black coverfictionpeter greave, fiction -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Jill Barnard et al, "Welcome & Farewell - The Story of Station Pier", Aug 2004
Donated to the PMH&PS by the authors, at the launch on Station Pier (occasion of 150th birthday of Railway Pier), 12th September 2004. (Ref 1948.01 for picture of authors at launch)."Welcome & Farewell - The Story of Station Pier" - a large, lavishly illustrated history of early Sandridge Railway and Station Piers. Copper coloured cover and dust cover, hardback, 206 pp. Index, Bibliography, Chronology and extensive references. Signed by co-authors and Station Pier ManagerSigned by co-authors Jill Barnard and Sonia Jennings, and Station Pier Manager Evda Marangospiers and wharves - railway pier, piers and wharves - station pier, transport - shipping, transport - railways, immigration, jill barnard, sonia jennings -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALICE ABSALOM POSTCARD COLLECTION: ALBUM, 1905 - 1911
Postcard Albums of Alice Absalom Red book with painted red and blue flowers surrounding a stylized letter "P". on front cover. 13 postcards. 22 pages. 1408.1 - 1408.13. Inscribed inside front cover "From Mother. To Alice Wishing you many happy returns of the day. 1907". Alice Ann ABSALOM Born: Eaglehawk 1889; daughter of Ferdinand Henry Absalom & Sarah Ann Borseri Married: In Victoria in 1912, James Ernest Watson Lived: In 1912, Lester Street Eaglehawk; In 1963, Marong Died: Bendigo 8 February 1966 Buried: Eaglehawk Cemetery Postcards stored in Folder 87postcard -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Anne Pitman, Going Home to RJ: Rokewood Junction Stories, Local History and Families: More than a Memoir, 2023
Bev Chatham suggested tha tCommerlghip referes to Wtering holes and underground springs found in the Little Woady Yallok and Mt Misery Creeks. Rokewood Junction was proclaimed a township in 1885, originally known as a gold-mining township called Paddy's Gully Diggings.Ringbound publication of 212 pagesnon-fictionBev Chatham suggested tha tCommerlghip referes to Wtering holes and underground springs found in the Little Woady Yallok and Mt Misery Creeks. Rokewood Junction was proclaimed a township in 1885, originally known as a gold-mining township called Paddy's Gully Diggings. rokewood, rokewood junction, chatham, kurus-a-ruc, henry pitman, elizabeth pitman, william henry pitman, rokewood junction state school, commeralghip, paddy's gully bridge, illabrook, conereyalk, woady yalloak creek, mt misery creek, paddy's gully diggings., dereel, pitfield, wadawurrung, william rutland, squatters, aborigines, aboriginal, charlotte walsh, maurice walsh, julie pitman, ben liston, sheep and wool, george hawkins, natthew wakeling, christopher moody, mt misery goldfield, john bower, mary bower, hyslop's hotel, cumberland store, jane hyslop, edward collyer, jospeh gladstone, lucas's bakery, henry batty, william young, ellen rigby, chinese, joseph anguey, eliza anguey, murder of thomas ulick burke, william achultze, william schiltze, nicholas grenfell, tomas bramley murder, emily malhoff, drowning, ah lin, eliza richards, luisa bupell, eleanor holmes, rachel holmes, joseph holloway, noah holloway, thomas faulkner, robert eli hearn, george todhunter briggs, john robinson fairweather, rokewood common, edward bussell, louisa bussell, irving rachinger, john chatham, doris chatham, peter chatham, jack chatham, imogen chatham, domenico rizzoli, mary rizzoli, rokewood junction railway line, illabrook football and netball club, cape clear, red cross, keith annear, fire brigade, rokewood junction post office, len aarons, dereel pre-emptive right, rokewood junction avenue of honour -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ANGLICAN PARISH OF NORTH BENDIGO - DEDICATION OF THE 'PARISH CENTRE', 1997
16 page soft cover booklet 'A Eucharist to Celebrate the Dedication of the 'Parish Centre'' by the Rt Revd David Bowen, Bishop of Bendigo 20th July 1997 Rector: The Revd Rodney Warne Cantor: Jonathon RidnellAnglican Parish of North Bendigo -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Australian National Gallery, Old Masters-New Visions: from the Phillips Collection, Washington DC, 1987
SoftcoverIssue has an article on the 1998 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Awards. 2 photocopies of article on the monarchy from The economist Oct 22 1994phillips collections, art, walsh st library -
The Celtic Club
Book, James McAuley, James McAuley Collected Poems, 1971
This collection contains most of James McAuley's published poems generally in the order in which they were composed.index, notes, p. 232non-fictionThis collection contains most of James McAuley's published poems generally in the order in which they were composed. -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Crocker Robyn and Associates, Gippsland Boating Coastal Action Plan, 2002
This action plan provides for an integrated approach to coastal planning in Gippsland.waterways, environment, tourism -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Programme, Annual Report and statement of "Warley" Cowes Bus Nursing Hospital 1972 and Diamond Jubilee celebrations 1983
HistoricalReport is an A4 cream sheet with black and red print., folded in half. Office bearers are listed and financial, secretary's and Ladies Auxiliary reports are included. Two single sheets inside have meeting information and prices of subscriptions. Celebration is cream cardboard, folded in half with blue print and photo of the original hospital on cover. The program for the day is inside.Annual Report and statement of "Warley" Cowes Bush nursing Hospital for the year ended 31st March 1972. "Warley" Bush Nursing Hospital Diamond Jubilee celebration Sunday, December 4th ,1983hospital, warley hospital -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Badge, Yarra Trams, "100 years of Electric Trams", 2006
Badge - metal back with pin and enamelled front for the "100 years of Electric Trams", logo for the 100 years of electric trams in Melbourne celebrations 2006. In a small plastic bag and stapled to a DL sized photocopied sheet from Yarra Trams, advising gives details and that the badge can be worn with the uniform. Has the 100 years logo on the sheet as well.trams, tramways, badges, 100 years of electric trams, yarra trams, uniforms -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Union Bank of Australia Cheque Stubb Book, 1908-1909
Grey check stubb book.union bank of australia limited, c.e. campbell, reginald callister, w. cornell, lonie bodycomb, h.r. murphy, j.j. goller, alfred mica smith, daniel walker, a.e. kerr, j.b. robinson, l. blick, h.h. smith, j. brittain, f. jago, h.j. hall, b. whittingham, c. deane, j. jolly, a. lilburne, j. brittain, s. baker, f. foster, p. isaac, a. rowman, j. wright, m. green, h. troon, g. warner, trahar bros, mcvitty & co -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Book - The Australian Enquiry Book, Pater and Knapton: Melbourne, 1895
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Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Massola Aldo Author Cypress Books Melbourne Publisher, The End of Dreaming, 1969
A study of the Aboriginal of Victoria from the signing of the Batman Deeds through the years of havoc, mismanagement and lack of consideration for the Aboriginal culture, to the appointment of eight Aboriginal to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Council onaboriginals, politics -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Book - Scrapbook, University of Ballarat: Advertisement Clippings (1); April to September 2002
Advertisement Clippings for the University of Ballarat, printed in the press. Items appeared during the time from 11 April 2002 to 28 September 2002.White A4 two ring folder. Items in reverse order. Divided into months by coloured paper university of ballarat, ub -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Ashes of Vietnam: Australian Voices. (softcover) (Copy 1)
vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives - australian -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Dorothy Brumby, The Vineyards of Great Western & District 1863-1963, 2018
stawell winery -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Book - Manual of field engineering
hardcover book -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - Aviation Psychology
Research on human behaviour in the operation of aviation systems, circa early 1980snon-fictionResearch on human behaviour in the operation of aviation systems, circa early 1980s