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Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
book, Victorian historical Journal
Volume 63 numbers 2+3 The Corporation of Melb 1842-1992local history -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book - Craft book, Norma Benporath, Tatting, circa 1940's
Tatting is a form of knotted lace making using thread and a small shuttle. Twisted threads are tied around or through small, pointed shuttles that can be made of bone, mother of pearl, tortoise shell, steel or plastic. This produces a stable, strong lace using simple knots of two half hitches to make rings and chains embellished with picots. The origins of tatting are not clear but early versions of decorative knotting were used by the Egyptians on their ceremonial dress. Tatting also has elements of fishermen's net making techniques and the decorative knotting that was practiced by aristocratic women from the 15th century. Tatting, as we know it today, emerged in the first half of the 19th century. The new availability of mercerised thread from 1835 encouraged a burgeoning of lace crafts of all sorts. It was known in Italy as "occhi" and in France as "la frivolite". Tatting looks fragile but is both strong and durable. An article in a column named "Wives and Daughters" published in the Star newspaper in May 1910 describes the durability of tatting lace - "there is edging and insertion still in existence that have outworn two sets of pillow slips." In the 19th century and well into the 20th century, tatting was used like crochet and knitted lace for decorative edgings, collars, doilies, tray cloths etc. At first, different tatting patterns were passed along by word of mouth from person to person, however in time, patterns regularly appeared in newspapers and magazines well into the 1950's. This book has photographs and detailed instructions for a wide range of tatted edgings and insertions suitable for household linens such as towels, doilies and tablecloths as well as patterns for whole mats. Stanley E. Mullen (a businessman) developed Semco Pty Ltd which began as a Melbourne based importation company in 1907. The first three letters of Semco's name were his initials. In 1915 it began manufacturing women's apparel, whitework and transfer patterns. In 1924 the company moved to Black Rock, Victoria and continued to produce an extensive range of needlework patterns and handcraft instruction booklets, threads etc. up until the late 1970's. Semco had a staff that included many young women. It was noted by E.J. Trait (editor of the local newspaper "Standard News") that the firm provided them with good working conditions and the correct rate of pay for women in a time of war - the starting rate for 15 year olds, mainly girls at Semco was 25 shillings per week. During World War 2, Manpower Regulations could be used to coerce workers to move into jobs that supported the war effort, but Trait argued that being employed at Semco could make this unlikely as the firm made some goods essential for the war effort. He even suggested that women be encouraged to produce needlework items (and play a part in the war effort) by sending them as presents, to the troops up north. He also heaped praise on the Semco workplace - noting that no Saturday work was the norm, allowing employees to shop and have "hair-do's" before enjoying a relaxing weekend! Semco also had a female cricket side in the women's Saturday association. After the war the firm stayed in production until the early 1990's when it was taken over by Coates-Paton Pty Ltd. Norma Benporath (1900 - 1998) was an expert in tatting techniques and taught and published extensively on the subject. She was born in New Zealand with impaired sight but cataract surgery restored 50% vision to one eye. She was inspired to learn tatting whilst watching her aunt tat and being told that tatting did not require as much sharp vision as embroidery. She quickly learnt to design her own patterns and published over 1000 tatted lace patterns between 1929 and 1952. She became a regular contributor to magazines (such as Home Beautiful) and newspapers across Australia. Her designs were also published in New Zealand, South Africa as well as the U.K. and U.S.A. When Semco, a thread manufacturer, noticed a rise in the sale of fine crochet threads, they realized they had an untapped market to explore. Norma designed a collection of tatting patterns for Semco that were used to help promote their threads. Norma also worked with Semco to produce a line of threads and shuttles specifically suited to tatting. In 1997, Norma was inducted into the "Order of Australia" for "Service to the craft of tatting as a designer and through the international publication of her patterns".This item is an excellent example of the needle work being enjoyed by women in the 1940's in Australia and the skills of the Australian designer, Norma Benporath. It is also an example of the trend that emerged for craft companies such as Semco to publish pattern books in order to advertise their own materials.A 32 page soft cover instruction book with green front and back covers showing two tatted doily designs. The book includes black and white photographs and written patterns by Norma Benporath.Front cover - "TATTING" "For / EXPERTS/ and / BEGINNERS" "By/Semco" "SEMCO INSTRUCTION BOOK" "No. 16" "WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS" "9" Back cover - "FOR INSTRUCTIONS FOR WORKING SEE PAGE 22" "Published by Semco Pty. Ltd." "BLACK ROCK, 29, VIC"flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, great ocean road, tatting, tatting instruction book, tatting patterns, tatting shuttle, semco, semco pty ltd, norma benporath, needlework, handcrafts, household linen, craftwork -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Melbourne Festival, "Melbourne Art Trams Oct 2015 - Apr 2016, 2014
Pamphlet, folded sheet to give a DL size, pink background titled "Melbourne Art Trams" - Oct. 2015 to April 2016, vote for your favourite tram in the People's choice awards! - part of the Melbourne festival. Notes the Transporting Art trams. Inside the pamphlet are images of the artwork on 8 different trams including the artist names and title of the work if any. Has Melbourne Festival, Yarra Trams, PTV, Arts Victoria and Victorian Govt. logos. On the rear is a photo of the SW5 731 Lesley Dumbrell Transporting Art Tram. Also notes that you can use TramTracker to find the Art Trams. Amanda Morgan - 2009 Kathy Temin - 136 Martine Corompt - 270 Louise Forthun - 209 Matthew Bird - 3509 Phillip Adams - 3509 Tom Vincent - 925 Stephen Banham - 3008 James Voller - 175 Lesley Dumbrell - 731 Two copies heldtrams, tramways, yarra trams, transporting art, decorated trams, exhibitions, tram 731, tram 925, tram 3509, tram 151, tram 252, tram 3008, tram 209, tram 259, tram 158 -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Peter Williams, The Kokoda Campaign 1942 : myth and reality, 2012
The fighting on the Kokoda track in WWII is second only to Gallipoli in the Australian national consciousness. In this important book, the author explains what really happened on the Kokoda track in 1942.Index, bibliography, notes, ill, maps, p.304.non-fictionThe fighting on the Kokoda track in WWII is second only to Gallipoli in the Australian national consciousness. In this important book, the author explains what really happened on the Kokoda track in 1942.world war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – kokoda, kokoda track papua new guinea -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Flyer - Pinnacle Estate, Benteligh, 1927
The train line from the city to Frankston was electrified in 1922 which intensified the sale in the municipality of Moorabbin, particularly land which was in the vicinity of the railway stations.Example of the progress of the Municipality of MoorabbinAdvertising flyer for auction of real estate sales - plan of building blocks for saleThe Pinnacle Estate, Bentleigh - 53 Home sites & 15 Shop Sites - Auction Saturday March 5, 1927 - Norman D. MacKay and W. Ansteepatterson road, pt. nepean road (now nepean highway), vunabere ave, galtum ave, tovan-akas ave, patterson, bentleigh, auction, real estate -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Fall, Bernard, Horizon: Spring 1967:Two thousand Years Of War In Vietnam
From the time of the ancient warrior to the modern GI, Vietnam has struggled to preserve its ancient land and culture from destruction.From the time of the ancient warrior to the modern GI, Vietnam has struggled to preserve its ancient land and culture from destruction.vietnamese wars, vietnam culture -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Museum description
Coloured film made about the history of the NVVM.national vietnam veterans museum -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, Wandinong Sanctuary, 9/12/1998 (Article) 1998 (Pamphlet)
Wandinong Sanctuary: History and development of Wandinong [1998?] With article regarding unveiling of Bernard Hooke Memorial Plaque and seat in the Sanctuary, Whitehorse Post, 9 December 1998bernard hooke memorial plaque, wandinong sanctuary, hooke family -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BENDIGO SALEYARDS COLLECTION: CITY OF BENDIGO POUNDKEEPERS BOOK
Poundkeepers Book. Details of all animals impounded by the Poundkeeper beginning 1955 to May 1994. Gives all details including owner, cause of impoundment, amount, damages and remarks.bendigo, council, cattle markets, bendigo saleyards collection - city of bendigo poundkeepers book, r w james, r h king, c kelly, f barr, w c buttrey, e bowles, f street, j mcdonald, rupert mansfield, a h hull, h hardingham, t r pitson, r w somerville, r w salathiel, mrs b leeck, c j mcleod, mr a stephens, l j pitson, l roach, j smith, mr oakes, l comer, a e cartwright, mrs osterfield, g cowling, e mcleod, a michelson, h hardingham, k gray, k yanner, a cartwright, k rutland, f cameron, i dole, l dempsey, i purtill, bell's, mr love, c douglass, r gill, r mitchell, g j friswell, a p tresize, w shelton, g nelson, f grainger, g j doyle, h c wood, r j knight, v l heath, v l valli, a o tresize, k w nolen, w k tresize, j w tresize, w h francis, e tresize, r foley, j mckenzie, s j larsen, r j knight, mrs e g bath, d farrar, e f granger, h j watters, a e brady, p r dixon, mrs g wicks, mrs k jinks, t i mcredmond -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Yarra Trams, 'TramTracker your new best friend", Dec. 2006
Set of three Pamphlets - DL size, titled 'TramTracker your new best friend", announcing the tram tracker facility then available by voice responses or via SMS. Effective Dec. 2006. .1 - City Guide - 3 fold DL - with details and a city map. .2 - ditto - 28 page, centre stapled, for routes 3, 64, 67, 78 and 79. .3 - ditto - 24 page, for routes 5, 6, 8, 16 and 72. All with Yarra Trams and the TramTracker logo.trams, tramways, yarra trams, tramtracker, route 3, route 64, route 67, route 78, route 79, route 5, route 6, route 8, route 16, route 72 -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Cassell and Company, A history of the English-speaking peoples, Vol three: The age of revolution, 1956
Based on the research of modern historians as well as a wealth of primary source material, Churchill's popular and readable A History of the English-Speaking Peoples was respected by scholars as well as the public in its day - a testament both to its integrity as a work of historical scholarship and its accessibility to laypeople. Churchill used primary sources to masterful effect, quoting directly from a range of documents, from Caesar's invasions of Britain to the beginning of the First World War, to provide valuable insights into those figures who played a leading role in British history. In the last of his epic four-volume account, Churchill begins at the end of the Napoleonic Wars and ends with the Boer War of 1902.Index, maps, p.312.non-fictionBased on the research of modern historians as well as a wealth of primary source material, Churchill's popular and readable A History of the English-Speaking Peoples was respected by scholars as well as the public in its day - a testament both to its integrity as a work of historical scholarship and its accessibility to laypeople. Churchill used primary sources to masterful effect, quoting directly from a range of documents, from Caesar's invasions of Britain to the beginning of the First World War, to provide valuable insights into those figures who played a leading role in British history. In the last of his epic four-volume account, Churchill begins at the end of the Napoleonic Wars and ends with the Boer War of 1902.great britain - history, winston churchill 1884-1965 -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Flyer - Fun day, welcome Spirit of Tasmania to Melbourne, T T Lines, 28 Nov 1993
Flyer welcome to the Spirit of Tasmania to Melbourne Fun Daypiers and wharves - station pier, spirit of tasmania, transport - shipping, transport - ferries -
Mont De Lancey
Book, The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd. Melb, 1923 Pals Annual for the Boys of Australasia, 1923
A large annual for Australasian Boys of Pals weekly magazines from Sat August 26 1922 to Sat April 14 1923 including a lengthy adventure story at the back - Wilson at the Wheel.A badly damaged red fabric hardcover book Pals Annual for the Boys of Australasia with a black, red and white lined illustration on the front cover in a large square of a cowboy cracking a whip on a farm. The covers are detached from the pages which are tanned, some torn and with foxing on the edges. There are a year's worth of magazines included date from Volume 1 No.1 Sat August 26 1922 to Volume 3 No. 34 Saturday April 14 1923. Price 3d. each. There are black and white illustrations throughout , and a coloured plate,. There is a coloured plate frontispiece as well as a green background lined illustration. At the end of the book is a lengthy story, Wilson's Wheel by Andrew Walpole. p. 817 - 854. There are missing pages 847 - 850. Total p. 854.fictionA large annual for Australasian Boys of Pals weekly magazines from Sat August 26 1922 to Sat April 14 1923 including a lengthy adventure story at the back - Wilson at the Wheel.children's magazines, boys annual, adventure stories, australian fiction -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BOTTLES IN AUSTRALIAN COLLECTIONS, c1971
Bottles in Australian collections, by James A. Lerk. Soft cover. Publisher Cambridge Press, Bendigo. ISBN: 0 95996061 9 . 1971 60 pages. Markings/Inscriptions: $5. Potographs & illustrations.James A Lerkbook, bottles, james a lerk. james a lerk, bottles, bottle collecting -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s - set of 5, Roy J Mitchell, late 1960's
Set of four green Fuji Film green plastic slides during late 1960's of: 1 - tram No. 11 southbound in Lydiard St North, at the level crossing with destination of Sebastopol. Has Osborne House in the background. .2 - ditto with tram 39 showing special .3 - Bogie tram crossing No. 11 (showing City) at Gregory St. No. 11 has a Twin Lakes sign .4 - Part of one of the timetable board as the City terminus, Sturt and Lydiard Sts. .5 - No. 17 with driver/conductor reversing the pole. Has the city in the far distance, looking back towards the city.On each slide in ink "Roy Mitchell" , "Tram" "1958-1971". .1 - "20" .2 - "28" .4 - "15"tramways, trams, lydiard st north, level crossings, gregory st, timetable boards, tram 11, tram 39, tram 17 -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Ure Smith, Sydney in 1848 : a facsimile of the original text and copper-plate engravings of its principal streets, public buildings, churches, chapels, etc, 1966
Sydney in 1848 : illustrated by copper-plate engravings of its principal streets, public buildings, churches, chapels, etc. Originally published in 20 parts in 1848-50. First published in one volume in 1878.--Publishers' note.Sydney : Ure Smith, 1966 104 p., [40 leaves] : ill. ; 29 cm. non-fictionSydney in 1848 : illustrated by copper-plate engravings of its principal streets, public buildings, churches, chapels, etc. Originally published in 20 parts in 1848-50. First published in one volume in 1878.--Publishers' note.joseph fowles, sydney - history, sydney. description & travel. early works -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL,BENDIGO, Oct 1968
Slide, SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL,BENDIGO., The Building Continues.slide, bendigo, sacred heart cathedral, bendigo., sacred heart cathedral, bendigo. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - MINING & GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. VOL,4. NO,4, 1951
Mining and Geological Journal, Volume 4, No.4. September 1951. Published by Department of Mines Victoria with 65 pages of articles on gold, coal & oil mining, Illustrations, maps, photographs including photographs of Bendigo mines. Name noted on front A.E.Richardson 29 Harrison St Bendigo.Dept of Mines Victoriamagazine, organization, mining, mining - mines - mining equipment, bendigo mines. -
Melbourne Legacy
Slide, Working bee, 1960s
Colour slide of a working bee digging in a yard. It is possibly at Blamey House in Burke Road from the driveway visible in one slide. It may have been to remodel the garden or to build an extension. There are 4 slides of the work. Was with many other slides taken in the 1950s and 1960s. The slides have been photographed to make digital images and moved to archive quality sleeves. In many cases the original images were not well focussed and the digital image is the best available.A record of Legatees doing physical labour to help out at Blamey House.Colour slide of legatees moving large stones in the yard of Blamey House clearing a large area, in a white plastic mount and grey mount on the reverse.legatees, garden, blamey house -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Caputo, Philip, A Rumor of War. (Copy 1)
Philip Caputo was in Vietnam as a young marine for sixteen months. He returned there ten years later, as a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, to cover the final offensive of that war.Philip Caputo was in Vietnam as a young marine for sixteen months. He returned there ten years later, as a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, to cover the final offensive of that war. united states. marine corps - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
Greensborough Historical Society
Slide - Photograph, John Ramsdale, Plenty River, upstream from Gorge: Slide 42, 1990s
Photograph shows creek bed with vegetation, upstream from Plenty Gorge.Part of the John Ramsdale collection of slides and audio visual material.Colour photograph scanned from slide.No caption. Printed maker's mark on slide "Kodak Kodachrome Slide"plenty gorge, plenty river, mernda -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Rudyard Kipling, The two jungle books, 1924
A novel of a boy and jungle animalsIll, p.576.fictionA novel of a boy and jungle animalsengland - fiction, jungle animals - fiction -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, British Engineering Standards Association and Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, "Tramway Axles", 1921 to 1933
.1 - Book - 16 pages + light grey cover, issued by the British Engineering Standards Association, British Standard Specification for Tramway Axles. Dated August 1921. Has standard Number 101-1921. Provides materials specification, testing and an index. Inside the front cover is a typed quarto sheet, that has been folded into four referring to the standard and "Amendments suggested to clauses 1, 8, 9 , 12 and 13". .2 - Book - 24 pages + grey covers, - Tentative Australian Standards specification for Tramway Axles, published by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, No. C 44 - 1927. Provides materials specification, testing and an index. .3 - Book - 28 pages + light grey cover, issued by the British Engineering Standards Association, British Standard Specification for Tramway Axles. Dated August 1921. Has standard Number 102-1930. Provides materials specification, testing and an index. On front cover and inside cover has amendments and a note that the British standard had been endorsed by Australian Standard C44 in Dec. 1933..1 - has the stamp of the "Tait Book Co. 39 Queen St. Melbourne" .2 - has in the top right hand corner, the ESCo Ballarat company stamp and the date "31 May 1928" .3 - on front cover stamp " Library Copy M.E.S." and a library label noting that the book is on loan from the Melbourne library and is dated 22/1/1935. Provides materials specification, testing and an index. On the lower edge has the stamp of the "Tait Book Co. 39 Queen St. Melbourne".trams, tramways, tramways, electrical equipment, axles -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - AFC 100 YEARS - Albury Football Club, Albury Football Club Centenary Committee, 1995
The Albury Football Club - the Albury Tigers, is a football club with a long history. In 1895 to 1902 the club was a member of the Ovens and Murray Football League. Between 1895 and World War 1, Albury won three premierships and was runner-up six times. For a period of time the Albury Football club was in recess, then was included at different times in the Rutherglen & District Football Association and the Albury and Border Football Association. In 1924, after playing under s variety of names the Albury Football Club re-entered the Ovens and Murray Football League and has played with that league until the present, apart from 1941 to 1945 when it went into recess as a result of World War 11.A publication created for the centenary celebration of the Albury Football Club in 1995. It contains a detailed timeline, player profiles, lists of life members, premiership wins and Best & Fairest winners. It also lists players from the Albury Football Club who progresses to play senior games in the Victorian Football League / Australian Football League.The Albury Football Club - the Albury Tigers, is a football club with a long history. In 1895 to 1902 the club was a member of the Ovens and Murray Football League. Between 1895 and World War 1, Albury won three premierships and was runner-up six times. For a period of time the Albury Football club was in recess, then was included at different times in the Rutherglen & District Football Association and the Albury and Border Football Association. In 1924, after playing under s variety of names the Albury Football Club re-entered the Ovens and Murray Football League and has played with that league until the present, apart from 1941 to 1945 when it went into recess as a result of World War 11.albury football club, albury tigers, albury-wodonga sport -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, The Illustrators' Artistry by Peter Barwood et al
The Illustrators' Artistry as displayed in The New Letter of Australasia published 1856 - 62 in MelbourneA4 sized book with navy blue cover and an illustration in the middle of the fron Cover non-fictionThe Illustrators' Artistry as displayed in The New Letter of Australasia published 1856 - 62 in Melbournethe illustrators' artistry, peter barwood, the new letter of australasia, book, ludwig becker, samuel calvert, nicholas chevalier, albert charles cooke, samuel thomas gill, frederick grosse, warwick weston pett, richard shepherd, george strafford, johann joseph eugen guerard -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Pamphlet, The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Land and Food Resources, The University of Melbourne Burnley Campus Graduation Ceremony
Faculty of Land and Food Resources. Change in Facultygraduation, faculty of land and food resources, the university of melbourne -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - THE DIARIES OF RICHARD POPE, 1869-1979
The diaries of Richard Pope, Volume IV, Ballarat and Bendigo, 14 Nov. 1869 - 4th. Jan, 1879. 90 pages, photocopied, written in script. Includes map.Richard Popebendigo, history, diary richard pope, bendigo, mining, pope family, social conditions, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - THE VERY REVEREND HENRY BACKHAUS, 2000
The Very Reverend Henry Backhaus. ' A Man of the People' . Book produced by Shirley Joy, Hampton.Shirley M. Joyvictoria, history, the very reverend henry backhaus. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Harold Clifford et al, Ferns, fern allies and conifers of Australia : a laboratory manual, 1980
St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 1980 150 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. non-fictiongymnospermae --australia, vascular cryptogams --australia, gymnosperms, pteridophyta -- australia. -
Melbourne Tram Museum
slide - Colour - Melbourne Trams, David Verrier, Easter 1993
1 - Malvern Depot Easter 1993 - with trams 851, 170, 13, 20 in the view. 2 - SW6 855 at the South Melbourne beach terminus in Mills St. Middle Park 3 - Preston Workshops with trams 750, 50 and others. 4 - Z20 leaving Malvern Depot 5 - SW6 935 leaving Malvern depot - for City Route 5.Yields information about Melbourne trams - Easter 1993Set of five white Kodak Kodachrome slides.tramways, z3 class, b2 class, z1 class, malvern depot, tram 20, tram 13, tram 170, tram 851, tram 855, mills st, middle park, tram 750, tram 55, preston workshops, sw5 class, sw6 class, tram 935