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Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Geoffrey Blainey, Odd Fellows: A History of IOOF Australia, 1991
Softcover"To Patricia and John, Kindest regards, Geoffrey Blainey"australian history, independent order of odd fellows of australia, fraternal organisations, walsh st library -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Slide - Photograph, Main Road Bridge, Eltham South, c.1992
35mm colour positive transparency Mount - Black and Whitesignificant tree, antoinette boulevard, eltham, main road bridge -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - DARWIN'S AIR WAR, BOB ALFORD, 1991
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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Pamphlet, Electric Supply Co. of Vic (ESCo), Cars for all routes to and from the Coliseum, 1920's
Single sheet of paper that appears to have been either taken from a book or was printed as a pamphlet to advertise the routes that Ballarat Tramways (ESCo) ran. On the reverse side is an advertisement for Craig's Hotel, Lydiard St. Ballarat. See image files as well. The sheet has numerous tears on the left side (when viewed from Craigs Hotel) and marks possibly from gluing into a book and pieces of paper missing at about the position where it could have been stapled. Also two pin holes in top corners. The details for Ballarat Tramways notes the use of Fare Boxes, the Electric Supply Company offices being near the Coliseum, and the various colours used on the various routes and points of interest for visitors along the route. Request people to "Enter front end of cars and move right through". The advertisement for Craig's shows a photo of the hotel, motorcars outside , that it has been renovated and sewered throughout, that T.F. McManamny was proprietor. On top and bottom of the photograph, "J. Hesse" has been handwritten in using black ink. A letter "A" is on the lower left hand side of the sheet. Possibly c1920, though the cars could date this more accurately and when T.F. McManamny was the Proprietor. On top and bottom of the photograph, "J. Hesse" has been handwritten in using black ink.trams, tramways, routes, route indicators, esco, craig's hotel -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1958
Colour slide in a mount. Unknown people.Jan 58 (Handwritten) / 18 / x (Handwritten) -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - MINING & GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL VOL.2, NO2, 1940
Mining & Geological Journal, January 1940, Vol.2, No.2. Published by Department of Mines Victoria, 136 pages of Mine Reports, articles on mines, photographs, illustrations, maps & advertisements. Name on cover A.Richardson 29 Harrison St Bendigo.Dept of Mines Victoriagold mines, mining, mining - mines - mining equipment, axedale - fletchers mine. -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Views around Cunninghame, 2001
A paper outlining options and proposals for change to the legislation governing operations of cemeteries and crematoria in Victoria. Covers many issues of concern to Cemetery Trust volunteers and the general public.cemeteries -
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.
Slide - BENDIGO & EASTER FAIR, 1983
'Eureka Stockade' TV production site, 1983.slide, bendigo, eureka stockade, tv production site, eureka stockade, tv production site -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Public Transport Victoria (PTV), "Melbourne's Free City Circle Tram", 8/2017, 1/2014
Pamphlet - DL size, titled "Melbourne's Free City Circle Tram" and on rear a map of the route and intersecting tram routes, with the route number "35" on both sides and major locations of interest. Has a photo of W6 961 in front of Flinders St station. Gives times for the service. Has Yarra Trams and PTV logos. Dated 08/17. .1 - as above, dated 1/2014 - similar information with a different layout.trams, tramways, city circle, yarra trams, docklands, route 35, tram 961 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s - set of 5, John Theodore, c1973
Yields information about depot activities of the BTPS in building the depot fan and access track.Set of 4 AGFA blue and white plastic mount 27mm sq and Fuji film 35mm slides of views of the depot from across the parklands c1973 - 1974. .1 - looking north with the rail stack in the park. .2 - ditto with 26 on the fan - note overhead is up. .3 - from the east side of the fish hatchery - overhead is up .4 - from the east side, with rails, earth stacks and pipes - no overhead up - early 1973 - 26 and 27 are on the fan .5 - ditto - some tidying up - power is on - 26 on the fan.Various notations by John as to the slide number and the trams in pencil and ink.tramways, trams, btps, depot, overhead, track construction, tram 26, tram 27 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book - Reference, The Birds of Australia Vol 1
The Birds of Australia is a 12 volume work, in a total of 14 books. The books were used as an ornithological handbook. They contain scientific text as well as over 600 hand-coloured lithographed plates by J.G. Keulemans, H. Grönvold, Roland Green, H. Goodchild and G.E. Lodge. The work was written, sponsored and organised by Gregory M. Matthews, F.R.S.C. Erc. who were a wealthy Australian and an amateur ornithologist? His titles included – -Fellow of the Linnean and Zoological Societies of London -Member of the British Ornithologists’ Union -Corresponding Fellow of the American Ornithologists’ Union The volumes in our collection were originally donated to the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute and Free Library by William Lindsay. THE LINDSAYS (quoted from the book Of Many Things – A History of Warrnambool Shire by C.E. Sayers) The Lindsays were amongst the most prominent families in the Shire of Warrnambool, as pastoralists, sportsmen, municipal councillors, community leaders. The first of the family William arrived in Melbourne in 1841 and started a business as a livestock agent. The gold rushes sent him to the central Victoria diggings dealing in cattle. This was a business that boomed in the early 1850s, and he prospered. In 1859 he took over the Quamby run near Woolsthrope from Paul de Castella, the Yarra Valley Swiss vigneron who had brought the leasehold and improvements in 1853 from George You, who had pioneered the run. Quamby was originally 25,000 acres. It was heavily timbered, rough country, much of it swampy, a characteristic of the district. Lindsay used it to fatten cattle which gave large returns with the booming gold diggings towns paying high prices for beef. In 1862 purchases at auction made Quamby a freehold. In the next six years, a further 20,000 acres of Crown land were brought at auction to make the run one of the largest in the south-west district. The great profits from his cattle trading enabled Lindsay to make improvements to the holding, and to Union which was added in 1864. Much of the thick timber was cleared and the worst of the swamps drained. Union was 15,000 acres of freehold land when Kennedy sold it to Lindsay. It was heavily timbered, mostly blackwood, with large belts of wattle and honeysuckle. Much of the heavy native was ringbarked and cleared; much more was swept away by bushfire. It was expensive work, but Lindsay’s bank passbook was heavy with credit, and he did not spare money to make both Quamby and Union heavily developed stock runs. He was as lavish in social living; the bluestone Quamby homestead was one of the most hospitable in the district when William Lindsay was host there; its paddocks carried high-quality thoroughbreds: its stables housed steeplechasers and flat racers which won many races on Warrnambool and other courses; its coach houses were filled with carriages which took his guests to the great racing carnivals of the district. After William Lindsay died in 1897, in his eighty-fifth year, his two sons, William and James, managed Union and Quamby as a joint venture. This partnership ended in 1906 when William took over Union and James kept Quamby. The following year 10,000 acres of Union was subdivided and sold in lots of 100 acres to 700 acres for dairying and general farming. It was well-improved country, much of it alluvial flats. By then many of the paddocks were sheltered with blue gum belts, and they carried good pastures. The three Lindsays, father and two sons, gave many years of service to the Shire, and to many charitable, sporting, social and community organisations in the Warrnambool district. William Lindsay senior, was a Shire councillor for 15 years, and President several times. James Lindsay followed his father as a north riding councillor. He served nineteen years, from 1887 until his death in March 1908. He was President four times. Jimmy Lindsay was one of the most popular men in the south-west of Victoria. He was a fine sportsman: horse breeder, owner and a dashing amateur rider. He lived lavishly and played hard. For many years he guarded a herd of kangaroos, as many as 100 head, at Quamby. Descendants of the Lindsay kangaroos are still in the district. James Lindsay’s wife, Margaret Esther was a daughter of Samuel Shaw Parker, the first engineer of the Shire. Nell Lindsay, a daughter, lives in the Bluestone Quamby homestead. Only a little more than 60 acres of the original run still belongs to the property. William Lindsay junior succeeded his brother as a Shire councillor. He served for 25 years from 1908 until his death in 1934. So, the Lindsays, father and two sons, served as Shite councillors for an unbroken period of sixth-five years. William Lindsay junior had a life-long interest in horse racing, as breeder, owner and enthusiastic amateur steeplechase rider. He was elected a member of the Warrnambool racing club in 1901 and was president of the club for thirty-two years. He raced and rode horses for the love of the sport. He won the Villiers and Heytesbury Hunt Cup in the 1870s on his own horse, Ventura. In the year he died his horse Flavedo won the Warrnambool Grand Annual steeplechase. It was a sensational race. All of the contestants fell or lost their riders. When Flavedo baulked at a jump, its jockey R. Sweetman, remounted and completed the course to win the race. All of the Lindsays were passionately fond of the thoroughbred horse. Nell Lindsay talking to the author in the drawing-room of Quamby homestead - with many memories for her of its lavish years – said of a brother that he was put on a horse when he was two years old and never got off. William Lindsay junior made Union into a fine, high-producing property, breeding cattle and horses. He added to the bluestone house that David Kennedy started, established plantations of pines and gums, and made an attractive garden. 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 meeting room in November 1854 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 fund raising 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 court house 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 This book is also part of the ‘Pattison Collection’, a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, which was founded in Warrnambool in 1853. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Library, as the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute was then called. When the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute 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 Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Ralph Pattison. Eventually, the components of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute 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. RALPH ERIC PATTISON 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 Pattison accepted a 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 Birds of Australia by Gregory M. Matthews is now considered a rare and valuable scientific and historic work on its own. These 12 volumes were donated in 1934 to The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute and were included as part of the Pattison Collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. The Birds of Australia Vol 1 Author: Gregory M Mathews Publisher: Witherby & Co, 326 HIGH HOLBORN LONDON Date: 1910-1911 Tan, leather bound illustrated workLabel on spine cover with typed text RA 598.2994 MAT Pastedown front endpaper has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute that reads Presented by W Lindsay Esq, “Union”, Woolsthorpe. Accession Number 15232 Date Received: 3-34 “W. Lindsay” embossed in gold on front cover, bottom right of bookflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, the birds of australia, gregory m. matthews, witherby & co., h.f. & g. witherby, w lindsay, william lindsay, pattison collection, the birds of australia vol 1, union station, woolsthrope, quamby station, warrnambool mechanics’ institute and free library -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - Changing Trains : A Century of Travel on the Sydney-Melbourne Railway, Phil Belbin and David Burke, 1982
This book is the story of the hundred years of the Sydney-Melbourne railway connection. It is about the trains - the Express, the Limited, the Spirit of Progress, the Southern Aurora - and the locomotives that pulled them.non-fictionThis book is the story of the hundred years of the Sydney-Melbourne railway connection. It is about the trains - the Express, the Limited, the Spirit of Progress, the Southern Aurora - and the locomotives that pulled them.sydney-melbourne railway, train travel australia, railways australia -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Slide, Dorothy Wickham, Koki, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 1958
This photograph was taken around 1958.Scanned from a coloured slideView from this sidepapua new guinea, port moresby, papuans, transport, bus -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Slide - Slide - Construction Portland/Cashmore airport, c. 1980
Coloured slide. Man standing in trench holding narrow black hose. White PVC pipe laying on ground near trench. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s - set of 15, John Theodore, 1/02/1975 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the official opening by the BTPS of its operations in Wendouree Parade.Set of 15 AGFA blue and white plastic mount 35mm slides of the official opening day of the BTPS Wendouree Parade tramway operations by the Chairman of the SEC 1/2/1975. .1 - 14 on access track for BTV6 .2 - 14 running out on access track .3 - 27 running in Wendouree Parade .4 - 26 at Gardens Loop with the watchman's shed. .5 - 38 on depot fan .6 - ditto .7 - as for .1 .8 - 14 on access track .9 - 26 in Wendouree Parade .10 - 40 heads the opening line up in Wendouree Parade .11 - ditto .12 - 27 at the other end .13 - ditto .14 - ditto .15 - waiting for the ceremony - it was a hot day. Various notations by John as to the slide number and the trams in pencil and ink.tramways, trams, btps, opening, wendouree parade, depot, tram 40, tram 26, tram 14, tram 27 -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Aircraft Log Book No.4 De Havilland Heron DH114 Series 2D VH-CLX
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Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Yarra Trams, "Power supply upgrade St Kilda Junction", 2017 - 2018
Digital images of a set 8 pamphlets for the provision of a new sub-station at St Kilda Junction from early 2016 to late 2018 including architectural treatments of the building done after a lot of adverse criticism. .1 - Pamphlet - PTV049 - 17 - titled "Power Supply Upgrade Project" .2 - Update on the St Kilda Junction sub-station - has a project timeline - c April 2017 .3 - Letter to residents dated 13/4/2017, providing information and time for an information session. .4 - ditto 16/10/2017 .5 - ditto dated 28/11/2017 providing options for the facade. .6 - local community group report - JAAG providing information on the options put forward and why they were rejected. .7 - Architectural options by Jacksons Architecture .8 - Update on the St Kilda Junction Facade Project for completion late 2018.trams, tramways, substation, power supply, yarra trams, st kilda junction -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Jonathon Cape, Battle of Britain, 1980
In this text, Deighton and Hastings look at how the few defended Britain in the Battle of Britain. They depict the reality of the battle and how it was enacted by those who took part, whether in the air, on the ground, in the planning rooms or at home in towns and villages.Index, ill, p.222.non-fictionIn this text, Deighton and Hastings look at how the few defended Britain in the Battle of Britain. They depict the reality of the battle and how it was enacted by those who took part, whether in the air, on the ground, in the planning rooms or at home in towns and villages. world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations, battle of britain - 1940 -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Ballarat School of Mines, Ballarat School of Mines Calendar, 1911, 1911
In 1911 R. Maddern was President of the Ballarat School of Mines. Contents of this booklet are: Asssociateship, Calendar, Certificate Courses, Departmental Regulations, Discipline, Discipline Board, Examination Results, Fees, Full Certificates Issued, General Regulations, Introduction, Junior Technical School, Officer Bearers, Professors and Lecturers, Subjects of Instruction - Department of Chemistry and Metallurgy, Geological Department, Engineering Department, Electrical Engineering Department, Department of Mathematics and Physics, Practical, Plane and Solid Geometry, Photography, Subscriptions and Donations 1910. Plan of Buildings and Grounds Engineers with qualifications from the Ballarat School of Mines were sought by mines throughout the world. Blue soft covered book of 64 pages titled the Ballarat School of Mines Calendar. The book includes images of the Engineering Room, the Maddern Roasting Furnace, Museum, Junior Chemical Laboratory, Plan of Buildings and Ground, Chemical Laboratory, Concentration Floor, Linkenbach Table, Engineering Laboratory, Experimental Steam Engine, Chemical Lecture Room, Physics Instruction Room, Newtonian Telescopy, Ballarat Observatory, Instructor's Laoratory, Wilfrey Table, Chlorination plant, Cyanide House and R. Maddern. ballarat school of mines, scientific equipment, engineering, classroom, desks, gas lighting, calendar, r. maddern, j. m. bickett, w. h. middleton, j. d. woolcott, w. nixon, daniel. walker, fred j. martell, professor a. mica smith, hubert r. murphy, charles a. deane, arthur garrard, professor t. s. hart, professor a. d. gilchrist, a. e. c. kerr, j. brittain, e. j. a. mcconnon, john m. sutherland, bertram whitington, h. j. hall, e. gutheil, charles campbell, t. williams, d. e. mullins, sir redmond barry, judge rogers, r. m. sergeant, thomas bath, andrew anderson, general regulations, discipline, discipline board, associateship and final certificates, mining engineering, metallurgy, geology, electrical engineering, certificate courses, junior technical school, fees, subjects of instruction, chemistry, geological department, engineering department, electrical engineering department, department of mathematics and physics, practical, plane and solid geometry, photography, full certificates issued, supplementary examination results - may 1910, supplementary examination results - april 1908, subscriptions and donations 1910 -
Port of Echuca
Audio - Oral History - Geoff Evans, Oral History of Geoffrey Thomas Evans of Echuca b1924 d 2007, 2002
Geoff Evans was the third generation to run Evans Brothers Sawmills that operated from the northern end of the Echuca Wharf from 1923 to 1983. His grandfather Richard James Evans orig. of England, settled in Victoria at a young age. He first worked as a butcher and later cut firewood in the Heathcote and Bacchus Marsh area. ‘R.J.’, as he was known established a sawmill at Barmah in the 1890s, before relocating to this site in 1923. It became known officially as the Evans Bros. Echuca Red Gum Sawmill. This site proved more economical due to its position at the railhead. Paddlesteamers towed barges carrying the logs from the surrounding forests to this mill. The Steamers that were owned by the Evans family were the Edwards (built 1875) and the Melbourne (built 1912). The Edwards was the main towing vessel. Outrigger barges at this mill were the Impulse (1885), Alison (1907), Clyde (once a paddlesteamer, built in 1884). Insider barges at the mill were old wool barges with iron topsides, the J.L.Roberts (1894), ADA (1899) and the Whaler which was of wooden construction. The Evans Mill cut both red gum and Murray pine. There was a main mill for the red gum and a second one for the pine on this site. Two new Marshall steam engines had been purchased by the family, one was used in the P.S. Edwards and the other for the Barmah mill and later this site. The Evans Bros. Mill was very much a family concern with it being owned and operated firstly by R.J., then his son Frederick. R. Evans and later grandson Geoff Evans. The mill employed 18 workers and operated until the 1980s, only briefly was it in the hands of other owners before the construction on part of the site of a tourist-oriented building known as the Red Gum Works which eventually made way for the Port of Echuca Discovery Centre in 2014.Knowledge of the redgum timber milling industry and associated mechanisms such as log slips is scant with little photographic representations to be found. The industry created alongside the Murray River in various places was very unique given the nature of red gum not floating and ingenuity and making use of local resources was required. Geoff Evans had firsthand knowledge of much of this process and how the Echuca Wharf area used to be in past decades. Geoff was also a popular musician and mayor of Echuca so had much knowledge of the local history and community.Digital recording of oral history interview with Geoff Evans of Evans Brothers Sawmill Echuca. evans bros, evans bros saw mills, evans' sawmill, geoff evans, log slip, log skid, p.s. edwards, p.s. melbourne, impulse barge, allison barge, clyde barge, j.l. roberts barge, ada barge, whaler barge, murray pine, redgum, marshall engines, r.j evans, f.j. evans, discovery centre, p.s. marion -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Sargent, John, Photographer Profile: Peter J.O. Ralph A Passion For Railways, 2001
A collection of railway photographs from Peter J.O. Ralph.ill, p.48.non-fictionA collection of railway photographs from Peter J.O. Ralph.railroads - victoria - pictorial works, railroad operations - victoria - history -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1969
Robin Boyd travelled to the USA and Britain for several weeks. He attended the opening of the new Australian Chancery in Washington DC, where he had designed an innovative exhibition with cylindrical display cases and sound recordings.Colour slide in a mount. Possibly Washington DC, USAMade in Australia / 20 / JUL 69M6reston, slide, robin boyd -
The Celtic Club
Book, Maurice O'Sullivan, Twenty years A-growing, 1950
O'Sullivan's memoir of growing up on Great Blasket, a sparsely inhabited Gaelic-speaking island off the Atlantic coast of Ireland.Maps, p.298.non-fictionO'Sullivan's memoir of growing up on Great Blasket, a sparsely inhabited Gaelic-speaking island off the Atlantic coast of Ireland.ireland - blasket islands, ireland - biography - maurice o'sullivan -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Ceremonial object - Memorial Cross, Mitchell
White woodedn cross with knitted poppy attached coloured red with green & black centre. Soldier's name & serial number printed in black ink on front of the Australian flag attached on the back of the cross.Mitchell, Warren David 1731013cross, memorial cross, mitchell -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Armstrong, Katherine, Bairnsdale Railway Station, 2003
Research, interpretation and management recommendations for the Bairnsdale Railway Station, Victoria, by a Forestec Studenttransport, township -
Canterbury History Group
Book, Bronwyn Hughes, Lights Everlasting: Australia’s commemorative stained glass from the Boer War to Vietnam, 2023
Almost hidden within religious buildings, hospitals, school chapels and civic buildings, stained-glass windows tell of Australians at war. Bronwyn Hughes focuses on commemorative stained glass—an overlooked art form—describing its rich artistic and architectural heritage and the artists and firms who created it. Memorial stained glass serves to depict and illuminate the men and women who fought and died for their faith and their country. It has a tragic beauty.255 pages with colour and black and white illustrations; notes, bibliography, indexnon-fictionAlmost hidden within religious buildings, hospitals, school chapels and civic buildings, stained-glass windows tell of Australians at war. Bronwyn Hughes focuses on commemorative stained glass—an overlooked art form—describing its rich artistic and architectural heritage and the artists and firms who created it. Memorial stained glass serves to depict and illuminate the men and women who fought and died for their faith and their country. It has a tragic beauty. world war 1914-1918, boer war, stained glass, monuments and memorials -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Conboy, Kenneth and Andrade, Dale, Spies and Commandos: How America Lost the Secret War in North Vietnam. (Copy 1), 2000
A major work that goes beyond what is in any other books that touch on these aspects of the Vietnam warA major work that goes beyond what is in any other books that touch on these aspects of the Vietnam war 1961-1975 -- military intelligence -- united states, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- commando operations -- vietnam (democratic republic) -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Municipality of Sandridge, Public Works Committee, reports, 1860
Municipality of Sandridge, Reports of the Public Works Committee from August 2nd 1860 to August 2nd 1861, 1st year information on opening page. reports actually continue to 21 September 1865. Wide spined binder with hand written reports on blue lined paper stuck in, red binding on corners of coverlocal government - borough of sandridge, local government - municipal district of sandridge -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
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5 VSF text books used by Reginald Torbert during his time as a student.Books