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Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Tiger Men. An Australian Soldier's Secret War in Vietnam, 1988
Hard cover, dark grey background, white print on spine. Dust cover with plastic covering, dark grey colour background, front illustrated tiger head badge, coloured cloth, back illustrated medal set in colour. 245 pages cut plain, illustrated with black and white photographs, maps Front fly leaf - handwritten blue ink - "Francis W Dean BEM:. First title page - owners stamps in black ink "Frances W Dean/"Coval"/ 20 Strickland Road, Bendigo, 3550.books-military-history, vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Audio - Audio, CD, The Diggers Legacy: music by Eric Bogle
MP3 filepopular music - australia -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Fitch, Ron, Railroading at its Wildest, 1993
A pictorial reminiscence of railwayman Ron Fitch and his career on the railways.index, ill, maps. p.176.non-fictionA pictorial reminiscence of railwayman Ron Fitch and his career on the railways.australian folklore. special subjects: railway services. personal observations. collections., railroad operations - australia - history -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1966
Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. In 1966 Boyd travelled to Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory for research – the Expo exhibits included a coral display and native plant garden.Colour slide in a mount. Probably sugar cane fields, far north Queensland, AustraliaMade in Australia / 2 / AUG 66M3 / 5 (Handwritten)queensland, slide -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Father
Pattison Collection This item is from 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. 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 lack of financial support led the WMI in 1911 to ask the City Council to take it over. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Library as it was then called. 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 Ralph 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. 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 area 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 during 1942 to 1942 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. WARRNAMBOOL MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE Warrnambool's Mechanics' Institute (or Institution as it was sometimes called) was one of the earliest in Victoria. On 17th October 1853, a meeting was held where it was resolved to request the Lieutenant Governor of the Colony to grant land for the erection of a Mechanics' Institutes building. A committee was formed at the meeting and Richard Osburne chaired the first meeting of this committee. The land on the North West corner of Banyan and Merri Streets was granted but there were no funds to erect the building. The Formal Rights of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute's encompassed its aims and these were officially adopted in1859; "This Institution has for its object the diffusion of literary, scientific, and other useful knowledge amongst its members, excluding all controversial subjects, religious or political. These objects are sought to be obtained by means of a circulating library, a reading room, the establishment of classes, debates, and the occasional delivery of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy, mechanics, astronomy, chemistry, natural history, literature, and the useful and ornamental arts, particularly those which have a more immediate reference to the colony." The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute opened its first reading room in November 1884 in the National School building at the corner of Banyan and Timor Streets. The Institute was funded by member subscription, payable on a quarterly, half-yearly or yearly basis. Samuel Hannaford, the Manager of the Warrnambool Bank of Australasia, was the first Honorary Secretary of the Mechanics' Institutes, and an early President and Vice-President. He also gave several of the early lectures in the Reading Room. Another early Secretary, Librarian and lecturer was Marmaduke Fisher, the teacher at the National School. Lecture topics included The Poets and Poetry of Ireland', 'The Birth and Development of the Earth', 'The Vertebrae - with Remarks on the pleasures resulting from the study of Natural History' and 'Architecture'. In 1856 the Reading Room was moved to James Hider's shop in Timor Street, and by 1864 it was located in the bookshop of Davies and Read. In the 1860's the Mechanics' Institute struggled as membership waned but in 1866, after a series of fundraising efforts, the committee was able to purchase land in Liebig Street, on a site then called Market Square, between the weighbridge and the fire station. A Mechanics' Institute building was opened at this site in August 1871. The following year four more rooms were added to the main Reading Room and in 1873 the Artisan School of Design was incorporated into the Institute. The same year Joseph Archibald established a Museum; however, it deteriorated when he was transferred to Bendigo in 1877. In 1880, with Archibald's return to Warrnambool, the Museum was re-established, and in 1885 a new building was built at the back of the Institute to accommodate the re-created School of Design, the Art Gallery and the Museum. In 1887 the Museum section was moved to the former courthouse in Timor Street (for some time the walls of the building formed part of the TAFE cafeteria but all is now demolished)). In 1911 the Museum was transferred back to the original building and the management of the Mechanics' Institute was handed over to the Warrnambool City Council. The Museum and Art Gallery became one and housed many fine works of art, and the Library continued to grow. The building was well patronised, with records showing that at the beginning of the 20th century there were between 500 and 800 visitors. During World War One the monthly figures were in the thousands, with 3,400 people visiting in January 1915. The Museum was a much - loved Institution in Warrnambool until the contents of the Museum and Art Gallery were removed to make room for the Warrnambool City Council Engineers' Department. The contents were stored but many of the items were scattered or lost. When the original building was demolished the site became occupied by the Civic Centre, which included the new City Library. (The library was temporarily located in the old Palais building in Koroit Street.) In the process of reorganisation the Collection was distributed amongst the community groups: -The new City Library took some of the historical books and some important documents, historic photographs and newspapers. -The Art Gallery kept the 19th Century art collection and some of the artefacts from the museum. -The Historical Society has some items -The State Museum has some items -Some items were destroyed -Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village has old newspapers, Government Gazettes, most of the Mechanics' Institute Library, ledgers and documents connected to the Mechanics' Institute Library, some framed and unframed artworks and some photographs. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute Library book collection is deemed to be of great importance because it is one of the few collections in an almost intact state, and many of the books are now very rare and of great value. The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. Father By the Author of Elizabeth and her German Garden {Countess Von Arnim} By marriage, she became Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin Publisher: MacMillan & Co Date:1931 The label on the spine with typed text PAT FIC FAT 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 shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, 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, great ocean road, father, countess von arnim, macmillan & co -
Vision Australia
Audio - Sound recording, Tony Porter, 25th Annual River Run/Walk radio advertisement, 1996
The River Run/Walk event was held by the Association for the Blind (later Vision Australia Foundation) along the banks of the Yarra River. Contestants were invited to run or walk courses of 5 or 10 km, with all funds raised going to AFB. In 1996, the event comprised of 2500 entrants and was sponsored by Priceline. This audio advertisement for the event was made for the 25th anniversary.1 audio file (30 seconds) in CD-DA formatassociation for the blind, fundraising, vision australia foundation -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - Barr's Creek - A Mystery of the Upper Murray, John Murphy, 1998
A collection of stories relating to exploration and mining in the far North East of Victoria.non-fictionA collection of stories relating to exploration and mining in the far North East of Victoria.gold mining, upper murray region, upper murray victoria, upper murray nsw -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING: THE DIGGINGS - THE DIGGERS
Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide; The Diggers. Black and white slide. Markings: 48 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Unions Ballarat
Book - Changing Employment Relations in Australia (D.J. Spiers Collection), Kitay, Jim (ed), 1997
Approaches current (1997) employment relations in Australia comparative to other countries (especially the United States and European nations). Note: this book was published one year after the Coalition (National and Liberal parties) returned to government in Australia and is therefore written before the enactment of the WorkChoices legislation and the subsequent Fair Work Act. Includes commentary about the likely future of industrial relations. The authors provide analysis around the following industries: automative; banking; information technology; Australian steel; and telecommunications.Industrial relations in the 1990s. Book; paperback.Front cover: editors' names and title. Title page: in black ink, "D.J. Spiers, University of Ballarat, April 1997".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, industrial relations, workplace relations act, automative industry, banking, information technology, steel, telecommunications -
The Celtic Club
Book, Joseph O'Connor, Inishowen, 2000
A novel of love found late, of hidden connections and of a journey that changes three lives forever.p.473.fictionA novel of love found late, of hidden connections and of a journey that changes three lives forever.ireland - human relations, ireland - travel -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Slide - Photograph, Avenue of Honour, Main Road, Eltham, c.1992
35mm colour positive transparency Mount - Black and Whitesignificant tree, infrastructure, roads, avenue of honour -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Bird, Eric and Lennon, Jane, The Entrance to the Gippsland Lakes, 1973
A scientific and historical study of the artificial entrance to the entrance to the Gippsland Lakes, victoria. Includes references, illustrations, mapsexploration, transport, commerce, civil engineering -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1970
Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘70 in Osaka and travelled to Osaka several times in 1969-1970. Boyd designed the innovative Space Tube, which had over 25 exhibition boxes, projecting from it. Amongst the topics covered were Australian scientific innovation (including brain research, immunology, Antarctic research, Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, rainmaking, and the night sky), Australian sport, house interiors, car manufacturing, Australian music and art, and Japanese-Australian relations.Colour slide in a mount. Canadian Pavilion, Expo '70, Osaka, Japan. (Architect: Arthur Erickson, with Geoffrey Massey)Made in Australia / 10 / MAY 70M3 / 6 (Handwritten)expo 70, osaka, robin boyd, slide -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Frederic Morton, The Rothschilds: A Family Portrait, 1961
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket"Adele Hulse" in inside coverrothschilds, biography, walsh st library -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES COLLECTION: MINUTE BOOK, 1930-1937
Minute Book.1930 - 1937 Independent Order of Rechabites Star of Bendigo, Juniors Tent No. 2. -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, VEAC, East Gippsland Rail Trail concept plan, 2015
In March 2014 the minister of environment and climate change requested VEAC to undertake an investigation into historic places on public land in Victoria. This draft paper initiated a public consultation after which a final report in 2016.historic sites -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Slide, Ron Scholten, mid 1970's?
Colour Slide, white black plastic of former tram W2 597 at Wattle Park"597 Wattle Park"trams, tramways, w2 class, wattle park, tramcars, tram 597 -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Slide, Were Street, Montmorency, 25 Jul 1973
35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)montmorency, were street -
Box Hill Historical Society
Book, Alkira, Alkira People engaging in Community, 2014
A pictorial history of Alkira from its foundation in 1954 to 2014non-fictionA pictorial history of Alkira from its foundation in 1954 to 2014alkira, community services -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, H. Tatlock Miller, Loudon Sainthill, Churchill : The Walk with Destiny
Hardcover w/Dust Jacketbritish biography, winston churchill, prime ministers, politics, government, great britain, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Rachel Biven, Women Artists of South Australia : Some forgotten... some remembered, 1976
Hardcover w/ Dust JacketLimited edition stamp signed by Rachel Bivenwomen artists, australian art, walsh st library -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Walter Burley Griffin / [by] James Birrell, 1964
203 p. : ill., portswalter burley griffin, architects - australia - united states of america -
Mont De Lancey
Book, Ira D. Sankey, Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and Enlarged with Standard Hymns 1200 Pieces, Late 1800's early 1900's
A collection of 1200 pieces of Sacred Songs and solos compiled by Ira D. Sankey who sang most of the old favourites in the great Revival Meetings together with a number of new recently popular pieces published for the first time. The book was used at Conventions, Evangelistic and Fellowship Meetings, in Places of worship, Sabbath schools, and Mission halls.A thick brown hardcover book titled - Sacred Songs & Solos revised and Enlarged with Standard Hymns 1200 pieces compiled under the direction of Ira D. Sankey written on the front cover in black text and script. The spine has the title at the top and the publisher Morgan & Scott Ltd at the bottom as well as decorative plain lines across it. The spine is broken and the covers are loose. There is a Metrical Index and Index at the back. Four hymns and their page numbers are written on the back endpaper in grey pencil.non-fictionA collection of 1200 pieces of Sacred Songs and solos compiled by Ira D. Sankey who sang most of the old favourites in the great Revival Meetings together with a number of new recently popular pieces published for the first time. The book was used at Conventions, Evangelistic and Fellowship Meetings, in Places of worship, Sabbath schools, and Mission halls.hymns, religious books -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Slide - Photograph, Main Road, Eltham South, c.Apr. 1993
35mm colour positive transparency (2 of 22) Mount - Kodak EktachromeProcess Date "Apr M"eltham south, main road, significant tree -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL BENDIGO
6 page coloured pamphlet on the history of the Sacred Heart Cathedral, BendigoCatholic Diocese of Bendigo -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Slide - Photograph, Unidentified location, Eltham district, 1993
35mm colour positive transparency Mount - Black and Whiteunidentified, infrastructure, streets, roads -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, The Anzac Battalion: a record of the tour of 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, 1st Battalion, Vol 1 (Copy 2)
australia. army. battalion, 2nd, new zealand. army. battalion, 1st -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Slide - Section of mural in the Drawing Room of South Esk (formerly 'Ordsall'), 1980
One of a group of slides taken by members of the Society of built heritage in Kew in 1979-80. The selection of subject matter reflects the priorities of the period. The colour of some slides has degraded.The slides represent a snapshot in time of built architecture in Kew, much of which has changed in the forty-plus period since they were created. 35mm colour transparency (slide) taken from a photograph of a section of the mural in the Drawing Room of South Esk (Ordsall). The photo was developed in 1980. There is a high degree of colour distortion in the transparency.victorian architecture, south esk -- cotham road -- kew (vic.), ordsall, murals, victorian interior decoration -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Ballarat School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat, School of Mines and Industries minutes if the Board of Studies, Assets Committee, Staffing Committee and Special Working Committee 1976-79, 01/07/1976
School of Mines Ballarat is a predecessor of Federation University This book is an minutes book of the School of Mines 1970's giving us an understanding of the operations of the School of Mines in that era and of the people involved with the institution at that time. It shows projects that were being undertaken at the institution at the time and gives us an historical perspective on project costs and the type of work being doneLarge dark red book with gold lettering on the front cover Staffing, Boardof Studies, Special Working party in black marker on the spine school of mines ballarat, board of studies, assets committee, special working party, staffing committee, w.j.c north, e.j tippett, m.b john, g.h beanland, s.a mendelson, k.j flecknoe, p. shiells, a. smail, j. crowe, r. hazlett, b. webber, d.drake, r. morgan, j. bell, l. shannon, a. peart, e.j barker, r.t morrell, k. andrews, r. dobell, l.f hillman, b. muir, r.mcfarlane -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - CASTLEMAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTION, CENOTAPH, CHARRING CROSS, 1958
Slide. Cenotaph, Charing Cross. City Family Hotel in background. Dated 16.4.58slide, bendigo, cenotaph, castlemaine historical society collection cenotaph charring cross bendigo