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Melbourne Legacy
Book, Legacy 100. Centenary of Service 1923-2023. Diary, 2023
Legacy provides a diary to widows each year in 2023 Legacy celebrated its Centenary so the diary had a special cover.An important part of Legacy's history was the commemoration of its centenary.Pocket ring bound diary with a blue vinyl cover with the 100 year logo.centenary, gifts -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - HOLIDAYING ON THE CONTINENT, RICHARD MUNRO, 2009
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Nillumbik Historical Society Incorporated
Book - Softcover book, Laurie Bates, Capturing the Essence of Diamond Creek, 2008
nillumbik, diamond creek -
Camberwell Historical Society
Book (Item), Alyssa Clarkson, Ballyshanassy: a history of the Burwood district, 1991
burwood, ballyshanassy, history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GOLD, c1855
Diggers & Mining. Gold. Market Square Castlemaine, Forest Creek. James J Bundell & Co, Melbourne 1855. Shows the small township, people wagons, dogs. Market Square Castlemaine, 1855. Markings: 26 994.GOL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
The Celtic Club
Book, Dwina Murphy-Gibb, Cormac The Seers, 1992
A sweeping legend of Cormac mac Airt, greatest of the High Kings of Ireland which blends myth and truth.p.328.fictionA sweeping legend of Cormac mac Airt, greatest of the High Kings of Ireland which blends myth and truth.novel - ireland., fiction - ireland -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, O'Bryan Denis, Pioneering East Gippsland, 1983
A brief chronological description of the pioneering and development of East Gippsland from 1770 to 1939 sources of information are included.chronology -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Corfield and company, Give me back my dear old cobbers, 2008
The story pf the 58th and 59th Australian Infantry Battalions 1913-1942. Author Robin S Corfeild Black hard cover with grey dust jacket with photos- Ruc Petillon cemetery and Badges from 58th and 59th Battalions.military history, books -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - Hargreaves Street Bendigo, 1950s
Hargreaves Street Bendigo - Slide - 1950s - Taken from near the corner of Hargreaves Mall and Mitchell Street, looking North; Shamrock Hotel and post post office in the background over the shopping centre.history, bendigo, hargreaves street bendigo -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Book, Heathmont History Group, FJC Rogers Reserve, Heathmont - History and Photography 2016, 2016
Soft cover metal & plastic bound book featuring photographs entered in the FJC Rogers Reserve Photographic Competition and Display 2016, including the prize winners.Reserves in Heathmont series: no.3. Text by the Heathmont History Group - Les Prato, Jeff Leipold, Gerry Robinson (convenor), Rita James, Betty Colbert. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Friends of Boroondara (Kew) Cemetery, Leaving their mark : a tribute to some of those who are memorialised in the Boroondara (Kew) Cemetery, est 1958, 2020
xii, 108 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 x 30 cmnon-fictionburials -- boroondara general cemetery, funerary monuments -- kew (vic), cemeteries -- victoria -- kew -- history, kew (vic.) -- biography -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Randal Wilson, Dale Budd, "The Melbourne Tram Book" - 2nd Edition, 2013
Book - 84 pages including card covers, full colour printing on gloss paper, titled "The Melbourne Tram Book" - 2nd Edition, written by Randal Wilson and Dale Budd. Reprint of 2013. Covers Melbourne tram history including cable trams, early electric trams, trams in art, historic fleet, colour schemes, tram types, and preserved tramways. Includes notes on the authors. See Reg Item 3362 for 1st Edition. and 4287 for the 3rd edition.trams, tramways, melbourne, tramways, history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - AILEEN AND JOHN ELLISON COLLECTION: SOME AUSTRALIAN BIRDS
Small booklet: Some Australian Birds. On the front cover a Kookaburra. Published in April 1957 by the Bank of New South Wales. The booklet has 17 pages. Contents: Foreword - Bell miner - Black Swan - Boobook Owl - Bower Bird - Brolga - Dollar Bird - Fairy Penguin - Jabiru - Kookaburra (inside front cover) - Lyrebird - Pelican - Rifle Bird - Weebill - Whipbird - White Cockatoo - Willie Wagtail - Yellow Robin (inside back cover).books, natural history, birds -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Book - Register, Alterations and Additions, 1910-1953
Donated by David Honeybone, Librarian from the Burnley Library.Hardcover exercise book with pasted inserts of pages from, "List of Fruit Trees Etc. grown at The Royal Horticultural Gardens and School of Horticulture, Burnley," by E.E. Pescott, Principal, and handwritten amendments. Vol. 1 dated 1910. Vol. 1: signature, "A.S. Neilson," on inside cover/ Vol. 2: signature, "George Russ."fruit trees, e.e. pescott, a.s. neilson, principal, george russ, david honeybone, royal horticultural gardens, school of horticulture, burnley -
Melbourne Legacy
Book - Document, minutes, Melbourne Legacy Widows' Club Minute Book
The minutes of the Melbourne Legacy Widows' Club from 1986 to 1988. The second page shows the regular format of the meeting, starting with a minute silence. Gwen Gunn was the secretary or treasurer during some of this time and had minute book in her care. It was sent to Melbourne Legacy by Gwen's granddaughter Danni Moore in 2020.A record of the business practices for formal meetings in the 1980s and that Widows' Clubs provided a valuable purpose of meeting for the widows. Black exercise book with multicolour cover and lined pages.widows, widows club, meetings -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Jack Richardson, Keith Kings, "Destination City", 1971
Book - "Destination City" - card covers - 84 pages - centre stapled - with sub title "Electric Tramway Rolling Stock of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board", priced at $1, published by Traction Publications of P.O. Box 438, Canberra City in 1971, 3rd edition with a small corrigenda sheet. Describes Melbourne s tram car fleet. Includes brief description of each type, photographs and a summary history. Has many photographs of the various tramcars associated with relevant text. On front cover, has W7 1010 with green and black banding and price. On page 1 is a map of Melbourne tramways drawn in 1971, but showing abandoned lines as well. Page ii, inside cover, has a list of Traction Publications. Back cover has a end on photograph of SW6 940. Outside of covers is gloss paper. Corrigenda sheet - 85mm sq has been glued inside its own covertrams, tramways, melbourne, tramcars, mmtb -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Poster, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "MMTB 50th Anniversary Preston 1977", 1977
Poster, full colour printed on gloss paper titled "MMTB 50th Anniversary Preston 1977". Printed to celebrate 50 years of Preston workshops. Has a photo of the restored / repainted Museum of Victoria cable tram set and Z1, running a West Preston - Regent St route 10 in Gisborne St Melbourne. Two copies held.trams, tramways, preston workshops, 50th anniversary, cable trams, museum, gisborne st -
Clunes Museum
Book, RICHARD EDWARD KING, 88CURTAIN ROAD, E.C, A NOVEL BY BRONTE, CIRCA 1903
THIS INFORMATION IS TO BE ADVISEDA NOVEL BY BRONTEfictionTHIS INFORMATION IS TO BE ADVISEDlocal history, book, novel, hudson, laura -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Ward, H. M, Money and the man, [n.d.] [c.1900?]
384 p. : col. ill. Title page missing. Brown cover, with image of a man being driven in an open carriage past a group of onlookers.fictionh. m. ward, children's fiction -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Martie and Others in Rhodesia
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 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 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. Martie and Others in Rhodesia Author: Sheila McDonald Publisher: Cassell & Co Date: 1927 The label on spine with typed text PAT FIC MAC 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 Warrnambool Mechanics Institute Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service Flyleaf has a stamp from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, martie and others in rhodesia, sheila mcdonald -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, The B.M.C. Embroidery Book, 1912 - 1920
Slim soft covered (approx A5 Size) central stitched book of embroidery stitches and techniques. Title page: 'The BMC Embroidery Book - Instructive to biginner and professional alike'. 103 ages with diagrams and some photo illustrations. Cover bound in brown paper.|The brown paper glued to cover hides the cover design. This can be seen in part if viewed against a strong light.In black ink top of title page; 'Chrissie Cock' .Stamped in purple in lower right; 'Mrs Harrison - Agent - Castlemaine'books, technical -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, PICTORIAL, Robert Nelson, Frank Morgan, Peter Breen, Stuart Reid, "A Pictorial History of Australians at War", 1970
Owner and donor details - see Cat No. 5836.3.Hard cover book with dust cover. Cover - cardboard, with yellow buckram. Gold print on spine. Dust cover - paper, cream colour print on front and spine. Illustrated in black and white, a collection of ten photographs and artwork. 323 pages - cut, plain, white paper, Illustrated - colour and black and white photographs, posters, drawings and artwork. Front and back end papers - illustrated sepia tones photograph of troops and barbed wire in silhouette. Front end paper - handwritten name.Front end paper - handwritten blue ink signature "Ron Bollard".books, military history, pictorial books -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Noble, Gerald W, The Red Gate : A history of Alexandra, 1969
i-ix; 86 p.; maps; index; bib.; 24 cm.squatters -- victoria -- history. | squatter settlements -- victoria -- history. | victoria -- history. | alexandra (vic.) -- history. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ANNALS OF BENDIGO 1921 - 1935 VOLUME 5, 1921 - 1935
Annals of Bendigo, the fifth section. Years 1921 to 1935 (1938) Edited by G. V. Lansell and W. J. Stephens. Printed by Cambridge Press Print, Bendigo. Bound in grey paper. Includes b/w photographs Markings: Bendigo Historical Society Inc. Front and back - Circular Stamp.Edited by G.V. Lansell & W.J. Stephensbendigo, history, annals of bendigo, annals of bendigo, bendigo, history, culture, industry -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS WW1, TRIOLI, Rosalie, "OUR SCHOOLS AND THE WAR", 2012
"The Great War profoundly touched the lives of Australian teachers, school children and local communities, and with lasting consequences." Cover - soft cover, cardboard, red and white print on front, spine and back on black and white, cover image. "The Rally Round the Flag" and "A School interior" Back cover image "School Physical Training Display" map of Australia. Pages - 364 pages, cut, plain, off white. Illustrated black and white photographs. Handwritten inscription on Title page. Title page - handwritten inscription - black ink. "For the Soldiers Memorial / Institute Military Museum,/ with all best wishes/ Rosalie Triolo/ March 2018." books, schools, teachers and students, ww1 -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Slide - Photograph, The Wiregrass Gallery and Art Store, 965 Main Road, Eltham, c.May 1988
35mm colour positive transparency (1 of 23) Mount - Kodak EktachromeProcess Date MAY 88Meltham, main road, art store, eltham railway station, platform 3095, restaurants, shops, wiregrass gallery -
Nillumbik Historical Society Incorporated
Book - Hardcover book, State Library of New South Wales Press, Family Memories A guide to reminiscing, 1992
Brown hardcover with yellow dust cover, paper pages 200gsm - 130 pagesnon-fiction -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Marie Holmes, Westmoreland – A Family From Lincolnshire - Previously Cat No 3633, 2005
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: NOTE BOOK
Green, indexed, cloth bound note book containing fourteen pages of hand-written scientific experiments. Subjects include Iron, Standardization of KMn O4 solution, Ferrous Ammonium Sulphate, Sodium Oxalate?, Assay of Titaniferous? Iron ore, To make up Standard solution of Na2 S2 O? 5? For Copper, Standard Sol of (?H4)2 Mo O4) for Lead Assay, Sry Assay of Lead, Antimony, Resolution of ? Compounds, Clarks Modified Method Ores & Alloys, Method of reducing antimony solutions, Bromate Method, Standard Sol Pot Bromate, Standard, Assay, Oxides, Method suitable for alloys of Pb ? ?, Arsenic, Standard Iodine, Starch, Assay, Tungsten, Assay for Pyritic Scheelite, Illuminating Gas, Calcium, Permanganate method, Assay, ? O2, Iron, Ca O, Norman Solutions.sciences, instruments-general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection, scientific formulas, assay -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Newsletter - RAAF News, RAAF