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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - FIZELLE AND MULQUEEN - FUNERAL RECORDS
34 pages of photocopied records for Fizelle & Mulqueen, funeral directors Includes photographs UnpublishedUnknown -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Poster, Queensland Railways, "Discover one of the last great Frontiers", mid 1980's
Advertising Poster for use in Tramcars printed on heavy cardboard advertising Queensland Rail "Spirit of the outback' with an image of the train and a windmill along with QR Traveltrain logo. Has the title "Discover one of the last great Frontiers" Image file is a small version of the large pdf file, on file as hte5567i.pdftrams, tramways, posters, queensland, advertisements, railways -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Gipps, Christine, History of Postal Services in Victoria, 1984
A history of the postal services in Victoria, Australia, presenting the changes over the 150 years up to Victoria's Sesquicentenary, 1984.postal services, communications -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Sign
Metal sign advertising Shell Motor Oil. Painted yellow with black letters.Shell Motor Oils S.A. Number Zero ------- 60commerce, advertising, signs -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Edgar Ford, Collins New Australian Clear School Atlas, 1965
Softcovergeography, walsh st library -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Rodney Recollections 1886-1986, 1986
Written to commemmorate the 100th Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Shire of RodneyGrey/brown and beige water like scene soft cover book. Maroon and black text and border. Green willow trees at the edge of water scene on the back cover.shire of rodney, books, history, local -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, "Kicking into the Wind - A history of the formative years of the Port Melbourne Football Club 1874 - 1917", 2004
Produced by Terry KEENAN as the first of three volumes of PMFC history during the VFA period"Kicking into the Wind - A history of the formative years of the Port Melbourne Football Club 1874 - 1917". First volume of Terry KEENAN's history of PMFC. Navy blue paperback 216 pages 2004.Unsignedsport - australian rules football, terry keenan, port melbourne football club, pmfc -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (item) - GAF ASTA Publicity Correspondence Articles and letter and clippings See Description for names
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, The Nashos' War. (Copy 3)
vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- participation, australian, draft -- australia -- history, australia -- armed forces -- recruiting, enlistment, etc -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, What house is that? A guide to Victoria's housing styles, 2007_
A guide to period building styles in Victoria. Contains heritage colour suggestions and description of main architectural elements.These house styles are common throughout Victoria and may also be found in the Greensborough area.31 pages, soft yellow cover with title in grey and white. Colour illustrations and black and white line drawings.houses victoria, heritage council of victoria, heritage victoria, david harvey -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, H. J. (Jim) Melbourne, North Western Woollen Mills And Norwellan Textiles, Stawel's Great Asset, 2007
North Western Woollen Mills became Norwellan Textiles then AUNDE -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, John Fogarty, Railway construction workers during the railway age in Australia, 1988
presents an intuitive picture of conditions in the railway construction industry up to the end of the 1920sp.18.non-fictionpresents an intuitive picture of conditions in the railway construction industry up to the end of the 1920srailway workers - australia, railway construction - australia -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Pamphlet, Warren Doubleday, "Welcome Aboard", Aug. 1997
712.1 & 712.2 - Originals (ex Laser Printer) of BTM "Welcome Aboard" pamphlets for handing out to passengers on trams. Features photos of 26, 38, 1 & 14 and interior photo ex 26 and text describing "Your Trip", the trams, Ballarat Tramways, and the museum itself and has maps of the Ballarat system and the Gardens area. Printed on "Premium Coated Ink Jet" paper, made in USA, 25% cotton. 712.3 - photo copy onto "Reflex" sand colour photocopy paper and folded as presented to a passenger.trams, tramways, btm, handouts, passengers, pamphlets -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - Aircraft maintenance devices & systems, Aircraft Maintenance Text 4 Basic Functioal Devices and Systems
Non fiction. Description of basic functional devices & systems used in aircraft, from levers to computers , to assist maintenance engineers through licensing exams.Blue and red cover with Dept. of Aviation in bottom left hand cornerNon fiction. Description of basic functional devices & systems used in aircraft, from levers to computers , to assist maintenance engineers through licensing exams.\ -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Andrews, Brian et al, Steam on the Downgrade, 1967
A pictorial history of the end of steam in Australia on government and private railways.ill, p.88.non-fictionA pictorial history of the end of steam in Australia on government and private railways.railroads -- australia -- history, railroads -- australia -- trains -- pictorial works -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book, Tony Lane, The Merchant Seamen’s War, 1990
non-fictionmerchant navy, ww2 -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Bernard Barrett, The Inner Suburbs, 1971
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacketaustralian local history, yarra, fitzroy, collingwood, victoria, walsh st library -
Friends of St Brigids Association
Book - Men of Yesterday : A Social History of the Western District of Victoria, 1834-1890, Kiddle, Margaret. 1967. Men of Yesterday : A Social History of the Western District of Victoria, 1834-1890. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press, 1967 xviii, 573 p., 10 p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm
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Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, G. McEldowney, "100 years of Melbourne's Trams", Nov. 1985
Thirty Two page book, A4 landscape format, saddle stapled, titled "100 years of Melbourne's Trams", published by the Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees Association in 1985. Colour cover featuring drawings of Melbourne trams from cable trams to articulated electric trams. Has foreword by Tom Roper, Minister for Transport. Book published to celebrate the centenary of the opening of the first cable tram in Melbourne, 11/11/1885. Reviews the history of trams in Melbourne, cable trams, horse trams, Clapp, municipal tramways, electric trams, MMTB, buses, Preston Workshops, Wattle Park and the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Notes the MTA winning the tender to building the Kowloon - Canton Light Rail system and Melbourne's Automatic Vehicle Monitoring System. Has colour photos and sepia toned (black and white) photos throughout. Second copy added 26-6-17 from donation of Neil Elfick.trams, tramways, melbourne, mmtb, cable trams, mta, horse trams -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Book, Deaton & Spencer Pty. Ltd, The Local Government Handbook (Victoria) - Second Edition 1948, 1948
Blue hard cover reference book by F.H. Lonie of Maddock, Lonie and Chisholm, solicitors to the Municipal Association of Victoria. A concise explanation of the Local Government Act and procedure at Council meetings.Dedication (by Leigh Blackburn) - To my son Peter James Blackburn 1945-1991 who shared with me my association with the Stokes company. Foreword by F.A. Jenkins, Secretary, Municipal Association. -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - Our Edmondson Family - from County Renfrew to Victoria 1848, Rob Mortlock, Bob Polkinghorne, Lorna Polkinghorne
This history of the Edmondson family begins with the journey of George and Isabella Edmondson, with their four children, from County Renfrew via Liverpool to Melbourne in 1848. After some time at the Bendigo goldfields, George and his second wife, Margaret Boyd, moved to the Yackandandah area. Later family members settled in various areas of Victoria, with one descendant, Ern Edmondson being a member of the ANZAC forces. Particular mention is made of Maud Cadman, an octogenarian family member, and source of much family information. The story is profusely illustrated with photographs of family members, and, in particular, a photograph of a New Testament, presented to Margaret Boyd aboard the ship that brought her to Australia in 1852.non-fictionThis history of the Edmondson family begins with the journey of George and Isabella Edmondson, with their four children, from County Renfrew via Liverpool to Melbourne in 1848. After some time at the Bendigo goldfields, George and his second wife, Margaret Boyd, moved to the Yackandandah area. Later family members settled in various areas of Victoria, with one descendant, Ern Edmondson being a member of the ANZAC forces. Particular mention is made of Maud Cadman, an octogenarian family member, and source of much family information. The story is profusely illustrated with photographs of family members, and, in particular, a photograph of a New Testament, presented to Margaret Boyd aboard the ship that brought her to Australia in 1852.edmondson family, pioneers, beechworth, yackandandah, northeast victoria family history -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, Be one of us! Many hands make light work
Pamphlet put out by Mitcham and Vermont Progress Association to procure new members.Pamphlet put out by Mitcham and Vermont Progress Association to procure new members. Secretary - N. Armstrong; C.P. Porritt, secretary, publicity committee.Pamphlet put out by Mitcham and Vermont Progress Association to procure new members. clubs and associations, mitcham and vermont progress association, armstrong, norman., porritt, c.p. -
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 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, John Barleycorn
This book was part of a large group of books referred to as the Pattison Collection, which belonged to the Warrnambool Public Library, part of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute. About RALPH ERIC PATTISON and the ‘PATTISON COLLECTION’ The ‘Pattison Collection’ is a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the WMI was led to ask the City Council to take it over in 1911 due to lack of financial support. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Public Library as it was then called. Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 when Pattison accepted the position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council his huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower areas of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave from 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However, he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. THE NEW WARRNAMBOOL LIBRARY When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Pattison. Eventually, the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. 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. John Barleycorn Author: Jack London Publisher: Mills and Boon Ltd. The label on spine cover with typed text PAT FIC LON Pastedown frontend paper 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 Second front loose endpaper has handwriting that maybe the signature of Jack London flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, john barleycorn, jack london -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Minutes, Port Melbourne Cricket Club, 1911 - 1932
Grey minute book with maroon binding. Minutes of Port Melbourne Cricket Club from 01.11.1911 to 25.01.1932. Back section contains financial statements 16.04.1911 to 10.07.1915sport - cricket, port melbourne cricket club, thomas yeoho, j m tate -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''MIXED POETRY BY ROSCOE GANNON
Booklet. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 40 page booklet of verse by Roscoe Gannon. Three copies a, b, and c. Self published in 1968 at 38 Livingstone Ave., Pymble, NSW, 2073. Catalogue stickers on front covers ''2139.1,2,3 GAN''. Handwritten in biro on title page 'With Compliments To Alec Chisholm From Roscoe Gannon'.Roscoe Gannonbooks, collections, poetry, alec h chisholm collection, roscoe gannon, poetry -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK 'THE SCOTTISH MINSTREL' BY THE REV. CHARLES ROGERS
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 507 page green covered hardback book of the Songs of Scotland subsequent to Burns with memoirs of the poets. Compiled by the Rev. Charles Rogers, LLD, FSA, SCOT. Historiographer to the Historical Society. Published in 1870 by William P Nimmo, Edinburgh and printed by Schenck and McFarlane, St James Square. Catalogue sticker '2045 ROG' on spine.Charles Rogersbooks, collections, poetry, alec h chisholm collection, charles rogers, poetry, scottish poets -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, A 'duty clear before us': North Beach and the Sari Bair Range
world war, 1914-1918 - australia, gallipoli peninsula (turkey) - history, military -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Gonzales, Laurence, Deep Survival : Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why : True Stories of Miraculous Endurance and Sudden Death
In Deep Survival Laurence Gonzales combines hard science and powerful storytelling to illuminate the mysteries of survival, whether in the wilderness of in meeting any of life's great challenges.In Deep Survival Laurence Gonzales combines hard science and powerful storytelling to illuminate the mysteries of survival, whether in the wilderness of in meeting any of life's great challenges.wilderness survival -- case studies, vietnam war -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - GERMAN HERITAGE SOCIETY COLLECTION: ALBUM VON LUBECK
Item 3. Blue cardboard album with long fold out pages holding 12 photos. The photos are scenic or of buildings of Lubeck. The front cover has a gold and black pattern and the name is imprinted in gold. The photos are numbered. The photos are: 1. Overlooking Lubeck, 2. Lubeck from the Cathedral Tower, 3, Lubeck Harbour, 4. Market Square, Lubeck, 5. Holsten Gates: St Mary's Church; St Peter's Church, 6. Holy Ghost Hospital, Lubeck, 7. Cathedral, Lubeck, 8. Broad Street and Town Hall, Lubeck, 9. Burg Gates, Lubeck, 10. Holsten Gates, Lubeck, 11. St Jacob's Church, Lubeck, 12. Interior of St Mary's Church, Lubeck.L Petersbooks, collections, buildings of lubeck, german heritage society collection - album von lubeck, l peters