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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, Altered Services, 29/07/1951 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about Ballarat tramway services in July 1951.Newspaper clipping of July 1951, advertising altered tramway services, commencing Sun 28/7/1951 - details service frequency and View Point Services. exact date of cutting unknown - would appear to be a paid advertisement. Record updated and images added 21/8/2013.trams, tramways, ballarat tramways, timetables, services, sec -
Federation University Historical Collection
Newspaper, Saragasso, 1978-1981
Sargasso was a monthly newspaper of the Ballarat University College/University of Ballarat Student Union newspaper. Matthew Cuthbert worked on Sargasso from 1989 to 1991 when it was created on LC 2 Apple Mac, at that time one of the best Apple labs in the country. "The Ballarat Courier had four machine, we had a suite." (Matthew Cuthbert, 2022) Mathew Cuthbert was the founder of ‘Integration,’ an alterntive venue and nightclub, with local college band, ‘The Fat Thing’ . This club had a following of Grunge and New Indie music from the UK, namely Madchester, straight from the decks of the Chevron, Melbourne. He went on to study interactive Multimedia at Central Saint Martin’s, London. "It was a great time at Ballarat, a melding of arts, humanities, friendship, youth and a Bohemia of sorts." (Matthew Cuthbert, 2022)Seventeen copies of the Ballarat University College/University of Ballarat student newspaper 'Sargasso'.student union, ballarat college of advanced education student union, eureka, newspaper, ballarat university college, university of ballarat, student union, student association, michael hayes, carparking, painters and dockers, the saints, elliott goblet, len taylor, engineering, russell bell, michael thornton, fiona kleinitz, katie o'callaghan, darren parker, ambrose nicholls, tim jess, siva shankar, terry o'biren, computers, french nuclear tests, muroroa atoll, chris hutchinson, hodges robinson, ballarat international film festival, hugh jarse, fred penhall, catherine righetti, mathew cuthbert, vicki morrison, jerry goularas, john shapham, brian sardeson, peter glover, roger burnley, michael radman, jodie chivell, janell armfield, sexual harassment, east timor, andrew sutherland, metallica, 3bbb, rod harrison, robyne sterns, voluntary student unionism, campus conservation corps, melinda glisson, christie pepperell, paul harmes, azhar albazzaz, mat erbs, russell bell, michael thornton, loren gale, stephen degabrielle, floriene loder, john winkelman, lisa gleeson, hecs, higher education contribution scheme, robyne sterns, steve blomeley, melissa auchline, jane hyland, rob sitch, chrissie mildren, eric ong, hoodoo guros, keith lanyon, david fitzgerald, vince zankin, justin driscoll, brian welsh, chaplains, orion, pauline schenk, caitlin french, tom fermi, lisa gleeson, beth filipov, ballarat film society, mortlake buskers festival, australian university games, shivalli nanduri, david jones, merrion kent, stephen hubert, carly shaw, simon kennedy, david james, michael thorton, paul sproules, jacek olchowick, rape, autism, eureka stockade memorial trust, halls of residence, student residences, peter joyce, kath pengelly, sam drew, amie bird, antonino atzori (nino), michelle menz, mariela gledj, rugby union, hockey, sarag freeman -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: STARS OF THE SHOW
Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from 2002. Stars of the show: cast shot of the stars of Fairyland, an operetta staged at the Eaglehawk Town Hall by the pupils of California Gully School No. 123 in 1932. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Park Orchards Community House
Newspaper, Getting ready for Christmas at the Park Orchards Community House
From Doncaster/Templestowe News 27 November 1991 -
Apollo Bay Museum
Film - John Verey on the Apollo Bay Golf Course
Audio Slideshow with John Verey on the Apollo Bay Golf Course. Created as part of the Heart Maps project with Amy Tsilemanisapollo bay, golf course, oral history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: CHAMPS
Bendigo Advertiser '' the way we were'' from 2002. Champs: Eaglehawk State School football club premiers in 1966. Back row from left: Mr. J. McCartney (coach), Michael Clarke, Peter Lockett, John Wilson, Wayne Davis, Greg Wright, Barry Harwood, Mr. Doble (assistant coach). Centre row: Barry Hayes, Dennis Boyd, Duncan McInnes, Kevin Hughes, Cliff Fletcher, Stephen Benbow, Greg Ellis, Ray Griffiths. Front row: Garry Singe, Des Nelson, Bruce Turner (vice captain), Robert Wallace (captain), Rod Ashman, Terry Hopley, Trevor Benbow. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Smear backfires, 8/04/1992
Article from Nunawading Gazette 8 Apr 1992 re John Smith being convicted at a Ferntree Gully Magistrates Court for offences under the local government act.smith, john, local government elections, city of nunawading -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Newspaper - lift-out, "Bicentennial Celebrations at Rhyll" "Churchill Island Bicentennial Celebrations", 28/3/2001
Two pages of text and photos on bicentennial celebrations of "Lady Nelson" entering Western Port. Pp 12-13. Pp10-11 local news and adverts. See also 0238.1-.9.churchill island, phillip island, rhyll, lady nelson, lt. grant, premier steve bracks -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: GOOD DEEDS
Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from Tuesday, January 1, 2002. Good deeds: Golden Square Primary School pupils and teachers pack parcels of clothing to be sent to needy countries during the war; circa 1944. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Newspaper - Three Accounts of the Unveiling of Russell Thomson Statuary in the Botanical Gardens, The Ceremony of Unveiling the Russell-Thomson Statuary
Firsthand accounts of the unveiling of the Russell-Thomson Statuary in the GardensImportant in the History of Ballarat and in the adornment of the Botanical Gardens in the nineteenth century. The first newspaper article, p.2 from the Ballarat Star, 3/8/1888. The second article, 2 pages from the Ballarat Star, 4/8/1888. The third article, three pages from the Ballarat Courier, 4/8/18881st Article, 1st line underlined in green marker pen and bottom of page in biro and in green marker pen, 3/8/88. p.2. The 2nd Article, date and 1st line of the article underlined in green marker, no page number. the second page, 4/8/88. p.2 Star is written in biro and underlined in green vertically, left hand side of page with the 1st line of the article underlined. 3rd article, no markings. james russell thomson, statuary, unveiling ceremony, bequests, john garner collection, garner, dr, ballarat botanical gardens, gardens, ballarat, friends of the botanical gardens, nineteenth century, benefactors -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: HARD WORK
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Friday, January 7, 2005. Hard work: Bendigonians saw staff from the local radio station 3BO in a different light when this photo was taken. The date and reason for the radio station staff being on the extended cycle are not known. The clip is in a foldernewspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Newspaper, Second Anniversary Ball
Story is of the ball held to commemorate the second anniversary of the Battalion. Piece of white paper with black writing, Photocopy of an articles in "POW WOW". Page has two sections, representing two pages of the article. Heading across the top and date with line under that. Story, photograph of a chef and an officer standing either side of a cake. Right hand section continues the story. Under the story is a fire and chimney, smoke coming out the chimney. An officer standing in front of the fire with hands on hips. Under him is a poem.lieutenant colonel tackaberry, victory hall tatura, pow wow -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: LOVE IN HARD TIMES
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Friday, April 23, 2004. Love in hard times: there was a simple hand written inscription on the back of this photograph. It said "the marriage of LAC John Summers RAAF, to sapper Yvonne Gledhill, Army, Fortuna, 28 May, 1945. By Father Thomas at St Killians, with army girls in the background".newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Clunes Museum
Newspaper - NEWSPAPER CUTTING, 6/02/1917
NEWSPAPER WAS PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY FEBRUARY 6, 19172 X PHOTOCOPY OF CUTTING FROM CLUNES GUARDIAN AND GAZETTE FEATURING NAMES OF VOLUNTEERS FROM CLUNES AND DISTRICT IN WORLD WAR ONE ,ALSO THOSE KILLED, WOUNDED AND MISSING. local history, documents, newspaper, world war one -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Programme - Scots Church Ellerslie 1870-2014 Closing Service, 2014
The foundation stone of the Scots Church Ellerslie was laid by Mrs Jemima Vans Robertson on 1st November 1870. She was the leader and benefactor of the church. Worship services were held in the church for the next 145 years. The Sunday School was started in1871 and until 1977 Ellerslie was part of the Framlingham Presbyterian Charge. The PFA for young people was very active in the 1950s and 60s. Since 1977 the Ellerslie church has been part of the Uniting Church in Australia and was an integral part of the Mortlake Parish. The church closed in 2014 and marked for sale. This program is of some interest as it gives us a short history of Scots Church in Ellerslie and tells of its closure in 2014. This is a program for the closing of Scots Church Ellerslie (2014). It has five double pages with printed material and colour photographs. The pages are stapled together.Front Cover: Uniting Church in Australia, Scots Church Ellerslie 1870-2014 Formerly Presbyterian, Closing Service, 1.30 p.m. Sunday 7th December 2014ellerslie, scots church, presbyterian church, uniting church -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Film - DVD, Ringwood Technical School 1990 - RTS/ESC School Awards and Currumba, 1990
DVD Copy of original VHS Tape, of the 1989 Year 7.4 RTS Band and Dancers. This DVD was copied for the Ringwood Tenchnical School / ESC Reunion in 2010. An .MP4 file taken from the DVD is available at the RDHS Archives. The Original VHS Tape was disposed once DVD copy was confirmed to be faithful copy. Written on cover of video tape: R.T.S. Band and Dancers 1. Canbwerra Ozone Project 2. R.T.S. Ozone Day 3. Channel Nine News 4. Ozone Day R.T.S. rts, ringwood tech -
St Kilda Historical Society
Ephemera - Dance card, Metropolitan Fire Brigade (Permanent Staff) Third Annual Ball
Dance cards became popular in the Victoria era. They were often worn looped around the wrist and had a pencil attached. This card was worn by a man, as indicated by the female names written against the dances.Green coloured retangular shaped card, edged in gold, printed in black, with corner hole punched. Dance programme on the back. Names inserted in pencil.Names inserted in handwritten pencil. dance card, metropolitan fire brigade, 19th century, st patrick's hall -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: A SNIPPET OF BENDIGO HISTORY
Bendigo Weekly from Friday, January 11, 2002. '' A snippet of Bendigo history'' by Edith Lunn, the View Street story continued. In the journey up View Street we come now to the former Masonic Hall and Temple, our present day Performing Arts Centre. As a freemason, architect W. C. Vahland and his partner Robert Getzschmann were, in 1875, invited to design this fine Masonic building with its classical portico. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo, bendigo weekly -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newspaper - Newspaper Clipping, Sean Selleck, Tennis club serves up slice of history, Diamond Valley Leader, 17 July, p4, 2019
50th anniversary celebrations of Eltham Tennis Club50th anniversary, eltham tennis club, heidelberg golf club, ian mcmaster, john dinsmore, laurie sparks, terry bain -
Melton City Libraries
Newspaper, Crosses lay out pledge to remember, 2015
"The outbreak of World War I in August 1914 had an immediate impact on communities across Australia, and it was no different in Melton. Young men began enlisting immediately, and Australia’s initial offer of 20,000 troops was soon exceeded by Victorian enlistments alone. Over the four years of the war, approximately 114,000 Victorians enlisted and around 91,000 servicemen and women were sent overseas. They came not just from Melbourne, but from all over the state; from farms, small towns and suburban areas. They included locals, newly arrived migrants and Indigenous people. The Australian home front was a hive of activity throughout the war, and the Melton community played its part. Following the announcement that Australia was joining the war with Great Britain and its allies on 5 August 1914, the Melton community lost no time in launching into action. A meeting ‘to assist the Red Cross fund’ was held in the Melton Mechanics’ Institute hall on 18 August – just days after the outbreak of the war. Collectors were appointed for each corner of the shire and individual donations were made. A Melton branch of the Australian Red Cross Society was formed in June 1915 and focused its energies on raising funds to purchase material that was used to make clothes for sick and wounded soldiers. A depot was established in Melton to collect clothing and other ‘comfort’ items for the soldiers – including reading material, tobacco, linen, canned foods and soap – and to coordinate the branch’s work and activities. Local cab driver Percival Stubbs volunteered to transport all the packages to the Melton railway station, until he enlisted and departed for the front in 1916. Such were the numbers of people getting involved that branches were also established in Toolern Vale and Rockbank. Regular community events were held to farewell soldiers who were leaving on active service and to welcome those who returned home. Gunner Robert (Bob) Wynne, whose uncle’s family ran the general store in Toolern Vale, was presented with a pair of field glasses (binoculars), a gold watch, inscribed locket and autographed letter by the Toolern Vale community before he set sail for the front in 1916. His mother noted that he ‘sailed away in good spirits with a smile till out of sight’. From June 1915 to June 1919, the Melton Red Cross branch donated 2,156 pairs of socks, 1,357 shirts, 425 kit bags, 251 pillowslips, 224 towels and 121 pairs of pajamas. Countless fundraising events were held, including jumble fairs, concerts and gift evenings. Local schools also encouraged students to contribute through fund-raising and making and collecting comforts for the soldiers. People across the country engaged in similar activities, but Victoria’s rural communities found unique ways of contributing. In Melton, people were encouraged to send rabbits and hares ‘in good condition’ to an exporter in Spencer Street, for export to Belgium ‘for the relief of those suffering". Special Anzac Memorial article featured in the Star Weeklylocal identities, war -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: ALLSTARS
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Monday, May 23, 2005. Allstars: Bendigo's under 17 softball team from the 1950s. Back: Richie Lee (coach), Floss McCaw, Elva Wicks, Mrs Crapper (scorer), Rose Ashman, Margaret Burns and Stuart Grigg (coach). Front: Jacquie McGann, Dawn Simms, Heather Pain, Maureen Rowe and Shirley Hanson.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: TEAM SPORT
Bendigo Advertiser '' the way we were'' from 2002. Team sport: South Bendigo Football Club premiers of 1919. Taken from the club's souvenir program. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Newspaper - Photograph, Southwood Primary School - photo from newspaper of student, Debbie Hansen (possibly 1991)
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: EAGLEHAWK POST OFFICE
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Eaglehawk post office: built in 1874. This photo was taken by T. M. Cleaves. The township of Eaglehawk was firmly established by 1862 but a railway line was not completed was not completed to Raywood until December, 1882. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Newspaper - Newspaper Cutting, The Leader, The Genesis of Victorian Horticulture: Burnley Gardens Past and Present, 1932
Article in "The Leader" December 17, 1932 pp12-13 describing a detailed history of the Gardens and College.the leader, burnley gardens, burnley horticultural college, history of burnley gardens, history of burnley horticultural college -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newspaper - News Clipping, Herald, He died at Eltham. Herald, March 4, p3, 4 Mar 1965
John Lawrence Coleman (1934-1965) born January 10, was the son of Raymond John Coleman and Hanna May (Gillet) Coleman. He married Margaret Frances Dare in 1955 and was the father of two children. He died whilst attempting to rescue an older man trapped in the bushfire at North Eltham on March 3, 1965 He died at Eltham (Herald, 4 March 1965, p3) [Picture of John Lawrence Coleman] Builder Mr John Lawrence Coleman, 31, of Main Rd., Eltham, one of three men burnt to death yesterday in the fire at North Eltham. The other two were XXXXX, 33 who lives opposite the Colemans and Mr William Elwers, 64 of Batman Rd., Eltham. * * * Frank Martin was a volunteer with the Eltham rural fire brigade at the time of the 1965 bushfires which burnt Eltham North and Research. Frank was asked to assist with the removal of three bodies from the back gully (now Orchard Avenue). They were badly burnt and one was found stuck under a fence as though trying to escape. Volunteers John Coleman Jnr, William Elwers and George Crowe were killed trying to protect Eltham from bushfire – they were local heroes. At the time, John Coleman Jnr was survived by his wife Margaret and two young children – John 11 and Vicky 2. Margaret Coleman lived in the family home until 1992 when she sold it and moved to Tasmania to be close to her son. She died in 1997 aged 65 years. 75 yr old Ken Gaston grew up on Edendale farm, which was originally a poultry farm but is now owned and run by the Shire of Nillumbik as an educational farm for schools and visitors. He was Captain of the Eltham rural fire brigade in 1965 when John Coleman Jnr was burnt to death in the Eltham North bushfires serving as an unofficial volunteer. He was able to draw where the original Wattletree Road was and at the time was verified with the location of some remaining bitumen and a post from the original bridge over the Diamond Creek located near the junction of the Diamond Creek and another small creek which is further down from Research or Christmas Creek as locals refer to it. The original Main Road ran behind Colemans before the railway line was built beyond Eltham in 1912. (Information recorded by Harry Gilham, President EDHS c.2011) * * * Bushfires rage in Victoria, Snowy: Three dead (1965, March 4). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 1. Retrieved May 19, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131758981 Includes two photos of the fire in North Eltham “Firemen make for safety as fire rages in Upper Glen Park Road, North Eltham, Victoria. The smoke hides a house.” and “A house explodes into flames at North Eltham, Victoria. Firemen said bottled gas went up.” Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Thursday 4 March 1965, page 1 ________________________________________ Firemen make for safety as fire rages in Upper Glen Park Road. North Eltham. Victoria. The smoke hides a house. A house explodes into flames at North Eltham. Victoria. Firemen said bottled gas went up. Bushfires rage in Victoria, Snowy: Three dead MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Three people died today in a bush» fire which raged through North Eltham, about 15 miles from Melbourne. The victims were three men. A fourth man is feared to be dead. Another bushfire. sparked off by the heatwave sizzling over south-eastern Australia, is burning out of control in the Kosciusko State Park, in the Snowy Mountains. Firefighters fear that if it reaches pine forests up the Yarrangobilly River, they will be powerless to stop it. The three victims of the North Eltbam fire were trapped by flames in a valley. Their bodies were found only a few yards apart. They were named by police tonight as Mr. George Crowe, 78, of North Eltham, William John Ewers, 64, and John Laurence Coleman, 31, both of Eltham. The other two have not been identified. They are believed to be a man aged about 40 and an 18-year-old youth. At least 12 homes were destroyed by the fire, the worst in Victoria since 1962, when eight lives were lost and hundreds of homes burnt down at Warrandyte. At one time the township of Eltham was threatened, but a cool change swept in from the south and held back the wall of flames. More than 100 dogs, worth about £4,000, died when the fire raced through two kennels in Short Street, Eltham. and Upper Glen Park Road, North Eltham. A trickle of water Residents ran into the streets as the blaze raced towards their houses. Others frantically dug firebreaks around their homes. Mrs. Sue Recourt wept when firemen arrived while she was vainly trying to stop the flames with a trickle of water from the garden hose. A stack of firewood was blazing, but the firemen managed to save the house and rescue four goats. Many homes in Eltham were saved after flames had crept to within feet of their fences. Students at North Eltham State School had to be evacuated when the blaze threatened the building. Fire fighters were severely hampered by lack of water and narrow roads. The blaze, which began in above century heat, turned toward Wattle Glen, where two houses were gutted. Then the flames raced towards Hurstbridge to the north. Firemen battling desperately, controlled the fire late this afternoon. Five forest fires were still burning in Victoria tonight. IN VICTORIA THIS WEEK Tragic lack of central fire authority (1965, March 9). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 2. Retrieved May 19, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131759928 Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Tuesday 9 March 1965, page 2 ________________________________________ IN VICTORIA THIS WEEK Tragic lack of central fire authority From Rohan Rivett It was the worst week for Victorian fire fighters since Black Friday 27 years ago. On that day one pilot up in a spotter plane said afterwards: "It seemed at times that half the State was on fire." This time, for three days on end, Gippsland men, women and children had moments of conviction that their towns would have blackened into anonymity before the weekend was out. The week began with horror at Eltham on the North-eastern edge of Melbourne. Eltham today is something of an artists' colony. Oil painters, water colourists, potters and sculptors proliferate. A number of University folk have emulated the example of Professor MacMahon Ball who pioneered the way by moving to Eltham and carving a home out of the bush in the thirties. Innermost Eltham is barely 14 miles from the G.P.O. Farthest Eltham stretches miles beyond. It served to illustrate the tragi-ludicrous truncation of Victoria's fire control. Part of Eltham is under the protection of the Melbourne Fire Brigade. But this responsibility ceases at some invisible and incomprehensible line — apparently determined by the meanderings of the water mains. At this point everybody's property throughout the rest of Eltham is dependent on the Country Fire Authority. Half an hour before midday on Wednesday, a fire suddenly started on the West side of Upper Glen road on the edge of Eltham. Before the fire brigade could arrive, it was burning on a widening front through timber and high grass north of Eltham. Two wind changes in rapid succession saw the fire leaping Diamond Creek. With a freshening wind it struck home after home in three streets. More than one of them exploded suddenly as if hit by an incendiary bomb. There is no piped gas in the Eltham area, hence many housewives use bottle gas. The flames outside caused the bottles to explode. Altogether twelve homes were completely incinerated and four more were badly damaged. Thirty prize dogs perished. About three hours after the fire started it raced suddenly down a gully hillside trapping an elderly man. Two other men apparently raced to the rescue. Flames caught the three men within yards of each other, not 200 yards off the Upper Glen Park Road where safety lay. They were burned to death. Next evening an angry and convincing secretary of the Fire Brigade Union, Mr. W. M. Webber, came on television and appealed to the people of Victoria to end the ridiculous and dangerous dualism in fire-fighting control. The Eltham fire, he said, had precisely illustrated the situation. The Metropolitan Fire Brigade area touched Eltham, but where the fire had gutted and killed, was just outside its area. Mr. Webber said his union had constantly urged one authority for the State with a complete reorganisation of fire protection. On Wednesday the union had repeated its call for an inquiry into fire protection in Victoria to the Chief Secretary, Mr Rylah. "No matter how close the liaison between the two organisations, there are always divided sections of thinking," Mr. Webber told viewers. "I don't know how much tragedy the com-munity can take before it demands that it is properly protected." Rumours that differences in gauge between taps and hose nozzles (as between the two authorities) accentuated the damage were denied by fire chiefs who said that all appliances were now carrying adaptors so that hoses could be linked to mains everywhere. But there is grave concern in the Metropolitan Fire Brigade's higher councils at the action of several Federal authorities with projects in and around Melbourne. They are installing non-standard equipment without reference to the State authorities or any dovetailing of appliances and equipment. Public alarm was not diminished by the publication on Friday and Saturday of a heart tearing letter from the young widow of John Lawrence Coleman, 31 year old father of two, who had died in the flames apparently trying to rescue the old man trapped in the gully. By that time, a Vast area of Gippsland was in flames and the troops had been sent in to back up the overworked and often helpless fire-fighters. By Saturday, the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Stoneham, who has previously demanded a Royal Commission into fire-fighting arrangements, repeated his demand. To add to the Chief Secretary's worries he was publicly rebuked for allegedly implying on television that lives had been lost at Eltham because people went to the wrong place at the wrong time. In a letter to the Press, Professor MacMahon Ball pointed out that two of the men involved were experienced bushmen who had gone "to help an old man in great danger fully aware of the danger to themselves". As Victoria faced its sixth day of total State-wide fire ban, it looked likely that even official resistance was not going to silence the demand for one central authority to control the fire fiend. At the moment, the 400 square miles where two million Victorians live in Greater Melbourne are divorced from the rest of the State in planning, communications, equipment and control of personnel. No one doubts the whole-hearted co-operation and willingness to back each other up of the M.F.B. and the C.F.A., both at top-level and among the firemen themselves. However, when a city straggles so deeply into the country side, the absence of a single authority, to oversee and analyse the fire threat as a whole, suggests suicidal policy of divide and fuel. Emphasis of the tragic loss of a member of a pioneering family who died whilst helping others in his communitybushfire, cfa, country fire authority, fire brigrade, glen park road, heroes, john lawrence coleman, north eltham, victorian bushfires - 1965, volunteers, william john elwers, fire fighter, frank martin, george john crowe, ken gaston, orchard avenue -
Bendigo Military Museum
Newspaper - NEWSPAPER CUTTING, Post WW2
Newspaper & date published now shown.Newspaper article, colour & black & white, titled: ANZAC Day Reunites Two Special Squadrons, 461 Squadron Sunderland Aircraft.documents - newspapers, military history - air force, sunderland, passchendaele barracks trust -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Audio - Audio, CD, Doug Owen: the folk song album with encores by Lenore Somerset
Popular songs from the 1960'spopular music - australia -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Currency - Coin, 1884
The image on this coin shows a British monarch, the young Queen Victoria, at a time when Australia was a Colony of Britain.This coin represents the currency used in Australia in the 19th century.Coin, Queen Victorian Halfpenny, 1864, Obverse shows the "Young Head" of Queen Victoria. Reverse shows Britannia. Coin well worn. Obverse: "VICTORIA : D : G :" "BRITT " REG : F : D :" Reverse: "HALF PENNY" "1864"flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, coin, british coin, currency, half penny, 19th century, queen victoria, young queen victoria, brittania, 1864 -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Newspaper - The Herald 6 November 1939, 6 Nov 1939
Peggy ANTONIO was a member of the Australian Women's Cricket Team.Digital copy of The Herald newspaper with article about Peggy Antonio.sport - women's cricket, peggy antonio, australian women's cricket test team, the herald, publishing - newspapers