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Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute (BMI Ballarat)
Film - Photograph by Herb Richmond. ca 1971, Ballarat East Fire Station
Ballarat History35mm B&W Kodak Plus X Pan Film.ballarat, ballaraat, east, fire, station -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Audio - Audio, Casette, Advance Australia Fair
Sung by various singers including Julie Anthony; Royal Military College Duntroon, Saunders, Kane and Del; Peter Sculthorpe and others.advance australia fair, audio, casette -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, Victoria's Water Resources
Pamphlet by Ministry of Water Resources and Water Supply for Use Water Wisely Campaign.Pamphlet by Ministry of Water Resources and Water Supply for Use Water Wisely Campaign.Pamphlet by Ministry of Water Resources and Water Supply for Use Water Wisely Campaign.water supply, victoria. ministry of water resources and water supply, melbourne and metropolitan board of works, state rivers and water supply commission -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Flyer - Notice, Public Indignation Meeting, Princess Theatre, The Case of Father Jergen, Jul 1922
Found under floorboards when building demolished, April 1999. Reason for storage under floorboards unknown; found by 'bottle diggers' and sold to Peter Libbis of the Society in April of 1999From a collection of handwritten orders to J.E. Earl, 1922, handwritten on various bits of paper from scraps to company order forms. This one written on the back of a flyer for a 'Public Indignation Meeting' Princess Theatre 21 July 1922Order in pencil on back of flyerbusiness and traders - timber, public action campaigns, j e earl pty ltd, father jergen -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), "A guide to getting picked up after midnight", May. 1993
Pamphlet - titled "A guide to getting picked up after midnight" consisting of a 3 fold DL pamphlet and 8 bus night or night rider timetables. The DL 3 fold pamphlet sponsored by Manchester Unity and Fox FM introduced the 1993 service. Has a map of the various services and a brief suburb by suburb description. Has contact numbers and the logos of The Met and the PTC. The forerunner to night trams and trains. 8 timetables, each with a map list of stops and times. Operated Saturdays and Sundays only - dated May 1993. Each have two creases to enable folding. Werribee, Broadmeadows, St Albans, Epping, Eltham, Croydon, Boronia, Dandenong, Frankstontrams, tramways, nightrider, night trams -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Audio - PMHPS, Mapping of Port Melbourne, Janet Bolitho and Margaret Bride, John Kirby, 22 May 2017
Janet Bolitho and Margaret Bride talk about mapping of Port Melbourne Duration 01:26:51 (including meeting preliminaries)built environment, janet bolitho, margaret bride -
Vision Australia
Audio (item) - Sound recording, Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, Around the Institute: August 28, 2001
Around the Institute was a weekly program designed to keep clients and staff informed of events, activities and thoughts relating to low vision and blindness. It consisted of interviews undertaken by Jo Matthews, with sound engineer Ed Gamble, designed to inform, educate and explore on a variety of topics. August 28: New Employment consultant – Robyn McKenzie and Ranmali, Undertaking a post-graduate course whilst volunteering at Burwood School – Bonny and Laupo from Botswana.royal victorian institute for the blind, radio shows -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Audio - Radio interviews about trams, etc, 1991
Various radio interviews about trams etc. Duration 51:21transport, elaine canty, ian dodds, patrick o'connor -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Audio - Radio & Radio Valves, c1940
Used by uncle of donor, Colin Lawrie, 10 Ruskin Ave Glen Iris - house where donor was born- parents home. Wireless had a beautiful sound, but needed a long aerial.Radio - His Masters Voice - 5 valve superhetrodyne for local and short wave radio reception - electric. Polished veneer cabinet - 4 switches/knobs - tuning; Volume on/off; Local/Short wave; tone. 12inch Rola speaker.|Has been modified with an additional switch at rear to switch on +off. Also include is a box of 14 radio valves. His Masters Voicecommunication, radio -
Federation University Historical Collection
Pamphlet - Why This Seminar Matters to You, Mining Matters 1987, 1987
Ballarat College of Advanced Education is a predecessor of Federation University Grey and White speckled bacground with image of poppet head with red text why this seminar matters to you, ballarat college of advanced education, mining matters, seminar, aims, format, application form -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Magazine - B/W, C 1915
Large families were the norm, rather than the exception up to the time of the World wars. perhaps the senseless destruction of those young lives sickened humanity- perhaps the increased taxes and cost of living resulting from the wars caused a necessary reduction in family size. Perhaps the independence won by women as they carried on their daily lives without their men, made mothers say, "Enough" The Warren family farmed the fertile Fyans Creek flats in the Grampian Mountains of Western Victoria. Some say Halls Gap was so named because the bushranger Hall holed up there in the early days. The rugged slopes and hidden gullies could have hidden a whole gang of bushrangers, but little remained undiscovered to a wandering family of 12 children growing up with their flocks and herds grazing the ranges. A tired rider could nod off, safe in the knowledge a trusty stockhorse would plod steadily homeward into the night. Responsibility quickly made youngsters capable and reliable. Then Australia went to war. There were three older brothers, then the girls, then young Frank. All the men went, including Frank. So the girls had to run the farm alone. Their mother had her hands full with the youngsters, still attending school, a daily walk over the mountain to Pomonal and return. But the loss of the men's casual wages from timber cutting and labouring jobs, meant great hardship is some method of earning a cash income had to be devised. Paying guests! That was it. So Myrtle Bank Guest House was born. City folk flocked to the mountain resort. High stepping mountain horses met them at the Stawell raid-head, with the tall and beautiful Warren girls driving them in experienced fashion, their auburn hair sometimes falling from its pins to fly free, as the dray bowled along towards the hills. The would hitch up their skirts to saw and chop wood for the stoves and fires. They milked cows and delivered calves. They shore sheep and trimmed their feet. They mustered their cattle as the seasons rolled by, and the paying guests watched and participated, fascinated. With laughter and song, the girls would wash up in a tin dish, throw on their house clothes to wait on table, sing and play piano, violin, accordion, enjoying the talk of the city and that other world so far away from their mountain home. The simple country menu was a hit, and the homemade bread, butter, jams and preserves, fruit and vegetables sent guests staggering to their armchairs. Picnics, hikes, goodbyes and welcomes blurred as the years of the war dragged by. Bookings were made and remade as the new enterprise became established. Peace was declared. the men returned A whole new building rose with two floors, inviting verandahs and bathrooms. Myrtle Bank would remain a family business all its lifetime, until buried below the Bellfield Dam, by which time more than one the girls had joined their beloved Frank, lost on Flanders Field. Article in book or magazine describing life at Myrtlebank during war years Other article written from letter from soldier P Lillis to his sister 3rd article of woman from country enlisting in WAAF Submitted by Carol of Bannockburn, Submitted by D Langley Submitted by Meryl of South Frankstonaccommodation, myrtlebank, people, warren -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Audio - Oral History, Jennifer Williams, Mrs Vanessa McDonald, 9 November 2000
Mrs. Vanessa McDonald was born in Beechworth in 1917. Christened, Agnes Bertha Collins, Vanessa changed her name in 1960. Mrs. McDonald's family's connection with gold mining in the district reach back to the first of Beechworth's gold rushes, when her great grandfather, a Dutchman who adopted the name Charles Collins, arrived in 1851-1852. Mrs. McDonald spent her childhood in the isolated hamlet of Stanley, in the area known as 'Little Scotland', where she recalls helping her mother to raise younger siblings, picking apples and walnuts on the family farm, and roaming the hills for wildflowers. As a young woman Mrs. McDonald attended religious and social gatherings in the local community. In 1940 she went to Melbourne to work as a mothercraft nurse during the Second World War. She met her husband at a Beechworth football match and was married at the Stanley Methodist Church in 1941. The gold diggings known as the 'Nine Mile' became the hamlet of Stanley, after the British Prime Minister, Lord Stanley, in 1858. By the late 1850s, Stanley boasted schools, an athenaeum, a church, a weekly newspaper and several hotels and other civic infrastructure to cater for a growing population. The area attracted large numbers of Chinese miners, whose presence was frequently resisted. Like other early Victorian mining settlements, Stanley was a hotbed of political and racial tensions during the gold rush. One side of the Nine Mile Creek was known as 'Little Scotland’, the other, 'Little Ireland'. A number of Christian denominations built congregations and churches in Stanley, including the Church of England, Methodist Church, the Catholic Church, and Presbyterian Church. Stanley became part of the United Shire of Beechworth in 1871. By 1880 timber was being cut and two sawmills were established by 1887. River-dredged gold mining consumed vast amounts of timber from the forests in the area, and in 1931 the first of several softwood plantations began. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth'. These cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke.Following the decline in the mining and associated industries during the early-mid-twentieth century, the Beechworth district experienced a period of general economic decline. On the east side of the Dingle Range, Mrs. McDonald's father, William Henry Collins, felled timber and the family were pioneer apple orchardists. The establishment of apple orchards in Stanley reflects changes to how land was used and contributes to our understanding of the historical development of rural communities following the gold rush. Mrs. McDonald's recollections are significant for understanding family and social life in a small rural town in years leading up to the Great Depression and prior to the Second World War. This oral history recording may be compared with other oral histories and items in the Burke Museum's collection. This oral history account is socially and historically significant as it is a part of a broader collection of interviews conducted by Jennifer Williams which were published in the book 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth-century Beechworth.' While the township of Beechworth is known for its history as a gold rush town, these accounts provide a unique insight into the day-to-day life of the town's residents during the 20th century, many of which will have now been lost if they had not been preserved.This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.Mrs Vanessa McDonald /listen to what they say, beechworth, oral history, burke museum, emigration, gold rush immigration, victorian gold rush, mining families, apple orchard, forestry, forest plantation, little scotland, stanley, twentieth century history, regional australia, rural australia, farming, harvest festival, great depression, dingle range, the nine mile, australian wildflowers, high country wildflowers, mothercraft nurse, rural and regional women, social history, collins, mrs. vanessa mcdonald, building community life, shaping cultural and creative life, fruit growers, family history, changes to land use in regional victoria -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Magazine (series) - Aviation Week and Space Technology 1965, 1966
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Pamphlet (Item) - ALR-2002 Radar Warning Receiver. British Aerospace Australia
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Magazine (series) - Flight magazine 1980, 1981, 1982 Flight International
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Ringwood and District Historical Society
Pamphlet, Heathmont Uniting Church, Term 4 2010
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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Audio - PMHPS Meeting, Ann Smallpage, Glen Stuart, 25 Sep 2000
Recording of PMHPS Meeting on 25.09.2000. Recording done by Glen Stuart at Port Town Hall. Speaker was Ann Smallpage discussing growing up in a Garden City Bank House. Additional input by other attendees. Recording duration 47:26built environment, domestic life, ann smallpage -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Magazine (series) - The Aeroplane 1960 to 1966
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Ceremonial object - Memorial Cross, Jewry
White wooden cross with knitted poppy attached coloured red with green and black centre. Solder's name and serial umber printed in black ink on front. Australian flag attached on back.JEWRY JACK 2781847cross, memorial cross, jewry -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Flyer - Ringwood East State School Grand Fete and Bon Fire
A flyer announcing the Eighth Annual Grand Fete and Bon Fire in the school grounds on Saturday November 1. 2 pm till 10 pm. Supermart, Competitions, Monster Barbecue, Afternoon Teas. Advertising by GEO Dorman Quality Butcheries, Fruits and Vegetables Gregory & Son, Phillips Corner Store, Fisher's Electrical Goods, East Ringwood Hardware, J. W. Freeman, and All Groceries F and B Preiser. -
International House, The University of Melbourne
Film (Item), University of Melbourne Experimental Film Unit, Film: International House, Melbourne
This short documentary film was produced by the Melbourne University Film Society in 1954 to display the hopeful possibilities of an International House in Melbourne. It was played from May 4th-6th in the Union House Theatre, along with several other films produced by the Society, possibly scheduled to coincide with the fundraising International House Fair the following weekend. The film stars broadcaster and author Allan Aldous as commentator, and the Malaysian female student is thought to be Rajeswary Thambiah of Malaysia. The female student from Lang Lang is unknown, though may be named Wendy.1950s melbourne, international house -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Audio - Audio, CD, Sample photos (95) by unknown
Contains photos from the Vietnam War plus the NVVM museum merchandise & dioramasvietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives - australian -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Magazine - B2B BENDIGO BUSINESS MAGAZINE, September 2005
Magazine, B2B Business 2 Business Magazine Bendigo Region, September 2005. Bound Glory Traditional techniques bring treasures back to life. Price $2.20Newsprinters Pty.Ltd.Melbourne Road, Kiallabusiness, retail, advertising -
Greensborough Historical Society
Pamphlet, Where are you going?, 2011_
Courses available in early 2011Training available at Diamond Valley Learning Centre in early 2011.A4, apple green, black & white, 8 page pamphletdiamond valley learning centre, dvlc greensborough, lobbs kiosk, adult training 2011 -
Vision Australia
Audio (item) - Sound recording, Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, Around the Institute: September 30, 2003
Around the Institute was a weekly program consisting of interviews around a specific topic, undertaken by host Corey Nassau. September 30: Further Education bursary scheme – Joanne Webber, Technology – Jim Pipczak. royal victorian institute for the blind, radio shows -
Bialik College
Film (Item) - Grade 5 2005 student image profiles
Colour photographs taken to identify students on the grade 5 camp in 2005Nonecamp, bialik college, 2000s, classroom -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Magazine (Item) - includes beaufighter pouring concrete in moorabbin casey hangar sopwith pup and triplane, insight magazine on Moorabbin airport museum
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Ringwood and District Historical Society
Film - DVD, Ringwood Technical School - Shirley Turton Farewell 10 Sept 1990, 1990
DVD Copy of original VHS Tape, of Farewell of Shirley Turton, 10 Sept 1990. 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, but is poor quality video. The Original VHS Tape was disposed once DVD copy was confirmed to be faithful copy. rts, ringwood tech -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, Auction
Pamphlet advertising auction of house in Ormond AvenuePamphlet advertising auction of house in Ormond Avenue, Mitcham - June 1998. 2 B.R. weatherboardPamphlet advertising auction of house in Ormond Avenueauctions, ormond avenue mitcham no 5, noel jones, weatherboard -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Pamphlet, Auction Sale Brochure - Berringa Park Orchards Estate, Ringwood, Victoria - 1914
Multi-fold brochure advertising public auction of 37 lots on Saturday 7th November, 1914. Brochure includes terms of sale, description of subdivision features and local facilities, and photographic images of the area. Subdivison includes Smedley Road, Oban Road, Berringa Road, and Williams Road, North Ringwood. Auctioneers: Coghill & Haughton, 79 Swanston Street, Melbourne, in conjunction with J.G. McAlpin, Ringwood. Brochure includes Clearing Sale to be held same day for "everything required to work these orchards, from a packing needle to a traction engine ... comprising the most up-to-date and extensive farm & chaffcutting plant in this great district".