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Kew Historical Society Inc
Programme - Theatre Programme, Heaven and Charing Cross / by Audrey Danvers-Walker, 1957
From the early 1950s, the Kew Repertory Players performed more substantial, if less spectacular fare in the Recreation Hall, and later in the new Kew City Hall, after the former’s demolition in 1960. Their repertoire ranged from plays by Noel Coward to J.B. Priestley. Many of their programmes, the earliest from 1953, and the last from 1965, form part of our collection.Arthur Henry Dear was an employee of the City of Kew, acting as Hall Keeper of the Kew Recreation Hall in Wellington Street, and later the new Kew City Hall in Cotham Road. The Arthur Dear Collection contains memorabilia - tickets, programmes, invitations - as well as his identification badge. Items in the collection dates from the 1940s to the 1970s.The Kew Recreation Hall (Wellington Street) and later the Kew City Hall (Cotham Road) were major locations in suburban Melbourne in the postwar period for civic and private events including theatre productions and exhibitions. The Arthur Dear Collection (in conjunction with the scrapbooks compiled by Marion Tilley) provide a comprehensive snapshot of performing arts in Kew during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. The collection includes valuable data about performances, performers, directors etc., during this period. Programme issued by The Kew Repertory Players for a performance of Heaven and Charing Cross by Audrey Danvers-Walker. The performances took place in the Kew Recreation Hall in March 1957. The 4-page programme includes a cast list, a synopsis and advertisements for local businesses.heaven and charing cross, audrey danvers-walker, kew repertory players, arthur dear collection, performing arts -- kew -- victoria, kew recreation hall -- wellington street, theatre memorabilia -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - BENDIGO EASTER, Mar 1970
Slide. Bendigo Easter. Chinese Loong.(Dragon).slide, bendigo, bendigo easter., bendigo easter. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Bunce, Daniel et al, Australasiatic reminiscences of twenty-three years' wanderings in Tasmania and the Australias, 2000
This book is a reprint of the original journal entries of Daniel Bunce prior to 1857. A journal style record of travel within Tasmania and Australia for a period of 23 years beginning in March 1833. Arriving in Port Phillip in October 1839 early observations of the colony are most interesting. Chap.4; incidents in relation to the Aborigines at Hobart town; Chap.8; Tasmania - womens life, body decoration, clothing and scarification; Chap.9; Native chiefs with Buckley, the Wild white man; Chap.11; Journey to Westernport with natives (Derrimut, Benbow and Yammabook), foods - kangaroo and native porcupine; duties of women; Chap.12; Leichhardts journey, native names of flowers, fruits, etc. (Condamine River area); foods, treacherous natives near Fitzroy DownsThis book is a reprint of the original journal entries of Daniel Bunce prior to 1857. A journal style record of travel within Tasmania and Australia for a period of 23 years beginning in March 1833. Arriving in Port Phillip in October 1839 early observations of the colony are most interesting. Chap.4; incidents in relation to the Aborigines at Hobart town; Chap.8; Tasmania - womens life, body decoration, clothing and scarification; Chap.9; Native chiefs with Buckley, the Wild white man; Chap.11; Journey to Westernport with natives (Derrimut, Benbow and Yammabook), foods - kangaroo and native porcupine; duties of women; Chap.12; Leichhardts journey, native names of flowers, fruits, etc. (Condamine River area); foods, treacherous natives near Fitzroy Downsleichhardt, ludwig, 1813-1848. | leichhardt expedition, (1846-1847) | botany -- queensland. | botany -- tasmania. | queensland -- discovery and exploration. | tasmania -- description and travel -- to 1850. | victoria -- description and travel -- to 1850. | body - decoration. | body - scarification. | settlement and contacts - colonisation - 1788-1850. | costume and clothing. | food - meat - echidna. | settlement and contacts - explorers. | food. | hunting. | gathering - honey. | food - meat - kangaroo / wallaby. | language - vocabulary. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, Life and living in Nunawading, 1979
Nunawading City community guide for 1979Nunawading City community guide for 1979Nunawading City community guide for 1979city of nunawading, community services -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Stratoflex aviation components, Aerospace Sratoflex Catalog 104 Hose, Hose Fittings, Hose Assemblies, Accessories, Engineering Data
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Heidelberg Golf Club
Booklet - Program, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club: Associates' Programme 1974, 1974
Contains members' contact details and a calendar of events. 24 p., stapled, pink cover with black writing heidelberg golf club, members handbooks, program of events, associates, ladies golf -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - BENDIGO & DISTRICT P.O.I
Slide. Bendigo & District P.O.I. The Bendigo Olympic Pool, Barnard Street, Bendigo.slide, bendigo, bendigo & district p.o.i., bendigo & district p.o.i. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - CHS, MARONG SHOPPING CENTRE, HIGH STREET, KANGAROO FLAT, 1979
Slide. CHS, Marong Shopping Centre, High Street, Kangaroo Flat. Labeled new Kangaroo Flat shopping centre. View from out in car park. Date: 7.4.79slide, marong, shopping centre, chs, marong shopping centre, high street, kangaroo flat -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Book - Spitfire, A complete Fighting History
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet (Item) - 61 pages owners handbook operating manual, Piper Pawnee
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Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Michael B Tyquin, Neville Howse-Australia's First Victoria Cross Winner, 1999
Hardcover book with dust jacket. Cover is dark green, dust jacket is maroon and turquoise with sepia photo of Neville Howse in uniform on right with pale Rising Sun badge behind.Sticker on title page "Francis W Dean BEM". Sticker also includes address and phone number.books, biography -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, The School of Mines Ballarat: A Statement of the Objects and Present Resources of the School, 1873
The Ballarat School of Mines was the first School of Mines in Australia and was established in 1870. 22 page booklet titles 'The Ballarat School of Mines: A Statement of the Objects and Resources of the School.' The book has a number of illustrations including the interior of the Ballarat School of Mines Laboratory, and the former Ballarat Circuit Court House. It includes a statement of the formation, progress, and present position of the School of Mines, Ballaarat. The image of the Ballarat School Mines Assay Room shows assay furnaces, crucibles, chimney, and teacher Joseph Flude on the far right. This room is now is a building known as the 'Old Chemistry Building'. Plan and elevation of the new Metallurgical Laboratory and Proposed Chemical Laboratory is depicted.On front cover "Recorded in M-A" "1873"ballarat school of mines, assay, courthouse, joseph flude, crucible, furnace, flude, warrington rogers, brough smyth, harrie wood, wood, james bickett, bickett, redmond barry, somerville learmonth, metallurgy, chemistry, laboratory, examinations, mining engineer, assayer, inorganic chemistry, underground managers, captains of shift, engieners, enginedrivers, louis balhausen, james campbell, l.s. christie, j.j. casey, alexander dempster, g. higinbotham, james martin, alexander millan, malcolm morrison, band of hope and albion, city of ballarat mining company, city of canterbury gold mining company, egerton mining company, el dorado gold mining company, golden reef gold mining company, happy valley company, hope quartz mining company, long tunnel gold mining company walhalla, hopewell quartz mining company, imperial quartz mining company, student numbers, fees, magdala quartz mining company stawell, mariners and sloane's quartz mining company, new north clunes company, park company, temperence quartz company, tookey quartz company new zealand, walhalla gold mining company, matthew seal, harrie woodmuseum, duke of cornwall claim, john lynch, robert m. sergeant, engineers, f.w. niven, william henry barnard, ballarat school of mines museum, museum, ballarat school of mines library, donations of specimens, mining -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Cassell, Letters from France, 1917
Letters from CEW Bean, an Australian war correspondent in France during the First World WarIll, maps, p.232.non-fictionLetters from CEW Bean, an Australian war correspondent in France during the First World Warworld war 1914-1918 - campaigns - france, world war 1914-1918 - personal recollections -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Book, The worlds greatest war stories
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - RAILWAYS COLLECTION: ALPHABETICAL REGISTER OF RAILWAY EMPLOYEES
Damaged Hard backed RAILWAYS COLLECTION Alphabetical Register of Railway Employees Circa. 1960s 1970s / Black cardboard cover with red binding. Pages are alphabetically indexed. Inside front cover has a Victorian Railways Memo re: J.S. Baker's transfer from Melbourne Goods to Bendigo dated 13.11.1973. Each right hand page has columns for Name, Address, Date of Birth, Marital Status and, 1st date. Left hand pages show Staff Transfers, Appointments, Resignations, Terminations etc.book -
Bialik College
Booklet (sub-series) - Year 12 autograph booklets, 2000, 2000-2017
2000s, 2010s, 2020s, graduation2000s, 2010s, 2020s, graduation -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet (Item) - Air 87 Brochures & A09 Apache, Augusta, Tiger DVD
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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Les Fordham, Aug. 1967
Kodachrome white cardboard mount 35mm slides - dated August 1967 taken by Les Fordham of the Old Curiosity Shop side and wall.tramways, trams, curiosity shop, tourism -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet - Turbolectric Propellors for Turbo-Prop Engines, Curtis-Wright
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Vietnam: the secret war (Copy 3)
vietnam war - 1961-1975, vietnam - history - 1945-1975 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Scottish Songs
Red tartan material covered book with gold emblem in centre front. Emblem is rectangular with Scottish thistle on top and emblem of lion at bottom. Title of book inside this rectangle.scottish songs, valentine and sons ltd, gem selection, alfred w tomlyn -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, 1916
Faded Black Cover Holy Bible Gladys Johnston Callawaddastawell -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION :OLD CHUM MINE ON NEW CHUM HILL
Slide. Old Chum Mine on New Chum Hill, image taken from rear of lake at Lansell's 'Fortuna' Villa. Mine buildings and poppet head in background, lake and vegetation in foreground.No. 3 on bottom of slidemine, gold, fortuna & old chum mine, bendigo mines-jack hattam collection -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, The Blue Haze. POW's on the Burma Railway, 1996
JOHN W TOON OAM. VX30397, 4th Div AASC.Soft cover, illustrated, coloured print (blue, green, yellow with black and white print). Pages 344. Illustrated black and white photos.books, military history, pow's -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Book - Signed Book, Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 Vol. III The A.I.F. in France 1916 by C.E.W. Bean
Red cloth bound book with gold embossed title lettering Frankston Returned Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen's Club and Frankston R.S.L. Library Loans record sheet pasted inside front cover.On book spine - Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 Vol. III The A.I.F. in France 1916 by C.E.W. Bean Angus & Robertson 2nd Edition 1934 Book Plate Ex Libris Frankston Sub-Branch R.S.S.I.L.A. contains personal signature of author CEW Bean -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Slide - Photograph, Main Road, Eltham, c.1992
35mm colour positive transparency Mount - Black and Whiteeltham, main road, significant tree -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, My Run Home
Rolf Boldrewood (1826-1915) ‘Rolf Boldrewood’ is the pen-name used by Thomas Alexander Browne as a writer. Browne was the eldest child of Captain Sylvester John Brown and Elizabeth Angell nee Alexander. He was born in London on 6th August 1826 and arrived in Australia with his parents and siblings when he was 5 years old and grew up in Sydney. In the 1860’s Browne added the ‘e’ to his surname. As a 17-year-old Browne took up land in the Western District of Victoria between Portland and Port Fairy on a property named “Squattlesea Mere”. He remained there until 1858, enjoying the squatters’ life on his 32,000-acre property, growing potatoes and running cattle and horses. He sold in 1858 and purchased a sheep station on the Murray River near Swan Hill. He later sold this and bought another sheep station near Narrandera until bad seasons and severe droughts eventually caused him to change his career after 25 years as a squatter. Over the next 25 years, Browne held the position of Police Magistrate and as a gold commissioner in various locations. His third career as an author lasted approximately 40 years. In 1865 he wrote two articles on pastoral life while he was recovering from a riding accident. In the 1870s his writing was bringing in the income to support his family, changing his focus to the writing of novels. A series of these were written for the Australian market and published in The Sydney Mail and the Centennial Magazine. His later novels were aimed at the overseas markets. His best-known novel “Robbery Under Arms” was written from 1882 to 1883 and has been serialised on the radio in Australia and Britain. The novel was filmed in 1907, 1920 and 1957, and in 1985 it was made into a television series. It is now an Australian Classic. He also wrote short stories, several nonfiction graziers’ guides, and an autobiography named “Old Melbourne Memories” in 1884. [This information has been taken from Wikipedia; Australian Authors-Perry Meddlemiss; Australian Dictionary of Biography, Browne, Thomas Alexander (1826-1915)] WARRNAMBOOL PUBLIC LIBRARY The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) was formed by a voluntary community group in 1863, within six years of Warrnambool’s beginnings, and its Reading Room opened in 1854. The WMI operated until 1963, at which time it was one of the oldest Mechanics’ Institutes in Victoria. Mechanics’ Institutes offered important services to the public including libraries, reading rooms and places to display and store collections of all sorts such as curiosities and local historical relics. In 1886 a Museum and Fine Arts Gallery were added to the WMI and by the beginning of the 20th century, there was also a billiards room and a School of Art. By this time all Mechanics’ Institutes in country Victoria had museums attached. Over the years the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Library was also known as the Warrnambool Public Library the Warrnambool Library and the Free Library. Early funding from the government was for the “Free Library”. The inscription in a book “Science of Man” was for the “Warrnambool Public Library”, donated by Joseph Archibald in 1899. Another inscription in the book “Catalogue of Plants Under Cultivation in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens 1 & 2, 1883” was presented to the “Warrnambool Library” and signed by the author W.R. Guilfoyle. In 1903 the Warrnambool Public Library decided to add a Juvenile Department to library and stock it with hundreds of books suitable for youth. In 1905 the Public Library committee decided to update the collection of books and added 100 new novels plus arrangements for the latest novels to be included as soon as they were available in Victoria. In July 1911 the Warrnambool Council took over the management of the Public Library, Art Gallery, Museum and Mechanics’ Institute and planned to double the size of the then-current building. In 1953, when Mr R. Pattison was Public Librarian, the Warrnambool Public Library’s senior section 10,000 of the 13,000 books were fiction. The children’s section offered an additional 3,400 books. The library had the equivalent of one book per head of population and served around 33 per cent of the reading population. The collection of books was made up of around 60 per cent reference and 40 per cent fiction. The library was lending 400 books per day. In 1963 the Warrnambool City Council allocated the site of the Mechanics’ Institute building, which included the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery, for the new Municipal Offices and the Collections were dispersed until 1971. The Warrnambool Library took over the Mechanics’ Institute Library’s holdings on behalf of the Warrnambool City Council. Since the closure of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute the exact location and composition of the original WMI books and items have become unclear. Other materials have been added to the collection, including items from Terang MI, Warrnambool Court House and Customs House. Many of the books have been identified as the Pattison Collection, named after the Librarian who catalogued and numbered the books during his time as Warrnambool Public Librarian in the time before the Mechanics’ Institute closed. It seems that when Warrnambool became part of the Corangamite Regional Library some of the books and materials went to its head office in Colac and then back to Warrnambool where they were stored at the Art Gallery for quite some time. Some then went to the Warrnambool Historical Society, some stayed at the Art Gallery and some were moved to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. The various stamps and labels on the books held at Flagstaff Hill show the variety of the collection’s distribution and origin. The books in the collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village date from the 1850s to the late 1950s and include rare and valuable volumes. Many of the books are part of the “Pattison Collection” after the Warrnambool’s Public Librarian, Mr R. Pattison. Warrnambool Public Library 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, and to 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. As with many Mechanics' Institutes in Australia, the one which operated in Warrnambool was established and overseen for many years by key individuals associated with the development of the city itself. The WMI publication collection is historically significant because of its association with local people, places and the key historical themes in the development of Warrnambool of rural development, industry, farming, education, and community. The collection documents and illustrates the changing interests, focus and tastes of Victorians, especially those in regional cities. Generally, the individual items in the collection are not particularly rare, as examples of all probably exist in other public collections in Victoria. It is primarily because there are so very few surviving Mechanics' Institute collections in Victoria, which lends this overall collection its significance. Many items in the WMI Collection have the potential to support further research, both as individual objects and through the collection in its entirety. This material is significant for its ability to assist in the interpretation of the history of the area and adds to the general understanding of the development of the township. Many components of the WMI publication collection complement and reinforce the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum Collection, the Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection, and that in the Warrnambool Historical Society, and also contribute to a clearer understanding of the original Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute collections. This will greatly enhance the appreciation of the few surviving Mechanics' Institute collections across Victoria, and also in New South Wales. The similarities and differences between the small number of collections that have survived can provide further insights into how the people of Victoria in general, and Warrnambool in particular, constructed a civic culture of adult learning to foster an informed citizenry. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute publication collection is of both local and state significance. My Run Home Author: Rolf Boldrewood 1st Published in 1874 This book does not have a flypaper The label on the spine with typed text RA 823.8 BOL Pastedown front endpaper has a sticker from Warrnambool Public Librarywarrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, great ocean road, book, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, warrnambool public library, my run home, rolf boldrewood -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - VAL DENSWORTH COLLECTION: DRY LAKE EPPALOCK, May 2004
Slide. Dry Lake Eppalock. A low bridge over the river in the Lake.slide, bendigo, dry lake eppalock., dry lake eppalock. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, Indigenous plants of Nunawading, n.d
A pamphlet listing the upper storey, under storey and ground storey indigenous plants of Nunawading.native plants, trees -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, 12th Battalion Association, The story of the twelfth : a record of the 12th Battalion, A.I.F. during the Great War of 1914-1918, 1925
The story of the 12th battalion in the Great WarIll, maps, p.508.non-fictionThe story of the 12th battalion in the Great Warworld war 1914-1918 - regimental histories - australia, australian imperial force - 12th battalion