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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Stacpoole, H. de Vere (Henry de Vere), The order of release, [n.d.] [First published 1912. Date of fourth edition unknown]
286 p. : red cover, decoration of leaves embossed on front cover and spine.fictionhenry de vere stacpoole, fiction -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Louise Ryan, Turnour Family of Cohuna, September 2009
Their experience of World War One Transcribed and researched by Louise Ryan Loose lead book boumd with coil binding white cover page with centred photo of two men and a woman sitting on floor reading newspaper "The bulletin." 88 PP" Donated by Louise Ryan." written inside front cover pagebooks, military history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ST ANDREWS UNITING CHURCH BENDIGO. HISTORY OF STAINED GLASS WINDOWS, 2000
St Andrews Uniting Church Bendigo'. History of Stained Glass Windows. Includes photographs and descriptions of the window designs. 24 page booklet, colour printed includes photos of all church windowschurch, history, st. andrew's bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - FOREST STREET UNITING CHURCH COLLECTION: MEETING MINUTE BOOK, 1893-1896
Wesleyan Church Forest Street Bendigo Minutes of Meetings - Trustees of Church Ladies of Congregation. 1893-1896 Light brown cover with marbled pattern. Handwritten minutes.church, history, uniting church forest street -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Folder, Yarra Trams, c2014
Packet of two black plastic folders with colour printing indicating Melbourne tram routes for holding a Myki touch card and another card - produced by Yarra Trams c2014. The two folders are contained within a clear plastic bag or packed. 3rd copy added 23-12-2015 from depot holding. See also Reg item 4608 for other examples.trams, tramways, yarra trams, myki, tickets -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Pitt M W and Synan T P, The Past Present and Future of the Gippsland Lakes, 1987
Edited account of the papers presented at the Save the Gippsland Lakes Committees symposium on Lake Wellington and Lake Coleman held in Sale, November 1986. Includes history, geology, flora and fauna, and the many aspects of human impact on the region. Ilwaterways, government -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, The Graphic Illustrated Newspaper Vol 31
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. 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. 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. The Graphic Illustrated Newspaper Vol 31 Publisher: Edward Joseph Mansfield Date: 1885 Further Information: January to June 1883 Paste down front end paper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library.flagstaff hil, warrnambool, 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, edward joseph mansfield, the graphic illustrated newspaper vol 31 -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Newspaper, Scrapbook Clipping, Library Collection, Ringwood, Victoria
Newspaper Clipping from "The Post", 10-3-98, Page 6Former Victorian Premier and current Ringwood Highland Games chieftain, Sir Rupert Hamer, games organiser Sue Mcleod and games chief John Cooper are looking forward to the 15th gathering of the Scottish clans, as well as 'traditional' pastimes such as caber tossing, haggis hurling and welly throwing. -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Council Minute Book, Ballarat School of Mines Council and Sub Committee Minutes, 1975-78, 16/7/1975
School of Mines was a predecessor of Federation UniversityThese minute books record the meetings of the Council of School of Mines in the 1970's and give us an understanding of the operations of the School of Mines in that era and of the people involved with the institution at that time. It shows projects that were being undertaken at the institution at the time and gives us an historical perspective on project costs and the type of work being done.Large red book with Guard Minute Book No. 902 in gold letters on the front, that contains typed minutes of council meetings minutes, school of mines, council meetings, m.b. john, r.h. hollioake, arthur nicholson, j.v. robertson, a.e. stohr, e.j. tippett, k.c. webb, l.h vernon, j.b vernon, k.h price, l.c. yandell, f.k. white, w.g smith, g.k sutton, g.w. barrell, g.r. fairhall, bruce foley, l.j hillman, g. biddington, p. pittard, h. moritz, a.c miller, d. bowers, centenary committee, staffing committee, m.g beanland, j.j smail -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - THE CLARION CALL NEWSPAPER 18.11.1926
The Clarion Call Newspaper 18.11.1926 /'The Official Organ of The Victorian Prohibition League -Vol VI no. 10 , price threepence / partly torn.organization, club/society, the clarion call, the clarion call / the victorian prohibition league -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - NEWSPAPER COLLECTION: CENTENARY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN BENDIGO
Bendigo advertiser supplement: The first 100 years….. A Bendigo Advertiser supplement for the centenary of telecommunications in Bendigo.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, telecommunications in bendigo -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book (sub-item) - Letter Book, Andrew Sherar - Account Book Manufacturer, Honorary Secretary's (Separate) Letter Copy Book, c. 1895
w. w. stevens, captain g. adams, james moore, ebenezer james, ebenezer james (1841 - 1901) -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Booklet, Gordon A. Speary Exhibition of Paintings 1960
Catalogue forGordon A. Speary Exhibition of Paintings at the Athenaeum Gallery Collins Street, Melbourne on 29th August - 10th September 1960. -
Vision Australia
Poster - Image, RVIB Enterprises sign
Undated cardboard hand-made sign listing the variety of products made by RVIB workers available for purchase at the show. Given the taped over word before 'show' this sign was most likely utilised across a number of shows (Melbourne and regional).Digital image of sign displayed for RVIB EnterprisesRVIB Enterprises Quality Products Made By Workers of the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind Industrial Division. Show Special Prices On. Baby Gates Tissue Box Covers Door Stops Pot Plant Stands Folding Tables Ludo Mops Chopping Boards Hat Boxes Bread Boards Dominoes Solitaire Toy Boxes Jarrah Outdoor Settings Tapestry Frames Hookey Boards Treated Pine Out Door Settings Chinese Checkers Wall & Mantle Clocks Building Blocks Tapestry Frame Standsroyal victorian institute for the blind, signs -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, The AFV School - 70 Years of Training Australian Armour, 2:MMMM, 2011 (exact)
History of the AFV School, Editors - Major John E, Baines, RFD Major Peter G. Branagan, OAM Mr David A. Finlayson army, history, training, tanks, armoured fighting vehicles, afv school, school of armour, puckapunyal, baines, branagan, finlayson, army, history, training, tanks, armoured fighting vehicles, afv school, school of armour, puckapunyal, baines, branagan, finlayson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BENDIGO A GENERAL HISTORY 1851 - 1880S, 1992
Bendigo a general history - 1851 - 1880's White cover with spiral binding. Contains a chronological record of Bendigo's history through the period 1851 - 1880. Material is referenced. Prepared for the North Central Goldfields Project: Bendigo Goldfield.David Bannearbendigo, mining, goldfields report, bendigo, gold, goldfields, history -
Clunes Museum
Poster - CALENDAR 1953
ADVERTISING CALENDAR FOR ALEX N MACRAE, LOCAL MERCHANT. WHITE BACKGROUND, PRINTED WITH RED AND BLUE INK, SIX IMAGES OF DOGS PASTED TO THE REVERSE OF THE CALENDARNILalex n macrae, local business, clunes merchant -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Vietnam remembered: Updated Edition
vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian, australia - politics and government - 1965, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - protest movements - australia -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - RAAF Gun History Sheet , Type 0.50 Cal Browning Mark M2 S/N 890447
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: EPHEMERA
Various stamps, stickers, collectors cards, letterheads etc. ephemeral in nature.lydia chancellor collection, collection, cards, letterheads, stamps, postage stamps, philately, amusements, recreations, ephemera -
Camberwell Historical Society
Book, Geoffrey Blainey, A History of Camberwell, 1964
Black and white illustrationscamberwell -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Town of Port Melbourne, Contracts, 1894 - 1904
Town of Port Melbourne. Contracts No 658 to 802 entered into between 1894 to 1904local government - town of port melbourne -
Clunes Museum
Booklet, Clunes Street Beautification Project
Loosely bound A4 with clear cover contains proposal for Clunes beautification with street drawings, undated, unnumberedbeautification, cheshire, street plan -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Timetable/s, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Timetable of First and Last Trams and Buses also all - night and Sunday Morning Services", Feb.. 1948
Sheet of paper, printed both sides to give a guide to Melbourne Tram and bus Routes, with listing of routes, numbers, times of first and last trams and buses and all-night and Sunday Morning services. Dated Feb. 1948. Provides details of trams services on Sunday morning from termini, first and last services from major points, depots, for weekdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Gives details of all-night services and connections. Also details fares. Notes shoppers should travel between 9.30 and 4pm for comfort, Wattle Park Chalet and Family Excursion tickets. Folded when printed into nine portions.On front cover in top right hand corner "Inspector L.J. Denmead" and under MMTB names "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society Catalogue No. 504".mmtb, buses, routes, times, all night services -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, Constance Pavey Room Dedication, 1/09/2003 12:00:00 AM
Leaflet produced for the dedication of the Constance Pavey Room at Nunawading library.Leaflet produced for the dedication of the Constance Pavey Room at Nunawading library. Contains a collection of articles and photographs giving the history of Nunawading Library and Constance Pavey's role in it.Leaflet produced for the dedication of the Constance Pavey Room at Nunawading library. pavey, constance, nunawading library, blackburn branch library -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Bristol - Mercury & Pegasus Air Cooled Radial Aero - Engines
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, 5 Ho Chi Minh Trails (Copy 2), 2012
ho chi minh trail, vietnam war (1961-1975) -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Broph: the story of Father Tom Brophy, 2014
This is the story of the work of Father Tom Brophy, mainly concentrating on his work with youth in Warrnambool. Ordained as a Catholic priest in 1962, Fr Brophy worked in Ballarat and established a Ballarat Youth Centre and a Hostel for young men. He was moved to Warrnambool and arrived in early 1972. Although in Warrnambool for just two years Fr Brophy had an enormous impact in the community, establishing the Freedom Zone Youth Centre and the Warrnambool Home for Boys. He died at the early age of 45 and was buried in Warrnambool with a large number of local people attending his funeral. A Brophy Memorial Hostel was established and later developments include a Youth Centre in Timor Street and the present day Brophy Family and Youth Services organization. This book is of some importance as it outlines the work in Warrnambool of Father Tom Brophy, a Catholic priest whose name has become synonymous in Warrnambool with youth projects. He is one of the important community workers in Warrnambool in the 20th century and this book details his contribution and impact.This is a paper back book with a blue/yellow cover with a photograph of Father Tom Brophy in bluish tones on the front cover. It has 109 pages and contains printed material, photographs, illustrations and copies of newspaper extracts. The pages are glued together. Front cover: ‘Broph’ – The Story of Father Tom Brophy, the Catholic priest who gave his life to help troubled young men and inspired generations of care at Brophy Family and Youth Services. Brophy Family and Youth Services (logo) Written by Rick Bayne fr tom brophy, warrnambool, brophy house, brophy youth services, warrnambool freedom zone 1970's -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet (item) - CAC Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation History Vertical Take Off Airliner Project, The Vertical Take - Off Airliner by C.J. Reid Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Pty Ltd
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Schulzinger, Robert D, A Time For Peace: the Legacy of the Vietnam War
A new chapter has opened between the United States and Vietnam, and Robert Schulzinger provides the roadmap in A time for Peace. Anyone interested in the factors that will be most critical for cooperation and issues likely to present obstacles and the factors affecting the relationship between former adversaries should read this marvelous and important book.A new chapter has opened between the United States and Vietnam, and Robert Schulzinger provides the roadmap in A time for Peace. Anyone interested in the factors that will be most critical for cooperation and issues likely to present obstacles and the factors affecting the relationship between former adversaries should read this marvelous and important book.united states - foreign relations - vietnam, vietnam - foreign relations - united states, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- veterans