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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BURNEWANG
21 page soft cover booklet, 'Burnewang, the Station, the House and its people from 1841 to the present' A history of Burnewang House, the Bell family and Holmes family. Includes B&W photos, floor plans of the house. Published 1996 and printed by Craftsman Press, BurwoodJohn Carney -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA), Miscellaneous tickets and travel dockets, 1993
Set of six replica tickets (two of each except for item 1) for AETA 50th Anniversary Easter 1993 tours .1 - VR St Kilda Brighton 3d - Modern Trams tour - 10/4/1993 .2 - HTT - 5d, Bendigo tram tour 12/4/1993 .3 - MBCTT - 1d, Bellarine tour11/4 or 15/4 1993 - change of date on one sample. .4 - SEC - 10d / 8c ticket for the Ballarat tour 9/4/1983 .5 - VR Motor coach - 50c, Pacific Boulevard to Sandringham - used for the Bylands and Yamgardook tour 14/4/1993. .6 - MMTB - cable tram through fare - 1 1/2d - ASEA Brown Boveri Tour - 8/4/1993.trams, tramways, aeta, htt, vr, tickets, secv, tours, railways -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (item), C. A. Williams, Aircraft Instrument Control Systems, 1963
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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, He Lived in My Shoes
This book was part of a large group of books referred to as the Pattison Collection, which belonged to the Warrnambool Public Library, part of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute. About RALPH ERIC PATTISON and the ‘PATTISON COLLECTION’ The ‘Pattison Collection’ is a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the WMI was led to ask the City Council to take it over in 1911 due to lack of financial support. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Public Library as it was then called. Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 when Pattison accepted the position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council his huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower areas of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave from 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However, he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. THE NEW WARRNAMBOOL LIBRARY When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Pattison. Eventually, the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. WARRNAMBOOL 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. He Lived in My Shoes Author: Leslie Greener Publisher: The Australasian Publishing Co Date: 1948 The label on the spine cover with typed text PAT 819.93 GRE Pastedown front endpaper has a sticker from Warrnambool Public Library Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service Flyleaf has a stamp from Warrnambool Public Library flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, he lived in my shoes, leslie greener -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Denny Neave et al, Aussie soldier: Up close and personal, 2008
A collection of anecdotes and excerpts from diaries that have never been published.Bibliography, index, glossary, ill (b/w)non-fictionA collection of anecdotes and excerpts from diaries that have never been published.australia - history - military - personal narratives, australia - military culture -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Francis Wilfred De Guingand, Operation Victory, 1947
A personal account of the war years by Major General de GuingandIndex, ill, p.488.non-fictionA personal account of the war years by Major General de Guingandworld war 1939-1945 - history, world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - britain -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Robin Boyd, Kenzo Tange, 1962
Hardcover with Dust JacketRBF Acquisitionkenzo tange, japanese architecture, modern architecture, 20th century, walsh st library -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Out in the cold: Australia's involvement in the Korean War
korean war, 1950-1953 - australia -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Saved by Angels, 2002
Soft cover - shades of red with front panel depicting a soldier and bombers, and rear panel depicts jungle trail. 80 pages plus appendix. A narrative story base on WW 2. Illustrated with black and white photos.books-military-history, books -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Elaine Dundy, Frinch, Bloody Finch: A biography of Peter Finch, 1980
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacketwalsh st library -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - Flyer
Trifold beige flyer with brown writing. Flyer for an exhibition for portraits on loan from the Bendigo Art Gallery at the Sandhurst Trustees Company 18 View Street, Bendigo; held June to August 1982Exhibition supported by Bendigo Trustees Company.portraits, bendigo art gallery, sandhurst trustees company, june - august 1862 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - MORE PROPHETIC THAN WE KNEW, 1999
More Prophetic Than We Knew, A history of the YCW in the Diocese of Sandhurst. Published by Breda Phillips 127 pages with photographs.Breda Phillipsbook, bendigo, ycw, bendigo - ycw - sandhurst diocese, cardinal joseph cardijn. -
Clunes Museum
Book - LETTER BOOK
BOOK USED FROM FEBRUARY 1931 UNTIL MARCH 1938ORANGE COLOURED CARDBOARD COVERED LETTER BOOK.local history, books, commerce -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''MELBA'S GIFT BOOK''
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 175 page hardcover book. Melba's Gift Book of Australian Art and Literature. Edited by Franklin Peterson. Proceeds from sale of the book went to the Madam Melba Belgian Relief Fund. Coloured portrait of Nellie Melba opposite title page. Contributions by various authors and artists. Published by George Robertson and Co. and printed by Keystone printing Co., Melbourne. Date not specified. Catalogue sticker ''2240 PET'' on spine. Signature '' ? Chisholm'' in ink on flyleaf.Franklin Petersonbooks, collections, art & literature, alec h chisholm collection, dame nellie melba, franklin peterson, art, literature -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Carl Segnit, "Please step inside - a nostalgic look at Australian tramways in the 1950's", 2016
Book - 96 pages+ card cover + jacket, perfect bound, portrait format, titled "Please step inside - a nostalgic look at Australian tramways in the 1950's", compiled by Carl Segnit 2016 with photos from Adelaide, Ballarat, Brisbane, Melbourne and the VR system in Melbourne. All photographs by Clive Coram, Kevin Rette and a few by Keith Kings.trams, tramways, melbourne, work trams, mmtb, adelaide, brisbane, ballarat, vr -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Robyn Kienzle, The architect of Kokoda: Bert Kienzle - the man who made the Kokoda trail, 2011
Biography of Bert Kienzle who established a trail across the Owen Stanley ranges.Index, bibliography, ill (plates), p.327.non-fictionBiography of Bert Kienzle who established a trail across the Owen Stanley ranges.kienzle herbert thompson 1905-1988, kokoda trail (papua new guinea) -
National Wool Museum
Book, The Australian Textile Workers Union. Geelong Division Contributrion Book, 1970
This book was used to pay membership fees to the union. You could pay monthly or yearly. Was donated by a person who worked at Federal Woollen Mills and after Classweave Federal Industries.Cream booklet with black lettering.union, federal woollen mills, classweave federal industries., fees, textile workers union -
Melbourne Legacy
Book, There Goes A Man. The Biography of Sir Stanley G Savige, 1959
The detailed biography of Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Savage.Red cloth bound copy of W B Russell's biography of Legatee Savige with a paper dust jacket with photosnon-fictionThe detailed biography of Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Savage. history, w b russell, biography -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Myra Roper, China - The Surprising Country, 1966
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacketwalsh st library -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Book, A Trip To Papua by G.H. Adcock / Principal of the Viticultural College / Rutherglen, 1906-1912 (Approximate)
Reprinted from The Rutherglen Miner which was one of Rutherglen's earliest newspapers. Mr C.H. Adcock was Principal of Rutherglen Viticultural College - 1914Leaflet written by A.D. Adcock. Originally paper covered, hard red cover added later. Book plates of G.I and A. Van C. / AdcockHandwritten below the bookplate: "Presented by A Van C Adcock, Grandson of G H Adcock, 1981"papua, travel, adcock family, viticultural college rutherglen -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Our Century. The Growth of a Community, October 1999
A journey through 10 decades including time lines, citizens of the century, communities, sport, schools, transport and industry. Pictures from Shepparton, Murchison, Mooroopna, Tatura and Merrigum.Selections from Shepparton News depicting 100 years. Wes Shellie, son of Carmel and Peter Shellie, is the newsboy on front page, created by artist Andrea Demay. -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Admiralty Manual of Navigation Vol.2, 1973
This volume of the Admiralty Manual of Navigation describes off-shore navigation - the safe conduct of a ship across the open sea where, in general, hearings of objects on land cannot be obtained except by means of radio waves (i.e. using radio fixing aids). The first chapters are mainly concerned with distances, courses, tracks and charts; then various methods of obtaining position lines and positions from astronomical observations are explained, including a rapid. method in the last chapter. The volume also contains an outline of meteorrology and weather forecasting.329 pages, illustrated, navy blue linen cover and red paper dust jacket.non-fictionThis volume of the Admiralty Manual of Navigation describes off-shore navigation - the safe conduct of a ship across the open sea where, in general, hearings of objects on land cannot be obtained except by means of radio waves (i.e. using radio fixing aids). The first chapters are mainly concerned with distances, courses, tracks and charts; then various methods of obtaining position lines and positions from astronomical observations are explained, including a rapid. method in the last chapter. The volume also contains an outline of meteorrology and weather forecasting.howard timbury, first fleet fellowship victoria, interest group, navigation, education -
Mont De Lancey
Book, Nick Anchen, Railways of the Yarra Valley, 2010
The railway reached Lilydale in 1882, Healesville in 1889 and Warburton in 1901 linking the area to Melbourne. Sawmillers and farmers prospered, as well as tourists visiting the region.A blue covered book of the Railways of the Yarra Valley with a photograph on the front cover of the last steam train from Warburton in August 1965 and the back cover showing an old locomotive 'Little Yarra' in 1913. There is historical text and maps with black and white and coloured photographs of the railways and of the area.Pp.96.non-fictionThe railway reached Lilydale in 1882, Healesville in 1889 and Warburton in 1901 linking the area to Melbourne. Sawmillers and farmers prospered, as well as tourists visiting the region. trains, rail vehicles, australian history, yarra valley -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Book - Family History, Boxleigh, Avis, The Heritage of Henry McCurry (1843 - 1931) & Elizabeth Lindsey (1849-1930)
Family history of Henry McCurry and Elizabeth Lindseyring bound non-fictionFamily history of Henry McCurry and Elizabeth Lindseymccurry, family history -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, Topmill Pty Ltd, Corvettes - Australian Naval Patrol Forces
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Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Book, Gallipoli
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, Video, Vietnam, Australia's War.J. Matthews
VHS tape re the Vietnam War.vietnam war, 1961 - 1975 -- veterans -- australia, vietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives - australian -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book (Item) - Logbook, Captain George Garrett Kitching (1926 - 2005), Trienza, Rough Abstract Log, G.G. Kitching 2/0, 1946
The British Phosphate Commissioners (BPC) was a board of Australian, British, and New Zealand representatives who managed extraction of phosphate from Christmas Island, Nauru, and Banaba (Ocean Island) from 1920 until 1981. Captain S.G. Ellams Walter Harbord (Wal or Wally) (b.1923 in Brisbane-d.), master mariner in the Merchant Navy on British Phosphate Commission ships. George Garrett Kitching (1926 - 2005) was second mate on the following ships onboard which he records the events: MV Gorgon : 5-12-46 to16-1-48 SS Titan: 25-1-49 to 16-6-49 MV Orestes: 5-8-49 to 22-9-50 MV Astyanax: 28-4-51 to 7-5-51 (Coasting) MV Trienza: 8-4-53 to 9-10-53Walter was interviewed by the Australian at War Film Archive in 2003. He served on these ships: SS Corinda SS Macumba SS Mildura SS Nellor SS Ormiston SS Reynellaanne rennie collection, wal harbord, merchant navy, seamen, seafarers, ww2, battle of the atlantic, walter harbord, navigation, m.v. trienza, s.s. titan, captain s.g. ellams, bpc, ship log, captain g.g. kitching, m.v. orestes, m.v gorgon, m.v. astyanax, denis ryan, dinny ryan, dennis william ryan -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Bonds, Ray ed, The Vietnam War: the illustrated history of the conflict in Southeast Asia (Copy 1)
A battle by battle analysis of more than thirty years of open warfare in Southeast Asia, featuring the horrific, but fascinating, variety of conflict on land, at sea and in the air.A battle by battle analysis of more than thirty years of open warfare in Southeast Asia, featuring the horrific, but fascinating, variety of conflict on land, at sea and in the air.vietnam war, 1961-1975 -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Book - Register, Unemployed Relief Fund. Burnley Horticultural School. Drainage, 1930
Photocopy from the Public Record Office, Victoria 10332/P1 of 1 page from an account ledger dated Nov 29 to Dec 2 1930. States Period of Service, Claimant (Company), Description of Service and ₤ amounts for Voucher and Expenditure. account ledger, expenditure