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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - BAREFOOT TO BOEINGS, KAREN GUEST, 2016
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Principles of Magnaflux Inspection by FB Doane
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Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, The Hawthorn Press Pty Ltd, The Admiral's Wife: Mrs Phillip Parker King - a selection of letters, 1817-56, 1967
Melbourne, : Hawthorn [1967] 147 p. : illus., geneal. tables (on lining papers) ports. ; 25 cm. non-fictionmrs phillip parker king, australia -- history -- sources., harriet king 1796-1874 -- correspondence. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - EXCERPTS FROM "DIGGER" BOOK, original1919
.1) Cardboard (copy) of introduction in Digger Book. Printed / typed black print on grey background, dark blue reverse. .2) 6 colour prints of soldiers on cardboard, white trim. .3) 6 colour prints of soldiers & building on cardboard, white trim."Daryl Lindsay" signed all sketches.documents - reproductions, illustrations - prints, passchendaele barracks trust -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, British Engineering Standards Association, Limits and Fits for Engineering - British Standard 1916 - Part 1 - 1953, 1953 and 1969
.1 - Book - 52 pages + light grey cover, issued by the British Engineering Standards Association, titled Limits and Fits for Engineering - British Standard 1916 - Part 1 - 1953, with amendments to July 1969. Has a table of contents, with definitions, specification and tables. BS 1916 .2 - Book - 52 pages + light grey cover, issued by the British Engineering Standards Association, titled Guide to selection of Fits - British Standard 1916 - Part 1 - 1953, has a table of contents with specification, figures, examples and tables. Both copies have an Standards Association of Australia paste over sheet on the front cover, referencing the document without amendment as AS B132, dated Feb. 1956.See History of object for stamps. part 1 has "T. Baker" in ink on the top of the first page. trams, tramways, engineers, manufacturing, workshops, machining -
Mont De Lancey
Book, J. B. Priestley, Victoria's Heyday, 1974
A rich and beautiful illustrated panorama of that most Victorian of decades - the eighteen-fifties. These were years of Queen Victoria, Dickens, the Brontes, George Eliot, Tennyson and others, industrial expansion, middle class consolidation and extreme poverty, of sexual represion and a London which shocked even Dostoyevsky. The violence of the Crimean war and more are included.A Victorian era coffee table history book with a colourful front cover showing illustrations and photographs of people in the Victorian period of the 1850's. The authour's name is printed in bold yellow print ath the top of the front cover with the title Victoria's heyday below. The spine has the author, title, publisher and ISBN number on it. Coloured plates, black and white illustrations and photographs are seen throughout, with a Select Bibliography, Illustrations: Acknowledgements and Photographic Credits and Index included at the back. p.296.non-fictionA rich and beautiful illustrated panorama of that most Victorian of decades - the eighteen-fifties. These were years of Queen Victoria, Dickens, the Brontes, George Eliot, Tennyson and others, industrial expansion, middle class consolidation and extreme poverty, of sexual represion and a London which shocked even Dostoyevsky. The violence of the Crimean war and more are included.victorian history, history, queen victoria, crimean war -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Ephemera - Documents, 1952
Catalogue no 10140.1 Daily Express English Newspaper King George VI Death 1952, Cat no 10140.2 Sunday Graphic English Newspaper King George VI Death 1952, Cat no 10140.3 Sun News Pictorial Queen Elizabeth visit Febr 1954, Cat no 10140.4 Preview of Royal Wedding Elizabeth and Philip, Cat no 10140.5 Sun News Pictorial Souvenir of Australia's America's Cup win 1983, Cat no 10140.6 Weekend Australian Magazine The Bradman Letters 2004Various cuttings, patterns, poetry, contained in a manila folder, also magazine articlesdocuments, newspapers -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, POW’s WW2, Betty Jeffrey, White Coolies, 1956
This is the story of those Australian Army nursing sisters who were in Malaya with the 8th Division AIF in 1941 and early 1942 and later taken prisoner by the Japanese.Hard cover in green buckram. Title on spine in faded gold lettering. Green end papers feature a map of South East Asia. Front cover embossed with the shape of a compass. 204 pages with cut edges. Illustrated with black & white line drawings.Inside on first page: “E Houlden Skene St Bendigo” Stamp in blue ink on title page: “Returned and Services League”books-military, military history-army nurses, illustrations, coolies, pow’s -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - Airplane design, Airplane Design Manual
Introduction to airplane design, circa early 1940s, for engineering students.Publshed 1941non-fictionIntroduction to airplane design, circa early 1940s, for engineering students. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Russell Braddon, The Naked Island, 1993
Book is part of the Australian War Classics series presented by E E (Weary) Dunlop. Author documents the suffering of Australian POWs from Pudu, Malaysia to Changi, Singapore based on his personal observations & experiences.Book, soft cover, colour illustrated front with title in white. 266 cut edged pages.On 1st page: F Fullerbooks, military history, army -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Cricket score book, Melbourne Sports Depot, 1960s
Unidentified cricket score book, possibly from Fishermen's Bend Migrant Hostel (Absent from collection September 2023)Port Melbourne Hostelsport - cricket, port melbourne hostel, melbourne sports depot, g elliot, r featherby, r elliot, a turner, d sampson, j farrier, j roberts, g treble, c turner, g ellison, m featherby, l bailey, k fitzgerald, g hirt, a watt, a hirt, r miller, norman, f lind, a wright, l barry, m hudson, r mcauliffe, b ramsay, s ralph, n rowe, c campbell, d hill, b manton, r mccraig, p chisolm, moloney, sinclair, coop, crittenden, payne, hall, p morgan, t morgan -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, B. Willemsen, Doetinchem, Holland, "The ABC of Tramways", 1959
Loose leaf book, 110 black and white photo pages plus covers titled "The ABC of Tramways", "Amusing Beautiful, Curious." as a subtitle, published 1959 compiled by B. Willemsen, Doetinchem, Holland. Provides some 182 photos of tramway systems and tramcars primarily in Europe, but some UK, Melbourne and Japan. Provided in alphabetical order. See page 66 for Melbourne. H. Ballment photo. Printed on glossy paper. Has a "Technical Book Co. 295-299 Swanston St, Melbourne FB 3951" sticker on the inside front cover."39/6" in pencil on top of front cover.trams, tramways, mmtb, melbourne, routes, cable trams -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newspaper - Newspaper article, Diamond Valley News, New police station plan by Jodie Haythorne, Diamond Valley News, November 30, p3, 1994
council amalgamation, shire of eltham, shire of montsalvat, shire of nillumbik, 1994, city of banyule, city of heidelberg, local government board, montsalvat, shire of diamond valley, police station, shire of eltham office site -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Allan Meiers, "Fisher Folk of Fishermens Bend", Sep 2006
Written by society member, Allan Meiers"Fisher Folk of Fishermans Bend" by Allan Meiers - a book providing insight into the lives of some of the fishing families that settled on Fishermans Bend during the 19th century and the contribution these families made to the early growth and development of Melbourne. Published version.fishermans bend, coode island, domestic life, families, industry - fishing, migrants, maritime, allan meiers, johann meiers, landorf family, meiers family, prest family, beazley family, butcher family -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, F Kingsley Norris, No Memory for Pain, 1970
An Autobiography - Major General Sir Kingsley Norris KBE, CB, CBE, DSO. Honorary Physician to HM Queen Elizabeth 11.non-fictionAn Autobiography - Major General Sir Kingsley Norris KBE, CB, CBE, DSO. Honorary Physician to HM Queen Elizabeth 11. -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Bronwen Hickman, Mary Gaunt: independent colonial woman, 2014
Biography of novelist and travel writer, Mary Gaunt (1862-1942)This is a soft cover book of 304 pages. It has a blue cover with a black and white photograph of Mary Gaunt in an oval shape on the front cover. There is white lettering on the front cover and black lettering in an oval shape on the back cover. The book has an introduction, 35 chapters, acknowledgements, endnotes, a list of publications and an index. It has several illustrations, sketches, maps and black and white and colour photographs,non-fictionBiography of novelist and travel writer, Mary Gaunt (1862-1942)mary gaunt, australian literature, history of warrnambool -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Shire of Portland By-Laws and Regulations, 1960s
Book of 38 pages, white paper, black print, covers made of mauve and grey cobble - stone pattern cardboard. Front cover has red lined strip on left hand side. Three round brass fasteners holding book together.local government, shire of portland, laws, regulations, portland -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Age, “Tram burns after collision with truck” “Quite heroes drag driver from flames”, 5/09/1970 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping titled: “Tram burns after collision with truck” – The Age 5/9/70 “Quite heroes drag driver from flames” by Robert Parsonage Tram and semi-trailer crash in Thornbury, Route # 9A, driver Bill Armitage suffered a broken right leg and arm and severe burns to most of his body, in critical condition in Preston and Northcote Community Hospital. Semi-trailer driver, Brian Carroll, 25 received burns and is in serious condition in hospital. Conductor Ted Clark, about 35, not injured and helped only passenger, and elderly woman from the tram. Collision occurred about 2.35 pm as Preston-City tram travelling south in St George’s Rd and truck travelling west in Normandy Rd.trams, tramways, accidents, fire, route 9a, collision, st georges rd, thornbury -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, L.M. Montgomery, Rainbow Valley, 1963
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - THE CHARING CROSS STORY: BY EDITH LUNN
The Charing Cross Story - by Edith Lunn -Published in the Bendigo Weekly A4 sheets x11 including information of McGuire's Bath Rooms.book, bendigo, the charing cross story - by edith lunn -published in the bendigo weekly -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book - Photocopy, John Slader, The Fourth Service - Merchantmen At War 1939 - 45, 1995
The book tells the story of the merchant fleet during World War II, the non-fighting service in which 32,000 men died, yet whose essential role has never been fully appreciated. Action seen by merchantment and their crews is told with insight, from the early days of war to the day of victory on the Rhine, the complete operation of the fleet is examined, with vivid accounts of the horrific losses undegone, the heroism of the crews and the sacrificies endured.non-fictionThe book tells the story of the merchant fleet during World War II, the non-fighting service in which 32,000 men died, yet whose essential role has never been fully appreciated. Action seen by merchantment and their crews is told with insight, from the early days of war to the day of victory on the Rhine, the complete operation of the fleet is examined, with vivid accounts of the horrific losses undegone, the heroism of the crews and the sacrificies endured.merchant navy, ww2 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "50 years of the SEC", 30/06/1984 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the SEC in Ballarat and in particular the conversion from DC power to AC.Newspaper clipping from the Saturday Magazine of The Courier 30/6/1984 titled "50 years of the SEC", looking at the history of the SEC in Ballarat, includes the conversion of plant from DC to AC which was not completed until 1968. Notes the two power stations and SEC offices have been moved to Norman St. Has five photos, including a staff photograph with many names, a photo of Bridge St, a collision between a truck and tram 14, SEC advertising and an interior view of Ballarat A. Written by John Dyallsec, ballarat a power station, sec crews, electrical engineering, electrical systems, electricity supply -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Working bees bring church up to date, 31/10/1979
Article in Nunawading Gazette about congregation having a working bee to renovate the interior of St John's Anglican Church, Blackburn. The foundation stone was laid in 1890.st johns anglican church, blackburn -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Routledge, International history of the twentieth century and beyond, 2008
This major global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward. Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors cover events in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas from the last century and beyond. Among the areas this book covers are: the decline of European hegemony over the international order; the diffusion of power to the two superpowers; the rise of newly independent states in Asia and Africa; and, the course and consequences of the major global conflicts of the twentieth century. This second edition is thoroughly updated, and includes extended coverage of European integration, the rise of supra-governmental organizations, and the 'global War on Terror'.Index, bib, ill, maps, p.613.non-fictionThis major global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward. Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors cover events in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas from the last century and beyond. Among the areas this book covers are: the decline of European hegemony over the international order; the diffusion of power to the two superpowers; the rise of newly independent states in Asia and Africa; and, the course and consequences of the major global conflicts of the twentieth century. This second edition is thoroughly updated, and includes extended coverage of European integration, the rise of supra-governmental organizations, and the 'global War on Terror'.world politics - 20th century, world politics 21st century -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - BENDIGO HOTEL COLLECTION: BELMONT HOTEL GAME CARDS
Fold up game card. On the cover ''With the compliments of A. Jackson's Belmont Hotel, Kennington, Bendigo'' Inside on the left column for the name of eight players on the right a blank square. How to play: each player selects a number, apply heat to back of square marked, result and winning number will appear. (two copies of the card)bendigo, hotel, belmont hotel -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Albert Palazzo, Defenders of Australia : the Third Australian Division, 1916-1991, 2002
The 3rd division was the longest serving citizen soldier formation. This book is the history of the 3rd division from 1916 to 1991index, bibliography, ill, maps, tables, p.245.non-fictionThe 3rd division was the longest serving citizen soldier formation. This book is the history of the 3rd division from 1916 to 1991citizen military forces, australian army - 3rd division -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Guinness Superlatives Ltd, Guinness Book of World Records, 1968
Hardcover W/ Dust Jacketcuriosities and wonders, world records, walsh st library -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Typography: As interpreted by students of the Printing Class at the School of Mines, Ballarat, 1933
Albert E. Dorling was the Instructor in Printing at the Ballarat Technical Art School in 1933. The art school was a division of the Ballarat School of Mines. The objectives of Typographical Instruction at the Ballarat Technical Art School was to develop an appreciation of art in printing; to create and foster a wholesome respect for books; to develop a justifiable pride in persona achievement; to broaden the educational and social outlook; to broaden the field of vocational choice; to prepare for effective entrance into the printing trade; to give mastery of many of the principles of design; to help in forming habits of accuracy, thoroughness, neatness and industry; to give opportunity to turn out a product of use, beauty and value; to cultivate appreciation of the value of co-operation and service; to aid in mastery of other school subjects,particularly English; to provide an appropriate instructional medium for pupils whose constructive instincts desire this method of expression; to provide experience which will show the practical application and value of academic subjects.Coloured soft covered book bound with a brown ribbon. It is a book of specimens of work by the students attending the Typography Classes at the Ballarat Technical Art School under the instruction of Albert Dorling. Illustrations include: Ariel [sic] View from Art School by Fred Longhurst, 1932 Other work includes Bickart's Diamond Shop, Lydiard Street Methodist Choir, South Street Competitions, Allambee Guest House, Buninyong Lodge, Ballarat Journalists' Association, Thornton Studios, Harry Davies, Harry Brown & Co., Nautilus Corsets, Toti dal Monte, Symmons Flower Shop, Ritz Club, Ballarat Symphony Orchestra, Ladies' Art Associationtypography, printing, ballarat school of mines, ballarat technical art school, bickart's diamond shop, lydiard street methodist choir, south street competitions, allambee guest house, buninyong lodge, ballarat journalists' association, thornton studios, harry davies, harry brown & co., nautilus corsets, toti dal monte, symmons flower shop, ritz club, ballarat symphony orchestra, ladies' art association, typography, ballarat school of mines, ballarat technical art school, printing, albert dorling -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: BANK ON IT
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 1999. Bank on it: the former Union Bank of Australia in View Street, circa 1900.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Melbourne University Press, Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 5 1851-1890 K-Q, 1970
Melbourne : Melbourne University Press; London ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1966-<2012> v. <1-18> ; 26 cm + index + corrigenda + supplement. non-fictionaustralia -- history -- biography