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Friends of St Brigids Association
Book - Ireland before the Famine 1798 - 1848, Tuathaigh, Gearóid Ó. 1972. Ireland before the Famine 1798 - 1848. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan
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Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, J. P. Donleavy, The Ginger Man, 1979
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic), Alan, 1924
A study in egotism, the tale of a successful writer whose career is waning, whose neglected wife falls in love with his younger cousin.352 p.fictionA study in egotism, the tale of a successful writer whose career is waning, whose neglected wife falls in love with his younger cousin.edward frederic benson, fiction -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - THOMAS WILLIAMS DENTIST 'PREMIER ' APPOINTMENT BOOK ' X 2 DATED 1926 & 1929 '
2 x hard covered books- - Thomas Williams Dentist 'PREMIER ' APPOINTMENT BOOK ' dated 1926 & 1929 / 1926 Maroon ' With the Compliments of B.N. Pty Ltd ' in gold letters/ - diary and appointment book / black and white photos of Dental equipment and adverts / 'Wholly set up and printed in Australia by Arthur Norwood , 429 Kent St , Sydney / 1929 black with gold letters , glossy red and gold inside covers , page 2 written in pencil 'Thos Williams Dentist . 275 Hargreaves St Bendigo / black and white photos of Dental equipment and advertsbendigo, business, thomas williams dentist, hargreaves street. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, McAulay, Lex, Blue Lanyard, Red Banner: The Capture of a Vietcong Headquarters by 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment Operation CRIMP 8-14 January 1966. (Copy 3), 2005
In the Vietnam War the 'tunnel rats' became famous. It all began on 'Operation Crimp' in January 1966 when US paratroopers and Australian infantry and engineers captured a Vietcong headquarters, in an extensive network of tunnels, some going down to four or more levels, containing munitions and 100,000 documents.In the Vietnam War the 'tunnel rats' became famous. It all began on 'Operation Crimp' in January 1966 when US paratroopers and Australian infantry and engineers captured a Vietcong headquarters, in an extensive network of tunnels, some going down to four or more levels, containing munitions and 100,000 documents.australia. army. royal australian regiment battalion, vietnam war, 1961-1975- regimental histories - australian, operation crimp, vietcong, 1st battalion, rar -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book - Stamp Album, CF Lucke, publisher, Illustrated Postage Stamp Album, ca 1900
The inscription in the book indicates that it once belonged to Edwin J Dale, who may have received it May 13th 1901, the date on the inscription. The album was made in Germany and has English, German, French and Spanish language on the fly page. It has 2000 pockets for holding stamps and is illustrated. The printer, Spottiswoode and Co., was established in 1738 by William Strahan, with premises in New Street Square, London. The growing firm advertised as Printers, Lithographers, Stationers, Electrotypers, Publishers, and Booksellers and by 1914 there were 1,000 employees.The stamp album is of Victorian vintage and shows that at the end of the 19th century people collected stamps. It represents the hobbies and past times of the people of that era.Illustrated Postage Stamp Album. Publisher: Lalso by CF Lucke, Leipzig, Germany Printer: Spottiswoode & Co Ltd, London Date: 1908 Red hardcover, illustrated with a robed figure image and text in English, German, French and Spanish. Book has information, advertising and pages divided into blank squares for attaching stamps. Some pages have cutouts where squares would have been, perhaps holding stamps. An inscription with the name Edwin J Dale, 13 May 1901 is on the first turned page..Inscription: Edwin J Dale, May 13th 1901" Cover: "Illustrated POSTAGE STAMP ALBUM" Inage on cover: "within a floral border, a robed figure wearing a winged helmet, holding a staff with two snakes in one hand, and a sealed letter in the other." Fly: "Registered" "Schaubeks Postage Stamp Album" "Victoria" "Briefmarken"[German - stamps] "Pour Timbres-poste" [French - for postage Stamps] "Para Selloyde Correo" [Spanish - for postage stamps] "With 1070 reduced illustrations, 2200 blank cases for stamps" (also in German, French and Spanish) "Made in Germany"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, illustrated postage stamp album, postage stamp album, stamp album, book, postage stamp, stamp, edwin j dale, may 13th 1901, stamp collecting, german stamp album, spottiswoode & co ltd, germany, cf lucke leipzig, cf lucke, leipzig -
Clunes Museum
Book, BPA PRINT GROUP, "VICTORIAN HISTORICAL JOURNAL"
SOFT COVER BOOK. ON COVER PICTURE OF CHILDERS RAILWAY IN SOUTH GIPPSLAND EMBLEMOF ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY VICTORIA , VOLUME 75 NO 1 APRIL 2004 ON REAR COVER: INDEPENDENT CHURCH , COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNEvictorian historical journal, royal historical society victoria -
Clunes Museum
Book, GHOST TOWNS OF AUSTRALIA, 1965
CONTENT IS IDENTIFYING GHOST TOWNS OF AUSTRALIA.1 HARDCOVER BOOK with IMAGES OF VERANDAH POSTS IN RED AND ORANGE ON THE DUST COVER. CLUNES IS FEATURED IN CHAPTER 10, PAGES 94 TO 106 INCLUSIVR. .2 PAPER BACK VERSION OF BOOKnon-fictionCONTENT IS IDENTIFYING GHOST TOWNS OF AUSTRALIAlocal history, book, history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Find AE1 Ltd & Australian National Maritime Museum, "RESEARCH VESSEL PETREL BASELINE SURVEY OF HMAS AE1", 2018
"Research Vessel Petrel - Baseline Survey of HMAS AE1" This book is a report of a comprehensive photographic survey completed on a c.1938 submarine wreck off the coast of PNG.Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard with white print on black and dark blue background on front and spine. Illustrated with colour photographs. Front cover - "RV Petrel control room during the survey". Back cover - "AE1 bow torpedo tube". 179 pages, cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated in black and white and colour photographs, maps and technical drawings.books, ww2, submarine, png, photographic -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Jim Mesko, U.S Armoured cars in action, 1998
A pictorial and descriptive history of US armored carsill (b/w,col), p.49non-fictionA pictorial and descriptive history of US armored carsarmoured vehicles - united states - history, military science - united states - history -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, A.P. Elkin, The Australian Aborigines: How to Understand Them, 1954
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket"Patricia Boyd" written inside front coverwalsh st library -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book - Laboratory Reference Book, Theoretical Organic Chemistry, Cohen
Laboratory Reference Book - Norwellan & AUNDE North Western Woolen Mills became Norwellan Textiles then AUNDERed hard cover book with Black writing on coverJ M Bennettmanufacturing -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Vietnam 1969-1970: A Company Commander's Journal (Copy 2)
vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Poster - Metric Chart
Metric equivalency chart explaining conversion from imperial measurement to metric as advertising material from Dee Ess Fabrics.commerce, advertising -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Mobile Strike Forces in Vietnam 1966-70, 2007
united states. army. special forces, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- regimental histories -- united states -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Boston Publishing Company, Images of war, 1983
Photography, maps, and eyewitness accounts describe the War in Vietnam.Index, Bibliography, ill, maps, p.185.non-fictionPhotography, maps, and eyewitness accounts describe the War in Vietnam.vietnam war 1961-1975, vietnam - history - 20th century -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Ed Claude Foreel, Stephanie Wood, John Lethlean, Good Food Guide, 2000
SoftcoverCity planning -- History, Urbanism, Urban ecologywalsh st library -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (item) - Pilot Flight planner book Australian major airports
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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, The Walker, 1988
Annual publication of the Melbourne Walking Club 1988, Volume 59.Annual publication of the Melbourne Walking Club 1988, Volume 59.Annual publication of the Melbourne Walking Club 1988, Volume 59.hiking, melbourne walking club inc. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, A Glastonbury Romance
Pattison Collection This item is from the ‘Pattison Collection’, a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, which was 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 lack of financial support led the WMI in 1911 to ask the City Council to take it over. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Library as it was then called. 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 Ralph 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. RALPH ERIC PATTISON 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 Pattison accepted a 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 1942 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. 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. 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. A Glastonbury Romance Author: John Cowper Powys Publisher: Macdonald Date: 1955 1st Published 1933 The label on the spine with typed text PAT 823 POW Pastedown front endpaper has a sticker from Warrnambool Public Library covered by a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, 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, a glastonbury romance, john cowper powys -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - Aircraft propellers, Airscrews Part 1
Description of maintenance & repair of de Havilland controllable pitch & hydromatic airscrewsThin blue hardback non-fictionDescription of maintenance & repair of de Havilland controllable pitch & hydromatic airscrews -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Yarra Trams, "Your new tram connection - Route 8 Moreland to Toorak - via Lygon St - Formerly routes 8 and 22", Oct. 2004
.1 - Pamphlet - 3 fold DL size, full colour titled "Your new tram connection - Route 8 Moreland to Toorak - via Lygon St - Formerly routes 8 and 22", about the amalgamation of the two routes. Includes a map and that a competition was being run to complete a statement. .2 - ditto - "Your new tram connection - Route 16 - Melbourne Uni to Kew - Formerly routes 16 and 69" Pamphlet gives date of change as Sunday 17 Oct, but no year. Yarra trams route number history web page gives it as 2004 - http://www.yarratrams.com.au/media/43839/tramroutenumbers.pdf - access 25-10-2015 Two copies held.trams, tramways, yarra trams, route 8, toorak, moreland, route 16, route 69, kew -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, McNicol, Steve, Locomotives of the Silverton Tramway, 1990
A history of the locomotives that worked on the privately owned Silverton Tramway from South Australia to New South Wales.ill, p.12.non-fictionA history of the locomotives that worked on the privately owned Silverton Tramway from South Australia to New South Wales.locomotives - south australia - history, silverton tramway - history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - FOREST STREET UNITING CHURCH COLLECTION: MINUTES BOOK 1872-1880, 1872-1880
Sandhurst (Golden Square) Circuit Local Preachers Minute Book 1872-1880 Patterned internal cover Lined pages Handwriten entrieschurch, history, uniting church forest street -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Stockings, Craig ed. and Connor, John ed, The Shadow Men, 2017
Australian military history is full of big names that loom large in the public memory of the nation's wartime experiences - Monash, Chauvel, Jacka and Blamey. But what about the others, influential but lesser known army strategists and leaders, who shaped the Australian Army? this book pulls them out of the shadows.The leaders who shaped the Australian Army from the Veldt to Vietnam.Australian military history is full of big names that loom large in the public memory of the nation's wartime experiences - Monash, Chauvel, Jacka and Blamey. But what about the others, influential but lesser known army strategists and leaders, who shaped the Australian Army? this book pulls them out of the shadows.australia. army - officers - biography, australia. army - military personnel - biography -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, John Purcell, Hotham Valley Tourist Railway - Souvenir Book, 1991
The history and rollingstock collection of the Hotham Valley Tourist Railway in Pinjarra Western Australiaill, map, p.44.non-fictionThe history and rollingstock collection of the Hotham Valley Tourist Railway in Pinjarra Western Australiahotham valley tourist railway - western australia, tourist railways and museums - australia -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Mount Newman Mining Company, The Mount Newman Project, 1968
A report on the building of an iron ore railway from Port Hedland to Mount Newman in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.maps, p.17.non-fictionA report on the building of an iron ore railway from Port Hedland to Mount Newman in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. railroad construction - western australia - history, railroads - freight - australia -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book - History and Field Guide, A History and Field Guide to the Grampians ( Gariwerd), 2021
Aboriginal History, European History, walking Trails, Wild Flowers, waterfalls, Bird Life.Soft Cover: Colour Photo on the front: Waterfall. on the rear RockartThis copy is signed by the author: Best Wishes David M Welch. See context -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Pan Books, Hitler, 1970
The life and times of Third Reich leader Adolf HitlerIll, maps, p.159.non-fictionThe life and times of Third Reich leader Adolf Hitlerworld war 1939-1945 - biography, adolf hitler - 1889-1945 -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Julie McLaren et al, Becoming Modern: Australian Women Artists 1920-1950, 2019
Blue and pink soft covered book of 176 pagesnon-fictionwomen artists, alice watson, nornie gude, maude glover fleay, herbert h. smith, ballarat gallery art school