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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Armor: the Vietnam War, 1987
vietnam war, 1961-1975 - participation, american, armoured vehicles, military, armoured personnel carrier -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, New Arabian Nights
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 percent of the reading population. The collection of books was made up of around 60 percent reference and 40 percent 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 has 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 1850’s to the late 1950’s 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. New Arabian Nights Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Publisher: W Foulsham & Co Ltd First published in 1882 The label on the spine with typed text PAT 823 STE Pastedown front endpaper has a sticker from Warrnambool Public Library covered by a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, new arabian nights, robert louis stevenson -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, The Corps Committee of the Royal Australian Engineers (Department of Defence), Ubique. The Royal Australian Engineers. 3 Volumes, 1) 1977 .2) 1979 .3)1982
Three volumes. Dark Blue hard covers with dust jackets Author MajGen RR McNicoll CBE. .1) Ubique the royal Australian Engineers 1835-1902 "the colonial Engineers." Blue and While dust jacket with soldier in red and navy uniform standing with sword in right hand 203 PP .2) The Royal Engineers 1902 - 1919 " Making and Breaking." 232 PP. Author Maj Gen RR McNicoll CBE, cream and sepia coloured dust jacket photograph of the building of Watson's Rer Anzac Cove June 1915. .3) The Royal Australian Engineers 1919 -1945 "Teeth and Tail." 432 PP Author Maj Gen RR McNicoll CBE AM. Cream and Sepia coloured dust jacket photograph of sappers disarming anti vehicle mines near Derna, Cyremaica 1941..1) .2) .3) Donated by the Batham Family written in ink on title pages,books, military history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - Historical play, Emily Swinnerton
Booklet owned by Arthur Baggaley, Fruiterer, who lived at 15 Forest Street, Bendigo. His business 'C.A. Baggaley & Son' was at Covent Garden, Mitchell Street, Bendigo. Arthur was born in Bendigo in 1903 to Charles Arthur Baggaley and Ada (Mallon). He married Evelyn May Grigg. Arthur died in September, 1993.Fifteen page booklet. On front cover 'Board School Dialogue (No. 9) William Tell, a Historical Play selected and translated from Schiller's 'William Tell'. Baggaley Collectionfruiterer, confectioner, business, mitchell street, covent garden, entertainment, play script, william tell, historical play -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Booklet, Tatura Milk Industries Handbook, 1999
Handbook for new employees. Contains all information including history of factory, working conditions etc.Blue cover, white label. Blue and white writing. Large photo of milk tanker, red writing. 2 smaller ones, one red.tatura milk industries, handbook, tatura, dairy industry, employees handbook -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - Aero engine theory, Aero EngineTheory a Fitter's Course
Description of engines for engine fitters circa 1940snon-fictionDescription of engines for engine fitters circa 1940saero engines -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Don Dennis, The Guns of Musdui, 2006
Book, soft cover. Front cover has an image of jungle vegetation & coastline. Print is gold & red ink. 255 pages, illustrations & some maps.Len Burke Donated by Len Burkebooks, military, history -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book - Research Material, Boer War and World War 1
Printout of Various Records of enlisted men Various Digital Locations Various DatesBlack 4 Ring Lever Arch File with Plastic PocketsBiarri Military Section war, soldiers -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Minefields and miniskirts: Australian women and the (Copy 2), 1993
vietnam war, 1961-1975 - women - australia, vietnam war, 1961-1975- women - interviews -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, NewSouth Publishing, Australia's Vietnam : myth vs history, 2019
Why everything you think you know about Australia's Vietnam War is wrong. When Mark Dapin first interviewed Vietnam veterans and wrote about the war, he swallowed (and regurgitated) every misconception. He wasn't alone. In Australia's Vietnam, Dapin reveals that every stage of Australia's commitment to the Vietnam War has been misunderstood, misinterpreted and shrouded in myth. From army claims that every national serviceman was a volunteer; and the level of atrocities committed by Australian troops; to the belief there were no welcome home parades until the late 1980s and returned soldiers were met by angry protesters. Australia's Vietnam is a major contribution to the understanding of Australia's experience of the war and will change the way we think about memory and military history.Index, notes, p.231.non-fictionWhy everything you think you know about Australia's Vietnam War is wrong. When Mark Dapin first interviewed Vietnam veterans and wrote about the war, he swallowed (and regurgitated) every misconception. He wasn't alone. In Australia's Vietnam, Dapin reveals that every stage of Australia's commitment to the Vietnam War has been misunderstood, misinterpreted and shrouded in myth. From army claims that every national serviceman was a volunteer; and the level of atrocities committed by Australian troops; to the belief there were no welcome home parades until the late 1980s and returned soldiers were met by angry protesters. Australia's Vietnam is a major contribution to the understanding of Australia's experience of the war and will change the way we think about memory and military history.vietnam war 1961-1975 – australian involvement, vietnam war 1961-1975 – history -
Kilmore Historical Society
Book, John F. Shaw, THE GOOD SHEPHERD, 1928
Bible Stories retold to children.Board cover with pasted on illustration, blue cloth spine. Wear to extremities, particularly corners. Pencil scribbling in front cover, red pencil scribble inside back cover. Significant foxxing to title page but largely absent throughout. Illustrated. Fair-good conditionfictionBible Stories retold to children.bible stories -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Ronald Parsons, Ship owners trading to the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, 1993
A short account of the ship owners and their ships which brought migrants to Australian ports from the part of Hamburg dring the middle yearsof the 19th century.ships and shipping -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE PIONEERS OF BENDIGO
A Photographic Record of the Pioneers of Bendigo compiled by Rita Hull, 47 pages in a spring bound binder with lemon frontis piece with photographs, some colour.Rita Hullbendigo, history, pioneers -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Rae, Lou, The ABT Railway - On Tasmania's West Coast, 1988
A history of the ABT railway from Strahan to Queenstown in Tasmania.ill, maps, p.72.non-fictionA history of the ABT railway from Strahan to Queenstown in Tasmania.railroads -- australia -- history, private railway companies - tasmania - history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BOOKLET ONE: CAREERS FOR GRADUATES, METALLURGY & GEOLOGY
Booklet - ''Careers for Graduates - No1 Mining, Metallurgy & Geology''. 24 pages - issued by the University of Melbourne Appointments Board. March 1956.education, tertiary, mining -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Booklet, Mildura Arts Centre, Winter Gallery Program 04, 2004
Gallery Cataloguewalsh st library -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Brian Carroll, Railways A History of Australian Trains, 1985
Historic photographs of Australian Railways up to around 1985.ill. p.63.non-fictionHistoric photographs of Australian Railways up to around 1985.railroad trains -- australia -- history., railroad trains -- australia -- history -- pictorial works. -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Pamphlet (Item) - (SP) Mobil Oil Aero Chart
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Sign (Item) - Flight Safety instructions A320 Ansett
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Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Ceremonial object - Commemorative Trowel, c1935
Gold plate on silver plated EPNS kite shaped commemorative trowel with a turned wooden handle with an engraved inscription. The trowel is in a blue cardboard box."Presented to Mrs Richard Lord on the occasion of her laying the foundation stone of the "Youth Welfare" building at Barkers Road Methodist Church. Nov. 9th 1935"mrs richard lord, barkers rd methodist church -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, The Vietnam War Experience (Copy 4)
vietnam war, 1961-1975, vietnam - politics and government - 1945-1975 -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time Life Books, The center of the web, 1989
This volume is one of a series that chronicles the rise and eventual fall of Nazi GermanyIndex, bibliography, ill, p.177.non-fictionThis volume is one of a series that chronicles the rise and eventual fall of Nazi Germanygermany - social life and customs - 1933-1945, national socialism, adolf hitler -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''COUSIN JACK CARTOONS'' BY OSWALD PRYOR
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. Softcover booklet of humorous cartoons about the Cornish (Cousin Jacks) by Oswald Pryor, the 'mining cartoonist'. Published in 1945 by Frank Johnson, Sydney and printed by the Market Printery Pty Ltd, Sydney. Catalogue sticker ''2246 PRY'' on front cover. Handwritten in ink on title page ''To Alec H Chisholm with compliments from O.P. 29/6/45''Oswald Pryorbooks, collections, humour, alec h chisholm collection, oswald pryor, cornish, cartoons, cousin jack -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Airline Theory Book, David Robson, In Safe Hands: The How and Why of Airline Travel, 02/1999
Seems to be a book designed to offer reassurance to potential passengers about the safety of flight. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, The Rotary Club of Nunawading - our first decade, 1/09/1974 12:00:00 AM
The Rotary Club of Nunawading: our first decade [from establishment to 1964].The Rotary Club of Nunawading: our first decade [from establishment to 1964].The Rotary Club of Nunawading: our first decade [from establishment to 1964].rotary club of nunawading, first decade -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Newsletter - Glen Eira College
Six Glen Eira College News brochures from 2008 to 2009. Monthly brochures dated May 8, June 13 and August 8, 2008. Includes Trivia Night Sponsors’ names and one dated September 19, 2008, and two Augusts and September 2009. They give school news of teachers and students activities and other things of interest occurring throughout the school year.booran road, neerim road, caulfield east, glen eira college, lamb lesley principal, principals, kindler sheereen principal -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Booklet - Folder - sample, Go Public, "Melbourne Tram Passport", 1995
Possibly a sample of a product, Melbourne Tram Passport, that was compiled or put together by Go Public in 1995 as a promotion to use Melbourne trams and receive discounts at various venues. No evidence is known of its actual use in practice. On the last page of the Guide Book are the names of David Miller and Frank Pallay and Go Public's Elsternwick PO Address. Similar to the "Melbourne Met Pass" of 1988 - see item 2843 Yields information about the concept of a tourist travel promotion using Melbourne's trams.Green plastic partitioned folded containing sample tickets, map, pamphlet and guide books.trams, tramways, melbourne tram passport, tickets, the met, public transport -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, William Ripper, Steam-Engine Theory and Practice, 1914
Used at Ballarat School of MinesThe cover is a red brown colour with the title on the spine and the publisher Longmans & Co printed near base of the spine. The book has 496 illustrations throughout with some pull out plates. Pages 514.On the inside cover it is stamped with The School of Mines Ballarat and written in pencil is 1914 and E K.compound engines, thermodynamics of gases, properties of steam, temperature-entropy diagrams, superheated steam, steam-jacket, feed-water heaters, crank-shaft, flywheels, corliss engine, steam turbine, condensers, friction of engines, steam-engine, william ripper, steam -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Shire of Rodney Pound Cash Book 1930-1982, 1930
Records of payment to Rodney Shire for impounded stock 1930-1982Shire of Rodney Pound cash book 1930-1985. Faded back cover, very faded front cover. Suede leather spine, red label at top, blue label lower.shire of rodney, impounded stock -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - LOG BOOK, UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE, Aust Army, 1993
Item in the collection re Craig Triffett. Refer Cat No. 5997.5 for his service details.This is a small locally made log book. It has 5 sheets of paper that are folded to make individual pages. It is fastened with two staples. Inside the front cover are the soldier's certificates of what ordnance he was cleared to destroy. The thin cardboard is same light brown as a manila folder.Written on front cover is, “Triffett CS 326845 DMEO Log”log book, unexploded ordnance