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Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Slide, Were Street, Montmorency, 25 Jul 1973
35 mm colour positive transparency Mount - Agfacolor Service (Blue)montmorency, were street -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Medical Inquests, 2010
A folder containing inquests inquiries into two deaths caused by thoughtlessness. William Hogg thrown from galloping horse and Rene Jessie Florence pinned under overturned car driven by drunk father near Lakes Entrance Victoriainquests, animals, transport -
Freemasons Victoria - Southern Cross Lodge No. 24 (Maldon)
Book, Freemasons Victoria, Consecration and Dedication Ceremonies, &C, C.1900
freemasons, rituals, grand lodge -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Newspaper - '79 news article re the new PROSERPINE pilot boat, Pilot services, Saturday May 12th,1979
Port Phillip pilot boat PROSERPINEPort Phillip pilot boatNews articles & photo of the PROSERPINE Pilot Boat new into Port Phillip '79.Reverse " NIL " -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book, Tom Peppitt, The Crew, A Portrait of Merchant Seamen at the End of the Tramp Steamer Era, 2000
non-fictiontramp, tramp steamer, merchant navy -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Bruce Culver, Tiger in action, 1989
A descriptive and pictorial history of the Tiger tankill (b/w,col), p.49.non-fictionA descriptive and pictorial history of the Tiger tankworld war 1939-1945 - tank warfare, tiger (tank) -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Griffin's Aeronautical Series - Aeronautics, Griffin's Aeronautical Series - A Textbook of Aeronautics
Charles Griffin & Co. -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Commonwealth Forests Taskforce, Gippsland REgional Forest Agreement Consultation Paper, 1999
Comprehensive report prepared by officials to support the forest agreement process containing many maps in Gippsland Victoriaforest, heritage -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - Gadsden - The First 100 Years, Jules Feldmann, 1980
The history of one of Victoria's leading packaging companies, Gadsden Australia from 1879 to 1979.non-fictionThe history of one of Victoria's leading packaging companies, Gadsden Australia from 1879 to 1979.gadsden family, package goods industry, gadsen biography -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1956-1957
Robin Boyd developed a close friendship with the founder of the Bauhaus in Weimar Germany, Walter Gropius, who had moved to the USA in the 1930s. Through this connection, Boyd was invited to be the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Bemis Professor at the School in the North American academic year 1956-7. Robin and Patricia Boyd, with their youngest daughter Suzy, were based in Cambridge, Massachusetts for the year. Boyd gave some lectures at MIT and he was also invited to give lectures at many other universities, allowing him to travel widely within the USA, especially on the East Coast. This gave him the opportunity to meet architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, Paul Rudolph and many others, and visit the offices of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and places like Taliesin and the General Motors Technical Center Detroit. On the way home, the Boyds visited London, Berlin, Paris and Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp Chapel in France.Colour slide in a mount. (Possibly) General Motors Technical Center (1956), Warren, Michigan, USA. (Architect: Eero Saarinen.)04819/ Encircled 79F (Handwritten)/ A (Handwritten)mit bemis professorship, mit, robin boyd, slide -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Slide - Slide - Construction Portland / Cashmore Airport, c. 1980
Vern Mc Callum CollectionColoured slide. Trench. Sky visible, top rear. Also bottom section of earth moving equipment, top edge of trench, left rear. Piles of dirt, pieces of timber, in trench. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, Auction, 1/10/1998 12:00:00 AM
Auction St Georges Anglican Church, Mont Albert and 6 town house sites.Pamphlet advertising auction of St Georges Anglican Church, Mont Albert and 6 town house sites. Church building to be retained. Auction St Georges Anglican Church, Mont Albert and 6 town house sites.auctions, mont albert road, mont albert, 368 - 370, st georges anglican church -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Newspaper, Fight to save tree near Ringwood Timber on Maroondah Highway, late 1950s
Two newspaper articles, re the fight to save tree near Ringwood Timber on Maroondah Highway, late 1950s. The Yellow Box tree was located west of Ringwood timber, outside Bill Patterson's Motors near the New Street intersection. The fight was led by Cr Ben Hubbard, the secretary of the Ringwood Horticultural Society, Mr Kearsley, but was eventually lost. The articles are from The Herald and dated December 1957 and 11th June 1959. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Scarpante The Spy
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. Scarpante The Spy Author: Jules Verne Publisher: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Livington Date: 1887 The label on the spine with typed text PAT 843 VER Front loose endpaper has a sticker from Warrnambool Public Library Front loose endpaper has a stamp 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, scarpante the spy, jules verne -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book, Mary Kenealy, The High Way to Heaven-A Story of Marysville and District, 2006
A history of Marysville and the local district.Paperback. Front cover has a drawing which depicts the Black Spur. There are timber workers on the road cutting timber as well as a man riding one horse whilst leading a pack horse. The drawing is done in green pencil.non-fictionA history of Marysville and the local district.marysville, history, local history, timber, tourism, victoria -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Vietnam, A reporter's War (Copy 2)
vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Lansdowne, 100 Years Of Australians At War, 1999
400 p., [64] pages of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. non-fictionkorean war 1950-1953 - history, persian gulf war 1991 - history, south african war 1899-1902 - history, world war 1914-1918 - history, australia - armed forces - history, australia - history, military., world war 1939-1945 - history, wwi -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, H P Willmott, World war one, 2003
Combines period photographs, illustrations, maps, and timelines into a narrative that offers an overview of World War I, describing the causes of the conflict, the campaigns and battles, and its repercussions in the decades that followed.index, ill (col), maps, p.319.Combines period photographs, illustrations, maps, and timelines into a narrative that offers an overview of World War I, describing the causes of the conflict, the campaigns and battles, and its repercussions in the decades that followed.world war 1914-1918 - history, world war 1914-1918 - pictorial works -
National Wool Museum
Book - Sun-glo Knitting Book, Series 121, F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd, c.1940s
Sixteen page black and white knitting pattern book featuring men’s jumpers and vests. Book contains black and white photographs and printed text. Front cover shows a man wearing a knitted jumper and shorts holding a tennis racquet. front: [printed] Sun-glo / Knitting Book / DESIGN No. / 3845 / PAGE 5 / Series 121 / 7 ½ d [handwritten] H Lambas?fashion, women, magazine, knitting, crochet, home life, patterns -
The Celtic Club
Book, Diarmaid Ferriter, The Transformation of Ireland 1900-2000, 2005
An holistic approach to the narrative of twentieth century Ireland.Index, bib., P.759non-fictionAn holistic approach to the narrative of twentieth century Ireland.ireland- history. ireland - 20th century. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, RECORD OF SERVICE, 29.2.1940
John Eric Wiles VX16067, refer Cat No 5410P for his service details.Record of Service book A.A.B.83, plain brownish card covers, contents stapled in, has details re innoculations, medals, equipment issue, typed section on inside cover with embarkation & disembarkation dates.On front cover in pencil, "Lt J. E. WILES"books, record of service, wiles -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Unheralded Victory: Who Won the Vietnam War? (Copy 2), 1999
vietnam history - 1945 - 1975, vietnam war - 1961-1975 - campaigns, vietnam war - 1962-1975 - mass media and the conflict -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1964
In 1964, Robin and Patricia Boyd spent several weeks on a world tour - Boyd took a leading role at the International Design Conference in Aspen and he also visited Chicago, Yale University, and New York’s World Fair. The Boyds then travelled on to England, Finland (especially to see Tapiola), Russia and India to see Le Corbusier's Chandigarh, and also Hong Kong and Thailand.Colour slide in a mount. VDNKh Transport of Russia Pavilion (No 15), Moscow, RussiaMade in Australia / 10 / AUG 64Mrussia, slide -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Helen Baker, Hyde Park Barracks, 1965
Sydney : Angus and Robertson in association with the State Planning Authority of N.S.W., 1965 48 p. : ill., map, plans ; 25 cm. non-fictionsydney (n.s.w.) -- historic buildings -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1850s
Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: MEMS FROM THE MOUNT - But in spite of all these wonderful golden discoveries, day after day, the grand desideratum is wanting - water, and with the amazing population rushing into these fields. I am surely afraid of very serious consequences arising . . . . As much as 30s. a barrel is now being paid I some of these gullies for water, and the price is likely to increase. Near to every tent you will see great heaps of washing stuff up, waiting for the first rains; one friend of mine has 400 cartloads this piled up, which he calculates will yield about 3 ounces to the load, and he and his mates still keep adding to their monstrous heap. (M.M.H., June 14, 1853.) . . .while others would spend the dry weeks heaping up ''stuff'' to be treated when the stream flowed again Markings: 68 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Slide - 35mm Colour slides, Quad Planting, 1985
7 slides Sep 85. Unidentified. 17 slides of planting in the Quad Sep 85.1985, planting, quad -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet (Item) - The Constantinesco Fire Control Timing Gear
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Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Methuen & Co. Ltd, The Best of Dorothy Parker, 1952
Hardcoveramerican literature, walsh st library -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - RALPH BIRRELL COLLECTION: EIG SCHOOL, c1969
EIG School - Ralph Birrell Collection. - Construction of Latrobe Uni. C1966. Bendigo Institute of Technology, Engineering School, Applied Science. Bulldozer appears to be forming the roadway for Latrobe Univertisty. Ute and what maybe the lunch room in back ground. Markings MAY69M6 Made in Australia.Kodakeducation, tertiary, latrobe university bendigo, eig school - ralph birrell collection. - construction of latrobe uni. c1966. bendigo institute of technology, engineering school, applied science. bulldozer appears forming roadway latrobe university. ute lunch room 1966 -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Meyer Eidelson et al, Walks in Port Phillip - A guide to the cultural landscapes of a city, Jan 2001
Book produced under a Federation grant. Five of the trails are associated with benches located on the foreshore.'Walks in Port Phillip - A guide to the cultural landscapes of a city' by Meyer EIDELSON. Small blue soft-cover book with seven guided walks and maps. 2001. 82pp with fold-in back coverSigned by author on title page 'Meyer'piers and wharves - station pier, immigration, piers and wharves - lagoon pier, utilities - gas, swallow & ariell ltd, natural environment - beaches and foreshore, natural environment - lagoon, liardet family, australian aborigines, meyer eidelson, vincenzo coluccio, rosa coluccio, pat grainger, gasworks