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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 Vol 5
This book was part of a large group of books referred to as the Pattison Collection, which belonged to the Warrnambool Public Library, part of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute. About RALPH ERIC PATTISON and the ‘PATTISON COLLECTION’ The ‘Pattison Collection’ is a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities, are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the WMI was led to ask the City Council to take it over in 1911 due to a lack of financial support. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Public Library as it was then called. Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up a home in Warrnambool. In 1935 when Pattison accepted the position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council his huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower areas of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave from 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However, he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. THE NEW WARRNAMBOOL LIBRARY When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Pattison. Eventually, the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. 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. Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 Vol 5 Author: C.E.W. Bean Publisher: Angus & Robertson Ltd Date: 1941 Further Information: During The Main German Offensive 191The label on the spine cover with typed text H 940.40994 OFF Paste down front end paper has a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service.flagstaff hil, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, official history of australia in the war of 1914-1918 vol 5, c.e.w. bean -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, A.C. Butcher Master Coachbuilders Wheelwrights, Master Coachbuilders Wheelwrights and Farrier Association of Stawell Price List for Repair and New Work, 1906
Price List fro Repairs & New work for the Master coachbuilders, Wheelwrights and Farriers Association of StawellMaster Coach Builders and Wheelwrights and Farriers Association of Stawell. In Faded Printstawell industry -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, NAVY, Wally Evens & Members of Her Ships Company, HMAS Bendigo Corvette
A story of HMAS Bendigo, a literacy sketch comprised of contributions from some of the men who served in her; contributions that reflect the humour, frustration, tragedy and discomfort of life at in war time.Soft cardboard cover, purple print on front & spine, red & black print on back. Sepia colour photo on front of HMAS Bendigo in camouflage paint. Back cover has a coloured photo of HMAS Bendigo banner which includes The Bendigo City Crest of the places served during WWII. 126 pages, cut plain paper, illustrated with black & white photos & maps.Hand written in black ink on notepaper attached with clear sticky tape to front end paper: “WK, DAVID INGRAM BORN IN BENDIGO”books-military/history/navy, hmas, bendigo -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (item) - CAC Collection - Electrician's Handbook
Compiled by Dept.70 Training L.A. Plant North American Aviation Inc -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Minutes, J Kitchen & Sons, Directors Meetings, c. 1950
Blue coloured ledger, with tan leather spine (labels attached) containing pasted-in typed minutes of meetings of the Directors of J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd from 3rd Nov 1958 to 5 October 1978: and then Directors of Unichema till 8 July 1977. Meetings took place at 1 Macquarrie St Sydney until 9th April 1984, and then various Sydney addresses.industry, manufacturing, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, unichema australia pty ltd, administration -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newsletter, Yarra Trams, "Gold Medal Moments - April 2006", Apr. 2006
Newsletter - two fold A4, full colour titled "Gold Medal Moments - April 2006", featuring a Golding cartoon on the front cover, about the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. Has many comments from passengers, including of Z81, Karachi tram and many photos. Included in the item is a letter from the Premier of Victoria, Steve Bracks and Minister for Transport, congratulating Yarra trams and staff for the event.trams, tramways, yarra trams, commonwealth games, karachi, passengers, cartoons, tram 81 -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Patrick G.T. Lee, 1947 Australia Bound - The Journey - Previously Cat No 3653, 2016
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Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Historic Places Investigation Draft Paper Proposal, 1985
Road design manual for rural and urban roads other than freeways giving all aspects of road construction.road construction and maintenance -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Denny Neave et al, Aussie soldier: Up close and personal, 2008
A collection of anecdotes and excerpts from diaries that have never been published.Bibliography, index, glossary, ill (b/w)non-fictionA collection of anecdotes and excerpts from diaries that have never been published.australia - history - military - personal narratives, australia - military culture -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Text Publishing, The Middle Parts Of Fortune, 2012
Hailed by Eliot, Pound, Lawrence and Hemingway, and based on the author's own experiences, The Middle Parts of Fortune is a breathtaking account of the Great War and the men who fought it.p.301.fictionHailed by Eliot, Pound, Lawrence and Hemingway, and based on the author's own experiences, The Middle Parts of Fortune is a breathtaking account of the Great War and the men who fought it.world war 1914-1918 - fiction, great war -fiction -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Victorian Government Information Bureau?, "The Garden City of Australia / Twenty-four views of Melbourne", c1950
Book, brown cover patterned (Deer skin?), titled "The Garden City of Australia / Twenty-four views of Melbourne" with 24 pages (smaller than cover) printed pages stapled inside. Inside front cover is a map of Melbourne, with specific buildings marked, inside rear cover - Where to go in Melbourne, General Information and Sight seeing tours. On rear cover is printer details. Page Photo details by 1 Skyline of the City of Melbourne from Yarra Bank Victorian Railways 2 Collins St from Spring St (with trams) ditto 3 Princes Bridge, River Yarra ditto 4 St Kilda Rd from Flinders St Station ditto 5 St Pauls Cathedral ditto 6 Bourke St Shopping Centre - with double deck buses no details of photographer 7 Elizabeth St - with trams and buses Victorian Railways 8 Swanston St with modern skyscrapers (Collins) ditto 9 Aerial view, city of Melbourne ditto 10 Parliament House ditto 11 Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery ditto 12 St Kilda Rd, Looking towards the City trams 772 and W2 ditto 13 Kings Domain - Pioneer Monument ditto 14 Royal Melbourne Hospital - with back view inset ditto 15 Alexandra Gardens and the Shrine of Remembrance ditto 16 Alexandra Gardens and Government House ditto 17 Captain Cook's House - Fitzroy Gardens ditto 18 Albert Park Lake no details of photographer 19 Melbourne Boys School, MacRobertson's Girls High School and Melbourne Uni - no details of photographer 20 Scene in the Botanical Gardens Victorian Railways 21 Aerial view of St Kilda with Brighton in background Victorian Railways 22 Melbourne Cricket ground, taken during the testimonial match to Sir Donald Bradman - no details 23 Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital and Exhibition Buildings and Aquarium - Victorian Railways 24 Dandenong - Showing Silvan Dam Victorian Railways The testimonial match took place in Melbourne during December 1948 (Reference Sir Donald Bradman Museum). Possibly arranged by the Victorian Government Information Bureau given the number of Victorian Railways photographs.trams, tramways, melbourne, st kilda rd, swanston st, bourke st, victorian railways, flinders st station, gardens -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - McDonnel Douglas DC-10 and KC-10 Extender, Wide-Body Workhorse, Arthur A C Steffen, McDonnel Douglas DC-10 and KC-10 Extender
The book is a history of the DC-10 and the military variant, the KC-10. it contains many photographs and information on the design and users of the aircraft.A white book with a colour photograph of the DC-10 on the front, and two on the back.non-fictionThe book is a history of the DC-10 and the military variant, the KC-10. it contains many photographs and information on the design and users of the aircraft.mcdonnell douglas, dc-11, kc-10, aircraft -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Bairnsdale Home and Hospital, 1977
A short history of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Bairnsdale, from 1854 until 1977 when the Methodist and Presbyterian congregations amalgamated.religion -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Book - Register and Student Records, Sales-Tobacco and Student Applications and Enrolments, 1899-1914
Handwritten bound register of tobacco sales and shipping from 1899-1901. and of student applications and enrolments with fees between 1903 and 1914. Includes (1) Letter addressed to Mr. Cardiff from John Cronin.register, tobacco, sales, shipping, student applications, students, enrolment, fees, mr. cardiff, john cronin -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Laird Lees Webster New Standard, 1924
Hard cover book with taped up spine.On spine: Dictionary 1924dictionary, laird & lee -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, History of local families I to L
Folder containing histories of local families. Innes, Jemmeson, Lawrence, Legg, Lever, Lind, Larkins, Lester, Lindeman, Lambert, Loukes, Laughton, Kent, Kleinitz, Kramme, Kreymburg -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Dorothy Brumby, The Vineyards of Great Western & District 1863-1963, 2018
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Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History
Book - Book, Instruction Manual, John Wright & Sons Ltd, Bristol, XIV Golden Rules of Anaesthesia, 3rd edn, 1908
This book is the third edition of the "Golden Rules of Anaesthesia" and, while it is instructional in style, predates any formal text book on the subject. The first text book in Australia, Practical Anaesthesia, was published in 1932.Book with beige coloured cloth over heavy cardboard cover with gold leaf printing on front cover.Handwritten in black ink on spine: Anaesthesia •Handwritten in black ink on white label adhered to back cover: A.S.A. •Handwritten in blue and black ink on inside cover: Presented to the / ASA / by / W.D. Counsell / 17 June 1952 •Stamped in blue/purple ink on fly sheet: AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY OF ANAESTHETISTS / FACULTY OF ANAESTHETISTS / ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONSbook, instruction manual, golden rules -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK FROM GALLIPOLI, Cassel & Company Ltd, "THE ANZAC BOOK", C 1916
A compilation of articles, stories, poetry and illustrations written by men of the ANZACS in Gallipoli. In Nov 1915 a committee was established to produce the publication with cash prizes offered after evacuation correspondents, Charles Bean and Arthur Bazely edited the contributions.160 page soft cover book, brown in colour held by two large staples. Several front pages and one back page loose. Contents cover pictures, stories, poems and other writings set in the ANZAC Campaign.Heading 'THE ANZAC BOOK". "Written and illustrated in Gallipoli by the men of ANZAC". "For the benefit of Patriotic Funds connected with the A.N.Z.A.C." anzacs, gallipoli -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, K. Langloh Parker, The Euahlayi tribe : a study of Aboriginal life in Australia, 1905
Belief in Supreme Being; male and female descent; relationship terms (with mention of Vic., N.T. tribes); list of totems; totemic food taboos; medicine men; witch woman and native remedies; bonepointing; belief in spirits; conception beliefs; childhood customs; betrothal; firemaking; bullroarers; message sticks; initiation ceremonies & corroborees; mourning & funeral; legends & cosmology; hunting finding food & cooking; clothing & body painting; weapons; recreations; childhood songs & song about Byamee (texts with translations)Glossary, index, p.156.Belief in Supreme Being; male and female descent; relationship terms (with mention of Vic., N.T. tribes); list of totems; totemic food taboos; medicine men; witch woman and native remedies; bonepointing; belief in spirits; conception beliefs; childhood customs; betrothal; firemaking; bullroarers; message sticks; initiation ceremonies & corroborees; mourning & funeral; legends & cosmology; hunting finding food & cooking; clothing & body painting; weapons; recreations; childhood songs & song about Byamee (texts with translations)aboriginal australians - social life and customs, aboriginal australians - religion -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - FAMOUS FIRST FLIGHTS THAT CHANGED HISTORY, LOWELL THOMAS AND LOWELL THOMAS JNR, 1968
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Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, H. Barker, Wimmera Football Record, 1929
stawell sport -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1852
Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. Mount Alexander Escort, 1852. but when rain made the ''roads'' imassable for vehicles, it was carried (in leather bags) by packhorses. Markings: 23 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Robert Thomson, 11/04/1971 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about Ballarat's trams in Lydiard St North and the railway level crossing.Agfa blue/white mount, colour slide of tram 33 crossing the Lydiard St North level crossing northbound. Has the railway gates and signal gantry in the view. Reid's coffee palace is in the view. Image i2 - cleaned by PCW -"11-4-71" in ink.tramways, trams, lydiard st north, railway station, level crossings, tram 33 -
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. London, EnglandMade in Australia / 32 / AUG 64Mlondon, robin boyd, slide -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Slide - Colour slides, Old Ag Educ, c. 1983
18 slides labelled "Old Ag Educ slide tape". Possibly Tatura. "I Aug 83 M7."tatura, burnley, agriculture -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newsletter, Yarra Trams, "Tramlines", Jan. 2007
Magazine or Newsletter - A3 folded into A4, full colour, gloss paper titled "Tramlines - issue 11 December 2007" of Yarra Trams, containing an item on the trams being listed as Icons, by the National Trust, message from CEO Dennis Cliche, trams stops, TramTracker, hailing trams, route 86 to the Waterfront and the discovery and heritage protection of a section of Cable Tram Track in North Melbourne, Abbotsford St. Front cover has a photo of a Z crossing Princes Bridge, photo by John Krutop. Has the Southbank buildings in the background.trams, tramways, cable trams, yarra trams, abbotsford st, national trust, heritage victoria, princes bridge -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Bruce Spencer Irwin, Penny-a-section, tuppence-a-case : a history of the Parramatta-Castle Hill tramway, 1996
A history of the Parramatta-Castle Hill steam tramwayIll, maps, p.80.non-fictionA history of the Parramatta-Castle Hill steam tramway tramways - parramatta, steam trams - sydney -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Aeronautical Journal Vol.XXVIII 1924 Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau
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Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Robertson, Ian, Rails to Cooma Commemorating 100 years of trains 1889-1989, 1989
A history of the railway from Goulburn to Cooma in New South Wales.ill, maps, p.67.non-fictionA history of the railway from Goulburn to Cooma in New South Wales.railroad construction - australia - history, railroad operations - new south wales - history