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Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1967
Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. The garden outside the pavilion featured a sculptural pool, a coral display, animal pool, a pit for kangaroos and Eucalypts and other native plants. The indoor exhibits covered aspects of Australian art and culture, architecture, industrial design and scientific innovation, such as the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, the Parkes radio telescope, the design of Canberra, and the Australian way of life.Colour slide in a mount. French Pavilion, Montreal Expo '67, Canada. (Architects: Jean Faugeron and André Blouin.)Made in Australia / 33 / MAY 67M6 / 48 (Handwritten)expo 67, montreal, robin boyd, slide -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: TENT CITY
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Tent city: the main street of Fosterville, 1896. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Georges Simenon, Maignet at the Crossroads, 1965
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - House at Lockwood Road, October 1971
House at Lockwood Road - Unknown address and two young girls also unknownhistory, bendigo, gately collection, lockwood road bendigo -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Boston Publishing Company, America takes over, 1982
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 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: GRAND OLD SCHOOL
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Grand old school: Camp Hill Primary School in Rosalind Park.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Kidnapped
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 MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE Warrnambool's Mechanics' Institute (or Institution as it was sometimes called) was one of the earliest in Victoria. On 17th October 1853, a meeting was held where it was resolved to request the Lieutenant Governor of the Colony to grant land for the erection of a Mechanics' Institutes building. A committee was formed at the meeting and Richard Osburne chaired the first meeting of this committee. The land on the North West corner of Banyan and Merri Streets was granted but there were no funds to erect the building. The Formal Rights of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute's encompassed its aims and these were officially adopted in1859; "This Institution has for its object the diffusion of literary, scientific, and other useful knowledge amongst its members, excluding all controversial subjects, religious or political. These objects are sought to be obtained by means of a circulating library, a reading room, the establishment of classes, debates, and the occasional delivery of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy, mechanics, astronomy, chemistry, natural history, literature, and the useful and ornamental arts, particularly those which have a more immediate reference to the colony." The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute opened its first reading room in November 1884 in the National School building at the corner of Banyan and Timor Streets. The Institute was funded by member subscription, payable on a quarterly, half-yearly or yearly basis. Samuel Hannaford, the Manager of the Warrnambool Bank of Australasia, was the first Honorary Secretary of the Mechanics' Institutes, and an early President and Vice-President. He also gave several of the early lectures in the Reading Room. Another early Secretary, Librarian and lecturer was Marmaduke Fisher, the teacher at the National School. Lecture topics included The Poets and Poetry of Ireland', 'The Birth and Development of the Earth', 'The Vertebrae - with Remarks on the pleasures resulting from the study of Natural History' and 'Architecture'. In 1856 the Reading Room was moved to James Hider's shop in Timor Street, and by 1864 it was located in the bookshop of Davies and Read. In the 1860's the Mechanics' Institute struggled as membership waned but in 1866, after a series of fundraising efforts, the committee was able to purchase land in Liebig Street, on a site then called Market Square, between the weighbridge and the fire station. A Mechanics' Institute building was opened at this site in August 1871. The following year four more rooms were added to the main Reading Room and in 1873 the Artisan School of Design was incorporated into the Institute. The same year Joseph Archibald established a Museum; however, it deteriorated when he was transferred to Bendigo in 1877. In 1880, with Archibald's return to Warrnambool, the Museum was re-established, and in 1885 a new building was built at the back of the Institute to accommodate the re-created School of Design, the Art Gallery and the Museum. In 1887 the Museum section was moved to the former courthouse in Timor Street (for some time the walls of the building formed part of the TAFE cafeteria but all is now demolished)). In 1911 the Museum was transferred back to the original building and the management of the Mechanics' Institute was handed over to the Warrnambool City Council. The Museum and Art Gallery became one and housed many fine works of art, and the Library continued to grow. The building was well patronised, with records showing that at the beginning of the 20th century there were between 500 and 800 visitors. During World War One the monthly figures were in the thousands, with 3,400 people visiting in January 1915. The Museum was a much loved Institution in Warrnambool until the contents of the Museum and Art Gallery were removed to make room for the Warrnambool City Council Engineers' Department. The contents were stored but many of the items were scattered or lost. When the original building was demolished the site became occupied by the Civic Centre, which included the new City Library. (The library was temporarily located in the old Palais building in Koroit Street.) In the process of reorganisation the Collection was distributed amongst the community groups: -The new City Library took some of the historical books and some important documents, historic photographs and newspapers. -The Art Gallery kept the 19th Century art collection and some of the artefacts from the museum. -The Historical Society has some items -The State Museum has some items -Some items were destroyed -Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village has old newspapers, Government Gazettes, most of the Mechanics' Institute Library, ledgers and documents connected to the Mechanics' Institute Library, some framed and unframed artworks and some photographs. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute Library book collection is deemed to be of great importance because it is one of the few collections in an almost intact state, and many of the books are now very rare and of great value. 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. Kidnapped Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Publisher: T Nelson & Sons First published in 1886 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 Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Warrnambool Public Museum 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, kidnapped, robert louis stevenson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALLAN BUDGE COLLECTION: SLIDE ANGASTON STREET, 1988
Slide, ALLAN BUDGE COLLECTION, General Views, Angaston Street. Shows every sign of continuous care or recent restoration. The gable treatment, the pediment and the lacework are noteworthy.house, public, allan budge collection, allan budge collection -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Appy, Christian G, Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered From All Sides, 2003
Of all the works on the Vietnam War - fiction and nonfiction - this is the big one. Witness is borne from all sides, theirs and ours: the soldiers, the resisters, and the armchair warriors.Of all the works on the Vietnam War - fiction and nonfiction - this is the big one. Witness is borne from all sides, theirs and ours: the soldiers, the resisters, and the armchair warriors.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1971 - personal narratives. -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Rudyard Kipling, Traffics and discoveries, 1902
A collection of short storiesp.393.fictionA collection of short storiesengland - fiction, england - short stories -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, Peter Snelling, VC's of the First World War - Gallipoli, 1995
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - RALPH BIRRELL COLLECTION: EIG SCHOOL, c1974
EIG School - Ralph Birrell Collection. - Construction of Latrobe Uni. C1974. Bendigo Institute of Technology, Engineering School, Applied Science. Crane inside what will be the lecture room.Kodakeducation, tertiary, latrobe university bendigo, eig school - ralph birrell collection. - construction of latrobe uni. c1974. bendigo institute of technology, engineering school, applied science. crane inside lecture room -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1967
Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. The garden outside the pavilion featured a sculptural pool, a coral display, animal pool, a pit for kangaroos and Eucalypts and other native plants. The indoor exhibits covered aspects of Australian art and culture, architecture, industrial design and scientific innovation, such as the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, the Parkes radio telescope, the design of Canberra, and the Australian way of life.Colour slide in a mount. Inside the United States of America Pavilion, Montreal Expo '67, Canada. (Architect: Buckminster Fuller.)Made in Australia / 15 / FEB 67M2expo 67, montreal, robin boyd, slide -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1971
In April-May 1971, Robin and Patricia Boyd travelled to Honolulu, east coast USA and London. In London he was one of the judges for the Commonwealth-wide entries for the redevelopment of Whitehall and the Palace of Westminster. He was also researching overseas libraries, as background for plans for a new State Library of Victoria.Colour slide in a mount. Suburban streetscene, probably Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (see street name ..kahi)Inscribed Made in Australia / 6 / AUG 71M1slide, robin boyd -
Melbourne Legacy
Book, Legacy. The Story of the Melbourne Legacy Club
This publication is the story of the Melbourne Legacy Club from the founding of Melbourne Legacy 1923, until 1932. It has photos of significant people and early activities.Significant in that the publication details the formation of Melbourne Legacy and the first nine years of the club.Printed hardcover book with red cloth over cardboard cover, white pages and black type with black and white photos. Handwritten note attached with paper clip to first page inside the cover.Front cover, Legacy. The Story of the Melbourne Legacy Club, Legacy logo, both embossed in gold. Spine, two horizontal straight lines at the top and the bottom of the spine, the word Legacy, Legacy logo, the word Blatchford, all embossed in gold.history, founding legatee -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, mid to late 1960's
Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) of a photograph of No. 43 at corner of Sturt St and Lydiard St, on the curved track into Lydiard St. North with both poles down, front truck derailed. A policeman is walking at the back of the tram - controlling traffic. The road surface is wet. Has the Ballarat Post Office in the background. Tram has the destination of Lydiard St. North. Photo taken mid to late 1960's. Tramcar has a SEC "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen" roof advertisement. The slide could be a copy slide, given the nature of the colour and the additional number WP410. Photographer could be Bill Pearce (WP). Slide rescanned at 3200 dpi 25-10-2020, jpg replaced, tiff file retained. This file was scanned in 2003 and may show colour changes."BAS 53 in penciltramways, trams, lydiard st north, sturt st, derailments, accidents, tram 43 -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Oberg, Leon et al, Australian Diesel Scene 5, 2002
Details of diesel locomotives working in Australia on government and private railways in the year 2002.ill, maps, p.152.non-fictionDetails of diesel locomotives working in Australia on government and private railways in the year 2002.diesel locomotives - australia - history, railroad operations - australia - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, C. J. DeGaris Publishing House, Rigby's romance : a "made in Australia" nove, 1921
A novel of country life - and some romance - in Australiap.276.fictionA novel of country life - and some romance - in Australiaaustralia - fiction, joseph furphy -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book - Cookery book, 1923-1970
A handwritten lined book of recipes. Ledger sized book with green cover and red spine. Enclosed are handwritten recipes on loose paper. 1 typewritten recipe, 1 printed recipe, 1 recipe from cardboard packet and 12 newspaper cutouts of recipesbooks, cookery -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL WORDS'' BY H.M.COOPER
Booklet. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 30 page booklet about the meanings of 2000 Australian aboriginal words by H. M. Cooper, Assistant in Ethnology at the South Australian Museum. Published in 1949 by the South Australian Museum and printed by K. M. Stevenson, Govt. Printer, Adelaide. Catalogue sticker ''2236 COO'' on front cover.H. M. Cooperbooks, collections, ethnology, alec h chisholm collection, h.m.cooper, aboriginal words, ethnology -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 27 mm sq slide/s - set of 2, Lilian Butler, No. 39 and D3 671 at Brown's Waterhole Park Lismore, c1972
Yields information about the appearance of tram No. 39 at Lismore after being placed there.Set of two Colour 27 x 27 mm slides in Agfachrome blue and white plastic mounts of Ballarat tram No. 39 and D3 671 at Brown's Waterhole Park Lismore c1972. Note: The locomotive is showing remaining at the park during 2009 - see vicsig.net accessed 15-9-2016 Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. See also Reg Item 6605 for another set of photographs after the tram has had a shelter built over it.ballarat, tramways, trams, preserved trams, lismore, railway locomotives, tram 39 -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Slide, Bill & Joy Attrill, Set of 12 Boxes of slides
Long time members of Stawell Historical Society 5 Boxes of Wimmera River 1961-1986 5 Boxes of Houses & Buildings 1980's 1 Box Plaques/Monuments Stawell Area 1 Box Deep Lead School 1993houses, buildings -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Instrument Flying, Through the Overcast
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Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Stawell Historical Society, Stawell Times News Monthly Column
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: FORTUNA VILLA
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Fortuna Villa: George Lansell pursued the deep reef mining industry and bought the rich 180 mine at Victoria Hill, after which he became known as the Quartz King. Within weeks of purchasing the mine he had recovered his outlay. After making so much money, he built Fortuna Villa, a resplendent building of two stories - six rooms on the ground floor and five on the second floor. Later the Lansell family enlarged the villa into three stories and furnished it suitable for any price, whereby it became an entertainment centre for notable visitors to Bendigo.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 27 mm sq slide/s - set of 5, Lilian Butler, Macarthur St, 1971
Yields information about the Macarthur St - Drummond St North and View Point area of the Ballarat track..Set of 5AGFA blue and white plastic mount slides of: .1 - Macarthur St, looking west towards View Point and Wendouree Parade .2 - The curve from Drummond St north into Macarthur St with the Ballarat Cemetery in the background. .3 - ditto with the Shell Service station in the background. Note the letter box on the corner. .4 - ditto .5 - At the junction with the View Point line - shows the shelter at this location. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. ballarat, tramways, trams, wendouree parade, view point, macarthur st, drummond st nth, shelters -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Robert Thomson, 27/03/1964 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the type of rail motor or rail car that served Ballarat's railway stations.Ilford Ilfochrome cardboard mount, colour slide of 280HP Rail motor at the Ballarat Railway Station, taken from the level crossing. Has the clock tower in the background, but no clock."Rail Motor, Ballarat Station - 37- 27/3/1964" in ink.tramways, trams, lydiard st north, railway station, railcar, ballarat station -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Gaston Diehl, Van Dongen, 1970
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacketwalsh st library -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - (SP) RAAF - Accessory Log Book ,Carburettor Claudel - Hobson AIT.132MF S/N S34404
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, 1850s
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. Charity Sunday was an important annual event. The Mountaineer Band provided musical supper. Picture shows a gathering of people in the heart of Walhalla near the rotunda. Markings: 58 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields