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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Journal of the Australian Historical Association, Australian Historical Association, 2018
Journal of the Australian Historical Association with coloured cover and photo of Swallow and Ariell "Busy Bees". Article on letters between "Busy Bees " and French soldiers. Vol 15 issue 4 December 2018industry - manufacturing, war - world war i, busy bee, swallow & ariell ltd -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Aidan Crawley, Escape from Germany, 1985
Softcover with blue and white image of multi-storey buildings with red silhouette of barbed wire in front.On title page "Donated by Bgo "Y" Men's Club"books, military history -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - City of Port Melbourne, Electric Supply Payroll Tax, 1950 - 1963
City of Port Melbourne - Municipal Fund - Electric Supply pay roll tax, for period July 1950 to June 1963local government - city of port melbourne -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, McNicol, Steve, Newcastle's Steam Finale, 1981
A history of the final days of steam locomotives in the Newcastle area of New South Wales both on private and government railways.ill, maps, p.64.non-fictionA history of the final days of steam locomotives in the Newcastle area of New South Wales both on private and government railways.steam locomotives - nsw – pictorial, railroad operations - newcastle nsw - history -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Yarra Trams, "Drivers Beware", "Getting Around Safely on Trams", "Travel Happy Share the Road", "Beware of Sudden Stops", c2013 to 2015
Set of four pamphlets folded to DL size regarding safety on trams, public transport. .1 - "Drivers Beware" - asking motorists to beware of trams, uses the Rhino image - 30 Rhinos. .2 - "Getting Around Safely on Trams" = 3 fold DL - giving safety tips for travelling on trams - dated May 2013. .3 - "Travel Happy Share the Road" - 3 fold DL - VicRoads - giving advice on sharing the road for all types of transport. .4 - "Beware of Sudden Stops" - hanging pamphlet - advising passengers to hang on and beware around trams - features the Rhino image. Have the Yarra Trams, Public Transport Victoria or VicRoads images and logos.trams, tramways, safety, yarra trams, rhinos, ptv, vicroads -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - PHOTO ALBUM (BROWN)
Brown photo album with gold geographic pattern border and brown and black pattern in the shape of a hinge on the front and back. Has a brass clasp .Contains a number of photographs.book, photo album (brown) -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic Collection
Book - Report, City of Bendigo, City of Bendigo / Cr. E. Sandner / 1978-79 Mayoral Report, 1979
A4 size, twelve pages printed on cream coloured paper stock. Front cover illustration of Law Courts. Page 2, full page photograph of Mayor and Mayoress Sandner. Report includes photographs throughout. Includes financial reporting. non-fictionalec and helen sander, mayor sandner, mayoress sandner, city of bendigo mayor, city of bendigo -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Westinghouse Brake & Saxby Signal Co. Ltd, "The Westinghouse Brake - Reference Book", 1904
One Hundred page book with nine fold out plates tipped in, green card titled "The Westinghouse Brake - Reference Book", published by Westinghouse Brake Co. in 1904. Text has been sewn into sections and then bound into the book. Plate inside front cover, has been printed in colour showing the extent of the use of the Westinghouse brake system that had been adopted on the various railways. Plat 110E (page 43) has an orange plastic component acting as a brake handle and showing how the various ports and parts interrelated in the valve. Inside the back cover are two loose folded sheets, plate 209 and 209A, Improved triple valve and the "Graduating Release Valve", dated August 1905. Covers compressed air brake systems on railway trains, showing how they are designed, operated, parts listing and has a number of pasted in erratum in the book. "Colin Rutledge" stamped on top of page 1 and inside front cover. On cover written in black ink "Melbourne Office, WB Co. of A, Jan '11"trams, tramways, westinghouse, railway brakes, equipment, compressors, carriages -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "See Melbourne's Beautiful Beaches and Garden Suburbs from a Special Bus", 1938
Thirty two page landscape booklet on semi gloss white paper with off white or cream cover and single supplementary white sheet tipped onto the inside of the front cover titled "See Melbourne's Beautiful Beaches and Garden Suburbs from a Special Bus". Saddle stapled, printed letterpress. Text printed in black and green ink. Cover green ink only. The book advertising MMTB's Special tourist bus, giving overall tour details on page 1, including fares, time of departures and reservations. Each tour has a map showing the route, details of the tour route with notes and photographs. Page 14 shows a maximum traction tram on the reserved track in Dandenong road and page 30, W2 488 outbound in Victoria Parade. Page 32 has an advertisement for the Round Trip by Tram 1/-. Front cover has details of the departure times and fares and a photo of the Tourist Bus. The supplementary sheet has been prepared for the tours that operated daily from Sun Sept. 18 to Friday May 31, except Anzac Day. Ballarat Tramway Museum has a similar item, 1939-1940 version - different bus on cover. - Reg Item 1838.trams, tramways, mmtb, bus tours, melbourne, sightseeing -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, If These Walls Could Talk, 1995
This publication is a result of funding made to the Corangamite Arts Council in 1990-91. Its aims were to identify and research the dry stone walls of the region, to raise their profile and through workshops continue the skills of those wanting to learn more about the craft. The book gives the history of the practice in the area and the various different styles with photographs to illustrate the different features. It also has a number of first- hand accounts written by stonewallers.This study has social, historical, artistic and interpretive significance as the walls are an important feature of the district. The account written by former builders of the walls provides an interesting insight into the various styles and reasons for their construction.Light green card cover. Front cover has 4 photographs of dry stone walls with title and other text in black. Back cover is plain. 144 pages. It contains a large number of black and white photographs of stone walls from around the district as well as maps. Report of the Corangamite dry stone walls Conservation project.dry stone walls, corangamite stone walls, warrnambool and district history, constructing dry stone walls -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''SPEECHES AND REMINISCENCES'' BY J.K.CHISHOLM
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 124 page hardcover book of speeches and reminiscences by J. K. Chisholm who was one time President of the Camden Agricultural Society. Published in 1907 by Angus & Robertson Ltd, Sydney and printed by W. C. Penfold, Sydney. Catalogue sticker ''2206 CHI'' on spine. Handwritten in ink on flyleaf ''A. P. Bedford Esq with the author's sincere regards July 1907''. (Note: There is no clue in this book as to whether the author is related to Alec Chisholm. My own belief is that he is not. Rob Upson)J. K. Chisholmbooks, collections, speeches, alec h chisholm collection, j.k.chisholm, speeches -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Len Kenna, In the beginning there was only the land, 1988
A book, published as part of the Australian Bicentenary Celebrations on the history of the suburb of Bundoora. ... Includes photographs, maps and index. Local history of the outer Melbourne suburb of Bundoora, from the original Wurundjeri people through to its development as a thriving suburb in the 1980s ; section entitled "The Aborigines" (pp.14-21) discusses the traditional way of life of the Wurundjeri people prior to European settlement.bundoora, bundoora hall, hospitals, jane mckimmie, janefield, janefield church, john mckimmie, la trobe university, marvellous melbourne, mont park, mont park psychiatric hospital, plenty river, william shillinglaw, wurundjeri, yan yean reservoir -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Tronson, Mark, Driving Trains The Australian Way, 1987
Autobiographical stories told by locomotive driver Mark Tronson about his time on the railways in Australia.ill, p.160.non-fictionAutobiographical stories told by locomotive driver Mark Tronson about his time on the railways in Australia.transport - reminiscence - australia, australian folklore. special subjects: railway services. personal observations. collections. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - LA TROBE UNIVERSITY BENDIGO COLLECTION: 'LANCEWOOD' DIARY
(1) A black hard covered diary concerning the running of the male student hostel 'Lancewood' in 1952. Also included is a type written article on the hostel 'Comersdale' and an outline of the opening ceremony of 'Lancewood' in April 1952. (11) A type written article by J.C. Burnett titled ' In Touch with the Rest of the World' for the 'Embers' magazine 27/05/71.bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo teachers' college, teaching, students, bendigo, education, hostel, ms. j.c. burnett, teachers -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Victorian Government Gazette 2, 1855. 1 May - 31 August, 1855
Dark blue marbled cloth over hard cardboard. Red leather spine and corners. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown and lettering on spine.local courts, government administration, victorian government, gazette -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Angus and Robertson, Australia in Palestine, 1919
An illustrated history of the Australian participation in the Middle eastIll, maps, p.153.non-fictionAn illustrated history of the Australian participation in the Middle eastworld war 1914-1918 - campaigns - middle east, world war 1914-1918 - australian light horse -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Various authors, Indochina in the Year of the Goat - 1967 (Copy 1)
As the Communists in the North were gearing up for the Tet Offensive in the year to follow, the American military command was beginning to implement its evolving "pacification" program, while trying to make its search and destroy tactics more effective.As the Communists in the North were gearing up for the Tet Offensive in the year to follow, the American military command was beginning to implement its evolving "pacification" program, while trying to make its search and destroy tactics more effective.vietnam war - 1961-1965 - campaigns, vietnam war (1961-1975) - united states, vietnam war (1961-1975) - australia, tet offensive -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Book - Victorian Government Gazette 1. 1907, 1 January - 30 Ap, ril, 1907
Dark green grained fabric over hard cardboard. Red leather spine & corners. Spine missing. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''THE POETRY OF EARTH'' BY J.E
Booklet. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. A 48 page booklet of various poems by well known poets. An anthology for lovers of nature compiled by J.E. Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd., London. Undated but probably early 1900s. Printed by Bendle & Jowitt Ltd, The Caxton Press, Torquay. Catalogue sticker ''2131 J.E.'' on front cover. Inscription inside back cover, partly rubbed out, not legible.J.E.books, collections, poetry, alec h chisholm collection, poetry, english poets -
Mont De Lancey
Book, Macmillan and Co. Limited, A collection of 12 Children's Books, 1900's. As there are 12 assorted picture books foe the very young, not all th publishing details are noted
These picture books were read to very young children in the early 1900's. A collection of 12 children's books for the very young. 1. A for Apple. 2. The Words of Jesus. 3. The Sleeping Beauty. 4. The Peg Family Number Books. 5. Father Tuck's Letter Box. 6. Nursery Land Adventures. 7. Chatterbox. 1912. 8. Range Rider Annual. 9. My ABC of Shops. 10. The Last Days of Jesus. 11. The Boyhood and Manhood of Jesus. 12. Fun and Frolic.books, baby books, children's books, children's fiction -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, The Met, "Upfield Corridor Public Transport Study", early 1989
Pamphlet - two A4 sheets - may not have been issued at the same time, titled "Upfield Corridor Public Transport Study", looking at a fourth option for the Upfield line. Lists the four options and gives details of the 4th option - retaining a tram services in Sydney Road between Bell Street and Park St during business hours. Notes the consultative period has been extended to June 1989, gives advice that Ove Arup Transportation Planning has been recently appointed, prior appoints and contact details.trams, tramways, upfield light rail, sydney rd, north coburg, conversion -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Film - Film - Henty Groyne Fishermans B/W, n.d
Port of Portland AuthorityFront: Colour Tape 2 Iron Barron loading/unloading cargo at KS Anderson wharf (black pen and white sticky tape, top of reel) B & W - Henty Groyne Fishermans B/W Tape 2 (black pen and white sticky tape, top of reel)port of portland archives -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Badge/s, Patrick Bros Melbourne, "Metropolitan Transit", c1990?
Badge - featuring the early Metropolitan Transit logo, The Met, with an image of a bus, train and tram in green and yellow form. Has a pin on the rear to enable to be fixed to an item of clothing. Has manufacturer's name stamped in rear of badge - Patrick Bros Melbourne.trams, tramways, the met, melbourne, badges -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Flyer - Flyer - Portland Botanical Gardens Cottage, n.d
Black and white single sheet flyer, advertising the gardens cottage. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, This is not just a story, it's an Australian Story
Copy of a television program of Australian Story about a man and a truck. Looks like it was filmed a long time ago!television broadcasting - australia -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Australian War Memorial, Stand easy : after the defeat of Japan, 1945
Stories and anecdotes from Australian soldiers involved in the war against JapanIll, p.206.non-fictionStories and anecdotes from Australian soldiers involved in the war against Japanworld war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - australia, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - pacific area -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Even the Women Must Fight: Memories of War from North Vietnam, 1998
vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975 - women - interviews, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, north vietnamese -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - A LADYS VISIT TO THE GOLD DIGGINGS OF AUSTRALIA 1852-1853
Soft cover book A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia 1852-1853 Check book sale items.8.12.22 Missing from Speimen CottageMrs Charles Ellen Clacy -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society, Coaling From the Clouds, 1971
A history of the coal railways out of Mount Rochfort and the Denniston Incline railway in the north of the South Island of New Zealand.index, ill, maps, p.64.non-fictionA history of the coal railways out of Mount Rochfort and the Denniston Incline railway in the north of the South Island of New Zealand.industrial railroads - new zealand - history, colliery railroads - new zealand - history -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Rail Tram & Bus Union (RTBU), "Union Rules and Conditions", c2005
Pamphlet - 3 fold DL sheet printed "Union Rules and Conditions", published by the RTBU c2005, titled "Union Rules and Conditions". Has an advertisement for the Credit Union and its Visa Card on the outside. Printed on the inside of the sheet are 44 rules and conditions for the Tram and Bus Division. Has the address and contact details for the Union.trams, tramways, rtbu, unions, employment, rules