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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, The House of The Four Winds
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. The House of The Four Winds Author: John Buchan Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Date: 1935 The label on the spine cover with typed text PAT FIC BUC Paste down front end paper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library, with dated received of 8-38 Front loose 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, the house of the four winds, john buchan -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Caps & Flints Press, Born to fight : Major Charles Joseph Ross DSO : a definitive study of his life, 2002
A biography of Major Charles Joseph Ross DSOIndex, bibliography, ill, maps, p.200.non-fictionA biography of Major Charles Joseph Ross DSOboer war 1899-1902 - biography, charles joseph ross - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film - Film, DVD, Four minute overview of the National Vietnam Veterans Museum (Copy 2), 2010
Features Gary Parker and John Methvennational vietnam veterans museum -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Australian Electric Transport Museum (South Australia) Inc, Australian Electric Transport Museum - St Kilda South Australia, 1974
Details of the rollingstock collection at the Australian Electric Transport Museum - St Kilda South Australiaill, maps, p.32.non-fictionDetails of the rollingstock collection at the Australian Electric Transport Museum - St Kilda South Australiatramway museum - south australia, railway and tramway preservation - australia -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Karnow, Stanley, Vietnam: A History
non-fictionvietnam war, 1961-1975 - united states, united states -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, Mullum Mullum Festival, 2000
Program for 5th Mullum Mullum Festival 2000, 15, 21 and 22 October 2000. 'A Celebration of the ecological and cultural values of the Mullum Mullum Creek Valley'.mullum mullum festival, 5th, mullum mullum creek -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Browning, John et al, Australian Sugar Industry Locomotives, 1978
A short history of narrow gauge sugar cane tramway locomotives used in Australia... predominantly in Queensland.index, ill, maps, p.56.non-fictionA short history of narrow gauge sugar cane tramway locomotives used in Australia... predominantly in Queensland.sugar tramways - australia - history, narrow gauge railroads - australia - history -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Joseph Cummins, Who dares wins: Ingenious battlefield tactics from the past, 2010
Who dares wins captures key moments in history when the ingenuity, vision and daring of brilliant leaders turned the tide of battle.Index, ill (col), maps, p.201.non-fictionWho dares wins captures key moments in history when the ingenuity, vision and daring of brilliant leaders turned the tide of battle.military art and science - history, tactics - history -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Mills & Boon Ltd, Hearth & Home: A short history of domestic equipment in England, 1973
Domestic equipment - history of168, [8] p. : ill. (some col.), facsims. ; 21 cm.non-fictionDomestic equipment - history ofdomestic equipment - history, sheena brooke -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - The O'Collins Story - A Melbourne Family, William J McCARTHY, 2002
The O"Collins Story traces the lives of Patrick James O'COLLINS and his wife Ellen FITZGERALD, who migrated to Port Melbourne in 1895 and settled firstly at 5 Bridge Street, then in Ross Street before moving to Swallow Street . In 1914 the family moved to 40 Beaconsfield Parade. The book goes on to tell of the lives of their 9 children -Thomas William, James Patrick, Patrick Francis, Mary Margaret (Mollie), Margaret Ellen (Madge), Michael Fitzgerald, Alice Dorothy and Joseph Bernard.Book of 184 pages with a yellow cover inset with a black & white photograph O'COLLINS family in 1897.families, domestic life, patrick james ocollins, ellen ocollins (fitzgerald), thomas william ocollins, alice dorothy and joseph bernard., james patrick ocollins, patrick francis ocollins, mary margaret (mollie) ocollins, margaret ellen ( madge) mccarthy (ocollins), michael fitzgerald ocollins, alice dorothy ocollins, joseph bernard ocollins -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Allen & Unwin, The Fighting First : combat operations in Vietnam, 1968-69, the First Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, 1991
An account of the combat operations in Vietnam of the first battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment.Index, ill, maps, p.283.An account of the combat operations in Vietnam of the first battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment.vietnam war 1961-1975 – australian involvement, vietnam war 1961-1975 – regimental histories - australia -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book (Item) - Tourist Guide, Jos. Pickersgill, The Victorian Railways Tourist's Guide, 1883
A section of a Victorian Railways Tourist's Guide to various destinations within Victoria including Fernshaw and Marysville.A Victorian Railways Tourist's Guide to various destinations within Victoria including Fernshaw and Marysville.victorian railways, victoria, jos pickersgill, sands & mcdougall limited, fernshawe, fernshaw, marysville, keppel's australian hotel, maurice john keppel, melbourne, echuca, digger's rest, sunbury -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Druck und Verlag der Kaiserl, Naturgeschichte der Amphibien [Natural History of Amphibians], 1864
Beautiful colour illustrations of reptiles in a green cloth hard bound book all picture labels and articles are written in German.non-fictionballarat school of mines library, atlas, reptiles, leopold fitzinger, vienna, austria, snakes, lizards -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, G.I.Printing and Graphics Pty Ltd, Cricket in the Park: a history of the East Suburban District and Churches' cricket association, 2009
The cricket body first founded in the Eastern Suburbs to provide cricket for those associated with the churches in that area, was the Eastern Suburbs Sunday Schools' Association. It later combined with the Camberwell Districts Churches Association in 1925. This book covers Part 1 and Part 2 of their history. The cricket body first founded in the Eastern Suburbs to provide cricket for those associated with the churches in that area, was the Eastern Suburbs Sunday Schools' Association. It later combined with the Camberwell Districts Churches Association in 1925. This book covers Part 1 and Part 2 of their history.east suburban churches cricket associations, cricket, camberwell districts, churches associations, 1925 -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Slide, Ian McCann, Eastern wall of Lake Bellfield, 1960's
Colour Slide: Easten Wall of lake Bellfield with Sign showing Solid Red Circle on white Background. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, F D Atkinson, Government Printer Melbourne, "Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Act 1958 - No. 6311", 1977
Consolidated reprint of the original 1958 Act for the MMTB incorporating amendments up to Act No. 8992, including the Act for the first extension towards Bundoora in 1978. The 1958 Act was a major update of earlier Acts.Demonstrates publishing of Acts of the Victorian Government.Book - 84 pages + cover centre stapled with an additional sheet double sided. Each document have four punch holes.acts, parliament, mmtb, bundoora, tramways, victorian government -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book, Godfrey Blunden, Charco Harbour, 1968
non-fictionkeith oliver, donation -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - ALL FOUR ENGINES HAVE FAILED, BETTY TOOTEL, 1985
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Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Slide - Photograph, Memorial Park, Garden Hill, Kangaroo Ground, c.May1990
35mm colour positive transparency (1 of 25) Mount - Kodak EktachromeProcessing Date Code Jun 90Mkangaroo ground, memorial park, garden hill, garden hill farm, shire of eltham memorial park -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Richard Beynon and H. G. Fowler, First Act!, 1966
Paperback"Suzy Boyd" inside front coverwalsh st library -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Yarra Trams, "Your new Elizabeth Street is almost here", Oct. 2013
Pamphlet, DL size, green and white advising about the new Elizabeth St streets stops being opened in mid November 2013. Gives details of the stops, the benefits, a plan showing existing stops, new platform stops and temporary stops. Has the Yarra Trams and PTV logos. .1 - pamphlet or hanging notices to around tram handrails, cut out advised of the changes to services due to tramway or other works for changes to routes 19. 57. 59. 86 and 96 5/10/13 to 9/10/13. Item .1 added 8/1/2019.trams, tramways, yarra trams, elizabeth st, tram stops, platform stops, route 19, route 57, route 59, route 86, route 96 -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Queensland Government Railways, Queensland Railways 1969, 1969
A promotional book from the Queensland Government railways for the freight & passenger services in 1969.ill, maps, p.36.non-fictionA promotional book from the Queensland Government railways for the freight & passenger services in 1969.railroad operations - queensland - history, promotional material - queensland railways -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Gippsland Institute (Affiliated with Monash University) Handbook, 1990
The Councils of Monash University and Gippsland Institute of Advanced Educaiton agreed to the Gippsland Institute becoming an affiliated institution of Monash University. This was the first step in a process where the Gippsland Institute was to become a constituent of the university, the establishment of which was subject to amending legislation. Federation University Australia was established on 1 January 2014. Formerly known as the University of Ballarat, its enabling legislation was the University of Ballarat Amendment (Federation University Australia) Act 2013. Although formally created as a University in 1994, the University of Ballarat had a lineage back to 1870 with the establishment of the School of Mines Ballarat, making it the third institution of higher learning to be established in Australia and the first to be established in regional Australia. On 1 January 1994, Ballarat University College became the University of Ballarat and in 1998 the University merged with three TAFE Institutes to become a dual sector institution with multiple campuses. On 1 January 2014, the University of Ballarat amalgamated with the Monash University Gippsland Campus to form Federation University Australia. The Gippsland Campus also had a long lineage dating back to 1928 with the establishment of the Yallourn Technical School which became a predecessor institution to the Gippsland College of Advanced Education formed in 1968. In 1990, it was renamed the Monash University College and in 1993 became the Gippsland Campus of Monash University. Federation University Australia, or FedUni, is Australia’s newest public University. Headquartered in Ballarat, Victoria, the University offers programs in Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training to regional Victoria and beyond. The University’s commitment to educational and social equity, teaching excellence, research distinction, environmental sustainability and regional capacity building has enabled it to develop in a way that draws on its proud heritage to inform its future. Its regional character sets a framework for the University’s priorities but does not constrain it from serving wider community interests, nationally and internationally. With campuses from Horsham in the west of the state, to Churchill in the east, the name Federation University Australia was chosen to convey the scope and capacity of an expanded regional university with a federated network of campuses contributing to a new and different Australian university.grey and red soft covered book.gippsland institute of advanced education, monash university, churchill, federation university, t. kennedy, b.g. bremner -
Park Orchards Community House
Newspaper, Park Orchards decision to remain in Doncaster-Templestowe or Ringwood Council. Doncaster-Templestowe Mirror. 3 July. Circa 1987
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Australian Commando Association - Victoria
Book, Aerodata International, Classic Fighters and Bombs of World War II
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National Wool Museum
Book - Wool Sample, 1961
The donor, Brian Licence, assembled this Wool Sample Book while studying at the Gordon Institute from 1960-62. Brian studied Wool Classing and worked for a decade in this profession before moving to Melbourne which required him to change careers. The National Wool Museum accepted a donation from Brian in 2022 of several mementoes relating to his career in the wool industry. This wool sample book joins a collection of 8 others within the museum’s collection, with the oldest dating to 1870 at the time of writing in 2022. Large black bound book with ribbon for fastening containing 12 double-sided blue pages. Pages have several samples of shorn wool mounted and annotated to include information such as specific breeding, shearing faults, and geographical area. The book concludes with four pages without wool samples. Two of these pages relate to plans for a shearing shed and other industry related structures. The final two-pages relate to the anatomy of a sheep. Wool sample books were constructed by Wool Classing students at the Gordon Technical School as examples of what to look for when classing wool. The students were tasked with constructing these books with samples they retrieved themselves from several different farms and animals. The book would serve as a reference point for the wool classers throughout their years in the field, it was always on hand to refresh knowledge. This book was constructed by Brian Licence over his schooling at the Gordon between 1960 and 1962. Front Cover. Handwritten, White Ink "Wool Sample / Book. 1961”wool classing, gordon technical college, brian licence -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Slide, Keith Kings, 19/09/2019 12:00:00 AM
Kodachrome colour slide, by Keith Kings, 11/4/1955 of SW6 919 shunting at the Victoria St sidings, with destination of East Malvern. Both Trolley poles lifted and fitted with wheels. In the background are the Redmond Inglis printers and a building selling Used Cars.Keith Kings stamp with number "K(A)(46) and hand written in ink "MMTB 919-SW at Victoria St shunt (B seating) 1/50on f5.6, 11/4/55"trams, tramways, victoria st, east malvern, sw6 class, tram 919 -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Robin Boyd, The Great Great Australian Dream, 1972
Published posthumously in 1972, “The Great Great Australian Dream” was Robin Boyd’s satirical review of Australian culture at the end of the 1960s. Included, for example, were chapters on the peculiarities of the Australian accent, the prevalence of blowflies, and the unrealistic dreams of a fictional post-war architect Gordon Hope.Hardcover with Dust JacketRBF Acquisitionaustralian satire, national characteristics, humor, walsh st library -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Australian flying corps: Australians in world war
australia . army. australian flying corps, world war, 1914-1918 - participation, australian -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Bell, Matt, Tales from the Table - stories from the Indigenous Hospitality House, 2017
The Indigenous Hospitality House provides a safe, culturally appropriate home for Aboriginal people to stay in while the visit family in hospital . Located in Melbourne, Australia, the project is volunteer run and is an project of reconciliation and healing. This is a collection of learnings, stories, poems and images from the project.149 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (chiefly colour) ; 26 cmThe Indigenous Hospitality House provides a safe, culturally appropriate home for Aboriginal people to stay in while the visit family in hospital . Located in Melbourne, Australia, the project is volunteer run and is an project of reconciliation and healing. This is a collection of learnings, stories, poems and images from the project.aboriginal australians -- food -- history. | hospitality -- religious aspects. | australian