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National Wool Museum
Archive - Advertisement, Castlemaine Woollen Mill, 1956
Note from collector- "For more than 100 years blankets were made all over Australia in over 100 woollen mills. My aim, is to preserve 100 examples of these wonderful pieces of history. Ten years ago I started collecting the iconic Onkaparinga travel rugs, so that on movie nights at home there would be plenty to go around. Everyone had their favourite; even the cat had his own – a small red tartan one. Keeping an eye out for those travel rugs at op-shops and markets, collectable stores and bazaars, led to noticing vintage blankets. I'd never really thought about them before or paid much attention though of course I had grown up with them at my grandmother's. When I discovered my first Laconia cream blanket with blue stripes, my eyes just went gaga. Well that was it, I was hooked and since then over 500 blankets have passed through my hands. These common, everyday items, found in all households for so many decades, were traditional engagement gifts. Pairs were prized wedding presents turning into family heirlooms. They were fashionable dressers of beds, givers of warmth, bestowers of security and reliability. The comfort found in these objects resonates with almost all of us; we grew up with them ourselves or fondly recall them in a grandparent’s home. There is no modern replacement with the integrity of these old blankets, many of them now older than most of us. They are romantic, sensible, special, familiar, nostalgic and nothing else feels so appropriate in so many situations. No offense to the great Aussie doona, but from hippie to hipster, at a music festival, picnic, campsite or couch, a vintage blanket is something coveted by all. This industry that employed tens of thousands and must have been such a huge contributor to the economy is almost completely lost now. Blanket Fever is an ode to everything that came before: the land, the sheep, the shearers, the hands, the mills, the weavers, the designers, the distributors, the department stores. To the grandparents that gave them, the people that received them, the families that kept them; thank you. I’m passionate about my collection of Australian blankets manufactured in mostly Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania from the 1930s to the end of the 1960s. The collection has blankets from each of these four decades representing the styles and fashions of their time and includes dated advertisements which help determine the eras the blankets are from." Advertisement, Castlemaine pure virgin wool blankets (mother and daughter)"-and they'll be just as lovely 20 years from now/Castlemaine pure virgin wool blankets/Australia's finest since 1875wool, blankets, blanket fever, advertisement, australian women's weekly, castlemaine -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Port Melbourne Council Submission to Parliamentary Labor Party, 1974 - 1978
Retained by donor from his service on Port Melbourne Council 1973-78Miscellaneous Port Melbourne Council documents 1974-78 Submission to Parliamentary Labor Partylocal government - city of port melbourne, town planning, glen cosham -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document - Aero Album Volume 1, Aero Publishers
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Document (Item) - Sabre Field Service Survey 000 To 050
Description: Macchi Modification Bulletins MB326H 1968-70 Service Bulletins 1967-71 Level of Importance: World. -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Specialists In Aircraft Fuel System Equipment, Maintenance & Overhaul Manuals
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Bendigo Military Museum
Manual - Digital Topographic Data Compilation Specification - Part 1 Tactical Level Products, February 1995
These specifications enable the compilation of digital topographic data for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to support the production of topographic information across a multiple product range covering Australia and its Area of Direct Military Interest (ADMI)A plastic covered four ring folder containing A4 paper, white, ten chapters, metal clip ringsroyal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr, director of survey-army -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Drift Recording Instruments AP 112B-0400-1 formerly AP 1275B Vol 1 Sect 12 Chap 2 4 and 5, Drift Recording Instruments
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Negative - BENDIGO CHINESE TEA HOUSE
Construction of the Bendigo Chinese Tea House, Nolan Steet, Bendigo.buildings, commercial, tea house -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Document, Form of application to Dookie Agricultural College, Longerenong, c. 1967
Blank application formdookie agricultural college, longerenong -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - 'MISSIONARY BIRTHDAY BAND INFORMATION LEAFLET
small cream coloured paper 'Missionary Birthday Band Information Leaflet - 'Founded 1909 ' - the aim of the 'MISSIONARY BIRTHDAY BAND 'is to send forth Native Christians in Heathen Lands ..To evangelise their own people.' …back page shows a Financial Statement dated 31.12.1937personal effects, religious, 'missionary birthday band / -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Legal record - Report, Land Sale, 01/10/1855
Report of land sale by public auction, October 1855 suburb and country MelbourneReport of land sale by public auction, October 1855 suburb and country MelbourneReport of land sale by public auction, October 1855 suburb and country Melbournesmith, alexander kennedy, byrne, robert, holland, john, burrell, charles, clarke, william john turner, land sales -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: PIANO CERTIFICATE
Large cream, brown, green & beige certificate awarded to Misses Mary Foster and Mattie Kaue for First Prize at the Austral Literary and Debating Society's Competitions Bendigo 1903 in the Piano Duet (under 16). Certificate has 2 angels at the top, 1 with a harp and the other writing. At each side and the bottom are ladies dressed in robes. Certificate is decorated with leaves and scroll work. Signed by E. S. Cahill, President and Frederic A. King, Hon. Sec.document, certificate, music, foster & wilson collection, piano certificate, mary foster, mattie kaue, e s cahill, frederic a king, austral literary and debating society's competitions bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: 1895 HANDWRITTEN NOTE
Handwritten note from Echuca dated 6/9/1895 to the Secretary of Cohns Bros Victoria Brewery from Mary Jane Lehmann re: share scrip.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual - CAC W6g Wackett W6d personal files invitations, CAC W6g air marshal lawrence Wackett W6d personal files invitations
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Document, 9 Squadron RAAF, 22/05/1992 12:00:00 AM
Framed poem about the exploits of 9 SQN bushranger helicopters written by C Bandit on 22/05/1992document, 9 squadron raaf, bushranger, c bandit -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BUSH COLLECTION: COLLECTION OF VARIOUS RECEIPTS (S A BUSH), 1920s
COLLECTION OF VARIOUS RECEIPTS. Approximately 30 receipts - Sandhurst & Northern District Trustees Executors & Agency.; Rent of cottage; Second Peace Loan; G H Vickers (Builder); Painting (Bairnsdale); E G Lucas (Builder); Neal & Woodward, Solicitors; Victorian Railways Commissioners; j Wills, Stockbroker & Sharebroker; A J Bush.person, individual, bush collection - personal, bendigo, bush collection, collection, business, commerce, retail -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO STATE FORESTS - FORESTS NOTES
Forests Notes: Bendigo State forests newsletter published May 2006 by the State of Victoria, Department of sustainability and Environment. Getting there - indigenous culture - Bendigo's golden past - Geology and geomorphology - Discover nature treasures - Bendigo State forests - Activities to enjoy in State forests. Map of Bendigo State forests.government, state, department of sustainability -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Document, Talks to students, 1946-1948
Talks to students at beginning of term/year, etc. students -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Document, Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture, 1982
Legislation, newspaper reports, correspondence, etc. vcah, victorian college of agriculture and horticulture -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Document, Horticultural Notes, 1891
Article in The Leader re Board of Horticulturehorticulture, burnley -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document (Item) - Bristol F2B Fighter stories with line drawings (Photocopies)
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Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Document - RSL Certificate of Achievement - Increase in Membership
RSL Certificate of Achievement - increase in membership -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CITY OF BENDIGO VOTER'S ROLL, 1905-6
Document. Voter's Roll for the Sutton Ward 1905-6place, bendigo, city of bendigo voter's roll, city of bendigo voter's roll -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - COPIES OF LETTER FROM JOHN GRIMSON (1856), 1856
Copies of handwritten letter from John Grimson (1856) to 'My Dear Maria'. Page is copied in four (overlapping) sections. First section is notable for using as an illustration an S T Gill etching by James Blundell entitled 'Deep Creek - Mail Passengers en route to Melbourne' (approx size 10 x 20 cm). Letter describes journey to Bendigo and crossing of Deep Creek. Refer to 2007.1 for information about the letter in question.person, individual, john grimson, john grimson (1856) s t gill, james blundell, deep creek. -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Document - Folder, Historical Walks, 1993
Includes: Eltham Festival 1992, Eltham Discovery Walks: 3 walks with short descriptions. "Kangaroo Ground Historical Notes" with points of interest highlighted for a walk or drive and map titled "Tour maps, Christmas Hills, 1992" with points of interest highlighted - and cover sheet 7 pages. Photocopiestour, walk, christmas hills, kangaroo ground, little eltham, eltham festival, armstrong, barr, bell, donaldson, harkness, harry gilham collection, jardine, johnson, mess, rogerson, ross, stevenson, thompson, walters, weller, whipple -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Historical treasure hunt, 1/05/1970 12:00:00 AM
Details and entry form for an 'Historical Treasure Hunt' competition held by Forest Hill Shopping Centre Traders Association, May 1970.Details and entry form for an 'Historical Treasure Hunt' competition held by Forest Hill Shopping Centre Traders Association, May 1970. Includes list of prize winners and information about their entries.Details and entry form for an 'Historical Treasure Hunt' competition held by Forest Hill Shopping Centre Traders Association, May 1970.forest hill shopping centre traders association, competitions, nunawading historical society, wilkins, susan, inglis, paul, mcdonald, andrew, blackwell, syephen, hart, wendy, donovan, leanne -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - BAE 146-300 Manufacturers Operations Manual Vol 3 Part 2 Abnormal and Emergency Check List National Jet Systems Pty Ltd A/C E3194
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: TRANSFER OF SHARES
[a] Brown paper wrapped parcel bound with string handwritten label 'Transfer of Shares from 13th Oct 1896 to 30th May 1914. [b] Numerous folded transfer documents per above dates enclosed within parcel.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document (Item) - Electronic Note X.5 issue 2, GAF Malkara missile Stage A
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Ringwood and District Historical Society
Document, City of Ringwood Council minutes June to Sept 1962
Digital Only