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Bendigo Military Museum
Letter - LETTERS PERSONAL AND AWARD, 1916 - 1918
The 3 letters were sent home by Joseph Stanley FERRIS to his Family in Terrick near Pyramid Hill Victoria. He enlisted No 3142 age 25 years in the 8th reinforcements 60th Bn AIF on 25.9.1916, embarked for England 16.12.1916, disembarked 16.2.1917, to hospital 18.2.1917, discharged 24.2.1917, attends Signal School Codford, posted on strength A.A.M.C 18.12.1917, embark for France 27.12.1917, posted to staff SMO 15.6.1918, disembark England 18.1.1919, RTA 10.4.1919, Discharged from the AIF 8.8.1919.Three letters from Joseph Stanley Ferris. .1) Letter hand written in ink dated 31.10.1916 from Domain Camp Melbourne on light brown YMCA stationary. .2) Letter hand written in ink dated Dec 30th 1917 from France on yellowed Australian Military Church stationary. .3) Typed document re the award of the DFC to Capt Reginald George David Francis. At bottom in pencil a short note from Stanley re the award.letters, stationary, military -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - POSTCARDS, PHOTOGRAPHIC, C.1914 - 18
Photographs of regional towns in Northern France that were sites of important battles in WW1 and WW2. Both towns are locations of Military Cemeteries.1. B & W photo of French Chateau in Fletre, Flanders, France. 2. B & W photo of Hazebrouck- Le Pont De Meuniers. A waterway in Northern France. 3. B & W photo of Hazebrouck - Watten- La Filature Carts Theatre in Northern France. 4. B & W photo of Fletre - Rue De Bailleul - Street of town in Northern France.1. Headed Fletre - La Chateau. 2. Headed Hazebrouck - Le Pont Des Meuniers. 3. Headed 3. Watten - La Filature. At bottom Imp. Gobrecht Hazebrouck. 4. Bottom - Fletre - Rue De Baillel and Imp Gobrecht Hazebrouck.passchendaele barracks trust, postcards, flanders -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1921 c
Also a second identical postcard which has been tinted 05268.1Black and white postcard showing sixteen people onboard Roadknights launch Lalla Rhookh, six people on jetty, two smaller boats moored nearby on Cunninghame Arm Lakes Entrance Victoriaaccommodation, guesthouses -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Postcard - Post Card, Wm Thompson, Gardens, Port Fairy
The Port Fairy Botanical Gardens were formed in 1856 making it one of the earliest gardens in Victoria. The first curator was James Prior, he was paid fifty-two pounds per annum. He was an outstanding curator having been apprenticed to the trade in England at the age of 12, his brother Edward in later years was the Curator of the Koroit Gardens. Prior retired in 1903. During the years of his curatorship Port Fairy was said to have the best gardens outside the city of Melbourne, he was constantly in touch with Baron Von Mueller and later Guilfoyle of the Royal Botanical Gardens of Melbourne. In the early years plants from all over the world were planted here with varying rates of success many of them sent by Baron Von Mueller. In the 1930’ and 40’s the gardens were still very beautiful, and the curator was Roy Manuell. The beautiful iron gates at the entrance were destroyed in the 1946 floods and were replaced in 1989 using some of the material from the original gates. From the 1950’s on the gardens went into a state of decline, much being taken up by the caravan park until in 1986, after a public meeting ‘Friends of the Gardens’ was founded when the entrance section was restored. PhotographThe Gardens, Port Fairygardens, botanical -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Album - Photograph, J.A. McDonald, Research-Warrandyte Road, Sep. 1958
Between Blooms Road and Sloans Hill Primed – April 1956Record of various Shire of Eltham infrastructure works undertaken during the period of 1952-1962 involving bridge and road reconstruction projects, sometimes with Eltham Shire Council Project Reference numbers quoted. It was during this period that a number of significant improvements were made to roads and new bridges constructed within the shire that remain in place as of present day (2022). In many situations, the photos provide a tangible visible record of infrastructure that existed throughout the early days of the Shire. The album was put together by or under the direction of the Shire Engineer, J.A. McDonald.infrastructure, shire of eltham, bridge construction, road construction, 1956-04, research-warrandyte road -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard, Valentine & Sons Publishing Co, "Town Hall and Sturt St Ballarat", c1905
Photo of the scene looking southwest from the Post Office area, with an ESCo tram hauling a trailer and another tram on the opposite side of the roadway. Has the Town Hall, National Mutual Building, C Marks, and Snows in the view. Wal has dated the photo about 1913 on the rear of the postcard and about 1912 in his album notes - considered c1905 as the destinations are hanging from the front of the tram. They were soon after moved to the roof of the tram in a destination box. in the card sent to Ken Magor by Wal Jack, he notes the the Historical Museum has a large photo of this and you can see No. 12 outlined very clearly. See Reg Item 6247 for another version of this photograph/postcard.Yields information about the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets in the early ESCo era and streetscape and the use of the former horse trams as trailers.5128 - Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a coloured postcard - titled "Town Hall and Sturt St Ballarat", has number 300516 and initials JV in the bottom right hand corner. Card printed in Great Britain, produced by Valentines. 5128.1 - Black and white version of the same photo 5128.2 - colour version with a note from Wal Jack to Ken Magor with Ken's stamp on the bottom right hand corner.5128 - On rear in ink "1913" and "Note No. 12 tram on left" 5128.1 - hand written message, undated to May from her brother Claude 5128.2 - see image 5sturt street, ballarat, tramways, esco, town hall, national mutual, trailers, horse trams, tram 12 -
Vision Australia
Plaque - Object, Louise Zalay plaque
Located in the garden at Kooyong, at the intersection of the path to Talbot Crescent and the path leading to the Club house, this plaque marks the contribution of Louise Zalay. Louise worked in the library area and was a familiar figure at Kooyong until her unexpected death in 2015. This plaque was unveiled by CEO Ron Hooten, with Louise's parents and many of her colleagues in attendance, and was accompanied with the planting of a rose bush.Metal plaque with inscription embedded in garden bed.In memory of Louise Zalay A friend and colleague for 20 years 1995-2015vision australia, nameplates -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Album - Photograph Album, Alan Gardiner, Proof Range, Williamstown, Victoria, 1942
alan gardiner collection, construction, 1942, fort gellibrand, gantry, heating chamber, proof range, victoria, williamstown -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Memorabilia - Evolution of the Rising Sun
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: MARY AND HER LITTLE LAMB POSTCARD
A black and white postcard with a photograph of a little girl and a lamb and titled 'Mary and her little lamb.' The postcard is addressed to Miss L. Pethard and is from Alfie. The postcard was sent from Shepparton. 11/5/1905.postcard, photograph, female portrait, lydia chancellor collection, collection, bendigo, lydia pethard, correspondence -
Diamond Valley Vietnam Veterans Sub-Branch
Plaque - Long Tan, circa 2000
From birth of the Sub Branch, this plaque is what is looked towards in reflection of times past.The Long Tan Cross is highly significant to all Vietnam Veterans; this plaque is highly significant to members of the Diamond Valley Sub Branch.Rectangular wooden plaque with black face and gold lettering describing the historical background of the Long Tan Cross.Text describing the historic background of the Long Tan Cross.vietnam, vietnam war, diamond valley vietnam veterans sub branch -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Letter - Correspondence, Letter of congratulations, 12/10/1925
Letter of congratulations to Herbert Bishop on his appointment as Secretary to the Blackburn and Mitcham Shire from the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League, Mitcham and Vermont Sub-branch.bishop, herbert thomas, local government, shire of blackburn and mitcham, returned servicemens league -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Plaque - Nameplate, Circa 1886
The Falls of Halladale was an iron-hulled, four-masted barque, used as a bulk carrier of general cargo. She left New York in August 1908 bound for Melbourne and Sydney. In her hold was general cargo consisting of roofing tiles, barb wire, stoves, oil, and benzene as well as many other manufactured items. After three months at sea and close to her destination, a navigational error caused the Falls of Halladale to be wrecked on a reef off the Peterborough headland on the 15th of November, 1908. The captain and 29 crew members survived, but her cargo was largely lost, despite two salvage attempts in 1908-09 and 1910. The Court of Marine Inquiry in Melbourne ruled that the foundering of the ship was entirely due to Captain David Wood Thomson's navigational error, not too technical failure of the Clyde-built ship. The Falls of Halladale was built in1886 by Russell & Co., at Greenock shipyards on the River Clyde, Scotland for Wright, Breakenridge & Co of Glasgow. She was one of several designs of Falls Line of ships named after waterfalls in Scotland. The company had been founded between 1870- 1873 as a partnership between Joseph Russell, Anderson Rodger, and William Todd Lithgow. During the period 1882-92 Russell & Co. standardised designs, which sped up their building process so much that they were able to build 271 ships during that time. The Falls of Halladale had a sturdy construction built to carry maximum cargo and able to maintain full sail in heavy gales, one of the last of the 'windjammers' that sailed the Trade Route. She and her sister ship, the Falls of Garry, were the first ships in the world to include fore and aft lifting bridges. Previous to this, heavily loaded vessels could have heavy seas break along the full length of the deck, causing serious injury or even death to those on deck. The new raised catwalk-type decking allowed the crew to move above the deck in stormy conditions. The Falls of Halladale shipwreck is listed on the Victorian Heritage (No. S255). She was one of the last ships to sail the Trade Routes from Europe and the Americas. Also of significance is that the vessel was one of the first ships to have fore and aft lifting bridges as a significant safety feature still in use on modern vessels today. The subject model is an example of an International Cargo Ship used during the 19th and early 20th centuries to transport goods around the world and representing aspects of Victoria’s shipping industry. Nameplate, large brass letter “S” part of the nameplate, recovered from the starboard bow of the wreck of 'Falls of Halladale'. The letter is raised along central axis to form three dimensional effect, and restored to burnished bronze colour.warrnambool, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime village, flagstaff hill maritime museum, shipwreck artefact, great ocean road, brass lettering, falls of halladale, 1908 shipwreck, ship nameplate, letter s, letter, nameplate -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Album - Ringer's River by Des Martin - Plate 14 - O'Day visits the O'Hara's homestead
Daylight O'Day swims the river alone and, instead of going straight back to Gooloora, rides up-river a little to call at O'Hara's slab homestead where he is given a very warm welcome by young Erin O'Hara. Ellen Tenteye as Erin O'Hara.The album and images are significant because they document literature written by a prominent member of the Wodonga community. The presentation of this precis was supported by several significant district families and individuals.Ringer's River Album Coloured photo Plate 14des martin, many a mile, ringer's river, northeast victoria stories -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Letter - Elizabeth Cromb re photographs of Port Melbourne foreshore, Elizabeth Cromb, 1999
Sent by Betty Cromb, who lived at corner of The Boulevard and Barak Road, with photos she'd taken at the foreshoreNote that accompanied two colour photos Port Melbourne foreshore, taken and sent by Elizabeth Cromb, 1999natural environment, elizabeth cromb -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Memorabilia - Scrap Book, Tim Wright, "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society", 1971 - 1975
Demonstrates the development of the BTPS and yields information about the Society and other tramways. Has a strong association with the maker.Scrap Book - approx. 66 plain sheets, centre stapled within a cardboard cover with a Muppet type character on the rear cover. Front cover has a manila colour sheet attached with the label "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society" Comprises many newspaper cuttings of the time of the closure of the SEC Ballarat tram system, the formation of the BTPS, buses, tickets, moving the trams to the new depot, tickets, samples of signs, cuttings from magazines, some cuttings from San Francisco, Melbourne, cartoons altered to support trams, Melbourne items, Sydney trams, new Z class trams in Melbourne, Bendigo Trust, Bylands, TMSV, Steam rail trains to Ballarat, an invite to the opening of the BTPS Tramway for 1/2/1975, opening photographs from The Courier. Each page has been scanned to the two pdf files.trams, tramways, scrap book, btps, opening, tmsv, bendigo, melbourne, z class trams, buses -
Clunes Museum
letter, 1879
COPY OF REPLY TO EDWIN TRANTER, NEPHEW OF CHARLES GODWIN, REGARDING HIS WILL, IN REPLY TO A LETTER SEND TO THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF POLICE MELBOURNE. A COPY OF THE LETTER TO EDWIN TRANTER.LETTER DATED 24TH. SEPTEMBER 1879local history, document, letter, tranter, e. [will] -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1906
Postcard dated 3 December 1913, Bairnsdale, addressed to Mrs Brewer, Metung, Gippsland.Black and white postcard showing wooden lift bridge over Tambo River, Swan Reach, Victoria. Old punt visible at left bank under bank, thick vegetation on right bank, houses in right background above Metung Road.Tambo River, Swan Reachbridges, waterways -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Postcard - Corroboree on Emerald Hill in 1840, Wilbraham Liardet, Wilbrham Frederick Evelyn Liardet, 1875
Postcard painting by Wilbraham Liardet "Corroboree on Emerald Hill in 1840"australian aborigines, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, wfe liardet -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), MMTB pack of postcards, 1978
Packaged Set of eight of printed illustrations - postcard size of Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board Tramcars produced in 1978. Separate card for each class of tramcar featured, with notes, statistics, MMTB name. Each card also has printers name and date on back. Not a formal postcard, no place for a stamp. Packaged with light weight plastic. See Reg Item 446 for details of the tramcars involved. Has Z7 on front and cable car set on rear.trams, tramways, melbourne, mmtb, tramcars -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Postcard, "The Park", Port Fairy
Funding for the construction of the Rotunda was bequeathed in the Will of local resident Mrs Annie Williams, who was born in Daylesford in 1872 and died in Kew in 1930. Annie’s Will stipulated that the remaining value of her Estate be spent on erecting a Bandstand in the Port Fairy Botanical Gardens dedicated to the memory of her brother Hugh, a stretcher bearer in WW1 and who died in 1921 after being discharged with health issues, her husband Henry, and herself naturally. There is a plaque dedicated to Annie on the Bandstand She requested that the Bandstand be a replica of the one at Daylesford but by 1933 the value of her Estate had diminished to £76.4/8 which was insufficient to cover a similar design and the Borough Councillors felt it would be too extravagant for the Port Fairy Botanical Gardens. Local builder J.J.McLaren’s tender of £71.15/- was accepted and the octagonal concrete pillared construction was completed with the use of sustenance labour the following year. The Bandstand was opened in December, 1934 with a performance by the Port Fairy Band and local residents enjoying the entertainment and a picnic. In 1934 it was reported that there was some fuss in Council because of the whereabouts of the sum of approximately £3/- , being the amount left over from the build. After some months of debate, in which the Councillors suggested that the Engineer had used the money inappropriately, and to which he responded that the build had cost more than the quote, the matter seems to have ended there Black and white photograph of the stand of cypress trees with the rotunda in the backgroundThe Park Port Fairy - No 3botanical, garden, trees, rotunda, path -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - BASIL WATSON COLLECTION: POSTCARD, ARMY AIRSHIP 'THE GAMMA', ca. 1914
Black and white postcard. Written in top RH corner: ' Army Airship The Gamma' Image shows tethered army airship with ground-crew holding airship down with lines. Large buildings, possibly hangars, in background. 'Our Aerial Defence' Series.John Drew, Aldershot & Farnboroughmilitary, aviation, airship 'the gamma' -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - POSTCARD. MANY HAPPY RETURNS, 1913
Postcard. Photo of bell with holly. Many Happy Returns. Verse. Though far apart, Still let me say, I think of you, This happy day. Rear. Names deleted. Dec. 1913. Crossley House. Bridport Street Albert Park. -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Album - Album page, Old Fire Station, 4 Selwyn Street, Circa 1972
This album was created in approximately 1972 as part of a project by the Caulfield Historical Society to assist in identifying buildings worthy of preservation. The album is related to a Survey the Caulfield Historical Society developed in collaboration with the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and Caulfield City Council to identify historic buildings within the City of Caulfield that warranted the protection of a National Trust Classification. Principal photographer thought to be Trevor Hart, member of Caulfield Historical Society. Most photographs were taken between 1966-1972 with a small number of photographs being older and from unknown sources. All photographs are black and white except where stated, with 386 photographs over 198 pages. From Victorian Heritage Database citation for H2376 Former Elsternwick Fire Station, 2-4 Selwyn Street Elsternwick - Victorian Heritage Register https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/2645 (as at 21/11/2021) The Former Elsternwick Fire Station was built and commenced operation in 1896. It was one of 32 new fire stations built between 1892 and 1896 by the newly formed Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade ('MFB') to form a comprehensive fire-fighting network across Melbourne. The MFB was established in 1891 as Victoria's government-run fire-fighting service in Melbourne and its growing suburbs. By 1918 motorised fire engine appliances had replaced horse-drawn fire vehicles across the metropolitan area, and the consequently larger areas that fire stations could protect meant the 1896 Elsternwick Fire Station was one of many which was becoming obsolete. The MFB continued to use the Elsternwick Fire Station up until the Station's closure in 1926. From 1927 the former Fire Station was leased by neighbouring timber merchants JJ Webster Pty Ltd who subsequently purchased the property from the MFB in 1934. From 1954 the 'Esquire Motors' car repair business traded at the site, and changes to the former Fire Station building including the complete enclosure of its yard by corrugated steel walls and roofing appear to have been completed in the mid-1950s. In 1990 the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ('ABC') purchased the former Fire Station together with five other adjoining land parcels in Selwyn Street. From that time until 2017 the former Elsternwick Fire Station has been used by the ABC as office and storage space in its Selwyn Street television studio complex.From Victorian Heritage Database citation for H2376 Former Elsternwick Fire Station, 2-4 Selwyn Street Elsternwick - Victorian Heritage Register https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/2645 (as at 21/11/2021) The Former Elsternwick Fire Station is historically significant as one of the 10 remaining fire stations of the original 32 built for the newly established Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade ('MFB') during the four-year period 1892 to 1896. These fire stations were constructed following the establishment in 1891 of the MFB, Victoria's government-run fire-fighting service for metropolitan Melbourne and its growing suburban population. These new stations formed a crucial part of the MFB's fire-fighting network across Melbourne. The Former Elsternwick Fire Station clearly demonstrates the historical development of fire-fighting services in Melbourne, especially the expansion of the newly-formed MFB throughout Melbourne's suburbs during the 1890s. [Criterion A] The Former Elsternwick Fire Station is architecturally significant as a fine example of a late nineteenth century fire station. Constructed shortly after the establishment of the MFB, it displays characteristics of its class of place that remain mostly unchanged from the former Station's historically important period of development and use. A particularly strong element of the Former Elsternwick Fire Station is the large and strikingly-detailed stone horseshoe arch, designed for horse-drawn fire-fighting vehicles, at the street entrance to its fire-engine room. [Criterion D]Page 188 of Photograph Album with two photographs of the old Elsternwick Fire Station.Handwritten: old fire station 4 Selwyn Street [top right] / 188 [bottom right]trevor hart, rendered, 1890's, melbourne metropolitan fire brigade, mfb, fire-fighting, jj webster, timber merchants, esquire motors, car repair, australian broadcasting corporation, abc, selwyn street, brick and stone, asymmetrical facade, anglo-dutch gable, rusticated and smooth-faced limestone, elsternwick fire station, elsternwick, fire station, jj webster pty ltd, motor vehicle repair shops, stone horseshoe arch entrance -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Album - Ringer's River by Des Martin - Finis
Time heals all wounds. Federation is now a fact, and Sean O'Day, managing partner in Gooloora Station can look far across the rolling country in which his children will grow up as individual members of a single nation. There is still much to be done, and the miles, and the years, and the future are calling him to the task, while the Mona Lisa-like expression of his young bride seems to say, "Yes, you have your dreams of a world to run, but I can find all my happiness in running a home for you!" FINIS.The album and images are significant because they document literature written by a prominent member of the Wodonga community. The presentation of this precis was supported by several significant district families and individuals.Ringer's River Album Coloured photo - Final Scene.des martin, many a mile, ringer's river, northeast victoria stories -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - PETHARD COLLECTION: MADAME ADA CROSSLEY POSTCARD
Mauve coloured postcard. Image shows woman, hair up, dressed in long dress, sitting on a high back cane insert wooden chair. Written on bottom ' Madame Ada Crossley' Handwritten 'sincerely yours, Ada Crossley - Muecke ? ( unclear )Semco Series, no 201, Printed in Englandperson, individual, ada crossley, pethard, chancellor, sandhurst, ada crossley -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - Alice McGregor Postcard Collection, 1900 - 1920
Alice McGREGOR Born: 1908; unknown parents. Possibly adopted by the Salter family? Electoral Roll 1936: Highland Terrace Kangaroo Flat. Alice Mary Salter and William Robert Salter living together; presumed to be sister and brother. William Robert Salter was killed in a MVA in Bendigo in 1937 aged 26. In Victoria in 1938, Alice Mary Salter married James Thomas McGregor (born Victoria 1917, died Victoria 1983, buried Fawkner Cemetery) Lived: 1968; 22 Wade Street Golden Square Alice McGregor Died: 1999 aged 91 at Anne Caudle Centre, Bendigo Buried: Kangaroo Flat Cemetery See additional research. Postcard Album of Alice McGregor contained 86 post cards.Postcard Album of Alice McGregor containing 86 post cards. See 1400. Colour photo of Whitby Rigg Mill in a forest. Water wheel and mill building beside a stream with small waterfalls. Addressed to Miss A. Stapleton, Arcade, Bendigo, Victoria Australia Sender - Miss R M Billing, 12 Strand St., East London, West S. Africa. Undated postcard, collector, alice mcgregor -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Letter - Correspondence, East Burwood Reserve: Removal of Cypress trees, 7/11/1994 12:00:00 AM
Letter dated 7/11/1994 from City of NunawadingLetter dated 7/11/1994 from City of Nunawading to Mrs Dorothy Maxwell, Secretary , Bill Sewart Athletics Track Committee of Management re removal of Cypress trees.Letter dated 7/11/1994 from City of Nunawadingsportsgrounds, east burwood reserve, maxwell, dorothy, city of nunawading, bill sewart athletic track committee of management -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - BASIL WATSON COLLECTION: BIPLANE ON WATER
postcard: biplane about to land on water, no location givenA. Rapp. Marine Photographer, 39 Bernard Street, Southhamptonaviation, civilian, biplane, basil watson collection, a. rapp -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Letter, Mark Strizic, Mark Strizic to CL Crennan (Pergamon Press), 28.10.1970
Letter regarding his design fees and royalties for the book 'Living in Australia'. (See item D330.1)Photocopy, quarto, 1 page.Some notes in Robin Boyd's handwriting on the back.