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Federation University Historical Collection
Card - Greeting Card, Greeting card from Mr & Mrs W.H. Ellwood
Mr. W.H. Ellwood was the principal of Ballarat Teachers' College when it was located at the Ballarat East Library. Christmas greeting card with black and green picture of country road and cottage on the front and verse and wishes from Mr. & Mrs. W.H. Ellwood ballarat teachers' college, mr w h ellwood, greeting card, christmas -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - MEMBERSHIP BADGE, 1962
Issued in 1962, 2 years after the 59th Battalion disbanded. 59th Battalion AIF Ass'n medal.Round metal badge with metal pin on rear, maroon and red ribbon in centre.Top: 59th Battalion AIF Assn Bottom: 1962numismatics, badges, metal, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Card - CARD, FUEL RATION
Issued during and post WW2 for a periodVictorian Issue Ration card, fine material, purple printed, Motor Spirit ration series B“Not transferable - This ticket must be endorsed by consumer in ink with name, licence number and vehicle registration number”motor spirit ration, victorian issue -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGES, VARIOUS, Post 1945
(.1) item is most likely to represent the 2nd/8th Battalion. Part of the HEWSTON collection WW1 & WW2..1) Badge, bakelite black, rectangular with rectangular white over red patch in centre. .2) Badge, bakelite black, rectangular with rectangular white patch centre. .3) Badge, bakelite black, diamond shape with white diamond shape centre. .4) Smaller version of 1.).numismatics - medals /military, association -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Plaque - Shield, 1990
Mrs Eileen Allen was a member of the Vermont Auxiliary of Maroondah Hospital and was honorary Secretary for 12 yearsLife Governorship Maroondah Hospital Shield, awarded to Mrs E Allen, 18/10/1990LIFE GOVERNORSHIP - MAROONDAH HOSPITAL TOGETHER FOR HUMANITY Awarded to Mrs E Allan 18/10/1990trophies & awards, public events -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Plaque - Heraldry, Plaque HMAS Canberra
Copy of Ship's badge mounted on timber plaque www.hmascanberra.com for description -
Bendigo Military Museum
Certificate - SHIRE CERTIFICATE ,MOUNTED WW2, c.1946
Stewart William ROSS enlisted in the 2nd AIF No VX78589 on 27.3.1942 age 38 years. He was discharged on 25.4.1943 with the rank of Sapper in 5th Docks Operating Coy. The Docks unit served in Darwin.Plastic covered, hard backed printed certificate presented by the citizens of Bendigo to S W ROSS.Printed on certificate: “To You Who Served. The Citizens of Bendigo Express Deep Thankfulness To: VX78589 S W ROSS (Sapper) No 5 Aus Docks Op Coy RAE Australia” documents-certificates, civic momentoes, military history-army, shire, bendigo -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Letter - Correspondence, Letter to Lillie from Ted, 4 March 1929
This is one in a series of letters written by various seafarers to Lillie Duncan. Lillie was a member of the Ladies' Harbour Lights Guild during the 1920s. She seems to have struck up a number of friendships with seafarers who used the facility. The Ladies' Harbour Lights Guild was responsible for much of the fundraising that constructed and maintained the organisation from its inception in 1902. They were also responsible for arranging dances and other social activities designed to make seafarers welcome in a strange environment.The purpose of the Mission to Seafarers is, as it always was, to provide comfort and welfare services to visiting seafarers. This letter, and the series of which it is a part, underscores the importance of making relationships abroad for those who earned their living on the seasHandwritten letter in three parts consisting of a white envelope with two white pages of handwritten text in black ink, using only the face of the page. \there is a blue coloured postage stamp in the top right cornerTwo circular postmarks at the top of the envelope, one to the left and the other to the right. The first is reads: ALICANTE/4 MAR 29/indecipherable, and the second postmark is identical. Stamp horizontally through the circular postmark, is a third which reads: ESPANA/SOLO EXPORTA/ACEITE PURO/DE OLIVA. On the reverse side of the envelope is printed with: ANCHOR-BROCKLEBANK LINE/OF CALCUTTA STEAMERSted, lillie duncan, lhlg, alicante, ss mandasor -
Federation University Historical Collection
Certificate, University of Ballarat TAFE Certificate of Participation inpartnership with Sebastopol Secondary College and Damascus College, 12/2002
A Certificate of Participation in partnership with Sebastopol Secondary College and Damascus College in appreciation of the partticipation in the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning project.university of ballarat, tafe, sebastopol secondary college, damascus college, vcal, victorian certificate of applied learning -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGES, ASSOCIATION, Post WW2
Items in the collection re Ron Bollard VX14150, refer Cat No 5919P for his service details..1) Badge cloth, crown at top followed by a yellow "T" on black background, over is two scrolls in metalic gold, central is a depiction of a "Rat", colours are red, blue, green, yellow, white, black and gold. .2) Badge cloth basically same as .1) but has "Victoria" at the bottom."Rats of Tobruk Association Victoria"badges, tobruk, association -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Certificate, The Leader Newspaper Groups thanks Southwood Primary School
A4 pageThe Leader Newspaper Groups thanks Southwood Primary School for its contribution and participation in the From ABC to VCE special edition for State Education Week, 1991 -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Certificate - Captain Kenneth Mortimer, D. W. Paterson Co. Pty. Ltd. Print, 1918
Kenneth Malcolm Mortimer was born in Leneva, Wodonga, Victoria on 9 October 1895. He attended school in Wangaratta before entering the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1913. Along with the rest of his class, he graduated in June 1915. Mortimer was appointed as a Lieutenant with the 29th Battalion on 1 July 1915. He embarked with Headquarters Staff, 29th Battalion, from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ascanuis (A11) on 10 November 1915. Whilst training in Egypt in February 1916, he was promoted to Captain. He was in command of a company of the 29th Battalion at Fromelles, Armentieres, France in July 1916. and was reported missing, presumed killed in action on 20 July 1916, aged 20 years. Mortimer’s remains were buried along with those of hundreds of others in a mass grave near Pheasant Wood, close to the battlefield. This mass grave was rediscovered in 2008. After extensive research and DNA testing, the remains of Captain Mortimer were finally identified in April 2018. He was buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery at Fromelles and his grave rededicated on July 19, 2018, 102 years after his death. A memorial tablet was erected to his memory at St Luke’s Church in Wodonga. Honour Certificates WW1 - From 1915 onwards, recruits in many shires and towns in eastern Australia were honoured by local government authorities. A common form of recognition was the award of honour certificates. The first honour certificates were presented in 1915 and 1916 to men who had yet to leave Australia. The designers and publishing companies solicited business directly from councils. Publishers began to print two different types of certificates: honour certificates to thank soldiers who had survived and memorial certificates to commemorate the dead. D.W. Paterson, a Melbourne publishing firm, claimed they had supplied certificates to over 150 cities and shires in Victoria and New South Wales, including the Shire of Wodonga. Paterson also had the widest range of designs The certificate signified that the officials of the community recognised and shared the family's pride and grief. In the earliest designs, the legend "Australia's sons answered the call" appears below the shield. This was replaced with "For Liberty/ ANZACs/ For Justice". After the United States entered the war in April 1917, the design was reworked to include the US flag. Its presence in this certificate dates its publication as late 1917. The certificate was signed by S. T Parker, Shire President and R. H. Murphy, Council Secretary on 4th August 1918. Kenneth Malcolm Mortimer was born in Leneva, Wodonga and enlisted in the AIF after training at Duntroon. He fought and died at the Battle of Fromelles, France which was the first major engagement of the AIF on the Western Front. Along with hundreds of other Australian soldiers his remains were only identified in 2018, more than 100 years after the battle.Coloured certificate presented to the family of Captain K Mortimer by Wodonga Shire Council.29th battalion, mortimer, leneva, fromelles, aif, wodonga shire, honour certificates ww1 -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Card - Cattle Ear Tag #29, c. 1946
Fawn coloured medium weight cardboard cattle ear tag #29 black print. Oblong with rounded corners and remnant of hole punched at one end. For "Churchill Whisper 3rd".churchill island, dairy shorthorn, harry jenkins, clearing sale, ear tag -
Federation University Historical Collection
Letter, Letter from Henry Barton Williamson to School of Mines Ballarat
Ballarat School of Mines is a predecessor of Federation UniversityHandwritten letter from Henry Barton Williamson to School of Mines Ballarat about Practical Assaying paperletter, practical assaying, henry barton williamson, paper -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGE, SIGNALMAN, post WW2 possibly
.1) Metal badge showing crossed flags & short poles (5 x 4 cms). The right flag has 2 strong lines in it. Part of the pole of the right flag is missing. The badge is mounted on green cardboard. .2) Supplied with this is a silver metal disc with 4 rectangular holes.numismatics - badges - military, metalcraft, passchendaele barracks trust, signals -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Badge - Collection of Organisation Badges, 1920's to 1940's
This set of eleven badges was collected from the 1920s to the 1940s by Dr W. R. Angus. It represents various organisations that he had interests in. The set of badges was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the family of Doctor Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. It is part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” which includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. ABOUT THE “W.R.ANGUS COLLECTION” Doctor William Roy Angus M.B., B.S., Adel., 1923, F.R.C.S. Edin.,1928 (also known as Dr Roy Angus) was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria in 1901 and lived until 1970. He qualified as a doctor in 1923 at the University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was a house surgeon to Sir (then Mr.) Henry Simpson Newland. Dr Angus was briefly an Assistant to Dr Riddell of Kapunda, then commenced private practice at Curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, SA, where he was a physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as the new Medical Assistant to Dr Thomas Francis Ryan (T.F. Ryan, or Tom), in Nhill, Victoria, where his experiences included radiology and pharmacy. In 1927 he was Acting House Surgeon in Dr Tom Ryan’s absence. Dr Angus had become engaged to Gladys Forsyth and they decided he would take time to further his studies overseas in the UK in 1927. He studied at London University College Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and in 1928, was awarded FRCS (Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons), Edinburgh. He worked his passage back to Australia as a Ship’s Surgeon on the Australian Commonwealth Line’s T.S.S. Largs Bay. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1929, in Ballarat. (They went on to have one son (Graham 1932, born in SA) and two daughters (Helen (died 12/07/1996) and Berenice (Berry), both born at Mira, Nhill ) Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928. The organisation began in South Australia through the Presbyterian Church in that year, with its first station being in the remote town of Oodnadatta, where Dr Angus was stationed. He was locum tenens there on North-South Railway at 21 Mile Camp. He took up this ‘flying doctor’ position in response to a call from Dr John Flynn; the organisation was later known as the Flying Doctor Service, then the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A lot of his work during this time involved dental surgery also. Between 1928-1932 he was a surgeon at the Curramulka Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. In 1933 Dr Angus returned to Nhill where he’d previously worked as Medical Assistant and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what was once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr L Middleton was House Surgeon to the Nhill Hospital 1926-1933, when he resigned. [Dr Tom Ryan’s practice had originally belonged to his older brother Dr Edward Ryan, who came to Nhill in 1885. Dr Edward saw patients in his rooms, firstly in Victoria Street and in 1886 in Nelson Street, until 1901. The Nelson Street practice also had a 2-bed ward, called Mira Private Hospital ). Dr Edward Ryan was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1884-1902. He also had occasions where he successfully performed veterinary surgery for the local farmers too. Dr Tom Ryan then purchased the practice from his brother in 1901. Both Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan work as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He too was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1902-1926. Dr Tom Ryan had one of the only two pieces of radiology equipment in Victoria during his practicing years – The Royal Melbourne Hospital had the other one. Over the years Dr Tom Ryan gradually set up what was effectively a training school for country general-practitioner-surgeons. Each patient was carefully examined, including using the X-ray machine, and any surgery was discussed and planned with Dr Ryan’s assistants several days in advance. Dr Angus gained experience in using the X-ray machine there during his time as assistant to Dr Ryan. Dr Tom Ryan moved from Nhill in 1926. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1927, soon after its formation, a rare accolade for a doctor outside any of the major cities. He remained a bachelor and died suddenly on 7th Dec 1955, aged 91, at his home in Ararat. Scholarships and prizes are still awarded to medical students in the honour of Dr T.F. Ryan and his father, Dr Michael Ryan, and brother, John Patrick Ryan. ] When Dr Angus bought into the Nelson Street premises in Nhill he was also appointed as the Nhill Hospital’s Honorary House Surgeon 1933-1938. His practitioner’s plate from his Nhill surgery states “HOURS Daily, except Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturday afternoons, 9-10am, 2-4pm, 7-8pm. Sundays by appointment”. This plate is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Tom Ryan had an extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926 and when Dr Angus took up practice in their old premises he obtained this collection, a large part of which is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. During his time in Nhill Dr Angus was involved in the merging of the Mira Hospital and Nhill Public Hospital into one public hospital and the property titles passed on to Nhill Hospital in 1939. In 1939 Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool where he purchased “Birchwood,” the 1852 home and medical practice of Dr John Hunter Henderson, at 214 Koroit Street. (This property was sold in1965 to the State Government and is now the site of the Warrnambool Police Station. ). The Angus family was able to afford gardeners, cooks and maids; their home was a popular place for visiting dignitaries to stay whilst visiting Warrnambool. Dr Angus had his own silk worm farm at home in a Mulberry tree. His young daughter used his centrifuge for spinning the silk. Dr Angus was appointed on a part-time basis as Port Medical Officer (Health Officer) in Warrnambool and held this position until the 1940’s when the government no longer required the service of a Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool; he was thus Warrnambool’s last serving Port Medical Officer. (The duties of a Port Medical Officer were outlined by the Colonial Secretary on 21st June, 1839 under the terms of the Quarantine Act. Masters of immigrant ships arriving in port reported incidents of diseases, illness and death and the Port Medical Officer made a decision on whether the ship required Quarantine and for how long, in this way preventing contagious illness from spreading from new immigrants to the residents already in the colony.) Dr Angus was a member of the Australian Medical Association, for 35 years and surgeon at the Warrnambool Base Hospital 1939-1942, He served as a Surgeon Captain during WWII1942-45, in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W., completing his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. During his convalescence he carved an intricate and ‘most artistic’ chess set from the material that dentures were made from. He then studied ophthalmology at the Royal Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital and created cosmetically superior artificial eyes by pioneering using the intrascleral cartilage. Angus received accolades from the Ophthalmological Society of Australasia for this work. He returned to Warrnambool to commence practice as an ophthalmologist, pioneering in artificial eye improvements. He was Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist to Warrnambool Base Hospital for 31 years. He made monthly visits to Portland as a visiting surgeon, to perform eye surgery. He represented the Victorian South-West subdivision of the Australian Medical Association as its secretary between 1949 and 1956 and as chairman from 1956 to 1958. In 1968 Dr Angus was elected member of Spain’s Barraquer Institute of Barcelona after his research work in Intrasclearal cartilage grafting, becoming one of the few Australian ophthalmologists to receive this honour, and in the following year presented his final paper on Living Intrasclearal Cartilage Implants at the Inaugural Meeting of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists in Melbourne In his personal life, Dr Angus was a Presbyterian and treated Sunday as a Sabbath, a day of rest. He would visit 3 or 4 country patients on a Sunday, taking his children along ‘for the ride’ and to stay with him. Sunday evenings he would play the pianola and sing Scottish songs to his family. One of Dr Angus’ patients was Margaret MacKenzie, author of a book on local shipwrecks that she’d seen as an eyewitness from the late 1880s in Peterborough, Victoria. In the early 1950’s Dr Angus, painted a picture of a shipwreck for the cover jacket of Margaret’s book, Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks. She was blind in later life and her daughter wrote the actual book for her. Dr Angus and his wife were very involved in Warrnambool’s community and society. Their interests included organisations such as the Red Cross, Rostrum, Warrnambool and District Historical Society (founding members), Wine and Food Society, Steering Committee for Tertiary Education in Warrnambool, Local National Trust, Good Neighbour Council, Housing Commission Advisory Board, United Services Institute, Legion of Ex-Servicemen, Olympic Pool Committee, Food for Britain Organisation, Warrnambool Hospital, Anti-Cancer Council, Boys’ Club, Charitable Council, National Fitness Council and Air Raid Precautions Group. Dr Angus was also a member of the Steam Preservation Society and derived much pleasure from a steam traction engine on his farm. They were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens until Dr Angus passed away in March 1970. This set of badges is significant for connecting Doctor Angus with Australian organisations of the early-to-mid 20th century, including those relating to military service support. The W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The Collection includes historical medical objects that date back to the late 1800s.The eleven metal and enamel badges were collected by Dr W R Angus. They represent organisations that he was involved in. The set is part of the W.R. Angus Collection. Each badge has inscriptions.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, metal badges, enamel badges, organisation badges, legacy, red cross society, red cross, bma, bma ladies badge, ladies badge, acf, australian comfort fund, presbyterian brotherhood, rostrum, australian legion of servicemen & women, oikumene, w.r. angus collection -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Badge
Yellow Uniting Church Adult Fellowship badge in the stylised shape of Australia with text and a red and white dove."UCAF"uniting church adult fellowship -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Card - YNYS Grecian Business Card, c.1980
Card belonging to Rose GRECIAN for her company YNYS Grecian advertising Office Skills, Personal Presentation and Public Speaking. Rose is a descendant of Caroline and Wilbraham LIARDET. Buff coloured card with printing and YNYS Grecian, Personal Style Consultants in red.caroline liardet, wilbrham liardet, rose grecian, ynys grecian -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Plaque
" International Transport Federation for the Welfare of all Seafarers of all races and countries " found in an envelop saying "Plaque from bench in Celia Little Room (probably relates to TV set)"Small metal plaqueplaque, transportation, seafarers -
Melbourne Legacy
Letter, (H22), 1954
These two letters, one to President Owen from James G Gillespie with a donation of a copy of 'Legacy' by Claude Blatchford, and a yellow file copy of a reply letter from President Owen. Legatee Gillespie suggests document called 'Legacy' by Blatchford should be inscribed and handed to succeeding presidents. The reply agrees and that the Board had expressed their appreciation of the fine gesture. The notation H22 in red pen shows that it was part of the archive project that was trying to capture the history of Legacy. A record of correspondence in the 1950s about Legacy appreciating the work of Blatchford.White quarto letterhead of L/ Gillespie and a buff file copy of a reply from Legacy about Claude Blatchford's book.Handwritten H22 in red pen. 01494.2 handwritten in pencil 'File History of Legacy 1953' in top right corner. Initialed by President C Owen.history, blatchford -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Badge (Item) - RAAF Insignia Rank Sergeant
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Robin Boyd Foundation
Letter, Blake & Riggall (Solicitors and Notaries), Blake & Riggall to Robin Boyd, 09.06.1959
Letter to Robin Boyd regarding final balance of sale of the previous Boyd family home at 158 Riversdale Rd, Camberwell. -
Canterbury History Group
Letter - Letter to Rev. J.D.Potter from Rev. W.R.Featherston, 31 May 1985, 31/05/1985 12:00:00 AM
Copy of letter from Rev. W. R. Featherston of Holy Trinity Vicarage, Hampton, to Rev. J. D. Potter of St. Paul's Anglican Church Canterbury regarding the proposed visit to Melbourne of the Vicar of Beirut and his wife in 1985. On the reverse side of the letter is a handwritten list of the vicars of St. Paul's from 1892-1971canterbury, margaret street, st. pauls anglican church, churches, potter> j.d., clergy, lists -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Coin, 1896, 1899, 1902
(Pennies 3) 1896, 1899, 1902stawell -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Letter - Correspondence, 1948
Quinn CollectionOne-sided single-page letter on unlined cream-coloured, paper (0381.a), dated 27/07/48 and written on board S.S.Lali, Santos. No envelope sighted.letters-from-abroad, quinn, 1948, commander c. a. lund, s.s.lali -
Federation University Historical Collection
Letter - Qantas Empire Airways letter, Letter to Principal Ballarat School of Mines reference International Student certificate of Mr Teddy Beng Chiang Gan
Qantas Letterhead paper .1 Signed J. W. Sweeting in ink with pencil notation "Replied 11/2/58. .2 Signed R for R.W.Richardsstudent travel, qantas -
Federation University Historical Collection
Flag, Australian Flag
An old, woven Australian Flagaustralian flag, flag, southern cross, union jack -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Letter, David Saunders, David Saunders to Robin Boyd, 02.05.1970
A letter from David Saunders, concerned with the title of the book and Saunders' writing of the Foreword to the book 'Living in Australia'.Typewritten, quarto, 1 page.Handwritten phone number at the top. -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Badge (Item) - A PITTS Is Something Special ,Embroidered Badge
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Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Letter - Correspondence, Allan Charles Quinn, January 1949
Quinn CollectionLetter written by Allan to his mother on one side only of a single sheet of off-white paper (0803a). The letter is headed New York and dated 5-02-49. The large buff-coloured envelope (0803b) bears two green United States postage stamps and is post-marked Brooklyn, New York letters-from-abroad, quinn, 1949