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City of Ballarat Libraries
Postcard - Card Box Photographs, Premises of S.A. Maidment, Ironmonger, 6 Sturt St
Plate 219 Chuck Photo Seriess.a. maidment, sturt street, building, commerical, persons, costume -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Postcard, Schwerkolt Cottage Mitcham
Postcard of a painting of the Schwerkolt Cottage precinct by Donald Cameroncameron, donald, schwerkolt cottage and museum complex -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Certificate - Order of Knights, Epworth Press, Charter The High Court of Victoria
The Methodist Order of Knights was the official youth organisation of the Methodist Church of Australasia. It originated in Hurstville, NSW, on the 4th October 1914 by the then Mr and later Rev Alex Bray. Alex Bray was a Sunday School teacher and spoke to his class of the Knights of the Round Table. In 1917 the Order of Knights was officially recognised by the Sunday School Dept of the NSW Methodist Conference. Courts spread thoroughout Australia. In 1927 the High Court of NSW called for designs for a badge and in 1929 the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia recognised the Order as an approved Organisation. In 1938 the Senior Section was organised into Degrees of Sincerity, Service and Sacrifice; the Junior Section into Pages' Degree with advancement to Esquire. In 1954 the Junior Section was reorganised into two groups: Pages 8 to 11 years and Esquires 12 to 15 years. The Knight's Motto: "Live Pure, Speak True, Right Wrong, Follow Christ the King, else wherefore born?" Courts of the Order: General Conference Department of the Christian Education - General Court - Provincial High Court - District Court - Local Court - Senior Court - Intermediate Court - Junior Court . Regalia: All members of the Intermediate and Senior Courts wore regalia consisting of a cloth shield superimposed by a cross of light and dark blue ribbons, and supported by a cloth collar. Esquire and Degree of Sincerity regalia: White collar and white shield. Degree of Service regalia: Green collar and shield. Degree of Sacrifice: Scarlet collar and shield. District Court regalia: Blue collar and gold shield. High Court regalia: Gold collar and purple sheild. General Court regalia: Purple collar and shield. Officers of the local courts wore their symbols as part of their regalia. Methodist Church of Australasia Order of Knights Charter certificate. The card has the MOK symbol and a decorated border. "THE HIGH COURT OF VICTORIA" "March 31st 1938" Leslie G Payser" Joseph [?]"methodist order of knights, methodist order of knights high court of victoria -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Thermometer, n.d
Souvenir thermometer, wooden, with male and female wooden characters sitting on a boat shaped piece of wood; the male playing a guitar. Thermometer attached to palm tree in background. 'PORTLAND VIC' painted in white on stand. -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Biscay Greetings, Bourke St from Queen St at dusk, mid 1980's
Colour postcard divided back, vertical format, - Biscay Greetings, looking east along Bourke St from Queen St at dusk. Card has title "Bourke St Mall at Twilight". Has in the view a number of Z class trams in green, including an A class tram. C1984? Also has signs for Myer, Hoyts and Parliament House. Back has space for name and address, stamp and a message and details of the postcard. Produced by Biscay Greetings, possibly mid 1980's. Card No. BG355. Two copies held.trams, tramways, bourke st, mall, z class, a class, parliament -
St Kilda Historical Society
Postcard, St Kilda Junction 1939, c. 1939
St Kilda Junction 1939 showing Corner Hotel at right and Junction Hotel (?) (centre)black and white photograph, unmounted, not original, good condition -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Certificate - Award Certificate
As it the Branch is not specified it has been assumed that the Potato Race was awarded to Hampton's Senior Rays' group.Light blue card certificate with gold edging and blue badges and text. The badges are of the Methodist Girls' Comradeship, Methodist Order of Knights and the Methodist Girls' Comradeship Rays' Section badges at the top and is issued by the Province of Victoria and Tasmania. The certificate has the award winners completed. The winners names and positions are written on the back."HAMPTON" "POTATO RACE 13 years & under" "26.9.64" "Beverley J. Lowe STATE SUPERINTENDENT" On back: "Brenda Anderson (captain)" "Judy ? (last runner)" "Margaret Ackland (fourth runner)" " Marjorie Thompson (second runner)" "Joyce McAdams (first runner}"methodist girls' comradeship, methodist girls' comradeship rays' section, methodist order of knights, beverley j lowe state supt., brenda anderson, margaret ackland, marjorie thompson, joyce mcadam -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Certificate - Certificate of General Nursing - Mary Beatrice Josephine Maggs, 1919
Mary Beatrice Josephine Maggs (1892-1960) came to Australia in 1914 and was a governess for Mr Alfred Rutter Clarke at his mansion "Merriwa" on Orrong Road, Toorak. Mary returned to England in 1919 and furthered her studies in nursing. When she returned to Australia in 1924 she was head nurse at a number of Hospitals, Private Hospital in Loch, Tatura Bush Nursing Home, Mooroopna. Certificate of General Nursing 1919 of Mary B MaggsThe Royal Victorian Trained Nurses Association / CERTIFICATE FOR GENERAL NURSING / Signed by President, Member of Council, Secretarymaggs mary, medicine, nursing, thompson jean, hospitals, early settlers, pioneers, melbourne hospital -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Plaque - USS Ford
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Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, W S Vogt Bairnsdale, 1918 c
Black and white postcard showing township, roads and rail, bridges and barked trees with cultivated land beside Tambo River Bruthen VictoriaTambo River at Bruthenjetties, waterways, topography, boats and boating -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, W S Vogt Bairnsdale, 1925 c
Also second similar view from distance 05275.1Black and white postcard showing two rowing boats on Lake Bunga remains of wooden bridge between tree covered banks Lake Bunga Victoriahotels -
National Wool Museum
Postcard - Merrindie Dorset Stud, Pulford, 1927
This postcard was found loose in the first of three albums compiled and owned by J W Allen, Secretary of New South Wales Grazier's, and is associated with the New South Wales Graziers Association world tour of sheep 1928-1929. The album contains photographs of travel, sheep, farms, stations, people and landscapes from around the world. Locations include Naples, Port Said, Suez, Birregurra (Vic), Alexandra (Vic), Ballangeich (Vic), Keith (SA), Mt Gambier (SA), Buckland Park (SA), Tasmania, Winton (QLD), Sydney Harbour, Canberra (ACT), Toowoomba (QLD), Rockhampton (QLD), Tocal (NSW), Deepwater (NSW), Glen Innes (NSW), Longreach (QLD), Moree (NSW), Barraba (NSW) and Mudgee (NSW). Properties depicted include Mooleric, Turkeith, Woolongoon, Minadale, Crower Station, Merrindie, Koomooloo Station, Cappeedee, Koonoona, Rathmore, Ellenthorpe, Camden Park Station, Glenlegh, Strathmore Station, Ilparran Station, Binneguy, Midkin, Terlings, Ashley, Bereen, Plumthorpe, Mayvale and Havilah. The album was found in a clean out at the Great Southern Agricultural Research Institute and donated to the National Wool Museum, along with other related material such as photographs, glass lantern slides and ephemera.Photograph postcard with a black and white image of a ram, and printed black text.Front: MERRINDIE DORSET STUD, 1927. / “Merrindie 166” sired by “Symondsbury 264,” imp. Champion Adelaide / Royal Show, 1925. Champion Melbourne Royal Show, 1925. Bred by and / the property of W. S. Kelly, “Merrindie,” Giles Corner, South Australia. / Pulford Photo, Adelaide. Back: POST CARD / CORRESPONDENCE / ADDRESS ONLY / KODAK / AUSTRALIA / KODAK / AUSTRALIAworld tour, sheep, graziers, photograph, agriculture, rams, stud, south australia, merrindie, giles corner, w s kelly, pulford -
Federation University Historical Collection
Souvenir - Object, Royal Salangor Pewter, Pewter Tankard
Royal Selangor high quality cast pewter consists of 92% to 97% tin, with a small proportion of copper and antimony added to strengthen the alloy – the highest international standard for pewter. It is heavier and stronger than spun pewter. When struck gently, it produces a resonant sound.Pewter Isthmus Tankard decorated with an exuberant foliate motif, this tankard carries design that symbolises the fusion of different cultures where decorative elements from the East and West meet. 0.5 pint. Best compliments from NUTP Malaysia.international visitors, international visits, souvenirs, gifts, tankard, nutp malaysia -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Spoon, n.d
Spoon, plain, electroplated nickel silver, enamelled badge, round, golfer on blue and green background, green and yellow border, Byaduk Golf Club.Back: 'PITCHER E.P.N.S. A1. MELB' - impressed -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic Collection
Souvenir - Pamphlet commemorating the 1946 visit of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester to Bendigo, City of Greater Bendigo, c 1946
Paper pamphlet printed by the COGB and signed by Mayor David W Streader to thank the children who participated in the welcoming tableau for the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester to Bendigo, Thursday, 14th November, 1946. Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC (Henry William Frederick Albert; 31 March 1900 – 10 June 1974) was the third son and fourth child of King George V and Queen Mary. He served as Governor-General of Australia from 1945 to 1947, the only member of the British royal family to hold the post. Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, GCB, CI, GCVO, GBE (born Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott; 25 December 1901 – 29 October 2004) was the wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of King George V and Queen Mary. She was the mother of Prince William of Gloucester and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester. The daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch, Scotland's largest landowner, she became by marriage a princess of the United Kingdom, and a sister-in-law to Edward VIII and George VI. She was thus an aunt by marriage to Elizabeth II. Princess Alice was extremely well travelled, both before and after her marriage. At the time of her death at 102, she was the oldest living member of the British royal family. David W. Streader (1887 - 1978) was Mayor of Bendigo from 1946 - 47. He was a JP and belonged to the Loyal Sandhurst Lodge. Paper pamphlet printed in blue, purple and red ink by the COGB and signed by Mayor David W Streader to thank the children who participated in the welcoming tableau for the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester to Bendigo, Thursday, 14th November, 1946. Souvenir / City of Bendigo / To the Children who participated in the TABLEAU / welcoming THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES, / THE DUKE and THE DUCHESS of CLOUCESTER / BENDIGO, Thursday, 14th November, 1946 / [ decorative line break] / After following with rapt attention the various phases / of the TABLEAU of WELCOME in THEIR honour, HIS ROYAL / HIGHNESS, THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, on behalf of the / DUCHESS and HIMSELF, said :- / [italics] "I am deeply moved by this magnificent spectacle. / Will you kindly convey my grateful thanks to all / concerned in the presentation of this beautiful / tableau ?" / in conveying this message to you, may I , as Mayor of / the City, add my personal congratulations and thanks to/ those of THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES for such a delightful / effort. / [signed] David. W. Streader / Mayor duke and duchess of gloucester, governor-general, city of greater bendigo royal visits, city of greater bendigo tourism, mayor d.w. streader, mayoress streader -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Postcard - Sepia, C 1930s
Photo is of Augustus Knight, owner of Knight's tea-rooms. Gus was part German.Photo shows a seated man holding a pipe to his mouth. A sapling fence is behind him.people, knight -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - CENTRAL DEBORAH GOLD MINE BENDIGO POST CARDS
Fold out series of six colour postcards showing scenes from the Central Deborah Gold Mine. Images include: preparation for underground tour, winder driver and engine room, poppet head, first aid room, historic mining exhibits. Missing from Folder 131 2.2.2023. Richard LethleanAustralian Souvenirs and Marketing, 10-12 Roberna St. Moorabbin. 3189 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Mug - Portland, Victoria, 2012-2013
Mug, white china - composite wrapround image, coloured Lighthouse, Couta boat, Courthouse, Tram, Nun's Beach, Old Post Office, Bentinck Street Portland Victoria.Front: Portland Discovery Coast Victoria Back: Base: white sticker 'Portland Mug, barcode, $13.50 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Souvenir - GLASSES, DECORATIVE
Glasses given by the 2/8th ARM RGT ASSN. The 2/8th Armoured Regiment was an armoured regiment of the Australian Army. It was raised for service during WW2, being formed in July 1941. it deployed to New Guinea in 1943 but did not see any action before being disbanded in February 1944.Two clear wine glasses with stems. Engraved writing and picture of a tank.2/8th Arm Rgt Assn.souvenirs, glasses, 2/8 arm rgt assn -
Melbourne Legacy
Postcard - Document, postcard
A postcard to the Comradeship Committee when a Legatee was travelling in Austria. "Bozen mit Blick each Osten" which translates as "Bolzano with view to the east". It is addressed to Mr H Caffrey, Chairman Comradeship at Melbourne Legacy. It is not dated and is signed Brian Lucky Luscombe. It says: "While lunching on a balcony overlooking this lovely place, I thought of soup, sandwiches and scones and Melbourne Legacy. And then Mary said "have another glass of red". At 6000 lire a bottle it's not too bad. We escaped the Italian airline/train strike and are now safely in the land of the Sound of Music. Another 5 weeks of this summer in sunny Europe and I'll be back to annoy you. And you'd better have a new job for me. Regards. Brian Lucky Luscombe.A record of a Legatee travelling and relating experiences back to his comrades in Melbourne.Colour postcard from Austria.Printed "Bozen mit Blick each Osten". Two Austrian postages stamps and an Airmail sticker. Handwritten text in blue pen.comradeship, legatee -
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 contained 86 post cards. See 1400. Sepia photo of a coastal scene with beach, sea and clouds. Below is a 4-line poem by Victor Daley Addressed to Dear Miss Shatford, Sent by Amy(?) G Davis One Penny Victoria stamp postcard, collector, alice mcgregor -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Postcard - Card Box Photographs, View Over Ballarat East to Mount Warrenheip, From the City Hall
Plate 35 Black Photo series.ballarat east, mount warrenheip, ballarat town hall, buildings -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - ROBINSON COLLECTION: CHARLES ROBINSON
Black and white postcard showing a man from the bust up, he is wearing white shirt, tie and jacket, he has dark hair and moustache. On the back No 5175 Pvte Charles Robinson, 16th regiment, 6th battalion, 2nd infantry brigade, A.I.F. Egypt.person, individual, charles robinson -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Postcard, Camping Ground Entrance at Halls Gap in the Grampians -- Postcard
Entrance to Camping Ground Halls Gap The Grampianshalls gap grampians -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Postcard
Taken in c. 1912-13, depicted are fifteen young men dressed in suits and hats. They are posing around a park bench located in the Town Hall Gardens, Beechworth.Sepia rectangular photograph printed on card.Reverse: Beechworth boys / 97.2333 / POST CARD / KODAK CORRESPONDENCE / ADDRESS ONLY / AUSTRAL / AUSTRAL / BR / - / - / - / 4 George Alexander / KODAK / 1912 - 13? /entertainment album, entertainment, beechworth, town hall gardens, postcard, 1910s -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - BUSH COLLECTION: POSTCARD (S.A. BUSH GOLDEN WEDDING), 1912
Postcard commemorating the Golden Wedding of S. A. Bush. Handwritten inscriptions in ink on reverse: 'Mr. S. A. Bush with our remembrances. 'Golden Wedding Oct 15. 1912'; Married Oct 15th 1862.Yeoman Studiosperson, family, husband and wife -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard, Moorabool St, Geelong with Birney No. 14
Postcard contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Valentine Series Postcard, No. 498 looking north along Moorabool St, Geelong with Birney No. 14 approaching the camera on the single line section. The tram has the destination of South (prior to extension from the Barwon River to Belmont in 1927) and is fitted with two trolley poles. There are two other trams in the photograph along with many motor vehicles and horse drawn vehicles - mid 1920's. Moorabool St has centre poles. In the photo are Sully's National Hotel, White Hart Hotel, Leitch Cycles and sports goods and a T&G building (prior to the new one being built?). Published by Valentines Publishing Co of Queen St Melbourne. See related documents for a email from Richard Gilbert providing further documents.trams, tramways, south, belmont, geelong, moorabool, tram 37, tram 36 -
Federation University Historical Collection
Postcard, Nicolorvue, Eureka Stockade Reserve Swimming Pool, c1982
The Eureka Swimming Pool is now on the site of the pool depicted. Swimming was first approved on this site at the former Lake Elsworth 1932, before it was transformed into a pool and opened in 1935. The swimming pool was used by the public until it was closed in 1964 due to health and safety concerns.Two colour postcards relating to the Eureka Stockade Reserve. .1) Eureka Pre-Olympic Swimming Pool .2) Eureka Stockade Lily and and Begonia House.eureka stockade, eureka swimming pool, swimming, pool, pre-olympic, lake elsworth -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Postcard, The Main Street, Belgrave
Sepia-toned postcard of Belgrave showing cars and horse and carts sharing street. Car parked up on Mt. Dickie. Moran and Cato grocery store. Sign for V.A. Duncan, auctioneer, and a chemist. Garage on left hand side around bend. c. early 1930s -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Plaque, Nui-Dat Seventh Battalion 1967-68
A black shield with Nui-Dat Seventh Battalion 1967-68 on the top. In the middle is a map of Vietnam. Left of the map is the insignia of the Rising Sun and on the right is a signia of a pig in uniform holding a weapon. On the botton of the shield reads 2389 Lt Col Eric H. Smith from members of Admin Coy 7 RAR2389 Lt Col Eric H. Smith from members of Admin Coy 7 RARshield, 7 rar, vietnam