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Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Letter - Letter of explanation accompanying item 202404.002.01, Von Clinch letter
single page handwritten note alfred hospital, ahnl, hospital humour, santa claus, christmas -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - SHIRT, RAAF, LONG SLEEVE, LIGHT BLUE, ADI Uniform Factory, 1990-1992
1 & 2. This is a light blue, cotton polyester, long sleeve shirt. Two breast pockets. Held shut with a plastic button each. The front is held shut with six plastic buttons.Inside on label is written W326143. B. Williams.raaf, cadet uniform, female -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Uniform (Item) - Cap Forage RAAF
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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Plaque - Nameplate, 20th century
This nameplate was used by Dr Roy Angus at his medical practice. It was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the family of Doctor William Roy Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. It is part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” that 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 University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was 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 physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as 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 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 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 at 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 WWII 1941-45, 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 visit 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 eye witness from the late 1880’s 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 Gladys were very involved in Warrnambool’s society with a strong interest in civic affairs. Their interests included organisations such as 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. He was also a member of the Steam Preservation Society and derived much pleasure from a steam traction engine on his farm. He had an interest in people and the community He and his wife Gladys were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens. After his death (28th March 1970) his family requested his practitioner’s plate, medical instruments and some personal belongings be displayed in the Port Medical Office surgery at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, and be called the “W. R. Angus Collection”. 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 of medical instruments and other equipment is culturally significant, being an historical example of medicine from late 19th to mid-20th century. Dr Angus assisted Dr Tom Ryan, a pioneer in the use of X-rays and in ocular surgery. Original nameplate from Dr. W. R. Angus' consulting rooms. Brass plate is attached with 4 brass screws onto green painted timber backing. Timber has 2 holes in back (for mounting). Brass plate is inscribed “DR. W.R.ANGUS”Brass plate is inscribed “DR. W.R.ANGUS”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, dr w r angus, nameplate, doctor's nameplate, surgery nameplate -
Clunes Museum
Letter - NEWSLETTER
.1 MARCH 1999. A MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL. A NEWSLETTER ABOUT THE PLANNING AND THE REASON TO BUILD A CAMPUS IN CLUNES ON THE UNITING CHURCH PROPERTY .2 A NEWSPAPER CUTTING ABOUT BUILDING A LEARNING VILLAGE IN CLUNESwesley college, clunes campus -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Letter, District Warden - Borough of Ringwood, Victoria - 1939, 5-Jul-39
Letter dated 5 July 1939 - Cr. A. Temple Miles J.P. appointed District Warden for Borough of Ringwood, Victoria; Clipping from "The Mail" 13 June 1940 re A. Temple Miles. -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Letter - CAC Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Officers Abroad - Sabre Project - NG Edwards, RA Davies, RD Pearce, WB Hindle File No.1 Q.25c
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Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - DRESS UNIFORM, ARMY, Fletcher Jones, 1997
Colonel Kenneth Ball, 3173483, HQ 3 Division, Medical.1. Jacket - Wool/Polyester - Khaki, yellow metal buttons, Insignia pips and badges, ribbons. 2. Trousers - wool 70%, Polyester 30% Kahki.Embroidered Australian Army Riding Sun on Upper sleeves.uniform, army -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Letter - Correspondence, 11/08/1955
Quinn CollectionA blue self-folding letter (0921.a) headed The Meadows, Epsom and dated 11/08/55 is addressed to Kip Hayes Esq., 14 Fitzroy Street, St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia. The postmark is Epsom, Surrey. Letter commences "Dear Kip.." and is signed "Jim"letters-from-abroad, allan quinn, jim hayes -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Letter (item) - Various functions attended by General Manager ( Mr D.J (jock) Dalzeil )
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Bendigo Military Museum
Coin - JAPANESE COIN, C.1939 - 45
Souveniered by Billy Bird, No VX113169, 2/14 Batt AIF. Refer Cat No 1601 for service details.Coin, Japanese, possibly aluminium. The sides have grooves in the diameter.Japanese writing on both sides.souveniers, coins,, japanese -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Letter, Specimen Identification
plant identification services -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Letter - Letter of Invitation - Ancient Order of Foresters, n.d
Invitation to attend a Summoned Meeting on 19th Nov at the Court Room, to consider amalgamation with Melbourne District, signed by Henry Day, SecretaryBack: 'Portland Nov 19 Dear Sir and Brothers I beg to be excused for my non-attendance at Court tonigh. Mr. W.B. Adams' - handwritten in black ink -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Flag - Aileen and John Ellison Collection: The Churchill flag
BHS CollectionBritish flag signed by dignitaries and world leaders. The flag was manufactured in 1941/42 as part of the Red Cross drive to raise money. On the back a message to the Hon. Wiston Churchill sent by Australians as an expression of admiration, confidence and gratitude, inspired by the conduct of the citizens of Britain, whose patient endurance, high courage and will to win in the present crisis have proved their loyalty to the tradition of their country and their race and heartened their kinsmen in every corner of the British Empire. Following this message the back of the flag list the name and titles of the signatories and a brief history of the flag and the scroll of appreciation dedicated to the people of Britain. winston churchill, red cross, world war ii -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Letter, Guilford Bell & Graham Fisher, Architects, 21.08.1991
Letter to Patricia Boyd regarding Pabco report on the roof at 290 Walsh St and recommended applicators.Letter plus 3 photocopy pages.walsh st, waterproofing, roof -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Uniform - Afrika Korps Replica Shirt
Replica shirt. Khaki green drill fabric, Epaulettes edged with lime green binding, Yellow/tan insignia on lapels, German Eagle & Swastika patch on right chest, Korps insignia patch on left arm. Pleat on back hemline, sleeves have button cuff closure. 4 front pockets with button down flaps, 5 blueish buttons on front, same buttons on pockets and epaulettes. 2 metal hooks at side waistline for belt. Inside pocket linings are yellow cotton fabric. Right sleeve has a tan band with silver stripes and AFRIKAKORPS in silveruniforms, german, afrika korps -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - EPAULETTES RAAF, c.1939 - 1945
Items in the collection of Clarence William SEWELL No 32094 RAAF. Refer Cat No 3587.Two x Navy blue, felt, epaulettes, 2 stripes, light blue bordered by black on each. Metal badge of crown & spread winged bird attached.uniform, epaulettes, rank raaf -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Letter, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), "Freedom of Information Request", 2/05/1991 12:00:00 AM
Original of letter to John Prideaux dated 2-5-1991, on Public Transport Corporation letterhead referring to John's letter seeking minutes of the PTC Board. Notes that the PTC board has yet to be formed. Signed by C. W. O'Carroll Manager Freedom of Information. Has the V/Line and The Met logos on the base of the letter.trams, tramways, ptc, freedom of information, foi -
Clunes Museum
Uniform - GIRL GUIDES, BROWNIES
.1 BROWN FELT BERET WITH CLOTH BADGE "AUSTRALIA' .2 YELLOW NECKCHIEF .3 LIGHT BROWN DRESS UNIFORM WITH CLOTHBADGE SEWN ON, STARBADGE "2" PINT ON ONE OF THE TWO POCKETS, YELLOW NECKCHIEF TIED TO THE COLLAR .4 LIGHT GREEN PLACEMAT WITH A FELT KOALA, BEIGE BODY AND ORANGE PANTS, BUTTON EYES ON THE LEFT.1KkENT, SIZE 10 PURE WOOL .4 UNDER KOALA HANDWRITTEN ENID MRS MAGPIEbrownies, enid steart -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - JACKET - SUMMER, KHAKI
Ref. Cat 6719.2P - Swatton. Medals are: British War Medal 1914 - 20 Victory Medal Mentioned in Despatches Leaf Colonial Auxillary Forces - Long Service - Aust 20+ years. Efficiency Decoration 20+ years.1. This is a summer pattern service jacket. Four front pockets held shut with a button. There are 4 front darkened buttons. Motif is = Australian Military Forces. It has the rank insignia of a Lt.Col. It has four medal ribbons and a M.I.D. 2. Khaki cotton belt to suit. Metal buckle.Written inside the neck is = M530 Swatton.post ww2, passchendaele barracks trust -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Plaque, The Vietnamese Veterans Association of Victoria Inc
A glass commerative plaque presented by The Vietnamese Veterans Association of Victoria Inc in Commeration of the 50th Annisversary of Australian Military Commitment in the Vietnam War by HMAS Vampireglass plaque, hmas vampire, cerberus collection -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Uniform - Uniform, US Army, Officers Cap
Enlisted Officer's Hat -USA. US military badge on front with yellow liningErnst (in biro)officers cap, united states - military -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Plaque (Item) - Royal Aeronautical Society 1866 Wooden Plaque
Inscribed on back of plaque "Presented To Laurie MacPherson" -
The 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment Historical Collection
Plaque - 6th Battalion RVR plaque
6 Battalion RVR unit badge fixed onto the red wood, the "6th Battalion" is in silver colour -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Letter - Project Thorough: Approval of Antenna Design - Cessna and Porter, Department of Supply. Weapons Research Establishment
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Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - BATTLE DRESS - ARMY, A. V. Burton & Eaglehawk Clothing Co, Shirt 1971, trousers 1951
.1) Battle dress jacket. Woollen khaki - Royal Aust Infantry shoulder badges. Two cloth "Pips" on each epaulette. .2) Trousers, woollen khaki, Battle dress. .3) Shirt polyester, long sleeved khaki with Sergeants stripes. .4) Lanyard - Red. .5) Belt, black, brass. .6) Tie, Polyester, khaki..1) Written on inside neck is “L.B. MacKay”. Written on label inside Jacket is “3/743787 K. MacKay”.post ww2, uniforms, army, passchendaele barracks trust -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Letter - Correspondence, Goodwin Family, 17/10/1989 12:00:00 AM
Letter from Patricia Turner to Judith Fry regarding history of George Augustus Goodwin and his family.Letter from Patricia Turner to Judith Fry regarding history of George Augustus Goodwin and his family, accompanying copies of subdivisions in the vicinity of Blackburn Station, 'Blackburn Park'.Letter from Patricia Turner to Judith Fry regarding history of George Augustus Goodwin and his family. blackburn park, goodwin, george augustus, railway road, blackburn, station street, blackburn, queen street, blackburn, albert street, blackburn, chapel street, blackburn, mary street, blackburn, george street, blackburn, cottage street, blackburn -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - BADGES, RANK, 1939-45
Badges relate to Victor Henry Evans No 418655 RAAF. Refer Cat No 1760.4. .1) .2) Badge rank, metal blackened brass, crown shape with 2 lugs on rear for uniform attachment. .3) .4) Badge rank, metal , blackened brass, crown shape with 2 lugs on rear for uniform attachment. Badge fitted to a circular metal disk with a split pin through . badges, rank, insignia raaf -
Bendigo Military Museum
Flag - FLAG, WHITE ENSIGN HMAS BENDIGO, C. 1939 - 45
The HMAS BENDIGO (1) was a Bathurst type Minelayer/Corvette. It was made in Australia. Launched 1 MAR 1941 and paid off 27 SEP 1946. The ship had a normal complement of 85 hands. The ENSIGN is the standard pattern Royal Navy ensign in use at the time by The Royal Australian Navy. The Ensign has five written names including the Captain and has 85 autographs. All but two have been identified. Referring to the sailor's service cards, the signing probably occurred between OCT 1945 to FEB 1946. Post WW2, the Ensign was presented in gratitude to the City of Bendigo where it was on display in the Old Town Hall for decades. The City then gifted the Ensign to the Bendigo and District R.S.L. After some time the RSL lodged the Ensign with the Soldier's Memorial Institute Military museum for safe keeping.The main part is of a strong open weave white cotton. The flag is divided by a bright red cross vertically and horizontally. In the top left quadrant is the Union flag of the U.K. The left side has a strong canvas spine in which is mounted the sisal rope. The rope has a small length with loop at the top and a longer length with loop at the bottomThe bottom right quadrant, has these words stencilled on it..."In Appreciation from HMAS BENDIGO". The other two quadrants have a large quantity of signatures.corvettes ww2, hmas bendigo -
Federation University Historical Collection
Letter, Letter from H.R. Murphy to Mr Martell
Mr Martell was the Director of Ballarat School of Mines which is a predecessor of Federation UniversityHandwritten letter to Mr Martell from H.R. Murphy on lined paper.mr martell, h.r. murphy, ballarat school of mines, mining