A plastic moulded yellow Labrador puppy in white harness with raised nose sits on a blue hollow drum, waiting for coins to be inserted into its head. On the drum, a paper label reads "please help me become a .... seeing eye dog 1800 037 773". A golden Labrador puppy and the Seeing Eye Dogs Australia logo of a paw print with an eye in the middle completes the wraparound label. This type of fundraising tin is designed to stand on counters and be secured to a desk via the metal chain at the back of the collection box. 1 plastic money collection box with metal chain attachedseeing eye dogs australia, fundraising

Purchased and donated by Valda ArrowsmithSquare, amber, marble like mirror compact with rose design on lid. A square and a round mirror insidepersonal effects-toilet requisites, cosmetics

From Box Hill Historical SocietyEmpty box of Capstan medium strength cigarettes which is navy blue with white writing. A small pedestal on a light blue oval in right hand corner. 10 Capstan medium cork. Trade mark W.D &H.O Wills , Sydney ,AustraliaCapstan mediumpersonal effects, smoking accessories

The wallet belonged to Henry Victor Evans No 418655 RAAF, refer Cat No 1760.4 for service details. On back of ID Card is written "To Dear VC, With all my love & best wishes from Bet , Jim & Valerie xxxxx".1) Wallet leather tan colour. .2) Pencil - Pink .3) Note Book , Victor II Evans 29/5/44 418655 contains RAAF information re family and mate's addresses etc,very small photo BTW Evans V.H .5) Ident card for 418655 Evans V.H of Kyabram Haslen St. .6) Ribbon Bn Lt Blue.personal effects - - honey contianers - notebooks - id, photography -photographs, handcrafts - leatherwork

This is an earlier example of how mosquitos and other annoying insect bites were treated.Quick treatment of insect bites could often prevent the development of serious medical conditions and diseases.Bottle clear glass originally containing liquid. Now empty. Marked "M. Ballantyne". Plastic top broken.‘Use Mosouitofly. A preventative and cure for all insect bites. Does not evaporate quickly. M Ballantyne, Pharmaceutical Chemist, Malvern & Mordiallac.' flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, mosquitos, insects, first aid, medicine, bites

This jardinière is one of many 19th and early 20th century items donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the Giles Family. It would have been used to contain a pot plant or similar foliage to decorate a room. Donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by, Vera and Aurelin Giles this item is associated with Warrnambool and the Giles Family history. Many items have been donated by the family and have come to be known as the “Giles Collection”. Many items in the Lighthouse Keeper’s Cottage that were donated by Vera and Aurelin Giles mostly came from the home of Vera’s parents-in-law, Henry Giles and his wife Mary Jane (nee Freckleton) who married in 1880 and whose photos are on display in the parlour. Henry was born at Tower Hill in 1858, and was a labourer on the construction of the Warrnambool Breakwater before leaving in 1895 for around seven years to build bridges in NSW. Mary Jane was born in 1860 at Cooramook and she attended Mailor’s Flat State School and where she eventually was to become a student teacher. After which she became a governess at “Injemiara” where her grandfather, Francis Freckleton, had once owned land. Henry and Mary’s family consisted of six, some of the children were born at Mailor’s Flat and later some children at Wangoom. They lived with their parents at Wangoom and Purnim west, and this is where Henry died in 1933 and Mary Jane in 1940. The Giles family collection has social significance at a local level, because it illustrates the level of material support the Warrnambool community gave to Flagstaff Hill when the Museum was established. It also represents typical furniture and household goods owned by settlers in the Warrnambool District in the late 19th and early 20th century. The Jardinière is a good example of late Victorian memorabilia that was to be found in many homes of the period.Plant container, brass & copper jardinière flower ornamental pattern with three short paw feet to base. Pressed floral pattern around sides with copper toning's with braised seam joins.Handwritten on white sticker on base $ 85 (Giles Collection)flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, emigrants from ireland, giles collection, henry giles, tower hill, cooramook, warrnambool breakwater, mailor’s flat, wangoom, 19th century household goods, brass jardinière, plant pot

Small glass container with a square base and an broken octagonal rim surrounding the circular opening on the top. Found within the front storage location of the parent item.volum collection, medicine, apothecary, chemist

Large rectangular MacRobertsons chocolate box with scene of men with horses, mounted on gold velvet lid with a burgundy iridescent base in a grape & vine pattern.This box made by MacRobertson Fitzroy Melbournedomestic equipment, food storage & preservation, container chocolate box

Small glass perfume bottle with white plastic screw top, dimpled glass body.F918personal effects, containers, perfume

Brown un-opened C.U. B. Beer bottle, with Foster's lager label and metal cap.C.U.B. logo inside circle and original Foster's lager label: white lettering "Foster's Lager" inside blue oval with: "I 13F" and "740 ml" on either side of oval. There is a red letter F inside a smaller oval in the centre with: "Brewed & bottled by Carlton & United Breweries Limited Melbourne Australia" round a middle oval. Around the base of the bottle: "This bottle always remains the property of the manufacturers Victoria Pty Ltd"bottles, glassware

Item was from a collection of memorabilia belonging to Ken YoungMoney boxes were an important item used to teach children how to save and to understand how banks operated.Square tin with coin slot on top and lid on the underneath. Tin has been printed in green and yellow resembling a bank building. It has a Coat of Arms on each of the four sides and Commonwealth Bank of Australia on each sidepersonal effects, money containers

Used for the maintenance of leather harness and saddlery c1900 Use for maintaining equine leather and leather goods by Holden and Frost c1900 Round tin container with yellow and black text explaining direction for useSaddle Soap inscribed on twist lid . Frank Miller's Saddle Soap on container surrounds and unreadable directions.saddle soap, equine agricultural, equine civilian, c1900

Pittock collection tools - Capstan cigarette tin containing mixed timber drills and one punch. Capstan Navy Cut Cigarettes tin, W.D. & H. O. Wills (Australia) Ltd. Sydney. Items stored in Pittance Coach builder's box, reference 13000.1.

This green glass bottle has been handmade from about the 1840s to 1870s. The bottle, possibly used to store or soda or mineral water, was found in the coastal waters of Victoria. It is part of the John Chance Collection. Glassblowers made bottles like this one by blowing air through a long pipe into the molten glass blob at the end of the pipe. The glass was blown out to fit into the shape of the cylindrical dip mould. Once it hardened, the glass was removed from the mould and the glassblower would continue using the pipe to create the neck while carefully using a tool to hold the base. A 'ponty' tool would have been used to form the shallow base. The mouth of the bottle was cut off from the blowpipe and a piece of soft glass would be added to the mouth to then form the lip. Bottles like this would usually be sealed with a cork.Although this bottle is not linked to a particular shipwreck, it is recognised as a historically significant example of handmade, 1840s to 1870s beverage bottles imported for use in Colonial Victoria. The bottle is also significant for its association with John Chance, a diver in Victoria’s coastal waters in the late 1960s to early 1970s. Items that come from several shipwrecks have since been donated to the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village’s museum collection by his family, illustrating this item’s level of historical value.Bottle, green glass. Applied blob lip with glass blister. Shoulder seam, body tapers inwards towards base. Thick heel, shallow base. Blow creases and bubbles in glass. Sediment along inside of bottle.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck artefact, john chance, glass bottle, antique bottle, handmade, mouth blown, blown bottle, collectable, bottle, dip mould, soda bottle, beverage bottle, green glass

The translation on the box is not known. The box was brought back from WW2 by Leonard Francis Rainbow VX141558, enlisted 27.2.1942 in the CMF 22nd Bn until 17.5.1943, AIF 18.5.1943 to 8.8.1946, Overseas service, New Guinea 21.2.1943 - 26.8.1944, New Britain 19.2.1945. - 17.3.1946.Brown painted and lacquered wooden box with brown leather handle.Indecipherable print on top of the box, Japanese characters noted on the inside of the box.wooden box, japanese

State Express 555, known as 555 and Bentoel 555, is a British luxurious cigarette originally manufactured in the United Kingdom by the Tobacco Company. The overseas rights to the brand, excluding the U.K., were acquired by British American Tobacco in 1925. 555 cigarettes were sold widely throughout the world. (Wikipedia)Flat yellow enamelled cigarette tin with gold writing."State Express Cigarettes / State Express / Purveyors of pure tobaccos / 210 Piccadilly London WE ... / Ardath Tobacco Company Limited / London, Leeds and Dublin"cigarette tins, containers

The handmade earthenware jar was one of a group of artefacts in the McCulloch Collection that were recovered from the shipwreck Loch Ard. The jar could have been from the ship's cargo or personal effects. There are other jars in our collection that were recovered from the Loch Ard. The object is now one of the shipwreck artefacts in Flagstaff Hill’s Mc Culloch Collection, which includes items recovered from the wrecks of the Victoria Tower (wrecked in 1869) and Loch Ard (wrecked in 1878). They were salvaged by a diver in the early 1970s from the southwest coast of Victoria. Advanced marine technology had enabled divers to explore the depths of the ocean and gather its treasures before protective legislation was introduced by the Government. The artefacts were donated to Queensland’s Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP) by a passionate shipwreck lover and their locations were verified by Bruce McCulloch. In 2017 the Department repatriated them to Flagstaff Hill where they joined our vast collection of artefacts from Victoria’s Shipwreck Coast. The Loch Ard: - The three-masted, square-rigged iron ship Loch Ard belonged to the famous Loch Line which sailed many ships from England to Australia. The ship was built in Glasgow in 1873. The Loch Ard made three trips to Australia and one trip to Calcutta before its final voyage. The Loch Ard left England on March 2, 1878, under the command of Captain Gibbs, bound for Melbourne with a crew of 37, plus 17 passengers and a load of cargo. The general cargo included straw hats, umbrellas, perfumes, clay pipes, pianos, clocks, confectionery, linen and candles, as well as a heavier load of railway irons, cement, lead and copper. There were items included that were intended for display in the 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition, including the famous Loch Ard Peacock. On June 1, 1878, Captain Gibbs was expecting to see land but visibility was reduced by fog. As it lifted, the sheer cliffs of Victoria's west coast came much closer than expected. The captain was unable to steer away and the ship struck a reef at the base of Mutton Bird Island, near Port Campbell. The top deck was loosened from the hull, the masts and rigging came down and knocked passengers and crew overboard, and even the lifeboat crashed into the side of the ship and capsized. Of the 54 people on board, only two survived: the apprentice, Tom Pearce and the young woman passenger, Eva Carmichael. The well-packed Minton porcelain peacock also survived, safe inside its crate. Much of the cargo was washed up, smashed and broken, and some was salvaged. Other cargo is still with the wreck at the base of Mutton Bird Island, now protected by Government law. The artefact is an example of cargo or personal items on board a ship in 1878. It provides a reference point for classifying and dating similar items. This artefact is significant for its association with the sailing ship Loch Ard, one of the best-known, and one of the worst, shipwrecks in Victoria’s history. Flagstaff Hill’s collection of artefacts from Loch Ard is significant for being one of the largest collections of artefacts from this shipwreck in Victoria. It is significant for its association with the shipwreck, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR S417). The collection is significant because of the relationship between the objects, as together they have a high potential to interpret the story of the Loch Ard. The Loch Ard collection is archaeologically significant as the remains of a large international passenger and cargo ship. It is historically significant for representing aspects of Victoria’s shipping history. Container, round brown earthenware jar with a wide mouth, thick lip, a wide neck that tapers slightly inwards towards the shoulder, and a body that tapers slightly inward towards the base. The glazed surface is rough. The variegated colours of the clay also has small dark speckles. There are several chips and dents on the jar. The inscription is stamped into the lower edge. Made by Bailey & Co., England. Recovered from the wreck of the Loch Ard.Inscription “Bailey [&] Co / ENGLAND” flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, white star line, victorian heritage register, sailing ship loch ard, loch line, loch ard, captain gibbs, eva carmichael, tom pearce, glenample station, mutton bird island, loch ard gorge, migrant ship 1878, cargo ship 1878, stoneware jar, domestic container, kitchenware, kitchen storage, bailey & co england, shipwreck artefact, wreck dive, mcculloch collection, bruce mcculloch, 1878, sailing ship, earthenware, stoneware, domestic jar

642.A.C.1 G.W.Finnie RAAF

Old tin, perhaps originally used for tea but later used by the family of Dorothy Rogers, historian, to store biscuits.Four-sided tin with degraded enamel decoration. Separate lid and moveable handleNiltins, containers, dorothy rogers

This is an unmarked earthenware storage jar possibly made by the Hoffman's Pottery of Brunswick Victoria. It displays a dark treacle glaze typical of Hoffman's Pottery in the 1930s. this jar would have been used to store foods such as biscuits, flour or rice away from rodent attack. it has a wide mouth to enable easy withdrawal of produce. Originally it would have had a large cork stopper or cloth fastened with a string to seal it.This item was recovered from the abandoned barn of the Pope family in 1971, when the property was sold to the Shire of Diamond Valley. This barn was located on the northern side of Pope Place and sketched by Ron Reynolds for the book "Greensborough and Greenhills".Glazed stoneware jar with dark treacle glaze to top, wide neck. Stopper missing.hoffman pottery, stoneware jars

A mass produced hand made bottle made for containing sparkling wine no history or manufacturing provenance currently available.This bottle is a good example of late 19th century bottles. At time it cannot be associated with an historical event, person or place, provenance is unknown.Bottle, dark green glass cork in neck Noneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, bottle, green glass bottle

Cylindrical tin of Mortein insect powder for killing fleas and lice on animals, orange coloured tin with navy blue & white lettering with illustrations of dogs and insects.Sole manufacturers Samuel Taylor Pty Ltd Sydneymedicine, vetinary science, insect powder

Jar containing 20 black plastic buttons marked A.M. Pool Bendigo - 18 small size and 2 larger.costume accessories, clothing accessories, a.m. pool bendigo

The history of metal packaging began in Bohemia in the 1200s. Metal has been produced for a very long time. But the first metal used for packaging was tin. In particular, it was the process of tin plating that was invented in Bohemia. Before this no other metal was economically able to be used for packaging. Later, in 1667 Andrew Yarranton, and English engineer, and Ambrose Crowley brought the method to England. Here it was improved by ironmasters including Philip Foley. Then by 1697, John Hanbury had a rolling mill at Pontypool in South Wales. The method they developed involved rolling iron plates using cylinders. This process enabled more uniform blank plates to be produced than was possible by just hammering the tin.The use of tin to protect and store food and other items, revolutionised the world.Rusty tin jug with small pouring lip and handle. Very plain and possibly made from a jam tin and handle soldered on side.None.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, tin plating, food containers

A miners water bottle made of galvanized iron with handle. It has few dents and rust patches but overall in fair condition.mining, equipment, water bottle