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City of Ballarat
Functional object - Public Artwork, Hitching Post
This cast iron hitching rail, designed to accommodate horses on Sturt Street Ballarat, incorporates a bronze plaque dedicated to the Australian Poet Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-1870).The memorial is of historic and aesthetic significance to the people of BallaratOrnate cast iron post designed for hitching horsesA.L. GORDON, AUSTRALIAN POET, 1833 - 1870 (on plaque)adam lindsay gordon, ballarat, australian poet -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Machine
Steel Auto numbering machine in cardboard box, with instruction manualChrome Auto Numbering machine with black spring loaded handlecommerce, office equipment, stationery -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Brick, n.d
Brickbricks, industry, trade, building -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - SLATE, Mid to late 19th C
Object. Rectangular school slate contained within wooden frame. Wooden frame has rounded edges held together by five metal hand made nails which have caused the timber to split. Unreadable writing on a long side and a short side of the wooden edging. Looks like 'Macy Ackla'. Other unreadable writing.toys, general, slate, slate -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Mattress
From the Margaret Scarlett CollectionGreen & pink floral cotton mattress with five wool buttons on front & back.toys, doll's furniture -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Functional object - Bell
Said to have been used on the S.S. Casino but no proven. research continues.Brass hand bell with cast iron striker on a metal arm. Two cracks on the bell, one 6cm and one 2.5cm long. Wooden handle.s.s.casino - bksn co, bell, brass bell, port fairy -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Snake Bite Kit, circa 1960's
The Gunning family owned 20 acres of orchard and farm land in High Street Lower Templestowe and kept one of these kits in each vehicle and tractor. They didn't experience a snake problem until the late 1950's when land sub division around their property forced snakes into the area. The family lost one dog to snake bite in the early 1960's.Consists of a Wallet, tourniquet and lancet . 1.Wallet - small red plastic wallet with one press stud to close. Printed in gold on front: 'Sanax Snakebite Kit Sanax Pty Ltd Melbourne Australia 2.Tourniquet - rubber tourniquet looped through a metal clip used to tighten tourniquet. ' Sanax ' embossed on flat of metal clip. 3.Lancet - a three chambered cylindrical container made of red plastic. One end removes to reveal a lancet/ blade, the other end acts as a handle for the blade. Container holds instructions on a small roll of paper. The centre of the container can be be unscrewed to access crystals of permanganate of potash to put on the woundmedicine, first aid -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Sand Scoop, North East Region Water Authority, Wodonga
The large aluminium sand scoop was used by Wodonga Waterworks Trust and it is part of the North East Region Water Authority collection in the Wodonga Historical Society. Wodonga's drinking water and wastewater operations were originally managed by the Wodonga Waterworks Trust, which was established in 1897, after Wodonga became a separate shire in 1876. In 1923 a Wodonga Waterworks Trust referendum to provide funding for new infrastructure to supply more water of better quality to Wodonga was passed. This included building the Wodonga Water Tower and it was completed in 1924. It supplied water to Wodonga until 1959, when it was drained and decommissioned after the No 1 Basin on Huon Hill was completed in 1958. In 1983 the Wodonga Waterworks Trust and the Wodonga Sewerage Authority became part of the Wodonga Council. And by 1989 a filtration plant at Huon Hill was completed, which provided filtered water of improved quality to Wodonga, in accordance with the World Health Organisation’s guidelines. In 1994 the Kiewa Murray Region Water Authority took over the Wodonga Council’s water and wastewater operations, and then in 1999 the Kiewa Murray Region Water Authority combined with the Ovens Region Water Authority and became the North East Region Water Authority or NERWA. NERWA then became known as North East Water. The sand scoop has local significance as part of the North East Region Water Authority collection donated to the Wodonga Historical Society. It also has wider state significance as a rare example of the equipment used in water management in Wodonga.Large aluminium scoop with a handle soldered on one side edge and a repair riveted to the interior surface of the scoop where the handle is located. The repair is a piece of sheet metal, with what looks like the lower part of the letter 'S' on it.Lower part of the letter "S" on the repair riveted to the interior surface of the scoop.north east region water authority, nerwa, wodonga waterworks trust, north east water, n.e. water, kiewa murray region water authority, metal scoop, sand scoop -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Slide/Film Strip Projector, c1960
The donor received the projector from a relative. He used it in the City of Whitehorse and surrounding areasWaterworth Slide Film Strip Projector, Model A - 300 watt, without a fan but with ventilating slots on top and an open bottom for air to flow. It has a carrying handle and a power lead with 3 pin plug which is wired in permanently. The projector lamp is at rear under the carrying handle. Image is projected through three stage lens via via the image on the 35mm strip or slide. The front lens is adjustable for focus. A knurled nut enables a height adjustment at front. Slides are inserted through the holder - whilst one slide is shown the other can be loaded ready to be slid in front of the light. The film strip holder is missing. The unit is finished in a grey hammer finish paint used in 1960 t0 1980s. The operating instructions are filed in the supplementary envelope. The projector is stored in a hand made three ply hinged box.Waterworth Hobart 5553Aphotography, projectors -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Functional object - Case for wax tapers
Used to hold wax tapers for lighting candlesLong black cylindrical tin case for wax tapers. Has gold oriental scenes. Made by Bryant & May, London (1916)Bryant & May, Londonwax tapers, candles, lighting, bryant & may -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Functional object - Trolley, Shopping jeep
Given to Barbara NUGENT by local male resident in 1980s. Displayed at the heritage exhibition, Seamen's Mission, 1988.Hand-made shopping trolley (or jeep). Construction: wooden frame, three-ply metal arms, wooden handle, rear cloth pocket, pram wheels, metal foot plate with Dunlop "kromhyo" kick plate, metal bands top and bottom. (Ref item 15)domestic life, barbara nugent -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Functional Object, Hexamine stove
Folding frame Hexamine stove hinged on both sides. Light pressed metal. Fuel tablets wrapped in plastic. Compressed hexamine, 4 tabletsinstructions for use on the botom of the stovehexamine stove -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Functional object - Manufactured Object, Rabbit trap, c1930
Rabbits were introduce to Australia by a settler in Geelong. Victoria. They spread widely and quickly and became a menace to farmers, graziers. Blacksmiths made various types of traps and various business were established to produce many different types of traps.typical rabbit trap made by a blacksmith in Moorabbin Shire c1930Steel rabbit trap c1930Defiance UK / C.Homes / GILPA / rabbits, vermin, early settlers, farmers, moorabbin shire, bentleigh, cheltenham, traps, , -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Bill Spike, Wire Spike
Wire spike for storing bills etc. Has a curved spike on a three clover ring stand.commerce, bookkeeping -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Functional object - Horseshoe
Horseshoe from one of the draughthorses. Probably souvenired by a student who mailed it back to the Archives in c.1991. Horseshoe from one of the draughthorses. horseshoe, burnley -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Can opener, n.d
Iron can opener, fish shaped, bottom jaw is opening bladekitchenware, domestic item, food and drink -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Copper Sheet, circa 1878
In 1984 the Commonwealth Government made available to Flagstaff Hill a collection of lead ingots and copper sheets recovered from the wreck-site of the LOCH ARD. They were presented to the Warrnambool City Council by the Hon. Tom Uren MHR, Minister for Territories and Local Government: “The Commonwealth recognises that shipwrecks like the LOCH ARD are our national heritage with important educational, recreational and tourist applications” (The Standard, Tuesday 8 May 1984). The LOCH ARD was wrecked in 1878. Unsuccessful salvage operations were then undertaken with the 90 ton paddle steamer NAPIER. In sudden bad weather this vessel too was sunk. The precise position of the LOCH ARD in the exposed and dangerous waters off Mutton Bird Island became lost to memory. The underwater location of the LOCH ARD was rediscovered in 1967 by a Warrnambool skindiver, Stan McPhee. In the two years following his find, the vessel was systematically pillaged by unauthorised salvagers. This led to the State and Federal Governments’ intervention in 1969. A roundup and seizure of recovered lead ingots and copper sheets was conducted by Commonwealth and Victorian Police. Offenders were charged and convicted. The “repossessed loot of the Tassie Boys” was placed into secure storage (Jack Loney, 1978, Wrecks & Reputations). The LOCH ARD manifest of cargo lists “Pig lead 50 tons, 994 pig & 37 rolls” and “Copper 33 plates, 53 bolts”. While the lead ingots have been subsequently described as “ballast”, the copper sheets are unlikely to have been associated with the ship’s normal complement in that way. Similar product lines in the cargo manifest are “Bar and rod iron 102 tons”, “Plate iron 3 tons” and “Zinc 12 tons”. These raw materials were used by colonial artisans such as blacksmiths and metal smelters to fashion, and repair, agricultural implements and industrial machinery. Copper was valued for its non-corrosive properties and its malleability, or ease of working. Both these qualities were useful, for example, in laying underground gas pipes that supplied lighting to residences, businesses and streetscapes in the mid-nineteenth century. As the nineteenth century progressed, the metal was also increasingly valued for its conductivity, with copper wiring linking colonial communities to each other, and the wider world, via the Telegraph system. The average weight of the copper sheets is 216 kilograms, calculated by "volume 0.1936m³ X Cu density 8930kgs/m³".The shipwreck of the Loch Ard is of significance for Victoria and is registered on the Victorian Heritage Register ( S 417). Flagstaff Hill has a varied collection of artefacts from Loch Ard and its collection is significant for being one of the largest accumulation of artefacts from this notable Victorian shipwreck. The collections object is to also give us a snapshot into history so we can interpret the story of this tragic event. The collection is also archaeologically significant as it represents aspects of Victoria's shipping history that allows us to interpret Victoria's social and historical themes of the time. The collections historically significance is that it is associated unfortunately with the worst and best-known shipwreck in Victoria's history. Large heavy sheets or panels of copper metal raised from the wreck of the LOCH ARD. The 10 sheets are of roughly similar dimensions and rectangular shape. They bear signs of prolonged submersion in seawater, with various degrees of limestone accretion, adhered marine growth, and green oxidisation. Three of the sheets are severely buckled, demonstrating the force of underwater explosives used in their salvage. One sheet appears cut or severed in a diagonal line downwards from its top left hand corner. One sheet has a 10cm X 10cm square cut out of its top right hand corner. All sheets are in sturdy, stable condition. No maker’s marks are visible.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, loch line, loch ard, captain gibbs, eva carmichael, tom pearce, glenample station, mutton bird island, loch ard gorge, sailing ship, copper sheet, manutacturing materials, metal imports, muntz -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional Object - Section Staff, Electric Supply Co. of Vic (ESCo), "Pleasant St to Carlton St Loop"
Demonstrates aspects of Safeworking on the Ballarat Tramway system from 1960 to c1936 when replaced by electric signs. Yields Information about the operation of Ballarat's trams and safeworking procedures.Cast brass item with a flat part recessed section with the words "BALLARAT TRAMWAYS SECTION STAFF" cast into the surface and a flat section underneath, flush with the outside edges in which the words "PLEASANT ST TO CARLTON ST LOOP " stamped in. Has an open rounded end which forms a handle or a point where it could be hung on a peg. Used as a means of authorising a tramcar to have sole use of the track between the named points to avoid head on collisions. Safeworking object - known as a section staff. Not known when made, but in use until the introduction of the electric signalling in the mid 1930's by the SEC. See also Reg Items 934 and 988 for details of use and other examples are at 1851, to 53, 2473 and 4444 to 4448, , 4996 and 4497 and Reg item 934 and 988 for articles on the safeworking systems.trams, tramways, staff, safeworking, tramway staffs, sec, signals -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Haeusler Collection Mid-Century AWA Transistor Radio, Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Limited
The Wodonga Historical Society Haeusler Collection provides invaluable insight into life in late nineteenth and early twentieth century north east Victoria. The collection comprises manuscripts, personal artefacts used by the Haeusler family on their farm in Wodonga, and a set of glass negatives which offer a unique visual snapshot of the domestic and social lives of the Haeusler family and local Wodonga community. The Haeusler family migrated from Prussia (Germany) to South Australia in the 1840s and 1850s, before purchasing 100 acres of Crown Land made available under the Victorian Lands Act 1862 (also known as ‘Duffy’s Land Act’) in 1866 in what is now Wodonga West. The Haeusler family were one of several German families to migrate from South Australia to Wodonga in the 1860s. This transistor radio was manufactured by Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Limited (AWA), Australia's largest and most prominent twentieth century producer of radios, televisions, audio and telecommunications equipment. This item has well documented provenance and a known owner. It forms part of a significant and representative historical collection which reflects the local history of Wodonga. It contributes to our understanding of domestic and family life in early twentieth century Wodonga, as well as providing interpretative capacity for themes including local history and social history. A mid-century cream, blue and gold chrome portable transistor radio manufactured by AWAlogo on face of radio: "AWA". Numbers on circular tuning panel. radio, music, electronics, awa radios, haeusler collection, haeusler, wodonga -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Wodonga Turf Club Member's Badge, Perfection Badges, 1986
The first race meetings took place in Wodonga as early as 1859, when there was an annual three-day race meeting known as the Belvoir annual races. More regular racing in Wodonga dates back to 1870. The first formal race club, the Wodonga Racing Club, was founded in 1873. In 1901 it was renamed as the Wodonga Federal Racing Club. In May 1901, the Wodonga Amateur Turf Club was formed. Also in 1901, on 3rd July, another body, the Wodonga Citizens’ Race Club was formed with a view to satisfying a demand for winter racing. At a meeting at the Wodonga Council Chambers in October 1901, it was decided, seemingly by an unanimous vote, that the three Wodonga race clubs then in existence would amalgamate to form the Wodonga Turf Club. A small oval badge showing member details. The front has been enamelled, primarily in green and golf. It bears the Wodonga Turf Club logo and the date in gold paint. It has been attached to a cord through the metal eyelet at the top.On front: Wodonga Turf Club/ 86 87 On back: Member 23 / NOT TRANSFERABLE / PERFECTION SYDNEY 770775wodonga turf club, sport and leisure wodonga, wodonga turf club membership -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Functional object - Saddle, Circa 1900
Leather equestrian saddle as used by riders circa 1900as manufactured and sold by Holden and FrostBrown leather saddle with stirrups includedleather, equine, saddle -
Stanley Athenaeum & Public Room
Functional object - Gate latch, Gate latch arm
cast iron, hand tooled, with movement up and down. Originally had a strike plate. Possibly from the Athenaeum front gate when the Athenaeum was fenced. A 1930's photograph shows a picket fence with a front gate.Handmade cast iron with markings of tooling. -
Stanley Athenaeum & Public Room
Functional object - Fire-tools, Fire-shovel
Metal Shovel - 59cm. Rusted cast iron with ornate handle and broken shovel end -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Envelope, Jun-04
Brown envelope, used to post 8264 a,b. Two 50c stamps, two postmarks ' DANDENONG LC VIC FMOOR 707 27 JUN 04 2:58' DANDENONG LC VIC FMOOR 706 28 JUN O4 14:50Front: 'Miss B. Vivian PO. Box 103 PORTLAND VICTORIA 3305' - handwritten, blue biro Back: 'NEWTON PO. Box 44 LANCEFIELD 3435' - handwritten, blue biro -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Functional object - Pocketknives
Five pocketknives recovered from the wreck of the Schomberg.schomberg, salvage, diving, wrecks -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Machine - Victa Airtourer VH-BWI
Historical Details: . Description: In 1953 Dr Henry Millicer entered and won, from 103 other contestants, a competition held by the Royal Aero Club of Great Britain for a two seat light aircraft. A small team was formed to build a wooden prototype, VH-FMM, which first flew in March 195. Level of Importance: Regionalvictor airtourer -
Ararat Gallery TAMA
Functional object, Shugi - bukuro, c. 1900s
‘The Art of the Japanese Package’ was an exhibition that toured to 10 Australian and 11 New Zealand public galleries in 1979 and 1980. The touring exhibition comprised 221 objects of traditional Japanese packaging which extended from ceramics, wood and paper to woven fibre containers. At the conclusion of the tour, The Japan Foundation and the Crafts Board of the Australia Council donated the vast majority of the exhibition to the Ararat Gallery for its permanent collection. Combining the natural qualities of bamboo, paper and straw with delicate craftsmanship, these unique objects express Japanese aesthetics as applied through fibre crafts. In Japan, the qualities and traits of natural materials are exploited rather than hidden. The texture of straw, the septa of bamboo are not concealed but lovingly incorporated into the whole. In 1979 Hideyuki Oka, curator of ‘The Art of the Japanese Package’ wrote: “In no way self-conscious or assertive, these wrappings have an artless and obedient air that greatly moves the modern viewer. They are whispered evidence of the Japanese ability to create beauty from the simplest products of nature. They also teach us that wisdom and feeling are especially important in packaging because these qualities, or the lack of them, are almost immediately apparent. What is the use of a package if it shows no feeling?” The descriptions of the featured objects were written by Hideyuki Oka, curator of ‘The Art of the Japanese Package’, 1979.Gift of the Japan-Australia Foundation and the Crafts Board of the Australia Council, 1981japanese art, japanese packaging, tsutsumi, gift giving -
Working Heritage Crown Land Collection
Functional object - Iron Hook
Iron wall plate painted pinkish cream with two semi-circular hooks. historic building, former royal mint, architecture -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Envelope, 1988
The Nunawading Council produced commemorative First Day Covers for Australia Day stamped First Day of Issue during the years 1981-1922Two First Day covers for Australia Day Family Festival 1988. On each envelope five 37 cent stamps depicting arrival of First Fleet, January 1788. On left side, captioned picture of Nunawading Bicentennial Orchard including logo. Above, text including logo, 'Australia Day Family Festival 26 January 1988, Civic Centre, Nunawading'. Postmarked, 'First Day of Issue 26 Jan 1988 Nunawading Vic 3131'. Envelopes numbered 254 and 230.Municipal Offices Nunawading Vic 3131philately, date stamps, civic mementoes, souvenirs -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Functional object - Bottle
The Victoria Tower was lost on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne on 17 October 1869/10/1869 after 85 days at sea. It was wrecked on Lonsdale Reef while approaching Port Phillip Heads. The 2,300 tons cargo contained general cargo, bottled beer, slates, iron pipes and hardware. It was owned by the White Star Line, T. Ismay. The Master of the vessel was Captain Kerr. The weather conditions were hazy, squally, thick and clearing at times. The cause was attributed to running ashore in thick weather and careless navigation. There were 34 passengers and 16 crew members on board all of whom survivied.A beer bottle with an attached sticker Victoria TowerMB, CV, Property of the Manufacturers Bottle Co of Victoria Pty Ltd. Underneath F 40shipwrecks, victoria tower, bottle