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Mont De Lancey
Functional object - Bed and Patchwork Quilt
Iron bed from home of Wandin Sebire, with ticking mattress and pillows and frilled hemstitched pillowslips. Patchwork Quilt mad by Local CWA for Mont De Lancey.White painted single iron bed with silver ornaments on bed head and end. Has wheels on the legs of the bed. Some paint scratched off. Has a colourful patchwork quilt and pillows on it. bedding, beds, quilts -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Fishing Lure, c. 1970
Fishing lure. Yellow painted wood covering shank of hook, yellow feathers. 'Head' part of shank covering. -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Cast iron tin opener
Commercial tin openers first appeared in the mid 19th century and this model dates from the early 20th century. An improved version when a second serrated wheel was added came into operation about the mid 1920s. Tins (now cans) of food with sealed tops became popular in the 20th century and all households needed a tin opener. Today the can opener is still used but increasingly the can lids have an inbuilt clip that is pulled out to open the can.This tin opener has been retained as an early model of a tin opener from the past. It was used locally in Wodonga and donated by a Wodonga resident. It is also in relatively good condition.This is a cast iron tin opener with a cutting blade attached to a piece of metal with a screw. The metal handle curves out from the metal piece holding the blade. The opener is a little rusty in parts. The name ‘Guard ’ is on both sides of the handle in raised metal letters. "GUARD" in raised letters on both sides of the handle.household items, cast iron appliances, can openers -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Clock, Pendulum, n.d
Lockable pendulum clock with key -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Functional object - Channel Marker - Colour Green, 1955
Port and Starboard channel markers are internationally recognised sea markers used in maritime pilotage to indicate the edge of a channel. This Port Phillip West Channel marker was built in 1955 and was run on acetylene, therefore requiring a platform and circular hut rather than the modern buoys or posts. It was painted green as it marked the starboard side of the channel. West Channel Marker, Grimes No. 5 Built 1955 Accetylene poweredchannel markers, west channel, port phillip, pile light -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Camera, c1975
Polaroid instantaneous EE44 camera for taking and developing photos instantly. Film pack would be loaded in back of camera. Each photo pack would have its own chemicals within the pack and procedures commenced to print the the photo when its section of the pack was removed from camera. Distance adjustments in both Imperial and Metric. Instructions on back of camera. Provision for flash cube. Developing clip slides into back of camera.Polaroid EE44photography, cameras -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional Object - Trolley Wire Sample, Metal Manufacturers - Kembla Wire and Rod of Port Kembla NSW, Nov. 1996
Sample taken from overhead (North wire, St Aidans Dve) of new 107mm^2 trolley wire. Has been cut at either ends and has been bent at one end through about 90 degrees also slightly curved. Shining new copper colour. Has minor nicks. See original worksheet for sketch. Images added 3-12-2016 See Kembla Wire & Rod letter of 23/9/1996.ballarat, overhead, trolley wire, kembla wire & rod -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Blotter Pad, c. 1912
F. A. Stubbs was a draper based on Julia Street in Portland. Advertising in the Portland Guardian in 1913.Blotter, absorbent side pink, lots of ink. Front white, calendar for October 1912, in dark blue, advertising for F.A. Stubbs, draper, Portland, in dark blue, calendar and advertisement enclosed by green border.portland trade, industry, drapers, advertising, commerce -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Pencil, n.d
Small brass pencil with wind-out lead (no lead in it). Has link on end for connecting, loop on the other endfunctional item, mechanical pencil -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Weight, Unknown
None available for this item an early disk weight it's maker date of manufacture is not knownNone availableWeight cast iron disk on-black colourNumber 2 marked on upper surfaceflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, weight -
Vision Australia
Functional object - Object, Mechanische Weksvatt fur Blindenhilfsmittel, Erika Picht mini brailler
A small, writer for note paper or index cards, designed by an East German company production started in 1980 and continued in the former DDR until 1989.Metal braille machine with red base and 7 white wood keysMechanische Werkstatt fur Blindenhilfsmittel der DDR 7033 Liepzig Burgauenstrabe 9braille equipment, picht -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Functional object - Appliance
This is all that remains of a glass coffee percolator. Mandie Boyd recalls "Robin and Trish used this percolator at dinner parties. It also had a lovely grey three cornered tea light holder/coffee pot warmer for keeping the coffee warm".The internal filter from a coffee percolator. The only parts remaining. -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Functional object - Curb chain, Equestrian curb chain, Circa 1900
Chain part of a horse bit imported and sold by Holden and FrostAs imported and sold by Holden and FrostLead curb chain, part of a horse bit equine, chain, military, civilian -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Porthole, First half of the 20th century
A porthole, sometimes called bull's-eye window or bull's-eye, is a generally circular window used on the hull of ships to admit light and air. Though the term is of maritime origin, it is also used to describe round windows on armoured vehicles and aircraft. On a ship, the function of a porthole, when open, is to permit light and fresh air to enter the dark and often damp below-deck quarters of the vessel. It also affords below-deck occupants a limited view to the outside world. When closed, the porthole provides a strong water-tight, weather-tight and sometimes light-tight barrier.The porthole is an example of a ships fittings and is not associated with an historical event, person or place, provenance is unable to be determined at this time and the item is believed to have been made in the first half of the 20th century.Porthole and cover, brass and glass with 1 screw dog to secure hinged cover. Marked 6" on ringflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, porthole -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Functional object - Boxing gloves , pair, REPLICA
Gloves used as hand protection while boxingSporting goods made and sold by Holden and FrostLeather boxing gloves with fabric liningleather, boxing gloves -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Functional object - Tankard Bryant
The 20th Light Horse (Victorian Mounted Rifles) was raised in 1920 as part of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Citizen Military Forces, with Headquarters at Seymour and depots along the Goulburn Valley from Mansfield to Tocumwal in southern NSW. In December 1941, 20th Light Horse (Victorian Mounted Rifles) converted from horse to mechanised, initially as 20th Motor Regiment. In 1943 redesignated 20th Pioneer Battalion and deployed to Merauke, Dutch New Guinea. The regiment was disbanded at the end of the war, 1945. 20th Light horse was the only light horse unit to serve overseas in WWII. This is one of a collection of mugs presented by Officers of a Light Horse regiment drawn from rural and regional Victoria in the period between the World WarsSilver plated mug with handle and inscribed on side"20th Australian Light HorseOfficer's Mess. Presented by Lieutenant G.A. Bryant", and on base "Rigert EPNSAI 10"bryant, mess, 20th, light horse -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Functional object - Rocket Launcher
Used by Queenscliff Lifeboat crew up till 1970.Rocket Launcher on Tripod. All metal painted greySchermuly Coastgaurd Engineers 70mm Line Throwing Rocket A Schermuly Product Made in England Lot 5 R 10 77rocket, rescue -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Key, circa 1866
The key is one of a collection of seven 1860s keys once belonged to the Glenample Homestead near Princetown. They are all keyed with different bits and would have opened the external panelled doors of the Georgian building. The keys would now be around 150 years old. The keys are now part of the John Chance Collection. Locksmiths became a recognised trade by the middle of the 19th century, doing work that blacksmiths and gunsmiths would have done. They were craftsmen and trained apprentices for their trade. The local community and businesses relied on them for making a wide variety of precision objects such as locks and keys, knives, ornamental and decorative latticework, fine instruments, accurate tools and hardware items. Glenample Homestead became famous after the disastrous wreck of the sailing ship Loch Ard on June 1, 1878. The owners, Hugh Hamilton Gibson and Peter McArthur, were involved in the rescue and recovery of Eva Carmichael and Tom Pearce, the only two survivors, as well as overseeing the salvage of items from the shipwreck and the burial of those who lost their lives. Eva first met Jane Shields at Glenample and they became long-time friends.The keys are significant as an example of mid-19th century locksmith hardware, and for their connection with Glenample Homestead, and for their connection to the history of the Loch Ard shipwreck’s only two survivors. The set of keys also hold significance as they were discovered by John Chance, who was also a diver from the wreck of the Loch Ard in the 1960s-70s. Items that come from several wrecks along Victoria's coast have since been donated to the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village’s museum collection by his family, illustrating this item’s level of historical value. Glenample Homestead is of historical, social and architectural significance to the State of Victoria and is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR H0392). It is a historical example of early settlement and development of a run in the coastal land of South West Victoria, and it is constructed from locally quarried sandstone but doesn’t take away from its Georgian design. Glenample Homestead is of State significance through its unique connection with the wreck of the ship Loch Ard and the connection to its owners, Hugh and Lavinia Gibson and Peter McArthur, played a historically and socially significant role in the rescue and care of the survivors, the salvage of goods and the burial of those who lost their lives. The shipwreck of the Loch Ard itself is of significance for Victoria and is registered on the Victorian Heritage Register (S417). Key; steel domestic door key. Flat open bow with 'figure 8' space, narrow collar on shank, close to the bow. Round shank flares out slightly above the collar on the bit. The rectangular bit has internal and external notches and grooves. There is a rounded pin on the end.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, glenample homestead, victorian heritage register vhr h0392, georgian homestead, loch ard, princetown, jane shields, eva carmichael, tom pearce, blue china tea set, antique door key, glenample photographs, john chance -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Dry Measurement Container, Late 18th to early 19th century (before the standardised measurement was introduced in England in 1824)
The peck has been in use since the early 14th century when it was introduced as a measure for flour. The term referred to varying quantities until the modern units of measurement were defined in the 19th century. Cities in England used to have official standard weights and measures for that city or area. These containers were marked with the city's name and emblem, merchant’s weights and measures would then be checked against this to make sure they weren't trying to cheat their customers. The item in the collection is a standard measure approved by Bristol City and used by that City’s grocers to measure dry goods such as peas, beans, sugar, flour, meal etc., and its metal banding ensures that the measure cannot be reduced in size to cheat customers. Additional Information: The British Imperial System evolved from the thousands of Roman, Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, and customary local units employed in the middle Ages. Traditional names such as pound, foot, and gallon were widely used, but the values so designated varied with time, place, trade, product specifications, and dozens of other requirements. Early royal standards were established to enforce uniformity took the name Winchester, after the ancient tenth century capital of Britain. King Henry VII reaffirmed the customary Winchester standards for capacity and length and distributed royal standards throughout the realm. This process was repeated about a century later in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. In the 16th century, the rod (5.5 yards, or 16.5 feet) was defined (once again as a learning device and not as a standard) defined by the length of the left feet of 16 men lined up heel to toe as they emerged from the church. By the 17th century usage and legal statute had established the acre, rod, and furlong at their present values together with other historic units such as the peck. Establishment of the System: The Weights and Measures Act of 1824 and the Act of 1878 established the British Imperial System based on precise definitions of selected existing units. The 1824 act sanctioned a single imperial gallon to replace the wine, ale, and corn (wheat) gallons that were in general use. The new gallon was defined as equal in volume to 10 pounds avoirdupois of distilled water weighed at 62°F with the barometer at 30 inches, or 277.274 cubic inches (later corrected to 277.421 cubic inches). The two new basic standard units were the imperial standard yard and the troy pound, which was later restricted to weighing drugs, precious metals, and jewels. In 1963 an act of parliament abolished archaic measures as the rod and chaldron and a metric system was adopted. An early example of a dry measuring container giving a snapshot of how imperial weights and measures developed in England to evolve the British measurement system into the metric arrangement that most countries have adopted today including Australia. It has social significance as an item that was in everyday use by grocers and other merchants to measure dry goods in the late 18th to early 19th centuries and used specifically in the Bristol region of England as an officially recognised measurement.Wooden measurement container with iron banding and hand made rivets container is a Quarter Peck official measurement container. Inscriptions are impressed into the sides of the wooden body. The container has the official crown and emblem of the City of Bristol, indicating this item was the Bristol City standard quarter peck measurement.Impressed into the timber on the front, a crown emblem over "C B G / CITY OF BRISTOL / QUARTER", on one side "HALF" , another side "PECK". Handwritten in white chalk on the base is "1458"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, weights and measures, quarter peck, measurement container, dry grocery measure, bristol city measurement standard, city of bristol, british weights and measures, 18th and 19th centure standard measures -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - TOMLINS SIMMIE'S GROWERS MASH
Object. Tomlins Simmie's Growers Mash analysis. Manufactured by Tomlins Simmie , 87 Charleston Road Bendigo . No 04351domestic equipment, mash -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Bottle, 1920's-1930's
E.B. Barnett High Class Water Bottle stawell -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Toby Jug
Made by White Brothers Box Hill (now Vitclay) as a wedding present for T.S. Luke, Accountant of Australian Tesselated Tile Co.Brown glazed traditional Toby JugUncle Tobydomestic items, ornaments / decorative -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Realia, Biscuit Barrel
Ceramic Biscuit Barrel with lid. Grey Double Banding top and bottom. Rose Stem with flowers and Butterfly Grey RotundaRoyal Botanic Gardens Kew Fine China Biscuits written in Pink Rose Centifloria P.F. Rodoutechinaware container -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Functional object - Buckle, 1940's
Made by Karl Kirsch at Camp 3Oval shaped wooden buckle with cut out centre prong lacquered finishbuckle, wooden, kirsch k, kirsch b, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, costume, accessory, clothes -
Mont De Lancey
Functional object - Glass Bowl, Unknown
A small round cut glass decorative bowl with a green circular pattern and gold trim around the top scalloped edge.bowls, containers, objects, decorative objects -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional object - Tramcar Conductors Bell
Recovered by the donor from Geelong tram No. 2 and polished for donation to the Museum. One of four bells that would have been fitted to the tram.Demonstrates a conductors communication bell made for use on tramcars. Brass Conductor Communication Bell, consisting of cast frame, bell, striker, bell pull part, one nut to secure the bell to the frame and two rivets securing for the bell pull part. Has the initials "TB" cast in both ends that were used to secure the bell to the roof - possibly indicating the "Tramway Board" manufacture. Has the number "2" on the underside of the bell in green paint.conductor, bell, trams, tramways, geelong, tram 2 -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Buggy Step
Long slightly curved metal shaft with round metal step attached. Metal piece at right angles to attached to buggy.transport, animal -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional Object - SEC Cash Bag, 1950's
Leather bag with outside bag (for ticket wallet) with metal strips on openable section, fitted with brass catch, two leather pockets on inside and adjustable shoulder strap. Has been fitted with coin dispenser - 8 holes on rear of bag. Sewn heavy brown leather. Photos of bag shown open - yellow pen holding bag open.trams, tramways, cash bag, tickets, fares, conductors bag -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Hole Punch, n.d
Heavy duty metal 'Velos' hole punch used at Glenelg Shire Council ( and most likely former Town /City Council) Metric, so most likely made after early 1970'sFront: Heavy Duty Velos Trade Mark Perforator Made in England NO 4376 Back: RP. 102/10 -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Lantern with handle, c. 1900
This is a vintage item dating from the early 20th century. It is a hand-held lantern that could also have been hung from a ledge or wall. Lanterns of this type were often used by railway employees or ship's crew for signalling. The lighting was probably obtained by a candle as there is no evidence of an oil mechanism.This item is of interest because of its age and its possible use locally over a hundred years ago.This is a metal lantern painted black on the outside and silver-frosted inside. It has a rectangular-shaped body with bevelled glass, a semi-circular metal top and a metal handle. The hinged glass door on the side is missing.vintage lighting, hand-held metal lanterns