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Parks Victoria - Andersons Mill
Machine - Screen
Sifter, part of machine.Rectangular in shape, made from wood. Six large rectangular spaces covered with a finely perforated zinc sheet. Two smaller spaces are made with a third piece of wood dividing the bottom horizontally. -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Machine - Mignet Pou-Su-Ciel Mignet Flying Flea, 1936
Historical Details: . Description: The home built Mignet Flying Flea (Pou-du-Ciel) was the brainchild of Frenchman’, Henri Mignet. In the 1930’s hundreds of these aircraft were built by enthusiasts in Europe and elsewhere. So popular was the design that Mignet published a book on the aircr. Level of Importance: Regional -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Machine - Cutaway Model, 4-Stroke Motor
Model 4-stroke motor with one side cut away to show exhaust valve and cam shaft below. Crankshaft below cutaway piston. Bolted on to a wooden block. used for teaching Arboriculture.arboriculture, 4-stroke motor, teaching, model -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Machine - Outboard motor, 1964
6 Cylinder water cooled 2 stroke outboard motor. Mercury first of black seriesSerial No. 1518383 -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Machine - Household Chopping Machine, Mechanical Chopper, c1886
Used in kitchen to cut carrots, cheese slices, onions. boiled eggs, etc.Painted black guillotine on a wooden stand. An iron pole keeps the guillotine in vertical position at one end of the block. Driven by two wheels when a handle is turned. A tilting beam moves the guillotine up and down to cut vegetables, etc. Blade 18cm long by 6.5cm wide. Metal plate missing under blade. A rotatable drum to contain the food to be chopped, which is rotated by a cog at the base (also missing) turns the container. The upright holding chopper blade e is a modification made because of the missing container.|The following description is from Ken Turner Booklet referred to under 'Reference'. ----|The Starrett food chopper would certainly have to be considered one of the more interesting inventions, which incidentally is now considered the ultimate in kitchen collectables. Laroy Starrett in later years' told of how the design of his food chopper was inspired by the action of the walking beam engine used on the Mississippi steam boats. When the crank handle of the chopper is turned, this sets in motion a mechanism which is just fascinating to watch. The crank activates a flywheel which in turn, by a series of cogs and levers, simultaneously rotates a food holding container and raises and lowers within the rotating container, a guillotine like 'chopping blade - the action does not only look like that of a beam steam engine, it even in a way sounds like one, although somewhat noisier. Starrett produced seven different models of these choppers, ranging in size appropriate for domestic use to heavy duty models for butchers, restaurants and for hotel use. The small model was capable of chopping 3lbs in three minutes, and the largest had a capacity for chopping something like 100 lbs in an hour. The mechanical chopper, which became affectionately known as the 'hasher', was the first of some one hundred of Starrett's inventions, and these include a washing machine patented in 1865 which had a similar action to his food chopper, a food press patented in 1873, and a device for lacing shoes he patented in 1886.domestic items, food preparation -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Machine - Rolls Royce Derwent 2400 Lbs Of Thrust Turbo Jet
Historical Details: . Description: The Rolls Royce Derwent centrifugal flow was one of the earliest British jet engines and was used in only one major type, the Gloster Meteor.. Level of Importance: State -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Machine - Pratt & Whitney R 2000 1,300 HP Air Cooled Radial
Historical Details: . Description: The R1340 Wasp engine was developed in America during the 1920’s and was widely used in US aircraft; the most famous of which was the North American Harvard. They were built in Australia by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation and powered the CAC Wir. Level of Importance: State -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Machine - GAF Ikara Boeing (GAF / Asta) Collection)
Historical Details: . Description: The Ikara missile was an Australian ship-launched anti-submarine missile, named after an Australian Aboriginal word for "throwing stick". It launched an acoustic torpedo to a range of 10 nautical miles (19 km), allowing fast-reaction attacks against subma. Level of Importance: Nationals/n TN98 date 11/66 -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Machine - Outboard Motor
Twin cylinder water cooled 2 stroke Mercury 9.8 HP outboard motor brown band modelSerial No 9432170 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Machine - Rope machine, Continental Trading Corporation Ltd, ca. 1911
This rope-making machine, called The New Era Rope Machine, was patented in the USA on July 18th 1911. It was made by the Continental Trading Corporation Ltd. in Chicago, USA. The ends of the rope would be threaded through the matching and hooked onto the machine's claws on the other side. The machine's handle would be rotated manually, which would twist the rope ends together, entwining them to make one thick rope.This manually operated rope-making machine is a labour saving devise used particularly by sailmakers in their rigging and ropework tasks. Rope-making machine, metal. The model is "The New Era Rope Machine". The manually operated machine has three claws through which roping material is threaded. Internal wheels have cogs around their perimeter. The two pieces that make up the machine's case are bolted together. Made by Continental Trading corporation Ltd Chicago USA. The machine was patented on 18th July 1911."The New Era Rope Machine" " Continental Trading Corporation Ltd Chicago USA" "Patd july 18 1911" "Made in USA" "Keep oiled"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, ropework, the new era rope machine, patented, 1911, textile machine, continental trading corporation ltd., chicago, rope-making machine, textile industry -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Machine - Heron Primary Glider
Historical Details: . Description: The origins of the Museum’s Heron Primary Glider are obscure. The aircraft was discovered in a fruit packing shed in Upper Beaconsfield in 1943 by four young employees of the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Jim Fullarton, Des Lynch, Don Bowd and Alan P. Level of Importance: State -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Machine - Horse Drawn Scoop
Used by Mr. Livermore, Snr, and his brothers to construct dams on their properties and for neighbours. It was filled by raising the wooden handle slightly so that the cutting edge bit into the earth. It was tipped by raising the handles higher so that the cutting edge bit in so deeply that the scoop was rotated and emptied.Horse drawn earth moving scoop used for construction of dams, irrigation channels, roads, etc on a farm, orchard, or roads, or where earth needs to be moved. Scoops had no tipping mechanism and needed considerable effort to empty them.rural industry, agriculture, transport, roads -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Machine - Typewriter, 1930's
This "Remington Portable Model 5, Remington Business Service" typewriter is in very good working order and was donated in its case complete with its Operating Instructions and a Touch Method typing instruction book. The typewriter was owned by William Sack, owner of the business Sacks Jewellers at 115 Liebig Street, Warrnambool. He commenced trading in the early 1900’s; and used this typewriter in the business from its purchase date, around 1931, through until about 1996. William and his wife June had three children, Eric, Audrey and David. The children were owners/partners of Sack’s Jewellers after William’s passing in 1976. Eric and David were ‘owners of the business’, with Audrey carrying out much of the clerical work. Eric died in about 1984 and David sold the practise in 1996. During the 65 years of business the typewriter was used for all the normal applications of a jeweller’s; preparing invoices, guarantees, taxation records. But in addition the four members of the Sack family were very involved in Church activities, particularly in lay administration and lay preaching in the Baptist Church, and the typewriter gained a lot of after-hours use. The family actively supported overseas Missions in India, SE Asia, and Africa. After the sale of the business in 1996, Audrey took the typewriter home for her community activities (David got a computer). In the 1980’s David volunteered as the Clock Repairer at Flagstaff Hill for the historical instruments. In the early days this took some long hours to get the clocks working, but in recent years he has just been ‘on call’ if needed. He is an alert 85 year old and just in the last 12 months has given up a busy schedule of Sunday Lay Preaching around the district. (2015)The typewriter is of local significance, being previously owned and used by Sacks Jewellers, a local business that had been in operation for about 100 years.Typewriter, Remington, "Remington Portable Model 5, Remington Business Service". Typewriter is in black, textured hard case with lock and key. Case has leather carry handle. Company has USA, copyright 1931.Includes Operating Instructions for the Remington Portable Models 5 and 5T. Remington Typewriter Company. "Remington Portable Model 5, Remington Business Service". flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, typewriter, remington business services, office equipment, business equipment, office communication, sack’s jewellers warrnambool, warrnambool business, remington typewriter company, touch typing, william sack, david sack, warrnambool baptist church -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Machine - Outboard Motor
Victa motor mower adapted to operate as an outboard motor. 1955-60 -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Machine - Rolls Royce Kestrel 700 Hp Liquid Cooled V 12
Historical Details: . Description: The Rolls Royce Kestrel was the company’s first cast block engine. The Kestrel was introduced in 1927 and powered many interwar British military types such as the Hawker Fury and Hawker Demon. They were extensively exported and a number even powered G. Level of Importance: State -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Machine - Outboard Motor
Twin cylinder horizontally opposed water cooled 2 stroke outboard motor including shipping crateBritish Motor Boat manufacturing Co. -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Machine - De Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth A17-377 (VH-AQM, "VH-TAA")
Historical Details: . Description: The Tiger Moth has been called the "greatest biplane trainer of all time" and over the years has initiated thousands of pilots into the world of flight. First flown in 1931 and still flying in large numbers, the Tiger Moth was first produced by the de. Level of Importance: State -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Machine - Desoutter II VH-UPR ("Latona"), 1930
Historical Details: The AARG aircraft VH-UPR was the first Desoutter to be imported into Australia, and arrived in 1930. VH-UPR was imported by the local Desoutter agent Hart Aircraft Services and spending its early working life with them at Essendon Airport until 1937, wher. Description: Desoutter Aircraft was formed by Marcel Desoutter in 1929 at Croydon Airport in England. The company produced the Dutch designed Koolhoven FK41 under licence as the Desoutter II. The museum’s Desoutter II arrived in Australia in December 1930 and was o. Level of Importance: National -
Vision Australia
Machine - Object, Lucky Envelopes Instant Bingo dispenser, 1970s
During the 1970's RVIB conducted fund raising through the use of Instant Bingo machines in Melbourne's pubs and clubs. For 20 cents per card, a Lucky Envelope would be provided and amounts from $1 (if all the numbers were green), $2 (gold), $5 (blue), $10 (grey) or $25 (red) could be won. Machines were emptied/refilled by RVIB volunteers and the profits gained were expended by the Institute for services to the blind. Wooden box with brown veneer and metal shutes for money inserted and tickets dispensed, with separate locks for doors in top for envelope restocking and base for money collection. royal victorian institute for the blind, fund raising -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Machine - Bristol Hercules 672 - 1700 HP Air Cooled Twin Row 18 Cyl
Historical Details: . Description: Developed in Britain in 1938 the Bristol Hercules sleeve valve 18 cylinder twin row air cooled radial engine was one of the most powerful British aero engines of the day. It powered the Beaufighter and Bristol Freighter amongst other aircraft.. Level of Importance: s/n 167516 -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Machine - Model, Little Giant Pump Co, Model Electric Pump and Flow Meter
Model of an electric pump (No. 7121-4511 Type U21) and Asahi flow meter bolted on to a wooden block. Electric cord. Used for teaching Arboriculture.Oklahoma City, Okla. Little Giant Pump Company U.S. Patent No. 3411450 Clipsal (electric cord.) Asahi Water Meterarboriculture, motor, teaching, ahahi meter, little giant pump company, flow meter -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Machine - Harrows, C1927
Horse drawn pair of ''Lightning' tyne harrows. The tynes are fixed and each unit of the pair are linked together by a loose chain. They have been attached by chain to a length of timber which is in turn linked by chain to the horse or to a tractor.rural industry, agriculture -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Machine - VP Volksplane II VH-XXX
Historical Details: . Description: Volksplane. Level of Importance: -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Machine - Electric calculator
Compet CS - 1109A Black top "Sharp" electric calculator, bottom is cream. Electrical cord push buttons black with cream lettering and numbers. Sharp Compet CS - 1109Aadding machines, sharp electronics corp, book-keeping, electrical technology -
Clunes Museum
Machine - WRINGER
RUBBER WRINGER FROM MRS. MARIE FEATONBY OF LOTHAIR STREET CLUNES. USED BY HER DURING HER MARRIED LIFE.WOODEN AND METAL HAND WRINGER WITH WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS ON WOODEN FRONT PANEL.NO.302 EXTRA HIGH GRADE WARRANTED. THE WRINGER CO. - TRADE MARK - A.W.CO.local history, domestic, laundering, -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Machine - Outboard Motor
Twin cylinder horizontally opposed water cooled 2 stroke outboard motorVerity outboard motors. AV Sale -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Machine, Rolls Royce V12 Meteor Merlin
Fully aluminium steel cylinder liners x12. Silver with red writing Rolls Royce RR. It is an engine out of a Spit Fire aeroplane.Rolls-Royce RRrolls-royce, v12, meteor engine, merlin, spit fire engine -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Machine - Sewing machine kit
Used by donor until replaced by modern machine equipped with inbuilt button attachmentSewing machine attachments in red plastic box. Buttonhole attachment cream coloured with red measures and knobs for adjustments. A total of 4 items in the set.Singer; Singer Sewing Machine (on box)|Singer Bight Space (on attachment)domestic items, sewing -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Machine - Stationary baler, H.V. McKay Massey Harris
The H.V. McKay Massey Harris Hay Press was used on small farms around Victoria in the 1940's. These machines would be brought into the field after the hay had been cut and gathered into large piles. The farmers would load the hay into the machine and the engine would press them into bales to be tied off. This hay press could produce over 50 bales of hay per hour. Stationary baler red, attached to green engine, white wheels"H.V. McKay, Massey Harvester, Sunshine" in white paint, white scroll markfarm machinery, hay, chaff, baler, horse drawn, machine driven -
Australian Gliding Museum
Machine - Glider – Sailplane, 1957
The Alexander Schleicher K4 was designed in the mid 1950s by Rudolf Kaiser as a club training glider and several hundred were built. The Australian Gliding Museum’s K4, VH-IKK, serial number 55, was built in 1957 and purchased by the RAF Air Training Corp. U.K. After some years it was sold to a New Zealand Gliding Club and in 1990 with over 4800 hours, number of launches unknown, it was purchased by the Brisbane Valley Soaring Club and in 1994 was transferred to the Far North Queensland Soaring Centre who operated it from the Mareeba airfield. On 9 January 2000 it was donated to Vintage Gliders Australia by Kevin Sedgman at a presentation ceremony with Alan Patching receiving the glider during the Rally at Lake Keepit. It has been flown regularly at vintage glider rallies and on several occasions at Museum open days. However, it has subsequently been grounded on account of potential structural defects. VH-IKK is one of two K4s in Australia, the other being VH-XJP which is believed to be in storage in Queensland in a damaged condition. When restored, this exhibit will be representative example of the AS-K4 glider-sailplane type.Tandem two seat high wing strutted glider consisting of wood with plywood and fabric wings, tailplane / elevators, fin / rudder, and tubular steel framed, fabric covered fuselage. Prior to restoration work, the glider was finished in a white, green and yellow paint scheme. “Vintage Gliders Australia” name in white lettering on fuselage sides and registration VH-IKK in black lettering on rudderaustralian gliding, glider, sailplane, alexander schleicher, k4, kaiser, raf air training corp, brisbane valley soaring club, far north queensland soaring centre, vintage gliders australia, sedgman, patching