Frank Wright was a renoun resident of Smeaton, where he was born on 2 August 1901. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia. He died on 16 November 1970.Black and white photograph of a man dressed in a dark suit standing on a made road with three little boys around him. Behind him is a timber house enclosed by a wooden fence. The fence posts and gate posts are carved in the Maori tradition. The man is Frank Wright and the place is Rotorua, New Zealand.Written in pencil on back - At Rotorua, Feb 1940frank wright, musician, adjudicator, brass bands, rotorua, maori carved fence posts

Yields information about Ballarat 's 29 decorated for the 1939 Ballarat Floral Festival and its appearance and its use and publicity.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a photograph featuring the 1939 Floral Tram, Ballarat No. 29 decorated for the 1939 floral festival at the depot looking back to the depot buildings. Wal's Album notes give the date as 2-3-1939. Printed on Velox paper, but no other details. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativetrams, tramways, floral tram, decorated trams, depot, tram 29

The Eureka Stockade took place on 03 December 1854. This booklet was most probably published for the centenary in 1954.Twenty page booklet with black and white illustrations. The content includes: Eureka Flag, the affair at Eureka, Eureka Swimming Pool, Lily Pond, lake Pehalluriack, Eureka Hall, Helen McKay Memorial Gates. Illustrations include: Peter Lalor Sculpture, Lily Pond, Eureka Stockade Memorial Park, Eureka Caravan Park, kioskeureka stockade, eureka, anniversary, swimming pool, eureka flag, ballarat east

Binder for Hanro Showroom Photos: Brown Super Cobra Binder with oval paper label glued to the front. Hand printed in blue Biro is *Photos of factory Showrooms garments. On the spine is East-Light *Super-Cobra* Binder, Name, Contents and date. Hand written in blue Biro is Hanro, Photos and 2nd September 1957. Inside on the left is a spring clip made of card. On the right, metal pieces with two springs to secure photos, also a sheet with advertising for Super-Cobra Binders and instructions on how to use the binder. Box 116AHanro. 1957. Super-Cobra Binder Filehanro, clothing, stationary, hanro. 1957.

The first all transistor hearing aids appeared in 1953. They were created to replace vacuum tubes; they were small, required less battery power and had less distortion and heat than their predecessor. The vacuum tubes were typically hot and fragile, so the transistor was the ideal replacement. The size of these transistors led to developments in miniature, carbon microphones. These microphones could be mounted on various items. There were body hearing aids where the earpiece was connected to the hearing aid and battery pack worn on the body. Ear level hearing aids consisted of eyeglass, behind the ear (BTE), in the ear (ITE), and in the canal (ITC, CIC) hearing aids. Part of the development of hearing aids Gold and burgundy metal casing, with an ear piece attached by wire. This is a body-worn hearing aid, with user instruction booklet. Manufactured by Rexton a subsidiary of Siemens."647 IV" on bottom of case, along with controls, "H N L" "M T O" and a numbered dial deaf children australia, hearing aid, rexton, siemens

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