The Lake Condah Mission site includes bluestone ruins and a reconstructed timber building, as well as the cemetery which were part of the original settlement. With European settlement in the 1830s came conflict. Gunditjmara people fought for their land during the Eumerella wars, which lasted more than 20 years. As this conflict drew to an end in the 1860s, many Aboriginal people were displaced and the Victorian government began to develop reserves to house them. Many Aboriginal people refused to move from their ancestral land and eventually the government agreed to build a mission at Lake Condah, close to some of the eel traps and within sight of Budj Bim (Mt Eccles). The mission opened in 1867. The Mission was formally closed in 1918, and Aboriginal people were forced off the Mission, some moving to Lake Tyers. The Gunditjmara protested against the Mission’s closure and many continued to reside in the buildings until the majority of the reserve land was handed over to the Soldier Settlement Scheme in the 1940s. The mission was destroyed by the government in the 1950s in an effort to force the integration of Gunditjmara people with the general community but the Gunditjmara people continued to live in the area and protect their heritage. The mission lands were returned to the Gunditjmara in 1987. Lake Condah Mission is a place with special meaning to the Gunditjmara community - as a community meeting place, an administrative centre, a symbol of political struggle and a link to family histories. As a result the Gunditjmara community do not want open public access to this site. Key Features of Interest Ruins of stone cottages and plot remains of buildings such as the church Reconstructed dormitory building (https://www.budjbim.com.au/visit/cultural-sites/lake-condah-mission/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz6j36ZvF-QIV8ZhmAh2tmA3qEAAYASAAEgLxrvD_BwE, accessed 2022)Colour photographs of the former Lake Condah Aboriginal Missionlake condah, lake condah aboriginal mission, aborigines, aboriginal, gunditjmara, eumerella wars

Remount Section broke and prepared horses for Light Horse RegimentsRare photo of men of very small unitBlack and white photograph mounted on card of eight soldiers posed in front of building. The soldiers on either end of group are possibly indigenous men.On reverse " Remount Depo ( sic ) " and " Mr. J. Bell Box 5 Wangaratta " also in faint pencil " L - 1003 - 1 " and very faint ink stamp " M B Read Photographer 10 Mathews Pd Toorak Melbourne "military, horses, remount, world war one, wwi, aboriginal

A bound volume of 96 pages featuring an image of an Australian soldier carrying an injured child on the cover. This publication includes 11 maps in colour as well as black and white and colour illustrations.A revised short history of the Australian Army beginning with Aboriginal resistance to settlement; through an examination of the service of colonial forces in the Sudan and Boer Wars; both World Wars, Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan. It contains a detailed section explaining the history and traditions of the Australian Army including patches, badges, the slouch hat and the Rising Sun badge.australian military, military history

This is a set of 19 photographs taken in 1989 during 4th Field Survey Squadron’s deployment on Operation NERIGHT 89 in Queensland and the Northern Territory. It was a two-part operation in 1989 with work conducted in the areas of Camooweal and Weipa. Part 1 was the field completion of topographic maps conducted near Camooweal QLD, along the Barkley Highway on the border between NT and QLD, from the 12th of September to the 20th of October 1989. A Bell Kiowa LOH helicopter from 162 Recce Sqn supported topographic field completion. Operation NERIGHT 89 Part 2 was the acquisition of mapping control by GPS field parties utilising Texas Instruments TI4100 Global Positioning System receivers around Weipa on Cape York Peninsula from the 22nd of September to the 22nd of October 1989. Part 2 Two Bell UH-1H Iroquois helicopters from RAAF’s 35 Squadron were principally used to deploy GPS field parties. Identification photography of control points was taken by air camera operators in AAAvn Pilatus Porter aircraft from 173 Gen Spt Sqn fitted with an RC10 aerial camera. The two parts of the operation were conducted concurrently. This is a set of 19 photographs taken in 1989 during 4th Field Survey Squadron’s deployment on Operation Neright in Queensland & the Northern Territory. The colour photographs are on 35mm negative film and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photographs were scanned at 96 dpi. .1) to .3) - Photo, colour, 1989. En-route to areas of survey operations. .4) to .5) - Photo, colour, 1989. Unidentified personnel relax next to river/waterhole. .6) - Photo, colour, 1989. Two Bell UH-1H Iroquois helicopters from RAAF’s 35 SQN utilised in the movement of GPS parties. .7) to .9) - Photo, colour, 1989. Unidentified soldier practices repelling from a UH1H Iroquois helicopter. .10) - Photo, colour, 1989. Inside the cockpit of a UH1H Iroquois helicopter. .11) - Photo, colour, 1989. Field Party camp with GPS equipment in foreground. Unidentified soldier prepares a meal. .12) - Photo, colour, 1989. GPS antenna plumbed over a survey ground mark. Witness post on left. .13) & .14) - Photo, colour, 1989. Unknown Cape York Peninsula beaches. .15) & .16) - Photo, colour, 1989. Dramatic fire next to base camp. .17) - Photo, colour, 1989. Aboriginal rock art at unknown location. .18) - Photo, colour, 1989. Aboriginal rock art at unknown location. L to R: unidentified, SPR Andrew Quin. .19) - Photo, colour, 1989. Aboriginal rock art at unknown location. LT Chris Topovsek..1P to .19P – There are no personnel identified. ‘1989 OP NERIGHT’ annotated on negative sleeve.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, 4 fd svy sqn, op neright 89

Gladys REYNELL (04/091881 - 16/11/1956) Born Glenelg, South Australia Gladys Reynell was South Australia's first studio potter and the first Australian artist to apply modernist principles to the crafts. For four years she worked from Ballarat. Osrey Pottery Ballarat operated between 1922 and 1926 by Gladys Reynell and George Osborne. The name of the pottery was an acronym formed from their surnames. Gladys Reynell, her sister Emily and brothers Rupert and Carew supported the war effort during World War One. Rupert Reynell was a neurologist who valued handicrafts in the rehabilitation of shell-shocked soldiers. He influenced Gladys and Margaret Rose (Rose) McPherson (later known as Margaret Preston) to learn pottery at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, London, in 1916. Next year a friend sent Gladys some Kangaroo Island clay which excited her: 'I thought then that it could be the most delightful thing on earth to make pots in Australia from virgin clay'. In 1918 Gladys and Rose began teaching pottery to soldiers at Seale Hayne Neurological Hospital, Devon. In September 1919 Gladys Reynell came home in September due to her father's illness. She established the Reynella Pottery and became responsible for all stages of pottery production. Using a seasoned dump of buff-coloured clay from a well at nearby McLaren Vale Gladys Reynell built and fired her own kiln; threw simple, robust forms based on early European folk pottery; and decorated them with designs inspired by both Aboriginal art—one of the earliest to use this as a source. Gladys Reynell decorated her earthenware pottery with the characteristic rich 'Reynella blue' slip. On 14 August 1922 at St Mary's Church, Edwardstown, Gladys married George Samuel Osborne, an ex-serviceman and gardener at Reynella; they had no children. Between 1922 and 1926 they set up Osrey Pottery In Ballarat. Gladys produced pottery for sale at fairs with George as her assistant. She would throw her pots in the street, causing a sensation. In 1926 George contracted lead poisoning from lead in the glazes. They moved to rural Curdievale where Gladys resumed painting and making woodcuts. From 1939 Gladys and George lived in Melbourne. In World War II she worked in the army pay corps, in the Taxation Office, and as a translator of French. Gladys died of cancer on 16 November 1956; her husband scattered her ashes at Reynella. Her ceramics, the work of one of Australia's earliest studio potters, have been avidly collected since the late 1960s and are in most major art galleries. Small blue glazed ceramic bowl incised around the top with a decorative frieze. Incised on the base "(Dam Clay) Ballarat 1923, Osrey"gladys reynell, osrey pottery, blue bowl, incised bowl, australian studio pottery, ceramics, native clay

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Colour postcard featuring a poem, a map of Australia, a currawong or magpie, a swastika, an aboriginal man holding a boomerang or throwing stick. Handwritten message on back.Front: "A message to the absent one"album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, australian flag, boomerang, throwing stick, magpie, currawong, swastika

non-fictionAutobiography of a First World War veteran ; includes account of trip made to Central Australia in 1927-28 and the author's encounters with and impressions of Aboriginal people. john frederick edey, mallee (vic.), soldier settlement

non-fictionThis book provides a detailed history of the Cranbourne Shire, including information about early settlers, Aboriginal heritage, soldier settlements, and the development of towns and rail tracks. The book also features photographs, maps, and appendices with shire statistics and historical records.cranbourne (vic.), shire of cranbourne

This is a set of 40 photographs taken in 1992 during 4th Field Survey Squadron’s deployment on Operation MIZMAZE 92 in the Kimberley region of Western Australia from the 13th of May to the 14th of July 1992. The area of operations was Wyndham, Halls Creek and Sandfire Flat. It was a two-part operation involving the field completion of topographic maps and the acquisition of mapping control by GPS field parties utilising Texas Instruments TI4100 Global Positioning System receivers. Survey parties conducted field checking of topographic maps and GPS control acquisition in Perentie 110 Series Survey variant FFR Land Rovers. Three Bell Kiowa LOH helicopters provided by 162 Recce Sqn supported field checking and limited deployment of GPS surveys parties. C-l30 Hercules from 36 Sqn supported deployment and extraction of personnel and equipment to and from from the AO. A Cessna 404 Titan Ambassador from Vee-H Aviation was used as the Wild RC10 camera platform for aerial photography acquisition.This is a set of 40 photographs taken in 1992 during 4th Field Survey Squadron’s deployment on Operation MIZMAZE 92 in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The colour photographs are on 35mm negative film and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photographs were scanned at 96 dpi. .1) - Photo, colour, 1992. CAPT Craig Hersant. .2) - Photo, colour, 1992. Unidentified officer/soldier. .3) & .4) - Photo, colour, 1992. Aboriginal rock art - Wandjina Gunduran, Donkey Creek. .5) - Photo, colour, 1992. Aboriginal rock art - Track Wandjinas, Donkey Creek. .6) & .7) - Photo, colour, 1992. CAPT Craig Hersant. .8) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography. CPL Glen Weatherell. .9) - Photo, colour, 1992. Unidentified personnel .10) - Photo, colour, 1992. Supermarket at unknown location. .11) to .13) - Photo, colour, 1992. Caravan park at unknown location. .14) - Photo, colour, 1992. Old bridge at Fitzroy Crosssing. .15) & .16) - Photo, colour, 1992. Survey party in Perentie 110 Series Land Rover. .17) & .18) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography. .19) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography. CPL Glen Weatherell. .20) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography, possibly the Bungle Bungles. .21) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography. SGT Frank Downie. .22) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography: the Bungle Bungles. .23) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography: the Bungle Bungles. .24) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography: the Bungle Bungles. SPR Neil Pedler. .25) & .26) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography: the Bungle Bungles. .27) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography. .28) - Photo, colour, 1992. Survey party with Perentie 110 Series Land Rover. .29) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography. .30) - Photo, colour, 1992. Survey party outside Perentie 110 Series Land Rover. .31) & .32) - Photo, colour, 1992. Survey party operating TI4100 GPS Receiver next to Perentie 110 Series Land Rover. SGT Eddie Jacobs. .33) & .34) - Photo, colour, 1992. Survey party operating TI4100 GPS Receiver next to Perentie 110 Series Land Rover. Unidentified surveyor. .35) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography. Hand water pump at well. .36) - Photo, colour, 1992. Survey party in Perentie 110 Series Land Rover. .37) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography. CPL Glen Weatherell. .38) - Photo, colour, 1992. Kimberley region topography viewed from Bell Kiowa LOH helicopter. .39) & .40) - Photo, colour, 1992. Unidentified surveyor field checking a preliminary map in a Bell Kiowa LOH helicopter..1P to .40P – There are no personnel identified. ‘1992 OP MIZMAZE annotated on negative sleeve.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, 4 fd svy sqn, op mizmaze 92

When author C.H. Nipper created historical overview of the first 60 years of the RVIB, various topics were covered by an unordered series of pages on individual topics. These are: Admittance of Aboriginal people (1/2 page) Blinded soldiers (5 pages) Blindness - causes and prevention (4 pages) Buildings and Land (Snippets) - gas - grant of crown land - heating - insurance - water Change of name (1 page) Deaf-Blind and the Multiple Handicapped (3 pages) Education (9 pages, 1 missing) Education extracts from various newspapers (2 pages) Employment: - Placement of blind people in employment (1 page) - Dairyman (4 pages) - Insurance brokerage as a profession of the blind by Fred C Tolstrup (3 pages) Fundraising (Snippets) - Coles Book Arcade - Sporting matches Kiosks for the Blind (1/2 page) Matilda Ann Aston (5 pages) Music (5 pages) Nursing (2 pages) Organ (Snippets) Ormond Hall (3 pages) Pensions (1/2 page) Rehabilitation Training centre (3 pages) Talking Book Library (1 1/2 pages) Welfare Services (3 1/2 pages)2 page foreward and 17 page historyroyal victorian institute for the blind, c.h. nipper, blind soldiers, deaf-blind, ormond hall, fundraising, rvib nursery, nellie melba, alice mcclelland, charles halle, blinded soldiers bowling club, talking books, employment, aboriginal and torrens strait islander people, pensions, tilly aston, fred c tolstrup, charles gatty, blindness, welfare services, rehabilitation, education, buildings