This receipt was donated with our collection's Wertheim sewing machine accessory box. The box contains twelve accessories, the instruction book and the receipt for the purchase of a Wertheim sewing machine. The receipt was written on July 23rd 1891 by the Wertheim distributor in Melbourne, Hugo Wertheim. His business was the Wertheim Sewing Machine and Hapsburg Piano Depot, trading at 173 Williams Street, Melbourne. The purchaser was Mrs Burrowes from Burrumbeet, Victoria, a district northwest of Ballarat. She paid £6-6 (six pounds and six shillings) in cash. The receipt was signed by H. Wertheim and the other signatory looks like John A. Cherry. Hugo Wertheim (1854-1919) was an agent for his father’s cousin Joseph Wertheim, a well-established sewing machine manufacturer in Germany. He was born in Lispenhausen, Germany, and migrated to Melbourne in October 1875, where he opened a merchandising business at 39 Flinders Lane East. He returned to Germany in 1885 to marry Joseph Wertheim's daughter Sophie Emilie. The couple came back to Melbourne, and Hugo quickly established a substantial business selling sewing machines, bicycles, pianos and other mechanical devices, under brands such as Wertheim, Electra, Planet, Griffin and Hapsburg. He exhibited at agricultural shows and in 1901 at the Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, United States of America. One of his staff was O. C. Beale, who later set up his own piano business in New South Wales. Hugo continued to own 25 per cent of one of Beale's companies, which became Wertheim's Queensland business. In 1908 Hugo Wertheim opened a piano factory in Richmond, Melbourne, aiming to produce 2000 pianos and player pianos a year, predominantly using Australian materials. In laying the foundation stone, Prime Minister Alfred Deakin observed that “few men with such opportunities for a life of ease would have embarked on such an enterprise” Hugo died of chronic hepatitis in 1919 at his home in South Yarra. His eldest son, Herbert Joseph (1886-1972), continued the business. The piano factory closed in 1935, becoming a Heinz food processing plant and in 1955, GTV Channel 9 studios and offices. The Wertheim Sewing Machine Company – Joseph Wertheim (1804–1899) founded the company in 1868 in Frankfurt, Germany. At this time Joseph was the Frankfurt city delegate for the Democratic Party. At its height, the Wertheim factory employed approximately 650 workers. The company used a trademark of a dwarf holding a hammer which is known to have been used until at least 1925, however in 1909 a Star of David was also registered. In 1870 a Wertheim subsidiary was formed in Barcelona, Spain. The business imported and sold complete machines, including the English Jones machine. Locals began calling the sewing machines “las rapidas”, and the business became known as “las casa de las rapidas”. In 1915 production began of a totally manufactured Spanish Wertheim machine. Wertheim in Germany continued manufacturing machines until 1932 when the Wertheim family fled to Spain. Despite converting to Christianity from Judaism, they feared the political unrest in Germany during that time. Wertheim Spain became Rapida SA and was then the sole manufacturer of the Wertheim machines. The factory was managed by Karl Wertheim under the alias Carlos Vallin.The receipt is significant for its connection with Victoria's northwestern district, the Melbourne distributor Hugo Wertheim, and the well-known German manufacturer of the early domestic sewing machines, Joseph Wertheim. The stamp with Queen Victoria's profile also connects the receipt to the Victorian era and connects Melbourne to Colonial Australia. The receipt also gives a fixed date to the machine accessories and instruction book in our Collection, connecting them all to domestic life in the Victorian era.Receipt on cream paper, rectangular, with red horizontal and vertical lines. Printed letterhead and heading text. Handwritten details of the seller, owner, the item purchased, method of payment, and cost. Signed by two signatories. A one-penny stamp is attached. Sold by Wertheim Sewing Machines and Hapsburg Pianos,.dated 23rd July 1891 for £6 6/- from Mrs Burrowes, Burrumbeet, Victoria, for the purchase of a Wertheim sewing machine.Printed "From the Wertheim Sewing Machine and Hapsburg Piano Depot" Handwritten "Mrs Burrowes, Burrumbeet" "July 23rd 1891" "Wertheim Sewing Machine" "£6 6" "Settled by Cash" Signatures "H. Wertheim" and (Looks Like) "John A Cherry" Ont the stamp, [image of Queen Victoria's profile] and "VICTORIA" "ONE PENNY" flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, wertheim, sewing machine, victorian era, sewing machine accessories, sewing machine instructions, wertheim sewing machine and hapsburg piano depot, 23-7-1891, £6 6/-, mrs burrowes, burrumbeet, h. wertheim, wertheim sewing machines, domestic machines, dress making, home industry, fashion, receipt, queen victoria stamp, one-penny stamp

Article from a collection of newspaper clippings from October 1968 to July 1971Article on the Mutton Birds and how they always return to the same burrowphillip island, mutton birds

One of a collection of over 400 photographs in an album commenced in 1960 and presented to the Phillip Island & Westernport Historical Society by the Shire of Phillip IslandNight time photograph of Penguins on the beach ready to go up to their burrows.local history, photography, penguins, black & white photograph, wildlife, penguin parade, wildlife - penguins, john jenner, bryant west

Sandhurst and Echuca districts residence, trade and mining directory for 1881-2-3 Compiled and published by G Stevens and J W Burrows, printed by Burrows & Co, printers and bookbinders Bull Street Sandhurst.bendigo, history, directory

Black and white photo of Thomas Richards Burrowes Morton, President of Shire of Nunawading.morton thomas richards burrowes

Small waist length portrait of a man. He is wearing a jacket, shirt and a waistcoat which buttons to the neck. He has a white tie? He also has a beard. The photo has a blue border and the photographer's name printed in blue. On the back, printed in blue, is the photographer's name and address, some decorative work with a crown at the top and a bird on each side.J. W. Burrows, next Commercial Hotel, Pall Mall, Sandhurstphotograph, portrait, male, portrait of a man, j w burrows

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2004. Scholarly: on their way home from Woodstock State School No. 3492 in 1942. Front: R. Stone, B. Hamilton. Middle: J. Burrows, E. Cooper. Back: M. Packham, W. Leversha, N. Burrows.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Coloured photo of The Governor of Victoria's Invitation to Mr. Thomas Richards Burrowes Morton & Lady to attend Celebrations in Melbourne.morton thomas richards burrowes

Black and white photo of Thomas Richard Burrowes Morton's home, 'Clonmore', Gordon Crescent, Blackburn built in 1888.morton thomas richards burrowes, blackburn, clonmore

Coloured photo of Commonwealth of Australia - Invitation to Mr. Thomas Richards Burrowes Morton & Lady to attend the Opening of Parliament of the Commonwealth.morton thomas richards burrowes

Coloured photo of The Government of Victoria's Invitation to Mr. Thomas Richards Burrowes Morton to Royal Review 10/5/1901.morton thomas richards burrowes

Coloured photo of Minister of State's Invitation to Mr. Thomas Richards Burrowes Morton to attend an Evening Reception 9/5/1901.morton thomas richards burrowes

Rabbit nets like this one were pegged over the openings of rabbit burrows, after which a ferret would be let loose down the burrow. The ferret would then chase the rabbit out of the burrow into the net.rabbit traps, ferrets

Inspected by George Rawlings 6.2.2013.A fossilised worm casting., as in a beach or sand worm of a large variety. The worm secretes organic substances that harden in the burrow and the ejected material is called castings.fossil worm-casting

Documents. Quantity of documents and receipts relating to purchase and alterations of property situated at 16 Burrowes St Golden Square by Gertrude Perry 1955 to 1959.place, building, residential, gertrude perry collection, documents relating to perry property

17 x 11 cm, hardback, covers very loose and spine missing, 226 pages Sandhurst: J.W. Burrows, Printer, Williamson Street, 1888Stamped "Victoria Police" and inscribed "Briagolong Police Station"instruction manual, lew howard collection, victoria police

Used in 'Blackburn - a picturesque history' by Robin Da CostaBlack & white photo of Thomas Richards Burrowes Morton 1854 -1923.C See page 10 of DeCosta book. Biography see page 52morton thomas richards burrowes

Also taken at the same event 2674.1 Photograph shows Hedmster of Nungurner Primary school speaking to students and parentsColour photograph of musician Don Burrows with music group at Nungurner Primary School on occasion of school 81 year anniversary, 1925 - 2006. Nungurner Victoriaschools, people, celebration