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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Milk Jug Cover
... Milk Jug Cover...Triangular shaped white cotton crocheted milk jug cover... Mitcham melbourne Milk Jug Cover Domestic object Triangular shaped ...Triangular shaped white cotton crocheted milk jug cover with a pattern of red beads in each corner.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Textile - Milk jug cover
... Milk jug cover...White crocheted milk jug cover, with blue glass beads... Mitcham melbourne Milk jug cover Textile White crocheted milk jug ...Purchased at a fete by Pat Richardson in the 1990sWidely used in Australian homes to protect milk from insects until the advent of bottled milkWhite crocheted milk jug cover, with blue glass beads at regular intervals around edge to weight the coverdomestic items, food storage & preservation, handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work -
Clunes Museum
Domestic object - MILK JUG COVER
... MILK JUG COVER...WHITE MILK JUG COVER - HAND CROCHET WHITE COTTON WITH GREEN...MILK JUG COVER Domestic object WHITE MILK JUG COVER - HAND ...WHITE MILK JUG COVER - HAND CROCHET WHITE COTTON WITH GREEN AND RED GLASS BEADS ROUND EDGE.local history, domestic items, handcraft, crochet -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Milk Jug Cover
... Milk Jug Cover...Square white cotton crocheted milk jug cover. 'Milk... Mitcham melbourne Milk Jug Cover Domestic object Square white ...Square white cotton crocheted milk jug cover. 'Milk' crocheted in centre and white and green beads around the edge.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Milk Jug Cover
... Milk Jug Cover...Square milk jug cover, crotchet with the words the Sun... Mitcham melbourne Milk Jug Cover Domestic object Square milk jug ...Betty Jones Collection.Square milk jug cover, crotchet with the words the Sun in the centre. Edge trimmed with eight red and yellow beads in corners.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Milk Jug Cover
... Milk Jug Cover...White milk jug cover. Two layers placed diagonally one... Mitcham melbourne Milk Jug Cover Domestic object White milk jug ...White milk jug cover. Two layers placed diagonally one on top of other to form corners. Red and milky beads.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Domestic object - Doily, Anne Gervasoni (Pedretti), Olympic Games Doily, c1956
... Crocheted milk jug cover by Anne Gervasoni (Pedretti... olympic games Crocheted milk jug cover by Anne Gervasoni (Pedretti ...Anne Pedretti was born at Elevated Plains, Victoria, on 15 September 1875, the daughter of Martino Pedretti and Sarah Ind. She married George Gervasoni of Yandoit Creek, and died at Dayesford on 13 August 1957. Annie Gervasoni was known for her crochet ability, and according to folklore could crochet the Lords Prayer without a pattern.Crocheted milk jug cover by Anne Gervasoni (Pedretti) of Daylesford. The words "Olympic Games 1956" has been crocheted into the design. crochet, doily, anne pedretti, anne gervasoni, ekevated plains, dry diggings, pedretti, olympic games, melbourne olympic games -
Mont De Lancey
Container - Milk jug
... on sides. Also crocheted milk jug cover with green beads around... with Kookaburra and leaf design on sides. Also crocheted milk jug cover ...From the home of Mrs. Nell Sebire, second wife of Thomas.White china small milk jug with Kookaburra and leaf design on sides. Also crocheted milk jug cover with green beads around edge.milk jugs, food covers -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Milk Jug Cover
... Milk Jug Cover...White cotton crocheted milk jug cover edged with yellow... Mitcham melbourne Milk Jug Cover Domestic object White cotton ...White cotton crocheted milk jug cover edged with yellow. Crocheted stand up cup and saucer in centre and yellow beads around outer edge.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Jug cover, Early to mid 20th century
... Jug cover...jug cover...Square white beaded jug cover in ecru colored cotton... Marsh goldfields Jug cover Square white beaded jug cover in ecru ...Covers were used to place over a jug to keep insects out of the liquid (usually milk). This sort of item was used in days before refrigeration. It also demonstrated womens ability to make items for the home.Part of Ellen Brown collection. Ellen Brown lived her whole life in Bacchus Marsh - she died aged 103 in 2009. She never married and excelled at home duties, eg., needlework, cooking. She won prizes at local shows for cakes, jam making, and preserves. She was a well known identity in the town.Square white beaded jug cover in ecru colored cotton. Crocheted central bird pattern with triangular pattern top and bottom. White beads attached on perimeter.lace, ellen brown, milk, crochet, jug cover, home duties, blue wren, beads -
Orbost & District Historical Society
cover, 1911
... cover milk-jug-cover handcraft tableware...Crochet covers for milk jugs, teacups and bowls were...Small square milk jug cover that has been hand crocheted... gippsland cover Small square milk jug cover that has been hand ...Crochet covers for milk jugs, teacups and bowls were produced to repel the dreaded Australian blow fly. They were typically decorated with Australian flora and fauna and commemorative motifs and sometimes edged with beads, shells and other three dimensional forms, not only for appearance, but also to weigh down the crochet so it would stay safely in place on the jug. The three dimensional parts were stiffened with sugar syrup, or sometimes starch, paraffin or gelatine. The main sources for crochet cover and other needlework designs available to women were in journals, magazines and pattern books. In the first half of the 20th century women's focus was the home and its decoration was important. Embroidery and crochet work was an affordable way to personalise and add aesthetic value, and examples of embroidered and crocheted pieces could be found in most Australian homes, decorating or protecting furniture, floors and walls, and keeping off flies and insects from food. Small square milk jug cover that has been hand crocheted with crown, flag and date patterned into centre. It has a red, white and blue beaded fringe.cover milk-jug-cover handcraft tableware -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Milk Jug Cover
... Milk Jug Cover...White cotton crocheted round milk jug cover. Stand up... Mitcham melbourne Milk Jug Cover Domestic object White cotton ...White cotton crocheted round milk jug cover. Stand up crocheted cup and saucer in centre edged in red. Red and cream beads around outside edgehandcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Milk Jug Cover
... Milk Jug Cover...White cotton crocheted milk jug cover. Round with crocheted... Mitcham melbourne Milk Jug Cover Domestic object White cotton ...White cotton crocheted milk jug cover. Round with crocheted stand up cup and saucer edged in pink in centre. White and pink beads around outer edge.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Milk jug cover
... Milk jug cover...Milk jug cover used pre-refrigeration during 1930's... Mitcham melbourne Milk jug cover Domestic object Round ecru/croom ...Milk jug cover used pre-refrigeration during 1930's and 1940's, by Betty McPheeRound ecru/croom crochet cover , centre 3-dimensional cup with yellow edge, yellow edge also surrounding saucer; trimmed with yellow glass beadshandcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation -
Orbost & District Historical Society
jug cover, 1953
... jug cover...A rectangular jug cover hand crocheted in white thread... gippsland jug cover A rectangular jug cover hand crocheted in white ...this item was made to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth !! in 1953. In June 1953 , Elizabeth II was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and Pakistan, and became the Head of the Commonwealth. Many souvenirs were made to mark this occasion. Some were unique and hand-made. The main sources for crochet and other needlework designs available to women were in journals, magazines and pattern books.This milk jug cover reflects an important pastime for Australian women of the late 19th to mid 20th century. Women's focus was the home and its decoration was important. Embroidery and crochet work was an affordable way to personalise and add aesthetic value, and examples of embroidered and crocheted pieces could be found in most Australian homes, decorating or protecting furniture, floors and walls, and keeping flies and insects away from food. It is also a tangible souvenir of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth 11.A rectangular jug cover hand crocheted in white thread. It has blue and red beads sewn into the edges. the design is "JUNE" above a crown with "E 11 R 1953" below the crown. -
Mont De Lancey
Milk jug and cover, 1909
... Milk jug and cover... and gold edging. (missing) White, rectangular, net jug cover...-and-dandenong-ranges Milk jug and cover White, china milk jug with hand ...Wedding gift to Mr. and Mrs. L. Wilms in 1909.White, china milk jug with hand-painted pink flowers and gold edging. (missing) White, rectangular, net jug cover with blue running stitch edging and clear glass beads.household textiles., milk jugs -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Milk Jug Cover
... Milk Jug Cover...Milk Jug cover featuring doll figurine with net skirt... Mitcham melbourne Milk Jug Cover Domestic object Milk Jug cover ...Milk Jug cover featuring doll figurine with net skirt crochet around edges and little coloured plastic beads on the outer edge. (Skirt has been remade by Frances Warren)domestic items, food preparation -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Milk jug cover
... Milk jug cover...Milk jug cover such as used pre-refrigeration during 1930's... Mitcham melbourne Milk jug cover Domestic object Cream double net ...Milk jug cover such as used pre-refrigeration during 1930's and 1940's. Owner Betty McPheeCream double net square with green stitching at edge. 3 cm crocheted border trimmed with cream and pink beadshandcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, domestic items, food storage & preservation -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Textile - MILK JUG COVER
... MILK JUG COVER...milk jug cover...Textiles, cotton lace milk jug cover. Word 'MILK' woven... TEXTILES Domestic milk jug cover Textiles, cotton lace milk jug ...Textiles, cotton lace milk jug cover. Word 'MILK' woven into pattern. Two 5 mm round white beads tied into one corner. Open loops of cotton around edges.textiles, domestic, milk jug cover -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Linen, late 1800's
... , jug cover, lace inserts. (part of the Giles Collection)..., collars, oversleeves, trims, jug cover, lace inserts. (part ...This item is one of many 19th century items donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the Giles Family, and known as the “Giles Family Collection”. Henry Giles was born at Tower Hill, Victoria in 1858 and worked as a labourer on the Warrnambool Breakwater. His wife, Mary Jane, was born in 1860 at Cooramook and worked as a student teacher at Mailor’s Flat Secondary School. The Giles family lived at The Maam, Wangoom in the late 19th century, before moving to New South Wales in 1895, where Henry built bridges. Henry died in 1933 and Mary Jane died seven years later. Flagstaff Hill holds a number of objects associated with the Giles family, which were donated by Flagstaff Hill volunteers Vera and Aurelin Giles (Henry and Mary Jane’s daughter and granddaughter respectively). These are predominantly located in the Lighthouse Keeper’s Cottage and include: Living room • Cloths (made by Vera Giles) • Portraits of Mary and Henry Giles • 1 x dresser • Covers on dresser • 1 x bellows Baby’s room • 1 x blessing (in the baby’s room) • 1 x picture of boy and girl • 1 x rocking chair • 1 x cushion (made by V Giles) • 1 x chest (belonging to Mary Jane Giles’s mother, Jane Fleming who migrated to Australia from Ireland in 1843) • 1 x chest cover • Bed materials Bedroom • 1 x knitted bedspread and cushion cover (knitted by V Giles) • Pillow shams and covers (Mrs Catherine King) • Pillow cases (Mary Giles) • 1 x wash stand (Mary Giles) • Towels (lace knitted by Aurelin Giles) • 1 x washstand cover • 1 x white ceramic dog • Shaving items • 1 x dressing table mirror • 1 x dressing table cover (made by Aurelin Giles) • 1 x framed motto • 2 x texts • 1 x settee (sofa) • 1x wardrobe (Vera Giles donated the wardrobe in the Lighthouse Keeper’s Cottage to Flagstaff Hill. According to Aurelin Giles, it was originally owned by William Swinton junior and was later given to a friend of the Giles family.) Kitchen • Settee covers (made by V Giles) • 1 x sideboard • 1 x butter churner • 2 x pictures • 1 x white cheese dome • 1 x wash-up tray • 2 x jugs • 1 x vegetable bowl and dish • 1 x willow pattern dinner set • Glass butter and jam dishes. The Giles family collection has social significance at a local level, because it illustrates the level of material support the Warrnambool community gave to Flagstaff Hill when the Museum was established.Calico bag of assorted fabrics, trims and sewn pieces (originally donated together with sewing machine). Items include clothing, lace, tablecloth, tray cloth, collars, oversleeves, trims, jug cover, lace inserts. (part of the Giles Collection)flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, linen, fabric, dressmaking, sewing materials, 19th century sewing, 19th century fashion, giles family, 19th century hand craft, henry giles, tower hill, cooramook, warrnambool breakwater, mailor’s flat, wangoom, 19th century clothing, 19th century linen, 19th century handcraft -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Domestic Object - MERLE HOULDEN COLLECTION : MILK JUG COVER, 1930's-1950's
... MERLE HOULDEN COLLECTION : MILK JUG COVER...milk jug cover...White crochet cotton, filigree crochet milk jug cover... DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT Food storage & preservation milk jug cover Made ...White crochet cotton, filigree crochet milk jug cover. The word "MILK" is worked into the centre of the design, with a milk-jug worked above and below the word. The cover is star shaped, with three yellow glass beads attached at each of the eight points. A diamond shaped pattern is worked into each of the eight points.Made by Merle's Grandmother-- Geuerdomestic equipment, food storage & preservation, milk jug cover -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Domestic Object - MERLE HOULDEN COLLECTION : MILK JUG COVER, 1930's-40's-50's
... MERLE HOULDEN COLLECTION : MILK JUG COVER...milk jug cover...Small circular milk jug cover. Centre panel - seven cms... DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT Food storage & preservation milk jug cover Made ...Small circular milk jug cover. Centre panel - seven cms in diameter of fine double thickness net. A Three cm wide band of very fine crochet surrounds the net.This fine crochet is surrounded by twenty five green glass beads, attached by the crochet edging - very fine "chain stitch" crochet passes through each bead.Made by Merle's Grandmother - Geuerdomestic equipment, food storage & preservation, milk jug cover -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Domestic Object - MERLE HOULDEN COLLECTION: MILK JUG COVER, 1930's-40's-50's
... MERLE HOULDEN COLLECTION: MILK JUG COVER...milk jug cover...Small circular milk jug cover. Centre panel, seven cms... DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT Food storage & preservation milk jug cover Made ...Small circular milk jug cover. Centre panel, seven cms in diameter is made from a double layer of very fine white net. A three cm band of very fine crochet surrounds the net. This fine crochet has twenty five round, green glass beads attached by a fine chain stitch passing through each bead.Made by Merle's Grandmother Geuerdomestic equipment, food storage & preservation, milk jug cover -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Lace doilies
... doily or jug cover. 25.5 cm in diameter, gathered effect 9062.4... 9062.3 Round crocheted doily or jug cover. 25.5 cm in diameter ...9062.1 Tatted oblong doily, 13.5cm # x 36 cm L 9062.2 Square crocheted doily, 16.5 cm square 9062.3 Round crocheted doily or jug cover. 25.5 cm in diameter, gathered effect 9062.4 Round 22cm diameter drawn thread doily 9062.5 Round 18cm crocheted doily 9062.6 Round tatted multipoint doily, 9062.7 Small oblong lace doily -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Haberdashery, crochet doiley, c1900
... in crochet and made these doilies to cover milk jugs, and other food... skilled in crochet and made these doilies to cover milk jugs ...Early settler women in Moorabbin Shire c1900, were skilled in crochet and made these doilies to cover milk jugs, and other food containers, to protect the contents from flies and other insects while on the kitchen table.The women of the early settler families in Moorabbin Shire c1900, were very skilled with craftwork, crochet, knitting, sewing, needlework.A crocheted cotton doily with raised decoration of a cup and saucer. Coloured beads anchor the points to add weight to keep the doily in place when protecting contents of a cup or jugpioneers, earley settlers, haberdashery, craftwork, crochet, doileys, kitchen equipment, moorabbin shire, bentleigh, moorabbin, ormond, cheltenham, -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic Collection
Domestic object - Silver tea set, Martin, Hall & Co (Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall), 1876
... basin and covered cream jug. Oval, chamfered shaped base... basin and covered cream jug. Oval, chamfered shaped base ...Mayor Harkness is best known for abolishing liquor from the Town Hall and replacing the Mayor's Ball with a Monster Sunday School Picnic for children which took place in Ravenswood in 1883 and was attended by 15,000 people. Abraham Harkness arrived in Victoria in 1857 aged 28. He was initially successful in his search for gold and after a return trip to England in 1862 returned to Bendigo where he opened a general store and then a foundry manufacturing mining machinery. He stood for council from in 1880 and was elected a further eight times over the next twenty years. Cr Harkness served as Mayor in 1882, 1897 and 1898. His son Andrew became Mayor in 1908-09. Abraham Harkness married Jane Elizabeth Noble in Bendigo in1864 and together they had six sons and five daughters. Abraham died in 1912 and Jane in 1927. This elegant silver service was gifted to Mrs Harkness by her husband the Mayor in remembrance of the event and then gifted back to the City.Four piece Victorian tea and coffee silver service consisting of tall coffee pot, tea pot, two handled covered sugar basin and covered cream jug. Oval, chamfered shaped base tapering at top. Bodies are decorated with foliate decoration and central finial entwined with cartouche which holds either the Bendigo Coat of Arms, or the entwined initials J E H except the large coffee pot which has engraved dedication to Mayoress Harkness instead of the Coat of Arms. Insulated handles on pots. 0432.1 Coffee pot 0432.2 Teapot 0432.3 Sugar Pot 0432.4 Cream Jug Stamped back top left of each part and inside lids - Makers Mark: Martin, Hall & Co (Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall). Hallmarks; (Lion) sterling silver, (Panther head) London Assay Office, (Women's head in left profile) duty paid, (A)1876 on coffee pot, (G) 1882 on other three pieces.mayor harkness, mayoress harness -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Kitchen Equipment, 'Vulcan' vitamizer, c1940
A machine fitted with sharp blades, for mashing, crushing or liquefying food ingredients. i.e vitamizing. The jug, made of glass, steel, aluminium or plastic, contains rotor blades that engage with a bit protruding from the base containing an electric motor. When activated by the switch on the base the sharp rotor blades chop, mix , mince, pulverize the ingredients in the jug . The degree of mince depends on the time the motor is running. The jug is easily removed from the base to pour the mixed ingredients where needed and the rotors are safely and easily cleaned by rinsing under water.c1940, an electric, 'Vulcan' Vitamizer, with the original cloth covered flex and bake-lite lever switch at front of the cream bake-lite base . The jug- shaped chrome blender has a red, thick, rubber lid. Front: : Vulcan / LM1 Base ; VULCAN / TYPE LM1 / Patent Pending Design / Volts 220 Amps 8vitamizer, food preparation, cooking, vulcan pty ltd australia, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, ormond, housekeeping -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Dairy Equipment, doiley, 20thC
... is a cover for a jug or cup, with the glass beads providing.... This Doiley is a cover for a jug or cup, with the glass beads ...Early settler women were skilled craft workers and crocheted doilies and other napery for their household. This Doiley is a cover for a jug or cup, with the glass beads providing the weight to secure it, to protect the contents from flies, insects and dust while on the kitchen table.Early settler women were skilled in dressmaking, crochet, knitting as they made clothes, furnishings, drapery and tableware for their families c1900A cotton, crocheted doily with a teapot pattern and green beads at edges to keep it in place when protecting contents of a jug or cupkitchen equipment, crochetwork, napery, doilies, milk jugs, early settlers, market gardeners, cooking utensils, kitchenware, castiron cooking pots, blacksmiths, slow cooking, moorabbin shire, bentleigh, mckinnon, highett, cheltenham, -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Copper Sheathing, ca. 1855
This sheet of copper sheathing or muntz metal has been recovered from the sea. It has been damaged by reaction of the metals to the sea, it has encrustations from the sea such as sand, and other damage has caused the edges to break away or fold over. ABOUT MUNTZ Early timber sailing ships had a problem of the timber hulls being eaten through by the marine animals called Teredo Worms, sometimes called ‘sea worms’ or ‘termites of the sea’. The worms bore holes into wood that is immersed in sea water and the bacteria inside the worms digest the wood. Shipbuilders tried to prevent this problem by applying coatings of tar, wax, lead or pitch onto the timber. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the outsides of their ships were sheathed in copper sheathing or a combination of 60 per cent copper and 40 per cent zinc (called Muntz metal). The ships would be re-metalled periodically to ensure the sheathing would remain effective. In more recent times the ships are protected with a toxic coating. ABOUT THE SCHOMBERG- When the ship Schomberg was launched in 1855, she was considered the most perfect clipper ship ever to be built. James Blaine’s Black Ball Line had commissioned her to be built for their fleet of passenger liners. At a cost of £43,103, the Aberdeen builders designed her to sail faster than the quick clippers designed by North American Donald McKay. She was a three-masted wooden clipper ship, built with diagonal planking of British oak with layers of Scottish larch. This luxury vessel was designed to transport emigrants to Melbourne in superior comfort. She had ventilation ducts to provide air to the lower decks and a dining saloon, smoking room, library and bathrooms for the first-class passengers. At the launch of Schomberg’s maiden voyage, her master Captain ‘Bully’ Forbes, drunkenly predicted that he would make the journey between Liverpool and Melbourne in 60 days. Schomberg departed Liverpool on 6 October 1855 with 430 passengers and 3000 tons cargo including iron rails and equipment intended the build the Geelong Railway and a bridge over the Yarra from Melbourne to Hawthorn. The winds were poor as Schomberg sailed across the equator, slowing her journey considerably. She was 78 days out of Liverpool when she ran aground on a sand spit near Peterborough, Victoria, on 27 December; the sand spit and the currents were not marked on Forbes’s map. Overnight, the crew launched a lifeboat to find a safe place to land the ship’s passengers. The scouting party returned to Schomberg and advised Forbes that it was best to wait until morning because the rough seas could easily overturn the small lifeboats. The ship’s Chief Officer spotted SS Queen at dawn and signalled the steamer. The master of the SS Queen approached the stranded vessel and all of Schomberg’s passengers were able to disembark safely. The Black Ball Line’s Melbourne agent sent a steamer to retrieve the passengers’ baggage from the Schomberg. Other steamers helped unload her cargo until the weather changed and prevented the salvage teams from accessing the ship. Local merchants Manifold & Bostock bought the wreck and cargo but did not attempt to salvage the cargo still on board the ship. They eventually sold it on to a Melbourne businessman and two seafarers. After two men drowned when they tried to reach Schomberg, salvage efforts were abandoned.32 In 1975, divers from Flagstaff Hill, including Peter Ronald, found an ornate communion set at the wreck. The set comprised a jug, two chalices, a plate and a lid. The lid did not fit any of the other objects and in 1978 a piece of the lid broke off, revealing a glint of gold. As museum staff carefully examined the cover and removed marine growth, they found a diamond ring, which is currently on display in the Great Circle Gallery.33 Flagstaff Hill also holds ship fittings and equipment, personal effects, a lithograph, tickets and photographs from the Schomberg. Most of the artefacts were salvaged from the wreck by Peter Ronald, former director of Flagstaff Hill.The Schomberg, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR S612), has great historical significance as a rare example of a large, fast clipper ship on the England to Australia run, carrying emigrants at the time of the Victorian gold rush. She represents the technical advances made to break sailing records between Europe and Australia. Flagstaff Hill’s collection of artefacts from the Schomberg is significant for its association with the shipwreck, The collection is primarily significant because of the relationship between the objects, as together they have a high potential to interpret the story of the Schomberg. It is archaeologically significant as the remains of an international passenger Ship. It is historically significant for representing aspects of Victoria’s shipping history and for its association with the shipwreck and the ship, which was designed to be fastest and most luxurious of its dayCopper sheathing or "Muntz metal" - 60% copper and 40% zinc, used to line the hull of the Schomberg to prevent shipworm infestation. The sheet was recovered from the wreck of the Schomberg. It is irregular in shape with nail holes and slight encrustation.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, schomberg, clipper ship, black ball line, 1855 shipwreck, aberdeen clipper ship, captain forbes, peterborough shipwreck, ss queen, muntz, muntz metal, copper sheating,, copper sheathing, teredo worms, sea worms, sea termites, ship building, late 19th century sailing ships -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Guest towel, late 19th century
This item is one of many 19th century items donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the Giles Family, and known as the “Giles Family Collection”. Henry Giles was born at Tower Hill, Victoria in 1858 and worked as a labourer on the Warrnambool Breakwater. His wife, Mary Jane, was born in 1860 at Cooramook and worked as a student teacher at Mailor’s Flat Secondary School. The Giles family lived at The Maam, Wangoom in the late 19th century, before moving to New South Wales in 1895, where Henry built bridges. Henry died in 1933 and Mary Jane died seven years later. Flagstaff Hill holds a number of objects associated with the Giles family, which were donated by Flagstaff Hill volunteers Vera and Aurelin Giles (Henry and Mary Jane’s daughter and granddaughter respectively). These are predominantly located in the Lighthouse Keeper’s Cottage and include: Living room • Cloths (made by Vera Giles) • Portraits of Mary and Henry Giles • 1 x dresser • Covers on dresser • 1 x bellows Baby’s room • 1 x blessing (in the baby’s room) • 1 x picture of boy and girl • 1 x rocking chair • 1 x cushion (made by V Giles) • 1 x chest (belonging to Mary Jane Giles’s mother, Jane Fleming who migrated to Australia from Ireland in 1843) • 1 x chest cover • Bed materials Bedroom • 1 x knitted bedspread and cushion cover (knitted by V Giles) • Pillow shams and covers (Mrs Catherine King) • Pillow cases (Mary Giles) • 1 x wash stand (Mary Giles) • Towels (lace knitted by Aurelin Giles) • 1 x washstand cover • 1 x white ceramic dog • Shaving items • 1 x dressing table mirror • 1 x dressing table cover (made by Aurelin Giles) • 1 x framed motto • 2 x texts • 1 x settee (sofa) • 1x wardrobe (Vera Giles donated the wardrobe in the Lighthouse Keeper’s Cottage to Flagstaff Hill. According to Aurelin Giles, it was originally owned by William Swinton junior and was later given to a friend of the Giles family.) Kitchen • Settee covers (made by V Giles) • 1 x sideboard • 1 x butter churner • 2 x pictures • 1 x white cheese dome • 1 x wash-up tray • 2 x jugs • 1 x vegetable bowl and dish • 1 x willow pattern dinner set • Glass butter and jam dishes. The Giles family collection has social significance at a local level, because it illustrates the level of material support the Warrnambool community gave to Flagstaff Hill when the Museum was established.Guest towel, set of 3 white damask guest towels.(Giles Collection) flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, giles family, henry giles, tower hill, cooramook, warrnambool breakwater, mailor’s flat,, wangoom, 19th century linen, 19th century handcraft, guest towel