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Kew Historical Society Inc
Equipment, City of Kew, Traffic Warning Lantern, 1945-1965
One of three traffic warning lanterns donated by the City of Kew in 1984. The lanterns were used by the City Engineers Department for emergency street lighting to indicate dangerous conditions. The red glass in the lanterns symbolically represented danger.The Kew Historical Society is fortunate that the City Engineer, Mr Poulter, donated a number of items held by the City of Kew to the Society for safekeeping, rather than identifying them for destruction. The most significant items donated included old maps, including those issued by the Board of Works. Other items included photographs of public works undertaken by the Department. These traffic warning lanterns, while less historically significant, are indicative of a period of rapid urban development in the district during the post war period.City of Kew warning lantern (centre) previously located in various streets and plant nurserytraffic lanterns -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Equipment, City of Kew, Traffic Warning Lantern, 1945-1965
One of three traffic warning lanterns donated by the City of Kew in 1984. The lanterns were used by the City Engineers Department for emergency street lighting to indicate dangerous conditions. The red glass in the lanterns symbolically represented danger.The Kew Historical Society is fortunate that the City Engineer, Mr Poulter, donated a number of items held by the City of Kew to the Society for safekeeping, rather than identifying them for destruction. The most significant items donated included old maps, including those issued by the Board of Works. Other items included photographs of public works undertaken by the Department. These traffic warning lanterns, while less historically significant, are indicative of a period of rapid urban development in the district during the post war period.City of Kew warning lantern (right) previously located in various streets and plant nurserytraffic lanterns -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Marine Lamp, Kempthorne Pty Ltd, 1941
Kempthorne Lighting Pty. was established as Coffey Lanterns in East Malvern, Melbourne Victoria in 1931 by brothers Selwyn and Owen Coffey. They manufactured lighting fixtures and fittings including oil lamps for marine use as well as for the domestic market. In early 1936 two other brothers, Erle and Terence had joined the company which was renamed Kempthorne Lantern Works Pty., Ltd. In 1946 Kempthorne joined with a small design team who had developed a domestic fan to form the subsidiary, Mistral fans. The company previously known as Kempthorne Holding Ltd was listed on the stock exchange in 1968. In 1977-1979 Kempthorne Mistral Ltd. Was a holding company comprising of Kempthorne Lighting Pty., Ltd. & Mistral Fans Pty., Ltd. An early Australian made marine lamp by a significant manufacturer that is still in business today making electrical equipment. The item is an important artefact that was made by an early Australian business that started in the 1930s. Over the years this company has demonstrated many innovations to the manufacturer of electrical items. Marine copper Lamp, round with brass makers lozenge and rounded hollow lugs set on either side of the lamp. Heavy metal handle with brass locking pin. Lid with catch on top. Made by Kempthorne Pty Ltd Melb. 1941flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, lamp, copper ship lamp, ship lamp, kempthorne pty ltd -
Orbost & District Historical Society
lantern
The kerosene lantern is a type of lighting device that uses kerosene as a fuel. Kerosene lanterns have a wick or mantle as light source. They may be hand-held for portable lighting.This kerosene lantern was used as a light on road works in the Orbost area. It would have been carried/used by one of the road workers. Lamps of this kind were significantroadworks items in their period of use as essential tools to the safe-working operations of the Country Roads Board.. A red metal roadworks warning lantern. It is rectangular with a metal carrying handle. The top is domed. The door at the back is hingedand opens with a small nail. The lamp was lit by kerosene held in a small square tank with a wick.lantern kerosene light lamp -
Orbost & District Historical Society
buggy lamps, 1880's -1910
... to box seat These lanterns are examples of lighting devices used ...In the beginning of the19th century, the main mode of transportation was the horse and carriage. Even after the advent of the railway, remote areas still relied on the horse for local transport.Until Australian coachbuilders began making buggies from the 1860s, most were made in America Buggies with four wheels were light but comfortable. Many had hoods to keep the sun and rain off passengers. They were generally owned by doctors, ‘squatters’ and business people. Some had small turn-out seats at the back for children. Lamps are placed at different places on the carriage sides: 1 lamp on each side placed close to box seatThese lanterns are examples of lighting devices used in the time of horse and carriage transport.Two kerosene lanterns - buggy lamps.They are rectangular in shape and have a chimney on top. Both have carrying handles.There are 3 glass windows having two clear white lights and one small red round light on the back. The ceramic burner is made by Barton's.On ceramic wick holder - B in the middle of BARTONS B Underneath is TRADE MARK lighting kerosene-lights buggy-lamps transport lanterns -
Orbost & District Historical Society
coach lamps, 1920's
These lamps belonged to Ernie Eaton and were used for spotlighting rabbits. Carbide lamps, or acetylene gas lamps, are simple lamps that produce and burn acetylene (C2H2) which is created by the reaction of calcium carbide (CaC2) with water. Acetylene gas lamps were used to illuminate buildings, as lighthouse beacons, and as headlights on motor-cars and bicycles. Portable acetylene gas lamps, worn on the hat or carried by hand, were widely used in mining in the early twentieth century. They are still employed by cavers, hunters, and cataphiles Torches, candles, oil lamps and kerosene lamps were designed to be carried around but they could be dangerous because they have flame as a source of light. These lanterns are significant examples of lighting devices widely used used before the use of battery powered devices. A pair of Germania lamps. They have brass cases with steel bodied generators and convex lens. .1 is a metal carbide coach lamp. .2 is a similar lamp but has the chimney missing. .3 is a metal handle used to attach a lamp to the front of the vehicle.Germania Base has circle with three leaves.lantern lamp germania coach-lamp -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Household, Candle mould, Early 20th century
This candle mould was used in the past to make six candles. Molten wax or tallow, together with a central thread or cotton, were poured into the columns and when set were removed from the moulds. Until the advent of electricity in the 1920s in Warrnambool, candles, lanterns and lamps were an important source of lighting in homes. Few homes had gas lighting. Many householders made their own candles from waste fat etc. This mould is retained as an example of the way householders in the past made their own candles to assist lighting in the home. This is a mould with a rectangular base and six cylindrical hollow columns with pointed ends affixed to the mould base. The columns are topped by a rectangular metal tray with the openings of the columns in the base of the tray. There is a metal clip attached to one end of the tray. The mould is very rusty warrnambool history, candles -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Equipment - Lamp, Kerosene
Slightly rusty oil lamp. No painted areas, all bare metal.- LANORA - LANORA AUSTRALIAlantern, flat-wick lamp, hurricane lamp, lighting device, kerosene lamp -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - LANTERN - KEROSENE
KEROSENE LANTERN - METAL - PAINTED RED. BURNERS REMOVABLE. NO VISIBLE BRANDS OR MARKINGSlocal history, lighting, battery -
Mont De Lancey
Functional object, Lamp - Kerosene
Used in the early 20th CenturyAn early 20th Century glass and rusted tin "hurricane" lamp with three wire curved horizontal bands protecting the clear chimney glass. This is a portable lantern with an oil tank at the bottom that forms the base of the lamp. The tank is filled through a metal tube with a screw top lid and it also houses a wick and knob that increases or decreases the length of the wick.lantens, kerosene lamps, lighting equipment, lamps -
Mont De Lancey
Functional object - Lamp - Kerosene, Early 20th century
... Lamps Lighting Equipment Lanterns ...Used in the early 20th CenturyAn early 20th Century glass and rusted tin "hurricane" lamp with curved wire protecting the clear chimney glass. This is a portable lantern with an oil tank at the bottom that forms the base of the lamp. The tank is filled through a metal tube with a screw top lid and it also houses a wick and knob that increases or decreases the length of the wick.lamps, kerosene lamps, lighting equipment, lanterns -
Parks Victoria - Gabo Island Lightstation
Lens section
Detached sector panel from upper lantern. The lens segment is one of a pair of freestanding panels that formerly stood on a platform in the upper lantern room on either side of a small fixed light. The platform rested above the 1860/62 Chance Bros. first order, fixed lens and could be accessed by a ladder. The two sector lens panels were each set in a bronze frame and comprised a curved wider (belt) piece in the centre with nine curved, slim line pieces above and below it (19 pieces in total). The belt aligned with the light source to provide optimal focus and range. The panels, the light and the platform were installed in 1934 to upgrade the original optical system with red warning lights. Fitting them above the lantern was a convenient and inexpensive way to do this, with each lens panel set up behind a red glass panel to project a red sector to the seaward over to Cape Howe and the Western Shore. The two sectors are likely to be Chance Bros. by manufacture although they do not appear to bear the maker’s name. This is probably because Chance Bros. typically fixed metal plaques to their apparatus and tended not to stamp smaller components such as their lens frames. It could possibly indicate that the two sectors are former components of a larger system, i.e. another lens. This can easily be confirmed by closely inspecting the bronze frames. A series of holes on the frame would indicate that ‘they would have bolted to other panels to make a larger lens assembly’. The absence of holes would confirm that ‘they were made specifically to stand alone’. The sector panels were removed from the Gabo lantern in February 1992. At some point after their removal, they were found in boxes marked with ‘Ince Pt.’, however it is thought that Ince Point lighthouse ‘never had … stand alone sectors’. The panel in the Gabo Island collection is one of two segments discovered at the Eden Killer Whale Museum in about 2007. One section was repatriated to Gabo Island and the other was to go to Smoky Cape Lighthouse in northern NSW. The Gabo lens segment has first level contributory significance for its historic value and provenance to the lantern room. It is recommended that Parks Victoria/AMSA seek to return the Smoky Cape segment to Gabo Island and reunite the sector panels.The Gabo lens segment has first level contributory significance for its historic value and provenance to the lantern room.Section of a lens from a lighting apparatus , rectangular louvers of glass enclosed in a metal frame. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Garden Lantern
Terra Cotta garden lantern with cut out sides and handle on toplighting, candle -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Hurricane lamp, 1906
Small hurricane lamp with metal top and base and glass lantern. A metal hook on top to hang lamp.Patent 71-01 july 25 04 May 1906 around edge on top. ' Dietz Sport NY USA' on the glass lantern. 'Made in USA Dietz sport' on toplighting, kerosene & oil -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - car lantern, Joseph Lucas Ltd. Birmingham, England, Lucas King of the Road Lantern, c.1930
This lantern or lamp was used for lighting an automobile or motor cycle in the 1920s or 1930s. It could also have been used in a household or carried by a person. It was made by the English firm of Joseph Lucas Ltd., a business founded in 1860 which originally made scoops, buckets and plant holders. In 1875 it began the production of lamps and in the early 20th century made automotive components. Today after having merged with a North American company it makes components for the automotive and aerospace industries. The term 'King of the Road' was reserved for products that were regarded as the most prestigious and the ones commanding the highest price. This lamp was advertised as one that 'will not blow out in the toughest gale'.This item is retained as an interesting example of the lighting used for cars and bicycles early in the 20th century.This is a metal lantern which is much rusted but which may have been chrome or nickel plated. It has a lighting mechanism enclosed in glass, a handle on the top, a winding screw on the side, an oil container and a metal plaque on the base. LUCAS No. 636 KING of the ROAD JOS.LUCAS LTD. B'HAMcar components, automobile lighting, lucas industries, -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Kerosene Hurrican lamp
From great uncle of Miriam Armstrong who lived in the Thornbury Area.Metal kerosene hurricane lamp with lantern glass and hanger. On lid "Tropic"On lid 'Tropic', on lamp 'Chalwy' & 'Tropic'lamp, kerosens, lighting -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Petromax lantern, Ehrich and Graetz, Berlin, Germany, c. 1920
... lighting Petromax lanterns Ehrich and Graetz, Berlin, Germany ...This is a vintage lighting mechanism probably dating from the 1920s. It would have been used in a household or business to provide lighting for a room. It is quite heavy so would have mostly rested on a table or ledge. It is a Petromax lantern, a brand name for a type of pressurised paraffin lamp that uses a mantle. The Petromax lantern was developed in 1910 by Max Graetz of the firm of Ehrich and Graetz of Berlin, Germany (petro= petroleum, max=Max Graetz).The Petromax lantern is still produced todayThis lantern is of antiquarian interest as an example of household lighting100 years ago.This is a lantern with a metal base, a wooden stem painted black, a metal body holding a piece of circular glass and a metal top with perforations acting as a chimney. The base has a hand pump and a removable screw cap to enable the base to be filled with paraffin. The main body has a screw holder to control the lighting and a pre-lighting mechanism and a mantle fitting inside the glass. The mantle is missing.PETROMAX No. 886 MADE IN GERMANYvintage lighting, petromax lanterns -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Lantern with handle, c. 1900
... lighting hand-held metal lanterns ...This is a vintage item dating from the early 20th century. It is a hand-held lantern that could also have been hung from a ledge or wall. Lanterns of this type were often used by railway employees or ship's crew for signalling. The lighting was probably obtained by a candle as there is no evidence of an oil mechanism.This item is of interest because of its age and its possible use locally over a hundred years ago.This is a metal lantern painted black on the outside and silver-frosted inside. It has a rectangular-shaped body with bevelled glass, a semi-circular metal top and a metal handle. The hinged glass door on the side is missing.vintage lighting, hand-held metal lanterns -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Vehicle lantern, c. 1900
... coach lighting candle-lit lanterns ...This lantern would have been attached to a horse-drawn coach for lighting purposes and local coaches and other large-size horse-drawn vehicles would have had similar lights. It is a heavy object and may also have been used on early model automobiles or other motorised vehicles.This item has no known local provenance and is retained for display and research purposes.This is cylindrical metal lantern painted black. It has a glass covering on the rounded face and glass inserts on the back and the side. It has a metal-covered candle that is inserted into the lantern through an opening at the base. There are hinged clips to open the main glass and the back glass.vintage coach lighting, candle-lit lanterns -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - LANTERN
METAL STRUCTURE, GLASS. HAND HELD LANTERNlocal history, lighting, accessories, lighting -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Battery-operated lantern, c. 1950
This small portable lantern would have been used when camping or in a room or outbuildings to provide a small amount of light, perhaps similar to the light provided by a torch today.This item is retained for display purposes. This is a lantern with a metal base, a funnel-shaped column and a white perspex top covering a light. The column and base have a metal handle attached by a screw. Under the base is a metal covering which opens to a space that held a battery (now missing). The bottom metal lid is now detached. The base and column have been painted red but they are now quite rustedvintage lighting, warrnambool history -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Kerosene Lantern, Nier Feuerhand Company, Germany, c. 1930
... centuries. vintage lighting Feuerhand Lanterns Feuerhand Made ...This lantern was made about 1930 by the Nier Feuerhand Company of Germany. Hermann Nier began making miners' lamps and household lanterns in the 1870s in East Germany and in 1893 he and his brother Ernst founded the Nier Feuerhand Company. By 1930 this company was the world's largest producer of household lanterns and after an interruption in World War Two it was re-established in West Germany and continued until the 1990s with the trade name still in use today. Feuerhand lanterns were used extensively in countries such as Australia because of his strong lighting qualities and its ability to stay alight in external conditions.This lantern has no known local provenance but is retained because it is a fine example of the type of household lighting used in Australian homes, farms and businesses in the 19th and early 20th centuries.This is a kerosene lantern with a metal base and frame holding a plain glass mantle open at the top. A metal handle is attached to loops at the top of the frame. There is a wooden handle at the top to assist in the removal of the glass mantle. The base has an opening with a screw top for the filling with kerosene or other heating liquid and also a rotating wheel on the side for controlling the size of the flame. The glass has printing and a logo etched on to it and the base has printing and a logo. The item is very rusted but appears to have been painted brown.Feuerhand Made in Germany No. 327vintage lighting, feuerhand lanterns -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - LANTERN
... HISTORY LIGHTING KEROSENE OIL LIGHTING P.M.G. RED PAINTED LANTERN ...LANTERN USED ON WORK SITE - WARNING POSSIBBLE HAZARD.RED PAINTED LANTERN. FORMERLY OWNED BY PMG.([DEPARTMENT OF POST MASTER GENERAL) METAL CASE HOUSING, REMOVABLE FUEL BOWL RED LAMPSHADE, HANDLE TO HANG LANTERN ON LOW POST, HINGED LID.P.M.G.local history, lighting, kerosene, oil, lighting -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - LANTERN
... LOCAL HISTORY LIGHTING KEROSENE OIL LIGHTING RED PAINTED ...RED PAINTED LANTERN USED AT CONSTRUCTION SITES ON ROAD SIDE, OR PMG WORKS. HINGED LID, REMOVABLE FUEL BOWL. RED LAMP SHADE, AND HANDY HANDLE TO HANG LIGHTlocal history, lighting, kerosene, oil, lighting -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - LANTERN
LANTERN USED AS ROAD SIDE WARNINGS BY C.R.B. DURING ROAD WORKS AND EXCAVATIONS. LANTERNS WERE LIT BY WORKMEN TO GIVE WARNINGS TO NIGHT TRAVELLERS. ALSO USED ON DULL FOGGY DAYS. BURNERS REMOVABLE . C.R.B. STAMPED ON CAGE.RED PAINTED LANTERN, FORMERLY OWNED BY C.R.B. (COUNTRY ROADS BOARD) METAL CAGE WITH FUEL BOWL AND RED GLASS ENCASED. HINGED LID.C.R.B.lighting, kerosene, oil, lighting, country roads board -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - KEROSENE LANTERN
LANTERN WAS USED FOR OUTDOOR LIGHTING.1 METAL LANTERNS WITH GLASS TO ENCLOSE LIGHT; .2 METAL WELL AT BASE TO CONTAIN KEROSENE, WITH CARRY HANDLE, ONE WITH RED LAMP GLASS.LANORA - AUSTRALIAkerosene & oil, lighting -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Domestic object - Kerosene Lantern
During the Victorian goldrushes of the 1850s thousands of Chinese migrants arrived to seek their fortunes. At that time many came to the lucrative gold fields of Northeast Victoria. After the Gold rush, many Chinese migrants returned home. However, a number settled in the area as merchants, hawkers and market gardeners in surrounding towns including Wodonga, the Ovens, King, Buffalo River and Kiewa Valleys. They also rented lands and established themselves in the hops and tobacco farming industries. Items of Chinese origin made their way into many households. Importation of Chinese mass produced items such as this lantern continued well into the 20th century and were common domestic items across Australia before households were connected to electricity.This item is representation of kerosene / paraffin lamps used throughout Australia to provide lighting inside and outdoors prior to the widespread availability of electricity.A small hurricane lamp with a rounded tank and small carry handle attached to the top. A larger handle is also attached at the top of the frame. It has a lever to open the glass tank. It has a metal base which is filled with kerosene. It has a screw knob to open the kerosene receptacle. The metal hood also has vents. The Chinese characters around the base translate to "Shanghai Guanghuaheng".Around base : Chinese characters. On top : "Made in China KWANG HWA"kerosene lamp, domestic appliances, chinese artefacts -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Kerosene Lamp, Bef. 09-02-1984
... marine lamp lantern maritime lamp lighting equipment marine ...This Kerosene lamp was made in a similar design to marine lamps of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Kerosene lamps were one of the most common oil lamps used and manufactured until the 1980s. The lamp is an example of 19th and early 20th-century kerosene lamps used on board ships. The design was still made in the 1980s. Kerosene lamp; metal framed cylindrical lamp with a hinged top lid with a chain-locking device. A swinging metal handle on top pivots on two side lugs and a loop in its centre. Another similar handle is on the base. Four thin rods join the base to the top. The tank at the base has evenly distributed formed holes around it. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, maritime-museum, modern reproduction, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, kerosene lamp, lighting, mantle lamp, marine lamp, lantern, maritime lamp, lighting equipment, marine technology, ship's lighting -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Kerosene Lamp, Bef. 09-02-1984
... Warrnambool Flagstaff Hill Kerosene lamp lighting marine lamp Kerosene ...The kerosene lamp was one of the most common oil lamps used and was manufactured until the 1980s. This particular lamp has the design of the early kerosene lamps. Its gimbal bracket and counterweight heavy base allow it to swing with a vessel's movement and still stay horizontal. The lamp is significant for its design which is an example of a 19th and early 20th-century kerosene lamp with a wall-mounted gimbal bracket and counterweight base. These features were important to vessels at sea, allowing the lamp to swing with the vessel's movement and stay vertical on rough seas.Kerosene lamp; round electroplated metal top and base, both shaped inward to join together. The base is a solid counterweight to work with the gimbal wall attachment bracket. There is no glass cover.shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime village, warrnambool, flagstaff hill, kerosene lamp, lighting, marine lamp, kerosene lantern, lamp, lantern, marine equipment, wall gimbal, wall mounted lamp, ship lamp -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Lamp, 1886
This late 19th century maritime lamp is an example of lighting on ships, wharfs and other outside areas around docks and shipyards as well as on vessels.Lamp; grass and glass, with flat metal back and three glass windows. Has metal handle and wood hand piece. A brass lug on the back makes provision for attaching to a socket on a wall. The chimney lid flips upwards. The right-side door frame has a sliding latch, and the edge behind has a sliding panel to allow air flow. Made in Birmingham by Alderson & Gyde Limited in 1886."Alderson & Gyde LTD 1886 Birmingham" flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, maritime village, alderson & gyde ltd, birmingham, lamp, lantern, wall lamp, marine equipment, maritime light, wall light, 1886, ship lighting