Four stereographic cards depicting various scenes and locations : (a) Gudvangen's outlook over the Naerofjord, where the sea reaches far in among the mountains, Norway , (b) Royal Munster Fusiliers fighting from behind the redoubt at Honey Nest Kloof (Feb 16th) South Africa , (c) Winter scene at Niagara Falls , (d) Ancient Olive trees, Garden of Gethsemane, Jerusalem (Mathew xxvi, 36 - 56).place, various, underwood publishers, american series

Stereoscope viewer card depicting Niagara Falls from American side, photographed and published by Kilburn Brothers Littleton N.H.Kilburn Brothers 268postcard, photograph, various themes

Clothing. Women's black silk calf length skirt. Skirt has silk lining with a layer of silk fabric stitched to cover lower section of lining (52 cm). An outer layer of silk fabric falls from the waist to overlap the underlayer. The top layer has an irregular curved hem line.The inside waistband of ribbed cotton fabric (7cm) has six boned casings. The centre back opening (28 cm) overlaps at the waistband and is fastened with metal hooks and eyes and press-studs. The silk lining opening is fastened with four metal press-studs. The outer layer of silk fabric is fastened with five metal hooks and cotton loops.costume, female, women's black silk calf length skirt

Clothing. Pink silk satin drawstring bag, with a sheer pink organza overlay. A 1 cm wide silk ''drawstring'' passes through eight 1.3 cm diameter plastic rings, sewn inside the bag, 4.5 cm from the top, creating a 4.5 cm frill when closed. The top edge of this frill, is decorated with cm long glass beads and tiny round glass beads. The lower edge of the bag is gathered in tightly, and a silk tassell, decorated at the head, with tiny red, dark and light blue, and white beads. The tassell falls from a thread covered cone shape, 2.3 cm long, and decorated with yellow, red, blue and white beads. The inside of the bag is lined with silk organza.costume accessories, female, pink silk drawstring bag

Clothing. Full length black silk-satin skirt, with a 4-pleat cummerbund waist sash - 10 cms deep. Two x 10 cm wide ''falls'' of satin, angled at the lower edge fall from the plackett left side, and are 51 cm long and 63 cm long at their peak. Two panels of the skirt fabric, 81 cm long and 23 cm wide are attached from the waistline at the centre front and centre back. Each panel has a beaded floral motif, 13 cmx 9.5 cm beaded with jet beads.costume, female, black silk skirt with beaded trim

Clothing. Silk-satin brocade cape with 7 cm high stand-up collar. Rounded at the hipline, and curved upward toward the centre fronts, where two 6 cm wide cream ribbon bows are attached. The hemline then falls to a steep 16 cm deep peak at the centre fronts. Four metal hooks and stitch covered metal eyelets form the closure from the high collar to the bustline. Two silk fabric loops on the inside of the opening-19 cms long, and 6.5 cm wide allow the arms to be free, and the cape to remain firmly fitted. The cape is padded and stitched internally in a diamond-shaped pattern. The back of the cape is curved and fitted at the waistline and the centre back. A large satin bow is attached 12 cm above the hemline, and sits over two box pleats 12 cm long, from waistline to the hemline.costume, female, silk cream brocade short cape

An authentic account of shipwrecks in the area, written by M. E. MacKenzie, a life long resident of Peterborough.Significant as author was a life long resident of Peterborough.Softcover 86 page bookThis is book number 49 (inscribed inside cover). shipwreck coast, m.e.mackenzie, peterborough 3270, authentic shipwreck recollections, the joanna, the schomberg, the champion, marie gabrielle, young australia, loch ard, eric the red, newfield, falls of halladale, antares

Two photocopies of hand-drawn sketch of the Barfold Gorge. On the sketch is the location of a house, trees, fences, different types of rock, some accessible areas to get down to the river, geological features and water falls.place, land, barfold gorge, peter ellis collection, barfold area, mitchell's falls, queen's fall

Foolscap page of information on the Barfold Gorge, by Frank Robbins. Barfold Gorge is compared with the Sydenham Organ Pipes National Park. There is a description of the Gorge. Native vegetation growing there is also mentioned. Turning it into a National Park is mentioned but it is in private ownership and this would require buy back of the land and create access problems as it is a farming area.place, land, barfold gorge, peter ellis collection, barfold gorge, sydenham organ pipes national park, campaspe river, mitchell's falls, queen's falls, piper's creek, turpin's falls, land conservation council, victoria conservation trust, frank robbins

Two hand sketched maps on same sheet of paper, one of the location of the Barfold Gorge in relation to surrounding towns, Mt Alexander and Turpin;s Falls. The second map is a part of the Campaspe River location of the Barfold Gorge. Shown is the location of columns, pools, type of rock, Mitchell's Falls, tunnel, cave, Queen's Falls, house, windmill, fences and places where access to the bottom of the gorge is possible. Car track and scale of 1 mile = 6 inches are also shown.place, land, barfold gorge, peter ellis collection, mitchell's falls, queen's falls, turpin's falls