Photocopy of Mechanics Institute Free Library printed on cream paper. The right hand side of the photo has two stories with decorative brickwork above the windows. To the left is single story. The veranda has ironlace at the top on one side and Mechanics Institute Free Library on the two story end. The veranda poles have have ironlace at the top corners and wooden shapes below. The wall under the veranda is very dark. Some plants are growing at the edge of the veranda.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - mechanics institute free library

Sepia photo. California Gully Mechanics Institute Committee, 1890. Front row: 2 men sitting on floor. Second row 5 men sitting on chairs. Back row: 5 men standing. All men dressed in suits. Markings/Inscriptions: A. G. Levy, Photographer, Eaglehawk.A G Levyeducation, mechanics institute, a g levy, california gully mechanics institute committee, eaglehawk

Mechanics Institute Main Street Stawell. Used for many years as the library. Two coloured photos 1992.Five photographs of Mechanics institute Upper Main Streetstawell

Mechanics Institutes were first established in the 19th century in Scotland and England to improve the education of working class men and to instruct them in their various trades. In Australia Mechanics’ Institutes were set up in the late 1920s with the first one in Melbourne dating from 1839. The Institutes in Victoria were (and some still are) a feature of Victorian country towns, usually consisting of a hall containing a Library and in bigger centres art class rooms and other recreation areas. The Woodford Mechanics’ Institute was established in 1861, enlarged in 1868 and burnt down in 1917.This seal is of major interest as it is the only seal we have of Mechanics’ Institutes in our district. These Mechanics’ Institutes were very important in the educational and social development of Victorian country towns. This is a seal or stamp made of brass and attached to a wooden handle. The wood on the handle is of a dark colour and is urn-shapedStamp - Woodford Mechanics Institutemechanics’ institutes, woodford, early mechanic institute seal

During the late 1920s Edwin Rash, father of Keith Edwin Rash, toured moving pictures around central Victoria under the name 'Gem Pictures'. Two receipts from Gordon Mechanics' Institute and Free Library. Payment received from Mr E. Rashgordon mechanics' institute and free library, keith edwin rash

Copies of images showing the development of and changes to the library building.buninyong mechanics institute, buninyong library, buninyong

Scan of a receipt from the Smeaton Mechanics' Institute and Free Library. The receipt relates to the hire of the hall to show 'Gem Pictures'.theatre, film, entertainment, gem, rash, gem pictures, receipt, smeaton mechanics' institute and free library

Black and white photocopy of a photo of a house beside a building with A. Connell. Baker above the veranda. The edge of the veranda has Alex Connell. Bread. Biscuits painted above the veranda poles. Title pasted under the picture is Eaglehawk Road next to Mechanics Institute.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - eaglehawk road - mechanics institute, alex connell

Scan of a receipt from the Skipton Mechanics' Institute and Free Library Receipt. The receipt relates to the hire of the hall to show 'Gem Pictures'.theatre, film, entertainment, gem, rash, gem pictures, skipton mechanics' institute and free library, receipt

382 pages, all pages used, heavy cardboard cover, leather bound, has sticker for Paper Merchants, Andrew Jack & Co, on inside front coverGreen covered Minute book produced by Committee of Mechanics Hall Institute Lakes Entrance for period 1907 to 1956. Full content available upon requestminute books

Photograph (proof 29) A timber hall with the words 'Mechanics Institute' written on two windows either side of a wide doorway, above the doorway are the words 'Hall Est. 1890'. There are a group of nine adult males and two boys in front of the building. One of the boys is seated on a pony. There is a white picket fence running at an angle from either side of the doorway, there is a bicycle leaning against the right hand side fencebuildings, organisation, mechanics institute, mechanics institute

Cal Gully Mechanics Institute, California Gully

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, mechanics institute, library, 1930s

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, sturt, bridge, mechanics institute, centenary, robur

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, mechanics institute, sturt, britannia cinema

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, mechanics institute, chess, geelong, 1925

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, mechanics institute, 1860

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, mechanics institute, 2002

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, mechanics institute, fine arts exhibition, mining exchange, sturt st

This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, mechanics institute

Mechanics Institute Main Street Stawell. Used for many years as the library. Built in 1875 after the previous institute was damaged by fire in 1874. Architect Mr. George Inskip. Previous wooden institute destroyed by fire in 1866.Black and white photo of Mechanics Institute Upper Main Street. With white Valient Chrysler in foreground of photo beside bush.Hairdresser Nice "N" Natural Saloon stawell

Mechanics Institute, c1980.tatura, buildings, historic

These two flyers concern the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures held in the Orderly Room over eight days in 1879-1880. The exhibition aimed to encourage local industries and to stimulate young people to manufacture and exhibit specimens of their skills in the various industries and arts. The admission was one shilling for adults and half price for children under 14. The exhibition was not very profitable with only seven pounds going into the Mechanics' Institute funds. These two flyers are of some interest as mementoes of a minor exhibition of arts and manufactures held in Warrnambool in 1879-1880.1 a single sheet of paper with black printing on a faded pink background .2 a single sheet of paper with black printing pasted on a piece of lightweight cardboard. The edges of the sheet of paper are torn.warrnambool exhibition 1879-1880, mechanics institute, warrnambool exhibition 1880, nullawarre state school

A Mechanics Institute in Bacchus Marsh dates from sometime in the 1850s. The first Mechanics Institute Hall was erected in 1858 in Young Street.(Victorian Collections no.659.) In 1883 a new and larger Mechanics Institute Hall was built in Main Street. The new hall cost 2,000 pounds to construct. It was opened by Sir William Clarke on 21 November 1883. The Mechanics Institute Library and rooms at the front of the hall were removed when the building was renovated in 1971. The building still stands and is used as a public hall.Small black and white 'carte de viste' style unframed photograph on card with gold border framing photograph. Housed in the Jeremeas Family Album which contains photographs of Bacchus Marsh and District in 1883 by the photographers Stevenson and McNicoll. The photo is of a substantial brick building under construction. Scaffolding support poles line the front and also can be seen on the top and back of the building. On the rooftop stand three workmen, with a further seven men standing at the front. Three men lean or stand casually at the front in casual poses. Four men stand in a line in another group on the roadway, perhaps indicating that they are master craftsmen. One of these men holds a tool of his trade, resembling a bricklayer’s mortar board. Six boys can be seen, four in a rather jaunty pose. In an indication of its public significance, the four front windows and door are arched and have decorative stone work in the side panels. A picket fence marks the boundary of the adjacent block.Printed On the front: Stevenson & McNicoll. Photo. 108 Elizabeth St. Melbourne. COPIES CAN BE OBTAINED AT ANY TIME. On the back: LIGHT & TRUTH inscribed on a banner surmounted by a representation of the rising sun. Copies of this Portrait can be had at any time by sending the Name and Post Office Money Order or Stamps for the amount of order to STEVENSON & McNICOLL LATE BENSON & STEVENSON, Photographers. 108 Elizabeth Street, MELBOURNE. stevenson and mcnicoll 1883 photographs of bacchus marsh and district, mechanics institutes, halls, bacchus marsh mechanics institute