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Heidelberg Golf Club
Booklet - Program, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club: Programme of events 1959-1960, 1959
... Members handbooks... Members handbooks Program of Events Pencil annotations throughout ...Contains Club information and a calendar of events. 32 p., stapled, Green cover with dark green writing and logoPencil annotations throughoutheidelberg golf club, members handbooks, program of events -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Booklet - Program, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club: Programme of events 1969-1970, 1969
... Members handbooks... of events. Heidelberg Golf Club Members handbooks Program of Events ...Contains Club information, members' contact details and a calendar of events. 52 p., stapled, green cover with brown writing and logoheidelberg golf club, members handbooks, program of events -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Booklet - Program, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club: Associates' Programme 1974, 1974
... Members handbooks... Club Members handbooks Program of Events Associates ladies golf ...Contains members' contact details and a calendar of events. 24 p., stapled, pink cover with black writing heidelberg golf club, members handbooks, program of events, associates, ladies golf -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Booklet - Program, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club: Associates' Programme 1977, 1977
... Members handbooks... of events. Heidelberg Golf Club Members handbooks Program of Events ...Contains Club information, members' contact details and a calendar of events. 33 p., stapled, tan cover with gold writing heidelberg golf club, members handbooks, program of events, associates, ladies golf -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Book - Program, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club: 50th Year 1928-1978: syllabus Mar.78 - Feb,79, 1978
... Members handbooks... of events. Heidelberg Golf Club Members handbooks Program of Events ...Contains Club information, members' contact details and a calendar of events. 56 p., stapled, cream cover with blue writing. 2 copiesheidelberg golf club, members handbooks, program of events, 50th year -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Booklet - Program, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club: Programme of events 1971-1972, 1971
... Members handbooks... of events. Heidelberg Golf Club Members handbooks Program of Events ...Contains Club information, members' contact details and a calendar of events. 56 p., stapled, cream cover with brown writing and logo. 2 copies.heidelberg golf club, members handbooks, program of events -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Booklet - Program, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club: Programme of events 1981-1982, 1981
... Members handbooks... Members handbooks Program of Events 56 p., stapled, cream cover ...Contains Club information, members' contact details and a calendar of events. Include a section for Associates.56 p., stapled, cream cover with brown writing and sketch of clubhouse. 2 copies.heidelberg golf club, members handbooks, program of events -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Book - Program, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club: Programme of events 1983-1984, 1983
... Members handbooks... Members handbooks Program of Events 88 p., stapled, pale blue ...Contains Club information, members' contact details and a calendar of events. Include a section for Associates.88 p., stapled, pale blue cover with black writing and sketch of clubhouse. 2 copies.heidelberg golf club, members handbooks, program of events -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Booklet - Program, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club Bowling Club: Office bearers and syllabus 2004-2005, 2004
... Members handbooks... sponsor advertisements. Heidelberg Golf Club Members handbooks ...Contains Heidelberg Golf Club Bowling Club office bearers, club information, members' contact details and a calendar of events. Includes sponsor advertisements.28 p., stapled, cream cover with brown writing and logo.heidelberg golf club, members handbooks, program of events, heidelberg golf club bowling club -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Booklet - Program, Heidelberg Golf Club, By-laws of the Heidelberg Golf Club Bowling Club, Before 1966
... Members handbooks... advertisements. Heidelberg Golf Club Members handbooks Heidelberg Golf ...Contains By-laws of the Heidelberg Golf Club Bowling Club. Includes sponsor advertisements.8 p., stapled, cream cover with brown writing. 4 copies.heidelberg golf club, members handbooks, heidelberg golf club bowling club -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Booklet - Program, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club: Programme of events 1972-1973, 1972
... Members handbooks... of events. Heidelberg Golf Club Members handbooks Program of Events ...Contains Club information, members' contact details and a calendar of events. 56 p., stapled, grey cover with black writing and logo. Handwritten annotations throughoutheidelberg golf club, members handbooks, program of events -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Booklet - Program, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club: Programme of events 1973-1974, 1973
... Members handbooks... of events. Heidelberg Golf Club Members handbooks Program of Events ...Contains Club information, members' contact details and a calendar of events. 60 p., stapled, yellow cover with black writing and logo. Handwritten annotations throughoutheidelberg golf club, members handbooks, program of events -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Booklet - Program, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club: Programme of events 1976-1977, 1976
... Members handbooks... of events. Heidelberg Golf Club Members handbooks Program of Events ...Contains Club information, members' contact details and a calendar of events. 56 p., stapled, yellow cover with green writing and sketch of clubhouse. Handwritten annotations throughoutheidelberg golf club, members handbooks, program of events -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Booklet - Program, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club: Programme of events 1977-1978, 1977
... Members handbooks... of events. Heidelberg Golf Club Members handbooks Program of Events ...Contains Club information, members' contact details and a calendar of events. 56 p., stapled, yellow cover with green writing and sketch of clubhouse. heidelberg golf club, members handbooks, program of events -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Booklet - Program, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club: Programme of events 1979-1980, 1979
... Members handbooks... of events. Heidelberg Golf Club Members handbooks Program of Events ...Contains Club information, members' contact details and a calendar of events. 56 p., stapled, buff cover with green writing and sketch of clubhouse. heidelberg golf club, members handbooks, program of events -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Booklet - Program, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club: Programme of events 1980-1981, 1980
... Members handbooks... of events. Heidelberg Golf Club Members handbooks Program of Events ...Contains Club information, members' contact details and a calendar of events. 84 p., stapled, buff cover with black writing and sketch of clubhouse. heidelberg golf club, members handbooks, program of events -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Booklet - Program, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club: Programme of events 1982-1983, 1982
... Members handbooks... of events. Heidelberg Golf Club Members handbooks Program of Events ...Contains Club information, members' contact details and a calendar of events. 84 p., stapled, light blue cover with black writing and sketch of clubhouse. heidelberg golf club, members handbooks, program of events -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Booklet - Program, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club: Programme of events 1974-1975, 1974
... Members handbooks... of events. Heidelberg Golf Club Members handbooks Program of Events ...Contains Club information, members' contact details and a calendar of events. 64 p., stapled, cream cover with grey writing and sketch of clubhouse. Handwritten annotations throughoutheidelberg golf club, members handbooks, program of events -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Book - Handbook, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club Members Handbook 2003, 2003
... Members handbooks... of an incomplete collection of members handbooks from 1985-2015 Heidelberg ...Contains Club information, members' names and contact details and a calendar of events. Some sponsor advertising throughout.Part of an incomplete collection of members handbooks from 1985-2015144 p., stapled, black cover with Club logo. heidelberg golf club, members handbooks, max mcevoy -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Scouting for Boys, 1937
... Handbook for members of scouting movement. One of several... Tatura the-murray Handbook for members of scouting movement. One ...Handbook for members of scouting movement. One of several editions dealing with participation in scouting life.Brown covered, illustrated activities. Scout with flag decorating front cover.scouting for boys, scouting, boys scouting, books, reference -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Document - Collection, Maroondah Women's Club Ephemera, 30-Oct-10
... Collection of approximately 30 papers, memos, member lists... papers, memos, member lists, constitution(1982), handbook ...Collection of Business and Professional Women's Clubs of MaroondahCollection of approximately 30 papers, memos, member lists, constitution(1982), handbook of Maroondah and various other Melbourne and interstate clubs. There is one photograph of Irene Mascull, Pat Clark and Audrey Lavis, celebrating a birthday at 263 Canterbury Road, Heathmont. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BUSH COLLECTION: EPHEMERA
... ) Members Handbook 1963; q. Collection of varied sheets.... AA (Automobile Association) Members Handbook 1963; q ...Ephemera from Original Box 313; This is not a catalogued description of the contents but a broad-brush overall description. a. Book with 'Ledger' on cover; has newspaper cuttings re stage and screen on 8 of 94 pages (remaining, mostly blank); b. Gordon & Gotch - Sample Calendar No. 3 1935.( 61 cm x 50 cm) x2; c. Gordon & Gotch - Sample Calendar No. 2 (61 cm x 50 cm) x 2; d. Victorian Act of Parliament No 3041 (amending the Law relating to Public Health, 1919, 176 pages; e. Victorian Act of Parliament -(amending the Sewerage District Acts No 3437, 1925, 5 pages ; f. Scrapbook with cuttings from papers relating to Australia's history, scenery, flora and fauna, Farming, Industry, Rodeo, Horse Racing, Rural, Surf Life Saving, Religion, Federation, Explorers, Gold, Birds, - some loose cuttings in back; g. Land Tax Act, Schedule L 1910 (blank sheet); h. Commission of Public Health - three day tour of Western District (Warrnambool, port Fairy, Colac) from Melbourne; i. Collection of cuttings, envelopes; j. Newspapers - Argus, Advertiser pages late 1930s; (not scanned) k. Collection of newspaper cuttings; l. Collection of Public Health Regulations, 7 parts; m. Act of Parliament, Victoria No. 2632 - Law relating to Amendment of the Constitution; n. Folder containing issues of The Bendigo Church News, 25 parts 1930s-1950s; o. Collection of book lists/catalogues; p. AA (Automobile Association) Members Handbook 1963; q. Collection of varied sheets and pamphlets; r. Articles of Association - Ocean Salt Company; s.. Sydney Symphony Orchestra program 1953; t. Queen Mary's Message to the people, Jan 1936; u. various notices for display of historical items (BHS Collection)ephemera, mementoes -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Handbook, Air Raid Precautions Handbook No 1 Personal Protection Against Gas
... Handbook for members of air raid precautions services... mornington-peninsula Handbook for members of air raid precautions ...Handbook for members of air raid precautions services (that is ARP Wardens). Originally issued by the UK Home Office (Air Raid Precautions Department), date of publication unknown (however presumed to be World War 2 era). This edition was published by the authority of I. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra with acknowledgement that it was reprinted with the permission of the Controller, His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. This handbook contains 100 pages of illustrated notes for Air Raid Precautions (ARP) Wardens. It is bound in a soft cover of heavy weight buff coloured paper. -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - Warrnambool North Technical School Handbook 1977, 1977
Warrnambool North Technical School commenced at the site of Grafton Road in 1968. This book lists members of staff for the year 1977 and covers topics such as programs, procedures, responsibilities and teaching objectives. The school was an all-boys school and all students followed a common curriculum until the completion of Year 9 when they could opt for specific trade subjects.An item common to schools and all teachers and staff would be expected to be familiar with school policy as laid out in handbooks such as this one.Dark blue plastic cover. 34 Pages. Front page has school logo and contact details as well as Principal and Vice Principal’s names.warrnambool north technical school, warrnambool north technical school staff 1977, warrnambool north technical school handbook -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - NOTEBOOK FOR THE MEMBERS PEACE MONITORING GROUP BOUGANVILLE, Australian Theatre Joint Intelligence Centre, BOUGANVILLE HANDBOOK, 1999
Conflict Period 1990-1999. PNG Bougainville (TMG) 1997-1998 PNG 1998-2003.Spiral bound pages. Clear plastic covering, white cardboard cover with map of Australia in green, blue background with a yellow round border with black printed words. Booklet has 79 pages. 1-50 black printed wording. 51-79 Photographs of equipment, books, people. Back of booklet has 3 folder maps in various colours.Front cover "AUSTRALIAN THEATRE JOINT INTELLIGENCE CENTRE" BOUGAINVILLE HANDBOOK Back cover - Printed November 1999maps, peace monitoring, manual, books -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Booklet, Handbook Return to Civil Life, 1945 Thomas Henry Tennant, Goverment Printer Australia
... Booklet - Return to Civil Life, Handbook of information.... Booklet - Return to Civil Life, Handbook of information ...Post WW2 Troop repatriation.Booklet - Return to Civil Life, Handbook of information for members of the Forces on the Road Back to Civil Life. Multi-colored cover of thin cardboard Banded (Green, Red, Light Blue) Interior pages of thin paper.Issued by the Ministry of post War Reconstruction. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - BOOKLET WW2, Ministry of Post-War Reconstruction, Return to Civil Life, c.1.9.1945
... A Handbook of Information for Members of the Forces... goldfields books - reference - military Civil life A Handbook ...A Handbook of Information for Members of the Forces on the Road Back to Civil Life. 55 pages, soft cover is in 3 coloured bands - dark blue, red, & light blue, print is in white & dark blue ink, not illustrated. Issued by the Ministry of Post-War Reconstruction.books - reference - military, civil life -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Handbook, Service Book with Orders of Service, Hymns, Psalms, Etc
A hard cover printed handbook authorised for use by the Australian Military Forces. The cover is coloured blue and is inscribed with black lettering. This is a publication providing the Order for a Combined Parade Service for general use at Chuch Parades of the AMF. The Order has been approved by the Chaplains-General of the Church of England and the Methodist, Presbyterian, and United Churches of the Commonwealth of Australia and is authorised to be used at Combined Parade Services.The cover inscription is "AA Book 33 Revised May '67". The full title is "SERVICE BOOK with ORDERS OF SERVICE, HYMNS, PSALMS, Etc., for use by members of the CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN AUSTRALIA and the members of the Churches comprising the PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS". The cover also has the footnote "AUTHORISED FOR USE BY THE AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES".military, australian military forces, church, chaplain, amf, church parade, church service -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Handbook, Member's Personal Equipment Card
... mornington-peninsula AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES Member's Personal ...Folded buff coloured card used by the Australian Military Forces to record equipment issues to service personnel. The card front cover, second and third pages are printed in black. The inner pages record details of uniform items and hardware items issued.AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES Member's Personal Equipment Card A.A.F. F.204 (introduced August 1944) -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book - Reference, The Birds of Australia Vol 1
The Birds of Australia is a 12 volume work, in a total of 14 books. The books were used as an ornithological handbook. They contain scientific text as well as over 600 hand-coloured lithographed plates by J.G. Keulemans, H. Grönvold, Roland Green, H. Goodchild and G.E. Lodge. The work was written, sponsored and organised by Gregory M. Matthews, F.R.S.C. Erc. who were a wealthy Australian and an amateur ornithologist? His titles included – -Fellow of the Linnean and Zoological Societies of London -Member of the British Ornithologists’ Union -Corresponding Fellow of the American Ornithologists’ Union The volumes in our collection were originally donated to the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute and Free Library by William Lindsay. THE LINDSAYS (quoted from the book Of Many Things – A History of Warrnambool Shire by C.E. Sayers) The Lindsays were amongst the most prominent families in the Shire of Warrnambool, as pastoralists, sportsmen, municipal councillors, community leaders. The first of the family William arrived in Melbourne in 1841 and started a business as a livestock agent. The gold rushes sent him to the central Victoria diggings dealing in cattle. This was a business that boomed in the early 1850s, and he prospered. In 1859 he took over the Quamby run near Woolsthrope from Paul de Castella, the Yarra Valley Swiss vigneron who had brought the leasehold and improvements in 1853 from George You, who had pioneered the run. Quamby was originally 25,000 acres. It was heavily timbered, rough country, much of it swampy, a characteristic of the district. Lindsay used it to fatten cattle which gave large returns with the booming gold diggings towns paying high prices for beef. In 1862 purchases at auction made Quamby a freehold. In the next six years, a further 20,000 acres of Crown land were brought at auction to make the run one of the largest in the south-west district. The great profits from his cattle trading enabled Lindsay to make improvements to the holding, and to Union which was added in 1864. Much of the thick timber was cleared and the worst of the swamps drained. Union was 15,000 acres of freehold land when Kennedy sold it to Lindsay. It was heavily timbered, mostly blackwood, with large belts of wattle and honeysuckle. Much of the heavy native was ringbarked and cleared; much more was swept away by bushfire. It was expensive work, but Lindsay’s bank passbook was heavy with credit, and he did not spare money to make both Quamby and Union heavily developed stock runs. He was as lavish in social living; the bluestone Quamby homestead was one of the most hospitable in the district when William Lindsay was host there; its paddocks carried high-quality thoroughbreds: its stables housed steeplechasers and flat racers which won many races on Warrnambool and other courses; its coach houses were filled with carriages which took his guests to the great racing carnivals of the district. After William Lindsay died in 1897, in his eighty-fifth year, his two sons, William and James, managed Union and Quamby as a joint venture. This partnership ended in 1906 when William took over Union and James kept Quamby. The following year 10,000 acres of Union was subdivided and sold in lots of 100 acres to 700 acres for dairying and general farming. It was well-improved country, much of it alluvial flats. By then many of the paddocks were sheltered with blue gum belts, and they carried good pastures. The three Lindsays, father and two sons, gave many years of service to the Shire, and to many charitable, sporting, social and community organisations in the Warrnambool district. William Lindsay senior, was a Shire councillor for 15 years, and President several times. James Lindsay followed his father as a north riding councillor. He served nineteen years, from 1887 until his death in March 1908. He was President four times. Jimmy Lindsay was one of the most popular men in the south-west of Victoria. He was a fine sportsman: horse breeder, owner and a dashing amateur rider. He lived lavishly and played hard. For many years he guarded a herd of kangaroos, as many as 100 head, at Quamby. Descendants of the Lindsay kangaroos are still in the district. James Lindsay’s wife, Margaret Esther was a daughter of Samuel Shaw Parker, the first engineer of the Shire. Nell Lindsay, a daughter, lives in the Bluestone Quamby homestead. Only a little more than 60 acres of the original run still belongs to the property. William Lindsay junior succeeded his brother as a Shire councillor. He served for 25 years from 1908 until his death in 1934. So, the Lindsays, father and two sons, served as Shite councillors for an unbroken period of sixth-five years. William Lindsay junior had a life-long interest in horse racing, as breeder, owner and enthusiastic amateur steeplechase rider. He was elected a member of the Warrnambool racing club in 1901 and was president of the club for thirty-two years. He raced and rode horses for the love of the sport. He won the Villiers and Heytesbury Hunt Cup in the 1870s on his own horse, Ventura. In the year he died his horse Flavedo won the Warrnambool Grand Annual steeplechase. It was a sensational race. All of the contestants fell or lost their riders. When Flavedo baulked at a jump, its jockey R. Sweetman, remounted and completed the course to win the race. All of the Lindsays were passionately fond of the thoroughbred horse. Nell Lindsay talking to the author in the drawing-room of Quamby homestead - with many memories for her of its lavish years – said of a brother that he was put on a horse when he was two years old and never got off. William Lindsay junior made Union into a fine, high-producing property, breeding cattle and horses. He added to the bluestone house that David Kennedy started, established plantations of pines and gums, and made an attractive garden. WARRNAMBOOL MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE Warrnambool's Mechanics' Institute (or Institution as it was sometimes called) was one of the earliest in Victoria. On 17th October 1853, a meeting was held where it was resolved to request the Lieutenant Governor of the Colony to grant land for the erection of a Mechanics' Institutes building. A committee was formed at the meeting and Richard Osburne chaired the first meeting of this committee. The land on the North West corner of Banyan and Merri Streets was granted but there were no funds to erect the building. The Formal Rights of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute's encompassed its aims and these were officially adopted in1859; "This Institution has for its object the diffusion of literary, scientific, and other useful knowledge amongst its members, excluding all controversial subjects, religious or political. These objects are sought to be obtained by means of a circulating library, a reading room, the establishment of classes, debates, and the occasional delivery of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy, mechanics, astronomy, chemistry, natural history, literature, and the useful and ornamental arts, particularly those which have a more immediate reference to the colony." The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute opened its first meeting room in November 1854 in the National School building at the corner of Banyan and Timor Streets. The Institute was funded by member subscription, payable on a quarterly, half-yearly or yearly basis. Samuel Hannaford, the Manager of the Warrnambool Bank of Australasia, was the first Honorary Secretary of the Mechanics' Institutes, and an early President and Vice-President. He also gave several of the early lectures in the Reading Room. Another early Secretary, Librarian and lecturer was Marmaduke Fisher, the teacher at the National School. Lecture topics included The Poets and Poetry of Ireland', 'The Birth and Development of the Earth', 'The Vertebrae - with Remarks on the pleasures resulting from the study of Natural History' and 'Architecture'. In 1856 the Reading Room was moved to James Hider's shop in Timor Street, and by 1864 it was located in the bookshop of Davies and Read. In the 1860's the Mechanics' Institute struggled as membership waned but in 1866, after a series of fund raising efforts, the committee was able to purchase land in Liebig Street, on a site then called Market Square, between the weighbridge and the fire station. A Mechanics' Institute building was opened at this site in August 1871. The following year four more rooms were added to the main Reading Room and in 1873 the Artisan School of Design was incorporated into the Institute. The same year Joseph Archibald established a Museum; however, it deteriorated when he was transferred to Bendigo in 1877. In 1880, with Archibald's return to Warrnambool, the Museum was re-established, and in 1885 a new building was built at the back of the Institute to accommodate the re-created School of Design, the Art Gallery and the Museum. In 1887 the Museum section was moved to the former court house in Timor Street (for some time the walls of the building formed part of the TAFE cafeteria but all is now demolished)). In 1911 the Museum was transferred back to the original building and the management of the Mechanics' Institute was handed over to the Warrnambool City Council. The Museum and Art Gallery became one and housed many fine works of art, and the Library continued to grow. The building was well patronised, with records showing that at the beginning of the 20th century there were between 500 and 800 visitors. During World War One the monthly figures were in the thousands, with 3,400 people visiting in January 1915. The Museum was a much-loved Institution in Warrnambool until the contents of the Museum and Art Gallery were removed to make room for the Warrnambool City Council Engineers' Department. The contents were stored but many of the items were scattered or lost. When the original building was demolished the site became occupied by the Civic Centre, which included the new City Library. (The library was temporarily located in the old Palais building in Koroit Street.) In the process of reorganisation the Collection was distributed amongst the community groups: -The new City Library took some of the historic books and some important documents, historic photographs and newspapers. -The Art Gallery kept the 19th Century art collection and some of the artefacts from the museum. -The Historic Society has some items -The State Museum has some items -Some items were destroyed -Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village has old newspapers, Government Gazettes, most of the Mechanics' Institute Library, ledgers and documents connected to the Mechanics' Institute Library, some framed and unframed artworks and some photographs. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute Library book collection is deemed to be of great importance because it is one of the few collections in an almost intact state, and many of the books are now very rare and of great value. THE PATTISON COLLECTION This book is also part of the ‘Pattison Collection’, a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, which was founded in Warrnambool in 1853. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Library, as the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute was then called. When the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Ralph Pattison. Eventually, the components of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. RALPH ERIC PATTISON Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 Pattison accepted a position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council. His huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower areas of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave from 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However, he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. The Birds of Australia by Gregory M. Matthews is now considered a rare and valuable scientific and historic work on its own. These 12 volumes were donated in 1934 to The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute and were included as part of the Pattison Collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. The Birds of Australia Vol 1 Author: Gregory M Mathews Publisher: Witherby & Co, 326 HIGH HOLBORN LONDON Date: 1910-1911 Tan, leather bound illustrated workLabel on spine cover with typed text RA 598.2994 MAT Pastedown front endpaper has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute that reads Presented by W Lindsay Esq, “Union”, Woolsthorpe. Accession Number 15232 Date Received: 3-34 “W. Lindsay” embossed in gold on front cover, bottom right of bookflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, the birds of australia, gregory m. matthews, witherby & co., h.f. & g. witherby, w lindsay, william lindsay, pattison collection, the birds of australia vol 1, union station, woolsthrope, quamby station, warrnambool mechanics’ institute and free library