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Melbourne Tram Museum
Decorative object - Memento, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), Melbourne cable tram cable, 1930's
Produced as a gift recording service to the MMTB Board as a Member - presented to Cr. Burnett Gray. Stamped at either end of the object with his name and "MMTB Member" Vic. Parliamentary Website gives details of Cr. Gray, Vic MP - though does not list being a MMTB Board Member. MP for St Kilda 1927 to 1932, Cr for St Kilda 1920 to 1948 - see http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/details/1103-gray-alfred-charles-burnett. MMTB Annual Reports: Appointed 1936 (first appearance), until 1954, when the size of the Board was reduced - Order in Council 25/5/1954. The Annual Report for 1936 has a photo of all the Board Members and a listing. See images 1887i2 and i3. See item 7682 for a sample of asection of rope.Demonstrates a MMTB produced gift to thank a Board member for his service.Memento - comprising a section or short length of Melbourne cable tram cable contained or mounted within two cast brass sections as a gift.trams, tramways, mmtb, st kilda, councillors, cables, cable ropes, cable trams -
Chiltern Athenaeum Trust
Glass jar and wood stand with a collection of sand from the WW1 Battlefield at Beersheba. Titled "The Sands of Beersheba", Collected in 2008
Linked to the location known as the last great cavalry charge, being Beersheba (Ottoman Empire) 1917, which the 4th Light horse Regiment (AIF) undertook on 31/10/1917. The sand has been obtained from the Battlefield that the Charge occurred on. Collected from the site of the Last Great Charge - The Charge of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba on the 31/10/1917. Glass Jar and wooden stand titled "Sands of Beersheba". Jar contains sand from Beersheba WW1 Battlefield as a memento and was collected in April 2008. "Sands of Beersheba" label accompanying the stand and glass jar containing the sand. Label reads as follows: Sands of Beersheba Collected from WW1 Battlefield April 2008 4/19 Prince of Wales Light Horse. ww1, beersheba, battlefield memento, sand, battle of beersheba, charge of the 4th light horse brigade, sand collected as a memento from beersheba, ww1 -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, 1937
Black and white photograph of a large group of children, in fancy dress, at a ball.At bottom of photo: "A Memento of Children's Ball, Rutherglen. 8-10-37"childrens ball, balls, dances -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, 14/08/1935
Black and white post card photograph a group of people in ball dress.At bottom of photo: "A Memento of the Firemens' Ball, Rutherglen 14/8/35"rutherglen firemans ball, dances, balls, fire brigade -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1978
Date made 7 January 1978Colour photograph of the disastrous fire which destroyed St Brendans RC Church. Two fire trucks in view, three people directing water onto home of Nuns next door to church. Ferris wheel of carnival in distance behind church. Lakes Entrance VictoriaMemento of St Brendan's Catholic Church, Lakes Entrance, destroyed 7.1.78schools, religion, buildings, room display -
Williamstown High School
Drill Hall album
This volume is hand printed in a calligraphical style using black ink. It includes a full colour drawing of the Williamstown High School logo of 1970.It details the history of the old drill hall, includes a photograph and explains the process of funding and building the new hall. The book also includes Members of the Advisory Council 1968-1971; participants in the first official assembly in the new school hall in 1972, signatures of all those present at the official opening; program of the unveiling of the plaque ceremony, 1975.Dark green leather bound volume, plain paper book. Memento of the old drill hall, demolished in 1969, to make way for a new school hall.drill hall, williamstown high school, 1960s, 1970s, opening ceremony -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, N. R. McGeehan, 24/8/1937
Postcard sized black and white group photograph of people in ball dress.Written at bottom of photo: "A Memento of the Footballers Ball, Springhurst | 24/8/37"footballers ball, balls, dances, springhurst -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Box - Small Wooden, 1952
The extension of the S.E.C. supply to country areas of Victoria took place following WW2. Most areas celebrated the occasion with a special 'switching on' function at the local hall. Mrs Downer was the wife of local Councillor John Downer. Extension of electricity in Victoria|Toolamba|ElectricitySmall wooden box with brass plaque on top and electric switch attached to the brass, commemorating switching on of district electricity supply.Pres. to Mrs J.E. Downer as a memento of the switching on of electricity at Toolamba, 18/11/1952.tatura, civic, memento, presentations -
Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society
Photograph (item), Laying of Foundation Stone A.N.A. Hall Bacchus Marsh December 1904
A branch of the Australian Natives Association (A.N.A.) was founded in Bacchus Marsh in 1889. In December 1904 the foundation stone for an ANA hall in Main Street Bacchus Marsh was laid. The ceremony was attended by Mr James Purves one of the founders of the ANA in Victoria. A detailed report of the ceremony was reported in the Bacchus Marsh Express, 10 December, 1904, page 1.At the top of the photograph, 'A Memento', At the bottom right side, 'Presented by Wm Mahoney Sept 1936'australian natives association bacchus marsh, australian natives association hall bacchus marsh -
Ballan Shire Historical Society
Craft - Doily, Jones, Isabella, For King and Country, c. 1914
A memento created during WW1 A doily crochet in cotton, mounted on a black background, placed under glass in a cream coloured timber frame. The text "For King and Country" can be seen, also visible is a crown and a rudimentary Union Jack.jones isabella, barrett frances -
Colac RSL Sub Branch
Ceramic - ceramic figurines x 8
World War 1 mementosa: white ceramic chair. b: white ceramic artillery piece. c: white ceramic ww1 tank. d: white ceramic biplane. e: soldier at attention. f: white ceramic ambulance. g: white ceramic blimp. h: white ceramic battleship.All 8 figurines are stamped with the City of London Coat of Arms -
Clunes Museum
Memorabilia - CARVED WOOD ORNAMENT, circa 1939
Presented to mayor as a memento of Century of ClunesCarved light coloured wood, varnished, with axe mounted on it. Axe head is painted black.To the Mayor, Cr. Lean Celebrating the Century ....1838 - 1939......century, 1939, cr. lean, mayor, memento, clunes -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Souvenir - Souvenirs, Kew Bowling Club Spoons & Forks, 1980-1998
Sports Clubs in Kew in the final decades of the 19th century and in the early 20th century were often umbrella organisations with facilities for a number of sports. Typically in Kew, this included teams in lawn bowls, tennis and croquet. The Kew Bowling Club was formed in 1880 while the privately owned Auburn Heights Recreation Club was opened in 1904. By 1998, the two Clubs decided to amalgamate at the Auburn Heights site in Barkers Road, forming the Kew Heights Sports Club. The combined club was itself taken over by the Melbourne Cricket Club in 2012 becoming MCC Kew Sports Club. In 2017 MCC Kew closed and its landholding was subsequently sold to Carey Baptist Grammar School. Both the Kew and Auburn Heights Clubs assembled important collections. These historically significant and large collections were donated to the Society in 2020. The collections include manuscripts, pictures, trophies, plans, honour boards etc. References Barnard FGA 1910, 'Sports and Pastimes' in Jubilee History of Kew Victoria: Its origin & progress 1803-1910. Nixon NV 1980, The History of the Kew Bowling Club 1880-1980. Reeve S 2012, City of Boroondara: Thematic Environmental History, p.216.The combined collections of the four sporting clubs making up the collection number hundreds of items that are historically significant locally. They are also significant to the sporting history of the greater Melbourne area and to the sports of lawn bowls and tennis in Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection illuminates two of the Victorian historic themes - 'Building community life' through forming community organisations and 'Shaping cultural and creative life' by participating in sport and recreation.Four items of cutlery produced by the Kew Bowling Club as souvenirs and mementos. [The item is part of the large historic Kew Bowling Club collection (1880-1988) gifted to the Kew Historical Society in 2020].kew bowling club - wellington street - kew (vic), clubs - lawn bowls - kew (vic), souvenir spoons -
Federation University Historical Collection
Postcard - Black and White, Messines Maitre Autel (altar), c1917
WW1 Australian soldier Holmes Famiiy memento.Black and white postcard sowing the interior of a church at Messines, France. A large altar dominated the image. chatham-holmes family collection, messines, church, altar, postcard -
Brighton Historical Society
Cover, Cushion cover, 1915
Items such as this cushion covers were purchased by Australian men and women serving during the First World War as souvenirs of their travels and gifts for their loved ones at home. BHS records indicate that this cushion cover belonged to Mary Crombie, an early Victorian dentist who lived in Brighton while she was studying at the Australian College of Dentistry in the mid-1900s, and later returned to the area in her retirement from 1949-1971. It is likely it was given to her as a gift by a friend of family member who served in Egypt.Pale pink satin cushion cover with pale blue fringe. Embroidered with the words "Souvenir From Egypt / Cairo / 1915", above the image of a crown flanked by crossed Australian and French flags. Below this is embroidered two pyramids and the Great Sphinx of Giza, bordered by flowers, with a red bow at the bottom.Written in blue pen on reverse side: "Memento of World War I / from Mary Crombie".cushion cover, 1910s, first world war, world war i, egypt, cairo -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Functional object - Match box, South African Marine Corpn Lines, Unknown
This match book was evidently a memento of a trip to South Africa.An example of how little objects could remind seafarers of the places they had visited. Small matchbox printed in orange, white and blue.Labelled: South African Marine Corpn Lines. Regular sailings between South Africa and America.matches, quinn, south africa -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Postcards, Lee, Samuel & Co, Ringwood Views postcards incl Clocktower 1960s, 1960s
Used by people on holidays to send to friends or keep as mementos.10 coloured photographs of views around Ringwood with picture of clock tower on front.Ringwood, Vic. -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Souvenir - Australia Remembers Freedom Medallions 1945-1995
Memento of the 50th anniversary of the end of the second world warFour round brass medallions. Obverse has an inner circle in which a returned soldier is depicted greeting a woman and two children. The boy is wearing the soldier's slouch hat. The outer circle contains the words 'AUSTRALIA REMEMBERS 1945-1995'. The reverse has an inner circle with the Australian coat of arms and an outer circle with the words 'FREEDOM MEDALLION'."Australia remembers 1945-1995" "Freedom Medallion"ww2, memento, ww2 50th anniversary, freedom medallion -
Wonga Park Community Cottage History Group
Commemorative Tea towel, Wonga Park Primary School Centenary 1895 - 1995, 1995
Memento to celebrate the Wonga Park Primary School centenary.Rectangular cream coloured linen tea towel with green printed title and stylized drawing of the original school building.Wonga Park P.S Centenary 1895 - 1995 -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Memorabilia - Tie
Given by Cr Kevin Abbott as a memento of former City of NunawadingNavy tie with crest of former City of Whitehorsecostume, male, civic mementoes, souvenirs -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Allan Bernaldo, A Lifetime With Water Colours, 1976
The book was presented to the Ballarat School of Mines by Allan Bernaldo. Allan Thomas Bernaldo (b. 1900, Creswick. d. 1988, Melbourne) was a former student at the Ballarat School of Mines Technical Art School. In 1917 he was presented a medal 'for the most meritorious Art student'. He was known for his watercolours, and subjects such as horses and flowers. Bernaldo's popularity was at its height during the 1930s and 1940s. Brown hard covered book of 59 pages, with a black dustjacket that includes a painting of a vase of white flowers. The book is the recollections of Alan Bernaldo. Written on title page "memento of many happy years at the School of Mines, Allan T. Bernaldo. 1981allan bernaldo, bernaldo, ballarat school of mines, ballarat technical art school. watercolour, art, alumni -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - CUP, SAUCER AND PLATE, Post 1945
Memento from club rooms of Rats of Tobruk Association, Bendigo Branch..1) Cup- white china with maroon line around top rim. .2) Saucer - white china with maroon line around edge. .3) Plate - white china with maroon line around edge.On all 3 items - Rats of Tobruk logo badge in maroon.momentos, ceramics, domestic items - crockery -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Memorabilia - Key Ring, N/A
The key ring was for sale at the School as a memento of the 140th anniversary 1861-1926.Gold and black enamel shield attached to a gilt key ring. The key ring has 'Burwood East Primary School H54' inscribed above a picture of the school and 'Together we Learn' on the lower edge. On the underside is 'Best Wishes from Burwood East Primary School. Founded 1861'.See Description.numismatics, tokens -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DOCUMENT: THE CRUIKSHANK CENTENARY, 1959
Memento (from Glass photograph) from the Cruikshank Centenary, 1959 entitled ''Five Little Scots who came to Bendigo In 1859'' Single page memento - centenary meeting held by Bendigo Branch of RHSV, 26/11/1959. Photograph on page of the five daughters of Dr and Mrs John Cruikshank - Fannie, Annie, Ina, Bessie, Jane. (5 copies) See also 2741 for 1860s Batchelder photo of Janie. On rear is a print from a rubber stamp in the name of Harold Curnow, P.O. Box 96 Bendigo.Harold Curnowperson, individual, cruikshank, bendigo branch of rhsv, harold curnow, batchelder. -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Decorative object - Memento, Siemens, glass block containing an image of the Siemens Supra Plus, 2007
Memento or Memento - dark blue cardboard box with folder cap fitted dark blue cotton padding containing a glass block containing an image of the Siemens Supra Plus, about the 100% low floor tram that was tested in Melbourne , Lisbon C008, running between March and June 2007. Has the Siemens, Australasian Railway Association (ARA) and Yarra Trams logos embedded as well. Presented to passengers on the occasion of an ARA dinner held at Luna Park, possibly June 2007. See Reg item 245 for an associated pamphlet.trams, tramways, siemens, tramcars, combino -
Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History
Invitation, Invitation to a Garden Reception to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2012
Invitation set to attend a garden reception to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, at Government House, Paddington, NSW. Set includes an official invitation, memento card, entree card and commemorative medal. tess brophy, tess cramond, humphry cramond, emeritus professor, entree card, queen elizabeth ii, government house, diamond jubilee, garden reception, medal, commemorative meda, day attire, invitation, penelope wensley, stuart mccosker -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Souvenir - Handkerchief, 1956
Lawn Handkerchief - Memento of Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games. In 4 sections: (1) Map of Melbourne, (2) Picture of Melbourne Cricket Ground, (3) List of Events and Venues, (4) Map of Australia, Olympic flame and kangaroosOlympic Games 22 Nov - 8 Dec 1956civic mementoes, souvenirs -
Orbost & District Historical Society
tin
Probably used by soldier to hold mementos from home. Photo probably mother.Vesta tin containing 3 acorns, a black shoe button, a small cork, two small nails and a photo of a woman on a glass slide.container vestas mementos smoking -
Williamstown High School
Boy in box photograph, 1947
A memento of the Williamstown High School performance, 'What's your favourite pudding' in 1947.Black and white photograph depicting 3 boys. One boy is in a box with just his head showing (possibly a sauna). One boy appears to be singing and the third boy is holding a two piece 1940's telephone to the mouth and ear of the boy in the box.Copyright stamp from The Argus on the back. See jpg's above for detail of the photo, including inscription by 'Doc' Walsh. Please note, whole photograph is not available to view online due to copyright.williamstown high school, what's your favourite pudding, productions, doc walsh, 1947 -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Trophy CWA, Circa 1950
... mementos ...This trophy was presented by the Country Women's Association (C.W.A) Kiewa Valley Branch circa 1950's. This was in a period when the C.W.A. was the major women's organisation which had the greatest influence amongst rural women (especially in isolated areas). This was a period when broad based communications were mainly by radio,women orientated magazines and the telephone. The CWA was an organisation that catered exclusively to women's needs. The atmosphere was one of "sisterhood" and covered nearly all the needs of rural based women. This one organisation incorporated knowledge and learning targeting women who physically may be isolated but not mentally. The C.W.A. motto "Honour our God, Loyalty to the throne, Service to the country, Through country women, For country women, By country women."The Kiewa Valley Group of the C.W.A. was a focal point for women in this still relatively isolated rural region to have a place of refuge from the heavy domestic demands that family and business exerted, and the need of a time and space to gain all the mental relaxation and group bonding necessary to balance the sometimes harsh environment that rural life presented.Silver plated chalice trophy has two "block ear" type handles fastened at the top lip and going 40mm vertically down to reconnect with the bowl. The bowl is connected to the dark brown plastic base by a brass (silver plating has worn off) stem (flower vase shaped).the chalice stem is attached to a circular tapered dome 30mm high which is also silver plated. The plastic base has a 35mm high extension rising from the broader circular bottom section and is rectangular in shape except for the quarter circular indent at each corner. The final circular base provides the chalice with the stability to stand on a flat surface. The whole of the base is hollow allowing the stem fastening nut to be viewed. The inscription on the chalice has been carefully and professionally scribed into the metal. "*C W A* KIEWA VALLEY GROUP H & H.I. EXHIBITION-PRIZE FOR MEMBERS. 40 & OVER" mementos, acknowledgement, cwa awards, trophies, rural women's club