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Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, 1927
This photo shows building of tower with scaffolding and the builders on the top.Building of St Pauls tower.local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, st pauls training school, schools, phillip island, sepia photograph, ken pound -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, It's over at last for tower, 2015
The Telstra communication tower on Canterbury Road, Surrey Hills.The Telstra communication tower on Canterbury Road, Surrey Hills is to be removed and replaced with a monopole structure following community outrage at proposed Heritage protection for the 45 metre tower.The Telstra communication tower on Canterbury Road, Surrey Hills. canterbury road, surrey hills, telstra -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph, Clare Gervasoni, Tower Hill Crater, 11/09/2020
Tower Hill is 18km west of Warrnambool and is accessed from the Princes Highway. Tower hill is a dormant volcano, with associated conical hills, large and small craters, basalt outcrops from lava flows and layers of Ash from long ago eruptions. Panorama of the crater at Tower Hilltower hill, crater, volcano -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph, Clare Gervasoni, Tower Hill Crater, 11/09/2020
Tower Hill is 18km west of Warrnambool and is accessed from the Princes Highway. Tower hill is a dormant volcano, with associated conical hills, large and small craters, basalt outcrops from lava flows and layers of Ash from long ago eruptions. Panorama of the crater at Tower Hilltower hill, crater, volcano -
Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park
Photograph, Rose Series Postcard - Diving Tower and Shelter Shed, Emerald Lake. Victoria, circa 1940 - 50
Depicting early years of Emerald Lake Photograph of Emerald Park Lake showing diving tower circa 40'sFront: The Rose Series P. 1792 'Diving Tower and Shelter Shed, Emerald Lake, Vic. emerald park lake, rose series postcards -
Port of Echuca
Postcard, Early 20th Century
The water tower on the corner of Pakenham St and High Street Echuca, was designed by Sir John Monash, who was an innovator in the use of reinforced concrete. The tower cost £2,973 and was completed in 1915. It is 108 feet high and holds 150,000 gallons. it was originally connected to the steam powered pumping plant at Echuca East. John Monash was a war hero at Gallipoli in 1915 and also went on to be the Manager of the Victorian State Electricity Commission. Monash University was named after him.The water tower was a revolutionary design in 1915. It also brought tapped water to people's homes. Sir John Monash made a huge contribution to engineering and social concepts, which was why he was knighted. As well as these contributions to social development, he was also a war hero.Black and white postcard featuring the water tower in Packenham Street. The photograph was taken from Alton Reserve. The background shows a conglomeration of buildings and the foreground shows shaped lawns and park benches. The postcard has a thick border in a cream colour all around it.On the reverse is printed ; POST CARD. Write here for Inland Postage only. Tha Address to be written here. In pen is hand written the words View of Water Tower Pakenham St. Taken from Alton Reserve?echuca east pumping station, echuca water tower, monash, sir john, alton reserve, engineering, reinforced concrete -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Big Hill Sunset looking South West -- Coloured
Sunset from Big Hill looking Southwest. Fire Tower on right. Fire watch tower on right of photo. Communication Tower in the center. Stawell gold mine ventilation shaft on the left with barb wire around the fence. Spectacular sky in the background.Colored photo of sunset looking southwest on Big Hill. Fire watch tower on right of photo. Communication Tower in the center. Stawell gold mine ventilation shaft on the left. Carol Anne Jonesstawell -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Codling Collection 01 - High Street West - Tower Place, 1970s
Miss Olive Codling was a Foundation Member and a Life Member of the Wodonga Historical Society. Many of her prize-winning photos are held in the Society Collection. She also held a range of roles and committee positions in a wide range of Wodonga community organisations. These included the Horticultural Society, the Wodonga Arts Council, the Wodonga Camera Club and the Wodonga Lapidary Club. This photo collection is significant as it documents how the businesses and buildings in Wodonga have evolved and contributed to community throughout the 20th century.High Street West, Tower Place on the left. Businesses shown include Wodonga Warehouse Centre, Rob Lacey Photography, Vid Hire and East West Airlines . Tower Place was built by Arthur Dunstan, owner of A. Dunstan & Sons Hardware and timber mills. On sign above building "Tower Place", on front of building on left "WODONGA WAREHOUSE CENTRE"wodonga businesses, high st wodonga, wodonga warehouse centre, tower place -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Postcard - Footbridge, Bulmer H D, 1940c
Black and white small format postcard of the footbridge over Cunninghame Arm, taken from the Royal lifesaving tower. Three people on footbridge, town beyond North Shore. Lakes Entrance VictoriaThe bridge from lifesaving tower Lakes Entrancebridges, waterways, township -
Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park
Photograph/postcard, Rose Series Postcard - Diving Tower and Shelter Shed, Emerald Lake. Victoria, late 1940's
Photograph of Emerald Park Lake showing diving tower circa late 40'sFront: The Rose Series P. 1792 'Diving Tower and Shelter Shed, Emerald Lake, Vic. emerald park lake, rose series postcards -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Photograph (item) - Colour photograph, Unknown
A digital copy of a colour photograph of the Tower Motel in Marysville. The Tower Motel was one of the few buildings in Marysville that survived the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires.A digital copy of a colour photograph of the Tower Motel in Marysville.marysville, victoria, australia, tower motel, accommodation, photograph, 2009 black saturday bushfires -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Photograph (item) - Colour photograph, Unknown
A digital copy of a colour photograph of the Tower Motel in Marysville. The Tower Motel was one of the few buildings in Marysville that survived the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires.A digital copy of a colour photograph of the Tower Motel in Marysville.marysville, victoria, australia, tower motel, accommodation, photograph, 2009 black saturday bushfires -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Photograph (item) - Colour photograph, Unknown
A digital copy of a colour photograph of the Tower Motel in Marysville. The Tower Motel was one of the few buildings in Marysville that survived the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires.A digital copy of a colour photograph of the Tower Motel in Marysville.marysville, victoria, australia, tower motel, accommodation, photograph, 2009 black saturday bushfires -
Federation University Historical Collection
Model, Petronas Tower, Kuala Lumper, c2005
Malaysia's Petronas Towers are considered to be one of the tallest buildings in the world. Model of the Petronas Towers in a glass case. Plaque "Signing ceremony memorandum of agreement between University of Ballarat" and Unity College International Monday 8th August 2005petronas towers, kuala lumper, model, malaysia, unity college international, university of ballarat, agreement -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Drawing - Water Tower, Wodonga, 2020
THE WATER TOWER is a major landmark of High Street, Wodonga. It began operation from 1924 until it ceased operation in 1959. It stood unused for a decade until the lower section was modified and put to use as “ The Tower’s Cobbler’s Inn” in 1962. In 1972 Wodonga City Council proposed to demolish the Tower. Their suggestion received an unfavorable response from the city’s citizens, so the Tower still stands today.Donated by Dr. Imalka WettesingeRepresentation of the Water Tower in High Street, Wodonga in white framewodonga water tower, scenic features wodonga -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Digital photograph, Dorothy Wickham, Tower of London, 2016
The Tower of London, officially Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the square mile of the City of London by the open space known as Tower Hill. It was founded towards the end of 1066 as part of the Norman Conquest of England. The White Tower, which gives the entire castle its name, was built by William the Conqueror in 1078, and was a resented symbol of oppression, inflicted upon London by the new ruling elite. The castle was used as a prison from 1100 (Ranulf Flambard) until 1952 (Kray twins),[3] although that was not its primary purpose. A grand palace early in its history, it served as a royal residence. As a whole, the Tower is a complex of several buildings set within two concentric rings of defensive walls and a moat. There were several phases of expansion, mainly under Kings Richard the Lionheart, Henry III, and Edward I in the 12th and 13th centuries. The general layout established by the late 13th century remains despite later activity on the site. The Tower of London has played a prominent role in English history. It was besieged several times, and controlling it has been important to controlling the country. The Tower has served variously as an armoury, a treasury, a menagerie, the home of the Royal Mint, a public record office, and the home of the Crown Jewels of England. From the early 14th century until the reign of Charles II, a procession would be led from the Tower to Westminster Abbey on the coronation of a monarch. In the absence of the monarch, the Constable of the Tower is in charge of the castle. This was a powerful and trusted position in the medieval period. In the late 15th century the castle was the prison of the Princes in the Tower. Under the Tudors, the Tower became used less as a royal residence, and despite attempts to refortify and repair the castle its defences lagged behind developments to deal with artillery. The peak period of the castle's use as a prison was the 16th and 17th centuries, when many figures who had fallen into disgrace, such as Elizabeth I before she became queen, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Elizabeth Throckmorton were held within its walls. This use has led to the phrase "sent to the Tower". Despite its enduring reputation as a place of torture and death, popularised by 16th-century religious propagandists and 19th-century writers, only seven people were executed within the Tower before the World Wars of the 20th century. Executions were more commonly held on the notorious Tower Hill to the north of the castle, with 112 occurring there over a 400-year period. In the latter half of the 19th century, institutions such as the Royal Mint moved out of the castle to other locations, leaving many buildings empty. Anthony Salvin and John Taylor took the opportunity to restore the Tower to what was felt to be its medieval appearance, clearing out many of the vacant post-medieval structures. In the First and Second World Wars, the Tower was again used as a prison, and witnessed the executions of 12 men for espionage. After the Second World War, damage caused during the Blitz was repaired, and the castle reopened to the public. Today the Tower of London is one of the country's most popular tourist attractions. Under the ceremonial charge of the Constable of the Tower, it is cared for by the charity Historic Royal Palaces and is protected as a World Heritage Site.(Wikipedia) A World Heritage Site is a landmark which has been officially recognized by the United Nations, specifically by UNESCO. Sites are selected on the basis of having cultural, historical, scientific or some other form of significance, and they are legally protected by international treaties. UNESCO regards these sites as being important to the collective interests of humanity. More specifically, a World Heritage Site is an already classified landmark on the earth, which by way of being unique in some respect as a geographically and historically identifiable piece is of special cultural or physical significance (such as either due to hosting an ancient ruins or some historical structure, building, city, complex, desert, forest, island, lake, monument, or mountain) and symbolizes a remarkable footprint of extreme human endeavour often coupled with some act of indisputable accomplishment of humanity which then serves as a surviving evidence of its intellectual existence on the planet. And with an ignoble intent of its practical conservation for posterity, but which otherwise could be subject to inherent risk of endangerment from human or animal trespassing, owing to unmonitored/uncontrolled/unrestricted nature of access or threat by natural or accelerated extinction owing to local administrative negligence, hence it would have been listed and demarcated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to have been identified or recognised and officially christened and internationally elevated through multilateral declaration by UNESCO as a universally protected zone. [1] The list is maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 UNESCO member states which are elected by the General Assembly. (Wikipedia)The Tower of London is a UNESCO world heritage site.tower of london -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph, 1944
Date made February 1944 Prior to the tower being built VAOC activities took place at the Post Office Jetty. Tower was demolished 1972.|Also two other photographs similarBlack and white photograph of the Volunteer Air Observors Corp tower on Esplanade showing timber tower with steps broken by two landings leading to fenced square deck on top, small observation hut built on deck, onlookers around tower and beside roadway. Lakes Entrance Victoriaobservation, world war 1939 - 1945, volunteering -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Digital photographs, L.J. Gervasoni, Lake at Tower Hill, c2015
Tower Hill is an extinct volcano in the Western District of Victoria.Colour photographs of Tower Hill and the crater lake.tower hill, volcano, natural heritage, koroit, lake, landscape -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Flyer (item) - Accommodation flyer, Tower Motel, Unknown
An information flyer regarding the accommodation and facilities at the Tower Motel in Marysville. The Tower Motel was one of the few buildings in Marysville to survive the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires.An information flyer regarding the accommodation and facilities at the Tower Motel in Marysville.marysville, victoria, australia, tower motel, accommodation, 2009 black saturday bushfires, flyer -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Flyer (item) - Accommodation flyer, Tower Motel, Unknown
An information flyer regarding the accommodation and facilities at the Tower Motel in Marysville. The Tower Motel was one of the few buildings in Marysville that survived the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires.An information flyer regarding the accommodation and facilities at the Tower Motel in Marysville.marysville, victoria, australia, tower motel, accommodation, flyer, 2009 black saturday bushfires -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.
Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Tower Hill, Victoria, 2013, 2013
The Tower Hill Reserve is located inside a dormant volcano, and features a lake and wetlands. It became Victoria's first national park in 1892, but by the 1930s the early settlers had cleared much of the land for grazing, cropping and quarrying. In the 1960s the bare hills and islands were revegetated based in species identified from Eugene von Guerard's painting of Tower Hill. Tower Hill was formed around 30,000 years ago in a violent volcanic eruption. The initial eruption created the outer rim of the volcano, and later smaller eruptions formed the internal hills that are evident today. The layers of volcanic ash layers include artefacts relating to indigenous communites.A series of colour digital photographs showing Tower Hill, near Port Fairy, Victoria. Tower Hill is an extinct volcano.tower hill, volcano, extinct -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Codling Collection 01 - High Street West, Tower Place, 1970s
Miss Olive Codling was a Foundation Member and a Life Member of the Wodonga Historical Society. Many of her prize-winning photos are held in the Society Collection. She also held a range of roles and committee positions in a wide range of Wodonga community organisations. These included the Horticultural Society, the Wodonga Arts Council, the Wodonga Camera Club and the Wodonga Lapidary Club. This photo collection is significant as it documents how the businesses and buildings in Wodonga have evolved and contributed to community throughout the 20th century.High Street West, Tower Place on the left and Highpoint on the right. Tower Place was built by Arthur Dunstan, owner of A. Dunstan & Sons Hardware and timber mills. Businesses shown include Wodonga Warehouse Centre, Highpoint Furniture, Rob Lacey Photography, Vid Hire, East West Airlines and Retravision.On sign above building "Tower Place", on front of building on left "WODONGA WAREHOUSE CENTRE"wodonga businesses, high st wodonga, tower place, highpoint wodonga -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Tower Hill Cemetery, 2009, 26/07/2009
The Tower Hill Cemetery is located near Koroit on the north side of the Princes Highway The, between Port Fairy and Warrnambool. The first burial at Tower Hill Cemetery took place in 1856. Over 150 years there has been over 8,000 burials. Around 45 percent of the burials are in unmarked graves.Colour photograph of a headstone in the Tower Hill Cemetery.tower hill cemetery, william rutledge, eliza rutledge -
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Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Tower Hill Cemetery, 2009, 26/07/2009
The Tower Hill Cemetery is located near Koroit on the north side of the Princes Highway The, between Port Fairy and Warrnambool. The first burial at Tower Hill Cemetery took place in 1856. Over 150 years there has been over 8,000 burials. Around 45 percent of the burials are in unmarked graves.Colour photograph of a headstone in the Tower Hill Cemetery.tower hill cemetery, william rutledge, eliza rutledge -
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Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Tower Hill Cemetery, 2009, 26/07/2009
The Tower Hill Cemetery is located near Koroit on the north side of the Princes Highway The, between Port Fairy and Warrnambool. The first burial at Tower Hill Cemetery took place in 1856. Over 150 years there has been over 8,000 burials. Around 45 percent of the burials are in unmarked graves.Colour photograph of a headstone in the Tower Hill Cemetery.tower hill cemetery -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Flyer (item) - Accommodation flyer, The Tower MARYSVILLE, Unknown
An information flyer regarding the accommodation and facilities available at The Tower Motel in Marysville. The Tower Motel was one of the few buildings in Marysville that survived the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires.An information flyer regarding the accommodation and facilities available at The Tower Motel in Marysville.marysville, victoria, australia, tower motel, accommodation, flyer, 2009 black saturday bushfires -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Flyer (item) - Accommodation flyer, The Tower MARYSVILLE, Unknown
An information flyer regarding the accommodation and facilities available at The Tower Motel in Marysville. The Tower Motel was one of the few buildings in Marysville that survived the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires.An information flyer regarding the accommodation and facilities available at The Tower Motel in Marysville.marysville, victoria, australia, tower motel, accommodation, flyer, 2009 black saturday bushfires -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Flyer (item) - Accommodation flyer, Tower Motel, Unknown
An information flyer regarding the accommodation and facilities available at the Tower Motel in Marysville. The Tower Motel was one of the few buildings in Marysville that survived the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires.An information flyer regarding the accommodation and facilities available at the Tower Motel in Marysville.marysville, victoria, australia, tower motel, accommodation, flyer, 2009 black saturday bushfires -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Flyer (item) - Accommodation flyer, Tower Motel, Unknown
An information flyer regarding the accommodation and facilities available at the Tower Motel in Marysville. The Tower Motel was one of the few buildings in Marysville that survived the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires.An information flyer regarding the accommodation and facilities available at the Tower Motel in Marysville.marysville, victoria, australia, tower motel, accommodation, flyer, 2009 black saturday bushfires -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Flyer (item) - Accommodation flyer, Tower Motel, Unknown
An information flyer regarding the accommodation and facilities available at The Tower Motel in Marysville. The Tower Motel was one of the few buildings in Marysville that survived the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires.An information flyer regarding the accommodation and facilities available at The Tower Motel in Marysville.marysville, victoria, australia, tower motel, accommodation, flyer, 2009 black saturday bushfires