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Stawell Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Bottle
Torpedo Glass Bottles (John Maddocks Stawell)stawell -
Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc
Articles
This item is part of the Thomas Caine Tool Collection, owned by The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and curated by the Hand Tools Preservation Association of Australia.Articles, fishing bait, model torpedo boat -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Bottle, D Mc Sweeney, Late 19th century
This torpedo glass bottle comes from the Warrnambool aerated waters business of Daniel McSweeney. It would have held a type of soda and the bottle was made so that it could not stand up and so the soda was kept in contact with the cork. This stopped the cork from shrinking and so the pressure was not lost. Daniel McSweeney opened a cordial factory in Fairy Street in 1885 and, by the early 1890s had transferred his business to Henna Street. This factory was advertised as the largest cordial factory in the Western District, though this appeared to refer to the size of the building. In the late 1890s James Trigg leased the factory from McSweeney for some time. The factory was closed in 1900 but the building remains today and is occupied by the Alderdice Brass FoundryThis bottle is of interest as one of few bottles we have that came from the Warrnambool cordial factory of Daniel McSweeney. He was a prominent maker of soft drinks in the late 19th century.This is a green glass bottle. It is a ‘torpedo’ bottle so it is of a spherical shape with a pointed curved end, a rounded neck and a round moulded top. There is no stopper. The name of the manufacturer of the soft drink contents is embedded into the glass on one side. ‘D.McSweeney Warrnambool’ daniel mcsweeney warrnambool, cordial manufacturers in warrnambool, history of warrnambool -
Mansfield Historical Society
bottle, F Wheeler
This item was found on the site of F Wheeler's cordial factory in Chenery Street Mansfield which was in operation in 1891.Water was carted from Devil's River and stored in a 28,000 gallon tank. Mr Keane was the manager.As cordial factories are no longer in use in Mansfield this broken bottle has historic significance and it is aesthetically pleasing because of the many colours which can been seen in the green glass'Green glass cordial bottle with torpedo base - broken -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Domestic Object - Bottle, 1880c
Found during a dive at the entrance at Lakes Entrance, manufacturers details on one half, P C Dixon & Co Rosslyn St Melbourne, other half has Lion on hind legs with Trade MarkTorpedo soda water bottle, moulded in two halves.glass technology, bottles -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Bottle, Davis Warrnambool, Late 1880s
This bottle is called a torpedo bottle. It cannot stand up but lies on its side so that the soda contents are kept in contact with the cork. This stops the cork from shrinking and the consequent loss of pressure. The bottle came from the Warrnambool aerated waters factory of John Fletcher and would have held soda. The bottle has the name of both John Davis and John Fletcher on it. John Davis established a store in Warrnambool in the mid 19th century and he also established the Union Cordial Factory in Koroit Street in the mid 1860s. John Fletcher worked at that factory for John Davis and in 1885 he bought the factory from John Davis. The Fletcher business continued until 1930. As the name of Davis is on the bottle (‘late J. Davis’) it is probable that this bottle dates from the early years of the Fletcher business. This bottle is of some considerable interest as it appears to be an early example of a John Fletcher bottle (late 19th century). Fletcher was a prominent businessman in Warrnambool for over 40 years. This is a green glass bottle, known as a torpedo bottle. It has a spherical-shaped body with a pointed curved end and a rounded neck with a round moulded top. There is no stopper. The details of the soda manufacturer are embedded into the glass on the side of the bottle. ‘John Fletcher late J. Davis Koroit St. Warrnambool’ john fletcher of warrnambool, cordial manufacturers in warrnambool, history of warrnambool -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - BOTTLES COLLECTION: GREEN GLASS BOTTLE
Green Torpedo Glass Bottle. On one side are some words that appear to be ''O.R.M.E 'HAWK.' The bottle is the shape of a torpedo and is approximately 7 cm in diameter in the centre and 23 cm in length.''O.R.M.E 'Hawk'' 'R. Oswald'food technology, bottling, soft drink bottle -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Vehicle - HMAS Lonsdale [HMVS], Built in 1884
Transported to Victoria as deck cargo aboard s.s. Port Darwin. This vessel was ordered by Government of Victoria and was only used in training exercises in Port Philip and had become outmoded by the time the Royal Australian Navy was formed in 1911.Buried by sand in the grounds of the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum. There is no known record of how the "Lonsdale" ended abandoned on the beach at Queenscliff. Originally the land where the QMM is situated was the foreshore at the back of the houses in Beach Street, Queenscliff. There were two Torpedo boats built in 1884, the Lonsdale and the Nepean.Site of the buried remains of the Torpedo Boat HMAS Lonsdale [HMVS]hmas lonsdale, hmvs lonsdale, victorian navy, port phillip, royal australian navy -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - BOTTLES COLLECTION: GREEN GLASS BOTTLE
Green Torpedo Glass Bottle. The bottle is the shape of a torpedo and is approximately 7 cm in diameter in the centre and 23 cm in length. The neck of the bottle has been broken off and reattached with adhesice tape.food technology, bottling, soft drink bottle -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Container - Cordial Bottle
Webb Bros cordial Factoryovoid glass cordial bottle with no base cone shaped mouth-Torpedo WEBB & SONS BELFAST-AERATED WATERS MANUFACTURERSwebb bros, webb & sons, bottle, cordial, factory, belfast, port fairy -
Orbost & District Historical Society
bottle, late 19th - early 20th century
Donor was grand-daughter of Jonathon Cameron of Genoa. Mother was Jane Elizabeth.Australia was not self sufficient in glass making until the turn of the 20th century and many bottles were made overseas and shipped to Australia with their contents and when emptied were re-filled with other company’s products. This bottles have an aesthetic element in that the shape is unusual and visually appealing. It reflect the type of glassware that was as a beverage container in the early 20th century. Small clear oval lemonade bottle. One flat side. A torpedo bottlebottle -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Bottle, 1880's
Green Glass Torpedo Bottle. Marked John Maddocks Cordial Manufacturer Stawellstawell -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - ROBERT DENIS KELLY COLLECTION: TORPEDO
Black and white photo: torpedo situated on ground with wooden wall on LH side. Written on back in pencil 'Peronne, a Fritz aerial torpedo, 15 ft. long, 18 inches diameter, 1 1/4 tons in weight'person, robert denis kelly, world war 1, robert denis kelly collection, france, torpedo. -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, Three Minutes of Time - The Torpedoing of the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur 14 May 1943
Three Minutes of Time - The Torpedoing of the Australian Hospital Ship _Centaur_ 14 May 1943 -
Orbost & District Historical Society
bottle, late 19th century - early 20th century
This item is an unusually shaped glass container.Oval green tinted bottle with wide neck. One flat side. Torpedo type bottle.bottle torpedo-bottle container-glass -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Container - Bottle, W H Dawbarn & Son, Port Melbourne, 1870s
Dawbarn & Son was a cordial manufacturer at 130 Bay Street.Green torpedo style bottle from W.H. Dawbarn & Son, Port Melbourne, cordial manufacturers.'B' on back at bottom.business and traders - softdrinks, w h dawbarn & son -
Melbourne Legacy
Newspaper - Document, newspaper article, The War I saw: That morning we were spotted by three planes
Story by Cdr Ashley Brown, officer of the watch about an attack by Japanese aircraft on the HMAS Austrlia May 7, 1942. Also an account of an accidental bombing of the ship by the United States Airforce. It was part of a series of articles called 'The War I saw' published in the Herald Sun newspaper. Date unknown. This document was from a file of information about guest speakers (see also 00812-00822 and 00830-00837). So it is assumed that Cdr Ashley-Brown was approached to speak at a Legacy function. Legatees met regularly and had guest speakers to entertain and inform on different subjects at their Tuesday Luncheons. The Programme Committee was responsible for organising the speakers.A record that the speakers at legacy functions came from a wide variety of backgrounds and the subjects spoken on were varied. An eyewitness account of how lucky you can be.Newsprint article, black and white photo of a cruiser shooting at Japanese torpedo bombers, black type.Handwritten Cdr Ashley Brown in blue pen.speakers, world war two -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Container - Torpedo Bottle, 1850s - 1860s
Torpedo bottle from group of 1850/1860s bottles dug up at 282 Rouse Street in 1999.domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels, all england eleven hotel -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Container - Torpedo Bottle, 1850s - 1860s
Torpedo bottle from group of 1850/1860s bottles dug up at 282 Rouse Street in 1999:domestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels, all england eleven hotel -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Container - Torpedo Bottle, W H Dawbarn & Son, Port Melbourne, 1850s - 1860s
Torpedo bottle from group of 1850/1860s bottles dug up at 282 Rouse Street in 1999:W H Dawbarn & Son, Port Melbournedomestic life - containers, business and traders - hotels, all england eleven hotel, w h dawbarn & son -
Ballarat RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
Photograph - "Reinfs 24/7 Batt AIF"
"Torpedoed on HMAT Ballarat on ANZAC Day, 25 April 1917"photo/pictures, ballarat rsl, ballarat -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Bottle, S Rowley, Late 19th century
This bottle was known as a torpedo bottle. As the bottle had to lie on its side the soda was kept in contact with the cork and stopped the cork from shrinking and causing loss of pressure. This bottle comes from the Warrnambool aerated waters factory of John Searle Rowley (1837-1893). John Rowley, born in England, came to Australia in 1856 and in 1865 he opened a branch of the Geelong Corio Brewery at the corner of Timor and Banyan Streets in Warrnambool, bottling the beer, not brewing it. In 1870 this business was closed and Rowley developed his soft drinks business which he had established in 1868. In 1872 the business was called the Warrnambool Steam Aerated Works when a steam engine was purchased from Melbourne. In 1872 the factory was turning out 600 dozen bottles a day. By the 1880s the factory was occupying half an acre of land, was employing 13 people and manufacturing 20 varieties of drinks. Rowley died in 1893. He had been active in community affairs, serving four years on the Warrnambool Council and on the committees of the Warrnambool Hospital and the Mechanics Institute. This bottle is of great interest as it comes from the factory of the prominent 19th century Warrnambool aerated waters manufacturer, John Rowley. Few of his bottles have survived today. Cordial and soft drinks manufacturing was an important industry in Warrnambool for over 100 years and John Rowley was a key figure in this industry.This is a glass bottle, tinted green. The body of the bottle has an oval shape tapering to a point at the end and is known as a torpedo bottle. It can only be stored lying on its side. The neck of the bottle ends with a moulded glass top. There is no stopper. The bottle is slightly discoloured inside. The information on the maker is embossed into the body of the bottle.‘J.S. Rowley’s Aerated Waters Timor Street Warrnambool’john searle rowley, cordial manufacturers in warrnambool, history of warrnambool -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Sinkers, n.d
11 lead sinkers, 8 triangular with a rectangular base (a-h) 2 conical (i-j) 1 torpedo (k)fishing, recreation, sport -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Container - Bottle, circa 1880
This bottle was found near Bear's Castle, Yan Yean. It was embedded in the bank of the creek. It's shape is that of a soda bottle but when the cork was taken out, there was definitely wine in it. The trade mark on the bottle looks like Bears Castle from above, and the letter inside the square looks like 'B'. The Bear family were responsible for establishing one of Victoria's earliest wineries (at Yan Yean) and are associated with Chateau Tahbilk, reputedly Victoria's oldest extant winery.Unusual trade mark on bottle and possible link to the historical Bear's Castle, Yan Yean, and it's association with notable pioneering pastoralists, the Bear family.Oval aqua coloured glass bottle, torpedo shape with wide neck, possibly a wine bottle, embossed trade mark 'B', cork inside of the bottleEmbossed with 'Trade Mark' and the letter 'B' inside a squareglass bottle, bottle, wine bottle, yan yean, bears castle -
Bendigo Military Museum
Container - BOTTLE, Unknown
Glass bottle - torpedo shape, oval shaped, with painted base and narrow neck. Green coloured glass. Bottle to be stored on its side. Information - markings on side of bottle. British.Information on bottle - "THE PROPERTY OF THE 107th REGIMENT". containers, glass, britain, 107th regiment -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Photograph, Photographer unknown
A colour photo of life at Queenscliffe for local fishermen, sailors and crew.Realism, historicalBlack & white photo of a hatted man on the beached wreck of a torpedo boat near a wharf aka Fisherman's Pier, in background, at Queenscliffe. Now, 2022, the pier is now buried under sand. On the reverse - "NIL."torpedo boat, beached, mr squires, pea crop transport -
Friends of the Cerberus Inc
Nordenfelt 1 inch Projectile
One inch Nordenfelt machine guns were used on board vessels of the Victorian Navy to combat the torpedo boats. One inch, as opposed to the .45 inch, Nordenfelt guns used by the Land Forces could penetrate the boilers of torpedo boats and thereby stop them.none -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Mixed media (item) - Brian Ridgeway Collection Miscellaneous aircraft photos, newspaper items etc. See under "Description" Section
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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book - Autobiography, Survival, 1991
Autobiography of Rainer Radok and his family from 1679 to 1991. Special interest to Tatura Museum - WW2 record of internment in England and Australia.Autobiography of Rainer Radok, Jewish German refugee from England, interned after Dunkirk evacuation, sent on Arandora Star, torpedoed, Dunera to Australia. Camp 2 and 3. Blue cardboard covered book.To the Tatura Historical Society signed Rainer Radok 27 December 1994rainer radok, jewish german refugees, arandora star, dunera -
Magnet Galleries Melbourne Inc
Veiws of Port said , cairo / soldiers resting, red cliffs00147.tif
Four photographs on a page from an albumViews at Port Said - I Bridge II hotel III Torpedo boat Resting on manoeuvres - Cairo Egypt Jan 1915ww1, world war 1, a.i.f, australian, port said, cairo, egypt, resting