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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Textile - Bolster Sham, Eliza Towns, Late 19th century to early 20th century
... Eliza Towns ...This bolster sham is one of several linen and clothing items that were made and belonged to Mrs. Eliza Towns and donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village. Eliza was born Eliza Gould in 1857 in South Melbourne (Emerald Hill) and in 1879 married Charles Towns. In the early 1880's they moved to Nhill in western Victoria and remained there for the rest of their married life. Charles was a jeweller and later became an accountant and for many years was involved with the Shire Council, the local show committee (A & P Society), the Hospital Committee and the Board of the local newspaper (the Nhill Free Press). They had three children and lived a life that would be regarded as comfortably "middle class". Eliza probably had a treadle sewing machine and would have made many of her own clothes and household linens - adding her own handmade embroidered or crocheted decorative trim. Most beds during the late 19th and early 20th century had a feather, hair or spring mattress covered by a blanket and topped with an under sheet, an upper sheet, several blankets and a bedspread. A flat bolster could be placed either under the pillows or on top of the pillows with a decorative sham. Washing pillows and quilts by hand would have been a very onerous task (involving heating water and handwashing in a tub or using a copper) and so it became the practise of many housewives to cover the pillows and bolsters with an outer slip (or sham) of washable material which could be easily removed and washed when needed. If the bolster was kept under the pillows it wouldn't need to be very decorative but many shams or slips that were "on show" were often highly decorated with embroidery, pintucks, ribbons or lace. This bolster sham is machine made and quite plain with the exception of some pintucking and eyelet lace on each end which suggests that it would mostly be hidden under the top pillows with just the decorative edges on display.This item is an example of the needlework skills of women in the early 20th century - combining machine stitching with hand embroidery to personalise and embellish a practical domestic object. It is also significant as an example of an early 20th century innovation that helped make the working lives of housewives a little bit easier.A long white cotton rectangular bolster sham, machine sewn, with seven ties and two buttons (plus one missing button) to enable it to be folded over lengthwise and closed. It has two pull string ties near each end to enclose a bolster and is finished with a decorative edge of pintucks and handmade eyelet lace and embroidery.flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, eliza towns, sham, bedding, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, warrnambool, household textiles, sewing, bolster sham, housework, pillow sham, charles towns, nhill, haberdashery, needlework, manchester, handmade, household linen -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Clothing - Child's dress, Eliza Towns, Late 19th century
... Eliza Towns ...This child's dress is one of several linen and clothing items that were made and belonged to Mrs. Eliza Towns and donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village. Eliza was born Eliza Gould in 1857 in South Melbourne (Emerald Hill) and in 1879 married Charles Towns. In the early 1880's they moved to Nhill in western Victoria and remained there for the rest of their married life. Charles was a jeweller and later became an accountant and for many years was involved with the Shire Council, the local show committee (A & P Society), the Hospital Committee and the Board of the local newspaper (the Nhill Free Press). They had three children and lived a life that would be regarded as comfortably "middle class". Eliza probably had a treadle sewing machine and would have made many of her own clothes as well as clothes for her children - adding her own handmade embroidered or crocheted decorative trim. A photograph of their youngest child, Alice, taken in circa 1903 depicts her wearing the dress. The dress would have been only worn on special occasions (such as a formal family photographic portrait) as most young girls in that era would have smocks or pinafores for everyday wear. The age of the dress is in question as it may have been made by Eliza for her eldest daughter, Dorcus, who was born in 1884. This dress has some machine sewing at the neck, waistband and pintucks but much of the dress is handsewn and richly embroidered with Broderie anglaise. Broderie anglaise (also known as eyelet lace) is a form of cutwork embroidery. The foundation fabric is cut to make decorative holes which are sewn with overcast or buttonhole stitches to create a lace like effect. Designs often involve floral motives that are enhanced with simple embroidery stitches such as stem stitch and satin stitch and scalloped edges finished with buttonhole stitches. It was commonly used to trim baby clothes, dresses, nightclothes, underclothes and household linens - particularly in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. This item is an example of the needlework skills of women in the late 19th century - combining machine stitching with hand embroidery to personalise and embellish a child's special dress.Child's white dress made of cotton and lawn, with a skirt of hand embroidered circular cutwork (broderie anglaise), a scalloped hem edged in buttonhole stitch and a gathered waist. The lined bodice has three panels of hand embroidered broderie anglaise (eyelet lace) inserted in a V shape with pintucks and bordered with a broderie anglaise lace frill. The short sleeves also have an inserted broderie anglaise lace strip, three pintucks and a broderie anglaise lace frill. The skirt is semi lined with fine lawn. The dress has a back opening with one button and two ties. The neckline is decorated with two rows of hand embroidered broderie anglaise lace.flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum & village, warrnambool, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, nhill, wimmera, eliza towns, dorcus towns, child's dress, machine sewing, hand sewing, broderie anglaise, cutwork, embroidery, eyelet lace, clothing, handmade, charles towns, alice towns -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Clothing - Traveller's Apron, Eliza Towns, Circa 1915
... Eliza Towns ...This apron is one of several linen and clothing items that were made and belonged to Mrs. Eliza Towns and donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village. Eliza was born Eliza Gould in 1857 in South Melbourne (Emerald Hill) and in 1879 married Charles Towns. In the early 1880's they moved to Nhill in western Victoria and remained there for the rest of their married life. Charles was a jeweller and later became an accountant and for many years was involved with the Shire Council, the local show committee (A & P Society), the Hospital Committee and the Board of the local newspaper (the Nhill Free Press). They had three children and lived a life that would be regarded as comfortably "middle class". Eliza probably had a treadle sewing machine and would have made many of her own clothes - adding her own handmade embroidered or crocheted decorative trim. In March 1915 Eliza travelled to San Francisco to visit her son, James. She went by train to Melbourne ("a pleasant journey on the up express') and the next day caught the express train to Sydney. She noted in her letters home that a " number of young men were going to Sydney to enlist but they had to stop in the corridors most of the way as there was no room for them to sit down". She spent the night on the train and arrived in Sydney the next morning and on the following day she boarded the R.M.S. "Moana" (a steamer which took about twenty-four days to reach San Francisco). She returned from Vancouver about five months later on board the "Manuka". It is very likely Eliza took this "Travelling Apron" with her on her travels. Eliza was travelling by herself and had no one to help her with her dress or her hair. "Travelling Aprons" (also known as Toilet Aprons or Tourist Aprons) were designed with different sized pockets for holding a lady's toiletries - hairbrush, hair pins, comb and sometimes even soap and a powder puff. This allowed the owner, when travelling and getting dressed in small places such as an overnight train compartment or a ship's cabin, to have all her requirements at hand without needing to search for them or have them roll onto the floor. Some of the pockets are finished with buttoned flaps to keep the items in place and when not in use, the apron could be hung up or rolled up and put away. Articles about the "Traveller's Apron" appeared in numerous Women's columns in Australian newspapers in the early 20th century - often with instructions and sometimes a pattern. In the "Age" on Sat 5th October 1907 in a column titled "Feminine Facts and Fancies" the author wrote "No man can appreciate the difficulties of dressing in a "wobbly" train or trying to do one's hair while a ship is weathering a storm". A year earlier (Saturday 24th March 1906) in the same column, the author wrote "... you have to spend nights in a train... forever struggling to dress yourself in a wretched little lavatory. You know how your hairpins and combs jump all over the place ... a train is always at its liveliest when you're trying to do your hair. My travelling apron saved me many a rage."This item is an example of the needlework skills of women in the early 20th century - combining machine stitching with hand embroidery to personalise and embellish a practical domestic object. It is also an excellent (and rare) example of an early 20th century innovation that helped solve the difficulties of privacy and convenience that many women experienced at a time when travel was becoming more accessible to them. A half apron, made of ivory linen with two waist ties and seven pockets. Along the top are two smaller pockets with triangular, buttoned flaps labelled "Hairpins" and "Nailbrush" and one larger unlabelled pocket. Underneath are two larger pockets labelled "Brush & Comb" and "Work" and two unlabelled narrow pockets. The seams are machine stitched and the pockets are outlined with hand embroidered feather stitch. The labels on the pockets are embroidered in stem stitch."Hairpins" / "Nailbrush" / "Brush and Comb" / "Work"flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, nhill, eliza towns, apron, travelling apron, tourist apron, textiles, toilet apron, sewing, embroidery, travel, warrnambool, great ocean road, trains, ships, moana, manuka, feather stitch, stem stitch, fashion, handmade, clothing, charles towns, needlework -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Samuel Hughes F.G.S., CE, A Treatise on Waterworks for the Supply of Cities and Towns, 1882
... A Treatise on Waterworks for the Supply of Cities and Towns ...Light green embossed fabric bound hardcover book with gold title. 413 pages.N.F. Barret hand written on outer pagesgeological formation, sewerage, springs, pumping machinery, wells, bores, reservoirs, drainage, bagshot sand, filter beds, geology of england, cornish engines, waterworks -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document - Essay, Central Victorian Goldmining Towns - How Boom Settlements Sought Long-Term Futures, 1997
... Central Victorian Goldmining Towns - How Boom Settlements ...Essay written by Zelda Martin in a University of Melbourne publication from the History Departments Post graduates - 'Raiding Clio's Closet: Post Graduate Presentations in History, 1997" 18 Essays. Editor Martin Crotty Eleven pagesweston bate, william howitt, a.b.orlebar, bank of australasia, ballarat, castlemaine, sandhurst, bendigo, maryborough, dunolly, central victorian goldmining towns, educationalists, bankers -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Angus B Watson, Lost and Almost Forgotten Towns of Colonial Victoria - Census Results for Victoria 1841-1901, 2003
... Lost and Almost Forgotten Towns of Colonial Victoria ...stawell -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), Working Bee Helping With Tidy Towns, Malmsbury
... Working Bee Helping With Tidy Towns, Malmsbury ... -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, Lost and almost forgotten towns of colonial Victoria, 2003
... Lost and almost forgotten towns of colonial Victoria ...A Comprehensive analysis of census results for Victoria 1841-1901.A Comprehensive analysis of census results for Victoria 1841-1901.A Comprehensive analysis of census results for Victoria 1841-1901.victoria, australia. census, people, cities and towns -
Clunes Museum
BOOK EXTRACT, SEAL BOOKS, GHOST TOWNS OF AUSTRALIA
... GHOST TOWNS OF AUSTRALIA ...PHOTOCOPY OF CHAPTER X - GEESE, GOATS AND GIRLS, PAGES 95-106 PUBLISHED 1965local history, document, pamphlet -
Melbourne Legacy
Newspaper - Document, article, New water process will benefit country towns
... New water process will benefit country towns ...A newspaper article about scientists working on water treatment processes. This document was from a file of information about guest speakers (see also 00812-00822 and 00830-00837). So it is assumed that one of the scientists mentioned was approached to speak at a Legacy function. The caption mentions Dr Don Willis (CSIRO), Dr Hans Battered (ICI), Dr Brian Bolto (CSIRO), and Dr Allan Cope (ICI). 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 many walks of life and the subjects spoken on were varied.Newspaper article with black and white photos of scientists.speakers, legatee event -
Kilmore Historical Society
DIRECTORY FOR CITIES, TOWNS, BOUROUGHS & SHIRES IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA FOR 1877, Directory for Cities, Towns, Boroughs & Shires in the colony of Victoria for 1877, 1877
... Directory for Cities, Towns, Boroughs & Shires in the ...Brown paper cover with black writing on front cover and advertising on the back cover viii ; 189 pages ; 18 cm ; IlluHandwritten inscription on first page 'Andrew S John Danks'directory, 1877, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, J. W. & A. M. Cruickshank, The Umbrian towns, 1912
... The Umbrian towns ...A travellers guide to the Umbrian townsIndex, ill, p.391.A travellers guide to the Umbrian townsumbria - description, umbria - travel -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, J. W. & A. M. Cruickshank, The smaller Tuscan towns, 1912
... The smaller Tuscan towns ...A travellers guide to the smaller Tuscan townsIndex, ill, p.420.non-fictionA travellers guide to the smaller Tuscan townstuscany - description, tuscany - travel -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - Ghost Towns of the High Country, Luke Steenhuis, 1998
... Ghost Towns of the High Country ...Stories and information about former towns in and around Victoria's Alpine Region. Towns include Boggy Creek, Brandy Creek, Brocket, Brookville, Buckland, Buckland Upper, Bulgoback, Bulltown, Hogtown, Bullumwaal, Canvastown, Cassilis, Cobbannah, Copenhagen, Dargo High Plains, Dartmouth, Deptford, Gibbo River, Gladstone, Glen Dart, Glen Valley, Glen Wills, Good Luck Creek, Granite Flat, Grant, Hinnomunjie, Howittville, Jeff Davis, Lightning Creek, Louisville, Mayford, Merrijig Creek, Mitchelldale, Mount Elmo, Nugong, Sassafras, Saltpetre, Staleyville, Stirling, Store Creek, Summer Hill, Sunnyside, Tabberabbera, Talbotville, Thiel Town, Tongio West, Waterford, Wentworth River, Winchester, Wombat, Wongungarra, Zulu Creek.non-fictionStories and information about former towns in and around Victoria's Alpine Region. Towns include Boggy Creek, Brandy Creek, Brocket, Brookville, Buckland, Buckland Upper, Bulgoback, Bulltown, Hogtown, Bullumwaal, Canvastown, Cassilis, Cobbannah, Copenhagen, Dargo High Plains, Dartmouth, Deptford, Gibbo River, Gladstone, Glen Dart, Glen Valley, Glen Wills, Good Luck Creek, Granite Flat, Grant, Hinnomunjie, Howittville, Jeff Davis, Lightning Creek, Louisville, Mayford, Merrijig Creek, Mitchelldale, Mount Elmo, Nugong, Sassafras, Saltpetre, Staleyville, Stirling, Store Creek, Summer Hill, Sunnyside, Tabberabbera, Talbotville, Thiel Town, Tongio West, Waterford, Wentworth River, Winchester, Wombat, Wongungarra, Zulu Creek.ghost towns, high country victoria, pioneers, history victoria -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - Secrets of Ghost Towns of the Mountain Goldfields, Luke Steenhuis, 1999
... Secrets of Ghost Towns of the Mountain Goldfields ...Stories from 50 former towns in and around Melbourne's North-east mountain region. These old towns include: Aberfeldy, Aberfeldy Crossing, BB Township, Blue Jacket, Clarke's Flat, Concord Gully, Edwards Reef, Fultons Creek, Jericho, Loch Fyne, Red Jacket, Store Point, The Springs, Toombon, Toombon Upper, Tullamore, Upper Thomson, Victors Quartz, Violet Town & White Star.non-fictionStories from 50 former towns in and around Melbourne's North-east mountain region. These old towns include: Aberfeldy, Aberfeldy Crossing, BB Township, Blue Jacket, Clarke's Flat, Concord Gully, Edwards Reef, Fultons Creek, Jericho, Loch Fyne, Red Jacket, Store Point, The Springs, Toombon, Toombon Upper, Tullamore, Upper Thomson, Victors Quartz, Violet Town & White Star.ghost towns victoria, gold mining victoria -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Archive - CD/DVD, Beta Type Video Tape Prepared for Stawell Tidy Towns entry - Transferred to DVD in 2012, 1982
... Beta Type Video Tape Prepared for Stawell Tidy Towns entry ...stawell -
City of Greater Geelong
Watercolour, Pen/Ink, Kenneth Jack, Australian Towns No. 4 Bunninyong Victoria
... Australian Towns No. 4 Bunninyong Victoria ... -
Federation University Art Collection
Work on paper - Artwork - Printmaking, Jack, Kenneth, 'Australian Towns No 2 Camooweal, Queensland II' by Kenneth Jack, 1972
... 'Australian Towns No 2 Camooweal, Queensland II' by Kenneth ...Framed four colour lithograph depicting Camooweal in the Australian State of Queensland. Donated through the Australian Gifts Programme by Katherine Littlewood.printmaking, kenneth jack, camooweal -
Clunes Museum
Book - GHOST TOWNS OF AUSTRALIA, 1965
... GHOST TOWNS OF AUSTRALIA ...CONTENT IS IDENTIFYING GHOST TOWNS OF AUSTRALIA.1 HARDCOVER BOOK with IMAGES OF VERANDAH POSTS IN RED AND ORANGE ON THE DUST COVER. CLUNES IS FEATURED IN CHAPTER 10, PAGES 94 TO 106 INCLUSIVR. .2 PAPER BACK VERSION OF BOOKnon-fictionCONTENT IS IDENTIFYING GHOST TOWNS OF AUSTRALIAlocal history, book, history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Certificate - Johnsonville School, Tidy Towns 1987 Certificate of appreciation
... Tidy Towns 1987 Certificate of appreciation ...documents, education -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Armstrong, John, Lost and Almost Forgotten Towns of Colonial Victoria, 1989
... Lost and Almost Forgotten Towns of Colonial Victoria ...A comprehensive history of Port Stephens, N.S.W., including the strategic importance of the harbour when under American control during World War II.settlers, aboriginals, agriculture -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, City of Boroondara Civic Collection: (City Art and Memorabilia Collections) Cultural Heritage Review and Straegic Plan, 1996
... Sharon Towns ...This publication explains an approach to manage the collection and develop a strategic plan for its exposure to the public through community participation and access, interpretations and exhibitions.This publication explains an approach to manage the collection and develop a strategic plan for its exposure to the public through community participation and access, interpretations and exhibitions.boroondara council - art collections, art ad state, cultural policy, boroondara history -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Entrance Tidy Towns Committee, 1999
... Lakes Entrance Tidy Towns Committee ...also second colour photograph ground cleared and levelled in preparation for skate park 1999Colour photograph bulldozers levelling the proposed site for the skate park, previously the southern roadway approach to the previous North Arm bridge. Lakes Entrance Victoriabowls club, sports -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Town Hall Rose Series
Stawell Town Hall Stawell Town HallTHE ROSE SERIES P.2417 TOWN HALL STAWELL VIC stawell -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Badge, stickers, medal, Premier town items, 1982; 1991
Premier Town Awards are awarded by the Victorian State Government to regional communities that best protect and enhance their environment. The award recognizes success in litter prevention, waste management and environmental projects and community group and individual efforts are taken into account in this regard, Warrnambool has won the award three times (1958, 1979-82 and 1988-1991). These items are of interest as examples of the souvenirs distributed to celebrate Warrnambool’s being awarded the title of Premier Town of Victoria in the 1970s and the late 1980s. Bruce Rogers, the recipient of the brass plaque and Director of the Premier Town Campaign in 1979-82 was a Warrnambool businessman, City Councillor (1965-9) and a Lawn bowls player of note. Three items- 1. Five Premier Town 1988-1991 paper stickers – circular with black printing and blue and green colouring in the Premier Town design 2. Premier Town 1979-82 shield-shaped cloth badge with black printing and blue and green stitching of Premier Town design (in plastic folder accompanied by paper backing with name of supplier) 3. Premier Town 1979-82 brass plaque Sporting Award etched with name of Bruce Rogers, Hon. Director 1. Warrnambool Premier Town, 1988-1991, Victoria 2. Warrnambool Premier Town, 1979-82 Vic. 3. Warrnambool Premier Town, 1979-82, the 1979-82 Premier Town Sporting Award, Bruce Rogers, Hon. Director warrnambool, premier town awards -
Clunes Museum
Programme, GUARDIAN PRINT CLUNES, 1925
JUVENILE CHOIR CONCERT HELD IN TOWN HALL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1925,TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION PRIOR TO CONCERT BY FIREMEN AND BOROUGH BRASS BANDPROGRAMME OF JUVENILE CHOIR CONCERT HELD IN CLUNES TOWN HALL.JUVENILE CHOIR CONCERT TOWN HALL CLUNES.local history, document, pamphlet, trembath - perry, juvenile choir concert -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
CLUNES TOWN HALL AND COURT HOUSE IN BAILEY STREET BUILT LAST CENTURY.BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF CLUNES TOWN HALL AND COURT HOUSE - FLAG POLE ON TOWN HALL - OLD GAS LIGHT IN FRONT OF HALL."Town Hall about 1952" "Ilford" printed on back "No. 88" handwritten in pencilphotography, town hall -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
EARLY COLOURED PHOTOGRAPH OF CLUNES TOWN HALL AND COURT HOUSE IN BAILEY STREET, CLUNES.COLOURED PHOTOGRAPH OF CLUNES TOWN HALL AND COURT HOUSE - GAS LIGHT AND TWO SMALL LEAFLESS TREES OUT FRONT. TWO MEN IN FRONT OF COURT HOUSE.THE TOWN HALL CLUNESlocal history, photography, photographs, town hall -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, H.H. Harrison, Town Clerk [of Kew] 1901-1938, 1930s
Cr. W.D. Vaughan in his civic history of Kew includes a chapter (XXXII, pages 132-3) to Town Clerks and Surveyors. He states that H.H. Harrison began his career with the Borough of Kew in 1888 as his predecessor's assistant, becoming Town Clerk on the latter's death in 1901. On his retirement, The Herald on 30 Jul 1938 reported that: "H.H. HARRISON, Town Clerk of Kew, was entertained last night by members of the Metropolitan Institute of Town Clerks and presented with a walking stick and case of pipes, on the occasion of his retirement after 50 years' service with Kew City Council. He began his municipal career as a youth with the Bendigo City Council, and in 1888, was appointed Assistant Town Clerk at Kew. Appointed Town Clerk in 1901, he has held the office for 37 years."This portrait is one of a series of mounted and framed photographic portraits of Mayors and Town Clerks of the former Borough, Town and City of Kew, for the period 1863 to 1969. The portraits were transferred by the City of Kew to the Kew Historical Society in March 1989. A Significance Assessment in 2018, funded by the National Library of Australia confirmed the historic, and often artistic significance of the series. Framed portrait of Henry Hirst Harrison, Town Clerk of the City of Kew from 1901 to 1938. The mounting and framing of the photograph follows a typical layout or style in that it each is framed in dark wood, glazed, and laid down on an inscribed board. The inscription identifies the name of the town clerk and the year/s that he served.H.H. Harrison, Town Clerk 1901-1938h.h. harrison, town clerks - kew (vic), kew (vic.) — municipal collection -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic Collection
Award, Premier Town Advancement Award, c 1982
Premier Town Awards are awarded by the Victorian State Government to regional communities that best protect and enhance their environment through innovative initiatives. The award recognizes success in litter prevention, waste management and environmental projects and is designed to encourage tourism. In 1982 - 1985 Bendigo was named Victoria's Premier Town and an official dinner was held at the Town Hall, Bendigo on October 5, 1985.Two large gold coloured medals manufactured to promote the awarding of 'Premier Town' to Bendigo from 1982 - 1985. 0349a,b; Front face is has raised image of poppet head and text, reverse is blank. Front face; Premier Town Advancement Award / Bendigo / Premier Town / Victoria 1982 - 1985city of bendigo, city of bendigo commerce, city of greater bendigo awards, city of greater bendigo community groups, city of greater bendigo tourism, city of bendigo premier town 1982-85