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Victoria Police Museum
Photograph (police motorcycle)
Kawasaki W650. Rider in full wet weather gear including helmet and gloves. Circa 1960police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; motor cycle patrol; police motorcycles; kawasaki motorcycle -
Ambulance Victoria Museum
Ambulance, Cart, Human Propelled, Ashford Litter, Circa 1893
Probably used by the early ambulance services in metropolitan Brisbane, Possibly used in regional areas as city services developedTwo wheeled cart with sprung wheels, stretcher fitted and hoop frame for patient weather cover.ambulance queensland -
Stanley Athenaeum & Public Room
Furniture - Table, Reading Table
Long wooden table. Four identical Huon pine boards make up the table top. Cedar base and legs. Solid table with circular carved legs.32 cm strip of 'weathered' green paint at end of top of table. -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book, Brendan Moloney, Pilot on Board, The 175th anniversary history of the Port Phillip Sea Pilots, 2018
The age of sails Piracy in Port Phillip Lost at sea The threat of war and much more.250-page hardcover book with colour photos and illustrations; On the dust jacket paiting of a cutter in wild weathernon-fictionThe age of sails Piracy in Port Phillip Lost at sea The threat of war and much more.port phillip sea pilots, port phillip bay, george tobin, brendan moloney, port phillip, sea pilots, interest group -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Unknown - shells
Sarah and John Rogers were the second European inhabitants on Churchill Island with, and after the Pickersgills. Sarah laid out a garden and collected shells and shell grit to surface the garden paths. Possibly these are some of the shells she collected.A variety of old and weathered shells stored in jar with label: "Original shells collected for paths by Sarah Rogers"."Original shells collected for paths by Sarah Rogers"shells, garden paths, sarah rogers, john rogers, churchill island -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Small white conglomerate
8311.1 - Small quartz-rich conglomerate, ovoid in shape, white on most surfaces, brown on weathered surfaces. -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Salvation Army Band at the Barracks in Main Street Stawell
Group of bands people in front of weatherboard Salvation Army Barracks in Main Street Stawell. Black and white photograph depicting the front view of a weather board building and a band group surrounded by onlookers. Salvation Army Barracks stawell religion -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Trevor Weatherly - Town clerk
Black and white photograph of Trevor Weatherly, Town Clerk, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, City of Nunawading.city of nunawading, weatherly, trevor -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Negative - Negative of a black & white photograph of lifeboat crew waterproof wading boots, Photographer unknown, Photographs
Photos of the lifeboat crewsRealism, historicalNegative of a black & white photograph of the 1947 lifeboat crew waterproof wet weather boots, probably in 1950On the reverse - "NIL" -
Federation University Art Collection
Painting - Mural, [Untitled], c1990
This mural was an community art project for Visual Arts Students. During this era the art students were based at Mt Helen Campus in 'A' Building, and the painting lecturers were Iain Reid and Doug Wright. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.This work was exhibited in an external situation since it was created. Over the decades sun and weather have taken their toll.art, artwork, mural, students, alumni -
Orbost & District Historical Society
tennis racquet, 1930-1940
The tennis racquet belonged to John Phillips who used it in the late 1950s / early 1960s. It was not a new racquet when Ihe started using it, but a pass-me-down from his father. He purchased his first new racquet in the mid 60s and gave this racquet to the Orbost Museum to go in the racquet press so that people would have an idea of what the item (press) was used for - to stop wooden framed racquets with gut strings from warping. John played tennis at Orbost Tennis Club from 1969-1981 - vice president 1971-77, president 1977-81, secretary of Orbost & District Tennis Association 1975-81. He is a Life Member of the Orbost Tennis Club (1980). John is also a Life Member of the Orbost & District Historical Society.This item is an example of an early piece of sports' equipment which was manufactured using different materials.A wooden tennis racquet with a reinforced cane handle. The handle has a black leather grip. The frame is wooden ash with gut strings.ALL ENGLAND Genuine Weather Proof SLAZENGER Reinforced Cane Sealed finishtennis-raquet sport recreation phillips-john orbost-tennis-club -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - METAL CREATIONS, 1971
Slide. Metal Creations. Airplanes,windmills,birds,weather vanes are some of the creations made of metal. March 1971slide, bendigo, metal creations., metal creations. -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Book - Report, E.B. Littlejohn, Victoria 1944 State Regional Boundaries Committee Report on Regional Boundaries, 1944
See paper catalogue for complete contents. Item formerly property of E.B. LittlejohnReport includes maps of Regions for Planning and Development, geographical, weather, power, water resources, crops, livestock, etc.e.b. littlejohn, planning, development, regions -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Instrument - Barometer, Early 20th century
A barometer is an instrument used for measuring atmosphere pressure thus determining weather changes.The first apparatus generally accepted as a barometer was that set up in Florence in 1644 by Evangelista Torricelli (1608–1647), a mathematician and physicist. Torricelli filled a glass tube with mercury, sealed it at one end, and inverted it with its open end in a dish of mercury. The level always fell a short way down the tube, then settled at a height of about thirty inches. He concluded correctly that the mercury column was sustained by the weight of the air pressing on the open surface of mercury, and further experiments convinced him that the space above the mercury in the tube was a vacuum. He noted that the level rose and fell with changing temperature, but he was unable to use his apparatus to measure variations in the weight of the atmosphere because he had not foreseen that temperature would affect the level of the mercury. News of this experiment circulated quickly among European scientists, who hastened to replicate the experiment. Torricelli's conclusions were not universally accepted because some disputed whether the air had weight, while both Aristotle and the Catholic Church denied the possibility of a vacuum. In France, the philosopher René Descartes (1596–1650) seems to have been the first person, probably in 1647, to attach a graduated scale to the tube so that he could record any changes attributable to the weather. At around this time Duke Ferdinand II of Tuscany organized the first short-lived meteorological network among scientists in other Italian cities, gathering observations of pressure, temperature, humidity, wind direction, and state of the sky.Theis barometer is an example of a household item from the early 20th century, used to determine the day's weather. The barometer is significant as an aid to human social, material and scientific development.Barometer, round, brass housing inset into carved wooden casing (lacquer mostly worn off). Decorative lettering for weather conditions "Stormy, Rain, Change, Fair, Very Dry". Workings are visible through opening in centre of dial. Indicator needle and another adjustable needle . Hook screwed into back of case.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, barometer, scientific instrument, weather forcasting instrument, weather gauge -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Thermometer, Early 20th Century
A Storm Glass and Thermometer such as this one would be used in predicting or forecasting the weather. Farmers used predictions they read from their Storm Glass to prepare for stormy weather or for choosing a good time for planting or harvesting their crops. This could mean to them the difference between a good year and a year without income. This design has been in use since the early 1800’s. According to Admiral Fitzroy (who studied the storm glass and wrote instructions on its use) the liquid in the glass changes composition and appearance according to the direction of the air moving around it. He advised the user to disturb the contents once or twice a year by tipping it upside down and shaking it gently. Item is a good example of a barometer/thermometer that would have been in most homes and farms from the late 19th century and early 20th century. This item would have been massed produced at the time therefore easily available and quite cheap to purchase making this particular item not very significant as not associated with a historic person or property or with a known manufacturer or date.Storm Glass and Thermometer, commonly called a 'Cottage Barometer', mounted on a rectangular dark rectangle of wood, top corners rounded. The Storm Glass (or weather glass, or chemical weather glass) is suspended in a long oval shaped hole in the wood on left side, held in place at top and at bottom with 2 metal bands secured by nails. The glass of this gauge is hand blown, sealed at the top with another layer of glass. The watery fluid in the storm glass is opaque brownish colour with dark particles floating in it. (Storm glasses were usually filled with a variation of a mix of camphor, distilled water, ethyl alcohol and silver nitrate.) The alcohol thermometer is mounted on the right side of the wood, bulb resting in a hollow, attached at top and near base by 2 thin metal strips, with clover-leaf shaped ends, nailed into place. Over the bulb is nailed a metal guard with 3 ventilation slits cut into it. On left of thermometer is a scale, stamped into wood, 30 below zero to 130 above zero, in 2 degree intervals. A border of 2 thin parallel lines, with remnants of light coloured paint, is around the block of wood. On the reverse side, a metal plate is nailed to the top with a mounting hole in it. Impressed sideways along edge of barometer is "STORMY" "CHANGE" "FAIR". Across the top of the thermometer is a fleur de leis in the wood, and above this it is stamped "FAHRENHEIT". On right of the thermometer, stamped into the wood, is "BLOOD/HEAT", "SUMR/HEAT", "TEMPE/RATE", "FREEZ/ING". On the back of the wood, at the base, are remnants of a white sticker with "...111.73". Carved into the wood is "HOLLAND / AV". flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, barometer, cottage barometer, storm glass, thermometer, chemical weather glass -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - B/W
Reverse----- Stacks of wattle bark bundlesBlack and White photo showing stacks of bundled wattle bark ready for transporting to mill. Weather board house in far distance.Reverse----- Stacks of wattle bark bundlestimber industries, wattlebark stripping -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Suitcase, 1940's
Property of the Hermann Family. (post war lock from Germany)Large rectangular wooden (painted) hessian covered suitcase with weather covered metal handle and metal edging and 8 corners- studded.Friedr. Herrmannsuitcase, aberle g & e, hermann family, tatura, ww2, camp 3, personal, effects, travel, goods -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Sun power houses a 'first', 17/05/1989 12:00:00 AM
first solar village in AustraliaA newspaper article on the first solar village in Australia, built in Nunawading. It has been designed specifically to meet Australian weather conditions.first solar village in Australiaresidential development, mock street forest hill, solar energy council, pullen, barry -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Salvation Army -- Crowd at Opening of Citadel Main Street Stawell 1934
Salvation Army Crowd at Opening of Citadel Main Street in 1934. A large crowd in front of new building. The photo was taken on the opening of the Citadel, December 1934.Black and white photo depicting a large group of people out the front of a brick building. Large windows are either side of the building entrance and written above the arched doorway, The Salvation Army Citadel. Weather board house to the left, also to the right a weather board building with a sign "Entrance to Peoples Hall Primary Section". W.J. Chapman Photo Artist Stawell. Reeve opening of Citadel December 1934 in pencil.stawell religion -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: SHEARING SHED
B&W Photograph of a shearing shed, with a wooden extension, there are sheep yards off to the side of the extension. There is a weather vane attached to the gable, there are trees in the background. Another shed with a weather vane can be seen behind the trees. A ramp extends upwards from a door in the end of the shed. The words 'East Loddon Shire' are written at the bottom of the Photoplace, building, shearing shed, east loddon shire, shearing shed -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Administrative record - Memorandum, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Motormen & Conductors - Uniforms - Dress during Humid and Uncomfortable Summer Weather", mid to late 1950's?
Has a strong association with the Ballarat tram crews and yields information about the working conditions, particularly during summer weather., Has a strong association with the Ballarat tram crews and yields information about the working conditions, particularly during summer weather.Typed quarto sheet with SEC letterhead titled "Motormen & Conductors - Uniforms - Dress during Humid and Uncomfortable Summer Weather". Gives the dress code of hot weather - different between conductors and motormen (drivers). Undated, possibly 1950's as four digit telephone number. Signed by L. J. Denmead as acting Departmental Tramways Superintendent.trams, tramways, motormen, uniforms, conductors, weather -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Stephen Henty's House, Portland, c. 1921
Black and white photo postcard. Stephen Henty's house (Richmond Henty Hotel) Front view and garden, weather board, shingled roofFront: 'VALENTINO'S M.56 HENTY'S AN HISTORICAL HOUSE PORTLAND VICTORIA REAL PHOTO' Printed in bottom frame Back: Handwritten message, blue ink -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF TWO MEN STANDING IN FRONT OF A WEATHER BOARD HOUSE - WOLFENDEN HOUSE. CORNER LESLIE AND SMEATON ROAD CLUNES.HAND WRITTEN IN BLACKLEAD PENCIL WOLFENDEN HOUSE CNR. LESLIE AND SMEATON ROAD.local history, photography, photographs, early citizens -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Great Western Street Scene 1946
Great Western Street Scene 1946. Man standing outside the house on veranda. Adjoining shop with sign N.E. Houston Storekeeper and three petrol bowsers plus car parked out the front.Black & white photo showing a man standing outside a weather board house with an adjoining shop. A car is parked out the front of the building. N.E. Houston Store keeper Mobil oil Plume (written on the back) Bower's Shop Eric Houston August 14 - 1946stawell -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Concrestion and fragmented shell
8315.1 - Pale grey concretion accompanied by darker grey and weathered fragments of its surrounding shell, in explicable placed on coarse sand in a wooden tray. -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Piece of sandstone
8303.1 - Angular piece of sandstone; irregularly shaped; flattened profile largest flat surface fresher than others (less weathered) otherwise unremarkable. -
Parks Victoria - Port Campbell Rocket Shed
Box
Rocket equipment which has been used in various lifeboat and rocket stations on the Victorian Coast. It is unclear if this is the original rocket equipment from Port Campbell. This equipment, if not original has been used in rescue operations and is identical to the equipment that has been in use at Port Campbell from C.1890 onwards.Rope, 1cm light line in wooden box. Wooden rectangular box with lid held by 3 steel hinges. Red painted box, weathered. -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, Olive Codling
Some of the buildings of the Mount Ophir winery. Photo was taken by Miss Olive Codling, who was a life member of the Wodonga Historical Society. Photograph is believed to have been taken on the occasion of a Tour by the North East Branch, 1st combined meeting.Black and white photograph of the rear of a brick building with corrugated iron water tanks on the roof. There is an attached roofed area, probably to protect deliveries from weather.mt ophir, mount ophir, wine industry -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1/07/1996 12:00:00 AM
Also black and white photograph showing road cyclists competing in Winter Classic at Omeo number 04031.1 size 9.5 c 16 cmBlack and white photograph showing Mountain Bike rider competing in the Winter Classis at Omeo showing rider on downhill run in foggy weather Omeo Victoriasports -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
children's leather boots
These boots were found under an old house that was being demolishedHardened / weathered leather boots. Soles missing and some stitching worn away. Leather on one boot is curled up and missing one side section shoes, boots, leather, child,, footwear