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The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph
This photograph is of Robert O'Hara Burke (6 May 1821 – c. 28 June 1861) who was an Irish soldier and police officer who achieved fame as an Australian explorer. He was the leader of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route across the continent from the settled areas of Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Prior to leading this expedition, Burke was the superintendent of Police in Beechworth from 1858-1860. The Robert O’Hara Burke Memorial Museum was named in honour of Robert O’Hara Burke after his death at Coopers Creek in 1861 during expedition. This particular image of Robert O'Hara Burke features on the 'Pioneer Board' which is currently on display in the Museum. Black and white rectangular copy of a photograph. Image is printed on gloss photographic paper and has a white unprinted boarder. Reverse: 34 / Photo credit: Burke Museum / BEECHWORTH / 46% /robert o'hara burke, pioneers of beechworth, pioneer board, beechworth, police superintendent -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Container - Biscuit Tin, Swallow and Ariell Pty Ltd, Mid-19th to mid-20th century
This tin was made in Melbourne and contained Swallows and Ariells biscuits. The label was written in four languages. The biscuits may have been made for export or perhaps for immigrants now living in Australia. Australia's first biscuit company was founded in 1854 by Thomas Swallow. Within five years he had taken in a partner, T.H. Ariell. After Ariell died in 1875, F.T. Derham was appointed partner and managing director in 1877, a position held by several generations of his descendants. By the early 1880s the Port Melbourne factory extended to 3 acres (1.2 ha), and the company owned flourmills and sugar plantations in the Goulburn Valley and Northern Queensland. With no equal outside Great Britain, Swallow & Ariell was the fifth largest biscuit company in the world, manufacturing over 100 varieties, including the common ship biscuit (an original product) and meat biscuits (apparently taken by Burke and Wills on their ill-fated expedition). The company also boasted popular sideline products, including cakes, plum puddings, ice-cream and dried fruit. Renowned for its patriotic fundraising campaigns during both world wars, it diverted most of its biscuits and plum puddings to the Australian and US services in World War II. Company employees were filmed leaving work in 1905 in the Salvation Army film unit's first sponsored industrial documentary film. The surviving opening sequences are held by ScreenSound Australia. The company was delisted on 5 August 1964 following acquisition of more than 95% of its capital by the Australian Biscuit Co. The factory was later registered by the National Trust and converted into units. https://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM01456b.htmThis biscuit tin is representative of local Melbourne and Victorian produce. The label was in four languages, perhaps for export or for local immigrants. The firm Swallow and Ariells Pty Ltd was a very early manufacture and was in business for over 100 years.Rectangular tin container with attached lid. Label advertises Swallow and Ariells biscuits. Made in Melbourne. The label is written in four languages. The trademark, a swallow, is on the tin. The tin is very badly corroded.'Swallow and Ariells Superior Melbourne Biscuits' Trademark: image [swallow]flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, metal craft, tin ware, biscuit box, biscuit tin, food container, melbourne biscuit maker, swallow, thomas swallow, thomas ariell, ariell -
Bendigo Military Museum
Magazine - "Parare" Survey Corps Magazine Issue 9, Royal Australian Survey Corps, 1993
An annual magazine published for release on RASvy Corps birthday 1st July. All units with RASvy Corps are invited / expected to submit an article depicting their activities over the preceding years 1991 to 1993. 4Fd Svy Sqn Adventure training list pages 7, 8. Army Map Depot - Unit Ski Day, pages 20, 21. The William Patton Expedition - Locating his grave as part of the " Burke and Wills " expedition, list of personnel involved - page 43. 8 Fd Svy Sqn - names mentioned and photo - page 50. 4 Fd Svy Sqn (1992) names mentioned page 69. The G Res manning list on page 70. Names mentioned in "Unit sports pages 73, 74. Exercise Kokoda Cartographer July 1992 list of participants on Page 78. Iraq - The Gulf War, Topographic Support page 52. Adelaide (4 Fd Svy Sqn) 1992 page 65. 8 Fd Svy Sqn manning wind down list pages 89-90. Military Geographic Information Pilot Project page 92. Royal Australian Survey Corps Aerial photography Team personnel list page 95. Operation Belama 92 Team list page 96. Long term Schooling attendees and promotions, page 105. Litho Sqn Postings in and out pages 116-117. Special awards SGT Durrant page 113, SSGT SR Hill page 114. RASvy completes 1:50,000 scale mapping of the Pilbara Region page 121. 1st Topo Svy Sqn personnel mentioned on page 122. A4 sized booklet with soft glossy card covers, paper pages held together with a plastic spiral binder.army survey regiment, army survey regt, fortuna, royal australian survey corps, rasvy, asr -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - JACKET AND TROUSERS, SERVICE DRESS, ARMY, Australian Defence Industries
"Herbert Rex Wills" Reg. No.342872. Service details. Refer Cat No. 5231.3.1. Jacket, Khaki colour wool/ polyester fabric, service dress style, no buttons. Collar, shoulder epaulettes, four front pockets, top with concealed buttonhole and two metal press studs on flap, lower button hole on flap. Sleeve Insignia Australian Coat of Arms embroidered on khaki patch, gold green, blue, red, black and white thread for Warrant Officer First Class. grey colour polyester fabric lining with manufactureres white cotton label inside left. 2. Belt, Khaki colour, wool/polyester fabric with holes and gold colour plastic buckle. Leather strap and button belt keeper. 3. Trousers, khaki colour wool/ polyester fabric, service dress style with fob pocket, two side pockets and one back pocket. Green colour polyester fabric waist and pocket lining with manufacturers white cotto label inside, on back pocket.1,&,3. All print illegible.uniform, army, service dress, rex willis -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Four photographs of the Blue Duck Hotel and two Photos of the Glen Wills area, c1920 Post cards, c1949/50 small photographs
The Blue Duck Hotel stands at the confluence of 3 trout rivers - Cobungra, Bundarra and Mitta Mitta, called Angler's Rest. The original 1900's building was of slab construction and operated as a butcher shop, servicing miners on the track from Omeo to Mt. Wills. In 1912 it was purchased by a miner, Billy O'Connell, and he obtained a hotel license. In the early 1920's he transported 2 houses from Omeo on Horse drays. One is the main building of the Blue Duck and the other was a residence where Billy and his wife raised their nine children. The small log structure behind the pub is State School No.4286 where the children attended school. A teacher was shared with Glen Wills. By the late 1920's the hotel was discovered and patronized by keen anglers. Sir Harold Clapp (head of the railways) was one and he had the bronze blue duck cast and presented to the owners in the 1930's. This stands at the entrance to the premises.These photographs are of a building, in a remote area, that has provided a service to miners, anglers and travellers for over 100 years and continues to do so today. It also played a vital role in the history of the Mt. Wills/Omeo gold mining days.3 Post cards, Black and White photographs. 3 small black and white photographsPost Card No. 1 - "Blue Duck Hotel- Omeo-Glen wills road Ray Love Series No.2"(written on lower front) Post Card No. 2- "Looking towards Bogong High Plains. Omeo-Glen Wills road"(front, bottom, L hand) Ray Love Series No. 18 (front, lower R hand corner) On both of above photos, centre back, is stamped POST CARD and underneath this is printed "A GENUINE PHOTOGRAPH'/ Post Card No. 3 - Bottom L hand corner "Mystic Sea Australian Alps". R hand corner "(Bulmer Copyright)". Each small photograph, handwritten on back "Blue duck Hotel". All have circular stamp with "Print by Wilson White Albury" blue duck hotel; anglers rest; omeo highway; fishing; mining -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Tin, Log Cabin Tobacco, Late 20th century
The firm of W.D. & H.O. Wills is a British firm which first began making tobacco and cigarettes in Australia in 1913. This tin is a reminder of the times when many people (especially men in rural areas) used to make their own cigarettes (‘rolling your own’). This tin is retained as an example of a tobacco tin in the times when smoking was more popular in society and when pipe smoking and ‘rolling your own’ cigarettes were more common.This is a round tin, originally painted brown, with a vacuum-sealing lid and a red and black painted label on the lid. The label has an image of a farm scene with a log cabin. The base of the tin has a ridge in the middle on to which the lid fits. The tin is empty and very rusty. ‘Log Cabin Fine Cut Tobacco’ ‘To open insert coin under lid and twist’ tobacco tin, log cabin tobacco tin, vintage tobacco tin -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Letter - Caulfield, John
This file contains twelve photocopied letters dated from 11/08/1969, through to 14/12/1983. The letters are correspondence from MRs. V. Willmott to Mrs. Joan Wills in a response/request looking for lost relatives of John Caulfield. Joan Wills informs Mrs. V. Willmott that no relatives could be found. 1/S. N. Penrose wrote on 11/08/1959, on behalf of V. Willmott regarding her uncle. 2/Correspondence dated 12/09/83 from V. Willmott asking for information about her uncle, John Caulfield. 3/Typed correspondence date 14/09/1983 to Mrs. Willmott from Mrs. Joan Wills, mentioning that she was enclosing a biographical outline of John Phillip, Caulfield with her correspondence. 4/Typed letter to Mr. Caulfield from Joan Wills, regarding his sisters request to their descendants in Caulfield, dated 14/09/1983. 5/Typed letter to Joan Wills from W. W. Caulfield, dated 28/09/1983, informing her that he has no information regarding their ancestors in Caulfield. 6/Correspondence from Mrs. V. Willmott to Joan Wills, dated 03/10/1983, confirming that she is the niece of John Caulfield. 7/Correspondence from Mrs. V. Willmott, dated 10/10/1983 where she confirms details, she was sent from the biographical outline about her uncle. 8/Typed letter dated 19/10/1983 to Mrs. V. Willmott from Joan Wills, informing her of her brothers contacting them, but still have no positive information about her family. 9/Typed letter to Mrs. V. Willmott from Joan Wills, dated 19/10/1983, still unable to make any connections for her. 10/Typed letter dated 12/11/1983 to Mrs. V. Willmott from Joan Wills, just giving her a general suggestion of where she may get some ideas from her health + wellbeing. 11/Handwritten letter dated 26/11/1983 to Mrs. Wills from V. Willmott, talking about the biography she was writing, and still entreating her, if she could contact the ‘Age’ with an article about trying to find her ‘Caulfield’ family. 12/Typed letter from the Geneological Society of Victoria to Felicity Campbell, regarding all the mail from Mrs. V. Willmott, to assess them and their information, dated 14/12/1983, by Mrs. Joan Wills, research officer. 13/Two aerogram letters dated, 16/03/77 and 14/01/11 sent by V. Willmott to Peter R. Murray and Associates in requiring a request/response looking for lost relatives of John Caulfield. 14/One carbon copied letter to Mrs. Willmott from Peter R. Murray, about her enquiry about her Australian relatives pre-1978.willmott v., wills joan, caulfield historical society, geneological society of victoria, south caulfield, campbell f., penrose s. n., wells j. mrs., caulfield william, caulfield eva, murray mr., wells mr., riley david, bells agnes, caulfield brian, elsternwick, cambden town, mcdonald ian -
Bendigo Military Museum
Administrative record - WILL, Australian Military Forces, 16.2.1970
Peter Ball collection, refer Cat No 4704.1) Envelope, Will AAF - 131 light fawn colour rectangular shape all print in black, hand written in blue pen, 2 X initials, stamped in purple. .2) Will, form AAF - A130 off white colour folds 3 ways, all print in black, hand written in blue pen both sides, witnessed by 2 people, Will relates to the person in .1).1) Hand written, “3796117, Pte BALL Peter Charles RFT WING INF CENTRE 26 feb 1970”, stamped, “16 MAR 1970”. .2) Names hand written on, “Alan Ball, Jean Ball, Barry Chandler, Trevor Bowden”wills, envelopes, military -
Bendigo Military Museum
Legal record - WILLS & ENVELOPES
Both Wills are made out to his Father “Walter David”, Mother “Wavetree”, Sister “Melva Joan”. His Mother’s name is spelt “Wavetry on the other Will. Refer Cat No 3979.2 for Alans Service details..1) Will A.A.F.A 130 Australian Military Forces, blue fine paper, black printed with printed entries. .2) Envelope “On his Majesty’s service” brown colour to suit .1) .3) Will, A.A.F.A 130 Australian Military Forces, light fawn coloured paper, black printed with hand written entries in black pen. .4) Envelope A.A.Form A131 Australian Military Forces, brown colour, to suit .3)..1) Details; dated 10 March 1942, Alan Walter Mason V245099, 17th Motor Regt, 25 Queen St Bendigo. .2) On cover stamped in purple “13 June 1942”. Hand written in black, 13/6 V245099, Mason, Albert Walter, 17 Motor Regt. On Rear stamped “IDLE GOSSIP SINKS SHIPS”. .3) Details; dated 17 May 1943, Alan Walter Mason, V245099, 2/1st Aust DKS OPG COY RAE, 25 Queens St Bendigo. .4) On Cover stamped in purple. “11.June 1943”. Hand written; 11/6 V245099 Spr Alan Walter Mason 2/1st Aust Docks OPG Coy RAE 17.5.1943.wills, military, documents -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - coloured, Occupational Health and Safety Certificate Course, intake 2, 1992, 1992
Victorian Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (VIOSH) Australia is the Asia-Pacific centre for teaching and research in occupational health and safety (OHS) and is known as one of Australia's leaders in the field. VIOSH has a global reputation for its innovative approach within the field of OHS management. Federation University VIOSH Australia students are safety managers, senior advisors and experienced OHS professionals. They come from all over Australia and industry. Students are taught active research and enquiry; rather than textbook learning and a one-size fits all approach. VIOSH accepts people into the Graduate Diploma of Occupational Hazard Management who have no undergraduate degree – on the basis of extensive work experience and knowledge.Brown and gold timber framed photograph with title and names of students underneath, marbled background Framers details verso lls: "Artafact"viosh, viosh australia, occupatonal health and safety, michael bobrowski, nicole lincoln, jackie metcalf, bevan millar, joshua munnings, gary nicholls, sandra nuttall, valerie odewahn, alun richards, william robson, steve romeo, john taylor, gary thorsen, peter tight, ed wansink, lynda watson, rosaling wenzel, brian wills, hilary wise -
Bendigo Military Museum
Document - WILL & ENVELOPE, 1944
Capt Warick Rosenthal No TX6321 AAMC. Refer 622.3, 775..1) Envelope, light brown colour, form A.131 "Australian Military forces Will." Front has typed details re Capt Warick Rosenthal. .2) Document, Australian Military Forces form A 130 Re the Will of " Capt Warick Rosenthal." Double sided form, yellowish paper all typed re details of executor and all his wordly goods to his wife Joan Margaret Rosenthal." TX6321 Capt Warick Rosenthal AAMC attached to 40th Aust INF Bn (AIF) 17.11.1944.documents, wills, envelopes, military history, army -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book, Routledge, The Last of the Wind Ships, 1934
No dust jacketnon-fictionsea voyage, allan villiers (1903-1982), keith oliver, donation, windjammers -
Greensborough Historical Society
Folder, Greensborough Historical Society, Black family - wills and probate, 1892o
Material relating to the history of the Black Family in the Watsonia area.Folder containing copies of wills and probate documents for eight members of the Black Family between 1892 and 1952; with copies of electoral rolls from Victoria and Western Australia, listing members of the Black Family and their addresses. black family, watsonia -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Containers, tin 'Dr Pat' pipe tobacco, 20thC
Dr.Pat, a brand of both cigarette and pipe tobacco, are produced and sold by Imperial Tobacco Australia. It is an aromatic blend of Irish and other fine cut tobaccos. Dr.Pat is sold only in New Zealand and Australia. Imperial Tobacco Australia Limited is the smallest and most recently formed of the tobacco companies operating within Australia. Imperial Tobacco Australia was established to coincide with the merger of WD & HO Wills Holdings Limited and Rothmans Holdings Limited as British American Tobacco Australia. At the time of the proposed merger, concerns were raised about the likelihood for reduction in competition in the Australian marketplace, thereby potentially causing a breach of Section 50 of the Trade Practices Act 1974. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission agreed to permit the merger to proceed, on condition that another tobacco company enter the Australian market. The UK-based Imperial Tobacco Group was invited to enter the Australian market and in September 1999, Imperial Tobacco Australia commenced operations.26, 27 As part of the agreement allowing the formation of British American Tobacco Australia, Imperial Tobacco Australia was sold a portfolio of cigarette, roll-your-own tobacco and cigarette paper trademarks previously owned by Rothmans or WD & HO Wills for the sum of $325 million. The purchase gave Imperial Tobacco Australia an opening market share of 17.1%.27 Imperial Tobacco Australia ranked third in cigarettes sales in 2009, with a volume share of 16.2%. A circular tin with screw top contained pipe tobacco 'Dr Pat ' brandLid : DELUXE / Dr PAT' / IRISH MIXTURE / PIPE TOBACCO / 50g NETimperial tobacco australia ltd, tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, dr. pat pipe tobacco, cigarette manufacturers -
Dunkeld Museum Inc.
Yoke, Late 19th Century
The yoke was made by a farmer in Silesia for his daughter to use on the family farm. When the family migrated to Australia the yoke was brought with them. It was used for carrying buckets of milk, vegetables, water or other farm supplies. It has been used by various family members until recent times.Woman's agricultural yoke. Timber body carved to fit the neck and shoulders of the wearer with round extensions either end. Leather straps are suspended from slots in these round extensions close to the end and are held into the timber with metal nails. One strap has been repaired and joined with brass rivets. A metal hook hangs on the bottom of each leather strap and these are held in place by a brass rivet.yoke, silesia, milking -
Dunkeld Museum Inc.
Box, Wooden, Handmade, Wooden Flag Box
This box was made for the Royal Dunkeld School in Scotland to participate in a flag exchange with with the Dunkeld State School No 183 in Victoria, Australia in 1910. It was made from the wood of one of three Larch trees planted in Dunkeld Scotland by the 2nd Duke of Athol from seeds which were brought from the Tyrol. The tree was struck by lightning in 1905 and died over the next few years. It was cut down and some of the timber was used to make the box.This box was sent to the Dunkeld State School from the Royal School of Dunkeld, Scotland and part of a state wide flag exchange in Victoria in 1910. Schools were encouraged to contact schools with a similar name. This box contained a Union Jack which was first flown at the Dunkeld, Victoria school on Empire Day 1910. A box made of Australian Ash was sent to Scotland with an Australian flag enclosed.Timber box made from larch wood. Silver shield on the lid and plaque on the front edge of the lid and crossed flags on the front of the box with a portrait of King George 5th and a banner engraved "God Save the King". Handles on the end are brass lions heads with rings through their mouth. Lock keeper is silver in the form of a Maltese Cross.. The lid has bevelled sides and ends and the interior has strengthening bars in the corners and inside the lid is the provenance of the timber.On top a shield with a bird and a thistle and the letters RDS. Below this a bannet with the words Forward with Honour. On the front bevel of the lid a plaque with "Presented to Dunkeld State School Victoria Australia from Dunkeld Royal H.G. School Scotland 24th may 1910. On the front. Banner with God save the King. Crossed flags representing either the Union Jack or the Scottish Saltair and the Australian Flag and a medallion with the head of King George 5th in relief. -
Dunkeld Museum Inc.
Coat, Flying, During World War 1
This coat was owned and worn by Lieutenant T L(known as Leigh) Simpson D.F.C. who joined the Royal Flying Corps during Workd War 1. He was born in Hamilton Victoria and had an interest through his family in flying, before the war. In 1916 he transferred from the Light Horse Field Ambulance to the 68th Australian Sqd. Royal Flying Corps. He was promoted to lieutenant of the 3rd Squadron. During the war he was a pilot and photographer and took hundreds of reconnaissance photos over occupied territory. He was involved in photographing enemy positions and supplying information to the artillery batteries which then shelled those positions. He was involved in a number of missions involving direct contact with the enemy including Baron von Richtofen and was involved in the "dog fight" which led to von Richtofen's death. In May 1918 he had been promoted to Flight Commander and temporary Captain when his cousin Captain Duigan was wounded. He represented Australia at von Richtofen's funeral and presented the Australian wreath. Following his discharge after being seriously wounded, he returned home and became a grazier in the Dunkeld area. He maintained his interest in aviation throughout his life with a strong connection with Reg Ansett and was a director of Ansett Airways Pty Ltd for many years. He died in Dunkeld in 1960This flying coat is significant because it was owned by Lieutenant Thomas Leigh Simpson DFC while he was in the Australian Flying Corps during World War 1. World War 1 Flying coat. Tan leather, nap finish. Lining wool fabric. Map pocket on front of chest. Internal pocket on left front behind map pocket and external pocket below the waist on the left hand front towards the side.L Simpson on the inside left front.t leigh simpson, royal flying corps, baron von richtofen, australian aviation -
Orbost & District Historical Society
tobacco tin, first half 20th century
The ready rubbed tobacco held within the tin was mainly used by those smokers who rolled their own cigarettes. These smokers would have mainly used their palm and formed a cup then placing their choice of the amount of tobacco to be rolled. This would then be placed on the fine cigarette paper and rolled and sealed (using saliva in the mouth) into the required shape. There were mechanical "roll you own" gadgets on the market but most rural users, especially males used their palms. Roll your own cigarettes were popularly used in rural areas, especially when "tailor made" cigarettes were more expensive. Tobacco consumption in Australia is decreasing and fewer smokers are "rolling their own" cigarettes. this item is reflective of the time when smoking was acceptable,A round tobacco tin . It is bright orange with darker orange print. LOG CABIN Flake Gold Leaf Tobacco. It is a vacuum sealed tin - 2oz NET WEIGHT. Pat. No. 106.226/38 -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Postcard (item) - Novelty postcard, Valentine Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd, FOR LUCK from MARYSVILLE, 1940's-1960's
A novelty postcard with pull-out strip of 9 miniature photographs that was produced by the Valentine Publishing Co as a souvenir of Marysville.A novelty postcard with pull-out strip of 9 miniature photographs that was produced by the Valentine Publishing Co as a souvenir of Marysville.FOR LUCK from/ MARYSVILLE 1852 VALENTINE'S/ MAILING NOVELTY From VALENTINE'S "MAILING NOVELTY" POSTCARD. COPYRIGHT. Postal Rates/ within Australia Enclosed in/ Envelope 2 1/2"/ Sent Open/ with only/ Name and/ Address of/ Sender 1 1/2 Mt Kitchener House/ Marysville/ 31.1.51 Dear Nancy & Albert/ Well I thought that while I had a/ chance I would drop you a few lines to/ let you know that we are having a good/ time. I read in the Herald last night about/ Uncle Will's death, but he had suffered such/ a lot, that I guess he is better off. When/ Dad & I went to see him last Tues week/ he really looked dreadful. This is a very/ nice place to stay the meals and accommod-/ ation is very nice & they are a very nice/ crowd staying here. Beryl & I went to Alexander/ yesterday with some friends of Beryl's and tomorrow/ we are going the Reefton Spur trip, ? and the Eildon Weir/ trip and then Frid the Cumberland Valley Trip./ Well I must close so for the present lots of Love/ Violetmarysville, victoria, souvenir, postcard, valentine publishing co, cumberland valley road (image 1), taggerty river (image 2), acheron way (image 3), the old ford marysville (image 4), nicholl's lookout (image 5), main street marysville (image 6), mount margaret (image 7), stevenson falls (image 8), cumberland falls (image 9) -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Hardcover book, Alexander Sutherland, M.A, Victoria and its Metropolis-Past and Present-Volume 1, 1888
A history of Victoria from the time of the discovery of Australia through until 1888.Hardback. Dark brown cover with the title in gold lettering. There is also a border in gold decorating the outer edge of the front cover. The spine is also decorated in gold along with the title and the volume number.non-fictionA history of Victoria from the time of the discovery of Australia through until 1888.melbourne, victoria, exploration, settlement, john batman, john pascoe fawkner, pioneers, colonisation, immegration, aboriginals, discovery of gold, democracy, burke and wills, agriculture, manufacturing, literature, art, music, drama, education, science, churches, history -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Folder, Dianne Campbell, Robert and Michael Walsh, c20014
Robert Walsh was born in Dublin, IrelandA black folder of research notes on lawyer Charles Truwhett collected by Dianne Campbell. It includes birth, death and marriage documents,as well as copies of wills. dianne campbell goldfields lawyers collection, lawyers, legal, michael walsh, robert walsh, ireland, irish -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Letter - ELSTERNWICK POST OFFICE
This file contains seven items about the significance of this building and how this was established : 1/ Photocopies of a handwritten application (in duplicate) by Walter Kay of Elsternwick dated 13/10/1985 and Rodney H Bush’s dated 16/10/1985 to the Historic Buildings Council to register the former Elsternwick Post Office building, and an original typewritten letter dated 17/10/1985 from the Historic Buildings Council to Caulfield and Historic Society advising them of an application and inviting them to submit relevant information about the building with a copy of application attached. 2/ Six pieces of correspondence between various interested parties (Caulfield Council , Caulfield Historical Society, National Trust, of Australia and Ministry for Planning and Environment on behalf of Historic Buildings Council, Victoria) about the significance of the former Elsternwick Post Office building and the progress of efforts to include it on the Register of Historic buildings. Dated between November 1985 and May 1986. 3/ Two pieces of correspondence between the Caulfield Progress Association and the Caulfield Historical Society dated April and May 1986, regarding the efforts of the Historical Society to save the former Elsternwick Post Office building. 4/ Two pieces of ephemera by the Caulfield Progress Association, one original undated and one photocopy undated in 1986. Both appealing to the public for support to help the former Elsternwick Post Office building and to protest a proposal to demolish it, by Caulfield Council. 5/Original newspaper article dated 07/06/1989 from the Malvern-Caulfield Progress newspaper written by Robert Carmody. The article talks about the approval by the Historic Buildings Council of Caulfield Council’s restoration program of the former Elsternwick Post Office building worth approximately $850,000. The refurbishment would consist of a shop and office space which would then be rented out. Mayor Emil Braun outlines the progress to implement the plans. 6/ Caulfield Conservation Study by Andrew Ward dated September 1994 of former Elsternwick Post Office Building. The building plans for the Elizabethan Style building were approved in 1891. The original timber verandahs were replaced by the present brickworks in circa 1918 rear extensions in 1941-42. Similar Post Offices were built at Kew, Queenscliff and Portarlington. 7/ Computer printout dated 19/03/2010 of Statement of Significance held by the Victorian Heritage database of the former Elsternwick Post Office Building. It was built in 1891 in the ‘Queen Anne’ style. The substantial two story red brick building was set on a bluestone plinth with an ornate façade incorporating cement dressings. There is a brief summary of the settlement and development of the Elsternwick area with mention of how important the building is to the Elsternwick Community. Original date and author is unknown.elsternwick post office, glenhuntly road, elsternwick, riddell parade, office buildings, postal services, caulfield city council, kay walter, regent street, caulfield, bush rodney h, gisborne street, city of caulfield, braun emil councillor, mayors, aylen doug, aylen douglas r, historic buildings council, caulfield historical society, ministry for planning and environment, head stephen, historic buildings act 1981, anderson p, national trust of australia (victoria), public works department, architectural styles, calder g.k. councillor, wills cathie, lyall kerry, marsden john hudson, town clerk, hill douglas, caulfield progress association, caulfield south, glen eira road, hawthorn road, mac neil j.r., neville street, glenhuntly, marten veronika, ballantyne richard, royal historical society of victoria, dunstan don, alfada street south, hardy joan, baird rob, snowball betty, ward andrew, hoddle robert, foot henry, ebden charles hodson, elster, oldham mary kate, english ‘queen anne’ revival style, rifle club, coulson herbert h., fick p.g., railway, city manager, austin g.b. h., architects, builders, architectural features, australia post, register of historical buildings, grey karen, planning appeal board, heritage overlay no h029, victorian government gazette no. 60 dated 16/07/1986, historic building no640, certificate of title volume 5817, kennan james harley, nelson ivor, blake alison, neale anne, telegraph offices, wardell, ward andrew -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Geological Sketch Map of Portion of Big River
Printed map on paperscale, index to colours, sectionsgeological sketch map, plan, big river, mount wills, geology -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Timer, 1940s
Australia's first telephone exchange was opened in Melbourne in August 1880. It was operated by the Melbourne Telephone Exchange Company. Owned by W. H. Masters and T. T. Draper, the Manager of the Company was H. Byron Moore. This was only two years after the world's first exchange in the United States, and just four years after Bell first spoke on a telephone. The exchange was located in the old Stock Exchange building at 367 Collins Street, a site now occupied by the Commonwealth Bank. In 1884, the operations of the Company, by then known as the Victorian Telephone Exchange Company, had grown considerably and were transferred to Wills Street, Melbourne. Private ownership of this company continued until 1887 when it was bought out by the Victorian Colonial Government. Other colonial governments followed this example. By 1910, the growth in telephone services made additional accommodation necessary. This could not be provided in the existing building in Wills Street and arrangements were made for a new exchange in Lonsdale Street. Alexander Graham Bell visited Australia in 1910 to advise the Federal Government's Postal Commission. Telephone exchanges were established in Adelaide with (48 subscribers), Hobart (10 subscribers) and Launceston (35 subscribers). The first exchange in Western Australia was established in 1887 and located in a small three-room cottage in Wellington Street, Perth with 17 subscribers. The year 1888 marked the opening of the Fremantle exchange in a small room at the rear of the Town Hall. There were nine subscribers. Australia's first automatic exchange was installed in the GPO in Sydney, in 1911, for internal use. But the first automatic exchange for public use was opened at Geelong in Victoria in the next year July 1912 with 800 subscribers. Melbourne's first automatic exchange was opened in the suburb of Brighton in 1914; the first public automatic exchange in NSW began operating at Newtown, Sydney in 1915; and Queensland's first was installed at South Brisbane in 1925. 1929 saw the opening of Tasmania's first automatic exchange in Hobart. an automatic telephone service. In June 1977, the manual telephone exchange at Swansea was replaced with an automatic service and made Tasmania the first State in Australia to have a fully automatic network. The half-century following Federation saw the growth of the automatic operation; a great extension of trunk line services; The automatic telephone contributed greatly to the early popularity of telephones in Australia. It was a quicker and more convenient way of communicating with another person on the same exchange — instead of having to go through tedious processes with the operator. From its introduction, the number of automatic telephones in operation grew to a remarkable extent. In 1886, the first trunk link of 16 km was connected to the exchanges of Adelaide and Port Adelaide in South Australia. Then, in 1907, the first inter-capital telephone trunk line was opened between Sydney and Melbourne. It was followed by a line between Melbourne and Adelaide in 1914. Sydney and Brisbane were linked in 1923, and Perth and Adelaide in 1930. In 1930, the first overseas calls from Australia came possible with the introduction of a radiotelephone service to England, and through there to Europe and America. A similar service opened to New Zealand in the same year. Initially, trunk channels linked different manual trunk exchanges. It was necessary for a succession of trunk operators to connect the appropriate channels, one after the other until the connection was made. As trunk traffic grew. the system became increasingly unsuitable. More trunk operators had to be employed and so labour costs increased. It was a tedious and slow way of making a long-distance call, and it was sometimes hard to hear, particularly when several exchanges were linked With technical advances, trunk switching moved from manual operation through a partly automatic phase. Automatic transit switching equipment was used and only a single operator was required to connect a trunk call to a wanted automatic subscriber. Until well beyond the middle of this century, the majority of trunk traffic went through this single telephonist control. In 1953, the number of telephones in use in Australia passed the one million mark. By then, the need for improvement in the automatic exchanges was becoming well recognised. The need was for a telephone switching system which would do a better job more economically than the conventional step-by-step ex-change. This led to the adoption of the Crossbar system as the standard in automatic telephone exchanges in 1960. The introduction of Crossbar switching was a big step forward in the automation of trunk calls. It substituted automatic switching and charging equipment for the originating trunk operator, and improved the quality of the system radically. Before the introduction of the Crossbar system there were often very long delays in obtaining a booked trunk call, and the quality of sound was often very poor. With Crossbar, Subscriber Trunk Dialing (STD) became a reality. A trunk call by STD was as easy to make and almost as fast to connect as a local call.The item was made around the 1940s and used up until the 1970s in manual cord telephone exchanges as a way to time and charge users for trunk calls made over the telecom system of the time. Post Master General dept. - Trunk Call Timer.Inscribed PMG, C. of A, 37. Bell chimes at 3 min increments.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, timer, trunk call, telephone, cord exchange -
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Photograph, Ballarat photographs by Geoff Biddington, 1967, 1967
.6) Australian Catholic University Ballarat Campus (Aquinas) is set in the historic gardens of Carn Brea, formerly the property of Cornish miner Cyrus Retallack. The property includes a two-storey mansion, which he built as his family home in 1881. Carn Brea, a castle in Cornwall, was built in the 1500s. After the Queen's Church of England Girls' Grammar School acquired the property in 1919, the mansion was renamed Manifold House. Manifold House now accommodates administrative facilities of the campus and staff offices. (http://www.acu.edu.au/about_acu/campuses/ballarat/history_of_ballarat_campus, accesses 21 August 2014)Nine black and white images by Geoff Biddington. .1) Burke and Wills Monument, corner Sturt Street and Lydiard Street, with the MLS Building and Allan Brothers in the background. .2) Former Ballarat Post Office (later Federation University Post Office Gallery) .3) Tram in Sturt Street .4) Geelong ? shopping centre .5) Geelong Waterworks and Sewerage Trust .6) Carn Brae / Retallacks / Queen's / Australian Catholic University, 1200 Mair Street .7) Former Ballarat Post OFfice, Lydiard Street .8) Perseus Statue, Camp Street (removed for conservation in 2008) .9 McDonald Printer, 48 Lydiard Stgeoff biddington, ballarat, ballarat post office, geelong waterworks, perseus, mcdonald, acu, carn brae, australian catholic university ballarat, burk and wills monument, mlc building ballarat, allan brothers ballarat, lydiard street, sturt street -
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Artwork - print, 'Sturt-street, Ballarat', 1880, 1880
Framed, handcoloured print of Sturt Street Ballarat. The building with a tower and flag is the Ballarat Town Hall, and in front of that is the Burke and Wills Fountain.Handwritten verso: "Donated by College intake on '66, '68 (ITC, TPTC) after 21st reunion held here in August '86."ballarat, sturt street, sturt street gardens, ballarat town hall, burke and wills memorial, carriage, horse, ballarat teachers' college, reunion -
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Image, Victorian Explorers Monument, Ballarat
Image of a proposed Victorian Explorers Monument for Ballarat which was never built. victorian explorers monument, herman deutsch, burke and wills, gray, becker, ballarat -
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Photograph - Photograph - black and white, Ballarat Scenes
Eight black and white images of scenes around Ballarat. .1) Eureka Stockade Memorial .2) Ballarat Town Hall and Burk and Wills Memorial .3) Ballarat Botanical Gardens .4) Ballarat Botanical Gardens .5) Ballarat Arch of Victory .6) Boatsheds on Lake Wendouree .7) Statue 'Ruth' .8) Statue 'Honesty' .9) Statue 'Flight From Pompei' .10) Statue 'Susannah' .11) Statue 'Rebekah .12) Old Curiosity Shop eureuka stockade memorial, ballarat town hall and burk and wills memorial, ballarat botanical gardens, ballarat arch of victory, boatsheds on lake wendouree, statue 'ruth', statue 'honesty', statue 'flight from pompei', statue 'susannah', statue 'rebekah, old curiosity shop, tom nichol, ness nichol, landscape, parks and gardens -
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Newspaper - Newspaper Supplement, The Courier, 100 Ballarat Greats, 12/12/2006
Ballarat identities - many associated with the Ballarat School of Mines, a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia.36 page newspaper supplement geoffrey blainey, albert coates, john curtin, james oddie, henry sutton, william withers, nathan spievogel, peter tobin, william yuillle, matilda thompson, tillie thompson, w.s. urquhart, william wills, professor alfred smith, alfred mica smith, henry seekamp, arthur nicholson, hugh mackay, percy beames, edgar bartrop, mother gonzaga barry, jack chisholm, bella guerin, david haymes, charles h. beanland, c. howard beanland -
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Documents, Holmes Family of Ascot: Private papers - Wills, Financial Statements
Private papers relating to the Holmes Family at Ascot. It includes Wills, property settlements, land transfers, wool prices and asset distribution to the family.edith holmes, registration of a firm, live stock prices, lamb numbers, affidavit and statement, memorandum of agreement, land purchase agreement, contractor's account and receipt, solicitor - cuthberts, transfer and conveyance paperstax return, will of violet holmes, distribution of estate of violet holmes, administration account, wool results from dennys,lascelles