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The 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment Historical Collection
Medal - Victorian Long Service Medal 1880 Presented to S.Windridge
Awarded for Long ServiceSilver Medal mounted on a decorative arm. Ribbon is made up of two 9mm Violet Bars set astride a 14 mm off white bar Obverse face has a St. George Cross with 5 stars inside of a belt surmounted by a crown. This is surrounded by the words Local forces Victoria. The Reverse of the medal has " For long and efficient service" embossed on itS.Windridge 18805/6 rvr, officers and sergeants mess, victorian, colonial -
The 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment Historical Collection
Medal - Victorian Long Service Medal 1880 Presented to AB J.Williams Victoria Naval Brigade
Award for long and efficient serviceSilver Medal mounted on a decorative arm. Ribbon is made up of two 9mm Violet Bars set astride a 14 mm off white bar Obverse face has a St. George Cross with 5 stars inside of a belt surmounted by a crown. This is surrounded by the words Local forces Victoria. The Reverse of the medal has " For long and efficient service" embossed on itJoseph Williams Able Seaman Vic Naval Brigade5/6 rvr, officers and sergeants mess, colonial, victorian -
The 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment Historical Collection
Medal - Victorian Long Service Medal 1880 Presented to to AB L.W.Houston Port Melbourne Naval Brigade
Awarded for Long and Efficient ServiceSilver Medal mounted on a decorative arm. Ribbon is made up of two 9mm Violet Bars set astride a 14 mm off white bar Obverse face has a St. George Cross with 5 stars inside of a belt surmounted by a crown. This is surrounded by the words Local forces Victoria. The Reverse of the medal has " For long and efficient service" embossed on itJ.W.Houston Able Seaman Port Melb Division N.B5/6 rvr, officers and sergeants mess, colonial, victorian -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Compact disc, Victorian Directory 1921-1925 (Sands & McDougall) (5 discs)
The Sands and McDougall directories are amongst the most comprehensive. You can find out more details about places in which people lived, the other residents in the area, the services available in the region...all of which help to paint a picture of your ancestors' life. Apart from the Street,Alphabetical, Trade and Professional directories, this volume also contains Government and Official, Ecclesiastical, Legal, Municipal, Colonial, Societies and Institutions directories. This compendium of Sands and McDougall's directories covers 1916-1920. Each is very comprehensive containing the following sub-directories: city streets Directory: with a street index, and street by street listings of all houses and the householder at each address. Country directory: that lists people alphabetically for each town and their occupation. Alphabetical Directory: covering the whole of Victoria. Melbourne and Suburban Professional & Trade Directory: listing people by their trade. Country Professional & Trade Directory: complements the Melbourne list to give coverage of all Victoria. It also includes Agriculture and Pastoral; Government and Official; Legal and Judicial including Justices of the Peace; Ecclesiastical.The Sands and McDougall directories are amongst the most comprehensive. You can find out more details about places in which people lived, the other residents in the area, the services available in the region...all of which help to paint a picture of your ancestors' life. Apart from the Street,Alphabetical, Trade and Professional directories, this volume also contains Government and Official, Ecclesiastical, Legal, Municipal, Colonial, Societies and Institutions directories.streets, trade, agriculture, government, legal, ecclesiastical, farmers, farm workers, clergy -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Compact disc, Victorian Directory 1926-1930 (Sands & McDougall) (5 discs)
The Sands and McDougall directories are amongst the most comprehensive. You can find out more details about places in which people lived, the other residents in the area, the services available in the region...all of which help to paint a picture of your ancestors' life. Apart from the Street,Alphabetical, Trade and Professional directories, this volume also contains Government and Official, Ecclesiastical, Legal, Municipal, Colonial, Societies and Institutions directories. This compendium of Sands and McDougall's directories covers 1916-1920. Each is very comprehensive containing the following sub-directories: city streets Directory: with a street index, and street by street listings of all houses and the householder at each address. Country directory: that lists people alphabetically for each town and their occupation. Alphabetical Directory: covering the whole of Victoria. Melbourne and Suburban Professional & Trade Directory: listing people by their trade. Country Professional & Trade Directory: complements the Melbourne list to give coverage of all Victoria. It also includes Agriculture and Pastoral; Government and Official; Legal and Judicial including Justices of the Peace; Ecclesiastical.The Sands and McDougall directories are amongst the most comprehensive. You can find out more details about places in which people lived, the other residents in the area, the services available in the region...all of which help to paint a picture of your ancestors' life. Apart from the Street,Alphabetical, Trade and Professional directories, this volume also contains Government and Official, Ecclesiastical, Legal, Municipal, Colonial, Societies and Institutions directories.streets, trade, agriculture, government, legal, ecclesiastical, farmers, farm workers, clergy -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Compact disc, Victorian Directory 1933 (Sands & McDougall)
The Sands and McDougall directories are amongst the most comprehensive. You can find out more details about places in which people lived, the other residents in the area, the services available in the region...all of which help to paint a picture of your ancestors' life. Apart from the Street,Alphabetical, Trade and Professional directories, this volume also contains Government and Official, Ecclesiastical, Legal, Municipal, Colonial, Societies and Institutions directories. This compendium of Sands and McDougall's directories covers 1916-1920. Each is very comprehensive containing the following sub-directories: city streets Directory: with a street index, and street by street listings of all houses and the householder at each address. Country directory: that lists people alphabetically for each town and their occupation. Alphabetical Directory: covering the whole of Victoria. Melbourne and Suburban Professional & Trade Directory: listing people by their trade. Country Professional & Trade Directory: complements the Melbourne list to give coverage of all Victoria. It also includes Agriculture and Pastoral; Government and Official; Legal and Judicial including Justices of the Peace; Ecclesiastical.The Sands and McDougall directories are amongst the most comprehensive. You can find out more details about places in which people lived, the other residents in the area, the services available in the region...all of which help to paint a picture of your ancestors' life. Apart from the Street,Alphabetical, Trade and Professional directories, this volume also contains Government and Official, Ecclesiastical, Legal, Municipal, Colonial, Societies and Institutions directories.streets, trade, agriculture, government, legal, ecclesiastical, farmers, farm workers, clergy -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Compact disc, Victorian Directory 1935(Sands & McDougall)
The Sands and McDougall directories are amongst the most comprehensive. You can find out more details about places in which people lived, the other residents in the area, the services available in the region...all of which help to paint a picture of your ancestors' life. Apart from the Street,Alphabetical, Trade and Professional directories, this volume also contains Government and Official, Ecclesiastical, Legal, Municipal, Colonial, Societies and Institutions directories. This compendium of Sands and McDougall's directories covers 1916-1920. Each is very comprehensive containing the following sub-directories: city streets Directory: with a street index, and street by street listings of all houses and the householder at each address. Country directory: that lists people alphabetically for each town and their occupation. Alphabetical Directory: covering the whole of Victoria. Melbourne and Suburban Professional & Trade Directory: listing people by their trade. Country Professional & Trade Directory: complements the Melbourne list to give coverage of all Victoria. It also includes Agriculture and Pastoral; Government and Official; Legal and Judicial including Justices of the Peace; Ecclesiastical.The Sands and McDougall directories are amongst the most comprehensive. You can find out more details about places in which people lived, the other residents in the area, the services available in the region, all of which help to paint a picture of your ancestors' life. Apart from the Street,Alphabetical, Trade and Professional directories, this volume also contains Government and Official, Ecclesiastical, Legal, Municipal, Colonial, Societies and Institutions directories.streets, trade, agriculture, government, legal, ecclesiastical, farmers, farm workers, clergy -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Compact disc, Victorian Directory 1938 (Sands & McDougall)
The Sands and McDougall directories are amongst the most comprehensive. You can find out more details about places in which people lived, the other residents in the area, the services available in the region...all of which help to paint a picture of your ancestors' life. Apart from the Street,Alphabetical, Trade and Professional directories, this volume also contains Government and Official, Ecclesiastical, Legal, Municipal, Colonial, Societies and Institutions directories. This compendium of Sands and McDougall's directories covers 1916-1920. Each is very comprehensive containing the following sub-directories: city streets Directory: with a street index, and street by street listings of all houses and the householder at each address. Country directory: that lists people alphabetically for each town and their occupation. Alphabetical Directory: covering the whole of Victoria. Melbourne and Suburban Professional & Trade Directory: listing people by their trade. Country Professional & Trade Directory: complements the Melbourne list to give coverage of all Victoria. It also includes Agriculture and Pastoral; Government and Official; Legal and Judicial including Justices of the Peace; Ecclesiastical.The Sands and McDougall directories are amongst the most comprehensive. You can find out more details about places in which people lived, the other residents in the area, the services available in the region...all of which help to paint a picture of your ancestors' life. Apart from the Street, Alphabetical, Trade and Professional directories, this volume also contains Government and Official, Ecclesiastical, Legal, Municipal, Colonial, Societies and Institutions directories.streets, trade, agriculture, government, legal, ecclesiastical, farmers, farm workers, clergy -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Compact disc, Victorian Directory 1942 (Sands & McDougall)
The Sands and McDougall directories are amongst the most comprehensive. You can find out more details about places in which people lived, the other residents in the area, the services available in the region...all of which help to paint a picture of your ancestors' life. Apart from the Street,Alphabetical, Trade and Professional directories, this volume also contains Government and Official, Ecclesiastical, Legal, Municipal, Colonial, Societies and Institutions directories. This compendium of Sands and McDougall's directories covers 1916-1920. Each is very comprehensive containing the following sub-directories: city streets Directory: with a street index, and street by street listings of all houses and the householder at each address. Country directory: that lists people alphabetically for each town and their occupation. Alphabetical Directory: covering the whole of Victoria. Melbourne and Suburban Professional & Trade Directory: listing people by their trade. Country Professional & Trade Directory: complements the Melbourne list to give coverage of all Victoria. It also includes Agriculture and Pastoral; Government and Official; Legal and Judicial including Justices of the Peace; Ecclesiastical.The Sands and McDougall directories are amongst the most comprehensive. You can find out more details about places in which people lived, the other residents in the area, the services available in the region...all of which help to paint a picture of your ancestors' life. Apart from the Street,Alphabetical, Trade and Professional directories, this volume also contains Government and Official, Ecclesiastical, Legal, Municipal, Colonial, Societies and Institutions directories.streets, trade, agriculture, government, legal, ecclesiastical, farmers, farm workers, clergy -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Candle Snuffer, circa 1840
The design of this brass candle snuffer allowed the user to reach up to the candle and hold the domed end over the flame. This prevented the flame from receiving oxygen, so the flame went out. This item was part of the original furnishings of the St Nicholas' Mission to Seamen's Church at 139 Nelson Street, Williamstown, Victoria. The charity began in 1857 when a Sailors’ Rest was opened in Williamstown to offer sailors of all colours, creeds and races a warm welcome. In 1859 the Ladies Harbour Light Guild came into being to support the work with services and facilities. Much of the furniture and furnishings were donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the Missions to Seamen Victoria on 29th May 1979, after the church closed. THE MISSIONS TO SEAMEN (Brief History: for more, see our Reg. No. 611, Set of Pews) The Missions to Seamen, an Anglican charity, has served seafarers of the world since 1856 in Great Britain. It symbol is a Flying Angel, inspired by a Bible verse. Today there are centr4es in over 200 ports world-wide where seamen of all backgrounds are offered a warm welcome and provided with a wide range of facilities. In Victoria, the orgainsation began in Williamstown in 1857. It was a Sailors’ Church, also known as ‘Bethel’ or the ‘Floating Church’. Its location was an old hulk floating in Hobson’s Bay, Port of Melbourne. It soon became part of the Missions to Seamen, Victoria. In the year 2000 the organisation, now named Mission to Seafarers, still operated locally in Melbourne, Portland, Geelong and Hastings. The Ladies’ Harbour Lights Guild was formed in 1906 to support the Missions to Seamen in Melbourne and other centres such as Williamstown. Two of the most significant ladies of the Guild were founder Ethel Augusta Godfrey and foundation member Alice Sibthorpe Tracy (who established a branch of the Guild in Warrnambool in 1920). The Guild continued its work until the 1960s. In 1943 a former Williamstown bank was purchased for the Missions to Seaman Club. The chapel was named St Nicholas’ Seamen’s Church and was supported by the Ladies’ Harbour Lights Guild, the Williamstown Lightkeepers’ Auxiliary and the League of Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Friends. It ceased operation in 1966. A Missions to Seamen Chapel and Recreation Room was a significant feature of ports during the late 1800s and into the 1900s. It seemed appropriate for Flagstaff Hill to include such a representation within the new Maritime Village, so the Melbourne Board of Management of Missions to Seamen Victoria gave its permission on 21st May 1979 for the entire furnishings of the Williamstown chapel to be transferred to Flagstaff Hill. The St Nicholas Seamen’s Church was officially opened on October 11, 1981, and closely resembles the Williamstown chapel. This candle snuffer is significant historically for its origin in the St Nicholas Mission to Seamen's Church in Williamstown, established in 1857 to cater for the physical, social, and spiritual needs of seafarers. It originated in Bristol, England when a Seamen's Mission was formed in 1837. The item is historically significant for its connection to the Ladies Lightkeepers’ Auxiliary, an organisation of women, formed to support seafarers. The connection of this item to the Mission to Seamen and to the Ladies Lightkeepers’ Auxiliary highlights the strong community awareness of the life of people at sea, their dangers and hardships, and their need for physical, financial, spiritual and moral support. Candle snuffer. Colonial pole snuffer has a polished brass cone-shaped snuffer on long mahogany handle. This is one of the original items in our St Nicholas Seamen's Church Collection.religion, religious service, sailors rest, ladies harbour light guild, missions to seamen victoria, st nicholas church williamstown, st nicholas mission to seamen church williamstown, mission to seamen williamstown, pole snuffer, colonial snuffer, flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, bethel sailors’ church, bethel floating church, harbor lights guild, joy club for fighters, ladies lightkeepers’ auxiliary, mission to seafarers, flying angel’s club, st nicholas seamen’s church williamstown, st nicholas seamen’s church flagstaff hill, 139 nelson place williamstown, cantle light, tool, candle snuffer, candle extinguisher, flame extinguisher, flame snuffer -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BUSH COLLECTION: PAGE OF BANK ACCOUNT ( S A BUSH), 1887-88
Double-sided page of Bank Account ( S A Bush) with 'The Colonial Bank of Australasia' (Bairnsdale Branch). Account current with Mr S A Bush, Storekeeper, Bairnsdale. Dec 1887 - Feb 1888person, individual, bush collection - personal, bendigo, bush collection, collection, business, commerce, retail -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Poster - Map showing ancesttral family estates of Melbourne's first people pre European Settlement, Marcus Lee Design, This once as it was - the ancestral family estates of Melbourne's first people, 2016
This once as it was - the ancestral family estates of Melbourne's first people. Colour map with text. Pre European settlement. Based on Colonial survey maps of Port Phillip Bay region. 1837 and 1864australian aborigines, natural environment, arweet derrmut, point ormond, st kilda, yuro yuroke, bunjil, burrarung river, queensbridge falls -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, J Phillips, December 1885
Detailed information on back of photograph regarding gold amountsBlack and white photograph showing the exhibits to be sent to the colonial and Indian Exhibition London by the Long Tunnel Company Many men in the photograph in front of weatherboard building Mechanics Institute Walhalla VictoriaSee Walhalla Memorialbusinesses, hotels, township -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: COLONIAL DANCERS
Colonial Dancers Mid Winter Bush Ball held at the Northcote Town Hall on Saturday 26 June 1993. 21 dances named on the programme. Frame drawn around the printing with plants on it.entertainment, dance, bush dance, peter ellis collection, colonial dancers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: LETTER TO UNION BANK
[a] Manilla envelope with red printed Cohn return name and address. Handwritten captions 'Company to Union Bank 19/12/1945, No 150. Guarantee of Bank to Colonial Sugar Co. [b] Typed copy of letter dated 19/12/ 1945 issued to the Manager of the Union Bank of Aust requesting a Guarantee of £350 upgraded from £250 relating to business with the Colonial Sugar Refining Company. Signed Frank Levy Director, Edward Newell Secretary.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Yarra Trams, "Park & Ride", c2001
Pamphlet - DL four fold titled "Park & Ride", about parking at Melbourne Museum, Colonial Stadium or Olympic Park and then using trams after purchasing a ticket. Map gave locations of car parks and the travel limitations of the ticket. Pamphlet has instructions on how to use, costs and that it was only available on the tram service. Not dated, c2001 - Colonial stadium known as such between 2000 and 2002 - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docklands_Stadium - accessed 7-12-2015.trams, tramways, yarra trams, park and ride, tickets, melbourne -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - BENDIGO POST OFFICE COLLECTION: POST OFFICE
Coloured postcard of the Bendigo post office. Opened in 1887 as Sandhurst Public Offices, it was occupied by the Colonial Posts, Telegraphs, Police, Water supply, Sub-Treasury and Crown Lands department and Postmaster's quarters.bendigo, buildings, post office -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Artwork, other - Engraving, James Thomson, Port Melbourne Town Hall, 1885
Purchased on E-Bay from Jane Nicholas, who says the editor of the "Ïllustrated Handbook" states that the illustrations are taken from the "Sketcher" and the "Ïllustrated Australian News"."Port Melbourne Town Hall" - an imaginative engraving of the building which bears little resemblance, from the "Ïllustrated handbook of Victoria, Australia" prepared for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London. A page removed by the vendor.built environment - civic, port melbourne town hall -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Photograph - Colour photograph of a group seated at dinner
Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photograph collection dating from the nineteenth century. This series shows different events and the community engagement fostered over the last few decadesColour photograph of twelve people seated at a long pine table, eating a roast dinner. Photograph appears to have been taken within Rogers Cottage as the colonial oven and fireplace are visible in the background.catalogue number written on reverse in penchurchill island, photograph -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Ronald Parsons, The Girl's Realm Annual, 2003
A compilation of known shipwrecks and seriously damaged sips owned in Australia or New Zealand from Colonial days to 1970c. Includes list of publications consulted also index of persons named in description of incident.ships and shipping -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document - School Project, The Formation of Burwood East Primary School, 1850 - 1910
Document on the formation of Burwood East Primary School, how the growth and development of the local area and the values and development of Colonial Australian society affected Burwood East Primary School in its formative period.burwood east primary school no. 454 -
Benalla Art Gallery
Painting, Charles ROLANDO, Benalla landscape, 1888
Born: Florence, Tuscany, Italy 1844; Arrived Australia 1885; Died: St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1893ColonialLedger Gift, 1990Figures, haystacks and tree in rural landscape with dramatic clouds and blue sky. Gold gesso on decorative wood moulding frame.Recto: Signed "C Rolando" in red paint l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledlandscape, animals, figure, trees, colonial art, rural, australian art -
Benalla Art Gallery
Watercolour, H. L. VAN DEN HOUTEN, Settler's hut, Not dated
Born: The Hague, Netherlands 1801; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1853; Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1879ColonialGift of Mrs E.E. Ledger, 1987Watercolour depicting a rural landscape with a settler's hut and figures standing in a cleared paddock. Gold and grey brushed timber frame with off white window mountRecto: Signed "H L Van den Houten" in brown watercolour in l.r.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledwatercolour, landscape, house, figures, path, fence, building, hills -
Benalla Art Gallery
Watercolour, George LACY, Hold up, Not dated
Born: London, Middlesex, England c.1817; Arrived: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1842; Died: Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia 1878ColonialLedger Bequest, 1993Watercolour with ink, depcicting two men being robbed at gunpoint in the bush. Immitation timber frame with black painted edge, gold brushed internal window edge, and off white window mountRecto: Signed "G.L." in grey watercolour in l.r.c of composition; Narrative as part of work, '"How much have you” – “only 2 ounces” – “2 ounces?!! You lazy rascal, after 6 months at the diggings if you don’t find more than that I’ll knock you into the middle of next week”' written in grey watercolour across the lower edge of the composition; Not dated; Not titledwatercolour, figures, animals, trees, gun, horse, theif -
Benalla Art Gallery
Print, Conrad MARTENS, View of Sydney. NSW, 1855
Born: London, England 1801; Arrived: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1835; Died: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1878ColonialBennett Bequest, 1999 Hand-coloured lithograph depicting industrial waterscape with rocky shoreline and ships and buildings in background. Black painted timber frame with off white arched window mount and gold brushed internal window edgeRecto: Not signed, not dated, not titled print, waterscape, sea, harbour, land, figures, boats, tress, sydney harbour, buildings -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - GRAHAM HOOKEY COLLECTION: A GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN COINS
A guide to Australian coins. Fifty-two pages book published in 2010 by Reader's Digest. Contents: How money began - Early Colonial currency 1788/1850 - Late Colonial gold and tokens 1851/1910 - commonwealth pre decimal coins 1911/1965 - Australian decimal coinage, 1966 to present - Collecting coins and tokens - Grading coins - Catalogue of Australia pre decimal coins - Glossary of numismatics terms - Australia's mints - Mint marks - further information.books, technical, numismatic -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - Emu Creek Bush Band Collection: Business card
"Tipplers All" was a band started in Chewton/Castlemaine that became known for their folk music. Initial members included, Ian Huxley, Gordon Cowan, Gillian Harris, Roddy Reid, and Helen McGeachin.A business card for Tipplers All Traditional Folk Music with contact details for Ian Huxley from the 1970s. Card is cream card with dark brown text and features an engraved illustration of colonial musical instruments. emu creek bush band, australian colonial dance, ian huxley, tipplers all -
Clunes Museum
Print - LITHOGRAPH, BARDNELL, BALLARAT, PORT PHILLIP MINING COMPANY
LITHOGRAPH PHOTOCOPY DONATED TO CLUNES MUSEUM BY CRESWICK MUSEUMPHOTOCOPY OF LITHOGRAPH - TOP HALF - SURFACE WORKS PORT PHILLIP AND COLONIAL GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED AND CLUNES QUARTZ MINING COMPANY, CLUNES. LOWER HALF - INTERIOR OF MACHINE HOUSE. 4 COPIESlocal history, lithograph, photocopy, mining, clunes -
Clunes Museum
Book, Det Norske Samlaget, Den Sanne Historia Om Kelly Gjengen
Dust jacket depicts colonial mother and children posing outside a timber and stone building. Title: Den Sanne Historia Om Kelly Gjengen Author: Peter Carey Language: Norwegian Published: 2002peter carey, creative clunes, tess brady, booktown 2013 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Furniture - Set of Chairs, 1880s
This set of four dining chairs was part of the original furnishings of the St Nicholas' Mission to Seamen's Church at 139 Nelson Place, Williamstown, Victoria. The Australian colonial wooden chairs date to the late 1880s and are most like to have been purchased for use in the Sailors’ Rest when it moved into Ann Street, Williamstown, around the 1880s. THE MISSIONS TO SEAMEN (Brief History: for more, see our Reg. No. 611, Set of Pews) The Missions to Seamen, an Anglican charity, has served seafarers of the world since 1856 in Great Britain. It symbol is a Flying Angel, inspired by a Bible verse. Today there are centr4es in over 200 ports world-wide where seamen of all backgrounds are offered a warm welcome and provided with a wide range of facilities. In Victoria the orgainsation began in Williamstown in 1857. It was as a Sailors’ Church, also known as ‘Bethel’ or the ‘Floating Church’. Its location was an old hulk floating in Hobson’s Bay, Port of Melbourne. It soon became part of the Missions to Seamen, Victoria. In the year 2000 the organisation, now named Mission to Seafarers, still operated locally in Melbourne, Portland, Geelong and Hastings. The Ladies’ Harbour Lights Guild was formed in 1906 to support the Missions to Seamen in Melbourne and other centres such as Williamstown. Two of the most significant ladies of the Guild were founder Ethel Augusta Godfrey and foundation member Alice Sibthorpe Tracy (who established a branch of the Guild in Warrnambool in 1920). The Guild continued its work until the 1960s. In 1943 a former Williamstown bank was purchased for the Missions to Seaman Club. The chapel was named St Nicholas’ Seamen’s Church and was supported by the Ladies’ Harbour Lights Guild, the Williamstown Lightkeepers’ Auxiliary and the League of Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Friends. It ceased operation in 1966. A Missions to Seamen Chapel and Recreation Room was a significant feature of ports during the late 1800s and into the 1900s. It seemed appropriate for Flagstaff Hill to include such a representation within the new Maritime Village, so the Melbourne Board of Management of Missions to Seamen Victoria gave its permission on 21st May 1979 for the entire furnishings of the Williamstown chapel to be transferred to Flagstaff Hill. The St Nicholas Seamen’s Church was officially opened on October 11, 1981 and closely resembles the Williamstown chapel. This set of chairs is significant historically for its origin in the St Nicholas Mission to Seamen's Church in Williamstown, established in 1857 to cater for the physical, social, and spiritual needs of seafarers. It originated in Bristol, England when a Seamen's Mission was formed in 1837. The set of chairs is historically significant for its connection to the Ladies Lightkeepers’ Auxiliary, an organisation of women, formed to support seafarers. The connection of this set of chairs to the Mission to Seamen and to the Ladies Lightkeepers’ Auxiliary highlights the strong community awareness of the life of people at sea, their dangers and hardships, and their need for physical, financial, spiritual and moral support. Chairs: set of four (4) cedar wood dining chairs. Each chair has a rounded rail back, flat cross rail, flat wooden seat, curved back legs and colonial turned front legs. Mid-brown colour, veneered finish. The set of chairs is part of the St Nicholas Seamen's Church Williamstown Collection. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, religion, religious service, sailors rest, bethel sailors’ church, bethel floating church, ladies harbour light guild, lightkeepers’ auxiliary, missions to seamen victoria, mission to seafarers, flying angel’s club, st nicholas mission to seamen church williamstown, mission to seamen williamstown, st nicholas seamen’s church flagstaff hill, 139 nelson place williamstown, church furniture, religious furniture, religious worship, anglican church, chair, dining chair, kitchen chair, domestic furniture, colonial chair, australian colonial period, set of chairs, squab chairs, sailors' church, ann street williamstown