Earthenware is lightly fired, readily absorbs water if not glazed, and does not allow light to pass through it. Coarse earthenware is made from clay and grog (ground up fired pot). There are two main types of glazed earthenware: One is covered with a transparent lead glaze; when the earthenware body to which this glaze is applied has a cream colour, the product is called creamware. The second type, covered with an opaque white .in glaze, is variously called tin-enamelled, or tin-glazed, earthenware, majolica, faience, or delft. G&S marking could be Grove & Stark, Longton, England (1871-1884). In the 19th century, J. & G. Meakin ,1851 based in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, was known for the vast quantities of cheap ironstone china it produced for the domestic English market and for export to Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. Grove & Stark were taken over by Meakin early 20thC The Mark could also be Gibson & Sons (Ltd), were notably manufacturers of earthenware Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. Founded around 1885 and traded until the mid 1970's. They were previously Gibson, Sudlow & Co. Manufactured between 1885 to 1905. Small earthen-ware, black-glazed tea-pot. 8 sided. The body of the tea-pot is decorated with hand-painted gold flowers and raised cream flowers. The lid is also hand -painted with green leaves and flowers. This floral pattern is named "Garland" The lid is not of the same pattern as the base. The spout was broken when brush tailed possum entered Cottage via chimney 27/4/2014. Can be repairedOn the base of the tea-pot. Makers Mark is G & S. "Garland". (Pattern), Rg. No. 175153. Also 'Made in England'. Under glaze there is the word: England.crockery, earthenwarre, gibson & son ltd, grove & stark ltd, pioneers, early settlers, bentleigh, market gardeners, moorabbin, cheltenham, pottery, stoke- on - trent, england, longton, burslem, wedgwood

Photograph of players in early 1950’smurrumbeena, murrumbeena cricket club, cricket, cricket clubs, cricketers, les cooper, jack macwhirter, george pugh, jack berry, ern watson, max hardham

Austico staff in Melbourne.1950's turnbull bros., austico, tie factory, turnbull bros, factory, tie, staff, workers, gladys langdon

Site plan of the R S & S Mill, 1st Dec, 1973.Architectural drawing on paper showing hand written diagrams and text. PE/C - 389textile mills - design textile mills - history, textile mills - design, textile mills - history, returned soldiers and sailors mill, r s & s mill, architecture, plan, site plan

Reading room, R S & S Mill, probably Sladen House,G Kidman Reading room, time after eating lunch/ to sew or knit 1 hour for lunch, subsidised meal 3 course/qualified cooktextile mills - staff textile mills, returned soldiers and sailors mill, sladen house, geelong, textile mills - staff, textile mills

Mining - Extended Cross Reef Mine 1870’s-1980'sstawell

Collingwood Technical School trained apprentices in many trades. This photograph depicts a trainee engaged in cutting the screw thread on saddle traversing screw of 5 inch centre lathe.This is a high quality professional photograph taken circa 1940. In 1938-1940, CTS was part of the Unemployed Youth Training scheme. This photograph is a visual record of this scheme.Black and white photograph mounted on brown card. Caption pasted on back of photograph.Caption: Collingwood Technical School. / Unemployed Youth Training Scheme 1938-1940. / Trainee engaged in cutting the screw thread / on saddle traversing screw of 5 inch centre lathe. collingwood technical school, cts, unemplyed youth training scheme, apprentices, students, lathes, nmit,

Photo of a group of people on a picnic rug at Somers Camp in 1940. Melbourne Legacy provided camps for junior legatees - the children of deceased servicemen. It started in the early years of Legacy with outings to the property of Legacy founder, Legatee Stan Savige, who had a place in Balnarring. Permanent camp buildings were built in the 1930s and with an association with Lord Somers (Governor of Victoria) it was called Somers Camp. The camps gave the children an opportunity of a summer beach holiday with other Legacy children.A photograph of Stan Savige at Somers Camp.Black and white photo of Stan Savige at Somers Camp 1940."Norman Smith ILC" in blue pen and "Stan Savige at Somers Camp just before his departure with 17th Bde 1940" in pencil on reverse.stan savige, somers camp, camp

Set of hand written notes recording date of sale of MMTB trams - R, U, S, P, W, G, H, J, and Q class and sometimes the sold location. Notebook - pocket size, wire spiral bound, listing trams sold by the MMTB up to the mid 1970's and similar for Ballarat and Geelong cars.trams, tramways, sale of trams, mmtb, notebooks, personal papers

The Methodist Order of Knights was the official youth organisation of the Methodist Church of Australasia. It originated in Hurstville, NSW, on the 4th October 1914 by the then Mr and later Rev Alex Bray. Alex Bray was a Sunday School teacher and spoke to his class of the Knights of the Round Table. In 1917 the Order of Knights was officially recognised by the Sunday School Dept of the NSW Methodist Conference. Courts spread thoroughout Australia. In 1927 the High Court of NSW called for designs for a badge and in 1929 the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia recognised the Order as an approved Organisation. In 1938 the Senior Section was organised into Degrees of Sincerity, Service and Sacrifice; the Junior Section into Pages' Degree with advancement to Esquire. In 1954 the Junior Section was reorganised into two groups: Pages 8 to 11 years and Esquires 12 to 15 years. The Knight's Motto: "Live Pure, Speak True, Right Wrong, Follow Christ the King, else wherefore born?" Courts of the Order: General Conference Department of the Christian Education - General Court - Provincial High Court - District Court - Local Court - Senior Court - Intermediate Court - Junior Court . Regalia: All members of the Intermediate and Senior Courts wore regalia consisting of a cloth shield superimposed by a cross of light and dark blue ribbons, and supported by a cloth collar. Esquire and Degree of Sincerity regalia: White collar and white shield. Degree of Service regalia: Green collar and shield. Degree of Sacrifice: Scarlet collar and shield. District Court regalia: Blue collar and gold shield. High Court regalia: Gold collar and purple sheild. General Court regalia: Purple collar and shield. Officers of the local courts wore their symbols as part of their regalia. E3112.13.1 and E3112.13.2: Coloured pamphlet with information and details of the Methodist Order of Knights Uniform requirements. The pamphlet has a photograph of a MOK boy in his Dress Uniform."O.K.'s in UNIFORM"methodist order of knights

A pictorial history of the heyday of the Walhalla-Wood's Point gold belt in the 1860's-1960'sHardcover. The cover is a gold colour. The front cover has a photograph of a group of miners in front of the entry to a mine. On the top entry timber piece is a sign saying "Old Mine". The beginning of the wording is obscured by one of the miners standing in front of the entry. There is also an old mining trolley standing on tracks which lead into the mine.There is also an old gold mining dish sitting on a rock to the left of the entry into the mine.On the back cover is a photograph of Walhalla in modern times as well as a photograph of the publisher of this book. There is also a blurb about the publisher.Stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779gold, gold fields, gold mining, a1 mine settlement, aberfeldy, beardmore, black river group, coopers creek, donnellys creek, enochs point, fulton creek, gaffneys creek, gooleys creek, jamieson, jordan valley, kevington, knockwood, matlock, ten mile, walhalla, wood's point, history, victoria

Tulkara Railway Siding c1940’s on the Ben Nevis Rail Line Closed in 1950'sstawell

This plaque was awarded to S McDonald for contribution to the World war 11 effort. The certificate is one of many given by local authorities to those who served in many different capacities during the second world war. A common article which links a local person to a world event.Coloured plaque with the coats of Arms of the Australian states as well as Canada, India New Zealand and South Africa included in border of green leaves around the edge. Photograph of the King with flags on either side at centre top. It has a variety of military pictures in top part of the certificate. The city of Warrnambool seal in red is in bottom left corner. Plastic cover over top.The Mayor councilors and citizens of the city of Warrnambool pay tribute to S. McDonald who served in the World War No 2 1939-1945.Signed by J F Knights Mayor s mcdonald ww2, the call to arms warrnambool

Collingwood Technical School trained apprentices in many trades. In the late 1930s, CTS was involved in ttraining schemes for youth and adults.This photograph depicts two men learning to operate a lathe. This is a high quality professional photograph taken circa 1940. In 1938-1940, CTS was part of the Unemployed Adult Training scheme. This photograph is a visual record of this scheme.1 black and white photograph mounted on brown card. Photograph depicts trainees working with a 5" centre lathe.Photograph has a hand written caption on the back: 'Collingwood Technical School./ Unemployed Adults Training Scheme, 1938-1940./ Trainees planing the cast iron bed of a/ 5" centre lathe. 'collingwood technical school, cts, apprentices, students, unemplyed adult training scheme, lathes, machinery, machine parts, nmit

"Geelong R S & S Woollen & Worsted Co-operative Manufacturing Coy: 40th Annual Report, 1960."woollen mills - history textile mills - history, returned soldiers and sailors mill, lau, mr alexander - alexander lau pty ltd, woollen mills - history, textile mills - history

"Geelong R S & S Woollen & Worsted Co-operative Manufacturing Coy: 41st Annual Report, 1961."woollen mills - history textile mills - history, returned soldiers and sailors mill, lau, mr alexander - alexander lau pty ltd, woollen mills - history, textile mills - history

"Geelong R S & S Woollen & Worsted Co-operative Manufacturing Coy: 42nd Annual Report, 1962."woollen mills - history textile mills - history, returned soldiers and sailors mill, lau, mr alexander - alexander lau pty ltd, woollen mills - history, textile mills - history

"Geelong R S & S Woollen & Worsted Co-operative Manufacturing Coy: 43rd Annual Report, 1963"woollen mills - history textile mills - history, returned soldiers and sailors mill, lau, mr alexander - alexander lau pty ltd, woollen mills - history, textile mills - history

"Geelong R S & S Woollen & Worsted Co-operative Manufacturing Coy: 44th Annual Report, 1964."woollen mills - history textile mills - history, returned soldiers and sailors mill, lau, mr alexander - alexander lau pty ltd, woollen mills - history, textile mills - history

"Geelong R S & S Woollen & Worsted Co-operative Manufacturing Coy: 45th Annual Report, 1965"woollen mills - history textile mills - history, returned soldiers and sailors mill, lau, mr alexander - alexander lau pty ltd, woollen mills - history, textile mills - history

"Geelong R S & S Woollen & Worsted Co-operative Manufacturing Coy: 46th Annual Report, 1966"woollen mills - history textile mills - history, returned soldiers and sailors mill, lau, mr alexander - alexander lau pty ltd, woollen mills - history, textile mills - history

"Geelong R S & S Woollen & Worsted Co-operative Manufacturing Coy: 47th Annual Report, 1967"woollen mills - history textile mills - history, returned soldiers and sailors mill, lau, mr alexander - alexander lau pty ltd, woollen mills - history, textile mills - history

"Geelong R S & S Woollen & Worsted Co-operative Manufacturing Coy: 49th Annual Report, 1969"woollen mills - history textile mills - history, returned soldiers and sailors mill, lau, mr alexander - alexander lau pty ltd, woollen mills - history, textile mills - history

"Geelong R S & S Woollen & Worsted Co-operative Manufacturing Coy: 50th Annual Report, 1970"Back coverwoollen mills - history textile mills - history, returned soldiers and sailors mill, lau, mr alexander - alexander lau pty ltd, woollen mills - history, textile mills - history