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Monbulk Historical Society
Concrete Bridge
Concrete Bridge at Monbulk C1920sconcrete bridge, 1920s, monbulk -
Williamstown High School
1921 Hockey girls
Black and white photograph (copy) mounted on boardOriginal photograph has inscription. See image - 1921 hockey team back. "Hazel & Sheila Crossley, Marie Scott, Miss Lake, Linda Little, Bessie Franks, Jean Campbell, Edna Fryer, Vera Burrows, Eunice Pittard, Clarice Woolf, Violet Keay, Linda Fassell. Mrs E Johnson 27 Giffard St." See also 32.10 for original photograph on brown card.williamstown high school, hockey team, 1920s -
Williamstown High School
1920s Buidling
Copy of pen and ink drawing of original building.williamstown high school, school buildings, 1920s -
Brighton Historical Society
Cloak, c.1925
Orange bouclé wool coat woven with velvet stripes; brown fur collar and deep hem.1920s, cloak, cape -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, 1922
A b/w photograph of the O'Brien family (members unidentified) in 1922.Handwritten on back: O'Brien family 1922o'brien family, 1920s, george evans collection -
International House, The University of Melbourne
Photograph (Item) - Greycourt [building] viewed from Royal Parade
historic architecture, 1920s, regency -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - Man's swimming singlet, 1920s
This singlet has been made as a swimming singlet or top for a man to wear loosely over swimming trunks. It dates from about the 1920s. Both men and women in the 19th and early 20th centuries wore swimming costumes that modestly covered most of the body and for public bathing they usually bathed separately.This item has no known local provenance but is of interest as a vintage piece of men's clothing.This is a navy cotton singlet with a rounded neckline and beige-coloured cotton edging around the neck, sleeve holes and bottom end. There is a printed label at the inside top of the neck. Made In Australia Magpievintage swimming costumes, warrnambool sea baths -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - ESCo Ballarat tram tickets, late 1920s
Set of two Black and white photographs of Electric Supply Co of Victoria (ESCo) Grenville St to Sebastopol tickets. Three of the tickets have been printed for use on specific weekdays. The fourth ticket was printed for use between Grenville St and Bridge St Sebastopol. Possibly 1920s issues. Photographer unknown.Yields information about ESCo tickets used for specific days or trips.Black and white photograph on plain paper - set of twotrams, tramways, esco, tickets -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, c
A black and white photograph of a main street with buildings in a town. There is a 1920s motor car being driven along the street with a stationary horse and cart on the opposite side. Members of a pipe band are waiting further up the street to perform. towns -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: WINNING PAIR
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2001. Winning pair: Edward Wright and his sister Alice at Diggora West with prize-winning ''buggy and pair'' from the Rochester Show; circa 1920s. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Brighton Historical Society
Dress and jacket, begun 1920s, finished 1970s
Brighton councillor Sally Allmand's grandmother Minnie Toms (1878-1983) began making this dress and matching jacket in the 1920s, but never finished it. Sally's mother (also named Minnie, 1914-2001) finished it in the 1970s and Sally wore it when, as Mayor of Brighton in 1981, she was introduced to the Queen during a Royal visit.Sleeveless black floral lace dress (.1) with v-neck and matching collarless jacket (.2) with scalloped bottom hem.sally allmand, minnie toms, brighton council, politics -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HUGH ENNIS COLLECTION:AEROPLANE, 1920s
Hugh Ennis Collection. Black & White Photograph 1920s Aviation. ? Could this plane be a similar model to the Vickers Vimy plane that Keith & Ross Smith flew on the First England -Australia Flight refuelling in Darwin N.T. In 1919. The brothers were delayed by propeller damage and arrived to a large cheering crowd at Mascot Aerodrome on Feb 14 1920. State Library has many photos of event photographed by William Kimbel. Source:http://statelibrarynsw.tumblr.com/post/104792927188/statelibrarynsw-rear-view-of-plane-preparing. A photo of a bi-plane has been associated with this reply.bendigo, history, aviation 1920s., annals of bendigo-vol 4 page 465a -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Bendigo 3 and crew, 1920s?
The photograph shows ESCo Bendigo No. 3 with the conductor and driver standing at the front of the tram. Tram has a Hartley's sporting goods roof advertisement. Taken at the Bendigo Cemetery, Carpenter St Bendigo. The tram has been fitted with windscreens but not converted for one-man operation. Provides information about the uniforms of the time. Photo during the 1920s?Yields information about Bendigo tram No. 3 and the crew uniformsBlack and white photograph on plain papertramcars, trams, bendigo, tram 3, uniforms -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Surrey Hills Wanderers football team, 1920
Date is approximate. Identified as: Front row (L to R): Frank Peirce, Mac Burns, ......., Charles Smith, Bert Butler, ....., ......, Bill Little. Back row (L to R): ...., Leo Armitstead, Jim Sneddon, .......................... - Burton. Frank Peirce transferred to Carnegie. Charles Smith was the son of the newsagent. Mac Burns lived in Russell Street. Bert Butler lived in Wandsworth Road. - Burton became Secretary of the Lord Mayor's Fund. The Surrey Hills Wanderers became the Surrey Hills Junior Football Club. This photo was copied for Geoff Armitstead in November 2002. Recorded on the mount in Jocelyn Hall's writing that there is also an original of this photo. ["107 Neg & print & original"]Black and white photo of a 1920s team of the Surrey Hills Wanderers football club. Eighteen players are dressed in white shorts and dark jumpers with a light V marking. The setting is outdoors, possibly in Surrey Park where the team played. surrey hills wanderers, football, sport, surrey hills junior football club, surrey park, geoff armitstead, frank pierce, charles smith, mac burns, bert butler, bill little, leo armitstead, jim sneddon, mr - burton, glen armitstead, alan sneddon -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Booking office, R Graham Carey's aerodrome, Fishermen's Bend
See photocopy with names of those pictured (item 1263.02)Laser copy of photo of R. Graham Carey's aerodrome booking office 1920s, a church hall transported to Fishermen's Bend from Brighton and used also as the family home. With Carey, his children and a number of others outside the hall.transport - aviation and aerodrome, fishermans bend, r graham carey, bertha carey harvey, melbourne aviation company, edith carey, howard carey, graham melrose carey, g r mcpherson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: ENFORCEMENT
Bendigo advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Enforcement: the police barracks at Camp Hill, built of local stone, have not been used by the police departmentsince the 1920s. The barracks were also used as classrooms by the education department.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Artefact, Ruler Swinton's Pty Ltd Wbool. Crockery Dep 1910/30, 1920s
This ruler was distributed and sold as an advertising tool for the Warrnambool business of Swintons’ Pty Ltd. William and Ann Swinton were pioneer settlers in Warrnambool and established a grocery and general store in 1865 in Timor Street. Today the Swinton family still has business interests in Timor Street. It appears that this ruler was used in the crockery department of the Swinton general store in the 1920s. This ruler is of minor interest as a memento of the Swintons Timor Street store in the 1920s. Wooden rulers would have been used to a great degree in the 1920s, especially by school children. This is a wooden ruler with imperial measurements up to 12 inches. It is flat on one side and slightly curved on the other side. It has black printing on the top and handwritten black writing on the base. It has been well-used but is still relatively clean and legible.‘A Safe Rule Always Purchase at Swintons’ Pty. Ltd. Warrnambool Buy the Best Pay the Least.’ ‘Crockery Department 29/10/29’ swintons pty ltd, swinton family, warrnambool, history of warrnambool -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden
Doyleys, 1920s
Pair of embroidered doyleys for cake or sandwich trays made by Mary Burke of Dooboobetic in the 1920s. After her marriage to Michael Taffe in 1940 Mary moved to Ballarat and many of her embroideries remain in the house. They range from duchess sets to doyleys such as these. simple embroidery was taught to young girls in schools up until post-World War II. -
Port of Echuca
Black and white photograph, Approx 1980
Scene depicted is believed to have been the Euston Lock. It shows various pieces of equipment in the foreground , with a pontoon names Bream on the left bank with a paddle steamer, sheds and cranes in the distance on the right hand side of the photograph. Original photograph from the Price collection. Historically and socially significant photograph depicting early 1920's life on the Murray river.Black and white photograph of river scene depicting , by the left bank a pontoon "Bream" and by the right bank a steamboat behind a shelter construction. There are various cranes on the right bank. Copy of an original photograph taken in the 1920s believed to at Euston Lock, N.S.W.In pencil on back: Price / believed to be Euston Lock.riverboats, paddle steamers, price collection -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: HEADING HOME
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2003. Heading home: duck shooters return aboard the Pedersen and Gows Grocery Van in the late 1920s. The group had to contend with floods on the Old Murray Road in Huntly. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: HARGREAVES STREET
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Hargreaves street: about were the surf shop is now, the W. Jeffrey store stocked groceries, wine and spirits. This photo was taken in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Sign, Wagana, 1920s
In the 1920s and 30s, rowing on the Yarra was a very popular weekend pastime. Each of the early boats was individually named in gold letters on its varnished wooden backboard. This is all that remains of one of the Thames pulling boats from Burns' Boatshed at Studley Park which was destroyed by a falling tree in a storm. Their entire fleet of rowing boats has now been replaced by fiberglass boats.Varnished wooden backplate of a rowing boat. The shaped sign is embossed with the name 'Wagana" in gold lettering, outlined and shaded in black paint. Gilt scroll work surrounds the name. The ends of the backplate shows the holes where the plate was once attached to the seat of the boat. The name Wagana means 'to dance' in Wiradjuri language."Wagana"burns' boatshed, thames pulling boats, yarra river -- kew (vic.), boathouses - river yarra -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Administrative record - Account cards, 1920s and 30s
These cards have been used as an accounting system by the Warrnambool firm of J. Mainland and Co. This firm of watchmakers, opticians and manufacturing jewellers was established in Liebig Street in the late 1890s and continued on into the 20th century at 166 Timor Street. The cards date from the 1920s and 30s. It is noted that in 1932 one customer purchased a Clarice Cliff ash tray for six shillings and sixpenceThese cards are of considerable interest firstly they give us some details of the many customers of the Warrnambool jewellery firm of J. Mainland and Co and secondly because they provide us with much information on a great number of residents of Warrnambool and district in the 1920s and 30s (addresses etc)This is a collection of paper invoices, some original, some copied, with some in alphabetical order and some in number order. The invoices are separated by pieces of cardboard with either numbers or letters on the front. The collection is only portion of a larger set of cards. The invoices were originally held together by small pins.warrnambool jewellery stores -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Container - Glass Jar, Nestle, 1920s
This glass jar once contained Australian-made Nestle’s Malted Milk. The jar carries the company’s familiar logo. This jar would have originally had a screw-top metal lid. The large jar may have been used in a canteen, hospitality business or hospital due to its capacity. The jar was owned by Dr W.R. Angus, surgeon and oculist, who lived in Warrnambool with his wife and growing family for over thirty years. It may have been purchased from the Nestle factory in nearby Dennington. The jar was donated by his family and is part of the W.R Angus Collection. Nestles Malted Milk powder is usually added to either hot or cold milk as a nutritious drink supplement. The powder is a combination of evaporated whole milk powder, malted barley and wheat flour. Nestle began in 1867 and its products were available in Australia since the 1880s. Australia had become Nestle’s second-largest export market by 1906 and by 1908 Nestle had set up business in Australia. The Nestle factory in Dennington, Warrnambool, opened in 1911 and was the world’s largest condensed milk plant. For over 100 years the factory produced dried milk powder from the produce of local dairy farmers. It was a major employer for the district until an announcement was made on May 2019 by its recent owner Fonterra that it was closing its Dennington site for financial reasons. This Nestle Malted Milk jar is connected to the history of Warrnambool, as it was owned by the daughter of Dr W. R. Angus and his wife Gladys. It is part of the W.R. Angus Collection, which is notable for still being located at the site connected to Doctor Angus, Warrnambool’s last Port Medical Officer. It is also connected through its manufacturer Nestle. which had a branch in Warrnambool from 1911 to 2019, overlapping the time when the Angus family resided there, from 1939 to the 1970s. The jar is also significant as an example of the early-20th-century food found in local households and businesses, and could have been purchased from the local Nestle factory.Round tall clear glass jar with a wide mouth, short neck and straight sides on a cylindrical body. The jar has been blow-moulded in two pieces with a side seam running from the base to the top of the lip. There are air bubbles in the glass, and the base has been ground flat. The outside of the mouth is threaded. Inscriptions are moulded on one side and there is a round logo with text around an image of a mother bird with three young birds in a nest. The jar once contained Nestles Malted Milk and was made in Australia around the 1920s. The jar is part of the W.R. Angus Collection.Inscription: “PREPARED / IN AUSTRALIA” and “TRADE MARK / REGISTERED” Logo; “NESTLES MALTED MILK” around image [bird feeding young in next]flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, nestle, malted milk, glass jar, nestle jar, nestle malted milk, dennington, nestle australia, w.r. angus collection -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Form, Electric Supply Co. of Vic (ESCo), "Motorman's Record", 1920s
Form used by the ESCo in the 1920s to record the details of the Motorman's or Driver's work for the day. Notes Name, date, tramcar, time on, off, routes, trips, meter (power or electricity use), remarks and defects. See item 2544 for a SECV version of the late 1930s. On the rear is a hand drawn image of a Mt Pleasant - Doveton St weekly ticket morning and evening trips. Priced 1/6d.Demonstrates a form used to record the tramcar mileage on a daily basis.Preprinted form on off white card, titled "Motorman's Record" with a hand drawn and coloured image of a Mt Pleasant Weekly ticket on the rear.tramways, forms, tramcars, mileage, records, reports, esco, weekly tickets, mt pleasant -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, Andrew
James Andrew Kangaroo Ground, 1870 "James Andrew, Whittlesea, born in East Palford, Devonshire, England, in 1827, arrived in Adelaide in February 1850 per ship Lady McCaughton and almost immediately sailed in a coasting vessel to Melbourne, where the first work he undertook was clearing earth from a stone quarry in Collingwood. He next carried stones for masons engaged in building the Bishop’s Palace, and then was employed in Cambellfield mowing hay. He was at Saltwater River on Black Thursday, and afterwards took a little farm at Darebin Creek, remaining there for four years. He went up to Kangaroo Ground in 1859 and lived there until he bought his present property at Whittlesea, a farm of between 300 and 400 acres. He has been twice married, and had a family of six children." "Andrew, W. B. Eltham, is a native of England, born in 1822. Coming out to Australia in 1842, he lived in Brighton, Victoria for fifteen years, when he re-visited England for a year. Returning to Victoria fourteen or fifteen years ago, he commenced storekeeping at Eltham, where he has carried on that business ever since. Mr Andrew has always taken a lively interest in the public affairs of town and district” from "Victoria and its Metropolis: Past and Present" written in 1888 by Alexander Sutherland. Chapter 19, "The Upper Yarra District" pages [402] - 415. Includes descriptions of some townships and short biographies of local residents. Page 405 Folder of information on James Andrew, Trustee Kangaroo Ground Cemetery, Kangaroo Ground 1870 William Bravery Andrew, Eltham, 1870s-1880s Ernest James Andrew, Eltham, Eltham Shire Councillor, 1920s-1950 and Ellen Matilda Brown Andrewjames andrew, pioneer, kangaroo ground, ernest james andrew, william bravery andrew, ellen andrew, eltham cemetery, biography, ellen harper andrew (nee clarke), ellen matilda andrew (nee brown), eltham war memorial gate, eltham war memorial trust -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Album, Photo Album, 1920s
This is an album of Australian official photographs of Australian participation in World War One. Enlargements of the photographs could be obtained in the 1920s from the Australian War Museum in the Exhibition Buildings in Melbourne. World War One (1914-1918) was a highly significant event, not only in world history, but also in Australian history – a time when Australia participated to a strong degree, with a great number of Australian men and women dying in the war. These photographs were important in the 1920s as they showed war scenes and military activities that were not available to the public when the war was in progress. They are still important today showing Australian military action in World War One, a signal event in Australia’s history. The number of World War One War Memorials in most Australian towns and small settlements is an indication of the effect on the Australian people of the sacrifice of the lives of so many young people. Warrnambool was just one place in Australia that built a war memorial in the 1920s and continues today to remember World War One heroes as well as those from later wars. This is a brown photograph album containing 72 black and white photographs of Australian soldiers in World War One (Gallipoli, Palestine, France etc). The photographs have been commercially produced. There are four photographs to each page mounted on card. The cover is cardboard and the pages are bound with multi-coloured string. The cover has an imprint of a lady (ancient Greek style).Stamp of Warrnambool & District Historical Society world war one, history of warrnambool -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
China, Dish Holloway's Ointment, 1920s
This pot contained ointment made by Thomas Holloway. The ointment was invented and produced by the Englishman Thomas Holloway from 1837 on. This particular pot was produced about the 1920s. The ointment was popular for those suffering from variety of ailments including gout, rheumatism, ulcers and bruises. The sales of Thomas Holloway’s patent medicines made him a wealthy man and amongst his endowments is the Holloway College in Surrey, England, now part of London University. This ointment pot has no known local provenance but is kept as an interesting example of patent medicines of the past. It will be useful for display. This is a white china pot with a lid fitting into a grooved top. The lid has a black and white image of the trade mark of the ointment firm – said to be the figure of the Muse, Hygeia and her brother Telesphorus. The child is holding a banner with the address of the Holloway business and the prices of the ointment jars. There is some slight chipping around the rim of the upper part of the pot. ‘113 Southwark Street London’ ‘in Pots at 1/3, 3/-, 5/-, 12/-, 24/- & 36/- each’ ‘Holloway’s Ointment Trade Mark 3s 0d.’ holloway’s ointments, patent medicines -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, 1960's
Donated by N. M. & J. D. Archibald. April, 1973.Black & White Photograph. Chicory Kiln, Newhaven - Main Road. Remains of brick & concrete Kiln, with very old pear tree nearby. Built by Mr. Bern Denham as a young man in the 1920s (J. Box, personal communication). Chicory Kiln Album.local history, photography, photographs, agriculture buildings, historic, chicory kiln, newhaven, phillip island, n & j archibald, b denham -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Pit Silo 1974 view, 1974
Photograph taken in 1974 showing John Lundy-Clarke standing beside the pit silo he dug in he 1920s on Dunbar's Lot 20 of the Village Settlement. The pit silo was to hold cut maize to turn into silage for a food supply for the cows in the winter.A 1974 view of the pit silo and its maker at Lot 20 of the Village Settlement (Dunbar’s lot) The trees in the background cover the landslide of 1891-1934.pit silo, john lundy-clarke