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Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Furniture - Bed, Iron Bedstead
19th century iron and nickel plated brass bed formerly in the Catholic Bishop's Palace Ballarat. Originally purchased for the palace in the 1870s and bought at auction to replace similar bedstead that was broken at Hymettus.A recorded piece with history of only two owners, marketed from Ballarat manufacturer and retailer Tunbridge & Sons in the late 19th century.Nickel plated iron & brass three quarter bed. Base stretcher stencil label of Tunbridge & Sons manufacturer Ballarat.On timber matress base/frame stamped Tunbridge & Sons Ballarat.bishops' palace, ballarat, bed, iron furniture, -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Lantern Slides, Boxed Lantern Slides, c1920
The lantern slides were most probably used at the Ballarat School of Mines. The image of Rome from St Peter's (Vatican) was taken before 1929. The "Via Conciliazione", built by Mussolini in 1929 is not present in the image. Hinged timber box designed to hold glass lantern slides. The box contains 50 lantern slides including: * male Turk in turbin *interior of a cathedral * Cavalry Scene, Boer War (c1900) * Richard Seddon portrait * Fishermen at Sea * Turkish domed building * Eddystone Lighthouse, England * image of early printing * Cloister Court, Trinity College, Cambridge * Farm Cove, Sydney Harbour (by I.F.E) * National Park, Sydney * Customs House, Sydney * View from the Dome of St Peter's, Rome (Pre 1929) * Botanical Gardens, Sydney * Coogee Bay, NSW * Keeble College Chapel, Oxford * Holy Land - The Village of Endor * Sydney Cove * Interior portrait of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Parliament House, Melbourne * Palace Dela Concord, Italylantern slides, entertainment, ballarat school of mines, boer war, richard seddon, sydney harbour, coogee beach, legislative assembly, rome, roma, vatican, vaticono, fairyland, lake wendouree, glass slide, lantern slide -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Framed tickets, Electric Supply Co. of Vic (ESCo), "Ballarat Tramways - Sample tickets", 1906, 1966
Demonstrates and yields information about the ESCo tickets of 1906, shows the variety of tickets and passes used.Framed - wooden surround, glass, set of 26 actual tickets and two sketches of passes, timber backing board with the title "Ballarat Tramways - Sample tickets", dated 1906. Sets out the various tickets used by ESCo at the time and most likely used as a training aid for new conductors on both the electric and horse trams. Not to be displayed in light or hung up, that is display with care as fading is likely. See history of the object for details of the frame etc. Image i1 - as received from the City of Ballarat i2 - as repaired by by Kosnar's Picture framing. i3 - close up on the writing on the rear of the backing sheet i4 - detailed (1200dpi) image of the tickets. - 26.6 M i5 - image of the rear as received i6 - ditto - 600 dpi (Suitable for e-mail) - 7.2Mb See Reg Item 1846 for the newspaper clipping of Les Denmead handing the framed set of tickets to the City of Ballarat on 21/9/1971. Tickets comprise: Electric Tram Top Row: 2d - white - letter H - strip ticket requiring a trip ticket of the same value to be issued. 1 1/2d - white letter D - strip ticket requiring a trip ticket of the same value to be issued. 3d - off white, number 000,021 - Cash Adult - Up 2d - off white, number 000011 - Cash Adult - Up 2nd row 2d - check ticket - light red paper - number 000,011 - Up 1 1/2d - off white paper, number 000,011 - Up 3d - off white, number 000,021 - Cash Adult - Down 2d - off white, number 000011 - Cash Adult - Down 3rd row 2d - check ticket - off white paper - number 000,021 - Down 1 1/2d - check ticket - off white paper - number 000,021 - Down 1d - off white - number 000009 cash - child Up ticket 2d - off white - number 000021 cash - child Up ticket 4th row Employees only ticket - yellow, strip ticket School ticket - off white strip ticket - No. 6 1d - off white - number 000021 cash - child Down ticket 2d - off white - number 000021 cash - child Down ticket 5th row Drawing of Employees Bronze Medallion Drawing of pass issued to City Councillors and Officers of the Company Parcel ticket - No. 1 - 3d - to be attached to the parcel Parcel ticket - No. 1 - 3d - issued to the sender Horse Tram tickets 1st row 4d - off white paper - 36050 3d - white paper - 79701 2d - off white paper - 46401 2nd row 1 1/2d - off white - 81901 1d - off white - 99933 two 1 1/2 strip ticket - red two 4d daily return ticket - blue paper strip ticket 3rd row Monthly School ticket Sheet dated 6-9-06 with the initials SHS. "on the inside of the frame object was "Restored (?) and framed by Keith Russell Anderson, SEC Ballarat 26 Aug.1966"trams, tramways, tickets, esco, city of ballarat -
Federation University Historical Collection
Instrument, Hand Cranked four Bar Telephone Magneto, c1900-1920
Used in Electrical Engineering Department at the Ballarat School of Mines (personal communications of A. Senior). Black coloured generator timber box with turning handle. The hinged box opening reveals 4 sections and a cog attached to the handleelectrical engineering, a. senior, generator, magneto, telephone -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, H. S McComb, "Gazette", 1920's
Set of quarto hand written sheet pinned together for each year with some typed sheets, listing notices in the Victorian Government Gazette of non-Melbourne suburban tramways - timber tramways, proposed lines. Items for 1898 and 1898 - carbon copies. 1885 - Ballarat and the Grand Fern Tree Gully Hotel 1886 - Ballarat, Coburg, Moorabbin and Ballarat 1887 - Beaumaris, Koondrook, Swan Hill, Sorento, Eaglehawk, Sandhurst (Bendigo) Ballarat, Yarrawonga, Warragul, Coburg 1888 - Ballarat, Eaglehawk, Geelong, Coburg, Moorabbin, Caulfield, Northcote 1889 - Ballarat, Bullen, Boroondara, Nunawading, Northcote 1890 - Moorabbin, Caulfield, Traralgon, Oakleigh 1898 - Northcote, 1899 - Northcotetrams, tramways, tramways, government gazette, ballarat, coburg, moorabbin, bendigo, geelong, northcote