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Federation University Art Collection
printmaking - etching, 'Leaftailed Gecko' by Earl Ingleby, 1990
Earl INGELBY (1939- ) Born Sydney, New South Wales After training at RMIT in 1960s, Earl Ingleby worked and undertook further training in Europe before returning to Australia in late 1969. He currently lives and works in Creswick, Victoria. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Framed etching of a lizard. Gift in memory of Dr Janis M.G. Fraillon, Creswick 1990-20023/50 leaf tailed gecko etching E Ingleby '90 pencil across bottom of etching typed description on back of frameart, artwork, lizard, earl ingleby, available, fauna -
Federation University Art Collection
Painting - Watercolour, David Alexander, [Landscape] by David Alexander, 1947
David Ancrum ALEXANDER (27 March 1915 - 17 March 2015) A well known Ballarat doctor, David Alexander was also committed to art production. David Alexander was a one time member of the University Board, and Chair of the Art Acquisition Committee. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Framed watercolour landscape by David Alexander.art, artwork, david alexander, watercolour, landscape, available -
Vision Australia
Text, RVIB Yarragon Auxiliary papers, 1929 - [20--]
The Yarragon RVIB Auxiliary formed in 1929. This small collection contains index cards which were maintained by RVIB and contain the amount of donations made by the Auxiliary between 1976 - 1995 as well as the presentations delivered by RVIB employees to Auxiliary meetings between 1978 - 1985. Correspondence to and from RVIB head office ranging between 1990 -2000. Includes a brief background of the Yarragon Auxiliary Newspaper articles --letters -- index cards and various loose papers royal victorian institute for the blind -
Vision Australia
Text, RVIB Ivanhoe Auxiliary papers, 1930 - [20--?]
The Ivanhoe RVIB Auxiliary was formed on August 22, 1930. This small collection contains index cards which were maintained by RVIB and contain the amount of donations made by the Auxiliary between 1976 - 1995 as well as the presentations delivered by RVIB employees to Auxiliary meetings between 1973 - 1985. Correspondence to and from RVIB head office ranging between 1995 - 2000. Includes a brief background of the Auxiliary. Letters -- index cards and various loose papers royal victorian institute for the blind -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Students in Grain Crop With Horse, c. 1935
June Harris Smith (1935) died before, "Green Grows Our Garden," A.P. Winzenried, was published and last visited the Gardens in the late 1980's. Her son, Leigh Harris, donated the photograph and photocopies of her Certificate of Competency in Horticulture, her Report Card for 1934 and her Business Card. He visited the College in on FOBG Open Day 2000 (his letter filed ?). A group of female students resting in a grain crop with 1 sitting on the horse. June Harris (nee Smith) (1935) is holding the reins. Also Certificate of Competency and Report Card female students, grain crop, horse, june harris ( smith), leigh harris, certificate of competency, report card -
Vision Australia
Poster - Image, 2002 Vision Australia Library award winners, 2002
To encourage the development of audio books, a series of awards were established by the National Library of Australia in 1988, and sponsored by TDK from 1991 until their demise in 2000. Open to both commercial and non-commercial publishers, it aimed to recognise the quality achievements by individuals and publishing houses and to promote the inclusion of audio books into the mainstream market. After the conclusion, Vision Australia Foundation decided to continue the awards in-house.1 digital image of poster produced to celebrate winning multiple awardsVision Australia Library 2002 Awards Winners Braille Book of the Year: Rose Boys by Peter Rose Adult Audio Book of the Year: Corfu by Robert Dessaix Adult Narrator of the Year: Paul English for Corfu Civica Young Adult Audio Book of the Year: Willow Tree and Olive by Irini Savvides Civica Young Adult Narrator of the Year: Melissa Eccleston for Willow Tree and Olive Vision Australia Library Producing books in alternative formats since1894vision australia foundation, awards -
Vision Australia
Image, 2001 Vision Australia Library Awards, 2001
To encourage the development of audio books, a series of awards were established by the National Library of Australia in 1988, and sponsored by TDK from 1991 until their demise in 2000. Open to both commercial and non-commercial publishers, it aimed to recognise the quality achievements by individuals and publishing houses and to promote the inclusion of audio books into the mainstream market. After the conclusion, Vision Australia Foundation decided to continue the awards in-house.1 digital imageVision Australia Library Awards 2001 2001 Braille Book of the Year: The Shark Net by Robert Drewe 2001 Sanderson Young Adult Narrator of the Year: David Tredinnick for Max 2001 Sanderson Young Adult Audio Book of the Year: Whistle Man by Brian Ridden 2001 Adult Narrator of the Year: Deidre Rubenstein and James Wright for The Architect 2001 Adult Audio Book of the Year: Conditions of Faith by Alex Millervision australia foundation -
Darebin Art Collection
Photograph - Karla Dickens, Karla Dickens, Looking at You VI, 2017
"Karla Dickens was born in Sydney in 1967. She is a Wiradjuri woman and an award-winning contemporary artist whose work draws on her Indigenous heritage, sexuality and experiences as a single mother on welfare. She has more than twenty years of artmaking practice, first graduating with a Diploma of Fine Arts in 1993, then a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2000, both from the National Art School, Sydney." -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph Album, Diamond Valley Community Hospital. Life at the DVCH. Functions, events and other happenings. Volume I, 1987_
Social activities at DVCH include farewells, dinner dances, community outreach activities. Includes staff newsletters and hospital accreditation information. The Diamond Valley Community Hospital was established in 1942 in Grimshaw Street Greensborough. Due to financial circumstances, the hospital closed in 2000. This collection of photo albums is from the 1990s and was collected by staff. Photographs are not named. Albums may be accessed at the GHS Resource Centre. This volume is numbered 9,As the Diamond Valley Community Hospital is now closed, this collection of albums records some of the people involved. This particular album shows the community involvement with the hospital.Photo album with blue cover. 46 pages, 133 photographs of varying sizes. Title handwritten and pasted on front cover. Inscription inside front cover: "Photos and Album by Marg Langtree." diamond valley community hospital, greensborough, dvch -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph Album, Diamond Valley Community Hospital. Life at the DVCH. Functions, events and other happenings. Volume II, 1988o
Social activities at DVCH include farewells, dinner dances, community outreach activities. Includes staff newsletters and hospital accreditation information. The Diamond Valley Community Hospital was established in 1942 in Grimshaw Street Greensborough. Due to financial circumstances, the hospital closed in 2000. This collection of photo albums is from the 1990s and was collected by staff. Photographs are not named. Albums may be accessed at the GHS Resource Centre. This volume is numbered 10.As the Diamond Valley Community Hospital is now closed, this collection of albums records some of the people involved. This particular album shows the community involvement with the hospital.Photo album with blue cover. 50 pages, 139 photographs of varying sizes. Title handwritten and pasted on front cover. Inscription inside front cover: "Photos and Album by Marg Langtree." diamond valley community hospital, greensborough, dvch -
Greensborough Historical Society
Notes - Digital Image, Cherel Sartori, Notes on conversation with Claude Amiet 1992, 1992_
Notes of Cherel Sartori's conversation with Claude Amiet in 1992 at Kell's Cottage. The house was built 1917, at 112 Henry Street Greensborough by William Mitchell on the 60 acre dairy farm owned by Ethel and Walter Kell. This collection of photographs was copied by Cherel Sartori (who owned the house from 1990-2000), following a visit by Claude Amiet who lived in the house as a child in the early 20th century.Digital copy of handwritten noteskell's cottage, claude amiet, cherel sartori -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, c 1897
The original photo is part of an album taken by W Walls, the front page of which is inscribed " The Hill /Sunbury/April 1897". Whilest most of the photos relate to the environs of the asylum, there are othrs taken around Sunbury and ? elsewhere. The original album is held as part of the Mental Health library Collection. During 2000 this was transferred from Mont Park to the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Presumably Rupertswood Battery gun and gunners.Five men in uniform standing by a field gun. One wheel is missing from the gun and it is held upright with a length of timber. There is a hill and trees in the background.Unmounted black and white photograph.walls, w., sunbury asylum, walls album, rupertswood, george evans collection, rupertswood -
National Wool Museum
Cap
This cap was part of a media kit produced by Melba Industries, part of the Austrim Textiles Group. The kit was given away at a media launch to publicise the production of an Australian made, nylon wool pack called 'Jumbuck'. The packs will be made at the former Valley Mill in Geelong. This launch occurred on 21 July 2000 and was attended by Andrew Moritz, National Wool Museum Director, who collected this media kit for the museum collection.Part of media kit for launch of 'Jumbuck', Australian made nylon wool packs produced by Melba Industries (part of the Austrim Textiles Group) in Geelong.JUMBUCK / AUSSIE-MADE WOOL PACKS Melba Industries 80% WOOL / 20% VISCOSE / ONE SIZE FITS ALL / HAND WASH ONLY / MADE IN CHINAblack, mr lindsay - melba industries (an austrim nylex ltd company) austrim nylex ltd valley worsted mill, jumbuck wool pack -
National Wool Museum
Bag, Paper
This bag contained a media kit produced by Melba Industries, part of the Austrim Textiles Group. The kit was given away at a media launch to publicise the production of an Australian made, nylon wool pack called 'Jumbuck'. The packs will be made at the former Valley Mill in Geelong. This launch occurred on 21 July 2000 and was attended by Andrew Moritz, National Wool Museum Director, who collected this media kit for the museum collection.Contained media kit from the launch of 'Jumbuck', an Australian made nylon wool pack produced by Melba Industries (part of the Austrim Textiles Group) in Geelong.JUMBUCK TM / AUSSIE-MADE WOOL PACKS FILDESFAST / LABELS BAGS PRINTING / Tel: 1800 351 185black, mr lindsay - melba industries (an austrim nylex ltd company) austrim nylex ltd valley worsted mill, jumbuck wool pack -
Federation University Art Collection
Painting - Watercolour, McGeorge, Norman, Untitled, c mid 1940s
Norman MacGEORGE (08 July 1872– 2 September 1952) Born Adelaide, South Australia Norman Macgeorge taught drawing at Wesley College, Melbourne from 1902-06. He also taught at Melbourne Teachers' College and at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Framed landscape depicting the confluence of the Darebin Creek and the Yarra River. Purchased by the Ballarat Teachers' College in 1964. This work was exhibited in "Norman MacGeorge: Man of Art" at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne, 22 September to 25 November 2001.art, artwork, norman mcgeorge, mcgeorge, watercolour, available, landscape, darebin creek, yarra river, ballarat teachers' college art collection -
Vision Australia
Text, 1995 TDK Australian Audio Book Award, 1995
To encourage the development of audio books, a series of awards were established by the National Library of Australia in 1988, and sponsored by TDK from 1991 until their demise in 2000. Open to both commercial and non-commercial publishers, it aimed to recognise the quality achievements by individuals and publishing houses and to promote the inclusion of audio books into the mainstream market. In 1995 the winner of the Unabridged Non-Fiction Category was "Goodbye Girlie" by Louis Braille Books.1 x A3 sheetImage of 3 Painted Parrots by William T Cooper between header and recipient louis braille audio -
Vision Australia
Text, 1993 TDK Australian Audio Book Award, 1993
To encourage the development of audio books, a series of awards were established by the National Library of Australia in 1988, and sponsored by TDK from 1991 until their demise in 2000. Open to both commercial and non-commercial publishers, it aimed to recognise the quality achievements by individuals and publishing houses and to promote the inclusion of audio books into the mainstream market. In 1993 the winner of the Adult Literature Category was "The English Patient" by Louis Braille Books.1 x A3 sheetImage of 'The White Peacock' by Lionel Lindsay between header and recipient louis braille audio -
Vision Australia
Text, 99 TDK Australian Audio Book Award, 1999
To encourage the development of audio books, a series of awards were established by the National Library of Australia in 1988, and sponsored by TDK from 1991 until their demise in 2000. Open to both commercial and non-commercial publishers, it aimed to recognise the quality achievements by individuals and publishing houses and to promote the inclusion of audio books into the mainstream market. In 1999 the winner of the Unabridged Non-Fiction Category was "Caddie" by Louis Braille Books.1 x A3 sheetIllustration of Papita Peranthus by an unknown artist between header and recipient louis braille audio -
Vision Australia
Text, 1998 TDK Australian Audio Book Award, 1998
To encourage the development of audio books, a series of awards were established by the National Library of Australia in 1988, and sponsored by TDK from 1991 until their demise in 2000. Open to both commercial and non-commercial publishers, it aimed to recognise the quality achievements by individuals and publishing houses and to promote the inclusion of audio books into the mainstream market. In 1998 the winner of the Unabridged Non-Fiction Category was "Dreamtime Alice" by Louis Braille Books.1 x A3 sheetIllustration of seaside town by an unknown artist between header and recipient louis braille audio -
Vision Australia
Award - Object, 1994 TDK Australian Audio Book Award, 1994
To encourage the development of audio books, a series of awards were established by the National Library of Australia in 1988, and sponsored by TDK from 1991 until their demise in 2000. Open to both commercial and non-commercial publishers, it aimed to recognise the quality achievements by individuals and publishing houses and to promote the inclusion of audio books into the mainstream market. In 1994 the winner of the Unabridged Fiction Category was "White Eye" by Louis Braille Books.1 wooden cassette box shaped like a book and with ability to hold cassettes insidelouis braille audio, awards, association for the blind -
Vision Australia
Award - Object, 1995 TDK Australian Audio Book Award, 1995
To encourage the development of audio books, a series of awards were established by the National Library of Australia in 1988, and sponsored by TDK from 1991 until their demise in 2000. Open to both commercial and non-commercial publishers, it aimed to recognise the quality achievements by individuals and publishing houses and to promote the inclusion of audio books into the mainstream market. In 1995 the winner of the Unabridged Fiction Category was "Dark Places" by Louis Braille Books.1 wooden cassette box shaped like a book and with ability to hold cassettes inside1995 TDK Australian Audio Book Award Dark Places by Louis Braille Bookslouis braille audio, awards, association for the blind -
Federation University Art Collection
Ian Page, 1977
Ian PAGE Ian Page was an Art Lecturer at the Ballarat Teachers' College, and the Ballarat College of Advanced Education. Both are predecessor institutions of Federation University Australia. Ian Page presented John Mildren with this portrait, they had work together at Ballarat College of Advanced Education. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Black and white pen and ink self portrait of Ian PageIan D. Page, 77available, ian page, self portrait, staff member -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Audio - Oral History, Jennifer Williams, Mr Allan Parkinson, 22nd June 2000
Allan Parkinson was born in Beechworth in 1924. The eldest of eight children, his mother provided laundry services to the people of Beechworth whilst his father worked for the local tannery, trapping rabbits. Allan fondly remembers times spent during his childhood catching rabbits with his father. As his younger years were set amidst the experiences of World War Two and the Great Depression, Allan recalls a feeling of solidarity amongst the residents of Beechworth that was present during this time(for instance, sharing food with neighbours in wartime), as well as the disassociation he felt as a returning soldier after the war. Allan talks of the great number of 'New Australians' who arrived in Beechworth in the post-war years, many of them coming from war-torn countries in Europe. Before being integrated into Australian society, these 'New Australians' would often first spend time at the Migrant Reception and Training Centre in Bonegilla, Northern Victoria. They were taught English and learnt about Australian life before being billeted out across the country to fill labor shortages. Following time spent up in Queensland, Allan worked in the forestry industry, clearing thousands of acres across Victoria which were needed to plant pines. The interview ends with discussions of the famous Wheelbarrow Push from Beechworth to Mt Buffalo in 1935, of which Allan's Uncle Tom was a central participant; this is an event which has since become an annual fundraising tradition in Beechworth. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: Listen to what they say: Voices of twentieth century Beechworth. These cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke. Mr Allan Parkinson's account of his life in Beechworth and the local area during the twentieth century is historically and socially significant to the cultural heritage of the region. He details important historical events and hardships that had lasting local, regional and national impacts, including Australia during wartime, post-war migration and economic struggles. This oral history account is historically and socially significant as it is part of a broader collection of interviews conducted by Jennifer Williams which were published in the book 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth'. While the township of Beechworth is known for its history as a gold rush town, these accounts provide a unique insight into the day-to-day life of the town's residents during the twentieth century, many of which would have been lost if they had not been preserved. This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white stripe and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up to forty minutes of recordings on each side. Mr Allan Parkinson / allan parkinson, oral history, beechworth forestry, forestry industry, beechworth tannery, jennifer williams, rabbit trapping, new australians, australian depression, rabbiting, bonegilla, bonegilla migrant camp, 20th century beechworth, wheelbarrow push beechworth to mt buffalo, barrowthon, wheelbarrow push 1935, listen to what they say, listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century beechworth, world war two, wartime, wartime solidarity, burke museum -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Audio - Oral History, Jennifer Williams, Gwendoline Warden, 1st June 2000
Gwendoline Warden was born in Ararat in 1913. When she was 13 years old, she moved to Wangaratta, where her parents owned the “Hibernian Hotel”. Her father`s name was William Lavender. When Gwen was around 16 years old, she moved to Beechworth, where she met her husband and they got married in 1935. They had their wedding reception at Warden`s Hotel and they had two children together, a boy and a girl. She recounts how difficult it was for them during the war to manage their grocery's shop and source the supplies they needed, having coupons for food and the black-market prevailing. They faced financial difficulties and, ultimately, they had to sell the shop. After the war she did a few other jobs and she retired when she was nearly sixty. Gwendoline portrays Beechworth as a quiet place, where people were happy and peaceful, enjoying the many opportunities they had for entertainment, such as dances and balls, or the celebrations for the New Year's Eve. She also witnessed the beginning of the famous wheelbarrow race, which started just outside the post office and a big crowd gathered to farewell the two barrowmen. When comparing the past with the present, she points out how much Beechworth has changed over the last decades, with many new people coming to town, making her feel as “the only one around”. She also remarked that young people have changed as well; in her day they were entertaining themselves but nowadays they want to be entertained. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth. These cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke.Gwendoline Warden's account of her life in Beechworth and the local area during the 20th century is historically and socially significant as it offers valuable information about the business activity in the region and provides a deeper insight into the way hotels and grocery shops were operating during the first half of the previous century. Additionally, along with all the details provided for many aspects of social life, her personal account of the war period is of great importance, offering vital information to research on the way the Australian society experienced WWII. This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.Mrs Gwendoline Warden/ararat, wangaratta, hibernian hotel, gwendoline warden, william lavender, beechworth, warden`s hotel, grocery`s shop, coupons, black-market, war, dances, new year`s eve, balls, new people, listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century beechworth, jennifer williams, cassette tapes, friends of the burke, oral histories -
Bendigo Military Museum
Card - CARDS, MEMBERSHIP BDSC, Bendigo & District Servicemen's Club, C.1994/95/96
The 3 membership cards belonged to Peter Ball. The Servicemen's Club was a Co Operative Society of the 3 Bendigo RSL Sub Branche's, Bendigo, Kangaroo Flat & Eaglehawk. In the year 2000 the Club became Bendigo District RSL Sub Branch Inc. Peter was a Bendigo RSL delegate on the Co Operative Society for the years 1998 - 2000. He was a Committee Member Bendigo RSL & Bendigo District RSL from 1996 - 2010, 2012 - 2015, Jnr Vice President 1998 - 2002, Snr Vice 2003 - 2008. From 1997 - current has been involved with the RSL Museum at SMI as a guide, Museum Curator 1998 to 2015, Chairman Museum Sub Committee 2003 to 2015, Sub Committee member 1997 to 2015, 2019 to current, other involvement since 1996 in Commemorative events, Appeals and Welfare to current, SMI Revitalization program Sub Committee 2011 to 2015, Memorial Walls Sub Committee 2010 to 2015. Refer also Cat No 4704.Three Membership cards all different to the Bendigo & District Servicemen's Club. .1) Orange card laminated one sided for the year 1994 No 421. .2) Blue card unlaminated one sided for the year 1995 No 0276. .3) Green card laminated double sided for the year 1996 No 421, has image of the club on the front, rear has details re Club address, some rules and place for Members signature."Bendigo & District Servicemen's Club 73 - 75 Havilah Rd Bendigo 3550".brsl, smirsl, bdsc, membership -
Geelong Cycling Club
Shield
Indicates the boom time experienced for Junior Cyclists at the Geelong Cycling Club during the years 1996-2006 This shield has an important place in the history of juniors in road cycling in Geelong.A mahogany coloured wooden shield with brass plated plaques containing inscriptions of winners of the junior road aggregate of the Geelong West Cycling Club during the years 1996-2006. There is an emblem of a cyclist and a banner at the top centre of the shield. "Geelong West Cycling Club/1996/Tim Wilson/1997/Andrew Tivendale/1998/Christopher Fry/1999/Mark Hudgell/2000/Rohan Chisholm/2001/James Stewart/2002 Danielle Budgell/2003 Brittany Foster/2004/ Chesney Milne/2005 Chesney Milne/Sponsored by/Junior Road Aggregate/Bill Clifton"geelong west cycling club; tim wilson; andrew tivendale; christopher fry; mark hudgell; rohan chisholm; james stewart; danielle budgell; brittany foster; chesney milne; chesney milne; junior road aggregate; bill clifton; -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, Former Ballarat School of Mines Museum, 25/09/2020
This building was erected c1856 as the Wesley Church. Negotiations for its sale to the Ballarat School of Mines started in 1883, and the sale was completed for 2000 pounds. The Ballarat School of Mines Musuem was transferred to this building in 1885 giving the collection a more permanent and suitable location. The front was remodelled in 1920. The building was converted from the museum to the E.J. Tippett recreation Hall in 1959, after plans to demolish it were abandoned due to lack of funds.Colour photograph of the former Ballarat School of Mines Museum during a fall of snow. ballarat school of mines, e.j. recreation hall, ballarat school of mines museum', former wesleyan church, snow -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Digital photograph, colour
As we celebrate #InternationalWomensDay, did you know that to reflect its role as an international organistaion caring for all seafarers regardless of gender, our name was changed from the Mission to Seamen in 2000? Pictured here is Cadet Hamer with one of Catherine Bell’s mugs from The Sea-fairer Sex (2017) - an installation that explores the global history of women in seafaring recorded in newspaper articles and sourced from the State Library of Victoria. #IWD2018women, cadet hamer, seafaring, 2018 -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper Clipping - Digital Image, Cherel Sartori, Funeral notices for Claude Amiet 1998, 20/01/1998
Death notices collected by Cherel Sartori's following the death of Claude Amiet in 1998. Kell's Cottage was built 1917, at 112 Henry Street Greensborough by William Mitchell on the 60 acre dairy farm owned by Ethel and Walter Kell. This collection of photographs was copied by Cherel Sartori (who owned the house from 1990-2000), following a visit by Claude Amiet who lived in the house as a child in the early 20th century.Digital copy of funeral and death noticeskell's cottage, claude amiet, cherel sartori -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Hook Button, late 1800's to mid 1900's
This item and its use and design spans the 1800's to early 1900's both in its fashion and application requirements. The genteel factor must be made when applying it to the Kiewa Valley. The evolution of general clothing and apparel has moved from solid(long lasting) and sometimes expensive material and fasteners to a cheaper and more "throw away" fashion of sometimes monthly change in the later 1900's to 2000's.The significance of this item to a rural setting such as the Kiewa Valley not only points to an integration of "modern" fashion in semi remote rural Australian environments but also the limited connections to "high" fashion through magazines and audible (radio) and visual (cinema) advertising. It also "spotlights" the differences between the European and British social networking and lack of interaction between towns and counties to the "Australian" levels of interactions between rural and city environments. Although physical distances in Australia, during this period (1800's to early 1900's) was a retarding factor in the diffusion of the latest fashion apparel it was not as noticeable as when the global communication and the physical travel abilities were "exploded" in the latter 1900's. This shift towards "the smaller" globe scenario has overcome the physical distances that were so apparent in the previous century.This silver button/glove hook was based on late 1800's designs when buttons became more integrated and fashionable than "tie up" laces. This was more so in genteel fashion. The main hook extension from the "pronged" hand piece has been constructed in a way that allows for easy replacement by either longer or shorter hooks.costume accessories, footwear, shoes and boots with buttons, gloves, costume