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Melbourne Athenaeum Archives
Theatre Poster, An Evening with Ricky Jay (magic)by Jerry Crevat Entertainment performed at Athenaeum Theatre Two, Melbourne commencing 21 October 1995
this performance was part of the Melbourne international Festival of the arts 1995.This show and festival was sponsoured by Mobiler phone by Eriscon ,Mobilenet Digital and Tenth Melbourne Festival blue and white A4 flyerthis performance was in association with David Roth as Cheif assistant and Matt Silver Production stage manger melbourne international festival of the arts, an evening with ricky jay, ricky jay, athenauem 2 -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Manufactured Glass, milk bottles 600ml, c1970
There are two distinct types of milk consumption: a natural source of nutrition for all infant mammals and a food product for humans of all ages that is derived from other animals. Milk is a key contributor to improving nutrition and food security particularly in developing countries. Improvements in livestock and dairy technology offer significant promise in reducing poverty and malnutrition in the world. Pasteurization is used to kill harmful micro-organisms by heating the milk for a short time and then immediately cooling it. In the past, milk was always packaged in glass milk bottles The first glass bottle packaging for milk was used in the 1870s. The first company to do so may have been the New York Dairy Company in 1877 with a small glass lid and a tin clip. Lewis P. Whiteman holds the first patent for a glass milk bottle c1884,which was sealed with a waxed paper disk. The Express Dairy Company in England began glass bottle production in 1880. Melbourne Glass Bottle Works Spotswood 1880 - 1990. Milk cartons first came to Australia in 1958, when the Model Dairy in Melbourne began packaging milk in 150 ml and 500 ml cartons. At the time, 160,000 new glass bottles were needed in Melbourne alone every week to keep up the delivery of 1.3 million bottles of milk a day c1970, the blow-moulded disposable plastic milk bottle was introduced. In 1987, only about 2% of milk was still being sold in glass bottles. Glass milk bottles are now rare. Metric measures were introduced throughout Australia with Decimalisation 14/2/1966.3 x clear glass milk bottles c 1970 600ml ( 2 shown in photograph)PASTEURISED / 600 ML MILKmelbourne glass bottle works, spotswood melbourne, milk, dairy, dairy produce, dairy farmers, market gardeners, pioneers, early settlers, moorabbin, cheltenham, pasteur louis, pasteurization -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Drill Press, 1920s-1950s
This drill once belonged to Goodall and Sons, who were blacksmiths in Terang. The smith was called upon to do a variety of work. In the early 1900s he was often the nearest person to be able to perform an engineer’s services for many miles around. The Dawn Ball-bearing Post Drill no. 611 is described in McPherson’s Catalogue as a “drilling machine with adjustable automatic feed, with improved Dawn coupler and ball-bearing thrust’. The heavy design of the flywheel enables it to maintain momentum” and is “fitted with pulleys for belt drive if desired” The hand crank drives an automatic feed to work off a cam-follow system opposite a large wheel. Made by Dawn Manufacturing Co. Australia 1920-1950. DAWN MANUFACTURING CO. Dawn Manufacturing Co. was founded in Coburg, Melbourne, in 1917 by the four Blake brothers, who were all engineers. After World War I Dawn was supplying drills Australia wide and the company was growing at a healthy rate. During the depression they remained busy, with employees working 60-80 hour weeks. Dawn was contracted to supply vices and clamps to the Australian Defence Department and munitions factory during the World War II. In 1959 the company was taken over by G.N. Raymond Group, then in 1973 the Siddons Ramset Limited acquired Dawn. In December 1991, Dawn became a unit of the United States owned Stanley Works Pty. Ltd. In November 1998 Dawn became 100 per cent Australian owned. HENRY GOODALL & SONS Henry Goodall (1870-1936) was proprietor of garages as H. Goodall & Sons Pty. Ltd., at both Terang (McKinnon and High Streets) and Mortlake (Dunlop Street). His business was in operation in at least in 1916 and perhaps well before, considering the date of the tyre bender and its use for wagons with wooden wheels. It was still in operation in 1953, chasing up debtors in Mount Gambier Court. Amongst the employees of H. Goodall & Sons Pty. Ltd. was Ernie Entwistle, a blacksmith (a soldier who died in 1916 ) and Alfred Hodgetts, radio expert (killed in a fatal accident in 1943, when he was in his early 30s ). Henry Goodall was involved in the community as a Justice of Peace, a deputy coroner, President of the Mortlake Hospital, trustee of the Soldiers’ Memorial Hall, and as a prominent Freemason. He and his wife had two sons (Charles and John) and one daughter (Mrs. Chas. Newton, of Skipton). The drill is locally significant as it was used by a local company in Terang and Mortlake in their blacksmith, wheelwright and garage business. It is an example of the tools of the blacksmiths’ trade in Victoria in the 1920s-1950s.Dawn Ball-bearing Post Drill no. 611, made by Dawn of Melbourne, model no 611. Hand operated drill press. Self-feeding blacksmiths’ drill-press. This drill once belonged to Harry Goodall & Sons, blacksmiths of Terang. Dated 1920s-1950s. Gear ratio 2:1 main drive, 6" diam, 3:1 reduction gear. "Dawn", "Melbourne"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, h. goodall & sons of terang, terang blacksmith, h. goodall & sons pty ltd, mortlake, ernie entwistle blacksmith, alfred hodgetts radio expert, charles goodall, john goodall, mrs. chas. newton nee goodall, terang 1900s, warrnambool district 1900s, post drill, blacksmith’s drill, dawn post drill, dawn ball-bearing post drill no. 611, blacksmiths, dawn of melbourne -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Botanical Gardens Portland, Victoria, n.d
Black and white photo of a cannon on wooden carriage inside entrance to botanical gardens, fron-on viewBack: 'Entrance to Portland Gardens' - handwritten in black ink. Round purple stamp 'PRINTED BY M.E. ANDREWS PORTLAND' -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Document (item) - Invitation to a Ball in the Melbourne Town Hall, City of Melbourne, 1950
The Municipality of Kew (1860-1863), the Borough of Kew (1863-1910), the Town of Kew (1910-1921) and the City of Kew (1921-1994) were local government instrumentalities in the State of Victoria. In 1994, the City of Kew was amalgamated, together with the former Cities of Camberwell and Hawthorn, into the new City of Boroondara (1994- ). Like other local government entities of the period, Kew was administered by town clerks. The two notable town clerks in Kew's history were H. H. (Henry Hirst) Harrison (1868-1955) and W. D. (William Dickie) Birrell (1899-1974). Harrison was appointed to the position in 1901 and retired in 1938 after 37 years. Birrell, appointed Acting Town Clerk in 1921, became Town Clerk in 1938, following Harrison's retirement. He continued in this role until his retirement in 1966. A large part of this collection of civic ephemera was assembled by W. D. Birrell. This is part of an historically significant civic collection, containing hundreds of separate invitations, documents, greeting cards, programmes and tickets issued and/or collected by successive town clerks. Items in the collection illuminate the political, social and cultural history of the district. As a continuous record, ranging across most decades of the Twentieth Century, they reveal changing tastes in design, values and relationships in the history of local government in Victoria.ephemera, civic ephemera, civic invitations, city of melbourne, melbourne town hall, cr james s disney, w d birrell -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Specification, City of Melbourne Tramways, "Supply of Permanent Way Material", 28/11/1885
Contract No 25 - Supply of Permanent Way Material - Specification and Conditions of Contract. Specification of works and materials required in the manufacture, supply and delivery of the permanent way materials required by the Melbourne Tramways Trust for the construction of tramways in and about the city of Melbourne. 2 copies.trams, tramways, trackwork, permanent way, specification, contracts -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, Di Perazzo et al, Port Melbourne Football Club Calendar 2012, Feb 1012
Purchased from PMFC 29.03.2012 and taken to PMPHS meeting (at which coach Gary Ayres spoke) to have signed.Port Melbourne Football Club Calendar 2012. Featuring photos from the stand-alone, undefeated 2011 season and premiership - a souvenir edition. 26 pages with clear plastic covers. Signed on first page (cover) by manager Barry KIDD, creators Jenny TSERKEZIDIS and Di PERAZZO, and coach Gary AYRES. Team "anthem" on the back coverSigned in marker pen by manager Barry Kidd, creators Jenny Tserkizidis and Di Perrazo, and coach Gary Ayers on frontsport - australian rules football, port melbourne football club, pmfc, victorian football league, vfl, gary ayres, diane perazzo, jenny tserkezidis, barry kidd -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Illustration/s, Windsor Publications, Melbourne grinder No. 1, c1970
Large print illustration of No. 1 Reciprocating Grinder, grinding the curves of the new St. Kilda Junction, for the Wellington St. bypass, Oct. 1968. Print published by Windsor Publications as their No. 10 of a series. Tower Hotel in the background. Printed on heavy cardboard with a gloss sheet. See "Time-line history of Melbourne's Government, Cable and Electric Trams and Buses".trams, tramways, melbourne, reciprocating grinder, st kilda junction, windsor publications -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Programme, Craig Tooke, "Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association Inc Tour Notes", Mar. 1988
Twelve page A5 booklet, stapled, folded, titled "Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association Inc Tour Notes", for a tour to the BTPS Haddon site, written by Craig Tooke 26/3/1989. Gives details of the museum safety, tramcars, buses and details of the association and its history, site map and how to get there from Ballarat.trams, tramways, mtpa, haddon, tours -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard, Ballarat Tramway Museum (BTM), former Melbourne tram at Bungaree, 2014
Postcard of a former Melbourne tram with the cabin front removed stored at Bungaree with some cows in the background. Photo taken during 2004. Printed in Ballarat by???. On the rear has the words "Ballarat Tramway Museum / Limited Edition 1/50, c BTM 2014" Has a divided back with a 8mm thick black line on the right hand side.trams, tramways, bungaree, btm, stored trams, tram 14, tram 40, tram 38 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Illustration/s, cable trams - Collins St. Melbourne
Illustration of cable trams in Melbourne (Collins St. and Elizabeth St.[location confirmed by WD 07112023]) - trailer lettered "St. Georges Fitzroy Rd. North), with Green bands top and bottom, textured bands and two lines of a Poem from Kendall on rear. Image re-scanned at high density 14-9-2013 and record checked.trams, tramways, melbourne, collins st., cable trams, fitzroy -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Yarra Trams, "G'Day from Melbourne, Australia", mid 2011
Postcard - full colour, featuring City Circle tram, W6 961 with Flinders St Station in the background, with the words "G'Day from Melbourne, Australia" underneath. On the rear has a place for a stamp, address, Yarra Trams web address and logo and a caption about the City Circle tram and that the trams have served the city since 1906.trams, tramways, yarra trams, city circle, flinders st station -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Age, "Melbourne Trams - Board's General Scheme - The Cable Incubus - Urgency of Conversion", 3/07/1924 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper cutting from The Age, Thursday 3/7/1924, titled "Melbourne Trams - Board's General Scheme - The Cable Incubus - Urgency of Conversion". Extensive item looks at the tramway system at the time, conversion, the general scheme, bringing the system together, the cable tram system and its limitations and St Kilda Road and its boulevard nature.trams, tramways, conversion, general scheme, st kilda rd, melbourne, mmtb -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Association of Railway Enthusiasts (ARE), Melbourne trams 929 and a City Circle tram, c2000
Colour postcard of Melbourne trams 929 and a City Circle tram at the intersection of Market and Flinders St with the Flinders St viaduct in the background. Date unknown. c2000 Postcard produced by Railcard for the Association of Railway Enthusiasts, Photo Ray Marsh. ARE No. 12/06. Has ARE logo, shop details and hours, space for small message, address and stamp.trams, tramways, melbourne, flinders st, city circle, market st, tram 929 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Association of Railway Enthusiasts (ARE), Melbourne trams W6 909, Feb. 2006
Colour postcard of Melbourne trams W6 909, all over advertising or decorated for Australia Day, Feb. 2006 in the Docklands area, with Tattersall sponsorship logos. Photo Ian Green. Postcard produced by Railcard for the Association of Railway Enthusiasts, ARE No. 7/06. Has ARE logo, shop details and hours, space for small message, address and stamp.trams, tramways, melbourne, w6 class, decorated trams, docklands, tram 909 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Functional object - Container, JSM?, "Moving Melbourne", early 2000's
Container or Cup or mug - plastic with removable lid, silver outside, black inside, designed to be used on a vehicle with a non-slip material on the base. Printed with a M> Tram or M>Train logo, with the words "Moving Melbourne" under the logo. On the inside of the lid, has the words "Hand Wash Only / Do not put cup in Microwave" and at the base "JSM47"trams, tramways, crockery, national express, m>tram, m>train -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Magazine, "Melbourne", 1970
Book/ Magazine - A4 - 24 pages plus light card covers, full colour, centre stapled titled "Melbourne", published by the Offset Printing Coy. Pty. Ltd. Front and back covers contains image with tram No 409, Route 44 with destination Balwyn in Collins St at Russell St with the T&G building in the view.trams, tramways, w2 class, route 44, collins st, russell st, tram 409 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Rose Stereograph Co, "St Kilda Road, Melbourne Vic", c late 1950s
Postcard - Black and White - Rose Series P14172, titled "St Kilda Road, Melbourne Vic" - looking south with the Shrine of Remembrance in the background. W2 328 northbound. Has a number of vehicles in the view - late 1950 Holden station wagon. On the rear - has a divided back, and "A Real Photograph" " & Produced in Australia" and the Rose logo and address details.On the rear has the stamp of Graeme S Breydon - see image i2.trams, tramways, melbourne, st kilda rd, shrine of remembrance, tram 328 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, WTP, "Collins Street Melbourne", mid 1900's?
Divided back postcard featuring a coloured image of Collins St near Queen St with a cable tram climbing the hill and many of the historic buildings in the background. Card has the title on the right hand side. Tram has the destination of Port Melbourne Rear has space for stamp, address, message. Notes that it was printed in Germany, published by WTP.trams, tramways, cable trams, collins st, queen st, melbourne, port melbourne -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, "St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne", 1900's
Postcard - silver finish known as "Collotype" - view of St Paul's Cathedral at the corner of Swanston and Flinders St, prior to the construction of the spires in mid 1920's. Photo c1900's. Card titled "St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne" Postcard has a divided back with space for stamp, address and correspondence. In the top centre is a start with an "O" in the centre.trams, tramways, swanston st, flinders st, st paul's cathedral -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Nu-color-Vue, horse tram 256 in operation on the South Melbourne Football ground loop, 1980's
Full colour gloss finished postcard with a serrated edge of horse tram 256 in operation on the South Melbourne Football ground loop. On the rear of the card has the details of the tram type and the tramcar itself. Photographer (Ron Scholten). Produced by the TMSV in association with Nucolorvue. Has space for stamp and address details. NCV 1391 Two copies heldtrams, tramways, horse tram, zoo tram, tram 256 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White photograph - mounted, Alan Adams, "Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Band (Winners, Australian 'B' Grade Championship, 1964), 1964
Black and white photograph titled "Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Band (Winners, Australian 'B' Grade Championship, 1964) mounted on an off white (faded to brown in places) - 30 men in band uniform with instruments and names under the photograph. Photo by Alan Adams. Names as listed on the photograph. Gives name of Drum Major, Bandmaster and President.trams, tramways, tramways band, mmtb -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Mr Justice Cussen, "1916 The Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company Limited and Tramway Board Arbitration - Report of Proceedings before His Honor Mr. Justice Cussen", 1916
Book or Transcript - bound with hard blue cover, end papers, ~400 foolscap pages, titled in gold block on front and spine - ""1916 The Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company Limited and Tramway Board Arbitration - Report of Proceedings before His Honor Mr. Justice Cussen". Provides the transcript only of the proceedings, not the exhibits or any diagrams, listings.trams, tramways, mto co, tramway board, tb, cable trams, arbitration -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Calendar, Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA), "Transporting Art, the Melbourne Way", 1991
Australian Electric Traction Association (AETA) Calendar for 1992, featuring a photograph of SW5 682, painted by Merrin Eirth, with Flinders St Station in the background. Calendar titled "Transporting Art, the Melbourne Way" Gives contact details for the AETA divisions. Stapled to the sheet is a 12 sheet preprinted calendar for 1992 with various details of holidays etc.trams, tramways, aeta, flinders st station, sw5 class, transporting art, tram 682 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Railcard, VR53, Latrobe St Melbourne, Oct. 2006, 2007
Colour postcard of VR53, Latrobe St Melbourne, Oct. 2006. Tram showing Special. Buildings in the rear have a Hoyts advertising sign. Postcard produced by Association of Railway Enthusiasts, ARE No. 14/07. Has Railcard copyright and phone number of rear, ARE shop details and hours, space for small message, address and stamp. Two copies held.trams, tramways, melbourne, vr, are, latrobe st, tram 53 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - BUTTONS, RAAF, Stokes & Sons Melbourne
Spare buttons for RAAF uniform from "Peter Stoklahsa", enlisted 1966 - 1987. Refer Cat No. 7674P.Gold colour RAAF uniform buttons of five different sizes. on front of buttons is the RAAF Eagle emblem with a crown on top. Back of buttons are concave. most have a ring to attach to the uniform, with the smaller buttons having a bolt.Engraved on back "Stokes & Sons - Melbourne" raaf, uniform, buttons, peter stoklahsa -
Clunes Museum
Tool - BOTTLE CORKING MACHINE, R. MONTGOMERY & CO. MELBOURNE
CORKING MACHINE WAS USED AT THE EBERHARD & CO. CORDIAL FACTORY IN CLUNESCORKING MACHINE WITH PUMP ACTION HANDLE, ADJUSTABLE STAND TO FIT BOTTLE SIZE. MACHINE MOUNTED ON THREE-LEGGED WOODEN STANDR. MONTGOMERY & CO. AGENTS MELBOURNElocal history, food technology, bottling, eberhard & co. -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Badge - 1933 Back to Port Festival, Stokes & Sons, 1933
Pin badge from the 1933 Back to Port festival, round gold area with ship device, scroll enamelled in red and blue below it, reading 'Back to Port Melbourne 1933''Back to Port Melbourne 1933'celebrations fetes and exhibitions -
Melbourne Legacy
Programme, Legacy Presents the National Final of the 1996 Junior Plain English Speaking Award, November 1996
Programme from the 1996 National Final of the Junior Plain English Speaking Award (now Legacy Junior Public Speaking Award), hosted by Melbourne Legacy. Held at Iwaki Auditorium at ABC Southbank Centre on 11th November 1996. Presented by Legacy with the cooperation of the Department of Education and major spnsorship from Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Oxford University Press, Qantas Airways Limited, St. Kilda Road Travelodge. Lists names of all finalists and judges.Example of programme of ongoing annual activity involving Melbourne Legacy and Legacy Clubs around the state and nation.White card program of the public speaking contest in 1996 with red and grey type. A3 folded to A4.speaking contest, legacy promotion -
Royal District Nursing Service (now known as Bolton Clarke)
Certificate - Photograph, colour, Melbourne District Nursing Society certificate of employment, 08.07.1913
This Certificate was presented to Trained nurse, known as 'Nurse' in those days, Nettie Osborne on completion of six months employment with Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS). This is the only example of a MDNS Nurses certificate in the RDNS collection. In 1913 the MDNS Nurses had their board and residence, uniforms, bicycles and laundry expenses provided. Newly employed Nurses were paid £50 a year for her first six months. At the end of a year her salary was increased by £5, and later she earned £60 a year. .Following the founding of the Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS) in February 1885 to care for the sick poor in Melbourne, subsequent meetings were held to form a Committee and to draw up a Code of Rules of the Society. It was decided that only nurses who had attended a Hospital Nurses Training School and were fully qualified would be employed by the Society. After interviewing several candidates, it was on the first of May 1885 when the first Trained nurse, known as 'Nurse' in those days, Mrs. Ferguson, was employed by MDNS with a salary of £100 per annum. She was employed for three months initially, but this was soon extended, "on the understanding she will make arrangements to live in the more immediate vicinity of her district". A Doctor agreed to assist the Nurse with advice at any time. In rotation, a member of the Superintendence Sub-Committee supervised the Nurse’s visits and could assist to alleviate some poor social conditions they found. A second Nurse, Mrs. Joanna Cannon was employed by MDNS six months later, with a trial period of six months which was extended. They were the stalwarts of the Society in the early years, Nurse Cannon remaining with the Society for four years and Nurse Ferguson for five years, though both had a short break due to illness through the heaviness of the work. Nurses salaries were reduced to account for the cost of uniforms, and then when establishments were rented by the Society and the Nurses could now live in the Nurses Home. The Nurses worked in the now CBD, ie from Spencer Street to Spring Street and from Victoria Parade to Flinders Street. From its inception the Society was at the forefront of health care. They liaised with Doctors and provided high quality trained nursing care; educated their patients in the curing and prevention of disease; teaching the importance of cleanliness, fresh air and good nutrition, both by verbal instruction and demonstration, even supplying soup and milk when needed. At that time they walked the streets and lane ways amid the slums of inner Melbourne carrying their nursing bag containing lotion, ointments, powders, liniment, bandages, dressings, a case of spirits, and the Nurse's own clean apron, soap and small towel. They supplied equipment on loan, such as earthenware hot water bottles, splints, urinals, bed pans, bed cradles, feeding mugs, and air-cushions as well as providing blankets and clean bed linen, and nightdresses as necessary. They provided nursing care to a range of people, often in destitute situations, some lying on rags on the floor as they had no bed, others with just a bed and maybe a thin blanket, a chair and nothing else. Their ages ranged from babes, children, adults to the elderly. The Nurses gave medications as ordered, dressed wounds e.g. to the injured, and surgical cases, and to those with leg ulcers; attended to patients with ‘surgical ailments’ such as ‘hip disease’; gave care to those with acute illnesses such as bronchitis, pleurisy, pneumonia, measles, and scarlet fever, as well as those with chronic illnesses such as consumption (tuberculosis), heart disease, arthritis, cancer, debility, neuritis and paralysis. As the work increased a third Nurse was employed but this was arduous work, particularly in the heat of summer and many nurses only remained with the Society for several months. A Trained Midwife was employed in August 1893. The work was arduous, particularly in the heat of summer. Permission to use bicycles was given to the Nurses in 1898 and the Society decided to purchase their own in 1903. A business man offered ‘new free wheel’ bicycles at £13 each which included maintenance for one year. Bells and wooden frames were added, at a cost of £5 per frame, so the Nurses could carry extra equipment. Nurses’ bags were strapped to the handlebars. Soup was made for those in need 2-3 times a week and if patients could not arrange to have it collected the soup was delivered by the Nurses on their bicycles. The use of bicycles caused a change in uniform, with white pith helmets, and veils covering them and tied under their chin, now being used; straw hats were worn in summer. Over the years the Nurses complained that their veils became wet in the rain and asked for a change of uniform but this did not occur until 1921. Bicycles continued to be used in inner areas until 1945. Public transport was also used over the years, in conjunction with a Motor Auxiliary from 1929 to 1971. MDNS began with its own small fleet of vehicles in the early 1950s which gradually expanded into a full fleet.The coloured Certificate is made of white paper attached to a buff card forming a boarder. It is in gold print on the white background which has a thin gold border. In large bold script are the words "Melbourne District Nursing Society" In between the words "District" and "Nursing" is a red Maltese cross which extends above and below the writing. Underneath this, in smaller capital letters, are the words "For Nursing Sick Poor In Their Own Homes"/. Below this in bold script are the words "This is to Certify that"/. Under this, written in black handwriting, is "Nurse Nettie Osborne"/; below this in script is "has acted in the capacity of District Nurse", then in black handwriting the words "Six Months"/. The next two lines read "having fulfilled her Duties to the satisfaction of her Committee, /"and appreciation of her Patients". The Certificate is signed in black by Mary Leeper, Vice President; Kate Hood; Hon. Treasurer; C.M. Tatham Hon. Secretary, and has Date; 8th July 1913 in black handwriting. On paper attached with tape to the back of the Certificate, is a copy of a photograph of two unidentified people. [Possibly Nettie and her husband]. Some small marks, and in one area a small area of cracking is seen on the white background of the certificate.certificates, mdns, melbourne district nursing society, rdns, royal district nursing service, nurse nettie osborne