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Kew Historical Society Inc
Postcard, A Temple Tomb in Kew Cemetery, 1914-1932
Harold Desbrowe-Annear designed the Springthorpe Memorial, while Bertram Mackennal sculpted the statuary on the sarcophagus. William Guilfoyle is belived to have advised on the design of the garden.A temple tomb in the form of a Greek temple with a triangular pediment. Dark pillars on a flat, paved base support the plinth of the memorial. The memorial is situated on lawn, surrounded by trees and shrubs. Between the pillars, a glass enclosure can be clearly seen. The enclosure was removed at a later date.springthorpe memorial, boroondara general cemetery, kew cemetery, postcards -- kew (vic.), funerary monumnets -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Sunday School, Congregational Church, Walpole Street, c.1900
The Congregational Church in Walpole Street, Kew (now demolished) was designed by Albert Purchas. The second church was built on the site of an earlier church designed by Charles Vickers.Sepia photograph on board of Sunday School students and teachers from the Congregational Church in Walpole Street. Reverse: "Kew Congregational Church / ? Sunday School. Miss A. Millist" [donor]. circa 1900"churches -- kew (vic), congregational church -- kew (vic), sunday schools -- kew (vic), walpole street -- kew (vic.) -
RMIT Design Archives
Drawings, Water Pump Body, RB620-77
Designed for Repcopencil, acetate -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - Aircraft design, Aeroplane Structures
Overview of techniques & materials of aircraft design & construction circa 1935non-fictionOverview of techniques & materials of aircraft design & construction circa 1935aircraft design -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Medal
Awarded by United Kingdom and Commonwealth Type :Campaign medal Eligibility Two months operational flying Awarded for Flying over occupied Europe Campaign European Air Operations 1939 – 1944 Description Six pointed star Clasps Atlantic France and Germany Related Atlantic Star, France and Germany Star The Air Crew Europe Star is a six–pointed star of yellow copper zinc alloy. The obverse has a central design of the Royal Cypher of King George VI, surmounted by a crown. The cypher is surrounded by a circlet containing the words 'The Air Crew Europe Star'. The reverse is plain, although Stars issued to Australian and South African personnel have recipient names impressed. The ribbon for this medal, along with those of the other Second World War campaign stars, is reputed to have been designed by King George VI. The sky is represented by pale blue, night flying by the black stripes on the edges, with the yellow stripes representing enemy searchlights.ww2, medal, air ops europe -
Fire Services Museum of Victoria
LU 600 1947 Austin Tanker
LU 600 the first of the Small Town Units, designed and built by the Country Fire Authority. (CFA) The late Wally Titheridge, Chief Mechancal Officer of the Country Fire Brigades Board, CFBB, and its successor the CFA, stated in an interview in the early 1990's that the vehicle was designed by himself, and built by a body builder in Preston. This was the first of many hundreds of the Small Town Units, on maily Austin, but also Bedford, Leyland, and BMC Chassis. The early series trucks had a 200 gallon (900 Litre) tank, which was proving usefull, but "more is always better" , so the next series had 400 gallon (1000 litre) tanks. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Container - Trinket Box, Johann A. Landmann, 1853
This trinket box was made by Johann Landmann during his journey on the sailing ship Wilhelmsburg and was donated to Flagstaff Hill by the wife of Landmann's great-grandson. Landmann (or Landman, also known as August Landmann) was born in 1826 in Ganhor, Silesia, Prussia. At the age of 20, he travelled through Europe, working from town to town as a cabinet maker. At 26 years old he returned to Germany, married Anna Rosina in Wahlstatt, Prussia, and on the same day sailed for Australia on the Wilhelmsburg in 1853, the year the ship was registered. The Wilhelmsburg was a three-masted, square-rigged sailing ship built at Reiherstieg, Hamburg, and registered in Hamburg on 27th April 1853. On her maiden voyage in 1853, the ship sailed from Hamburg, Germany, to Australia with 510 passengers on board, including emigrants under the Bounty Scheme. Johan Landmann was one of the passengers. The Wilhelmsburg arrived in Hobson’s Bay, Melbourne after sailing for 100 days. Johann spent a week in Melbourne then travelled to Warrnambool aboard the Merry Kitty, arriving fourteen days later. Johann had landed in Melbourne with only 16 shillings in his pocket and by the time he arrived in Warrnambool, he only had one shilling and sixpence left. He also had very limited ability to speak English. He settled in the Allansford area, near Warrnambool, together with other families from Germany and went on to play a significant role in the history of Warrnambool. Johann worked as a cabinet maker in Warrnambool, making the first coffin in the Warrnambool cemetery. He also worked as a general merchant. He built many of the earliest shops in Warrnambool, and the first paddle boat used on the local Hopkins River. He made models of Warrnambool’s Ozone Hotel and Presbyterian Church; the model of the Hotel is now in the Warrnambool Art Gallery, and the model of the Presbyterian Church has been in the care of the Warrnambool & District Historical Society since around 2017. One of Landmann's residences was a two-storey building in Henna Street Warrnambool where he, lived upstairs and operated his business downstairs. After he retired Landmann built a ‘handsome stone residence’ at 30 Mickle Street, Warrnambool, where he lived until his death in June 1920; he was aged ninety-five. “Landmann Street” in Warrnambool has been named after Johann and appears on a map in 1872. He has also been honoured on Warrnambool’s Pioneer Memorial Board which is displayed at the Warrnambool and District Historical Society. Landmann's son Adolph Fritz Landmann (Fritz Landmann) born in 1861, was a Councillor from 1905 to 1915, and Mayor of Warrnambool from 1912 to 1915. The Wilhelmsburg sailed from Hamburg in 1863 heading for Queensland, Australia, but in December the vessel was wrecked off the coast of Holland during storms, with the loss of 247 lives.The trinket box is significant as an early Warrnambool historical artefact with a connection to the maiden voyage of the ship Wilhelmsburg a vessel that holds the record for the number of passengers carried in one journey on a small vessel. Johann Landmann is regarded as a significant and historical figure in the development of Warrnambool as one of the earliest pioneers, not only as a businessman but the civic duties he undertook. First as a councilman and later the mayor of Warrnambool. Trinket box, wooden, with inlaid timber patterns and images. The design includes a mirror with a hidden compartment inside the hinged lid, a removable inner tray divided into compartments, and a fitted brass lock. The trim around the base is angled to widen the base. Images on the lid and three sides represent sailing vessels and a building. The lid and corners have a rope-edge design. Panels of the top and three sides have an intricate inlaid pattern featuring various wood grains. Images are framed by lines etched into the wood. The inside corners of the frames have inlaid quarter-circles of contrasting woods, resembling photograph corners.shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwrecked artefact, warrnambool, trinket box, inlaid woodwork box, wilhelmsburg, landmann, johann landmann, augustus landmann, landman, fritz landmann (warrnambool mayor), presbyterian church warrnambool, 30 mickle st warrnambool, ozone hotel warrnambool, johann carl augustus landmann, jewellery box -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Textile - FAVALORO COLLECTION: DOUBLE DAMASK TABLE RUNNER/COVER WILL PULLED THREAD EMBROIDERY, Early - mid 1900's
Textiles. Damask weave fabric, with a design of a rose, with buds, and two stems of leaves, and a lovely soft sheen. Two bands of six zig zag peaks, are made by using pulled thread embroidery, and form a border either side of a row of pulled threadwork diamond shapes, 7 cms x 7 cms. This decorative border is at each end of the runner, which also is completed with a 12 cm deep fringe. A geometric patterned weave forms the background to the pulled thread embroidery, while a single rose and bud weave is tucked into each zig zag, and a scroll design features at each fringed end.textiles, domestic, double damask table runner -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document - Wamira A10 Documents and drawings
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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Manual, Doug Prosser, "Self-Lapping Drivers Brake Valve - Type W", "Type E Relay Valve", 1998
779.1 - 4 page photocopy of a Westinghouse manual for a Type W Self Lapping Brake Valve, fitted to W3 and W4 tramcars, with design and operating information, drawings of parts and a graph showing its operation. Produced by Westinghouse dated 1946. 779.2 - 4 page photocopy of a Westinghouse manual for a Type E Relay Valve, working in connection with the W Self Lapping Brake Valve, fitted to W3 and W4 tramcars, with design and operating information, drawings and a list of parts. Produced by Westinghouse, dated November 1955. Copy of document made for BTM March 1998 by Doug Prosser. All sheets stapled together in corner.trams, tramways, brake valves, westinghouse, maintenance, type e relay valve -
RMIT Design Archives
Design drawings, Ian Wong, designer, Sheet of sketches for RMIT University's ceremonial mace
RMIT University's first ceremonial mace was commissioned by Professor David Beanland, Vice-Chancellor, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1992, and designed by Ian Wong, a lecturer in Industrial Design. It was the result of a collaborative effort, with staff from industrial design, gold & silversmithing, sculpture, engineering, applied physics, and optical technology working on its production. Materials used include carbon fibre, optical fibres, computer chips, honeycomb aluminium, gold, titanium and crystal. This design drawing shows how the University's distinctive pixel log (that conveys a sense of being at the forefront of technology) was incorporated into the design of the top element of the mace. Michelle Novacco, 2017Sketches of designs for RMIT ceremonial maceSigned bottom right corner, 'IAN WONG / iw / 1992 'ceremonial mace, industrial design -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Print - Digital collage, 586, Captured, 2011
"Art is the vehicule for communications far Beyond the confines of a space, while design is the aesthetic cradle in which messages are nurtured and processed." "A 586 rework of the iconic building that has withstood the redevelopment of the Melbourne Docklands and defied the odds. On display a large format print 700mm x 1400mm print. Also a limited run of smaller prints on archival paper also available to support Melbourne's first non-profit charitible organisation that is still self funded, ie. not government funded." During the Open House Melbourne 30-31 July 2011, the artist nicknamed "586" participated in one of the Norla Dome Project Space events sponsored by Bendigo Wealth. Made in Melbourne, 586 is an urban digital experimentalist who blends social narrative with found image creating messages that inspire social consciousness and free thought. Cast in a local foundry back in 1991, 586 was a number, amid hundreds of men working between the ladie and the furnace in a clock on - clock off automated industrious landscape. Legend tells of a time when correspondance to workers was addressed to their number, not their name. Disapproval spread rapidly and a revoit soon followed, eventually the power of the masses won out, but the demoralizing treatment of the worker would go on to shape 586's perception and became the catalyst for a personal protest against social imbalance. This print was on display and smaller prints were also sold to raised funds for the Mission.DigitalLarge digital print of a design that overlays various symbols ( 4 flying angels ), the sails of a sailing ship and contemporary cityscapes and seascapes. centrally features a full photograph of the Mission to seafarers building at 717 Flinders St. Melbourne. Mounted in a large black frame and glazed with perspex .mission to seafarers, flinders street, melbourne, windvane, dome, flying angel, sea, norla dome, bendigo wealth, artist 586, 2011, artwork-paintings, open house, norla dome project space -
Orbost & District Historical Society
glue pot, early 20th century
This glue pot would have been used in woodwork projects. The glue used was probably an animal based glue.This item is an example of an accessory used by a trades person before the widespread availability of the modern liquid adhesivesA cast iron glue pot consisting of two separate pots - the larger of the two is designed to hold water and be hung over a fire. The smaller pot is placed inside so the glue can melt. each pot has a metal hanging / lifting hook / bail handle.glue-pot trades carpentry cast-iron container -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Domestic object - Teapot, 1857
This is a mid-19th century handmade Chinese clay teapot. It has a pattern around the body and interesting tubular handle and knob. This teapot is significant as an example of an item from the mid-19th century. It is also significant as the only example of a Chinese teapot in Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village's collection.Chinese teapot, brown clay, with vertical wavey line design. The spout is gracefully curved. The lid has decorative tubes as a handle. The handle, now dethatched, is also a tube shape. It is dated 1857. The inside is partially glazed. There is an inscription on the lid. The pot is broken and in five pieces.On lid "L26"flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, teapot, chinese teapot, clay teapot, handmade teapot, food and beverage, tea -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Craft - Patchwork, Sarah Jane Jones (nee Emerson), 1898
This patchwork cushion section was handmade in 1898 by Sarah Jane Jones (nee Emerson) and donated by her Great-Granddaughter. It is an example of needlework created in the late 19th century. It is believed that the note was added to the cushion at a later date and incorrectly refers to a different item.The cushion section is significant for is example of handmade craft and needlework used in the late 19th century for home decor.Patchwork; a square and a rectangular shape of p patchwork prepared for making into a cushion. Shaped patches of a variety of design and fabric. The pieces are roughly joined together with visible cross stitches. Handmade by Sarah Jane Jones (nee Emerson) in 1898.Pinned to the underside is a note on a piece of fabric.Handwriting reads "Patchwork done by my mother in 1898" flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, soft furnishing, 1898, victorian, handmade, patchwork, craft, handcraft, sewing, hobby, needlework, cushion -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''LANGUAGE OF THE SAND'' BY ROLAND E. ROBINSON
Booklet. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 17 page soft cover booklet of poems about Australia by Roland E Robinson, a member of the Lyrebird Writers. Designed and printed by Edwards & Shaw in 1949 for the Lyrbird Writers, Sydney. Catalogue sticker '2085 ROB' on front cover.Roland E Robinsonbooks, collections, poetry, alec h chisholm collection, roland e robinson, lyrebird writers, poetry -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - 150 YEARS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN EAGLEHAWK
80 page soft cover book entitled 'Rates, Roads & Rubbish - 150 Years of Local Government in Eaglhawk'. Published July 2012 by the Eaglehawk Heritage Society. Cover design by Aylene Kirkwood B&W photos of people and places year by year, 1862 to 2012.Eaglehawk Heritage Society -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Duke's stem pessary associated with Dr Frank Forster
Part of the collection of Dr Frank Forster. The philosophy of this object was to keep the uterus dilated. It was commonly believed at this time that the cervix was the cause of dysmenorrhoea. The stem pessary was an object used to rectify uterine displacements - either anteversion or retroversion. The device consisted of a stem which is introduced into the uterus, the stem was then attached to an ovoid flange or ball, on which the cervix uteri then rested. Connected to this flange was an external part or wire frame, which in turn was attached at one extremity to a flat tubular portion, passing into the vagina. This was then fixed to the intrauterine portion. The wire frame was then made to press on to the pubis, so that the pessary could be kept in position in utero.Pessary, Duke's stem design. Metal pessary with hollow stem, and a rounded flange at one end. The flange has eight small holes surrounding the central hole. The stem is flexible and is made from coiled metal which has then been attached (perhaps by soldering) to the flange.pessary, intrauterine device -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Duke's stem pessary associated with Dr Frank Forster
Part of the collection of Dr Frank Forster. The philosophy of this object was to keep the uterus dilated. It was commonly believed at this time that the cervix was the cause of dysmenorrhoea. The stem pessary was an object used to rectify uterine displacements - either anteversion or retroversion. The device consisted of a stem which is introduced into the uterus, the stem was then attached to an ovoid flange or ball, on which the cervix uteri then rested. Connected to this flange was an external part or wire frame, which in turn was attached at one extremity to a flat tubular portion, passing into the vagina. This was then fixed to the intrauterine portion. The wire frame was then made to press on to the pubis, so that the pessary could be kept in position in utero.Pessary, Duke's stem design. Metal pessary with hollow stem, and a rounded flange at one end. The flange has six small holes surrounding the central hole. The stem is flexible and is made from coiled metal which has then been attached (perhaps by soldering) to the flange.pessary, intrauterine device -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - GLADYS DEAN COLLECTION: POSTCARD, 1906 - 1908
Embossed printed card attached to backing card of equal size. Design is of flowers and leaves coloured purple and green. The words Dinna Forget appear in gold along the bottom. A white sticker has been affixed that has largely peeled away.Reverse is completely covered in writing.postcard -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ARTICLE: LONDON DOUBLE DECKER BUS IN BENDIGO
Article re London double-decker bus in Bendigo owned by Messrs Robert Gay and Martin Bell; mention of history of the omnibus service in London and design of various buses over time; information about its use in Bendigo - passengers carried in 5 months (year??).document -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Equipment - Lahey goitre grasping forceps associated with Dr Felix Meyer, Medical Supply Depot
Used for surgery relating to the thyroid gland.This is one of a collection of items associated with Dr Felix Henry Meyer (1858-1937). Meyer was a very prominent early obstetrician and doctor, playing a part in the establishment of the role of the chair of obstetrics at the University of Melbourne in 1929. He was also a foundation member of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons.Set of metal forceps. Design resembles a pair of scissors, consisting of two blades, joined with a pin, with a ratchet for clamping below the finger grips/handles. At the end of each blade of the forceps is a three pronged claw. The manufacturer's name, 'MEDICAL SUPPLY DEPOT', is engraved on one of the blades.'MEDICAL SUPPLY DEPOT'surgery -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - Evening Purse, circa 1920
From the estate of Jenny Lang, 11 Pearcedale Grove, NunawadingHandmade from manufactured, embroidered braid. Braid is Jacobean style in browns, cream, orange shades. Braid manufactured in India. Cotton stitching design on beige cotton base. Glass and pearl beads on flower centres. Metal frame and chain handle, lined in cream satin.costume accessories, female -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Audio - Recording, Score
The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Readings from the bible. Selections from the old and new testaments. LP 33RPM vinyl, Catalogue Number: POL 011, Record cover, Plastic sleeve, 1 vinyl disk. Cover notes, no author listed. Cover design H. Raynor. Brin Newton-Johnlp, sound recording -
South Gippsland Shire Council
Tiles, Framed, Still Life - Flowers In Vase, 1998
Framed ceramic tiles featuring a Chinese design of flowers in a vase. 9 glazed ceramic tiles set in a brown timber frame with gold edging. Two text panels comprising of Chinese writing on red paper are affixed to the top and bottom edge of the frame. Dated .2.1998. -
South Gippsland Shire Council
Vase, Chinese
Hand painted enamelled Chinese vase on stand. Features a floral design predominately in colours of white, blue, pink, green, black with gold trim and edging. The gold finish is especially a feature inside the vase neck. Black enamelled wood stand with labels on the base with price. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - Margareth Catchpole
The History of Margaret Catchpole a Suffolk girl by Richard Cobbold with an introduction by Clement Shorter. Printed by Oxford Press. Small book, plain dark green hardcover, on the spine "Margaret Catchpole, Cobbold" and an ornate design. The book has 423 pages. Aileen and John Ellison Collection.In pencil on inside "If this book should ever roam, box its (?) and send it home"margaret catchpole, suffolk, book -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1988
A Pro Kennex 'Power Champ 3' experimental tennis racquet, featuring a 'wide contour design', and a rare double handle wrapped in Wilson 'Super Tack' handle grip. Materials: Graphite, Paint, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Synthetic material, Ink, Fibreglass, Nylon, Metaltennis -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, The "Q" Theatre Guild, Gay Rosalinda, 1960
The "Q" Theatre Guild was formed out of the Kew Light Opera Company in 1957. It marked the transition of the company that had initially been directed by Lance Nicholls to one directed by Beatrice Oakley. It continued to perform in the Kew Recreation Hall, but, with its demolition in 1960, and the opening of the new Kew City Hall in Cotham Road, moved its productions to that venue. Productions of the "Q" Theatre Guild included The Geisha (1957), Maritana (1958), They All Do It (1959), Blossom Time (1959), Love's A Luxury (1959), There And Back & The Bohemian Girl (1960), Die Fledermaus (1960), Gay Rosalinda (1961), The Land Of Smiles (1961), Kisses For A Kid & Hansel And Gretel (1961), Die Fledermaus (1962), Monsieur Beaucaire (1964), Macbeath or The Beggar's Opera, and So To Bed.The scrapbook of annotated photographs, programmes, and newspaper reviews of which this item is a part was assembled by Marion Tilley, wardrobe mistress for, and performer in, productions by the Kew Light Opera Company and the "Q" Theatre Guild. It is significant as a remarkably complete document of theatre performances in Kew, Victoria during the 1950s and 1960s. The scrapbook, and the items individually catalogued within it, have artistic and aesthetic significance within the history of performing arts in Victoria in the middle of the 20th Century. They have social significance in that they reveal socio-cultural values and preoccupations during the period. The records also act as a history of arts activities in the Kew Recreation Hall and later in the Kew City Hall as entertainment and community arts and music precincts.Atmospheric photograph of performers in the "Q" Theatre Guild's performance of Gay Rosalinda, an arrangement of Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus. The performance took place in the new Kew City Hall, with scenery created by Robert Jewell and Claud Ward. Costumes were designed and made by Marion Tilley. performing arts -- kew (vic.), scrapbooks, marion tilley collection, 'q' theatre guild, musical comedy -- melbourne -- victoria, kew city hall -- cotham road -- kew (vic.) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Leisure object - Board Game, Solitaire: The well-known game, 1950s
Solitaire is a game for a single player that is played with pegs or marbles on a wooden board. The game consists of 32 marbles and a wooden board with 33 dents in it. The game is set up by placing 32 marbles in 32 dents, leaving the centre dent empty. The aim of the game is to remove every marble except one – and the last one must end up in the centre dent.To remove a marble, you have to move one marble over another marble, landing in an empty dent. Marbles can move up, down, left or right but never diagonally.Plain cardboard box with colourful graphic design of the game on the lid. The box encloses the round wooden playing board while the plastic marbles are contented in plastic wrapping in their own compartment. A note in pencil on the lid of the box, written by the donor, notes that three of the 36 marbles are missing.Label on box: "SOLITAIRE / THE WELL_KNOWN / GAME / Full Instructions Enclosed / Made in Germany"board game, games and puzzles, board games -- solitaire