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St Patrick's Old Collegians Association (SPOCA)
Photograph - History, Crests
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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Audio - PMHPS Meeting, Melbourne City Mission, Norma Barnett, 22 Oct 2001
Recording of PMHPS Meeting on 22.10.2001. Recording done at Port Melbourne Town Hall. Speaker was Norma Barnett talking of the history of Melbourne City Mission and in Port Melbourne in particular, at Jubilee Hall. Recording duration 47:45social activities, charities and appeals, sister norma jean barnett, jubilee hall, melbourne city mission -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - Bones of Contention Souvenir Program 1965, RAAF School of Radio, 1965
This is the program for the annual sports competition between the RAAF School of Radio, Laverton and the AHQ Survey Regiment, Bendigo. The location of the sports day alternated annually between the two units. The day major sports trophy was the "Large Bone Trophy" and the evening minor sports trophy was the "Little Bone Trophy".Booklet, B4 size, cream covered card, title, badges of RAAF School of Radio and Royal Australian Survey Corps, 30 pages, caricatures for each sport contested. The pages have been photographed and are stored on a USB Digital Storage Device. The 30 page images have been converted into a video (.mp4) format and are also stored on the USB. The video is 2.4Mb in size and runs for 5 minutes.Forward by Wing Commander E.R. Hall, Commanding Officer RAAF School of Radio.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr, raaf, raaf school of radio, bones day -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - ENVELOPES, ADDRESSED, pre 2004
This Bendigo Cup Sweep fund raiser was last conducted by Jack Barnes OAM in 2004, he was Secretary of the Bendigo RSL/Bendigo District RSL for 43 years. The letters L.S.R being reversed meaning R.S.L..1) - .8) Envelopes cream colour with the front stamped in blue, rear is blank."L.S.R Memorial Hall, Bendigo Cup - Cash and butts in the envelope - return by - Envelope No"brsl, smirsl, cup sweep -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - Coloured, C 1993
This is a photo of Greer's old shed (at the back of the bakery).Photo shows an old shed built of corrugated iron standing in a clearing. There are large trees in the background and foliage on the left hand side."Greers Old Shed, Halls Gap, 93" written on back in black ink.buildings, bakery -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Central shopping strip on the south side of Maroondah Hwy, Ringwood - 1970
1970, ANZ bank at 116 Maroondah Highway, 2 copiesBacking sheet reads, "Shops opposite (old) Town Hall and Midway Arcade". -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Archive - Laboratory Books, Lubrication of Textile Machinery, Institute of Mechanical Engineers
From Dye Laborataory AUNDE / Norwellan North Western Woolen Mills became Norwellan Textiles then AUNDELarge Orange and Yellow Dust Cover John T Bennett, Lyddon Hall, Leeds 2, 11/11/69manufacturing -
Old Castlemaine Schoolboys Association Inc.
Program, 2016
201 Old Castlemaine Schoolboys Reunion Dinner InvitationThe 101st Re-Union Castlemaine Town Hall, Saturday 8th October 2016cole, peter, sikora, william -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard, John Phillips, Sturt St. Ballarat, - horse tram trailer
B&W print and scanned images of a coloured postcard lent to the BTM by Mr. Norm DePomeroy, Dec. 1997. Image is an ESCo tram just past the intersection of Doveton St. and Sturt St. travelling east along the north side of Sturt. Steet towing a heavily laden horse tram as a trailer. Photo appears to be taken soon after opening of the electric trams, as the tram does not have any destination box above the driver. Possibly summer 1905/1906. Numerous people in the street, some horse drawn vehicles in the photograph. Shows buildings along the south side of Sturt St. and part of the verandah of the building at the NE corner of Doveton St. 1 copy held at 8/98. For a list and description of the same base image see Archives file - "Notes on ESCo Tram towing a heavily loaded trailer" See Reg item 4275 for other black and white prints of this photograph and 162 for the coloured postcard. See 835i3. In top of image are the words "Town Hall and Sturt Street, Ballarat"trams, tramways, esco, horse trams, postcards, doveton st, sturt st -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s - set of 2, Williams Studios and Ballarat, 1971
Black and white photograph, mounted onto heavy stippled card of the SEC Ballarat tram crews shortly before the closure of the tramway system in front of the depot building with three tramcars behind. Has a printed list of all employees or staff underneath. Titled "Ballarat Tramways Employees 1971". Photograph on light stipple paper. Features 61 personnel but only 60 apparently named. Photograph by Williams Studios, Ballarat. 2931.1 - Photograph 2931.2 - backing sheet Note this item has become separated from its backing sheet and has been maintained as such to enable scanning etc. in detail. See also Reg. Item 1862 and 1861 for another photograph/list of the same group showing trams on the sides and the whole depot front. Reg. Item 1861, another copy of the same photograph, but with some looking at different direction in particular the 7th person from left, row three who is looking down in the photograph of Reg. Item 1861 but looking up in Reg. Item 2931. 2931.2 - has name "R. Hall" ink in top left hand corner.tramways, trams, ballarat, sec crews, personnel, staff photo -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Churchill Street, Mont Albert and Mont Albert Station, looking towards Hamilton Street, 1919, 1919
The railway extended through to Mont Albert in 1882, but it wasn't until 1890 that a station was built with funds raised by a syndicate of local landowners.The buildings on the south side of the railway were built in 1910-1911 in the Arts and Crafts style by architect, K W Hardy. The land occupied by the Hamilton Street shops was subdivided in the 1880s and the first purpose-built shop was 'Pope and Moran, Grocers'. This shop later became Tom Morris' Grocery. By 1930 shops stretched along both sides of Hamilton Street and part way along Churchill Street. The donor, the late Norman Carter held a significant collection of photos taken around Mont Albert and Surrey Hills, in particular subjects related to the Church of England.Black and white photo taken from the centre of the road in Churchill Street, Mont Albert. Mont Albert station is on the RHS fenced off by a post and rail fence. Shops can be seen at the intersection of Hamilton and Churchill Streets. There do not appear to be any shops in Churchill Street. There are newly planted street trees within paling guards on the LHS. There does not appear to be any curb and channelling at the side of the road.Rear in blue biro in Jocelyn Hall's handwriting "Mont Albert Station 1919".mont albert station, railways, hamilton street, churchill street, shops, arts and crafts style, norman carter -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic Collection
Souvenir - Dance Card, 1931
Annie Mary (Mollie) Sibson was the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs J Sibson of Milwa Gippsland. Mollie held the position of paid nursing sister at Bendigo Hospital until her marriage in 1933 to Eugene Sandner, although Mollie did continue to hold an unpaid position on the Board of Management of the Hospital for many years afterwards. The annual ball would have been a popular event at which men and women could socialise. Mollie Sandner served as Mayoress of Bendigo from 1978 - 1979 at which time her husband served as Mayor.Printed, bi fold green card with attached green cotton used by Molly Sander to record dance partners at the Hospital Auxiliary Ball. Card is printed in green ink with scalloped edges. Inside lists twenty dances including the Fox Trot, Waltz and Schottische, against which perspective dance partners have placed there initials in pencil. Front: Hospital / Auxiliary / Ball / Town Hall, / June 30th, 1931 / Bendigomollie sibson, eugene and mollie sandner collection, bendigo town hall, city of greater bendigo town hall, bendigo hospital, city of bendigo mayoress -
Mont De Lancey
Furniture - Cocktail Cabinet, Mr Franz Striezel, Unknown
This cocktail cabinet is part of a special bequest to the Mont De Lancey Museum of hand carved furniture and items made by Mr Franz Striezel by his grandaughter Mrs Dorothy Adamson. Dorothy was a friend of Nella Lord (nee Sebire). Dorothy passed away in 2007. It was to be known as The Franz Striezel Collection. Franz Streizel came from Germany in 1886 and was one of the three recognised craftsmen (Art Carvers) in Australia who contributed to the wood carvings in public buildings and honour boards throughout Australia. The National Gallery at their request had two small panels and a tobacco jar (some of his work), donated by Mrs D Adamson. They considered these pieces highly valuable.A beautifully hand carved ornate wooden cocktail cabinet featuring two female carved busts, carved mythical beasts on the front, sides and two doors of the cabinet underneath the drop down mirrored shelf. The shelf is attached by two gold linked chains screwed onto the sides. Two drawers at the top are elaborately decorated. The cupboard doors at the bottom open to show a shelf inside. This cabinet is part of a special bequest to the Mont De Lancey Museum of handcarved items made by Mr Franz Striezel by his grandaughter Mrs Dorothy Adamson. Dorothy was a friend of Nella Lord (nee Sebire). Dorothy passed away in 2007. It was to be known as The Franz Striezel Collection.On the top shelf, carved into the relief panels at the back is 'WELL BEFALL' and 'HEARTH HALL'bar equipment, cocktail cabinets, cabinets, furniture -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Slide, David Verrier, 14/10/1967 12:00:00 AM
Agfa colour slide, white blue plastic mount. Photograph by David Verrier. Tram 497 eastbound in Balaclava Road at Chapel St with destination of Carnegie, route 4. Tram has advert for Cinzano. In the background are buildings with adverts for Feltex, BP., Craven Filter and Hairdresser and Dry Cleaning shops. Photos taken 14/10/1967.In ink: "4/10/67 497 in front, St Kilda Town Hall"trams, tramways, balaclava rd, chapel st, carnegie, route 4, tram 497 -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway Central, Ringwood. Mechanics Institute, 1927
Black and white photograph (2 copies- 1 large, 1 small)Written on back of large copy: "Ringwood Shire Hall prior to rebuilding- 1927. -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, Spectrum Publications, The Funding of Wisdom: Revelations of a Library's Quarter Century, 1982
The author lived locally. 361p; This book deals principally with experience after the second world war in an environment of tertiary education. It testifies to the unprecedented pressures imposed on such resources by the "information explosion" which accompanied the phenomenal developments in education, science and industry. Title page: signed by the author: Axel Lodewycks Front Endpaper: Book given to me by /Axel as I spoke to him / about his life & home in / Mont Albert and the the Bull / family and Medlow. / 1985 & 1990 / J F Hall361p; This book deals principally with experience after the second world war in an environment of tertiary education. It testifies to the unprecedented pressures imposed on such resources by the "information explosion" which accompanied the phenomenal developments in education, science and industry.Title Page: signed by the author, Axel Lodewyeks. Front end paper: Book given to me by / Axel as I spoke to him / about his life & home in / Mont Albert and the Bull / family and Medlow. / 1985 & 1990 / J F Hall(mr) karel axel lodewycks, university of melbourne - library - history, college librarians - victoria - melbourne, baillieu library, world war- 1939-1945, (mrs) jocelyn f hall -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, c April 1958
Booklet - Rutherglen heritage walk : a self-guided tour of Rutherglen's Historic Streetscapes / by Rutherglen Wine Experience. 2009, p. 5 - states that the Red Boot Shop was "demolished sometime after WWII, and no trace remained until a wild storm uncovered the tiled entrance in the mid 2000's."Black and white photograph of the front of a café, with a central door flanked by two display windows. In tile, in front of the door, is the sign "The Red Boot Shop".On back of photo: "Ozone Café Main St Rutherglen | approx. April 1958 | purchased by Harold Hall March 1958 from McKinlays. | owners after H. Hall | McCarthy | Alan Zotti"main street rutherglen, red boot shop, ozone cafe, harold hall, alan zotti, mccarthy -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Deering, Ann (pseudonym of Nancy Collier), Serenade to Columbine, 1951
Romance fiction.222 p. : brown cover. Section of original dust jacket pasted to front cover, image of a woman in ballet dress, with a man behind her playing a grand piano.fictionRomance fiction.fiction, ann deering -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Let Me Go to Bendigo (No. 181 Allan's Popular Sixpenny Edition), 1908
Frederick "Fred" Fifield Hall was born in Carlton, Victoria in 1878. Son of Frederick Hall and Jessie Wallace Hall (nee Lloyd), Fred would marry Elsa May Daegner in 1899 with whom he had a son named Anthony. Hall died on 27th September 1956 in Mont Albert, Victoria and was buried at the Box Hill Cemetery. Hall was known as a solo pianist and the first conductor of the Station Orchestra at 3LO (ABC Radio Station). He was also a notable music editor at Allan & Co. Earning early recognition at 16 years of age when he conducted the Sydney Orchestra, Hall was a versatile composer having written in a variety of styles including solos for the piano, violin and cello, operas, foxtrots and orchestral suites. Publications indicate that between 300 and 400 of his compositions were published. The most famous of which was "Goodbye Melbourne Town" which he wrote with Lyricist Leonard Nelson. "Let Me Go to Bendigo" was another of their joint compositions. Leonard Nelson Snell, professionally known as Leonard Nelson, was born c. 1874 in Melbourne and grew up in Kew (he was 76 in 1950). Nelson married Lily Maud Haight in Victoria in 1897 and had six children named Roy, Dorothy, Leonard, Lionel, Austin and Marie. Nelson died on the 13 August 1962 in Blackheath, NSW and was buried at the local cemetery. Nelson had a varied resume including Cattle station work, song writing and public speaking. Nelson was known for his enjoyment of Australian poetry having known many of the greats personally and could recite works from memory. In his later life, Nelson worked as an entertainer for hire at banquets and other social gatherings. No. 181 Allan's popular sixpenny edition "Sung with great success by Leonard Nelson" Allan & Co. Pty Ltd. Melbourne, Bendigo & Geelong 1 score A B4 size document containing sheet music titled "Let Me Go to Bendigo". The document has a black and white cover with bold lettering and a cartoon of a man boarding the Bendigo Train. The music was written by Fred Hall and the lyrics were written and sung by Leonard Nelson who is pictured on the cover. The music covers 3 pages (1 double sided page and 1 single side) making up this 3-page document including the cover.The front cover contains a handwritten name in the top right-hand corner "Mrs Sinclair"sheet music, leonard nelson, fred hall, allan's popular sixpenny edition, bendigo, piano, songs and music, frederick fifield hall -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Hard Up Wedding, Swallow and Ariell Bust Bee event, 1914 - 1920
This may be the "Hard Up Wedding" set from the Swallow & Ariell's "Busy Bee" Novelty Night at South Melbourne Town Hall, Friday 30 June 1916. 1916 '"NOVELTY NIGHT."', Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1920), 8 July, p. 3., viewed 21 Oct 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91165168One of 44 black and white photos recording the work and contribution by Swallow & Ariell's "Busy Bee" for the First World War in Europe .34 - "Hard Up Wedding" set from a Swallow & Ariell's "Busy Bee" Novelty Night, probably held at South Melbourne Town Hall, Friday 30 June 1916. The "Clergyman" on the left of the group could be the character promiently mentioned in the Standard newspaper report of the night.built environment - industrial, business and traders, war - world war i, social activities, busy bee, swallow & ariell ltd, red cross -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Tram Fleet as at 11/2/69", 11/02/1969 12:00:00 AM
Single foolscap carbon copy titled "Tram Fleet as at 11/2/69", listing the class, total, in circulation at either depots or workshops and stored. Also lists the body of VR54. At the time 699 cars total, 669 in use 30 stored. Initialled K. T. Hall as Works Manager 11/2/69Various hand written notations by the applicant. stamped "86009" in the top right hand corner.trams, tramways, tramcars, mmtb, lists, stored trams -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - WES HARRY COLLECTION: MARKET SQUARE, BENDIGO
Black and white photo: image shows bullock team in Market square. Town Hall Hotel in background, Town hall building just visible on LH side. Rectangular drainage pit in forefront of image, lamp post beside.Batchelderplace, bendigo, market square, bendigo, sandhurst, market square, town hall hotel, town hall -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO 3770 COLLECTION: DOCTOR'S CERTIFICATE
Blue Doctor's Certificate dated Sept 11 1873 certifying that J. A. Hall of Long Gully was unable to follow his usual employment and signed by H.L. Atkinson. Signed at the end by J. A. Hall declaring himself on the Sick Funds.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no 3770 collection - doctor's certificate, court king of the forest, j a hall, h l atkinson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Rosalie and Allan McCARTHY, Port Melbourne Town Hall, 17 Mar 2015
Taken when the McCARTHY's visited PMHPS to bring a photo for our collection and to talk about their Port Melbourne pastColour photo of Rosalie and Allan McCARTHY taken on 17 March 2015 in the town hall where they were married in 1944 (shortly after the Town Hall was remodelled from "Tudor" to "Deco"). Some 200 people attended their reception.celebrations fetes and exhibitions, port melbourne town hall, families, rosalie mccarthy, allan mccarthy', marriage -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Audio - PMHPS Meeting, Entertainment in the 1940s, Max Nicholson, Glen Stuart, 24 Sep 2001
Recording of PMHPS Meeting on 24.09.2001. Recording done by Glen Stuart at Port Town Hall. Speaker was Max Nicholson talking about "Entertainment in the 1940s" ; cinema, dance halls, theatre, WW2, Prohibition. Recording duration 33:31.social activities, arts and entertainment, max nicholson -
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 -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph, Clare Gervasoni, Daylesford Uniting Church, 18/10/2015
A red brick church on stone foundation in Daylesford, a hall, and a former church. The small building at the centre is the John Mitchell Memorial Hall named after a teacher and superintendent from September 1861 to 1921. It was still in existence in August 2024. daylesford uniting church, daylesford methodist church, daylesford -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MERLE HALL COLLECTION: ROSALIND PARK CREATIVE VILLAGE BENDIGO MOSAIC NEWS ISSUE 3 APRIL 1995, 1993
MERLE HALL COLLECTION: ROSALIND PARK CREATIVE VILLAGE BENDIGO Mosaic News Issue Number 3 April 1995 3858.15.pdf contains six pages, feature article on the artist Maery Hall and notice of general meeting. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, "Moves for Australasian tramway museum body", 28/04/1975 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper cutting from a Melbourne paper, 28/4/1975, titled "Moves for Australasian tramway museum body", about the formation of an Australasian body, following the three day conference which ended the previous day. Quotes David Rawlings of SPER, Dr John Radcliffe, with speakers the previous day being John Hoffman, Bob Prentice and Frank Stamford. Has the newspaper date glued to the item.cotma, btps, conferences, sper -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1889
This book was part of a large group of books referred to as the Pattison Collection, which belonged to the Warrnambool Public Library, part of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute. About RALPH ERIC PATTISON and the ‘PATTISON COLLECTION’ The ‘Pattison Collection’ is a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art, and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the WMI was led to ask the City Council to take it over in 1911 due to lack of financial support. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Public Library as it was then called. Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 when Pattison accepted the position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council his huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower areas of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine, and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave from 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. THE NEW WARRNAMBOOL LIBRARY When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Pattison. Eventually the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. WARRNAMBOOL'S MECHANICS' INSTITUTE Warrnambool's Mechanics' Institute (or Institution as it was sometimes called) was one of the earliest in Victoria. On 17th October 1853 a meeting was held where it was resolved to request the Lieutenant Governor of the Colony to grant land for the erection of a Mechanics' Institutes building. A committee was formed at the meeting and Richard Osburne chaired the first meeting of this committee. The land on the North West corner of Banyan and Merri Streets was granted but there were no funds to erect the building. The Formal Rights of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute's encompassed its aims and these were officially adopted in1859; "This Institution has for its object the diffusion of literary, scientific, and other useful knowledge amongst its members, excluding all controversial subjects, religious or political. These objects are sought to be obtained by means of a circulating library, a reading room, the establishment of classes, debates, and the occasional delivery of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy, mechanics, astronomy, chemistry, natural history, literature, and the useful and ornamental arts, particularly those which have a more immediate reference to the colony." The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute opened its first reading room in November1884 in the National School building at the corner of Banyan and Timor Streets. The Institute was funded by member subscription, payable on a quarterly, half yearly or yearly basis. Samuel Hannaford, the Manager of the Warrnambool Bank of Australasia, was the first Honorary Secretary of the Mechanics' Institutes, and an early President and Vice-President. He also gave several of the early lectures in the Reading Room. Another early Secretary, Librarian and lecturer was Marmaduke Fisher, the teacher at the National School. Lecture topics included The Poets and Poetry of Ireland', 'The Birth and Development of the Earth', 'The Vertebrae - with Remarks on the pleasures resulting from the study of Natural History' and 'Architecture'. In 1856 the Reading Room was moved to James Hider's shop in Timor Street, and by 1864 it was located in the bookshop of Davies and Read. In the 1860's the Mechanics' Institute struggled as membership waned but in 1866, after a series of fund raising efforts, the committee was able to purchase land in Liebig Street, on a site then called Market Square, between the weighbridge and the fire station. A Mechanics' Institute building was opened at this site in August 1871. The following year four more rooms were added to the main Reading Room and in 1873 the Artisan School of Design was incorporated into the Institute. The same year Joseph Archibald established a Museum; however it deteriorated when he was transferred to Bendigo in 1877. In 1880, with Archibald's return to Warrnambool, the Museum was re-established, and in 1885 a new building was built at the back of the Institute to accommodate the re-created School of Design, the Art Gallery and the Museum. In 1887 the Museum section was moved to the former court house in Timor Street (for some time the walls of the building formed part of the TAFE cafeteria but all is now demolished)). In 1911 the Museum was transferred back to the original building and the management of the Mechanics' Institute was handed over to the Warrnambool City Council. The Museum and Art Gallery became one and housed many fine works of art, and the Library continued to grow. The building was well patronised, with records showing that at the beginning of the 20th century there were between 500 and 800 visitors. During World War One the monthly figures were in the thousands, with 3,400 people visiting in January 1915. The Museum was a much loved Institution in Warrnambool until the contents of the Museum and Art Gallery were removed to make room for the Warrnambool City Council Engineers' Department. The contents were stored but many of the items were scattered or lost. When the original building was demolished the site became occupied by the Civic Centre, which included the new City Library. (The library was temporarily located in the old Palais building in Koroit Street.) In the process of reorganisation the Collection was distributed amongst the community groups: -The new City Library took some of the historic books and some important documents, historic photographs and newspapers. -The Art Gallery kept the 19th Century art collection and some of the artefacts from the museum. -The Historic Society has some items -The State Museum has some items -Some items were destroyed -Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village has old newspapers, Government Gazettes, most of the Mechanics' Institute Library, ledgers and documents connected to the Mechanics' Institute Library, some framed and unframed art works and some photographs. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute Library book collection is deemed to be of great importance because it is one of the few collections in an almost intact state, and many of the books are now very rare and of great value. The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Chapman & Hall Ltd The label on spine cover with typed text PAT 823.8 DIC Pastedown front endpaper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library covered by a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Serviceflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, the life and adventures of nicholas nickleby, charles dickens