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Ringwood and District Historical Society
Newspaper, Scrapbook Clipping, Library Collection, Ringwood, Victoria
Newspaper Clipping from the ""Mail", 5 May 1998 P20. "No plans for improvement to Oban Rd's poor condition"Ringwood North residents say they are fed up with speeding traffic, "dangerous" gravel edges and deep potholes on Oban Road. Ringwood North Primary School Principal Barry Archibald said there was a great deal of concern within the school community about the condition of the road. A council spokesman said no works were planned for the unsealed section of Oban Road because "council only had a certain amount of money for grading" He said no roadworks were planned near the school either. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Journal - ARTILLERY JOURNALS, The Journal of the Royal Artillery, 1916
Items in the collection of Leslie Iser No 8150, 17th Battery 6th F.A.B AIF. Refer 337 for full service details also 1971, 2049P..1) Vol. XLIII no. 1 April 1916 .2) Vol.XLIII no.s 2&3 May and June 1916Owned by Lt. Les ISERjournals, british artillery, ww1 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Programme - Programme - Official opening of Portland Municipal Offices and Council Chambers 1 May 1984, n.d
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4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Document - Bulletin, Royal Australian Armoured Corps Bulletin No 35(B), June 1958
An eight page document giving a list of qualifications for Warrant and NCO rank gained by RAAC members as at May 1958.raac bulletin, personnel qualifications -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Postcards (2 off), Victory March, 1919
Two Beagles post cards, both of Australian soldiers in the victory march through London on 3 May 1919photo, victory march, ww1 -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Administrative record, East Ringwood Progress Association Minutes 1955 - 1960
Regular and annual minutes of the East Ringwood Progress Association from 26 September 1955 to 12 May 1960 -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Plan - Ringwood Lake Reserve Miners Cottage - 1983, Preliminary Building Plans - 3 Sheets. Floor Plan, Elevation, Sectional Views and Details
Sheets 1, 2 & 3 - Construction of replica miners cottage at Ringwood Lake Reserve, opened May, 1983.Preliminary Only -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Certificate - Marriage Certificate, James Jones, c1880
James Jones was the son of Philip Jones, a Chairmaker, and Ann Jones who settled in East Brighton after the sale of land c1852 in the area of the Henry Dendy Special Survey of 1841. Mary Ann Moore was the daughter of Thomas Moore, a Gardener, and Sarah Harris who also settled in Brighton c1852. James and Mary Ann Jones settled and raised their family in East Brighton now Bentleigh. Mr John Herron resided at 4 Vickery St Bentleigh until 1989. James Jones and Mary Ann Moore were born in Brighton c1857 and c 1859 into pioneer market gardener families in the area of the Dendy Special Survey of 1841. They Married in 1883 and raised their family in East Brighton now known as BentleighThe original Certificate of Marriage of James Jones and Mary Ann Moore at the Wesleyan Church, Moorabbin on May 19th 1883In the Colony of Victoria / - Coat of Arms- / ( ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE) / Schedule D,-28 Vict. No. 268 / CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE / District of Brighton/ with date and signatures of participants. wesleyan church, pioneers, market gardeners, brighton, moorabbin, dendy’s special survey, wedding certificates, jones james, moore mary ann, browne ralph, rites -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, The Despatch
WARRNAMBOOL 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 November 1884 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 fundraising 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 courthouse 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 historical 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 Historical 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 artworks 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. WARRNAMBOOL PUBLIC LIBRARY The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) was formed by a voluntary community group in 1863, within six years of Warrnambool’s beginnings, and its Reading Room opened in 1854. The WMI operated until 1963, at which time it was one of the oldest Mechanics’ Institutes in Victoria. Mechanics’ Institutes offered important services to the public including libraries, reading rooms and places to display and store collections of all sorts such as curiosities and local historical relics. In 1886 a Museum and Fine Arts Gallery were added to the WMI and by the beginning of the 20th century, there was also a billiards room and a School of Art. By this time all Mechanics’ Institutes in country Victoria had museums attached. Over the years the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Library was also known as the Warrnambool Public Library the Warrnambool Library and the Free Library. Early funding from the government was for the “Free Library”. The inscription in a book “Science of Man” was for the “Warrnambool Public Library”, donated by Joseph Archibald in 1899. Another inscription in the book “Catalogue of Plants Under Cultivation in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens 1 & 2, 1883” was presented to the “Warrnambool Library” and signed by the author W.R. Guilfoyle. In 1903 the Warrnambool Public Library decided to add a Juvenile Department to library and stock it with hundreds of books suitable for youth. In 1905 the Public Library committee decided to update the collection of books and added 100 new novels plus arrangements for the latest novels to be included as soon as they were available in Victoria. In July 1911 the Warrnambool Council took over the management of the Public Library, Art Gallery, Museum and Mechanics’ Institute and planned to double the size of the then-current building. In 1953, when Mr R. Pattison was Public Librarian, the Warrnambool Public Library’s senior section 10,000 of the 13,000 books were fiction. The children’s section offered an additional 3,400 books. The library had the equivalent of one book per head of population and served around 33 per cent of the reading population. The collection of books was made up of around 60 per cent reference and 40 per cent fiction. The library was lending 400 books per day. In 1963 the Warrnambool City Council allocated the site of the Mechanics’ Institute building, which included the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery, for the new Municipal Offices and the Collections were dispersed until 1971. The Warrnambool Library took over the Mechanics’ Institute Library’s holdings on behalf of the Warrnambool City Council. Since the closure of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute the exact location and composition of the original WMI books and items have become unclear. Other materials have been added to the collection, including items from Terang MI, Warrnambool Court House and Customs House. Many of the books have been identified as the Pattison Collection, named after the Librarian who catalogued and numbered the books during his time as Warrnambool Public Librarian in the time before the Mechanics’ Institute closed. It seems that when Warrnambool became part of the Corangamite Regional Library some of the books and materials went to its head office in Colac and then back to Warrnambool where they were stored at the Art Gallery for quite some time. Some then went to the Warrnambool Historical Society, some stayed at the Art Gallery and some were moved to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. The various stamps and labels on the books held at Flagstaff Hill show the variety of the collection’s distribution and origin. The books in the collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village date from the 1850s to the late 1950s and include rare and valuable volumes. Many of the books are part of the “Pattison Collection” after the Warrnambool’s Public Librarian, Mr R. Pattison. 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 Despatch Publisher: James M Tait Date: From May 21 1864 to October 1864 Further Information:Paste down front end paper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library.flagstaff hil, warrnambool, 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 despatch -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - GOLDEN SQUARE LAUREL STREET P.S. COLLECTION: LETTER EDUCATION VICTORIA
Letter details information re Public Records office records that may assist in the compilation of the Golden Square PS.bendigo, education, golden square primary school -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - The McIvor Times
See Item 8692.1 BHS CollectionA copy of the McIvor Times and Rodney advertiser published Wednesday, May 22, 1963 Aileen and John Ellison Collection.mcivor times, heathcote, local newspaper -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BENDIGO COMPETITIONS SOCIETY 1967 FESTIVAL GUIDE, 1967
BENDIGO COMPETITIONS SOCIETY 1967 FESTIVAL GUIDE - Official guide. Held at Bendigo City Hall May 1967bendigo, entertainment, musical competitions -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - ESTELLE HEWSTON COLLECTION: PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, CNR FOREST STR & MCKENZIE STRS, BENDIGO, 1990
Colour photograph: Presbyterian Church on cnr Forest Str & McKenzie St, Bendigo Dated May 1990 on rearEstelle Hewston -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Note, dated May 29th 1877, from Nicholas Langdon mentioning that he has removed his residence.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - correspondence, nicholas langdon -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - JAMES LERK COLLECTION: BENDIGO CENTRAL BOTTLE CLUB NEWSLETTER
Bendigo Central Bottle Club Newsletter - James Lerk Collection Vol 5 No. 5 (ca. May 1980). -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Minutes, Borough of Sandridge, Committee of the Whole Council, 1865 - 1876
"Borough of Sandridge, Committee of the whole Council" minutes of meetings from 28 March, 1865 to 4 May, 1876.local government - borough of sandridge -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - JOHANSON COLLECTION: MORTGAGE MRS CATHERINE STUART RICHARDS
Reconveyance of land from The Commissioners of the State Banke of Victoria to Mrs I. Melrose, Dated 23 May 1922.bendigo, land sales, state bank vic, melrose, thecommissioners of the state bank of victoria, isabella melrose.solicitor moule hamilton & kiddle, 55 market street melbourne. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Medal - QC BINKS COLLECTION: COMMONWEALTH CELEBRATION MEDAL
A medal celebrating the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and the birth of the Australian Commonwealth in Melbourne, 01 - 11th May 1901.bendigo, gold mining, qc binks, cornwall, royalty, melbourne, qc binks. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BENDIGO COMPETITIONS SOCIETY 197O FESTIVAL GUIDE, 1970
BENDIGO COMPETITIONS SOCIETY 197O FESTIVAL GUIDE - Official guide. Held at Bendigo City Hall May 1970bendigo, entertainment, musical competitions -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Forceps,Tarnier's
Possibly collected by Dr Frank ForsterForceps, Aveling's. Metal insert on hand grips, bronze coloured. Stamped "Mayer & Meltzer London" on inner armforceps, obstetric -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Pte. Jeffrey Worle. Killed in Action
A sepia photograph in black frame with white matting of Pte Jeffrey Worle- killed in action 28 May 1968photograph, killed in action, pte jeffrey worle, battle of coral-balmoral -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Captain Noel Sproles
A black and whitePhotograph in black frame with white matting of Captain Noel Sproles departing FSB Coral 6 Mayphotograph, capt noel sproles, battle of coral-balmoral -
Villa Alba Museum
Album - Exhibition photographs, Textiles in Bloom, 2021
As part of the National Trust's Australian Heritage Festival 2021, the Kew Historical Society and the Villa Alba Museum collaborated to mount a fashion and design exhibition. The theme of the exhibition took its focus from the year-long program at the Museum featuring the use of flowers in design. The walls and ceilings of the house are notable for their use of floral and narrative painted decoration produced, in the early 1880s, for William and Anna Maria Greenlaw by the Melbourne art decoration firm the Paterson Brothers. The examples of fashion and design from the collection of the Kew Historical Society were located on the ground floor of the house: in the drawing room, dining room, morning room and in the vestibule, or ballroom as it was sometimes described in nineteenth century newspapers. The exhibition was supported by the City of Boroondara through Triennial Operational Grant funding for the Kew Historical Society and the Villa Alba Museum.Series of photographs taken by Mitchell Luo Photography of exhibition pieces in situ at the Villa Alba Museum in May 2021.textiles in bloom, exhibitions — villa alba museum, australian heritage festival 2021 -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, Undated c.1950s
Horace Henry Gowty (1903 - 1981). Started preaching whilst a member of Christian Endeavour. Served as a local preacher at Meatian, in the Mallee. At the age of 47 became a Home Missionary in the Methodist Church, serving at Lalbert, Birchip, Fitzroy and Alice Springs. On returning to Victoria he went to Poowong. He was ordained in 1967 at the age of 63, and went to Deloraine in Tasmania. On retiring, he and his wife moved to Berriwillock. He died at Sea Lake in 1981.B & W photograph of the Rev. Horace Gowty standing with his wife Lilian May Gowty and daughter Margery.horace henrty gowty, lilian may gowty, margerty gowty, christian endeavour, meatian, home missionary, methodist, local preacher -
Clunes Museum
Certificate - CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, 1884
CERTIFICATE OF TITLE. UNDER THE TRANSFER LAND STATUTE CATHERINE GRETTON OF CLUNES PROPRIETOR OF SAID CROWN ALLOTMENT WILLED TO JOHN LUCAS AND WILLIAM GRETTON DATED 28TH JUNE 1899. CATHERINE WOOLCOCK OF CLUNES INHERITED PROPERTY FROM JOHN LUCAS AND WILLIAM GRETTON JUNE 28TH 1899 AT 3 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.PHOTOSTAT COPY, VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT CERTIFICATE OF TITLE. CATHERINE GRETTON OF CLUNES. DATED 14TH DAY OF MAY 1884.local history, document, certificates, document - title -
Clunes Museum
Programme
PROGRAMME INCLUDED IN WESLEY SHOW BAGPROGRAMME - CONCERT CLUNES TOWN HALL, 30TH MAY, 1999. PRESENTED BY GLEN M. ARTHUR MUSIC CENTRE.music, schools, wesley music programme -
Slovenian Association Melbourne
A page from newpaper Vestnik, Miss Slovenia in 1964
A title page of Vestnik, May 1964, announcing selection of Miss Slovenia - Miss Danila Bole, now Stolfa -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Royal Review, 1901
Invitation to R.W. Bro. R.W.V. Grand Treasurer to the Royal Review at Flemington 10 May 1901 from the Government of Victoria.Invitation to R.W.Bro. R.W.V. Grand Treasurer to the Royal Review at Flemington 10 May 1901 from the Government of Victoria.Invitation to R.W. Bro. R.W.V. Grand Treasurer to the Royal Review at Flemington 10 May 1901 from the Government of Victoria.federation, mccall, r.w.v. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Marriage Certificate - Frederick Herbert Nicholls, 28/07/1908 12:00:00 AM
Certificate of Marriage of Frederick Herbert Nicholls, grocer's manager, and Ethel May Wheeler at St. John's Church, Blackburn.Certificate of Marriage of Frederick Herbert Nicholls, grocer's manager, and Ethel May Wheeler at St. John's Church, Blackburn.Certificate of Marriage of Frederick Herbert Nicholls, grocer's manager, and Ethel May Wheeler at St. John's Church, Blackburn.nicholls, frederick herbert, wheeler, ethel may -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Set to give enjoyment, 6/05/1992
'Set to give enjoyment'; article from Nunawading Gazette, 6 May 1992 on official opening of Wurundjeri Walk.wurundjeri walk, parks and reserves