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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Badge, 1940's
HMAS Sydney badge was given to a relation of Isobel Fairmaid (Donor) by Albert Seccembe, a Royal Navy officer on exchange to the RAN in 1941. He was stationed on HMAS Sydney where her family were invited on board for dinnerRed and blue anchor in a blue circle mounted on a Mother-of-Pearl badge. "HMAS Sydney" in a navy strip. Metal pin fixed to the backHMAS Sydneybadge, hmas sydney, fairmaid if, camp 3, tatura, ww2, numismatics, badges -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Badge/s, Badge Minit, "Keep the Sydney Road Trams", late 1980's
Badge - featuring the front of a Z class tram with the words "Keep the Sydney Road Trams". Has a pin with a white plastic backing on the rear to enable to be fixed to an item of clothing. Has manufacturer's name and logo on the rear of badge - Badge Minit. Advised by Neil Elphick 23/6/2018 that they were made at the time by Sydney Road traders when the Upfield Light rail was being considered 1988/1989.trams, tramways, the met, conductors, melbourne, badges, sydney rd, upfield light rail -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Plaque, HMAS Sydney 3
In a blue frame there is the history of HMAS Sydney 3 "The Vung Tau Ferry" There nine shields of the Army and RAAF Battalions and Squadrons who served on her from 1965 - 1972display, shield, hmas sydney 3, cerberus collection, vung tau ferry -
Kilmore Historical Society
Photograph, 69 Sydney Street, 1982
Was the site of Thomas Phillips' Forge8.5cm x 12.5cm coloured photograph of the construction of the Forge Restaurant at 69 Sydney Street. This was the site of the Thomas Phillips' Forge and is currently the site of Kilmore Palace Chinese Restaurant.restaurants, construction, construction sites -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Life Jacket, Harry West Pty Ltd, Sailmakers, 1930s-1950s
This standard design life jacket was made by sailmakers Harry West Pty Ltd at Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales from 1930s to 1950s. Harry West - Harry was a chandler, sailmaker and rigger. He made and sold all kinds of canvas and rope goods including sails, awnings and covers. In 1925 he was advertising life buoys but by 1933 he was advertising life jackets. He and his wife Margery had six children. His business was still operating in 1954, when an article on the craft of sailmaking appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald. His sailmaker's loft was located, traditionally, close to Sydney's harbour. Life Jackets - Life jackets were part of the equipment carried by the Life Saving Rescue Crew of South Western Victoria, including Warrnambool, from around 1858 until the 1950s. The purpose of a life jacket is to keep the wearer afloat until he or she is rescued from the water. Life jackets were first invented in 1854 by Captain Ward of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in Britain. The early life jackets were filled with cork, which is very buoyant. However, many times he cork caused the jacket to rise up quickly with a force that caused unconsciousness, sometimes turning the person face down in the water , causing them to drown. After the tragic loss of the ship RMS Titanic in 1912 and the lost lives of those onboard, a woman named Orpheus Newman designed the Salvus life jacket (Salvus means safe), which was filled with kapok instead of cork. Kapok comes from seed pods of the Ceiba Pentandra tree and is waterproof as well as buoyant. These Salvus jackets were used by the Royal Navy until new synthetic materials became available around the time of World War II.This life jacket is significant for its connection with local history, maritime history and marine technology. Lifesaving has been an important part of the services performed from Warrnambool's very early days, supported by State and Local Government, and based on the methods and experience of Great Britain. Hundreds of shipwrecks along the coast are evidence of the rough weather and rugged coastline. Ordinary citizens, the Harbour employees, and the volunteer boat and rescue crew, saved lives in adverse circumstances. Some were recognised as heroes, others went unrecognised. In Lady Bay, Warrnambool, there were around 16 known shipwrecks between 1850 and 1905. Many lives were saved but tragically, eight lives were lost.Life jacket, canvas covered, with two kapok padded compartments joined by shoulder straps and waist ties. Designed to slip over the head and tie at the waist. Inscriptions on pouches, some stencilled, some hand written, and inspection text on shoulder strap. Made by Harry West Pty Ltd., Sailmakers, Balmain, Sydney.Stencilled on pockets: “- - - NDARD / LIFE JACKET” [STANDARD LIFE JACKET], “HARRY WEST PTY LTD / SAILMAKERS / BALMAIN, SYDNEY” Stamped on shoulder strap: "XM3271RC" Hand painted on pocket: “DAVIES”flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, flagstaff hill, maritime museum, maritime village, warrnambool, lady bay, warrnambool harbour, captain ward, royal national lifeboat instution, kapok, life jacket, orpheus newman, salvus jacket, life saving, rescue, rescue crew, l.s.r.c., life saving equipment, marine technology, lifeboat, shipwreck victim, vintage, harry west, balmain, sydney, davies, standard life jacket, survivor, shipwreck, sailmakers, harry west pty ltd -
Kilmore Historical Society
Photograph, Sydney Street Kilmore, 1880's
2.5x1.5 inch black and white photograph of 1 Powlett street, the Court House Hotel, former colonial bank of Australasia. Corner of Powlett Street and Lancefield Road. Copy printed on card stock. Two story light coloured rendered building. The intersection of Lancefield Road, Powlett Street, Sydney Street and (modern day) Skehan Place. With a view straight down Sydney Street. One figure crossing the road.Writing on the back: PHO-00004hotels, historical towns -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Gifford Eardley, "In And Around Sydney With Steam Trams" books 1 to 3, 1950's
A series of 3 booklets by NSW Steam Trams and Railway Preservation Society. 115.1 - Book 1- 32 pages - Orange Cover; 115.2 - Book 2- 32 pages - Green Cover; 115.3 - Book 3- 32 pages - Blue Cover Record reviewed and scanned images of cover and contents page added 5/9/13.trams, tramways, sydney, steam trams -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Last Aussie MP's Leaving Vung Tau abroad the HMAS Sydney
A copy of a black and white photograph showing approximately twenty-seven men in Army uniform. The picture is titled "Last Aussie MP's Leaving Vung Tau abroad the HMAS Sydney"photograph, army, hmas sydney, miitary police -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Ships' Telegraph section, Milne Brothers, Copper and Brass Works, Early-to mid-20th century
This Engine Room section of a ship's telegraph system was part of the equipment of the Ports and Harbour ship the SS Rip. The vessel serviced and maintained the lights and buoys at Port Phillip Bay and Queenscliffe. The SS Rip was possibly the former gunboat "Albert". The ship’s communication system that was used from the late 19th century to early-to-mid-20th-century is called an Engine Order Telegraph (E.O.T.) or ship’s telegraph. The system has two parts, the Bridge Section and the Engine Room Section. The Bridge Section is usually mounted on top of a pedestal, and the Engine Room Section is often attached to a vertical surface. The standard commands printed or stamped onto the dial are the directions of AHEAD and ASTERN, and the speeds of STOP, FULL, EASY, STD. BY. and FIN. ENG. The ship’s pilot on the Bridge of a vessel sends his Orders for speed and direction to the to the Engine Room with the E.O.T. He moves the lever or levers, depending on the number of engines the ship has, to change the indicator on the Bridge Section’s dial to point in the new direction and speed of travel. This change causes the Orders to be duplicated on the Engine Room Section’s dial and a bell to signal the change simultaneously. The engineer then adjusts the ship’s engines and steering equipment to follow the pilot’s Order. The manufacturer, Mulne Bros., was a copper and brass works at 166 Sussex Street Sydney, in December 1892, and previously from 1870 at 128 to 130 Sussex Street. The company made and sold a wide range of equipment including machinery and gauges for the Railways.The Engine Room section is significant for being part of the communications system on the ship SS Rip, owned by Melbourne's Ports & Harbours department and used to service and maintain the navigation signals of Port Phillip Bay and at Queenscliffe in the mid-20th century. The dial is an example of marine equipment made in Australia and used for the safety of Victorian vessels. It is also significant for being made by an early Australian manufacturer, Milne Brothers of Sydney.Engine Room Section of a ship’s telegraph or Engine Order Telegraph (E.O.T.). The round metal dial has inscriptions stamped around the edges. The inscriptions are nautical terms for direction and speed and include the maker’s details. The dial was made by Milne Bros. of Sydney. It was part of the equipment on the "SS Rip" in Victoria.Black paint around dial: "MILNE BROS. / MAKERS / SYDNEY" "FULL EASY STD. BY " "FIN ENG. EASY FULL" ""ASTERN" "STOP" "AHEAD"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, marine technology, marine communications, engine order telegraph, e.o.t., ship’s telegraph, bridge section, engine room section, ship’s engine telegraph section, marine telegraph, milne bros., milne brothers, sydney, copper and brass works, ports & harbours ship, ss rip, gunboat albert, service ship, maintenance ship -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Newspaper - The Sun Newspaper Dated 1/12/1941 - Special _ My War Part 19 - Cruiser Sydney Missing - Our Day Of Sorrow, Local Newspaper Dated 1/12/1941 - Special - My War Part 9 - Cruiser Sydney Missing
Local Newspaper Dated 1 /12/1941 Reporting on events of World War 2 - Special - My War Part 19Events of World War 2 dated 1/12/1941Local Newspaper reporting on Events Of World War 2 - Special - My War Part 19 Dated 1/12/1941Cruiser Sydney Missing - Feared Lost With All 645 Hands - Our Day Of Sorrowworld war 2. local newspaper reporting on events - special - my war part 19 -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Newspaper - The Sun Newspaper Dated 2/6/1942 - Special - My War Part 27 - Sydney - Jap. Subs. On Harbor Floor - The Midget Invasion, Local Newspaper reporting on World War 2 Events - Special - My War Part 27 - Sydney Raided By Midget Craft Fails - 3 Sunk
Local Newspaper reporting on World War 2 Events - Dated 2/6/1942 - My War Part 27Local Newspaper reporting on events of World War 2 - Special - My War Part 27Local Newspaper reporting On World War 2 Events - dated 2/6/1942 - My War Part 27Sydney Raided By Midget Craft Fails - 3 Sunk - Nazis Gain But At a Big Price. local newspaper dated 2/6/1942 my war part 27, world war 2 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
DVD, Interview given during a lecture tour aboard the MV Dawn Princess on HMAS Sydney, Jun-13
DVD inside white paper sleeve. DVD recording of interview given during a lecture tour aboard the MV Dawn Princess, June 2013, by Commodore Bob Trotter.'Gone but not forgotten'|HMAS Sydney Cruising June 2013; Commodore Bob Trotter OAMtatura, hmas sydney, kormoran, hsk kormoran, audio, visual, technology, accessory, military, history, navy -
Camberwell RSL Sub-Branch
Photo, Photo showing the wreck of the German Raider Emden, the result of the engagment with HMAS Sydney off the Cocos -Keeling Islands November 1914
1914 Photo of the wreck of the German Raider, Emden'The result of the HMAS Sydney and Emden engagement off the Cocos -keeling Island. November 1914'emden, hmas sydney 1914, german shipping raiders, cocos island, -
Vision Australia
Certificate - Text, Sydney Industrial Blind Institution competency in Braille certificate, various
To recognise the achievements of those who undertook and completed a transcription course, this certificate was awarded to "a duly qualified Braille writer and competent to transcribe Books for the Blind", by the Sydney Industrial Blind Institution. These volunteers were involved in the expansion of the library as they created Braille from the print version of texts. 20/10/1917 - Elizabeth Harris. Signed by the President Thomas Anderson Stuart illegible date (1921-1932) - Mollie Turner. Signed by the President Sir Alfred Meeks.Cream page attached to cardboard with col. illustrationsFrame with garden decorations around writing, and a white flower/waratah/blue bird/Braille board sits amongst wattle in various corners. A B/W image of the Sydney Industrial Blind Institute building in William Street sits above the main text, whilst two women reading or using Braille and a building labelled 'Library for the Blind' sit to the left and right of the frame.sydney industrial blind institution, mollie turner, elizabeth harris -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, Broadbent's Melbourne - Sydney Guide Book, 1936
Broadbent's Official Road Guides Company took over George R. Broadbent's business in 1935. In 1963, it changed its name to Broadbent's Road Maps Pty. Ltd. George Robert Broadbent (1863-1947), cyclist and map publisher, was born on 3 November 1863 at Ashby near Geelong, Victoria. At various times Broadbent held most Victorian and Australian road cycling records. Broadbent became an active vice-president of the Good Roads Association of Victoria in November 1912 and was consulted regularly during the preparation of the country roads bill. That year he took over the Argus motoring column, wrote tirelessly on road improvements and maintenance, and became manager of the Automobile Club's new touring department in 1914.A 160 pp road guide book titled Broadbent's Official Road Guide Melbourne - Sydney. The front cover has a yellow background with a map of the coastline from Sydney to Melbourne, the Prince's Highway route marked. This is inset in a drawing of a car driving along the coastal road.The book contains speedometer readings, route maps, advertisements and photos of points of interest. In the top right is the logo of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and at the bottom right is the price 1/-.traavel road-guides broadbent-george car-touring -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Seeking the Sydney. A Quest for Truth, 2005
Written to struggle to piece together a labyrinth of facts, theories and in many cases, elusive false trails. Strange cryptograms, hearsay and new evidence from German survivors.White hard cover book with dust cover, front is black and white featuring " The waiting woman and dome of souls at Geraldton, "Sydney" Memorial". Back cover is blue and white featuring Wall of Rememberancehmas sydney, geraldton western australia, hmas sydney memorial -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Mary Edmunds, Claims to knowledge, claims to country : native title, native title claims and the role of the anthropologist : summary of proceedings of a conference session on native title at the annual conference of the Australian Anthropological Society, University of Sydney, 28-30 September 1994, 1994
Summary of proceedings of a conference session on Native Title at the annual conference of the Australian Anthropological Society, University of Sydney, 28-30 September, 1994. Looking at the legal process and roles in Native Title claims.chartsnative title -
St Kilda Historical Society
Photograph - Photograph of group, HMAS Sydney, 02/1928
Given to SKHS by Mr Handley 1982Photograph mounted on board H.M.A.S Sydney, Crew on the last cruise, Hobart, February 1928 inscription on front Sunk Emden -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Document, Discarded Veterans of An Unpopular War: H.M.A.S. Sydney
Pamphlet discussing the fact that the crew on H.M.A.S. Sydney and her escorts, Jeparit and Bonaroo were discriminated against in eligibility for War Service Benefits because they were not allotted "Special Duty" during the Vietnam War.hmas sydney, vietnam war, 1961 - 1975 -- veterans -- australia -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Iriquois ("Huey) choppers Aboard HMAS Sydney
A coloured photograph in a black frame of two Huey choppers on board HMAS Sydney. Bottom left hand corner are the words Voyages To Vietnam Collection.Bottem right hand corner are the words Copyright Ian Stackerphotograph, hmas sydney, huey helicopter, cerberus collection, voyages to vietnam collection -
Kilmore Historical Society
Photograph, 75 Sydney Street
15cm x 10cm coloured photograph of the construction at 75 Sydney Street. The construction site was for two shops being built with a shared wall. To the right of the construction site there is a shop (Auto Pro) with an awning at the front.construction sites, shopfronts, retail stores -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Time For Reflection - HMAS Sydney
In a black frame a coloured photograph of two men sitting on chairs reading on HMAS Sydney. bottom left hand side reads Voyages To Vietnam, bottom right hand side reads Copyright Roger DowntonVoyages To Vietnam. Copyright Roger Downtonphotograph, hmas sydney, cerberus collection -
International House, The University of Melbourne
Photograph (Item), Four people including International House Melbourne Warden Bob Fels standing in front of a brick wall featuring signs reading "Meeting of the Heads of International Houses Sydney, Australia 1988'
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Rutherglen Historical Society
Beaker stand, Selby & Co., Sydney & Melbourne, 1915 (Approximate)
Used originally at the High School, in physics class, when school was an H.E.S.Three footed iron stand with 2 holding clamps for laboratory beakers, one Pyrex glass beaker, fluted shaped, adjusting thumb screws on clampsBranded on feet: "Selby & Co / Sydney / Melbourne" On beaker: "Crown / Pyrex / 300"branded on feet: "selby & co / sydney / melbourne" on beaker: "crown / pyrex / 300", laboratory equipment, beaker, crown pyrex, selby & co -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, Dudley McCarthy, Australia in the War 1939-1945/South-West Pacific Area First
Red Book -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Morton Herman, The Architecture of Victorian Sydney, 1956
Hardcover, no Dust Jacketaustralian architecture, sydney, new south wales, victorian era, walsh st library -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Mr. Trathowan riding along Old Sydney Raod, Kalkallo
This photograph forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Whittlesea Historical Society for their project book, "Historic Views of the City of Whittlesea" by Robert Wuchatsch and Gwen Hawke, as part of Australia's Bicentennial Celebrations in 1988. The collection contains over 200 historic photographs covering all aspects of early life in the area now embraced by the City of Whittlesea.Black and white print mounted on a foam backing for display. Inscribed in blue ink on back of photo [Mr. Trathowan riding along Old Sydney Raod, Kalkallo]historic views of the city of whittlesea, old sydney road, kalkallo, mr trathowan, bicycle -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Photograph, Barque Sydney Griffiths, 1851
Barque built in Launceston by Jonathon Griffiths Bet.1827-1850Sepia photographThe Barque Sydney Griffiths leaving Port Fairy for London 8th February 1851 Captain J Cowton barque, passenger ship -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Sydney Jewish Museum Collection of WW I Images, Digital Image Archive The Sydney Jewish Museum A Collection of WW1 Images
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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, HMAS "Sydney
Photo 1: Signed photograph of HMAS "Sydney"|Photos 2 & 3: Admiralty cable reporting possible loss of HMAS "Sydney"|Copy of cable received from the British Admiralty re "Kormoran".