(Previous collection, Exhibitions, Prizes, etc.) Displayed at History House. Used by (Henty?) cordial company in Portland (?)Brown glass bottle with plastic stopper. Blue, red, white and gold label. Some contents of syrup remaining in bottle. Blue Ark strawberry essence.Front: (text on label includes brand name, contents of bottle, etc...)blue ark, cooking, essence, baking, strawberry

(Previous collection, Exhibition, Prizes, etc.) Displayed at History House. Used by (Henty?) cordial company in Portland (?)Brown glass bottle with plastic stopper. Blue, red, white and gold label. Some contents of syrup remaining in bottle.Front: (text on label includes brand name, contents of bottle, etc...)henty cordial, soft drink

(Previous collection, Exhibitions, Prizes, etc.) Displayed at History House. Used by (Henty?) cordial company in Portland (?)Brown glass bottle with plastic stopper. Blue, red, white and gold label. Some contents of syrup remaining in bottle.Front: (text on label includes brand name, contents of bottle, etc...)

Displayed at History House. Used by (Henty?) cordial company in Portland(?)Brown glass bottle with plastic stopper. Blue, red, white and gold label. Some contents of syrup remaining in bottle.Front: (text on label includes brand name, contents of bottle, etc...)

Displayed at History House. Used by (Henty?) cordial company in Portland(?)Brown glass bottle with plastic stopper. Blue, red, white and gold label. Some contents of syrup remaining in bottle.Front: (text on label includes brand name, contents of bottle, etc...)

Displayed t History House. Used by (Henty?) cordial company in Portland(?)Brown glass bottle with plastic stopper. Blue, red, white and gold label. Some contents of syrup remaining in bottle.Front: (text on label includes brand name, contents of bottle, etc...)

Yellow, square cigarette tin with hinged lid. "State Express" brand tobacco, smoking, wwii

This item was used by Helena Warren (nee McKeown), a well known photographer and local press correspondent. She lived at Newmerella. The meat mincer was a particularly popular kitchen gadget. By means of the mincer left overs and off cuts could be transformed into shepherd's pie or mince steak. Gadgets like this Universal food chopper are typical of domestic inventions designed to reinforce the principles of thrift and labour-saving. Many of these gadgets were imported from the United States. A cast iron metal hand mincer with a long metal body with an opening at one end, inside which is a circular spiral blade and a screw clamp attachment at the other end. On one side of the mincer is a curved metal handle held in place by a metal nut and a wooden bulb shaped knob at the end. There is a metal circular webbed blade held in place by a metal nut and bolt."Universal No. 2 brand; L.F. & C., New Britain, Conn., U.S.A."mincer chopper food-preparation

Most were used in various capacities at Ballarat School of Mines or University of Ballarat.Assorted lamps including Edison Carbon filament light bulbs and other special purpose lamps, .1-3) Robertson, pear shaped 220 V 16, carbon filament? bayonet light bulb with 'nipple'. .4) Ediswan, standard shaped, 928, carbon filament? bayonet light bulb with 'nipple'. .5) (B in a circle) 280 V 32 oo1A, pear shaped, carbon filament? bayonet light bulb with 'nipple'. .6-7) Crompton? standard shaped, carbon filament? bayonet light bulb. Clear glass with an amber tint. .8) 230-240 V 40 W, pear shaped, wire filament bayonet light bulb. .9-10) Osram standard shaped, heavy spiral and disc electrodes, bayonet light bulb. (The disc is loose in 10) .11 a&b) Osram black glass, large standard shaped, 230-240 V 125 W, bayonet light bulb. .12) Philips tubular shaped projector lamp with instruction leaflet. .13) Philips tubular shaped projector lamp with instruction leaflet in original box. .14) EH JA 12 V 55 W small projector lamp. .15) Large special purpose, standard shaped, frosted bayonet light bulb. .16) Siemens, standard shaped, modern Edison screw light bulb. .17) Philips, standard shaped, modern Edison screw, frosted light bulb. .18) Crompton, gas filled 240 V 75 W, standard shaped, bayonet frosted light bulb in original box. .19) Crompton, gas filled 230 V 300 W. standard shaped, large modern Edison screw light bulb. .20) Probably an extension cord with a bayonet fitting at one end connected by a twisted cord of two fabric covered wires to a large socket. This socket has a copper Edison screw inner, surrounded by a ceramic tube and covered with a copper housing. The housing is cracked in two places.Some have makers brand and voltage and wattage stamped onto the glass.scientific instrument, ballarat school of mines, globes, edison, lamps, light bulbs, bayonet

Regional costumes conveyed information about the wearer, e.g., particular part of the country or province; religion; wealth.Doll dressed in the traditional costume of a man from Zeeland.The costume jacket has the brand name "Dovina" Rotterdam-Holland on the back.