Wood handle, bound with leather at top; steel tool at lower endtrades, leatherworking, handcrafts

Calipers for measuring inside of holes.trades, mechanics, tools

Engineers T tap wrench of metal, with 1/4 inch thread tap. Incised on tap, '1/4 20 WHIT Made in England', and on wrench, a triangular design containing the letters GTD, and below, KOn tap, '1/4 20 WHIT Made in England|On wrench, 'GTD' AND 'K'trades, mechanics, tools

Curved calipers for measuring the outside of holestrades, mechanics, tools

A pair of metal compass divider with a knurled nut on threadtrades, mechanics, tools

Wooden block of wood with five semi-circular recessions graduated in size. Also four elongated wooden rods with round handle at top and a round shaped bottom approximately matching the holes in the block. Further wooden rod with elongated neck widening at the top with hole in top and a small pointed wooden rod with a round top. A total of 8 pieces in the set. Used for decorating leather. See sample in NA2849handcrafts, leatherworking, trades

Leather tooled picture frame with laced edged edge, oval centre for picture, tooled around edge. Has picture of Gum nut babies. See Na2848 for the type of tools used to decorate this frame.handcrafts, leatherworking, trades

Used by George Warren, Husband of donor who used it for home maintenance.Cast iron pot with handle and inner pot with handle. Used as a double boiler to melt glue for joinery.Letters around pot not very distinct. DD on bottom of inner pot.trades, tools, carpentry

Hand brace for tapered shaft drills. 'U' shaped with wooden rotatable handle. Wooden breast pad and ratchet to reverse action.trades, carpentry, tools

Hand brace - 'U' shaped with split end to take a tapered end drill. Drill is secured by a bolt to tighten split end. Metal breast plate.trades, carpentry, tools

Grinding Wheel and Frame'Western' on bearing covertrades, blacksmithing, carpentry

Belonged to donor's father and used by him. Later used by donor until the advent of electric soldering irons.Long wooden handle with metal bar attached to shaped Copper piece.trades, plumbing, tinsmithing

Belonged to father of donor. Used by father and later by son until the advent of the electric soldering iron.Long wooden handle with metal bar attached top shaped copper piecetrades, plumbing, tinsmithing

Used by donor's father, John Palmer, on his parents dairy farm at Mupunga East and later on his own dairy farm at Allansford. From 1966 until 1992 used in Mitcham and Blackburn.A post mounted drill stand with a gearing arrangement driven by a handle. The depth of drill is adjusted by a large red wheel which raises or lowers the drill. There are other adjusting devices on the drill.Buffalo Forge Co, Buffalo N.Y. No 151 (on both sides of main casting)trades, tools, metalworking

Drawn Steel Tool with blunt cutting edge at one end and round top at the other.trades, metalworking, mechanics

Large round piece of abrasive stone with holer in centre in which is inserted a metal shaft and handle. This is mounted into the centre of a wooden bench with four legs and bracing.trades, blacksmithing, carpentry

Roller used for applying ink to printing blocks, metal with wooden handle.trades, printing, tools

Flat belt pulley stand with multiple pulleys. Set up for driving multiple machines. Present power source is an electric motor. In working order, unpainted.trades, carpentry, metal working

Photograph of Apprenticeship Week at Alfred Hallballarat school of mines, trades, apprentice

Black and white photograph of Russell McCarthy of Lakes Mini Mix concrete manufacturers Lakes Entrance Victoria. Also photo of Russell McCarthyBlack and white photograph of Russell McCarthy of Lakes Mini Mix concrete manufacturers Lakes Entrance Victoria. Also photo of Russell McCarthybusinesses, trades, people

Review of outline for proposed Building Industry film. Boyd suggests changes to the representation of the Master Builder through a description of their responsibility to organise the many trades and techniques in the building process. He rewrites an alternative simplified opening.Typewritten, carbon copy, foolscap, 1 page.louis mumford, master builders, building industry film, the city speaks

Twelve Federated Municipal and Shire Council Employees' Union of Australia cards. They give authority to deduct money from the weekly wage to cover payment of Union Dues. Various colours including bright yellow, white, tan and light tan. Some have printing on the back and some have a logo in the bottom left corner with a box with Union Label printed in it and a map of Australia with The Printers Trades printed in it.bendigo, council, cattle markets, bendigo saleyards collection - union dues cards, federated municipal and shire council employees' union of australia, concillation and arbitration act

Report - photocopied - 15 A4 pages, stapled along the left hand edge, corner, titled "Women in PTC Seminar - Final Report". Seminar held 30/8/1989. Gives a report of the proceedings and a list of those who attended the seminar. Jointly arranged between the Public Transport Corporate and the Victorian Trades Hall Council. Carolyn Dean (Cleak) attended as a rep from Camberwell Depot.trams, tramways, unions, ptc, crews, women drivers

Manuscript of an article - titled "Opportunities for profitable employment", 5 quarto sheets, with a pencil note in top left hand corner "For Australia Calls July 1950". Gives a description of the MMTB and its work, looking for staff, benefits, hours, roster arrangements, leave, retiring and death gratuity scheme, returned serviceman, immigration to Australia, wages for various trades, drivers and conductors including a wages table and increment system.trams, tramways, mmtb, immigration, workshops, drivers, conductors, wages, retirements, london

Collingwood Technical School trained apprentices in many trades. CTS was also invlved in Training Schemes during the late 1930s and during World War II. These photographs depict some of the machines and machine parts built in class. These are high quality professional photographs taken circa 1940-1943. At this time , CTS was part of the Defence Training scheme. These photographs are a visual record of this scheme.6 black and white photographs mounted on brown card. Photographs depict various aspects of lathe work undertaken during the Defence Training Scheme, 1940-43. Also a smaller photograph of a Moultar Thread Milling Machine 1941.Each photograph has a hand written caption on the back. Captions: 1. Finished surface plates for R.A.A.F. / standing on trestle after scraping. Stack of / others in background waiting for scraping. 2. Lathe bodies in foreground, with machined / parts of lathes in middle distance, and milling / cutters, gauges and bearings in background. 3. Frames of glass splitting machines, thread / rectifying machines, and two types of milling / machine vises made in technical schools. 4.View of engineering machine shop. Carbon dioxide / freezing box in foreground, and stack of / surface plates for RAAF in middle / distance. 5.Fan geared lathes, 6 inch centres, with / self-contained motor drives, made for / cartridge factory. To be used for making / this 6.Freezing of cast iron surface plates / in layers of solid carbon dioxide / blocks. Smaller photograph has a handwritten note on the reverse: 'this photograph shows how, with the aid of a 3ft. extension mounted in front of the tool box, on which Mr. Grubb sen. is seated, these large milling machine bases ... machinists at Collingwood Technical School. A Strang, Principal 21.4.1941'. collingwood technical school, cts, apprentices, students, defence training scheme, lathes, machinery, machine parts, nmit,