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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Photograph
Black and White Photograph of a painting of Falls of Clyde Inscription on the reverse side reads "taken from a painting in the office of Associayrd Oil Co in San Francisco. She is shown here as I have described her even showing the smokestack from the pump room with the black A on a white stack. She is shown here passing Point Bonita northern entrance to the Golden Gate. from a negative loaned to me by the San Francisco Maritime Museum.". SH 096 Ships F - H.On the back of the photograph "taken from a painting in the office of Associayrd Oil Co in San Francisco. She is shown here as I have described her even showing the smoke stack from the pump room with the black A on a white stack. She is shown here passing Point Bonita northern entrance to the Golden Gate. from a negative loaned to me by the San Francisco Maritime Museum."flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, falls of clyde, associayrd oil co, point bonita, golden gate, san francisco maritime museum, painting, russell & co. -
Orbost & District Historical Society
face powder, mid 20th century
These items were owned by Marjorie Burton. Marjorie Burton ( nee Whiteman), born 12 June, in Birmingham, England came to Orbost in 1995. In England she did office work – typing, shorthand and secretarial work - in accountants’ offices and also trained as a comptometrist with Burroughs in London. She came from a middle-class, working, church-going family. Her mother was a milliner who mademany of Marjorie’s clothes, hats and outfits. Marjorie married in 1938 to a salesman who later became a mechanic in the R.A.F. during WW11In the 1940’s women’s makeup was a huge industry. Despite war rationing, women began using makeup from the teens onwards. Cosmetics were an important part of most women's personal effects.Three containers of face powder. 2483.54 is a circular container, white with coloured flowers - the "Dreamflower Pattern". It contains some powder. 2483.55 and 2483.56 are pink boxes with gold print. 2483.54 : on base ; green text on white - Pond's Face Powder Suntan Made by Pond's Extract Co Ltd Perrivale Middx 2483.55 : Helena Rubinstein HR Silk Face Powder for Dry Skin Sport Boots 10/6 2483.56 : Helena Rubinstein HR Silk Face Powder for dry skin Beach Tan Inside is Exclusive Boots offer 6d off Your Next Purchase of Chikka pantiescosmetics skincare burton-marjorie -
Unions Ballarat
WJ McAdam: "Labor Memoirs, Ballarat", William J McAdam, circa 1960s
W.J. McAdam was a former union organiser (Ballarat Municipal Employees section of the Shop Assistants and Textile Workers Union). He is a past president and secretary (on two occasions) of Trades Hall, Ballarat. "Labor Memoirs, Ballarat": #Ballarat North Railway Workshops History #Preferential voting at elections #History of the White Swan Dam Project (1 vol) The White Swan Dam was completed in the 1950s. Ballarat North Railway Workshops were opened in 1917 after political pressure to decentralise railway workshops. The White Swan Dam was completed in the 1950s. Ballarat North Railway Workshops were opened in 1917 after political pressure to decentralise railway workshops. Relevant to Ballarat employment opportunities, history of preferential voting and history of the White Swan Dam Project. 2017 is the centenary of this important outcome for the City of Ballarat. Paper (1 volume) btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, wj mcadam, labor memoirs, preferential voting, elections, white swan dam project, textiles, textile, clothing and footwear union, white swan reservoir, railways, voting, ballarat north railway workshops -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Box, cardboard, Post 1876. ref International Exhibition 1876 label
Reference to international exhibitions.Eight round cardboard boxes with lids, some with white paper black printed labels on lid and sides.On some lids 'IMPROVED GELATINE CAPSULES CONTAINING PURE YELLOW SANDAL WOOD DOSE TWO : THREE TIMES A DAY DR. FRANCAIS LEBEAUX RUE RIVOLI PARIS'. On the sides of some boxes are round white labels with printed black text. 'H & CO TRADEMARK HOOD & CO DISPENSING & PRACTICAL CHEMISTS MELBOURNE'. 'DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION SECTION ii HOOD & CO'. 'ARTS & MANUFACTURERS'. 'ADELAIDE PRESENTED H R H THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH 1867 HOOD & CO'. 'INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AWARD FOR CHEMICALS & C PHILADELPHIA 1876'. international exhibition 1876 -
Melbourne Legacy
Magazine - Newsletter, Melbourne Legacy, Legacy Newsletter December 1957, 1956
The newsletter from December 1957. It featured a a girl with lots of donated toys on the cover. The president's introduction talked about Christmas. A photo announced the wedding of two junior legatees from the Harelands and Stanhope, Les Johnson and Diane Aldous. Another article on deciding a career for the children - this time the communications industry by working in the Postmaster General's department. The article about the Demonstration mentions; the graduation ball and a rendition of Cinderella, as well as Snow White and the seven dwarfs. The boys excelled at tumbling and judo. A newsletter published by Legacy in this format for many years from 1942. It mentions "Issued from time to time for Private Circulation among the Sons and Daughters of Deceased Service men and Merchant Seamen who served their Country during the War of 1914-18, or the present War". Many articles on the work of Legacy, including features on boys classes, girls classes, camps, the residences and where their past residents ended up. There are some suggestion for careers and some general interest articles. Some very interesting photos.Newsletter outlining news of Junior Legatee activities.Black and white printed newsletter x 8 pages from December 1957. Volume 10 Number 2.boys classes, activities, girls classes -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photograph, Alan King, Garden Hill, Eltham-Yarra Glen Road, Kangaroo Ground, 6 February 2008
The original house was built around 1850 was one of Kangaroo Ground's earliest homes, part of which remains today. Built by Scottish farmer Andrew Harkness who acquired the property in 1849 at the top of the hill with magnificent panoramic views as far as Kinglake, the same year he married Sarah Oswin. The property was known as Garden Hill from at least 1865. Andrew and Sarah had four sons and five daughters. Harkness was a founder of the Kangaroo Ground School and one of the first to suggest establishing the Eltham District Road Board (1858-71) of which he was a member, the pre-cursor to the Shire of Eltham (1871-1994). He was also a Trustee of the Kangaroo Ground Cemetery. His daughter Fanny married farmer Alexander White who purchased the property in 1893. Alexander White died in 1906 and ownership transferred to Fanny White. Son, Robert White was a Councillor of the Shire of Eltham at the time the Shire acquired two acres of land on the adjacent property from the Mess brothers for the creation of the Shire of Eltham Memorial Park (1921) in which the Shire of Eltham War Memoirial tower was erected (1926). Fanny White donated a small section of land from the Garden Hill property to facilitate entry access to the park. The White family sold the property to Sir Herbert Gepp in 1925. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p29This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, kangaroo ground -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - KOOYONG ROAD, 75, CAULFIELD NORTH
Two copies of a pamphlet for the ceremony of the Third Ordnance Services Unit ‘Exercising the Right of the Freedom of Entry to the City of Caulfield’ held on 23/10/1983. The pamphlet includes a brief history of the unit’s association with the City of Caulfield, a list of individuals holding posts within the Unit, text of the scroll conferring the Freedom of Entry on the Unit, a program of the ceremony, a brief history of the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps including the Unit’s use of 75 Kooyong Road as their premises, a brief history of the City of Caulfield from 1937-postwar years, and an explanation of the tradition of conferring Freedom of Entry to a city. The pamphlet includes also: 1/A black and white photograph (47x35mm) of the Mayor of Caulfield, W.R. Walters, undated and unattributed. 2/A black and white photograph (81x69mm) of Major A.G. Storen, Commanding Officer of the Third Ordnance Services Unit, undated and unattributed. 3/A color photograph (88x84mm) of the Sovereign’s Banner, undated and unattributed. 4/A black and white copy (137x87mm) of the scroll conferring Freedom of Entry into the City of Caulfield, which was seated August 4 1978. 5/A color illustration (30x32mm) of the City of Caulfield Coat of Arms. 6/A color illustration (40x32mm) of the Third Ordnance Services Unit, Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps Coat of Arms. 7/A black and white illustration (21x24mm) of the city of Caulfield Coat of Arms. 8/A black and white illustration (19x14mm) of the City of Caulfield badge. 9/A black and white illustration (22x31mm) of the City of Caulfield banner.walters w.r., storen a.g. major, finning d.j. captain, hately p.g. major, davidson j. (captain), swendson r. (second lieutenant), caulfield, city of caulfield, australian army, the third ordnance services unit royal australian army ordnance corps, caulfield park, caulfield council, north caulfield, campton e.j. (brigadier), walters w.r. mrs., calder g.k., calder g.k. mrs., mahon j. (chief superintendent), city hall, balaclava road, hawthorn road, glen eira road, hartley avenue, kooyong road, caulfield racecourse, caulfield town hall, alma road, red cheques cab company, army headquarters printing press, searchlight company, amenities store, armoured replacement unit, first base printing company r.a.a.o.c., garden vale, caulfield railway station, paddy’s swamp, great dandenong road, glen ferrie road, dandenong road, east caulfield reserve, caulfield military hospital, ‘glen eira’, town hall, ‘war office’, caulfield district road board, shire of caulfield, caulfield recruiting committee for volunteers, city repatriation committee, red cross emergency service, women’s national service, mayor’s patriotic fund, promotions committee for war savings certificates, war savings group scheme, ‘the gazette’, air raid precautions committee, orrong road, armed forces, world war 1939-1945, local government, parades and processions, military reserves, world war 1914-1918, councillors, events and activities, historic events, official events, caulfield john, wyne agar, murphy (mayor), hale p., ison (captain), fisher andrew, morris t.w. (mayor) -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - Snowball, Betty (1920 to 1994)
Eight black and white photographs. School photograph includes Betty Snowball and school captain Floss White. Photograph of Betty Snowball and two photographs of Ella Snowball, mother of Betty. Two photographs of Betty Snowball. Two photographs one including Betty as a bridesmaid and the other of the wedding couple, their names and date unknown. Includes brief handwritten, undated bibliographical notes, author unknown.snowball betty, snowball ella, elsternwick, gladstone parade, methodist ladies college, snowball oswald, white floss, caulfield historical society, caulfield council, fred j. cato branch elsternwick -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - Caulfield City Rifle Club No. 119, 294 Glen Huntly Road, Elsternwick
A two page black and white photocopy of a report from the Caulfield Conservation Study on 294 Glen Huntly Road, Caulfield City Rifle Club by Andrew Ward, 09/1994. The report includes a description of the exterior of the property, a brief overview of the history of the building and a statement of its significance. It also includes a black and white photograph (150mm x 100mm) of the exterior of the building, dated 09/1994.caulfield conservation study, architectural features, glen huntly road, ward andrew, caulfield city rifle club, pavey p a -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - List of SEC Ballarat Trams - 1967
Provides a list of active Ballarat trams operated by the State Electricity Commission of Vic, dated 7-11-1967. Notes that there are 15 ST's (Single trucks or four wheel trams) and 10 bogies - all larger trams. Also records that all destination rolls were black on white, changed over from white letters on a black background. Not known who produced the list.Prepared for personal or for providing information to another person on what trams were active in the Ballarat depot at the time.List of SEC Ballarat Trams - dated 7-11-67 hand written on a foolscap sheet of plain paper.ballarat, trams, tramcars, secv, destination rolls, lists -
Vision Australia
Photograph (item) - Image, One man presenting a box of tapes to another
In a room panelled with white boards on a grey wall, two man stand in front of a raised television screen. Both wear name badges, which are unreadable, and are dressed in suits and ties. The man wearing a heavy silver chain around his wrist and glasses presents two white boxes, marked Voice Tapes on the side, to the other man. It is unknown what occasion this was taken upon.royal victorian institute for the blind, audio equipment -
Port of Echuca
Black and white postcard, Early 20th Century
The gasworks in Anstruther St, allowed the streets of Echuca to be lit at night, therefore improving the safety of the citizens of the town. The gasworks were operational for many year providing cooking and lighting facilities to houses as well as to the streets. This picture shows the height of the flood in either 1906 or 1916? The Senior Citizens Club now stands on the site. The Central Kindergarten and Echuca Primary School are also nearby.This postcard is significant because it shows the height of the floods before the town levee banks had been built. It also shows the need for flood proofing the town. It also shows the size of the gasworks in the early 20th Century. The Senior Citizens Club is currently built on this site.A rectangular black and white postcard showing the gasworks in Anstruther Street, during a high flood, in either 1906 or 1916. The gasworks site is now the site of the Senior Citizens Club. A picket fence surrounds the gasworks and there are two men rowing a row boat passed the works in the flood water.On the front of the postcard in white hand writing are written the words 'Flood Water - Echuca.' On the back of the postcard the following words are printed. "W.Grimwood. Echuca. POST CARD. Correspondence. Address Only. Kodak Australia." Handwritten in pen are the words "Old Gasworks Anstruther Street. Now site Senior Citizens Club" Handwritten in pencil are the words "1906 or 1916"echuca gasworks., anstruther street, flooding, 1916, 1906, street lights, pullicino, j -
Federation University Historical Collection
Headwear - Costume, Top Hat by W. Gribble & Co, c1920
The firm W. Gribble & Co. are associated with the long-term President of the Ballarat School of Mines Council, Bill Gribble.Black top hat with black band purchased at W. Gribble & Co. Ballarat, possibly by Peace Brown. The hat was made by Woodrow Hatters, Piccadilly, London, circa 1920. A black fur felt top hat with black band. Lined with white fabric and pale calf leather.Printed on inside white cloth: Woodrow and Sons Hat Manufacturers To H.M the King, Manchester, Piccadilly, Liverpool. Extra Quality. Made in England for W. Gribble & Co., Ballarat. On the leather is stamped Manufactured by Woodrow & Sons; Undyed Calf Leather; Made in England for W. Gribble & Co. Ballarat. Handwritten on leather: Adams and Tully. Swan Hilltop hat, gribble, gribble & co., peace brown, costume, woodrow & sons, headwear, adams and tully -
Royal District Nursing Service (now known as Bolton Clarke)
Photograph - Photograph, black and white, 1967
Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS), Sister Meisser is visiting Mrs. Lata to attend to the nursing care she requires in her home. She is greeting Mrs. Lata on her veranda and is observing her interaction with her dog. Sr. Meisser is wearing her RDNS uniform of a grey cotton short sleeve frock with a small white arched material logo with 'Royal District Nursing Service' in blue capital letters emblazoned on it, attached to the upper sleeve. She is wearing her grey peaked hat. This had a metal RDNS logo attached to the centre front. Sister Meisser worked from the RDNS Moorabbin centre.From its earliest years when the Trained nurses of the Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS) began to wear uniforms, the chosen colour was grey, though the style changed throughout the years as fashions changed from the late 1800s through to the 1970s. Their Trained nurses (Nurses) firstly wore long grey frocks and a white cap with a long white tail hanging from the centre back. When bicycles were introduced the headgear changed to a white pith helmet adorned with a red Maltese cross in the centre front. This was held on with a veil going over the hat and tied under the chin. Over the years there were complaints that the veils became wet in the rain and they asked for a change of uniform, but this did not happen until 1921. Later the Nurses complained their skirts became wet when riding their bicycles in the rain and asked, when raining, to be able to wear breeches and gaiters. This was granted provided they wore aprons when attending patients. It was not long before the uniform changed to a shorter length grey frock, red cardigan, grey coat and grey brimmed hat; later changed to a peaked grey hat. This uniform was used when MDNS was granted Royal patronage in 1966 and worn until 1971 when the uniform changed to a blue V necked frock over a short sleeve white blouse in summer and a blue/grey skivvie under a blue/grey herringbone V neck tunic style frock made of winter material in the cooler weather. Black and white photograph of Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS), Sister Meisser, of Moorabbin Centre. She is standing on the left of the photograph; has short dark hair and is wearing her grey uniform with peaked hat and black shoes, and is holding her rectangular nursing case. She is standing on the veranda of Mrs. Lata's brick home, and is smiling as she observes, to her right, Mrs. Lata, who has grey curly hair and is wearing a light coloured floral frock. Mrs. Lata is sitting in her wheelchair and with her left hand is patting her pale coloured Labrador dog who has a dark collar and is sitting to her right. Mrs. Lata is in front of her security door which has a white door frame. The house has a white lantern shaped light attached to the wall on the left hand side of the photographPhotographer's stamp and the word 'Publicity'royal district nursing service, rdns, rdns uniform, moorabbin centre, mrs lata, sister m. meisser -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Chair, 1907-1914
The design of this set of four lightweight chairs is based on Thonet’s bentwood designs, which are still some of the best-selling designs for café and restaurant owners. It is elegant, sophisticated and durable. Some of these chairs still have their original seat, under which the letters “TH” or “RSL” are hand written. Flagstaff Hill has several bentwood chairs with these letters on them, in either chalk, black paint, or both. It is believed that the chairs were used in the original Warrnambool Town Hall, and later the RSL. The Town Hall was completed in 1891, built on the corners of Timor and Liebig Streets. (In 1977 the Town Hall was declared unsafe and was later replaced by the Warrnambool Performing Arts Centre.) Some of the chairs have marks, paper labels and symbols on them that show that the maker was Josef Jaworek, who had a small furniture factory in east Sinensia, which was at that time in Austria, from 1907 - 1914. Bentwood chairs are made by a process of wetting wood in water, bending it into curved shapes, then allowing it to dry so that the shape becomes permanent. This process originated by Michael Thonet, who had been given the right to bend wood into desired curves by the Austrian Courts in 1842. In 1856 he was granted a 13 year patent to manufacture chairs and table legs of bent wood treated by steam or boiling water. In 1859 his company Gebruder Thonet produced his original design. Thonet’s early designs also featured hand carved or laminated wooden seats. His Model No. 14 was produced in the 1850’s and his most popular design. After Michael’s death in 1871 the family went on designing and producing chairs. These bentwood chairs are believed to be associated with the original Warrnambool Town Hall. The Warrnambool Town Hall played a significant role in the both the local government and the social events of local and district areas. It was a place for Council meetings, community events and entertainment, theatrical and musical.Bentwood chair (4 of 4), painted black, inner back is curled loop, seat has leather cover attached with studs, ventilation holes under seat, legs are splayed and have a bracing ring. Marks: under seat, handwritten and stamped into wood.Marked with handwritten "TH", in both black paint & white chalk. Under rim is label printed "65" Stamped into wood on rim under chair "95".flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, bentwood chair, café chair, restaurant chair, josef jaworek, austrian chairs, furniture -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Cash Book, Late 19th century
This cash book, found in the old Mackay Taylor building in Kepler Street, contains entries relating to Costs Accounts and Trust Accounts for the Warrnambool firm of Fletcher and Mackay which had been formed from the amalgamation of the law firms of George Mackay and James Fletcher in 1893. In the 1920s the firm became Mackay and Taylor after J. McD. Taylor became the partner with George Mackay. This firm was a prominent one in Warrnambool until the 1990s. This cash book is of considerable interest as the entries show the names of many well-known residents of Warrnambool at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The firm of Fletcher and Mackay was an important one in Warrnambool at that time and George Mackay, one of the partners of the firm, was prominent in local community and civic affairs. This is a ledger with black binding and buff-coloured spine and corner reinforcements. There are 135 double-sided pages. The pages have been printed with red ruled lines for accounting purposes. There are red and blue mottled coloured cardboard pages at the beginning and end of the book. There are two loose pages which appear to be scrap notes only. The entries are written in black ink.White paper pasted on front cover: ‘Cash Book from April 26th 1898 to March 22nd 1902’ Spine: ‘1898-1902 Cash Book’ james fletcher and george mackay, warrnambool law firms, warrnambool -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - JACKET, SUMMER DRESS RAAF WW2, CITY COSTUME COY, 1940
See Cat No. 5727.2 for service details.Jacket - Khaki colour cotton twill fabric. Buttons - black bakelite with metal shank. Emblazoned with King's Crown and Wedge tailed eagle in flight. With full belt with bakelite and metal buckle. Brown and cream chevrons on sleeves - Rank. Old Drycleaning labels - four - stapled inside right side.Maker's label - black colour embroidery on white cotton "CITY COSTUME"/COE/1940/ SIZE ..." Below collar - handwritten black ink '1243/GILL".uniforms, raaf, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - KIT BAG, Wormald Canvas, 1989
Part of the Reverend Chaplain Major Thomas Bruce Williams, No 556101, Collection.Green d canvas bag closed with a heavy duty plastic zipper. Handles are made from thick dark green canvas. Each is reinforced with khaki coloured stitching. A clear plastic pocket is sewn onto one side to house a name card. Below this is a side pocket closed via a plastic zipper. On the inside of the bag are two large canvas pockets, one of which has a manufacturers label attached.On white manufacturer's label: 'WORMALD CANVAS, 8465-66-024-5926, (upwards arrow), 1989' Handwritten in black ink on top zipper flap: 'WILLIAMS'.army chaplain, personal equipment, major thomas b. williams -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Sky Pilot In Arnhem Land
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 Sky Pilot In Arnhem Land Author: K Langford Smith Publisher: Angus & Robertson Date: 1935 The label on spine cover has 919.4 SMI handwritten in white ink Inside Front, loose endpaper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, warrnambool public library, sky pilot in arnhem land, k langford smith -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Descriptive Catalogue of Australian Tradesmens Tokens
Descriptive Catalogue of Australian Tradesmens Tokens Author: C W Stainsfield Publisher: C W Stainsfield Date: 1883 Label on spine cover is white paper circle with the number 30 Pastedown front endpaper has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, great ocean road, book, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, warrnambool public library, descriptive catalogue of australian tradesmens tokens, c w stainsfield -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Mug - Portland, Victoria, 1960-1970
Souvenir Portland mug, ceramic, gold with brown lettering. Handle brown, shaped like pistol, top and bottom borders like gun belt, with holstered pistol.Front: 'Portland' - black writing 'PISTOLMUG DRINK TILL MIDNIGHT PIS-TOL DAWN' - sticker on base of mug, blue, white print, 'MADE IN JAPAN' -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Administrative record - Book - Formularies and Lectures of the Ancient Orders of Foresters Friendly Society, n.d
The Ancient Order of Foresters, which originated in England in the mid 1700s, established its first branch (Court) in Victoria in 1849. Foresters was set up as a non-profit organisation, the founding principles of the Society being to provide financial and social benefits as well as support to members and their families in times of unemployment, sickness, death, disability and old age. The Society is now known as the Foresters Friendly Society and in July 1999 was incorporated as a public company limited by shares and guarantee.Emerald green hardback booklet, embossed, 'C.R.' in gold, front cover. A slip of paper pinned to page 5, containing the quarterly password for use from 1st Feb 1909 to 30th April 1909Front: Jany 1882 JR-CR' hand written, ink, inside front cover. Also white label, 'Key for the solution of the Quarterly and Travelling passwords' -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Award - Trophy - Syd Cuffe, Town Crier, Supplied by Sportscoast Trophies, 203 the Entrance Road, Erina 2250, c. 2001
Wooden plaque, rectangular, coloured perspex badge with gold laurel wreath surround at top; gold and black plaque at bottom, inscribed in gold. Brass hanger on back.Front: 'WINNER SENIOR SECTION Australian Town Criers Championships Gosford, NSW. Satureday 8 September, 2001' Back: white sticker with supplier's details -
Greensborough Historical Society
Blazer, Watsonia High School Uniform - Blazer WaHIGH, 1985c
Blazer from Watsonia High School. The Watsonia High School and Watsonia Technical School were merged to form Greensborough Secondary College for the beginning of the 1990 school year, with the high school campus serving as a senior school for years 11 and 12, and the larger technical school used as a junior campus. It was renamed Greensborough College when the former high school campus was closed in 1992. This land was redeveloped into housing lots.This blazer is part of a small collection of Watsonia High School memorabilia.Blazers were Maroon in colour. Pocket Badge depicted the School Logo and motto "Nothing Without Labour". For standard uniform the thread was white and yellow thread for Prefects and included the word Prefect. watsonia high school, uniform, blazer, mina garment, doctor flannel, school uniform -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Coach and Horses Hotel, Whitehorse Road, Ringwood. 1924
Appears to be reproduction of newspaper photograph. South Side of highway.Written below one photograph, "Photo of Coach and Horses Hotel, corner of White Horse Road and Madden Street. Enter Estate at Madden Street". 1924. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Kerosene Searchlight, Circa 1935
The Tilley lamp derives from John Tilley’s invention of the hydro-pneumatic blowpipe in 1813 in England. W. H. Tilley were manufacturing pressure lamps at their works in Stoke Newington in 1818, and Shoreditch, in the 1830s. The company moved to Brent Street in Hendon in 1915 during World War I, and started to work with paraffin (kerosene) as a fuel for the lamps. During World War I Tilley lamps were used by the British armed forces, and became so popular that Tilley became used as a generic name for a kerosene lamp in many parts of the world, in much the same way as Hoover is used for vacuum cleaners. During the 1920s the company had diversified into domestic lamps, and had expanded rapidly after orders from railway companies. After World War II fears about the poisonous effect of paraffin fumes, and widely available electricity, reduced demand for domestic use. The company moved from Hendon to Ireland in the early 1960s, finally settling in Belfast. The company moved back to England in 2000.A significant item demonstrating the early use of kerosene under pressure as a lighting medium. These types of lamps were made by a company whose products became synonymous with oil lamps generally. Lamps that were used commercially, domestically and by the armed forces of many countries during the first and second world wars.Tilley Searchlight Projector, or search lamp, made in Hendon, England 1935. Metal kerosene pressure search lamp, glass front, fixed mirror at back, wooden carry handles. Mounted on fuel tank with pressure pump. Lamp has 8 airflow holes in the bottom and a covered outlet on the top. Glass is in 3 pieces, fitting together to make flat circle there is a maker’s plate on the pressure tank. “TILLEY / SEARCHLIGHT PROJECTOR / MADE AT / HENDON, ENGLAND”, “256” handwritten in red on one wooden handle, “9” or “6” hand painted in white on top on light flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, tilley kerosene pressure searchlight, lighting, john tilley, pressure lamps -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Phonograph Record, Viennese Nights
Phonograph record, black shellac, with black Columbia "Magic Notes" label. A&B sides: Viennese Nights - Waltzes Selection parts 1&2. Artist: Regal Cinema Orchestra.Reference Number DOX - 167. Has a white and blue semi circular label attached to the record label. G.J. Grice Ltd House of Music Supplies. -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Book, Ports and Harbours Division, Sailing Directions Victoria including Bass Strait, 1970
Blue hard cover book of 745 pagesInside front cover, white sticker with red printing "JOHN DONNE & SON / CHARTS, MAPS & MARINE BOOKS / 372 LITTLE BOURKE ST. / MELBOURNE" non-fiction, sailing, victoria, bass strait, communications, fuel, maps, charts, weather, navigation -
B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc
Oral History, Alan Scarlett Story, 2014
Alan Scarlett was in the RAAF from 18/08/1943 until February 1946 and was a B-24 Liberator gunner between the end of 1943 and September 1945 with 21 Squadron.The oral history of Alan Scarlett is of historical significance because it provides a first hand account of the individual's experience during World War II as a member of the RAAF who trained at Tocumwal, Nhill and Leyburn. He saw active service in the Pacific conflict from Fenton and Morotai as a gunner on a B-24 Liberator. He was also air-crew during the repatriation of former World War II prisoners or war in 1945.A4 paper hand written transcript of 5 pagesBlack and white print of a B-24 Liberator at the top of the page. Werribee Liberator Restoration Visit. Neerim Men's Shed. Sunday 16th March 2014. -
Clunes Museum
Leisure object - GRAMAPHONE RECORDS, Columbia
GRAMAPHONE RECORDS 78RPM HIS MASTER'S VOICE .1 ONE SIDED CLOSE-PROPS SUNG BY HARRY DEARTH .2 VALENCIA - THE SUTDENT PRINCE, BEIGE PAPER COVER WITH BROWN WRITING "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" PHILIPS' .3 LET'S HAVE A PARTY.1 STAMP WITH RED B & C PRINTED ON IT & , BLACK 3 3/4 - d .2 WHITE STAMP PRINTED WITH GRAMAPHONE S A E PADILEgramaphone, gramaphone records