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Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Bowl, mixing
... Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge 100 Main Street Bacchus ...Mixing bowls of this design were a common item in Austrailan kitchens in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Women worked largely in the kitchen producing three meals daily for their families and, on farms, for the workers or casual labourers.Local significance for the history of women's work, especially the domestic duties of baking and cooking. Round, cream-coloured, ceramic mixing bowl with pouring lip, fluted design.baking, cakes, mixing bowl, kitchenware, women s work, domestic utensils, home cooked meals -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Bobbin lace, Early 20th Century
... Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge 100 Main Street Bacchus ...Aunt Fanny gave 6 yds of her "Bucks pattern" lace to Gillian Davis for her 21st birthday. This lace is very difficult to make, as there is a thick thread to keep exactly the same tautness as the fine thread. Aunt Fanny was about 77 when she made this.A fine example of womens hand craft from the late 19th and early 20th Century1 bundle of cream bobbin "Bucks pattern" lace which has a thick thread through it at exactly the same tautness as the fine thread. 2nd bundle of cream lace made by another method, possibly crochet.hand craft, lace bobbin -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Cookery Book, Jewry-Mary, "Warne's Model Cookery & Housekeeping Book", Mid 20th. century
... Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge 100 Main Street Bacchus ...This cookery book belonged to Gwen Moores' family. They were a farming family whose land included The Masons Lane Recreation Reserve. the book was used between 1900 and 1930.Local historyBook, hardcover, black lettering on spineWarne's Model Cookery and Housekeeping Bookbook, domestic, kitchen, cookery, gwen moore, recipes -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Iron-flat, Iron, 19th. century
... Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge 100 Main Street Bacchus ...Domestic item, well used. Heated on the stove top and used to iron clothes.Interesting domestic item that shows how ironing was done prior to electricity.Black, heavy, triangular shaped with handle attached. Handle rounded smoothed metal.domestic, iron, cast iron, iron flat -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Iron-flat-mini, Early 19th. century
... Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge 100 Main Street Bacchus ...This is an iron that would have been used for the very specific purpose of ironing very fine tucking.Purpose specific flat iron.Small double ended domestic iron with handle.domestic, cast iron, laundry, double, ended flat iron, heavy -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Iron-coke
... Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge 100 Main Street Bacchus ...Triangular base with hinged lid and clip, also a chimney for the smoke to escape. Very heavy. Wooden handle.T&C Clarke & CO. LTD Pattern on chimney No 6 -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Boiler Pot, Clark and sons, Early 1900's
... Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge 100 Main Street Bacchus ...Domestic cooking item used on a wood stove.Black oval cast iron pot with handle on one side Makers name embossed on one side.Clark and co. on one side. 6.G/ On bottom black and co. Patened St davids star with O in centrecooking, kitchen, pot, cast iron, food preparation -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Book-reference, All Press Printing, Balliang/100 years of Settlement, 2008
... Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge 100 Main Street Bacchus ...History of local community-BalliangReferenceBlack-board book cover. Gold lettering of title. Nothing on spine. Small amount of description and history. Mostly photos and index Accompanied by a commemorative DVD. (stored cassettebox 3)BALLIANG-100 Years of Settlementbook, balliang -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Bedspread
... Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge 100 Main Street Bacchus ...Manchester used at the timeDouble bed bedspread, ecru coloured crocheted, scalloped edges, small medallions. Made of cottoncotton, bedspread, crotcheted, manchester -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Book, F.W. Niven and Co, History of Ballarat, 1887
... Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge 100 Main Street Bacchus ...This book came into our collection via a donation to the Book Barn, which operates as a second-hand book shop. The donor is unknown.This book was published in 1887, a time of consolidation of wealth after the initial gold rushes in Ballarat in the 1850s. Its full title is 'History of Ballarat from the First Pastoral Settlement to the Present Time.' By William Bramwell Withers, Journalist. Second Edition with Plans, Ilustrations and Original Documents. It is an invaluable history of the origins of Ballarat and its mining history, with a chapter devoted to the Eureka Stockade. Book bound in green cloth on hard cover. On cover: Title incised in black on gold: HISTORY/OF/BALLARAT In gold: REVISED EDITION In black:By/W.B.Withers/PUBLISHED/BY/F.W.NIVEN &Co/Ballarat. Front cover embossed with gold pictures, one of a spray of wattle, one of a spray of eucalyptus leaves, a picture of a miner standing at a winch, and two panoramas of Ballarat, one in its early days as a gold-mining camp, and one as a built-up city. On spine: In green on gold: HISTORY/OF/BALLARAT : BY W.B.WITHERS 1887 Picture of two miners in a lift cage descending a mine shaft. On back cover: In black, picture of an aborigine looking into the sun, which is either rising or setting. On inside front cover: label pasted in. Inscription in gold: PRESENTED TO/THE/MEMBERS/OF THE/Empire Commerce Congress/BY/BALLARAT'S PIONEER DIGGER,/MR.JAMES ODDIE,1851. Front brown flyleaf partially torn off. ballarat gold rush, w.b.withers, eureka stockade, mining history, early maps of ballarat, mr james oddie, empire commerce congress -
Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society
Book, Brisbane Ranges National Park Draft Management Plan
... Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society Lerderderg ...A draft management plan for the Brisbane Ranges National Park published by the National Parks Service, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Victoria, June, 1996.Paper book. Soft cover. A4 size.non-fictionA draft management plan for the Brisbane Ranges National Park published by the National Parks Service, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Victoria, June, 1996. national parks, brisbane ranges national park -
Carlton Football Club
Black & White Team Photo, Under 19 Premiers 1963, 1963
... Marsh. This match was played at Maddingley Oval, Bacchus Marsh ...Black & Team photo of Under 19 1963 team photoA Carlton U19 Premiership in 1963 contained triple Carlton Premiership player (1968, 70, 72) Adrian "Gags" Gallagher. Carlton 4.2 26 6.3 39 10.8 68 12.11 83 Essendon 0.1 1 4.3 27 4.6 30 6.9 45 The game was played at Bacchus Marsh. This match was played at Maddingley Oval, Bacchus Marsh as it was the only venue that was not being used for cricket. It was staged later than scheduled because of an earlier drawn final. Black & White photo mounted on cardboard -
Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society
Book, Parwan: A History, 2010
... farming community on the outskirts of Bacchus Marsh. It contains ...Explores the history of the small farming community on the outskirts of Bacchus Marsh. It contains a plethora of fascinating details about the early years of this farming community from the 1830s until the early 2000s. There is a brief section at the beginning which looks at the history of the area prior to the colonial era. The book contains numerous sections about families and individual people who have lived in the Parwan area and includes many images of places and people. Citation: Parwan: A History by Dianne Van Leuvan. Published by Parwan History Group, Bacchus Marsh, Vic., 2010.Paperback printed book. 128 pages. with illustrations and photographs, some coloured. Includes facsimiles, maps, and index. Includes a separate folded sheet inside a pocket which has a reproduction of a map of the Parwan Parish in the County of Grant. On the reverse of this sheet are two reproductions. One is a land auction plan for February 1910 advertising the sale of portions of land from the Nerowie Estate. The other reproduction is a section of a map showing some of the blocks of land in the Nerowie Estate which has the heading, 'Nerowie Titles 1898'. A pocket inside the back cover contains a separate booklet which is an index, and two pages of 'Additional Information'.non-fictionExplores the history of the small farming community on the outskirts of Bacchus Marsh. It contains a plethora of fascinating details about the early years of this farming community from the 1830s until the early 2000s. There is a brief section at the beginning which looks at the history of the area prior to the colonial era. The book contains numerous sections about families and individual people who have lived in the Parwan area and includes many images of places and people. Citation: Parwan: A History by Dianne Van Leuvan. Published by Parwan History Group, Bacchus Marsh, Vic., 2010.parwan vic. history -
Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society
Booklet, The Plough: Her Tenants and Other Distractions
... ?]. The Plough is a Restaurant at Myrniong close to Bacchus Marsh ...Publication details: The Plough: Her Tenants & Other Distractions by Ruth Mills. [The Plough, Myrniong, Vic, 2023?]. The Plough is a Restaurant at Myrniong close to Bacchus Marsh situated in the the restored building of the old Plough Inn. The Plough Inn was a historic bluestone hotel built in the 1900s which replaced an earlier hotel which had existed on the site since 1861. The booklet consists of 20 unnumbered pages containing images of people associated with the Plough Inn over several generations.Printed booklet. 20 unnumbered pages. Mainly pictorial. Black and white and colour images. non-fictionPublication details: The Plough: Her Tenants & Other Distractions by Ruth Mills. [The Plough, Myrniong, Vic, 2023?]. The Plough is a Restaurant at Myrniong close to Bacchus Marsh situated in the the restored building of the old Plough Inn. The Plough Inn was a historic bluestone hotel built in the 1900s which replaced an earlier hotel which had existed on the site since 1861. The booklet consists of 20 unnumbered pages containing images of people associated with the Plough Inn over several generations. hotels - myrniong, restaurants - mryniong, plough inn myrniong -
Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society
Book - Book of Poetry, Bush Ballads and Other Verses
... Robert Lidgett was a prominent resident of Bacchus Marsh ...Published by Fraser & Morphett company in Melbourne, 1911.Robert Lidgett was a prominent resident of Bacchus Marsh in the early part of the 20th century.71 pagesfictionliterature, poetry -
Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society
Tool, Pocket Knife
... Marsh area. Knives Bacchus Family On the handle on one side ...This pocket knife is believed to have been used by an employee of the Bacchus family and possibly given to the employee by the Bacchus family. It is therefore an object with a probable linkage to one of the earliest European colonist families in the Bacchus Marsh area.A pocket knife with mother of pearl handle and a silver blade.On the handle on one side there is an engraved decorative design featuring a bird, leaves and flowers. Along the middle of the handle there is a blank cartouche of silver, intended for the name of the owner. On the other side there are two engraved starbursts. On the blade there are five hallmarks, a crown, a lion passant, head of Queen Victoria, letter G and the letters JM. The crown represents Sheffield. The lion passant indicates the knife was made in England, the image of Queen Victoria is a Duty Mark, the letter G indicates that the year of manufacture was 1850. JM indicates one of two manufacturers - JM or Mappin & Son.knives, bacchus family -
Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society
Booklet, Rowsley Hall 1894-1994
... is a rural locality 6km south-west of Bacchus Marsh. It is a very ...Rowsley is a rural locality 6km south-west of Bacchus Marsh. It is a very small community and the Rowsley Hall has been a community meeting place for over 100 years. This history tells the story of the origin of the Hall and its place in the community's history for its first 100 years. Citation: Rowsley Hall, 1894-1994, by Dorothy Pedretti. Published by Bacchus Marsh and District Historical Society, Bacchus Marsh, Vic., 1995?A small booklet. 36 unnumbered pages. Stapled binding. Contains black and white photographs, maps and facsimiles of documents. BMDHS Loc: AR/SU5/Pamphlets Box 4Rowsley is a rural locality 6km south-west of Bacchus Marsh. It is a very small community and the Rowsley Hall has been a community meeting place for over 100 years. This history tells the story of the origin of the Hall and its place in the community's history for its first 100 years. Citation: Rowsley Hall, 1894-1994, by Dorothy Pedretti. Published by Bacchus Marsh and District Historical Society, Bacchus Marsh, Vic., 1995?rowsley victoria history, halls, rowsley hall