Bendigo School of Mines held it's own baseball competition between departments, dating from about the 1930's. Other Schools of Mines, eg Ballarat, did the same. They then held interschool matches. It is assumed that this photo is of the Bendigo inter-school team.Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from 2002. Home run: the Bendigo School of Mines baseball team of 1946. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

FIRE BRIGADE COMPETITIONCARVED WOODEN FRAMED SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH UNDER GLASS. 4 MEN SEATED, 3 MEN STANDING. H. HORNBY - POLE, LIEU HARRIS, W. SCHULTZ - 2ND LENGTH S. PEARCE - 2ND BRANCH, O WILLIAMS - COUPLER ON, F. WEICHARDT - HYDRANT 4TH PRIZE SIX MENfire brigade, clunes, demonstration, 4th prize

Information provided to the Bendigo Historical Society by Rohan Moresi: Rohan 'grew up on a farm near Buckrabanyule. The bat belonged to Rohan and his brothers, Grant and Alistair. At the age of twelve in early December of 1977, my father took my brothers and myself to the Queen Elizabeth Oval in Bendigo to watch a match of the newly created World Series Cricket being played. West Indies versus World XI. OI took the one cricket bat we owned and a market pen, along with me. During the course of the match I gathered all the signatures I could from players as they left the field after batting, as they sat in the stands waiting for their turn to bat, and when they were fielding close to the boundary. I remember Clive Lloyd, who was sitting in the stands when I approached him, expressing some good natured scepticism that the signatures would remain permanently on the bat as he was signing it, due to the tyupe of marker pen used. I also recall Tony Greig not stopping to sign it as he left the field after batting. I'm sure he had other more pressing issues on his mind at the time. When we returned home my father painted a type of a lacquer over each of the signatures in an attempt to ensure some sort of permanency. As it was the only cricket bat my brothers and I had, we continued to use it in our backyard games. Which goes a long way in explaining its current state. My brothers and I all left the farm in the early 1980's and I took the cricket bat with me. Since then it has remained in my possession up until now. I'm very happy to see it returned to the place of its origin, and for it to be kept in perpetuity at the Bendigo Hisgtorical Society, as it is part of the twentieth century history of Bendigo. I hope it brings some small pleasure to all who are interested in such things'. Rohan Moresi Cricket bat, blue material on handle grip of bat. Bat has signatures on the blade section. The bat was taken by Rohan Morosi, then 12, at the Queen Elizabeth Oval in December 1977, where he attended a game of the newly created World Series Cricket competition between West Indies versus World XI. Rohan gathered many signatures from players as they left after batting. The signature of Clive Lloyd, Ajif Labal, Mushtag Mohammed, Dennis Amiss, Eddie Barlow, Andy Roberts, Bob Woolmer, Barry Richards, Imran Khan and Joel Garner were on the bat.recreations, sports, cricket, queen elizabeth oval, rohan moresi, 1977

These five photographs were taken at Bones Day, an annual sports competition between the Army Survey Regiment and the RAAF School of Radio in November 1984, 1985, and 1988. The two units took turns each year to host the event. The day competition usually comprised basketball, cross country, golf, sailing, squash, softball, tennis, touch football, rifle shooting, tug-of-war and volleyball. The “big bone” trophy comprising a large bone from a beast housed inside a wooden framed glass case, was awarded to the winner of the day competition. The evening competition often included darts, carpet bowls, hookey, quoits and billiards/snooker. The “little bone” (a mounted chicken bone) was the consolation trophy awarded to the winner of the evening competition. The “O.H.A.R.A Rock” seen in photo 6276.2P was awarded to PTE Zahra for the lowest score in rifle shooting. He had to lug it with him for the rest of the evening. The 3-hour bus trip for the visiting unit on their return was typically very raucous. The history of the Bones Day competition is best described in the booklet titled - Bones of Contention Souvenir Program. 1965. Refer to Item 6267. Photo 6276.1P is also published with item 6585.41P.This collection of five photographs was taken at Bones Day, an annual sports competition between the Army Survey Regiment and the RAAF School of Radio, at Bendigo and Laverton respectively in November 1984, 1985, and 1988. The photographs were printed on photographic paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photographs were scanned at 300 dpi. .1) - Photo, black & white, 14th November 1984, RAAF CO WGCDR McCarthy presents ‘the Big Bone’ to Army’s CO LTCOL Jorge Gruszka. .2) - Photo, black & white, 13th November 1985, Trophy presentations L to R: MAJ Daryl Hockings CSM, PTE JB Zahra, unidentified RAAF officer. .3) - Photo, black & white, 13th November 1985, tug-of-war L to R: Peter Lefel, Kerron South, Barry Hogan, DB Zahra, unidentified (x2), Guenther Ebenwaldner, Steve Burke, Mal Paterson. .4) - Photo, colour, 1988, at Bendigo, tug-of-war L to R: Jodi Bowman, unidentified, Frank Savy, Barry Hogan, unidentified (x2), Graeme Spong, unidentified (x2), Mick Duggan, unidentified, Dave Lambton-Young, unidentified (x2). .5) - Photo, colour, 1988, at Bendigo, tug-of-war L to R: Mick Duggan, Dave Lambton-Young, unidentified (x3), Frank Savy (with sign), unidentified, Barry Hogan, unidentified, Graeme Spong, unidentified (x3)..1P to .7P – No personnel are identified. The date is stamped on the back of photos .1P to .3P.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, asr, raaf school of radio, bones day

The “Ugly man Contest” was a fund raiser for the P.O.W comfort fund in which £3891 was raised. (Pounds). The certificate was given to William (Bill) John Turner Bendigo RSL Sub Branch. Refer Cat No 8029 re this effort and others by Bill Turner. Refer Cat No 8030 for his RSL history and his WW1 service details.Framed certificate, frame is timber gold colour, backing piec is maroon colour, certificate is a fawn colour, all text in black. At the top is the word “Proclamation” followed by text, a red seal/stamp is at the bottom LH side. The paper relates to the “Ugly man Contest”Text, “Be it known by these presents - Bill Turner on the Tram each day, of ugly men he has his say; In competition he gives us shocks; And with his trams, he has his stops. In this event, he’s worked each day, to do his bit, in this big fray” “Bendigo November 27th 1943”brsl, smirsl, fund raiser