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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Sharpening Stone, mid 1900's
In 1938 William Edward Mc Pherson established Australian Abrasives Pty. Ltd., manufacturing grinding and filing tools, blades and other similar hardware items. This sharpening stone is made of silicon carbide, which is a very hard synthetic product. The compound was discovered in America in 1981 by Edward Achison whilst trying to make artificial diamonds from a mixture of clay and powdered coke. Initially the substance was used for polishing gems then it went on to be used as an abrasive in sandpapers, grinding and sharpening stones and cutting tools. This sharpening stone was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the family of Doctor William Roy Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. It is part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. ABOUT THE “W.R.ANGUS COLLECTION” Doctor William Roy Angus M.B., B.S., Adel., 1923, F.R.C.S. Edin.,1928 (also known as Dr Roy Angus) was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria in 1901 and lived until 1970. He qualified as a doctor in 1923 at University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was house surgeon to Sir (then Mr.) Henry Simpson Newland. Dr Angus was briefly an Assistant to Dr Riddell of Kapunda, then commenced private practice at Curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, SA, where he was physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as new Medical Assistant to Dr Thomas Francis Ryan (T.F. Ryan, or Tom), in Nhill, Victoria, where his experiences included radiology and pharmacy. In 1927 he was Acting House Surgeon in Dr Tom Ryan’s absence. Dr Angus had become engaged to Gladys Forsyth and they decided he further his studies overseas in the UK in 1927. He studied at London University College Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and in 1928, was awarded FRCS (Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons), Edinburgh. He worked his passage back to Australia as a Ship’s Surgeon on the on the Australian Commonwealth Line’s T.S.S. Largs Bay. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1929, in Ballarat. (They went on to have one son (Graham 1932, born in SA) and two daughters (Helen (died 12/07/1996) and Berenice (Berry), both born at Mira, Nhill ) According to Berry, her mother Gladys made a lot of their clothes. She was very talented and did some lovely embroidery including lingerie for her trousseau and beautifully handmade baby clothes. Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . Its first station was in the remote town of Oodnadatta, where Dr Angus was stationed. He was locum tenens there on North-South Railway at 21 Mile Camp. He took up this ‘flying doctor’ position in response to a call from Dr John Flynn; the organisation was later known as the Flying Doctor Service, then the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A lot of his work during this time involved dental surgery also. Between 1928-1932 he was surgeon at the Curramulka Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. In 1933 Dr Angus returned to Nhill and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital (a 2 bed ward at the Nelson Street Practice) from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what previously once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr Tom and his brother had worked as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He had been House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1902-1926. Dr Tom Ryan had one of the only two pieces of radiology equipment in Victoria during his practicing years – The Royal Melbourne Hospital had the other one. Over the years Dr Tom Ryan had gradually set up what was effectively a training school for country general-practitioner-surgeons. Each patient was carefully examined, including using the X-ray machine, and any surgery was discussed and planned with Dr Ryan’s assistants several days in advance. Dr Angus gained experience in using the X-ray machine there during his time as assistant to Dr Ryan. When Dr Angus bought into the Nelson Street premises in Nhill he was also appointed as the Nhill Hospital’s Honorary House Surgeon 1933-1938. His practitioner’s plate from his Nhill surgery is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. When Dr Angus took up practice in the Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan’s old premises he obtained their extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926. A large part of this collection is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. In 1939 Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool where he purchased “Birchwood,” the 1852 home and medical practice of Dr John Hunter Henderson, at 214 Koroit Street. (This property was sold in1965 to the State Government and is now the site of the Warrnambool Police Station. and an ALDI sore is on the land that was once their tennis court). The Angus family was able to afford gardeners, cooks and maids; their home was a popular place for visiting dignitaries to stay whilst visiting Warrnambool. Dr Angus had his own silk worm farm at home in a Mulberry tree. His young daughter used his centrifuge for spinning the silk. Dr Angus was appointed on a part-time basis as Port Medical Officer (Health Officer) in Warrnambool and held this position until the 1940’s when the government no longer required the service of a Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool; he was thus Warrnambool’s last serving Port Medical Officer. (Masters of immigrant ships arriving in port reported incidents of diseases, illness and death and the Port Medical Officer made a decision on whether the ship required Quarantine and for how long, in this way preventing contagious illness from spreading from new immigrants to the residents already in the colony.) Dr Angus was a member of the Australian Medical Association, for 35 years and surgeon at the Warrnambool Base Hospital 1939-1942, He served as a Surgeon Captain during WWII1942-45, in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W., completing his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. During his convalescence he carved an intricate and ‘most artistic’ chess set from the material that dentures were made from. He then studied ophthalmology at the Royal Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital and created cosmetically superior artificial eyes by pioneering using the intrascleral cartilage. Angus received accolades from the Ophthalmological Society of Australasia for this work. He returned to Warrnambool to commence practice as an ophthalmologist, pioneering in artificial eye improvements. He was Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist to Warrnambool Base Hospital for 31 years. He made monthly visits to Portland as a visiting surgeon, to perform eye surgery. He represented the Victorian South-West subdivision of the Australian Medical Association as its secretary between 1949 and 1956 and as chairman from 1956 to 1958. In 1968 Dr Angus was elected member of Spain’s Barraquer Institute of Barcelona after his research work in Intrasclearal cartilage grafting, becoming one of the few Australian ophthalmologists to receive this honour, and in the following year presented his final paper on Living Intrasclearal Cartilage Implants at the Inaugural Meeting of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists in Melbourne In his personal life Dr Angus was a Presbyterian and treated Sunday as a Sabbath, a day of rest. He would visit 3 or 4 country patients on a Sunday, taking his children along ‘for the ride’ and to visit with him. Sunday evenings he would play the pianola and sing Scottish songs to his family. One of Dr Angus’ patients was Margaret MacKenzie, author of a book on local shipwrecks that she’d seen as an eye witness from the late 1880’s in Peterborough, Victoria. In the early 1950’s Dr Angus, painted a picture of a shipwreck for the cover jacket of Margaret’s book, Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks. She was blind in later life and her daughter wrote the actual book for her. Dr Angus and his wife Gladys were very involved in Warrnambool’s society with a strong interest in civic affairs. He had an interest in people and the community They were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens. After his death (28th March 1970) his family requested his practitioner’s plate, medical instruments and some personal belongings be displayed in the Port Medical Office surgery at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, and be called the “W. R. Angus Collection”. W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The collection of medical instruments and other equipment is culturally significant, being an historical example of medicine from late 19th to mid-20th century. Dr Angus assisted Dr Tom Ryan, a pioneer in the use of X-rays and in ocular surgery. Sharpening stone, part of the W.R. Angus Collection. Grey, rectangular block of silicon carbide made from two pieces of different densities joined together. Sharpening stone is in green and black cardboard box with lid. Maker is Australian Abrasives Pty Ltd. Circa mid 1900’s.Box text "AUSTRALIAN ABRASIVES Pty Ltd SHARPENING STONE" and "SILICON CARBIDE" and "NO. 108 / COMB", "8" x 2" x 1" "flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, dr w r angus, dr ryan, sharpening stone, australian abrasives pty ltd, sharpening tool, metal working equipment -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1/07/2009 12:00:00 AM
Inscription on stones say This stone was laid by Charles Seehusin Esq Oct 20th 1892 andColour photograph of two foundation stones in lawn, installed at opening of Congregational Church in 1892 Bruthen Victoriaagriculture -
Puffing Billy Railway
grinding wheel, Blacksmith
Blacksmith grinding wheel - stone is original but stand has been made by Puffing Billy Museum volunteers stand scrapped - damaged - Feb 2018Historic -Industrial Tool - Grinding wheel Blacksmith grinding wheel - stone is original but stand has been made by Puffing Billy Museum volunteers Wheel made of stone and wrought ironblacksmith grinding wheel, puffing billy -
Federation University Historical Collection
Ethnographic Material, Aboriginal Knapping Tools
Knapping tools are used as for chipping away stone. Knapping is a fracture by striking the stone to be worked with or against another stone, or by use of a punch, thus purposely shaping the stone being worked or obtained desired flakes or fragmments. Aboriginal knapping tools.aboriginal, stone, tool, knapping tools -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph, LJ Gervasoni, Scarsdale/Linton Milepost (or Milestone), 20-06/2009
Stone mileposts dating from the 1870s are found on the Glenelg Highway. Stone and iron mileposts are now a rarity, and have remanining markers have become a tourist attaction in many smaller towns with remnant markers. The stone mileposts on the Glenelg Highway are listed on the Victorian Heritage Reigister as being significant to the State of Victoria. Their primary purpose is to inform the travelling public of distances and directions to various destinations. The stone milepost in the current City of Ballarat are located on the Glenelg Highway (between Ballarat and Scarsdale), Smythes Creek and Delacombe, and have been registered by Heritage Victoria, (HO155) Other stone mileposts are located In Golden Plains Shire at Smythesdale (Victorian Heritage Register H1701) Metrication in Australia caused former mile markers to be gradually replaced with 10 km markers on highways and country roads, which are referred to as "kilometre plates".Colour photograph of a stone mile post on between Ballarat, Scarsdale and Lintonmilepost, mile post, scarsdale, linton, ballarat, mile marker, stone milepost, milestone -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Brisbane Farewell - HMAS Sydney Heads North
In a black frame a coloured photograph of a lady waving farewell to HMAS Sydney in Brisbane. In from of HMAS sydney there are two small boats. Bottom left hand side reads Voyages To Vietnam Collection, bottom right hand side reads Courtesty Richard Stone.Voyages To Vietnam Collection.Courtesty Richard Stone.hmas sydney, photograph, cerberus collection -
National Wool Museum
Invitation
Invitation to the ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone of the RSS Mill by the then Prime Minister, W.M. Hughes on 15 Feb. 1922.Invitation to the foundation stone ceremony, RSS Mill, 1922.textile mills, returned soldiers and sailors mill, 1918: australians in france - exhibition (19/02/2000 - 30/04/2000) -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, Early 1990's
This is a photograph of one of the many stone ruins which can be seen in the Sunbury area and surrounding districts. These ruins are found in varying degrees of structural damage caused by erosion, vegetation growth and vandalism. The post and stone fence at Emu Creek at Bulla is more intact in this photograph.A coloured photograph of a post and stone fence surrounded by sun drenched paddocks.stone structures, post and stone fences, emu creek, george evans collection -
Montsalvat
Stone Sculpture /Bronze Plaque, Untitled (Lizard)
Stone sculpture with bronze plaque depicting a lizard mounted upon a bronze base. Nonematcham skipper, sculpture, stone, plaque, bronze, lizard -
Federation University Historical Collection
Ethnographic Material, Aboriginal Scrapers
The scraper is a stone tool made from a flake with one or more working edges. Geberally fro chiselling, cutting, gouging, or planing .aboriginal, stone, tool, scraper -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Map, Aboriginal sites in the City of Doncaster-Templestowe, 1/03/1991 12:00:00 AM
Map of City of Doncaster and Templestowe.Map of City of Doncaster and Templestowe showing location of stone artefacts and scarred trees.Map of City of Doncaster and Templestowe. aborigines, city of doncaster and templestowe -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, 23/11/1980
Time capsule, enclosed in a stone cairn, erected at Rutherglen Showgrounds 23/11/1980. Photo features John & Heather Williams and their family.Colour photograph of a family standing around a stone cairn.On back of photo: "23-11-80 John Williams & family & time capsule. Rutherglen Showgrounds"time capsule, rutherglen showgrounds, cairn, monuments, john williams, heather williams -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION; THE BRISTOL TUNE-BOOK
A black hard covered book titled, 'The Bristol Tune-book : a Manual of Tunes and Chants. Edited by Alfred Stone. London : Novello, Ewer and Co. 1, Berners (W.), and 80 & 81, Queen Street (EC.). Bristol : W. & F. Morgan, Clare Street. Inside cover is an inscription with the words 'To George Albert Pethard, as a slight recognition of services rendered to the Wesleyan Methodist Church Trimulgherry, India. 1880 - 1881.'Editor, Alfred Stonebooks, music, scores, lydia chancellor collection, collection, books, hymn books, music, church music -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Ellis Stone's medisan planting, 1/05/2001 12:00:00 AM
'Ellis Stones' median planting, Canterbury Road, Vermont.'Ellis Stones' median planting, Canterbury Road, Vermont. Brochure describing median strip landscaping in Canterbury Road, Vermont undertaken by Ellis Stones in 1974 and details of proposed replanting.'Ellis Stones' median planting, Canterbury Road, Vermont. stones, ellis, canterbury road, vermont, roads and streets, landscape planning, city of whitehorse -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Sculpture - Greenstone (pounamu) Maori Hei-tiki carving presented to the Australian Council, RCOG, by the New Zealand Council, RCOG
This piece is made of a stone called greenstone in New Zealand English, known as pounamu in Maori. Hei-tiki are considered taonga (treasures) by Maori. Stone carving of a Maori hai-tiki. The carving is made of green stone, and depicts a figure with both hands on its thighs and a head tilted to one side, with big eyes. -
Montsalvat
Stone/ Bronze Plaque, Untitled (Mazda-Montsalvat Jazz Festival), 1993
Precious stone with bronze medallion depicting a pair of hands mounted upon a wood base. Inscribed on plate: 'Mazda-Montsalvat Jazz Festival/ Roll of Honour/ David Dallwitz/ 1993'matcham skipper, plaque, stone, bronze, medallion, mazda-montsalvat jazz festival -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - OLIVE PELL COLLECTION: STEREOSCOPE OF A CHURCH
A Stereoscope photograph of a Church. A grey stone building with three entrances two at the front and one to the left side, a large front stained glass window with two smaller side windows. The top of the front pitch of the roof is a finial. To the right behind a tree is a church spire. A stone fence is in the foreground with a white gate and walking path. A large tree is in the middle of the picture.buildings, church, stone, grey stone church. -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Tool - axe head
Aboriginal artifact (possibly found in garden in Bank Street Port Fairy By Chris Sharpells) 2 entries in green book under different numbers namely 792 and 814 state thisStone axe smoothed at long end to make cutting edgelocal history, ethnographic material, hunting, fishing, axe, gathering, stone, aboriginal -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 2000 c
Second photo of front garden, stone fence with wrought iron inserts and stone pedestal with sundial.Colour photograph of timber dwelling. Tiled gabled roof, decorative stone work on chimney, stone front fence with wrought iron inserts. House renovated sometime during 1990's, aluminium framed windows installed replacing original timber sash windows, at 7 Williams Road, Lakes Entrance Victoriahouses, heritage study -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Ballarat 34 at Stones Corner, Bob Lilburn, Late 1950s
Photo shows Ballarat bogie tram 34 at the intersection of Main Road and Victoria St, at a location known as Stones Corner. Has the Rimmington Bros butcher in the background. Late 1950sYields information about Stones Corner late 1950s.Black and White photograph of Ballarat 34 at Stones Corner.Has in ink on rear " R Lilburn"ballarat, tramways, trams, stones corner, victoria street, main road, tram 34 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, 1940's
Grave stones at Tatura Cemetery.Black and white photograph of grave stones in foreground, trees (pencil pines) and gum trees. Tatura Cemetery."ALTER FRIEDHOF TATURA"camp 3 -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Stone - Aboriginal (possibly)
Passed onto Mark Raymond by his grandmother Mrs Canning (dec), Tawonga, who believed it to be an aboriginal artefact.Black stone with flecks, multiple seams and a smooth surface. Oneside curved, short end has been chipped with two seams. Hand sized.Narrow end has a 13 mm x 14 mm hole of cream coloured stone.aboriginal stone, mrs canning, kiewa valley, tawonga -
Freemasons Victoria - The Geelong Lodge of Unity and Prudence, 5 (801, 545)
Trowel
Used to lay the foundation stone of the Geelong Hospital (Barwon Health) in 1850, and the Kitchener Memorial in 1924.Ceremonial Silver Trowel, with wooden handleUsed to lay the foundation stone of the Geelong Hospital in 1850, and in 1924freemason, freemasons victoria, freemasons geelong, geelong, barwon health, geelong hospital, george faircloth, earl of stradbroke, ceremonial trowel -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Decorative object - Bas relief stone Carving, 1940
Local stone was used by P.O.W at Camp 13 to carve the plaque.Hand-Carved stone plaque featuring German eagle and swastika with Australian 1939 penny inset.Tatura 1940camp 13, murchison, plaque -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, 1904
It is a photo of Mrs. Duncan, pictured with the trowel in her hand, laying the foundation stone for St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Sunbury in 1904. Written on the back: 'Foundation Stone - St. Andrew's'A b/w photograph of a group of dignified gentlemen and one woman around a foundation stone and a partly completed brick building.THIS MEMORIAL ST / was laid by / MRS J. DUNCAN / 17 August 1904 / H. W. & E. B. TOMPKINS. R & W CO. /CAHILL MINISTERchurches, religion, memorials, duncan, j. (mrs), st. andrew's presbyterian church, st. andrew's uniting church, sunbury, tompkins, h. w., e. b., r. and w. company, cahill, - (rev.), foundation stones, 1900s, george evans collection -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Photograph - Laying of the Foundation Stone for the Rutherglen Bush Nursing Hospital, 1938 (Exact)
Black and white photograph of the crowd attending the laying of the Foundation Stone for the Rutherglen Bush Nursing Hospital by Sir John Harris MLC.On back of photograph: "Laying Foundation Stone for Rutherglen Bush Nursing Hospital, April 1938. Little John standing in the centre."foundation stone, hospital -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, FiveWays Tea-rooms/Newsagency and Methodist Chuch c1925, c1925
Early view of FiveWays Tea-rooms showing the stone embankment and the Methodist Church. The Newsagent and Post office was in the Tea Rooms building but around the cornerEarly view of FiveWays Tea-rooms showing the stone embankment and the Methodist Churchfiveways, kalorama methodist church, newsagency, post office, tea rooms -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper Clipping, 14/11/1968
Newspaper clipping 14/11/1968. Article calling for tenders for stone, fuel and concrete kerbing for Phillip Island Shire Council.Article calling for tenders for stone, fuel and concrete kerbing for Phillip Island Shire Council.phillip island, phillip island shire council, tender for kerbing -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Postcard, Ellis Cottage, Diamond Creek
A rubble-stone hipped roof cottage known as Ellis Cottage, is home to the Nillumbik Historical Society. It was restored by the Shire of Diamond Valley. It was built by small-time farmer William Ellis from local uncut stone 1865-66.ellis cottage, diamond creek, museum, stone -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph
This is a photograph of one of the many stone ruins of buildings which can be seen in the Sunbury district and surrounding areas. This series of 13 photographs show various views of one of the remaining uninhabited stone cottages which were built in the early days of the district's settlement.A coloured photograph of a stone cottage with a wooden shingle roof and the remains of the outbuilding. There is a stone wall across the front of the building. The side view of the building is prominent and there is one 12 paned sash window in the wall and two chimneys either side of the roof valley. A bare deciduous tree is behind the building.stone structures, shingle roofs, george evans collection