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Orbost & District Historical Society
framed photograph, Howard D. Bulmer, 1912
The Orbost Football Club was started in 1894. The Orbost football club players were known as the Busters and wore green and gold guernseys. An Orbost football team has participated in the East Gippsland League since the early 20th century. In 2003 in response to a dwindling population, the Snowy Rovers and Orbost Football Clubs were driven to merge into the Orbost Snowy RoversFootball clubs, through their many changes, have always been an important social fabric of the community. Sport is often regarded as an important part of life in rural Australia, contributing to community identity, sense of place, social interaction and good health.A large framed photograph of a football team - three rows, . The back row is standing, middle row seated on a bench and the front row sitting on the ground. The photograph is mounted on a dark grey buff card. The frame is an ornate brown and gold wooden one.on front below the photograph - "Presented to Orbost Football Club Premiers in 1912 by Howard D. Bulmer" -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Football Team, c. 1929
Black and white photo glued to brown mount board, with darker brown border. Portland football team, 1929, posed, sitting cross-legged on ground or sitting on bench, in 3 rows. several other men and 3 boys also in photoFront: 'M.E. Andrews PORTLAND' -printed on angle, bottom left corner of mountboard 'PORTLAND FOOTBALL TEAM 1929' and names of players - printed on mount board underneath photoportland football team, 1929, sport, recreation, local team -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Information Branch, Victorian Department of Agriculture, Principal's House, 1900-1909
Therefore the earlier comment about seated man would not be correct.2 copies black and white photograph. House and surrounding garden. Building is of stucco and timber, slate roof, 4 chimneys. The original sections of the house date from 1872. The seated gentleman on a bench in front of the house is probably Mr. E.E. Pescott.Reverse of larger copy, "from box the Garden/Land 1909." On reverse of smaller copy, "Photograph by Information Branch Victorian Department of Agriculture Ref. No. 1981(889-2.)" Further copy: handwritten on reverse, "Early 1900 certainly before 1909. Caption "Directors residence (1909) was a major feature of the garden. sadly it was demolished in 1980 now leaving none of the early college buildings outstanding." In different handwriting, "Principals House before 1909."e.e. pescott, principal's residence, principal's house -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Publicity Branch Victorian Department of Agriculture, Students Seated Near Emily Gibson Beds, 1960
Black and white photograph. View of the Ornamental Gardens taken from the Administration Building looking towards the Emily Gibson beds and the Luffmann/Lily Ponds behind. @ female students, wearing dresses, are seated on a bench in the foreground near a labelled tree, a Ginkgo.On reverse, "Ginko" (sic) and, "Photograph by Publicity Branch Victorian Department Of Agriculture Ref. No. C.1769.C."gingko, garden view, emily gibson beds, luffmann ponds, lily ponds, students, garden bench -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - FOOD MINCER
Cast iron food mincer for seeding raisins, with handle & screw attachment for securing to bench or table, black wooden handle. Marked Landers Frary & Clark New Britain Conn. USA. Pat Nov 24.96 Wet the Raisins No 4 Crown.Landers Frary & Clarkdomestic equipment, food preparation, raisin seeder, k195 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - ROSELLA FACTORY
Land, bordered by Brougham, Havlin and Mundy Street was purchased in 1911 and the distillery onsite was modified to suit the needs of the Rosella Company. Renovations and additions, including a 21 metre high steel chimney, were completed in time for the 1911/12 tomato season. First manager was Owen WIlliams (1883-1948), a Welshman. He was married to Amy Price (1882-1949). Full history available "Bendigo's once flourishing tomato industry" by James A Lerk. Item 5985sepia photograph. Interior at workshop - anvil at back left., centre, drum standing on bench, used as small furnace ? Portion of man wearing work apron at back right. On back in ball point pen 'Rosella Preserving Factory, Brougham St. 'organization, business, rosella factory -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, Melbourne Harbour Trust, c. 1963
The canteen is part of the Mission to Seafarers building that has catered to visiting seafarers since 1917. The canteen is operated by the Flying Angel Club, which offered services to seafarers including food, drink and souvenirs from the canteen and events held in the main hall which invloved the use of the canteen. The Ladies Harbor Lights Guild also used the canteen facilities for functions and fundraisers held at the Mission to Seafarers. One of the flyer in Chinese helps dating the photograph between 1963-66 when Padre Wong was chaplain at the Mission.Historical record of the Mission to Seafarers canteen post-1963. This is an example of the contemporaneous use of the canteen as primarily a supply shop and in a comparative fashion reveals some of the overall changes at the Mission.A white-bordered, black and white photograph of the Mission to Seafarers Canteen. From the left hand side of the photograph the image portrays an external doorway with six glass windows, emitting light from behind. This leads to the dipslay cabinet and bench of the canteen which is reflecting light from the windowed door. Central to the image is a pillar which is three-quarters wood paling starting from the floor, of which a map is displayed on one edge and a notice board on the remaining visible edge of the pillar. A bench is visible to the right side of the pillar and the far right side of the photograph, posters are hung on the wall. Purple stamp on central back of photograph. "Melbourne Harbor/Trust Photograph/Negative No......." photograph, canteen, tab, koalas, blackboard, archway, pennant, licensed-to-sell-postage-stamps, mission to seamen, mission to seafarers, melbourne, flying angel club, map, bar, milkshake machine, display case, fluorescent light, notice board, wains coting, postcards, milkshake, beverage, plastichrome, matches, razors, gillette, straw, melbourne harbour trust, melbourne harbor trust, donation tin, lighthouse -
Port of Echuca
Postcard, Early 20th Century
The water tower on the corner of Pakenham St and High Street Echuca, was designed by Sir John Monash, who was an innovator in the use of reinforced concrete. The tower cost £2,973 and was completed in 1915. It is 108 feet high and holds 150,000 gallons. it was originally connected to the steam powered pumping plant at Echuca East. John Monash was a war hero at Gallipoli in 1915 and also went on to be the Manager of the Victorian State Electricity Commission. Monash University was named after him.The water tower was a revolutionary design in 1915. It also brought tapped water to people's homes. Sir John Monash made a huge contribution to engineering and social concepts, which was why he was knighted. As well as these contributions to social development, he was also a war hero.Black and white postcard featuring the water tower in Packenham Street. The photograph was taken from Alton Reserve. The background shows a conglomeration of buildings and the foreground shows shaped lawns and park benches. The postcard has a thick border in a cream colour all around it.On the reverse is printed ; POST CARD. Write here for Inland Postage only. Tha Address to be written here. In pen is hand written the words View of Water Tower Pakenham St. Taken from Alton Reserve?echuca east pumping station, echuca water tower, monash, sir john, alton reserve, engineering, reinforced concrete -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Machine - Page Numbering Machine, EARLY 1900’S
Antique paging or page numbering machine, also referred to as a paginater. Machine prints six digit numbers consecutively. It was used in the printing industry to number consecutive pages of journals in the early 1900’s. Alex Cowan & Sons Ltd. of Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide supplied printing equipment to other firms. The parent company, Alexander Cowan & Sons Ltd., manufactured fine paper in Valleyfield, Penicuik, Scotland from 1814-1937. This page numbering machine or paginater is an example of mechanical technology used in the printing industry in the early 1900's.Page numbering machine, also known as a paginater or paging machine. Printing machine with six digits for numbering pages consecutively. Steel frame, wooden treadle plate and bench. Inscription of maker's name on metal plate. Made by Alex Cowan & Sons Ltd.Inscribed on maker's plate, "Alex Cowan & Sons Ltd. / Printers Furnishers / Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide". flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, paging machine, treadle paging machine, printing machine, page numbering machine, paginater, alex cowan and sons ltd, australian printing industry -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book, Charles Kenneth Thompson, Old Bob's Birds, 1950
A book that is part of a series of Australian Nature Stories by C.K. Thompson.On the front of the dust cover is an illustration of an old man sitting on a bench outside an aviary smoking a pipe and there is a bird sitting on his shoulder. He is talking to two children. On the back of the dust cover is the blurbs of two other novels written by C. K. Thompson.fictionA book that is part of a series of Australian Nature Stories by C.K. Thompson.australia, nature, birds, c.k. thompson, fiction, old bob -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1913
Black and white photograph showing Cunninghame Arm, with S S Gippsland on far side of lake, and Baang Yarnda at jetty on right. Old jetty in centre foreground, park bench and small boat on right foreground. Esplanade in foreground. Lakes Entrance Victoriajetties, waterways, ships and shipping -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, City of Box Hill, "Opening day of the Box Hill - Doncaster Electric Tramway - 14 October 1889, 1989
Black and white postcard of the "Opening day of the Box Hill - Doncaster Electric Tramway - 14 October 1889" of the open cross bench tram. Has a detailed description on the rear along with the event details - see image i2. Divided Back with place for a stamp.trams, tramways, box hill, doncaster, centenary, opening -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Cato Lake looking towards the Stawell Swimming Clubrooms. c1930 - 1940
Looking across Cato Lake to Stawell Swimming Club Changing Rooms. Black Range in the distance and Gazebo on the right. There are 2 bench seats beside the lake and a person sitting in one on the right hand side. "Cato Park Stawell" is printed on the right lower corner. c 1930-1940Black & white photo of Cato Lake with change rooms in the distance. The view shows one side of the lake with trees along the edge and Gazebo on the right. Cato Park Stawellstawell -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Horticultural Display, 1930
Note by T.H. Kneen 24 June 1992, "At that time the School maintained a dwarf orchard of several hundred varieties of apples."Black and white photograph. Students and Staff preparing a fruit and flower display inside a timber building.On reverse, "K.T. Gardner Mt. Evelyn Garden at Worth's Olympia 1930 (Cultural Centre now on site.)" and in different handwriting, "Mr. Russ, Hilary Watson ( Hetherington), (arranging something), Marjorie Bishop (outside, holding plant), Kath Gardner (next benches), Polly Woodard (in overcoat.)"students, staff, fruit display, flower display, k.t. gardner, mt. evelyn garden, worth's olympia, 1930, mr. russ, hilary watson ( hetherington), marjorie bishop, kath gardner, polly woodard, alice j. tucker (née glascodine), dwarf orchard -
Brown Hill Progress Association Inc.
Document, List of Bus and Char-a-Banc Plying for Hire, 1923, 1923
A charabanc or "char-à-banc" is a type of horse-drawn vehicle or early motor coach, usually open-topped, common in Britain during the early part of the 20th century. It has "benched seats arranged in rows, looking forward, commonly used for large parties, whether as public conveyances or for excursions." It was especially popular for sight-seeing or "works outings" to the country or the seaside, organised by businesses once a year. The name derives from the French char à bancs ("carriage with wooden benches"), the vehicle having originated in France in the early 19th century. In Australia a modern similar type of bus or motorcoach, with a lateral door for each row of seats, survived up to the 1970s and was referred to as side loader bus; but all or most of them were not open-topped. (Wikipedia)Two pages relating to buses, char-a-bancs and trams in Ballaratbus, tram, char-a-banc, john lucas, john j. mckenna, hugh williams, a.b. smith, thomas pascoe, h.g. whiteley, walter hearne, thomas james, george skinner, sydney stapleton, hugh george lake, oscar cruikshank, robert taylor, thomas powell, wilmot, j.p. bennett -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Postcard, 1906
Printed in 1906, the postcard depicts an image of the grandstand and track at Baarmutha Park, Beechworth. There is a carriage in the left side of the image. On the right side, there are people, mostly young women, seated on a bench and gathering around a table on the lawn. The "clericals" and "brewery" mentioned in the written correspondence on the postcard's reverse refer to two local football teams.The record is historically significant as it illustrates how Baarmutha Park look and was used by the public in the early twentieth century.Sepia rectangular postcard printed on card.Reverse: Baarmutha Park 1906 / POST CARD / This space may be used for correspondence. / (For Address only). / BEECHWORTH / AP 14 / 06 / VIC / 9 / This was taken today / week when the clericals / played the "brewery". / It is a pretty view of the / lawn and stand. / (?) / Miss Alice Foster / Ford Street / Beechworth /entertainment album, baarmutha park, grandstand, racecourse, sport, athletics, picnic, leisure, race track -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Photo Framed - Broken Bridge, c1940's
The Tawonga Bridge over the East Kiewa River linked Mt Beauty with Tawonga. It was broken during Vera Hore's lifetime, 1909 - 2000. The bridge over the East Kiewa River enabled people to travel between Mt Beauty and Tawonga. Vera Hore (nee Ryder), the publican of the Tawonga Hotel, took this photo as she was a keen amateur photographer. Vera lived from Nov. 1909 to July 2000.Colored photo of 'Broken Bridge' over the East Kiewa River on Damm's Road with Mt Bogong, with snow, in the background of centre top. Framed with 2 cm wide cream cardboard surrounded by a metal decorated frame. The back has a flap for displaying the photo on a bench or table. On the back, a white sticker inscribed:- "Broken Bridge" / Old Timber Bridge / over East Kiewa River / on Damm's Rd." On the back top left corner hand written:- "Vera Hore"tawonga bridge; vera hore; east kiewa river; tawonga hotel -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Black and white photograph, Electronic Engineering Laboratory, 27/01/2004
Students working in the elctrical/electronics Engineering laboratories. .1) Two male person with test equipment .2) Four males with test equipment .3) Two males discussing a test setup .4) One male at a test bench .5) Four people in an electronics laboratoryelectrical engineering, laboratory, electronics, ray martin, j. kavanagh -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Sewing Machine - Singer
This sewing machine was bought by Alex Craig's dad in 1942 for his wife whom he married in 1943. Alex's grandmother used it in 1942. It still works (2013).Historical: Type of sewing machine used by S.E.C.V. wives living in Mt Beauty during the 1940's, 1950's and 1960's. Ladies made the family's clothes and sewed for the Annual Church and School fetes. eg. children's clothes and dolls' clothes. They bought dozens of dolls and made 'fairy' dresses for them using coloured netting.Singer sewing machine - brown wood lid & base. Handle on top of inside of lid as is the wooden bench that clips on to the side of the machine and also the steel knee lever that fits into the front of the machine. Black steel machine with silver fittings. Brown and white electric cord plugged in. "Singer" on front centre of lid. On machine - "Singer" above light. "The Singer manufacturing Co. / Manufactured in Great Britain" top of machine. "Singer" on front side of machine. Front - Gold plate - "The Singer Manfg. Co. / Trade Mark." Decoration on machine base and silver end.singer manufacturing co.. sewing. fetes. clothes. domestic. -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Colour, David James, Steve Bracks and Patrick Hope, 1995, June 1995
This photograph was taken on the occasion of the appointment of Steve Bracks to the University of Ballarat Council. Three men are seated on a bench outside a building at the University of Ballarat Mt Helen Campus. From left to right they are Professor David James (Vice-Chancellor). Steve Bracks (Parliamentary representative of University of Ballarat Council), Professor Patrick Hope (Pro Vice-Chancellor / Administration)university of ballarat, bracks, james, hope, council -
Federation University Historical Collection
Newspaper, The Machinery Market, 02/12/1889
It's assumed that this journal was read at the Ballarat School of MinesA small illustrated journal with advertisements and pictures. pages 328-356 (and 26 pages of illustrated advertisements). Illustrations include machinery, corn crushers, condensers, chlorination plants. stea, hammers, steam engines, steam pumps, lamps, saw bench, leather belting, casks, barrels, machinery, boiler, cohran and co, birkenhead, stern, cowles syndicate company, electric smelting works, aluminium manufacturing, w t glover and co, rope machine, steam travelling crane, webster wood fibre machine, automatic govenor expansion gear, international exhibition edinburgh, beacon light, air propeller, well boring tools and pumps, cochran and co.'s launch, tug and boat building yard, s.s. jeanette, cochran boiler, cochran and co's boiler shop, stern wheel steamer, s.s. esperanca, cowles syndicate co, milton, w.t. glover & co.'s patent compound rope making machine, bendh drilling machine, steam launch, bicycle, well-boring tools -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photograph - black and white, Ballarat School of Mines Ceramics Class, early 1940s
Ceramics was taught at the Ballarat School of Mines Technical Arts School. A number of ceramics students work in the Ballarat School of Mines Technical Art School Ceramics Studio. Six students sit at a work bench undertake handbuilt pottery. Five students sit at pottery wheels, while tutor Neville Bunning stands and oversees (far right corner).ballarat school of mines, ballarat technical art school, art, ceramics, pottery, neville bunning, visual arts -
Federation University Historical Collection
Scientific Instument, Stanley D'Arsonval, Voltmeter
D.C. Voltmeter 180-270 volt range. Black cylindrical shape, with partly chrome plated front cover and simi-circular glass window. Pointer indicator, semi-circular scale. This panel mount instrument is attached to a crudely varnished wooded stand for bench-top use. Serial Number 2172Vscientific instrument, ballarat school of mines, voltmeter -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Sepia print, A.E. Bennett, Group of Men, 1894-1990
Copy of sepia photograph of group of 20 men including George Neilson (Curator/Director 1891-7) and Joseph Harris, seated on benches and standing in the countryside in front of a large white tent, on an excursion? In, "Prize Essays," Alfred E. Bennett, c.1894, after p 116.men, george neilson, curator, director, joseph harris, excursion, prize essays, alfred e. bennett -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Digital Image, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), tramcars - SW6 - being built in Preston Workshops, 1950
Digital Image of tramcars - SW6 - being built in Preston Workshops, with tram No. 958 chalked onto side in the view. Shows the nature of the construction, work benches, tools and the progressive stages. VicSig.net accessed 8/5/2019 gives the date of entry into service as 26th June 1950.trams, tramways, preston workshops, tramcar construction, sw6 class, tram 958 -
Supreme Court of Victoria Library
Portrait, Sir Frederick Mann
The portrait was presented by the legal profession ot the Court in 1946. It would appear to have been commissioned at the time of Chief Justice Mann's retirement. Charles Wheeler, had won the Archibald prize in 1933 and was the head of the art gallery schools during World War two. Chief Justice Sir Frederick Mann (1869-1958) studied the law and worked at the Crown Law Department before his stint in the Army during the Boer War. After the war, he practised as a barrister, mainly working in the common law and equity area including appearences in the High Court on constitutional matters. He was appointed to the bench in 1919 along with William Schutt, to help remedy a shortfall in the number of judges on the Bench, after measures of economy during World War One. He became Chief Justice in 1935 following the retirement of Sir William Irvine, and retired in 1944.The portrait is of interest because of whom it portrayed, it is a well executed work by a well known artist of the period.Half Length portriat painting in oils of Sir Frederick Mann, seated and balancing a book on his knee. He sits of a chair with carved arms. The frame is painted dull gold.Signed upper left C. Wheeler. Plaque identifies Sir Frederick Mann, the Hon. Sir Frederick Wollaston Mann, KCMG, a Justice of the Supreme Court 1919-1935, Chief Justice 1935-1944 -
Supreme Court of Victoria Library
Portrait, Justice Sir Thomas a'Beckett
The Argus reports that “In 1916 the members of the bar took the opportunity afforded by his [a’Beckett’s] 80th birthday, and the completion of 30 years on the bench to present to the judges of the Supreme Court, with his permission a portrait of himself, to be placed in line with portraits of other judges in the Supreme Court library. The portrait which depicts Sir Thomas a’Beckett in his robes, was an excellent piece of work of Mr Max Meldrum. The unveiling was made the occasion of a little demonstration at which some congratulatory speeches were made." Sir Thomas a'Beckett arrive in Melbourne as a teenager with his parents in 1851. His uncle was the former Chief Justice, his father a well known solicitor. At the Bar Sir Thomas mainly worked in the Equity jurisdiction, which he took as a specialisation with him to the bench. This is an early work of Meldrum, he won the Archibald prize for portraiture in 1939 and 1940.The portrait is of interest for whom it portrays and as the early work of a well known artist.A full length portrait in oils of Justice Sir Thomas a'Beckett. Sir Thomas is seated, his feet placed on a plush red foot stool. He is dressed in his red judicial robes with white fur trimming and black trousers and a full bottomed wing. Justice a’Beckett has a white beard and moustache, he was 80 years of age when this portrait was painted. In his hand he holds a rolled document. At his elbow, there are books upon a table. He sits in a fine carved wood and leather chair, in the background a gold frame is just visible. A line in the canvas indicates that the size of the painting was expanded. The frame is gold with a gum leaf motif.Max Meldrum 1916a beckett, max meldrum, judge -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Wood Smoothing Plane, Heinrich Boker, Mid 19th to late 19th Century
A smoothing plane is typically used after the work piece has been flattened and trued by the other bench planes, such as the jack, fore, and joiner planes. Smoothing planes can also be used to remove marks left by woodworking machinery. When used effectively alongside other bench planes, the smoothing plane should only need a handful of passes removing shavings as fine as 0.002 inches (0.051 mm) or less. The work piece is then ready to be finished, or can be further refined with a card scraper or sandpaper. The smoothing plane is usually held with both hands, and used in a similar manner to the other bench planes. Though designed for smoothing, a smoothing plane can be used as an 'all-round' bench tool and for rougher work depending on how it is set up. Being smaller than other bench planes, the smoothing plane is better able to work on smaller work pieces and around obstructions. Since the 1700s wooden smoothing planes have predominantly been 'coffin shaped' wider in the middle and slightly rounded making them more manoeuvrable. It has also been claimed that the coffin design exposes more end grain, enabling the plane to better adjust to changes in humidity. Henry Boker Maker: Heinrich "Henry" Böker of Reimschied-Solingen, Germany and his family was making tools in the 17th century. In 1829 Hermann and Robert Böker added sabres to the company's offerings, in 1837 they emigrated to New York City and established a firm to import German cutlery. H. Boker sabres would be eventually supplied to some American soldiers during the Civil War. Heinrich Boker in 1869 , a relative of Hermann and Robert, established a cutlery firm in Solingen, a centre of industry and cutting tool manufacturing in Germany. The company became a leader in the manufacture of razors, scissors and eating utensils. As early as 1900 the majority of tools produced by Boker were distributed in the U.S. market by the New York branch of the family, and pocket knives became the company's most important product line. During WWII the Solingen factory was destroyed and all the equipment and inventory was lost. After the war the factory was rebuilt and the company resumed operations, but in the early '60s the company was sold to the scissors manufacturer Wiss & Sons, and in the early 70s Wiss sold out to Cooper Industries. At some point Heinrich Boker adopted the Americanised version of his name, Henry Boker and was used as a brand name for the company's products. A vintage smoothing plane of the coffin pattern made by Henry Boker the item is a rare and significant example of vintage woodworking tools used in the manufacture of wooden items.Smoothing Plane Coffin design. Blade marked Henry Bokerflagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, smoothing plane, heinrich boker, carpenters tool, cabinet makers tool -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Wood Smoothing Plane, Heinrich Boker, late 19th to early 20th Century
A smoothing plane is typically used after the work piece has been flattened and trued by the other bench planes, such as the jack, fore, and joiner planes. Smoothing planes can also be used to remove marks left by woodworking machinery. When used effectively alongside other bench planes, the smoothing plane should only need a handful of passes removing shavings as fine as 0.002 inches (0.051 mm) or less. The work piece is then ready to be finished, or can be further refined with a card scraper or sandpaper. The smoothing plane is usually held with both hands, and used in a similar manner to the other bench planes. Though designed for smoothing, a smoothing plane can be used as an 'all-round' bench tool and for rougher work depending on how it is set up. Being smaller than other bench planes, the smoothing plane is better able to work on smaller work pieces and around obstructions. Since the 1700s wooden smoothing planes have predominantly been 'coffin shaped' wider in the middle and slightly rounded making them more manoeuvrable. It has also been claimed that the coffin design exposes more end grain, enabling the plane to better adjust to changes in humidity. Henry Boker Maker: Heinrich "Henry" Böker of Reimschied-Solingen, Germany and his family was making tools in the 17th century. In 1829 Hermann and Robert Böker added sabres to the company's offerings, in 1837 they emigrated to New York City and established a firm to import German cutlery. H. Boker sabres would be eventually supplied to some American soldiers during the Civil War. Heinrich Boker in 1869 , a relative of Hermann and Robert, established a cutlery firm in Solingen, a centre of industry and cutting tool manufacturing in Germany. The company became a leader in the manufacture of razors, scissors and eating utensils. As early as 1900 the majority of tools produced by Boker were distributed in the U.S. market by the New York branch of the family, and pocket knives became the company's most important product line. During WWII the Solingen factory was destroyed and all the equipment and inventory was lost. After the war the factory was rebuilt and the company resumed operations, but in the early '60s the company was sold to the scissors manufacturer Wiss & Sons, and in the early 70s Wiss sold out to Cooper Industries. At some point Heinrich Boker adopted the Americanised version of his name, Henry Boker and was used as a brand name for the company's products. A vintage smoothing plane of the Bismark pattern made by Henry Boker the this plane is now regarded as a collectors item and is an example of vintage woodworking tools used in the manufacture of wooden products.Smoothing Plane Bismark design. Blade marked Henry Bokerflagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, smoothing plane, heinrich boker, carpenters tool, cabinet makers tool -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Black and White, Frank Wright, mid 1900's
Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born on 2 August 1901. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.Black and white photograph of a man dressed in a suit seated with his legs crossed and his arms folded. The slatted timber bench seat upon which he sits, runs along the enclosed railing of what appears to be the deck of a boat. In the background is a forested mountain. The man is Frank Wright.frank wright, timber bench seat, conductor