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Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mr John D'Alton Plaque's unveiling with Mrs Janet West nee Unknown 2000
Unveiling of Plaque to commemorate 125 years of water supply. Mrs Janet West addressing gathering.Two Colour Photographs. First of people seated in chairs in front of tent. Second closeup of plaque. stawell -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, Mendelssohn & Co, 1901
John Meikeljohn was born in 1841 in Glasgow. He was educated at Glasgow University and U. P. Theological Hall and ordained at the Glasgow City Mission in 1872. His ministries included: 1874 Kirkmairhill U. O. Lankashire; 1888 south Melbourne Dorcas St.. In 1901 he became the first Moderator General for the Assembly of Australia and was the first Principal Emmnauel College Brisbane. The Rev Dr Meikelijohn died on 28/09/1915.Sepia toned studio portrait tipped on to textured beige coloured cardboard of Rev. Dr. John Meikeljohn who dressed in his formal attire of a moderator general. He is sitting in a chair with his legs crossed with his hands resting on the arms of the chair.Printed on the front: "Mendelssohn & Co" "SALON PANEL" "80 SWANSTON ST. MELBOURNE"emmanuel college brisbane, rev. dr. john meikeljohn, presbyterian moderator general -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Johnson and Co Photographer, Mr Hooper & Mrs Hooper nee Unknown -- Studio Portrait
Mr and Mrs Hooper in Studio Portrait Ballarat. From Chapman family album. Sepia Studio Portrait Gentleman in hat and three piece suit resting on back of ornate chair. Woman in straw boater hat dress with puff sleeves holding small case in gloved hands sitting on another chair. Pot plant between couple. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - original, Tatura Museum - Opening Day, 1988
Photograph of part of crowd awaiting official opening.Colour photograph of part of crowd attending official Museum opening day 6 November 1988.on back:Jack Lowry, Ray Hodge (Numerkah), A. Knee, R. Donaldson (at gate), Don Tavener, Mrs M. Tavener (verandah chairs) 6 November 1988.tatura museum opening -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Newsletter - Happy Mountain News
This item is from the private collection of George Shirling of Red Onion, Falls Creek. It promoted information regarding Falls Creek which had become know as "The Happy Mountain". This issue reported the arrival of "An Eagle on the mountain". The new $500,000 plus Eagle Chairlift was officially opened on 15th June 1980, by the Hon. L. Lieberman, M.L A. George Shirling arrived in Falls Creek in 1962. He engaged Phil Nowell to build the original Koki Alpine Lodge which opened in 1965 with 14 beds. George operated the lodge with Michael “Baldy” Blackwell as manager. He also graduated in sport psychology in 1981 and was invited to become team psychologist for the Australian Winter Olympic team which went to Albertville, France, in 1992. He later owned the Red Onion Chalet. George credited the success of Koki to “Baldy” Blackwell. “Baldy” and Phil Nowell started the Trackers Mountain Lodge in partnership during the 1980s. In 1971 George sold Koki Lodge to Sigi Doerr. In 2024 the renamed Koki Alpine resort remains a highly popular destination in Falls Creek. George Shirling passed away on 27th February 2023. He had remained actively involved in Falls Creek and was generous with his time and knowledge, always an amazing supporter of The Falls Creek Museum and Falls Creek Village.This item is significant because it documents the opening of the Eagle Chairlift at Falls Creek.A small publication outlining developments of Falls Creek "The Happy Mountain" for the 1980 winter season. It includes articles and photos. On card: ITEM NO. 96 The Happy Mountain News 1980 Announcing the opening of the new Eagle chair lift ..... with $14 day ticket! Donation of Phyl Bridgfordgeorge shirling, falls creek, falls creek tennis club -
Chiltern Athenaeum Trust
Photograph, JUDGE W. H. GAUNT
This photograph is a copy displayed in the Australian Dictionary of Biography. The original photograph is in the La Trobe Collection in the State Library of Victoria. William Henry Gaunt (1830-1905), judge, was born on 27 July 1830 at Leek, Staffordshire, England, son of John Gaunt, banker, and his wife Mary, née Bakewell. Educated at Leek Grammar School and Whitchurch, Salop, he migrated to Melbourne, and entered the Victorian public service and was rapidly promoted. By March 1854 he was chief clerk at Beechworth, the administrative centre of the Ovens goldfield. In July 1855 the resident warden commended Gaunt as 'a highly valuable public servant' with an intimate knowledge of the district and the 'temper and disposition of the miners'. Appointed sub-warden in the Beechworth district in January 1856 and a Chinese protector in August, he was given control of the extensive Woolshed district. When European miners attacked a party of Chinese at the Buckland River diggings in May 1857 Gaunt was sent to restore order. One of his proclamations, issued in Chinese characters, concluded 'W. H. Gaunt, your protector—tremble and obey!' In June he was appointed a police magistrate and next month was sent to take charge at the Buckland where the Chinese had been expelled from the diggings; the police force assisting him was led by Robert O'Hara Burke. In January 1858 Gaunt was appointed a warden, in November was transferred to Chiltern, north of Beechworth, and in August 1859 was made a commissioner of crown lands. In February 1860 Gaunt was appointed a coroner of Victoria, acting at Indigo, near Chiltern. In April 1865 he was transferred to Beechworth, became visiting justice of the gaol and later moved to Sandhurst. In January 1869 he was appointed returning officer for the mining district of Ballarat and visiting justice of the gaol. He was associated with this area for the rest of his life and won high repute for his integrity. In 1874 he chaired the inaugural meeting of the first Australian competitive swimming club. For years he studied law and was called to the Bar in December 1873. He was one of the many public servants dismissed by Graham Berry on 9 January 1878 (Black Wednesday). After petitioning the Queen in vain over his dismissal he began practice in Ballarat as a barrister. He soon became a leading authority on mining laws; one of the cases in which he was involved was the lengthy inquest on the bodies of the twenty-two miners drowned in the New Australasian mine disaster at Creswick in 1882. He was appointed a temporary judge of the Insolvency Court in 1889 and a County Court judge in 1891. In 1900 he was chairman of the royal commission which considered Metropolitan Board of Works matters, and in 1902 was president of the inquiry into the unification of municipalities in Victoria. In 1860 Gaunt married Elizabeth Mary, the youngest daughter of Frederick Palmer; they had nine children. Of the surviving five sons and two daughters, Ernest Frederick Augustus and Guy Reginald Archer both became admirals and were knighted; Cecil Robert became a lieutenant-colonel, Clive Herbert a government advocate in Rangoon and Mary (Mrs H. L. Miller) one of the first women students to enrol at the University of Melbourne (1881), although she did not complete her degree; she became a successful novelist. Gaunt died on 5 October 1905. An anonymous colleague said: 'I don't think he was ever excelled as a police magistrate, and during the many years he was on the County Court bench he earned the highest regard. His capacities were as unquestioned as his integrity, and more could not be said of any judge'. Select Bibliography Votes and Proceedings (Legislative Assembly, Victoria), 1878, 3, (58) Government Gazette (Victoria), 22 Feb, 15 Aug 1856, 30 June 1857, 5 Jan 1858, 16 Aug 1859, 3 Feb 1860, 7 Mar, 11 Oct 1862, 28 Mar, 4 Apr 1865, 17 May 1867, 9 June 1868, 22, 29 Jan 1869 Ovens and Murray Advertiser, 21 May 1857, 11 Mar 1865 Colonial Secretary's in-letters, goldfields, 25 Mar 1854, 21 July, 18 Nov 1855, 22 Aug 1857 (Public Record Office Victoria) scrapbook and newsclippings (privately held). Related Entries in NCB Sitesview family tree Gaunt, Mary Eliza (daughter)go to ADB entryPhotograph of Judge W. H. Gaunt standing beside chair holding top hat and cane, under glass, in cream frame with cream matte.Printed name underneath: JUDGE W. H. GAUNT -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Chair
Chair wooden curved arms and back rest. Hand grip in middle of back rest. Front legs, front spokes and spokes joining legs, and spokes connecting back rest to chair seat are decoratively shaped turned wood. Back upright piece missingflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - CABINET PORTRAIT OF A LADY
Three quarter length cabinet portrait of a lady standing beside a bush chair with her right arm resting on the chair. She is wearing a high neck dress and has a scarf around her neck with a brooch in it. Photo mounted on black card with gold printing.Yeoman & Co., 47 Chapel St. Prahanphotograph, portrait, female, cabinet portrait of a lady, yeoman & co. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PORTRAIT OF A LADY
Small portrait of a lady standing beside a chair with her right hand resting on the chair. She is wearing a high neck, long sleeve and a layered skirt which is very wide at the hemline. She has curls in her hair and a necklace? This is tucked into her waistband.Paterson Bros. Photographic Artists. 8 Bourke Street E, Melbournephotograph, portrait, female, portrait of a lady, paterson bros. -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, 1950s
... chairs ...The image portrays how the Celia Little room (Celia Little plaque on the wall) was used mid 20th C. and date of similar image (see record 0221) The inclusion of the bell from the 'Moreton Bay' vessel dates the image to post 1957 when the bell was presented to the Mission. Used as a sitting room or lounge area at the Mission to Seafarers Melbourne. The image also shows the style of dress and style of magazine covers of the time. On the table stands the shield for the annual competition by crew of merchant ships presented by Wally Nancarrow, Sydney. (see item 0608)The photograph is significant in that it captures the essence of the Mission to Seafarers mid-20th century. It identifies the main use of the Celia Little room as a reading area. It also helps date and track locations of other objects in the heritage collection. A black and white photograph of two men in the Celia Little room at the Mission to Seafarers Melbourne. The top left of the photograph is a bell fixed to the wall that has a bell pull with a long piece of decorative knot-work attached to the clapper. The room is set up as a lounge area with at table left of the centre against the wall. The table is laden with magazines and papers on top of a tablecloth. A picture frame is sitting on the table and leaning against the wall that has a 'shield' or 'coat of arms' displayed. (see also VC records 221 and 0608) One of the men is standing central in the photograph, in a white jumper holding a magazine and half turned towards the wall.The second man is sitting in a chair in the bottom right side of the photograph and appears to be reading. A few tops of chairs are seen at the very bottom of the photo and on the wall are a plaque to the left, a framed picture to the right of the first man's head and another in the far right top corner. The room appears to be lit from the left.melbourne, bell, men, magazine, chairs, wains coting, papers, mission-to-seafarers, celia-little-room, bell-pull, picture-frame, 1940s, celia little, plaque, shield, soccer, football -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, second half 20th century
Included in the photograph are: Irene Rowley; Marlene Roderick; Cheryl Healey and Glynis Clay.Orbost Education Centre has been in operation since 1976 and is run by a team of volunteers and paid staff. The programs and activities offered respond to the needs of the local community and works closely with its community partners. It is supported by funding and goodwill from the community, state government and non-government organisations.This photograph is asociated with Adult Learning in Orbost.A black / white photograph of a group of people standing behind a plastic chair which has a sign on it - " T.A.F.E."education-adult-orbost t.a.f.e.-orbost -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, McHaffie Children, Late 1800's or early 1900's
Donated by Bass Valley Historical SocietyBlack & White portrait of David McHaffie as a young child leaning on the arm of a chair - dressed in a dress and boots.On back: "David McHaffie"mchaffie family, david mchaffie, phillip island, bass valley historical society -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph, Portland Guardian (1842-1964), 30 June 1962
The Port of Portland opened in 1959. Straight after the Mission had the desire to establish a Mission at this location. A building was found in November 1961 on Cliff Road (AR 1961). After alterations and renovations, it was officially dedicated and opened the 30 June 1962. The Portland Mission was the fourth building to be opened in Victoria.small b & w photograph depicting outdoor empty chair setup for Mission to Seafarers outdoor service.stamp: K7020portland-victoria, 1962, dedication, opening -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, Portland Guardian (1842-1964), 30 June 1962
The Port of Portland opened in 1959. Straight after the Mission had the desire to establish a Mission at this location. A building was found in November 1961 on Cliff Road (AR 1961). After alterations and renovations, it was officially dedicated and opened the 30 June 1962. The Portland Mission was the fourth building to be opened in Victoriasmall b & w photograph depicting outdoor Mission to Seafarers church service, with attendees seated in chairs.stamp: "PORTLAND GUARDIAN" PHOTO / COPYRIGHTportland-victoria, 1962, victoria, opening, dedication -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Library, 2002
Coloured photo. Portland Library. Corner section , shelving, table and chairs, 3 adults perusing shelves.portland library -
Orbost & District Historical Society
dining chair, from about 1906 until the 1930s
This item is an example of domestic furniture created to reflect an Australiana type design with Australian motifs.Wooden, Australiana dining chair. Emus + bush scene carved into back with wood turned legs and supports.Front top - Rd 253chair dining-chair wooden-chair furniture-domestic -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH
2 black & white photos of a young girl and her teddy bear sitting on a chair outside the house.photograph, portrait, female, foster & wilson collection, photograph -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - TOM PATULLO COLLECTION: MAN IN DINNER SUIT POURING A DRINK
Photograph, a man in a Dinner suit pouring a drink into a champagne glass,the room is cluttered with chairs in a bright room.cottage, miners, man in dinner suit pouring a drink, man in dinner suit pouring a drink -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Chair
8688.1 - Wooden chair with patterned cushion seat that is secured with metal pins and patterned straw on the bottom for support.- J. Sammer - Fabriken massiv-gebogener mobel und Helzarbelten - Maln:- Weisskirehen -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Chair
Chair, circular back and sides with woven basket-like seat. Appears original. Seat needs restoring. -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photographic print block
Wood block with photographic plate. Three unknown men sitting in casual chairs with a small table in the foreground.on back: "39" -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Functional object - Cushion
Four flat white seat cushions with clips. Possibly cushions for Bertoia outdoor wire chairs (F046). -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, Mr. Jack Sherwell, C. 1999
Clean shaven man, probably in his 60s, sitting relaxed in a chair, wearing a cardigan, shirt and tie."Wandiligong Camp: Jack Sherwell – Master Chef and counsellor to campers at 110 camps - 1957–1984. A greatly loved man of God and a friend to many campers. He served his Lord in the kitchen. 1999."sherwell, jack, methodist camping -
Old School House Museum
Photograph
Department of Health school dental service : student sitting in dentist chair being examined by the dentist and nurse -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Furniture - Office Chair
Metal adjustable armless chair for office work. Has padded rectangular seat and masonite back support -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Furniture - Chair
The SS Edina's active service included the North Sea trade, ‘Crimean War’, ‘American Civil War’, Victoria’s west coast run, New Zealand to Melbourne trade, Queensland coastal trade, and of course, the Port Phillip Bay runs between the years 1880 to 1938.A saloon swivel timber chair with green velvet cushion and cast iron base from the SS Edinachair, steamers, ss edina -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, The Argus, Committee R.H.S 1930, 1930
Black and white photograph. 2 copies. Group of men standing and seated on chairs on the lawn near the ponds.On reverse, "Committee R.H.S. 1930 at Burnley."lawn, ponds, committee, royal horticultural society of victoria, committee rhsv, publicity -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Staff Group, Unknown
Black and white photograph. Staff group standing and seated on chairs on the lawn. See paper catalogue for names.staff, burnley college, straff group -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Corrie Wishart as a baby
Coronation Wishart was born at Linton in 1911, a son of Neil Wishart and Ethel Wishart, nee Bersey.Black and white photograph of a young child wearing long gown, seated on a chair with left arm on lap."Corrie Wishart"corrie wishart, coronation wishart -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Postcard - Scott Quad Chair, Nucolorvue Productions
This item is from the private collection of George Shirling of Red Onion, Falls Creek. This postcard includes an image of the Scott Quad Chairlift which opened in 1989, replacing the Sun Valley T-bar. George Shirling arrived in Falls Creek in 1962. He engaged Phil Nowell to build the original Koki Alpine Lodge which opened in 1965 with 14 beds. George operated the lodge with Michael “Baldy” Blackwell as manager. He also graduated in sport psychology in 1981 and was invited to become team psychologist for the Australian Winter Olympic team which went to Albertville, France, in 1992. He later owned the Red Onion Chalet. George credited the success of Koki to “Baldy” Blackwell. “Baldy” and Phil Nowell started the Trackers Mountain Lodge in partnership during the 1980s. In 1971 George sold Koki Lodge to Sigi Doerr. In 2024 the renamed Koki Alpine resort remains a highly popular destination in Falls Creek. George Shirling passed away on 27th February 2023. He had remained actively involved in Falls Creek and was generous with his time and knowledge, always an amazing supporter of The Falls Creek Museum and Falls Creek Village.This item is significant because demonstrates a key form of marketing Falls Creek.A coloured post card featuring skiers riding the Scott Quad Chair with the Bogong High Plains in the background.On front Ski Australia logo Text: FALLS CREEK AUSTRALIAgeorge shirling, falls creek, falls creek marketing, scott quad chair