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Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Lakes Entrance, 1923c
Two copies 16.5 x 25.5 very darkBlack and white photograph showing early aerial view of township of Lakes Entrance, photo shows highway going along Myer Street and along Roadknight Street, no shops in Myer Street appears to be no foot bridge, therefore taken prior to 1937, sparce vegetation on foreground dunes, four barriers built on dunes to stop erosion through sand, two masted sailing boat in lake. Bullock Island in distance appears very small, Snake Island of Rigby Island in centre distance. Lakes Entrance VictoriaAerial View of Lakes Entrancewaterways, coast, aerial photograph, islands, township -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Foreshore Lakes Entrance, Bulmer H D, 1923c
Second copyBlack and white photograph showing aerial view of the entrance to the Gippsland Lakes, shows Cunninghame Arm, North Arm, Reeves River and Hopetoun Channel, Rigby Island and Snake Island, the barrier on right foreground. Lakes Entrance Victoriawaterways, islands, aerial photograph, fishing industry, coast -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Postcard - North Arm bridge Lakes Entrance Victoria, 1917c
Also sepia toned photographic print 10cmx15cm, good condition old cat No 310 or 318? (Club Hotel and Hummocks area cropped from top) also Black and white photographic print 12.5cmx18cm, good condition- 2 copies 'Original T-Beam bridge opened Sept 1917 on reverse P01151-3.Black and white photographic miniature postcard showing the concrete bridge over the North Arm, showing the extended abutments, and shortened bridge length compared to previous bridge, causing restriction of waterway. Two walkers and horse drawn vehicle, buggy, on bridge. Remaining piles of wooden bridge upstream of bridge, telegraph poles upstream of bridge and across mudflats. Bridge to Bullock Island from mudflat, Club Hotel, Cunninghame Arm, and sand hummocks in distance. Lakes Entrance Victoriabridges, waterways, coast, transport, hotels -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Postcard - North Arm bridge Lakes Entrance Victoria, 1920c
Also 2x identical fade P)1151-2,3Black and white miniature postcard of the concrete bridge spanning the North Arm, showing the bridge and abutments,road to bridge from Kalimna, and post and rail fences along road, grass covered mud flats with Club Hotel, Methodist Church and Maranui Guesthouse in distance amongst other buildings. Cunninghame Arm and sand hummocks in far distance. Sandbars visible in North Arm. Lakes Entrance VictoriaPrincess highway Lakes Entrancebridges, coast, religion, hotels, guesthouses -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Tankard, Commemorative
Official R.S.L Tankard commemorating the involvement of Australian service personnel in The Korean War. This tankard has three pictures representing: (1) Third Battalion Royal Australian Regiment in Korea, 1950, (2) RAAF Meteors in Korea, (3) HMAS Bataan on patrol off North Korean coast, 1951. (refer item 00124, 00124.1, 00124.2 and 00124.4) -
Footscray Community Arts
Toolum Boat, Bronwyn Bain, (exact); 2005
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DESCRIPTION: Blue and white oil painting on canvas, no outer frame. An abstract interpretation of a boat in what appears to be the waters of the coast of Toolum, Mexico. The landscape of Toolum in Central America is dotted with the stark white washed remains of the ruins and temples of the Mayans. This depiction of a Toolum Boat reflects these relics of the land here on its watery gulf. "BB" signature; bottom proper right corneroil, bain, toolum, boat -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Photocopy, Alan Bradley, "Be Independent of Trams, Trains and Buses", 2003
Yields information how local shops reacted to proposed fare increases, by advertising alternative forms of transport - bicycles. Also yields information about Bruce Small and his cycle shops. Bruce Small became Mayor of the Gold Coast and was responsible for a lot of its development in the 1970's.Photocopy, of an advertisement in The Courier, 22/6/1951, at the time of the proposed SEC Tram fare rises, titled "Be Independent of Trams, Trains and Buses". Advertises Malvern Star bicycles, for Bruce Small Pty Ltd, gives address and telephone number. Bruce Small well known retailer of bicycles at the time, went on to become the Mayor the Gold Coast region.trams, tramways, public transport, fares, sec, malvern star bicycles -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Domestic Object - BLUE CHINA TEA CADDY, 1929
Blue and white hexagonal shaped china jar with lid, various castles depicted around sides and on lid. Made by Maling Ware for Ringtons Tea Offices & warehouse Newcastle Upon Tyne illustrated on base. Inside lid North East Coast Industries Exhibition Newcastle On Tyne 1929 Reg No's 745884 745865 plus coat of arms.Maling Ware England reg No's 745864-5domestic equipment, food storage & preservation, tea caddy, dr 334.2 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Hawthorn Tramways Trust (HTT), "Instructions in the Operation of Tramcars", 1919
Book - brown Rexene covers, with 8 pages (two sheets) centre stapled inside, titled "Instructions in the Operation of Tramcars", published by the Hawthorn Tramways trust giving instructions about the correct operation of controller, where down grades and coasting could be done, stopping time, brakes, delays, and general instructions re operations. Published by HTT 1919.trams, tramways, hawthorn tramways trust, htt, instructions, tram stops, controllers -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - Warrnambool Visitor's Handbooks 1979-2024, Collett, Bain and Gaspar, Printers, 1979-2014
This is a collection of eight Warrnambool Visitor handbooks produced between 1979 and 2014 by the City of Warrnambool Tourist Information Centre. They contain maps of Warrnambool, lists of services, accommodation and tourist attractions as well as many advertisements for local businesses.These handbooks give a useful snapshot of businesses and tourist attractions in Warrnambool for each of the years covered. (1979, 1980, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2014)[.1a] A 48 page booklet with white pages and blue printing. The front cover has a coloured photograph of Flagstaff Hill with boats on a man made lake in the foreground looking across Lake Pertobe toward South Warrnambool. [.1b] A coloured bifold brochure. The front cover has a fisherman on a cray-boat holding a crayfish in the lower section. The top quarter has a blue back ground with white printing. The rear cover is red and has small photos of the Hopkins River and the Framlingham Forest. [.2] A 48 page booklet with white pages and black printing. The front cover is white with black writing on the left hand side and a colour photograph of the Loch Ard peacock. The Warrnambool Premier Town stylised logo of seven Norfollk pines above blue waves is in the top right hand corner. There is a blank ink Warrnambool Library stamp underneath the logo. The rear cover has photographs of The Twelve Apostles and the Hopkins Falls and the Premier Town Logo [.3] A 40 page booklet with mainly black printing on white paper. There are three fold out maps of Warrnambool and the surrounding district. The glossy cover has a black background with a colour photograph of the Twelve Apostles taken at sunset. The rear cover has three small of Proudfoot's boathouse on the Hopkins River, Flagstaff Hill, and the main beach area. The front cover has black writing inside to peach coloured rectangles. The inside rear cover has a fold out coloured tour map of Western Victoria. [.4] A 40 page booklet printed on glossy white paper with coloured photographs and black and red printing. The front cover has a photograph of The Twelve Apostles surrounded by a white border. There is red writing in the upper border. There is a sandy coloured writing superimposed across the bottom of the photograph and a Victoria's Shipwreck Coast logo in the bottom right hand corner. [.5] A 44 page booklet printed on white paper with black printing. The cream coloured cover has a pale red rectangle with blue writing on the right hand facing edge and includes two stylised Norfolk pines and with waves underneath. There is is an intersecting blue rectangle with cream printing. [.6] A 48 page booklet printed on white paper with black printing. The cover is brown with a cream vertical strip containing black writing on the right hand side. There is a stylised map from Geelong to Mount Gambier showing the Great Ocean Road across the cover. [.7] A 48 page booklet printed on white paper with black print. The glossy colour cover has a photograph of a Southern Right whale fluke. There is white printing on a the blue background of the sky and sea. The bottom left hand side of the front cover has a Tourism Victoria logo made of jigsaw puzzle pieces. The back cover has a stylised coloured map of The Great Ocean Road located in a white rectangle at the top of the page. Within the rectangle is a small map of Australia locating Victoria and the part of Victoria covered by the map. [.8] A 64 page A5 coloured booklet printed on white pages with black print. The white front cover has black and grey print with a colour photograph of two people holding coffee cups watching four race horses being exercised on the beach and in the water of Lady Bay in the early morning. The bottom right hand corner has a Tourism Victoria logo. The rear cover has a mainly blue back ground with a pink orange and green colour splats contains words advertising the 2015 Fun 4 Kids Festival [.1a] Warrnambool The Heart of Victoria's Great Southwest Visitor's Handbook [.1b] Warrnambool City for all seasons; The Heart of Victoria's Great Southwest [.2] Warrnambool visitor's handbook Warrnambool Premier Town 1979-1982 [.3] Warrnambool Handbook Victoria [.4] Warrnambool The Shipwreck Coast [.5] Welcome to Warrnambool Warrnambool Visitors Handbook 1993-1994 [.6] Welcome to Warrnambool Visitors Handbook 1994-95 Rear cover: Warrnambool Centre of Victoria's Shipwreck Coast on Australia's Great Ocean Road [.7] Warrnambool Shipwreck Coast - Great Ocean Road; You'll love every piece of Victoria; Visitors Handbook [.8] Warrnambool Great Ocean Road Official Visitor Guide; It's a wonderful Warrnambool; You'll love every piece of Victoria visitvictoria.com. Rear Cover Live entertainment.Workshops.Creativity.Action 28 June - 5 July 2015 Australia's Best Children's Festival F4K The ultimate winter school holiday adventure Fun 4 kids festival Warrnambool For more information visit Fun4kids.com.au Warrnambool great Ocean Road Victoriawarrnambool, visitor handbooks, tourist information guides, warrnambool maps -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Kormoran Survivors in Lifeboat P2
Survivors of the German Auxiliary Cruiser Kormoran in a lifeboat, P2, after sinking HMAS Sydney of the WA coast.historicBlack and white photograph of a number of men in a life boat, with P2 on the side, with 1 oar on the left hand side.german auxiliary cruiser kormoran, kormoran, kormoran survivors, kormoran lifeboat p2 -
National Wool Museum
Certificate, Certificate of Recognition
Certificate of Recognition for services to the Geelong Coast Tennis Association, presented to Bob Pettitt, 5th Nov 1983.Bob Pettitt Trevor Colbertgeelong coast tennis association, pettitt, mr r. w. -
Leopold Tennis Club
Photograph, Robert Pockley Studios, Leopold Tennis Club Womens B Grade Premiers - Season 1968-69, 1969
Image taken of the Geelong Coast Tennis Association - Womens B Grade Premiers for Season 1968-9.1 photograph of Premiership tennis teamStanding: J Taranto, R McCluskey, M Jinks Seated: E Dean (Capt.), D Browneleopold tennis club, geelong coast tennis association, j taranto, r mccluskey, m jinks, e dean, d browne -
Woolamai Beach Surf Life Saving Club
Award - Glass Trophy, 2007 S.L.S.A. & D.H.L. Australian Surf Club of the Year, 2007
2007 S.L.S.A - D.H.L. Surf Life Saving Club of the Year. Awarded to the best Club on the Australian coastWoolamai won the top Award in 2007, which was also the "Year of the Lifesaver"Glass Trophy2007 Year of the Life Saver D.H.L. Club of the Year -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''A WIND FROM THE SEA'' BY GERTRUDE DEMPSEY
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 129 page memoir about the beaches of the coast north of Wellington, New Zealand. Illustrated with 16 B & W photographs. Published in 1950 by A.H. & A. W. Reed, Wellington and printed at The Herald Printing Works, Timaru. Catalogue sticker ''2154 DEM'' on spine. Handwritten in ink on flyleaf ''With the Author's compliments Gertrude Dempsey 4.10.1950''.Gertrude Dempseybooks, collections, memoir, alec h chisholm collection, gertrude dempsey, wellington, new zealand, memoir, nature -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1935
A wooden racquet with black leather handle grip. Inscription, starting across base of head of obverse, and down the stem, reads: NARRAGANSETT/EIGHTY/NARRAGANSETT MACHINE CO./.../"LIVE-WOOD"/.../PAWTUCKET, R.I. Inscription across base of head on reverse: GOLD COAST. Company symbol features below on stem. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, Leather, String, Guttennis -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GOLD, c1878
Diggers & Mining. Gold. In 1873, Chinese labour was used to break a mine strike at Clunes; and in 1878, seamen on the east-coast ships went on strike to protest against the use of cheap Chinese labour by ship owners. Working men were again fearing Chinese labour as a menace to employment and wage standards. Markings: 10 994.GOL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Clunes Museum
Magazine - MAGAZINES
.1 SLOW magazine, article on Clunes, Victoria, Australia - Issue two, late spring 2009 - pages 62-63 .2 LIFE & STYLE magazine, article on Clunes, Victoria, Australia - Issue No.2 - pages 78-83 3. COAST & COUNTRY magazine, article on Clunes, Victoria, Australia - Edition Two Vol 7 No.2 2007 - pages 30-36advertorial publication, slow, coast & country, life & style -
Federation University Historical Collection
Postcard - black and white, Near Clifden, Connemara, Ireland
Set between the Atlantic Ocean, 12 Ben Mountains and preserved boglands, lies the town of Clifden on the Coast of Connemara.A man stands beside a donkey carry two baskets. It is possibly on the Derrygimlagh Bogchatham-holmes family collection, clifden, derrygimlagh, bog -
Bendigo Military Museum
Card - LETTER CARDS, 1944
Letters to Lt. Neil McLeod X1415 "C" Coy, 7th Bn Gold Coast Regiment, R.W.A.F.F, South East Asia. “R.W.A.F.F”. Royal West African Frontier Force. The Gold Coast regiment consisted of 9 Battalions. McLeods unit served in Burma 1944. Six of the regiments Bn’s served in Burma. There are 21 Catalogue items in the collection all referred to this Cat No.Folded in 4, letters, paper with lines and hand written in ink. (sent by air mail par avion) stamp (imprint) top, right corner with graphic of Victoria Falls and 3d (threepence) price on stamp.Hand written letters from “John and Gill McLeod”letters, cards, airmail -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH FRAMED - WW1, Wayne Eels, C.2008/2009
The Grinton Collection. Promenade along the Mediterranean coast of Nice France. Refer Cat No. 1280 for Jack Grintons service details. Photograph framed. Photograph - black and white photograph on paper. Depicting - a promenade space filled with civilians seated and standing with a background of tree and buildings. Frame - timber, light varnish finish, Perspex front, cardboard backing."Group 3: Trip of a Lifetime". "D. Promenade des Anglais".framed accessories, camera on the somme, 38th bn, grinton, ww1, nice -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Booklet - Leaflet, Maritime Museums of Victoria, Maritime Museums of Victoria - The Maritime Supermuseum, 2017
Maritime Museums of Victoria is a network of sixteen museum sites in the State of Victoria along the Coast but also along the Murray River.The network was created in 2007. The Mission joined the network in July 2013 and the Mission hosts meetings on occasions.Three-fold A4 brochure on glossy colour papermaritime museums of victoria, network, victoria, mmv, interest group, membership -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph, 1920 c
Also in album is photocopy of page from Don Loves book 'Shipwrecks on the East Gippsland Coast', of the SS Bogong 1896Black and white photograph showing boats at jetty, Eva on right and other tourist type boats, several people on jetty and boats. Broomes Federal guest house on left, Venga next, dark house on site of Robin Hood Inn, Kalimna Heights in background. Lakes Entrance Victoriaships and shipping, waterways, retail trade -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Jack Loney, "Bay Steamers and Coastal Ferries", 1982
"Bay Steamers and Coastal Ferries". An account of the Bay steamers and coastal ferries from the 1830s to the late 1980s, within Port Phillip Bay and along the coast as far as Portland and Lakes Entrance in Victoria and to Tasmania. Appendices (ten) listing names and details of all the ships. 92 page soft covered book, black and white photos on front and back covers, red writing on front cover.transport - ferries, piers and wharves -
Archive of Vietnamese Boat People
Praying at the VBP mass grave in Cherang Ruku
In Aug-2006 a group of 48 overseas Vietnamese came back to visit and pray at the VBP mass grave in Cherang Ruku and at many other cemeteries along the eastern coast of Malaysia. The trip was organized by the Archive of Vietnamese Boat People. It was the first group of the overseas Vietnamese coming to visit since the end of the wave of VBP in Malaysia in 1996. The grave was found by the Archive of Vietnamese Boat People.Praying at the VBP mass grave in Cherang Ruku -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: AYE, AYE CAPTAIN
BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Monday, July 22, 2002. Aye, aye captain: do you know this sailor? He was an 18 or 19 year old sailor aboard the HMAS Sydney, which was sunk off the Western Australia coast in about 1941. He lived in Golden Square, and is believed to be named James. Photo supplied by E. Walsh. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Unions Ballarat
Captain Cook in Australia: extracts from the journals of Captain James Cook giving a full account in his own words of his adventures and discoveries in Australia (Don Woodward Collection), Cook, James, 1969
James Cook's journals around the time of his voyage to the east coast of New Holland (Australia) and a visit to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania).Biographical interest. Historical - Australia.Book; 192 pages. Dust jacket: white background; colour artwork with ship; black and green text; editor's name and title."Happy Birthday, George 1973"btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, cook, captain james, tasmania - van diemen's land, australia - new holland, australia - explorers -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph, Clare Gervasoni, Sea Wall at Apollo Bay, Victoria, 24/01/2022
In 2021, the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) constructed two new groynes and a section of rock seawall at Apollo Bay to help manage the impacts of coastal erosion. The new 70-meter-long rock groynes run perpendicular to the shoreline and be located just south of the Milford St revetment and to the south of Milford Creek. Sections of rock seawall will be constructed between the two Groynes with an aim to protect the dune, walking path, cypress trees and road from erosion. Colour photograph of a coastal scene at Apollo Bay, featuring new rock wall and groynes to protect the Great Ocean Road from erosion. apollo bay, beach, coast, groyne, rockwall, sea wall -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph, Clare Gervasoni, Sea Wall at Apollo Bay, Victoria, 24/01/2022
In 2021, the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) constructed two new groynes and a section of rock seawall at Apollo Bay to help manage the impacts of coastal erosion. The new 70-meter-long rock groynes run perpendicular to the shoreline and be located just south of the Milford St revetment and to the south of Milford Creek. Sections of rock seawall will be constructed between the two Groynes with an aim to protect the dune, walking path, cypress trees and road from erosion. Colour photograph of a coastal scene at Apollo Bay, featuring new rock wall and groynes to protect the Great Ocean Road from erosion. apollo bay, beach, coast, groyne, rockwall, sea wall -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph, Clare Gervasoni, Warrrnambool Covid19 signage, 2020, 29/06/2020
This photograph was when Regional Victoria was able to travel around the state, but Melbourne was still in Covid19 lockdown. Colour photograph of a Covid19 social distancing sign on the Warnambool breakwater.warrnambool, coast, breakwater, covid19, pandemic, social distancing