Hand written notes and a carbon copy of extracts from Bendigo Advertiser on the opening of New Battery Central Red, White and Blue Co. on Thursd. March 14th 1912. Mentions the machinery, aerial tramway and supports and flying foxes.mine, gold, central red, white and blue mine, central red, white and blue mine, opening of new battery, bendigo advertiser, aerial tramway, flying fox, mining plant

Awarded to Flora McDonald in 1903. Donated to Whitburgh Cottage museum c1982.Board cover with cloth spine, red-stain on front cover and worn corners. Foxing and marks throughout. Loose binding separated from front cover. Black & white illustrations throughout. 84 pp. Poor - fair condition.Page no's marked in pencil at top of each page. Certificate glued to front flyleaf, 'State School 2253/4th Prize/Flora/Awarded to/Flora McDonald/Class 1st/for/1st Home W. 1st Insp./H. Worthington Head Teacher/Decr. 1903'. Inside back cover 'Flora McDonald', handwritten cursive in pencil.flora mcdonald, childrens literature, whitburgh cottage collection

Red-brown marbelled cover with brown leather spine and corners, worn at extremities, gilt writing on spine. Discolouration and foxing. Loose & torn illustration page between pp 202-3. Illus. 416 pp. Fair condition.Front flyleaf, '126' red ink & underlined/Kilmore Mechanics Institute stamp. Title page, 'John D. [undecipherable]/4th April 1872' Crossed out.cassell's, british magazine, kilmore mechanics institute library.

Second Edition.Green cloth-bound hardcover book, worn at extremities, tear in lower spine. Loose hinges back & front, binding loose. Foxing front few pages. Insect damage title page. 692 pp. Fair condition.Front cover, gilt print, stamp, 'Crown Law Department. Victoria./Courts,/Kilmore.'.justices of the peace, kilmore court house library

Shrapnel and Semaphore. My grandfather's diary of Gallipoli is an amazing story of courage, faith and service. It provides a graphic account of the horrors of the fateful ANZAC landing and of the courageous attempt to take the peninsula against impossible odds.Soft cardboard cover, purple print on beige background on front, spine & back beige print on dark brown background. Sepia photo of 3 men in uniform on front. Sepia portrait photo on back (New Zealand uniform). 60 pages, cut plain paper, illustrated with black & white photos. Biography & diary of Walter EDMUND (Bill) LEADLEY Reg No 6/1122 Lance Corporal 1st Battalion, 2nd Corps, Canterbury Regiment of New Zealand.books, military, nz, shrapnel

Nellie May Matthews received this book prize in 1896 for first prize in bible. Nellie enrolled in Clarendon Ladies' College in April of 1896 (D.O.B. 3/6/1978). In the original registry it states that father's name is George Browning, occupation Ironmonger and the residence as 98 Neil Street Ballarat. Nellie had a sister, Sarah Bertha Matthews (D.O.B 31/12/1883) who enrolled in the school on 8/2/1898.Presbyterian educators placed great value on a classical education matched with diligence in study. Book prizes were highly regarded and academic success admired. In the school’s early years prizes were ordered direct from London and had the school crest embossed in gold on the front or back cover. Many of the prizes given in early years were returned to the school to equip the Weatherly Library when it opened in 1936.Bound in black soft calf with gilt inscription on front and spine. Black end papers, red/gilt edges, black and white illustrations throughout, very slight foxing on pages, slight open tear on top of spine. 708 p.Book plate inside front cover: Clarendon Ladies' College/ BALLARAT./ First Prize./ Bible-Class III/ Awarded to/ Nellie May Matthews./ MRS. KENNEDY, / PRINCIPAL. /DECEMBER 1896nellie-may-matthews, book-prize, clarendon-ladies'-college, 1896, george-browning, 98-neil-street-ballarat, sarah-bertha-matthews

Bendigo Teacher's College, along with the Ballarat Teacher's College were the first non-metropolitan teacher colleges. The Bendigo College was established in 1926 and operated out of the Long Gully Primary School. DUring the depression, from 1930 to 1945 the college closed because of the economic climate. The college reopened in 1945 in temporary accommodation adjacent to the Camp Hill Primary School. In 1959 the college moved into purpose built premises in Osbourne St., Flora Hill where it remained until closing in 1973."Pheonix Celebrites for 1956". Photographs of teachers attending the Bendigo Teacher's College in 1956, some loose photographs. Blue light card cover showing some foxing, pages stapled. Fifteen photographs of teacher's groups attending the B.T.C. in 1956photographs of student teachers, list of attendee student teachers at b.t.c. in 1956

Novels by eminent hands. Jeam's Diary. Adventures of Major Gahagan. A Legend of the Rhine. Rebecca and Rowena. The History of the next French Revolution. Cox's Diary. Short stories by W.M. Thackaray.Green cloth-covered hardcover book with gold decoration to front, spine and rear. Faded and marked spine, wear to cover edges and top & bottom of spine. Moderate foxing to pages. Rear cover detaching. 448 pp. Fair condition.P.1 '341', crossed out. Kilmore Mechanics Institute stamp. Title page '29'.adult fiction, kilmore mechanics institute library.

Published under the direction of the Tract Committee.Green clothbound hardcover book with images of foliage with yellow flowers. Cover faded, extremities moderately worn. Previous hinge repairs. Title page loose, hinges & binding loose. Foxing throughout. Undated. 240 pp. Fair condition.Inside front cover a stick on label, 'from/Mrs. Berry'. Front flyleaf handwritten cursive, 'Christ Church/Sunday School Library/Kilmore'. At bottom of page, 'No ID: -'.religious fiction, christ church sunday school library, whitburgh cottage collection

A survey and classification of the Statute Law, case law, procedure and practice applicable to Police Magistrates, Coroners, Justices of the Peace and special magistrates, and to Courts of Petty Sessions, Courts of general sessions, Coroner's Courts and Children's Courts.Grey-green cloth-bound hardcover book, faded spine and front cover, wear at corners. Minor insect damage inside front & back cover & flyleaves. Foxing back & front flyleaves. Structurally sound condition. 723 pp.Pencil inscription inside front cover, 'Received 16/10/24'.victorian, magistrate, kilmore court house library

JANE DAVIDSON WIFE OF ALEXANDER GLADSTONE DAVIDSON MARRIED 20TH. OCTOBER 1864 BY THE REV. JAMES BALLANTYNE. MOTHER OF NINE CHILDREN. ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OWNED BY MRS. ISOBEL FOXTWO PHOTOGRAPHS [COPIES] 1 SEPIA AND 1 BLACK AND WHITE OF JANE DAVIDSON, WIFE OF ALEXANDER GLADSTONE DAVIDSON, MARRIED 24TH OCTOBER 1864 BY THE REV. JAMES BALLANTYNE. MOTHER OF NINE CHILDREN.local history, photography, photographs, costumes - female

Lake Bolac, home from school, circa 1915. From the back (of the horse) - mounted; James, Teen and Cliff Murray, Harry Park, Billy and Sheila Murray. At the horses' head Faith Murray and adult, Kitty Grahamlake bolac, 1915, murray, park, graham

ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OWNED BY MRS. ISOBEL FOX. REV. JOHN DOWNES WAS INDUCTED AS THE FIRST MINISTER OF THE CLUNES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN JULY 1862. REV. DOWNES DIED 1866 AT THE AGE OF 63.PHOTOGRAPHS (COPIES) 1 SEPIA & 1 BLACK AND WHITE - OF THE REV. JOHN DOWNES. HE WAS THE FIRST MINISTER OF THE CLUNES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, INDUCTED IN JULY 1862 AND DIED IN 1866.local history, photography, photographs, churches, presbyterian.

ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OWNED BY MRS. ISOBEL FOX. ORIGINAL ST. PAULS CHURCH OF ENGLAND CLUNES 1862 MOVED FROM FRASER STREET CLUNES TO TEMPLETON STREET , AND IS NOW THE CHURCH HALL.SEPIA COPY OF PHOTOGRAPH OF ST. PAULS CHURCH OF ENGLAND. ORIGINAL ST. PAUL'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND 1862.local history, photography, photographs, churches st.pauls anglican

Black and white photograph taken at registration table for the Terry Fox funrun to raise funds for Cancer Council. Arthur Bowyer Starter, Peter Kramm President of Cancer Unit, Jean Slattery Treasurer Mabel Rennie Recorder. Lakes Entrance Victoriavolunteering, charities

Date is that given by descendant Julia Thornton. William Ernest Palstra married May Aurunui Holdaway (1885-1964) in 1920; this was their first and only home. They had 3 children, Margaret, Jocelyn and William. The family were connected with the Canterbury Salvation Army Corps. William's father was a Salvation Army officer; he spent his early life in South Africa. Prior to marriage he lived in Middlesex Road, Surrey Hills. He was an air force officer. He joined the RAAF in 1925. The family was in London when William was killed on the maiden flight of the Airship R101 to Karachi. It crashed near Beauvais in France. His widow and children returned to live at 60 Guildford Road, Surrey Hills. The donor Margaret Thornton was a daughter of William and May Palstra; one of her daughters, Julia Thornton still lives in the house in 2023. The houses across the road were demolished in the 1970s to build the Surrey Hills Salvation Army Church.This home is one of very few in the area which has been continuously owned by the same family over 3 generations. It is the only known image of the homes purchased and demolished by the Surrey Hills Salvation Army Church.Black and white photo of May Palstra with a baby, identified as Margaret, in a cane pram and with her fox terrier dog on the nature strip in front of her home. In the background can be seen the houses across the road. The road is unmade and the gutters are of bluestone construction.may palstra, margaret palstra, margaret thornton, julia thornton, may aurunui holdaway, guildford road, surrey hills, canterbury salvation army corps, demolished houses, babies, childhood

Craftwork, Crochet, Knitting and Sewing were all popular in post World War 11 Moorabbin as the new settlers established their homes on the previous market garden estates. Gladys Reed was and accomplished dressmaker and was involved in local community activities like the Ormond Choral Society Craftwork, Crochet, Knitting and Sewing were all popular in post World War 11 Moorabbin as the new settlers established their homes on the previous market garden estates.A ball of silk thread and 2 steel crochet hooks, 1 completed cotton handkerchief, 2 squares of fine cotton and a small length of lacework 2 Crochet Hooks ; a) Made in England / 4 / CROSS FOX b) ARGOBY / 6 / ; packet MILWARD Silk Cotton ; J & P COATES / MERCER CROCHET / 80

This photograph of the Greensborough Methodist Church was taken in 2013 to show changes over 40 years, based on Ron Reynold’s sketches in the 1973 publication “Greensborough and Greenhills” published by Cypress Books. This building is in Grimshaw Street and houses the Living Faith Church.Digital copy of colour photograph.greensborough and greenhills, greensborough methodist church, ron reynolds, living faith church

Robert Mitchell attended Ballarat College 1879The book was printed in 1878 year, The place of publication of the book is W & A K Johnston, Edinburgh and London, 1878. A School Atlas of Physical Geography. Book in English language. Book has cover wear and fading, modest foxing to plates. Some plates are missingHandwritten on flyleaf: R. A Mitchell July 1878 / Ballarat / RAM

Very light card cover, bound with two long cotton stitches and knotted in middle pages. Cover has foxing throughout. Surrounding pattern on front page repeating small and large loops. Black print on off white paper. Twelve pagesnon-fictionThis booklet sets out the rules and regulations of the Tower Hill cemetery in 1857.warrnambool, tower hill cemetery, towerhill cemetery rules 1857

Eleven pages document titled: Anglican Church of Australia Parish-South east Bendigo. Christ Church 100 years (cnr Strickland road, Barr and Fox Streets) Special centenary service Sunday 21 September 1997 at 10-30 am.church, church of christ, centenary

The Villa Alba Museum is cultural institution committed to the collection, study and display of 19th century interior decorative finishes, and the components of 19th and 20th century interior decoration. These include artefacts (wallpapers, textiles, carpet samples), furnishings, printed materials (catalogues, books, periodicals), and pictures (photographs).Wallpaper sample of a Morris & Co., dado border design. Monochrome, repeat pattern frieze of flowers in an urn with an alternating design including a facing fox and flamingo in black on a red ground. Sample is a later Morris-style wallpaper block reproduction from the 1970s. decorative arts & design, wallpapers -- morris & co, wall coverings – history, wallpapers – history, interior decoration – history, wallpapers -- dado borders

Children's book of short stories from the childhood collection of Monica Turner, nee Smith, descendant of early Kilmore business families, the Morrisseys and Hartnells.Brown cloth-covered hardcover book. Chequerboard design on central front cover. Spine frayed at top & bottom. Some foxing particularly front & rear pages. Previous internal hinge repair/reinforcing back & front. 135 pp. Good condition.Inside front cover, 'Elsie F. Morres'. Front flyleaf, '1/6'.children's literature, turner collection

Stories of Beowulf reinterpreted for children, told by H. E. Marshall & edited by Louey Chisholm. From the childhood collection of Monica Turner, nee Smith, descendant of early Kilmore business families, the Morrisseys and Hartnells.Brown cloth-bound hardcover book, worn at extremities, loss of colour. Missing dust jacket. Binding tight & square. Minor foxing and discolouration throughout. 10 colour plates all present in very good condition. 112 pp. Good condition.Front flyleaf, 'Pip Smith', pencil, cursive.children's literature, turner collection

Blue cloth-bound hardcover book, worn at extremities & some loss of colour. Brightly coloured dust jacket torn at front & back. Previous hinge repair/reinforcement. Binding tight. Foxing to back & front pages. 319 pp. Good condition.Nil.australian fiction.

Light card cover with some mildew & other staining back & front. Discoloration from light exposure. Blue cloth backstrip on spine with minor wear top & bottom. Mildew & moisture staining throughout, light foxing. Binding intact. Fair condition.non-fictionA descriptive atlas of the Eucalypts of Australia and the adjoining islands.botany, eucalypts, australia