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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Bank bag, C 1960s'
Collected by person who worked in banking. Example of method of handling coinage.Calico bank coin bag with frayed string drawstring. 'Commonwealth of Australia' printed in black on one side.Commonwealth of Australiabanking -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Bank Bag, C 1960's
Collected by persons who worked in banking. Example of method of handling coins.Calico bank bag with Westpac symbol (stylized W) in red on both sides. Bag used for handling coins.W -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Tool - Garden Maintenance, Irrigator
Used at Burnley campus for garden maintenance and teaching turf and grass methods Mobile impact irrigation system that travels along a wire. Sweep arms with spray attachment on top. Much smaller than B22.0021.Moderl ?5 Rain Mobile Buckner Australasia Pty Ltdgarden maintenance, irrigation, mobile irrigator, buckner -
Bendigo Military Museum
Manual - The Plane Table - Its Use in Surveying, McGraw Publishing Company, New York, USA, 1908
The plane table instrument was a simple but very effective early method of producing maps. Some very early editions were produced by the Australian Survey Corps after its formation in 1915 using this method. This manual details how to use the "Plane Table" for Surveying purposes.Hard Cloth covered Covers front and back, paper pages. title page has rubber stamp impressions (see below). Contents page, symbols page, pages 1-47 and index page.Adhesive label on front "46.10 and 12411", "1504" in purple also on front cover, Numbers inside front cover - "Acc. No. 000076" and crossed out. "scm - B0 - 86-72" written underneath. stamps- Australian Intelligence Corps, Headquarters library No 150 (difficult to read) on first page and stamped "CANCELLED" , Stamp School of Military Survey Library Call No 526 - 9825 LOV. Another stamp on title page - Department of Defence Library 46.10 and 12411. Second stamp 2/D. M.O.S. 2012 with CANCELLED. royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr, fortuna -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Touch Method Instructor for Remington Typewriters, c. 1931
The instruction book was donated together with a typewriter and manual by David Sack, previous owner of Sack's Jewellers, Liebig St in Warrnambool. The typewriter and books were owned by William Sack, owner of the business Sacks Jewellers at 115 Liebig Street, Warrnambool. He commenced trading in the early 1900’s; and used this typewriter in the business from its purchase date, around 1931, through until about 1996. William and his wife June had three children, Eric, Audrey and David. The children were owners/partners of Sack’s Jewellers after William’s passing in 1976. Eric and David were ‘owners of the business’, with Audrey carrying out much of the clerical work. Eric died in about 1984 and David sold the practise in 1996. During the 65 years of business the typewriter was used for all the normal applications of a jeweller’s; preparing invoices, guarantees, taxation records. But in addition the four members of the Sack family were very involved in Church activities, particularly in lay administration and lay preaching in the Baptist Church, and the typewriter gained a lot of after-hours use. The family actively supported overseas Missions in India, SE Asia, and Africa. After the sale of the business in 1996, Audrey took the typewriter home for her community activities (David got a computer). In the 1980’s David volunteered as the Clock Repairer at Flagstaff Hill for the historical instruments. In the early days this took some long hours to get the clocks working, but in recent years he has just been ‘on call’ if needed. He is an alert 85 year old and just in the last 12 months has given up a busy schedule of Sunday Lay Preaching around the district. (2015) The typewriter and instruction books are of local significance, being previously owned and used in a local business for about 100 years.Book, Touch Method Instructor for Remington Typewriters. Published by Remington Typewriter Company, printed in U.S.A. Copyright 1931. Soft cover, cream with black and blue panels, drawing of a hand with fingers above typewriter keys. Lesson book for teaching touch typing.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, typing instructor, typing lesson book, sack’s jewellers warrnambool, remington typewriter company, william sack, david sack, warrnambool baptist church, warrnambool history -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, A Handbook of the Destructive Insects of Victoria
This item is from the ‘Pattison Collection’, a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, which was founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art, and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the lack of financial support led the WMI in 1911 to ask the City Council to take it over. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Library as it was then called. When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Ralph Pattison. Eventually the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. RALPH ERIC PATTISON Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 Pattison accepted a position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council. His huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower area of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine, and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave during 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. Front loose endpaper has a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service With notes on the methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them. Prepared bu order of the Victorian Department of Agriculture Author: Charles French Publisher: Government Printer Melbourne Date: 1900Label on spine cover with typed text RA 632.70994 FRE Pastedown front endpaper has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library Front loose endpaper has a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Servicewarrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road, front loose endpaper has a sticker from corangamite regional library service, charles french -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Photocopy, Ron Scholten, "The Bell Punch", c1990
Three page document or research notes on "The Bell Punch" used by the Melbourne cable tram system. Gives the background to the punch, how it was used, ticket system, accounting, damage, costs and the Bell Punch opening combinations used in Melbourne. Includes the method of opening it.trams, tramways, tickets, mto co, bell punch, conductors, instructions -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph - Photograph - Reproduction
... of mining equipment identified as a hydraulic chisel (alternative... of mining equipment identified as a hydraulic chisel (alternative ...This photo depicts a man standing next to a large piece of mining equipment identified as a hydraulic chisel (alternative name: drifter dill or power rock drill). This piece of machinery was used in mining to place holes in the walls of a mine which were then filled with dynamite or other explosives for rock blasting or to make holes for plug and feather quarrying. The additional tools to the right of the photograph and in front of the machinery can be identified as either picks or as feather and wedges, the latter of which were used to split stone drilled by the hydraulic or power chisel. Depending on the date of the photograph, which is not provided, this chisel was either powered by electricity or by hydraulics. The following is written on the drill "R.C. FORD'S PATENT No91 / MELBOURNE VICTORIA 1879". The man depicted in this photograph wears a wide brim hat, a loose fitting white shirt and loose pants. He wears boots and has a medium sized dark beard. This attire, along with his locality in the mine and proficiency with the mining equipment, identifies this man as a miner working in this particular, but unidentified, mine. It depicts an instance of hydraulic chiseling which makes this photograph valuable for the study of mining techniques from a date c1880.The search for gold is ingrained into the history of Victoria and therefore, images like this one which portray the types of machinery used in mining can reveal important information for technology and highlight the methods used to break apart the earth in order to obtain access to gold and other precious materials during the period this photograph was captured. Further research into RC Ford can potentially reveal even further information pertaining to this photograph. This image is of important historical significance for its ability to convey information about the methods and machinery used to access gold or mine more in general. It also highlights the size of machinery at the time and allows us to compare this to the size of the person standing besides the machinery to better understand the manpower which would have been required to use and set-up this macinery.A black and white rectangular reproduced photograph printed on matte photographic paper.Reverse: 7816/ copy 1/3gold, sluicing, gold sluicing, hydraulic sluicing, gold and tin mine, mining, gold mining, beechworth, burke museum, melbourne, victoria, hat, mining machinery, machinery, r. c. ford -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book - Exercise Book, Embassy exercise book, 1950s
A Form 1 arithmetic exercise book, showing calculations and methods used by this student.An example of mid 20th century school workStudent's exercise book, 24 p. (approx.). Handwritten arithmetic exercises inside. Back cover missing. Front cover had photograph of Queen Elizabeth II.Subject: Arithmetic. Student's name, Grade: Form 1A.school books, exercise books, arithmetic -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book - Exercise Book, [Exercise book], 1950s
A Form 2 arithmetic exercise book, showing calculations and methods used by this student.An example of mid 20th century school workStudent's exercise book, 32 p. (approx.). Handwritten arithmetic exercises inside. Front cover has photograph of Queen Elizabeth II.Student's name, Grade: Form 2A. School: .school books, exercise books, arithmetic -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book - Recipe Book, Victoria. Department of Agriculture, Preserving fruits and vegetables; Bulletin No. 43, Department of Agriculture Victoria, 1944
A Department of Agriculture bulletin on preserving fruits and vegetables. Various methods of preservation are covered.Part of a collection of recipe books from Laurence N. Lewis104 p., illus. non-fictioncookbooks, recipe books, preserving (cookery) -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Bank Bag, C 1960's
Collecetd by person who worked in banking. Example of method of handling coinage & banknotes.Calico bank bag with ANZ Bank in blue print on both sides.ANZ Bankbanking, coinage -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - Copy of B/W photograph, Threshing machine at Scotsburn in 1940's, Not known
Photograph shows early farming method and illustrates some of the machines used at this timeThreshing machine in operation at Scotsburn in the 1940's. 3 workers and tractor visbleThreshing machine. 1940's. Note old Dominic Lorensene on stack.scene showing farm machinery in use. threshing machine vdriven by belt from stationary tractor., several man are working on the equipment, l -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Field Engineering & Mine Warfare Pam 8 Assault River Crossing, 1951
Soft covered booklet providing the necessary information to enable instructors of Royal Engineers and Assault Pioneers to train their men in methods of getting supporting weapons and some vehicles across water obstacles. 2 copies. One copy has amendments Nos 4 & 5WO Code No 8668. Part II Rafting and Watermanship (RE and Aslt Pnrs) 1951military engineering, river crossings -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: VICTORIAN RAILWAYS INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF ENGINEMEN
Brown hard cover book. On front cover ' Victorian Railways, instructions for the guidance of enginemen in connexion with the uniform methods of dealing with breakdown, engine trouble & c. In front cover written in blue ink ' J. Badham, Castlemaine, 13/11/35, Picnic Day'.H.J,. Green, Govt. Printercottage, miners, badham, victorian railways -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Archaeology of Aboriginal sites, 11/04/1984
Summary of a talk by Gary Presland of the Victorian Department of Archaeology by Joan Roczniok on the archaeology of aboriginal sites in the Melbourne Metropolitan area. Archaeological practices, Aboriginals, whalers, French Island, Keilor site, Main Street, Blackburn, canoe tree, axes, hunting and fishing methods.aborigines, main street, blackburn, blackburn, french island, keilor, archaeology -
Federation University Art Collection
Sculpture, 'Algorithm' by Mark Feltham, 1998
Mark FELTHAM (1976- ) Born Melbourne, Australia Mark Feltham was a third year student at the University of Ballarat in 1997 when this work was produced. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007. Artist's Statement: Algorithm, meaning a method for reaching a solution. This piece is about reaching stability in life which is brought about through the attainment of knowledge, having clear aims and goals, being able to express oneself and trying to keep a balance between the good and the bad. art, artwork, mark feltham, sculpture, alumni -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: THE PENAL SYSTEM OF VICTORIA
... Indeterminate Sentence Methods ...Document. Harry Biggs Collection. A photocopy of article in Handbook of Victoria. - 8 pages. Some are double ups. It is written by G. F. Dicker, of the Victorian Penal Dept. Includes items on early history, ticket of leave, Mark System, Pentridge System & Indeterminate Sentence Methods.organization, government, welfare, harry biggs collection, the penal system of victoria, g. f. dicker, early history, ticket of leave, mark system, pentridge system, indeterminate sentence methods -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Poster, VicTrip, "Students get your concession card now", early 2000?
Poster - A3 printed in red and black on off white card paper titled "Students get your concession card now", advertising the need to have a Student Concession Card, the method and location of railways stations to obtain one. gives the VicTrip website and telephone number.trams, tramways, students, concession fares -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Leisure object - Cigar Piercer, 20th century
This cigar piercer belonged to Dr.William Roy Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. It was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by his daughter, Bernice McDade. It is part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” that 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 would take time to 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 ) Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . The organisation began in South Australia through the Presbyterian Church in that year, with its first station being 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 where he’d previously worked as Medical Assistant and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what was once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr L Middleton was House Surgeon to the Nhill Hospital 1926-1933, when he resigned. [Dr Tom Ryan’s practice had originally belonged to his older brother Dr Edward Ryan, who came to Nhill in 1885. Dr Edward saw patients at his rooms, firstly in Victoria Street and in 1886 in Nelson Street, until 1901. The Nelson Street practice also had a 2 bed ward, called Mira Private Hospital ). Dr Edward Ryan was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1884-1902 . He also had occasions where he successfully performed veterinary surgery for the local farmers too. Dr Tom Ryan then purchased the practice from his brother in 1901. Both Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan work as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He too was 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 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. Dr Tom Ryan moved from Nhill in 1926. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1927, soon after its formation, a rare accolade for a doctor outside any of the major cities. He remained a bachelor and died suddenly on 7th Dec 1955, aged 91, at his home in Ararat. Scholarships and prizes are still awarded to medical students in the honour of Dr T.F. Ryan and his father, Dr Michael Ryan, and brother, John Patrick 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 states “HOURS Daily, except Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturday afternoons, 9-10am, 2-4pm, 7-8pm. Sundays by appointment”. This plate is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Tom Ryan had an extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926 and when Dr Angus took up practice in their old premises he obtained this collection, a large part of which is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. During his time in Nhill Dr Angus was involved in the merging of the Mira Hospital and Nhill Public Hospital into one public hospital and the property titles passed on to Nhill Hospital in 1939. 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. ). 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. (The duties of a Port Medical Officer were outlined by the Colonial Secretary on 21st June, 1839 under the terms of the Quarantine Act. 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. Their interests included organisations such as Red Cross, Rostrum, Warrnambool and District Historical Society (founding members), Wine and Food Society, Steering Committee for Tertiary Education in Warrnambool, Local National Trust, Good Neighbour Council, Housing Commission Advisory Board, United Services Institute, Legion of Ex-Servicemen, Olympic Pool Committee, Food for Britain Organisation, Warrnambool Hospital, Anti-Cancer Council, Boys’ Club, Charitable Council, National Fitness Council and Air Raid Precautions Group. He was also a member of the Steam Preservation Society and derived much pleasure from a steam traction engine on his farm. He had an interest in people and the community He and his wife Gladys 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”.The 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 items and 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.Cigar peeler: a metal cylinder with a flat base and another metal cylinder inside. The cylinders have an aligned vertical slot on one side, and a method to push the inside upwards to reveal the piercer. It has an inscription. Made in Britain. Patented. The object is part of the W.R. Angus Collection. 'British Made. Pat No 238813/25.'flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, smoking, cigars, cigar piercer, cigar tool, cigar accessory, w.r.angus -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Photograph of Mt Beauty Switchboard, 1980's (estimate only)
Photograph of early switchboard used in Mt Beauty. It is a record of old communication methods used in the area.Provides a look into the history of communications in Mt Beauty. Mr Bill Sutton is a past employee of SECV and an active member of various community organisations within the Kiewa Valley.Colour photograph of Mr Bill Sutton and unidentified man taken at Mt Beauty switchboardHandwritten on back of photograph: Pics 5 85%mt beauty switchboard, secv, communications, switchboard -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Archive - Laboratory Books, AATCC : Technical Manual
Dept Defense USA - Vol 50 Ballistic Test Method 30 Height 24 Width Black Book -
Parks Victoria - State Coal Mine - Wonthaggi
Book, A. Sir Clement Le Neve Foster and J. S. Haldane.B. Charles. Griffin & Co. Ltd, "Investigation of Mine Air"
A. Part of the G. Hadden collection. B. A study of the methods used to measure impurities in mine air."Investigation of Mine Air" is the name of that book that is hard bound with a red cover and gold lettering.Inside the front cover had the name "Miners Department" that was hand written. -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document (item) - Bristol Beaufighter Special Repair Schemes, Beaufighter: Special Repair Schemes
RAAF Publication No. 249. Supplement to AP 1721A Volume 2, Part 3, Beaufighter Repair Methods. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder, State Rivers & Water Supply Commission Construction and District Branches, 1950
Contains various publications on procedures for Water Commission constructions and irrigation methods and some photographs of assembling of a bridgeBlack and white marbled cover,metal leverwater, documents, phamphlets -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, J T Picken & Sons, Combined Operations Beach Organisation & Maintenance 1945, 1945
Soft covered booklet originally issued as 1 Aust Corps Training Instruction No 2 of 17 Dec 1943, revised and amended in 1944. The pamphlet sets out the methods by which it is proposed to organise the beaches and beach maintenance area during the landing operations of Australian Army formations.No 1960 SECRET (GBD)world war 2, beach operations -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Arthur W. French et al, Stereotomy, 1902, 1902
Brown hard covered book of 119 pages. Contents include building stones, quarrying, stone-cutting tools, finishing surfaces, masonry, bridge abutment, Butress, arches, ovals, cloistered arch, descending arch, cow's-horn method, Skew-arch. , Includes illustrations and indexstereotomy, stone, bridges -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BADHAM COLLECTION: VICTORIAN RAILWAYS MEMO 26.11.1937
Victorian Railways memo 26.11.1937. Reference 'SLS 70/37. AM.DC / Sup't of Loco. Supplies Office, Melbourne. Subject of Method of handling etc. The spare cylinder oil bottle and the containers for the trip allowances of cylinder bearing oils and Kerosene. Signed by E. Dillon on foolscap page.document, memo, railway, e. dillon -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CENTRAL DEBORAH GOLD MINE - HISTORY OF CENTRAL DEBORAH GOLD MINE 1939 - 1954
4 typed pages of the history of the Central Deborah Gold Mine from 1939 to 1954. Mentions the start of mining at this site and Victor Pabst, who in 1917 recommended that the shaft be deepened. His advice was not acted on for another twenty-two years. Also mentioned is the geology and Method of Mining.mine, gold, central deborah gold mine, central deborah gold mine, history of central deborah gold mine, geology of the central deborah gold mine, method of mining -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Education kit - St John's Slings
Used by the St John's Ambulance Association to show how to bandage injuries.Two large cotton triangles one printed images in black showing correct method of bandaging different body parts with Logo with The St John Ambulance Association at top and central man under logo has sling marked 9A and 9B. The second sling is plain calico.st john ambulance, medical