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Uniting Church Archives - Synod of VictoriaUniform - Stole, Choir stole
R035.1 and R035.2 Royal blue cotton choir stoles with white cross and treble clef symbols appliqued with gold thread.arnold street bendigo uca, choir -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of VictoriaMethodist ribbons
Belonging to Florence Gertrude Edwards, Sister Martha, Deaconess of Carlton Methodist Mission. She later married the Rev. George Dyson.White starched lawn ribbons with drawn thread work at one end. R034.2 is darned. R034.1 has a join midway. -
Stawell Historical Society IncAccessory - Costume and Accessories
Ladies Pink Silk Necktie. Faggoting in centre. Drawn thread work rosette on ends, embroidery on ends. Dane Family.stawell clothing material -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Accessory - Costume and Accessories
One White Handkerchief with drawn thread work and one Handkerchief with a coloured printed border. Mrs E McClure (Dalkin)stawell clothing material -
Clunes MuseumContainer - BOTTLE
.1 BLUE ENAMEL DRINK BOTTLE .2 CORK HAS METAL TOP WITH EYE. STRING THREADED THROUGH EYE.RIDER & BELLlocal history, military, water bottle, army -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.Decorative object - Tray Cloth, not known
Used by Mrs Jean Ashcroft (nee Broad) and probably worked by her. She came from Galashiels ScotlandIvory rectangular tray cloth with a knitted lace edge and drawn thread work and embroidery in ivory of four circles of flowersnonemanchester, table linen -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.Functional object - Trucheon, not known
This truncheon was issued to Christopher Taylor who helped enforce law and order during the police strike of 1922 - 1923. Christopher Taylor was the father of the donor, Lorna Broad.Length of round wood tapered at one end with cord threaded through hole to form a loop to hang from arm.essential services, police -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.Functional object - Darning Thread on Card
Item is part of a collection of sewing tools donated by Betty McPhee.Scalloped fan shaped card containing four cards of darning thread. Front of card has a sketch of a vase of flowers.Xmas Greeting from vi.handcrafts, equipment -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.Clothing - Camisole
Fine white lace camisole tied with white satin ribbons threaded through eyelets at neck and waist. Scalloped edgingcostume, female underwear -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.Textile - Doyley
White cotton doyley with drawn thread needlework consisting of thirteen medallions around the edge and centre pattern of sixteen squares.handcrafts, needlework, manchester, table linen -
Australian Lace Guild - Victorian BranchTextile - Machine made lace, Late 19th or early 20th Century
Machine made "Chemical" lace motif. Cotton thread embroidered onto a base fabric which is later dissolved away. -
Australian Lace Guild - Victorian BranchTextile - Machine made lace
Machine made "Chemical" lace edging. Cotton thread embroidered onto a base fabric which is later dissolved away. -
Tennis AustraliaAustralian Open cap, 2009
Peaked cap: Australian Open 'Last Eight Club 2009'. Tagged 'Made in China'. Materials: Cotton, Cardboard, Threadtennis -
Ballarat Diocesan Historical Commissionceremonial collar, Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society (HACBS) ceremonial collar, Early 20th century
The Ballarat Hibernian Society was a friendly society formed at Ballarat in 1868. In 1871 the group amalgamated with a similar group in Melbourne to form the HACBS. Due to legislative changes the insurance interests of the society were absorbed into those of the IOOF in the late twentieth century . These collars were worn at official functions and meetings of the society. They vary in elaboration from heavily embroidered to very simple silk collars and many are embroidered with motifs such as kangaroos, emus, shamrocks and Irish harps.Large velvet ceremonial collar with gold metal braid trim and PP for Past President embroidered in gold metal thread.hibernian, hacbs, textile, ceremonial collar, friendly society. -
Mont De LanceyNecklace, 1920
Worn by Mrs. W.J. Sebire.Enamel multicoloured bead necklace of various sizes threaded on five black cords, on a gold lurex and black cord tassel.necklaces -
Mont De LanceyCamisole
Worn in 1900's.White cotton camisole with hand embroidered lace around the neck, sleeves and waist. Pink ribbon threaded through eyelets.camisoles, underwear -
School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT UniversityBook, 'Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber' by Zhang Zhongjing
张仲景 张仲景（约 150～219 年），名机，东汉末年医学家，著成《伤寒杂病论》，确立 了对伤寒病的六经辨证体系和治疗杂病的原则。被后世尊称为 “医圣”。 Zhang Zhongjing Zhang Zhongjing (about 150~219 A.D.), courtesy name Ji, a well known physician of the late Eastern Han dynasty. He compiled the famous “Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Disease” and established the six-meridian pattern identification and syndrome differentiation. Later generations portray him as the “Medical Saint”. Three reproduction volumes printed on light tissue paper in black ink with blue soft cover and white thread binding. zhang zhongjing, chinese medicine, rmit chinese medicine collection -
Orbost & District Historical Societycotton reels, first half 20th century
These cotton reels were owned and used by Helena Warren of Newmerella. Helena Francis Warren (nee McKeown) was married to William John Warren and lived in Newmerella. She was a fine amateur photographer who supplied the photos for the Back-To-Orbost celebration book in 1937 and also designed the Back-To-Orbost badge. She was known for her soft toy making. (by Ivy Rodwell in from Personalities and Stories of the Early Orbost District by Mary Gilbert).Helena Warren was a popular Orbost identity who was well known as an accomplished photographer and needleworker,Four wooden cotton reels. 2495.1 is an empty reel with paper labels at both ends. " Best Linen lace thread Barbours No 50 200 yards Wm Barbour & Sons Ltd Lisburn Ireland" 2495.2 is a wooden reel with thick linen thread. On one end " H11 underlined" 2495.3 is a narrow wooden reel with white thread and grey wound over it. It has paper labels at both ends. " J. & P. Coats 500 yards No 50 457 metres - Chain Brand Mercerised Cotton MR WHITE" 2495.4 is a wooden reel with synthetic thread - one paper label. "J. & P. Coats 6 Cord 200 yards 40 183 metres"needlework cotton-reels warren-helena -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Household, Ceremonial Regalia (Charles Rogers), 1930s
This belt was worn by Captain Charles Rogers of the Australian Army (Light Horse Regiment) when he was part of the mounted Guard of Honour during the visit of the Duke of Gloucester in 1934. The visit was part of Victoria’s Centenary celebrations and the Duke officially opened the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance. Charles Rogers was a well-known Warrnambool identity in the 1930s, 40s and 50s as a horseman and Army member. He was often seen on horseback leading parades and celebrations in the city. He was a long-serving Warrnambool Agricultural Show official as a judge of equine events. He died in 1961. This belt is of interest as an example of the ceremonial regalia used by Army personnel in the 1930s and as a memento of a notable 20th century Warrnambool person, Charles Rogers.This is a belt made of silver thread material with a thick cloth backing. The belt has a cloth-covered metal clasp. There are two tassels hanging from the clasp area with beige and maroon threads with tops covered in silver mesh. These mesh tops may have a wooden frame underneath. The belt is a little tarnished.captain charles rogers, duke of gloucester visit, history of warrnambool -
Bendigo Military MuseumUniform - NURSES CAPE, 1943
CAPT GLADYS ELVA Mole VFX17199, Australian Army Nursing Service. Refer 1900.2 Photos, 1901.4 Medals & Service history. Served Palestine, Tobruk, Colombo, Queensland, Borneo & Singapore. See also Reg No 1497.9 for remainder of uniform.Red Nurses Cape worn by Nurses over their uniform. Cape belonged to CAPT GLADYS ELVA MOLE. Cape fits over shoulders & clips at top front with hook & eye fastener. Complete with Captain's pips on epaulettes with Australia badges & buttons.Embroidered inside back neck edge in orange thread: “MOLE” Label lower back edge: “V231 Made in AUSTRALIA 1943 Size W”uniforms - military, medicine - nursing, costume female, cape, nurse -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Wrapping Paper (2 sheets), Fletcher Jones and Staff, Warrnambool, c. 1970
These sheets of wrapping paper come from the clothing company of Fletcher Jones (Warrnambool). One sheet has been produced for the After Sales Department. David Fletcher Jones (1895-1977) served in World War One and in the 1920s set up as a travelling hawker selling drapery in Western Victoria. In 1924 he leased three shops in Liebig Street, Warrnambool and in 1928 he moved to the Koroit/Liebig Streets intersection with his Man's Shop. He manufactured men's clothing on site. In 1931 he moved into a new set of two-storeyed buildings on the site. In 1946 he opened a men's store in Melbourne and in 1948 he opened a factory in Warrnambool with a new company called Fletcher Jones and Staff (1951). This company extended to other parts of Australia and became well-known throughout Australia for the production of men's trousers and later men's and women's clothing. By 2011 the Warrnambool factory was sold and the company dissolved.These wrapping papers are of interest as a memento of the Fletcher Jones Clothing Company, a major industry in Warrnambool and Australia for many years.These are two sheets of wrapping paper from the Fletcher Jones clothing company. .1 A sheet of grey paper over-printed with a blue logo (shield and needle and thread) and blue printing .2 A sheet of buff-coloured paper (tissue quality) over-printed with a blue logo (shield and needle and thread) and red printing.1 Fletcher Jones Says Compare .2 Fletcher Jones, After Sales Service, F.J. Plus 8, Dry Cleaning, Lock Pressing, Form Setting, Adjustments and Repairsfletcher jones warrnambool, warrnambool businesses -
Orbost & District Historical Societybottle, first half 20th century
The raised dots texture of this bottle clearly distinguishes the bottle as a poison. Poison bottles were often brown.Australia was not self sufficient in glass making until the turn of the 20th century and many bottles were made overseas and shipped to Australia with their contents and when emptied were re-filled with other company’s products. This bottle has an aesthetic element in that the shapes, colour and texture are visually appealing. They reflect the type of glassware used for poisonous contents that was in circulation in the first half of the 20th century. A brown glass bottle with angled sides and raised dimples on two sides. One side has "NOT TO BE TAKEN". It has a screw thread.On base -M On side NOT TO BE TAKENbottle container poison -
Orbost & District Historical Societystud axe
Used in wood splitting to split with the grain of the wood. Splitting or stud axe bits are more wedge shaped. This shape causes the axe to rend the fibres of the wood apart, without having to cut through them. Possibly made by Kelly Axe Company after 1949.A wooden handled axe with a flat ended wedge shaped blade for hammering. There is a piece of orange cord threaded through the handle for hanging. Made in USA True temper flint edge.stud-axe tools -
Orbost & District Historical Societyvice, c 1950's
This vice is used to secure an object to allow work to be performed on it. It would have been attached to a workbench.A large metal bench vice. It has two parallel jaws, one fixed and the other movable, threaded in and out by a screw and lever.Dawn 3 1/2bench-vice -
Kiewa Valley Historical SocietyInsulator - Porcelain
Insulates electrical wire which is attached in the groove towards the narrow end. It is screwed onto the cross arm of a power pole. Non conductive so that electricity doesn't short out to the ground.Used on power poles in the Kiewa Valley.Cream coloured porcelain cylindrical shaped insulator with a groove towards the narrower closed end. Inside the narrow end it is threaded for screwing.On the side of the closed end - "KP / 64"kiewa hydro electric scheme. electricity. power lines. insulator -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Booklet - Poetry Booklet, Thoughts by Our Loving Father, 1930s
collection of verseThis is a booklet of 28 pages. It has a brown cover with the pages tied together with brown plaited thread. The pages contain printed material.non-fictioncollection of versejohn adams wangoom -
Bendigo Military MuseumUniform - SLIDE SHOULDER BOARD
Part of the reverend Chaplain Major Thomas Bruce Williams, No 556101, Collection.Two jungle green coloured slide shoulder boards with a major's queen's crown insignia embroidered in light green and brown thread.army chaplain, rank insignia, uniform, major thomas b. williams -
Bendigo Military MuseumEquipment - DUFFLE BAG
Item re Frederick Gardner DAVEY DFC No 410533 RAAF. Refer Reg No 3536P for his service details.Navy cylindrical canvas duffle bag with open top. 12 brass eyelets around the top with brown twine threaded through.Printed in white on side: R.A.A.F. 410533 F/D DAVEY Written in white (faded) on base: J13 ----- S VICequipment, kit, military -
Bendigo Military MuseumAccessory - KIT BAG, Post 1938
Item issued to Kevin Joseph Harrison RAAF. Refer Cat No 4157.2 for more re his service details.Blue coloured canvas Ki bag with rope threaded through eyelets at the top, one metal ring on lower side of the base.On the front,” painted on is a kangaroo and a Joey”, under is “146838 RAAF”, below is a depiction of a “star”. On the reverse side “RAAF 147838”, base of the bag, “146838”kit bag, accessory, raaf -
Bendigo Military MuseumAccessory - SEWING KIT, C.1939 - 45
The item was generally referred to by soldiers as a “house wife kit” Item relating to J A McDonald VX79511. Refer Cat No 2481.2 for his service history..1) Khaki cloth roll container for sewing items. .2) Thread, navy, white & khaki. .3) Thimble, black plastic.Inside roll, faint makers details and (arrow up) meaning Dept of defencemilitary equipment, handcrafts-sewing, house wife
