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Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - B/W, C 1920s
Photo shows a group of people pulling a car by rope out of the Wannon River. There are six adults and three children in the photo.transport, cars -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1930-1940
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. . . . And McGregor's Mine, Aberfeldy River. Markings: 38 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - ROBERT DENIS KELLY COLLECTION: BRIDGE TO SOUS LE BOIS
Black and white photo: bridge over river, bridge is collapsed in middle. Written on back 'Bridge to Sous Le Bois'.person, robert denis kelly, world war 1, robert denis kelly collection, bridge, france, sous le bois. -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Certificate - Facsimile, Master of a river and bay steamship, George Henry Gray, 10 Sep 1923
Facsimile of certificate of competency as Master of a river and bay Steamship issued to George Henry Gray, dated 10 Sept 1923transport - shipping, captain george henry (harry) gray -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - ACC LOCK COLLECTION: B&W PHOTO OF A RIVER, POSTCARD, 1914-1918
Postcard, WW1, B&W photo of a river with remains of a wooden structure in foreground. Scene of destruction in background. Location not known.postcard, postcard, ww1, france, river -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: FLOOD
Bendigo Advertiser "the way we were" from 1999. Flood: a train crosses the flooded Campaspe river at Axedale in the 1930s.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Booklet, Edmund D Gill, Rivers of History, 1970
A series of 10 ABC radio talks originally broadcast under the title "The Murray Darling System, 5000 Miles of history and prehistory. The series was produced in the Melbourne studios of the ABC by Ken TaylorBeige cover. Australian river scene on front cover. Information on the work of the author Edmund T. Gill on back cover.river systems -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Booklet, Hume Reservoir, 1986
Booklet produced to commemorate 50 years of hume Reservoir (1936-1986) Contains photos of early constructionPictures, past and present of Hume Reservoir. Front and back covers coloured and sepia. River Murray Commission in blue writing.hume reservoir, 1936-1986, tatura, irrigation, books, reference, rural, industry -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Prohibition Sign, pre 1900
A white material sign with black printing. Prohibiting bathing in particular waters. Belonging to the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission.Bathing Prohibited. Persons offending liable to prosecution.swimming prohibited, prohibition signs -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Rodney Recollections 1886 - 1986, 1986
To commemorate 100th anniversary of Rodney Shire. Includes photographs of Councillors and staff of Rodney ShirePlasticised soft cover. Rodney Shire logo. River scene on back. Black letters. Afirmation from Local Governmentlocal history, books, history, local -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1964
In 1964, Robin and Patricia Boyd spent several weeks on a world tour - Boyd took a leading role at the International Design Conference in Aspen and he also visited Chicago, Yale University, and New York’s World Fair. The Boyds then travelled on to England, Finland (especially to see Tapiola), Russia and India to see Le Corbusier's Chandigarh, and also Hong Kong and Thailand.Colour slide in a mount. Moscow Kremlin administrative building and Orthodox churches looking from Moscow River, Moscow, RussiaMade in Australia / 14 / AUG 64Mrussia, slide -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph
Two men are standing on the swing bridge which was constructed across Deep Creek at Bulla. The river and opposite riverbank are in the foreground.bulla, deep creek, bridges, swing bridge, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph
The area near the 'Nook' was used as a swimming pool by Sunbury residents before the swimming centre was built in Ligar Street, Sunbury. Sunbury Swimming Pool - written on the back.A snap shot of 11 people (unidentified) sitting on the bank of a river. There are two men and 9 children of varying ages in the photo.swimming, sports, jackson's creek, clothing and dress, recreation, swimming pools, sunbury swimming pool, george evans collection -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Synan Peter, Secrets of Ghost Towns of the High Country featuring 50 Ghost Towns in and around Victorias Alpine Region, 1989
A history of the Gippsland Lakes Victoria as a transport system v for trade within the Lakes and River systems and coastal and interstate trade.ships and shipping, land settlement, waterways -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Myrtle Olive Fish, 1/09/1933 12:00:00 AM
Also a second photograph taken from a slightly different angle 05195 6.5 x 9 cmBlack and white photograph of view of Buchan with bridge over Buchan River in foreground with butter factory behind and various buildingstopography -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Book, Robertson & Mullens, Water Into Gold, 1946
From the estate of Florence Iggsten.Book with orange cloth cover with black writing. Dust cover printed in shades of orange and green with view of river and fields.On inside page opposite first title - "Mrs Iggsten Xmas 1946"renmark, dried fruit, murray river, mildura, agriculture, irrigation -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1899
Black and white photograph showing SS Glenelg in Mitchell River. House on bank, vegetation, crowd on ship. Bairnsdale VictoriaThe S.S. Glenelgjetties, ships and shipping, waterways -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Tambo Shire, 1994 c
Also second identical copyColour photograph of the Buchan river, showing stream flowing between low banks, hills rising in distance. Buchan Victoriaagriculture, topography -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1950c
Black and white photograph of four men showing their catch of king fish from their lake boat in the Pambula River, NSWfishing industry, boats and boating, fish, jetties -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, The Nook, c1940
The Nook in Sunbury is situated on a wide and deep bend in Jacksons Creek. Today the area is a popular site for passive recreation with a walking path along the Jacksons Creek. The house on the RHS of the photograph was situated near Powlett Street.Before the Aquatic Centre was built in Sunbury the swimming pool at The Nook was the town's swimming pool for many years. Seats and a change area were at the site.A black and white photograph of a large bend in a river with a house built on its riverbank and another dwelling on the hillside in the middle distance.the nook, swimming, jacksons creek -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Caire, Nicholas John, 1905c
Latrobe Bridge from the Glengarry. This bridge spans the Latrobe at the junction of the Glengarry and the Thompson.Black and white photograph of the Latrobe Bridge,in the closed position, taken from the bank of the Glengarry Latrobe River. Sale Victoriawaterways, bridges, civil engineering -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, M Holding, 1999
Colour photograph of Johnsonville jetty boat ramp and parking area before installation of new jetty on Tambo River Johnsonvillehouses -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - OSPREY AIRCRAFT OF THE ACES 56 LaGG & Lavochkin Aces of World War 2, 2003
OSPREY AIRCRAFT OF THE ACES 56 LaGG & Lavochkin Aces of World War 2Front cover showing close up of a Lavochkin La-7 downing a German Jet, river below, grey skynon-fictionOSPREY AIRCRAFT OF THE ACES 56 LaGG & Lavochkin Aces of World War 2 -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph
The photograph shows a section go the Jacksons Creek at Sunbury where it is spanned by the high arched Rupertswood railway bridge north of the town on the Bendigo line. The Melbourne to Bendigo rail line has a number of significant bridges along its route, five of which can be seen in Sunbury.A sepia photograph in post card format of a river flowing under a bridge. There is a partial view of the tall pylon on the LHS of the image.jacksons creek, bridges -
St Patrick's Old Collegians Association (SPOCA)
Photograph - Students, 1920s
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Sims, George R, Biographs of Babylon by George R. Sims, 1902
A collection of stories.Hardcover book with a grey cover. A colour image of three men and a woman along the bank of a river on cover. 240 pages.fictionA collection of stories.george r. sims, fiction -
Upper Yarra Museum
Negative Photographic Reproduction, PC Murray Views No 30 Hydro Warburton
03059 PC Murray Views No 30 'Hydro' 1930 Warburton. Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Black & white Negative, scanned at 600 dpipc murray views no 30 hydro warburton -
Victoria Police Museum
Photograph (police car), Kodak
Got Gur, Mobile Traffic Section standing in front of a 1952 Ford Customline patrol car, registration number GAE-504. Photo taken on Yarra Blvd, Kewpolice vehicles; transport branch; wireless patrol; motor police branch; motor traffic section; ford customline car -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Plaque, Wooden Naval plaques
Carved & painted wooden Naval plaques. HMAS Brisbane; HMAS Melbourne; HMAS Parramatta; HMAS Stuart; HMAS Swan; HMAS Sydney; HMAS Torrens & HMAS Yarra.Ships namednaval plaques -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Phylloxera vitifoliae, 1/07/2001 12:00:00 AM
Response to an e-mail query from Ted Arrowsmith as to the presence of Phylloxera vitifoliae in vineyards in the Yarra Valley in the late 1800's, early 1900's. There is no evidence it was present.Response to an e-mail query from Ted Arrowsmith as to the presence of Phylloxera vitifoliae in vineyards in the Yarra Valley in the late 1800's, early 1900's. There is no evidence it was present.Response to an e-mail query from Ted Arrowsmith as to the presence of Phylloxera vitifoliae in vineyards in the Yarra Valley in the late 1800's, early 1900's. There is no evidence it was present.phylloxera vitifoliae, viticulture