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Federation University Historical Collection
Medal - Numismatics, 'Dead Man's Penny' for Edwin Joseph 'Ted' Cannon, c1919
The Dead Man’s Penny is a commemorative medallion which was presented to the next-of-kin of the men and women from England and the Empire who died during World War One. The Dead Man’s Penny was accompanied by a letter from King George V, stating ‘I join with my grateful people in sending you this memorial of a brave life given for others in the Great War’.[http://nma.gov.au/blogs/education/2010/11/14/dead-mans-penny/] Popularly known as the "Dead Man’s Penny", because of the similarity in appearance to the somewhat smaller penny coin. 1,355,000 plaques were issued, which used a total of 450 tonnes of bronze, and continued to be issued into the 1930s to commemorate people who died as a consequence of the war. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Plaque_(medallion)] It was decided that the design of the plaque was to be picked from submissions made in a public competition. Over 800 designs were submitted and the competition was won by the sculptor and medallist Edward Carter Preston with his design called Pyramus, receiving a first place prize of £250.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Plaque_(medallion)] They were initially made at the Memorial Plaque Factory, 54/56 Church Road, Acton, W3, London from 1919. Early plaques did not have a number stamped on them but later ones have a number stamped behind the lion's back leg. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Plaque_(medallion)] Ted Cannon's plaquette does not have a stamped number. Ted Cannon was a gifted artist and cartoonist who studied at the Ballarat School of Mines Technical Art School. During the Battle of Pozieres on the Western Front Ted Cannon worked with the Scout Platoon sketching the enemy's gun emplacements. Ted proved invaluable to the Brigade and brought he came under the attention of the Australian High Command. On 13 September 1916 Ted was given a special assignment for General C.B.B. White. Ted was sent out forward of the Old Mill at Verbrandenmolen (in the Ypres Salient) to draw a panorama of the German lines in the area from Hill 60 to The Bluff. It was a hazardous task and Ted was warned to be careful. Tragically he was sniped by an enemy machine-gunner and sustained severe abdominal wounds. Stretcher-bearers rushed him to the 17th Casualty Clearing Station where he was operated on by the doctors at 8.30 that night. With little chance of success, but ever resilient, Ted remained conscious almost to the end. He died early in the morning of the 14 September 1916. His body was buried in the large Military Cemetery at Lijssenthoek. The effects of the late Ted Cannon were returned to his parents. These were an autograph book, three brushes, prayer book, housewife, whistle, book, hymn book, curios. Another listing gives his effects as "identity disc, letters, photos, wallet, 2 books, Mexican Dollar, 1 cent (Ceylon), 3 German Straps, Fountain Pen, Cigarette-holder, Franc Note, 50 centimes Note, devotional book, mirror, rosary, scapula, metal ring, two combs, book of views, nail clippers, badges, tie clip, Egyptian stamp.[http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3202589] Ted Cannon was an only child. It is not known how the 'Dead Man's Penny' came into the ownership of the donor, but it is thought that it may have been left in a house owned by the donor's mother. Further information on Ted Cannon can be found at http://bih.ballarat.edu.au/index.php/Edwin_J._Cannon and http://www.ballarat.edu.au/about-ub/history/art-and-historical-collection/ub-honour-roll/c/edwin-joseph-ted-cannon-1895-1916Large bronze medallion or plaquette featuring an image of Lady Britannia surrounded by two dolphins (representing Britain’s sea power) and a lion (representing Britain) standing over a defeated eagle (symbolising Germany). Around the outer edge of the medallion are the words ‘He died for freedom and honour’. Next to Lady Britannia is the deceased solider’s name, with no rank provided to show equality in their sacrifice. (http://nma.gov.au/blogs/education/2010/11/14/dead-mans-penny) The plaque was distributed throughout the British Empire, and the first plaques were distributed in Australia in 1922 "Returned home" by W. & O. Mayne, 2013. ted cannon, edwin joseph cannon, cannon, world war 1, world war -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Photo of Dr John Garner
Photo of Dr John Garner, many hours spent researching information about the Ballarat Botanical Gardens. John had a great passion for the gardens as well as researching the history and the many characters that helped create and maintain our beautiful gardens which we all enjoy so much today..john garner collection, garner, dr, research, ballarat botanical gardens, ballarat, gardens -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, Federation University Nanya Station
Federation University Australia was established on 1 January 2014. Formerly known as the University of Ballarat, its enabling legislation was the University of Ballarat Amendment (Federation University Australia) Act 2013. Although formally created as a University in 1994, the University of Ballarat has a lineage back to 1870 with the establishment of the School of Mines Ballarat, making it the third institution of higher learning to be established in Australia and the first to be established in regional Australia. On 1 January 1994, Ballarat University College became the University of Ballarat and in 1998 the University merged with three TAFE Institutes to become a dual sector institution with multiple campuses. On 1 January 2014, the University of Ballarat amalgamated with the Monash University Gippsland Campus to form Federation University Australia. The Gippsland Campus also had a long lineage dating back to 1928 with the establishment of the Yallourn Technical School which became a predecessor institution to the Gippsland College of Advanced Education formed in 1968. In 1990, it was renamed the Monash University College and in 1993 became the Gippsland Campus of Monash University. In 2016, Federation University Australia announced plans to take possession, over a two-year period, of Monash’s Berwick Campus in the south-east corridor of Melbourne. Federation University Australia, or FedUni, is headquartered in Ballarat and offers programs in Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training to regional Victoria and beyond. The University’s commitment to educational and social equity, teaching excellence, research distinction, environmental sustainability and regional capacity building has enabled it to develop in a way that draws on its proud heritage to inform its future. Its regional character sets a framework for the University’s priorities but does not constrain it from serving wider community interests, nationally and internationally. The name Federation University Australia was chosen to convey the scope and capacity of an expanded regional university with a federated network of campuses.Two Coloured photographs of Federation University staffmembers on Nanya Station.In one photograph Robert H.T. Smith holds a plaque. "Refurbishments at Nanya Station were funded by the Commonwealth Government and officially launched i the presence of the greater Nanya community which has generusly assisted and supported the development of the teaching and research facility operated by the University of Ballarat. 16 April 2012 Emeritus Professor Robert H.T. Smith AM Chancellor Professor David Battersby Vice-Chancellor and President"federation university, nanya station, david battersby, robert h.t. smith, martin westbrooke, peter gell -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book - Book - Biography, Memoirs of My Life During World War II, 1997
Wartime memoirs of Werner Buschmann, a German Merchant Seaman, captured on the "Hohenfels" and brought to Australia for internment, later classified as a prisoner of war. Printed material in black plastic folder, comprising of 62 pages of A 4 size pages in clear plastic sleeves. mv hohenfels, german merchant seaman, ranji tiki, dhurringile pow camp, hohenfels, werner buschmann, ralf taeuber -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Poem of daily life in Camp 3, 1991
Memoirs of an internee. Poem of daily life in Camp 3, August 1941. Original in German and two copies translated by Gerda Kazenwadel.Black folder with clear plastic cover camp 3, internment camps, tatura victoria -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Instrument - Realia, Musical Instrument - Mouth Organ
M Holmas Stuttgart Logo: Hands holdin a circle with star. Germany 1881 Played by A.N. Pickering 5/2/1934 1X Mouth Organ tarnished wood and MetalAuto Vlave Harp Pattented in all Countries 1010 valvesmusical instrument, mouth organ -
National Wool Museum
Book, H. Krantz, Aachen
"H. Krantz, Aachen", c.1930. Contains fliers, pictures and specifications of textile machinery from the German manufacturer, H. Krantz.Book / catalogue by H. Krantz of Aachen containing details re: textile machinery, c.1930.textile machinery, h. krantz s?? -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Uniform - Buckle
Used in European Theatre on WW I by German soldiers - collected by Charles Honybun during his WW I service in France.Rectangular, brass-coloured belt buckles with central medallion of crown surrounded by inscription and leaves. (.2 with portion of leather belt attached).1. GOTT MIT UNS (NA4962.2) 2. IN TREUE FEST (NA4962.1)honybon charles, world war i, mitcham rsl -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Image - Black and White, Walhalla Looking North, c1903, c1903
Walhalla is a historic gold mining town nestled in a scenic valley in the Victorian Alps. It is named for the German hall of fame, the Walhalla temple,Sepia image of the Victorian goldtown Walhalla.walhalla, mining, townscape, gippsland -
Australian Multicultural Community Services
baby milk bottle
it was given by Red Cross to the Polish family with one child in the displaced persons camp in Paderbonn, Germany, 1950 prior to migration to Australiaone of a few items of this kind which has survived to present daysglass"made in USA 3 A 45" mark on the bottom of the bottlebaby milk bottle, refugee, red cross -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - RSL BOOK, History of Old Duckboard RSL, After 2007
91 Flinders Lane, Melbourne New Duckboard RSL Club 27 Winter Place Self published Research Project Author: Alan Jackson. Title printed on cover page. Clear plastic front cover, black card cover, black plastic coil binding, single sided print, no page numbering.books-military-history, societies-service clubs, rsl -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Glen Eira Road, 244, Elsternwick
This file contains two items, Photocopied photo of Tudor Style garage, c. 1954 taken by Laurie Richards Studio 1954, Hand written names of occupiers at number 244 and neighbours from Sands and McDougal’s directories, Research note dated 09/08/2013 by Claire Barton concerning some of the residentsglen eira road, elsternwick, laurie richards studio, photographic studio, garages, tudor, architectural styles, warburton, a.p, shepard, geo.r, seward, norman h, glover, robert e, tudor service station, landvogt, j.h, ruddal, albt., barrett, a.m, goonan and barrett, macey, r.h, miller, g.t, bennett, e and c, evan, l.p, petalas, t, goracz, j, huggins, t, doval american dry cleaning, dry cleaners, delicatessens, boot makers, estate agents, dairy products, butchers, service stations -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BOOKLET: BENDIGO GOLD: PAST PRESENT & FUTURE - THE 1997 WORNER RESEARCH LECTURE, 1997
Softcover booklet produced for the 1997 Worner Research Lecture 9 October 1997. Cover contains black and white photograph of a poppet head, with gold coloured inserts bearing the title, authors and date. 29 pages with the contents of the lecture together with illustrations and photographs. Lecture covered the history and geology and the refractory gold ores.Published by Lat Trobe University Authors Howard K Worner and R F Johnston.bendigo, gold mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTS AGM NOTICE
a. Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, Victorian Branch, 31st July, 1945, notice of annual general meeting on 29th. August, 1945. J.R. Fullarton, State Registrar. b. enclosed within notice of AGM, notice re revival of the activities of the Australian Chartered Accountant's Research Society and a profile on Brigadier E. Gorman..business, mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DEAD DOG GULLY DIAMOND HILL
Description of the Dead Dog Gully (1.2) area on Diamond Hill, researched and described by David Bannear, two page document. Dead Dog Gully runs alongside Burns Road, Spring Gully. History of the area is given from 1860 onwards. Reference to Spring Gully Reservoir and water availability for mining in the area.bendigo, mining, dead dog gully -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - W.G. DAHL PHOTO SERIES
Formal wedding photograph of Bride and two Bridesmaids by Bartlett Bros Bendigo. Short dresses indicates early 1920's date. Biro caption left to right below subjects read 'Auntie Vera', Mum, Auntie Elsie' . Possibly members of the Dahl family, see research on W.G. Dahl and W.H. Dahl.bendigo, history, dahl family -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Memorabilia - GOLD NUGGET COLLECTION: THE POSEIDON
A replica of the gold nugget 'Poseidon' that was discovered on the 18th of December 1906 at Tarnagulla. It was found 10 inches below the surface, 2 inches above bedrock with much quartz. It was found by Woodall and Party and named after a famous racehorse of the time. Gross weight 953 ozs. Net 703 ozs. (See additional research).mining, models, plaster model of victorian gold nugget, https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2016/11/australias-biggest-gold-nuggets/ -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - INDIGENOUS STONE TOOL COLLECTION: DARK GREY STONE AXE HEAD
Dark grey to black stone axe head. Finely shaped and smoothed with knapped edge on longer end. Sides are bevelled off. This axe is markedly different to other artefacts in this collection. No provenance but was in a collection of stone tools found in the Axedale, Strathfieldsaye and Loddon regions. Further research required, could be Mt. William greenstone. -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
CD, Robert Mate Mate Gapingaru, Aboriginal sky figures
Robert Mate Mate (Gapingaru), an initiated elder of the Woorabinda_Berigada tribe of Central Queensland has researched the stories on the CD Rom in conjunction with Gordon Patston, an experienced astronomer. The stories from Arnhem Land to Tasmania give a fascinating insight into this rich area of Aboriginal culture and shed new light on Australia?s skies.CDastronomy, dreamtime stories, folklore, stars -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Public Record Office Victoria et al, Walata tyamateetj : a guide to government records about Aboriginal people in Victoria, 2014
Public Record Office Victoria and the National Archives of Australia hold many government records about Aboriginal people in Victoria. This guide is designed to help Victorian Aboriginal people find records about their family and country. It will also assist anyone researching the history and administration of Aboriginal affairs in Victoria to find relevant records.document reproductions, maps, b&w photographsarchives, archives directories, historical sources, public records, victorian history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - "Adventure Gold Mine" Draft
BHS Collection. See item 10727.2Sixty two page copy of a proposed book on the Adventure Gold Mine, a compilation of research done by Phyllis Toy. Front page: ' The Great Adventure, a brief history of the Adventure Mine from its beginning in c1854 until it amalgamation with the Victoria Consols Company o 19/7/1880. Phyllis Toy Collection:adventure gold mine, sandhurst, goldmining, adventure and advance amalgamated quartz mining company -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Sub-series) - Subject File, BOWDEN, Matthew, 1958
Alison GodingReference, Research, InformationProvenance OrderSubject file containing a single bound manuscript about ‘Matthew Bowden (11-10-1779 - 23-10-1814) - Civil Surgeon at Sullivan’s Bay and Hobart 1803-1814. The research was conducted and completed by Ms. Alison Goding of 7 A’Beckett Street, Kew. Matthew Bowden was her great-great grandfather.matthew bowden, surgeons - sullivans bay, surgeons --hobart, tasmania - historymatthew bowden, surgeons - sullivans bay, surgeons --hobart, tasmania - history -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Research Report, R P Baird?, "The Melbourne L class cars", 1980s
Research Report- 3 A4 sheets, stapled in top left hand corner, titled "The Melbourne L class cars", detailing the history of the L class tram from the time of ordering by the PMTT to 1981, including changes to the body and their use. Includes notes on the motors, trucks, controllers. Written by R P Baird?Marked "draft" in top left hand corner and "R. P Baird" in top right hand corner.trams, tramways, pmtt, l class, tramcars, mmtb -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Research Notes, "The Footscray Tramway Trust - 1917 - 1920", c1990
Three page research report titled "The Footscray Tramway Trust - 1917 - 1920", outlining the work of the FTT in setting up the tramway system in Footscray, its authorised routes, MMTB takeover, the trams it ordered, transformers, delays due to WW1, development during WW2 and its decline and closure of most of its routes.trams, tramways, footscray, footscray depot, ftt, mmtb, world war 1, world war 2 -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Document - Folder, Medhurst family
Alan Partington's research into his mother's family the Medhursts and the Rustons, who were early settlers in the Greensborough district. Contents Newspaper article: "How early families linked up" Diamond Valley News, 28 February 1984, Describes Alan Partington's research into his mother's family the Medhursts and the Rustons. Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etcalan partington, annie-may medhurst, william partington, david medhurst, peter ruston, plenty river flour mill, greensborough hotel, panton hill victoria, henry hurst, martha medhurst (nee ruston), gruyere victoria, main street greensborough, heidelberg news, jack medhurst, james medhurst -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Booklets (3), Jack Lundy-Clarke (John Lundy-Clarke), Collection of works by Jack Lundy, Ringwood, 1978, 1979, 1982
Given to the Ringwood Historical Society by the author with "Thanks due for help in research and loan of photos"Multiple copies of three booklets: Two with burnt orange covers; One green covered.; 1. 10 pages typewritten - one photo (B&W), one signed copy - green covers.; 2. 10 pages - 4 photos (B&W) typed pages - (3 copies); 3. 10 pages - typewritten - (2 copies) +Additional Keywords: Lundy-Clarke, John1. Ringwood Musters No 1 - Loughnan's Lake by Jack Lundy, One autographed "To Southwood State School"; 2. Ringwood Memories No. 2 - Ringwood lake by Jack Lundy; 3. Ringwood's Sorrow and other Ballads - Jack Lundy -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Lesley Speed, Australian Comedy Films of the 1930s: Modernity, the Urban and the International, 2015
128 page book on Australian Comedy films.non-fictionfilms, comedy films, australian films, pat hanna, george wallace, australian vernacular, dad and dave, splendid fellows, charles kingsford smith, staff author, federation university staff author -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article - Newspaper Clipping, Digging into your past, 28/07/2010
Article with Liz Pidgeon about researching Family History at Yarra Plenty Regional Library.Newspaper Clipping, text and colour imagefamily history, yarra plenty regional library, liz pidgeon -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article - Website, Aaron and Joshua Grimshaw, 1801o
The author is a family researcher, collecting information from around the world relating to the Grimshaw family. Josiah, b1809, was an early identity in Greensborough, charged with the murder of John Mitchell.6 pages (of 16). Colour and black print.grimshaw family, aaron grimshaw, josiah grimshaw, maygar, mitchell -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Terry Keenan, Welcoming the Wounded Anzacs, 5 Aug 2014
Researched by Terry KEENAN, who managed to locate details of this noted but unrecorded group of women."Welcoming the Wounded Anzacs" by Terry KEENAN. 132 page softcover book in blues and aquas. The story of the Women's Welcome Home Committee, World War I. Launched 100 years to the day of the commencement of the "Great War"Signed "for PMHPS" by the authorwar - world war i, societies clubs unions and other organisations, women, armed services, terry keenan, band rotunda, women's welcome home committee, women's welcoming committee, australian women's association