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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard
Postcard depicting J.F.Warren & Co Stores Hargreaves Street Bendigo. Signs across the roof: J.F.Warren & Co. Oil and Colour merchants Timber and Iron Yards Furnishing ironmongers Department Three loaded wagons are in front of the building with thirteen men standing amongst them. Two red J.F. Warren flags flying above the roof. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - The Quality Cookery Book, 1930s
The Quality Cookery Book; With invaluable household recipes, Invalid cookery etc. Produced by W. Jeffrey, Quality Grocer, Wine, Spirit and Provision merchant. Hargreaves Street, Bendigo. Price 9d. Receipt for mending from Beehive Stores found inside rear cover (81682) £2. dated 1930s. Printed by Bolton Bros. Printers. Bendigo.recipes, cookery book, grocer, w jeffrey -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Document, Sunshine Harvester Works Price List (Cover Letter, Price List, and Envelop) to Bamford Bros Ringwood. 9/11/1931
Quarto sized covering letter from H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd, Sunshine Harvester Works to Messr P. Bamford Pty Ltd, Timber Merchants, Ringwood. Dated 9th November 1931 enclosing Price List of Sunshine Farm Implements. Outer envelope included with pre-printed Sunshine Harvester Works engraving. -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Medal - Medal in box, Royal Mint, Civil Defence Long Service Medal
Charles worked in the Merchant service. After enforced retirement due to injury he was active in Civil Defence. Donated by the estate of Mr Charles Page. Commemorative cast alloy/silver-coloured oval medal with attached ribbon and pin. One side of medal depicts profile of QEII, while the other side depicts three shields with acorns. The medal is housed in a small blue velvet lined case.On box: "Civil Defence Long Service Medal"charles page, medal, civil defence -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Instrument - Sextant in box, Heath & Co, 1945
Sextant belonging to Walter Harbord (Wal or Wally) (b.1923 in Brisbane-d.), master mariner in the Merchant Navy on British Phosphate Commission ships.Walter was interviewed by the Australian at War Film Archive in 2003. He served on these ships: SS Corinda SS Macumba SS Mildura SS Nellor SS Ormiston SS ReynellaSextant in wooden boxanne rennie collection, wal harbord, merchant navy, seamen, seafarers, ww2, battle of the atlantic, walter harbord, hezzanith, sextant, nautical instrument, navigation -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book - Manual, J. McKerrell, Brown's Practical Pocket-Book for Merchant Seamen, 1946
Pocket book with red cover; 292 pagesnon-fictionanne rennie collection, wal harbord, merchant navy, seamen, seafarers, ww2, battle of the atlantic, walter harbord, navigation -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book - Manual, Thomas Frederick Wickham, Seamanship, 1954
Small book with blue cover and damaged yellow and black dust jacket; 194 pagesnon-fictionanne rennie collection, wal harbord, merchant navy, seamen, seafarers, ww2, battle of the atlantic, walter harbord, navigation -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book - Manual, James Gordon, AM, New Lunar and Time Tables, 1849
Large book with green cloth cover ;222 pagesnon-fictionanne rennie collection, wal harbord, merchant navy, seamen, seafarers, ww2, battle of the atlantic, walter harbord, navigation -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book - Manual, James Gordon, AM, Nautical Marine Board Examination-Preparatory Instruction, 1849
Small book with green cloth cover; 100 pagesnon-fictionanne rennie collection, wal harbord, merchant navy, seamen, seafarers, ww2, battle of the atlantic, walter harbord, navigation -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Programme - Bendigo Operatic Society Programme "Hello, Dolly!"'
"Oliver" is a musical in two acts, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilder's 1938 farce 'The Merchant of Yonkers'Bendigo Operatic Socety Souvenir Music Programme for "Hello, Dolly!" - a musical in 2 acts opening for 8 nights commencing Wednesday 13th November, 1974 in the Capital Theatre - A5 booklet with 16 pages - booklet consisting of lists of individuals participating and organizing the concert, advertisements, acknowledgments, synopsis of story and scenes. Included also are cast, musical numbers and Orchestra.programme, concert, bendigo operatic society, capital theatre -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book (Item) - Flying Training Vol 1 No6
Description: Published by Director of training RAAF: No 3 Merchant Ship Recognition No 2 Power Control No 4 Night Take Off Level of Importance: . -
Clunes Museum
Document - RECEIPT, LAMSON PARAGON LIMITED
RECEIPT FOR GROCERY SUPPLIES BOUGHT BY MRS. TREMBATH FROM MR. STAN THOMAS, GENERAL MERCHANT, FRASER STREET, CLUNES ON 18 DECEMBER 1939.RECEIPT FOR GROCERY SUPPLIES.local history, commerce, receipt, trembath, perry -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, View of Stawell from Big Hill 1874 showing mines looking towards South end of Black range -- 4 Photos
Visible Nelsons Criterion Hotel, Wimmera Crushing Mill, Odd Fellows Arms hotel, F.H. Oliver & Co Grain Merchant, Reefs Restaurant.Holtermann Black and White photograph of Stawell from Big Hill with mining in foreground. April 1874. Wimmera Crushing Mill and settling pond at centre of photograph. Stawell water supply centre left of photo. Black Range in Background.mining, panorama -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Realia - Calender, Stawell News & Pleasant Creek Chronicle Calendar 1947, 1947
Postal Information in LSD. Phases of the moon, Full Month, Day Date,, Same for new moon. Borough and shire of Stawell, Councilors, Wards, Area, Population, Dwellings, Valuation Rates, etc. Public holidays for 1947Two colour Red and Black print on A2 Newsprint. Has 5 Squares X 3 Months, Days of week, and datesDane Bros. Grocers Advertisement. Est 1865. main Street Stawell Phone 39. Wholesale and Retail wine and spirit merchants. Sole Agents. Grasmere Butter. Farmer's Bacon, Hams, Small Goods. The absolute best always. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Bottle
Harold Victor Pulfer was born in Bendigo in 1887 and died 8/12/1940. He lived at 12 Brougham St., Quarry Hill. At the time of his death he was listed as a merchant and left an estate worth 11,782 pounds. By 1912 he was trading as Hamilton and Pulfer from a business in Hargreaves Street, Bendigo. As well as manufacturing tomato sauce they were also general merchants selling everything from herrings to poultry remedies.Bottle triangle shape The Property of H.V Pulfer Bendigo . This Property must not be used as a Food Container. L203 AGMglass, bottle -
Orbost & District Historical Society
printer's block, 1920's
This printer's block was used by the Snowy River Mail in the 1920's. This block is an advertisement for Tomlinson and McFarlane Bros, Drapers and General Merchants of Nicholson Street, Orbost.Since 1890 the Snowy River Mail has been the local newspaper of the Orbost district.This local paper has been the means by which readers in Orbost were able to learn about newsworthy events and issues in their local community for over a century.A printer's block from the Snowy River Mail. It is an advertisement for ladies' wear in the 1920's. It is an ad for Tomlinson and McFarlane Bros.of Nicholson Street Orbost and advertises fashionable contour corsets. The plate is nailed onto a block of chipboard.printing newspaper media advertisement tomlinson-and-mcfarlane-bros -
Clunes Museum
Document - INVOICE, JULY 1880
PORTION OF INVOICE - GEORGE CHAPMAN, CLUNES. TIMBER MERCHANT, BUILDER IRONMONGER, PLATED GOODS, CUTLERY, UPHOLSTERERS, AND UNDERTAKER, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, MINING TOOLS, ECT.DETAILED INVOICE TO MEF WILKINSON & PARTY. PURCHASED FROM GEORGE CHAPMAN & CO.CLUNES. MINING SUPPLIES EG CANDLES, PICK HANDLES, FUSE, ROPE, DYNAMITE, HANDSAW ECT.local history, commerce, book keeping, mining, george chapman -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Financial record - Book, Mr A J Francis in Account Current With The Bank of Victoria Limited, 1925
Pass book used by Mr. Arthur John Francis, Merchant & Carrier. Ledger of business transactions in account with Bank of Victoria, Rutherglen Branch 1925-1930.Green cloth on cardboard covered book, brown corners and spine, white paper label on front.On front cover - "Mr. A. J. Francis/in account current with/the/Bank of Victoria Limited/ page 845"arthur john francis, francis family, bank of victoria, banking, accounts -
Mont De Lancey
Functional object - Scales, Unknown
A vintage weighing machine used by merchants or grocers or in kitchens for food sale or preparation. It came from the home of Mr Thomas Gaudion and was used in the 1920's.An antique blue and white speckled cast iron and metal balance scale and weights for weighing food. On one side is a dish shaped oval tray sitting on a claw frame for holding food items and opposite is a smaller plate for holding the steel weights: 4lb, 2lb, 2x 1lb, 8oz, 4oz and 1oz. There are seven in total.'....Ters' with an indecipherable ....'Watters Sydney'kitchen equipment, kitchenware, cooking, scales -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - INVOICE, 1891
Invoice: Provincial Ready Money Store. Opposite Shamrock Hotel, Next to St. James Hall Williamson Street. Sandhurst Sept 26th 1891. Mrs Waldock Strathfieldsaye. Bot. of G.H. Bush & Co. Wholesale & Retail Grocers & Provision Merchants. Invoice lists household food items. On the back in pencil, hand written is number calculations. Box 625business, retail, grocer, provincial ready money store. shamrock hotel. g. h. bush. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PIEPER COLLECTION: H.V PULFER, MERCHANT AND IMPORTER INVOICE
Buff coloured documents a.. Invoice issued to Mr. C. Pieper, 402 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo, February 9, 1926, purchase of vinegar. b. invoice issued to Mr. C. Pieper, April 7th.1937 for 2 tins and 1 cask. These invoices were issued by H. V. Pulfer, Merchant & Importer, 402 Hargreaves Street Bendigo.bendigo, business, h.v. pulfer, pulfer, grocer, merchant, pieper -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - TEAPOT CASH STORE D. WHYTE
Four receipts from Teapot Cash Store of D. Whyte & co. wholesale and retail grocers, wine and spirit merchants, Furnishing, Ironmongery and Brushware. One receipt to a Mr. Morrison, one to Mr. Hard (?), one to Mr. Colleen and one blank. On the back list of items with various dates all overwritten in blue with possibly the initials of store employee. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: EASTER
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Monday, February 21, 2005. Easter: many entrants in the annual Easter parade in Bendigo rely on the generosity of businesses to enter their floats. In the late 1940s, general carrier and wood merchant, Eric Finch, donated his services to the Bendigo Benevolent Home. The float is photographed travelling around the fountain at View Point.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: HISTORIC FESTIVAL
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Monday, January 31, 2005. historic festival: crowds line the streets of Bendigo's central business district to watch the annual procession. This photograph was taken in the late 1940s or early 1950s. The truck, used by the State Electricity Commission for the parade, was donated by Eric Finch, a general carrier and wood merchant. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Certificate of Title, 1917 - 1933
Certificate of Title, Harrison Rotherham of 'Thulecroft', Albion Street, Surrey Hills, Merchant.Certificate of Title, Harrison Rotherham of 'Thulecroft', Albion Street, Surrey Hills, Merchant. Lots 61 & 62, subdivision 602, Part of Crown Allotment 127, Parish of Nunawading, County of Bourke with a right of carriage way over Harrison and Burnett streets, 1917. Vol 4046, Fol 809049. Also correspondence re rates, enforcement of charge, 1933.Certificate of Title, Harrison Rotherham of 'Thulecroft', Albion Street, Surrey Hills, Merchant.land titles, shire of nunawading, shire of blackburn and mitcham, rotherham, harrison, harrison street, mitcham, burnett street, mitcham -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
Medal, War Medal
John Alexander Young V82835 DOB 14.10.1899 LieutenantAustralian War Medal 1939-1945 The medal is cupro-nickel with the crowned effigy of King George VI on the obverse. The reverse has a lion standing on a double-headed dragon. The top of the reverse shows the dates 1939 and 1945. The stripes signify the dark blue of the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy, red to represent the service of the Army and the light blue of the Air Force J.A. Young V82835 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ABBOTT COLLECTION: TRADE CATALOGUE, 1937
John McIllwraith began the Melbourne Lead Works in 1854. After his death in Scotland in 1902, the business was continued by his sons, John, Thomas and David. In 1870 John became a member of the Melbourne Council and served as mayor in 1873/74. The business expanded to become a major supplier of plumbing supplies.Trade Price list for McIlwraith and Co 1937. Manufacturers and Merchants 48-56 Little Collins st Melbourne. It is a paper booklet covered in a steel blue light cardboard cover with 96 pages. It measures 18.5 x 24.2cm. Contains lists of products, photographs, maps and illustrations all in Black and white print. Printed by Osboldstone & Co Melbourne -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Harbeck's Store, 1900c
Harbeck family settled in Lakes Entrance 1892Sepia photograph of Harbecks Store, Esplanade, Lakes Entrance, Victoria, showing a small general store and feed store. Signs above building are Havelock Tobacco, P Harbeck General Merchant, Grocery, Drapery, Iron Mongery, Timber, Crockery. In front of the store, horse and cart with driver, four men on the veranda, horse tethered to post. Lakes Entrance Victoriaretail trade, transport, animals -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, S. E. Morgan : Linton Economic Store
Selwyn Morgan operated the shop between 1956 and 1964.Enlarged copy of original black and white photograph, which has been mounted on card. Photograph is of the general store in Linton operated by several generations of the Morgan family, photograph taken when Selwyn Morgan was proprietor. Shop has sign on parapet 'LINTON / ECONOMIC STORE', and on verandah 'S.E. MORGAN / General Merchant'. A large car is parked in front of the store.s. e. morgan, selwyn morgan, linton economic store, shops -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - Stanley Street, 23, Elsternwick
... Merchants ...This file contains two items about this address: 1/Newspaper ad dated November 2008, gives us details of property for forthcoming sale; includes three coloured photographs. 2/Handwritten document with occupiers' names for property from five Sands and McDougall’s directories 1923-1970. Some entries pre-date a street number.stanley street, elsternwick, beddoe f.g, thompson harriet, wood thos m.t, carre w.j, r.h and f.g beddoe, merchants, fuel merchants, grain merchants