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Rutherglen Historical Society
Postcard - Image, J.H. Kilgour, 1908 (Exact)
Message to Mrs Evelyn Hicks, Aunt of Jasper, Brian of Rutherglen. Consols mine on Rutherglen / Springhurst RoadPhoto of Northern Extended Consols Mine 1908 with group of workers. Made into postcard. Message from "Edie" on backOn back of postcard "Waiting to go down Northern Extended Consols Mine" "J.H. Kilgour, Rutherglen"on back of postcard "waiting to go down northern extended consols mine" "j.h. kilgour, rutherglen", northern extended consols mine, j h kilgour, evelyn hicks -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, Allan Charles Quinn, 9 November 1949
This photograph is part of series depicting Allan Quinn's travels through San Francisco in 1949. This photograph shows a plaque displayed on the Golden Gate Bridge.This is a photograph from the Allan Charles Quinn collection which is a collection of letters and photograph depicting aspects of life at sea for a young man in the era immediately following World War II.A black and white photograph of a plaque displayed on the Golden Gate Bridge.Handwritten on reverse: 9-11-49 (in blue ink) / B / K8 (upside down in pencil).allan-quinn, photograph, san-francisco, golden-gate-bridge, 1949, merchant navy -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - VR tram 49 Bay Road Sandringham, 18-9-1956
Photo shows VR tram 49 in Bay Road, shortly after leaving Sandringham Station for Black Rock on 18-9-1956. The tram line closed on 5-11-1956Yields information the Sandringham to Black Rock tramway.Photograph - Black and White, printed on an A4 sheet.At one end of the print " #247 Bay Rd. No. 49 on down Sat. 18-9-1956"trams, tramways, tram 49, bay road, sandringham, black rock, vr trams -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Medal - Medallion, USA RAN
Memorial Medal Veitnam 1967 - 1972. In the centre of the medalion there is a eagle with the words USA Man, EmuGet the bloody job done. Names at the going down of the sund and in the morning we will remember themmedallon, usa, cerberus collection -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Army Shirt, Australian Army Shirt, c. 1968
This shirt, along with the rest of the dress uniform, belonged to an individual named H.E. Schulze. It is believed to have been dropped off to the RSL, so no additional information is known. This uniform serves as an example of the military dress worn by the Royal Australian Army (Royal Australian Artillery Regiment) during the late sixties.Khaki coloured, button-down collared shirt. Staining can be seen across the front of the shirt, as well as the sleeves.lara, rsl, royal australian army, royal australian artillery, war -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Photograph (item) - Colour photograph, 1992
A colour photograph of Steavenson Falls in Marysville in Victoria.A colour photograph of Steavenson Falls in Marysville in Victoria. The Steavenson Falls is named after the Victorian Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, John Steavenson who arrived in Victoria in the early 1860s.Nov. 1992 Stevensons Fallssteavenson falls, waterfalls, marysville, victoria, john steavenson -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Photograph (item) - Colour photograph, Pre 2009
A colour photograph of Steavenson Falls in Marysville in Victoria.A colour photograph of Steavenson Falls in Marysville in Victoria. The photograph shows the viewing platform that was destroyed in the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires. The Steavenson Falls is named after the Victorian Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, John Steavenson who arrived in Victoria in the early 1860s.steavenson falls, waterfalls, marysville, victoria, john steavenson, 2009 black saturday bushfires -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Black and White Photograph, Former Ballarat East Public Library, c1987
Four people coming down the stairs at the Former Ballarat East Public Library in Barkly Street, Ballarat East. ballarat east public library -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph
One of a collection of over 400 photographs in an album commenced in 1960 and presented to the Phillip Island & Westernport Historical Society by the Shire of Phillip IslandColour tinted photograph/postcard looking down the Cowes Jetty and taken from The Esplanade with Jetty Shed on the left.The Pier at Coweslocal history, photography, cowes jetty, colour tinted photograph, john jenner, bryant west -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Clothing, Baby's Dress Ringwood c.1927
Catherine Danby made this dress. She lived in Ringwood. Her daughter Ruth Webber( nee Danby) later lived in North Ringwood.White lawn nightdress with opening down the back. Lace insert around bodice and four pintucks above hem. -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Document, Surafend Incident, Aug 2009
A manila folder containing a down loaded report and discussion groups on the Surafend incident in Palestine on 10th December 1918surafend incident -
Brimbank City Council Art Collection
Photograph, Robert Pointon, Industrial Drive Facing West in South Sunshine, 1990
Local sceneLocal sceneColour Photograph - looking down a road at sunset - stacked pipes in foreground. Made as a series of three plates - AR0009 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Lead Dog Statuette
Made in camp 3.Toy dog statuette, made in camp 3 from melted down lead. Some white paint covering.tatura, camp 3, ornaments, metal, toys, general -
Benalla Art Gallery
Painting, Ethel CARRICK (FOX), In the Botanic Gardens, 1913
Born: Uxbridge, Middlesex, England 1872; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia c.1914; Lived and worked: France 1905-1913, Australia: 1908 and 1913, Europe, Middle East and Asia 1916- c.1936; Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1952ImpressionismLedger Gift, 1980Garden setting with flowers, trees and small figures running down a path. Bronze brushed carved timber frame.Recto: Signed "CARRICK FOX" in deep navy oil in l.l.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledpainting, garden, figures, flowers, children, trees, path -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Sewing Machine, Premier, 1902 - 1913
Used by grandmother (Mrs Medbury) and mother(Mrs Jerrett) of former local resident (Grace Jerrett).Vintage treadle type sewing machine includes drawers across front. Folds down to create small table.Premier. Made in USA. patented 11 February 1902 to 20 May 1913.premier sewing machine, treadle sewing machine -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, A W Reed, Aboriginal fables and legendary tales, 1999
Gathered from all over Australia, these legends have been passed down through the tribes for thousands of years.murray river, mount gambier, legends, tales, dreamtime, rainbow snake, baiame -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1950
Penleigh Boyd, Robin and Patricia Boyd's son, writes “Prior to 1950 Robin, like most other amateur or hobby photographers, took black and white printed photographs. The oldest slides date from 1950 when Robin and Patricia travelled to Europe on Robin’s Robert Haddon Travelling Scholarship.” In 1948 Robin Boyd was awarded ‘joint first place’ in the Robert Haddon competition for his design of Mildura art gallery. The scholarship helped fund their first overseas trip. Robin and Patricia were passengers on the Greek ship “Cyrenia” departing in May 1950, passing through the Suez Canal and landing in Genoa five weeks later. For six months, they travelled extensively throughout Europe (predominantly driving themselves) - France, Italy, United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Spain.Colour slide in a mount. Athaeneum Court, a luxury apartment block on the corner of Down Street and Piccadilly, London, EnglandLondon / Piccadilly Athaeneum Court / Athaeneum (All Handwritten)haddon travelling scholarship, haddon, robin boyd, slide -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Router Plane, A Mathieson & Son, Mid 19th to early 20th centuries
The subject router is commonly referred to disparagingly as the ‘old woman’s tooth’ or ‘hag’s tooth.’ It is a router that houses a plough plane iron instead of a purpose made shoe-type cutting iron. They work fine but rarely give the type of clean surface required for veneer inlays. These types of tools are adjusted by the same hammer-tap tapping method used generally on wooden-bodied planes on the iron or plane body. These tools are effective and practical when used in general carpentry and joinery. Company History: The firm of Alexander Mathieson & Sons was one of the leading makers of hand tools in Scotland. Its success went hand in hand with the growth of the shipbuilding industries on the Firth of Clyde in the nineteenth century and the emergence of Glasgow regarded as the "second city of the Empire". It also reflected the firm's skill in responding to an unprecedented demand for quality tools by shipyards, cooperage's and other industries, both locally and far and wide. The year 1792 was deemed by the firm to be that of its foundation it was in all likelihood the year in which John Manners had set up his plane-making workshop on Saracen Lane off the Gallowgate in the heart of Glasgow, not far from the Saracen's Head Inn, where Dr Johnson and James Boswell had stayed on their tour of Scotland in 1773. Alexander Mathieson (1797–1851) is recorded in 1822 as a plane-maker at 25 Gallowgate, but in the following year at 14 Saracen's Lane, presumably having taken over the premises of John Manners. The 1841 national census described Alexander Mathieson as a master plane-maker at 38 Saracen Lane with his son Thomas Adam working as a journeyman plane-maker. In 1849 the firm of James & William Stewart at 65 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh was taken over and Thomas was put in charge of the business, trading under the name Thomas A. Mathieson & Co. as plane and edge-tool makers. Thomas's company acquired the Edinburgh edge-tool makers Charles & Hugh McPherson and took over their premises in Gilmore Street. The Edinburgh directory of 1856/7 the business is recorded as being Alexander Mathieson & Son, plane and edge-tool makers at 48 Nicolson Street and Paul's Work, Gilmore Street. The 1851 census records indicate that Alexander was working as a tool and plane-maker employing eight men. Later that year Alexander died and his son Thomas took over the business. Under the heading of an edge-tool maker in the 1852/3 (Post-Office Glasgow Annual Directory) the firm is now listed as Alexander Mathieson & Son. By the early 1850s, the business had moved to 24 Saracen Lane. The directory for 1857/8 records that the firm had moved again only a few years later to East Campbell Street, also off the Gallowgate, and that through further diversification was also manufacturing coopers' and tinmen's tools. The ten-yearly censuses log the firm's growth and in 1861 Thomas was a tool manufacturer employing 95 men and 30 boys; in 1871 he had 200 men working for him and in 1881 300 men. By 1899 the firm had been incorporated as Alexander Mathieson & Sons Ltd, even though only Alexander's son Thomas appears ever to have joined the firm. A vintage tool made by a well-known firm made for other firms and individuals that worked in wood. The tool was used for making timber veneers or smoothing a trench in a piece of timber that was then used in some form of cabinet manufacture or wood working enterprise. A significant item from the mid to late 19th century that today is sought after by collectors. It gives us a snapshot of how furniture was made predominately by hand and with tools that were themselves hand made and required considerable skill in their use. Old Woman's Tooth Router Mathieson. Single iron cut down from a larger plane iron. Has Marked A Mathieson & Son also stamped inscription on side G Hill. (owner)flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, plane, old woman's tooth, router, hag's tooth router, cabinet making, woodworking tools, a mathieson & sons, cabinet tool makers -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, 1911-12
Part of collection donated to the Museum by Mr. Bernard Grayden. 1975View down Main Street to Bay and newly planted Cypresses within tree guards approx 1911-1912Main Street, Cowes, Phillip Island, Victoria. The Rose Series P 3413local history, documents, postcards, cowes, phillip island, sepia postcard, cypresses -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Letter, John Kershaw to Augustus Bostock, Circa 1895
Augustus Bostock was the 9th child of Robert & Rachael Bostock of Vaucluse Epping Forest, Van Diemen’s Land. He was only 4 years old when his mother died. He was inspired by his father to seek his fortune in the Western District of Victoria. He arrived around 1850. He married Margaret Aitkin in July 1865. Augustus owned several properties in the district and leased others. He sat on the court of Warrnambool, Mortlake or Hexham as required. He resided at Marramook in Hawkesdale and later moved to Vaucluse in Hopetoun Road Warrnambool, where he died in 1920 at the age of 87. He was involved in many aspects of life in the Western District, racing, cricket, and social activities to name a few. According to other documents included in this collection of papers is a lease of Coomete from John Kershaw to Augustus Bostock. This letter relates to an adjustment to the rent and some discussion over the terms of the lease and the control of rabbits. This is one of a number of documents which relate to the Bostock family who were one of the most important pioneering families of the Western District. They owned and leased various properties around Warrnambool and were involved in many aspects of social and business life. This letter hi-lights the importance of the rabbit problem as early as 1895 to the extent that it was traded against a sizeable deduction in rent.Cream unlined paper, handwritten in black ink. Watermarked down left side. Writing is quite difficult to read.Signed John Kershaw. Dated 24th June* ’95.Addressed to Augustus Bostock.warrnambool, augustus bostock, john kershaw, coomete, 1895, -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Letter, Augustus Bostock to Australian Mortgage Land and Finance, 1902
Augustus Bostock was the 9th child of Robert & Rachael Bostock of Vaucluse Epping Forest, Van Diemen’s Land. He was only 4 years old when his mother died. He was inspired by his father to seek his fortune in the Western District of Victoria. He arrived around 1850. He married Margaret Aitkin in July 1865. Augustus owned several properties in the district and leased others. He sat on the court of Warrnambool, Mortlake or Hexham as required. He resided at Marramook in Hawkesdale and later moved to Vaucluse in Hopetoun Road Warrnambool, where he died in 1920 at the age of 87. He was involved in many aspects of life in the Western District, racing, cricket, and social activities to name a few. This letter provides a detailed list of the sheep, approximately 3000, at the Delatite, Mansfield This is one of a number of documents which relate to the Bostock family who were one of the most important pioneering families of the Western District. They owned and leased various properties around Warrnambool and were involved in many aspects of social and business life. This correspondence provides social and historical information. Cream lined paper written in black ink. Front page is complete and back is written halfway down the page. Marramook, October 27th 1902. Addressed to E Jewell esq. Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Melbourne. Signed Augustus Bostockwarrnambool, augustus bostock, australian mortgage land and finance, delatite, sheep classing, -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Map - City of Port Melbourne, Department of Lands and Survey, 29 Nov 1938
Printed map of City of Port Melbourne - Fishermens Bend area and down to Williamstown Road (Kitchens etc). 1938Red pencil marks through existing Lorimer St (refer 306)built environment - industrial, health - general health, fishermans bend, j kitchen & sons pty ltd -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Manuscript, photocopied, Confederates Down Under: The Shenandoah in Melbourne January 1865, Jan 1994
28 pg photocopy of book 'Confederates Down Under: The Shenandoah in Melbourne January 1865' by Barry J. Cromptontransport - shipping, war, barry j crompton, shenandoah, us civil war -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Gloves, Ladies' or Child's kid leather gloves, Circa 1900's
One pair of ladies' or child's kid leather gloves with piercing and raised stitching down the top or front of the glove.36 LAVABILE stamped inside the left glove 62/36 stamped inside the right glove. -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Pants
Blue and white pin striped. Brass buttons for braces and 'S' buttons down middle with pockets on both sides. -
Waverley RSL Sub Branch
Print Victory over Malta 20/12/41, Victory over Malta 20/12/41
Print of Painting Victory over Malta showing a Hurricane Night Fighter downing a Junkers JU88 By Geoff LeaVictory over Malta -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Tool - Hammer
Blue wooden hammer with rope, with steel face plate and two bolts, used for battening down ships' hatches.transport - shipping, piers and wharves - waterside workers -
Charlton Golden Grains Museum Inc
Photograph, War Memorial High St Charlton c. 1990
War Memorial and shops at the west end of High St Charlton. Shops include Paterson's Welcome Mart, Eddie Harris Mensland, Charlton Cinema, panel beaters, Tippett's Haberdashery & FurnishingsColour photo of War Memorial looking east down High St. Back view of memorial. No entry sign.war memorial, high st charlton, paterson's welcome mart, charlton cinema -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Pat Grainger, 23 Mar 1994
.01- colour photograph of Pat Grainger looking up .02 colour photograph of Pat Grainger looking downdomestic life, pat grainger -
The 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment Historical Collection
Award - Trophy, 2ND INF BGDE 1928 LEWIS GUN.5 BATN
2ND INF BGDE 1928 LEWIS GUN.5 BATNSmall sized trophy - Both handles intact and shaped like upside down hocky sticks/ nike logos -2ND INF BGDE 1928 LEWIS GUN.5 BATN5/6 rvr, 5/6 2nd infantry brigade 1928, 1928 lewis gun