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Unions Ballarat
The unservile state : essays in liberty and welfare, Watson, George, 1957
A collection of essays about British Liberal Democrats and their policies in the late 1940s and 1950s. Relevant to British political history in the 1940s and the 1950s.Paper; hardcover book. Front cover: yellow background, black text.Front cover: title and editor's name.keynesian, macroeconomics, microeconomics, distributistism, politics, politicians, liberal democrats - britain, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history -
Geelong Cycling Club
Racing Helmets
Head protection for cyclists first appeared in the 1920s when the issue of safety became a concern. Since that time head protection has developed more sophistication.This is a particularly good run of examples from the 1930's through to the 1950's, showing efforts to refine the helmut for safety. 3 Leather padded helmets and 1 slim line padded leather/plastic helmut. Item 1 has a head protector and ear flaps c 1930s. Item II has a head protector without ear flaps c 1940s Item III has a head protector with flaps c 1950s. Each of these head protectors are stuffed with capok. "Detto Pietro Milano"helmet; geelong cycling club; detto pietro; milano; -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, House [Fairyland], 57 Malmsbury Street, Kew, 1967
This work forms part of the collection assembled by the historian Dorothy Rogers, that was donated to the Kew Historical Society by her son John Rogers in 2015. The manuscripts, photographs, maps, and documents were sourced by her from both family and local collections or produced as references for her print publications. Many were directly used by Rogers in writing ‘Lovely Old Homes of Kew’ (1961) and 'A History of Kew' (1973), or the numerous articles on local history that she produced for suburban newspapers. Most of the photographs in the collection include detailed annotations in her hand. The Rogers Collection provides a comprehensive insight into the working habits of a historian in the 1960s and 1970s. Together it forms the largest privately-donated collection within the archives of the Kew Historical Society.A small photo of 57 Malmsbury Street in Kew. In the 19th century the house had been the home of the grandparents of the historian Dorothy Rogers. From the 1940s it was the home of the Tabulo family who created Fairyland. After Grace Tabulos death in 1965 the contents of the house and garden were removed. This dated photo from 1967 shows the house before it was renovated."Taken 2 March 1967. Built prior 1860. This must be like it was in grandma's time. Mother and father were married in the right hand front room in 1884 by Martin Hosking"fairyland, 67 malmsbury street (kew), dorothy rogers, grace tabulo -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Posters - "Tawonga Remembers" x 4
The town of Tawonga is in the Kiewa Valley surrounded by farmland. It is adjacent to Mt Beauty (built in 1946), an SECV town built for the workers on the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme which was being constructed from 1911 to 1961. Tawonga consisted of essential amenities including a store, school, butter factory, sporting facilities, post office, hall and hotel. Activities involved sport, social get togethers eg. dances, fundraising, CWA etc.The posters are a collection of historical photos, documentation and information regarding the history of the town of Tawonga,which is the centre of a farming community in the Kiewa Valley.Poster framed with thin black plastic strip, covered, by glass. Each one has a title re "Tawonga Remembers" and includes print and phtots in black and white. Black background. 1. Tawonga SEC Depot; 2. Tawonga Service Station circa 1940s; 3. George Johnston's Taxi Service; 4. Tawonga Motors 1950-60stawonga, photos of early tawonga, kiewa valley, tawonga remembers, transport -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: VIEWPOINT
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Wednesday, January 7, 2004. Viewpoint: yes, this is Chips Rafferty, the Cary grant of Australia, in Bendigo, at the Viewpoint Hotel in Charing Cross in the late 1940s or early 1950s. Publican Harry Andrews leans against the bar while his daughter's curious face peeks from the lower foreground. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: DRESSED TO THE NINES
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. Dressed to the nines: debutantes and partners of 3CV's younger set at a mock mayoral ball held at the Bendigo Town Hall in the late 1940s. Among those pictured are Bruce Hyder, Ken Maes, Bruce Cutting, Les Morey, Ian Fulton, Neil Forbes and Phil Rechter. The clip is in a folder.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 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: A GROWING CONCERN
Bendigo advertiser "The way we were" from Wednesday, February 2, 2005. A growing concern: eucalyptus was a big industry in Bendigo in the late 1940s early 1950s. This picture of eucy cutter Jimmy Fairborn, in front, and truck owner Eric Finch, with a load of eucalyptus on its way to the distillery, was taken in Union Street, West Bendigo.. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
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 -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Sheila Prendergast Photo Album 1941-1944, commenced training June 1941
Sr Sheila Prendergast, 1944prendergast, 1940s, ballarat, hospital -
Hume City Civic Collection
Knitting Booklet, Australian Comforts Fund
This knitting booklet was used by Margaret Betty Williamson and her mother to knit items to be distributed to the Australia personnal of the Army, Navy and Airforce during World War 2. Parents owned the Clarkefield Store and Post Office.A small slightly tattered cream booklet with black printing and a red star shape on front cover.front cover "Guide to Knitting/Standard Socks..."1940s, world war 2, knitting, george evans collection -
Bialik College
Photograph (item) - Kindergarten students, Carlton, 1948
Students and teachers at Drummond Street, Carlton, 1948. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.kindergarten, elc, early learning centre, 1940s -
Bialik College
Photograph (item) - Students and staff, Carlton, 1947
Students and staff sitting outside Drummond Street, Carlton in 1947. Framed photograph of Chaim Nahman Bialik in the foreground. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.drummond street carlton, kindergarten, hebrew school, 1940s -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Book, Various
Keith Hofmaier attended Ballarat College as a senior student 1941-1945 and undertook responsibility for the Weatherly Library during several of those years. In 1967 he donated a number of books to the school 'as a kind of thank you note for my grateful oasis at college, the Weatherly Library, so many years ago'. The Archive holds letters from Keith Hofmaier regarding his life and time at Ballarat College. Social significance13 books of various sizes and titlesInside front cover: From the reference Library of K Hofmaierweatherly-library, ballarat-college, 1940s, keith-hofmaier -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Bottle, Lemonade Warrnambool Cordials, 1940s
This bottle came from the aerated waters factory of Warrnambool Cordials Pty Ltd. This business was established by Joseph Lescai who had a fruit shop in Fairy Street, Warrnambool in the 1920s. He began to make soft drinks and eventually this became his core business. A group of local businessmen took over the business and in turn it was bought by a local garage proprietor, Thomas Hill, in the 1930s. By this time it was called Warrnambool Cordials Pty Ltd. In the early 1940s the business was purchased by Charles and Frederick Flett and later sold to Thomas McKenzie in the 1960s. The business operated until the 1980s. It appears that the contents of this bottle were made during the Second World War in the time of either Thomas Hill or the Flett Brothers.This bottle is of interest as it comes from the aerated waters business of Warrnambool Cordials Pty Ltd. This company was in operation for over 50 years. Cordial manufacturing was an important industry in Warrnambool for over 100 years. This is a glass lemonade bottle with a round base and a rounded body tapering to a narrower round neck with a moulded glass top at the opening. There is a stopper made of composite materials. The information on the maker of the lemonade is impressed into the glass on the side of the bottle.‘War Grade’ ‘Lemonade’ ‘Warrnambool Cordials Pty Ltd’ ‘Bottle not complete without stopper’ ‘This bottle is the property of Warrnambool Cordials Pty Ltd Warrnambool’ warrnambool cordials pty ltd, cordial manufacturers in warrnambool -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, circa 1940
Commercially available print made approx 1940s. Bayview Guesthouse burn down in 1950s.L shaped Jetty, left, Jetty Shed at end. Large trees along beach front. Thompson Avenue middle showing most buildings on right. Bayview Guesthouse in foreground right.Valentine Series (rest cut short)local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, aerial view of cowes, black & white photograph, foreshore, jetty -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Photo - large - Group of 6 skiers
Skiing became a popular sport during the 1940s as access improved to the Bogong High Plains The Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme was constructed on the Bogong High Plains during the 1940s and 1950s. This group of men (possibly workers on the Scheme) are back country skiing during the 1940s prior to the development of Falls Creek and downhill skiing.Large photo of a group of six male skiers with snow gums and faded mountains in the background.skiers on the bogong high plains -
National Wool Museum
Photograph
Depicts male, night shift workers at Godfrey Hirst Mill, c.1940s-50s.textile mills staff, godfrey hirst and co. pty ltd excelsior woollen and worsted mills, photographs, textile mills - staff -
Greensborough Historical Society
Painting, Lower Plenty Hotel, by Sylvia Jones, 1960-1970
Painted by Sylvia Jones 1960s from a photograph of Lower Plenty Hotel taken 1940s.Oil on canvas painting, framed and glazedlower plenty hotel, sylvia jones -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Doll, Norah Wellings, c1930s-1950s
Probably made in the 1940s as the eyes are painted not made of glass as the earlier dolls made in the 1930s. Norah Wellings' company made dolls from1926-1959. Brown velvet Doll, known as a Sammy Minstrel number 126 doll, with flocked velvet covered moulded head and hands. The soft body is dressed in a black vest with four pearl buttons, bow tie, pants and hat is mustard yellow.toys, dolls -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Photograph - Photograph of Amess House
Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century. This series showcases photographs taken in the 1930s and 1940s and shows people who lived and worked on the Island during the Jenkins period. This photograph shows the homestead and gardens as they were in the 1940s, with the passionfruit vine visible on the right hand side.Black and white photograph of Amess House, with some vegetable garden and the Norfolk Pine visible. Taken from the Northern side of the House. Digitised from a high resolution copy (original Polaroid is in poor and fragile condition)nilchurchill island, photograph, arthur evans -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Equipment, 1920s
Surveyors compass in wooden box used up until the 1940s. The box trimmings date to the 1920s.Equipment -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Poster - Port Melbourne Festival event, Pat Grainger, Feb 2001
Displayed to advertise the 1940s-1950s Postwar exhibition at the Freemasons Hall 24-25 March 2001.Poster for 2001 Port Melbourne Festival event: "Every time the Historical Society puts on a Back to Port exhibition, people complain." A3, black on pale violet, one-off only.celebrations fetes and exhibitions, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps -
Ithacan Historical Society
Photograph, Ithacan Picnic Group, c1940s
The photograph was taken at an annual picnic organized by the Ithacan Philanthropic Society some time during the 1940s.Taking place annually for over 100 years, the picnic is one of the oldest and most enduring events on the Ithacan Philanthropic Society's social calendar. It continues to attract large numbers and is an opportunity for the generations of Ithacans to reunite. A mounted black and white photograph of a group of men at a picnic. -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Glass wound irrigator syringe associated with midwife Mary Howlett, c. 1866 - 1920
Glass wound irrigating syringes were in general use from approximately 1915 to the beginning of the 1940s.Mary Howlett (1840-1922) began practising as a country midwife in 1866 in the western district of Victoria. She qualified as a 'ladies monthly nurse' in 1887 and continued to practise as a nurse and midwife until 1920. She began her six months training at the Melbourne Lying-In Hospital. She was known by many as 'Auntie', and her career spanned more than 50 years. Mrs Howlett's midwifery box and contents were given to Dr Frank Forster, and he donated them to the museum collection in 1993. Glass wound syringe, with wood cap at distal end and cork bung inside a glass barrel with tapered end. irrigation, midwifery -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Kew Baseball Club, 1948
Arthur Henry Miers, pictured back row left in the photograph played for cricket, football and baseball teams in Kew for a number of decades in the first half of the twentieth century. He was born on 22 November 1901, the son of Rodolph Theophilus Miers (1874-1951) and Margaret Frances (Margaretta) Fry (1875-1958). He had two brothers, Rodolph Cecil Miers (1904-80) and Charles Wilfred Miers (1906-88), and a sister Marjorie Elizabeth Miers (1911-84). Arthur Miers died in Kew on 25 January 1966, and after his body was cremated, his body was interred in the Mausoleum of Boroondara General (Kew) Cemetery.Modern print copy of an original photograph of a Kew Baseball Club team at Victoria Park, Kew in 1948.Donor notes: BACK ROW: ARTHUR MIERS; ??; FRANK CULLEN, MICK HENLEY; FRED PICKERING; ?? / CENTRE ROW: JACK SIMONTON; MAX ROGERS; CLAUDE BRAY - PITCHER AND GEORGE WAKEFIELD / FRONT ROW NORM LEES AND UMPIRE - AT Victoria Park / TO RIGHT OF TEAM: BETTY MIERS - SCORER / C. LATE 1940Skew baseball club, baseball teams, sports -- kew (vic.), arthur miers -
B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc
Aircraft, B-24 Liberator, Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, c. 1940
This particular aircraft was modified with a search radar in the lower fuselage to help locate and track targets and was then redesignated as a B-24R model. The RAAF took A72-176 on charge in late 1944 and this saw it issued to 7 OTU (Operational Training Unit) based at Tocumwal, south west NSW. The training saw bomber crews learn how to fly the bomber, operate as a team and work with fighters. Towards the end of the war there were up to 50 aircraft located at Tocumwal along with 5000 personnel. A72-176 was noted as flown on training missions by various aircrew.This aircraft is one of the only remaining B-24 bombers in the southern hemisphere and 1 of only 8 remaining B-24 airframes still existing in the world, out of the nearly 19,000 which were originally built. The restoration honours the contribution of one of the RAAF’s main bombers of the WWII era. This restored Liberator aircraft was assembled from parts salvaged from B-24M models, manufactured during the 1940s in the USA. Made from aluminium, the plane is 68 feet long, with a wingspan of 110 feet, and is metallic silver with a distinctive blue and white target design on each side. The aircraft is powered by four wing-mounted engines, and is fitted with 10 heavy machine guns.Registration number on side of fuselage at rear of plane: 'A72-176' Inscription on side of fuselage at front of plane: 'ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE / US ARMY B24-10 CO / AIR FORCES SERIAL NUMBER 44-41956' aircraft, liberator, bomber, wwii -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - BABY CLOTHES COLLECTION: BABY NIGHTIE, Early 1940's
Cream coloured flannelette baby nightie with long sleeves. Gathered at waist. Long ties attached at waist with an insert band with pink and blue embroidered word ''Baby''. Back opening at neck with cotton tape ties.Edges of sleeves and neckline have crocheted edges in silk thread.This collection of knitted and sewn garments were made in the early 1940s and were intended for a baby that was stillborn.costume, children's, cotton flannelette baby nightie -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - BABY CLOTHES COLLECTION: BABY NIGHTIE, Early 1940's
Cream coloured flannelette baby nightie with long sleeves. Gathered at waist. Long ties attached at waist with an insert band with pink and blue embroidered flowers. Back opening with cotton ribbon ties. Edges of sleeves and neckline have crocheted edges in silk thread.This collection of knitted and sewn garments were made in the early 1940s and were intended for a baby that was stillborn. .costume, children's, cotton flannelette baby nightie -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - BABY CLOTHES COLLECTION: BABY NIGHTIE, Early 1940's
Cream coloured flannelette baby nightie with long sleeves. Gathered at waist. Long ties attached at waist with an insert band with pink and blue embroidered flowers. Back opening at neck with cotton ribbon ties. Edges at sleeves and neckline have crocheted edges in silk thread.This collection of knitted and sewn garments were made in the early 1940s and were intended for a baby that was stillborn.costume, children's, cotton flannelette baby nightie