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

[a] Cohns printed manilla envelope No 147 with handwritten caption, 'Agreement made 21-9-1943 'Co with Summaries Pty Ltd. 'Wine & Spirit Associations. [b] Typed three page Copy of agreement, conserving, promoting, and protecting the rights and interests of Victorian wholesale wine and spirit merchants. Names of twenty-nine trading companies listed.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery

Wall calendar from 1937. Pink and white with a picture of a boy and a girl in a paddock, two rabbits looking at them few tree and a house in the background. At both side of the picture a box of robur tea. With compliments from R. A. Wilkinson grocer and provision merchant crn Mundy and Stenberg Streets, Bendigo. Telephone 1068 - Private 864business, retail, r. a. wilkinson

Wall calendar 1924 for Hume & Iser Pty Ltd Bendigo. The main part is a painting by J. C. Park titled ''Haunt of the wild duck'' Under the painting the name Hume & Iser Pty Ltd Bendigo Timber and iron Merchants and ironmongers, established over 50 years. Large stocks of all building material always on hand.business, retail, hume and iser

Letter paper from Langley & Plumbe, Hardware Merchants, Plumbers, 172-4 Mundy Street, Bendigo. Date line ends 193-. Printed letterhead with the name, first name has three red lines through it. Picture of a bath below the name Langley. Down the left edge of the page is a logo, Certified M.M.B.W., and their specialities.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, langley & plumbe, m.m.b.w.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

The photograph depicts a large group (around 100) of merchant seamen, apprentices and officers at Malvern property, Orchard House, belonging to Mr George Higgins, in November 1019. Mr Higgins was a civil engineer, MCE, engineer in chief for the Victorian Railway, he also managed the contractors for the Princes Bridge.His sister Ina Higgins was first woman to graduate in Horticulture at Burnley and may have known another graduate there, Frederica Godfrey who established the Mission garden circa 1917-18. This image adds to the record of significant supporters and hosts across Melbourne that the Mission could call on to entertain seafarers in the early 20th C.Small monchrome photograph, fading to upper righthand quarter1909, cup day, malvern, george higgins, orchard house, beatrice elizabeth higgins (nee shuter), mrs shuter, charles shuter, ina higgins, picnics, social events, entertainments, sailors, goldsmith album

Watsonia Timber Supply is a long-established timber merchant and general hardware supplier. The earliest advertisement here dates from 1956. The colour photograph was taken in 2015.2 p., copies of advertisements 1955, 1956 and 1973, and colour photograph 2015watsonia timber supply

Newcombe and Co traded as timber merchants And iron mongers in Koroit Street in the later part of the 19th century and early 20th century. It was destroyed by fire in March 1918.A commonly used office item which is well linked to a long established business in Warrnambool.Cast iron rectangular base with arch form leading to handle. Painted black and decorated with gold scroll work. Orange line around rectangular base. The seal is operated by pushing down the handle which stamps on paper which would be placed between the circular stamp and the base plate.warrnambool, company seal, embossing seal, newcombe timber company, koroit street

Home of Richard Twentyman, Merchant, subsequently Judge Molesworth,5 people posed in front of the mansion wearing late Victorian clothes, , gardens, mansion was demolished c1940.black and white photograph, unmounted, good condition

382 pages, all pages used, heavy cardboard cover, leather bound, has sticker for Paper Merchants, Andrew Jack & Co, on inside front coverGreen covered Minute book produced by Committee of Mechanics Hall Institute Lakes Entrance for period 1907 to 1956. Full content available upon requestminute books

Book with black cover, title printed in white on front and spine, and in grey on back cover. Front cover also has a photograph of a memorial (Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial, Canberra) The back cover has a small photograph of a person with witting in the background (Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial, Canberra).non-fictionThe Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans honours and commemorates approximately 61,000 people who served in Australia's defence forces during the period 23 May 1962 to 29 April 1975 either in Vietnam or in the waters adjacent to Vietnam.vietnam war 1061-1975-nominal roll-australia, vietnam war 1961-1975-paticipation-australian, australia-armed forces-registers, vietnam war 1961-1975-registers

Alonzo Box, of Oakleigh ,a nephew of William and Elizabeth Box who resided in 'Box Cottage' 1865 - 1914, married Mary Closter (Kloster), of Oakleigh, on June 12th 1918. Alozo's elder sister, Rebecca, sent a bolt of Chinese hand-embroidered silk from which this wedding dress was made. Rebecca Viloudakia, nee Box, was a missionary in China, and married to a Greek Silk Merchant. Alonzo Box, the 9th child of John and Martha Sheldrake Box , enlisted in the Army and landed at Gallipoli 25/4/1918. He was evacuated to Egypt and then sent to the battlefields of France and Flanders before returning home to Melbourne in February 1918. Rebecca Box, the eldest child of John and Martha Sheldrake Box, was in the first party of Methodist Missionaries to leave Australia for the China Inland Mission in 1890. During the Boxer Uprising 1900-1901 her Mission outpost was attacked but she escaped and was taken to Shanghai. She later married one of the rescue party Nicholas Viloudakia a Greek silk merchant .Australian Dress Register ID 573 12/5/2015 Following Henry Dendy's Special Survey 1841 pioneer settlers bought allotments of land in the area of Moorabbin Parish. Alonzo Box was the nephew of William and Elizabeth Box who bought the cottage on the 30acre allotment from an unknown pioneer settler in 1868 and resided there until Elizabeth's death in 1914. Alonzo Box served in the Army World War 1 1914- 1918 at Gallipoli, France and Flanders. Rebecca Box -Viloudakia was in the first party of Methodist Missionaries to leave Australia for the China Inland Mission in 1890 and was rescued during the Boxer Rebellion 1900-1901 and taken to Shanghai by her future husband.A cream two piece wedding dress made from a bolt of hand embroidered Chinese silk for the marriage of Mary Closter and Alonzo Box on June 12th, 1918. The bolt of Chinese silk was sent by Alonzo’s older sister, Mrs Rebecca Viloudakia, a missionary in China, who was married to a Greek silk merchant. The machine sewn dress was made by a dressmaker in Dandenong, Victoria. The jacket is blouson, with a front opening and is gathered at the waist by a band enclosing a drawstring. The collar is a sailor style that forms a slight / high V-shape front neckline. Four vertical roses are separated by three bands of lacework. The back of the jacket is plain silk. The right front of the jacket has a panel of embroidered roses, band of lacework and a facing fold that encloses 4 fastening presses. There are crocheted bobbles on the front representing buttons. The left jacket front also has the panel of embroidered roses, lacework and matching fold for the 4 fastening studs. The full length inset sleeves are gathered to a cuff that fastens with silk covered buttons. The sleeves have floral embroidery down the outside centre line. The left sleeve has an extra detachable cuff with embroidery on the flounce that matches the bottom panel of the skirt. It is held in position around the wrist by 4 white metal press studs. The skirt sits above the ankle. It consists of 5 panels slightly gathered at the back waistline with a left side placket 21cm with hooks and eyes and press studs. The waistband is lined with petersham and has 6 whalebone inserts. The front of the skirt has small pleats to fit the 3 decorated panels to the waistline. The front has 3 bands of lacework around the lower part. 3 panels form the centre front each embroidered with a different floral pattern. The back of the skirt is plain with 3 bands of lacework rising from the hem, which is sewn with spoke work stitch. The long waist sash/belt is plain silk with embroidered ends and 3 silk balls with crocheted caps suspended on 3 crocheted silk chains. It has a rose knot with 2 metal press stud fasteners. There are a variety of floral designs embroidered on the material including ‘corner motifs’ on the 2nd inner front panel of skirt. brighton, moorabbin, silk, box william, box elizabeth, box alonzo, box mary, kloster mary, closter mary, oakleigh, dandenong, chinese silk merchant, boxer rebellion 1900-1901, box rebecca, methodist china inland mission, viloudakia nichols, anzac landings, world war 1, gallipoli

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.

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 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 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

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

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

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

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