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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation SocietyPlan, C Allen and A Tuxen, Suveyors, Plans and Sections of Tramways MTOC 1882, 1882
... Plans and Sections of Tramways MTOC 1882...Sands and McDougall Pty Ltd...C Allen and A Tuxen, Suveyors ...Large, hard-bound set of plans for tramway development (Williamstown to Melbourne under the Yarra via Port Melbourne) presented to the 1882 Victorian Leg. Council. Blue-black with gold-stamped maroon title panel.Signed by the Engineer and the Parliamentary Agent.melbourne tramway and omnibus company, transport - tramways -
Kilmore Historical SocietyKEYE AND MALLESON'S HISTORY OF THE INDIA MUTINY OF 1856-8, Kaye and Malleson's history of the India mutiny of 1856-8 Vol.I, 1888
... Kaye and Malleson's history of the India mutiny of 1856-8...William Clowes and Sons, Limited...William Clowes and Sons, Limited ...Red cloth cover with gold writing on the spine and cover damaged binding and some ripped pages xx, 454 pages ; ǂc 19 cm 202 marked in pen on first page 'Mechanics Institute Kilmore' Stamp Dedicated by author to the memory of his brother in law Quintin Battyehistory, 1857-1858, india mutiny, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
RMIT GSBL Justice Smith Collection
Book, The Law Book Co. of Australasia Pty Ltd, Victorian company law and practice comprising the Companies Act 1983 (with which is incorporated the Companies Act 1983), comparative tables in regards to English, Australian (State) and New Zealand acts, annotations and explanations, together with regulations and forms, 1940
... Victorian company law and practice comprising the Companies...O'Dowd, Bernard and Menzies, DI ...Previous owners: T. H. Smith, T. W. SmithFirst editioncorporation law -- victoria -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Andrew Jamieson, An Elementary Manual on Steam and the Steam Engine: : specially arranged for the use of first-year science and art, city and guilds of London Institute and other elementary engineering students, 1904
... An Elementary Manual on Steam and the Steam Engine...Charles Griffen and Company ...Maroon covered book of 330 "With numerous diagrams, arithmetical examples, and examination questions" and index. Beautiful coloured pullouts.non-fictionsteam, steam engines -
Eltham District Historical Society IncBook, Brett Cheatley et al, Lower Plenty River Concept Plan; Maroondah Pipetrack - Greensborough to Yarra/Plenty Confluence; Draft Volume B, Resource Description and Issues, February 1991
... Description and Issues...Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (Vic.). Open ...concept plan, melbourne metropolitan board of works, plenty river, report -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Book, George Bell and Sons, Noble deeds of women: or Examples of female courage and virtue, 1877
... Noble deeds of women: or Examples of female courage and...George Bell and Sons ...This beautiful leather bound book was awarded to Ballarat College student Adela Hannah Tunbridge. According to our records Adela was born 30 December 1870 and attended BC from 29 January 1884. This book was given to her as a First Prize for French at the end of her fifth form year. It is possible that Adela attended BC from 1884 - 1886. At some stage the book has been donated to Mentone Girls High School library by 'E. Payne' and given an accession number 2923. The book has been stamped and its spine strengthened for library service. Beautiful leather bound, hardback book featuring embossed gold leaf decoration on cover and spine; 486 pages; spine strengthened with library tape; 9th edition.Front cover embossed with school crest Book plate inside front cover: 'Ballarat College crest / Arithmetic / Third form / First prize / Awarded to / A.H.Tunbridge / Christmas 1885'1877, adela-hannah-tunbridge, ballarat-college, book-prize, elizabeth-starling -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - Technical Reference, James Tait, Extra Master and Author et al, Tait's Home Trade Guide to the Board of Trade Examinations for Mates and Masters, 1943
... for Mates and Masters...James Tait, Extra Master and Author ...The book includes navigational information, tables and maps, diagrams and formulas. It was written for Examiners and Students studying for their nautical Mates and Masters marine qualifications— notes have been handwritten inside the front and back covers. Notes in point form: 1. I have seen the back of a torpedo EBoat or UBoat in my starboard side 2. I _ _ _ to - - - - - - - - - Port side 3. at a distance ----------- 4. Enemy surface vessel in sight __________ 5. suspicious vessel in sight 6. enemy (undecipherable) 7. I have cut a _ _ _ adrift with my _ _ 8. FI_ _ WISE _ _ _ 9. STARWISE 0. OPEN FIREThis relatively rare book provided up-to-date navigational information during World War II. It was to be used by Examiners to assess whether students qualified to be a Ship's Mate or Ship's Master. The contents of the book were based on maritime knowledge gained over centuries. It is an aid to understanding the navigational methods of the time and the changes and improvements in more recent history.Title: Tait's Home Trade Guide: to the Board of Trade Examinations for Mates and Masters Author: James Tait, Extra Master Publisher: Brown, Son and Ferguson, Ltd. Glasgow, Great Britain Date: Revised Edition 1943 Further Information: Fourteenth Edition 1941, Reprinted Edition 1943. Revised and brought up to date by Captain H. T. Jefferys, Extra Master Printed by Nautical Press, Brown, Son & Ferguson, Limited, 52-58 Darnley Street, Glasgow Hardcover, small book, royal blue cover, silver embossed text on spine. Textbook for Mariners. Includes tables and maps, diagrams and formulas, and navigational information. The inside covers of this book contain handwritten calculations, diagrams and notes that refer to navigation. Notes inside the back cover refer to an enemy vessel and OPEN FIRE.Spint, in silver embossing "TAIT'S HOME TRADE GUIDE" Handwritten inside the back cover "R.A.D. / MOORE / PT. WELCH" Included with the text inside the back cover "Gascoyne" "506" and "RCM"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, james tait, nautical text book, navigational text book, examination text book, brown, son and ferguson limited, 1943 nautical text book, world war ii text book, wwii text book, torpedo, open fire, pt welch, vessel gascoyne, e-boat, u-boat, marine technology, world war ii, wwii, ww2, navigation exams, ship's mate, ship's master -
Mission to Seafarers VictoriaBook, Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society et al, The Borough and Its People: Port Melbourne 1839-1939, 2013
... The Borough and Its People: Port Melbourne 1839-1939...Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society ...Soft cover book of 293 pages; Appendix, Sources of Images, Endnotes, Bibliography and Index, by Margaret and Graham Bride. Front cover is sky blue and features a 2.5 cm wide strip of five small photos above the cream coloured title. Organisational logos on the back; Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society, City of Port Phillip, Port of Melbournenon-fictionport melbourne, early settlers, port of melbourne, port phillip, reverend kerr johnston, seamen's mission, mission to seafarers, sandridge, bethel, church, hulk emily, pmhps, pat grainger -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Songbook, Complied and Sung by Fra D Sankey, Sacred Songs and Solos with Standard Hymns, c. 1894
... Sacred Songs and Solos with Standard Hymns...Complied and Sung by Fra D Sankey ...Song book, green hard covers, gold and black printFront: Flyleaf: 'To father with love from Jack and Minnie Xmas 1894' - handwritten -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, The Catalogue of the Public Library of Victoria. Vol. II - P to Z and Addenda, 1880
... - P to Z and Addenda...Public Libraries, Museums, and National Gallery of Victoria ...Pale green paper binding covers, with title and author in black on spine and cover (within deceorative borders). 446 pp.archives, reference, state library, catalogue, victoria -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, W.P. Mackay, M.A, Grace and Truth, n.d
... Grace and Truth.... Partridge & Co. 21 and 22 Old Bailey; Edinburgh & Belfast: Religious ...Leatherette and paper binding in dark green with title in red. 126 pp.Front: To my Grand Daughter/ Jean(?), Malseed presents/ to her for her birthday/ 28 of March 1919/ wishing her many/ happy returns of the .../ Eliza, A, Malseed. (black ink, fronticepiece) Back: (no inscriptions) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Booklet - Book, Weymouth and Portland, n.d
... Weymouth and Portland...Stuart Morris, text and photographs, except pp 24 & 25 (top ...Forty page booklet, Glossy heavy card covers, front top, photo of Weymouth Beach, bottom Portland lighthouse, back cover photo of star Fleet in Weymouth Bay, pre-Olympic trials 2010. Pages glossy, full colour photographs and text of Weymouth and Portland points of interestolympics, olympic trial -
Connecting Home
Book, National Archives of Australia and Public Record Office Victoria, Footprints: The Journey of Lucy and Percy Pepper ...an Aboriginal family's struggle for survival, 2008
... Footprints: The Journey of Lucy and Percy Pepper ...an...National Archives of Australia and Public Record Office ...This book tells the story of the Pepper family, an Aboriginal family who experienced child removal and displacement. Percy Pepper also served in the First World War and was one of few Aboriginal service men who recived a soldier settler block. Also contains pictures, photos and records of histroical importance, including records from the Aborigines Protecion Board.Historical significance: This book is significant as it describes in detail an Indigenous family story. It also contains copies of original government reports and talks about the Indigenous experience of child removal in Victoria. Socially, it is relevant because of it's links to Aborigianal places of significance such as Lake Tyers.Softcover book, 132pages, brown cover with Indigenous design and black and white family photograph. al'. Conent is about the Pepper family, and contains family records.book, percy, pepper, lucy, family, stolen, generations, footprints, national, archives, public, records, office, victoria -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet - Report, Sturt Street Gardens, Ballarat, Victoria, Conservation and Landscape Management Plan, July 2007, 07/2007
... Sturt Street Gardens, Ballarat, Victoria, Conservation and...McDougall and Vines Conservation and Heritage Consultants ...The Sturt Street Gardens had its origins in the 1851 survey of Ballarat West by W.S. Urquhart. A generous reserve was allocated for the main streets of Ballarat, of which Sturt Street was the first. In the 1860s Sturt Street was planted with blue gums, with dual carriageway and central median Strip. Bandstands were soon erected.70 page report on the Ballarat Sturt Street gardens. The report includes an historical overview, Physical Analysis, Statement of Cultural Significance, and Consideration and Landscape Policies.queen alexandra bandstand, titanic memorial bandstand, sturt street, sturt street gardens, blue gum, statues, eight hour day memorial, boer war memorial, peter lalor statue, bluestone, bluestone guttering, william dunstan vc, time capsule, conservation management plan, landscape management plan -
Federation University Historical Collection
Report, Read Sturgess and Associates Consulting Economists et al, The Economic Significance of Grampians National Park, 1994 (and other reports), 1990-4
... (and other reports)...Read Sturgess and Associates Consulting Economists ....1) Grampians Surround Strategy, 1990 .2) Tourism and the Grampians Region: A Background Paper, 1990 .3) Grampians Surround Strategy and Discussion Paper, 1991 .4) The Economic Significance of Grampians National Park for the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, 1994Notes in pencil by Mary Hollick, lecturer in Tourism at the University of Ballarat.victorian tourisim industry, tourism, halls gap, grampians, grampians national park, recreation, water production, bee keeping, arapiles, dunkeld, balmoral, pomonal, wartook, population, agriculture, water supplies, minerals, hamilton, ararat, stawell, horsham, wimmera, koorie heritage, aboriginal heritage, koorie art sites, brambuk, waterways, wannon river, wimmera river, mount william creek, rocklands reservoir, lake lonsdale, lake fyans, lake toolando, cherrypool, mirranatwa, zumstein -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Brown, Malcolm and MacGladrie, Stuar and Sutton, Candace, You're Leaving Tomorrow: Conscripts and Correspondents caught up in the Vietnam War (Copy 2), 2007
... You're Leaving Tomorrow: Conscripts and Correspondents...Brown, Malcolm and MacGladrie, Stuar and Sutton, Candace ...three highly respected Fairfax journalists take a fresh look at the dramatic events of the Vietnam War in this fascinating and richly visual book/three highly respected Fairfax journalists take a fresh look at the dramatic events of the Vietnam War in this fascinating and richly visual book/ 1961-1975 - participation - australian, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - journalists -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Tract Consultants Australia Pty Ltd and J L Sach and Associates Pty Ltd, Lake Tyers Beach and Surrounds Draft Startegy Plan March 1990, 1986
... Lake Tyers Beach and Surrounds Draft Startegy Plan March...Tract Consultants Australia Pty Ltd and J L Sach and ...A development strategy plan prepared by Tract Consultants and J L Sach and Associates, for the Shire of Tambo, focusing in particular on the townships at the Eastern section of the Gippsland Lakes. Minimal consideration is given to the Buchan areagovernment, tourism -
Clunes Museum
Book, MC CALLUM PRESS AND PUBLISHING CO, BALLARAT DISTRICT CITIZENS AND SPORTS 1916, 31ST JULY 1916
... BALLARAT DISTRICT CITIZENS AND SPORTS 1916...MC CALLUM PRESS AND PUBLISHING CO. ...BOOK DONATED BY MRS. JOAN SANDWITH, AND CONTAINS NAMES OF PEOPLE (ACHIEVERS) IN VARIOUS FIELDS.BIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE BOOK OF CITIZENS AND SPORTS 1916 - BALLARAT DISTRICTGIFT FROM JOAN SANDWITH FEB. 1994local history, book, reference, sport, reference book -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Document - Report, McDougall and Vines Conservation and Heritage Consultants, Sturt Street Gardens, Ballarat, Victoria Conservation and Landscape Management Plan, 2007, 07/2007
... Sturt Street Gardens, Ballarat, Victoria Conservation and...McDougall and Vines Conservation and Heritage Consultants ...Ballarat's Sturt Street has its origins in W.S. Urquhart's survey of 1851. A generous reserve was allocated for the main streets of Ballarat, of which Sturt Street was the first. In the 1860s Sturt Street was planted with blue gums, with a dual carriageway and central median strip installed. Bandstands ere soone erected, including the Queen Alexandra Bandstand (1908) and the Titanic Memoria Bandsatnd (1915).PDF of a report on the Sturt Street Gardens, Ballarat.sturt street ballarat, conservation management plan, sturt street gardens, landscape management plan, statue, gardens, bandstands, infrastructure, city of ballarat report -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumBook, G. E. Baddeley and E. R Oakley and, "Current Collection for Tramway and Trolleybus Systems", 1975
... "Current Collection for Tramway and Trolleybus Systems"...G. E. Baddeley and E. R Oakley and ...Book - 112 A5 pages + cover centre stapled, titled "Current Collection for Tramway and Trolleybus Systems", written by G. E. Baddeley and E. R Oakley, published by the authors in 1975. Has a table of contents - tramway overhead systems, current collection, trolley bus overhead, collection by bos and pantographs, peculiarities, surface contact systems and slot conduit systems, bibliography. Illustrated with diagrams. trams, tramways, overhead, trolley buses -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Film - Video cassette tape and box, John Phillips and Bob Bishop and Bill Mercer, "VR Trams, Sandringham, St Kilda 1955 and Geelong trams", Aug. 2000
... "VR Trams, Sandringham, St Kilda 1955 and Geelong trams"...John Phillips and Bob Bishop and Bill Mercer ...Video Tape titled "VR Trams, Sandringham, St Kilda 1955 and Geelong trams" in white cardboard slip box and black plastic tape carrier cartridge. Introduction to tape is "Bob Bishop and Bill Mercer (both deceased) captured approx. 53 mins of tram action on 8mm in 1955 and 1956. The two VR systems and the Geelong tramway" Next slide: "In 1992 the film material was transferred to video by H. Blum and can now be seen on video." Synopsis of video: 1. - Starts with Sandringham - Black Rock destination roll, trams, in a mix of colour and black and white. Mainly street scenes, but some interior shots and from windows. Includes footage of conductor working the tram and tram entering the depot. Approx 17 mins. 2. - St. Kilda - Elwood - Brighton Beach - starts with Elwood depot, some photos of MMTB cars running, interior shots and from window of car. Both black and white and colour. Approx. 18 mins 3. - Geelong - starts at depot, all black and white. Shows junction arrangements, farewell tram and bus replacements? Approx. 18 minutes.Title on outside of tape cartridge.video tape, sandringham, st kilda - brighton beach, geelong, vr trams -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumDocument - Typed notes, NZRO - June 1940 and R.D.Crane and with additional material CRG Field 2/1950, Christchurch NZ - Steam and Horse Traction - Wal Jack Collection, c1950
... Christchurch NZ - Steam and Horse Traction - Wal Jack...NZRO - June 1940 and R.D.Crane and with additional ...Four page typed (carbon copy) on both side of 2 foolscap sheets - pink in colour. Notes on Christchurch - horse and steam trams. Image of document added 25/8/2013.christchurch, steam trams, horse trams -
Lilydale RSL Sub BranchBook, Anne Maclean and Suzanne Poole, Fighting Ships of World Wars one and Two, 1976
... Fighting Ships of World Wars one and Two...Anne Maclean and Suzanne Poole ...Book -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Ward, Lock and Company, A pictorial and descriptive guide to the isle of Wight, 192?
... A pictorial and descriptive guide to the isle of Wight...Ward, Lock and Company ...A pictorial and descriptive guide to the Isle of WightIll, maps, p.176.non-fictionA pictorial and descriptive guide to the Isle of Wightengland - guidebooks, isle of wight - guidebooks -
Kilmore Historical SocietyLAYS OF ANCIENT ROME, Lays of Ancient Rome with Ivry and the Armada, 1877
... Lays of Ancient Rome with Ivry and the Armada...Longmans, Green, and Co ...Brown leather book cover with embossing on cover 'Macaulay's Lays' Gold writing on the spine 'Lays of Ancient Rome, Macaulay, Longman & Co' Embossing detail on back cover 167 pages ; List of works/ Index 32 pages ; 18 cmHandwritten inscription on first unnumbered page '17' Stamp on various pages 'Kilmore Mechanics Institute'macaulay, poetry -
Kilmore Historical SocietyThe Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 2, 1876
... The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 2....Spottiswoode and Co. ...Green cloth-bound hardcover book. Wear around cover edges.Title in gold on spine. Back cover separated from body. 408 pp. Vol. 1 of 2. Fair condition.Label printed with '555', front cover. P.1 '44' crossed out in red ink.lord macaulay, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical SocietyChurch Psalter and Prayer Book, 1870
... Church Psalter and Prayer Book....James Nisbet and Co. ...First published 1861. Comprising the Psalter, or Psalms of David, together with the Canticles, pointed for chanting, 510 Metrical Hymns, Six Sanctuses, and Nine Responses to the Commandments. Glanville CollectionBlack cloth-bound hardcover book with embossed decoration to back & front covers. Title in gilt front cover. Cover stained, worn at extremities, damage at bottom left front. Binding generally good, hinges starting to separate. 348 pp. Fair condition.Front flyleaf, embossed stamp, 'E.A. Hope/Stationer/Kilmore'. 'Robert John/Glanville/Kilmore/1871', handwritten cursive.glanville collection., religion -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Cassell and Company, The Anzac book: written and illustrated in Gallipoli by the Men of Anzac, 1916
... The Anzac book: written and illustrated in Gallipoli by the...Cassell and Company ...Created by soldiers under enemy fire and in extreme hardship, the illustrations, stories, cartoons, and poems were intended as a Christmas and New Year diversion for soldiers facing a harsh winter in the trenches on Gallipoli.Ill, p.164.non-fictionCreated by soldiers under enemy fire and in extreme hardship, the illustrations, stories, cartoons, and poems were intended as a Christmas and New Year diversion for soldiers facing a harsh winter in the trenches on Gallipoli. world war 1914-1918 - personal recollections, world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - gallipoli -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Angus and Robertson, On target: with the American and Australian Anti- aircraft Brigade in New Guinea, 1943
... On target: with the American and Australian Anti- aircraft...Angus and Robertson ...The American and Australian ack ack brigade in New GuinesIll, p.172.non-fictionThe American and Australian ack ack brigade in New Guinesworld war 1939-1945 - anti-aircraft artillery, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - new guinea -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book, Adams, Charlotte, Edgar Clifton : or right and wrong : a story of school life, 1895
... Edgar Clifton : or right and wrong : a story of school life...George Routledge and Sons ...400 p. : Frontispiece illustration: 'For a moment it rested on the margin of the stream. - P. 129'fictionchildren's fiction
