This slush lamp was used in the Newmerella Bakehouse ( Sederlan's Bakery) before electricity was connected. In the days before battery powered torches many used a slush lamp to provide the light they needed to carry out their duties. It held a flammable liquid like paraffin. When the wick was lit the slush lamp provided sufficient lightSlush lamps were designed to be carried around but they could be dangerous because they have flame as a source of light. This is an example of a portable lighting device in common usage before the use of batteries.A cast iron slush lamp. It is a a crude lamp or burning slush, tallow, or grease.It is a jug shaped container on a shallow dish that holds the fuel and a wick that draws the fuel by capillary action. There is some burnt hessian impregnated with fat. lighting lamp-slush newmerella-bakehouse

This is a book prize given to Bessie Mackay some time in the 1890s. Unfortunately neither the book nor the book plate has any date. Bessie Mackay is probably Marie Elizabeth Mackay, born to Thomas and Marie Mackay in 1883. Thomas Mackay was an auctioneer and commission agent in Warrnambool in the later decades of the 19th century. Ellerslie College was an important private school in Warrnambool and the building still stands (Koroit Street). It was a purpose-built school, initially for girls and it was erected in 1889 for Bella Davidson. Miss Davidson conducted this school until 1891 when it was taken over by William Lawson. He had had a school for boys and girls in King Street and when he moved his school to Ellerslie College he was employing three lady teachers as well as his male staff. It is not known whether Bessie Mackay was a pupil at Miss Davidson’s school or Lawson’s school or both. This book is of great interest as a memento of Ellerslie College, a well-known private school in Warrnambool in the late 19th century and early 20th century. At that time, most pupils in Warrnambool wishing to go on to higher education attended private schools. This is a hard cover book of 128 pages. The cover is dark green with an image of a bunch of flowers in silver, red and black colouring on the front cover and on the spine. The printing is in black lettering on the front cover and in silver colouring on the spine. The book has eight chapters with a full page colour sketch at the front of the book. The cover is slightly frayed and a little stained. The book plate has black printing on a white background and handwriting in black ink. ‘Ellerslie College, Warrnambool, Non Scholae Sed Vitae Discimus, Name. Miss Bessie Mackay, Class V, For Geography’. ellerslie college, warrnambool, history of warrnambool, bella davidson, william lawson, bessie mackay

Double sided flyer with green, black and white text and graphics. Cover features an image of a drencher. front: [printed] PHILLIPS / 1 oz. NON-AUTOMATIC DRENCHER / FOR ADMINISTRATION OF ALL DRENCHES WITHIN ITS DOSE RANGEproducts, advertising, vaccination, animal husbandry, agriculture, phillips

The cast iron combustion stove is significant as part of the evolution of domestic cooking. Previously, cooking was mostly carried out in the outdoors on open fires, and later in fireplaces indoors. The cast iron combustion stove is significant as part of the evolution of domestic cooking. Cast iron stoves burn solid fuel such as wood or coal, and are used for cooking and warmth. The stoves have a firebox with a grate where the fuel is burned. The hot air flows through flues and baffles that heat the stove top and the oven. By the 1920s gas cookers were being introduced for domestic use, and by the 1930s electric home cookers were being offered to householders. A vintage cast iron kitchen stove set in the back wall of the Mont De Lancey Slab Kitchen. It has two steel decorative hinged doors with a handle to open and close. There is one pull out metal shelf in each compartment. Between the two doors is a round door which opens to reveal the wood box with a slatted base. This allows the ash and small coals from the fire to fall though to a pull-out tray below to be emptied outside when cooled. There is another lift-out kid to clean the ash and coals underneath.On the chimney plate 'Andrews, Patent Non Pariel' On the front of the stove below the round wood box 'C Andrews Geelong'cooking equipment, cooking stoves, fuel cooking stoves, domestic ovens

When scrimshaw is mentioned, most people think of carving on sperm whale teeth only. But scrimshaw also includes engravings on skeletal whale bone–such as the jaw bone, called panbone–and ivory from other marine mammals such as walrus. Although scrimshaw is widely associated with nautical themes and designs of the 19th century whaling industry, vintage scrimshaw was also produced as tribal art in many cultures. Today, scrimshaw is recognized as a unique medium in which present-day artists have developed their own modern themes. Scrimshaw reproductions may take several forms. There are - New carvings on genuine ivory or bone with the deliberate intent to create an "antique” - New carvings on genuine ivory or bone sold as signed and dated contemporary art - Clearly marked synthetic museum reproductions and mass marketed - Unmarked synthetic replicas Painstakingly carved deliberate replicas are directed towards the scrimshaw collector and seldom appear in the general market. Pieces of contemporary art and museum copies are usually clearly marked and openly sold for what they are. The biggest problems in the general antiques market are the mass produced synthetic reproduction pieces, such as this item, that can be mistaken for the genuine item. The scrimshaw is a modern reproduction of a typical scrimshaw scene and engraved onto a synthetic substance. It has been created as a decorative piece and is currently displayed as a representation of the craft of scrimshaw.Scrimshaw carved on a non-natural material in the shape of a whale tooth. Engraving depicts a grizzly bear with two cubs next to a fallen tree. Nonewarrnambool, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, craft work, carving on bones, whale bone carving, engraving, scrimshaw, carving, reproduction scrimshaw

Two non-ferris metal Identity discs strung on strong cord. Discs worn by Regimental No 4/1631 M G Stevenson.4/1631 Stevenson M G CEworld war one, wwi, id, stevenson

The children were competing in the sack race at the Sports Day organised by the Bulla Primary School. IT was a day when the children from all the classes participated in various graded events.The Sports Day was included in the students' physical education program.A coloured photograph of three children competing in a sack race with an adult seated on a chair at the finishing line. The photo was taken with a non-digital camera.sack races, sports day, bulla primary school

The two little girls were in Prep grade at Bulla Primary School c 1992/93. They are playing on the old playground equipment which was replaced in 1994 when the school underwent many interior and exterior improvements. A non-digital photograph of two little girls playing on climbing frame in a school playground. The classrooms are visible through the conifer trees in the background.bulla primary school, playground equipment

The children were students in the infant class at Bulla Primary School and were dressed in Chinese costumes for their performance at the 1988 school concert .heir teacher, Jenny Wilson and Wayne Boyer, one of the parents were supervising the children before they entered to hall to perform their item.School concerts encouraged students in understanding and appreciating the creative arts in education.A non-digital coloured photograph sixteen children dressed in Chinese costume standing in a doorway, waiting for two adults to direct them into a hall.school concerts, bulla primary school, jenny wilson, wayne boyer

The older students were attending a school camp at Hanging Rock in the Macedon Ranges area in 1995 and one of the activities the children were introduced to was rock climbing as the formation offers many sites for this activity.A non-digital coloured photograph of a supervisor instructing a girl who is attempting to do rock climbing. They are doing the activity on a natural rocky plateau.school camps, hanging rock, rock climbing, bulla primary school

The students from Bulla Primary School were taken to one of the farms in the local area to introduce them farm life.A non-digital coloured photograph of a group of children sitting on hay bales in a dingy farm building with bluestone walls. A lady is supervising the children.school excursions, bulla primary schooil, farms

After the police spoke to the students from Bulla Primary School and they had all had a chance to look over the rescue helicopter, the children were taken a safe distance away from the craft and watched it take off.A non-digital coloured photograph of a group of children lined up and looking at a police helicopter in a paddock. There are a number of tall gum trees in the background. police helicopters, policemen, bulla primary schooil

The children at Bulla Primary School were engaged in a variety of entertainment activities which included drama, dancing and musical items. The four children in this photo were singing to the accompaniment of their teacher playing the guitar.A non-digital coloured photograph of a group seated in a covered-in outdoor area watching four children singing to the accompaniment of a man playing a guitar.musical activities, bulla primary school

The photograph was part of a collection from a photograph competition organised bye the Sunbury & District Heritage Association in March 2001. It is a view of the former vineyard growing area in Sunbury which was situated along Vineyard Road. One of the remaining vineyards is visible in the photo. From 1860 to the early 1900s many vineyards were operating in Sunbury. The east facing slopes along Vineyard Road were suitable for vine growing as was the flats along Jacksons Creek.A non-digital coloured landscape photograph of a hillside showing some cultivation and grazing land and three houses as well as some native trees. sunbury, vineyards, wine production

The Sunbury Cycling Club was formed in September 1897 although prior to that date cycling was popular in the district. A popular place to cycle in those times was at Diggers Rest. In 1897 the Sunbury Cycle Club organised a race around the township. After that local bike races were organised on a weekly basis. According to the caption, the race in the photograph took place some time in 1895.A non-digital sepia photograph backed onto board of a line of men on bicycles in a main street preparing to set off for a cycling race. cycling, cycling races, plumpton avenue, sports clubs

The post card with its greeting was sent by a person called Edwin to his brother. A non-digital sepia photograph in post card format of the administrative building at the Sunbury Asylum, with a New Year's greeting hand written on the back. post cards, sunbury asylum

Four people on a tennis court beside the net and holding their rackets. They were photographed on the first courts that were in Sunbury on land behind the Post Office in Evans Street, now the site of a retail centre and bus terminal.A non-digital sepia photograph with a cream border of two ladies and two men standing on either side of a tennis net on a tennis court.tennis, evans street, tennis courts

The men were playing tennis on courts that were sited on railway land behind the post office between Evans Street and the railway line in Sunbury. The house in the background was in Evans Street near the post office.During the nineteenth century in Sunbury, various sporting groups such as tennis, cricket and football, were established in Sunbury.A non-digital sepia photograph with a white border of two men playing tennis. There is a house in the middle distance. The photograph is a Kodak print C592tennis, tennis courts, evans street

The building being demolished in the photograph is the Railway Hotel which was destroyed by fire in 1936. It was decided to demolish the old building and rebuild a more modern hotel on the Brook/Evans Street corner where the old building had stood for 61 years.A non-digital black and white photograph with a cream border of a single storey building undergoing demolition. Two other buildings are visible on the site.royal hotel, brook street, evans street, hotels

There is very little information about this historic home .which is thought to be somewhere within the former Shire of Bulla and/or the Shire of Broadmeadows.A non-digital sepia photograph in post card format of a two storey Georgian style home with a single storey extension at the rear of the house.mansions, homesteads

The display of advertisements were part of a 'Times Past' exhibition mounted in the former George Evans Museum in Sunbury in October 1998. As the name suggests the exhibition featured a variety of domestic items that were used by many people in past years. IT was mounted by the members of the Sunbury & District Heritage Association. The exhibition was one of many featuring aspects of Sunbury's history that have been mounted in the George Evans Museum.A non-digital coloured photograph of a variety of copies of advertisements of domestic items from past times. hey are displayed on two boards in a museum.exhibitions, 'times past' exhibition, george evans museum, sunbury, sunbury & district heritage association

The post card waas assembled by Salesian College, which is in Rupertswood Mansion. The six images are sites within the Rupertswood Estate and are as follows: Clockwise from L-R- Sheep at the Bridge crossing at Jacksons Creek, Friesan Stud sale, Shearing sheep, Jackson Creek flats, Rupertswood Mansion, Railway bridge spanning Jacksons Creek. Initially Salesian College started as an agricultural school training boys in farm skills. It is now a co-educational secondary college.A postcard with six non-digital photographs of sites within the Rupertswood Estate. Information about each site and the manufacturer's details are on the back of the card.Across the centre of the postcard: GREETINGS FROM RUPERTSWOODrupertswood mansion, salesian college, railway viaduct, jacksons creek, sheep shearing, friesan cattle, sunbury

A family photograph of brothers John and Andrew Black, John's wife Elpinike and their daughter Loula taken in a suburban street.A non-digital scanned black and white photograph of a two men, a lady and little girl standing against a tree-guard in a suburban street.john black, elpinike black, andrew black, loula black, family group

This is a collection on non-standard, non-Australian military issue ammunition.Collection of ten expended ammunition cases. 2 x 50mm, 4 x 5.56mm, 4 x 302casing, bullet, cartridge, ammunition

Part of the Leo Reoch Cohn Collection. See Catalogue No. 5527.2 for his service record.Rectangular felt colour patch representing the 8th Light Horse Regiment, AIF, consisting of light blue over yellow. Non-military issue.8th light horse regiment, colour patch, leo reoch cohn, light horse