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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Container
Container cardboard round of boracic powderflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Lifebuoy, late 19th to early 20th century
This lifebuoy is part of the lifesaving equipment that would be carried on vessels in the late 19th and early 20th century. The strips of cork wood have been joined together to make the ring shape. A lifebuoy, or life-preserver, is used as a buoyancy device to keep a person afloat in the. It is usually connected by a rope to a person in a safe area such a nearby vessel or on shore. The lifebuoy is thrown to a person in distress in the water, allowing the rescuer to pull the person to safety. The lifebuoy is a made from a buoyant material such as cork or rubber and is usually covered with canvas for protection and to make it easy to grip. The first use of life saving devices in recent centuries was by the Nordic people, who used light weight wood or cork blocks to keep afloat. From the early 20th century Kapok fibre was used as a filling for buoys. Light weight balsa wood was used as a filler after WW1. In 1928 Peter Markus invented and patented the first inflatable life-preserver. By WW2 foam was combined with Kapok. Laws were passed over time that has required aeroplanes and water going-vessels to carry life-preservers on board. The lifebuoy is an example of equipment carried on vessels in the late 19th and early 20th century to help preserve life. There were many lives lost in Australia’s colonial period, particularly along the coast of South West Victoria.Lifebuoy, round cork object with no covering. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, life rings, lifebuoy, safety ring, life-saving buoy, ring buoy, life preserver, personal floating device, floatation device, safety equipment -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Galvanised Jug
The beginning of standardised weights and measures began In Victoria when the Melbourne Observatory received sets of standard weights and measures, which had been tested in Britain against the then British Imperial standards. These included the primary standard yard and pound for the Colony of Victoria. Other standards of weights and measure held by shires and the administrative body's within the colony could then be compared to these primary standards. A Weights and Measures Act was passed in Victoria in 1862, establishing local inspectors throughout the colony. By the 1870s each local council and shire in Victoria held a set of standards that were used to test scales, weights and dry measures used by wholesalers, factories and shops. Every ten years the councils’ standards would themselves need to be rechecked against the Victorian Standards. The checking was done by the Victorian Customs Department in the 19th century, but with the transfer of responsibility for customs to the Federal Government in 1901, weights and measures function was retained by the Victorian Government and was shifted to the Melbourne Observatory. In 1904, a new building was erected at the south end of the Great Melbourne Telescope House, where the standard weights and measures and testing equipment was installed. This room had a large whirling apparatus for testing air meters and became known as the Whirling Room. When the Melbourne Observatory closed in 1944, the Weights and Measures Branch was formed to continue and this branch remained at the Observatory site unit until 1995. An example of a galvanised measuring jug made specifically to maintain government standard liquid measurements that were sold to the public. The probability is that this artifact was made around the first quarter of the 20th century and gives us today a snapshot of how imperial weights and measures were used before decimalisation and how a standard of measurement for merchants was developed in Australian based on the Imperial British measurement system. The container has social significance as an item used in Victoria as a legal standard measure to ensure that goods sold in Victoria were correct given the item is galvanised it was probability used for kerosene or petrol etc not for liquids used for human consumption. Galvanised Iron jug with rounded top, Inscription on handle at back. 2 gallon GV.35flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Functional object - Lamp saddle
The Loch Ard is historically significant as one of Victoria and Australia's worst shipwreck tragedies. It is archaeologically significant for its remains of a large international passenger and cargo ship. It is highly educationally and recreationally significant as one of Victoria's most spectacular diving sites, and popular tourist sites in Port Campbell National Park.Round stem base glass saddle glass light saddle, shipwrecks, loch ard -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Bullets
.303 bullets in five round chargerammunition, ww2, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Bullets
.303 bullets in five round chargerammunition, ww2, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Bullets
.303 bullets in five round chargerammunition, ww2, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Bullets
50 cal Armourers Proof Roundammunition, ww2, army -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Wheel and axle
Round metal axle with wheel attachedchurchill island, axle, wheel -
B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc
Turbocharger, General ElectricModel B-22, Circa 1940s
General Electric turbocharger model B-22 was fitted externally to a Pratt & Whitney R1930 14 cylinder twin wasp radial air-cooled engine for the supply of air at an increased pressure to the carburetor intake. This enabled the B-24 Liberator to maintain a maximum 1300HP at takeoff from sea level to 30,000 ft. ceiling and at high altitude.Round metal supercharger with inlet and outlet.General Electric turbo super charger. GE Ser. No. 872144 FW, A Setting 6, Assembly OD WW 8456556, Model 75-B22-A6 AF Contract or Purchase Order W33-038AC-1699, Spec. H-285022-22 Schenectady Made in US -
HMAS Cerberus Museum
crockery (H.M.V.S Nelson)
Plate was used on board the H.M.V.S Nelson.Round and decorative, flora and coat of arms.Nelson tria jucta in uno palm aouth meruit ferat. -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Bottle, glass
Round thick clear glass bottlenil -
Waverley RSL Sub Branch
Cloth Badges Vietnam
Set of 2 round cloth badgesOperational Support Unit RAAF VietNam Australian Vietnam Forces 1962-1973 vietnam badges, operational support unit r.a.a.f. vietnam, -
Clunes Museum
domestic object - GRIDDLE
ROUND SCONE PLATE WITH IRON HANDLElocal history, domestic item, cooking, domestic items -
Clunes Museum
Textile - CROCHET D0YLEY
DONATED TO MUSEUMSMALL ROUND WHITE CROCHET DOYLEY.local history, handcraft, crocheting -
Clunes Museum
container - CONDIMENT JAR
ROUND GLASS TRELESSED JAR WITH NO LIDlocal history, container, domestic, domestic item -
Disability Sport & Recreation Victoria
Badge, Swedish disabled sports badge
Round crimson and red plastic badge.Front of the badge has a black silhouette of a wheelchair athlete on a crimson background, surrounded by the Swedish text STÖD SVENSK HANDIKAPPIDROTT - ANVAND SPORTOGRAM (SUPPORT SWEDISH DISABILITY SPORT - USE SPORTOGRAM) Back is plain white, with what is likely to be the badge maker's business name and phone number in red text. "PER EDBERG AB 08-34 04 30" -
Disability Sport & Recreation Victoria
Lapel pin, Deutscher Rollsthul-Sportverband
Small round badge with long pin"Deutscher Rollsthul-Sportverband" in gold text, on a crimson/burgundy background, with a gold figure of a wheelchair archery athlete. -
Disability Sport & Recreation Victoria
Lapel pin, VSV pin
Small round badge with long pinVSV in gold lettering, on a horizontal red/white/red background, -
Disability Sport & Recreation Victoria
Lapel pin, NIS pin
Small round badge with long pinNIS in gold lettering, on a dark red background. -
Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch
Medallion, Stokes & Sons, Circa 1916
Anzac Day school children's medal, issued in 1916. The medal was struck by the Education Department of Victoria for distribution to school children in 1916 to commemorate the first anniversary of Anzac day. The Anzac forces first landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.The collection of badges,medallion,issue diary and photograph shows what a soldier who served in WW1, received.It is good that this collection is still intact.Round medallion with ring at top (for attachment)"For King and Country 1916 Dept. of Education Victoria Lest We Forget 25 April 25" written around circumference. In the centre : " ANZAC" within wreaths.sandy, malachy, medallion, dept of education -
The 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment Historical Collection
Award - MERRITT TEAMS MATCH, Merritt teams match trophy
A silver trophy with square rounded handlesMERRITT TEAMS MATCH RAV 1933 Won by 14th Battalion -and- Prahran Rifle Club 5RVR VSR TRUSTEE PROPERTY "MERRITT TRAINER CUP" 41814th bn -
University of Melbourne, School of Chemistry
Crucible
Small Batersea Round Clay Crucible -
Mont De Lancey
Coin, Australian Mint, 2014
Round Gold One Dollar Coin"100 Years of ANZAC The Spirt Lives 2014-2018"commemorative coins -
Mont De Lancey
Earrings, Circa 1890
Worn by Mrs. Hilda Godwin.Gold round earrings set with garnets. -
Mont De Lancey
Glass bottle
Green Round Bottom Glass bottlePort Augusta Brewerybottles -
Mont De Lancey
Tin, Bostocks
On Loan from Mrs. K. Bourke c/o Mrs. H. N. LordDecorative round tin with lady on lid.Bostocks - dry suede cleaner. White - 2oz. Contents - Black 1 oz.tins, containers, cleaning products -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Memorabilia - Tobacco Tin, ca. 1940's
Issued to Australian servicemen during World War 2.Creature comforts for men at warRound metal tin used for tobaccoWD & HO WILLS (AUSTRALIA) LTD SYDNEY, TRADE MARK and an 8 pointed star on lid. CAPSTAN NAVY CUT TOBACCO E FINE on base.tobacco, smoking, world war 2, ww2, second world war -
Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc
Plane, 1853-1894
This item is part of the Thomas Caine Tool Collection, owned by The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and curated by the Hand Tools Preservation Association of Australia.plane, wood, moulding, round no 6J.Finlay -
Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc
Plane, 1853-1894
This item is part of the Thomas Caine Tool Collection, owned by The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and curated by the Hand Tools Preservation Association of Australia.plane, wood, moulding, round no 18J.Finlay