The Ballarat Save TAFE campaign ran from 2012 to 2014. It was a Trades Hall and community campaign in partnership with the Australian Education Union and National Tertiary Education Union. The campaign was in response to significant financial cuts and closure of many courses by the Baillieu/Napthine governments. Availability of TAFE in Ballarat is particularly important in training future tradespersons and future provision of many services. Campaign President: Athan McCaw Campaign Vice-President: Brigid O'Carroll Walsh Campaign Secretary and Treasurer: Brett Edgington During the campaign, Premier Ted Baillieu visited Ballarat on several occasions only to be met by angry groups of citizens who were opposed to his government's decimation of Victorian TAFE. The picture shows one of the early rallies convened by the Ballarat Save TAFE Group and features Ted Baillieu entering a building in Lydiard Street, television reporters and a very noisy large group of protesters. As above (see historical information).jpeg filebtlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, tafe, union campaigns, baillieu, edward (ted), napthine, denis, education and training, nteu - national tertiary education union, aeu - australian education union

Also two other photographs of derelict farm buildings at Nyerimilang Park, Kalimna West, Victoria.Colour photograph of homestead taken at Nyerimilang Park soon after purchase by Victorian State Government. Kalimna West Victoriahouses

Gold embossed wooden frame with a Victorian Arts print (fairy)fairy, print, gold frame

Donated to Museum via GV Library4 x books: Walata Tyamateetj - A guide to government records about Aboriginal people in Victoria PROV &NAAbook, aboriginal, gv library, records, guides, victorian government

2 x Victorian Municipal Directories 1974/1992 Bank Insolvency estates - Numurkah District Old photo from court house Court case ledgercourt ledger, municipal directories, bank insolvency forms, photo

Bought at Lancefield Antiques Shop in19961 x book - 1911 Directory for City & Suburban Streets, Trades, Country Towns, Holiday Resorts, Vic parliament, Jp's, etc victorian directory, 1911, book, municipalities, towns, businesses

Booklet with heading "Livestock Traffic" produced by Victorian Railways, 1967 Contains information about transport vans, dimensions, weight, etc See photo victorian railways, livestock, transport, cattle wagons

This set of readers was a reprint,by the Victorian Ministry of Education, of the original readers first published in 1926 This set was presented to Marian Houghton (teacher) by a parent as a memento of her own school days "But they are not the quality of the ones we used as kids. The original had hard covers"Set of 8 "Victorian Readers" reprinted in 1986. Presented in a cardboard box (brochure box style)The Victorian Readers Books 1-8

Victorian Railway equipment belonging to the Numurkah Railway Station (now closed)Green rectangle box with handle, circular light in the front with black rubber ring around light. Top of box has a tri handle turner and a flick switchAppleton Brisbane. White VR printed on both length sides

Victorian Railway Guard Hat, Navy cloth with black face brim. Has black band around the base of the hat. Red interior lined Metal Badge Guard 401

Leather satchel with leather handle held by leather bindings and metal clasp. No longer has stitching on sides (possibly Victorian Railways)

Cloth covered book dated October 1921.By Authority Albert J Mullett, Government Printers Melbourne 13911-R1123/21. Has Diagrams, contains 257 pagesO Baker

Part of a collection of old railway items from closed Numurkah Railway StationGreen covered hardcover bookTitle (as above) / Victorian Railways heading and coat of arms

Brown hard cover, loose pages secured by 1 metal screw (1 is missing). Note inside cover Obsolite 30.3.82. Also contains Manual of ticketsEffective from 1st January 1961

Part of a collection from the closed Numurkah Railway StationCream cloth/woven covered book Title as above / Issued for the guidance of enginemen in the description, maintenance and economical operation of the locomotive 1952

9 x Victorian Readers books, Cardboard covers, various colours depending on year level (see photo)Victorian Readers with Education Department logoeducation, school, reading, readers, english

A4 sized paper. 4 pages. charitable organisations, women social services, women historic sites, historical building

Plans for a rail connection between Colac and Beech Forest had been drawn up in 1884 and 1889 but proofed inconclusive because of the enormous cost involved in building a railway in such difficult terrain. Because of the financial depression in the early 1890s such expenditure went of hold. Towards the end of the decade planners recognised that a narrow gauge could be a viable alternative and it was taken up by the community, Parliamentary representatives and the government, although Victorian Railways administration was against the idea. This was overridden. The 1898 Parliament approved a 2 foot 6 inch gauge from Colac to Beech Forest although strict financial limits were set. The route was to be the most direct and the infrastructure the most basic. Construction began in 1900 entailing very steep grades and myriad curves until it finished in 1902. Surveyors and their assistants came before and during the track laying for the whole distance.B/W. Survey camp for the Colac-Beech Forest railway in 1901, showing nine tents, ten men including a cook, survey instruments, and three bicycles. Note the cooking fire on the right.colac: beech forest; railways; survey;

In 1889 the three central fire brigades of Bendigo were amalgamated and a new fire station was erected in View Street (the third to be built on this site). This two storied brick building designed by Wm. Beebe forms an integral past of the View Street landscape. The red brick, white plaster relief trimmings and window frames with greenish lead-light decoration, all reflect the late Victorian style of the building. The ground floor contained an engine station and call room with stalls to accomodate three horses immediately behind. Upstairs in the main building is a handsome drill hall.Series of letters between Miss Starke and Miss Mathison re classification of the building by the National Trust; Letter to the Country Fire Authority (CFA) re classification; Media Release; National Trust data survey form; two photos of the fire stationhistory, national trust bendigo collection, bendigo, bendigo fire station

Gunpowder is very volatile and can be ignited by the smallest spark. Several horrific accidents resulted in NSW passing legislation to cover the safe storage of gunpowder but initially these laws did not apply to Victoria. this was rectified and the first Melbourne magazine was erected on Batman's Hill in 1845. The Victorian Gunpowder Act (1857) made local councils responsible for the safe storage of gunpowder. The Victorian government made L.909 available for a suitable building in Sandhurst. Built on Camp Hill it was finished in April 1857 and the first keeper, Mr J. F. Kerr was appointed in October 1857. Late in 1857, tenders were called for the building of a keeper's residence at the siteEleven pages typewritten document titled "the Victorian Powder Magazines and the Gunpowder Acts". Author unknown.melbourne, gunpowder acts, victorian legislation, powder magazines

10559a Letter to Mr. G.V. Lansell, Mr. R.F. Hyett and Mr. G.R. Wheeler, authorizing the Trustees of the Bendigo Sub-branch of R.S.S.A.I.L.A. Building and Patriotic Fund to complete the purchase of a property in Mackenzie Street Bendigo, and authorizing the Trustees to borrow £2000 to complete the purchase. Dated 19 June 1950. Letter from Solicitors Hyett. Willis and Hyett. 10559b Indemnity agreement for five members of the Bendigo Sub-branch of The Returned Sailors' Soldiers' and Airman's' Imperial League of Australia Victorian Branch ( R.S.S.A.I.L.A.) dated 22 December 1950, in relation to the purchase of (11) McKenzie Street, Bendigo and borrowing £2,000 from the Commonwealth Bank to complete a property purchase. The members being Mr. George Victor Lansell, Mr. Frederick Eustace Jackson, Mr. John William Swatton, Mr. George Robert Wheeler, and Mr. Augustus John Skehan. r.s.s.a.i.l.a bendigo branch, mackenzie street

Vistorian Railway photograph of Sandhurst (Bendigo) Railway Station and workshops buildingsVictorian Railways

Dr Longden, a medical practitioner, was a significant figure in Buninyong history in the late 1800s.Brick buildings are prominent examples of Victorian era residences. Dr Longden was a prominent medical practitioner in Buninyong in the late 1800s.B/W photo of Dr Longden's (built circa 1898) and Sparling's former residences, Learmonth St west, Buninyong. Streetscape photo taken in 1993 of two brick residences.buninyong, longden, sparling, brick building, house, street scape, learmonth st

Buninyong State School was built circa 1870. It is a brick building with arch-shaped windows. Used as a state school since 1874.The school is of historic and social significance as it has operated as a state/primary school since 1874. It is a good example of a Victorian era brick school building.Original B/W photo of Buninyong State School. A brick building, built circa 1870. Arch-shaped windows. Used as a state school since 1874."State School No 1270"buninyong state school, buninyong, school, buninyong primary school, brick building

Gold rush church, subdued Victorian Gothic design, white-washed render, slate roof. B/W photo of St. Peter and St. Paul's Catholic Church, Fisken St. Buninyong, south facadebuninyong, catholic church, building, gothic revival, fisken st.

Gold rush church, subdued Victorian Gothic design, white-washed render, slate roof. B/W photo of St. Peter and St. Paul's Catholic Church, Fisken St. Buninyong, south facadebuninyong, catholic church, building, gothic revival, fisken st.

Record of Victorian era house in 1980's.Colour photo, Dr. Longden's house, Learmonth St. West.house, longden, surgery, doctor, learmonth st.