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Vision Australia
Audio - Sound recording, Interview with Neville Kerr, 24/11/1990
Oral history interview Neville Kerr by Alan Nuske. Recorded as part of 'The Years Between: an oral history of the RVIB 1866-1991'. Former students and staff recall their days at RVIB, the impact of what they learned and experienced there, and how the attitudes to blindness and low vision changed over the years. 1 audio recording of recollections from former RVIB attendeesroyal victorian institute for the blind, allan nuske, neville kerr, oral history -
Vision Australia
Audio - Sound recording, Interview with Charlie Bradley
Oral history interview of Charlie Bradley by Alan Nuske. Recorded as part of 'The Years Between: an oral history of the RVIB 1866-1991'. In 1918 an eye disease took Charlie Bradley's eyesight, ten years later he was part of the Royals club - the first RVIB cricket team - and went on to become one of the most well liked players of the game.1 audio recording of an interview with Charlie Bradleyroyal victorian institute for the blind, allan nuske, oral history, charlie bradley -
Vision Australia
Audio - Sound recording, Interview with Hugh Jeffrey, 12/11/1990
Oral history interview of Hugh Jeffrey by Alan Nuske. Recorded as part of 'The Years Between: an oral history of the RVIB 1866-1991'. When he was 8, Hugh Jeffrey first attended the RVIB School after his parents delayed his start due to potential medical intervention and his ability to read large print. He went on to become not only a teacher of music at the school, but also an advocate for blind citizenship.4 audio recordings of an interview with Hugh Jeffreyroyal victorian institute for the blind, allan nuske, oral history, hugh jeffrey -
Vision Australia
Audio - Sound recording, Interview with David Blyth by Judith Buckrich, 2004
Oral history interview and partial transcript of David Blyth by Judith Buckrich, with Jess Blyth and Michele Prentice. Recorded as part of 'Lighthouse on the Boulevard'. Former students and staff recall their days at RVIB, the impact of what they learned and experienced there, and how the attitudes to blindness and low vision changed over the years. 4 audio recordings of recollections from former RVIB attendeesroyal victorian institute for the blind, david blyth, oral history, judith buckrich, michele prentice, jess blyth -
Vision Australia
Audio - Sound recording, Interview with Ted Hanlon by Judith Buckrich, 17/6/2004
Oral history interview of Ted Hanlon by Judith Buckrich, with Michele Prentice. Recorded as part of 'Lighthouse on the Boulevard'. Former students and staff recall their days at RVIB, the impact of what they learned and experienced there, and how the attitudes to blindness and low vision changed over the years. 3 audio recordings of recollections from former RVIB attendeesroyal victorian institute for the blind, oral history, judith buckrich, michele prentice, edward (ted) hanlon -
Vision Australia
Audio - Sound recording, Interview with David Ditchfield by Judith Buckrich, 31/3/2004
Oral history interview of David Ditchfield by Judith Buckrich, with Michele Prentice. Recorded as part of 'Lighthouse on the Boulevard'. Former students and staff recall their days at RVIB, the impact of what they learned and experienced there, and how the attitudes to blindness and low vision changed over the years. 2 audio recordings of recollections from former RVIB attendeesroyal victorian institute for the blind, oral history, judith buckrich, michele prentice, david ditchfield -
Vision Australia
Audio - Sound recording, Interview with Doug Kent by Judith Buckrich, 31/3/2004
Oral history interview of Doug Kent by Judith Buckrich, with Michele Prentice. Recorded as part of 'Lighthouse on the Boulevard'. Former students and staff recall their days at RVIB, the impact of what they learned and experienced there, and how the attitudes to blindness and low vision changed over the years. 2 audio recordings of recollections from former RVIB attendeesroyal victorian institute for the blind, oral history, judith buckrich, michele prentice, doug kent -
Vision Australia
Audio - Sound recording, Interview with Kevin Poole by Judith Buckrich, 12/7/2004
Oral history interview of Kevin Poole by Judith Buckrich, with Michele Prentice. Recorded as part of 'Lighthouse on the Boulevard'. Former students and staff recall their days at RVIB, the impact of what they learned and experienced there, and how the attitudes to blindness and low vision changed over the years. 1 audio recording of recollections from former RVIB attendeesroyal victorian institute for the blind, oral history, judith buckrich, michele prentice, kevin poole -
Vision Australia
Audio - Sound recording, Interview with Ted Petersen by Judith Buckrich, 16/6/2004
Oral history interview of Ted Petersen by Judith Buckrich, with Michele Prentice. Recorded as part of 'Lighthouse on the Boulevard'. Former students and staff recall their days at RVIB, the impact of what they learned and experienced there, and how the attitudes to blindness and low vision changed over the years. 2 audio recordings of recollections from former RVIB attendeesroyal victorian institute for the blind, oral history, judith buckrich, michele prentice, e.e. (ted) petersen -
Vision Australia
Audio - Sound recording, Interview with Sue Matthews by Judith Buckrich, 12/7/2004
Oral history interview of Sue Matthews by Judith Buckrich, with Michele Prentice. Recorded as part of 'Lighthouse on the Boulevard'. Former students and staff recall their days at RVIB, the impact of what they learned and experienced there, and how the attitudes to blindness and low vision changed over the years. 1 audio recording of recollections from former RVIB attendeesroyal victorian institute for the blind, oral history, judith buckrich, michele prentice, sue matthews -
Vision Australia
Audio - Sound recording, Interview with Peter Cronin by Judith Buckrich, 12/7/2004
Oral history interview and partial transcript of Peter Cronin by Judith Buckrich, with Michele Prentice. Recorded as part of 'Lighthouse on the Boulevard'. Former students and staff recall their days at RVIB, the impact of what they learned and experienced there, and how the attitudes to blindness and low vision changed over the years. 1 audio recording of recollections from former RVIB attendeesroyal victorian institute for the blind, oral history, judith buckrich, michele prentice, peter cronin -
Vision Australia
Audio - Sound recording, Interview with Barry Palmer by Michele Prentice, 4/8/2004
Oral history interview with Barry Palmer by Michele Prentice. Recorded as part of 'Lighthouse on the Boulevard'. Former students and staff recall their days at RVIB, the impact of what they learned and experienced there, and how the attitudes to blindness and low vision changed over the years. 2 audio recordings of recollections from former RVIB attendeesroyal victorian institute for the blind, oral history, michele prentice, barry palmer -
Vision Australia
Audio - Sound recording, Recollections of RVIB School by Molly Miller, interview conducted by Jim Smith and Reuben Ryan, 28/3/1989
Oral history interview of Molly Miller. Former students recall their days at RVIB, the impact of what they learned and experienced there, and how the attitudes to blindness and low vision changed over the years. It was recorded in the Villa Maria Nursing home.1 audio recording of recollections from former RVIB attendeesroyal victorian institute for the blind, oral history, jim smith, reuben ryan, molly miller -
Vision Australia
Audio - Sound recording, Interview with Alice McClelland by Alan Nuske, 1/4/1987
Oral history interview of Alice McClelland by Alan Nuske. Recorded as part of 'The Years Between: an oral history of the RVIB 1866-1991'. Former students and staff recall their days at RVIB, the impact of what they learned and experienced there, and how the attitudes to blindness and low vision changed over the years. Interview conducted at the Villa Maria Nursing home.2 audio recording2 of recollections from former RVIB attendeesroyal victorian institute for the blind, allan nuske, oral history, alice mcclelland -
Vision Australia
Audio - Sound recording, Interview with Harry Finlayson, 1988
Oral history interview and partial transcript of Harry Finlayson, who became head teacher in 1928-1938, then returned as headmaster in 1952 until 1954, before moving to Essendon and finally Echuca. He discusses the changes brought by Mr Hedger, the establishment of the Scout troop, the first long play records from America and England, as well as the educational challenges.1 audio recording of recollections from former RVIB teacherroyal victorian institute for the blind, oral history, harry finlayson -
Public Record Office Victoria
Legal record (item) - Criminal Trial Brief for Harry Bruin and Benjamin Morris
This collection of approximately 20 letters between Melbourne men Ben Morris and Harry Bruin, covering a period of several months in 1919, consists of original letters handwritten by Morris and carbon copies of Bruin’s replies. Love letters between men from this period are extremely rare in an Australian context, and globally. They were seized by police from Bruin’s home in Harcourt Street, Auburn in October 1919. The police were investigating a report that Bruin and Morris were conducting an intimate affair. The relationship came to light when the mother of one of Morris’ friends, having failed in her attempt to blackmail Bruin, went to the police. Blackmail was an ever-present danger to homosexual men at that time. Homosexual sex was against the law and even gossip alone could ruin reputations, careers and social standing. In refusing the demands of his attempted blackmailer, Bruin took an enormous risk. However, Morris and Bruin were lucky that their letters contained no descriptions of sex acts. It was not illegal to express love for a person of the same sex and when the matter came before the court, the police had no choice but to let the matter drop without laying charges. Letters like these are rare as potentially incriminating correspondence between men was usually destroyed by the writers or the recipients, to prevent it falling into the hands of the authorities, blackmailers, or disapproving third parties. These letters survived only because they were seized by the authorities for the purpose of prosecution. Morris and Bruin’s letters are also important because, together with the statements taken from the two men and others involved in the case by police prosecutors, they provide insight into the development of the liaison over an extended period. The emotional letters provide rare evidence of a deep romantic affection between two men in their own words. Quoted from "A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects" by Graham Willett, Angela Bailey, Timothy W. Jones and Sarah Rood. -
Public Record Office Victoria
Legal record (item) - Divorce Papers for Frank Paice and Florence Paice (otherwise Cox)
A file previously held in the collection of the Supreme Court of Victoria and now in Public Record Office Victoria contains records of the annulment of the marriage of Florence Cox in 1919. As the earliest known record of a person with intersex variations in Victorian history, Cox’s story – and this record – are of unique historical significance to the LGBTIQ+ history of the State. Florence Cox (1887–1950) had a middle-class upbringing in Melbourne. In 1914 she travelled to Bengal to marry her fiancé Frank Paice and to join him in his missionary work for the Baptist church. The couple returned to Melbourne in 1918 and the following year the Supreme Court of Victoria, at Paice’s request, annulled their marriage. The Supreme Court file reveals that Paice declared he had been unable to consummate the marriage, due to ‘a malformation frigidity or other defect of the parts of generation’ of his wife. Both Paice and Cox were subject to medical examination, which established that Cox had what is recognised today as the intersex condition complete androgen insensitivity syndrome. The court determined that marital intercourse, as it was understood at the time, was impossible for Paice and Cox, and granted the request for an annulment. Paice remarried, fathered children and led a successful professional and civic life, serving a period as Mayor of Nunawading, in the middle- class eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Cox’s life was very different. It is unlikely that anyone in her life would have known what had prompted the end of the marriage, but gossip would certainly have focussed on her part in it. She never remarried and, although she remained connected to her family, her story was rarely discussed. Cox was admitted to Mont Park Mental Hospital in Melbourne’s northern suburbs in 1945, where she died five years later. The Supreme Court file preserves one of the most detailed medical descriptions of a person with intersex variations from that period. It is particularly striking that following the court case, the file was closed ‘forever’. This indicates how seriously the court took the case, and its determination to protect Cox and Paice from public scrutiny. It speaks loudly to the thinking of the time on a matter that was rarely, if ever, raised in public. In 1997, Cox’s great-nephew Ian Richardson set out to investigate the secrecy surrounding his great-aunt Florrie. Following a relentless, two-year campaign by Richardson and other descendants of Cox and Paice, the Supreme Court file was finally opened to the public. Richardson’s book, God’s Triangle, recounts his quest and brings Cox’s story out of the archives and into the light. Quoted from "A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects" by Graham Willett, Angela Bailey, Timothy W. Jones and Sarah Rood. -
Public Record Office Victoria
Letter (item) - Mr Cleal’s Letter to the Chief Commissioner of Police
... records in Melbourne’s queer history. Quoted from "A History ...In October 1901, Mr B. Cleal wrote to the Chief Commissioner of Police complaining about the large number of effeminate young men using ‘various conveniences’ for ‘an evil of the most terrible description’. Mr Cleal’s letter is part of a remarkable collection of documents held by Public Record Office Victoria that are valuable to LGBTIQ+ history and heritage in providing unparalleled insight into where and how beats operated in and around the city at that time. By ‘conveniences’ Cleal meant public toilets, and he listed the busiest of them: the corner of Rathdowne and Victoria streets; Lansdowne Street, East Melbourne; under the viaduct opposite the Customs House in Flinders Street; at the rear of the old City Court in Little Collins Street; and under the viaduct at the foot of King Street. Cleal described in detail how these beats worked: ‘One cannot enter but two or three of the above fellows rush in and on pretence of using same will pass some disgusting remark concerning one’s person etc’. The Chief Commissioner despatched one of his officers, Sergeant Canty, to investigate. Canty’s report provides further detail and description of who he encountered at the public toilets. He reported that men ‘known by the term “Pufters” [sic], are generally well dressed, sober, quiet in their manner and some of them very well connected’. Canty further noted about these men: 'it is often very difficult for the police to catch them offending, and if they do at any time make filthy or indecent overtures to any man, they believe him to be similarly inclined, but should they make a mistake the man insulted never thinks of giving any of them in charge [complaining to the police], but sometimes gives the offender a well-deserved blow or kick instead, of which the recipient never complains.' Sergeant Canty admitted that the problem had existed for some time. But, he added, ‘I don’t think the evil complained of is as great as said in attached [Cleal’s letter]’. In reviewing the file, Canty’s supervisor noted that Cleal, ‘appears to have given these resorts considerable attention’. Much of the evidence for same-sex activity in Melbourne in the early twentieth century comes from court cases and sensationalist news reports. With their eyewitness accounts of the use of local beats, these documents in the collection of Public Record Office Victoria provide a more detailed, understated account, making them some of the more unusual and historically significant records in Melbourne’s queer history. Quoted from "A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects" by Graham Willett, Angela Bailey, Timothy W. Jones and Sarah Rood. -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, C E W Bean, Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 Vol X11, Photographic Record of the War, 1938
Reproduction of Pictures taken by the Australian Official Photographers.Red Hard Cover Booknon-fictionReproduction of Pictures taken by the Australian Official Photographers. -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Administrative record, Accommodation - BHC, 1942-1963
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The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, AG Moyes, Australian cricket : a history, 1959
The author tells the game's whole story from the first recorded match until the season of 1957-8.Ill, p.615.non-fictionThe author tells the game's whole story from the first recorded match until the season of 1957-8.cricket - australia - history, sport - cricket -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Suburban Allotments (west of) Ballaarat, Wendouree or Yuille's Swamp, County of Grenville 30/4/1856, 30/4/1856. No date given for photocopy
This map of the 1856 survey shows the numbered suburban allotments and the boundaries surrounding this area including Wendouree or Yuilles's Swamp close to where the Ballarat Botanical Gardens and the Lake exist today. This map gives a clear idea of an early survey of this western area and directions to areas of Ballarat surrounding these allotments.2 pages of the same map, except p.2 shows the Township Reserve on the lefthand side of the page. On the back of p.2, righthand corner is the Public Records Stamp.P2, righthand corner is the citation in pencil.john garner, doctor john garner, ballarat botanical gardens, friends of ballarat botanical gardens, map of western suburban allotments 1856, county of grenville, public record office of victoria, john garner collection, gardens, ballarat -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Government Printer Tasmania, The Fortieth : a record of the 40th Battalion, A.I.F, 1922
A regimental history of the 40th Battalion 1st AIFIndex, maps, p.248.non-fictionA regimental history of the 40th Battalion 1st AIFworld war 1914-1918 - campaigns - france, world war 1914-1918 - regimental histories - australia -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, F.M. Cutlack, War letters of General Monash, 1934
Monash in his own words . . .Long before this letter can possibly reach you, great events which will stir the whole world and go down in history will have happened, to the eternal glory of Australia and all who have participated. - John Monash, 24 April 1915These extraordinary, intimate letters from General Sir John Monash to his wife and daughter, record his experiences throughout World War I, from landing at Gallipoli to leading decisive battles on the Western Front. Monash describes with great candour the challenges of ordering the lives of tens of thousands of troops.Ill, maps, p.299.non-fictionMonash in his own words . . .Long before this letter can possibly reach you, great events which will stir the whole world and go down in history will have happened, to the eternal glory of Australia and all who have participated. - John Monash, 24 April 1915These extraordinary, intimate letters from General Sir John Monash to his wife and daughter, record his experiences throughout World War I, from landing at Gallipoli to leading decisive battles on the Western Front. Monash describes with great candour the challenges of ordering the lives of tens of thousands of troops.world war 1914-1918 - personal recollections, australian army - correspondence -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Salvation Army National Headquarters, The army that went with the boys : a record of Salvation Army work with the Australian Imperial Force, 1919
The work of the Salvation Army in connection with the Australian 1st AIFIll, p.190.non-fictionThe work of the Salvation Army in connection with the Australian 1st AIFworld war 1914-1918 - salvation army, salvation army - australia - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, 12th Battalion Association, The story of the twelfth : a record of the 12th Battalion, A.I.F. during the Great War of 1914-1918, 1925
The story of the 12th battalion in the Great WarIll, maps, p.508.non-fictionThe story of the 12th battalion in the Great Warworld war 1914-1918 - regimental histories - australia, australian imperial force - 12th battalion -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Angus & Robertson Ltd, The Official history of Australia in the War of 1914-1918: Photographic record of the war, 1921-1942
Volume one of the official history of Australia in the war of 1914-1918Index, Ill, maps, p?.non-fictionVolume one of the official history of Australia in the war of 1914-1918world war 1914-1918 - australia - history, australia - history - 20th century -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Archival Notes from PROV 1876-1900. by John Garner, Miscellaneous Correspondence from Ballarat Council Records
john garner collection, ballarat botanical gardens, gardens, ballarat, council -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - John Young McDonald. P.R.O.V. Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925, John Young McDonald: Beneficiaries, Correspondence and Grave
john garner collection, ballarat botanical gardens, gardens, ballarat, john young mcdonald, mcdonald, benefactor -
Canterbury History Group
Letter - Robert O.Tucker, principal Canterbury Grammar School, c1902- 1992
Parental and personal record of Robert Octavius Tucker Principal of Canterbury Grammar School 1902 -1912. A two page letter from his grandaughter to Colleen Morgan, and a clipping from an unknown source on the occassion of his leaving the school in Brighton Street Richmond due to poor healthcanterbury, canterbury grammar school, canterbury presbyterian church, tucker> robert.o., oddie> james, canterbury literary society, hutchison> nance, morgan> colleen