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Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph
One of a collection of over 400 photographs in an album commenced in 1960 and presented to the Phillip Island & Westernport Historical Society by the Shire of Phillip IslandColour tinted photograph/postcard looking down the Cowes Jetty and taken from The Esplanade with Jetty Shed on the left.The Pier at Coweslocal history, photography, cowes jetty, colour tinted photograph, john jenner, bryant west -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph, Cliff with tree roots, n.d
Con Kroker Private CollectionBlack & white photo of a vertical clay cliff with dead trees at the top & exposed roots hanging down the cliff. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Syd Cuffe, Town Crier Portland 150th Celebrations 1984, 19/11/1984
Syd Cuffe was the Portland Town Crier from 1983 to 2013. The role of Town Crier was created for Syd Cuffe in 1983 in the lead up to Portland’s 150th anniversary celebrations held in 1984-85. 200 items from Mr. Cuffe’s estate were donated to the Glenelg Shire Cultural Collection. The items relate to his town crying activities and community work across the Shire and further afieldColoured photo. Men with flags heading parade down Julia St. Portland's 150th Anniversary Celebrations 1984portlands 150th anniversary celebrations 1984 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - tug 'Trewalla', n.d
Port of Portland Authorityport of portland archives, tug boat, trewalla -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Document, Surafend Incident, Aug 2009
A manila folder containing a down loaded report and discussion groups on the Surafend incident in Palestine on 10th December 1918surafend incident -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Army Uniform, shirt, Fletcher Jones & Staff, 1983
This uniform was worn by Bernie Farley, present secretary of Warrnambool RSL (2019). The uniform was made by Fletcher Jones & Staff, Warrnambool in 1998.Long sleeve Khaki shirt, two long sleeve button down breast pockets, six button fastenersPrinted on collar "SIZE 40 84" Printed on tag"A.G.C.F. VIC 1983 [ARROW MOTIF] 8405.66.088.7064 Size 40/84 SERVICE NO. NAME. DO BOIL OR WRING, MACHINE WASHABLE, DRIP DRY, IRON LIGHTLY WITH WARM IRON Patch on Left shoulder with rising sun, crown and cross. THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY.army uniform, military uniform, warrnambool ex service -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Clothing, Baby's Dress Ringwood c.1927
Catherine Danby made this dress. She lived in Ringwood. Her daughter Ruth Webber( nee Danby) later lived in North Ringwood.White lawn nightdress with opening down the back. Lace insert around bodice and four pintucks above hem. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Router Plane, A Mathieson & Son, Mid 19th to early 20th centuries
The subject router is commonly referred to disparagingly as the ‘old woman’s tooth’ or ‘hag’s tooth.’ It is a router that houses a plough plane iron instead of a purpose made shoe-type cutting iron. They work fine but rarely give the type of clean surface required for veneer inlays. These types of tools are adjusted by the same hammer-tap tapping method used generally on wooden-bodied planes on the iron or plane body. These tools are effective and practical when used in general carpentry and joinery. Company History: The firm of Alexander Mathieson & Sons was one of the leading makers of hand tools in Scotland. Its success went hand in hand with the growth of the shipbuilding industries on the Firth of Clyde in the nineteenth century and the emergence of Glasgow regarded as the "second city of the Empire". It also reflected the firm's skill in responding to an unprecedented demand for quality tools by shipyards, cooperage's and other industries, both locally and far and wide. The year 1792 was deemed by the firm to be that of its foundation it was in all likelihood the year in which John Manners had set up his plane-making workshop on Saracen Lane off the Gallowgate in the heart of Glasgow, not far from the Saracen's Head Inn, where Dr Johnson and James Boswell had stayed on their tour of Scotland in 1773. Alexander Mathieson (1797–1851) is recorded in 1822 as a plane-maker at 25 Gallowgate, but in the following year at 14 Saracen's Lane, presumably having taken over the premises of John Manners. The 1841 national census described Alexander Mathieson as a master plane-maker at 38 Saracen Lane with his son Thomas Adam working as a journeyman plane-maker. In 1849 the firm of James & William Stewart at 65 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh was taken over and Thomas was put in charge of the business, trading under the name Thomas A. Mathieson & Co. as plane and edge-tool makers. Thomas's company acquired the Edinburgh edge-tool makers Charles & Hugh McPherson and took over their premises in Gilmore Street. The Edinburgh directory of 1856/7 the business is recorded as being Alexander Mathieson & Son, plane and edge-tool makers at 48 Nicolson Street and Paul's Work, Gilmore Street. The 1851 census records indicate that Alexander was working as a tool and plane-maker employing eight men. Later that year Alexander died and his son Thomas took over the business. Under the heading of an edge-tool maker in the 1852/3 (Post-Office Glasgow Annual Directory) the firm is now listed as Alexander Mathieson & Son. By the early 1850s, the business had moved to 24 Saracen Lane. The directory for 1857/8 records that the firm had moved again only a few years later to East Campbell Street, also off the Gallowgate, and that through further diversification was also manufacturing coopers' and tinmen's tools. The ten-yearly censuses log the firm's growth and in 1861 Thomas was a tool manufacturer employing 95 men and 30 boys; in 1871 he had 200 men working for him and in 1881 300 men. By 1899 the firm had been incorporated as Alexander Mathieson & Sons Ltd, even though only Alexander's son Thomas appears ever to have joined the firm. A vintage tool made by a well-known firm made for other firms and individuals that worked in wood. The tool was used for making timber veneers or smoothing a trench in a piece of timber that was then used in some form of cabinet manufacture or wood working enterprise. A significant item from the mid to late 19th century that today is sought after by collectors. It gives us a snapshot of how furniture was made predominately by hand and with tools that were themselves hand made and required considerable skill in their use. Old Woman's Tooth Router Mathieson. Single iron cut down from a larger plane iron. Has Marked A Mathieson & Son also stamped inscription on side G Hill. (owner)flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, plane, old woman's tooth, router, hag's tooth router, cabinet making, woodworking tools, a mathieson & sons, cabinet tool makers -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Manuscript, photocopied, Confederates Down Under: The Shenandoah in Melbourne January 1865, Jan 1994
28 pg photocopy of book 'Confederates Down Under: The Shenandoah in Melbourne January 1865' by Barry J. Cromptontransport - shipping, war, barry j crompton, shenandoah, us civil war -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Tool - Hammer
Blue wooden hammer with rope, with steel face plate and two bolts, used for battening down ships' hatches.transport - shipping, piers and wharves - waterside workers -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Souvenir, Pat Grainger, Souvenir Ticket Lee-Ar-Day Days 1999, November 1999
Wilbraham LIARDET & his family arrived on what was to be known as Sandridge Beach in November 1839. The Lee-Ar-Day Days festival was a weekend program of events celebrating this centenary with activities such as a Horse & Carriage Journey featured on this ticket.Red card with black print for a Horse and Carriage Journey. Sunday 14 November down left hand side.celebrations - centenaries, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, liardet family, city of port phillip cultural programs board -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Souvenir, Pat Grainger, Souvenir Ticket Lee-Ar-Day Days 1999, November 1999
Wilbraham LIARDET & his family arrived on what was to be known as Sandridge Beach in November 1839. The Lee-Ar-Day Days festival was a weekend program of events celebrating this centenary with activities such as Liardet Carriage Tour featured on this ticket.Yellow card with black print for Liardet Carraiage Tour. Sunday 14 November down left hand side.celebrations - centenaries, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, liardet family, city of port phillip cultural programs board -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Map - City of Port Melbourne, Department of Lands and Survey, 29 Nov 1938
Printed map of City of Port Melbourne - Fishermens Bend area and down to Williamstown Road (Kitchens etc). 1938Red pencil marks through existing Lorimer St (refer 306)built environment - industrial, health - general health, fishermans bend, j kitchen & sons pty ltd -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Pat Grainger, 23 Mar 1994
.01- colour photograph of Pat Grainger looking up .02 colour photograph of Pat Grainger looking downdomestic life, pat grainger -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Gloves, Ladies' or Child's kid leather gloves, Circa 1900's
One pair of ladies' or child's kid leather gloves with piercing and raised stitching down the top or front of the glove.36 LAVABILE stamped inside the left glove 62/36 stamped inside the right glove. -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Pants
Blue and white pin striped. Brass buttons for braces and 'S' buttons down middle with pockets on both sides. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: BEFORE
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Before: looking down the mall, Sandhurst, in the early 1860s.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Code Book, The Views of Vietnam
Task Force down to Battalion Code Book carried by Company and Battalion Signalers. Green cover with white writing.book, code book -
Benalla Art Gallery
Painting, Ethel CARRICK (FOX), In the Botanic Gardens, 1913, 1913
Born: Uxbridge, Middlesex, England 1872; Arrived: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia c.1914; Lived and worked: France 1905-1913, Australia: 1908 and 1913, Europe, Middle East and Asia 1916- c.1936; Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1952ImpressionismLedger Gift, 1980Garden setting with flowers, trees and small figures running down a path. Bronze brushed carved timber frame.Recto: Signed "CARRICK FOX" in deep navy oil in l.l.c of composition; Not dated; Not titledpainting, garden, figures, flowers, children, trees, path -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Sewing Machine, Premier, 1902 - 1913
Used by grandmother (Mrs Medbury) and mother(Mrs Jerrett) of former local resident (Grace Jerrett).Vintage treadle type sewing machine includes drawers across front. Folds down to create small table.Premier. Made in USA. patented 11 February 1902 to 20 May 1913.premier sewing machine, treadle sewing machine -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Lead Dog Statuette
Made in camp 3.Toy dog statuette, made in camp 3 from melted down lead. Some white paint covering.tatura, camp 3, ornaments, metal, toys, general -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, A W Reed, Aboriginal fables and legendary tales, 1999
Gathered from all over Australia, these legends have been passed down through the tribes for thousands of years.murray river, mount gambier, legends, tales, dreamtime, rainbow snake, baiame -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1950
Penleigh Boyd, Robin and Patricia Boyd's son, writes “Prior to 1950 Robin, like most other amateur or hobby photographers, took black and white printed photographs. The oldest slides date from 1950 when Robin and Patricia travelled to Europe on Robin’s Robert Haddon Travelling Scholarship.” In 1948 Robin Boyd was awarded ‘joint first place’ in the Robert Haddon competition for his design of Mildura art gallery. The scholarship helped fund their first overseas trip. Robin and Patricia were passengers on the Greek ship “Cyrenia” departing in May 1950, passing through the Suez Canal and landing in Genoa five weeks later. For six months, they travelled extensively throughout Europe (predominantly driving themselves) - France, Italy, United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Spain.Colour slide in a mount. Athaeneum Court, a luxury apartment block on the corner of Down Street and Piccadilly, London, EnglandLondon / Piccadilly Athaeneum Court / Athaeneum (All Handwritten)haddon travelling scholarship, haddon, robin boyd, slide -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1924
View of road down Jemmys Point, hummocks and lake just visible in far distance Lakes Entrance Victoriaboats and boating, tourism, waterways -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Bushfire damage showing Soil Erosion 1939
Scene showing soil erosion after 1939 bushfire. Black and white photograph of a ravine down the side of a hill. The erosion has resulted from the 1939 bush fire.stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, Federal Mathematics for Grade VIII edited by J McRae MA, 1910
Mathematic book used in Victorian programme of instuction.Grey card cover with black border and print diamond shaped design two thirds of the way down the coverFederal Mathematics for Grade VIII. Edited by J. McRae, M.A. Inspector of Schools, Victoria Specially written to meet the requirements of the New Victorian Programme of Instruction. Melbourne: Christchurch: Wellington: Dunedin N.Z. & London Whitcombe & Tombs Limited 1/6 Inside: Theresa Euphemia Cummingstawell education -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Glass Bowl, 1920s
Glasswear belonged to donor's grandmotherGlass bowl. Fine scalloped edge, clear to half way down. Embossed ring around and star design.glass technology, glassware -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Developer puts forward plan to revitalise centre, 1992
A plan by developer Blackburn Central Pty Ltd proposing a scaled down retail development for Gardenia Street site.A plan by developer Blackburn Central Pty Ltd proposing a scaled down retail development for Gardenia Street site.A plan by developer Blackburn Central Pty Ltd proposing a scaled down retail development for Gardenia Street site.blackburn station shopping centre, blackburn central pty ltd -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Charlie Schwerkolt, 2017
An article from Kenworth Down Under Magazine .An article from Kenworth Down Under Magazine detailing the Schwerkolt family business from 1895 until the present.An article from Kenworth Down Under Magazine . schwerkolt, charles thomas, schwerkolt, charles lionel -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Container - Food Canisters
Used by donor in her home since 1950sFour square cream plastic food storage containers with red lids and a window down centre to show the contents.domestic items, food storage & preservation