Black and white photograph of Abbott's in Bendigo Arcade, looking from Hargreaves St (now Mall) towards Pall Mall. Inscriptions in image: 'J H Abbot & Co, Boots, shoes, cheapest in Bendigo, Bennett's Arcade Stores, Fancy Goods' In margin at BRC 'V! 593.9'. Interesting photo showing fashions of the fifties and an idea of goods available through hardward and general merchants which would be similar to many others. Arcade ran from where 'Katies' are now in Pall Mall to Pall Mall (near the Beehive Building). On back: one third up on RHC in ink 'Bendigo Arcade, A Doney' Number 55 in top LHC History of object: Historic arcade opened c.1892. Demolished c.1960. Hargreaves Street end occupied by hardware and general merchant George Bennetts. Photograph Bendigo Advertiser 4.7.2000.Alan Doneyplace, arcade, bendigo arcade

Rectangular framed black & white photograph of HMAS Westralia. Wooden frame, glass front, white mount.Armed Merchant Cruiser 1940/42 - Landing Ship Infantry 1943/45 Battle Honours Indian Ocean 1940/42 - Pacific 1941/45 - New Guinea 1943/44 - Leyte Gulf 1944 Lindayen Gulf 1945 - Borneo 1945photography framed, hmas westralia, ran ww2

This stencil was used to mark bags of dried bean seed, in this case Brown Beauty bean seeds, produced by farmers in the Orbost district and clean and bagged by Fisher Bros., seed bean merchants of Orbost. This stencil is significant because it was specially made for the seed bean industry which was a major industry in the Orbost district for the first half of the 20th century. A galvanised iron sheet from which words have been cut out to form a stencil. BROWN BEAUTY BEANS 1948 CROP PRODUCE OF AUSTRALIA SOUND, CLEAN, FRESH ORBOST, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA PACKED FOR LAMBERT OVERSEAS PTY LTDseed-beans bag-stencil farming

Served in WW1 Moved to America and changed his name to Bachus, becoming an American citizen in 1933 Served in WW2 in the Merchant Marines Returned to live in Australia in the 1950's and died at Bowral 1985On Chiltern Shire Roll of Honor & Cornishtown School Roll of Honor Photograph of Baden Backhousechiltern, chiltern shire honor roll, cornishtown, ww1

The tin was made for Griffiths Bros who were Australian merchants of tea, coffee and cocoa. They had branches in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide. The tins when emptied became useful storage containers.A large rectangular Griffiths Bros Choice Tea Net 7lbs. 1834 - 1934, metal storage tin with a hinged lid. Victoria's Centenary 1934 -5 is printed on the top left corner of the label. The Griffiths Bros label is in yellow script on the front with other text related to the contents, as well as a Trade Mark "SIGNAL" illustration and text at the bottom right. The label is outlined in green and yellow edging with country landscape at the top and city views at the bottom. The tin has much information as noted above, as well as - 'Packed by Griffiths Bros Ltd 30 Flinders St. Melbourne.'food containers, tea, tea caddies, tins, containers

Photograph - black and white. ALF. E. WALLIS & WALLACE. Land Salesman. Grain Merchants. Commission Agents. Auctioneer. 'In Bull Street between Pall Mall and Hargreaves Street, near where Bendigo Building Society was'. Photo is of a beautiful building with 5 men standing out the front. In the middle of the two doors a sign 'Hepburn Mineral Springs - COY - (Daylesford). H.Ross, Manager. Telephone 3121.place, building, wallis & wallace, wallis & wallace, auctioneer. bull street, bendigo.

Sheet of two cheques with cheque butts. Printed at the top is Potter Bros. I & G Hall, Proprietors, Wholesale Fruit Merchants and Commission Agents. Around this area are drawings of fruit and vegetables. The Royal Bank of Australia Ltd. Bendigo is printed in the centre. On the left is a decorative area with Potter Bros. in the centre. Date line ends in 192-. Printed in green with red Not Negotiable across the centre.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, potter bros, i & g hall, the royal bank of australia ltd, cambridge press

Bendigo Central Bottle Club Newsletter - James Lerk Collection, Vol. 6, No. 2 (ca. Nov 1980) No special Bendigo article but 'sketches' of bottles relevant to Bendigo businesses: Curtains (City Club Hotel); T R Jones (Chemist); Alfred Aldworth (Wine & Spirit Merchant)Included are old adverts for Carr and Sons products including shoe polish , and The Maori Boot Blackings.

Sheet with the four sides of a tea packet printed in dark blue and white. Two sides have Specially Selected Teas from the finest gardens of Ceylon & India. A. Heaney, tea Merchant, 274 Victoria St., North Richmond. The other two sides have Pure Economical Pure Blended Heaney's Teas Fragrant & Refreshing. 1/2 lb. Net Weight printed on them.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, a heaney, heaney's teas

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Thursday, March 17, 2005. On parade: in the late 40s, early 50s, Eric Finch general carrier and wood merchant donated a truck each Easter to be used in Easter Fair activities. This float on the truck was Teddy Bear's Picnic, by members and workers at the Benevolent Home, now the Anne Caudie Centre. Eric Finch is standing by the truck.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Document: McColl, Rankin & Stanistreet, 4 page document setting out hiring agreement between Cameron, Sutherland & Seward Pty Ltd., Machinery Merchants, South Melbourne and New Don No Liability, Bendigo. Inserted within a single sheet of paper titled 'schedule of promissory notes' 10 February 1933, signed J. Michelsen, Geo. Kingsley ( Directors ) and J. Stanistreet ( Manager ).organization, business, new don no liability, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet , bendigo, gold, goldmining, machinery, cameron, sutherland & seward pty. ltd.

Magazine cutting - Woman's Day -15-2-1988 - titled "I eat, sleep and drink trams" about the transporting art W2 series purchased an auction by Laverton Scrap Metal Merchant, Jim Johnson. Gives the background to the story, why and possible tramburger plan. Story by Jenny Trustrum and photos Lynette Zeeng. Features photos of 439, 567, 497, 340 and 525.trams, tramways, transporting art, decorated trams, auctions, tram disposal, laverton, tram 439, tram 567, tram 497, tram 340, tram 525

.1) India, Volunteer Service Medal 1939-45 .2) Dutch (DHK 1940-45)Military, army, Navy, Air Force, Merchant Marine .3) India, 1947-48 General Service Jammu & Kashmir 25048 Separation. .4) Dutch, 1945-49 Issued to Dutch Army. War against Indon. Rebels. .5) India, 1965 Rausha Medalfor Bravery 1965numismatics - medals, india, dutch, ron mills collection

Handwritten notes on the sale of mining plants. The mining plants of the South St Mungo, Lady Barkly and the Sth St Mungo Crushing Works were sold by Messrs Bell, Lambert and Nixon, Auctioneers of Ballarat. Notes taken from the Bendigo Advertiser, July 14th, 1910, Page 2. Purchasers were H Ralph for Aus ? Co and W J Seve?, Mining Merchants, Melb.gold mining, miners' safety cage, sale of mining plants, bendigo advertiser, south st mungo, lady barkly, st st mungo crushing works, messrs bell, lambert and nixon auctioneers ballarat, h ralph, w j seve?

40 X 30 Framed photo Barkers Tank Maker and Timber Merchant Main Street Stawell c1940 L to R. Albert Rickard Alf Barker Harold Dunn Alf Pickering Frank Floyd and ? stawell

R .C. Eagle Invoice: Cream coloured with black print. 'Barnard Street. Phone 490 Bendigo. 26/09/1924. To Mr Bush 251 View Street. Received from R. C. Eagle, (successor to Alf. Pilcher) Terms Cash. Wood Coal & Coke Merchant. Invoice is for 1 load of 2f, with '*Paid* hand written in pencil. Small hole in the centre. Box 625business, retail, wood coal & coke, r. c. eagle. mr bush

Account/Receipt written on blue printed paper and dated August 1876. Printed on paper is: Geelong Stores Long Gully Sandhurst Dr to Emerson Murtagh & Co., Wholesale Retail Grocers and General Merchants. Choicest Wines & Spirits. Au 5 to b Candles 5/- and Au 9 b candles 5/- Total 10/-. Paid Emerson Murtagh per A Heemon? Aug 24th/76.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no 3770 collection - account/receipt, king of the forest, emerson murtagh & co., a heemon, j davidson

Victoria Police Gazette No. 32 dated Wednesday, August 2, 1882, containing notices about: murder,highway robbery and stealing from the person, housebreaking and stealing from dwelling houses, miscellaneous information, horses and cattle, property stolen or lost, missing friends, property found, deserters from merchant vessels, extracts from the South Australian Police gazette and extracts from the Queensland Police gazette.essential services, police, victoria police gazette

Black and white photograph showing the store in Sussex Street, Linton which was owned and operated by members of the Ching family from 1861. The sign over the shop reads "R. Ching, Grocer and Produce Merchant". To the right in the photograph part of the Ching dwelling, attached to the store, can be seen. Two cars parked outside the building suggest that the photograph was taken in the late 1950s or around 1960 ( as the store closed in 1961.)r. ching grocer and produce merchant, ching's store

Photograph - mounted onto a heavy card, numbered 65-573 in the top right hand corner of MTTB No. 124 at the Burwood Road, or Norwood terminus in Toorak Road, at Boundary Road. Copied from a Real Estate brochure. Photo courtesy of the TMSV. Photo shows a number of shops or stores, including a Tea Merchant and the single line tramway on the south side of the roadway. See image i2 for a scan of the photograph.On rear in ink "Copied for Keith Kings 2002: and the "Surrey Hill Neighbourhood Centre" stamp.trams, tramways, burwood, toorak road, tram 124

Black and white photo of a house in Thames Avenue, Chelsea. The weatherboard house, with a picket fence, has a flagpole with a sign advertising for "Fred. W. Baxter New Zealand Insurance Company" in the front garden. A large billboard is on the right advertising the various business that Mr Baxter ran. In front of the house, on the street, there are three parked cars.Fred. W. Baxter Agent NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY Co. OXYMEL OIL AND PAINT COMPANY HIGH GRADE PAINTS CYCLONE PTY LTD METAL GATES AND FENCES COLORO PTY LTD ALEX. STURROCK & SONS TIMBER MERCHANTS AND IMPORTERS RENOWN CARSthames promenade, chelsea, mr fred. w. baxter, businesses, housing, cars

Sextant belonging to Walter Harbord (Wal or Wally) (b.1923 in Brisbane-d.), master mariner in the Merchant Navy on British Phosphate Commission ships. According to the website SLide Rule Museum this is the Flying Fish 1017 Chemical V2 Walter was interviewed by the Australian at War Film Archive in 2003. He served on these ships: SS Corinda SS Macumba SS Mildura SS Nellor SS Ormiston SS ReynellaSextant in wooden boxInscription in Chinese on the boxanne rennie collection, wal harbord, merchant navy, seamen, seafarers, ww2, battle of the atlantic, walter harbord, nautical instrument, navigation, slide rule, flying fish 1017