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Healesville Sanctuary Heritage Centre
Newspaper - Cutting, None, ? 1954
Mr Reg Stanley's interest and help he provided to Mr Fleay at the Sanctuary, also a small part regarding the local aboriginesPhotocopy.non-fictionMr Reg Stanley's interest and help he provided to Mr Fleay at the Sanctuary, also a small part regarding the local aborigines1950s -
Healesville Sanctuary Heritage Centre
Newspaper - Cutting, "Gippsland Crocs." to be on show, 15 Febraury 1950
Description of Gippsland crocodiles. Improvements in the Sanctuary.Photocopynon-fictionDescription of Gippsland crocodiles. Improvements in the Sanctuary.1950s -
Healesville Sanctuary Heritage Centre
Newspaper - Cutting, The Age, Melbourne, Aborigines of Coranderrk, 21 October 1953
Letter from public suggesting that the land of the Yarra Yarra tribe be preserved.Photocopynon-fictionLetter from public suggesting that the land of the Yarra Yarra tribe be preserved.1950s -
Healesville Sanctuary Heritage Centre
Newspaper - Cutting, The School Paper, Birds and Beasts at Badger Creek, 1 Dec 1953
Short story about a mud-lark which was taken to the Healesville SanctuaryPhotocopy non-fictionShort story about a mud-lark which was taken to the Healesville Sanctuary1950s -
Healesville Sanctuary Heritage Centre
Newspaper - Cutting, City Boys Meet Their Friends from the Bush, 19 Jan 1954
Members of the Opportunity Club visit Healesville Sanctuary. From donor's personal collection. Reproduction copy has been replaced with the original- 22 April 2009 [KM]Original non-fictionMembers of the Opportunity Club visit Healesville Sanctuary. From donor's personal collection. Reproduction copy has been replaced with the original- 22 April 2009 [KM]1950s -
Healesville Sanctuary Heritage Centre
Newspaper - Cutting, The Sun News-Pictorial, Melbourne, Here's the Story of the Wicked Wimby, "The Wrecker" Wombat, 28 January 1954
Description of destruction by Wimby, the wombat.Photocopynon-fictionDescription of destruction by Wimby, the wombat. 1950s -
Healesville Sanctuary Heritage Centre
Newspaper - Cutting, The Healesville Guardian, Healesville News and Notes, 7 May 1954
Exhibition of the Platypus ['Corrie'] - Wesley College Forestry Camp to help with cultivation of native flora- Parking area to be improved at Sanctuary.Originalnon-fictionExhibition of the Platypus ['Corrie'] - Wesley College Forestry Camp to help with cultivation of native flora- Parking area to be improved at Sanctuary.1950s -
Healesville Sanctuary Heritage Centre
Newspaper - Cutting, The Herald, Melbourne, Sanctuary may be extended, 10 May 1954
Part of the Coranderrk- the old aborigine station may be used to extend the Sanctuary and subdivided for soldier settlementPhotocopynon-fictionPart of the Coranderrk- the old aborigine station may be used to extend the Sanctuary and subdivided for soldier settlement1950s -
Orbost & District Historical Society
dress, c. 1930s - 1950s
This evening dress was presumably worn by Mrs Marjorie McKeown (nee Ford) in the Orbost district in the 1940s-1950s. A full-length black evening dress. The arms and top of the bodice are made from mauve/puce coloured lace which has small flowers trimmed with beads. At the bottom of the dress is a broad trinm of puce coloured lace which has been bordered at the top with sequins. The dress has a zip at the side of the bodice. The main fabric is possibly rayon.Van Rothcostume-famale evening-dress -
Bialik College
Photograph (item) - Kindergarten student Jack Silberscher, early 1950s, c. 1950s
Kindergarten student Jack Silberscher, early 1950s. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.elc, early learning centre -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - Various Photos - Army Headquarters Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo, c1950s to 1960s
This is a collection of five photographs taken at the Army Headquarters Survey Regiment, Fortuna Villa, Bendigo, circa 1950s to 1960s. Appearing in photo .3P is MAJ Edward Anderson MBE, who served from 1942 to 1977 and reached the rank of LTCOL. LT Frank Thorogood SB St J. served from 1960 to 1981. He reached the rank of LTCOL and was the CO of the Army Survey Regiment from 1980 to 1981. CAPT W. Greer’s service history is unknown. Appearing in photo .5P is MAJ Nolan, who served from 1939 to 1975. He was promoted to LTCOL and was the CO of the Army Headquarters Survey Regiment from 1965 to 1969. He was subsequently promoted to COL and was the Director of Military Survey from 1972 to 1975.This is a collection of five photographs taken at the Army Headquarters Survey Regiment, Fortuna Villa, Bendigo, circa 1950s to 1960s. The photographs were printed on photographic paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. They were scanned at 300 dpi. .1) - Photo, black and white, 1950s. Regiment briefings by Fortuna’s lake. .2) - Photo, black and white, 1960s. Unidentified officer and civilian visitors in the Officers Mess. .3) - Photo, black and white, 1960s. L to R: MAJ Edward Anderson MBE, CAPT W. Greer and LT Frank Thorogood SB St J; in the Officers Mess. .4) - Photo, black and white, 1962. Regiment parade held in Fortuna’s grounds where the tennis and basketball courts were later developed. .5) - Photo, black and white, 1960s. MAJ John Nolan (centre) with unidentified civilian visitors.Personnel were identified in photos .3P and .5P. The date is annotated on photo .4P.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, asr -
Bialik College
Photograph - Bialik kindergarten community with banner, early 1950s, c. 1950s
Bialik Kindergarten community with banner, Carlton, early 1950s. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.elc, early learning centre, students, teachers, parents -
Bialik College
Photograph (item) - Bialik kindergarten, early 1950s, c. 1950s
Students and teachers at the Bialik kindergarten in Carlton, early 1950s. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.elc, early learning centre -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph/Postcard, Souvenir photograph - Murray Views No.1 - Approaching Ringwood, Vic
Black & white "Murray Views" souvenir photograph - View towards Mt. Dandenong from Heatherdale Road along Maroondah Highway, Ringwood. Circa 1950s. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - FLEMING COLLECTION: 1950S BENDIGO SLIDE, 1958
Bendigo 1950s. Bendigo Easter Procession. Easter Monday was 7 April 1958. Stairway to the Stars. Possibly the float entered by Bethlehem, it appears to be Bethlehem in the background.Kodachromeevent, easter fair, bendigo easter fair, bendigo 1950s. bendigo easter procession. easter monday 7 april 1958 . stairway to the stars. float entered by bethlehem, bethlehem in the background. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - FLEMING COLLECTION: 1950S BENDIGO SLIDE, 5 June 1958
Bendigo 1950s. Marching Gils 5/6/1958. Probably Easter Procession. Easter Monday was 7 April 1958 date on slide may be wrong.event, easter fair, bendigo easter fair, bendigo 1950s. marching gils 5/6/1958. probably easter procession. easter monday was 7 april 1958 date on slide may be wrong. -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - St Joseph's debutantes, 1947
Congues and Mowlam families Images of two families who lived in Cruikshank Street from the 1930s to 1950s. .13 - St Joseph's debutantes with partners, 1947 families, congues family, mowlam family, barbara gardiner nee hegarty, elva mason nee mowlam, pat frisby nee mowlam, carmel mowlam nee congues, albert 'tich' mowlam, william (bill) hegarty, russel hegarty, marlene mcpherson nee hegarty, graham taylor, beverley horton, peter congues, john (johnnie) congues, moira congues, gus congues, leo congues, noel congues, ruby congues, walter congues, ray congues, ollie congues, vin congues, myrtle congues, maisie congues, molly congues, margaret congues, lorna congues, denis 'dinny' congues, con frisby, joyce laidlow davis, joan bath, lorraine murphy, shirley mallet, pat ryan, carmel mills, mary dawson, shirley payne, ilena burke, gavin harrison, george cunningham, queenie cunningham, judith cunningham, norma davis, jack davis, charlie harrison, religion - roman catholic church (st josephs) -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Nana CONGUES with Elva and Patsy MOWLAM, 1930s
Congues and Mowlam families Images of two families who lived in Cruikshank Street from the 1930s to 1950s. .15 - Nana CONGUES with Elva and Patsy in the 1930s families, congues family, mowlam family, elva mason nee mowlam, pat frisby nee mowlam, nana congues -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Gearing Family, 1960s
Black & white photograph of John & Loise Gearing's children outside their home at 85 Springvale Road Nunawading in the 1950s Left to right Lynne, Chris and Jennifer.springvale road nunawading no.85, gearing john, gearing loise, gearing lynne, gearing chris, gearing jennifer -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Document - Local business dockets, invoices, reciepts (1950's)
Dockets, invoices, receipts from 1950s local businesses to M.F. McNamara (companies include: Brown & Corke; Bitcons; Heard Bros; Hydes; Picton Hopkins dockets, invoices, receipts, numurkah businesses, 1950's -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Headwear - Woman's velvet & satin hat
Black velvet and gold/ beige satin hat with mesh stiffening. Label inside the hat says "Harbig, Melbourne, New York, Paris." c. 1950s. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - FLEMING COLLECTION: 1950S BENDIGO SLIDE, 1957
Bendigo 1950s. Bendigo Easter Fair 22/4/1957. Princess ____ School of Dance float, Myers Street in front of Potter Bros, Neptune Oil.event, easter fair, bendigo easter fair, bendigo 1950s. easter fair 22/4/1957. princess ____ school of dance float, myers street potter bros, neptune oil. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Port of Melbourne, circa 1953
This is one of a series of 17 black and white undated photographic proofs donated to the Kew Historical Society in 2013 by the Queenscliffe Historical Museum. The series includes images of individuals, tea rooms, ferries, motor launches, ocean liners and tugs. Evocative, faded black and white photographic positive proof of a tugboat, ocean liner and docks in the Port of Melbourne. The undated photographic positive was probably taken in the 1950s.tugboats, melbourne, yarra river, transport, shipping, maribyrnong river -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Dr John Willmott Bennett
John was the eldest son of Dr Jack (Frederick John) and Mrs Doris Bennett (nee Willmott). His paternal grandfather, John Henry Bennett, was also a doctor who practiced in St Arnaud and Hawthorn. John was born in Melbourne on 23 October 1924 and attended Scotch College for his early education. The family moved to England shortly before WW2 and he completed his schooling at Mill Hill in Uxbridge (and at St Bees School in Cumberland to which Mill Hill was evacuated). He entered St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College in 1946. He married Christina Hudson in Cambridge in 1946 and they followed the rest of the family back to Australia in 1948. John was Resident Medical Officer at the Repatriation Hospital in Heidelberg from 1948-1953. He was an Honorary Clinical Assistant at the Royal Melbourne Hospital from 1950-1965 and became a member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 1953. He joined Drs W Langley Carrington, William (Bill) Vorath and Norman Rose at the Surrey Hills Medical Centre in 1953. He lived in Camberwell and had 2 sons and 1 daughter; one son also qualified as a doctor, working in Hobart. His brother Robert, a radiologist, lived in Mont Albert and one of his 4 daughters, Dr Penny Bennett, also worked at Surrey Hills Medical Centre at a later period. Ref: Article in Chiron - Medical Genes: The Bennett Family written by Dr WRC (Robert) Bennett, 1989. The donor was a niece of John Bennett.The Surrey Hills Medical Centre was one of the first, if not the first, general practice to include specialists as partners soon after WW2. Black and white formal head and shoulders photo of Dr John Willmott Bennett who was a general practitioner in the 1950s and 1960s at the Surrey Hills Medical Centre. doctors, surrey hills medical centre, dr john willmott bennett -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Postcard - T-Bar lower station and Snow Crystal Inn
These photographs were taken in and around Falls Creek by Samuel Keith Pearce and printed for him as a foldout postcard by NuColor Vue. The postcards state they were printed for S. K. Pearce Pty. Ltd of Tawonga and Mount Beauty. Samuel Keith Pearce was born on 24 June 1917 in Armadale, Victoria. By the late 1940s he owned the Mt Beauty Supermarket, Newsagency, Drapery and Hardware store at Mount Beauty and also a store at Tawonga in partnership with his brother Gordon Cathew Pearce. For some time, they operated as Pearce Brothers. In the early 1960s Keith also opened a mini mart In Falls Creek. As well as being a keen photographer and an astute businessman, Keith Pearce was a well-known identity in the Kiewa Valley, making many contributions to the development of the area over a long period. This included serving as a member of the Bright Shire Council for many years. He worked hard to promote the interests of the Upper Kiewa Valley. As a sign of recognition and appreciation for his contribution to the community, the park opposite the grocery store in Mount Beauty was named the SK Pearce Gardens in his honour. Samuel Keith Pearce died on 7 July 1994 in Mount Beauty, VictoriaThis collection of postcards and image is significant because they were commissioned by a highly successful business in Falls Creek, Victoria.A postcard featuring a coloured image of the Lower T-Bar and the Snow Crystal Inn. The Inn was constructed in the late 1950s. It has since been demolished and rebuilt.astra falls creek, falls creek accommodation, falls creek businesses -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Document, Norman McDowell docket, 1950s
This is a docket indicating that the Woodford State school has purchased sweets in the 1950s for its annual picnic from Norm McDowell, a storekeeper at Bushfield. Bushfield and Woodford are small settlements seven kilometres north of Warrnambool. Woodford State School began in 1854 and is still operating today.No further information has been found on Norm McDowell but his general store was operating in the 1950sThis docket is of interest as the only memento we have of a Bushfield storekeeper some fifty tears agoA rectangular piece of paper torn from a dockets book. It has red, blue and cream text and some printed blue lines and figures. It also has hand written pencil notes. There is some damage in the top left hand corner. Norm. Mc Dowell GENERAL STOREKEEPER Sweets (Two Pounds, one shilling ) in symbols Paid. Woodford State School picnicbushfield, woodford state school -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Drill Press, 1920s-1950s
This drill once belonged to Goodall and Sons, who were blacksmiths in Terang. The smith was called upon to do a variety of work. In the early 1900s he was often the nearest person to be able to perform an engineer’s services for many miles around. The Dawn Ball-bearing Post Drill no. 611 is described in McPherson’s Catalogue as a “drilling machine with adjustable automatic feed, with improved Dawn coupler and ball-bearing thrust’. The heavy design of the flywheel enables it to maintain momentum” and is “fitted with pulleys for belt drive if desired” The hand crank drives an automatic feed to work off a cam-follow system opposite a large wheel. Made by Dawn Manufacturing Co. Australia 1920-1950. DAWN MANUFACTURING CO. Dawn Manufacturing Co. was founded in Coburg, Melbourne, in 1917 by the four Blake brothers, who were all engineers. After World War I Dawn was supplying drills Australia wide and the company was growing at a healthy rate. During the depression they remained busy, with employees working 60-80 hour weeks. Dawn was contracted to supply vices and clamps to the Australian Defence Department and munitions factory during the World War II. In 1959 the company was taken over by G.N. Raymond Group, then in 1973 the Siddons Ramset Limited acquired Dawn. In December 1991, Dawn became a unit of the United States owned Stanley Works Pty. Ltd. In November 1998 Dawn became 100 per cent Australian owned. HENRY GOODALL & SONS Henry Goodall (1870-1936) was proprietor of garages as H. Goodall & Sons Pty. Ltd., at both Terang (McKinnon and High Streets) and Mortlake (Dunlop Street). His business was in operation in at least in 1916 and perhaps well before, considering the date of the tyre bender and its use for wagons with wooden wheels. It was still in operation in 1953, chasing up debtors in Mount Gambier Court. Amongst the employees of H. Goodall & Sons Pty. Ltd. was Ernie Entwistle, a blacksmith (a soldier who died in 1916 ) and Alfred Hodgetts, radio expert (killed in a fatal accident in 1943, when he was in his early 30s ). Henry Goodall was involved in the community as a Justice of Peace, a deputy coroner, President of the Mortlake Hospital, trustee of the Soldiers’ Memorial Hall, and as a prominent Freemason. He and his wife had two sons (Charles and John) and one daughter (Mrs. Chas. Newton, of Skipton). The drill is locally significant as it was used by a local company in Terang and Mortlake in their blacksmith, wheelwright and garage business. It is an example of the tools of the blacksmiths’ trade in Victoria in the 1920s-1950s.Dawn Ball-bearing Post Drill no. 611, made by Dawn of Melbourne, model no 611. Hand operated drill press. Self-feeding blacksmiths’ drill-press. This drill once belonged to Harry Goodall & Sons, blacksmiths of Terang. Dated 1920s-1950s. Gear ratio 2:1 main drive, 6" diam, 3:1 reduction gear. "Dawn", "Melbourne"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, h. goodall & sons of terang, terang blacksmith, h. goodall & sons pty ltd, mortlake, ernie entwistle blacksmith, alfred hodgetts radio expert, charles goodall, john goodall, mrs. chas. newton nee goodall, terang 1900s, warrnambool district 1900s, post drill, blacksmith’s drill, dawn post drill, dawn ball-bearing post drill no. 611, blacksmiths, dawn of melbourne -
Greensborough Historical Society
Tin, Callard & Bowser's celebrated butterscotch, 1950s
Callard & Bowser was a prominent confectionery supplier in Australia in the 1950s. This tin was for storing 7 3/4 oz of butterscotch confectionsRed green and black printing on white paint. Lid states "barley sugar". confectionery tin, butterscotch, callard and bowsers -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Photograph (copy), Reid family of Hart Avenue Greensborough, 1950s
A selection of photographs of the Reid family of 16 Hart Avenue Greensborough, taken in the 1950s. Features a young Pam Reid playing in the yard.6 copies of black and white photographs with captionspam reid, reid family, hart avenue greensborough -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Dressing, Bandage
A packaged compressed khaki bandage used by British RAF Regiment personnel training for airfield guard duties during the 1950s. The dressing is contained within a paper package.