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Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Book, Melbourne Books, Wharves To The World: The Development Of Melbourne's World Trade Centre, 2011
Wharves to the World: The Development of Melbourne's World Trade Centre is a photographic chronicle of the history of the World Trade Centre and its surrounds. The book traces the journey of land and the buildings that occupied it - from its beginnings with the Wurundjeri people to its role as a trading hub in early Melbourne, then as the site of the modern-day World Trade Centre, and now as part of a flourishing residential and commercial Precinct. As with any major project The World Trade Centre has face its share of fêlures, but despite thèse it has become an integral part of the City. So it goes that was once home to swampland and the City morgue has been transformer into a Diamond of the Yarra River.A 128-page book of printed matter, photographs, engravings and drawings. The hard cover is white with the title in gold lettering on the front. The dust-cover is also white with black lettering. Along the lower half of the cover, front and back, is a strip of six photos, three coloured and three black and white. 128 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 22 x 25 cm.non-fictionWharves to the World: The Development of Melbourne's World Trade Centre is a photographic chronicle of the history of the World Trade Centre and its surrounds. The book traces the journey of land and the buildings that occupied it - from its beginnings with the Wurundjeri people to its role as a trading hub in early Melbourne, then as the site of the modern-day World Trade Centre, and now as part of a flourishing residential and commercial Precinct. As with any major project The World Trade Centre has face its share of fêlures, but despite thèse it has become an integral part of the City. So it goes that was once home to swampland and the City morgue has been transformer into a Diamond of the Yarra River.yarra yarra tribe, early melbourne, world trade centre, melbourne, southbank, northbank, australian wharf, siddeley street, waterfront, amy zurrer, wurundjeri, spencer street bridge, north wharf, riverlee, wtc, wharf, harbor trust, sir john coode, harbour trust, little dock, polly woodside, wharfies, divers -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Dish, wooden, 1900 circa (Approximate)
... brother Joe, early this century 1904" australian aboriginal ..."Aboriginal bark dish - used to get ashes to rub on new born babies to harden their skin. Brought from McCrays Station, Murchison in Western Australia by my brother Joe, early this century 1904"Wooden dish, scoop shape, no design or colouring, rough rim.australian aboriginal history, aboriginal artifact, domestic implement, aboriginal bark dish -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Axe, Stone, 1800 - 1900 (Estimated)
... reported to be found by Mr. Underdown australian aboriginal history ...Previous Access No. 130. Axes were reported to be found by Mr. UnderdownStone axe, oval in shape, tapered more at one end. The rounded blade of the axe is smooth and honed to a relatively sharp edgeaustralian aboriginal history, aboriginal artifact, stone tool, stone axe -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Axe, Stone, 1800 - 1900 (Estimated)
... . Axes were reported to be found by Mr. Underdown. australian ...Previous Access No. was possibly 130. Axes were reported to be found by Mr. Underdown.Stone axe, elongated oval in shape, rounded and bulbous at one end while the other widens out to a rounded shaped blade. One side of axe is smooth other side is rough and shows classical flaked marks. Stone black in colour.australian aboriginal history, aboriginal artifact, stone tool, stone axe -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Boomerang, 1800 - 1900 (Estimated)
... -island-and-the-bass-coast australian aboriginal history ...Wooden boomerang. Curved 'V' shaped boomerang. Wood has been smoothed to a dull sheen. Ends are tapered and rounded. There appears to be traces of red ochre on one side of the boomerang.australian aboriginal history, aboriginal artifact, hunting, boomerang -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Aboriginal Grinding Stone, Unknown
... -island-and-the-bass-coast australian aboriginal history ...Large concave stone. Nardoo Stone of Nanya Tribe.australian aboriginal history, aboriginal artifact, stone tool, stone implement, nardoo stone, anvil, aboriginal stone -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Stone Axe, Unknown
... with 2 other axes entries 5 & 6. australian aboriginal history ...Found by Ossie Underdown, possibly with 2 other axes entries 5 & 6.Stone Axeaustralian aboriginal history, aboriginal artifact, stone tool, stone axe, mrs hardy -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Boomerang, 1800 Approximate
... " - employed by Mrs McHaffie australian aboriginal history aboriginal ...Used from 1842 by aboriginal "Peter" - employed by Mrs McHaffieAngled wooden impliment - flat on two faces, sharpened at the edges.australian aboriginal history, aboriginal artifact, wooden tool, wooden implement, mrs hardy -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Grinding Stone, Unknown
... , South Australia (now Northern Territory) australian aboriginal ...Donated by Alan West found Fregon, South Australia (now Northern Territory)Light brown Grinding Stoneaustralian aboriginal history, aboriginal artifact, stone implement, grinding stone -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Boomerang, Unknown
... -island-and-the-bass-coast Unknown australian aboriginal history ...UnknownA heavy hunting and fighting boomerang with an incised design typical of the area of origin. Striped ovals design - little bird feet.australian aboriginal history, aboriginal artifact, hunting & fighting implement, boomerang -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Grinding Stone, Unknown
... Territory australian aboriginal history aboriginal artifact stone ...Donated by Alan West found in Northern TerritoryFlat light brown Grinding StoneKulpitjata, Northern Territoryaustralian aboriginal history, aboriginal artifact, stone implement, grinding stone -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Grinding Stone, Unknown
... West australian aboriginal history aboriginal artifact stone ...Upper Grinding Stone donated by Alan WestLight coloured flat Grinding StoneKulpitjata, Northern Territoryaustralian aboriginal history, aboriginal artifact, stone implement, grinding stone -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Boomerang, Unknown
... -island-and-the-bass-coast australian aboriginal history ...Beaked Boomerang ornamented with red ochre, fine grooves on obverse side. This is a special form of Boomerang used in fighting at close quarters or as a missile. The purpose of the beak is to catch on any defensive object being used by the person under attack. Used as items of trade - is made by tribes in West Queensland and Northern Central Australia.australian aboriginal history, aboriginal artifact, boomerang -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Shield, Unknown
... -island-and-the-bass-coast australian aboriginal history ...Hardwood Shield ornamented with red ochre zig zag grooves on outer side.australian aboriginal history, aboriginal artifact, hardwood shield -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Before the invasion: Aboriginal life to 1788, 1688-1788
... Aboriginal life. aborigines indigenous australians pre european ...A text outlining Aboriginal life before European settlement.Basic background to traditional Aboriginal life.Soft cover. 112 pages, illus., maps. aborigines, indigenous australians, pre european settlement -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Indigenous Service: a resource book for primary schools, 1914o
This volume is a resource for primary schools to investigate the wartime experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from the First World War to the present.66 pages, colour illustrations, fold out map. Spiral binding with fold around outer cover.world war i, indigenous australians, aborigines, torres strait islanders -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Indigenous Service: a resource book for secondary schools, 1914o
This volume is a resource for secondary schools to investigate the wartime experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from the First World War to the present.66 pages, colour illustrations, fold out map. Spiral binding with fold around outer cover.world war i, indigenous australians, aborigines, torres strait islanders -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Winifred M. Hilliard, The People In Between, 1968
... . The Pitjantjantjara are from Central Australia. The author, Winifred Hilliard ...Dark red cloth covered book. Gold lettering on spine. 253 Pagesaboriginal, australia, colonisation, culture -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting, Robert Ulmann, Goat, c. 1974
Robert Ulmann was born in Zurich, Switzerland, where he studied sculpture and painting, exhibiting annually with the National Art Society of Switzerland and in Paris, Munich and Stockholm. He migrated to Canada in 1956 and became a Canadian citizen. After working on the restoration of sculpture on the west wing of the Parliament Buildings Ottawa, he took up a Government appointment as one of six artist advisers to the Eskimos, initiating handicraft and sculpture programs in isolated settlements across the Central Arctic. He arrived in Australia with his Australian wife, Helen, in 1969, after two adventurous years backpacking and sketching through the United States, Central and South America and the South Pacific. From 1970 to 1972 he was employed by the Northern Territory Administration as a manual arts instructor to the aboriginal people of Docker River, a remote settlement west of Ayers Rock. A series of drawings from this period was exhibited by the Department of the Interior in Canberra, Sydney and Adelaide. Robert Ulmann’s paintings and prints of wildlife from Australia and overseas fill a beautiful studio overlooking the famous Logans Beach whale nursery at Warrnambool in the Western District of Victoria. His previous studio and home, together with 13 years of field sketches and his best work collected together for two books were destroyed by the Ash Wednesday fires at Naringal in 1983. Rob exhibited in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth as well as in the Regional Galleries of Warrnambool, Ballarat, Portland and Horsham, and, among numerous prizes, he won the award for watercolour at six of the annual exhibitions of the Wildlife Art Society of Australasia, between 1978 and 1983. Although his principal interest was in drawing and painting, he retained a fascination with sculpture. His works range from two stone fountains with figures commissioned by the City of Zurich, while he was still a student, to a 4 ½ ton sculpture in bluestone commissioned in 1977 as a memorial to Sir Fletcher Jones., a five metre representation of whale tails in steel, and a life-size bronze of St. John of God commissioned for a private hospital.Image of a goat beginning to rise from a seated position, possible struggling out of mud. Painted in yellow and brown tones, with blue shadows. Earth colours form a rough ground area surrounding the goat. A brown wash provides a cursory background behind the goat's head. Dark cream matt surrounds image. Gold painted wooden frame, with glass.Front: Robert Ulmann (lower centre, paint) Back: (no inscriptions) -
Greensborough Historical Society
Envelope, Air Mail envelope (Australia), 1950s
Australian air mail envelopes with Aboriginal motif based on 1930s photograph of "One pound Jimmy"Air Mail envelopes, printed in red-brown on off-white. "By AirMail, Par avion" with aboriginal motif. "Sender's name and address" on gummed flap on back.envelope, air mail -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Book, Pownall, Eve, Australian Pioneer Women, 1975
Traces the history of Pioneer Women in Australia from the Stone Age ( Aboriginal Women) up to 1975. The author has concentrated on women that settled firstly in the bush with their families and the hard life they endured in this environment.296 p. : ill., ports A hard cover book with a dust cover and a plastic clear cover over that. On the dust cover front and back there is a picture of a man and a woman ( early settlers) out in the bush.On the back cover the woman is holding a baby. The inside covers front and back show an old photo of a man leaning on a gate talking to a woman in the front garden of a house. non-fictionTraces the history of Pioneer Women in Australia from the Stone Age ( Aboriginal Women) up to 1975. The author has concentrated on women that settled firstly in the bush with their families and the hard life they endured in this environment. australia, pioneer, women, history, pastoral, goldfields. -
Connecting Home
Book, National Archives of Australia and Public Record Office Victoria, Footprints: The Journey of Lucy and Percy Pepper ...an Aboriginal family's struggle for survival, 2008
This book tells the story of the Pepper family, an Aboriginal family who experienced child removal and displacement. Percy Pepper also served in the First World War and was one of few Aboriginal service men who recived a soldier settler block. Also contains pictures, photos and records of histroical importance, including records from the Aborigines Protecion Board.Historical significance: This book is significant as it describes in detail an Indigenous family story. It also contains copies of original government reports and talks about the Indigenous experience of child removal in Victoria. Socially, it is relevant because of it's links to Aborigianal places of significance such as Lake Tyers.Softcover book, 132pages, brown cover with Indigenous design and black and white family photograph. al'. Conent is about the Pepper family, and contains family records.book, percy, pepper, lucy, family, stolen, generations, footprints, national, archives, public, records, office, victoria -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - China Dish, n.d
Hand painted china dish, rectangular with rounded corners of aboriginal motif. Souvenir of Portland.Front: 'PORTLAND' - in white Back: Makers 'HAND PAINTED 'S. Anna - inscribed into surface gold sticker STUDIO ANNA Australia' AUSTRALIA'souvenir of portland, domestic item -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, Australian Defence Heritage, 1988 (exact)
... national trust aboriginal sites australian heritage commission ...The Department of Defence controls more than two million hectares of land used either as training areas or for operational and logistic bases. Approximately 200 Defence-occupied buildings have been classified by the Australian Heritage Commission and placed on the Register of the National Estate, and a further 100 buildings have been registered by the National Trust. Twenty properties also have been listed by the Australian Heritage Commission for significant environmental aspects and for the protection of Aboriginal sites. This book, produced as a contribution to Australia's bicentennial, is the first publication devoted entirely to Australia's priceless defence heritage. Text: Frank Doak Illustrations: Jeff IsaacsISBN 949 054 968heritage, books, defence estate, national estate, national trust, aboriginal sites, australian heritage commission, defence properties, frank doak, jeff isaacs, fairfax library, heritage, books, defence estate, national estate, national trust, aboriginal sites, australian heritage commission, defence properties, frank doak, jeff isaacs, fairfax library -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (Australia), Draft Document for Reconciliation (folder containing loose leaflets), 1999
... Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (Australia)... by the Australian people. aboriginal reconciliation 1 portfolio (various ...Draft document for reconciliation for discussion by the Australian people.1 portfolio (various pieces) ; 31 cm.aboriginal reconciliation -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Alan Marshall (1902-1984), Ourselves Writ Strange by Alan Marshall published by F.W. Cheshire Pty. Ltd, 1949
... melbourne australian aboriginal [written on flyleaf] Hullo, John ...321 p. : plates, map (on lining papers) ; 23 cm[written on flyleaf] Hullo, John. Greetings from Australia - Alan Marshall Dec 61australian aboriginal -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Celestina Sagazio, Cemeteries : our heritage / edited by Celestina Sagazio, 1992
History of Victorian cemeteries; includes a chapter on Aboriginal mission cemeteries; guide to how to use cemeteries for research and family history and how to conserve cemeteries.Paperback; 184 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm.ISBN 0909710856social customs, cemeteries, healesville, victoria, aborigines, st helena, greensborough -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, National Museum of Australia, Wrapped in a Possum Skin Cloak by Amanda Jane Reynolds, 2005
Debra Couzens, Vicki Couzens, Lee Darroch and Treahna Hamm revived their communities' craft of cloak-making. Comprises tools, artworks, ornaments and two magnificently worked possum skin cloaks.vii, 64 p. : chiefly col. ill., map, ports. ; 18 cm.ISBN 1876944366aboriginal culture, possum skin cloaks -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Marguerite Marshall, Nillumbik now and then / Marguerite Marshall; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall, 2008
Nillumbik Now and Then takes the reader on a journey from when the Aboriginal people were this area's sole inhabitnats, to the present day. Nillumbik's history - told in this collection of 96 stories, which are nearly all based on sites - mirrors those of the wider Australian community. It includes tales of the Wurundjeri people, a former convict, farmers, a bushranger, gold-mining, soldiers, artists, intellectuals, environmentalists and sportspeople. Each story is illustrated with a photograph. As a journalist with the former Diamond Valley News, Marguerite Marshall wrote a series of articles on local places of historic interest, later published as the small book "Eltham Shire - Historic Buildings and Places". Many years later an expanded version was published under the title "Nillumbik Now and Then". This is a much larger version of "Nillumbik Now and Then", including significant rewriting and many additional articles. The new publication was made possible by financial support from the Victorian Public Records Office, Bendigo Bank and Nillumbik Shire Council. EDHS and other historical societies in Nillumbik assisted with content for many of the stories. The book was launched at the Eltham Library on Wednesday 19th November 2008. Source: EDHS Newsletter No 183, November 2009 The front cover art depicts The former house of naturalist and artist Neil Douglas at Bend of Islands, photographer Marguerite Marshall. This collection of almost 130 photos and stories about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. Paperback; x, 198 p. : ill., ports. ; 30 cm.Signed by the authornillumbik shire, houses, buildings, weller's hotel, landmarks, bend of islands -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Sketch of Aboriginal man with spears by W. Macleod
... drawing william macleod picturesque atlas of australia aboriginal ...This black and white image appears on page 9 "Painters and Pioneers: One hundred years of Eltham and its Shire" by Alan Marshall (1971). (It is incorrectly acknowledged as S.T. Gill in the acknowledgements). It relates to Chapter 1 "The Beginning" and the description of explorer's Joseph Gellibrand journey through the area (and beyond) of the area now known as Eltham and wider Shire of Nillumbik. Gellibrand was accompanied by male aborigines. William Macleod (1850-1929) was a contributor to the "Picturesque Atlas of Australia" 1886. Described in "The Daily Telegraph" 21 June 1924 :"Macleod is a preserver of the scenic records of his own time, inasmuch as he has furnished posterity with many view of towns, rivers, and other localities, as they appeared in the years 1886-8. Among these, he has given us ...a blackfellow throwing a spear...' Image first published 1886. Image re-published in "Painters and Pioneers", 1971 pioneers and painters, aborigine, spear, drawing, william macleod, picturesque atlas of australia, aboriginal australian