Showing 756 items matching "leisure objects"
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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Record, White horses and the unicorn record, Unknown
... For Pleasure' White horses and the unicorn record Leisure object Record ...45 RPM record in a cardboard cover 'Music For Pleasure'White Horses and the unicorn Music for pleasure London and Sydney No24 -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Miniature rotary clothesline
... design. Hills Hoists Miniature rotary clothesline Leisure object ...Used as a child's toy. possibly produced as sample for Hills Hoists Company.Example of Australian domestic design c 1940's / 1950's.Miniature rotary clotheslineHills Hoistshills hoist - australian domestic design. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Doll and panties, Baby " Janet", 1940's
... NA5166 for clothes also used on doll. Baby " Janet" Leisure ...See aboveExample of 1940's child's doll with clothes. Doll, whose name was Janet was given to Rosalie Schwerkolt Whalen as a child in 1945 with a lemon voile dress and matching bonnet and a patterned voile dress.Baby doll bought to Rosalie Schwerkolt by Santa Claus in 1945. The doll has a cloth body with a composition hard material for head, arms and hands and legs and feet. Face has blue eyes that close and red lips slightly parted to show teeth. Moulded brown curls for hair. Formerly a crying doll - mechanism under material on back and isn't working. A pair of pale blue and pink elastic edging. See Dress and bonnet NA5165 and Dress NA5166 for clothes also used on doll.Pliable doll Made (indistinguishable) Canada?child's baby doll with voice & closing eyes -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Child's 'Washing Up' kit, C 1960's - 70's
... . Comprising X 2 drainers, mop and plastic spatula. Leisure object ...Example of 'domestic equipment' for children.Approx .25 scale Wash Up Kit for child. Comprising X 2 drainers, mop and plastic spatula.Nilchildren's toys -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Doll, 1960's?
... . Leisure object Doll ...Donor's favourite toy as a baby in 1965-1966.Small brown doll in a crawling pose wearing a blue jumper. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Tennis ball
... Yellow tennis ball Leisure object Tennis ball ...Used by July Hall's familyYellow tennis balltennis, ball, judy hall -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Phonograph Sleeves
... } Leisure object Phonograph Sleeves ...Cylinder used on phonograph machine to listen to music.15 - Edison sleeves } All containing phonogram cylinders 3 - Columbia sleeves }music, phonograpg, innes robert, colombia, edison -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Phonograph, Thomas A. Edison, Edison Fireside Phonograh, c1905
... attachments. Edison Fireside Phonograh Leisure object Phonograph ...Phonograph was purchased by the donor's mother in the 1950s in an Auction Sale in Broken Hill, New South Wales.A wooden box with handle and lid marked Edison Fireside Phonograph and a metal arm to attach the green horn. There is a folding rod and needle attachments.Trade Mark - Thomas A. Edison, Edison Fireside Phonograph Combination Type Serial No 18462thomas edison, phonograph, music -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Baby Doll, FairyMark, Baby Blue Eye FairyMark -Minor, c1930s
... FairyMark -Minor Leisure object Baby Doll FairyMark ...Belonged to Estelle McNaughton and passed on to her daughter, the donor.A clothed baby doll with a woollen singlet, cloth nappy and safety pin, cream dress with two buttons and long sleeves. Cream semi-circle bib and button and a cream bonnet with embroidered turnback and ribbons.FairyMark "Baby Blue Eyes" Minor Made in Japantoy, baby doll -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Beer Glass
... Leisure object Beer Glass ...Glass used at Blackburn Hotel, Whitehorse Road Blackburn Vic.10 ounce clear beer glass with "Blackburn Hotel" and "10" etched on glassBlackburn Hotel 10blackburn hotel -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Toy train engine
... -toot Yellow and red toy train engine. Leisure object Toy train ...Donated by the Nunawading Toy Library.Yellow and red toy train engine.Toot-toottoys -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Toy bus
... Red toy bus with 5 "passengers". Leisure object Toy bus ...Donated by Nunawading Toy Library.Red toy bus with 5 "passengers".Mini bustoys -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Toy police vehicle with 2 policemen
... plastic police truck with two policemen inside. Leisure object Toy ...From Nunawading Toy Library.Black plastic police truck with two policemen inside.Police metal -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Dominoes Box, Approx after 1880
... dominoes Leisure object Dominoes Box ....1: Narrow, wooden box .2: Narrow, wooden lid sliding .3: Ebony wooden base/ivory topped - 52 dominoes toy, game -
RMIT Design Archives
Leisure object - Books, A Dictionary of Magic
... Leisure object Books Jigsaw Pty Ltd Stitt, Alex Weatherhead, Bruce ...In 1971, Alex Stitt and Bruce Weatherhead left advertising and opened The Jigsaw Factory - a design studio focussed on educational material for kids. The Richmond premises included a store, play space and craft workshop and produced books, games, posters, toys, and more. 'A Dictionary of Magic' was created by the pair while at the Jigsaw factory.Four games in a book about astrology, chiromancy, wizards and toads and other strange things, including a complete set of 78 fortune-telling 'Tarot' cards.graphic design -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Leisure object (Item) - Leather Card Box Complete With Two Sets Of Playing Cards And Six Dice
... Of Playing Cards And Six Dice. Leisure object Leather Card Box ... -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Leisure object - Jigsaw, Resort Puzzles Pty Ltd, c1988
... . Leisure object Jigsaw Resort Puzzles Pty Ltd ...BTPS Postcard, featuring No. 27 and 38 in Wendouree Parade (Reg. Item 1781) that has been manufactured or stamped into a 24 piece jigsaw by Resort Puzzles Pty Ltd. of Lithgow, c1988. Card after stamping has been mounted onto a sheet of brown cardboard then enveloped with a sheet of clear light weight plastic and onto the rear, a printed white sheet of paper has been glued or fixed onto it. The pre-printed sheet of paper acts as the rear of the postcard for mailing purposes, providing a stamp location, address and writing area. The printed details give information about the manufacturer, phone number and on the top left hand corner has the words "Greetings from Australia" and has been translated under that into oriental characters.trams, tramways, btps, jigsaw, postcard, wendouree parade -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Leisure object - Jigsaw, Resort Puzzles Pty Ltd, c1988
... that into oriental characters. Leisure object Jigsaw Resort Puzzles Pty Ltd ...BTPS Postcard, featuring trams No. 26, 27 and 33 over three separate images Wendouree Parade (Reg. Item 1657) that has been manufactured or stamped into a 24 piece jigsaw by Resort Puzzles Pty Ltd. of Lithgow, c1990 Card after stamping has been mounted onto a sheet of brown cardboard then enveloped with a sheet of clear light weight plastic and onto the rear, a printed white sheet of paper has been glued or fixed onto it. The pre-printed sheet of paper acts as the rear of the postcard for mailing purposes, providing a stamp location, address and writing area. The printed details give information about the manufacturer, phone number and on the top left hand corner has the words "Greetings from Australia" and has been translated under that into oriental characters.trams, tramways, btps, jigsaw, postcard, wendouree parade -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Leisure object - Balloons - 40 years, Balloons Wow, Sep. 2011
... arranged by Andrew Mitchell. Leisure object Balloons - 40 years ...Two green rubber balloons with the BTM logo printed on them along with the name "Ballarat Vintage Tramway" and "Forty Years" underneath. Produced for the Family Fun Day on the 18th September 2011 to celebrate the 40 years since the closure of the SEC's Ballarat Tramway. Made by "Balloons Wow" Ballarat and filled with helium on the day - advice of Gabriele Boehle in an email to Warren Doubleday of 19/9/2011. Balloons arranged by Andrew Mitchell.Niltramways, trams, btm, 40th anniversary, family fun day, events -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Leisure object - Model Boat Pioneer
... in glass display case Leisure object Model Boat Pioneer ...SS Pioneer was a steam dredging ship which was in service with the Department of Ports & Harbours, Melbourne, Australia, from 1905 to 1950. The Pioneer (aka SS Pioneer) was a steel steam driven pump driven sand dredge. She was built in Glasgow, Scotland for the Victorian Dept of Board of Works in 1905. The Pioneer was scuttled on 9 March 1950.Half model of suction dredge Pioneer in glass display casemodel, sand dredger, ss pioneer, port of melbourne -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Leisure object - Model SS Time, Jim Sutherland
... Scale model of SS time Leisure object Model SS Time Jim ...10.00AM - Received call to prepare and proceed to S. S. Time aground on Corsair Rock with other members of salvage party. Took taxi home to pick up warm clothing and gear returning at once to Fleet Forge works. Arrangements made to board tug Eagle at 5 North Wharf at 1.30PM with diving gear and salvage pumps.Scale model of SS timess time, wrecks, port phillip, corsair rock, model ship -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Leisure object - Model MV Duntroon
... Duntroon Scale model of MV Duntroon Scale 1:48 Leisure object Model ...The MV Duntroon was a 10,346 ton passenger liner built for the Melbourne Steam Ship Co. by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson's yard, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in 1935. One of the last purpose-built passenger & general cargo ships for the Australian coastal trade, the Duntroon was also known for its role as a troopship (1942-1949) and for the tragic incident on 20 November 1940 when she hit and sank the small auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Goorangai off Queenscliff with the loss of all 24 of Goorangai crew. This was the first RAN ship to be lost during the Second World War.Scale model of MV Duntroon Scale 1:48model mv duntroon -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Leisure object - Model- PS Hygeia
... Heads . . . Scale model of PS Hygeia Leisure object Model- PS ...Hygeia Built in 1890 by Napier, Shanks & Bell of Yoker, Scotland (yard no 49). At 300 ft (92 m) long, she was an enormous paddler, outclassing the luxurious Ozone and surviving in service until 1930. In 1932 her stripped shell was scuttled off Barwon Head. The PS ‘Hygeia’ was a paddle steamer, built by Napier, Shanks & Bell, in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1890. When the paddle steamer PS ‘Hygeia’ was built, in 1890, she was considered the largest and fastest bay steamer afloat. She was capable of carrying up to 2,000 passengers and crew and was finished to the highest of standards. The state rooms were lavishly adorned in polished Oak, Hungarian Ash, Walnut and Sycamore – decorated with gilded pilasters. She would carry some 3,000,000 passengers around Port Phillip Bay in Victoria, during her career of 41 years. The PS ‘Hygeia’ was considered far too young to be scuttled and sent to an early grave – just outside Port Phillip Heads . . .Scale model of PS Hygeia -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Leisure object - Model PS Weeroona
... Weeroona Port Phillip Scale model of PS Weeroona Leisure object ...Built in 1910 by A & J Inglis, of Glasgow, Scotland (yard no 290). 1412 t. Her length of 310 ft (95 m) made her the largest paddler on the bay, serving until 1942. It was initially owned by Huddart Parker Ltd, Melbourne. She then embarked on a new adventure having been bought by the US Navy for use as an accommodation ship. She sailed to Sydney and then onwards via Brisbane and new Guinea under tow. She ended up in the Philippines sailing as part of the towed convoy of assorted vessels backing up the US invasion. She came back to Australia owned by the Federal Government and sold for scrap. In 1951, her remains were scuttled off Berry Bay in New South Wales. Scale model of PS Weeroonapaddle steamers, bay steamer, ps weeroona, port phillip -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Leisure object - Model Blue Nose I, Clive Barnard, 1982
... Scotia Canada Scale model of Bluenose I Leisure object Model Blue ...Bluenose I was a fishing and racing gaff rig schooner built in 1921 in Nova Scotia, Canada. A celebrated racing ship and fishing vessel, Bluenose under the command of Angus Walters, became a provincial icon for Nova Scotia and an important Canadian symbol in the 1930s, serving as a working vessel until she was wrecked in 1946. Nicknamed the "Queen of the North Atlantic", she was later commemorated by a replica, Bluenose II, built in 1963. The name Bluenose originated as a nickname for Nova Scotians from as early as the late 18th century.Scale model of Bluenose Imodel, schooner, blue nose i, nova scotia, canada -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Leisure object - Model SS Edina, Les Hess
... Steamers Port Phillip Bay Steamers Model of SS Edina Leisure object ...The SS ‘Edina’ is one of the most remembered vessels that plied the waters of Victoria’s Port Phillip Bay. Often referred to as the ‘Old Lady of Port Phillip’. Her active service included the North Sea trade, ‘Crimean War’, ‘American Civil War’, Victoria’s west coast run, New Zealand to Melbourne trade, Queensland coastal trade, and of course, the Port Phillip Bay runs between the years 1880 to 1938. ‘SS’ being an abbreviation for ‘Screw Steamer’ signifying that she was propelled by a steam engine rotating a single propeller, or ‘screw’ as it was know at the time.Model of a well known bay steamer operating in Port Phillip between 1880 and 1938.Model of SS Edinamodel, ss edina, screw steamers, port phillip, bay steamers -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Leisure object - Model Yacht
... and white superstructure Leisure object Model Yacht ...Hand made by Henry A Zanoni around 1936 - 38The Fisherman's Shed, which is now situated behind the Queenscliff Maritime Museum originally sat on Fisherman's Pier. Fisherman's Pier was constructed in 1856, but it is not known when the shed was constructed on the pier. Registered fishermen used to shelter in this shed and it was used as a clubhouse and later as a meeting place for the Fishermen's Union. Between 1895 and 1946 fisherman Henry Zanoni painted a mural featuring the ships and ferries that were coming into Queenscliff, on the interior walls of the shed. Fisherman's Pier was demolished around 1960 and the Fisherman's Shed was relocated twice, most recently to behind the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum.Model Yacht with blue hull and white superstructuremodel, yacht, henry a zanoni -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Leisure object - Model Ship 'SS Kent'
... ' - British Registry Leisure object Model Ship 'SS Kent' ...Kent was used to carry migrants from the UK at the time of the Victorian Gold Rush Model of Sailing Ship 'Kent' - British Registry kent, clipper ships, malcolm pascoe's family, immigration, gold rush -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Leisure object - Model of Pilot Vessel 'Alvina', 1959 -1962
... vessel 'Alvina in glass case Leisure object Model of Pilot Vessel ...The Australian pilot vessel and steam yacht Alvina had a long and varied career. It was built in the UK as a private yacht, 1891 and in 1903 came to Australia to commence in the pilot service at Port Phillip Heads. This model of the pilot ship is held by the nearby Queenscliff Maritime Museum in Victoria. In 1923 the larger Akuna took over from the Alvina, which then served as an excursion steamer and ferry in Westernport Bay for another 10 years when in 1933 it was replaced by an ex-Sydney vehicular ferry displaced by the new Harbour Bridge. Alvina was not scrapped until 1961. DSC_0046In 1901 the pilots took delivery of their first steam-powered pilot cutter, “Victoria”, 46 metres in length, built at Williamstown. “Victoria” was followed by “Alvina”, “Akuna”, “Akuna II” and in 1953, “Wyuna”, a twin-screw diesel electric pilot cutter 63 metres in length. “Wyuna” served until November 1979 and was then sold to the new Australian Maritime College at Launceston, Tasmania for use as a training ship.Model of the Pilot vessel 'Alvina in glass casepilot service, pilot vessel 'alvina', mr a g woodley -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Leisure object - Half Model Boat, Tony Lemerle [son in law of boat owner], 'Asturias
... 'Asturias Leisure object Half Model Boat Tony Lemerle [son in law ...Half model of a clinker bay boat with white superstructure and green hullASTURIASasturias, half model boat