Report - 35 pages, within light blue covers, comb bound with black binder, titled "National Tennis Centre - Transport strategy Report November 1987". Report looks at the then planned Tennis Centre precinct and use of public transport in order to access it. It includes coach and car parking and how to handle various modes. Includes the MCG carpark, maps, parking areas, walking paths, access points. At the time, the tram line was located in Batman Ave. Also includes notes on the public information campaigns. Produced with the assistance of the MTA. Report prepared by Dennis Johnston and Associates for the Road Traffic Authority.trams, tramways, public transport, tennis centre, melbourne, mta

Maddingley is a locality or township within the broader township area of Bacchus Marsh. This map is not dated. However features in Maddingley which appeared in the 1880s and 1890s are present in the map, These include the Bacchus Marsh Railway Station and the Bacchus Marsh Showgrounds. The main residential and commercial area of Maddingley is shown on this map in an area bounded by Bacchus Street, Barry Street, Griffith Street and Maddingley Road. Other streets visible are Franklin Street, Inglis Street, Labilliere Street, McCrae Street, Moore Street and part of Station Street.A single page paper map showing land allotments, streets, rivers, creeks, park lands, the railway line and Bacchus Marsh railway station in the township of Maddingley. The map is pasted into a bound volume containing 76 maps or plans in total. bacchus marsh victoria maps, maddingley victoria maps, land use, maddingley victoria history

The railway line from Melbourne to Bacchus Marsh was completed in February 1887. After this date work continued to extend the line to Ballan. This map indicates a portion of land only a few hundred metres west of the Bacchus Marsh railway station which would have been among the first stages of the line to Ballan to have been constructed. This suggests the date of this map to be in the late 1880s.Single page map showing land required for railway line work near Griffith Street, Bacchus Marsh. Scale 10 chains to 1 inch. Hand-written on the map are the exact distances between Bacchus Marsh and Gordons (Gordon) and between Bacchus Marsh and Melbourne as measured from the corner of Maddingley Road and Station Street. Distances recorded are in miles, chains and links. The land required for the railway works is marked in red ink and runs through an area known as Kennedy's Gully. Part of a set of maps which are pasted into a bound volume containing 76 maps or plans in total. High resolution digital image stored on BMDHS computer network. bacchus marsh victoria history, maddingley victoria history, railway lines

Sarah Coventry Pty. Ltd. was a North American jewellery company that was established in 1949 by the Stuart family as part of Emmons Jewelry, Inc. It began operations in England and Australia in 1968, and in Australia it moved from Carlton in Melbourne to Wodonga in 1969. The premises were originally on High St. in Wodonga, but a new warehouse was built in Melbourne Rd later in 1969. It was a direct selling jewellery business using a party-plan model similar to Tupperware and Avon. The sales reps or 'Hostesses' were provided with jewellery samples in demonstration kits, which they displayed at jewellery parties in their homes. The designs for jewellery such as brooches, necklaces, earrings, chokers and bracelets were purchased from freelance designers and jewellery manufacturers rather than in-house designers. In 1979 Sarah Coventry Pty. Ltd. in Wodonga was bought by three Australian businessmen, including Wodonga local Jim Sawyer, and continued to sell jewellery under the name "Sargem Pty. Ltd”, for several more years in the 1980s. This item was part of the Affinity Jewellery line released in 1982.As part of the Sarah Coventry collection, this item has local significance with the decentralised commercial development of regional centres such as Wodonga in NE Victoria, as well as national and international significance from the perspective of social and economic developments for women after World War II. The direct selling party-plan business model Sarah Coventry was based on is also considered the first of its kind for jewellery.A silver plated stick pin featuring a heart at each end. It is in its original Sarah Coventry box and includes instructions for caring for Sarah Coventry Affinity range items. It is attached to a silver card.On box: SARAH COVENTRY®| AND AFFINITY ® INTERNATIONAL FASHION JEWELLERY On card: Open Heart Imitation Jewellery Sarah Coventry & Affinity International Fashion Jewellery Distributed by Sargem Pty. Ltd. WODONGA VICTORIA Made in USA sarah coventry, sarah coventry affinity, sarah coventry wodonga

Plan, hand drawn on waxed paper: Coliban Channel through centre of plan. Written on LH side right of passage over 1 1/2 chains from Melbourne Road Written in red rail water may be returned into channel here VWS fence 3682 drawn in dotted line. Head of drop to bottom of channel drawn inside elevation view on bottom RH corner of plan. Plan also shows Railway reserve, machinery site (un-named)plan, bendigo, coliban channel

Diagrams created by the Victorian Railways with detailed information including weight of rails, distance of points/switches from the datum point, etc.Scanned copy of 'single line diagram' for 'Port Store'victorian railways, port store

Diagrams created by the Victorian Railways with detailed information including weight of rails, distance of points/switches from the datum point, etc.Scanned copy of 'single line diagram' for 'Princes Pier'victorian railways, piers and wharves - princes pier

Plan, in two sections, on heavy parchment coloured paper. Printed across top in black ink 'Underground Survey of Mines New Chum Line of Reefs' a. Shows cross section of mine, b. longitudinal section. Drawn by Arthur Everett, Mining Department, Melbourne 1884. Surveyed by Caleb Thomas under the direction of Charles Langtree. Plan found in George Lansell auction items. Plan found in George Lansell items sold at auction.bendigo, mining, new chum reef

Unlabeled plan, drawing shows side view of chimney stack, '5 feet' written on base of chimney. Plan could be associated with a mine on New Chum Reef Line, Victoria Hill.bendigo, mining, chimney side section, chimney stack

Plan drawn in red and blue ink, on wax paper. Line drawing, on top 'Details of Balcony & Verandah for G. Lansell Esq' written in black cursive script. Other detail written and labelled Principal Cornice, Rail Under Frieze, Handrail. On bottom of plan purple stamp 'Vahland & Getzschmann, Architect, Sandhurst'.bendigo, house, fortuna villa

Plan, divided into two sheets, on top of sheet Underground survey of mines Sandhurst, New Chum Line of Reef. Surveyed by Caleb Thomas under the direction of Charles W. Langtree, Acting Secretary for Mines and Water Supply and Acting Chief Mining Surveyor for the Colony of Victoria. Drawn by Arthur Everett, Mining Department, Melbourne, 1884.bendigo, mining, new chum line of reef

Two handwritten and three typed copies of a Condensed Historical Record of Lansell's Big 180 Mine on the New Chum Line of Reef. Notes include location, shaft, first worked, size of lease, plant, engine house, boiler rooms, mullock heap, early history, Prominent, best gold, underground connections, pressurised hot water, diamond drill bores and a table with depths and the increase in temperature with the depth (in Fahr). Albert Richardson Collection. document, gold, lansell's big 180 mine, lansell's big 180 mine, condensed historical record of lansell's big 180 mine, wittscheibe, ballerstadt, ernst mueller, theodore ballerstadt, george lansell, north old chum, victoria quartz, mines dept special edition 'australian mining standard' 1/6/1899, mines dept booklet 'bendigo goldfield' 1936, quarterly reports, lansell's 180 mine 'transverse sections, annals of bendigo mining sections, a richardson's observations from old photographs and measurements of mining plans, measurements taked from caleb thomas' report mines dept 1875, 'report on observation of underground temperature at bendigo' james stirling government geologist 1899, a richardson

Demonstrates a Yarra Trams staff newsletter..1 - Magazine - 8 pages, full colour, centre stapled, printed on recycled paper, titled "Yarra Connections Issue 12, December 2003", published by Yarra Trams. Notes the launch of the "Wheelchair users guide" for tram passenger, Yarra Trams support for Wheelchair Rugby, planning for Vermont South extension, French award for CEO, Hubert Guyot, photo exhibition featuring employees by Georgia Metaxas, Boroondara residents and Travelsmart, Metlink Team Tigers Basketball, Ikea store in Richmond, pram friendly trams, feedback and return of W class trams to route 30. New track maintenance vehicle -"scrubber truck". .2 - Letter on Yarra Trams letterhead, addressed to Ron Wilson of Orange Grove Bayswater, signed by Paul Matthews Marketing Manager forwarding a copy of the magazine to Ron, noting highlights. Gives address details. .3 - Magazine - as for .1 - issue 1 dated October 1999 with a forward by the CEO Steve Macdonald , Camberwell depot, Deputy CEO Hubert Guyot, new logo designs, reduction in tram stops, tennis trams, family day, Docklands route 70 extension and competition. .4 - magazine - 3 fold A4 - issue 9, dated Nov. 2002, Notes the construction of Route 109, W class, St Vincent's Plaza, Gordon Atkins, Docklands tram services, explorer program, Feedback, Line Officers, Corporate Report and Melbourne Museum tram. .5 - magazine - issue 11 - August 2003 - 8 pages - opening of Box Hill line, Harry the Wombat, trams in the press, Welcome to Dennis Cliche, B class seating trial, Metlink, Docklands, trial information at tram stops (early TramTracker) project and route 75. .6 - magazine issue 13 - April 2004 - Australian Open tram service, Collins and Spencer Superstop, tram services, feedback, Metlink, Channel 10 - The Secret life of us, PTC Cricket Squad. .7 - issue 8 - April 2002 - Grand Prix, Box Hill update, Citadis update, Collins and Spring superstop, Australia Open, Fare Evastion and track joints. 8 - issue 10, undated - Australian Open tennis, Eurotram comes to Melbourne, Docklands joins the City Circle, route 109, Box Hill extension and what is a substation.trams, tramways, yarra trams, w class, disability services, vermont south, awards, metlink, route 30, camberwell depot, docklands, route 70, st vincent's plaza, line officers, box hill, route 109, b class, superstops, cricket, tennis, tramtracker, route 75, city circle

One typed, one handwritten and one handwritten carbon copy of notes on the North Johnsons Mine on the Garden Gully Line of Reef. Notes include size of lease (which was very small, only 83 yards along the line of reef, and the late 1890's absorbed the Rose of Denmark lease, the next mine north, of 57 yeards along the line of reef, Depth of shaft, height of Sill, Locality, Plant, Early History, Prominence, Best Gold, Total Gold Yield and Dividends,Underground Connections and References. Albert Richardson Collection. document, gold, north johnsons mine, north johnsons mine, garden gully line of reef, rose of denmark, camerons reef, dagmar reef, johnsons no 1, johnsons no 2, special edition australian mining standard 1/6/1899, mines dept booklet bendigo goldfield geo brown 1936, mines dept quarterly and annual reports, annals of bendigo mining sections 1866 - 1917, a richardson, e j dunn's special report no 1 measurements taken from north johnsons mine transverse section 22/9/1892, wood & mcnair sharebrokers plan of leases of portion of bendigo goldfield to 4/5/1912

Plan: Longtitudinal Section of the Northern Section of the New Chum Line of Reef. Compilation consisting of smaller sections stapled togethermap, new chum line, gold mines, new chum line of reef

Plan: Longtitudinal section of the Southern Section of the New Chum Line of Reef. Compilation consisting of small sections stapled togetherCALEB THOMAS 1875map, mining plan, gold mines, new chum line

Handwritten notes on the Princess Alexandra Coy & Tributors on the New Chum Line of Reef. Same ground as United Devonshire. This shaft sunk to 2285 feet. Also Saxon 7 Celt and Hopewell operated on this ground. List and depthof plats cut. Plats same as United Devonshire Coy. Sill of shaft 810.42 ft. On the back: Caleb Thomas - New Chum Line of Reef Sheet No VI Plan 4/12/1885. Notes prepared by Albert Richardson.document, gold, princess alexandra coy & tributors, princess alexandra coy & tributors, notes on the princess alexandra coy & tributors, united devonshire, saxon & celt, hopewell, caleb thomas, new chum line of reef sheet no vi plan 4/12/1885

The first five pages are photocopies of photos:- 2 of Rae's Crushing Works; Victoria Quartz on Victoria Hill, Ironbark; Looking North from Old Chum Hill to the Victoria Hill; Victoria Hill - from Rae's Open Cut. Introduction covers location of buildings and mines. Mentioned are:- North Old Chum Mine, Ballerstedt's First Open-cut, Quartz Veins (Spurs), rock formations pitching North, Prospecting shafts 1929, Concrete dam, Engine beds of Lansells Big 180 Mine, Lansells Big 180 Shaft, twenty stampers crushing battery, Lansell's Cleopatra Needle type chimney, Victoria Quartz Mine, Victoria Quartz dams, Rae's Open-cut, Quartz once roasted here to an intense heat, Anticlinal Arch New Chum Line, small primitive tunnels, Prospecting tunnels, Floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, Great Central Victoria (Midway) Shaft, Great Central Victoria engine-bed, Ballerstedt's small 24 yard claim, The Humboldt, Adventure ground, The Advance, Luffsman & Sterry's Claim, A round shaft. Small piece of paper with 'Notes on Victoria Hill complete. Notes prepared by Albert Richardson.document, gold, rae's crushing battery, rae's crushing battery, rae's crushing works, victoria quartz mine, from old chum hill, victoria hill from rae's open cut, ironbark, hercules & energetic, midway, wittscheibe, great central victoria, mr & mrs conroy, central nell gwynne, gold mines hotel, john brown knitwear factory, new chum & victoria, rotary club of bendigo south, north old chum, ballerstedt's first open-cut, lansell's big 180 shaft, cleopatra needle type chimney, a roberts & sons, mr e j dunn, h harkness & sons, eureka extd, new chum railway, pearl, inrush of water at victoria quartz, floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, great central victoria (midway), ballertedt's small 24 yard claim, humboldt, humboldt, great central victoria, victoria hill, bendigo & vicinity 1895 p51, j n macartney 1st edition 1871, bendigo goldfield registry 1871, plan of new chum line, mr rae anderson, annals of bendigo obituary 1904, bendigo advertiser, b m l records mines dept, patterson's goldfields of victoria, dickers mining record 23/11/1861, australian mining standard special edition 1/6/1899 p40, bendigo mines ltd, chinese joss house, fortuna, the victoria goldfield 1851 to 1954, the victoria hill 1854 to 1949

Transverse section of the Red White & Blue Extended Mine on the Sheepshead Line of Reef showing shafts, depths and geological features. Drawn on tracing film in pencil. Signed by J J Caldwell, District Field Geologist, Mines Department, Bendigo and dated 5/12/1940. Notes prepared by Albert Richardson.document, gold, red white & blue extended, red white & blue extended, plan of red white & blue extended mine transverse section, j j caldwell, mines dept bendigo

Carbon copy of notes, with typed copy of same, on The Sea Gold Mining Amalgamated Company N. L. on the Garden Gully Line of Reef. Notes include size of lease, office, locality of shaft, sill and depth of shaft, plant, first & last crushing, Prominence, call and dividends, gold yield, best gold and underground connections. Signed by A Richards. Written at the top of page: Original to Mr R Leach, Manager, Allan's Music . Notes prepared by Albert Richardson.document, gold, the sea gold mining amal coy n l, the sea gold mining amalgamated company n. l., notes on the sea gold mining amalgamated company n. l., mccoll & rankin, mines dept plan 1937, annals of bendigo mining sections, g brown bendigo goldfield 1936, wood & mcnair s'brokers 1912, v pabst bendigo goldfields central area 1917, mines dept records, a richardson

(a) Copy of Caleb Thomas Plan - Sheet No VI (774) on the New Chum Line dated 4/12/1885. Plan shows the new St Mungo, Duchess Tribute, South Devonshire, Alberts Shaft, Duchess of Edinburgh, United Devonshire (later W. V. Devonshire), Princess Alexandra (later The United Devonshire) and the Ext'd St Mungo. (b) Sheet No VA (775) dated 30/5/1885. Eaglehawk District. Mines mentioned are: Phoenix Coy, Unicorn Coy Lease, Unicorn Shaft, Sth St Mungo, St Mungo Coy and the Lady Barkly. Also some numbered, unnamed shafts. Plans mentions shaft number, no of compartments and distance in yards and feet between each mine. Document is part of the Albert Richardson Collection. document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, caleb thomas plans, st mungo, duchess tribute, south devonshire, alberts shaft, duchess of edinburgh, united devonshire (later w. v. devonshire), princess alexandra (later the united devonshire), ext'd st mungo, phoenix coy, unicorn co lease, unicorn shaft, sth st mungo, st mungo coy, lady barkly

Light brown covered booklet 'Bulletins of the Geological Survey of Victoria issued by W Dickson, Secretary for Mines, Under the Authority of the Hon. S Barnes M L A Minister of Mines. No 41 The Confidence Group of Mines, Bendigo with Plans and Sections by H S Whitelaw, Field Geologist, dated 1918. Mines mentioned are: Confidence Extended Mine, Confidence Tribute Company and the Central Windmill Hill Mine. Mentioned in the report are crushings and gold yield, details of levels, names of leases along the reef. Extracts from Mine Manager's Half-yearly Reports, 1878-1915 of tons crushed and gold yield. Plans and sections of the Confidence Extended Mine on the Garden Gully Line of Reefs are: Plate I General Plan of All Levels, Plans of Levels Plate No II, Plans of Levels Plate No III, Transverse Section Plate No IV, Longitudinal Section Plate No V, and Central Windmill Hill Mine Transverse Section Plate No VI. Plates signed by H S Whitelaw 17 & 18/6/16 and 20/7/16. Booklet if part of the Albert Richardson Collection. book, bendigo, mining reports, mining reports, the confidence group of mines bulletin no 41, confidence extended mine, confidence tribute company, central windmill hill mine, department of mines, bulletins of the geological survey of victoria, w dickson, the hon s barnes, h s whitelaw, h j green, mr robert eddy, mr w h cundy, j foster, c j thompson

documents for Maiden Gully Sewerage SchemeMichele Matthews collection - paperwork and reports for re-zoning of Maiden Gully (1993 - 1996). Residents opposed the re-zoning as they had purchased land as "bush blocks" Coliban water Annual report 1993/94 21/12/1994 Maiden Gully Development Committee - newsletter No 1 - cttee met with representatives of Coliban Water Caliban Water information Bulletin January 1995 - Maiden Gully Sewerage Scheme 22/02/1995 Maiden Gully Development Committee - newsletter No 2 - cttee activities re the planned sewerage scheme 27/03/1995 - Coliban Water letter to WR & MS Matthews, owners 3 Clay Gully Court (Lot 56 LP 212245) undated - Maiden Gully Neighborhood Sewerage Schemes - Robin Hill Estate Scheme (cost allocation to property owners 21/04/1995 five-page letter of objection/complaint from WR & MS Matthews, owners 3 Clay Gully Court, re costs allocated against their property (Lot 56 LP 212245) 16/06/1995 five-page response from Coliban Water to WR & MS Matthews, owners 3 Clay Gully Court; regarding the outcome of their objection to the sewerage scheme 22/08/1995 letter from WR & MS Matthews, to resident re the results of their objections (and consequent concessions) from Coliban Water re the Robin Hill Estate Sept 1995 Maiden Gully Structure Plan, prepared by TEA planners & Planning Australia Consultants; provides a structure plan, for the Rural City of Marong, the propose future development of the Maiden Gully area Greater Bendigo Planning Scheme - Amendment L43 - Maiden Gully Township: * undated and author unstated - Maiden Gully questions sheet for residents re the proposed Maiden Gully Structure Plan - seven questions and answers * Fauna species - observed /recorded site 6; Maiden Gully (off Pioneer drive) * Explanatory report, three pages * 1/11/1995 Notice of Amendment to a Planning Scheme * Greater Bendigo Planning Scheme, Chapter 6, Amendment L43 (five pages) December 1995 Coliban Water "In the Pipe line", Maiden Gully Region Community Newsletter No 2 - Halfway mark for Sewerage Scheme March 1996 Coliban Water "In the Pipe line", Maiden Gully Region Community Newsletter No 3 - Home stretch for new sewer scheme May 1996 Coliban Water "In the Pipe line", Maiden Gully Region Community Newsletter No 4 - New sewerage scheme comes in well under budget Undated - Maiden Gully Township - Amendment L43 - Panel Hearing report (31 pages) maiden gully, sewerage scheme

The subject of this photograph is the S.S.Rowilla, a passenger steam ferry built in Hobart for use in Tasmania's rivers, the Derwent and the Tamar. The photograph shows her docked at the Charles Street Wharf in Launceston. The S.S. Rowitta was built by Purdon & Featherstone, at Battery Point, Hobart (Tasmania) in 1909 from Huon Pine and Kauri planking. Her final configuration included three masts and a ship rig. S.S. Rowitta took its first voyage from Hobart to Launceston in 1909 and operated for 30 years as a passenger ferry on the Tamar and Derwent Rivers. She also served as a freighter, an army supply ship, a luxury charter ferry and a floating restaurant as well as a prawn boat at Lakes Entrance. (She has also been named “Sorrento” and “Tarkarri”.). In the very early days of Flagstaff Hill ‘Rowitta’ was purchased from Lakes Entrance by Warrnambool City Council and the Victorian State Government for $20,000. The Rowitta had a hull configuration very similar to a local boat named the SPECULANT, which played a key role in the Port of Warrnambool in the early 1900s. The Speculant was the largest ship ever registered with Warrnambool as her home port. Local owner and trader P J McGennan & Co, (Peter McGennan) used her as a freight carrier to Melbourne and timber trader between New Zealand and Victoria. She sunk at Cape Otway in 1911 on a voyage to Melbourne. In 1974 Rowitta was delivered to Port Fairy and then later sailed to Warrnambool’s Breakwater where she was lifted out of Lady Bay and loaded onto the back of a long transport truck and slowly and carefully driven along Pertobe Road, through the Surfside Caravan Park and over the railway line, into Flagstaff Hill’s Maritime Village. Transfer arrangements were coordinated by Jack Morse, of Morse Engineering, a member of the Flagstaff Hill Planning Board, and Ken Goyen, a local crane operator. The ‘Rowitta’ was originally acquired to be rebuilt to match the original SPECULANT. When finances became tight in 1976 a review of all plans ended in the decision to restore the “Rowitta” to her original configuration. She was then restored, renamed the original name of “Rowitta” and installed in the Village’s Harbour Lake to become one of the popular vessels on display for visitors to enjoy. It was the decision of the Advisory Committee to Flagstaff Hill to have Rowitta demolished in April 2015 due to extensive deterioration. Items associated with the Rowitta continue to be held in Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village’s Collection.The photograph of the passenger ferry S.S. Rowitta.is significant for its association with Tasmanian history from the early to mid-1900s. It is also connected to the history of the Rowitta, which was a large exhibit on display at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village from the museum’s early beginnings until the vessel’s end of life 40 years later. The Rowitta represents the importance of coastal traders to transport, trade and communication along the coast of Victoria, between states, and in Australia before rail and motor vehicles. The vessel was an example of a ferry built in the early 20th century that served many different roles over its lifetime of over 100 years. Black and white photograph of the steamship S.S. Rowitta at Charles Street Wharf, Launceston. It shows the vessel docked at the Charles Street Wharf in Launceston. Smoke is coming from its funnel and there are people on board. There is a handwritten inscription on the top edge of the photograph. The vessel was built in 1909 by Purdon & Featherstone, Hobart. Blue-green handwriting on top left margin "ROWITTA AT LAUNCESTON"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, photograph, s.s. rowitta, charles street wharf,, launceston., purdon & featherstone, rowitta, tarkarri, speculant, purdon & featherstone of hobart, passenger ferry 1909, sorrento

A set of plans and drawings relating to the CSIRO research vessel. There are 10 clear plastic pockets each containing drawings. The collection has a hard plastic cover. There are two loose leaf pages at the front of the collection - a title page and a list of contents. non-fictionSet of plans relating to CSIRO Research Vessel 1980nautical, seamanship, maritime, vessel, plans

This meticulously hand crafted ship model is one of the most intricate and challenging projects for a ship modeller to create. Jim Williams took up the challenge, choosing to make all of the components by hand, following a plan of the ship rather than purchasing a pre-made kit. He even made his own tools specifically for working with this model. The “Sovereign of the Seas” 1637-1697 - The magnificent ship “Sovereign of the Seas” was ordered by Charles I of England, who desired a giant Great Ship to be built. It was built by Peter Pett under the guidance of his father Phineas, the King's master shipwright, and launched with 102-guns at Woolwich Dockyard on 13th October 1637, as the Navy’s second three-decker first-rate ship. It was the most extravagantly decorated warship in the Royal Navy, bought with the help of a special 'Ship Money' tax imposed by the King. Soon afterwards the ship was remodelled and cut down to a safer and faster ship. Over the ship’s lifetime it was renamed “Commonwealth”, then in 1650 it became simply “Sovereign” then again after a rebuild in 1660 it was named “Royal Sovereign”. By 1642 the ship’s armament had been reduced to 90 guns. In 1651 Sovereign was made more manoeuvrable by reducing the upper works. It served throughout the wars of the Commonwealth and became the flagship of General Robert Blake. It was involved in all of the great English naval conflicts fought against the United Provinces and France and was referred to as 'The Golden Devil' by the Dutch. By 1660 the armament was changed attain to 100 guns. After the English Restoration, it was rebuilt as a first-rate ship of the line, with flatter gun decks and 100 guns, and most of the carvings were removed. During the First Anglo-Dutch War, in a secret session on 21 October 1652, the States-General of the Netherlands announced reward money for the crews of fire ships that succeeded in destroying enemy vessels; the Sovereign was singled out with an extra prize of 3000 guilders to sink or ruin it. Although repeatedly occupied by the Dutch, the Sovereign was retaken every time by the British and remained in service for nearly sixty years as the best ship in the English fleet. The Sovereign was in regular service during the three Anglo-Dutch Wars, surviving the Raid on the Medway in 1667. After a second rebuild in 1685 the Sovereign was relaunched as a first-rate ship of 100 guns, before taking part in the outset of the War of the Grand Alliance against Louis XIV of France, venturing into the Irish Sea, and later participating in the Battle of Beachy Head in 1690 and the Battle of La Hougue. At this time she was more than fifty years old. It was the first ship in history to fly ‘royals’ above the topgallant sails and a top gallant sail on the jigger-mast. The Sovereign eventually became leaky and defective with age and was laid up at Chatham when, on 27th January 1697, the famous ship caught fire, burning to the waterline. Jim Williams, the model’s maker - Jim (James Bernard) Williams was born in 1888 at The Forth in Scotland. He lived in Tasmania for some time and enlisted to fight in France in WW1. After the war he moved to Warrnambool, Victoria, where he worked at the Cramond & Dickson clothing store until the Great Depression in the 1930’s. He was later employed at Fletcher Jones Menswear, where he worked for 27 years until just before his death in 1959. Jim was a passionate ship model builder. He worked on his model ships between 1930 and 1955, including The Endeavour and The Sovereign of the Seas, which was one of the most intricate historic ship models to build. He had a table set up in a bay window and worked on them on and off using a jeweller's eye glass on the finer pieces. Jim’s long-time employer, Fletcher Jones, knew of Jim’s hobby and skill as a ship model builder and requested Jim to describe the model, Sovereign of the Seas, with the view of putting it on display. When the model was finished there was a full article and photo in The Standard newspaper. Jim described his work on the ship mode “Sovereign of the Seas” in correspondence to his then employer, Fletcher Jones. The document gives us an insight into his skill, patience, and regard for replicating the details of the original ship. Some of the details are: "In making the model the time taken to make certain items might be of interest. For instance "The Great Lantern" on the stern, four weeks, a similar time for the figurehead of St George & the Dragon. "The lower shrouds three to each side about six weeks & the rigging as whole several months. There are nearly 300 blocks and pulleys ranging from nearly 1 / 16 inch in diameter. Dead eyes were bored with 3 to 5 holes. To do this needles of different sizes, set in handles & ground to wedge ends were used. Glass cut and ground to shape were used windows. All gun-port covers (74) hinged. "All guns and anchors made of wood. Nothing for the model was purchased ready-made; everything hand made." Jim’s family donated the ship model along with many associated tools, accessories and papers. The model represents the Sovereign of the Seas. The Royal Navy ship of the line launched in 1637 has a significant British maritime heritage. These days the Sovereign of the Seas still remains one of the most intricate historic ship models to build, representing to the model enthusiast a true challenge to the art of model shipbuilding. The model of Sovereign of the Seas in Flagstaff Hill's collection is an exemplary example of a ship model built and hand crafted from a plan with the making of every item on the model, not a model kit with prefabricated parts. It was made by a local Warrnambool man Jim Williams as a leisure activity in the mid 20th century. The hobby and craft of ship model making has resulted in visual representations of the changes in maritime technology and advances in world-wide navigation. Ship model of HMS Sovereign of the Seas, a 17th century British warship. The handmade model is in wooden framed, airtight glass case. All components were hand crafted. Many of the tools used were made by the model maker, Jim Williams. An inscribed plaque is within the case. Inscribed on plaque "SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS / 102 GUNS - 1634"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, model ship, vessel sovereign of the seas, jim williams, james bernard williams, the forth tasmania, freda williams, heather williams, phyllis bowditch, fletcher jones staff 1936, 17th century sailing ship, cramond and dickson, sovereign of the seas, royal sovereign, sovereign, charles 1, ship model

Sketches of Stawell Water Supply Bovine Aqueduct October 5th 1881. The Grampian scheme planned by the the Borough Engineer John D'Alton. D'Alton's suggestion was that the water be carried from the source in an open channel two miles, then in a flume of timber. Later surveyed and planned a tunnel on a good line - to reduce the flume 72 miles and the main to Stawell to 15 miles. This sketch (illustrated Australian News October 5, 1881).Black and white photograph of a sketch a bush scene with mountains in background. The sketch depicts a trestle bridge construction. The Bovine Aqueduct stawell water supply

non-fictionThe Whitehorse City Council is proposing to transform the Charles Rooks and Dagola Reserve and is inviting residents to view plans and comment by 17/03/2025dagola avenue nunawading, charles rooks and dagola reserve, pipe line reserve, parks and reserves, lorikeet avenue nunawading