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Queenscliffe Maritime MuseumCraft - Catamaran, Ray Goodwin from a design by CH & LN Cunningham
Around the 60s and 70s the most popular catamaran sailing on Port Phillip was the Cunningham designed Quickcat. Popular marine ply catamarans mostly owner built and used extensively in Port PhillipQuick Cat 16 foot, timber catamaran with trailer, beach buggy and construction blueprint Y Wood Ya, RGYCquick cat, catamaran, marine ply cats -
The Ed Muirhead Physics MuseumBook - Instruction manual, ABACUS cat. no. 85
Red covered stapled small paperback book on the Abacus. Relevant to the ABACUS cat. no. 85In front cover hand written “B. Laby”. -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus ArchivesCertificate, Melbourne City Council 1939, 1939
Certificate issued by Melbourne City Council inscribed, 'This is to Certify that School of Horticulture Burnley Exhibited Cultivated Native Flowers at "Garden City," Treasury Gardens, Melbourne during the period 23rd October to 18th November, 1939, Town Hall, Melbourne. Signed by A.W. Coles, Lord Mayor of Melbourne.Certificate issued by Melbourne City CouncilCertificate issued by Melbourne City Council inscribed, 'This is to Certify that School of Horticulture Burnley Exhibited Cultivated Native Flowers at "Garden City," Treasury Gardens, Melbourne during the period 23rd October to 18th November, 1939, Town Hall, Melbourne. Signed by A.W. Coles, Lord Mayor of Melbourne.certificates, melbourne city council, flowers, plants, exhibition, treasury gardens, a.w.coles, 1939 -
Greensborough Historical SocietyCostume - Apron, Embroidered apron, 1966_
Made to protect clothing when doing domestic duties.Embroidered calico apron with scalloped edging across the bottom. Apron bound with red bias binding.Indigenous women (possibly Maori) in traditional dress amongst native flowersapron, women's clothing -
Clunes Museum
Sign, 1881
Wooden frame made from chamfered timber. Beveled diamond shape at each corner. Lettering made from wood, covered with coloured paper.Australian Natives Association, Clunes Branch No. 12, September 30th 1881.australian natives association, 1881, a.n.a., clunes no.12 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: ORNAMENTS AND CATS
A series of cuttings and photos on ornamental collections of cats. Sources are New Zealand publications, 'The Australian Women's Weekly' and some correspondence from the Globe Sewing Machine Co sent to 'Chance' of Bendigo's 3BO . Are all in a folder with a picture of a cat on the front. Dated 1950 - 1968. In a brown paper envelope there are four black and white photos with a Hill Thomas Auckland advert stamp on the back .One is a lady with 5 ceramic cats and the words 'Love Kenney ( Bushby ) ..The other three are of a variety of ceramic cats in and above a display cabinet .A sign states that the cats were gathered over 40 years by Mrs kenny -some are antiques over 100 years old all are gifts from customers - friends of the Globe Sewing Machine Co , from all over the world …in 1954 the famous cats were incorporated in the Trademark of the company . There is a related article clipping ( among others ) dated May 1955 -'She collects cats - the business appears to be a retail outlet for sewing machines - at Short's Building , 154 Queen St Aucklandornaments, ceramic, cats, lydia chancellor, collection, pottery, ceramics, cats, ornaments, photo, recreation -
Federation University Historical CollectionAdministrative record - Framed certificate, Arnold S. Burbidge, Ballaarat, Australian Natives' Assoiation Ballarat Branch No 4 Certificate, c1882
The motto of the ANA was Unity, Prosperity, PeaceA framed certificate of the Australian Natives' Assoiation Ballarat Branch No 4 made out to R. McRae.ana, australian natives' association, r. mcrae, ballarat branch no 4 -
Orbost & District Historical Societyplatter, F.G.& Co, late 19th century
Small rectangular platter with cream background and native floral design of wattle and heath - green and cream.Back-Doulton Burslem , england N0 188386 F.G.& Co Sydneyplatter domestic-items crockery doulton -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, Graham Pizzey et al, The Graham Pizzey &? Frank Knight field guide to the birds of Australia, 1999
Detailed descriptions of Australian native birds at all life stages, including their calls and range of habitat.Maps, colour illustrations, colour photographsbirds, australia, identification -
Stawell Historical Society IncPhotograph, Deep Lead Pioneers Memorial c 1936
The memorial was erected in c 1936 by the public to the pioneers of Deep Lead District. The memorial was to commemorate the early pioneers of Deep Lead. The bronze tablet depicts two miners at work, one operating the cradle while the other using the shovel. Behind the two men and partly framing the design, is the windlass set in a fork of a tree. On each side of the main tablature are two figures of goats, one a "Billy goat" the other a "nanny goat". The bronze sculpture is set on a pedestal of Grampian freestone, which is placed on the two steps of granite. The whole memorial is surrounded by an ornate stone fence. The bronze sculpture work was executed by Mr. S. J. Hammond of Melbourne while the stone work was carved and erected by Mr. G. Robson, of Stawell. The shire engineer Mr. C.W.C. Venables assisted with advice when necessary.Black and white photograph depicting the stone Deep Lead Pioneer memorial with native gums in the background. stawell -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Tree planting marks new school year
Verdale Primary School planting native treesVerdale Primary School planting native trees every year to mark the appointment of house captains.Verdale Primary School planting native trees verdale primary school, primary schools, mitcham, brydy, victor, minwalla, abby, macdonald, adam -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Yarran Dheran, 4/07/1969
A report on the establishment of a native plant reserve in the City of Nunawading. Includes detailed proposed development plans.native plants, yarran dheran -
Melbourne LegacyPhotograph, Annual Demonstration
This photo provides just one example of the beautiful costumes worn by Junior Legacy girls for Legacy's Annual Demonstrations at the Melbourne Town Hall. Throughout the year Melbourne Legacy provided classes for Junior Legatees such as dancing, gymnastics and eurythmics, the Demonstration was an annual event to showcase their skills. Melbourne Legacy conducted Annual Demonstrations / Parades from 1928 through to the late 1980's, usually held at Melbourne Town Hall or Olympic Pool Stadium. The beautiful costumes were made by members of the Junior Legacy Mothers' Club and the Melbourne Legacy Wives' Association. Whilst the cost to Legacy was very small, the quality of the work produced was truly professional.A record of a Junior Legacy Demonstration. This photograph serves as photographic evidence of the work that the Legacy Wives' Association and Junior Legacy Mothers' Club produced over the years.Black and white photo of two people upon a stage dressed in traditional Native American attire.Stamped on the back of the photo: "This photograph is with / The Compliments of The... / MINISTRY OF TOURISM / GOVERNMENT OF VICTORIA / PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE / PHOTO: MICHAEL CHESHIRE"junior legatee, annual demonstration, costumes -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Domestic Object - AUSTRALIAN FLORA PLATE
Wedgewood china plate decorated with Australian native flora in shades of green, yellow, red & orange.Wedgewood DM1W A1927domestic equipment, food consumption, plates -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus ArchivesPhotograph - Colour print, Garden Views
(1) Perennial Border, (2) Luffmann Ponds , (3) Entrance to Native Garden, under construction.perennial border, luffmann ponds, native garden, construction native garden -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - Image, Truganini
Digitised directly from 'Blackfellows of Australia' by Charles Barrett and A.S. Kenyon (Sun Books)Aboriginal woman named Truganini wearing a shell necklace. She was a native of Bruni Island, Tasmania. Title - Truganini (When She Died Her Race Became Extinct).aborigine, aboriginal, truganini, tasmania, bruni island, shell necklace -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Flyer - "Port Melbourne Botanical Gardens", 2015
This turned up in Spring 2015, mystifying the community. Noel Turnbull noticed some of the props seen in the photos at the base of a tree in Evans Street. Much investigation into who could have produced this, and it was eventually traced to an address in upper Evans. An expensive joke never explained.Promotional piece purporting to be for "Port Melbourne Botanical Gardens", in Evans St Port Melbourne. "Beautiful blooming native flora" ; "Bewildering array of birdlife"; "dangerous native fauna"; etc. Vertical half an A4 with 11 colour photographs and persuasive promotional phrases.parks and gardens, natural environment, evans street, port melbourne botanical garden -
Bendigo Military MuseumPhotograph - PHOTOGRAPHS WW2, Possibly 1945
Photos labelled Jack are John Alfred TAYLOR NX102933 21st Guard Battalion. .28) This is Roy TAYLOR NX 94268 21st Field Regiment. Roy is on the left of photos. These men were brothers.Collection of photos, black / white & sepia. Some in Australia re Light Horse pre war. Most are presumably taken in New Britain up to & at wars end in 1945. One photo is in New Guinea. Many have been written on the back in pen. Photos are various sizes. Average noted. .16) Men & Bren gun carriers .17) Men & bulldozer .18) 7 men with machine gun .19) Native boats .20) Soldier & natives with canoe .21) Soldier & natives with canoe .22) 2 soldiers with POW .23) Soldier with plane wreckage .24) 3 soldiers with natives .25) 8 soldiers in group .26) Soldier sitting in plane wreck .27) Soldier in native canoe .28) Artillery unit in position firing, 4 men Handwritten on the back in pen: .1) “Jack Taylor” .2) “Jap Prisoners” .3) “After surrender, jap prisoners on New Britain” .4) “Camp on New Britain” .5) “Jap prisoners of war” .6) Jacks collection of photos New Britain .7) Jack New Britain 1945 .8) Jap Working Party New Britain .9) Camp probably New Britain .10) Wrecked jap planes on New Britain .11) Jack & mates with Jap Sword (Jack centre) .12) More japs .13) Jack & group, probably some of 21st Guard Battalion .14) 21st Light Horse Regt in Camp Wagga? .15) Two Light Horsemen, Jacks matesphotographs, japs, new britain, native -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.Photograph, Rurric & Fannie De La Haye and Family home, 1938
House was relocated to FINDLAY Street, Cowes. It later became an Art Gallery.Copy of a sepia photo of Rurric and Fannie De La Haye and two cats in front of their home.Cowes Apr. 1938 Rurric & Fannie At Cowes in front of house moved from French Island in 1926.de la haye family, findlay art gallery, rurric de la haye, fannie de la haye, houses, photographs -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Postcard - POSTCARD. PHOTO OF SMALL CHILD WEARING HEAD SCARF AND CUDDLING A CAT
Postcard. Photo of small girl wearing a head scarf and cuddling a cat. Rear. Names deleted. -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Equipment - Paper
Stencil paper used for duplicating machine during 1960's and 1970's at Waters Edge Caravan ParkPlastic bag containing sheets of duplicating paper for use in Roneo machine. VTMH Cat no 10194commerce, office equipment, stationery -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, M Holding, 1990 c
Also five colour photographs taken at same event three showing bow loading bay 04941.1, .2,.3,.4,.5 10 x 15 cmColour photograph of Bass Strait ferry Sea Cat Tasmania at Port Welshpool jetty Victoriaboats and boating -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.Photograph, Bulla Primary School - Pets Day, 1993
The photograph was taken at the Bulla Primary School's Pets day. It was a day when the students came to school with their pets and compared them. The local community was invited to join in.A coloured photograph of a lady in a red jacket holding a cat in a cage while a little girl is looking on.bulla primary school - pets'day. -
Kiewa Valley Historical SocietyIron - Electric, c1950
This iron is typical of the electric irons used in the 1950s. It didn't have a thermostat like the irons that followed so care had to be taken not to leave it on too long. Women in their domestic role used irons.The Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme commenced in the late 1940s when Mt Beauty township was created. Amongst the shops in the main street was an SEC shop which sold electrical items. "Creda" Electric Iron with plug-in cord. A metal steel base iron with a wooden handle and a thumb rest. The handle is bolted onto the iron with 2 large screws. The cord is coloured maroon except where it is repaired with black tape. The cord socket plugs in behind the handle of the iron. CREDA Cat. No 6; Man. No.; Volt 200; AMPS 2.7 iron, laundry, household, electric, pressing clothes, domestic -
Coal Creek Community Park & MuseumPhonograph Record, Massa's in de cold, cold ground, Old Dark Joe
Phonograph record, A side: Massa's in de cold, cold ground, B side: Old Dark Joe. Efrem ZimbalistRed label "HIs Masters Voice" Cat. No. Da 493 -
Lilydale RSL Sub BranchEquipment - Cleaning Kit - Field Utility, Small Arms Factory, 1960s
Pouch containing various cleaning items / Metal oiler bottle, brush on Bakelite handle , Pull Through.Rolls Cleaning Accessories/ 7.62mmRifle MK1/CAT. No. 1005.66.100-2016 -
The Ed Muirhead Physics Museum
Photograph Optical Munitions, with F. Caldwell
Part of a series of optical munition snapshots 1940-1947. Refer to Cat No 133 for full details. Black and white photo shows Fred Caldwell looking through optical instrument. Duplicate copy of Cat no 133; in OMP Album Vol 1 #13.In ink on lower left hand corner : “13”. Inscribed on back in pencil: “No. 13 FRED CALDWELL” -
Federation University Historical Collection
Documents - Reports, Reports and articles relating to Big Cats
The articles were used for research into Australian Animal Folklore.Research documents relating to reports into big cats and other animals of Australian Folklore. (1) Acclimatizing the World: A history of the Paradigmatic Colonial Science by Michael A. Osborne. (.2) A novel microsatellite (STR) marker for forensic identification of big cats India by Anju Singh et al. (.3) The Feral Cat by Ian Mahood (.4) Report Re Faeces Suspected to Be from a Big Cat by David Cass (.5) Indentification of Leopard, Panthera Pardus, in South Eastern Australia by Analysis of DNA from Hairs by Stephen Frankenberg and david Cass. (.6) David Cass's Story by David Cass (.7) Animal calls mistaken for big cats- Graeme Ambrose (.8) Review of Cat Ecology & Management Strategies in Australia - Elizabeth Denny and Christopher Dickman (.9) Ecology of the Feral Cat, Felis catus (L.), in South eastern Australia. III.*Home ranges and Population ecology in Semiarid North-West Victoria -Evan Jones and Brian Coman. (.10) Feeding Ecology and population Dynamics of the feral cat (Felis Catus) in relation to the availability of prey in central-eastern New South Wales - Robyn Molsher, Alan Newsome and Chris Dickman. (.11) Thylaine associated with the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales - R.N. Paddle. Australian Animal Folklore Collectionaustralian animal folklore collection, david cass, brisbane ranges natinoal park, big cats, bruce, meredith, anakie, otway ranges, faecesologist, puma, black leopard, peter chapple, otway, stephen frankenburg, faeces, helen mccracken, feral cats, mythical, myth, folklore -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet - Australian Natives Association
Australian Natives Association A5 - 8-page pale grey cover stapled pamphlet. "Australian Natives Association - Bendigo Branch Centenary 25th August 1874 - 1974" Originally the Sandhurst Branch. A brief history of the ANA meetings with a list of present (1974) Officers australian natives association, ana bendigo branch -
Federation University Historical CollectionCertificate - Framed certificate, F.W. Niven and Co, Australian Natives' Assoiation Ballarat Branch No 4 Certificate, c1893
The motto of the ANA was Unity, Prosperity, PeaceA framed certificate of the Australian Natives' Assoiation Ballarat Branch No 4 made out to Hohn H.A. James.ana, australian natives' association, john h.a. jones, ship, steam train, horses, cows, plough, industry\weaving, mining, f.w. niven, poppet head
