Discusses the hotel and motel accommodation situation in Victoria and lack of first class hotels, overall, in Australia. Sir Henry Bolte's 10% tax on hotel and motel accommodation saw many proposals for new hotels being shelved.Original manuscript of an article published in "The Sunday Australian" as ‘Bolte’s Victorian Melodrama’, 26.9.1971.Typewritten (carbon copy), quarto, 8 pages.hotel, motel, accommodation, australia, sir henry bolte, victoria, tourist industry, robin boyd, manuscript

Robin Boyd’s desk cupboard contained two exercise books (item D482.1-D482.2) and assorted articles, essays and other material regarding the building of the Sydney Opera House, inserted inside the front cover of Walkabout magazine, July 1966 (item P1377). This publication is one of those inserts. Many of these were collected by Boyd’s eldest daughter, Mandie, who recalls that her father was writing a book, but was very disillusioned with the way the entire Opera House saga unfolded.Newspaper clipping, torn edgessydney opera house, utzon, sydney opera house project, walsh st library

This book was owned by Dorothy J Wilson when she worked at the Sunbury Asylum in 1921.Black cloth bound book with silver lettering on spine 245 pages with some black and white drawings.wilson, dorothy (miss), sunbury, sunbury asylum, 1920s, george evans collection

Black hardcover, 294 pages. Worn spine and right cover edge. Appears to be well used. Contains black and white illustrations. Name written in pencil first page "T Hanrahan, Yarrawonga" 39th Edition, Published 1928, 1st Edition entitled "Aids for cases of Injuries or Sudden Illness, 1878 Ther authorised textbook of the "St John Ambulancer"

Janette Mary Phillips Child St Stawellstawell medicine

Gramophone record used in the mending room of the Foster Valley Mill.textile mills staff, valley worsted mill, gramaphone, record, textile mills - staff

100 mm x 160 mm soft cover booklet 95 pages.

Department of Health & Human Services - Dr John A Forbes Fairfield / Gull Force 2/21 Bn AIF / Ziarah Caltex & Rumah Sakit Ambon Hospital Indonesia Collection Circa 1970 to 1971Department of Health & Human Services - Dr John A Forbes Fairfield / Gull Force 2/21 Bn AIF / Ziarah Caltex & Rumah Sakit Ambon Hospital Indonesia Collection Circa 1970 to 1971

Department of Health & Human Services - Dr John A Forbes Fairfield / Gull Force 2/21 Bn AIF / Ziarah Caltex & Rumah Sakit Ambon Hospital Indonesia Collection Circa 1970 to 1971Department of Health & Human Services - Dr John A Forbes Fairfield / Gull Force 2/21 Bn AIF / Ziarah Caltex & Rumah Sakit Ambon Hospital Indonesia Collection Circa 1970 to 1971

A banner to identify Legacy and their work.A record of Legacy identifying themselves when fundraising and raising awareness of their work.Large Legacy banner with white background and blue printing.All inscriptions are in blue printing. Legacy in caps and torch on right, centre and left of banner. legacy promotion, marketing

A plastic pill container which stores a week's worth of tablets divided by times of the day, each time of the day and day of the week is brailled on the box. Includes child resistant safety lock and on back of inside of container cardboard lift out to list medicine and dosage. Clear plastic box with red frontage with days and times of day markedGrid table on front as follows: Sun, Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat (along top) 7am-9am, 11am-1pm, 4pm-6pm, 9pm-11pm (on left hand side of box) 1, 2, 3, 4 (repeated between compartments) Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Bedtime (on right hand side of box) On reverse of box is a table that can be filled in: Prescription for Medicine, Dosage, Number of tablets, Doctorassistive devices, mediset

James GLEESON (21 November 1915-20 October 2008) Born Hornsby, Sydney, New South Wales The paintings of James Gleeson reveal powerful and complex relationships between the human psyche and human experience - between myth and reality. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Australian Surrealismartwork, art, james gleeson, surrealism, australian surrealism

Original owner's signature, Charles Sartori on front free endpaper.

Foolscap paper preprinted form with ink handwritingarthur street, eltham public hall, entertainment tax assements act 1942, main road, maria street, mrs ada lyon, receipt

A wooden device that appears to have been used in a workshop. This device has a rotating pointer, hence it may have been used for balancing, measuring or alignment at the RVIB workshop.1 wooden board with metal attachmentassistive devices, royal victorian institute for the blind

nursing, nurses aid, kate beanland, ballarat school of mines

item in the collection re Lt Col J, Swatton, refer Cat No 6719.2P for his service details.This is made of blue buckram on stiff cardboard. Printed in black ink. It unfolds to present 6 pages on either side. Written guides/clues to plan Army Manouevres.There is writing on front cover - very hard to see. Can make out "Swatton" 38 Bn".military procedures, j. w. swatton, passchendaele barracks trust