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Ballarat Heritage Services
Slide, Dorothy Wickham, Matupi, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, 1958
This photograph was taken around 1958 long before this volcano erupted and obliterated the Township of Rabaul, New Britain. On October 7, 2006, Rabaul Volcano on the northeastern tip of New Britain produced a large-scale eruption. According to ReliefWeb, the eruption shook windows and rained heavy ash and small stones on the city of Rabaul as authorities declared a state of emergency. See https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/17486/eruption-from-rabaul-volcanoScanned from a coloured slideView from this sidematupi, rabaul, papua new guinea, volcano, island of new britain -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Slide, Dorothy Wickham, Matupi, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, 1958
This photograph was taken around 1958 long before this volcano erupted and obliterated the Township of Rabaul, New Britain. On October 7, 2006, Rabaul Volcano on the northeastern tip of New Britain produced a large-scale eruption. According to ReliefWeb, the eruption shook windows and rained heavy ash and small stones on the city of Rabaul as authorities declared a state of emergency. See https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/17486/eruption-from-rabaul-volcanoScanned from a coloured slideView from this sidematupi, rabaul, papua new guinea, volcano, island of new britain -
Unions Ballarat
Authority and the individual, Russell, Bertrand, 1949
Social issues and theory: 1. Social cohesion and human nature; 2. Social cohesion and government; 3. The role of individuality; 4. The conflict of technique and human nature; 5. Control and initiative; 6. Individual and social ethics.General interest.Paperback book; purple, black and white background; red and black lettering; 94 pages.Front cover: title and author's name. Back cover: newspaper reviews. "Sabina Baloukonis" and "Dot" inscribed on first page. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, sociology, governance, social conditions, community -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, Water carrier
The Dodge water truck was used in the past by the Sunbury Country Fire members. Country Fire Authority is a volunteer fire fighting organisation attached to many rural towns throughout Victoria and in an important organisation for the state.A black and white scanned photograph with a white border of a fire fighter's water truck. It is parked in a cleared area with a line of trees in the background.water truck, dodge truck, country fire authority -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Civil Aviation Safety Authority Australia Orders, Civil Aviation Orders
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Joint Aviation Authorities - Training Course 1999 - Line Maintenance
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - EDWIN BUCKLAND COLLECTION: COUNTRY FIRE AUTHORITY REPORT, 1957
Document. Report with regard to the Western Australia Annual Demonstrationj at Fremantle. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Sub-series) - Subject File, Kew Heritage Review, Residential Places Graded B, Volume 1, 1999, 1999
Graeme Butler & AssociatesProject FilesProvenance OrderBlack 4-Ring binder that includes research about, and an assessment of buildings previously graded B in the City of Kew Urban Conservation Study 1988 by Pru Sanderson Design Pty Ltd. The files were created by the heritage architect Graeme Butler and the paper files include maps, correspondence, title searches, readings, reviews of prior classifications, newspaper and journal articles, directories etc for each property assessed.graeme butler, heritage reviews - kew, 20 yarra street, 8 yarra street, 33 wills street, 25 wellington street, 11 wellington street, 118 walpole street, 84 walpole street, 83 walpole street, 63 walpole street, 52 walpole street, 51 walpole street, 14 vista avenue, 12 tara avenue, 89 studley park road, 75 studley park road, 44 studley park road, 25 studley park road, 13 studley avenue, 21 stoke avenue, 71 stevenson street, 34 stevenson street, 12 stevenson street, 36 stawell street, 11 second avenue, 3 second avenue, 2 second avenue, 34 rowland street, 21 redmond street, 11 redmond street, 16 queen street, 27 princess street, 82 molesworth street, 28 miller grove, 26 miller grove, 24 miller grove, 24 milfay avenue, 8 milfay avenue, 4 merrion grove, 25 mary street, 24 lister avenue, 2 john street, 9 hume street, 7 hume street, 24 howard street, 20 howard street, 19 howard street, 10 howard street, 2 howard street, 26 holroyd street, 12 holroyd street, 73 high street, 69 high street, 35 high street, 6 high street, 53 harp road, 6 gellibrand street, 48 foley street, 9 eglinton street, 25-27 edgecombe street, 21-23 edgecombe street, 5-7 edgecombe street, 23 dunlop avenue, 167 derby street, 8 denmark street, 1 denmark street, 2 daracomb avenue, 2 danielle place, 340 cotham road, 294 cotham road, 241 cotham road, 221-229 cotham road, 208 cotham road, 193 cotham road, 180 cotham road, 171 cotham road, 167 cotham road, 161 cotham road, 135-137 cotham road, 46 clyde street, 4 cameron court, 1291 burke road, 1223 burke road, 1205 burke road, 5 bowen street, 35-37 belford road, 389 barkers road, 387 barkers road, 311 barkers road, 231 barkers road, 83-85 barkers road, 15 adeney avenue, 6 a'beckett streetgraeme butler, heritage reviews - kew, 20 yarra street, 8 yarra street, 33 wills street, 25 wellington street, 11 wellington street, 118 walpole street, 84 walpole street, 83 walpole street, 63 walpole street, 52 walpole street, 51 walpole street, 14 vista avenue, 12 tara avenue, 89 studley park road, 75 studley park road, 44 studley park road, 25 studley park road, 13 studley avenue, 21 stoke avenue, 71 stevenson street, 34 stevenson street, 12 stevenson street, 36 stawell street, 11 second avenue, 3 second avenue, 2 second avenue, 34 rowland street, 21 redmond street, 11 redmond street, 16 queen street, 27 princess street, 82 molesworth street, 28 miller grove, 26 miller grove, 24 miller grove, 24 milfay avenue, 8 milfay avenue, 4 merrion grove, 25 mary street, 24 lister avenue, 2 john street, 9 hume street, 7 hume street, 24 howard street, 20 howard street, 19 howard street, 10 howard street, 2 howard street, 26 holroyd street, 12 holroyd street, 73 high street, 69 high street, 35 high street, 6 high street, 53 harp road, 6 gellibrand street, 48 foley street, 9 eglinton street, 25-27 edgecombe street, 21-23 edgecombe street, 5-7 edgecombe street, 23 dunlop avenue, 167 derby street, 8 denmark street, 1 denmark street, 2 daracomb avenue, 2 danielle place, 340 cotham road, 294 cotham road, 241 cotham road, 221-229 cotham road, 208 cotham road, 193 cotham road, 180 cotham road, 171 cotham road, 167 cotham road, 161 cotham road, 135-137 cotham road, 46 clyde street, 4 cameron court, 1291 burke road, 1223 burke road, 1205 burke road, 5 bowen street, 35-37 belford road, 389 barkers road, 387 barkers road, 311 barkers road, 231 barkers road, 83-85 barkers road, 15 adeney avenue, 6 a'beckett street -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Sub-series) - Subject File, Kew Heritage Review, Residential Places Graded B, Volume 2, 1999, 1999
Graeme Butler & AssociatesProject FilesProvenance OrderBlack 4-Ring binder that includes research about, and an assessment of buildings previously graded B in the City of Kew Urban Conservation Study 1988 by Pru Sanderson Design Pty Ltd. The files were created by the heritage architect Graeme Butler and the paper files include maps, correspondence, title searches, readings, reviews of prior classifications, newspaper and journal articles, directories etc for each property assessed. graeme butler, heritage reviews - kew, 25 mary street, 4 merrion grove, 24 milfay avenue, 24 miller grove, 26 miller grove, 28 miller grove, 82 molesworth street, 27 princess street, 16 queen street, 20 yarra street, 84 walpole street, 118 walpole street, 11 wellington street, 83 walpole street, 25 wellington street, 8 yarra street, 33 wills street, 63 walpole street, 14 vista avenue, 89 studley park road, 12 tara avenue, 75 studley park road, 21 redmond street, 52 walpole street, 51 walpole street, 71 stevenson street, 34 rowland street, 21 stoke avenue, 34 stevenson street, 44 studley park road, 25 studley park road, 13 studley avenue, 2 second avenue, 11 second avenue, 3 second avenue, 36 stawell street, 12 stevenson streetgraeme butler, heritage reviews - kew, 25 mary street, 4 merrion grove, 24 milfay avenue, 24 miller grove, 26 miller grove, 28 miller grove, 82 molesworth street, 27 princess street, 16 queen street, 20 yarra street, 84 walpole street, 118 walpole street, 11 wellington street, 83 walpole street, 25 wellington street, 8 yarra street, 33 wills street, 63 walpole street, 14 vista avenue, 89 studley park road, 12 tara avenue, 75 studley park road, 21 redmond street, 52 walpole street, 51 walpole street, 71 stevenson street, 34 rowland street, 21 stoke avenue, 34 stevenson street, 44 studley park road, 25 studley park road, 13 studley avenue, 2 second avenue, 11 second avenue, 3 second avenue, 36 stawell street, 12 stevenson street -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Sub-series) - Subject File, Kew Heritage Review, Residential Places Graded B, Volume 3, 1999, 1999
Graeme Butler & AssociatesProject FilesProvenance OrderBlack 4-Ring binder that includes research about, and an assessment of buildings previously graded B in the City of Kew Urban Conservation Study 1988 by Pru Sanderson Design Pty Ltd. The files were created by the heritage architect Graeme Butler and the paper files include maps, correspondence, title searches, readings, reviews of prior classifications, newspaper and journal articles, directories etc for each property assessed.graeme butler, heritage reviews - kew, 4 cameron court, 2 hodgson street, 20 fellows street, 26 fellows street, 23 highbury grove, kew lunatic asylum, kew mental hospital, willsmere, 36 stawell street, 13 studley avenue, 16 studley avenue, 20 studley avenue, raheen, studley park road, beament house, 33 uvadale road, 20 yarra streetgraeme butler, heritage reviews - kew, 4 cameron court, 2 hodgson street, 20 fellows street, 26 fellows street, 23 highbury grove, kew lunatic asylum, kew mental hospital, willsmere, 36 stawell street, 13 studley avenue, 16 studley avenue, 20 studley avenue, raheen, studley park road, beament house, 33 uvadale road, 20 yarra street -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (series) - Subject File, Victoria Park : Concept Management Plan, Research Papers, 2004, 2004
Graeme Butler & AssociatesProject FilesProvenance OrderRed cardboard wallet containing historical research by Graeme Butler, heritage architect, into the history of Victoria Park, Kew. The file also includes a draft Victoria Park Concept Master Plan, 2004. The research includes memoranda, maps, photocopies of plans, forms, notes, aerial photos, and sundry references.graeme butler - heritage architect, victoria park - kew (vic), heritage studies - kew (vic.)graeme butler - heritage architect, victoria park - kew (vic), heritage studies - kew (vic.) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Journal, Kewriosity : April 1988
New Ward boundaries for Kew / p1. Community Recreation [Centre] / p1. Dates for April / p2. Immunisation reminder / p2. News from friends [of Kew Library] / p2. I say. I say, I say ... [Hawthorn Toastmasters’ International Club] / p2. Commentary [Powerlines] / Cr Jim Tutt p3. They've made it [Kew Emergency Housing Steering Committee] / p3. New personal counselling service for Kew ['Keriva', St Hilary's Anglican Church] / p3. Notices / p4. Bicentennial fashion parade [Friends of Bodalla] / p4. Second newsletter for parents [Kew Children’s Services Consultative Committee] / p4. Aids seminar for Kew / p4. Notes from the Bicentennial Authority / p4. Wednesdays at HKC / Chris Finkelstein p5. [Outdoor] Smoke. It's no joke / p5. Kew Community House / Judy Price / p6. Kew Easter School Holiday Program / p6. Tenants Information Service for Kew residents [Inner East Tenants Information Service] / p6. Asthma education / p7. Relics from the outer circle [railway] / Barry Butcher p7. Kew hockey news [Kew Men's Hockey Club, Kew Women's Hockey Club, Kew Junior Hockey Club] / p8. Kew [Citizens'] Band notes / p8. Footy News [Kew Football Club] / p8. New service club wants Kew members [IMPACT, Rotary Club of Camberwell] / p8. Keeping you informed [ Kew Citizens' Advice Bureau] / p8. Community Directory 1988 / p8.Kewriosity was a local newsletter combining Kew Council and community news. It was published between November 1983 and June 1994, replacing an earlier Kewriosity [broad] Sheet (1979-84). In producing Kewriosity, Council aimed to provide a range of interesting and informative articles covering its deliberations and decision making, together with items of general interest and importance to the Kew community and information not generally available through daily media outlets.non-fictionNew Ward boundaries for Kew / p1. Community Recreation [Centre] / p1. Dates for April / p2. Immunisation reminder / p2. News from friends [of Kew Library] / p2. I say. I say, I say ... [Hawthorn Toastmasters’ International Club] / p2. Commentary [Powerlines] / Cr Jim Tutt p3. They've made it [Kew Emergency Housing Steering Committee] / p3. New personal counselling service for Kew ['Keriva', St Hilary's Anglican Church] / p3. Notices / p4. Bicentennial fashion parade [Friends of Bodalla] / p4. Second newsletter for parents [Kew Children’s Services Consultative Committee] / p4. Aids seminar for Kew / p4. Notes from the Bicentennial Authority / p4. Wednesdays at HKC / Chris Finkelstein p5. [Outdoor] Smoke. It's no joke / p5. Kew Community House / Judy Price / p6. Kew Easter School Holiday Program / p6. Tenants Information Service for Kew residents [Inner East Tenants Information Service] / p6. Asthma education / p7. Relics from the outer circle [railway] / Barry Butcher p7. Kew hockey news [Kew Men's Hockey Club, Kew Women's Hockey Club, Kew Junior Hockey Club] / p8. Kew [Citizens'] Band notes / p8. Footy News [Kew Football Club] / p8. New service club wants Kew members [IMPACT, Rotary Club of Camberwell] / p8. Keeping you informed [ Kew Citizens' Advice Bureau] / p8. Community Directory 1988 / p8. publications -- city of kew (vic.), kewriosity, council newsletters, community newsletters -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, City of Kew, Public Works, Barry Street [Kew], 1955, 1955
Original photograph donated to the Kew Historical Society by the City's Engineering Department before the amalgamation of Kew into the City of Boroondara in 1994.This 1955 photograph provides a fine snapshot of the work of local government engineering departments in the 1950s. They reveal they types of labour conducted, the techniques used and the equipment and machinery in the possession of the local government authority.Trees in Barry Street, Kew. Barry Street, Kew, looking south to the intersection of Stawell Street. Inscription [pencil] B1955. Stamped: "Please quote No. Gx2320 when ordering. Laurie Richards JW 1528"barry street (kew), gutters, nature strips, street trees -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, City of Kew, Public Works, Road Making, c.1920s
An original photograph donated to the Kew Historical Society by the City's Engineering Department before the amalgamation of Kew into the City of Boroondara in 1994. While not all of the photographs are of Studley Park, Kew or East Kew, each photo provides a fine snapshot of the work of local government engineering departments of the period. They reveal they types of labour conducted, the techniques used and the equipment and machinery in the possession of the local government authority.Public works. A high retaining wall holds back an embankment on a steep slope around which a road turns. It is believed that the photograph dates from the 1920s. Inscription on reverse: "A difficult corner designed to obviate the use of steps. / Pedestrians using the road in front of the dwellings step off the pathway at the telegraph pole".city of kew (engineering department), engineering, road construction building -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, City of Kew, Public Works, Road Construction, c. 1920s
An original photograph donated to the Kew Historical Society by the City's Engineering Department before the amalgamation of Kew into the City of Boroondara in 1994. While not all of the photographs are of Studley Park, Kew or East Kew, each photo provides a fine snapshot of the work of local government engineering departments of the period. They reveal they types of labour conducted, the techniques used and the equipment and machinery in the possession of the local government authority. Public works. A photograph of a suburban street under construction using a steamroller. The street was photographed to demonstrate the issues relating to grading. Neither the street nor the location has been identified. Inscription on reverse: "The construction of a roadway in a 1 in 3 1/2 grade. / The waggon is hauling the roller, by means of a cable attached to a pulley anchored at the top of the grade." engineering, city of kew (engineering department), road making construction -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, City of Kew, Public Works, Road Construction, c.1920s
An original photograph donated to the Kew Historical Society by the City's Engineering Department before the amalgamation of Kew into the City of Boroondara in 1994.While not all of the photographs are of Studley Park, Kew or East Kew, each photo provides a fine snapshot of the work of local government engineering departments of the period. They reveal they types of labour conducted, the techniques used and the equipment and machinery in the possession of the local government authority. Public works. A photograph of a suburban street under construction using a steamroller. Neither the street nor the location has been identified. It is believed that the photograph can be dated to the 1920s. Inscription on reverse: "Road making. (?1920s cars)".steamroller, road construction building, city of kew, city of kew (engineering department) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, City of Kew, Public Works, Road Construction, c.1920s
An original photograph donated to the Kew Historical Society by the City's Engineering Department before the amalgamation of Kew into the City of Boroondara in 1994.While not all of the photographs are of Studley Park, Kew or East Kew, each photo provides a fine snapshot of the work of local government engineering departments of the period. They reveal they types of labour conducted, the techniques used and the equipment and machinery in the possession of the local government authority. Public works. A close-up photograph of a grader being pulled by a truck. road construction building, city of kew, city of kew (engineering department), bituminising, grader -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Public Works, Road Construction, 1950s
An original photograph donated to the Kew Historical Society by the City's Engineering Department before the amalgamation of Kew into the City of Boroondara in 1994.While not all of the photographs are of Studley Park, Kew or East Kew, each photo provides a fine snapshot of the work of local government engineering departments of the period. They reveal they types of labour conducted, the techniques used and the equipment and machinery in the possession of the local government authority. Public works. Road making in the 1950s using a steam roller and a mechanical grader. Inscription on reverse: "Road making." city of kew (engineering department), road construction building, road maintenance -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Public Works, Road Construction, 1950s
An original photograph donated to the Kew Historical Society by the City's Engineering Department before the amalgamation of Kew into the City of Boroondara in 1994.While not all of the photographs are of Studley Park, Kew or East Kew, each photo provides a fine snapshot of the work of local government engineering departments of the period. They reveal they types of labour conducted, the techniques used and the equipment and machinery in the possession of the local government authority.Public works. Road making in the 1950s using a steam roller and a mechanical grader. Inscription on reverse: "Road making." city of kew (engineering department), road construction -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Public Works, Road Construction, 1950s
An original photograph donated to the Kew Historical Society by the City's Engineering Department before the amalgamation of Kew into the City of Boroondara in 1994.While not all of the photographs are of Studley Park, Kew or East Kew, each photo provides a fine snapshot of the work of local government engineering departments of the period. They reveal they types of labour conducted, the techniques used and the equipment and machinery in the possession of the local government authority.Public works. Roadmaking machinery in the 1950s using a tip truck and other equipment. Inscription on reverse: "Road making. Date?" city of kew (engineering department), road construction maintenance -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Public Works, Road Construction, 1950s
An original photograph donated to the Kew Historical Society by the City's Engineering Department before the amalgamation of Kew into the City of Boroondara in 1994.While not all of the photographs are of Studley Park, Kew or East Kew, each photo provides a fine snapshot of the work of local government engineering departments of the period. They reveal they types of labour conducted, the techniques used and the equipment and machinery in the possession of the local government authority.Public works. Roadmaking in the 1950s using a steam roller. Inscription on reverse: "Road making. Date?" city of kew (engineering department), road construction building -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Surrey Hills Post Office
The post office opened at this location in 1912. It was demolished in 2000. Post office history in the area: Until 1883 when the railway came through to Surrey Hills, this was essentially a rural community of scattered farms. Land subdivisions soon occurred along the railway line and limited postal services followed soon after, although a ‘permanent’ home for the post office was two decades away. George Sim Junior is acknowledged as our first postmaster; he opened a post office on 1 October 1884 in his father’s general store at 619-621 Canterbury Road, a few doors down from the Surrey Hills Hotel on the corner of Union Road. Over the next 20 years, the Surrey Hills Post Office moved several times into temporary, shared accommodation – in 1889 into Woodhead’s Corner Store at 364 Canterbury Road; then in 1895 to No 376, Hansen’s Exchange Building, part of Hansen’s Terrace (demolished) and in 1901 to 109 Union Road, on the corner of Windsor Crescent. Following Federation in 1901, the new Commonwealth Government established the Postmaster-General's Department to provide postal services to the nation. Many of the post offices constructed in the following years reflected a growing sense of Australian pride and nationalism. It was 1914 when building commenced on the ‘purpose-built’ post office at 609 Canterbury Road, Surrey Hills. Described as “a polychromatic Federation Freestyle building”, it served as the local post office for nearly 85 years until sold by the Commonwealth Government in c1999, after which the post office moved to the current, less prominent site at 100 Union Road. For nearly 10 years under private ownership, the building was successfully adapted for use as the base for two businesses, Gargoyles and Dragons and later the Surrey Sculpture Studio, and fortuitously the historic integrity of the building was maintained. However although renovated in the 1990's, structurally sound and of historic significance, it was not protected under local or commonwealth heritage legislation and was demolished soon after sale. This is an early image of a demolished building which should have been protected. In 1991, when the City of Camberwell conducted a heritage study, (which still informs the basis of the City of Boroondara’s heritage guidelines for this part of the municipality,) the post office was owned by the Commonwealth Government. As such, it could not be considered for heritage listing by the local authorities. Some years later, the Commonwealth and Australia Post rather belatedly recognized not only that post offices have heritage and social value, but also that the architecture of post offices as community buildings is important. A heritage management scheme was developed for the buildings they own or control under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999. Unfortunately, the Surrey Hills Post Office had been sold and demolished before this was finally enacted in 2004. Black and white image, perhaps from a post card, of Surrey Hills post office at 609 Canterbury Road. The building is flanked by a picket fence. There is a woman, a dog and a man in front of the entrance. The man is in uniform - possibly a postal employee.post offices, canterbury road, businesses, surrey hills post office, surrey sculture studio, gargoyles and dragons -
Federation University Art Collection
Artwork, 'Scorched' by Tarli Glover, 2012
Tarli GLOVER Tarli Glover undertook a Bachelor of Arts at Ballarat College of Advanced Education [now Federation University] between 1980 and 1983, majoring in Fine Art Painting. Based in Central Victoria, she has been practicing professionally for over three decades and has exhibited widely throughout Australia. While Tarli's work covers a wide range of creative disciplines’ she concentrate’s primarily on painting, drawing and multi-media works with a focus on both landscape and figurative genres. Her work leans toward semi abstract symbolism and representation. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection and was purchased for the collection by Vice Chancellor David Battersby. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.art, artwork, glover, tarli glover, fire, bushfire, firetruck, cfa, country fire authority, alumni, available -
Public Record Office Victoria
Legal record (item) - Criminal Trial Brief for Harry Bruin and Benjamin Morris
This collection of approximately 20 letters between Melbourne men Ben Morris and Harry Bruin, covering a period of several months in 1919, consists of original letters handwritten by Morris and carbon copies of Bruin’s replies. Love letters between men from this period are extremely rare in an Australian context, and globally. They were seized by police from Bruin’s home in Harcourt Street, Auburn in October 1919. The police were investigating a report that Bruin and Morris were conducting an intimate affair. The relationship came to light when the mother of one of Morris’ friends, having failed in her attempt to blackmail Bruin, went to the police. Blackmail was an ever-present danger to homosexual men at that time. Homosexual sex was against the law and even gossip alone could ruin reputations, careers and social standing. In refusing the demands of his attempted blackmailer, Bruin took an enormous risk. However, Morris and Bruin were lucky that their letters contained no descriptions of sex acts. It was not illegal to express love for a person of the same sex and when the matter came before the court, the police had no choice but to let the matter drop without laying charges. Letters like these are rare as potentially incriminating correspondence between men was usually destroyed by the writers or the recipients, to prevent it falling into the hands of the authorities, blackmailers, or disapproving third parties. These letters survived only because they were seized by the authorities for the purpose of prosecution. Morris and Bruin’s letters are also important because, together with the statements taken from the two men and others involved in the case by police prosecutors, they provide insight into the development of the liaison over an extended period. The emotional letters provide rare evidence of a deep romantic affection between two men in their own words. Quoted from "A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects" by Graham Willett, Angela Bailey, Timothy W. Jones and Sarah Rood. -
Public Record Office Victoria
Document (item) - The prison letters of George Bateson
In Victoria’s State archives there is a remarkable cache of letters written by George Bateson, who was arrested and convicted of sodomy in late 1860. There are some 200 letters addressed to notable Victorians including the governor, premier, inspector-general of penal establishments, members of parliament, and lawyers. These rare documents provide powerful evidence of homosexual life and the impacts of mid-nineteenth century laws relating to sodomy. The story begins on an evening in November 1860, when 19-year-old William Gardner went to the police to complain that the previous evening, when he was staying at a city hotel with George Bateson, he had been subjected to Bateson’s sexual advances. The police asked Gardner to meet with Bateson again the following evening and when their sexual connection was sufficiently advanced, Gardner should cough twice. He agreed to the plan, and when Gardner coughed the police emerged from a closet in the hallway, catching the two men in the act. Bateson was convicted of sodomy in 1860, but his death sentence was recorded rather than pronounced. In due course the Governor of Victoria commuted the sentence, as was usual for the crime, and instead sentenced Bateson to 15 years’ hard labour, with the first three years to be spent in chains. In 1871, Bateson was released, having spent four years less in prison than his original sentence. During and after his time in prison, Bateson wrote letters to the authorities to assert that he was innocent, falsely accused and the victim of a conspiracy. He demanded that this terrible miscarriage of justice should be reversed and a pardon granted to him. Bateson was not the first man in Victoria to be convicted and sentenced in this way; nor was he the first to petition for redress. But the extent of his letters and the scope of the issues raised in them offer a remarkable insight into homosexual life in the mid-nineteenth century, such as how men might meet each other, and approaches to police and punish homosexual behaviour. Bateson’s letters provide crucial evidence to expand our understanding of Victoria’s queer past. Quoted from "A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects" by Graham Willett, Angela Bailey, Timothy W. Jones and Sarah Rood. -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Patrick Pringle, Stand and deliver : the story of the highwaymen, 1951
he true story of the highwaymen has never been written, nor can it be. The chroniclers were slavishly faithful to their authorities--flatteringly so, in fact; for these authorities consisted of a lot of chapbooks, broadsheets, penny dreadfuls and twopenny bloods, "dying confessions" that had come in for a good deal of posthumous editing, and the contemporary gutter Press--which was even more unreliable then than it is today. Many of these 'authorities' were so contradictory that the truth-at-all-costs chroniclers left out some of the best bits of highway lore in their vain attempts to keep faithful to their ridiculous principles.Our own ambition is more modest. We have not sought the El Dorado of absolute truth. We have gone back to the same sources that the chroniclers used--and we have taken pains to ignore the latter gentlemen whenever contemporary reports are still extant. We have not moralized, like the chroniclers, nor have we embellished, like the novelists. We have added nothing--but we have taken away a good deal. We have tried to use our discretion in selection, and our judgment in discrimination between contradictory versions of the same events. Since it was impossible to be faithful to the letter, we have tried to recapture the spirit of the Age of Highwaymen. Collapse summaryIndex, ill, p.287.non-fictionhe true story of the highwaymen has never been written, nor can it be. The chroniclers were slavishly faithful to their authorities--flatteringly so, in fact; for these authorities consisted of a lot of chapbooks, broadsheets, penny dreadfuls and twopenny bloods, "dying confessions" that had come in for a good deal of posthumous editing, and the contemporary gutter Press--which was even more unreliable then than it is today. Many of these 'authorities' were so contradictory that the truth-at-all-costs chroniclers left out some of the best bits of highway lore in their vain attempts to keep faithful to their ridiculous principles.Our own ambition is more modest. We have not sought the El Dorado of absolute truth. We have gone back to the same sources that the chroniclers used--and we have taken pains to ignore the latter gentlemen whenever contemporary reports are still extant. We have not moralized, like the chroniclers, nor have we embellished, like the novelists. We have added nothing--but we have taken away a good deal. We have tried to use our discretion in selection, and our judgment in discrimination between contradictory versions of the same events. Since it was impossible to be faithful to the letter, we have tried to recapture the spirit of the Age of Highwaymen. Collapse summary brigands and robbers, highwaymen - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Faber & Faber limited, Dunkirk, 1945
This is the story of Dunkirk and of the men who planned it (insofar as it was planned) and of the men who carried it out, and of their ships. Mr Divine, who was himself with the small boats, writes with the authority of direct knowledge. He had the assistance of the men who were intimately concerned with planning and organising the operation. This is the true story of Dunkirk from its almost nebulous beginnings to the astonishing triumph of its end. Originally published in 1945, this is the best contemporaneous account, detailing all the big and little ships that rescued the men trapped on the beaches in late May 1940.Map, p.307.non-fictionThis is the story of Dunkirk and of the men who planned it (insofar as it was planned) and of the men who carried it out, and of their ships. Mr Divine, who was himself with the small boats, writes with the authority of direct knowledge. He had the assistance of the men who were intimately concerned with planning and organising the operation. This is the true story of Dunkirk from its almost nebulous beginnings to the astonishing triumph of its end. Originally published in 1945, this is the best contemporaneous account, detailing all the big and little ships that rescued the men trapped on the beaches in late May 1940. world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - britain, operation dynamo -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, A New German and English dictionary / compiled from the best authorities in both languages ; revised and considerably enlarge, 1909
A German, English dictionaryp.797., p.545 .non-fictionA German, English dictionarygerman language - dictionaries, english language - dictionaries -
Diamond Valley Vietnam Veterans Sub-Branch
Craft - Gavel, c2002
Donated to Sub Branch to provide historical and formal elements to Meetings.It is significant to members in as much as it provides a standard of protocol, authority and respect to formal meetings eg the Annual General Meeting.Model in polished wood of a Gavel and Plate. Plate has inscription plate "To The DViets From Mackay Vietnam vets."; gavel has on the side a badge of the Rising Sun and on the top face an insignia of TBA; the handle of the gavel has a decorative snake entwined thereon.diamond valley vietnam veterans sub branch, mackay vietnam veterans qld -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Bob Whitehead Courier, Wednesday May 25th, 1994, Stepping Down as Chairman of the Friends of the Ballarat Botanic Gardens, May 25th, 1994
Courier, "Inside Out with Kim Quinlan", Wednesday 25th May, 1994, speaking with Bob Whitehead, outgoing Chairman of the Friends of the Botanic Gardens, Ballarat.Bob Whitehead was instrumental in the formation of the Friends of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens. Prior to that, he was Parks and Gardens Director for the City Council. So, he was something of an authority on the Gardens and the Friends' early history. p.4 of the Ballarat Courier, torn down right side, yellow with age. There is a black and white photograph of the Statuary Pavilion in the Gardens, top right hand corner.Blue biro marks in columns 3,4,5.john garner collection, garner, dr, whitehead, courier, chairman, friends of the botanical gardens, city council, ballarat botanical gardens, ballarat, gardens, bob whitehead, jack chisolm, jessie scott, ballarat botanical gardens' design, gardens' history, history of the friends.