James Leslie Balchin No 4656 24th Battalian AIF enlisted on the 13.3.1916 aged 26 years. He was hospitalised twice and then was Wounded in Action on 3.10.1918 and was discharged medically unfit from the AIF on 18.5.1919.Medal set, court mounted, set of (2) re J.L Balchin. 1. War Medal 1914-18. 2. Victory Medal 1914 - 19. Replica not engraved.1. "4656 PTE J.L.BALCHIN. 24 BN. A.I.F."metalcraft, medals, military

A blue coloured cardboard cover with black information on the front. Top right hand corner reads 7610-66-021-3002. Under the Australian Coat of Arms are the details of the booklet. There are two metal staples down the spine of the booklet.infantry training, infantry platoon weapons, anti tank grenade

A faded blue coloured cardboard cover with black information on the front. Top right hand corner reads 7610-66-021-3002. Under the Australian Coat of Arms are the details of the booklet. There are two metal staples down the spine of the booklet.infantry training, infantry platoon weapons, anti tank grenade

gas flare up fire training .1 Fiskville .2 Fiskville Fire Training Dec, 1981 .3 Fiskville Fire Training Dec, 1981 .4 Fiskville Fire Training Dec, 19814 color photographs.1 Fiskville .2 Fiskville Fire Training Dec, 1981 .3 Fiskville Fire Training Dec, 1981 .4 Fiskville Fire Training Dec, 1981fiskville, training

Set of three public transport vehicles photograph sheets in the style of those supplied by Los Angeles (See Reg Item 370). .1 - Class E1 Motor Omnibus - Nos. 600 - 624 - provides a front three quarter view, two interior views and front and rear steps. .2 - ditto - copy of above on heavy paper. .3 - Class W7 - tramcar - three quarter view, interior - saloon and smoker and entrance steps - copy of an original document. Not known when made - 1960c?On rear in pencil: .1 - (8) .2 - (12) .3 - (11)trams, tramways, mmtb, w7 class, buses

Demonstrates how ESCo managed Weekly tickets during the late 1920's and yields information about the way the system was arranged. The source of the ticket, NSW tramways is significant in that it was obtained by them as a sample.Lunch hour Weekly Ticket, price 1/6, printed for Week 1, that is not available for Sundays or Holidays. Ticket printed on light weight card, in two colours, orange and brown, printed on off white card, numbered 1387 available only between Mt Pleasant and Doveton St. between the hours of 11.50am and 2.30pm. Notes the conditions of use, the time available for which the ticket may be used and where. Printed by J.J. Miller, Melbourne. Ticket has been removed from a block - has staple hole at the top. See Reg Item 2948 for circular detailing their use at the commencement of the issue of this style of Weekly Tickets - some detail differences in the style and colours later on.trams, tramways, tickets, weekly tickets, esco

Black and white photographInscriptions on back of photograph SE0041 read, "'Mail' 12/1/56" and "John Gallagher, photography". On back of SE0047: Mail 12/1/56 (Page 18). Ambulance and "John Gallagher, photography". Caption for SE0047 in newspaper clipping reads: "Looking over one of the vehicles after the opening of Ringwood's Ambulance Station are L. to R. Cr. F Corr, Station Officer J. Byrne, The Premier of Victoria Mr H. Bolte, Mr E. Baker, Pres. Victorian Ambulance Service.

These forceps belonged to Dr Lorna Lloyd-Green.Two pairs of stainless steel straight artery forceps. Forcep blades are secured with a screw attachment. One pair of forceps (.1) is inscribed with the number '3' inside both forcep shafts. The second pair (.2) is inscribed with the number '2' inside both forcep shafts.'3' '2'surgery

This item was reprinted in 1949 (first edition in 1934) in Great Britain and used in Victorian Infant school classes.This was in the era where "mother England" was still the favourite source of educational text books for Australian primary schools. "Australianism" was frowned upon by educational institutions as being not proper English. This belief lingered on for a longer period in private schools, where "ockerism" was a dirty word. It was not until the mid 1950s that the Australian dialect and social mores were accepted as suitable for educational activities.This item was used in Mount Beauty Primary School as part of a teacher's curriculum. The fact that it was in a rural area, Kiewa Valley did present a slightly different learning atmosphere than in the larger towns and cities. The majority of parents within the Kiewa Valley, had a slight resentment of the "high and mighty" attitude of city dwellers with a "plum in their mouths" and the effectiveness of city bred teachers was how to overcome these ingrained mores. The mentioning of European nations and lifestyles was to the pupils in the infant schools far more like "fairyland" than the realism that they experienced on the "land". However at this age level fantasy was more important than reality. Australian fantasy tales e.g. Blinky Bill (circa 1930s) introduced main characters that infants could identify, especially in rural schools.This item is a green coloured hard backed book containing 384 double sided pages. Nearly all pages have black writing and free hand sketches. There are some pages of duplicated sheet music.See KVHS 0046, KVHS 0047, KVHS 0048 for the other volumes held.On the spine is "MACMILLANS TEACHING IN PRACTICE" below this "PROJECTS and PICTURES" underneath "VOL 1". On title page "edited by E.J.S.Lay" underneath VOLUME ONE. Below this there is printed a two branch wreath within these an "Olympic" type torch.infant school curriculum, teacher's aid reference, instruction book

This book and a number of others like it were owned by the mother and aunts of the donor, Mrs Dorothy Boyle. They were prolific producers of hand knitted and hand made items of clothing and also knitted and sewed for the armed forces during the Second World War. This book is a monthly journal of fashion published by Madame Weigel's Pty Ltd.Registered at the General Post Office Melbourne, for transmission by post as a Newspaper. / 4D / Published / Monthly. / MADAME / WEIGEL'S / JOURNAL OF FASHION / A Delightful Home Journal / Vol. LVIII., No. 686. / APRIL 1, 1937. / Illustrated at Right:- /knitting handicrafts - history fashion crochet, madame weigel pty ltd, knitting, handicrafts - history, fashion, crochet

Memo dated 9/11/1960 to the Manager of Ballarat Branch from Manager North Western Region (Bendigo) giving details of Bendigo tram No. 1 transferred to Ballarat. Gives history, mileages, axle numbers, tyre mileage, armatures, and trolley wheels, including fitting date. The tram became Ballarat 37 (the second one) and is now at the Sydney Tramway Museum. Signed by Mr Sutherland. See item 5549 for dates of transfer.Yields information about Bendigo No. 1 when it was transferred to Ballarat during October 1960Memo on SECV letterhead, typed with handwritten signatures and receipt stamp.tramways, ballarat, reports, secv, tram 1, tram 37, bendigo, tramcars

The photograph is associated with Harry Holmes who was a member of the Australian Imperial Force based in Egypt at the time. Egypt was a major base for the AIF from December 1914. A number of campaigns were fought in this theatre. There were two campaigns involving the AIF. Note that not all the fighting was actually geographically in Egypt. (http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8888/about3.html)Two postcards showing Australian army camp at Metras Camp, Egypt .1) A soldier sits on a horse in front of a cart. Lines of horses are in the background behind a post and rail fence. .2 A horse is hitched to a manure cart at Metras Camp, Egypt. Lines of horses are in the background. .1) verso - 'Taken at Metras Camp' .2) verso - 'A native horse and cart carting manure at horse lines.'chatham family archive, chatham, holmes, world war, world war 1, world war i, world war one, egypt, ascot

Item was given to M E MONIGATTI who was a POW in Germany in exchange for a sandwich by a German soldier. Ref Cat No 3562 for his service details..1) FOB Watch, round, face is intricate with inlays of silver, coloured flowers blue / red / green around numbers. Face has small second hand. Rear opens, inside inscriptions. .2) Metal case to suit watch with glass face, inside has red felt lining. Swivel ring at top..1) Wording appears to be: “Resnontow cylinder 10 Reelis, 22652” .2) Wording appears to be: “BRAVO”accessory, watch, fob

This is one of eight embroidered panels, completed during the 1988 Australian Bi-Centennial, and carried out under the auspices of City of Kew Council and the Kew Historical Society. Nearly 600 residents, including many children, participated in their production by adding a few or more stitches. A book records their names and the panels upon which they worked. Artist: Joy Stewart / Co-ordinator: Dorothy Benyei.1. Survey Team. A framed embroidery created by adults and children of the City of Kew as a Bicentennial project, based on a design by the artist Joy Stewart. Five of the six completed embroideries created in the project are/were displayed in the Kew Library. [The five embroidered panels have now been temporarily removed for conservation reasons].Inscription: "SURVEY TEAM 8th February 1803 / Grimes, Flemming, Robbins and McCallum explored the river (Yarra) to the falls (Dights), sighting several friendly Aborigines, and were the first Europeans to set foot in the area now known as Kew." Embroidered signature of the artist: "(c) JStewart, 1988"bicentennial project (kew), joy stewart, charles grimes expedition, australian bicentennial

MMTB paper ticket, 1/5 printed on light yellow paper, Ac 949283, used on tram W2, 352, Run H1, 1208 City to Prahran, last day of Hawthorn Depot. The depot closed on 13 Feb. 1965. Incorporated within the item is a note written by the donor about the ticket.On rear in ink "W2, 352, Run H1, 1208 City to Prahran, last day of Hawthorn Depot".trams, tramways, tickets, hawthorn depot, mmtb, last day, closure

Block of "The Met, Zone 1 Single Journey Ticket" tickets, $1.00 Concession - Z011401 to Z011600 black printing on off white paper, stapled onto a cardboard sheet. Has The Met logo on the top. See also Reg Item 264 for a single ticket. See Item 6715 for other samples.trams, tramways, tickets, the met

Check ticket, issued by The Met, as a not cash ticket, for use with a short trip tickets only, zone 1 only. Printed in green ink on off white paper, number printed in black - A 625854. Two further examples added 20/12/2015 from donation of Harry Jackson - B167584 and C604246.trams, tramways, mta, the met, check ticket, short trip tickets

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A coloured photograph of a 105mm gun, covered against dust, sits silent in its bay at a Fire support Base at the base of the Nui Thai Vai Mountains, Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. The Fire Base was supporting 1 ATF Units sweeping through the caves of the mountains. (Circa October 1969)photograph, 105mm howitzer, fire support base, nui thai vai mountains, phuoc tuy province, 1 atf, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, nui dat

A faded blue coloured carboard cover with red information on the front. Top of the booklet there is a stamp saying 2 R.T.B. Puckapunyal and beside this in red texta 19c. Near this reads WO Code No: 8592. There are three punch holes down and left hand side and two metal staples down the spine of the booklet.british army, infantry training, infantry platoon weapons, grenades

Owner - "Keith Balfour Gordon GILL" No.11243 RAAF. Place of birth - Bendigo. Enlisted - 24th July 1940. Discharged 12th December 1945. Rank Sergeant. At discharge - posted to 1 Aircraft Depot.1. Dress Coat - navy blue colour, cotton twill fabric, black and beige cotton lining to shoulders and sleeves. Full belt with bakelite and metal buckle. Buttons - black colour bakelite with metal shank, emblazoned with the Kin's Crown and a Wedge tailed Eagle in flight. WW2. Bird in flight on two sleeves - LAC blue chevrons on sleeves. Rank - red chevron on right sleeve - years of service. 2. Trousers - navy blue colour, wool twill. 4 button fly. 1. Makers label - red ink print on white cotton "M.Tx/Size 10" 2. Makers label - black print on white cotton - "V243 Made in Australia/1943/ Size/ G43 (handwritten)"uniform, raaf, ww2

Document retyped from possibly an SECV training document titled "Safety First" outlining tram driving safety practices, awareness for motormen, electrical aspects, tram circuits, line breakers, insulated trams, trolley poles, light bulbs, broken trolley wires and fallen wires around trams. Section 2 - "instructions to be Observed by members and workers working on track maintenance". Possibly prepared for use by the BTPS, c1974.Demonstrates a Safety document for use by tramway crews and workers.Document - typed 6 Quarto pages - original.tramways, tramcars, operations, passenger services, ballarat, training

Document. Collection of letters incoming & outgoing from 2/1/1950 to 4/9/1968 in a buff folder.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, nell gwynne reef mine, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, nell gwynne reef n.l, gold mining, correspondence