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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book, Reid, Captain Mayne [Thomas Mayne Reid], The cliff-climbers; or, the lone home in the Himalayas, [n.d.] [before 1887]
408 p.fictionjames dodds, original collection, fiction, thomas mayne reid -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Sargent, George E, Richard Hunne : a story of old London, [n.d.] [First published by Religious Tract Society in 1871, this edition probably 1890]
Fictionalised account of the life of Richard Hunne, an English merchant who during the reign of Henry VIII, and just prior to the English Reformation, fell into dispute with the Catholic Church, was accused of heresy, and died in mysterious circumstances in prison.384 p. : ill. ; red cover embossed in black with geometric design. Title printed in red on gold rectangle on front cover, and on spine.fictionFictionalised account of the life of Richard Hunne, an English merchant who during the reign of Henry VIII, and just prior to the English Reformation, fell into dispute with the Catholic Church, was accused of heresy, and died in mysterious circumstances in prison.fiction, george e.sargent, robert hisshion -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, St Andrew's Kirk Ballarat year Book and Municipal Service, 1956-8
ITwo booklets relating to St Andrew's Kirk, Ballarat. .1)St Andrew's Kirk Year Book 1957-8. This booklet includes financial statements and reports such as The irk Session , Board Of Management, St Andrew's- Congoes tennis CLub, Floral Guild, P.F.A., Drama Group, Boys' Club, P.W.M.U. , Girl Girl Company, 3rd Brownie Pack, St Andrew's Kirk Choir, Ladies Guild, Sunday School. .2) Folded pamphlet for the St Andrew's Kirk Municipal Service, 16 September 1956 at 7pm. the service was conducted at the request of the mayor of the City of Ballaarat, Cr Kenneth C. Webbst andrew's kirk, presbyterian, boustead, bullock, clemence, coutts, crawford, punshon, barnes, chester, griffiths, sykes, taylor, tippett, thwaites, waller, webb, goddard, cowan, mcgregor, allen, spiers, ellerton, bell, eileen john, drew, annie draffin, vera mayo, clark chester -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Booklet - Book, Our Liverpool Boys, 2015
... Liverpool Boys Booklet Book ...Sent to the collection as part of the Centenary of the ANZAC Gallipoli landing, 2015. This publication reveals the stories of everyday civilians-turned-soldiers who served in the trenches and on the front lines, highlighting their vast contribution to the war effort, including those who made the ultimate sacrifice.This publication reveals the stories of everyday civilians-turned-soldiers who served in the trenches and on the front lines, highlighting their vast contribution to the war effort, including those who made the ultimate sacrifice.Verso of cover: "Surrey Hills Historical Soc."world war, 1914-1918, miltary history, (mr) cecil alfred ashcroft, (mr) arthur percival attwood, (mr) thomas walter barker, (mr) george francis bell, (mr) lawrence robert hanna, (mr) charles elvin hyland, (mr) john frederick kammel, (mr) joseph harold kemp, (mr) harry boyland, (mr) james ashcroft braithwaite, (mr) walter henry brewster, (mr) william brown, (mr) charles alfred bull, (mr) william francis cloke, (mr) eric gladstone deadman, (mr) george leslie fullagar, (mr) joseph gomes, (mr) eric sydney walpole sealy-vidal, (mr) samuel kirkpatrick, (mr) nathan douglas lackie, (mr) joseph henry leach, (mr) harry learoyd, (mr) charles m mcfarline, (mr) joseph campbell mcmiles, (mr) robert mcmiles, (mr) james unison morn, (mr) edward hugh oprey, (mr) arthur salis, (mr) (henry) studley sealy-vidal, (mr) walter samuel shaw, (mr) walter samuels, (mr) samuel john southwell, (mr) geoffrey gordon steenson, (mr) eric andrew taylor, (mr) alfred charles thorn, (mr) andrew charles thorne, (mr) campbell throsby, (mr) william george waters, (mr) albert ernest wearne, (mr) thomas william garnet whitney, liverpool training camp, holsworthy internment camp -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Cottone, Davide A, Vietnam: Viet-Bloody-Nam, 2015
Two Australian country boys, born after World War 2, lead parallel lives until late adolescence.fictionTwo Australian country boys, born after World War 2, lead parallel lives until late adolescence.vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- fiction, post-traumatic stress disorder -- fiction, conscientious objection -- australia -- fiction -
Box Hill Historical Society
Book, Burwood Boys: Seven stories of success, 2018
The seven stories in this book are told by former residents of Burwood Boys' Home, some of whom arrived there from other residential institutions. The stories provide a window into an earlier era of Melbourne's social history, from the 1930's to the 1970's. These are stories of resilience, good humour and positivity, but also of abandonment, confusion and fear as families made hard decisions. They vary in length, and include one longer extract from an autobiographical work by Hector Davis OAM, who arrived at Burwood, aged eight in 1934.A5, 154 pages; black & white photos and some coloured photosnon-fictionThe seven stories in this book are told by former residents of Burwood Boys' Home, some of whom arrived there from other residential institutions. The stories provide a window into an earlier era of Melbourne's social history, from the 1930's to the 1970's. These are stories of resilience, good humour and positivity, but also of abandonment, confusion and fear as families made hard decisions. They vary in length, and include one longer extract from an autobiographical work by Hector Davis OAM, who arrived at Burwood, aged eight in 1934.burwood boys' home, child care, burwood children's home, reminiscences, davis> hector, bastow> ted, williams> vern, richardson> kevin, howden> bob, snell> ed, holmes> michael j. -
Box Hill Historical Society
Book, Shand, Ian Donald, Box Hill Boys' Technical School 1943-1983 : a history, 1987
A history of Box Hill Boys' Technical School from 1943-1983.885 ppnon-fictionA history of Box Hill Boys' Technical School from 1943-1983. schools, box hill boys' technical, education, students, teachers, technical schools -
Box Hill Historical Society
Book, Shand, Ian Donald, Box Hill Boys' Technical School 1943-1983 : a history, 1987
A history of Box Hill Boys' Technical School from 1943-1983. The work is broken into parts covering the establishment and growth of the school 1943-1983; focus on the curriculum, discipline, social background of students. the school community, the development of the senior school and teachers & school administrators.885 pp. Read leather bound; black & white photos; includes bibliography and referencesnon-fictionA history of Box Hill Boys' Technical School from 1943-1983. The work is broken into parts covering the establishment and growth of the school 1943-1983; focus on the curriculum, discipline, social background of students. the school community, the development of the senior school and teachers & school administrators. schools, box hill boys' technical, education, students, teachers, technical schools -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Administrative record, Electric Supply Co. of Vic (ESCo), "Tramway Traffic Wages Book", 1919 - 1924
Each page of the volume is divided into rows and headed columns. Information appearing in each row includes the name, occupation, rate of pay, days worked and total fortnightly pay. There is provision for each row to contain details for two fortnightly pays. Occupations listed in these entries include driver, conductors and points boys, of various pay rates. See item 9541 for a 1929 to 1934 version. Images of object as follows: .1 - Book - front cover .2 - Book - edge .3 - inside cover and printer's label .4 - inside cover .5 - box .6 - box with cover off .7 - sheet 1 .8 - sheet 1 and 2 .9 - page with supplementary sheets .10 - page showing duty stamps .11 - rear cover .12 - sheet 1 names - 12/8/1919 .13 - sheet 16 - 30/12/1919 .14 - sheet 42 - 27/2/1920 .15 - sheet 62 - 11/1/1921 .16 - sheet 77 - 19/4/1921 .17 - sheet 78 part - 19/4/1921 .18 - sheet 102 - 1/11/1921 .19 - sheet 103 part - 1/11/1921 .20 - sheet 124 - 2/5/1922 .21 - sheet 143 - 3/10/1922 .22 - sheet 144 part - 3/10/1922 .23 - sheet 171 - 1/5/1923 .24 - sheet 172 - 1/5/1923 .25 - sheet 206 - 22/1/1924 .26 - sheet 248 - 23/12/1924 Demonstrates aspects of the Ballarat Tramways in the 1920’s and in an employee’s daily working life – eg their hours, wages, deductions etc. Has a strong association with individuals who worked for ESCo and the organisation itself.Leather bound journal titled ""Tramway Traffic Wages Book" Each sheet numbered 1 - 248 (see note below), wages requisition number, headed "Tramway Traffic Department". Printed by Berry Anderson &co, printers reorder number 16422. Book has sewn sections to cover with lining - crocodile skin style, about 6mm thick heavy cardboard covers, with leather corners and leather central binding, titled "Tramway Traffic Wages Book".trams, tramways, esco, electric supply co of victoria, wages, accounting -
Mont De Lancey
Book, Thomas Nelson and Sons, The Uncharted Island
It was published c.1910 and is a story set on the high seas. It takes readers on an an adventure to a mysterious and unknown land.A brown homemade cloth covered adventure novel for young readers, The Uncharted Island by Skelton Kuppord. It has an inscription on the right front end paper, black and white frontispiece illustration of three sailors with a boy on the deck of a sailing ship. The title page has the title and a galleon illustration in full sail with publisher details below. A few black and white illustrations are throughout the book. Pp.350fictionIt was published c.1910 and is a story set on the high seas. It takes readers on an an adventure to a mysterious and unknown land.children's fiction, adventure fiction, fiction for boys -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, A. Weston and typed by Geoff Clark, "The Bendigo Tram", 1971
Twenty page booklet on the history, operation and tramcars of Bendigo, produced by the Nth Sydney Boys High School Railway Club in September 1971. Printed on a wax cut stencil process, with green covers, drawings, maps, track layout, fleet list, gives tentative closure dates, route descriptions, sketches, stapled on edge. Title "The Bendigo Tram". Inside front cover notes written by A. Weston and typed by Geoff Clark. See Reg item XXX for the Ballarat version.trams, tramways, bendigo -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, A. Weston & Geoff Clark of North Sydney Boys High School, "The Ballarat Tram", 1967
Twenty page booklet on the history, operation and tramcars of Ballarat, produced by the Nth Sydney Boys High School Railway Club in July 1971. Printed on a wax cut stencil process, with manilla colour covers, drawings, maps, track layout, fleet list, gives tentative closure dates, route descriptions, sketches, stapled on edge. Title "The Ballarat Tram". Stapled on the left hand side. pdf image of copy - may not open properly in dbtext. find file and open directly.trams, tramways, ballarat trams, secv, tramcars, ballarat -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - SANDHURST BOYS CENTRE COLLECTION: SCRAPBOOK OF NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS
... . Book SANDHURST BOYS CENTRE COLLECTION: SCRAPBOOK OF NEWSPAPER ...Brown coloured book, dark brown spine and corners. Written on front ' Extracts from the Bendigo Advertiser, Sandhurst Boys Centre' Newspaper cuttings date from 1958 - 1983; issues that relate to other institutions included in collection, such as Bendigo Psychiatric Centre.bendigo, institutions, sandhurst boys centre -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - VIKING BOYS, ALFRED JOHN QUAIFE, 2021
... VIKING BOYS Book VIKING BOYS ALFRED JOHN QUAIFE BIG SKY ... -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Ellis, Edward S, The three arrows by Edward S. Ellis, with a colour frontispiece and four black-and-white illustrations, [n.d.] [1915?]
Adventure story for boys set in the American frontier.317 p. : ill. ; pale blue cover, images of native Americans holding guns on front cover, frontiersman holding gun on spine.fictionAdventure story for boys set in the American frontier.children's fiction, westerns, american frontier -
Broadmeadows Historical Society & Museum
Book - Published book, Australian Boys Scouts Association, Bible
... Collection used by a Queens's Scout Book Broadmeadows Scouting Robert ...The Bible is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in ChristianityHardcover Book, 258 Pagesnon-fictionThe Bible is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianitybook, broadmeadows, scouting, robert peters, bible, queen's scout -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Documents, Herbert Henry Smith, Ballarat Technical Art School, 1918-1929, 1918-1929
Blue hard covered book with hand written reports from the Art Principal, H.H. Principal. Two letters are pasted into the front, one from Frank Tate of the Victorian Education Department. 26 April 1918 - Proposed pottery industry in Ballarat 31 May 1919 - Erection of pottery kiln, with Selkirk bricks. 28 June 1918 - Daylesford Technical Art School. 30 August 1918 - Resignation of C. Campbell, instructor of Photography. 25 October 1918 - Returned Soldiers Classes in Art Metal and Signwriting. 25 October 1918 - Herald Shield Trophy 28 July 1922 - Ragged Boys Home, Tennis Court 22 August 1924 - Letterhead of the Attorney General Victoria concerning the transfer of the Ballarat Supreme Court to the Ballarat School of Mines. 15 October 1924 and 20 May 1925 - Carvings of 24 panels decorated with Australian birds, animals and flora to form part of the decoratve scheme for the Villers Bretonneux school. 21 April 1926 - White Flat is available for the use of the school. 29 February 1928 - Donation of a linotype machine by The Courier. 27 June 1928 - Internal Sewerage to the Ballarat Technical Art Schoolballarat school of mines, ballarat technical art school, h.h. smith, returned soldier teachers, harold herbert, ponsonby carew-smyth, f.h. hoskin, carpentry workshop, donald i. johnston, herald shield, kenneth moss, hilda wardle, miss bell, margaret bell, millinery, j.y. mcdonald soldiers memorial, john rowell, repatriation building, stained glass classes, dressmaking fees, ballarat supreme court, m. baird, carvings, villers bretonneux school carvings, ethel kift, m.c. young, macrobertson scholarship, elvie ford, edwin robinson, annie hauser, robina mackie, e. quick, tennis court, w.e. gower, colin hunt, white flat, frank hall, effie holmes, mavis beacham, henry harvey, plaster casts, pearl frickie, w.r. dean, marjery henderson, sewerage, laura crouch, ballarat teachers' college, gertie gough, gwen nagle, lynda clark, jack walker, cyril gibbs, repatriation, donald johnston, ceramics, kiln, c. campbell, photography, jean maude, sylvia copperwaite, olga dulfer, may pollock, margaret bailey, stella clarkson, may norrie, nellie nicholls, nancy govan, edith curnow, kathleen windsor, betty johnson, edna pearson, elvie thege, gwen neagle, effie george, gwen tunbridge -
Box Hill Historical Society
Book, From Burwood to bestchance : 120 years of care and education, 2016
Illustrated history of Burwood Boys Home, Child and Family Care, and bestchance, Child, Family Care. From original beginnings in 1895 when founder Robert Campbell Edwards established a home for the waifs of Melbourne, to the present organisation caring for families and children, providing child care, early intervention programs, special primary education ( Cheshire School) and adult training. In 2007, Ken Masterton's book "A Tea Merchant's Vision and Beyond - a history of the Burwood Boys' Home" (which is reproduced in full in this edition) begins with the vision of tea merchant Robert Campbell Edwards and "gives a valuable summary of the organisation's achievements".xvi, 202 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour), colour maps; includes Appendices lists of leadership and Life Governors 1895 to 2016 non-fictionIllustrated history of Burwood Boys Home, Child and Family Care, and bestchance, Child, Family Care. From original beginnings in 1895 when founder Robert Campbell Edwards established a home for the waifs of Melbourne, to the present organisation caring for families and children, providing child care, early intervention programs, special primary education ( Cheshire School) and adult training. In 2007, Ken Masterton's book "A Tea Merchant's Vision and Beyond - a history of the Burwood Boys' Home" (which is reproduced in full in this edition) begins with the vision of tea merchant Robert Campbell Edwards and "gives a valuable summary of the organisation's achievements".burwood boys' home, child care, burwood children's home, bestchance, family day care -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - AT HEART WITH THE YOUNG - MARIST BROTHERS BENDIGO 1893 - 1993, 1993
The Marist Brothers arrived in Bendigo in 1893 and began classes for boys in makeshift classrooms at St Killians. By the next year they had moved to a permanent school in McCrae Street. In 1983 Marist amalgamated with St Mary's to form a co-educational school, "Catholic College.Softcover book. Blue with white printing on cover and assorted black and white photographs of school groups and teachers. Contains 159 pages with contents and a listing of all Marist Brothers who were at the Bendigo campus, black and white photos and commentary summarising the history of the Marist Brothers in Bendigo.Breda Phillipseducation, bendigo, la trobe university bendigo campus