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Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Sargent, John, Country Railway Stations Victoria Part One, 2001
A photographic profile country railway stations in Victorian between 1950 & 2000.ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile country railway stations in Victorian between 1950 & 2000.railroads - victoria - pictorial works, railway stations - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Sargent, John, Country Railway New South Wales Part Six, 2006
A photographic profile country railway stations in New South Wales between 1957 & 1987.ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile country railway stations in New South Wales between 1957 & 1987.railroad stations -- australia -- history, railway stations - new south wales - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Sargent, John, Country Railway New South Wales Part One, 2001
A photographic profile country railway stations in New South Wales between 1950 & 2000.ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile country railway stations in New South Wales between 1950 & 2000.railroad stations -- australia -- history, railway stations - new south wales - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Sargent, John, Country Railway Queensland Special Edition, 2005
A photographic profile country railway stations in Queensland between 1971 & 1992.ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile country railway stations in Queensland between 1971 & 1992.railroad stations -- australia -- history, railroad stations - queensland - history -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Holth, Tor and Barnaby, Jane, Gentlemen of the High Country
A history of the mountain cattlemen of the Australian Alps, bushcraft, and harsh lifestyle in the Bogong high plains.alpine region, aboriginals -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Sargent, John, Country Railway Stations Victoria Part Two, 2001
A photographic profile country railway stations in Victorian between 1950 & 2000.ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile country railway stations in Victorian between 1950 & 2000.railroads - victoria - pictorial works, railway stations - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Sargent, John, Country Railway Stations Victoria Part Three, 2002
A photographic profile country railway stations in Victorian between 1950 & 2000.ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile country railway stations in Victorian between 1950 & 2000.railroads - victoria - pictorial works, railway stations - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Sargent, John, Country Railway Stations Victoria Part Four, 2004
A photographic profile country railway stations in Victorian between 1950 & 2000.ill, p.48.non-fictionA photographic profile country railway stations in Victorian between 1950 & 2000.railroads - victoria - pictorial works, railway stations - victoria - history -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Book, Cannon Michael, Vagabond Country
An account of journey through Gippsland, during 1880's by vagabond- John Stanley James journalist, also known as Julian Thomas, giving his comments on the settlers, businesses and townships, also problems of isolation.Edited by Michael Cannonhistory, township -
Clunes Museum
Book, BAIN ATTWOOD, THE GOOD COUNTRY
DJADJA WURRUNG, ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS VICTORIA HISTORYSOFT COVER BOOK, COLOURED FRONT WITH IMAGES OF ABORIGINALS ON FRONT COVER ON A RED COLOURED BACKGROUND 225 PAGES THE DJADJA WURRUNG, THE SETTLERS AND PROTECTORS INCLUDES BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES AND INDEX. non-fictionDJADJA WURRUNG, ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS VICTORIA HISTORYfirst nations, djadja wurrung -
Darebin Art Collection
Painting, Deanne Gilson, 'Post Preston, After the Bushfires, Our Country, Plants and Animals Need Healing', 2021
‘Post Preston, After the Bushfires, Our Country, Plants and Animals Need Healing’, is Deanne Gilson’s response to Margaret Preston’s culturally appropriative works. With this painting, Deanne interrogates a complex field of inquiry regarding the objectified colonialist gaze, inappropriate commodification of cultural material and a reclaiming of lost knowledge. This work also speaks to the complicated history of the Bundoora Homestead site and challenges historical truth narratives from the settler perspective and works as an excellent companion to her mother Marlene Gilson’s ‘The Life and Times of Bundoora Homestead’ artwork, commissioned for the Darebin Art Collection in 2018. ‘Post Preston, After the Bushfires, Our Country, Plants and Animals Need Healing’ was a winning work in the 2021 Koorie Art Show. Artist Bio Dr Deanne Gilson is a proud Wadawurrung woman and an award-winning visual artist living and creating from her ancestral home of Ballarat in Victoria. Her multidisciplinary art practice interrogates the colonial disruption of her family and explores ways in which contemporary art can create a platform towards healing, acceptance and reclaiming cultural identity, often drawing upon traditional knowledges of her ancestors. The Victorian bush where Gilson grew up features predominantly in all of her paintings, alongside many Indigenous plants, trees and birds from her Creation Story. Gilson draws upon layers of tangible and intangible knowledge, she talks about the presence of the intangible as spiritual connections to Country and her ancestors, while the tangible knowledge reflects artefacts and other objects of daily Wadawurrung life. Her works portray a rich cultural history that continues to thrive and grow today despite the restrictions placed on her family by settlement. Gilson’s practice defines Aboriginal women’s business past and present through contemporary art. Traditional marks alongside contemporary marks, link her to the practices of Indigenous mark-making, especially that on her body when in ceremony. Stating that “all of my artworks are an extension of my women’s business and draw on ochre sourced from Wadawurrung Dja (Country)”. The white is used in traditional ceremonies, while the charcoal is a direct link to Gilson’s matriarchal line of her mother’s business. Gilson’s mother, Marlene Gilson, also an artist, gathers charcoal from her daily fire, passing this onto her daughter, extending upon the old and the new ways of sharing knowledge and connection to Country. -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Booklet - Waxing For Cross-Country Skiing, M. Michael Brady and Lorns Skjemstad, 1979
This booklet aimed to teach skiers the best techniques to wax their skis for cross-country skiing. M. Michael Brady was certified as a cross-country ski-racing coach by the Norwegian Ski Federation and also taught cross-country coach and instructor courses in Alaska and Australia. He was also the Nordic editor for SKI Magazine. Lorns O. Skjemstad was an experienced cross-country ski racer with gold, silver and bronze medals from the Holmenkollen Games, the Finnish Lahti Games, and the Norwegian Championships. He also wrote many articles on cross-country technique and waxing, including several in SKI Magazine.A small booklet featuring a skier waxing her ski on the front cover. The back cover features an image of the authors accompanied by a brief biography of each of them. It includes sketches and diagrams. This book was first published as Skismöring under auspices of Foreningen til Ski-Idrettens Fremme, Oslo in 1970.non-fictionThis booklet aimed to teach skiers the best techniques to wax their skis for cross-country skiing. M. Michael Brady was certified as a cross-country ski-racing coach by the Norwegian Ski Federation and also taught cross-country coach and instructor courses in Alaska and Australia. He was also the Nordic editor for SKI Magazine. Lorns O. Skjemstad was an experienced cross-country ski racer with gold, silver and bronze medals from the Holmenkollen Games, the Finnish Lahti Games, and the Norwegian Championships. He also wrote many articles on cross-country technique and waxing, including several in SKI Magazine.waxing techniques, cross country skiing -
Narre Warren and District Family History Group
Book, Niel Gunson, The Good Country : Cranbourne Shire, 1968
This book provides a detailed history of the Cranbourne Shire, including information about early settlers, Aboriginal heritage, soldier settlements, and the development of towns and rail tracks. The book also features photographs, maps, and appendices with shire statistics and historical records.non-fictionThis book provides a detailed history of the Cranbourne Shire, including information about early settlers, Aboriginal heritage, soldier settlements, and the development of towns and rail tracks. The book also features photographs, maps, and appendices with shire statistics and historical records.cranbourne (vic.), shire of cranbourne -
Narre Warren and District Family History Group
Book, Elyne Mitchell, Chauvel country : the story of a great Australian pioneering family, 1983
Chauvel Country is the history of a family whose roots can be traced into France, then England, and who came to Australia as pioneers of the Clarence River in New South Wales. It is the story of the individual members of that family, soldiers and sailors who fought their battles in the far places of the Empire. There are memories of the First World War of the author's hero father, and of the idyllic English countryside. In more recent times we share the author's experiences of riding through the Australian bush, of the lure of distant snow-capped mountains to be explored on skis, in the days before easy access roads, of skiing in North and South America, Europe and New Zealand. We also share the lonely years of the Second World War, when she carried on the family property while her husband was a prisoner of war in Changi prison. Elyne Mitchell is a remarkable woman, and in this book the reader is led on a unique journey through her life from childhood to an aware maturity and wisdom.non-fictionChauvel Country is the history of a family whose roots can be traced into France, then England, and who came to Australia as pioneers of the Clarence River in New South Wales. It is the story of the individual members of that family, soldiers and sailors who fought their battles in the far places of the Empire. There are memories of the First World War of the author's hero father, and of the idyllic English countryside. In more recent times we share the author's experiences of riding through the Australian bush, of the lure of distant snow-capped mountains to be explored on skis, in the days before easy access roads, of skiing in North and South America, Europe and New Zealand. We also share the lonely years of the Second World War, when she carried on the family property while her husband was a prisoner of war in Changi prison. Elyne Mitchell is a remarkable woman, and in this book the reader is led on a unique journey through her life from childhood to an aware maturity and wisdom.elyne mitchell, clarence river (nsw) -
Narre Warren and District Family History Group
Book, EW Landor, The bushman : life in a new country, 1998
The bushman is a classic account of a white settler's life in the "new country".non-fictionThe bushman is a classic account of a white settler's life in the "new country". edward wilson landor, western australia -- pioneers -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Book - Alps Invaders - Weeds of the Australian High Country, John Hosking, Geoff Sainty, Surrey Jacobs, 2006
The Australian Alps National Parks are relatively weed free compared with other environments that have been exploited by humans. By identifying weeds that pose the greatest threat to native vegetation, all users and visitors to these parks can assist park staff to locate weeds that require control. This identification guide has been produced for those concerned about weed invasions in these areas.A spiral volume of 62 pages including illustrations, a table of contents, map and index. The back cover includes logos of sponsors of the publication.The Australian Alps National Parks are relatively weed free compared with other environments that have been exploited by humans. By identifying weeds that pose the greatest threat to native vegetation, all users and visitors to these parks can assist park staff to locate weeds that require control. This identification guide has been produced for those concerned about weed invasions in these areas.alpine threats, australian environmental threats -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch
Document - Print out of a colour photograph, Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League, Erected in honour of our Sisters who served King and country in the Great War 1914 - 1918, unknown
Honour board that lists the Ballarat trained nurses who served in WWI.Print out of a colour photograph of an honour board made of wood with gilt lettering listing nurses who served in WWIwwi, world war one, ww1, nurses, ballarat -
Narre Warren and District Family History Group
Book, Peter Rickards, Reflections of a country priest : Peter Thomas Gisborne Rickards S.S.C. 1942-2003, 2003
Story of Peter Thomas Gisborne Rickards 1942 - 200382 p.; 21 cmnon-fictionStory of Peter Thomas Gisborne Rickards 1942 - 2003served at traralgon, moe, heyfield, bunyip, st peter's eastern hill -
Narre Warren and District Family History Group
Book, Lisa Mariah, Them days is gone forever : country memoirs of other times, 2001
Country Memoirs of other times Growing to adulthood62 p.; 20 cmnon-fictionCountry Memoirs of other times Growing to adulthoodlisa mariah, newry, flynn's creek -
Narre Warren and District Family History Group
Book, FC Hooper, The good country: Into the dawn of a new day (1968-1988), 1988
A sequel to The Good Country by Niel Gunsen.xviii, 308 p.; 25 cmnon-fictionA sequel to The Good Country by Niel Gunsen.shire of cranbourne, cranbourne (vic.), city of casey, -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, HK Atkinson, Country tickets of the Victorian railways, 2001
An exhaustive description of the country railway tickets of the Victorian railwaysIndex, ill, p.213.non-fictionAn exhaustive description of the country railway tickets of the Victorian railwaysrailway tickets - victorian railways, country tickets - victoria -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Book - Cattlemen of the High Country, Tor and Jane Holth, 2008
A history of the cattlemen of the Bogongs in the Victorian Alps, including their bushcraft, yarns, hut construction, dog and horse training. It looks at the issue of fire and cattle grazing and the struggle of the mountain cattlemen to retain their leases after the bushfires of 2003. This publication provides an enduring record of a special group of Australian pioneers whose lives and qualities of endurance have become part of Australian folklore.Subtitled "The story of the mountain cattlemen of the Bogongs", this publication of 248 pages includes illustrations, photos, portraits, an index and maps on the end papers. The original edition was published in 1980 A history of the cattlemen of the Bogongs in the Victorian Alps, including their bushcraft, yarns, hut construction, dog and horse training. It looks at the issue of fire and cattle grazing and the struggle of the mountain cattlemen to retain their leases after the bushfires of 2003. This publication provides an enduring record of a special group of Australian pioneers whose lives and qualities of endurance have become part of Australian folklore.bogong high plains, cattlemen of the high plains, bogong high plains history -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Book - Life in Australia - Snow Country, Laura Neal, 1963
This book was one of a series intended as a simple introduction to Australia, its life and people, for young readers overseas. Each was planned as a brief account of a single subject about Australia.A small book of 32 pages including illustrations by Patricia Cuss. This publication is part of a series "Life in Australia"non-fictionThis book was one of a series intended as a simple introduction to Australia, its life and people, for young readers overseas. Each was planned as a brief account of a single subject about Australia. juvenile literature australia, snow in australia -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Book - Cattlemen of the High Country, Tor Holth with Jane Barnaby, 1980
The lives of the mountain cattlemen of Victoria's alpine country revolve around the annual muster held before the first snowfall of autumn, when they bring their cattle down to lower pastures for winter feeding, or consign them for auction at the annual calf sales in Omeo or Myrtleford. The close-knit communities of cattlemen share the common hazards of this mountainous region, enduring the snow and freezing conditions of winter and the threat of ravaging bushfires in summer, finding shelter from the harshness of the environment in little huts which they built from the rough materials available. But the dangers of steep slopes and rocky terrain, in which more than one drover has lost his life, hold no terrors for them. These tough and resourceful cattlemen are self-sufficient and skilful in everything they do, whether it is bushmanship, horse-riding, or telling tall tales. In this book their yarns and reminiscences about their mates, their horses and Hereford cattle, and their indispensable dogs, reveal a characteristic courage and endurance, and an indomitable sense of humour. This book provides an enduring record of a vanishing breed of Australians, folk heroes in their own right, whose lives form the basis of verse and legend.A book of 224 pages including maps, illustrations and photographic images, both black and white and colour. It includes a bibliography.The lives of the mountain cattlemen of Victoria's alpine country revolve around the annual muster held before the first snowfall of autumn, when they bring their cattle down to lower pastures for winter feeding, or consign them for auction at the annual calf sales in Omeo or Myrtleford. The close-knit communities of cattlemen share the common hazards of this mountainous region, enduring the snow and freezing conditions of winter and the threat of ravaging bushfires in summer, finding shelter from the harshness of the environment in little huts which they built from the rough materials available. But the dangers of steep slopes and rocky terrain, in which more than one drover has lost his life, hold no terrors for them. These tough and resourceful cattlemen are self-sufficient and skilful in everything they do, whether it is bushmanship, horse-riding, or telling tall tales. In this book their yarns and reminiscences about their mates, their horses and Hereford cattle, and their indispensable dogs, reveal a characteristic courage and endurance, and an indomitable sense of humour. This book provides an enduring record of a vanishing breed of Australians, folk heroes in their own right, whose lives form the basis of verse and legend.mountain cattlemen, cattle breeders victoria, australian cattlemen, bogong high plains history -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Book - The Physician and Sports Medicine Guide to Cross-Country Skiing, Edward G Hixson, 1980
A publication from the series "Sports Medicine Guides" with an introduction by Allan J. Ryan. It is divided into three sections:- Part One - Advances in Cross-Country Skiing Part Two - Training Part Three - Nordic Sports MedicineA blue hard-covered volume of 145pages including a frontispiece, illustrations, tables, graphs and an index.non-fictionA publication from the series "Sports Medicine Guides" with an introduction by Allan J. Ryan. It is divided into three sections:- Part One - Advances in Cross-Country Skiing Part Two - Training Part Three - Nordic Sports Medicine cross country skiing, sports medicine for skiing -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Hudson, Rod L, Steam Country
A photographic history of the early trains on the Victorian Railways country network.ill, p.56.non-fictionA photographic history of the early trains on the Victorian Railways country network.steam locomotives - victoria- history, railroad operations - victoria -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - For God, Country, And The Hell Of It, John Hickman, 1985
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Hewlett, Maurice, Open country: a comedy with a sting, 1909
A comedy with a sting316p., hardback, dark green coverfictionA comedy with a stingfiction, hewlett maurice, comedy -
Melbourne Legacy
Postcard
A post card sent to Master J. Brenner of "Chippenham" Railway Parade, Williamstown by his cousin Ethel for his collection. The connection to Legacy is not known. This postcard is the Country life. Series V registered postcard number 9180. Was named "OILETTE" and was produced and printed by Raphael Tuck & Sons, the date is unknown. This item represents a serie of artistic postcards created in England and even though its year of making is unknown possess an aesthetic significance about the kind of postcards produced by Raphael Tuck & Sons.Postcard with of a country scene with a boy holding a donkey. Handwritten: Dear Cousin, Mother says she promised she would send you some postcards. I am sending these & hope you will like them for your collection. Your Cousin. Ethel. / Master J. Brenner "Chippenham" Railway P. Williamstown. Front side: Printed in photo, "CHUMS" / Handwriten photo sign, [?]lette. Back side: Printed on paper, printed symbols / Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE" [Regd.]Postcard 9180. / COUNTRY LIFE. Series V. / ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN / Printed in England / If sent Abroad, this space may only be used for Name and Address of Sender. / CARTE POSTALE. / TUCK'S POST CARD. / POSTKARTE. / (For Address Only.) / [Stamp] VICTORIA, POSTAGE, ONE PENNY, 1d. souvenir, world war one -
Learmonth and District Historical Society Inc.
Plaque, Circa 19th century
The reason this was presented to the Shire of Ballarat is unknown.Rectangular Plaque with shaped bottom of brown wood,on which is a shield with the crown on top and on a white enamelled background divided into four by gold lines, are symbols of a tree, Australian flag, an Anchor and firemans helmet. Under this are leaves in gold in the form of a part wreath,and beneath this are the words COUNTRY FIRE AUTHORITY on a flowing ribbon.COUNTRY FIRE AUTHORITY.plaque.country fire authority