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Glen Eira City Council History and Heritage Collection
Community Newsletter, "City of Caulfield Civic Week - Nov. 16-22, 1958", 1958
This community newsletter is titled "City of Caulfield Civic Week - Nov. 16-22, 1958", and describes the idea behind Civic Week by the Mayor as being “to promote a new and more active Community spirit, to create a greater public interest and participation in Community affairs, to emphasis the important part played by local government in the Community and to bring to all Citizens a new awareness of their City as a progressive part of the Metropolis”. It contains a program of functions to be held during Civic Week in 1958, and the middle pages contain the article “Be Careful When Driving or Parking a Car”. This one page community newsletter (folded in the middle to create 4 pages of text) is titled "City of Caulfield Civic Week - Nov. 16-22, 1958". -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Magazine, Australasian Post, "Hooray for Trams", 10/3/1977
Australasian Post report on tramways and in particular Melbourne and their use in other places in the world. Notes Melbourne's cable system and how it operated. At the time only Adelaide was the only other Australian operator. Features photos of Melbourne's trams along with Bendigo, Geelong, Melbourne 1041, Stuttgart, Gothenburg. Written by George Hart. On page 16 is a cartoon by Ken Maynard about drink driving and blood alcohol testing. Also has a story of an absent-minded professor and his problem of getting his fare out of his pocket on a Melbourne tram.Yields information about Melbourne's tramways and its place in the world.Set of 8 pages with centre staple remaining from the Australasian Post 10/3/1977australasian post, tramways, cable trams, melbourne, ken maynard, stories -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Certificate, Rotary Club of Eltham, Certificate, Festival Parade Award, Rotary Club of Eltham, Eighth Eltham Community Festival 1982, 1982
Eltham Community Festival awards. Awarded to the Shire of Eltham Historical Society for the most effort by locals. Newsletter No. 27, November 1982 ELTHAM COMMUNITY FESTIVAL Although our parade entry did not win a prize this year, it was considered highly successful from a participation point of view. Despite some uncertainty as to just who was corning, members and friends kept appearing at the assembly area . As in the past years our friends from the Victorian Folk Music·Club brought their instruments along and really added to the occasion. This year we concentrated on a rural theme with a tractor/trailer combination. Thanks to Peter Bassett-Smith for the tractor, Joh Ebeli for the decorations and friendly trailer owner Dennis McKay. Unfortunately the closing stages of the parade were marred by heavy rain. We just finished as the rain started but members scattered very quickly. This has prompted the suggestion for future parades that we have a tent or other suitable venue for members to gather after the event. This is worth following up. The cold driving rain provided a special problem for Peter in driving his tractor home to Kangaroo Ground. Have you ever had to choose between standing up to warm your hands on the exhaust and having your tractor seat flooded? Paper certificate printed with handwritten award nomination and categoryawards, eltham festival, rotary club of eltham, shire of eltham historical society, joh ebeli, peter bassett-smith -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, 1944
Taken in 1944, the photograph depicts an Australian Army truck driving along an unsealed road from Stanley to the top of Mt. Stanley. A secret experimental micro-wave radio station was established and tested at Mt. Stanley by the Army Signal Detachment Unit during World War II. It was part of an experimental Ultra High Frequency (UHF) link between Melbourne and Sydney. At the time, it was highly classified. It intended to enquire into the hitherto unexplored transmission of micro-waves; that is, a radio signal which could only be transmitted by line of sight, and thus required hill-top to hill-top location.The photograph is historically significant as it pertains to World War II; the largest global conflict in history. This significance is enhanced by Australia's prominent involvement in campaigns across the Pacific, particularly on land in New Guinea and across the Huon Peninsula. It was also the first time that the Australian mainland came under direct attack by the Axis, with Japanese forces targeting north-west Australia and Sydney Harbour. These battles became Australia's largest and most complex offensives during the war. The record is also historically significant as it relates to the Royal Australian Corps of Signals, or "RA Sigs". This significance is strengthened by Australia's unique distinction of having the first established signal unit under the British Empire. This unit provides electronic warfare. They enable commanders to implement highly dynamic battle control against opposing forces by using a number of methods including radio, fibre optic, micro-wave, information systems and satellite links. The record has strong research potential. This is due to the ongoing scholarly and public interest in war, military history, the ANZAC legend, and the continuing existence of the RA Sigs. The historic context of this record can provide insight into Australia's history, military, technological innovation and advancements, as well as national economic, defence and foreign policies after 1945.Black and white rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper.Reverse: BMM5095.7 / The track up (?) from / Stanley to the top / 32 /military album, army album, military, war, wwii, world war ii, army signal detachment unit, royal australian corps of signals, beechworth, victoria, stanley, mt stanley, melbourne, sydney -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Leisure object - Model Ship, H.M.S Dreadnought, 2014
A modern detailed replica to scale 1:200 of the early 20th C battleship launched in 1906. " The dreadnought class defined the basic form of battleships up to the 2nd WW. Original specifications: Length 526 ft; beam 82 ft; speed: 21 knots cruising Crew complement: 657; Armament: 10 12inch guns; 18 12 pdr guns( 4 shown on model) ; Engines: two turbines driving 4 shafts; weight: 17,900 tons fully laden; coal capacity 2977 tons; The ship was broken up for scrap in 1920 - David Lumsden donor and modelmaker Detailed Model of the Dreadnought 90% cardboard model of early 20th C. battleship one white ensign; on a polished wood plinth with cardboard hand lettered labels. Decks painted pale gunship grey and below waterline bright red. Model on polished wood plinth with bevelled edge.two card labels adhered to plinth: "David Lumsden 2014 Scale 1:72" "H M S Dreadnought"model ships, h.m.s. dreadnought, battleships, ww1, david lumsden -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Ballarat School of Mines, Student Magazine, First Term, 1908, 1908
Table of Contents: The location and pegging of a tramway route, The unity of things, Students' third annual dinner, The transmission of power by rope driving, Visit to the Briseis main and new brothers home, School of Mines' sports committee, School of Mines' magazine committee, Diabolo, Limericks sluiced at Snake Valley, Obituary, Hints to the inexperienced, Fossilistic love, Past students, Some bunsen memories, Quaint and curious coincidences, Notes on analytical chemistry, New students, News and notes, Students' library, Sports and pastimes, School of Mines' annual dinner, Correspondence, Answers to correspondents, Editorial notes. Images.Booklet of 26 pages.pegging a tramway route, transmission of power by rope driving, briseis main and new brothers home, diabolo, snake valley, obituary, analytical chemistry, students' library, john brittain, a. e. c. kerr, w. smith, l. seward, leslie coulter, t. williams, f. treloar, whitington, hart, murphy, o. w. williams, l. knight, w. kingston, g. w. sides, w. gelard, w. t. sayer, s. r. white, a. c. hesselmann, r. j. moore, r. g. walker, j. a. peart, newton g. king, w. e. eyres, g.h davenport, a. d. r. galloway, j. e. b. crossley, j. smart, h. hylton, j. blayney, t. lennon, h. s. sheppard, p. c. osbourne, c.w. nash, les smith, w. b. tucker, c. w. white, a. j. robin, h. f. owen, l. a. westcott, e. m. boyer, ernie strick, isadore wittowski, m. tyler, h. m. conran, h. g. conran, h. g. cornell, l. j. middleton, j. d. orr, j. r. blight, w. g. taylor, l. hall, c. bult, g. o. ramsay, o. w. williams, stanley r. heron, john a. grant, william t. sayer, frederick l. treloar, patrick s. anderson, robert mitchell, frederick j. martell -
Melbourne Legacy
Photograph - Photo, Golf tournament, 1992
Huntingdale Golf club was the site of many social events for Legatees and Widows clubs. This appears to be an annual major fundraising golf day. Legatee John Stevenson is holding a board showing the rounds and the winners of the Dallas Brookes Trophy for Open Pairs, 1992. It was in an album of photos from 1992 and 1993. The article in the Answer says that the association with the Huntingdale golf club began in 1933 and over the years over $255,000 has been raised for Legacy. The Open Mixes Foursomes is usually held in December and the Ladies Day is annually in October. The caption in the article says that Legatee G Fox is driving the golf cart.A record of the type of activities Legacy provided as a social outlet for the widows and Legatees and for fundraising.Colour photo x 4 of golf day presentation in 1992 and an article in The Answer.events, huntingdale golf club, golf, fundraising, legatee event -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Victorian Police Marching Band, Eltham Festival Parade, 16 October 1982, 16/10/1982
[article in EDHS Newsletter No. 27, November 1982:] 1982: 16-17 October. “Pioneers of Eltham” and tractor (rain). Although our parade entry did not win a prize this year, it was considered highly successful from a participation point of view. Despite some uncertainty as to just who was coming, members and friends kept appearing at the assembly area. As in the past years our friends from the Victorian Folk Music Club brought their instruments along and really added to the occasion. This year we concentrated on a rural theme with a tractor/trailer combination. Thanks to Peter Bassett-Smith for the tractor, Joh Ebeli for the decorations and friendly trailer owner Dennis McKay. Unfortunately the closing stages of the parade were marred by heavy rain. We just finished as the rain started but members scattered very quickly. This has prompted the suggestion for future parades that we have a tent or other suitable venue for members to gather after the event. This is worth following up. The cold driving rain provided a special problem for Peter in driving his tractor home to Kangaroo Ground. Have you ever had to choose between standing up to warm your hands on the exhaust and having your tractor seat flooded? Certificate, Festival Parade Award, Rotary Club of Eltham, Eighth Eltham Community Festival 1982: Presented to the Shire of Eltham Historical Society for the most effort by "locals".Colour photographmain road, eltham festival, eltham, eltham parade, festivals, parade, parade floats, 1982, marching band, victorian police -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Society member Peter Bassett-Smith towing the Shire of Eltham Historical Society float with his tractor in the Eltham Festival Parade along Main Road, 16 October 1982, 16/10/1982
[article in EDHS Newsletter No. 27, November 1982:] 1982: 16-17 October. “Pioneers of Eltham” and tractor (rain). Although our parade entry did not win a prize this year, it was considered highly successful from a participation point of view. Despite some uncertainty as to just who was coming, members and friends kept appearing at the assembly area. As in the past years our friends from the Victorian Folk Music Club brought their instruments along and really added to the occasion. This year we concentrated on a rural theme with a tractor/trailer combination. Thanks to Peter Bassett-Smith for the tractor, Joh Ebeli for the decorations and friendly trailer owner Dennis McKay. Unfortunately the closing stages of the parade were marred by heavy rain. We just finished as the rain started but members scattered very quickly. This has prompted the suggestion for future parades that we have a tent or other suitable venue for members to gather after the event. This is worth following up. The cold driving rain provided a special problem for Peter in driving his tractor home to Kangaroo Ground. Have you ever had to choose between standing up to warm your hands on the exhaust and having your tractor seat flooded? Certificate, Festival Parade Award, Rotary Club of Eltham, Eighth Eltham Community Festival 1982: Presented to the Shire of Eltham Historical Society for the most effort by "locals".Colour photographmain road, eltham festival, eltham, eltham parade, festivals, parade, parade floats, 1982, eltham district historical society, peter bassett-smith, shire of eltham historical society -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Shire of Eltham Historical Society float, Eltham Festival Parade, 16 October 1982, 16/10/1982
[article in EDHS Newsletter No. 27, November 1982:] 1982: 16-17 October. “Pioneers of Eltham” and tractor (rain). Although our parade entry did not win a prize this year, it was considered highly successful from a participation point of view. Despite some uncertainty as to just who was coming, members and friends kept appearing at the assembly area. As in the past years our friends from the Victorian Folk Music Club brought their instruments along and really added to the occasion. This year we concentrated on a rural theme with a tractor/trailer combination. Thanks to Peter Bassett-Smith for the tractor, Joh Ebeli for the decorations and friendly trailer owner Dennis McKay. Unfortunately the closing stages of the parade were marred by heavy rain. We just finished as the rain started but members scattered very quickly. This has prompted the suggestion for future parades that we have a tent or other suitable venue for members to gather after the event. This is worth following up. The cold driving rain provided a special problem for Peter in driving his tractor home to Kangaroo Ground. Have you ever had to choose between standing up to warm your hands on the exhaust and having your tractor seat flooded? Certificate, Festival Parade Award, Rotary Club of Eltham, Eighth Eltham Community Festival 1982: Presented to the Shire of Eltham Historical Society for the most effort by "locals".Colour photographmain road, eltham festival, eltham, eltham parade, festivals, parade, parade floats, 1982, eltham district historical society, shire of eltham historical society -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Society member Peter Bassett-Smith towing the Shire of Eltham Historical Society float with his tractor in the Eltham Festival Parade along Main Road, 16 October 1982, 16/10/1982
[article in EDHS Newsletter No. 27, November 1982:] 1982: 16-17 October. “Pioneers of Eltham” and tractor (rain). Although our parade entry did not win a prize this year, it was considered highly successful from a participation point of view. Despite some uncertainty as to just who was coming, members and friends kept appearing at the assembly area. As in the past years our friends from the Victorian Folk Music Club brought their instruments along and really added to the occasion. This year we concentrated on a rural theme with a tractor/trailer combination. Thanks to Peter Bassett-Smith for the tractor, Joh Ebeli for the decorations and friendly trailer owner Dennis McKay. Unfortunately the closing stages of the parade were marred by heavy rain. We just finished as the rain started but members scattered very quickly. This has prompted the suggestion for future parades that we have a tent or other suitable venue for members to gather after the event. This is worth following up. The cold driving rain provided a special problem for Peter in driving his tractor home to Kangaroo Ground. Have you ever had to choose between standing up to warm your hands on the exhaust and having your tractor seat flooded? Certificate, Festival Parade Award, Rotary Club of Eltham, Eighth Eltham Community Festival 1982: Presented to the Shire of Eltham Historical Society for the most effort by "locals".Colour photographmain road, eltham festival, eltham, eltham parade, festivals, parade, parade floats, 1982, eltham district historical society, shire of eltham historical society, peter bassett-smith -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Eltham Festival Parade, 16 October 1982, 16/10/1982
[article in EDHS Newsletter No. 27, November 1982:] 1982: 16-17 October. “Pioneers of Eltham” and tractor (rain). Although our parade entry did not win a prize this year, it was considered highly successful from a participation point of view. Despite some uncertainty as to just who was coming, members and friends kept appearing at the assembly area. As in the past years our friends from the Victorian Folk Music Club brought their instruments along and really added to the occasion. This year we concentrated on a rural theme with a tractor/trailer combination. Thanks to Peter Bassett-Smith for the tractor, Joh Ebeli for the decorations and friendly trailer owner Dennis McKay. Unfortunately the closing stages of the parade were marred by heavy rain. We just finished as the rain started but members scattered very quickly. This has prompted the suggestion for future parades that we have a tent or other suitable venue for members to gather after the event. This is worth following up. The cold driving rain provided a special problem for Peter in driving his tractor home to Kangaroo Ground. Have you ever had to choose between standing up to warm your hands on the exhaust and having your tractor seat flooded? Certificate, Festival Parade Award, Rotary Club of Eltham, Eighth Eltham Community Festival 1982: Presented to the Shire of Eltham Historical Society for the most effort by "locals".Colour photographmain road, eltham festival, eltham, eltham parade, festivals, parade, parade floats, 1982 -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Diamond Valley Railway, Eltham Festival Parade, 16 October 1982, 16/10/1982
[article in EDHS Newsletter No. 27, November 1982:] 1982: 16-17 October. “Pioneers of Eltham” and tractor (rain). Although our parade entry did not win a prize this year, it was considered highly successful from a participation point of view. Despite some uncertainty as to just who was coming, members and friends kept appearing at the assembly area. As in the past years our friends from the Victorian Folk Music Club brought their instruments along and really added to the occasion. This year we concentrated on a rural theme with a tractor/trailer combination. Thanks to Peter Bassett-Smith for the tractor, Joh Ebeli for the decorations and friendly trailer owner Dennis McKay. Unfortunately the closing stages of the parade were marred by heavy rain. We just finished as the rain started but members scattered very quickly. This has prompted the suggestion for future parades that we have a tent or other suitable venue for members to gather after the event. This is worth following up. The cold driving rain provided a special problem for Peter in driving his tractor home to Kangaroo Ground. Have you ever had to choose between standing up to warm your hands on the exhaust and having your tractor seat flooded? Certificate, Festival Parade Award, Rotary Club of Eltham, Eighth Eltham Community Festival 1982: Presented to the Shire of Eltham Historical Society for the most effort by "locals".Colour photographmain road, eltham festival, eltham, eltham parade, festivals, parade, parade floats, 1982, diamond valley railway -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Eltham Festival Parade, 16 October 1982, 16/10/1982
[article in EDHS Newsletter No. 27, November 1982:] 1982: 16-17 October. “Pioneers of Eltham” and tractor (rain). Although our parade entry did not win a prize this year, it was considered highly successful from a participation point of view. Despite some uncertainty as to just who was coming, members and friends kept appearing at the assembly area. As in the past years our friends from the Victorian Folk Music Club brought their instruments along and really added to the occasion. This year we concentrated on a rural theme with a tractor/trailer combination. Thanks to Peter Bassett-Smith for the tractor, Joh Ebeli for the decorations and friendly trailer owner Dennis McKay. Unfortunately the closing stages of the parade were marred by heavy rain. We just finished as the rain started but members scattered very quickly. This has prompted the suggestion for future parades that we have a tent or other suitable venue for members to gather after the event. This is worth following up. The cold driving rain provided a special problem for Peter in driving his tractor home to Kangaroo Ground. Have you ever had to choose between standing up to warm your hands on the exhaust and having your tractor seat flooded? Certificate, Festival Parade Award, Rotary Club of Eltham, Eighth Eltham Community Festival 1982: Presented to the Shire of Eltham Historical Society for the most effort by "locals".Colour photographmain road, eltham festival, eltham, eltham parade, festivals, parade, parade floats, 1982 -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Eltham Festival Parade, 16 October 1982, 16/10/1982
[article in EDHS Newsletter No. 27, November 1982:] 1982: 16-17 October. “Pioneers of Eltham” and tractor (rain). Although our parade entry did not win a prize this year, it was considered highly successful from a participation point of view. Despite some uncertainty as to just who was coming, members and friends kept appearing at the assembly area. As in the past years our friends from the Victorian Folk Music Club brought their instruments along and really added to the occasion. This year we concentrated on a rural theme with a tractor/trailer combination. Thanks to Peter Bassett-Smith for the tractor, Joh Ebeli for the decorations and friendly trailer owner Dennis McKay. Unfortunately the closing stages of the parade were marred by heavy rain. We just finished as the rain started but members scattered very quickly. This has prompted the suggestion for future parades that we have a tent or other suitable venue for members to gather after the event. This is worth following up. The cold driving rain provided a special problem for Peter in driving his tractor home to Kangaroo Ground. Have you ever had to choose between standing up to warm your hands on the exhaust and having your tractor seat flooded? Certificate, Festival Parade Award, Rotary Club of Eltham, Eighth Eltham Community Festival 1982: Presented to the Shire of Eltham Historical Society for the most effort by "locals".Colour photographmain road, eltham festival, eltham, eltham parade, festivals, parade, parade floats, 1982 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Machine - Fusee Clock Mechanism, early 20th Century
The origin of the fusee is not known. Many sources credit clockmaker Jacob Zech of Prague with inventing it around 1525. The earliest dated fusee clock was made by Zech in 1525, but the fusee appeared earlier, with the first spring-driven clocks in the 15th century. The idea probably did not originate with clockmakers, since the earliest known example is in a crossbow windlass shown in a 1405 military manuscript. Drawings from the 15th century by Filippo Brunelleschi and Leonardo da Vinci also show fusee mechanisms. The earliest existing clock with a fusee, also the earliest spring-powered clock, is the Burgunderuhr (Burgundy clock), a chamber clock whose iconography suggests that it was made for Phillipe the Good, Duke of Burgundy about 1430. Springs were first employed to power clocks in the 15th century, to make them smaller and portable.[1][5] These early spring-driven clocks were much less accurate than weight-driven clocks. Unlike a weight on a cord, which exerts a constant force to turn the clock's wheels, the force a spring exerts diminishes as the spring unwinds. The primitive verge and foliot timekeeping mechanism, used in all early clocks, was sensitive to changes in drive force. So early spring-driven clocks slowed down over their running period as the mainspring unwound. This problem is called lack of isochronism. Two solutions to this problem appeared with the first spring-driven clocks; the stack freed and the fusee. The stack freed, a crude cam compensator, added a lot of friction and was abandoned after less than a century. The fusee was a much more lasting idea. As the movement ran, the tapering shape of the fusee pulley continuously changed the mechanical advantage of the pull from the mainspring, compensating for the diminishing spring force. Clockmakers empirically discovered the correct shape for the fusee, which is not a simple cone but a hyperboloid. The first fusees were long and slender, but later ones have a squatter compact shape. Fusees became the standard method of getting constant force from a mainspring, used in most spring-wound clocks, and watches when they appeared in the 17th century. Around 1726 John Harrison added the maintaining power spring to the fusee to keep marine chronometers running during winding, and this was generally adopted. The fusee was a good mainspring compensator, but it was also expensive, difficult to adjust, and had other disadvantages: It was bulky and tall and made pocket watches unfashionably thick. If the mainspring broke and had to be replaced, a frequent occurrence with early mainsprings, the fusee had to be readjusted to the new spring. If the fusee chain broke, the force of the mainspring sent the end whipping about the inside of the clock, causing damage. The invention of the pendulum and the balance spring in the mid-17th century made clocks and watches much more isochronous, by making the timekeeping element a harmonic oscillator, with a natural "beat" resistant to change. The pendulum clock with an anchor escapement, invented in 1670, was sufficiently independent of drive force so that only a few had fusees. In pocketwatches, the verge escapement, which required a fusee, was gradually replaced by escapements which were less sensitive to changes in mainspring force: the cylinder and later the lever escapement. In 1760, Jean-Antoine Lépine dispensed with the fusee, inventing a going barrel to power the watch gear train directly. This contained a very long mainspring, of which only a few turns were used to power the watch. Accordingly, only a part of the mainspring's 'torque curve' was used, where the torque was approximately constant. In the 1780s, pursuing thinner watches, French watchmakers adopted the going barrel with the cylinder escapement. By 1850, the Swiss and American watchmaking industries employed the going barrel exclusively, aided by new methods of adjusting the balance spring so that it was isochronous. England continued to make the bulkier full plate fusee watches until about 1900. They were inexpensive models sold to the lower classes and were derisively called "turnips". After this, the only remaining use for the fusee was in marine chronometers, where the highest precision was needed, and bulk was less of a disadvantage until they became obsolete in the 1970s. Item is an example of clock mechanisms used until 1910 for many different styles of clocks and went out of fashion in the 1970s due to improvements in clock and watch making.Brass fusse clock movement, It has very heavy brass plates and wheels, high-count machined pinions, and a fusee. The mounting of the pendulum is missing and It has a recoil escapement. A fusee is a conical pulley driven through a chain by the spring barrel. As the spring runs down, the chain acts at a larger and larger radius on the conical pulley, equalising the driving torque. This keeps the rate of the clock more even over the whole run. It has motion work to drive an hour hand as well as a minute hand and the centre arbor is extended behind the back plate to drive some other mechanism.Inscription scratched on back"AM 40" flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, clock mechanism, fusee mechanism, horology -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - JAMES CURNOW MAYOR OF BENDIGO
Black and white photograph. James Curnow (Mayor of Bendigo) standing in a garden. Wearing a waistcoat, watch chain, hat with turned-up brim. Photo mounted on cream board. Inscriptions: on back- 'P 67', James Curnow, Councillor, Mayor of Bendigo 1902-04, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1927-28', Circular blue stamp 'Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch:. History of object: James Lerk, 2000 'James Curnow, four times mayor of the City of Bendigo. Curnow was a driving force behind the introduction of the Sewerage System to the city'. Photographed for Bendigo Advertiser 4.7.2000person, individual, james curnow -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Magazine, Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees Association (ATMOEA), "The Tramway Record December 1987", Dec. 1987
Magazine 40 page, with pink page cover and plain white paper inside cantered stapled - "The Tramway Record December 1987" - with title in black ink and Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees Association logo on the front cover and a photo of No. 1 cable tram set and hand Witten note "These contraptions are slow compared to the car! Features history of the Union, list of office bearers, President page noting the opening of the St Kilda Beach Light Rail, extract from the MMTB Instruction to Motormen in Electric car driving for the Eastern system and general news from the depots. trams, tramways, unions, melbourne, mmtb, instructions, drivers, motormen -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Herald Sun, "Clatter Clatter - he has problems by $ million, "Grant for trams", 11/11/1970 12:00:00 AM
Set of two Newspaper cuttings from The Herald, Melbourne, Wednesday 11 November 1970. 1st cutting from page 2 - item written by John Sorell in "On the Spot" about the Chairman of the Tramways Board Mr. Frank Kirby and the financial problems of the MMTB, government relations, costs of running the system. Includes a photo of Mr. Kirby. 2nd cutting, stapled to the first, about the decision of the Bolte Government to give the MMTB a grant for the first time this year. Driving Licenses will be doubled to assist payment and additional road maintenance works. Does not give details of financial arrangements. In top left hand corner of second cutting, "11/11/70" in black ink.trams, tramways, mmtb, finances, government grants, mr. frank kirby -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Manual, MAN, "MAN Buses - Driver's Handbook" and, "Gearbox flaw cripples bus fleet", mid 1980's
.1 - Manual - 116 pages centred stapled - titled "MAN Buses - Driver's Handbook". Has a table of contents, item reference list and electric circuit diagrams. Covers the operation, equipment, driving, cold weather operation, maintenance, lubrication, fuels, general car and maintenance. .2 - newspaper clipping from The Age ""Gearbox flaw cripples bus fleet", dated 26/3/1987, by Tony Harrington, Transport Reporter reporting on the withdrawal of 20 buses from North Fitzroy - replacement parts no longer being manufactured. Also has a loose note about the radiator capacity.trams, tramways, buses, maintenance, man, manual, gears -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - Royal Australian Survey Corps Surveyors in the Field – Victoria, 1956 - 1958
This is a set of two photographs of surveyors and support staff in the field undertaking tasks in Victoria 1956 – 1958. The surveyors were employed in the establishment of mapping and geodetic control. In this era surveyors used theodolites to observe horizontal and vertical angles and chains to measure base line distances between survey stations. This is a set of 23 photographs of surveyors and support staff in the field undertaking duties in Victoria 1956 – 1958. The photographs were printed on photographic paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photographs were scanned at 300 dpi. .1) - Photo, colour, 1956. Surveyors enjoying a tea break. L to R: Tom Gilbert (cook), Barry Broad, Tony Slattery, John Van De Graff. Taken at Boonoonar, a locality south of Mildura. .2) - Photo, colour, 1958. Surveyors taking a break from driving. L to R: Leo Bub, Bob Thompson. Taken at Puckapunyal..1P to .2P annotated on back – personnel names, the year and the location. royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, asr, army svy regt, fortuna, surveying -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, 1911
This photo shows Jas Lynn of Orbost driving a team of bullocks pulling a large cart of maize. They are taking it to the fisherman's Wharf in Lakes Entrance. Maize has been grown on the Orbost flats since the late 19th century. Transport was always an obstacle to economic sucess. For a few years prior to the First World War and the construction of the railway line from Bairnsdale to Orbost, a lot of maize was carted by horse and bullock teams to Lakes Entrance for transhipment to the Melbourne market. At that .time yields of 90 to 100 bushels of maize were quite a common occurrence. James Lynn, a member of the East Gippsland Maize Board, farmed at Jarrahmond.This photograph is associated with the large maize growing industry in the Orbost region. A black / white photograph of a bullock team pulling a large, loaded cart. It is being driven by a man standing on the side of the road, holding a whip. In the background are houses and a telegraph pole.on back - " Carting maize to Lakes Entrance in 1911."transport-bullocks maize-orbost lynn-james -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Drill Brace, 1800s
The subject item is an early Victorian Scotch Brace with a 10-inch sweep. They were also known as a six penny or "gentleman's" brace and were designed to accept tapered square shank bits, early designs have a thumb screw to help secure the bit. Later designs had a catch to secure drilling bits. This type of brace was used in wagon making for boring & drilling holes into the wood for a variety of purposes, including driving screws. The subject item is unmarked but could have been made in Glasgow Scotland by John Fray in the 1800s, early drill braces of this type were often unmarked by their makers. A significant early example of a drill brace made in the UK during the 1800s demonstrates the evolution of this type of tool from this time that today is a rare and collectable example of woodworking tools.Brace metal with wooden handle. Has a screw in the holding socket item also has an auger bit. Noneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, brace, carpenders wheel brace, cabinet makers tools, drilling tool, wagon makers drill -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Card - 25 years Bush Trefoil Guild
The first meeting of the 1st Bendigo Guides was held by Miss Merle Bush on the 22nd of August 1922 in the St Paul' School Room. Twelve girls were present. Miss Bush was given permission to open the Company by Miss R. Hamilton, State Secretary for Victoria, she received her Captain's Warrant on 12th December 1922.Card with Honeysuckle and Dog Rose drawings of fruit and flowers in red and pink on the front1 Halsey Street Box Hill South. Dear Wynne Please accept my apology for the 25th Birthday celebration of Merle Bush Trefoil Guild. I hope you have a wonderful day and I shall be thinking of you. As I grow older I find I prefer to restrict my activities to the things that are close to home. I am still driving but only locally and to places that I know. Best wishes to all Marie Stubbsgirl guides, guiding, merle bush, trefoil guild, the australian womens register -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, Frank Wright at the Ballarat City Baths, c1930, 1930
Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia..1) black and white photograph of a man standing in front of a driving tower beside a swimming pool. Surrounding the pool is a corrugated iron structure containing walls, changing booths and a roof. This is supported by timber posts. The man is dressed in swimming costume (singlet and trunks) and is Frank Wright. The place is the Ballarat City Baths. .2) black and white photograph of a man standing on a spring board over a swimming pool. Surrounding the pool is a corrugated iron structure containing walls, changing booths and a roof. This is supported by timber posts. The man is dressed in swimming costume (singlet and trunks) and is Frank Wright. The place is the Ballarat City Baths..1) handwritten on back - Frank Wright 28, Taken Ballarat City Baths. Jan 1930 .2) handwritten on back - F.Wright, Ballarat City Baths, 4/2/30 3.) Frank Wright at the Ballarat City Baths, date unknownfrank wright, ballarat city baths, swimming costume, diving tower, spring board, changing booth -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: CHAFF CUTTER
Two photographs (proofs 64 and 65) No. 64, A traction Engine driving a chaff cutter?, threshing machine? Via a very long flat belt. Behind the machine is a large pile of hay with several men standing on the heap. To the right of the machine there is another group of men and bags of grain and several bag trucks are visible. Under this photo in very faded writing is: Threshing, Chaff Cutter, Chaff Factory Collingwood, Mrs. J. Collins. 65. A working Traction Engine, cutting or threshing, there are groups of men standing on a pile of hay and also near the machine. A sign on the roof of the machine reads 'Marshalls Gainsborough'topic, farming, threshing, chaff cutter, thresher, chaff factory collingwood, mrs. j collins, marshalls, gainsborough -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Herald & Weekly Times Ltd, When Hellfire Jack rode...", 15/04/1972 12:00:00 AM
1037 - Newspaper clipping from The Sun (Melbourne), April 15, 1972 in the Magazine section of the newspaper, called 'Then and Now' about the closure the following day of the Bendigo tramways. Gives an outline history of the tramway system, and two stories about the tramways, one about a driver named "Hellfire Jack" and an accident between a tram he was driving and a horse pulled dray loaded with tomatoes. Has six small photos on the top of the item, four of trams and two of Bendigo looking towards Charing Cross from the Post Office in 1880 and 1972. 1037.1 - added 23/10/2004 - duplicate cutting. Item written by John Fraser.trams, tramways, bendigo, closure, hellfire jack, charing cross -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Photograph/s, Carolyn Dean, 12/03/2000 12:00:00 AM
Set of four colour photographs taken during the March 2000 Begonia festival by Carolyn Dean of tramcar operations in Wendouree Parade on Sunday 12 March 2000. On Kodak Paper. 1345.1 - Tram 671 by the Festival Ticket Booth at the Paddle Ferry stop, with tramcar 18 in the background. Len Millar driving tram. The floral carpet was nearby. Trams southbound in Wendouree Parade. .2 - ditto .3 - Tram 671 northbound in Wendouree Parade, near Windmill Drive North. .4 - Tram 18 northbound in Wendouree Parade, near Windmill Drive North. See Fares Please! March 2000All have on rear in black ink "12.3.00 / Photo by Carolyn Dean"wendouree parade, begonia festival, btm, tram 671, tram 18 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Tram man's 35 years accident free record.", 1954
Newspaper Clipping from The Courier, 23-6-1954, about the retirement of Mr N. McWilliam from the SEC Ballarat tramways as a driver - titled "Tram man's 35 years accident free record.". Has a photo of Mr McWilliam, Les Denmead and Mr H. W. Linaker. Notes his driving record, experiences, including the use of trailers, working conditions, his son Alec, who is a driver as well and his last trip was with Mr. Ian Wallace the youngest conductor. Contained within Reg Item 5507 - Foolscap binder with green covers, black binding edge and metal clips. retirements, drivers, motormen, ballarat, trailers -
Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
Photograph - gelatin silver photograph, H. Singer, Opening of The Municipal Golf Links, 1936
golf, brighton municipal golf links, brighton public golf course, brighton east, mayor, councillor, opening, ceremony, speech, cr. j.a. grant, cr. e.m. young, cr. j.a. kennedy, cr. j. redapple, c.e. tuxen, city engineer, j.h. taylor, town clerk, kiosk