Laurie Eager, author of "Our man Arty: in praise od a practical gardener," 1994 Staff 1959-60. Cert of Competency in Hort 1931. M Strickland 1931Group of Students 1922-23. "Laurie Eager" kneeling between "Mary Strickland and Chisolm"students, burnley, laurie eager, chisholm, mary strickland

Photograph of Nell Watson (1939) in a newspaper March 23, 1938, reflected in the Lily Ponds.nell watson, burnley horticultural college, luffmann ponds, waterlillies, lily ponds, student

Colour photo of a group of Legacy widows in Beijing China. Melbourne Legacy would help arrange tours and day trips for the Widows clubs. This was a tour in 1993 that went to China. There appears to be about 50 ladies in the photo with a two tour guides. From the sign it appears it was taken on 23 June 1993. The tour was run by Interasia Tours and advertised in The Answer. It was an 8 day tour to Beijing and covered places such as Temple of Heaven, Tiananmin Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Ming Tombs and the Great Wall of China. It was fully inclusive and only $1,449 per person twin share.A record of outings and activities being provided for the widows.Colour photo of widows in Beijing China in 1993, in a souvenir folder.Cardboard folder is labelled 'China Beijing Swan Promotion Co Ltd.' Photo includes a sign saying 'The Palace Museum Tai He Dian Hall 1993/6/23'.widows, souvenir, beijing, answer

The Australian Hobby is a medium-sized falcon of the Falconidae family, similar in look to the larger sized Peregrine Falcon. This species is widespread and can be found across most of mainland Australia and Tasmania, preferring lightly wooded areas such as timbered wetlands, open wooded farmland, and some urban areas. Their diet consists of small birds, bats, and flying insects, which are caught mid-air. They sometimes hunt cooperatively to catch their prey. This specimen is an accurate depiction of an Australian Hobby. This specimen is part of a collection of almost 200 animal specimens that were originally acquired as skins from various institutions across Australia, including the Australian Museum in Sydney and the National Museum of Victoria (known as Museums Victoria since 1983), as well as individuals such as amateur anthropologist Reynell Eveleigh Johns between 1860-1880. These skins were then mounted by members of the Burke Museum Committee and put-on display in the formal space of the Museum’s original exhibition hall where they continue to be on display. This display of taxidermy mounts initially served to instruct visitors to the Burke Museum of the natural world around them, today it serves as an insight into the collecting habits of the 19th century.This specimen is part of a significant and rare taxidermy mount collection in the Burke Museum. This collection is scientifically and culturally important for reminding us of how science continues to shape our understanding of the modern world. They demonstrate a capacity to hold evidence of how Australia’s fauna history existed in the past and are potentially important for future environmental research. This collection continues to be on display in the Museum and has become a key part to interpreting the collecting habits of the 19th century.This Australian Hobby has a dark brown cap and cream-coloured half-collar. The back feathers of the bird are also a dark brown colour, while the neck is a cream with lighter brown streaks. The flank is a dappled dark brown, rufous-brown and cream, which transitions back into cream with brown streaks near the legs. The underwing feathers appear to be a banded dark brown and cream. The tip of the hooked beak is black which recedes to light blue-grey and then to yellowish near the head join. The legs are also yellow. The specimen is perched on a wooden perch mount with a swing tag tied around its left leg.23. / Australian Hobby / See catalogue, page, 6 / taxidermy mount, taxidermy, burke museum, beechworth, australian museum, skin, reynell eveleigh johns, bird, australian hobby, australian birds, little falcon

Samuel Henry Richardson enlisted in the 2nd reinforcements 23rd Batt AIF on 12.5.15. Promoted to L/Cpl on 1.12.15. WIA on 2.10.17, GSW to the arm severe. Discharged from the AIF on 15.8.19 medically unfit.Medal set, court mounted, set of (3) re S.H Richardson. 1. 1914-15 Star, replica not engraved. 2. War medal 1914-19, replica not engraved. 3. Victory medal." 1794 Lcpl S.H Richardson 23 Bn AIF"numismatics - medals - military, metalcraft

Glasses, also known as eyeglasses or spectacles, are frames bearing lenses worn in front of the eyes. They are normally used for vision correction or eye protection. A pair of fine metal framed spectacles with a blue lined caseOPTICAL PRESCRIPTION SPECTACLES / 23/ COLLINS ST MELBOURNE/spectacles, optical equipment, moorabbin, cheltenham, bentleigh, early settlers

Blue cardboard box with gold manufacturer's label on front. There is a blue cardboard slide tray holding twelve (12) needles.Stamped into the flat connector on each needle: 23 / SOLILAhypodermic, needle, syringe, m fabian, east malvern

William Morris Hughes, Australia’s 7th and longest serving Prime Minister until 1957 when Robert Menzies overtook Hughes’ record term from 1915 to 1923. A long standing parliamentarian of 51 years and 7 months continuous service as a member of Australia’s House of Representatives – from the 1st parliament in 1901 to the 20th in 1952. The Prime Ministers Avenue is a collection of bronze bust portraits of the Prime Ministers of Australia, located at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens in Ballarat, Victoria. The Prime Ministers' portraits are commissioned after the incumbent term of each Prime Minister by the City of Ballarat. The City of Ballarat has taken responsibility for commissioning the busts after funds set aside by politician Richard Armstrong Crouch were exhausted in 2014. Crouch originally donate money to pay for six busts, the first of which was unveiled in 1940. The collection of prime ministers' busts are unique in Australia, representing the only sculptural portrait collection of all past Australian Prime Ministers. The different styles used reflect the unique artistic practices of the selected artists; textures, sizes and features and proportions are used by the artists to interpret the characteristics of each of the subjects.The artwork is of historic and aesthetic significance to the people of Ballarat Bronze bust cast on granite plinthWilliam Morris Hughes Prime Minister 1915-23prime minister, australian pm, william morris hughes, parliament

Robin Boyd developed a close friendship with the founder of the Bauhaus in Weimar Germany, Walter Gropius, who had moved to the USA in the 1930s. Through this connection, Boyd was invited to be the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Bemis Professor at the School in the North American academic year 1956-7. Robin and Patricia Boyd, with their youngest daughter Suzy, were based in Cambridge, Massachusetts for the year. Boyd gave some lectures at MIT and he was also invited to give lectures at many other universities, allowing him to travel widely within the USA, especially on the East Coast. This gave him the opportunity to meet architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, Paul Rudolph and many others, and visit the offices of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and places like Taliesin and the General Motors Technical Center Detroit. On the way home, the Boyds visited London, Berlin, Paris and Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp Chapel in France.Colour slide in a mount. Chapelle Notre-Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France, 1955. (Architect: Le Corbusier.)12 (Handwritten) / Encircled 33 (Handwritten) / 23 (Handwritten)mit bemis professorship, mit, robin boyd, slide

Robin Boyd’s desk cupboard contained two exercise books (item D482.1-D482.2) and assorted articles, essays and other material regarding the building of the Sydney Opera House, inserted inside the front cover of Walkabout magazine, July 1966 (item P1377). This publication is one of those inserts. Many of these were collected by Boyd’s eldest daughter, Mandie, who recalls that her father was writing a book, but was very disillusioned with the way the entire Opera House saga unfolded.Newspaper clipping"23-4-66 Austr'n" in Robin Boyd's handwritingsydney opera house, utzon, sydney opera house project, walsh st library

Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. The garden outside the pavilion featured a sculptural pool, a coral display, animal pool, a pit for kangaroos and Eucalypts and other native plants. The indoor exhibits covered aspects of Australian art and culture, architecture, industrial design and scientific innovation, such as the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, the Parkes radio telescope, the design of Canberra, and the Australian way of life.Colour slide in a mount. Man the Explorer Pavilion (on right), Expo 67, Montreal, CanadaMade in Australia / 4 / MAY 67M6 / 23 (Handwritten)expo 67, montreal, robin boyd, slide

Robin Boyd travelled to the USA and Britain for several weeks. He attended the opening of the new Australian Chancery in Washington DC, where he had designed an innovative exhibition with cylindrical display cases and sound recordings.Colour slide in a mount. Interior, Ford Foundation (1963-7), New York, New York, USA . (Architects: Kevin Roche and John Dinkeloo.)Made in Australia / 4 / JUL69M2 / Encircled 23 (Handwritten)new york, slide

Acquired when "Classweave Industries" closed down.Milling Room - part still there 18 23/87textile mills woollen mills, classweave industries pty ltd federal woollen mills ltd, scouring, milling, textile mills, woollen mills

Colour Photgraph: White weatherboard with verandah red iron roof. Treet in front with lawn. Power Pole to Right.On Reverse: 3.2003 23 Scallan Street Stawell Victoria.

Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘70 in Osaka and travelled to Osaka several times in 1969-1970. Boyd designed the innovative Space Tube, which had over 25 exhibition boxes, projecting from it. Amongst the topics covered were Australian scientific innovation (including brain research, immunology, Antarctic research, Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, rainmaking, and the night sky), Australian sport, house interiors, car manufacturing, Australian music and art, and Japanese-Australian relations.Colour slide in a mount. Takara Beautilion, Theme Pavilion, Osaka Expo '70, Japan. (Architect: Kisho Kurokawa.)Made in Australia / 23 / DEC 69M8 / Boyd (Handwritten)expo 70, osaka, robin boyd, slide

Colour slide in a mount. Bangkok, ThailandMade in Australia / 16 / AUG 64M / 23 (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd

Inscribed gum leaf"From the Australian Bush Bairnsdale 23/4/18"gum leaf, ww1, world war 1, momento, australia

Black and white photograph. George Russ standing in the Old Nursery. Another copy B91.285.On reverse, "Geo. Russ. Foreman & Propagator. 1922 or '23."geo. russ, foreman, propagator, old nursery

Legacy have many programs to send young junior legatees on activities, camps and outings. The photo shows a junior legatee abseiling at a camp. There are photos of several junior legatees attempting abseiling from the same event (items 03108 to 03115). There are photos of the same children trying archery. The date is not known though it was stored with other photos of Junior Legatees from the 1980s and 1990s. A record of a Legacy providing experiences for the junior legatees.Colour photo x 2 of a junior legatee abseiling at a camp.Printed on the back 'No.23 and No.24' which is the image number.junior legatee outing, abseiling

Legacy have many programs to send young junior legatees on activities, camps and outings. The photos show preparations for a balloon ride. The balloon is inflating. There are more photos of the event, a note with the photos say it was 'Ballooning weekend at Benalla 2003'.A record of a Legacy providing experiences for the junior legatees.Colour photo x 2 of a balloon being prepared for take off in a field.Printed on the back 'No.22' to 'No.23' which are the image numbers.junior legatee outing, ballooning

Photograph of a Legacy event in Melbourne City Square in 1993. President John Stevenson is presenting a runner with a Legacy plaque for his efforts. It was part of the RAAF 70th Anniversary "Legs for Legacy" run down the eastern coast of Australia with the money going to Legacy. Melbourne Legacy received a portion of the funds raised. The run took 21 days and covered 5,000 kms, by 31 RAAF personnel. The Legacy banner behind says Legacy Caring for Australia's Biggest Family.A record of an event organised by the RAAF for promoting Legacy.Black and white photo of a Legacy event in Melbourne City Square and 2 articles in The Answer.Handwritten in blue pen "B Pg 3 / 23"legacy promotion, answer, raaf, adf personnel

B&W photograph. This item and all other Darebin Parklands Association archival material is now held by State Library Victoria (Accession No: YMS 13746). Please contact State Library Victoria if access is required.Annotated on back with [23 Nov. 1980, 11 am].

B&W photograph. This item and all other Darebin Parklands Association archival material is now held by State Library Victoria (Accession No: YMS 13746). Please contact State Library Victoria if access is required.Annotated on back with [23 Nov. 1980, 11 am].