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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Equipment - Switches, 1900s
Fittings out of the Mitcham Station Master's house, the last block of land on the east side of Station Street, now a car park. Railway Department house number 1273 brass and ceramic light switches. 2 brass picture hooks. 1 brass and lead counterweight for lamp. 2 gas jets on wooden base. 1 door bell pull. 2 brass curtain holders. All on wooden base.metalcraft, brassware -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1925c
Also another copy 13 x 20cm, good conditionRail tractor built by J A Day and Son especially for New Works project, powered by dredge car engine, pulled three rail trucks loaded with rocks to reinforce original wooden piers. Three men not identified. Lakes Entrance Victoriaboats and boating, islands, public works -
Tennis Australia
Ball container , Ball, 1995
A sealed plastic container of three Wilson 'US Open Tournament Select - Extra Duty Felt' tennis balls. Plastic reclosure cap over ring-pull style metal lid. Materials: Metal, Ink, Rubber, Plastic, Synthetic materialtennis -
Tennis Australia
Ball container , Ball, Circa 2000
A sealed clear plastic container of three Pro Penn 'Tournament Titanium Extra Duty Felt' tennis balls. Has intact ring-pull seal and original plastic reclosure lid. Materials: Metal, Ink, Plastic, Rubber, Synthetic materialtennis -
Tennis Australia
Ball container , Ball, Circa 1990
A sealed clear plastic container of three green Penn 'ATP Tour Extra Duty Felt' tennis balls. Has intact ring-pull seal and original plastic reclosure lid. Materials: Metal, Ink, Plastic, Rubber, Synthetic materialtennis -
Tennis Australia
Ball container , Ball, Circa 1990
An unsealed plastic container of three Virginia Slims 'Women's Tennis' balls. Missing metal ring-pull lid but has a plastic reclosure cap. Contains three original yellow balls. Materials: Metal, Ink, Plastic, Synthetic material, Rubbertennis -
Mont De Lancey
Tool - Casing Hatchet, Unknown
Used in the mid 20th century.A forged steel hatchet with an axe head, hammer head, nail puller and a lever hole. It has a short metal cased wooden handle with brass rivets. It was used as a trimming hatchet or axe in the mid 20th century. It is a 'Swordfish' brand, made in China.Inscribed with Swordfish brand Made in China with a picture of a swordfish. woodworking tools, steel, froes, cleaving axes, axes, cutting tools, hand axes, hatchets, cleavers, tomahawks, wood -
Mont De Lancey
Table linen
A set of cream linen table linen comprising: one rectangular centro piece or runner, four rectangular place mats and eight square serviettes. All pieces have pulled thread, or drawn fabric, as well as embroidered detailing, patterns and edging.table linen., household textiles. -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, John Flynn, 1906
Bridge was built in 1896 and never finishedBlack and white photograph of bullock team pulling timber jinker with very long logs across the Buchan River beside the footbridge. Several men in charge of team and four girls on the hill, cottage and barn seen, bridge not finished Buchan VictoriaCrossing the Buchantransport, waterways, bridges, people -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Piano Accordeon
Piano accordions were one form of music used to entertain families and friends prior to electricity being available.Possibly used by Eric Heider (Tenny) Wittingslow who married Iris Baker of Tawonga as his death notice was stored in the same box as the accordion.Wooden handles at each end, one has a leather strap over it. When pulled out wooden ends are attached to the handles and to a thick 'cardboard'. Then 3 red wire frames with green 'cardboard' covering, then wood, then 3 more red & green, then wood, then 3 more red/green and then another thick 'cardboard' attached to the opposite handle. These are the bellows pulling air in and out. The handle with the strap has a keyboard beside it while the other handle has silver knobs that move in when pressed. One side of its original box reads - "The Dudley' Trade Mark ' Nightingale' Accordeon / No. 8018?One handle has 'Dudley'. The other 'Dudley=Accordion'. The middle section has on the end of each of the 4 parts - in metal:- Trade mark with bird in the middle of a triangle. Followed by -Nightingale/Registered/Best Quality/Made in Germany piano accordion, dudley nightingale, musical instrument, dudley acccordeon -
Mont De Lancey
Functional object - Horse hames
Used on a farm in the late 19th or early 20th century.A pair of brass horse hames with a missing chain link at the top. Each has a hook attached with a metal ring at the end. It has four rings. It would have been attached to a horse collar and used to to distribute the load around a horse's neck and shoulders when pulling a wagon or plough. The collar often supports and pads a pair of curved metal or wooden pieces, called hames, to which the traces, which attach to the wagon or plough, of the harness are attached. The collar allows the horse to use its full strength when pulling. It was used in the late 19th or early 20th century.horses, horse accessories, harness, animal accessories, farm equipment, hames -
Bendigo Military Museum
Furniture - FURNITURE, OFFICE DESK, c.1921
This table was installed originally in the front office of the Soldiers Memorial Institute Bendigo 1921 funded by the "Australian Mining Comforts Fund". It was still in use up till approx 2012 when the office was renovated. After the renovations to SMI in 2016 - 18 it was installed in what is now called the "Building and RSL History Room"Office desk, heavy timber construction rectangular shape, has two pull out side drawer's that originally had a filing system in, one pullout drawer central in the sit position. Side drawers have steel handles, central one timber.brsl, smirsl, comforts -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book, The Last of the Yarra Track Stopping Places, 1980
A history of the stopping points on the Yarra TrackPaperback. Front cover has a black and white photograph of a wagon being pulled by two horses which have stopped to drink from a wide river. The back cover has a black and white photograph of an area of snow with a snow covered bush in the foreground.Inside back cover / From Kim Harley / Cliffton Hill Stamp of Marysville & District / Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779marysville, yarra glen, wood's point, history, yarra track -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book, The Last of the Yarra Track Stopping Places, 1980
A history of the stopping points on the Yarra TrackPaperback. Front cover has a black and white photograph of a wagon being pulled by two horses which have stopped to drink from a wide river. The back cover has a black and white photograph of an area of snow with a snow covered bush in the foreground.Sticker on front cover / Revised / Edition Stamp of Marysville & District / Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779marysville, yarra glen, wood's point, history, yarra track -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book, The Last of the Yarra Track Stopping Places, 1980
A history of the stopping points on the Yarra TrackPaperback. Front cover has a black and white photograph of a wagon being pulled by two horses which have stopped to drink from a wide river. The back cover has a black and white photograph of an area of snow with a snow covered bush in the foreground.With Best Wishes / Ann Thomas / 24.10.95 Stamp of Marysville & District / Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779marysville, yarra glen, wood's point, history, yarra track -
Heathcote McIvor Historical Society
Horse Collar
Horse collar worn around neck of Horse as part of equipment used to help pull heavy loads handmade leather filled with straw, inside covered with soft hide to prevent chaffing on horses neck. would have been for a clydesdale or draught horse.No visible signs -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, Snowy River Mail as "Mail" Print, The Cann River Collection, March 1985
This book was produced by Ron Anderson, a resident of Cann River in 1985 - 159 years following the establishment of Victoria. It contains a collection of photographs as well as a brief history of the Cann River District. This book is a pictorial record of Cann River and as such is a useful research tool.A large format black covered book, titled, "The Cann River Collection Volume 1". On the front cover is a black and white photograph of a four-wheeled buggy pulled by four horses standing outside a hotel. It contains a collection of photographs of the Cann River district. -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book, The Last of the Yarra Track Stopping Places, 1980
A history of the stopping points on the Yarra TrackPaperback. Front cover has a black and white photograph of a wagon being pulled by two horses which have stopped to drink from a wide river. The back cover has a black and white photograph of an area of snow with a snow covered bush in the foreground.Sticker on front cover / Revised / Edition Stamp of Marysville & District / Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779marysville, yarra glen, wood's point, history, yarra track -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Crosby Lockwood and Son, Stationary Engine Driving: A Practical Manual for Engineers in charge of Stationary Engines, 1898
There is probably some link to the Ballarat School of Mines as Engine Driving was an early subject taught there.A small light brown book with a Weale's Scientific & Technical Series logo on the front, and a Caplo Lumen logo with a hand and flame torch on the back. On the inside are some pull out plate pages throughout the book, and a picture of James Watt near the front of the bookwatt, james watt, steam, galloway boiler, michael reynolds, stationary engine -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Tourniquet used by Dr Lorna Lloyd-Green, pre1974
Tourniquet, consisting of woven fabric belt, central metal buckle and fastening buckle. The fabric is pulled through the central metal buckle on both sides and is secured to fastening buckle at one end. Teh belt is made of a closely woven material, possibly cotton. -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Wimmera Flour Mill with horse drawn wagons loaded with wheat -- 2 B/W Photos
Photos of horse drawn wagons loaded with wheat in front of Wimmera Flour Mill. Railway trucks in front of mill. William Frayne built and owned the mill (181-01). This photograph was taken near the railway station. Rail trucks indicate late 1870's, railway opened 1876.Two black and white photos of horses with loaded wagons. In the first photo there are 4 men and many loaded wagons in front of the wooden three-story mill. In the second photo there are six horses pulling a loaded wagon with bagged grain and driver seated on the load. stawell business industry farming -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Corner of Cotham and Burke Roads, Kew, 1919
Black and white photograph of the corner of Cotham and Burke Roads in Kew. The house at centre is 'Deepdene'. Public and private transport is represented by the two horses pulling a carriage into Whitehorse Road and the tram at the terminus. The photograph is one of two of the vista gifted by the Bennett family in 1980.NEAR COTHAM ROAD CNR / HORSE TRANSPORT 1890s? / GIFT FROM BENNETT FAMILYburke road (kew, cotham road (kew), deepdene, trams -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Corner of Cotham and Burke Roads, Kew, 1919
Black and white photograph of the corner of Cotham and Burke Roads in Kew. The house at centre is 'Deepdene'. Public and private transport is represented by the two horses pulling a carriage into Whitehorse Road and the tram at the terminus. The photograph is one of two of the vista gifted by the Bennett family in 1980.1919 BURKE AND WHITEHORSE RDS CORNER / GIFT BENNETT FAMILY. REG NO KH-408burke road (kew, cotham road (kew), deepdene, trams -
Tennis Australia
Ball container, Ball, Circa 1975
A sealed Wilson can of three 'Optic Yellow Championship Extra Duty Felt' tennis balls, Ring pull top and plastic reclosure cap. Adhesive label on side states:NEW!/LONGER LASTING COVER'. Materials: Metal, Ink, Rubber, Synthetic materialtennis -
Tennis Australia
Ball container, Ball, Circa 1975
A sealed Wilson can of three 'Optic Yellow Championship Extra Duty Felt' tennis balls, Ring pull top and plastic reclosure cap. Adhesive label on front states:NEW!/LONGER LASTING COVER'. Materials: Metal, Ink, Rubber, Synthetic materialtennis -
Tennis Australia
Ball container, Ball, Circa 1975
An unsealed can of 3 Dunlop (U.S.) 'Championship Yellow "Australian Type"' tennis balls with plastic reclosure lid. Missing metal ring-pull top. Contains all 3 original balls. Materials: Metal, Ink, Rubber, Synthetic material, Plastictennis -
Tennis Australia
Ball container, Ball, Circa 1975
An unsealed Chemold 'Rod Laver' tennis ball can. Metal ring-pull seal missing. Has plastic reclosure cap. Contains two of the three original balls. Can autographed by Rod Laver. Materials: Metal, Ink, Rubber, Synthetic materialtennis -
Mont De Lancey
Tool - Drainage Shovel, Unknown
Used by Wandin Sebire for an unknown purpose.A narrow goose necked drainage shovel with a very long wooden handle which was used to clean urban drains and prepare trenches for narrow pipes. A goose necked shovel is pulled towards the user by the very long handle. Used in the early 20th century.shovels, gardening tools, gardening equipment, tools, spades -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Newspaper - Newspaper Cutting, The Sun News - Pictorial, …New Traffic, 1936
Miss Agnes O. Armstrong graduated in 1937. The Sun News - Pictorial, November 21, 1936 with photograph with the caption: "Miss Agnes Armstrong driving a mower in harvest work at Burnley Horticultural Gardens, yesterday." She is holding a double thickness of cord in each hand (reins?). The mower may be pulled by a horse. agnes o. armstrong, female students, students working outside, mowing, horses -
Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park
Pincers for leading large animal by the nose
Tool made of two pieces of metal with blunt concave jaws that are arranged like the blades of scissors, used for gripping and pulling things. Iron handles 15cm long, with hole cut into the gripping end. The pincers have round, spherical ends for inserting into the nostrils.