Showing 2913 items
matching rural
-
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - THE VICTORIAN CENTENARY BOOK- THE STORY OF THE MARONG SHIRE 1834/35 - 1934/35, 1935
The Victorian Centenary Book 1834-35 1934-35. The Story of the Marong Shire from its inception, contains black and white photographs. Torn coverbook, rural, marong shire -
Wangaratta High School
WHS Framed Certificate, 2010
White and yellow Host school recognition certificate, with an image of two students, yellow bubbles and black text. mounted on black backing with a gold metal plate and frame reading:Commonwealth Bank Foundation Start Smart Be confident with cash! Presented to Wangaratta High School StartSmart Rural and Regional Workshops 2010 Host school -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Map - Map - Glenelg River, 1975
Laminated map, Glenelg River - Casterton, proposed flood level and lines to be designated. Photograph of map taken in 1975. Produced by Rural Water Commission to Shire Engineer, Casterton, attached to reverse of map.flood, flood levels, casterton -
Ararat & District Historical Society (operating the Langi Morgala Museum)
Photograph, Maker not known, 1904
This is a photo of a very large group of people at the Langi Ghiran Picnic Grounds in 1904. The photo provides information about leisure wear and leisure activities in the Ararat area at this time. This photo is of local significance (Langi Ghiran and the Ararat district). Although the photo is physically damaged, the detail in most of the photo is still very clear, giving information on clothing and leisure activities. The fact that the date and the donor are known adds to its significance.Black and white photograph mounted on cardboard of a formal group of approximately 110 men, women and children gathered in a rural setting, standing and seated, with trees in the background. The photograph is torn away in several places"Picnic Grounds / Langi Gherin1904".clothing, leisure, 1904, picnic, leisure-activities, picnickers, photograph, langi morgala, ararat, langi ghiran -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph, 1970 circa
Trooping of the 20th Light Horse guidon through the streets of Seymour Victoria to mark a significant occasion in the towns long connection with the Regiment. A parade involving seven Ferret Scout cars was an unusual event. This photograph was displayed in the ORs Mess at the 8th/13th VMR depot Wangaratta until closure of the depot when the photo was passed to the Regimental Collection. Rare photograph of a mounted escort to a regimental guidon during the 1970s using ferret scout cars.Black and White photograph mounted on chipboard backing with black chamfered edges showing 7 Ferret Scout cars in two ranks in parade order on a road in a rural setting flanked by gum trees.On plastic name plate at centre lower edge of photo "B Squadron 8th/13th VMR 20th LH Guidon and Escorts, Seymour. Commanders L to R Front Row Lt. Mclean, Sgt. Roue, W.O.1 Pratt, Sgt. Walters, Sgt. Pethybridge.seymour, ferret scout car, mclean john lieutenant, 20th light horse -
Clunes Museum
Newspaper - NEWSPAPER CUTTING, BALLARAT COURIER PTY. LTD, 27/08/1973
NEWSPAPER CUTTING FROM THE BALLARAT COURIER DATED MONDAY AUGUST 27TH 1973 REGARDING COLIN DRIFE WHO HAD BEEN APPOINTED CHIEF STATE PRESIDENT OF THE RURAL FIRE BRIGADES ASSOCIATION.local history, document, newspaper cutting, fire brigade -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Award - Trophy - Best Kept Rural Residential Garden Glenelg Shire, c. 2002
Medium Density Fibreboard Trophy, dark blue marbled finish. Banner shaped brass plaques top and bottom.Top - 'Best Kept Rural Residential Garden in the Glenelg Shire' - engraved' Bottom - 'Donated by Francis plants' - engraved. Small brass plaques with winners names. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - CITY OF BENDIGO HISTORY, 1960s
'City of Bendigo.' History of Bendigo from discovery of gold through to approx. 1955. Prepared by City of Bendigo. 24 pages with photographs, illustrations and map. Includes history of industry, rural and urban settlement. With IndexCity of Bendigobendigo, history, city history, bendigo, council, goldmining, industry. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Sketch, Rosenkranz, George, "Elsie" at State School 1005, c.1945
Laser copy of original sketch of teacher, Elsie Shannon by George Rosenkranz, former German POW, a survivor from HSK "Kormoran". The original given to Elsie who had the sketch copied for the MuseumPhotocopied watercolour sketch of one room rural school in timbered background, surrounded by barbed wire and netting fence in the barbs of which Elsie is caught. Tents in the background for Army personnel at Graytown POW Camp."Graytown- Erinnerungen", "Elsie" at State School No. 1005.graytown pow camp, hsk "kormoran", george rosenkranz -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Waterwheel Press, Shepparton, Mooroopna to 1988, 1989
Compiled by Mooroopna Historical Society inc. Dark green, gold lettering. Image of rotunda. Cream plastic dust cover. Cover design by Ross Dainton. Sketches of rural scene, sports and fruit in oval frame on front cover. 272 pages.Thank you card from Mooroopna Historical Society -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Mooroopna to 1988, 1989
History of Mooroopna, foreword by Sir Ian McLennan. Includes stories on local families, businesses and industries. 2 Newspaper articles on Sir I. MclennanGreen hard back cover. Gold imprint of war memorial on front. Cover design - Ross Dainton. Cream dust jacket, sketches of rural scene, sports and local fruit in oval frame on front.mooroopna to 1989, ford t, mooroopna hist soc inc, ardmona cannery, tatura, mooroopna, books, history, local -
Cheese World Museum
Certificate, Certificate of Award 1937, 1937
Kraft-Walker Cheese Company commenced in Allansford in 1935 leasing the factory premises from Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company. Dairy companies entered competitions organised by the Dairy Industry Association and associated organisations and local agricultural societies to encourage improvement in products. Some of these awards are considered prestigious and highly regarded within the industry. The certificates were passed to Cheese World Museum by the factory management.This certificate was held by the factory management until transfer to Cheese World Museum. The certificate provides an insight into the dairy industry during the late 1930s.Product award printed on beige card in pale green with a column design along the sides and brown fine line border. A green rural scene containing brown and white cows is printed along the bottom edge.The Australian Institute of Dairy Factory Managers & Secretaries Incorporated Victorian Division/Certificate of Award 1937/at the Butter & Cheese Competition, Melbourne/ Awarded to Kraft-Walker Cheese Co. Allansford/Class 4/ Second Prize/For Two Cheese-Loaf-not less than six weeks old (93/12)allansford, dairy awards, product awards, warrnambool cheese and butter factory company ltd, kraft-walker cheese co, australian institute of dairy factory managers & secretaries incorporated, cheeses -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - MISS MARY V.J.ROBINSON'S LESSON BOOK, 6/10/1950
Book, Miss Mary V.J.Robinson's lesson book for Grades Prep to Grades 6, at Eaglehawk Rural School, Golden Square School, Violet Street School, Gravel Hill School from 6/10/1950.book, bendigo, education -
Dutch Australian Heritage Centre Victoria
Delft blue ashtray (asbakje in Delfts blauw)
Dutch were formerly heavy smokers, and many brought ashtrays as part of their luggage when they migrated.Delftware with its traditional is collected by both Dutch and touristsScalloped-edged shallow ashtray with three cigarette rests and a pair of tiny clogs on the edge. Upper edge decorated with blue arrows, three floral motifs inside bowl, rural scene with windmill on on bottom of bowl. On underside: superimposed with crown, handpainted in Delftsblauw, 119.ashtray; delftware -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Magazine, After the Battle, 2009
Periodical featuring, amongst others, an article on Camp 13, at Murchison. Written by David Mitchel-Hill, a POW Camp No 13 at Murchison, pages 28 - 49.Soft cover, rural scene featuring a horse, cactus plant, hills and trees on the front cover. A small picture of an army tank on the front cover and memorial scene on the back cover. Red, black and white text.camp 13 murchison, david mitchellhill-green, after the battle, camp 13, murchison camp, pow camp murchison -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, The Australian Countryside in Pictures
Hard cover book. Red covers - embossed illustration of man with rural products on front. "The Australian countryside in pictures" in silver on spine. 240 pages. Coloured and B/W pictures.."The Australian countryside in pictures" on spine.e mitchell -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Evolution of Gillian Armstrong, 3/08/1996
Article in The Age about young film maker Gillian Armstrong. her father was an estate agent in rural Mitcham. She did a Diploma of Art at Swinburne. Since then she has made many famous films.oscar and lucinda (film), swinburne college of technology, mitcham, schepisi, fred, armstrong, gillian -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, Sunbury Asylum Boiler House, C 1920s
The building in the photograph is the Boiler House which was part of the former Sunbury Asylum. It was built in the 1920s to replace an older boiler. Coal and/or briquettes were burned to produce hot water and steam which was used to heat and supply hot water for the Asylum buildings. Steam attendants monitored and maintained the furnace and boiler seven days a week. It ceased production in October 1992 and since then has served as an Arts and Cultural complex for the local community. A non-digital black and white photograph of a large brick building with a tall chimney overlooking open rural countryside with two women sitting on the grass in the foreground. The image has been photographed from an earlier photograph. sunbury asylum, boiler house, arts and cultural complex, performing arts -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, 'Holly Green' 1860
The property in the photograph is 'Emu Bottom' possibly after George Evans leased it, as the caption across the image reads 'Holly Green' 1860.An old non-digital black and white photograph with a cream border of a rural property showing the homestead on the RHS and three out buildings and trees in the background. A man is standing with a horse and open dray on the lower RHS of the image.'emu bottom', holly green, george evans, sunbury, homesteads -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Johnsonville School, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1992
Black and white photograph of eight named children from Johnsonville Primary School Basketball team Runners-Up Tambo Rural Schools competition each child holding a pennant flag. Lakes Entrance Victoriaschools, sports -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Book - A History of the Kiewa Valley, Kiewa Valley Historical Society, A History of the Kiewa Valley by Esther Temple and David Lloyd, Circa 1991
This book was compiled by Esther Temple and David Lloyd with illustrations by Betty Barberis and additional material provided by Clare Roper, Joan Macdonald, Wilma Davies and Nell Bateman. The book was first penned in 1971. It briefly covers the period from the indigenous tribes(broken down into family groupings) known as the "first Australians" who lived in the valley well before English settlers arrived. first white settlement (graziers, miners, stockmen) to smaller settlements.The development or transformation from a pristine(hunter/gatherer) valley environment to one that has been gradually changing to a more commercial rural/industrial landscaped valley. This transformation was made within a time span of two hundred years. The book details the first pioneers and their descendants, along with the changes to their environments both domestic and commercial. The book highlights dates and events that shaped the "feel" of the valley. The extreme hardships faced by pioneer families during the extremely isolated times away from "civilisation".This publication provides an insight to the struggles and victories against the harsh Australian bushland by people who had not been raised in such a sometimes inhospitable environment. It was this transformation which instilled into the Australian psyche of self sufficiency and the ability to grasp onto ideas or "bush" remedies to overcome enormous difficulties. It is is ability that has produced the many inventions useful in the 20th and 21st centuries.This book has a 250 g/m cream coloured cover with print and drawings of rural aspects of historical significance ( Aboriginal and early white settlers). The book contains 124 pages of black and white photographs(139), black and white sketches(75), two pages of sketches and freehand drawings, two freehand maps one county lease /subdivision plan and black and white printing. See KVHS 0237 (B) for the official invitation to the launch of the book.The front top cover heading(in shaded print and enclosed in a banner form) "A HISTORY OF THE KIEWA VALLEY" The bottom printing "BY ESTHER TEMPLE & DAVID LLOYD ILLUSTRATIONS BY BETTY BARBERIS" and at the very bottom "KIEWA VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY" oN THE BOOK SPINE "A HISTORY OF THE KIEWA VALLEY.....BY ESTHER TEMPLE & DAVID LLOYD"early settlers, dederang, tawonga, mount beauty, sec vic hydro electricity, falls creek early settlers, bonegilla -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Anderson Family, 1869
Brickworks situated on large farming area. Built soon after his arrival on Phillip Island in 1868.Brickworks in rural setting. Slender tree trunks in foreground alongside river. Post and wire fence with slip-rail gate. Large brick building and pavilion-type sheds with canvas awnings. Wood piled up outside.local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, buildings, historic, brick works of robert anderson snr, at phillip island, black & white photograph, mrs emma anderson jacobs -
Orbost & District Historical Society
board game, 1930-1950
The National Bicycle Game is an Australian-made and designed board game for 2, 3 or 4 players made by The National Game Company of Ballarat and Melbourne between 1930 and 1950. The earliest board games date from the mid-18th century and were printed on copper or steel plates and coloured by hand. By 1839 lithography was first used, making it possible for publishers to produce larger quantities of all types of toys. By the 1890s the games were mounted on to a folded board. Popular subjects were of an historical or geographical nature, as well as transport including motoring, aviation and railways and various sports. The board game 'A Motor Ride' ,made by The National Game Company, was possibly the first large-scale manufacturer of locally-designed board games in Australia. The firm was established in Ballarat, Victoria, at the beginning of the twentieth century by W. Owen. Other board games made by National include the 'Victory-United Nations" game, 'Fairyland', 'Yacht Race', 'Golf Game', 'Bicycle Game', Steeple Chase', 'Our Great Game' about football, 'Courtship and Marriage', 'Around the Commonwealth by Aeroplane', and 'Dugouts and Trenches' as well as the more traditional games such as Ludo, Snakes and Ladders, and Noughts and Crosses. This game board has been well-used. The game is significant because it uses scenarios familiar to Australian children in the first half of the twentieth century. This game board reflects the experience of being a child in the twentieth century. Toys were how children were socialised and taught. Most toys mimic the adult world, and looking at them can tell us something about how the world has changed. A folding game board for The national Bicycle Game for 2,3 or 4 players. It has a yellow spiral track on which the player progresses at the throw of the die, starting at the clubhouse until reaching home. In the background are pictures of rural scenes.board-games recreation cycling national-game-company -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - GERTRUDE PERRY COLLECTION: CARDS FROM JAPAN, 1946
Document. 2 cards sent to Gertrude Perry from Doreen Moore serving in Japan for the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. R.A.A.F. One hand painted Japanese rural scene. One postcard of Tokyo. Plus envelopes.organization, military, air force, gertrude perry collection, cards from japan, moore doreen, british commonwealth occupation force r.a.a.f. -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Johnsonville State School, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1993
Photograph taken and competition played at Lakes Entrance Recreation Centre..Black and white photograph of seven named children from Johnsonville Primary School Basketball Team Runners-Up, in Tambo Rural Schools Cluster competition each child is holding a pennant flag. Lakes Entrance Victoriaschools, sports -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Photographs- 1 old black and white photograph of a wooden bridge over a river possibly Ryders Bridge in Tawonga. 2 –Enlargement of the original photograph showing the gentleman leaning on the bridge. Taken off the original photo
The bridge is not definitively identified, but is of similar construction style to other bridges built in rural areas around this time. Circa 1930”s and may be Ryders Bridge (Old Tawonga Bridge) which crosses the Kiewa River on Mountain Creek Rd Tawonga The first Tawonga bridge was built in 1884- destroyed by floods in 1916. New bridge constructed 1923 and destroyed in 1953. Present concrete bridge constructed in 1986 and named Ryders Bridge These wooden bridges were the only method for transporting stock and produce to market, transporting timber to the mills, sending and receiving mail and for local people to cross the many rivers in the area to go about their daily business. 1- Black and white photograph is glued onto heavy cardboard, which is yellowing with age. Top right hand corner has a tear in the cardboard. Photograph depicts a wooden bridge on wooden piles with 2 white wooden railings along the length of both sides. 2- Original photo has been digitally enlarged to show a gentleman in a light coloured suite and wearing riding boots leaning on the rails of the bridge. The bridge is not definitively identified, but is of similar construction style to other bridges built in rural areas around this time. Circa 1930”s may be Ryders Bridge (Old Tawonga Bridge) which crosses the Kiewa River on Mountain Creek Rd Tawonga bridge; tawonga bridge; kiewa valley -
Cockatoo History & Heritage Group
Cardboard Box, Cockatoo Primary School Centenary Shortbread Box
Cockatoo Primary School Centenary Memorial Shortbread BoxEmpty cardboard box which originally contained shortbread biscuits. Box includes the primary school logo and images of the old rural school when it was situated in Ivy St. -
City of Greater Geelong
Painting - Watercolour, John Sterchele, Surf Fishing, Ocean Grove, 1991
Beach scene looking along water line towards a vegetated area in background with two figures fishing.On plaque: Bellarine Peninsula Art Show 1991 Best Watercolour or Other Medium "Surf Fishing Ocean Grove" by John Sterchele Purchased by Bellarine Rural City Councilsurf, fishing, ocean grove, john sterchele, geelong -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book / document, Shire of Orbost Planning Schemes March 1989, 1989
This document was produced in 1989 for Orbost Shire Council. It ccovers the area s of Orbost, Mallacoota, Cann River and Newmerella and includes urban and non-urban areas.This document is a useful reference tool.A book with a brown front cover with a plastic over-sheet and plastic binding.On the cover are b/w drawings of rural landscapes, trees and the coast. It is titled SHIRE OF ORBOST PLANNING STUDY Part 1 Strategic Overviews, March 1989.orbost-planning -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''A SHANTY ENTERTAINMENT'' BY 'MILKY WHITE'
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 114 page softcover booklet of poetry and prose about rural Australia. Published in 1904 by Gordon & Gotch, Melbourne and printed by Ford & Taylor, Melbourne. Catalogue sticker ''2261 MIL'' on spine.Unknown - ''Milky White''books, collections, short stories, alec h chisholm collection, milky white, poetry, prose, rural australia