Possibly has a strong association with the tram track and depot maintenance staff at the time of closure of the SEC operated Ballarat system.Colour print of a group of four SEC workers standing alongside the cloth covered SEC Ballarat Tramway track gang truck, in Lydiard St North, with the railway gates in the background. The man on the right hand side is holding a rolled up green flag. These workers were not included in the staff photo. Refer to track diaries in the collection for possible names. Item was placed in an envelope marked "Mr. Vermeend" - retained with photograph in storage folder. Photo printed on Kodak Paper. Photograph by Lilian Butler?in ink on rear " Lydiard St Nth Ballarat. With my compliments Lilian Butler"trams, tramways, sec, depot, trackwork, track, personnel

Black & white photograph 20cm x 25cm of the Bendigo Butter Factory in Mundy St., mounted on cardboard. It appears to have been part of a display, with explanatory notes attached to each photograph. See 11011.22. On the reverse of the title photograph is the date 1950-1955 and a blue registration stamp with the words 'Pure creamery, Australia, Victoria regd'. An interior photograph shows a calendar with the date March 1957. This photograph is of a worker standing next to a pressurized vat. The worker is named as Jim Holden on the reverse of the photo. bendigo, industry, bendigo butter factory, jim holden

A start on the construction of Bogong Creek race line was made at the commencement of winter in 1948. Work proceeded in the following years when work on the High Plains was not practicable. In January, 1951 the special trimming machine, the special slip form and concrete mixing and placing equipment was put into service. A shortage of cement caused some delays as well as a sudden financial recession. The race line was completed and put into service in 1952.An historical record showing the machinery used during this time, the number of workers and supervisors involved and the mountainous terrain where they worked. It also demonstrates the OH&S of the period with workers mostly in street clothing with no hard hats or other safety equipment. Several workers can be seen working shirtless or in singlets.Photocopy of a black and white SECV photograph No: K 6209 labelled Bogong Creek Race Line ch. 1700. Depicting large group of workers and supervisors working at the site. Dated 17/1/52Printed underneath the photograph: STATE ELECTRICITY COMMISSION OF VICTORIA Date: 17/1/51 Time: 10.30am No: K 6209 Kiewa Hydro-Electric Works Bogong Creek Race Line ch. 1700 bogong creek raceline; secv; kiewa hydro electric scheme;

WARRNAMBOOL PUBLIC LIBRARY The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) was formed by a voluntary community group in 1863, within six years of Warrnambool’s beginnings, and it's Reading Room opened in 1854. The WMI operated until 1963, at which time it was one of the oldest Mechanics’ Institutes in Victoria. Mechanics’ Institutes offered important services to the public including libraries, reading rooms and places to display and store collections of all sorts such as curiosities and local historical relics. In 1886 a Museum and Fine Arts Gallery were added to the WMI and by the beginning of the 20th century, there was also a billiards room and a School of Art. By this time all Mechanics’ Institutes in country Victoria had museums attached. Over the years the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Library was also known as the Warrnambool Public Library the Warrnambool Library and the Free Library. Early funding from the government was for the “Free Library”. The inscription in a book “Science of Man” was for the “Warrnambool Public Library”, donated by Joseph Archibald in 1899. Another inscription in the book “Catalogue of Plants Under Cultivation in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens 1 & 2, 1883” was presented to the “Warrnambool Library” and signed by the author W.R. Guilfoyle. In 1903 the Warrnambool Public Library decided to add a Juvenile Department to library and stock it with hundreds of books suitable for youth. In 1905 the Public Library committee decided to update the collection of books and added 100 new novels plus arrangements for the latest novels to be included as soon as they were available in Victoria. In July 1911 the Warrnambool Council took over the management of the Public Library, Art Gallery, Museum and Mechanics’ Institute and planned to double the size of the then-current building. In 1953, when Mr R. Pattison was Public Librarian, the Warrnambool Public Library’s senior section 10,000 of the 13,000 books were fiction. The children’s section offered an additional 3,400 books. The library had the equivalent of one book per head of population and served around 33 per cent of the reading population. The collection of books was made up of around 60 per cent reference and 40 per cent fiction. The library was lending 400 books per day. In 1963 the Warrnambool City Council allocated the site of the Mechanics’ Institute building, which included the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery, for the new Municipal Offices and the Collections were dispersed until 1971. The Warrnambool Library took over the Mechanics’ Institute Library’s holdings on behalf of the Warrnambool City Council. Since the closure of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, the exact location and composition of the original WMI books and items has become unclear. Other materials have been added to the collection, including items from Terang MI, Warrnambool Court House and Customs House. Many of the books have been identified as the Pattison Collection, named after the Librarian who catalogued and numbered the books during his time as Warrnambool Public Librarian in the time before the Mechanics’ Institute closed. It seems that when Warrnambool became part of the Corangamite Regional Library some of the books and materials went to its head office in Colac and then back to Warrnambool where they were stored at the Art Gallery for quite some time. Some then went to the Warrnambool Historical Society, some stayed at the Art Gallery and some were moved to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. The various stamps and labels on the books held at Flagstaff Hill show the variety of the collection’s distribution and origin. The books in the collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village date from the 1850’s to the late 1950s and include rare and valuable volumes. Many of the books are part of the “Pattison Collection” after the Warrnambool’s Public Librarian, Mr R. Pattison. Waterless Horizons The first full-length study of the extraordinary life-story of Edward John Eyre. Author: Malcolm Uren Historical research worker Robert Stephens Publisher: Robertson & Mullens Date: 1941 The label on spine cover has typed text R.A. 923.9 URE Pastedown front endpaper has a sticker from Warrnambool Public Libraryflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, warrnambool public library, waterless horizons, eyre, edward john eyre, malcolm uren, robert stephens

Sepia photograph of Cohn's Brewery, Bridge and Water Streets. A group of twenty two men - some of the workers with one of the Cohn brothers sitting in the centre front with the white beard. Prev. Acc. No. GP 60.photograph, portrait, group

Type written letter from L.A. Chung, Secretary of the Australian Textile Workers' Union Provincial Division to Shop Stewards requesting to provide the number of financial members employed on a rotating or permanent night shifts.hanro, clothing, stationary

Black and white photocopies of the Earle family (not related to Earl hardware) Council workers in Williamstown road, Port Melbourne circa 1923. First gentleman with arms crossed, back row is Walter Reynold Earlebuilt environment, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, local government - city of port melbourne, walter reynold earle

From a box of photographs in Nancy U'REN's papers used during research for her thesis, The Early Growth and Development of Sandridge (1976) and/or her book with Noel TURNBULL, A History of Port Melbourne (1983). Black and white photograph showing Crockford Street as it turns into Bay Street. A worker is bent over on the edge of George Samuel Walter Memorial Garden next to a pile of rocks beginning the construction of the rock wall.bay street, crockford street, port melbourne town hall, george samuel walter memorial garden, nancy u'ren nee morris

Document; McColl, Rankin and Stanistreet: South Deborah Gold Mines NL: State Accident Insurance Office Victoria; Mines Policy Employers' Indemnity Workers Compensation: Policy Number 48880; One pageorganization, mining, south deborah gold mines nl, south deborah gold min, quarry hill, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet.

Photograph.Bird's eye view from St. Paul's. Showing Bendigo Railway Station. Mining chimney, B.Fiitterer bamboo art wicker worker shop on Mitchell Street, plus various buildings on Mitchell Street.

Agricultural worker's hand-loomed linen smock, dyed brown. Fully hand-stictched with smocking details on front and back and sleeves. Opening at front and back neck area fastened with now missing buttons.smock, rural dress, linen, hand stitching, agriculture

Black and white photograph of workers on Pearce family orchard on site of present Blackburn High School. Photo taken by photographer from Herald Sun who came every year to photograph the cherry blossom.pearce, ronald, harry, edward h., blackburn high school, orchard, herald sun

Wooden with cast iron gearing components and round butter worker is hand operated. The rotary butter worker has a round tray carved from wood. Protruding upwards from the centre of the tray is a column with arched top. The column has a small square outlet on one side near the base that provides for excess buttermilk to be drained away. Around the circumference of the butter worker protruding outwards from the sides is a thick cast-iron track. The wooden paddle has a unique curved shape that has a wave appearance. It has a slight arch which forces the butter to remain in the tray and to direct any excess buttermilk to the centre. Through the wooden paddle is an iron rod connected to a crank handle. By turning the handle the rod rotates a gear system that leads the table to rotate on the metal track.Side: CHERRY'S PATENT NO. 1 GISBORNE VICTORIA 4407 Etched into upper arm of wooden frame.cherry's patent, bubb family, evans family

Metal 'traveller's tickets' were issued at the gate of Mt. Fyans to itinerant workers and travellers passing through the district; they could be redeemed at the homestead for a meal and/or a bed for the night at the station workers' lodgings. Mt Fyans was a significant pastoral property in the Dundonnel area of the Western District. Originally settled in 1841 by Lachlan Mckinnon, by 1856 the Mt.Fyans portion comprised over 48,000 acres. By 1898 when it was sub-divided on the death of then owner William Cumming, it comprised 9000 acres. Pastoral properties relied heavily on a semi-skilled workforce whose numbers were seasonally varied - hence the need for itinerant labour. Circular metal 'travellers ticket' with hole punched through at the top for hanging/ storage. MOUNT FYANS 47 TRAVELLERS TICKETmt fyans western district pastoral property workforce intinerant swagmen

Worker's shed, Eltham CemeteryTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, eltham cemetery

Worker at the loom in the mat shop.1 B/W photographroyal victorian institute for the blind

This photograph shows two workers on the Dome of the State library of Victoria in 1947. The workers are removing the World War 2 blackout material from the dome. Les Smith is on right. Melbourne rooftops in background.Digital copy of black and white photograph.rex smith, les smith

Photographs from Watsonia Neighbourhood House 2005 taken by Rosie Bray. Photo 1: Ellen Michel and assistant, working on the mosaic wall at Watsonia Neighbourhood House; photo 2: Mosaic wall and neighbourhood house coordinator Cheryl Purcell 2 colour photographs, captions on back.Caption: Photo 1 "Ellen Michel and worker - working on the mosaic wall at Watsonia N/House Feb 05"; photo 2 "Mosaic wall - Cheryl Purcell - Watsonia N/H Feb05"watsonia neighbourhood house, cheryl purcell, ellen michel