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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - A.I.E.F. 1916 Recruitment poster, 1916
Cardboard poster with recruiting photo of a crown with A F A flanked by two union flags. Flags with a map of Australia with soldiers in front.A.I.F.1916 Australia will be there underneath. R McGeehan-photographer The Central Studio Elm Grove Ripponlea MelbA.I.E.F. 1916 Australia will be therephotography, photographs / slides / film -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Ikara Missile, Maribyrnong Ordinance Factory in Victoria. et al, 1965
During the 1950’s, the growing threat from Submarines, led the Royal Australian Navy to consider a quick reaction, long range ASW torpedo delivery system as an alternative to the USN’s ASROC and the RN’s Match. Full scale research and development began in 1960 using the Turana target drone as the basis for the delivery platform. Shipboard tests began in 1963 and the Government Aircraft Factory (GAF) began production of three variants M3, M4 and M5 in 1965. The M4 variant had a guidance system designed to interface to a full tactical data handling system while the M3 and M5 variants used a simpler system with a dedicated fire control system. The IKARA is an unmanned miniature aircraft with clip on upper and lower stabilizers and wings. The upper stabilizer (SVU) housed and electronic package that transmitted flight data back to the launch platform and received updated target acquisition data during flight. Flight maneuverability was provided by elevons fitted into the trailing edge of each wing, these were operated by an actuator system that received flight correction data transmitted to the autopilot from the fire control system. The payload, either the Mk44 or Mk46 lightweight torpedo was suspended to the underside of the airframe and faired into the body to provide and aerodynamic shape. The forward section of the body housed the autopilot and the thermal battery unit. Propulsion was provided by the MURAWA steel cased, solid propellant rocket motor with a combined boost and sustainer stage. IKARA was capable of engaging a target to the maximum range of the ships sonar, regardless of weather conditions. Target information is fed into the fire control system, which calculated to drop zone for the torpedo taking into account speed and direction of launch platform and target, win speed etc, then tracking the missile to the drop zone where command signals initiate torpedo release. The IKARA is an unmanned miniature aircraft with clip on upper and lower stabilizers and wings. navy, torpedo, rocket, submarine, missile -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Memorabilia - Medallion, 2005
Medallion was minted to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War IIRound gold coloured medallion commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. The front has a stylised map of Australia with 'World War II 60 years 1945-2005'. The back has the Australian Coat of Arms with 'World War II Service of Australia. The Medallion is contained in a black box with '60th anniversary of the end of World War II'. 'For Service to Australia'. A small brochure from The Royal Australian Mint.as above. On Box Australian Government - Department of Veterans' Affairs.military history, army -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Photograph
Australian Natives Association Conference Dinner setting 1899 catered for by F & W. English Port Fairy 198 persons catered forSepia Photograph of Australian Natives Association Conference Dinner setting 1899Australian Natives Association, Conference Dinner, Port Fairy 1899, Caterers for Banquets & c, F.& W.English, 198 personsevents, civil, ceremony, a.n.a., australian natives association, f.& w engish, engish, catering, caters -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd
Colour slide in a mount. Suburb in Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaMade in Australia / Perth (Handwritten) / Suburb (Handwritten) / Encircled 46 (Handwritten)perth, slide -
Bendigo Military Museum
Decorative object - TAPESTRY, FRAMED, c.1941 possibly
Yellow painted frame surrounding tapestry of an Australian soldier with Australian flag & roses in the background.Embroidered top centre: “AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES 1941”.handcraft - tapestry, military history-army -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGE "AUSTRALIA", C.1939 - 45
Refer Cat No 4768.4Badge, brass curved shape “AUSTRALIA”, rear has two lugs for uniform attachment“AUSTRALIAbadges, australia, lapel -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Badges - brass
Badges belong to Major W. C. Scurry MC DSM Commandant Internment Camp 4, Army uniform insignia2 brass badges depicting the words "Australia" with a split pin on the back for attachment to garmentsAustraliamajor w. c. scurry, internment camp 4, army uniform insignia -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
badge
Former possession of local WW2 Ex RAAF ServicemanBrass badge depicting the words "Australia" with a split pin welded on the back for attachment to a garment.Australia smith,ren, raaf, badge -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Badge
Pair of metal Australian Army shoulder title badges worn at base of shoulder strapAustralia -
The 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment Historical Collection
Uniform - Rank Slides, Rank slides - 2LT
Owned by 2LT J D Trimboli for 10 years - Promoted to LT 4 Dec 052LT Rank Slides Poly Rank -Sewn Yellow on Khaki "Australia" at end of slide.Australia5-6 rvr, 5-6 rvr officer -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper clipping, Greenhills: by name and appearance, 04/07/1978
The article was written by Rosalind Resigh as part of a series on the origins and history of local communities.Gives the historical details of Greenhills and adjoining areas of Greensborough.A photocopy of a newspaper article on the history of Greenhills.Nilgreenhillls, andrew yandall reserve, a k lines, cecil jessop, partington, sutherland homes, st helena -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Tool - Screwdriver
Screwdriver with a yellow handle marked Stanley Australia 65.707Stanley Australia 65.707stanley, screwdriver, tool -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Memorabilia, Beer Can
Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial CanberraAustralian Vietnam Forces National Memorial Canberrabeer can, australian forces national memorial canberra -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Memorabilia - Australia Day Envelopes, 1983 - NA1849.1|1982 - NA1849.2|1994 - NA1849.3
Envelopes part of a series issued by City of Nunawading to commemorate Australia Day.Three envelopes commemorating Australia Day.1849.1 - Illustration of log chained to cart with farmer. Two stamps (27c) 0f 'H M Brig Supply' 1849.2 - Illustration of fireworks display. 1849.3 - Illustration of Schwerkolt Cottage with a 24c stamp.1849.1 - Australia Family Festival 26 January 1983 Civic Centre Nunawading. 1849.2 - Australia Day Family Festival, Wednesday,26 January1994 1849.3 - Australia Day Family Festival, 26th January 1982 Civic Centre Nunawading.philately, covers, postal stationery -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document - School Project, Nunawading High School, 15/06/1988
Factors which brought about a need for a new high school in the Forest Hill area in the 1950s. VCE / HSC Australian History option, June 1988. Submitted for Nunawading City Council History and Heritage Bicentennial History Competition.nunawading high school, secondary schools, forest hill, da costa, hilary -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Australian Army Shoulder Badges x 3
Curved Metal Shoulder Badges. ( Two curved lines with Australia between)AUSTRALIA in badge -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - postcard, S. Gordon Spittle, Australians at the World War One Suez Hospital, January 1916, c 07 January 1916
This photograph was with a number of others associated with Harry Holmes of Ascot, Victoria. The postcard was written on by Harry Holmes who was a member of the Australian Imperial Force based in Egypt at the time. Nurse Kirkham is Laurie Hemsley Kirkham She was admitted to the Suez Public Hospital (Abbassia) post 06 January 1916. She left Australia with a group of South Australian nurses. Egypt was a major base for the AIF from December 1914. A number of campaigns were fought in this theatre. There were two campaigns involving the AIF. Note that not all the fighting was actually geographically in Egypt. (http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8888/about3.html) The Nurse Kirkam mentioned by the writer is probably Sarah Alice Kirkham, Staff Nurse with the Australian Army Nursing Service. Nurse Kirkham was from North Perth, Western Australia. She was posted to the Auxiliary Hospital, Egypt on 09 November 1915 leaving for France on 23 June 1916. Samuel Gordon Spittle (8005) enlisted into the AIF on 17 July 1915, a member of the 18th Australian Army Service Corps (AASC). He left Alexandria on 15 June 1916 disembarking at Marseilles 24 June 1916. Harry Holmes was discharged from a hospital in Egypt on 15 August 1919. He was awarded the Military Medal promulgated on 11 December 1919. (NAA: B2455, Spittle Samuel Gordon) Not only does this photograph portray life in Egypt during World War War, it highlights the role played by members of the Australian Army Nursing Service in both professional and social activities in the theatre of war.Two Australian nurses and a number of Australian soldiers in Hospital Uniform pose for a photograph in Egypt during World War One. Verso: "A little group of Australians at Suez Hospital Joe F[awcett] & I [Gordon Spittle] are standing in the back row with Nurse Kirkham standing between, she is on the short side so stood on a box. Gordon S."chatham family archive, chatham, holmes, world war, world war 1, world war i, world war one, france, gordon spittle, kirkham, suez, egypt, samuel gordon spittle, joe fawcett, laurie kirkham, nurse kirkham, suez hospital, laurie helmsley kirkham, l.a. kirkham, harry holmes, nurses -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, Nature Fantasy in Australia, 1932
The book was used in the Orbost High School library. A blue covered book covered in plastic, Inside the front cover is a library card with a stamped date - 27 February 61 - 2 March 1983. On the back cover is a bar code. written by Alec H. Chisholm. Published by J M Dent & Sons.Stamped throughout is High School Orbostnature-fantasy-in-australia chisholm-alec-h, birds -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Southwood Primary School staff and student photo forming map of Australia outline (undated) - circa 1997-8
colour photoSOUTHWOOD Primary School students and staff -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Medallion, Surf Life Saving Association Australia 75th Anniversary Commemorative Medal
Bronze Medal in hinged Blue Velvet BoxCover inscription “Ted Clauscen In appreciation for years of service and assistance to Woolamai Beach S.L.S.C. From President, Committee & Members 1981 - 1982.” Inner lid S.L.S.A. LOGO -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Book, Geoffrey Dutton, A Rare Bird - Penguin Books in Australia 1946-1996, 1996
Soft cover book with orange coloured spine featuring Penguin Books logos.'I had always a wish that one day I could be published by Penguin Books' - Elizabeth Jolley -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Southwood Primary School - photograph of students on quadrangle with a large map of Australia drawn on the ground
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Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, the colonisation of Australia . . . as told by a nine-year-old in 1960 by Robbo Bennetts, 2020
"The Colonisation of Australia is a record of what was taught in a small-town Victorian primary school sixty years ago about the arrival of the first European explorers and settlers, and what they saw when they got here. Included are over 50 scanned pages of the author's Grade 5 and 6 Social Studies workbooks."--Back cover. Retired teacher Robbo Bennetts book is part biographical, part history of education and part commentary. Robbo documents his childhood growing up in Lower Plenty and his attendance at Lower Plenty State School between 1955 and 1961. Most of the book is based on his interest of the First Nations history and reflections on what he was taught at school, acknowledging shortcomings at the time.Paperback; 100 pages; illustratednon-fiction"The Colonisation of Australia is a record of what was taught in a small-town Victorian primary school sixty years ago about the arrival of the first European explorers and settlers, and what they saw when they got here. Included are over 50 scanned pages of the author's Grade 5 and 6 Social Studies workbooks."--Back cover. Retired teacher Robbo Bennetts book is part biographical, part history of education and part commentary. Robbo documents his childhood growing up in Lower Plenty and his attendance at Lower Plenty State School between 1955 and 1961. Most of the book is based on his interest of the First Nations history and reflections on what he was taught at school, acknowledging shortcomings at the time. robbo bennetts, lower plenty state school, reminiscences, childhood, school work, lower plenty -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Album - Photograph Album, Alan Gardiner, Artillery Proof Range, Wakefield, South Australia, May 1939
alan gardiner collection, 1939, construction, artillery proof range, south australia, wakefield -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Album - Photograph Album, Alan Gardiner, Artillery Proof Range, Wakefield, South Australia, May 1939
alan gardiner collection, 1939, construction, artillery proof range, south australia, wakefield -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Colour Print, Alistair Knox Park, Eltham, Victoria, Australia, c.1990
alistair knox park, bridge street, bridge street bridge, eltham -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Black and White Print, Weapons Research Establishment (WRE), Black Knight Rocket on launch pad at Woomera, South Australia, 23 September, 1958
On reverse: Black Knight Also stamped in blue ink: Phone: Ex. 253 STILL PHOTO SECTION W.R.E. SALISBURY, S.A. Neg. No. E1224 (in pencil) Date: 23 Sep 1958 (over stamped) Subject: Classification: UNCLASSIFIED (over stamped)1958-09-23, alan gardiner collection, black knight rocket, launch pad, salisbury, south australia, space industry, woomera, rocket -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Cheque, Cancelled cheque from Shire of Eltham for £5/5/9 to Sands MacDougall, Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd, No. 8836, 1 March 1937, 1 March 1937
Paper document, serrated on two edgesDetails filled in by hand in ink. Paid stampings on both sides with signaturescheque, commercial bank of australia, sands macdougall, shire of eltham -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Cheque, Cancelled cheque from Shire of Eltham for 9 shillings to Department of Lands and Survey, Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd, No. 8837, 1 March 1937, 1 March 1937
Paper document, serrated on two edgesDetails filled in by hand in ink. Paid stampings on both sides with signaturescheque, commercial bank of australia, department of lands and survey, shire of eltham