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The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, c.1927-1930
This image shows the Punt (a kind of small boat) that took residents of Bethanga across the Murray River before the Bethanga Bridge was built. Bethanga Bridge was built between 1927 and 1930, and was made a necessity by the building of the Hume Dam. The Hume Dam, formerly known as the Hume Weir, was in construction between 1919 and 1936, which swelled the Murray River into the floodplain to the East of the dam permanently, creating Lake Hume, and isolating the residents of Bethanga and nearby towns, for whom the trip all the way around the new lake to another river crossing was a massive undertaking. The person who wrote on the back of this card instead chose to cross the river on a boat until the Bethanga Bridge became available. Interestingly, partially submerged trees can be seen in the lake in the background of this photograph, illustrating that the dam had already begun to fill the floodplain even before the bridge was built. This photograph shows the methods the residents of Bethanga used while the Bethanga Bridge was being built. This record is associated with the Heritage Listed sites of the Hume Dam and the Bethanga Bridge, and shows the environment during the process of construction and the creation of Lake HumeSepia rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paperReverse: 1997.3189 / 84 -19 -1 / This is the snap of the Punt. / Our only means of getting out / of Bethanga for the present / Until the bridge is completed / it is 2 miles above the junction / of the Mitta + Murray. It is / 1/2 a mile wide + runs across / the Murray into NSW / Kodak Print / bethanga, bethanga bridge, hume, hume dam, artificial lake, lake hume, hume weir, flood, floodplain, boat, punt, weir, pier, dock, transport, transportation -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, before 1912
This photo shows the Storm Bird at the end of the jetty and the Wangrabelle in the foreground. Both ships were well known traders. the Wangrabelle became beached and wrecked in 1916 and the Storm Bird became obsolete when the railway from Bairnsdale to Orbost arrived in 1916. (ref. Story of Gippsland Shipping - J.C. Bull) At the start of the river trade goods were shipped from Marlo to Melbourne but when the railway reached Bairnsdale this became unprofitable and the ships plied only between Marlo and Cunninghame. Eventually river transport became economically unviable. The Wongrabelle is still buried in the sands of the entrance of the Snowy River (albeit where the entrance used to be). It took from April 11th 1912 to August 12th 1912 for the loss of the Wongrabelle to be complete, the final entry in the Orbost Shipping Co. records reads:- "The Wongrabelle is completely covered in sand." (ref River, Road, Railway Newsletter O.D.H.S.) This is a pictorial record of a time when the water highways were the only feasible transport mode in sending goods from Orbost and Marlo to Melbourne.A black / white photograph of a ship, sails down, anchored at the Marlo jetty.on back - "M. Gilbert, Wangrabelle at Marlo"storm-bird wangrabelle shipping transport- marlo -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph, Rosie Bray, Watsonia Library: "Happy Tappers", 2005
Watsonia Library is a branch of Yarra Plenty Regional Library Service (YPRL). Photograph from the opening of the 2005 refurbishment of the library showing entertainment group "Happy Tappers"Colour photographyarra plenty regional library, yprl, watsonia library, happy tappers -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, Handing lemon drinks - Boxing Day 1920, 26 December 1920
Around 100 men were welcomed on the grounds of Riversdale bu Mr and Mrs Edward Duckett for Boxing Day 1920. The party went to the house by boat on the Yarra.Small black and white photograph with thin white border depicting 3 ladies standing and handing over some glasses to men sitting on the ground.Handwritten on verson in pencil: Handing lemon drinks - Boxing Day 1920 and the number "893"picnic, wwi, first world war, great war, lhlg, picnics, social events, entertainments, boxing day, 1920, edward duckett, riversdale -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photographic Slides, Watsonia High School Pool - Photo Slides 1968, 1976-1977
Records the development of the Watsonia High Pool at the Nepean Street Greensborough site during the years 1976-1977. The pool is still operational in 2019 as Yarra Swim School.Primary source material of the beginnings of the pool.36 Kodak slides of in Agfacolor box."Handwritten on box: Watsonia High 2-5-68 H.N." printed on slides: "Processed by Kodak - Ektachrome Transparency".watsonia high school, kodak slides, yarra swim school -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newsletter, Newsletter, No. 28 January 1983
Contents: • Next meeting – Book reviews • Annual General Meeting • Kyneton trip • Donations to the Society • Falkiner House, Ely Street • Yarra Valley Metropolitan Park The Shire of Eltham Historical Society was formed in October 1967. The first newsletter of the Society was issued May 1978 and has been published continuously ever since on a bi-monthly basis. With the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994, the Society's name was revised to Eltham District Historical Society and this name first appeared with issue No. 103, July 1995. The collection of the Society's newsletters provides a valuable resource on the history of the Society's activities, office bearers and committee members, guest speakers and subjects of historical interest pertinent to the former Shire of Eltham and the Eltham District.A4 photocopied newsletter distributed to membersnewsletter, eltham district historical society, shire of eltham historical society -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Letter, Office of Education, 14.12.1964
Letter offering Commonwealth Secondary Scholarship at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School, South Yarra to Penleigh Robin Boyd for his (fifth) Leaving form in 1965. -
Ambulance Victoria Museum
Helmet, Safety, Ambulance Service Victoria
Worn by ambulance officers during rescue operations or other hazardous situations when there was risk of head injury. This helmet was used by ambulance officers based at Yarra Junction.White plastic helmetAmbulance Service Victoriayarra junction -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - South Yarra Substation, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 1966
Shows the completed sub-station, built during 1966 at the corner of Greville St and Punt Road South Yarra. See also item 4515 for construction photographs.Shows substation architecture of the 1960sSet of three colour photographs.trams, tramways, substation, electrical equipment, electrical switching, buildings -
Yarra City Council
Artwork, other - Mural/Installation, Julia Gorman, Opening Lines, 2020
"The work gestures towards Utopian, modernist public art, like that of Miro, Matisse and Sainte-Phalle, but I was also inspired by Yarra's own Keith Haring murals, in the way that he repeats his personal iconography to fill a chosen space. I wanted to make an expansive, open and inclusive artwork. I drew legs from women playing footy, cricket and soccer, but tried to draw them in the least heroic, least literal way possible." Commissioned as part of an upgrade project at the Malcolm Graham Pavilion, Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Burnley, 2020. The existing facilities were upgraded to include female change rooms and amenities. The project funding comes from Yarra City Council and the State Government through its Female Friendly Facilities Fund. The commission is a result of Yarra's Public Art Policy 2015 - 2020 which ensures Council commits a percentage of the capital works budget for new community infrastructure projects. Matisse and Sainte-Phalle, Keith Herring, Miro, ModernistCopyright the artistA series of abstracted legs in various shapes that jump, kick and run across the wall, activating and animating the space with bold, bright colours.accompanying plaquesport, women, installation, modernism -
Port of Echuca
A black and white copy of a photograph, 24/09/1984
During the Second World War the P.S Marion operated as a passenger vehicle up and down the Murray River.This is a photograph showing Hugh Price steering the P.S. Marion while the Captain looks on! This photograph is linked to P000067, P000065 as they are all part of the Hugh Price Family collection.A copy of a black and white photograph of Hugh Price and Captain George Makins in the wheelhouse of the P.S Marion.In pencil, written on the back is Price / Oct 43 / Capt. Geo Makins, (in cap) & Hugh Price.p.s marion, hugh price, captain george makins, george makins, 1943, price family collection -
Greensborough Historical Society
Slide - Photograph, John Ramsdale, Sprayed blackberries: Slide 18, 1990s
Photograph shows sprayed and dead blackberries on the bank of the Plenty River; behind factories on Para Road Montmorency.Part of the John Ramsdale collection of slides and audio visual material.Colour photograph scanned from slide.No maker's marks. No caption on slide.plenty river, weeds, blackberries, para road montmorency -
Greensborough Historical Society
Advertisement, Greensborough Hotel Advertisement 1933-34, 1933-1934
An advertisement for Greensborough Hotel in the town of "Greensborough, picturesque township on the Plenty River, 13 miles from Melbourne."Photograph show the "new brick building with all modern conveniences'. Greensborough in the 1930s was a popular spot for picnics and holidays.2 pages from a Victorian Railways travel journal. Advertisement for Greensborough Hotel 1933-34. Photocopy from original journal.greensborough hotel, greensborough -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article, Argus (newspaper), Preserving a link with the past, 08/09/1937
1937 article describing the Apple Tree on Plenty River at Greensborough, its possible origins and steps to preserve it.Early attempts to preserve the Batman Apple Tree and alternative explanations of its origins.Downloaded copy of article. Text and b&w photo. batman apple tree, flintoff, plenty river, greensborough -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Paper - Fishing Guide, Guide for Anglers - December 1975
Ron White Collection. Fishing still is a popular sport in the Kiewa River where competitions are frequently held.Ron White was a keen fisherman and the Kiewa River was famous for its fishing. See KVHS 1282.Two sided foolscap paper titled 'Guide for Anglers - December 1975'.ron white, angler fishing, kiewa river -
Federation University Historical Collection
Ethnographic Material, Aboriginal Hammer
A hammerstone is a lump of stone or river coble used in fashioning small stone tools for providing food stuffs.A mudstone in a cylindrical prism shape. It is rather flat at one end, where ther is also evidence on the side stone having been flaked away. The other end is also flattish but more pointed.hammer, aboriginal, stone, ethnography, tools -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder, State Rivers & Water Supply Commission - Permanent Staff 1939 -1944, Temporary Staff 1943
Recording of State Rivers & Water Supply Commission permanent staff 1939-1944 and temporary staff 1943Brown folder, white label, blue writing.irrigation, documents, reports -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Audio Tape, 75th Anniversary of the formation of the State Rivers & Water Supply Commission. Sir Ronald East the guest speaker
75th Anniversary of the formation of the State Rivers & Water Supply Commission. Sir Ronald East the guest speaker.audio, visual, technology, accessory -
Peterborough History Group
Photograph - Four copies of photographs of the Peterborough Old Bridge
Varying views of the old bridge, which was a valuable connection to the East side of the river. A view of the landscape at that time.Historic views of the town and bridge 4 photocopied reproductions of different aspects of the Old bridge at Peterborough, including one which is a copy of The Rose Series Postcards No P2470.peterborough, peterborough old bridge, curdies river bridge, rose series postcards, rose series p2470 -
National Wool Museum
Book, John Drysdale and the Burdekin
"John Drysdale and the Burdekin" -Roy Connolly, 1964. Includes "Burdekin River sketchbook" 16pp, by Russell Drysdale.agriculture wool growing, agriculture, wool growing -
National Wool Museum
Shoes
Australian womens shoes from the formal uniform for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Manufactured by Rivers Shoes.fashion, woolmark company rivers shoes, sport, the woolmark company 2000 australian olympic display - exhibition (21/12/2001 - 24/05/2002) -
National Wool Museum
Shoes
Australian mens shoes from the formal uniform for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Manufactured by Rivers Shoes.fashion, woolmark company rivers shoes, sport, the woolmark company 2000 australian olympic display - exhibition (21/12/2001 - 24/05/2002) -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - WES HARRY COLLECTION: 7 POSTCARDS, 1904 - 07
Seven assorted postcards with various themes and including some theatre actresses : (a) Clock Tower , Camperdown , (b) Bourke Street Melbourne , (c) Queen Victoria Statue, Market Square Geelong , (d) ' A charming view ' Yarra Junction , (e) Gabrielle Ray , (f) Miss Gabrielle Ray as ' Frou Frou ' in ' The Merry Widow ' , (g) Miss Hilda Coral.postcard, various themes, clock tower camperdown, bourke4 street melbourne, queen victoria statue market square geelong, a charming view yarra junction, gabrielle ray, hilda coral -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Biographical information on Betty Marsden, 2009
An application made to the Honours Secretariat, Government House, Canberra, by Dandenong Ranges Historical Council and Upper Yarra Valley & Dandenongs Environmental Council, on behalf of Betty Marsden. Application contains biographical material, testimonials and newspaper clippings. -article, Ranges Trader Mail, 1 February 2011, "Dandy winner". -article, Free Press, February 2011, "A double for Dandenong".betty marsden -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Mal Rowe, mid to late Sept. 1971
Yields information about the operation of Ballarat No. 36 in Melbourne following the closure of the Ballarat system.Digital image of Ballarat Tram No. 36 in Domain Road, South Yarra September 1971 undertaking shuttles between Victoria St and Domain Road for Ballarat Tourism. Driver standing by front of tram with conductress walking to the rear. Behind the tram is the crossover. See also Reg Item 5995 for another Mal Rowe photo of the tram in Swanston St.trams, tramways, ballarat tourism, domain road, tourism, tram 36 -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Postcard, AWR&Co, Scene at Kew, c.1907
Colourised pictorial postcard of the Zig-Zag Bridge at Kew. In the foreground is a rowboat in which a man is standing, behind whom are two women in hats and a young child. The man appears to be pushing the boat away from the Bank. In the distance is the wooden Zig-Zag Bridge, constructed in the 1870s to link the Yarra Bend and Kew Lunatic Asylums. [Destroyed by flood, 1929.]Text to Mrs Cooper from Grace ? inscription dated to 1907zig-zag bridge, yarra river -- kew (vic.), postcards -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Plan - Subdivision Plan, Pointed Firs Estate, 1936
The Kew Historical Society collection includes almost 100 subdivision plans pertaining to suburbs of the City of Melbourne. Most of these are of Kew, Kew East or Studley Park, although a smaller number are plans of Camberwell, Deepdene, Balwyn and Hawthorn. It is believed that the majority of the plans were gifted to the Society by persons connected with the real estate firm - J. R. Mathers and McMillan, 136 Cotham Road, Kew. The Plans in the collection are rarely in pristine form, being working plans on which the agent would write notes and record lots sold and the prices of these. The subdivision plans are historically significant examples of the growth of urban Melbourne from the beginning of the 20th Century up until the 1980s. A number of the plans are double-sided and often include a photograph on the reverse. A number of the latter are by noted photographers such as J.E. Barnes.An almost identical plan of the ‘Pointed Firs Estate’ is in the State Library of Victoria. The plan unusually uses a photograph to show the panoramic views from the Estate. A prospective purchaser could expect to look across the Yarra Valley to Eaglemont and Heidelberg. The 36 lots advertised for sale faced Doncaster Road, Houghton Street, Maud Street and Thackray Street in Balwyn North.subdivision plans - balwyn, pointed firs estate -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Metlink, "The Powers of Public Transport Authorised Officers", c2005
Pamphlet - DL three fold, full colour on gloss paper, titled "The Powers of Public Transport Authorised Officers", explaining what Authorised Officers can do, facts, customer feedback, more than checking tickets. The Transport Act gave the power to arrest people. Gives contact details for the Connex, Yarra Trams, Metlink. Published by Metlink.trams, tramways, metlink, tickets, ticket inspectors, transport regulations -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Public Transport Victoria (PTV), "See you courtside, Melbourne", 2018
Pamphlet, four fold, titled "See you courtside, Melbourne" , giving details of getting to the Australian Open using tram services and walking times. Has a map showing the Melbourne CBD, the Tennis centre, tram lines and railway stations. Has PTV contact details. Has logos of Transport for Victoria, PTV and Yarra Trams. Two copies held.trams, tramways, melbourne, map, routes, events, tennis centre, yarra trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Age, "Call for $190m tram bridge at Docklands", 19/02/2016 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping from The Age, 19/2/2016, written by Clay Lucas, titled "Call for $190m tram bridge at Docklands", about a report by Port Phillip Council, recommending a lifting bridge over the Yarra. Refers to a AECOMM report, increase in land values. The line would serve the Fisherman's bend area. Quotes the Councillor Mayor, Cr Vosstrams, tramways, bridges, docklands, fishermen's bend