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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Borough of Sandridge, Charles Clay, Borough Surveyor, Surveyor's Reports, 1877
Surveyor Charles CLAY's reports to Council March 1877 to June 1882, handwritten. 176pp volume bound in maroon linen with red spine; sticker on front: MINUTE BOOK; 'Surveyor's Reports' hand printedThree names/addresses noted on first page. Two printed Agendas 1881 and 1882 pasted in front.local government - borough of sandridge, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, port melbourne town hall, transport - tramways, engineering - canals and drainage, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, business and traders, fishermans bend, fire and fire services, flood, engineering - bridges, utilities, health - general health, hotels, built environment - domestic, industry - manufacturing, livestock, transport - railways, charles clay, sandridge lagoon -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Delivery docket, A E HOCKING for repaired magneto, 8 Jan 1923
Found in pages of item 588 (Town Clerk's Reports); probably related to the running of the pumphouseDelivery docket from A.E. HOCKING of Crockford Street for repaired magneto, signed by George BEAZLEY on behalf of Port Council, 1923Small figures on back in pencilsandridge lagoon, engineering - canals and drainage, george beazley, a e hocking -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Town of Port Melbourne, Arthur Victor Heath, Town Surveyor et al, Surveyors Report Book, 1901
Reports to Council hand entered by Town Surveyor and ATS, with marginal notes on actions taken by Council.Book of reports of Port Melbourne Town Surveyor 1901-1911: 475 pp volume bound in dark green with maroon spine and corners. Gold stamped on spine 'Minute Book' but added leather label below reads 'Surveyors Report Book'. Some inserts (glued in)Stamped inside cover and on some pages, 'Town of Port Melbourne Surveyors Office'sandridge lagoon, local government - town of port melbourne, fishermans bend, flood, fire and fire services, port melbourne town hall, transport - horse, transport - tramways, parks and gardens, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, excelsior hall, societies clubs unions and other organisations, built environment, hotels, industry - manufacturing, engineering - canals and drainage, crimes and misdemeanours, transport - ferries, south melbourne, arthur victor heath, george beazley, h v champion -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, Report on the storm water drainage of Port Melbourne, 14 Jun 1904
Amongst items donated to the Society by Bill Thakray.Report on the storm-water drainage of Port Melbourne. Report to Mayor and Councillors of the Town of Port Melbourne, 1904.engineering - canals and drainage, bill thakray -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Exhibition Catalogue, Joan Winter, Dredging, Draining, Dipping & Shipping: A History of the Foreshore & Lowlying Lands of the City of Port Phillip, Apr 1996
First major exhibition from the Council of Port Phillip was held in 1995. The catalogue material on Port Melbourne was written by PMH&PS members. It toured the city and then this reduced version was sent to sister city, Devonport.'Dredging, Draining, Dipping & Shipping: A History of the Foreshore & Lowlying Lands of the City of Port Phillip' Catalogue of the travelling exhibition taken to Devonport 26/4 - 26/5/1990. Black on white with engraving on cover. (Note that this was a reduced version of the exhibition so not all material from the original is included.)sandridge lagoon, engineering - canals and drainage, melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, piers and wharves, piers and wharves - waterside workers, arts and entertainment, transport - shipping, centenary bridge, beacons, fishermans bend, transport - aviation and aerodrome, sport - swimming, flood, local government - city of port phillip, kulin nation, caroline frederica liardet, swallow & ariell ltd, mission to seafarers, emerald hill, st kilda -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Functional object - Timber planking section, Outfall Timber Drain Reconstruction, c. 1927
This section of timber was cut from a large quantity of the abandoned timber outfall drain during reconstruction by Melbourne Water. Made available to the PMH&PS by Paul Balassone.Section of timber cut from part of the old abandoned timber outfall drain at Esplanade East during reconstruction 2004engineering - canals and drainage, melbourne water -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Smellie's obstetric forceps, c. 1750
William Smellie’s straight forceps are one of the most significant pairs of forceps in the Museum collection. William Smellie (1697– 1763), designed these forceps, which were an improvement on the forceps of that time. These forceps were easier to use being shorter and lighter, particularly in the handles, with pelvic curve shaped blades. He invented a locking device for the two blades. The blades were lined with leather and greased with hog’s lard for the ease of delivery and the greater comfort of the patient, this being in the era prior to an understanding of sepsis and the need for surgical hygiene.Smellie was groundbreaking in his understanding of Childbirth and became an influential teacher of Obstetrics. He diligently studied the birthing process, particularly the descent of the baby’s head down the birth canal. His observations lead to him noting that many deaths occurred because of a lack of understanding of this process and the inappropriate handling of forceps. Smellie is generally given the credit for improving the forceps to make them easier to use and less likely to damage the baby. Smellie’s "Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery" was published In 1751 and became a widely influential teaching resource. Copies of this birth atlas are held in the Frank Forster Library, RANZCOG. Smellie's obstetric forceps. Iron forceps with traces of leather on the two blades. The blades touch at the tips when the blades are fully closed. The handles have a metal sheet coating and would also have been covered in leather originally. There is a notch at the centre to lock the blades in place. Noneobstetric delivery, william smellie -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - Melbourne and suburbs sewerage works, MMBW, 1 Jul 1908
MMBW map of Melbourne and Suburbs sewerage work to 1-7-1908. Reticulation areas in red, reticulation areas under construction in blue.engineering - canals and drainage, engineering - board of works -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Minutes, Port Melbourne Town Council, Edward C Crockford, Town Clerk, c. 1900
Large volume of rough minutes Port Melbourne Town Council May 1901 - April 1904, with typed and printed minutes inserted throughout - dark green, dark red binding loose and partly missingdeaths and funerals, built environment, port melbourne town hall, societies clubs unions and other organisations, local government - town of port melbourne, social activities, built environment - civic, excelsior hall, engineering - canals and drainage, transport - tramways, edward c crockford, town clerks, port melbourne library -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - Port Melbourne, MMBW, 1987
Very large MMBW plan of Port Melbourne 1987 made up of several sections taped together; drains indicated in blackPMH&PS stamp on backengineering - canals and drainage, mmbw, melbourne and metropolitan board of works -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Renewal of storm water drain, Esplanade West, Port Melbourne, Janet Bolitho, Jul 2002
Five coloured photographs of renewal of storm water drain Esplanade West. .01 Esplanade East Street sign .02 Digging .03 Putting in pipe .04 large casing on end of crane .05 Workersbuilt environment - civic, engineering - canals and drainage, natural environment, sandridge lagoon, esplanade east, hmas lonsdale, stormwater drain, melbourne and metropolitan board of works -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Sink-hole, Liardet Street, Port Melbourne, 17 Dec 2014
In the early hours of Tuesday 16 December, 2014 a water main burst in Liardet St. The resulting sink-hole swallowed two cars and left a massive hole which took 8 days to repair and re-open the road. Several houses on the city side of Liardet St suffered water damage and water also entered the underground car park of the apartment block on the beach side.Photos taken of the damage and vehicle recoveries when a sink-hole opened up on Liardet Street on Tuesday 16 December 2014.built environment - domestic, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, engineering - canals and drainage, liardet street, water supply, fran egan -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Audio - CD-ROM, Talking Book, Fisher Folk of Fisherman's Bend, 2006
Four (4) discs with white labels. Talking book of "Fisher Folk of Fisherman's bend". Distribution copy. Insight into lives of some 19th century fishing families.fishermans bend, families, domestic life, migrants, engineering - canals and drainage, industry - fishing, fisher folk, allan meiers, johann meiers, henry meiers, beazley family, butcher family -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Map, City of Port Melbourne, Oct 1963
Gives a visual understanding of the Port Melbourne area in 1963A detailed map of the Port Melbourne area in October 1963. Details roads and laneways, undeground cables, light and power poles, sewer, bridges, piers reserve and park areas.local government, built environment, piers and wharves, natural environment - beaches and foreshore, parks and gardens, piers and wharves - princes pier, piers and wharves - station pier, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, engineering - canals and drainage -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NEW CHUM & VICTORIA LINES OF REEF - VICTORIA REEF GOLD MINES COMPANY
Photocopied handwritten notes about the Victoria Reef Gold Mines Company. Extracts from Dickers M. Record Vol. 1 23/11/1861 Ps 2 &3. Extracts include Capital, Shares, Names of Directors and Manager, Workings, Main shaft size and depth, Cost of work and labour, Drainage, Pumping Plant and Engine House.document, gold, new chum & victoria lines of reef, new chum & victoria lines of reef, victoria reef gold mines company, ballerstedt & co l l, dickers m record vol 1 no 1 23/11/1861 ps 2 & 3, edward cook esq, thomas burrows, henry jackson, alexander rose, david chaplin sterry, theodore ballerstedt, h b nicholas, cost of work & labour, canal basin foundry glasgow -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: 'OUR ART: WELL HOUSED IN BENDIGO.'
A Bendigo Advertiser supplement titled 'Our Art: well housed in Bendigo.' The Education Officer of the Bendigo Art Gallery, Geoff Paynter, gives an insight into some of the acquisitions purchased by, or donated to, the gallery. There is also an article imbedded within this article on 'Woman of the franchise era.' 14/5/1969.bendigo, buildings, bendigo art gallery, lydia chancellor collection, collection, bendigo, bendigo art gallery, gallery, art, art work, recreation, landscapes, australian landscape, history, r.h.s. abbott prize , john rowell, 'mountain road, ' 'gums, ' sir hans heyton, alfred sisley, 'canal scene, ' dr. and mrs. j. a. neptune scott, impressionism, 'the derelict, ' sali herman, bendigo art prize, emmeline pankhurst, victorian women's franchise league, print, photograph, porcelain, porcelain study design no. 599, w. j. strauchair, 'bondi 1961, ' william dobell, william beebe, arthur boyd, 'pinchin's farm, ' 'the clearing, ' louis buvelot, george bell, 'farm buildings, ' franz kempf, 'burnt orange fern at the wind's return, ' 'old bendigo art gallery, ' kenneth jack, 'the digger and his log, ' sir arthur streeton -
St Kilda Historical Society
Photograph - Photo map, 17/01/1951
One of a series of photo-maps produced for the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (1857-1983). For correlation with a current map, and access to other historical photo maps of Victoria, see the Historic Photo-Maps Index published by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning at https://services.land.vic.gov.au/DELWPmaps/historical-photomaps/Black and white aerial photograph1414-21 538 Run 19 Lens 12" Melbourne Metropolitan 12150 17.1.51 M586st kilda, st kilda botanical gardens, peanut farm, elwood, 1951, point ormond, elwood canal, st kilda beach -
St Kilda Historical Society
Photograph - Photo map, 30/01/1960
One of a series of photo-maps produced for the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (1857-1983). For correlation with a current map, and access to other historical photo maps of Victoria, see the Historic Photo-Maps Index published by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning at https://services.land.vic.gov.au/DELWPmaps/historical-photomaps/Black and white aerial photographVic 1091-112 Melbourne & Metropolitan Project Run 23East 30.1.1960 Lens 10" 8.200elwood, point ormond, elwood park, elwood canal, 1960 -
St Kilda Historical Society
Photograph - Photo map, 14/12/1963
One of a series of photo-maps produced for the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (1857-1983). For correlation with a current map, and access to other historical photo maps of Victoria, see the Historic Photo-Maps Index published by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning at https://services.land.vic.gov.au/DELWPmaps/historical-photomaps/Black and white aerial photographVic 1806 Melbourne 1964 Project Run 18 14.12.63 Lens 205 152.70 M/M 5.150 161elsternwick, elsternwick park, elwood, elwood canal, elwood beach, elwood park, 1963 -
St Kilda Historical Society
Photograph - Photo map, 08/02/1966
One of a series of photo-maps produced for the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (1857-1983). For correlation with a current map, and access to other historical photo maps of Victoria, see the Historic Photo-Maps Index published by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning at https://services.land.vic.gov.au/DELWPmaps/historical-photomaps/Black and white aerial photographVic 1916 Melbourne 1966 Project Run 13 E 8.2.66 Lens 122 151.75MM 9.800 111st kilda, balaclava, caulfield, caulfield north, st kilda east, elsternwick, elsterwick park, elwood park, elwood canal, elwood beach, ripponlea, 1966 -
St Kilda Historical Society
Photograph - Photo map, 11/01/1968
One of a series of photo-maps produced for the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (1857-1983). For correlation with a current map, and access to other historical photo maps of Victoria, see the Historic Photo-Maps Index published by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning at https://services.land.vic.gov.au/DELWPmaps/historical-photomaps/Black and white aerial photographVic 2132 State Aerial Survey Melbourne 1968 Proj. Run 29E 11.1.68 5100 ASL 194elwood, elwood beach, elwood park, elsternwick park, ripponlea, elwood canal, balaclava, st kilda, 1968 -
St Kilda Historical Society
Photograph - Photo map, 11/01/1968
One of a series of photo-maps produced for the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (1857-1983). For correlation with a current map, and access to other historical photo maps of Victoria, see the Historic Photo-Maps Index published by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning at https://services.land.vic.gov.au/DELWPmaps/historical-photomaps/Black and white aerial photographVic 2132 State Aerial Survey Melbourne 1968 Proj. Run 29E 11.1.68 5100 ASL 196elwood, elwood park, elwood canal, elwood beach, st kilda marina, mc moran reserve, point ormond, 1968 -
St Kilda Historical Society
Photograph - Photo map, 14/12/1963
One of a series of photo-maps produced for the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (1857-1983). For correlation with a current map, and access to other historical photo maps of Victoria, see the Historic Photo-Maps Index published by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning at https://services.land.vic.gov.au/DELWPmaps/historical-photomaps/Black and white aerial photographVic 1807 Melbourne 1963 Project Run 17 14.12.63 Lens 205 152.70 M/M 5.150 36st kilda, st kilda botanical gardens, balaclava, st kilda east, elwood canal, ripponlea, caulfield north, elwood, caulfield, 1963 -
St Kilda Historical Society
Photograph - Photo map, Department of Crown Lands and Survey (1857-1983), 22/01/1970
One of a series of photo-maps produced for the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (1857-1983). For correlation with a current map, and access to other historical photo maps of Victoria, see the Historic Photo-Maps Index published by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning at https://services.land.vic.gov.au/DELWPmaps/historical-photomaps/Black and white aerial photographVic 2358 Department of Crown Lands and Survey Victoria,.© Melbourne 1970 Project Run 42E 22.1.70 5,100 ASL 77st kilda, st kilda east, st kilda marina, elwood, elwood canal, elsternwick park, point ormond, balaclava, mc moran reserve, ripponlea, st kilda botanical gardens, peanut farm, 1970 -
St Kilda Historical Society
Photograph - Photo map, Department of Crown Lands and Survey, 22/01/1970
One of a series of photo-maps produced for the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (1857-1983). For correlation with a current map, and access to other historical photo maps of Victoria, see the Historic Photo-Maps Index published by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning at https://services.land.vic.gov.au/DELWPmaps/historical-photomaps/Black and white aerial photographVic 2358 Department of Crown Lands and Survey Victoria,.© Melbourne 1970 Project Run 43E 22.1.70 5,100 ASL 208elwood, elwood beach, point ormond, elwood park, elwood canal, mc moran reserve, 1970 -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Decorative object - Ornament
6th May 2009 A large earthenware figure of a spaniel made in the 19th century in Staffordshire and used as a fireside ornament. Also referred to as Staffordshire dogs. They were purchased by errant husbands to comfort irate wives.|Stoke, Burslem, Hanley, Longton and Tunstall were known as the “Five Towns” of the Staffordshire potteries. In the 19th century there were more than 1000 firms working at various times, amongst them Wedgwood, Spode and Ridgway. Largely because of Josiah Wedgwood and the canal system, and later the railways English ceramics spread far and wide. A vast export trade to the Americas and India was from the port of Liverpool. Staffordshire became the pottery supplier of the World. Most factories made figures and tea and dinner sets.|The Comforter Dogs were copied and made by more than one pottery.Staffordshire dog - no makers mark. Right foot cracked. Repair on ear. Some cracks on body.ceramics, porcelain, ornaments -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANONYMOUS DIARY SS. ORION 28/03/1938 PRE WORLD WAR II SUEZ CANAL - EGYPT TOUR, 28/03/1938
Personal Diary Unknown Author located in the Mediterranean Sea aboard the SS. Orion 28/03/1938. Prior to WWII yet not long after the Second Italian-Abyssinian (Ethiopian) War. Tour of Suez, Egypt, Port Said.communication, postal, diary pre wwii tour of egypt, donated in harcourt granite quarries j. blight & co proprietors envelope -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Painting - MV Achille lauro, Dacre Smyth, Achille lauro
MS Achille Lauro was a cruise ship based in Naples, Italy. Built between 1939 and 1947 as MS Willem Ruys, a passenger liner for the Rotterdamsche Lloyd, it was hijacked by members of the Palestine Liberation Front in 1985.Mrs B SmythA framed oil painting of the passenger ship Achille LauroAchille Lauropassenger ship, achille lauro, oil painting, dacre smyth -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Document - Passenger List, P&O Passenger List RMS Strathaird
RMS Strathaird was the second of a pair to be built and was completed on January 10, 1932. She was preceded by her identical sister the RMS Strathnaver completed on September 2, 1931. They were built by Vickers-Armstrong Ltd, in Barrow-in-Furness, England.RMS Strathaird departed Tilbury on her maiden voyage on February 12 1932, bound for Brisbane Australia sailing via Port Said, Aden, Bombay, Colombo, Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, a service she would remain on until the war would put an end to her passenger’s service for six long years! After the Mediterranean had been declared safe in late 1943, the Strathaird was the very first ship to sail through the Suez Canal in 1943. In 1945 she returned to Australia and New Zealand with their troops heading home. The RMS Strathaird was handed back to P&O in December 1947 and after a major refit she departed Tilbury on January 5, 1948. She returned to her regular Australian service but also continued to operate the occasional cruises. Due to demand and the migrant trade, in 1954 the Strathaird was converted to become a one-class liner, accommodating a good 1,252 passengers. Upon completion she departed Tilbury for her first voyage on April 8, 1954. TSS Strathaird departed Tilbury for Australia on March 28, 1961 and she then departed Sydney on May 9. As she sailed from Australia and had passed through the Suez Canal and was now in the Mediterranean she passed P&O’s newest superliner, the 42,570 GRT SS Canberra that had departed the UK on June 2, for Australia and New Zealand.A PDF doc of a Passenger List from the 'RMS Strathaird' passenger list dated September 1952P&O Passenger Listrms strathaird, passenger liners, migrant ships, cruise liners, british travellers -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Melbourne University Press, The Suez war, 1957
Why did the Suez War ever come to pass? Why did Eden, against public opinion and without sufficient military capability, decide to invade Egypt? When Gamal Abdel Nasser decided to nationalize the Suez Canal, Britain and France reacted dramatically, beginning a chain of events that ultimately led to war. But why did Nasser nationalize the canal in the first place? And what part did the United States of America play in sparking the conflict that resulted in war? Paul Johnson skillfully and clearly explains the roots of the war, the many different political factors involved, the resultant invasion and its repercussions. First published in 1957, The Suez War walks us through a conflict that many historians feel should never have taken place, and one that Johnson argues has exposed i(t)he real weakness of Britain i never again can we play our unique and honourable role as keeper of the worlds conscience.p.145.non-fictionWhy did the Suez War ever come to pass? Why did Eden, against public opinion and without sufficient military capability, decide to invade Egypt? When Gamal Abdel Nasser decided to nationalize the Suez Canal, Britain and France reacted dramatically, beginning a chain of events that ultimately led to war. But why did Nasser nationalize the canal in the first place? And what part did the United States of America play in sparking the conflict that resulted in war? Paul Johnson skillfully and clearly explains the roots of the war, the many different political factors involved, the resultant invasion and its repercussions. First published in 1957, The Suez War walks us through a conflict that many historians feel should never have taken place, and one that Johnson argues has exposed i(t)he real weakness of Britain i never again can we play our unique and honourable role as keeper of the worlds conscience.suez crisis - 1956, united kingdom - foreign relations - egypt