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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, 'Christie's Christmas', 1887
The name 'Blanche Wooton' is written on inside coverGreen hardback cover with Pansies on front.The Pansy Booksbooks, children's -
Bendigo Military Museum
Administrative record - Army Survey Regiment - Exercise Mapex 78, Mar 1979
Exercise Report on exercise Mapex 78. The exercise was designed to test the Army Survey Regiment in an intensive production phase of 30 days duration.A4 soft covered booklet, printed map of part of the Kimberley region of Western Australia on front and back covers, staple boundTop right hand corner of front cover "File on 788-2-14"royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr -
Clunes Museum
Book, SPECTRUM PUBLICATIONS PTY.LTD.RICHMOND 3121, GALLERY DAYS, 1989
JAMES FARRELL RECALLS HIS STUDENT DAYS AT MELBOURNE NATIONAL GALLERY AND A WARE THAN CHANGED AUSTRALIA IN 1939BOOK WITH DUST COVER COLOUR IMAGE ON DUST COVER OF A TIMER COTTAGE WITH A PICKET FENCE SURROUNDED BY MATURE TREES 64 PAGESnon-fictionJAMES FARRELL RECALLS HIS STUDENT DAYS AT MELBOURNE NATIONAL GALLERY AND A WARE THAN CHANGED AUSTRALIA IN 1939farrell james, wwi -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, RAAF, RAAF, Handbook of Administration in the Royal Australian Air Force, C.WW2
RAAF Publication No 103 (Feb 1941). Blue buckram hard cover loosely bound with a boot lace through three holes. 61 pages with some handwritten amendments.Stamped inside front cover: “Copy No 3” Stamped rear cover: “Library Copy (Not for use)”books reference/military/air force, raaf -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - Deakin University Warrnambool Graduation Ceremonies 2015, 2015
Deakin University was established in 1974 as the fourth university in Victoria. It has a number of campuses around the state including Warrnambool where it merged with The Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education in 1990. The university was named after Alfred Deakin, three times Prime Minister of Australia and leading figure in the process of Federation in Australia. Each year a number of students graduate from the Warrnambool Campus which is located on the Eastern edge of Warrnambool on the banks of the Hopkins River. In 2015, there were graduands from the faculties of Arts and Education, Business and Law, Science and health. Deakin University occupies an important educational position In Warrnambool and district. This program contains the names of the many people associated with the university and the graduating students for the year 2015. Photograph of two students sitting on lawn in front of grey building. Text in white at top of cover.Back cover green with white text. "Phillpot OAM" on sticker on front cover. Deakin logo on bottom right corner of front cover.deakin university warrnambool, deakin university graduation 2015 -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Booklet, Warrnambool & District Pipes & Drums Cookbook, Early 2000s
This cookbook was produced by the Warrnambool and District Pipes and Drums, partly as a fund-raiser and partly as a promotional exercise. A Pipe Band was formed in Warrnambool in 1906 with twelve foundation members. Simon Fraser was the original Pipe Major and the band has had some changes of name since its foundation. The band was not operating for some time during the years of World War One and again during World War Two but today under the name of Warrnambool and District Pipes and Drums it performs at concerts, dinners, band competitions, official functions, street parades etc and has won both Victorian and interstate Championship titles. This book is of interest as an example of a fund-raising exercise by a local organization early in the 21st century. This is a soft-cover book of 94 pages. It is a cookery book published by the Warrnambool and District Pipes and Drums. It has a blue cover overlaid with plastic and is bound with plastic rings. The front cover has the logo of the Warrnambool and District Pipes and Drums. It has an introduction, an acknowledgements page and two pages of information on the Warrnambool and District Pipes and Drums organization.Front Cover: ‘Warrnambool and District Pipes and Drums Cookbook’cookbook, warrnambool, warrnambool and district pipes and drums -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book - Album, 1988-1991 Premier Town Volume 2, Circa 1988
The Premier towns is an award given by the Victorian state Government. It recognises positive actions by regional communities to protect and enhance their local environment. It is based on criteria relating to litter prevention and waste management, environmental and heritage management as well as activities among community groups and leadership. The following is taken from Hansard at the announcement of the awards in 1988 That the Senate- (a) congratulates the Mayor, Councillors, the Premier Town Committee, and the people of the City of Warrnambool, Victoria, for their achievement, on Saturday, 20 November 1988, in taking out the Victorian `Premier Town Award' for an unprecedented third time; (b) congratulates the business people of Warrnambool for their efforts in helping the city to win the Victorian Industrial and Commercial Development Award, including a special award for coastline preservation and studies This album is significant in that it documents an important award to the City of Warrnambool. It is also a comprehensive pictorial record of Warrnambool as it was in 1988.Volume 2. Covers Warrnambool rivers, bridges, coastal features, places of learning, clubs and sporting facilities and historical and general interest all of which have played an important role in the development of and history of the city and lives of its people.Soft brown vinyl cover with plastic cover. Pages are dark cream cover paper. A sticker with the Warrnambool Premier Town logo is inside the front cover. The album consists of photographs of various buildings and streetscapes with relevant descriptive text.Sticker inside front cover, Mr J Gietz Po Box 1007 Warrnambool Vic 3280. warrnambool, ideal town 1988-1991, victoria’s bicentennial premier town premier town awards -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Journal pertaining to BORES Berry Mines
This book is associated with former Ballarat School of Mines Student Richard Squire (1875-1876). Gift of the Squire FamilyGreen water marked linen covered journal with maroon spine with red feint lined blue pages. Label on front cover is cream with black printing JOURNAL with handwritten BORES. Hand written in black ink. Plans of shafts throughout 182 pages.Map/plan loose at page 48. Index on pages 176 - 181Bores written on front cover berry consols, bores, gold, gold mining, mining, shafts, g. maryhans, charlesons, davies, coopers, west berry consols gold mining company -
Unions Ballarat
Ill fares the land : a treatise on our present discontents, Judt, Tony, 2011
Social commentary - post-war Europe. Explores materialism, greed, ethics and society.Relevant to modern history and common needs.Paper; book. Grey, black and white cover.Front cover: Quote from Oliver Goldsmith, author name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history - modern, social commentary, political culture, social change, civilisation -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book - Religious Book, The Book of Common Prayer, 20th century
This book was part of the original furnishings of the St Nicholas' Mission to Seamen's Church at 139 Nelson Place, Williamstown, Victoria. THE MISSIONS TO SEAMEN (Brief History: for more, see our Reg. No. 611, Set of Pews) The Missions to Seamen, an Anglican charity, has served seafarers of the world since 1856 in Great Britain. It symbol is a Flying Angel, inspired by a Bible verse. Today there are centr4es in over 200 ports world-wide where seamen of all backgrounds are offered a warm welcome and provided with a wide range of facilities. In Victoria the orgainsation began in Williamstown in 1857. It was as a Sailors’ Church, also known as ‘Bethel’ or the ‘Floating Church’. Its location was an old hulk floating in Hobson’s Bay, Port of Melbourne. It soon became part of the Missions to Seamen, Victoria. In the year 2000 the organisation, now named Mission to Seafarers, still operated locally in Melbourne, Portland, Geelong and Hastings. The Ladies’ Harbour Lights Guild was formed in 1906 to support the Missions to Seamen in Melbourne and other centres such as Williamstown. Two of the most significant ladies of the Guild were founder Ethel Augusta Godfrey and foundation member Alice Sibthorpe Tracy (who established a branch of the Guild in Warrnambool in 1920). The Guild continued its work until the 1960s. In 1943 a former Williamstown bank was purchased for the Missions to Seaman Club. The chapel was named St Nicholas’ Seamen’s Church and was supported by the Ladies’ Harbour Lights Guild, the Williamstown Lightkeepers’ Auxiliary and the League of Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Friends. It ceased operation in 1966. A Missions to Seamen Chapel and Recreation Room was a significant feature of ports during the late 1800s and into the 1900s. It seemed appropriate for Flagstaff Hill to include such a representation within the new Maritime Village, so the Melbourne Board of Management of Missions to Seamen Victoria gave its permission on 21st May 1979 for the entire furnishings of the Williamstown chapel to be transferred to Flagstaff Hill. The St Nicholas Seamen’s Church was officially opened on October 11, 1981 and closely resembles the Williamstown chapel. This book is significant through its association with the St Nicholas' Mission to Seamen Church in Williamstown, Melbourne, established in 1857. The items in our collection from the Missions to Seamen in Williamstown, Victoria, have historical and social significance. They show that people of the 1800s and 1900s cared about the seafarers’ religious, moral, and social welfare, no matter what the religion, social status or nationality. It had its origins in Bristol, England when a Seamen's Mission was formed in 1837. The first Australian branch was started in 1856 by the Rev. Kerr Johnston, a Church of England clergyman, and operated from a hulk moored in Hobson’s Bay; later the Mission occupied buildings in Williamstown and Port Melbourne. The Book of Common Prayer. Small book, dark fabric hardcovers, both embossed design on cover incorporating a cross. Owner's name written in black ink inside the cover, also four brown stamps of a cross inside cover. Titled "The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rules and Ceremonies of the CHURCH according to the use of The Church of England". Printed in Great Britain. Book has 730 numbered pages. Inscribed with a signature inside the front cover as well as brown stamps of images of a cross.. This is one of the original items in our St Nicholas Seamen's Church Williamstown Collection.Written in black script inside the front cover "Anne Ambrose". Stamps of a cross symbol, brown ink, on the covers and some of the pages throughout the book. Inside front cover, in pencil, "602" "CH 34" Inside the back cover in blue pen are the numbers "271 / 291 / 24"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, book, prayer book, the book of common prayer, church of england prayer book, anne ambrose, religion, religious service, sailors rest, bethel sailors’ church, bethel floating church, ladies harbour light guild, missions to seamen victoria, mission to seafarers, st nicholas seaman’s church williamstown, st nicholas mission to seamen church williamstown, mission to seamen williamstown, st nicholas seamen’s church flagstaff hill, 139 nelson place williamstown, flying angel club -
Bendigo Military Museum
Manual - MANUALS, ARMY ORDNANCE MEO, Australian Army, 1990 - 2001
Item in the collection re Craig Triffett, refer Cat No 5997.5 for his service details.1. This manual has a hard green plastic cover with a window. The top of front cover has a gold Rising Sun. Words "Serving The Nation" are under that. Inside is a disposal of UXO Certificate plus 7 chapters of text and drawings of how to destroy unexploded munitions. 2. This manual has a hard green plastic cover with a window. The top of front cover has a Rising Sun Badge with words "Serving the Nation". Inside are 13 Chapters on Ammunition, Text and Drawings, 1. On front cover is "326845 WO2 C. Triffett."unexploded munitions disposal, manual, wo2 triffett -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, The True Story of the Death Railway & the Bridge on the River Kwai
Book is organised by "J.P".Softcover with collage of photos on cover. Photos are of railway locomotives, a bomber, railway bridges and a soldier.Inside front cover "Donated by Trevor Knight"books, military history -
Greensborough Historical Society
School Magazine, Watsonia Happy 25th 1987. Watsonia High School Yearbook. WaHIGH, 1987_
A permanent record of who attended Watsonia High School - both student and teacher in 1987. Note: This edition of the yearbook was not called Kurnaji. Annual record of teaching staff, students and events that took place over the year by using both photos and reports. Includes Roll Call section with names of all students. Black and white cover. Graphic depicts the number 25 and a drawing of debutantes 2 copies.In pen on front cover: "Donated by Rosie Bray"watsonia high school, yearbook, kurnaji, school magazines -
Greensborough Historical Society
School Magazine, Horizon 2001. The magazine of Greensborough College Gr8750, 2001_
Annual record of teaching staff, students and events that took place in 2001. Each year, the college yearbook reports on the people (students and staff) and events and activities that took place that year. Note: In 1989, Watsonia High School was merged with Watsonia Technical School to become Greensborough Secondary College.A permanent record of who attended Greensborough College - both student and teachers, includes photographs. 60 pages. Includes black and white and colour photos and reports. Cover depicts students.In pen on front cover: "Donated by Rosie Bray"greensborough college, yearbook, horizon, school magazines, greensborough secondary college -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Exercise Book, 1890
Exercise book of William Shillinglaw. Filled with writing exercises and some math problems and map drawings. May have been used as a homework book. All pages headed with day and date. William was one 8 children who attended Eltham Primary School. He was born in 1878 and attended the school between 1883 and 1890 having started there at the age of 4 years and 2 months in April 1882. He left the school in 1890 when 12 years of age. Dates obtained from EPS school attendance rolls. Exercise book last entry is dated June 16th, 1891. One of five items relating to the Shillinglaw Family collectionThe book was owned by William Shillinglaw. This family were pioneer settlers in the Eltham area. William was one of 8 siblings to attend Eltham Primary School. This workbook is a rare local example of the practical classroom education process in the late 1880s and early 1890s.Hardcover with marbled decorative cover with hand made name plate pasted on; 58 pagesCover: ? Shillinglaw Eltham June 17 1891shillinglaw family collection, william shillinglaw, eltham primary school, exercise book -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book
Brown paper covered New Testament of Bible, as used by student at a christian girls schoolsOn front cover - handwritten in ink the name of the book.religion, christian -
Unions Ballarat
Killen: Inside Australian Politics, Killen, Jim, 1985
Autobiographical account of Killen's twenty eight years in federal parliament.Relevant to history of the Liberal Party Australia and the federal parliament. Autobiographical interest.355 pages. Paper; book. Cover is blue with white lettering and a colour photograph of Killen. Front cover: author's name and book title.killen, james, killen, jim, liberal party australia, parliament, autobiography, politics, politicians -
Melbourne Legacy
Book - Book, History, Legacy Club Melbourne, History For The Years 1932-1944, Part 2, Legacy Develops, General Notes by Legatee C.B.W. Smith
For those interested in the history of Melbourne Legacy this book is a must read. Filled full of larger than life characters and the good will of many volunteers and benefactors of Legacy. The book should be read in conjunction with Part One (item 00363). These type written sheets were set in order and put together by some members of The Advisory, History And Tradition Committee (Melbourne Legacy).Significant in that this is a scholarly attempt at recording the early history (1932-1944) of Melbourne Legacy. These were the years of the Great Depression and World War 2, hence shortages of all manner of things.Navy blue hardback book, title printed in gold lettering on front cover and spine.Title on cover and spine printed in gold letteringhistory, founding legatee, committee -
Mont De Lancey
Book, The States Telecommunications Board, Telephone Directory Guernsey Alderney Sark Herm Bracqhou 1981, 1981
Guernsey Telephone Directory, Issue No. 75, September 1981. Picture of boat on front cover."GU 465" on drawing of the boat on front cover.directories -
The Ed Muirhead Physics Museum
Book - Instruction manual, ABACUS cat. no. 85
Red covered stapled small paperback book on the Abacus. Relevant to the ABACUS cat. no. 85In front cover hand written “B. Laby”. -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Book - Reference Teaching, Handwork for Schools, circa 1944
A text book designed as an aid to teachers in Victorian Primary Schools in the 1940's. It teachers the value of art and handwork as a necessary part of general education.This text book shows the importance and the growing recognition of various hand crafts as part of general education in Victorian schools in the 1940's and also that handcrafts are an integral part of the curriculum, leading towards an improvement in artistic appreciation by raising handwork from the level of manual exercises to that of creative applied art.A hard covered text book, faded blue cover.Front cover: Handwork for Schools, W.R. Dean and H. Jolly, and at the bottom of cover 'Oxford University Press, Leighton House, Melbourne, London: Humphrey Milford.' On the first page, handwritten in red, is a signature 'N. Rodgers' and the title is repeated. The price is marked as 6/6 ( Six shillings, six pence)hand crafts, schools, curriculum, education -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Booklet, Customs of the Services
This book covered all Military Services of the time, meant for newly Commissioned Officers as a "go to" training aid.Navy Blue material covered cardpaper, has Helmet Crest on front cover, "Customs of the Services"First published as "Customs of the Service" in March 1939, and republished at regular intervals throughout the war years until publication of "Customs of the Services" September 1946. Preface: Group Captain A.H. Stradling OBE September 1946. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, An Experience of Finland, 1993
Covers a range of authors' experiences over more than half a century in FinlandCream back cover. Explanation of book. Black front cover with photo in colour of wild flowers, Southern Finlandfinland, mead, hurst & co, walczuk e -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, The curlip No: 4, October 2005
This issue was produced to consolidate information gathered on the inaugural Historical Bus Trip organised by the Orbost Historical Society on Saturday 28th May, 2005. It developed from a four page flyer produced for the bus trip. Additional information collected on the day was collated and added to create this magazine/book. John Phillips did the original research.This is a locally created book on the history of the Orbost district and is a useful research tool.A 15 pp white covered book which is spiral bound. It has a plastic cover and is titled in black text : THE CURLIP ISSUE N0 : 4 Historical Information Bete Bolong, Newmerella, Corringle and Lochend.On front cover: SLAB HUT COPY in red inkorbost-history bete-bolong corringle newmerella lochend -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, RECORD OF SERVICE, 29.2.1940
John Eric Wiles VX16067, refer Cat No 5410P for his service details.Record of Service book A.A.B.83, plain brownish card covers, contents stapled in, has details re innoculations, medals, equipment issue, typed section on inside cover with embarkation & disembarkation dates.On front cover in pencil, "Lt J. E. WILES"books, record of service, wiles -
Kilmore Historical Society
Work on paper, Illustrator H.G. Theaker, ARABIAN NIGHTS STORIES, 1934
Arabian Nights stories for childrenBlue cloth spine printed with title, author & publisher details. Spine worn, torn at upper extremities, cover worn at at extremities. Binding intact but cover starting to separate. Pen markings on front & rear covers. Pages yellowed, foxing to rear & front pages. Illustrated. 156pp. Poor condition.fictionArabian Nights stories for childrenchildren, fairytales -
Unions Ballarat
Bernard O'Dowd, 1954
Bernard O'Dowd was an Australian poet and anarchist. He was born in Beaufort in 1866 and worked at different times as a teacher, librarian and parliamentary draftsman. He was dismissed from his position at St Alipius' school in Ballarat for heresy. He had a particular interest in the Federation of Australia and formation of the Constitution, which features in his poem "Australia". O'Dowd co-edited Tocsin with Jack Andrews. Tocsin was a labor newspaper in Melbourne. Others involved with the newspaper include Edward Findley and, for a short time, Norman Lindsay. Tocsin's platform is available in PDF format online http://www.reasoninrevolt.net.au/objects/pdf/a000808.pdf Areas of interest included the constitution, federation and workers' industrial rights (e.g. eight hour day, pensions and arbitration for labour disputes).Biographical interest. Literary interest. Pertinent to Ballarat. Pertinent to constitutional history and industrial relations. Pertinent to labor publications, history and literature.Hardcover - book. Cover dust jacket: black and white photograph of Bernard O'Dowd on front, yellow and white lettering; back is yellow. Cover without dust jacket: green cloth; gold lettering.Cover without dust jacket: authors' names and title on the spine. Cover with dust jacket: authors' names and title on front cover and spine. Inside page: Inscribed in ink, "Happy Birthday Dad from Lorna and John (Sept 17 1960).btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, o'dowd, bernard, writers - poets, newspaper, tocsin, lindsay, norman, andrews, jack, findley, edward, anarchists, biography, palmer, nettie, st alipius school, ballarat, o'dowd, bernard, 1866-1953, industrial relations -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, William J. Goudie, Steam Turbines, 1922, 1922
Green hard covered bookInside front cover "R.F. Symons Holmby Lodge Point Nepean Road Cheltenham"steam, r.f. symons -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, System of Mineralogy Vol 2, 1816, 1916
"Three interesting and valuable volumes on mineralogy by Jameson, an old-time authority, published in 1916, have been presented to the School of Mines by Mr J.F. Austin, headmaster of Wendouree State School." (Ballarat Courier 31 May 1916) Author Robert Jameson was the Regius Professor of Natural History, Lecturuer on Mineralogy and keeper of the Museum in the University of Edinburgh.Blue hard covered bookStamped on inside cover with Ballarat School of Mines Stamp Pasted in label on inside cover "May 1916 Presented by J.F. Austin Esq, SS. Wendouree" Signed on Frontice page "I.C. Wirst" "J.F. Austin"j.f. austin, robert jameson, mineralogy -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book - Record Book, before 1918
In UK in early 1800's the word 'mechanic' was applied to a broader range of skills such as working man, tradesman or artisan. Mechanics' Institutes were formed originally for voluntary, self-funded organisations, to improve the education of working men and to instruct them on their various trades. The germ of the idea came from a class formed in 1799 by Professor George Birbeck in Glasgow, Scotland, for journeymen mechanics (apprentice trade workers), with the first Institutes being organised in London and Manchester in the 1820's. By then the original aim had broadened and the Mechanics' Institutes were established as popular agencies of adult education. The Mechanics' Institutes were run by committees that provided facilities for a meeting room, hall suitable for lectures, and a library. Funding was raised locally and often supplemented by grants from government agencies for the purchase of books and other resources. Activities were community based. In Australia, Mechanics' Institutes were set up in New South Wales and in Tasmania in the late 1820's. Mechanics' Institutes began in Victoria, with the first one in Melbourne dating from 1839, providing similar services but in time offered services tailored to their specific area. Warrnambool's Mechanics' Institute (or Institution as it was sometimes called) was one of the earliest in Victoria. On 17th October 1853 a meeting was held where it was resolved to request the Lieutenant Governor of the Colony to grant land for the erection of a Mechanics' Institutes building. A committee was formed at the meeting and Richard Osburne chaired the first meeting of this committee. The land on the North West corner of Banyan and Merri Streets was granted but there were no funds to erect the building. The Formal Rights of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute's encompassed its aims and these were officially adopted in1859; "This Institution has for its object the diffusion of literary, scientific, and other useful knowledge amongst its members, excluding all controversial subjects, religious or political. "These objects are sought to be obtained by means of a circulating library, a reading room, the establishment of classes, debates, and the occasional delivery of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy, mechanics, astronomy, chemistry, natural history, literature, and the useful and ornamental arts, particularly those which have a more immediate reference to the colony." The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute opened its first reading room in November1884 in the National School building at the corner of Banyan and Timor Streets. The Institute was funded by member subscription, payable on a quarterly, half yearly or yearly basis. Samuel Hannaford, the Manager of the Warrnambool Bank of Australasia, was the first Honorary Secretary of the Mechanics' Institutes, and an early President and Vice-President. He also gave several of the early lectures in the Reading Room. Another early Secretary, Librarian and lecturer was Marmaduke Fisher, the teacher at the National School. Lecture topics included The Poets and Poetry of Ireland', 'The Birth and Development of the Earth', 'The Vertebrae - with Remarks on the pleasures resulting from the study of Natural History' and 'Architecture'. In q856 the Reading Room was moved to James Hider's shop in Timor Street, and by 1864 it was located in the bookshop of Davies and Read. In the 1860's the Mechanics' Institute struggled as membership waned but in 1866, after a series of fund raising efforts, the committee was able to purchase land in Liebig Street, on a site then called Market Square, between the weighbridge and the fire station. A Mechanics' Institute building was opened at this site in August 1871. The following year four more rooms were added to the main Reading Room and in 1873 the Artisan School of Design was incorporated into the Institute. The same year Joseph Archibald established a Museum; however it deteriorated when he was transferred to Bendigo in 1877. In 1880, with Archibald's return to Warrnambool, the Museum was re-established, and in 1885 a new building was built at the back of the Institute to accommodate the re-created School of Design, the Art Gallery and the Museum. In 1887 the Museum section was moved to the former court house in Timor Street (for some time the walls of the building formed part of the TAFE cafeteria but all is now demolished)). In 1911 the Museum was transferred back to the original building and the management of the Mechanics' Institute was handed over to the Warrnambool City Council. The Museum and Art Gallery became one and housed many fine works of art., and the Library continued to grow. The building was well patronised, with records showing that at the beginning of the 20th century there were between 500 and 800 visitors. During World War One the monthly figures were in the thousands, with 3,400 people visiting in January 1915. The Museum was a much loved Institution in Warrnambool until the contents of the Museum and Art Gallery were removed to make room for the Warrnambool City Council Engineers' Department. The contents were stored but many of the items were scattered or lost. In 1975 the original building was demolished and the site became occupied by the Civic Centre, which included the new City Library. (The library was temporarily located in the old Palais building in Koroit Street.) In the process of reorganisation the Collection was distributed amongst the community groups: - The new City Library took some of the historic books and some important documents, historic photographs and newspapers. - The Art Gallery kept the 19th Century art collection and some of the artefacts from the museum. - The Historic Society has some items - The State Museum has some items - Some items were destroyed - Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village has old newspapers, Government Gazettes, most of the Mechanics' Institute Library, ledgers and documents connected to the Mechanics' Institute Library, some framed and unframed art works and some photographs. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute Library book collection is deemed to be of great importance because it is one of the few collections in an almost intact state, and many of the books are now very rare and of great value. NOTE: Pages of this book have been digitally recorded and archived. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute Accessions Book, 1913-1922. Hard cover, olive green cover with brown protective cloth on corners. Page edges have coloured marble pattern. Hand written inside cover "RA 02749457 MEC,000451"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, warrnambool mechanics' institute, mechanics' institute records warrnambool, record book c1918