Cheque with cheque butt attached and date line ending 192-. A. Meurers Pty. Ltd. Bendigo. Hardware Merchants. Sewerage Contractors printed at the top of cheque. Decorative background and an illustration of Meurers Patented Hygienic Glass Washer. The Bank of New South Wales, Bendigo printed in the centre. Decorative work along the left edge with Cambridge Press Print beside it. Printed in grey and black with red Not Negotiable across the centre.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, a meurers pty ltd, the bank of new south wales bendigo, cambridge press, meurers patented hygenic glass washer

A Cohn Brothers Calendar for December, 1935. The Calender has a painting by H.S Power (Harold Septimus Power) of two Cocker Spaniels, Companions of Quality, sitting next to each other in the grass outside together. below the painting is the following text "6 0'clock Lager C.B. ginger Tonik COHN BROS. LTD. BENDIGO . MELBOURNE . SWAN HILL Aerated Water and Cordial Manufacturers Wine and Spirits Merchants"bendigo, history, cohn brothers

WALTHALL Robert Barratt DOB 29/03/1899 CorporalAustralian War Service Medal 1939-1945 circular shape. The ribbon has a wide khaki central stripe, flanked by two narrow red stripes, which are in turn flanked by two outer stripes, one of dark blue and the other of light blue. The khaki represents the Australian Army, and the red, dark blue and light blue represent the Merchant Navy, Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force respectivelyN388579 R.B. WALTHALL The medal is nickel silver with the crowned effigy of King George VI on the obverse. The reverse has the Australian coat of arms, placed centrally, surrounded by the words ‘THE AUSTRALIA SERVICE MEDAL 1939-1945’

Set of two reproduced photographs, sepia toned of "Bourke St looking west from Swanston St, World War 1 era", with Coles Book Arcade, Bull and Mouth Hotel, Kino's Merchants, Danks, The Metropole, Wertheim. The cable tram has the destination of Nicholson St. One of a series of four photographs produced by an unknown person/company. Two sizes of prints held, one large, two small.On the rear of 587 "Cable Tram prints $10/set"trams, tramways, melbourne, bourke st, cable trams

This photograph was printed from a glass negative held in the Society's picture collection. The original glass negative is part of a set donated to the Society by Ian McKenzie, a professional photographer in Kew. Patmore & Dinham, Scottsdale, ca. 1910 - ca. 1920. A large corrugated iron store owned by ‘Patmore & Dinham: Produce, Manure and General Merchants’. The store was located in Scottsdale, northeast Tasmania. For more than forty years, George Melville Dinham had occupied a prominent position in the Scottsdale community. He and his partner, Mr. Patmore were to ultimately own four businesses in this farming town, of which this is one.patmore & dinham, scottsdale, glass negatives

Murray Comrie Collection. The building on the left was used as Dr. Grant's surgery. It was still standing in 2008 with a small consulting room inside. It has since been demolished. The building on the right is still standing in 2019. It was C. Bowman's Bakery and Chaff/Hay Merchant.Monochrome photograph depicting two shopfronts with verandahs, located at at 62 & 64 Commercial Rd, Tarnagulla. The left shopfront (formerly at number 62) has since been demolished.tarnagulla, commercial road, commerce, shopfronts, shops, businesses, bakery, food, stockfeed, grains, agriculture, doctor, surgeon, medical, medicine

Oil portrait of Col. John Purdue O.B.E. in full army uniform with 5 campaign medals on left breast painted on canvas stretched over hardboard in ornate gilt wooden frame.Plaque affixed to bottom of frame reads: COL. JOHN PURDUE O.B.E. 24-5-1890/25-3-1980. / FIRED THE FIRST SHOT IN W.W. I FROM FORT NEPEAN ACROSS BOW OF / GERMAN STEAMER "PFALZ' MERCHANT RAIDER ON AUG 5 - 1914 AT 12.50 PM.purdue, j foley, ww1, "pfalz"

A. J. Royce & Co. were general merchants in Orbost. Royce's was essentially a bakery in Nicholson Street on the site of the present supermarket. Robert Pullar Cameron was a Shire Councillor for many years. He married Penuel Hossack and had a family of James, Flora, Penuel and Alex.This item is an example of the hand-written book-keeping of an early 20th century business in Orbost. It is a useful research tool.A small paper account, black print and blue writing. At the top are illustrations of two young girls with an advertisement for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy between them. The account is from A.J. Royce & Co. to R. P. Cameron.account book-keeping royce-a.j. cameron-robert-pullar

The Chapel attached to the 1917 Mission Building has been known variously over the years as: Memorial Chapel ( WWI Merchant seamen) ; St Peter Mariner's Chapel and St Peter's, Mariner's Church. In current day usage due to modest size it is referred to as Chapel. This postcard provides a sample record of the appreciation of volunteers by committee members at the Mission in the 20th C. and forwarded on their behalf to the donor's Grandfather Mr Arthur Ware countersigned by Padre Oliver ( Chaplain 1930-1960)A black and white photographic postcard of the interior of St Peter's Chapel, Mission to Seafarers, 717 Flinders St Melbourne. Image has a 5cm white border.On the back is a message from Padre Oliver on behalf of the Christmas Committee to Mr Ware and dated 14-12-51. "Thanking Mr Ware for ... all your kindness..."photograph, josephine atkinson, arthur ware, padre oliver, st peter chapel, flinders street, mission to seafarers, mission to seamen, seamen's mission, donors, supporters, frank leslie oliver, 1951

Old timber trestle bridge before it was washed away. Note sign in background for P. Bird Timber Merchant Box Hill. Photo has been damp at some stage and image has stuck to glass causing some damage to image in a number of areas.Black and white photograph mounted in thin black framebox hill, p. bird timber merchant, warrandyte bridge, yarra river

Sheet with the four side labels for a packet of tea. The first side has the name and weight and Guaranteed Free from any Adulteration. The second has the name: H. Thomas Tea, Coffee & Cocoa Merchant 59 Gower Street, Kensington, W. 1 and the phone number. The third is the same as the first except instead of the weight It has Hill Grown New Season's. The fourth has a drawing of a tea plant and refers to the tea and where it was grown.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, h thomas

Joseph Henry Abbott arrived in Australia from Birmingham England in 1852 aged 22 hoping to make his fortune on the goldfields. In 1853 he opened a store in Bendigo, Abbott and Co and from there began a lengthy career as a business man supplying the local community with goods and services including owning and operating the New Times Boot Market & Factory in Pall Mall, Sandhurst, run by his wife, Anne (nee Deague). J H Abbott’s main ambitions were to serve on the local and state councils. He was elected Chairman of the Sandhurst Borough Council in 1860, Mayor of the City of Bendigo in 1891 and was gazetted a Justice of the Peace in 1864. Over his lifetime J H Abbott was closely linked to nearly all the leading institutions in Bendigo and worked for the benefit of local charities. He was trustee of the Bendigo Art Gallery and a Freemason and was said to be the first person in Bendigo to have a telephone installed in1882 between his residence and his business in Pall Mall. After JH Abbott died in 1904 he passed on his businesses to his son JH Abbott Jnr and adopted son RHS Abbott. These businesses continued to trade under the name JH Abbott & Co and today still operates under the name Abbott Supply although the last of the family interests ceased in 1986. Richard Hartley Smith Abbott was the step son of Joseph Henry Abbott and continued on in the family tradition of entering into business, becoming a successful business man. He also held asperations to serve on local council and was elected a representative in the Mandurang riding in the Shire of Strathfieldsaye in 1887, served as Mayor of the City of Bendigo from 1917 - 1918 and was Secretary of the Bendigo Art Gallery for over 20 years. Like this father he continued to build local industries with a particular interest in tanning selling products locally and exporting to London. The Tannery (in Tannery Lane, Mandurang) was one of the largest in the state. Large general correspondence book used by J H Abbott Co to issue reminders for accounts overdue and to place orders with suppliers. Book is bound with marbled front and back cover. Each page is perforated with the right side being printed with J H Abbott & Co Merchants and designed to be issued to receiver. Designed to use be used with carbon paper placed between two pages to create multiple copies of paperwork. Dated 1916 - 1917.city of greater bendigo commerce, mayor abbott, making a nation exhibition, shire of strathfieldsaye

Metal badge stamped - triangular brass base with metal pin and clips on rear, painted blue, green and white with the words "Electric Traction Association" for the Australian Electric Traction Association - mid 1950's. First AETA badge. Confirmed as such by Bob Merchant of the Sydney Tramway Museum. by e-mail on 23/1/2017 to Warren Doubleday. Note - for photographic purposes the badge was supported by the back of another badge and is not part of the badge itself.trams, tramways, badges, aeta, membership

Possibly acquired by seafarer Mr Arthur Dixon who served in WW2 merchant vessels. The origin of the lighters appears to be Austria and could have been acquired either during or post his war service. Initial research indicates an approximate date of 1950s for date of manufacture.See Donor details 1727-1737.2 Small, cylindrical, fluted, polished, stainless steel cigarette lighters, with flint action. Includes a flint gauge in the ignition unit. Runs on lighter fuel, with inbuilt wick. Accompanying bronze coloured metal case of flints. Manufacturer name embossed on body. Lid incised with cylindrical grip of 4 ridges. Lighter1: PATENT/BORA/EXTRA/MADE IN/AUSTRIA (stamped alongside body of lighter) Lighter2: PATENT/Made/in/Austria/902. At right angles at base of lighter, REL Flints: Thorens (stamped in brand name logo style on body at right angle to lid)cigarette lighters, smoking accessories, arthur dixon, bora cigarette lighter, arthur oswald dixon, sailors, seafarers, seamen, officers, smoking, lighters, bora

Two guides or leaflets: 1. A Cherry Growing in Victoria Bulletin 67 from The Department of Agriculture, Victoria, Australia. Pp. 24. It has full details and photographs for cherry growing contributed by several writers. Advertisements for agriculture are inside the front and back covers. Price 3D. is printed towards the bottom of the front cover. 2. A very damaged four page leaflet titled, Fruit Spraying Guide for the Home Gardener compiled by two contributors, (Reprinted from The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria.) It has several tables for various fruits, diseases, symptoms and treatment. (It is reprinted from The Journal of the department of Agriculture, Victoria.) Two Invoices are included in this entry: 1. F.W. Britton & Son Timber and Hardware Merchants. Invoice No. 2441 12 June 1948 for three items sold. 2. An account Sales Note Barrow Bros. Commission Agency Proprietary Limited Produce & Dairy Produce merchants and Manufacturers in Melbourne. Four items were sold, plus cartage on 23.3.50.non-fictionThe Cherry Growing in Victoria booklet and Fruit Spraying Guide for the Home Gardener leaflet were useful for understanding how to grow the local produce in Victorian conditions at the time. dockets, receipts, sales records, leaflets, information sheets, information booklets, instruction leaflets, fruit growing, fruit pests

Compact Diskette in clear plastic / black case containing a CD containing digital files containing files for "Tickets Please - Australasian tram & bus tickets". Does not include NSW. See also Reg Items 5580 and 5581 for printed versions. Prepared by Richard C Peck 2006 See \dbtext\hawthtramcoll\FOHTD-AV Files\Reg Item for two separate files for the tram and bus tickets. Files are Word. Bob Merchant of the Sydney Tramway Museum advised 4/3/2021 that: Richard Peck, as Curator of Philately, Printing and Postal Technology, was responsible for the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences acquiring major artefacts from the NSW Government Printing Office when it was forcibly closed by the government in 1989. In retirement Richard has researched the history of private bus routes before 1932 and government bus routes 1932-2021. He maintains a large database of all types of NSW transport tickets. Bob Merchant co-authored the NSW section with Richard.trams, tramways, tickets, reports, melbourne, mmtb

Statement from F. W. Milne & Son, Merchants and General Engineers, Vine Street, Bendigo to North Deborah G. M. Co. N. L. Copy of statement for the month of July, 1958. Top of the page is printed with 'F.W. Milne & Son, Merchants and General Engineers' of Vine Street, Bendigo and the name and types of goods and services offered. Statement is for repair to boiler feed pump, turn taper on end of rock drills to suit sample, make a mild steel cross head wedge to suit sample, supply of bolts, make dies and remove dent from tube of telescopic drill bar, make mild steel split clamp nut to suit sample, make 2 mild steel screws 2 1/2'' x 5/8'' with hexagon head 1'' across flats 1/2'' long and thread to suit sample. Statement is a typed, carbon copy. It has copy written in pencil under the typing. Albert Richardson Collection. document, gold, north deborah g. m. co. n. l., north deborah g. m. co. n. l., statement to north deborah g. m. co. n. l., f w milne & son

Rank: Superintendent – retired Stations: spent most of his Service with the Fingerprint Unit, O.I.C. Doncaster, Kew, Prahran, Supt: Essendon, Acting Chief Superintendent for District of Ivanhoe Service: From 5 August 1948 to 26 May 1987 = 40 years Service Served in Cyprus from May 1969 – May 1970 Awards: National Medal – granted 10 September 1986 Police Overseas Service Medal – Clasp CYPRUS – granted 8 July 1992 Born: 25 May 1927 in U.K., Brackley, NorthantsSee also History - this commemorative plaque was installed by former colleagues marking the career and service of a highly regarded member of the Victoria Police force.Rectangular brass plaque mounted on wooden frame. UK AUS 26.8.27 5.5.07 Patrick Hearn UK 17.7.48 Merchant Navy 11.8.45 AUS 5.8.48 Victoria Police 26.5.87 May '68 U.N. Police in Cyprus May '75 His ashes scattered in the surf at his (indecipherable) Separation Creek Lovingly remembered by his family and friends.plaque, memorial, patrick, hearn, merchant navy, victoria police

These ledgers contain the purchase details by various people in the Warrnambool region of items obtained from Thomas Patrick Hyland, a produce merchant and insurance agent with a business in Fairy Street, Warrnambool. One ledger dates from 1955 to 1960 and the other ledger dates from 1970 to 1978.These two ledgers are of interest as a example of a Warrnambool produce store business in the second half of the 20th Century and as a source of information on the purchasers, people living in the Warrnambool area at that time..1 A ledger with brown corded fabric cover, a metal spine with leather trimming and gold strips. Metal screws are inserted into the spine. The pages have red and blue lines and black printing and hand written material. The first few pages have the remnants of an alphabetical index with leather tabs. The ledger is worn and stained. .2 As above without an index or leather tabs. It has metal hinges.warrnambool businesses, thomas hyland produce merchant and insurance agent

This was manufactured by Doulton at their Burslem factory at Stoke-On-Trent in England and imported by Feldheim Gotthelf & Co who were hardware merchants and importers in Sydney. The registered design number 188386 dates the item to 1892. The platter features an Australian theme showing Australian native flowers in 'Wattle' pattern. White rectangular platter. It has a slightly wavy edge with the brown 'wattle' design bordering around the outside of the platter.Marked DOULTON BURSLEM, ENGLAND WATTLE Rg No 188386. Below this is F C & Co. SYDNEY domestic items, platter

Imported by Cameron, Sutherland & Seward Ltd. Machinery Merchants, Melbourne & Sydney, this example is of the type of hand winch used by the Australian Industries and timber workers in the Australian bush. The central rotating drum is operated by three interacting cog wheels. The metal cable is wound onto the central drum.Historic - Hand Winch type of hand winch used by the Australian Industries and timber workers in the Australian bush.Hand Winch made of wrought iron, metal and ironhand, winch

Sheet with the four side labels for a packet of tea. Printed in gold, white and dark green. The first has R. K. Watts' Tea Merchants, Elizabeth st. Launceston. The second and fourth are the same with Melgoorie Pure Tea printed in white and dark green, In a framed area is a lady, walking along a path carrying a tray with cups and teapot on it. She is wearing a sari type dress and wearing a veil. Gold geometrical border along each side.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, r k watts, melgoorie tea

Photograph. Harry Biggs Collection. A copy of a photo of workers and other people standing in front of a timber building. The sign above the door of the shed - 'E. Old Blacksmith Wheelwright and Timber Merchant'. Two children are standing to the left of the group and then a man and woman each holding a child. There are 3 men, 1 holding a dog, three men holding tools and 1 young boy. A wagon wheel is to the right & a little dog. A sign on the wall says FIRE.business, retail, blacksmith & wheelwright, harry biggs collection, e. old, dingee

Diggers & Mining. Gold. Chinese on the goldfeild. Some Chinese came as independent gold seekers; but the emigration of many was due to the enterprise of Chinese merchants, who sent them out under contract to work on the goldfields for a certain time at a fixed wage. Those who came under these conditions were under the supervision of ''head men'', representing the Chinese speculators by whom the funds for the voyage were advanced. Markings: 9 994.GOL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields