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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Stanley Works Pty Ltd, C1970
... tools ...Stanley Tools took over Turner Industries, Nunawading in 1970Black and white photograph of three men and two women looking at the contents of boxes at Stanley Works, Nunawading. L-R Ken Maguire, Doug Lee, Hula Lynch, Julie Carter and another.lee, doug, macguire, ken, lunch, hula, stanley works pty ltd, cutler, julie, manufacturing, tools -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Bill hook, pre World War 1
... tools ...A billhook or bill hook is a versatile cutting tool used widely in agriculture and forestry for cutting woody material such as shrubs, small trees and branches. A billhook consists of a handle and a blade with a bevelled cutting edge. The blade is curved at the top end to form a hook shape. The handle is virtually always wooden.Rough pine handle with many borer holes. Commercially made (no ID) cast in socket one end, strap iron riveted other end. Cast blade.tools, hook, bill hook, churchill island, farm, iron -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Screw Driver, A Ridge and Son, 1950s Item is in company catalogue in 1951
... Tools ...Footprint Tools is a hand tool manufacturer based in Sheffield, England. In 2014 most of their hand tools are still made in Sheffield at the Footprint factory. Footprint Tools can trace its manufacturing history as far back as the 1760s when Alfrid Ridge & Sons was established as a manufacturer of wood working tools. Ridge was bought by the current owning family in 1932. The Footprint brand originates from 1875 when Thomas R Ellin, a member of a cutlery manufacturing family, started a tool manufacturing business under the brand “Footprint”. This subsequently became known as Thomas R Ellin (Footprint Works). This company was bought by the current owning family in 1948 and began to manufacture a range of tools under the Footprint, Domino, Climax, John Bull and Clinker brands. During World War 2 the divisions of the business were engaged in manufacturing hand tools for British and Commonwealth forces. After the war Footprint continued to grow, manufacture and expand its range hand tools for the professional tradesman. In 2004, Footprint cooperated with the University of Sheffield in a study of modern manufacturing techniques. In 2008 Footprint moved to a larger factory and invested in new forging equipment, but this process was interrupted by a global recession, and Footprint was unable to generate enough business to cover the cost of the upgrades. In early 2009 the company was forced to liquidate and lay off its staff in order to pay creditors. The Jewitt family retained the brand and intellectual property, and later that year revived the company under the name Footprint Sheffield, and began producing a smaller range of products at first. With the same family of owner managers, now run by the fourth generation, in 2015 Footprint continues to manufacture most products in Sheffield, England and exports worldwide.A tool that was made by a UK company in the 1950s that has a long history of tool manufacture and after many changes in company ownership is still producing tools today in Sheffield England.Screw driver wooden handle turned and steel blade. Made in Sheffield by Alfrid Ridge and Son. London patternNoneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, screw driver, alfrid ridge & son, footprint tools, tools -
Mont De Lancey
Tool - Draw Knife, Hale Bros
A flat straight metal woodworking tool with two wooden line patterned handles used to remove surplus large chunks of wood and taper the sides of timber for floorboards, paneling and such before planing them. It can be used to to fashion tool handles, wooden sculptures stool legs or wheel spokes. The final finishing on such work was done by a Spoke Shave tool which we also have in our collection.Stamped on the blade is a horse head with the manufacturer's name Hale Bros Sheffield England below.woodcarving tools, drawing knives, shaves, handtools, iron -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Gauge, 1930-1955's
This gauge was used in the making of components for the ship model Sovereign of the Seas. It is part of a collection of objects used by Jim Williams, maker of fine ship models from about 1930-1955. Most of the components for the models, as well as many of the tools, were handmade by Jim Williams. Jim’s family has donated the ship model “Sovereign of the Seas” and many tools, accessories and documents used in the making of this and other ship models have been donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. Ship model of HMS Sovereign of the Seas, scale model of 17th Century English war ship, was handmade and carved from plans, enclosed in airtight glass case. All components of that model, including even the smallest pulleys, were hand crafted using tools designed and made by Jim. Outstanding details include functional rigging and moving cannons. Please see our record 3732 of the mode Sovereign of the Seas for further details of the ship and the maker. This gauge is connected with the hobby and skill of ship model making that has been crafted as a leisure activity for many generations. The hobby is often chosen by serving and retired mariners who appreciate the connection with maritime history. This gauge was used by local Warrnambool man, Jim Williams, who was employed at Cramond and Dickson clothing store, and then at Fletcher Jones menswear for 27 years. It was used in making components for the model of the historic ship, the Sovereign of the Seas. The Sovereign of the Seas was a historic 17th century English war ship with important maritime heritage. Gauge; marking gauge, wooden. Wooden handle threaded through hole in wooden block, adjusted along the handle by tightening a wing-nut screw. The end of the handle has a pointed pin fitted for scoring a mark on the work surface to mark timber before cutting. This gauge is part of a collection of tools and accessories once used by Jim Williams, maker of a series of ship models 1930-1955 including “HMS Sovereign of the Seas”.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, jim williams, james bernard williams, ship model hobby, ship model tools, ship model making equipment, ship model making accessories, wood working tool, model making tool, drawing instrument, gauge, tool, sovereign of the sea, ship model, hobby, ship model tool -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Instrument - Ruler, 1930-1955's
This measuring ruler was used in the planning and making of components for the ship model Sovereign of the Seas. It is part of a collection of objects used by Jim Williams, maker of fine ship models from about 1930-1955. Most of the components for the models, as well as many of the tools, were handmade by Jim Williams. Jim’s family has donated the ship model “Sovereign of the Seas” and many tools, accessories and documents used in the making of this and other ship models have been donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. Ship model of HMS Sovereign of the Seas, scale model of 17th Century English war ship, was handmade and carved from plans, enclosed in airtight glass case. All components of that model, including even the smallest pulleys, were hand crafted using tools designed and made by Jim. Outstanding details include functional rigging and moving cannons. Please see our record 3732 of the mode Sovereign of the Seas for further details of the ship and the maker. This ruler made by instrument makers J Rabone and Sons of Birmingham, is connected with the hobby and skill of ship model making that has been crafted as a leisure activity for many generations. The hobby is often chosen by serving and retired mariners who appreciate the connection with maritime history. This ruler was used by local Warrnambool man, Jim Williams, who was employed at Cramond and Dickson clothing store, and then at Fletcher Jones menswear for 27 years. It was used in making components for the model of the historic ship, the Sovereign of the Seas. The Sovereign of the Seas was a historic 17th century English war ship with important maritime heritage. Ruler, folding, wooden with brass hinges. Maker J. Rabone & Sons, Birmingham. Model No. 1375. It is warranted to be made of Boxwood. Length is 24 inches, divided into 1/8th inches on one side and 1/16th inches on the other side. This ruler is part of a collection of tools and accessories once used by Jim Williams, maker of a series of ship models 1930-1955 including “HMS Sovereign of the Seas”.“J RABONE & SONS / BIRMINGHAM”, “WARAND BOXWOOD”, “NO 1375”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, ship model sovereign of the seas, jim williams, james bernard williams, ship model hobby, ship model tools, ship model making equipment, ship model making accessories, measuring instrument, ruler, folding ruler, j rabone and sons of birmingham england, ruler model 1375, sovereign of the sea, ship model, hobby, ship model tool, english war ship, j rabone and sons -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - PITTOCK COLLECTION: TIMBER TRADESMAN'S TOOL BOX
Pittock collection: timber tradesman's tool box, rustic pine construction, unvarnished or painted Tool box: 300 mm W x165 mm D x 205 mm H Item stored in coach builder's box, reference 13000.1. -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Equipment - Thyroid elevator tool associated with Dr Felix Meyer, Mayer & Meltzer
The attribution of this item as a thyroid elevator is currently uncertain.This is one of a collection of items associated with Dr Felix Henry Meyer (1858-1937). Meyer was a very prominent early obstetrician and doctor, playing a part in the establishment of the role of the chair of obstetrics at the University of Melbourne in 1929. He was also a foundation member of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons.Surgical tool. Consists of a central shaft, the shape of which bows out in the middle into an elongated oval, with prongs in the shape of double hooks at either end. Inscription on one end of the tool reads 'MAYER & MELTZER', and inscription at the other end reads 'LONDON'.'MAYER & MELTZER' 'LONDON'surgery -
Waverley RSL Sub Branch
Disassembly tool
Tool to remove magazine foot plate, and to dissasemble bolt and gas chamber of Mauser K98k carbineMundlos 1937 -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Sewing Equipment , wooden 'Pic-Quic', 20thC
D.R.G.M.,is not a German patent but was instead a way for inventors to register a product’s design or function in all states within Germany. From 1891 to 1952, products manufactured in Germany might have been stamped with this D.R.G.M. designation. This Quic Pic was used by the family of Ailsa Hunt in mid 20thCThe women of the post World War 11 estates made clothes and furnishings as their families settled in Bentleigh, McKinnon, Moorabbin ,Ormond in City of Moorabbin c1950s A wooden egg shaped tool with enclosed steel blade for cutting stitches while dressmaking c1950'PIC - QUIC' DRGM 989116clothing, haberdashery, crochet, doilies, brighton, moorabbin, pioneers, dressmaking, market gardeners, early settlers, craftwork , bentleigh, lacework, moorabbin shire, hunt ailsa, dairy farms, fruit orchards -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Saw
Artillery, 2 man portable hand saw with handles, setting tool, sharpening file and case.equipment, various, army -
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Museum and Archives
Functional object - Writing desk, Mervyn Smith, 1985
Mervyn Smith CBE was RACS President 1983-85 Antique rosewood brass covered box with brass inserted handles, tooled leather insert topBRASS PLAQUE ON LID: "PRESENTED TO THE ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS BY MERVYN SMITH, CHAIRMAN, COURT OF EXAMINERS 1975-19831983, racs, president, mervyn smith -
Clunes Museum
Book - HOLY BIBLE, EBERHARD BIBLE
PRESENTED TO JULIUS WILHELM THEODOR EBERHARD AND ELIZABETH PRICE ON THE OCCASSION OF THEIR MARRIAGE SEPT 23RD 1873. MR SUTTON PURCHASED THIS AT A CLEARING SALE OF ITEMS FROM THE EBERHARD HOME IN FRASER STREET CLUNESBROWN LEATHER COVERD BOOK WITH GOLD LETTERING AND TOOLING ON THE FRONT COVER, SPINE AND INSIDE COVERINSCRIBED WITH MARRIAGE DATE AND SUBSEQUENT CHILDREN/OFFSPRINGholy bible, eberhard family -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Tool - AWL, 1940
Used by internees at Camp 3 Tatura . Part of shoe making kitHand tool for shoe making. Has turned and polished wooden handle, metal shaft and bladeshoe making, camp 3, internee crafts, gisela wied -
Anglesea and District Historical Society
Wooden Plane
A tool for shaping wood - to flatten/reduce the thickness of and leave a smooth surface on a rough piece of timber.ALEX MATHIESON & SON / WARRANTED (on guide) SOLID STEEL WARRANTED (on blade) Trademark crescent and starplane, tool -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Book - Pulpit bible, British and Foreign Bible Society, 1854
Tooled leather bound pulpit bible with gilt edged pages and an inscription inside the front cover."Presented to my worthy friend Mr Michael O'Flarelle [?] for the use of the Wesleyan Chapel C....... [?} from H H Baylis [?} Geelong. "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers" Leb 13.2" In different ink and hand: "William Brinsmead Leopold 1 14 6"wesleyan chapel geelong, leopold uniting church -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - Manicure set, not known
Purchased by committee member to add to the collection of personal effectsOval tortoiseshell case containing four manicure tools with tortoiseshell handles. Case is made of woodpersonal effects-toilet requisites, manicure -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Webbing
Replica 08 Pattern Bayonet Scabbard and Entrenching Tool Handle (use with blade in scabbard EQ520)equipment, ww1, army -
Mont De Lancey
Satchel
School satchel used by Miss Corinne Sebire when attending Wandin Yallock State School. Hand stitching done by her grandfather Mr. Wandin T. Sebire. Typically worn by students on their backs while riding a bicycle to school.Brown leather satchel with two leather straps and silver buckles. Has long strap with tooling.satchels, bags -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Functional object - Belt, 1916
Used by military persons to carry ammunition pouches, either around waist or over shoulderManufactured and distributed by Holden and FrostTan leather belt, holes both ends and in the middle brass adjustment tool in centre with holesHolden and Frost 1916,military, leather, belt -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Paling/shingle cutting blade
... tools ...The cutting blade was used to cleave timber apart into shingles or palings. A haft (handle) would have been attached through the socket giving the tool an L shape. The base of the blade is driven into the timber with a mallet forcing timber into two parts along the grain. Twisting the haft then levers apart the two pieces. This can be repeated until several long strips of timber have been cut from a log. Also called a frow or froe. This tool allowed more accurate and controlled splitting over an ordinary axe and required less force.well used blacksmith made. No handlepaling, shingle, cutting, blade, tool, tools, churchill island, farm -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - RALPH BIRRELL COLLECTION: EIG SCHOOL, c1966
EIG School - Ralph Birrell Collection. - Construction of Latrobe Uni. C1966. Bendigo Institute of Technology, Engineering School, Applied Science. New cupboard with tool board mounted on the wall and tools placed in correct order. Machine front left corner of photo.Perutzeducation, tertiary, latrobe university bendigo, eig school - ralph birrell collection. - construction of latrobe uni. c1966. bendigo institute of technology, engineering school, applied science. new cupboard tool board mounted on wall tools correct order machine corner photo -
National Wool Museum
Sheep Castrator
Sheep castrator owned by Tom Crocker (former Operations Manager, National Wool Museum), used on father's property in Violet Town.Sheep castrator.Marples Tools Shamrock Brand Wm Marples & Sons Ltd Hibernia Works Sheffield, England Warrantedsheep castrating, crocker, mr tom - national wool museum -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Machine - Treadle Lathe, 1920-1923
The lathe-making business incorporated in 1902 as Drummond Bros Ltd originated in the fertile mind of Mr Arthur Drummond, said to have been living at that time at Pinks Hill, on the southern edge of Broad Street Common, west of Guildford. Mr Drummond, whose accomplishments included several pictures hung in the Royal Academy, was unable to find a lathe suitable for use in model engineering. In 1896 he designed for himself a ‘small centre lathe … which had a compound slide rest with feed-screws and adjustable slides’. He also designed and built ‘lathes of 4.5 inch and 5 inch centre height, which had beds of a special form whereby the use of a gap piece was eliminated but the advantages of a gap-bed lathe were retained’. Assisted by his brother, Mr Frank Drummond, who had served an apprenticeship to an engineering firm at Tunbridge Wells, the first lathes were made in a workshop adjoining Arthur Drummond’s house. The demand that speedily built up led to the decision to form a company and manufacture the lathes for sale commercially. Land was acquired nearby, at Rydes Hill, and the first factory built. The enterprise was a success, and the company quickly established ‘a high reputation in this country and abroad for multi-tool and copying lathes, and gear-cutting machines’. Other lathes were added to the range, including the first of the ’round bed’ machines for which the firm became widely known. A Drummond 3.5 inch lathe was among the equipment of Captain Scott’s 1912 expedition to the South Pole, and large numbers of 3.5 inch and 4 inch designs were exported to Australia, Canada and India. By the outbreak of war in 1914, 5 inch, 6 inch and 7 inch screw cutting lathes, arranged for power drive, were on sale. Large orders were received from the government for 3.5 inch lathes, for use in destroyers and submarines, and 5 inch lathes for the mechanised section of the Army Service Corps. The latter were used in mobile workshops. The factory worked night and day to supply the forces’ needs, until production was disrupted by a fire which destroyed a large part of the works in May 1915. As soon as rebuilding was complete work restarted. At the end of the war the entire production was being taken by the Government departments, a special feature being a precision screw lathe, bought by the Ministry of Munitions in 1918. Between the wars Drummond Bros Ltd introduced new machines for the motor vehicle, and later the aircraft industry, and the works were extended on many occasions to fulfill the increasing orders. The Maxicut multi-tool lathe (1925), designed for high-production turning operations, was one of the first machines of this type to be built in England. It was followed (1928) by an hydraulic version for turning gear blanks, and similar work. Further developments provided machines which, during the Second World War, turned all the crankshafts and propeller shafts for Bristol engines. Others, ordered by the Ministry of Supply were employed in turning shells, and many other specific needs of vehicle and aircraft manufacture were catered for by new types of Drummond lathes. Production of the small centre lathes ceased during the war when the company needed to concentrate on building multi-tool lathes and gear shapers. After the war a completely new Maxicut range was introduced, replacing the older versions, and fully automatic. The types were continually developed, and new versions manufactured until the end of the company’s life in 1980. The disappearance from the scene of Mr Arthur Drummond in 1946, and the end of the company’s autonomous existence in 1953 when the company was acquired by William Asquith Ltd, which was in turn bought by Staveley in 1966, meant that the factory at Rydes Hill became one – albeit very effective – part of a large national engineering company. Achievements at the Guildford works during its last years included the development of automated Maxicut gear-shapers in what was ‘probably the most fully automated gear shop in the country’, while a machine from Guildford was sent to the Osaka Fair in 1962. In 1963 an agreement was signed with Hindustan Machine Tools for the manufacture of Maxicut gear-shapers in state owned factories in Bangalore and Chandigarh. During 1963 the two largest multi-tool lathes ever made in the UK were installed in Ambrose Shardlow’s works in Sheffield for handling cranks up to 14 foot long. In 1976 Drummond lathes were included in Staveley’s £14,000,000 installation in Moscow of an automated production line for Zil motor cars. Up to the end invention continued at Guildford: a new Drummond Multi-turn memory-controlled machine was shown at the International Machine Tool Exhibition in 1977. This could not save the works from the pressures of the late 1970s, and Staveley Industries closed its Guildford site in 1980.An early example of a lathe that was designed primarily for the hobbyist model maker. It is in good condition and sought today by collectors as many of it's attributes were innovative at the time and lead to further development and incorporation of some of its features into more industrial models of production machinery. Lathe, round bed, treadle powered lathe, Drummond Type A, Serial number and maker's inscription. 1920-1923, Made by Drummond Brothers in Guildford, Surrey, England. Lathe is complete with Chuck, Tool post and Tail Stock in situ (30 extra parts)"MADE BY DRUMMOND BROTHERS LIMITED - PATENT TEES - RYDE'S HILL n GUILDFORD SURREY", "Serial Number 01470," "L44" or "L45 " flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, lathe 1920-1923, round bed lathe, treadle lathe, drummond type a, guildford surrey, drummond brothers guildford surrey england, tread'e -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Sub-series) - Subject File, Pamela Webster Bloom et al, GREENWOOD, ‘Bertie’, 2009
Various partiesReference, Research, InformationSecondary Values (KHS Imposed Order)Subject file relating to the donation by Pamela Webster Bloom of her father’s tool chest and tools, largely made up of wooden molding planes. The file contains the donation record, genealogical records, an inventory of items donated, and a later newsletter article on Bertie Greenwood.kew historical society - archives, carpenters - hawthorn (vic), bertie greenwoodkew historical society - archives, carpenters - hawthorn (vic), bertie greenwood -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Combination spanner
... tools ...This instrument is a 'McKay Massey Harris Spanner P206'. These spanners were supplied with harvesters and other implements to be used by the farmer to maintain his equipment. The agricultural spanner was often of odd shapes to allow for use in confined spaces or because the one tool could be used for more than one function. Broken one end. Small box spanner and broken open spanner one end, square box spanner with two open spanners at other end. Rusted.1_06combination, spanner, broken, tool, tools, churchill island, farm -
Lorne Historical Society
Photograph, Workmen building shed at Grassy Creek Campsite circa 1920
Photograph circa 1920 showing two men using hand tools, building a shed at Grassy Creek -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Wordlist for Australian languages, 1987
A tool for recording Aboriginal languages in a fieldwork situation - list of English words for which Aboriginal equivalents are to be elicited.word lists, linguistics -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Blacksmith Swaging tools x 4
Various shaped tools for blacksmithing, metal/iron. Three have holes in them to insert wooden handles blacksmith, forge, tools, swaging, shaping -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Ceremonial object - Lewis, 1876
Used by the Port Fairy Masonic Lodge No 67 in James Street Port Fairy in their rituals"tool" for use in the rituals of freemasonary: Triangular wooden base with silver tripod lifting gear and marble blockPresented to the Port Fairy Lodge Belfast Victoria No. 1456 E.C. by Bro. Geo. Chas. Fricker PM in Commemoration of the initiation of his son Bro. Henry Chas. Fricker as the first lewis of this Lodge Sept. 1876local history, societies, freemasons, freemasonary, port fairy masonic lodge no67, fricker, geo. chas., henry chas.