Beige hardback book with black letteringScreen Printing. W Taussig

Green hardback book with black letteringTextile Raw materials and Their Conversion into Yarns. J Zipser

Dark blue hardback book with gold letteringMan made fibres. R W Moncrieff

People in the industry would come in for sales at the Wool Museum and not pay to see the exhibits. Turnstiles were installed to stop entrance. The tokens were sold on ground floor and turnstiles installed outside the exhibit upstairs. The token had to be inserted into the turnstiles to gain entrance to the exhibit.93 Large child tokens 67 Large adult tokens 6 Large guest tokens 17 Large concession tokens 55 Small adult tokens 36 Small child tokens 15 Small guest tokens 34 Small family tokens Gold and bronze in colour

Used for keeping record of sheep shorn by individual shearers. The final number of sheep shorn by each shearer are used to calculate payment. Provides wool grower with statistical information about how many sheep on property and where they are. Depends how many people on site who keeps the shearers tallies eg the contractor, property owner, station hand. Used also to keep shearers honest about their totals and therefore their pay.Booklet with image of man shearing a sheep.Shearer's Tally Book. Eldersshearers, tally book, shearing, sheep

May have been given to The Australian Estates Company in the 1970's when sold to CSR or Elders.Bronze framed certificate coat of arms with smaller frame below explaining coat of arms.The shield shows the Southern Cross (being the Arms of Victoria) but on a white background to indicate wool and to avoid being identical with the Victoria Arms (which have a blue background). The inner shield shows the conventional way of indicating estates with green and gold squares. The sword is the sword of St Paul, indicating the London activities of the company. The Shorthorn Bull and Merino Ram explain themselves, as does the sugar cane. The helmet and decoration above are conventional, green and gold being chosen to indicate land and the wealth derived therefrom.

Orange instruction booklet. Large rectangle cardboard box (original) containing knitting machine. Made in JapanOne hour guide to instant knitting. Knitmaster. Made in Japan

Brown paperback book with red bindingSheep and Wool Grade 2 Department of Sheep and Wool Royal Melbourne Technical College

Brown paperback book with green bindingSheep and Wool Grade 1 Department of Sheep and Wool Royal Melbourne Technical College

Small maroon hardback bookF. Kanematsu and Co Ltd Commonwealth of Australia. Central wool Committee. Limits Fixed for Appraisement of Australian Wool. 1945-46 Season.

Small navy blue hardback bookType List Australia and New Zealand Mitsui and co (aust) pty Ltd

Green sticker with white writing and sheepWool runs on grass

Small stuffed toy sheep. Small calico bagTag. 'Australian Sheepskin' Bag. 'Woolmark Nature's gift Australian Wool'

Small bronze pins with Merino ram side profileMerino 1797-1997

Small silver badge with ram, Australian flag, Olympic rings and Woolmark symbololympic rings, woolmark, ram

Black and bronze rectangle badge with Australian flag, Olympic rings and woolmark symbolwoolmark, olympic rings

white rectangle badge with black letteringSolomons supports wool pure new wool

Gold rectangle badge with black lettering. Woolmark logoThe woolmark golden thread club

Square tag. White background, red logo, black letteringAustralian Wool Corporation

Woolmark logo. Silver round logo pin with black indents

3 full body gold rams on stickpins. 1 half body bronze ram on stickpin. 1 gold woolmark logo on stickpin

Made in 2016 for the Australian Sheep and Wool Show. It was entered into the needle felting section and won. Emu and Kangaroo made from Ultra fine Merino from a sheep called Ninja with a micron count between 14-15 from Casalana fine wool.Woolen Coat of Arms on round metal frame. Kangaroo and Emu made of Ultra fine Merino and real Emu feathers. Coat of Arms felted together by hand. Winning sash, judges scorecard, wool sample and Certificate Included.

This book was used to pay membership fees to the union. You could pay monthly or yearly. Was donated by a person who worked at Federal Woollen Mills and after Classweave Federal Industries.Cream booklet with black lettering.union, federal woollen mills, classweave federal industries., fees, textile workers union

This is a group certificate received after one full year at Federal Woollen Mills where he was employed as a loom tuner.Yellow sheet brown lettering

The manual was used at Federal Woollen Mills in 1968. The manual was ordered from USA to help with repairs and maintenance.dark blue textured book with cream lettering

Obtained by Ken Hirst, great grandson of Godfrey Hirst while working at the mill during 1970's -80's. All employees received a copy of the book during this time.Hardback book with dust cover "The weaver from Meltham" " The true story of an Old Colonial Mill by Ivan Southall"

Copy of Godfrey Hirst family videos/photograph on CD. Including 1951 floods at Mill. All video content filmed at Godfrey Hirst Woollen Mill, Swanston Street, South Geelong. Godfrey Hirst's children. Family home in Newtown and holiday home in Eastern View.Compact disc (CD) containing colour video footage. Film has no audio content. Visual content outlined below: 00:00 – 00:05 – External view of brick building – Godfrey Hirst & Co. Pty. Ltd. 00:05 – 00:10 – Exterior garden setting, three men in suits with fabrics and object 00:10 – 00:28 – Exterior garden setting showing eight women, most likely on a break from working at the Godfrey Hirst factory. The footage shows them all getting up and walking back towards the building at the end. 00:28 – 00:38 – Exterior garden setting, showing seven men in white shirts and ties seated and standing around a table, turning pages on a folder on the table. 00:38 – 00:52 – Interior factory setting, showing four men in coats handling green and red wool. 00:52 – 1:08 – Three men in suits in an exterior garden setting looking at paperwork. 1:08 – 1:23 – Four men in coats in a garden handling coloured wool samples. 1:23 – 1:42 – Four men in suits in a garden setting handling woven fabric. Two of the men are holding pipes. 1:42 – 1:57 – Interior factory setting showing men operating machinery. 1:57 – 2:05 – Exterior factory setting showing a man driving machinery carting wool bales. 2:05 – 3:14 - Flood scenes, showing the exterior of the Godfrey Hirst building with a man rowing a boat down the street, and a horse and cart in flood waters. There are scenes of flooded streets, exterior of flooded buildings and people standing in flood waters. 3:14 – 3:40 - Interior building views of flood waters in factory with people, machinery, equipment and textiles in flood waters. 3:40 – 4:03 - Exterior views showing a tractor, boat, horse and people in flood waters. 4:03 – 7:02 Exterior setting showing crowds of people watching a fashion parade. The fashion parade is of women in various clothing, including suits jackets, skirts, coats and hats. 7.02 - END"Hirst family films 1936-1964 Incl. Godfrey Hirst and co P/L Woollen mills"geelong, godfrey hirst & co. pty. ltd., family films, factory, flooding, 1950s, wool processing, fashion, textiles, horse and cart, wool bales, transport, machinery, fashion parade, working life

Large hardback book with yellow dustcoverGrowers in action. Official history of the Victorian wheat and woolgrowers association 1927-1968

This was obtained by Ken Hirst who's Uncle Cedric Hirst was President and founder of The Geelong Association of Music and Art. The brochure was a program that included the playing of 'The Creation' from a music book originally owned by Godfrey Hirst.Small cream one page booklet outlining the acts for they performance 'The Creation'The Geelong Association of Music and Art Presents The/geelong Choral society In The Creation

This was obtained by Ken Hirst who's Uncle Cedric Hirst was President and founder of The Geelong Association of Music and Art. The brochure was a program that included the playing of 'The Creation' from a music book originally owned by Godfrey Hirst.Small one page cream booklet outlining the acts of 'The Creation' by The Geelong choral societyThe Geelong Association of Music and Art Presents The Geelong Choral society In The Creation