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Paper Sheet - Shire of Bright Plans
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country shire ...Oblong sheet of paper - bright yellow (or orange). Black typed writing and subdivision maps of the Kiewa Valley Planning Scheme in the Shire of Bright. Circa 1980s2 pages of maps and scriptshire of bright, maps, kiewa valley -
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Badge - School Prefect
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country Mt Beauty ...Gilded metal badge with green and yellow enamelling on face. Elliptical shape with rectangular bar across face. Metal pin and lock on rear.Face: 'Prefect' in gold. Bright yellow background with gold lines and lettering. Rear: Stamped into metal: Stokes / A (backslash) Asia This is an abbreviation for Australasia.mt beauty high school, school prefect, badge, mt beauty secondary college -
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Pin Badge - Boy Scout
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country Scouts ...Metal lapel pin - brass?. Head: Fleur-de-lise shape at top with two black stars. Black horse-shoe shaped reading BS. Box-Used for storage of pin: Cardboard box with a higed lid. Covered with a buff coloured, wookgrain printed paper. Inside lid: Cream Ladle/ E.P.N.S. / Made in APEX Reg. Australia Trade Mark Inside box is a cardboard insert with a slot cut out for resting an object.Pin Face: 'Boy Scouts'-embossed over black enamel.Rear: 'Stokes'scouts, badge, mt beauty, boys club -
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Sewing Tool - Serrated Tracing Wheel
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country sewing ...A cutting or serrated tracing wheel with a wooden handle. The metal arm holding the cutter is inserted into the wooden handle. The circular cutter has sharp spikes (the serrating wheel) which turn. The box used to store the wheel: Oblong cardboard box with separate lid. Inscription on top part - black on green background: Nicholson File Co. / Port Hope Ont. / Mae in Canada/Patent / Increment Cut / Warranted / and made from / Best / File SteelCutting wheel: Side 1: B. Humphreys engraved into the metal section holding the spiked wheel. Side 2: Made in England Box: Hand written in black ink on the bottom of the box: "To Betty / with love/ from Gran" On bottom end of box: black on green background: Nicholson / Warding Bastard / 1 doz. 4 and a half inch.sewing tool, ron white -
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Pocket Knife in cloth bag
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country pocket ...Pocket knife with metal loop. Gold coloured metal - could be brass. Curved tipped blade. Shaped handled adorned and embossed with seemingly Indian/Asian themes. Bag used is of grey synthetic cloth with draw stringpocket knife, ron white -
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Jacket - SECV
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country secv ...Dark green 100% cotton drill jacket size 102R-40 with collar. Long sleeves with button at wrist, full length zipper, two breast pockets. Orange SEC logo stitched on top left front. Adjustable waist. Jones workwear label with washing instructions.Made in Australiasecv, uniform, jacket -
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Skis - Cross Country
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country Made ...Made at Bogong Village by a Swiss Carpenter. Used by Sylvia Hogan-Edwards (nee McMahon). a student at Bogong Primary School in 1941 as an 8 year old. She has included a photo of a group of skiers at the School at Howmans Gap dated 26th July 1946. This photo was also in the Sun Newspaper. Sylvia is wearing a 'pixie hat'. Sylvia says she was 11 years old which would make it 1944. Photo is located in Photo Folder Snow Sports.Wooden cross country snow skis with steel bindings shaped to attach, with 6 screws, to the wooden ski and to hold on the sides a ski boot to slide in. It has remnant leather strap bindings attached to the steel to hold the ski boot. There is a woven cotton tie strap holding the pair of skis together. -
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Maps - Bogong x2, Tawonga, Omeo, Dargo, Victoria and others, 1. Bogong Alpine Area; 2. Bogong 8324; 3. Tawonga Topographical; 4. Omeo 8433; 5. Dargo 8323; 6. Victoria State
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country maps ...1. Bogong Alpine Area (outdoor Leisure Map. survey & Mapping Victoria, Government of Victoria, Edition 2, reprinted 1991 with an image of Mt. Feathertop on the front. Information for tourist in the Alpine National Park: Bogong Area. Including: recreational activities, history, weather and vegetation and a list of walks together with locality maps and photographs. The front cover has an image of Mt Feathertop against a blue sky with yellow writing 'Bogong Alpine Area', there is a yellow triangular block on the right hand top corner with black writing 'Outdoor Leisure Map. On the bottom edge is a block of yellow with black writing 'Survey & Mapping Victoria' and a light green map of Victoria with 'VICMSP' printed in white. 2. 8324 Bogong Victoria, Edition 1, Commonwealth of Australia 1981. A topographical Map: 1:100,000 scale (1 cm to 1 KM). Map has a red cover with white writing together with a white block and black writing and a map insert. 3. Tawonga Topographical Map - Forests Commission Victoria, / revised 5/9/77, DEG No. 68-G/399. A Tawonga 803 folded map in a beige colour with the back blank. 4. Omeo 8433 Victoria, Edition 1, Department of Natural Resources. The map has a red and white cover with black writing and a simple map of Australia at the bottom. 5. 8323 Dargo, Edition 1, Commonwealth of Australia. A red and white cover with a map insert. 6. Victoria State Map, Hema Maps, 2002. Hema Maps, State Map, colourful cover with a map of Australia and four tourism photographs. Scale 1: 850,000 An inscription handwritten in blue pen "Trappers Gap to Mitta Mitta 1" to 1 mile". There are some pen markings and notations of tracks.maps, bogong, omeo, tawonga, dargo, victoria, bogong alpine area -
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Papers - Memoir
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country Mary ...Mary was born on 6th May 1939 and describe dairy farming in the Kiewa Valley throughout the years to c2020A handwritten family history of dairying in the Kiewa Valley consisting of 8 pages written with blue biro. A memoir by Mary Cardwell nee Creamer 'My early days of dairying in Kiewa Valley.'All pages are torn at the top.mary cardwell, dairy farming, kiewa valley, women -
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Calendar 2008
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country Brief ...Brief history of the SECV construction town of Bogong which became a tourist town."Memories of Bogong Calendar 2008" Photographs of the physical environment. Front cover has a photograph of a person standing in a river. A short history of 'Bogong 1957-1963' and 'Come visit Bogong Village' a 'celebration of Bogong Village's environment'. 12pp with a hole (to hang up) in the centre bottombogong, calendar, tourism, bogong village, secv, kiewa hydro electric scheme -
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AIF Service Record of Henry John Higginson
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country ...The Higginson family farmed in the Kiewa Valley17 pages of photocopied pages from Henry John Higginson's enlistment and service history with the Australian Imperial Force (WW1)world war 1, war service, higginson, kiewa valley -
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Blow Torch with Soldering Iron
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country metal work ...Pressure Pump Blow Torch: Rusty metal including a cylinder with a pressure pump on the top of one side and an attached handle at the top with a barrel sticking out at a slope. The handle extends to the side of the cylinder where a metal handle is attached. Soldering iron with a wooden handle.metal work, soldering, blowtorch, handyman's equipment, higginson family -
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Boot Last
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country Higginson ...Higginson family are farmers in the Kiewa Valley.Wooden base block with metal shoe last attached by fastening into a hole made in the wood.shoes, boots, bootmaker, cobbler, leather work, farm equipment, higginson family -
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Egg Box
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country Pre egg ...Pre egg cartons.Home-made with reused 'crate' wooden panels. Higginson and Hollond families - farmers in the Kiewa Valley. Bogong was a property owned by Kiewa Valley farmers. Dave Gibson worked with the SEC in the early days and married Lois Hollond (Robert and Reg's sister). Lois lives in WodongaOld brown wooden handmade box with two panels joined together on each face (sides, bottom, top). The lid fits inside at the top and has 3 smaller panels nailed on, 2 of which have leather straps nailed on one side of the box and fastened (nailed) to 1 side as a hinge. Inside: the box has 2 wooden vertical panels dividing the box into 3 sectionsTop of the lid in yellow paint "Mr D. Gibson/Bogong" on 1 wooden panel and "Eggs with Care" on smaller panel between the side panelseggs, farming. chooks, kiewa valley, higginson family, hollond family -
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Lantern
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country Used ...Used by the Higginson Family farmers of the Kiewa ValleyMetal with glass globe. Kerosene reservoir with screw lid. Crank globe lifter, wick knob.On the base: No. 420 Frowo, Made in Germany with a medallion of dog and a badge. Wick winder knob has a pattern. Kerosene screw lid has a pattern. Glass globe: Dietz, Fitzall, New York, USA.lantern, household item, light, eric higginson, kiewa valley farmers -
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Stone - Aboriginal (possibly)
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country Passed ...Passed onto Mark Raymond by his grandmother Mrs Canning (dec), Tawonga, who believed it to be an aboriginal artefact.Black stone with flecks, multiple seams and a smooth surface. Oneside curved, short end has been chipped with two seams. Hand sized.Narrow end has a 13 mm x 14 mm hole of cream coloured stone.aboriginal stone, mrs canning, kiewa valley, tawonga -
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Trophy - Tawonga Football Club, 1947
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country "Mal ..."Mal Davidson had this cup. He made the new base from timber from the Bogong mess. He had Terry (Mc Innes) engrave the plate and then left it with us at the North Beauty Store where it was displayed. It created quite a lot of conversation over the years. During our pack up we discovered it on the shelf in the shed. " Wendy and Terry Mc InnesTawonga football club, Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme, Bogong Mess, Mal Davidson, North Beauty Store; Wendy and Terry McInnesDull gold cup with a handle on opposite sides mounted on a wooden base. Cup is large with a neck between it and its base. Inscribed near the lip of the cup and an inscription attached to the bottom of the wooden base. Handles are large rising higher than the lip and are 'ear' shaped.On the gold cup: 'Presented by / J. Johnston / to / Tawonga Football Club / Premiers / 1947' On the wooden base: 'Base made from timber used in / Construction of Bogong Mess 1947. / Made and donated by Mal Davidson / Engraving by North Beauty Store.'football trophy, tawonga, j. johnston, bogong mess, kiewa hydro electric scheme, w and t mcinnes, north beauty store -
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Trophy - Tawonga Tennis Club
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country Tawonga ...Tawonga Tennis ClubTawonga Tennis Club in the 1990sShiny silver slender cup mounted on a small square dark grey flecked granite base. Inscriptions near lip and on the opposite side in the centre.Tawonga Tennis Cup / Mixed Doubles; Within a circle: Rossinol / R / Tennis; On opposite side near the lip: 1990 Sue O'Brien - Michael Bartholomew / 1991 Joanne Moncrieff - Peter Burgess / 1992 Lyn Forke - Marc O'Brien / 1993 Sandy Hovey - Malcom MacKay - Ellis / 1994 Chris Hall - Lin Hall tawonga tennis club, 1990s -
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Book - Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme, Bogong - Technical Notes
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country Ronald G ...Ronald G. Thorn was a cadet engineer with the SEC on the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme. The SEC employed young engineers as cadets to gain experience in their profession. As a cadet he took notes on his work for future reference. Refer to KVHS 1148Ronald George Thorn cadet engineer with the SECV on the KHES 1948 - 1950 doing overhead line re-construction and maintenance plus electrical design and drawing work.Leather cover with 2 silver rings. Pages A-Z with additional fold out pages of diagrams. Some pages have handwritten notes.Inside on front cover "R.G.Thorn / H.V. Section/ Yarraville Lab/ SEC / OE Section Y.T.S. R.T.S./ N.P.S. / Stamped 'Bogong" / N.P.S. / Sub/E / E.P.E."kiewa hydro electric scheme, r.g.thorn, cadet engineers, electrical design -
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Rubber Stamps - Educational
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country ...Educational aidsMt Beauty and Bogong Primary Schools were well equipped with educational aidsWooden box containing 94 rubber stamps, 1 illustration sheet, 1 advertising sheet regarding the set and 4 metal trays holding the stamps. The box has a sliding 'door'. Inside are the trays, stamps outlining eg. transport, animals Logo and 2 black and white sheets. Paper blue, yellow and white logo glued to the top of the box "D.O.Smith at top and Educational Picture Maker" beneath forming a circle on the circumference with a picture of a large ship in the centre.mt beauty primary school, bogong primary school, rubber stamps, educational aid, d.o. smith, educational picture maker -
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Map - Mullindolingong
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country Land ...Land owners of land in the Kiewa Valley in 1928The Kiewa Valley was farming country with families settling in the area prior to 1928 Two sheets the same: (one old with paper joined together and the other is a copy without any joins. 21 6 1928 dated Map of Mullindolingong / County of Bogong showing land owners along the Kiewa River and beyond.Produced by the Department of Lands and Survey, Melbournemullindolingong, kiewa valley, land owners, families of the kiewa valley -
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Folder - Alex McCullough's Autobiography, Kiewa Its History From A Human Point of View By Alex McCullough
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country Alex ...Alex McCullough (1916 - 2011) was a prolific writer, an historian, a family man and resident of Mt Beauty, an employee (foreman) of the SECV, served in the war and was on the committee of many clubs (27 at one stage) and associations including the Bright/Alpine Shire (1961-1981).Alex McCullough gives an insight into the development of Mt Beauty township and its community. Due to his heavy involvement at committee level of so many clubs and associations he has been able to document the town's history during his life time enabling the reader to see the changes at all levels and to compare life during that time with that of today.Typed pages on A4 paper held by metal fastener. It includes the history of some Mt Beauty Clubs and Associations and the Autobiography of Alex McCullough and the groups he belonged to.alex mccullough's autobiography, mt beauty clubs and associations -
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Rocks - Aboriginal x 3
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country ...These three rocks were given to KVHS on the understanding that they were Indigenous rocks used as tools.No knowledge of their origins.These rocks have been stored in the Kiewa Valley on the understanding that they are Indigenous tools. It is not known where they came from.1. Dark grey rock with smooth surfaces and ridges with one flat side. Size of an adult's hand 2. Grey rock with smooth surfaces and ridges with one flat side. Smaller than no. 1 3.Narrow dark grey rock with beige section on rounded side. One flat side and a sharp pointed end.rocks, aboriginal tools, kiewa valley -
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Crockery - Bogong Hotel
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country Bogong ...Bogong Hotel at Tawonga. See KVHS 0965, KVHS 0991 - KVHS 0993 inclusive.Bogong Hotel an important social icon for Kiewa Valley farmers, visitors, and KHES workers. The Bogong Hotel was 125 years old when it was burnt down in December 2011.1. 2 small china cups- white with black and green lines around the top and 'Bogong Hotel' logo 2. 2. glass cups with a handle. Glass is smooth on outside and has vertical 'waves' on inside 3. 1 small glass jug with handle and pouring lip. It has 5 rings of embossed glass around it 4. 1 burnt fire valve handle - T shaped for attaching to a surface 5. burnt bottle topbogong hotel, tawonga, crockery, fire at bogong hotel -
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Ice Skating Boots
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country Mt Beauty ...Mt Beauty didn't have ice-skating but Mt Buffalo did. The skates may have been owned and /or used by a Mt Beauty resident.Black leather boots with ice skates attached. The boots are laced from toe to above the ankle. There is a buckle strap for tightening and supporting the ankle and a steel plate attached at the back of the heel from the bottom to half way up the top. This has an inscription. The ice skate is shiny steel and screwed on. C C M in the centre of an oval with writing around the outside and more on the inside. On the skate: An oval inscribed with 'Made in Canada' / by / C.C.M. towards the back and towards the front C.C.M. / Winter Clubice skating, mt buffalo -
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First Aid Case
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country Living ...Living, working, recreational activities in remote areas require precautions including a First Aid Kit.Brown rectangular case with a brown curved handle at one end and 2 clip fasteners at the front with a sliding lock fastener in the middle of them. All corners are reinforced. The inside has a lift out box, bandages, medication, tourniquet, snake/spider bite medication. There is a First Aid / Emergency / Instructions booklet inside the top of the case's lid.Outside on the lid: "Sanax" / First Aid / Casefirst aid kit, first aid case, sanax, remote areas -
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Waxed paper
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country Food ...Food was wrapped in waxed paper to keep it fresh. Also, waxed paper was used in cooking to prevent food sticking to ovenware.Roll of brown waxed paper with a red with white spots cover/label around it. At the centre of the label is a white oval with a blue chain around its circumference and in dark blue CB / Waxed lunch wraps / 17 inches x 13 and a third inches.lunchwrap, greaseproof paper, cooking, food -
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Bogong Hotel Pool Table Leg
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country Bogong ...Bogong Hotel at Tawonga. See KVHS 0965, KVHS 0991, KVHS 0992, KVHS 0993, KVHS 1201Bogong Hotel was an important icon for Kiewa Valley farmers, visitors and Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme workers. It burnt down in December 2011. It was 125 years old.Charcoaled pool table leg with shape and size retained.bogong hotel, tawonga, pool table, hotel fire -
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Folder - Upper Kiewa Valley, How Should We Use the Upper Kiewa Valley by J. R. Anderson, Education Officer
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country soil ...A mustard plastic folder with four steel rings holding many white pages printed on one side only. Written by J. R. Anderson, Education Officer for the Soil Conservation Authority. Published Nov. 1979 The folder also includes 17 colored slides held at the front by a clear plastic pocket.soil conservation authority, upper kiewa valley, j. r. anderson, education for seniors -
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Book - Red Bluff, Historical Glimpses of Red Bluff by Karral Miller
... Centre 31 Bogong High Plains Rd Mt Beauty high-country red bluff ...A4 book with glossy colored cover showing the area of Red Bluff and the title written in white across the bottom. The back cover is white. There are 50 pages including some with black and white photos.On the title/cover page Karral's signature and date 'February 2021'red bluff, karral miller, kiewa valley