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Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - UNIFORM, DISRUPTIVE PATTERN, NAVY, CTE Pty Ltd, 2010 - 2011
Naval Uniform - brand new. 1. Jacket - 75% cotton, 25% polyester fabric. Grey, dark grey and dark green disruptive pattern. Metal stud closures. Epaulettes - gold embroidered crown, crossed anchors and "AUSTRALIA" unit shoulder flashes - both embroidered with gold, white and red thread - R. three headed dog/ "HMAS CERBERUS" - ships badge. L. Australian Navy White Ensign. Chest patch - embroidered gold, red and white RAN Patch - Crown, Anchor and R.A.N. logo. 2. Trousers - 75% cotton, 25% polyester fabric, grey, dark grey and dark green disruptive pattern.Both - Maker's label - black print on white label "CTE PTY LTD/ JUNE 2010/2011" / "75% cotton 25% polyester/ FR treated". Then extensive information on laundering care of fabric. "MADE IN AUSTRALIA" .uniforms, dpnu, ran -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - tickets, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), Schollar's Concession Tickets & others, 1976
The two Scholar's Concession tickets for first and second terms of 1976 allowed the holder to travel from Wattle Park to Latrobe university via a nominated route with the conditions of travel on the rear. Cost was $34 for each ticket. Ticket Nos. 06423 and 07189. Both issued at Camberwell Depot. The Employees Pass was issued to those who did not have a pass issued to them personally, such as travel to and from a training facility. The person to who this was issued to was a MMTB employee. The MTT Perth Ticket dated 20 Feb. 76 is a machine issued bus ticket recording ticket issuing details.Demonstrates a scholar's tickets issued during the mid 1970s.Set of two scholar's concession tickets, preprinted card with hand written details, providing the persons name and travel details, both contained within a plastic sleeve. Contained within the 1st term ticket was a blue Employee's pass for the MMTB and a Perth bus ticket.tramways, mmtb, perth, scholar's tickets, school tickets, employees pass, buses -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Certificate - Document, Birth Certificate, 28/11/1892
Entry for birth of Charles Clarence Victor Schwerkolt, 26th November, 1892 at Mitcham Reg. No. 6010schwerkolt, charles clarence victor, both, wilhelmina, schwerkolt, carl benno, schwerkolt, wilhelmina -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Map, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), MMTB Route Maps, 1979
Series of colour maps for various tram and bus routes, dated 1979. Also contained, not scanned are letters, reports, and specifications for printing these maps for use in shelters etc. Some have the Transport Information Centre telephone printed on them. Some are finished with a plastic laminate finish on either one or both sides. Show the major cross streets, parks, schools, other tram routes, major stop numbers, and railway lines. See also item 3909 for another example of these. Trams 1 - City route guide - R9/77 - showing all route numbers and destinations that passed through the CBD. 2 - Bourke St tram routes - R4/77 - East Brunswick Blyth St and East Preston Tyler St and intermediate routes, routes 95, 96, 97, 90, 89 and 88. 3 - Malvern, East Malvern, Carnegie, and East Brighton Tram Routes (from St Kilda Junction) - R1/79 - shows routes 5, 3, 67, 66, 61, 62, and 64. 4 - Elizabeth St tram routes - R12/77 - Essendon Airport, West Maribyrnong, North Coburg lines, routes 50, 58, 60, 54, 57, 52. 49, 59, 18, 20 and 19 5 - Flinders St tram routes - R5/78 - North Balwyn, East Burwood, routes 48, 40, 41, Hartwell, 28, 74 and 75 6 - Kew - St Kilda Beach - R1/79 - Route 69. 7 - Mont - Albert City - R11/77, shows routes 43. 47. 45. 44 8 - St Kilda Rd Tram Routes R12/77 - details South Melbourne Beach, route 1 and route 2 and St Kilda Beach routes 15, 16, and 55 otherwise shows where the various routes branch off St Kilda Road 9 - Batman Ave tram routes - R9/77 - Wattle Park, North Richmond and Prahran - routes 70, 71, 78 and 79. 10 - Footscray - Moonee Ponds - R3/81 - Route 82 11 - Swanston St tram guide - R1/79 - lists all routes and route numbers that branch or cross Swanston St between Grattan St and St Kilda Junction. 12 - Toorak Camberwell and Glen Iris tram route with Camberwell Junction and Malvern Town Hall, R1/79, routes 8, 7, 6, 72, and 73 shown. 13 - West Preston - Beach tram routes - R12/77 - routes 10, 11, 9 and 12, 14 - William St tram routes - R12/77 - Route 55, 56, and 63 - South Melbourne Depot and Domain. Buses 1 - Footscray, Sunshine, Deer Park, Nth Altona & Fishermans Bend - R2/79 2 - Box Hill bus routes to Templestowe, Heidelberg & East Kew - R6/78 - notes superseded by R3/82 3 - Plan of Russell St Melbourne bus departure bays. 4 - Box Hill, Mitcham & Ringwood bus routes to East Doncaster & Warrandyte - R3/82 5 - City - Warrandyte & East Doncaster bus routes - R3/82 & R6/78 6 - Bulleen - City - Port Melbourne - Garden City Bus route - R6/78 7 - North Altona - City bus route - 11/78 8 - Clifton Hill - Elsternwick - R2/79 9 - La Trobe - Northland - West Heidelberg - City Bus Service via East Freeway - 11/79 and R3/81 10 - Box Hill, Mitcham & Ringwood Bus Routes to East Doncaster & Warrandyte - R10/84 - with the Metropolitan Transit logo.Yields information about tram and bus routes in late 1970s early 1980s.Book - brown comb binding, card and clear plastic covers containing both bound and unbound maps and documents.K C Painter on front cover in ink.tramways, mmtb, tram routes, maps, bus routes, route numbers, routes, route guide -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - FOSTER AND WILSON COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH
Black & white half photograph of two young women. Both are wearing high neck white dresses. Both are wearing a necklace. One has a cross on it. One is also wearing a badge below the cross. Both have long hair, one with sausage curls and a bow. On the back is written: To dear Uncle Bob with love from Annie & Maggie. Balmain.Sidney R--, Rozelle & Rossetti Studios, Balmainphotograph, portrait, female, foster & wilson collection, photograph -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - IDENTITY DISCS WW2, 1 & .2) 1942-45
Clarence Wilfred Curnow 2nd AIF. Refer Cat 1444, 1446.2, 1447..1) Identity Disc, round polished metal with small hole in top, engraved on both sides. .2) Identity Disc, 8 sided polished metal with two holes top and bottom engraved both sides..1 & .2) "VX100151, M, C.W CURNOW, A2"id discs, military equipment, identity discs, metalcraft, curnow -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - Sepia
The name " Balmain " has been attributed to the photo, James Balmain and his wife, Amy Sophia [D'Alton} purchased a vacant school cottage from the area and moved it to their land and called it Bellfield. Amy died at age 37, James returned to Scotland with their 3 children.Photo shows 2 women sitting on a rock formation, both are wearing hats adorned with flowers and appear to be wearing long skirts and high buttoned blouses. They are both holding sticks which seem to be decorated with flowers,recreation, bush-walking -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Tea Cosy
Floral plastic covered, quilted, material. Lined with green cotton material in two sides. Both sides are attached to an oval wooden base. Green cord threaded through both sides is to secure the cosy to a teapot.V D B BETTER GIFTSdomestic items, table setting -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - 'Copy Shop', Old Masonic Hall, Walpole Street, 1970s
The 'Copy Shop' in Walpole Street, Kew was located in the former Masonic Hall. It was a community operated facility. The 'shop' was designed for use by groups to run off leaflets or newsletters. It also served as a community space where people could drop in for a coffee and leave leaflets and information about events in the City of Kew. Two polaroid photographs, Thea Sartori in a red jumper is in both photographs. The woman in the pink cardigan is Aileen Cahill. Both photos were taken at the 'Copy Shop' in the old Masonic Hall [demolished] in Walpole Street. front: "Copy Shop"copy shop - walpole street - kew (vic), community facilities -- city of kew, masonic hall -- kew (vic.) -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Badge - Membership Albury S.S & A, Perfection Badges, 1980 - 1981
The Albury Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen’s Club traces its origins back to the Albury and District War Services Hall Appeal Committee. This group of the World War I diggers, service groups and parents of men serving in World War II set out to raise 14,000 pounds for a Services Memorial Hall. After the war ended, the Memorial Hall Fund was far short of its target. Also, different attitudes prevailed when the boys came home. Instead of a memorial hall, the idea of a licensed club gained favour. This was to be not merely for RSL men who had served overseas, but for many ex-servicemen who had not left Australia. Using the Memorial Hall Fund, the RSL bought the old Commercial Club buildings at 611 Dean Street, which had been a Service Rest Room throughout the war and up to February 1946. The SS&A Club was formally opened in October 1946 and was registered under the Liquor Act in 1947. The foundation stone of the new building in Olive Street was laid by Lt General Sir John Northcott, May 2, 1959. The building was opened July 15,1960 by Governor of NSW, Sir Eric Woodward. It has since undergone many extensions and developments to become a modern facility but still continues to honour its origins with the inclusion of its War MemorialThis badge is representative of the role played by licensed clubs in the local community.Enamelled membership badges for the S.S & A. Club in Albury. Many people from both Albury and Wodonga hold membership the club which provides employment and social activities for people from both sides of the Murray RIver.Red Badge, around the centre image of the Albury War Memorial: "ALBURY S.S.& A CLUB LTD/ 1981-82" On reverse: "MEMBER/NOT TRANSFERABLE/2302/PERFECTION BADGES/SYDNEY/770775" Yellow Badge, around the centre image of the Albury War Memorial: "ALBURY S.S.& A CLUB LTD/ 1980-81"albury s.s & a club, social clubs, licensed clubs albury -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
School Photographs, 1933 and 1935 Ringwood State School photos, 1933-35
Two photographs of the students at the Ringwood State School in 1933 (grade 2) and 1935 (grade 4) 1935 Photograph (7002a) L to R Back Row - Norm Brown, Milton Blood, Ken Ward, Athol Tilson, Ken Hill, Doug Highland, Bob Green, Jack Reynolds, David Allen, Graeme Morcom. 3rd Row - , , Hazel Morgan, Betty Adolpherson, Lorna Hill, , Elvie Hansy, Betty Reed, Valma Bassett, ? Hancock, Betty Stoney. 2nd Row ? Kelly, , , , , Valerie Anderson, Bernice Dixon, Betty Broadbent, , . Front row - Eddie Jackson, , Nally Hazelwood, Ron Ansell, Tom Young, Rupert Shearer, Eddie Flynn, Frank Lloyd, Lloyd Home, John Silby 1933 Photograph (7002b) L to R Back Row - Eddie Jackson, , Bob Green, Ken Manning, David Allen, Ron Hansel. 4th Row - Ken Ward, Tom young, Wally Hazelwood, Ken Thomas, Jack Reynolds, , Eddie Flynn, Graeme Morcom, Frank Lloyd. 3rd Row - Betty Walters, , , Helen Bond, Hazel Morgan, , , Elvie Hansy. 2nd Row - Milton Blood, Betty Stoney, Valma Bissett, Bernice Dixon, Jean Wright, Valerie Anderson, , , Betty Adolpherson, Lorna Hill. Front Row - Ken Hill, Lloyd Home, , Norman Windsor, Alan Knopp, , , Athol Tilson. Note 2/1/2019: Jan Adolphson emailed "Just wanted to say that my Auntie Betty is in both these pictures, 1933 and 1935 but her name is incorrectly spelt. should be Betty Adolphson ". (Rear of photographs state name as Betty Adolpherson). Both photographs are in post card form, made by Kodak. One is addressed "David Allen, Canterbury Road, Ringwood", the donor of the photographs. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - PAYBOOKS, ARMY, Australian Government, 1914-1919
Frederick Campbell Moller No 2233 enlisted on 2.9.14. Embarked 22.9.14. WIA accidentally 27.7.17 GSW to chest. WIA 30.9.17 GSW to the head. To Hospital 28.7.18 with Diarrhoea . Discharged from the AIF 23.2.19. Refer 1662.3, 1663P. .1) AIF soldier's paybook for Moller, Frederick 2233, paybook no 251573. Unit 103 How Battery. .2) AIF soldier's paybook for Moller, Frederick Campbell 2233, driver 103 Bty 3 FAB, paybook no 251573. .3) Envelope to hold paybooks. Addressed to Mr FC Moller, Glengarry, Gippsland..1)& .2) Stamped on both covers "Australian Imperial Force Soldier's paybook"documents-service records, pay books, moller, -
Greensborough Historical Society
Greeting Card, G E Kerry, Rand Street Swingbridge, 1980c
The sketch portrayed is by Ron Reynolds and was printed the book "Greensborough and Greenhills" in 1973. This is a Christmas greeting to Jessie Angus (nee Partington).The Rand St Swing bridge allowed easy access to Greensborough railway station and shops for those who lived on the eastern side of the Plenty River.A white greeting card made from stiffened card and folded at the left side.A personal greeting to Jessie Angus (nee Partington)written on both inside pages.ron reynolds, jessie angus, partington, rand st, swing bridge, plenty river -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Weapon - Whaling Harpoons, n.d
Original owner - one of the Henty brothers, bought by Margaret's grandfather, Matthew Edward Mabbitt, lighthouse keeper at a Henty clearing sale about 1900Two matching harpoons with wooden handles. Metal harpoon heads have been re-plated at some stageBack: 'Mcmillan' on back of both harpoon heads - first two letters unclearwhaling, maritime industry, hunting, henty -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Equipment - Metal Taps and keys for Liquor Barrels, n.d
Found at the wreck of the Nene Valley by an abalone diver c 1990.Variety of metal taps and two keys for use on liquor barrels. 7 complete taps, 1 broken tap, 2 keys for the taps. Measures 15cm long.Front: 'FIDDIAN' on top of tap handle on both sides. Visible on one only -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Casterton Town Hall, c. 1963
Sourced from Casterton Town Hall (Former Shire of Glenelg)Black and white photo, Casterton Town Hall, same as 7144, slightly different angleBack: Blue biro line, arrowed both ends, drawn across photo -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Document - Ration Ticket, 1939-1945
WWII Commonwealth liquid fuel 1 gallon ration tickets.Back: (on both tickets) 'Fred. E. Hodgkinson' IH 2203' - purple penwwii, world war ii, ration, rationing, fuel, commonwealth -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - AILEEN AND JOHN ELLISON COLLECTION: ONE PAIR LADIES SHORT PINK GLOVES, 1950's
One pair of ladies pink nylon wrist length gloves. Elasticized ruched pattern at wrist 6 cms.Labels in both gloves ''Nylon 6 1/2 Made in Hong Kong''costume accessories, female, ladies short pink gloves -
Anglesea and District Historical Society
Cup and saucer
Gainsborough fine bone china cup and saucer. White flowers on green background with multi-coloured flowers in gold-rimmed cartouche.GAINSBOROUGH / FINE BONE / BELL CHINA / ENGLAND (on base of both cup and saucer).gainsborough cup and saucer -
Nillumbik Shire Council
Ceramic (plates): Alma SHANAHAN (b.1924 - d.2015 Melb.), Alma Shanahan, Horse Power - The Flip Side, c.1965
Alma Shanahan (1924-2015) was a Victorian potter who came to live at Clifton Pugh's Dunmoochin art colony at Cottlesbridge, on Melbourne's outskirts in 1953. Unable to join the co-operative proper, as she was a potter, not a painter, she built her house at the top of the hill, 135 Barreenong Road, Cottles Bridge. The c.1953 house is historically, aesthetically and architecturally significant because it is a good example of the design and ethos of mud brick dwellings synonymous with Eltham and features the extensive use of recycled materials, which was characteristic of the 'Eltham style' of architecture. Like the others in the artist community, Alma Shanahan built her own residence in stages out of local materials. Shanahan was later joined by neighbours and Dunmoochin potters Peter and Helen Laycock. She trained for a term with Peter Laycock but was otherwise self-taught, basing her practice on the teachings of Bernard Leach. After Pugh's death in 1991 she became the longest standing Dunmoochin resident. Her works are incised with her full name. Alma Shanahan was a part of the Dunmoochin Artist's community whose (other) members (Kevin Nolan, John Howley, John Olsen, Mirka Mora, Peter Laycock, Helen Laycock, Peter Wiseman and Chris Wiseman) made an important contribution to Victoria's cultural history. From the mid 1950s Pugh persuaded a number of other painters, as well as potters and other artists, to come and live at Dunmoochin and they formed one of Victoria's most important artist communities. She started potting around 1961 (aged 37). "Horse Power" was made using Chullora clay, which indicates it was made during her first seven years of production. Horse Power is about man's search for "energy" and how the "energy" can turn around. Made from Chullora (Sydney) clay. Glazed stoneware plates (x2) with brush decorations resting on hand made ceramic stands. Plate one: 2006.64.1VA (Horse Power + stand) shows a figure on horse back with blue foliage in background. Plate two: 2006.64.2VA (Flip Side + stand) shows a horse with figure under it's hooves. Hand painted signature in brown/black on back of both plates; "Alma Shanahan"shanahan, stoneware, glaze, plates, horse, dunmoochin -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Tool - Post Drill Set
Used by donor's father, John Palmer, on his parents dairy farm at Mupunga East and later on his own dairy farm at Allansford. From 1966 until 1992 used in Mitcham and Blackburn.A post mounted drill stand with a gearing arrangement driven by a handle. The depth of drill is adjusted by a large red wheel which raises or lowers the drill. There are other adjusting devices on the drill.Buffalo Forge Co, Buffalo N.Y. No 151 (on both sides of main casting)trades, tools, metalworking -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - List, Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), "Destinations and Route Numbers - Tram Routes - as at February 1983", 9/02/1988
Document titled "Destinations and Route Numbers - Tram Routes - as at February 1983", listing route number, destinations (to and from). Notes on the second sheet, replaces that of July 1978. Signed D. E. Lamb, Assistant Traffic Manager, Operations.Yields informaton about MMTB and The Met Route numbers.Set of 2 foolscap sheets photocopied "copied 9/2/88" on the bottom right hand corner of both sheets.trams, tramways, destination roll, route numbers, destination indicators, routes -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Administrative record - Envelope/s, Australia Post, "Victor Harbor", 1989
.1 - Postcard - Victor Harbor horse drawn tram on Granite Island, VH51, with the Adelaide horse tram stamp, 41c on the rear and with a cancellation stamp - Victor Harbor SA 5211, cancellation stamp, dated 11 Oct. 1989. Card printed by Prestige Souvenirs Adelaide. Wrapped in a thin plastic cover. .2 - Envelope - Greetings from Victor Harbor, with a photo of the horse tram on the front, with the Adelaide horse tram stamp, 41c with a cancellation stamp - Victor Harbor SA 5211, cancellation stamp, dated 11 Oct. 1989. Wrapped in a thin plastic cover.Both items have a $1.50 price sticker in the top left hand corner.trams, tramways, stamps, australia post, victor harbor -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, Victorian Railways, Pass Master, 1976
Ticket - Pass Master - printed on paste board - Edmondson style, bright orange colour with a drawing of a Z class and Hitachi train and the words "Pass Master" and "Tram Train". On rear are conditions of travel, Child, available on tram, train and bus on the date stamped. Ticket numbers 02404, 02456, 02476 3 copies held. Further copies added 17/8/2014 from the Robert Green collection. Child - 90828 Concession - 22686 3 x Adults - wrapped in a taped section of yellow paper - 13448, 07421, 04569. 3 x Adults - ditto, 13460, 07414, 04367 For more detail see http://www.robx1.net/victkt/pre1981/html/1976.htm - accessed 7-11-2018, started 1976The two parcels of wrapped tickets both have the numbers "55" written on them.trams, tramways, tickets, children, pass master, melbourne -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic Collection
Ceremonial object - Common Seal, F M Brown & Co Foundry
F. M. Brown & Co were a foundry located (in 1892) on the corners of Creek and High Street in Bendigo. This embosser was manufactured by them for the City of Bendigo. Large, decorated, hand operated cast iron embosser with an top iron winder. Winder has a large knob on each end and when turned lowers and raises the seal. Embosser is decorated with a layer of plaster with is black with gold hand painted decorations including scrolls and flowers. Object is extremely heavy. Seal head is still attached and holds the embossing stamp for the City of Bendigo. 'F.M Brown Bendigo' on both sides of the embosser 'City of Bendigo' on seal head.city of bendigo commerce -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, Australian Army, Australian Army:Training Command, Army Ttraining System Pamphlet 1 Introduction to the Army Training System, 1980, 1980
A khaki green coloured cardboard cover with black information on the front. The booklet is covered in plastic and there are two punch holes down the left hand side.At the top of the page written in both red texta and ink is the name WO Nobleaustralia - armed forces - service manuals, training command, army training system -
Mont De Lancey
Domestic object - Cast Iron Trivet for Hand Iron, Unknown
Ornamental cast iron trivets from the late 19th Century.Two vintage decorative cast iron trivets for vintage flat irons. They have have three legs and raised edges around the sides to stop the iron from slipping off. The handle on one is quite decorative, but the other has a broken handle.'T Johnson' is stamped on the bottom of both trivets. One has illegible stamp.laundry iron trivets, iron stands -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Scarf, early to mid 20th century
This scarf was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the family of Doctor William Roy Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. It is part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” that includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. ABOUT THE “W.R.ANGUS COLLECTION” Doctor William Roy Angus M.B., B.S., Adel., 1923, F.R.C.S. Edin.,1928 (also known as Dr Roy Angus) was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria in 1901 and lived until 1970. He qualified as a doctor in 1923 at University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was house surgeon to Sir (then Mr.) Henry Simpson Newland. Dr Angus was briefly an Assistant to Dr Riddell of Kapunda, then commenced private practice at Curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, SA, where he was physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as new Medical Assistant to Dr Thomas Francis Ryan (T.F. Ryan, or Tom), in Nhill, Victoria, where his experiences included radiology and pharmacy. In 1927 he was Acting House Surgeon in Dr Tom Ryan’s absence. Dr Angus had become engaged to Gladys Forsyth and they decided he further his studies overseas in the UK in 1927. He studied at London University College Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and in 1928, was awarded FRCS (Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons), Edinburgh. He worked his passage back to Australia as a Ship’s Surgeon on the on the Australian Commonwealth Line’s T.S.S. Largs Bay. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1929, in Ballarat. (They went on to have one son (Graham 1932, born in SA) and two daughters (Helen (died 12/07/1996) and Berenice (Berry), both born at Mira, Nhill ) According to Berry, her mother Gladys made a lot of their clothes. She was very talented and did some lovely embroidery including lingerie for her trousseau and beautifully handmade baby clothes. Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . Its first station was in the remote town of Oodnadatta, where Dr Angus was stationed. He was locum tenens there on North-South Railway at 21 Mile Camp. He took up this ‘flying doctor’ position in response to a call from Dr John Flynn; the organisation was later known as the Flying Doctor Service, then the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A lot of his work during this time involved dental surgery also. Between 1928-1932 he was surgeon at the Curramulka Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. In 1933 Dr Angus returned to Nhill and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital (a 2 bed ward at the Nelson Street Practice) from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what previously once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr Tom and his brother had worked as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He had been House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1902-1926. Dr Tom Ryan had one of the only two pieces of radiology equipment in Victoria during his practicing years – The Royal Melbourne Hospital had the other one. Over the years Dr Tom Ryan had gradually set up what was effectively a training school for country general-practitioner-surgeons. Each patient was carefully examined, including using the X-ray machine, and any surgery was discussed and planned with Dr Ryan’s assistants several days in advance. Dr Angus gained experience in using the X-ray machine there during his time as assistant to Dr Ryan. When Dr Angus bought into the Nelson Street premises in Nhill he was also appointed as the Nhill Hospital’s Honorary House Surgeon 1933-1938. His practitioner’s plate from his Nhill surgery is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. When Dr Angus took up practice in the Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan’s old premises he obtained their extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926. A large part of this collection is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. In 1939 Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool where he purchased “Birchwood,” the 1852 home and medical practice of Dr John Hunter Henderson, at 214 Koroit Street. (This property was sold in1965 to the State Government and is now the site of the Warrnambool Police Station. and an ALDI sore is on the land that was once their tennis court). The Angus family was able to afford gardeners, cooks and maids; their home was a popular place for visiting dignitaries to stay whilst visiting Warrnambool. Dr Angus had his own silk worm farm at home in a Mulberry tree. His young daughter used his centrifuge for spinning the silk. Dr Angus was appointed on a part-time basis as Port Medical Officer (Health Officer) in Warrnambool and held this position until the 1940’s when the government no longer required the service of a Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool; he was thus Warrnambool’s last serving Port Medical Officer. (Masters of immigrant ships arriving in port reported incidents of diseases, illness and death and the Port Medical Officer made a decision on whether the ship required Quarantine and for how long, in this way preventing contagious illness from spreading from new immigrants to the residents already in the colony.) Dr Angus was a member of the Australian Medical Association, for 35 years and surgeon at the Warrnambool Base Hospital 1939-1942, He served as a Surgeon Captain during WWII1942-45, in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W., completing his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. During his convalescence he carved an intricate and ‘most artistic’ chess set from the material that dentures were made from. He then studied ophthalmology at the Royal Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital and created cosmetically superior artificial eyes by pioneering using the intrascleral cartilage. Angus received accolades from the Ophthalmological Society of Australasia for this work. He returned to Warrnambool to commence practice as an ophthalmologist, pioneering in artificial eye improvements. He was Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist to Warrnambool Base Hospital for 31 years. He made monthly visits to Portland as a visiting surgeon, to perform eye surgery. He represented the Victorian South-West subdivision of the Australian Medical Association as its secretary between 1949 and 1956 and as chairman from 1956 to 1958. In 1968 Dr Angus was elected member of Spain’s Barraquer Institute of Barcelona after his research work in Intrasclearal cartilage grafting, becoming one of the few Australian ophthalmologists to receive this honour, and in the following year presented his final paper on Living Intrasclearal Cartilage Implants at the Inaugural Meeting of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists in Melbourne In his personal life Dr Angus was a Presbyterian and treated Sunday as a Sabbath, a day of rest. He would visit 3 or 4 country patients on a Sunday, taking his children along ‘for the ride’ and to visit with him. Sunday evenings he would play the pianola and sing Scottish songs to his family. One of Dr Angus’ patients was Margaret MacKenzie, author of a book on local shipwrecks that she’d seen as an eye witness from the late 1880’s in Peterborough, Victoria. In the early 1950’s Dr Angus, painted a picture of a shipwreck for the cover jacket of Margaret’s book, Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks. She was blind in later life and her daughter wrote the actual book for her. Dr Angus and his wife Gladys were very involved in Warrnambool’s society with a strong interest in civic affairs. He had an interest in people and the community They were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens. After his death (28th March 1970) his family requested his practitioner’s plate, medical instruments and some personal belongings be displayed in the Port Medical Office surgery at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, and be called the “W. R. Angus Collection”. The W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The collection of medical instruments and other equipment is culturally significant, being an historical example of medicine from late 19th to mid-20th century. Dr Angus assisted Dr Tom Ryan, a pioneer in the use of X-rays and in ocular surgery. Scarf, part of the W.r. Angus Collection. Woven khaki coloured with tassels on both ends. Long rectangular shape. Moth holes.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, dr w r angus, dr ryan, surgical instrument, t.s.s. largs bay, warrnambool base hospital, nhill base hospital, mira hospital, flying doctor, scarf, clothing accessories -
Bendigo Military Museum
Letter - PERSONAL LETTER, 15.5.1918
The letter written to “Jim” (Joseph ?) from France on “15.5.1918”. Believed to be from his brother Alf Ferris. Letter also is incomplete as the last sentence is “I went to see the 38th Battn and I saw”. Refer Cat No 4183.3P for Alf’s service details. Refer Cat No 4196.3 for Joseph’s details.Hand written letter on faintly lined yellowish paper with writing on both sides.letters, personal, ww1 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Newspaper - TOBRUK TRUTH, Tobruk Truth - The Dinkum Oil - Vol 2 No 20, 14.6.1941
Discovered folded in a copy of Tobruk by Chester Wilmot - Catalogue Item 1405. Paper is a summary of BBC broadcast dated Saturday 14.6.1941. Page 1 details broadcast at 1900 hrs & page 2 details the 1915 hrs broadcast Vol 2 No 20.Tobruk Truth Newspaper. Printing on both sides of a single sided foolscap page.documents - military, tobruk