BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from 2003. Hospitality: the staff and friends of the G.J. Coles store in Mitchell street, Bendigo entertain troops from the army camps around Bendigo at a dance in the Railway Institute Hall; circa 1940. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Tom Vickers and friends enjoy a day in the bush.Tom Vickers was a prominent member of the community and a local pharmacist.Digital copy of colour photographvickers family, tom vickers

Tom Vickers and friends enjoy a group outing.Tom Vickers was a prominent member of the community and a local pharmacist.Digital copy of colour photographvickers family, tom vickers

Photograph of Shirley Black and friends c. 1944Black & white photograph of children with Santa, with greeting card addressed to Shirley Fraser and names of children"Dear Shirl - thought you might like photo. Love, Heather"shirley black

Post Office Receiving Pillar was Collected from Warrnambool City Council’s Scott Street Depot and transported to Flagstaff Hill, stored in the Barracks area Friends of Flagstaff Hill began the project of restoring the Post Office Receiving Pillar in early 2011. The replacement dome required a pattern to be made from paper, then timber, then someone to manufacture it. The cast iron body required sand blasting and undercoating. The pillar was installed in Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in March 2014. A specialist visited the Village and painted the pillar with 7 coats of ‘post office red’ then completed the job with gold paint on the details. In 2015 an information plate of brass was fitted to the Pillar in the position that would have originally announced the clearing times. It was originally manufactured by G Couch, Engineer, Alliance Iron Works, Melbourne. Gordon Couch passed away in June 1896 and his Works were offered for auction in November 1897. HISTORY OF POST OFFICE RECEIVING PILLARS In 1851 ‘pillar boxes’ were installed at roadside locations in the island of Jersey, England; they had already been successful in several European countries. The use of new prepaid, adhesive postage stamps as well as the roadside pillar boxes meant there was no need for the public to take a trip to the Post Office just to post a letter. By 1855 London had installed its first six Pillar Boxes. In 1856 the pillar boxes were first introduced in Sydney. These were circular with a crown on the dome, supported by leaves. Early Victoria Mail was originally collected by ‘letter carriers’, first appointed in Melbourne in 1841, equipped with leather bag and hand bell. He wore a red coat with brass buttons and a black top hat! In 1844 two wooden receiving boxes were erected in Melbourne. The first cast iron boxes were installed in South Melbourne (Emerald Hill) and were still in service until 1967. They were a fluted circular design and made in England. In the early 1860’s the ‘low door round’ design posting box was introduced, being circular and surrounded by a crown, with two broad embossed bands around its circumference. The clearance door was in front of the box and low down. These were made in Australia. In the early 1870’s square boxes with a tapering top were being used. These too were made in Australia by different manufacturers with slight variations on style such as the orientation and number of slots. Next came the circular boxes again, similar to the ‘low door round’ but with the clearance door extending to just below the posting slot, often referred to as ‘high door round’. These boxes did not have embossed bands. In 1887 small cast iron boxes were introduced, attached to posts and poles and called ‘lamp post receivers’. Around 1930 a ‘London’ model was used in Victoria. It was copied from the flat-domed type in London but made in Tasmania. … [References: Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village records, The Argus, 11th April, 1890, The Argus, 2nd July, 1896, The Argus, 30th Nov. 1897, “Stamps.Au” http://www.stampsau.com, 4th April 2011 (Extracted from “Australian Street Posting Boxes” by Ken Sparks – out of print)] Post Office Receiving Pillar, or letterbox.1885 "High Door Round" design, restored 2014 Tall cast iron sylinder with decorative dome cap, slot in side, hinged door with handle shaped as a fist. Painted red with gold trip..Reconditioned barrel, reconstructed dome. Restored by Friends of Flagstaff Hill, 2014. Now a working letterbox. Made in Melbourne.Oval maker's plate “ - G. COUCH - / ENGINEER / ALLIANCE IRON / WORKS / MELBOURNE”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, post office receiving pillar, letterbox, mailbox, australia post

Philip and Elizabeth Chatham with friends at a country race meeting.chatham-holmes collection, philip chaytham, elizabeth chatham, country races

"The Gang" - Nursing friends,1940s, Ballarat & District Hospitalnursing friends, 1940s, ballarat, hospital, prendergast

L-R: Ying, Williams, Fechner - nursing friendsying, williams, fechner, nursing friends, ballarat, hospital, 1940s, prendergast

Friends on an outing to Station Pier in 1962, Port MelbourneFriendship buildingblack and white photo Outing to Princess Pier in Melbourne 1962: Lojze Markic, Mirko Cuderman and Joze Zuzekslovenian man

Three small plaques of manufactures of glass/porcelain immortelles. One form J.S. Robinson, London patent' The other two from French Wreath, London patent 4987, Reg No. 409013. Possibly salvaged by the friends of White Hills cemetery after the immortelle broke.bendigo, cemetery, bendigo cemetery

Photocopy. Page 2 of the Bendigo Advertiser for 9 Dec 1853. Sale notices, Public Notices, and Business addresses. Notices include - Bendigo Gold District and General Hospital, abstract of the new Bill for the better management of the Goldfields, Bendigo gold prices and missing friends.newspaper, bendigo, the bendigo advertiser, bendigo advertiser, bendigo hospital, management of the goldfields, bendigo bank prospectus

Harris collection, Purple velvet covered photograph album with silver decoration and title Our Friends, containing 30 sepia and black & white photographs of people, many by Bendigo & Eaglehawk photographers. Some pages decorated with coloured illustrations of flowers, pages gilt edged.photograph, person, male/ female, bendigo-eaglehawk-photographers

historic building, stained glass window depicting "Christ the Light of the World."Colour photo, Presbyterian (now Uniting) Church, Buninyong, interior, stained glass window East wall. Dedication "Stuart Charles Davies Lay Preacher for 50 years. A token of Love from Family and Friends, died Feb. 1981, aged 76 years.)buninyong, church, presbyterian, uniting, stained glass, davies

Black and white photograph of some of the McDonnell family children and their friends. Left to right back - Jack, Cecil Hill, ? Belamy, Ken, Mollie|Front - Mary Marson, Eileen, ? Belamy, Leo, Betty McDonald, ?, ?, Jean, Margaret and Archie in c1925 Original on CD ROMmcdonnell, jack, ken, mollie, eileen, margaret, leo, jean, archie, hill, cecil, marson, mary, mcdonald, betty, belamy ?

A coloured photograph of a combined "letter tape" back home to Australia for the 8 Field Ambulance Hospital Red Cross girls, Jean Debelle, Winsome Ayliffe and Janice Webb. These short tapes give the girls a feeling of being home to be able to talk to their family and friendsphotograph, 8 field ambulance hospital, red cross, jean debelle (red cross), winsome ayliffe (red cross), janice webb (red cross), gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons

This book records the history of skiing in Victoria with photos of places and people showing equipment used in the snow fields and used by skiers.Falls Creek and the Bogong High Plains are included in this book showing photos of local people and machinery etc. Dorothy Anderson (nee Ryder) owned and used this book. She lived at Tawonga.This is a bound pictorial book with a blue cover and white printed title.. The subject is Alpine resorts and ski areas in the Australian High Country in the 40s and 50s. 'To our very dear friends, Mr and Mrs Ryder, with our best wishes for a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year from Harold and 'Rel / Ril ?' 'snow, skiing, photography, pioneers, enthusiasts, heritage, st elmo, secv machinery, ryder family, bogong high plains, rope tow

A very popular pastime was to have outings in the bush, with friends or family.Jenkins family at Millgrove, 1893. Negative Black white. Scanned at 600 dpi. This is set amongst Tree Ferns with a small waterfall left of centre, there are 2 men to the right at the top of the falls both with mustache's one with a hat,Below to the Left is Mr Jenkins Senior with a full beard & hands on his hips, in front is a young lady, on the right is another slightly older lady with 2 children a girl in front and boy to her right,and then Mrs Jenkins with a little girl next To her, and her mother to the right.ferns, millgrove, falls, jenkin family creek waterfall

Vickers family and friends on the beach, including Beryl, Margaret and Janet.Tom Vickers was a prominent member of the community and a local pharmacist.Digital copy of colour photographvickers family, tom vickers

L-R: Margaret Ying & Grace Fletcher, nursing friendsying, fletcher, nursing friends, ballarat, hospital, 1940s, prendergast

L-R: Margaret Ying & Grace Fletcher - nursing friendsying, fletcher, nursing friends, 1940s, ballarat, hospital, prendergast

Waving goodbye to friends as they sail into a new beginning in Australia in 1960Goodbye to friends moving on, amongst them SloveniansBlack and white photo of people saying goodbye to those ready to sail at the port in Trieste, Italyslovenians, slovenian association melbourne

Friends of Burnley Gardens project: Restoring the Ellis Stones Rockery (1) "Ellis Stones Rockery 1999" before restoration. (20 "Ellis Stones Rockery before clean up 1999-2000." (3) "Ellis Stones Rockery note Sugar Gum." (4) Ellis Stone's Garden Sugar Gum stump being ground out 12.07.2000." (5) "Burnley entrance RHS-Plant Research Institute LHS-Stairs leading to Nursery. " ellis stones rockery, restoration, sugar gum, plant research institute, nursery, sandi pullman, sandra pullman