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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural CollectionPhotograph - Sheet of 10 contact prints - Various Portland historic buildings and landmarks, c. 1970
Sheet of 10 contact prints of rephotographed photographs. Identifying numbers 5715a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j (a) Portland form Battery Point (b) Henty Beach, looking south (c) Palmer Street Primary School, No. 489 (d) Guardian Office, Bentinck Street (e) Railway Station Harbour Baths Bentinck Street (f) Jane Henty - wife of Stephen (g) bullock dray, bush (h) Ocean Pier (i) Bentinck Street Percy Street (j) Henty BeachFront: (a) Portland from Battery Point. - The Rose Series (c) .... School, Portland Vic. - Toys Photo (d) Bentinck Street The Guardian Office Portland. - Magnus Photo (e) Railway Harbour & Jetty (f) Price $3.70 (i) Bentinck Street Percy Street The Harbour and Town of Portland (j) Henty Beach, Portland -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland, n.d
Black and white photo taken from Battery Point, looking towards Portland. Barton's Beach, Fishermen's Breakwater, baths, Railway Pier, Big Pier, botanic gardens, Wattle Creek, town, including All Saints' spireBack: '14' 'Portland, from Battery Point' - handwritten, black pen -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Portland, n.d
Coloured postcard, hand coloured. View of Portland, including gardens, creek, Henty Beach, railway pier, Barton's Beach, from Battery Point. Printed in GermanyFront: 'PORTLAND FROM BATTERY POINT' printed, top left of postcard -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Henty Beach Portland, c. 1970
Photographic print of a rephotographed photograph. Image shows view of Henty Beach looking south, from near railway pier. Start of pier and sheds on left. Immigration Depot, background right.Front: 'Henty Beach' - green inck -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Sheet of 12 contact prints - Various historic Portland buildings and Landmarks, c. 1970
Sheet of 12 contact prints of rephotographed photographs. Identifying numbers 5726 a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l (a) S.S. 'Dawn' at Railway Pier (b) Macs Hotel (c) Dr. C. Grier, Res. Julia Street (d) Bentinck Street, South from All Saints (e) Captain James Fawthrop (f) Bridge over Salt Creek (g) 'Prospect' (h) 'Windsor Cottage' (i) Bentinck Street from sea (j) London Hotel (k) 'Greenmount' (l) British fleet at anchor in Portland BayFront: (b) Macs Hotel (l) British fleet in portland Bay, Sept 30 1891 CN-865-G -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - London Inn Portland, c. 1970
Photographic print of a rephotographed photograph. Image shows London Inn on right, corner Bentinck and Julia Streets, Railway Pier, Observatory Hill and Lighthouse also visible.Front: 'London Inn' - green ink Back: '90 x 62 app' - blue biro -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Contact Print - Scenes of Portland, Victoria, 1970s
Sheet of 12 contact prints of rephotographed photographs: (a) 5 young women on dam wall (b) sailors (c) Bentinck Street, looking north from Post Office (d) Julia Street looking east from Percy Street (e) Railway line and Duttons (Nuns) Beach towards Whalers Bluff (f) Fawthrop Lagoon (g) sailors (h) Post Office (i) River, bush close to banks both sides (j) Botanic Gardens (k) Town and Port of Portland reproduced from III London News (l) North side, Julia Street looking west, Bank AustralasiaFront: (c) Bentinck Street approx. 1900 (d) Julia Street, portland Nicholls (h) Portland Post Officeportland scene, street scene, photography, portland harbour, portland seafront, julia street -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland, Victoria, 1970s
Photographic print of a rephotographed photograph. Image shows the Golden Fleece/Tasmanian Inn/Railway/Club Hotel. Corner Gawler and Bentinck Streets, one building, two separate roof lines. Front door on diagonal corner. Group of people on footpath (Percy Street) outside hotel. Roads not made.Front: 'The Club Hotel-Percy/Gawler' - black ink Back: 'Old Club Hotel Gawler/Percy St corner' - blue biroportland town, street scene, percy street, bentinck street, gawler street -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Negative - Glass Plate Negative - Henty Beach, Portland, 1890-1910
Stereoscopic glass plate negative. Henty beach with couta boats and lighter. Railway pier in background.glass plate negative, henty beach, seafront, portland, couta boats -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Henty Beach Portland, Victoria, n.d
Black and white photo of a painting, looking north from Henty Beach, Baths, railway pier with three-masted vessel. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Sheet of 12 contact prints - Various historic Portland buildings and Landmarks, c. 1970
Sheet of 12 contact prints of rephotographed photographs. Measurements (a) (e)-(h) (j-i)(b) 3.7 x 55 x 3.7 Framed 5.2 x 44.5 x 4 (a) Looking south across beach at Dutton Way (b) S.S. 'Eumeralla' (c) Construction of railway pier (d) Jackass Fern Gully (e) 'Kingsley' (f) Portland Show (g) North side Julia Street looking west Bank of Australiasia (h) Henty Street looking east from Percy Street (i) Old Post Office (j) All Saints Catholic Church (k) View from Henty Street - old Town Hall (l) Opening 3rd BathsFront: (a) 'Dutton Way 1900 (b) 'S.S. Eumeralla' (c) Construction of Railway Pier (f) Portland Show (h) Henty Street, Portland (i) (B) -
Greensborough Historical SocietyBook, Melbourne University Press, Heidelberg: the land and its people 1838-1900; by Donald P. Garden, 1838-1900
This book covers the early history of Heidelberg, Victoria from its beginnings in 1838 to 1900.There is some reference to the 'annexation' of Greensborough in 1875 and the route of the Heidelberg-Eltham railway line, 1893.Hard cover book. 218 p., ill., maps. Slip cover has a drawing based on an early photograph of the Old England Hotel.Property stamps from Nunawading Public Library (cancelled from their collection)heidelberg, greensborough, donald garden -
Greensborough Historical Society
Folder, Chapman family (James Chapman), 1849o
History of the origins of this Greensborough family and the family tree of James Chapman (1805-1875) and Susan Palmer (1808-1895). James Chapman, his wife Susan and all his family including his son-in-law William Poulter left the Port of London in November 1848 on board the 'Francis Ridley' of 536 tons on her maiden voyage to Australia and Bombay India. The Master of the ship was Henry Hudson. James Poulter owned the land between Greensborough Railway Station and Plenty River before selling it to William Poulter.20-page plastic binder, spiral bound, clear cover. Contains documents relating to the James Chapman family.chapman family, james chapman, susan palmer -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical SocietyPhotograph - B/W, C 1930s
The young woman is Clare Eltze. The building is the shop and home of Gilbert Rogers, a resident guide and photographer. The back of the photo records that it was an "everything place". The third copy of the photo is on display under the glass on the table in the History Room.The photo shows a young woman sitting on kerosine tins outside a building (shop). behind her are blackboards with chalk writing advertising Kodak films developing and printing, various items for sale, Horses for hire, houses to let and railway information.people, eltze, buildings, shops -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Victorian Railways Printing Works, Courts of Inquiry and Boards, 31 May 1941
Legal arrangements applicable to the RegimentAll paper publication for use as an aide-memoire in conjunction with Australian Military Regulations and Orders (AMR&O). Commonwealth of Australia badgearmy, legal, boards of inquiry -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Victorian Railways Printing Works, Soldiering in the Tropics (SW Pacific Area), Jan 1943
Soft covered booklet used as a guide for soldiers posted to the tropics in World War 2. Covering jungle fighting, fitness, and jungle craft with an appendix of some Japanese words and phrasesworld war 2, tropical warfare, -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Victorian Railways Printing Works, Gas Training (Aust) 1942, 1942
Soft covered booklet containing information on gas warfare that every officer should know.Not to be published. Pamphlet cancels No 1 & No 2 and 4 sections of No 3.war, gas training, world war 2 -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Victorian Railways Printing Works, Operations Military Training Pamphlet No 23 Part VIII Infantry and Armoured Divisions in the opposed crossing of a water obstacle, Aug 1942
A soft covered training pamphlet, No 8 in the series, containing the latest ideas on the subjects dealt with in the field Service Regulations Vol II. This pamphlet supersedes the 1940 edition.Not to be published Must not fall into enemy handstraining pamphlet, opposed water crossings -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, Victorian Railways Printing Works et al, Army Training Memorandum (War) (Australia), Aug 1941 to Apr 1945
Hard covered lace bound collection of the memoranda issued during WW 2 to each officer, containing notes on a variety of subjects. The set contains most, but not all from No 1 to No 39. Incorporates catalogue items 0417 & 0418Aug 1941 to Apr 1945world war 2, doctrine, intelligence -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet (2 copies), Victorian Railways Printing Works, Tactical Handling of Army Tank Battalions Military Training Pamphlet No 22 Part III: Employment 1939, 1941
Soft covered booklet. As modified for Australia in 1941.Not to be taken forward of Divisional Headquarters.tank tactics, world war 2 -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Victorian Railways Printing Works, Projector, Infantry, Tank Attack (Australia). 1944, 1944
Soft covered booklet covering the Projector Infantry Attack, Mark 1 Volume 1, Pamphlet No 16projector infantry tank attack -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Victorian Railways Printing Works, Notes on the Care & Preservation of Ammunition & Explosives in the Field. Part 1 Artillery Ammunition, Jan 1941
Soft covered bookletammunition artillery -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Victorian Railways Printing Works, Tank Training Vol II Part II System of Gunnery Training & Range Practices (Australia) 1941, 1941
Soft covered booklet laying down the principles to be observed and the procedure to be followed in teaching of recruit and exercising trained soldiers in the handling and shooting of Tank Corps weaponstank gunnery, world war 2 -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Victorian Railways Printing Works, Tank Recognition (British), 1940's
Hard covered loose leaf lace bound folder with pictures and description of tanks used by British forcestank recognition -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Victorian Railways Printing Works, Instruction Book Driving & Maintenance, Tanks Infantry Matilda I.II.III.IV.V, Early 1940's
Loose leaf, lace bound, booklet, including amdt No 1,written for the crew of the tank to enable them to carry out routine maintenance and operate the tank. tank, matilda, driving & maintenance -
Yendon History GroupInk drawing, Jenny John, 6:MMMM, 2010 (exact)
A pen and ink drawing by Jenny John of the Yendon Railway Station composed from photographs taken of five other stations of the same or similar design. Used as the picture on the interpretive sign installed at the station site, Harbours Road Yendon, in 2011.Pen and ink drawing of the Yendon Railway Station by artist Jenny John A3 in size.Signed by Jenny John at bottom right hand sideink drawing, yendon railway station, john jenny -
Yendon History Group
Newspaper cutting, railway, Railway ganger retires
Photocopy of newspaper article, The Courier, Ballarat, Saturday Jan 21 1967. enlarged copy, laminated -
Yendon History GroupEnamel Station Sign
The sign is shown in photo P , taken on the western platform in 1967. Just prior to demolition of the station, the sign was taken by Ian Smith of Buninyong, and kept by him until its donation to the YHG.Sign from Yendon station platform. Metal, black underneath, front white with black lettering. Top and bottom edges rolled over to the back. Three holes along the top and bottom edges, fitted with metal eyelets.YENDONyendon railway station, station sign -
Yendon History GroupRailway anniversary badge, 2012
Part of the contents of a souvenir gift bag given to those who rode on the re-enactment train for the 150th anniversary of the Geelong to Ballarat railway on 12 April 2012.Enamel badge, with stick pin and clasp, in a plastic bag attached to City of Greater Geelong letterhead paper. The top half of the badge is white with black writing 'Geelong Ballarat Railway' and the bottom half of the badge is black with white writing '150 years'. It was part of the gift bag given to those who rode on the reenactment train, 10 Apr 2012.GEELONG BALLARAT RAILWAY 150 YEARSgeelong ballarat railway, railway anniversary, 150th re-enactment train. -
Yendon History GroupBook, railway, Geelong to Ballarat Railway / The Story of the Railway
Part of the contents of a souvenir gift bag given to those who rode on the re-enactment train for the 150th anniversary of the Geelong to Ballarat railway on 10 April 2012.Cardboard covered A5 sized booklet with 12 pages, published by Engineers Australia, Engineering \heritage Victoria and V/Line Pty Ltd. Part of the gift bag given to those who rode on the re-enactment train, 10 Apr 2012. 2 identical copiesHeritage Recognition Ceremonies and Celebration of the 150th anniversary of the opening of the railway. Tuesday 10 April 2012geelong ballarat railway, 150th railway anniversary, railway engineering.
