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36 inch long x 12 inches ruler with brass corner pieceJ Rabone & Sons, Birmingham Made in England, No 1513 Proportionate Waist Measure

8347.1 - Small, almost ovoid piece of mudstone showing partial fossil leaves.

8319.1 - Elongate piece of mudstone containing numerous fossil wood and leaf fragments.

8421.1 - Rectangular wedge-shaped piece of mudstone showing numerous fossil leaves

8419.1 - Overall ovoid, though flattened, piece of high-grade black coal

Supposedly from Coal Creek.8377.1 - Elongate piece of high-grade black coal; rhomboid in cross-section.

8372.1 - Amorphous piece of high grade black coal. Shine has dulled.

A story written by Ivy Williams, nee Gorman, now Botheras, in 1994. It tells of 6 prisoners of war, who were sent to help her and her husband Fred, harvest their crop of peaches in 1941. Three of them were Ezio Neri, Hans Holsbauer and Osker Fleischer.HistoricOne piece of A4 paper with a typed story and poem. Has been laminatedivy williams, fred williams, ezio neri, hans holsbauer, osker fleischer, fruit pickers, italian pow's

Used by internees at Camp 3. Given as a gift to son of a Stanhope dairy farmer by a German internee when they delivered milk to Camp 3 in WW2Handmade wood and metal toy/model gun. Piece of rubber nailed on the endLA 5 No 134 T 14 cal CY Dunlopgun, toy, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3

Slates were used in the junior grades at primary school probably from the 1900's to the early 1940's. The children wrote on the slate with a special slate pencil. A small slate framed with wood and a piece of string through a hole at the top and knotted.school, education, teaching, writing, george evans collection

.1 SMALL OVALSHAPED SPECTACLES WITH WIRE FRAMES .2 TWO PIECE CASE.local history, personal effects, seeing aid

The full costume used traditionally by soldiers in the 16th to 19th century AD. Recently used in parades and plays as a traditional costume.Historical significance since it was used by Thessaloniki Association in parades and playsWhite linen stocking part of six piece traditional tsolia boy's costume.boy, costume, stocking, tsolia, στολή

A piece of Harrington's Bakery site at 493 Canterbury Road, Vermont is for sale again.A piece of Harrington's Bakery site at 493 Canterbury Road, Vermont is for sale again.canterbury road, vermont, no. 493, harrington's bakery

Belonged to father of donor. Used by father and later by son until the advent of the electric soldering iron.Long wooden handle with metal bar attached top shaped copper piecetrades, plumbing, tinsmithing

Wide wooden piece padded at one end and four sharp points at the other.trades, upholstering

Owned by Herbert John & Sarah Cornell of High Street, Mount Waverley may have been their parents", the Cornells had an orchard.Two-piece Terracotta butter cooler has round bowl with a doomed lid.orchard, butter

Wooden frame with text and a piece of teak from the Bridge over the River Kwai.Collected from the bridge on 10th March 1987.

Shoe-shaped metal anvil with a metal piece at right angles to the shoe shapeshoes, anvil, cobbler, footwear

Photograph of 1945 Carlton Premiership TeamThe picture is of Carlton's winning Premiership team of 1945.Carlton defeated South Melbourne played at Princes Park (The MCG was unavailable due to WW2 use).Carlton 15.13 (103) def South Melbourne 10.15 (75). Att 62986. Carlton's Captain was Bob Chitty & Coach was Perce Bentley. The game itself is better known as " The Bloodbath" due to violent nature. Ten Players were reported with South Melbourne player Ted Whitfield receiving the biggest penalty a 21 match ban, he attempted to strike the field umpire.Black & White team photo mounted on larger piece of beige coloured carboard

A type of early telephone used in Wandin, Victoria, Australia.Wind-up, wall type telephone, with a mouthpiece, ear piece and twin bells."Listen before calling"wall telephones, telephones

Black and white image of Norman McSwain (1838-1908), Councillor of Shire of Moorabbin 1882-1893. Norman was born in Skye Scotland and arrived in Australia with his parents Ewen and Margaret (nee McLeod) McSwain & five brothers & sisters on the 'Miltiades'. He married Margaret Mary Macdonald, daughter of Isabella and Alexander McDonald, and later in their marriage, they moved to Western Australia.Norman McSwain standing between a chair and a table, dressed in a three piece suit.