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Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Book, Elizabeth O’Callaghan, Silent lives : women of Warrnambool and district 1840-1910, 2017
A narrative of the pioneering women of Warrnambool and surrounding districts during the 1840’s-1910. Includes photographs, illustrations, paintings, bibliography, index.374 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 30 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexnon-fictionA narrative of the pioneering women of Warrnambool and surrounding districts during the 1840’s-1910. Includes photographs, illustrations, paintings, bibliography, index.history & archaeology., society & social sciences., women -- victoria -- warrnambool -- biography., warrnambool (vic.) -- biography., warrnambool (vic.) -- history., australian, aboriginal australian, women pioneers, women aboriginal australian -- victoria, book -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Book - Thesis, Sandra Pullman, Ina Higgins' Role in Advancing Women in Horticulture in Victoria and Australia, 2019
December 2019 Dear Jane and Burnley Archives. Thankyou for all the support and information you shared with me over the last 3 years. Best wishes Sandra Pullmanina higgins, women in horticulture, horticulture, education of women -
Federation University Art Collection
Painting, 'Women' by Stephanie Carlton, c2000
Stephanie CARLTON Graduating from University of Ballarat (now Federation University) with an Honours Degree in Visual Arts (Fine Arts) Painting, Arts 1st Class Honours in 2001, she is now a frames conservator. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Purchased by the School of BusinessAbstract painting of female figures. art, artwork, available, s. carlton, stephanie carlton, federation business school collection -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book - Book (Paperback), E T Lynes, For All Who Serve - A History of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women, 1996
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Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, Patsy Adam-Smith, Australian Women At War
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University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white photocopy, The Australasian, Horticultural Education Classes for Women at Burnley Gardens, 1916
Photocopy of p.vii of "The Australasian" dated 17.06.1916 showing scenes from Burnley College. (1) "Miss Holttum giving instruction in rose pruning." (2) Planting out a shrub." (3) "Mr. E.E. Pescott illustrating the habits of growth of the Jonathon apple-tree." (Miss Holttum at left end of front row.) (4) "Turning over the soil." (5) "Cleaning up the garden beds." the australasian, burnley college, miss holttum, planting, shrubs, e.e. pescott, apple trees, garden beds, rose pruning, students working outside, outside classes -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, The Age, Group of Women
Large photograph of a group of 10 females holding exercise books standing in front of a large Acacia tree.Stamped, "Copyright 'The Age'." Handwritten note attached, "Peter (Esdale) I came across this old file which came from closure of "V.C.A.H. House" at East Melb. Photo should be of interest." Signature unclear, dated 3 February 1999, requests to various people to identify including The Age. Unsuccessful.exercise books, acacia, peter esdale, vcah -
Park Orchards Community House
Newspaper, Women associated with Park Orchards Community House comment on which council they would like to see Park Orchards under. With Lynne Hone, Margaret Mudditt, Johanne Oosthuizen, Frances Rowland, Pam Crook and Noel Fowler. Doncaster and Templestowe Mirror, circa 1986
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Park Orchards Community House
Newspaper, Women discussion group at Park Orchards Community House with leader Pat Gibbins. Doncaster and Templestowe News 22 March 1988
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The 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment Historical Collection
Plaque - Presentation Plaque, Women Royal Australian Army Corps
Shield shaped plaque made of timber varnished in a red colour. Located centrally is a WRAAC badge made of two pieces, a gold wreath with crown and banner located behind a silver kite with a southern cross on it. women, wraac, plaque, hat badge, wark vc club -
Park Orchards Community House
Photograph, Women talking at the Park Orchards Community House
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Park Orchards Community House
Photograph, Women stretching in a class at the Community House (POCH)
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The Celtic Club
Book, P. L. Henry, Danta ban : poems of Irish women early and modern, 1991
An anthology of poems both early and modern authored by Irish women, selected and translated by P.L. Henry, Galway University.Bib, notes, p.217.non-fictionAn anthology of poems both early and modern authored by Irish women, selected and translated by P.L. Henry, Galway University.irish spirituality, irish poetry -
The Celtic Club
Book, Peg Penberthy, Women in history: Places of purpose, 1994
A collaborative effort between the Australian Institute for Women's Research and Policy and Queensland Historical Association. Includes 'A Walking Tour' of Brisbane city.Maps, plates, ill, bib, p.130.non-fictionA collaborative effort between the Australian Institute for Women's Research and Policy and Queensland Historical Association. Includes 'A Walking Tour' of Brisbane city.brisbane - australia, women - brisbane - history -
The Celtic Club
Book, Mary Banotti, There's something About Mary: Conversation with Irish women politicians, 2008
Conversations with twelve Irish female politicians of the modern era.Plates, p.190.non-fictionConversations with twelve Irish female politicians of the modern era.ireland - politics - 20th century, women politicians - ireland -
The Celtic Club
Book, Bronwyn Fensham, Ten Victorian women, 1999
This book summarises various sources available in the PROV used to build a picture of the lives of ten women whose records are available. it highlights the information that can be found.Plates, ill, map, p.51.non-fictionThis book summarises various sources available in the PROV used to build a picture of the lives of ten women whose records are available. it highlights the information that can be found.women - victoria - history - sources, women pioneers - victoria - history -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Moral precepts, Copley, Esther (nee Esther Beuzeville), The young women of the factory, [1845]
Examines ways in which young working women can conduct their lives in ways that are true to Christian values. Numerous biblical quotes.176 p. : small volume, embossed brown cover. Title page, Table of Contents, and first two pages of text missing.non-fictionExamines ways in which young working women can conduct their lives in ways that are true to Christian values. Numerous biblical quotes.christian life, esther copley nee beuzeville -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Newspaper - Newspaper Cutting, The Age, The Burnley Students - Women as Horticulturalists, 1899
Copy of article in the Age dated 15 December, 1899 p. 7 on the prize giving at Burnley.the age, charles bogue luffman, female students, burnley school of horticulture, c b luffmann, prize giving, students -
Merri-bek City Council
Mixed media, Thomas de Kessler, Moslem Women, 2001
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Steinman, Ron, Women in Vietnam
These were the girls next door, the American women who did not have to serve, the sisters and daughters who cared so much for the American GIs they went where no one wanted to go, and did what the faint of heart could not.These were the girls next door, the American women who did not have to serve, the sisters and daughters who cared so much for the American GIs they went where no one wanted to go, and did what the faint of heart could not.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - women - united states, american nurses -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Newspaper - Newspaper Cutting, The Argus, Women Students at Burnley, 1899
Copy of letter To The Editor of "The Argus" from "A Woman Student" dated 26 July, 1899 p. 4. Female student querying a statement she had read in the paper about the removal of Mr Luffmann.the argus, female student, charles bogue luffman, c b luffmann, removal, principal, letter -
Darebin Art Collection
Print - Yosl Bergner, Yosl Bergner, Two Women, Unknown
Yosl Berger’s attraction is not just as a great humanist, this near centurion artist believes in the constancy of work which produces a continual evolution of a full and prolific artistic practice. Berger also lends service to each day when he opens up his Tel Aviv studio to create – even at 95 years of age he still considers himself as a student of the world -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Book, BOOK: Courage in the Skies - The untold Story of Qantas, its brave men and women and their extrodinary role in World War II
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Michaels, Rand, Women of the Green Berets, 1967
Heartsick to help the heroes they loved, they had to fight their own shattered emotions first.Heartsick to help the heroes they loved, they had to fight their own shattered emotions first.vietnam war, 1961 - 1975 - veterans - fiction, green berets -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, McHugh, Siobhan, Minefields And Miniskirts: Australian Women And The Vietnam War (Copy 2), 1993
Up to a thousand Australian women were in wartime Vietnam during the sixties and early seventies - as entertainers, army and civilian nurses, secretaries, consular staff and more. They were feted and pampered, patronised and harrassed, and a few were assaulted.Up to a thousand Australian women were in wartime Vietnam during the sixties and early seventies - as entertainers, army and civilian nurses, secretaries, consular staff and more. They were feted and pampered, patronised and harrassed, and a few were assaulted. 1961-1975 - women - australia, vietnam war, 1961-1975- women - interviews, entertainers, nurses, secretaries, consular staff -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, McHugh, Siobhan, Minefields And Miniskirts: Australian Women And The Vietnam War (Copy 1), 1993
Up to a thousand Australian women were in wartime Vietnam during the sixties and early seventies - as entertainers, army and civilian nurses, secretaries, consular staff and more. They were feted and pampered, patronised and harrassed, and a few were assaulted.Up to a thousand Australian women were in wartime Vietnam during the sixties and early seventies - as entertainers, army and civilian nurses, secretaries, consular staff and more. They were feted and pampered, patronised and harrassed, and a few were assaulted. 1961-1975 - women - australia, vietnam war, 1961-1975- women - interviews, entertainers, nurses, secretaries, consular staff -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, McHugh, Siobhan, Minefields And Miniskirts: Australian Women And The Vietnam War (Copy 3), 1993
Up to a thousand Australian women were in wartime Vietnam during the sixties and early seventies - as entertainers, army and civilian nurses, secretaries, consular staff and more. They were feted and pampered, patronised and harrassed, and a few were assaulted.Up to a thousand Australian women were in wartime Vietnam during the sixties and early seventies - as entertainers, army and civilian nurses, secretaries, consular staff and more. They were feted and pampered, patronised and harrassed, and a few were assaulted. 1961-1975 - women - australia, vietnam war, nurses, entertainers, journalists, consular staff, volunteer workers -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, McHugh, Siobhan, Minefields And Miniskirts: Australian Women And The Vietnam War, 2005
Moving, enlightening and sometimes shocking, Minefields and Miniskirts broke new ground when first published in 1993. It tells the gripping and extraordinary real-life stories of thirty-five women who went to Vietnam as nurses, journalists, entertainers, volunteers and consular staff, along with those of women who waited at home for their shatters husbands, fathers, brothers and sons to return.Moving, enlightening and sometimes shocking, Minefields and Miniskirts broke new ground when first published in 1993. It tells the gripping and extraordinary real-life stories of thirty-five women who went to Vietnam as nurses, journalists, entertainers, volunteers and consular staff, along with those of women who waited at home for their shatters husbands, fathers, brothers and sons to return. 1961-1975 - women - australia, vietnam war, 1961-1975- women - interviews, nurses, journalists, entertainers, volunteer workers, consular staff -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Taylor, Sandra, Vietnamese Women at War: fighting for Ho Chi Minh and the Revolution, 1999
For as long as the Vietnamese people fought against foreign enemies, women were a vital part of that struggle. The victory over the French at Dien Bien Phu is said to have involved hundreds of thousands of women, and many of the names in Viet Cong unit rosters were female.For as long as the Vietnamese people fought against foreign enemies, women were a vital part of that struggle. The victory over the French at Dien Bien Phu is said to have involved hundreds of thousands of women, and many of the names in Viet Cong unit rosters were female. 1961-1975 - women - interviews, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- personal narratives, vietnamese, ho chi minh, viet cong, hanoi -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch
Book, Sheila Gray, The South African war 1899 - 1902 : Service records of British and colonial women, 1993
'A record of the service in South Africa of Military and Civilian Nurses, Laywomen and Civilians' [text on front cover & title page] Contents: Army Nursing Service [UK] Army Nursing Service Reserve [UK] Nurses engaged locally Civil hospital nursing staff Private field hospital nursing staff Natal volunteer medical corps nurses Australian nurses Canadian nurses New Zealand nurses Maidservants to nurses, wardmaids and cooks Civilian support personnelRed A4 thin book with black type on front cover and no text on spine or back cover. Has a plastic slip cover. Piece of paper sticky taped to the inside of the front cover.non-fiction'A record of the service in South Africa of Military and Civilian Nurses, Laywomen and Civilians' [text on front cover & title page] Contents: Army Nursing Service [UK] Army Nursing Service Reserve [UK] Nurses engaged locally Civil hospital nursing staff Private field hospital nursing staff Natal volunteer medical corps nurses Australian nurses Canadian nurses New Zealand nurses Maidservants to nurses, wardmaids and cooks Civilian support personnelsouth african war, boer war, uk nurses, australian nurses, canadian nurses, new zealand nurses