This swagger stick belonged to Private Ernest LUCAS who served with the Royal Defence Corps between 17/6/1907 and 18/5/1919 including the 6th Battalion Middlesex Regiment In the British Army before World War I, swagger sticks were carried by all other ranks when off duty as part of their walking out uniform. The stick took the form of a short cane of polished wood, with an ornamented metal head of regimental pattern. The usual custom was for the private soldier or NCO to carry the stick tucked under his arm. Until 1939 swagger sticks were still carried by peacetime regular soldiers when "walking out" of barracks but the practice ceased with the outbreak of World War II. The 6th Battalion Middlesex Regiment can trace its history back to 7 August 1760 as part of the Middlesex Militia. In 1778 it was titled the 1st East Middlesex Militia. By royal order the regiment was later designated the Royal East Middlesex Militia on 24 April 1804. By 1855 it was using the formal title of "1st or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia". In 1900 the number of regular Middlesex Regiment battalions was doubled with the formation of a new the 3rd and 4th battalions; and the two militia battalions were renumbered as 5th and 6th battalions of the regiment. The unit's standing orders of 1863 record the regimental insignia as being somewhat unusual, in that it did not include standard royal crown, but featured a five-pointed Saxon Crown atop a shield with the arms of the East Saxon Kingdom i.e. three stylised Seaxes hilted and pommeledpLong narrow round cane made from polished reddish/brown wood with brass metal tip and embossed silver topSilver metal top embossed with a crown above a shield inscribed 6th Battalion Middlesex Regtswagger stick, 6th battalion middlesex regiment, private ernest lucas

Made by internee at Camp 3, Tatura and used there by childrenHandmade large wooden model of a cartor dray, painted brown and green. Has metal axle type arrangement under front wheels with attachment for horse model. 2 x removable panels front and backcart, beck k, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, toys, general, handcrafts, wood, carving

Portrait plaque of a bare headed profile bust of John Wesley left, made of bronze gilt and mounted on dark brown wood. The plaque has paper on the back on which text is printed including manufacturer's details for re-ordering. On front: "SEAL OF THE METHODIST CONFERENCE" On back: " SEAL OF THE METHODIST CONFERENCE/ THE REVD. JOHN WESLEY NAT 1709, OB. 1791/WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT, rev. printed label in twenty lines, TO THE METHODIST CONNECTION AT LARGE/ THE WANT OF A NEW METHODIST CHAPEL IN BIRMINGHAM/ CORRESPONDENT TO THE SIZE AND RESPECTABILITY OF THE TOWN, HAS LONG BEEN FELT BY THE FRIENDS OF METHODISM, A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF WHOM CANNOT BE ACCOMODATED IN THE CENTRAL CHAPEL. SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE ERECTION OF A COMMODIOUS PLACE OF WORSHIP HAVE ALREADY COMMENCED AND THE PROFIT ARISING FROM THE SALE OF THEIS INTERESTING PIECE WILL BE SACREDLY APPROPRIATE TO THE SAME PURPOSE. THE PURCHASERS OF THESE MEDALS WIL BE MANIFESTING THEIR LIBERALITY AT THE SAME TIME AS THE PIECE ITSELF WILL OPERATE AS A MOMENTO OF OUR OBLIGATION TO THE LASBOURS AND LEARNING OF THAT APOSTOLIC MAN TO WHOM WE ARE INDEBTED FOR OUR RICHEST BLESSINGS. IT WILL ALSO REMIND US THAT WE ARE ONE BODY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. AND WITH THESE ENLARGED VIEWS NO UNDERTAKING CAN BE TOO GREAT FOR US TO ACCOMPLISH AND SURELY THEN NO FRIEND OF METHODISM WILL BE WITHOUT ONE OF THESE IMPRESSIONS IN HIS POSSESSION. THE FRIENDS IN EVERY CIRCUIT MAY BE SUPPLIED BY APPLYING TO JAMES HEELEY MANUFACTURER OF FINE STEEL TOYS, GREAT CHARLES STREET BIRMINGHAM. JANY. 1ST 1820 ENGRAVED AND PRINTED BY R. PEART, 38 BULL STREET BIRMINGHAM."rev john wesley, rev james watkin

Winners: Uniting Premiers 1983; Dennington Red Premiers 1984; Salvation Army Premiers 1985; O.L.H.C. Navy Premiers & Premiers 1986; Team Award 1991 Uniting Blue; O.L.H.C. Orange Premiers 1987; St Joseph's Premiers + Champions 1988; St Joseph's Premiers 1989.Solid wood shield with eleven metal award plates on the front, three of which are blank.Front: "ROBYN MINNS SHIELD" "W.I.C.N.A. UNDER 12 DIVISION 1" Handwritten on back: "MADE FROM THE ELM BOTANIC GARDENS WARRNAMBOOL (THE MONEY TREE)"warrnambool inter church netball association, robyn minns shield

Methodist Order of Knights Central District Shield. Dark stained wood with gilt text and MOK enamel badge. There are two small chrome shields on the front and brown paper on the back."CENTRAL DISTRICT" "1963 Castlemaine" "1964 Kennington"methodist order of knights

Unidentified church with Sunday School metal photographic printing block on a wooden block. The image is of one wood and one brick building side by side. The block has handwriting on the back."SS block Sunday School"

Wood block with photographic plate. Image of eight young men in suits sitting around a low table. There is a blackboard behind the group with "THE LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN BOY" written on it.On back "13"glen iris presbyterian church

Oblong wood block with metal photographic plate. Head and shoulders of an unknown man wearing a suit, collar and tie.On back: "33"glen iris presbyterian church

Wood block with photographic plate. Three unknown men sitting in casual chairs with a small table in the foreground.on back: "39"

Wood block with metal photographic plate. Head and shoulders of three men wearing suits.On back: "22" "Glen Iris Presby" " Mr W S Noble" "Mr G. L. D. Don" "Mr R. F. Ingram"glen iris presbyterian church, noble, w.s., don, g. l.d., ingram, r.f.

Wood block with photographic plate. Head shoulders image of an unknown minister. On back " GLEN IRIS PRESY"glen iris presbyterian church

Small wood block with photographic plate. Head shoulders image of an unknown minister. On back "Wilson"glen iris presbyterian church

Wood block with photographic plate. Exterior image of church with people in the foreground.On back " GLEN IRIS Presbyterian Church News"glen iris presbyterian church

Wood block with photographic plate. Image of an unknown man sitting behind a table with his hands crossed and on the table.On back: "28"glen iris presbyterian church

Wood and brass plaque with black lettering. "South Caulfield Methodist Church" is written on the back of the plaque in permanent marker."TO THE GLORY OF GOD THIS KINDERGARTEN HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE TRUSTEES FOR THE SAKE OF HIM WHO SAID "SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME". H.H.ROGER AUGUST 2nd 1936. T.SPOWART SUPERINTENDENT"south caulfield methodist church kindergarten

Reproduction unglazed ceramic bust.Engraved on back: "The Rev John Wesley M.A. Fellow of Lincoln College Oxford and founder of Methodism. He sat for this bust to Mr Enoch Wood, Sculptor Burslem 1781 and died in 1791 aged 88 years". "Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire".john wesley, methodism, lincoln college oxford

Varnished brown wood shield with pressed tin decoration. The winners of the shield are engraved on one of the panels on it. The shield has an explanatory document pasted on its back."BSMYMC" "THE KITTSON SHIELD"burnbank street methodist church, ballarat

A b/w photograph of a group of 6 males identified as (L to R) Jim Reilly, Bernard Hall, Chris Hall, Ted Carmichael, Ken Morgan, Barry Rowe - the Wood Chop Final Winners - with their trophies - the George Hall Memorial Trophy.Handwritten on back: -REGIONAL - NEEDED AT 6% OFFICE TUESDAY (obviosly details for the photographer specifying the length of the finished photo required. <------36.9 lns----> 79%reilly, jim, hall, bernard, chris, carmichael, ted, morgan, ken, rowe, barry, george hall memorial trophy, wood chopping, sports, b., george evans collection

Black and white unframed photo of pupils and teacher at Bulla School No 46 taken in 1930. List of pupils and teacher identified on back of photo and worksheet.Bulla / School 46 / 1930 List of names adhered to back of photo.bulla primary school, shire of bulla, schools, blackwell, jean, fanning, kevin, aldridge, vin, bright, ron, davey, albert, crosbie, barry, gilligan, jack, irwin, gordon, schwartz, vena, wood, mena, edith, taylor, alex, betty, estelle, wilson, bella, con, laurie, roads, stan, howard, george evans collection

Black powder splitting guns were commonly used to split large logs into more manageable pieces before the advent of excavators and front-end loaders in bush logging operations. A typical splitting gun used in Victorian forests was a piece of high-grade steel about 1-1/2 to 2 inches in diameter and about 16 inches long, and slightly tapered at one end. They had a ¾ inch hole drilled about 9 inches deep into the centre of the shaft with a small pilot hole drilled from the outside to load the fuse. The tube was carefully loaded with an amount of black gunpowder using a funnel and spoon. Experience being the guide on how much powder to use, which depended on log size, species and difficulty of splitting the wood. The hole was stopped with a piece of wadded paper and the gun positioned at the end of a length of the log to be split. The splitting gun was then belted into the log with a large wooden maul or even the back of an axe to a depth of about 3 to 4 inches. There were often markings as a guide. This also had the effect of tamping the black powder inside the gun. Preferably the gun was backed up by another large log to absorb the shock and avoid it flying off in the bush somewhere. I have seen guns where a length of string and coloured flag could be attached to help find them. A length of fuse was then inserted in the small hole and lit. Kaboom !!!! Needless to say, the splitting gun was a dangerous implement.Commonly used to split pulpwood but now rareBlack Powder Splitting GunFive marking rings used to guide how far the gun was in the logforest harvesting

Curved wooden length of woodwooden, back slab, iv therapy, ballarat

The play was presented Next Wave Festival, Elston, Hocking and Woods and Patch Theatre Co. production reviews on the back of the paperspace demons, athenaeum theatre, program, programme, next wave festival, patch theatre, ariette taylor, richard tulloch, gillian rubinstein

.1 SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF A GROUP OF CHILDREN, GRADES 3 AND 4, AT CLUNES STATE SCHOOL NO. 1552 IN 1924 .2 LIST OF CHILDREN IN PHOTOGRAPH.2 Clunes State School Grace III & IV Photo - 1924; Back Row; Bob Brock, Russell Hancock, Harry Rogers, Charlie Cook, George Morland, Don Girvan, Harry Lucy, Steve Purcell. Second Row; Muriel Williams, Carrie Spark, Mavis Jenkin, May Webb, Janey Williams, Pearl Stevenson, Alice Steart. Third Row; Jessica Carter, Jean Rodda, Ann Adam, Amy Harden, Beryl Coutts, Brenda Fetridge, Ethel Woods, Fourth Row kneeling; Jim Rowe, George Toole, Bill Jones, George Roadly, Billy Nelson, Doug Roberts, Billy Richards Front Row on Ground; Charlie Morgan, Gordon Smith, Ken Robinson, Horace Annear (names read from left to right)local history, photography, photographs, clunes state school 1924

.1 PHOTOCOPY OF A PHOTOGRAPH OF PUPILS IN GRADES 1& 2 AT CLUNES HIGHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN 1925.On reverse; Back Row; Lloyd Eberhard, Mannix Heffernan, Lacklan McDonald, Dave Richards, Harry Toole, Bob Mayman, Stanton Nelson, Tom Oliver, unknown Jones, Maurie Nelson, Bill Birch, Angus McDonald 2nd Row; Theardon Hancock, Lizzie Oliver, Jean Campbell, Beatrice Stevenson, Pearl Annear, Elwyn Whitnall, Mavis Lucy, Yvonne Steele, Evelyn Davidson, Freda Woods, Leila Spark 3rd Row; unknown, Kath Heffernan, Isobel Nicholson, Nancy Long, Elvie Dunn, Annie Barlow, Mavis Talbot, Cathie Jenkins, Lorna Mitchell, Dorothy Keith Front Row; Nellie Clausen, Jean Hudson, Lucy Pascoe, Brenda Trembath, Annie Purcell, Lorna Renwick, Joyce Oliver, Lila McDonald Clunes Higher Elementary School 1925 Grades 1 and 2 local history, schools 1552, photograph, photography

PHOTOGRAPH /POSTCARD - DECORATED ENTRANCE TO A PROPERTY FOR CLUNES CENTENARY 1839- 1939 PST AND RAIL FENCE. WHITE WOOD GATE WITH DECORATED FRAME HOME WITH HAY STACKS, PINE AND GUMTREES IN BACKGROUND.photography, events and celebrations, back to clunes, centenary

7126-1: Lelie Bennett, Mayoress Anne gardiner. 7126-1A: Betty rouch, Jen Coote. 7126-1B: John & Mrs Grey. 7126-1C: Sandra Horne, Jeane Skurrie. 7126-1D: June Radford, Jeanne Skurrie. 7126-1E: Shane Wegener, COral Eagles, Tracy Wegener, 7126-1F: Rae Smith,. 7126-1G: Sandra Horne & Daughter, Jen Radford (Back). 7126-1H: Shane wegener, Gail Wood (Libraian) 7126-1I: Don Gardiner, Elenor Musumeci. 7126-1J Beryle Cox, Rae Smith looking at the Slorach Family Tree. 7126-1K: Beryl Cox, Doug Hately (President), Rae Smith.43 Colour Photographs. Showing various peole at the 10 year celebrations.biarri

The Medal was won by WJ Mahon, Best Bowling Average, Yackandandah Cricket Association 1923-1924' It was donated to Yackandandah Cricket Club by Mrs Evelyn Drummond, daughter of William James Mahon. An Allans Flat cricketer, Jim Mahon was a third-generation Allan's Flat/ Osborne's Flat resident. His father, Henry, keenly followed football and cricket. His son, Mervyn, Captained Yackandandah in cricket and served as Club Treasurer. Jim, like Merv, represented his association at Country Week Cricket. (notes accompanying medal on donation - source Yack Cricket Club)The item is of local significance, in the story of cricket in Yackandandah. Cricket has been played in the district since 1860, and the Medal was an important exhibit in a celebration of 150 years of cricket in Yackandandah, 2010. The medal is a good example of a practice used in the creation of trophies, where a base item is created, and a sport-specific item added. In this case the addition is a representation of a cricketer, with arm aloft, ie a bowler. Cavell, 1990, observes that Aronson & Co used this to create medals/medalets for a variety of sports, and includes a selection of images of different bases to which representations of different sports are added. Another example is the Woy Woy Champion 1925 awarded to cyclist K. Ross, held by the National Museum of Australia. The same practice is used extensively now, albeit in plastic and synthetic wood, rather than gold.Gold, wreath shaped fob medallion/medalet. Central circle (attached as a separate item) shows cricketer holding aloft a ball. Back engraved. Attached to silver-coloured, metal link chain with bar and hook fastener. Won by WJ Mahon, Best Bowling Average, Yackandandah Cricket Association, 1923-24 season.Bryson's Medal / won by / W.J. Mahon / Best Bowling Avg / Yack Assn / 1923'24. Marks: maker's mark (Aronson & Co), 9, sheaf of wheat; PT APPFORsport, trophies

The spinning wheel was owned by Amy Penfold (donor Jan Dawson's mother) who presumably purchased the spinning wheel in the 1930s at an antiques auction. Amy lent the spinning wheel to her friends who spun (as Amy could not spin herself) In Yass, New South Wales during the early years of the Second World War. Amy's friends would spin lightly scoured semi greasy wool worked into yarn and knitted into particularly warm and water-resistant socks for sailors on minesweepers serving during the Second World War. Jan received the wheel in the early 1960s after her mother past away at which time the wheel was no longer operable. When Jan came to live in Melbourne, she sought the assistance of Spinners and Handweavers who assisted her in creating a new bobbin and restored the broken pieces of the wheel back into working order which we find it in today. With the loom are three bobbins. One bobbin is attached to the loom while of the two loose bobbins; one is a reproduction and one is an original. From these two the differences in construction can be observed. Large 12 spokes pinning wheel finished in dark tinted varnish on wood. Ornate upright posts.Additional two bobbins. One original and slightly damaged other is a reproduction and in excellent condition.