Toys and Games Collection. Three children's wooden spinning tops with metal tips. 1. Light coloured wooden top. Machine turned. 2. Red painted wooden top. Machine turned. 3. Wooden top. Possibly hand-made, with uneven shape and surface.toys, general

Toys and games collection. Tiddly Winks boxed game. Contains wooden cup and assorted coloured discs of varying sizes. Small black box embossed with birds and flowers, with an illustration on top of a hand playing the game.National trade marktoys, general

Small wooden toy washboard with 3 corrugated asections which fit in to slotted sides and legs.toys, domestic equipment, laundry.

Object. Maroon colouired wooden shield with students names and dates on small plates when they recieved their awards.trophies & awards, public events, golden square secondary college

Object. Box covered in a leather textured finish, over wooden box. Lined with royal blue coloured silk satin, and with a tiny press button metal clasp. Inside of the lid, is the remainder of a label reading; ? B. EDWARDS, Watchmaker, Jeweller and Optician, BENDIGO,Phone737organisation, masonic lodge, black leather jewellery box

Objects. Clothes brush is oval in shape, with a polished wooden base, and black bristles. Shaped to a rounded point at each end. Bristles 2.5 cm long. Nine rows of bristles. Make-up brush bears Chinese writing on the handle, 23.5 cm long with 6.5 cm long white hairs forming the brush. Hairs are held in an ebony cup shape fitting, attached to the handle. An ebony top-knot completed with a red silk ribbon loop finishes the top of the handle.Hair comb: Tortoise shell, with three 7 cm long teeth, which unfortunately are broken from the fan-shaped decorative top. The fan-shaped top of the comb, has an art-deco type flowing floral design-1920's.Chinese lettering - six characters.costume accessories, female, clothes brush, make-up brush, hair comb.

Object. Finely tapered wooden cane- .7 cm diameter at base and .9 cm at base of metal handle. The rounded top, forming a handle is metal and while some numbers are visible,I do not think that there is a hallmark to indicate silver No 935 and some indistinguishable letters. The metal extends around the handle and 10.5 cm down the cane. A 2.5 cm wide ''bracelet'' of a different metal encircles the cane, over the top of the darker metal. The cane has a covering of black paint, which is showing wear and tear. The cane has a 2.7 cm metal tip-possibly brass. This is engraved with two fine metal rings.On base of longer metal 935….costume accessories, female, ladies walking cane

Object. dark red Japanned wooden box with hinged lid. Lid decorated with long legged water birds in gold. Sides decorated with blossom in black and gold.toys, general, wooden japanned box

Wooden model of a table top piano. Seventeen white keys. One missing key. Twelve black keys. Turned legs. Lift up top with brass hinges, reveals two fabric covered openings 18 cm x 5 cm. Top attached by piece of green string.

The Corona Paint Company Pty. Ltd. Bendigo was formed in November 1920 with £10,000 capital, in £1 shares. By July 1921, the Company had completed its factory and plant at Bendigo East, ready to begin the manufacture of paints. The Corona Paint works were opened on Saturday 28 January by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) during a visit to Bendigo. Many new manufacturing industries were opened during this time after calls to address the decline of mining in the region. The factory of the CORONA PAINT COMPANY, BENDIGO, was advertised for sale in The Argus on 5 October 1923. It consisted of a “building on a railway siding, plant and machinery, including dry grinding plant, kalsomine mixer, paint mill, furnace, electric motor, etc., large stores of raw and finished material, kalsomine with range of 21 colours, oil paints, &c.”A cast iron embossing press. It's painted black with gold coulered floral decorations. The base is 18 centimetres long, nine centimetres wide and one and a half centimetres thick. A curved protrusion rises from the base that is eight centimetres by four centimetres which narrows to four centimetres by two and a half centimetres with a three-quarter centimetre wide slot. Inside the slot is a lever action with a ten centimetre by two and a half centimetre wooden handle. There is a removeable die on the end of the lever and an opposite removeable die the base. A small oval metal disc with paten no 3965 on is attached. The seal is The Corona Paint Company proprietary Limited seal embossing press, corona paint company

For pumping air into petrol irons, the maker is probably Coleman. Liquid fuel irons were a great advancement from Sad Irons in the late 1800's and were used before electricity was availableBrass air pump with wooden handle. A brass tube two centimetres diameter and 14 ccentimetres long with a half centimetre diameter. A 14 centimetre long metal rod with a two and a half centimetre diameter and a three and a half centimetre long wooden handle which slides in and out of the tube. Presumably there is a fitting inside the tube on the end of the rod to push air out of the hole on the other end of the tube.K15.3coleman iron, brass air pump

Jonathan Harris operated a winery on the banks of the Axe Creek, Axedale in the 1850s.A curved metal blade 31 centimetres long eight centimetres wide tapering to a point. Attached to a one centimetre diameter, 18 centimetre long curved metal rod which has a two centimetre to three centimetre tapered 11 centimetre long wooden handle. Part of the Harris Collection.agriculture, farm, harris collection, hand scyche

Jonathan Harris operated a winery on the banks of the Axe Creek, Axedale in the 1850s.A walking stick shaped from two intersecting thin branches and has some carving on it. Part of the Harris Collection.harris collection, wooden walking staff

Two leather bottle shape containers, white stitching, open top. Small bottle (a) Large bottle (b) Wooden balls (c) In each bottle there are numbered wooden balls. These containers were used weekly at the Bendigo Saleyard, in conjunction with agents and saleyard management, to conduct a draw to determine agents order of draw for auction livestock.bendigo, business, associated stock agents

Wooden model of a cyanide plant. A cyanide plant was used for dissolving gold from finely divided ores by means of dilute solutions of sodium or potassium cyanides. The model has five metal bins, there is some rust on the bins and scorch mark on the wooden base.mining, equipment, cyanide plant, gold cyanidation (also known as the cyanide process or the macarthur-forrest process) is a hydrometallurgical technique for extracting gold from low-grade ore by converting the gold to a water-soluble coordination complex. it is the most commonly used leaching process for gold extraction. the ore is comminuted using grinding machinery. depending on the ore, it is sometimes further concentrated by froth flotation or by centrifugal (gravity) concentration. water is added to produce a slurry or pulp. the basic ore slurry can be combined with a solution of sodium cyanide or potassium cyanide, however many operations utilize calcium cyanide, which is more cost effective. to prevent the creation of toxic hydrogen cyanide during processing, slaked lime (calcium hydroxide) or soda (sodium hydroxide) is added to the extracting solution to ensure that the acidity during cyanidation is maintained over ph 10.5 - strongly basic. lead nitrate can improve gold leaching speed and quantity recovered, particularly in processing partially oxidized ores.

Model of a trestle-way over. The trestle was attached to the poppet head and used to move the rocks over the crushing plant.mining, equipment, trestle

Small black ebonised wooden Elephant.ornaments, wood, elephant

Cast iron coal iron or Box iron with wooden handles, hinged top lifts for inserting hot coals inside and a chimney in front allows smoke to escape, a small hole on rear with door allows for air flow. Estate of E. Shermandomestic equipment, laundering, iron, estate of e. sherman

Wooden stereoscope viewer made for table top viewing with adjustable positions for ease of viewing and focusing, with a large loose magnifying glasss which can be attached to 2 folding brass rods.Outer casing covered in a rosewood veneer,brass catches, hinges & rods, bone screw on knobs, purple felt on base.photography, viewers, stereoscope

As the Yarra became unsuitable as a source of water, several attempts were made to find alternative sources for the growing population of Melbourne. It was not until 1891 that the efforts to sewer Melbourne came to fruition with the setting up of the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW), now known as Melbourne Water. From 1891 until 1992, it was the responsibility of the MMBW to safeguard public health by providing a sewerage system and a safe water supply system. In 1992, The MMBW merged with a number of smaller urban water authorities to form Melbourne Water.This hand tool is of historical significance for its association with the former Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW). This tool is a rare surviving object of standard Board issued equipment. It is significant for its representativeness of the theme of Technology in building Victoria's industries and workforce, which continues to resonate strongly within Melbourne Water today.MMBW hand tool, "Pick" with wooden handle and 'MMBW 'stamped on the metal head.melbourne water, mmbw, melbourne metropolitan board of works, pick axe, construction, work, staff, equipment, technology

Wooden carving of Laurel Wreath, stained brown with brass screw on back for hanging. Marked on back S579.handcrafts, woodcarving

Large round cedar cased wall clock with black hands and Roman numerals on a white painted metal dial pan. Time only with a chain driven fusee movement, brass bezel with flat glass. 1 side and 1 bottom inspection doors, top and bottom wall securing hooks, front of clock secured to case with wooden pegs. Brass pendulum with circular brass bob, rating nut and suspension spring. Written on clock face 'Joseph & Co., Sandhurst' (Bendigo).Joseph & Co Sandhursthorology, clocks, joseph & co

Wall clock in a round cedar case with a single black stationery hour hand and moving brass dial, black Roman numerals surrounded by a brass outer ring with a stippled look, brass bezel painted black with flat glass, 1 side and 1 bottom inspection doors, top hook for hanging, front of clock secured to case with wooden pegs. Brass pendulum with bob. Time only Fusee chain driven movement. Dial engraved 'James Murray & Co Inventors Melbourne & Royal Exchange London.James Murray & Co Inventors Melbourne & Royal Exchange Londonhorology, clocks, one handed, horology-clocks-james murray & co

Object. Six paper covered wooden blocks. Childrens toy, not a complete set.(meant to be 12). Six different pictures can be made by changing the blocks around. Also one picture of one puzzle depicting two children in a garden scene near a pond. Picture appears to have been pasted onto the back cardboard of a notepad. On the back of picture - Joyce, Joyce Brown is no good, Chop her up for firewood, If she is no good for that, Give her to Mick Bennett.toys, general, blocks, wooden blocks paper covered

Object. Rectangular school slate contained within wooden frame. Wooden frame has rounded edges held together by five metal hand made nails which have caused the timber to split. Unreadable writing on a long side and a short side of the wooden edging. Looks like 'Macy Ackla'. Other unreadable writing.toys, general, slate, slate

2 Small Coloured Prints depicting Victorian Women's Fashion, under glass in thin cream coloured wooden frames, Donated by Mr Atkinson related to Mary Reibypainting, print, home life, victorian women's fashion, fashion

Object. Shoe stretchers with steel bars and wooden acorn shaped handles. Wooden sections at other end have flat bottoms and rounded tops.handcrafts, equipment, shoe stretchers

Object. Shoe stretchers with steel bars and wooden spherical handles. Wooden sections at other end have flat bottoms and rounded tops.handcrafts, equipment, shoe stretchers

Object. Shoe stretchers with steel bars and wooden spherical handles. Wooden sections at other end have flat bottoms and rounded tops.handcrafts, equipment, shoe stretchers

Wooden model of flume section. Painted brown.bendigo, gold mining