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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Container - Box . 1. 2
Box made by sailors on Clipper ships to while away the hoursOblong box of balsa wood and sliding lid, with yellow and brown pattern around edges and sides of box. Diamond shapes engraved on lidpersonal effects, containers -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Toy Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mouse, 1927
Made by Ethol Reynolds, mother of Bruce Reynolds, in 1927. Bruce was a member of Whitehorse Historical Society. Pattern believed to have come from a woman's magazine pattern for 'Steamboat Willie', Disney's first Mickey Mouse cartoon. Photo of Bruce Reynolds taken in Dec 1927 was donated at same time as toy mouse. See: NP2935 Album 4ASoft toy depicting Mickey Mouse. Made from cotton fabric embroidered by hand with embroidery cotton in red, blue, black and brown.toys, soft toys -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Pianola Roll and Box
Purchased from Turriff Antiques BendigoBrown paper roll with imprinted with with holes associated with music that is to be played. Black bakelite circular ends. Contained in a black and white cardboard box.MasterTouch Word Roll A.D.4309|Sweet Rosie O'Grady from Sweet Rosie O'Grady Waltzmusical instruments, accessories -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Container - Box, c1930
From Till collectionSmall square wooden box with a painting of a child reading a book, sitting under a tree. Box is brown painting is yellow. There is a lock but no keyscostume accessories, jewellery, containers, domestic, ornaments, wood -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - Brown Handbag, Purchased by Robert Gardiner for his wife Barbara, a member of the Society
Purchased in Los Angeles during 1960s 'Hippy' eraBrown leather handbag with leather fringe at base and middle. Draw string tie in same leather. Shoulder strap attached with metal rings.costume accessories, female -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - Women's Cape
Cape made and worn by Anne (nee White) Field, the mother-in-law of Jean Field at age 19. She came out from England on a sailing clipper (SS. Waspole) at age 7 years. Lived in Canberra as a tent city. Buried in St John Baptist Churchyard in Queensberry Street North Melbourne. (Hope I got it alright - Ted Arrowsmith)Heavy brown cape. Decorated with overlay of the same material bound with fine satin braiding. Wide border of sewn ripple stitch pattern.costume, female -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Decorative object - Tray Cloth
Linen square with embroidery of Boronia in baskets. Boronia represented by various shades of very small brown beads surrounded by green embroidered leaves.manchester, bath linen, handcrafts, needlework -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Memorabilia - Money Belt
It it understood that this belt along with others was presented to citizens of Camberwell who wre going to WWII.Leather money belt with four pockets. Flap on each pocket held with press stud. Brown colour. Gold inscription on inside rear."City of Camberwell seal" then beside -"THE MAYOR,COUNCILLORS & CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF CAMBERWELL EXTEND TO YOU ALL GOOD WISHES FOR A SAFE & SPEEDY RETURN". -
Unions Ballarat
Keating: The Inside Story (Don Woodward Collection), 1996
A biography. Paul Keating was Treasurer in the Hawke ALP government. He succeeded Bob Hawke as Prime Minister of Australia following a successful leadership challenge. Keating was defeated by John Howard in the 1996 election.Biographical, political.Book; 594 pages. Front cover: brown background; colour photo of Paul Keating; gold and white lettering; author's name and title.Stamp in red ink: "rejected copy - not for sale - under copyright".btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, howard, john, hawke, bob, keating, paul, prime minister - australia, alp, australian labor party, treasurer - australia -
Unions Ballarat
The Great War (Don Woodward Collection), 2006
History and overview of the ANZACs at the Western Front during World War I. Commentary and first-hand accounts of the conflict.History - war time. Book; 863 pages. Cover: white background; landscape photograph in sepia with a white cross; black and brown lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history, military - world war i, anzacs -
Unions Ballarat
Kings' men: Australia's Governors General from Hopetoun to Isaacs (Don Woodward Collection), 1983
History of governor generalship in Australia up to 1936 & the changes in function over time.Australian political history.Book; 237 pages. Cover: brown background; colour paintings of Lord Northcote and Lord Stonehaven; white lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics and government, governor general, federation australia, constitution - australia -
Unions Ballarat
The reds: the Communist Party of Australia from origins to illegality, 1998
Story of the Communist Party of Australia and its beginnings in 1920 in Sydney. References to Ballarat Trades Hall and associated entities.Relevant to the trade union movement and the Australian political landscape.Paper; book. Dust jacket: brown background; red, black and white lettering; author's name and title. Cover: black; white lettering.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, communist party australia, communism, politics and government, trade unions - australia, trade unions - history, rowe, e.j. - ted -
Hume City Civic Collection
Container - Port Crock, Sunbury Court House 1885
This is a port crock with No. 89 of a special edition of 150 crocks commemorating the restoration of the Old Sunbury Court House. The restoration of the old courthouse which was built in 1885 with an extension to the front and right hand side added in 1965 before the courthouse closed in 1989. The courthouse was restored and reopened in February 1993 as the Visitor Information Centre.The Sunbury Court of Petty Sessions building was built in 1885. Extensions were added in 1965 with the courthouse closing in 1989. After the closure local residents formed a committee to save the courthouse and for it to be used for the benefit of the community this was achieved and with the Shire of Bulla council help was restored and the building reopened as the Sunbury Visitor Information Centre in 1993. The Visitor Information Centre closed and shifted across the road to the Hume Global Learning Centre.A cream and brown stoneware port crock with a small handle that has a paper tag tied to the handle with raffia. There is a broken cork in the neck of the flagon."SUNBURY COURTHOUSE 1885"sunbury court house, goonawarra vineyard, shire of bulla, cossum, jeff, sunbury, george evans collection -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Equipment - Abacus
Brown wooden frame with red coloured beads/counters on thin pieces of dowel. Frame is connected together with metal right-angle bracketseducation, school, abacus, counting, maths -
Hellenic Museum
Neck Amphora, 750 - 600 BCE
Cypriot Bichrome Ware from Cypro-Archaic PeriodNeck with red bands, brown lines on neck and body, with single frieze of concentric circles on shoulder between twin horizontal loop handles. cypriot -
South Gippsland Shire Council
Photograph, Framed, Mirboo Nth Baths
Framed black and white photograph titled: "Mirboo Baths". Set in maroon card window mount with decorative brown and gold painted frame. -
South Gippsland Shire Council
Photograph, Framed, Family in their garden Leongatha 2003, 2003
Framed and laminated colour photograph featuring a family in their garden Leongatha in 2003. Photographed by Carolyn Jones. Brown wood frame and laminated surface. -
South Gippsland Shire Council
Photograph, Framed, Slow Food brunch at Lamont House, 2003
Framed and laminated colour photograph of Slow Food Brunch at Lamont House. Photographed by Carolyn Jones. Brown wood frame with laminated surface. -
South Gippsland Shire Council
Photograph, Framed, The Long Table at Tarwin Lower, 2003
Framed and laminated coloured photograph featuring a group of picnickers seated at the Long Table, Tarwin Lower. Brown wood frame. Laminated surface. -
South Gippsland Shire Council
Table, Carved, Chinese decorative table
Small carved wood table made in China. Features four decorative candy-twist legs and scrolled edging. Brown polished wood. -
Wangaratta High School
WHS House Captains Honour Board, 1946
Brown shield-shaped wooden honour board with simplified Wangaratta High school logo on the top middle of the shield reading house captinsHOUSE CAPTAINS YEAR OVENS, KING, MERRIWA boys girls boys girls boys girls 1946 D. Nunnachie J. Cherry F. Crockett J. Phillips G. Ellen J. Piercey 1947 J. Heffernan E, Buscall N. McMurran O. Willett K. Clarke H. Comrie 1948 K. Nunn A. Stantke K. Ellis A, Macaulay E. Taylor L. Lefoe 1949 A. Kneebone J. Walpole K. Ellis A. Macaulay R. Watson K. Martin 1950 A. Kneebone N. Kneebone L. Wright A. Macaulay E. Taylor L. Lefoe 1951 A. Kneebone N. Reeves L. Wright D. Jackson G. Beel F. Laughlin 1952 A. Kneebone N. Reeves D. McLauchlin N. Carmichael B. Maxwell F. Laughlin 1953 J. Herrin B. Southgate d. McLaughlin R, Macaulay T. Pappas W. Kneebone 1953 WAREENA..................... P. Dinsdale C. Ross ................................ 1954 J. Emsue M. Cochineas P. Stevens D. Dwite D. Ellis E. Crooks 1954 WAREENA .................... C. Bourke D. Standish ............................ HONORE ET LABORE -
Wangaratta High School
Computer Monitor
ingersol 12/500MG-SAA Computer Monitor cream body with grey-green fish-eye screen and a brown border and red switch.ingersol -
Wangaratta High School
Cassette Player
HANIMEX HCP 1500 Solid State Cassete Tape Player Cream plastic body and dials with a brown opening cassette insertion section Hanimex Cassette tape player Commerce -
Wangaratta High School
WHS Yearbook -Korrumbeia, 1966
Brown yearbook with black ink text reading "KORRUMBEIA"along the top and the year 1966 above the WHS logo in the bottom right corner."KORRUMBEIA" 1966 -
Wangaratta High School
WHS Prefects Honour Board, 1953-1963
Dark brown honour board with gold text shaped like a rectangle with a protrusion at the top to accommodate for a large WHS logo and a PREFECTS heading.PREFECTS 1953 GLENEISE ROSS: B. SOUTHGATE,W. KNEEBONE, D. BARR, B. BRADSHAW, F. BRISBANE, R. BRYANT, E. CANING, M. LEAN, R. MACAULAY, C. PARK. DOUGLAS McLAUGHLIN: L. BARR, P. DINSDALE, J. HERRIN, T. PAPPAS 1954 CORAL PARK: J. BISHOP, D. CIRUTO, M. COCHNEAS, S. HERBLE, A. SAVAGE, D. STANDISH, D. WHITE. JOHN EMSLIE: C. BOURKE, D. ELLIS, P. STEVENS, W. STUDHAM 1955 SHIRLEY HEBERLE: D. CIRCITO, J. BISHOP, L. BRISBANE, E. CLARK, A. KENTMANN, J. PETTERSON, G. TUDDENHAM. JOHN BELL: E. JONES, J. SONNEMANN, W. STUDHAM 1956 JILL PETTERSON: G. TUDDENHAM, V. CROWTHER, M. DERRICK, L. HEBERLE, L. HOWELL, C. LEIGH, M. VINCENT. ERNEST JONES: J. SONNEMANN, B. HOPPER, K. SAVAGE 1957 MARION VINCENT: C. LEIGH, M. DERRICK, R. HOLMES, I. LEAN, E. MARENGO, B. NICOLL, N. THOMAS. KENNETH SAVAGE: K. HADLEY, J. HALL, K. JOHNSON, D. McDONAGH 1958 ROSEMARY HOLMES: P. McDONALD, J. MORELY, B. PRIESTLY, A. BOWFITCH, E. MAUGHER, C. EMSLIE, B. GLOVER, S. BRADSHAW. KENNETH HADLEY: D. McDONAGH, N. ROSENGREN, R. SQUIRE 1959 MARGOT FISHER: C. PROBYN, C. EMSLIE, N. JONES, J. PRATT, W. ROBERTS, M. SCAMBLER, L. SIMMONS, J. THOMPSON. ROSS SQUIRE: A. BARR, B. PENDLEBURY, K. SCAMMELL, T. TONURI 1960 BARBARA JOB: N. JONES, L. BENSON, S. EDGAR, R. FERRARI, H. GIBB, M. GROSSMAN, C. KNEEBONE, F. NEWLAND, D. POLMEAR. NEIL STEWART: B. SUTTON, L. FRY, M, KNEENAN, J. STONE, G. WATSON 1961 MARGARET DUNDAS: S, EDGAR, E. AMERY, R. ANGUS, D. BRADBURY, V. CROSS, S. EVERTON, W. GERRETT, D. GIBB, E. MORRISS, S. NICHOLL, J. POWELL, R. REID, J. SUTTON, M. WHITE, R. WOOD. FRANK COBHAM: M. KEENAN, G. DUSTIN, D. FLINN, R. GROWLING, L. LANG,B. RAE, R. STONE, L. SULLIVAN, J. WELCH 1962 SHIRLEY NICOLL: V. CROSS, J. ADAMTHWAITE, C. BADGER, H. CAMERON, B. CROCKETT, C. HENDERSON, J. LANG, N. KINIBURGH, H. MORRIS, M. OSMOND, J. POWER, B. REITH, R. TANSLEY, C. TIPPETT, J. WHITEHEAD. LAURIE LANG: D. FLINN, P. BENNETT, R. BOYD, G. DUNSTEN, G. GOWLING, R. McCONCHIE, C. SQUIRE, R. STONE, L. SULLIVAN 1963 CHERYL TIPPETT: HELEN MORRIS, R. BENTON, R. BERRY, H. CAMERON, H. CROCKETT, R. EDE, R. FERGUSON, N. KINIBURGH, J. LANG, M. McKENZIE, B. MUNCEY, M. OSMAND, V. ROSEGREN, E. STANTON, J. STEWART. LANCE SULLIVAN: GEOFFREY7 DUSTIN, B. HANSEN, M. IRVINE, R. McCONCHIE, N. MARTIN, W. SCHULTZ, C. SQUIRE, C. STONE, R. SWAN -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Book, The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919, c.1921
From the beginning of World War 1 in August, 1914, until it ended in November, 1918, teachers from across Victoria enlisted for the Australian Imperial Force and embarked for overseas. Anzac, the Sinai Desert, the vast fields of France, and in Palestine the Education Department soldier-teachers toiled manfully thoughout. Of the 752 enlistments 724 were teachers, two were School Medical Officers, one was a School Nurse, one an Inspector of Schools, while the remaining 24 belonged to the clerical division employed by the Education Department. 146 died. But it was not only teachers who contributed to the war effort. Children and parents gave 400,000 articles of comfort sent abroad, contributed as a rough estimate 460 tons of supplies to hospitals at home, made contributions of £50,000 to The Young Workers' Patriotic Guild, and £217,419 for the war savings effort in the schools, and £422, 470 in general school subscriptions.Hardcover book, bound with brown cloth cover and gold embossed title containing 306 pages, black and white photographs and illustrations and text. This book, published to keep before teachers and children expamples of service and sacrifice in a great cause, is presented to the Hordern Vale School. It should be kept in an honoured place as a souirce of guidance and inspiration for successive generations.great war, wwi, victoria, education department victoria, teachers, enlistments, honors, decorations, war service records, first world war, world war one -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - JOHN JONES COLLECTION: TUCKERBAG SUPERMARKETS BAG
Brown paper bag used to carry groceries in. Printed on the bag in red and blue is: We Shop Tuckerbag Supermarkets and Save $ $ $ Australian Owned!business, retail, tuckerbag supermarkets, john jones collection - tuckerbag supermarkets bag -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Decorative object - PLASTER STATUE OF GIRL
Plaster statue of girl with finger in mouth, barefoot & dressed in green and brown dress with patch on skirt, circular base with tree stump & leaves.ornaments, plaster, statue, d4706 -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Print - Reproduction print, framed, AV Gregory, Ormus 1887
In 1883 The Orient Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., of London signed a contract with the Government of New South Wales, Australia to carry emigrants from the United Kingdom. The Company would be paid £15 per head for up to four hundred persons and £14 and 10 Shillings for numbers between four and six hundred persons per voyage.A reproduction print of a painting by AV Gregory of the vessel Ormus, 1887. The print is mounted under glass and framed in a dark brown timber frame.rms ormuz, reproduction print -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Print - SKETCH 'DERELICT FARMHOUSE NEAR AXEDALE', BY L.R. MCMURRAY 1983
Sketch 'Derelict Farmhouse near Axedale', by L.R. McMurray 1983 Print 242/500, black & white print mounted on brown cardboard