The Shire of Ballarat in 1994 sponsored the V.R.F.B.A.State Championships of the Victorian Rural Fire Brigades Association and in appreciation was presented with this plaque.Given in appreciation of sponsorship.Rectangular wooden base with brass plates for the inscriptions.In the middle is the Victorian Rural Fire Brigade Badge, above which is inscribed VICTORIAN RURAL FIRE BRIGADES ASSOCIATION on a long rectangular brass plate,and below on a wider rectangular plate which is inscribed REGION 16 HOST COMMITTEE thanks The Shire Of Ballarat For Your Generous Sponsorship Of V.R.F.B.A. State Championship 1994 VICTORIAN RURAL FIRE BRAGADES ASSOCIATION.REGION16 HOST COMMITTEE THANKS The Shire Of Ballarat For Your Generous Sponsorship Of V.R.F.B.AState Championships 1994.shire of ballarat, vrfba championships 1994.victorian rural fire brigades association

Stawell Urban Fire Brigade BACK ROW L-R : Ted Welsh, ern Dickens, B. Smith. ?.Brown, A.Oliver, ?, ?, C. Prosser. N. Parsons SECOND ROW L-R: J. Grainger, C. Richardson, F. Crouch, H. Chapman, Ray Maddocks, R. Ledger, ?. Dunn, K. Floyd THIRD ROW L-R: ?, ?, ?, G. Hughes, R.K. Chapman, P. Fenwick, ?, Ray Rickard, B. Thompson FRONT ROW L-R: ?, ?, ?, Reg Nicholls, L. Egginton, H. Ridgewell, T. Mills, ?, Black and white photograph of a large group of men in uniform. All have hats except for the front row. Taken in a studio that has a curtain behind the group.nonestawell

Assorted firing devices - included are command fired (blue) trip wire devices, various detonators.Command firing device - metal blue colour and three pieces of string, four metal trip switches and several parts and whole metal firing devices (brassy metal )BLUE - Firing device.Pull - Release Tipe ms inery Lot Nonedetonator

This Plaque was presented to the Shire Of Ballarat to mark the occasion of the Rural Fire Authority's State Rural Championships in 1994.Dark brown rectangular "shield" with shaped lower edge.To the top is a coloured enamel piece dived into four sections,with a tree,flag,anchor and animals,with a Crown placed at the top .Below this is a decorative leaf formation.Below is Country Fire Authority inscribed on "flowing "ribbon"and a silver inscribed plaque at the base.COUNTRY FIRE AUTHORITY.Presented to The Shire Of Ballarat On The Occasion Of The STATE RURAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 1994.

Geilhofer was Honorary Secretary of Ballarat Fire Brigade before moving to WarrnamboolMounted black & white photograph of Richard Geilhofer (ex Brigade Honorary Secretary) presented to the brigade in March 1908. Photograph shows Geilhofer in his Captains uniform with brass helmet and a whistle in his right pocket. Photo is of Geilhofer during his time as captain of Warrnambool fire brigade.To the Ballarat Fire Brigade / In Kindly rememberance from / Richard Geilhofer Warrnambool / March 1908

My visual stories seek to inform about the natural and cultural histories that attribute to the experience of country (place), in order hat the audience gains respect, understanding and a sense of belonging to the place. My practice involves various mediums in two and three dimensional form, which include permanent and ephemeral installation, paving, stonework, woodwork, metal work, lighting design, illustration, mural painting and mosaic work. I am competent in using all these mediums, but do have a preference to stone and wood. Having been involved in public and community art as a designer and sculpture/maker in both individual and collaborations for the past fifteen years, I have been fortunate to work with and partake in various collaborations and project teams; working with council organizations, landscape designers, art practitioners, artisans and arts workers. (https://www.glennromanis.com/biography, accessed 08 June 2022)Glenn ROMANIS Wurundjeri/woi wurrung and Boonwerrung 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.A fire pit with sculpted redgum seats in the shape of a gum leaf. It was created for the Arts Victoria 'Artlands' Conference held in Horsham in 2004. Artlands is a national event designed to reflect and respond to emerging trends and shine a spotlight on arts in regional Australia. It is designed to showcase new thinking, present contemporary work, and generate exchange and conversations. The programming champions best practice and strengthens a national network of artists and practitioners working in regional, rural and remote Australia. Presented and delivered by Regional Arts Australia, Artlands is positioned as a multi-art, cross-industry and inter-generational. It presents a critical survey of the contemporary regional cultural landscape; and provides much-needed opportunities for artists to gather, present work and enter into meaningful exchange.art, artwork, aboriginal, glenn romanis, sculpture, campsite, camp fire

Group Portrait of Stawell Urban Fire Brigade Discipline Team Bendigo 1938 in uniform BACK ROW: E. Welsh (Ted), Ern Dickens, Albert Smith, Jack Hall, Jack Miatke, Henry Dunn, Charlie Prosser, Arthur Parsons SECOND ROW L-R: Chas Richardson. Fred Crouch, I. O'Neil (Bunny), Harry Chapman, Reg Chapman, Roy Ledger, Bill Mitchell, A. Dunn (Bert) THIRD ROW L-R: Bob Phillips, Sid Whelan, Fred Court, George Huse (Gundy), Ray Maddocks, Frank Floyd, Peter Fenwick, Ray Rickard, Reg Nicholls SEATED FRONT ROW L-R: ?, Ridgewell, S. McInnes, B. Aston, ? , Len Egginton Black & white photograph of a group of men in uniform. Most men are wearing uniform hates, front row have no hats. Taken indoors, window behind the group.nonestawell

The Great Kantō Earthquake of 1 September 1923 devastated the major cities of Tokyo and Yokohama, as well as five other surrounding prefectures and was one of the world’s worst natural disasters of the early twentieth century. In terms of loss of life and material damage, with an estimated 140,000 deaths and countless homeless, it is still Japan’s worst national disaster. Nearly 90% of the newspaper printers were destroyed in the earthquake. These postcards were not produced for aesthetics but as a major tool for the spread of information. Seeing how newspaper companies were left with their offices in shambles, postcard publishers tried to fill the gap hence some were in three languages. A very small number of publishing companies were fortunate enough to survive, one of them being Mitsumura Printing, which took advantage of its remaining resources to churn out postcards. When the Ōsaka Mainichi Shinbunsha published its bilingual three-volume photographic pictorial of the Great Kantō Earthquake just two weeks after the event, the calamity had already been captured in thousands of images that circulated on a national and international media highway. Commercial photographers and photojournalists produced the most abundant and immediate images of the quake, which were transmitted in newspapers, special-issue newspaper pictorials, commemorative photography collections, illustrated survivors’ accounts, and sets of commemorative postcards. These photographic images functioned as both news and souvenirs, rendering their consumers/viewers, inside and outside the devastated locale, into both witnesses and voyeurs. Images in the news media and those issued by respected publishing houses carried the visual authority of supposed facticity. As such they both produced and became the historical record of the event. Since the vast majority of 1923 disaster postcards that survive have no writing on them, they were likely treated more as collectibles than as a form of postal communication. Many were put into albums, creating new ways to combine images and create visual cultures of disaster for home viewing. Accordion-style albums allowed for personalized, serial organization of images that produced unique, imagistic narratives of the event. The album pages were also two-sided and could be stretched out to view a series of images on recto and verso. References: Imaging Disaster: Tokyo and the Visual Culture of Japan’s Great Earthquake of 1923 震災をイメージ化する　東京と1923年関東大震災のヴィジュアルカルチャー - The Asia. (2024, March 31). Retrieved from https://apjjf.org/2015/13/6/gennifer-weisenfeld/4270 The Great Kanto Earthquake: Postcards of Tragedy. (2024, March 31). Retrieved from https://www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_culture/japanese-culture/the-great-kanto-earthquake-postcards/ See also: Postcards from Hell – Glimpses of the Great Kantō Earthquake; M. William STEELE (International Christian University, Japan) 14th Conference of the European Association of Japanese Studies: Visual Culture and Postcard Research Papers – East Asia Image Collection Blog. (2024, March 31). Retrieved from https://sites.lafayette.edu/eastasia/2014/09/01/14th-conference-of-the-european-association-of-japanese-studies-visual-culture-and-postcard-research-papers/] And https://icu.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/4503/files/ACS44_01Steele.pdfThis item, a souvenir from Japan from between the wars (circa 1923) was brought home to Research, Victoria by Bill Teagle who was serving in the Royal Australian Navy (1919-1945). Bill Teagle's sister Violet Amelda Teagle had married Theodore (Curly) Feldbauer in 1933. Bill's brother-in-law Curly was taken as a Prisoner of War by the Japanese and died at Sandakan in March 1945. The family did not learn of Curly’s death till months later and Bill's sister, Violet, herself could never forgive the Japanese for what happened to Curly. Curly is remembered on the Eltham Roll of Honour Board and his son, Albert Feldbauer (Bill’s nephew and youngest child of the children of the soldier fathers attending a school in the district), was given the honour of turning the first sod for the Eltham War Memorial Infant Welfare Centre Building. Despite this, the family maintained this cherished souvenir from a time of previous foreign friendship with Japan. The item was possibly given by Bill Teagle to his sister Margaret Rose (formerly Ingram) who later married Richard Edward (Eddie) Fielding in early 1948. (Eddie had been engaged to someone else before he went to war, but his fiancée broke it off before his return to Australia.) It was cared for by the Teagle/Fielding family for approximately one hundred years. It is of particular significance given the family's connection to the Eltham War Memorial and the significance of that memorial to the local community and represents that despite the horrors of war, former friends then foes can become friends again.tom fielding collection, japanese postcard, postcard, 1923, great kanto earthquake, japan, tokyo, yokohama

This book graphically describes events both terrible and entertaining as it affected the citizens of Warrandyte and surrounding communities.

Six Vietnam Veterans' stories of their time in Vietnam.Cease Fire is a must read story about the lives of five men from Sydney's Northern Beaches who were involved in the Vietnam War, and another whose life was affected by the Second World War. The stories in Cease Fire are compelling and educate readers about the effects of war on human lives. It is ironic that the war did not cease for many returned soldiers - the firing never stopped. 1961 - 1975 -- veterans -- australia, 1961 - 1975 - veterans - australia - biography, vietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives - australian

Fire Support Bases Vietnam is a meticulous documentation of the construction, location and role of fire supprt bases during the Vietnam War.viietnam war, 1961 - 1975 - arttillery operations, military bases - vietnam - history - 20th century, 1961-1975 - participation, australian, fire su, fire support base, australian fire support base, phuoc tuy province, 1 rar, bien hoa, nui dat, battle of long tan, battle of suoi chau pha, the battle of coral and balmoral, battle of xa binh ba, battle of long binh

94 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 21 x 30 cm.fire brigades - melbourne

Donated from the estate of Patricia Marie White, 2013Etching on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection

SOME OF THE MEMBERS NAMES ARE ; JOHANNES WEICHARDT, EX CAPT. JACOB F. WEICHARDT, LIEUT. (1866) J. CONRAD, EX CAPT.SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF NINE MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF CLUNES FIRE BRIGADE. 1870CLUNES FIRE BRIGADE OFFICERS ABOUT 1870local history, photography, photographs, fire brigade

Original bell from the first Eltham Fire Station in Arthur Street erected on a tower in November 1928, the station opened in January 1929. In 1988 the bell was mounted beneath a wooden sign of Country Fire Authority, Eltham Fire Station, 909 Main Road, Eltham. As of September 2023 the bell is in the same location, with the signboard gone, suspended in a steel metal tower-like frame. The bell has seen service at the original Eltham Fire Station in Arthur Street (1928-1931), Henry Street beside the Rechabite Hall (1931-1935), Main Road (east side, site of present-day Coles 1935-1965) and 909 Main Road (1965-present). Samantha Robertson 1988 Entrant No. 1 Ref: Series 34 Items 1, 2, 42-45 SHIRE OF ELTHAM COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY Photography is an artform which many of us practice, sometimes purely for artistic pursuit, sometimes to record the people and events in our lives. In 1988, as part of a local Bicentennial project, the Shire of Eltham conducted the Eltham Community Photographic Survey. Up to 100 entries were to be selected by a panel of photographers for entry into the Eltham Photographic Survey Exhibition. Entries had to be submitted by May 13, 1988. Entrants whose images were selected for the exhibition were contacted and requested to further submit an entry form providing entrant’s name, area of residence, age, and proposed captions. These details were then used to produce labels for the exhibition mounts. Where negatives had not been supplied, these were requested to support the display of printed enlargements mounted on 10” x 8” cardboard. The mounted prints were made available post exhibition for sale at $8.50 each for colour prints and $7.00 for B&W prints. Residents in the Shire were invited to collect a free roll of film and take a photograph of what they either liked or did not like about the area. A total of 160 entrants submitted multiple entries for the exhibition. Of those selected for exhibition, entrants ranged in age from 9 to 70 years. All custom colour and black and white printing for the exhibition was completed by Wattle Studios of Eltham. The Eltham Photographic Survey was jointly auspiced by the Shire of Eltham and Wattle Studios, of 953 Main Road, Eltham. The project was greatly assisted by: • David McRitchie, Media Studies Lecturer Victoria College, Rusden Campus. • Ian and Annette Toohill of Wattle Studios • Tracy Naughton, Eltham Community Arts Officer • Neville Emerson Pty. Ltd. • Superior Press, Eltham • Kodak Australasia Pty. Ltd. • Agfa Gevaert Ltd. • Townsend Colourtech Pty. Ltd. • The Australian Bicentennial Authority • Eleanor Bowers, Secretary, Eltham Arts Council The exhibition was placed on display in the Woolworths Arcade, Eltham between Monday June 6th and Saturday June 11, 1988. It was also intended to hold the exhibition at a venue in the Shire’s North Riding from Monday, June 20 to Friday June 24. It was then displayed at the Were Street Theatre, Montmorency from Friday, June 24 to Thursday, July 7. Series 34: Eltham Community Photographic Survey 1988 - Prints & Documentation Series consists of 117 photographs of Shire scenes taken by members of the community. Items I - 41 are larger photographs mounted on card, which were exhibited. Items 42 - 117 are unmounted copies, alternative takes and other entries. Corresponding negatives contained in Series 35: Eltham Community Photographic Survey 1988 – Negatives which consists of 267 colour and B&W negatives and one colour slide of Shire scenes taken by members of the community. The negatives are arranged by the entrant number of the photographer. The Eltham Community Photographic Survey collection is significant to the local community as it was curated by the local community - ordinary people of all ages - representing what they liked and did not like in the area where they lived. It represents an unfiltered representation of the Shire of Eltham as it was in 1988. It also represents one of many projects as part of the national programme of events and celebrations to commemorate the bicentenary. It is a time capsule of life in the 1980s of this urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north. Front: Entrant No. and name on printed label Rear: Entrant No., name and address on printed label; also 'Series 34' and the 'Item No.' in pencilshire of eltham archives, bicentennial project, country fire authority, eltham, eltham community photographic survey, eltham fire station, eltham photographic survey exhibition, film - ilford xp1 400, fire bell, main road, samantha robertson, scan - 35mm negative, series 34, series 35

Photograph of the interior of the Rutherglen Laundromat after the fire in July 1978laundromat, fire

When George Coop and wife Helen following several years teaching in Canada, they bought a passage aboard the Wilhelmsen line cargo ship, Tomar departing Oslo, Norway for Melbourne, Australia. Whilst crossing the Bass Strait near Robe, South Australia, a generator in the engine room caught fire threatening the ship's fuel oil tanks, forcing the Captain to order the 43 crew and 8 passengers to abandon ship. They spent many hours in a lifeboat before being rescued. This photo was taken when the ship was brought up to Victoria Docks (No. 26 South Wharf) where George and other passengers were allowed to retrieve their luggage. The ship was then taken to Kaohsiung, Taiwan for scrapping. See also https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/media/tomar.450919/ http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2726028 http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2961287 https://www.flickr.com/photos/wheelhouseno/8131145299Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Kodak Plus-X Pan black and white negative transparencygeorge coop collection, tomar (ship), victoria docks, wilhelmsen line

When George Coop and wife Helen following several years teaching in Canada, they bought a passage aboard the Wilhelmsen line cargo ship, Tomar departing Oslo, Norway for Melbourne, Australia. Whilst crossing the Bass Strait near Robe, South Australia, a generator in the engine room caught fire threatening the ship's fuel oil tanks, forcing the Captain to order the 43 crew and 8 passengers to abandon ship. They spent many hours in a lifeboat before being rescued. This photo was taken when the ship was brought up to Victoria Docks (No. 26 South Wharf) where George and other passengers were allowed to retrieve their luggage. The ship was then taken to Kaohsiung, Taiwan for scrapping. See also https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/media/tomar.450919/ http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2726028 http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2961287 https://www.flickr.com/photos/wheelhouseno/8131145299Digital TIFF file Scan of 35mm Kodak Plus-X Pan black and white negative transparencygeorge coop collection, tomar (ship), victoria docks, wilhelmsen line

Red metal fire engine with ladder on top.Dinky Super Toys Fire Engine/Made in England/Meccano Ltd.toys, general

The Royal Standard Hotel was destroyed on the eve of the "Back to Rutherglen" week, which was to begin on 26th March 1956. The owner of the hotel was Clive Philp, a former Hawthorn and State footballer. He had only become licensee of the hotel in the previous September.Black and white photograph of the wreckage of the Royal Standard fire after the fire that took place on 25th March 1956.royal standard hotel, hotels, fire, clive philp

Trophy was won at the Geelong Fire Brigade Jubilee in 1904. This would have been a demonstartion to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Geelong brigade which formed in 1854 Silver shield mounted on a wooden backing board. Trophy was won by Ballarat Fire Brigade at the Geelong Fire Brigade Jubilee in 1904. Trophy was donated by Llyods of London and presented by E. Steane Price esq. Trophy has a Lion at the top centre, angels on both the left and right sides. In the centre there is a depection of 2 large multi storey buildings. The building in the front of the picture has a carraige ladder raised up against it with 2 firemen climbing the ladder. There are 2 additional firemen either side of the ladder and an additional fireman in front of standing in front of with another standing on top of what appears to be either a mannual pump or possibly the ladders appliance. There are various other branches, leaves etc. that make up the remainder of the decorations on the sheild. Item is very similar to item 018GEELONG FIRE BRIGADES JUBILEE / 1904 / PRESENTED / BY / E.STEANE PRICE Esq. LLYODS LONDON1904, geelong fire brigade, geelong fire brigade jubilee, elkington and co, e steane price esq, llyods london

Damage to the Eltham Christian School after a fire, 10 October 1989 The Stokes family settled in this area of Eltham in the 1940s and were associated with the Eltham Christian Church. In the 1970s this church had met in temporary premises in Eltham. Lots of the original 1920s subdivision remained south of Nyora Road and a number of these lots were utilized for the Eltham Christian School, which was established by the Eltham Christian Church in 1981. The school operated on this site until 2000. The premises were owned by the Nillumbik Community Church who were in operation till November 2010 when the Eltham Baptist Church commenced a lease arrangement until the site was purchased by them in April 2012. The building is constructed of brick and timber with a balcony on two sides that looks over an expanse of grass. Sources: STOKES ORCHARD – AN INCOMPLETE HISTORY February 28, 2015 http://www.elthamhistory.org.au/ Australian Christian Church Histories - Eltham Baptist Church http://www.churchhistories.net.au/church-catalog/eltham-vic-baptist/ From a magnetic spiral bound photo album featuring a series of photographs (some cropped) with captions relating to the staff, students and activities of the Eltham Christian School which operated as part of the Eltham Christian Church at Nyora Road, Eltham. See also entries for each photograph.colour photographeltham christian school, nyora road, fire damage

gas flare up fire training .1 Fiskville .2 Fiskville Fire Training Dec, 1981 .3 Fiskville Fire Training Dec, 1981 .4 Fiskville Fire Training Dec, 19814 color photographs.1 Fiskville .2 Fiskville Fire Training Dec, 1981 .3 Fiskville Fire Training Dec, 1981 .4 Fiskville Fire Training Dec, 1981fiskville, training

Colour photograph of the front of the Rutherglen Laundromat taken in July 1979, one year after the fire.laundromat, fire