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Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Herry Family at Ringwood. c1890's
Black and white photograph of family members. (2 copies)Written on rear of backing sheet: "Herry Family (Ringwood bakers 1880's). L. Back, Marie, Mrs. K. H., Leo. Front John, Elizabeth." -
Federation University Historical Collection
Engineering, John S Bushnell & Co, Steam Engine Indicator, c.1894
http://www.archivingindustry.com/Indicator/chapterfour.pdfSteel steam engine indicator with accessories as shown ; velvet lined timber storage case 255mm x 220mm with brass hinges and latches. Additional information can be found online via: http://www.archivingindustry.com/Indicator/chapterfour.pdf Refer p. 4-23 [last viewed 20 May 2013][a] John S Bushnell & Co, New York Pat.Feb.20.1894 [b] New York Pat.Jan.19.1892 1257 bushnell, bachelder, spring indicator, engine indicator, wightman -
Unions Ballarat
Off the record : The private papers of Harry S. Truman (Don Woodward Collection), Ferrell, Robert H, 1980
Harry Truman's private diaries, letters and other materials. The book covers Truman's time as president of the United States up until his death. Truman was a United States Senator from Missouri (1935–1945), became USA Vice President (1945); he became President later in 1945 when Franklin D. Roosevelt passed away and then held office until 1953.Historical, political and biographical interest.Book; 448 pages. Dustjacket: plastic covering; white background; black and white photograph of Harry S. Truman; editor's name and title. Cover: blue background; gold lettering; author's name and title. Caulfield-Malvern Regional Library: library coding, cancelled stamp.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics and government, politics - united states of america, autobiography, truman, harry s, presidents - united states, roosevelt, franklin -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, L & W Bennett's Post Office in Longfield Street Stawell West 1960's
L & W Bennett Post Office Longfield Street Stawell and Ed Ham Milk Bar 1960's post office, milk bar -
Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), S E Hooppell & Son General Merchant At Unknown Locality 1900, Malmsbury 1900
People - "Hooppell, Samuel Ebenezer & Son" Buildings - "Shop & Dwelling?, Gate" Associated with - S E Hooppell & Son -
National Wool Museum
Annual Report, Geelong R.S.&S. Co. Ltd; 39th Annual Report, 1959
"Geelong R.S.&S. Woollen and Worsted Co-operative Manufacturing Coy. Ltd. 39th Annual Report 1959".RSS Mill Annual Report for 1959.textile mills, returned soldiers and sailors mill -
National Wool Museum
Annual Report, Geelong R.S.&S. Co. Ltd; 48th Annual Report, 1968
"Geelong R.S.&S. Woollen and Worsted Co-operative Manufacturing Coy. Ltd. 48th Annual Report 1968".textile mills, returned soldiers and sailors mill -
National Wool Museum
Annual Report, Geelong R.S.&S. Co. Ltd; 53rd Annual Report, 1973
"Geelong R.S.&S. Woollen and Worsted Co-operative Manufacturing Coy. Ltd. 53rd Annual Report 1973".RSS Mill Annual Report for 1973. Detail of RSS Mill logo from the back cover of the 1973 annual report.textile mills, returned soldiers and sailors mill -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell lower Main Street looking towards Grampians 1960's
B/W 1960's Main Street, Town Clock, bank of Australia, Café and Grampians Mountains in background. streetscape -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Lawn Bowling Club c1940's -- Postcard
Post card photo of Ladies and Gents at Bowling Club c1940's Stawell Bowling Club in front of pavilionstawell sport -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Toilet Block / Comfort Station on the corner of Main & Wimmera Street after car crashed into it c1970's
Toilet Block / Comfort Station Cnr. Main Street & Wimmera Street after car crashed into it. Early 1970's.stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mr Frank Bennett & Mrs Kathleen Bennett nee Egan from Deep Lead with family from L to R is Charles, Neil, Lesley & Lawrie 1940's -- Studio Portrait
Deep Lead Portrait Frank and Kathleen Bennett's family L to R Charles Neil Lesley Lawrie 1940'sstawell deep lead -
National Wool Museum
Book, Methods of test for textiles: B S Handbook no.11 1963
"Methods of test for textiles (excluding colour fastness tests): B S Handbook no.11, 1963" -British Standards Institution.textile fibres textile testing, british standards institution, textile fibres, textile testing -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Great Western Township looking North from Paxton Street c1890's
Great Western Township c1890's looking North from Paxton Street. Original Hotel. Store. Salinger's and Cottages.stawell -
Wonga Park Community Cottage History Group
Photograph (sub-item) - Yarra Brae homestead, date unknown, probably in the 1960’s. [It would appear to be the Buruma family standing on the front steps.]
Yarra Brae homestead, date unknown, probably in the 1960’s. [It would appear to be the Buruma family standing on the front steps.] -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Big Hill Area overlooking Stawell with the Stawell Technical School Building near the centre 1970's
Scene from Big Hill Area overlooking Stawell. Stawell Technical School Building near centre. 1970'sstawell -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Research Notes, H. S. McComb, "The Oakleigh and Ferntree Gully Steam Tramway Company Limited", 1960's?
Handwritten timeline on foolscap paper, titled "The Oakleigh and Ferntree Gully Steam Tramway Company Limited", giving years and events and reference documents with reference on the second page to a sketch plan from various documents. Dates 1888 to 1890. Map not with document.trams, tramways, steam trams, oakleigh, ferntree gully -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Drawing, H. S McComb, "Tramway Map of Melbourne & Suburbs", mid 1930's
Set of 19 drawings showing the development of the Melbourne tramway system between 1885 and 1921. Based on MMTB drawing "Tramway Map of Melbourne & Suburbs" P4609, 18 sheets showing year by year development of the cable and electric tram system, printed on off white paper. Mr. McComb had intended it would appear to do further work - with some 20 sheets printed on brown card paper but not used (.19 - same drawing) Each sheet has the year in red at the bottom right hand corner of the sheet. .1 - 1885 - with the Richmond line and main rail lines coloured in showing a catchment area. .2 - 1886 - shows the new cable line in Collins St and has a note that no suburban line constructed in 1886 .3 - 1887 - Bourke and northern lines and Brighton Beach to Sandringham and Hawthorn to Kew .4 - 1888 - Swanston St, Domain Road, Chapel and inner circle and towards Hurstbridge.\ .5 - 1889 - Rathdown St and Toorak Road .6 - 1890 - South and Port Melbourne, North Melbourne and Northcote. Rail lines - Ashburton and parts of the outer circle to Oakleigh. .7 - 1891 - St Kilda Esplanade and northern section of the outer circle. .8 - 1906 - NMETL .9 - 1910 - PMTT - High St and Wattletree Road .10 - 1911 - PMTT Dandenong Road .11 - 1913 - Glenferrie Road, Cotham Road, Balaclava and Glenhuntly Road .12 - 1914 - small extension in High St .13 - 1915 - Malvern Road and High St Kew .14 - 1916 - HTT and MBCTT lines and Whitehorse Road .15 - 1917 - Burke Road .16 - 1918 - Burke Road north of Camberwell station .17 - 1920 - FNPTT - St Georges Road and Plenty Road .18 - 1921 - Footscray lines .19 - base drawing only. Does not show the VR tramlines. See Reg Item 2154 for associated notes.See individual sheets.trams, tramways, times, cable trams, railways, tramways, melbourne, maps -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Research Notes, H. S. McComb, Timeline of tramway development Melbourne, mid 1930's
Quarto plan sheet with hand written notes for the development of the drawings referred to in Reg Item 2153 - from 1906 to 1929, years 1930 and 1935 not completed. In the top right hand corner has the colour code to be used.trams, tramways, times, cable trams, railways, tramways, melbourne, maps -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Research Notes, H. S. McComb, details of the Hawthorn system - part 1, 1950's
Set of papers - 12 foolscap and some quarto sheets - hand written in ink and pencil giving details of the Hawthorn system, distances, running times, streets used. Notes on Straun Robertson, depot layout, notes on track mileage, Wattle Park, construction, loop locations, sketches of track, the authorising Act, track lengths and calculations. Items 2037 to 2041 within box 72.3 in a brown folder marked "Hawthorn Tramway Trust" in red pencil.trams, tramways, htt, hawthorn, reports, routes, track, hawthorn depot -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - Comic play, S. Knowles
Booklet owned by Arthur Baggaley, Fruiterer, who lived at 15 Forest Street, Bendigo. His business 'C.A. Baggaley & Son' was at Covent Garden, Mitchell Street, Bendigo. Arthur was born in Bendigo in 1903 to Charles Arthur Baggaley and Ada (Mallon). He married Evelyn May Grigg. Arthur died in September, 1993.Six page booklet, on front cover: Laughable Dialogues for School and Public Entertainments, Social Gatherings, &c, &c, (free from objectionable language and incident) by S. Knowles, No. 13 "Is Marriage a Failure?'.Baggaley CollectionOn front cover overwritten on text "A. Baggaley, Forest Street, Bendigo'.fruiterer, confectioner, business, mitchell street, covent garden, entertainment, play script, marriage -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOKS WW1, Official History of Australia in the War 1914-18, 1), .3), .4), .5), .8), .9), .10), .11), .12) 1940; .2) 1938; .6) 1942; .7) 1939
12 x Volumes. Hard cardboard covers, red buckram, gold print on spines. Cut, plain, off white pages. Black / white photos, maps & illustrations. .1) Vol 1 The Story of ANZAC (Tenth Edition), 662 pages. .2) Vol 11 The Story of ANZAC (Sixth Edition), 975 pages. .3) Vol III The AIF in France 1916 (Tenth Edition), 1036 pages. .4) Vol IV The AIF in France 1917 (Tenth Edition), 1030 pages. .5) Vol V The AIF in France 1918 (Seventh Edition), 825 pages. .6) Vol VI The AIF in France 1918, 1096 pages. .7) Vol VII Sinai and Palestine (Eighth Edition), 844 pages. .8) Vol VIII Australian Flying Coirpr (Ninth Edition), 493 pages. .9) Vol IX The Royal Australian Navy (Eighth Edition), 649 pages. .10) Vol X The Australians At Rabaul (Eighth Edition), 412 pages. .11) Vol XI Australia During the War (Sixth Edition), 922 pages. .12) Vol XII Photographic Record of The War (Fourteenth Edition), 753 pages, glossy white paper.book, official history ww1, bean -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Souvenir - BENDIGO SOUVENIR PLATE, 1985
Souvenir of Bendigo plate, cream china with a sepia scene of family mining, titled Gold Dippers Bendigo 1800's.Norwood Ceramics Bendigo 1985 RWdomestic equipment, food consumption, plates -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Mayor Cr S Freeland of the Stawell Borough Council with councillors in the old council chambers of the Town Hall 1933-1936
Mayor of Stawell Cr S Freeland Stawell Borough Council and councillors in the old council chambers town hall 1933-1936stawell government -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mr Harry Johnston & Mrs Mary Johnston nee Unknown from Grange Farm in a Hooded Buggy & Pair c1930’s
Hooded Buggy & Pair (Harry & Mary Johnston) 1930’s from Grange Farm corner of Sloane Street and Ararat Roadstawell -
Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Medallion, W S Cox Plate, 1993
W S Cox Plate first run in 1922 named in honour of William Samuel Cox, founder of Moonee Valley RaccecourseBronze medallion mounted on card with description of the race eg length, prize, history and list of winnersSede photo -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Upper Main Street Stawell looking West c1920's
Upper Main Street looking West c1920's. Vehicles and bunting hanging from buildings. Carters Boot shop visible.stawell businesses streetscape -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Old Post Office Hotel Building now occupied by a number of shops c1980's -- Coloured
Colour photo c1980's of Old Post Office Hotel Building now occupied by a number of shops. Public toilet on right.stawell businesses -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Tyrie’s Farm at Greens Creek with Mr Charles Tyrie seated on the Horse Drawn Header c1930's
Tyrie’s Farm at Greens Creek c1930’s with Horse Drawn Header. Charles Tyrie is seated on machine. Bags of wheat in foreground.stawell -
Wonga Park Community Cottage History Group
Photograph (sub-item) - The ‘Wonga Park Homestead’ in 1984. Although renovated in the 1940’s, part of the original ripple-iron structure remains at the back of the house
The ‘Wonga Park Homestead’ in 1984. Although renovated in the 1940’s, part of the original ripple-iron structure remains at the back of the house.