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Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photograph, Marguerite Marshall, Jesse Tree playing the Didgeridoo and Swiss Hang Drum at St Andrews Market, 29 March 2008
... Jesse Tree playing the Didgeridoo and Swiss Hang Drum at St ...Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p175 It’s Saturday morning and thousands of people are visiting St Andrews Market at the corner of Heidelberg-Kinglake Road and Proctor Street. It’s hard to find a park. Cars are banked up along the narrow road and crammed in a nearby parking area. Yet, at the market, people look relaxed and happy amongst the yellow box gums on the site where the Wurundjeri people used to gather. Stone artefacts unearthed there by Koorie researcher, Isabel Ellender, indicate the site was once a Wurundjeri meeting place, according to Aboriginal Affairs Victoria. Acoustic sounds mingle with quiet conversations. A guitarist blows a mouth organ while his bare toes tickle chimes. A tiny busker, perhaps five years old, plays a violin while sounds of a harp emerge from the hall. One stallholder, selling delicious-looking pastries, chats to another in Spanish, then to me in broad Australian. ‘I was born in Fitzroy but my mother came from Mexico and my dad from Serbia,’ she smiles. A New Zealander fell in love with Mongolia and now imports their hand-made embroidered clothes and Yurts (tents) and runs adventure tours. A young woman visited Morocco and when friends admired the shoes she bought, she decided to import them and sell them at the market. Oxfam sells Fair Trade toys and clothes and displays a petition to Make Poverty History. Other stalls sell Himalayan salt, jewellery made from seeds from northern Australia, glass paper-weights from China as well as locally grown vegetables, flowers and organic freshly baked bread. A woman sits in a state of bliss under the hands of a masseur. Another offers Reiki or spiritual healing. A juggler tosses devil sticks – ‘not really about the devil,’ he smiles. This skill was practised thousands of years ago in Egypt and South America he says. At the Chai Tent people lounge on cushions in leisurely conversation. The idea for the market was first mooted among friends over a meal at the home of famous jazz and gospel singer Judy Jacques.2 Jacques remembers a discussion with several local artists including Marlene Pugh, Eric Beach, Les Kossatz, Ray Newell and Peter Wallace. ‘We decided we wanted a meeting place, where all the different factions of locals could meet on common ground, sell their goodies and get to know one another,’ Jacques recalls. They chose the site opposite another meeting place, St Andrews Pub. A week later Jacques rode her horse around the district and encouraged her neighbours to come along to the site to buy or sell. On February 23, 1973, about 20 stallholders arrived with tables. They traded ‘second-hand clothes, vegetables, meat, cheese, eggs, chickens, goats, scones, tea, garden pots and peacock feathers’. Now around 2000 people visit each Saturday. People usually linger until dusk. The market – with around 150 stalls of wares from a wide variety of cultures – stands alongside Montsalvat as the most popular tourist attraction in Nillumbik. By the 1990s St Andrews Market was in danger of being loved to death, as the site was becoming seriously degraded. The market was spreading in all directions and the degradation with it. A local council arborist’s report in 1994 noted exposed tree roots from erosion and compaction. The Department of Sustainability and Environment threatened to close the market if the degradation was not rectified. After many months of research, discussions and lobbying by a few residents, the council formed a Committee of Management, with an Advisory Committee, and introduced an Environment Levy. The State Government, the council and the market, funded terracing of the site to stop erosion, and retain moisture and nutrients. Vehicles were excluded from some sensitive areas and other crucial zones reserved for re-vegetation. Volunteers planted more than 3000 locally grown indigenous species. The old Yellow Box trees fully recovered and are expected to give shade for many years to come.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, didgeridoo, jesse tree, st andrews market, swiss hang drum -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph, Bridge Club Lakes Entrance Victoria, 1/08/2012 12:00:00 AM
which is a silver Edwardian fruit comport originally in the dining room of the Club Hotel Lakes Entrance 04392.2 size 17.5 x 13 cm Also a colour photograph of the Hancock Trophy which is a silver fruit comport from the Club Hotel Lakes EntranceColour photograph of Shirley Hancock with Bridge players Dawn Wallace and Lyn Smark Lakes Entrance Victoria. Also a colour photograph of the Hancock Trophy . Plus three other photos of Shirley Hancock and members of Bridge Club clubs, hotels, trophies & awards -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Kane's Bridge destroyed by the 1934 Flood, 1934
In 1928 a footbridge was erected to link Kew with the public golf course across the Yarra. The total cost of construction came to 250 pounds and the bridge became known as Kane's Bridge. During the 1934 floods the bridge was washed downstream, and was subsequently rebuilt. The present form of the bridge resembles the earlier bridge which crossed from the Yarra Bend Asylum to Kew, further upstream. (VHD)Black and white positive print (identical to 2021.70 but with a different annotation) showing the destruction of Kane's Bridge in the floods of 1934. The Kodak paper would indicate a 1950s reprinting.Annotation verso: "Kane's Bridge in 1934 flood / Dec. 1934.kane's bridge, river yarra, yarra valley, 1934 floods -
Geelong Naval and Maritime Museum
Shoulder Titles, Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train Shoulder Titles
The Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train (RANBT) was formed of 300 men based initially at Kangaroo Beach on the Gallipoli Peninsula from 1915, during WWI. They built and maintained jetties and were constantly under fire. Some of these men lost their lives and a number were wounded during their 5 months of service here. As a result the RANBT was the most highly decorated unit during WWI. The unit then continued to the Middle East, operating bridges over the Suez Canal before the unit was disbanded (Australian War Memorial online, 2014).These badges represent a highly specialised and decorated Unit from WWI. The RANBT was made up of 300 men who served in Gallipoli and in the Middle East from 1915-1917. The badges are associated with Australian defense and form significant links to ANZAC history. A pair of brass shoulder titles "NBT" from the Naval Bridging Train attached to paper card. They have a loop shank at the back for fastening."NBT" Naval Bridging Trainshoulder title, royal australian naval bridging train, ranbt, navy shoulder badge -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Fay Bridge, Flood damage at Nillumbik Medical Centre, 1078 Main Road, Eltham, 26 December 2011
Flood damage resulting from a late afternoon storm on Christmas Day 2011. A flash flood occurred from significant rain fall and hail, which accumulated along an old waterway with floodwater submerging cars along Valonia Drive then down Grove Street flooding houses, through the Bible Street Reserve where it then submerged Main Road washing away the small railway trestle bridge opposite the reserve then flooding the Judge Book Village before finally entering the Diamond Creek..fay bridge collection, 2011-12-26, bible street reserve, flood damage, floods, floodwater, main road, nillumbik medical centre -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Artwork, other - Illustration, THE OLD BRIDGE, PORTLAND, n.d
Illustration. Taken and cut from a book. View of bridge across Salt Creek. Bridge has the appearance of being timber and features to the left of the bridge a half arch opening through to the other side of the creek. 3 people are on the bridge. Fore ground has part of a fence visible through long grass and some shrubbery. Observatory Hill in background with a large cross structure on the top to the left. A road or path is visible up the side of the hill towards a dwelling with a panel fence and trees. Two people are on the path and what appears to be 3 sheep to the left of them grazing on the hill. Sky appears cloudy with 3 birds flying. Underneath is written THE OLD BRIDGE, PORTLAND.portland victoria -
City of Ballarat
Artwork, other - Public Artwork, Nathan Curnow, Little Bridge by Nathan Curnow, 2018
It's encouraging to see my city using poetry in such a public way. The park itself is a humble one, which suits these little poems perfectly. If you're ever in town come and take a seat for a while. The poem 'Little Bridge' by Nathan Curnow was commissioned as part of a placemaking project in Little Bridge Street Pocket Park, Ballarat in 2018. The Park was redesigned to include more passive surveillance, and improved amenity to increase community safety in the area. The poem is engraved onto seating to provide a rest and point of interest space in the small park. Six seats featuring an engraved poemPut it all down and take a seat/ Pull out a snack from your shopping/ Listen to the trumpeter busking a tune/ With every visit this park is growing/ Killing time takes real devotion/ Stare at the flags and masts of your town/ And the buses come rolling down Bakery Hill/ It may be cold but we lean to the sun/ If you feel like a square of the Eureka flag/That’s hopelessly lost and tattered/ Remember you’re as precious as a corner-piece/ We search for you first to get started/ There is something big on Little Bridge/ Not a beanstalk that leads to a giant/ But another day in the life of Ballarat/ All of this gold at the surface poetry, little bridge street, ballarat -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photographs, Phillip Island 2nd Bridge Construction, 1966 - 1969
22 of a collection of 70 Black & White photographs taken during the construction of the second Phillip Island Bridge from San Remo to Newhaven by Country Roads Board and Shire of Bass. Contractor John Holland & Co. Pty. Ltd.14 Black & White photographs of the construction of the second Phillip Island Bridge in 1966 - 1969. 351-09: Pile driving on Newhaven abutment. 351-10 & 11: Concrete beams. 351-12: Pile driver. 351-13 & 14: Machinery. 351-15: Dismantled section of cylinder. 351-16 & 17: Coffer dam and pier construction. 351-18: Man up on scaffold. 351-19 & 20: Construction work. 351-21: Two workmen and man leaning on section of handrail exposed to weather. 352-22: View of construction work.Descriptions as above on some. Plus the following Numbering: 351-09: CRB NEG 67-274C. 351-10: CRB NEG 67-542. 351-11: CRB NEG 67-654F. 351-12: CRB NEG 66-605. 351-13: CRB NEG 66-601. 351-14: CRB NEG 68-752B. 351-15: CRB NEG 67-936. 351-16: CRB NEG 67-937A. 351-17: CRB NEG 67-937B. 351-18: CRB NEG 67-1156D. 351-19: CRB NEG 67-1156B. 351-20: CRB NEG 66-1026E. 351-21: CRB NEG 67-940. 351-22: CRB NEG 67-1218Bphillip island bridge construction, 2nd phillip island bridge construction, country roads board, shire of bass, sasha stark -
Upper Yarra Museum
Negative Photographic Reproduction, Workers repairing or constructing a tramway bridge
Workers repairing or constructing a tramway bridge Black and White negative scanned at 600 dpiworkers repair contructing tramway bridge -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, The True Story of the Death Railway & the Bridge on the River Kwai
Book is organised by "J.P".Softcover with collage of photos on cover. Photos are of railway locomotives, a bomber, railway bridges and a soldier.Inside front cover "Donated by Trevor Knight"books, military history -
Lorne Historical Society
Photograph - Black and white photograph, Wye River Bridge Timber Tramway
Photograph showing the Wye River Bridge Timber Tram way at the C.R.B Construction Campwye-river-bridge, timber-tramway, c.r.b.-construction-camp, wye river bridge, timber tramway, c.r.b. construction camp, country roads board -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Burkes Bridge, Hurstbridge
Colour photograph showing the old and new Burkes Bridges over Arthurs Creek, Hurstbridgeburkes bridges, bridges, hurstbridge, hurstbridge arthurs creek road, arthurs creek road, arthurs creek -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway West, Ringwood, 1965. Wantirna Road bridge
Written on back of photograph, "Wantirna Road railway bridge. Preparing to widen underpass - 1965". -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Black and white photograph, Bridge on Blackburn Road. Blackburn
B/W photo mounted on board depicting bridge at Blackburn Road with car in picture.bridges, blackburn road blackburn -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Sub-series) - Subject File, Kew Historical Society, Kane’s Bridge, 1958
Various partiesReference, Research, InformationSecondary Values (KHS Imposed Order)Subject file that contains two newspaper articles with brief information about the history of the bridge.kew historical society - archives, kew - history, kane's bridge - studley park - yarra bend parkkew historical society - archives, kew - history, kane's bridge - studley park - yarra bend park -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - B/W Photograph, Bridge at Deep Creek Road 1940
Black and white photo of bridge over Deep Creek Road, Mitcham with a dog crossing.deep creek road bridge, mitcham -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED WW1, Wayne Eels, C.2008/2009
The Grinton Collection. Troops playing games on deck of the Karmala. Refer Cat No, 1280 for Jack Grintons service details.Photograph framed. Photograph - black and white photograph on paper depicting a number of soldiers sitting on a timber deck playing a game. Slatted wall behind soldiers. Frame - Timber, light varnish finish, Perspex front, cardboard backing."Group 5 : Quota 45 - Journey Home." "D. Soldiers playing a game."framed accessories, camera on the somme, 38th bn, ww1, hmat karmala -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Ballarat From Bakery Hill
Photograph of Bridge Street Ballarat looking west torwards Ballarat.bridge street, ballarat, bakery hill, ballarat east -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Doug Bradby, Bridge Street: The Historic Heart of Ballarat, 2020
Twenty eight page dark green covered book on Ballarat's Bridge Street, including information on the Gravel Pits, Main Road shops, floods, Chinese cerneval, Queen carneval, Yarrowee Bridge, Eureka Stockade, fire, Yarrowee Creek.non-fictionballarat, gravel pits, main road shops, floods, chinese cerneval, queen carneval, yarrowee bridge, eureka stockade, fire, yarrowee creek, bridge street -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood, Mullum Mullum Creek, east side. Warrandyte Road Bridge. 1986
Written on backing sheet, "Bridge, Mullum Rd. Completed May 1987." Writing on back of photograph reads, "Aug., 1986. Ringwood, Mullum Mullum Creek, east side. Warrandyte Road Bridge". -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Northward view over Mullum Creek bridge along Oban Road, Ringwood - 1981
Written on back of photograph, "1981 - Oban Road at bridge over Mullum Creek". -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Mullum Creek, 75 yds. east of bridge 1972
Written on backing sheet, "Mullum Creek, 75 yds. east of bridge 1972". -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Warrandyte Rd. Bridge over Mullum Creek 1919
Written on backing sheet,"1919 Warrandyte Rd. Bridge over Mullum Creek". -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photograph - black and white, Velox, Chatham Holmes Collection: Comando Memorial, Spear Bridge near Fort William, c 1950
Small Black and white photograph with two people standign beside the statute with three soldiers standing back to back. Velox stamped on back with Commando Memorial Spear Bridge near Fort William chatham holmes collection, comando memorial, fort william, spear bridge -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, c1874 - 1880
A photo of a bluestone and timber bridge across the Deep Creek at Lighthouse Creek. There is a man standing on the bridge. The photographer, Alfred Sinel, is listed in the 1874 rate book.A sepia mounted photograph of a bridge at Lighthouse Gully in Deep Creek.written in ink bottom centre: "Bridge at Lighthouse Gully" / Deep Creek. written LH corner of photograph: Photographed by A. Sinelbridges, sunbury, men, clothing and dress, sinel, alfred, photographers, lighthouse gully, deep creek, shire of bulla, george evans collection -
Stanley Athenaeum & Public Room
Leisure object - Euchre cards
757 Deer brand playing cards 757 Deer brand Playing cards - Made in China -
Stanley Athenaeum & Public Room
Leisure object - Euchre cards
757 Deer brand playing cards 757 Deer brand Playing cards - Made in China -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Diamond Street Bridge, Eltham
Five colour photographs showing Diamond Street Bridge over Diamond Creek prior to reconstructiondiamond street, eltham, bridges, diamond creek -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Diamond Street Bridge, Eltham
Five colour photographs showing Diamond Street Bridge over Diamond Creek prior to reconstructiondiamond street, eltham, bridges, diamond creek -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Diamond Street Bridge, Eltham
Five colour photographs showing Diamond Street Bridge over Diamond Creek prior to reconstructiondiamond street, eltham, bridges, diamond creek