Valuation Book, 1868 Borough of Sandridge. Marbled brown cover, tan binding. 116 spreads listing name and occupation of tenant and owner of each property, description, number of rooms, size of property, rental etc. (also Rates; assessments) Small note corner of last page entered: 'This sheet handed in by Mr Westall this day 7.6.69'local government - borough of sandridge, built environment, william francis westall, john edward crockford

Hand written letter to J Kitchen and Sons Pty Ltd date 5/7/1973 from John Postlethwaite regarding old Velvet Soap packaging.industry - manufacturing, business and traders - soaps/candles, advertising, domestic life, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, velvet soap

Hand written cover sheet with drawing plus 3 typed sheets of application by City of Port Melbourne. Funding for "Young people's involvement in local decision making - Funding for local projects"local government - city of port melbourne, arts and entertainment - community arts, piers and wharves - station pier, beris campbell, john tripodi, mission arts centre, sharkies

"Taking a trip down Teddy Bear Lane" Newspaper cutting with text on left hand side and 3 images on right. Photo at top of 3 former Swallow & Ariell employees amongst the demolition rubbleindustry - manufacturing, swallow & ariell ltd, industry - food, laura barnes nee mitchell, laura mcgill nee irving, pat kelly, thomas swallow, arnott's biscuits ltd

Plan and elevation for Borough of Sandridge toll bar, house and closet, hand drawn and coloured 1860s-70s. Master copy.Signed by Chas. Clay, Suveyor and John L. Forrester (?) and witnessed bt Thomas R. Warren (?).built environment - civic, charles clay, thomas peek warren, john l forrester

May 2016 David THOMPSON compiled the attached alphabetical list, including names and addresses service in WWI status and blue number. Port Melbourne applicants have been added to the WWI Centenary Project website A file of mostly handwritten applications and references for position of Dog Registration Officer, Meter Reader and Assistant Collector, Port Melbourne Council 1919. Over 100 applications from all over Victoria, many from Returned Soldiers since the advert in the Standard newspaper for the position stated that they were to be given preference. Sydney R C CARNS from Evans Street, a Returned Soldier who has lost his right hand during the war, was the successsful applicant according to a report in the Standard. Others from Port Melbourne who applied were James Gilbert ADAIR, Leslie Warner CASEY, Thomas William CLELAND, John COOK, Robert Dunbar, Vincent EDWARDS, Clarence Rupbert FARMER, Walter GOTZ, J W HART, Sydney Hercules HOLMES, William Thomas HOWLETT, John KING, Thomas P LACEY, John LUMSDEN, George MA?, W WEST and J C WILMOT. 112 letters in 3 batches, applications have large blue numbers added.local government - town of port melbourne, war - world war i, workers, utilities - electricity, domestic life - pets and pests, james gilbert adair, sydney r c carns, leslie walter casey, thomas william cleland, john cook, robert dunbar, vincent 'ben' edwards, clarence rupert farmer, walter gotz, j w hart, sydney hercules holmes, william thomas howlett, john king, thomas p lacey, john lumsden, w west, l c wilmot, arthur victor heath, town clerks, dogs

Hand written petition from 21 citizens to Mayor of Port Melbourne, J.J. BARTLETT, requesting use of Town Hall for meeting regarding increased import duty on refined sugar, 1891port melbourne town hall, industry, business and traders, james john bartlett, mayors, r salkeld, j t rocke, j w mowat, j h argalt, j clarke, a j amet, w cross, w may, a brown, j earl, r h king, j woods, h jessel, e jessel, j goldsborough, b roderick, l a drury, a barnett, a moon, g w briggs, p r mckeon

This clock was donated to the Phillip Island & District Historical Society Inc by Sister Margaret Campbell on her departure from Churchill Island where she lived for many years. The clock had been owned by the owner prior to Sr Campbell, Harry Jenkins, and had passed to Sr Campbell with the property when Harry died in 1963. The society committee was asked by its secretary Christine Grayden, also curator of Churchill Island, if the clock could be returned to display in Amess House, and they agreed. The donation form was signed on behalf of the PIDHS by committee member John Jansson.The clock was originally located in Amess House Churchill Island from the 1930s to 1973 when it was given to the Phillip Island & District Historical Society, who donated it back to Churchill Island in 2016.Wooden cased pendulum clock with two decorative gold coloured glass panel inserts above the clock face, which has brass hands and white enamel background to blue painted numbers. Small hook and eye fastener on left hand side to open clock face. Two heavy iron pendulums - one larger than the other. Turn wooden decorations on top half of case.chiming clock, pendulum, sr margaret campbell, churchill island, harry jenkins

The painting is made with oil on board, framed within a wide dark wood frame and covered with glass. The painting is signed: H Hewitt. There is a label on the frame and another label on the back.Signature in bottom right hand corner: H Hewitt. Also on the back:: H Hewitt 1927 Label on frame: H Hewitt 1927, St Mark's Church of England, Birmingham Road Mt Evelyn. Erected 1925, a building brought by bullock wagon from St. John's Lilydale. Same label on back.

Joly Meldometer The Joly meldometer was created to determine the melting point of minerals. W.E. Wilson, an astronomer and author, stated in 1900 that the Joly meldometer consisted of a ‘a strip of platinum on which minute fragments of any mineral can be placed, while any alteration in its length can be determined by means of a micrometer screw which touches a lever connected with one end of the strip. The strip can be heated by an electric current, and is calibrated by observing the micrometer readings corresponding to the temperatures at which some substances of known melting-points melt’i . One reason why the Joly meldometer was seen as a successful addition to science was the small amount of any substance that it required for testing. Only a minute sample was needed for the instrument to work and so a tiny part could be taken from a delicate item without destroying itii . The instrument was originally manufactured by the Irish company Yeates & Son of Dublin. The Yeates family business was established in the early 1790’s and is thought to have operated until approximately 1922iii . Their business slogan was recorded as ‘Instrument makers to the University’, a slogan which proudly exhibited their relationship with Trinity College, Dublin. The company was located directly opposite Trinity College, the place where the Joly meldometer was created. Working in such close proximity must have assisted this business relationship. The inventor of this meldometer was Irishman John Joly. Joly was born in 1857 at the Church of Ireland Rectory, Hollywood House. His education led him to Trinity College Dublin where, by 1891, he had obtained a Bachelor of Engineering degree as well as a Doctorate of Science. The entirety of his working life appears to have taken place at Trinity College although he is known to have travelled in order to consult with other scientists such as the world renowned Sir Ernest Rutherford. The Joly meldometer was used for a variety of different purposes, with scientists often adapting the instrument to suit their own needs. For instance, the previously mentioned astronomer W.E. Wilson adapted the meldometer to assist him in measuring the radiation of the suniv . Joly used his device in an attempt to ascertain the age of the earth. In 1913, along with Sir Rutherford, Joly came to the conclusion that the earth was approximately 400 million years old. They did this by analysing the decay of radioactivity in minerals. According to our present knowledge of the earth this was a much more accurate date than the dates Joly had previously derived. He had first thought that the earth was 97 million years old due to the volume of sodium in the oceans. Joly’s second analysis of the topic had resulted in the age of 80 million years. This figure was based on the accumulation of sediment. Apart from designing his meldometer, Joly is also remembered for his work with colour photography. In 1894 Joly discovered a method for creating colour photographs from a single platev . He also studied the use of radiation as a treatment for cancer and persuaded the Royal Dublin Society to establish the Radium Institute to assist hospitals. In 1933 Joly passed away at the age of seventy-six. Jacqueline Eager Student Projects Placement, Cultural Collections 2005 iMollan, Charles, Irish National Inventory of Scientific Instruments, Samton Limited, 1995, p. 302. iiJoly, John, 'On the determination of the melting points of minerals, Part 1. Uses of the meldometer', Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 2., 1891. iiiInstitute for Learning Technologies, "Stephan Mitchell Yeates' http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/projects/bluetelephone/html/yeates.html, accessed on 04.10.2005 ivMollan, Charles, Irish National Inventory of Historic Scientific Instruments, op cit. vMollan, Charles, The Mind and the Hand: Instruments of Science 1685-1932, Samton Limited, Dublin, 1995, p. 34.The following from #2975 in UDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN ENGINEERING list in the “Irish National Inventory of Historical Scientific Instruments” by Charles Mellon (P/C in file for Cat no 272. “....meldometer as an instrument ‘for the purpose of finding the melting-points of minerals, hence its name. As used by him (Joly), it consists of a strip of platinum,on which minute fragments of any mineral can be placed, while any alteration in its length can be determined by means of a micrometer screw which touches a lever connected with one end of the strip. The strip can be heated by an electric current, and is calibrated by observing the micrometer readings corresponding to the temperatures at which some substances of known melting-points melt’.” Ref. : J. Joly, Proc. Roy. Irish Acad. 3rd series vol 2 (1891),38-64.

Builit in 1950s and used till the mid 1970s within the Physics Department used in Melbourne. John Rouse and David Caro was involved in the construction.Black and white photo of cyclotron (nuclear physics accelerator)Rear end of DEE system & accessories. Duplicate of 199 Sticky typed labels on back from top and left to right: “WATER FLOW CONTROLS, REAR END OF DEE STEM, SHORTING BAR CONTROL” Handwritten on back right hand corner in pen: “Rear end of dee line”

Builit in 1950s and used till the mid 1970s within the Physics Department used in Melbourne. John Rouse and David Caro was involved in the construction.Black and white photo of cyclotron (nuclear physics accelerator): Gas target cell & neutron shielding. Sticky typed labels on back from top and left to right: “WAX, GAS CELL” Handwritten on back right hand corner in pen: “Don’t know”

Builit in 1950s and used till the mid 1970s within the Physics Department used in Melbourne. John Rouse and David Caro was involved in the construction.Black and white photo of cyclotron (nuclear physics accelerator): View of DEE & accessories, Ron Gray in background. . Sticky typed label on back from top and right to left: “MAIN MAGNET WATER HEAT EXCHANGE; VIEW OF DEE & BEAM EXIT; COIL CANS” Handwritten on back left hand corner in pen: “Ron Gray”

Builit in 1950s and used till the mid 1970s within the Physics Department used in Melbourne. John Rouse and David Caro was involved in the construction.Black and white photo of cyclotron (nuclear physics accelerator): face of dee. Sticky typed labels on back from top and left to right: “COUPLING FROM FINAL AMPLIFIER, VIEW OF DEE FEELER & TRANSITION PORT” Handwritten in pen in bottom right hand corner: “Face of dee”

Builit in 1950s and used till the mid 1970s within the Physics Department used in Melbourne. John Rouse and David Caro was involved in the construction.Black and white photo of cyclotron (nuclear physics accelerator): R.F. power amplifier - tank coil & tuning capacitors. Duplicate of 190. Sticky typed labels on back from top and left to right: “VIEW INSIDE FINAL AMPLIFIER SHOWING TANK COIL & TUNING CAPACITORS” Handwritten in pen in bottom right hand corner: “RF Power Amplifier”

Builit in 1950s and used till the mid 1970s within the Physics Department used in Melbourne. John Rouse and David Caro was involved in the construction.Black and white photo of cyclotron (nuclear physics accelerator): Dee & beam exit. Image shows Ron Gray at work. Sticky typed labels on back from top and left to right: “MAIN MAGNET WATER HEAT EXCHANGE, VIEW OF DEE & BEAM EXIT, COIL CANS” Handwritten in pen in bottom right hand corner: “Ron Gray”

Builit in 1950s and used till the mid 1970s within the Physics Department used in Melbourne. John Rouse and David Caro was involved in the construction.Black and white photo of cyclotron (nuclear physics accelerator): beam line - second slit & second focusing lens. Sticky typed labels on back from top and left to right: “SECOND SLIT CAVE, 2ND FOCUSSING LENS, SLITS” Handwritten on back bottom left hand corner in pen: “Second slit and quadruple lens”

Builit in 1950s and used till the mid 1970s within the Physics Department used in Melbourne. John Rouse and David Caro was involved in the construction.Black and white photo of cyclotron (nuclear physics accelerator): ion source housing - filament stem & internal stem. Sticky typed labels on back from top and left to right: “FILAMENT STEM, INTERNAL STEM” Handwritten on back bottom right hand corner in pen: “Ion source housing”