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Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Book - Illustrated Book, Susanna De Vries 1935, The complete book of heroic Australian women, 2010
Providing inspiration for contemporary women, this book profiles 21 individuals who faced different tests - harshness of the Australian outback, but when encountering adversity, even death, each proved her mettle, showing what it takes to be a truly heroic Australian. The 21 wome are :- Georgiana Molloy, Frances ('Fanny') Bussell, Elizabeth ('Bessie') Bussell, Charlotte Cookworthy Bussell, Emma Mary Withnell, Atlanta Hope Bradshaw, Jeannie Gunn OBE, Evelyn Maunsell, Catherine Langloh Parker, Myrtle Rose White, Olive May Kelso King, Dr Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd Bennett, Dr Lilian Violet Cooper, Sister Alice Elizabeth Kitchen, Joice NanKivell Loch, Sister Sylvia Muir, Sister Vivian Bullwinkel, Sister Joyce Tweddell, Sister Betty Jeffrey, Mavis Parkinson, and Sister Frances May Hayman.Illustrated book, with brown and green cover. On the front cover is one large and three small photographs Of women (the large photograph is of Vivian Bullwinkel, top right - Joyce Tweedle, centre -Myrtle Rose White, bottom right - Jeannie Gunn) below these photos title (black, green and white ink) and author's name (white ink) are printed. Three of these photos are also on the spine (Vivian Bullwinkel, Joyce Tweedle & Jessie Gunn) above the phots the book title is printed in black and brown ink, and below the author's name, publisher's name and logo are printed in white ink. On the back cover is a summary of the book and a photograph of a woman (Myrtle Rose white non-fictionProviding inspiration for contemporary women, this book profiles 21 individuals who faced different tests - harshness of the Australian outback, but when encountering adversity, even death, each proved her mettle, showing what it takes to be a truly heroic Australian. The 21 wome are :- Georgiana Molloy, Frances ('Fanny') Bussell, Elizabeth ('Bessie') Bussell, Charlotte Cookworthy Bussell, Emma Mary Withnell, Atlanta Hope Bradshaw, Jeannie Gunn OBE, Evelyn Maunsell, Catherine Langloh Parker, Myrtle Rose White, Olive May Kelso King, Dr Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd Bennett, Dr Lilian Violet Cooper, Sister Alice Elizabeth Kitchen, Joice NanKivell Loch, Sister Sylvia Muir, Sister Vivian Bullwinkel, Sister Joyce Tweddell, Sister Betty Jeffrey, Mavis Parkinson, and Sister Frances May Hayman.women-biography, women-australian-biography -
Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park
Album - Postcard Album
This album contains a collection of decorative and photographic postcards dating mainly from the late 19th to early 20th century with two c1940s. This postcard album reflects the popularity of collecting and displaying postcards which reached a height in Australia in the early 1900s until around 1920. Although the owner of the album is unknown, two of the later postcards suggest that it may have been ultimately owned by residents of Emerald.Dark green album with marbled pattern and brown binder.On front, printed: 'ALBUM'postcard, photography, 1900s, 1890s, postcard album, "green postcard album" -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Print, Fire Support Base Coral - May 1968
Coloured photo in black wooden frame with brown matt board depicting 3 U.S. Army self-propelled artillery & 3 soldiers in the foreground in a sand bagged defensive position.54GP 3F35 , A-16 (on artillery piece). My Vietnam collection @Fred Bowden; Fire Support Base Coral, May 1968.fire support base - coral -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Box of Matches - Bryant & May, Bryant & May, 1940s
The Bryant & May factory was located in Richmond, Melbourne and was a typical red-brick Victorian factory. It manufactured matches throughout the 20th century but had adopted the brand name - Redheads - by 1946.Bryant & May was a significant Quaker owned business which was founded in the mid 1800s in the UK. They spread to various countries including Australia where they produced the Crown Safety Matches during the early 1900s through to the 1940s when they took the brand name Red Heads. The factory in Richmond is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. Rectangular carboard box. Wrapped in light brown paper. The top of the box has a coloured label fixed onto it. The label is mainly navy blue and red with white text. The label has the words ' Bryant & May's Safety Matches' printed on it. There is a picture of a crown in the centre in an oval. The box is unopened. There are several smaller boxes of matches inside. On the opposite side to the label there is text written in a black marker pen.Top: Bryant & May's / Crown / Made in Australia / Safety Matches / 1/3 Under: From / Leighton & Margaret Buzzard / 4.2.88 Side: Strike One Side / 1940saustralian manufacure, industry, 1940s, domestic, portland, glenelg shire, melbourne, richmond, bryant & may