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Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Childrens Headstones, Warrnambool Cemetery, 27/07/2009
Marble headstone for Jeremiah and Bridget Carty in the Warrnambool Cemetery. Includes sculptural flowes, bird and wreath.warrnambool cemetery, cemetery art, headstone art, catherine carty, jeremiah carty -
Federation University Art Collection
Work on paper - bookplate, ‘Ex Libris Zelma and John Gartner 16 February 1983'
John Gartner was a fine printer and publisher, an author, a noted philatelist, and also collector of Australian banknotes and coins. He was born on 16 July 1914 and was largely self-educated, leaving school at fourteen for work following the death of his father. Gartner developed a strong interest in the history of typography and printing and was apprenticed at the Advocate where his father had been a linotype operator. Aged 17, Gartner bought a hand press and some fonts of type, and in 1937 acquired a platen press from which he set and printed his private press books, published under the imprint of The Hawthorn Press. Gartner had a strong collection of Australian bookplates. He also looked at the work of artists overseas and commissioned personal plates. He subsequently built an international collection with preference for artists who printed from wood. His initial searches were in Belgium and Holland.(http://www3.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-84/t1-g-t7.html) A bird with outstretched wings is positioned vertically above leaves within the title which forms a circlebookplate, printmaking, australian bookplate design award, keith -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - RNZAF, The First Decade 1937-46, Kookaburra Technical Publications PTY LTD et al, 1978
The book is a collection of Photographs of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) from 1937 to 1946 with descriptions and a foreword.Orange front cover with a Colour Photograph. A white back cover with a small picture of a bird in the centre.non-fictionThe book is a collection of Photographs of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) from 1937 to 1946 with descriptions and a foreword.royal new zealand air force, rnzaf, second world war -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph, Spinifex, n.d
Con Kroker Private CollectionBlack & white photo of some spinifex growing in the sand. There are bird tracks in the sand near the spinifex.con kroker, kroker, photography -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - BONE NECKLACE
Necklace made of small bones possibly birds, threaded onto string with small chrome clasp.costume accessories, jewellery, necklace -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - LA TROBE UNIVERSITY BENDIGO COLLECTION: EMBLEM
A black and white photograph of an emblem containing two birds, a lamp and the words Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong.bendigo, education, emblem, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo teachers' college, emblem, education, photography, photo, ballarat, bendigo, geelong, teacher training, tertiary education, photograph, photographs -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Animal specimen - Great Crested Grebe, Trustees of the Australian Museum, 1860-1880
The Great Crested Grebe is the largest bird in the Grebe family. It has a long neck with a black crown and orange/black "fans" on the sides of the face. This bird can be found in all Australian states and territories and typically resides in open bodies of fresh water. This specimen is part of a collection of almost 200 animal specimens that were originally acquired as skins from various institutions across Australia, including the Australian Museum and the National Museum of Victoria, as well as individuals such amateur anthropologist Reynell Eveleigh Johns between 1860-1880. These skins were then mounted by members of the Burke Museum Committee and put-on display in the formal space of the Museum’s original exhibition hall where they continue to be on display. This display of taxidermy mounts initially served to instruct visitors to the Burke Museum of the natural world around them, today it serves as an insight into the collecting habits of the 19th century. This specimen is part of a significant and rare taxidermy mount collection in the Burke Museum. This collection is scientifically and culturally important for reminding us of how science continues to shape our understanding of the modern world. They demonstrate a capacity to hold evidence of how Australia’s fauna history existed in the past and are potentially important for future environmental research. This collection continues to be on display in the Museum and has become a key part to interpreting the collecting habits of the 19th century.A Great Crested Grebe in a tall position standing on a wooden pedestal. It has a long neck and bill with coloured plumage. The crest is black with orange and black cheek "fans" on the sides of the face. The eyes are made of glass and are a red/black colour. On paper tag: "[Austra]lian... [G]rebe... [pa]ge, 42" taxidermy mount, taxidermy, animalia, burke museum, beechworth, australian museum, skin, reynell eveleigh johns, bird, great crested grebe -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Pamphlet - Brochure - Fawthrop Lagoon, the jewel in the heart of Portland, n.d
Brochure, natural colour, hand-made paper, dark blue and brown print. History of Fawthrop Lagoon AKA 'the Swamp'. Screen print of birds taking flight from Fawthrop's Lagoon on front cover, illustrations of birds and map of lagoon location on body of programme. -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Our own birds of Australia
This book was written by Edward Vidler (1863-1942), a printer, publisher and author. Born in England, Vidler was in Geelong in the 1880s and produced there a commemorative volume on that city. He came to Warrnambool in the early years of the 20th century and was Secretary of the Warrnambool and District Progress League and the Warrnambool Chamber of Commerce and Industry. While in Warrnambool he produced an important 1907 publication, ‘Warrnambool Past and Present – Sixty Years of Progress’ and also organized the production of the Pioneer Honour Board featuring portraits of 204 Warrnambool and district pioneer men. After he left Warrnambool he lived in Melbourne where he edited magazines and published his own and other writings. He was a foundation member of the group that established the Maranoa Native Gardens in Balwyn and promoted Australian flora and fauna. This book is of great interest s it was written by Edward Vidler, a resident of Warrnambool in the early 1900s and an important and influential figure in our history. He left behind in Warrnambool two most important legacies – the Pioneer Honour Board and the book ‘Warrnambool Past and Present’, a history of Warrnambool that has proved invaluable to researchers today. No information has been found on the original owner of the book, William Ewers. This is a 1931 soft cover book of 96 pages. The cover has a grey-coloured background and a sepia-coloured photograph of two kookaburras on a tree branch on the front cover and an advertisement for a publication called ‘Songs of the Bush’ on the back cover. The book is dedicated to the Gould League of Bird Lovers. It has a Contents page, a Foreword, a Preface, pages on Australian birds and an Index. It has many black and white photographs of Australian birds. It is glued and bound with blue tape.Signature on front cover and inside first page: ‘Wm. D. Ewers’edward vidler, history of warrnambool, warrnambool pioneer honour board, 1907 warrnambool history book, ‘warrnambool past and present’. -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Ballarat School of Mines Amenity Centre, 1979, 06/1979
A 'birds-eye' (axonometric) of the proposed Ballarat School of Mines Student Centre, later named the Amenities Building.ballarat school of mines, amenities building, buildings, student amenity centre, ewan jones and associates, architects, vic mckay, plan -
Seaworks Maritime Museum
Plate
Small decorative white plate featuring blue design of dragon and bird. Plate has a gold rim."PMA 0231/1" -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Programme, Norwood High School/Secondary College, Ringwood, Victoria
1992 school producton "Birds of a Feather" - 14-page programme with photographs and list of cast and crew members. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Souvenir - HANDKERCHIEF, SILK, c.1914-18
Item relates to H E HEWSTON No 40, 3rd Pioneer Battalion AIF. Refer Cat No Cat No 2759.2 for his service history. Part of the HEWSTON collection WW1 & WW2.Square cream silk handkerchief with a scalloped lace edging heavily embroidered with coloured flowers & a blue bird.Embroidered: “Souvenir of Belgium 1914-18 War AIF”costume accessories, military history - souvenirs, belgium, silk -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Victoria's biodiversity : our living wealth, 1997
Lush colour photographs of the particular environments, including flora, fauna, birds etc and maps locating area.Colour illustrations, colour photographsconservation, sustainability, biodiversity, victorian alps, mallee -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - Realia, 1890'S
Black Lacquered Box with Bird and tree branch, owned by Mrs Telford. Probably used on dressing table.stawell -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Post Card, Kodak
Donated by S Serpell of Serpell and Reid families, Sandringham.Black & White postcard of a young penguin approaching a mutton bird chick sitting on the grass among the rushes.young penguin and young mutton bird, wildlife - penguins, wildlife - mutton birds, s serpell -
Orbost & District Historical Society
cake stand, late 19th century
This item was donated as a display item for the Slab Hut (Orbost Information Centre). Quadruple silverplate items were four times as heavily plated with silver as standard items. Quadruple plate hollowware was some of the highest quality made during the latter part of the 19th century.This item clearly has an aesthetic significance as silver cake baskets were a common sight in upper-class households in the 18th and early 19th centuries.A silver plated cake plate on a pedestal with a handle. It has a pattern of flowers and birds etched into the top of the plate.SIMPSON HALL MILLER & Co. Quadruple platesilver-plate cake-stand tableware domestic -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Badge - Royal Federation of Aero Clubs Badge, Stokes Melbourne, Circa 1969?
Swinton CollectionGold flying bird on circular disk of gold and 2 blues circled around the earth and inscription of Australia. Gold lettering on dark blue outer circle Royal Federation of Aero Clubs of Austswinton, aero clubs, royal federation of aero clubs -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Ceramic - Hand painted Saucer, 1909
Margaret Amess was the youngest child of Samuel and Jane Amess, who first purchased Churchill Island in 1872. Margaret Amess was renowned for her china painting.Saucer with gold rim and decoration, 2 swallows and 10 stylised birds. Hand-painted by Margaret Amess.saucer, margaret amess, churchill island -
Dutch Australian Heritage Centre Victoria
Wooden Bird Carving
Small pale wooden carving of a bird about to land on a tree branch which forms the carving's base. -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Decorative object - Necklace with a gold toned chain and a bird pendant from the Sarah Coventry jewellery range, c. 1970s - 1980s
Sarah Coventry Pty. Ltd. was a North American jewellery company that was established in 1949 by the Stuart family as part of Emmons Jewelry, Inc. It began operations in England and Australia in 1968, and in Australia it moved from Carlton in Melbourne to Wodonga in 1969. The premises were originally on High St. in Wodonga, but a new warehouse was built in Melbourne Rd. later in 1969. It was a direct selling jewellery business using a party-plan model similar to Tupperware and Avon. The sales reps or 'Hostesses' were provided with jewellery samples in demonstration kits, which they displayed at jewellery parties in their homes. The designs for jewellery such as brooches, necklaces, earrings, chokers and bracelets were purchased from freelance designers and jewellery manufacturers rather than in-house designers. In 1979 Sarah Coventry Pty. Ltd. in Wodonga was bought by three Australian businessmen, including Wodonga local Jim Sawyer, and continued to sell jewellery under the name "Sargem Pty. Ltd”, for several more years in the 1980s. As part of the Sarah Coventry collection, the bird pendant necklace has local significance with the decentralised commercial development of regional centres such as Wodonga in NE Victoria, as well as national and international significance from the perspective of social and economic developments for women after World War II. The direct selling party-plan business model Sarah Coventry was based on is also considered the first of its kind for jewellery.Necklace with a gold toned metal chain and a small blue bird pendant with a small faux pearl above it.sarah coventry, jewellery, wodonga, costume jewellery, vintage fashion jewellery, necklace, bird pendant -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Container - Tin
Red and gold oblong tin used for containing throat lozenges. Bird and music notes painted on lidThroaties|Invaluable for coughs, colds, sore throats, influenza, etc.domestic items, containers -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Container - Needlecraft Box
Box containing multiple embroidery cotton threads. Box has bird and leaves and flowers painted on lid.handcrafts, equipment -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Textile - Piano shawl
Silk piano shawl with deep cream silk fringing. White background with embroidered flowers, birds and flowers.manchester, bedding, handcrafts, needlework -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Container - Trinket Box
Black lacquered wooden handkerchief box with illustrations of flowers and birds in dark pink and gold on the hinged lid.costume accessories, jewellery -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Negative - Negative - Portland Bird Sanctuary, ZILLAH MASCHMEDT, PHOTOGRAPHER, c. 1934
NEGATIVE FOR BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH. Portland bird sanctuary. Water and reeds in foreground. Magazine Hill in the backgroundnegative, bird sanctuary, birdlife, waterfowl, wildlife -
Merbein District Historical Society
Painting - Watercolour, Wytt R. Morro, Golden Bower, The Original Artwork by Wytt Morro 1955, 1955
Wytt. R. MorroRectangular framed artwork made of a circular watercolour depicting a golden bower bird and below writing in circle.2nd circle writing: Golden Bower, The Original Artwork by Wytt Morro 1955wytt r. morro, golden bower bird, 1955, wine labels, mildara wines, mildara, merbein -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Bulmer, 25/11/1955 12:00:00 AM
Written information and photocopies of newspaper articles included with catalogue sheetBlack and white photograph of Peels ferry M V Blue Bird north Arm Lakes Entrancefishing industry, boats and boating -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - FORTUNA COLLECTION : PHOTOGRAPH
Colour photograph , possibly of a stained glass window depicting a Kingfisher type bird with a fish in it's mouth -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Trophies - Bogong Primary School
Trophies were awarded to recognise achievements in many areas of the school curriculum. Sir Kenneth George Luke (1896-1971) was a successful businessman and VFL football administrator. K.G.Luke was a private mint that made 1956 Olympic Games medals for the Numismatic Association of Victoria. It operated between 1937 and 1974. Note: 'Rosebowl replica' may refer to the Rose Bowl Home of the UCLA Football Layered Wooden Stadium Replica With the Los Angeles Campus Skyline. (A football reference for the shape of the trophy?)Bogong Primary School was built for the workers of the SECV during the construction of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme. The school was well equiped and presented a broad curriculum enjoying participation in many organisations. A. Bakelite base with stained metal cup attached to a metal stem with a cup on top. The cup has 2 curved handles and an inscription between them on one side. B. Bakelite base with a metal stained 'silver' cup attached. The cup has a 'neck' with the cup on top. The cup has one curved handle. The other handle is missing. Previously UKV 058 and UKV 061B. The K. G. Luke / Trophy for replica sustained interest in bird study / presented / State School 4590 / Bogong / for sustained interest / in bird study A. "A.M.V -4 / Pet Parade / Save the Children / Fund bogong primary school, pet parade, bird study, k.g. luke trophy