Illustrated book with dustjacket. Book is bound in dark blue cloth, with tile, authors name and publishers mark printed in gilt on spine. Dust jacket has mid blue background with title and authors name in white print on front and spine. Also on front is a sketch in white of the hospital [ca.1885], and a black and white photograph of the hospital [ca.1969]non-fictionA history of Prince Henry's Hospital from its beginnings as the Melbourne Homeopathic Dispensary in Collins St in 1869 A move in 1876 to Spring St allowed for enlargement and transformation into the Melbourne Homeopathic Hospital Relocation to St Kilda Rd site in 1885 and name change to Prince Henry's Hospital in 1934. The book continues to relate the development of a modern teaching hospital up to 1969prince henry's hospital-melbourne, hospitals-vivtoria -history, homeopathy-history

Book with maroon cover, title, authors name and publisher's mark printed in gilt on spine. Dust jacket has a black and white photo of a children's hospital ward as background, with title and author's name printed in maroon on front and spineA touching story of the Melbourne Hospital for Sick Children (now the Royal Children's Hospital) [ca.1990] one of the most poignant books of Melbourne's early social historyroyal children's hospital (melbourne-vic)-anecdotes, paediatric nursing-victoria-history

Green hardcover book Edith B. Flockart from her father Christmas 1930edward edgar pescott, a j ewart, botany, the native flowers of victoria, wildflowers, flora, plants, herbert dickins, biodiversity

"THE GREAT BETRAYAL/ BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA/ AND THE ONSET OF THE PACIFIC WAR/ 1939-42".Hard cover book with dust cover. Hard cover - cardboard, dark brown colour buckram. White colour print on spine. Dust cover - paper, black and red colour print on front, spine and back. Front illustrated with black and white photograph "Surrender at Singapore, February 1942". White colour background. 388 pages - cut, plain white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs and illustrations. publications, book, ww2, pacific war

This item comes from the estates of the Misses Ardlie of Warrnambool. It belonged to Agnes Ardlie (1915-1993) who was aged 11 when she received the album. Her sisters were Olive (1905-1912) and Dorothy (1910-1993). They were the daughters of Arthur and Ethel Ardlie of Warrnambool, the granddaughters of the prominent Warrnmbool lawyer, William Ardlie and his wife Mary and the great granddaughters of John and Mary Ardlie, early settlers in Warrnambool. The Misses Ardlie lived in their early years at Aroona in Princess Street in Warrnambool. The autograph album has handwritten contributions (verse and signatures) from family members and friends and twelve signatures of cricketers from the Australian Test series of 1928-1929. These are mostly English cricketers and include the signatures of Wally Hammond, Jack Hobbs, Harold Larwood and George Duckworth.This autograph book is of considerable interest, firstly as a memento of Agnes Ardlie, a member of a prominent family in Warrnambool in the 20th century and secondly, as an item of some significance in the cricket world with its signatures of some English cricketers on tour in Australia in 1928/29.This is an autograph album with a dark red leather cover and gold writing on the front cover. Inside the cover are pages in a green mottled pattern. The other pages are mostly white or cream with some coloured pages. Some pages have handwritten verse and signatures in black and blue ink. A blue shopkeeper’s label is on the inside back page. Album Agnes M. Ardlie ‘Aroona’ Warrnambool 3.11.26 ardlie family, history of warrnambool, autographs of australian cricketers, wally hammond, george duckworth, harold larwood, jack hobbs, australian cricket team 1928-1929

Items in the collection re Lt.Col. C.J. Swatton, refer Cat No 6719.2P for his service details.1. Booklet - Dark Beige, light cardboard cover, black print. 2. Booklet - Dark beige, light cardboard cover, black print, 40 pages. 3. Pocket compendium - 5 cardboard cards, black print.1. Guide to the Art of Coaching on the Range - 1953. 2. Musketry small book for Australian Imperial Force 1916. 3. Pocket Compendium of Infantry Tactics 1936 by Major General H Gordon Bennett.passchendaele barracks trust, military training booklets, lt.col. c. j. swatton

Hard Cover book. Hard cover - cardboard, green buckram with gold print on front and spine. Gold decorative edge on front and spine. 371 pages, cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated in colour - photographs of National and State Symbols, The Order of Australia, Australian Bravery Decorations, Personal Arms. Handwritten inscription, reverse side of front end paper. Front and back end papers in green and gold coloured designs. books, australia, symbols, decorations

Brown covered booklet Titled " Soldier - Songs from Anzac." Written in the Firing Line by Signaller Tom Skeyhill.

From page before title page. "OFFICIAL/ ISTORY/ OF/ AUSTRALIA/ IN THE WAR/ OF 1914-18. VOL. X11/ PHOTOGRAPHI/ RECORD/ OF/ THE WAR". Part of the "William (Bill) THOMASON Collection." Refer Cat No. 4136P for more items.Hard cover book. Cover - cardboard, dark red colour buckram with gold print on spine. Pages are not numbered. White colour glossy paper, cut, plain. Pages 1 to X - Preface. Pages 1 to 753 - Illustrations, black and white photographs and maps at back - index.william (bill) thomason, publication, book, ww1, photographs

"WE WERE THE RATS" - Biography under the headings "Nervidale" on route to Tobruk "Tobruk", After Tobruk. Part of the "William (Bill) THOMASON Collection. Refer Cat No. 4136P for more items.Hard cover book. Cover - cardboard, light khaki colour buckram, red colour print on spine. 275 pages - cut, plain, off white colour paper. No Illustrations Front end paper - handwritten information. Handwritten information - blue ink pen. "Elsie Broadstock" - grey lead pencil. "A/ R/U/ ??"publications, books, ww2, tobruk, biography

From Title page, "THE DESERT COLUMN/ LEAVES FROM THE DIARY OF AN AUSTRALIAN/ TROOPER IN GALLIPOLI, SINAI AND / PALESTINE". Part of the William (Bill) THOMASON Collection. Refer Cat. No. 4136P for more items.Hardcover Book. Cover - cardboard with light red colour buckram, red colour print on front and spine. 338 plus 24 pages, cut, plain, off white colour paper. Illustrated - front end papers - black ink print diagram of Gallipoli and sketch map of Sinai desert. Back end papers - black ink, print, sketch map of Palestine fighting. publications, books, ww1, diary

Illustrated book with dustjacket. Book has a light green cover, with an image of a compass embossed in gold. on the front. The tile author's surname and publisher's name are embossed in gold on the spine. Dust jacket has multicoloured illustration by J.P.L Kickhefer on front and spine: group of women, some with head scarves walking behind a ?prison guard, barbed wire topped fence in front of and behind group. In the background is a hut and tropical plants. Title (white print) and authors name (red print) appear on a black background at base of front of dustjacket. Title, author's and publisher's names are printed in black on spinenon-fictionIn 1942 a group of sixty-five Australian Army nursing sisters was evacuated from Malaya aboard the Vyner Brooke, a few days before the fall of Singapore. Two days later their ship was bombed and sunk by the Japanese. Of the fifty-three survivors who scrambled ashore, twenty-one were murdered and the remaining thirty-two were taken prisoner. The book is the engrossing record kept by one of the sisters, Betty Jeffrey, during the three grueling years of imprisonment that followed. It is an amazing story of survival and deprivation in the harshest of conditions.world war 1939-1945 prisoners of war, betty jeffrey

Part of the William (Bill) THOMASON Collection. Refer Cat. No. 4136P for more items.Soft cover book. Cover - Brown colour cardboard, black colour print on front and back. Illustrated- front - silhouette sketch in black and blue colour ink, soldier on horseback. 153 pages - cut, plain, off white colour paper. Illustrated, black and white, sepia and colour plates of photographs, maps, diagrams and cartoons. End papers - front and back - illustrated silhouette sketch of soldiers mounted on camels in a line within a landscape of flat hills, two palm trees and a grave cross.publications, books, ww1, palestine campaign, william (bill) thomason collection

Index, ill, p.301.non-fictionBiography and analysis of controversial Australian Lieutenant General, Gordon Bennett from his early years through the Royal Commission's examinations of his actions during the surrender of Singapore in World War II.australian army - biography, gordon bennett

The first lecture at the Alfred Hospital training school for general nurses was on December 1, 1880 by Dr John Blair. He created this booklet for use with his lectures.This booklet shows the level of preparation undertaken for nurse training from 1880 at the Alfred Hospital.Booklet with grey cover, title, author, publisher, and price printed in black ink, within a black border on front coverInitials (?whose) handwritten in black ink at bottom left of front cover, alfred hospital nurse lectures 1880, dr john blair

The first lecture at the Alfred Hospital training school for general nurses was on December 1, 1880 by Dr John Blair. He created this booklet for use with his lectures.This booklet shows the level of preparation undertaken for nurse training from 1880 at the Alfred Hospital.Booklet with grey cover, title, author, publisher, and price printed in black ink, within a black border on front cover (photocopy)Initials (?whose) handwritten in black ink at bottom left of front cover, alfred hospital nurse lectures 1880, dr john blair

Information from the front cover; "THE BATTLE OF/ EGYPT/ THE OFFICIAL RECORD/ IN PICTURES AND MAP" Part of the William (Bill) THOMASON Collection. Refer Cat. No. 4136P for more items.Soft cover book. Cover - blue colour cardboard, red and black colour print on front and back. Front illustration - black ink sketch of a tank. 35 pages - cut, plain, off white colour paper. Pictorial book with black and white photographs and map. Fastened with metal staples. Front cover - handwritten owner's information.Handwritten owner's information - black ink pen, "Norma Davis".publications, books, egypt, ww2, william (bill) thomason collection

The century-old paintings of Bendigo gold mines made the long journey home from Western Australia in 2012. The paintings of the Great extended Hustler’s Mine, Bendigo, and Koch’s Pioneer Gold Mine, Long Gully, were painted by C.G Robertson in 1901.For years the paintings sat in the Perth house of Charles and Grace Strue; however Ian and Katinka Napier, the grand-daughter of Mr and Mrs Strue, donated the paintings to the Bendigo Historical Society.DVD. Hustler's Gold. Hustlers Reef paintings. artist C G Robertson 1901, for one painting. Second Hustler Extended Bendigo.bendigo, mining, c. g. robertson artist

A formal group photograph of Legacy past presidents taken at the President's Lunch in 1989. The names of past presidents included on photograph. Another copy of this photograph is at 01431. The names recorded to identify all in attendance as well as absentees: Back Row L to R: Fargher, Robertson, Dean, Simonson, Bannister, Allison, Larkin, Isherwood, Baker, Handbury, Mehan. Front Row L to R: Wilson, Argent, Carter, Dietrich, Wilks (Pres.) Robertson, Gaylard, Foskett. Apologies: Lobb, Clarke, Lewis, Tonkin.A record of the surviving past presidents in 1989. It shows that the previous presidents were still active in Legacy after their tenure finished and remained in contact with each other.Laminated, mounted, formal group photograph of Legacy past presidents. Label attached to identify all in attendance as well as absentees on photograph. Back Row L to R: Fargher, Robertson, Dean, Simonson, Bannister, Allison, Larkin, Isherwood, Baker, Handbury, Mehan. Front Row L to R: Wilson, Argent, Carter, Dietrich, Wilks (Pres.) Robertson, Gaylard, Foskett. Apologies: Lobb, Clarke, Lewis, Tonkin.past presidents, presidents lunch

Owned by Captain William Robertson, Captain of the "S.S.Casino" and Naval Reserve Officer in Port Fairya naval arm badge or patch: naval arm patch or badge with two embroidered crossed red flags with a red six pointed star abovelocal history, uniforms, navy, naval reserve, robertson, mr or captain william, belfast and koroit steam navigation company, naval insignia