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Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, The British Electrical & Allied Manufacturers' Association Inc" of London, "Why Trolleybuses?", May. 1956
Booklet - 16 pages, centre stapled, black and white photographs with red colour printed headings, titled "Why Trolleybuses?", published "The British Electrical & Allied Manufacturers' Association Inc" of London. Notes at BEAMA Publication No. 143, published as the 2nd edition, May 1956. Looks at the benefits of trolley buses over motor buses, their features, silence, life and cost. Has photographs of buses in Great Britain, Denmark, Portugal, Finland, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia (Adelaide) and Tasmania, along with sketches of animals."4K2" in ink on front cover and AETA stamp top and bottom of cover.trams, tramways, trolley buses, uk, electrical equipment -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Document, Royal Artillery Training Memorandum
Memorandum on the training of the Royal Artillery, 1940-41 (Field Branch and Anti-Tank). Published by the UK War Office, 6th January, 1941. This memorandum contains 44 pages of illustrated notes for artillery training personnel. It is bound in a soft cover of buff coloured paper. The memorandum has a printed cover (refer image). -
B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc
Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah Engine
Some 37,200 of these engines were built, major application was in the Airspeed Oxford aircraft.Seven-cylinder air cooled radial engine produced by Armstrong Siddeley (UK). Widely used in Airspeed Oxford and Avro Anson aircraft of WWII era. This example is in running order after having been rebuilt by team members from a very neglected state.A9600 8739D 790 Sradial engine -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Manufactured Glass, bottle 'Mendaco' tablets, mid 20thC
Knox Pharmaceuticals Ltd is a UK registered pharmaceutical wholesaler that offers a wide range of prescription, non-prescription and other pharmacy related items. Knox Ltd are licensed to supply pharmacies, hospitals, clinics and other healthcare providers; both in the UK and overseas. Since 1989, we have grown into a large and successful pharmaceutical distribution company based in Ripon , UKAn empty brown glass bottle that contained ;Mendaco' tablets used for treating Asthma, Bronchitis and Hay Fever.Front ; MENDACO / for / Asthma / Bronchitis / Hay Fever / 3/- size / Made in Australia for / THE KNOX DRUG CO. /(Pty Ltd ) Distributors / Melbourne, Sydney, / Wellington. Left side ; Contains ……. Right side ; SAVE MONEY / ……….By purchasing the larger sizes……… Back; DIRECTIONS / Adult dose ….. Children dose ……..Base: A F583 Mpharmacy, medicines, the knox drug company pty ltd, melbourne, early settlers, market gardeners, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, asthma, mendaco -
National Wool Museum
Photograph, Geographia Ltd, Unknown
Aerial photograph of a factory in the UK.Black and white aerial photograph of a factory with townhouses in the background in a landscape format.Front bottom right corner - Geographia Ltd, 167 Fleet Street, London, EC4. Back stamped - Neg. No. 3658 Date Subject Bides (?) 631wool, woollen mills, wool manufacture -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Viper Engines and Engine Change Units, Viper Aero-Engines and Engine Change Units All Marks Modification Lists
Minstry of Defence UK RAF -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Booklet (Item) - British Aerospace 125 Series 700B Business Jet in Australia, Presenting the British Aerospace 125-700 Operations in Australia
British Aerospace , Hatfield , UK -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Ministry of Defence Aircraft Assisted Escape Systems Manual, Ministry of Defence Aircraft Assisted Escape Systems
Ministry of Defence UK RAF -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - PATCHES
Items belonging to Mathew Redwood 3811680/8237166. Refer Cat No 3891 for his service details..1) Cloth patch circular, eagle above map of Iraq, flags and lettering around outside, Kahki colour lettering “IRAQI FREEDOM”, “WE WILL NOT FAIL”. Flags include Australia, Iraq, UK and USA. .2)Cloth patch, gold edges, American flag in centre.patches, american, iraq -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket, Davis bus lines, Davis Urban Bus Lines, 4/04/1973 12:00:00 AM
Paper ticket issued by an Almex machines issued 6 April 1973 by Davis Urban Bus Lines in Ballarat - Collected by Gavin Young at the time of use. Has various ticket issuing information. There are a number of UK websites detailing the machines and tickets. Possible fare $0.21 trams, tramways, ticket, davis bus lines, ticket machines -
Tennis Australia
Ball container, Ball, Circa 1934
A Slazenger (UK) 'Lawn Tennis Ball' box. Printed on lid: 'MADE ENTIRELY IN ENGLAND/OFFICIALLY AUTHORISED BY THE LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION'. Front and rear of box printed with '1934'. Contains six matching balls, probably original. Materials: Ink, Cardboard, Paper, Rubber, Wooltennis -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, MUSKETRY REGULATIONS PART ONE, 1909, His Majesty's Stationery Office/ Harrison & Sons, 1912
This is the UK 1909 version, Amendments to 1912.This is a pocket size book. The covers are red buckram. Inside are 312 pages of photos, drawings and instructions on how to shoot the .303 Mk III and Mk IV Rifles.passchendaele barracks trust, cat 73r, ww1, aif -
Unions Ballarat
My silent war (Don Woodward Collection), Philby, Kim, 1968
Story of a double agent (UK & Soviet). UK-USSR espionage. Autobiographical interest.Book; 164 pages. Dustjacket: white background; red and black lettering; authors' names and title. Cover: black background; gold lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, philby, kim, espionage, autobiography -
St Kilda Historical Society
Ephemera - Seasonal card, Australian Club Christmas, 1918, 1918
Also at same location, the Australasian Officers Club, established 1916Cream card that has discoloured with age. On the front, Australia's coat of arms and the text are printed in gold/brown, and they are surrounded by a border in green, red and blue (representing shamrocks, Scottish thistles, red roses and elements of the UK flag). Personnel of the Australia Club are listed on the back of the card in blue.Front signed by Sylvia Fenwickaustralian cub - london -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Cap, Peaked, Dress, Royal Australian Artillery, 1951, 1951
UK manufacture RAA cap for 1950s. Personal purchase?? Khaki cloth peaked cap with Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery gilt cap badge (Queen's crown) with brown leather chin strap and gilt AMF 12mm diameter buttons. Brown leather sweat band and tan plastic crown liner and khaki cloth liner. Manufacturer's, size and D^D stamp under crown. "Herbert Johnson (Bond Street) Ltd., 38 New Bond Street, London" "1951" "Size 6 7/8" "Made in England" "D^D" No personal I.D.headgear, cap -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Postcard, Unknown
Postcard sent to Mrs S.A.McNamara - description of visit to UK.Coloured airmail postcard with stamp. Example of British to Australia correspondence.Various -
Unions Ballarat
Book - The Economics of the Trade Union (D.J. Spiers Collection), Booth, Alison L
Labour economics and industrial relations with a US-UK focus.Relevant to trade unionism in the US and UK.Book; paper.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, trade unions, economics, labour market -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Post cards, set, Royal Armoured Corps Tank Museum, 1980's
A set of seven post cards, each with photograph of vehicles in the Tank Museum at Bovington, UK. The vehicles are Charioteer Tank, Tortoise SP Gun,Vickers Medium and Light Tanks, Sherman Tanks, Churchill VII Tank, Grant Tank, and three armoured cars - an Austin, Rolls-Royce and Crossley Mk1.post cards, tank museum, bovington -
Tennis Australia
Ball container, Ball, Circa 1949
A Slazenger (UK) 'Lawn Tennis Ball' box. Printed on lid: 'EXCLUSIVELY CHOSEN FOR / THE CHAMPIONSHIPS, WIMBLEDON, 1948'. Colour advertisement adhered to underside of lid. Contains two original balls and two unbranded white balls, hand-marked with ink: 'E.A.M.' Materials: Ink, Cardboard, Paper, Rubber, Wooltennis -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, WR Buckley & Son, 1885
Yields information about the operation of BTPS owned tram in Bourke St Melbourne and the streetscape at the time of the operation.Black and White photograph of conduit (electric) trams in Blackpool England. The system was offered to the City of Ballarat when the tramway operations were being tendered. Shows two open top double decker electric trams, the centre conduit, advertising Holdens Dining Rooms and the three story buildings in the background and a horse drawn coaches.In ink on rear. "16a" and "In 1885 Holroyd Smith of the United Kingdom sent a tender to Ballarat to construct a conduit tramway in that city, similar to the one he had constructed in Blackpool United Kingdom in the same year. Further details are recorded in the book "Last tram at Eleven" by William F Scott, page 3. WR. Buckley & Son, Winston Bond Collection (United Kingdom). In the bottom right hand corner, a "William Scott" address label.trams, tramways, ballarat, uk, blackpool, conduit trams -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH RAAF, FRAMED, C. WW2
Robert Charles Roberts No 3200 RAAF. Enlisted 17.1.1938, Rose to the rank of T/Sgt LAC 1.11.1939, transfer to Aircrew 26.11.1940, commissioned 29.7.1941, embarked for Canada 15.9.1941 then UK, posted to 455 Sqd (UK) 24.2.1942. Reported missing 10.4.1942 then presumed dead 11.4.1942.Coloured photo, cream background., head & shoulders portrait of Robert Charles ROBERTS in RAAF uniform. Peaked cap, white shirt & tie, Air Force wings badge on L breast. Brown wooden frame with gold trim, glass front, fawn cardboard backing.In black texta on back: Lyn Harrisonphotographs, raaf, framed -
Bendigo Military Museum
Currency - CURRENCY, FRENCH, Boulogne, Ville de Lille, Ville de Tourcoing, 1914-1925
Refers to the service of Albert Edwards. British Army 5471, Southhsmpton, UK.1. 50 cents, Chamber of Commerce de Boulogne Sur Mer. Dated 4 June 1920. 2. 10 cents - Ville de Lille Bon Communal. 3. 5 cents - Ville de Lille Bon Communal. (Garanti par la ville). 4. 10 cents - Ville de Tour Coing Bon de Denrees. 5. 5 cents - Ville de Tour Coing Bon de Denrees. 6. 5 cents - Roubaux. Everre de 1914 - 1915 "Bon de Cinq Centimes".ww1, french currency -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document - Prayer Cards and Stamp Album, C1930
Belonged to Joyce Suto as a child when she lived in Wales, UK.Religious Organisations1. My Rule of Life, 3 paged card with 'My Morning Prayer' 'My Evening Prayer' 'My Rule of Life'. The Lords Prayer printed on it with an illustration of the 'Holy Family'. 2. Gospel Stamp Album which contains stamps for each season of the religious year. Also has 'The Morning Prayer' 'Evening Prayer' 'A Simple Rule of life' and Prayer 'Star'. Register on last page. 3. The Seven Sacraments' card containing a stamp for each of the seven sacraments1 No 24 price three half pence each or 8/6 per hundred 2 Penhow Joyce Baker, Mona Farm 3 Joyce Baker .Manor Farm St. Brides14-1-34religion, christian, sunday school -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Uniform, RAAF Jacket with Air Gunner's Wings, Circa WW2
Used by Air Gunner in RAAF during WW2, Probably in UK and EuropeNavy Blue WW2 Jacket with rank of Flying Officer complete with waist belt. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Model - Model - cardboard - of Ballarat tram 26, David Hawksworth, c2021
Constructed by David Hawksworth of the UK, based on photographs and sketches of a Ballarat tram. Demonstrates model making using cardboard and model parts.Model of Ballarat 26 made from cardboard painted or colour photocopied onto cardboard and glued. Has two operable axles, each with a wheel - 30mm gauge. Trolley pole made from a plastic tube.models, tramcars, ballarat, david hawksworth -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Work on paper - Ration Book
Issued to William Herring 7th. July 1941 by Ministry of Food - UKRation Book Supplement (Reproduction)Holders name and address - Surname "Herring". Other names "William". Address : " xxxxx" -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Equipment - Wireless Set No 19 Mk III, Pye, 1940 - 1948
These sets were made by Pye UK and various other companies under licenceEquipment used by the RegimentWS-19, a HF radio designed primarily for use in armoured vehicles, but also used as truck & ground station. Consists of three main units - sender/receiver, power supply unit and aerial tuning unit. Freq range A Set 2-8 MCs, B Set 229-241 MCsradio, wireless, 19 set -
Echuca Historical Society
Silver Cup, 1811
Cup owned by Henry Hopwood, it was presented to his father by the weavers of Bolton UK.Hopwood was the founder of EchucaInscribed silver cup, thin gold plated inner, two handles. Engraved base.There are two incription on the silver cup, front and back. Front: The Cup is presented to Mr Hopwood by the Weavers of Bolton as a Token of gratitiude . Nov 3rd 1812. Reverse, Henry Hopwood Echuca Victoria, Youngest Son of Mr Hopwood Bolton le Moors Lancashire, 1857 -
National Wool Museum
Book, Knitting, Vogue Baby Knitting no. 9
This pattern book was produced by Vogue (UK) and contains knitting patterns for baby clothes.Vogue baby / knitting / No. 9knitting handicrafts - history, vogue - english, knitting, handicrafts - history -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Norval Morris, Maconochie's Gentlemen, 2002
Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket1x postcard inserted inside front cover, Getty Museum, LA Dated April 5 2001 with greeting. 1x Greeting card inserted inside front cover, UK National Trust, with Greetingfiction history norfolk island, convict, walsh st library