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Kew Historical Society Inc
Journal, Kewriosity : June 1988
... Emergency House Steering Committee] / p8. Management Plan for Yarra ...It rained - but the band played on [Rotunda - Alexandra Gardens, Kew Band, Australian Bicentennial] / p1. Dates for June / p2. Postage stamps, portraits and panoramas [Donald Cameron] / p2. Obituary [Mrs Gwen Gee, Kew Chess Club] / p2. Commentary / Cr Jim Tutt p3. YMCA to manage new Rec Centre [Kew Recreation Centre] / p3. Traffic - a perennial problem for Kew / p3. Did you know? [National Australia Bank] / p3. Notices / p4. Holiday time again / p4. Your rates at work / p4. Pre-school story time [Kew Library] / p4. Kew Living 1988 [Australian Bicentennial] / p4. Russian razzmatazz [Sadko Balalaika Orchestra] / p5. Metropolitan Fire Brigade visit to Council / p5. Council Review on Mother and Child Health / p5. Calling all cooks [Kew Community House] / p5. Kew Community House / Judy Price p6. What's on for young people in Kew? [Youth Resource Centre] / p6. Kew Community Action Group - 10 years on / p6. New community bus / p6. Walk your way to a fit active life [Boroondara Bushwalkers] / p7. Kew ballerina to perform in Russia [Miranda Coney] / p7. Dog warning / p7. Footy news [Kew Football Club] / p8. Keeping you informed [Citizens' Advice Bureau] / p8. Kew Emergency Flat [Kew Emergency House Steering Committee] / p8. Management Plan for Yarra Bend Park / p8.Kewriosity was a local newsletter combining Kew Council and community news. It was published between November 1983 and June 1994, replacing an earlier Kewriosity [broad] Sheet (1979-84). In producing Kewriosity, Council aimed to provide a range of interesting and informative articles covering its deliberations and decision making, together with items of general interest and importance to the Kew community and information not generally available through daily media outlets.non-fictionIt rained - but the band played on [Rotunda - Alexandra Gardens, Kew Band, Australian Bicentennial] / p1. Dates for June / p2. Postage stamps, portraits and panoramas [Donald Cameron] / p2. Obituary [Mrs Gwen Gee, Kew Chess Club] / p2. Commentary / Cr Jim Tutt p3. YMCA to manage new Rec Centre [Kew Recreation Centre] / p3. Traffic - a perennial problem for Kew / p3. Did you know? [National Australia Bank] / p3. Notices / p4. Holiday time again / p4. Your rates at work / p4. Pre-school story time [Kew Library] / p4. Kew Living 1988 [Australian Bicentennial] / p4. Russian razzmatazz [Sadko Balalaika Orchestra] / p5. Metropolitan Fire Brigade visit to Council / p5. Council Review on Mother and Child Health / p5. Calling all cooks [Kew Community House] / p5. Kew Community House / Judy Price p6. What's on for young people in Kew? [Youth Resource Centre] / p6. Kew Community Action Group - 10 years on / p6. New community bus / p6. Walk your way to a fit active life [Boroondara Bushwalkers] / p7. Kew ballerina to perform in Russia [Miranda Coney] / p7. Dog warning / p7. Footy news [Kew Football Club] / p8. Keeping you informed [Citizens' Advice Bureau] / p8. Kew Emergency Flat [Kew Emergency House Steering Committee] / p8. Management Plan for Yarra Bend Park / p8. publications -- city of kew (vic.), kewriosity, council newsletters, community newsletters -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Sub-series) - Subject File, Kew Historical Society, Garbage Disposal (Kew), 1958
Various partiesReference, Research, InformationSecondary Values (KHS Imposed Order)Subject file containing primary resources/publications and newspaper articles/clippings. The oldest item in the file is a ‘Report on the Sub-Committee of the Conference of Municipalities on the Best Means of Disposing of Street and House Refuse, Street Sweepings and other Garbage of the Metropolitan Area (Brunswick, Slobom & Co., Printers, 1 Union Street, 1901). The other publication dates from 1993 and is City of Kew: Your guide to total waste management.sanitation - kew (vic), garbage - kew (vic.)sanitation - kew (vic), garbage - kew (vic.) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Sub-series) - Subject File, Kew, City of - Management, 1958
City of KewReference, Research, InformationKHS Imposed OrderKew in Victoria was declared a City in 1921, and remained so until it was amalgamated into the City of Boroondara in 1994. This is a single large archive file, primarily comprised of Kew Council documents, a number of which date from an earlier period. Interesting early primary sources include: 1914 Amendments to the Local Government Act of 1903 [copy owned by Mr W.J. Muntz C.E.]; a Cleansing Contract [for the removal of night-soil] (1913); an Annual Statement of Accounts (1923); and By-Law No.66 (1939) [relating to the “Erection Construction and Removal of Buildings, Advertising Signs, Etc.”; and the Councillor’s Handbook (1939). In addition to these, later publications relate to Financial Statements (1986, 1987, 1988); Model Local Laws (1989); a Municipal Emergency Management Plan (1990); Mobile Bin Recycling Trial (1991); a School Project Kit (1991-2); and Committee Minutes (1992). There are also a number of newspaper articles/clippings on Council management issueslocal government - kew (vic) - publications, city of kew - management, city of kew - amendments to the local government act 1903, city of kew - by-laws, city of kew - financial statements, city of kew - councillor's handbook, city of kew - municipal emergency management plan 1990, city of kew - mobile bin recycling trial (1991)local government - kew (vic) - publications, city of kew - management, city of kew - amendments to the local government act 1903, city of kew - by-laws, city of kew - financial statements, city of kew - councillor's handbook, city of kew - municipal emergency management plan 1990, city of kew - mobile bin recycling trial (1991) -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Plan, Merri Creek Management Committee, c. 1990
... Merri Creek Management Committee... Boulevard Richmond melbourne Plan Merri Creek Management Committee ...(1) 2 sets Base Maps Scale 1:5000 MCMC. (2.) 2 sets Merri Creek remnant vegetation Scale 1:5000.merri creek, management plan -
Vision Australia
Painting - Artwork, Portrait of Bruce Small, 2002
Framed portrait of Bruce Small who was President of the Association for the Blind 1955-1964. It is part of a series of paintings commissioned by the VAF Board to commemorate the work of past presidents of the organisation. Mr Small stands in his Gold Coast mayoral robes, which consist of a dark blue velvet with ermine trim and a white ruffled shirt.. He wears a mayoral chain of office around his neck and glasses, with his hands clasped in front of him. Sir Bruce Small joined the Vision Australia’s General committee in 1944 and became President of the organisation in 1955. He developed an efficient team with Sir Hubert Opperman (for many years the world’s number one cyclist), whom he brought in as Vice President and Mr. Pat Lightfoot, himself president for many years. Sir Bruce had to leave school at an early age after the death of his father in order to support his family. The lessons he learned from this episode in his life created a man of quick wit, with a razor sharp mind and the skills of a gambler - attributes that enabled him to achieve his goal of “aiming for the stars”. This was put into effect when he proposed a plan for 3 new Vision Australia nursing homes in 5 years at Ballarat, Bendigo and Brighton at a cost, which at that time seemed impossible but which was finally achieved between 1957 and 1959, through astute financial management. Sir Bruce also supported the concept of organisational decentralization and made amendments to the constitution, which enabled the associated branches of the Vision Australia (then the Association for the Advancement of the Blind) to form local committees. This was in order to generate local interest in the blind people in the community and engage them in fund raising and running of the nursing homes. Although he resigned in 1964 when he moved to Queensland he still retained an interest in Vision Australia. Sir Bruce had always pushed for a symbol for Vision Australia which would be recognized by the public and serve a useful purpose. This took the form of a beacon which was erected at Brighton, overlooking the sea, having a twofold purpose – a reference point and guiding light for small craft, and symbolically for blind people a guiding light to direct them to a safe harbour. Sir Bruce switched on the guiding light at in 1969 having already donated the cost of $3000. Prior to joining Vision Australia, Sir Bruce had operated the Malvern Star bicycle business in Glenferrie Rd. He promoted and expanded the business making Malvern Star the industry leader in Australia. This was aided by his friendship with Sir Hubert Oppermen, who promoted Malvern Star bikes through his role as world’s number one cyclist. In 1967 he became Mayor of the Gold Coast and, in 1972 he was elected to the Queensland Parliament representing the seat of Surfers Paradise. 1 art original in gold frameThe plaque at the base of the painting reads 'Mr Bruce Small / President 1955 - 1964 / Association for the Blind'.association for the blind, bruce small -
Vision Australia
Text, RVIB Central Auxiliary, 1927 - 2004
" An important decision was made by the board in May last 1927 to form a Central Auxiliary with representatives from each Municipality. It has long been felt that such an Auxiliary would bring the work of the Institute more prominetly under the notice of the public and assist in finding the large sum required each year to carry on. A meeting was accoringly called for the purpose and an auxilirary formed. A strong committee was elected with Mrs James Angus as President. Mr James Angus Vice- President of the Institute was appointed by the Board of Management as Chairman of the Auxiliary." From RVIB Annual Report 1927. This collection includes Annual reports for 1966, 1969 -1970, 1973 - 1974, 1976 - 1977, 1978- 1979 and 1980 - 1981 and an incomplete lists of 10 - 25 years service badge Auxiliary members and Life Governors. The Auxiliary members did not only raise money they also raised awareness of the services provided by RVIB and worked closely with the Public Relations/Fundraising departments. Trudy Westh from Camberwell in Melbourne was recognised with a medal of the Order of Australia OAM . Mrs Westh finished her 18 year term as President of the Council of Auxiliaries in 2004. A Brief history of Auxiliaries is included. Annual reports -- minutes-- letters -- newspaper clippings -- 1 account book -- photos -- various loose papers. royal victorian institute for the blind -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
book, A bucket full of berries: reflections on Whitehorse, 2000
This book was produced as part of a raft of community projects under the umbrella of COWCH (City of Whitehorse Community Houses) with funding from the federal government. Projects aimed to celebrate the Centenary of Federation by recording a broad base of aspects of life and experience in Whitehorse drawn from a cross-section of ordinary members of the community. The steering committee for the book worked with the management of the Vermont South Community House - Marjorie Morgan, Carol Pawsey, Val Eldridge, Sue Barnett, Anne Jones, Margaret Banks and Murray Lewis (editor).A collection of stories contributed either as written memoirs or drawn from oral histories that reflect the ways in which the contributors have been associated with the City of Whitehorse. A Federation Project of the Collective of Whitehorse Neighbourhood and Community Houses.whitehorse, (ms) susan barnett, (ms) susan johns, (mr) arthur tonkin, (mrs) kathleen beanland, (mrs) nancye gration, (mr) norman kerr, (mr) murray lewis, tara cameron, andy hannam, christine howarth, danielle burgess, yeek hoon tjia, ian grandy, frances warren, jessie williams, joan nethercote, joyce kotze, john pawsy, greg bawden, hope hughes, thelma osborn, margaret sharp, merle forrest, caterhine jenkins, ted o'rourke, judy gordon, george ellis, rene & albert stevens, jessie barnes, mary roberts, howard & valda broadstock, nellie sutherland, jean johnson, evan walker, joan roberts, pat nitz, joan & patrick crummy, ray stanfield, plaatjien braaf, kath farrugia, noelene whitaker, margaret wood, phyllis johnson, marie stubbs, eileen pearson, jennifer o'sullivan, joy edwards, virginia burns, walter thompson, mae buckingham -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Photographs, Cr Phyllis Hore, Mayor of Kew 1985-1986, 1985-1986
Phyllis Catherine Hore (née Kiss) was born in 1918. A Kew resident from 1949, she was elected to Council in 1972, after several attempts, and served for twenty- three years until her death in 1994. A secondary teacher by profession, Cr Hore represented College and Sackville Wards. While a councillor, she was a resident of High and later Pakington Streets. She served on Council committees and was a delegate to the Kew Elder Citizens Association, the Family and Community Services (FACS) Local Consultative Committee, and the Kew Music Centre Board of Management. During her Mayoral year, she was instrumental in memorialising Vance and Nettie Palmer, significant Kew writers and poets, by unveiling a plaque at the Kew Library in the year of the centenary of their births. In May 1994, the Mayor of Kew, Cr Tom Indovino, named a meeting room at Kew Library, the Phyllis Hore Room in recognition of her service to the City. She is buried in the Heidelberg (Warringal) Cemetery. (Source: Chairmen and Mayors of Kew 1960-1994, p. 88)Two colour 'proofs' of mayoral photos of Cr Phyllis Hore, donated by her daughter in 2019cr phyllis hore, mayors of kew (vic) -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Mr Cochran - President Board of Management, Mr Bartrop - Appeal Committee, Mr Norman Botchers
... Mr Cochran - President Board of Management, Mr Bartrop...Mr Cochran, President, Board of Management, Mr Bartrop... of Management, Mr Bartrop - Appeal Committee, Mr Norman Botchers Photo ...Photomr cochran, president, board of management, mr bartrop, appeal committee, botchers -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Document - Report, Bambrook, Anne, Report on the status of Victorian Aboriginal communities in enterprise and economic development, 1993
... . Aboriginal Communites - retail management; tourism; business ...The Committee commissioned the research and reportas part of a process leading to a statewide economic development conference and the development of a draft strategy plan for action.p.127; glossary; appendices; figs.; 30 cm.The Committee commissioned the research and reportas part of a process leading to a statewide economic development conference and the development of a draft strategy plan for action.aboriginal communites - retail management; tourism; business development. -
National Wool Museum
Report, Single file races for sheep
"Single file races for sheep" - H M Hamilton, October 1988. A report prepared for the Wool Harvesting Research Committee of the Australian Wool Board. The University of Melbourne Department of Civil and Agricultural Engineering, Wool harvesting technology transfer project.UM06H TERM DATE 06/88sheep stations - management wool - research sheep dogs stockmen, australian wool board - wool harvesting research committee university of melbourne, sheep stations - management, wool - research, sheep dogs, stockmen -
National Wool Museum
Book, Automated mechanical shearing: predevelopment feasibility analysis
"Automated mechanical shearing: predevelopment feasibility analysis"- Wool Harvesting Unit, Australian Wool Corporation, 1983shearing sheep stations - management agriculture - industrial relations animal welfare woolclassing wool marketing, australian wool board - wool harvesting research committee, wool clip contamination, shearing, sheep stations - management, agriculture - industrial relations, animal welfare, woolclassing, wool marketing -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Conference proceedings, Barbara Burnaby, Indigenous languages across the community, 2002
Language - Preservation and use. Language - Social function. [Maori: New Zealand Latin]. Language planning. [Language planning in a trans-national speech community]. [The way of the drum - when earth becomes heart] [The need for an ecological cultural community] Community language management. [Methods of madness: The Tuscarora Language Committee] [Daghida: Cold Lake First Nation works towards Dene language revitalization] [The Jicarilla Apache language summer day camp] [Report on the workshop "World of Inukitut"]. Arizona. New Mexico. Oklahoma. Adult education. Women's literacy. [Teaching reading with puppets] [Assessing Lakota language teaching issues on the Cheyenne River Reservation] [Incorporating traditional Nehiyaw/Plains Cree education in the university] [Collecting texts in Crao and Portuguese for teaching] [Early vocabularies and dictionary development: A cautionary note] [The process of spelling standardization of Innu-Aimun (Montagnais)] Pidgin. Creole. [Ojibway hockey CD-ROM in the making] [The use of multimedia and the arts in language revitalization, maintenance and development: The case of the Balsas Nahuas of Guerreo, Mexico] [The languages of Indigenous Peoples in Chukotka and the media] [Meeting of the Inukitut and Yupik family of languages on May 12, 2000]B&w photographs, diagrams,international language forum, community based practice, language research, conference papers, language policy, language and whole community development, literacy development, media, educational advances, canada, united states, new zealand, zimbabwe, mexico, russia, caribbean, inui, yupik -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Periodical, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Australian Aboriginal studies : journal of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2010
'Whose Ethics?':Codifying and enacting ethics in research settings Bringing ethics up to date? A review of the AIATSIS ethical guidelines Michael Davis (Independent Academic) A revision of the AIATSIS Guidelines for Ethical Research in Indigenous Studies was carried out during 2009-10. The purpose of the revision was to bring the Guidelines up to date in light of a range of critical developments that have occurred in Indigenous rights, research and knowledge management since the previous version of the Guidelines was released in 2000. In this paper I present an outline of these developments, and briefly discuss the review process. I argue that the review, and the developments that it responded to, have highlighted that ethical research needs to be thought about more as a type of behaviour and practice between engaged participants, and less as an institutionalised, document-focused and prescriptive approach. The arrogance of ethnography: Managing anthropological research knowledge Sarah Holcombe (ANU) The ethnographic method is a core feature of anthropological practice. This locally intensive research enables insight into local praxis and culturally relative practices that would otherwise not be possible. Indeed, empathetic engagement is only possible in this close and intimate encounter. However, this paper argues that this method can also provide the practitioner with a false sense of his or her own knowing and expertise and, indeed, with arrogance. And the boundaries between the anthropologist as knowledge sink - cultural translator and interpreter - and the knowledge of the local knowledge owners can become opaque. Globalisation and the knowledge ?commons?, exemplified by Google, also highlight the increasing complexities in this area of the governance and ownership of knowledge. Our stronghold of working in remote areas and/or with marginalised groups places us at the forefront of negotiating the multiple new technological knowledge spaces that are opening up in the form of Indigenous websites and knowledge centres in these areas. Anthropology is not immune from the increasing awareness of the limitations and risks of the intellectual property regime for protecting or managing Indigenous knowledge. The relevance of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in opening up a ?rights-based? discourse, especially in the area of knowledge ownership, brings these issues to the fore. For anthropology to remain relevant, we have to engage locally with these global discourses. This paper begins to traverse some of this ground. Protocols: Devices for translating moralities, controlling knowledge and defining actors in Indigenous research, and critical ethical reflection Margaret Raven (Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy (ISTP), Murdoch University) Protocols are devices that act to assist with ethical research behaviour in Indigenous research contexts. Protocols also attempt to play a mediating role in the power and control inherent in research. While the development of bureaucratically derived protocols is on the increase, critiques and review of protocols have been undertaken in an ad hoc manner and in the absence of an overarching ethical framework or standard. Additionally, actors implicated in research networks are seldom theorised. This paper sketches out a typology of research characters and the different moral positioning that each of them plays in the research game. It argues that by understanding the ways actors enact research protocols we are better able to understand what protocols are, and how they seek to build ethical research practices. Ethics and research: Dilemmas raised in managing research collections of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander materials Grace Koch (AIATSIS) This paper examines some of the ethical dilemmas for the proper management of research collections of Indigenous cultural materials, concentrating upon the use of such material for Native Title purposes. It refers directly to a number of points in the draft of the revised AIATSIS Guidelines for Ethical Research in Indigenous Studies and draws upon both actual and hypothetical examples of issues that may arise when requests are made for Indigenous material. Specific concerns about ethical practices in collecting data and the subsequent control of access to both the data itself and to published works based upon it are raised within the context of several types of collections, including those held by AIATSIS and by Native Title Representative Bodies. Ethics or social justice? Heritage and the politics of recognition Laurajane Smith (ANU) Nancy Fraser?s model of the politics of recognition is used to examine how ethical practices are interconnected with wider struggles for recognition and social justice. This paper focuses on the concept of 'heritage' and the way it is often uncritically linked to 'identity' to illustrate how expert knowledge can become implicated in struggles for recognition. The consequences of this for ethical practice and for rethinking the role of expertise, professional discourses and disciplinary identity are discussed. The ethics of teaching from country Michael Christie (CDU), with the assistance of Yi?iya Guyula, Kathy Gotha and Dh�?gal Gurruwiwi The 'Teaching from Country' program provided the opportunity and the funding for Yol?u (north-east Arnhem Land Aboriginal) knowledge authorities to participate actively in the academic teaching of their languages and cultures from their remote homeland centres using new digital technologies. As two knowledge systems and their practices came to work together, so too did two divergent epistemologies and metaphysics, and challenges to our understandings of our ethical behaviour. This paper uses an examination of the philosophical and pedagogical work of the Yol?u Elders and their students to reflect upon ethical teaching and research in postcolonial knowledge practices. Closing the gaps in and through Indigenous health research: Guidelines, processes and practices Pat Dudgeon (UWA), Kerrie Kelly (Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association) and Roz Walker (UWA) Research in Aboriginal contexts remains a vexed issue given the ongoing inequities and injustices in Indigenous health. It is widely accepted that good research providing a sound evidence base is critical to closing the gap in Aboriginal health and wellbeing outcomes. However, key contemporary research issues still remain regarding how that research is prioritised, carried out, disseminated and translated so that Aboriginal people are the main beneficiaries of the research in every sense. It is widely acknowledged that, historically, research on Indigenous groups by non-Indigenous researchers has benefited the careers and reputations of researchers, often with little benefit and considerably more harm for Indigenous peoples in Australia and internationally. This paper argues that genuine collaborative and equal partnerships in Indigenous health research are critical to enable Aboriginal and Torres Islander people to determine the solutions to close the gap on many contemporary health issues. It suggests that greater recognition of research methodologies, such as community participatory action research, is necessary to ensure that Aboriginal people have control of, or significant input into, determining the Indigenous health research agenda at all levels. This can occur at a national level, such as through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Road Map on Indigenous research priorities (RAWG 2002), and at a local level through the development of structural mechanisms and processes, including research ethics committees? research protocols to hold researchers accountable to the NHMRC ethical guidelines and values which recognise Indigenous culture in all aspects of research. Researching on Ngarrindjeri Ruwe/Ruwar: Methodologies for positive transformation Steve Hemming (Flinders University) , Daryle Rigney (Flinders University) and Shaun Berg (Berg Lawyers) Ngarrindjeri engagement with cultural and natural resource management over the past decade provides a useful case study for examining the relationship between research, colonialism and improved Indigenous wellbeing. The Ngarrindjeri nation is located in south-eastern Australia, a ?white? space framed by Aboriginalist myths of cultural extinction recycled through burgeoning heritage, Native Title, natural resource management ?industries?. Research is a central element of this network of intrusive interests and colonising practices. Government management regimes such as natural resource management draw upon the research and business sectors to form complex alliances to access funds to support their research, monitoring, policy development, management and on-ground works programs. We argue that understanding the political and ethical location of research in this contemporary management landscape is crucial to any assessment of the potential positive contribution of research to 'Bridging the Gap' or improving Indigenous wellbeing. Recognition that research conducted on Ngarrindjeri Ruwe/Ruwar (country/body/spirit) has impacts on Ngarrindjeri and that Ngarrindjeri have a right and responsibility to care for their lands and waters are important platforms for any just or ethical research. Ngarrindjeri have linked these rights and responsibilities to long-term community development focused on Ngarrindjeri capacity building and shifts in Ngarrindjeri power in programs designed to research and manage Ngarrindjeri Ruwe/Ruwar. Research agreements that protect Ngarrindjeri interests, including cultural knowledge and intellectual property, are crucial elements in these shifts in power. A preliminary review of ethics resources, with particular focus on those available online from Indigenous organisations in WA, NT and Qld Sarah Holcombe (ANU) and Natalia Gould (La Trobe University) In light of a growing interest in Indigenous knowledge, this preliminary review maps the forms and contents of some existing resources and processes currently available and under development in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia, along with those enacted through several cross-jurisdictional initiatives. A significant majority of ethics resources have been developed in response to a growing interest in the application of Indigenous knowledge in land and natural resource management. The aim of these resources is to ?manage? (i.e. protect and maintain) Indigenous knowledge by ensuring ethical engagement with the knowledge holders. Case studies are drawn on from each jurisdiction to illustrate both the diversity and commonality in the approach to managing this intercultural engagement. Such resources include protocols, guidelines, memorandums of understanding, research agreements and strategic plans. In conducting this review we encourage greater awareness of the range of approaches in practice and under development today, while emphasising that systematic, localised processes for establishing these mechanisms is of fundamental importance to ensuring equitable collaboration. Likewise, making available a range of ethics tools and resources also enables the sharing of the local and regional initiatives in this very dynamic area of Indigenous knowledge rights.b&w photographs, colour photographsngarrindjeri, ethics, ethnography, indigenous research, social justice, indigenous health -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Administrative record, Burnley Gardens Management Committee, 1991-1997
... Burnley Gardens Management Committee...Burnley Gardens Management Committee... Management Committee File 7/13. Various documents and memoranda. 1991 ...1991 centenary, field station, garden week, amrad site -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Leaflet, Office of the Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations, 2004
1. Setting up an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander corporation 2. The rules of the corporation 3. Changing the rules 4. Register of members and membership records 5. The rights and obligations of members 6. The role of the governing committee 7. The role of the chairperson 8. The role of the treasurer 9. The role of the secretary 10. The role of the public officer 11. Running a governing committee meeting 12. Conflicts of interest 13. Running an annual general meeting 14. Running a special general meeting 15. How to keep proper minutes and why 16. Preparing and using budgets for management 17. Looking after the corporation's finances 18. It's the end of the year: what do we do? 19. Exemption from preparing and lodging audited financial statements 20. Does your corporation need assistance 21. When, how and why does the registrar intervene.aboriginal corporations, corporate governance -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, Mel Robbins, Plaques at Newcastle office
Silver plaque with black writing mounted on board inside black frame, and silver plaque with black writing. Both list the companies that financially supported the Newcastle office for Vision Australia (formerly the Royal Blind Society of New South Wales). The first plaque reads: Vision Australia Blindness and low vision services Vision Australia is proudly supported in the Hunter by: Ian Paul Prime Television Hunter Readymixed Concrete Pty Ltd Port Waratah Coal Services Limited Blue Illusion - Hamilton Newcastle Permanent Building Society Australian Hotels Association Sandalyn Wilderness Estate AmpControl Colleen Praniess Lidbury Retirement & Financial Services Passmores Business College Maitland Black & White Committee Belmont 16ft Sailing Club Cessnock Supporters Club The Boulevard on Beaumont Sydney Junction Hotel Gallipoli Legion Club VDB Chartered Accountants Salvation Army - McIntosh Trust The second plaque reads: Royal Blind Society vision to share This Client Service Centre was made possible thanks to generous support from Ian Paul as well as the following organisations Prime Television Newcastle Knights Hunter Water Western Suburbs (Newcastle) Leagues Club Management Advisors Corporation Drayton Building & Construction The Plan Centre Hunter Land2 images of plaques displayed at the Newcastle officeVision Australia Blindness and low vision services Vision Australia is proudly supported in the Hunter by: Ian Paul Prime Television Hunter Readymixed Concrete Pty Ltd Port Waratah Coal Services Limited Blue Illusion - Hamilton Newcastle Permanent Building Society Australian Hotels Association Sandalyn Wilderness Estate AmpControl Colleen Praniess Lidbury Retirement & Financial Services Passmores Business College Maitland Black & White Committee Belmont 16ft Sailing Club Cessnock Supporters Club The Boulevard on Beaumont Sydney Junction Hotel Gallipoli Legion Club VDB Chartered Accountants Salvation Army - McIntosh Trust Royal Blind Society vision to share This Client Service Centre was made possible thanks to generous support from Ian Paul as well as the following organisations Prime Television Newcastle Knights Hunter Water Western Suburbs (Newcastle) Leagues Club Management Advisors Corporation Drayton Building & Construction The Plan Centre Hunter Landvision australia, royal blind society of nsw, plaques -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Archive, Stawell Hospital Records Board of Management Minutes & other Committees 1952 – 1962. Book 6, 12/08/1952 - 18/12/1962
... Stawell Hospital Records Board of Management Minutes... grampians Archive Stawell Hospital Records Board of Management ...MinutesMinute Book 6stawell health medical -
Brighton Historical Society
Bag, Evening purse, circa 1930
This bag belonged to by Mrs Alice "May" Moss CBE (1869-1948), Australian suffragist, social welfare campaigner and longtime resident of 59 North Road, Brighton. Born Alice Frances Mabel Wilson in Ballarat, in 1887 May married Isidore Moss, the son of Norwood's builder Mark Moss. While her children were young, she began to campaign for the rights of women and served as vice-president of the Australian Women's National League in 1906-14, during which time she actively campaigned in Victoria for women's suffrage. She was an Australian delegate at the League of Nations Assembly at Geneva in 1927, where she was the first woman to sit on a finance committee. She attended the International Council of Women in Geneva in the same year and in 1928 was elected as vice president of the ICW, a position she held until her death. She was the first president of the National Council of Women of Australia, serving from 1931 to 1936. May was active in many other community organisations and causes, including the Royal Women's Hospital, the Collingwood Crèche and the Free Kindergarten movement. She served on the board of management of the City Newsboys' Society in 1906-48 and was the first woman lay-member of the National Health and Medical Research Council in 1936-45. She was also member of the International and Lyceum clubs, with an interest in the theatre, painting and woodcarving.French petit point tapestry bag featuring seven people in a bucolic scene, with trees and buildings in the background. Black border. Gold metal hinged opening with ornamental clasp and gold chain.may moss, petit point, 1930s -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, Ian Baker (Chairman of Norval Conference Centre Committee of Management), Undated
... Ian Baker (Chairman of Norval Conference Centre Committee... of Norval Conference Centre Committee of Management) Baker is seated ...Norval Conference Centre was located in Halls Gap, and belonged to the Methodist Church before union.Baker is seated, dressed casually with rolled up sleeves.As per title.baker, ian, norval -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, Undated c.1960s
Mr John P. Adam was a member of the Kew Presbyterian Church. He was born in Scotland and came to Australia at the age of 13 when his father was appointed Professor of Divinity at Ormond College. John Adam studied law and commenced practice in 1924. He served on the Council of the Law Institute of Victoria and was President in 1949. He gave a lifetime of service to the Presbyterian Church of Victoria and Australia. He was law agent of the Victorian Church for 20 years and was foundation Convenor of the Donald Cameron Homes Committee for elderly people. He was a member of the Council of Presbyterian Ladies' College for 20 years and Chairman from 1958 to 1965. He was also a member of the Ormond College Council. He was an active member of the Kew Presbyterian Church , serving on the Board of Management and Session for 47 years. John Adam was also Superintendent of the Sunday School for 19 years and a leader of the Young Men's Bible Class. He died aged 78 on 11 March 1973.B & W head and shoulders photograph of Mr John P. Adam wearing a dark suit and buttonhole in his lapel.john p. adam, scotland, ormond college, law, law institute of victoria, presbyterian church, kew, donald cameron homes committee -
Ambulance Victoria Museum
Minute book, South Western Victoria Ambulance Service, 1962 - 1976
Committee records for the South Western Victoria Ambulance Service board of managementblack binder filled with minutes, constitution and other documentsMINUTE BOOK -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, 38th Annual Report Awards - Bronze Award for Distinguished Achievement in Annual Reporting, 1988
The award reads as follows: Australian Institute of Management 38th Annual Report Award presented to Braille and Talking Book Library Bronze Award for Distinguished Achievement in Annual Reporting, May 1988 (Signed by) Chairman of Annual Report Award Committee (and) Chief Executive of Institute New South Wales Limited Digital image of rectangular wood block with paper certificate laminated to front:Australian Institute of Management 38th Annual Report Award presented to Braille and Talking Book Library Bronze Award for Distinguished Achievement in Annual Reporting, May 1988 (Signed by) Chairman of Annual Report Award Committee (and) Chief Executive of Institute New South Wales Limitedbraille and talking book library, awards -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Journal, Kewriosity : February 1986
Holiday program banishes boredom! / p1. [Local Government] Restructuring the issue for '86 / p1.Dates for February / p2. Are you new to Kew? / p2. [Community] Notices / p2. Update: Notes from Council {Council amalgamations] / Cr Phyllis Hore, Mayor of Kew p3. Kew Directory 1988 / p3. Traffic Management / p3. In Brief [A question of aesthetics; [Willsmere] Billabong study comes first; Grants allocated; Keeping the noise down; No to powerlines; Eating al fresco] / p4. Profile: Cr Phyllis Hore, Mayor of Kew / p4. Kew Community House [Resource Room; Groups using the house; T.O.P. at home - Tertiary Orientation Programme; Childminding] / p5. An opportunity to improve your English / p6. All about the C.S.C.C. [Children’s Services Consultative Committee] / p6. Care+Force [family support] / p6. Kew and Hawthorn share socialworker [Margaret Barnard]; What's planned for Senior Citizens' Week? / p7. Headway needs volunteers / p7. Who remembers Gladstone College? / p7. What happens when you turn 18? / p8. A peaceful way to start the year / p8. Our archives threatened [Kew Historical Society] / Sue Long p8.Kewriosity was a local newsletter combining Kew Council and community news. It was published between November 1983 and June 1994, replacing an earlier Kewriosity [broad] Sheet (1979-84). In producing Kewriosity, Council aimed to provide a range of interesting and informative articles covering its deliberations and decision making, together with items of general interest and importance to the Kew community and information not generally available through daily media outlets.non-fictionHoliday program banishes boredom! / p1. [Local Government] Restructuring the issue for '86 / p1.Dates for February / p2. Are you new to Kew? / p2. [Community] Notices / p2. Update: Notes from Council {Council amalgamations] / Cr Phyllis Hore, Mayor of Kew p3. Kew Directory 1988 / p3. Traffic Management / p3. In Brief [A question of aesthetics; [Willsmere] Billabong study comes first; Grants allocated; Keeping the noise down; No to powerlines; Eating al fresco] / p4. Profile: Cr Phyllis Hore, Mayor of Kew / p4. Kew Community House [Resource Room; Groups using the house; T.O.P. at home - Tertiary Orientation Programme; Childminding] / p5. An opportunity to improve your English / p6. All about the C.S.C.C. [Children’s Services Consultative Committee] / p6. Care+Force [family support] / p6. Kew and Hawthorn share socialworker [Margaret Barnard]; What's planned for Senior Citizens' Week? / p7. Headway needs volunteers / p7. Who remembers Gladstone College? / p7. What happens when you turn 18? / p8. A peaceful way to start the year / p8. Our archives threatened [Kew Historical Society] / Sue Long p8. publications -- city of kew (vic.), kewriosity, council newsletters, community newsletters -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Journal, Kewriosity : March 1985
Festival time! / p1. Community notes - General; Half-price sale [Kew Senior Citizens' Lions Club Opportunity Shop]; Support groups; Clubs; Politics / p2&16. Update: Notes from Council - The Kew Community Festival - Growing together / Cr Robin Saunders [Mayor of Kew] p3. Garbage! / p4. Kew Community Directory /p4. Human Services in Kew / p4. Kids driving you crazy? [Kew Occasional Care Centre] / p4. Waiting for funding [Full Day Care Centre] / p4. Traffic management / p5. Free trees! / p5. Places available for extended hours kinder! [Davis Street Kindergarten] / p5. Children's' Services Consultative Committee Report [Extensions of services; Children's Services Officers; Play leader; After School Programme; Future directions] / p5. Hamer Court is home / p6. Kew Festival 85 [Festival programme] / p7-10. Kew Community House [Easter eggs; We need you!; Home tutor scheme; What would you like to learn?; City walks; It's Festive time; Raffle; Open House] / p11. Music and movement for pre-school children / p11. Youth Page - It's all happening!; Notes from the I.Y.Y. Committee [[International Youth Year]; Summer Holiday Program / p12-13. Wanted [youth stories] / p13. Kew woman captains Victoria [Ruth Buckstein, Victorian Women's Cricket Team] / p13. Kew Young Liberals / p13. A Street by any other name ... Stawell Street and Sir William Street [William Foster Stawell; D'Estaville] / p14. Memories ... Memories [Kew as I remember it] / p14. Library news / p15. Senior Citizens' Week March 17-24 / p15. CAB [Citizens' Advice Bureau] comes to the Festival / p15. This Kewriosity is being brought to you by - Kew Ranger Guides / p16. English classes for migrants / p16. Letter - Memories for loan? / William Martin p16.Kewriosity was a local newsletter combining Kew Council and community news. It was published between November 1983 and June 1994, replacing an earlier Kewriosity [broad] Sheet (1979-84). In producing Kewriosity, Council aimed to provide a range of interesting and informative articles covering its deliberations and decision making, together with items of general interest and importance to the Kew community and information not generally available through daily media outlets.non-fictionFestival time! / p1. Community notes - General; Half-price sale [Kew Senior Citizens' Lions Club Opportunity Shop]; Support groups; Clubs; Politics / p2&16. Update: Notes from Council - The Kew Community Festival - Growing together / Cr Robin Saunders [Mayor of Kew] p3. Garbage! / p4. Kew Community Directory /p4. Human Services in Kew / p4. Kids driving you crazy? [Kew Occasional Care Centre] / p4. Waiting for funding [Full Day Care Centre] / p4. Traffic management / p5. Free trees! / p5. Places available for extended hours kinder! [Davis Street Kindergarten] / p5. Children's' Services Consultative Committee Report [Extensions of services; Children's Services Officers; Play leader; After School Programme; Future directions] / p5. Hamer Court is home / p6. Kew Festival 85 [Festival programme] / p7-10. Kew Community House [Easter eggs; We need you!; Home tutor scheme; What would you like to learn?; City walks; It's Festive time; Raffle; Open House] / p11. Music and movement for pre-school children / p11. Youth Page - It's all happening!; Notes from the I.Y.Y. Committee [[International Youth Year]; Summer Holiday Program / p12-13. Wanted [youth stories] / p13. Kew woman captains Victoria [Ruth Buckstein, Victorian Women's Cricket Team] / p13. Kew Young Liberals / p13. A Street by any other name ... Stawell Street and Sir William Street [William Foster Stawell; D'Estaville] / p14. Memories ... Memories [Kew as I remember it] / p14. Library news / p15. Senior Citizens' Week March 17-24 / p15. CAB [Citizens' Advice Bureau] comes to the Festival / p15. This Kewriosity is being brought to you by - Kew Ranger Guides / p16. English classes for migrants / p16. Letter - Memories for loan? / William Martin p16. publications -- city of kew (vic.), kewriosity, council newsletters, community newsletters -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Journal, Kewriosity : November 1984
... Centre update - Report from Consultative Committee / p7. Traffic ...60th issue / p1. "Woodlands Avenue" to accomodate 3YO's [Kew Pre-School Support Group; East Kew Baptist Church] / p1. [Kew] Community Festival extended / p1. Books and games for children / p2. 68th Anniversary Hyde Park Uniting Church / p2. Seniors & Lions / p2. Kew [Daytime] Garden Club / p2. Action Programme [Rheumatism and Arthritis Association of Victoria] / p2. Hyde Park Uniting Church Fellowship / p2. Mayoral Column [Council Budget] / p3. A foster family's experience [Inner East Foster Care] / p4. Volunteer helpers needed / p4. Aspects of alcohol use in the community / p4. Kew Citizens' Band / p4. Youth Pages - Welcome [Kew appoints full time youth worker - Ian Patching; International Youth Year 1985; Youth Resource Centre] / p5. Summer - a time for recreation / p6. [Kew] Recreation Centre update - Report from Consultative Committee / p7. Traffic management / p7. Things to do in Kew / p8. Occasional Care Centre / p9. Library news / p9. Tipping facilities / p9. Senior Citizens' Activity Groups in Kew / p9. Kew/Hawthorn Citizens' Advice Bureau / p10. Kalker Montessori Kindergarten / p10. The Billabong Club / p10. Australian Labor Party / p10. Kew Garden Club and Native Plant Group / p10. Parents of Gays / p10. Kew Community House Annual Report [Glendonald; Elderly; Youth; Unemployed; Single parents; Counselling?; Citizens Advice Bureau; Churches; Mural; Courses & Activities; Drop-in Centre; Volunteers] / Mary Scomazzon p11-12. Kew Community House Youth Group / p12.Kewriosity was a local newsletter combining Kew Council and community news. It was published between November 1983 and June 1994, replacing an earlier Kewriosity [broad] Sheet (1979-84). In producing Kewriosity, Council aimed to provide a range of interesting and informative articles covering its deliberations and decision making, together with items of general interest and importance to the Kew community and information not generally available through daily media outlets.non-fiction60th issue / p1. "Woodlands Avenue" to accomodate 3YO's [Kew Pre-School Support Group; East Kew Baptist Church] / p1. [Kew] Community Festival extended / p1. Books and games for children / p2. 68th Anniversary Hyde Park Uniting Church / p2. Seniors & Lions / p2. Kew [Daytime] Garden Club / p2. Action Programme [Rheumatism and Arthritis Association of Victoria] / p2. Hyde Park Uniting Church Fellowship / p2. Mayoral Column [Council Budget] / p3. A foster family's experience [Inner East Foster Care] / p4. Volunteer helpers needed / p4. Aspects of alcohol use in the community / p4. Kew Citizens' Band / p4. Youth Pages - Welcome [Kew appoints full time youth worker - Ian Patching; International Youth Year 1985; Youth Resource Centre] / p5. Summer - a time for recreation / p6. [Kew] Recreation Centre update - Report from Consultative Committee / p7. Traffic management / p7. Things to do in Kew / p8. Occasional Care Centre / p9. Library news / p9. Tipping facilities / p9. Senior Citizens' Activity Groups in Kew / p9. Kew/Hawthorn Citizens' Advice Bureau / p10. Kalker Montessori Kindergarten / p10. The Billabong Club / p10. Australian Labor Party / p10. Kew Garden Club and Native Plant Group / p10. Parents of Gays / p10. Kew Community House Annual Report [Glendonald; Elderly; Youth; Unemployed; Single parents; Counselling?; Citizens Advice Bureau; Churches; Mural; Courses & Activities; Drop-in Centre; Volunteers] / Mary Scomazzon p11-12. Kew Community House Youth Group / p12. publications -- city of kew (vic.), kewriosity, council newsletters, community newsletters -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Service award to Valda Arrowsmith, 3/04/1991 12:00:00 AM
... Arts Centre Committee of Management... of Nunawading Arts Centre Committee of Management Article in Nunawading ...Article in Nunawading Gazette about Rotary Club of Nunawading's award for community service to Valda Arrowsmith.Article in Nunawading Gazette about Rotary Club of Nunawading's award for community service to Valda Arrowsmith. Valda was a councillor for 11 years serving one term as mayor.Article in Nunawading Gazette about Rotary Club of Nunawading's award for community service to Valda Arrowsmith. arrowsmith, valda, rotary club of nunawading, robson, jim, community aid abroad, city of nunawading, arts centre committee of management -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Details supporting nomination of Dorothy Maxwell, 2004
... Bill Sewart Athletic Track Committee of Management... Sewart Athletic Track Committee of Management Nomination details ...Nomination details of Dorothy Maxwell for 2004 Volunteer Involvement Award.Nomination details of Dorothy Maxwell for 2004 Volunteer Involvement Award.Nomination details of Dorothy Maxwell for 2004 Volunteer Involvement Award.maxwell, dorothy, voluntary workers, bill sewart athletic track committee of management -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Sue Lockwood, 2009
... Blackburn Lake Committee of Management... Committee. Blackburn Lake Committee of Management Blackburn Lake ...Notes of an interview with Sue Lockwood by Lesley Alves on 17 July 2009 on her involvement with Blackburn Lake and the Blackburn Lake Advisory Committee.Notes of an interview with Sue Lockwood by Lesley Alves on 17 July 2009 on her involvement with Blackburn Lake and the Blackburn Lake Advisory Committee.Notes of an interview with Sue Lockwood by Lesley Alves on 17 July 2009 on her involvement with Blackburn Lake and the Blackburn Lake Advisory Committee.blackburn lake committee of management, blackburn lake sanctuary, lake road, blackburn, seventh day adventist church nunawading -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, London a Pilgrimage
WARRNAMBOOL MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE Warrnambool's Mechanics' Institute (or Institution as it was sometimes called) was one of the earliest in Victoria. On 17th October 1853, a meeting was held where it was resolved to request the Lieutenant Governor of the Colony to grant land for the erection of a Mechanics' Institutes building. A committee was formed at the meeting and Richard Osburne chaired the first meeting of this committee. The land on the North West corner of Banyan and Merri Streets was granted but there were no funds to erect the building. The Formal Rights of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute's encompassed its aims and these were officially adopted in1859; "This Institution has for its object the diffusion of literary, scientific, and other useful knowledge amongst its members, excluding all controversial subjects, religious or political. These objects are sought to be obtained by means of a circulating library, a reading room, the establishment of classes, debates, and the occasional delivery of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy, mechanics, astronomy, chemistry, natural history, literature, and the useful and ornamental arts, particularly those which have a more immediate reference to the colony." The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute opened its first reading room in November 1884 in the National School building at the corner of Banyan and Timor Streets. The Institute was funded by member subscription, payable on a quarterly, half-yearly or yearly basis. Samuel Hannaford, the Manager of the Warrnambool Bank of Australasia, was the first Honorary Secretary of the Mechanics' Institutes, and an early President and Vice-President. He also gave several of the early lectures in the Reading Room. Another early Secretary, Librarian and lecturer was Marmaduke Fisher, the teacher at the National School. Lecture topics included The Poets and Poetry of Ireland', 'The Birth and Development of the Earth', 'The Vertebrae - with Remarks on the pleasures resulting from the study of Natural History' and 'Architecture'. In 1856 the Reading Room was moved to James Hider's shop in Timor Street, and by 1864 it was located in the bookshop of Davies and Read. In the 1860's the Mechanics' Institute struggled as membership waned but in 1866, after a series of fundraising efforts, the committee was able to purchase land in Liebig Street, on a site then called Market Square, between the weighbridge and the fire station. A Mechanics' Institute building was opened at this site in August 1871. The following year four more rooms were added to the main Reading Room and in 1873 the Artisan School of Design was incorporated into the Institute. The same year Joseph Archibald established a Museum; however, it deteriorated when he was transferred to Bendigo in 1877. In 1880, with Archibald's return to Warrnambool, the Museum was re-established, and in 1885 a new building was built at the back of the Institute to accommodate the re-created School of Design, the Art Gallery and the Museum. In 1887 the Museum section was moved to the former courthouse in Timor Street (for some time the walls of the building formed part of the TAFE cafeteria but all is now demolished)). In 1911 the Museum was transferred back to the original building and the management of the Mechanics' Institute was handed over to the Warrnambool City Council. The Museum and Art Gallery became one and housed many fine works of art, and the Library continued to grow. The building was well patronised, with records showing that at the beginning of the 20th century there were between 500 and 800 visitors. During World War One the monthly figures were in the thousands, with 3,400 people visiting in January 1915. The Museum was a much - loved Institution in Warrnambool until the contents of the Museum and Art Gallery were removed to make room for the Warrnambool City Council Engineers' Department. The contents were stored but many of the items were scattered or lost. When the original building was demolished the site became occupied by the Civic Centre, which included the new City Library. (The library was temporarily located in the old Palais building in Koroit Street.) In the process of reorganisation the Collection was distributed amongst the community groups: -The new City Library took some of the historical books and some important documents, historic photographs and newspapers. -The Art Gallery kept the 19th Century art collection and some of the artefacts from the museum. -The Historical Society has some items -The State Museum has some items -Some items were destroyed -Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village has old newspapers, Government Gazettes, most of the Mechanics' Institute Library, ledgers and documents connected to the Mechanics' Institute Library, some framed and unframed artworks and some photographs. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute Library book collection is deemed to be of great importance because it is one of the few collections in an almost intact state, and many of the books are now very rare and of great value. WARRNAMBOOL PUBLIC LIBRARY The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) was formed by a voluntary community group in 1863, within six years of Warrnambool’s beginnings, and its Reading Room opened in 1854. The WMI operated until 1963, at which time it was one of the oldest Mechanics’ Institutes in Victoria. Mechanics’ Institutes offered important services to the public including libraries, reading rooms and places to display and store collections of all sorts such as curiosities and local historical relics. In 1886 a Museum and Fine Arts Gallery were added to the WMI and by the beginning of the 20th century, there was also a billiards room and a School of Art. By this time all Mechanics’ Institutes in country Victoria had museums attached. Over the years the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Library was also known as the Warrnambool Public Library the Warrnambool Library and the Free Library. Early funding from the government was for the “Free Library”. The inscription in a book “Science of Man” was for the “Warrnambool Public Library”, donated by Joseph Archibald in 1899. Another inscription in the book “Catalogue of Plants Under Cultivation in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens 1 & 2, 1883” was presented to the “Warrnambool Library” and signed by the author W.R. Guilfoyle. In 1903 the Warrnambool Public Library decided to add a Juvenile Department to library and stock it with hundreds of books suitable for youth. In 1905 the Public Library committee decided to update the collection of books and added 100 new novels plus arrangements for the latest novels to be included as soon as they were available in Victoria. In July 1911 the Warrnambool Council took over the management of the Public Library, Art Gallery, Museum and Mechanics’ Institute and planned to double the size of the then-current building. In 1953, when Mr R. Pattison was Public Librarian, the Warrnambool Public Library’s senior section 10,000 of the 13,000 books were fiction. The children’s section offered an additional 3,400 books. The library had the equivalent of one book per head of population and served around 33 per cent of the reading population. The collection of books was made up of around 60 per cent reference and 40 per cent fiction. The library was lending 400 books per day. In 1963 the Warrnambool City Council allocated the site of the Mechanics’ Institute building, which included the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery, for the new Municipal Offices and the Collections were dispersed until 1971. The Warrnambool Library took over the Mechanics’ Institute Library’s holdings on behalf of the Warrnambool City Council. Since the closure of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute the exact location and composition of the original WMI books and items have become unclear. Other materials have been added to the collection, including items from Terang MI, Warrnambool Court House and Customs House. Many of the books have been identified as the Pattison Collection, named after the Librarian who catalogued and numbered the books during his time as Warrnambool Public Librarian in the time before the Mechanics’ Institute closed. It seems that when Warrnambool became part of the Corangamite Regional Library some of the books and materials went to its head office in Colac and then back to Warrnambool where they were stored at the Art Gallery for quite some time. Some then went to the Warrnambool Historical Society, some stayed at the Art Gallery and some were moved to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. The various stamps and labels on the books held at Flagstaff Hill show the variety of the collection’s distribution and origin. The books in the collection at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village date from the 1850s to the late 1950s and include rare and valuable volumes. Many of the books are part of the “Pattison Collection” after the Warrnambool’s Public Librarian, Mr R. Pattison. The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. London a Pilgrimage Author: Gustav Dore Publisher: Grant & Co Date: 1872 Further Information: The label on the spine cover with typed text 914.2 Paste down front end paper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library. Front loose end paper has a stamp from Warrnambool Public Museum with a date stamp pf 28/8/99 (1899) Also handwritten " Received from Mrs H Lindsay Miller Aug 28 1899"flagstaff hil, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library