Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph - Following an approach by Denis Gibbons after seeing the distress of the entertainers at the morning show, the engineers erected a tarpaulin over the temporary state. Here Lorrae Desmond enjoys the coolness. photograph, entertainers, lorrae desmond, gibbons collection catalogue, 1 atf, nui dat, digger, engineers, 1st australian task force, denis gibbons

These photos are a pictorial and historical record of the early construction days of the Kiewa Scheme and a personal record of the photographer, Ronald George Thorn, of his days as an engineer with the SECV. He worked in the Kiewa area as a cadet engineer from 1948 to 1950 and then in 1953 - 56 as an electrical engineer grade 2.These photographs tell the story of one man's involvement in the construction of the Kiewa hydro electric scheme during his employment with the SECV.A foolscap sized sheet of light weight cardboard with nine small black and white photographs pasted on side 1 and eight same sized black and white photographs pasted onto side 2. The number 1 is handwritten in ink on a small square of white paper and adhered to the top of the sheet. On the other side of the sheet is number 2, handwritten in ink on white paper and adhered to the top of the sheet with sticky tape. secv, engineer, kiewa

Black and white photographWritten on back of photograph: "Foundation stone unveiling by Mr Lucas(Engineer), Auditorium section of Town hall, 1936. From L to R- J.C.Taylor (Contractor), I.G.Anderson (Architect), A.F.B.Long(Town Clerk), J.K.McCaskell(Mayor), J.Walker (Foreman), F.R.Lucas (Engineer), A.T.Miles (Councillor), A.Blood (Councillor)."

Set of six pamphlets about the Edison storage battery system and associated rail or tramway related vehicles. Was promoted by various people, but internal combustion engines were found to be superior overall at the time.Yields detailed information about the use of the Edison battery storage system in railways.Set of five pamphlets regarding the Edison Battery Car. Was a proposal put forward to the operators of the Beaumaris Tramway Co. 1 - four page - "Edison Battery Car" - operating exhibit at American Railway Association Convention - 1920 2 - four page - ""Operations, Maintenance and performance of storage battery cars on the long island railroad" 3 - two page - "Storage battery cars for Mexican Railroad" 4 - four page - "Storage Battery cars on the Canadian National" 5 - four page - "Edison - Goodman Electric Storage Battery locomotives in New Zealand" - Christchurch 6 - one page - letter - from W Dobson of the Cambria & Indiana Railroad Co. re the use of such cars and their results.Have the stamp of the "The Southern Electric Power Co. of Gilbert Place Adelaide" and "E F Ablitt Mechanical Engineer, Melbourne"battery tramcars, edison, battery systems, new zealand, railways

Lifeboat engineers RealismBlack & white photograph of two men at the controls/steering portion of the Lifeboat Queenscliffeon the reverse: Tom Thwaites and his son on board QUEENSCLIFFE [Lifeboat]lifeboat, engineers

Typed letter to R. J. Bartle, Esq., from D. O'Connor, Engineer and ?, Chief Engineer, of the National Roads and Motorists Association (N.S.W.) dated November 8, 1936. Letter mentions four tests done in a car over a stretch of ground to measure fuel consumption. Tests were done with and without the device installed in the fuel system. Paper has printed letterhead and the names of the President, Vice-Presidents, Hon Treasurer, Council and Secretary with the AAA and NRMA emblems on the left side of the page.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, national roads & motorists' association (n.s.w.), n.r.m.a. house, australian automobile association, r j bartle esq, hon j c watson, hon g r w mcdonald, charles ludowici esq, alderman james mcmahon, j bryden brown esq, d m cooper esq, e h cowdery esq, c r davidson esq, hon j m dunningham mla, a m graham esq, a s lumby esq, rev father w nicol, dr harold norrie, dr f antill pockley, ald h l primrose mla, a e rudder esq, lt-col g c somerville cmg dso, major blair wark vc dso, g a l wilson mla, h i johnson fiis, d o'connor?

Established in 1897, Baker and Woods were initially electricians. The property in Hargreaves was taken over by a saddler and Baker and Woods moved to premises at 313 Hargreaves Street. The business expanded to include photographic equipment, phonographs and phot development. In 1903, Baker and Woods were responsible for converting the gas lighting in the Bendigo Town Hall to electricity. A fire caused by a short circuit caused extensive damage to the building in 1914.Baker & Woods Electrical Engineers and Photo Stock Dealers. Cream paper with Black print. At the top Hargreaves Street, Bendigo, Docket 221. Bought of Baker & Woods, Electrical Engineers and Photo Stock Dealers. Written in Pencil on the Docket is *Prairie. July 18 1914. Mr J. R. Stephens. Items listed:- Developing Film 1/6, Printing 24 Postcards 3/- 6/, postage -4p = 7/10. On the back written in blue biro is - 1290B. Box 625business, retail, photography, hargreaves street bendigo. baker & woods.

Matthews and Sons' Snowy River Garage was situated in Nicholson Street Orbost. Robert Pullar Cameron was a Shire Councillor for many years. He married Penuel Hossack and had a family of James, Flora, Penuel and Alex.This item is an example of book-keeping in Orbost in the early 20th century and is a useful research tool.A white paper account with black print, blue lines and an illustration of an old car in the top left corner. It has a blue receipt attached for W.A. Matthews & Sons General Motor Engineers to R. Cameron.matthews-w.a. cameron-robert-pullar

Victorian railways map: Nth Bendigo junction signalling diagram no 480 showing signal and interlocking arrangements. Large paper map, A F chief electrical engineer 9.1.1980. Black ink diagram and writing.document, memo, railway, nth bendigo junction signalling diagram no 4'80

Sepia toned, mounted on green board. Interior of engine room, showing machines with large pistons, drive shafts and fly wheels. Inscription: plague on front of machine 'A. Harkness & Co | Engineers | 1907 | Bendigo'.A. G. Levy, (Eaglehawk photographer)organization, business, a.harkness + co

Sepia photo with approx 50 workmen outside Horwood's Foundry, on window 'Horwood and Son, Engineers, Millwrights, Iron and Brass Founders. Vine Street sign on building. Blue line drawn around image.R. Dermer Smith, Bull street, Sandhurstorganization, business, horwood and sons engineers, horwood and son, engineers, millwrights, iron and brass founders at the corner of vine and mackenzie streets. began as the bendigo iron works in 1856. this photograph of some of the staff was taken by r. dermer smith of bull street, sandhurst abo

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of engineers constructing a Southern Cross Windmill tower next to the water header tower in Hoi My. The ultimate aim of the construction was to have a reasonable water supply for the villagers at Hoi My.photograph, engineers, hoi my southern cross windmill, 1st australian civil affairs unit, gibbons collection catalogue, vietnam war, denis gibbons, photographer, hoi my, diggers

The Royal Australian EngineersA Copy of Australian Army: 6 Construction Group, RAE: Watermanship And Rafting: Introduction And Safety Precautions which is on cream coloured paper. This is held together by a staple near the left hand corner.manual, 6 construction group, the royal australian engineers, rafting, watermanship, safety precautions

J.H. Merivale was a prodfessor of mining in the Durham College of Science, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. H.F. Bulman was an associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a member of the federated Institution of Mining Engineers. Green hard covered book of 188 pages. mining, brook, mining students, mathematics, newcastle coal field, ropes, chains, seams, dykes, dams, timber measure, timber costing, mines act, rules, explosives act, horses, windmills, horse power, boilers explosions, compressed air, wire ropes, steam, water power, electricity, sinking, winding, draining, hauling, chemistry, gases, ventilation, boring, formulae

This certificate acknowledges 21 years of service given by James Patten, one of the original 1859 Lifeboat Warrnambool as a boatman and bowman. At the time, all retiring Volunteer lifeboatmen were honoured with this award. It was made as a lithograph that was created by F. W. Strahle at the request of the Department of Lands & Survey, Melbourne, Victoria. During his time of service, James Patten was awarded a medal and certificate by the Royal Humane Society of Australasia for his bravery. Patten and his friend Joseph Lowe, who couldn't swim, were with their friend James Ferrier in a boat on the Hopkins River, Warrnambool, when their boat capsized. Ferrier made it to shore, and Patten tried unsuccessfully to hold onto Lowe and bring him to shore. The event occurred on 18th April 1890. The images on the Certificate show a collage of rescue events performed by the lifesavers; a shipwreck rescue in progress, lifeboat conveying five boatmen using two oars each, and a bowman standing at the bow, a linesman wearing a life jacket and holding a rescue line, a lifesaver ring with images of three sailing ships inside it, a shipwreck near shore, a woman and girl in shallow water, a rescue using a breeches buoy on the lifeline, two rescuers walking towards the survivor, rescue crew wearing waterproof clothing, a rocket machine with a pulley to bring the survivor in a breaches buoy to shore, and a rescue crew member holding a flare. Volunteers at the time received a small payment, or 'retainer'', for their practices and a payment of gratitude for the rescues they attended. Across the years between 1856 to 1979 the combined service in Victoria saved 260 lives. Amazingly, some of the volunteers could not even swim.This certificate shows the State and Local Government's appreciation for the years of service spent by in the endeavour to save lives in peril in and on the local waters in the early 20th Century. The lithographed design depicts the many skills and services performed by the lifesavers of the era.Certificate of Service, unframed, awarded to James Patten on 23rd August 1907, recognising his 21 years of service with the original Warrnambool Life Boat Service as a Boatman and Bowman. Certificate is on rectangular, cream paper, lithographed design, printed and handwritten. Letterhead with the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom and a French motto. Images depict lifesaving crew, lifeboat, rescue equipment and a rescue in progress. The border is waves inside of frame of looped rope. Signatures of Commissioner of Public Works, Secretary of Public Works, and Engineer in charge of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne. Printed from a lithograph produced by F.W. Strahle on 23rd June 1907.MOTTO: "Dieu Droit Et Mon, Ni Soit Qui Mal y" TREXT: "Certificate granted to James Patten as a mark of appreciation of his esteemed services of 21 years as Boatman and Bowman connected with the Departmental Life-Boat service at Warrnambool - dated the 23rd day of August 1907." SIGNATURES: [Commissioner of Public Works], [Secretary of Public Works], [Engineer in charge of Ports and Harbours Melbourne] "Lithographed at the Dept of Lands & Survey - Melb/ by F.W. Strahle, 23.6.07"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill, maritime museum, maritime village, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum & village, james patten, life-saving, lifesaving, rescue, bravery, drowning, joseph lowe, james ferrier, hopkins river, boat accident, certificate of service, 1890, 1907, bowman, boatman, departmental life-boat service, life-boat service, lifeboat service, august 1907, commissioner of public works, public works, ports and harbours melbourne, lands & survey melbourne, f w strahle, lithograph, 1856-1979, 260 lives saved, victorian volunteers, lifeboatmen, retired lifeboatmen

This book, ‘The Practical Measurer’, by Alexander Peddie, is subtitled ‘Tradesman and Wood Merchant’s Assistant’. It is a tradesman’s guide to measuring and contains many tables of measurement. The inscription in the front of the book shows that it belonged to Thomas Osborne and that he obtained it from D. McColl who is identified in the inscription as the Chief Engineer of the steam ship, ‘Julia Percy’. There is a record of a Donald McColl owning the vessel ‘Mimmie Dyke’ and sailing it to Mauritius in 1856 and there is also a record of the death of a Donald McColl in 1880 so these two facts may refer to the D.McColl mentioned by Thomas Osborne (especially as he refers to him as ‘poor old Mr D. McColl’). Thomas Hamilton Osborne was born in Port Fairy in 1851. He had a lifelong interest in ships and in Warrnambool was the Secretary and then Manager of the Western Steam Navigation Company for 16 years. Osborne wrote many articles with nautical themes using the nom-de-plume of ‘Sliding Gunter’ and had a great love of, and interest in, the ship, ‘Julia Percy’ and when he died in 1902 his body was put on board the ‘Julia Percy’ and he was buried at sea. The ‘Julia Percy’ (built 1876) was a well-known steamship on the western Victorian coast for many years. Later it plied the Queensland coast, saw service in West Australian waters, was renamed the ‘Leeuin’ and was used as a coal hulk until it was scuttled in 1935. The signature in the book of T. Hyland may indicate that he donated the book to the Warrnambool and District Historical Society. This book is of prime importance because:- 1. As a book printed in 1863 it is of antiquarian interest. 2. The connection with Thomas Osborne is of key interest as he was a notable figure in Warrnambool’s 19th century history, especially in maritime circles. 3. The connection with the ship, ‘Julia Percy’, is of particular interest as it was a prominent ship in Warrnambool’s maritime history. This is a hard cover book of 448 pages with brown and gold leather binding on the spine and cover edges and a brown and tan mottled pattern cover. The book has a Preface, a Contents page, information on how to measure all types of solid figures and how to measure work involved in the various trades – masons, carpenters, painters, glaziers, plumbers etc. It also has two Appendices with information on the measurement of sawn timber. The text has many tables and diagrams. The first page has a handwritten inscription in black ink and the back pages have some mathematical calculations written in pencil and a mathematical problem with its solution written in ink. Handwritten: ‘T. P. Hyland’ Stamped: ‘T.H.Osborne’ Typed label: ‘Mr T. H. Osborne, Warrnambool’ Handwritten: ‘T.H. Osborne, Warrnamool, Australia, given to me by poor old Mr D. McColl, Chf. Engineer, Julia Percy S.S., 1888’ thomas osborne, history of warrnambool, maritime history of victoria, ‘julia percy’ steamship

One of five colour photos of ruins of Borer's Bakery ovens at 116 Princes Street, prior to demolition, May 1999. Close-up on detail of manufacturer of baking oven door: 'Engineers Small & Shatell Melbourne'demolitions, business and traders - bakers, g borer & co

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Winding Winch: a steam driven winding winch for a mine, circa 1920. This particular model was made by Hollands Foundry of whom W.J. Holland was a consulting engineer.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Engineers T tap wrench of metal, with 1/4 inch thread tap. Incised on tap, '1/4 20 WHIT Made in England', and on wrench, a triangular design containing the letters GTD, and below, KOn tap, '1/4 20 WHIT Made in England|On wrench, 'GTD' AND 'K'trades, mechanics, tools

This work forms part of the collection assembled by the historian Dorothy Rogers, that was donated to the Kew Historical Society by her son John Rogers in 2015. The manuscripts, photographs, maps, and documents were sourced by her from both family and local collections or produced as references for her print publications. Many were directly used by Rogers in writing ‘Lovely Old Homes of Kew’ (1961) and 'A History of Kew' (1973), or the numerous articles on local history that she produced for suburban newspapers. Most of the photographs in the collection include detailed annotations in her hand. The Rogers Collection provides a comprehensive insight into the working habits of a historian in the 1960s and 1970s. Together it forms the largest privately-donated collection within the archives of the Kew Historical Society.A reproduction of a photograph of the Fairfield Bridge. The bridge was one of the first constructed for the Outer Circle Railway in 1891. Its supervising engineer was [Sir] John Monash. The bridge was later to be repurposed as a road linking the Chandler Highway to Fairfield."Outer Circle Railway Bridge over River Yarra at Fairfield (last section of line opened 1891)"fairfield bridge, chandler highway bridge, dorothy rogers, john monash, outer circle railway

Black and white photograph of Dean Haber of St Brendans Primary School, receiving prize for reaching the finals in the Space Essay competition from Geoff Sutherland, Director of Australian Institute of Engineers. Lakes Entrance Victoriaschools, students

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection A black and white photograph of An armoured Engineer D8 bulldozer 'Miss Fit' involved in land and mine clearing operations up to the foothills of the Long Hai Mountains supported by Centurian Tanks and APCs out of Firebase Thrust photograph, centurion tank, armoured personnel carrier, long hai hills, firebase thrust, gibbons collection catalogue, d8 bulldozer, long hai mountains, "miss fit", denis gibbons

Plan/map: Bendigo Weeroona Gaswork, plan showing details four purifiers. Plan signed by? Thompson engineer, dated 1889. Written on bottom RH: this is one of the drawings referred to in my contract dated ... (undated).plan, bendigo, bendigo weeroona gas works, gasworks, thompson

Brown cardboard Kodak Photographic Paper box, marked "Chief Engineers Tour 1960-1", containing many photos with many duplicates of his Scandinavian section. See Reg item 2700 for the actual report.trams, tramways, tours, overseas tours, chief engineer

00079.1 Royal Engineers Hat Badge Kings Crown George V1 00079.2 Royal Army Ordnance Corps Kings Crown Hat Badge 00079.3 Royal Corps of Signals Kings Crown Hat Badge

Used by first Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company Ltd Field Officer, Bruce McLaren, for on-farm testing in the Allansford area to check the amount of suction in milking machines.Phillips Rurakura Vacuum Recorder in a wooden box with lid, metal hinges and fastening clip, screw adjustment and name plate on outside. Inside has a clockwork-operated recorder with pen device to roll of paper.Internal: Trade mark Empel E.M.P. Engineers Ltd PO Box 5125, Hamilton, NZ Aust. Pat. 209 510. NZ Pat. 112 486. External: Empel Phillips Ruakura Type Vacuum recorder, Makers E.M.R. Engineers Ltd. PO Box 5125, Hamilton NZ