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Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Leopard Tank, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co KG, Leopard Tank ARN 27765, 1970
The tank provides heavy and direct firepower against enemy targets. Its main armament is a 105mm gun which can fire high explosive, armour-piercing, anti-personnel and smoke ammunition. The main gun can engage a pin point target at distances up to 2500m and area targets up to 8000m As with other members of the Leopard family, the gun tank is powered by a V-10 four stroke, supercharged diesel engine developing 610kW. It has a maximum speed of about 62km/h and can "snorkel" through water. These tanks were never used outside Australia and have never been used in combat.Crew 4: Crew Commander, Gunner, Operator, Driver Engine MTU supercharged V-10, (37.4 litres) Fuel Capacity 985 litres Hull Armour 70mm Turret Armour Classified Main Armament L7A3 105mm rifled gun Length 9.54m (with gun in combat position) Width 3.37m Height 2.62m (4.8m with radio aerials) leopard tank -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Lighter Lift Arm, circa early 1900s
This cigarette or pipe lighter was in use in the mid 1900's when the majority of users were men. Ladies did smoke but mainly not in "public" The activity was still regarded as a male activity. Middle to Upper "Class" of women nearly always had a gentleman "at hand" that would "light up" her cigarette. This was seen as a "social" activity only but later in the mid 1900's onward it was quite acceptable for both sexes to "smoke" at anytime.This type of lighter was male orientated due to the degree of lighting the flint with the horizontal movement required a strong thumb action across the lighting wheel. It is significant to rural areas such as the Kiewa Valley as the majority of men (especially during and after World War II) regarded smoking as a way to ease off the "tension" of hard work. The socio-economics of the Australian work place changed after the emancipation of women in the "workforce" after the World War II depleted the male workforce for the duration of the War and changed the Australian ethics of women in all aspects of both city and rural working "so called" male only occupations.This Roller Beacon lift arm cigarette/pipe lighter has a chrome plated brass shell and is fueled by petrol. To operate this lighter you lift the "snuffer" arm(long roller lift arm) exposing the horizontal external flint tube, then scrape the flint wheel to create a spark (to light the wick) from the adjacent flint(resting on the brass ignition wheel).At the base to the left of the "filler" screw "PATENT No. 485037, 818155" underneath "REG. DES. N" on the filler screw "ROLLER REG" underneath "TRADE MARK". To the right of the "filler", "THE ROLLER BEACON MADE IN ENGLAND"early hand lighters, smoking in the 1930's, cigarette lighter, cigarette, tobacco -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Stove
Stove portable Primus in a tin container. Burns auto-fuel benzine, benzoline, gasoline etc. Described as "Original Primus No. 70" "Household, Picnics, Boy Scouts, Motoring, Boating, Camping." Contained in rectangular tin, with metal shelving through which burner protrudes. Two-wire grill to hold containers for cooking. Made in Sweden by A.B.A.Huorth & Co.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Newspaper article titled Scalebuoys in Cars. Interesting Bendigo Tests. Date 1937. Article mentions test carried out by Mr. Stevenson on the two Sea Lake buses, a large Fargo parlour coach and a President Eight Studebaker, seven passenger, owned by Mr. House. Article details the differences and savings in fuel consumption the Scalebuoys made to the engines.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, f a stevenson, stevenson brothers, mr house -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ENNIS BUCKRABANYULE COLLECTION: ENVELOPE
Envelope from unknown donor addressed 259 Hargreaves St Phone 54492700 containing named documents. Licence to grow wheat 1947/48. Application form for Fuel Ration Tickets including four ration tickets. Postal Note three shillings issued from Charlton 1958. Les Ennis work document agreement for employee 1917.person, individual, ennis -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: FUELLED UP
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Saturday, October 4, 2003. Fuelled up: the Economy Run vehicle, which travelled from Melbourne to Sydney, fills up with petrol at Woodman's Garage, now the Cheesecake shop in Golden Square. Leaning over the car is Barry White and John Browell, while Len Woodman fills it with petrol.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Planning Discussion
A black and white photograph of Lt Colin Scott DFC, shows Capt Dick Niemela, an American Forward Air Controller and Lt Mike Meehan 161, (Indep) Recce Flt the area coordinates of a large NVA/VietCong force. Scott had flown over the enemy, under heavy fire until he had almost run out of fuel.photograph, 161 recon flt, nva/vc, lt colin scott, capt dick niemela, gibbons collection catalogue, lt mike meehan, nva, viet c, viet cong -
Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park
Primus Stove
The stove was the property of John Biggart, who lived in Avonsleigh. He travelled Victoria from 1920 to the 1940's. The stove was used at a work camp site.Brass base containing the kerosene fuel tank, above which rises a burning tube and burner assembly. The steel top rings are held above the burner by 3 support legs. To light the stove, a small amount of alcohol is put into the spirit cup, just below the burner to preheat it. Kerosene was then vaporised, mixed with air and it burns with a soot less, blue flame.PRIMUS No. 1. MADE IN SWEDEN. TRADEMARK PRI-MUS. PATENT SB. No 48624. ENG No 171536, all on the top of the tank. On the side is engraved; A/B B. AHJORTH AND CO. STOCKHOLM SWEDEN - SOLEMAKERS OF THE GENUINE -
Bendigo Military Museum
Functional object - TABLETS, HEXAMINE, Explosives Factory
.1) Large size packet of fuel compressed heat tablets (4 only in box) for use in Hexamine stove for cooking. Each tablet has an effective burning time of 15 minutes. .2) Small packet of 4 Hexamine heat tablets .3) Small packet of (3 only) Hexamine heat tablets1. Large size packet of full compressed heat tablets (4 only in box) for use in hexamine stove for cooking. Each tablet has an effective burning time of 15 minutes. 2, Small packet of 4 hexamine heat tablets. 3. Small packet of 3 hexamine heat tablets.cooking, hexamine tablets -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Book, Ports and Harbours Division, Sailing Directions Victoria including Bass Strait, 1970
Blue hard cover book of 745 pagesInside front cover, white sticker with red printing "JOHN DONNE & SON / CHARTS, MAPS & MARINE BOOKS / 372 LITTLE BOURKE ST. / MELBOURNE" non-fiction, sailing, victoria, bass strait, communications, fuel, maps, charts, weather, navigation -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Digital photographs, L.J. Gervasoni, Koroit Garage, 2017, 2018
Digital image of the Koroit Garage.koroit, bowser, fuel, pump, garage, motor, motor garage, mechanics, petrol bowser, commercial road -
Friends of Westgarthtown
Petrol can
Rectangular petrol can with rounded edges. Small handle on top with opening and screw on lid. Bottom half of can is blue and top half is yellow with red writing.Printed on front of can is "Golden Fleece" in red writing. A picture of a ram is printed in red above the writing.containers, commercial, can, petrol, fuel, oil, golden fleece, rural, farming, machinery. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Ballarat 30 Sturt St approaching the Grenville St tram stop, c1939
Photograph shows tram 30 (Mt Pleasant) arriving at the Grenville St tram stop with a number of passengers waiting alongside the tram stop shelter. In the background is the 8 hour day monument, Tony Deans Camp Hotel, Ashakr's Pies and pasties, and many other Sturt St buildings. Alongside the tram is a Ampol fuel tanker.Yields information about Sturt St at Grenville St and the tram stop.Black and white print of tram 30 approaching the Sturt St and Grenville St tram stop.Has a typed label on rear "P2761 Sturt St Ballarat." on rear and "No. 12" in pencil.ballarat, sturt st, trams, tram 30, grenville st, shelters, passengers, ampol -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Rose Stereograph Co, "The City of Melbourne", early 1950s
Rose Series postcard No. P 14227 titled "The City of Melbourne", with Flinders St and Princes Bridge station buildings, St Paul's Cathedral, Gas and Fuel and Ball and Welch buildings in the view. There are some 10 trams in the view. There is a Craven A cigarette advert on the south end of the station buildings. See also item 8058 for a similar photo.Yields information about Flinders Street Railways Station and the Melbourne skyline, late 1950s.Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.trams, st kilda road, swanston st, flinders st station, princes bridge station, tramways, princes bridge, w2 class -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Principles of Metallurgy, 1901, 1901
Maroon hard covered book of 388 pages. The book was written for the budding metallurgist, constituting an elementary treatise on the subject, dealing with principles rather than processes, the contents include: Intro., Definition, Properties, Principles, Alloys, Slags, Fuel, Iron, Steel, Silver-Gold-Platinum, Copper-Zinc, Lead-Tin, Nickel-Cobalt, Aluminium, Mercury, Antimony-Arsenic, Bismuth, Index.metallurgy, brook, hiorns, pig iron, steel, silver, acid, stamp battery, ores, zinc, copper, antimony -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CASTLEMAINE GAS COMPANY COLLECTION: NEWSLETTER
Gas&Fuel Corporation newsletter, with the photos of the managers of the newly acquired country branches. Mr. Jim Coventry, Ballarat - Mr. Pat Adair, Bacchus Marsh - Mr. Charles (Charlie) Anglin, Ararat/Stawell - Mr. Ray Clegg, Portland - Mr. Ralph. Cockle, Colac - Mr. Frank Dart, Warrnambool - Mr. Jim Franklin, Wodonga - Mr. Laurie Franklin, Hamiltonbusiness, retail, gas and fuel -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - CASTLEMAINE GAS COMPANY COLLECTION: SUBURBAN HOUSE
Black and white photo - Panel van with High Speed Gas written on side Gas and fuel logo and the word service unit on door. 2 men standing at the front of the car looking at some papers. The van is parked in front a suburban house. At the right A flame is shooting up from a gas pipe. On the back the numbers 7-8-1152. Date and location unknown.organisation, industry, gas and fuel -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - CASTLEMAINE GAS COMPANY COLLECTION: ENVELOPE
Photo envelope ''Strath 1 hour photos, shop 26 Strath Village, Edwards road Bendigo 3550 ph:418289. on the inside pocket an address: No 2 Orana Ct Bendigo, Home 421193, Geoff Beack, Gas and Fuel 419268. Also inside 16 plastic photo holders. The envelope contained photos catalogue number from 11518.426 to 11518.454business, retail, photography -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - SANDHURST SCHOOL OF MINES COLLECTION: LETTER FROM L B MCGRATH, 20/02/1907
SANDHURST (BENDIGO) SCHOOL OF MINES LETTER from L B McGrath , Mining Exchange Bendigo dated 20.2.1907 'Experienced Mechanical and Mining Engineer Advise on purchase , supervision or erection of machinery of any class and how to economise fuel .Plans prepared & commissions executed .' //to D Clark Director School of Mines re extra marks instruction for metal working classdocument -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Hermon's tanker and delivery driver filling a farm fuel tank
B&W photo showing a Dodge truck #HSU-761 fitted with four large fuel tanks on the tray. Tanks and truck are branded 'Amoco'. The driver is standing on the framework of a tank stand at a farm gate, and is filling the tank. He is in conversation with another man, presumably the farmer, who is standing beside the tank with a black and white dog beside him. Dated 1964. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, “Move to Check Corrosion”, 26/03/1958 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the relationship between trams and steel pipe which can result in corrosion - and the fitting of test points in Ballarat during 1958.Newspaper clipping titled “Move to Check Corrosion” from The Courier, dated 26/3/1958 about the fitting of test points to gas mains at the corner of Ligar and Seymour Sts the previous day. Quotes the Manager of the Ballarat Gas Company, work being done by Gas and Fuel Corporation. Has a photo of Mr J. Nicholls and R. Schafer. BTPS Number "222" Has “222” in biro in bottom right hand corner and “26.3.58” in blue pencil in top left hand corner.sec, gas works, electrolysis -
Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum Inc
Petrol Engine, Early 20th century
Single cylinder horizontal petrol engine mounted on a 4 wheeled trolley. Two flywheels, one either side, no pulley. Galvanised cylindrical fuel tank mounted on a wooden box in front. Box contains a battery and ignition coil. Trolley has cast iron wheels and is designed for pulling by hand. Painted red and grey. Probably a power source for farm machinery. On a brass plate fixed to the cylinder. "Waterloo Boy Gasoline Engine / No. 81491, HP 4 / Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co. / Waterloo Iowa / Patented / August 7 1900, Dec 3 1901, Oct 7 1907 / Other patents pending / Sold by Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co." On each side of the water tank is an oval white transfer with "Waterloo Boy" above an illustration of a small boy wearing a wide brimmed hat.machinery ... engine ... petrol ... metalwork -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Slush lamp for examining and oiling train engines, c. late 1800s to early 1900s
The slush lamp is thought to have been used for examining and oiling train engines.The slush lamp has local significance as it was donated by a resident of Wodonga. It also has historic significance as an example of an object made by upcycling in the c. late 19th century and early 20th century.The slush lamp consistis of a rectangular grey metal body with soldered edges with a flat handle at one end, a fibrous textile wick protruding from a long spout at the other end, and a cork inserted in the opening on the top surface to secure the fuel used. Slush lamps are defined as "improvised lights made from a container of fat and a wick", originating in the mid-19th century. slush lamp, slush lamps, improvised lamps -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - List, Bus and Coach Society of Victoria, "Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board Fleet List", Apr. 1975
Photocopy on heat sensitive paper, 3 foolscap sheets, stapled, titled "Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board Fleet List", dated April 1975 from the Bus and Coach Society of Victoria News sheet. Lists bus number, number in fleet, builder chassis, type, fuel, body builder, type, doors, seats, date in service and disposal date along with notes.trams, tramways, mmtb, buses, bscv -
Forests Commission Retired Personnel Association (FCRPA)
Ventimeter, Wind anemometer in cardboard tube
Bushfire behaviour is influenced by many factors including temperature, relative humidity (RH), forest type, fuel quantity and fuel dryness, topography and even slope. But wind has a dominant effect on the Rate of Spread (ROS), as well as fire size, shape and direction. Wind speed can be measured using a variety of anemometers. This simple hand-held Venitimer was made by Elvometer in Sweeden, probably in the 1960s, and was designed for principally for mariners. Some models have a compass in the handle to measure wind direction. The small inlet hole on the side is faced towards the wind and air pressure lifts small plastic disk inside. The upper tube is tapered so that as wind speed increases more air escapes and stronger winds are needed to raise the disk. Wind speed in MPH is read from the side of the clear plastic tube. The waterproof container has instructions on use and conversion scales. Simple and robust device.Hand- held wind anemometer Instructions on use on containerbushfire, forests commission victoria (fcv) -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Eltham Feed Store, cnr Main Road and York Street, c.1985, 1985
Originally a grocery store when the Moar brothers lived at number 11 in the 1950s, run by Cockcrofts. After Cockcrofts it was Davis and they turned it into a hardware store and timber yard at the side. [Note: dated based on negatives 01791 (20 Jan 1986) as service station (in other frames on roll of film) and pricing for fuel very similar period; possibly late 1985]Reflects on the changing nature of the local street-scape and housesRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 7 stripsKodak CL 200 5093eltham, york street, main road, eltham feed store, shops -
Nillumbik Shire Council
Painting: Rick AMOR (b.1948, Melb. AUS), Rick Amor, Out to Sea, 1993
Rick Amor was a good friend of three times Archibald Prize winner Clifton Pugh, living and working at Pugh's artist colony Dunmoochin, (Cottles Bridge) during the 1980-1990s. Amor made frequent outdoor painting trips with Pugh. His studies of Williamstown and areas around the port fuelled a period of sustained painting in his studio at Dunmoochin. Amor is an artist of national significance who had lived locally in Dunmoochin (Cottles Bridge) during the time of this work's making. This painting was exhibited/entered into the 1993 Shire of Eltham Art Awards. The work is representative of Amor's style and interest in seascapes as subject matter. Oil on linen, seascape painting. A solitary and motionless male figure in an overcoat stands at the edge of a dock/jetty with his hands in his pockets looking out to sea with his back towards the viewer. A motorised boat is moored close by and a white house with a blue roof can be seen in the distance. The figure is engulfed by the landscape and a resounding sense of desolation. A storm is brewing; the mood forecast by dark, heavy and thick ominous clouds, alternately darkening with the approach of night, a polluted haze and rough seas. In red paint, lower right, signed 'RICK AMOR '93'amor, seascape, painting, personal, boat, dramatic, atmospheric, ekphrasis 2015, dunmoochin -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Education kit, Anna Monea, South Melbourne Gasworks Education Kit, 1997
Duncan King-Smith interviewed 10 former workers who were at the Gasworks from 1920 to 1957. Extracts from these interviews provided the framework for the Education Kit Entered for and (as only entrant) won the Tom Hills Memorial History Prize in 1998. Kit supported by Gasworks Arts, Apple, Australia Foundation, Gas and Fuel Corp. and City of Port PhillipSouth Melbourne Gasworks Education kit prepared in 1997 by Anna Monea (Concept, Development and Creation) with assistance from Rachel Petro (Sound Technician), containing two booklets and one USB memory stick of the same audio content held as a digital file on our Database on the computer.industry, education, anna monea, rachel petro, south melbourne gasworks, tom hills -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Can Fuel Measuring, circa 1950
The 1950's saw a revolution in small appliances for use in the average household. The hand held self heating(kerosene) iron for which this filling can was provided ,was introduced as a time saving and more convenient iron for pressing clothes and other cloth fabrics. It replaced irons needing an external fire source to heat the ironing plate. These irons continued to be in service, even when electricity was available in cities and larger rural towns. This item was used before and during the electricity supplies available from the Kiewa Hydro Electricity Scheme. These irons remained in use within regional rural areas that had limited or unreliable electrical reticulation and the ability to service them from this filling can was an essential part.n the 1950s and later the Kiewa Valley was still a relatively isolated region which was home to rural properties and small settlements. The availability of electricity and or the financial means to afford new types of electric hand irons ensured that older and sometimes less efficient ironing appliances remained for an extended period covering the 1960s to 1970s. Kerosene products, such as the kerosene self heating (KVHS 0347A) iron and this kerosene filling item, was a cheaper method for farm based domestic and other rural activities requiring a heat source. The use of kerosene as a heat/light source was able to be supplied in bulk and able to be used when floods severed vital roads into this region. The supply of electricity was in summer time subject to interruption from bush fire damaged wooden poles carrying the electrical cables. Self sufficiency by rural populations was the backbone of survival and the ability to store energy sources "on the farm" was a prerequisite of isolated regions, such as the Kiewa Valley, circa 1950s.This specially spout fitted can was provided with the Coleman self heating kerosene iron (see KVHS 0347A). On one side of the half enclosed top of the can there is a small spout(for poring the appropriate liquid into the egg shaped fount container) at the rear end of the hand iron. The can is made from tin. See KVHS 0347B- Instruction sheet; KVHS 0347C- Wrench.On one side of the can in black print on yellow background is "FUEL MEASURING CAN" underneath is "For Coleman Instant-Lite Iron" underneath are four numbered paragraphs detailing the use of this can. Below this is the name and places of manufacture. On the other side of the can is printed "BE SURE" with filling and maintenance instructionskerosene can, ironing, domestic appliances, household appliances -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Souvenir - Motor Spirit Ration Tickets
Motor spirit ration tickets issued to Wangaratta farmer Harry Fisher during WW2. Eleven tickets in all, 5 tickets for 5 gallons and 6 tickets for 2 gallons. Seven tickets had valid only dates for 1942.11 small tickets all the same size but in various colours with perforated edges4 tickets - (1 red and 3 brown ) Commonwealth Liquid Fuel Control Board/Motor Spirit Ration Ticket/Two2Gals/Department of Supply & Development/Issued under National Security Act 1939-40 Remaining 7 tickets all have 1942 validity dates.ww2, fuel ration tickets