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Ballarat Clarendon CollegePostcard
Postcard sent to Ballarat College boarder, William L Sloss, by his mother Bernice A Sloss during a visit to Paris with his father in 1929.Its slightly formal phrasing gives insight into parent-child relations of the era. Black and white illustrated postcard; photograph of Paris scene on front; hand-written letter on back and 90p stamp attached;Address: Master Bill Sloss / Ballarat College / Ballarat - Victoria / Australia Letter: 21/3/29 / This is just a tiny corner of Paris. It is a very busy city and the taxis and cars make a dreadful noice - far greater noise than in London. Though traffic is just as great - We are having lovely weather to see this beautiful city. We are all well. Hope you are. Daddy is visiting hospital. Love from us all - Your loving mother, Bernice A Sloss.bernice-a-sloss, ballarat college, boarding, 1929, bill-sloss, william-l-sloss-1934, postcard -
Bendigo Military MuseumSouvenir - MEMENTO, VIETNAM, c.1960 onwards
Item given to Geoff MURRAY in Vietnam by Sister Augustine from the Baria Orphanage. The figure, a bird feeding its young with rice in its mouth reminded the Sister of Geoff feeding the Orphanage with all his help he gave to them. Refer Reg No 638P for Geoffs service history and other items re the Baria Orphanage.Small arrangement, bone china representing a tree trunk, birds nest, floral arrangement with bird in nest & mother feeding. Colours range from white, pink, green & blue.On base: "Bone China SEYEA"ceramics - porcelain, military history - souvenirs, vietnam -
Bendigo Military MuseumLetter - LETTER WW1, CPL C V BYRNE NR 6300, 2.2.1919
Letter details the death of James Patterson McCall “MM”, No 6401. Refer Cat No 2925 for his service history.Typed letter on flimsy tissue copy paper. From Belgium 2 Feb 1919 - CPL C V BYRNE NR 6300 to the mother of CPL JAMES P MCCALL.documents - letters, military history -
Australian Jazz MuseumMusical Instrument, Circa 1920s
Restored by Tony Newstead. Played by Dr Phil Law during the 1930s, "for dances and other functions, while teaching at Clunes, Talbot, Creswick, Learmonth, Newtown, Smeaton, and while teaching at Elwood (at Eltham, Gisborne and Sunbury." including on many of his expeditions to the Antarctic. Phil Law was a dedicated jazz reed player and band leader in his early years as a country school teacher. His brothers also played. Gift of Dr Phil Law - 1999. Dr Law died in Melbourne on 28 February 2010 at the age of 97.Owned and played by Dr Phillip Garth (Phil) Law AC, CBE, for dances and other functions, while teaching during the 1930s, and on many of his 28 expeditions to the Antarctic. Metal Silver B flat soprano saxophone made by V. Kohlert and Sons, Graslitz, Czechoslovakia. Circa 1920s. Mother of pearl keys, slight denting. Additional mouth piece. On bell of saxophone "Kohlert Sons / Graslitz / Czechoslovakia" framed by flower and leaf motifdr phil law, dr phillip law, soprano saxophone, kohlert and sons, kohlert sons, antarctic explorer, b flat soprano saxophone, silver instrument, reed instrument -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - PETHARD COLLECTION: PORTRAIT - COUPLE
Photograph - Black & white. Portrait of a man, well dressed, suit and tie, no hat. Woman dressed in a long skirt, a white blouse, no hat. Written on bottom of photo, 'Father and Mother'.person, family, pethard family, photograph. pethard family. father and mother. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - GERTRUDE PERRY COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH OF MRS E. R. PERRY
Photograph. Gertrude Perry Collection. Sepia photograph of Evaline Rosa Perry, Gertrude Perry's Mother. Under glass & framed with a slim gold wooden frame. Head & shoulders with glasses on.Watt. Telfer. Goulburn.person, individual, personal/portrait, gertrude perry collection, perry evaline rosa, watt telfer -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Memorabilia - BENDIGO EXHIBITION GLASS, 1902
Souvenir glass from Bendigo Jubilee Exhibition 1901/1902, etched around glass is scene of Town Hall, flowers and wording Bendigo Exhibition 1902 To May from Mother.bendigo, history, exhibition -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumBook, The Pennyweight Kids, 1988
Written to try to discover why more than 200 children died at Forest Creek, Victoria. Stories of their families.Yellow cover, sketch of scales 1852-1857. Gold mining scene and grieving mother. On back cover sketch of excavation of old burial site. London 1852. Gentleman's Magazine.forest creek victoria, deaths at forest creek victoria -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, George Djoneff, /04/2006
Interview with George Djoneff about the emigration and life in Australia of his Bulgarian father and German mother, who migrated to Australia in 1950.Interview with George Djoneff about the emigration and life in Australia of his Bulgarian father and German mother, who migrated to Australia in 1950. Interviewed by Barbara Gardiner 1 April 2006.Interview with George Djoneff about the emigration and life in Australia of his Bulgarian father and German mother, who migrated to Australia in 1950.djoneff, george, emigration, oral history migration program, germans in australia, bulgarians in australia -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.Accessory - Tie Clip
Thin rectangular gilt tie clip. Face of clip partially inlaid with mother of pearl panel. Curved spring clip fastening with teeth. Design or makers name stamped on back.Smart Setcostume accessories, male -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.Photograph, Peck family
Black and white photograph of Geoff Peck, son of Tally Ho orchardist, Ronald Peck. Two women in the photograph most likely to be his wife and mother. See also ND5539peck, geoff, ronald, orchardists, fruit industry, tally ho -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)Photograph, Rijs family member, 2007
Colour photograph of Nicholas Rijs and his mother Anna on the occasion of Nicks retirement from Patties Foods, he is holding the clock which was presented to him in appreciation. Bairnsdale Victoriagenealogy -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)Photograph, 1951
Sepia toned photograph taken prior to marriage of Charles Hancock and Shirley Eaton showing bride with veil over face with her mother Ina Burchell Lakes Entrance Victoriagenealogy -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Document - Email, Grace Fraser, 2019
grace fraser, staff, student, burnley horticultural college -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Registration of Birth form, 1871
A large lot of papers, including this and many other birth and death registration forms, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works. Donald Clark Collection. Registration of Birth form for: Child's name: Humphry Twigg Date of Birth: 6th October 1871 Place of birth: Newbridge Father: Humphry Twigg Mother: Martha (nee Hicks) -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Registration of Birth form, 1871
A large lot of papers, including this and many other birth and death registration forms, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works. Donald Clark Collection. Registration of Birth form for: Child's name: William Patterson Date of Birth: 5th Feb, 1871 Place of birth: Arnold's Bridge Father: John Patterson Mother: section lost -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Registration of Birth form, 1872
A large lot of papers, including this and many other birth and death registration forms, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works. Donald Clark Collection. Registration of Birth form for: Child's name: William Hunter Date of Birth: 26th April, 1872 Place of birth: Tarnagulla Father: James Hunter Mother: Annie (nee Corcoren) -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Registration of Birth form, 1871 or 1872
A large lot of papers, including this and many other birth and death registration forms, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works. Donald Clark Collection. Registration of Birth form for: Child's name: John Hawkswoth Date of Birth: 26th November, 1871 Place of birth: Tarnagulla Father: John Hawkswoth Mother: Maria (nee Gandey) -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Registration of Birth form, circa 1871-1872
A large lot of papers, including this and many other birth and death registration forms, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works. Donald Clark Collection. Registration of Birth form for: Child's name: section missing Date of Birth: section missing Place of birth: section missing Father: section missing Mother: Ellen (nee Keef) -
Tarnagulla History ArchiveRegistration of Birth form, circa 1870-1872
A large lot of papers, including this and many other birth and death registration forms, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works. Donald Clark Collection. Registration of Birth form for: Child's name: Louise Addison Date of Birth: section missing Place of birth: Tarnagulla Father: Andrew Addison Mother: Isabella Addison (nee Lawson) -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Registration of Birth form, 1871
A large lot of papers, including this and many other birth and death registration forms, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works. Donald Clark Collection. Registration of Birth form for: Child's name: Mary Jane Gronow Date of Birth: 20th July, 1871 Place of birth: Llanelly Father: David Gronow Mother: section missing -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Registration of Birth form (partial), circa 1870
A large lot of papers, including this and many other birth and death registration forms, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works. Donald Clark Collection. Registration of Birth form for: Child's name: Edward Lewis Silke Date of Birth: section missing Place of birth: section missing Father: Edward Silke Mother: section missing -
Mont De LanceyBook, John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd, Little Samuel : bible stories, Unknown
A collection of bible stories for young children Retold by Catherine Shaw.A young children's collection of Bible stories with an illustration of a man talking to a mother and her child on the front cover. The title, Little Samuel is printed at the top of the front cover in green text.fictionA collection of bible stories for young children Retold by Catherine Shaw.children's books, bible stories, children's fiction -
Linton and District Historical Society IncCollar studs, 1900
Collar Stud box used by Colin Kerr, containing 2 studsRound metal container with brown leather inset in lid. Blue velvet insets in lid inside and inside base. 1 mother of pearl and metal stud and 1 plastic stud."A stud in the box is worth two under a bed".colin kerr -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Colton, Ada, 1991 - 1993
Article from 'Women of Williamstown' re Ada Colton, wardrobe mistress and dress maker written by niece Norma Jamieson.Article from 'Women of Williamstown' re Ada Colton, wardrobe mistress and dress maker written by niece Norma Jamieson. Ada's father worked as a diver at Williamstown, her mother was a mid-wife. In the 1890's moved to Vermont, bought an orchard and the children attended Vermont Primary School at the beginning of the century. Some of Ada's costumes are held by the Performing Arts Museum. She died 1965 and is buried at Williamstown Cemetery. Also letter to Norma Jamieson from Performing Arts Museum. Photocopy of photo of James Colton 1900 - 1910. Copy of photo of family - Georgina with James and Ada.Article from 'Women of Williamstown' re Ada Colton, wardrobe mistress and dress maker written by niece Norma Jamieson. colton, ada, alma terrace newport, no 74, jamieson, norma, lucas, georgina elizabeth, bijou theatre, melbourne, princess theatre, melbourne, theatre royal, melbourne, performing arts museum, melbourne, colton, james -
Bendigo Military MuseumLetter - LETTER AND ENVELOPE, 17.9.1918
Letter from Alf Ferris to his family at Terrick Terrick, refer cat No 418.3.3P.1).2)Letter, rectangular shape, off white colour, ruled lines, hand written in purple pencil, dated. .3) Envelope, “YMCA”, light fawn colour, Army PO stamped, passed by censor stamp, initialled, hand written in purple pencil, dated..1) “France, 17th Sept 1918, Dear Mother and All”. .3) Dated “JL 15 18”letters, envelopes, ymca -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Card - Card - 21st Birthday Card Betty Vivian, c. 1950
21st Birthday card, to Betty Vivian, from her parents. Pale yellow orange ribbon on front, illustration of house, picked out in orange and silver, roses, silver keyFront: INSIDE; 'To Betty with love from Mother & Dad 3-2-50' - handwritten, blue biro -
Stawell Historical Society IncPhotograph, Mrs Madge Huttley's Mother
HUttley - Martin FamilyB/W/ photo. Older Woman in yard, dark Skirt, jacket with fur, light bucket hat holding dark handbag nest to body, light gloves Mum Huttley D'Arcy Street home Stawell West Madge Huttley's mother at D'Arcy St Home.huttley, martin -
Woods' Farming and Heritage MuseumTea Tin, Teedose English Afternoon Tea
Small square tin, used for tea leaves. Cream colour with gold & black printing. Paintings.Teedose. English Afternoon Tea. 250g net. Painting of an afternoon tea scene with mother & two children. -
Ballarat RSL Sub-Branch Inc.Prayer Book - "Common Prayer", Cambridge University Press
This object relates to Neil Godfrey WALKADINE. He was born on 25/12/1922 in Melbourne, VIC. Neil Godfrey served in the Army (NX136354 (N280367)) enlisting on, 21/10/1942 in Oakleigh, VIC before being discharged from duties with the ARTY POOL NSW L OF C AREA as a Army Non-Commissioned Gunner (GNR) on 29/12/1944. Neil Godfrey WALKADINE was not a prisoner of war. His next of kin is Ethel WALKADINE. Neil Walkadine was awarded the Australia Service Medal 1939-1946 and the War Medal 1939-1945.Inscription front cover - "Elsie May Greening from her Mother on her 14th Birthday 1909"literature, ballarat rsl, ballarat
