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Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book - Book: Watering Holes of the West, Watering Holes of the West, Published 1997
A study of hotels, inns and breweries in the city of Portland and the former shire of Heywood, Victoria.Sepia coloured soft card cover with drawing of an inn with people and coach outside. Drawing is identified as the Halfway House Tyrendarra from a photo courtesy of Miss J Brownlaw with artist Pam Sillard. Title in brown text. Author’s name in brown text at bottom of front cover. 112 pages with 22 chapters and index at the back.non-fictionA study of hotels, inns and breweries in the city of Portland and the former shire of Heywood, Victoria. watering holes, portland, shire of heywood, pubs, hotels, inns, breweries -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 2000
Building was residence of State School teacher from 1890's. Typical of Education Department residence for teacher. During 1990's cladding and window frames were altered.Colour photograph of a timber dwelling with high pitched gable roof. Gablet ventilator in centre of roof. Narrow front veranda. Pretty garden beds enclosed with railway sleepers. Situated at 14 Bulmer Street, Lakes Entrance Victoriahouses, fences, heritage study -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Bundle of greeting cards, etc (Hooper Family)
Donated from Nichols family (Anglican Church minister (late '70's early '80's) Mrs Hooper's cards have many family names in themGreeting cards and Invitation cards from Mrs Hooperhooper family, greeting cards -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Newspaper Clipping, Copy, Back to Mernda, c.1950-1960
An incomplete newspaper article containing a list of names of people in attendance of the Back to Mernda reunion held in the Mernda Mechanics Institute, undated, c.1950's - 1960's.Mernda district pioneer familiesNewsprint in 3 parts, undated.mernda, back to mernda, mernda mechanics institute, mernda reunion, back to mernda reunion, crozier family, danaher family, deutscher family, dunster family, edwards family, fleming family, giddens family, gregory family, hall family, harris family, hayes family, hill family, hobson family, hope family, hurrey family, jeffery family, johnson family, jolley family, kiernan family, knox family, mann family, marshall family, melbourne family, mccarthy family, mcdonald family, mckay family, mclennan family, mcphee family, mcphan family, murphy family, owens family, plum family, popple family, power family, richards family, richardson family, shanks family, smith family, smithson family, stevens family, thomas family, vorbach family, wallis family, welsh family, wheeler family, whitten family, young family, leach family, cockerell family, benson family, coupar family, carswell family -
Mont De Lancey
High Chair
The high chair bought originally for the Garth boys Bernard and Phillip in the early 1930's. Then handed down to Mr and Mrs Bob Parker's children in the late 1940's.White painted, wooden child's high chair on four metal wheels. Turned wooden back rails, adjustable height, wooden lift-up tray.highchairs -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Machine - Duplicating machine
Spirit duplicating machine known as Roneo in Australia and Banda in UK, further information on Wikipedia, this machine used in 1960's to 1970's at Waters Edge Caravan ParkSteel duplicating machine, grey in colour, handle on right hand side to activate the copy process, black carry handle, front and rear opencommerce, office equipment, stationery -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph - School Photograph, Stawell Primary School 502 Grade 5a
approximately 1930's. Sepia Group schoool photo mix of boys and Girls in school uniform in front of Pine Trees.Stawell SS No. 502 5a Gloria Larkin Wimmera Street Stawelleducation, students -
Kilmore Historical Society
Photograph, N.W Sydney Street
1860's Kilmore25cm x 20cm black and white photograph of Hudsons Store on Sydney Street from the view from Brisbane Street c. 1862. The photograph captures buildings along the street including: Harris Dublin & Manchester Warehouse, Sign to Kilmore Brewery, Hudson Hay & Corn Store, some unidentified buildings and Dunrobin Castle Hotel. Also captured, horse and carts on the street, people standing in front of the Manchester Warehouse. 3 Photograph of differing quality of the same image.Written on the back of the large copy; #3 #4 #5.10/86-34 Copy LaTr. 1860 Husdon Store - Harris' Store PHO-00073 Written on the back of the .2: 169 Husdon's Warehouse H1811 SLV Sydney Street MFN 272 c1862, -SW (- (85)Hudsons Warehouse) Note Kilmore Brewery Sign 126 7/c/ PHO-00073.2 Written on the back of .3: Kilmore 1860 169 Sydney rd from N-N-E ____ Harriss Dublin & Manchester Warehouse, Sign to Kilmore Brewery Hudson Hay & Corn Store, _________, __________, __________, _____ Dunrobin Castle Hotel,storefronts, 19th century, retail stores -
Mont De Lancey
Tin
Donated 1960's?Red metal square ice cream tin, with pink and white lead and white flowers. Devondale vanilla. 1/2 gallon.tins -
Mont De Lancey
Drawers, Female
Worn in the 1900's.White calico drawers with broderie anglaise around hem, and pin tucking on legs. Have drawstring waist and back opening.drawers (underpants), underwear -
Mont De Lancey
Camisole
Worn in 1900's.White cotton camisole with hand embroidered lace around the neck, sleeves and waist. Pink ribbon threaded through eyelets.camisoles, underwear -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Machine - Page Numbering Machine, EARLY 1900’S
Antique paging or page numbering machine, also referred to as a paginater. Machine prints six digit numbers consecutively. It was used in the printing industry to number consecutive pages of journals in the early 1900’s. Alex Cowan & Sons Ltd. of Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide supplied printing equipment to other firms. The parent company, Alexander Cowan & Sons Ltd., manufactured fine paper in Valleyfield, Penicuik, Scotland from 1814-1937. This page numbering machine or paginater is an example of mechanical technology used in the printing industry in the early 1900's.Page numbering machine, also known as a paginater or paging machine. Printing machine with six digits for numbering pages consecutively. Steel frame, wooden treadle plate and bench. Inscription of maker's name on metal plate. Made by Alex Cowan & Sons Ltd.Inscribed on maker's plate, "Alex Cowan & Sons Ltd. / Printers Furnishers / Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide". flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, paging machine, treadle paging machine, printing machine, page numbering machine, paginater, alex cowan and sons ltd, australian printing industry -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Scoop metal, no makers identification, circa mid to late 1900's
This scoop was professionally made and well before plastics and aluminium scoops were manufactured. It was in a period when mass production and cheap imports where not common. This item would have been produced well after World War II and before the cheap Asian imports. It was a period in time(the last years) when items such as this scoop were made to last and consumerism was not at the "throw away" mass consumption time of the late 1900's. The rural sector in the Kiewa Valley used this type of "made to last" domestic implement when home made cakes and pastries were commonly made in the household kitchen. Because of the relatively isolation of the valley, bulk supplies of flour, sugar and other cooking ingredients were the required quantity for both domestic household and farm use. Local general stores also had these scoops to provide clients with their required flour, sugar and other bulk loose grains (processed or unprocessed) This lite galvanised rolled steel flour/sugar scoop has a tapered handle extruding from a small cone shaped base. It has a half circle scoop extending from a full circular base which has a small containment ridge which acts as a collection rim. The collection scoop has its front shovel end tapered and rolled edge (outwards) presenting a barrier and air relief when thrust into the flour/sugar. All the edges are rolled and connection links have been soldered. The handle is not of solid steel which accounts for the light weight. The base of the "shovel" is slightly concave to allow gravitational forces to keep the flour centre of mass. The handle has a ridge pressed in the sheet metal at about two thirds up the shaft All metal to metal joins have been pressed and soldered together.loose grains, sugar, millet, nus, nails, loose grocery items. -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Plate Enamel, mid 1900's
This "outdoor" dinner plate was made in Hong Kong and is therefore dated well after World War II. It was imported from Hong Kong at the beginning of the start of the great Asian influx of cheap household/camping kitchen and dinner plates(1960's onward). It is also during the time before stronger and more resilient plastic "camper" goods. It was at the start of the city based outdoor campers Australian bush adventure holidays.This plate is very significant to the High Plains cattlemen of the Victorian Alpine Region. Because of its unbreakable and easy to clean qualities this type of plate and associate mugs where a necessity for overnight workers and campers in the upper Kiewa Valley and its high plains regions. The Kiewa Valley has small township centres and to survive in the Australian bush high country environment camp-side fires and meals required sturdy utensils and plates.This yellow enameled tin soup/salad/dinner plate has a green boarded rim and can hold a variety of different meals. This plate is sturdy enough for any outdoor activity and was used by campers and cattlemen.Stamped on the bottom base " made in Hong Kong 24 cm E MELLING CO LTD"enamel outdoor plates and mugs, camping kitchen utensils -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, early 1990's
The scarred tree is located on a hillside in a local reserve. The bark has been removed in the past to make a boat or other large utensil. Melbourne's skyline can be seen faintly in the distance in the middle of the photograph with local suburban development in the middle distance. The set of 20 photographs were taken of a number of archaeological ands sacred sites in the Bulla district. The photographs were included in a study published by the Shire of Bulla in the early 1990's.A scarred tree aboriginal ring sites, george evans collection -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document - Document - Outline for VIOSH, VIOSH: The Vision, Mission, Aims, Goals and Principles for the Victorian Institute of Occupational Safety and Health,1997
Victorian Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (VIOSH) Australia is the Asia-Pacific centre for teaching and research in occupational health and safety (OHS) and is known as one of Australia's leaders on the field. VIOSH has a global reputation for its innovative approach within the field of OHS management. VIOSH had its first intake of students in 1979. At that time the Institution was known as the Ballarat College of Advanced Education. In 1990 it became known as Ballarat University College, then in 1994 as University of Ballarat. It was 2014 that it became Federation University. VIOSH Australia students are safety managers, senior advisors and experienced OHS professionals. They come from all over Australia and industry. Students are taught active research and enquiry; rather than textbook learning and a one-size fits all approach. VIOSH accepts people into the Graduate Diploma of Occupational Hazard Management who have no undergraduate degree - on the basis of extensive work experience and knowledge. Document outlining the Vision, Mission, Aims, Goals and Principles of VIOSH Australia. The main vision is to provide the best undergraduate, graduate and industry focused OHS program in Australia and Asia - Pacific Region. Improvement in occupational health and safety within workplaces in Australia and overseas and stimulate best practice within the University of Ballarat is the mission. Detailed statements covering Aims, Goals and Principles outline how this will be achieved.Thirteen A4 pages, typed. Coloured sections.Symbols for VIOSH, CSIRO, SafetyLine, Safety Institute of Australia, Worksafe Australia,Canadian Centre for OH&S. Health and Safety Executive (United Kingdom), National Institute for OH&S (United States), Occupational Health and Safety (United States), International Occupational Safety and Health Information (Finland)viosh, victorian institute of occupational safety and health, university of ballarat, vision, mission, aims, goals, principles, research and colsultancy, courses, viosh working papers, noise control in mining, resources, australia, csiro, safetyline, safety institute of australia, worksafe australia, canada, canadian centre for occupational health and safety, united kingdom, health and safety executive, united states, national institute for occupational safety and health, occupational health and safety administration, finland, international occupational safety and health information -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Booklet - Bogong State School x2, School Bell from the Sea
The Story of S.S. "Santhia" sank while in service as a troopship, of her subsequent salvage, and of how her bell came to Bogong School. Bogong State School was built and used from the 1940s when the SECV was constructing the KHES. The school bell was unique having originated from the ship "Santhia'. Teal colored background with the title printed in white at the top and the 'Bogong State School' printed in black at the bottom. 9 pages back to back with information about the School Bell. Published in March-April, 1947Inscribed on the bell - "Presented to G. G. Jobbins, Esq., Chairman, State Electricity Commission by Captain J. P. Williams for Bogong School, on December 6th, 1946. This bell was recovered from the wreck of the S. S. Santhia sunk in the Houghly River, Calcutta, and raised by an Australian salvage party."bogong state school bell, s.e.c. magazine 1947 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Surgical instrument
A dental retractor or mouth gag such as this has been in use from the early 1800's. it is used to keep the mouth open during medical or dental surgery. This dental or mouth retractor was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the family of Doctor William Roy Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. It is part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” that includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. ABOUT THE “W.R.ANGUS COLLECTION” Doctor William Roy Angus M.B., B.S., Adel., 1923, F.R.C.S. Edin.,1928 (also known as Dr Roy Angus) was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria in 1901 and lived until 1970. He qualified as a doctor in 1923 at University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was house surgeon to Sir (then Mr.) Henry Simpson Newland. Dr Angus was briefly an Assistant to Dr Riddell of Kapunda, then commenced private practice at Curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, SA, where he was physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as new Medical Assistant to Dr Thomas Francis Ryan (T.F. Ryan, or Tom), in Nhill, Victoria, where his experiences included radiology and pharmacy. In 1927 he was Acting House Surgeon in Dr Tom Ryan’s absence. Dr Angus had become engaged to Gladys Forsyth and they decided he would take time to further his studies overseas in the UK in 1927. He studied at London University College Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and in 1928, was awarded FRCS (Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons), Edinburgh. He worked his passage back to Australia as a Ship’s Surgeon on the on the Australian Commonwealth Line’s T.S.S. Largs Bay. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1929, in Ballarat. (They went on to have one son (Graham 1932, born in SA) and two daughters (Helen (died 12/07/1996) and Berenice (Berry), both born at Mira, Nhill ) Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . The organisation began in South Australia through the Presbyterian Church in that year, with its first station being in the remote town of Oodnadatta, where Dr Angus was stationed. He was locum tenens there on North-South Railway at 21 Mile Camp. He took up this ‘flying doctor’ position in response to a call from Dr John Flynn; the organisation was later known as the Flying Doctor Service, then the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A lot of his work during this time involved dental surgery also. Between 1928-1932 he was surgeon at the Curramulka Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. In 1933 Dr Angus returned to Nhill where he’d previously worked as Medical Assistant and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what was once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr L Middleton was House Surgeon to the Nhill Hospital 1926-1933, when he resigned. [Dr Tom Ryan’s practice had originally belonged to his older brother Dr Edward Ryan, who came to Nhill in 1885. Dr Edward saw patients at his rooms, firstly in Victoria Street and in 1886 in Nelson Street, until 1901. The Nelson Street practice also had a 2 bed ward, called Mira Private Hospital ). Dr Edward Ryan was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1884-1902 . He also had occasions where he successfully performed veterinary surgery for the local farmers too. Dr Tom Ryan then purchased the practice from his brother in 1901. Both Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan work as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He too was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1902-1926. Dr Tom Ryan had one of the only two pieces of radiology equipment in Victoria during his practicing years – The Royal Melbourne Hospital had the other one. Over the years Dr Tom Ryan gradually set up what was effectively a training school for country general-practitioner-surgeons. Each patient was carefully examined, including using the X-ray machine, and any surgery was discussed and planned with Dr Ryan’s assistants several days in advance. Dr Angus gained experience in using the X-ray machine there during his time as assistant to Dr Ryan. Dr Tom Ryan moved from Nhill in 1926. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1927, soon after its formation, a rare accolade for a doctor outside any of the major cities. He remained a bachelor and died suddenly on 7th Dec 1955, aged 91, at his home in Ararat. Scholarships and prizes are still awarded to medical students in the honour of Dr T.F. Ryan and his father, Dr Michael Ryan, and brother, John Patrick Ryan. ] When Dr Angus bought into the Nelson Street premises in Nhill he was also appointed as the Nhill Hospital’s Honorary House Surgeon 1933-1938. His practitioner’s plate from his Nhill surgery states “HOURS Daily, except Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturday afternoons, 9-10am, 2-4pm, 7-8pm. Sundays by appointment”. This plate is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Tom Ryan had an extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926 and when Dr Angus took up practice in their old premises he obtained this collection, a large part of which is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. During his time in Nhill Dr Angus was involved in the merging of the Mira Hospital and Nhill Public Hospital into one public hospital and the property titles passed on to Nhill Hospital in 1939. In 1939 Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool where he purchased “Birchwood,” the 1852 home and medical practice of Dr John Hunter Henderson, at 214 Koroit Street. (This property was sold in1965 to the State Government and is now the site of the Warrnambool Police Station. ). The Angus family was able to afford gardeners, cooks and maids; their home was a popular place for visiting dignitaries to stay whilst visiting Warrnambool. Dr Angus had his own silk worm farm at home in a Mulberry tree. His young daughter used his centrifuge for spinning the silk. Dr Angus was appointed on a part-time basis as Port Medical Officer (Health Officer) in Warrnambool and held this position until the 1940’s when the government no longer required the service of a Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool; he was thus Warrnambool’s last serving Port Medical Officer. (The duties of a Port Medical Officer were outlined by the Colonial Secretary on 21st June, 1839 under the terms of the Quarantine Act. Masters of immigrant ships arriving in port reported incidents of diseases, illness and death and the Port Medical Officer made a decision on whether the ship required Quarantine and for how long, in this way preventing contagious illness from spreading from new immigrants to the residents already in the colony.) Dr Angus was a member of the Australian Medical Association, for 35 years and surgeon at the Warrnambool Base Hospital 1939-1942, He served as a Surgeon Captain during WWII1942-45, in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W., completing his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. During his convalescence he carved an intricate and ‘most artistic’ chess set from the material that dentures were made from. He then studied ophthalmology at the Royal Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital and created cosmetically superior artificial eyes by pioneering using the intrascleral cartilage. Angus received accolades from the Ophthalmological Society of Australasia for this work. He returned to Warrnambool to commence practice as an ophthalmologist, pioneering in artificial eye improvements. He was Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist to Warrnambool Base Hospital for 31 years. He made monthly visits to Portland as a visiting surgeon, to perform eye surgery. He represented the Victorian South-West subdivision of the Australian Medical Association as its secretary between 1949 and 1956 and as chairman from 1956 to 1958. In 1968 Dr Angus was elected member of Spain’s Barraquer Institute of Barcelona after his research work in Intrasclearal cartilage grafting, becoming one of the few Australian ophthalmologists to receive this honour, and in the following year presented his final paper on Living Intrasclearal Cartilage Implants at the Inaugural Meeting of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists in Melbourne In his personal life Dr Angus was a Presbyterian and treated Sunday as a Sabbath, a day of rest. He would visit 3 or 4 country patients on a Sunday, taking his children along ‘for the ride’ and to visit with him. Sunday evenings he would play the pianola and sing Scottish songs to his family. One of Dr Angus’ patients was Margaret MacKenzie, author of a book on local shipwrecks that she’d seen as an eye witness from the late 1880’s in Peterborough, Victoria. In the early 1950’s Dr Angus, painted a picture of a shipwreck for the cover jacket of Margaret’s book, Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks. She was blind in later life and her daughter wrote the actual book for her. Dr Angus and his wife Gladys were very involved in Warrnambool’s society with a strong interest in civic affairs. Their interests included organisations such as Red Cross, Rostrum, Warrnambool and District Historical Society (founding members), Wine and Food Society, Steering Committee for Tertiary Education in Warrnambool, Local National Trust, Good Neighbour Council, Housing Commission Advisory Board, United Services Institute, Legion of Ex-Servicemen, Olympic Pool Committee, Food for Britain Organisation, Warrnambool Hospital, Anti-Cancer Council, Boys’ Club, Charitable Council, National Fitness Council and Air Raid Precautions Group. He was also a member of the Steam Preservation Society and derived much pleasure from a steam traction engine on his farm. He had an interest in people and the community He and his wife Gladys were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens. After his death (28th March 1970) his family requested his practitioner’s plate, medical instruments and some personal belongings be displayed in the Port Medical Office surgery at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, and be called the “W. R. Angus Collection”. The W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The collection of medical instruments and other equipment is culturally significant, being an historical example of medicine from late 19th to mid-20th century. Dr Angus assisted Dr Tom Ryan, a pioneer in the use of X-rays and in ocular surgery. Dental Retractor or Mouth Gag. once part of Dr T.F. Ryan's medical practice. Two handled steel instrument with spring loaded, ratcheted squeeze action, which opens the 'S' shaped, red cushioned ends. There is an adjusting bar between the handles that slides to secure the instrument in an open position..(from the W.R. Angus Collection)“SURGICAL NFG XV” on handle. “101” on each side of the handle and on the adjusting bar. A paper note handwritten in ballpoint pen has "“ACKLANDS MOUTH GAG” flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, dental surgery, medical surgery, mouth gag, mouth retractor, dr w.r. angus, dr t.f. ryan, nhill hospital, flying doctor, surgical instrument -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Framed photo - Clover Power Station and Dam
Clover Dam and Power Station were built by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria as part of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme from the late 1930's to the early 1940's.This photo is part of the local history and was owned by Mr ad Mrs Gordon White, SECV employee and long time residents.White wooden frame coloured photo with white cardboard surrounds of Clover Power Station and Dam.clover dam; clover power station; bogong; kiewa hydro electric scheme; -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Accessory - Handkerchief, 20th century
This fine lawn handkerchief has machine made lace trim. Although lace was being machine made from the 1600’s the design of the lace on this handkerchief is circa 1900’s. This handkerchief is a representation of fine needlework and women's fashion accessories in the late 19th and early 20th century.White fine lawn cotton handkerchief, square with machine made lace handstitched to lawn. Features two separate types of lace which are carefully cut on the edges. The design of the lace is circa 1900s.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, handkerchief, lace handkerchief, woman's handkerchief, women's accessory, fine fabric craftwork -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - Coloured, C 1996
This is a photo of items made out of Banksia Bauerii. During the 1960's to the 1990's, local women made wooden items and jewellery of pressed flowers for sale at the Wildflower Show.The photo shows a display of wooden items standing on a white dip[lay stand. Dried flowers and grasses can be seen in the background, as well as a sketch on the wall to the right.events, wildflower show -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - Coloured, C 1996
The wooden items are made from Banksia Bauerii. During the 1960's to the 1990's, local women made wooden items and jewellery of pressed flowers for sale at the Wildflower Show.The photo shows stuffed animals displayed on a sawn branch and leafed twigs. Items made from wood and Banksia cones can be seen in the top, left hand corner, and other small items can be seen hanging on a branch on the right.events, wildflower show -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - Coloured, C 1996
The wooden items are made from Banksia Bauerii. During the 1960's to the 1990's, local women made wooden items and jewellery of pressed flowers for sale at the Wildflower Show.The photo shows a collection of wooden items displayed on a white stand. There is a brown cloth draped amongst the display.events, wildflower show -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Booklet, Nott Street Primary School No 1427 Centenary 1874 - 1974, 1974
The booklet contains a short history of Nott Street Primary School as well as copies of historic photographs, a list of Head Teachers and pupil reminiscences from the 1920's & 30's. Pale green covered booklet with black & white photograph of Nott Street Primary School.education - primary schools, nott street primary school, celebrations - centenaries -
Andrew Ross Museum
Evening Gown, Circa 1870
Believed to have belonged to Annie Maria Victoria Margareta Bisley, mother of Dorothy Wills, a post mistress/store keeper at Kangaroo Ground during the 1950's-60'sLady's blue taffeta skirt and jacket trimmed with fringe/tassels/sleeve inserts. -
National Wool Museum
Book, The Weaver from Meltham, 1950
Obtained by Ken Hirst, great grandson of Godfrey Hirst while working at the mill during 1970's -80's. All employees received a copy of the book during this time.Hardback book with dust cover "The weaver from Meltham" " The true story of an Old Colonial Mill by Ivan Southall" -
National Wool Museum
Book, Cloth Sample
One of four tarpaper covered sample books. These samples were made up at mills (often R S & S) to Alexander Lau designs, they did not necessarily go into production..LADIES' MATERIALtextile design fashion textile industry - history, alexander lau pty ltd, lau, mr alexander - alexander lau pty ltd, textile design, fashion, textile industry - history -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Medal, Military Medal GV, Instituted 25th March 1916
Instituted in 1914, the Military Cross (MC) was issued for gallantry in presence of the enemy to warrant and junior officers of the Army who were ineligible (on account of their rank) for the Distinguished Service Order. During the First World War, it was also available to equivalent ranks in the Royal Naval Division and Royal Marines and it later became available to equivalent ranks in the RAF for acts of gallantry on land. The equivalent award for the other ranks for gallantry on land in presence of the enemy was the Military Medal (MM) which had been instituted in 1916 and, similarly to the MC, later became available to RAF other ranks serving on the ground. This medal was awared to Pte H. S Holgate for bravery in the field in 1917. Pte Holgate was killed in action at Zonnebeke 11 October 1917. Historical and social significance for schoolSilver medal with a swivelling suspension. features King George the V, uncrowned, in Field Marshal's uniform on the obverse. The medal reverse depicts the crowned royal cypher over the words "FOR BRAVERY IN THE FIELD" all within a laurel wreath. Impressed around edge are the recipient's details. The ribbon has a central stripe of thin red and white lines flanked by equally sized stripes of navy. Inscribed around obverse: 'GEORGIVS V BRITT: O[M]N: REX ET IND: IMP:' Inscribed in centre of reverse below royal insignia : 'FOR/BRAVERY/IN THE/FIELD' Impressed around OUTER edge of medal: '4303 PTE H. S. HOLGATE. 8/COY AUST. M.G.C.' Notation on original box A./Cpl H.S.Holgate 29Bn AIF 51531/Decd. 43031917, medals, military medal, world war i, w w 1, holgate, private h s holgate, zonnebeke, holgate medal -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Clothing - Nightgown, Eliza Towns, circa 1890's
This nightgown is one of several linen and clothing items that were made and belonged to Mrs. Eliza Towns and donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village. Eliza was born Eliza Gould in 1857 in South Melbourne (Emerald Hill) and in 1879 married Charles Towns. In the early 1880's they moved to Nhill in western Victoria and remained there for the rest of their married life. Charles was a jeweller and later became an accountant and for many years was involved with the Shire Council, the local show committee (A & P Society), the Hospital Committee and the Board of the local newspaper (the Nhill Free Press). They had three children and lived a life that would be regarded as comfortably "middle class". Eliza probably had a treadle sewing machine and would have made many of her own clothes as well as clothes for her children - adding her own handmade embroidered or crocheted decorative trim. This nightgown is machine sewn by Eliza Towns and she has added a detailed design of pintucks and broderie anglaise lace to the front yoke and cuffs as a decorative element. The 1800's bought a shift in attitude towards modesty as the Victorian era progressed and by the mid to late 1800's it had become more acceptable ladies to wear simple, modest nightgowns. They tended to have a very loose fit and were usually made of linen, cotton or flannel, which had the advantage of providing warmth and also being easy to wash - a necessity for a garment worn next to the skin. Although the basic design of the nightgown was fairly simple, the wearer was free to add various types of trim e.g. lace, crochet, pintucks, embroidery etc.This item is an example of the needlework skills of women in the late 19th century - combining machine stitching with hand embroidery to personalise and embellish a practical item of clothing. It is also significant as an example of a practical solution to the difficulties that women of this era faced with regard to the washing of clothes and household linens.Lady's long, white, cotton nightgown with a V shaped bodice decorated with bands of nine pintucks alternating with strips of broderie anglaise lined with pink ribbon. The opening front placket and neckline are bordered with a simpler broderie anglaise lace. The long sleeves are gathered into cuffs with a matching V shape, pintuck and broderie anglaise design. The front placket fastens with three cream buttons although one is missing. The back of the nightgown has gathered fabric on a plain, narrow V shape yoke. A narrow gusset has been added to the both sides at the bottom of the nightgown.Noneflagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, victorian era clothing, victorian era nightgown, nightgown, nightdress, eliza towns, nhill, wimmera, textiles, clothing, machine sewing, hand sewing, pintucks, broderie anglaise, sewing -
Bendigo Military Museum
Manual - Shaded Relief Technical Manual - United States Air Force, Department of the Air Force, USA, May 1958
This manual describes how to hand create "Shaded Relief" or the appearance of hills. This manual was produced by the Aeronautical Chart Information Centre, United States Air Force, St Louis 18, Missouri. Shaded relief was produced by hand at the Army Survey Regiment in the 50's, 60's and 70's so that it could be shown on small scale topographical maps and RAAF Aeronauical Charts. Shaded relief continued to be produced by hand until the mid 1980's when it was replaced by digital production methods.Grey covered Manual, gloss paper, stapled together.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr