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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Administrative record - Provisions Register 1897 - 1908
The Benevolent Asylum was established to provide both indoor and outdoor charitable relief for the destitute and aged. Initially it was in a slab and weatherboard building before getting it's permanent home in 1860. (Now Ann Caudle Centre). From 1868 - 1885 an industrial school for children was included. In 1884 a Lying in Hospital was included and this closed in 1920.Bendigo Benevolent Asylum Provisions Register 1897 - 1905. Green coloured marbled pattern cover with red and white tape on the spine with lined ledger pages. The ledger includes the provisions acquired and dispersed each day. All entries handwritten in ink. Standard supplies included with space to add special items.bendigo benevolent asylum, provisions register -
The Ed Muirhead Physics Museum
Engine, Grayson Diffracting Grating Ruling
Made by Henry Grayson at home with the help of William Stone. Used to rule diffraction gratings, achieving excellent results of 2cm squared rulings on speculum metal. The instrument was transferred to Melbourne University, and used by Professor Lyle from 1917-30. Information attached to the front of object and statistical information on stand on top of object.Grayson Diffraction Grating Ruling engine consisting of multiple complex chrome and brass components. Enclosed in specially made glass and wooden display box. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photographs, 2001
Hans - Wolter von Gruenewaldt, German P.O.W (Ex South African - Mining engineer) painted these scenes and figures as murals on the walls of the Camp 13 Recreational hall. After WW2 the hall was purchased by the Murchison R.S.L as its headquarters in 1955. These paintings can now be seen at the David Jones Nursing Home in Murchison.Small photo album, with a collection of painted scenes and figures as murals on the walls of camp 13 Recreational hall. The album also includes photos of visitors to the Internment camps, Japanese Chan, Oki and Takamura families at the Tatura Historical Society, and visitors to the German War Cemetery during 1992/93. -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Manuscript, Robin Boyd, Living and Partly Living. The Neighbourhood, 1971
A discussion of Australia's bland suburbs, and the rise in brick home-building, and the alternative of urban high-rise living. Alternative leisure lifestyles associated with each are outlined. Multi-storey flats, European migration, the unplanned ghettoisation of different groups are discussed. What are the needs for a new era of Australian housing? New initiatives are outlined.Original manuscript of the chapter titled 'The Neighbourhood' (pp32-43) by Robin Boyd in the book "Living and Partly Living", by Ian McKay, Robin Boyd, Hugh Stretton and John Mant, published by Nelson, Sydney 1971.Typewritten (c copy), pencil, quarto, 29 pagesChapter in a book.neighbourhood, neighborhood, suburbia, planning, conformity, brick home, timber home, flathouses, housing commission, european immigration, swinger hill, ian mackay, merchant builders, landscaping, robin boyd, manuscript -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Furniture - Table
This extension table was used as the dining table in the Boyd's Camberwell home. The legs were cut to create a coffee table when it was moved to the Walsh Street house. It was placed along the west facing windowall in the study in Children's Pavilion. Mandie, Penleigh and Suzy Boyd used to watch televison on the set placed on this coffee table.Timber table (expandable). Top surface slides off to reveal two extra flaps.walsh st furnishings, robin boyd, ohm2022, ohm2022_34 -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Magazine - Clipping, John Arnold and Peter Pierce, The Best 101 Australian books, 19.11.1991
This is an article on The Best 101 Australian books. The ninth book is 'Robin Boyd's Australia's Home: Its Origin, Builders and Occupiers' (1952: MUP reprint with foreword by High Stretton 1987). "Still the best book on Australian architecture, it described a basic constituent of society in style that guaranteed an audience wider than the author's profession".Attached to it is an MUP "With compliments" note.walsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Script, Robin Boyd, The Flying Dogtor. Episode 38, 1963
The bush children were following a mysterious map leading to a bushranger's hidden treasure when they were attacked by Crafty Carson Carpetbag and Old Man Redback. The map fell out of Colin's pocket and was pulled into the bushes. Meanwhile, Granny Goanna worried that the children had not returned home and she radioed The Flying Dogtor.The Flying Dogtor" series was broadcast on Australian Television Network (later becoming the Seven Network) between February and April 1964 (see item D254 for schedule).Typewritten, carbon copy, foolscap, 2 pagesPage 1: top of page, episode number and title cut offthe flying dogtor, robin boyd, crawford productions, manuscript -
National Wool Museum
Quilt, Carolyn Sullivan, Out There, 2012
Entered for, and winner of, 2012 Expression: The Wool Quilt Prize. Artists statement: "Out there" refers to the wide view of the undulating land extending from our home acreage towards the escarpment and the coast. There are also the millions of small organisms that live out there. As well, out there is the vast Australian landscape which I find thrilling"Wool quilt in landscape orientation with three distinct design patterns, primarily orange/brown/red in colour. Top panel is a light brown background with paler circles inset. Middle panel is an ochre colour with horizontal uneven lines. Bottom panel is an orange colour with pale bordered square shapes. Artists panel on back bottom right corner. -
Hume City Civic Collection
Functional object - Electric Jug
Although electric jugs were initially developed in England for quick tea-making, the fear of electrocution delayed their production in that country. Australia during the 1930s Depression went ahead and produced fancy ceramic electric jugs, which became status symbol in Australian homes. This jug is one of the earliest designs manufactured in the 1930sThe design of this jug is in contrast to later electric jugs which either gradually sloped up from the base to the neck and/or had curved sidesA dark cream ceramic electric jug with a black bakelite lid. The lower part of the jug is cylindrical with the upper part sloping to the spout. The bakelite lid opens with a hinge. household containers, electric jug, domestic food and drink -
Royal District Nursing Service (now known as Bolton Clarke)
Photograph - Photograph, black and white, Barry Sutton, 24.04.1974
A Medical Student is explaining the use of a bottle of testing tablets to a lady who is a patient of RDNS. The Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) Sister is holding testing equipment; i.e. the eye dropper and test tube in the receptacle, in her hands, and is observing the Medical Student giving instructions to the lady. The photograph is taken in the lady's home.Education was an integral part of Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS) from its inception in 1885, later called Royal District Nursing Service, (RDNS). Only Trained nurses (Nurses) were employed by the Society, and on visits to patients they taught the necessity of hygiene and cleanliness, as well as the need for a good diet, to bring about good health. Doctor’s lectures were later given at the MDNS home to instruct patients and their families on prevention of disease. Education to patients continued throughout the years regarding health care and the use of equipment in the home. In 1961 Education programs commenced at MDNS with Trained nurses (Sisters) receiving In-service education. Sr. Pat (Paddy) Rowley was a leader in In-service Education and established the RDNS Department of Community Nursing Education in 1962. Staff could also apply for scholarships to further their education outside of RDNS. At RDNS many programs were run, including: a Post Basic Course, Cardiac Rehabilitation Nursing, Haematology/Oncology Nursing, Palliative Care program, Diabetic Stabilization Program, Leg Ulcer Management Program, Wound Care Specialist Program, HIV/AIDS Nursing Care, Cystic Fibrosis Home Support, Veterans Home Care Program, Breast Cancer Support Program, Continence Management Program, Stomal Therapy Program, In-Home Lactation Support Program. RDNS Sisters attended several hospitals to observe and learn special care needed to some patients, e.g. to the Austin Hospital to learn the care required for paraplegic and quadriplegic patients at home and to Mount Royal Hospital to observe the care of patients in the rehabilitation ward. RDNS moved its Education Department from 452 St. Kilda Road to 448 St. Kilda Road in 1974. A Community Nursing Education Program was extended to student nurses from hospitals and to other nursing organizations. These Education programs kept the RDNS Sisters abreast of new techniques, such as changes in technology for e.g. new testing methods for detecting glucose levels in Diabetic patients. Sr. Nan Deakin obtained a Post Basic Certificate in Psychiatric Nursing and included this area in her Education lectures. Sr. Daphne Geldard specialized in the area of Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia. These Sisters visited patients in District areas with the regular RDNS Sister when required. Every member of staff, both professional and non professional staff, received regular education in the Education Department. In 1980, a Home Health Aide pilot study, funded by the Federal Government, the Brotherhood of St. Laurence and RDNS, with the program written and taught by Sr. Rowley, was evaluated as successful, and Home Health Aides were employed and worked in RDNS Centres under the supervision of the RDNS Sisters.In the left foreground of this black and white photograph is the partial view of two metal 4 prong sticks.To their right, seated on a long dark vinyl type couch, is a Medical Student who has short curly black hair; is wearing a white hospital coat over grey trousers, a white shirt, and a tie with small black and white squares. A stethoscope is folded in the pocket of his coat. He is turned toward the right of the photograph and is holding, on its side, a small bottle in his left hand and is pointing his right index finger to writing on its label. An elderly lady who is wearing glasses and has wavy grey hair is sitting to his right and is looking at the label on the bottle. She is wearing a black skirt and black sleeveless jacket over a black and white patterned blouse. Her hands are clasped in her lap. Sitting to her right, and facing the lady, is a Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) Sister who has her long dark hair drawn back. She is wearing a white short sleeve gown over her uniform, and is holding a white oblong receptacle which holds a test tube, which has dark fluid in the bottom, and an eye dropper. In front of her, is a white 'inner tray' which is clipped onto the front edge of an open oblong black RDNS nursing case which is in the right foreground of the photograph sitting on a long, narrow, low table. On the table and to the left of the case a small white hospital drape runs along the table.Barry Sutton MA 24royal district nursing service, rdns, rdns patient care, rdns education -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Legal record (Item), Thomas Judd to James Bonwick: Agreement for Sale of Land at Parish of Boroondara, 1853, 28/02/1853
James Bonwick (1817-1906), the Victorian educator and historian, acquired land in Kew on which to establish a home and school in 1853, not 1854 as more commonly stated. Bonwick returned to England in 1859 for a period, later returning to Melbourne and settling in St Kilda. He was the author of a number of histories and an official transcriber of Government records.This newly acquired document, from a former owner of 'Parkhill' (20 Hillcrest Avenue, Kew), is of statewide importance as it is the original copy of the agreement made between Thomas Judd of Parkhill and James Bonwick in 1853 for the purchase of land in Kew. Both Thomas Judd and James Bonwick were significant pioneers of Victoria.TRANSCRIPT [TITLE] Thomas Judd to James Bonwick Agreement for Sale of Land at Parish of Boroondara [PAGE 1] Articles of agreement made and entered into this the Twentyth eighth day of February One thousand Eight Hundred and fifty three Between Thomas Judd of Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria Gentleman of the one part and James Bonwick of Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria Gentleman of the other part whereby the said Thomas Judd agrees to sell unto the said James Bonwick who hereby agrees to purchase a piece or parcel of land containing two and half acres be the land more or less part of Portion Number Eighty five of the Parish of Boroondara in the County of Bourke commencing at a point on the Northern boundary line of the said Portion Seventeen Chains fifty links East from the North West angle of the same and bounded on the East by other part of said Portion in a line bearing South Eight Hundred and sixty two feet on the South by other part of said Portion Eighty five in a line bearing West one Hundred twenty six and half feet on the West by other part of said Portion Eighty five in a line bearing North Eight Hundred and Sixty two feet on the North by the Northern boundary line of the said Portion Eighty five in a line bearing East one Hundred twenty six and half feet to the commencing point at or for the price or sum of one [PAGE 2] One Hundred Pounds to be paid and payable in the manner hereinafter mentioned that is to say the Sum of Thirty pounds to be paid on the day of the date hereof and the sum of forty pounds by the acceptance of the said James Bonwick for that sum at three months bearing interest thereon after the rate of Eight Pounds per centum per annum and the Sum of Thirty pounds by the acceptance of the said James Bonwick for that sum after Six months with interest thereon after the rate of Eight pounds per centum per annum It is furthermore agreed that the said James Bonwick shall have access by a right of way fifteen feet wide reserved by the said Thomas Judd to the Government Road being the Southern Boundary of Portion Eighty five. That in case default shall be made in the payment of any of any of the Acceptances above mentioned the amount paid shall be actually forfeited to the said Thomas Judd who shall be at liberty to resell the premises. That upon payment of the whole amount of the purchase money the said Thomas Judd shall execute a conveyance of the premises to the said James Bonwick Such conveyance to be prepared by and at the expense of the said James Bonwick who - [PAGE 3] who shall also pay the cost of any attested copies he may require. ---- As witness the hands of the said parties this the twenty first day of February one thousand Eight Hundred and fifty Three. ----- [Signature] T. Judd [Signature] Jas Bonwick Witness [Signature illegible] £ Received Cash on account of the above 30.0.0 Thirty Pounds Bill at three Months with interest 42.4.0 Bill at Six Months with interest 31.4.0 _____ £103.8.0 _____ [Signature] T. Judd [Signature] Jas Bonwick ------------ Transcribed David White 25/08/2020 james bonwick, thomas judd, land titles - kew (vic), pioneers - kew - victoria -
Vision Australia
Image, 1984
Mr Keith Stratton, Mr Stekelenburg and Mrs Hamill awaiting transportation for the day centre. To assist people in accessing service, volunteer drivers were used to facilitate transport to and from Kelaston. They were provided with a sticker for their front window to advise other people of this service when they were collecting people from their homes.1 x col. photographs1984association for the blind, kelaston home (ballarat) -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, Woman washing dishes with toddler in rucksack
Parenthood often means finding ways to do things you need to. A woman washes dishes in her home, whilst keeping an eye on her toddler by placing them in a backpack. The toddler looks over the woman's shoulder, as she continues her work, with 2 washed cups already sitting in the drying rack.1 black and white photograph of woman washing dishesrehabilitation, child rearing -
Royal District Nursing Service (now known as Bolton Clarke)
Photograph - Digital Image, c.1935
This digital image shows the sun roof on the Melbourne District Nursing Society After-Care Hospital, 45 Victoria Parade, Collingwood. It shows some of the children nursed at the home. Many children were nursed there long term during the Poliomyelitis epidemic in the 1930s. It also shows uniforms worn by nurses and Sisters in the 1930s. The Melbourne District Nursing Society After-Care Home was originally established to provide nurse-managed convalescent care to poor and underprivileged patients who could not look after themselves at home due to illness, or on release from hospital. Opening in 1926 following a public appeal for funds, at a cost of £27,000, the Home included maternity, children’s and adult wards as well as accommodation for Matron, twelve Sisters and four domestic staff. Many children were nursed there, some long term, during the Polio epidemic and the Society employed two School Teachers. The Society now ran two divisions, the After-Care with its own Sisters and nurses and the District division. The Society were the first in Melbourne, in early 1928, to recognize some patients leaving the After-Care, and many at home, needed further social care and they set up ‘Almoners’ from their committee to visit these patients and be intermediaries in getting them social assistance. It was late the following year before the first training of Almoners took place in Melbourne. In 1930 the Society employed a full time kindergarten teacher to visit poor children in their homes. That year the Society were pioneers in opening an Ante-Natal Clinic at the After-Care, setting a high standard with equipment, keeping records and providing leaflets with instructions in how to keep healthy during pregnancy, what complications to look for and what to do when labour commenced. In 1934 the Society were pioneers again when they opened the first Women’s Welfare Clinic, including at the time a very controversial Family Planning Clinic, the first of its kind in Australia which was opened to support women at risk following multiple and difficult pregnancies, giving advice on birth-control. At first the clinic was attended by their own patients, but then accepting patients from public hospitals until their own clinics were opened. . Major extensions in 1934 led to the After-Care 'Home' having a name change to 'Hospital'. A trained Almoner was employed in 1934 but she resigned after twelve months due to the work load. Unable to procure another due to a shortage of trained Almoners, a Social Service Officer was employed at the After-Care who successfully gained better housing from the Housing Commission for families living under unsuitable conditions. Following Government intervention, the After-Care Hospital was separated from the Melbourne District Nursing Society in 1957. The After-care Hospital continued to operate at the same address until 1985 when it became the Melbourne Geriatric Centre. This digital Image shows two nurses and two Trained nurses (Sisters) supervising convalescing children in the roof garden of the Melbourne District Nursing Society After-Care Hospital . The two nurses are with the rear children, one on the left and one on the right. Both are wearing long white aprons over their long sleeved dark grey uniforms, and both are wearing white caps over their dark hair. On the right rear, in front of a row of glass windows, the upper portion of a Sister can be seen wearing a white uniform and white veil. In the right front is another Sister who is wearing glasses and is wearing a white uniform and dark coloured cape. She is wearing a white veil over her short dark hair. There are three boys and four girls resting on cane lounges; some are reading books and one girl is holding a doll. Another boy, who is wearing a dressing gown, is sitting on a cane chair. There is a trellis and a wall of windows on the left of the image and some brick work and a wall of windows on the right hand side behind the Sisters.. Some pots with low and tall plants can be seen.A tiled hip roof of a building can be seen in the rear of the image.mdns, melbourne district nursing society, after- care hospital, nurses uniforms -
Carlton Football Club
Hardcover Book, Football Record - First Round - 1971 - Carlton, 1971
Hardcover book made in 1971 made to keep original copies of “The Football Record”. This book contains all Football Records relating to Carlton games for the home and away season of 1971. Captain: John Nicholls Coach: Ron Barassi Leading Goal-kicker: Alex Jesaulenko - 56 Best & Fairest: Geoff SouthbyHardcover book, nav blue -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Light 'N Easy Electric Iron, General Electric Housewares Pty Ltd, c1950s
From the late 1920s several brands of irons, including Hotpoint and Light' N Easy were manufactured in Australia by the Australian General Electric Co. Ltd. Light' N Easy irons were marketed as a versatile iron, small and light enough to be taken with you if you needed to travel away from home.This iron is representative of electrical appliances developed under licence in Australia from the late 1920s onwards.Small yellow steam iron. There are controls and a water level indicator on the side of the iron. There are 25 steam vents in the base. Steam and dry iron with surge of steam. A 3 metre electrical cord is attached.Label: " General Electric Housewares Pty Ltd. Vic/ Nottinghill Melbourne 3166/ 700 Watts/ APP NO. V79008 Cat 04/06 240 Voltsdomestic appliances, light 'easy irons -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - R.S.S.A.I.L.A BENDIGO 1963, William A Cooney Pty Ltd, C.1962
This comprehensive booklet covers every aspect of benefits and Repatriation entitlements and payments available to ex Servicemen and Women, War Service homes and loans, listing of all Repatriation Hospitals and Clinics in all States except NT. Items re RSL Appeals, precedent of wearing medals and awards, listings of major Military events.Booklet card covers, front is in red, blue and white titled "The Road Back", the rear has an image of the Soldiers Memorial Institute Bendigo with the Post Office behind. There are 64 numbered pages, center of the booklet is a B & W photo of the Queen and next page the Duke of Edinburgh, there are pages of advertisements in blue and others in B & W of Bendigo Businesses.booklet, repatriation, benefits, brsl, smirsl -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Victoria House, 1930c
Originally holiday home of Hon. Mr W Pearson (MP?)|Also a larger second copy|This is the before paired photograph used in the 150 year, lakes Entrance 1858-2008 display.|The after paired photograph number is 0132.1.|Also one 12 x 16 framed photograph used in room displayBlack and white photograph of Victoria House Guesthouse, showing extensive gardens, gable roof with deck chairs on veranda surrounding main building. Lakes Entrance VictoriaWith compliments from Victoria House, Mrs V Russell Symmonsguesthouses, tourism, architecture, room display -
Ithacan Historical Society
Document, Naturalization - Personal Description of Grantee, 1928
The document provides the details of Dimitri (James) Sofianos' personal appearance including age, height, colour of his eyes and hair and any other special features. The Personal Description of Grantee was issued and filed together with the person's Certificate of Naturalization by the Home and Territories Department of Australia. Dimitri's signature is also on the certificate. It was issued in 1928.A scanned A4 copy of a document entitled Personal Description of Grantee.sofianos, dimitri, certificate of naturalization, certificate of personal description of guarantee -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Container - Pyott's Paper Shopping Bag, c. early 20th-century
Pyott's Ltd., was an merchant and novelty shop in Vancouver, Canada during the early-20th century. An advertisement for the shop was published on February 9, 1922 in the Ubyssey News (issued Weekly by the Publications Board of the University of British Columbia. It reads: 'We carry one of the largest lines of Indian Burnt Leather Goods, Moccasins and Baskets in the city; also Beads, Purses and Hand Bags; View Books, Post Cards and Novelties of all kinds. Your inspection invited, 524 Granville St. Vancouver B.C'. History of shopping bags: Before the late 1800s, shopping bags didn’t exist. Shoppers would either carry their goods home in baskets, or have the merchant deliver them to people's homes, until 1852 when Francis Wolle, a schoolteacher in Pennsylvania, invented a machine to produce paper shopping bags. This invention would allow customers to carry items home in disposable paper bags. Soon after, owners of department stores and retailers began to realise that paper shopping bags could be used to help market their brands, and as such custom shopping bags with printed logos became common place. Carrying a shopping bag from certain shops became a type of status symbol for consumers, providing evidence that one was well-off, had good taste, or both. The paper shopping bag is a rare survival of ephemera related to a retail store that existed in Vancouver, Canada during the early-20th century. The arrival of waves of more than ten million migrants by boat is one of the major themes in Australia’s history. The paper shopping bag is representative of personal items purchased for migrant journeys as markers of domesticity, warmth and making oneself at home in a new land that speaks of the transnational lives embedded in threads of migration. A brown paper shopping bag with a printed logo and store information in black inkPyott's, Indian Souvenirs & Novelies. 524 Granville St, Vancouver- B.C. On the reverse side in handwriting: 'Red + dark red beadsshopping bag, marketing, ephemera, pyott's, vancouver, canada, migration, flagstaff hill, merchant -
Melbourne Legacy
Document, History of Blamey House (Beaumaris) property, 1949
Black and white photocopies of articles and information about the first Blamey House owned by Legacy between 1947 and 1956. It includes articles about the opening in November 1949 with Sir Thomas Blamey in attendance. It shows the property was described as "a home, a huge rambling weatherboard house with a swimming pool, flood-lit tennis court, and four acres of beautifully kept lawns and gardens." The title deed was handed over to Legacy by Sir Robert Knox, the chairman of trustees of Blamey House, Melbourne (the servicemen hostel that had been operating during the war). Other pages show the property had been built in 1930 as a holiday home for Toorak business man Mr Arthur Jack and his wife Ms Langlands-Jack. It was sold to James Picken by 1941 and it was known as 'Mossgiel'. The Pickens remained owners until 1947 when it was purchased on behalf of Legacy with money donated by the Blamey House Trustees (the servicemen hostel that operated during the war) to be used as a toddlers and childrens' home. When Legacy no longer required the property it was sold to the Beaumaris RSL (or it's precursor RSSALIA) as its clubrooms. There was controversy in 2015 when it was sold to developers for housing. The pages were copied from items held by Sandringham and District Historical Society in February 2022.Records different facts about the property that was Blamey House Beaumaris that could be useful even though there are discrepancies with other known facts about Blamey House (the Hostel) trustees donation to Legacy.Black and white A4 photocopy x 20 pages of collected information about the property in Beaumaris before and after it was held by Legacy.blamey house, beaumaris, properties -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Foot Warmer, Hecla Electrics Pty Ltd, c. 1920
From Museum Victoria: Made in about 1927 by Hecla Electrics Pty Ltd and sold under the model name 'Foot Warma'. The foot warmer was made from the late 1920s until the 1950s and did not change substantially in design during this time. The Hecla brand name and logo was registered in 1918 by Clarence Marriott. It was inspired by the recent eruption of Iceland's volcano Mt Heckla. Clarence and his father James were metal workers who had made Australia's first carbon filament electric radiators in 1899, and also built an early steam car. As electricity use exploded in the 1920s and 1930s, 'Hecla' became a household name in Melbourne. They made a wide range of appliances for the home, and supplied commercial appliances to cafés, hospitals and offices. In 1927, the company shifted from small premises in the city to a bigger, electric-powered factory in South Yarra. Hecla had no retail stores of its own - instead it sold products through wholesalers and retailers, including the State Electricity Commission (SEC). The company promoted its goods through advertisements in home magazines and displays in shop windows, home shows and the 1935 All-Electricity Exhibition. A popular advertising slogan in the 1930s was 'Hecla household helps make happy healthy housewives!'. Hecla ceased manufacturing in Melbourne in the 1980s.Documentation of how people lived and is an example of early domestic electrical appliances. From Museum Victoria: Hecla Electrics Pty Ltd were a significant Melbourne manufacturing company, who became a household name in the 1920s making small electric appliances such as heaters and kettles. They also made a variety of other electrical appliances for domestic, commercial and military use. The company manufactured electric appliances in Melbourne from about 1922 until the 1980s, although Clarence Marriott, who formed the company, had begun making radiators with his father James in 1899. The company had a reputation for quality products. The company also played an important role within the Australian domestic and commercial appliance industry, both as a leading innovator and through its role in training skilled staff, many of whom went on to work for competitors such as Kambrook, Electrolux and Sunbeam. This electric coffee percolator represents the typical small domestic appliance that the Hecla company was famous for. Along with other items in the Hecla Collection, it highlights the diversity of electric appliances that the company made. This object also highlights the legacy of high quality design and metal construction work that Clarence and James established for the company, stemming from their early work as talented art metal workers. It also represents the first major period of the take-up of electricity use in the home. This take-up began in the 1920s and 1930s with the use of small appliances, and by the 1950s electricity had become commonplace in the home, and large appliances such as refrigerators and stoves became standard.Square metal object. The top surface is heavy cast iron and patterned with floral motifs. In the centre is a circle with the words ' Hecla Foot Warma' inside. Under the top is a black metal base with two feet at either end which extend the length of the base. The back foot is higher than the front foot. There is a circular disk from which extends the electrical cord. The cord is brown and white checks. At the end of the cord is a plug on which is printed 250V AMP S.2 EARTH 5. The plug is brown and made from Bakelite. On the base is a rectangular label which has words printed - HECLA Australia.Top: HECLA/-FOOT-/WARMA Base: Volts / 230/250 / WATTS / 80 / HECLA / Australia / CAT. NO. F26domestic, city of portland, glenelg shire council, electrical, foot warmer, heating, hecla, manufacture -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Gwendoline G. W. Davies, Poems - G. Davies, 1933-1934
Gwendoline (Gwenda) Grace Watson Davies, only daughter of Mr. William Watson Davies and Mrs. Grace Davies (nee Hayes) of Arthur Street, Eltham was born in Newport, 18 February 1908. Gwenda grew up in Arthur Street and when she left school she was employed as an officer at the State Bank of Victoria, Chief Accountants Department, Head Office, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. During 1933-1934 in her early to mid-twenties, Gwenda wrote a series of poems which were captured in three books: one a leather bound three-ring binder with personalised gold embossing on the cover and two paper booklets held together by pink ribbon. These poems are a reflection of her childhood days, home, her mother, her environment, pioneering days and other miscellaneous subjects including one example titled “EIGHTEEN YEARS TO-DAY”, an homage to the brave men of Gallipoli. On October 20, 1937 after ten years of service, Gwenda submitted her letter of resignation effective November 26th as she was to be married in the near future to Fred Jones. Frederick Geoffrey Jones, born 7 January 1911, third son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Jones of Napoleon Street, Eltham, married Gwenda at the Eltham Methodist Church on 27 November 1937. They made their home at ‘Llangollen’, Arthur Street, Eltham, a new house Fred had constructed earlier that year opposite the Shire Offices. Their residence was recorded in the Electoral Rolls from 1963-1980 as 6 Arthur Street, Eltham which was situated on the corner of Arthur Street and present-day Commercial Place. In the 1970s their home was sold and demolished to make way for the new shops. They built a new home at the top of the hill in Bible Street. In the Electoral Rolls for 1943-1980, Frederick’s occupation was recorded as a Plumber’s Assistant. Fred was also a long-standing member of the Eltham Cemetery Trust. He was first appointed 26 April 1944 and resigned 17 July 1957 to be appointed to the Warringal and Eltham Joint Trust where he served till February 1980. He then re-joined the Eltham Cemetery Trust and served a further 14 years till his resignation on 24 August 1994. In total, Fred represented the interests of Eltham Cemetery for 50 years (1944-1994). Gwenda and Fred were blessed with a son, Frederick William Jones in March 1942. Sadly, Frederick only lived two days and was buried at Eltham Cemetery on March 11. It is not known whether his grave is marked. A second son, Geoffrey Morris Jones arrived 25 November 1944 but he sadly contracted polio as a child. A fall down the front steps of Fred and Gwenda’s new home in Bible Street culminated in Geoff’s death from a heart attack whilst in transit to the Austin Hospital on February 6, 1979, at age 34. He was also interred in the Eltham Cemetery. Geoff was posthumously awarded the British Empire Medal for his services to fire safety at the CFA. A small man, handicapped from his childhood polio, he had figured prominently in the area as an active Apex member and as group officer for the 13 local brigades in the CFA Lower Yarra Group. His work for the CFA, all voluntary, included writing a fire-fighting manual and the innovation of aerial fire spotting and weekly fire reports. Gwendoline and Fred were presented with Geoff’s B.EM. award at Government House. Four years later on the anniversary of Geoff’s death, Gwenda could not sleep and collapsed in the hallway at home from a heart attack, 6 February 1983 at age 74. She was interred with her son Geoff, at Eltham Cemetery on February 9th. Fred died 31 July 1997 at age 86 and was also interred at Eltham Cemetery. A memorial plaque to Gwenda, Fred and Geoff lies within the lawn cemetery at Eltham Cemetery. In February 2022 Gwenda’s book of Poems along with a copy of her letter of resignation from the State Bank of Victoria and a news clipping about the Autumn Show held in the Public Hall at Eltham (opposite her home with Fred) in which Gwenda is listed as having entered Cream Puffs and a Swiss Roll into the Cooking section, were donated to the St Vincent’s de Paul Society in Bega, N.S.W.. A dedicated volunteer there researched their origins and desirous for these items to return ‘home’, posted them to the Eltham District Historical Society for which we are most appreciative. EIGHTEEN YEARS TO-DAY “Tell me why you’re dreaming, Daddy” Said my little son to me, So, I told him all about it, As he sat upon my knee. I told him of that Sunday morn, ‘Twas eighteen years to-day, When the men of Australasia, Joined the mighty fray. How they landed on that foreign shore, And fought the gallant fight, Of how they nobly won the day, And put the Turks to flight. We saw the cliffs before us, To be scaled ‘mid shot and shell, And our comrades fell around us - - - - I remember it - - - so well. There are some who’ll sleep forever, On a hill that’s called Lone Pine, And the twenty-fifth of April, Is famous for all time. And so to keep their memory green, We march each Anzac Day, To pay tribute to those Heroes, Who gave their lives that day. - Anzac Day 1933 And in reflections to Gwenda’s childhood home in Arthur Street: HOME Where do my thoughts ever wander? Where do my thoughts always roam? To a little old house, on the top of a hill, To the place, that I call “Home Sweet Home.” No matter where-ever I travel, On land, or away on the foam. My thoughts will return, and my heart ever yearn, To the place, that I call “Home Sweet Home”. - 2/7/1933 Sources: Book of Poems, G. Davies Letter of Resignation, 1937, Oct. 20, G.G.W. Davies Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria New House at Eltham (1937, September 10). Advertiser (Hurstbridge, Vic. : 1922 – 1939), p. 6. Retrieved May 12, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56845735 Family Notices (1937, December 17). Advertiser (Hurstbridge, Vic. : 1922 – 1939), p. 3. Retrieved May 12, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56846386 Geoff Jones, Proud Memory, unknown newspaper clipping, 1979 1979 Birthday Honours, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Birthday_Honours Australian Electoral Rolls, Ancestry.com Family Trees, Ancestry.com Eltham Cemetery, Deceased Search findagrave.com Personal recollections, Joan Castledine The poetry by Gwendoline Davies provides an insight into life growing up in Eltham and the early 1930s. A long time resident, Gwendoline, her husband Fred Jones and son Geoff Jones were fully dedicated to the Eltham community for over 50 years.1. Brown leather bound three-ring binder with personalised gold embossing on the cover 20.5 x 14.5 cm, Walkers Loose Leaf Book, pages typed with some pasted in colour illustrations, alphabeticised dividers (some tabs missing), 21 leafs (some blank) 2. Two paper booklets held together by pink ribbon 15.5 x 12 cm, typed, some with colour illustrations, pages numbered (rh only) 12 pages and 25 pages and paper cover 3. Newspaper clipping 4. Letter sized hand written page in ink folded in three and damaged by foxing and insectsanzac day, arthur street, napoleon street, cfa, eltham cemetery, eltham cemetery trust, frederick geoffrey jones, geoffrey morris jones b.e.m., grace davies (nee hayes), gwendoline grace watson jones (nee davies), llangollen, lower yarra group, poems, william watson davies -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Document - Handout, Ringwood Garden Club, Handout for the Beautiful Gardens of Ringwood Competition, 19th and 20th September, 1987, 1987
Handout for the Beautiful Gardens of Ringwood Competition, 19th and 20th September, 1987.Foolscap typed sheet.BEAUTIFUL GARDENS OF RINGWOOD COMPETITION. 19th. & 20th. September, 1987. The Committee of the Ringwood Garden Club would like to extend a very warm welcome to all who have joined us on today's tour. We hope you enjoy the best six of the winning gardens from the 16 entries we received. Signs in the winning gardens indicate what prizes have been awarded as well as on your programme. After the tour, we hope you will join in Afternoon Tea, kindly prepared by the ladies of our Committee. Following afternoon tea, the coaches will return to Eastland Carpark. 1st. Stop: Section 4: Individual Garden in Home Units or Flats. 1st. Prize: Mr. & Mrs.C. & B. Harris, Unit 6, 32 Wilana St., Ringwood. 2nd. Prize: Mr. & Mrs. W. & T. Wilson, Unit 5, 32 Wilana St., Ringwood. 2nd. Stop: Section 3: Home Garden - Viewed from the Street. 1st. Prize: Mr. L. Sperling, 4 Lorienne Rd., Heathmont. 3rd. Stop: Section 1: Home Garden, Street Frontage exceeding 65 ft. (20 m) 2nd. Prize: Mr. K. Clark, 42 Bronhill Rd., Ringwood East. 4th. Stop: Section 3: Home Garden - Front Only. 2nd. Prize: Mr. H. Smit, 21 Unsworth Rd., Ringwood. 5th. Stop: Section 2: Home Garden, Street Frontage not exceeding 65 ft. (20 m.) 6th. Stop: Section 1: Home Garden - Street Frontage exceeding 65 ft. (20 m) 1st Prize: Mr. B. Wheatley, 57 Oliver St., Ringwood. 7th. Stop: Afternoon Tea at the Ringwood Senior Citzens Clubrooms, Greenwood Ave., Ringwood. 8th. Stop: Eastland Carpark. We hope you have enjoyed our tour this afternoon and hope you will visit our Club's Spring Flower and Floral Art Show, which will be staged on Saturday 10th, & Sunday 11th. of October in the Ringwood Uniting Church Hall, Cnr. Station St. & Greenwood Ave., Ringwood. The show will be open on Saturday from 2.00 p.m. till 5.30 and on Sunday from 1.00 till 4.30 p.m. Entry is $1.00. Schedules and all Show information are available from the Show Secretary, Clive Manly on 873-2264. Prize Winners for the Garden Competition will receive their Certificates at the Show at the Official Opening by the Mayor of Ringwood at 3.00 p.m. on Saturday. Our show will feature displays of Cut Flowers & Shrubs, Plants in Containers, Floral Art, Cookery and Children's sections. Our Plant Stall will be operating during the days of the show and an excellent afternoon tea is available. COME TO THE SHOW AND BRING A FRIEND. OOOoooOOOoooOOO -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Household item, Sulphur Fumigator Cubes (boxed), Early 20th century
These sulphur fumigator cubes were used in the past to fumigate areas in such places as hospitals, plant nurseries, farms and homes. The cube was placed in a tin containing soil and the top wick was set alight and the cube would burn overnight and kill off insects, mites and germs. One cube was sufficient for a room six feet square. This is a square cardboard box with no lid. The box is brown with orange, red and black printing. The box contains three cubes of sulphur fumigators. There should be four but one cube is missing. The cubes are square-shaped with beige-coloured sides and yellow tops. The tops have raised sections which serve as wicks. ‘Light This’ ‘Johnson’s Sulphur Fumigator prepared by Johnson & Johnson, Manufacturing Chemists’ household items, history of warrnambool -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Article - Billing, Richard Annesley
Two documents regarding Sylliot Hill, home of judge Richard Billings. 1. Three photocopies of the notice for sale/lease of Sylliot Hill, Judge Billing’s house, in The Argus of 02/09/1882 2. Handwritten research notes by Peta Darke, dated 24/05/2011, concerning the history of Judge Billing’s residence.mansion, sylliott hill, house names, balaclava road, orrong road, labassa, st kilda east, billing judge, judges, stables, coach houses, stained glass, ferguson and urie, crouch and wilson, towers, pearson william, paddocks, robertson alexander, cobb and co, ontario, verandahs -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Ian Jelbart (right) and Robert Marshall (centre) at the launch of the Kinloch Gardens development, 93 Arthur Street, Eltham, April 1998, April 1998
Launch of the Kinloch Gardens development, 12 new double and triple storey homes along a private road in the gardens of Kinloch, a mansion set on 2.4ha in Arthur St. The launch was attended by Planning Minister Rob Maclellan and Nillumbik Shire president Robert Marshall, Architects Graeme Gunn and Ian Jelbart and approximately 100 guests.8 images; digital file only; created from scan undertaken by EDHS of a set of 26 colour 10 x 15 cm prints arthur street, eltham, graeme gunn, houses, ian jelbart, jelbart property, kinloch gardens, robert marshall, woodridge estate -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Architect Graeme Gunn with unknown guests at the launch of the Kinloch Gardens development, 93 Arthur Street, Eltham, April 1998, April 1998
Launch of the Kinloch Gardens development, 12 new double and triple storey homes along a private road in the gardens of Kinloch, a mansion set on 2.4ha in Arthur St. The launch was attended by Planning Minister Rob Maclellan and Nillumbik Shire president Robert Marshall, Architects Graeme Gunn and Ian Jelbart and approximately 100 guests.1 images; digital file only; created from scan undertaken by EDHS of a set of 26 colour 10 x 15 cm prints arthur street, eltham, graeme gunn, houses, ian jelbart, jelbart property, kinloch gardens, robert marshall, woodridge estate -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Nillumbik Shire President Robert Marshall on left with Architects Ian Jelbart (centre) and Graeme Gunn at the launch of the Kinloch Gardens development, 93 Arthur Street, Eltham, April 1998, April 1998
Launch of the Kinloch Gardens development, 12 new double and triple storey homes along a private road in the gardens of Kinloch, a mansion set on 2.4ha in Arthur St. The launch was attended by Planning Minister Rob Maclellan and Nillumbik Shire president Robert Marshall, Architects Graeme Gunn and Ian Jelbart and approximately 100 guests.4 images; digital file only; created from scan undertaken by EDHS of a set of 26 colour 10 x 15 cm prints arthur street, eltham, graeme gunn, houses, ian jelbart, jelbart property, kinloch gardens, robert marshall, woodridge estate -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, L-R: Architect Ian Jelbart, Nillumbik Shire President Robert Marshall, Nillumbik Cr. John Graves and Architect Graeme Gunn at the launch of the Kinloch Gardens development, 93 Arthur Street, Eltham, April 1998, April 1998
Launch of the Kinloch Gardens development, 12 new double and triple storey homes along a private road in the gardens of Kinloch, a mansion set on 2.4ha in Arthur St. The launch was attended by Planning Minister Rob Maclellan and Nillumbik Shire president Robert Marshall, Architects Graeme Gunn and Ian Jelbart and approximately 100 guests.3 images; digital file only; created from scan undertaken by EDHS of a set of 26 colour 10 x 15 cm prints arthur street, eltham, graeme gunn, houses, ian jelbart, jelbart property, john graves, kinloch gardens, robert marshall, woodridge estate