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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - INVOICE COLLECTION: R.W.& B.L.WEEKS, 1991
Document. Plumbing sales and services. To Miss L.J.Parry, 107 Wills Street, Bendigo, 3550.(Bendigo Historical Society). Charges for replacement of ball valve and float to hot water and cold feed tank on roof at Dudley House, View Sreet, Bendigo. Labour, material and vehicle total: $ 109.61.document, memo, plumbing sales & service. -
Orbost & District Historical Society
chamber pot, Circa 1920-1940s
This item was used as a portable toilet probably in a bedroom at night. They were commonly used until indoor plumbing was installed.Nowadays commodes have replaced chamber pots and are equally helpful for the sick and disabled persons. However, chamber pots are still used in countries which lack indoor plumbing facilities or during winter. The chamber pot is used in the form of a bedpan in hospitals and homes for very ill patients. The most popular form of the chamber pot is the potties used for children during toilet training. This is an example of an ordinary household item not commonly in use in the 21st century.A white painted enamel bowl-shaped container with a handle. It is blue rimmed with a blue handle.chamber-pot sanitation -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - THOMAS JAMES CONNELLY COLLECTION: MEMO 2 DECEMBER 1870, 02/12/1870
The Thomas James Connelly collection. T. J. Connelly - Brassfounder, Coppersmith, Plumber and Gasfitter. Located in High St. Bendigo. Items of correspondence. Memo headed Bendigo Benevolent Asylum, dated 2 December 1870, to Mr Connelly requesting the installation of a boiler. Signed W. Dorman Superintendent.trades, plumbing, thomas james connelly -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Tool - Soldering Iron
Belonged to donor's father and used by him. Later used by donor until the advent of electric soldering irons.Long wooden handle with metal bar attached to shaped Copper piece.trades, plumbing, tinsmithing -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Tool - Soldering iron
Belonged to father of donor. Used by father and later by son until the advent of the electric soldering iron.Long wooden handle with metal bar attached top shaped copper piecetrades, plumbing, tinsmithing -
Upper Yarra Museum
Hand basin
These Enamal wash basins could be found in most homes, shacks and tents, up untill the use of internal plumbing and sinks.Green enamel basinenamal basin wash water soap personal hygene -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Personal Effects, chamber pot, white enamel, c1950
A chamber pot is a portable toilet, meant for nocturnal use in the bedroom. It was common in many cultures before the advent of indoor plumbing and flush toilets. A typical chamber pot used in City of Moorabbin c1950White enamel chamber pot c 1950chamber pots, toilets, nightcarts, iron maidens, septic tanks, sewerage, sandringham, city of moorabbin, county of bourke, moorabbin roads board, parish of moorabbin, shire of moorabbin, henry dendy's special survey 1841, were j.b. bent thomas, o'shannassy john, king richard, charman stephen, highett william, ormond francis, maynard dennis, early settlers, pioneers, post world war 2 estates, plateway, -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Baxter & Stubbs, Printers and Bookbinders, Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine, 1921, 1921
Editorial, Fumes from the Lab, Answers to correspondents, Trip to Mt Feathertop and Mt Buffalo, Trade Topics, Excursion to Melbourne, Melbourne Electric Railways, Arts & Crafts gossip, Bush camp, Manuals, Echoes of the Past, Past Students', Sport, Shun Military notes, The Junior Techs. Green soft covered magazine. Articles include: New Principal A.F. Heseltine, Chemistry and Engineers (by J.R. Pound), Mt Feathertio and Mt Buffalo excursion, Trade topics, Plumbing, A Frequency Changer, Excursion to Melbourne, Moorabool Excursion, Military Notes, The New Junior Technical School Images include: A.F. Heseltine, Magazine Committee, football caricucatures, frequency changer, Ballarat School of Mines Football Team, Ballarat School of Mines Cricket Team, Ballarat School of Mines Athletics Team, Ballarat Junior Techncal School Athletics Teamballarat school of mines, magazine, alumni, a. f. heseltine,, h. v. lawson, frank tate, ponsonby may carew-smyth, donald clark, j. h. betheros, william f. gates, g. munro, r. l. whitla, a. w. middleditch, d. whitehead, j. ellsworth,, h. a. maddison, d.r. evans, v. gilchrist, h. jolly, p. a. trompf, percy trompf, noel hay, elsie j. mckissock, j. r. pound, c. h. beanland, e. j. t. tippett,, h. a. maddison, j. ellsworth, w. j. paterson, trades, plumbing, ironmonger, elsie mckissock, noel hay, ballarat school of mines football team, ballarat school of mines cricket team, noel hay, c. finlayson, a. elder, ballarat junior technical school, w.j. peterson -
Beaufort Historical Society
Photograph - Beaufort Buildings, Burumbeet Farmers Co-operative
Burumbeet and Windermere Farmers Co-operative Society opened its' Beaufort Store in 1923. The building was located at the corner of Burke and King Streets Beaufort - the current location of Day's Plumbing.Black and White Photograph showing people outside the storebeaufort, beaufort business -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Norman Foun - biography, 2011
Norman Foun's recollections of his early years in Box Hill and training and practice as a plumber.Norman Foun's recollections of his early years in Box Hill and training and practice as a plumber.Norman Foun's recollections of his early years in Box Hill and training and practice as a plumber.foun, norm, plumbing, hudson keen plumbers -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Ballarat School of Mines Science Timetable, 1909, 1909
Folded card which outlines the tabletable for science subjects at the Ballarat School of Mines, 1909. Subjects include metallurgy, Mine Engineering and Metallurgu, Mine Engineering, Chemistry, Geology, Physics, Petrology, Electricity and Magnetism, Assaying, Cyanide, Mineralogy, Freehand Drawing, Assaying, Mine Surveying, Plumbing, Telegraphy and Telephony, Fitting and Turning, mining. Classes are held during the day, evenings and on Saturdays. ballarat school of mines, timetable, science -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document - Document - Syllabus, Education Department, Victoria,Technical Schools, Syllabuses
Technical Schools Syllabuses produced by the Education Department of Victoria. Items cover the period between 1914 and 1948. They outline the requirements for various subjects, covering the following: .1: Sound and Light; .2: Course for Public Analysts, Day and Evening; .3: Sheet Metal Work; .4 Land, Engineering and Mine Surveying (1914); .5: Surveying (1921); .6: Physics (1924); 7: Iron, Steel and Engineering Alloys (1924); .8: Instrument Making(1924); .9: Elementary Science (1924); .10: Shorthand (1925); .11: Elementary Science- for Girls (1926); .12: Physic- Women's School (1928); .13: Typewriting (1929); .14: Painting and Decorating (1929); .15: Plumbing and Gasfitting (1929); .16: Plastering (1929); .17: Signwriting (1929); .18 Plumbing and Gasfitting (1937); .19: Course for Fibrous Plastering (1937); .20: Plumbing and Gasfitting (1938); .21: Course for Fitting and/or Turning and Machinist (1948). This is a 48 page booklet. 21 A5 sheets typedtechnical schools, syllabuses, victoria, education department, sound and light, public analysts, sheet metal work, land engineering and mine survey, surveying, physics, iron steel and engineering alloys, instrument making, elementary science, shorthand, elementary science for girls, physics women's schools, typewriting, painting and decorating, plumbing and gasfitting, plastering, signwriting, fibrous plastering, fitting and/or turning, machinist, 1914, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1937, 1938, 1949 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Notes from C & H Ltd., dated Sept 16, 1937 titled 'Scale Buoys'. Typed on paper with printed letterhead of W. H. Cunningham and Hill, Limited. Notes are a review of results since W. H. Cunningham and Hill, Limited, Wholesale Plumbing and Heating Specialists were handed a patented article, told what it would do, how to apply it, and started out to prove it.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, w h cunningham and hill limited, dr blackhurst, the scalebuoy company -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
functional object - Bell, John Danks & Son Limited, c. 1917
John Danks & Son Pty Ltd began as a plumbing business in 1859, established by brothers John and Samuel. It occupied the 391-403 Bourke Street, Melbourne, for 100 years. The business quickly grew to include factories in Melbourne and Sydney which manufactured and supplied a variety of plumbing and engineering products such as brassware, pumps, windmills and bells. In 1889, John Danks & Son Limited was formed Following John Danks' death in 1902, his son Aaron, later Sir Aaron led the company. Aaron's son Fred, became Chairman and Managing Director upon his father's death in 1928. A letter from the Danks firm can be found in scrapbboks 1. The bell is heritage listed.Bell located in the St Peter chapel at the 717 Flinders Street Mission to Seafarersbell, st peter chapel, flinders street, john danks and son pty ltd, heritage listed, gifts-1917, bellcote, bell-cote, bell-cot, mercantile marine -
Unions Ballarat
Postal unions and politics : a history of the Amalgamated Postal Workers Union of Australia, Waters, Frank, 1978
History of the Amalgamated Postal Workers Union of Australia. The union ran from 1926-1974; it has subsequently gone through a number of name changes including the Communications Electrical Electronic Energy Information Postal Plumbing & Allied Services Union of Australia.Relevant to the history of unions in Australia, particularly the Amalgamated Postal Workers Union of Australia.Paper; book. Front cover: Fawn background with blue, red and brown text; sketch of a building façade.Front cover: author's and editor's names and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, unions, amalgamated postal workers union of australia, communications electrical electronic energy information postal plumbing & allied services union of australia, politics, labour movement -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, Clare Gervasoni, Spouting at the Ballarat School of Mines, 08/09/2016
Spouting at the Ballarat School of Mines. J & T Muir Founders Melbourneballarat school of mines, spouting, muir foundry, architecture, plumbing -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - THOMAS JAMES CONNELLY COLLECTION: ACCOUNTS PAGE?
The Thomas James Connelly collection. T. J. Connelly - Brassfounder, Coppersmith, Plumber and Gasfitter. Located in High St. Bendigo. Items of correspondence. Small scrap from an account book page? Six persons/businesses listed with amounts. E. Keep & Co. / Bra?kes Rollinson? / Maclean & White / Mitchell & Borman? / Danks / E. Baines.trades, plumbing, thomas james connelly, connelly, thomas james. plumbers. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - THOMAS JAMES CONNELLY COLLECTION: MEMO DATED 31 OCT 1871, 31/10/1871
The Thomas James Connelly collection. T. J. Connelly - Brassfounder, Coppersmith, Plumber and Gasfitter. Located in High St. Bendigo. Items of correspondence. Memo on blue paper headed Bendigo Iron Works, dated Sandhurst, Oct 31 1871. To Mr Connelly for the order of four galvanised iron travelling trunks. Signed J. Norwood.trades, plumbing, thomas james connelly, connelly, thomas james. plumbers. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - THOMAS JAMES CONNELLY COLLECTION: MEMO DATED 23 SEPT 1871
The Thomas James Connelly collection. T. J. Connelly - Brassfounder, Coppersmith, Plumber and Gasfitter. Located in High St. Bendigo. Items of correspondence. Memo to Mr J. T. Connolly, Sandhurst from Moore Brothers & Co. General Merchants, Geelong Stores, Kangaroo Flat. Signed by ? McMillan.trades, plumbing, thomas james connelly, connelly, thomas james. plumbers. moore brothers & co. (kangaroo flat). -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - THOMAS JAMES CONNELLY COLLECTION: LETTER DATED 22 SEPT 1871, 22/09/1871
The Thomas James Connelly collection. T. J. Connelly - Brassfounder, Coppersmith, Plumber and Gasfitter. Located in High St. Bendigo. Items of correspondence. Handwritten letter dated Echuca Sept 22 1871 to Mr Connelly. An order for reflectors for a steamer lamp. Signed John ?. Long, tinsmith, Echuca.trades, plumbing, thomas james connelly, connelly, thomas james. plumbers. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - THOMAS JAMES CONNELLY COLLECTION: MEMO DATED 6 SEPT 1871, 06/09/1871
The Thomas James Connelly collection. T. J. Connelly - Brassfounder, Coppersmith, Plumber and Gasfitter. Located in High St. Bendigo. Items of correspondence. Memo on blue paper dated 6 Sept 1871.trades, plumbing, thomas james connelly, connelly, thomas james. plumbers. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - THOMAS JAMES CONNELLY COLLECTION: LETTER DATED 5 AUG 1871
The Thomas James Connelly collection. T. J. Connelly - Brassfounder, Coppersmith, Plumber and Gasfitter. Located in High St. Bendigo. Items of correspondence. Letter on blue paper from L? Williams, Kangaroo Flat. Relates to the Directors of the Great Britain Co. and the need to settle his affairs with them.trades, plumbing, thomas james connelly, connelly, thomas james. plumbers. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - THOMAS JAMES CONNELLY COLLECTION: MEMO DATED 28 JAN 1871, 28/01/1871
The Thomas James Connelly collection. T. J. Connelly - Brassfounder, Coppersmith, Plumber and Gasfitter. Located in High St. Bendigo. Items of correspondence. Memo from J. Wilson & Co. Inglewood & Dunolly. Headed Inglewood 28 Jan 1871, to Mr T. J. Connelly. Enclosed with a cheque.trades, plumbing, thomas james connelly, connelly, thomas james. plumbers. j. wilson & co. (inglewood & dunolly). -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - THOMAS JAMES CONNELLY COLLECTION: INVOICE DATED 3 JUNE 1871, 03/06/1871
The Thomas James Connelly collection. T. J. Connelly - Brassfounder, Coppersmith, Plumber and Gasfitter. Located in High St. Bendigo. Items of correspondence. Invoice on blue paper, for exhaust pipe and work.trades, plumbing, thomas james connelly, connelly, thomas james. plumbers. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - THOMAS JAMES CONNELLY COLLECTION: MEMO DATED 26 MAY 1871, 26/05/1871
The Thomas James Connelly collection. T. J. Connelly - Brassfounder, Coppersmith, Plumber and Gasfitter. Located in High St. Bendigo. Items of correspondence. Memo on blue paper, headed Barton, Runnymede, May 26 1871, signed by L. M. Barrow. Memo related to a pump pipe sent by train which Mr Vahland will see to.trades, plumbing, thomas james connelly, connelly, thomas james.. plumbers. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - THOMAS JAMES CONNELLY COLLECTION: EMERALD HILL INDUSTRIAL AND ART EXHIBITION1871
The Thomas James Connelly collection. T. J. Connelly - Brassfounder, Coppersmith, Plumber and Gasfitter. Located in High St. Bendigo. Items of correspondence. Invitation to exhibit at the Emerald Hill Industrial and Art Exhibition, June 1 1871. Foldout paper, printed on one side, with specific information re. collecting exhibits in Sandhurst hand written on the reverse. Addressed to J. T.Connelly Esq, High St Sandhurst, postmarked Melbourne May 12, 71, Sandhurst May 13, 71.trades, plumbing, thomas james connelly, connelly, thomas james. plumbers. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - THOMAS JAMES CONNELLY COLLECTION: INVOICE DATED 11 MAY 1871, 11/05/1891
The Thomas James Connelly collection. T. J. Connelly - Brassfounder, Coppersmith, Plumber and Gasfitter. Located in High St. Bendigo. Items of correspondence. Invoice on blue paper dated 'Sandhurst May 11 1891. Invoice is for the glazing and fitting of a lamp broken by Mr Hearse. On the reverse is a note by the Town Clerk's Office re. the damage incurred in the accident.trades, plumbing, thomas james connelly, connelly, thomas j. plumbers. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - THOMAS JAMES CONNELLY COLLECTION: MEMO 28 APRIL 1871, 28/04/1871
The Thomas James Connelly collection. T. J. Connelly - Brassfounder, Coppersmith, Plumber and Gasfitter. Located in High St. Bendigo. Items of correspondence. Memo headed Bendigo Benevolent Asylum, dated April 28th 1871. To Mr T. J Connelly an order for a laundry stove. Signed James Burnside.trades, plumbing, thomas james connelly, connelly, thomas james. plumbers. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - THOMAS JAMES CONNELLY COLLECTION: LETTER DATED 28 MARCH 1871, 28/03/1871
The Thomas James Connelly collection. T. J. Connelly - Brassfounder, Coppersmith, Plumber and Gasfitter. Located in High St. Bendigo. Items of correspondence. Letter dated 28 March 1871, on blue paper, headed The Colonial Bank of Australasia, Sandhurst. The word 'Private' is written in ink in the top left corner. Letter is on first page only and refers to the need for Mr Connelly's account to be in funds for balancing day. Signed by Tolmie? Written in bottom left corner is 'Mr Fisher'.trades, plumbing, thomas james connelly, connelly, thomas james. plumbers. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - THOMAS JAMES CONNELLY COLLECTION: LETTER 11 FEBRUARY 1871, 11/002/1871
The Thomas James Connelly collection. T. J. Connelly - Brassfounder, Coppersmith, Plumber and Gasfitter. Located in High St. Bendigo. Items of correspondence. Letter on blue paper headed: Echuca Lodge of Advancement Echuca 11th Feb. 1871. The letter is an invitation to the Installation Banquet, Masonic Hall, 2nd March. Signed M. Speed and Jos. Stubbs, stewards. On the opposite side is a written list.trades, plumbing, thomas james connelly, connelly, thomas james. plumbers