All items belonged to Harold Victor Allen who worked for Colonial Gas Association Ltd. Firstly at Footscray and then Box Hill in the 1960's. Retired in 1971. Born in Ballarat in 1906. Apprenticed and worked there till 1945, then moved to Footscray. Eileen, his wife, worked with Harold, helping with the Natural Gas Conversion during Harold's Box Hill time.Change over in Victoria from Gas fired gas supply to Natural Gas supply to Victoria from about 1965 -1. Gas testing kit in green metal box, with silver handle and clasp (silver colour)|2. Suction ball and pump body.|3. Detector tubes of glass capillary. 4. Instruction Manual. 5. Sealing cap ( box of 10) All spare parts |6. Natural Gas Conversion Badge.H.V.Allen MSAgas technology, appliances & accessories

Hardcover book, slightly larger than A5. Two tone green cover with a photo of 3 bees on the front with yellow writing & a small photo of bees chaining on the back & a blurb about the book in white writing 284 pages

Used in World War 1 by German officers. Collected by Charles Honybun during WW1. Part of the Honybun Collection.1. Dark brown leather holster with buckle and strap to secure weapon for German Luger Pistol with tool kit holder attached (no Tools) 2. Belt Leather. 3. belt buckle with inscription Got Mit Uns. 4. Tool in pocket inside top of holster.A P L Hofman Berlinarms, firearms, ww1, charles henry honybun

German Bible medium size, hard cover, front has gold writing in German.“Das New Testament, Berlin 1940”religion-christian, books-religion, german

Keys Ernst Schuster, Berlin SW 68

Book A5 in size, soft cover, black, red and grey cover. Title is slightly diagonally across front cover in white capital letters. Illustration of a man looking back at a train in the background in grey red and black. Red spine with title in white and name of author grey both in capital letters. Back of the book is a dark purple/red colour with small train illustration at bottom in red and grey. There is a white barcode partially covering the illustration of the train. There is a red banner quarter way down the cover, taking up a quarter of the cover with white writing outlining the story line. There are 4 review from News papers two either side of the red banner the review is in red the name of the reviewer and newspaper in white kristallnacht, camp 2, tatura internment camp, "dunera", berlin, ulrich alexander boschwitz, mv abosso

Used by internee at Camp 1. Red Cross tin received in Camp 1 from the German Red CrossRound tin container. Brown bottom, cream inscribed lidDeutsches Rotes Dreuz. Schokolade Hildebrand - Berlintin, german red cross issue, aberle g, camp 1, tatura, ww2 camp 1, commerce, containers

Letter to Secretary dated 26th August 1893. Letterhead J Tillman & Co [London. Paris, Berlin] signed ?bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery

S.C.M. HAMANN Mechanical Type 505 Ser. no. 501354 Donated by Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research keys: 9 x 8 x 16 ELECTRICAL! HANANN Rechenmaschinen GMBH Berlin SW61 (West G)

Joan O'Shea Collection. Locality diagram and notes for goldfield maps. Dunolly map set. Wedderburn, Berlin, Dunolly, Maryborough, Avoca.mining, company exploration, dunolly map set.

The note has no relevance to WWI. Item was with the collection of Bertie HARWARD No 3854 AIF. Refer Cat No 341P for his service details.German note, printed on 1 side only. Black / red print, light green background.“Reichsbanknote DK - 35 058018 Berlin 22 Auguft 1923currency, german, bertie harward

East German Unteroffizer (NCO) Great Coat. Worn by east German Border Guard (Berlin Wall). The Wac-Rgt.F.Dzierzynski is a Russian Regimentdocuments, ww2, general

J Tillmans & Co , London, Paris, Berlin letterhead on handwritten note to the Secretary Cohns Victoria Brewery dated 12/12/1895. Illegible signature.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery

Blue account/receipt from G. Frederick Walter, dated 28 May 1864 for 15 White Berlin ?? For 12/-. Rec paynebt G. F. Walter.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no 3770 collection - account/receipt, g frederick walter, clifton house, g f walter

Lecture Notes - 7 carbon copies (poor) on foolscap sheet, titled "Notes on Transport" providing details. World cities that control transport entirely (London, Berlin, Sydney and Adelaide). The MMTB Act (20 years ago), its formation position in transport management in Melbourne, bus service history in Melbourne and poor performance, granting of bus licences, issues with this, Melbourne Brighton bus company, MMTB bus operations. The need for the MMTB to do road maintenance, annual payments for road works, Fire Brigade etc and fare concessions. Notes the VR get reimbursed for blind and incapacitated soldiers. Two copies heldtrams, tramways, berlin, adelaide, london, sydney, buses, bus services, concession fares, bus competition, melbourne brighton bus

Rectangular silver prize dish. Inscr: '1. SIEGER/HERREN EINZEL/INTERN. TENNIS TURNIER "ROT-WEIFS"/PFINSTEN 1955/SPORTVERBAND BERLIN R.V.' Materials: Silver/Metaltennis

Else-Lore and her mother Else Oertel were German internees in Camp 3A from 1940-1945. The German Red Cross sent items to the internees in the camps and this tin of chocolate was one of the items given to the Oertel family. Else-Lore Hukins donated the item, which she describes as a 'treasured item'.Round metal tin with plastic-wrapped cake of chocolate inside. Chocolate has Hildebrand inscribed in centre with picture possibly of two knights on horseback. Tin has cream/tan lid with dark brown base. Lid has picture of German eagle in brown, with a cream swastika on its chest, standing on a red cross.(On lid): Deutsches rotes kreuz (German Red Cross)/ Schokolade (chocolate)/ Hildebrand - Berlintatura, ww2, camp 3, internment, internee camps, items, german red cross, else-lore hukins, oertel family, else oertel

Metal prize plaque in presentation box, featuring image of female tennis player and inscribed 'DER DEUTSCHE TENNIS BUND/DER ZWEITEN/IM AKAD TENNISTURNIER/BERLIN 1926'. Materials: Metal, Cloth, Cardboard, Velvettennis

Piece of multi types of needlework mounted on cardboard. Green tapestry background including leaves. Inter woven into this are beads. predominantly white. Main feature is multi coloured flowers heavily raised in carpet like stitch. (Berlin Work)handcrafts, embroidery

Postcards sent home from Europe in WWI.Three rectangular cardboard photographic postcards from WW1 era..2) Front: “First stop Berlin”, Rear: Addressed to “Miss L Dead, 35 Camberuellon” .3) Front: “On Active Service” documents - postcards, military history, photography-photographs, passchendaele barracks trust