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8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Booklet - Sabre 1976
The journal is a mixture of humour, general information and serious historical articles relative to the unit's role. The journal was edited, typed and produced by unit members as extracurricular activity.'Sabre' an 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles regimental journal edited by Lieutenant Len Shefford and produced using unit resources usually during annual camp. Eleven A4 pages single sided, stapled on long edge. camp, training, vmr, annual, esprit de corps, shefford -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Booklet - Sabre 1978
The journal is a mixture of humour, general information and serious historical articles relative to the unit's role. The journal was edited, typed and produced by unit members as extracurricular activity.'Sabre' an 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles regimental journal edited by Lieutenant Len Shefford and produced using unit resources usually during annual camp. Eleven A4 pages single sided, stapled on long edge. camp, training, vmr, annual, esprit de corps, shefford -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Booklet - Sabre c.1975
The journal is a mixture of humour, general information and serious historical articles relative to the unit's role. The journal was edited, typed and produced by unit members as extracurricular activity.'Sabre' an 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles regimental journal edited by Lieutenant Len Shefford and produced using unit resources usually during annual camp. Twelve A4 pages single sided, stapled on long edge. camp, training, vmr, annual, esprit de corps, sabre, shefford -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Booklet - Sabre 1979
The journal is a mixture of humour, general information and serious historical articles relative to the unit's role. The journal was edited, typed and produced by unit members as extracurricular activity.'Sabre' an 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles regimental journal November 1979, edited by Warrant Officer Class 2 T Ter Haar and Sergeant K Rowley and produced using unit resources; 32 folded A4 pages and cover, saddle stitched and stapled. camp, training, vmr, esprit de corps, sabre, rowley, ter haar -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Booklet - Sabre Xmas 1975
The journal is a mixture of humour, general information and serious historical articles relative to the unit's role. The journal was edited, typed and produced by unit members as extracurricular activity.'Sabre' an 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles regimental journal edited by Lieutenant Len Shefford and produced using unit resources usually during annual camp. Fourteen A4 pages single sided, stapled on long edge. camp, training, vmr, esprit de corps, sabre, shefford -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Booklet - Sabre Camp 1975
The journal is a mixture of humour, general information and serious historical articles relative to the unit's role. The journal was edited, typed and produced by unit members as extracurricular activity.'Sabre' an 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles regimental journal edited by Lieutenant Len Shefford and produced using unit resources usually during annual camp. Fourteen A4 pages single sided with colored cover sheets, stapled on long edge. camp, training, vmr, annual, esprit de corps, sabre, shefford -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Booklet - Sabre Camp May 1976
The journal is a mixture of humour, general information and serious historical articles relative to the unit's role. The journal was edited, typed and produced by unit members as extracurricular activity.'Sabre' an 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles regimental journal edited by Lieutenant Len Shefford and produced using unit resources usually during annual camp. Sixteen A4 pages single sided, stapled on long edge. camp, training, vmr, annual, esprit de corps, sabre, shefford -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Booklet - Sabre c.1975
The journal is a mixture of humour, general information and serious historical articles relative to the unit's role. The journal was edited, typed and produced by unit members as extracurricular activity.'Sabre' an 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles regimental journal edited by Lieutenant Len Shefford and produced using unit resources usually during annual camp. Twelve A4 pages single sided, stapled on long edge. camp, training, vmr, annual, esprit de corps, sabre, shefford -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Booklet - Sabre Aug-Sep 1976
The journal is a mixture of humour, general information and serious historical articles relative to the unit's role. The journal was edited, typed and produced by unit members as extracurricular activity.'Sabre' an 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles regimental journal edited by Lieutenant Len Shefford and produced using unit resources usually during annual camp. Twelve A4 pages single sided, stapled on long edge. camp, training, vmr, annual, esprit de corps, sabre, shefford -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Booklet - Sabre March 1978
The journal is a mixture of humour, general information and serious historical articles relative to the unit's role. The journal was edited, typed and produced by unit members as extracurricular activity.'Sabre' an 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles regimental journal edited by Lieutenant Len Shefford and produced using unit resources usually during annual camp. Twelve A4 pages single sided, stapled on long edge. camp, training, vmr, annual, esprit de corps, sabre, shefford -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Booklet - Sabre May 1979
The journal is a mixture of humour, general information and serious historical articles relative to the unit's role. The journal was edited, typed and produced by unit members as extracurricular activity.'Sabre' an 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles regimental journal edited by Lieutenant Len Shefford and produced using unit resources usually during annual camp. Twelve A4 pages single sided, stapled on long edge. camp, training, vmr, annual, esprit de corps, sabre, shefford -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: THE LIFE OF CHARLES LEVER
A pink book titled 'The Life of Charles Lever the Irish National Novelist. The chronicler of Ireland's gallantry; the genial and kindhearted novelist whose wit and humour were combined with wisdom.' London : Ward, Lock & Co., Salisbury Square, E. C. 337 - 352 pgs. This booklet is one of a series of 53 ' Ward & Lock's Penny Books for the People.' 'Biographical Series.' Price one penny. There are advertisements of note.books, biography, charles lever, lydia chancellor, collection, charles lever, male, individual, person, famous people, irish history, writer, writing, irish novelists, ward & lock's penny historical series, ward & lock's penny books for the people, biographical series, advertisements, penny books -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph
A black and white photograph of signs "Sold to 7RAR" on top of "LJ Hooker for sale". The sign is reprinted and laminated. Above the photograph reads: When 7 Battalion relieved 5 Battalion in April 196?, the base camp was set up in an old rubber plantation, in normal Aussie humour we were greeted by for sale sign the read "Sold to 7 RAR: over an L.J. Hooker sale sign.When 7 Battalion relieved 5 Battalion in April 196, The base camp was set up in an old rubber plantation in normal Aussie humor we were greeted by these signs.photograph, 7th battalion, 5th battalion, rubber plantation -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - LOG CALCULATOR - IRISH MKII, Intmed Cse, 1984/85
Log Calculator - IRISH MKII was presented to MAJ. K HERDMAN by Intmed CSE 84/85 by way of a good humoured joke, Part of the KEVIN JOHN HERDMAN, 397661, collection. Rectangular plywood object with a variety of numbered circular holes. Printing on the front is in black.Printed on front in black: “LOG CALCULATOR, IRISH MKII. Presented to MAJ. K. Herdman by Intmed Cse 84/85 “."memorabilia, kevin john herdman -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, NAVY, Wally Evens & Members of Her Ships Company, HMAS Bendigo Corvette
A story of HMAS Bendigo, a literacy sketch comprised of contributions from some of the men who served in her; contributions that reflect the humour, frustration, tragedy and discomfort of life at in war time.Soft cardboard cover, purple print on front & spine, red & black print on back. Sepia colour photo on front of HMAS Bendigo in camouflage paint. Back cover has a coloured photo of HMAS Bendigo banner which includes The Bendigo City Crest of the places served during WWII. 126 pages, cut plain paper, illustrated with black & white photos & maps.Hand written in black ink on notepaper attached with clear sticky tape to front end paper: “WK, DAVID INGRAM BORN IN BENDIGO”books-military/history/navy, hmas, bendigo -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
A Collection of Magazines, AUSSIE - The Australian Soldiers' Magazine, 1918 to 1919
These magazines have been printed between January 1918 and April 1919 and are a collection of stories, poems and Aussie humour. The magazines have been printed in the field by the 'AIF Printing Section'.The magazines are the originals that were printed at the time 1918-1919 and they have been bound into a collection.A collection of magazines, paper pages, the colour of the pages is a buff colour. Most of the magazines are oblong in shape, three magazines are smaller than the others.AUSSIE the Australian Soldiers' Magazine has been 'Printed in the Field' The first issue appears to be January 1918 and the last issue is April 1919. On the inside cover of one page is the name Timms.magazines, poems & aussie humour, 1918-1919, printed in the field -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, The Bystander's Fragments From France, c 1916
World War One SketchesThis is a book of 48 pages. It has a green cover with a sepia sketch and black printing on the front cover and an advertisement on the back cover. The pages contain comic sketches in black and white and sepia tones. The pages are bound with metal staples.fictionWorld War One Sketchesworld war one -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Tom Prior, River Yarra
Situated near Sweeney's Lane, the house in the picture was owned by the man who was Commissioner that looked after the Aboriginees - Ivy Reynolds. Labelled by Ivy Reynolds' mother who had a good sense of humour.The Reynolds family were early settlers in Research. The Reynolds/ Prior collection of photographs were taken by Tom Prior, the maternal uncle of Ivy Reynolds, around 1900 and the 60 photos in the album give a fine overview of many of the landmarks of Research and Eltham over 100 years ago. lvy lived in the family home for many years at 106 Thompson Cres Research. Ivy's father, Ernst Richard Reynolds and grandfather, Richard Reynolds, lived at the same address. Ivy's father Richard worked for Mr. Trail on his property in Research. Reynolds Road is named after the family. Mr Tom Prior (wife Eva) worked at the Melbourne zoo. He was very innovative and made his own camera, using the black cloth hood to exclude the light. The photographs are a reminder of the rural nature of Research and Eltham and its rich heritage. Black and white photograph mounted in an album, the Reynolds/Prior Photograph Collection, this being one of 53 reproduced black and white images of early Eltham.The Reynolds/Prior Photograph Collection, Presented to the Eltham District Historical Society, 14 June 2006 by Ross McDonald. A second copy was also presented to the Andrew Ross Museum, Kangaroo Groundreynolds prior collection, eltham, yarra river, sweeneys lane -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Book, Aussie - The Australian Soldier's Magazine, 1918
This book is a collection of magazines entitled Aussie - The Australian Soldier's Magazine Volumes 1 - 13 Dated January 1918 to April, 1919 Price 10 centimes and are a collection of stories, poems and Aussie humour. The magazines are the originals that were printed at the time 1918-1919 and they have been bound into a collection Book of cream coloured pages with two columns of writing with pictures. Book contains a collection of magazines Volumes 1 - 13Aussie aussie - the australian soldiers magazine, 1918, ww1 -
Unions Ballarat
The politician who laughed (Don Woodward Collection), Daly, Fred, 1982
Anecdotal humour about Federal politicians and parliament. Fred Daly was a long-serving member of the House of Representatives (1943-1975). He was a cabinet minister at the time of the Whitlam ALP government (1972-1975).Political infotainment.Book; 131 pages. Cover: black; white lettering; author's name and title on the spine. Dust jacket: blue background; black and white caricatures; white and black lettering; author's name and title.Inscription inside page: "To dearest Keith Happy Christmas 1982 Love Chris"btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics and government, house of representatives - australia, prime minister, cabinet ministers, australian labor party, alp -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - GOLDEN SQUARE LAUREL STREET P.S. COLLECTION: SUE PAYNE ACCOUNT
Invoice from Sue Payne to Golden Square Primary School Laurel Street, for cost of typing school registers for 125 Anniversary. Invoice is presented in humorous way, with costs for back ache, loss of memory, new glasses etc. incurred in the laborious task of typing the registers.bendigo, education, golden square primary school, golden square primary school laurel street, sue payne, humour -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book, As You Were 1949, 1949
Compilation of articles, short stories and poems of events and experiences of servicemen and women. This volume recalls the courage and humour, the boredom and the achievements, the travel and adventure and misdeeds, and above all the good comradeship of the services in the war years.Historical recount through stories, poems and illustrations of Australians in World War 2As You Were 1949 Illustrations, photographs, Green coloured hardcover front and back with light green test on front page 'As you were' and '1949'. There is a rectangular relief showing three tri servicemen. The inside front and back covers have illustrations of Air force, Navy and Army on a dark green background. The Southern Cross is also a feature of the illustrations.To the memory of the fallen ' They gave their lives. For that public gift they received a praise which never ages and a tomb most glorious - not so much the tomb in which they lie, but that in which their fame survives, to be remembered forever when occasion comes for word or deed...'george alan vasey, palestine, gaza, italian pow's, ae2, sea of marmora, noic naavy information operations command, captain sir ross smith, no.1 squadron, greece retreat, new guinea, tregonning, ammunition, de ruyter, exeter, perth, java, houston -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Book, Hello, Soldier, 1919
This book Hello Soldier is a collection of Khaki Verse by Edward Dyson. The Illustrations in the book are by Will Dyson, Ruby Lind and George Dancey. This book afer being compiled was printed in 1919, and is military humour relating to WW1.This is a book of military humour printed in 1919.A buff coloured book, oblong, cardboard cover paper covered, thick paper pagesInside front cover I N Sumner, Xmas 1924. Makers, Alex, McKinley & Co, Printers and Publishers.hello soldier, ww1, edward dyson -
Melbourne Legacy
Document - Document, newsletter, The Furphy, 1935
A satirical newsletter (No.9 14.12.1935) for fellow Legatees. Much of the humour falls flat now, and would be considered politically incorrect. It is not known if other issues were published or in existence or how often the newsletter was published.Exemplifies the comradeship amongst Legatees in the early years.White foolscap paper with black type x 6 pages of a newsletter to Legatees.comradeship, newsletter -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''HUMOROUS SCOTTISH READINGS''
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 48 page booklet of humorous Scottish short stories. Various authors. Printed and published by John Leng & Co. Ltd. At the offices of the People's Journal, Dundee. Date unknown. Catalogue sticker ''2174 VAR''Variousbooks, collections, short stories, alec h chisholm collection, humour, short stories, scotland -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Booklet, Fragments from France B Bairnsfather, Circa 1916
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather was a British humourist and cartoonist. This booklet, Fragments from France contains a collection of his cartoons. The Fragments from France was extremely popular and sold hundreds of thousands of copies. The drawings display a wry humour of the terrible situation of the first world war. This item has strong historical artistic and social significance.Dark green soft card cover with black text. Illustration in black and white tones and white text is pasted on front cover. It shows two soldiers in dugout with explosions bursting around them.Advertisements inside front and back covers. 48 pages with monochrome illustrations with captions underneath each .Capt Bruce Bairnsfather. "To dear father from jean " written in black pen on first page. Two stamps Warrnambool and District Historical Society. Mussell & MacDonald newsagents & stationers Henty.warrnambool, fragments from france, captain bruce bairnsfather -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Manuscript, Robin Boyd, The Uncultured Pearl, c. 1961
In this book review, Boyd critiques Cyril Pearl's book, "So You Want to Buy a House" (published by F.W. Cheshire). Boyd discusses Pearl's style of writing on home life and a scatter of other subjects and gives a negative review on the type of humour and lack of research.Original manuscript of a book review of a book by Cyril Pearl titled 'So you want to buy a house ... and live in it' in 1961. The piece was published as 'Book review: So you want to buy a house'.Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 6 pagescyril pearl, caricature, puns, comedy writing, robin boyd, manuscript -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, John Murray, The Passing of the Aborigines: A Lifetime spent among the Natives of Australia, 1949
This book is part of a collection of books, photos and memorabilia donated from the Chatham-Holmes family collection. The book belonged to G. Holmes.A blue-green cloth covered, hard bound book with the book name, author and publisher printed on the spine in dark blue. The book was owned by G. Holmes.Written in pencil on inside page - G.Holmes, Humour, Courage, Resourcefulness, Wisdom, Large mindedness, Opinion of Blacks, Christians, Rem Joan O'Donohue & the budge Written in pencil on Title page - What is D. Bates answer to the problem of the treatment of the Aborigines? Do you think it tis the best answer?g holmes, the passing of the aborigines, daisy bates, chatham-holmes family collection -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: ADDENDUM PAGE 9
Typed Addendum for Page 9. Mentioned is the initials of Captain Truscott who was officer in charge of the Long Gully Fire Brigade from 1919 to 1920 was A T Tony. Next is after the brigade was deregistered the station was demolished and rebuilt at Haggar St Eaglehawk for use as a bakery. It traded under the name of Dingle's Modern Bakery. After World War 2 it was taken over by a bedding company, then later RAOB Buffalo Lodge Hall. Cornish humour and dialect is also mentioned. They prefaced a number of words with a H.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - addendum page 9, captain truscott, long gully fire brigade, a t tony, mr h p (harry) dingle, dingle's modern bakery, world war 2, raob buffalo lodge hall, cfbb -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''CANNY TALES FAE ABERDEEN'' COMPILED BY ALLAN JUNIOR
Booklet. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 36 page paper back of humorous stories and jokes about the good folk of Aberdeen, Scotland. Compiled by Allan Junior and illustrated by Gregor McGregor. 13th Edition printed and published in 1926 by Valentine & Sons Ltd, Dundee and London. Catalogue sticker ''2253 JUN'' on front cover. Handwritten in ink on flyleaf ''To all the dear Manse Folk with best Xmas wishes from Haidee Xmas 1926''Allan Juniorbooks, collections, humour, alec h chisholm collection, allan junior, scotland, jokes, humour.