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Tarnagulla History Archive
Letter: from Llanelly Police Station, 15th August 1872
Murray Comrie Collection. A letter written by Constable Whyte of Llanelly Police Station on 15th August 1872. Concerns a man named Jacob Shied / Struid / Sluid (?), a Frenchman who speaks English and who has previously been arrested for being 'of nuisance mind' and may have come from 'the asylum at Melbourne' He is described as a 'lunatic at large'. The man apparently escaped supervision and ran into the bush. Whyte is asking another constable Glusau for assistance as Glusau has had contact with the 'lunatic' previously. tarnagulla, llanelly, policing, whyte, constable, lunatic asylum, frenchman, jacob -
Victoria Police Museum
Prison record (Muriel Butler), 2 August 1919
Muriel Butler stole a black coat and a fox skin fur in Melbourne in January 1918. She was arrested when getting off the train in Ballarat. She was also wanted by the police for circulating valueless cheques. She had committed previous crimes of stealing and false pretences between 1914 and 1918, sometimes under the name of Agnes James.Prison record for Muriel Butler, prisoner registered number 7400, giving details of the prisoner, her crimes and the dates and places of her trials.english speaking prisoner, female prisoner, muriel butler, agnes james, false pretences, stealing, larceny -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Hidden Lives: war, internment and Australia's Italians, 2018
Tells the stories of those immigrants who experienced detention during World War 2 as enemy aliens in these allied nations. Some Italian families whose husbands were arrested as "security risks" were sent to internment camps such as Loveday S.A hundreds of miles away leaving their wives and families to cope alone during W.W.2Cover has colours of the Italian flag, green, white and red. Across the centre of the flag is a photo of Italian internees arriving at a camp.For our surrogate mother, Lurline Knee. Thank you for bringing the Tatura story to us. beast wishes from Claudia (Marsella) Barker may 2018.world war two, italian internees -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - CUSHIONS WW1, Post WW1
Edith Louisa Cavell 1865 - 1915 was a British Nurse working in German occupied Belgium during the early years of WW1. She saved lives on both sides but she also helped some 200 Allied POW’s and Civilians escape Belgium to Britain. She was arrested by the Germans and charged with Treason, found guilty by Court Martial and executed on 12.10.1915. .1) Commemorative cushions bearing Edith CAVELL's name .2) Crotchet commemorates the Dardanelle's campaign fallen 1915. Fillet crochet panels mounted on dark red plain cushion covers with white piping on edge.1) "Edith/Cavell/Absent/From/The/Body/ Present/With/ The/ Lord/Resurgam." .2) "Dardenelles/ 1915/ our heroesmilitary history - souvenirs, manchester -furnishings, handcrafts- crochetwork, cavell -
Victoria Police Museum
Photograph (police women)
A group of police women taken in the 1950s at the St Kilda Road Police Depot. Third from the right, standing, is Gwenyth Elva Carr, born at Glenhuntly on 19 July 1917. Elva led the first women's Street Patrol in the uniform they designed themselves. The first patrol was on the night of 13 January 1948 when they arrested a woman for being drunk and disorderly.A group of police women in the 1950s taken in front of the Police Depot in St Kilda Rd.police women, women's police auxiliary force, bates, kathleen mabel 11125, carr, gwenyth elva 9835, lenthall, dorothy 11244, williamson, irene may 11657, police woman, policewomen, policewoman -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Age, "Guess what he wants to be when he grows up..", 19/04/2006 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper cutting from The Age, 19/4/2005, titled "Guess what he wants to be when he grows up.." about the theft of a C class tram from Southbank depot on Sunday 17th by a youth. Gives details of the trip, passengers, the arrest and timings. Power was cut to stop the tram. Has photos of C classes at Southbank depot, and a view of the control panel and some specifications. Quotes Dennis Cliche of Yarra Trams and Senior Constable Barry Hills. Article by Dan Silkstone and Andrea Petrie.trams, tramways, theft of a tram, yarra trams, southbank depot, c class -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - Leighton Collection: Theatrical Scrapbook
Herbert A. Leighton was an actor and elocution teacher known widely in the eastern states of Australia where he perforomed with his wife, Tracy Hamilton. However all was not as it seemed. In 1903 he was arrested in Perth after suspicions were raised when he purchased expensive clothes and jewellery for his wife. Subsequently, six thousand pounds in banknotes was found under his bed. Another fellow from his theatre group was also arrested and charged with bank robbery. Leighton was charged with receiving money knowing it was stolen. Investigations by the Perth police showed that Leighton was really Norman Campbell, born in Gippsland. He had worked as a bank clerk in the Victorian Savings Bank in Melbourne and in the same role at the Sydney Savings bank in NSW. During this time he amassed large sums of money by forgery, a crime he spent 7 years in prison for. He then emerged as the newly minted H. A. Leighton, actor and elocution teacher in Bendigo.Large format scrapbook collated by H.A. Leighton. Contains photographs, flyers, ribbons, banners, programs, invitations, newspaper clippings, posters, promotional photos of performers between 1901 and 1904. The material includes items from theatrical performances and programs from Bendigo and other cities. Includes information about Bendigo performers including Alex J Hamilton. Includes information about performers who visited Bendigo. Many of the items overlap others. The scrapbook has a heavy brown cover with black tape binding on the spine and the corners with brown paper pages. Written on the front cover Musical & Dramatic Notes in red and black ink plus a drawing of a standing woman in a long black dress with arms outstretched. Paper items have been glued onto the pages with several loose items. H A L. Fecit. In One Day. 29.11.00. Bendigo. Written inside the front cover on a drawing of an artist's palette.leighton, theatres, performers, music -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Script, Robin Boyd, The Flying Dogtor. Episode 31 Crafty Returns, 1963
Crafty Carson Carpetbag escaped from the police after the Flying Dogtor had arrested him, and he slipped back home to the old shearing shed. There he found a message from the Redback family. They had gone to Mangrove Mansion, an old deserted homestead. Meanwhile, the bush children were exploring around Mangrove Mansion following a message they received from their friend, 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 pagesthe flying dogtor, robin boyd, crawford productions, manuscript -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Literary work - Framed poem, Dutch Resistance Fighters Poem
The poem was written in 1942 by Jan Remco Theodoor Campert before he and seventeen other Dutch Resistance Fighters were condemed to death. Jan Campert was a Dutch journalist ,theatre critic and writer who lived in Amsterdam. During the German Occupation of the Netherlands in World War ii he was arrested for aiding the Jews. He was held in the Neuengamme concentration camp where he died in 1943.Wooden framed poem.On rear of object - Donated by W.J.L. Verhoef Sen. To honor those resistance fighters who offered their lives during the years 1940 -1945 so we could live in freedom and peace. On the day of the official opening of this centre. September 26th 1987. -
Wycheproof & District Historical Society Inc.
Framed photo, Wycheproof Mounted Policeman Ernest Graham Ashton 1870 -1946, 2007 (exact)
E.Ashton joined the Victorian Police force in 1896;appointed a horse mounted constable in his first year of service and had a distinguished career that included arresting criminal "Squizzy Taylor in 1919 in Bourke Street, Melbourne. Ernest finished as Superintendent of Sale Police Station. His career is detailed in the Wycheproof family history section of our archive. He married Lucy May Webber at Wycheproof in 1898.Part of Victorian Police History and local Wycheproof History, Constable Ashton had a brilliant police career.In the framed black and white photo Constable Ernest Graham Ashton, in full mounted police uniform, which includes white helmet, sits astride his white steed, long sword hanging below the horses's right flank. Caption on photo: Mounted Constable Ernest Graham Ashton. The Court House Wycheproof.Mounted Constable ERNEST GRAHAM ASHTON THE COURT HOUSE WYCHEPROOF VICTORIA 1870 -1946victoria, ernest, mounted, wycheproof, police, graham, ashton -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Correspondence re Joseph Teague, 7th May 1987
Joseph Edward Teague (1859 -1925) Son of John and Annie Ellison, Joseph was born at Heathcote. Joined the police force in 1890 and had the number 4324. He served at several stations including Elmore and Strathfieldsaye. During his career he received several commendations for arrests and convictions. He left the Police Force in 1912 and died 112/11/1925. He is buried at Fawkner cemetery Two documents. A letter providing the Police Service record of Joseph Teague (1890 - 1912) from Victorian Police to Joseph's sister (Sister Mary Teague) and recollection of his granddaughter sister Mary Smith 25th March 1998 for the Strathfieldsaye 125th Anniversary 1998 recollections of Sister Mary Teague following the 125th Anniversary celebrations of StrathfieldsayeJoseph Teague served at Strathfieldsaye Police Station (26/09/1902 - 5/04/1911)police service record, joseph teague, police stations -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - Leighton Collection: Theatrical Scrapbook
Herbert A Leighton was an actor and Elocution teacher, known widely in the Eastern states of Australia where he performed with his wife Tracy Hamilton. However all was not as it seemed. In 1903 he was arrested in Perth after suspicions were raised when he purchased expensive jewellery and clothes for his wife. Subsequently six thousand pounds in banknotes was found under his bed. Another fellow from his theatre group was also arrested and charged with bank robbery. Leighton was charged with receiving money knowing it was stolen. Investigations by the Perth police showed that Leighton was really Norman Campbell who had been born in Gippsland. He had worked as a clerk in the Victorian Savings Bank in Melbourne and then in the same role in the Sydney Savings Bank. During this time he had amassed large sums of money by forgery, a crime he spent seven years in prison for. He then emerged as the newly minted H. A. Leighton, actor and elocution teacher in Bendigo. .Large format scrapbook collated by D H Leighton. Contains photographs, flyers, programs, invitations, newspaper clippings, posters, promotional photos of performers between 1901 and 1936. The material includes items from theatrical performances and programs from Bendigo and other cities. Includes information about Amy Castles and other Bendigo performers including Alex J Hamilton. Includes information about a large number of performers who visited Bendigo. Many of the items overlap others. The scrapbook has a heavy pink cover with green tape binding on the spine and the corners with brown paper pages. Paper items have been glued onto the pages. leighton, hamilton, amy castles, theatres, performers, music -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - Leighton Collection: Theatrical Scrapbook
Herbert Allan Leighton was an actor and elocution teacher known widely in the eastern states of Australia where he performed with his wife Tracy Hamilton. But all was not as it seemed. In 1903 he was arrested in Perth after suspicions were raised when he bought expensive clothing and jewellery for his wife. Subsequently six thousand pounds in banknotes was found under his bed. Another fellow from his theatre group was also arrested and charged with Bank robbery. Leighton was charged with receiving money that he knew to be stolen. Investigations by Perth police showed that Leighton was really, Victorian born, Norman Campbell. He had worked as a clerk for Victorian Savings Bank in Melbourne and then in the same role at Sydney Savings Bank in NSW. During this time he had amassed large sums of money by forgery and embezzlement, a crime that he spent 7 years in prison for. He then emerged as the newly minted H. A. Leighton actor and elocution teacher in Bendigo.Large format scrapbook collated by H.A. Leighton. Contains photographs, flyers, programs, newspaper clippings, posters, promotional photos of performers between 1905 and 1909 The material includes items from theatrical performances. The scrapbook has a heavy blue cover with maroon tape binding on the spine and the corners with thick newsprint paper pages. Paper items have been glued onto the pages with several loose items. Mostly unnamed pictures from magazines. Includes a loose certificate as pictured. Includes two pages from a ledger connected with Prescott Jewellers Bendigo. theatres, performers, music -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - Leighton Collection: Theatrical Scrapbook
Herbert A Leighton was an actor and Elocution teacher, known widely in the Eastern states of Australia where he performed with his wife Tracy Hamilton. However all was not as it seemed. In 1903 he was arrested in Perth after suspicions were raised when he purchased expensive jewellery and clothes for his wife. Subsequently six thousand pounds in banknotes was found under his bed. Another fellow from his theatre group was also arrested and charged with bank robbery. Leighton was charged with receiving money knowing it was stolen. Investigations by the Perth police showed that Leighton was really Norman Campbell who had been born in Gippsland. He had worked as a clerk in the Victorian Savings Bank in Melbourne and then in the same role in the Sydney Savings Bank. During this time he had amassed large sums of money by forgery, a crime he spent seven years in prison for. He then emerged as the newly minted H. A. Leighton, actor and elocution teacher in Bendigo.Large format scrapbook collated by H.A. Leighton. Contains photographs, flyers, ribbons, banners, programs, invitations, newspaper clippings, posters, promotional photos of performers between 1901 and 1904. The material includes items from theatrical performances and programs from Bendigo and other cities. Includes information about Bendigo performers including Alex J Hamilton. Includes information about performers who visited Bendigo. Many of the items overlap others. The scrapbook has a heavy brown cover with black tape binding on the spine and the corners with brown paper pages. Written on the front cover Musical & Dramatic Notes in red and black ink plus a drawing of a woman in a long dress seated on a bench. Paper items have been glued onto the pages with several loose items. Leighton CollectionH A Leighton. Fecit. 24.11.00. Bendigo. Written inside the front cover on a drawing of an artist's palette above a picture of Alex Hamilton.leighton, hamilton, amy castles, theatres, performers, music -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, The Bendigonian, Sep. 2001
Black and White copy print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photograph of Phoenix motor on two trailers, Mollison and Mitchel Sts, Bendigo Railway Picnic day, Sept. 1901. Copied by Keith Kings from The Bendigonian 17/9/1901. Photo caption notes on rear note the cylinder on the steam tram, one trailer is a bogie trailer ex battery tram and the other a four wheel trailer. Keith Kings in the book "Bendigo Tramways" - 1972 - notes it as a spark arrester.On rear in ink " S-A774, Mitchell St Cnr Mollison St, steam tram motor, probably a Phoenix (towing two trailers). Note:- cylinder on roof - ? silencer or chimney. Bogie trailer (ex Battery tram). Four wheel trailer. Copied by Keith Kings ex "The Bendigonian" 17/9/1901. "trams, tramways, bendigo, steam trams, charing cross, trailers -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Artwork, other - Carl von Brandenstein Collection, Tatura Camp 1A
Dr Carl von Brandenstein was born in 1909 in Hanover, Germany. He studied oriental languages and the history of religion at Berlin University (1928-1934) and Leipzig (1938-1939). His doctoral thesis was a dissertation on the iconography of Hittite gods. He was arrested in Persia in 1941 and sent to Australia where he was interned at Loveday Camp South Australia and in Camp 1 Tatura from January 1945 until his release in August 1946.Four artworks in a dark wood frame with terracotta coloured matte. Item 1: Hospital Waranga. Tall gum trees in foreground, blue sky . Staff standing under the veranda and a red cross vehicle parked in front. A barbed wire fence surrounds the hospital. Item 2: Inside the Library. Item 3: Camp Barracks. Four huts in a row . A tree and garden in front. Item 4: Reading Room. A table in centre of the room with a single chair. Books and stationery items on the table. A lamp hangs from the ceiling. Bookshelves along the walls and paintings on the wall. Item 2: "am letzten Tage deiner Internierung dem lieben Hans Wulff fur Errinnerung an gemeinsam gebautes" (English Translation: On the last day of your internment to dear Hans Wiulff for remembrance of what we built together. camp 1, tatura, carl von brandenstein, internment camp loveday, waranga hospital, library, hans wulff -
Ballarat Diocesan Historical Commission
Photograph, On Board the SS Baltic 1920
Bishop Foley of Ballarat accompanied his cousin Archbishop Daniel Mannix of Melbourne on his visit to Rome via the USA and England when Mannix was taken from the ship by British arrest in the Irish Sea and placed under house to prevent his visiting Ireland. Foley spoke at rallies across the USA as did Mannix. Images in this album record stages on the sea voyage and scenes of family in Ireland as Foley continued to his planned destination.One of many images taken on the SS Baltic c.1920 in the Foley album. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Remembering the last trams", 5/08/2008 12:00:00 AM
Has a strong association with one of the founding members of the BTM and yields information about the closure of the tram system in Ballarat.Newspaper clipping from The Courier, 5 August 2008, titled "Remembering the Last Trams" in the Mr Story Our History - special publication of the day. Reports on an interview with Richard Gilbert and his memories on the last trams in Ballarat. Describes the formation of the BTPS. Features a photo of Richard by Lachlan Bence, standing by the door of No. 40. Other articles feature Bryan Nicholls and the Vietnam War, Don Kelly and the Linton fires of 1998 Keith Day and the Falkland Islands war, Herman Ruyg and the arrest of a murderer, Peter Davies and McDonalds at Bakery Hill and John Zulic and the construction of Sovereign Hill.btps, closure, last tram -
Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum Inc
Steam Engine, 1877
Restored by Maldon Flywheelers Association. Originally owned and used by Zemster Brothers of "Brook Mount" Shellbourne.Known as "Aunty Jack"Large 4 wheeled 9 HP single cylinder (horizontal) steam engine, designed to be towed. Front wheels smaller than rear. Folding smoke stack with spark arrestor. Fire box and smoke stack painted black, boiler and steam cylinder green, wheels grey. In working order but engine is connected to an independent steam/air source to be operated for display purposes. 150 cm flywheel on LHS looking forward toward the front. Timber front turntable and back brake pad assembly. Brass water drain tap on firebox. Also other brass fittings on firebox.On brass ring near top of firebox:- "Serial No. 5672, Marshal Sons & Co. / Limited / Engineers / Gainsborough England". Metal plate on front turntable:- "Restoration of the Front Undercarriage / and retubing of the boiler by / Castlemaine Technical School / 1979". Cast in relief on wheel hubs:- "Marshal Sons & Co. Gainsborough".machinery - engines - steam -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, The late Henry Facey Hurst - shot by bushranger Burke, 1872
Henry Hurst and his family settled at Allwood, Hurstbridge. It is his family that the town name comes from. In 1886 Henry had a scuffle with a bushranger known as Robert Burke in the Hurst home. During the scuffle a pistol was fired wounding both men. Burke was overpowered by some station hands and placed under arrest. Hurst later died. Wood engraving published in The illustrated Melbourne Post. Calvert, Samuel, 1828-1913, (engraver) and Fox, Alexander, 1830-, (photographer.) This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book, "Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, hurstbridge, henry facey hurst, engraving -
The Ed Muirhead Physics Museum
Magnetic Dip Circle
Dip circle consists of a brass cylinder with two glass flat end-windows, containing a centrally mounted magnetic needle free to rotate about its supporting axis in a vertical plane. The needle , when at rest is arrested by a trunnion from which the needle can be raised by means of external knob. Very close to the needle is mounted the vertical circular scale. Two magnifiers are mounted at the end of a brass “diameter’ which can be rotated so as to read off the angular positions of both ends of the needle after being set up. Graduated horizontal scale on the base. Spirit level mounted. Tribach base.Engraved on base: “Robinson 38 Devonshire Street Portland Place London” -
Unions Ballarat
Balance sheet of the Broken Hill Strike Fund (1892); Eight Hours Demonstration (1891); Illawarra Miners' Mutual Protective Association Strike Fund (1886), 1886-1892
Broken Hill strike (1892) was driven by the Women's Brigade and local miners to defend the mines from imported labour. Strike action became infeasible as main persons were arrested for "unlawful conspiracy and inciting riots" and were imprisoned. The Illawarra Miners' Mutual Protective Association Strike (1886) was to secure better rates of pay. The Eight Hours Demonstration (1891) was held in December 1891 as part of the campaign for the Eight Hour Day: 8 hours work, 8 hours rest and 8 hours recreation.The BTLC supported the Broken Hill strike and the Illawarra Miners' Mutual Protective Association Strike. Historically, BTLC was formed out of the Ballarat Eight Days Anniversary Committee. Three items in one folder.eight hours anniversary committee, eight hour day, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, illawarra miners' mutual protective association strike, broken hill strike, strikes, unions, pay rates, imported labour, women's brigade, miners, ballarat trades hall -
Unions Ballarat
Freedom in Australia, Campbell, Enid and Whitmore, Harry, 1966
This book is predominantly about Australian civil rights, the legal system (law enforcement, crime, police powers) and treatment of the sick.Legal processes and treatment of the sick.Paper; book.Front cover: authors' names and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, civil rights, legal system, law enforcement, crime, police, whitmore, harry, prosecution, arrest, rights, sickness, liberty, freedom of information -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Postcard, Edith Cavell Memorial, Brussells
Edith Louisa Cavell (4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse and patriot. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from all sides without distinction and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I, for which she was arrested. She was subsequently court-martialled, found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. Despite international pressure for mercy, she was shot by a German firing squad. Her execution received worldwide condemnation and extensive press coverage. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Cavell)Black and White postcard showing the memorial erected in Brussels to Edith Cavell. A portrait of Edith Cavell in nurses uniform is inset. This card was purchased by an Australian soldier, probably Henry Smerdon Holmes, during World War One. edith cavell, chatham-holmes family collection, nurse, world war one, world war, sculpture -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph
Singapore group - Jewish refugees from Vienna, Austria, fled the Nazi occupation in 1938. Settled in Straits Settlements Singapore and Malaya (then British Territory) but arrested in 1939 when WW2 broke out between Germany and Britain. C:\Camp3\Singaporegroup02.JPG. 1940 sent on "Queen Mary" ocean liner converted to troopship to Sydney then by train to Albury, Seymour, Rushworth to nearby constructed Camp 3D compound. a. this photo was taken in the gardens of Raffles Hotel, in Singapore prior to WW2, when the refugee families enjoyed life in safety. b. Ludwig and Olga Meilich, two of the above, photos donated by their nephew Walter Smiley in 1990.Top half. Approximately 6 rows of people of all ages, about 80 in all. A shed on left side of photo, about 4 trees behind and 2 palm fronds top right hand corner. Bottom half is a lady on left, man (dark shirt, white buttons and jacket) on right.singapore refugee, ludwig meilich, olga meilich, queen mary ocean liner -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
DVD, Beyond Barbed Wire, 2017
Interview of three persons, members of the Temple Society, who were arrested in Palestine during World War 2 as "enemy aliens". They were transported to Australia on the "Queen Elizabeth" which was being used at that time, as a troop ship. As part of a group of approximately 650 men, women and children from Palestine,they were held in internment Camp 3, Tatura, from 1941 until 1947. Those internees who chose to remain in Australia after the war were released at such time as they were able to obtain employment and accommodation. Also interviewed is Lurline Knee, Researcher for the Tatura Wartime Camps Museum. Interviewees: Hans Minzemay; Manfred Haering and Herta Uhlerr..Personal experiences of three members of the Temple Society, arrested as enemy aliens and brought to Australia for internment during World War 2.Standard DVD in plastic case.Not for distribution, assessment purposes only. Run time 6 minutes.tatura internment camp;, camp 3, palestine group of internees., temple society -
Ithacan Historical Society
Photograph, Newspaper Photograph of Swanston Street businesses, 1944
When Andrew Black took occupancy of the shop ate 589 Swanston Street, Carlton, he was unaware that a few years earlier it had been the scene of a murder and became known as the 'pyjama case murder'. On 1st September 1934, the body of an unidentified woman dressed only in pyjamas was found near Albury, NSW. For the following decade it remained an unsolved mystery until 1944 when Tony Agostini was arrested and confessed to killing his wife. At the time of the murder, the Agostinis were living in the building, where Andrew later ran his shoe repair business. While the case was newsworthy in 1944, the Carlton shop featured in Melbourne's newspapers.A photograph of a portion of a newspaper article about a 1944 cold case murder in Melbourne.carlton, swanston street, andrew black, shoe repairs -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Print - Lithograph Picture, Madagascar Indiaman, Unknown
Madagascar was a large British merchant ship built for the trade to India and China in 1837 that disappeared on a voyage from Melbourne to London in 1853. The disappearance of Madagascar was one of the great maritime mysteries of the 19th century and has probably been the subject of more speculation than any other 19th-century maritime puzzle, except for the Mary Celeste. Madagascar, the second Blackwall Frigate, was built for George and Henry Green at the Blackwall Yard, London, a shipyard that they co-owned with the Wigram family. A one-eighth share in the vessel was held throughout her 16-year career by her first master Captain William Harrison Walker Walker. Madagascar carried freight, passengers, and troops between England and India until the end of 1852. In addition to her normal crew, she also carried many boys being trained as officers for the merchant marine. Known as midshipmen from naval practice, their parents or guardians paid for their training, and they only received a nominal wage of usually a shilling a month. Due to the Victorian Gold Rush, Madagascar, under the command of Captain Fortescue William Harris, was sent to Melbourne with emigrants. She left Plymouth on 11 March 1853 and, after an uneventful passage of 87 days, reached Melbourne on 10 June. Fourteen of her 60 crew jumped ship for the diggings, and it is believed only about three replacements were signed on. She then loaded a cargo that included wool, rice, and about two tonnes of gold valued at £240,000, and took on board about 110 passengers for London. On Wednesday 10 August, just as she was preparing to sail, police went on board and arrested a bushranger John Francis, who was later found to have been one of those responsible for robbing on 20th July the Melbourne Private Escort between the McIvor goldfield at Heathcote, Victoria and Kyneton. On the following day, the police arrested two others, one on board the ship and the other as he was preparing to board. As a result of these arrests, Madagascar did not leave Melbourne until Friday 12 August 1853. After she left Port Phillip Heads Madagascar was never seen again. When the ship became overdue many theories were floated, including spontaneous combustion of the wool cargo, hitting an iceberg and, most controversially, being seized by criminal elements of the passengers and/or crew and scuttled, with the gold being stolen and the remaining passengers and crew murdered. There have been many rumors as to what happened to Madagascar over the years but what really happened is still a mystery. The lithograph was made around 1950 from an original painting of Madagascar a Vessel with a notorious past and is interesting and a significant item for the ships part in early Victorian history. The picture is it’s self not valuable or can be associated with a significant person in history. The interest lies in the events that are linked to the ship in the mid 19th century.Lithograph of the ship Madagascar, in a wooden frameThe Madagascar East Indiaman 1000 tonsflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, lithograph, the madagascar, east indiaman -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph - Carte de Visite
A Carte de Visite (hereafter CdV) (also known as a calling card) was popular within the mid-19th Century. It is a small card with a photographic portrait mounted on it. These cards were exchanged during the Victorian era (peaking in the 1860s) between families and friends. This particular CdV was captured by John Paul Carolin in c.1877. Carolin was a two time Mayor of Bendigo (1889-1990 and 1907-1908) and ran a photography studio on Piper Street in Kyneton from 1866. This photograph depicts a young Daniel “Dan” Kelly posing for his photograph while sitting on an ornate chair and leaning his elbow on a small pedestal table. Dan was approximately seven years younger than his famous brother, Edward “Ned” Kelly. He was born in 1861 to John “Red” Kelly (an Irish ex-convict) and Ellen Quinn. In march 1878, Dan was wanted for arrest on the charge of horse stealing. This event, known commonly as the “Fitzpatrick Incident” resulted in the formation of the Kelly Gang as it is known in popular culture today. After the incident the Kelly Gang disappeared into the bush and a 100 pound award was issued for their arrest. During this period the gang robbed banks including those at Jerilderie, Euroa and Benalla. On the 28th of June 1880, Dan Kelly died at Glenrowan in what was the Kelly Gang’s final stand: the Siege of Glenrowan. Following this event, Dan’s elder brother Ned is the sole survivor of the Kelly Gang until he is executed at the Melbourne Gaol on the 11th of November 1880. The circumstances around the deaths of Dan Kelly and Steve Hart are controversial but it is generally accepted that they died in a suicide pact inside the Ann Jones Inn.This photograph is part of the Burke Museum "Kelly album" which includes a significant collection of photographs and artefacts connected to Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang. Ned Kelly and his gang have become ingrained in Australian popular culture and thus many museums, art galleries and private collections house material connected to the Kelly story which allows the events and people to be researched and interpreted. Individuals like Dan Kelly played an essential part in the Kelly story which have been adapted for popular culture. The study of these individuals through their images and records can help researchers to correctly interpret their involvement with Ned Kelly and the Kelly gang.Sepia, rectangular, postcard on boardObverse: Carolin Photograph Kyneton / Reverse PHOTOGRAPHED / FROM LIFE / ADVANCE AUSTRALIA / BY / J.P. CAROLIN, / KYNETON. / VICTORIA. / COPIES MAY BE HAD ON / APPLICATION. / DK/Dan Kelly/9 2 48/7#carte de visite, kelly gang, dan kelly, daniel kelly, fitzpatrick, ned kelly, steve hart, joe byrne, ann jones inn, glenrowan, kyneton, 1877, john paul carolin, carolin -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Book, How great thine aunt, 2018
This is the untold story of Margaret (1904) and Jean (1906) Davies and their uncompromising faith, amazing courage and endless endurance. Margaret was called to Korea as an educator from 1910 to 1940. During the Mansei Uprising, Japanese police arrested her for inciting to riot and drove Kim Il-Sung into Manchuria where he founded Korean Communism. Jean gave up a promising career in surgery at the Women's Hospital in Melbourne to practise at a mission hospital in Chinju, Korea. Sent home as a foreign alien before the attack on Pearl Harbor she practised at outback mission stations in Australia, doubling as the Flying Doctor. She medically examined the population of the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) as a first step to rid the country of leprosy. Jean returned to Pukatja in South Australia during British nuclear bomb testing at Maralinga.Small paperback bookmargaret davies, ellice jean davies, clarendon-presbyterian-ladies-college, 1900s, korea, missionary, surgeon, maralinga, vanuatu