Agee jars, known for food preserving, originated in New Zealand and were initially recognizable by their banded collar neck and glass lids. The company later transitioned to screw-on metal lids, releasing the Agee Utility jars around the 1940s or 1950s. These jars are a piece of New Zealand's canning history, with older models featuring glass lids and the newer ones using screw-on metal lids. A tall cylindrical, glass Agee preserving jar with a screw on metal lid. It has embossed on the front 'Improved Agee Utility'It has embossed on the front 'Improved Agee Utility'food preserving jars, food storage containers, containers

224 pages, 19 pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour facsimiles, colour portraits ; 27 cm.non-fiction“Abalone Pioneers is the Australian story of the divers, deckhands, researchers and processors who established and developed the zone's abalone industry. The book chronicles the amateur fisherman of the 1950s and the hazy crazy tribe of ‘scruffy longhairs’, who were attracted by the hedonistic lifestyle and fantastic profits in the 1960s, to the professional enterprise of today. It charts the development of the Victorian Western Abalone Divers Association and it role managing and protecting the Victorian Western Zone’s resources, and explores the successful diver-led commercial processors. Illustrated with over 100 historical photographs and featuring over 50 interviews, Abalone Pioneers is an exuberant and fascinating account of the establishment of one of Australia’s valuable but little-known fisheries.”--Back cover.western abalone divers association (victoria) -- history., divers -- victoria, western -- biography., abalone fisheries -- victoria, western -- history., abalone industry -- victoria, fishers -- victoria, abalones., fisheries -- victoria., sports &​ active outdoor recreation., local history., abalones -- victoria, western., abalone industry -- australia., deep diving., fisheries -- australia -- victoria., victoria, victoria., australian, book

A photo of Professor Geoffrey Blainey speaking at a the public launch of Legacy Week at the ANZ Pavilion at the Victorian Arts Centre. The date is 23 August 1988. Also a photo of John Lady and Terry Hawksley. The attached label says: " Melbourne Legacy held its first official public launch - a luncheon for Melbourne's leading business community at the ANZ Pavilion at the Victorian Arts Centre to highlight 'Legacy Week'. Professor Geoffrey Blainey, AO, addressed the guests and was joined by Legacy's 1988 personality, Australia's first under 4 minute miler, John Lady." They were in a folio of photos from 1988. (see also 001042 to 01049) From Wikipedia: "Geoffrey Norman Blainey AC, FAHA, FASSA (born 11 March 1930) is an Australian historian, academic, philanthropist and commentator with a wide international audience. Biographer Geoffrey Bolton argues that he has played multiple roles as an Australian historian: He first came to prominence in the 1950s as a pioneer in the neglected field of Australian business history....He produced during the 1960s and 1970s a number of surveys of Australian history in which explanation was organized around the exploration of the impact of the single factor (distance, mining, pre-settlement Aboriginal society).... Blainey next turned to the rhythms of global history in the industrial period.... Because of his authority as a historian, he was increasingly in demand as a commentator on Australian public affairs." From the name badges the attendees included: 1. Geoffrey Blainey. 2. John Landy and Terry Hawksley. 3. A girl and L/ Geoff Swan. 4. L/ David Millie and Jim Madden. 5. John ? and L/ Colin Bannister. 6. Patsy Adam-Smith (?) and artist Geoffrey Mallett. 7. ? and Jim Dickson. 8. Peter Prior and Abe Birmingham. 9. President Chas Wilks speaking. 10. President Chas Wilks and Rupe Thomas.A record of celebrities being involved in promoting Legacy Week in 1988 and an official launch at Victorian Arts Centre.Colour photo x 10 of public launch of Legacy Week in 1988.Yellow paper label explaining the event in black type.legacy week, legacy promotion, speakers

This model of knapsack sprayer was used for both agricultural and firefighting purposes throughout Australia. The manufacturer, A. Simpson & Son who had a long history as a prominent metals manufacturer in Adelaide, South Australia. Alfred Simpson arrived in South Australia in 1849 and by the mid 1950s had established himself as a tinsmith. His son, also Alfred, joined the business in 1864. By the time of Alfred senior's death in 1891, A. Simpson and Son had the largest metal manufacturing plant in Australia. The business was incorporated in 1910, with Alfred as chairman, and his sons Allen and Frederick as directors. During World War I the company also manufactured munitions as well as ordnance. In the 1920s the company expanded into the production of tools for use in agriculture and in the 1940s they began the manufacture of whitegoods. In 1963 A. Simpson and Son merged with Pope Industries to form Simpson Pope Holdings.This item is representative of agricultural equipment used throughout Australia by a major Australian manufacturer. They were used extensively in the Wodonga district. A Backpack Sprayer unit made from galvanised iron used for agricultural and fire-fighting purposes. It has a nozzle spray attachment and originally had leather straps.On side: SIMPSON PAT. 11?472 23/7/39fire equipment, a. simpson & son, agricultural tools

Inspired by a visit to the USA in the early 1950s, Hoyts' Southern Division manager George Griffith Jnr, formed a syndicate to build Australia’s first Drive-in located in Burwood. Drive-ins soon spread throughout the country. One of the earliest Skyline Drive-ins in rural Victoria was built in Wodonga, opening in 1956. It was located on the southwest corner of Melrose Drive and Melbourne Road and had a capacity of 643 vehicles. Its first screening was "The Broken Lance" with Richard Widmark, Spencer and Robert Wagner. The first manager of Skyline was Jim Robinson. The original screen was made from timber but had to be replaced only 20 years later with an all steel structure. The Wodonga Skyline became part of the Hoyts Country Theatres circuit and was later joined by the Stargazer drive-in located in Albury. Unlike most drive-in theatres, the snack bar was located under the screen. This allowed it to operate during the day to cater to travellers passing on the Hume Highway. When Hoyts decided to sell most of the regional circuit, the Skyline was purchased by the operator of the Albury Cinema, Mr A. Smith in conjunction with Village Roadshow. The Skyline closed in 1984 and was demolished in 1987. Its former location in Wodonga is now a housing estate whose street names, such as Roadshow Drive, Universal Court and Paramount Court, reflect the area’s history.These photos are significant because they document a popular venue in Wodonga's past.A series of photographs depicting the Skyline Drive-in at Wodonga.skyline drive-in, entertainment wodonga, businesses wodonga

The celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday on May 24 was renamed Empire Day in 1903 after her death in 1901. It was celebrated throughout the British Empire, including in Australia. Ballarat schools marched in procession with a salute at the Town Hall before attending church services at their respective churches. By the late 1950s the celebration became Commonwealth Empire Day the reference to Empire being dropped by the 1960s.These form part of a large family collection of bookmarks and local & family history items at Hymettus Cottage, home to the same family for the past 127 years in 2024. They have a well documented provenance and a known owner forming part of a significant and representative historical collection that reflects Ballarat's local history from a family perspective. They contribute to our understanding of social and family life in twentieth century Ballarat and providing interpretative capacity for family, local, and social history themes. These four bookmarks are from 1951-1954.Three Empire Day cardboard bookmarks each featuring an illustrated crown, with crossed Australian and British flags, each bookmark trimmed in gold. The first is simply for Empire Day and two commemorate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and the 1953 Royal Visit respectively.nil,empire day, royal visit, bookmarks, empire day movement, melbourne, coronation year 1953

The A1 Gold Mine is located north of Woods Point, near Jamieson, in the Upper Goulburn region of Victoria. Gold was discovered at the A1 site in 1861 and mining operations began in 1864. The A1 Mine Settlement refers to a small township known variously as Castle Reef, Castle Point, and Raspberry Creek, which developed in the 1860s around mining industry centred on a crushing machine that worked the three gold reefs in the area. Historically, the name "A1"referred to the high quality of gold found in the quartz reefs at depths of at least two thousand feet. Along with the Morning Star mine at Woods Point, the A1 gold mine produced almost sixty percent of Victoria's gold output in the 1950s to 1970s and continued operating until 1992 when it went into administration. Operations at the site were revived in 2016 and the A1 Mine is now considered one of Victoria's premier gold mines. The A1 mine is part of the extensive and prospective Lachlan Fold Belt, a north-west trending belt of tightly folded Early Devonian sedimentary rocks extending from New South Wales to Victoria. Mineralisation is hosted within or immediately adjacent to diorite dykes. Contemporary development of the 'Queens Lode' at the A1 mine signals a move from high-grade, narrow vein airleg mining into larger scale, mechanical mining designed to increase ore production volume. This original, undated photograph of the A1 Mine appears to depict an area or phase of disuse or abandonment. The aged and humble appearance of the cottage suggests association with the historical A1 Mine Settlement, therefore the image may have been taken prior to the 1950s-1970s revival period in which the A1 mine is known to have produced high gold yields. The photograph contributes to our understanding of the A1 Gold Mine's impact on the landscape and the social, environmental impacts of mining on communities and may be compared with others in the Burke Museum's extensive collection of mining photographs to deepen our understanding of mining in the Jamieson area.Black and white rectangular photograph printed on photographic paperReverse: 5577 / A1 Mine / Near Jamieson / Vic. /burke museum, beechworth museum, beechworth, gold fields, gold rush, victorian gold rush, mining tunnels, gold ming history, colonial australia, australian gold rushes, mining technology, beechworth historic district, indigo gold trail, indigo shire, upper goulburn shire, jamieson, woods point-walhalla goldfield, a1 gold mine, victorian high country, modern mining methods, orogenic gold province, gold mineralisation, devonian, dykes

ill. p.104.non-fictionHistoric photographs of the Victorian Railways from the 1950s to 1983.railroads -- australia -- victoria -- history., railroads -- victoria -- history.

ill, p.222.non-fictionA History of Victoria railway's Diesel and Electric Locomotives from the 1950s to the 2010s.locomotives - australia - history, locomotives - victoria - history

ill, p.108.non-fictionA pictorial history of streamlined diesels in Australia with the 'Dilworth' profile nose, from the 1950s to 2004.locomotives -- australia -- history, diesel locomotives - australia - history

ill, maps, p.448.non-fictionPersonal recollections from railwayman Denny Ellis of his time on the New South Railways government railways in the 1950s and 1960s.railroad operations - new south wales - history, railways - new south wales - personal reminiscence

This is a set of eight photographs of Royal Australian Survey Corps officers who commanded the Army Headquarters Cartographic Company, Army Headquarters Cartographic Unit and the Army Headquarters (AHQ) Survey Regiment from 1949 to 1969 and 1971 to 1972. The first four photos of LTCOL Lindsay Lockwood MID were probably taken in the 1950s. As the longest serving commanding officer in the history of the unit from 1951 to 1961, there was many changes implemented by LTCOL Lindsay Lockwood MID. His influence and achievements as CO are covered in more detail in pages 48-49, 65 and 73-83 of Valerie Lovejoy’s book 'Mapmakers of Fortuna – A history of the Army Survey Regiment’ ISBN: 0-646-42120-4. The fifth photo of MAJ John Nolan was taken in the early 1960s. He was a former CO of AHQ Survey Regiment and Director of RA Svy.The sixth photo of five current and former CO/OCs of the Regiment was taken in 1967. Their periods of Command were: MAJ Patrick Kennedy - OC Army Headquarters Cartographic Company 1949 to 1951. COL Lindsay Lockwood MID - CO Army Headquarters Cartographic Company from 1951 to 1952, Army Headquarters Cartographic unit from 1952 to 1955 and AHQ Survey Regiment from 1955 to 1961. COL Tim Tyler – CO AHQ Survey Regiment 1962. COL Frank Buckland OBE, MID - CO AHQ Survey Regiment 1962 to 1965. CO LTCOL John Nolan - CO AHQ Survey Regiment 1965 to 1969. Note – their ranks when the photo was taken in 1967. The seventh photo of MAJ Bill Howarth was probably taken in the late 1960s. The last photo of was probably taken in 1971. He was the CO of the AHQ Survey Regiment 1971 to 1972. His influence and achievements as OC Lithographic Squadron and CO of the Regiment are covered in more detail in pages 67, 69, 103, and 106 of Valerie Lovejoy’s book 'Mapmakers of Fortuna’.This is a set of eight photographs of Commanding Officers of the Army Headquarters Survey Regiment, Fortuna Villa, Bendigo. c1950s to 1970s. The photographs are on negative film and scanned at 600 dpi. They are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. .1) to .4) - Photo, black & white, c1950s. CO LTCOL Lindsay Lockwood MID. .5) - Photo, black & white, c1960s. MAJ John Nolan. .6) - Photo, black & white, 1967. Current and former CO/OCs of the Regiment. L to R: CO LTCOL John Nolan, COL Frank Buckland OBE, MID, COL Tim Tyler, COL Lindsay Lockwood MID and MAJ Patrick Kennedy. .7) - Photo, black & white, c1958. MAJ Bill Howarth. .8) - Photo, black & white, c1971. CO LTCOL Bill Howarth. Most photos are not annotated. MAJ John Nolan’s name is superposed in white on photo .5P. The officers in photo .6P are identified on page 86 of Valerie Lovejoy’s book 'Mapmakers of Fortuna’. CO LTCOL Bill Howarth is identified at the bottom of photo .8P. It has been trimmed off before publication. royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, asr, fortuna

Soft covered book with picture on the front cover of the "Images of St.Albans" mural.non-fictionThis book is about the history of St. Albans as told by its residents. From pioneer selectors of the 1800s to the depression years of the 1930s, the incoming settlers first established their sleepy little village within a small farming community on the Keilor Plains. Then from the 1950s there was an unprecedented population growth as the European immigrants came in their thousands and helped formed a thriving, cosmopolitan community.st. albans, antonia bruns, lorna cameron, edna cooper, maree williams, elfie haggblom, doug boyce, olwen ford, joan carstairs, mary smith, linda watkinson, bev smith, bev godfrey, garry cameron, jean cameron, louise byrne, sue lookwood, roy cameron, st albans oral history group

Photocopy of a handwritten document on the early history of Wandin by Lou Kolling, and a typed transcription, spanning 1867-1975.Photocopy of 5 handwritten one-sided pages and 5 A4 typed transcriptionwandin, australia - history, australian history, history, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, lou kolling, kolling family