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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - BE A BETTER PILOT, ALAN BRAMSON, 1980
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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Photocopy, Frank Puls, "Hold your horses for tram plan study", "Horse Trams even better", Feb. 1996
Photo copy of two letters to the Editor of The Courier on a single sheet of paper, collected by Frank Puls. Has Frank's address stamp on the right hand edge. 1. Saturday 3/2/1996 written by Peter Hiscock, Chairman Ballarat Tourism Board replying to D.H. Woodward's (notes as former councillor) letter of 31/1/1996 (item 1468), commenting that the study should be done before knocking the project. Notes that the questions are valid, but the study should be done. Notes that Mr. Woodward has opposed many heritage projects. See also Reg. item 1469 for original of the cutting. 2. Monday 5/2/1996 written by E.Calis of Ballarat, suggest that horse trams should be considered, or a horse and wagon. Both cuttings have handwritten date and newspaper name on the top.trams, tramways, letter to the editor, ballarat city tramway, ballarat revival -
Heidelberg Theatre Company Inc..
Program articles, For better or worse by Arthur Watkyn directed by Elaine Robinson
1956, 31, city of heidelberg repertory group, heidelberg theatre company inc, directed by elaine robinson -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Print, Larwill, Kir, Better Days, 2017
Purchased, 2017Monoprint and collograph on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection -
Kilmore Historical Society
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF CHARLES F. BROWNE, The complete works of Charles F. Brown better known as Artemus Ward, c1876
Faded brown cloth cover with embossed detailing on cover '841, Yours truly A. Ward' and spine 'Complete works of Artemus Ward; Portrait & Facsimile; Chatto & Windus' xi; 518 pages; 20cm; Illus;Handwritten inscription on front page '701' Stamp on various pages 'Kilmore Mechanics Institute'kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Mont De Lancey
Book, E.Payson Hammond, M.A et al, Roger's Travels; or Scenes and Incidents with the Journey of two boys in foreign lands, and how they were led to start for the better country, 1886
The journey of two boys in overseas countries and their adventures with strong religious themes.Orange hardcover children's fiction book, Roger's Travels by E. Payson Hammond. M.A with the title surrounded by gold boxes and an illustration of a Dutch windmill and boat in the countryside. Brown flowers decorate the right side with the author's name E. Payson Hammond M.A underneath. The spine has the title author flowers and initials of the publisher SSU at the bottom. Black and white illustrations and full page plates are throughout. At the end are 15 pages of recommended books for young children by the Sunday School Union. 155p.fictionThe journey of two boys in overseas countries and their adventures with strong religious themes.religious fiction, adventure stories, children's books, morals fiction -
Thompson's Foundry Band Inc. (Castlemaine)
Sheet Music, We'd Better Bide A Wee
14 Parts for Brass Band, Handwritten -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Booklet - Wodonga For Industry and Better Living, Wodonga Development Committee, c1960 - 1970
This publication was produced to promote the benefits of Wodonga for lifestyle and decentralised industry. In 1973 the Commonwealth, New South Wales and Victorian Governments agreed to the Albury-Wodonga Development Scheme, for a decentralised growth area. Before then the Wodonga Development Committee and the Shire Council promoted the town’s industrialisation. This booklet was published to encourage new investment in the Wodonga area prior to the convening of the Albury-Wodonga Development Scheme.A small booklet of 18 pages printed in black and white, including photos and promotional material about Wodonga and District.This publication was produced to promote the benefits of Wodonga for lifestyle and decentralised industry. In 1973 the Commonwealth, New South Wales and Victorian Governments agreed to the Albury-Wodonga Development Scheme, for a decentralised growth area. Before then the Wodonga Development Committee and the Shire Council promoted the town’s industrialisation. This booklet was published to encourage new investment in the Wodonga area prior to the convening of the Albury-Wodonga Development Scheme.wodonga promotions, albury wodonga, wodonga development committee -
Federation University Historical Collection
Work on paper - Artwork - Cartoon, Cartoon drawn by Max Coward titled "You had better put your old clothes on, Dave, if you're coming out rabbitin'.", 1940
Ballarat School of Mines and Industries is a predecessor of Federation University.Black and white cartoon drawn by Max Coward published in the School of Mines Ballarat Students Magazine 1940.cartoon, max coward, ballarat school of mines, ballarat school of mines and industries -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Badge, Badge Minit, "Save Conductors jobs for better public transport", 1990
The badge features a conductor with many arrows pointing towards them and a list of people they were to assist such as lost, old, disabled, in a pram, and female. Made at the time of the big strike Jan. 1990 to support the retention of tram conductors. See also items 667, 668, and 1776 for similar badges made for the same purpose.Demonstrates an item made to support the retention of Conductors.Badge - Has a pin with a white plastic backing on the rear to enable to be fixed to an item of clothing. Has manufacturer's name and logo on the rear of badge - Badge Minit.trams, tramways, the met, conductors, melbourne, badges -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, Typical housing styles in the City of Boroondara, 1999
This document was prepared to assist home owners to better understand the intrinsic character of their home. It describes typical examples of different house styles.This document was prepared to assist home owners to better understand the intrinsic character of their home. It describes typical examples of different house styles.architecture, domestic, boroondara, heritage, housing -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, New Path proposal Put Forward, 2016
VicRoads has decided that the shared-use path will be located south of the railway line at Blackburn.VicRoads has decided that the shared-use path will be located south of the railway line at Blackburn. However Box Hill North's Peter Carter, a former VicRoads traffic engineer, believes his northern alignment is better.VicRoads has decided that the shared-use path will be located south of the railway line at Blackburn. blackburn, level crossing removal authority, cycling, vicroads, carter, peter -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Teacher reads the market for learning, 13/11/1991 12:00:00 AM
Article from Nunawading Gazette, 13 Nov 1991, on Mitcham educationalist Pam Hildebrand and on the importance of parents in education.Article from Nunawading Gazette, 13 Nov 1991, on Mitcham educationalist Pam Hildebrand and on the importance of parents in education. She has also published her book 'The Reading connection - secrets of better reading for parents, teachers and students.'Article from Nunawading Gazette, 13 Nov 1991, on Mitcham educationalist Pam Hildebrand and on the importance of parents in education. hildebrand, pam -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Tiffany's Natural Order, 2005
Article on ex-park ranger and agricultural journalist Carrie Tiffany.Article on ex-park ranger and agricultural journalist Carrie Tiffany. Her first novel 'Everyman's rules for scientific living' is set on the Better Farming Train in 1930s Victoria. Photo of Tiffany outside the barn at Schwerkolt Cottage & Museum Complex.Article on ex-park ranger and agricultural journalist Carrie Tiffany.better farming train, schwerkolt cottage & museum complex, tiffany, carrie -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Plan - Photocopy, Plan - Additions to Plant Research Laboratory (1) , Extension to Plant Research Laboratory for the Department of Agriculture, Burnley Gardens (2 & 3), 1953
University of Melbourne Property and Services has better copies Photocopies, reduced in size, of original plans. Signed by Dept of Public Works, Chief Architect. (1) and (2) dated 14.08.1953 (1) UCB.2.123 North Elevation, Perspective Sketch, Plan. (2) UCB.2.142₃ Floor plan. (3) UCB.2.157.0, dated 26.11.53, South Elevation Front (North) Elevation, West Elevation, Plan, Sections ₂. University of Melbourne - Property and Services has a better copy.plant research, laboratories -
Andrew Ross Museum
Furphy water cart tank end, Roger Furphy great-grandson of John Furphy, 1996
A Furphy tank end specially made in 1996 to celebrate the fact that the Furphy family lived in Kangaroo Ground before moving to SheppartonA cast Furphy tank end mounted on front wall of the Museum in recognition of the Furphy family. This casting was specially made for the Andrew Ross Museum in 1996 by Roger Furphy, great-grandson of John Furphy and donated to the Museum on behalf of Andrew and family.Pitmans shorthand which means - Good Better Best Never Let it Rest until your Good is Better and your Better Best. -
Tennis Australia
Book, 1972
Book: BETTER TENNIS Materials: Ink, Papertennis -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book - Housekeeping Guide, 1939
Soft covered book with photo on cover of the 3DB Model Kitchen. Printing in black and orange, photo is black and white.The Better Housekeeping Guide 1939books, cookery -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Vehicle - Furphy Water Cart, J. Furphy & Sons, c. 1942
This horse-drawn, two-wheeled cart with a tank, is known as a Furphy Farm Water Cart that was made in Shepparton, northern Victoria, c. 1942. John Furphy (1842-1920) was born in Moonee Ponds, in 1842 to Irish immigrant parents and subsequently raised in the Yarra Valley before the family moved to Kyneton in central Victoria, where he completed an apprenticeship with the firm Hutcheson and Walker. Murphy began operations of his own at a site on Piper Street in Kyneton in 1864. He relocated for a business opportunity and founded the first blacksmiths and wheelwrights shop in the newly surveyed town of Shepparton in 1873. Furphy invented many farming tools and machines including a patented grain-stripper, and won awards at the 1888-89 Melbourne International Exhibition. His most famous invention is the Furphy Farm Water Cart, designed in the 1880s, at a time when water for most households and farms was carted on wagons in wooden barrels. The Furphy’s water cart is a single item that combines a water metal tank and a cart. The design of the cart was simple yet effective, and became popular very quickly and established itself as a vital piece of farming equipment. The water cart has had a number of words cast into its ends over many years. References to the foundry’s location in Shepparton, as well as advertising of other products also manufactured by J. Furphy & Sons were present on the ends. However, the most significant set of words to feature on the tank, was a poem encouraging continual improvement: ‘Good Better Best, Never Let it Rest, Until your Good is Better, And your Better Best’. During The Great War (1914-1918), the water cart was used by the Australian militarily at a large AIF (Australian Imperial Force) camp in Broadmeadows (Melbourne) where thousands of men were camped for months, before being transported aboard. Furphy Water Carts provided water to the troops, and were usually placed near the camp latrines, which was one of the few places the troops could share gossip and tall tales away from the prying eyes and ears of their officers. The water cart drivers were also notorious sources of information, despite most of their news being hearsay, or totally unreliable. By the time the men of the AIF were in engaged in combat on the Gallipoli Peninsula and the Western Front, the carts used for water supply had no markings and became simply referred to as Furphys. This owed as much to the coining of the term ‘Furphy’, Australian slang for suspect information or rumour. After a number of decades as principally a soldier’s word, 'Furphy' entered the broader Australian vernacular and was used mainly by the political class until recently when the term was taken up by a Australian brewer as a beer brand. This Furphy Water Cart was purchased by Friends of Flagstaff Hill in 2014. The support of local individuals, organisations and businesses enabled its restoration and later its installation alongside the existing late-19th century water pipe stand and 1940s hand pump The Furphy Farm Water Cart is of historical significance as it represents a famous Australian time-saving and energy-saving invention of the 1880s, replacing the labour intensive activity of collecting and dispensing water from barrels and casks on the back of carts. The water cart’s connection with manufacturing companies J. Furphy & Sons and Furphy Foundry are significant for being early Australian businesses that are still in operation today. Furphy carts are of military significance for the role they played during The Great War (1914-1918) in Australian army camps, and theatres of war in Europe and the Middle East, to supply the AIF troops with fresh water. A wooden framed, two-wheeled, horse-drawn cart, fitted with a horizontally mounted, cylindrical metal tank. The tank is made of rolled, sheet steel with a riveted seam, and cast iron ends with cast iron ends. The spoked metal wheels have fitted flat iron tyres and metal hubs. A metal pipe is joined to the outlet. The tank is silver coloured, the ends, wheels and trims are crimson, and the script lettering on tank sides is black. There are inscriptions on the tank, ends, and hubs. The water tank was made in 1942 in Shepparton, Australia, by J. Furphy & Sons and has a capacity of 180 gallons (848 litres). Hub perimeter, embossed “J. FURPHY & SONS” “KEEP THE / BOLTS TIGHT” Hub centre embossed [indecipherable] Tank, each side, painted “J. FURPHY & SONS / Makers / SHEPPARTON” Tank ends, embossed – “FURPHY’S FARM WATER CART” “BORN ABOUT 1880 – STILL ‘GOING STRONG’ 1942” “j. FURPHY & SONS / MAKERS / SHEPPARTON - VIC “ “S - - - - - L MANUFACTURERS” [SPECIAL] “SPIKE ROLLERS” “SINGLE TREES” “PLOUGH WHEELS” “IRON CASTINGS” “LAND GRADERS” “STEEL DELVERS” “CAST IRON PIG” “CHAIN YOKES” “GOOD – BETTER – BEST / NEVER LET IT REST / TILL YOUR GOOD IS BETTER / AND YOUR BETTER – BEST” Image [Stork carrying a baby] above shorthand, transcribed "Produce and populate or perish" Image [Furphy Pig Feeder] beside ‘Cast Iron Pig’ Shorthand, transcribed “"Water is the gift of God but beer and whiskey are concoctions of the Devil, come and have a drink of water"warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, water cart, furphy cart, furphy tank, furphy farm water cart, furphy, john furphy, john furphy & sons, furphy foundry, kyneton, shepparton, mobile water tank, jinker, hutchinson & walker, blacksmith, farm equipment, implement maker, tool maker, horse drawn, stork and baby, good, better, best, barrel, tank, first world war, wwi, eastern front, gallipoli, j furphy & sons -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Tea Cosy
Floral plastic covered, quilted, material. Lined with green cotton material in two sides. Both sides are attached to an oval wooden base. Green cord threaded through both sides is to secure the cosy to a teapot.V D B BETTER GIFTSdomestic items, table setting -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Council 'home' inadequate, 1995
Former Nunawading mayor, Noel Spurr, joined the debate over the unsuitability of the current Whitehorse Council administrative centre at Box Hill own Hall.Former Nunawading mayor, Noel Spurr, joined the debate over the unsuitability of the current Whitehorse Council administrative centre at Box Hill own Hall. Bruce Atkinson, Koonung Province MP claims parts of Nunawading Civic centre, still being used by Whitehorse Council to house some employees, could be better utilized as a District Court House for the Eastern region.Former Nunawading mayor, Noel Spurr, joined the debate over the unsuitability of the current Whitehorse Council administrative centre at Box Hill own Hall. local government, city of whitehorse, spurr, noel, atkinson, bruce, council chambers, amalgamations, box hill town hall -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard, n.d
Black and white photo postcard. Same as 7682, but in better condition -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Decorative object - Sampler, 2000
The design was offered by 'Better Homes and Gardens' magazine to celebrate the year 2000. The embroidery was done by Valda Arrowsmith and Valerie Birkett.Embroidered sampler in a wooden frame. The design was offered by 'Better Homes and Gardens' magazine to celebrate 2000. The design interprets all the inventions of the 20th century. It was worked in cross stitch by Valerie Birkett and Valda Arrowsmith. Their initials are above the Australian flag. The alphabet in capital and lower case is along the top with numbers 1-10 below them. Underneath are many 20th century inventions including television, sewing machine, radio etc. The Australian flag is at the centre on the lower edge. There is a border of wattle around the four edges.handcrafts, embroidery -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Ribbon Gauze & Box, Johnson & Johnson Pty Ltd
Most surgical wounds are closed primarily, but some are allowed to heal by secondary intention. This usually involves repeated packing and dressing of the raw wound surfaces. Although the long-term care of such wounds has devolved to the care of nurses in the community or out-patient setting, the initial wound dressing or cavity packing is done by the surgeon in the operating theatre. Many surgeons are unaware of the growth of the discipline of wound care, and still use traditional soaked gauze for dressing and packing open surgical wounds and cavities. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1963638/The control of bleeding and wound management is vitally important for the survival of the patient.Gauze bandage and cardboard box.Two boxes. One box in better condition. Red Chain Bandage. Johnson and Johnson Pty Ltd Sydney. 3 inches, 6 yards. Sterilized neat edge.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, "red chain bandage", gauze, bandage, johnson & johnson -
Andrew Ross Museum
Furphy Water Cart, circa 1900
Early Australian water cartage system, used originally in agricultural areas, later in theatres of war. Iconic Australian company who pioneered agricultural equipment.Water cart invented by John Furphy, who attended Andrew Ross's school between 1851 and 1855, and manufactured by the Furphy Foundry.Typical 'Good better best' and other words.furphy nixon shepparton kangaroo ground -
National Wool Museum
Textile - Onkaparinga Blanket, Waffle Collection, Unknown
Onkaparinga started in South Australia in 1869. Migrating from Germany, two brothers, Heinrich and Edward Kramm, both weavers, purchased and brought with them some machinery and established themselves in Hahndorf in a mud hut. Their original plant consisted of one carding machine, one spinning mule of 30 spools and 2 hand looms. The spinning mule was horse driven, the others all hand operated. The wool was washed by hand and dried in the sun then teased by hand. Now 145 years later the brand name Onkaparinga, is known all over the world, the products reflect the experience, passion and ingenuity of over a century's tradition in providing luxurious home wares. Donated to the National Wool Museum by Joyce GrayLight orange waffle weave woolen blanket, with nylon trimming. Product tag included with plastic case. On product tag - The better way to sleep. Onkaparinga onkaparinga, blanket, wool, kramm -
Broadmeadows Historical Society & Museum
Domestic object - Champagne Flutes, c. 1990 - 1994
City of BroadmeadowsProduced last few years of the City of Broadmeadows, c. 1990 - c. 1994 as part of the "building a better future" campaignFive (5) Champagne Flute, Glass acid etched City of Broadmeadows LogoCity of Broadmeadows Logo, Building a better futurecity of broadmeadows, city of hume, glass, promotional -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - B/W
The Jinker tracks were vitally important during the early years of European settlement The first routes were known as bridle pathsPhoto shows track through bush track better formed than othersBridle track written on backaccess routes, jinker track -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Memory Lane
Reunion of the defunct Burwood East Recreation Association, better known as the E-BeesReunion of the defunct Burwood East Recreation Association, better known as the E-Bees.Reunion of the defunct Burwood East Recreation Association, better known as the E-Beesclubs and associations, burwood east recreation association, taylor, peter, benwerrin preschool, burwood east, toms, tony, jones, dean -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Post Office on lookout to move, 2009
Australia Post wishes to find a better site for the Blackburn Post Office (photo).Australia Post wishes to find a better site for the Blackburn Post Office (photo).Australia Post wishes to find a better site for the Blackburn Post Office (photo).blackburn post office, chapel street, blackburn, railway road, blackburn