A Dunlop 'XLT-15' split shaft tennis racquet, with black plastic bridge, and Wilson 'Championship' nylon netting. Materials: Metal, Composite Materials, Leather, Ink, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Plastic, Painttennis

A Prince 'Precision Graphite' tennis racquet, with Prince 'Softzorb' synthetic handle grip, and 'Forten' synthetic gut strings. Materials: Graphite, Composite Materials, Paint, Ink, Plastic, Synthetic Gut, Synthetic materialtennis

This object consists of 89 identical racquets. Each is a Spalding 'Lotus One' racquet, and a vinyl racquet head cover with zipper. Materials: Composite Materials, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Leather, Vinyl, Nylon, Painttennis

Four identical, unstrung Spalding Pro Response Series 'The Professional-95' tennis racquets (.1-.4), featuring Gamma Sports 'Gamma Hi-Tech' handle grip, in original retail wrap. Materials: Composite Materials, Plastic, Synthetic material, Nylon, Paint, Inktennis

This bottle came from the aerated waters factory of Warrnambool Cordials Pty Ltd. This business was established by Joseph Lescai who had a fruit shop in Fairy Street, Warrnambool in the 1920s. He began to make soft drinks and eventually this became his core business. A group of local businessmen took over the business and in turn it was bought by a local garage proprietor, Thomas Hill, in the 1930s. By this time it was called Warrnambool Cordials Pty Ltd. In the early 1940s the business was purchased by Charles and Frederick Flett and later sold to Thomas McKenzie in the 1960s. The business operated until the 1980s. It appears that the contents of this bottle were made during the Second World War in the time of either Thomas Hill or the Flett Brothers.This bottle is of interest as it comes from the aerated waters business of Warrnambool Cordials Pty Ltd. This company was in operation for over 50 years. Cordial manufacturing was an important industry in Warrnambool for over 100 years. This is a glass lemonade bottle with a round base and a rounded body tapering to a narrower round neck with a moulded glass top at the opening. There is a stopper made of composite materials. The information on the maker of the lemonade is impressed into the glass on the side of the bottle.‘War Grade’ ‘Lemonade’ ‘Warrnambool Cordials Pty Ltd’ ‘Bottle not complete without stopper’ ‘This bottle is the property of Warrnambool Cordials Pty Ltd Warrnambool’ warrnambool cordials pty ltd, cordial manufacturers in warrnambool

A Dunlop Junior Professional, wood/composite squash racquet, with string whipping around shoulders, and cotton handle grip. Materials: Wood, Composite Materials, Nylon, Ink, String, Adhesive tape, Cotton, Plastic, Lacquer, Gluetennis

Two Dunlop Graphite Composite squash racquets (.1-.2), featuring the Dutch national flag on the racquet head, and on the lower shaft. Materials: Graphite, Composite Materials, Plastic, Nylon, Synthetic material, Adhesive tape, Inktennis

A Prince 'Thunder Blast' oversize tennis racquet, with Prince 'Duraperf' synthetic handle grip, and Gamma 'Synthetic Gut 16' strings. Materials: Graphite, Composite Materials, Paint, Synthetic Gut, Ink, Synthetic material, Plastictennis

A Prince 'Precision Graphite' demonstration tennis racquet, with Prince 'Softzorb' synthetic handle grip, and Prince 'Synthetic Gut 17' strings. Materials: Graphite, Composite Materials, Paint, Ink, Plastic, Synthetic Gut, Synthetic materialtennis

An unstrung Prince 'Spectrum Comp Series 90' mid size tennis racquet, with vinyl cover, and warranty/identification card. Materials: Composite Materials, Ink, Plastic, Leather, Paint, Vinyl, Metal, Plastic, Ink, Cardboard, Inktennis

An unstrung Prince 'Spectrum Comp Series 110' full size tennis racquet, with vinyl cover, and warranty/identification card. Materials: Composite Materials, Ink, Plastic, Leather, Paint, Vinyl, Metal, Plastic, Ink, Cardboard, Inktennis

A Prince 'Precision Spectrum' demonstration tennis racquet, with Prince 'Duratac' synthetic handle grip, and Prince 'Duraflex 17' synthetic gut strings. Materials: Graphite, Composite Materials, Paint, Ink, Plastic, Synthetic Gut, Synthetic materialtennis

A Chris '5-Star' graphite tennis racquet, with a very broad open throat, shaped by convex curved sides, and Chris 'Topline' strings. Materials: Graphite, Composite Materials, Paint, Plastic, Leather, Adhesive tape, Ink, Nylontennis

A Chris '5-Star' boron tennis racquet, with a very broad open throat, shaped by convex curved sides, and Chris 'Topline' strings. Materials: Boron, Composite Materials, Paint, Plastic, Leather, Adhesive tape, Ink, Nylontennis

This object consists of 79 identical racquets. Each is a Spalding 'Lotus One' racquet with no net, paper shop tag attached, and a vinyl racquet head cover with zipper. Materials: Composite Materials, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Leather, Vinyltennis

Two Dunlop Graduate, wood/composite squash racquets, with string whipping around shoulders, and cotton handle grip, still sealed in plastic wrap. Materials: Wood, Composite Materials, Nylon, Ink, String, Adhesive tape, Cotton, Plastictennis

An unstrung Pro Kennex 'Power Dominator' split shaft tennis racquet, with black plastic bridge, and original retail wrap around handle. Materials: Metal, Composite Materials, Paint, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Leather, Ink, Adhesive labeltennis

This jar comes from the Sharpe Brothers Warrnambool factory. John Sharpe founded the soft drinks business in 1903 and it existed until 1972. At one stage the company had 35 factories in Australia and New Zealand. It specialized in the home deliveries of ginger beer and other brewed beverages in one gallon earthenware jars. The Warrnambool factory opened in 1919 at the site of the Rowley cordial factory at the corner of Banyan and Timor Streets. It continued until 1951. John H. Sharpe, the former manager of the Sydney factories, put his signature on the base of this jar when he visited the Warrnambool and District Historical Society headquarters at History House in the mid 1980s. This jar is of considerable importance as it is a fine memento of the Sharpe Bros soft drinks factory that operated in Warrnambool in the 20th century for over 30 years.This is a stone jar in beige/brown colouring with a cylindrical base with a bulbous-shaped piece above the base and a dome-shaped top above that. A metal handle is attached to the neck and there is a composite material screw top. The maker’s information is printed on both sides of the jar. Keep this stopper tight This jar is the absolute property of, and must be returned to, Sharpe Bros Australia & New Zealand Original and largest hygiene brewers Caution. Persons Damaging, Willfully Retaining, Trading with or Misappropriating the use of this jar WILL BE PROSECUTED John H. Sharpe. Jar made prior to 1914 sharpe bros factory, john h. sharpe, history of warrnambool

A Slazenger Super Whippet , graphite/composite squash racquet, with small, recessed throat, and synthetic handle grip which is still sealed in original plastic wrap. Materials: Graphite, Nylon, Ink, Adhesive tape, Synthetic material, Plastic, Composite Materialstennis

A Prince Longbody 'Thunder Lite Midplus' demonstration tennis racquet, with Prince 'Duraperf' synthetic handle grip, and Prince 'Duraflex 16' synthetic gut strings. Materials: Graphite, Composite Materials, Paint, Synthetic Gut, Ink, Synthetic material, Plastictennis

A Donnay 'Bjorn Borg Graphite Composite Midsize' racquet. Materials: Metal composite, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Leather, Nylontennis

A Donnay 'Bjorn Borg Graphite Composite Midsize' racquet. Materials: Metal composite, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Leather, Nylontennis

A Dunlop Club, wood/composite squash racquet, with string whipping around shoulders, and cotton handle grip, still sealed in original plastic wrap. Materials: Wood, Composite Materials, Nylon, Ink, String, Adhesive tape, Cotton, Plastic, Lacquer, Gluetennis

A Dunlop Junior Professional, wood/composite squash racquet, with string whipping around shoulders, and cotton handle grip, still sealed in original plastic wrap. Materials: Wood, Composite Materials, Nylon, Ink, String, Adhesive tape, Cotton, Plastic, Lacquer, Gluetennis

A Dunlop Court Star, wood/composite squash racquet, with string whipping around shoulders, and cotton handle grip, still sealed in original plastic wrap. Materials: Wood, Composite Materials, Nylon, Ink, String, Adhesive tape, Cotton, Plastic, Lacquer, Gluetennis

A Prince 'Triple Threat RIP' oversize 115 Demo tennis racquet, with Prince 'Perfection 16' strings, and original handle grip retail wrap, containing plastic netting brace. Materials: Composite Materials, Synthetic Gut, Ink, Plastic, Paper, Synthetic materialtennis

Two Slazenger Panther Pro Graphite, graphite/composite squash racquets (.1-.2), with open throat, and synthetic handle grip which is still sealed in original plastic wrap. Materials: Graphite, Nylon, Ink, Adhesive tape, Synthetic material, Plastic, Composite Materialstennis

Two Dunlop Club 2, wood/composite squash racquets, with string whipping around shoulders, and cotton handle grip, still sealed in original plastic wrap. Materials: Wood, Composite Materials, Nylon, Ink, String, Adhesive tape, Cotton, Plastic, Lacquer, Gluetennis

A sealed plastic tube of Stolle Emerson Tennis Co. (SET) two-tone tennis balls. Has intact metal ring-pull seal and plastic reclosure cap. Contains three pink & blue balls. Materials: Metal, Ink, Rubber, Composite Materials, Plastictennis

This bottle comes from the Warrnambool aerated water factory of Reg Reeves. This factory, in Koroit Street, Warrnambool, was established in the 1860s as the Union Cordial Factory by John Davis and then bought by John Fletcher in 1885. Fletcher’s business continued until 1930 when it was bought by Ralph Reeves. Coming to Warrnambool about 1900, Ralph Reeves managed a Banyan Street, Warrnambool cordial factory which had been established by John Rowley. Ralph Reeves bought a business in 1916 at Hamilton and sold it in 1929 to concentrate on the Warrnambool business. Reeves was joined by his son Reg in Warrnambool and Reg operated the business from 1946 to 1972. The trade name of Reeves was still used after Reg Reeves died and continued on for some years. This bottle is of interest as an example of a lemonade bottle form Reeves Cordial Factory in Warrnambool. The Reeves family operated this business in Warrnambool for 40 years. Cordial manufacturing was an important industry in Warrnambool for over 100 years. This is a clear glass lemonade bottle with a round base, a rounded body and a smaller circular neck with a screw top stopper made of composite material. A metal handle is attached to the neck section and it has a coil of metal on the handle for easier handling. The stopper has the name of the manufacturer of the soft drink. ‘R.V.Reeves R.V.R.’ (twice)reeves cordial factory, warrnambool, cordial manufacturing in warrnambool, history of warrnambool