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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Ceremonial object - SEAL, Seal - Portland Borough, n.d
Seal - Portland Boroughseal, administrative, portland borough -
Seaworks Maritime Museum
Document
Large paper document including colour illustrations of Melbourne Harbor Trust shield and other shields. Includes three wax seals attached to document with blue ribbon."To All and Singular to whom these presents shall come, Sire Anthony Richard Wagner/ Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Garter Principal King of Arms. Sir John Lunamace Heaton Arm/ Strong Knight, Member of the Royal Victorian Order. Clarenceux King of Arms an Aubrey John Toppin Esquire/ Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. Norroy and Ulster King of Arms Send Greeting! Whereas Victor/ George Swanson. Esquire upon whom has been conferred the Australian Efficiency Decoration Chairman of the Melbourne Harbor/ Trust Commissioners hath represented unto The Most Noble Bernard Marmaduke, Duke of Norfolk, Knight of the Most/ Noble Order of the Garter Knight Grand Cress of the Royal Victorian Order, Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of/ England and one of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council that the Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners is a body/ corporate with perpetual succession and a Common Seal duly constituted by Act of Legislature of the Colony of Victoria number/ DLII bearing date Twenty second day of December 1876 the said Act having been amended from time to time and various Acts passed consolidating such amendments that under the said/ Act the exclusive management and control of the port and the preservation and improvement of the port generally as vested in the said Commissioners. That the Melbourne Harbour Trust/ Commissioners being desirous of having Armorial Bearings, Supporters and a Device or Badge duly assigned under lawful authority and he hath therefore requested the favour of His Grace's/ Warrant for Ouigranting and assigning such Armorial Ensigns and in the same Patent such Supporters and such Device or Badge as may be proper to be borne and used by the Melbourne/ Harbor Trust Commissioners on Seals otherwise accoding to the Laws of Arms. And forasmuch as the said Earl Marshal did by warrant under his hand and Seal bearing date the Sev-/ enth day of March 1962 authorize and direct Us to grant and assign such Armorial Ensigns and such Supporters and such Device or Badge Accordingly. Know ye therefore that we/ the said Garter Clarenceux and Norroy and Ulster in pursuance of His Grace's warrant and by virtue of the Letters of Patent of Our several offices to each of us respectively granted do/ by these Presents grant and assign unto the Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners the Arms following that is to say: Azure a representation of the constellation of the Southern Cross/ Argent on a Chief enarched on five Pallets of the first. And for the Crest Out of a Coronet composed of eight Masts each with sail set and upon Rim Or in front of a Bollard proper/ two Anchors in saltire Azure Mantled figure doubled Argent as the same are in the margin here of more plainly depicted. And by the Authority aforesaid We do/ further grant and assign the following Device or Badge that is to say: Two Anchors in saltire Argent as here depicted And by the Authority aforesaid the said Garter/ do by these Presents further grant and assign unto the Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners the Supporters following that is to say : On either side a Sea Horse/ (Hippocampus) or collared and lined Gules in front of a representation of the Melbourne Harbour front proper as the same are also in the margins here of more/ arms plainly depicted the whole to be borne and used forever hereafter by the Melbourne Harbour Trust Commissioners on seals otherwise according to the laws of/ Arms. In witness whereof we the said Garter Clarenceux and a Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms have to these presents subscribed Our names and affixed the seals/ Of our Several offices this fith day of March in the Twelfth Year of the reign of our Soveriegn Lady Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great/ Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith and in the years of Our Lord One Thousand nine/ hundred and sixty three" "Prosperity Through Service" -
Greensborough Historical Society
Sink Plug, Double T Product Pty Ltd, Plastic plug, 1960s
Kitchen sink plug, a souvenir of GHS kitchen, replaced by Banyule Council in December 2018.Pink plastic plug with neoprene rubber sealDouble T Product Pat App No 92838762sink plugs -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper Clipping, Diamond Valley Leader, Road paves way for recycling, 06/11/2019
Used toner cartridges have been used to seal a 160m long stretch of road in Mundy Street, WatsoniaNews article 1 page, black text, colour image.watsonia, used toner cartridges for recycling, mundy street watsonia, banyule city council, recycled road materials -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper Clipping, Heidelberg Leader, The road made of plastic, 29/10/2019
Used toner cartridges have been used to seal a 160m long stretch of road in Watsonia. The Banyule first saw the council repair a section on Mundy Street with recycled road materials.News article 1 page, black text.banyule city council, watsonia, recycled road materials, mundy street watsonia -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Julia Street, Portland, 1930s
Black and white photo, white border. View of Julia St. Portland, taken from middle of road, looking west, left hand side, block between Bentinck and Percy Streets. Four cars, 1 motorbike, road not sealed.'JULIA STREET, PORTLAND', black print, lower borderphotography, julia street, portland -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Envelope - Borough of Portland containing wax seals, n.d
... Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection History House ...Front: ' Wafers for use with lever stamp Portland Free Library' pencilglenelg shire council archives, wax seals, administration -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Vanda Savill, 'Tha' She Blows -Old ships, Old salts & Old Days of Whaling & Sealing', 1980
White plastic bound book, front and back covers made from marine blue card, silver whales and text on front cover, silver seals and text on back cover. Text of book handwritten. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Sculpture - Bas-relief, Ronald C. Skate, Untitled (Early Maritime Industries), n.d
Commissioned by State Bank to produce 5 copper bas-reliefs for 73 Percy Street, Portland. Spoke with Miss Betty Vivian (Member of the Portland Historical Society) re Portland's history. Commonwealth Bank stored objects in Melbourne (c.1991). Negotiations between Portland Historical Society and Commonwealth Bank of Australia led to gift of works to People of Portland. Stored at Council depot c.1998, retrieved for Maritime Discovery Centre display.Copper bas-relief. Depicting a man in raincoat and wide-brimmed rain hat at a ship's wheel. Behind him are flying birds and in front of him is the tail of a seal diving into waves on the left and the front of a seal on the right. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Administrative record - Programme, n.d
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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Seal, Portland Borough, c. 1855
Item from the Borough of Portland (1855-?)Iron seal with rectangular base oval insignia centred in cross-bar designFront: Borough of/Reg/No/Portland (in reverse) circular sealborough of portland, 1800s, seal, administration -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Certificate - Survey certificate, Apr-68
Retrieved from the files of the former MCD Manager at Portland Visitor Information CentreFoolscap size Certificate of Survey for "Lewis", No 165, dated 5th April 1968 entitling "Lewis" to operate within the limits of the Port of Portland until 7th Feb 1969. Embossed with the seal of the Marine Board of Victoria. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Tool - Press, embossing - "Portland Stevedoring Company Official Seal", 1923
The Portland Stevedoring Company took over from the "Pier Spring Trust" in 1923. Members of the new company were: W.S. Williamson, Solicitor; Capt. D.W. Hislop, Harbour Master, C.V. Parkinson, Borthwicks Manager. The Portland Stevedoring Company serviced about 3 vessels, and was then taken over by the Victorian Stevedoring Company. They were responsible for servicing vessels. Portland Harbour Trust took over moorings on 2/2/1960.Steel and bronze press, painted black with gold highlights with press-down handle and hollow base. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Seal - Portland Municipality Seal, 1856
Displayed at History House. Used by Municipality of Portland, 1856-1863Wooden handled seal with brass seal.town of portland, municipality of portland, local government -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Booklet, Ambassador Press Pty Ltd, Granville, NSW 2142, 'The Emigrant's Friend' - facsimile, c. 1974
Booklet, originally published in London in 1848. Recreated by Reader's Digest, Sydney. Buff cardboard covers, 40 page booklet. Cover has depictions of seals of New Zealand, Australia, Swan River and Van Dieman's Land, one in each corner, charcoal, charcoal print 'THE EMIGRANT'S FRIEND, OR AUTHENTIC GUIDE TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA'; plus areas included in booklet. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, A Port is Built, Sep-81
Book - 'A Port is Built', brown leather bound copy signed by K S Anderson and Malcolm Fraser, 13th NOV 1981. Portland Harbor Trust Commissioners 1950, gold seal on front cover. 'A PORT IS BUILT KS ANDERSON, CBE, MC, PHT' printed on spine in gold> -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Certificate - Certificate - appointment of Syd Cuffe as Portland Town Crier, 1997
Framed citation, appointing Sydney John Cuffe as the official town crier for the Glenelg Shire Council, 10th June 1997. White certificate, under glass, black print, seal of City of Portland, black wooden frame, stand on back.Front: Signatures of Mayor, Councillor and CEO blue and black birosyd cuffe, portland town crier -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Certificate - Certificate - Syd Cuffe, Town Crier, Jan-97
Framed certificate under glass, cream, black script, silver metal frame. Presented to Sudneyffe Esquire, LIfe Membership of the Ancient and Honourable Guild of Australian Town Criers, 1st Jan 1997, signed by President and Hon Secretary, under the Common Seal. Backing board of frame has construction / deconstruction details, sticker. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Booklet - Booklet - Town of Portland, Victoria, n.d
Sixteen page booklet containing information and services for the Town of Portland for the period 1976/77. Grey light card cover, black print including Town of Portland seal. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Fishing Float, 1950s
Homemade 1950s cork fishing float, carved and sealed cork, shank painted in stripes of white, black, red and yellow. Metal eyelet top and bottom.fishing, recreation, sport, 1950s -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Fishing Float, c. 1950
Homemade 1950's cork fishing float, carved and sealed cork, shank painted in stripes of white, black, red and yellow. Metal eyelet top and bottom. Originally purchased for $36 (for 4) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Certificate - Certificate - Syd Cuffe, Town Crier, 14/07/1997
Syd Cuffe was the Portland Town Crier from 1983 to 2013. The role of Town Crier was created for Syd Cuffe in 1983 in the lead up to Portland’s 150th anniversary celebrations held in 1984-85. 200 items from Mr. Cuffe’s estate were donated to the Glenelg Shire Cultural Collection. The items relate to his town crying activities and community work across the Shire and further afield.Certificate of welcome from township of Malden, to Syd Cuffe, July 14 1997. Grey card, black print, red and black seal of Malden. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Certificate - Town of Portland Certificate - Blank, n.d
Blank Town of Portland Certificate, showing the Town of Portland Seal in colour, and decorative gold border. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Programme - Programme - Presentation Dinner Menu, May-59
Presentation dinner programme menu, for Mr. E.N.T. Henry, Portland Town Clerk, Sat. May 30th, 1959. White card, dark blue print, Town of Portland seal -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Certificate - Certificate - Framed proclamation Syd cuffe, c. 2002
Framed proclamation under glass from Mayor of Sylvania, Ohio, to Syd Cuffe for his involvement in the City of Syvania 4th of July celebrations. Signed by the Mayor, under the seal of the city of Sylvaniasyd cuffe -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Souvenir Coasters - Portland Victoria, c. 2013
Clear cellophane packet containing 2 souvenir coasters - black neoprene, full colour composite views, one has lighthouse, couta boat, tram courthouse, old Post Office, Bentinck St, the other has Portland harbour, lighthouse, seals. Both have 'PORTLAND VICTORIA' printded on frontsouvenir of portland, portland harbour, portland cbd -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Fishing Float, n.d
Homemade 1950's cork fishing float, carved and sealed cork, shank painted white, black, red and yellow. Metal eyelet top and bottom. Purchased for $36 (for 4) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Harbour, Victoria, n.d
Black and white photo of Portland and harbour, looking north from Cliff st. Road not sealed -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Administrative record - Piano receipt - Portland Free Library, n.d
White envelope, sealed, containing receipt for piano. Addressed to the Secretary Free Library Hall, Portland Victoria.Front: 'receipt for piano' 'The Secretary / Free Library Hall / Portland -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Booklet - Booklet - Town of Portland 1977 - 1978, n.d
Sixteen page booklet containing information and services for the Town of Portland for the period 1977/78. Grey ligh card cover, black print, including Town of Portland seal