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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Palace Bar
A black and white photograph of Australian and New Zealand Military Police head for the Palace Bar to check it out following complaints from Diggers over unfair trading and theft of money by bar girls. As well as keeping order amongst the troops the MP's had the power to place bars' off limitsphotograph, military police, palace bar, gibbons collection catalogue, new zealand military police, digger -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Book - Local Government Act First Report of the Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges
This file contains 1 item: 1/The Local Government Act, First Report of the Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, printed by order of the Victorian Legislative Assembly on 08/03/1865. The document is the first annual report of John Steavenson, Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges under s330 of the Local Government Act no. 176 (1863), and relates to transactions which took place from 02/09/1863 to 31/12/1864. The report outlines operations carried out by the Department of Roads and Bridges in this period. In the Glen Eira area this includes: separating electoral subdivisions of single districts (Moorabbin), adding detached portions of territory to road districts and shires (Caulfield), appointing of and altering in polling places, appointing of polling places for ridings of shires and subdivisions of road districts (Moorabbin), preparing and transmitting of forms of books also of pro forma accounts for guidance of local bodies in keeping their accounts, appointment of main roads, construction of a main road, ‘Dandenong’, in the Caulfield and Gardiner districts, proclaiming of Common Toll Roads, names of and security given by Managers of Common Toll Roads. The report also gives some information about the Shire of Caulfield, which contained 24 road districts and 340 rate payers in 8¼ square miles, and the Shire of Moorabbin, which contained 62 road districts and 713 rate payers in 30 square miles.local government act, assistant commissioner of roads and bridges, legislative council, caulfield historical soceity, steavenson john, sullivan j. f. the honourable, caulfield, moorabbin, road districts, point nepean road, nepean highway, dandenong road, princes highway, brown edwin, osher joseph, cosgrove john, ferres john, roads and bridges offices, caulfield roads district, moorabbin roads district, road construction and maintenance, roads and streets, acts of parliament -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, Allan Charles Quinn, 14 September 1949
... and photographed his work and the places he visited. In keeping all of his... and photographed his work and the places he visited. In keeping all of his ...Alan Charles Quinn went to sea at the age of 16 and photographed his work and the places he visited. In keeping all of his photographs he created a pictorial autobiography. Also included in the Alan Charles Quinn Collection are letters written to and from his mother during his time at sea.Black and white photograph of the bow of the Queen Mary taken from a "street-level" view. On the very front of the ship there is a person visible as well as several people to the left of the photograph, peering over the railing.Blue/green ink, handwritten on reverse of photograph: "14.9.49" Handwritten on original page within photograph album: "Bow on at pier ninety"allan charles quinn, queen mary, ship liner, passenger ship, passenger liner, new york, usa -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - PALL MALL, 1908
Hand-coloured postcard of street scene. Centre front - Alexandra Fountain. Centre back - Bendigo Post Office. Buildings at R, three trams in foreground. Trees and poppet head L. Horse-drawn carrieges front L. Tramlines lead through centre. Some pedestrians in street. Inscriptions/markings: on photo - 'Pall Mall, Bendigo'. On back - hand-written in ink - 'Miss Annie Case, Irene Parade, March, Cambridgeshire, England'. Message - 'Hope you are both keeping well as are, are, we are getting it very warm just now. I suppose you are getting it cold. I had a p.c. from M.W. they were both well it was written on the 20 September love to both from us both. Susan.place, streetscape, alexandra fountain