Pincushions or pin pillows date back to the Middle Ages in Europe. The tomato shaped pincushion grew from a Victorian Era superstition that tomatoes were good luck and so they were often given to newly weds as charms and placed on the mantle. When there were no actual tomatoes a fabric token was made and later used for pins. Some pincushions were stuffed with abrasive materials designed to sharpen the pins. This one would have a needlework accessory for an Orbost local.This item is a common sewing accessory reflecting the needlework skills of women in the first half of the 20th century.A soft padded fabric pin cushion. Material is a black background decorated with colourful flowers. It is divided into eight sections by red stitched lines and holds 3 needles and a bent pin.

In the Middle Ages double-acting bellows was introduced. It had 2 parts, one operated by hand or foot, the other took air from it and was weighted so it forced air out while the part was filling. Blacksmithing is the shaping of hot iron and steel, usually by hammering. Very hot fires were produced by 1.a hot air blast. 2. burning charcoal (not wood). Bellows were used to make tools, fix equipment including machinery, drays, carriages, harnesses etc. Farmers in the Kiewa Valley often had their blacksmith forge. They made their own tools, were able to mend equipment, drays etc., gates, and most items that were made of iron and steel.Large Double Acting bellow with wooden top and bottom, shaped like a 'water drop' - narrow at one end and broad at the other. The wood is held by strips of wood and leather bound and placed around the perimeter. The wood on the top side has inscriptions (illegible). The wood on the bottom side has a rectangular hole. The narrow end feeds into a pipe to enable the fire to receive a hot blast of air. When the bellow is squeezed it allows both pieces of wood to be pushed together.Illegibleblackmiths, bellows, double acting bellow

Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Bronze Age CyprusWith loop handle, the shoulder and globular body with traces of set lines. cypriot

Cypriot White Painted Ware from Cypriot Middle/Late Bronze Age The slender conical neck with broad band’s over two cross-hatched diamonds, the loop handle with wavy line, broad band to lower neck, the depressed body with a pair of vertical bands centred with twin wavy lines flanked by two vertical wavy lines and two sets of friezes including cross- hatched diamonds, chequerboard and cross-hatched zigzag, to flat foot. cypriot

Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Bronze Age CyprusThe interior with three brown concentric wavy lines, the exterior with brown band of striped triangles around top, another between two bands of three stripes and single wishbone handle. cypriot

Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Bronze Age CyprusThe interior of the rim is lined with panels of four vertical lines, which continue to the loop handle. The exterior is adorned with two friezes of cross-hatched diamonds, the body with overlapped cross of four wavy lines. cypriot

The abbey was founded by the Countess of Salisbury in 1229 for Augustinian Canonesses. It prospered throughout the middle ages. It was bought by William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77). He was part of a scientific and enlightened group of men, which led him to discover the process of photography. The first photograph is said to have been taken from the windows of Lacock Abbey.In August 1835 Talbot made the earliest known surviving photographic negative using a wooden camera.The rare small photogenic image of the latticed window in the south gallery of Lacock is now in the collection of the Science Museum at Bradford, UK.Colour photograph of Abbey, Lacock, United Kingdomlacock abbey, church

Europeans arrived in the Kiewa Valley in the 1830s and 40s. Following the drought of 1838-44 seeking out the rich pastures in the fertile Kiewa Valley. . The next major increase in population was as a result of the Kiewa Hydro Scheme. The beginning of construction of the Kiewa Hydro-electric scheme in the late 1940s introduced changes and led to the enlargement and improvement of local roads and the townships of Mount Beauty and Bogong Village were constructed by the SECV from the 1930’s to the 1950’s to house workers on the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme. At its peak the Kiewa Scheme employed around 4000 people from all walks of life and as many cultures.The influx of European migrants to work on the Hydro Scheme along with their rich cultural backgrounds, all played a major part in establishing the history of the area and in shaping the future character of the Mount Beauty, the Kiewa Valley and Falls Creek areas. Photographs may depict descendants, family or friends of early settlers or workers in the Kiewa Valley region.1. Sepia photograph, mounted on heavy buff card with yellowing marks from sticking tape across the bottom of the photograph. Photograph is of a group of nurses taken at the Sunbury Sanitorium 2. Sepia photograph mounted on heavy buff card with yellowing marks from sticking tape at top and bottom of photo. Mark from drawing pin in centre top of photo. Photograph is of a middle aged woman posing dressed in period costume 3. Sepia photograph mounted on heavy buff card with yellowing marks from sticking tape at top and bottom of photo. Mark from drawing pin in centre top of photo. Photograph is of an older woman posing dressed in period costume sepia photos; nurses; kiewa valley; sunbury sanitorium; period costume

Whitcombe's Vivid History Reader. Grade III. Myths, Legends and Stories of World History. Specially written to meet the requirements of the Social Studies (History) Course in Victorian Elementary Schools. Printed in 1944. The stamp of State School No. 1087, Barnedown on the first page top right. Contents: 1: Stories of the Stone Age. 2: Myths and Legends of the Greek World. 3: Hebrew Stories. 4: Stories of the Roman World. 5: Stories of Early Britain and the Days of King Arthur. 6: Stories of the Middle Ages. 7: Legends and Stories of the American Indians. Appendix A: things to do. Appendix B: the making of plays, pronunciation of proper name. The book has 136 pages.books, school, history

Cypriot White Painted Ware from the Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze Age.The interior with brown band, the angled rim with three sets of lines and wavy line between, a broad band on tall neck, pierced with two string holes, above and below, a broad band on flattened globular body with frieze of vertical lines flanked by wavy vertical lines and alternating with sets of two vertical wavy lines, to broad concentric band, the underside with broad band flanked by sets of stripes. cypriot

Cypriot White Painted Ware from the Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeWith loop handle, the neck with light brown horizontal lines, and the body with two friezes of vertical strokes, the lower body with a set of wavy horizontal lines, the base quartered by wavy lines centred with dots. cypriot

Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeThe beak spout and neck with black horizontal lines, the body with traces of cross-hatched triangles. Handle is missing.cypriot

Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeThe neck with lines, a dotted circle on one side of the loop handle, The body with crossed triple wavy lines. cypriot

Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeConical neck with bands, broad band over shoulder with frieze of stripes and dotted circles to handle (missing), a broad band below the body, with cross-hatched panels alternating with panels of dotted circles, triglyph between three bands below to small foot. cypriot

Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeWith round mouth, long neck with lines, the body with two panels of striped diamonds between vertical lines. cypriot

Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeWith round mouth, tall conical neck and loop handle with traces of painted lines and globular body. cypriot

Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeThe neck, handle (largely missing) and globular body are painted with a series of lines. cypriot

Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeMouth and neck painted with lines, the handle with triple zigzag lines and the body with crossed sets of four lines. cypriot

Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeThe beaked spout and long neck have painted stripes joined by loop handle to globular body with painted striped panels and lines. cypriot

Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgePainted lines adorn the narrow neck and loop handle, the globular body has crossed set of four painted lines. cypriot

Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeThe inside of the mouth has painted stripes which run to the loop handle, neck with lines, shoulder with diamonds, one cross-hatched and others crossed lines, globular body adorned with crossed sets of three lines. cypriot

Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeThe rim painted with a wavy line, the neck is adorned with a frieze of short vertical lines between horizontal bands, the body with frieze of short vertical lines between horizontal friezes of chequerboard, brown band above and below each, columns of short horizontal lines on lower body, band on painted foot, underside with double-crossed lines and circles in compartments. cypriot

Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeThe interior centred with dot, painted around edge, the wishbone handle with stripes, the exterior with double crossed lines in circle. cypriot

Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeThe high looped handle is adorned with sets of lines, which continue to the body with friezes of overlapped lines. cypriot

Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeThe exterior with set of four lines around the rim, the single wishbone handle with sets of four lines, the body with overlapping sets of four lines. cypriot

Cypriot White Painted Ware from Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze AgeWith a single loop handle, the interior with wavy lines and a dot in centre, the exterior with crossed lines. cypriot

This book was published in 1952 by the Australian Poetry Lovers’ Society. This group was based in Melbourne and was founded in 1934 by George and Ethel Fielding. In 1973 a member, Harry Hastings Pearce, wrote a history of the society. This 1952 volume contains two poems by Thomas Terrington (born 1897) - ‘Henry Lawson’ and ‘Stella’. Tom Terrington was a well-known local poet and writer from Framlingham. He has been described as a ‘rhymster of flair and skill’. He was a self-taught person with little formal education and he worked at various jobs until he took over the general store at Framlingham in his middle age. He also recorded some of the history of Framlingham, a small settlement about 24 kilometres north east of Warrnambool. The identity of ‘Fred’ in the inscription is not known. This book is of interest because it contains two poems written by Tom Terrington, a local 20th century writer and poet. This is a soft cover book of 50 pages. The cover is green with black printing and an image of two kookaburras on the front cover. The book has poems by 18 writers and a black and white photograph on page 10 of the late George Fielding. The cover is somewhat soiled. The book has been stapled but the staples have been removed. The inscription is handwritten in black ink. ‘To Fred with best wishes from Tom Terrington Framlingham 21.11.52’ tom terrington, history of framlingham

Damask is a reversible figured fabric of silk, wool, linen, cotton, or synthetic fibres, with a pattern formed by weaving. Damasks are woven with one warp yarn and one weft yarn, usually with the pattern in warp-faced satin weave and the ground in weft-faced or sateen weave. Damasks derive their name from the city of Damascus - in Middle Ages it was a large city active both in trading, as part of the silk road, and manufacture. By the fourteenth century damasks were being woven on draw looms in Italy. Modern damasks are woven on computerized Jacquard looms. Damask weaves appear most commonly in table linens and furnishing fabrics, but also in clothing. The Damask weave is used extensively throughout the fashion industry due to its versatility and high quality finish.6 white damask, dinner napkins with varied patterensbrighton, moorabbin, linen, pioneers, haberdashery, market gardeners, dressmakers, craft work, early settlers

Cypriot White Painted Ware from the Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze Age. Slipped, Painted, Handmade.The mouth, neck and handle with light brown stripes, the body with crosshatched triangles over wavy line and cross bands of three wavy lines below. cypriot, ancient, pottery