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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Document - Letter - Bower Birds Nest Museum and Nursery in Heywood, n.d
Bowerbird MuseumAdvertising letter, handwritten by Vanda Savill on buff coloured paper, describing Bower Birds Nest Museum and Nursery in Heywood. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: SHO TAKASUKA
Colour photograph white edges. Older japanese man Sho Takasuka on Mallee Fowl Nest. Scrub behind him. Binoculars.photo, individual, sho takasuka -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 2000
see page 3 Lakes Post Newspaper 25 July 1990Colour photograph, Donna Nest having her hair shaved for Bluey Day Appeal for Royal Childrens Hospital. Lakes Entrance Victoriacommunity services, charities -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Stud, Nestle
This is a Nestle badge. Henri Nestle formed the Nestle Company in 1867 with the headquarters based in Switzerland. Today this company is the largest nutrition, health and wellness company in the world. Nestle Australia was established in 1908 and a Nestle factory was established in Dennington (Warrnambool) in 1911. At this time the name, Nestle, was retained but the factory was actually operated by the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company. The Dennington factory was for many years the world's largest milk condensery. In 1948 the factory began producing Nescafe coffee. In 2008, after 94 years of operations, the Dennington factory was sold to the New Zealand firm of Fonterra. This badge is of particular interest because of the many years of local association with the firm of Nestle (Dennington Factory).Circular 14 carat gold stud featuring a raised image of a bird feeding baby bird in a nest, twig and leaves.an text and a minute diamond.NESTLEnestle factory, dennington, anglo-swiss condensed milk company, warrnambool history -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Memorabilia - Cut-out - advertising, n.d
Bowerbird MuseumBlack cardboard cut out bird on a nest shape. Text in white, promoting Bower Bird Museum, Heywood. Written by Vanda Savill, owner of the museum.bower bird museum, heywood, advertising -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Cook Set, LEYSE
Since 1960's, standard issue for vehicle crews of Royal Australian Armoured Corps units for field cooking. Three piece aluminium cook set consisting of two nested cooking pots with top for use as a lid or frying pan. Top fitted with fold out handles Stamped on bottom: " U.S 1962 DSA 4-138 LEYSE" catering, cook set, field equipment -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mrs Madge Huttley's Mother
HUttley - Martin FamilyB/W/ photo. Older Woman in yard, dark Skirt, jacket with fur, light bucket hat holding dark handbag nest to body, light gloves Mum Huttley D'Arcy Street home Stawell West Madge Huttley's mother at D'Arcy St Home.huttley, martin -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Allen & Unwin, A Smile for My Parents, 2017
Biography of Dame Pattie and Sir Robert MenziesCrows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2017 ©2013 xii, 227 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, plates ; 20 cm non-fictionBiography of Dame Pattie and Sir Robert Menziesaustralia -- history -- 20th century -- biography., prime ministers -- australia -- biography. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Envelope - City of Portland, c. 1992
White envelope. City of Hamilton to Bower Bird's Nest Museum, postmarked 23.3.92. Various notes, dates etc. written on both sides of envelope, in black and blue biro.bower bird museum, heywood, city of portland -
Federation University Historical Collection
Letter Card, Six View Letter Card of Killarney, Ireland
Holmes Family WW1 memorabiliaSix colour images from Killarney, Ireland. * Long Range and Eagle's Nest * McCarthy More's Castle * Killarney Lakes * Shooting the Rapids * Lake from Dinas Cottage * gap of Dunloechatham-holmes family collection, killarney, ireland, irish, ww1, postcard -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, Hillside. Rock and Dale: Birdlife pictured with pen and camera, 1902
Kate Wilcox, mother - in law to Francis Warren. Kate Migrated to Australia from Dorset , England.Green cloth bound covers. Hardback with gilt embossed cover design: bird in nest. Photographic illustrations (110). Coloured frontspiece of tawny owl. 250 pages, Hand written inscription.Kate Willcox A... as prize for collecting wildflowers from: John Saunders Dec 1904.books, school/educational -
Woodend RSL
Mess Tin, Corfield & Buckle, Limited - Trafalgar Works, 1939
Although manufactured in 1939 it may be possible that it was issued later during the Korean War (1950-1953) as the burn marks on the exterior sides may indicate the use of a hexamine stove which came into use by the Australian Army in the 1950's.Representative of an army issued accoutrement from the Mid 20th Century which may have been used during the Korean War.Well used military mess tin (aluminium), larger one of nest of two (smaller one missing) with flip over metal (carbon?) handle secured to short end by metal loop and rivets.Inscribed to metal loop fastening flip over handle to tin is the maker’s mark ‘C&B Ltd. 1939’ and arrow insignia for ‘Department of Defence’.cooking, hexamine stove, canteen, mess tin -
Federation University Historical Collection
Images, Charles A. Scott Egg Collection
The Collection is held in the FedUni Science Museum (Mt Helen Y Building)Low resolution photographs of the historic Scott Egg Collection held by the Federation University Science Museum, along with a spreadsheet of holdings. Australia's native birds are protected. It is illegal to collect eggs or to interfere with birds' nests without a permit.birds, eggs, bird eggs, science, scott, charles a. scott -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Domestic object - Inkwell, Ranleigh Ware Pty Limited, 1930-1950's
Inkwell used by the Principal of the College. Black glass (vitrolite) based Chrome inkwell with lid and bakelite ink cup insert. 2 pen nests. Green felt-backed with 4 screws attaching the chrome fittings from the underside. Inscribed on Chrome - Ranleigh.Ranleighadministration, writing, desk -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Table, Dr Sigmund Lehnert, 1941-1942
Dunera internee made this table whilst in camps at Hay and Tatura groups. Part of a nest of 2 tables, smaller table registered no C7687.Larger wooden dove tailed table with picture of army huts, guard tower and hay 1941 carved on one side. Picture of army huts and barbed wire fence, plants and Tatura 1942 carved on the opposite side. The top has been covered with contact adhesive.Hay 1941 Tatura 1942dunera boys, dr sigmund lehnert, hay internment camp wood work, tatura group internment camp wood work -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Table, Dr Sigmund Lehnert, 1941-1942
Dunera internee made this table whilst in camps at Hay and Tatura groups. Part of a nest of 2 tables, smaller table registered no C7686.Small wooden dove tailed table with picture of army huts, guard tower and hay 1941 carved on one side. Picture of army huts and barbed wire fence, plants and Tatura 1942 carved on the opposite side. The top has been covered with contact adhesive.Hay 1941 Tatura 1942dunera boys, dr sigmund lehnert, hay internment camp wood work, tatura group internment camp wood work -
Federation University Historical Collection
Instrument - Weights and measures, Collection of Nested Cup Troy Weights, (23093.3) 1826
The nested cup weights were designed to make the transport of weights, essential items in most commercial transactions, more convenient. This idea goes back to Roman times. In the nested cup form, a series of weights shaped into cups are set one into the other. Each cup fits precisely into the next, larger sized cup which each larger example weighing exactly twice that of the one previous. The Troy weight system was used for precious metals and gemstones.7 x Brass troy measures of various sizes. Fine groove lines near top edge and bottom 2 x Copper sliding weights - domed.1) 32 oz Troy around top .2) 16 oz Troy around top .3) VIII R around top. Maker's mark - lidded pot (coffee/tea?) with date 1826 .4) 8 oz around top .5) 6 oz Troy around top .6) 4 oz Troy .7) 2 oz Troy "WATERS" on top of sliders with "4" on under sidenested cups weights, troy weight, precious metals, gemstones, commercial transactions, sliding weights, domed weights -
Orbost & District Historical Society
magazine, Wild Life, April 1953
This magazine promotes the protection of wildlife and the need for proper management of national parks. Its editor Crosbie Morrison lobbied for a National Parks Authority which was finally set up under Morrison's directorship in 1957. During the 1940's and 1950's Crosbie Morrison (1900 - 1958) became Australia's best known naturalist. As a journalist with commercial radio and the Australian Broadcasting Commission, he made regular national nature study broadcasts to schools and other radio listeners for 20 years. He was the editor of Wild Life, a magazine which fostered interest in Australia's natural history and conservation, from 1938-54. (ref. CHAH web-site) This magazine reflects the work and legacy of Crosbie Morrison who campaigned for Victoria's national park system.A 398 pp soft covered magazine with green covers. The title "WILD LIFE and OUTDOORS" is in black print.Below this is a coloured drawing of two women camping on the edge of a cliff. One is hanging on to the edge looking at a bird's nest. The magazine contains articles and photographs in black / white print.on front cover - "M. Gilbert' in red penmagazine-wild-life morrison-crosbie natural-history natural-science -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper clippings
Article on dangers to native animals and birds on Phillip Island due to tourism and need for greater State and Federal Government finance to protect them. Includes photographs of Ventnor Koala Reserve and debris in Penguin nest.Article on dangers to native animals and birds due to tourism on Phillip Island.local history, documents, newspapers, newspaper clipping, phillip island wildlife, black & white newspaper clipping, phillip island wildlife, tourism -
Magnet Galleries Melbourne Inc
soldier on nature walk, les chandler_a00012.tif
Chandler was always going on nature walks. If he had time off, he would go off and walk into a wood or go and look for bird's nests or chasing butterflies and insects or whatever because he was interested in the whole of nature. nature walk, aif, a.i.f, ww1, world war 1, colour -
Magnet Galleries Melbourne Inc
soldier fishing, les chandler_a00014.tif
Les Chandler was always going on nature walks. If he had time off, he would go off and walk into a wood or go and look for bird's nests or chasing butterflies and insects or whatever because he was interested in the whole of nature. hand coloured photofishing, hand coloured, ww1, world war 1, aif, a.i.f -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Painting - Vietnamese painting in 4 panels
A set of four panels that make up one painting 11,999 gold and brown background one stork with leaves 11,999.1 gold and brown background three storks with nest 1 egg 11,999.2 gold and brown background onestork in flight with leaves 11,999.3 gold and brown background one small stork flying with leavespainting -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph (item) - Mutton Bird Egging on Phillip Island, 1905
Photograph taken at The Narrows Rookery on Phillip Island. Field Naturalists' Club Excursion to Phillip Island to see Mutton Bird Egging.Mutton Bird Egging on P.I. about 1905mutton bird egging. the narrows phillip island. the narrows rookery. j. gliddon. a.d. hardy. v. mchaffie. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Craft - Ship Model, Golden Hind
This is a ship model of the Golden Hind. About the “Golden Hind” The English galleon “Golden Hind”, a mid-16th century Elizabethan warship, was launched in 1577. It was formerly known as the “Pelican”. The Golden Hind was the flagship of Captain Sir Frances Drake, in which he became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world 1577-1580. Tonnage 100-150 tons Displacement 300 tons [fully loaded] Speed 8-15 knots Armament 22 guns Crew 80 sailors, 10 officers Built Aldeburgh, Suffolk, then moved to Plymouth, Devon in 1576 Type of ship Galleon; multi-decked ship (5 decks), square rigged, 3 masted sailing ship Estimated size Length - 70 feet (21.3m); Breadth – 19 feet (5.8m); Depth – 9 feet (2.7m) The Pelican set sail in 1577 on an expedition sponsored partly by Queen Elizabeth and Sir Christopher Hatten (whose family crest was a golden hind). His companion ships were the Swan, Marigold, Benedict and the Elizabeth. During this voyage, in 1578, Drake renamed the Pelican as the Golden Hind in honour of is patron. Sir Francis Drake [1544 – 1596] brought the Golden Hind home from his circumnavigation of the globe with looted gold, percelain, jewels and cash worth 35,000,000 million pounds in today’s money. It was the largest treasure every captured at that date. Only two ships returned – the “Golden Hind” and the “Elizabeth”. This Ship model of the galleon Golden Hind, the flagship of Captain Sir Frances Drake, represents the first circumnavigation of the globe by an Englishman.Ship model, the galleon Golden Hind on timber stand. Square rigged with 2 masts each with a flag and crow's nest. 22 guns on decks. Brown hull with green stripes and decorative coloured trimmings. Nameplate "Sir Francis Drake - his ship / The Golden Hind - 1577-1580". Emblem with animal golden hind, Tudor Rose and lamp above. Nameplate "Sir Francis Drake - his ship / The Golden Hind - 1577 - 1580"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, ship model, model ship, galleon golden hind 1577, galleon golden hinde 1577, galleon pelican 1577, 16th century galleon, 16th century warship, sir frances drake, captain frances drake, first englishman to circumnavigate the globe -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document - Document - Letter, Ballarat Junior Technical School: Nominations for Crow's Nest Camp, Queencliff, 1952
List of girls' names in order of priority for the Crow's Nest Camp. This camp is located at Queenscliff Victoria. Girls are Brenda Beaumont, Janice Rogers, Doreen New, Margaret Eggleton, Lorraine Horwood, Dawn Peacock, Joy Schrader, Marion Minehan, Irene Jolly. They range in age from 11 to 13 years. Cream pages, typed ballarat junior technical school, head master, l garner, girls' section, crow's nest camp, queenscliff, nominations, brenda beaumont, janice rogers, doreen new, margaret eggleton, lorraine horwood, dawn peacock, joy schrader, marion minehan, irene jolly -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Card - Cigarette Card - 'The Look-Out -B', 1927
No. 3 in a series of 25 cigarette cards from Ogdens Tobacco Company series on whaling production. Full colour, depicts crewman in 'crows nest' of southern whaler, consisting of slight platform resting on two cross-trees as head of mast and 2 padded rings fixed waist high. White border around card. Reverse has information relating to illustration on front. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAM AND BUS
Black and white photograph of single bogie tram, advertising 'The Argus', above side windows. Old 'bus-like' vehicle to right nest to white post and rail fence. Man with a white flag standing between both vehicles. Reverse: The word 'Basil' printed in black biro. Stamped in grey/black ink 'Dennis O'Hoy 13 Hill Street Bendigo 3550.person, individual, basil miller -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - WES HARRY COLLECTION: 4 STEREOGRAPHIC CARDS, 1905 ?
Four stereographic cards depicting various scenes and locations : (a) Gudvangen's outlook over the Naerofjord, where the sea reaches far in among the mountains, Norway , (b) Royal Munster Fusiliers fighting from behind the redoubt at Honey Nest Kloof (Feb 16th) South Africa , (c) Winter scene at Niagara Falls , (d) Ancient Olive trees, Garden of Gethsemane, Jerusalem (Mathew xxvi, 36 - 56).place, various, underwood publishers, american series -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Crucible, The Patent Plumbago Crucible Company, circa 1873
Crucibles are used for heating and pouring molten metal. The set of six crucibles was raised from the wreck of the Loch Ard and includes a range of sizes, now in the Flagstaff Hill collection. All were manufactured by the Morgan brothers who founded the Patent Plumbago Crucible Company in 1856, making crucibles in a small factory in Battersea London. A crucible is a container used for purifying and melting metals so that they can be cast in a mould to a predetermined shape and use. They must withstand extremely high temperatures, and abrupt cooling, and shed their contents with minimal adherence. The addition of graphite to the traditional firing clays greatly enhanced the durability of industrial crucibles this technique was pioneered by the Morgan Bros thereby making a significant technological advance in foundry technology and metallurgy. The Morgans first noticed the advantages of graphite crucibles at the Great Exhibition held in London in 1851. Initially, they contracted to be sole selling agents for the American-made products of Joseph Dixon and Co. from New Jersey, but in 1856 they obtained that firm's manufacturing rights and began producing their graphite crucibles from the South London site. The Morgans imported crystalline graphite in 4-5 cwt casks from the British colony of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and mixed it with conventional English (Stourbridge) clays to be fired in kilns. Their products were purchased by the Royal Mints in London and India and exported to official mints in France and Germany. They were successful exhibitors of their crucibles and furnaces at the London Exhibition held in 1861 (Class 1, Mining, quarrying, metallurgy and mineral products, Exhibit 265, Patent Plumbago Crucible Co). The range of sizes represented by the six crucibles retrieved from the Loch Ard suggests they may have been part of a sample shipment intended for similar promotion in the Australian colonies or at Melbourne's International Exhibition to be held in 1880. A newspaper account of an 1864 tour of the Morgan brothers' 'Black Potteries' at Battersea indicates: "All the pots were numbered according to their contents, each number standing for one kilogram or a little over two pounds; a No. 2 crucible contains two kilograms; a No. 3, three kilograms, and so on." These numbers are obscured by marine sediment on three of the crucibles in the Flagstaff Hill collection, but those legible on the remaining three are 5, 6, and 8. None of the six is of the same size. A brief history of the Loch Ard (1873-1878): - The sailing ship Loch Ard was one of the famous Loch Line of ships that sailed the long voyage from England to Australia. Barclay, Curdle and Co. built the three-masted iron vessel in Glasgow in 1873. It had sailed three trips to Australia and one trip to Calcutta before its fateful voyage. Loch Ard left England on March 2, 1878, under the command of recently married, 29-year-old Captain Gibbs. It was bound for Melbourne with a crew of 37, plus 17 passengers. The general cargo reflected the affluence of Melbourne at the time. Onboard were straw hats, umbrellas, perfumes, clay pipes, pianos, clocks, confectionery, linen and candles, and a heavier load of railway irons, cement, lead and copper. Other cargo included items intended for display in the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880. The Loch Ard had been sailing for three months and was close to its destination on June 1, 1878. Captain Gibbs had expected to see land at about 3 am but the Loch Ard ran into a fog that greatly reduced visibility and there was no sign of land or the Cape Otway lighthouse. The fog lifted at 4 am and the sheer cliffs of Victoria's west coast were much closer to them than Captain Gibbs expected. He tried to manage the vessel but failed and the ship struck a reef at the base of Mutton Bird Island, near Port Campbell. The top deck loosened from the hull, and the masts and rigging crashed down, knocking passengers and crew overboard. The lifeboat was launched by Tom Pearce but crashed into the side of Loch Ard and capsized. He clung onto its overturned hull and sheltered under it. He drifted out to sea and the tide brought him back to what is now called Loch Ard Gorge. He swam to shore and found a cave for shelter. A passenger, Eva Carmichael, had raced onto the deck to find out what was happening and was confronted by towering cliffs above the ship. She was soon swept off the ship by a huge wave. Eva saw Tom Pearce on a small rocky beach and yelled to attract his attention. He swam out and dragged her to the shelter of the cave. He revived her with a bottle of brandy from a case that had washed up on the beach. Tom scaled a cliff in search of help and followed some horse hoof prints. He came from two men from Glenample Station, three and a half miles away. He told the men of the tragedy and then returned to the gorge while the two men rode back to the station to get help. They reached Loch Ard Gorge and took the two shipwreck survivors to Glenample Station to recover. Eva stayed at the station for six weeks before returning to Ireland by steamship. In Melbourne, Tom Pearce received a hero's welcome and was presented with a medal and some money. Of the 54 crew members and passengers on board, only two survived: the apprentice, Tom Pearce and the young woman passenger, Eva Carmichael, who lost her family in the tragedy. The shipwreck of the Loch Ard is of significance for Victoria and is registered on the Victorian Heritage Register ( S 417). Flagstaff Hill has a varied collection of artefacts from Loch Ard and its collection is significant for being one of the largest accumulation of artefacts from this notable Victorian shipwreck of which the subject items are a small part. The collection's objects give us a snapshot of how we can interpret the story of this tragic event. The collection is also archaeologically significant as it represents aspects of Victoria's shipping history that allows us to interpret Victoria's social and historical themes of the time. Through is associated with the worst and best-known shipwreck in Victoria's history.This crucible is the smallest of three nested crucibles, or fluxing pots, numbered according to their size. These containers rise slightly from a smaller flat base to a wider open top with a lip for pouring. They were recovered from the wreck of the Loch Ard. The crucibles have a coating of sediment that obscures some of their numerical specifications of size and capacity. Made by the Patent Plumbago Crucible Company at the Battersea Works in London. The number on this crucible is obscured by the sticker.Stamped into side "MORGAN'S PATENT" Stemped into base "MORGAN'S PATENT" "THE PATENT PLUMBAGO CRUCIBLE COMPANY" Sticker "L 96"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, graphite crucible, plumbago crucible, morgan's crucible company, loch ard, morgan potteries, crucible, fluxing pot, nested crucibles, heat proof container, metal worker, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, loch line, morgans crucible company, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, fluxing pots, morgan’s patent, morgan brothers, patent plumbago crucible co, battersea works, london, loch ard gorge, port campbell -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING: THE DIGGINGS - THE DIGGERS
Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide reads; One of the noisiest features of the nights on the diggings was the continual poping of firearms by the diggers to let it be known that they were well armed. The nest frame contains a quaintly written account of a night at the Ballarat diggings, taken from Samuel Sidney's book, ''The Three Colonies of Australia'', published in 1853. Black and white side. Markings: 35 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields