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The Beechworth Burke Museum
Animal specimen - American Crow, Trustees of the Australian Museum, 1860-1880
The American Crow is common throughout North America. They reside in areas with open view and trees but can often frequent city parks, suburbs of large cities and along the seashore. The Crow is a robber and therefore, find living in locations which they can raid for food perfect. These birds are sociable animals and are often found in small groups made up of family members. All their lives they reside in the one location; however, they do migrate south during the autumn. They usually find their food by walking along the ground and eat both plant and animal foods. This includes worms, larvae, insects and fruits and nuts. Crows are also known to feed on small rabbits, frogs and mice. They are also identified as nest predators because they feed on eggs. In areas occupied by humans, the Crow will find their food source from trash and also road kill. The American Crow is not considered to be an endangered species and list them on the IUCN Red List as Least Concern. However, large amounts of crows are killed for sporting and during campaigns (having a desire to reduce the population of the Crow in America). This specimen is part of a collection of almost 200 animal specimens that were originally acquired as skins from various institutions across Australia, including the Australian Museum in Sydney and the National Museum of Victoria (known as Museums Victoria since 1983), as well as individuals such as amateur anthropologist Reynell Eveleigh Johns between 1860-1880. These skins were then mounted by members of the Burke Museum Committee and put-on display in the formal space of the Museum’s original exhibition hall where they continue to be on display. This display of taxidermy mounts initially served to instruct visitors to the Burke Museum of the natural world around them, today it serves as an insight into the collecting habits of the 19th century.This specimen is part of a significant and rare taxidermy mount collection in the Burke Museum. This collection is scientifically and culturally important for reminding us of how science continues to shape our understanding of the modern world. They demonstrate a capacity to hold evidence of how Australia’s fauna history existed in the past and are potentially important for future environmental research. This collection continues to be on display in the Museum and has become a key part to interpreting the collecting habits of the 19th century.This American Crow has black plumage which has slightly faded in colour. This colour fading could also indicate that the bird was molting because the feathers of the American Crow appear brownish when the are about to molt and these feathers give way to new glossy black feathers. The specimen has two black glass eyes, a dark bill and dark legs with talons. Both the edges of the bill and the talons are faded into a pale buff colour. It is likely that the legs and talons were painted a dark black by the taxidermist and the paint has either worn off or faded over the years. The bird is standing tall on a wooden mount and looking forwards. It has a paper identification tag attached to the right leg. The tail is short and the feathers are rounded at the ends.153a. / See catalogue page 61taxidermy mount, taxidermy, animalia, burke museum, beechworth, australian museum, skin, reynell eveleigh johns, bird, america, crow, american crow -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Document, Thomas Bing Nurseryman, 1870s
... , Ballarat. They list the seeds and plants for sale in the early..., Ballarat. They list the seeds and plants for sale in the early ...These catalogues come from the firm of Thomas Lang and Company of 52 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne and Bridge Street, Ballarat. They list the seeds and plants for sale in the early 1870s. This company sold seeds and plants to all parts of Australia and to India, China, Hong Kong, Mauritius, Ceylon and Fiji. These catalogues have no known local provenance but have considerable antiquarian value and are of interest as they tell us what plants and seeds were sold in Australia in the 1870s.These are three booklets - catalogues of plants and seeds for Thomas Lang & Co, Nurserymen and Seedsmen, of Ballarat and Melbourne. The booklets are printed in black on a white background and are bound or stitched with fine string. They are a little foxed and dog-eared. Catalogue One is dated 1870 and is numbered No. 27. The cover has an ornamental border. Catalogue Two is dated October 1871 and is Number 36. Catalogue Three is Number 30 but undated and contains prices of seeds and current postal rates.thomas lang & co.,, nurserymen and seedsmen, plant and seed catalogues, 1870s, warranmbool, history -
Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park
Pamphlet, Price List for 1925, A.G. Nightingale, Nurseryman, Emerald, Vic, About 1925
Nursery owned by Alfred George Nightingale, who originally worked for Nobelius Nurseries. Nightingale Nursery sold fruit and ornamental trees and delivered to Emerald Railway Station. The nurseries covered an area of 50 acres.Part of the horticultural history of Emerald and the surrounding district.Four page, cream coloured pamphlet with black printing. Contains price lists for fruit trees, ornamentals, berries, hedge plants, creepers and pot plants.a.g.nightingale, emerald -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Monash Bridge, Arthurs Creek Road, Hurstbridge, Eltham Heritage Tour, 24 May 1992, 24/05/1992
ELTHAM HERITAGE TOUR The Society excursion on 24th May 1992 was arranged by David Bick, leader of the team carrying out the Shire's heritage study. David selected a number of sites or buildings identified in the study, some of them lesser known components of the Shire's heritage. The tour commenced at the Eltham Shire Office at 10.00 am. Travel was by private car and mini-bus with stops at about twelve locations for commentary by David.It included a short walk in Hurstbridge and lunch at Kinglake. Highlights of the tour included: - 10 am Leave from Shire Offices - 3 Important Trees - A Physical Link to Eltham's First Settlers - Toorak Mansion Gates - A Surviving Farm House - An Intact Circa 1900 Main Street - First Settlers - Gold Miners, and Timber-getters - An Early Hotel - A Pioneering Homestead - Changing Eltham Shire - 20th Century - 4 pm Afternoon Tea and Finish Tour Extract from ELTHAM CULTURAL HERITAGE TOUR (Newsletter No. 85, July 1992, by Bettina Woodburn) "On the Arthurs Creek Road is a bridge designed by Monash, which we admired before walking across the little park with a mud-brick and timber shelter, to the Hurst family graveyard. There are two marked graves, one, Henry who was shot by Burke the bushranger and a cairn has a plaque listing others buried here from 1866 onwards. Burke was captured and tied to the wheel of a dray under the eucalypt near the waterhose/standpipe. Close by the kindergarten, at this place are three trees on the National Trust Register, a Canary Island pine, a Canadian cedar and probably a spruce. Radiata pines and a thick bolled peppercorn surround the little cemetery. Continuing along Main Street we notice elm trees planted as a war memorial, then on the left a 1930 timber house, a 1910 store and residence, resplendent with wrought iron trim, a double fronted Hardware Store and cypresses on the back alignment of a new vacant block. On the right side of the street is a less interesting attempt at an 'in character' shop. Further on are more early homes, one tucked away at the rear with two tall palms by the front steps. Another curiosity is a rounded veranda corner and there are more galvanised iron sheds or garages, before a mud-brick Dentist's Surgery. Beyond the round-a-about is St Peters Church, of mud-brick construction shared by Catholic and Anglican parishioners, overlooking the river flood plain. Leaving Hurstbridge on the Kinglake Road, we ate our picnic lunch beside the communication tower and enjoyed views of Melbourne, Yan Yean Reservoir and the distant Dandenongs beyond the spreading suburbs. Next we drove to the North West boundary of the Shire at Masons Falls Road towards Whittlesea. On the way to the North East Boundary we passed St Peters, a yellow wooden Church with a Tudor Archway; built in the early 1920's in the style of the 1860's. From the Healesville-Kinglake road the rolling hills had European aspects, the hedged fields and chestnut trees. Then it was back down the Hurstbridge Road through 'Aussie' bush of towering gums, with bracken and scrubby understorey, the Kinglake National Park, before more open country with deciduous trees planted in line, and a creek lined with willows."Record of the Society's history and activities and highlighting various aspects of the Heritage Study undertaken by David Bick used to create the future heritage overlay for the Shire of Eltham and later Nillumbik Shire.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak Gold 100 5095shire of eltham historical society, activities, heritage tour, hurstbridge, monash bridge, arthurs creek road -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - Florist Booklet, Modern Print Warrnambool, The Floral Farm Warrnambool Flower Seedling List 1926, 1926
A business booklet of plants for sale and seasonal suggestions for planting.This booklet has sixteen pages with gold and blue printing on the white cover. The pages contain printed material. The pages have been stapled but the staples have been removed.non-fictionA business booklet of plants for sale and seasonal suggestions for planting.warrnambool plant nurseries, charles jukes -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Manuscript, Robin Boyd, The Melbourne Book, 1966
Description of first grid drawn of Melbourne by Robert Hoddle and design impetus; naming of gridiron streets; Charles Troedel prints/The Melbourne Album, F. Cogne drew Melbourne scenes on lithographic stones; Harold Freedman drew same scenes of Melbourne 1964/65; comparative discussion of Melbourne then and now; between 1865-1965 substantial buildings erected and demolished; cable tram; strength and delicacy of Melbourne style; first tree planting; first electric tram 1927; lifting of building height limits 1956; list of representative buildings; Melbourne unlike other capitals as it was not conceived as a capital city.Published as a chapter titled 'The Town at Port Phillip' in 'The Book of Melbourne and Canberra', The Griffin Press, Adelaide 1966Typewritten (c copy), quarto, 14 pagesjohn batman, john fawkner, robert russell, robert hoddle, charles troedel prints/the melbourne album, f. cogne; cable trams; building height limits; tree planting; electric tram 1927; representative buildings, robin boyd, manuscript -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Book - Register, Fruit Cultivars Used in the New Pruning Garden 1995 Planting, 1995
... in the New Pruning Garden 1995 Planting List of fruit trees ...List of fruit trees in the new Pruning Garden, 2 copies, one amended by hand.fruits, pruning -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Book - Register, Fruit Tree Register, Vegetable garden, 1916-1920
Donated by David Honeybone, Librarian from the Burnley Library.Bound register with list of directors and principals 1856-1946 with their signatures and dates, up to T.H. Kneen. Lists plantings of fruit trees in positions in the West Orchard and the Old Orchard. Plantings of vegetables and experiments with potatoes, beans, other seeds from the U.S.A., tomatoes. Inscribed on front page by, "Ed. E. Pescott Principal 1/1/16."e.e.pescott, principasl, directors, fruit trees, planting, t.h.kneen -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Plan, Emerald Environmental Horticulture Annexe VCAH Burnley, 1992-1996
In 2012 was owned by John Rayner who purchased site from The University of Melbourne in c2006.(1) Tracing paper Sketch. Scale 1:500 dated 26.7.96 drawn by JK. (2) Tracing paper and paper copies, "Proposed Location of Toilet Facility and Septic System." Scale 1:500. (3) Tracing paper copy,"Revegetation Program Works 1993/94." Scale 1:500. (4) Coloured laminated and tracing paper copies, "Proposed Concept Plan for Development." (5) Tracing paper and paper copies of labelled sketch. Scale 1:500. (6) Proposed Development 1994-95 - List of Proposed New Works. (7) Tracing paper and paper copies, Exisiting Ornamental Plants, Drawing No E1 drawn by J.J.W. 1.8.92. Scale 1:100. (8) Proposed Amenities Block at Lot Charman Ave, Emerald 3782 by Belgraphic. Drawn by Rosemarie, Plan No 93 003 tp March 1993. Scale 1:50. emerald, vcah, john rayner -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Album - Colour 35mm slides, A. Lewis, Grampians Flora, 1984
... ." Contains list of 98 plants labelled, "Grampians Flora...." Contains list of 98 plants labelled, "Grampians Flora ...Plastic folder labelled, "Victorian College of Agriculture & Horticulture-Burnley, Burnley Gardens, Swan St, Richmond Vic 3121." Contains list of 98 plants labelled, "Grampians Flora," and corresponding slides (some missing." Plus one extra slide. Some slides taken by A. Lewis. Slides not scanned.vcah, victorian college of agriculture and horticulture, burnley, burnley gardens, grampians flora, a. lewis -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Album - Colour slides, Arboreal Enclosure Royal Melbourne Zoo, 1977-1981
Approximately 300 slides, mostly labelled. Show construction of the Arboreal Enclosure at the Royal Melbourne Zoo between 1971 and 1981. Also other views of the zoo. In compartmentalised wooden box. Includes handwritten list of dates, animals, toxic plants, other plants for particular uses, etc. Not scanned.arboreal enclosure, royal melbourne zoo, animals, toxic plants, plants -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Album - Colour slides, Forests Commission of Victoria, Grampians Flora, 1984
... slides in slide pockets with list of names of plants on each... in slide pockets with list of names of plants on each slide ...Grampians Flora, Photograph Album containing 98 colour slides in slide pockets with list of names of plants on each slide.grampians flora, plants -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Book - Scrapbook, Special Articles, 1927-1940
2 Cloth bound books with leather spine and corners on front and back cover. It has been used as a scrap book for a variety of articles from newspapers and magazines. Most articles are concerned with plants, growing media and horticultural techniques. There are also cuttings about Botanical Gardens and significant horticulturalists of the day. The book has its own index but there is also a handwritten list by the cataloguer in page order.newspaper and magazine articles, plants, growing media, horticultural techniques, botanical gardens, significant horticulturalists -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Book - Register, Department of Agriculture Royal Horticultural Gardens Donations made, 1891-1921
... Bound, handwritten register listing donations of plants... register listing donations of plants, bud stock, seeds, fruit, etc ...Bound, handwritten register listing donations of plants, bud stock, seeds, fruit, etc., to whom and descriptions, from 1 January 1891 to 24 March 1921. More detail in paper catalogue.register, donations, plants, bud stock, seeds, fruits -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Book - Register, List of Plants Grown at Burnley Horticultural College 1959, 1959-1960
... Boulevard Richmond melbourne Register Book List of Plants Grown ...Copy of typewritten list compiled by B.G. Dangerfield. Separate sheet c.1960 lists additions and subtractions to the list. b.g. dangerfield, plants -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Booklet - Register, Lists of Trees and Plants, 1850-1918
... (1a) Original (1) Typed photocopied list of trees, when... and Plants (1a) Original (1) Typed photocopied list of trees, when ...(1a) Original (1) Typed photocopied list of trees, when planted, Latin and common name, country or state of origin, 1850-1900. "Copied from Original" 30 August 1990 by Peter Esdale. (2) School of Horticulture, Burnley, 1 November 1918 List of Pears for Cross Fertilization. Revised List. Mr. Wallis. (3) List of Good Dahlias. (4) Dahlias. Burnley School of Horticulture. 25 November 1918.trees, peter esdale, pears, cross fertilization, mr. wallis, flowers, dahlias, burnley school of horticulture -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Book - Register, Burnley College: Plant Inventory with Planting Dates, c.1958-1983
... List of trees and plants compiled by the Department... Inventory with Planting Dates List of trees and plants compiled ...List of trees and plants compiled by the Department of Agriculture: Latin name, Common name, Date planted, Origin. All trees planted 1900 and before.trees, plants, department of agriculture -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Book - Register, Nursery Stock List Winter 1976, 1976
1 copy list with categories: Quantities, dollar value, prices and 5 photocopies with names and categories.plants, nursery -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Slide, A. Pout, C99, 1949
The Mabs Younger Slide Collection is made of 20 envelopes containing 24 35mm Kodachrome colour slides. The photographs were taken in December 1949. Photographer A. Pout - Burnley School, W. Pattinson - Melbourne Conserc. C102 1 & 2, A. Pout - Botanical Gardens C99. Labelled and typed list. The collection was donated to the Archives by Mabs Younger on the 16 November 1990."Gardens - Cigar Plant (Cuphea ignea)."gardens, cigar plant, mabs younger, slide collection, a. pout, kodachrome, burnley school, w. pattinson, botanical gardens -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Album, Student Activities, 1991-2003
Collection of photographs found in a box. Probably Burnley Student Association. Include recreation activities, camps, student café, sport. See attached list in paper catalogue.burnley, student association, recreation activities, camps, student café, sport, plant science laboratory construction, amenities building, arboriculture, football team -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Booklet - Catalogue, Charles Potter, Government Printer, Catalogue, Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 1895
Some handwritten annotations beside plantn?old", "B06.2565 Mr Frame" on cover, "J. P. Leathe", "1895" inside cover. names. "J.Stoplants, botanic gardens, lists -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Margaret G. Corrick et al, Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas, 2000
Alphabetically listed, with detailed entries.Maps, colour photographs, glossarywildflowers, plants, victoria, mallee, grampians -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Document, Forests Commission Victoria, A list of rare, very localised and endangered indigenous plants of Victoria, c.1982
1 Booklet and 29 maps in boxed set.Maps and Booklet -
Federation University Art Collection
Drawing - Pencil ink & Water colour on paper, [Flower Study] by Sybil Craig
Sybil CRAIG (18 November 1901-09 September 1989) Born London, England Arrived Australia 1902 The National Gallery School, Melbourne, gave Craig a sound training for her popular flower and portrait studies. However, her association with leading modernists between the wars led her to pursue her art in a deliberately experimental and spontaneous way. Sybil Craig was the third woman appointed by the Australian War Memorial as an official war artist. She was the first woman to paint women working in the munitions’ factories. The Castlemaine Art Gallery & Historical Museum, held the first retrospective exhibition of Sybil Craig's in 2006. The exhibition highlighted her wonderful use of colour and design in a diverse range of media, techniques and subject matter. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Framed sketches of plantsSigned lower left side "Sybil Craig"art, artwork, sybil craig, craig, flora, plants, flowers, available -
Federation University Art Collection
Painting - Acrylic on Canvas, Advance Australia
This artwork was found among items associated with the Ballarat School of Mines. Although its purpose remains unknown, it was possibly painted by a staff member or student for use on Wattle Day. Wattle Day originated in October 1889 by the Wattle Blossom League, and was associated with the Australian Natives Association during the lead up to the Federation of Australian States. The first 'national' Wattle Day was celebrated on 1 September 1910. Early Wattle Days involved planting wattle trees in school grounds, street decorations of wattle blossom, and wearing sprigs of wattle. As public support for Wattle Day peaked, World War I broke out. Wattle took on a new significance during the war years, symbolising home for military personnel serving overseas. Beautifully designed Wattle Day badges, as well as wattle sprigs, were sold as a means of raising money for organisations such as the Red Cross. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.The Australian coat of arms with wattle, painted onto canvas.art, artwork, emu, kangaroo, crest, advance australia, wattle day, wattle, coat of arms, patriotic, australian coar of arms, national symbol -
Vision Australia
Poster - Image, RVIB Enterprises sign
Undated cardboard hand-made sign listing the variety of products made by RVIB workers available for purchase at the show. Given the taped over word before 'show' this sign was most likely utilised across a number of shows (Melbourne and regional).Digital image of sign displayed for RVIB EnterprisesRVIB Enterprises Quality Products Made By Workers of the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind Industrial Division. Show Special Prices On. Baby Gates Tissue Box Covers Door Stops Pot Plant Stands Folding Tables Ludo Mops Chopping Boards Hat Boxes Bread Boards Dominoes Solitaire Toy Boxes Jarrah Outdoor Settings Tapestry Frames Hookey Boards Treated Pine Out Door Settings Chinese Checkers Wall & Mantle Clocks Building Blocks Tapestry Frame Standsroyal victorian institute for the blind, signs -
Federation University Art Collection
Artwork, 'Verandah Chair' by Neville Bunning
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Signed lower right 'Neville M. Bunning'art, artwork, neville bunning, chairs, pot plant -
Federation University Art Collection
Artwork-Ceramics, Phillips, Geoff, 'Platter' by Geoff Phillips, 1991
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Ceramic earthenware platter by Ballarat School of Mines Associate Diploma of Arts (Ceramics) student Geoff Phillips. His artwork commemorates different phases of the moon and times for planting vegetables. art, artwork, geoff phillips, ceramics -
Federation University Art Collection
Drawing, Stratford, Noella, 'Avenue of Desire' by Noella Stratford, 2005
Dr Noella Stratford explores Australian landscapes, and considers their contextual systems in her personal interpretations. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.A framed drawing of agave plants along an isolated place in southern Spain. art, artwork, noella stratford, flowers, flora, spain, agave -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Glue Pot, T & C Clark, Late 19th Century
... . The company is listed as enameled chemical plant manufacturers.... The company is listed as enameled chemical plant manufacturers ...T. & C. Clark & Company Limited, based at Shakespeare Foundry, was founded in 1795 by Thomas and Charles Clark and grew to be one of the largest iron foundries in Wolverhampton. The firm was the pioneers of Enameled Cast ironware and the founder Charles Clerk went on to became mayor of Wolverhampton in 1860 after also serving as a Councillor, Alderman, and later Chief Magistrate. The company exhibited many products at the International Exhibition of 1862 at South Kensington, alongside the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society. The company was also awarded the silver medal for its products at the International Paris Exhibition in 1878. The company's product range included thousands of items, both domestic and industrial. T & C Clark pioneered the use of enameled cast ironware, after taking out a patent in 1839 guaranteed to be free of lead or arsenic. In the late 1940s and 1950s the company produced acid-resisting enameled cast iron boiling pans; steam-jacketed pans; stills; square and rectangular tanks; open and closed mixing vessels; flanged pipes; bends and tees; laboratory equipment; small scale plant; evaporating bowls; beakers; sulphonates; and glass-lined mild steel tanks for beer, mineral water, and food. The company is listed as enameled chemical plant manufacturers in Kelly's 1962 Wolverhampton Directory, but within a few years, the company had ceased trading.An item that was made by a British foundry that was a pioneer and innervated many new processes in the manufacture of enamel ware, producing many items for every day use.Glue pot with inner pot, metal, corroded, both pots have handles."T & C CLARK & Co Ltd, ENGLAND, 55279 RD" and "FIRST QUALITY No. 4/0"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, t& c clarke, cast iron, foundry, sanitary ware, ironware