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Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Shire Hall 1866 c1990's
Stawell Shire Hall photograph taken late 1990s. The building appears freshly painted with the flag pole on the left hand side. The front door is now glass.Black & white photograph of Stawell Shire Hall late 1990's. The flag pole is on left side and the building looks freshly painted. The front door is now glass. Photo in Album 7 page 53.stawell -
Melbourne Legacy
Photograph, Annual Demonstration 1963, 1963
A photo of a group of female junior legatees in sporting outfits entering the Annual Demonstration with a prop of a totem pole. There are 14 young girls and part of the audience is visible. Legacy clubs ran classes for junior legatees for many years such as gymnastics, swimming or dancing classes. It was part of providing for the children of their deceased comrades. The skills they learned were show cased in an annual demonstration usually at the Melbourne Town Hall. It appears to be photo taken professionally, as there are several photos of different classes (see 00862 - 00873) perhaps to record Legacy classes for promotion purposes. A note with the photo identifies two young ladies; "Kneeling at the front Michelle and Anne O'Connor.A record of a way Legacy provided classes for junior legatees and the skills learned were displayed in the Annual Demonstration.Black and white photo of girls in sports outfits with the Legacy logo carrying a totem pole into a venue.Handwritten 'Legacy P2' in blue pen and 'Annual Demo 1963' in pencil.junior legatee, annual demonstration -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Insulator - Glass x2
Insulates electrical wire which is attached between the outside ridges. It is screwed onto the cross arm of a power pole. It is non conductive so electricity doesn't short to the ground.Used on the power poles in the Kiewa Valley.Clear tinted glass (one green & one brown) domed shaped insulator. Above centre there are 2 ridges to enable the electrical wire/cable to be fixed on. The closed end has a screw thread down to half way to enable it to be attached to a pole.Green one has 'Agee' on side of the open endkiewa hydro electric scheme. electricity. power lines. insulator -
Orbost & District Historical Society
chair, 1988-1989
This pole chair was probably made as a display item for the Slab Hut (Orbost Visitor Information Centre).A triangular shaped three-legged pole chair. The chair seat is made from a hessian potato sack - Packed by McDougals of Neerim Vic. The sack is attached by wire. The frame of the chair appears to be made from one solid piece of wood. It is dark brown in colour and has a cross piece at the front and a small strengthening piece on the backm leg.furniture chair -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Equipment - Taillight switch and fuse board, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), c1950
Item used to switch on or off the red tail lights circuit on a tram. Made by the SECV. The board was located next to the 6V battery that was used to power the tram tail lights when the trolley pole was being reversed under a passenger seat.. Demonstrates an item fitted to a tramcar to switch an external lighting circuit.Softwood wood board with a bakelite two pole switch marked "on" and "off" and a Federal 250V 15A rewireable ceramic fuse attached. Has remnants of cloth covered copper wire on the rear. See item 9024 for an associated drawing."12" in blue pencil.fuse, tram 14, tramcars, tramcar maintenance, electrical switching -
National Wool Museum
Instrument - Scales, 1880-1898
At the time of sale, the last of the Hirst family to work in the mill located in Geelong gave Donald (donor Bruce's father) Doherty a set of scales that had been used by several generations of Hirsts and adapted by them over time for specific use in their mill. These Scales were saved from waste and being thrown away at the time of sale to remain in use in the industry in the hands of someone who knew how to use them. The scales were used in calculating the weight of cloth and simultaneously calculating the amount of yarn required to weave it following the instructions printed within the box. The box bears the signatures of two Hirst family members, one being Lewis Hirst dated at 1898. The original brass pole has been replaced with a replica metal somewhere throughout the years after the brass pole broke through use. Hirst was brought by McKendrick in the 1960s and these scales sat for 12 months as part of the 12 month "cooling off" period. The scales were then handed to Donald rather than being disposed of.Scales used for weighing and calculating weight and thread count of textile samples. Originated from Godfrey Hirst Mills in Geelong. Writing describes how to utilise scales. Scales are made from brass, pole for holding scales once brass now replaced with metal pole. Scales held inside wooden box with black text in ink depicting use of scales on paper located inside and outside of box.Outside of box. Wording: APPARTUS for TESTING the WEIGHT per YARD of CLOTHS & COUNT of YARN from a small SAMPLE. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Indispensable to Manufactures, Merchants & handling Woollen, Worsted, Cotton, Linen, Jute, Hemp, Flannel, Felt, Army, Navy, Police, Railway, Sail & other Cloths -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USED IN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The apparatus consists of Scales, Weights, 1, 2 & 4 sq. inch Cutting Templates & Book of Tables --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------By weighing a small Sample the accurate Weight in Ounces of a yard of Cloth any width from 18 to 64 inches, the Weight per Square Metre in Grams, the Counts* of Warp and Weft, and the approximate length of full & short ends of pieces of fabrics, [without unrolling and measuring for stocktaking & other purposes] can be ascertained without any Calculation --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Price in United Kingdom, 25s., Carriage Paid. Price to Canada & U.S.A. $6.75 do. H. Lord. 10, And Place, Bradford, England. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*When ordering, state on what system you base your YARN COUNTS. Inside of box. Wording: DIRECTIONS FOR USE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TESTING WEIGHT OF CLOTHS. Place sample to be tested on a piece of cardboard, put a Cutting Template on it, cut card and cloth round template with scissors and weigh it according to instructions given in Book of Tables. TESTING FOR YARN COUNTS. Cut out 1 square inch of cloth, draw out wrap or weft threads, according to which is being tested, and the number of inches so drawn, that balance respective weight is the approximate Count. The same rule holds good when number of inches are drawn from a bobbin. In testing from the cloth, allowance has to be made for loss or gain in the process of manufacture. Weight marked C is for Cotton Counts " " W " " Worsted " " " WS " " Woollen Skeins " " L " " Linen Counts. The weights for testing samples of cloth are 20, 10, 10, 5, 3, 2, 1, grains in brass & '5, '3, '2, '1 [tenths of a grain] in aluminium. Inside of box. Signtures, handwritten: Bottom right: Lewis Hirst !898 Top Left (Smudge ?) W Hirst !935godfrey hirst, hirst family, textile design, textile creation -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image - SECV tram 43 being shunted at the Depot, Wal Jack, 13/04/1956
Photograph of No.43 without trolley poles being moved by No. 35 at Wendouree Depot 13-4-1956. Photo by Wal Jack, Negative T234. Note the "Belmont" destination. See item 9600 for a copy negative. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeYields information about bogie trams prior to entering service in Ballarat.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album. On rear of photograph in ink "SEC Ballarat No. 43 without poles. No. 35 on rear, outside Wendouree depot 13-4-56" with W. Jack stamp in the top right hand corner and number "T234". trams, tramways, bogie trams, depot, wendouree parade, new trams, tram 43, tram 35 -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Money Tin/Safe
Has sticky tape on it. Tape seemed to be worn Handled Key Lock Money compartments 30 Edge pole? (Tape) Money foro? (Tape) -
City of Ballarat
Artwork, other - Public Artwork, The Pikeman's Dog Memorial by Charles Smith and Joan Walsh-Smith, 2014 (re-commissioned memorial, original dog sculpture commissioned in 1999)
This memorial commemorates the ideas of mateship through using the legend of the Pikeman’s Dog. According to the legend, the Pikeman's Dog 'Wee Jock' stayed by his masters side during the Eureka rebellion and stood guard over his body and grave. The dog was awarded a Purple Cross by the RSPCA for service to humans in 1997 and a bronze life-size sculpture commemorating him was unveiled on December 3rd 1999 at the Anniversary of the Eureka Stockade Rebellion, in Ballarat, Victoria. The bronze Irish Terrier has an expression of his sadness with his his head turned towards the place where once his master stood. This statue was relocated from inside the Eureka Centre to a more prominent position within the Eureka Stockade Memorial Park when the Museum of Democracy at Eureka (M.A.D.E) was constructed. The new memorial was unveiled at a ceremony on December 3, 2014 - the 160th anniversary of the Eureka Stockade. The new memorial consists of 22 large golden stockade posts – representing the number of diggers killed in battle – erected in a triangle behind the statue of Wee Jock, the work could be viewed from the cafe area of the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka. The triangular shape of the monument is metaphorically symbolic. The V shape can be interpreted as symbolising victory, and the 22 golden posts represent the 22 diggers who were killed. At the time of awarding the building the new memorial in July, the sculpture artists Charles Smith and Joan Walsh-Smith were quoted: “This ‘new incarnation’ will be a much more significant memorial than the original, and much more accessible to the public,” they said. “We have set the golden stockade post/poles in a graphically precise angle to each other, which both leads the eye to the dog and the pike, while, at the same time, creating a sense of controlled visual ‘unease’. Essentially, the impression is one of ‘controlled collapse’ while suggestive of purpose and final victory.”The memorial is of historic and aesthetic significance to the people of BallaratA small bronze dog surrounded by gold-coloured metal polespikemans dog, eureka stockade -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Insulator - Glass
Insulates electrical wire/cable which is attached in the groove. Screwed into the cross arm of a power pole. Non conductive so electricity doesn't short out to the ground.Used on power poles in the Kiewa ValleyClear blue tinted glass insulator - bell shaped at the closed end. Deep, wide groove towards the wide open end. The wide end is inscribed and opens to a decorated edge of small balls around the circumference. Inside there is a cylinder which is threaded for screwing onto a power pole. This cylinder is shorter than the outside part."Hemingray - 19" "Made in U.S.A."electricity. power lines. insulator. hemingray. -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Soldiers’ Memorial World War 1 in Main Street in front of the Coffee Palace
Soldiers’ Memorial Street scene with Coffee Palace formerly Castlemaine Hotel. Two people in a horse drawn wagon are driving away from the corner on the right hand side while a man dressed in a suit is walking toward the corner. A telegraph pole is behind the memorial and a decorate pole sits on the corner.Small sepia Street scene showing Soldiers Memorial, Coffee Palace building in the background. The Soldier's Memorial is surround by a timber fence with an ornate pole possible a flagpole in front of 2 timber seats. The weigh bridge can be seen behind the memorial and Infront of the Stawell Coffee Palace. Two people in a horse drawn and cart are driving away from the corner on the right hand side while a man dressed in a suit is walking toward the corner.Coffee Palace Stawellstawell ww1 -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Rod Fishing, circa early 1900's
This bamboo fishing rod was used in the mid to late 1900's and demonstrates that local production of recreational fishing poles was at a high level and their demand was high. Imported recreational sporting goods from either the United Kingdom, the United States of America or Asia countries was due to the larger lead up times from these suppliers and the greater import costs from slower ocean supply ships. It was only after World War II that the trade influx from other countries has supplied cheaper goods. This recreational fishing pole is highly significant to the Kiewa Valley as it demonstrates that recreational fishing has been evolved from the need to supply a balanced diet by the early pioneer families of fish from the major Kiewa rivers. The ability of the Kiewa Valley rivers to provide a good fishing environment (high protein diet) for both early indigenous families and early pioneers was the important food source that provided for a balanced diet and the higher level of nutritious development of both body and mind. This two piece wooden fishing Rod is made from bamboo shafts or poles, one length thicker than the other. The smaller diameter shaft is the top end and fits into the longer thicker shaft at a stainless steel tube end.The smaller shaft has a stainless steel reinforcement ring where both shafts fit together. At the bottom end of the thick shaft is a black rubber "stopper" or "foot". There are two stainless steel rings, each with a reel holding "bulge" which allows for the the reel's "prongs" to be secured. The top ring has a greater diameter allowing it to move up and down the shaft/pole to secure the top "prong" firmly onto the shaft/pole.recreation, river, rod, fishing, industry, fish -
Brimbank City Council
2 Flags, Flag of Australia nd Flag of Victoria
Poles are damaged -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Shire Hall 1866 -- Early Photo with Pillars & Cast Iron Fence
Early photo of Stawell Shire Hall with decorative cast iron fence and 2 pillars either side of the gate entrance. The photos show the detail of the original building built in 1866 especially the doors and windows. The photo may have been taken in 1917-1918.Black & white early photo of Stawell Shire Hall. There is a total of 3 black & white photo's, two the same size and one enlarged. The photo has been taken directly out the front of the building showing the cast iron decorative fence with manicured shrubs out the front of the building. The photo is very similar to 84.6 but does not have the flag post on top of the building. Almost identical to 84.6 angle slightly different, no flag pole. stawell -
Parks Victoria - Gabo Island Lightstation
Anemometer
This device was used to measure surface wind speed and direction. This anemometer was located on a concrete pad outside room 2.15 on a steel pole. The pole was considered unsafe and the anemometer was relocated to it's current position. When lowering the pole it fell over and was badly damaged. The Bureau of Meteorology donated it to the museum. It was then repaired and restored. The central pole on which it is mounted is galvanised iron pipe painted black. The anemometer, a portable device that manually measures wind speed, was a necessary instrument once common to all weather stations. The arms are attached to a vertical rod and as the wind blows, the cups rotate, making the rod spin. The stronger the wind blows, the faster the rod spins. The anemometer counts the number of rotations, or turns, which is used to calculate wind speed, surface wind and direction. They were designed to be durable to withstand the corrosive environment and strong winds expected at coastal sites such as those at Gabo Island. Anemometers existed in the nineteenth century and their design was improved by various experts including John Robinson in 1846, John Patterson in 1926, Brevoort and Joiner in 1935 and Derek Watson in 1991 who added wind direction measurement to its functions. This example was made for the Bureau of Meteorology by the Melbourne instrument company, Synchrotac, which became registered and incorporated on 26 July 1966. It is now displayed inside the building. A good example of its kind, the anemometer has first level contributory significance for its historic value and provenance to the lightstation.Anemometer and tripod stand. Three cupped brass discs on rotating arms fixed to turned brass cylinder shaped shaft. Beneath discs is a lead directional wind arrow attached to a rotating arm. A wooden three legged stand with central supporting pole of black painted hardwood and attached to a white painted marine ply circular base.Under wind cups: " SYNCHROTAC / MELB. / ser.no.70/372 / MADE IN AUSTRALIA." Above wind direction arrow: "C.OF.APT..../ SYNCHROTAC / MELB ? MADE IN AUSTRALIA / ser.no.70/372" -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Newspaper - The Sun Newspaper dated 2/9/1939 Special "Nazis Start War", The Sun Newspaper dated 2/9/1939 My War Part 1 - pages 1,2 & last two Special "Nazis Start War"
Beginning of the Second World War - The Sun Newspaper Special2/9/1939 Original NewspaperThe Sun Newspaper First two Pages and Last two - Special Feature My War Part 1Nazis Start War = Britain , France Mobilise: Poles Seek Aidsecond world war -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Clown
Wooden clown tied to two green poles. Push on end of poles and clown will somersault. Red wooden crossbar.toys, general -
Parks Victoria - Gabo Island Lightstation
Flagpole
Found on a wood heap near the tractor shed. Only the top portion remains. The former fixture is the tapered top section of the wooden flagpole that formerly stood at the front of the head keepers quarters. There is a hole with attached metal pulley near the top which allowed for hoisting the flags to signal passing ships. Signal flags were hoisted on the flagpole and were used to communicate with passing shipping. Messages were then relayed by the overland telegraph line to Eden. Remains of black paint provide evidence of the blackout measures implemented during World War 11. The pole is currently fixed to a stand to allow for its display.The pole remnant has second level significance for its historic value and provenance.Top sction of a flagpole. At the top it is tapered and fashioned into a square section. Near the top of the pole is a hole with a metal pulley inside. There is black and white paint flaking off leaving bare wood. -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Photograph
The Stag was built 1848-1854. John Sanders purchased the land from Atkinson in 1848 and built the building as a licensed premises. Over the years it was also used as a Hotel, boarding house and boarding school. It is still used today as Accommodation and a restaurant. This photo has probably been taken in the 1980'sBlack and white Photograph of 2 story building with multi paned windows power pole on corner and telegraph pole to the righthotel, stag, seacombe, inn, john sanders, boarding house, school, coffee palace -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Tool - Whaling Spade, n.d
Part of the collection purchased from Brendan Kurtze by the City of Portland. From the Kurtze Museum. Spades were used primarily for cutting up a whale. They were flat-bladed implements (except the gouge spade) with a chisel cutting edge and were mounted on wood poles by means of a socket at the aft end of the spade. The blades of later spades, after the 1850's, were usually made of cast steel, while the sockets and shanks were wrought iron. Cast steel held a cutting edge far better than the earlier wrought iron, and was necessary for repeated cutting. The sockets of spades were forge welded closed, without an open seam, for added strength. They were secured to the pole with a nail, screw or pinWhaling implement, iron, painted gloss black. Flat blade and handle sleeve on either end of shaft, no handle. Spades were used primarily for cutting up a whale. They were flat-bladed implements (except the gouge spade) with a chisel cutting edge and were mounted on wood poles by means of a socket at the aft end of the spade. The blades of later spades, after the 1850's, were usually made of cast steel, while the sockets and shanks were wrought iron. Cast steel held a cutting edge far better than the earlier wrought iron, and was necessary for repeated cutting. The sockets of spades were forge welded closed, without an open seam, for added strength. They were secured to the pole with a nail, screw or pinkurtze museum, whaling, tools, industry, maritime -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Equipment - Skis from the Four Seasons Lodge, Falls Creek
In 1948 Bob Hymans (1922-2007) built a small lodge on the corner of Falls Creek Road by the oversnow called Four Seasons or The Grand Coeur Annexe. Believed to be a wonderful host Bob also owned and operated Southern Cross and Grand Coeur. Grand Coeur unfortunately burnt down in 1961. These skis, now located in the Falls Creek Museum, were donated by Bob’s daughter Bridget. They hung in the main room of the Lodge for many years, never touching snow.These skis are significant because they were owned by Bob Hymans, a pioneer of Falls Creek, Victoria.A pair of wooden skis with bindings and poles.bob hymans, four seasons, grand coeur chalet -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Hook
Hooks (3) with long wooden pole with metal hook on end. Pole painted green, hook painted black. Used for water rescue.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, water rescue, hooks -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Scuba Diving, n.d
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesBack: '4' - blue textaport of portland archives -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Peter Waugh, 10/06/2015 12:00:00 AM
Power pole in Wendouree Parade, close up showing the base of the pole with scattered pieces of broken plastic following collision with motor car.Photo by Peter Waugh, collected for reference purposestrams, tramways, power poles, accidents, wendouree parade -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Shire Hall built 1866, c 1949
Black & white photograph of Stawell Shire Hall, taken in July 1949 when Stawell had a heavy snow fall. The photo shows the Shire Hall to the left of trees, with a laneway beside. A telegraph pole stands on the right side of the lane. The lane called Millers Lane was named in 2012. The snow fall occurred on the 18th of July 1949.Black & white photograph of the Stawell Shire Hall and Millers Lane. The photograph was taken in 1949 when snow had fallen in Stawell. Millers Lane has a telegraph pole on the corner. Longfield road looks cleared of snow but thick on either side of the road. Two tree guards can be seen in the street verge either side of Millers Lane. stawell shire hall -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Swingle tree and jinker pole
Black pole, double black swingle trees. farm machinery, swingle tree, horse drawn, churchill island -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Watercolour, "No 1 1939-44 POW Hospital Tatura, 1940's
POW hospital at Camp 1framed painting of 4 blue buildings, trees in the back ground, brush fence. 2 flags on a pole and light pole. Gold coloured sticker on the backA 44 on the front "No 1 1939-44 POW Hospital Taturainternment camp artists, internment camp paintings, internment camp hospitals, dot cussens, watercolour paintings -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Quoits Set
A wooden pole and square base and six green metal rings. Pole has a round rusted metal cap. Metal rings look to be the rims from containers.toys, games, general -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, c1970
Black and White photograph of a Ohio Brass Trolley Pole Base. Photo by MMTB and used in the group of trolley pole base photographs - See Reg Item - 304.trams, tramways, mmtb, trolley poles, trolley pole bases -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, c1970
Black and White photograph of a PCC Type Trolley Pole Base. Photo by MMTB and used in the group of trolley pole base photographs - See Reg Item - 304.trams, tramways, mmtb, trolley poles, trolley pole bases, pcc