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Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute (BMI Ballarat)
General store Geelong Road Mt Clear 1963-1969
This photograph is held in the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute Audio Visual Collection. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.This photograph features this mixed business described by donor Ray Giles as: One of the two shops between Ballarat and Buninyong that carried a variety of services, owned by Mick and Blanche Giles between 1963 and 1969. The shop was built in the 1950s and demolished in 1969 by the Country Roads Board to widen the Geelong Rd. The shop served the community with an array of services and goods- -State Savings Bank -Milk bar -News agent with two paper boys -Post Office -Groceries -Cigarettes -Briquettes -Kerosine -Chook food -Fire crackers -Public Phone boxshop,, ballarat, giles, mt clear, groceries, 1960s -
Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute (BMI Ballarat)
General store Geelong Road Mt Clear 1963-1969
This photograph is held in the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute Audio Visual Collection. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.This photograph features this mixed business described by donor Ray Giles as: One of the two shops between Ballarat and Buninyong that carried a variety of services, owned by Mick and Blanche Giles between 1963 and 1969. The shop was built in the 1950s and demolished in 1969 by the Country Roads Board to widen the Geelong Rd. The shop served the community with an array of services and goods- -State Savings Bank -Milk bar -News agent with two paper boys -Post Office -Groceries -Cigarettes -Briquettes -Kerosine -Chook food -Fire crackers -Public Phone boxshop,, ballarat, giles, mt clear, groceries, 1960s, ballaarat -
The Ed Muirhead Physics Museum
Post Office Box
... Post Office Box...: machined. Post Office Box ...Assembled wood, bakelite and metal (screwed). Metal plate top screwed onto wooden box base, 15 black dials 3.0cm in height. Brass electrical connectors, brass plugs with Bakelite tops. Surface finish: machined. Inscribed on top face along the back edge: “T.E.P.L MELBOURNE [an arrow pointing upwards] 240 1941” Inscribed on top face along the front edge: “EUREKA, BRITISH STANDARD OHMS” Also instructive labels inscribed on top face: “POSITIVE POLE/LINE OR EARTH” “LINE AND GALVANOMETER” “GALVANOMETER” “NEGATIVE POLE AT 15.5OCENT” -
The Ed Muirhead Physics Museum
Post Office Box (Eureka)
... Post Office Box (Eureka)..., labels, screws. Surface finish: coated, polished. Post Office Box ...Assembled, cast hand built, moulded, dove-tailed. Polished, coated, engraved burnished, stencil. Accessories: dials, labels, screws. Surface finish: coated, polished. Inscribed on upper face along back edge: “T.E.P.L. MELBOURNE [arrow] 298 1941” Inscribed on upper face along front edge: “EUREKA BRITISH STANDARD OHMS” Labels Inscribed on upper face: “POSTIVE POLE/LINE OR EARTH” “LINE AND/GALVANOMETER” “GALVANOMETER” “NEGATIVE POLE/AT 15.5oCENT” -
The Ed Muirhead Physics Museum
Post Office Box (Eureka)
... Post Office Box (Eureka).... Post Office Box (Eureka) ...Assembled, moulded. Coated. Accessories: dials. Surface finish: polished. Inscribed on upper face along back edge: “T.E.P.L. MELBOURNE [arrow] 551 1941” Inscribed on upper face along front edge: “EUREKA BRITISH STANDARD OHMS” Labels Inscribed on upper face: “POSTIVE POLE/LINE OR EARTH” “LINE AND/GALVANOMETER” “GALVANOMETER” “NEGATIVE POLE/AT 15.5oCENT” Underside written in pen: “ROBINSON & STUMBLES” -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.
Photograph - Digital, Clare Gervasoni, Daylesford at Night, 2013, 07/07/2013
Daylesford is a Central Victorian town known for mineral water and hospitality..1) Rainy, night scene looking down Vincent Street, Daylesford towards Hepburn Springs. .2) Former Daylesford Post Officedaylesford, post office, vincent street -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Ballarat from the top of the Ballarat State Offices, 2013, 22/11/2013
A number of photographs of Ballarat taken from the top of Ballarat's former State Offices, Camp Street.ballarat, ballarat state offices, ballarat trades hall, mt buninyong, mt warrenheip, bunninyong, warrenheip, ballarat post office, black hill, state offices -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.
Photograph - digital, Lisa Gervasoni, Newstead Post Office, 2011, 06/08/2011
Digital colour photograph of the Newstead Post Office, a weatherboard and rough cast building with an iron roof.newstead, newstead post office, post office, weatherboard, -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.
Photograph, Clare Gervasoni, Ballarat Post Office During Covid19 Lockdown, 2020, 03/1/2020
The former Ballarat Post Office on the corner of Sturt and Lydiard Street, Ballarat. During the Covid19 Pandemic and associated lockdown Central Ballarat was empty of traffic. ballarat post office, ballarat, sturt street, lydiard street north, pandemic -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.
Photograph, Clare Gervasoni, Ballarat's Lydiard Street During Covid19 Lockdown, 2020, 03/1/2020
Lydiard Street, Ballarat during the Covid19 Pandemic and associated lockdown Central Ballarat was empty of traffic. ballarat post office, ballarat, lydiard street north, pandemic -
Clunes Museum
Document - HISTORICAL RECORDS
.1 PARTICULARS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF PENSIONERS 1823-1834 .2 TOBACCO LICENCES RECEIPT BOOK 1901-1915 .3 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS RECEIPT BOOK 1913-1914 .4 POST OFFICE RECEIPT BOOK 1877-1905 .5 MINERS RIGHT RECEIPT BOOK 1887-1888 .6 MINERS RIGHT RECEIPT BOOK 1898-1899 .7 CERTIFICATION TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUE OF A VICTUALLER'S LICENSE 1881 .8 CARDBOARD BOX FOR STORING .1 TO .7.8 WHITE STICKER WITH HANDWRITTEN"HISTORICAL RECORDS FOR SAFE KEEPINGminers rights receipts, tobacco licence receipts, post office receipts, victuallers licence -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Box - Archival, Post Office Records
... office documents commnercial Beige archival box . Post Office ...Collection of Tatura Post Office records donated when the Post Office was sold to private enterprise in 2006. Commonwealth Bank Agency book - 1912 - 1921,1922-1926,1926-1935, 1935 - 1981, 1951-1971|Victorian Post Code Book 1987|Australian Post Code Book 1968|Rainfall records of Tatura 1923, 1943, 1987-1997|Folder No 128 Statistics - Office|TaturaBeige archival box .tatura post office, documents, commnercial -
Peterborough History Group
Photograph - Tulach Ard fire
Tulach Ard was the home of the McKenzie family, a long time local family, which was located at 13 Macs St, adjoining the Post Office. It is estimated that this occurred in the 1960's and it was not rebuilt. In photo 2 the lady in the lower right corner, beside the telephone box is Dawn Irvine.The McKenzie family were Peterborough pioneers and descendants still live in the area. Their home, Tulloch Ard, burnt to the ground. Photocopy of two photographs on one page showing McKenzie's home, Tulach Ard on fire.Pencilled inscription "B. Jenkins 2013"peterborough, house fires, mckenzie family, tulach ard, tulach ard guesthouse, tullach ard -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Post Office Cnr Wimmera and Main Streets 1875
Stawell Post Office on corner of Wimmera and Main Streets. Erected 1875. Phone box and car at right of photo. Directional sign on the left side of the building. The Fruit Vegs building on the right side has replaced the Akins building on the right side in an earlier photo.Black & white photograph of a two storey building built in 1875. Out the front of the building is a signpost, bench seat, phone box and car in the foreground. A flag pole protrudes from one of the windows on the top storey. On the right side of the photo is a Fruit Vegs sign on the awning of the building next door. A directional sign post is on the left side of the building stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Town Hall
Stawell Town Hall 1980'sStawell Town Hall with Australian Flag FlyingOn reverse EarthFocus PO Box 535 Brighton South Australia 5048 Affix Stamp Here [Barcode In Number] Post Office Preferred Stawell Victoria - A feature of this western Victorian town is its Town Hall with a working display of miners on its facade. Photography: Peter Clayton. stawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Red Post Box previously located at Corner of Patrick St and Main Street 1874 being located at Historical Society Gardens by Paul Cuffe -- Coloured
... by Paul Cuffe Post Office Mail Red Post Box previously located ...Red Post Box previously located at Corner of Patrick St and Main Street 1874 being located at Historical Society Gardens by Paul Cuffepost office, mail -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Heather Brumby, A G Illig Post Office & Store in Great Western
Colour photograph of Great Western Post Office, Store & Shell Service Station. Seat & Telephone Box under the verandah of store.Post & Telegraph Office Shell Agent A. G. Illig. A.G. Illig Post Office Store Shell c1940's -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Historical Society, Post Boxes in front of Stawell Historical Society, October 2018
Series of photographs of Red Post Boxes at Stawell Historical Society. One donated 12/11/1989 and the other October 2018. Included is a photograph of manager Stawell Post Office, Kylie Adamson and SHS member Greg Robson. The later box was originally at corner of Main and Patrick streets Stawell for over 100 years.post, australia post, mail -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Looking for a home, 1982
Australia Post rejected Nunawading Historical Society's suggestion that the old post box which once stood outside the Melbourne Elizabeth Street Post Office should be re-erected at some notable local site.Australia Post rejected Nunawading Historical Society's suggestion that the old post box which once stood outside the Melbourne Elizabeth Street Post Office should be re-erected at some notable local site.Australia Post rejected Nunawading Historical Society's suggestion that the old post box which once stood outside the Melbourne Elizabeth Street Post Office should be re-erected at some notable local site.nunawading historical society, letter boxes -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Letter - Correspondence, Correspondence from E.J. Crittenden, 1934
... Box Hill Post Office... Creek White Horse Hotel Trainer Pat Box Hill Post Office Padgham ...Letter from Mr E.J. Crittenden outlining his version of local history1. Letter from Mr E.J. Crittenden outlining his version of local history in response to reunion of East Burwood School on 13 Nov 1934.|2. Typed letter of original handwriting.|3. Photo, presumably of students at East Burwood school.Letter from Mr E.J. Crittenden outlining his version of local historyburwood east primary school no. 454, tally ho, crittenden, e.j., damper creek, white horse hotel, trainer, pat, box hill post office, padgham, silas, pioneers -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet, Box Hill and Doncaster Electric Tramway Co, 1/10/1989 12:00:00 AM
... between Box Hill Post Office and Doncaster Between October 1889... between Box Hill Post Office and Doncaster Between October 1889 ...History of the first electric tram in Australia which ran between Box Hill Post Office and Doncaster Between October 1889 and January 1896.History of the first electric tram in Australia which ran between Box Hill Post Office and Doncaster Between October 1889 and January 1896.History of the first electric tram in Australia which ran between Box Hill Post Office and Doncaster Between October 1889 and January 1896.tram services, station street, box hill, elgar road, doncaster, box hill and doncaster electric tramway co, doncaster road, doncaster -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Historic steam trip, 2/11/1982 12:00:00 AM
Commemorative one day steam trip to celebrate the centenary of the Camberwell - Lilydale railway line.Commemorative one day steam trip to celebrate the centenary of the Camberwell - Lilydale railway line. The K190 steam local will stop at Blackburn for a short ceremony. The celebration on 27 November will be organized by the Australian Railway Historical Society. Archivist Keith Paterson said when the line opened December 1882 the area east of Box Hill had only small and scattered pioneer farms, no shops and only one post office at a hotel in Blackburn and 1 or 2 schools. In 1861 first station was opened, terminating at Hawthorn, which was the case for 20 years.Commemorative one day steam trip to celebrate the centenary of the Camberwell - Lilydale railway line. railways, camberwell to lilydale rail line centenary, australian railway historical society, patterson, keith arthur -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Post Box
Receiver was obtained from Supply Branch of Telecom Australia. It was located by Harold Bakes (early member of the Nunawading Historical Society) at the Hawthorn Line depot and Society purchased. It was stored at the former City of Nunawading Depot in Station Street, Nunawading. It was noticed by Postal Services when they were building the Nunawading Mail Exchange and loaned to them whilst it remained in the City of Nunawading at the Mail Exchange. The had it refurbished and it stood in the Mail Exchange vestibule. When the exchange closed it was taken to Dandenong. It took much negotiation before it was returned to the Society.Alternative Name: Letter Receiver Large round cast iron Letter Receiver surmounted with a gold crown on domes to pointed top. Top has a gold cast iron fancy fringe and below on the main body a further gold plain fringe. Door follows the contour of the round receiver and cover about on of the body. Handle of door is in shape of a fist painted gold. Receiver is mounted on a cast iron base (could have been all cast together) approx 3/8 of the overall height of 250cm. Receiver is painted Pillar Box Red - base which is placed in ground is mid green. From a similar Receiver installed near the Prahran Railway it would appear that half of the base is above ground. Station It has five oblong holes. Cast into the body between the two fringes are a letter opening and two words POST OFFICE and Receiving Pillar.Cast into Receiver - POST OFFICE / Letter Receiver In door - transfer with crown and E11Rcommunication, postal, historical society -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Letter - Correspondence, Postal land - Blackburn, 1/06/1924
Letter from the Crown Solicitor to Edgar Erikson, orchardist, re compulsory acquisition of land for postal use. He was paid 264 pounds.land titles, eriksson, edgar, junction road, blackburn north, australia. crown solicitors office, johnston, louisa caroline, station street, box hill, post offices -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, L. L. Vale Post Office, 1889
A reproduced article from The Reporter, Box Hill, 8 Aug 1889.A reproduced article from The Reporter, Box Hill, 8 Aug 1889 outlining the meeting between Nunawading Councillors and the Postmaster General to change the name of the L. L. Vale Post Office to Vermont.A reproduced article from The Reporter, Box Hill, 8 Aug 1889.l. l. vale, city of nunawading, vermont, mount pleasant -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Black and White, Catherine Gervasoni in the Yandoit Creek Vineyard
... Ballarat Heritage Services PO Box 2209 Bakery Hill Post ...Catherine Gervasoni married John Gervasoni, son of Luigi Gervasoni. Black and white photograph of Catherine Gervasoni in the vineyard at Yandoit Creek.yandoit creek, catherine gervasoni, vineyard -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Black and White, Eliza Gervasoni [Ritzau] and her daughter Elizabeth, Pre 1895
... Ballarat Heritage Services PO Box 2209 Bakery Hill Post ...Lizzie Gervasoni was the daughter of Luigi and Eliza Gervasoni. She was born at Yandoit Creek, Victoria. Black and white photograph of Eliza Ritzau who married Luigi Paolo Gervasoni, of San Gallo, Bergamo, Italy. Eliza Ritzau who was born in Mt Blackwood, Victoria to Prussian parents Auguste Ritzau and Charlotte Benneckendorf. Luigi was the Son of Nicola Gervasoni and Giovanina Gervasoni of San Gallo. Their daughter, Elizabeth (Lizzie), was the youngest of their children. She was educated at Holy Cross, Daylesford, and married Joseph Pedretti. The couple lived in Bergamo House, Yandoit Creek.yandoit creek, luigi gervasoni, eliza gervasoni, eliza ritzau, elizabeth gervasoni, lizzie gervasoni, lizzie pedretti -
Ballarat Heritage Services
The Roads: The High Road By Bakery Hill, 17/007/1856
... Ballarat Heritage Services PO Box 2209 Bakery Hill Post ...A drawing of bad roads at Bakery Hill, Ballarat from the pages of Punch.main road, bakery hill, roads -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Plan, Plan of Ballarat Police Camp
... Ballarat Heritage Services PO Box 2209 Bakery Hill Post ...Plan of Ballarat Allotments, the Ballarat Police Camp, etc.ballarat police camp, white flat co, ballarat -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Document, Eureka Stockade Memorial Association Lecture, 2009
... Ballarat Heritage Services PO Box 2209 Bakery Hill Post ...Eureka Stockade Memorial Association Lecture held at the Old Colonists' Halleureka, eureka stockade memorial association, esma, clare gervasoni, dorothy wickham, julie bishop, val d'angri, laurel johnson, judy verlin, women of the diggings