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Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, DEMOBILIZATION PROCEDURE, Aust Govt Aust Army, AMF DEMOBILIZATION PROCEDURE BOOK
See Cat 4867.2This is a pocket sized booklet, Khaki cardboard cover with black ink printing. Army book AAB87 This is book No NR 10187 for VX 119118, Pte Letts, Robert Charles. At the bottom of front page are ' Boxes' used as a demob - indicator. There are 32 pages in the book. They cover various aspects of being discharged from the AIF. Page 23 shows this man made silos before enlisting.In the indicator boxes are the letter 'V' for state, the letters 'N' 'T' for the establishment and numbers 199 for priority. These are handwritten.ww2, demobilisation, army -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW2, 14.3.1940
Robert Thomas PHILLIPS enlisted possibly early 1940, Regt No V28869. He then transferred to the 2nd AIF Regt No VX113093 aged 21. He was discharged from the Army on 19.10.1945 with the rank of Cpl in the Australian Army Pay Corps.Black & white photo of an Australian Soldier wearing a winter Great coat standing in front of a tree. A dark Rising Sun badge is on his hat. Rear: "R T PHILLIPS March 14th 1940"photography-photographs, military history-army -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, SOLDIERS PAY WW2, C.1940 - 45
Items re R.T.Phillips VX113093, refer Cat No 3239P for his service details..1) Soft yellow buckram cover, black printing. Australian crest in centre for "VX113093 PHILLIPS Robert Thomas" Book No C285225, 25 pages. .2) Soft brown buckram cover, black printing. Australian crest in centre for "VX113093 PHILLIPS Robert Thomas" Book No 469163, 24 pages. .3) Plain brown envelope, 2 small stamps, addressed to "Mr R. T. PHILLIPS, C/O Dingee PO Victoria" Envelope: "On His Majesty's Service"military history-service records, army, documents-envelopes/financial records, pay -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH RAAF, FRAMED, C. WW2
Robert Charles Roberts No 3200 RAAF. Enlisted 17.1.1938, Rose to the rank of T/Sgt LAC 1.11.1939, transfer to Aircrew 26.11.1940, commissioned 29.7.1941, embarked for Canada 15.9.1941 then UK, posted to 455 Sqd (UK) 24.2.1942. Reported missing 10.4.1942 then presumed dead 11.4.1942.Coloured photo, cream background., head & shoulders portrait of Robert Charles ROBERTS in RAAF uniform. Peaked cap, white shirt & tie, Air Force wings badge on L breast. Brown wooden frame with gold trim, glass front, fawn cardboard backing.In black texta on back: Lyn Harrisonphotographs, raaf, framed -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document - Document - Letter, Ballarat Junior Technical School: Leave of Absence, Mr B J Longman, 1961
Memorandum from the Education Department granting leave with full pay to Mr B J Longmans. Time of leave 10 February to 17 February 1961. Cream paper, typed Letterhead Signature of W T Place and stamped signature of A W Woodhouse.ballarat junior technical school, head master, education department, secretary, w t place, leave of absence, b j longman, robert watson -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, New premises for the school's central library
School of Mines Ballarat is a predecessor of Federation University.A4 typed document of 26 pages on white paper being draft No. 1 pf New premises fopr the school's central library Original copy to W. Perry 18/05/1993 written on the topcentral library, new building, school of mines ballarat, w. perry, brian webber, b.c. mclennan, n. mroczkowski, r.c. morgan, a.g. peart, p. mcnulty, rocky hazlett, l.wallis, a.j. smail, john sullivan, jean blackburn, norman curry, fr. tom doyle, peter kirby, ken mckinnon, bernard rechter, helen praetz, marion russell, j.k. matthews, therese scanlon, jan reeves, carole seymour, francis miller, helen fairhall, anne fennell, steven mendelson, peter shiells, geoffrey blainey, earnest scott, k.j. flecknoe, bruce mcknight, graham h. beanland, r.w. richards, e.j. barker, jack barker, nancye kent perry, alfred leahy, w.t. ryan, e.j. t. tippett, peter alsop, j.w. sutherland, david avery, ian r. duggan, ronaldson brothers, w.h. middleton, n.w. titheridge, d.a. wynach, ricky car, joanna harris, john bastin, edgar james bartrop, rodney smart, grant gilbert, bruce miller, john nathan, leo shannon, w.t.h. corbould, jimmy corbould, bryan crebbin, j.d. mccaughey, james oddie, graeme hood, ian smith, tom cragg, alfred mica smith, f.m. krause, thomas stephen hart, fiona watson, justice barry, robert charles morgan, roger murchison, a.m praetz, john van dreven, davis mccaughey, r.c. lovett, b.f. crebbin, morgan william beven john, charles howard beanland, ballarat school of mines history -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet - Magazine, College Quarterly: The Official Organ of the Working Men's College Melbourne, 2010, 03/1910
The Working Men's College later became the Royal Melbourne Institut of Technology (RMIT), and is now RMIT Univesity.Charcoal green soft covered magazine of the Working Men's College. Articles include: * On the Beginning of Things (Robet Haddon) * An Annual Out-door day * Powlett Coal * The Arts and Crafts Society * Gordon College * Big Guns * The Aeroplane * The Department of Engineering (W.M. Kernot) * British Craftsmanship (Robert J. Haddon) * The Education of an artist in Australia (Archibald Colquhoun) * The Ordeal of Eyes * Modelling and the Sculptors Art (J.S. Davie) * Wrought Iron - Old & NEw (John G. Lothian) * Some Lately Departed Students. (A. Coates, S. Rennick, W. McLean, J. Douglas, H. Colwell, L. Ritchie, B. Caldwell, V. Bowen, W. Williams, T. Richardson., L. Leslie) * Sport * Correspondence * NEws from Fiji (J. Herbert Beath) * A Student in China (R.C.S. Ogilby * College Examination Results, 1909 Images: Wilfred N. Kernot, Engineering classes and rooms, Blacksmithing workshop, Antique drawing roomc. dowel, working men's college, rmit -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Apprenticeship Commission of Victoria Enrolment Forms, 1969
Blue enrolment formstrades, fitting and turning, carpentry, machining, albert l. ferrara, m.b john & hattersley ltd, bruce m. schulz, colin h jennings, victorian railways department, richard j. stewart, villiers australia pty ltd, jeffrey h. jenkins, humes limited, hans gram, concrete industries (monier) ltd, terence w. glazner, john w. berriman, ian g. butson, christopher brand, norman l. plover, burton & co pty ltd, eddo dellore, barry e. harrison, john g. flynn, firth & cleveland pty ltd, geoffrey p. gladman, james d. hutchins, burridges agricultural development pty ltd, devan w mcphan, john l. dolan, t.j. coutts pty ltd, philip j. ritchie, david j. douglas, colin a. hill, john bennett, lindsay i litchfield, collin w ludbrook, rodney j page, alexander f r lloyd, vashti a f lloyd, robert l. rowe, james h. jolly & patricia m jolly, jacobus t weyers, g. irish and sons pty ltd, peter j. slater, louis o deutscher, edward h. fairhall, geoffrey r. pfeiffer, gary j. lorensene, gregory r tingate, ronaldson bros & tippett pty ltd., peter c. isaac, chris p. molenkamp, john l. mcniece, russell g harbour, barry r. ward, michael i. kennedy -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Dianne Campbell, Ballarat Lawyers 1853-1895 Research Folders, c2000-2021
Folders of research notes on Ballarat Lawyers, including newspaper clippings, website information, etc. .1) Ballarat Lawyers - A (Australian Law Firm histories, Jamaican in Australia, History of the Court System, University of Melbourne Law Students c1870s, Melanie Senior, Cinque Oakley Senior Lawyers, 19th Century Castlemaine Police Courts, New Victorian County Court, Scots and the Law in Scotland, Solicitor online encyclopedia, Alfred Akehurst, Artur Akehurst, J.T. Ansdell, Butler Cole Aspinall, Alfred James Bailey, Henry Stephen Bailey, Matthew Baird, Hugh Sutherland Barrett, William Field Barrett, Redmond Barry, George Elliott Barton, George Frederick Bartrop, John Bell, Thomas Bellas, George Booker) .2) Ballarat Lawyers B (Hugh Sunderland Barrett, Peter Beckford, William Beckford, John T.F. Bowker, William Box, George Boyd, William Boykett, B. Browne, Richard Archer Burton, Alfred Butler) .3) Ballarat Lawyers C-E (Thomas B.S. Carwithen, J.B. Cathcart, John Alfred Chalk, David Clarke, John Collins, Matthew Combe, Thomas Spemcer Cope, Richard. Crouch, Charles Curwan-Walker, Frank H. Cole, John Rowland Davies, Charles J. Dawson, Christopher John Dease, J.E. Dixon, Robert Willian Dobson, Roy Dobson, Edward Doward, Charles R. Doward, Edgar R. Doward,) .4) Ballarat Lawyers F-G (Charles B. Finlayson, Peter T. Finn, John Findlay, John Fitzgerald, John Olsen Foss, Alexander Fraser, J.A. Doane, Andrew Garran, George Garrard, David Gaunson, William Gaunt, MAry Gaunt, F.T. Gell) .5) Ballarat Lawyers H-J: (Frederick Ham, Jeremy Harper, John H. Harris, solicitors, Amelia Harris, J. Henry Harris, Peter Blake, Henry Plomer, Arthur Plomer, Ballarat Chamber of Commerce, Freemasons, White Flat Drainage and Mining Company, Henry R. Nicholls, Francis Ham, Richard T. Harvey, Edward Heady, Peter Heinz, T.t. Hollway. Thomas tuke hollway, William Higgins, James V.M. Hitchins, frederick Hitchins, James Hitchins, Edward Hockley, Robert W. Holmes, Catherine Kain, JOhn Ireland, Richard D. Ireland, Peter Jacobs) .6) T.C. Williams, John Kidahl, Arthur W. King, Pendrell family, M.A. Lazarus, Edward Lewis, W.H. McCormick, Soho Foundry, Henry S, Ochiltree, James V. McCormick, McDonnell, Townsend MacDermott, Morgan McDOnnell, Percy McDonnell, Cyprian McDonnell, John McFarland, Samuel W, McGowan, Bill McGregor, David Madden, Charles Holthouse, J. Madden, Samuel Mann, Samuel F. Mann, Tobias Furneaux, Samuel Mann, Agar Wynne, thomas Mann, Henry MacDermott, Archibald Midnie, Arthur Nevett, Arthur H. Nevett, Alfred Mitchell, William Mitchell, H.W. Morrow, William Mitchell, Norman P. Must, George F. Oakley.) .7) Ballarat Lawyer Q-R (Henry S. Ochiltree, W.B. Ochiltree, Edward G. Ochiltree, J.J.P. O'Dee, Bernard O'Dowd, John Ogier, Cornish Lawyers in Central Victoria Q-R, John Bateman Paynter, J.B. Pearson, Mondle Emmanuel Phillips, Robert King Piers, Robert King Piers, Pinkerton, Frank Pinkerton, Martha Pinkerton, Charles Purcell, R.H. Ramsay, Henry Randall, James Randall, Thomas Randall, John Warrington Rogers, John M. S. Rodd, George Rutler) .8) Lawyers in Central Victoria S-W (Charles Salter, H. Holmes, George Staveley, Charles Salter, George T. Boyd, Edward Sandford, Henry G. Shaw, Thomas W. Snape, Thomas S. Standish, Charles Snape, Frederick C. Standish, Edith Snape, James Snape, Thomas Snape, Philip Snape, George Staveley, John G. Stoker, William Stone, Henry Sturt, Matthew W. Taylor, Bread and Cheese Club, R.D. Thompson, Roger D. Thompson, R.H. Ramsay, R.G. Turner, F.H. Tuthill, W.M.K. Vale, William Vale, May Vale, William L. Vardy, Gordon Vardy, William S. Vardy, Charles Von Ende) .9) Lawyers in Central Victoria W-Z (Henry Walker, Andrew Wallace, John Wellesley, Brereton Watson, C.G.M. Watson, James Watson, George Armytage, Thomas Watson, Patricius Welsh, John Westmore, Theodore Whipham, Arthur Whipham, Thomas H. Whipham, Frances Whipham, Thomas Bellas, James L. Willoughby, John Noble Williams, James Wisewould, Horace Wright, H.M. Wright, William Wright, Henry J. Wrixon, Agar Wynne, Samuel Young) . ballarat lawyers, ballarat, dianne campbell goldfields lawyers collection -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Ballarat Club Research Notes
A folder of notes relating to the Ballarat Club and the legal professionballarat club, r.l.p. trench, b. dowling, robert rede, n.r. macleod, john nobel wilson, c.w. sherard, w.h. gaunt, r.d. pinnock, a.m. greenfield, john corbett, james russell, robert scott, w. morrison, e. shew, rules, regulations, ballarat bachelors' ball, t. lynn, h.a> nevett, thomas mann, agar wynne, annual reports, dianne campbell goldfield lawyers collection -
Federation University Historical Collection
Magazine - Booklet, Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine, 1916, 1916
... william f. m. johnson robert m. sergeant harold t. w. dixon harrie ...School Council, Members of Staff, Editorial, Fumes from the Lab, Ancient Craft Classes and the Apprenticeship Question, Magazine Editorial Staff, The Trip to Bradshaw's Creek, Arts & Crafts Gossip, In Memoriam - E. J. Cannon, Echoes of the Past, The Haunted Tram Car, Old Boys', Sport, Shun!! Military Notes, The Junior TechsBlue soft covered magazine of 62 pages. Former students mentioned are John Walter Sutherland, Basil Sawyer, Charles Burbury, Herbert Sleeman, Eustace M. Watson. Oliver E. Jaeger, Oliver e. Jager, Godfrey Stephen Hart, Lionel J. Lambert, Charles G. Fraser, L.W.G. Buchner-Malcolm, James A. Reid, Richard G. Walker, Leslie J. Coulter, Herbert E. Hawkesworth, Leslie de Jersey Grut, Frederick G. Brisnden, Reginald Callister, Lewis J. Westcott, Angus D. Gibson, Henry Whittingham, Virgil Tucker, Norman C. Tinworth, Charles E. Finnis, Benjamin H. Bennett, Valentine G. Anderson, Ernest S. Anderson, Ralph I. Moore, John A. Grant, William Geldard, Francis C. Hall, Harold G. Cornell, Robert H. Lamb, Sydney Radcliff, George A. Denny. Frederick P. Paul, H. Lipson Hancock, Edgar C. Hurdsfield, David W. Bonar. Wilfred L. Allen, William J. Lakeland, Frederick A. Marriott, Eric Byron Moore, NOrman Stuckey, PErcy H. Osborne, John F. Spornballarat school of mines, magazine, f. maxwell, n. turnbull, g. procter, e. seimering, l. tonkin, w. carrol, h. smith, r. cox, j. a. greenshields, jnr, r. o. buchanan, l. vernon, a. bowman, w. h. steane, n. henry, r. dale, e. j. cannon, ted cannon, lance-corporal e. j. cannon, charles w. whyte, patrick s. anderson, william t. sayer, william f. m. johnson, robert m. sergeant, harold t. w. dixon, harrie wilson, ernest s. morsehead, carl jensen, corpl. r. sergeant, sergt. h. dixon, q.m.s. t. wilkins, captain james fairbairn fairley, sergt. e. morshead, sergt. hy. wilson, lieut. l. c. blick, f. g. procter, f. g. davies, gladstone procter, bradshaw's creek, edwin cannon, art library -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet - Exhibition Catalogue, 17 Most Wanted, 1996
Separate to the combined Visual Arts exhibition held at the Mt Helen Campus, the third year graphic design exhibition ran from 15 to 24 October 1996 at the ANZ Gothic Bank, Corner Collins and Queen Street, Melbourne. Exhibition opened by invitation on Tuesday 15 October 1996 at 6.00pm. The brochure features "mug shot" style photos of each student along with their name and (presumably) birth year. See item 29161.3 (CD Rom) for further information and screen captures.University of Ballarat, Bachelor of Art (Graphic Design) Graduate Exhibition and promotional material, 1996. 20pp concertina fold brochure, four colour process offset print plus varnish.university of ballarat, federation university, graphic design, mark molloy, hilario vila pouca, gavin nash, robert connelly, paul lynch, ross morgan, w hewitt, j patella, j jones, r braybrook, t roth, c dorrington, b tiley, k mibus, j rowland, k gration, b marshall -
Federation University Historical Collection
Article - Compact Disc, PMI, 17 Most Wanted, 1996
Separate to the combined Visual Arts exhibition held at the Mt Helen Campus, the third year graphic design exhibition ran from 15 to 24 October 1996 at the ANZ Gothic Bank, Corner Collins and Queen Street, Melbourne. Exhibition opened by invitation on Tuesday 15 October 1996 at 6.00pm. Review of Graphic Design graduate work, 1996. Compact Disc (CD Rom) printed four colour process on front, in clear plastic sleeve. University of Ballarat, Bachelor of Art (Graphic Design) Graduate Exhibition and promotional material, 1996. The interactive/multimedia CD Rom was developed using Macromedia Director 5.0, finalised on 11 September 1996. 67.7Mb of data. university of ballarat, federation university, graphic design, mark molloy, hilario vila pouca, gavin nash, robert connelly, paul lynch, ross morgan, w hewitt, j patella, j jones, r braybrook, t roth, c dorrington, b tiley, k mibus, j rowland, k gration, b marshall -
Federation University Historical Collection
Magazine - booklet, The Magazine of the School of Mines Students Ballarat, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1925-1929
Four soft covered School of Mines Students' Magazines .1) 1925 red cover -Editorial, Personal, Answers to Correspondents, Fumes from the Lab, Trip to Newcastle, Arts & Crafts Gossip, Echoes of the Past, Professor Alfred Mica Smith, Sport, The Junior Techs. .2) 1926 orange colour - Editorial, Personal Column, S.M.B. Ball, Eastern Life and Customs, Fumes from the Lab, Chemical Excursions, Organic Evolution, Obituary - Professor Mica Smith, Arts & Crafts Gossip, Echoes of the Past, Sport, The Junior Techs .3) 1928 blue colour - Editorial, List of Course Students' 1929, Notes, S.M.B. Gala and Picture Night, Fumes from the Lab, Arts & Crafts Gossip, Echoes of the Past, Experiences with Malayan Chinese, Sport, The Junior Techs. .4) 1929 pale blue colour - Editorial, List of Course Students' 1929, Notes, S.M.B. Gala and Picture Night, Fumes from the Lab, Arts & Crafts Gossip, Echoes of the Past, Experiences with Malayan Chinese, Sport, The Junior Techs.non-fictionballarat school of mines, students' magazine, magazine, jones-smith, j. maude, h. jolly, f. wert, r. fricke, f. sheahan, r. collins, v. jeffries, m. sydes, b. rogers, l. b. evans, e. van beck, o. cocks, m. timmings, h. brown, theo. e. leonard, dr. j. r. pound, f. x. collins, ernest v. duncan, rex warrillow, edwin a. brophy, e. t. oliver, f.v. middleton, f. larkin, herald shield, harold jolly, g. roberts, e. j. mckissock, jean rodgers, f. sheehan, m. f. timmings, f. ewart, t. e. leonard, jean graham, vera jeffries, m. conlan, j. r. pound, e. n. schache, w. g. coates, jean ronaldson, r. warrillow, v. g. anderson, j. b. robinson, f. v. middleton, professor alfred mica smith, c. a. schache, r. s. russell, g. richmond, r. mcinnes, gordon pearson., editorial, answers to correspondents, fumes from the lab, trip to newcastle, arts & crafts gossip, echoes of the past, sport, r. morrison, o. roberts, r. begg, r. montomery, e. rumpff, l. hillman, g. hopwood, a. inglis, j. johnson, g. neagle, a. p. mclean, ed. a. brophy, dr. j. w. mellor, regd. c. callister, s. barnett, p. trompf, e. j. tippett, a. t. morrison, percy trompf, j. bosher, j. bell, h. steane, h. symons, s. hillman, j. edmunds, k. windsor, f. craig, w. baragwanath, l. frees, h. jones, r. downey, h. caddy, a. richards, c. coster, r. andre, w. richardson, k. mclachlan, e. loveland, j. alexander, j. walters, a. fletcher, w. watson, j. colbourn, l. prendergast, j. barnett, l. clarke, m. paul, o. dulfer, m. norris, a. bosher, k. kisler, ernest h. schache., william baragwanath, alfred mica smith obituary, excursion to newcastle -
Conservation Volunteers
Tern Watch ANZ Bank promotional T shirt 1988 For five summers from 1987 to 1992 ATCV volunteers were landed on Rigby Island in Victoria’s Gippsland Lakes to “baby-sit” Little Terns, 1988
For five summers from 1987 to 1992 ATCV volunteers were landed on Rigby Island in Victoria’s Gippsland Lakes to “baby-sit” Little Terns (Sterna Albifrons) which breed in Asia and visit Australia in the Northern winter. By the mid 1980s the visiting population had dwindled dangerously due to predation and its very slow rate of reproduction. Conservation volunteers patrolled from dawn to dusk on a rotating 4 hour shift, educating visitors why they should stay away from the birds, and kept watch for pests. Terry Peacock’s logistics were heroic In support of the volunteers’ vigil: a boat, bunks, tents, tools, and a kitchen were bussed from Bendigo to Lakes Entrance. There were no outside funds at first, and only sale of promotional T-shirts together with small grants from the ANZ Bank and from Yellow Pages kept things going. Volunteers paid their own way to and from Bairnsdale railway station. Park Ranger and former ATCV employee Robert Brouwers with Helen Schneider (UK naturalist) and Tim Cox ‘maroon’ Tern Watch volunteers at Rigby Island in the Gippsland Lakes Vic > In 2010 the status of the Little Tern populations in Australia was assessed under the ECBP Act and the determination was that, while the Gippsland Lakes population will continue to benefit from conservation action, they are no longer a threatened species. White T shirt with ANZ in large blue letters with Tern Watch 1988 belowtern watch, atcv -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, A Master Mariner
This item is from the ‘Pattison Collection’, a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, which was founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art, and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the lack of financial support led the WMI in 1911 to ask the City Council to take it over. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Library as it was then called. When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Ralph Pattison. Eventually the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. RALPH ERIC PATTISON Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 Pattison accepted a position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council. His huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower area of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine, and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave during 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. A Master Mariner. Being the Life and Adventures of Captain Robert William Eastwick Edited by Herbert Compton Publisher: T Fisher Unwin Date: 1891 Label on spine cover with typed text PAT 920 EAS Pastedown front endpaper has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library Front loose endpaper has a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road, a master mariner, captain robert william eastwick, herbert compton -
Seaworks Maritime Museum
Shipbuilders model, R W Miller
Original ship - 11,741 gross tons. 589' x 70' x 30' (179.5 x 21.34 x 9.14m). Oil tanker built by Eriksberg Motor Vessels at Gottenburg, Sweden in 1951 for Hjalmar Bjorge of Norway as the Storheim. Purchased November 1964 and renamed R W MILLER. Had a crew of 39 seamen, including the officers. 1973 sold to Independent Shipping Company Pty Ltd of Singapore. Renamed Cherry Victor. Scrapped 1979. Robert Miller traded under the name R W Miller and Company from early 1912. One of Miller's first contracts was to pick up overburden and spoil from the sinking of the Balmain Colliery shaft and dump it at sea. Miller saw the opportunity to sell this material and he ended up getting a sixpence a ton from a local council and other contractors for use as road bases and building foundations. This close association with coal led to Robert W Miller on 15th January 1913 being given the contract for coal distribution from Sydney Harbour Colliery (Balmain mine). So began a long association with coal. Miller built a fleet of lighters that were used to transport blue metal, sand and coal around Sydney Harbour. This introduction into coal transport opened a prospect for him to enter the larger coal shipping transport. During 1917 Miller purchased a vessel, the taking over 1985 by Howard Smith Industries Pty Ltd, Melbourne. Build date 1951-1979. Ship builders model of the tanker R W Miller in a glass case. The body is painted in colours of maroon, green and grey, the deck with detailed fittings and superstructure, an Australian merchant flag flying from the stern, within a mahogany framed glazed display casePlaque at foot of model: M/T R.W. MIILRT/ BUILT GOT. 1951/ OWNERS R.W. MILLER & CO. PTY. LTD/ LENGTH OVERALL 559.04"/ LENGTH BETWEEN P.P 526.06"/ EXTREME BREADTH 70.00"/ MOULDED DEPTH 39.03"/ DEADWEIGHT TONNAGE 18,500/ MACHINERY B & W TYPE A I.H.P 7, 600" on model: "R.W Miller" painted in black -
Seaworks Maritime Museum
Honour Board, Melbourne Harbour Trust
Belonged to the Melbourne Harbour Trust Commissionersarge, wooden, rectangular "Roll of Honour" board for the Melbourne Harbour Trust Commissioners. It was their honourary board for employees who went to the 1st World War. comprised of seven panels with names of people carved into them. The centre panel has "in Memorium' in brass lettering and is raised out from the three panels which flank it on either side. The main lettering across the top of the board is made from brass, and is attached to the wood. A circular brass crest is featured in the centre top of the board, which is flanked by carved gum leaves and nuts. The date "1918" is also cast in brass and attached to the lower front right hand side of the board.1918 circa."ROLL OF HONOUR/ THE MELBOURNE HARBOR TRUST COMMISSIONERS/ MHT/ IN MEMORIAM/ R. DEWAR, W. KEARNEY, A.H. TREBLE, R. CURWEN, G.R. PALMER, J. STUBBS, A. ALLISON, T. MCCARRON, W. MCLAUGHLIN, J.D. MCMILLAN, F.S. CLISSOLD, A. STEEGE, W. JORY, C.H. WOOD, H.H. BARKER, J. HEMINGWAY, R.H. CROCKETT, T.W. PARROTT, E.G. STONE, W.H. FRAME, S.H. PARROTT, V.W. PIPER, A.R MCBRIDE/ D. FINLAYSON, S.EVERETT, G.O. LAWRENCE, A. PHILLIPS, A. CAHILL, G.C. HUGHES, G.S BELL, A.D. BROAD, C.W. MILLS, A.C. COOK, A. JONES, A. COCCIARDI, A.N. ROYCE, M. THOMAS, A.WARE, J. RISBRIDGER, A. STEPHENS, G.S. MCCOLL, W.S. TAYLOR, H.A. MILLER, P.J. BURNS, D.B. MACKIE, F. HEARN/ E. SAMBELL, J. STOTT, W. POOLEY, R. JOHNSTON, A.W. FERGUSSON, W.H. SPURR, P.R. STEVENS, D.J. STUART, T. CHAPPLE, W. REED, W.J ALLINGHAM, J. PAGE, J.J. MAIR, C.A PHIPPS, J. WILSON, A.J WILLIAMS, W.L. FOSTER, W.S PENHALLURIACK, R.N. BARBER, E. DOLAN, T. MCGRATH, P. PATERSON, J.W. GRAY/ C.J.H.BARRY, F.L. WATERS, F.E. BUXTON, A.C. NUTTING, E.J BATTEN, C.E. ELLIOTT, C.T. RUFFLE, W.H. STEVENS, J. JOHNSTON, D. BATHIE, J. MCPHERSON, T.W. GIBBON, J.W. BURN, C.H. CHEEK, P.J. EVANS, J. MUCHEMORE, G.N. SADLEIR, W.D. SMITH, C HINCHCLIFFE, A. CARD, F.A. ROBERTS, C.E. TROWBRIDGE, W. ALLAN/ V.T. NICKELS, J.G MEYERS, T.G. MCKEDDIE, W.H EVANS, S. KEWLEY, F. MUIR, F.W. TREGANOWAN, M. GRANT, T.R. HAWWORTH, N. NORRISON, J. MCDONALD, J. SHERIDAN, H.R. GOLDIE, A.A. METHVEN, H.P.H VINVENT, P. RIDDELL, R.W. BARCLAY, P. NASH, A.E. WHYTE, W. DAWSON, J.F LEISTER, J. MCNEILL, H. STAFFORD/ J. PHILLIPS, W.J. PETTETT, W. PRIEST, C. OLSON, G.D. CARRE, L.C.R GAME, I.M COWLISHAW, R.R. SMITH, P. DUSTING, T.H. JONES, W. DOWIE, G.T. BEASELY, J.G BAILEY, F. JORDAN, J. FARRELL, A. DAWE, W.H. STUBBINGS, C.W. STEFFENSON, H. BLACKEBY, H. TATE, J. BASSETT, J. MCLEAN/ IN MEMORIAM, P. FOLEY, A.C. JOHNSON, S. TURNER, C.W FORD, E.F RENNICK, T.G. HOBERG, T. WEIR, W.S HICKS, J. BARRY, H. DANIEL, W. ROADKNIGHT, L.N CLARK, R. DYSON, H.G JOHANSON/ 1914/1918 -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Journal (item) - Periodicals-Annual, Shiplovers' Society of Victoria, The Annual Dog Watch
This journal provides the reader with glimpses of the adventures and hardships of a seaman's life. Many of the stories are of sailing ships.Contributes to our knowledge of the importance of shipping and places on record those stories of the sea which would otherwise be lost.Contents Foreword - Commander R. S. .Veale, C.M.G. V.R.D. - 5 Editorial - - 7 Light Houses - N. S. Smith - 11 On Passing for Second Mate - R. Thiele - 18 Passenger Steamers on the Tasman Sea - I. Mackay - 22 Dune Ship - Dr. Philip Martin - 37 The Rum Runners - S. A. E. Strom - 38 To Australia Amongst Emigrants - S. Duncan - 43 The Persian Gulf or "Hells Kitchen" - K. Bull - 49 Monkey Business - Captn. James Gaby - 51 Anchor Hardy - Capt. R. G. Edwards - 52 Light Houses - C. E. Bonwick - 58 The Forlorn Hope - N. S. Smith - 59 Robert Louis Stevenson in The South Seas - Captn. Fred Klebingat - 68 Eastward-Ho! - Charles E. Howlett, B.A, LL.B. - 73 Commonwealth Government Rewards for School Boys - I. Wilson, M.P., Minister for Home Affairs - 78 Protection of Historic Wrecks off Queensland Coast - I. Wilson, M.P. - 79 The s.s. New Texas --Elder Dempster Line - Captn. L. Gibson - 83 Carmichael's Golden Fleece Line - L. Holmes - 89 Passing the Buck - - 95 Ice Barrier - D. M. Fyfe - 96 A Dream Come True - W. P. Shemmeld - 97 Homeward Bound - R. W. Rudd - 105 More of the Wreck of The City of York - A. T. Wreford and E. M. Christie - 110 A Fortunate Rescue - Captn. J. Gaby - 112 More About Sail - Capt. W. J. Cowling - 113 Book Reviews - 120sailing ships, steamships, shipping, seafaring life, shiplovers' society of victoria, dog watch -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Journal (item) - Periodicals-Annual, Shiplovers' Society of Victoria, The Annual Dog Watch, 1969
... - 60 Human Radar - T. F. Roberts - 65 The Wreck of the Dutch... An Unusual Cruise Through Bass Strait - T. E. Goldfinch - 23 ...This journal provides the reader with glimpses of the adventures and hardships of a seaman's life. Many of the stories are of sailing ships.Contributes to our knowledge of the importance of shipping and places on record those stories of the sea which would otherwise be lost.Contents Foreword - Commodore Michael Parker, C.V.O. - 8 Editorial - S.A.E.S. - 17 An Unusual Cruise Through Bass Strait - T. E. Goldfinch - 23 Reminiscences in Sai - George Oakes - 27 My First Christmas in the Service - Lt.-Com. H. A. Willian, M.B.E., V.R.D., R.A.N.R. (Ret) - 30 Fortune's Wheel - Captain W. E. Eglen - 34 A Very Near Thing - Ralph Ingram - 37 The Time Charter - Captain Ruben Fogelstrom - 49 Ninety Years Under the Sea - J. M. MacKenzie - 53 Many hogs and Three Serpents - Captain C. E. Parkes - 58 Feathered Navigators - Arthur E. Woodley - 60 Human Radar - T. F. Roberts - 65 The Wreck of the Dutch Ship "Vergulde Draeck" - C. Halls - 67 The Port of Portland -- Victoria - - 78 The Barque "Carrazal" - From the papers of the late Captain J. Bull - 81 Pilots (verse) - C. E. Bonwick - 83 Hazards of Sail - A letter from Commodore John Rodgers, U.S.N. - 84 Dhows - C. W. Hawkins - 88 "Full Astern" Without "Stand-by" - S. F. P. Brown - 98 The "Lightning" Passage - More extracts of the Diary of a Passenger - 103 The "Royal Charter" - J. M. Mackie - 114 More on the "Royal Charter" - Dr. H. Cohen. C.B.E. 115 An Echo of Courage - a letter from J. S. Matthews - 117 A Wartime Passage - T. S. Shoesmith - 120 Book Reviews - - 130sailing ships, steamships, shipping, seafaring life, shiplovers' society of victoria, dog watch -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Chambers' Encyclopaedia, Vol. VI, Humb to Malt, 1889
Brown leather bound spine with maroon cloth-covered board covers. Gold lettering and gold graphics in six rectangles on spine. Leather corners on outer edges.reference book -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book, Chambers' Encyclopaedia, Vol. V, Frid to Huma, 1889
Brown leather bound spine with maroon cloth-covered board covers. Gold lettering and gold graphics in six rectangles on spine. Leather corners on outer edges.reference, encyclopaedia -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Clutch Pencil, The Wahl Co
... The pencil is enscribed R T King VX20233, Robert Teague...-and-the-bellarine-peninsula The pencil is enscribed R T King VX20233, Robert ...The pencil is enscribed R T King VX20233, Robert Teague King served in the 2nd AIF.The pencil has belonged to VX20233 R T King, who served in the 2nd AIF.A silver coloured metal clutch pencil.R T King AIF VX20233vx20233 r t king, clutch pencil -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - B/W, C 1890-1894
Students and teacher outside D'Altons House which was Silver Springs School Students are: Back Row L-R Syd Monk, Geo D'Alton, Donald and Harvey McDonald, Will D'Alton, Robert and James Wood, and L-R W Wood, Miss Alice Osborne, Front Row Sandy McDonald, T Wood, Emmy and Effie McDonald, Amy and Clare D'AltonStudents and teacher outside of school buildingeducation, schools, silver springs -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
9 SNAPE FAMILY PHOTOS: The parents - John T. Snape and Rosina (née Cook) married Christmas Day 1890; the children- Bob (born 1892), Harold (born 1893) and Frank (born 1895); and Margaret ('Madge',née McLaughlin), Bob's wife (secretly married before Bob's embarkation); Cook family (maternal side) portrait; 'Belmiers', the family home in Barkly Street, Essendon, circa WW1 (then and now); Isobel Miers, the Snapes' favourite young cousin after whom the house was named. Uncle Robert Snape, coal-mining engineer, Wales
snape collection -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Hugh Fisher, Eltham Shire Council Staff, Shire Centenary Anniversary, 6 April 1971
Formal photograph of group of men and women employed by the Shire of Eltham, to commemorate the Shire Centenary April 1971. Photograph taken at the rear of the Council Offices, Main Road, Eltham Includes Eltham Shire Council Staff List and Phone Numbers, 1971 1971 Eltham Shire Council Staff Photo (SEPP_4050 and SEPP_4051) L-R Back Row: N. Stuart (Engineering), N. Campbell (Engineering), W. Oakley (Engineering), R. McIldowie (Engineering), D. Welch (Engineering), G. Pullen (Accounts), J. Bleazby (Rates), P. Sturtevent (Engineering), B. Hill (Engineering), F. Harrington (Engineering) Third Row: C. Harris (Building), M. Van Ewijk (Accounts), Miss C. Casella (Administration), Miss D. Curran (Rates), M. Howard (Administration), Dennis McKay (Engineering), Mrs L. Crockett (Accounts), A. Liepa (Engineering), G. Newton (Building), Mrs N. Davis (Administration), I. Leach (Health), Mrs F. Conyers (Rates), B. Wright (ranger), I. Caig (Traffic By-Laws Officer) Second Row: J. Constable (Accounts), J. Parsons (Health), Mrs J. Baker (Health), P. Hoare (Engineering), Miss R. Spearman (Rates), D. Golder (Engineering), Mrs R. Cox (Administration), H. Masefield (Fire Proper Officer), A. Birch (Engineering), Sister L. Cameron (Health), Russell Yeoman (Engineering), T. Phyland (Engineering) Front Row (seated): Miss D. Vreulink (Administration), D. Lovatt (Health), Mrs H. Dixson (Accounts), M. Fowler (Rates), Mrs L. Harris (Administration), C. Gaudion (Health), M. Watson (Shire Secretary), A. Roberts (Administration), Miss J. Featherby (Engineering), M. Verhoeven (Engineering), Mrs M. Lethlean (Engineering), I. McDonald (Rate Collector), Mrs W. Klooster (Engineering), Mrs C. Bell (Engineering) Absent: John McDonald (Shire Engineer) This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image Print Foolscap page typedInscribed A2207A (SEPP_4050) 2nd version inscribed A2207B (SEPP_4051)a. birch, a. liepa, a. roberts, b. hill, b. wright, c. gaudion, c. harris, council, council staff, council-staff, d. golder, d. lovatt, d. welch, dennis mckay, eltham-shire-council, f. harrington, g. newton, g. pullen, h. masefield, i. caig, i. leach, i. mcdonald, j. bleazby, j. constable, j. parsons, john mcdonald, m. fowler, m. howard, m. van ewijk, m. verhoeven, m. watson, miss c. casella, miss d. curran, miss d. vreulink, miss j. featherby, miss r. spearman, mrs c. bell, mrs f. conyers, mrs h. dixson, mrs j. baker, mrs l. crockett, mrs l. harris, mrs m. lethlean, mrs n. davis, mrs r. cox, mrs w. klooster, n. campbell, n. stuart, p. hoare, p. sturtevent, r. mcildowie, russell yeoman, shire of eltham centenary, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, sister l. cameron, t. phyland, w. oakley -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Hugh Fisher, Eltham Shire Council Staff, Shire Centenary Anniversary, 6 April 1971
Formal photograph of group of men and women employed by the Shire of Eltham, to commemorate the Shire Centenary 6 April 1971. Photograph taken at the rear of the Council Offices, Main Road, Eltham 1971 Eltham Shire Council Staff Photo (SEPP_4050 and SEPP_40511) L-R Back Row: N. Stuart (Engineering), N. Campbell (Engineering), W. Oakley (Engineering), R. McIldowie (Engineering), D. Welch (Engineering), G. Pullen (Accounts), J. Bleazby (Rates), P. Sturtevent (Engineering), B. Hill (Engineering), F. Harrington (Engineering) Third Row: C. Harris (Building), M. Van Ewijk (Accounts), Miss C. Casella (Administration), Miss D. Curran (Rates), M. Howard (Administration), Dennis McKay (Engineering), Mrs L. Crockett (Accounts), A. Liepa (Engineering), G. Newton (Building), Mrs N. Davis (Administration), I. Leach (Health), Mrs F. Conyers (Rates), B. Wright (ranger), I. Caig (Traffic By-Laws Officer) Second Row: J. Constable (Accounts), J. Parsons (Health), Mrs J. Baker (Health), P. Hoare (Engineering), Miss R. Spearman (Rates), D. Golder (Engineering), Mrs R. Cox (Administration), H. Masefield (Fire Proper Officer), A. Birch (Engineering), Sister L. Cameron (Health), Russell Yeoman (Engineering), T. Phyland (Engineering) Front Row (seated): Miss D. Vreulink (Administration), D. Lovatt (Health), Mrs H. Dixson (Accounts), M. Fowler (Rates), Mrs L. Harris (Administration), C. Gaudion (Health), M. Watson (Shire Secretary), A. Roberts (Administration), Miss J. Featherby (Engineering), M. Verhoeven (Engineering), Mrs M. Lethlean (Engineering), I. McDonald (Rate Collector), Mrs W. Klooster (Engineering), Mrs C. Bell (Engineering) Absent: John McDonald (Shire Engineer) This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book, "Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image Print 20 x 25 cmInscribed A2207A (SEPP_4050) 2nd version inscribed A2207B (SEPP_4051)a. birch, a. liepa, a. roberts, b. hill, b. wright, c. gaudion, c. harris, council, council staff, council-staff, d. golder, d. lovatt, d. welch, dennis mckay, eltham-shire-council, f. harrington, g. newton, g. pullen, h. masefield, i. caig, i. leach, i. mcdonald, j. bleazby, j. constable, j. parsons, john mcdonald, m. fowler, m. howard, m. van ewijk, m. verhoeven, m. watson, miss c. casella, miss d. curran, miss d. vreulink, miss j. featherby, miss r. spearman, mrs c. bell, mrs f. conyers, mrs h. dixson, mrs j. baker, mrs l. crockett, mrs l. harris, mrs m. lethlean, mrs n. davis, mrs r. cox, mrs w. klooster, n. campbell, n. stuart, p. hoare, p. sturtevent, r. mcildowie, russell yeoman, shire of eltham centenary, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, sister l. cameron, t. phyland, w. oakley -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Station Staff, 1891
L. to R.: Porters, G. Hazeldine, F. Neil, D. Mackay, Guard W. C. Roberts, Signalman Sullivan, Stationmaster J. K. Turnbull, Assist. Stationmaster W. B. Johnson, Porter J. Jenking, Clerk M. O'Keefe, Guard T. H. Swindon, Porter G. King.(This was forwarded to RDHS by Mrs. I. Roberts, Sth. Yarra, widow of William Roberts. The late William Roberts was the son of Guard W. C. Roberts and lived in Ringwood when a boy.)Heading above photograph reads, "Ringwood Station Staff, 1891". Listed below are the following names, "L. to R.: Porters, G. Hazeldine, F. Neil, D. Mackay, Guard W. C. Roberts, Signalman Sullivan, Stationmaster J. K. Turnbull, Assist. Stationmaster W. B. Johnson, Porter J. Jenking, Clerk M. O'Keefe, Guard T. H. Swindon, Porter G. King. This old photo was forwarded by Mrs. I. Roberts, Sth. Yarra, widow of William Roberts, who died 10 weeks ago. The late William Roberts was the son of Guard W. C. Roberts and lived in Ringwood when a boy. He joined the Telegraph Office, Spencer St., and worked his way up to the top. He retired 6 years ago. Some of the staff may be remembered by the older Ringwood residents". -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Newspaper Article, Some of Ringwood's War Workers - Weekly Times Article 1944
Copy of page from Weekly Times November 29, 1944 headlined "Some of Ringwood's War Workers)Names in photograph are: A.V. Aird, R.V. Taylor, F.W.Collins, J.W. Gillespie, A.J. Shields, L. Beal, C.J. Birchall, A.E. Parker, J.K. Wedge, L.V. deVous, G.W. Pratt, A.J.B. Aird, T. Matherson, G.F.S. Allen, F.S. Dunn, J.G. Aird, H.E. Parker, P. Vergers, A.T. Miles, E. Organ, T. Williams, J. Knox, E. Nethercote, A. Burgess, W. Hannon, W. Leviston, R.W. Bartlett, P. Vergers, S. Johnston, A. Astle, A.V. McArthur, J. Roberts, W. Hewitt, G. Dawes, T. Hall. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Instrument - Fob watch, 1814
Watchmaker History: James McCabe born in 1748 and was the son of Patrick McCabe, a notable watchmaker from Lurgan in County Armagh, Ireland. James McCabe immigrated to London in 1775 where he established his own business in Bells Building, Fleet Street. On 2nd April 1781, James McCabe was made an Honorary Freeman of the Clockmakers Company. The House of McCabe was renowned for the sheer variety of its designs and the creativity and prestige of their manufacture was celebrated and revered by owners worldwide. These pieces remain highly collectable today and fetch increasingly higher prices at auction houses worldwide. Watch association with the Loch Ard: The watch was saved from the sea when discovered on the body of Mrs Rebecca Carmichael from Dublin and handed to Eva Carmichael, the only family member to survive the fatal wreck of the Loch Ard on 1st June 1878. Eva gifted the watch to her husband, Thomas Achilles Townsend when they married in 1884; his name is engraved on the rear movement cover. The watch has been held by the family until 2011 when they decided to bring the watch, to Australia for auction. At this time the watch was in the possession of Eva Carmichael's grandson, Robert Townsend. Given its connection with the Loch Ard shipwreck It was purchased at auction by Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village on 25th October 2011 to add to it's Loch Ard collection and is currently referred to as the Carmichael watch. It is now on display alongside the Minton Peacock, which also survived the Loch Ard shipwreck, and other artefacts from the collection. James McCabe was originally a Belfast watchmaker who had moved his business to London. At the time James McCabe was much esteemed for producing fine watches and clocks, especially for export to India. Only the best watches were inscribed “James McCabe” and many with highly decorated cases were intended for the Indian market. Contemporary newspaper accounts of the watches discovery echoed a Carmichael family tradition that the watch had been intended as a gift from the City of Dublin to King George IV to mark his planned visit to the city in 1821 however there is no evidence to support this theory. Dr Evory Carmichael at some stage bought this watch some accounts say from a nobleman for about £100 and so it travelled with him on his final fateful journey to Australia. Today we can only guess at the actions of Mrs Carmichael in the chaos and darkness of the pre-dawn shipwreck. Perhaps the two items that were found on her body, the watch and a locket, were items that reminded her of those she held most dear, her husband and her family. When Mrs Carmichael's body was washed ashore the watch was found secreted in the waistband of her dress. In its own right the watch is of artistic and monetary value and is a rare and beautiful object depicting watch making in the early 19th century. It is a historically significant object in it’s own right and there is additional importance, surviving a significant event in the maritime history of Victoria. The wreck of the Loch Ard, Victoria's greatest maritime disaster has also been declared an event of National Significance because of its strong connection to Australia's immigration and maritime history. The watch, together with the Loch Ard Peacock, make up the two most significant shipwreck artefacts in Australia. Both of these items are of great social significance to not only local people but the wider Australian community. Funding for the watches purchase came from six local trusts and one anonymous citizen and is now on permanent display. Both these artefacts symbolise and helps to interpret the stories of survival along the Shipwreck Coast. Fob Watch, known as the "Carmichael Watch" or the "Loch Ard Watch". 1814 fob pocket watch belonging to the Carmichael family, recovered from the wreck of the Loch Ard. Fob watch (or pocket watch)and winding key, made by James McCabe and Son, of Cornhill, London. The watch is in excellent condition and its design is decorative and intricate. The gold face is covered by glass. The gold rear cover is hinged over a silver inner cover that includes the winding hole. The watch has a knob with a swinging ring from which it can be hung. The dial of the gold watch face is textured and has raised Arabic numerals and every minute is marked around the perimeter by a dot, with the 5-minute dots slightly larger. The numerals and dots are a different coloured gold than the rest of the face. The centre of the face has a wavy pattern fanning out to the base of the numerals. The hour and minute hands are of a dark colour. The stems of the hands are a wavy shape and finish with spade shaped tips; the tip of the hour hand is larger than that of the minute hand. The hour hand reaches to the base of the numerals and the minute hand is long enough to rest between the minute dots. The back of the watch is decorated with a detailed design on a textured gold background. The design is embossed in coloured metals; gold, silver, greenish-gold and pink. In the centre is a dove resting on leaves of a pot plant that sits on a silver circular base. Another dove is flying above it, and their beaks touch together. On the right of the base of the pot plant is a dog resting on its hind legs, body facing away from the plant and head twisted around to look at the birds. On the sides of this design and meeting at the base are sprigs of leaves and buds. Around this central design is a rope-like border. Around the perimeter of the case is a border of leaves and budding stems. The inside of this cover has embossed hallmarks, numbers and etched markings indicating that the watch is 18 carat gold, made by James McCabe, assayed in London in 1814 and the case may have been made by Daniel Willmott, case maker. The silver inner workings cover has a full name beautifully engraved on it. There is a winding hole that accesses a square-ended lever for the key to fit over. The handle of the watch is a twisted gold knob with a hollow ‘D’-shaped swinging ring attached to the end of it. This knob also has a hallmark.On the silver inner workings cover “Thomas Achilles Townshend” is engraved, underscored by a thin, delicately decorated line. On the gold handle is the logo of a crown with “18”’ next to it. Inside the gold rear case is stamped “DW’. Under that is etched “JAN 77 II”. Underneath this are 3 logos; a logo “leopard, crowned”’, a logo “ crown on top of 18”, and a logo “T”. Under these 3 symbols is part of a stamp that could possibly be “IMC”. Under this is “ ’ 5 9 4 ”. Other numbers, symbols and letters are etched into this case including “15001”, “2/5/19”. Others are difficult to read.warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime village, maritime museum, shipwrecked artefact, shipwreck artefact, carmichael, townshend, townsend, carmichael watch, loch ard watch, pocket watch, loch ard, 1st june 1878, james mccabe, thomas walker, robert townshend, loch ard gorge, great ocean road, victoria., memorial headstone