This coin purse has no known provenance but it was a common item owned particularly by men in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It would have been attached to the chain of a fob watch or a trouser belt. It may have been owned by a person of some substance and standing in the community.This item is retained as an interesting example of a coin holder used over a hundred years ago.This is a silver-coloured metal purse, oval in shape. It has a hinged lid and a round clip at the top to attach the purse to a chain or a belt.The item is slightly tarnished. Inside there are two round recessed sections that depress to hold coins. One recessed area holds a threepence and the other holds a sixpence.vintage accessories, warrnambool history

English currency before decimalisation in the 1970's consisted of pounds, shillings and pence with twelve pennies to the shilling and twenty shillings to the pound.Coins ranged from farthings which were one quarter of a penny through to pennies, threepence, sixpence, shillings ,half crowns and crowns. Most coins had a variety of common names such as a " bob" for a shilling a "quid for a pound and a tanner for a sixpence. This coin is the equivalent of five shillings and is known as a crown. The text around the obverse, "Victoria Dei Gratia 1844". On the reverse the text of Reg Fid Def"Britanniar translates as Queen of Britain and defender of the faith. This coin is one of the smaller denominations.A common currency coin which has social and historical significance.Round copper coin with flat edge. The The obverse has an image of the young Victoria with text around the edge.The reverse has an image of Brittania in a chariot.Dotted edge around the inside rim of both sides.BRITTANNIAR REG FID DEFon the reverse and Victoria Dei gratia on the obverse.english penny, 1854 penny

Albert Martin and Company were manufacturers in London and they held the patent for these clippers. They were advertised for sale in Bendigo in 1898 for 4 shillings a pair and in 1914 they were priced at 4/6 (4 shillings and sixpence). They were sold by various ironmongers. Metal clippers, used for clipping horses. Wooden handle. Quite dirty.A. MARTIN & CO MANUFACTURESmetal, wood

Used in Government SchoolsSoft red covered Line Text BookVictorian Series 20th Thousand The Victoria School Arithmetic approved by the Department Oral and Written Exercises Forth Class Expressly designed to meet the requirements of the new Victorian Programme by G.H. HALLAM (Victorian Education Department) Price ......Sixpence Answers Seperate .. Sixpence Melbourne Jas. Ingram & Son, Publishers 987 Little Collins Street Copyright. Inside: Hand Written Chrissie (Struck Through) Harry (written underneath) Cummingstawell education

hinged leather cover (Kalamazoo Loose Leaf Books) containing paper pages listing keases, calls & dividendsfor mines managed by McColl Rankin & Stanistreet in Bendigo and elsewhere Loose leaf call for funds foe Central Deborah Gold Minimg Company, 14 October 1953, at sixpence per shareMcColl Rankin & Stanistreet

The Oriana Madrigal Choir. Conductor: Leonard Fullard, Mus. Bac. 'Choral Concert' (First of 1951 Series) Assembly Hall, Melbourne. Tuesday, 3rd April 1951, at 8.15 and Bendigo Town Hall. Saturday, 14th April 1951 at 8. Under the Auspices of the Music Advancement Society of Bendigo. Programme Sixpence.event, entertainment, music, choral concert - the oriana madrigal choir, leonard fullard, the music advancement society of bendigo

Annals of Bendigo, 1910 - 1920 91 pages. Paper cover, with print 'The business side of Pall Mall, Bendigo, Vic. ' on front cover. Price One shilling overwritten on original price of Two Shillings and Sixpence. Printed by Cambridge Press, Bendigo. Complete. Metal clip binding. Silver duct tape on spine.G. Mackaybendigo, history, annals of bendigo, annals of bendigo

The establishment of the "Wodonga Herald" was an attempt to create a publication to cater to the needs of the growing local township of Wodonga and the surrounding townships. The proponents of the publication aimed to promote the area and its interests on a wider scale at the same time as the railways were extending into the district. It was intended for circulation in Wodonga as well as Barnawartha, Yackandandah, Kiewa, Towong, Koetong, Tallangatta, Mitta Mitta and the Upper Murray as well as Chiltern, Brown's Plains. Rutherglen, Wahgunyah, Albury and its vicinity. The publication did not meet is objectives and folded on 4 October 1873. The "Murray and Hume Times" was founded as its successor. It was published in Wodonga and Albury on Tuesdays and Fridays and circulated through the whole of the Murray and Hume Districts. The place the new publication was printed seems to have fluctuated between a printing office in Dean Street, Albury, and the main printing office in Sydney Street, Wodonga. By June 1874 the "Murray and Hume Times" had also run into financial difficulties. In October 1874, only one year after its launch the second paper changed hands to the owner of the Albury Banner, George Adams. This item is significant as it represents one of the earliest newspaper publications for the Wodonga district.A photo of the front page of the first issue of the Wodonga Herald published in Wodonga on Saturday, April 19, 1873. Price Sixpence. The image has been mounted with a card backing in a metal frame. The publication included circulation to Barnawartha, Yackandandah, Kiewa, Towong, Tintaldra, Koetong, Tallangatta, Mitta Mitta and Upper Murray Advertiser.wodonga herald, early wodonga newspapers, the murray and hume times, the albury banner, george adams publisher

January 8th, 1838, no.2 Vol.1 issue of John Fawkner's hand-written "Melbourne Advertiser" newspaper.The Melbourne Advertiser Port Phillip Australia No. 2 Vol. 1 (price sixpence) Published by John P. Fawkner. Original Hand-written Copy. One sheet - four pages hand-written sheets. Published weekly (30 copies per week). Photocopy of original sheets included. Stored in brown paper sleeve. hand-written original newspaper, john fawkner, melbourne advertiser

Belonged to the donors grest grest aunties ( there were four who lived together in Brighton, Sutherlands). One of them accompanied Melba on Cello. The program has since been passed down through the family..1 Grey booklet with circle cut out of the centre of the frontcover, an image of Melba printed on the first page is placed underneath the circle. The first page and last page contain advertising, the main pages detail the operas Melba performs in. .2 Cut out newspaper article placed between first two pages entitled 'Melba Leads Off' .1 Printed in Navy blue ink front page 'STORIES / OF THE OPERAS/ MELBA/ OPERA SEASON/ PRICE, SIXPENCE' .2 Inscribed u.r. corner in pencil, then blue ink over the top: 'april / 1927'melba, nellie (dame), peforming arts, opera, otello, la boheme, la traviata, samson and delilah, faust, aida, rigoletto, lucia di lammermoor, carmen, madame butterfly, la tosca

Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 64 page soft cover booklet of verse by William McGonagall with a biographical sketch by Lowden Macartney. Portrait drawing of McGonagall on the front cover. Printed and published (c1920s) by J & D R Burnside, Glasgow. Price Sixpence. Two staples as binding. Catalogue sticker '2043 MCG' on front cover.Wm McGonagallbooks, collections, poetry, alec h chisholm collection, william mcgonagall, lowden macartney, poetry

Work agreement between Mr Ennis and Albert Hanneysee dated 24th Jan 1917. Signed on reverse by Hanneysee accepting employment conditions at fifteen shillings per week. Reilly & Mayne 170 Queen St Melbourne document provider. Handwritten on reverse three shillings and sixpence Office Fee to be deducted from wages of Hanneysee.person, individual, ennis

Blue coupon, dated August 9th 1876. Received from Bro. , Treasurer of the above Court, the sum of Three Shillings and Sixpence being 1 day's sick pay for Bro. Frences Werhle. Signed Wm. H. Nicholus. Written at the end: Wm. Rowe Sec for Werhle for Cont. ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO 3770 COLLECTION:societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no 3770 collection - receipt, court king of the forest, lewis, frances werhle, woodward, wm h nicholus, wm rowe

Black and white sketch on cream paper mounted on light board Eaglehawk Mechanics Institute "This lady had no idea that our books were so interesting until the LIBRARIAN handed her one to read" Reader try one quarter 2/6 (two shillings sixpence subscription) Drawn by James Staines Abbott 1890James Staines Abbott 1890

This booklet contains the address given by the Rev. W. Gray Dixon in 1909 at St. Paul’s Christchurch to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. It was published at the request of the General Assembly and the proceeds of the sale of the booklet went into Presbyterian Church funds. The Rev. William Gray Dixon was born in Scotland and was the Presbyterian Minister at St. John’s Warrnambool from 1889 to 1900. In 1900 he went to New Zealand to St. David’s Church, Auckland and later to Dunedin. Rev, Gray Dixon was the author of several publications relating to Presbyterian Church history and activities. This booklet was sent from Auckland by Rev. Gray Dixon to Marcus Saltau, his friend in Warrnambool. Marcus Saltau (1869-1945)followed his father in the produce business in Warrnambool and expanded it to include management of the Warrnambool tramway (which took freight from the town to the port) and a shipping business that had its own vessels and an interstate and international trade. Marcus Saltau was prominent in Warrnambool’s community as a Councillor, Mayor and a politician (Upper House Member for the Western Province 1924-1940). He was a founding member of the Warrnambool Woollen Mill Company, concerned with the establishment of the Nestles Factory at Dennington and a Warrnambool Hospital committee member and Chairman for over 30 years. The Jean Buick Saltau Maternity Ward and Marcus Saltau House at the Warrnambool Hospital survived as important community buildings for many years. This little booklet is of high significance as it is connected to two important Warrnambool people of the past – the Rev. William Gray Dixon and Marcus Saltau. It is the only Gray Dixon piece of writing that the Historical Society possesses and it is of double significance when it is noted that Marcus Saltau, the owner of the booklet was a friend of Gray Dixon’s, and was also a most important person in Warrnambool’s history. This is a soft-cover booklet of 22 pages. The cover which is completely detached and very torn is grey-coloured with dark blue and grey ornamental scrolls and shields around the title of the book. The book contains a portrait of John Calvin, three black and white photographs of places in Geneva, the music of a song, ‘The Marseillaise of the Reformation’ and some verse. The book was stapled but the staples have been removed. The pages are made of lightweight parchment paper. The illustrations have been glued in. The text is a publication of an address given by the author, Rev. W. Gray Dixon to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand in 1909. Front Cover: ‘John Calvin and the Modern World, Rev. W. Gray Dixon, M.A., Price Sixpence’ Inscription on first page: ‘To Marcus Saltau, Esq. with the esteem & affection of the Author, Auckland, 9th February 1910’ rev. w. gray dixon, marcus saltau, warrnambool

Used by Country Ambulance Services , probably for ambulance subscriptions and other paymentsSmall cash receipt book with blue cardboard front cover and brown cardboard back cover. The book has blue cloth binding along the spine. The pages are numbered 1 to 50. Each page has a duplicate numbered page behind it. The book includes a loose sheet of blue carbon paper tucked behind the back cover.Printed in blue ink on the front cover 'No 432 Cash Receipt Book Numbered in Duplicate' Written in pencil on the front cover top right hand corner is 1/6 (presumably the price of one shilling and sixpence)

The Shire of Warrnambool operated toll gates from 1866 to 1869 as a means of revenue rai sing for road construction. There were three toll gate locations – on the main Belfast (Port Fairy) Road at Dennington Bridge, on the Woodford Road at Russells Creek and on the Geelong Road at the Allansford Bridge. The toll gates were unpopular and unprofitable for the lessees as travellers were able to avoid the tax by skirting around the gates. They had toll houses besides the gates. The printers of these tickets, Fairfax and Laurie were the lessees at the time of the Warrnambool Examiner newspaper. This paper, founded by Richard Osburne and John Wilkinson, and published with some gaps from 1851 to 1880, is a key source today of Warrnambool’s history at that time. These toll gates tickets are significant because:- 1. They date back to the 1860s and were only issued from 1866 to 1869. 2. They are the only artefacts we hold of the time when toll gates were operating in our local district 3. They are the best example of how the Shire of Warrnambool in its early history raised revenue for road building and maintenance This is a book of toll gate tickets for sale at the Main Belfast (Port Fairy) Road Toll Gate. The tickets (about 50) are yellow and in duplicate with provision to detach the outer ticket for the purchaser to keep. The tickets (two shillings and sixpence) are bound with an adhesive tape and the cover is mottled in pattern (brown and blue). There are also four loose tickets in blue (3 shillings). Back Cover: ‘136’ Tickets in book: ‘Shire of Warrnambool, Main Belfast Road, Toll Gate 2s 6d., Fairfax and Laurie, Printers’ Loose tickets: ‘Shire of Warrnambool, Main Belfast Road, Toll Gate, 3s.’ shire of warrnambool, toll gates

The Royal Princess Theatre, 73 View St., Bendigo, was designed by William Charles Vahland and opened on 31/8/1874. It had a capacity of 2000 and was lit by gas until 1898 when electricity became available. The original proprietors were John Croley (1827-1899) and William (Billy) Heffernan (1840-1899). It was Bendigo's first permanent picture house in 1910, with it's first showing being the silent film "The Desert Song". It closed in 1930 before reopening in 1936 after being rebuilt in the Art Deco style. The theatre was finally closed in May 1963 and was demolished.Eight pages souvenir programme. 1874-1955 Royal Princess, Bendigo. Eighty first birthday souvenir programme 31st August 1955. Manager: Don Vincent, price: sixpence, proceeds: cinematograph trade benevolent fund. There is a one-page history of the theatre by Don Vincent. The programme includes stage performances and the screening of "seven brides for seven brothers".royal princess theatre, souvenir programme, eighty first birthady, 1874-1955

Bendigo Butter Factory (Holdenson & Nielson Fresh Food Pty. Ltd), Mundy & Mollison St. Bendigo. Invoice for the sum of 28 pounds, thirteen shillings and sixpence. Invoice No. 331. Made out to Mr F. Davies of Eaglehawk for supplies of butter, in amounts of 50 or 100lbs. Dated January 15th 1955. There is a 3d stamp duty stamp attached.bendigo, industry, bendigo butter factory, bendigo butter factory.

This badge was produced by the Returned Services league War Comforts Fund in World War Two to provide comforts for the soldiers serving abroad. The appeal was held annually throughout the war. Badges were sold for one shilling, two shillings and one pound with special badges produced for children at a cost of sixpence each.This badge is of interest as a memento of the badges sold in World War Two to provide comforts for soldiers, Gold painted metal dome with rim resembling a hat with text on the dome and the rim. On the reverse is a metal hooked clip, possibly used to insert into a button hole. TIN HAT APPEAL FOR COMFORTS R.S.L. WAR SERVICE FUND

Keighley War Hospital at Morton Banks was originally The Morton Banks Fever Hospital and after local funds were raised, extra wards were built to turn it into a War Hospital. It opened in time to take some of the first casualties from the Battle of the Somme in July 1916 and continued until the end of the war. The War Hospital Register archived at Keighley Library contains 13,214 names of servicemen who were treated there. It also contains the names of German prisoners of war who were being held locally and required treatment from time to time, notably from the influenza epidemic. Morton Banks had 746 beds. The book records the details of the hospital between 1916-19 including staff, hospital layout and departments, the Auxiliary Hospitals, Discipline, Recreation, Education, Comforts Committee and Affiliated Associations.Document of Military Hospital in Keighley, U.K. during WW1. Contains significant information on staff and different departments at the hospital.Carboard and paper booklet of 48 pages. The cover is beige with green border with black and red writing. Silverfish have eaten top right corner of cover.On front cover is publisher Wadsworth & Company, Russell Street, Keighley, (also known as Rydal Press) title and cost of Sixpence. Inside first blank page is written 'With kind regards from Willie To Jack'. 'Jack' refers to J.L.McIntyreworld war 1, ww1, military hospital, army hospital, keighley war hospital, morton banks, morton banks fever hospital, keighley

This book contains verses written by Tilly Aston. Matilda Ann (Tilly) Aston was a blind writer and teacher who was born in Carisbrook, Victoria in 1873. She became totally blind at the age of seven. She learned Braille and gained her Matriculation Certificate, spending a short time at Melbourne University. She helped to establish the Victorian Association of Braille Writers and to found the Association for the Advancement of the Blind. She was the first Secretary and later President of the latter association. She was appointed the Head of the School for the Blind in Melbourne and retired from this position in 1925. She published several books of verse and prose. There is a Parliamentary electorate in Victoria called Aston. This book is of considerable interest because the author, Tilly Aston, has an important place in Australian literature. The book, ‘Maiden Verses’ has a local Warrnambool connection as it contains a poem written about Warrnambool, a town which Tilly Aston visited on occasions.This is a hard cover book of 146 pages. It is a book of poems written by Tilly Aston. The cover is dark red with the printing on the spine and on the cover in gold lettering. There is at least one page at the front of the book torn out. There is a receipt for the purchase of the book pasted on to the inside of the front cover. The date of the receipt made out to ‘John F. Watts’ is for three shillings and sixpence (1900). The book is bound with glue and string.Signature on the first page: ‘John F. Watts, Nov. 18th 1900’ (or maybe ‘1901’)tilly aston, australian literature, history of warrnambool

A salmon coloured programme with black print on the cover and white pages inside. On the front cover are an Allan's Music advertisement and a Myers advertisement. Also included is an outline of the programme - 'Programme Bendigo Lawn Tennis Club Annual Tournament Easter 1921. March 25th, 26th, 28th and 29th. Price Sixpence.' On the inside are more advertisements and the programme itself. The back cover contains more advertisements.program, sporting event, bendigo lawn tennis club, lydia chancellor, collection, sport, tennis, event, bendigo lawn tennis club, programme, program

A cream programme with green and black print on the cover and the words, ' Tongan Methodist College Boys' Choir Concert Programme. Conductor : Rev. A.H. Wood, M.A., B.D. Principal of the College. Price sixpence.' It also includes a photo of the young men in their traditional clothing. Inside the programme is some information on Tonga and the Choir including photos. On the back of the programme is a list of the 'Personnel of the choir.' C. 1933.program, music, singing, lydia chancellor, collection, music, entertainment, performing arts, singing, programme, program, event, tonga