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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, The Poole Family Tree, 1970
Poole Family tree of Girgarre East. Reunion program - Centenary celebrations 1870-1970 includes brief history of Poole FamilyPale green cover. Black writing.girgarre east, family histories, books, history, local -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - 'Raheen', 96 Studley Park Road, 1979
The first section of Raheen was commenced in 1870 with an extension added in 1884. It was designed by William Salway and built for Edward Latham of the Carlton Brewery. Original colour positive photograph (Kodak print) of the garden on the west side of 'Raheen' in Studley Park Road, KewInk on reverse: "Raheen 1979 / Donated by M Rolley"raheen, 96 studley park road -- kew (vic.), historic gardens -- kew (vic.) -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Weapon - Ammunition Cartridges, Martini Henry rifle ball cartridges, 1890
Similar to cartridges used in the Zulu Wars of the 1870's. Used by the Victorian Volunteer Forces up until the late 1890's.Rolled brass case Mark III 1890 wrapped in original paper tied with string, 450/577 calibre for Mark 111 Martini Henry Rifle. -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, American and Australasian Photographic Company, c1870
Taken in Beechworth c1870, this photograph depicts Ford Street taken from Church Street looking towards the Old Beechworth Gaol. This photograph was taken and produced by the American and Australasian Photographic Company which was founded by Beaufoy Merlin joined by his assistant, Charles Bayliss and Augustus Clinton, and operated between 1866-1873. The company traveled throughout Victoria and New South Wales before establishing a portrait studio in Sydney. There is no apparent connection to America. Black and white rectangular postcard. The image is printed on matt photographic paper and mounted on cardboard. Obverse: NO INSCRIPTION Reverse: 5570 33 Beechworth about 1870 American & Australian Photographic Company. Victoria Branch. C. BAYLISS, Manager No. 62 Extra Copies may be had by sending Number to present Address. beechworth, ford street, old beechworth goal -
Federation University Historical Collection
University Legal Stamps, Official Stamps and Ink pad
1. square stamp with Common Seal of the University of Ballarat 2. rectangle stamp with School of Mines Ballarat, 3. long narrow stamp with School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat Limited 4.Ink pad in white container1. Common Seal of the University of Ballarat was hereto affixed by direction of the Vice Chancellor in the presence of the Vice-Chancellor …. Secretary to the Council 2. School of Mines Ballarat, 1870 3. School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat Limited ballarat school of mines, ballarat school of mines and industries, ballarat school of mines and industries limited, university of ballarat, university seals, legal university seals, ink pad -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Henry Bennell and chicory kiln
Chicory farming on Phillip Island was introduced in 1870, with the root destined used as a coffee additive or substitute. It reached it's peak during WW2.HistoricalCopy of a small black and white photo of a man wearing trousers with braces and a hat, with hands on his hips, standing in front of a chicory kiln. Tall plants in the foreground.Henry Bennellchicory, photograph, henry bennell -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - Handasyde, Gilbert
Handasyde, Gilbert: handwritten list of entries from the Sands and McDougall’s Melbourne Directory 1854-1870 for Gilbert Handasyde and Handasyde, McMillan and Company.handasyde gilbert, handasyde mcmillan and company, horticulturalists, gardeners, plant nurseries, merchants, caulfield roads board, handasyde mrs., yarra nurseries -
Federation University Historical Collection
Artwork, other - Heraldic Device, Ballarat School of Mines Coat of Arms
The Ballarat School of Mines was established in 1870 and was the first School of Mines in Australia. This coat of arms is thought to have been made by Val D'Angri.Laminated hand drawn Ballarat School of Mines Coat of Arms.ballarat school of mines, crest, coat of arms, heraldry, logo -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Memorabilia - German Match Safe, Harburger Gummi-Kamm co
The Harburger Gummi-Kamm Co was a rubber manufacturer founded in Hamburg in 1870. The company produced engraved match-safes from vulcanised rubber.Small green rubber German matchbox. Box is engraved with mythological images - one side has Diana running and firing an arrow with her hunting dog at her side. The other side has two deer. The box has a hinged lid that opens at the top. One long side has a match striking area. the other is inscribed with the maker's company name. It is held together with brass screws.Harb Gummi-Kamm Comatches, match safe, mythology, germany, diana, war, military -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph, St Andrew's Kirk
St Andrew's Kirk is located Sturt Street. This sketch comes from from the Premier Album of Ballarat Views circa 1870-1880.st andrew's kirk, church, building, sturt street, ballarat, premier album of ballarat views -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph - Card Box Photographs, St Patrick's Catherdral
St Patrick's Cathedral is located in Sturt Street. This sketch comes from from the Premier Album of Ballarat Views circa 1870-1880.building, church, sturt street, st patrick's catherdral, premier album of ballarat views -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Dr A. Sandner Advice to Payee, 29 June 1926
Dr Adolph Sandner practiced medicine in Bridge Street, Bendigo before retiring in 1930. He was born in Bavaria in 1870 and died in 1959. Advice of cheque in favour of cheque for 10 shillings from the Commonwealth of Australia Treasury, Melbourne for Fees, signed Ernest W.G. Timbs, Department of Repatriation, Victoria, Cheque Number 54502, J.B. Meacher, Paymeaster.history, bendigo, commonwealth of australia department of repatriation victoria, dr a sander, eucalyptus extract -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN 1880. THE WINDMILL ON CORNER OF PADDOCK STREET AND SMEATON ROAD OPERATED A FLOUR MILL FROM 1870 TO ABOUT 1883 BY JOSEPH WHYTE.A FADED BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF PORTION OF CLUNES SCHOOL NO. 1552, WINDMILL AND DWELLING ON SCHOOL HILL.local history, photography, photographs, schools -1552, flour mill -
Unions Ballarat
General Smuts (Don Woodward Collection), Millin, Sarah Gertrude, 1936
Biography of Jan Smuts (1870-1950) who was a South African soldier, statesman and politician. He promoted South Africa's role in the British Commonwealth.History - South Africa and British Commonwealth. Politics and government. Wars.Book; 394 pages. Cover: blue background; gold lettering; author's name and title.Library stamps: Carey Baptist Grammar. In black textacolour: 3973. In black textacolour: dewey decimal code on the spine.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, smuts, jan, history - south africa, politics and government, biography, war, politics and government -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph, Ballarat Fire Station, Ballarat East
The Ballarat Fire Station, Ballarat East circa 1870-1880 from the Premier Album of Ballarat Views. The building still stands in Barkly Street.ballarat fire station, building, public, ballarat east, barkly street, premier album of ballarat views -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph, View the Unicorn Hotel of Sturt and Camp Streets
The State Bank and Library buildings and telegraph can be seen. This sketch comes from from the Premier Album of Ballarat Views circa 1870-1880.unicorn hotel, state bank, library, building, streetscape, ballarat, telegraph, premier album of ballarat views -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph, Congregational Church
The church stands on the corner of Mair and Dawson Street North. This sketch comes from from the Premier Album of Ballarat Views circa 1870-1880.building, church, mair street, dawson street, ballarat, premier album of ballarat views -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Miss Nell Crosier
Nell Crosier, 1870-1954, lived all her life at Happy Valley. Her parents were Henry Crosier and Mary (née Hogan).Black and White copy of original portrait of a lady wearing a dark coloured dress with buttoned bodice and bow at the waist. She is standing with her right hand resting on a stick chair. Her hair is pulled up in a bunOn back of mounted photo: "Miss Nell Crosier / Happy Valley".nell crosier, happy valley -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Booklet, Museums Aust Victoria, 2014
This is the handbook for the third annual Victorian Museums & Galleries Conference held in Warrnambool. The conference was run in conjunction with Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village which was celebrating its 40th anniversary. Warrnambool Art Gallery was one of the sponsors of the conference. This handbook is of interest as it tells us of the activities and speakers at a conference which was held in Warrnambool in 2014 and which highlights particularly Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village and the Warrnambool Art Gallery. This is a paper back booklet of 16 pages. It is the Conference Handbook of the Victorian Museums & Galleries Conference 2014 which was held at Warrnambool in April 2014. The pages contain printed material, advertisements, the conference program and information on the conference presenters. The cover has a white background with a map of Warrnambool Bay and town (Stanley 1870) on the front cover and an advertisement on the back cover.Front Cover: Museums Australia, Victoria, Victorian Museums & Galleries Conference 2014, Warrnambool 3-4 April, Museums Australia (Victoria), Conference Handbookvictorian museums & galleries conference. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: LAND BILL
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Land Bill - The main purpose of the Bendigo Land Bill was to authorise the sale of land at the corner of Mitchell and High streets for 9000 Pounds. In 1870 the site was a gold mine on which a Bendigo councillor, Dr Boyd, had erected buildings, one of these buildings was the City Club Hotel. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - MAGIC LANTERN COLLECTION: 2 X MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES
Objects. MAGIC LANTERN COLLECTION- 2 x glass MAGIC LANTERN SLIDEs 14 x 19 cm / one has a rough pencil l sketch of a horse and cart, the other of an egg timer ? / 2 x slides glass antique Circa 1870's - 1900s (produced by Ernst Plank ?) Magic Lantern slides red bordered slides.photography, projectors - still -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: MEDICAL CERTIFICATE
Blue paper dated Decr 29th 1870. I hereby Certify that C. W. Boegal of Honey Suckle St. Is able to follow his usual employment. Signed H. L. Atkinson. Also signed at the end by C. W. Boegal declaring himslef off the Sick Funds of the Court. Printed by J. Brockley, Printer, Bridge Street, Sandhurst.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - medical cetificate, court king of the forest, c w boegal, h l atkinson, j brockley -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - WES HARRY COLLECTION: BARNADOWN BRIDGE, 1860's
Photograph of a wooden bridge spanning a river, the surrounding country is heavily timbered. There are cattle strung out along the bridge and two bullock wagons? There are also six or seven people on the bridge as well as a woman in a light coloured crinoline on the right hand side. Written on the back in biro is ' This is possibly the Barnadown bridge over the Campaspe and would be about the 1860 to 1870.bridge, barnadown, barnadown bridge, campaspe river, wooden bridges, droving cattle -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Slide - 'Raheen', Studley Park Road, 1976
Colour transparency (slide) created in June 1976 during a tour by the Junior National Trust, which was led by members of Kew Historical Society. The collection of 21 slides reveals that the tour covered all parts of Kew, but focused understandably on heritage buildings and sites.Image of an historic place in Kew that can be dated to an exact time and place. The images, albeit amateurish in composition, frequently reveal aspects of important buildings and sites that have changed over time.35mm colour transparency of Raheen in Studley Park Road, Kew in 1976. The building of the house commenced in 1870, while major additions were made in 1884. The view is of the fence and tower. Presumably the photograph was taken from Studley Park Road. The property was still during this period the palace of the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne. The colour of the slide has degraded over time. historic houses -- kew (vic.), raheen -- studley park road -- kew (vic.) -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Black and white photograph, Whitehorse Road Sign Mitcham, C1940s
Sign on south side of Whitehorse Road opposite Dunlavin Road, Mitcham, looking east. Early 1940s. Note in 1870 the area was known as Air Hill. Center of shot shows shop on west side of what later became Alexander Street and further east house on the corner of Peel Street. These signs are very similar to those erected in nearby Vermont.advertising signs, whitehorse road, mitcham, dunlavin road -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Tui Mitchell Collection: Blue and white bowl with lid
The bowl is decorated with a blue transfer print of a bird in reeds. The lid is decorated with the image of two birds sitting on a fence. On the underside of the bowl is the hallmark for Brown Westhead and Moore (BWM & Co) in Staffordshire, England about 1870. The pattern name is Canova. The object is reported to have been used at Greystanes House in Bendigo. The bowl is damaged. See condition report.tui mitchell collection, williams family, greystanes -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, Plaque Relating to the Ballarat School of Mines Museum, c1990
The curator of the relaunched Ballarat School of Mines Museum was Gael Ramsay. Photograph of a metal plaque located in the Ballarat School of MinesThe School of MInes and Industries Ballarat School Museum Established - 1870 This plaque commemorates the re-opening of the Museum on 24 March 1982 by Graham Beanland B/E/E?. Dip. Ed.. M.B.A. Principal 1976-1982.ballarat school of mines museum, reopening, launch, graham beanland, gael ramsay -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photographs - 5 black and white, Ballarat Junior Technical School Social Function - 1975, 1975
On 28 March 1981 the Ballarat College of Advanced Education 1870 Founders hall was opened. The hall was erected from the proceeds of the Centenary Appeal, held in 1975. It cost approximately $800,000. The hall commemorates the initiative of the founders of the original Ballarat School of Mines and its "descendants", including Ballarat College of Advanced Education, as well as formal technical education in Australia. The hall plans were to erect a building to accommodate 670 persons in a theatre type seating arrangement and to be used for multi-purpose use by community groups as well as by the College. Construction of the hall commenced in 1978. It was opened approximately 110 years after the Ballarat School of Mines (26 October 1870) and 10 years after the opening of the Mt Helen Campus (31 October 1870)..1) Morgan B. John on left with Bill North right. .2) L to R:- Betty Barrell; W.J.North; John Vernon; A.C.Burrow; Mrs North; Dulcie Burrow; Mrs Webb; K.C.Webb; Geoffrey Barrell .3) L to R:- unidentified; E.J. Tippett; Bert Stohr .4) L to R:- Mrs Handford-Stevens; Mrs Nicholson; J Handford-Stevens; Sir A Nicholson, Mayor of Ballarat .5) L to R:- Bill North; unidentified; S Martin-Brown; unidentifiedPhotographer's stamp on back of each photograph. .1) In pencil: "at Centenary Appeal conclusion reception 1975"; "M.B.John, President of (BIAE crossed out) SMB Council; W.J.C.(Bill) North, appeal committee chairman"; 10 - 3. .2) 10 - 4 .3) 10 - 2 .4) 10 - 1 .5) 10 - 5 a.w. nicholson, e.j. tippett, m.b. john, morgan b. john, ballarat junior technical school, ballarat school of mines, ballarat college of advanced education, 1870 founders hall, centenary appeal, 1978, 1981 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: SEVEN SISTERS
These girls were the daughters of John and Elizabeth (nee Jeffrey) Williams who married in 1870. Emily b. 1878; Mary Elizabeth b. 1878; Florence b. 1882; Ethel May b. 1883; Evaline Grace b. 1887; Henrietta (Ettie) b. 1889; Melinda (Linda) b. 1891. There were also 3 boys in the family; John b. 1870; Thomas b. 1875 and George Henry b. 1880.Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2003. Seven sisters: the Williams family. Back row: Florence Linda and Eveline. Front row: Ettie, Mary, Emily and Ethel. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: SEVEN SISTERS
These girls were the daughters of John and Elizabeth (nee Jeffrey) Williams who married in 1870. Emily b. 1878; Mary Elizabeth b. 1878; Florence b. 1882; Ethel May b. 1883; Evaline Grace b. 1887; Henrietta (Ettie) b. 1889; Melinda (Linda) b. 1891. There were also 3 boys in the family; John b. 1870; Thomas b. 1875 and George Henry b. 1880.Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2003. Seven sisters: the Williams sisters; Florence, Inda, Eveline, Ettie, Mary, Emily and Ethel. Date unknown. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were