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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES COLLECTION: MINUTE BOOK, 1891- 2010
Minute Book. Independent Order of Rechabites State Savings Bank Conditions and Regulations Glued to first page is copy of conditions and regulations relating to the Accounts of Registered Friendly Societies.(Vide General Order No. 24). Member numbers attending each Doctor. Entries from 1891 until 1910 Records the names of doctors associated with the Lodge and the number of patients who attended each Doctor. -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Photograph, c. 1891
Patrick Tennyson, Mayor of Belfast 1891 1896-98, owner of Tennyson’s hotelBlack and white photograph of Patrick Tennyson in a top hatbelfast, mayor, shire, council, local-government, publican, patrick tennyson, tennyson, hotel, tennyson’s hotel -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Domestic Object - MUNCEY COLLECTION: SILVER TEA SERVICE, 1898
Silver plated tea service presented to Henry Muncey by his colleagues at the The New Chum Mine on his marriage to Eliza Brooks in 1898. The service consists of a silver coffee pot, a silver tea pot, silver sugar bowl and silver creamer. All items are decoratively engraved with scroll work, floral emblems and punch work. The coffee pot is engraved with the words " Presented to H Muncey by employees New Chum Railway GMC on his marriage 3.2.98".A lozenge with the letters EP with a reclined S in a diamond. William Mammatt & Sons Sheffield.henry muncey, new chum gold mine, eliza brooks, 1898, marriage -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Administrative record - Stock Sales Register - Heywood Salesyard, n.d
Stock sales register from Heywood Saleyards, May 1891-August 1904. Heavy cardboard covers, covered with navy blue fabric, 'Sales Book' on spine. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: TALL ORDER
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Tall order: Elmore urban water tower, built 1891 by Elmore Water Trust. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DUDLEY HOUSE COLLECTION: FLYER, 1991
Document. Advertising flyer for Bendigo Historical Society Exhibition at Dudley House. ''Sandhurst to Bendigo 1891 - 1991''. 6th May - 12th May''. Handwritten in black ink.document, memo, flyer. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, College plaque is Joe Swift epitaph, 1969
Death of Joe Swift, Mitcham's noted bronze founder whose last job was making the plaque mould for the 75th anniversary of Burnley College of Horticulture, 1891 - 1966.Death of Joe Swift, Mitcham's noted bronze founder whose last job was making the plaque mould for the 75th anniversary of Burnley College of Horticulture, 1891 - 1966.Death of Joe Swift, Mitcham's noted bronze founder whose last job was making the plaque mould for the 75th anniversary of Burnley College of Horticulture, 1891 - 1966.foundries, swift, joe, burnley college of horticulture -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Audio - PMHPS Meeting, Melbourne and its suburbs, Margaret Bride, John Kirby, Aug 2017
Margaret Bride talks about "Melbourne and its suburbs" between 1851 and 1891, discussing contributions to development Duration 01:14:34 including meeting preliminariesbuilt environment, natural environment, margaret bride -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph - Framed image, RAAF Aircraft 1921-1981
A coloured photograph in a black fram of three aircraft slying over rugged terraine. Aircraft 1921-1981. RAAF Aircraft 1921-1891 written under the photographSTRIKING SYMMETRY The English Electric Canberra, named after Australian Capital City was RAAF's 1st Bomber. The Government Aircraft Factories produced 48 Canberras to replace the GAF Avro Lincolns. Canberras operated in Vietnam 1967-71.photograph, canberra bomber -
Bendigo Military Museum
Painting - FRAMED WATER COLOUR, post 1998
The painting is of John Henry Lockett (Jack) Refer Cat No's 8143, 8144, 8145.10P for awards and service history.Framed water colour portrait painting showing a man sitting with walking stick, in the background is a frame with a soldier in. The frame is gold with a black streak, painting is set in a white backing with a gold edge. under is a brass plaque with details.On plaque, "John Henry (Jack) Lockett OAM - 1891 - 2002 - On loan courtesy of the Lockett Family"brsl, smirsl, painting lockett -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - EGG BEATER, DOVER STAMPING COMPANY
METAL HAND EGG BEATER WITH WOODEN HANDLE - IN WORKING CONDITIONDOVER EGG BEATER PAT MAY 6, APRIL 3 1889, NOV 24 1891egg beater, dover stamping company -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - VARIOUS MEDALS, 1896 through to 1908
.1) Khedive Sudan. Silver with clasp. "The Atbara." 1896 -1908. .2) Box. .3) USA, 1898-1902 Spanish American War. .4) USA, 1898-1902 Spanish American War. (broken) .5)British, 1899-1902 Queens South Africa Medal - 5514 Pte. J. Cross Suffolk Regt. .6)British, 1901-1902 Kings South Africa Medal. Lt. A.C. MacColl. I.L.H.numismatics, medals, military, foreign -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, The Franco-German War of 1870-71 Vol 1
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. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 Vol 1 Author: Field Marshall Count Helmuth Van Moltke Translated by Clara Bell and Henry W Fischer Publisher: James R Osgood Date: 1891Label on spine cover with typed text PAT 943.082 MOL Pastedown front endpaper has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service Front loose endpaper has a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Servicewarrnambool, 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, the franco-german war of 1870-71 vol 1, field marshall count helmuth van moltke, helmuth van moltke, henry w fischer -
Clunes Museum
Certificate, Certificate of Service as Engine Driver, 1891
.1 Original Certificate. Certificate number 1367 licensing William Bennett as an engine driver (mines) by the Board of Examiners for Engine Drivers, Victoria, Australia. Certificate issued by G Maynard Secretary, 18 Nov 1891 and signed by Robert Fulton (Chairman), John Naylor, Benjamin Brown and John Coats, members of this licensing board. .2 Photocopy of the front page of the certificate .3 Photocopy of the back page of the certificateengine drivers, licensing, bennett, william, certificate -
Federation University Historical Collection
Letter, Letters from Bethanga Gold Fields Limited to School of Mines Ballarat
Ballarat School of Mines is a predecessor of Federation University.Two handwritten letters from Bethanga Gold Fields Limited to School of Mines Ballarat. signed Harris and Field General Managers. Dated 11th October and 13th October 1898bethanga gold fields limited, harris and field general managers, school of mines ballarat, f.j. martell, letters, harris and field, frederick martell, bethanga -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Historical Records of New South Wales Vol 6
"Historical Records of New South Wales Vol 6 King and Bligh 1806, 1807, 1808" Edited: F M Bladen Published: Government Printer Sydney Date: 1898 Inside front cover has a sticker that reads Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, mechanics’ institute library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, historical records of new south wales vol 6 -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - B/W photograph, Dr Longden's and Sparling's former residences, Learmonth St west, Buninyong, July 1993
Dr Longden, a medical practitioner, was a significant figure in Buninyong history in the late 1800s.Brick buildings are prominent examples of Victorian era residences. Dr Longden was a prominent medical practitioner in Buninyong in the late 1800s.B/W photo of Dr Longden's (built circa 1898) and Sparling's former residences, Learmonth St west, Buninyong. Streetscape photo taken in 1993 of two brick residences.buninyong, longden, sparling, brick building, house, street scape, learmonth st -
Puffing Billy Railway
21 NQR - Open Medium Truck converted to Excursion Car with seats, 26/11/1898
The NQRs were the standard Medium open goods wagon. Generally the sides and ends were removable thus providing a totally flat truck. Three long drop-down doors formed the sides thus allowing easy loading and unloading. 218 of these goods vehicles were built between 1898 and 1914 ? numbered 1 - 218. Originally, these wagons carried the code letter R as they were built with sides and ends. Unlike the Broad Gauge, VR's 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge network never had four-wheeled wagons (aside from a handful of trolleys). Because of this, a single design of open wagon emerged and this was the only type of wagon ever used on these lines. This was the NQR class, a wagon with the same length and loading capacity as a Broad Gauge four-wheeled open wagon to make transferring freight between the gauges easier. The wagons, numbered 1 through 218, were built between 1898 and 1914. The wagons used the same underframe as most other non-locomotives on the VR Narrow Gauge. Letters and numbers were originally painted only on the end bulkheads and doors, both of which could be removed as traffic dictated, and this made wagon identification difficult until the decals were transferred to the underframes of each wagon In the 1910s some NQRs were provided with removable wood and steel frameworks with canvas roof canopies and side curtains, and internal seating to supplement the rest of the passenger stock during busy holiday periods. Puffing Billy has re-created these for emergency capacity. Five more NQRs, numbered 219-223, were built between 1990 and 1992 initially for passenger use so were fitted with the removable frames Vehicle Length 25 feet 2 inches ( 7671 mm) Coupled Length 27 feet 4 inches (8330 mm) Width 6 feet 3 inches (1905 mm) Weight 5 tons Capacity 11 tons Built 1898 - 1915 (1992) Number Built 218 (223) In use 14 To be restored 6 21 NQR - Open Medium Truck with drop ends VR Service History 26/11/1898 NWS Built new Vehicle Length 25 feet 2 inches ( 7671 mm) Coupled Length 27 feet 4 inches (8330 mm) Width 6 feet 3 inches (1905 mm) Weight 5 tons Capacity 11 tons Built 1898 - 1915 (1992) Number Built 218 (223) In use 14 To be restored 6 *NQR 21.VA - 26/11/1898 NWS Built new - / /1926 - To NQ 21.VA - NQ 21.VA - 17/ 9/1936 NWS Into Workshops - 29/ 4/1937 NWS Out of Workshops (50 days) Puffing Billy Service History or Notes Historic - Victorian Railways - Narrow Gauge Rolling Stock - Open medium truck with seats (No. 21)21 NQR - Open Medium Truck converted to Excursion Car with seats made of Steel and metal21 NQRpuffing billy railway, pbr, rolling stock , 21 nqr, victorian railways, nqr open medium truck with seats -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - GREETING CARD, 1898
Greeting Card: Rectangle shaped Forget Me Not Christmas Greeting Card with green velvet cover. A Cream coloured moulded plastic like material fan shaped over a cream padded fan shaped silk material. 'Forget Me Not' is inscribed and has a cream ribbon woven through the fan. Painted flower across the front. Small metal lace work is in the left hand corner. The back is card with Christmas 1898' hand written. Back is torn. Box 625.ephemera, mementoes, christmas, christmas greeting card -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, J F C Farquhar, The Yarra in Hyde Park, 1891
At the beginning of the 1890s, the Kew businessman and Town Councillor, Henry Kellett, commissioned J.F.C. Farquhar to photograph scenes of Kew. These scenes included panoramas as well as pastoral scenes. The resulting set of twelve photographs was assembled in an album, Kew Where We Live, from which customers could select images for purchase.The preamble to the album describes that the photographs used the ‘argentic bromide’ process, now more commonly known as the gelatine silver process. This form of dry plate photography allowed for the negatives to be kept for weeks before processing, hence its value in landscape photography. The resulting images were considered to be finely grained and everlasting. Evidence of the success of Henry Kellett’s venture can be seen today, in that some of the photographs are held in national collections.It is believed that the Kew Historical Society’s copy of the Kellett album is unique and that the photographs in the book were the first copies taken from the original plates. It is the first and most important series of images produced about Kew. The individual images have proved essential in identifying buildings and places of heritage value in the district.Hyde Park is now a small recreation reserve bordered by Willsmere and Kilby Roads and White Avenue. In 1982, Hyde Park was cut off from the Yarra River by the construction of the Eastern Freeway. The building of the latter was to transform the natural landscape, including the Yarra, as well as Hyde Park. The construction of the Freeway makes it difficult to view the scene with the photographer’s eye. Today’s Hyde Park is located on land purchased in 1847 by John Cowell, and in 1851 Catherine Cowell, yet the scene selected by the photographer may well have been located on farmland owned by the Wills family. Farquhar’s point-of-view emphasises both the pastoral and recreational elements of the scene: the grazing cows, three boys, and in the distance two figures, seated on the bank with a parasol. By 1891, an environmental consequence of human activity, including farming, was deforestation, leading to the erosion of the south bank of the Yarra. In contrast, the land on the Alphington side of the river in 1891 included remnant bushland.The Yarra in Hyde Parkkew illustrated, kew where we live, photographic books, henry kellett, yarra river -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional Object - Tramcar component - Sliding Door Roller, Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Co. (MTOCo), 1880's late
Brass door roller from a former Melbourne cable car trailer - numbered 2 222 - probably No. 2 end of trailer No. 222. Consists of a large cast section for attachment to the top of the door, roller wheel and axle. Cable trams commenced in 1885 and by 1891 there were 350 sets. (see reference) See p79 of "Mind the Curve", John D.Keating re number of tram built by 1891.melbourne, cable trams, door roller, tramcar component -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Brass Sovereign Rocker Coin Scale, 1898-1914
The scales were made by Harrison (Birmingham), founded 1898, which went on to become Harrison Drape. Balance scales for full and half sovereigns also measured the circumference and the thickness. As gold is one of the heaviest metals one way to forge a sovereign in brass would be to make it slightly larger to make up the weight. This clever invention put a stop to that.An item from an outstanding and diverse collection of photographs, postcards and artefacts, assembled by members of the Christian and Washfold families of Kew. Harrison Brass Sovereign Rocker Coin Scale in original leather container. The balance scale for full and half sovereigns also measured the circumference and the thickness. It was made from the 1850s to the early 1900s. Scales in perfect condition.cairn scales, sovereign rocker scale, christian-washfold collection -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Postcard
Black and White Postcard of the Cutty Sark, inscription reads Cutty Sark in Sydney Harbour. August 1891. Captain Woodgate. (SH 063 [3] Ship C - E).flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, post card, cutty sark, captain woodgate, postcard -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Colour, Barcaldine Tree of Knowledge, 1998, 07/1998
Its twisted old trunk is gnarled, its disembowelled carcass plump with cement and now, like many outback legends, its cadaverously pale and very dead. It has stood, an unmolested leafy sentinel, over Barcaldine’s Railway Station depot since the 1880s. It was a living Australian Labor Party memorial and heritage-listed. The double centurion, Oak Street’s most senior resident, was respectfully nursed into its dotage by Barcaldine’s faithful. Countless thousands of travellers photographed it, patted it and peered up at its bushy green tops with dutiful reverence. ... And then, by an act of craven foul play, it was murdered. Allegedly. Cold, hard forensic science pronounced death by poisoning. Sometime around May Day 2007 they reckon. (Australian Travellor, November 25, 2007.)Photograph of Philip and Elizabeth under the Barcaldine Tree. It was in the shade of this tree the Australian workers rallied and the Australian Labor Party was formed after the ramifications of the great shearers strike in 1891.barcaldine tree, australian labor party, chatham-holmes family collection -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: HANDWRITTEN NOTE DATED 1891
Victoria Brewery notepaper dated 20 Feb 1891 handwritten addressed to E P Hastings re enclosed list of properties with insurance details. Signed Magnus Cohnbendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: HANDWRITTEN NOTE DATED 1891
Victoria Brewery printed notepaper dated 18th June 1891 addressed to E P Hastings with handwritten note re mortgage -Lemon & Bell, Bruce & Co unsigned.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: PAPER BOUND PARCEL LABELLED RETURNS
[a] Brown manilla wrapping paper bound with string labelled Returns. [b] Parcel of twelve folded Cohns Accounts to be passed for payment inside dating from 1887- 1891.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - SMITH CENTENARY OF THE WEDDING OF FREDERICK JAMES SMITH AND RUTH JANE MEARS
108 page book ''Smith - Centenary of the wedding of Frederick James Smith and Ruth Jane Mears 1891 -1991'' by Shirley J Stone. Central Victorian reference to Rushworth.genealogy, family, smith -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Eva Schubert's Home, 2019
German wood carvers, Eva and Alf Schubert lived at 129 Mount Pleasant Road, Nunawading, from 1956. The house was built in 1891 and it now up for sale again.German wood carvers, Eva and Alf Schubert lived at 129 Mount Pleasant Road, Nunawading, from 1956. The house was built in 1891 and it now up for sale again.German wood carvers, Eva and Alf Schubert lived at 129 Mount Pleasant Road, Nunawading, from 1956. The house was built in 1891 and it now up for sale again.schubert, eva, mount pleasant road, nunawading, no. 129, alf -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - PEARCE COLLECTION: ELDRIDGE & BURNET: CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS 1896-1898
Pearce Collection - Eldridge & Burnet: Customer Accounts 1896-1898 (predominantly 1898). First 12 (approx) pages of this ledger book uses alphabet tabs on RH side of page to list customers dealt with in that period. The customer's name is listed with a number which is the relevant page in the book for transaction details. (There are several hundred names of customers (businesses and individuals listed in this index). Entries for each customer detail the work done and charge made.cottage, miners