Hardcover. Shows Mick Taylor making last-minute adjustments to the rigging of a large log about to commence its journey down the incline to the Marysville Timber and Seasoning Company No.1 mill. Back cover has a photograph of a rail tractor towing a timber trolley along a timber tramway.non-fictionA history of the timber mills along the Yarra Track from Narbethong to Matlock.timber, timber mills, yarra track, narbethong, matlock, marysville, wood's point, wilks creek, great divide, cathedral range, cumberland, foresters, sawmillers, peter evans

The first all transistor hearing aids appeared in 1953. They were created to replace vacuum tubes; they were small, required less battery power and had less distortion and heat than their predecessor. The vacuum tubes were typically hot and fragile, so the transistor was the ideal replacement. The size of these transistors led to developments in miniature, carbon microphones. These microphones could be mounted on various items. There were body hearing aids where the earpiece was connected to the hearing aid and battery pack worn on the body. Ear level hearing aids consisted of eyeglass, behind the ear (BTE), in the ear (ITE), and in the canal (ITC, CIC) hearing aids. Hearing aid with Pink and silver metal pack with attached wire to ear piece. Uses (A) battery. Ear piece moulded for wearer with dials for adjustments. In original box. Transitone and Universal Hearing Aids were manufactured by British Hearing Aids (Aust) P/L. Model 61T. NoV848 "TRANSITONE & UNIVERSAL/HEARING AIDS/BRITISH HEARING AIDS (AUST) P/L" printed on fabric inside lid of box. Inside battery compartment, label "MODEL 61T" ('T' handwritten) "V848" inscribed on hinge.

Probably purchased from 'The Tie Shop', a British franchise that commenced operation in Australia in the early 1980s.Silk bow tie (ready made) with adjustable collar band. Dark navy blue with red, yellow and green flower and leaf pattern.|Also include is a yellow card giving location of 'The Tie Shop' outlets in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. On reverse side are graphic descriptions of tying a tie.on collar band - Santostefano by Italo Ferretticostume accessories, collar accessories, male

One piece swimsuit with sweetheart neckline, small square bow under the bust and faux front pockets trimmed in white piping. Back is fully ruched with elasticated shirring. Wide straps secure and adjust at the top with buttons. No openings, step in - bust is lined in the same cotton and features boning.Labelled "Princess Togs" Medium All Cotton

Demonstrates aspects of Ballarat's Tramway operations by the SEC in noting the days a person was on Special Leave. Has a strong association with the SEC and tram operations in Ballarat.Rubber stamp and wood stamp base for stamping rosters and/or time sheets with the word "S. LEAVE" to indicate was on Special Leave. May have had his pay adjusted.. Comprises a varnished shaped wooden section, cut from a preformed strip with a drawing pin to indicate the top of the stamp. trams, tramways, sec, rosters, times, crews

This skirt was made by the Fletcher Jones company as part of the uniform of the Penleigh Grammar School, Essendon, Melbourne. David Fletcher Jones (1895-1977) setup as a travelling hawker in the 1920s selling drapery in Western Victoria. In 1924 he opened a store in Warrnambool, moving into a two-storeyed building in Liebig Street in 1931. He manufactured and sold men's clothing at this site, opening a store in Melbourne in 1946 and a factory in Warrnambool in 1948. The company of Fletcher Jones and Staff, established in 1951, opened more stores and factories and operated Australia-wide and became well-known firstly for its production of men's trousers and later men's and women's clothing. By 2011 the Warrnambool factory was sold and the company dissolved. This skirt is of interest as a fine example of the quality clothing made by the Fletcher Jones clothing company. This business commenced in Warrnambool and was a dominant one in Warrnambool (and Australia) during the 20th century.This is a woman's tartan skirt in green and navy tonings. The skirt is pleated at the back and sides and has a silver-coloured metal buckle at the left side. It has metal clips and buttons that adjust the waistline size and a green cloth folder designed as a wallet with a press stud closer inside the front waist.College Apparel by Fletcher Jones Australiafletcher jones clothing stores

Francis Robert LEONARD SX8804. Enlisted 13/07/1940. Discharged 17/01/1946. Rank Private, 2/166 Aust Workshops.Khaki webbing belt with evidence of green colouring. The belt has brass clasp fittings and brass sliding keepers. On the inside of the belt, the sewn in adjustment points are very worn and have been well used. There are two close additional brass webbing attachment points towards the centre of the belt."SX8804"passchendaele barracks trust, leonard, webbing belt, equipment, ww2

Small buff-coloured leaflet with green print advertising 31 home sites for sale, with summary of subdivision features and services available. Subdivision includes Eden Avenue and Dirkala Avenue, Heathmont. Managing Agents - H.G. McLean P/L, 166 Canterbury Road, Heathmont. (Tel) 877808-9, 8702560, 8422708. £100 or $200 Deposit. Terms £18 or $36 monthly, balance over 4 years. Interest 7% quarterly adjusted. 5% discount for cash.

This is a Morse Code key. Morse Code is a method of transmitting text information using short and long signals (‘dots and dashes’). It is named after Samuel Morse, the inventor of the telegraph and was developed in the 1860s. It was used extensively in the 1890s for early radio communication before it was possible to transmit voice and continued to be used in the 20th century along with voice transmission , especially by amateur radio persons. It was also used in military and naval communication but not so much today. It is believed that this Morse Code key belonged to Ted Salamy, a jeweller and the first person in Warrnambool to hold an amateur radio licence (1924 Call Sign A3AJ, the 35th licence issued in Victoria).This Morse Code key is of interest as an object more used in the past, especially by amateur radio persons. It is believed to have been the property of Ted Salamy, the first person in Warrnambool to hold an amateur radio licence. This is a metal Morse Code key with an oval metal base. It has three screws inserted in the base and two more screws attached to the sides of the base. There is a key lever on top of the base and this is adjustable. The hinge on which the key lever sits is missing. The lever has a round black knob at one end. ‘Made in U.S.A. H15.682’ Wm.M. Nye Co Inc. Bellevue W.A.’ morse code key, ted salamy,, history of warrnambool

Hand-held kerosene lamps were introduced in the late 1800s for lighting homes prior to the introduction of electricity. This lamp was used in the Bridge Hotel during early European settlement and migration to the area.This lamp is the only example of domestic lighting within the collection. It belongs to the objects relating to the interpretation of Echuca's Bridge Hotel, built by European founder Henry Hopwood.Ornate pressed metal base (4 sided) with floral design. Featuring a ribbed blue glass fuel fount, a four-pronged metal carrier (that would hold a flat cotton wick) with small circular knob (a mechanism for adjusting the wick) and a bulbous clear glass chimney with decorative scalloped edge.lamp, glass, blue glass, kerosene, flat wick, 1800s

Chauncey Jerome (1793–1868) was an American clock maker in the early to mid 19th century. He made a fortune selling his clocks, and his business grew quickly. Jerome was born in Canaan USA in 1793 son of a blacksmith and nail-maker. He began his career in Plymouth, making dials for long-case clocks where he learned all he could about clocks, particularly clock cases, and then went to New Jersey to make seven-foot cases for clocks mechanisms. In 1816 he went to work for Eli Terry making "Patent Shelf Clocks," learning how to make previously handmade cases using machinery. Deciding to go into business for himself, Jerome began to make cases, trading them to Terry for wooden movements. In 1822 Jerome moved his business to Bristol New Haven, opening a small shop with his brother Noble and began to produce a 30-hour and eight-day wooden clocks. By 1837 Jerome's company was selling more clocks than any of his competitors. A one-day wood-cased clock, which sold for six dollars had helped put the company on the map. A year later his company was selling that same clock for four dollars. The company also sold one line of clocks at a wholesale price of 75 cents and by 1841 the company was showing an annual profit of a whopping $35,000, primarily from the sale of its brass movements. In 1842 Jerome moved his clock-case manufacturing operation to St. John Street in New Haven. Three years later, following a fire that destroyed the Bristol plant, Jerome relocated the entire operation to Elm City factory. Enlarging the plant, the company soon became the largest industrial employer in the city, producing 150,000 clocks annually. In 1850 Jerome formed the Jerome Manufacturing Co. as a joint-stock company with Benedict & Burnham, brass manufacturers of Waterbury. In 1853 the company then became known as the New Haven Clock Co, producing 444,000 clocks and timepieces annually, then the largest clock maker in the world. Jerome's future should have been secure but in 1855 he bought out a failed Bridgeport clock company controlled by P.T. Barnum, which wiped him out financially, leaving the Jerome Manufacturing Co. bankrupt. Jerome never recovered from the loss. By his admission, he was a better inventor than a businessman. When Jerome went bankrupt in 1856 the New Haven Clock Company purchased the company. One of the primary benefits of Jerome purchasing New Haven in the first place was the good reputation of the Jerome brand and the network of companies that remained interested in selling its clocks. In England, Jerome & Co. Ltd. sold Jerome clocks for the New Haven company until 1904, when New Haven purchased the English firm outright. After his involvement with the New Haven Company in 1856, Jerome traveled from town to town, taking jobs where he could, often working for clock companies that had learned the business of clock making using Jerome's inventions. On returning to New Haven near the end of his life, he died, penniless, in 1868 at the age of 74. The company struggled on after Jerome's bankruptcy until after World War II, when the company endeavored to continue through disruptions caused by a takeover along with poor sales, finally having to fold its operations in 1960 a little more than 100 years after it had been founded. The item is significant as it is associated with Chauncey Jerome who had made a historic contribution to the clock making industry during the 19th century when he began to substitute brass mechanisms for wooden mechanisms in his clocks. This was said to be the greatest and most far-reaching contribution to the clock industry. Because of his discovery of stamping out clockwork gears rather than using castings, Jerome was producing the lowest-priced clocks in the world. That can only add to his significance as the major clock manufacture of the 19th century. Jerome may have made and lost, a fortune selling his clocks but was perhaps the most influential and creative person associated with the American clock business during the mid-19th century. Also, he had served his community as a legislator in 1834, a Presidential elector in 1852 and mayor of New Haven, Connecticut from 1854 to 1855.Clock, marine, in octagonal rosewood veneer case. Roman numerals to dial, has a seconds dial. 2 key-winding holes slow-to-Fast adjustment pin through dial. Small lever in lower edge of case activates a chime. "8 day, 8 inch, Lever Striking escarpment " Paper label on the back of the clock "Jerome & Co, New Haven, Conn" "Manufacturers of every variety of Office and Home Clocks and Time Pieces".flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, clock, jerome & co, new haven, clock maker, chauncey jerome

Wool and nylon V necked, long sleeved spencer. Neckline edged with a knitted braid, overlocked around neckline, and threaded with a silk knitted ribbon to adjust the size of the neckline. 8 cm ribbed band overlocked to the garment at waistline. Main body of the spencer has a ribbed pattern knitted into the fabric.Hanro XO5. 80% Wool/Nyloncostume, female underwear, spencer

Progress report, City of Nunawading Theatre Arts Centre, 10/5/1984. It includes : impact of regulations, acoustic considerations, revue of user needs, structural review, electrical and sound systems, service requirements, car parking and access, description of facilities, revised estimates, timing, cost adjustment, funding.Progress report, City of Nunawading Theatre Arts Centre,nunawading arts and entertainment centre, nunawading theatre arts centre

Black metal helmet with an adjustable leather inner which has perished a little and a leather chin strap with what appears to be an aluminium buckle and two aluminium studs. The helmet has been painted at some stage and has had what appears to be black electrical tape applied to it in a random pattern.The left hand side has the German eagle with swastika (Parteiadler) without the laurel leaves around the swastika.

These lamps were used for military communications during World War 1 and also through to World War 2A portable, electric morse signalling lamp, used for daylight communications The lamp design was patented in 1916 by Oliver Lucas. This unit was manufactured in 1918 This signalling lamp used an external battery as a power source. An adjustable screen is provided (used with a coloured lens) for night time signalling Includes sight tube Lucas Birmingham 1918forests commission victoria (fcv), communications

The first factory manufactured chairs date to c1850. With a foot rest in 1878 and with a mechanically raised and lowered chair. Chairs have an adjustable height with foot operated jack or hand operated lever on the side. The chair can also rotate, or lean backwards (for hair washing and shaving) and has a head rest .Old Barber's chairs are made from metal and leather and are heavy. Mt Beauty township had a Barber's business during the construction of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme and beyond. ""Sam The Barber" was an original Kiewa character. Probably for 45 years cut the hair of thousands of Kiewa workers with his scissors, hand clippers and cut throat razor." Ref. online: "The Mt Beauty & Murray connection"Brown leather padded seat, back rest, headrest and armrest. At the front of the arm rest is a wooden section (maybe for a cuppa?). The chair has a steel frame and foot rest. There is a large white enamel disc under the seat and a white enamel stand with a steel perimeter. A metal lever joins from the back of the footrest to the base enabling the chair to be tilted back.Embossed on foot rest: "Raynor"barber's chair, hair dressing, mt beauty shops, shaving

Donor, Howard, became interesed in photography through his father who had Kodak camera and a home development kit. Could adjust size. In school Howard formed a camera club (aged 16). Had a ' Baby Brownie'. When he retired he built own workroom was one of the first to get a digital camera. Hobby ceased due to poor eyesight.Kodak Pocket Instamatic 400 camera. Black and silver metal casing. Kodak logo on left hand corner. Camera case maroon coloured plastic. Kodak logo front bottom right corner. Pocket clips on reversephotography, cameras, camera accessories

Worn by Swinfield in IraqWorn by Swinfield in IraqBlack edge trimmed green fibreglass Army vehicle intercom helmet. Adjustable head straps inside helmet, Adjustment strap for right earphone located on ouside of right ear. Earphones mounted inside helmet at each ear side. Voice microphone located at mounting on outside of the left ear connected by black cable to mounting on outside of left ear. Cable connection with clip for helemt connection to vehicle located at outside of left ear. Switch located on mounting on outside of left ear. Plastic mounting box located on ouside of the left ear. Brown leather sweat band on helmet straps on inside front of the helmet. Male and female connections on end of vehicle connection point.Swinfield marked on outside front of helmet. 34B marked on outside of helmet at rear. Roamwell Corp. with number SA-1552,6 marked on plastic mounting on outside of right ear. Front and back markings on microphone. M138/6 marked on back of microphone. ID label on connection point end of vehicle connection cable.

Nino Corda was a Geelong based textile designer who worked at various textile mills between 1957 & 2003. He travelled the world in search of the latest fashions and techniques and developed timeless designs that were much loved by Australians. These items are on rotational display at the National Wool Museum’s ‘In the Factory’ exhibition. For many years, Nino also worked as part of the Honorary Staff of the National Wool Museum. His passion for the world of textiles provided energy and knowledge to the visitors and staff of the museum. Although Nino has now retired from his honorary position and has hung up his Australian Tartan vest, these items will continue to serve the community in sharing the stories of Australian Textile design.Custom made wooden hinged box with a hook latch. Brass yarn spinner, attached to a mahogany wood plinth base, which spins fibre into cord/yarn/thread. It has dials to set the rate that it spins. Metal plaque with black inlaid enamel lettering. Small cork inlay. Brass rod with hinge and wingnut, and ball at end. Ball at end has an adjustment mechanism. Rod also has an adjustable circular collar. Pair of curved tweezers. Circular magnifying glass on long thin handle. Glass has two concave lenses. Weaving sample in shades of blue, green and brown. Twill weave. Alternate pattern samples separated by red thread.Brass plaque on base of spinner: 42 MARKET St / John Nesbitt / REGd TRADE MARK / LIMd / MANCHESTER Underside of wooden plinth: 4976apparatus, textile, testing, spinning, nino corda, magnifyer, tools, brass, mahogany, tweezers, yarn, spinner, design, john nesbitt, manchester, england, 19th century, engineering, manufacturing

A barometer is an instrument used for measuring atmosphere pressure thus determining weather changes.The first apparatus generally accepted as a barometer was that set up in Florence in 1644 by Evangelista Torricelli (1608–1647), a mathematician and physicist. Torricelli filled a glass tube with mercury, sealed it at one end, and inverted it with its open end in a dish of mercury. The level always fell a short way down the tube, then settled at a height of about thirty inches. He concluded correctly that the mercury column was sustained by the weight of the air pressing on the open surface of mercury, and further experiments convinced him that the space above the mercury in the tube was a vacuum. He noted that the level rose and fell with changing temperature, but he was unable to use his apparatus to measure variations in the weight of the atmosphere because he had not foreseen that temperature would affect the level of the mercury. News of this experiment circulated quickly among European scientists, who hastened to replicate the experiment. Torricelli's conclusions were not universally accepted because some disputed whether the air had weight, while both Aristotle and the Catholic Church denied the possibility of a vacuum. In France, the philosopher René Descartes (1596–1650) seems to have been the first person, probably in 1647, to attach a graduated scale to the tube so that he could record any changes attributable to the weather. At around this time Duke Ferdinand II of Tuscany organized the first short-lived meteorological network among scientists in other Italian cities, gathering observations of pressure, temperature, humidity, wind direction, and state of the sky.Theis barometer is an example of a household item from the early 20th century, used to determine the day's weather. The barometer is significant as an aid to human social, material and scientific development.Barometer, round, brass housing inset into carved wooden casing (lacquer mostly worn off). Decorative lettering for weather conditions "Stormy, Rain, Change, Fair, Very Dry". Workings are visible through opening in centre of dial. Indicator needle and another adjustable needle . Hook screwed into back of case.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, barometer, scientific instrument, weather forcasting instrument, weather gauge

Part of DP Camouflage equipment issued to service personnel for service in the field.One litre plastic water bottle, army green in colour with screw top lid attached to spout. Plastic is flexible and can be squashed. Covered with DP camouflage canvas pouch with reinforced webbing and adjustable carry strap. Metal clips on back webbing to attach to belt and plastic clip on front to close.Written in Texta "FRA 392" Stamped item No. "8465-66-135-2453" "TRADE PARTNERS" "Dec 2005".water bottle, field equipment

This hat belonged to Mr William Grant, Shire President of Bacchus Marsh. Mr Grant and his wife were invited to the opening of the first Federal Parliament held in the Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, on the 9th May 1901. The opening was attended by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later George V and Queen Mary) and 12,000 guests. Mr Grant's family were early settlers in Bacchus Marsh, and both he and his father were influential people in the town. They owned the property "Millbank". When William Grant died in 1924, his obituary in the 'Express' listed 17 public positions he held, including severaal terms as Shire President.This item has historical significance at a local, state and national level. It is representative of formal gentlemen's dress in the latter part of the 19th century/early 20th century.Gentleman's black shiny velour top hat with silk ribbon band, bound inside with leather sweat band, adjustable with silk ties. Inscription inside hat. Purple lining with gold embossing. Light canvas coated inside. Protective silver paper sweat band under leather sweat band.Inscription in gold inside hat reads "GREASE PROOF / Prize Medal" / Royal Insignia with motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" / "VENTILATED / AND / FELT BANDED".1910, top hat, gentlemen s fashion, mr grant, velour, ninteenth century attire, skilled hatter, upper class attire, formal wear, monopoly token, president bacchus marsh shire, federation celebrations 1910, federation, owner millbank, mad hatter, opening parliament 1910, royal exhibition building, original box, greaseproof prize medal royal isignia, the sea breeze, no 5044, size 6, 7 8

Probably used at the Ballarat School of Mines. Fisher and Ludlow was a British car body manufacturing company based in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham.Two oil cans (or brass oil feeders) with flat base and long neck. (a) Miniature cylindrical body with flat base, and long narrow spout. Head of flow adjuster is missing. Made by Fisher & Ludlow, Birmingham. (b) Has a miniature plug with chain attached, and a decorative scrolled handle. Made by Whites. oil, tools, ballarat school of mines, whites, motor mechanics, fisher and ludlow

Probably used at the Ballarat School of Mines as a teaching aid to demonstrate surface wave propagation in liquids.A hollow cast iron base contains electrical components which provide upward illumination of variable frequency. Cover is shaped lile a soup plate, with a 6.5cm diameter lens in the centre. An overhead lens transmits light to an adjustable mirror for viewing from the side. Complet with 240 volt AC lead and plug.scientific instrument

The “Saf-T-Coil” (Julius Schmid Laboratories, Little Falls, New Jersey, USA) IUD was a first generation IUD that entered manufacturing in 1965 and was one of the first inert type plastic IUDs to be commonly used. It was also one of the first to adopt the familiar T-shape of IUDs still used today. It was accepted during its time as being generally safe, effective and easy to insert, with low expulsion rates due to its bulky frame. Production was halted in 1982 for economic reasons as newer contraceptive methods gained popularity. (Madden et al. 'A Case of Migrating “Saf-T-Coil” Presenting With a Vesicovaginal Fistula and Vesicovaginal Calculus', https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442016300286)Saf.T. Coil 33.s intrauterine device, with inserter. Sealed in original sealed plastic packaging, unopened. Shape resembles a double coil with ends that spiral inwards. The inserter has an adjustable blue 'stop' pre-set at 1 3/4" for insertion into a 'normal' uterus. There is also an instruciton leaflet enclosed.intrauterine device, contraception

Wooden stereoscope viewer made for table top viewing with adjustable positions for ease of viewing and focusing, with a large loose magnifying glasss which can be attached to 2 folding brass rods.Outer casing covered in a rosewood veneer,brass catches, hinges & rods, bone screw on knobs, purple felt on base.photography, viewers, stereoscope

Brown leather case containing silver CALAID T hearing aid with body straps, forming a harness with press studs for adjustment, probably a childs hearing aid as the harness would have helped to prevent the loss of the hearing aid. Has two wires, one with the ear piece, the other with a different attachment Inside leather case "------ ------" ? Maybe imprint from tape? On case: "C OF A/CALAID/116506" On other side in sticky tape "STEVEN CAO (?)HIA / LEFT VOL 2"

Triangular shaped black velvet ceremonial headwear with black ostrich feathers attached from each corner/point to centre. Gold coloured brocade and decorative button on the left-hand side, atop black pleated fabric. Satin-like lining, adjustable drawstring, with hard head support under the material.tricorne, hat, mayor, ceremonial wear, city of brighton, bayside, headwear, ostrich feathers, r.w. bredin & son, mayoral regalia