Wangaratta Art Gallery CollectionA hand sculpture ceramic square bowl glazed in green, blue, white and grey featuring an pattern engraved and stamped into the glaze. Design of the bowl is based on the 16th Century Japanese Oribe ware.tom strachan, after 16th c japanese oribe ware, ceramic bowl

This item is associated with the New South Wales Graziers Association world tour of merino sheep 1928/9.Black and white photo mounted on cream card with hand written text in lower half on front, and printed and hand written text on back. Image depicts two sheep in the foreground with a road, fence, stone wall, trees and building in the background.Front: [handwritten] Mark E Mitchell / Harrogate / Pure bred Wensleydale / Ram Shearling / Pure bred Wensleydale / Ram Lamb. Back: [printed] MARK E. MITCHELL HARROGATE / [handwritten] 334 - C / 27/12/28new south wales graziers association, world tour, england, wensleydale, sheep, farm, rural, agriculture

Site plan of the R S & S Mill, 1st Dec, 1973.Architectural drawing on paper showing hand written diagrams and text. PE/C - 389textile mills - design textile mills - history, textile mills - design, textile mills - history, returned soldiers and sailors mill, r s & s mill, architecture, plan, site plan

The Geelong Handweavers and Spinners Guild Inc. entered "The Afternoon Tea Party", designed by Val Ingeme, into the "Five Articles" Section of the Melbourne Sheep and Woolcraft Show c.1992. To qualify, the entry needed to form a group and be able to demonstrate a number of wool crafts in at least five different items. The covering of the cake was woven by Anneli Rickards, the plate woven by Jean Inglis, Mary Donnan and Val Ingeme made and assembled the floral trimmingsagricultural shows handicrafts textile art knitting weaving, geelong handweavers and spinners guild inc., spinning - hand, felting, weaving, ingeme, mrs val inglis, jean - geelong handweavers and spinners guild inc. rickards, anneli - geelong handweavers and spinners guild inc. donnan, mary - geelong handweavers and spinners guild inc., melbourne, victoria, agricultural shows, handicrafts, textile art, knitting

Elizabeth Ann Grant nee Parkinson died 1921 aged 77 years in Melbourne. Buried Stawell Cemetery with her husband Edmond Craigie Grant. Photo taken c 1885 - 1890. see more information 119.4.Photograph of Elizabeth Ann Grant nee Parkinson in a long outfit holding a decorative purse in her left hand.stawell portrait

The photograph of the baby in the cane pram is Thelma Phillips nee Raitt. The donor of the photograph was her daughter Mrs. Beverley Biggs.Sepia photograph of a baby seated in an elaborate cane and seagrass pram. The pram has metal wheels. The baby is dressed in a fluffy overcoat and bonnet with a broach pinned to the bib. c1900Stawell Photographic Co., Main Street Close Railway C. Hewitt, Manager printed on the front. On the back is hand written Mrs. Biggs mother Mrs. Thelma Phillips nee Raitt, Nana. Also the stamp of the Stawell photographic Co.stawell portrait

Colour photograph of Car Park Sloane Street looking towards Main Street Stawell. The car park was created when Main St. Stawell became a Pedestrian Mall c 1978Large coloured photograph taken from Sloane Street, looking towards Main St. The photo has a bus on the left hand side and cars in the car park. The photo is taken in front of a garden bed with a No Entry sign in the middle of the photograph.stawell

Portrait of Nicholas & Kate Scallan with Daughter c 1865 -1870. The Scallan brothers Patrick, David, Phillip and Nicholas were pioneer reefs minors and storekeepers. "The Golden Years of Stawell" by Robert Murray and Kate White mentions the Scallan Clan see page 71 Photograph of a male and female with a young child. The male standing with hand on shoulder of seated female. The child standing by her knee. An enlarged copy of the same photo also exists. stawell

W.H. Mitchell (William Henry Mitchell) Grocery Shop Cnr. Patrick & Sloan Streets. Note soldier in uniform. Horse and Cart. c 1916. Photo Sheppherd & Co., Photographers Handwritten on the back, W. H. Mitchell Stawell Left to right Horse and Cart, J. Mitchell, Soldier Chiverton, R. W. Gilchrist, R. McL. Gullan Chaff food driver Harold Ransom ? Two photographs, one original the other a copy. The photo shows a group of 5 men standing outside a grocer shop. Two have aprons on and one in soldiers uniform. A horse and cart standing along side veranda.W. H. Mitchell. Grocer, & C. Sheppherd & Co., Photographers hand written on the back. W. H. Mitchell Stawell Left to right Horse and Cart, J. Mitchell, Soldier Chiverton, R. W. Gilchrist, R. McL. Gullan Chaff food driver Harold Ransom ? stawell ww1

Crop Competitions have been held at local Shows dating from late 1800’s to todayCream card red and blue print. Hand printed details of winner and description of Crop Competition. Also has tractor and plough, silos, tractor and header logos on top and wheat head logos on sides and bottom.The Farm Competitions Association of Victoria. Special Certificate awarded to J C Thom, Winner of Open Wheat Crop Competition (40 acres) 1963. Variety exhibited - Olympic. Conducted by Yarrawonga Agricultural Society Signed by Deputy Chairman JW McCann, Hon Secretary R A Andrew

Crop competitions have been held at local shows dating from late 1800’s to todayCream card Red and Blue print. Hand printed details of winner and description of Crop competition. Also has tractor and plough, silos tractor and header logos on top and wheat head logos on sides and bottom.The Farm Competitions Association of Victoria. Special certificate awarded to J C Thom ad P Bruce Open Wheat crop competition 1957 Area 40 acres. Variety Sherpa Conducted by Yarrawonga and Border Agricultural and Pastoral Society. Signed by Chairman Wm B Miller, Hon Secretary JWC McCann

R 748 Class Steam Train Engines pulling freight in cutting. the freight trucks have material coverings. Houses can be see in the background of the photo. The photo was taken approximately in c 1962. Large black & white photo (copy) showing two steam train engine pulling freight trucks, on the railway at Stawell. This rail line is the main line between Melbourne & Adelaide. The first engine is an "R" class 748. c 1951R 748 on Engine and 1962 hand written on the back.railways

Herman Schneider brother of Peter Schneider who ran the Boarding & Dining Rooms at the corner of Victoria & St. George St. Stawell. c 1901Photo of Herman Schneider standing with his right hand on a book beside a decorative desk. stawell portrait

Post Card Valentines c 1950. Main Street Stawell looking West. The view show cars parked at an angle down Main St. and shops mainly along one side. The town hall clock can be seen above the building with the Coles sign, Macrows and Geo on the right hand edge.Valentine's Post card of Main St., Stawell looking West. The scene is of many 1950 cars parked along the street with Coles Variety Store, Macrows and Geo stores dominating to the right of the photo."VII" "Main Street, Stawell" (on the front) "Valentine's Post Card sending you greetings" (on the back)stawell business streetscape

Looking across Cato Lake to Stawell Swimming Club Changing Rooms. Black Range in the distance and Gazebo on the right. There are 2 bench seats beside the lake and a person sitting in one on the right hand side. "Cato Park Stawell" is printed on the right lower corner. c 1930-1940Black & white photo of Cato Lake with change rooms in the distance. The view shows one side of the lake with trees along the edge and Gazebo on the right. Cato Park Stawellstawell

From the Chapman family photograph albumPhoto on card backing. Studio portrait of couple, in front of photographers drape background. Gentleman has a moustache and is in a three piece suite with large tie, corsage. Woman is in white dress and collar with puff sleeves, waist with white tie. Woman is resting her hand on husband from behind. Her other arm is resting on table with fern. Uncle John and Auntie Clara Henderson. Stawell Photographic Co. Close Railway Station, C Herbert.

With more and more woolsheds being connected to power lines, the need for electric shearing gear markedly increased from the 1960s onwards. The greater economy made electric gear an attractive proposition to many graziers. Requiring only an electric shearing motor, for small and medium scale operations, electric shearing motors were a more economical way of shearing a wool clip. The other option for graziers was Overhead shearing gear, which also required an Engine to provide shared power to a row of shearing stations. Still working, this Sunbeam Electric Shearing Motor – Heavy Duty Model, features a slow speed motor totally enclosed for protection against dust and insects. The full bearing down tube is easily removed and stored to be out of the way when not in use (not pictured). Providing 0.5 hp, which is twice the power ever needed for shearing sheep, this buffer allows for fluctuations in voltages that can occur in rural districts. Inventor Frederick Wolseley made the world's first commercially successful power-shearing system in Australia in 1888. US company Cooper, which had been founded in 1843 as a maker of sheep dip, began selling Wolseley equipment in the USA in 1895. The Chicago Flexible Shaft Company successfully entered the power-shearing market a few years later and entered into a joint venture with Cooper. It set up a branch in Sydney and sold shearing sets, and engines to power them, into the Australian market. In 1921 the US parent company, realising it needed to make products whose sales were not as seasonal as those of shearing equipment, made its first household appliances and branded them Sunbeam. In 1933, changes in exchange rates and taxes led the company to manufacture engines and shearing equipment in Australia via subsidiary Cooper Engineering, which changed its name to Sunbeam in 1946. Although most Australians know of this company as a major manufacturer of household appliances, its rural division flourished and retained the Sunbeam name for shearing equipment even after it was taken over by New Zealand company Tru-Test in 2001. This 0.5 horsepower vertical brushed motor air-cooled engine was designed to drive a single shearing plant. From the central cylinder which features a yellow “Sunbeam” sticker, a grey 240v power lead can be found on the left-hand side. A blue capacitor is located next to this power lead. Below, two legs extend and meet to form a foot which is fastened to a wall. On the right-hand side of the engine, a specification plate is located on the central cylinder. A yellow directional arrow sticker is located on the rotating section of the engine below the specification plate (location for photography, this section is designed to rotate and hence this sticker is not fixed in this location). At the rear of the cylinder, a plastic cap with small air cut outs protects the air-cooled engine from contaminants. At the front of the engine, the location for securing the bearing down tube is located. On the right-hand side of the lock for the bearing down tube is the handle, to which a string is often attached for switching the motor on and off by a shearer bent at the waist (not pictured). Sticker. Gold writing. Front of shearing motor “Sunbeam” Plate. Inscribed. Side of shearing motor. “Sunbeam / SHEARING MOTOR / MADE IN AUSTRALIA / 0.5 H.P. / 220/240 V / 1 PHASE A.C. / 4.0 AMPS / 50 C/S. / CONT. RTG. / 1425 R.P.M. / CLASS A INSUL / NO. J244560 / TYPE: NSB5C2/49." sheep sheering, shearing equipment, sunbeam, electric shearing motor

This book is a sample book of the various types, thicknesses and colours of hand knitting yarn produced by the Villawood Textile Company under the trade name of 'Villawool' in c.1963. The illustration on the front cover was produced by a designer / design firm called 'Saxton'.Front cover of a book of Villawool knitting yarn samples produced by the Villawood Textile Company, c.1963.THE / FashioN / iN / kNiTTiNG / Villawool SAXTONhandicrafts knitting, villawood textile company, handicrafts, knitting

This book and a number of others like it were owned by the mother and aunts of the donor, Mrs Dorothy Boyle. They were prolific producers of hand knitted and hand made items of clothing and also knitted and sewed for the armed forces during the Second World War. This book contains patterns for baby clothes and was written by Ella Allan who authored numerous patterns books from c.1917 through to the early 1930s.What to Make for / Baby / Designs in Knitting / and Crochet. / Dedicated to everyone who Loves / a Baby. / PART THREE / By ELLA ALLAN / Wholly set up and Printed in Australia by / E.H. GIBBS & SONS, Printers and Publishers, / 19 Niagara Lane, Melbourne.knitting handicrafts - history crochet, allan, ella, knitting, handicrafts - history, crochet

Specification manual for the Dubied Type MR hand knitting machine, which also forms part of the collection.10. N.P.I. 100 C/Mmachine knitting, sartori, mrs genitilia

Photograph of three men, two shaking hands (Mr R W Pettitt on the left), the third man looking on. Possibly taken at an agricultural show in South Africa 1972.Mr R.W. Pettitt in South Africa, c.1972.South Africacorriedale sheep sheep breeding agricultural shows, australian corriedale association, pettitt, mr r. w., corriedale sheep, sheep breeding, agricultural shows

Maker unknown. Made c.1930. Wagga / quilt made of two jute wheat bushel bags hand bound together.Jute wheat bag. Two rows of red jute and one of orange, run the length of each side. Two holes have been mended with white string. Green purple and black markings have been stamped into the bag.quilting history, running stitch group, running stitch collection, quilting - history

Part of the " Wagga collection" donated by the Running Stitch group. Maker unknown. c.1900. Possibly English. Was being used as packing material when found.Quilt, patchwork. Made from tiny hand worked patchwork squares reminiscent of medallion style quilts.quilting history, patchwork history, running stitch group, running stitch collection, england, quilting - history, patchwork - history

Shearing handpiece inscribed "MUNRO / 4134/ MADE IN ENGLAND", "MUNRO/ PAT. APPLIED FOR/ OIL", "REGISTERED DESIGN". Munro manufacturers in Ballarat, created by George Munro c.1927. Handpeice manufactured in England by Burgon and Ball (Sheffield) for Austrlaian market. Handpiece contains Wolseley start spindle similar to Burgon, missing a 'bush' in tension nut.Metal, leather and plastic shearing handpiece inscribed "MUNRO / 4134/ MADE IN ENGLAND", "MUNRO/ PAT. APPLIED FOR/ OIL", "REGISTERED DESIGN". Plastic hand piece with leather casing attached with wire, covering swivel joint."MUNRO/ PAT. APPLIED FOR/ OIL" Munro 4134 made in england Registered designshearing

This dress was hand crocheted by Miss Muriel 'Dolly' Williamson, who was noted for her skill at handicrafts and her sense of fashion. Throughout her life she hand made many of her own clothes and enjoyed wearing them to local social events. She had a large collection of hand knitted and crocheted clothes, most of which were dispersed amongst her friends when she finally went into a nursing home. The donation of this dress was facilitated by Ms Julia Fry from Community Options Barwon who is Miss Williamson's case worker. This dress is typical of the style of the 1960s, with its bright colours and long line. Miss Williamson called it her 'Carmen Miranda' dress.Dress, hand crocheted by Miss Muriel Williamson in bands of mid green, light green and white wool, c.1960s. Detail of dress hand crocheted by Miss Muriel Williamson, c.1960s.fashion handicrafts crochet, williamson, miss muriel blanche, fashion, handicrafts, crochet