drainage rod used to unblock drains and clean them from vine roots steel long rod with a spiral end block drainage rod, block, horticulture

Small screw steel with wooden handletool, screwdriver

Animal branding iron tool used in circa 1900Item holds agricultural significance as was used for stock identification Ca1900 as made by Holden and Frost Steel branding iron with letter Jtool, branding

Poultry shears used in catering during circa 1900Retailed by Holden and FrostSteel poultry shears with bone insertshears, poultry

Used by bootmaker ca1900 for leather repairsWe believe this was retailed by Holden ca1900Wooden handle with steel claw headhammer, bootmaker

Steel Shoe Stretcher with Long Handlesshoe stretcher, shoes, bookmaker, household item, commercial equipment

Horse Hobble Chain from Vectis HomesteadRusty Steel Horse Hobble Chainhobble chain, horse, farm equipment, functional item

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. They later had the R removed. 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 29 NQR - Open Medium Truck with drop ends VR Service History 15/12/1898 NWS Built new *NQR 29.VA - 15/12/1898 NWS Built new - / /1926 - To NQ 29.VA - NQ 29.VA - /10/1954 - Sold (to) - Puffing Billy Service History or Notes July 2016 - LiftedHistoric - Victorian Railways - Narrow Gauge Rolling Stock - NQR Open Medium Truck with drop ends29 NQR narrow gauge Open Medium Truck with drop ends made of Steel and metal 29NQRpuffing billy railway, pbr, rolling stock , 29 nqr, narrow gauge rolling stock, victorian railways, nqr wagon

Steel masonry bolster, Maker's name "Cyclone" rusted steel blade, and deteriorating rubber handle. Stored in Pittock Saddler's Box 13000.01Cyclone

Standard issue item as used by Australian servicemen during the conflict in Vietnam.M1 Steel helmet. Khaki green metal outer steel shell with leather chinstrap and a green board helmet inner/ liner with headband.On inner: Buttfell 6101324 On outer: Fullerton 219911vietnam, uniform, helmet, m1

Round tapered section of mild steel. Widest end has been split to edges. Used to drive steel and wood into their final position.trades, blacksmithing

Heavy duty hex wheel wrench, losely tied to a piece of flat steel with several turns of steel wire (perhaps for strengthening). Handle Offset 22cm deep by 14cm wide. Flat steel base is warped and has three holes

A single steel narrow design swingletree with a wide steel bar at the base and is made into a triangular shape. It has two steel loops at each end. It was used to balance the pull of a draught horse or other draught animals when pulling a vehicle.horse accessories, swingletree, horses, horse tack

This knife was found in a drawer from the estate of Judy Walcott who died in 2016 in Orbost. The Dicken Bros, shop is in the main street of Orbost . Frank B. Dicken and his son, Selwyn, were General Merchants. Frank and May Dicken moved to Orbost in 1936 where Frank became manager of Pardew Brothers store in Nicholson Street. In 1945, Frank purchased the business and in 1947, formed a partnership with his son, Selwyn. The store was then called F.B. Dicken and Son. The premise are still retained by the Dicken family although the shop business was sold in 1981. (ref. In Times Gone By - Deborah Hall) This item is an example of an item produced for advertising and promotion. The Dicken General Merchandising business is no longer an Orbost feature.A bone handled butter knife with an inscription on one side of the blade. Handle is a cream bone with a rounded end. Stainless Steel Made in Sheffield Expressly fo F.B. Dicken & Son ORBOST

Ramon (Ray) Francis Honisett (11.04.1931 - 30.08.2019), Fellow RMIT and medallist specialised in philatelic design, marine and military aircraft painting art and was active in the 1960s - 1990s. Ray Honisett used to live in Rye, in the Mornington Peninsula. According to Gavin Fry's book: The painting likely depicts the Lysaght Endeavour loading at Hastings. "The Lysaght Endeavour and its sister ship Lysaght Entreprise were built in Newcastle in 1973 specifically to serve the regional steel industry on the route Port Kembla - Westernport - Adelaide. Even after being lengthened by 17 metres, the two ships had remarkably short working lines, with both being broken up by 1988."Maritime artLarge framed unglazed landscape format painting predominantly green depicting in foreground a merchant vessel, a roll-on roll-off cargo ship moored at a single quayside on a river or river mouth. The middle ground shows a moderate solid jetty leading to large storage sheds at right. The background appears primarily rural with fields and hills in the distance. The location is probably Hastings Western Port in Victoria - notice the forklifts loading rolls of steel produced at the nearby steel rolling mill - the buildings in the distance. You can see the rolls of steel lined up on the hard stand to the right of the ship. The funnel colours suggest the Australian National Line. The frame incorporates a beige fabric slip with gilt edge the actual dark wood frame also with inset banded gilt edge. The back of the painting is covered with brown paper in places damaged. Hangs on a cotton cord threaded between two screw in eyelet hooks.at lower right corner single uc word in black paint : "HONISETT"tankers, marine painting, maritime art, ramon honisett, ray honisett, anl maritime art prize, acta maritime art prize, hastings, western port, victoria, steel, roll on roll off, forklift, mornington peninsula, artwork-paintings

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

Heavy Duty Rake, with attachment to 2.5cm waterpipe fitting. 8 steel prongs are fitted with a flat steel scraper (50 x 8cm x 3mm) at the end, held in place with two steel clamps and two hex bolts and nut each

The items were issued to Quentin Clifford BINKS, V245016 & VX114178 2nd AIF. Refer Cat No 1835 for his service history.Tan leather pair boots, leather laces, stacked heels. .1) Steel reinforcing on heel only. .2) Steel reinforcing on heel & toe.uniforms - army, costume accessories - male footwear, boots, binks

This gold miner's pick from the Ballarat Goldfields c 1920 was donated by Mr David Hopcraft, a dealer at the Arkuna Market Berwick, Victoria in December 2010. When Gold was discovered in Victoria c1853 most of the labourers and some landowners left the market gardens and farms to try their luck on the goldfields. Local Blacksmiths made picks similar to this one for them. There was a great shortage of labour in Melbourne and at the same time, due to the huge influx of people lured by the Gold, there was an increased demand for food. The market gardeners were getting very good prices for their produce and many increased their wealth considerably and many of these tenant farmers were able to purchase their blocks of land and live a profitable life. There was such a shortage of labour that J.B.Were applied for Irish immigrants to work the farms. This pick is an example of the hand made tools many pioneers took with them when they abandoned their farms and market gardens in the District of Brighton to try their luck at prospecting when gold was discovered in Ballarat and Bendigo c1853. Some were successful , most were not and retuned again to the hard life of farming. A forged steel pick with a wooden handle. The steel pick-head was hand-forged by a blacksmith. This miner's pick was used on the Ballarat gold-fields c1920gold mining, ballarat, bendigo, early settlers, market gardeners, moorabbin, bentleigh, mining equipment, gold rush, immigrants, blacksmiths, forges, tools

Pitchfork with hickory (?) handle and carbon steel prongs, ferrule made of mild steel sheet. Bound section of handle near end for ease of use.H. K Bros' embossed on handlerural industry, agriculture, pitchfork, farming equipment

This suture needle was used by Ferguson Fisher, a farmer, of Orbost. He was a private , 17340, with the army medical corps reinforcements and then with 8 Field Ambulance. He did his initial training at Seymour Clearance Hospital (AMC) at Royal Park and then 5 Australian General Hospital. He served in France and Belgium. He was not a trained doctor but had been taught to stitch wounds.He returned to Australia in 1919. This item gives an insight into the human element of World War 1 ensuring that those who were part of the Orbost community and played a vital role during this time are remembered.A small curved stainless steel suture needle.ww1 fisher-ferguson-linklater suture-needle

University of Ballarat is a predecessor institution of Federataion Univerity Australia.Laser cut steel University of Ballarat logouniversity of ballarat, university of ballarat logo, southern cross flag, metal plaque, sign, marketing

The ordnance SBML two-inch mortar was a British-designed mortar used by the British and Commonwealth forces during the Second World War and later. It was more portable than larger mortars and had greater range and firepower than rifle grenades. It could launch a 960g High-explosive bomb to an effective range of 460m.Steel cylinder with six perforated tail vanes..

Two steel tags on silver coloured chainFirst tag has "W 227689 Houguet D I Pres" on front and "O Neg" on back. Second round tag is attached to first tag by metal ring. It has exactly the same inscription on itidentity tag, ww2

This tool kit of 8 spanners came with the purchase of a bicycle in London, England c1937. Lottie Moore migrated to Australia 1949 and used it to repair her bicycles in Melbourne.A set of 8 steel spanners for a bicycle c1937'Nubot 100 British made' on spanner '8'. Each spanner numbered 1 -8bicycles, tools spanners, london, melbourne, migrants, postwar immigration, british made, transport

Nordenfelt Six pounder quick firing guns were used by land and naval forces to counter torpedo boats.The projectile and its shell casing are of the type and age used by the Victorian Naval Forces but could equally have been used by the land forces.Cylindrical steel shell with cone shaped nose.On side - "H/88"common shell, hotchkiss, 6 pounder, ammunition