This petticoat was one of several items donated from the estate of Susan Henry OAM nee Vedmore (1944 - 2021). It is in very good condition and appears to be from the Edwardian era - early 20th century. A petticoat is a lady's undergarment - worn under a skirt or dress. They provided warmth, modesty and shape to the dress. In the middle of the 19th century, petticoats were worn over hoops, bustles or in layers. Petticoats varied according to the style of the outside skirt or dress. Plain petticoats tended to be worn with everyday wear whilst better dresses (party dresses or silk gowns) were worn with petticoats that often had more trim and embellishments. Edwardian petticoats had less volume than Victorian era petticoats and they had a "dust ruffle" or lining under a lace flounce. The "dust ruffle" protected the lace flounce and gave the petticoat more flare at the bottom, greater freedom when walking as well as saving the flounce (which was often made of finer material) from everyday wear and tear. Tucks are another feature of Edwardian petticoats - when the lace at the bottom became worn, it could be cut off and the tucks released. This extended the life of the petticoat. This petticoat features an intricate trim of broderie anglaise. Although broderie anglaise was a lace that could be made by hand, it was very time consuming to make. St Gallen was a city in Switzerland that had become known for producing quality textiles. At the beginning of the 19th century, the first embroidery machines were developed in St Gallen. Factories used embroidery machines but people also had them in their homes. They were able to produce broderie anglaise for export. By the early 20th century, machine made lace, fabric, ribbons etc. were being sold in drapers shops all over England and Wales to women who were making clothes and furnishings for their families. It is highly likely that the lady who made this petticoat brought the lengths of broderie anglaise already made to embellish and personalise her petticoat. Susan's family (Harold and Gladys Vedmore) immigrated to Australia from Wales in 1955 and settled in Warrnambool. Susan was well known in the Warrnambool community for her work supporting children and families across the district - particular those with disabilities, or those who were homeless, unemployed or isolated. Susan was the founding trustee of the "Vedmore Foundation" - a Warrnambool philanthropic trust set up in 2010 to support a range of charitable and not-for-profit causes by providing grant assistance. In 2021, she was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for services to the community.This item is an example of the needlework skills of women in the late 19th century - creating pintucks and adding lace to personalise and embellish a practical item of clothing. It is also significant as an example of a practical solution to the difficulties that women of this era faced with regard to the washing of clothes and household linens.A white lawn petticoat with a 22.5 cm opening that fastens with 2 small buttons and a drawstring tie. It is decorated with two wide pintucks followed by two gathered frills (or flounces) - one decorated with three rows of narrow pintucks and a single row of broderie anglaise and the bottom frilled hem finished with 3 rows of broderie anglaise in a flower design. The two bottom frills are lined with plain white cotton fabric.flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, great ocean road, petticoat, lady's petticoat, undergarment, lady's undergarment, lingerie, edwardian petticoat, broderie anglaise, lace, machine made lace, hand sewn, machine sewn, draper's shop, susan henry oam, vedmore foundation

Ferdinand von Mueller was an examiner of botany at the Ballarat School of Mines (SMB) between 1880 and 1888. During that era he was active in donating related items to the School. When the Ballarat School of Mines Council agreed to introduce pharmacy and botany classes in 1879, it was apparent students would require access to botanical specimens in order to further their studies. Council members, who were inspired by the work of Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, authorised development of an area along the School's northern boundary, fronting Lydiard Street South, and oversaw the establishment of the new Botanical Gardens. Baron von Mueller took a practical role the development of SMB's Botanical Gardens from the beginning. He became a generous benefactor who 'donated collections of seeds and leguminous fodder plants, including valued grasses of interest and use to agriculturalists and graziers generally' to SMB over many years. Ferdinand von Mueller's entry on the University of Ballarat Honour Roll can be found at http://www.ballarat.edu.au/curator/honour-roll/honourroll_von_mueller.shtml A light brown, hardcovered book of 152 pages. Chapters include Eucalyptus Trees; Wattles or Acacias; Casuarinas or Sheoaks; Cypress Pines or Sandarac trees; Exocarpos trees of Natice Cherry trees; Mistletoes; Native Honeysuckles or Banksias; Bellflower, Lobelia and Goodenia; Heaths; Correas; Mallow; Buttercups and Clematis; Cruciferous Plants; Mints; Orchids; grasses; ferns. The book has numerous botanical line drawings, and a comprehensive index.Inside front cover "J. Clement Souter M.D."victorian, schools, botany, ferdinand von mueller, von mueller, botanic illustrations, j. clement souter

Sepia image: mounted on board, shows mining landscape with numerous poppet heads and mining chimneys visible. In forefront of image: Shed with 'Duchess Tribute' written on front, small cottage alongside, poppet head on LH side and another immediately behind, various sheds. Written on bottom of photo in blue pen: Golden Square. (is not Golden Square view but California Gully on New Chum Line of reef )bendigo, mining, landscape view, sandhurst, bendigo, duches tribute, poppet heads, chimneys

Photocopy of photo: image shows large group of 54 girls, two teachers, two small boys sitting cross legged in front. Girls are wearing blazers, tunics, shirts, ties. Elevated wooden building on LH side rear, poppet in background centre and building on RH side rear. ( building has unusual number of ventilation towers along ridge line. Unknown school. Could be Girton ?bendigo, education, group photo of students, bendigo, girton, school, group photo

Gentleman's fawn suede fabric spats. Seams and edges are lined with 2 cm wide cotton tape. The opening edges have four plastic one cm buttons, and four stitched buttonholes A tapered leather strap ( 2.5 cm tapering to 1.5 cm ) fastens with a nickel -(silver) buckle. This strap passes underneath the instep. Leather lining at top of spats, gives a piping of leather effect on the outside.Mansfield and Sons Ltd. An english Manufacturer.costume, male footwear, spats

Black and white photograph. Large room board lined ceiling. Arch openings each side. Decorative windows, potted plants, folding chairs, tables, stone? Floor. History of object: James Lerk 2000 'Fortuna ville' conservatory with its Venetian glass windows. The glass has recently been re-furbished and re-set in the frames. Phtoograph by W Ninnis'. Photographed for Bendigo Advertiser 11.1.2001W Ninnisbuildings, residential, fortuna villa

Black and white photograph of a display advertising shipping line. Contains smaller images of passenger liners and outdoor scenes of Canada and New Zealand. Main caption reads: 'Be British, Travel on British Ships to New Zealand and World Tours, T.C. Watts & Son. Book Agents For Canadian and Union Lines. Inscriptions: on front - 'P Pinder, Bendigo'. On back - hand written 'Taken from Bendigo Advertiserbuildings, commercial

Typed, 2 page document, detailing the location and history of the operation of the Pearl Mine. The mine was located approximately 2 miles north west from the Bendigo Post Office. The main shaft was put down to 1613 feet and 3 subsidiary shafts were sunk, Information is given about the south shaft, originally the main shaft of the Great Extended Hercules and the east shaft, which was situated on the Sheepshead line.bendigo, mining, pearl company mine

Cream card with a border of embossed mauve flowers and long, narrow green leaves. The bottom left corner is shaded mauve, fading as it gets to the top and right. Inside is an indented rectangle with 'Memory' printed in purple and gold and weaves its spell around our hearts to-day and thus we greet each other in both kindly thought and wish, printed in mauve. A mauve line border is around the edge.Raphael Tuck & Sonsperson, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards

Clothing. Infant's cream coloured satin silk bonnet. Back edge trimmed with double layer pleated fabric frill. Front edge trimmed with double sided pleated fabric frill with three layers at front. Rosettes on each corner of pleated fabric with a covered button at the centre. Silk ribbon ties (3.7 cm wide). Fully lined and gathered into back of bonnet with circular covering piece.costume, children's, infant's cream satin silk baby bonnet

Clothing. Woman's black single breasted wool jacket with pointed lapels. Front fastened with three X 2 cm black plastic buttons. Internal pockets at hips with slit openings. Long straight sleeves with three X 1.4 cm black plastic buttons at wrist. Fully lined with black satin. Six X 2 cm weights distributed around hemline. Padded shoulders.Tag inside back neck, ''tissu nouveau TAILOR MADE''costume, female, woman's black single breasted jacket

Five pages numbered 1-4-6-7 and 8 handwritten in ink on lined paper. Personal recollections by Angus Kennedy of doctors, inquests, cemeteries, funerals etc. Incomplete as several pages are missing. Doctors mentioned in the document: Stuart, Hunt, Owens, Eadie, Hutchison, Smith, Hoyle, Maxwell, O'Donnel, Roche (Coroner), Cruikshonk, Cheyne, Atkinson, Hugh Boyd, Barnet, Betham. Typed transcription included.bendigo, hospital, bendigo doctors

Copy of an article from the Bendigo Advertiser titled Extracts from the Advertiser - April 1903. An article mentioning the progress of the electric trams in Bendigo in 1903 and some disruption it caused to the telephone service and fire alarms. There is a photo of men working on the tram line near the Rose of Australia Hotel and the Post Office. The are also ads on the page for Bake House Bread, Valentine's Furniture and Bendigo Pre-mixed Concrete.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - electric in 1903, bendigo advertiser april 1903, the electric supply company of victoria, mr h w jenvey, rose of australia hotel, co-op store, post office long gully, bowdens butcher shop, bake house bread, valentine's furniture, bendigo pre-mixed concrete

Document. KELLY & ALLSOP COLLECTION. Two share certificates issued by the North Argus United Gold Mining Company, No Liability, Moon Reef, Garden Gully Line, Eaglehawk. Certificate Nos. 2131 & 2132 each of 100 shares issued to N.Kershaw of Bendigo on 2 March 1894. Each share of 10 shillings each raised 15,000 Pounds from 30,000 shares. Certificates signed by J.H.Kirkwood, Manager.North Argus United Gold Mining Co.business, stockbroker, kelly & allsop, kelly & allsop collection, share certificates, north argus united gold mining co., n.kershaw, j.h.kirkwood.

This hat was probably used in both China and Australia during the 1940s as a procession garment. It is linked to the Young Chinese League.This hat is significant for its links to the Chinese Young League. The League was formally established on 4 October 1932 to to promote free social intercourse and goodwill among its members and their mutual improvement. Membership was open to all persons, with one or both parents or grandparents born in China. Wives of Chinese members were permitted as members with the same privileges. It was a significant social organisation for Chinese-Australians in Melbourne in the mid to late twentieth century.A red, purple and blue silk, six paneled hat embroidered with gold braid and adorned with mirrors. Tip of hat has red, silk bobble sewn into place. Each panel is embroidered with gold and orange thread. Among the threads are eight circles of metal around one central, circle. There is a blue band around the bottom and a ribbon tie attached to one panel and it is lined with pale blue cotton fabric.There is a black stamp of a Chinese character on the inside of the hat.young chinese league, processions, melbourne, victoria, china

The jacket belonged to RAAF Chaplain Aubrey Alfred Quick. Rev Quick served in seven Methodist Circuits in Victoria, one in Tasmania, one City Mission (North Melbourne) and also an appointment with the Methodist Inland Mission in Central Australia. He was one of the first ministers to be appointed to the new John Flynn Memorial Church in Alice Springs. Aubrey Quick was a part-time Chaplain in the Royal Australian Airforce and received an Order of Australia for his pastoral care of the apprentices the RAAF. He served on the University of Melbourne Queens College Council for 23 years. Navy blue wool belted jacket with four brass buttons and a brass buckle. The jacket has four pleated pockets, each with a brass button, one small ticket pocket on the RHS and two pale blue grosgrain ribbons at the cuffs. It is lined with black cotton and the sleeves with cream striped lining. The right pocket contains two metal Chaplain's RAAF metal hat badges and two colour bars.rev aubrey quick, raaf chaplain, methodist circuit, australian inland mission

Photograph made by A.P. Winzenried for, "Green Grows Our Gardern," p73Colour photograph. Copy of newspaper article, made by A.P. Winzenried. Caption reads, "The harvest of oats is finished at the Burnley School of Horticulture and Agriculture, but these cheery girl harvesters will not be able to stack the crop until the weather improves. There are about 20 girl students at Burnley this year learning chiefly horticulture, but they are taught to grow and reap crops for fodder as well." 9 female students standing in a line holding forks in a paddock.Handwritten underneath, "Barbara Betty Herald Dec 1st/45."a.p. winzenried, green grows our garden, harvest, oats, burnley school of horticulture and agriculture, female students at burnley, barbara betty, students working outside, forks

From a family who had three generations of family that worked for Dennys Lascelles. This is an auction catalogue for the Holly Green estate, 'Victoria's Oldest Homestead', which was to be auctioned through Dennys Lascelles Limited.2 pages folded white booklet with black text and coloured photos. Front cover describes the auction specifics for Holly Green estate and shows a green field with a homestead in the background. The middle two pages both feature colour photos with text describing the property. There is a yellow border line running horizontally across the bottom of the pages. The back cover lists several dot points and the selling agents at the bottom.

Item acquired from Lakes Entrance boat builder/owner who sold it to the PFHLS in 2008. Oil bags were part of the lifeboat equipment. Only one other example known is at the Port Albert Maritime Museum The oil bag was used to put oil on the sea's surface, to inhibit spray, wave burst and fear for survivors transferring from the shipwreck to the lifeboat. This was essential, as the lifeboat would never come close to the wreck, to avoid the risk of being damaged itself. The item is rare, and a vital part of the lifeboat's rescue equipment. The technique probably generated the phrase "pour oil on troubled waters" textile (flax) bag, shaped like a tennis racquet cover, with a brass tube attached to bag. The tube has a series of very small circular holes (in lines) arranged along the length of the tube. These were to allow the light oil contained within the bag to be sucked from the bag by a venturi action. The bag has a light line attached to it to secure to the lifeboat when in use (by casting the bag into the sea).. no markingsno markingsoil bag

As attached. See Ref: NA4362Maroon and white quarter inch checked cotton summer dress. This A-Line dress has a Peter Pan collar and short sleeves gathered lightly at the shoulders and has two front vertical waist darts. The back has a centre white zipper and two vertical waist darts. There are two side seam pockets. Makers label on inside back neckline - size 4.|See ND2316 and ND2404costume, children's uniform

Made by Janet West in the 1970s when she lived in Nunawading. Blanket material left over from making a blanket for her baby in 1972. Janet is the niece of Margaret Skey member of the Whitehorse Historical Society and resident of Mitcham. The embroidery was an examination piece for the Embroiders Guild of Victoria. Janet, now Janet Green, is a tutor at the Embroiders Guild.Tea cosy made of beige blanket material with apricot satin edging and two pink satin bow ties. Lined in blue cotton material with small daisy pattern in pale apricot. Front of tea cosy has a wool embroidered bunch of flowers pink roses and blue/mauve daisies and tied with a silk satin bow. Two sprigs of roses are on the front and 5 sprigs scattered on the back.handcrafts, embroidery, domestic items, food & drink consumption

Domestic object demonstrating Australian State Floral symbolsA cross stitched wall hanging on a brass hanger. The white cotton background has the Australian native flower emblems in a line down the centre. Firstly the Australian emblem - golden Wattle, then New South Wales - Waratah, Victoria - Common Heath, Northern Territory -Sturt's Desert Rose, West Australia - Kangaroo paw, Queensland - Cooktown Orchid, Tasmania - Blue Gum, West Australia - Sturt Desert pea.embroidery, australian floral emblems

Cypriot White Painted Ware from the Middle/Late Cypriot Bronze Age.The interior with brown band, the angled rim with three sets of lines and wavy line between, a broad band on tall neck, pierced with two string holes, above and below, a broad band on flattened globular body with frieze of vertical lines flanked by wavy vertical lines and alternating with sets of two vertical wavy lines, to broad concentric band, the underside with broad band flanked by sets of stripes. cypriot

Cypriot Bichrome Ware from Cypro-Geometric/Cypro-Archaic PeriodTwo black bands on interior, the rim with three sets of line, the neck shoulder and body with broad red band between sets of three narrow bands, neck with black band at top and bottom, the painted horizontal twin loop handles with two horizontal back wavy lines between, a broad red band between horizontal lines on lower body, single band below, foot painted. cypriot

Cypriot Bichrome Ware from Cypro-Geometric/Cypro-Archaic PeriodThe painted interior with a set of black horizontal lines, the rim with sets of trapezoids within lines, the outer rim painted, the neck with black band at top and bottom centred with red band between sets of horizontal black lines, another set of narrow bands on shoulder, the painted twin horizontal loop handles with horizontal wavy line between on each side, over a set of lines between bands. cypriot

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, 14/11/1972 about Mr Maurie Calnin for the BTPS expressing surprise that the Fish Acclimatisation Society had approached the City Council with its worries about drainage from the shed. Notes discussion with Mr. Sharp, the City Engineer and the hope that it would be able to have the tram line saved to Forest St. to enable passengers to disembark at Wendouree Railway Station.date in pencil of "14/11/72" in top right hand corner of cutting.trams, tramways, btps, fish hatchery, drainage

Negative No. N360 and black and white print made by a laser printer (stored in folder ) of a line up of trams in Railway Avenue Caulfield, for race traffic on 3/9/1955. Tram W2 347 is leading. Has the Crystal Palace Theatre in the background and advertisements for Robur Tea and Alsatian Paints and Varnishes on the railway embankment brick walls. hi res scan made and image updated 23/5/2020.trams, tramways, melbourne, caulfield, race traffic, tram w2 347

Hand drawn map contained within Reg. Item 2488, page 61 of the Ballarat Tramway system. Note does not show the Drummond St. North line. Shows the loops, horse tram loops, depots, ESCo bus routes, and notes on horse tram loops. Prepared by H.P. James Scan btm2515i2 and 2515i3 show the hand written notes in light pencil. Note Item Not formally Numbered.trams, tramways, map, depot, esco, horse trams, bus routes, ballarat