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Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Cerini family and their "Overland" car on an outing, c 1927, 1927
The children on the running board are Jocelyn and Lynette Cerini. Jocelyn is the older girl clutching a doll. The woman is likely to be their mother, Ethel Cerini. Date is approximate.Black and white photo of a family around a car with its hood up taken on a country track. The car has registration number 46063. There is a post and rail fence in the background and gum trees on both the left and right of the photo. There are 2 older men, a young man, a women in a cloche hat and 2 young girls.cars, pastimes and recreation, jocelyn cerini, jocelyn hall, lynette cerini -
Melbourne Legacy
Badge, Legacy Appeal Badge 2018 - $10
An example of badges issued by Legacy for fundraising during the Legacy Appeal and Badge Week. The donation value is $10. The badge was for sale in 2018 as the date is on the badge. 2018 was the 100th anniversary of the end of the first World War. It is in the collection to show the modern range of badges. The badge of Legacy is the Torch and Wreath of Laurel. The Torch signifies the undying flame of service and sacrifice of those who gave their lives for their country. The Wreath of Laurel is the symbol of our remembrance of them. The card makes a tax deductible receipt.Example of Legacy badges that were sold up to raise money for Legacy's work. Circular red Legacy Appeal badge with the Legacy torch, it is made of gold coloured metal with red enamel around a torch and wreath, the word Legacy and the date 2018. It is circular shape and was made especially for 2018. It is on a white card with blue printing showing it's value. Badge has a post and a separate butterfly clutch.legacy appeal, fundraising, badge week -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Album - Black and white prints, newspaper cuttings, Mabel E. Younger, Garden Girls at Burnley - M. E. Younger, 1933 - 1947
Mabs Younger graduated 1938.1. Post Card Album with slits on each page to fit postcards containing newspaper cuttings (NC) and black and white photographs (not all taken at Burnley). Provenance and date of newspaper cuttings not generally known. See B09.0007B for 20 envelopes containing 35mm colour slides. Photographs taken Dec 1949. Labelled. Most images annotatedmabs younger, female students, newspaper cuttings, students, students working outside, staff, flowers, plants, cartoon, phyllis laing, lily ponds, thrips, horses, ploughing, luffmann ponds, orchard, draught horse, pears, m atkins, j wakeford, m smith, p wilson, t baghel, carol scott, d johnston, e m jelbart, nancy canpbell, gwynneth crouch, alison wilson, bonnie campbell, louise harris, kath pullar, thelma johnson, d barker, agnes armstrong, dahlias, melons, j bacon, a w jessep, f j rae, hay, b levick, brook gipps, graham grant, j leitch, h kirkhope, garden views, royal horticultural society show, uniform, wattle, women gardeners, soldiewr farmers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MISS G ALICE JONES COLLECTION: ACCOUNT
Hercules Gold Mining Co. N.L. to Miss G. Alice Jones. Re Rules. Cream paper dated Dec 23, 1942, to Jan 4, 1943, for instructions for rules, making copies and returning original rules. "R720 Posted 26/3/43" written in the top left corner. Cost £10.10.0.miss g. alice jones collection - account, hercules gold mining co n l, mr h l stewart -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Postcard - Post Office Jetty, 1940c
Black and white small format postcard of the Post Office Jetty, showing a steamer at the end of the jetty, the passenger shelter, rock groyne from shore into lake, bluestone rock retaining wall and flagstone path at edge of lake, three electricity poles and one memorial cypress tree in distance. Lakes Entrance VictoriaThe Pier Lakes Entrancememorials, waterfront, ships and shipping -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - LANDSCAPE - BENDIGO - PRE-POST OFFICE
Photograph - black and white. Photo of a view over Bendigo, Shamrock Hotel in middle left. Group of women in immediate foreground. Rosalind Park, creek then bare land. Written on back of photo 'Pre-Post Office Blng - began 1883, Open 1887.' Came with negatives under name of Davidson, negatives are not of the photo.place, landscape view, hargreaves street from rosalind par, bendigo. pre- post office. rosalind park. landscape -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Equipment - Taillight relay and box, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), c1950
Item used to switch the power for the red tail lights circuit from the trolley pole to the battery circuit when the trolley pole was being reversed and not able to provide power to the internal and external lights. Made by the SECV. Salvaged from tram 14 during the project to renew the wiring and electrical arrangements of the tram. The box was located adjacent to the driver's windows and would click when the trolley pole was placed back on the overhead.Demonstrates an item fitted to a tramcar to switch an external battery tail lighting circuit.Wooden box made from softwood with bevelled corners, plywood top painted green containing an 8 Ohm "Post Office" type relay (see reference) fitted with two "break" contacts and associated insulated wiring soldered to the relevant contacts. See item 9024 for an associated drawing. Two examples held.fuse, tram 14, tramcars, tramcar maintenance, electrical switching -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, George Bennett in his Butcher's Cart, Outside the Prince of Wales Hotel in Happy Valley
The photograph shows George Garnsworthy Bennett (G G Bennett) on his delivery rounds in his butcher's cart. The building is a barn which was at the back of the Prince of Wales Hotel in Happy Valley. (Another photo of the hotel, located in the "Prince of Wales Hotel" file, shows the barn next to the main hotel building.) The photograph is undated, however G G Bennett is known to have established his own butchery business in Sussex Street in about 1896.Original photograph which has been pasted on to beige-coloured card. The photograph shows a man sitting in a two-wheeled, horse-drawn cart. The cart is outside a weatherboard building which has a porch supported by posts. Under the porch there is a wide entrance to the building, with a picket gate. There is a picket fence to the left of the building.On reverse, in pencil: "Geoge Bennett / butcher Linton"george garnsworthy bennett (g g bennett) [butcher], butcher's cart, horse-drawn vehicles, prince of wales hotel happy valley -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Letter - Letterhead, Logan Vale, Letterhead - Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, c1960?
Letterhead - quarto paper, with a Logan Vale, Parchment, Made in Britain watermark, for the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board. Has the Board Logo, telegraphic address, telephone numbers, post office box and address and the name of the Secretary, Mr. W. Aird. Where the letterhead was printed is questionable, likely Melbourne. Two copies held.trams, tramways, mmtb, letterhead -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - LA TROBE UNIVERSITY BENDIGO COLLECTION: BENDIGO
A black and white photograph of Bendigo 'At the end of 1940's.' The photo shows 'The approach to the Bendigo Teachers' College, housed in the Camp Hill S.S. Showing on the left of picture (behind trees).' On the left of the photograph is a statue of George Lansell and on the right is the Bendigo Post Office.Of note is the lack of traffic as compared with today. c. 3320.100bendigo, education, camp hill state school, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college, tertiary education, tertiary education, teacher training, miss j.c. burnett, mr. geoff pryor, teaching, photo, photos, photograph, photographs, history, buildings, george lansell, bendigo post office, camp hill state school, post office, statue, pall mall -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Postcard - View from Jemmys Point, 1920c
Also 1x Miniature postcard 6cmx8.5cm ' A Glimpse of Lakes Entrance' 01153-4Black and white miniature photographic postcard showing the North Arm Bridge prior 1937; post and rail fence around Kalimna road; township, Club Hotel and stables; jetties in Cunninghame Arm, Methodist Church; and sand hummocks. Telegraph line around hill and across sand flat. Lakes Entrance Victoriabridges, hotels, fences, public utilities -
Ballan Shire Historical Society
Photograph - Photograph. Inglis St. Ballan, Inglis Street in Ballan, c 1930/40
Inglis Street of Ballan .circa 1930/40.The photograph is looking East. Parts of the Mechanics Institute and Free Library can be seen, as can the butcher shop, and on the opposite side of the Street the Ballan Hotel and Post and Telegraph office.Black and white photograph of Inglis Street Ballan.Looking East. Photograph is on a cardboard backing with an ornate surround of green and gold. Cars and a truck circa 1930/40 are parked in the street.The word Ballan written on bottom of surround under the photographtelegraph office, car, mechanic institute, butcher shop, delivery truck, 1930 40 cars -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Postcard - Glenhuntly Road, Glen Huntly
A postcard with a black and white photograph of Glen Huntly Road, Glen Huntly. Accompanying handwritten notes transcribe the writing on the back of the post card. The postcard may date from the 1930s though its exact date is unknown.glen huntly road, glen huntly, glenhuntly, valentine series -
Bendigo Military Museum
Newspaper - NEWSPAPER, 1945, Guinea Gold, 16.6.1945
Some items include, B 29 raids over Osaka, General Blamey in Bougainville, British concessions to India, post war housing plan, Soviet Govt announces trial of Polish leaders, the races, civilian news.Newspaper, Guinea Gold, yellowed, 4 pages, all printing in Black, no illustrations or photos.ON Front, “Vol 3 No 209 - Sat June 16 1945”guinea gold, newspapers, 1945 -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Photograph - Digital Image, Bob Smith, Main Street Greensborough 1980, 1980
Photograph of a watercolour by Eltham artist Bob Smith painted in 1980. The view is from around the rail line looking up Main Street with the Greensborough Hotel centre right. Posted on FaceBook by Dave Wilkes-Johnson, 20.8.2021.Colour digital photograph of paintinggreensborough hotel, main street greensborough -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, 1978 - 79
Cowes Post Office built in 1909 with handmade bricks which were first used in the building of first Chicory Kiln in Cowes on Phillip Island in 1870 by the West brothers, Solomon and John. It is now a Restaurant and Pizza outlet.Large white building on the west corner of Thompson Avenue and The Esplanade, Coweslocal history, photographs, buildings, historic, buildings - historical, coloured photograph, john cook, phillip island, cowes old post office -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper Clipping, Diamond valley Leader, Paying tribute to the fallen, 24/04/2019
The sounding of the Last Post makes Charles Harris 'cry like a baby' every Anzac Day - but the World War II veteran from Greensborough said he would go into battle again to protect his country.News article 1 page, black text, colour image.charles harris, anzac day, world war 2 -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article, Greensborough Historical Society et al, John Cecil Jessop, 1914-1918
A short article about John Cecil Jessop and his service in World War 1. His community activities and chairmanship of the MMBW following his war service are outlined. Cecil Jessop lived in Greensborough post-war.Three pages, text and colour images.world war 1 project, john cecil jessop -
Poowong Historical Group
calendar, 1961 Poowong Butter Factory calendar, 1960 (estimated)
This calendar was found in a shed and is interesting because of the phone number being Poowong 1, when the telephone exchange was at the local post office. the Butter factory is no longer operating nor is the Foodland grocery store that was part of the same business.Only known calendar in existence.grubby cardboard calendar 1961 front page hanging off. centre colour picture has a small hole in it. Staples are rusted. The months January and Feb. dates printed either side of picture. Five of pictures depict seaside views and one is of a waterfall.1961, calendar, poowong butter factory, poowong foodland calendar complimentary calendar -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, 32 Piper Crescent, Eltham, 16 May 1990, 16/05/1990
Peter Conlan (via MysteryMonday website post) FEBRUARY 13, 2018 AT 12:13 PM: Photo is 32 Piper Crescent and the land to the right (behind the fenceline) is now the back of the properties at 1 to 4 Artists Hill.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 2 stripsKodak GB 200 5096artists hill, eltham, houses, streets -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, 32 Piper Crescent, Eltham, 16 May 1990, 16/05/1990
Peter Conlan (via MysteryMonday website post) FEBRUARY 13, 2018 AT 12:13 PM: Photo is 32 Piper Crescent and the land to the right (behind the fenceline) is now the back of the properties at 1 to 4 Artists Hill.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 2 stripsKodak GB 200 5096artists hill, eltham, houses, streets -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, 32 Piper Crescent, Eltham, 16 May 1990, 16/05/1990
Peter Conlan (via MysteryMonday website post) FEBRUARY 13, 2018 AT 12:13 PM: Photo is 32 Piper Crescent and the land to the right (behind the fenceline) is now the back of the properties at 1 to 4 Artists Hill.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 2 stripsKodak GB 200 5096artists hill, eltham, houses, streets -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, 32 Piper Crescent, Eltham, 16 May 1990, 16/05/1990
Peter Conlan (via MysteryMonday website post) FEBRUARY 13, 2018 AT 12:13 PM: Photo is 32 Piper Crescent and the land to the right (behind the fenceline) is now the back of the properties at 1 to 4 Artists Hill.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 2 strips (composite of three frames)Kodak GB 200 5096artists hill, eltham, houses, streets -
Myrtleford and District Historical Society
Butter Churn
The churn was used by Elise Weston (nee Trahair) at Barwidgee Creek and Myrtleford in the immediate post-war period. Prior to this time it was in the possession of the Trahair family on their family farm where a small dairy herd met family requirements.The churn represents an aspect of self sufficient living in rural areas outside township boundaries. It assisted households to meet family needs using simple processing technology and more so when surplus butter could be sold on in local markets.An upright clear-glass butter churn with screw-on metal cap, handle and gears. The churn mechanism is fully enclosed. "Daisy" brand with "3Qt" inscribed in the glass.glass butter churn -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio Wartimes Camps, New Caledonia, c.2015
Records of some Japanese Internees held in Camp 4, Tatura during WW2. Photos of former internees returning to the former camp site, and letters written, post WW2 containing information about their former life in the camp.Much of the information containrd is of a personal matter relating to the life of internees who were held in Camp 4, Tatura during WW2.Black two ring folder containing printed sheets and photos in plastic sleeves.New Calledonia. -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph
Collection of photographs showing early evolution of an armoured regiment of the Citizen Forces as it progressed from WWII equipment and uniforms to post-war equipment and uniforms. Silver regimental hat badges are worn in place of Rising Sun badge.Unique collection of photographs showing the first years of an armoured regiment of the post-Second World War era Citizen Military Forces showing equipment, uniforms, training and social activity and some personalities.Black and white photograph of White Scout Car bogged in bushland: soldiers digging it out." 1956 White Scout Car bogged in Chiltern area. " -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph
Collection of photographs showing early evolution of an armoured regiment of the Citizen Forces as it progressed from WWII equipment and uniforms to post-war equipment and uniforms. Silver regimental hat badges are worn in place of Rising Sun badge.Unique collection of photographs showing the first years of an armoured regiment of the post-Second World War era Citizen Military Forces showing equipment, uniforms, training and social activity and some personalities.Black and white photograph of Armoured Car bogged on side of road. Tactical sign of 2nd Armoured Brigade on right mudguard." Staghound Armoured car 1956' Exercise in Chiltern/ Rutherglen area." -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Telegram, 1862
Donald Clark Collection. A large lot of papers, including this and many other telegrams, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works.Telegram sent from Tarnagulla from Henry Pouris to The Rees, Fitzroy. -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Telegram (partial), 1862
Donald Clark Collection. A large lot of papers, including this and many other telegrams, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works.Part of a telegram sent from Tarnagulla to the Electoral Registrar, Inglewood. -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Telegram, circa 1862
Donald Clark Collection. A large lot of papers, including this and many other telegrams, were apparently found in the ceiling cavity of the Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla Post and Telegraph Office in the later 20th Century, during building works.Telegram sent from Tarnagulla to recipient in Inglewood from a Mr. Hammond. Refers to 'the Kennedy Affair'.