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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Clock, pre 1954
Presented to Arthur Knee by Tatura Royal Tour Committee in appreciation of services rendered as secretary on the occasion of the visit to Tatura of H.M. Queen Elizabeth 11 5 March 1954.Mantle clock c 1950's Polished wood casing, silver face and hands. Wind up. Not working. Chiming and striking type.Presented to Arthur Knee by Tatura Royal Tour Committee in appreciation of services rendered as secretary on the occasion of the visit to Tatura of H.M. Queen Elizabeth 11 5 March 1954.arthur knee, mantel clocks, tatura royal tour committee -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd
Robin Boyd's Marriott House (1954) in Flinders Victoria on the Mornington Peninsular was commissioned by the Ron Marriott, who owned Hecla Electrics. See also item S1383.Colour slide in a mount. Possibly Mr and Mrs Marriott (on right) from Robin Boyd’s 1954 Marriott House, Flinders, VictoriaMade in Australia / 11 -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Photograph - Image, 3/04/2006
Photograph is of framed memorabilia of the Stawell Gift 1954. It was taken on a visit by John Hayes to the Common School Museum to give a talk for the Rutherglen Historical Society. John Hayes, the winner of the Stawell Gift in 1954, was a former Rutherglen boy, who also produced "The Glen Guys", a booklet about Rutherglen personalities.Colour photograph of a banner, a trophy medallion on a ribbon, and two sporting photographs, all displayed behind glass in a frame. John Hayes 1954 Stawell Gift Winnerjohn hayes, stawell gift, the glen guys, common school museum -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - Mines Act Regulations relating to Safety and Health, 1954
Booklet is an extract from the Victorian Government Gazette No 691, 11th August, 1954.Booklet, grey soft cover, fifty-five pages. On front cover: ' Victoria Mines Act, Regulations Relating to Safety and Health, Operative from 1st September 1954'. Regulations detailed in booklet include preliminary regulations, ventilation, winding and signals, ladders and travelling ways, safety and protection, sanitation and hygiene, explosives, underground locomotives including other tractive equipment, internal combustion engines and electricity in mines. ' Bendigo Historical Society' purple stamp inside front and back covergoldmining, mining, ventilation, winding and signals, ladders and travelling ways, safety and protection, sanitation and hygiene, explosives, underground locomotives including other tractive equipment, internal combustion engines, health and safety, safety regulations -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Souvenir, Ashtray
A trench art souvenir of HMAS Australia. This brass ashtray is apparently made from part of a propellor. The HMAS Australia was a heavy cruiser class fighting ship which was commissioned by the RAN on the 24th September, 1928 and de-commissioned on the 31st August, 1954.The ashtray has the following stamped inscription across the top rim. "H.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA", "1928 - 1954".trench art, brass, ashtray, ran, navy, world war 2, ww2, hmas australia, -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Blackburn Carpet Store
Bob Hoskins of Hoskins Carpet Gallery,Bob Hoskins of Hoskins Carpet Gallery, Blackburn's longest running family business (1954) shares his view on the role that small businesses play in the community.Bob Hoskins of Hoskins Carpet Gallery, hoskins carpet gallery, hoskins, bob, hoskins, peter -
Ambulance Victoria Museum
Photograph, framed, A.C. Callander, Circa 1968
A.C. Callander was president of Wangaratta Ambulance Service 1928 to 1967 and president of the North Eastern Victoria District Ambulance Service 1954 to 1968.Colour photograph with white matting in brown timber frame. Man in suite sitting in chair.NORTH EASTERN VICTORIA DISTRICT AMBULANCE SERVICE ESTABLISHED 1ST APRIL, 1954wangaratta, north eastern victoria district ambulance service -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Letter - Letter from Owen to Wal Jack - set of 2, 1954
Wal Jack had an extensive number of correspondents in Australia and around the World. This set of letters are from Owen in Hillside South Australia. 1 - Letter or 22-12-1954 covers topics such as new SAR railcars, breakdown of a railcar, construction of a miniature live steam locomotive and ARHS SA activities. 2 - Letter of 6-1-1955 covers his construction of a miniature live steamer, SAR Railcars and personal matters.Yields information about Wal Jack's correspondence.Set of two letters from Owen to Wal Jack ruled sheets, handwritten in ink. Letters dated 22/12/1954 (three quarto sheets) and 6/1/1955 (two foolscap sheets)letters, wal jack, owen, sar -
Ambulance Victoria Museum
Certificate, Life Governor Victorian Civil Ambulance Service, William Waler Hughes Esq C.T.A. of Victoria, Victorian Civil Ambulance Service by Order of the Committee, 1954
The certificate was awarded to William Walter Hughes Esq C.T.A. of Victoria by order of the Victorian Civil Ambulance Service Committee and certifies Mr Hughes election as Life Governor of the Victorian Civil Ambulance Service at a meeting of the Committee held on 27 July 1954.Buff coloured certificate in a blue frame. A Victorian Civil Ambulance Service logo is located in the centre top of the certificate. Signed by the President and the Secretary and dated 27 July 1954. Signatures have faded. "William Waler Hughes Esq C.T.A. of Victoria" is hand written on the certificate -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Safety Zone Flinders and Swanston, The Herald, Jan. 1954
Black and white photograph showing a crowded Safety Zone at the Swanston St stop for Flinders St. Has at least five trams in the view and shows how passengers could read route numbers as to their tram - can see routes 64, 8, 7 and 6 with possibly a 5 at the end of the line . Note the loudspeakers used by Inspectors to advise passengers of the trams and to stand clear when the trams were ready to depart. There is a wide variety of motor cars in the view. Photo by the Herald Sun 1/1954. A cropped version of this photo was used on page 4 of the January 1957 issue of Electric Traction - Courtesy of the City Development Association. Yields information about Melbourne tram route numbers and how they could be seen by passengers at safety zones.Photograph with hand written notes on rear and stamps on the rear.In ink "No. 5 - Cr Flinders and Swanston Streets, Jan 1954" and The Herald Sun copyright stamp.trams, tramways, swanston st, safety zone, route number boxes -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Robert Risson, "Problems in Passenger Transport in City Streets", May. 1954
Presented originally to Melbourne Division of the Institute of Engineers 13/4/1954. Pages contained with in a manila folder and marked "Problems in Passenger Transport in City Streets" - (Extract from Electrical Engineer and Merchandiser - 15/5/54). Looks at transport in Melbourne, its history, trams vs trolley buses vs buses, track costs, tram carrying capacity vs its cost vs buses, labour costs, traffic congestion, car parking, costs and fares, peak loads and staggering of hours. Has a graph showing passengers arriving or departing in peak hours and impact of staggered hours. Demonstrates the transport study work of the MMTB and Robert Risson.Printed extract - four pages 35 to 38 of an paper printed in Electrical Engineer and Merchandiser, May 15, 1954 titled "Problems in Passenger Transport in City Streets", by Robert Risson. On front cover of folder - the AETA stamp and library number in red "4J14"trams, tramways, melbourne, traffic control, mmtb, public transport -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Visitors Book, 1950s
This notebook comes from the estates of the Misses Dorothy and Agnes Ardlie of Warrnambool. Dorothy Ardlie (1910-1993) and her sister Agnes Ardlie (1915-1993) were the daughters of Ethel and Arthur Ardlie of Warrnambool, the granddaughters of the prominent Warrnambool lawyer, William Ardlie and his wife Mary and the great granddaughters of John and Mary Ardlie, early Warrnambool settlers. The notebook has been used in 1954 as a visitors book and later as an address book and a notebook for recipes, messages etc. The significance of ‘A la Ronde’ or ‘In the Round’ on the opening page is not known. This notebook is of minor interest as a memento of the Misses Dorothy and Agnes Ardlie of Warrnambool (20th century)This is a small notebook with a light brown cover with an ornamental gold edging around the front cover. The cover is somewhat stained. The pages are gilt-edged and contain handwritten signatures, names and addresses and notes. There are many blank pages.Visitors Book A La Ronde 1954 ardlie family, history of warrnambool -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - Realia, 1954
Two Blue Pennants, Royal Visit 1954stawell -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Pamphlet - Periodical, The Ruskin 'All About' Nunawading, 1954
Booklet The Ruskin 'All About' Nunawading. 1954Booklet The Ruskin 'All About' Nunawading. 1954Booklet The Ruskin 'All About' Nunawading. 1954directories, city of nunawading -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - Badge, 1954
Stawell Football Club Members Badge 1954stawell, football -
Orbost & District Historical Society
coloured photographs, 1948 1954 ?
These photographs were probably taken in the late 1940s - mid 1950s. 3275.1 was taken at the roundabout in Nicholson Street / Salisbury Street intersection looking south. On the right is the The Commonwealth Hotel and the Gippsland Northern Store can be seen on the right. The war memorial can be seen in the centre of the intersection. 3275.2 has been taken from a height (possibly from behind the hardware store) overlooking Orbost House in McLeod Street. The butter factory can be seen in the background. Back yard toilets and paling fences can be seen with a narrow lane for the sanitary truck. Mrs Ruth Hannah Macalister, 1861-1932, established “Orbost House” as a boarding house in about 1900. Following her demise “Orbost House” was taken over by her son, “Reg” and his wife and they continued the Macalister family‟s association until the accommodation house was purchased by “Slim” and Eileen Somerville and Lindsay and Joan Jensen, in partnership, in 1963. (info. from Marilyn Morgan)These photographs are detailed pictorial records of Orbost in the mid 20th century. They show the objects in their spatial context with detail.Two coloured photographs. 3275.1 is a streetscape with a large hotel on the right, a main shopping area in the background and a wooden fence on the left. 3275,2 is overlooking backyards and fences. In the middle is an extensive red roof with "ORBOST HOUSE" in white print.on back - 1948-1954orbost-1950s orbost-house commonwealth-hotel -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Photograph - Image, 3/04/2006
Photograph is of the some memorabilia of Stawell Gift, taken on a visit by John Hayes to the Common School Museum to give a talk for the Rutherglen Historical Society. John Hayes, the winner of the Stawell Gift in 1954, was a former Rutherglen boy, who also produced "The Glen Guys", a booklet about Rutherglen personalities.Colour photograph of some memorabilia of the Stawell Gift 1954. Two of the objects are probably cartridges from a starting pistol.john hayes, stawell gift, the glen guys, common school museum -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Book
Two books donated to the Clarendon Presbyterian Ladies' College by old collegian Miss C H Stewart in 1954. The school holds no record of C H Stewart's attendance. Two books of varying title and sizeBook plates on flyleaf: Clarendon Presbyterian / Ladies' College / Ballarat / Crest / Presented by / Miss C H Stewart / Old Collegian / 26/4/54c-h-stewart, clarendon-presbyterian-ladies-college, library, 1954 -
Ithacan Historical Society
Photograph, Cup Eve, November 1954
Melbourne Cup Eve dances were a regular event in the 1950s and 1960s The young women are photographed at the 1954 Cup Eve dance at which an 'Ithacan Cup' event was held. The young women, wearing sashes representing the different Ithacan villages, raced up and down the hall to find the winner. Pictured L-R back row: Nina Kallinikos, Angelica Raftopoulos, June Megalos, Kalliope Kallinikos, Kiki Zaverdinos, Leah Sikiotis; middle row: Mary Metaxas, Eula Flocas, Nina Paxinos, Marina Deftereos; front row Olga Black , Nina Black At that time the IPS Constitution prevented women from becoming members of the Ithacan Philanthropic Society, however, there was a Ladies Auxiliary which organised social events such as the Cup Eve events. A sepia photograph of twelve young women wearing sashes and standing in three rows on a platform in front of a banner on which the words 1954 ITHACA CUP are written. Two of the women are kneeling in front of the group. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Wal Jack, 9/03/1954 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the way Ballarat decorated the railway station to welcome the Queen on her visit to Ballarat in 1954.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of No. 17 inbound in Lydiard St North, taken from the Railway station showing the decorations placed at the exit of the station for the Royal Visit to Ballarat. The queen arrived by train. Photo 9-3-1954 by Wal Jack. See image i2 for rear of photograph.On rear in ink "SEC Ballarat #17 in Lydiard St Nth, from Railway station. During Queens visit 9th March 1954." In top right hand corner is Wal Jack stamp but with no negative number written in.trams, tramways, royal visit, railway station, lydiard st, tram 17 -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Document, Fruit tree pruning demonstration - Burnley Gardens, 1954
Article from Journal of Agriculture Vic., June 1954fruit trees, pruning, burnley gardens, demonstration -
Victorian Maritime Centre
Ashtray - Brass, circa 1925 - 1954
The brass ashtray was purchased sometime during a cruise by unknown person. It is part of a cruise liner collection by D Benson and Family over a period of years. D Benson sold part of the collection to the V.M.C who purchased the remaining part. It is a great source of information to visitors to the V.M.C. At the time of ocean liner holiday cruising, many people smoked cigarettes and purchased these souvenirs to keep or give away as gifts.rectangular brass ashtray, made between 1925 - 1954souvenir, cruise liners, merchant souvenir -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Programme, Kew Light Opera Company, A Country Girl, 1954
The Kew Light Opera Company was formed in 1952, and mounted a number of musical and variety productions each year until it was subsumed in the "Q" Theatre Guild in 1957. Most of the Company's performances took place in the Kew Recreation Hall in Wellington Street, Kew. A list of its productions by year includes: 1952 Florodora 1953 The Cingalee 1953 San Toy OR The Emperor’s Own 1953 Celebratory variety performance 195? While the Sun Shines 1954 A Country Girl 1954 Our Miss Gibbs 1955 The Toreador 1955 The Arcadians 1956 The Maid of the Mountains 1956 Whiteoaks 1956 Good night Vienna! 1957 A Country GirlThe Marion Tilley scrapbook is a significant record of performing arts in Melbourne during the 1950s and 1960s. The scrapbook includes programmes, photographs, newspaper reports and personal annotations which are a rich source of detail about repertoire, performers, and artistic sensibility in the period.Souvenir programme isued by the Kew Light Opera Company for a performance of 'A Country Girl'. Performances were held in the Kew Recreation Hall on 5, 6, 7, 8 May 1954. The programme forms part of a scrapbook that includes programmes, photographs and theatre reviews for the Kew Light Opera Company and later "Q" Theatre Guild.kew light opera company, theatre (kew), performing arts, a country girl (musical) -
Melbourne Legacy
Programme - Document, programme, The Shrine Forecourt. Dedication by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, 1954
The order of service of the ceremony to dedicate the Shrine Forecourt by the Queen on 28 February 1954. It was the official commemorative document of the occasion. The Queen lit the Eternal Flame as part of the ceremony. The design of the Forecourt was part of a competition that was run to find a suitable memorial. The Forecourt is cross shaped. The Cenotaph is 65 feet high and rises as a focal point to the Forecourt, it is balanced on the other side by three 70 foot high flagstaffs. The sculpture at the top of the Centoph is "carved in Footscray basalt. It represents six men in battle dress of the Navy, Army and Air Services, carrying a bier on which lies the figure of a dead comrade draped with the national flag. Its simple symbolism harmonises with the great shrine itself and sums up with dramatic power the whole message of the monument - the debt of the living to the dead, the eternal bond between the fallen and those who enjoy the fruits of their sacrifice." Also from the souvenir booklet: "In front of the Cenotaph, surrounded by a protective railing, the Eternal Flame which burns continually in its great bronze bowl. The eternal flame is an ancient symbol signifying at times the continuing spirit of a city, at others the constancy of man to an ideal, and again as they symbol of continuing faith." The document was in a file with other documents concerning the Shrine and it's history (01181 - 01190).A record of the dedication of the Forecourt at the Shrine of Remembrance by the Queen. There was an effort to record historical events for the "Archive Committee" which collected this and other documents relating to the Shrine together in a file (see items 01181 - 01190)Booklet x 12 pages with sepia photos and brown text in a cream card cover for the dedication of the Shrine Forecourt on 28 February 1954.memorial, wreath laying ceremony, royal visit, shrine of remembrance -
Melbourne Legacy
Programme - Document, programme, Dedication of the 1939-1945 War Memorial by Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, 1954
The order of service of the ceremony to dedicate the Shrine Forecourt by the Queen on 28 February 1954. The Queen laid a wreath and lit the Eternal Flame as part of the ceremony. The design of the Forecourt was part of a competition that was run to find a suitable memorial. The Forecourt is cross shaped. The Cenotaph is 65 feet high and rises as a focal point to the Forecourt, it is balanced on the other side by three 70 foot high flagstaffs. The sculpture at the top of the Centoph is "carved in Footscray basalt. It represents six men in battle dress of the Navy, Army and Air Services, carrying a bier on which lies the figure of a dead comrade draped with the national flag. Its simple symbolism harmonises with the great shrine itself and sums up with dramatic power the whole message of the monument - the debt of the living to the dead, the eternal bond between the fallen and those who enjoy the fruits of their sacrifice." Also from the souvenir booklet: "In front of the Cenotaph, surrounded by a protective railing, the Eternal Flame which burns continually in its great bronze bowl. The eternal flame is an ancient symbol signifying at times the continuing spirit of a city, at others the constancy of man to an ideal, and again as they symbol of continuing faith." The document was in a file with other documents concerning the Shrine and it's history (01181 - 01191).A record of the dedication of the Forecourt at the Shrine of Remembrance by the Queen. There was an effort to record historical events for the "Archive Committee" which collected this and other documents relating to the Shrine together in a file (see items 01181 - 01191)Cream paper program with blue print, single page folded in half, order of service for the dedication of the Shrine Forecourt on 28 February 1954.memorial, wreath laying ceremony, royal visit, shrine of remembrance -
Clunes Museum
Photograph, CON TARANS STUDIO, C 1954
IT IS ON PERMANENT LOAN FROM HEPBURN SHIRE COUNCIL. CR. C.W. BLACKMORE WAS ELECTED TO THE CLUNES BOROUGH COUNCIL ON 7-5-1952 AND SERVED AS MAYOR 1954-55; 1958-59 AND 1959-60. THE PHOTOGRAPH ORIGINAL HUNG IN THE CLUNES TOWN HALL DURING HIS TERM AS MAYOR.FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF CR. CHARLES W BLACKMORECLUNES BOROUGH COUNCIL CHARLES W. BLACKMORE ELECTED 7-5-1952 MAYOR 1954-55 1958-59 1959-60. CON TARANS STUDIO BALLARATlocal history, photography, photographs, councillors & officers -
Heidelberg Theatre Company Inc..
Program, Various Heavens by E. Ross Williamson directed by Tony Doogood
Produced and acted by members of the City of Heidelberg Repertory Group (now Heidelberg Theatre Company) . Various Heavens was performed on the opening night, the 27th October, 1954, in The Victorian Drama Leagues Third One Act Play Festival at Frankston in the Mechanics' Hall,.The Festival ran until the 6th November,1954. .The production and supporting areas including set design, set building, lighting and sound design and operation, costumes, front of house, ticket sales, publicity and administration were undertaken by members of the City of Heidelberg Repertory Group (now Heidelberg Theatre Company).All items in good condition1954, 17, heidelberg theatre company, tony doogood -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Plaque - Memorial plaque, Linda Begg, 1958
Linda Begg nee Clarke was the 4th daughter of Alfred Edward Clarke (1843-1913) and his wife Caroline Long (1844-1884), and sister of Alfred Rutter Clarke. Her father married Margaret Helen Gowan in 1886. Margaret was the daughter of John Denovan Gowan and the niece of Reverend Kerr Johnston and his wife Eliza Denovan Gowan. The family property, Heatherbrae, Neerim Road, Caulfield, held a picnic on Easter Monday 1909 (12 April). In August 1916 she was honorary secretary of the East Malvern Branch and organised a concert in aid of the St Peter Chapel funds: "A Grand Concert is being arranged by the East Malvern Branch of the Ladies' Harbour Lights Guild, in aid of the Building Fund of the new Seaman's Chapel on the Australian Wharf. The concert will take place in the St. John's Parish Hall, Finch-street, East Malvern, on Monday even in, 4th September. Admission will be 1/. and tickets can be obtained from the hon. sec., Miss Linda Clarke, Heather-Brae, Caulfield." (see Punch article) She was responsible for the Needlework: knitting was a way to support seafarers (see pattern books). Linda, aged 49, married John William Begg in April 1928. He died in 1935.Linda Begg was a longstanding member of the Guild.Rectangular memorial plaque dedicated to Linda Begg who died in 1954 after many years of service. Her husband was J.W. Begg.In loving memory of Linda Begg a member of the Harbour Lights Guild from 1909, secretary for East Malvern 1919-1920, and first secretary for Gardenvale. Died 17th October 1954. I know that my redeemer liveth. plaque, memorial, east malvern, secretary, gardenvale, lhlg, alfred edward clarke, caroline clarke nee long 1844-1884, john william begg, linda begg nee clarke 1877-1954, heatherbrae, caulfield, eliza johnston nee denovan gowan, john denovan gowan, needlework, knitting -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph, (untitled), 1954
Port of Portland Authority archives.Front: (no inscriptions) Back: 1954port of portland archives -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Swallow and Ariell, Centenary Ball, 1954
Four pages of photographs and descriptions of Swallow's Centenary Ball."1954" written in ballpoint on frontarts and entertainment, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, swallow & ariell ltd, charles alfred melbourne derham, mrs g a derham, major general f p derham, stanley gadsden, mrs gadsdens, s l thrum, w scott, c wickham, g peddle, mrs thrum, mrs wickham, miss scott, mrs peddie, bill streeter, george perrett, percy stafford, elspeth gaywood, ernie prowse, john smith, stewart wallach, dorothy holmes, bill hayes