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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, Dean Clark, Thomas Hogan Home
Copy of photograph of first home of Thomas Hogan, early pioneer of Tatura. Still standing in Hogan Street, Tatura. Occupied by Mr T. Hunter.Black and white photograph of first home of Thomas Hogan. Exterior.on back: first home of Thomas Hoganthomas hogan -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Swimming Club- First Constable Bill Hall receiving an oxygen respirator on behalf of the Club- 1957
Black and white photographTyped below photograph, "First Constable Bill Hall receives on behalf of Ringwood Swimming Club, an oxygen respirator from Harold Walklate (Country Liaison Officer, Royal Life Saving Society of Victoria). 15/12/57. -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Lord Lytton (Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton), The last of the barons : book the first : the adventures of Master Marmaduke Nevile, First published 1843. Numerous later editions - various publishers. This reprint of a Routledge edition 1890s
487 p. ; bound in calico which has advertisements printed on the cover. Title page missing. Information for catalogue record derived from half-title page and publisher's advertising at end of book.fictionhistorical fiction, edward iv king of england, warwick the kingmaker, lord lytton, t. craig [bookbinder] -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, First Commonwealth Parliament 1901 -- Painting by Mr Charles Nuttall
First Commonwealth Parliament 1901stawell -
Queen Victoria Women's Centre
Newletter, Q Magazine: Welcome to the first edition of the Q Magazine!, June 1996
First edition of the Q MagazinePrinter paper. 8 pages. Navy and taupe on white. Grey scaled images throughout of women who are employed by the Trust or are sitting on the trust. Middle pages include original planned layout for the QVWC building. newsletters, historic buildings, cultural structures and establishments -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Book, Life of Samuel Wilberforce, 1888
This book was awarded to James Thomas Hargreaves for first prize for arithmetic in the sixth form in 1889. James enrolled in Ballarat College in 1889 at the age of 17. In the original resister the parent/guardian listed is sister, Miss Eliza Hargreaves with the address being P.O Wallace. The register also notes that the previous school was Matriculation Class, High School.Presbyterian educators placed great value on a classical education matched with diligence in study. Book prizes were highly regarded and academic success admired. In the school’s early years prizes were ordered direct from London and had the school crest embossed in gold on the front or back cover. Many of the prizes given in early years were returned to the school to equip the Weatherly Library when it opened in 1936.Bound in black calf with marble edging. Six raised bands on spine with gold decoration; gold writing on second compartment with red calf; College crest embossed on front cover; black and white frontise piece, end papers marbled, slight foxing on pages, 437 p.Book plate inside front cover: college crest/ Arithmetic/ Sixth Form,/ First Prize./ Awarded to/ Jas Hargreaves/ Christmas, 1889.james-thomas-hargreaves, book-prize, arithmetic, 1889, ballarat-college, eliza-hargreaves, matriculation-class-high-school. -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Robert W. Green, "The First Electric Road - a history of the Box Hill and Doncaster Tramway", 1989
Book - 84 pages + card covers, perfect bound, printed on semi gloss paper titled "The First Electric Road - a history of the Box Hill and Doncaster Tramway", written by Robert Green. Looks at the history of the development of the tramway, its finance, operations, problems, closure and reopening, the personalities. Includes a detailed list of appendices, references, bibliography, sources and an index. Published by John Mason Press - 1989.trams, tramways, box hill, doncaster, tramways -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s and Newspaper Clipping, John Stanley Caddell, Melbourne's first motor buses, c1927
Tickets and newspaper clippings glued to a sheet of cardboard comprising: 21 - MMTB Cable and Electric tram through tickets - transfer and priced, all numbered, 4 employees pass, check tickets and 1 one penny ES ticket.. On the other side a set of four newspaper cuttings is a photo of "Melbourne's first motor buses", some old Australian Steamships, poem and a piece of a person's body.trams, tramways, tickets, cable trams, transfer tickets, buses, employees pass -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Photograph - Framed Photo of soldier, Dandenong First 2nd World War Casualty
First Dandenong Boy killed in actionGood Condition.Black framePte.Ken Elliott. Age 20 VX222787 ___ 2/24th. Batt. Killed in Action___Tobruk, 2nd May. 1941 -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Great Western’s first Primary School
Great Western’s first Primary Schoolstawell education -
Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library
Document - Annual Report, First Annual Report and Balance Sheet of the Kadimah National Library 1912
The first annual report produced by Kadimah15 pagesj. rochlin, a. stone, m.a. schalit, j. reises, i malinsky, s. j. slutzkin, e. jackson, l. berner, r. rothberg, a. salmanow, m. zeltner, c. berman, a. mutz, b. shubin, a. e. jones -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Poster - Copy of Poster listing The First Fleet 1788 passenger lists
The First Fleet comprised the 11 ships that departed from Portsmouth, England on 13 May 1787 to New South Wales, the penal colony that became the first European settlement in Australia. The First Fleet consisted of two Royal Navy vessels, three store ships and six convict transports, carrying between 1,000 and 1,500 convicts, marines, seamen, civil officers and free people (accounts differ on the numbers), and a large quantity of stores. From England, the Fleet sailed south-west to Rio de Janeiro, then east to Cape Town and via the Great Southern Ocean to Botany Bay (Australia), arriving over the period of 18–20 January 1788, taking 250 to 252 days from departure to final arrival. During the period 25–26 January 1788 the fleet moved from Botany Bay to present-day Sydney.A poster listing the names of men and women who landed with the first fleet including provisions and livestockThe First Fleet 1788the first fleet, botany bay, sydney -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book - SECV, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Personnel Regulations Safety & First Aid", July 1954
Issued by the SECV in July 1954 with some 1955 updates as "Personnel Regulations Safety & First Aid" for its employees. Has a table of contents, covering the general safety items or matters at the time, including clothing, managerial instructions, first aid, first aid kits, and equipment. See item 8292 for the 1947 version. Item collected by the donor from the Ballarat Tram Depot at the time of closure.Yields information about the Safety Practices of the SEC in 1954 and its methods of educating its workforce.Book - manila cover with green and yellow striping on the spine, secured with Arnos binder holding about 114 duplicated sheets.secv, safety, handbooks, secv rules, first aid -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, First Ladies Football Committee Stawell 1925
First Ladies Football Committee Stawell 1925stawell sport -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Great Western’s first Primary School 1998 -- Coloured
Great Western’s first Primary School 1998stawell education -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Book - Maths, F.W. Cheshire, First Year Mathematics, 1960
Educational Book used by students in Victoria for studying Mathematics. Davies are a local farming family attending school in the Kiewa Valley.Historical: Comparative study of Mathematics in different eras in Victoria. Provenance: The Davies family has been in the valley for generations.Faded purple cardboard cover with white writing and yellow lines In white: First / Year / Mathematics / 2 yellow lines at right angles crossing through centre with 1 added line coming to centre at an angle. / In white: P. Adamson / D. W. Turner / In yellow Cheshire Inside front cover 'Davies'education. mathematics. davies family. schools. -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria, Better cooking ... by gas, First edition, 1959
First edition of a Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria Cookbook.314 p. hardback. .Black text on white paper, colour cardboard cover.cookery books, gas cookery -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, The First Ivanhoe Sea Scouts, a centenary history 1908-2008, 2008
History of 100 years of the First Ivanhoe Sea Scouts110 p. 30 cmfirst ivanhoe sea scouts, 1st ivanhoe sea scouts, scouts, centenary, scouting, printed histories, youth -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Photograph - Mounted photograph of the first VSF female students 1976, The first VSF female students, 1976
This is a mounted photograph of the first female students with their names on the back.PhotographStudents names inscribed of back. -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Painting, Mr W.H. Rees' First Home -- a Tent 1860 --- Drawing
Scene. W.H. Rees First Home. a Tent 1860stawell -
National Wool Museum
Booklet, The First 50 Years - A Report to Grazcos Members
"The First 50 years: a report to Grazcos members", 1969.wool growing, grazcos co-operative limited -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Doctors Hill Memorial plaque and history of First Tent Hospital
Doctors Hill Memorial plaque and history of First hospitalstawell medical -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Book, Gulliver's travels: into several regions of the world, 1880
This book Gulliver's Travels was awarded to Margaret Jane McGowan as second prize for spelling. Margaret was one of the first enrolments to Clarendon Ladies' College at the age of 12. Margaret's father, Samuel, and mother, were personal friends of the Reverend Robert and Mrs. Kennedy. Margaret attended school in the same class as the Kennedy's eldest son Tom who was 11 at the time. Margaret's sister Edith was the 2nd enrolment to the college. Margaret resided at 15 Royal Terrace Webster Street, Ballarat. Her parents were employed as Carrier and forwarding agents. Margaret's married name became Steele. Archives also hold a second book prize awarded to Margaret (000127).Socially significant due to connection with first prize-giving ceremony for Clarendon Ladies' College.Red fabric cover with ornate black and gold embossed markings and borders; gold lettering on front cover and spine; embossed border on back cover; two coloured plates; 361p. Book plate inside front cover: CLARENDON LADIES' COLLEGE/BALLARAT/Second PRIZE/ Spelling/AWARDED TO/J McGowan/R KENNEDY PRINCIPAL/18TH December, 1879 Hand-written inscription on flyleaf: This book was a Prize/at the first Prize-giving/of the College/The College having been/ established/in 1878.margaret-j-mcgowan, elizabeth-kennedy, robert-kennedy, tom-kennedy, clarendon-ladies-college, spelling, book-prize -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - PICTORIAL BOOKS, The Sun News Pictorial, The First, Second, Third & Fourth Years of War in Pictures
These are the first 4 volumes of a 6 volume set re WW2Book collection, all are hard cover, cardboard buckram, .1) & .2) are dark maroon, .3) & .4) are red, gold print on all spines with embossed design on front covers, pages are slightly glossy, .1) & .2) are 320 pages, .3) & .4) are 255 pages, illustrated black & white and colour photographs, end pages are colour military scenes.books, war in pictures, ww2 -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mr J. O’Connor, First President of New Stawell Hospital
Stawell Hospital J. O’Connor First President of New Hospital stawell hospital -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mr Ronald Campbell -- First Mayor of Stawell 1869-1870 -- Studio Portrait
Portrait Ronald Campbell. First Mayor of Stawell 1869-1870stawell government -
Ukrainian Historical Society Sunshine
Photo, First home of Jarka family, 1950's in West Sunshine
Example of type of first homes built in the area, in the 1950'sBlack and white photo. -
Peninsula Grammar
Photograph (Series), Wolfgang Sievers, The Peninsula School's first Headmaster, Rev. Dudley Clarke, 1961
Between 1946 and 1973 Sievers carried out photographic work for leading architectural firms such as Boyd, Grounds and Romberg, Bates, Smart and McCutcheon, Yuncken, Freeman and Simpson, Buchan, Laird and Buchan, Hassell and McConnell, and Leith and Bartlett. Throughout the 1960s he photographed buildings, staff and students at the Peninsula School through his work with architects Bates, Smart and McCutcheon.foundation, rev. dudley clarke, headmasterfoundation, rev. dudley clarke, headmaster -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph, First Australian Expeditionary Force - Troop Ships at Port Melbourne, 19 Oct 1914
View of the First Australian Expeditionary Force troop ships at Port Melbourne piers on 19 Oct 1914, with Oriental Mills in foreground. The horse-drawn tramway that was used to take coal from Town Pier to the Gasworks can also be seen in the foreground.. Port Melbourne's other two main piers at the time, Railway Pier (later Station Pier) and New Railway Pier (later Princess Pier) can be seen in the background.piers and wharves - princes pier, piers and wharves - railway pier, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - town pier, south melbourne gasworks, war - world war i, harpers oriental mill -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Railway Carriage, First Class Railway Carriage, 1922
Part of a matching set of W class carriages.First Class railway carriage 35 AW red with a white clerestory roof. Six compartments each with six green possibly leather studded seats with arm and head rests. The floor is carpeted and there is a white metal drinking fountain with a tap in the corridor. Each compartment also has decorative pressed metal ceiling, overhead racks and a central light fixture. There is a mens' and ladies' seating area at each end with a toilet.The carriage has the 35AW mark on the outside.