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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Spokeshave
James S Steele tool boxSpokeshave metal with raised handle SCH+T 51 stamped on back of handle. 240mm long 60mm wide Black in colour. Has a pattern handleflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Mont De Lancey
Hammer and 2 Knives/Cutters
Wandin Thomas Sebire JP (1867-1960) learnt boot-making as a young man. In a small workshop on his property in Sebire Avenue, Wandin he made boots for family, friends & neighbours. He also repaired boots & made other small leather articles. Bootmaking is a complex process requiring a variety of tools. The leather is cut to shape, glazed & burnished (polished) with heated irons. The pieces are stretched onto, & nailed to, a wooden last to form the boot. Once attached to the insole, the boot is finished on a metal last. Uppers are stitched with waxed thread through holes made with an awl. Heels comprise pieces nailed together & neatened with a heel shave. Metal plates, short nails or hob nails driven into the sole & heel, often in a pattern, improved durability.Cast iron hammer with a wooden handle. Larger Cutter/knife, cast iron with a wooden handle. Smaller Cutter/knife, cast-iron with a wooden handleHammer: "London" Larger knife: "Pettys Sheffield".bootmaking tools, hammers, cutting tools -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Tool - Hay Bale Saw, c1940s
Hay bale saws were a common agricultural tool. Ed Nolt, a Dutch resident of Pennsylvania, USA, invented the prototype for the small square baler back in the 1930s. His patent was purchased and mass produced during the 1940s. These balers quickly spread throughout the world and became a common agricultural machine. The hale bale saw was used to cut up the bales when distributing feed to livestock. As modern agricultural production has turned more to the use of large round bales, these small saws have become obsolete. This saw was used by a farmer in North Barnawatha approximately 18 kilometres from Wodonga, Victoria.This saw is representative of the agricultural tools in the mid to late 20th century.A metal saw with 2 wooden handles. The saw has a very coarse serrated edge. One of the handles is parallel to the blade, and the other handle is perpendicular to the blade.agricultural tools, hay bale saws, north east victoria -
Clunes Museum
Domestic object - TEA SET
.1 Silver tray (electroplated), engraving on base, ornate handles .2 Creamer, jug with ornate handle, electroplated .3 Sugar bowl, electroplated, 2 handles, no lid .4 Teapot, electroplated, ornate handle, bone knob.1 "Clunes and District Coursing Club Trophy" Presented to J.R. & A.W. Carter, Won by A. Gillett's "Simple Mary" season 1911tea set, trophy, clunes and district coursing club -
Ballarat RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
Bayonet
Missing handleweapons, ballarat rsl, ballarat -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Mug
enamel, with handleequipment, army -
Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc
Pad Handle
This item is part of the Thomas Caine Tool Collection, owned by The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and curated by the Hand Tools Preservation Association of Australia.pad handle -
Hand Tool Preservation Association of Australia Inc
Awl
This item is part of the Thomas Caine Tool Collection, owned by The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and curated by the Hand Tools Preservation Association of Australia.awl, handle -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Functional object - Appliance
Mandie Boyd, Robin and Patricia's eldest daughter, has very vivid memories of this meat mincer, her favorite gadget. "Every Sunday until I was about 12 (mid-1950s), there would be roast lamb with all the trimmings, good homemade mint sauce, roast potato and pumpkin, parsnip, tomato and onion pie with breadcrumb topping, fresh green peas and gravy. Monday night was Shepherd’s Pie, and I looked forward to it. The cold meat was cut up and fed through the mincing machine fastened to the table at Riversdale Rd. I don't remember it ever coming out at Walsh Street. Maybe Patricia was over cold roast lamb at that stage. I loved turning the handle and watching the meat squidge out, could hardly call it mince, some onion and lastly a slice of bread to push the bits through. Then the mincer all came apart, was washed and put away until next Monday. The meat and onion tossed with leftover gravy, mash on top, loads of butter, etched with a fork tine and baked in the oven. Served with tomato sauce, very good." A beige coloured, heavy meat mincer. Detachable (discs 2) and outer cover for mincing. Long handle with wood end. Small black rubber stoppers underneath.cookware, gadget, walsh st appliances, walsh st kitchenware, robin boyd, ohm2022, ohm2022_11 -
Melbourne Legacy
Film, Lord Somers Camp - Nov 1972, 1972
16mm colour film with no sound - the second B&W workprint not digitised. 13 min 24 sec. Begins with the flag raising ceremony at Somers Camp and then moves to Westernport Airfield where the boys are seen going for flights in Cessnas whilst others learn archery and play volleyball. Moves on to beach activities and dinghy sailing supervised by Legatees. Back at Somers there is a comic performance of Goldilocks in front of a large audience of younger Junior Legatees and the supervising Legatees, which ends with a bearded Goldilocks being taken away in a police car. A service in the bush chapel is then shown before we see the older boys throwing one of their number off a jetty. A volleyball game completes the film. There is no indication of date, but the clothes seem to be 1960s/70s. This film has been digitised to preserve its content. Melbourne Legacy gratefully acknowledges the support of the Victorian Government and Public Record Office Victoria for making this possible.Depicts the work done by Legacy volunteers in helping Legacy families of the time. Volunteer groups such as Legacy supported those in need at a time when government assistance was much less than it is today.Two 16mm black and white films. One film is wrapped in brown paper. Under the wrapping the film is enclosed in a plasic wrap.Canister - patterned Agfa _ Gefaert Fine Grain. / Key No. 170627_02 'Not to be screened under any circumstances! Only to be handled by an expert with the approprate facilities for handling this type of film' on the brown wrapping paper, probably to keep a good copy.somers camp, camp -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Boiler Pot
Domestic cooking itemLocal HistoryRound pot with long iron handle and tin lid with handle, grey metallic colour.Kenrick - FIRST QUALITY - 4 QUARTS-No 7 T & C CLARKE & Co. LTD A? 455879 domestic, cooking, kitchen, cast iron, food preparation, cast iron pot, clarke, foundry -
Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Chaff Cutter, Hand Driven Chaff Cutter
All Steel large Wheel with handle on right and gripping Handle on left - photo 0025Nonechaff, machinery, farming -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Silver Sugar Bowl
Margaret Culkin lived all her live at N. W. Mooroopna. She apparently was a staunch supporter of the local cricket club in which her brother played, thus this presentation for her.Silver sugar bowl with handle and slot for spoon at top of handle. Tudor plate E.P.N.S.inscribed: N.W.M.C.C. in appreciation of continued support. Presented to Margaret Culkin from the mooroopna cricket club, margaret culkin -
Ambulance Victoria Museum
Humidicrib, CIG, Port-O-Cot, The Commonwealth Industrial Gases Limited
Humidicribs are used to transport sick babies from small hospitals to major hospitals for specialist care. They work by maintaining normal body temperature and provide oxygen if needed during ambulance transit. Known by a variety of commercial names, earlier humidicribs were ones heated with water bottles. Not part of an ambulances standard equipment, humidicribs are kept in ambulance stations and carried if babies needed to be transported. In the early days before humidicribs came into use and when air ambulances did not exist, many more babies died during emergency transits than do today Manufactured by the Commonwealth Industrial Gases Limited (better known as CIG), Australian-made Port-O-Cot brand humidicribs came replaced timber home-made humidicribs. They had electrical heating and easy to control oxygen flow and humidity control equipment. CIG also noted that noted that: Once the baby has been placed inside, the cot need not be opened, all nursing operations being carried out through the iris armholes. Even though the baby is in complete isolation nursing is a straight forward matter… The iris armholes allow nurses to feed, weigh, take temperatures, change napkins or, in fact, carry out any procedures without changing or disturbing the atmosphere within the cot. Happily for ambulance officers and nurses, the new Port-O-Cots were also much lighter and easy to carry than their old timber ones! metal box with carry handles and Perspex opening top. Carry handles at each end.PORT-O-COTinfant -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Screw Driver
Screw driver wooden handle that has been split. Large N stamped on handle.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, screw driver -
Orbost & District Historical Society
chamber pot, Circa 1920-1940s
This item was used as a portable toilet probably in a bedroom at night. They were commonly used until indoor plumbing was installed.Nowadays commodes have replaced chamber pots and are equally helpful for the sick and disabled persons. However, chamber pots are still used in countries which lack indoor plumbing facilities or during winter. The chamber pot is used in the form of a bedpan in hospitals and homes for very ill patients. The most popular form of the chamber pot is the potties used for children during toilet training. This is an example of an ordinary household item not commonly in use in the 21st century.A white painted enamel bowl-shaped container with a handle. It is blue rimmed with a blue handle.chamber-pot sanitation -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - Crosscut Saw
Cross cut saws have been used for millennia, but they came into wider usage in Europe from the 15th century onwards. The term 'cross cut' refers to the blades on the saw’s cutting edge which come in a variety of different patterns. These saws are specifically designed for cutting across the grain of the wood by timber workers, sawyers, and other land workers for tree felling and cutting up larger pieces of lumber into smaller more manageable pieces. The saws come in variable sizes and lengths and are designed for use by one or two people. With the two-man saws, a method of alternating 'pull and push' to drag the blade back and forth through the timber, maximising efficiency and labour division.one end original minus handle. Other end has replaced handle. Steelchurchill island, crosscut, saw, tool, machinery -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Forceps, A.R. Simpson's
Possibly collected by Dr Frank Forster. Examined and identified by Bryan Hibbard.Forceps, A.R.Simpson's, with ebony handles. Stamped "Gardner Edinburgh" on one inner blade handle.forceps, obstetric -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Tea Pot
White with Chinese pattern, gold around spout and handles, wool covered wire handles. -
Dutch Australian Heritage Centre Victoria
Soup ladle (pollepel)
Brought to Australia by Dutch migrants in the 1950s as part of their kitchen utensilsEnamel ladle with red handle and white bowl, handle hooked at one end for hanging kitchen utensil -
Clunes Museum
Domestic object - DISH
Vegetable dish, white china, with lid, two handles on sides, one handle on lid.Green Trademark on base J & G Meakin Hanley London Sticker marked "76"dish, kitchen item -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Saw, 1900-1980 (Approximate)
Used for pruning fruit treesSmall hand saw with leather strap attached to wooden handle. Sawblade screwed to handlehand tools, saw, pruning tools -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Weapon - Edged weapon, Edged sword, Circa WW2
Asian sword. Bone handle with wooden handle with shark skin covering. Brass fittings.Ornate blade -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Domestic object - Cutlery
Attributed to have been used in the Melbourne office in John Flynn's early days.G080.1 Silver teaspoon with engraving on the handle. G080.2 Silver fruit fork with a decorative handle. .G080.1 "AIM"australian inland mission -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Container - CHINA BISCUIT BARREL
Blue china basket weave biscuit barrel with rose handle on lid and a wicker handle.Superior Quality made in Japandomestic equipment, containers, biscuit barrel -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Plunger - clothes, 1940's
Used by internees at Camp 3Metal washing (clothes) plunger with wooden handle. Metal hook screwed into end of handle. Plunger is funnel shaped with metal sections. Handle is flat on two sidesplunger, laundering, imberger w, camp 3, tatura, ww2, domestic -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - Smoothing Plane
The left hand guides the plane over a plank and the right hand thrusts the plane forward. The plane would remove shavings of timber until smooth. This plane has been adapted and repaired . The adaptation to tongue and groove would allow the plane to cut a tongue and then swivel to cut a matching groove. The resulting joins gave a strong snug edge to edge fit of planks. These wide panels would be used for flooring, wall paneling or furniture e.g. table tops. Tongue and groove work would take time and require accuracy for a smooth finish. Today tongue and groove is bought pre-moulded. Oak smoothing plane with handle and adjustable blade. Adapted to make tongue and groove planking. Base not original. Repairs to throat. Handle split. Borer holes in handle. Wards on blade.plane, hand tools, carpenter's tools -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Kettle, Circa 1930
This kettle is a common household item and would have been used on the top of a wood stove. Copper was commonly used as it is an excellent conductor of heat. Elements of its construction would point to it being manufactured by hand. It could have originated from local plumber Alex Anderson who operated from Fairy St in the period 1920-1940. This is a common household item from the early 20th century when most household would have relied on wood stoves for cooking. As a handmade item it also has significance as an example of skills from earlier times.Circular copper kettle with lid with copper handle and handle with black bakelite handle which is eight ridges .The handle is rivetted to the body of the kettle.The base is rolled over the body of the kettle around the edge.The spout has a join along the top.warrnambool, copper kettle, alex anderson -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Weapon - Harpoon
Harpoon, Toggle Headed Harpoon, wooden handle and Toggle spear-head, which opened to a perpendicular angle after entering whale. Spear fitted into handle and bound with twine. Handle is tapered at throwing end and where spear meets handle.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, shipwreck-coast, harpoon, toggle headed harpoon, whaling, whaling harpoon -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Portable Resuscitator Electric Therapy Unit
A shock of different voltages was delivered to a person using the two metal handles or two heavy soft wire combs (missing but known of) were moved across the skin. Perhaps this was an early TENS Unit. The unit came to the donor's grandfather (Roy F. Leibig - Chief Electrical Inspector of the Brunswick (Melbourne) Electric Supply) for repair and returned to his keeping once it had become obsolete (upgraded by newer machine). Donor often helped his Pa repair electrical equipment.Historical: The Resuscitator or Electric Therapy Unit was used in hospitals, possibly Mental hospitals. Provenance: The donor worked at Mt Beauty in the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme with the State Electric Commission of Victoria as an electrician. Black wooden smooth box with clip fastener which is screwed on - 3 screws for the base and 2 for the lid. On top of the box is a leather strap for the handle fastened by steel screwed into the box. Inside: A mask with attached strap. Tap fitting loosely into steel box. Metal cylinders and a Cardboard box. A wooden lockable case, housing electrical equipment suitable for issuing high voltage shocks.In red, middle of the side with fastener - "SPARKLETS RESUSCITATOR" Scruff marks inside the lid. A cream plastic tag is screwed on and inscribed"Manufacturers:- / SPARKLETS LIMITED / EDMONTON, LONDON, N.18 / Made in ENGLANDmedical, hospital equipment, resuscitator, tawonga district hospital, doctor