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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Medal - Medal, Royal Visit of Queen Elizabeth II, c. 1954
Commemorative medal commissioned by the Victorian state government as a souvenir of the Royal Visit by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh to Victoria in 1954. The medal was presented to all Victorian school children. It was struck by Stokes & Sons of Melbourne. The Queen and Prince Philip visited Victoria from 24 February to 9 March 1954. The first reigning monarch to tour Australia, she arrived in Sydney on 3 February 1954 and departed the country from Fremantle on 1 April 1954. The Royal party visited all the capital cities apart from Darwin, and over 70 country towns.Bronze medal, hanging from a rectangular bar. The obverse of the medal features profile portraits of the Queen and Prince Philip. Presented to children of Victoria on Royal Visit, 1954Obverse: bust of Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh Reverse: E II R Royal Visit/ 1954/ Victoriamedal, queen elizabeth ii, 1954, royal visit, victoria, numismatics, celebrations, schools -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Headwear - Diver's Helmet, 1930-1960
Port of Portland Collection - ExhibitedFront: Siebe Gorman & Co Ltd / Submarine Engineers, London (PATENT) 18714 (front window) -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Currency - Coins
Five coins in various shapes and sizes. Bronze in colour Two Vietnamese Dong One Schilling Republic of Osterreich One five cent Indochine. 1 RAEcurrency, rae -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - RAVENSWOOD BELL
Ravenswood Bell. A. Bronzed brass bell, large crack on one side has been mended. Metal clanger. Iron support for bell - wrought iron decoration.place, house, ravenswood run, bendigo advertiser 10.2.1972 page 7. -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, Harry Gilham, Shire of Eltham War Memorial, Memorial Park, Kangaroo Ground, c.Apr 2002
Showing the new bronze plaques installed for the November 2001 re-dedication of the memorial as well as the floodlighting installed 1999.shire of eltham memorial park, driveway, kangaroo ground, floodlights, kangaroo ground tower, lighting, shire of eltham war memorial -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, Harry Gilham, Shire of Eltham War Memorial, Memorial Park, Kangaroo Ground, c.Apr 2002
Showing the new bronze plaques installed for the November 2001 re-dedication of the memorial as well as the floodlighting installed 1999.shire of eltham memorial park, driveway, kangaroo ground, floodlights, kangaroo ground tower, lighting, shire of eltham war memorial -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, Harry Gilham, Shire of Eltham War Memorial, Memorial Park, Kangaroo Ground, c.Apr 2002
Showing the new bronze plaques installed for the November 2001 re-dedication of the memorial as well as the floodlighting installed 1999.shire of eltham memorial park, driveway, kangaroo ground, floodlights, kangaroo ground tower, lighting, shire of eltham war memorial -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, Harry Gilham, Shire of Eltham War Memorial, Memorial Park, Kangaroo Ground, c.Apr 2002
Showing the new bronze plaques installed for the November 2001 re-dedication of the memorial as well as the floodlighting installed 1999.shire of eltham memorial park, driveway, kangaroo ground, floodlights, kangaroo ground tower, lighting, shire of eltham war memorial -
Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society
Award - Certificate and Medal, Royal Humane Society of Australasia Bravery Award for Stewart Aicken
On the 20th November 1952 SEC linesmen Stewart Aicken, Donald Odames and Desmond Veraker were working on the corner of Gisborne Road and Masons Lane in Bacchus Marsh. Veraker was in the air in a harness working on power lines when he was electrocuted. Aicken and Odames were on the ground and attempted to rescue him and revive him. Sadly Vereker died from his injuries. Aicken and Odames were later given bravery awards by the Royal Humane Society of Australasia for their actions.Royal Humane Society of Australasia certificate presented to Stewart Aicken to recognise the bravery of his actions on the 20th November 1952 in attempting to rescue fellow linesman Desmond Vereker from electrocution. It was awarded to him to accompany a bronze medal also awarded to Aicken for this act of bravery. The certificate and bronze medal are housed in a frame. Underneath the bronze medal is a black and white photograph of Aicken receiving the award from the Governor of Victoria Sir Dallas Brooks in 1953. Also in the photograph is an unidentified man and woman. The unidentified man is probably Donald Odames who was with Aicken on the 20th November 1952 and was also recognised for his bravery by the Royal Humane Society of Australasia.awards, accidents -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Standard measure, Mid to Late 19th Century
The beginning of standardised weights and measures began In Victoria when the Melbourne Observatory received sets of standard weights and measures, which had been tested in Britain against the then British Imperial standards. These included the primary standard yard and pound for the Colony of Victoria. Other standards of weights and measure held by shires and the administrative body's within the colony could then be compared to these primary standards. A Weights and Measures Act was passed in Victoria in 1862, establishing local inspectors throughout the colony. By the 1870s each local council and shire in Victoria held a set of standards that were used to test scales, weights and dry measures used by wholesalers, factories and shops. Every ten years the councils’ standards would themselves need to be rechecked against the Victorian Standards. The checking was done by the Victorian Customs Department in the 19th century, but with the transfer of responsibility for customs to the Federal Government in 1901, weights and measures function was retained by the Victorian Government and was shifted to the Melbourne Observatory. In 1904, a new building was erected at the south end of the Great Melbourne Telescope House, where the standard weights and measures and testing equipment was installed. This room had a large whirling apparatus for testing air meters and became known as the Whirling Room. When the Melbourne Observatory closed in 1944, the Weights and Measures Branch was formed to continue and this branch remained at the Observatory site unit until 1995. J & M Ewan History: J&M Ewan was a Melbourne firm that began by selling retail furniture and wholesale ironmongery. They had substantial warehouses situated at the intersection of 81-83 Elizabeth and Little Collins Streets, the business was established by James M Ewan in 1852. Shortly afterwards he went into partnership with William Kerr Thomson and Samuel Renwick. When Ewan died in 1868 his partners carried on and expanded the business under his name J & M Ewan. The business was expanded to provide a retail shop, counting-house and private offices. Wholesale warehouses adjoined these premises at 4, 6 and 10 Little Collins Street, West. This company provided and sold a large and varied amount of imported goods into the colony that consisted of agriculture equipment, building materials, mining items as well as steam engines, tools of all types and marble fireplaces. They also supplied the Bronze measuring containers in the Flagstaff Hill collection and the probability is that these containers were obtained by the local Melbourne authority that monitored weights and measures in the mid to late 19th century. The company grew to employ over 150 people in Melbourne and opened offices at 27 Lombard St London as well as in New Zealand and Fiji. The company also serviced the Mauritius islands and the pacific area with their steamship the Suva and a brig the Shannon. Robert Bate History: Robert Brettell Bate (1782-1847) was born in Stourbridge, England, one of four sons of Overs Bate, a mercer (a dealer in textile fabrics, especially silks, velvet's, and other fine materials)and banker. Bate moved to London, and in 1813 was noticed for his scientific instrument making ability through the authority of the “Clockmakers Company”. Sometime in the year 1813 it was discovered that one Robert Brettell Bate, regarded as a foreigner in London had opened a premises in the Poultry selling area of London. He was a Mathematical Instrument maker selling sundials and other various instruments of the clock making. In 1824, Bate, in preparation for his work on standards and weights, leased larger premises at 20 and 21 Poultry, London, at a rental of four hundred pounds per annum. It was there that Bate produced quality metrological instruments, which afforded him the recognition as one of one of the finest and principal English metrological instrument-makers of the nineteenth century. English standards at this time were generally in a muddle, with local standards varying from shire to shire. On 17 June 1824, an Act of Parliament was passed making a universal range of weights, measures, and lengths for the United Kingdom, and Bate was given the job of crafting many of the metrological artifacts. He was under instruction from the renown physicist Henry Kater F.R.S. (1777-1835) to make standards and to have them deposited in the principal cities throughout the United Kingdom and colonies. Bate experimented with tin-copper alloys to find the best combination for these items and by October 1824, he had provided Kater with prototypes to test troy and avoirdupois pounds, and samples with which to divide the troy into grams. Bate also cast the standard for the bushel, and by February 1825, had provided all the standards required of him by the Exchequer, Guildhalls of Edinburgh, and Dublin. In 1824, he also made a troy pound standard weight for the United States, which was certified for its accuracy by Kater and deposited with the US Mint in 1827. Kater, in his address to the Royal Society of London, acknowledged Bate's outstanding experimentation and craftsmanship in producing standards of weights, measures, and lengths. An example of a dry Bronze measuring container made specifically for J & M Ewan by possibly the most important makers of measurement artefacts that gives us today a snapshot of how imperial weights and measures were used and how a standard of measurement for merchants was developed in the Australian colonies based on the Imperial British measurement system. The container has social significance as an item retailed by J & M Ewan and used in Victoria by the authorities who were given legal responsibility to ensure that wholesalers and retailers of dry goods sold in Victoria were correct. The container was a legal standard measure so was also used to test merchants containers to ensure that their distribution of dry goods to a customer was correct.Maker Possibly Robert Brettell Blake or De Grave, Short & Co Ltd both of LondonContainer brass round for measuring quantities- Has brass handles & is a 'Bushel' measurement. 'Imperial Standard Bushel Victoria' engraved around container. Container bronze round shape for measuring dry quantities has brass handles & is a 'Bushel' measurement"IMPERIAL STANDARD BUSHEL" engraved around the top of the container. VICTORIA engraved under "J & M Ewan & Co London and Melbourne" engraved around the bottom of the container.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, standard measure, bushel, bushel measurement, j & m ewan, dry measurement, victorian measurement standard, bronze container, melbourne observatory, robert brettell bate -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
ANZAC Commemorative Medallion of 551 L Harry Atkins, No makers mark, Mid 20th Century
This medallion has been awarded to 551 Pte L Harry Atkins who served with the AMF during WW1 with 'C' Company 22 Bn.This is the original Medallion awarded to Pte L Harry Atkins. The ANZAC Commemorative Medallion was awarded to personnel who served on Gallipoli.Round bronze medallion surmounted with King Edward Crown ANZAC printed round the bottom of the medallion, the reverse of the medallion has an impression of Australia and New Zealand and the Southern Cross.Inscribed on the back of the medallion L H Atkins.amf anzac commemorative medallion, ww1 551 pte l harry atkins -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Furniture, Chair
This librarian's chair was given to the school by the family of Joy Chapman who had died during 1948. The chair was part of a number of furnishings supplied by donation for the new library which was opened in 1949. These included blackwood shelves, tables and chairs and a new set of Encycopedia Britannica supplied by the Parents and Friend's Association, a grooved periodical table given by Old Collegians Younger Set, a librarian's desk supplied by the E M Bell estate and more than 200 books supplied by the Old Collegians. (see 'A lamp burns brightly' p. 61). This item is a significant example of the degree to which the school relied on donations from the community to develop the school during the post-war years. Solid wood chair with high solid back and solid arm rests. Carved CPLC crest attached to neck rest. Padded seat. Bronze plaque at front of seat. Plaque: In memory of / JOY CHAPMAN / 1947 - 1948 - The Gift of Her / Father, Mother & Ruthc-p-l-c, younger-set, parents-and-friends-association, clarendon-presbyterian-ladies-college, library, joy-chapman -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - MEMORIAL PLAQUE, post WWI
J.G.D Mcinnes Regt No 5736 59th Batt A.I.F. Died of Bronco Pneumonia in the field 31.12.1916. Refer 785P for his service history also 786P..1) Plaque, Bronze, round with raised relief of Brittania, Lion & Seals, Rectangular section for individual names .2) Cardboard envelope for postage of the plaques, dark brown in colour“HE DIED FOR FREEDOM & HONOUR” “John George Duncan McInnes”military history, documents - envelopes, commeration, memorial plaques -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - MEMORIAL PLAQUE, Post WW1
Thomas Alan Broadbent No 15887, 46th Batt AIF, KIA 20.9.18. Refer 2322.2 for service history also 2567P..1) Memorial Plaque, circular shape, bronze, front depicts Brittanica, lion and seals with rectangular space for individual name. .2) brown cardboard envelope for posting .1)"He Died for Freedom and Honor", "Thomas Alan Broadbent"remembrance, memorial, plaques -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Time Capsule Notice, Uninstalled plaque - one of an unknown number of time capsule plaques produced and circulated by Victorian State Government to mark the state's 150th Anniversary, 1984/85, 1984 - 1985
Installed 1984 - 1985Time Capsule Notice. Bronze, engraved with white paint infill. Inscribed as follows: 'Time Capsule/ to mark/ Victoria's 150th Anniversary/ 1984 - 85/ to be opened/ 2034 - 35.Time Capsule/ to mark/ Victoria's 150th Anniversary/ 1984 - 85/ to be opened/ 2034 - 35 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Coins, 1939-1945
Coins produced in the Melbourne Mint especially for use in internment camps throughout Australia. These coins given by family of Donald Reuben Stratford, a former guard at Camp 13, and formerly of WWI tunelling company.3x interment camp coins. 2 x penny, 1 x shilling. The pennies are bronze coloured, the shilling is gold coloured. All have a small hole in the centre.Pennies: "One Penny" on one side, reverse "Internment Camps".|Shilling: "One Shilling" on one side, reverse "Internment Camps".tatura, internment camps, camp 13, numismatics, coins -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Badge/medallion x6, 50 years of Commonwealth of Australia
These medallions were awarded to school children to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Commonwealth of Australia. This winning design depicts the seed caster with the seven ears of wheat representing the seven states and territories of Australia. The artist was John Wolfgang Elisher who was an Austrian sculptor.An item which was presented to all school children in 1951 to mark the occasion of 50 years of the Commonwealth.Bronze metal with image of seed broadcaster and dates in relief on front and inscription, seven ears of wheat and star burst on the reverse. Metal hook at the top. There are six of the identical medallions.1901-1951, Fifty years Commonwealth of Australia.warrnambool, commonwealth of australia, schoolchildren's medallion, 1951 children's medallion, -
Kyneton RSL Sub Branch
HONOUR BOARD, They Died for King and Country, 1922-1923
The names entered on the Honour Board were selected from enlistments in WW1 who were born in Kyneton.This Honour Board commemorates those servicemen who enlisted from the Kyneton district and made the supreme sacrifice for their country.Wooden Honour Board with gold lettering , three panels, largest with three columns, two outer panels have one column, with oblong, bronze small plaque underneath.Enlistments from the Kyneton District who died as a result of active service in WW1. Inscription on brass plaque below the Honour board reads: Presented by Miss LENNON of the CLUB HOTEL, 23 Feb 1922 Unveiled by Lt. Colonel Geoff HURRY DSO, MHR 11 Nov 1923 Plaque below the board reads: GRUNDY & CO Brunswickhonour board, kyneton rsl, world war one -
South Gippsland Shire Council
Figurine, Bronze
Cast bronze figurine featuring a reclining woman or meramaid in ocean waves. Her left arm is outstretched and she rests her head on the arm. Black velvet on base. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Administrative record - Ticket - souvenir of Edward Henty, 1934
Portland CentenaryPhoto of Edward Henty on cover in decorative edging. Pioneer Breakfast and Picnic. Sketch of Bronze wing pigeon. Poem. Golden Wattle tree - photo. Folds into 4 sections.Front: Souvenir Ticket 1934-1935 Centenary. Hand written on top - I trust that you will soon be well ?.S. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Medal
Bronze coloured round Metal Medal. Bamboo over Dragon embossed design. Republic of Vietnam Service written on Medal. Green, yellow and red striped ribbon attached.U.S Vietnam Campaign Medalmedal, republic of vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Medal
Bronze coloured Medal. Seven sided design with Cross and Circular Sphere in middle with Map and Leaf embossed. Red and Yellow Ribbon. Republic of South Vietnam. Cross of Gallantrymedal, republic of vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Uniform - Uniform, Army
Red Velvet Epaulet with gold strip down middle. 2 x gold stars and a bronze coloured button. Back has a band with a press stud to attach to uniform.epaulettes -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - Woman's shirt, Unknown
Woman's fashion shirt with decorative features on shoulders.- Black nylon women's shirt with silver/bronze features on shoulders and large/small button motif on right shoulder - Shoulder pads - Long sleeves, press studs at wrist.Sports direction by Anthea Crawford - 12shirt, decorative shoulder patches -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Portland Free Library Museum and Literary Institute Embossing Press, "Portland Free Library Museum and Literary Institute Embossing Press", 1900
Portland Free Library and Museum and Literary Institute.Heavy metal. Decorative motif of flowers and leaves in gold on black background. Green felted woven fabric on base. Wooden handle. Metal embossing stamp (brass or bronze). -
Melbourne Legacy
Badge, Junior Legacy Club Badge
An example of a Junior Legacy Badge. These were worn by junior legatees. The age of the pin is not known, though it appears older than the 10 pins at 01704. 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. It was part of a collection of Legacy items from Valma Hutchinson (nee Wigg), a former junior legatee. Valma was accepted into Junior Legacy club in 1940.A record of the badge given to junior legatees when they joined Legacy.Bronze lapel pin x 2 with the Legacy torch and the words Junior Legacy Club in dark blue enamel. Each badge has a post and a separate butterfly clutch.Junior Legacy Clubjunior legatee, membership, jlc -
The 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment Historical Collection
Plaque - Presentation Plaque, 5/7 RAR
Presented to members of D Coy 1 RVRShield shaped varnished plaque with Bronze RAR hat badge in front of gold and maroon ( 5/7RARs colours) felt. The badge is located above an engraved brass plaque Presented to D Coy 1 RVR from WO1 G.W. HANSONwark vc club, infantry, 5/7rar, plaque, 1rvr -
Orbost & District Historical Society
medallion, Memorial Plaque Factory, after WW1
These medallions were issued after the First World war to the next-of-kin of all British and Commonwealth(Empire) service personnel who were killed as a result of the war. The plaques were made of bronze aand hence popularly known as the "Dead Man's Penny". James Pullar Cameron was killed at Lone Pine during WW1. James Pullar Cameron (Service No 605) enlisted in the 8th Light Horse at Orbost on September 11, 1914 aged 23 years 5 months. His medical was done by Dr James Kerr. He was 6 ft 1 in tall, 11 st 6 lbs, of dark complexion with dark eyes and hair and a chest measurement of 34 ½ / 38 inches. After training, he embarked the Armadale on February 12, 1915. He was shot in the chest at the Dardanelles on May 29, 1915 and taken aboard the HT Neuralia for transfer to Malta. He was admitted to the military hospital ‘Cootenara’ and after 10 days treatment, he re-embarked for Gallipoli aboard the HMT Southland on June 14, 1915. He returned to duty at Gallipoli on June 20, 1915. On August 7, 1915 he was killed in action. His body was not recovered. His name is on the memorial at Lone Pine. His memorial plaque has a wide H and a number behind the back paw of the lion, indicating that this plaque was made at the Acton Factory, one of the later ones cast there.James Pullar Cameron was the son of Robert Cameron one of the earliest settlers on the Orbost flats. He was a trooper in the 8 Light Horse Regiment and died at Gallipoli on 7 August 1915.A bronze commemorative medallion in a wooden frame. The token has an image of Britannia holding trident and standing with a lion. The designer's initials E.Cr.P appear above the front paw. In her left outstretched hand she holds an oak wreath with the name James Pullar Cameron in a rectangle. His memorial plaque has a wide H and a number behind the back paw of the lion, indicating that this plaque was made at the Acton Factory, one of the later ones cast there.Around the picture- He died for freedom and honour.ww1 gallipoli cameron medallion military -
Vision Australia
Badge - Object, Young Tilly Aston badge
Badge of Tilly Aston replicated from a photograph of her during her teenager/early adulthood. Rectangle in shape with a bronze background. 1 plastic badge with image of Tilly Astonassociation for the blind, badges, tilly aston -
Bendigo Military Museum
Currency - COINS
The coins were collected by Jack Grinton No 1043, 38th Batt AIF during 1916-19. Part of the Grinton collection which contained hundreds of negatives and developed photos that he took during the War. Refer Cat No 1280 for service details.Collection of 7 coins from Britain, Belgium, Germany and France .1 British penny, bronze .2 German 10 pfennig, silver coloured, 1912 .3 German 1 pfennig, bronze coloured, 1900 .4 French 1 franc, silver coloured, 1913 .5 French 25 centime, silver coloured, 1905 .6 French 25 centime, silver coloured, 1903 .7 Belgian coinnuimismatics, coins