HAMILTON COLLECTION ; Three certificates awarded to Nancy Hamilton by the Australian Music Examination Board of the Universities of Melbourne, Adelaide, Tasmania, Queensland & Western Australia, & The State Conservatorium of Music of New South Wales. 1927 passed with honours in Theory Grade 3. Printed on off white paper with navy blue print, with an intricate border of columns, cherubs, vines, State emblems, & a portrait of Beethoven.person, individual, nancy blyth hamilton

Exercise "Milk Run' focused on tactics used for a mock invasion of Queensland by troops from New South Wales and details of Queensland's counter attack. Part of the Kevin John Herdman, No. 397661, Collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service record.Light brown coloured foolscap manila folder containing training notes printed on pink and green coloured pages. Text on pages in black type. Handwritten title in black ink and underlined in red on front cover. Pages secured with an adjustable metal fastener. Folder's manufacturer's logo printed on inside of the front cover.Handwritten in black on front cover: “EXERCISE 'MILK RUN' PROBLEM 4” Handwritten in red on top RH corner of the front cover: “D S ONLY”.training notes, exercise milk run, army tactics, kevin john herdman

Various letters of acknowledgement and support for White Cane Day in 1990, written by then Queensland Premier Wayne Goss, Australian Prime Minster Bob Hawke, Brisbane Lord Mayor Sallyanne Atkinson, Queensland White Cane Committee and a Media News release from RVIB,6 typed letters from various people and to the mediaroyal victorian institute for the blind, queensland white cane day committee, white cane day, wayne goss, bob hawke, sallyanne atkinson

A man wipes dust from a car under repair, somewhere in Queensland.1 x faded B/W photograph3 (circled)vision qld, employment

John Puttick stands in front of the Queensland Stock Exchange with another male.1 x B/W photograph of two men standing with hands claspedN96727 (11.11A)vision qld, john puttick

Tim Quinn presents Peter Lynam, CEO of Vision Queensland, with a cheque.1 col. photograph of Tim Quinn and Peter Lynamvision qld, tim quinn, peter lynam

Images taken at the 1999 AGM, including guest speaker Professor Ron McCallum, and presentations to Bill Casey and Dr Basil Shaw by chairman John Puttick. Dr Shaw wrote the history of the organisation "Vision Queensland, QBIC and the Queensland Industrial Institution for the Blind: A History, 1883-1999'.5 col. photographs taken at the 1999 Vision QLD AGMvision qld, john puttick, bill casey, dr basil shaw, professor ron mccallum

Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. A 39 page hardcover book of poems by David Rowbotham about his native Queensland countryside. Published in 1958 by Angus & Robertson and printed by Halstead Press, Sydney. Catalogue sticker '2082 ROW' on spine. Handwritten in biro on flyleaf ''For Alec Chisholm, O.B.E., my former 'boss' who became a friend -- with my highest regards. David Rowbotham Feb. 1959.''David Rowbothambooks, collections, poetry, alec h chisholm collection, poetry, david rowbotham

Victoria Police Gazette No. 32 dated Wednesday, August 2, 1882, containing notices about: murder,highway robbery and stealing from the person, housebreaking and stealing from dwelling houses, miscellaneous information, horses and cattle, property stolen or lost, missing friends, property found, deserters from merchant vessels, extracts from the South Australian Police gazette and extracts from the Queensland Police gazette.essential services, police, victoria police gazette

A black and white photograph - Townsville, Queensland, 18/08/1968, rock and roll stars Little Pattie and Col Joye entertain in the lounge room a a private, members of Delta Company 6 RAR who had missed the original concert in Vietnam on the 18/08/1966 being otherwise egnaged in the Battle of Long Tan.Robin Rencher, Peter Dolye, Phil Dixon, Dave Sabben and Ian Campbell.photograph, entertainers, d coy, 6 rar, battle of long tan, townsville, col joy, little patti, robin rencher, peter doyle, phil dixon, dave sabben, ian campbell, gibbons collection catalogue

Domestic object demonstrating Australian State Floral symbolsA cross stitched wall hanging on a brass hanger. The white cotton background has the Australian native flower emblems in a line down the centre. Firstly the Australian emblem - golden Wattle, then New South Wales - Waratah, Victoria - Common Heath, Northern Territory -Sturt's Desert Rose, West Australia - Kangaroo paw, Queensland - Cooktown Orchid, Tasmania - Blue Gum, West Australia - Sturt Desert pea.embroidery, australian floral emblems

Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photo of 26 in Moorabool St, Geelong. Tram has the destination of North. Printed on Kodak Velox paper. No date given, but c1940. In the background is building for W. T. Wiggs Pty Ltd sports store, F. G. H Ritchie Queensland Insurance and Berger's Paints On rear in ink "Geelong Tramways No. 26, Ex M&MTB made into 1 man car, 3 in service 24, 25, 26"trams, tramways, geelong, moorabool st, tram 26

plants, trees, garden views, x fatshedera, plectranthus argentatus, solanum rantonetii, lycianthes rantonetii

Twenty page booklet, centre stapled, printed with photographs on glossy paper, titled "Public Transport Today; A brief World Survey", by F. Andrews of Queensland, late 1960's early 1970's. Looks at the current developments in light rail, tramways, transit lines, in North America, Continental Europe and the future in public transport. Has many photographs of tramways and tramcars. Two copies held.trams, tramways, public transport, tramways, europe, usa, canada

Mandie Boyd sends news of Christmas in Melbourne and news of moving to north Queensland.

In Australia, precious opal is found in Cretaceous age sandstones and mudstones. These sedimentary rocks were deeply weathered and this weathering released silica into the groundwater.Australia is the only part of the world where opalised animal and plant fossils have been found. Opal artefacts several thousands of years old have been discovered in East Africa. As early as 250 BC the Romans prized opals, thought to have come from mines in Eastern Europe, the ancient world's main source of opals. There are many aboriginal dreamtime stories that feature opal. Australian opals discovered during the late 1800's found little favour with European markets but their commercial value increased in the 1900's and in 1932 Australia took over as the major producer of opals in the world and remains the largest producer to this day. Opal is found around the world (Brazil, Mexico, Honduras and the western US) however Australia produces 95% of the world's precious opal and it is our official national gemstone. Opal was first mined commercially at Listowel Downs in Queensland in 1875 and later at White Cliffs in NSW. Today, Coober Pedy (SA) is the main producer of white opal, though in recent years this field has expanded and all types of opals are found. Other centres in SA include Andamooka and Mintabe. Lightning Ridge (NSW) is renowned for black opal and formerly White Cliffs was a large producer of high quality opal. Boulder opals (opals in concretionary ironstone) are mined in Queensland from numerous localities in a zone extending from the Eulo and Cunnamulla district in the south and northwest for a distance of over 700 km to Kynuna in the north. The towns of Quilpie, Yowah and Winton are the main opal mining and wholesale centres. Opals are considered gemstones and have been used in jewellery for thousands of years.Throughout much of history, opals were actually believed to be good luck. The Romans thought that opals were one of the luckiest gemstones and a symbol of hope. In the Middle Ages, opals were believed to be bestowed with all the positive properties of coloured gemstones due to its rainbow-like play of colour. Finally, there is a superstition that you should not wear an opal unless it is your birthstone otherwise misfortune will befall you. This, of course, is far-fetched, but the notion could have been promoted in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries by diamond traders who were trying to increase sales of diamonds and deter people from buying opals. Possibly related to this is the thought that you should set opal jewellery with diamonds as their powers of good fortune will override any negativity held by the opal. The great majority of opal does not show play of colour and is called common opal or potch however this is not the case with a precious opal. Opal is a precious gemstone, like rubies, emeralds or diamonds. Opal is rare, and it is expensive to prospect and mine for.Silica is one of the most common minerals on the planet, but precious opal is very rare – far more rare than diamonds. Precious opal is rare because the natural processes that create it rarely occur.Most (at least 95%) of the opal found by miners is common opal without gem colour. In Australia we call it potch. It can be white, grey, black or amber coloured. Even when a miner finds gem-coloured opal, most of it can’t be cut into gemstones because it’s too thin, or sandy. This specimen is part of a larger collection of geological and mineral specimens collected from around Australia (and some parts of the world) and donated to the Burke Museum between 1868-1880. A large percentage of these specimens were collected in Victoria as part of the Geological Survey of Victoria that begun in 1852 (in response to the Gold Rush) to study and map the geology of Victoria. Collecting geological specimens was an important part of mapping and understanding the scientific makeup of the earth. Many of these specimens were sent to research and collecting organisations across Australia, including the Burke Museum, to educate and encourage further study.It is not known where this opal originated, except that it is probably from Victoria, as it has been recorded from many localities in the State. Common Opal is formed from silica-rich water circulating through rocks near the Earth’s surface. It consists of minute spheres of silica arranged in different ways. In common opal, the spheres are of different sizes and randomly arranged, unlike in precious opal where the spheres are of similar size and uniformly arranged in three dimensions. These differences account for common opal generally being translucent to opaque and without the play of colours, or opalescence, displayed by precious opal. Common opal is found in many localities and different geological environments throughout Australia and the world. Precious opal requires special conditions to form and is much less common. Australia produces most to the world’s precious opal. burke museum, beechworth, indigo shire, beechworth museum, geological, geological specimen, precious opal, opal, brazil, mexico, honduras, queensland, coober pedy, gemstones, jewellery, play-of-colour, light blue

1863 was the last steam locomotive built by Hudswell Clarke for the Colonial Sugar Refining Co (CSR). It was also the last steam locomotive imported Australia for use on the Queensland Cane fields It originally worked at the Victoria Mill at Ingham ,Queensland and was named "CORONATION" it was latter transferred to Macknade Mill where it was numbered "9"Historic - Industrial Narrow gauge Railway - Steam locomotive - CSR - Colonial Sugar Refining Co. - Victoria Mill, Ingham, Queensland, Australia Steam Locomotive - 2' gauge 0-6-0 tender locomotive made of iron, steel 1863coronation, puffing billy, no9, hudswell clarke, 1863, steam locomotive, victoria mill, csr - colonial sugar refining co.

Commemorative plaque for the longest superintendent at the Queensland Blind, Deaf and Dumb Institution in Dutton Park.Metal board with black writingIsaac Dickson Superintendent 1888-1932queensland blind, deaf and dumb institution, nameplates

Sepia & hand tinted photograph of Mary Ellen Delany, born Bendigo 1877, died Bendigo 1915. Mary married Frank Langdon Jackson 1900. Above details contained on separate square sheet pf paper. Photograph shows a female figure with large feathered hat seated on a hinged gate. On back of photo, envelope attached ' Dorothy Goodall, 8 Rassin Crescent, Callinvale, Queensland.' in brackets (grand daughter)person, individual, mary ellen delany

A black and white photograph - Townsville, Queensland 18/08/1968, rock and roll stars Little Patty and Col Joye entertain in the lounge room of a private home.Members of from Delta Company 6 RAR who had missed the original concert in Vietnam on the 18/08/1966 being otherwise engaged in the Battle at Long Gan. Ross MAudio, CDonald, Robin Rencher, Phil Dixon, Ian Campbell and Peter Doylephotograph, little patti, col joy, townsville, battle of long tan, entertainers, ross maudio, cdonald, robin rencher, phil dixon, ian campbell, peter doyle, gibbons collection catalogue

A black and white photograph of Townsville Queensland, 18/08/1968. A portion of hte guests at the Trooping the Regimental Colour (left to right) Mrs Leah Lynch, The Hon Phillip Lynch MP, Minister for The Army, Mrs Tran Kim Phuong, His Excellency Mr Tran Kim Phuong the Ambassador of the Republic of South Vietnam, Mrs Thomson, Colonel D.S. Thomson MC, the Regimental Colonel, The Royal Australian Regiment.photograph, the hon phillip lynch mp - minister for the army, mr tran kim phuong - ambassador of the republic of south vietnam, col ds thomson, gibbons collection catalogue, 6 rar/nz, raa

Keith Shepherd served with 8/13 VMR prior to moving to Queensland with his civilian employment.Black and white photograph of Sergeant Keith Shepherd 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles standing in front of Ferret Scout car c. 1964

A Murray Views greeting card for Christmas and New Year. The photograph, 'Murray Views No. 3 St Kilda', appears to be of the Lower Esplanade, St Kilda, in the 1940s. Murray Views was established in 1929 by photographer Fred Murray in Gympie, Queensland, initially to supply postcards of local views. The company soon expanded its reach through Queensland and interstate.Cream coloured card, folded into thirds, and printed in green. A black and white photograph of St Kilda murray views, st kilda

Letter from E M Winter, Woolerina Station, Quensland, 1944 to W.R. Lang, Gordon Institute of Technology, Geelong re: wool samplesSend receiptsheep stations - management wool - testing, warrnambool woollen mill gordon technical college, lang, dr w. roy, woolerina station, queensland, sheep stations - management, wool - testing

Patsy Coverdale discusses her book 'North Queensland in black and white'. Ms Coverdale is a member of GHS.Newspaper article text and colour photograph.Date in pen: DV Leader 18.1.2012patsy coverdale, authors, bama