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Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation
Australian Nursing Federation keyring, [1995-2000s?]
Merchandise from the Australian Nursing Federation, given/sold to union members and staff.Rounded rectangular keyring. Keyring is printed with the ANF [Australian Nursing Federation] logo and text, 'the key to nursing'.nursing, nurses, australian nursing federation, victoria, unions, trade unions, labour history, merchandise -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, World War 1 battles, 2012
Talk by Lambos Englezos to a General Meeting of the Whitehorse Historical Society 14 April 2012.Talk by Lambos Englezos to a General Meeting of the Whitehorse Historical Society 14 April 2012 on Australian troops at the Battle of Fromelles.Talk by Lambos Englezos to a General Meeting of the Whitehorse Historical Society 14 April 2012.war memorials, fromelles -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Letter - Correspondence, 19/8/45
A letter written from Charles Quinn to his mother in 1945 and depicts his time spent being back in Australia and seeing members of his family.This letter is of historical, social and interpretive significance as it provides information about the life of a seaman during the mid 20th century. Two page letter (0304.A1-A2) written on blank beige paper with blue ink and envelope. Inscription on top right corner: "M.I. Goonawarra Brisbane/Q 19/8/45" Inscription on bottom right corner of envelope: "Mrs S Quinn Sanlorenzo/63 Ocean Beach Manly NSW"allan quinn, mission to seafarers, 1945, letter, australia -
Hume City Civic Collection
Glass - red wine, Shire of Bulla Australian Bicentennial red wine glass, 1988
This item was produced to commemorate the Australian Bicentennial 1788 - 1988An 'Anjou' style traditional red wine glass with a long stem and inturned bowl and flat base. There is a gold 'Shire of Bulla' transfer on the front.Front: 'Shire of Bulla' emblem Back: "Australian Bicentennial / 1788 - 1988"wine glasses, shire of bulla, australian bicentenary, festivals and celebrations, glasses, municipal offices, sunbury, george evans collection -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - POCKET BOOK, March 1942
The book is put out by the “Australian Comforts Fund”Book red covers buckram, rectangular shape, 128 pages, all print in black, 6th edition, space for Soldiers particulars, covers 37 subjects, rear has calendar for 1942 - 43.On front in black, “Australian Soldiers Pocket Book”book, pocket, australian comforts fund -
National Wool Museum
Poster
Poster promoting the Australian wool product collection.Australian wool product collection/ Woolmark Woolblendmarkwool marketing -
National Wool Museum
Poster
Poster promoting the Australian wool product collectionAustralian wool product collection/ Woolmark Woolblendmarkwool marketing -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - JACKET, Kings Taylors (QLD)
Herbert Rex WILLIS Regt No 342872, Regular Army, served Vietnam with 161 Independant Reconnaissance Flight from 29.4.1966 - 10.5.1967Jacket - Polyester/Wool, Black, gold coloured buttons, Service ribbons, Insignia badge, Braided Australian Coat of Arms on shoulder. Trousers - Polyester/Wool, Black, Red stripe down outside of each leg. Braces - Elastic, striped, metal clips, leather button attachments to trousers.Service Ribbon Bar Braided Australia Coat of Arms on each shoulder. Insignia Badges on collar of Jacket.uniform, raaf -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW1, C.1915
Charles Todd No 2881. 14th and 46th Batt's AIF. WIA on 14.8.16 he then died of disease (pneumonia) on 17.7.17. Refer Cat No 1217 for his service details.Original sepia tone post card photo of two Australian WWI soldiers in uniform. One is sitting with a cane, the other, Charles Todd, is standing.On rear in pencil, “No 2881 Pte Charles Todd, 46th Battalion 9 the reinforcements 10th Infantry Brigade Australian Imperial Force, on active service abroad”photography-photographs, military history, todd -
The 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment Historical Collection
Functional object - Gift Tin, To Australian Expeditionary Force from The Australian War Contingent Association London 1915, 1915
Given to Australian soldiers over the Christmas new year period 1915.Gift tin made of brass coloured tin with black writing on it. 1915 - To the Australian Expeditionary Force from the Australian War Contingent Association London. Happy New Year to one and all.regimental property, wark vc club, ww1, christmas, 1915 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Card - CARD, CHRISTMAS, 13th Aust Armoured Regt Sgt’s Mess, C.1942
Person sending is Robert James Rock Ball, VX103870, records show that he enlisted on 27.8.1942 age 32 years, discharged 16.4.1946 as a Cpl in No 42 Aust Landing Craft Coy.Christmas card, off white colour, front has Rising Sun badge at top, Xmas and New Year Greetings under, bottom left hand corner from”13th ARMD Regt Sgt’s mess Australia, all print in dark blue, rear has hand written details in blue ink.On rear,”To Miss Guiney, with best wishes for Xmas and New Year 1942, from Roc Ball, Sgt Ball VX103870 13th Australian ARMD Regt Australia”cards, christmas military -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - TINS, TALCUM POWDER, Simpsons Manufacturing Chemists, c.1920
Powder used by Douglas Warhick WHITEHEAD 2nd AIF. He initially enlisted as V315365 then transferred to the AIF VX104727, enlisted 29.8.1942. On Discharge from the AIF he was a Pte in 118 Gen Transport Coy.2 Tins talcum powder provided by Australian Comforts Fund. Navy blue tins with red star with white print & white instruction pane with blue print.Printed on front of tins: A gift from ACF Australian Comforts Fund Printed on back of tins: Simpsons Talcum Powder with instructions belowtoilet requisites, containers, comforts fund -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - colour, Clare Gervasoni, View Towards Mount Warrenheip from the Old Chemistry Building at the Ballarat School of Mines, 2013, 23/09/2013
The Old Chemistry Building is one of the oldest buildings on the current Federation University Australia SMB Campus. Photograph showing Ballarat East with Mount Warrenheip in the background. It is taken from the window of the Old Chemistry Building at Federation University Australia, SMB Campusfederation university, ballarat school of mines, smb, old chemistry building, mount warrenheip, warrenheip -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Australian Migrant Ships - 1946-1977, 2006
Contains information on ships that brought migrants to Australia - 1946-1977, including ten pound poms.Yellow soft cover with photo of "New Australia" on the front and "Fairstar" with the author in the foreground and precise of the contents of the book on the back. Black, red and white text.migrant ships, books, maritine, ten pound poms -
National Wool Museum
Sample, Carpet
Heavy Aminster produced for the Australian Wool Board pavilion at Expo Japan in 1970 by Brintons, Geelong. This piece is believed to have had 600,000 pairs of feet walk over it. Part of a ten piece collection originally presented to the Queensland Museum by Mr Doug Glanville.Heavy Aminster produced for the Australian Wool Board pavilion at Expo Japan in 1970 by Brintons, Geelong. Heavy Aminster produced for the Australian Wool Board pavilion at Expo Japan in 1970 by Brintons, Geelong.(Brintons Brisbane) G4498 Natural JF Expo Loom 22 Dye 4 30 8 J.J. Expo Osaka Japan '70 82weaving, brintons pty ltd (geelong), carpet -
Maryborough Midlands Historical Society operating the Worsley Cottage Museum
Trophy, circa 1997
The Gumleaf Playing Championship was held as part of the now defunct Maryborough Golden Wattle Festival held in Spring.The trophy forms part of the Golden Wattle Festival memorabilia collection held by the society.Australian Gumleaf Playing Championship Trophy (Perpetual). Polished hardwood layered base in three sections, with attached plaques.On upper column: Gold coloured metal gumleaf symbol, Maryborough Golden Wattle Festival sticker (circular), rectangular metal plaque with inscription "Australian Gumleaf Playing Championship Perpetual Trophy" Affixed to base: Twenty shield shaped metal plaques inscribed with names of individual winners from 1977-1996.golden wattle festival -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Programme (item) - Program, National Trust, Australian Heritage Festival - Victorian Program 2019, 2019
The Australian Heritage Festival is a yearly event organised by the National Trust. Organisations can register their events held during a month, with dates varying in each state.The Mission to Seafarers holds tours and other events every year during this Festival for the community to discover its history. In 2019, The Mission hosted "Practice Makes Perfect", a showcase of rare trades: stained glass windows, lace making, marine knots, wood carving etc.australian heritage festival, 2019, events, victorian program, national trust, friend of the festival, practice makes perfect, lost trades, artisans, rare trades, gordon byrne, artisan's guild of australia, bruce hutton, bruce walker, henry hakopian, keiran dunleavy, david stephenson, duncan mcharg, james charlwood, barry smith -
Melton City Libraries
Newspaper, 2000 at church service, 1974
In 1974 Edna Barrie took part in the Australian Choir at the fourteenth Triennial conference of the ACWW Interfaith Service held at the Perth Concert Hall on the 13th of October.News clipping from the The West Australian about the Associated Country Women of the World Conference local special interest groups -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, The Power of Humanity, 2014
100 years of information on Red Cross in Australia. This celebratory book focuses on past, present and future of Australian Red Cross.Hard cover, black red strip with title and Red Cross logo on front cover. Dust cover title and 100 years of Australian Red Cross 1914-2014. Photographs of WW1 soldiers and nurses and one of young people holding Red Cross flag. Back cover images from Australian Red Cross archives. -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Certificate, Duke of Cornwall
This certificate is an invitation to the Evening Reception in Melbourne in 1901, an event which was part of the celebrations in Melbourne to commemorate the Federation of the six colonies into the six States of Australia in January 1901. The certificate was sent to the invitees after the event as a souvenir of the occasion. The certificate was designed by the artists Julian and Howard Ashton and lithographed and issued by Sands and McDougall Limited of Melbourne. This particular certificate was sent to George Rolfe and his wife Annie. George Rolfe (1836-1919), a tea merchant from Melbourne, began buying blocks of land near the mouth of the Hopkins River in the 1870s. By the early 1880s he had acquired 50 acres of land in the town and several nearby farming properties. He used the buildings on the land at the mouth of the River Hopkins as holiday accommodation and called this property Lyndoch. Rolfe improved this property adding stables, jetty, boathouse, bone and chaff sheds, reservoir and windmill and extensive gardens. Rolfe spent most of his later life at Lyndoch. Today the property is the site of an Aged Care Facility. This certificate is of considerable importance for two reasons: 1. It is an attractive and valuable memento of a signal event in Australia’s history – the Federation of the States in 1901. 2. The certificate was an invitation to Mr and Mrs George Rolfe. Rolfe was a prominent person in Warrnambool in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This is a multi-coloured certificate mounted on a piece of grey cardboard. The certificate is highly embossed and has a figure of Britannia in a red dress and a mailed vest holding a shield with the Union Jack emblem. Britannia is extending her hand to a figure of a younger woman representing Australia. This figure is dressed in blue and holds a shield which has a blue cross with white stars. The borders have vines and vine leaves and the Royal Crest is at the base of the certificate. The names of the invitees are handwritten in black ink. ‘In Celebration of the Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, To Meet Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, His Majesty’s Ministers of State for Australia have the honor to invite Mr & Mrs G. Rolfe to an Evening Reception at the Exhibition Building, Melbourne on the 9th of May 1901, at 8 0’clock’. george rolfe of lyndoch, warrnambool, federation of australia, history of warrnambool, george rolfe -
Bendigo Military Museum
Plaque - PLAQUE WITH BADGE
Presentation plaque with emblem of RAASC.Reddish Brown Wooden shield with mounted badge. Badge is emblem of Royal Australian Army Service Corps. Silver seven pointed star with silver crown on top and circular gold and blue top.Inscribed in centre of badge "E..R" then encircled by "HONI.SOIT.QUI.MALY.PENSE" THEN IN NEXT CIRCLE "ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORP."passchendaele barracks trust, plaque, raasc -
Hume City Civic Collection
Container - Flagon - wine, Origins of the Ashes
The flagon of port was released for the commemorative cricket match Australia versus England to celebrate the "origin of the Ashes" at Rupertswood in Sunbury on the 18 January 1995. A cricket match took place at Rupertswood in 1882, a ball was burnt and the ashes placed in an urn (according to local legend). The flagon is number 56 of a limited edition of 2000.These flagons were produced for the re-enactment of the original social cricket match held at Rupertswood in 1882. The commemorative cricket match was held in January 1995 with Allan Border captain for Australia and David Gower captain for England A cream and green glazed flagon with sloping sides. The lower half of the flagon is cream with a red, green and yellow insignia to commemorate the "origin of the ashes" cricket match and a brief history of the game. The upper half and neck is green. There is a red seal over the cork although it has a crack across top is unbroken and the port is still in the flagon.(insignia) ORIGIN OF THE ASHES / SUNBURY AUSTRALIA /origin of the ashes committee, rupertswood, border, allan, gower, david, cricket, wines, bottles, george evans collection, flagons -
National Wool Museum
Folder, Australian Farm Journal - wool
Part of Ken Galloways research material associated with his career as a woolclasser. "Australian Farm Journal - wool"Australian Farm Journal - wool 14woolclassing sheep breeding farming shearing wool marketing wool industry, wesfarmers dalgety limited, geelong, galloway, mr ken, woolclassing, sheep breeding, farming, shearing, wool marketing, wool industry -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Decorative object - Silver toned Commemorative Pendant from the Sarah Coventry Jewellery Range c.1970s-1980s
Sarah Coventry Pty. Ltd. was a North American jewellery company that was established in 1949 by the Stuart family as part of Emmons Jewelry, Inc. It began operations in England and Australia in 1968, and in Australia it moved from Carlton in Melbourne to Wodonga in 1969. The premises were originally on High St. in Wodonga, but a new warehouse was built in Melbourne Rd. later in 1969. It was a direct selling jewellery business using a party-plan model similar to Tupperware and Avon. The sales reps or 'Hostesses' were provided with jewellery samples in demonstration kits, which they displayed at jewellery parties in their homes. The designs for jewellery such as brooches, necklaces, earrings, chokers and bracelets were purchased from freelance designers and jewellery manufacturers rather than in-house designers. In 1979 Sarah Coventry Pty. Ltd. in Wodonga was bought by three Australian businessmen, including Wodonga local Jim Sawyer, and continued to sell jewellery under the name "Sargem Pty. Ltd”, for several more years in the 1980s. As part of the Sarah Coventry collection, the pendant has local significance with the decentralised commercial development of regional centres such as Wodonga in NE Victoria, as well as national and international significance from the perspective of social and economic developments for women after World War II. The direct selling party-plan business model Sarah Coventry was based on is also considered the first of its kind for jewellery. A silver toned Sarah Coventry commemorative pendant, with a central design of the Australian continent sarah coventry, jewellery, wodonga, costume jewellery, vintage fashion jewellery, pendant, necklace, necklaces -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Box Starch, circa 1914 to late 1900's
This brand of starch was first manufactured in 1914, during the First World War, and continued to cover the other wars and military conflicts that followed. It was a time when Australian made was important due to the limited supplies coming from England and Europe. This was a period when the demand for "home grown" produce was at its peak. This was in a time when by necessity not by the "Buy Australian" campaign (of later years) which was the major factor for the demand of goods. It was in a time when starch was used in formal clothing to put a "crisp" or fresh new appearance for clothes. The important social more of "clothes make the person" was in vogue.This box which once contained starch powder is very significant to a rural semi isolated region because it clearly demonstrates that the social mores of the city were also entrenched into the rural population. The fashion of the day, even in remote areas, especially rural, were still a requirement to be maintained on certain special occasions. Cleanliness and stiff "upper lip" persona were just as important in the rural sector as in city and Government circles. Institutions such as hospitals, Government Offices and the legal personnel were bound by the fashion of the starch appearance (no dirt sticks to a personage with the "starch" look). Appearances, especially the first ones, were the judgmental image that remained in the uppermost regions of the viewer. This box with white writing and a "formally clad" man on a navy blue background held Australian grown maize based starch powder(1 LB gross). The package is made from 200 gsm thick cardboard. As production was made during the two World Wars 1914 to 1945 the promotion was heavily focused on Australian made and Australian grown maize.The same cover both front and back, "DANDY" below this a figure outlined in white on a navy blue background "hat and tails" outfit. Next to the sketch in smaller lettering" STRONGER THAN OTHER STARCHES. LESS REQUIRED". Below the figure "GLOSS" and below this in larger print "STARCH". Below this and in smaller print "CONTENTS. NETT WEIGHT 14 1/2 ozs" Below this and in smaller print "MANUFACTURED BY MAIZE PRODUCTS PTY LTD FOOTSCRAY VICTORIA" On one side of the box and in large white print on royal blue background"PURITY, STRENGTH AND UNIFORMITY." On the other side are the manufacturers directions. On the left side "FOR RAW STARCH" Underneath and in smaller print,"Dissolve in warm water a quantity to give the required thickness. Add bluing if required Stir before each using. On the right side "FOR BOILING STARCH" underneath this in small print"Mix well in small quantity of cold water to creamy consistency. Add boiling water, and stir constantly while cooking. Allow to cool, and add blueing if required. Underneath these two sets of instructions is "Make your consistency thinner than if using another kind of Starch"household starch, household cleaning, domestic laundering. -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper clipping, Disastrous fire in Greensborough, 26/09/1930
This 1930 article by correspondent David Medhurst outlines the fire at Councillor Jessop's home in Alexander Street and subsequent calls for the establishment of a fire brigade in Greensborough. The article was downloaded from Trove (National Library of Australia).Original reports of the fire and local support for establishment of a fire brigade in Greensborough. 2 pages downloaded from Trove (National Library of Australia), corrected and reformatted.fire brigade, greensborough, david medhurst, councillor jessop, jessop, fire -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, Geoff Hocking, Australian Houses of the Twenties & Thirties, 1993
Australian domestic architecture of the period between the two world wars is a fascinating and complex subject. Our preconceived notions are based on the more obvious styles and impressions, so that visions of bungalows set row upon row spring to mind quickly. Influences in the designs of Australian houses of the 1920s and 1930s were extraordinarily diverse. Apart from their obvious origins, they can be traced to India, Japan, Switzerland, Holland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Mexico and even the American backwoods. Australian architects travelled to England, Europe and North America bringing back ideas and influences.Includes: index, bibliography. Australian domestic architecture of the period between the two world wars is a fascinating and complex subject. Our preconceived notions are based on the more obvious styles and impressions, so that visions of bungalows set row upon row spring to mind quickly. Influences in the designs of Australian houses of the 1920s and 1930s were extraordinarily diverse. Apart from their obvious origins, they can be traced to India, Japan, Switzerland, Holland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Mexico and even the American backwoods. Australian architects travelled to England, Europe and North America bringing back ideas and influences.Front page: Sue Barnettarchitecture, (mr) peter cuffley, dwellings, interior decoration, 1919 - 1929, 1930 - 1939 -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Valley Probe, 1/09/1994 12:00:00 AM
A new experimental student group at Mitcham High will study the Mullum Creek Valley,A new experimental student group at Mitcham High will study the Mullum Creek Valley, with a Grant from the Australian School's Commission.A new experimental student group at Mitcham High will study the Mullum Creek Valley,mitcham high school, pinge, ian, morley, brian, mullum mullum creek -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Saw Mill 2
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of engineers working in a saw mill at the 1st Australian Task Force Base, Nui Dat, Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. Diggers are cutting large planks for bridge construction within the Australian sphere of responsibility within Phuoc Tuy Province.photograph, 1st atf base, nui dat, phuoc tuy province, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war, diggers, bridge construction, engineers -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Patient Loading
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A black and white photograph of 1st Australian Field Hospital Medics Richard Sneigowski, Ron Gillespie and Ray Yates load medivac patients for the short journey Vung Tau Military Airfield to be loaded onto an RAAF C130 medical transport aircraft for the flight back to Australia.photograph, 1st australian field hospital, vung tau airfield, vung tau, richard sneigowski, ron gillespie (medic), ray yates (medic), gibbons collection catalogue, raaf, c130 medivac flight, medics