An original painting called "We Are Stardust" features John Ward, Harry Riemersma, Len Curd and John Godfrey in Vietnam 1968. the original photograph of the aforementioned was taken the month and year of my birth (the artist). A snapshot of the world as it was when I was new to it. the dog tags depict some of the boys whose remains never came home to the embrace of family, and who were repatriated between 2007 - 2009.painting, vietnam lest we forget, vietnam

Article in Nunawading Gazette. Opening of new Eastern Mail Centre in Rooks Road, Nunawading. The centre is equipped with the latest in mail sorting technology and can process more than one million articles daily. Project Manager was Bob Beer. The centre is open 24 hours a day for 6 days a week and employs nearly 400 staff. The centre includes a post office and private mail boxes.post offices, eastern mail centre, rooks road, nunawading, beer, bob, rivers, miranda, goumas, dennis, batden, wain, guina, paul, guina, cari

An article discussing the outcome of a project to list, photograph and identify indigenous plants growing on public land in the City of Nunawading. The project has discovered 28 new species. Council staff have collected seed and propagated more than 7000 plants helping to reinstate a number of endangered species. The project has extended to include non-indigenous and exotic plants. Plaques are being created identifying trees.native plants, trees, prestegar, geoff, tree register project, city of nunawading

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

The Northern District School of Nursing opened in 1950 to address the issues around nurse recruitment, training and education that had previously been hospital based. The residential school was to provide theoretical and in-house education and practical training over three years. The students would also receive practical hands-on training in the wards of associated hospitals. The Northern District School of Nursing operated from Lister House, Rowan Street, Bendigo. It was the first independent school of nursing in Victoria and continued until it closed in 1989.Schools 47 and 48 in Dining room at Lister House. 25/4/1962 Black and white photographs; possibly the open day of the new dining room. Nurses are in full uniform with capes and caps. On Rear of photo is written: Northern District School of Nursing Staff dining room, 1962/63 Schools 47 and 48. On the extreme left are: Margot Scott (Ass. Dean Education), ?, Miss Long nurse training, ndsn, lister house, lister house dining room, school 47, school 48

A wooden, slotted handle racquet with a 14 inch head. Inscription across neck of obverse: DREADNOUGHT/DRIVER/... Inscription across neck of reverse: HARRY C. LEE & CO/NEW YORK. Company monogram 'L&C' is stamped on leather butt cap. Manufacturing and patent information along the sides of the handle, with size and production numbers punched in. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Metal, Ink, Glue, Lacquertennis

A wooden, slotted handle racquet with a 14 inch head. Inscription across neck of obverse: DREADNOUGHT/DRIVER/... Inscription across neck of reverse: HARRY C. LEE & CO/NEW YORK. Company logo 'LEE' is stamped on leather butt cap. Manufacturing and patent information along the sides of the handle, with size and production numbers punched in. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Metal, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Stringtennis

A wooden, slotted handle racquet. Inscription along neck and stem of obverse: BLUE RIBBON. Inscription across neck of reverse: HARRY C. LEE & CO/NEW YORK. Inscriptions featuring manufacturing and patent details situated along the sides of the stem. Company logo 'LEE' printed on leather and cloth butt cap. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, String, Gut, Leather, Paint, Metal, Clothtennis

A wooden, open throat, slotted handle racquet, with a 13 1/2 inch head. Inscription along base of head of obverse: LAKEWOOD. Inscription across base of head of reverse: HARRY C. LEE & CO/NEW YORK. Inscriptions featuring manufacturing and patent details situated along the sides of the stem. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, String, Gut, Leather, Paint, Metal, Clothtennis

A wooden, slotted handle racquet. Inscription across throat of obverse: VINCENT RICHARDS/GOOD SHOT! Inscription across throat of reverse: HARRY C. LEE & CO/NEW YORK. Inscriptions featuring manufacturing and patent details situated along the sides of the stem. Company logo 'LEE' is stamped across leather butt cap. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, String, Gut, Leather, Metal, Plastictennis

Yields information about the appearance of the units being constructed on the former depot site with an association of the parties involved.Set of two Colour 27 x 27 mm slides in Kodachrome cardboard mounts of the construction of new town houses on the former SEC Depot site in Wendouree Parade - one over exposed. The first one has the board for the construction of the homes by Prestige Homes and the agents name - B.E. Hayden & Co. Pty Ltd. Slide mount dated June 1973. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.Both slides have in pencil "old tram sheds" at the top of the slide.ballarat, tramways, trams, depot, sec depot, wendouree parade, construction

Set of two colour digital images taken by W. J. Llewelyn. .1 - Armstrong Street from the Town Hall tower - shows the street view, car parking arrangements prior to the construction of the Ballarat City Hall, c1955. The new Civic Hall was opened in 1956. Shows the railway timber yard. .2 - Sturt St showing Town Hall and the Myers building late 1950's? trams, tramways, armstrong st, railway, town hall, myers

Single printed page with nine photos of Wanganui New Zealand trams, most of tram bodies after completion of service and on the other side, six photos of transport in Australia - 1 Sydney bus and last piece of tram track, four of Brisbane and one of Melbourne - W2 385 and another W2 tramcar. on white paper. Australian photos by Alan Smith. Possible source of sheet is NZ Tramway topics.trams, tramways, wanganui, brisbane, melbourne, sydney

A newspaper Clipping from a section of The Ballarat Courier called In Retrospect which states events that happened from the past. Contains two items involving the new Horse Tramway system. Top one was about the horse tramways first accident involving a cow and the second one about what type of tramway system to have as the councillors described the horse trams as painful. Images added 3-12-2016trams, tramways, ballarat horse tramways, horse trams

Set of two bell cord supports from Melbourne cable trams. .1 - cast brass hanger with a screw hole on each side and a formed opening for the bell cord to pass through. .2 - as for .1, but with the letters "J S" on top of the formed opening - John Stephenson and Co of New York. These items were from the three recovered cable tram bodies that the BTPS / BTM dismantled over the years.bell cord, john stephenson, cable trams, mto co, mmtb

Yields information the appearance of the Sebastopol type tram when new and how it was delivered.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of ESCo Sebastopol type No. 23 outside the depot when new. Has a small indicator light above the driver, "Suttons for Gramophones" roof advertisement and "Ballarat Tramways" written along the top rail. Wal's album noted "No. 23 "Sebastopol" type as first built. Photo outside depot." For rear of photo - see image i2 - no info.no details on reartrams, tramways, sebastopol type, depot, suttons, esco, tram 23

A book titled ' The Life of Christopher Columbus. Discoverer of the New World.' 'The Voyager, Astronomer, Geographer, whose genius widened the limits of the World to his own time and to subsequent ages.' Published London: Ward, Lock & Co., Salisbury Square, E.C. 369 - 383 pgs. This booklet is one of a series of 53 ' Ward & Lock's Penny Books for the People.' ' Biographical Series.' Price one penny. There are also advertisements of note.books, biography, christopher columbus, lydia chancellor, collection, history, explorers, famous people, astronomy, geography, exploration, christopher columbus, biographical series, biographies, ward & lock's penny books for the people, male, person individual, penny books, advertisements

Program titled 'Multiculturalism is Not a New Word'. MC was Dennis O'Keeffe, Official Address by Ted Egan. Featuring Ted Egan, Rob Willis, Peter Ellis, Enda Kenny, Dave Di Santi, Dave DeHugard, Wongawilli Dance Band, Campbell the Swagman and Heroines Riding Bareback. Preservation of Australia's Traditions and Heritage Society Booklet Launch by Dave Di Santi. Printed on the back are sketches of different nationalities.entertainment, music, songs, peter ellis collection, dennis o'keeffe, ted egan, rob willis, peter ellis, enda kenny, dave di santi, dave dehugard, wongawilli dance band, campbell the swagman, heroines riding bareback, preservation of australia's traditions and heritage society

Toolbox, made by Salvation Army Brigadier Warren Trestrail (1895-1971), during the Great Depression from recycled kerosene tins and packing boxes. It proved to be a useful piece of furniture as the family moved around Australia during various postings within the Australian States and Territories. In World War II, Warren Trestrail embarked with the first convoy of soldiers from Australia to the Middle East and served as Salvation Army welfare officer through the Libyan campaign, at Tobruk, and in Greece. In 1942, it was announced that Salvation Army war services at Darwin would be placed under his direction. He had previously been in charge of South Australian war activities. The item was donated to the Society in 2001 by Sadie Trestrail, who had been a teacher at Kew East Primary School for many years. It is a fine example of vernacular furniture made of recycled materials .Depression-era toolbox constructed from recycled kerosene tins and parts of wooden packing boxes. The five tin drawers are made of sections of kerosene tins with handles soldered to the centre of each new drawer. A number of drawers have separators constructed of tin or aluminium. The wooden planks encasing the the drawers are covered with a degraded shellac coating. An analysis of the interior indicates that the brand names of the original parts are largely extant. furniture - recycled - depession era - 1930s, great depression - 1930s - australia, warren trestrail, salvation army, vernacular furniture

An oval racquet with an elongated head, red whipping, glazed, parchment-reinforced shoulders, and a fine-grooved handle grip. Inscription across crown on obverse: SLAZENGERS'. Inscription across throat on obverse: DOHERTY/SLAZENGERS/PATENT/STRINGING. Inscription along right side of handle: PATENTED/OCT. 12. 1915/SLAZENGERS' NEW YORK. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, String, Ink, Parchmenttennis

Two original handwritten letters from the E.I. Horsman Company, New York to H.B. Smith and Son, West Chesterfiled, Massachusetts; dated Feb 1st 1888 and March 10, 1888. Content of first letteris an order for a sample lot of tennis poles, with the second letter being a follow-up inquiry about the order. Under UV glass. Materials: Ink, Wood, Metal, Cardboard, Glasstennis

Scottish miller and immigrant, John Eadie established his water-driven flour mill on Jacksons Creek in Sunbury in 1861.To make of a sufficient water supply to operate the mill, he built a weir and a water-race to drive it. Some of these can be seen today. The machinery for the mill was bought from Scotland and transported here. The mill continued to operate until 1914. At that time the 20 ton metal wheel and the iron roofing removed to aid the war effort.This mill is one of a number that were built along the water courses in the Sunbury-Bulla area to process the wheat grown in the area.A non-digital black and white photograph in post card format of a an old bluestone mill building sited on the bank of a watercourse in a deep valley with bare hills in the background. The remains of the water wheel are at the rear of the building. A New Year greeting dated 24th Dec. 1907 has been written on the back from H.H in Bulla to his aunt, Miss M.A.Ripon who was staying with Mrs. Tricks in Canterbury at the time.The Old Mill Sunburyjohn eadie, the old mill, milling, jacksons creek

Postcard, Sepia photo of the Tomb of Cecilia Metella just outside Rome on the Via Appia. A round stone tower beside the road with a pine tree in the distance. Handwritten in ink beside the picture 'The old old Greetings For Xmas & New Year 25-12-04' Signature not decipherable. Addressee on the back 'Freddie Binks National Bank Bendigo' Green halfpenny Victoria stamp with cancellation dated 27.12.04postcard, postcard, rome, tomb, freddie binks

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Monday, June 3, 2002. Tough: our early settlers did it tough. All goods had to be carried to and from the ports to the settlers' new abode. The mainstay of transport was bullock wagons. The bullocky was as tough as anyone in the pioneering era and a godsend to the many outlying settlements. These teams are carting wool to be sold and exported overseas. Time and place unknown. The clip is In a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Jane Graham Austin purchased Allotment 14, Section 1, Township of Linton in 1871. This property, a house and shop in Sussex Street next to the Shire Hall, had formerly been owned by her father, Thomas Austin, who was forced to sell it after being declared insolvent. Jane Austin mortgaged the property for £20 in 1878. When Thomas Austin left Linton in 1882, his daughter sold the property to Benjamin Dodd, who in turn sold it in 1887 to John Angus.Approximately A3-size sheet of blue paper which has been folded twice. Printed and handwritten documentation of the 'Equitable Mortgage' arrangement entered into by Jane Graham Austin with the Bank of New South Wales in December 1878. The release of the mortgage, in October 1882, is also documented. Two half-crown Victorian stamps, one dated 18 Dec1878 and one dated Oct 1882, are affixed to the document.jane graham austin, bank of new south wales, mortgage documents, simson

BHS CollectionCopy of a newspaper article titled Family saga continues at Long Gully George to the fore. A photo of George is included and printed under it it mentions that George Ellis is the new secretary of the Cornish Association of Bendigo and District. George's father, George A., is the associations long-serving president, while his mother Edna served as treasurer for many years. Sir John Quick is also mentioned. He was born in Cornwall.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - george to the fore, the cornish association of bendigo and district, george ellis, george a ellis, leanne lloyd, edna ellis, ted hocking, rob lloyd, peter mundy, cornish association of victoria, eaglehawk fire station, william trahair, st matthew's anglican church, bendigo city masonic lodge, cornish choir, corowa historical society, dr john quick, sir john quick, white hill cemetry, peter and catherine moyle

Part of 'Woolcock Gallery Collection' Exhibited CEMA 1989.Illustration of a plant with prickly pointed leaves (holy-like) and pink flowers with thin tubular petals and yellow stamens (toothbrush-like in appearance). New leaves are at top with brown-red colouring. To mid-right of plant are two seed pods with a pink petal tube emerging from end. Mounted in double matt (faun on orange), framed under glass in gold, blue and brown wooden frame.Front: CE Woolcock (lower left) (green pencil) Back: Grevillea aquifolium (Variable Prickly Grevillea) (Sticky label, blue pen) CE Woolcock (signature)collin woolcock, botanical, woolcock collection, cema

New Oswald Gold Mining Company N. L. to Miss G. Alice Jones. Pink paper dated from Oct 9 to Dec 1, 1924, and 23/1/1925. Paper details work and costs for agreement with Oswald Gold Mines N. L., the formation and registration of company, and fees which were paid. Total cost £32.19.9. R315 Delivered HCW 23/1/25.miss g alice jones - solicitor - account, new oswald gold mining company n l, oswald gold mines n l, mr stanistreet, mr mceachharn, faulkiners, gov gazette, bendigo advertiser

Christmas Card - with a number of wrapped gifts and decorations around a pot belly stove on the front cover, a Christmas and happy new year message on the inside and a colour photograph of BTM tram No. 18 at the Gardens Loop with Graham Jordan and Warren Doubleday "testing the suspension" on 12/12/1982. Card sent by Earl Ewers, alias the "Canberra Kid". Card printed on heavy paper and folded in the middle vertically.Under photograph in blue ink "Messrs Jordan and Doubleday testing the suspension on No. 18 at Gardens Loop 12/12/1982!" and in message "To all the BTPS Ltd. members and workers from ye olde "Canberra Kidd"!"tramways, trams, christmas cards, gardens loop, btps