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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Stamp
This stamp was made for and used by Cramond and Dickson, a large clothing store on the corner of Liebig and Timor Streets, Warrnambool. They traded from 185 – 1974. John Glass Cramond and James Dickson migrated from Scotland to Melbourne where they opened a Cramond and Dickson store in St Kilda. They were inspired by the growth in Warrnambool after a visit and opened a second store there in 1855. The Cramond and Dickson store, grocers – drapery – ironmongery - chemist, was located on the corner of Liebig and Timor Streets, Warrnambool (now the site of a Mexican restaurant). Both Cramond and Dickson were involved in the business and social aspects of Warrnambool’s community. Cramond and Dickson closed in 1974. An advertisement placed by Cramond and Dickson in The Camperdown Chronicle, Saturday 6th April 1895, states them “showing the latest novelties for the coming winter season” … “import directly from English and Continental manufacturers” … “representatives in London … always in touch with the Newest Continental Fashions” ... “having been established for so many years we know the requirements of the Western District”… “allow 5 percent discount on goods paid for at the time of purchase”. [references: local historian John Lindsay, Warrnambool City Council’s CBD Heritage Trail leaflet, The Camperdown Chronicle, Facebook “Lost Warrnambool” site; WDHS Journal Volume 49 No2 2015] Rubber stamp, octagonal sided, with wooden handle. The stamp was owned and used by Warrnambool's department store, Cramond & Dickson."Warrnambool" "Outfitters and Drapers" "Cramond and Dickson"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, rubber stamp, cramond and dickson, office equipment, retail equipment -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, Minnie Crabb operating the Crabb-Hulme Braille printing press, circa 1934
Mary Halls "Minnie" Crabb (1885-1974) was the niece of the first librarian (May Harrison) for the Victorian Association of Braille Writers. After her aunt's death in 1912, Miss Crabb took on the role of librarian for the constantly expanding collection. In 1934, the Victorian Association of Braille Writers annual report advised that it had acquired a Crabb-Hulme Braille Printing Press. Two years in development, the Press was designed by Miss Crabb and built to her specifications by Mr Hulme. Invented to produce ephemeral material quickly, such as programs, catalogues and newsletters, it provided more opportunities for information to be quickly sent out to Braille readers. The daughter of James Hall Crabb, who ran the Prahran Telegraph from1882 until his death and the niece of J.M. Yelland who took over the paper until he sold it in 1895, Minnie would have seen printing presses in her youth and recognised the usefulness when producing large numbers of ephemeral materials. In March 1944, Miss Crabb retired from the library, in 1956 she married Charles Foster and she lived until in the St Kilda area until her passing in 1974, aged 89. This iconic image of Miss Crabb using the press has appeared in many reports since.High quality image of Minnie Crabbvictorian association of braille writers, minnie crabb -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - POSTCARD, PHOTOGRAPHIC, WW1, C.1915
This card was written by Cyril James Claridge McQuie MM & Bar to his Mother. The letter talks about finishing at Seymour camp and his mates (in the photo) are being separated. McQuie thinks he will sail about the 16th. The names on the photo are hard to read but appear to be, Stokes, Hopkins, Hofferman, Sash ?, Keneilly ?, Rayson, Han......, Muller ?, Bearlip ?. McQuie is centre of the sitting, kneeling group. McQuie enlisted No 2654 on 26.6.1915 in the 8th Reinforcements 6th Bn age 23 years 6 months. Embarked for Eygpt 26.8.1915, embarked for ANZAC (Gallipoli) 31.10.1915, embark for Eygpt 2.12.1915, Hospital 5.12.1915 with Boils, rejoin unit 7.1.1916, promoted to Cpl 13.3.1916, embark for France 26.3.1916, promoted to Sgt 2.9.1916, Posted to Pay Corps Etaples 13.1.1917, rejoin unit 25.6.1917, hospital GSW Left Arm 20.9.1917, awarded the Military Medal same day, rejoin unit 21.12.1917, awarded a Bar to the Military Medal 10.8.1918, WIA 2nd occasion Gassed, promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, discharged from the AIF 11.2.1920. A brother Alick Charles Hebdon McQuie No 2158 enlisted on 14.4.1915 in 6th Reinforcements 7th Bn, embarked for Eygpt 17.6.1915, KIA 9.8.1915. McQuie appears to have been a great collector of Postcards which will be shown throughout the collection.Photo B& W showing 6 soldiers standing and 5 sitting or kneeling, in the background are white tents. The rear has extensive text in black pen with a red stamp top RH corner.Main points are, "YMCA Depot Camp Seymour", "dear Mother", "J.P.B. McQuie Thirlstane Harrison Street Bendigo"postcard, seymour -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Foot Warmer, Hecla Electrics Pty Ltd, c. 1920
From Museum Victoria: Made in about 1927 by Hecla Electrics Pty Ltd and sold under the model name 'Foot Warma'. The foot warmer was made from the late 1920s until the 1950s and did not change substantially in design during this time. The Hecla brand name and logo was registered in 1918 by Clarence Marriott. It was inspired by the recent eruption of Iceland's volcano Mt Heckla. Clarence and his father James were metal workers who had made Australia's first carbon filament electric radiators in 1899, and also built an early steam car. As electricity use exploded in the 1920s and 1930s, 'Hecla' became a household name in Melbourne. They made a wide range of appliances for the home, and supplied commercial appliances to cafés, hospitals and offices. In 1927, the company shifted from small premises in the city to a bigger, electric-powered factory in South Yarra. Hecla had no retail stores of its own - instead it sold products through wholesalers and retailers, including the State Electricity Commission (SEC). The company promoted its goods through advertisements in home magazines and displays in shop windows, home shows and the 1935 All-Electricity Exhibition. A popular advertising slogan in the 1930s was 'Hecla household helps make happy healthy housewives!'. Hecla ceased manufacturing in Melbourne in the 1980s.Documentation of how people lived and is an example of early domestic electrical appliances. From Museum Victoria: Hecla Electrics Pty Ltd were a significant Melbourne manufacturing company, who became a household name in the 1920s making small electric appliances such as heaters and kettles. They also made a variety of other electrical appliances for domestic, commercial and military use. The company manufactured electric appliances in Melbourne from about 1922 until the 1980s, although Clarence Marriott, who formed the company, had begun making radiators with his father James in 1899. The company had a reputation for quality products. The company also played an important role within the Australian domestic and commercial appliance industry, both as a leading innovator and through its role in training skilled staff, many of whom went on to work for competitors such as Kambrook, Electrolux and Sunbeam. This electric coffee percolator represents the typical small domestic appliance that the Hecla company was famous for. Along with other items in the Hecla Collection, it highlights the diversity of electric appliances that the company made. This object also highlights the legacy of high quality design and metal construction work that Clarence and James established for the company, stemming from their early work as talented art metal workers. It also represents the first major period of the take-up of electricity use in the home. This take-up began in the 1920s and 1930s with the use of small appliances, and by the 1950s electricity had become commonplace in the home, and large appliances such as refrigerators and stoves became standard.Square metal object. The top surface is heavy cast iron and patterned with floral motifs. In the centre is a circle with the words ' Hecla Foot Warma' inside. Under the top is a black metal base with two feet at either end which extend the length of the base. The back foot is higher than the front foot. There is a circular disk from which extends the electrical cord. The cord is brown and white checks. At the end of the cord is a plug on which is printed 250V AMP S.2 EARTH 5. The plug is brown and made from Bakelite. On the base is a rectangular label which has words printed - HECLA Australia.Top: HECLA/-FOOT-/WARMA Base: Volts / 230/250 / WATTS / 80 / HECLA / Australia / CAT. NO. F26domestic, city of portland, glenelg shire council, electrical, foot warmer, heating, hecla, manufacture -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BARBARA MAMOUNEY COLLECTION: NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON SPECIMEN COTTAGE
Newspaper feature from Bendigo Advertiser Tues January 12 2016 and image of Specimen Cottage before restoration in 1970s It was built by stonemason James Brierley for his family Is now the front of house and display centre for The Bendigo Historical Society and is arguably the oldest building in the city with 1856 shown above the front door Near the corner of Hargreaves and Mundy St The building has two parts The 1856 section is single storey with front façade of locally sourced sandstone rubble with dressed quoins and dressings to openings, side walls are of rubble the rear and interior walls are of red brick a central front door a window on either side The roof which was probably hipped, was later joined to the next wall of the 1861 section and is partly covered with Morewood and Rogers metal tiles with partly corrugated iron The 1861 section was built to match the earlier one Across the first floor of the 1861 section is an elegantly detailed cantilevered timber balcony with a hived concave roof and two French windows opening onto it Bendigo Historical Society members Barbara Poustie and Carol Holsworth have led tours of the cottage as part of the 'Summer in the parks' program A plaque on the corner of Hargreaves and Mundy indicates that there once stood the Royal Princess Hotel, also built by Brierley, Bendigo Historical Society members have continued research on the Brierley familyhistory, australian, bendigo, architecture, specimen cottage royal princess hotel built by james brierly in 1856 barbara proustie carol holsworth -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LA TROBE UNIVERSITY BENDIGO COLLECTION: GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION 2003
A laminated copy of the "Graduate Diploma in Education 2003". It displays a photo and the names of the recipients. They are Faith Atcheson, Kate Esnouf, Rachel Mattille, Yvette Blachford, Bettina Cusack, Belinda Malcolm, Fiona Davison, Penny Baird, Donna Coghlan, Carly Lee, Melissa Wall, Brian Schorr, Rachel Brown, Felicity Gray, Chelsea Downing, Rebecca Van Dillen, Danielle Theobald, Amanda Palmer, Kylie Tynan, Kerry Holland, Heidi Brady, Kate Gillespie, Megan Bailey, Melinda Cameron, Lucy Hoare, Jacinta Corrie, Amy Lane, Belinda Colville, Georgina Barnes, Michelle Day, Christian Steel, Lyn Taylor, Joel Walton, Sara Yuen, Mark Bailey, Sandra Roberts, Margie McArthur, Megan Doller, Sarah Fowler, Ian Douglas, David Nightingale, Kirsty Bekker, Jeremy Robinson, Marc Smith, Neil Renfrey, Carly Langley, Sarah Wallis, Sarah Buchanan, Kym Lloyd, Jackie Kellow, Lee Olsson, Trish Everett, Peter Adams, Steven James, Julian Connors, Alistair Shaw, Wendy O'Flynn, Kieran Prowse, Wayne Cox, Keiran Murphy, Riccy Jamieson, Michelle Smith, Peter Coceani, Brad Slingo, Mark Gretgrix, Glen Cowan, Paul Oswin, Drew Crilly, Phil Payne, Kaka Gough, Liz Paolacci, Kelly Guild and Ken Burgess.bendigo, education, la trobe university bendigo, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo, education, teaching, teachers, students, graduate diploma, la trobe university bendigo, tertiary education -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LA TROBE UNIVERSITY BENDIGO COLLECTION: GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION 2002
Two laminated copies of the La Trobe University Bendigo students who received their Graduate Diploma in Education 2002. It displays a photo and the names of the recipients. They are - Ben Lee, Etty Lerk, David Sinniah, Joceyln Rawlins, Rebecca French, Jessica Galvin, Emma Gouglan, Georgia-Lee Trudgen, Lyn Taylor, Hayley Bennett, Joanna Stackhouse, Clair Radcliffe, Jennifer Jones, Brett Harvey, Hayley Lamprell, Susan Ryan, Ross Hopkin, Karen Sellers, Imelda Saunders, Michelle Swanborough, Rebekah Pilley, Karyn Bryant, Mair Evans, Leonie Jepson, Jill Ward, Mitchell Elliot, Dan Hall, Sharon Pickering, Gabrielle Hodges, Christine Hopkins, Ember Middleton, Peter Girolami, Cara Gurney, Andrew Creek, Trevor Fogg, Meghann Hermans, Charon Freebody, Kim Young, Sharon Rossiter, Lauren Hicks, Jane McDermott, Lauren Shae, Jenny Frampton, Michelle Trudgen, Damien Perry, Nicole Pethica, Robert Muston, Luke Robson, Alison Buttle, Louise Nichols, Linda Morthorpe, Gail Stubbs, Angela Johns, Fiona Webb, Megan Hughes, Ross Williams, Ed Penhall, Greg Devany, Shannon Mills, Clinton Lobley, Adam Crossley, Marcellinus Blanks, Warren Duffy, Tara Sutton, Ashley Taylor, James Bourke, Simon Harry, Ben Hermans, Shane Worrell, Gavin Perri and Dianne Scott.bendigo, education, la trobe university bendigo, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo, education, teaching, teachers, la trobe university bendigo, diploma, students, graduate diploma, tertiary education -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - FAMILY LIVING IN LARGE TREE TRUNK
Sepia image (copy) picture shows family gathered at base of large tree trunk with door opening. Two small children in doorway, woman holding younger child inside tree, two men either side of image. Both men are wearing suit coats, vests and wearing hats. Straw broom and pots fixed to tree trunk. Man on RH side has an axe to his right. PLEASE NOTE: Letter with photo inquiring about the people in photo, states that the image is that of Peter Tyson, younger brother of James, his wife Margaret Sheil, and their twin daughters, Alice and Harriet. Diary is of accounts with limited text of a written diary on RH wide of sheets. Bookkeeper was Robert Primrose, whose name appears frequently in the book. Further research by Murray Poustie discovered that the photograph may actually be of Nicholas Penny, his wife Eva and their children Charlie, May, George and Nicholas. Also in the photograph on the left is their neighbour, Mr. John Green. The Photograph was taken by Max Lowenhardt when the Penny family was living in the tree at Fumina in 1906-07 following devastating bushfires. Fumina is in timber country at the foot of the Baw Baw Mountains and the area was frequently affected by major bushfires. The photograph was featured on the cover of the Gippsland Heritage Journal No.19, 1996 and is also extensively noted as ''The Penny family's tree home at Fumina'' in other publications including Vision & Realisation.person, receipts -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINING REPORTS - MINING RECORD FEB., 1862
Photocopy of pages 2, 3, 4, 6 to 10 of The Mining Record, Feb., 1862. Items mentioned are:- Epsom and Huntly Leads, Pottery Flat, & c, Parliamentary Intelligence, Deep Sinking On Quartz Reefs, The Comet Company (Formerly Cooper's Little Redan), Hustler's Reef Quartz Mining & Drainage Company, Sailors' Gully Quartz Mining Company, Star Reef, Sailor's Gully, Bendigo, Star Reef Quartz Mining Company's Claim, Wilson & Co's Claim, Murdoch and Co's Claim, Hollick and Co.'s Claim, Cook and Co.'s Claim, Coote and Co.'s Claim, Sailor's gully quartz Mining Company's Claim, Garden Gully Reef, Knobel & Co.'s Claim, Ladams and Co.'s Claim, Southern Cross Company, The Rainbow Company, Barry and Co.'s Claim, Union Company's Claim, Winterbottom and Co.s Claim, Jury and Co.'s Claim, Piles and Co.'s Claim, Steers and Co.'s Claim, Watson and Co.'s Claim, Coles and Co.'s Claim, James and Co.'s Claim, Morgan, Kirchner and Co.'s Claim, Boyd and Co.'s Claim, Shanks and Co.'s Claim, Day and Co.'s Claim, Brown and Co.'s Claim, St. Mungo Quartz Mining Company and the Nelson Reef Quartz Mining Company.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, mining record feb 1862, bell's life, wellington hotel, botanical gardens, mitchell gardens, bird-in-hand, independent co, ballarat co, perserverance co, north star co, all england co, macleod co, mather and co, gold washing co, bendigo valley co, robey and co, hobbs and co, taylor's, lewis and co, henwood and co, bullock and co, davey and co, webb and lathlean, the welshman's, bon accord, john thomas's, caledonian co, webster, hrdy bros, mcewen and co, the big engine co, epsom huntly and ironstone hill co, 'the thames' steamer, whitely and co, cambridge co, victoria co, dower m'intosh and co, thomas and davies, aurora co, brett's, thomas bros, mitchell brothers, ballarat co, north star co, all england co, mr b g davies, mr ramsay, dr evans, tarrangower times, mr humffray, clunes co, mr courtin, mr lawrence, port phillip and colonial gold mining co, mr bland, r brough smith, john s mcnair, john mathieson, mr r o smith, joseph millen, thomas kaye, john basset, william cook, james cousley, john hill, robert hollinger, thomas houston, george loudon, william manning, john matthews, john mcewen, thomas milligan, john moorhead, robert moorhead, david murdoch, andrew murdoch, joseph nevin, edward o'malley, wm newton paul, james reid, samuel robinson, jesse selwood, james shand, william woods, catherine united claimholders, star reef co, sailor's gully co, churchill davidson, wm wilson, john jervis, james patterson, john carmont, george m'naughten, alexander wiseman, james houston, m'lennan, clark, thomas hollick, james alfred bowles, john lampert, francis palmetser, nichols, little pumping engine co, m'niely, morrison, waight, john coote, robert hamilton, william wilson, john jervis, southern cross co, ladam's claim, knobel, bird, philip ladams, james anderson, cordon, ashley, godwin, burkamp, john lomasney, james bryant, matthew langridge, benjamin exley, j r finlayson, wormold, mccartney, schrade, schumacher, george barry, james patten, peter speares, thomas caley, shadbolt, john lomasney, peat, kenely, mcgenely, egan, exwell, james winterbottom, john winterbottom, william jury, jonathan laidman, john pile, simon howard, peter morris, bignall, charles robison, ferguson, thomas steers, adolphe witts, albert berchdolt, richard urand, thomas watson, klemm, boyd, abbot, peterson, taylor, henry day, walter wallan, brown, grennan, day, young, mr beckwith, joseph thomson, nelson reef quartz mining co -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CONNELLY, TATCHELL, DUNLOP COLLECTION: DOCUMENT
Seven unclaimed letters from Connelly & Tatchell, Solicitors, Sandhurst and Connelly, Tatchell & Dunlop, Barristers & Solicitors, Bendigo. Letters in the name of - J. McCarthy Senr., Axe Creek, re fencing land at Axe Creek, dated Sept 26 1891; Mr. Richards, Miner, New Chum, dated 16 Feby 1888, re perusing summons for assault and taking instructions for defence; Mr. James Baker, High Street, Sandhurst, re Attending Mr. Hopkins with respect to contract, dated 3 Nov 1886; Herbert Stokes Fernshaw, re Coffee Palace, St. Kilda, re appearance, letters and advice, dated Sept 11, 14, 16, 28, 30, Oct 5 and 6 1891; Mrs. A. Williams, c/ Mrs. Pinder, Carpenter St. Bendigo re Divorce, dated Dec 1900; Mr. Joseph Metcalf, Mining Manager, Gapsted, re Mortgage, dated 1901, has pink Return to Sender ink stamp; Mr. Gardner, Breen Street, Quarry Hill, re Opie, dated Nov 1901. Four letters have mauve Victoria Two Pence Stamp Duty stamps, one has no stamp, one has a red Victoria One Penny Stamp Duty stamp and one has a lighter red Victoria One Penny Postage stamp.business, legal, connelly & tatchell, connelly & tatchell collection - document, connelly tatchell & dunlop, j mccarthy senr, mr gardner, joseph metcalf, mrs a williams, mrs pinder, herbert stokes fernshaw, james baker, mr hopkins, mr richards -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Main Street Shops from the Anglican Church to Upper Main Street 1998 -- 45 Photos
Main Street Shops Anglican Church to Upper Main Street - 1998Anglican Church , Tubs Video Shop, BRACE Employment Services Pykes Cycles and Sports, Site of R.J. McClure garage, Stawell Town Hall, Methodist Chruch Wesley Centre, Tonkin Motors Holden dealership, Stawell Taxis, Ivan McDonald hairdresser, Holmes Fruiter, Pamala's Hairdresser, Bakery, Stawell Post Office, Fish and Chip Shop, Denis Weily Chemist, Gold Reef Clothing, Overalls Furniture, Commonwealth Bank (State Bank), Stawell Tattslotto, W.P Computers, Pioneer Walk 4 Photos, Site of Max Holme Butcher, Hardings Mensland, Coles/ Fosseys both buildings, George Wilkinson Dentist, Betta Electrics, Gold Reef photgraphics, General Office of N.G.S.C. Classic Shoes, Old Commonwealth Bank, Stawell Club, Cafe Rasuli, Albion Hotel Then Retravision, Fountain, Newton Bros Buther 3 Photos 2 fron one rear, A.N.Z. Bank two views, Stawell Dry Cleaners, Fuller's Insurane Brokers, Reg Seng Pha Solicitor 2 views 1 B/W, Grampian China Art, Clarks Furniture, Unkonown 2 views, Commercial Hotel, O,Driscoll Solicitors, Auto Pro, Chinese Medicine, Westfarmers Dalgety Real Estate, Monaghan's Real Estate, BRACE Employment Services, James Monaghan Solicitor, Stawell Electronics, Old Ambulance Station.stawell -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HUNGARIAN MEMORIAL
Four pages of coloured photographs of the unveilling of the Hungarian Memorial. Two photos on each page. Page 1 has a man leaning on the memorial and being photographed with a crowd looking on. The second photo shows the crowd and the Memorial before the unveilling. The Australian and Hungarian flags in the background. Across the street is the Foundry Arms Hotel and Safeway Supermarket. Written on the back is: 2 November 2002 Photographed by James Lerk, (written on the back of the four pages). Bendigo Advertiser Photographer Bill Hawkings posing the Hungarian Ambassador. Page 2 shows a litle girl in national dress laying some flowers at the base of the Memorial and a little boy looking on. The second photo is the unveilling. Page 3 shows the plaque on the left and on the right is the Memorial and standing behind it are 6 men, Rod Fyffe is on the left. The two flags behind them. Page 4 shows some children, 2 in national dress, the flowers at the base of the memorial and the men and flags behind them. The second photo is a close up of the side of the Memorial and children in national dress, the flowers and some of the crowd. The inscription reads: On this site Hungarian Officers and Soldiers sought their luck as gold miners after the suppression of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution. In Memoriam. The Melbourne Hungarian Community Centre and the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dr Istvan Gyurk Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary. Beside the inscription is an emblem. Included is a page from the Memorials Australia website.hungarian memorial, james lerk, bendigo advertiser, bill hawkings -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BENDIGO SHOW AND AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION PRIZE SCHEDULE OCT.17-18-19 1935
Bendigo Show and Agricultural Exhibition Prize Schedule. Oct. Thurs 17,Fri18,Sat 19 1935 Day&Night Special Arena Attraction. County of Bendigo Agricultural, Horticultural and Pastoral society Founded 1859. Rules, Regulations and Conditions of Grand Annual Spring Show. Agricultaral & Industrial Exhibition Thursday, Friday,Saturday october 17th,18th,19th 1935, three days - Three Nights. President: cr M.E. O'Brien. Vice-Presidents: W.H.Wallis, Esq., F. Stanistreet, Esq., and Cr E. Buckland. Hon Treasurer E.J. F. Crawford, Esq. Secretary E.G. Ham Esq. Council: Messrs. A.J.Anderson, M.H.Adams, C.T.H.Bailey, Cr.E.Buckland, M.S.Boyle, Cr.W.M.Bolton, M.J.Brown, Cr. W.J.Clement, Cr. R. Collins, T.E.Carey, J.H.Collins, T.Corrie, J.E.Don, D.Danson, L.L.Dungey, J.H.Daly, F.Goyne, T.Gilmore, Cr. H.C.Harry, A.J.Hamilton, Col.W.E. James, H.M.Leggo, A.Lowndes, J.H.Lienhop, W.J.Lansell, Cr.C.H.Ludeman, C.B. McCallum, B. Mitchell, Cr. J.C.Morrrison, J.Mitchell, E.Nuttall, G.A. Pethard, N. Ramsey, F.Stanistreet, W.J.Stephens, J.C.Symons, R.J. Trahair, E.J.Vanston, A.Whitehead, A.E.Wallis, R.E.Warren and F.A. Young. Patron His Worship the Mayor of Bendigo 9Cr. A. Staples). Life Governors: Hon. H.Keck,M.L.C., W.H.Wallis, Esq., A.Johonson, Esq., W.G.McRobert, Esq. Office: Victoria Chambers, Pall Mall, bendigo. Telephones: Office Bendigo 418. Secretary's Private Residence 176. Showgounds 296.event, agriculture -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Container - CHOCOLATE BOX COLLECTION: PASCALL BOX, 1920s
Object.Pascall 1920s Yellow Chocolate Box. Design Flanged Sexangular Box with Curved Sectional Top, Sepia Photograph with Subject's Hat and Dress tinted in Pale Yellow in Centre of Lid. Photograph Surrounded by Gold Border. Subject Young Woman & Her Pet Cat. Photograph has White Mark PC Parts in a circle and the number 524 underneath. Inside Lid Pascall 1 lb Net. Contained in Box Labels Packers No 493 and Checkers No 476. Packaging Brown Paper and Fine Paper Shavings in Pale & Dark Colours. Also Another Tag Buff Paper & Red Text In Top Left Hand Corner is the Pascall London Trademark Purity & Sweetness Seal & In The Top Right-hand Corner is A Floral Emblem & The Words Furzedown. The Title On This Tag Reads Co-operation Between The Manufacturer & Consumer. The Remaining Text Reads: - These chocolates were packed with the greatest care and left in our factory in perfect condition. Extremely hot weather or contact with steam pipes may turn these chocolates grey. This is not an indication of age but of the temperature to which they have been exposed. Goods are all packed full weight; the paper shavings used are for packing and protection only. If any complaint necessary please return this ticket with the goods. James Pascall, Ltd London England. Chocolates are also still contained within the box all these years later.domestic equipment, containers, decorative chocolate box -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (series) - Subject File, Artists I (Kew), 1958-present
Various PartiesReference, Research, InformationKHS OrderInformation file including a collection, largely compiled of newspaper articles/cuttings, relating to artists born or practising in Kew. In addition to the cuttings, there is a catalogue of an exhibition at the Town Hall Gallery - Louis Kahan: Art, theatre and fashion (curated by Laura Jokic, 2016), and biographical entries from various publications including the ADB. There is also an invitation (undated) from the Mayor of Kew, Cr. Kaye Cole, to an exhibition of paintings by Gwen Walker and Donald Cameron in the Mayor’s Room. Alice Marion Ellen Bale (1875-1955), Arthur Loureiro (1860-1932), Frances Derham, Eugenia Meldrum, Max Meldrum, Louis Buvelot, Kitchen Dimensions High Street Kew, Ron Walker, Melissa Peacock, Isobel Davies 6 A'Beckett Street, Hertha Kluge-Pott, Debra Luccio, Elise Martinson, Carole Milton, Louise Minahan, Miranda Millane, Sonja Kan, Holly Walton, Q Art Gallery, Archibald Colquhoun, Amalie Colquhoun, John Perry, Pamela Pretty, Christopher Shelton, Amanda Tuohy, Margot Westhorpe, Ian Wood, James O’Brien, Gaby Jung, Rupert Gray, Ray Gee - 3 Fernhurst Grove, Louis Foletta, Thomas King (Tim) Fitchett, Wendy Fantasia, Marion Cravino, Brett Coelho, Eileen Cambell, Helen Carnage, Erin Carnage, John Bates, Nina Bennett, Donald Cameron, Gwen Walker -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE UPON THE CLAIMS OF HENRY FRENCHAM, 1890
( x ref 5673 , 8235 , Box 83 , 9077 ) Reports from the Gold Enquiry Select Committee from September 4th 1890 - 23rd October, including a list of witnesses, Minutes of Evidence 11th September 1890, 18th September 1890 and 25th September 1890; also, Appendices A - T, and also a location map drawn from memory by W. (William) Sandbach 18th Sep 1890 and Lithographed at the Department of Lands and Survey Melbourne by S. B. Bonney 28th October 1890. This enquiry covers the opinions of Robert Atkinson, Henry Frencham and Robert Francis Walker in relation to who was the first person to locate gold in the Bendigo field. Members of the Committee were Mr Bailes, in the chair, Mr Burrowes, Mr Cameron, Mr A, Young, Mr Gordon, and Mr Foster. Other name at the enquiry were, David Dunlop, John Paton, William Steward, Christian Asquith, James Graham, Ben. Bannister, Mr Fenton, T. J. Rossiter, P. P. Farrell, Thomas Robinson. Other persons who had made claims were; Patrick Peter Farrell, Frederich Fenton, Mrs. Margaret Kennedy, William Henry Johnson, Edward Pepperell, Henry Byass, William Sandbach, William Steward, Mrs John Barnett, widow of Christian Asquith's son, Robert Francis Walker, David Dunlop, John Paton.gold enquiry, henry frencham, gold discovery, david dunlop, john paton, william steward, christian asquith, james graham, ben. bannister, mr fenton, t. j. rossiter, p. p. farrell, patrick peter farrell, frederich fenton, mrs. margaret kennedy, william henry johnson, edward pepperell, henry byass, william sandbach, mrs john barnett, thomas robinson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LA TROBE UNIVERSITY BENDIGO COLLECTION: BEST WISHES CARD
A white card with 'Best Wishes' printed in gold decoratively. This is a card sent to Miss J.C. Burnett from the Class of '45 following a class reunion. In the card the ex students are regretting that she couldn't attend the function which was held at the Lakeview Motel. The attendees all signed the card and they were, Joan Wall (Hutchinson), Linda Rutherford (Richards), Valerie Freeman (Moore), Margaret Doran (Fitzpatrick), Mary Gregan (Rahill), Lola Askew ( Rowe), Yvonne Graham (Ford), Ruth Neave (Madin), Bes Cameron (Bryan), Enid Frazer (Livingston), Mary Wormald (Guppy), Valda Simpson (Raggatt), Wilga King (Thorne), Pat Smith (Drummond), Frances Alexander (Dam), Gwen Hampson (Tracy), Belle Mason (Erskine), Mary Clancy (Frawley), Joan Rowe (Dole), Pat Hayes (Dole), Margaret Davey (Holt), Moira Mace (Mannis), Joy Henley (Schier), Dulcie Bathard (Benson), Joan Kirby (Hunt), Margaret Hood (Bradley), Pauline J. Murphy, Alma Ueburgang (Wilkinson), Joyce Windridge (Ellson), Carol Monkhouse, Ethel Rumble (Turner), Faye Farley (Warren), Dulcie Brooks (Wilson), Sheila McMahon (McCarthy), Ivy Dickson (James), Ella Allan, Margaret Cracknell (Wilson), Lois Higgs (Palmer), Pat Lancaster (Kirne). See 3320.100bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college students, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo, education bendigo teachers' collection, tertiary education, teacher training, miss j.c. burnett, mr. geoff pryor, teaching, history, students, card, thankyou card, reunion -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - LA TROBE UNIVERSITY BENDIGO COLLECTION: BENDIGO TEACHERS' COLLEGE STUDENTS
A black and white photograph of female Bendigo Teachers' College students. It is titled 'Sandhurst 1945'. The women are dressed in the formal fashion of the day in a coat or jacket and skirts or frocks. In the background is a brick building with climbing plants on the walls and a garden with bushes and trees on the left-hand side. There appears to be a flagpole in the centre at the back. The names of the students are listed from the top left-hand corner across - Patricia A. Drummond, Faye Warren, Yvonne Ford, V. Ruth Madin, Mary Guppy, Lois R. Adams, Geraldine M. Brown, Enid Livingstone, Carole Vale, Joan I. Hutchinson, Margaret Wilson, Ivy J. James, G.L. Dickinson, Elaine Emmerson, Lynda Richards, J.M. Campbell, Gwen Tracy, B.J.V. Bryan, M.M. Rahill, J.M. McConnell, V.L. Moore, D.E. Benson, E.D. Ryan, M. Frawley, P.M. Ditle, Gert Curthoys, V.M. Foley, P.V. Sullivan, P.J. Murphy, M.Olwyn Stanson, Joan Hunt, Joan E. Dole, D.M. Manners, Lola M. Rowe, Frances P. Dam, L. Palmer, A.J. Wilhinson, M. Holt, P.E. Mirne, Rosina Gimmins, M. M. Fitzpatrick, M. Bradley, Belle Erskine, Ethel M. Turner, Wilga E. Thorne, Valda G. Raggatt, K. O'Connor, D. Wilson, J.D. Ellson, C.G. Monkhouse, Sheila McCarthy, Patricia Sims, Ivy. S Chin. See 3320.100.education, bendigo teachers' college students, tertiary education, teacher training, sandhurst, bendigo teachers' college, ms. j.c. burnett, mr. geoff. pryor, fashion, clothing, costume, patricia a. drummond, faye warren, yvonne ford, v. ruth madin, mary guppy, lois r. adams, geraldine m. brown, enid livingston, carole vale, joan i. hutchinson, margaret wilson, ivy j. james, g.l. dickinson, elaine emmerson, lynda richards, j.m. campbell, gwen tracy, b.j.v. bryan, m.m. rahill, j.m. mcconnell, v.l. moore, d.e. benson, e.d. ryan, m. frawley, p.m. ditle, gert curthoys, v.m. foley, p.v. sullivan, p.j. murphy, m. olwyn stanson, joan hunt, joan e. dole, d. m. manners, lola m. rowe, frances p. dam, l. palmer, a.j. wilkinson, m. holt, p.m. mirne, rosina gimmins, m. fitzpatrick, m. bradley, belle erskine, ethel m. turner, wilga e. thorne, valda g. raggatt, k. o'connor, d. wilson, j.d. ellson, c.g. monkhouse, sheila mccarthy, patricia sims, ivy schin. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Financial record - INVOICE COLLECTION: Motor industry invoices
10934.23a Square Receipt no. 3899 for City Gate Service Station - White Hills, Bendigo. Phone 522 Cash sale 24 May 1954 Bought of W. Brereton Petrol... Oils... Tyres... Accessories... paid £100 Paid with thanks made from thin paper, written in pencil. Printed in black ink 10934.23b Large rectangular receipt on pale cream, blue lined paper. Logos and information printed in black ink. Portrait image printed in black ink showing a tire. Market Square Telephone 345 Bendigo, February 1st 1925 Mr. RMS Abbott Bendigo to Bendigo Motor Tyre Hospital (James H. Tubb, proprietor) Receipt was written in black ink. There is also a black ink stamp with the signature of WJ Coaey in the lower third of the receipt. There is a small postage stamp stuck to the page with the signature of WJ Coaey 10934.23c Mitchell Street N. 11130 Phone 786 Bendigo 15/2/1934 Bendigo Motor Co. Vauxhall & Buick Cars. Bedford Trucks sold to Gills George Receipt is printed in blue ink on a rectangular shaped receipt of thin paper 10934.23d 27/6/50 Cash Sale Bought of City Gate Service Station White Hills Bendigo Phone 522 Receipt came from an Eclipse Check book Receipt written in pencilcity gate service station, bendigo motor tyre hospital, bendigo motor co. -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Booklet, Michele Adler, Studies in Horticulture, 1998-2007
Royalties from the sale of booklets donated to the Friends of Burnley GardensPlants in Print price labels on some of them. Display Copy Not for Sale on some of them.studies in horticulture, horticulture, t.a.f.e., rod mcmillan, michele adler, plant recognition, workplace requirements, industry requirements, workplace communication, peter esdale, workplace maintenance, peter sheppard, teamwork, soil characteristics, lanscape drawing, graphics, ken wallace, scott watson, ron barrow, operate tractors, operate machinery, ken james, work environment, john stanley, promotional program, oh & s procedures -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Paperback booklet, Elizabeth Mary Amos, Marysville Community Golf and Bowls Club Inc.-Before and After Black Saturday, February 7, 2009, 2011
This book was created to document through photographs, the history of the Marysville Community Golf and Bowls Club both before and after the Black Saturday Bushfire of 7th February, 2009.Front cover has a photograph taken of one of the greens at the Marysville Community Golf Course. Back cover has a photograph of a red toadstool.non-fictionThis book was created to document through photographs, the history of the Marysville Community Golf and Bowls Club both before and after the Black Saturday Bushfire of 7th February, 2009.marysville community golf and bowls club, golf, bowls (game), marysville, black saturday bushfires, 2009, wildfires, victoria, history -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Paperback booklet, Elizabeth Mary Amos, Marysville Community Golf and Bowls Club Inc.-Before and After Black Saturday, February 7, 2009, 2011
This book was created to document through photographs, the history of the Marysville Community Golf and Bowls Club both before and after the Black Saturday Bushfire of 7th February, 2009.Front cover has a photograph taken of one of the greens at the Marysville Community Golf Course. Back cover has a photograph of a red toadstool.non-fictionThis book was created to document through photographs, the history of the Marysville Community Golf and Bowls Club both before and after the Black Saturday Bushfire of 7th February, 2009.marysville community golf and bowls club, golf, bowls (game), marysville, black saturday bushfires, 2009, wildfires, victoria, history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Allan Llewellyn Collection: Safety Cages, 1876
Allan Llewellyn was a well known Eaglehawk identity. See Allan Llewellyn Collection Cat. No.8389. Eleven typed pages of extracts from the 'Bendigo Advertiser' and one private letter to J.H. Seymour, contained in a manilla envelope with Mr. A. Llewellyn, 102 Victoria Street, Eaglehawk, Victoria 3556' written on front in red ink. In pencil above address: 'Please return to A. Llewellyn, Eaglehawk' Stamp, 7 cent, on top right hand corner shows Queen Elizabeth. Copies of letters published in the Bendigo Advertiser contained in envelope: 1. Letter from John H. Seymour, 25yth October, 1876, discussing the prize given to an exhibitor at the National Show, rather than the Seymour model exhibited by the writer. The writer is only a 'working miner and .. could not afford to make a full size cage'. 2. Letter from 'Fair play' 1st December 1876 regarding Seymour's model and that he should be given the opportunity to have his full size cage tested by the Judges. The cage was working at the Londonderry's Tribute Co. 3. Letter from 'unknown' regarding Nancarrow's Safety Cage, discussing Seymour's claiming 'the levers as his patent'. 4. Two letters from J.H. Seymour, regarding the unfair nature of the testing of the safety cages. Letters dated 1876. 5. Three letters from James Watson, blacksmith, Sandhurst, regarding the construction of the mining cage model exhibited by James Seymour. 6. Two letters - one from H. Banfield, Mining manager, Londonderry Tribute regarding the testing of Seymour's Patent Safety Cage design, dated October 25th. 1876. Second letter on page, regarding an accident at the South Clunes Tribute shaft, where an engineman Thomas Bonda (sometime Secretary of the Miners' Association) was injured when a cage went to the bottom of the shaft. 7. Article 'Accident at the Shenandoah Claim' detailing an accident with a mining cage when the 'rope slipped off the drum'. Article 'The Perils of Miners' detailing an accident at the Preston Hill claim, Ballarat. 8. 'Miraculour Escape' article detailing a mining cage accident at the Trio Company's shaft at Snob's Hill, September 4th. 1876. 9. 'Safety Cages', letter from Elisha Tippett, Manager Londonderry Tribute company, 7th August 1877, discussing the merits of the safety cage being used at the mine, known as 'Seymour's Patent Safety Cage' 10. 'Trial of Seymour's Patent Safety Cage' where a successful trial was held, then followed by a trial where the cage didn't perform as expected and the 'cage fell heavily to the ground'. 11. Copy of letter from Thomas Dunne, Mining Manager, to Mr. Seymour, regarding the successful operation of Seymour's Patent Safety Cage at the 'Confluenca Mine', Malmsbury on 25th August 1882. Typed across bottom of last copy of letter: 'The foregoing data supplied by Mr. Frank Fitzpatrick of Eaglehawk and retyped by A. Llewellyn. Through the lapse of time some of the words are not decipherable. In copying there could be some slight errors.' safety cages, seymour's patent safety cage, j.h. seymour, nancarrow's safety cage, bendigo, mining, allan llewellyn, -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Document - Personal files, Andrew Smith's Files, 1981-2022
cactus, cacti, clematis, orchard redevelopment, r. hall, geoff olive, pruning garden, field station, vcah, university of melbourne, burnley, jill kellow, field station redevelopment, field nursery, student gardens, turfgrass, grassy woodland, chris findlay, phil tulk, grasslands, herbaceous border, car park, native garden, restoration native garden, john rayner, hilda kirkhope rockery, herb garden, rainforest garden redevelopment, plant lists, shady walk, salvia, trees, tai-haku cherry, tree management, tree lists, david aldous, grey border -
Melton City Libraries
Document, Grand Centenary Ball Ticket, 1970
History of the Place "On 17th May 1858 a State subsidised, combined Denominational School was opened by HT Stokes, with an attendance of about 30 children. This school was conducted in the wooden Melton Combined Protestant Church, situated on ‘a creek flat’ thought to be on the north side of Sherwin Street between Pyke and Byran Streets. It is likely that the Church had been established by 1855 and that the first minister was the Rev. Hampshire, who lived in Cambridge House on the Exford Estate. Ministers of the Protestant denominations were invited to hold services there. As there was only one resident Minister in the town (Presbyterian Mr J Lambie), laymen of the various denominations often spoke on Sundays. In 1863 this building was declared a Common School with the number 430. One of its first and most prominent headmasters was John Corr, who served from 1860 to 1864. Most of Mr Corr’s children also became teachers, including Joseph Corr, at the Rockbank school, and J Reford Corr and WS Corr, headmasters and teachers at numerous prestigious private secondary schools around Australia. John Corr purchased land alongside the school and elsewhere in and near Melton, became secretary and treasurer of the new Cemetery Trust, and by July 1861 was deputy registrar of births, deaths and marriages. He walked three miles every Sunday to teach at the Weslyan Sunday School he had established. Despite good reports from the Education Department Inspector, and burgeoning enrolments, the local school committee recommended the dismissal of, firstly, his wife (from the work mistress position), and then him from the headmaster position. Corr saw his dismissal as an attempt to redirect state aid for education from the Combined Protestant school to the support of the Free Presbyterian Minister Rev James Lambie (by one account the owner of the land on which the Common School was erected), whose son-in-law James Scott subsequently assumed responsibility for the school. Rev Lambie failed in his efforts to keep the existing school, which the Education Department Inspector and the majority of Melton citizens regarded as badly situated and badly built. Following a conditional promise of state aid, local contributors in 1868-69 raised ₤72.10.6 towards the cost of an iron-roofed bluestone rubble building 43 ft x 12 ft. This was erected on a new site of 1.5 acres (the present site). The State contributed ₤120 to the new school, which opened in 1870. A very early (c.1874) photograph of the school shows its headmaster and work mistress / assistant teacher (probably James Scott and his wife Jessie) and its (very young) scholars. Similar photos show pupils in front of the school in c.1903, and 1933. In 1877 a second bluestone room costing ₤297 was added and further land acquired from the Agricultural Society (who only needed it two days a year) to enlarge the schoolground to 3 acres. In the early 1880s an underground tank augmented the school water supply and in 1919 a five-roomed wooden residence was added. During this period the school correspondents often compained that the walls of the bluestone buildings were damp, affecting the plaster. In 1923 a brick room 26 ft 6 in by 24 ft with a fireplace and four rooms facing south, was added, and a corridor built to link the three buildings. This served adequately for the next 40 years. The school bell probably dates to 1883. The school also has a memorial gate (1951) to World War One ex-students, and an honour board to the 64 ex-students who served in the First World War. The school roll fell to 42 in the early post war-years, but was boosted by an influx of migrants, mainly from the UK, from the late 1960s. This presaged the boom in Melton’s development, and the corresponding growth of the school, with timber and temporary classrooms added to the previous masonry ones. An endowment pine plantation established in 1930 augmented the school’s fundraising activities when it was harvested in 1968. Part of the site was planted with eucalyptus trees in 1959. Famous ex-students of the early twentieth century included Hector Fraser (internationally successful shooter) and cyclist Sir Hubert Opperman". Ticket for the Grand Centenary Ball at Melton State School 430education, local significant events -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Balance Scale, 1850s
A Large Rare mid 19th Century Balance Scale (also called a Beam Scale) Made in England by W&T Avery a British manufacturer of weighing machines. The company was founded in the early 18th century and took the name W & T Avery in 1818. The undocumented origin of the company goes back to 1730 when James Ford established the business in the town of Digbeth. On Joseph Balden the then company’s owner’s death in 1813 William and Thomas Avery took over his scale making business and in 1818 renamed it W & T Avery. The business rapidly expanded and in 1885 they owned three factories: the Atlas Works in West Bromwich, the Mill Lane Works in Birmingham and the Moat Lane Works in Digbeth. In 1891 the business became a limited company with a board of directors and in 1894 the shares were quoted on the London Stock Exchange. In 1895 the company bought the legendary Soho Foundry in Smethwick, a former steam engine factory owned by James Watt & Co. In 1897 the move was complete and the steam engine business was gradually converted to pure manufacture of weighing machines. The turn of the century was marked by managing director William Hipkins who was determined to broadening the renown of the Avery brand and transforming the business into a specialist manufacture of weighing machines. By 1914 the company occupied an area of 32,000m² and had some 3000 employees. In the inter-war period the growth continued with the addition of specialized shops for cast parts, enamel paints and weighbridge assembly and the product range diversified into counting machines, testing machines, automatic packing machines and petrol pumps. During the second world war the company also produced various types of heavy guns. At that time the site underwent severe damage from parachute mines and incendiary bombs.Then from 1931 to 1973 the company occupied the 18th-century Middlesex Sessions House in Clerkenwell as its headquarters. Changes in weighing machine technology after World War II led to the closure of the foundry, the introduction of electronic weighing with the simultaneous gradual disappearance of purely mechanical devices. The continued expansion was partly achieved through a series of acquisitions of other companies. After almost a century of national and international expansion the company was taken over by GEC in 1979. Keith Hodgkinson, managing director at the time, completed the turn-around from mechanical to electronic weighing with a complete overhaul of the product range of retail scales and industrial platform scales. In 1993 GEC took over the Dutch-based company Berkel and the Avery-Berkel name was introduced. In 2000 the business was in turn acquired by the US-American company Weigh-Tronix, who already owned Salter, and is today operating as Avery Weigh-Tronix. Item made and used possibly around the 1850s by Victorian colonial government to check weights of goods being sold by early shop keepers on the gold fields item is very rare.James McEwan & Co were the retailers of W & T Avery scales in Victoria from 1852. A very rare item used probably to check weights used by merchants during colonial times by government inspectors in Victoria. A similar example exist in a NSW museum, the item is believed to have been made before W & T Avery expansion to the Soho foundry in Birmingham in 1885 and after 1818.Beam balance scale suspended from a wooden tripod, with metal trays suspended by three chain lengths. embossed on the balance beam W T Avery, Birmingham,flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, scale, avery -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Nail, circa 1825
Nails such as this solid copper nail were forged by blacksmiths. A nail of this length could have been used for the ship's decking. It was recovered from the shipwreck of the barque Children. The Children wrecking: The barque Children was one of the first vessels to be lost in the Western District the vessel was wrecked to the east of Warrnambool on 14th January 1838. When it ran ashore in hurricane-force winds, 22 passengers and crew were fortunate to escape being battered to death on the rocks. The Children broke up within 20 minutes, sweeping sixteen of those on board to their deaths. After eleven days, the survivors, all of whom were injured, were rescued and taken to Portland. According to Lloyd's Shipping Register 1837-1839, the Children was built in 1825 at Liverpool and operated by owners Gordon & Co, of London. Registration number 123/1837, James Henty then bought her in 1837 as a three-masted barque of 254 tons, with a hull of “part pitch pine, felt sheathed” and “coppered in 1837” at Launceston registered number 6/1837. In 1838 the Children, under her master Captain H. Browne, completed a successful round trip from Launceston to London (carrying wool and whale oil loaded in Portland), returning in late November of that year carrying a general cargo including house bricks used for ballast. On the 11th of January 1839, the Children sailed from Launceston for Adelaide, with 24 passengers, 14 crew, and an awkward mixed cargo, including 1500 sheep, 8 bullocks, 7 horses, and farming implements, and six whaleboats with associated whaling gear. One account states that when the Children were “put out from port she was light and badly ballasted”. The vessel immediately encountered four days of hurricane-force storms, eventually clearing on the early morning of the 14th. However, it was too late to take accurate measurements of the sun or stars to establish their position relative to the coast. The Children collided with a limestone stack at the entrance of Childers Cove, and the seas smashed her into pieces within half an hour. All the cargo and 16 lives were lost including 8 children. The Henty brothers contributed £150 towards a fund for the 22 survivors at a memorial service held in Launceston later that year. It was a major financial setback for James Henty and his brothers, but one from which they recovered. In a submission to the Governor of New South Wales dated 24 March 1840, the Henty’s summarised their work over the previous six years of establishing the Portland settlement stating. “Six stations have been occupied, one at Portland Bay three at the open country about 60 miles inland called ‘Merino Downs’ They have erected two houses at Portland Bay and two others at Merino Downs”.This nail is significant as part of the vessels original fixtures. The Children was delivering cargo intended for the Portland Bay settlement of her owners the James Henty brothers The wreck is also significant as one of the first vessels to have been lost in the Western District of Warrnambool. As a result the shipwreck of the Children is registered with the Victorian Heritage Register S116. Ship's nail, copper, with a washer attached. The nail has a round head, solid round shank and a flat end. It is bent, twisted and has indentations in the centre section. The nail was recovered from the wreck of the CHILDREN.warrnambool, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, shipwreck artefact, the children, nail, copper nail, ship's nail, children shipwreck -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Rudder Pintles and Gudgeons, Alexander Hall and Son, ca. 1855
This set of pairs of pintles and gudgeons was recovered from the wreck of the sailing ship Schomberg and was part of its rudder steering system. A reconstruction that includes four pairs is currently on display at Flagstaff Hill. The rudder installation of the Schomberg was almost seven metres tall. A pintle and gudgeon pair is a mechanical fitting that works like a pair of door hinges. One of the uses for this type of fitting is for ships’ rudders. On a ship, one or several gudgeons would be attached to the vertical rudder stempost on the rear of the ship’s hull. On the ship's rudder, an equal number of pintles would be fitted onto it. The rudder assembly would then fit down into the gudgeons on the ship and would be connected to its steering mechanism, allowing it to be moved from side to side and steer the vessel. The SCHOMBERG- The three-masted clipper ship Schomberg was built in 1855 by Alexander Hall and Co in Aberdeen, Scotland, for James Baines' famous Black Ball line. It measured 288 feet (88 meters) in length, with a beam of 45 feet (14 meters), a depth of 29.5 feet (8.99 meters) and 2,284 tons. The mainmast was 210 feet (64 meters) high and the ship carried 3.3 acres of sail. The wooden vessel was constructed with three skins; one planked fore and aft, and two diagonally planked. All skins were fastened together with screw-threaded trunnels (wooden rails). The Schomberg was one of only three clippers wrecked in Victorian waters that operated the England-to-Australia run. It was built to outrun Donald MacKay’s two American-built ships, the Empress of the Sea and the Lightning. It was hoped that Schomberg would make Liverpool to Melbourne voyage in sixty days, setting a record for the voyage. The Schomberg sailed from Liverpool on 6 October 1855 on her maiden voyage, under the command of Captain James Forbes. Her general cargo for Australia included jewellery, spirits, machinery, and 2,000 tons of iron rails and equipment for building the Melbourne to Geelong Railway and a bridge over the Yarra from Melbourne to Hawthorn, and17,000 letters and 31,800 newspapers. She also carried a cow for fresh milk, pens for fowls and pigs, plus 90,000 gallons of water for washing and drinking on board. There were approximately 473 passengers, including migrants for Australia, and a crew of 105. Light winds encountered at the equator dashed the expectations of a record-breaking voyage. On Christmas day the ship sighted Moonlight Head in southwest Victoria and even though there was a deadly combination of wind, currents and unmarked sand spits, the vessel continued on. Then the next day, December 26th 1855, the huge ship gently ran aground on a spit that juts into Newfield Bay, east of Curdies Inlet and the present town of Peterborough. Fortunately, the coastal trader, SS Queen, was nearby and managed to save all passengers and crew. In 1975 Flagstaff Hill’s former Director Peter Ronald and the team of divers recovered many objects and artefacts from the wreck of the Schomberg such as the ship’s fittings, equipment and personal effects including a diamond hidden for years in a communion set. This set of pintles and gudgeons is an example of steering equipment used on ships over 150 years ago, equipment that is still in use in today's shipping industry as well as many other everyday hardware applications.. The equipment is significant for its association with the ill-fated vessel Schomberg, which was wrecked in the local water in 1855 on its maiden voyage. The ship was built for speed and luxury, to sail on journeys with passengers, including migrants, travelling from Liverpool to Melbourne.Pintles and gudgeons, six pairs, plus one single pintle, from the wreck of the SCHOMBERG. Cast iron horse-shoe-shaped fittings with tapered ends. each with metal bars between the long sides. One piece of each pair has a round hollow cylinder and the other has a round solid shank. The single pintle has a tall shank with a pintle hook through it. Some pieces have remnants of grey paint.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, schomberg, shipwreck, pintles, gudgeons, ship's rudder, ship's steering, clipper ship, james bain, black ball line, alexander hall and co., capt. james bully forbes, rudder pintles and gudgeons, rudder steering, pintles and braces, immigrant ship, maiden voyage, peterborough, 1855, marine technology -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
photograph, Dr Una Porter
Dr Unice (Una) Beatrice Porter, OBE, CBE (1900 - 1996) Una Porter was the youngest daughter of Frederick John Cato and his wife Fanny (née Bethune). She had 3 sisters and 4 brothers. Her father was of course the prominent businessman and co-founder of the Moran & Cato grocery company who was known for his generosity and commitment to the Methodist Church. Given this background it is not surprising that Una inherited a deep and lasting Christian faith that would become the driving force behind her own career and philanthropic activities. Una was educated at Methodist Ladies College and the English boarding school "Farringtons" however her formal education ended at the age of 14 due to ill health. By the outbreak of the First World War her sisters were married and her brothers enlisted. Una became very close to her father and assisted him in establishing hospitals and missions in Arnhem Land, Fiji and India. Una returned to formal study and matriculated at the age of 30. A niece with diabetes was the catalyst which led Una to study medicine. She enrolled at the University of Melbourne in 1933 and subsequently specialised in psychiatry with training at Prince Henry's Hospital, the Royal Park Mental Hospital and the Children's Hospital. In 1946 she took a post at the Ballarat Mental Hospital. Here she was the first female member of staff, overseeing 512 female patients. She later worked in private practice and was instrumental in the establishment of a psychiatric clinic at the Queen Victoria Hospital. Throughout her life, Una maintained a strong link with the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) and in 1963 was elected as the World President of this organisation and in 1964 she was elected Woman of the Year. Una's philanthropic work was extensive. In addition to administering the F.J. Cato Charitable and Benevolent Trust and later the James and Una Porter Trust Fund, she made substantial personal donations to hospitals, universities and community organisations including the University of Melbourne, Monash University, Epworth Hospital, Methodist Ladies College, Cato College, Queen Victoria Hospital and the YWCA. It is estimated that she gave over $1 million to various hospitals and institutions. Some of her projects included establishing a scholarship for rural female students to attend university, a Chair in Psychiatry, and extensive research into early childhood development. Una B. Porter was appointed O.B.E. (1961) and C.B.E. (1968) in recognition of her services to the community. At the age of 46 Una married James Roland Porter, an ex-RAAF squadron leader and a lifelong friend. Until this time, Dr Porter had lived at the Cato family home, ‘Kawarau’ at 192-198 Tooronga Road, Hawthorn (later Stephanie’s restaurant). In spite of having qualified as a doctor and with all her philanthropic activities, at age 43 the electoral rolls give her status as ‘home duties’! Dr Porter’s connection with Surrey Hills came after her marriage. In 1948 she and her husband bought 8 Kent Road. A black and white photograph of a screened image of a lady sitting in a winged-back chair. She is wearing a knee length dress with three-quarter length sleeves, and beads around her neck and wrist.psychiatrist, philanthropist, queen victoria hospital, mont albert, surrey hills, 8 kent road, dr una porter, mr james porter, dr unice beatrice porter, mr frederick cato, miss unice beatrice cato, mrs fanny cato, miss fanny bethune, young women's christian association, fj cato charitable and benevolent trust, james and una porter trust fund, methodist ladies college -
Brighton Historical Society
Clothing - Dress, Evening dress, circa 1890 (bodice), circa 1840 (skirt)
The donor and family of this gown were long-term Brighton residents, and the gowns were held by them as family heirlooms prior to donation to Brighton Historical Society. Originally owned by Elizabeth Emma Adams and Cecilia Elizabeth Adams, it is believed that the dress was brought to Australia by either a half brother, James Smith Adams, or a younger sister, Sophia Charlotte Louisa Adams (later known as Mother Rose Columba Adams). Elizabeth and Cecilia were the daughters of James Smith Adams (a squire, 1780-1860) and Elizabeth Emma McTaggart (1793-1843) of Tower House, Woodchester in Gloucester, a property which Elizabeth later inherited. Originally a monastery, Tower House had been converted into a stately home after the Reformation. According to information originally provided by the donor, the skirt portion of this dress (along with the bodice T0004.3) was made for either Elizabeth or Cecilia to be worn at the young Queen Victoria’s first 'drawing room ball' following the end of court mourning in 1838 for her uncle William IV who died in 1837. In 1838 Cecilia would have been twelve years old and Elizabeth would have been ten years old. It is possible that this dress was worn by one of the girls to this event as it is of appropriate dimensions for a child of that age, although its design is very formal and adult. Elizabeth was born on 30 June 1828 at Tower House and died on 1 May 1909. She created a scandal when she eloped with her first husband, Thomas Charles Gardiner at the age of 18. The validity of the marriage was later formally investigate and, while it was confirmed as valid, a second church wedding was subsequently held. Thomas died in 1878. Elizabeth subsequently remarried Reverend R. E. Blackwell, but was widowed again by 1889. Cecilia was born on 17 December 1826 and died in 1902 a spinster recluse in England. At the inquest into Cecelia's death in 1904 it was revealed that she had clearly come from a family of means as her home was filled to the brim with highly valuable goods, many in boxes. She was buried in the family vault at Woodchester. Elizabeth and Cecilia's sister Sophia converted to Roman Catholicism in 1851 and became a nun, taking the religious name 'Rose Columba'. In 1883 Mother Rose Columba led a group of eight to Australia, answering a call for Dominican sisters to nurse the sick in Adelaide. Upon arrival, she founded St. Dominic's Priory and the Church of Perpetual Adoration in North Adelaide, using her inheritance to build the chapel. Elizabeth's second son, George Henry Somerset, who inherited the Adams family estate dropped the 'i' in Gardiner and added the maiden name of his grandmother. Therefore, the family name has now become Gardner McTaggart. These Adams family entries have been updated with information provided by Dr Herbert Gardner McTaggart, great-grandson of George Henry Somerset in April 2016. Mr McTaggart contacted the society after finding our entries online.A hand and machine sewn cream, pale blue, orange and gold embroidered satin formal dress, the bodice dates from circa 1890. This dress shares a skirt with T0004.3, which dates from circa 1840. The bodice features a high scoop neckline with gathers at the base of the scoop and directly below where the bodice finishes creating fullness over the bust. The bodice front encloses the bust with a right panel over the top of a left panel and securing with two hook and eye closures over the left shoulder. The panels are secured together with 15 hook and eye closures. The sleeves are set neatly on the true shoulder and are elongated full puffs to just above the elbow. The fullness is created by nine pleats from the top of the shoulder over the back of the shoulder. At the base of the sleeve the fullness is gathered just above the elbow. At the centre back of the bodice are four inward facing pleats running from the centre neck to the waist. The bodice is secured around the waist with a tape and four hook and eye closures. The bodice is boned around the sides and back of the torso with eight bones. This bodice is finished at the waist with a pleated cummerbund of the dress fabric that is designed to appear to be a sash with two decorative bows. One front left of centre and one back right of centre. The skirt secures at the waist with an opening to the left of centre at the back. The skirt gathers tightly at the centre back with a dart on either side. The skirt has a front central panel and the skirt falls to floor length. At the back, the skirt is also floor length. The back of the skirt may have been modified at some time and may have originally finished in a train. It would be more appropriate to the period of the bodice, and the believed use of the dress with a train.cecilia elizabeth adams, elizabeth emma adams, queen victoria, tower house, woodchester, james smith adams, elizabeth emma mctaggart, sophia charlotte louisa adams, 1890s fashion