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Melbourne Legacy
Document, The Shrine of Remembrance : History
After the first world war there was a decision made to create a memorial. Legatees were involved in the process at various times and capacities. In particular Legatee Kemsley was vocal in idea of a structure over a utilitarian memorial (such as a hospital or a park) - see letter at 01182. Also that 25 sites were selected for consideration in 1921. Although the St Kilda Road site was favoured early on, by 1926 there was pressure to change to a "provision of square" and Cenotaph at the intersection of Spring and Bourke Streets. 'Melbourne Legacy decided to support and work for the Shrine of Remembrance as the National War Memorial.' It is notable that the initial design 'incorporated certain features of the Mausoleum at Hellicarnasus, which is listed as on of the Seven Wonders of the World and, also, many of the refinements of the ancient Grecian architecture.' This note describes how the ray of light shining on the Rock of Remembrance was 'something of an afterthought' as Philip Hudson (one of the architects) saw something similar on a trip abroad, in a chapel in France. The final paragraph is significant 'All materials in the Shrine are of Australian origin. Indeed, with the exception of the marble in the Shrine floor which was quarried at Carloola in NSW, and the Hawksbury freestone in the bas relief panels, the remaining materials are all of Victorian origin.' This account is written by a Legatee who was heavily involved in the building of the Shrine. It is presumed to be Legatee Kemsley but it is not certain (the handwriting might be a clue if more documents written by him are found). Also the date is not known. Items were in an envelope with other photos and programmes from different items relating to the Shrine of Remembrance - including discussions on its location and design. Labelled 'Shrine of Remembrance S1 - S14' it was part of an old archive numbering system, that showed there has been efforts in the past to collect, order and save items of Legacy's history. (01181 - 01190, 01206 - 01211).A record of the events that led to the construction of the Shrine of Remembrance as noted by a Legatee shortly after. There was an effort to record historical events for the "Archive Committee" which collected this an other documents relating to the Shrine together in a file (see items 01181 - 01190, 01206 - 01211)Four white foolscap pages of black type recording major events in the history of building the Shrine (starting from 1921). Plus several hand written notes which were the draft version, including notes on an envelope and on scrap paper of various sizes.Handwritten 'S1 History Shrine' in red pen on top left of first page. Handwritten notes on scrap paper.memorial, shrine of remembrance -
Orbost & District Historical Society
account, 1st October 1921
Robert Pullar Cameron was a Shire Councillor for many years. He married Penuel Hossack and had a family of James, Flora, Penuel and Alex. Peter Kerr bought the butchery from William Cumming in 1921.This is an example of a hand-written account from an early Orbost business and is a useful research tool.A white paper account with black print, red lines and handwritten pencil information. It has a yellow duty stamp and a large pink receipt sticker.cameron-robert-pullar kerr-p.c.-butcher account -
Learmonth and District Historical Society Inc.
Photo - Wedding,Goad/Taylor, Richards & Co, Wedding of Gertude Jane Goad and Walter Taylor, 09/04/1921
On 9th April 1921 Gertrude Jane Goad Married Walter Taylor at St Andrew's Kirk, Presbyterian Church Ballarat.The best man was Walter's brother George Taylor and the bridesmaid Ada Hannah Grigg. Gertrude Jane Goad and Walter Taylor lived in Dean,and are buried in the Creswick Cemetary. The Goad family have long connections in the Learmonth area.Black and white photo of the marriage of Gertrude Jane Goad to Walter Taylor.Set in Gold frame 4 1/2 cms wide and decorated with trailing flowers, originally on cream mount now redone with maroon mount. Richards & Co. Ballarat.ballarat, church, goad gertrude jane, taylor walter, st andrew s kirk, prebyterian -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Furniture - Chair, 1897-1921
These cane chairs are one of many 19th century items of furniture, linen and crockery donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by, Vera and Aurelin Giles. The items are associated with Warrnambool and the Giles Family history. Items donated by the family have come to be known as the “Giles Collection”. Many items in the Lighthouse Keeper’s Cottage were donated by Vera and Aurelin Giles and mostly came from the home of Vera’s parents-in-law, Henry Giles and his wife Mary Jane (nee Freckleton) who married in 1880 and whose photos are on display in the parlour. Henry was born at Tower Hill in 1858, and was a labourer on the construction of the Warrnambool Breakwater before leaving in 1895 for around seven years to build bridges in NSW. Mary Jane was born in 1860 at Cooramook and she attended Mailor’s Flat State School and where she eventually was to become a student teacher. After which she became a governess at “Injemiara” where her grandfather, Francis Freckleton, had once owned land. Henry and Mary’s family consisted of six, some of the children were born at Mailor’s Flat and later some children at Wangoom. They lived with their parents at Wangoom and Purnim west, and this is where Henry died in 1933 and Mary Jane in 1940. Heywood & Wakefield Furniture Co: The Heywood-Wakefield Company is an American furniture manufacturer established in 1897. It went on to become a major presence in the US. Its older products are considered collectibles and have been featured on television antique programs. The Heywood brothers established themselves in 1826, as furniture makers and the Wakefield Company began in 1855 as a separate company. Both firms produced wicker and rattan furniture, and as these products became increasingly popular towards the end of the century, they became serious rivals. In 1897 the companies merged as Heywood Brothers & Wakefield Company (this name was changed to Heywood-Wakefield Company in 1921), purchasing Washburn-Heywood Chair Company in 1916, Oregon Chair Company in 1920, and Lloyd Manufacturing Company in 1921. While its wooden furniture plant in Gardner, Massachusetts closed in 1979, a branch in Menominee, Michigan continued to manufacture metal outdoor seats, auditorium seats, and school furniture. The Heywood-Wakefield Company Complex in Gardner was added to the National Historic Register in 1983. The South Beach Furniture Company acquired the rights to the name in 1994 and reproduces its wooden furniture. Both founding companies produced wicker and rattan furniture in the late 19th century. The wicker styles drew on the Aesthetic Movement and Japanese influences simpler designs arose in the wake of the Arts and Crafts Movement. The merged entity stayed abreast of wicker furniture trends by hiring designers such as Paul Frankl and Donald Deskey during the 1920s. Its furniture was exhibited at the 1933 Century of Progress exhibition and the 1964 New York World's Fair. During the 1930s and 1940s, Heywood-Wakefield began producing furniture using sleek designs based on French Art Deco.The Giles family collection has social significance at a local level, because it illustrates the level of material support the Warrnambool community gave to Flagstaff Hill when the village and Museum was established. The wicker furniture is a fine example of late 19th and early 20th century light weight domestic furniture that are today very collectible items and quite rare and valuable.Pair of wicker armchairs, painted dark brown. The open wicker weave pattern extends from the seat up to the armrests and completely over the backrest, plus across the front of the chair below the seat. The seat is very firmly woven and fitted into a timber frame. A reinforcing pattern of wicker work covers the top edges of the armrests and backrest in one piece and folds around to the underside, referred to as ‘rolled serpentine arms and back’. The hollow ends of the armrests are filled with a circular knob of wicker work. The back legs are also completed with decorative wicker knobs. One chair base (3788.01) has been strengthened with metal bracing. The other chair (3788.02) has the remnants of an orange manufacture’s tag fixed to the base. The chairs were made 1897-1921 by Heywood Brothers & Wakefield Company, USA. These chairs are part of the Giles Collection.Printed in black on an orange tag “MANUFA - Heywood B – GARDNE”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, giles collection, giles family, henry and mary jane giles, tower hill, cooramook, warrnambool breakwater, mailor’s flat, wangoom, 19th century furniture, wicker armchairs, rolled serpentine wicker work, cane armchair, classic wicker furniture, victorian style furniture, domestic furniture late 19th century, heywood-wakefield company -
St Kilda Historical Society
Photograph, Harry Hawker plaque, St Kilda home - images collection
Harry George Hawker was born on 22 January 1889 at South Brighton, Melbourne. He was the son of George Hawker, blacksmith, and Mary Ann Hawker, née Anderson, both Victorian-born. He attended schools at Moorabbin, East Malvern, St Kilda and Prahran. In 1901, he left school at the age of 12 and became a trainee mechanic at the Melbourne branch of Hall & Warden bicycle depot. In 1905 he joined the Tarrant Motor and Engineering Co. as a qualified mechanic and, in about 1907 he set up his own workshop at Caramut, western Victoria. In 1911 he left for England with the intention of becoming an aviator. In June 1912, he was employed by Sopwith Aviation Co. Ltd and worked on the Sopwith-Wright biplane. He enrolled in a flying school where he was personally taught by Sir Thomas Sopwith, and obtained his licence a few months later. He went on to become a test pilot, a renowned aviator who won many competitions, and a designer who improved aircraft safety and performance. He was killed while flying a French Goshawk on a trial run near Hendon, England, on 12 July 1921. Colour photograph unmountedOn the plaque: Harry Hawker 1889-1921 Aviator & Aircraft Designer lived here 1900-1911. Plaque unveiled for City of St Kilda by Weston Bate 12 February 1989st kilda, plaques, harry hawker, hg hawker, gourlay street -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ANNALS OF BENDIGO 1921 - 1935 VOLUME 5, 1921-1935
Annals of Bendigo, the fifth section. Years 1921 to 1935 (1938) Edited by G. V. Lansell and W. J. Stephens. Printed by Cambridge Press Print, Bendigo. Bound in grey paper. Includes b/w photographs Markings: Bendigo Historical Society Inc. Front and back - Circular Stamp and rectangular stamp on front cover. Silver duct tape on spine.Edited by G.V. Lansell & W.J. Stephensbendigo, history, annals of bendigo, annals of bendigo, bendigo, history, culture, industry -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Original 1921, reproduction 1970's?
Copy photograph of an illustration, sepia toned of Bourke St looking east from about Queen St. Illustration in title gives date as 1921/ Has the Post Office, Myers, Leviathans, Music Gramophones shops in the view, along with cable trams, motor cars, horse drawn vehicles and motor bikes. See Reg Items 588 and 5274 for other copies.trams, tramways, bourke st, cable trams -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photographs, 1921
This is a photograph of a basketball (netball) team taken in 1921. It is probably a school team. Included in the photograph are: Mollie Hamill; Judy Morgan; Pen Richardson; Hilda Bird; Joy Roach; Alice Hamill; Marion Nixon and Phyllis Salmon.This is a pictorial record reflecting the importance of sport in Orbost society.Two copies of a small black / white photograph showing two rows of young girls in sports uniforms. The three girls in front are kneeling. The row behind is standing. The photograph has been taken outside.on back and front - list of hand-written namessport-orbost-basketball-netball recreation -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Copy, Mernda State School, 1921
Mernda State School 488 - 1921. Identified (L-R in the middle row) Sheila Whitten, Winnie Knox, Daisy Turley, Alma Kiernan, Teacher R. Kiernan, Mary Quin, Maggie Bradford, Lyla Johnson.A4 black and white copy of a school photo.mernda state school, mernda school no 488, mernda ss, school, school teacher, lyla johnson, johnson family, sheila whitten, whitten family, winnie knox, knox family, daisy turley, turley family, alma kiernan, kiernan family, richard william kiernan, mary quin, quin family -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Horses carting logs to Benbow's Mill, c. 1985
Black and white postcard, hand drawn by Vanda Savill. Image of Bill Aldridge's team of 8 horses carting logs to Benbow's Mill, 1921. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: LONG LONELY ROAD
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. Long lonely road: the palms on Retreat Road, Bendigo circa 1921. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - INVOICE COLLECTION: WM. I. JONES
Invoice 00977 dated 25/05/1921. WM. I. Jones, 141 Pall Mall, Bendigo - Perfumes, toilet, photographic goods stored.bendigo, business, jones -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document- Certificate, Adolf Lichtenstern
Adolf Lichtenstern completed an Electrical Engineering degree in Austria. He was a German citizen, and along with his wife (Eugenia) and child (Kenneth) was resident in Singapore upon the beginning of WWII. The family was transported to and interned in Camp 3, Tatura.Large copy of diploma in German. Certificate awarded to Adolf Lichtenstern, 12th Sept 1921, on completion of his Electrical Engineers Course, Vienna, Austria.tatura, internment camps, singapore, documents, certificates, education -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd
Colour slide in a mount. Illuminated ceiling of the Capitol Theatre (1921-24), Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. (Architect: Walter Burley Griffin.)000.463.96 / Encircled 16 (Handwritten) / ---- (Handwritten)melbourne, slide -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Leslie J. & William Chalmers & Phyllis V. & Martha Chalmers
Black and white print of Leslie J Chalmers (1887 - 1921), William Chalmers, Phyllis Veronica Chalmeres. & Martha Gordon Chalmers. (Photograph undated)chalmers, leslie, william, phyllis, martha -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
a. Waaia / Murray River Photos b. Ed Dept Tomato Growing Certificate c. Brownie Camera
a. Waaia / Murray River Photos b. Ed Dept Tomato Growing Certificate - 1921 c. Brownie Camera - Six 20 Model Cphotos, waaia, murray river, certificate, tomato-growing, education department, box camera, brownie -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Woolrich Service Car, Between 1917 & 1921
Postcard print showing a Woolrich Service Car with a board attached reading Sassafras & Olinda. George Woolrich started a passenger car service in 1917 with his son Jim. George Woolrich is the driver and his wife Kate Woolrich nee Hand (daughter of early settler Thomas Hand of Kalorama) is seated in the back. The photo would have been taken between 1917 and 1921.service car, woolrich, george woolrich, kate woolrich, kate hand, car, olinda, sassafras -
Bendigo Military Museum
Plaque - PLAQUE, AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND, C.1921
This plaque was originally placed in the Foyer (or vestibule on the original plans) of the Soldiers Memorial Institute Bendigo in 1921. After the renovations to the SMI 2016 - 18 it was placed in what was originally called "The Writing Room" now named "The Building and RSL History Room"Plaque brass with engraved writing in black attached by 4 screws to a backing piece on a wall."This Lounge was furnished by the Municipal Branch of the Australian Comforts Fund"brsl, smirsl, comforts -
Bendigo Military Museum
Domestic object - CLOCK, WALL PENDULUM, Gilbert Clock Co, C. 1918 - 1921
This clock was placed in what was called the "Writing Room" of the Soldiers Memorial Institute when it was opened in 1921. After the renovations to the SMI in 2016 - 18 the clock was placed back in the same position in what is now called "The Building and RSL History Room".Pendulum Wall Clock, timber frame with glass front insets in door, clock face has Roman Numerals, chimes on the hour and half hour, wind up key inside. A small silver plaque is on the front bottom space.On clock face under hands, "J.T. Knowlton & Co watch makers Bendigo". Around edge of clock face, "W.M.L Gilbert Clock Co Winsted Conn U.S.A" On small Plaque, "Presented by Pioneer Comforts Fund 15.11.1921"brsl, smirsl, domestic -
Bendigo Military Museum
Domestic object - COAT AND HAT RACK, Pioneer Comforts Fund, c. 1921
This item was placed in what was originally the "Writing Room" of the Soldiers Memorial Institute Bendigo when it was opened in 1921. After the renovations to SMI 2016 - 18 it was placed back in the same position. This room is now called the "Building and RSL History Museum.Coat and hat rack timber construction rectangular shape, has six hangars at top and six at the bottom. Each hangar holds two items, top hangars are different style to the bottom. A small silver oval plaque is central at the bottom.On the plaque, "Presented by the Pioneer Comforts Fund"brsl, smirsl, comforts -
St Kilda Historical Society
Ephemera - Entree card, Presentation of War Service Certificates, 1921
Invitation to presentation of War Service Certificate by the Governor-General on 15 May 1921 in memory of Private S. D. Young. The certificates were given to, and in memory of, people who were living in St Kilda at the time they signed up to serve.Brown card printed on one side in blackTypewritten endorsement that the card is addressed to 'Private S.D. Young' and that his position is in Reserve 'B'city of st kilda, wwi recognition of service, st kilda mayoral function, private s. d. young -
Orbost & District Historical Society
coal shovel, late 19th century - 1940's
This was A Slab Hut (Orbost Information Centre) display item. It may have been used as a coal scuttle or a maize shovel.A well-used cast iron shovel with a tubular fitting for a handle. BRAD?cast-iron shovel -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
photograph - Photograph, Black and white, Melbourne Harbour Trust, c.1963
Perry Mitchinson (left) started working at the Mission in 1961, replacing Reverend C.J. Eldridge-Doyle.large b & w photograph of people playing in the billiard room shit with a wide angle lens.stamp: Melbourne Harbor / Trust Photograph/ Negative No ..... [unnumbered]billiard room, pool table, flinders street, mission to seamen, melbourne harbour trust, chaplains, reverend perry mitchinson, scoreboard, snooker -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Marilyn Smith, Fallen Soldier's Memorial inscription, 1914-1919
This close up view of the inscription on the Greensborough Fallen Soldier's Memorial shows the names of the local men who were killed in World War I. The memorial now stands in Greensborough War Memorial Park.Digital copy of colour photo.fallen soldiers memorial greensborough, world war 1 -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, "Quambee" - about 1912
Written on back of photograph, "Quambee" -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Captain Ian and Mrs Hilary Baird with Aileen White and Theo Jarrett, n.d
Port of Portland Authority archivesFront: (no inscriptions) Back: Capt Ian + Mrs Hilary Baird/ Aileen White/ Theo Jarrett (blue pen, centre left)port of portland archives, captain ian baird, mrs hilary baird, aileen white, theo jarrett -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Greatcoat
Army Great Coat no buttonsuniform, 1972, army -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Manual, Inverter type, 103, 103A, 103B, S3101 Series (Rotax)
royal australian airforce - manuals -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Port Melbourne Council, Electricity income, c. 1914
Electricity income book 1914-19local government - town of port melbourne -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Medal - Medallion, 1888
Queen Victoria Jubilee Medalstawell