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Ballarat Clarendon CollegeBook, Keegan Paul, Trench, & Co, The study of sociology, 1888
This book was awarded to Ewen Wanliss in 1892 for first prize for Mathematics & Classics in the Upper Sixth form. Ewen enrolled at Ballarat College in 1888 at the age of 15 along with his brothers David, Cecil, Newton, Sydney and Neville. Ewen's father was Hon. T. D. Wanliss and his previous school was Toorak College IV class. The Wanliss family grew up in Wanliss House Sturt St, which was bought by the school in 1910. The house remained on the property until 1996. "Ewen Wanliss was born on 24th September 1873 and died in 1966. He was educated at Ballarat College, enrolled in1888, and was Captain of the College 1st XI and 1st XVIII in 1892. He served as 327 Pte E Wanliss, 4th (Imperial) Contingent, and as a Lieutenant (20th August 1900) with the 4th Imperial Bushmen in the South African War." (In the footsteps of Pompey p. 14).Presbyterian educators placed great value on a classical education matched with diligence in study. Book prizes were highly regarded and academic success admired. In the school’s early years prizes were ordered direct from London and had the school crest embossed in gold on the front or back cover. Many of the prizes given in early years were returned to the school to equip the Weatherly Library when it opened in 1936.Bound in dark green calf with College emblem embossed on front cover and six raised bands on spine. The second band gilt inscribed and the remaining bands with gilt decoration. Marble end papers and edges. Foxing on pages, front cover detached, 446 p.Book plate inside front cover: Ballarat College emblem/ Mathematics & Classics/ Upper Sixth Form./ First Prize./ Awarded to/ E. Wanliss/ Christmas, 1892. ewen-wanliss, 1892, book-prize, ballarat-college, david, cecil, newton, sydney, neville, hon-t-d-wanliss, toorak-college, wanliss-house-sturt-st, south-african-war. -
South West HealthcareKruse's Fluid Magnesia, D.H.A (Laboratories) Pty Ltd, Medicines, 20th Century
http://www.fgb.com.au/natural-products?id=36:extralife-kruses-fluid-magnesia&catid=6Tinted glass bottle with 8 fl ounce capacity."KRUSE'S FLUID MAGNESIA" "KRUSES PRIZE MEDAL MAGNESIA"fluid magnesia, medicine -
National Wool MuseumSash
Trophy sash, Geelong Legacy Fleece Show 1960, presented to Mr R W Pettitt.GEELONG LEGACY FLEECE SHOW/- 1960- /TROPHY PRIZEcorriedale sheep sheep breeding agricultural shows, australian corriedale association, pettitt, mr r. w., corriedale sheep, sheep breeding, agricultural shows -
National Wool Museum
Ribbon
Awarded at Agricultural show.Geelong Legacy Fleece Show 1958 TROPHY PRIZEagricultural shows -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Book - the Vicar of Wakefield, OLIVER GOLDSMITH, 1907
Novel, 'The Vicar of Wakefield' by Oliver Goldsmith. Hard cover, red with light and dark green decoration , gold lettering on spine -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Colour Photograph, Patricia Routledge
Patricia Routledge gives a speech at Lydiard Street Uniting Church. patricia routledge, lydiard street uniting church -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, Jean-Marc Hero et al, Frogwatch field guide to Victorian frogs, 1991
Detailed book on frogs in Victoria giving very clear descriptions.Maps, colour illustrations, colour photographsfrogs, habitats, toads, tree frogs, tadpoles -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, P D Gardner, Names on the Princes Highway between Melbourne and Sydney : their origins, meanings and history, 2000
Place name list in a specific area. Giving descriptions and meanings.Maps, b&w illustrationsdandenong, genoa, south coast nsw, yarra river, moruya, kiama, captain cook, east gippsland, rosedale -
Stawell Historical Society IncMemorabilia - Realia
Wooden Handled Wire Egg Whisk. Advertising give away.stawell -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Plastic Container, Ringwood Garden Club Inc - Tub of Artefacts and Documents to be catalogued
RINGWOOD GARDEN CLUB INC. The following is a list of items that are stored at the RDHS Archive site, from the Ringwood Garden Club. This box of items does not include all the archival items from the Club, the Minutes will be kept at the home of the Archive Officer. Medal: From the Royal Horticultural Society of Victoria. Won at Box Hill show, in 1978. Badge: An early Ringwood Horticultural & Agricultural Society badge. Old Photograph: “Judging the Fruit Exhibits”, circa 1908. Certificate: 3rd. Prize at the 2009 Hanging Basket Competition, from the R.H.S.V. Shield: From the National Dahlia Society of Victoria, Annual Inter Society Championship In 1975. Won by the then: Ringwood & District Horticultural Garden Club. Tray: The Bill McDowell Perpetual Trophy for Amateur Cut Flowers: winners from 1973 to 1987. Old Photograph: From the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, awarded at the Royal Melbourne Show in 1947, First Prize, Ringwood. Certificate: From the Melbourne City Council: Festival of Progress, held in 1951, to Commemorate the Centenary of Victorian Government. Certificate of Merit: from past winners at shows. (5) Certificates: 2 unused Certificates of Merit, 1 unused Champion certificate. Garden Competition Certificates: from 1959 to 1981. Poster: Early Autumn Show poster displayed in shop Windows. Hortico Prize Certificates: 2 unused, $10.00 & $5.00 value. Tape Recording: Recorded history of the Ringwood Garden Club, talk given by the late Hugh McCall on 23/9/1996, Club’s centenary. Prize Cards: 41 First Prize” cards from Mrs. D. Holloway & 27 “Second Prize” cards, from 1956 to 1960. Prize Cards: 2 First Prize & 1 Second Prize card from Mrs. Holloway at the 1st. Heathmont Boy Scouts in 1958. Prize Cards: 4 Prize Cards from the Upwey & District Garden Club. 3 lsts., 12nd. Prize Card: from the Boronia & District H & A. Society: 1st. Prize, (no other information) Prize Card: from the R.H.S.V.: Second Prize for 1 Vase of Daffodils, Mr W Rosel. Prize Card: from the Dandenong Ranges Floral Festival, Easter Show, First Prize, Mrs Holloway in April, 1957 plus a Second Prize, same year. Prize Card: from the Mitcham Horticultural Society, Autumn Show, Mrs Holloway, 1 Bowl of Floating Flowers in 1958. Laminated Certificates: from the Great Victorian Hanging Basket Competition by the R.H.S.V. (no years mentioned) Club Syllabus: from 1980 to 2015. Photographs: from winners at our shows and judges at those shows. Ribbons: Ringwood Horticultural Society, 1962, Champion, Exhibit in Vegetables. Upwey & District Garden Club, 1977, Jubilee Carnival of Flowers. Ringwood garden Club, Vic. Large Dahlia Championships, 1983,6 Dahlias, D.V.’s. National Dahlia Soc. of Vic., Autumn Show, 1975, Inter-Societies Championship. Upwey & District Garden Club, 1980 Carnival of Flowers, Mountain Dist. Cham’s. “ “ “ “ , Spring Show, 1973. “ “ “ “ , Carnival of Flowers, 1984, Inter Society Exhibit. “ “ “ “ , “ “ “ , 1982. Best Exhibit. Healesville Garden Club: Autumn Show, Best Exhibit, Cut Flower Section. Ringwood Garden Club, Autumn Show, 1964, Best Exhibit in Vegetables. Upwey & District Garden Club, 1974 Carnival of Flowers. Ringwood Garden Club, Spring 1986, Best Exhibit in Junior Cookery. Ringwood & District Hort. & Graden Club, Autumn Show, 1974, Best Floral Art. Ringwood garden Club, Autumn 1989, Ringwood Amateur Dahlia Championship, Ringwood Horticultural Society, Autumn Show, 1963, Best Exhibit in Vegetables. Ringwood H & A Society: Autumn Show, 1957, Best Exhibit Floral Art. Ringwood & District Horticultural & Garden Club, Spring Show, 1973, Best Floral Art Exhibit. Upwey & District Garden Club, Carnival of Flowers, 1985. Mountain District Championships, Inter-Society Exhibit. Yarra Glen A. & H. Society Inc. Annual Show: small blue sash-style ribbon. Small Ribbons: from Victoria 150, a second (red) & 3rd. (green) Felt Badges: 1 green for Secretary: 1 blue for Judge. Rosette: 3rd. Prize at the Hanging Basket Competition in 2009. Blue Folder: contains photographs, prize cards, certificates, awards, etc. Albums: 4 photo, albums of garden shows, floral art, Spring Celebration photos and Newspaper articles. * All items placed in the container were placed there on 2nd. September, 2019. -
Federation University Historical CollectionDocument - Two printed programmes, Ballarat Junior Technical School Speech Night Programme - 1943 and 1944, 1 in 1943; .2 in 1944
A distinctive event for the Junior Technical School in 1942 was the retirement of the founding Headmaster, Mr A.W. Steane. His replacement was Mr C.F. Jeffery from Wangaratta High School. He revived the Annual Speech Night with a gathering in the Masonic Hall on 8 December 1942. These events may have been stopped during the Depression years when the number of students attending school dropped. The Students' Association introduced the House system in 1919 - blue, yellow and green - the School colours. .1 item lists three Houses - blue, yellow and green Twenty-five years later, in 1944, a fourth House was created due to the increased school enrolment in the Post Depression years. .2 item lists four Houses - blue, yellow, green and red.1 Blue printed sheet folded. Outlines the programme for the night, Staff names, prize winners for form levels, sports awards and entertainment by the students at the Speech Night - 1943. .2 Pink printed sheet folded. Outlines the programme for the night, Staff names, prize winners for each form, sports awards and entertainment by the students at the Speech Night - 1944.ballarat junior technical school, headmaster, a a w steane, c f jeffery, speech night, masonic hall, depression, wangaratta high school, house system -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - THE VOICES OF THE PLAINS
Brown soft covered book with Maroon print consisting of 53 pages. Selected Poems by J. M. Old including the Prize Poem 'The Bleak Brick Wall' awarded First Prize, Bendigo Competitions in May, 1945. Inside the cover at the acknowledgements is a hand written note in blue ink 'To Mrs L Chancellor with Author's Compliments, John M. OldJ.M. Old, Cambridge Press Print, Hargreaves St., Bendigo.poetry, j.m. old -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Photographs (proof sheets), Sister Norma Barnett as Honorary Mayor of Port Phillip, 1999
Taken of Sister Norma BARNETT during her five days as honorary Mayor of Port Phillip in March 1999. The robe was made by her friends and was worn for a variety of mayoral duties (prize giving, etc). Accessorised with chain (which is not available). Donated by her family following the 'Women of Port Melbourne' exhibtion after Norma's deathFour proof sheets of official photographs of occasions on which a floor length purple velvet robe, edged with fake ermine trim and black braiding was worn by Sister Norma BARNETT during her five days as Honorary Mayor of Port Phillip in March 1999dick gross, anne dunn, julie statkus, janne ray, sister norma jean barnett, local government - city of port phillip, south port community nursing home, health - nursing homes -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumDocument - Specification, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Window Glass Specifications", c1973
Photocopy of a MMTB / MTA sheet giving the various glass sizes and specifications for W class trams only. Gives description, store schedule, metric and imperial size and tram type fitted to.trams, tramways, tramcars, specification -
Eltham District Historical Society IncBook - Photo album, The Reynolds/Prior photography collection
The Reynolds/ Prior collection of photographs were snapped by Tom Prior, the Uncle of Ivy Reynolds (her mother's brother) around 1900 and the 60 photos in the album give a fine overview of many of the landmarks of Research and Eltham over 100 years ago. lvy is a much loved pioneer who lived in the family home for many years at 106 Thompson Cres Research. Many today living in our township will know Ivy and remember her sister Margaret. Ivy's father, Ernst Richard Reynolds and grandfather, Richard Reynolds, lived at the same address. Ivy's father Richard worked for Mr. Trail on his property in Research. Reynolds Road is named after the family. Mr Tom Prior (wife Eva) worked at the Melbourne zoo. He was very innovative and made his own camera, using the black cloth hood to exclude the light. The photographs are a reminder of the rural nature of Research and Eltham and its rich heritage. Ivy Reynolds would like to share this history, stories and anecdotes with you. If they are not recorded and presented they are lost. In Andrew Lemon's Book Return to Research, A Centenary History of Research Primary School, there is a chapter-- reminiscing ..... the Reynold's family in Research 1870 to 1989 by Jenny Anderson With this in mind, Ivy would like to present the Reynolds/Prior collection in album form to the Historical Society of Eltham, and also to the Andrew Ross Museum, Kangaroo Ground. Ross McDonald 605 Mt Pleasant Rd Research, Vic 3095 (March, 2006 )The Reynolds family were early settlers in Research. The Reynolds/ Prior collection of photographs were taken by Tom Prior, the maternal uncle of Ivy Reynolds, around 1900 and the 60 photos in the album give a fine overview of many of the landmarks of Research and Eltham over 100 years ago. lvy lived in the family home for many years at 106 Thompson Cres Research. Ivy's father, Ernst Richard Reynolds and grandfather, Richard Reynolds, lived at the same address. Ivy's father Richard worked for Mr. Trail on his property in Research. Reynolds Road is named after the family. Mr Tom Prior (wife Eva) worked at the Melbourne zoo. He was very innovative and made his own camera, using the black cloth hood to exclude the light. The photographs are a reminder of the rural nature of Research and Eltham and its rich heritage. Album of photograps (rteproductions) and A4 photocopy (7 pages) contained in album, the Reynolds/Prior Photograph Collection giving background to collection and notes on photosThe Reynolds/Prior Photograph Collection, Presented to the Eltham District Historical Society, 14 June 2006 by Ross McDonald. A second copy was also presented to the Andrew Ross Museum, Kangaroo Groundreynolds prior collection -
Ringwood and District Historical SocietyBook, Heathmont History Group, Wieland Reserve, Heathmont - History and Photography 2017, 2017
Soft cover metal & plastic bound book featuring photographs entered in the Wieland Reserve Photographic Competition and Display 2017, including the prize winners.Reserves in Heathmont series: no.4. Text by the Heathmont History Group, Ringwood & District Historical Society - (pictured) L to R: Trevor Weir, Betty Colbert, Rita James, Jeff Leipold, Gerry Robinson (convenor), Les Prato (abs.). -
Kiewa Valley Historical SocietyPhoto - Henry Fisher and Horse, 1915, Circa 1915
Horse owned by the Fisher family who were dairy farmers in the Mongans Bridge area in the early 1900'sThe Fisher family were very keen horse people and received awards for their horsemanship and their horsesSepia photograph of Mr Henry Fisher with his prize winning horse (presumed to be Sir William Wallace) Photo is mounted on heavy cardboard frameHand written on back of photograph - MR HENRY FISHER Daddy and horse. Taken at home about 1915fisher family, kiewa valley farmers, mongan's bridge -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Letters, Heatherdale Pre-School: Annual Fair 1953. Documents, 1953
Annual FairDocuments from Heatherdale Pre-School Annual Fair 1953. Material includes letters to business asking for donations and their replies. List of prize money.File and Letters -
Ringwood and District Historical SocietyDocument, G. E. Hains, Winnington Grammar School, Ringwood, Annual Report 1949
4 page buff paper Annual Report. Includes Growth of the School, Activities, Parents' Association Activities, Staff, Studies, Donations and Prize ListR.S. Stiebel, Principal -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Information on the Port Melbourne Rifle Range, Jean BRYANT, c.2010
Information on the Port Melbourne Rifle Range include an essay entered for the Tom Hills Memorial History Prize and a page from "'The Standard" newspaper of 1909. 'port melbourne rifle range, sport - shooting -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - GUINEY COLLECTION: CERTIFICATE, 1936
Document. First Prize Certificate Annual Spring Show 1936 awarded to Miss K. Guiney for Piece of Fancy work, not specified. County of Bendigo.document, certificate, first prize for spring show -
Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer MuseumShow schedule, Yarrawonga Centenary Spring Show, Saturday October 1st, 1983, 1983
The first show was held inSept 1883 at Alexander Park on the Murray River. Two years later it was moved to the Showgrounds south of the town. Two shows have been missed, one due to WW2 and the other due to drought and a poor season. The Centenary Show was held over two days with a street parade on the Sunday.A5 size booklet Yellow card cover. Newspaper quality pages. Lists committee members,Life members, Stewards,prizes, classes and events -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental CollectionCertificate - 20th LH certificate
20th Light Horse competed at the RAS in the period prior to WW11. The 20th Light Horse (Victorian Mounted Rifles) was raised in 1920 as part of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Citizen Military Forces, with Headquarters at Seymour and depots along the Goulburn Valley from Mansfield to Tocumwal in southern NSW. In December 1941, 20th Light Horse (Victorian Mounted Rifles) converted from horse to mechanised, initially as 20th Motor Regiment. In 1943 the Regiment was deployed to Merauke, Dutch New Guinea. Upon its return in April 1945, the Regiment was redesignated 20th Pioneer Battalion. It was disbanded following the end of the war. 20th Light Horse was the only light horse regiment to serve overseas in WWII.Rare examples of prizes awarded to Light Horse at Royal Agricultural Show.Colour certificate from the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria awarding Third Prize to 20th Light Horse Regiment entry in Rescue Race, 1938light horse, prize, royal show, melbourne, 20th -
Buninyong & District Historical SocietyPhotograph - Original Photograph, Clarendon State School, ANA Garden Competition 1904, 1988
historic building and occasionB/W Photograph, Clarendon State School, teachers and children awarded first prize in Ballarat Inspectorate in first ANA Garden Competition 1904buninyong, clarendon state school, ana garden competition -
Tennis AustraliaGlass container, Prize box, 1911
Glass prize box with silver lid, inscribed: 'PREIS DER KURDIREKTION/TENNIS TURNIER/BAD PYRMONT 1911'. Materials: Silver/Metal, Glasstennis -
Tennis AustraliaPrize box, 1950
Silver prize box, lined with wood. Inscr: 'INTERNATIONALES TENNIS-TURNIER/ KOLN 1950/HERREN DOPPEL/II PREIS'. Materials: Silver/Metaltennis -
Tennis AustraliaPrize cup, 1950
Silver prize cup. Inscr: 'INTERNATIONALE TENNIS MEISTERSCHAFTEN/VON DEUTSCHLAND/NEBENPREIS ZUM WANDERPREIS/HERREN EINZEL/1950' Materials: Silver/Metaltennis -
Tennis AustraliaPrize dish, 1952
Silver prize dish. Inscr: '2.PREIS/HAMBURGER TENNIS-GILDE/1901/1952'. Base stamped with marks and '830'. Materials: Silver/Metaltennis -
Tennis AustraliaPamphlet, 1972
A pamphlet written by Jack Kramer, describing the prize money allocation to players in the 1972 Commercial Union Grand Prix (of tennis). Materials: Paper, Inktennis -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus ArchivesPhotograph - Sepia print, A.E. Bennett, Young Apple Tree, 1894-1990
Sepia photograph. Copy of sepia photograph in, "Prize Essays," Alfred E. Bennett, c.1894, p 102. A young apple tree in the Orchard.prize essays, alfred e. bennett, apple tree, orchard
