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Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Bowl Covered, circa mid to late 1900's
This covered glass bowl with lid was made in a period when there was a strict discipline in the use a various dishes and accompaniments with respect to the type of crockery used. This was in the English style, especially in well to do rural family estates. This period was part of the early 1900's, when large rural acreage was family owned and the economical return to rural produce was very high. It was a time when the Australian economy "rode on the back of sheep"This item has relative significance to the Kiewa Valley as part of the rural and mining(gold) era when the strong return from local gold mining and grazing was demonstrated by the "landed gentry" and significant household cutlery, crockery, etiquette and old English mores, influenced by "Mother Britain"This green opalescent covered bowl is similar to the French PV cabbage form. When the lid is on the bowl appears as a small cabage with three sets of half peeled leaves. There are five outer leaves, next row are five inner leaves and finally three core leaves. The main bowl has a lip encircling the inside of the bowl for the lid to rest upon with closed. The glass has been pressed to show the leaves with their web like stalks. The inside area of the bowl and lid are smooth. This is to allow the mashed up contents to be easily scraped into a serving ladle.Barely visible "VALLERYSTHAL"glass bowls, kitchen crockery, serving etiquette, meal presentation -
Clunes Museum
Essay
AN ESSAY ON THE CFA IN CLUNES & RURAL VICTORIA BY DAVID STRETTON.AN ESSAY BY WESLEY COLLEGE STUDENT DAVID STRETTON. "WHAT DIFFERENCE THE CFA HAS MADE TO CLUNES"local history, document, project essay, wesley college -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph - Card Box Photographs, Tents circa 1910
Group of 9 tents & people in an unidentified rural setting.people, camping, tents -
Ambulance Victoria Museum
Helmet, Flying
Rural Ambulance Victoria asset bar code on backWhite flying helmet with Ambulance Service Victoria logo on front. Red and white chequer pattern at back. Sun drop down visor missingAMBULANCE SERVICE VICTORIA -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, “Yarram Park” Homestead West of Willaura with the Grampians in the background
“Yarram Park” Grampians Rural Scene West of Willaura willaura simmons -
City of Kingston
Photograph - Black and white, c. 1957
This image shows the urbanisation of a formerly rural area of Moorabbin.Black and white photograph looking west along South Road. There is a truck in the foreground, travelling along the sealed South Road. A car is waiting to exit from Rowan Road. People are walking along the left hand side of the road, and a young person a bike is riding along the right side. They are all going in the same direction as the traffic. The left hand side of the image shows paddocks in the foreground, which houses further back. The right hand side of the image shows suburban houses with electricity poles running the length of the road. Handwritten in blue ink on reverse: 57-523A Handwritten in red ink on reverse: 85% Handwritten in black ink or grey lead: Ch. 6moorabbin, cars, roads, housing -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, McCarron, Bird & Co, Addresses to H.R.H Duke of Cornwall and York, 1901
This book was published by the Municipal Association of Victoria to commemorate the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The addresses were made on the occasion of the Duke & Duchess of Cornwall & York's visit to Melbourne in May 1901. They were in the city for the opening of Federal Parliament which took place at the Exhibition Building in Carlton Gardens on 9 May 1901. .This item is associated with the history of the Federation of Australia and is a useful research tool.Hard-covered book, red cloth, with gold impressed lettering, containing 118 pages of illustrated copies of addresses to HRH Duke of Cornwall & York and His Excellency, Earl Hopetoun, the Governor General from the Shires of Victoria (includes Orbost). The addresses are surrounded by elaborate borders containing native flowers, particularly wattle. There are alsos cenes of rural Victoria. Incised on front cover - Addresses to H.R.H. Duke of Cornwall & York and his Excellency the Gov. General, the Earl of Hopetoun from the Municipalities of Victoria.federation duke-of-cornwall speeches-addresses -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Furniture - Screen, Thomas Hope, 1905-1913
The fire screen was part of the original furnishings of the Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters in Merri Street, Warrnambool. It was made by Lighthouse Keeper, Thomas Hope. Thomas served two terms as an assistant lighthouse keeper in Warrnambool. His first term was from 1905 to 1907. He later returned from 1910 to 1913, when he was appointed as Keeper five months after the untimely death of his predecessor Peter Quinn. Woodworking was one of Thomas Hope’s hobbies, and the three-panel fire screen he made as a lighthouse keeper is now in the Flagstaff collection and is displayed in the Lighthouse Keeper’s Cottage. Thomas Hope 1857 - 1928 Thomas James Hope was born in Camden, Surrey, England in 1857. His father, also called Thomas, was reputed to be a member of the Royal Family, and Thomas Hope Junior his illegitimate son. Thomas was subsequently brought up on the estate of the Earl of Hopetoun in Somerset and it was thought that Thomas was the Earl’s grandson. Against the wishes of those in charge of Thomas, he joined the navy at an early age, seeing much of the world until he settled in New Zealand at the age of twenty-four. After some years in New Zealand, he came to Australia to live. One of the jobs Thomas Hope had prior to becoming an assistant lighthouse keeper in 1896 was as a cook in the Lunatic Asylum at Sunbury, Victoria. He served as an assistant keeper at Shortlands Bluff, Gabo Island, Split Point and Warrnambool, retiring in 1918. He bought a house in Nicholson St, Warrnambool and died in March 1928. He is buried in the Warrnambool cemetery. Thomas Hope is recorded in family history as being of short stature and, not surprisingly given his alleged aristocratic connections, possessed a beautiful speaking voice. He and his wife Elizabeth nee Waters, whom he married in New Zealand, had six children (Thomas, killed in World War One), Ellen (Nell), Nora (who was married at the Warrnambool lighthouse keepers cottage), William (who died in Warrnambool), Marion and Alan. Joseph Hoover (Dec 29, 1830, to Aug 7, 1913) Joseph Hoover, the printer of the pictures on the screen, was born in Baltimore, of Swiss-German heritage. He was trained as an architectural woodturner. In 1856 Hoover moved to Philadelphia and began producing elaborate wooden frames in his wood-turning and framing business. By 1865 Hoover had started to produce popular prints for publishers and artists, which included noted Philadelphia artist James F. Queen. In the 1880s Hoover set up a complete plant specialising in chromatography, the process of producing colour prints from lithographic plates. The coloured prints he produced were affordable to business and private customers. In 1893 his son Henry L., a trained lithographer, joined the company as overseer and it was called J. Hoover & Son. It became one of the largest in America by the turn of the century. Hoover won a medal for Excellence for his Chromolithographs of James Queen’s works. In 1904 Joseph’s other son, Joseph W, joined the business as a partner and the company was called Jos. Hoover & Sons. Hoover died of a heart attack in 1913. He was survived by his wife and six children: two sons who were also his business partners, and four daughters. The firm continued in production until around 1985. Hoover’s prints included scenes, still life and landscapes of America and other locations. They were sold in America and overseas to countries including Canada, Germany, Mexico and England. The three-panelled screen in the Lighthouse Keeper’s Cottage was made by the Assistant Lighthouse Keeper, Thomas Hope during one of his two terms at the Lighthouse Keepers' Quarters. It is the only object in the collection known to be connected to Hope. The Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage is part of the Lady Bay Lighthouse Complex, which is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register for being of historical, scientific (technological) and architectural significance to the State of Victoria.Fire screen comprising three black wood framed panels hinged together. Each panel contains a glass-encased print depicting a rural landscape. Ornate stencil cut wood edging and quilt-inspired parquetry sits above each panel. The central panel is taller than those either side. Screen is lined in black-painted cardboard.Printed at the base of each of the three prints “COPYRIGHT 1896 BY J. HOOVER & SON, PHILAD’’A.”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, firescreen, thomas hope junior, ellen (nell) hope, nora hope, william hope, marion hope, alan hope, jos. hoover & sons of philadelphia, lighthouse keeper, assistant lighthouse keeper, carved screen, merri street, lighthouse keeper's cottage, lighthouse residence, lighthouse, wood carving, lighthouse complex, lady bay lighthouse, fire screen -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETING CARDS
Whitish card with pale green shaded edges. Near the top is a brown window with green curtains and looking out to a rural scene. In front of the window is a table with a green cloth on it, a green vase of pink blossom and an open book with 'Best Wishes' printed on it in black. At the bottom, printed in brown and gold is a verse by Whittier. Card & insert held together with a greyish ribbon.Raphael Tuck & Sonsperson, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: TWO BUILDINGS
Two photographs (155 and 172). 155, Brick Church in a rural setting, sign at the front reads: Bible Christian Chapel AD, 1869. 172, Double storey stone building in a bush setting. The front section has a gable roof, there is a single storey extension at the rear with a skillion roof. There is a small wooden structure at the left hand side of the buildingbuildings, church, bible christion chapel, bible christian chapel, stone building -
Northern District School of Nursing. Managed by Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Personal memoir Leigh Kinsman
The Northern District School of Nursing opened in 1950 in to address the issues around nurse recruitment, training and education that had previously been hospital based. The residential school was to provide theoretical and in-house education and practical training over three years. The students would also receive practical hands-on training in the wards of associated hospitals. The Northern District School of Nursing operated from Lister House, Rowan Street, Bendigo. It was the first independent school of nursing in Victoria and continued until it closed in 1989. The book "The First of its Kind" was published in 2015. Printed in Bendigo by "Bendigo Modern Press". Memories compiled by Peter Rosewall; who attended the last NDSN school PTS 108 between 1986 - 89.Two printed pages from Leigh Kinsman who was a male nurse in a mostly female occupation. This is his response to a questionnaire about why he chose nursing as an occupation. The first page is an introduction and a list of questions to be answered. The second page has his answers to the questions. He was in School 96 in 1980. He ended up working in rural health.Two pages which were addressed to Jenny Clutterbuck.nursing, student nurses, ndsn, male nurses in training -
Greensborough Historical Society
Slide - Photograph, John Ramsdale, Looking towards Bulleen brickworks: Slide 99, 1990
Photograph shows a rural scene, looking towards Bulleen brickworksPart of the John Ramsdale collection of slides and audio visual material.Colour photograph scanned from slide.No maker's marks. No caption on slide.bulleen -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Greensborough township c1900, 1900s
This photograph shows a very rural Township of Greensborough around 1900.Digital copy of black and white photographmain street greensborough, greensborough -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Nance Reardon, Looking down Grimshaw Street 1950s, 1950s
Photograph of Grimshaw Street in the 1950s. A rural scene compared to today.Digital copy of black and white photograph.simons family, grimshaw street greensborough -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, View of Lower Greensborough from Grimshaw Street, 1920c
View of rural Greensborough, late 19th or early 20th century.Shows the rural nature of the Greensborough landscape at this time.Digital copy of black and white photograph.greensborough -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Photograph
Image appears to be of rural village and outlying buildings on Tarakan Island The 2/24th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army, which served during World War II .A unit of all-volunteers, it was formed in July 1940 from primarily Victorian volunteers and was known as "Wangaratta's Own" because of the time the battalion spent in the town during its formative period prior to deployment overseas. It served in North Africa in 1941–1942 as part of the 26th Brigade, which was assigned to the 7th Division, before being reassigned to the 9th Division. In early 1943, the battalion returned to Australia and later took part in campaigns against the Japanese in New Guinea in 1943–1944 and Borneo in 1945, before being disbanded in 1946. The 2/24th suffered the highest number of casualties of any 2nd AIF infantry battalion. The Unit was granted the Freedom of the City by the Rural City of Wangaratta in 1996 and one of the first, if not the first, to receive this type of honour. Reproduced black and white photograph of distant village in countrysideOn rear - Tarakan2/24th battalion, tarakan, ww2 -
Queen Victoria Women's Centre
Pamphlet, Steps to Securing Your Financial Future, c. 2009
Made for the Women and money month. Detailing metro and rural events. A4 cardboard page folded twice to create three column pamphlet. Purple and green colour theme. -
City of Kingston
Photograph - Black and white, 1957
This image shows the increasing urbanisation of the formerly rural area of Moorabbin.Black and white photograph of the intersection of South Road and Chesterville Road, Moorabbin. A service station is visible on the left hand side, a truck is travelling along the road and shops are under construction on the right hand side.Handwritten in blue ink on reverse: 57-523B Handwritten in red ink on reverse: 100%moorabbin, shopping strip, paddocks, roads, cars -
City of Kingston
Photograph - Black and white, 1950
This photograph depicts the increasing urbanisation of a once rural area at Moorabbin.This image is one of many in the collections that focuses on either roads or the railway. The development of roads and the railway was crucial to the ongoing development of the area. Black and white photograph of South Road, Moorabbin, with Station Street to the right and Jasper Road further down to the left. Along both sides of the road are retail spaces which become homes on the left hand side, after Jasper Road.Handwritten in red ink on reverse: 80% Handwritten in blue ink on reverse: 216moorabbin, roads, cars, shopping strip, housing -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Lakes Entrance Secondary School, 1999
Photograph taken on visit by Keep Australia Beautiful Rural Pride.Colour photograph of student David Kelly, Henrie Ellis - Principal LESC, David Klemm - KAB committee, in car park on visit to Lakes Entrance Secondary College, Lakes Entrance Victoriaschools, students, school teachers -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Tin Egg Preservative, from mid 1800's to mid 1900's
The egg preservation material offered in this tin was during a period in Australia's history (especially in the rural areas) when the "freshness" of produce was not able to be maintained by refrigeration means. Rural towns did rely on the "Ice Works" providing block ice for prolonging "produce shelf life" however semi remote and smaller communities did not have that facility. It was products such as this egg preserving ability that enabled these smaller rural communities to maintain a constant source of healthy "short life" organic produce.This tin which contained egg preservative powder is very significant to a rural region (Kiewa Valley) in the late 1800's to early 1900's. It details the type of food preservative methods that were available to rural areas which lacked proper refrigeration means at their disposal. Basic foodstuff which required "special" preservation means to extend their "shelf" life were sometimes regarded as luxuries by semi remote communities. Kiewa Valley and its regions were typical of these remote communities in the time frame of this egg preservation product. The ability to keep products that deteriorate due to "normal" outdoor temperature (bacterior prone produce) was a factor of rural living.This round "tubular" tin has a indented lid which fits snugly into the top opening. The lid has a rolled out lip which ensures a degree of "air" tightness. The tin is pressed and folded together and has no synthetic inner cover to protect the egg preservative powder from the raw tin surface. This "raw" method was the typical application for all tins containing dry food stuffs in this period(mid 1900's) of goods manufacture. The outer tin surface has a tightly pressed laminated paper label with product and manufacturer's information (promotional, preservation "tips" and usage details - will preserve sixteen dozen eggs). On the "front" side "EGG PRESERVATIVE" underneath "OVO" ,underneath "REGISTERED" and in a double lined enclosed square "AWARDED TWO GOLD MEDALS" underneath is a sketch of a mixing dish containing fourteen visible eggs. The bottom label has within an oval boundary (white print on a blue background) "FOR HOUSEHOLD USE" underneath "OVO" and underneath "PRESERVES EGGS PERFECTLY WITHOUT MESS OR TROUBLE" On the opposite side of the tin is printed "VICKERY'S FIRST & ONLY ORIGINAL EGG PRESERVATIVE - in red print. Underneath this is a "round stamp" with the figurehead(royalty) and these encircling words" TASMANIAN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION" with a scrolled "GOLD MEDAL HOBART 1895" with another medal like "medallion" showing another female face with a "warrior" headdress and these encircling words "HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE". Below this within a scrollis printed "GOLD MEDAL BALLARAT 1896" underneath this is printed "MANUFACTURED BY OVO PROPRIETARY LIMITED BALLARAT"egg preservation, rural food storage, kitchen preservation facilities -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Tuyere Pipe, circa mid to late 1900's
This tuyere (word from French origin) was used by professional blacksmiths and or cattlemen before and during the Kiewa Hydro Electricity Scheme was being constructed. The need to use a furnace or forge in the shaping of metal rods, horse shoes and pipes is both a rural necessity and a construction, on site requirement. The "inventiveness" of cattlemen and construction workers to produce metal objects not available "off the shelf" is one of the inherent traits not only of rural self sufficiency but in the "pioneer" days of rural isolation one of survival.This tuyere is of great significance to the Kiewa Valley and its regions because it highlights one of the greatest strengths of the rural (especially isolated) life and its folk living there, and that is the great human factor of adaptability and survival techniques in sometimes harsh and demanding environmental circumstances. The inventiveness and the attitude, "she'll be right mate", demonstrates life on the land where specialised blacksmith activities can be found in non "professionals" because of the fact that "someone" has to do the job. This is one of the differences between country "rural" life and that found in cities and larger towns.This iron cone shaped tuyere has a small hole (diamenter 25mm) starting within an ever enlarging cone (amplification of the air pressure going through) delivering varying hot or extremely hot air into a furnace or hearth which intensifies the heat to allow the "shaping" of metal objects. The larger "flared" cone extension allows for the directed air to be spread and not concentrated.blacksmith tool, tue, bellows, fashioning metal, forge manufacturing process -
Orbost & District Historical Society
harness, first half 20th century
This harness would have been used on a rural property in the Orbost district.Horses played a vital role in the agricultural history of Orbost. This item is connected to that role.A dark brown leather horse harness with a britchen strap.harness horse farming rural -
Greensborough Historical Society
Slide - Photograph, John Ramsdale, South of Yan Yean: Slide 88, 1990s
Photograph shows rural farmland with trees in background, South of Yan YeanPart of the John Ramsdale collection of slides and audio visual material.Colour photograph scanned from slide.No maker's marks. No caption on slide.yan yean -
Greensborough Historical Society
Slide - Photograph, John Ramsdale, Mt Disappointment: Slide 127, 1990s
Photograph shows a rural view from Mount Disappointment, north of Whittlesea.Part of the John Ramsdale collection of slides and audio visual material.Colour photograph scanned from slide.No maker's marks. No caption on slide.mt disappointment, mount disappointment, whittlesea -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Old House on Allwood farm at Hurstbridge, 1954, 1954
Small old abandoned cottage in rural setting on the Allwood farm at Hurstbridge. This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book, "Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, hurstbridge, cottage, allwood -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Utility Truck & Horse Drawn Vehicle c1930’s
Rural Scene - Utility Truck & Horse Drawn Vehicle c1930’sstawell -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book - Historical Resource, Niall Brennan, The History of Nunawading, 1972
This book covers the civic and industrial development of the shire of Nunawading since the first overlanders in 1830's. It includes photographs, maps, a bibliography and an index.This book covers the civic and industrial development of the shire of Nunawading since the first overlanders in 1830's. It includes photographs, maps, a bibliography and an index.non-fictionThis book covers the civic and industrial development of the shire of Nunawading since the first overlanders in 1830's. It includes photographs, maps, a bibliography and an index.shire of nunawading, blackburn, vermont, mitcham, nunawading -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Ten Bag Press, Just Like Family, 2015
This book details the history of Victoria’s Rural Finance Corporation. For more than 70 years farmers and other agricultural businesses had access to Government programs and assistance from this corporation. In 2014 the Rural Finance Corporation’s business and assets were transferred to the Bendigo and Adelaide BankThis book is kept as a library copy because its contents contain several references to Warrnambool and district and the Rural Finance Corporation was well-known to local people, particularly those in the agricultural sector and it was appreciated by so many in the district.This is a hard cover book of 197 pages. It has a multi-coloured front cover showing a child on a tractor with three adults nearby and four colour photographs on the back cover. The dust cover has similar images. The book has a message from the Treasurer, a foreword, seven chapters of text, a timeline, references and an index. The book has many black and white and colour photographs, diagrams and other illustrations. There is a loose page which contains names relating to some of the photographs. history of warrnambool -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - 'MARYDALE' AXEDALE COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH TALL LAMP
Photograph of a tall lamp with cartwheels in fence, house in background.axedale, history, marydale property, axedale, marydale, farming, rural