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Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Soap and Soap dish, 1981
... Bovey Tracey, Devon, United Kingdom ...Royal Wedding souvenir for the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana SpencerTwo soaps with pictures of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer attached. One dish printed with identical picture. All in original package Ceramic soap dish and permanent picture soap. -
Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Women's magazines, John Barran and Sons Ltd et al, The New Idea x 2, My Home x 1, as described
... Chorley Lane, Leeds, United Kingdom ...Typical magazines from the 1950's and 60'sThree magazines, colour printed No 1 My Home September 1958 English magazine No 2 New Idea August 21st 1963 Australian magazine No 3 New idea March 29th 1961 Australian magazine all feature knitting patterns, recipes, stories and homemaking plus advertisements of the daySee photographs -
Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Books, Manners and Tone of Good Society - 11th Edition, Unknown
... Bedford Street, LONDON, United Kingdom ...Printers Bradbury, Agnew and Co. WhitefriarsHard cover book 195 pages. Written by a member of the Aristocracy. Alternative ttle "Solecisms to be Avoided". Outlining the "art of polite conversation" and advice on "what to say" and "how to say it". The last pages other books of Etiquette, Poedtry, Cookery, Plant and Flowers available from Frederick Warne an dCo. Publishers.J A Hanrahan stamped on title page -
Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Book - First Aid, First Aid to the Injured, 1928
... St John Gate, Clerkenwell, London EC1, United Kingdom ...Black hardcover, 294 pages. Worn spine and right cover edge. Appears to be well used. Contains black and white illustrations. Name written in pencil first page "T Hanrahan, Yarrawonga" 39th Edition, Published 1928, 1st Edition entitled "Aids for cases of Injuries or Sudden Illness, 1878 Ther authorised textbook of the "St John Ambulancer" -
Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Book, Home Nursing - 4th edition, June 1932
... St Johns Gate, Clerkenwell. London, United Kingdom ...Small brown hardcover book describing aspects of the syllabus of Home Nursing Course containing black and white pictures and illustrations 272 pagesHome Nursing - The Authorised textbook of the St John Association 4th edition -
Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Book - Poems and Short Stories, The Oxford Reading Books V1, Not indicated
... LONDON, United Kingdom ...Red Hardcover book containing fifteen short stories and poems, 288 pages. It contains coloured and black and whi illustrations throughout (Handwritten name written in ink in frontpiece J Handrahan). For authors see photosBook spine is damaged - has brown stains on pages throughout -
Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Book, Kenilworth Library - Village Fables, Unknown
... Felling, Newcastle, United Kingdom ...Red hardcover book of short stories 340 pages. Many were stained due to wear and age. The spine is damaged. Contains black and white illustrations -
Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Name Plate, Stothert and Pitt Ltd, 1880
... Bath, United Kingdom ...Old steam engine name plate - vibratory ruler Oval shape - 2 bolt holesSerial No. MJ63841 -
Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Camera, Polaroid Land Camera 100 One step
... United Kingdom ...Plastic construction with Black Body and Cream Face with a Rainbow stripe from lower lens to the bot6tom of the Cream facePolaroid land camera and one step inscription on Cream face -
National Wool Museum
Photograph, Geographia Ltd, Unknown
... United Kingdom ...Aerial photograph of a factory in the UK.Black and white aerial photograph of a factory with townhouses in the background in a landscape format.Front bottom right corner - Geographia Ltd, 167 Fleet Street, London, EC4. Back stamped - Neg. No. 3658 Date Subject Bides (?) 631wool, woollen mills, wool manufacture -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Magazine - Handy Stories Magazines, 1926-1927
... United Kingdom ...4 copies of "Handy Stories""issued weekly No1 February 20 1926, No2 May 8 1926, No3 June 5 1926, No4 February 1927. Collections of stories, handy hints and advertisements.books, fiction -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Writing slope, c 1830
... United Kingdom ...Mary Russell brought household items to Australia from England in 1934. Her mother, Elizabeth Russell used the writing desk that was originally given to her mother, Agnes Marian Byrne when she went to boarding school. Agnes used it all her life. Desk damaged by a visiting child who forced the desk closed/open at one point. Estimated that Agnes went to school about 1830'sA square wooden box with brass inlay decoration on lid and front around lock. Hinged lid opens to be a writing surface of velvet. At lock end, groove for pens and small well for ink bottle. Key (not to be used) is in the ink well. Base lined with green hessian glued on. Lid and base angled to give sloping writing surface. A total of 12 items including the box.domestic items, writing equipment, handcrafts, woodwork -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Tool - Shoe Tree
... Scotland, United Kingdom ...Exported to Australia. Fit male shoe size 8 approximately.Wood shoe shaped but with copper spring to collapse the heel to reduce storage space.Spring has copper handle with 'Cyclops Patent'. On toe area an oval gold and black stamp with manufacturing name and location. Centre picture St. George and Dragon?costume accessories, footwear accessories -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Threads and box
... United Kingdom ...Two Cards with thread wound around middle:- 1851.1 Thread 1851.2 Mending lisle. Third Card "Rite Tone for hosiery darning. Box (empty) for Hose Mending1851.1 Barbour's Lisburn N.Ireland Trade Mark Flax Linen Thread 15 Yards|1851.2 Della Darn Mending List Fashion Shades For Hosiery 3. Darning. Rite Tone Made in Australiaa. specially prepared for Hosiery/Darning Etc. 4. Box - The Handbag Silk Hose Mending Outfit 12 Fashionable Shades with needle Made in England.handcrafts, needlework -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Record, White horses and the unicorn record, Unknown
... Essex, United Kingdom ...45 RPM record in a cardboard cover 'Music For Pleasure'White Horses and the unicorn Music for pleasure London and Sydney No24 -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book - Bible, 1961
... Oxford, United Kingdom ...Cream leather Bible with title on spine in silver and cream, ribbon page marker attached, page ends are silver. Title: The New English Bible - New Testament Oxford Cambridge See also items NA4579 -Wedding dress NA5076 - Garter NA5077 - Good luck Charm NA5090 - Stocking NA5091 - Veil The New English Bible - New Testament Oxford Cambridgebooks, religion -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - War to Peace - a resume', From War to Peace 1914 - 1918, August 1919
... Manchester, United kingdom ...Via Mitcham RSL CollectionBooklet - resume' of important dates pertaining to WW1.Lest we forget.... a little record of the principal events of the Great War, 1914 - 1919....resume' booklet of ww1 dates -
Highett RSL Sub Branch Inc
Scarf: Silk, Souvenir Scarf Great War C 1915, Circa 1915
... United Kingdom ...Screen printed Silk Scarf, with pictures British political and military leaders, and dominion and allied leaders. -
Highett RSL Sub Branch Inc
Medalion: Memorilal:, Chales Edgar Bodinner Deadmans penny, Early 1920s
... United Kingdom ...Chales Edgar Bodinner [6102] -
Highett RSL Sub Branch Inc
Medalion: Memorial:, Thomas Albert Moody Deadmans penny, Early 1920s
... United Kingdom ...Thomas Albert Moody [3037] -
Highett RSL Sub Branch Inc
Medalion: Memorial:, Henry Howard Whitfield Deadmans penny, Early 1920s
... United Kingdom ...Henry Howard Whitfield [6838] -
Unions Ballarat
Mantle of safety : the Flying Doctor Service, Harley, Jane F, 1963
... London, United Kingdom ...During a stay at Dunbar, one of Australia's largest cattle stations, the author was faced with the problem of getting a badly injured man to hospital, it was the wet season, but the Royal flying doctor service came to the rescue. The author was later a nurse in a bush hospital and worked in close cooperation with the flying doctor service before writing "Mantle of Safety".Autobiographical and relevant to the history of the Australian flying doctor service.Paper; book.Cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, hospital, royal flying doctor service, bush hospitals, autobiography, medicine -
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The story of conscription in Australia, Jauncey, Leslie Cyril, 1935
... London, United Kingdom ...An account of World War I conscription conflicts. Relevant to history of World War I and opposition to military conscription.Paper; book; 365 pagesbtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, world war i, conscription, military, anti-conscriptionism -
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Castro : a political biography, Matthews, Herbert L, 1970
... London, United Kingdom ...Biography of Fidel Castro who led the communist revolution in Cuba and was the country's leader until 2008. Castro was instrumental in other communist revolutions around the world. His ongoing relationship with the Soviet Union caused tension with the United States and led to the Cuban Missile Crisis.Significant to the history of Communism - especially in Cuba. Paper; book. Front cover: black and white picture of Castro; red, black and white background.Front cover: author's name and title (black and white text).castro, fidel, cuba, cuban missile crisis, soviet union, ussr, usa, united states of america, politics, revolution, history, btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall -
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The general strike, Morris, Margaret, 1976
... Harmondsworth, United Kingdom ...The General Strike took place in 1926 in Britain. The nine day strike across many industries was called by the Trades Union Congress to protect pay rates and working conditions for coal miners. Relevant to the General Strike and to history of trade unionism in Britain.Paper; book. Cover: collage - picture of 6 men superimposed over a copy of the British Worker; background is white with red text; blue spine.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, general strike - britain, trades union congress - britain, tuc - britain, unions, strikes, industrial action, miners, coal miners, wages -
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Mindful militants : the Amalgamated Engineering Union in Australia, 1920-1972, Sheridan, Tom, 1975
... Cambridge, United Kingdom ...History of the Australasian Engineering Union (1852 and 1973) was formed in 1890 - a break away group from its British equivalent/parent body. It represented engineers and some metal workers.Relevant to internal union democracy and collective bargaining.Paper; book. Front cover: black and white image of men voting at a workplace meeting. Grey and yellow text.Front cover: title and author name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, australian engineering union, aeu, amalgamated engineering union (britain), amalgamated engineering union (australia), metal workers, engineers, history, collective bargaining, unions -
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The unservile state : essays in liberty and welfare, Watson, George, 1957
... London, United Kingdom ...A collection of essays about British Liberal Democrats and their policies in the late 1940s and 1950s. Relevant to British political history in the 1940s and the 1950s.Paper; hardcover book. Front cover: yellow background, black text.Front cover: title and editor's name.keynesian, macroeconomics, microeconomics, distributistism, politics, politicians, liberal democrats - britain, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history -
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Australian Hospitals: Operation and Management, Grant, Colin, 1985
... Lancashire, United Kingdom ...Hospital management pertinent to the 1980s.Relevant to the health sector in Australia.Paper; book. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, hospitals, health care, hospitals - operations -
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Churchill by his contemporaries, Eade, Charles, 1953
... London, United Kingdom ...Essays by various contributors about Winston Churchill. The book was published to mark Churchill's eightieth birthday. Churchill was Prime Minister of Britain on two occasions: 1940-45 (during the Second World War) and 1951-55. Paper; book. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, churchill, winston, churchill, sir winston, history, biography, politics, wwii, britain, prime minister - britain -
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Churchill: The Struggle for Survival, 1940-1965, Moran, Lord Charles
... London, United Kingdom ...Taken from the diaries of Churchill's private physician, Lord Charles Moran, the book provides an intimate and personal biographical account of Sir Winston Churchill.Churchill was Prime Minister of Britain on two occasions: 1940-45 (during the Second World War) and 1951-55. Paper; book. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, churchill, sir winston, churchill, winston, prime minister, britain, wwii, physician, moran, lord charles, moran, charles, biography, diaries, politics, parliament