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Mont De Lancey
Picture hooks, Stahl
Packet of German picture hooks (no. 123) 10 sticks no. 1. In original box - blue/cream.wall hooks, hooks, pictures -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Card
Capture of Hamel Village July 4th 1918 - card size colour copy from the original painting specially executed for the Australian Comfort Fund by A Pearse War Artist. Other side depicts a colour sketch of a German tank captured by the Australians near Villers-Bretonneux Card with coloured war scene with caption beneathFront - Capture of Hamel Village July 4th 1918 by Australians assisted by a detachment of Americans. From original painting specially executed for the Australian Comfort Fund by A Pease, War Artist. Rear - narrative and sketch of a German tank captured by the Australian near Villers-Bretonneux.ww1, hamel village, a pearse, acf -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Deutsches Lesbuch Fue Zivilinternierte Kinder, 1944
Used by Internee children at Camp 3, TaturaPale green hard cover German childrens story book with green cloth spine. Printed on front cover "Deutsches Lesebuch Zivilinternierte Kinder". Black and white illustrations, 2 coloured (1 print, 1 hand coloured) in old German script.Deutsches Reiss Kreuz Pra Sidiumww2, camp 3, books, childrens -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book - Instruction Manual, Joseph Wertheim, Instruction manual for use and management of the Wertheim High Arm Sewing Machine, 23-07-1891
This instruction book was donated with our collection's Wertheim sewing machine accessory box. The box contains 12 accessories, the instruction book and the receipt for the purchase of a Wertheim sewing machine. The receipt was written on July 23rd 1891 by the Wertheim distributor in Melbourne, Hugo Wertheim. His business was the Wertheim Sewing Machine and Hapsburg Piano Depot, trading at 173 Williams Street, Melbourne. The purchaser was Mrs Burrowes from Burrumbeet, Victoria, a district northwest of Ballarat. She paid £6-6 (six pounds and six shillings) in cash. The receipt was signed by H. Wertheim and the other signatory looks like John A. Cherry. Hugo Wertheim (1854-1919) was an agent for his father’s cousin Joseph Wertheim, a well-established sewing machine manufacturer in Germany. He was born in Lispenhausen, Germany, and migrated to Melbourne in October 1875, where he opened a merchandising business at 39 Flinders Lane East. He returned to Germany in 1885 to marry Joseph Wertheim's daughter Sophie Emilie. The couple came back to Melbourne, and Hugo quickly established a substantial business selling sewing machines, bicycles, pianos and other mechanical devices, under brands such as Wertheim, Electra, Planet, Griffin and Hapsburg. He exhibited at agricultural shows and in 1901 at the Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, United States of America. One of his staff was O. C. Beale, who later set up his own piano business in New South Wales. Hugo continued to own 25 per cent of one of Beale's companies, which became Wertheim's Queensland business. In 1908 Hugo Wertheim opened a piano factory in Richmond, Melbourne, aiming to produce 2000 pianos and player pianos a year, predominantly using Australian materials. In laying the foundation stone, Prime Minister Alfred Deakin observed that “few men with such opportunities for a life of ease would have embarked on such an enterprise” Hugo died of chronic hepatitis in 1919 at his home in South Yarra. His eldest son, Herbert Joseph (1886-1972), continued the business. The piano factory closed in 1935, becoming a Heinz food processing plant and in 1955, GTV Channel 9 studios and offices. The Wertheim Sewing Machine Company – Joseph Wertheim (1804–1899) founded the company in 1868 in Frankfurt, Germany. At this time Joseph was the Frankfurt city delegate for the Democratic Party. At its height, the Wertheim factory employed approximately 650 workers. The company used a trademark of a dwarf holding a hammer which is known to have been used until at least 1925, however in 1909 a Star of David was also registered. In 1870 a Wertheim subsidiary was formed in Barcelona, Spain. The business imported and sold complete machines, including the English Jones machine. Locals began calling the sewing machines “las rapidas”, and the business became known as “las casa de las rapidas”. In 1915 production began of a totally manufactured Spanish Wertheim machine. Wertheim in Germany continued manufacturing machines until 1932 when the Wertheim family fled to Spain. Despite converting to Christianity from Judaism, they feared the political unrest in Germany during that time. Wertheim Spain became Rapida SA and was then the sole manufacturer of the Wertheim machines. The factory was managed by Karl Wertheim under the alias Carlos Vallin. The item is part of a donation that connected to domestic life in 1891 during the Victorian era. It is significant for connecting the Melbourne distributor of Wertheim sewing machines, Hugo Wertheim, to Victoria’s northwest district where the purchaser lived. It is also significant for connecting the Melbourne distributor to the importing of goods from the well-known German manufacturer of early domestic sewing machines, Joseph Wertheim.Book with pale blue cover and 19 double-sided printed pages stapled together. The book is an instruction manual for using and managing the Wertheim High Arm Sewing Machine and other similar models. It was published in Frankfurt, Germany, by Joseph Wertheim, the machines' manufacturer. The Australian distributor of the machines was Hugo Wertheim, 173 William Street, Melbourne. Circa 1891.flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, wertheim, sewing machine, victorian era, sewing machine accessories, sewing machine instructions, wertheim instruction book, wertheim sewing machine and hapsburg piano depot, 23-7-1891, £6 6/-, mrs burrowes, burrumbeet, h. wertheim, wertheim sewing machines, domestic machines, dressmaking, home industry, fashion -
Australian Multicultural Community Services
certificate, certificate of Polish Veterans Association - Ex-Soldiers Mutual Aid, No 545
certificate of Polish Veterans Association - Ex-soldiers Mutual Aid was issued on 1/05/1948 by Branch 601 - Ingolstadt (American Zone of Germany); this document belonged to deceased Marian Dabrowski, ex-soldier, Polish migrant who came to Australia as a refugee after II World War and settled down in Melbourneone of a few items of this kind which has survived to present daysbrownish papercertificate number 545 cover: red stamp of Polish Veterans Association, Branch 601 inside: photo of holder and his signature, 2 green stamps of Polish Veterans Association, American Zone of Germany, signature of Chairman and signature of Branch Directorcertificate, migrant, polish veterans association, ex-soldiers mutual aid -
Bendigo Military Museum
Currency - COINS
The coins were collected by Jack Grinton No 1043, 38th Batt AIF during 1916-19. Part of the Grinton collection which contained hundreds of negatives and developed photos that he took during the War. Refer Cat No 1280 for service details.Collection of 7 coins from Britain, Belgium, Germany and France .1 British penny, bronze .2 German 10 pfennig, silver coloured, 1912 .3 German 1 pfennig, bronze coloured, 1900 .4 French 1 franc, silver coloured, 1913 .5 French 25 centime, silver coloured, 1905 .6 French 25 centime, silver coloured, 1903 .7 Belgian coinnuimismatics, coins -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: LETTERS FROM THE LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP
Letter, dated 12 March 2002, from the Long Gully History Group to Mrs Ruth Claridge, Secretary of the Bendigo German Society. Letter mentions it is their belief that the German Society has obtained a plaque and is in the process of organising its placement alongside the Cornish Plaque. The Long Gully History Group has picked May 4th for the unveiling and hopes the time frame allows the German Society to place their plaque in place.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - letters from the long gully history group, mrs ruth claridge, bendigo german society, cornish plaque, carol rasmussen -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - STRAUCH COLLECTION: PICTURES FROM THE GERMAN FATHERLAND, 1893
Hard covered book titled Pictures from the German Fatherland, drawn with Pen and Pencil, red cover with gold & black lettering, 224 pages with black and white illustrations, gold edging on pages, an inscription dated 1907 written in German inside front page.S G Greenheritage, history-germany-german heritage -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - ACC LOCK COLLECTION: ARMENTIERES AFTER GERMAN OFFENSIVE, GERMAN DUG-OUTS IN BASEMENT OF FACTORY, POSTCARD, 1914-1918
Postcard, B & W, WW1, destroyed German dug-outs in the basement of a factory at Armentieres after a German offensive. Sandbags shown over curved iron roof. Undated. Two copies. AZ22 and Z36 AZ22 copy published byJ.M.Hamilton & Coy. Sydney, Australia.postcard, postcard, ww1, armentieres, german dug-outs, j.m.hamilton & coy. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Elizabeth and Her German Garden
This book was part of a large group of books referred to as the Pattison Collection, which belonged to the Warrnambool Public Library, part of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute. About RALPH ERIC PATTISON and the ‘PATTISON COLLECTION’ The ‘Pattison Collection’ is a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities, are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the WMI was led to ask the City Council to take it over in 1911 due to a lack of financial support. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Public Library as it was then called. Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up a home in Warrnambool. In 1935 when Pattison accepted the position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council his huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower areas of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave from 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However, he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. THE NEW WARRNAMBOOL LIBRARY When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Pattison. Eventually, the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. Elizabeth and Her German Garden Author: Countess Von Arnim Publisher: MacMillian & Co Date: 1929 The label on the spine cover with typed text PAT FIC ELI flagstaff hil, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, elizabeth and her german garden, countess von arnim, elizabeth von arnim, mary annette beauchamp, countess von arnim-schlagenthin, elizabeth russell, countess russell. -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Photo Album Montage
RAAF Training, Luftwaffe, RAAF N. Africa, Russia, Italy, Night & Day Bombing Germany, ACESphoto -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Bayonet
Bayonet Turkish model RI, 1898 pattern, Mauser calibre 7.65mm. Uses a German Seitengewehr blade.weapon -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - STRAUCH COLLECTION: TRAVELLERS WINE GUIDE GERMANY
Travellers Wine Guide Germany, hard cover with dust jacket, 144 pages with coloured photographs & maps.Dr Hans Ambrosi Kerry Brady Stewartbooks, technical, wine, travel-germany-wine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - STEREOSCOPE VIEWER CARD
Stereoscope viewer card depicting Castle of Rheinstein Germany, photographed and published by Kilburn Brothers Littleton N.H.Kilburn Brothers 1617postcard, photograph, various themes -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Letter, written in German, dated Sept 1877 referring to D. Mackelmann, who was injured in an explosion of gunpowder.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - correspondence, d mackelmann, weibger, h schott -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Bottle, glass, c. 1867-1873
Actiergesellschaft fur Anilinfabrikation was founded as a dye company in 1867 at Rummelsburger See near Berlin and evolved to become the AGFA film company.Thick dark brown glass rectangular shaped bottle with text in German and trademark embossed onto the glassTrade mark consists of a bear 'rampant' over a shield. 'ACTIERGESELLSCHAFT FUR ANILINFABRIKATION BERLIN S. O.' contained in a cartouche on the side of the bottle. Translation 'Corporation for Aniline Manufacture'.amber glass -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - ACC LOCK COLLECTION: STEENWERCK, AFTER GERMAN OFFENSIVE - THE CHATEAU, POSTCARD, 1914-1918
Postcard, WW1, B&W image of the ruins The Chateau at Steenwerck after a German offensive. Copy Z16postcard, postcard, ww1, steenwerck, france, ruins -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - ROY AND DORIS KELLY COLLECTION: OSTENDE, LE CASINO-KURSAAL, POSTCARD, 1900-1920
Postcard, coloured photo of the front of the Casino-Kursaal in Ostende, Belgium. This building was destroyed in 1940 by the German invasion.postcard, photograph, postcard, ostende, belgium, casino, kursaal -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder, Recollections Kurt Krenn, 1987
Donated to Tatura Museum by Knenn's daughter, Klaudia Krenn.14 printed pages (German language), dated 19.4.1987, in black two ring folder with K on spinebiography, kurt krenn, ww2 internees -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Mr and Mrs Ruxton 1997
Mrs and Mr Bruce Ruxton, RSL President at German War Cemetery November 16th 1997; with friend.tatura, ruxton, german war cemetery, costume, female, male, civic, memento, regalia, flags, national -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Collection, Sawatzsky Collection, 1941-1947
Camp 3 jewellery, made in Camp 3, purchased by Frida Sawatsky for herself and daughter Gisela. Biscuit cutters made by Waldemar Sawatzky.Various items of jewellery and biscuit cutters all made in Camp 3 by German Internees from Palestine.costume, accessory, jewellery, domestic, items, food, preparation -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Collection, Sawatzsky Collection, 1941-1947
Camp 3 jewellery, made in Camp 3, purchased by Frida Sawatsky for herself and daughter Gisela. Biscuit cutters made by Waldemar Sawatzky.Various items of jewellery and biscuit cutters all made in Camp 3 by German Internees from Palestine.costume, accessory, jewellery, domestic, items, food, preparation -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Booklet, Uber Speiseverbote der Rai und einiger anderer Stamme von Nepal, 1935
Dr. Leonhard Adam studied both anthropology and jurisdiction as a young manOlive green hard cover booklet with cream coloured sticker on front with black writing. German textww2 camp 2, books, history, local -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Die Kannen Von Nepal
Dr. Leonhard Adam studied both Anthropology and Jurisdiction as a young manOlive green hard card board cover, navy binding on the spine, gold printing. Written in Germandie kannen von nepal, adam l, adam murvitz mc, camp 2, tatura, war camp 2, books -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book - handcraft, Zweiter Band, Schachenmayr Lehrbuch Der Handarbeiten Aus Wolle, 1937
Appears to be a book of patterns for hand crafts using wool. Written totally in German. Yellow hard cover.Schachenmayr Lehrbuch Der Handarbeiten Aus Wolle A Stamp - N. Arnot POG 573 Jerusalem - Palestinebook, handcraft, camp 3, internee, wool craft -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Gerhard Schneider and wife
Gerhard Schneider was a POW during WW2 . Photograph is of him and his wife in 1940.Black and white photograph of a woman standing in front of a man in a German Uniform. Both are looking to the right of the photograph.gerhard schneider, pow ww2 -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Hellmuth Sting, Der Kubismus und seine einwirkung auf die wegbereiter der modernen architektur [German] / Cubism and its impact on the pioneers of modern architecture, 1965
Softcover. Doctoral dissertation submitted to Faculty of Civil Engineering, Rhine Westphalian Technical College, Aachen. In Germanmodern architecture, architecture, cubism, walsh st library -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Stapes Instrument
Several items in cardboard box with name Dr I Lopert and details about postage from Germany.stapes, instrument, lopert -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book - German Pioneers in Australia, 1935 Reprinted 1983
A book documenting a selection of former pioneer families in Australia from 1844Black bound book of 144 pages documenting 103 Germans who immigrated to Australia from 1844winter heindrick wilhelm, fankhauser david daniel, fankhauser george frederick, fankhauser george henry, fankhauser frederick william, tainton rose selina, fankhauser arthur albert, fankhauser alfred richard, fankhauser david ernest, fankhauser robert christian, shepherd esther ruby, fankhauser john butler maling, fankhauser stanley charles, fankhauser walter john, fankhauser john august -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
German Epaulette, Circa 1940's
German Artillery Unteroffizier/Sergeant Epaulette for M36 tunic. Grey cloth with silver braid and red piping.