Clint and Ted named in this photograph are Clint Rowse and Ted Rowse, two of the sons of W. Rowse. W Rowse purchased the house and 60 acres of land previously held by Willie Richardson when the Richardson family left the area in the early 1900s. Initially the Rowse family grew fruit and vegetables on the land but by the time W. Rowse died in 1936 they had shifted almost entirely to flower growing. The photograph is from he Ivy Child Album. Ivy May Child (1910 – 1989) was the daughter of Arthur Edward (Ted) Child (1878 – 1964) and Ethel May Madden (1888 – 1970). Ted Child was the son of Matthew Francis Child (1839 – 1933) and Martha Jeeves (1857 – 1926). He was the grandson of one of the early pioneers Francis Child. Ivy grew up on the family property on Childs Road and took many photographs. Most of these are glued into her photo album. The album covered the years from c1927 – 1932. Ivy married Henry William Burgess (1906 – 1968) in 1944. The photographs remain in their original state in the album with individual copies made. Black and white photo showing four men standing in a cluster of plants. One man holding a large mug.Written below photograph in album: ADAM, CLINT, TED, JOHN.rowse, clint rowse, ted rowse, w rowse, willie richardson, flowers, agriculture, fruit, vegetables

Black and white photograph. Group of students standing beside a flower bed holding exercise books (plant identification?).students, flower beds, j.l. provan, student outside class

Donald Clark Collection. A monochrome photograph depicting Cormack Lowther and Sam James at the cyanide plant on Poverty Hill, Tarnagulla. Copy photograph. mining

White linen tea cosy with hand embroidered plant and leaf design on both sides and a white braided edging.household textiles, tea accessories, tea-cosies

Black and white photograph of Vic and Jane Piliciauskas proprietors of Whiter Street Plant Nursery Lakes Entrance Victoriabusinesses, plant nursery

Black and white photograph of Judy Johnstone and sons planting a tree on Tambo Waterboard property East Gippsland Victoriarevegitation

This coin was found during the setting up of 1 APC SQN camp in the rubber planation on the north edge of 1ATF base area Nui Dat in May 1966.A round Vietnamese aluminum coin. Silve in colour with an image of a bamboo plant on one side and a "bust" of a male on the reverse. 50XUcoin, archbold

Plant Specimen from the VSF Herbarium - seeds in a cardboard box with a glass lid including a small seed packet.Box: Picea Maximoweczii. Tokyo. Japan. Note inside: Herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum Harvard University. No. 7526. E.H Wilson Sept, 18, 1914. On Seed packet: Seeds from Forest Experiment Station. Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan.

Issued to engine mechanics servicing the B-24 Liberator.Original WW2 era manual.Hardback bound manualInstruction manual. Power Plant. B-24 D Airplane. Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation. Asn Diego, Californiapower plant, pratt & whitney, r1830, b-24, liberator.

Acquired when "Classweave Industries" closed down.Cleaning coal bunkers for the mill's power generating plant -circa 1925 H L S POTTER/ PHOTO STORES/...textile mills woollen mills textile mills - staff, classweave industries pty ltd federal woollen mills ltd, textile mills, woollen mills, textile mills - staff

Silver metal plaque painted red, commemorating the life of student Chris Francis This tree was planted in memory of CHRIS FRANCIS. Loved and respected WHS student 1982-1993. Died 7th December 1994

392 pages, illustrations. Missing pages; 181-182 and 309-340. Contains some additional loose pages from another copy.Subtitle; A cyclopedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc. publication, book, abc, bee, culture, root, beechworth honey

Black and white photograph. Female student standing in a bed of Stock cuttings. Student identified by T.H. Kneen as Germaine O'Dwyer.On reverse, "Mixed bed of Stock cuttings photographed March 1956, cuttings planted June 1955." Stamped 34 117.female students, germaine o'dwyer, student working outside, stocks, cuttings, nursery

Black and white photographWritten on back of photograph: "Ringwood Arbour Day 1910. Cr. Rouget, Mayor of Lilydale opening the tree planting ceremony."

Set of 8 plans, including blue-prints, of various gardens, dated c. 1947 - 1981. See paper catalogue for complete list.Plans by Hilda Marriott Dance (1) Sketch plan and 2 blueprint copies of School of Horticulture Burnley. Garden Alterations New Building Area, Working Drawing by H. Dance, Scale ⅟₂₀"=1', 2/4/47, on reverse handwritten,"Proposed Garden Lay-out for New School Building (H. Dance-plan)." (NB Emily Gibson was also involved in the planning of this site.) (2) Tracing paper, paper and blueprint copies of Ararat & District Hospital Garden Plan - MacDonald Memorial & Court, Landscape Architect - H. Dance, Scale 1 inch=8 feet. Includes handwritten note, "Replacement for Ararat Hospital Nov. 1979," list of plants. (3) Blueprint Proposed Design for Garden Watermill Farm, Newbury for Norman Gadsden Esq., Scale ⅟₄₀"=1 ft. (4) Sketch Plan for Garden, Barcombe, Buangor - January 1981 by Hilda Marriott, Scale - Approximate Only - 1:40. (5) Tracing paper copy of plan of Garden at Plumhill, Templestowe, for Mr. & Mrs. Colin Smith. Hilda Dance, Designer 26/4/47, Scale ⅛"=1'. (6) Blueprint Garden House - Sketch. (7) Tracing paper and paper copies Ararat Medical Centre Courtyard Garden, Landscape Architect - Hilda Marriott, Scale - 1:25, Date 8.5.79. (8) Tracing paper copy National Trust of Australia (Victoria) The Heights, Newtown, Geelong Garden Plan, Scale 1:250, Drawn by - Hilda Marriott, Date 12.10.79.(1): on reverse handwritten,"Proposed Garden Lay-out for New School Building (H. Dance - plan)." (2): Includes handwritten note, "Replacement for Ararat Hospital Nov. 1979," list of plants.hilda marriott ( dance), burnley school of horticulture, students

Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller was born in Germany on 30 June 1825. Ferdinand was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and a botanist. After passing the pharmaceutical examinations he studied botany at Kiel University. In 1847 he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Kiel University.when he was 21 years old for a thesis on the flora of Schleswig-Holstein. In 1847, he moved to Adelaide, Australia and worked as a chemist. From 1848 to 1852 he travelled through the colony, discovering and describing a large number of unknown to Western science plants. He wrote a few papers to German periodicals on botanical subjects. In 1851, Mueller moved to Melbourne, capital of the new colony of Victoria. In 1853, He was appointed Government Botanist for Victoria by Governor Charles La Trobe. In 1873, Ferdinand received an honorary doctorate of the University of Rostock. In 1883, he was awarded the Clarke Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales. He published many volumes on the Victorian plants. Many of Australian geographical features were named after him such as: the Mueller Ranges (WA), Muellers Range (Qld), Mount Mueller (in WA, NT, Tas and Vic) and many more. Mueller died in Melbourne on 10 October 1896 and is buried in the St. Kilda Cemetery A green cloth hard cover book. Title and author's name is engraved in gold on spine. It includes an introduction, a table of contents and plates. Lithograms in b/w. Each plate accompanied by a page with descriptive print. Number of plates XIII-LXXI. No. of supplement plates XII-XVII. The book illustrates Victorian plants and outlines the principal characters of those species. This book is No 1290 in the Original Register of Books (Cat. No. 005)Hand written pencil notes on contents page. Stamped throughout with "The School of Mines, Industries & Science, Ballarat. Ingenio Effodere Opes. In the University of Melbourne."australia, botany victoria, plants, ferdinand mueller, ferdinand von mueller, biodiversity, flora

Vernon Holt was a boyhood friend of Frank Wright. Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in AustraliaBlack and white photograph of a young man half turned as he is seated in front of a piano in a drawing room. His head is bowed as he studies a book of music, On the right side is a large plant on a plant stand and there are various jugs and ornaments on top of the piano. The young man is Vernon Holt. Written in pen on the back - Vernon Holt, (14) in Drawing room. 6 Pleasant St Nth, Ballarat, 23/5/22, F.W. (Au)frank wright, ballarat, cornet, conductor, smeaton, vernon holt

Two auction catalogues for a sale of Red Gum Saw Mill (Caelli Bros.) of Sawmilling Plant, Buildings, Plant and Equipment on 19th April, 1944. Contains descriptions of a number of the lots including a 3 roomed red gum slab house. J. H. Curnow & Son were the auctioneers.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - red gum saw mill (caelli bros.), j h curnow & son, j l jamieson, the cambridge press

(1) Tracing paper plan of bed. (2) Perennial Border Spring Display Planted 1982, plantings numbered but no names. (3) Pencil on paper, names of plants, some in pen. Area now known as the Grey Garden. Old Storage Shed cleared in 1979. (4) Tracing paper copy, VCAH Burnley Plan Survey: Perennial Border and Environs, dated 8.11.90. Scale 1:100. This might be where the Herbaceous Border is in 2012. (Also see 11.0615).gardens, vcah burnley, perennial border, spring flowers

Small green material folder with authorisation form inside.Wild Flowers and Native Plants Protection Act No. 3916 Authority for Mrs Florence Oswin Roberts of Cowes to require persons suspected of having offended against the Wild Flowers and Native Plants Protection Act 1930 to give his name and address and to deliver up any protected Wild Flower or Native plant in his possession. 24 November 1938. A Lind Minister of Forests Also on cover, hand written FU 7142 and indecipherable name. certificate, florence oswin roberts, edward the koala

Black and white photograph. View of large mining plant and associated chimneys. Open (waste) area in foreground. Low hill in background. Inscriptions: on front 'Kock's Pioneer Quartz Crushing Plant, Long Gully', Perserverance United Windmill Hill in background'. On back - 'A Richardson, 29 Harrison St, Bendigo'.mining, crushing & milling, kock's pioneer quartz crushing plant, bendigo, mines and mining, mines, mine, mining, crushing plant, landscape, mining landscape, quartz, perserverance united windmill

Letters on postcards mention Maggie who according to R.H. Baron was a relative of Uncle Will.1. Black and White photograph of a church surrounded by trees. 2. Black and White photograph of a grove of trees planted in rows.1. Old Church, Hartley Wintney: 'Handwritten in black ink on back: 'These are a few places I went to see while I was on leave. Hartley, Wintney is a great place for Uncle Will's relations. Maggie lives here. Bob'. 2. Hartley Wintney, Common, Handwritten in black ink on back: 'I have saw the place Maggie was born in, Bob'.robert h. baron, cooper collection, postcard, hartley wintney, uk

.1 and .2) A male at a bench with pre processing model plant .3) a male at a metallurgical microscope .4) The original item ballarat school of mines, metallurgy, ore processing plant, alf mckenzie

This item is from the ‘Pattison Collection’, a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, which was 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 lack of financial support led the WMI in 1911 to ask the City Council to take it over. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Library as it was then called. 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 Ralph 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. RALPH ERIC PATTISON Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 Pattison accepted a 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 area 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 during 1942 to 1942 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 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. Plants of New Zealand Authors: R M Laing & E W Blackwell Publisher: Whitcombe & Tombs Date: 1906 Label on spine cover with typed text PAT 581-993 LAI Pastedown front endpaper has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library covered by a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, ralph eric pattison, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, plants of new zealand, r m laing, e w blackwell

Two colour photographs of the first house built in the estate by Laurie Smith with a Barry Plant auction sign in front yard.mccarthy grove, montmorency