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Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Streetscape near the corner of Victoria Crescent and Hotham Street, Surrey Hills
Prior to subdivision for housing this area was paddocks used for grazing of cattle and used as part of the course in the early days of the Surrey Hills Golf Club. Reproduced by permission of Mr John Arnold from his book: "The Riversdale Golf Club - a history, 1892-1977." Copyright to book: Riversdale Golf Club. Surrey Hills Golf Club operated from 1892-1908 then moved and became Riversdale Golf Club. The game was played across paddocks from Trafalgar Street, Mont Albert to Whitehorse Road and down Victoria Crescent to where Box Hill TAFE is now located in Elgar Road. There were problems with cows eating the tee flags! The clubhouse still exists as 30 Trafalgar Street.Black and white photo taken from the centre of a bitumen road which is flanked by bluestone guttering. Nature strips, drive cross-overs and house fences are shown. Trees on the RHS nature strip are pollarded to avoid overhead power and telephone lines. There houses in the background."Bottom: The same view today taken from the intersection of Victoria Crescent and Hotham Street, Surrey Hills."surrey hills golf club, hotham street, victoria crescent, riversdale golf club, surrey hills, john arnold -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Painting - Watercolour, A. Bend. Tatura Camp Victoria 6.41, 1941
Made and used by internee at Camp 2.Watercolour painting of war time camp depicting huts and trees, cloud formation, sunrise/sunset. Light coloured wooden frame.Leonhard Adam. A. Bend. Tatura Camp Victoria 6 ? 41internment camp 2 artists, internment camp 2, mary clare adam murritz, leonhard adam -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Painting - Watercolour, Leonhard Adam, 1941 Arandora Star Monument, Tatura, Victoria, 1941
Leonhard Adam was a Dunera internee in Camp 2 Tatura.RomanticismWatercolour painting of memorial carved in stone at Tatura internment Camp 3. Barracks in the backgroundLeonhard Adam. 1941, 'Arandora Star' Monument, Tatura, Victoriatatura, dunera, internee camps, illustrations, watercolour, arandora star -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Sands & McDougall Pty Ltd, Sands & McDougall's Directory of Victoria, 1967, Dec 1966
Hard bound dark red book entitled "Sands & McDougall's Directory of Victoria, 1967"advertising, families, local government, business and traders, built environment, sands & mcdougall pty ltd -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Tunbridge, B.R. and Rogan, P.L, A Guide to Inland Waters of Victoria, 1981
An indexed guide to the inland angling waters of Victoria. Information supplied by Fisheries and Wildlife Officers.information, waterways -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Book: Cemetery Records of Inglewood, Victoria 1862-2000, Cemetery Records of Inglewood, Victoria 1862-2000, 2000
Donald Clark Collection. Book with title 'Cemetery Records of Inglewood, Victoria 1862-2000' by Arthur T. Treble.inglewood, deaths, death, burials, cemetery, people -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, Steve Bracks, Premier of Victoria, 23/08/2000
Steve Bracks, former Premier of Victoria, and alumni.steve bracks, e.j. barker, pat hope, bill pryor, david caro, david james -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Underground Survey of Mines Ballaarat, New Victoria Company, not dated
Printed transverse section of the New Victoria Company.underground survey, new victoria company, transverse section, mining, plan -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, Guide to the establishment and operation of Historical Societies and Historical Museums in Victoria, 1/04/1991 12:00:00 AM
Guide published by the Royal Historical Society of VictoriaGuide published by the Royal Historical Society of Victoria.Guide published by the Royal Historical Society of Victoriaroyal historical society of victoria, museums -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Warrnambool Beach for the Life Saving Centre, Victoria, 2018, 29/12/2019
Colour photograph fron Killarney Beach, Victoria.coast, beach, warrnambool, life saving, surf life saving club, flags -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Map, Land Map of Victoria 1898, Supplement to "The Leader", 1898
Land Map of Victoria 1898, Supplement to "The Leader"stawell -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Coronation celebrations in Victoria, 1953
An official programme of the celebrations held in honour of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Victoria covering Sunday 31st May to Thursday 11th June 1953.1 folded sheet [4] p. ; 22 cm.[typed on Shire of Eltham letterhead pasted inside front cover] May 22nd. 1953. [to] Cr. E.P. Harmer, Bolton Street, Eltham. Dear Sir, Please find enclosed herewith Official Programme for Coronation Celebrations in Victoria, received by me this day. Yours faithfully, [rubber-stamped signature illegible] Shire Secretary.queen elizabeth, coronation, royal visit -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic Collection
Letter - Correspondence between National Gallery of Victoria and Bendigo Art Gallery, Gorden Thomson, Deputy Director, National Gallery of Victoria, 16th February, 1961
Bendigo Art Gallery was founded in 1887. Typed and signed letter from Gordon Thomson, Deputy Director of the NGV addressed to Mr W. B. Bolton at Bendigo Art Gallery. Letter is on National Gallery of Victoria letterhead requesting photographs and information about the gallery on behalf of UNESCO for publication in the International journal 'Museum'. The letter has a postcard of the gallery taped to top left. Possibly related to Cat No 0305.Postcard lower centre; Murray Views No 35. Art Gallery, Bendigo Victoriabendigo art gallery, city of greater bendigo tourism -
Orbost & District Historical Society
books, Cyclopedia of Victoria, 1903, 1904, 1905
Published in three volumes in 1903, 1904 and 1905 respectively, the full titles read:- The Cyclopedia of Victoria (Illustrated) – in Thee Volumes – An Historical and Commercial Review – Descriptive and Biographical, Facts, Figures and Illustrations – An Epitome of Progress – Edited by James Smith. It was published by The Cyclopedia Company, Publishers, Melbourne. These books are from the estate of Elsie Cooke. Elsie Cooke lived all her life in Gippsland,. She was born at Brodribb in 1895 and died in 1970, Elsie Cooke lived at Bruthen for a short time and, in 1937, moved to live with her aunt, Miss Jean Munro. Miss Cooke was Librarian at the Mechanics Institute for many years. Kindness and consideration for other were Miss Cooke’s attributes and she endeared herself to all who knew her. She was a loyal member of the Presbyterian Church and a stalwart of the Ladies’ Guild, an energetic worker for the Municipal Auxiliary and a member of the Red Cross. This is a significant reference tool as it is a vast source of biographical information.Three volumes of "Cyclopedia of Victoria". They have blue covers, black spines and gold print. The three volumes contain historical details which mention many people and also many biographies and thousands of illustrations including portraits. smith-james cyclopedia-victoria biographies-victoria -
Myrtleford and District Historical Society
Colourized Photograph, "Planting Tobacco N.E. Victoria
The photograph depicts the 2nd important stage in tobacco growing--transplanting seedlings into open paddocks. It depicts early post-war machinery in use at the time until affordable modern tractors were available. The planting machine has probably been adapted from the horse-drawn era pre-World War 2. The scene is one near Myrtleford in the Ovens Valley.The photograph depicts the slow adaptation of modern tobacco farming methods in the immediate post-war period and the type of terain suitable for tobacco growing. The labour intensive nature of tobacco planting is also depicted.A colourized photograph of tobacco planting activity in a paddock near Myrtleford.Inscription: Planting Tobacco N.E. Victoria"tobacco farming tobacco planting machinery -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Lapel Badge, Presbyterian Church of Victoria Centenary 1937
This badge was worn by thousands of people during the year of 1937.5 Oval shaped gold metal and blue enamel badges"Presbyterian Church of Victoria Centenary 1937"presbyterian church of victoria centenary, presbyterian -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Poster - Reliefs, A Folder of Performances about the Victoria Cross Winners from the Crimean War, Estimated date 1887
A folder of hand painted reliefs of Victoria Cross winners from the Crimean War, made in commemoration of Queen Victorias' Jubilee. Multicoloured prints on a white background.Twelve reliefs portraying the various deeds of valour performed by Britains soldiers from the Crimean War to the present day. (1887)soldiers, queen victoria, reliefs, crimean war, commemoration, victoria cross, deeds of valour, britain, 1880s -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, K L Chappel, Surveying for land settlement in Victoria 1836-1960 : survey of the Vic-NSW boundary, survey of the Vic-SA boundary, 1996
A record of the early history of surveying for land settlement. Includes appendices on the border surveys between Victoria and South Australia and between Victoria and New South Wales.maps, b&w photographs, illustrationssurveying, land settlement -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Image, Charlotte Emily Fiskin
Charlotte Emily McNamara (1842-1913) married Archibald Fiskin in July 1859, and they had three children together.Photograph portrait of Emily Fiskin, wife of squatter Archibald Fiskin.archibald fiskin, lal lal, squatter, charlotte emily fiskin -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Flyer (item) - Information Flyer, Forests Commission, Victoria, Cumberland Scenic Reserve, 1918-1983
An information flyer that was produced as a guide to the Cumberland Scenic Reserve by the Forests Commission of Victoria. The Forests Commission Victoria (FCV) was the main government authority responsible for management and protection of State forests in Victoria, Australia between 1918 and 1983. The Commission was responsible for ″forest policy, prevention and suppression of bushfires, issuing leases and licences, planting and thinning of forests, the development of plantations, reforestation, nurseries, forestry education, the development of commercial timber harvesting and marketing of produce, building and maintaining forest roads, provision of recreation facilities, protection of water, soils and wildlife, forest research and making recommendations on the acquisition or alienation of land for forest purposes″. The Cumberland Scenic Reserve is set in the heart of the mountain forests of Victoria and is 16km east of Marysville on the Cumberland Road. This reserve forms part of the catchment of Armstrong Creek, a tributary of the Yarra River which provides water for the Melbourne area. The reserve is a prime mountain ash area in which is set the old Cambarville sawmill and village site.An information flyer that was produced as a guide to the Cumberland Scenic Reserve by the Forests Commission of Victoria. 423Aforests commission victoria, cumberland scenic reserve, marysville, victoria, cambarville, the big tree, cora-lyn falls, barton's lookout, cumberland falls, sovereign view, armstrong creek, yarra river, mountain ash -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Albert J. Mullett, List of Nuggets found in Victoria, 1912
Pink soft covered foolscap book of 67 pages listing the gold nuggets found in Victoria. The Book is no 12 in the 'Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria' series. The listing of nuggets found in Victoria includes number of nugget, whether found in quartz or alluvial, weight, where found, depth, name of nugget. date found, finders, authority and remarks. 1360 nuggets weighing over 20 ozs are listed.geological survey of victoria, gold nuggets, e.j. dunn, w. dickson, peter mcbride, a. e. smith, tinworth's party, welcome stranger, ah chung, dalton's flat, lady hotham, lady don, lady barkly, needful, corinella mining co, w. kitt, p. flood, celeste lafranchi, bravo, w. passobi, mrs rowlands -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Model, Bell Huey Cobra
Model of Bell Huey Cobra attack helicopter olive green in colour with a red and white logo on the front. On the side of the helicopter in blue writing reads Swatter, Swatter, there in a pilot and passengers inside the helicopter. Under the rotor blade there is a black horse with a blue sash.United States Army; 'Squatter Swatter'model, helicopter, cobra -
Federation University Historical Collection
Brochure, Goldfields of Victoria, 2004, c2004
Four page yellow card brochure outlining the Victorian Goldfields as a regional Victoria tourism strategygoldfields of victoria, goldfields tourism, marketing, goldfields campaign, mining tourism -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Plaque, Royal Australian Artillery Association (Victoria)
Wooden shield with banner "Royal Australian Artillery Association (Victoria) over a decal of a field gunPresented to National vietnam Veterans Museum on the occasion of our visit on the 15th November 2008plaque, royal australian artillery -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Pratt, Ambrose and Barnes, John, The National War Memorial of Victoria, 1934
An interpretation and history of the National War Memorial of Victoria - the Shrine of Remembrance - produced for the year of its dedication.memorials, architecture -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Crampton E V (Tim), War Memorial Sculptures on the Esplanade Lakes Entrance Victoria, 1999
History of the World War 1 memorial chain saw carvings on the Esplanade at Lakes Entrance VictoriaThe Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society without history we have no tomorrow. Regards Tim Crampton '99world war 1914-1918, memorials -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Hannan, Kirsty, St Johns Church, Metung, Victoria, 2005
Research, interpretation land management recommendations for St. John's Church, Metung, Victoria, by Forestec Studentreligion, land settlement -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Macdonald, Jacqui, Victoria innovation events energy, 2002
A glossy 'coffee table' book, lavishly illustrated with photographs publicising the State of Victoria and the City of Melbournegovernment, tourism, education -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph of former Victoria Hotel and Theatre, Tarnagulla, Former Victoria Hotel and Theatre, Tarnagulla, Late 1960s
Murray Comrie Collection. Building is still on Commercial Road and in 2019 is used as the town's public hall.Monochrome photograph depicting former Victoria Hotel and Theatre, which is located in Commercial Road, Tarnagulla.tarnagulla, commercial road, victoria hotel and theatre, buildings, houses -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, Victoria Railways, 1905c
Also a tinted postcard titled Lake Tyers Victoria Railways Tourist Series number 03821.1 size 9 x 13.x cm purchased from B RoacheTinted postcard of Lotos Bay Nowa Nowa showing an open waterway surrounded by thick natural vegetation, rowing boat containing two people on lake. Lake Tyers VictoriaLotos Bay Nowa Nowa Lake Tyersforest, waterways