A wooden tennis racquet with cloth tape reinforced shoulders, and string whipping. Deep grooved handle; silver shaped plate attached to throat on obverse. Racquet maintenance instructions impressed across butt cover. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leather, Ink, Cloth tape, Stringtennis

A 'Cup Defender' tennis racquet, with: bevelled crown; laminated convex throat; hide reinforcements along underside of shoulders and throat; and fine-grooved, thick octagonal handle. Name of model features across throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Metal, Glue, Gut, String, Ink, Leather, Hidetennis

A Stall & Dean 'Hi Speed' tennis racquet, with open throat , oval head, and string whipping around shoulders and lower throat. Hexagonal handle with fine grooves, and leather end wrap. Green butt cloth. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Metal, Glue, Gut, Ink, String, Leather, Clothtennis

A wooden tennis racquet, with composite concave throat, oval head, and and string whipping around painted shoulders. Octagonal hollow handle with thin grooves and leather end wrap. Name: F THOMSON engraved along throat. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Metal, Glue, Gut, String, Leather, Painttennis

A wooden racquet with a convex throat and grooved handle. The throat of obverse features the inscription: NEWPORT. Below inscription is the Horsman 'centaur' trademark in black and gold. Inscription across right side of stem: MANUFACTURED EXPRESSLY FOR/JORDAN MARSH COMPANY. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Painttennis

A wooden racquet with a convex throat. The crown on obverse features the decal inscription: HARVARD. The throat on obverse features the decal logo, in gold, of a dog above a diamond device. Inscription within device: D & M/TRADE MARK. Materials: Wood, Gut, String, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Inktennis

Chromolithograph (colour print) of two couples playing doubles lawn tennis in the 19th Century. Text on reverse of frame states: 'Spencer Scott Sandilands' and gives address in Prahran, Melbourne. The dealer's label on reverse states: 'c1888...Lawn Tennis...chromolithograph...$400'. Materials: Wood, Paper, Ink, Glasstennis

A John Wanamaker Wissahickon transitional flat top tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, and slender fine-grooved handle. Stringing made from 'Oriental' gut, suggesting it is silk. Burnt into the throat on reverse is the letter 'F'. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Leather, Silk, Ink, Painttennis

A John Wanamaker Belmont flat top tennis racquet, with solid concave throat, and plain, slender handle. Hand etched inscription across throat and shaft on obverse: W.J. POWNALL, NEWTON/P.A./1896 ASBURY...DEL VILLA. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Leather, Gut, Inktennis

Engraved wood flag stand with three flags. Presented to the first elected SGSC by the outgoing commissioners Bruce Ward, Peter Jennings and Jack Vinall, 17 March 1997. Features an Australian flags, the Victorian flag and the SGSC flag. An engraved brass/metal plate at the base features a dated inscription.

Polished wood honour board dedicated to the soldiers of the Mardan District who fought in WWII. Features in alphabetical order the names of local men who enlisted and those who paid the surpreme sacrifice and died. Includes three military emblems featured at the top. All text painted in gold lettering.

Demonstrates how armatures movements (tram motors) were recorded at the SEC depot in Ballarat.Sign - made from three ply (wood) board, originally painted with black board paint and white lined and lettered for Armatures / Tram / possibly date in or out. Has two screw holes centrally top and bottom and has faded on either side of a central band, indicating it was attached to post. Has pencil marked on the top horizontal white line "369375 2 ? and 309981 1 ? 18th Oct"trams, tramways, sign, sec, depot, armatures, tramcars, equipment

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. This map shows the position of Walhalla and other places mentioned in this film strip. (Note Wood's Point and Port Albert.) Other places on map; Melbourne, Moe, Thomson River, Aberfeldy. Markings: 5 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Sports Clubs in Kew in the final decades of the 19th century and in the early 20th century were often umbrella organisations with facilities for a number of sports. Typically in Kew, this included teams in lawn bowls, tennis and croquet. The Kew Bowling Club was formed in 1880 while the privately owned Auburn Heights Recreation Club was opened in 1904. By 1998, the two Clubs decided to amalgamate at the Auburn Heights site in Barkers Road, forming the Kew Heights Sports Club. The combined club was itself taken over by the Melbourne Cricket Club in 2012 becoming MCC Kew Sports Club. In 2017 MCC Kew closed and its landholding was subsequently sold to Carey Baptist Grammar School. Both the Kew and Auburn Heights Clubs assembled important collections. These historically significant and large collections were donated to the Society in 2020. The collections include manuscripts, pictures, trophies, plans, honour boards etc. References Barnard FGA 1910, 'Sports and Pastimes' in Jubilee History of Kew Victoria: Its origin & progress 1803-1910. Chapman J & C 1999, The history of the Auburn Heights Recreation Club, 1904 to 1908. Reeve S 2012, City of Boroondara: Thematic Environmental History, p.216.The combined collections of the four sporting clubs making up the collection number hundreds of items that are historically significant locally. They are also significant to the sporting history of the greater Melbourne area and to the sports of lawn bowls and tennis in Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection illuminates two of the Victorian historic themes - 'Building community life' through forming community organisations and 'Shaping cultural and creative life' by participating in sport and recreation.Wood and metal trophy, in two pieces, presented to the Auburn Heights [Mens'?] Bowling Club by H. Mathison in 1953. [The item forms part of the large historic Auburn Heights Recreation Club collection, with items relating to the sports of lawn bowls, tennis and croquet, gifted to the Kew Historical Society in 2020].1953 / AUBURN HEIGHTS / BOWLING CLUB / Presented by H. MATHISONauburn heights recreation club - barkers road - kew (vic), auburn heights bowling club - trophies

A wooden racquet, featuring a decal of a heraldic shield on both sides of throat. Inscription, from crown to stem, on obverse: SLAZENGER/KEN ROSEWALL/TOURNAMENT/FIBRE/ARMOURED/SLAZENGER. Materials: Wood, Paint, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Leather, Ink, Plastic, Ribbon, String, Fibreglasstennis

A wooden racquet with a white butt cap, featuring Slazenger logo and emblem. Black panther emblem also features across the throat, on both sides. Inscription, from head to stem, on both sides: SLAZENGER/PERSONAL/... Materials: Wood, Nylon, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Leather, Ink, Ribbon, Plastictennis

A wooden racquet, with blue and yellow whipping, and parchment reinforcements along the shoulder sides. Decal inscription across base of head and throat, on obverse: TENNANT AA. Decal inscription across base of head on reverse: WILSON. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Ink, Lacquer, Glue, String, Cloth, Parchmenttennis

A Tournament tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders, ribbon whipping around shaft, and a red leather handle. Tournament logo features across throat, situated in a gold ribbon device. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, String, Adhesive tape, Ribbontennis

A Tournament tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders, ribbon whipping around shaft, and a red leather handle. Tournament logo features across throat, situated in a gold ribbon device. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, String, Adhesive tape, Ribbontennis

A Tournament tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders, ribbon whipping around shaft, and a red leather handle. Tournament logo features across throat, situated in a gold ribbon device. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, String, Adhesive tape, Ribbontennis

A Wright and Ditson tennis racquet, with: laminated convex throat; double screw through shaft; and, fine-grooved, thick octagonal handle. Decal inscription along left side of shaft: WRIGHT & DITSON, MAKERS/BOSTON, MASS. U.S.A. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Paint, Ink, Leathertennis

A Fred Perry Windsor tennis racquet with string whipping around shoulders and shaft. Company logo and wreath trademark feature across the throat and butt cap, with model name across the right shoulder. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Fibre, Adhesive tape, Stringtennis

Tennis racquet with solid, concave throat, red painted shoulders with string whipping, and fine grooved handle. Surname of a former owner written across shaft, and on cloth strip along lower handle, on obverse: HERBRANDT. Materials: Wood, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Gut, Paint, String, Gut, Clothtennis

A Wilson Famous Player Series, Frank Sedgman Finalsit tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo. Shaft features decal of head and neck photo image of Sedgman. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Adhesive tape, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, String, Ribbon, Paint, Plastictennis

Multi-part object of 6 identical racquets (parts are numbered from 2008.989.1 to 2008.989.6). Each racquet is: a Dunlop 'Maxply Austral' model with clear Championship-branded net strings. Plastic Dunlop-branded wrap on handle. Materials: Wood, String, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Leather, Paint, Plastictennis

A wooden chest (.1) containing badminton equipment, specifically: four badminton racquets (.2 - .5); a guy rope (.6); a net (.7); and a rope (.8). On the inside of the lid is a tennis themed lithographic print, by Marcel Moisand. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Rope, Cloth, Cord, Gut, Leathertennis

An e.21st century digital print on foamcore, of an original l.19th century sepia photographic print. Image features an informal group portrait of young men and women, on a tennis court. All subjects are holding a tennis racquet. Materials: Foamcore, Ink, Wood, Metal, Paper, Paint, Linentennis

Reproduction of painting: Depicting heraldry and male tennis player on lawn tennis court with several spectators around a marquee. Featuring text: 'In Respectful Commemoration of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Challenge/at which/Sir Charles Winterburn/was victorious/The Champion/ 1876'. Materials: Pigment, Paper, Metal, Wood, Glass, Cardboardtennis

Page 13 of The Queen, The Lady's Newspaper issue July 2, 1881. Features reproduced lithograph entitled: 'LAWN TENNIS COSTUMES' which depicts seven vignettes of figures playing tennis and wearing tennis attire. UV glass. Materials: Paper, Ink, Cardboard, Metal, Wood, Adhesive labeltennis

Page from unknown magazine featuring reproduced engraving portraits of four famous men, and in centre a reproduced photograph of three tennis players. Photograph caption reads: 'AMERICA'S FIRST THREE LAWN-TENNIS PLAYERS OF '92'. UV glass. Materials: Paper, Ink, Glass, Cardboard, Glue, Woodtennis