This book was awarded to Amy Evelyn Bailey for second prize in Geography in the fourth form. Amy entered Ballarat College in January of 1885 at the age of 12. Parent/Guardian named in Registry as Ed Bailey residing in [Mt. Rowan?]. It is also noted in the Register that Amy came from Miss. [Keeps?] Ladies' School.During 1877 - 1891 Ballarat College accepted enrolments from female students. The school holds the original register of this period and notes that Amy Bailey entered the College at the age of 12. Presbyterian educators placed great value on a classical education matched with diligence in study. Book prizes were highly regarded and academic success admired. In the school’s early years prizes were ordered direct from London and had the school crest embossed in gold on the front or back cover. Many of the prizes given in early years were returned to the school to equip the Weatherly Library when it opened in 1936.Bound in red half calf with marble edging, gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Six raised bands on spine with gold decoration; gold writing on second compartment with green calf; College crest embossed on front cover; colour illustrations, end papers marbled, slight foxing on pages, detached spine, 670 p.Book plate inside front cover: college crest, Geography/ Fourth Form/ Second prize/ Awarded to/ Amy E. Bailey./ Christmas,1886.amy-evelyn-bailey, ballarat-college, ed-bailey, miss.-[keeps?]-ladies'-college

An anthology of true life stories as told by Australians who served in New Zealand, South Africa, World War I & II.Hard, green, buckram cover embossed with gold shield surrounded by laurel wreath. Dust jacket with colour illustration on front. Title in white print on green background. Title in gold print on spine. End papers illustrated in green with maps & figure of soldiers. 265 pages with cut edges & black & white photos & drawings.books-biography, military history, photography, illustrations

Greeting Card: Shield shaped with fawn velvet cover and gold metal ribbon on the front with a plastic like material with mouldings 'With Best love' inscribed in gold. A Grecian lady in a blue rectangle holds a branch. A white and blue flower is also painted on the front. The back is made of card with Christmas 1901'written. Box 625ephemera, mementoes, christmas, greeting card. christmas

Small, oval head and shoulder portrait of a lady. She is wearing a floral dress with smocking on the front and a high collar with lace. She also has a locket on a velvet ribbon around her neck. Photo mounted on dark brown card with rounded corners, gold printing and gold border. Photo area is slightly raised.Stewart & Co., Melbournephotograph, portrait, female, portrait of a lady, stewart & co.

Small portrait of a man seated on a chair with his right arm resting on a table? He is wearing a three piece check suit with a watch chain. He has a beard. His trousers have a dark insert down the outer seam. Photographer's name printed on the front in gold and the photo also has a gold border.Johnstone, O'Shannessy & Co., 3 Bourke St. East, Melbournephotograph, portrait, male, portrait of a man, johnstone o'shannessy & co.

Document. Greeting. Cards. Small tri-fold card with pattern cut edges and silver filigree cutouts. On the top fold is a large yellow flower, a large green leaf and a pink daisy. The flowers & leaf are highlighted in gold glitter. At the bottom is 'A happy Christmas' printed in black. A small verse is printed in gold inside the card.person, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards

Brown Genuine Ostrich Leather Wallet with press stud on strap for clasp. Red leather and material lining. Pockets for Passport, Bills, Landing Card, Luggage Check and Rail Ticket embossed in gold on the inside. R.H.S. Abbott also embossed in gold. Small coin purse also on the inside and a large pocket on each side.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, ostrich skin wallet, r h s abbott

Document presented with donation of gold scales from E.S.&A Bank. See Mosaic record 12259 for details of scales. Two pages, printed on lemon coloured paper. Paper describes the history of the banks on the site and a brief overview of the ways in which the scales were used to weigh gold 'for the past ninety years'. No date on document.bendigo, banks, english, scottish and australian bank

Certificate presented to Miss Tilly McCormack of Knowsley by the Melbourne Hospital for Sick Children for Collecting funds. Buff coloured paper with gold and black lettering and an illustration of sick children, mounted under glass and framed with a black wooden frame with gold edging & brass corner pieces, markings read 'No 81, December 23rd 1900'organization, government, health, tilly mccormack, melbourne hospital

Document: McColl, Rankin & Stanistreet Collection: Central Deborah Gold Mine NL - bank statements of Central Deborah Gold Mining Co. NL with ANZ Bank. Brown paper wrapper tied up with brown string contains bank statements. Handwritten summary prepared by Chris Bradley ( 2009 ) inserted in front of archive.organization, business, central deborah gold mine, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet collection: central deborah gold mine nl. bank statements, accounts

12 x white square plastic badges made by A.J.Parkes 2 x Silver coloured with blue banner $1 value made by Swann and Hudson 5 x Gold coloured with red banner $2 value by Swann and Hudson 2 x Gold colour with a green banner $5 value by Swann and Hudson

This certificate was awarded to Violet Murrell for a race sponsored by the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria in 1929. Violet Murrell (formerly Violet Farmer) was one of the best female riders in Victoria, who won many events for dressage, show jumping and straight-out gallops at country meetings. She protested loudly that she was not allowed to ride at city tracks against the male jockeys despite beating them at country meetings. When she married Bill Murrell, a well-known jockey, they came to live in Mentone. Violet Murrell died in a tragic fire at her home in 1934 while trying to save her favorite horse, Garryowen, and her husband, who had tried to help her, died a few days later.Horse race award certificate awarded to Violet Murrell, riding Garryowen. Light brown in colour, with "First Prize" printed prominently across centre in blue. Dull gold decorative bands at top, bottom and left. Printed gold shield in centre of left band and small printed ornament with crown in centre of top bar. Printed (from top down): "The Royal Agricultural Society/of Victoria.", "First Prize.", followed by blank lines to be filled in: "Awarded to", "Exhibit", "Class", "No." Printed signature at bottom: "Henry Schwieg[ler?]/Secretary" Printed in shield on left: "GRAND/Annual/Exhibition/1929" Handwritten in black ink, to fill in blank lines: "Mrs. W. Murrell's "Garryowen" "[Awarded to], "Lady's Hack/15.3 or under" [Exhibit], "82" [Class] , "357" [No.] murrell, violet, horse racing, garryowen

Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: Sketches at the Gold Fields. This cartoon (from the Melbourne Punch, Aug, 27, 1857) illustrates what frequently happened on crowded leads. Depicts miners digging their tunnels only to end up digging into the next lead. Markings: 27 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Flag made to represent Mortar Platoon 1RVR in the late 1970s.This flag was created by the members of Mortar Platoon ( likely 1RVR) in .the late 1970s. It lists the names of the members of the platoon at the time. This item is well provinances Dark red cotton, rectangular flag with white satin pelican carrying two mortar bombs sewn on the obverse in the centre. The Pelican has black sitiching for details and the mortar bombs are oulined in black. The flag has gold coloured trim. "Mortar Platoon" and the names of the platoons members are embroidered in an orange/ gold coloured thread"Mortar Platoon" " John Barber" "Graham Hamilton" "Jeop Damen" " Ron Banks" "Ray Smart" "Tom Johnston TC" "Jim Campion" "Alan Single's" Bob Johnstone ( Johnno)" "Phil Dunk" " John Rees" "Oley Ok" " Rick Grant" " Bob Howe" "Reg Hayes" "Graham Davies"5/6 rvr mortar platoon, 5/6 rvr, 1rvr, army reserve, mortars, flag, 5/6 rvr bhq

Drum Majors sash has been worn by all drum majors since 1972 Drum majors sash is gold wool felt with gold braid edging. Carries RVR badge at top of battle honours and rampart lion at base of honours. Two small black drum sticks are located at each side of honours. The sash is crested with Queen Elizabeth 2. A green cotton cover has been included. pipes and drums, rvr, 5/6 rvr, 5 vsr

Laminated copy of two page newspaper article. Bendigo Advertiser Monday 24 July 2006."Bendigo's City of Gold is unearthed", article about the revival of production of gold from the Bendigo Goldfields. Plans include cross section through the mines/goldfield covering the New Chum, Sheepshead, Deborah and Garden Gully tunnelling. gold production in bendigo, kangaroo flat decline, aerial photo, revival

The Medal ribbons are:- Top row - OBE Military Division 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, War medal 1939-45. Middle row - Aust Service Medal. Korea Medal, Korea U.N. Medal, General Service Medal (Malaya). Bottom Row - Vietnam Medal. Long Service & Good Conduct Medal. Meritorious Service Medal. Sth. Vietnam Campaign Medal.1. Jacket, black woollen, four front pockets. There are no buttons or corps badges. On the arms are the metallic gold badges of a Staff Sgt. On the chest are 12 ribbons. 2. Braces, trouser. Elastic white, gold plated steel clips. 3. Necktie, Green. On the tie are repetitive patterns of the RA Inf badge. 4. Necktie.mess dress, uniform, post ww2, passchendaele barracks trust

Blue Harback 483 page book. Writing on the spine in gold lettering with an image of an ancient Greek (Spartan?) soldier in a circle at the bottom. Two gold lines across the bottom of the spine. The front and back cover are blank. No dust cover. Inside is an order form for ordering more books from the same published - Pergamon Press.non-fictionA non-fiction book detailing information about Antarctic weather patterns.meteorological, weather, antarctic, 1950s, maritime, nautical, portland

Annals of Bendigo 1851 to 1867 (1912) Printed by Mackay & Co. Market Square, Bendigo Includes maps, b/w photographs. Price one shilling. Bound in black with gold writing '1851 - 1867 George Mackay' On bottom in gold ' W.C. Harry' Markings: Bendigo Historical Society Inc. front and back of book.George Mackaybendigo, history, annals of bendigo, mining, culture, industry

This item is from the Temple estate. George Temple (1832-1916) started Temple's store opposite Post Office. Packed stores to Bendoc area gold fields.Jet beaded belt . Large and small beads. Large jet bead fastener (Paris Jet).belt beads costume-accessories jewelry jet-beads temple-george

These items are from the Temple estate. George Temple (1832-1916) started Temple's store opposite Post Office. Packed stores to Bendoc area gold fields.One long rope of jet beads and a pair of bobble jet beads. One jet bead applique piece.beading jet-beads costume-accessories haberdashery

items are from the Temple estate. George Temple (1832-1916) started Temple's store opposite Post Office. Packed stores to Bendoc area gold fields.Two small glass containers with silver lids.Side of lid S*B. Anchor,lion.jars containers-domestic glassware silver

Framed paper certificate with gold seal confirming the proclamation of the Shire of Whittlesea to be the City of Whittlesea, 29 March, 1988. Signed by the Governor of Victoria and the Minister for Local Governmentletter, illuminated addresses

Tells a short story of the early families who settled at Whroo, a gold mining area, located near Rushworth. The town is no long in existence. Written by Doris KIngA5 size booklet with soft cardboard cover. Cover has a black frame in from the edge with the book title in that in black print. Cover is a grey scale photograph of the Whroo mining site. 88 pages.titlewhroo, families of whroo, doris king

Sir Mac Burnet arrived back from the U.S. where he won a Lasker Award (a gold statuette) from the American National Health Association in 1952.Mac Burnet was born in Traralgon in 1899.Sir Mac Burnet receives Lasker Award in the U.S.