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Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Padlock
This padlock has been made by Jacksons Locks which is one of Australia’s oldest lock makers. Francis Jackson established the business in 1883 in Launceston, Tasmania and established a reputation for skilled craftsmanship and durable products. It is not known how the Historical Society acquired the item or who owned it,This lock has no known local connection but it is of interest as an example of an early lock. It may have been used to lock a sea trunk or an office building or a safe.This is a brass padlock in a half oval shape with a keyhole in the front and the locking mechanism at the top. This is open and there is no key with the item.Front of lock: ‘Jacksons’jacksons locks, tasmania, padlock -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Pin Dish, Mrs Wm Wright Warrnambool, C mid 20th century
Mrs William Wright operated a shop at 95 Liebig street Warrnambool around the turn of the 20th century, where she sold clothing as well as a large range of embroidery and needlework requirement.Some of the work listed in advertisements include shadow work,princess applique and Mount mellick work. She was an experienced and talented needleworker and held classes in a range of work. Mrs Wright advertised that her students had success at local shows in items such as shadow work,, embroidered blouse, best cosy, canvas work, novelty pincushion,floss silk work.Her name was Martha but she always traded under her husband's name. She died in 1952. This dish is a a simple reminder of Mrs Wright This pin dish provides a link with one of Warrnambool's early shopholders and needlewomen. She is featured in a soon to be released publication about women in Warrnambool called Silent Lives. The dish itself is a pleasing little example of a pin dish.Small white plate with gold edging and gold text. It is a rectangular oval shape but all edges are rounded.With compliments Mrs Wm Wright Warrnambool in gold in middle of plate .Made in Czechoslovakiawarrnambool, mrs wm wright, mrs william wright shop, mrs wright liebig st -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Clothes Brush - Personal Item
A long brown wooden elongated oval shaped body and shaped handle with stiff black pig bristles costume accessories, personal effects, clothing -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Button Cleaner
This object would have been used to place on a jacket around the button area. The buttons would have been brass and on a uniform of some sort; probably one belonging to the armed forces or a bandsman or a public utility such as the fire brigade. The source of the lettering has not been traced. An item such as this could still be used today.This item has been retained as a memento of past times when dress uniforms for men were more common.Brass flat oval shape with narrow space ending with a round space in the centre. There are some dents and stains on it.V A 1043 then crossed out 1070 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Headwear - HELMET, STEEL, possible post WW2
Communist East Evapern pattern, oval shaped, jungle green colour, leather headband inside, no straps.Stamped into the metal are letters: "BNB MKIV 0356"uniforms - army, costume - male - headwear, passchendaele barracks trust, helmets, -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - ARM BADGES, post 1980
.1) & .2) Brown oval badge with Rising Sun & the words "The Australian Army" embroidered in black thread.military history - army, uniforms- badges - army, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Weapon - GRENADE, C.1939 - 45
Ridged metal , oval shape with pin, no lever. 5 holes drilled into them to indicate it has be disabled.arms - ammunition, metalcraft, grenades -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - IDENTIFICATION TAG, 1941
Frederick George East served WW1 and WW2. Refer 537 medals for service history also 516.7, 538.2.Personnel Identification tag , aluminum, oval shaped with 2 small holes for attachments. inscribed on both sides.Front: "2nd AIF, F. G. East CE Cpt. B3 VX64901" Rear: "P 2147 Wife Rita Sons Ivan and Norman"personal effects - identification, accessory -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Accessory - Epaulets, c. 2000
For use by MIssion in more formal or representative capacities. Probably used by Captain Keith Dann a former MtS State Councillor and a key member of the Hastings branch of the MtS which he founded and supported for many years.From the personal Collection of Mrs Pat Dann a former member of the Central MtSV and later with her husband Captain Keith Dann supported and founded the Hastings branch of the Mission to Seamen in the late 20th C. Pair of small white rectangular cloth Epaulets with blue oval logo of the Mission with flying angel embroidered.The Missions to Seafarersshoulder, epaulets, flying angel, keith dann, pat dann, mission to seafarers, seamen's mission, mission to seamen, logo -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph, Gordon Scholes [as child], 1910c
Gordon Scholes (1908 - 1964) married Jessie Partington in 1935.Original child portrait from early 20th century and connection to Partington family.Black and white studio portrait of small child, dressed in white with hoop. Oval photograph in brown mount. On mount: The Allan Studio. Written in pen on back of photo: Gordon Scholes.gordon scholes, jessie may angus, jessie partington, partington family -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Accessory - Brass badge - Portland Hugh School, STOKES, A/ASIA, n.d
Brass badge, oval, enamelled, lighthouse and star motifs - Portland High School, Alte Vestiga Oculisportland high school -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Casterton, Victoria, 1960s
Sourced from Casterton Town Hall (former Shire of Glenelg)Postcard, black and white, Island Park, Casterton, showing football oval and pavilion, gum trees in backgroundFront: 'ISLAND PARK, CASTERTON, VIC', '4015' in bottom margin Back: Maker's stamptourism, travel, casterton -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Craft - Cotton Doyley, n.d
Embroidered cotton doyley, oval, cream, crochet edging, blue and yellow flowers, white and brown ribbonsdomestic item, craft, handicraft, crochet, sew, embroider -
Orbost & District Historical Society
fan, approx 1900
Brought to Orbost from the New Hebrides in about 1900.A long-handled hand woven palm fan in natural colours. The fan is oval shaped. The handle is narrow.fan handcraft dress-ornament ethnographic -
Orbost & District Historical Society
picture, late 19th - early 20th century
This is an example of a hand crafted item made to personalise and add aesthetic value to a home.A pressed dried native flower arrangement in a large oval frame of wood. It has a glass front. It is handmade.handcraft pressed-flowers picture -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Boiler Pot, Clark and sons, Early 1900's
Domestic cooking item used on a wood stove.Black oval cast iron pot with handle on one side Makers name embossed on one side.Clark and co. on one side. 6.G/ On bottom black and co. Patened St davids star with O in centrecooking, kitchen, pot, cast iron, food preparation -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Black and White, Frank Wright Judge at Dunedin, New Zealand, 1933, 02/1933
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 Australia. Two black and white photographs of a man standing outside a tent which is on an oval. The man is Frank WrightWritten on the back of the photo is "Frank Wright Judge outside tent Dunedin N.Z. Feb 1933"frank wright, judge, dunedin, new zealand -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Federation University Mount Helen Campus Underpass, 2015, 25/09/2015
Colour photograph of the bluestone underpass between the oval and the swimming pool at the Federation University Mount Helen campus.federation university australia, underpass, bluestone -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - LYNNE BENWELL COLLECTION: CONSERVATORY GARDEN
Black and white postcard of the gardens and the conservatory with the visitor centre, the photo is in an oval with white background and flowery edges.bendigo, parks and gardens, conservatory gardens -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - SMALL OVAL TIN PLATE FEMALE PORTRAIT
Small oval head and shoulders tin plate portrait of a female, mounted in thin card. Photographer unknown.photograph, portrait, female -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Bottle, glass
Clear glass bottle, oval in section with 'burst off finish' at neck and circular pontil mark on base.Nil -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Mudstone with leaves and fragments
8353.1 - Irregular- tending-oval mudstone showing partial leaf and small woody/leafy fossil fragments. -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Tool - Surgical scrub brush with storage box used by Dr Mitchell Henry O'Sullivan
Dr Mitchell Henry O'Sullivan worked in the Victorian country town of Casterton as a general practitioner from 1919 until his death in 1977. He also practiced obstetrics. His son, Dr David More O'Sullivan donated his obstetric bag and its contents to the College in 1999. The bag and contents are a unique time capsule of the type of instruments and pharmaceuticals used in the inter-war period.Wooden handled brush with pig hair bristles. With oval shaped metal case consisting of lid and base.disinfection -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - QC BINKS COLLECTION: BUCKLE
Metal oval buckle. No discernible decoration remains on the face. Reverse has the remains of clasps. Object is rusted.bendigo, gold mining, qc binks, qc binks. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Domestic Object - CHINA MEAT PLATTER
Large oval shaped white china meat platter decorated with a floral and berry design in sage green.domestic equipment, food consumption, meat platter, di501 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - MERLE BUSH COLLECTION: LADIES RED LEATHER BELT
Clothing. Ladies red leather belt with oval shaped leather covered buckle. Old box 573.costume accessories, female, ladies red leather belt -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Print, 1943
During World War II, the city of Modane in the southeast region of France was bombed on 13 or 17 September 1943 by Allied aircraft. The objective of the bombing was the station, an important centre of transit between France and Italy. The bombing caused 60 victims and 100 houses were destroyed. A second bombing took place on the night of 10–11 November 1943. Crew of "M" for Mother, a Lancaster aircraft belonging to No. 467 Squadron RAAF in Bomber Command.included: - 417035 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt, later Flying Officer [FO]) John Warrington Scott of Ballarat, Victoria; 413558 Flt Sgt (later FO) George Edward Erickson of Sydney, NSW; 412890 Flt Sgt (later Flight Lieutenant [Flt Lt]) Albert Reginald Thomas Boys of Sydney, NSW; 414407 Flt Sgt (later Flt Lt) Bertram Raymond Jones of Wyandra, Queensland; 400444 Flt Sgt (later Flt Lt) John Hudson Wilkinson, (later Distinguished Flying Cross) of Rutherglen, Victoria (lost on operations over Europe on 30 August 1944); Sgt E L Tull, RAF. From collection of photographs and cuttings dedicated to the memory of WILKINSON JOHN HUDSON : Service Number - 400444 : Date of birth - 18 Feb 1914 : Place of birth - RUTHERGLEN VIC Wilkinson was awarded the distinguished flying cross in March 1944. The significance of this item records the names of the Lancaster aircraft flight crew which took part in the second allied bombing of Modane a small city in the south eastern region of France which was an important centre of transit between France and Italy during the second world war. The bombing took place on the 10-11 November 1943 killing five civilians.oval shaped copy of black and white photograph of a Lancaster plane above scroll containing names of servicemen.Modane 10/11.11.1943 Signatures of Sergeant Holt, Sergeant Tull and Flight Sergeant Boysdistinguished flying cross, world war two, air force, modane, france, pilot officer john hudson wilkinson -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Functional object - Handkerchief, 1940's
Square white linen handkerchief with "S" inside an oval shape design, hand worked in one corner.as abovecamp 3 hand crafts, handkerchief, dr silke hesse, beinssen family -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Badge - Female Badge
WW1 Female Relative’s Badge No 46369 The badge is inscribed “Issued by Dept of Defence to Women of Australia for Duty Done” Under Military Order 280 of 1917 (later Military Order 1818 of 1918), badges such as this were issued by the Department of Defence to the closest female relative of men in the AIF serving overseas. Silver metal badge with blue glaze containing AIF in oval shape below crown and above scrollIssued by Department of Defence To Women of Australia For Duty Done Rear - 46369women of australia, ww1, badge -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Decorative object - Boyd family crest
Martin Boyd had the Boyd Coat of Arms made to adorn his home at “The Grange”. Penleigh Boyd salvaged it just prior to The Grange’s demolition circa 1958. Its ‘rescue’ and installation at Walsh St is mentioned in Brenda Niall’s “The Boyds” page 339.White-painted timber, oval shape, three roses at the top, three rows of squares, and a crescent at the base.walsh st miscellaneous, robin boyd, boyd family, ohm2022, ohm2022_20