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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Film, 217698 Greg Cant, 1st Australian Field Hospital December 1968 - December 1969
Ektachrome slide image. Operating theatre photo of doctors operating on a patient. 4 figures plus patient. Photograph taken by Alan Barry PearceThe two outstanding physical aspects of Vung Tau that one has to adjust to are sand and blood. The sand is like fine salt and it eddies around the huts and covers your clothes, possessions and body, but the blood is a worse curse. The smell of blood is a physical sensation that you not only smell but taste. The cloying sweet smell permeates your skin and can't be scrubbed out. Its memory will last the rest of my life.1st australian field hospital, medical -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Callaway, Joseph, Mekong First Light: An Infantry Platoon Leader in Vietnam tells it like it was. (Copy 1)
Before we got to Vietnam, the troops all though you would be the first Lieutenant killed, and in the end, you were the only one left. We were all wrong, you were the best.Before we got to Vietnam, the troops all though you would be the first Lieutenant killed, and in the end, you were the only one left. We were all wrong, you were the best. vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Bevan, Scott, Battle Lines: Australian Artists at War
You hope your art will stop them for a second, anyway, and the say, 'Well, that's what is was like there at that time"You hope your art will stop them for a second, anyway, and the say, 'Well, that's what is was like there at that time"war in art, war artists -
St Kilda Historical Society
Photograph, Tian Steuart
Photograph taken in 2009Colour photograph, mountedI took this photo because I think it represents Ripponlea. The photo shows all of the different things Ripponlea has to offer like beautiful parks with native plants and seating where you can see fascinating views. The station is a great part of Ripponlea because the station is old, interesting and it's good to travel from because it is never busy and it's always very clean. By Tian Steuartripponlea, ripponlea station, ripponlea state school -
St Kilda Historical Society
Photograph, Talma & Co, Mr George Lauri as 'The Cingalee', 5/08/2006
Talma & Co Postcard of Mr George Lauri as "The Cigalee" black and white postcard, unmounted, original, fair conditionOn back 5/8/06 Dear Emma, I received your PC yes the other day. I like actresses and scenes as well. Thank you all the same. Love to all Maud -
St Kilda Historical Society
Photograph, Janet Morgan
... at it! I can't help it, it is my misfortune to have a face like... misfortune to have a face like this. Hope you have recovered from ...Sepia postcard, unmounted, original, good conditionOn back: Dear Cecil This is the photo. Please don't laugh at it! I can't help it, it is my misfortune to have a face like this. Hope you have recovered from Saturday. With love, Janet. Mr G Morgan, C of Smith & Emmerton Collins Street City -
Clunes Museum
Photograph - METHODIST CHURCH CHOIR
COPY OF PHOTOGRAPH OF METHODIST CHURCH CHOIR0N BACK: 1909 MY DEAR AMY. NO DOUBT YOU MAY HAVE KNOWN SEVERAL IN THIS VIEW. WOULD YO LIKE A VIEW OF THE CLUNES HOSPITAL OR HAVE YOU ALREADY GOT IT. LOVE FROM MOTHER (MRS A WHITE, RAILWAY CRC WOODLEPINE WAmrs. a white, woodlepine wa, methodist church choir -
Clunes Museum
Card
A THANK YOU CARD WITH ROSES ON THE FRONT THE CARD WAS SENT FROM KAROLINA TO MERLE ALEXANDER ,( FORMER TEAM LEADER OF THE WAREHOUSE CLUNES) AT THE COMPLETION OF KAROLINA'S ART EXHIBITION AT THE WAREHOUSEDEAR MERLE AND STAFF, ON COMPLETION OF MY EXHIBITION "PANORAMA, PETALS & PLACES" I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO ALL WHO SUPPORTED MY VENTURE. WARMEST REGARDS KAROLINAkarolina, merle alexander -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Postcard, 1917
... " "Like the boomerang may you quickly come back"... safe / and a sure return" "Like the boomerang may you quickly ...From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Colour postcard with a brown boomerang and written messages on a white background. Handwritten message on back.Front: "To wish you / a speedy safe / and a sure return" "Like the boomerang may you quickly come back"album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, 1917, boomerang -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Pamphlet - Congregational Union, Victoria, Why be good?
Bi-fold paper pamphlet with black ink cartoons and red ink on the front. The pamphlet has the following headings: Good for nothing; Good for something; Why can't I do as I like?; A quality of personality; Good for someone; The joy of living. The final paragraph reads: "P.S. - READER! Are you thinking that you know why you should be good: but you don't know how? Then accept Christ, and personally trust Him. And say with St. Paul, "I can do all things in Christ, Who strengthens me." (Philippians 4/13.)spiritual campaign committee, congregational union, -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Manuscript, Robin Boyd, "What does it feel like to be an Australian in 1959?"
Discusses what does it feel like to be an Australian in 1959? A critique on our advanced national adolescence, limitations of our artist's creativity. We are not English or America - how do we compare? Australians want to be told they are better, the country anxious to hear well of itself. (This perhaps is related to item D015.)Typewritten, pencil edits, quarto, 4 pages, pages 6-9they're a weird mob, nino culotta, 1959 australia, cyril pearl, on the beach, so you want to be an australian, sidney nolan, john ely burchard, robin boyd, manuscript -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Talk notes, Robin Boyd, Nothing succeeds like failure
Appears to be a talk to architecture students about success and failure in architecture according to whether you are an architect ('a doer') as well as a talker and a writer, and the influence attached to all three.Talk notesHandwritten (pencil), quarto, 2 pagesHandwritten and torn second pagefrank lloyd wright, walter gropius, le corbusier, henry moore, alexander calder, albert einstein, buckminster fuller, robin boyd, manuscript -
Ruyton Girls' School
Letter, Helen Cole, 1952
... would like to thank you most / sincerely for your generous gift..., / On behalf of the Ruyton / girls, I would like to thank you most ...The handwritten letter addresses Mrs McNaughton (also known as Kathleen "Kitty" Hepworth), thanking her for her gift to Ruyton Girls' School. The Ruytonian December 1952 also acknowledges this gift, describing Mrs McNaughton as having "presented the school with a beautiful Ruyton flag." Kathleen McNaughton was a former Ruyton student, having enrolled in 1925. The letter is signed by Helen Cole. Research indicates that the Ruyton flag was probably one used in inter and intra-school athletic competitions known as 'flag races', which were popular in the first half of the 20th century. In such races, teams ran relay-style, with their School's flag held aloft in the manner of an 18th century soldier charging into battle. Each flag was an important public symbol of school identity, and was made with care and used with pride. Though once a ubiquitous part of any school's sporting equipment, one flag races fell out of favour in the later 20th century, racing flags were usually discarded. However, it is unclear whether the flag gifted by Mrs McNaughton was indeed used for flag racing.The record has strong historic significance as it was written by a former notable student, Helen Gordon (maiden name Cole). Helen started at Little Ruyton in Prep in 1940 and finished Year 12 in 1952 as School Captain, Bromby Captain, Form Captain for Matric, Tennis Captain, Hockey Captain, Swimming Vice Captain, and an award for Best All-Round Girl. She also played baseball for Victoria. After finishing school, Helen went on to graduate from the University of Melbourne as a physiotherapist in 1956. Her first position at age 19 involved setting up clinics with the Victorian Health Department Poliomyelitis Rural division. Helen’s strong ties to Ruyton continued when she held the position of President of the Old Ruytonians’ Association from the start of 1966 to the end of 1967. In 2019, Helen received an Order of Australia Medal for service to community health as a physiotherapist. She was also the recipient of the 2022 Victorian Senior Achiever Award at Parliament House. Helen passed away in July 2023 at age 88. The record's significance is further enhanced by its strong provenance, having been produced by Ruyton Girls' School and donated to the Archives by a familial connection.One loose sheet of cream coloured paper containing a handwritten letter, and printed with Ruyton Girls' School's name and emblem.Obverse: TELEPHONE / HAWTHORN 331 / R / RUYTON GIRLS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL / RECTE ET FIDE LITER / SELBORNE ROAD. / KEW E.4. / Dear Mrs Macnaughton, / On behalf of the Ruyton / girls, I would like to thank you most / sincerely for your generous gift of our / new Ruyton flag. / As we have not had one for so / many years, this one will be most / acceptable, and we hope ^ we will be able / to exhibit in the youth marches and / on other occasions / Last week it was shown in / assembly, and everyone was so thrilled / that we are eagerly looking forward / to an opportunity to show it off. / Thanking you once again / Yours sincerely / Helen Cole / (Head Prefect) / Reverse: RGS008/2024/0008 /ruyton girls' school, students, school, ruyton, victoria, high school, senior school, day school, letter, old ruytonians association, kew -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, c1914
A male identified as George Hayes in a WW1 uniform posed in front of an artificial bush settingA man identified as George Hayes, dressed in uniform, complete with leggings sitting on logs (made to look like a bush setting).on back:LHS in circle: Day or Night centre: Whiteney Bros / ELECTRIC STUDIOS / 118 BOURKE ST / Melbourne / AUSTRALIA written in pencil twice: George Hayes / 101 Stafford St /Victoria RHS in corner circle: FINISHED / while / you waitworld war 1, soldiers, armed forces, uniforms, men, clothing and dress, hayes, george, whitney brothers, photographers, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph
An unmounted black and white photograph of a group of six men sitting on the floor at the opening of their tent having a meal with the mess buckets at their feet.on the back written in pencil: Bunkered Do you think we / could stop one, Eh what (?) do we / look like it. I stopped the last / in one (gulp) I mean. Show this / to Susie.soldiers, armed forces, clothing and dress, camping, men, george evans collection -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Picnic in the Bush -- Various Families c1900
Picnic in the bush. Probably Black Ranges. Church group.Black and White Photograph of a group of people in a bushland setting. Women wearing long dresses with large hats. Photograph cropped.Dear Mert, There's nothing like keeping up appearances so you see I got as near the Parson as possible. How do you do di de do how as you do de do di do etc. is Jimmy living where hes living now or has he gone away. From yours sinc. M the other side. P.S. don't run away with the idea that it was Jack I was edging up to. Forgot your number its late to go over home. stawell -
National Wool Museum
Print, Chris McClelland, Shearing the Rams – Tuppal Station, 210
Chris was invited to be artist in resident for the historic re-enactment of “Shearing the Rams” at the North Tuppal Station woolshed held on the 4th and 5th June 2010. The celebration attracted record crowds to witness the shearing of the station rams by 72 blade shearers. Over a single weekend in 2010, thousands of people queued for hours to see a piece of Australian history recreated at North Tuppal Station near Tocumwal, NSW. In 1900, Francis Faulkner invested a staggering £4000 to extend his shearing shed on Tuppal Station, making it the biggest in the country. Over the next decade more than three million sheep trod its pine boards and were shorn in its 72 stands. After years of drought and the Great Depression, the property fell into disrepair and the station was split up. When North Tuppal Station was sold to the Atkinson family in 1928, just five of the 72 stands were in operation. In 2010, Sport Shear Australia approached the Atkinson family about holding an event in the historic shearing shed to raise money for a team of Australian shearers to go to the world shearing title in Wales. An army of volunteers restored the T-shaped shed and yards and organised a weekend of events. Over two days, 6,000 sheep were shorn and all 72 stands of the restored North Tuppal shed were brought back to life. A total of 117 shearers shared the boards with 90 wool handlers who skirted 19 fleeces every minute. For a period on each day of this historic weekend, the machines were then silenced, and 72 shearers picked up their old blade shears to recreate past shearing methods. “When they fired up and got the blades out there was deathly silence on the board - you could hear a pin drop because normal shearing you have all the machines and it is quite noisy. Here you could just hear the click, like in the song Click Go the Shears Boys. People had tears in their eyes. It was quite an emotional thing to see that and very proud to be here.” George Falkiner, grandson of Francis FalkinerColoured framed print of shearing scene in the Tuppal station, Ferrrier’s wool press on the left-hand side and station on the top. Print in framed in a light-coloured wooden frame with white coloured matte.Under artwork - In 1891 Tuppal Station, a sum of 176,000 acres threshold, was bought by Mr Fiane Sadlies Falkines, Under the management of his eldest son F.B.S. Falkines, the 72 stand woolshed was build in 1900 and powered by a 16 horsepower steam engine. Sheep were pure Boonoke blood and the average numbers of sheep shorn over nineteen years to 1909 was 152,780. Around 7200 sheep could be shorn daily. The largest clip totalled 3326 baled of greasy and scoured wool and was sold in London. Bottom right corner - Chris McClelland 181/720 Shearing The Rams – Tuppal Station -
National Wool Museum
Archive - Advertisement, Challenge Woollen Mills, 1961
... First Time Ever!/Clan Murray Challenge Blankets/Bring You... Challenge Blankets/Bring You New Colours Glowing like Early Morning ...Note from collector- "For more than 100 years blankets were made all over Australia in over 100 woollen mills. My aim, is to preserve 100 examples of these wonderful pieces of history. Ten years ago I started collecting the iconic Onkaparinga travel rugs, so that on movie nights at home there would be plenty to go around. Everyone had their favourite; even the cat had his own – a small red tartan one. Keeping an eye out for those travel rugs at op-shops and markets, collectable stores and bazaars, led to noticing vintage blankets. I'd never really thought about them before or paid much attention though of course I had grown up with them at my grandmother's. When I discovered my first Laconia cream blanket with blue stripes, my eyes just went gaga. Well that was it, I was hooked and since then over 500 blankets have passed through my hands. These common, everyday items, found in all households for so many decades, were traditional engagement gifts. Pairs were prized wedding presents turning into family heirlooms. They were fashionable dressers of beds, givers of warmth, bestowers of security and reliability. The comfort found in these objects resonates with almost all of us; we grew up with them ourselves or fondly recall them in a grandparent’s home. There is no modern replacement with the integrity of these old blankets, many of them now older than most of us. They are romantic, sensible, special, familiar, nostalgic and nothing else feels so appropriate in so many situations. No offense to the great Aussie doona, but from hippie to hipster, at a music festival, picnic, campsite or couch, a vintage blanket is something coveted by all. This industry that employed tens of thousands and must have been such a huge contributor to the economy is almost completely lost now. Blanket Fever is an ode to everything that came before: the land, the sheep, the shearers, the hands, the mills, the weavers, the designers, the distributors, the department stores. To the grandparents that gave them, the people that received them, the families that kept them; thank you. I’m passionate about my collection of Australian blankets manufactured in mostly Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania from the 1930s to the end of the 1960s. The collection has blankets from each of these four decades representing the styles and fashions of their time and includes dated advertisements which help determine the eras the blankets are from." Advertisement, Challenge blankets, ElectracolourFirst Time Ever!/Clan Murray Challenge Blankets/Bring You New Colours Glowing like Early Morning Sunlight/Electracolour/from New Swiss Miracle Dyes/Still with the Super Luxury of Kitten-soft Double "Perma-Nap" Finishwool, blanket, blanket fever, challenge, advertisement, australian women's weekly -
National Wool Museum
Archive - Advertisement, Laconia Woollen Mills, 1957
Note from collector- "For more than 100 years blankets were made all over Australia in over 100 woollen mills. My aim, is to preserve 100 examples of these wonderful pieces of history. Ten years ago I started collecting the iconic Onkaparinga travel rugs, so that on movie nights at home there would be plenty to go around. Everyone had their favourite; even the cat had his own – a small red tartan one. Keeping an eye out for those travel rugs at op-shops and markets, collectable stores and bazaars, led to noticing vintage blankets. I'd never really thought about them before or paid much attention though of course I had grown up with them at my grandmother's. When I discovered my first Laconia cream blanket with blue stripes, my eyes just went gaga. Well that was it, I was hooked and since then over 500 blankets have passed through my hands. These common, everyday items, found in all households for so many decades, were traditional engagement gifts. Pairs were prized wedding presents turning into family heirlooms. They were fashionable dressers of beds, givers of warmth, bestowers of security and reliability. The comfort found in these objects resonates with almost all of us; we grew up with them ourselves or fondly recall them in a grandparent’s home. There is no modern replacement with the integrity of these old blankets, many of them now older than most of us. They are romantic, sensible, special, familiar, nostalgic and nothing else feels so appropriate in so many situations. No offense to the great Aussie doona, but from hippie to hipster, at a music festival, picnic, campsite or couch, a vintage blanket is something coveted by all. This industry that employed tens of thousands and must have been such a huge contributor to the economy is almost completely lost now. Blanket Fever is an ode to everything that came before: the land, the sheep, the shearers, the hands, the mills, the weavers, the designers, the distributors, the department stores. To the grandparents that gave them, the people that received them, the families that kept them; thank you. I’m passionate about my collection of Australian blankets manufactured in mostly Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania from the 1930s to the end of the 1960s. The collection has blankets from each of these four decades representing the styles and fashions of their time and includes dated advertisements which help determine the eras the blankets are from." Laconia Pure Lamb's Wool Blankets (mother and baby in bed)Laconia Pure Lamb's Wool Blankets/Make Goodnight a Certainty/*There's nothing in the World like WOOLblankets, blanket fever, wool, laconia, advertisement, australian women's weekly -
National Wool Museum
Record, Gramophone, People like you and me / My devotion
... People like you and me / My devotion... Gramophone record Textile Mills - staff People like you and me / My ...Gramophone record used in the mending room of the Foster Valley Mill.textile mills staff, valley worsted mill, gramophone, record, textile mills - staff -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document - Certificate of Membership
Note from Frances Warren. In the early 1930s the wireless was our lifeline. My parents usually listed to 3DB Renn Miller and Charlie Vaurd ran the Smile Away Club they were a funny pair. Their theme song went like this - 'Ten to seven let's be bright and gay, Ten to seven smile away smile away, A shilling that's the coin, that's all it costs to join, so join in the club and be a smile away' Robin Hood & His Merry Men was a programme for children and when you joined the girls became Maid Marion and the boys were Robin Hood of course. It was a great programme better than the modern ones.Certificate No. 6368 Vacuum Radio Feature Robin Hood and his Merry Men. 'Certificate of Membership - Frances Johns you have now been selected to become a Merry Member of Robin Hood's famous band. Inscribed on paper with illustration of Maid Marion. Vacuum Oil Company Pty. Ltd. Super Plume Ethyl, Plume Motor Spirit, Mobiloil, and Laurel Kerosene. Bordered with silver surround. Cream paper and black printing.documents, certificates -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document - Dance Guide
Note from Frances Warren. 'The Dance Card really belonged to George, I think perhaps he did try to learn to dance. Didn't like it very much. Probably about 1935. We didn't have dance cards we just knew the dances and the sets and the Alberts were great fun. With the sets you had to swing and change your partners. If the partners were tall they just had to lift their arms a bit and you were off your feet and around you would go. Great fun.Yellow card folded into thirds Called 'Old Time' Dance Guide x Mullens 5th Edition 6d. Seven set dances. Three Round Dances, Valetta, Schottische, Two Step Printed instructions for these dances.documents, programmes -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Letter, Goff Buchan, 28/02/1918 (Exact)
Found in a tobacco tin by David Gillespie in a house near the water tower. Not known who Goff Buchan was. Goff Buchan has now been identified. See comment below.Pencil written letter, one page on one side on yellowing lined paper and tobacco tin in which it was found. Tin contained at one time Happy Thoughts TobaccoLetter: "Palestine / 28 Feb 1918 / Alick / Your welcome card just arrived. Pleased to hear you are doing well. That's not a very appropriate card to send to a fellow out on this desert where he never sees a woman. But it caused some fun. Well Jack Old Boy, I am in hospital at present with a crook knee caused through that gentle sport called football, but will soon be out. I didn't get that parcel [Dougie?] sent. I would have liked to have got it too, but never mind, better luck next time. Well, remember me to all the boys. Give my love to all at home. / Your Loving Brother / Goff Buchan"letter from soldier, goff buchan, world war 1, godfrey buchan, 3rd lighthorse, 8th lighthorse, alexander buchan, alick buchan, buchan family, world war i, ww1, wwi -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, Rutherglen Railway Station, 20/01/1907
... by Excursion on Wednesday if any chance would like to see you have left... on Wednesday if any chance would like to see you have left my job so ...Colour postcard photograph showing railway station and yard with a steam train engineWritten on back of card: "Address 214 Talbot St South Ballarat | Rutherglen 20/1/07 | Dear Alick. All well. Hope you are enjoying your new place & are in good health. Am going away by Excursion on Wednesday if any chance would like to see you have left my job so may not come back. Toby | Yours T Irvine" Address: "Mr A Hylands | c/o Mr Touleins | Baker | Swanpool | via Benalla" 1d stamp with postmark: "Rutherglen JA 22 07"rutherglen railway station, railway stations, steam trains -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Instrument - Pace Stick
... distance, something like the compass set you used at school. ... to a particular distance, something like the compass set you used ...The Pace Stick is used to measure the correct length of pace. Rhythm and uniformity in marching is achieved by using the Pace Stick as well as the drum and metronome. Correct pace length is necessary not only for ceremonial purposes, but also to reduce fatigue on long marches and set the standard of accuracy required of soldiers. The Pace Stick is actually two pieces of timber, hinged at the top and able to be set to a particular distance, something like the compass set you used at school. -
Unions Ballarat
Why You Should be a Socialist, Strachey, John, 1938
The book describes itself as a "terse guide to such questions as, what causes unemployment, what causes war, what makes booms and slumps, what is socialism [and] what is capitalism." Book index: I. The Secret in the Pay Envelope II. How the System Works III. What They Get Out of It IV. What It has Done to Us V. Why It Stops Working VI. Must we Die for It? VII. What can we Put in its Place? VIII. "I have Seen the Future, and It Works" IX. What would Socialism be like Here? X. How to Get There Written and produced in Britain 1938. Pertinent Britain's economy and work force in the 1930s. Observations about wages and employment.Softcover book. Front cover: black and white background, red, white and black lettering. Back cover: white background; black lettering.Front cover: title and author's name. Back cover: advertisement for the Left Book Club, London; International Bookshop Pty Ltd stamp.btlc, ballarat regional trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, socialism, politics and government, unemployment, war, economy, capitalism, wages -
Queen Victoria Women's Centre
Pamphlet, Would you like to exhibit your artistic work in a centrally located, women-focused environment?, c. 1997
... Would you like to exhibit your artistic work in a centrally... A4 page folded twice to create three column flyer. Would you ...A4 page folded twice to create three column flyer. art exhibitions, historic site, women health professionals -
Wangaratta High School
WHS Framed Certificate, 2007
... like to thank you for your support for the 2007 Hume Region... like to thank you for your support for the 2007 Hume Region ...Green certificate of appreciation with a blue image of a girls face, the WHS logo and the Hume region eLearning expo Wangaratta 2007 logo. Dark green text reads:Certificate of Appreciation Hume Region of Education would like to thank you for your support for the 2007 Hume Region eLearning Conference Wangaratta High School -
Melbourne Legacy
Document, Letter written on part of a fabric wing 14 June 1917, 1917
A wartime letter written by Arthur Evans that was later mounted on card for display purposes. It was donated to Legacy in 1998. The letter was written on the fabric of an aircraft wing. The letter was written by Arthur Stanley Evans while convalescing in Briston in 1917. He had been injured at Bullecourt, France with the 18th-16th AIF. The letter says 'Dear Minnie, Just a line to say your nice long letter arrived yesterday and I am now waiting the money etc. Have run out of paper so am scrawling this on a piece of wing belonging to one of Fritz's tubes that I saw one of our chaps having a scrap with in the air over our lines one day. "Fritz LOST". Glad Betty liked her little gift. Will write you later. I am improving every day and expect to have leave shortly. Love to all, Arthur." Not to let war time shortages of paper get in Arthur Evans way, he improvised and his letter to Minnie, it arrived intact. The fabric would be quite durable and light. A great memento to show family and friends.Despite war time shortages a little ingenuity can overcome many difficulties.Backing, ply board. Letter and short story typed on white cardboard, cardboard fixed to ply backing. Original letter fixed to white cardboard. Lower left hand corner folded over showing the reverse side of the fabric. Original letter rectangular in shape. All of the above is surrounded by a brownish border.The letter, the story and how the letter came to Legacy is printed in brown ink. The original letter is hand written on a piece of wing fabric from a German aircraft shot down over Allied lines.souvenir, world war one -
Power House Rowing Club
Journal article - ROWING CLUB, ROWING CLUB, 1958
ROWING CLUB We are all delighted at having invited Brighton Grammar to use our Club's gear. So take heed, all-comers. you may yet see the Sommers As Head-of-the-River next year ! In common with many, we're short of a penny Our small nexus perplexes, we fear. But the Vic. State election has eased our dejections. And with more funds or new pair may appear. To increase the votes, all those our boats Canvassed Toorak - 'twas really a dash. A fifty pound cheque, the reward r our trek, Is now name our books "Petty Cash." At Vienna's Olde Inn, the Annual Club Din. On May two was a splendid assembly. Such fine fare and good fellows, their voices like bellows, You'd have thought it a final at Wembley.