Wal Jack had an extensive range of correspondents throughout Australia and the world who often prepared extensive notes and records for him. It would appear from the letter that both parties are undertaking wartime activities, and provides details of horse tramways in South Australia and Western Australia. The letter may have had a further sheet as it is unsigned. Most likely written during the latter part of World War 2.Demonstrates some of the correspondence that Wal Jack received from around the world and that of Roy Field.Letter - handwritten with ink on a foolscap sheet, both sides.letters, wal jack, tramways, roy field, railways, horse trams, south australia, western australia

Letter from Robin Pleydell to Neil Maxwell upon the occasion of his retirement from the Association of the Blind.Handwritten letter from Robin Pleydell to Neil Maxwellnon-fictionelizabeth maxwell, neil maxwell, association for the blind, robin pleydell

Handwritten invoice for stationers dated March 16, 1877Text: " Bought of John Sands / Wholesale & Manufacturing Stationer. "john sands

Handwritten text-book page of genealogy, Ethel Pattison.genealogy, family, metcalf

Handwritten letter concerning advice on building an art building.prahran mechanics' institute, prahran mechanics' institute technical art school, art, ballarat technical art school, j.h. furneaux

The photo shows SECV Ballarat No. 36 turning from Lydiard St North into Sturt St to travel to Grenville St. Destination showing Special. Taken during the AETA Easter tour to Ballarat - see reference. In the background are the ANZ Bank, National Bank, the ES&A bank, and the Bank of NSW. The Conductor is standing behind the tram in Lydiard St. The tram has a SEC Electric Cooking roof advert.Yields information about the AETA 1969 Ballarat tour and tram 36.Colour slide - AGFA Cardboard mount with handwritten notes.In ink "No. 36 City 5-4-69, EK14"tramways, tramcars, aeta tours, lydiard st nth, tram 36, sturt st

The photo shows SECV Ballarat No. 36 northbound in Lydiard St North crossing the railway level crossing. Taken during the AETA Easter tour to Ballarat - see reference. In the background are Reid's Coffee Palace, Union Trustees, a Mercedes-Benz sign, and the Provincial Hotel. The tram has a SEC Electric Cooking roof advert.Yields information about the AETA 1969 Ballarat tour and tram 36.Colour slide - AGFA Cardboard mount with handwritten notes.In ink "No. 36 Rly Stn 5-4-69, EK13"tramways, tramcars, aeta tours, lydiard st nth, level crossing, tram 36

Photo shows SECV Ballarat No. 32 northbound in Drummond St South at Bell St with the destination of Lydiard St Nth. A man is holding his arm out of the rear door - conductor? The tram has a roof advert for ANA Mutual fund.Yields information about Ballarat tram services and tram 32 in 1969.Colour slide - AGFA Cardboard mount with handwritten notes.In ink "No. 32 Bell St 5-4-69, EK12"tramways, tramcars, drummond st sth, bell st, tram 32

The photo shows SECV Ballarat No. 21 advertising the Ballarat Base Hospital Appeal, in Wendouree Parade, Fairylands with Lake Wendouree in the foreground. Taken during the AETA Easter tour to Ballarat - see reference. Yields information about the AETA 1969 Ballarat tour and tram 21.Colour slide - AGFA Cardboard mount with handwritten notes.In ink "No. 21 Gardens 5-4-69, EK15"tramways, tramcars, aeta tours, tram 21, ballarat hospital, decorated tram, wendouree parade

The photo shows SECV Ballarat tram 39 at Sebastopol with the service car behind. In the background is the Royal Mail Hotel. Taken during the AETA Easter tour to Ballarat - see reference. Yields information about the AETA 1969 Ballarat tour and tram 39.Colour slide - AGFA Cardboard mount with handwritten notes.In ink "No 39 Sebastopol 5-4-69, EK23"tramways, tramcars, aeta tours, night photo, tram 39, sebastopol, royal mail hotel

The photo shows SECV Ballarat tram 39 outside the depot at night showing Special. The tram was one of the three tour trams during the day. Taken during the AETA Easter tour to Ballarat - see reference. Yields information about the AETA 1969 Ballarat tour and tram 39.Colour slide - AGFA Cardboard mount with handwritten notes.In ink "No 39 Depot 5-4-69, EK21"tramways, tramcars, aeta tours, depot, night photo, tram 39

Set of two photos showing SECV Ballarat tram 39 at the Lydiard St North terminus. The tram has an SECV all-electric cooking roof advert. Taken during the AETA Easter tour to Ballarat - see reference.Yields information about the AETA 1969 Ballarat tour and tram 39.Colour slide - AGFA Cardboard mount with handwritten notes.In ink "No 39 Lydiard St Nth 5-4-69, EK23" - second slide EK24.tramways, tramcars, aeta tours, night photo, tram 39, lydiard st nth

The photo shows SECV Ballarat trams 21 and 34 crossing at the King St loop in Victoria Stm with the flower garden beds in the foreground. Taken during the AETA Easter tour to Ballarat - see reference. Yields information about the AETA 1969 Ballarat tour and trams 21 & 34.Colour slide - AGFA Cardboard mount with handwritten notes.In ink "Nos.Victoria St line 5-4-69, EK18"tramways, tramcars, aeta tours, tram 21, decorated tram, tram 34, king st loop, victoria st.

The photo shows SECV Ballarat trams 21 and 34 crossing at the Depot Loop, Wendouree Parade. Taken during the AETA Easter tour to Ballarat - see reference. Yields information about the AETA 1969 Ballarat tour and tram 21 and 34.Colour slide - AGFA Cardboard mount with handwritten notes.In ink "Nos. 34 & 21 Gardens 5-4-69, EK17"tramways, tramcars, aeta tours, tram 21, ballarat hospital, decorated tram, wendouree parade, tram 34, depot loop

The photo shows SECV Ballarat tram 40 in the depot at night along with other trams. Taken during the AETA Easter tour to Ballarat - see reference. I Yields information about the AETA 1969 Ballarat tour and tram 40.Colour slide - AGFA Cardboard mount with handwritten notes.In ink "No 40 Depot 5-4-69, EK20"tramways, tramcars, aeta tours, tram 40, depot, night photo

The photo shows SECV Ballarat No. 21 advertising the Ballarat Base Hospital Appeal, in Wendouree Parade, with Lake Wendouree in the background. Taken during the AETA Easter tour to Ballarat - see reference. Yields information about the AETA 1969 Ballarat tour and tram 21.Colour slide - AGFA Cardboard mount with handwritten notes.In ink "No. 21 Gardens 5-4-69, EK16"tramways, tramcars, aeta tours, tram 21, ballarat hospital, decorated tram, wendouree parade

The photo shows SECV Ballarat tram 26 at the City terminus, Sturt and Lydiard Sts. Tram 26 has the destination of Victoria St. Taken during the AETA Easter tour to Ballarat - see reference. In the background is the Robert Burns statue and the Mechanics' Institute building.Yields information about the AETA 1969 Ballarat tour and tram 26.Colour slide - AGFA Cardboard mount with handwritten notes.In ink "No 26 Sturt St 5-4-69, EK19"tramways, tramcars, aeta tours, tram 26, sturt st

Brown's Self-Interpreting Family Bible. London: Blackie and Son 1862. A thick dark brown volume with a tiny embossed diamond shaped self-pattern on both covers. All edges of pages are gilt, The title, Holy Bible is printed in gold lettering at the top of the spine and it has five raised bands across it. The black and white decorative title page has Brown's Self-Interpreting Family Bible with many Additional notes, References and Readings, also Index of subjects printed at the top. Underneath in a semi-circle shape is a black ad white illustration of Ruth and Naomi, with publisher details below. The following Title Page has full details and explanations of the contents. There is a Publisher's Preface and Attestations to this Edition. Following this is a Memoir of The Rev. John Brown, closing with his final words upon his death on 19th June 1787. He was buried at Haddington Churchyard 24th June A.D. 1787, aged 65 years. Following this is an Introduction to the Right Understanding of the Oracles of God. There are many black and white plates included throughout the Bible. Pp. 1157 (Bible) At the back are many additional inclusions such as: Alphabetical Index, A Collection of Similies contained in the Scriptures, Complete Index, and Concise Dictionary, The Psalms of David in Metre, Translations and Paraphrases and more. There are missing pages of the Hymns. In all a most complex Bible for the family. Included are four loose pages with details of some of the Sebire Family Tree as noted in the Inscriptions section below. non-fictionA late Victorian family Bible— the beloved King James text, augmented by the late Revd John Brown of Haddington’s Comprehensive Bible study aids which was well bound. First published in 1611, the King James Version of the Bible has exercised an incalculable impact on piety, language and literature throughout the English-speaking world. "Other translations may engage the mind, but the King James Version is the Bible of the heart" (Campbell, 275). It is probably the text most commonly found in decorative family Bibles such as this one, which has several black and white plates. The Rev. John Brown of Haddington was "a tirelessly faithful pastor"—"For eight months of the year he delivered a lecture, two sermons, and an exercise each Sunday"—and also a prolific author. He is best remembered for his Self-Interpreting Bible, first published 1778, which became "as familiar in Presbyterian households as John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and Thomas Boston's Human Nature in its Fourfold State" (DNB). Without Apocrypha. There is a Separate New Testament title page dividing the bible. Opposite page 832 is The Family Register fully handwritten in black ink Old English script commencing with Peter Sebire born 14th June 1835 Sen Died 20th September 1902 (67 years). Many other entries are listed. bibles, religious books, religion, genealogical charts, genealogy, genealogical documents, family trees

Henry Watts (1828_1889) Died at Melbourne, 16th December, 1889. He was a good microscopist. His botanical studies were chiefly devoted to algae, both fresh-water and marine, and while living for many years at Warrnambool he was a contributor of algae to Harvey, who figured Wrangelia wattsii, Harv., and Crouania wattsii, Harv., in his “Phycologia Australica " He was the author of "On the Fresh-water Algae of Victoria " (Trans. Roy. Soc. Vict., 1861-4, 67) ; .also a paper "On Fossil Polyzoa" (ib.. 82); "A Trip to Mt. Macedon in Search of Fresh-water Algae" (Wing's S. S. Record, iii., 252); "On a Species of fresh-water Algae from Victoria" (Vict. Nat., i., 21); "Some Recent Additions to our Knowledge of Microscopic Natural History" (ib., iii., I33) (includes lists of fresh-water algae and Desmidieae ), First librarian (1881-2), also a vice-president of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria. He is further commemorated by Acacia wattsiana. F. v. M. www.anbg.gov.au/biography/watts-henry.html . Henry Watts worked as a bootmaker in Timor and Liebig streets Warrnambool in the 1860’s but it was as an amateur scientist that Watts gained public notice.For an exhibiton in Melbourne in 1861 Henry Watts prepared a collection of over 100 different species of seaweed from the Warrnambool district. It is recorded in the Examiner in 1863 that he had been elected as an honorary member of the Bristol Microscopical Society of England He was a member of the Warrnambool Horticultural society and in 1865 he opted to become a flower distiller.At the 1866 MelbourneExhibition, Henry Watts exhibited 44 bottles of his perfumes. He had a keen interest in microscopes and microscopic organisms.He spent many hours combing the caves and examining the guano of local bats. This letter is written to Professor Quekett advising him that he has sent a collection of packets of samples of diatomaceae asking him to examine and name the same.. Professor Quekett was a famous microscopist of the Victorian era with the Quekett microscopist club one of the oldest in the world dedicated to the use of the microscope and its discoveries. Henry Watts was one of Warrnambool’s first botanists and marine scientists. He also established a flower distilling and perfume manufacturing business in Warrnambool. In 1861 he sent a collection of over 100 species of seaweed to the Melbourne Exhibition.Framed, handwritten letter, ink on blue paper. Transcript of letter is typed black on white paper. Five small numbered pieces of paper containing specimens of diatomaceae collected from marine and fresh water areas around Warrnambool.Names Henry Watts, Professor Quekett. Handwritten along the bottom of the frame, “The above was bought at a London Auction for $12-10-00 by Miss Eddey a Melbourne Book shop Proprietress and recently presented to the W.F.N. Club.: warrnambool, henry watts, watts henry, botanist,microscope, microscopic, quekett, john thomas quekett

The item is a hard cover book recording stock in 1889 for T.J. Connolly, Ironmongers, Sandhurst. Each handwritten page lists goods by location, quantity, description, prices with price total at the bottom of each page. Locations include shelves, floor, yard, factory, paint shop. Pages 1 to 175 have been numbered by hand. An alphabetical index list types of stock from pages 158 to 164. Pages from number 165 to the end of the book are blank. The hard cover is patterned and shows some wearing at the corners and front and large patches of wear on the back. The spine edge is red with considerable wear at the top and bottom. The front cover has a paper rectangle stuck to the middle, with an ornate printed border and "Stock 1889" handwritten inside the border. The pages are bound together with string. This item is part of the Margaret Roberts Collection.The front cover has a paper rectangle stuck to the middle, with an ornate printed border and "Stock 1889" handwritten inside the border. A list of numbers is handwritten inside the back cover. The first six numbers are crossed out. Ticks and crosses sit beside some of the numbers.margaret roberts collection, ironmongers, forest street, bendigo businesses

This item comes from the estates of the Misses Ardlie of Warrnambool. It belonged to Agnes Ardlie (1915-1993) who was aged 11 when she received the album. Her sisters were Olive (1905-1912) and Dorothy (1910-1993). They were the daughters of Arthur and Ethel Ardlie of Warrnambool, the granddaughters of the prominent Warrnmbool lawyer, William Ardlie and his wife Mary and the great granddaughters of John and Mary Ardlie, early settlers in Warrnambool. The Misses Ardlie lived in their early years at Aroona in Princess Street in Warrnambool. The autograph album has handwritten contributions (verse and signatures) from family members and friends and twelve signatures of cricketers from the Australian Test series of 1928-1929. These are mostly English cricketers and include the signatures of Wally Hammond, Jack Hobbs, Harold Larwood and George Duckworth.This autograph book is of considerable interest, firstly as a memento of Agnes Ardlie, a member of a prominent family in Warrnambool in the 20th century and secondly, as an item of some significance in the cricket world with its signatures of some English cricketers on tour in Australia in 1928/29.This is an autograph album with a dark red leather cover and gold writing on the front cover. Inside the cover are pages in a green mottled pattern. The other pages are mostly white or cream with some coloured pages. Some pages have handwritten verse and signatures in black and blue ink. A blue shopkeeper’s label is on the inside back page. Album Agnes M. Ardlie ‘Aroona’ Warrnambool 3.11.26 ardlie family, history of warrnambool, autographs of australian cricketers, wally hammond, george duckworth, harold larwood, jack hobbs, australian cricket team 1928-1929