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Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Stand-pipe at the corner of Warrigal and Riversdale Roads, Surrey Hills, c1916, c1916
... Stand-pipe at the corner of Warrigal and Riversdale Roads...Corner of Warrigal and Riversdale Roads, Surrey Hills ...This was part of an exhibition mounted by the Surrey Hills State Savings Bank in 1976. The original print had a text which was included in our copy print as follows: "EVEN IN 1916, WATER SUPPLIES FOR MANY SURREY HILLS FARMERS AND MARKET GARDENS STILL / CAME FROM THE STAND-PIPE AT THE WARRIGAL ROAD TRAM TERMINUS. PREVIOUSLY WATER WAS / PURCHASED FROM THE VILLAGE TANK AT THE CORNER OF WINDSOR CRESCENT AND UNION ROAD. / THE PRICE WAS 1/- FOR 400 GALLONS."Black and white photo of a horse and water cart in position at the stand-pipe. A man holds the horse's reins and 2 young boys are perched on the cart. In the background is a building that may be a shop with wagons outside and further down the road is a tram.horse-drawn vehicles, water supply, warrigal road, riversdale road, transport, surrey hills, standpipe -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Corner of Braemar and Melrose Streets, Box Hill North
... Corner of Braemar and Melrose Streets, Box Hill North...Corner of Breamar & Melrose Streets, Mont Albert, Victoria ...Reproduced by permission of Mr John Arnold from his book: "The Riversdale Golf Club - a history, 1892-1977." Copyright to book: Riversdale Golf Club. Surrey Hills Golf Club operated from 1892-1908 then moved and became Riversdale Golf Club. The game was played across paddocks from Trafalgar Street, Mont Albert to Whitehorse Road and down Victoria Crescent to where Box Hill TAFE is now located in Elgar Road. There were problems with cows eating the tee flags! The clubhouse still exists as 30 Trafalgar Street.Black and white panoramic photo taken from the corner of Braemar and Melrose Streets, Box Hill North. There is a large area of ground in the front. A fence and hedge traverse the photo in the middle distance in front of which is a tall light pole. Behind the hedge mature trees and houses can be made out.Caption: "Bottom: The same view today taken from the corner of Braemar and Melrose Streets, Box Hill North, or, from the position of the threesome to the left in the above photograph." + in grey lead pencil in Jocelyn Hall's hand (No 290)sports grounds, surrey hills golf club, riversdale golf club, melrose street, braemar street, surrey hills, john arnold -
Round the Bend Conservation Co-operative
The Co-operative's aim of living in harmony with the bush provides a sanctuary for both flora and fauna in its box ironbark forest and grassy dry forest, 1980's
... The Co-operative's aim of living in harmony with the bush...Co-op Community Site, Skyline Road, Bend of Islands ...Colour photographround the bend co-op, environmental living zone elz -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Photograph, davis, Star of the West Hotel Port Fairy, 1888
... Star of the West Hotel Port Fairy...Corner of Bank and Sackville Street, Port Fairy, South West ...Photograph taken for Charles L Tischler when he became the licencee of the Star of the West in 1888. Records show that he was only licencee for 1 year. Photograph of Star of the West hotel when Charles L Tischler was the licencee and was a depot for Cobb and Co and had permission to be open until midnight to service travellers.Albumen coloured photograph of Star of the West Hotel in 1888Written in Pen underneath photograph - Davis Photo - Port Fairy Printed - Star of the West Hotel PORT FAIRY Right bottom corner -C L. Tischler, Propr a red X in Texta Museum number- 62.03.626 crossed out in pen -1888charles l tischler, hotel, licencee -
Mordialloc College Alumni Association Inc (MCAA)
Correspondence document, 1934 Flood of the school - correspondence from Headmaster Mr McCully to the Education Department, 03/12/1934
... 1934 Flood of the school - correspondence from Headmaster...Aspendale, South East Melbourne, City of Kingston, Victoria ... -
Mordialloc College Alumni Association Inc (MCAA)
Photograph, 1981 - Aspendale shopping centre - fish and chip shop, Van Der Zypp’s newsagency and corner of Lawrence Avenue, 1981
... Der Zypp’s newsagency and corner of Lawrence Avenue...Aspendale, South East Melbourne, City of Kingston, Victoria ... -
Mont De Lancey
Book, Charles Downing, Selected Fruits: from Downing's Fruits and Fruit-Trees of America, 1871
... Selected Fruits: from Downing's Fruits and Fruit-Trees of...15 Astor Place, New York, New York State, United States of ...This edition of the Fruits and Fruit-trees of America has been prepared to meet the wants and convenience of practical Fruit-growers who wish to cultivate varieties tested and approved as very good or best for general use or most profitable for market. Some new varieties have been included with their culture, propagation and management in the garden and orchard.A dark green hardcover book with an embossed pattern on the front cover. The spine has Downing's Selected Fruits for the Garden and Market in gold lettering with the publisher John Wiley's emblem at the bottom. There are upwards of 400 illustrations and diagrams of fruits throughout and an Index at the back. Some stains and markings with tanning on he edges of the pages. 679p.non-fictionThis edition of the Fruits and Fruit-trees of America has been prepared to meet the wants and convenience of practical Fruit-growers who wish to cultivate varieties tested and approved as very good or best for general use or most profitable for market. Some new varieties have been included with their culture, propagation and management in the garden and orchard.fruit growing, agriculture -
Mont De Lancey
Book, A.J. Downing et al, The Fruits and Fruit-Trees of America, 1890
... The Fruits and Fruit-Trees of America... States of America ...A textbook about the Fruits and Fruit-Trees of America; The Culture, Propagation, and Management, in the Garden and Orchard, of Fruit Trees generally; with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign , cultivated in this country.A large homemade green cloth covered book, The Fruits and fruit-Trees of America by A.J. Downing, Second Edition by Charles Downing. It has diagrams and outline drawings of fruit, native and foreign cultivated in America. A section at the back is headed - Key to French Names. An Index to the Different Fruits is included along with a General Index. Appendixes I, II and III has a General Index with synonymous names in Italic. Tanning, foxing and stains are noted. 1098p. plus 193p. for Appendixes.non-fictionA textbook about the Fruits and Fruit-Trees of America; The Culture, Propagation, and Management, in the Garden and Orchard, of Fruit Trees generally; with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign , cultivated in this country.horticulture, agriculture, fruit growing -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph of Shire of Bet Bet Council, 1952, Shire of Bet Bet Council, 1952, 1952
... Shire of Bet Bet Council, 1952...Shire of Bet Bet, Victoria, Australia ...Murray Comrie Collection. Shire of Bet Bet Proclaimed Sept 20, 1864 Re-defined Feb 10, 1891 Tarnagulla Borough united Oct 1915 Dunolly Borough united Nov 1, 1921 Re subdivision from 5 to 3 ridings Oct 1952Monochrome photograph of a group of men assembled in rows for a photograph. Accompanied by a handwritten note (catalogued separately as a Research Note) with subjects' names. Names of subjects from accompanying note (handwriting difficult to decipher) are believed to be: Left to Right Back/3rd row: Cr J. Grogan, A. Whitehead, G. Barman, J.B. Reid, I.R. Stevens (?), KAG Lowe (Shire Sec), Mr A Rescott (Maryborough Advertiser) Middle row: Crs N.K. Conera (Pres. Elect), D.E. Wood, A. Brownbill, J.P. Mason, D. Clark, K.R. Culleton (Shire Engineer). Front/1st row: Crs G. Fotheringham, J. Fremantle (1951-52), A. Green, J. Hickey. Note also states: 'Secretary Lowe passed away Sept 7, 1952' and 'Fotheringham House, Glenferrie' (location where photograph taken?)tarnagulla, council, bet bet shire, local government, councillors, mayor, shire, engineer, maryborough advertiser, reid, grogan, whitehead, barman, stevens, lowe, rescott, conera, wood, brownbill, mason, clark, culleton, fotheringham, fremantle, green, hickey -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph of Shire of Bet Bet Council, 1935, Shire of Bet Bet Council, 1935, 1935
... Shire of Bet Bet Council, 1935...Shire of Bet Bet, Victoria, Australia ...Murray Comrie Collection. Shire of Bet Bet Proclaimed Sept 20, 1864 Re-defined Feb 10, 1891 Tarnagulla Borough united Oct 1915 Dunolly Borough united Nov 1, 1921 Re subdivision from 5 to 3 ridings Oct 1952Monochrome photograph of a group of men assembled in rows for a photograph. Accompanied by a handwritten note (catalogued separately as a Research Note) with three of the subjects' names. Text from accompanying note (handwriting difficult to decipher): With compliments A. Green (Pres) 3 I know: Geo F., J.B. Reid Don Calder tarnagulla, council, bet bet shire, local government, councillors, mayor, shire, reid, calder -
Mont De Lancey
Book, A little book of friendship, 1911
... A little book of friendship....New York, United States of America ...A brown/gold book titled "A little book of friendship". Suede cover.books -
The Celtic Club
Book, Carmel McCaffrey, In Search of Ancient Ireland, 2002
... In Search of Ancient Ireland...Chicago, United States of America ...This book traces the history, archaeology and legends of Ireland from 9000 B.C.Index, bib, ill, p.286.non-fictionThis book traces the history, archaeology and legends of Ireland from 9000 B.C. ireland-history, ireland-civilization. -
The Celtic Club
Book, Nancy Carduso, Lucky eyes and a high heart: The life of Maud Gonne, 1978
... Lucky eyes and a high heart: The life of Maud Gonne...New York, United States of America. ...Biography of Maud Gonne, Irish revolutionary activist of the early twentieth century.Index, plates, ill, p.411.non-fictionBiography of Maud Gonne, Irish revolutionary activist of the early twentieth century.maud gonne - biography, feminists - ireland - biography -
The Celtic Club
Book, Doris Faber, The life of Lorena Hickok: E.R'.s friend, 1980
... The life of Lorena Hickok: E.R'.s friend...New York, United States of America ...Biography of a personal relationship between a journalist and Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the American President.Index, plates, ill., p.375.non-fictionBiography of a personal relationship between a journalist and Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the American President.biography - lorena hickok., journalists - united states - biography -
Buninyong Visitor Information Centre
Painting - Water colour painting, R. Anderson, Township of Buninyong near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1988
... Township of Buninyong near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia...Learmonth Street, Buninyong, City of Ballarat, Victoria ...Painted in 1988 during the Bicentennial year. Artist: R. AndersonWater colour showing south side of Learmonth Street, Buninyong, including Town Hall, Whykes' Butchers, a shop and the National Bank building.R. Anderson, '88 Copyright.buninyong, shops, streetscapes, learmonth street -
Buninyong Visitor Information Centre
Document - Certificate, Certificate of Appreciation from the Australian red Cross to the Buninyong Unit 2009, 2009
... Certificate of Appreciation from the Australian red Cross...Buninyong, City of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia ...Presented by the CEO and Executive of the Australian Red Cross to the Buninyong Unit on the occasion of their 70th Anniversary.In Recognition of their 70th Year of Service. Certificate of Appreciation from the Australian Red Cross to the Buninyong Unit 2009In Recognition of their 70th Year of Service. (Australian Red Cross to Buninyong Unit.)australian red cross, community service, volunteering -
Buninyong Visitor Information Centre
Document - Invitations, Invitations to the Opening of Commonwealth Parliament Melbourne 1901, 1901
... Invitations to the Opening of Commonwealth Parliament...Learmonth Street, Buninyong, Shire of Buninyong, Victoria ...Invitations received by 'George Hale and Lady' for functions associated with the Opening of the Commonwealth Parliament in Melbourne in 1901. George Hale was the Buninyong Shire Secretary at the time.Framed set of six full sized photographic copies of invitations to events associated with the opening of the Commonwealth Parliament in 1901. Set in a dark brown wooden frame with green mountboard. Issued to George Hale, Buninyong Shire Secretary.commonwealth of australia, federation, parliament -
Buninyong Visitor Information Centre
Document (Sub-Item) - Information Folder, Beth Ritchie, History of the Old Buninyong Library, April 1991
... History of the Old Buninyong Library...408 Warrenheip Street, Buninyong, Shire of Buninyong ...The notes were read by Beth Ritchie at the official opening of the restored library.old buninyong library, buninyong joint library trust, libraries, visitor centres -
Buninyong Visitor Information Centre
Document (Item) - Book, Joan Ogilvie, Lives Shared in a Country Town - Social History of Buninyong 1930 - 1950, 2010
... Lives Shared in a Country Town - Social History of...Buninyong, Shire of Buninyong, Victoria, Australia ...Provides memories of Don Ogilvie of individual people who lived in Buninyong from the 1930s to the 1950s. Transcribed by Joan Ogilvie.Buninyong Library ID stamp on cover.buninyong residents, social history, life in 1930s to 1950s -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, William Harvey Emmons, The Principles of Economic Geology, 1940, 1940
... The Principles of Economic Geology, 1940...New York, United States of America ...The book was used by Charles Bacon who studied at the University of Nevada in the late 1930s/early 1940s. Bacon worked at Bunker Hill Mines and Kellogg Idaho, before arriving in Australian in 1951. He worked for CN Myers, a company involved with paper converting. CN Myers was a family business (on Charles Bacon's maternal line). William Emmons was Professor and head of Geology and Mineralogy at the University of Minnesota; Director of Minnesota geological Survey; and previously Geologist, Section of Metalliferous Deposits, United States Geological Survey.Maroon soft covered book of 529 pages. Chapters include Magmatic Segregations, Pegmatities, Hypothermal Deposits, Sedimentary Depostis, Openings in Rocks, Metasomatic Processes, Mineral Associations and more.Inside front cover "Charles Bacon 1940 Lincoln Hall Ass. University of Nevada Reno, Nevada"charles bacon, mining engineering, metallurgy, university of nevada, mackay school of mines, geology, california -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Surgical kit used by Lord Joseph Lister, Archibald Young of Edinburgh, 1870s
... Archibald Young of Edinburgh ...This surgical instrument kit, c1870s, originally belonged to Lord Joseph Lister. On his retirement in 1892, Lord Lister presented the instrument kit to his friend Dr Alexander Matthew. The donor of the surgical kit, Professor Ian Stewart Fraser, is the great grandson of Dr Alexander Matthew. The donor, Ian Fraser, checked with his mother about the inscription "Ethel Livie". There was no one of that name in his mother's family tree and the instruments were passed down from his mother's family.This surgical kit, made by Young of Edinburgh Scotland in the 1870s is significant because it belonged to and was most likely used by an internationally important figure in modern medicine, Lord Joseph Lister. Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, Bt., OM, FRS, PC (5 April 1827 – 10 February 1912), known as Sir Joseph Lister, Bt., between 1883 and 1897, was a British surgeon and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery. By applying Louis Pasteur's advances in microbiology, he promoted the idea of sterile surgery while working at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Lister successfully introduced carbolic acid (now known as phenol) to sterilise surgical instruments and to clean wounds, which led to a reduction in post-operative infections and made surgery safer for patients. Surgical instruments in original timber case, containing two steel sharp hooks with the manufacturer's stamp,"YOUNG EDINBURGH" on the handles, five steel scalpels with ebony handles in assorted sizes. Also included separately are autopsy hooks, one metal blowpipe [commonly used with urine testing apparatus] and two dissector forceps. "YOUNG EDINBURGH"; "ETHEL LIVIE"surgery -
Bendigo Military Museum
Souvenir - CRUCIFIX, 1939-45
Souvenir from The Holy Land brought home by Eric L. BUGGE VX6316. Refer 181 for his service history.Wooden crucifix, brass figure of Christ glued on front. 4 pieces of laminated wood with decorative edging, decorative top layer of mother-of-pearl. Lower right-hand corner & edge missing. Hanger at top.Souvenir from the Holy Land. Brought home by Eric L. Bugge.Rear: "Jerusalem" 14 circles with strange hieroglyphics.religion-christian, souvenirs, handcrafts -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Jewellery Box
Rectangular box with lid covered in mother of pearl. Lid is raised on its four side at an angle with a platform in middle. This platform has been carved with a floral motif with a bird. One panel on the top of the box is missing. The lid is lined with dark blue velvet and lid in cream silk.personal effects, containers -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Clothing - Embroidered Silk Chemisette, 1900s
The Fashion & Design collection of Kew Historical Society includes examples of women’s, men’s, children’s and infants' clothing from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. While the collection includes some examples of international fashion, most items were handmade or purchased in Melbourne. Rectangular silk organza chemisette, with inset embroidered net at the front and at the neck. The free-form, multicoloured silk embroidery includes abstract flowers, fruit and leaves, and may be of Chinese origin. The chemisette has five decorative mother-of-pearl buttons at the front and silk organza ties at the waist.lace, women's clothing, australian fashion, undergarments, chemisettes -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Page sisters at Quamby cafe, 1936
Page sisters sitting at table in Quamby Café in 1936. LHS - Aunt Ede 80. (Edith Page) Middle - Mother 83 (Sarah Martha Dorey) RHS - Aunt Pen 85. (Penelope Page)On back of photograph To Dear Lily with love from Mrs. S. M. Dorey. Aunt Ede 80 Mother 83 Aunt Pen 85 Taken 1936 Lilly Dingley quamby, quamby cafe, lily dingley, dingley, dorey, iris dorey, iris woolrich -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - Dress and slip, 1930's
Dress belonged to the donor's mother or grandmotherFull length black crepe afternoon dress flared skirt. Basque. Front cut under the bust. Cream bib front,pointed collar,frilled edge,fastening with eight pearl buttons and loops and short puff sleeves. Complete with black rayon slip. 1930s.costume accessories, female -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK WW1, Wilkinson Publishing Pty Ltd, 100 Years Duckboard Fighting Spirit, c.2015
Book produced from Research Project by Alan Jackson (2419) in 2007-2008. The book published in 2015 for Centenary of the Duckboard RSL. History of the Duckboard RSL, Melbourne.Khaki coloured, hard cover with grey dust jacket, full width photographs across front & back. RHS has 4 uniformed soldiers walking along a duckboard walkway across a desolate battleground. Cover photograph is sepia. Dust jacket photograph is coloured. Acknowledgement card (16.5 x 14.7). 218 pp. Author, Alan Jackson.Inside: “To Pearl, Alan Jackson (signed) 10.8.2015” books-military-history, duckboard -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Photographs WW1, Egypt 1st Jan 17, 1st January 1917
Green fabric covered photo album. 31 photographsTo W.J.Pearl from J.A Pearl AB R.A.N.R -
Melbourne Legacy
Pamphlet, Legacy takes care of them, 1970
... Legacy takes care of them ...This is an example of Melbourne Legacy promotional material that was issued to inform the public on the work of Legacy in 1970. It includes 'The Story of Legacy' and 'What Legacy does' and 'The Legacy Badge'. An example of promotional material issued by Legacy in 1970.Brochure x 6 pages to promote Legacy in 1970 with a black and white photo of a mother and two children on the cover and black and white photos inside.legacy promotion, fundraising -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburg, 1929
... Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburg...Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh ...This book was published in 1929, the year after Dr. Angus became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. At that time he had taken time off as Medical Assistant to Dr. T.F. Ryan in Nhill to go overseas to study. On page 56 of this bookm last entry reads “Angus, William Roy, M.B., B.S. c/o Mr. W.J. Angus, 37 Kermode Street, North Adelaide, South Australia” The book was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the family of Doctor William Roy Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. It is part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” that includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. ABOUT THE “W.R.ANGUS COLLECTION” Doctor William Roy Angus M.B., B.S., Adel., 1923, F.R.C.S. Edin.,1928 (also known as Dr Roy Angus) was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria in 1901 and lived until 1970. He qualified as a doctor in 1923 at University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was house surgeon to Sir (then Mr.) Henry Simpson Newland. Dr Angus was briefly an Assistant to Dr Riddell of Kapunda, then commenced private practice at Curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, SA, where he was physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as new Medical Assistant to Dr Thomas Francis Ryan (T.F. Ryan, or Tom), in Nhill, Victoria, where his experiences included radiology and pharmacy. In 1927 he was Acting House Surgeon in Dr Tom Ryan’s absence. Dr Angus had become engaged to Gladys Forsyth and they decided he would take time to further his studies overseas in the UK in 1927. He studied at London University College Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and in 1928, was awarded FRCS (Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons), Edinburgh. He worked his passage back to Australia as a Ship’s Surgeon on the on the Australian Commonwealth Line’s T.S.S. Largs Bay. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1929, in Ballarat. (They went on to have one son (Graham 1932, born in SA) and two daughters (Helen (died 12/07/1996) and Berenice (Berry), both born at Mira, Nhill ) Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . The organisation began in South Australia through the Presbyterian Church in that year, with its first station being in the remote town of Oodnadatta, where Dr Angus was stationed. He was locum tenens there on North-South Railway at 21 Mile Camp. He took up this ‘flying doctor’ position in response to a call from Dr John Flynn; the organisation was later known as the Flying Doctor Service, then the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A lot of his work during this time involved dental surgery also. Between 1928-1932 he was surgeon at the Curramulka Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. In 1933 Dr Angus returned to Nhill where he’d previously worked as Medical Assistant and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what was once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr L Middleton was House Surgeon to the Nhill Hospital 1926-1933, when he resigned. [Dr Tom Ryan’s practice had originally belonged to his older brother Dr Edward Ryan, who came to Nhill in 1885. Dr Edward saw patients at his rooms, firstly in Victoria Street and in 1886 in Nelson Street, until 1901. The Nelson Street practice also had a 2 bed ward, called Mira Private Hospital ). Dr Edward Ryan was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1884-1902 . He also had occasions where he successfully performed veterinary surgery for the local farmers too. Dr Tom Ryan then purchased the practice from his brother in 1901. Both Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan work as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He too was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1902-1926. Dr Tom Ryan had one of the only two pieces of radiology equipment in Victoria during his practicing years – The Royal Melbourne Hospital had the other one. Over the years Dr Tom Ryan gradually set up what was effectively a training school for country general-practitioner-surgeons. Each patient was carefully examined, including using the X-ray machine, and any surgery was discussed and planned with Dr Ryan’s assistants several days in advance. Dr Angus gained experience in using the X-ray machine there during his time as assistant to Dr Ryan. Dr Tom Ryan moved from Nhill in 1926. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1927, soon after its formation, a rare accolade for a doctor outside any of the major cities. He remained a bachelor and died suddenly on 7th Dec 1955, aged 91, at his home in Ararat. Scholarships and prizes are still awarded to medical students in the honour of Dr T.F. Ryan and his father, Dr Michael Ryan, and brother, John Patrick Ryan. ] When Dr Angus bought into the Nelson Street premises in Nhill he was also appointed as the Nhill Hospital’s Honorary House Surgeon 1933-1938. His practitioner’s plate from his Nhill surgery states “HOURS Daily, except Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturday afternoons, 9-10am, 2-4pm, 7-8pm. Sundays by appointment”. This plate is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Tom Ryan had an extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926 and when Dr Angus took up practice in their old premises he obtained this collection, a large part of which is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. During his time in Nhill Dr Angus was involved in the merging of the Mira Hospital and Nhill Public Hospital into one public hospital and the property titles passed on to Nhill Hospital in 1939. In 1939 Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool where he purchased “Birchwood,” the 1852 home and medical practice of Dr John Hunter Henderson, at 214 Koroit Street. (This property was sold in1965 to the State Government and is now the site of the Warrnambool Police Station. ). The Angus family was able to afford gardeners, cooks and maids; their home was a popular place for visiting dignitaries to stay whilst visiting Warrnambool. Dr Angus had his own silk worm farm at home in a Mulberry tree. His young daughter used his centrifuge for spinning the silk. Dr Angus was appointed on a part-time basis as Port Medical Officer (Health Officer) in Warrnambool and held this position until the 1940’s when the government no longer required the service of a Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool; he was thus Warrnambool’s last serving Port Medical Officer. (The duties of a Port Medical Officer were outlined by the Colonial Secretary on 21st June, 1839 under the terms of the Quarantine Act. Masters of immigrant ships arriving in port reported incidents of diseases, illness and death and the Port Medical Officer made a decision on whether the ship required Quarantine and for how long, in this way preventing contagious illness from spreading from new immigrants to the residents already in the colony.) Dr Angus was a member of the Australian Medical Association, for 35 years and surgeon at the Warrnambool Base Hospital 1939-1942, He served as a Surgeon Captain during WWII1942-45, in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W., completing his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. During his convalescence he carved an intricate and ‘most artistic’ chess set from the material that dentures were made from. He then studied ophthalmology at the Royal Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital and created cosmetically superior artificial eyes by pioneering using the intrascleral cartilage. Angus received accolades from the Ophthalmological Society of Australasia for this work. He returned to Warrnambool to commence practice as an ophthalmologist, pioneering in artificial eye improvements. He was Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist to Warrnambool Base Hospital for 31 years. He made monthly visits to Portland as a visiting surgeon, to perform eye surgery. He represented the Victorian South-West subdivision of the Australian Medical Association as its secretary between 1949 and 1956 and as chairman from 1956 to 1958. In 1968 Dr Angus was elected member of Spain’s Barraquer Institute of Barcelona after his research work in Intrasclearal cartilage grafting, becoming one of the few Australian ophthalmologists to receive this honour, and in the following year presented his final paper on Living Intrasclearal Cartilage Implants at the Inaugural Meeting of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists in Melbourne In his personal life Dr Angus was a Presbyterian and treated Sunday as a Sabbath, a day of rest. He would visit 3 or 4 country patients on a Sunday, taking his children along ‘for the ride’ and to visit with him. Sunday evenings he would play the pianola and sing Scottish songs to his family. One of Dr Angus’ patients was Margaret MacKenzie, author of a book on local shipwrecks that she’d seen as an eye witness from the late 1880’s in Peterborough, Victoria. In the early 1950’s Dr Angus, painted a picture of a shipwreck for the cover jacket of Margaret’s book, Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks. She was blind in later life and her daughter wrote the actual book for her. Dr Angus and his wife Gladys were very involved in Warrnambool’s society with a strong interest in civic affairs. Their interests included organisations such as Red Cross, Rostrum, Warrnambool and District Historical Society (founding members), Wine and Food Society, Steering Committee for Tertiary Education in Warrnambool, Local National Trust, Good Neighbour Council, Housing Commission Advisory Board, United Services Institute, Legion of Ex-Servicemen, Olympic Pool Committee, Food for Britain Organisation, Warrnambool Hospital, Anti-Cancer Council, Boys’ Club, Charitable Council, National Fitness Council and Air Raid Precautions Group. He was also a member of the Steam Preservation Society and derived much pleasure from a steam traction engine on his farm. He had an interest in people and the community He and his wife Gladys were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens. After his death (28th March 1970) his family requested his practitioner’s plate, medical instruments and some personal belongings be displayed in the Port Medical Office surgery at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, and be called the “W. R. Angus Collection”. The W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The collection of medical instruments and other equipment is culturally significant, being an historical example of medicine from late 19th to mid-20th century. Dr Angus assisted Dr Tom Ryan, a pioneer in the use of X-rays and in ocular surgery. Book, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, owned by Dr. W.R. Angus. White, card covered book. Published 1929. Contains list of Fellows and Office-Bearers as at 16th October 1929, and the Annual Statement as at 31st August 1929. W.R. Angus is the last name listed on page 56.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, dr w r angus, dr ryan, surgical instrument, t.s.s. largs bay, warrnambool base hospital, nhill base hospital, mira hospital, flying doctor, medical treatment, medical history, medical education, royal college of surgeons edinburgh, fellow of royal college of surgeons edinburgh, surgeon's qualifications, gazette of surgeons