Multi purpose bottle or can opener. Size is suitable for carrying in pocket. [Persinware Openers were advertised in the Canberra Times in June and October 1978]Metal bottle/can opener with black plastic handle.Stamped into metal "Persinware"persinware, bottle opener, can opener

Copies appear to have been made for the purpose of onforwarding to the sister of T. Guy Rogers, with the copying possibly done while Rogers was on leave in England.Hardcover notebook with brown paper cover. Contain copies of letters and part of diary of T. Guy Rogers (Chaplain with the WW1 British Expeditionary Force and Vicar of St Johns, Reading).ww1, letters, travers guy rogers, leslie trevascus

Awards were made to the outstanding apprentice in each trade, or section of trade. There was a monetary reward. The money for the award was usually the interest on investments donated for this purpose.The names o recipients of the prizes for 1927-1929 are recorded with the amount won. This is a record of those award winners attending CTS at the time.Black cardboard cover with red tape spine. Internal pages ruled for accounts.Inside cover: "Collingwood Technical School - Prize a/c. / Containing / boot and shoe class prize / Claude Guy Memorial Dux Prize / Annual prizes / Wm Reynolds Prize." Pasted on same page are explanations of prizes.collingwood technical school, prizes, boot and shoe class prize, claude guy memorial dux prize, annual prizes, wm reynolds prize, apprentices, awards, nmit,

Robin Boyd designed this wooden platform bed specifically for the Walsh St house. It is in keeping with the space's dual purpose as a sitting room and master bedroom.Wooden platform bed with solid base and 4 cigar shaped legs with round flat brass metal feet.walsh st furnishings, robin boyd

Photograph probably for promotional purposes, of a loom possibly "David Sowden and Sons" No 454. Photograph was with other photographs in an envelope from Yarra Falls Mill.Photograph, black and white, of a loom, probably "David Sowden & Sons", No 453.453textile machinery weaving, yarra falls mill david sowden & sons, weaving looms, weaving machinery, textile machinery, weaving

Photograph probably for promotional purposes, of a loom possibly "David Sowden and Sons" No 373A. Photograph was with other photographs in an envelope from Yarra Falls Mill.Photograph, black and white, of a loom, probably "David Sowden & Sons", No 373A.373Atextile machinery weaving, yarra falls mill david sowden & sons, weaving looms, weaving machinery, textile machinery, weaving

Photograph probably for promotional purposes, of a loom possibly "David Sowden and Sons" No 376. Photograph was with other photographs in an envelope from Yarra Falls Mill.Photograph, black and white, of a loom, probably "David Sowden & Sons", No 376.376textile machinery weaving, yarra falls mill david sowden & sons, weaving looms, weaving machinery, textile machinery, weaving

Photograph probably for promotional purposes, of a "David Sowden & Sons Linen Loom" No100." Photograph was with other photographs in an envelope from Yarra Falls Mill.Photograph, black and white, of a "David Sowden & Sons Linen Loom" No 100.textile machinery weaving, yarra falls mill david sowden & sons, weaving looms, weaving machinery, textile machinery, weaving

Photograph probably for promotional purposes, of part of a "Raffael Bros High Speed Hand Loom". Photograph was with other photographs from Yarra Falls Mill.Photograph, black and white, of a "Raffael Bros High Speed Hand Loom", with bicycle type foot pedals and chain.textile machinery weaving, yarra falls mill raffael bros, weaving looms, weaving machinery, textile machinery, weaving

Army Reserve regiments had ARA officers and senior NCOs posted to them for training and administrative purposes. The duration of the posting was usually two yearsRecords a presentation of memento in soldiers' messColour photograph of Lance Corporal Mahony, " A " Squadron 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles presenting a plaque to Cadre Staff Sergeant Whitney on his departure from Salamaua Barracks Cobram December 1987.military, mess, cobram, salamaua barracks, vmr

Army Reserve regiments had ARA officers and senior NCOs posted to them for training and administrative purposes. The duration of the posting was usually two years.Four colour photographs taken at Buna Barracks Albury when Major Robert Morrison farewelled 4 members of the 8/13 Victorian Mounted Rifles Cadre Staff: Sergeant King, Corporal Greg Nye, Sergeant Jim Whitney and Sergeant Len Scott.

Manuals supplied for maintenance and Training Purposes in relation to use and upkeep of Thompson machine Gun in the theatre of war. Notebook summarises some key points of this.1. Training Manual for the Thompson Sub Machine Gun. Yellow cover with picture of gun. 32 internal pages on white paper and black writing. Includes B & W pictures of guns and parts. 2. Note book has green cover and supplied by Military Forces. Inside pages lined and white. Writing of notes on one side only and manually numbered up to Pg. 14 with technical notes.1. Sticker on front says "Technical Book and Magazine Co". In pencil at top name "R.D. Vincent". 2. Note book name at top "D.V. Sutcliffe, SGT" and writing "Thompson Sub Machine" - Is notebook of "Australian Military Forces" training manual, thompson machine gun

Small Buff card issued by the Commonwealth of Australia War Damage Commission, under the National Security (War Damage to Property) Regulations. This Certificate of Authority, Number V589, was issued to Ringwood Councillor J.K.McCaskill, Alexander Rd. Ringwood on 14th July 1942. Under the regulations, "..for the purposes of assessing FIXED PROPERTY & OTHER THAN FIXED PROPERTY Claims...", the bearer "is authorised to enter premises and inspect property in accordance with the Regulations"

This ledger is a Warrnambool Swintons Store stock book and contains the sales of stock from January to August 1869. William and Ann Swinton migrated to Australia in 1854 and for a decade William Swinton worked as a builder and carpenter in the Warrnambool area, erecting many buildings, including the Wangoom Presbyterian Church. In 1865 he opened a shop in Timor Street Warrnambool, selling groceries, china, glass and hardware. In 1888 the business was known as William Swinton and Sons. Branch shops were opened in Cudgee, South Warrnambool, West Warrnambool, Wangoom and Nullawarre. When William died his son Robert became the first managing director of Swintons Pty Ltd. In 1934 the business split in two with George Swinton and Sons selling furnishings, clothing and glassware and Swintons Pty Ltd selling seeds, hardware and produce. Today the Swinton family still operates a furniture and bedding store in Timor Street.This ledger is of great importance as it is a very early memento of the Swinton stores in Warrnambool. It dates from only four years after the founding of the Swinton store in 1865 and gives us lists of products sold, the names of the buyers and the prices of the goods – a great source of information for researchers and all those interested in Warrnambool’s business history. The current Swinton business in Timor Street is the oldest family business in Warrnambool and, with the Swinton name associated with businesses in Timor Street for 152 years, is among the oldest family businesses in Australia. This is a ledger with a cover of brown paper lined with heavy-duty cardboard. The insides of the cover have a mottled brown and blue patterning. Both the cover and the inside patterning are much torn and parts of the cover are missing. The cover is almost detached from the body of the book. The pages are blue and have red lines for entry purposes. The entries are handwritten in black ink. The pages are mostly intact but they are very stained and the edges are tatteredswinton family, warrnambool, history of warrnambool

The Ballarat School of Mines (or SMB) campus of the University of Ballarat offers TAFE courses, therefore this Act is highly relevant to the Ballarat School of MinesThe full title is A Bill to provide for the better development and Co-ordination of Technical and Further Information in Victoria, to establish a Technical and Further Education Board, to amend the Post-Secondary Education Act 1978 and other Acts, and for other purposes. 42 page Parliamentary bill printed onto white paper. The Act relates to Technical and Further Education (TAFE). It is also know as the Post-Secondary Education (Amendment) Act 1983.Stamped: Date received 30.5.83. Distribution P.S., C.C., K.F., B.L., S.M. Action Information. Office use ..........ballarat school of mines, technical and further education, post secondary education, technical and further education board, peter shiells

A Bendigo Advertiser article titled 'Wide survey by students at Bgo. Teachers' College'. Some Bendigo and district residents to be contacted by students of Bendigo Teachers' College to complete a survey. The aim of the questionnaire is to indicate the extent of the community's awareness of the college and students' involvement in the local community. The Principal of the College Mr. K.G. Scarrott made a statement regarding the purpose and value of the survey. Bendigo Advertiser 14/8/1971.bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college survey, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo, education, survey, questionnaire, bendigo teachers' college, mr. k.g. scarrott, bendigo advertiser, tertiary education, teacher training, students

Mostly taken in 2005 but No 71 taken March 2015Photographic images of properties in Port Melbourne. Image may have been taken by a PMHPS member or scanned from a past resident, or taken for real estate purposes. Evans Street Numbers 1; 2; 3; 6; 71; 73 (Gloster House); 75 (Magnolia); 77; 79; 81; 82; 83; 84; 85; 86; Multiple shots and angles. See also "Notes" below built environment - domestic, evans street

1. 2 x Cylinder shaped tins with lids on both ends - used for cooking nutloaf. The top lid is removable and has 9 perforated holes. One tin has a label on the side which has been added for display purposes (see below) 2. Centenary Certificate from Willoware to Thomas O'Sullivan 3. Willow Centenary book 1887-1987 and photocopy pages of Willowware history1. Nutloaf tin: Willow, Nutloaf, top, 6 3/4 x 3 1/8, made in Australia (on top lid) / Willow Australia, Nut Loaf, 170mm x 80mm (on bottom lid) / Willow Ware "Nut Loaf" Tin First made early 1900's (on the side of the cylinder) / Canister Manufacturers Wilson Bros North Melbourne (stamped on paper on the side of the cylinder) 2. as per photo Also.....handwritten "Left the company in1998 (43 years service) 3. Willow 1887-1987 on front of bookletwillow ware, willow, kitchen, cooking, nutloaf tin, certificate, centenary

Ticket used for passengers on the Association of Railway Enthusiasts (ARE) tour to Ballarat and Ballarat trams on Sat. 12 October 1968. Number "0057", printed on heavy yellow cardboard with the name "Association of Railway Enthusiasts", date and purpose details and ticket number. All in green ink on white cardboard. Ticket printed in landscape format. See image for details. On rear printed in green ink is availability and condition details.trams, tramways, tickets, are, tours

Yields information from a students eyes about the history of the tram depot and how the associated environment changed and why. Has a strong association with the student.Poster prepared for a school assignment, titled "Changing Environments - Ballarat Tram Depot", features 6 photographs of the tram depot, maps, story boards pasted together onto a large sheet of heavy paper with Velcro mounts on the rear. Looks at the purpose, the location, the site characteristics, what changed, history, cause of change and likelihood of future change. Prepared by Georgia Foley Year 11C - school unknownTop right hand corner has the student's name in ink and on the rear a bibliography advising of Richard Gilbert's assistance.trams, tramways, depot, posters

Possibly made by local SEC Staff for the refurbished Ballarat Tram depot during the mid 1930's. Note the spelling of Depot with the accent.Demonstrates and provides information to Depot workers and Fire Fighters that the power had to be turned off to the Trolley Wire inside the depot using an emergency circuit breaker and where this equipment was provided before using a fire hose.Set of two wooden signs, with chamfered edges, red background with white painted letters, advising SEC Ballarat Depot workers or Firefighters that the power had to be cut to the Trolley Wire prior to using a fire hose in the depot building. An emergency button was provided in a circuit breaker box for this purpose. Rear has been primed with a pink primer. .1 - complete sign .2 - bottom section broken offtramways, ballarat, signs, emergencies, tramway power, fire fighting, safety

The date of this plan is 1877 and the land indicted on it required for a road deviation is shaded in blue. It adjoins the Korkuperrimul Creek on one side which indicates the land is located just a few kilometers to the west of Bacchus Marsh. Single page map showing a portion of land purchased by the Bacchus Marsh Shire from Mr Thomas Low for the purpose of a road deviation. Land held by David Robertson is also shown on the map. Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch. Part of a set of maps which are pasted into a bound volume containing 76 maps or plans in total. High resolution digital image stored on BMDHS computer network. Surveyed by W. E. Standfield, Shire Engineer, Bacchus Marsh, 12/4/77bacchus marsh roads and streets, melbourne to ballarat road

Set of five Blocks each of 200 tickets bundled for issuing purposes - black ink on off white paper, $1, ticket with the letters MTA at the top of the ticket. The ticket number is in black ink. The tickets have been wrapped with a sheet of brown paper secured with adhesive tape. Numbered Bb637001 to 638000 The tickets have been stapled onto a heavy cardboard back with a single metal staple.trams, tramways, the met, tickets, mta

Set of five Blocks each of 200 tickets bundled for issuing purposes - green ink on off white paper, 50c, ticket with the letters MTA at the top of the ticket. The ticket number is in black ink. The tickets have been wrapped with a sheet of brown paper secured with adhesive tape. Numbered Ao426001 to 427000. The tickets have been stapled onto a heavy cardboard back with a single metal staple.trams, tramways, the met, tickets, mta

Used by the Mah Meri people, Kuala Langat, Selangor (Malaysia), 1936. While Malaysian, this blow-gun is analogous to that used by Indigenous groups from South America with curare. The gun is of bamboo, with a highly polished inner tube of the same. The darts are reeds, made directional by knobs of a tudor wood, with poison made from the ipoh tree and the Strychnos vine The blowpipe examined in this report consists of a long bamboo tube with engraved floral motifs on the outside and a second bamboo tube inside. The mouthpiece is attached to the inner tube and the whole piece can be removed from the outer casing. There is a quiver, filled with darts, a small poisons receptacle, and a single dart and hollow bamboo tube, stored outside the quiver. The objects were donated as a whole to the museum in 1948 by Dr Thomas Edward Marshall. The engravings on the outer case originate from the Mah Meri community in Kuala Langat, Selangor, Malaysia. The floral ‘motif is of a vine with small incisions to reflect the properties/identity of the plant (poisonous/harmful)’. These motifs are generally handed down through the generations and can be used for kinship identification. They are also believed to enhance the performance of the blowpipe. The outer casing is made up of several pieces of bamboo fused together. Broken or damaged blowpipes were not discarded. Broken sections of a pipe could be removed and replaced as required, and the observably different bamboo sections suggest this has taken place at some point. Sap from the perah tree is used to seal or glue the pieces together and the glue is reversible by heating. The Mah Meri created a poison from the ipoh tree for use in hunting. The poison acted swiftly to kill the animal and did not result in secondary poisoning. The way in which the Mah Meri hunted is analogous with other blowpipe hunting practices elsewhere in the world. Blowpipe hunting practices represent a starting point for the introduction of standardised muscle relaxants into surgery during the 20th Century. In parts of South America, plant poisons were used to tip the darts and kill prey. These poisons are known as curare. The crucial ingredient in curare was Chondrodendron tomentosum root. Raw curare formed the basis for Intocostrin, the first standardised, mass produced muscle relaxant. The introduction of muscle relaxants dramatically changed surgery, allowing for more precise surgery and better patient outcomes. Bamboo blowpipes can be found in many museum and heritage collections, particularly those with strong colonial origins or influence. Blowpipes from Borneo seem to be well represented, along with those from Guyana. Blowpipes from Malaysia appear to be less common. More research is required to establish the rarity or representativeness of the blowpipe. Ownership of the blowpipe can be traced back from the museum to Dr Thomas Marshall. It has also been established the blowpipe’s point of origin is among the Mah Meri people of Kuala Langat, near Kuala Lumpur. There is no information regarding the way in which Marshall came into possession of the blowpipe. Provenance cannot be fully established. Despite these difficulties, the blowpipe represents a full set of hunting implements. It is accompanied by a quiver, also decorated with a floral motif, a set of bamboo darts, and a poison receptacle. The quiver also has a waist strap which enabled the owner to strap it to themselves, preventing its loss while hunting. Each object within the set is in good condition, although the inner tubing is beginning to split lengthwise and should not be removed from its outer casing. While the blowpipe and accompanying objects are not of South American origin, the techniques and poisons used are analogous and this object has high interpretative capacity. Hollow bamboo blowpipe with mouthpiece at one end. Two different types of organic fibre have been used at difference points along the shaft to secure different segments of the blowpipe. The item consists of two tubes a thin and unpolished inner tube that has degraded and can no longer be removed, and a polished and decorated outer casing. The outer casing is made up of different sections of polished bamboo, some pieces have developed a deep red hue which is likely the result of prolonged polishing and regular heating over many years, other sections are a lighter yellow indicating that they are newer pieces of bamboo. The entire outer tube is covered in a varied sequence of genomic patterns. The exact meaning of these patterns is unknown however they are passed down through family lineage, the exact family of origin is unknown. Connected to the mouthpiece if it is removed from the inner casing is a piece of cloth with the numbers 2241 written in black ink, their purpose is unknown.curare, malaysia, bamboo

The Air Force General Purpose Uniform was adopted by the RAAF in July 2014. It is worn as dress of the day for non-combat operations. These were worn by Bob Schouten.This jacket represents the every day experiences of Australian air force members since 2014.Blue/white/grey/green urban camouflage jacket. Made of cotton. With velcro sections to attach labels. Plastic buttons.'Australia' 'Air Force'military, raaf, air force, uniform, jacket, camouflage

The Air Force General Purpose Uniform was adopted by the RAAF in July 2014. It is worn as dress of the day for non-combat operations. These were worn by Bob Schouten.Trousers with a blue/grey/white/green camouflage pattern. Pockets on the sides, a metal zip at the front and plastic button at the top.Drawstring hems at the ankles.air force, raaf, fatigues, uniform