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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Legal record - Contract, fencing, Williamstown Short Road, Port Melbourne, 2 Apr 1897
Contract for fencing grass reserve, Williamstown Short Road.Town of Port Melbourne & Town of Williamstownlocal government - town of port melbourne, james pickett, m g harrison -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Williamstown 'Short Road' ferry (punt) crossing the Yarra River, 1950s
copied from a photograph held by the City of Port PhillipLaser copy of photograph of the Williamstown 'Short Road' ferry (punt) crossing the Yarra River from Newport to Port Melbourne's Williamstown Road.transport - ferries -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Article - Overview of year, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Holy Trinity report reveals satisfactory year
Newspaper article giving an overview of the year at Holy Trinity Church - year not stated - An overview of the annual meeting for the Holy Trinity Churchreligion - anglican (holy trinity), societies clubs unions and other organisations, donald arthur langford, j p skene, mrs g west, paul maybrick, kenneth letts, brian audsley, f york, j g farrow, joan short, w rose, b sidwell, s stockdale, m campbell, bay street, f a w 'skip' short -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Article, Holy Trinity "Old Boys" ordained to priesthood, 9 Dec 1972
Documentation of the celebration . Who was involved in the church at this time, any documents, key members of the church in Port MelbourneNewspaper article describing two "Old Boys" being ordained to priesthood. Mentions who attended each ceremony and where they were held.cyril letts, religion - anglican (holy trinity), kenneth letts, brian audsley, ruby letts, donald arthur langford, mrs short, mrs dillow, s stockdale, b sidwell, mrs sidwell, fred jones, mrs jones, r caton, mrs caton, robert strahan, mrs pinchin, mrs murphy, eileen hart, tessie hart, willa richardson, c stoley, l smart, t quinn, john gleeson, f a w 'skip' short -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Domestic object - Electrine Candles, J Kitchen & Sons, J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd, 1900s
.01 - box - Electrine Carriage Candles - short, blue-grey cardboard with red and navy labels, damaged. .02 - 3 candles from the box above made by J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltdindustry - manufacturing, domestic life, business and traders - soaps/candles, j kitchen & sons pty ltd -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - AILEEN AND JOHN ELLISON COLLECTION: LONG TULLE THREE TIER WEDDING VEIL, 1960's
Clothing. Light cream in colour. Fine possibly silk tulle, tightly gathered at the front. Measuring 255 cms long, the veil is edged with a very fine silk binding. A shorter 78 cm long layer also tightly gathered, sits over the top. A third layer also 78 cm long is separated from the lower tiers. This Would possibly be the layer that came forward over the bride's face. It may later have been removed. It is also bound in fine satin binding, and has rounded front edges, as do the other two layers.costume accessories, female, long tulle three tier wedding veil -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - INFANT'S CREAM COLOURED SILK DRESS
Clothing. Infant's cream coloured silk dress. High round neckline with casing and 1.2 cm lace trim. Short puffed sleeves with eyelet casing at wrist, threaded with cream coloured satin ribbon tied with decorative bow. Lace trim (2cm) at hem of sleeve. Embroidered fabric insert on top of sleeve. Deep V shape embroidered fabric insert from across shoulders to waist on centre front of bodice. Fabric insert has embroidered patterns of sun shapes and leaves. Back of bodice has circular embroidered fabric inserts below the shoulders. Embroidered ribbon insert (1.5 cm) around waistline. Skirt has 7.5 cm hem. Above the hem is a border of embroidered triangular shapes (Base 5 cm, Height 30 cm) of sun patterns, vines, leaves and flowers.Centre back opening (25 cm) fastened with silk ribbon ties at neckline and two X one cm buttons and button holes. Dress is unlined. Embroidery cotton is ivory on cream coloured fabric.costume, children's, infant's cream coloured silk dress -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - INFANT'S IVORY COLOURED SILK DRESS
Clothing. Infant's ivory coloured waisted silk dress. High round neckline with one cm lace trim. Bodice extends to short sleeves with 2.5 cm eyelet lace at hem. Embroidered leaves and vines at centre frfont of bodice. Eyelet lace around waistline (1.5 cm) with gathered skirt. Centre back opening (22 cm) fastened at neck with one press-stud and ribbon tie at waist ( Ribbon missing).costume, children's, infant's ivory coloured silk dress -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - INFANT'S IVORY COLOURED DRESS
Clothing. Infant's ivory coloured waisted silk dress. High round neckline with one cm lace trim. Bodice extends to short sleeves with 2.5 cm eyelet lace at hem. Embroidered ribbon bow and flowers at centre front of bodice. Eyelet lace around waistline (1.5 cm) with gathered skirt. Centre back opening (22 cm) fastened at neck with one press-stud and ribbon tie at waist (Ribbon missing).costume, children's, infant's ivory coloured silk dress -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - CHILD'S CREAM COLOURED LINEN PETTICOAT
Clothing. Child's cream coloured linen petticoat. Round neckline with embroidered scalloped edge. Short kimono cut sleeves with embroidered scalloped edges. Body of petticoat widens to hem. Edge of front hem has two brown printed stripes.costume, children's, child's cream coloured linen petticoat -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - CHILD'S PETTICOAT
Clothing. Child's cream coloured linen petticoat. Round neckline with casing and embroidered edge. Cotton tape tie threaded through casing and tied at centre front. Short kimono cut sleeves edged with pintucks and lace (2 cm). Body of petticoat widens to hem.costume, children's, child's cream coloured linen petticoat -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - GIRL'S BODICE/BLOUSE
Clothing. Girl's cream coloured short sleeved linen waist length bodice/blouse. High U shaped neckline with ribbon insert lace and fold over lace collar (5cm). Yoke front and back with zig zag edge at front and V shaped at centre back. Yoke has decorative diagonal embroidered panels and pin tucks. The lower section of the blouse is shaped above the waist with darts and pleats below the bustline at the front and at centre back. Short sleeves have ribbon insert lace around arm holes with 7 cm embroidered fabric forming the sleeves.costume, children's, child's bodice/blouse -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - TRIANGULAR COLLAR /YOKE
Clothing. Cream coloured unfinished collar or yoke. Triangular shaped piece with fabric borders and filled with strips of fabric (1cm wide). Stitched into a diagonal lattice pattern. The spaces between the lattice are filled with pink embroidered web patterns. The two short edges are trimmed with 3 cm lace with scalloped edge.costume, male, triangular collar/yoke -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - WOMEN'S CREAM COLOURED SHORT SLEEVED LINEN NIGHTGOWN
Clothing. Women's cream coloured short sleeved linen nightgown. High round neckline with 4.5 cm broderie lace frill. Front has lace bib below neckline.(45cm wide X 30 cm deep) dipping to a V shape across the bustline. Bib section made up of 4.5 cm broderie lace around the edge. Centre front opening (15 cm) from neckline, fastened with two press-studs with lace frill covering the opening. Short set in sleeves edged with pin tucks, ribbon and 4.5 cm broderie lace. "A" shaped nightgown widening to the hem.costume, female, women's cream coloured linen nightgown -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - FLORAL PRINT DRESS NAVY, LIGHT BLUE, WHITE ABSTRACT PRINT, 1940's
Clothing. High round neck at back, with peaked revers at front. Press-stud closure at centre front, with three grey plastic buttons sewn to outside.(two missing). Button is impressed with a circular pattern. Short sleeves. A 4 cm wide panel increasing to 5 cm at centre front is set into front waistline, and extends into a belt at the back-3.25 cm wide and fastening with a metal press-stud. Six gored skirt. Almost certainly home stitched, as several dresses in the collection are of similar style. An oval shaped patch, 16 cm X 8.5 cm has been hand stitched immediately below the centre front waistline. A home stitched dress.costume, female, floral print dress -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - PINK, BLUE, GREEN, WHITE, SHORT SLEEVED FLORAL DRESS, 1940's
Clothing. All over floral cotton dress, in a ''shirt-maker'' style. Short sleeves, high round neck at back, and pointed revers at front. Inserted band at front waistline, with a pointed overlap, shaped to 3.5 cm wide stitched down around front. Front opening bodice has a four press-stud closure, and two 1.75 cm white plastic buttons, sewn over the closure. Buttons impressed with a ridged pattern. Two darts on either side of lower edge of bodice, one dart from shoulder on either side of bodice. Six gores in skirt. Probably home stitched. Band inserted at waistline, extends to a 3 cm wide ''belt'' at back, fastening with two press-studs. A home stitched dress.costume, female, short sleeved floral dress -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - PINK, BLUE, GREEN AND BURGANDY SHORT SLEEVED DRESS, 1940's
Clothing. Pink background, blue, green, and burgandy floral short sleeved rayon dress. Padded shoulders, high back neckline, V shaped at front. Front yoke, with a scalloped tab, marked with a 1.75 cm white plastic button, with a flower impression. Two white buttons mark the centre front opening. Skirt has six panels. Front bodice gathers to the yoke. Short sleeves have 3.75 cm turn back cuffs. A home stitched dress.ALL RAYON GRAFTON REGD, Anti Shrink, GRAFAINE Styled by Rosecroft REGD.costume, female, short sleeved dress -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - BLUE LINEN FLORAL DRESS, 1940's - 50's
Clothing. Blue linen dress, with a black and white floral design, possibly home stitched. V neckline at front, high rounded neckline at back. Curved yoke at front bodice. Centre opening, fastened with press-studs. Three decorative buttons are sewn diagonally, side by side on the outside of the opening (X2). Side fronts are gathered to the yoke, and have two darts on either side front, at the waistline. Short set in sleeves. Six panels form the A-line skirt. Some hand stitching on facings and hems. A home stitched dress. Two decorative, curved decorative panels, 5 cm wide and 22 cm long, straddle the waistline at front and back.costume, female, blue linen floral dress -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JAMES LERK COLLECTION: THIS SIDE OF THE BLACK STUMP
Page from the Bendigo Advertiser of Thursday, February 10, 1972. The article is titled "This side of the black stump" A short history of the Ravenswood district.ravenswood -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - MAGGIE BARBER COLLECTION: DARK CREAM SHORT/WRIST LENGTH LEATHER GLOVES, Early 1900's
Clothing. Wrist length, dark cream, machine stitched leather gloves. Machine stitching-two rows, gives the effect of pin-tucks, are sewn in a diagonal direction from the outer wrist, across the back of the hand. The shorter outer stitching, 4 cm long has two 6mm long leather stitches, at right angle to the machine stitching. The second diagonal stitching runs around the top of the glove, and 9.5 cms across the back of the hand. It is offset with three 6 mm stitches at right angles. There is a 3 cm long, bound slit at the outer side top of the gloves.costume accessories, female, dark cream wrist length leather gloves -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - JOHN FREDERICK HARPER COLLECTION: PAIR OF WHITE COTTON GLOVES, 1950-1990's
Clothing. Pair of short, men's gloves, with three 6 cms long pin-tucks fanned out across the back of the hand. Wrist edge of the glove is bound in the glove fabric, giving a .5 cm binging, which continues around a 7 cm opening at the inside of the wrist. This opening is fastened by a silver coloured metal press-stud, at the centre of this opening.costume accessories, male, white cotton gloves -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - MAGGIE BARBER COLLECTION: CREAM LINEN BODICE, 1880 -90's
Clothing. Very fine, cream linen bodice, with two vertical lace inserts either side of front opening, and three angled inserts from each side seam to the vertical insert. All inserts 2 cms wide. Short cap type sleeves are edged with the same lace, and band of this lace also outlines the wide square neckline. An insert between these bands has a fine, ribbon threaded through, which would act as a draw string. There is a 2.5 cm x 3 cm tab of linen at the centre back, but, no markings are evident. Three .9 cm pearl buttons, with three corresponding machine stitched button holes fasten the front. A cotton tape drawstring, and elastic are encased at the waistline giving the lower edge a peplum effect.costume, female, cream linen bodice -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - KEN HESSE COLLECTION: ST. JOHN'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, BENDIGO
A black and white soft covered booklet titled, 'St. John's Presbyterian Church Bendigo. Positive Stewardship 1957.' It contains a short history of St. John's and an outline of what the needs of the Church are and what the future plans are. Through ''Positive Stewardship 1957'' the aim of the book is to encourage members to commit pledges in order for the church to achieve its aims. Cambridge Press, Bendigo, 1957. photos. Item part of Mr. Ken Hesse Collection donated by Mr. James Lerk.church, history, presbyterian church forest st bendigo, ken hesse collection, collection, bendigo, history, christianity, organisation, religions, report, st. john's bendigo, presbyterian church -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - DOLL COLLECTION: JD KESTNER HILDA PORCELAIN HEAD BABY DOLL, 1914-1938
J D Krestner 'Hilda' baby doll with hard composite body, jointed arms and legs and porcelain head. She dates from post 1914. Her hair is short, blonde and 'frizzy'. She is wearing a cream pintucked linen dress trimmed with cream lace at the hem, sleeves and yoke. Underneath the dress is a cream cotton pintucked petticoat with a lace insert and lace trim at the hem. She has a yellow knitted singlet and knickers. On her head she is wearing a cream linen mob cap of the same material and trim as her dress.JDK 137 on back of headtoys, dolls, porcelain -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - EARLY MELBOURNE WITH SHORT HISTORY OF NO.1 MELBOURNE
A 6 pages booklet titled "Early Melbourne with short history of No. 1 Melbourne". On top left: "this will be the place for a village" extract from John Batman's diary and a drawing of John Batman. on bottom right a drawing of John Pascoe Fawkner. With the compliments of the Vacuum Oil Company Pty.Ltd. On the back cover in blue pen S. Brown, 27 Hammer Street.melbourne -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: SLIDE, May 1970 - Jan 1972
Coloured slide transparency. Image is of a female dressed in costume. She is wearing a short dress of shiny material over a white long sleeved blouse, a conical hat and white knee high boots. She is posed standing with one arm straight and the other bent upwards. On the lower white border of the slide the words Fancy Dress Party Narina Lindrea have been handwritten.Kodachrome Transparencyslide, bendigo, bendigo institute of technology -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: SLIDE, May 1970 - Jan 1972
Coloured slide transparency. Image is of a female seated at a bench wearing a pink knitted jumper and short tartan skirt. She is holding a glass beaker with a dark coloured liquid in it, below a tall glass burette supported in a frame. There is a whiteboard with writing on the wall in the background above another bench with many glass vessels. The words Lyn Wingrave titrating Biochem Prep Room are handwritten along the top border and the words McCrae St (Old Physics area).Kodachrome Transparencyslide, bendigo, bendigo institute of technology -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF GREYHOUNDS
black and white photograp of greyhounds. 11/12/94 pm the Bendigo Advertiser Gr 5 . Won by city Ruler No. 5 (3-1) third from right. 2nd 5 to 1 chance Nuggety Pepi, (No. 1). 3rd 10 to 1, Short Wire (No.8), No. 3 ron's Memories was 4 to 6 favorite and was fourth.clubs and associations, sport, greyhound racing -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - MAGGIE BARBER COLLECTION: SILK CREAM BROCADE SHORT CAPE, 1890 - early 1900's
Clothing. Silk-satin brocade cape with 7 cm high stand-up collar. Rounded at the hipline, and curved upward toward the centre fronts, where two 6 cm wide cream ribbon bows are attached. The hemline then falls to a steep 16 cm deep peak at the centre fronts. Four metal hooks and stitch covered metal eyelets form the closure from the high collar to the bustline. Two silk fabric loops on the inside of the opening-19 cms long, and 6.5 cm wide allow the arms to be free, and the cape to remain firmly fitted. The cape is padded and stitched internally in a diamond-shaped pattern. The back of the cape is curved and fitted at the waistline and the centre back. A large satin bow is attached 12 cm above the hemline, and sits over two box pleats 12 cm long, from waistline to the hemline.costume, female, silk cream brocade short cape -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - STATIONERY COLLECTION: STORY OF THE INVENTION OF PRINTING
Story of the Invention of printing, written by John Gutenberg. The book also contains a series of short poems relating to thre life time of Gutenbergbook, magazine, invention of printing.