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Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, 18/08/1924
A black and white photograph of thirty-one children taken at the Diggers Rest State School on 18 August 1924. There are seventeen boys and fourteen girls. Two girls are Eileen and Uraina Cullinan of Bayview Farm.on back in ink: E & U CULLINANcullinan, uraina, eileen, chris, bayview farm, diggers rest, farms, farming, clothing and dress, harvesting, schools, diggers rest state school, haystacks, george evans collection -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE CHINESE ON THE GOLD FIELDS, c1870s
Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide: Aborigines landing their boat at the base of a cliff, some are in loin cloth, some pants, one pants and shirt (white). Markings: 6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1853
Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. Slide: The Government Camp at Bendigo, 1853. (From a sketch made on the spot by the Resident Commissioner.) Markings: 16 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, C130 Hercules
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A colour photograph of RAAF C130 Hercules transport, operating between Australia and Vietnam and carrying passengers and supplies. Probably the most important task of the aircraft was the medivac transport of wounded and sick Diggers back to Australia.photograph, raaf, c-130 hercules, medivac, gibbons collection catalogue, wounded serviceman, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war, diggers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD ERA, c1850s
BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. The gold era. Many Chinese also came, and most of them went to the diggings. Slide shows the Chinese on the way to the diggings. Markings 10 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD ERA, c1851
BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. The gold era. In 1851, Hargreaves discovered gold in New South Wales near Bathurst. Picture is of Turon field, NSW. Markings 2 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD ERA, c1850s
BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. The gold era. Equipment was gathered, and means of transport arranged. Slide shows miners gathering their equipment ready to start off. Markings 12 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Nurses Visit 1st ATF Base
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A coloured photograph of nurses Capt Amy Pittendreigh, Lt Terrie Roche, Lt Margaret Ahern and Lt Colleen Mealey visit Luscombe Airfield and watch diggers of 2 RAR leave on a helicopter assault.photograph, 2 rar, luscombe airfield, gibbons collection catalogue, 1st atf base, capt amy pittendreigh, lt terrie roach, lt margaret ahern, lt colleen mealey, 135th assault helicopter company, denis gibbons -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Plaster Of Paris
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of two Diggers of the 1st Australian Field Hospital, Vung Tau, South Vietnam Stores Section heck the quality of the requisitioned stores in the form of plaster of paris bandages for issue to the hospitalphotograph, 1st australian field hospital, vung tau, gibbons collection catalogue, storemen, diggers, denis gibbons -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, South Australian Concert Party
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of Jury Osypenko and Tamara Osypenko of the Feb-Mar 70 South Australian Concert Party perform in close harmony for the wounded and sick Diggers at the1st Field Hospital, Vung Tau. photograph, 1st field hospital, vung tau, jury osypenko, tamara osypenko, gibbons collection catalogue, south australian concert party, entertainers, wounded serviceman, feb-mar 70 south australian concert party, diggers -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph
Timber framed colour photo of children with Peter 'Jack' Trease at the village of Dat Do in 1970. One child has lost half a hand in a mine explosion, just been repaired by an Aussie Digger.PTE Peter John Trease/3796546 2RARpeter 'jack' trease, 2 rar, photograph, 3796546 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - BOOKLET, BIOGRAPHY, ALPHA PRINTING COMPANY, "DINKI DI DIGGERS", 1929
"DINKIE DI DIGGERS/ AT HOME AND ABROAD/ COMPILED BY TWO ONE-LEGGED ANZACS" THIS BOOKLET BIOGRAPHY - FROM THE "FOREWORD". "THE SKETCHES ARE A TRUE PORTRAYAL OF LIFE IN/ THE TRENCHES, STRIPPED OF ALL GLOSS AND GLAMOUR, AND DEPICTS/ THE BRIGHTER AND MORE HUMAN SIDE OF A SOLDIER'S LIFE".Booklet. Cover - heavy guage paper, light brown colour, dark blue print and illustration on front cover. 32 pages - cut, plain, light brown colour. No illustrations. WW1.booklets, biography, ww1, anzacs -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1953
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Many diggers not only moved from field to field, but alternated between gold digging and other occupations. Slide; THE STATE OF VICTORIA - - - Gold digging and other sorts of labour have arrived at a sort of equilibrium; and streams of people are now flowing from the one occupation to the others, and visa versa. A few weeks ill luck at Bendigo disgust a man with his auriferous well sinking and he goes into some sort of service. A dispute with his master chiming in with some current takes of mining success sends him back to the diggings again; and so the stream flows backwards and forwards keeping - - - the wages of all kinds of labour at an equilibrium - - - (M.M.H., August 19, 1853) Markings: 46 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - RSL DIGGERS DAY TROPHY, C. 1971
The man on the left is R.H. Trethewey MLA presenting a Diggers Day Perpetual Bowls trophy to Jack Plant President of the Bendigo RSL Sub Branch. Refer Cat No 8094 for trophy with plaques of winners on. Refer Cat No 8129P for Jack Plants RSL history..1) Photograph B & W showing two men holding a trophy between them. .2) Photograph B & W showing a Bowls trophy held by the men in .1)brsl, smirsl, bowls, diggers day, -
Greensborough Historical Society
Folder, Mayger Family, 1840o
Contents: Mayger family trees; entries from Digger database; copies of emails relating to family; copies of photographs; references to George Mayger in Melbourne directories 1874-1908; unassisted passenger list, G.Mayger; The Mayger family in Australia, compiled by Colin McKenzie.History of the origins of this Greensborough family.20-page plastic binder, spiral bound, clear cover. Contains documents relating to the Mayger/Maygar family.Collected by Greensborough Historical Society. Folder commenced 2012mayger family, maygar family, greensborough -
Unions Ballarat
The history of Ballarat, from the first pastoral settlement to the present time, William Bramwell Withers, 1980
History of Ballarat. Table of contents: 1. Ballarat before the gold discovery 2. The gold discovery 3. From the gold discovery 4. Digger hunting 5. The Eureka Stockade 6. Political development 7. Development of mining 8. The town of Ballarat Historical - Ballarat.Paper; book. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, eureka stockade, mining - gold, gold, politics, miners -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Street Parade, Portland, n.d
Black and white photo postcard. Part of street parade, 'DIGGERS' sports carnival day. In Julia St, near corner with Bentinck St; two men dressed as sharks, children on ponies, numerous people in streetBack: 'TOYE BROS., Photographers, Hamilton & Portland' - purple stampstreet parade, portland, julia street, sport, recreation, diggers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD ERA, c1851
Diggers & mining. The gold era. In 1851, Victoria was given self government, and La Trobe was appointed as Governor. Governor La Trobe is pictured in the slide. Markings 36 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - RSL' detail inlaid in terrazzo, front gate, Excelsior Hall, Port Melbourne, David Thompson, Jun 1998
On ending of RSL lease and therefore imminent sale and development of the land - Princes to Station at Bridge - David THOMPSON recorded exterior details of the building.Photo: detail of 'RSL' inlaid in terrazzo, front gate. From series of photos of Excelsior Hall ('Diggers' Hall'), RSL Port Melbourne branch headquarters 1948 - 1998. Made June 1998 by David THOMPSON.societies clubs unions and other organisations, excelsior hall, built environment, returned services league, rsl -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder, WW1 Personnel Records
Records of service of Major William Thomas Tackaberry during WW1 and WW2.Commanding Officer, Lt. Colonel, 17 Garrison Battalion AIF 6.10.1939 Dhurringile Internment Camp 1. Commandant Group of Internment Camps (Tatura) in Southern Command 1. 8. 1940Cream coloured light card cover with brown spine and rectangle supplied by National Archives of Australia enclosing copies of Personnel Records from World War 1 (21) and WW2 (10), with a picture of a Digger on the front.ww1, ww2, camp 1, documents, reports -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1852
Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: This sketch (from the diary of Edward Snell, in the Public Library of Victoria) shows such a pile of washdirt at Bendigo in 1852. Markings: 67 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD LICENCE, c1854
Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. The Government Camp. Slide: From the original in the Mitchell Library. Government Camp, Sandhurst. The Government Camp, Sandhurst, 1854. Markings: 17 994.LIF. 4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. STORES AT THE DIGGINGS, c1850s
Diggers & Mining. Stores at the diggings. Stores were advertised by brightly-coloured flags. (von Guerard) Store at Ballarat. Picture displays a scene with a store. Markings: 4 994.LIF. 5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Morning Show
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of - At the 1st Field Hospital, Vung Tau, Johhny O'Keefe and his rock and roll band present a morning of rock and roll for the wounded and sick diggers despice the confinement of a very small space. photograph, 1st field hospital, vung tau, johnny o'keefe, gibbons collection catalogue, entertainers, wounded serviceman, diggers, denis gibbons -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Red Cross Girls
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A coloured photograph of 8 Field Ambulance, Red Cross girls Janice Webb, Winsome Ayliffe and Jean Debelle, unpack, check and store supplies sent from Australia to be distributed to the wounded and sick Diggers in the hospital.8th field ambulance, janice webb (red cross), winsome ayliffe (red cross), jean debelle (red cross), red cross, gibbons collection catalogue, photograph, diggers, denis gibbons -
Bendigo Military Museum
Certificate - WOMENS AUXILIARY 1994, FRAMED, 1994
Refer Cat No 8021 for more details re Bendigo Women’s Auxiliary.Certificate of Appreciation from RSL National Executive to Bendigo RSL Women's Auxiliary 29.6.1994, RSL logo at the top followed by details of the certificate, a red seal is on the RH side bottom.Main points, “Awarded to Bendigo Women’s Auxiliary for outstanding service to the Welfare of psychiatrically disabled veterans and support to the Sub - Committee” “Digger James - National President” “June M Healy - National Secretary”brsl, smirsl, auxiliary, wabrsl -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - Tram 28 Stones Corner, Richard Jones, Mar. 1970
Image shows Ballarat 28 at Stones corner en route to Mt Pleasant in Main St. The weather blinds, fully drawn are showing their age. In the background is Stones Corner store, a sign board K&O (Digger) Schonell Sports Cycles and Electrical and Gear Chemist.Yields information about Stones Corner and tram 28.Digital image of a Kodachrome slideballarat, trams, tramways, tram 28, main st, stones corner -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1855
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Like this quartz mine on the Black Hill, Ballarat (1855) with its crushing machine at the base of the hill - - - Slide: Shows dwellings one made from timber with chimney, one made from canvas, with a veranda and what appears to be a round metal chimney. 2 men in the for ground have some timber and could be contemplating a timber dwelling. There are a couple of other dwellings in the background. Not many trees left on the hill. Markings: 26 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING: THE DIGGINGS - THE DIGGERS
Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide reads: Contemporary writers liked to compare a diggings to a great ants' nest; in many ways the scene must have been colourful and exciting. But to some observers, the general picture was an unattractive one. They saw the unsightly heaps of clay, the trees felled, the dust everywhere in summer and the mud in winter; the flies and the mice. The next two frames contain a description of the Forest Creek diggings taken from the Argus of March 22, 1852. Markings: 24 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Northern District School of Nursing. Managed by Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Obituary for Marjorie Allan Scott 1918 - 1988
The Northern District School of Nursing opened in 1950 in to address the issues around nurse recruitment, training and education that had previously been hospital based. The residential school was to provide theoretical and in-house education and practical training over three years. The students would also receive practical hands-on training in the wards of associated hospitals. The Northern District School of Nursing operated from Lister House, Rowan Street, Bendigo. It was the first independent school of nursing in Victoria and continued until it closed in 1989. The book "The First of its Kind" was published in 2015. Printed in Bendigo by "Bendigo Modern Press". Memories compiled by Peter Rosewall; who attended the last NDSN school PTS 108 between 1986 - 89.Two copies of newspaper cutting titled "Flying Angel to Diggers" Marjorie Allan Scott from Herald Sun March 30, 1998. Provided by Janene Mcnamara School 53 February 1962. Marjorie flew with Airforce pilots in the Pacific accompanying rescued wounded diggers. She started nursing at St Luke's Toddler's Home in Bendigo and joined the Royal Australian Airforce in 1940 to join the Medical Air Evacuation Transport Unit. After the war in 1946, she became a tutor sister at NDSN then became assistant Dean. memoir, nursing, tutor ndsn, raaf medical air evacuation transport unit, st lukes toddler's home, assistant dean