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Sunshine and District Historical Society Incorporated
Plaque, COAT OF ARMS - Shire of Braybrook Victoria, Unknown date of manufacture
From around circa 1850 Braybrook was already well established and became a staging point for prospectors on their way to the diggings. Local government for this rural area to the west of Melbourne came when the BRAYBROOK ROAD DISTRICT was proclaimed on 28 May 1860. This authority was superseded on 23 January 1871 with the formation of the SHIRE OF BRAYBROOK. The Shire of Braybrook existed for about 80 years during which time it experienced significant industrial growth. The Shire of Braybrook ceased to exist in 1951 when the CITY OF SUNSHINE was formed.The Coat of Arms informs the observer that the Shire of Braybrook was initially a rural area with its images of a cow, sheep, and hay. The reference to industry however probably does not indicate adequately the large growth in industrial activity that occurred within the Shire. Circular board of Masonite painted by A. H. Walker which is a true depiction of the Coat of Arms for the Shire of Braybrook. It is mainly blue, yellow and red coloured with black writing, and has images of a cow, sheep, and hay, and also indicates a reference to industry.Shire of Braybrook Victoria / Dieu Et Mon Droit / By Industry / A. H. Walkercoat of arms, shire of braybrook, a. h. walker, plaque, sunshine -
Unions Ballarat
Book - Changing Employment Relations in Australia (D.J. Spiers Collection), Kitay, Jim (ed), 1997
Approaches current (1997) employment relations in Australia comparative to other countries (especially the United States and European nations). Note: this book was published one year after the Coalition (National and Liberal parties) returned to government in Australia and is therefore written before the enactment of the WorkChoices legislation and the subsequent Fair Work Act. Includes commentary about the likely future of industrial relations. The authors provide analysis around the following industries: automative; banking; information technology; Australian steel; and telecommunications.Industrial relations in the 1990s. Book; paperback.Front cover: editors' names and title. Title page: in black ink, "D.J. Spiers, University of Ballarat, April 1997".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, industrial relations, workplace relations act, automative industry, banking, information technology, steel, telecommunications -
Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation
29-minute video documentary on the history of the Victorian nurses union, The rise and rise of the Victorian nurses' union, 2006
The short documentary 'The rise and rise of the Victorian nurses' union' was released on DVD only in 2006. It tells the story of the Branch from its inception, charting major industrial and professional developments for nurses in Victoria over the past century. In particular, it focuses on the shortage of nurses that Victoria experienced from the 1970s to the 1990s, the removal of the 'no-strike' clause from the organisation's rules, the resultant historic 50-day 1986 Victorian nurses' strike and the growth in membership in the context of overall declining union membership in Australia.29 minute video file (.mp4 multimedia format), transferred from original DVD. In colour, with sound. Original distributed (not sold) on DVD.nursing, ratios, 1986 victorian nurses strike, industrial action, industrial relations, labour history, staffing, unionism, nurses, campaigning, organising, documentaries, feminism, victoria, australia -
Victorian Bands' League
Photograph, Broken Hill City Band 1906, ca. 1906
This is a very old photograph of the Broken Hill City Band. it was most likely taken on their visit to Ballarat where they competed in the 1906 South Street Eisteddfod. One of the other bands that competed in their section was the 'Kalgoorlie and Goldfields Infantry and Regimental Band'. The speculation being that this photo was presented to, or was supposed to be presented to the Kalgoorlie Band. The Broken Hill City Band won many prizes at South Street in the band sections and the solo sections over the years. Their modern iteration is the Barrier Industrial Unions (BIU) Brass Band.This photo shows the Broken Hill City Band when it was still relatively young. It is unknown just how many photos exist of the Broken Hill City Band from this era, however, it is very special to the banding movement. It is even more significant because of the handwritten message to the Kalgoorlie Band as it signifies a link between these two ensembles, and the similarities in the towns - both very remote and based on mining.Rectangular black and white photograph mounted on card.Top: Broken Hill City Band 1906 Bottom: with Compliments to Kalgoorlie Bandbroken hill city band, kalgoorlie and goldfields infantry and regimental band, broken hill, kalgoorlie, victoria, victorian bands' association, ballarat, royal south street society -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera, "Trams replacing buses - Route 57", 8/1993
Customer Bulletin - "Trams replacing buses - Route 57" - West Maribyrnong to City from Sunday 8/8/1993 advising that the replacement bus, route 357 will cease to operate. This was part of an industrial agreement with the State Government after the big 1990 strike. Gives the timetable at various timing points to City Elizabeth St. The timetable for the Route 82 service for both Saturdays and Sundays is given on a separate sheet. See item 7577 for a similar notice for route 3.Demonstrates a notice advising trams replacing buses on route 57 and 82.Timetable Customer Bulletin set of two A4 printed sheets.tramways, the met, timetables, buses, route 57, west maribyrnong, route 82, footscray -
Vision Australia
Administrative record - Text, Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind annual report 105th 1970-1971, 1970-1971
Articles in annual report include: List of RVIB president, vice president, board of management, medical staff and officers of the institute, honorary officers and consultant medical staff, President's report, Nursery and school, Industrial, Training and rehabilitation centre, Multi handicapped blind children, Sight restored after 35 years - article about John Crowe who went to New York where no other medical centre in the world offered a procedure to use a synthetic cornea. The cost of the trip was met by RVIB, after losing his sight which he lost in an industrial accident, when he returned to Melbourne he saw his wife for the first time, Carols by candlelight, Finance, Welfare and counselling services, Blindness in old age, Auxiliaries and other general helpers, Services and facilities, When you make or amend your will. Events that occurred in 1970 : Australia post supported work training program -offered a complete training centre for blind switchboard operators, the only one of its type in the world, established at the institute, 53 operators were successfully employed in Vic, some also operate as receptionists.1 printed volume with photographsroyal victorian institute for the blind, annual reports -
Melbourne Royal
Memorabilia - Showbag, The Australian Paramount Royal Show Prize Packet, 1950-1979
The Australian Paramount Prize Packet available from the Footscray Display.Australian Paramount prize bag for the Royal Show, no content: craft paper bag with loosely woven string handle, and text in black lettering[obverse] The Australian / PARAMOUNT / Royal Show / PRIZE PACKET A Prize in every bag - only obtainable at the / Footscray Display / Stands 347-8, Industrial Hall / [reverse] Webb Printing Co / 226 Nicholson st, Footscray, W11 / or Webb's School Shop, Hyde St, Footscray / Quality paper in our Bigger and Better Books / Robber stamps, Paper Bags, Geneal stationery / School Books / Bought, sold or exchangedindustry, showbag, australian paramount, commercial -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet - Ephemera, Preparatory Technical School of Girls, c1919
The aims of the School was "To provide a Technical Training which will prepare girls for their future life's work. This school provides a continuity of study between the Primary and Senior Technical School (School of Mines) classes. This supplies a long felt want in giving a preliminary training for Technical Art, Craft, Commercial, and Industrial Education. It must, however, be distinctly understood that these Preparatory Classes do not fully qualify girls in any of the subjects, but rather discover their aptitude for some line of technical work and thoroughly prepare the to specialise in that particular branch.Prospectus for girls technical education at the Ballarat School of Mines and the Ballarat Technical Art Schoolgirls education, ballarat technical girls' school, ballarat school of mines, ballarat technical art school, commercial, leatherwork, photography, ticket witing, wood carving, drawing, metal work, lithography, dressmaking, millinery, industrial design, scholarships, shorthand, typewriting, ceramics, bookbinding, french polishing, wood inlay -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, 1967
Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. The garden outside the pavilion featured a sculptural pool, a coral display, animal pool, a pit for kangaroos and Eucalypts and other native plants. The indoor exhibits covered aspects of Australian art and culture, architecture, industrial design and scientific innovation, such as the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, the Parkes radio telescope, the design of Canberra, and the Australian way of life. The coral display was prepared by E Grant, a fisheries research biologist.Colour slide in a mount. Coral display depicting the Great Barrier Reef, Australian Pavilion, Montreal Expo '67, Canada. Made in Australia / 17 / MAY 67M6 / 6 (Handwritten with red pen) / 10 (Handwritten)expo 67, montreal, robin boyd, slide -
Unions Ballarat
Book - Australian Labour History (D.J. Spiers Collection), Patmore, Gred
Australian Industrial Relations series. Chapter headings: 1. Australian labour history 2. Convicts and free labour 1788-1850 3. A working man's paradise? Labour 1850-91 4. Labour and politics 1891-1957 5. Labour and the state: Compulsory arbitration and wages boards 1890-1914 6. Labour and capital: The labour process in Australia before 1972 7. Gender and work: Feminist labour historiography and equal pay in Australia 8. Race, ethnicity and work: Australia 1788-1972Significant to labour relations and unions in Australia.Book; paper.Front cover: Author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, history - labour -
RMIT Design Archives
Design drawings
Joyce Coffey (nee Hiddlestone) was the first woman to receive recognition as a designer in a major Australian manufacturing business, Kempthorne Lighting, where she was the chief designer in the post war period. These design drawings by Joyce Coffey were for the Well Glass lamp series of lights that were designed for indoor and outdoor use. Joyce Coffey worked in partnership with Selwyn Coffey on the designs. In 1956 lights from this series won a bronze award in the Industrial Design section of the Arts Festival exhibition of the Melbourne Olympic Games. Ann Carew, 2017Drawings of a Kempthorne Well Glass Wall Bracket and Ceiling Lamplighting, design, melbourne olympic games, industrial design -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Charing Cross and Pall Mall
View of Charing Cross and Pall Mall Bendigo, featuring the Alexandra fountain still under construction. The fountain was jointly funded by the Bendigo Juvenile Industrial Exhibition in 1879, a 500 pound donation by George Lansell and a 700 pound grant from the Sandhurst City Council. The fountain was designed by William Vahland and was opened 5/7/1881. The fountain is 28 feet tall and sits in a 2 feet deep pond that is 50 feet in diameter. It was built with 22 tons of Harcourt granite, cast iron and painted stone.8531 A4 B&W photograph of Charing Cross and Pall Mall, Bendigo, in the late 1800s (prior to automobiles); taken from the City Family Hotel. Photograph shows work underway on the Alexandra Fountain at Charing Cross. Photo shows three trams, pedestrians and some horse drawn vehicles. Pall mall shows Post Office, Shamrock hotel and TAFE towers.charing cross, post office -
Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation
Royal Australian Nursing Federation campaign badge, [1980s?]
Distributed to nurses during campaigning for improved workloads and wages in the 1980s, possibly during the historic 1986 Victorian 50-day nurses strike. During the 1970s and 1980s, the state of Victoria had an acute nursing shortage, and patient workloads were unsafe. Throughout the 1980s, Victorian nurses took drastic industrial action to improve wages and conditions, culminating in the historic 50-day strike in 1986. The Royal Australian Nursing Federation (RANF) became the Australian Nursing Federation in 1989, suggesting that this button is from the late 1980s.Circular white and blue plastic badge. Silver metal, plastic-coated, with safety pin fastener adhered to back. Badge printed with 'R.A.N.F. [Royal Australian Nursing Federation]' and 'Vic. [Victorian] Branch', as well as the text 'Overworked Nurses = Undercared Patients'.nursing, nurses, industrial action, strike action, unionism, badges, buttons, pins, campaigning, 1986 victorian nurses strike, trade unions, labour history, royal australian nursing federation, victoria, 1980s -
City of Kingston
Photograph - Black and white, 27 February 1964
Cheltenham is a suburb in the City of Kingston that was originally established as a rural market gardening community. The area is bordered by Highett. The previous market gardens, farms and paddocks have gradually been sub-divided into housing and industrial estates. The Methodist Children's Home Methodist Homes for Children and St John of God Training Centre on the site of the future Southland shopping centre has not yet been demolished. The recently built Cheltenham High School is visible and the increased urbansation of the area is evident. Some farmland remains including the Le Page homestead.The developing urban area of Cheltenham within the City of Kingston. This image illustrates the mid-century urban sprawl of of Cheltenham and the subdivision of market gardens within the municipality and the changing demographic of the district as new houses are constructed and infrastructure established.Aerial photograph of the suburbs of Cheltenham and Highett within the City of Kingston. Highett Gas Works (top left); Bernard Street, Cheltenham (top right); Weatherall Road (bottom left): Elliott and Cobham Streets Cheltenham (bottom right).White handwritten: X Vic.1831 White type: MELBOURNE 1963 PROJECT RUN23 [underlined] 27-2-64 LENS 205 152-70 M/M 5.150 [arrow] White handwritten: X 166 cheltenham, highett, urbanisation -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Administrative record - SECV Ballarat Power Stations, "Units Book", 1949 to 1956
Contains entries for the monthly records of Units generated and consumed in the Ballarat SECV district from Nov. 1949 to June 1956. For each month records power generated, load factors, maximum demands, traction power, public lighting, domestic, industrial, and commercial, and total sales excluding that power used by the SECV themselves in offices, workshops, stores, and for auxiliary equipment at the power stations. First entry for Ballarat B Power Station Sept, 1953. See item 9543 for the July 1956 to Dec. 1962.Demonstrates record keeping of the units generated and sent out (sold) of the two Ballarat Power stations.Printed as a Minute book - 136 ruled pages + heavy card cover, red tape binding on the outside, six sections, bound, with additional red and blue ink columns. tramways, ballarat power supply, ballarat a power station, ballarat b power station, secv, electricity generation -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Badge, ATEA (Tramways Union), c1920
The Union commenced as the Australian Tramway Employees Association in 1910. Changed its name in 1934 to the "Aust Tramway & Motor Omnibus Employees Association" so as to incorporate bus drivers of motor omnibuses. Union members were issued with badges to indicate their membership. They were permitted to be worn on their uniforms. See item 5943 for another example. Wearing of Union badges in Brisbane Tramways was a major source of industrial action in 2012 - see "One American too many" by David Burke, published 2012 by the Queensland Museum.Demonstrates a badge issued to members of the ATEABadge - Australian Tramway Employees Association (Tramways Union) badge. Badge made on a brass backing with words "Australian Tramway Employees Association" on outer edge of badge with a royal blue enamel background. In centre of badge has the Australian coat of arms with a railway type spoke wheel above the logo and underneath the coat of arms the words "Federated Australia" in a banner. tramways, trams, badges, personnel, unions, employees, atea -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Map, Plans (5) showing Subdivisions of Warrnambool, 1989
These plans have been drawn by Steve Hester for the Warrnambool City Council to illustrate the allotments in Warrnambool concerned with the subdivisions of 1989. The streets have not been named but there is an indication of the area with the identification of known buildings (eg Hospital) and the plan numbers of each allotment is clearly marked. These numbers corresponded to the plan numbers registered in card files and ledgers in the Warrnambool City Council offices. The scale of the plans was 1 to 5000. These plans are of considerable interest because they show Warrnambool street subdivisions of 1989 in illustrative form. They show how information was collated in the late 1980s before the widespread use of computer digital means to describe and store information.These are five hand-drawn sheets showing plans of sub-divisions in Warrnambool streets in 1989 (Warrnambool City Council material). The plans are multi-coloured (crayons) and show allotments with plan numbers. The first plan has much of the material torn off but the location is known to be in the Russells Creek area. Some of the green tape around the edges is missing. Plans two to five are almost intact and are bound with green tape. Plan Two- Industrial Estate of West Warrnambool; Plan Three – Hospital/Merrivale/ Lake Pertobe areas; Plan Four – North Warrnambool, Wollaston/Brierly areas; Plan Five – Flaxman Street area. ‘Subdivision Plan, Reference Guide, Steve Hester, Oct. 1989’. warrnambool street subdivisions, steve hester, history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: BROWN MANILLA PRINTED ENVELOPE
[a] Brown manilla Cohns printed envelope hand written caption 'Industrial Questionnaire Commonwealth Dept of Supply & Dev 15th May 1941. [b] 2 x Pinned documents enclosed listing quantity of chemicals used and held. [c] ditto [d] Note correcting quantity mistake./// One Questionnaire is for the Bendigo branch of the company the other is for Swan Hill Branch .Two pages are a list of Materials used in Production or in Marketing Products .The last page shows Productive Capacity and Stocks of articles produced A small letter shows the Cohn Bros emblem - a barrel with letters CB above the barrel appears to be a sheaf of Hopsbendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Report, "Australian and New Zealand City Transit Conference - Hobart 21 to 24 November 1961", Nov. 1961
Conference papers or Presentation Notes or Report, over 300 foolscap sheets bound with a cotton tape binder in the top left hand corner titled "Australian and New Zealand City Transit Conference - Hobart 21 to 24 November 1961". Includes reports from Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Tasmania, Auckland and Dunedin. Christchurch and Wellington also attended but did not submit sufficient copies. looks at Statistic, industrial issues, fares, rollingstock, buses, traffic, school children, bus stops, accounting, depreciation, cash handling, amenities, insurance, stores, costs and some general matters. No table of contents, programs etc. trams, tramways, conferences, buses, trams, fares, industrial issues, bus stops, accounting, insurance, australasian tramway conference, management -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, "1978 Edition - The Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees Association (Victorian Branch) - Safety, First Aid, Hand tools and protective clothing and equipment", 1978
Book - 32 pages centre stapled titled "1978 Edition - The Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees Association (Victorian Branch) - Safety, First Aid, Hand tools and protective clothing and equipment". Provides information and guidance on Industrial safety, equipment and fire. Has adverts for The Druids, Holdens, ANSI, Hibernian Society, Thomas Warburton, Wonderpak Chemicals, Fairmark, Commonwealth Engineer, Raff Jeanery, Australian Thread, Regent Motors, Yarra Falls Ltd, Fabspec, Silverway Pharmacy, Consolidated Pneumatic, Sands and McDougall, McAdams of Essendon, the Irish National Foresters Catholic Benefit Society and Tramways Benefit Society.trams, tramways, unions, safety, medical, benefit society, workshops -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, "History back on the tracks", "Trams out as talks continue", 3/08/1987 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper clipping, from The Sun, 3/8/1987 titled "Trams out as talks continue" and a second heading "History back on the tracks". Item about industrial issues for maintenance of trams and trains, or wages supplements, Has photos of Mr Roper, Transport Minister and Peter Parkinson of Trades Hall. Notes that old trams, such as W and Y class were back in service. Has a photo of Y1 612 in service on Wattle Park. Story by Jane Gibson and Jim Nevein. Attached to the item is a cartoon, 4/8/1982 by Jeff of a man digging a hole around the tram tracks and finding a cable tram.trams, tramways, cable trams, strike, unions, w class, y class, wattle park, cartoons, tram 612 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, "Melbourne Tramway Memories", c1994
Book - black comb bound, plastic front cover, green cover, black back, approx. 75 pages, titled "Melbourne Tramway Memories", prepared by Ray Roberts, conductor at South Melbourne or Hanna St depot - personal notes - 1961 to 1994 (33 years - page 60). Includes copies of tramway events from newspapers interwoven with Ray's notes. At the rear of the document is a brief history of South Melbourne depot, 1925-1995 - by Alistair Fincher. Includes notes on industrial matters, including a map where workers came from. See also items 6719 and 7272 for other versions and documents.trams, tramways, conductors, south melbourne depot, personal papers, history -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Legal record, "2012 Enterprise Agreement One - Operations", 2012
Document or book - 96 pages, clear plastic cover, black card page, black wire bound titled "2012 Enterprise Agreement One - Operations", setting out the industrial agreement between Yarra Trams (KDR Victoria), the Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union, Tram and Bus division (RTBU), the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia (APESMA) and employees. Applicable from 2012 to June 2015. Covers application and operation, consultation and dispute resolution, type of employment and termination, wages and related matters, hours of work, leave and public holiday and other conditions. Has a table of contents.trams, tramways, yarra trams, unions, employment, agreements, rtbu, apesma -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document (item) - CAC Collection - Mr.D.J.Dalziel Documents,refer Description for further details
University of Melbourne Faculty of Economics and Commerce 1967 - The Establishment Of The Aircraft Manufacturing Industry In Australia by Ian H. Ring. The Mirage Contract Committee, 1960-61. Report On The Limitations Of Fishermans Bend Airfield 1950. The Fitzgerald Report - 1958. The Mc Grath Report For The Defence (Industrial) Committee - 1972. The Rationalisation Of The Aircraft Industry. Industries Assistance Commission Inquiry 1974-75. Parliamentary Joint Committee On Foreign Affairs And Defence , 1976 & 1978. -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Booklet, Port Fairy, Early to mid 20th century
This is a typed copy of William Earle’s History of Port Fairy written in 1896. The history is of interest to researchers and the information contained in it has been updated and extended by historians in recent times. William Earle, a printer with a business in Port Fairy came to Australia with his parents, William and Mary, in 1854. He was a Councillor and Mayor and was heavily involved in local community affairs. He died in 1902 at the age of 51. His 1896 history won a prize in a local Industrial Exhibition and was widely acknowledged as an important primary source of early Port Fairy history. This booklet is of minor interest as it is a copy of a 19th century Port Fairy history book and is not a rare item. It is retained as it came from the Baulch collection of documents and belonged to David Baulch of Koonongal Estate, HwakesdaleThis is a booklet of 59 pages of typed material bound into a brown cardboard cover with metal screws. The pages are typed on one side only and have a black border around all sides.David Baulch Koonongal Estate Hawkesdale 3287baulch family, dunmore and rose park, history of warrnambool -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Flag - House flag, Adelaide Steamship
The first Seafarers Service was held on 23 October 1905 in the St Paul's Cathedral in London to celebrate the Centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson on 21 October 1805. Reverend Alfred Gurney Goldsmith launched the first Seafarers Service two years later and the first service was held on Sunday 10 November 1907. National and house flags are used during the annual Seafarers Service. The Adelaide Steamship Company was an Australian shipping company and later a diversified industrial and logistics conglomerate. It was formed by a group of South Australian businessmen in 1875. The service continue to reflect the full range of the maritime activities in Australia. Representatives come from the Royal and Merchant Navies, the commercial world, shipping companies, mission and philanthropic societies, veterans’ associations, labour unions, youth and leisure organisations, but anyone is welcome to attend.Large white rectangular flag with a navy cross and a red 8 arms star.Adelaide Steamship written in black penflag, seafarers service, adelaide steamship, shipping company, house flag -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, N. J. Tillings Timber Factory, 15 June, 1975, 15/06/1975
Fence yard with piles of timber. Weatherboard building in background. This is one of 7 B/W 8x10 inch photos with notes on obverse by Dick Crichton. Accompanying letter from Florence Chrichton 2013 : "Originally sent to Shire of Eltham Engineer, Mr. McDonald. [These photographs were part of their campaign to the Shire of Eltham in 1975] claiming that the zoning regulations were being breached by the occupants of various factories in the nearby light industrial zone [Brougham Street, Eltham] - to the detriment of those living in adjoining residential zones, and that, despite .. earlier objections and complaints, nothing was done about it." 1 black and white photograph printed with white borderInscribed on back: "Ryans Yard, Susan Street, (part owned by Tillings) showing Tillings surplus baulk timber (at extreme right and left) before milling. This timber is often also stored in Peel Street. Majority of baulks are stored at rear or side of Tillings main premises. Eltham High School object to transportation of this timber along Bell and Susan Streets in large semi-trailers. Trucks backing in and out of Tillings cause frequent traffic jams in Bridge Street (often around 8am)." industrial estate, brougham street, eltham, 1975, bolton street, dick crichton, n.j. tillings, timber factory, shire of eltham, susan street, bell street, eltham high school -
Learmonth and District Historical Society Inc.
Medal - Centennial of the reaper. 1931, Commemorative Coin
International Harvester Co. medal commemorating the centennial of the 'Reaper' harvester. Issued in 1931, it names Cyrus Hall McCormick as inventor of the Reaper. Son of a Virginian farmer, he developed his father's earlier ideas into a viable harvesting machine capable of harvesting up to fifteen acres of wheat and other grains each day. Without it, only three acres could be cut. McCormick established a manufacturing business that quickly became one of the leading industrial companies in the United States. After his death the compnay merged with several competitors to form the International Harvester Co.This medal commemorates the centennial of the reaper by the International Harvester Company in America and aboard.A round medal made of copper with the face of Cyrus Hall McCormick on the frontObverse - Bust of McCormick wearing coat and bow-tie facing left; above are the words, CYRUS . HALL . McCORMICK, on the left 1808 / 1884, on the right the words, INVENTOR / OF THE / REAPER. Reverse - A horse-drawn reaper working right, with the words above, INTERNATIONAL HARVESTOR COMPANY; below, CENTENNIAL OF / THE REAPER / 1831 1931.centennial, cyrus hall mccormick, international harvester -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Manual - Set of five manuals: Theory Carpentry, Solid Geometry, Uniform Building Regulations
The donor's father (William Clarence Christopher) was born in 1906 in Williamson Street, Bendigo and was schooled at the Bendigo School of Mines. The notebook on theoretical Carpentry must date from around 1920 when he was an apprentice. His brother James Charles Christopher was a teacher, the Solid Geometry drawings date from 1925-1932 and were submitted by students at Ballarat Junior Technical school. The book od building regulations was used by William Clarence in the 1940's and 50's while employed as a building foreman at Braybrook by Industrial Engineering Ltd.The manuals are covered with brown paper and the title in red or black texter on the front. The theory Carpentry is handwritten, the three Solid Geometry are made up of individual drawings and the Uniform Building Regulations is printed.technical books, school of mines -
Federation University Art Collection
Painting, 'Pink Landscape' by Alan Bates, 1994
Alan BATES Known for his interest in the minimalist harmonies of paint, Alan Bates lives in regional Victoria and his works resource local places. Works can speak of landscape or the weathered detritus randomly found in abandoned industrial areas including the dockside. Alan Bates is a graduate of the University of Ballarat (now Federation University), and has been exhibiting regularly since 1990. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Abstract landscapeSigned lower right side 'Alan Bates '94'art, artwork, alan bates, bates, landscape, abstract, oil, oil on duckcloth, alumni