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Digital Photograph, Supreme Court Emblem Carpet, Supreme Court, London, 2016, 09/2016
... London, England ...The supreme court emblem dominates the room. Designed by Yvonne Holton the Herald Painter at the Court of Lord Lyon in Scotland. Depicted are the symbols of each nation under the jurisdiction of the UK supreme Court. The Omega symbol around the edge symbolises the 'finality' of the decisions mad win the highest court in the land.Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pensesupreme court emblem carpet, supreme court, london, logo, heraldic device -
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Digital photograph, Tapestry, Building view from Reading Room, Supreme Court, London, 2016, 09/2016
... London, England ...The large tapestry of the royal arms (in the reading room accessed via the library) dates from the early years of George III's reign (1760-1820), and is usually covered to protest it from sunlight. tapestry, supreme court, london -
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Digital photograph, Dorothy Wickham, Court Room, Supreme Court, London, 2016, 09/2016
... London, England ...court room, supreme court, law, legal, london -
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Digital photograph, Exterior, Supreme Court, London, 2016, 19/09/2016
... London, England ...1 October 2009 marks a defining moment in the constitutional history of the United Kingdom: transferring judicial authority away from the House of Lords, and creating a Supreme Court for the United Kingdom in the historic setting of the former Middlesex Guildhall on Parliament Square. In this location, The Supreme Court forms part of a pre-existing quadrangle made up of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and Treasury. As civil administration developed, it tended to be conducted by the Justices of the Peace and its offices were often co-located with the first tier of the courts. This close association reached a peak in the latter half of the nineteenth century, since when the two activities have tended to separate. In April 2005, all Magistrates’ Court houses were transferred from the care of County Councils to the Department of Constitutional Affairs (DCA). (https://www.supremecourt.uk/about/history.html, accessed 21 September 2016)london, supreme court, law, legal -
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Digital photograph, Dorothy Wickham, The London Eye, 2016, 19/09/2016
... London, England ...At 135m, Coca-Cola London Eye is the world’s largest cantilevered observation wheel. It was conceived and designed by Marks Barfield Architects and was launched in 2000. It has won over 85 awards for national and international tourism, outstanding architectural quality and engineering achievement. In fact, it has become the UK’s most popular paid for visitor attraction. A remarkable feat of design and engineering, the London Eye gave London’s skyline a dramatic new addition and has been offering guests a new perspective on London ever since. Originally, it was intended as a temporary structure, able to be dismantled and transported to a new location, and had planning permission for just five years. But with millions boarding it every year, its popularity has prompted its lease to be extended. Today it is a permanent fixture on the London skyline and a beautiful symbol of modern London. (https://www.londoneye.com/about-us/#sthash.Xxd6iuOj.dpuf)london eye, ferris wheel -
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Digital photograph, Tower of London showing Traitor's Gate, 2016, 09/2016
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Digital photograph, Dorothy Wickham, Tower of London, 2016
... London, England ...The Tower of London, officially Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the square mile of the City of London by the open space known as Tower Hill. It was founded towards the end of 1066 as part of the Norman Conquest of England. The White Tower, which gives the entire castle its name, was built by William the Conqueror in 1078, and was a resented symbol of oppression, inflicted upon London by the new ruling elite. The castle was used as a prison from 1100 (Ranulf Flambard) until 1952 (Kray twins),[3] although that was not its primary purpose. A grand palace early in its history, it served as a royal residence. As a whole, the Tower is a complex of several buildings set within two concentric rings of defensive walls and a moat. There were several phases of expansion, mainly under Kings Richard the Lionheart, Henry III, and Edward I in the 12th and 13th centuries. The general layout established by the late 13th century remains despite later activity on the site. The Tower of London has played a prominent role in English history. It was besieged several times, and controlling it has been important to controlling the country. The Tower has served variously as an armoury, a treasury, a menagerie, the home of the Royal Mint, a public record office, and the home of the Crown Jewels of England. From the early 14th century until the reign of Charles II, a procession would be led from the Tower to Westminster Abbey on the coronation of a monarch. In the absence of the monarch, the Constable of the Tower is in charge of the castle. This was a powerful and trusted position in the medieval period. In the late 15th century the castle was the prison of the Princes in the Tower. Under the Tudors, the Tower became used less as a royal residence, and despite attempts to refortify and repair the castle its defences lagged behind developments to deal with artillery. The peak period of the castle's use as a prison was the 16th and 17th centuries, when many figures who had fallen into disgrace, such as Elizabeth I before she became queen, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Elizabeth Throckmorton were held within its walls. This use has led to the phrase "sent to the Tower". Despite its enduring reputation as a place of torture and death, popularised by 16th-century religious propagandists and 19th-century writers, only seven people were executed within the Tower before the World Wars of the 20th century. Executions were more commonly held on the notorious Tower Hill to the north of the castle, with 112 occurring there over a 400-year period. In the latter half of the 19th century, institutions such as the Royal Mint moved out of the castle to other locations, leaving many buildings empty. Anthony Salvin and John Taylor took the opportunity to restore the Tower to what was felt to be its medieval appearance, clearing out many of the vacant post-medieval structures. In the First and Second World Wars, the Tower was again used as a prison, and witnessed the executions of 12 men for espionage. After the Second World War, damage caused during the Blitz was repaired, and the castle reopened to the public. Today the Tower of London is one of the country's most popular tourist attractions. Under the ceremonial charge of the Constable of the Tower, it is cared for by the charity Historic Royal Palaces and is protected as a World Heritage Site.(Wikipedia) A World Heritage Site is a landmark which has been officially recognized by the United Nations, specifically by UNESCO. Sites are selected on the basis of having cultural, historical, scientific or some other form of significance, and they are legally protected by international treaties. UNESCO regards these sites as being important to the collective interests of humanity. More specifically, a World Heritage Site is an already classified landmark on the earth, which by way of being unique in some respect as a geographically and historically identifiable piece is of special cultural or physical significance (such as either due to hosting an ancient ruins or some historical structure, building, city, complex, desert, forest, island, lake, monument, or mountain) and symbolizes a remarkable footprint of extreme human endeavour often coupled with some act of indisputable accomplishment of humanity which then serves as a surviving evidence of its intellectual existence on the planet. And with an ignoble intent of its practical conservation for posterity, but which otherwise could be subject to inherent risk of endangerment from human or animal trespassing, owing to unmonitored/uncontrolled/unrestricted nature of access or threat by natural or accelerated extinction owing to local administrative negligence, hence it would have been listed and demarcated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to have been identified or recognised and officially christened and internationally elevated through multilateral declaration by UNESCO as a universally protected zone. [1] The list is maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 UNESCO member states which are elected by the General Assembly. (Wikipedia)The Tower of London is a UNESCO world heritage site.tower of london -
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Digital Photograph, Dorothy Wickham, Marks on edging near gutters, Lancaster Gate, London, UK, 2016, 19/09/2016
... London, England ...masons marks, lancaster gate, london, stone -
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Digital photograph, Nose in Admiralty Arch, London, 19/09/2016
... London, England ...Admiralty Arch is a landmark building in London which incorporates an archway providing road and pedestrian access between The Mall, which extends to the southwest, and Trafalgar Square to the northeast. Admiralty Arch, commissioned by King Edward VII in memory of his mother, Queen Victoria and designed by Aston Webb is now a Grade I listed building. In the past, it served as residence of the First Sea Lord and was used by the Admiralty. Until 2011, the building housed government offices, but in 2012 the government sold a 125-year lease over the building to a property developer (Prime Investors Capital, run by Rafael Serrano) for redevelopment into a luxury hotel, restaurant and apartments. (Wikipedia) On the inside wall of the northernmost arch is a small protrusion the size and shape of a human nose. It was placed there by artist Rick Buckley in 1997 as part of a campaign against the "Big Brother" society. The nose is at a height of about seven feet, and sits at waist height for anyone riding through the arch on a horse. Prior to Buckley being unmasked in 2011 by the London Evening Standard, an urban myth grew that the nose is there in honour of the Duke of Wellington, who was known for having a particularly large nose.(wikipedia)admiralty arch, london, nose -
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Photograph - Digital Photograph, Bracket from Sir Paul Pindar's House, c1600, 20/09/2016
... London, England ...Four similar but larger brackets were on the facade of Pindar's house. this is on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. This smaller example was most likely part of a chimney piece from a grand room on the first floor. The crouching minter has a man's head, the chest of a woman and the legs of a goat or horse.Wooden carved bracket at Sir Paul Pindar's Housepaul pindar's house, bracket, timber, victoria and albert museum, london, sculpture -
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Digital Photograph, Dorothy Wickham, The Cast Courts, 2016, 09/2016
... London, England ...This ornate cross sits at the right hand side of View of Trajan's column, Cast Courts, Room 46a, The West Court, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Cast Courts: "When the Architectural Courts – or Cast Courts as they are now known – opened in 1873, The Builder magazine compared the experience of seeing them to a first glimpse of Mont Blanc, creating one of those 'impressions that can scarcely be effaced'. Since then, these two enormous rooms and the reproductions they contain have continued to impress and inspire visitors to the Museum. For centuries, antiquarian interest in world architecture and sculpture led to reproductions – or copies – being made of outstanding national monuments and notable sculptures. When the Museum was founded, it collected and displayed reproductions of great art and architecture from across the world in order to offer objects for study and tell a complete story of the history of art and design. Casts are made by placing several plaster moulds upon the surface of the original structure. Once hardened and removed, the moulds are then enclosed in an outer casing, the interior coated with a separating agent and the wet plaster poured in. When set, the pieces are then assembled and the joints and surfaces finished off, to make a complete reproduction of the original work. The finished product – as well as being a formidable technical achievement in its own right – enables admirers to study faithful reproductions of important monuments and works of art." Ref: https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/history-of-the-cast-courtslondon, victoria and albert museum, cast courts -
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Photograph - Digital photograph, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2016, 09/2016
... London, England ...The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.3 million objects that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The Museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance. https://www.vam.ac.uk/info/about-usDigital photographs of a stained glass window at the Victoria And Albert Museum, Londonvictoria and albert museum, window, interior, stained glass window -
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Accessory - Compact
... London, England ...Compact was used by Anne Benson, mother of donor.Round green enamelled compact contains puff, powder and notes presented in cardboard box with advertising matter. Box has information on cover.Morny|Compact face powder|June Roses|Rachelpersonal effects-toilet requisites, cosmetics -
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Functional object - Field dressing, 1/07/1943 12:00:00 AM
... London, England ...The field dressing was issued to the donor, Yvonne Fitzmaurice, when she joined the Queen Alexander Royal Army Nursing Corp in 1959 and was carried by her during her serviceSmall oblong gauze covered pad, which is sealed and has instructions for use printed on the front, indicated by a red arrow.medicine, first aid -
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Book - Pitman's Pocket Shorthand Dictionary, not known
... London, England ...Lily Martin went to Zerko's Business College Melbourne. Two year course achieved 140 words per minute. Zerko's got her a job in 18 monthsSmall brown book entitled Pitman's Pocket Shorthand DictionaryL Martinbooks, reference -
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Magazine, 1920-1930
... Southhampton Street, London, England ...15 page, stapled magazine, 'No 377, Vol 32-Weldo's Practical Needlework: Weldon's Broderie Anglaise'. Extensively illustrated with photographs and drawings. There is a 10 inch ruler marked down the front spine and advertisement for 'Arderns Star Sylko' on the back cover. Contents include; instructions for ladder work; applique file; net; richelieu and block and shadow workSmall pencil graffiti/diagram in right margin of front cover.handcrafts, embroidery, needlework -
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Container - Bottle
... London, England ...Small bottle with metal stopper - used for perfume.White Roseglass technology, bottles, personal effects-toilet requisites, cosmetics -
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Book, Advanced Reader Nelson's School Series: The Progressive English Reading Books, 1873
... Paternoster Row, London, England ...On a small slip of paper is a note re general history of this edition of the English Reader 'Advanced Reader' published in England in 1873 and used by the Victorian Education Department until it began publication of its own 'Grade Readers' in the 1920s.Small book - Linen on board - binding dark red and embossed decorative border on front cover. Some gilt tooling and lettering. Cream colour lining. 400 pages, organised into five sections includes poetry and prose. Introduction by Sydney Smith.books, school/educational -
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Book, Hillside. Rock and Dale: Birdlife pictured with pen and camera, 1902
... Paternoster Row, London, England ...Kate Wilcox, mother - in law to Francis Warren. Kate Migrated to Australia from Dorset , England.Green cloth bound covers. Hardback with gilt embossed cover design: bird in nest. Photographic illustrations (110). Coloured frontspiece of tawny owl. 250 pages, Hand written inscription.Kate Willcox A... as prize for collecting wildflowers from: John Saunders Dec 1904.books, school/educational -
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Domestic object - Sewing Needles
... London, England ...From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Packet of Darning Needles. Size 4/8handcrafts, equipment, handcrafts, dressmaking, handcrafts, embroidery, handcrafts, needlework, domestic items, sewing -
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Domestic object - Sterling Silver Spoon, c1830
... London, England ...Donated by Margaret Scarlett. Sally Button has dated it to 1830 William 1VSterling silver serving spoon, initialled on handle in script J S H William 1V, 1830. Maker RB - not listed as a major silversmith. (see also NA3126)R Bdomestic items, cutlery -
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Book - Prayer Book Set
... London, England ...Small black leather case containing black leather covered hymn book and common prayer book.books, religion -
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Book, <1940
... London, England, Great Britain ...The book was owned by the donor's father who lived at North Balwyn. There is no date of printing or of editing as the original offices of Odhms Press were bombed during the war, which makes this an original copy,Brown artificial leather covered book with gold lettering on the spine and an embossed emblem on the cover.The Universal Home Doctor Illustratedbooks, medical -
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Functional object - Bunch of Keys
... London, England ...Used in the Mitcham Technical SchoolBunch of three Chubb safe keys used by Mitcham Technical School.Queen Victoria Londongovernment, state government -
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Book - Booklet, The Australian's Fine Record
... London, England ...History of the Australian army in the first world war.Book describing the Battle of Amiens and After.The Battle of Amiens and After -
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Postcard - Souvenier postcard booklet, Postcard booklet, Pre 1916
... London, England ...Item posted back to Australia as momento of AIF Soldiers journey to WW1 WW1 memorabiliaSouvenir postcard booklet of Cabo Verde (West Africa)Printed - Souvenir de Sao Vicente - Cabo Verde Handwritten to Mother from Cecil - with love 14/7/16.ww1, soldier's correspondence -
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Alice Henry: The power of pen and voice, Kirkby, Diane, 1991
... Trumpington Street, Cambridge, London, England, United ...Biography of Alice Henry, Australian suffragist, journalist and unionist. She also became prominent in the USA trade union movement. Relevance to trade unionism, women's suffrage and feminism. Biographical interest.Hardback; purple cover; pink, white and black lettering; 254 pages.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, feminism, women's issues, trade unions, trade unions - history, biography -
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Book - Bible, before 1914
... London, England ...Presented by the British and Foreign Bible Society to William Lionel Schwerkolt after he enlisted in WW1Schwerkolt family William LionelSmall leather bound book red colour. Gold embossed script on spine and top right front cover.Gold page edges, black end paper. Presentation British Foreign Bible Society label inside front left end paper.Paper label inside front end paper. Presented to Members of the victorian contingent of theA.I.F. Signed. Melbourne 1914books, religion -
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Accessory - Box Face Powder
... Paris and London, England|France ...Round box face powder - Ashes of Roses with red rose in vase on lid.personal effects-toilet requisites, cosmetics -
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Book - English-German Dictionary, pre 1914
... London, England ...Part of Honybun RSL Collection Ice Cream Ticket found inside dictionary.1 Pocket size Deans Dictionary in Brown Leather with gold engraved lettering. English- German (Deutch-Englisch) .2 Bon de- Glasse-Comme d'Rance (France) (ice Cream) cost 25 centimes -ticket to purchase ice craemDeans Waistcoat Pocket Dictionaries English- German (Deutch-Englisch) .books, reference