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Bendigo Military Museum
Letter - LETTER OF APPOINTMENT, Department of Civil Aviation and D.G. Anderson for the Director of Airways, 18th April, 1949
Letter advised F.G. Davey of an appointment with the Department of Civil Aviation. Davey initially wanted to be a commercial pilot after returning from WW2. He qualified to do so but eventually chose to return to his pre-war job as a clerk at Hume and Iser, Bendigo. Part of F.G. Davey collection. See catalogue no. 3536P for his service record.Single page letter in black type on cream paper under the commonwealth of Australia - Department of Civil Aviation letterhead. Handwritten appointment details appear in black ink.Handwritten in black ink: '18.4.47'. Handwritten indecipherable signature in black ink. Handwritten address in black ink: 'Davey F.G. 88 Olinda Street, Bendigo, Vic'. Handwritten appointment time: 'Thursday 24th 1030'.f.g. davey, letter, department of civil aviation -
Dunkeld Museum Inc.
Telescope, 18th century
Believed to be Edward Henty's telescope which was used at the early settlement at Portland and used to observe movements of ships at sea. Believed to have come off the boat "The Thistle"Found, stored in a thermos which was purchased in a box of sundries at a clearing sale at the Henty property.Brass telescope, made in 4 sections plus the eye piece. Eye piece has a slideable cover to protect the lens. Removeable lens.None from manufacture however there are scratched markings inside the eyepiece but are no longer readablehentys, expolration of victoria, telescope, major mitchell -
Dunkeld Museum Inc.
Box, Collar, Edward Henty's Collar Box, Late 18th century
This collar box was purchased at a clearing sale at the Henty property to wind up his estate .Beleived to be Edward Henty's collar box.Wood veneer circular collar box with tin rims on base and lid. Veneer overlapped and glued. Part of a paper label glued on the lower half of the box.16 and 1/2 on the side in ink. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Wood Smoothing Plane, Late 18th to Early 19th Century
A block, jack or smoothing plane is used for making a smooth finish to timber that is used to make furniture or other wooden objects. Traditionally, wood planes were blocks of wear-resistant hardwood, often beech or maple, which were worked to the intended shape of the item being worked on. The blade or iron was likewise formed to a flat shape and secured in the body of the plane with a wooden wedge. A traditional cabinetmakers' shop might have many, perhaps hundreds, of smoothing and moulding planes for the full range of work to be performed. Large crown mouldings required planes of six or more inches in width, which demanded great strength to push and often had additional peg handles on the sides, allowing the craftsman's apprentice or other workers to pull the plane ahead of the master who guided it. A vintage tool by an unknown maker, this item was made for cabinet-making firms and individuals that worked in wood and needed a tool that could remove large amounts of timber. These jack, block or dressing planes as they were known came in various shapes and sizes to achieve a flat and even finish to timber surfaces before the use of mechanical smoothing planes and came in many sizes. A significant tool from the late 18th to early 19th century that's pattern or shape is still in use today. Early models of this type of woodworking plane are sought after by collectors today. This tool gives us a snapshot of how furniture and other finishes were created on timber by the use of cutting-edged hand tools used by craftsmen of the time. Tools that were themselves handmade, demonstrating the craftsmanship used during this time not only to make a tool such as the subject item but also the craftsmanship needed to produce either a decorative or even finish for timber items. Smoothing Plane blade and wedge present. Raised handle at front end. Right-hand wedge guide broken away. Noneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, plane, wood plane, cabinet makers tools, furniture making -
Bright & District Historical Society operating the Bright Museum
Lamp miner's safety, mid 18th-century
Safety lamp made for underground miners to replace naked flame lightingUsed in underground mining in Ovens or Buckland mining districtsmetal and glass oil powered lamp(partly obscured on glass) BRITISH MFP. ( on brass) 3BB BOSS ( on screw off base) 56 and 10mining, lamp, oil, safety, kerosene, underground -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Dry Measurement Container, Late 18th to early 19th century (before the standardised measurement was introduced in England in 1824)
The peck has been in use since the early 14th century when it was introduced as a measure for flour. The term referred to varying quantities until the modern units of measurement were defined in the 19th century. Cities in England used to have official standard weights and measures for that city or area. These containers were marked with the city's name and emblem, merchant’s weights and measures would then be checked against this to make sure they weren't trying to cheat their customers. The item in the collection is a standard measure approved by Bristol City and used by that City’s grocers to measure dry goods such as peas, beans, sugar, flour, meal etc., and its metal banding ensures that the measure cannot be reduced in size to cheat customers. Additional Information: The British Imperial System evolved from the thousands of Roman, Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, and customary local units employed in the middle Ages. Traditional names such as pound, foot, and gallon were widely used, but the values so designated varied with time, place, trade, product specifications, and dozens of other requirements. Early royal standards were established to enforce uniformity took the name Winchester, after the ancient tenth century capital of Britain. King Henry VII reaffirmed the customary Winchester standards for capacity and length and distributed royal standards throughout the realm. This process was repeated about a century later in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. In the 16th century, the rod (5.5 yards, or 16.5 feet) was defined (once again as a learning device and not as a standard) defined by the length of the left feet of 16 men lined up heel to toe as they emerged from the church. By the 17th century usage and legal statute had established the acre, rod, and furlong at their present values together with other historic units such as the peck. Establishment of the System: The Weights and Measures Act of 1824 and the Act of 1878 established the British Imperial System based on precise definitions of selected existing units. The 1824 act sanctioned a single imperial gallon to replace the wine, ale, and corn (wheat) gallons that were in general use. The new gallon was defined as equal in volume to 10 pounds avoirdupois of distilled water weighed at 62°F with the barometer at 30 inches, or 277.274 cubic inches (later corrected to 277.421 cubic inches). The two new basic standard units were the imperial standard yard and the troy pound, which was later restricted to weighing drugs, precious metals, and jewels. In 1963 an act of parliament abolished archaic measures as the rod and chaldron and a metric system was adopted. An early example of a dry measuring container giving a snapshot of how imperial weights and measures developed in England to evolve the British measurement system into the metric arrangement that most countries have adopted today including Australia. It has social significance as an item that was in everyday use by grocers and other merchants to measure dry goods in the late 18th to early 19th centuries and used specifically in the Bristol region of England as an officially recognised measurement.Wooden measurement container with iron banding and hand made rivets container is a Quarter Peck official measurement container. Inscriptions are impressed into the sides of the wooden body. The container has the official crown and emblem of the City of Bristol, indicating this item was the Bristol City standard quarter peck measurement.Impressed into the timber on the front, a crown emblem over "C B G / CITY OF BRISTOL / QUARTER", on one side "HALF" , another side "PECK". Handwritten in white chalk on the base is "1458"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, weights and measures, quarter peck, measurement container, dry grocery measure, bristol city measurement standard, city of bristol, british weights and measures, 18th and 19th centure standard measures -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - CAMISOLE, Late 18th C; early 20th
Camisole. Cream coloured cotton. Lace yolk with short sleeves edged with lace. Front opening with three buttons. Small peplum. Cotton tape tie at waist. Lace yoke octagonal in shape, 9cm deep. Round neckline edged with lace - 2.5cm deep. Machine stitched. Drawstring tape at waistline. Three fabric covered buttons. Hand stitched button holes.costume, female, underwear -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - CAMISOLE, Late 18th C; early 19th C
Camisole. Sleeveless. 5cm wide embroidered lace edges the neckline and arm holes. A 7cm wide peplum, with a spoke stitched hem. Three lace loops are sewn into the back of garment, two of which enclose the blue bird, and pink flower embroidery. Machine stitched.costume, female, underwear -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - CAMISOLE, Late 18th C early 20 C
Fine cotton camisole with round neckline edged with 2 cm cotton lace. Sleeveless, edged with lace. Lace insert 10 cm deep at centre front shaped into a double shape over the bust line and across the shoulders at the back. It has had elastic in casing at waistline but this has now perished.costume, female, underwear -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO EASTER FAIR COLLECTION: APPLICATION FORM BENDIGO EASTER FAIR 1992, 18th - 20 April
Trifold document, white with red print. ( 2 copies of same ) On front ' 100 years Loong' Sandhurst Trustees Bendigo Easter Fair. Dates 18 - 20 April.bendigo, chinese, bendigo easter fair -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NEWSPAPER CUTTING: BOB RICHARDS, 18th February, 2012
Newspaper cutting Bendigo Advertiser Feb 18 2012 - re Bob Richards. Volunteer with Red Cross.Bendigo Advertiser.person, individual, bob richards, bendigo red cross, kerang rail disaster, brisbane floods, black saturday -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ENQUIRY: JAMES EDWARD MAGUIRE, 18th September, 1991
Enquiry to BHS re James Edward Maguire from C Kimpton 1991. Maguire was a policeman in Bendigo, Strathfieldsaye and Lockwood. Seconded in 1878 to hunt for Ned Kelly in Benalla. Second child was born in Janiember (near Serpentine). Reply.C. Kimpton, Alex H. Stone.person, individual, james edward maguire, ned kelly, strathfieldsaye and lockwood. george. h. watson, serpentine. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - RANDALL COLLECTION: PLAN OF SUBDIVISION OF 18 SPLENDID HOME SITES, Sat. 18th May 1929
Document, Plan of Subdivision of 18 Splendid Home Sites. Having frontages to Albion and Clark Streets and Grand View Cresent, between Condon and Ligar Streets, just pass Neale Street.Title Certificate: Solicitors, Messrs. Cohen, Kirby & Co, Pall Mall, Bendigo. J.W.Carter 61 Bull Street , Bendigo, ''The Agent Who Knows How''.J.B.Ross, Print, Bendigodocument -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CORRESPONDENCE WITH THREE LARRITT BROTHERS (1974/1975), 18th October, 1974
Correspondence with three Larritt brothers (1974/1975) re membership of Society.John Larritt, N. Larritt, G.C. Larritt.person, individual, larritt, john larritt, george cyril, noel larritt -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: CENTRAL NAPOLEON GOLD MINING CO. N.L, 18th November 1946
Document: Letter to McColl, Rankin & Stanistreet from New Chum Syncline Gold Mine No Liability acknowledging the receipt of a letter informing of the acquisition of a battery from Central Napoleon Gold Mining Co, Letter passed on to Directors, also acknowledging a desire to hear a report on repairs as it proceeds, Document was found in the Central Napoleon Co's Minute book No 2 item numbered 2205.712a.organization, business, industry - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, central napoleon -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - SANDHURST GOLD FIELD SHEET NO. 1, 18th June 1873
Map: Sandhurst Gold Field sheet No. 1, Showing lands held under lease for Gold Mining ( number 221 in Map Cupboard 1)map, bendigo, mining plan, sandhurst gold field, lease for gold mining -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Letter, 18th July 1988
A typed letter from The Australian dated July 18, 1988 to Bill Kerr thanking him for his prompt response to their planned tribute of ur nation who died during Australia's long and unselfish military commitment in Vietnam.letter, james kelly kerr -
Clunes Museum
Certificate, 18TH JULY, 1884
ALFRED A. HARRIS WAS THE OWNER OF "SEBASTOPOL GARDENS" IN CLUNES, WHICH WAS A MARKET GARDENCERTIFICATE, IN WOODEN FRAME, FROM CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1883 - 84 FOR BRONZE MEDAL AWARDED A. HARRIS OF CLUNES, FOR CHUTNEYSlocal history, documents, certificate, harris family -
National Wool Museum
Spinning Wheel, 18th century or early 19th century
The spinning wheel was owned by Amy Penfold (donor Jan Dawson's mother) who presumably purchased the spinning wheel in the 1930s at an antiques auction. Amy lent the spinning wheel to her friends who spun (as Amy could not spin herself) In Yass, New South Wales during the early years of the Second World War. Amy's friends would spin lightly scoured semi greasy wool worked into yarn and knitted into particularly warm and water-resistant socks for sailors on minesweepers serving during the Second World War. Jan received the wheel in the early 1960s after her mother past away at which time the wheel was no longer operable. When Jan came to live in Melbourne, she sought the assistance of Spinners and Handweavers who assisted her in creating a new bobbin and restored the broken pieces of the wheel back into working order which we find it in today. With the loom are three bobbins. One bobbin is attached to the loom while of the two loose bobbins; one is a reproduction and one is an original. From these two the differences in construction can be observed. Large 12 spokes pinning wheel finished in dark tinted varnish on wood. Ornate upright posts.Additional two bobbins. One original and slightly damaged other is a reproduction and in excellent condition. -
Latrobe Regional Gallery
Ceramic, Untitled, 18th Century
ChineseStoneware Brush Washer -
Latrobe Regional Gallery
Ceramic, Untitled, 18th Century
ClassicismStoneware bottle/vase -
Australian Lace Guild - Victorian Branch
Textile - Alencon Lace, Mid 18th Century
Fine lace used as a costume trimmingNeedle lace edging. Sample -
Australian Lace Guild - Victorian Branch
Textile - Honiton lace, Early 18th Century
Very fine lace used for costume trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample -
Australian Lace Guild - Victorian Branch
Textile - Alencon Lace, Mid 18th Century
Fine lace used as a costume trimmingNeedle lace edging -
Australian Lace Guild - Victorian Branch
Textile - Mechlin lace, Early 18th century
Very fine old Mechlin lace used as a costume trimmingBobbin lace edging -
Australian Lace Guild - Victorian Branch
Textile - Mechlin lace, Mid 18th century
Fine old Mechlin lace used as a costume trimmingBobbin lace edging -
Australian Lace Guild - Victorian Branch
Textile - Flemish lace, Early 18th century
Very fine old Flemish lace. Use - Fashion trimming or ecclesiasticalBobbin lace Flouncing -
Australian Lace Guild - Victorian Branch
Textile - Valenciennes lace, Early 18th Century
Very fine linen thread. Fine lace used for costume trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample -
Australian Lace Guild - Victorian Branch
Textile - Flemish lace, Early 18th Century
Very fine Flemish lace possibly from Antwerp. Fine lace used for costume trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Mrs Emma Dorey nee Biggin, Late 18th century
Studio photograph from Yeoman & Co. Royal Arcade, Melbourne. Portrait shows Emma Dorey (nee Biggin), grandmother of Iris Woolrich (nee Dorey) and mother to her father Edwin Charles Dorey. Emma is wearing a very intricate lace collar in the photograph. The photograph is framed in thick cardboard.Handwritten on back: Emma Biggin Pitts. Dad's Mother. Granma Dorey.emma dorey, emma biggins, iris dorey, iris woolrich, iris woolrich, edwin dorey