Bella Guerin was born on 23 April 1858, at Williamstown, Victoria. She studied at home to matriculate in 1878, and then gained her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne in 1883, becoming the first woman to graduate from an Australian university; she followed this with a Master of Arts in 1885. She taught at Loreto Convent, Ballarat, urging the establishment of higher education scholarships to produce ‘a band of noble thoughtful women as a powerful influence for good’. She married an elderly poet, Henry Halloran, who died shortly afterwards leaving her with a young son, Henry. She returned to teaching and from the mid-1890s frequented suffragist circles. A second marriage in 1909 to George D’Arcie Lavender was also short lived. Bella Guerin was vice-president of the Women’s Political Association from 1912–14 and co-authored Vida Goldstein’s 1913 Senate election pamphlet. However, dual membership of the non-party feminist camp and the Labor Party was prohibited by the latter in 1914, so from that date she campaigned for the Victorian Socialist Party and the Women’s Socialist League, speaking out on a range of controversial issues. She led the Labor Women’s Anti-Conscription Fellowship during the 1916 referendum campaign. In 1918, as vice-president of the Labor Party’s Women’s Central Organising Committee, she caused controversy by describing Labor women as ‘performing poodles and packhorses’ who were used for fundraising but under-represented in policy decisions—and she was right. Bella died in Adelaide on 26 July 1923 of cirrhosis of the liver and is remembered for her idealism, her oratory skills and her commitment to equity for women. Duplicate photograph of Julia Margaret (Bella) Guerin the first woman graduate of The University of Melbourne, B.A. 1883, M.A. 1885, The original is held by Melbourne University Archives. bella guerin, bella halloran, julia margaret guerin, university of melbourne, graduation, feminist, university women

From the Woodruff family archives, calling card 1980 embossed with seal of Melbourne in greeny gold with name 'The Rt. Hon. Lord Mayor Cr. John Woodruff'families, local government, john william (jack) woodruff

Objects. Children's build-it yourself cardboard castle in pieces. Hand made pieces - painted and numbered. Stored in seven plastic bags plus base in archive box.toys, general, cardboard castle

Awarded to Deaconess Norma Enid Anguey by Sir Henry Winneke at Government House, Melbourne on 18th June 1079.British Empire Medal citation with informal photograph of recipient, Deaconess Norma Enid Anguey. The citation and photograph has been pasted onto non-archival card.

Yields information about the BTM Archives storage room August 2010.Laminated A4 colour print containing three photographs of the interior of the archives room taken by Warren Doubleday 30 August 2010. Shows the layout of the room at the time.trams, tramways, btm, archives room

Parent Record for Archive collection of photographs and documents relating to Ringwood Municipal Baths in Ringwood Street, Ringwood. (Also covers later Swimming Pools and Aquatic Centres in Ringwood)

Digitised video (3.28GB) with typed transcript notes. Duration: 60 minutes. Recorded April, 2023 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)Presenter: Ralph G.C. Bartlett, Co-Founder and Secretary, Flag Society of Australia. Vexillology is all things related to the preservation, history and collection of Flags.

Containing a colour copy photograph of Conductor Archie Viccars, leaning out of a bogie tram. He has cap number 2 with the conductor's bag slung over his shoulder. The donor noted that Archie worked as a Trammie from the 50's to the 60's when he transferred to the Ripon St offices on clerical duties. See acquisition notes for a story from Noel Forster - email of 1-3-2017 re Archie. Has a strong association with the family of SEC Conductor Archie Viccars and demonstrates the uniform of the time.Wooden frame, with carved out front edge, inner gold lining, varnished with title "Archie Viccars 1950 Ballarat". Printed onto Fujifilm Crystal Archive paper. Has a strip of tape at the base of the photograph ""Archie Viccars 1950 Ballarat".trams, tramways, conductors, ballarat, crews, archie viccars