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Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK NAVAL, David L Mears, The Search for the Sydney, 2009
The Search for the Sydney, How Australia's Greatest Maritime Mystery was Solved. David L Mears, leader of the expedition which found Sydney and Kormoran. From back cover: The Full and Official Story of the Six Year Hunt for HMAS Sydney.Hard cardboard cover, buckram, silver colour print on front & spine, aquamarine colour background. Dust cover is silver, yellow, white & pale blue print. Photos on front are model of naval shipwreck, on back is a naval ship. The dust cover unfolds to show detailed diagrams of HMAS Sydney for the Wallsend Shipyard. Beige & brown colours. 264 pages, cut, glossy white. Illustrated black & white & colour photos & maps. Name plate on front flyleaf.Handwritten in black ink on front flyleaf name plate: "Noel R"hmas sydney, the search, maritime -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Manuscript, Robin Boyd, Freedom From Conformism, 1962
Boyd discusses, in a sardonic tone, how we have lost our ability to voice criticism of the establishment and think for ourselves. He also discusses the undermining of freedom, self-censorship and 'self-inflicted restriction of liberty' in Australian society.Original manuscript of a script for the ABC Radio ‘Freedom’Series, 16.07.1962.Typewritten (c copy), pencil edits, quarto, 7 pagescriticism, conformism, robin boyd, manuscript -
Warrnambool Art Gallery
Zulu necklace, 19th century
It is unknown how this specific item made its way into the Warrnambool Museum. However, many South African artefacts came to the museum through men who served in the army during the Boer Wars of 1880-81 and 1899-1902.A beaded rope necklace. The rope is made from cloth and plant fibre with glass beads. It has a brass fastening. There are five colours: white, green, black and red with a pink band at the top. In the Zulu culture beads and jewellery were used as a means of communication. Generally they were used to convey messages about whether someone was married, engaged or single. The colours had different meanings but when placed next to white, the meaning would always be positive. white: purity and love black: marriage and rebirth red: also love green: contentment pink: denoted high status Beadwork was almost solely the work of women but men would also wear the jewellery.zulu, south africa, jewellery, beads, kwa zulu natal, africa, boer war, warrnambool -
National Wool Museum
Book, Knitting, Patons Woolcraft: a practical guide to knitting and crochet
This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced by Coats Patons and contains knitting patterns for mens, womens and babies garments, as well as instructions on how to knit and crochet.Patons / WOOLCRAFT / A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO KNITTING AND CROCHET / COATS PATONS (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED / 35c - 3'6knitting handicrafts - history crochet, coats patons (australia) limited, knitting, handicrafts - history, crochet -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Whittlesea Leader, Elms support growing, 17 Oct 2001
Friends of the Elms community group to hold a meeting to give Whittlesea residents with elm trees tips on how to look after them and encouragement to register their trees on the Elm Tree Register. Hawkstowe Park ranger Ross Mugavin pictured.Newsprint 1 p. text with black and white photograph.friends of the elms, elm tree, ross mugavin, hawkstowe park, elm tree register -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Geelong Destination Curtain list
List showing the destination blind or curtain arrangement of destinations on Geelong tramcars. Notes that it is black letters on a white material. Also lists the coloured route indicators and how they were shown on a box above the destination roll. Author unknown.Yields information about the arrangement of Geelong destination roll and the indicator lights.Typed document with handwritten notes on a quarto sheet of paper.tramways, geelong, tramcars, destination roll, destination indicators, lists -
Vision Australia
Leisure object - Object, Skip-Bo cards, 1993
A set of Skip-Bo cards with printed instructions. On the box is marked 'Brailled Skip-Bo Card Game 10509'. This is an example of how popular card games can easily be made accessible by the use of Braille for those without vision. Skip-Bo playing cards with braille embossed on top left-hand and bottom right-hand corners in white cardboard box recreation equipment, games -
Vision Australia
Audio - Sound recording, Interview with Margaret Fialides, 20/2/1991
Oral history recording and transcript of interview of Margaret Fialides by Alan Nuske. Recorded as part of 'The Years Between: an oral history of the RVIB 1866-1991'. Staff recall how they came to be involved with the organisation and changes made during their tenure.1 oral history interview with Margaret Fialidesroyal victorian institute for the blind, allan nuske, margaret fialides, 3rph radio station, library, burwood school, oral history -
Vision Australia
Audio (item) - Sound recording, Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, Around the Institute: December 16, 2003
Around the Institute was a weekly program consisting of interviews around a specific topic, undertaken by host Corey Nassau. December 16: Carols by Candlelight – Amity Dry, Feelix insights and how the kits are made – Louise Curtin and Sue Botta.royal victorian institute for the blind, radio shows -
Bendigo Military Museum
Newspaper - NEWSPAPER CUTTING, FRAMED, Melbourne Herald, c1942
Relates to an ANTI AIRCRAFT PREDICTOR - VICKERS NO.1 MK111 - piece of Military equipment on display in the museum. Refer Cat No. 4591.Newspaper extract - facsimile copy on paper, black print on off white paper. Illustrated with photograph. Small typewritten label on paper attached to top of facsimile with metal staples. Frame - timber with mid brown stain, heavy plastic front and cardboard backing with paper tape. - handwritten information on cardboard.Top of facsimile - typewritten label - black ink. "Believed to be an extract from a "Melbourne Herald" early December 1942". On cardboard - handwritten - black ink "NEWSPAPER ARTICLE/ Newspaper article and photograph explaining how the PREDICTOR on/display in the main hall operated./ See Catalogue No: 4591"framed accessories, newspaper, military equipment, anti-aircraft, predictor -
Victorian Apiarists Association
Publication, Bee Produce - Illustrated (Producing: Preparing Exhibiting and Judging) ( W. Herrod-Hempsall, FRES, 1948
Mid Green hard covered boook approx A5 size with darker gree writing on the front 219 pages plus advertismentsHandwritten inscription on first page - First Prize in essay competition run by 'British Bee Journal' May 1950 - 'Supering- When & How to do it'. F Bailey Dedicated to the author's parents - to whose careful training and wise counsels I attribute my success in life -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Audio Recording, Audio Recording; 2016-10-12 History of Community Groups, 12 Oct 2016
October Meeting (Newsletter No. 230, Jun. 2016) Community groups are the backbone of any community and the former Shires of Eltham and now Nillumbik are no exception. In our area there are some groups with a long history of consistently contributing to the development, enrichment and benefit of our local communities. Some we are well aware of, others not so much. At our next meeting we are pleased to have representatives from three long established community groups to talk to us about their histories, how they have been a part of the Eltham scene for many years and how their contributions have supported many other local organisations and initiatives.1:03:34 duration Digital MP3 File 75 MB audio recording, community groups, eltham district historical society, meeting, society meeting -
Unions Ballarat
Why You Should be a Socialist, Strachey, John, 1938
The book describes itself as a "terse guide to such questions as, what causes unemployment, what causes war, what makes booms and slumps, what is socialism [and] what is capitalism." Book index: I. The Secret in the Pay Envelope II. How the System Works III. What They Get Out of It IV. What It has Done to Us V. Why It Stops Working VI. Must we Die for It? VII. What can we Put in its Place? VIII. "I have Seen the Future, and It Works" IX. What would Socialism be like Here? X. How to Get There Written and produced in Britain 1938. Pertinent Britain's economy and work force in the 1930s. Observations about wages and employment.Softcover book. Front cover: black and white background, red, white and black lettering. Back cover: white background; black lettering.Front cover: title and author's name. Back cover: advertisement for the Left Book Club, London; International Bookshop Pty Ltd stamp.btlc, ballarat regional trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, socialism, politics and government, unemployment, war, economy, capitalism, wages -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: KITCHENER BY BRIG-GENERAL, C.R. BALLARD
Book-Kitchener - by Bri-Gen. CR Ballard Book- Hard covered green cover with black printing / paper dust cover / showing price of eighteen shillings /publisher London : Faber & Faber Ltd / included in front of book 3x newspaper clippings from The Sun & Bendigo Advertiser - Kitchener’s smile , Lord Kitchener - his Military Service , How Kitchener perished.Bri-Gen. CR Ballardbooks, military, world war 1, lydia chancellor collection, collection, book-kitchener - by bri-gen. cr ballard /publisher london : faber & faber ltd, war, military, male, individual, biography, lord kitchener, horatio herbert kitchener -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - SANDHURST SCHOOL OF MINES COLLECTION: LETTER FROM L B MCGRATH, 20/02/1907
SANDHURST (BENDIGO) SCHOOL OF MINES LETTER from L B McGrath , Mining Exchange Bendigo dated 20.2.1907 'Experienced Mechanical and Mining Engineer Advise on purchase , supervision or erection of machinery of any class and how to economise fuel .Plans prepared & commissions executed .' //to D Clark Director School of Mines re extra marks instruction for metal working classdocument -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PETHARD COLLECTION: FAMILY PORTRAIT, 1900
Photograph - sepia - family portrait. Written on back 'Taken by Fred Meyer Photos, Numurkah 1900'. A family portrait I believe to be George Pethard, wife Mirim. If the photo taken 1900, in 1900 this would be how old the children would have been, Agnes (17), George (12), Lydia (11) and William (7). And they did live in Numurkah , moving to Bendigo in 1909.Fred Meyerperson, family, pethard family, photograph. pethard family, family portrait. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Letter to Mr. Rowe mentioning he sent a PO Order for 10/- and to let him know how he stood on the book. He also mentions that in his last note he was 200 miles from Melbourne. He would like a letter acknowledging receipt. He also says to address him as Guard of Dunkuld and Ararat ?, Dunkuld. Signature missing.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - correspondence, mr rowe, dunkuld and ararat ? -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
Four copies of an article reprinted from Smith's Weekly, November 30, 1940 titled Magic Mercury Bulb Does Many Marvellous Things. It mentions the inventor, Hartley Abbott, the use of the scalebuoy by the Victorian Railways. There is a brief explanation of how the scalebuoy works. It was used to treat hard water and was claimed to have certain health benefits. The inventiveness of the Abbott family is also mentioned.sciences, instruments-general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection, magic mercury bulb, hartley abbott, scalebuoy, victorian railways department, buckingham palace, auckland general hospital, melbourne university, mr n brearley, glamis castle, lancet, crown hotel, smith's weekly -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Nine inch reticulation pipes at Port Melbourne, "Melbourne water supply", 1890s
Three black and white images taken from: "Melbourne water supply - sewerage schemes" Special edition of the "Building, engineering and mining journal" The operations of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. (.01) Plate XXVIII . Nine inch reticulation pipes at Port Melbourne, showing how the trenches in this sandy soil had to be timbered. Four inch junctions for house connections are also shown.engineering - board of works, built environment - civic, mmbw, sewer, melbourne and metropolitan board of works -
Women's Art Register
Booklet - Marketing, Josephine Fagan, The Women’s Art Register, 2005
Historical essay and timeline of the Women’s Art Register, including Vision Statement, Chronology, Publications, Associations, Overview of the unique Women’s Art Register including significant events and actions.Display copy of the softcover promotional booklet published by Women’s Art Register in 2005, with essay by Juliette Peers and design by Josephine Fagan. Contents: About the Women’s Art Register; Vision Statement, Pulications, Liasons and Associations, How to use the Women’s Art Register, Advocacy and Leading Issues, Chronology, Short HIstory of the Women’s Art Register, Membership Form, Resources and KitsThe word Corrections is handwritten on the cover. -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
DVD, Ramahn Allam, Talking Language with Ernie Dingo, 2013
In this six-part series, Ernie Dingo explores the revival, maintenance and creation of languages which are in a constant state of change. He reveals the complex balance between language and relationship to country, and discovers how this balance has been affected since European colonisation. Ernie asks an important question of the Elders he meets - What is the future of the Aboriginal language spoken in their community?DVDgunditjmara, yirrkala, yolngu, arnhem land, ngarrindjeri, coorong, vicki couzens, arrernte, alice springs, yindjibarndi, roebourne, bill harney, wardaman, language revival -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Instruction Book, Ballarat Tramway Museum (BTM), "Ballarat Tramway Museum Orientation Program 1999", 1999
Yields information about the orientation of new members to the BTM c1999. Was distributed to all working volunteers at the time.Ten page document within yellow card covers, folded A4 paper to form an A5 booklet titled "Ballarat Tramway Museum Orientation Program Version 1.2 - 12 May 1999". Provides a list of contents on the inside cover, made for new members, distributed to all workers as well at the time. Provides details of the Museum, how it operates, safety and site plan.trams, tramways, btm, operations, instructions, orientation -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING: THE DIGGINGS - THE DIGGERS
Diggers & Mining: The Digging - The Diggers. Slide tells of the white tents pitched closely together against the dark forest trees, and how still the area is as the miners and store keeps are asleep in their beds. Two sentries in the camp are the only movement as they pace back and forward before the Gold Office. Black and white side. Markings: 38 994.LIF:6. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - GOLDEN SQUARE P.S. LAUREL ST. 1189 COLLECTION: NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS
Article titled 'Computers are a vital part of the program at Laurel St Primary' with three photos, mounted on black laminated card. Article mentions how computers are used by the students and teachers. Students Natalie Caldwell, Penny Gloster, Denae Trickey, Stacey Lowe, Belina Connor, Melinda Kerr, Laura Gormley, Di Watson, Parent, Katie Rodda, Cross AgeTutoring.education, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square primary school 1189 collection - newspaper cuttings, laurel st primary, disadvantaged schools program, natalie caldwell, di watson, katie rodda, penny closter, denae trickey, stacey lowe, belina connor, melinds kerr, laura cormley, bob caldwell, lego technics -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Booklet, The Argus and Australasian Ltd, While You Were Away : A digest of happenings in Australia 1940-1945, c.1945
95-page booklet distributed by the R.A.A.F. in Australia to returned servicemen at the end of the Second World War. The booklet contains text, illustrations and photographs. It covers topics such as: sport, politics, total war, allied troops came, big news stories, seasons and crops, landmarks changed, notable deaths, wartime slang, how money was raised, an outline history of the war etc..australia - second world war 1939-1945, australia -- history -- 1939-1945, australia -- politics and government -- 1939-1945. -
Mont De Lancey
Tool - Felling Axe Head, Unknown
Used in the 19th century.A forged steel long narrow sharp bladed felling axe head without a handle - it has a hole for the handle. It was commonly used to chop down trees as it has a more elongated and rigid blade excellent for deep gouging cuts.The length of the handle, weight of the head and angle of the blade all play a role in just how deep it cuts. It was use din the 19th Century.There is a small grooved pattern on the head where the handle would attach. A circular indentation is evident.woodworking tools, steel, froes, cleaving axes, axes, cutting tools, hand axes, felling axes, axe heads, tool components, -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Yarra Trams, "Free TramTracker", Apr. 2013
Pamphlet, DL, printed on gloss card, titled "TramTracker" - Yarra Trams real time tram arrival information. Has the TramTRACKER logo (dog) foldout at the top of the card when folded into half. Provides instructions how to use it on the iPhone, Android and other smartphones. and computer systems. Advises passengers where to find the TramTRACKER ID for each stop. .1 - Hangingtrams, tramways, yarra trams, tramtracker, tram stops, operations, computer systems -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Functional object - Exhibition Material, Monash University, "Return; the way back home", Sep. 2019
Exhibition materials from Monash University's "Return; the way back home", about the story of Sir John Monash and the return of troops from WW1 and the issues that arose and how some of the problems were attempted to be resolved. Consists of the pamphlet printed by Monash for the exhibition, an e-mail from Geoff Brown and a photo of two tram seats that were loaned by the Museum to Monash.trams, tramways, monash university, tramcar equipment, melbourne tram museum, world war 1 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "The Suggestions Scheme of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board", mid 1960's
Book - 8 pages plus card, stippled paper, cover centre stapled "The Suggestions Scheme of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board" with a foreword about the scheme signed by Robert Risson as Chairman, describes the basis of the scheme, how it was to work, patents, information to be provided and decisions. Undated - mid 1960's? See Reg Item 3717 for a suggestion form and its used in 1956trams, tramways, mmtb, suggestion scheme, instructions -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Poster, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), "Public Transport Corporation - Your travel made easy", early 1990's?
Set of five large posters, featuring a person using public transport and how to use it titled "Public Transport Corporation - Your travel made easy" .1 - portrait format - for trams .2 - ditto for buses .3 - ditto for suburban trains .4 - landscape format for country trains - has a contact number for disability access. .5 - ditto for suburban busestrams, tramways, ptc, posters, trams, railways, disability services, behaviour