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Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Stawell "The Gateway to the Grampians", 1988
Stawell Tourist InformationA Page folded in half to make 4 pages with large print and small print split into two columns as well as two photographs on the right side"Stawell" with Two photographs showing Pioneer's Lookout on Big Hill. " "The Gateway" to the Grampians" above the other Photograph which shows a rock formation known as The Grand Canyon. which is located in the Grampians.stawell tourism -
Greensborough Historical Society
Genealogical chart, Descendants of George William Stock, 1861o
Family history chart of pioneer familyHistory of the Stock and Blackbourn families.Black and white 10 page computer generated family tree.In pen on front page: Val Wilsonchapman stock family, blackbourn family, family trees -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Katherine Rose Wingrove and Lucy Eleanor Wingrove graves, Saint Helena (Saint Katherine Anglican) Churchyard, St Helena
The Wingrove family early pioneers of ElthamColour photographst helena, st katherine's church, cemetery, katherine rose wingrove, lucy eleanor wingrove -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Functional object - Skillet and frying pan
Used by a pioneer family in the City of MoorabbinPressed sheet metal frying pan with folded/tube handle, riveted onto side. Flat bottomed, with edges that slant outward.cooking, frying pan, skillet, moorabbin, kitchen -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Valley of the Sky, First edition 1937 - Ninth edition 1945
Angus MacMillan Pioneer of Gippsland and the AboriginesBlue Bookangas macmillan, pioneers of gippsland, gippsland aborigines -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - BAMBOO SHELF
Owned by Laura Hudson, local pioneerBamboo shelf (hang on wall) 3 pegs under shelf, shelf has railingNillaura hudson, bamboo -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - James Russell Thomson 1818-1886, A Short Biography by John Garner, 2/2010
J.R.Thomson was one of Ballarat's notable pioneers.J.R. Thomson left a generous bequest for the purchase of statues for the Botanical Gardens2 sheets of white paper with 1 &1/4 pages of printingIn italics, p.2 "Jg 2/10john garner, doctor, ballarat botanical gardens, statues, miner, ballarat art gallery, eureka rising, benefactor., john garner collection, gardens, ballarat, thomson -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - POSTCARD PHOTOS WW1, Edgar Dawson Collection : Assorted postcards
This six-postcard group is the seventh in a series of records of items in the collection of Edgar Dawson DCM. Dawson was the Regimental Sergeant Major of 57th Battalion, AIF. C Company of the 57th was composed of men drawn from Echuca, Eaglehawk and Bendigo. The postcards are from his personal album, and many are annotated in Dawson's hand with explanatory notes on the subject. Refer to Cat No 893 for his service details. Items originally in album cat. no. 207P These postcards illustrate the links between battalions, such as the 5th and 47th. 1. Group portrait of the Officers and NCOs of C Company, 47th Battalion. 47th Btn was drawn from Queensland and Tasmania, and C company was primarily Queenslanders. 2. Group photo of the signallers and stretcher bearers of 5th Battalion. Dawson note that Josiah and Norman Rolls, from Golden Square in Bendigo, are in photograph. 3. Group photograph of 57th Battalion medal recipients taken outside Exeter cathedral. 4. 57th Btn band 5 HQ Pioneers, 57th Btn, 8th of October 1917. Dawson notes that the man front row extreme right is 50 years old. 6. Group photo of some officers of the 57th Btn 1. On verso "A.R. Tweddell, 47th Battalion, C Company A.I.F" 2. On Verso "This is a group photograph signallers 5th Battalion Jo and Norm Rolls" 3. "Group taken in Exeter at a a presentation of medals" 4. "This is our band can you pick out Bob Scott" 5. "This is our HQ pioneers who do all our building. The chap on the front row right is fifty years of age and came away with the first contingent. Also the corporal, sergeant and two left had men rear rank" 6. "This is a photo of some of the officers of our battalion. Colonel J.C. Stewart centre, Major R.M. Cotheson on left, Captain Laing M.C. on right. Will tell you the rest when I get home"postcards, 57th battalion, edgar dawson dcm -
Bendigo Military Museum
Document - DOCUMENTS, DISCHARGE, MEDICAL, 1) 14.8.1919; .2) 8.11.1916
Herbert Edgar Hewston No 40 AIF, refer Cat No 2759.2 for his service records. Part of the HEWSTON collection WW1 & WW2..1) Certificate of discharge from the AIF form No 176469 re H.E HEWSTON No 40, 3rd Pioneer Battalion. Parchment paper double sided with details on name, rank, regimental No, enlistment, personal details. .2) Document, blue paper, re The Prevention of Trench Feet and Frostbite, 8 points.military history - service records, documents - medical, certificates, trench feet -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Programme, City of Portland, Pioneer Festival 1992, c. 1992
Bowerbird Museum -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: PIONEERS
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Pioneers: Charing Cross in 1861. Gold buyer Henry Jackson occupies the site where Aussie Disposals now stands, and beside his shop is the first building of the bank of NSW. Photo courtesy Bendigo Historical Society. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - KOCK'S PIONEER QUARTZ CRUSHING PLANT
Black and white photograph. View of large mining plant and associated chimneys. Open (waste) area in foreground. Low hill in background. Inscriptions: on front 'Kock's Pioneer Quartz Crushing Plant, Long Gully', Perserverance United Windmill Hill in background'. On back - 'A Richardson, 29 Harrison St, Bendigo'.mining, crushing & milling, kock's pioneer quartz crushing plant, bendigo, mines and mining, mines, mine, mining, crushing plant, landscape, mining landscape, quartz, perserverance united windmill -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PIONEER TEAM VBA - 1910, c1910
Black and white photograph. One man sitting in front, 1st row: & men, 2nd Row: 6 men, Back row: 4 men. Members of the VBA. Inscriptions/Markings: Presented to Eaglehawk Bowling Club by N Jeffrey Esq. Pioneer Team VBA Visited Queensland, Season 1910.organization, club/society, pioneer team vba, h j g biggs, health inspector -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Ken Clements, Peterborough Puzzles, 2009, 2009
Massacre Bay is located on Victoria's Great Ocean Road, and is in the centre of the Bay of Martyrs. The bay consists of 20 m high, red limestone bluffs. This paper by Ken Clements considers the origin of the term martyr in connection to this location, and where the Aboriginal massacre may have taken place. Thirteen page document by Ken Clements relating to Peterborough, Victoria. Contents include coastal features, local Aborigines, Bay of Martyrs, Massacre Bay, Massacre Hill, Buckley Creek Run, Pioneer Pastoralists, British Traversers, settlers, Peterborough, Maps, tourism, history method. Photographs by Laurie Moore.aborigines, bay of martyrs, massacre bay, massacre hill, buckley creek run, pioneer pastoralists, british traversers, settlers, peterborough, maps, tourism, history method, childers cove, barque children, murnane bay, sandy bay, dog trap bay, buckley creek, viviennes lookeout, stanhope bay, buttres bay, burnies beach, armstrong creek, flaxman hill, antares rock, lovers nook, crofts bay, clements, worm bay, halladale point, the well, wold dog cove, james irvine monument, curdies inlet, squirrel creek, wallaby creek, boggy creek, whiskey creek, pioneer beach, schomberg rock, young australia, spit, crown of thorns, newfield bay, the grotto, london bridge, point hesse, high cliffs, the arch, cape martyr, little massacre bay, aboriginal massacre, ken clements -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LUCY HILL COLLECTION: INCIDENTAL INDUSTRIES OF MINING
Typed notes mentioning industries of mining. Items mentioned are: Chief burners or pyrites works chlorination and cyaniding and gives a description of each process. Also mentioned in the notes is the Obelisk at Golden Square as a memorial to the pioneers and Mrs Kennedy and Mrs Farrell who found gold on the Bendigo Creek. Two Copiesdocument, gold, industries, lucy hill collection - incidental industires of mining, pyrites works, cyaniding, obelisk at golden square, united pyrites co, edwards and co, cook and co, spargo and co, j deeble, liddle bros, the jackass flat burner, a victor leggo, cr j e holland, mrs polglais, mrs kennedy, mrssrs fenton and gibson, mount alexander run, mrs farrell, bendigo advertiser -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newsclipping, Pioneer who built Eltham by Mark Jackson, Diamond Valley News, 1992, 1992
Article on Eltham pioneer settler, Henry StookeDigital file only - Digitised by EDHS from a scrapbook on loan from Beryl Bradbury (nee Stokes), daughter of Frank Stokes.beryl bradbury (nee stokes) collection, eltham, eltham race course, eltham road district, henry stooke, john pirie (ship), kangaroo ground, rosehill, st andrews, st margarets -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph, Peter Ruston and bullock dray, 1860c
The photo features Peter Ruston a pioneer of Greensborough.Peter Ruston was an ancestor of the Partington family.A black and white photograph of a bullock dray with machinery loaded.Detailed inscription with details of the "bullocky" on the rear in blue biro.peter rustin, rustin, ruston, bullock dray, transportation -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, 5th Class, Eltham State School, David Clark, Head Teacher, c.1886
Reproduced on pages 64-65 of 'Pioneers & Painters'This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Negsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, dalton street, david george clark, eltham, eltham primary school, eltham state school, pioneers and painters, schools, state school no. 209, head teacher -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Katherine Wingrove and Charles Symons Wingrove graves, Saint Helena (Saint Katherine Anglican) Churchyard, St Helena
The Wingrove family were early pioneers of ElthamTwo colour photographscharles symons wingrove, katherine wingrove, st helena, st katherine's church, cemetery -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Wingrove family graves, Saint Helena (Saint Katherine Anglican) Churchyard, St Helena
The Wingrove family were early pioneers in Eltham.Two colour photographsst helena, st katherine's church, cemetery, wingrove -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Henry Vivian Wingrove and Isabella Margaret Wingrove graves, Saint Helena (Saint Katherine Anglican) Churchyard, St Helena
The Wingrove family were early pioneers of ElthamColour photographst helena, st katherine's church, cemetery, henry vivian wingrove, isabella margaret wingrove -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Historic aerial photographs of Phillip Island, Cowes, Rhyll, Cape Woolamai and San Remo, 1930s
Photos taken by an unknown pioneer aviator researched by Kevin O'Reilly who has written a book "Flyers of Time" on pioneer aviation. Photos show the Island and San Remo prior to development and before the bridge was built from the mainland.HistoricalA C D Rom and USB of historic aerial photos about 1930s - 1940s of Phillip Island, Cowes, Rhyll, San Remo and Woolamai. Both formats contain the same 7 photos. Also a letter explaining the history of the photos.photographs, san remo, rhyll, cape woolamai, phillip island bridge, cowes, aerial photograph, digital media, residential development, newhaven -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - GERMAN HERITAGE SOCIETY COLLECTION: NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS
Photocopies of five newspaper cuttings from 11/5/1988 to 20/6/1990 mentioning the German Society by Bendigo Advertiser writer Maurie McDonald. Mentioned are German Society plans memorial to its pioneers, German contribution to Bendigo, German dinner an outstanding success, German settlers established vineyards in the district and German Society plans to remember its pioneers. One cutting has a photo of an ornate bookcase which was made for a Miss Pike. It was the work of a German tradesman, Mr C Nagle. Another has a sketch? Of the Brache & Co Weroona Vineyard, Sandhurst. It also mentions a number of early vineyards. These cuttings were held in an extra copy of the drawing of the man with the wine barrels (8803.33).bendigo, clubs, bendigo heritage, german heritage society collection - newspaper cuttings, bendigo advertiser 11/5/1988, 3/5/1989, 6/9/1989, 20/6/1990, maurie mcdonald, daryl pinder, peter hyett, glen schier, josef mika, ian walder, bendigo library, peggy & bill schlotterlein, annita schlotterlein, renate & hans ruemelin, michael ruemelin, max drechsler, vin drechsler, dr david stolz, rosemary schulz, mrs june stolz, ali zvirgzdins, eva mika, johann detleff kahland, eugene sandner, glen schier, lydia & josef aniolkowksi, helen, christa & dieter scharenberg, brache & co, weroona vineyard sandhurst, dr backhaus, bruhn, pohl, mannes' strathfieldsaye vineyard, hercynia vineyard, greiffenhagen, wittschiebe's vineyard, carl august heine, adventure vineyard, scheuffle, streckfuss, henry mayer, frederick kramer, frederick klemm, kahland, miss pike, mr c nagle, johann gottfried tabias christopher ballerstedt, gustavus von tempsky, ken wust, frank cusack, clem schmidt, dorothy strauch, ausrey drechsler, reg schleiger, ian weibegen, ron meurer, bill mannes tim iser, neil mertens -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Mixed media - Video, RDHS Meeting Presentation - "Ringwood's Irish Immigrants" - Russ Haines
Digitised video (2.68GB). Duration: 85 minutes. Recorded October, 2023 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)In this presentation, Ringwood and District Historical Society President Russ Haines talks about Ringwood's Irish Immigrants - a brief overview of their ancestry, why they came here, and how these pioneers added to our culture. -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Rhymney Reef School Plaque
2 Colour photographs: 1 st A Group of people outside in bushland. 2nd Plaque for Rhymney Reef School.7061-1: Rhymney Reef school No 1606 Opened 12th July 1875 A.B Symington Teacher. Closed 1949 G. Byrne Teacher In Memory of our Pioneers 12 March 1989education -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Rhymney Reef School Plaque
2 Colour photographs: 1 st A Group of people outside in bushland. 2nd Plaque for Rhymney Reef School.7061-1: Rhymney Reef school No 1606 Opened 12th July 1875 A.B Symington Teacher. Closed 1949 G. Byrne Teacher In Memory of our Pioneers 12 March 1989education -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Book, Stanley D. Porteus, A Psychologist of Sorts, 1969
Hardcover autobiography and publications of the inventor of The Porteus Maze Tests by Stanley D. Porteus (1883-1972), one-time resident of Ringwood, Victoria.Cover note: "Presented here in one volume is the exceptional autogiography and extensive annotated bibliography of Stanley David Porteus, a pioneer of modern psychology whose continuing contributions are receiving recognition throughout the world ...". -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph, William Robb, Stonemason, n.d
Black and white photograph (reprint) of William Robb, stonemason, Portland. Depicts a man wearing a tie, white shirt and black jacket and waistcoat. Looking slightly to his right. Front panel reads: William Robb / 26 9 1829 / 7 7 1905 Scotland Portland Arrived aboard the 'Indian Ocean' 1854 Portland Pioneer and Stonemason -colonist of 51 years -stonemason, portland businesses, portland pioneers, portrait photography -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Tarcoola Press, The Diary of Andrew Ross 1828-1895 & The Reminiscences of Andrew Ross 1851-1864 edited by Mick Woiwod, 2011
... pioneers ..."Edited, annotated and introduced by Mick Woiwod for the Andrew Ross Museum, Kangaroo Ground"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Paperback 235, vii, 128 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm. Two copies, one with dedication by author "To Eltham District Historical Society Mick Woiwod 2011"ISBN 9780987157409andrew ross, kangaroo ground, pioneers, diaries -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Book, Schumer, Leslie A. (Leslie Arthur), Henry Dendy and his emigrants, 1975
... Pioneers ...non-fictionhenry dendy, emigrants, brighton, pioneers