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The Ed Muirhead Physics Museum
Photograph, Cyclotron accelerator
Builit in 1950s and used till the mid 1970s within the Physics Department used in Melbourne. John Rouse and David Caro was involved in the construction.Black and white photo of cyclotron (nuclear physics accelerator): 14kV ProtectionSystem (Thunder Box) Sticky typed labels on back from top and left to right: “14KV PROTECTION SUPPLY (Thunder Box)” -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, St Luke's Anglican Church Vermont
Papers and publications of St Luke's Anglican Church Vermont 1905-2007.Papers and publications of St Luke's Anglican Church Vermont 1905-2007. Contents list in boxes.Papers and publications of St Luke's Anglican Church Vermont 1905-2007. st lukes anglican church vermont, publications -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Cuff Links, Cuff Links x 2, Mid 20th century
No specific information is available on these items. Cuff links were used in place of buttons on the sleeves of men's dress shirts which were made with button holes on both edges of the cuff. They were typically used for more formal occasions and many sported decorative stones or facades. Although we have no known information on these items, cufflinks generally have social significance and also some aesthetic appeal. They have long been a fashion item for men , with first usage recorded around the 16th century. These are five metal cufflinks, all gold in colour. Three are matching with a small mother-of pearl stud and two are matching with a black shiny round stud. There is also a small metal clip which may not belong to the other items. The items are in a plastic jewellery box (probably not originally housing these items). The box has a hinged lid and a ridged top with the embossed image of a rose and it is lined with black felt and white silk. The black felt has four holes for attaching an item of jewellery. Bottom of box: ‘Casecraft, Cat. No 104, Made in Australia’cuff links, warrnambool -
Vision Australia
Functional object - Object, Picht braille typewriter
Oscar Picht invented this braille writer in Bromberg, Germany, where he was the Director of the Provincial School for the Blind. Seven keys facilitate the typing of Braille. All in a wooden box with a metal handle on the front and a hook and eye on either. The box looks handmade and was the property of Alfred W Phillips of Ascot Vale in 1934.Steel Brailler, black with gold decorative lines in a wooden box Picht - the makers' name is painted on the front. Alfred W Phillips 1934 Ascotvale - is written above the paper on lid From P M Govett Hartwell - is written on the upper right side of lidassistive devices, braille equipment -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Rocket Launcher, John Dennett, 1860s
This rocket launching machine is used in conjunction with the Dennett Rocket Set. Both are part of the rocket rescue equipment that launches the line-throwing rescue rockets. A light line is threaded through the carved holes in the 8 foot long shaft and attached to the scribed channel at the base of the shaft. The rocket head is fitted to the shaft and inserted into the machine. The machine is set at an angle determined by the person in charge of the rescue crew, and the legs and base of the machine are adjusted accordingly with the use of the quadrant, or protractor, and plumb-bob on the side of the machine. The rocket is then ignited and fired across the vessel in distress. John Dennett - John Dennett was from Carisbrooke, in the Ilse of Wight, UK. In 1826 he invented, patented and demonstrated an improved method of rocket powered, line firing rescue equipment for saving lives. The rockets had a longer range than the mortars being used, they were lighter, needed less preparation time, only needed one line for repeated shots, and fewer people were needed to move the equipment. Very favourable reports of Dennett’s rockets were received by those in charge of His Majesty’s Naval and Military services. In 1832, Dennett’s rocket-thrown line was sent out to the wreck of the ‘Bainbridge’, and was responsible for nineteen survivors coming ashore in two boatloads, along the fired line. Dennett’s rocket received national fame, and a one-year contract to supply rockets to the Coastguards. He became known as ‘Rocket Man’ and his rockets were used in rescues at least until 1890, when his son Horatio was running the business. A rocket weighing 23 lb would have a range of about 250 yards (228 metres), on average. Saving lives in Warrnambool – The coastline of South West Victoria is the site of over 600 shipwrecks and many lost lives; even in Warrnambool’s Lady Bay there were around 16 known shipwrecks between 1850 and 1905, with eight lives lost. In 1859 the first Government-built lifeboat arrived at Warrnambool Harbour and a shed was soon built to house it. In 1858 the provision of rocket and mortar apparatus was approved for lifeboat stations in Victoria, and in 1864 a rocket house was built to safely store the rocket rescue equipment. In 1878 the buildings were moved to the Breakwater area, and in 1910 the new Lifeboat Warrnambool arrived with its ‘self-righting’ design. For almost a hundred years the lifeboat and rocket crews, mostly local volunteers, trained regularly to maintain their rescue skills. They were summoned when needed by alarms, gunshots, ringing bells and foghorns. Some became local heroes but all served an important role. By the end of the 1950s the lifeboat and rescue equipment had become obsolete. Rocket Rescue Method - The Government of Victoria adopted lifesaving methods based on Her Majesty’s Coast Guard in Great Britain. It authorised the first line-throwing rescue system in 1858. Captain Manby’s mortar powered a projectile connected to rope, invented in 1808. The equipment was updated to John Dennett’s 8-foot shaft and rocket method that had a longer range of about 250 yards. From the 1860s the breeches buoy and traveller block rocket rescue apparatus was in use. It was suspended on a hawser line and manually pulled to and from the distressed vessel carrying passengers and items. In the early 1870s Colonel Boxer’s rocket rescue method became the standard in Victoria. His two-stage rockets, charged by a gunpowder composition, could fire the line up to 500-600 yards, although 1000 yards range was possible. Boxer’s rocket carried the light line, which was faked, or coiled, in a particular way between pegs in a faking box to prevent twists and tangles when fired. The angle of firing the rocket to the vessel in distress was measured by a quadrant-type instrument on the side of the rocket machine. Decades later, in about 1920, Schermuly invented the line-throwing pistol that used a small cartridge to fire the rocket. The British Board of Trade published instructions for both the beach rescue crew and ship’s crew. It involved setting up the rocket launcher on shore at a particular angle measured by the quadrant, inserting a rocket that had a light-weight line threaded through its shaft, and then firing it across the stranded vessel, the line issuing freely from the faking board. A tally board was then sent out to the ship with instructions in four languages. The ship’s crew would haul on the line to bring out the heavier, continuous whip line, then secure the attached whip block to the mast or other sturdy part the ship. The rescue crew on shore then hauled out a stronger hawser line, which the ship’s crew fixed above the whip block. The hawser was then tightened using the block on the shore end of the whip. The breeches buoy and endless whip are then attached to the traveller block on the hawser, allowing the shore crew to haul the breeches buoy to and from the vessel, rescuing the stranded crew one at a time. This rocket launcher machine is significant for its connection with local history, maritime history and marine technology. Lifesaving has been an important part of the services performed from Warrnambool's very early days, supported by State and Local Government, and based on the methods and experience of Great Britain. Hundreds of shipwrecks along the coast are evidence of the rough weather and rugged coastline. Ordinary citizens, the Harbour employees, and the volunteer boat and rescue crew, saved lives in adverse circumstances. Some were recognised as heroes, others went unrecognised. In Lady Bay, Warrnambool, there were around 16 known shipwrecks between 1850 and 1905. Many lives were saved but tragically, eight lives were lost.Rocket launcher, named a Rocket Machine, and storage box. Launcher has a long open metal channel with a spike at the base, and narrow, rectangular device, which is the line-firing rocket machine, at the top, all painted blue. Two hinged wooden legs are attached where the channel and machine meet. The side of the machine has an oval cut-out window and an attached quadrant, or protractor, with a plumb-bob on it. The quadrant has angles marked in degrees. The long protective box has white stencilled letters along the side. Its lid has three hinges and is fastened with two metal latches.On box “ROCKET MACHINE” On quadrant “10” “20” “30” “40”flagstaff hill maritime museum & village, flagstaff hill, maritime museum, maritime village, warrnambool, great ocean road, shipwreck, life-saving, lifesaving, rescue crew, rescue, rocket rescue, maritime accidents, shipwreck victim, rocket crew, beach rescue, line rescue, rescue equipment, rocket firing equipment, rocket rescue equipment, rocket apparatus, beach apparatus, petticoat breeches, breeches buoy, rocket house, rocket shed, lifeboat men, rocket equipment, rocket machine, rocket head, rocket launcher, rocket line, marine technology, william schermuly, line-firing pistol, line throwing gun, schermuly pistol, pistol rocket apparatus, beach rescue set, traveller, block, running block, pulley, hawser, faking, faking box, faked line, rescue boat, lifeboat, lady bay, warrnambool harbour, port of warrnambool, tramway jetty, volunteer lifesavers, volunteer crew, breakwater, lifeboat warrnambool, rocket rescue method, rocket rescue apparatus, captain manby, mortar, henry trengrouse, sky rocket, john dennett, shore to ship, colonel boxer, two-stage rocket, italian hemp, quadrant, protractor, schermuly, line-throwing pistol, line throwing cartridge, rocket apparatus rescue, stranded vessel, tally board, light line, whip line, endless whip, petticoat buoy, traveller chair, traveller block, her majesty’s coast guard, harbour board, line thrower, line throwing, beach cart, hand barrow, sand anchor, hawser cutter, life jacket, faking board, welsh hand barrow, rocket set -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Postcard, Walker and Lugg, The Bathing Beach Port Fairy
South beach swings and bathing boxesplus photographic copy of a black and white photograph of South Beach with swings and bathing boxesThe Bathing Beach Port Fairysouth beach, swings, bathing boxes, ocean, sea -
Clunes Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH WORKING BEE
CLUNES SWIMMING POOL WAS BUILT AFTER WORLD WAR TWO IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO WENT TO WAR.BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AT WORKING BEE AT CLUNES SWIMMING POOL. MEN ON TRACTORS PREPARING SITE.photographs, swimming, working bee, clunes swimming pool -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional Object - Metal Box, Conductors tin, 1950's
The box used by SEC Ballarat and Bendigo tram crews for holding their ticket outfits and making returns to the Revenue Clerks. Fitted with a padlock - see Reg. Item 3673. .Issued to a crew member with Traffic No. 62 - Roy Courtney. Each crew member was issued with a series of tins, A, B, and C which allowed for the various days and weekends to enable Revenue Clerks to accept returns and restock the tins with new tickets etc. Known to crews as "Two bottle boxes" - could fit two bottles of ale into them. The actual manufacturer is not known - could have been SEC workshops. See item 8917 for an MMTB tin.Has a strong association with tram crews and the ticket / revenue collection system. Tram crews used them to contain their tickets and to undertake their returns. Also used to "hide" bottles of ale., Has a strong association with tram crews and the ticket / revenue collection system. Tram crews used them to contain their tickets and to undertake their returns. Also used to "hide" bottles of ale.Metal box formed from four sheets of metal, spot welded together with a formed lid, hinged to box and fitted with a hasp and staple. Box painted black and lettered "62A". trams, tramways, crews, tickets, revenue journal -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Instrument - Spherometer in box, c 1940's
Used at Stawell Technical School Science Department, to measure curviture of Lens.Tripod with screw adjusting verier in black cylindrical BoxStudents have written names insode box 1940's to 1970's. Honeyman, Leslie, Rudolph, Stewart, Boyd, Morris, Miller.science, education -
National Wool Museum
Heddle, White cardboard box containing approximately 144 heddles (heddle wires)
Box containing approximately 144 heddles (heddle wires), suitable for a handloom.Box containing approximately 144 heddles (heddle wires), suitable for a handloom.textile machinery weaving, weaving looms, textile machinery, weaving -
Bendigo Military Museum
Leisure object - PLAYING CARDS, "NAVY CODE", WW 2
Cards given to his (father) in N G / VX 81823 T.H. DRUMMOND..1) Cardboard box containing 52 playing cards and sheet of instructions black print on white paper, box red, yellow, blue, white and grey print of navy vessel. cards red yellow blue white and grey, naval vessel or cover, flags and pendants on back. .2) Sheet of paper with coloured international code and flag signals on one side and instructions for playing two games traditionally played in Navy.sticker " A gift from the Australian Red Cross Society" on box.cards, playing, leisure object -
The 5th/6th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment Historical Collection
Book - 12 Volume set, Official History of Australia in the the war of 1914 -1918
Official History of the Australian Army in WW1Contains accounts of battles fought by the battalion and its antecedent BattalionsPlastic covered volumes, maroon covers, Ex BOX HILL - DONCASTER REGIONAL Library" stamped on title page or page tops. .a twelve volume set. 2 x copies of vol 1,2,7,9 also from 4 - 12 extra copies. Ex BOX HILL - DONCASTER REGIONAL Library official history, regimental property, ww1, cew bean -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, The place to go for a job|Ambulance in their pocket, 1979
Photocopy of two unrelated articlesPhotocopy of two unrelated articles|Establishment of a new job centre on the corner of Station Street and Bank Street, Box Hill|Proposed establishment of an Ambulance Depot to service the 'Nunawading Pocket' comprising Box Hill, Nunawading and the southern part of Doncaster.Photocopy of two unrelated articlesaustralia. commonwealth employment service., station street, box hill, bank street, box hill, mcdonald, wayne, ambulance stations, city of nunawading, rotary club of nunawading -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1920
Building of Hall commenced 1920.Black and white photograph of the Metung Parish Hall under construction. Metung VictoriaMetung Parish Hall 5pm August 14 1920, Working Beereligion, halls -
Clunes Museum
Negative - NEGATIVE PLATES
Negatives taken and owned by Carl Weickhardt, grandson of Johannes, Son of Jacob (Tank Maker)10 Glass Negative Plates in a box with a note "our grandparents D & K Patience" .1 Weickhardt Tanks .2 Fire Brigade .3 David and Kate Patience .4 Ballarat Bakery (Clunes) .5 Montage of F Weickhardt .6 Tank on a lorry .7 Tank .8 Clunes North School .9 Aeroplane landing .10 Aeroplane landingOn box; Kodak, Abbotsford, Melbournenegatives, patience, tanks, kodak -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Container - Box
From the earliest days, humans have furnished their dwellings with the items they needed to survive and over the centuries the wooden chest, storage boxes and trunks have become the most common piece of furniture found in the home. Over time the simple storage chest has evolved into different styles and been modified for different uses: wooden boxes, storage chests, tool chests, treasure chests, blanket boxes and steamer trunks. Wooden chests and trunks have became the most useful, and most versatile piece in furniture’s history. https://www.vineyarddetails.com/blogs/february-2019/history-of-box-makingThe use of the wooden box for storage.Wooden square handmade box with hinged lid. Made from rough pine boards.None.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, wooden box, furniture, storage -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Decorative object - Starch, ca. 1890 to 1940
Starch is used during the laundry process to give fabric a feeling of stiffness. It is used often for linen, shirts and blouses. This box still has the remnants of starch inside it.Starch was used by many households in the late 19th and the 20th century to give linen and uniformsa firm feeling.Box: cardboard rectangular box, blue and white with star graphic. Contents inside. "The Silver Star Starch" Robert Harper and Co Ltd . "The Silver Star Starch" "Robert Harper &O Co."flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, starch, silver star starch, blue star, robert harper and co ltd ., laundry, laundering, washing, bed linen, table linen, decorative linen -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Malcolm & Jane Caulder, Victoria’s Box Iron Bark Country - A Field Guide, 2002
This is the definitive guide to the Box-Ironbark forests of Central and North-East Victoria First published in 1994 as The Forgotten Forests. By the Victorian National Parks Association Ltd.Cardboard cover with yellow band at top containing Title in green print, below which are 3 colour photographs one showing bushland, one showing closeup of a flower, the other showing a bird. Logo for the Victorian National ParksVictoria's Box-Ironbark Country. A Field Guide Autographed by Ian McCann (Photographer)stawell -
Federation University Historical Collection
Scientific Instrument, Micrometer eyepiece
Black and brass features, metal barrel and thimble. Housed in Black plastic box with blue interior and brass clip. The Precision Tool and Instrument Co Ltd, Surrey, England on the eyepiece. On the top of the box is inscribed The Precision Tool and Istrument Co Ltd, Thornton Heath, Surrey, Eng. On the box is a black label with white writing "Micrometer Eyepiece".micrometer eyepiece, eyepiece, micrometer, the precision tools and instrument co ltd -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Collar box and collars
9081.1Round brown leather box with lid 9081.29081.2 Assorted men's collars 9081.3 Two black ties 9081.4 2 circular objectsOn lid of box the initials JSCW are stamped. These stand for John Steven Cawley Walley -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
Training material - video tape, RAAF 16mm Training Film on "The Care and Handling of Video Tape"
Unknown year of origin training film from RAAF.black plastic box with yellow sticker on front with RAAF logo. Inside box is video tape, bearing the same title on the outside of the box.CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED STOCK NO. 6910/66/105/3022 HQSC Film Library TITLE: The Care and Handling of video tape Accession No. VT0524 TIME: 10mins Copy No "A" REEL 1 of 1 Spine of box: Video Number 139 -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Knitted socks, WWI donations for our fighting men, Swallow & Ariell Busy Bee, 1914 - 1920
One of 44 black and white photos recording the work and contribution by Swallow & Ariell's "Busy Bee" for the First World War in Europe .12 - Ladies examining socks produced by the "Busy Bee" knitting competition which resulted in 930 pairs of socks "For our fighting men"built environment - industrial, business and traders, war - world war i, social activities, busy bee, swallow & ariell ltd, red cross -
Beechworth Honey Archive
Poster
(3x) Poster of Peter Russell-Clarke, ABC "Come and get it" Show, standing on hill with rural scenery and bee hives behind. Title; "If I could produce a perfect health food, I'd be a bee." Subtitle; Honey a natural anytime! Also has three recipes. Produced by the Australian Honey Boardposter, russell, clarke, food, australian, honey, board. beechworth honey -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Archive - Documents, 1966
This archive box needs to be referred to with VTMH 10125Archive box containing various correspondence relating to Lake Tyers Beach Progress Associationreference book -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Educational Program, Two Years in the Infant School. Topics 1 to 21; 22 to 42; 43 to 63; 64 to 84
This educational program was used at Mt Beauty Primary school possibly in the 1950s.Historical: Mt Beauty primary School was establish in the late 1940s as a result of an increase in the population due to the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme. Provenance: As a new school it was considered to be very modern with the latest equipment. This program can be compared to other programs used in Education.4 grey boxes which open up with a lid that is the shape of the box cut diagonally in half. The side opposite the hinge falls down as it is attached at the bottom (not the sides). Inside are a lot of pamphlets. Each topic is bound with string through 2 holes punched along the side. Each topic is numbered and of about 8 Sections which cover each area of the curriculum. eg. Topic 19 is 'Sugar' and has 14 pages. Box 1 has topics 1 to 21; Box 2 has topics 22 to 42; Box 3 has topics 43 to 63 and Box 4 has topics 64 to 84.Inside front of box in ink 'E.A. Plyton(?) On cover page: Two Years / in the / Infant School / Prepared / Under the Supervision of / Enid Blyton, N.F.U.mt beauty primary school. educational program. enid blyton. teaching infants. -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Memorabilia - Matchbox Holder, Souvenir of Melbourne's cable trams, 1940
Souvenir of Melbourne cable tram closure in Oct. 1940 - made to fit a box of matches to minimize damage to the box while being carried in a pocket. Consists of a printed photo of cable trailer 571 in Nicholson St Fitzroy with the Royal Exhibition buildings in the background. Lists the opening dates of the various lines. The matchbox is by Bryant and May, made in Britain. On the rear of the box is an advert for the Orient Line of Royal Mail steamers in Europe and Australia. Not know who made the matchbox holder. Second matchbox made by Bryant & May of Richmond - has a 2nd world war message on the box label. Demonstrates a souvenir of Melbourne's cable trams.Match box holder from folded metal with a printed plastic covered insert, the matchbox itself is from a wooden box with a cardboard insert, and many matches on wooden sticks. 2nd copy has an empty Bryant & May matchbox, cardboard. tramways, trams, cable trams, opening, souvenirs, matches, bryant and may, orient line -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Manufactured Object, white metal pill box, 20thC
c1900 Decorative silver 'pill boxes' were popular accessories carried in a small purse by women for evening and special occasions . This 'pill box' was used by a lady in the family of Ailsa Hunt in Moorabbin SSmall decorative silver pill boxes were a common accessory for early settler women in Moorabbin Shire c1900A small rectangular white metal pill box with gold lining, a hinged lid and snap lock machined pattern on lid with beading on edgeclothing, pill boxes, silver, pewter, brass, evening bags, victorian fashion, edwardian fashion, market gardeners, early settlers, moorabbin shire, bentleigh, mckinnon, moorabbin, cheltenham, wedding dresses, evening wear, -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Domestic Object - PHARMACY COLLECTION: EYE DROPPER & BOX, 1920's
Object. Small long cardboard box with label for IXL Medicine and Eye Dropper. Henry Francis & Co. Chemists Melbourne, Adelaide. Contents include: a. straight bodied eye dropper with red/brown rubber bulb. b. straight bodied eye dropper with curve top & red/ brown rubber bulb.Stamp to end of box 'Straight reservoir'.medicine, first aid, eye dropper and box -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Book - Family History, Box Family Stories - The Box Family of Sussex and Their Migration to Australia in the 1800's, 2009
A history of the Box family 1066 ---up till the late 1980s ( England America and Australia) The author has documented each branch of the family that she has known about.This is a spiral bound large book with pages that are copies of a computer file about the Box family Also refer to item no 00339 same title for more information.non-fictionA history of the Box family 1066 ---up till the late 1980s ( England America and Australia) The author has documented each branch of the family that she has known about.box family history, box cottage, william box -
Vision Australia
Textile - Object, Royal Blind Society Presidents club scroll
Rose pink satin scroll with names of donors printed upon it rests inside a brown wooden box. A plastic cover protects the scroll, and printed upon this is an image of the stone archway (from the first building housing the Sydney Industrial Blind Institution) as well as the words 'The Presidents Club'. To view the scroll, turn the handles up or down. List of names represents people who donated to an appeal (date unknown). Box was designed to be mounted on a wall.Wooden box with satin scroll of printed namesThe Presidents Clubroyal blind society of nsw, fundraising