Tatting is a form of knotted lace making using thread and a small shuttle. Twisted threads are tied around or through small, pointed shuttles that can be made of bone, mother of pearl, tortoise shell, steel or plastic. This produces a stable, strong lace using simple knots of two half hitches to make rings and chains embellished with picots.The origins of tatting are not clear but early versions of decorative knotting were used by the Egyptians on their ceremonial dress. Tatting also has elements of fishermen's net making techniques and the decorative knotting that was practiced by aristocratic women from the 15th century.Tatting, as we know it today, emerged in the first half of the 19th century. The new availability of mercerised thread from 1835 encouraged a burgeoning of lace crafts of all sorts. It was known in Italy as "occhi" and in France as "la frivolite". Tatting looks fragile but is both strong and durable. An article in a column named "Wives and Daughters" published in the Star newspaper in May 1910 describes the durability of tatting lace - "there is edging and insertion still in existence that have outworn two sets of pillow slips." In the 19th century and well into the 20th century, tatting was used like crochet and knitted lace for decorative edgings, collars, doylies, tray cloths etc. At first, different tatting patterns were passed along by word of mouth from person to person, however in time, patterns regularly appeared in newspapers and magazines well into the 1950's. A shuttle is a small tool that looks like a small boat "sailing" in and out of the thread. Tatting is called "schiffchenarbeit" in German, which means "the work of a little boat". There are two popular types of shuttles. The first has closed ends and a removable bobbin where the thread is wound around - often made from metal or plastic (as is item 8535.1). The second type has a post in the center where the thread is wound (e.g. item 8535.2). The ends of this bobbin are open but snug. Because it is constructed in two pieces, it can be made from materials like bone, ivory or mother of pearl. Shuttles hold a larger amount of thread (as compared with needles) which means fewer ends to weave in. Fishermen in the past are thought to have used large shuttles to weave cord into certain knots whilst making their fishing nets. Their methods were copied by weavers, who innovated by using threads and smaller shuttles to make lace. One type of tatting shuttle produced by "Aero" from the 1930's to the late 1960's was an anodized grey coated aluminium shuttle with a sharp pick at one end. In the 1970's it was superseded by the grey plastic "Aero" which has a removeable bobbin which you can put on the end of the shuttle to make thread winding easier and an embedded crochet hook for joining picots. The "Aero" company developed in Redditch, England - a town renowned as a centre for manufacturing needles. Firms run by Henry Milward and Abel Morrall were based in Redditch and by the 18th century Redditch was manufacturing one million sewing needles per year. Abel Morrall Ltd launched the "Aero" brand in 1936 and greatly expanded the firm's product line to include tatting shuttles and knitting needles. The classic plastic "Aero" tatting shuttle was manufactured in England from the early 1970's until the 1990's. These items are significant as examples of easily accessible handiwork tools that enabled women in the 1930s -1960s to be able to decorate and personalize their household linen and clothing.Shuttle no. 8535.1 is a beige, boat shaped plastic shuttle with enclosed ends, small round central indentations on both sides and an enclosed black removeable bobbin. The shuttle has a grooved point at one end to hold a bobbin and a small metal crochet hook at the other end. Shuttle no. 8535.2 is a beige, boat shaped metal shuttle with pointed ends that are open but snug, small round central indentations and two smaller circular markings (on both sides) and two internal posts with cream thread wound around.Shuttle no. 8535.1 - "AERO" / "ENGLAND" Shuttle no. 8535.2 - "AERO' / "ENGLAND" "39c" (written in ball point pen)flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, tatting shuttle, aero company, handwork, handwork tool, craft, handcraft, needlework, tatting

Panoramic view of Lakes Entrance taken by Melbourne firm for West Germany A.F.K. International Publishers of world's most famous beauty spotsColour postcard with serrated edge, of the township, situated between Cunninghame Arm and North Arm. Boats moored at jetties and beside boat ramps in North Arm. Photo taken from Kalimna Heights. Dredged sand dumped in North Arm bight. Lakes Entrance VictoriaLakes Entrance, Victoria, Australia (on back)boats and boating, waterways, topography

Also enlarged black and white copy 20 x 25 cmSepia toned postcard probably taken from the Boat Harbour jetty, showing a distant view of the buildings on Esplanade from Maranui Guest House westwards to the Club Hotel. Person in a rowing boat on the calm waters of the lake, known as Cunninghame Arm. Lakes Entrance Victoriaguesthouses, township, waterfront

Engravingboat, wilson's promontory

boat, ship

Mine storageMine storage facility on Swan Island. c1900B&W photo Swan Island Navy Mines & Layers Depot c1900.Reverse " Naval dock Swan Island 1900 / a safe harbour for fishing boats (with permit) when high seas & strong winds makes when dangerous in usual anchorage / the boats are naval training sailing cutters (with oars)/ there were 2 jetties (one on RH side of the photo) and on the end of one was a cookhouse in bottom LH, a boat moored at the southern jetty (possibly VULCAN a general purpose tug of Navy.) "history

Aulsebrook Collection: Letter from R. Aulsebrook to Mr R. Ross (Modern Boating). 14th December, 1966. Paper, typed, 1 page. Correspondance regarding a job doing in photography for a company related to Boating. Aulsebrook speaks about some of his resume in photography history.

Fish were transported to Melbourne market, by train from BairnsdaleBlack and white small format photograph of a rowing boat filled with salmon from the fishpens, long rowing oars laying across load, to be unloaded, boxed and iced at the New Works jetty, for transportation by trading boat to Bairnsdale, then onto Melbourne market by train. Lakes Entrance Victoriafishing industry, boats and boating, fish, jetties

This is the before paired photograph used in the 150 year Lakes Entrance 1858 - 2008 Display held in 2008.Black and white photograph Lakes Entrance Ocean Squad members standing on jetty, Cape Cat catamaran boat Parledee moored at jetty, after salvaging runabout boat, shown in photograph in vertical position tied to jetty, that had sunk near Kalimna. Lakes Entrance Victoriavolunteering, community services, boats

Date made November 1991Black and white photograph of the waterfront walkway, showing a timber footpath and guard railings concrete edgings being constructed beside car park. Sandy beach and seaweed at edge of lake, fishing boats and tourist boat Thunder Bird moored at wharf in background. Lakes Entrance Victoria township, waterfront

Bought with funds generated by cemetery tours , presented to SHNCHC by SHHS following a presentation to the Society by the author. Graeme Davison has lived in Surrey Hills for many years. A family history by historian Graeme Davison - A widow and her 8 older children are uprooted from their Hampshire farm in 1850 and thrown together on an emigrate ship with 38 distressed needlewomen from London. How they came to be on the boat, and what happened on the high seas and afterwards in Australia , is a vivid tale of family ambitions and fears, successes and catastrophes. The Hewetts were not famous or distinguished, but their story reveals much about the foundations of Australia. Inscriptions: A family history by historian Graeme Davison - A widow and her 8 older children are uprooted from their Hampshire farm in 1850 and thrown together on an emigrate ship with 38 distressed needlewomen from London. How they came to be on the boat, and what happened on the high seas and afterwards in Australia , is a vivid tale of family ambitions and fears, successes and catastrophes. The Hewetts were not famous or distinguished, but their story reveals much about the foundations of Australia. Inscriptions: Title Page : (signed by author) :Graeme Davisonfamily history, hewett family, (mr) graeme davison

This photograph shows the Lady Harriett, her barge, the Wyrallah and Storm Bird with Captain Jimmy Bills at Harbeck's wharf, Lakes Entrance, The Lady Harriett was a small steamer that serviced the Tambo River and other areas. In 1895 the Lady Harriett was advertised to run between Bairnsdale and Mallacoota on a weekly service. The Lady Harriett and barge did two or three trips up the Tambo per week. She did not carry passengers or run to a timetable and would carry maize and beans as well as fish from Mallacoota where by 1900 the fishing industry was well established' Lady Harriett towed her barge carrying an assortment of goods up the Tambo from 1895 to 1913. The S.S. Wyrallah was a regular Melbourne header for over twenty years. She was run down and sunk by the steamer Dilkera with the loss of six lives at Port Philip Head. (ref. The Argus Friday April 11 1924)This is a pictorial record of a once busy wharf. From Lakes Entrance ocean-going vessels had access to the Gippsland Lakes, the largest navigable inland waterway in Australia.A large black / white photograph of two large ships and two smaller ones at a wharf. There are people on the wharf and on the boats.on back - "Jo-Bull", L-R Lady Harriet.........."lady-harriett s.s.-wyrallah shipping-east-gippsland harbeck's-wharf-lakes-entrance sea-transport

Possibly Scotch College students as they had a camp near here in Cowes east.Sepia photograph of three small boats with 3 people in each, sailing off beach. Taken from the pier.Public School Boys Regatta 1926photographs, cowes beach, sailing races, scotch college boys

A colour photograph of a sculpture in Bruno's Art & Sculptures Garden in Marysville in Victoria.A colour photograph of a sculpture in Bruno's Art & Sculptures Garden in Marysville in Victoria. Bruno's Sculptures Garden is one of Marysville's popular attractions. There is a sculpture garden as well as a gallery of artworks. Both the garden and gallery were destroyed during the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires. Some of the sculptures were totally destroyed though a few did survive the fires. Bruno made the decision to re-sculpt the lost sculptures and re-built his gallery and re-open his garden to visitors to Marysville.bruno torfs, gardens-design, marysville, victoria, sculpture, australia, sculpture garden, sculptors, bruno's art and sculptures garden, 2009 black saturday bushfires, photograph

Donated by Jean ParleColoured Postcard of boat pulled into jetty at San Remo. Shed with dray and people outside. Tree and roadway in foreground."Phillip Island from San Rem Harbour"san remo jetty, phillip island, jean parle

One of a collection of photographs purchased by the Society from Jack Day of Mornington.Sepia postcard of the Cowes Pier, Cowes beach in the foreground. Two boats moored at the pier. Shed at the end of the pier."Pier - Cowes"cowes pier, cowes beach, cowes jetty, phillip island, jack day collection

Part of a collection of Rose & Valentine series Post Cards. Copied by John JanssonView on Cape Woolamai of Mutton Birders' Camps and their boats anchored in the bay. Figures on beach and sitting around their tents.Mutton bird eggers camps Cape Woolamailocal history, photography, photographs, postcards, black & white photograph, phillip island, mutton bird eggers camp, cape woolamai

Phillip Island Suspension Bridge, showing workmen bridge. Bridge completed 1940 and opened by Hon. Albert Dunstan MLA, Premier of Victoria.Phillip Island Suspension Bridge taken from San Remo shoreline with sailing boat underneath and workmen on bridgelocal history, photographs, civil engineering, bridges, phillip island suspension bridge, black & white photograph, jack jenner collection, phillip island bridges, public construction

One of a collection of over 400 photographs in an album commenced in 1960 and presented to the Phillip Island & Westernport Historical Society by the Shire of Phillip IslandPhotograph of Rowing Boat moving among Seals near rocks. Two Crew - one rowing, one standing.local history, photography, photographs, boats, rowing boat among seals, rowing boats., seals rocks, john jenner, bryant west

Con Kroker Private CollectionBlack & white photograph of fishing boats at anchor near the Fishernan's Breakwater, "Julian" is in the foreground, " Charles Francis" on the right.

Con Kroker Private CollectionBlack & white photos of several fishing boats and dinghies moored near Fishermans' Breakwater. Henty Beach in background.

Small circular print in a brass porthole type frame with a hinge on one side. The picture is of a model boat and books.picture illustration reproduction

Spanner metal one ended hex with broad arrow symbol stamped & possibly Motor Boat Queen stamped onflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village