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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper - cutting, The Courier Ballarat, "To-day's Gala and Procession - Tramway Patriotic Effort", August 1944
Set of two cuttings - "To-day's Gala and Procession - Tramway Patriotic Effort" about the event to raise funds for the Red Cross funds. Gives details of the procession, the participants, stalls at the Alfred Hall, has on the rear other details and reports. Actual cutting and date to be sourced.Demonstrates newspaper reporting re the Sylvia Mitchell fund raising.Set of two newspaper cuttings pasted onto a sheet of card.most popular conductress, sylvia mitchell, tramways, sec, red cross, processions -
Melton City Libraries
Archive, Melton Railway Centenary, 1984
"The Melton South Railway Station was the first stage of the direct Melbourne to Ballarat railway, whose opening in 1884 was attended by dignitaries including the Victorian Premier (Duncan Gillies), Minister for Railways (Alfred Deakin), Solicitor General (James Balfour), and the Sir William Clarke MLC".Items from Melton Railway Centenarytransport -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, 14 Albany Crescent, Surrey Hills
The house was built in 1927. It was the home of Mrs Fanny Harcourt (nee Horsfield), 1874-1949, who was the mother of Muriel Joy Harcourt. She married Alfred Leonard Gordon Noack in 1942. It later became their home. Alfred was a teacher and came to Surrey Hills from Echuca. Alfred Noack took a number of photos of the Surrey Hills area which he donated to the collection. Fanny Adelaide Harcourt Horsfield died in 1949 in Echuca. OBITUARY - MRS. F. A. HARCOURT-HORSFIELD The late Fanny Adelaide Harcourt-Horsfield, who passed away at her daughter's Mrs A. Noack's residence on July 26, was a member of the well-known Smythe family of Ballina, N.S.Wales, and the wife of the late Joseph Victor Harcourt-Horsfield executive member of the Nestle Anglo-Swiss Milk Coy. Deceased had been an invalid for some 15 years, but in spite of her disabilities was always of a bright and cheerful disposition, which endeared her to her many friends. Her remains were interred privately in the family grave at Heidelberg. The Rev. H. W. R. Norwood officiated at the graveside. REF: Trove - The Riverina Herald, 28 July 1949. Black and white photo of 14 Albany Crescent, Surrey Hills. It is a Californian bungalow with a tiled roof and wood and lattice fence. The road and footpath appear to be unmade. There is a man standing behind the fence and a young girl is sitting on the fence on the RHS. Parts of the houses to the left and behind are visible. There is a mature tree growing in the unmown nature strip. californian bungalows, albany crescent, (mrs) fanny harcourt, (mrs) fanny harcourt-horsfield, muriel joy harcourt, muriel joy noack, muriel noack, alfred noack, alfred leonard gordon noack -
RSL Victoria - Anzac House Reference Library and Memorabilia Collection
Letters of Alfred Douglas Temple, Alfred Douglas Temple, 1917 - 1920 & 1941
8th Battalion embarked from Melbourne on board Transport A24 Benalla on 19th October 1914. Temple was awarded the Military Cross in mid 1918, and Bar to Military Cross in mid 1919. He returned to Australia in July 1919, and later (1920?) returned to France to marry and live.Collection of Alfred Temple (938 - 8th Battalion, H Company) includes 8th Battalion Christmas card, letter signed by General Birdwood congratulating Lieutenant Temple on being awarded the Military Cross, wedding invitation to the Paris wedding (on 26/2/20) of Lt Temple, and a letter dated 5 December 1941 from Temple - in occupied France - to his mother via a neutral source in USA.military cross, ww1, letters, 8 battalion, alfred douglas temple, general birdwood -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan - Plan (copy), Melbourne Road Ballaarat, 1857
This map shows the vicinity of the site of the Eureka Stockade. A3 black and whole photocopy of a plan of Ballarat's Melbourne Road. The plan shows Melbourne Road, Proposed Melbourne Road (later Eureka Street), Chamberlain Street, Queen Street, Allotments between Rodier Street and Stawell Street (William Collard Smith, J & T Oddie, F.A. Edward A. Wynne, David Fitzpatrick, Robert Walsh, Charles Spencer, Alfred Lester, Free Trade Hotel)william collard smith, oddie, wynne, fitzpatrick, walsh, spencer, lester, free trade hotel -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: TOGETHER
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Tuesday,July 27, 2004. Together: the family of James Wright gathered at Diggora West the day of his funeral in 1924. Wright came across from England to settle in the area in 1876. Back row from left: Frederick, Joseph, Arthur, Edward, Cecil, George, Samuel, James. Front row: William, Ruby, Charles, Alice, Alfred.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Aberdeen Corporation Transport, "Aberdeen Corporation Transport - Experimental", Jul. 1940
12 page printed booklet with larger printed card cover - 5 photo pages, titled "Aberdeen Corporation Transport - Experimental" notes re tramcar, with design and other technical details - 2 staples. Provides detail of an experimental streamliner built for the Aberdeen tramways for its official launch on 12 July 1940. Alfred Smith was the General Manager. Record updated and images added 19/8/2013.trams, tramways, aberdeen trams, experimental tramcars, uk -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Badge - Fundraising Button, Deepdene & Balwyn Alfred Hospital Appeal 1921, 1921
Frances Rigg was a local business identity in Kew, at one stage managing the local branch of the English, Scottish and Australian (ES&A) Bank at 175 High Street from c. 1920 until the 1940s. After Francis Rigg’s death, the collection of buttons and medallions was inherited by his son, Ken Rigg (1922-2014). The collection was subsequently donated to the Kew Historical Society in 2015 by Francis' grandson, Adrian Rigg, at the time of the Gallipoli & Beyond Commemoration in 2015. The collection covers a period of almost 40 years. The majority of the buttons are patriotic buttons, issued and sold during and immediately after the First World World War (1914-1918) to raise funds for national and overseas causes. The collection also includes a number of locally significant sporting event buttons and sporting club medallions, issued in the 1920s and 1930s.Patriotic and other pressed tin buttons and badges were produced in large numbers in the first decades of the twentieth century. By nature, insubstantial and ephemeral, they have not always survived. The collections of badges, buttons and medallions in the Kew Historical Society collection is homogenous and yet diverse, ranging from buttons sold to raise funds for the war efforts in 1914-18 and 1939-45, to those used at festivals and sporting events. Because of the manufacturing process, many surviving buttons and badges have been affected by inadequate storage, suffering from oxidisation and physical damage. These survivors are now historically and socially significant artefacts, revealing much about the attitudes and values of the period in which they were produced. Their widespread distribution means that they are frequently significant at a local, state, national and international level.A button designed to raise funds in Deepdene and Balwyn for the Alfred Hospital Appeal of 1921. The central image on the button is of cricket bats, ball and a wicket, all designed in red. The Argus was to report that ‘Yesterday on behalf of the Deepdene and Balwyn committee who organised the event, Constable F. Kloster and Mrs. F Quin handed in a cheque for £150/3/9, representing the proceeds of a fete at Deepdene on behalf of the appeal fund’.deepdene, alfred hospital, fundraising buttons, badges -
Bendigo Military Museum
Manual - MANUAL, RAF, Air Ministry, RAF Signal Manual Part V, c.5.1942
F/O Marriott. George William Alfred MARRIOTT No 3608 enlisted in the RAAF on 4.3.1935 aged 27 years. He rose through the ranks to become Sqd Leader. He was discharged from the RAAF on 10.7.1946. At the time he was serving in the Air and Ground Radio School. Training Manual - Ground Signal Codes RAF. Brown hard cover, black printing, 28 pages. Shows various signals for ground troops to indicate to aircraft their requirements. Front cover marked: “F/O Marriott”books reference - military, raf, signals -
Bendigo Military Museum
Card - XMAS CARD, 1942
Leslie Alfred TENNANT VX55621 enlisted in the 2nd AIF on 12.5.41. On discharged from the AIF on 30.10.45 he was a Craftsman in 2/4th Base Work Shops. Refer Cat No 519 for another card to A McLURE. Refer Cat No 536 for more information re Miss A McLURE.Christmas card made of cardboard, folds in two. Blueish colour faded to brown. Front has a rising sun badge over "2nd Aust. Adv. Ord. Workshops, Middle East, Xmas 1942" Inside has cartoon description of an Army truck, "Leaping Lena."To Mrs Mclure, 40 York St Prahran S.I Victoria Australia." From VX 55621 Pte L.A Tennant.documents-cards, greeting, xmas, middle east -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Marilyn Smith, Grave of Alfred Mapleton, Maberly Ellis, Ann Mapleton and Frederick Ellis, St Helena Cemetery, 14/07/1879
The Grave of Alfred Mapleton, aged 4 months (died 14/07/1879), Maberly Ann Ellis (died 14/10/1883), Ann Mapleton (died 24/12/1884) and Frederick William Ellis (died 28/09/1890), St Helena Cemetery.St Helena Cemetery was originally the burial place of the Beale family and friends. The first burials took place in the 1850s. There are now over 200 burials.Digital copy of colour photograph (grave)st helena cemetery, mapleton family, ellis family -
Myrtleford and District Historical Society
Supper Cloth, Belgian Supper Cloth, 1915
The supper cloth was brought to Australia and presented to the Shields family. Mary Ann Stebbing (nee Shields) then handed it on to her daughter Nancy Jean, who married Alfred Marshall in 1937. On Nancy's death, the cloth came into the possession of her daughter, Nolene Menz (nee Marshall).This large cloth with its noteworthy hand stitching is an example of the range of textile memorabilia generated during World War 1. It links a local Buffalo River family to the 1914-18 conflict.Framed embroidered white linen cloth depicting a tribute to ANZAC soldiers by the women of Belgium, dated 1915. The tribute takes the form of an ANZAC soldier and words in the English language.Accompanying the ANZAC soldier presenting arms are the centred words: "ANZAC 1915" "OUR HERO, WE'RE PROUD OF HIM". Around the border of the cloth it reads: "WE ARE PROUD OF AUSTRALIAN BRAVE SOLDIERS WHO NOBLY DID RESPOND TO THE FIGHT FOR KING AND COUNTRY. HONOUR ON US ALL AND TO AVENGE BRAVE BELGIANS WRONGS. GOD PROTECT THEM."belgian supper cloth world war 1 -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Kyeema Cairn 2003, 2003
The cairn commemorating the Kyeema aircraft disaster with the addition of a smaller plaque listing the names of those who perished in the accident. This additional plaque was suggested by relatives of the victims who had attended earlier commemorations of the accident at the site. Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society members observed a minute's silence and drank a toast of South Australian wine, produced by vineyards with which some of the victims were associated, in memory of all those who lost their lives. The plaque reads: KYEEMA VH-UYC CREW AND PASSENGERS CAPTAIN ALFRED WEBB JUNIOR CAPTAIN ALLAN STEEN AIR HOSTESS ALVA JONES CADET PILOT PHILIP PRING LEONARD ABRAHAMS K.C. ALFRED GAIN HANS GLOE STELLA GLOE GORDON GODDARD HUGO GRAMP THOMAS HARDY CHARLES HAWKER M.H.R. GEORGE LING JAMES MASSIE VAUGHAN PATE ELIZABETH SCHRADER LANCELOT SHIRLEY SIDNEY HILL SMITHkyeema, air crash, mt dandenong, cairn, plaque, captain alfred webb, allan steen, elva jones, philip pring, leonard abrahams, alfred gain, hans gloe, stella gloe, gordon goddard, hugo gramp, thomas hardy, george ling, charles hawker, james massie, vaughan pate, elizabeth schrader, lancelot shirley, sidney hill smith -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Back to Ringwood" at Civic Centre, Ringwood 1974
Typed below photograph, '1974 - "Back to Ringwood" at Civic Centre'. Catalogue card reads, '"Back to" meeting at Ringwood Civic Centre, 1974. Town Clerk, Alfred Hall speaking. Mayor Stan Morris seated behind.' -
Bendigo Military Museum
Card - XMAS CARD, 1940 -1943
Leslie Alfred TENNANT VX55621 enlisted in the 2nd AIF on 12.5.41. On discharge from the AIF 30.10.45 he was a Craftsman in 2/4th Base Work Shops. Cat No 520 is another card from Les to A McLURE. Refer Cat No 536 for more information re Miss A McLURE.Christmas card made from cardboard, folds in half, has red and blue cord where it folds in half, front has drawing of a town with a mosque , card is yellowish with blue coloured drawing. Inside card in pen " Dear Mrs. McClure I wish you and all your family a Merry Xmas and a happy new year, from Your sincere friend Les Tennant VX55621 PTE L.A. Tennant."documents - cards, greetings, xmas, middle east -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Booklet, Garden Delight, 1932
This booklet is a 1932 catalogue of the Floral Farm in Warrnambool. It was established by Charles Allen Jukes who had first opened a plant nursery at Cudgee on the banks of the Cudgee Creek. Early in the 20th century the nursery, the Floral Farm, was re-located to East Warrnambool with the boundary of the property extending along Raglan Parade, Flaxman and Bostock Streets. . A very high paling fence, topped with vertical slats was erected around the property. The Floral Farm continued for some time (with Charles Allen Jukes dying in 1934) and the nursery land was sub-divided for housing. Charles Allen Jukes’ parents, Alfred and Margaret came to Warrnambool in 1856, with Alfred setting up a law business and at one time being the honorary Town Clerk of Warrnambool. This booklet is of historical interest as it is a catalogue of the plants and seedlings available in the early 1930s from the Jukes Floral Farm in East Warrnambool. The parents of the Floral Farm business, Alfred and Margaret Jukes, were pioneer settlers in Warrnambool.This is a booklet of 40 pages. The cover has blue printing and was once white or buff-coloured but is now much stained. The pages contain information on plants and seedlings and have many black and white photographs. The booklet is dog-eared and crumpled.jukes family, warrnambool, floral farm nursery, warrnambool -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Sturzenhofecker family 1945
The Sturzenhofecker family were German internees at Camp 3 during WW2. Photograph taken 10 March 1945. Back row, left to right (standing): Albrecht, Peter, Dr Alfred, Roland; Front row (sitting): Irene holding baby Armin. Gottfried is leaning on his mother.Black and white photograph of a man standing behind a lady holding a baby, a child leaning against her, two children to her left and one boy to her right. Hut on left and on right behind a tree. Shrubs behind the group. 840albrecht sturzenhofecker, peter sturzenhofecker, dr alfred sturzenhofecker, roland sturzenhofecker, irene sturzenhofecker, armin sturzenhofecker, gottfried sturzenhofecker -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, View from Big Hill Looking North to Newington Road
Mining Scene. In foreground is Scotts Open Cut, on the left is the Great Northern mine, behind that is the Oriental Mine and the two shafts of the North Cross mines. On the upper right is the Magdala Mine. The mines on the horizon could be the Prince Alfred, Prince Patrick, Newington and Pleasant Creek or Little Newington Mine.B/W Scene Man sitting above open cut, looking at buildings and poppet headsstawell, gold mining -
Royal District Nursing Service (now known as Bolton Clarke)
Photograph - Photograph, black and white, Barry Sutton, 25.07.1972
RDNS Liaison Officer, Sr. Barbara Watson is attending a meeting with members of Dr Kay's Coronary Care staff at the Alfred Hospital. Sr. Watson is wearing her RDNS winter uniform of a blue/grey skivvie under a V neck tunic style herringbone winter material dress.Liaison had occurred between doctors and the Trained nurses (Nurses) of the Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS), from its inception in 1885. This increased when Midwifery was introduced in August 1893 with close liaising with the Women’s Hospital. As District nursing grew it was recognized that closer liaising between many Public Hospitals would be beneficial, for not only the MDNS, later called Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS), Trained nurses (Sisters), but also for the patients and the hospitals. In August 1964 a Liaison Officer commenced at the Alfred Hospital. This soon increased to Liaison Officers working full time at several Public Hospitals.They facilitated the smooth transition from hospital to home for many patients who required ongoing nursing care. Liaison Sisters regularly attended discharge planning meetings, interviewed prospective patients, coordinated discharge and booked the first visit by the visiting RDNS Sister. At the time of a patient’s discharge, the Liaison Sister forwarded information on their diagnosis and instructions regarding the care required at home to the appropriate RDNS Centre, and in turn the attending District Sister wrote a report of progress and any queries to the hospital Doctor, via the Liaison Sister, at the time the patient attended outpatients. Any new instructions were then sent back to the District Sister. Liaising also occurred between District Sisters and Doctors when patients were referred by General Practitioners and did not attend a Hospital.On the left of the black and white photograph is Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) Liaison Sister Barbara Watson who has shoulder length blonde hair which is curled at the ends; she has her hands clasped in her lap. She is wearing her uniform light grey skivvie under a V neck tunic style dress and is seated on a chair, the first in a semi circle alongside five lady hospital staff members and Doctor Kay. To the right of Sr. Watson sits a lady who has shoulder length curled hair and is wearing a white hospital coat over her clothes, with part of her dark skirt seen.. Next is a lady with long dark curled hair who is wearing a white uniform dress under a dark cardigan. To her right is a lady with long dark straight hair who is wearing a white uniform dress and a dark cardigan; she has a pen in her right hand which is poised on a piece of white paper resting of her right knee. To her right is a Sister, wearing light rimmed glasses, and wearing a white uniform dress and a white cap over her short dark straight hair. A hospital badge is attached at the top neck of her dress. She has her hands clasped on her lap and is looking to her right at the Doctor. Next is a lady with short straight dark hair who is wearing a white hospital coat over a grey dress. On the far right is Dr. Kay, who has short dark hair and is wearing a white hospital coat over a grey shirt, dark tie and dark trousers.He is looking to his right. In the left background is a long table and to the right some papers can be seen attached to boards on a wall.Barry Sutton's photographer's stamprdns, royal district nursing service, rdns uniform, rdns liaison, dr. kay,, sister barbara watson -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Album - Ringer's River by Des Martin - Plate 11 - A visit from Alfred Deakin
Down at the horseyards Edmund Montieth introduces his overseer, Arthur Lark, to his guest, statesman Alfred Deakin. Deakin is having a short holiday at Barmagulla before the pre-Federation conference of 1892. Jim Lempriere as Deakin Lt. Col. Tony Hammett as Lark Alan Hayes as Montieth.The album and images are significant because they document literature written by a prominent member of the Wodonga community. The presentation of this precis was supported by several significant district families and individuals.Ringer's River Album Coloured photo Plate 11des martin, many a mile, ringer's river, northeast victoria stories -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, Ballarat School of Mines Magazine Committee, 1919, c1919
The Ballarat School of Mines is a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia. A group of fourteen men, the Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine Committee, 1919. Standing back left to right: Allan Bernaldo, S. Hoskin Centre left to right: J. Wood; Noel Brelaz; H. Jolly: Albert E. Williams; Richard W. Richards, N. Green; H. Maddison Front left to right: Harold Herbert; Maurice Copland; Alfred Mica Smith; McConnon; D. McGrathballarat school of mines, harold herbert, maurice copland, copland, alfred mica smith, brelaz, a.e. williams, dick richards, bernaldo, hoskin, noel brelaz, allan bernaldo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: ASPHALT WORKS
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Asphalt works: Day Street, Bendigo. Business owner Alfred Day was born in 1845 at Chilwell, Nottinghamshire. He came to Australia and worked in Eaglehawk for eight years as a miner. He established a business trading as the Bendigo City Bone Mills and Asphalt Works in 1874. He was responsible for laying the first asphalt railway platform in the colony at Sandhurst in 1876. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History
Photograph, c1940s
Black and white photograph of a lecture theatre with a man standing and leaning on the bench in front of numerous students. The students are sitting down at seats with long benches in front of them with notebooks open and writing content down. A small photograph of a McKesson Nargraf chart with writing on it from the Alfred Hospital has been glued to the top of the photograph and grey paint has been added around the chart, covering the original section of the photograph.•Black paper label glued on bottom front of photograph and written in white ink, captioned: A FORMAL LECTURE TO MEDICAL STUDENTS IN / THE THEATRE ADJOINING THE MUSEUM •Handwritten in black ink on reverse: Frame 13. •Handwritten in grey pencil on reverse: 15. [13 has been crossed out.]medical students, lecture, mckesson nargraf chart -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Certificate of Title, 1/11/1913
Photocopy of Certificate of Title Vol 3739 Fol 747798, fifty-five acres fronting Mitcham Road, Vermont being part Crown Portion 121 at Mitcham, Parish of Nunawading, County of Bourke in the name of William George Kirkpatrick and Alfred Matthew Kirkpatrick, 1 November 1913. Transfer to Wunderlich Ltd 31 July 1928; Australian Industry Development Corporation 19 October 1983 and leased to Monier Ltd.kirkpatrick, william george, alfred matthew, wunderlich limited, monier limited, australian industry development corporation, mitcham road, vermont, land sales -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Audio - Recording, E.M.I. Records
The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Richard Strauss: Seven Songs; Mozart: Four Concert Arias. LP 33RPM vinyl, Catalogue Number: ASD 2493, Cardboard Cover, Paper sleeve, 1 Vinyl disc, lyric sheet inside with translations by William Mann (c) 1969, made in Great Britain. Singer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (British Soprano); Conductor: George Szell; Music: London Symphony Orchestra, Edith Peniemann (Violin), Alfred Brendel (piano).lp, sound recording -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Photocopy, John Alfred, "Leonora The End of the Line", c1985
Four page photocopy of an article titled "Leonora The End of the Line" written by John Alfred on the history of the Leonora WA tramway system, including the double deck steam tramcars, the single electric tramcar and the petrol engined rail vehicle. Has a map of the various rail routes between Leonora and Gwalia. Article appeared in the August 1968 issue of Electric Traction. Other items in the photocopy noted the planned closure of Brisbane tramways.trams, tramways, leonora, gwalia, tramways -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Administrative record - North New Moon Company N.L. MIne Manager's Report Book, 1919 - 1920
Dark green hard cover book, maroon binding on spine. One hundred and ninety pages of which one hundred and seventeen are used. Handwritten fortnightly entries by Alfred Bennett, Mine Manager, date from 17th January 1920 to 17th May 1924. Amount of firewood burnt in each two week period is reported. Mine Manager's book forms part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of Mining records.bendigo, margaret roberts, mine manager, paddy's gully shaft, , alfred bennett, north new moon company n.l., goldmining -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Audio - Oral History, Mrs Frances Gladstone, 31st March 2000
Frances Gertrude Gladstone was born on the 18th of September 1919 to Arthur George Ladson and Gertrude Hunrick Irving. France's grandfather, Alfred Ladson, came Beechworth from Norfolk, England, during the gold rush. Alfred had a grocery business, and was well known for writing letters for the miners to send to their families. Alfred also travelled to Beechworth with his sister, who was a trained nurse and helped establish a hospital for the goldfields. Frances remembers her father saying the Chinese miners were not allowed to bring their families to the goldfields, hence there were no Chinese children in schools around Beechworth. Frances was an avid botanist, and wrote a book called 'The Little Huntsman', which she wrote while watching her husband gold mining. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth. These cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke.Frances Gladstone's story is significant, as she remembered important information about Chinese miners in the gold rush, explained the role of women in the 20th century in Beechworth, and the history of the hospitals in the region. This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.listen to what they say, beechworth, oral history, burke museum, botanist, chinese miners, goldmining, gladstone -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - Wells Family scrapbook
George Edwin Wells was born in Oxford in 1826. He served an apprenticeship as a coachbuilder and in 1841 he went to New Zealand. He was returning to England in 1848 when he changed his mind in Singapore and turned around and came to Melbourne. He operated a store with Mr W Gibbs and when gold as discovered they left their wives in Melbourne and went to the gold fields of Ballarat in 1851. At this time George was newly married to Catherine Kiely. In 1852 the two men were at the Golden Gully area of the Fryers Creek gold fields, they then move to Bendigo, initially to White Hills before settling in Long Gully. They then brought their patient wives, who had only had visits from their husbands, to Bendigo. George had several successful mining ventures in Bendigo. He died in 1898. One of his sons, Alfred, married Margaret Rotherham in NSW where he was living. Alfred died in 1911 leaving Margaret with a young family. She moved to Bendigo to be nearer to family support. Alfred and Margaret's daughter, Elma Winslade Wells 91904 - 19/1/1988) became a teacher and was posted to Camp Hill Primary School. She was also heavily involved in the Scout movement in the Bendigo area.Blue hardcover scrapbook belonging to the Wells family. (Elma Wells). The cover has gold, black and blue flowers and birds on it. The word "scraps" in red within a gold rectangular box completes the cover. Inside all the pages are filled with drawing and pictures of people, animals, flowers and landscapes. Also, various poems are transcribed on the pages. Newspaper cuttings are also glued to pages and in two yellow envelopes.Inside cover in pencil: The Wells Family scrap book donated to the Royal Historical Society Bendigo Branch by Miss Elma W. Wellsfamily history, wells family -
Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation
Florence Nightingale note to Annie Miller, 1867
'Miss Annie Miller, who had nursed Prince Alfred with Miss Turriff [Haldane, first matron of Alfred Hospital], also joined staff at the Alfred some time before 1876. During her time at the Sydney Infirmary, Annie Miller created something of a stir when, after her experience nursing Prince Alfred, she became selective about which areas of the hospital she would work, only willing to serve in Male Surgical and Accident. She also had been reported to Miss Nightingale by both Lucy Osburn and Haldane Turriff for openly flirting with the Resident Physician, receiving flowers, embroidering slippers, playing with his watch chain and generally becoming the subject of gossip ... Before his departure from the hospital the doctor in question diagnosed Annie Miller as having an [abdominal] aneurism and she went into decline, mainly from the deprivation of his company, it was felt. With the threat of her possibly being returned to England because of ill health, Miller went to Brisbane and Goodna (Queensland), subsequently to Melbourne, where she faded into obscurity. Her aneurism had apparently subsided.' From '5.30, nurse! : the story of the Alfred nurses' by Helen Paterson. History Books: Melbourne, 1996 p. 8 'Annie Miller was Scottish, single and claimed to be 34 years old (in Sydney, she was assumed to be ten years older); Wardroper [Sarah Elizabeth, first superintendent at the Nightingale School of Nursing at St Thomas's Hospital, London] had found her to be a good nurse, but 'proud and peculiarly sensitive'' (Burrows, 2018 p. 33). At the end of 1870 Annie resigned after the three-year term at Sydney Infirmary ended. She was appointed to the position of matron at Brisbane Hospital in February 1871. She resigned within a few months of her appointment after a dispute with the staff surgeon who refused to recognise her and her status. From 'Nurses of Australia : the illustrated history' by Deborah Burrows. NLA Publishing : Canberra, 2018 p. 41 'Annie Miller went from the [Sydney] Infirmary to Brisbane Hospital, she then joined Haldane Turriff at The Alfred Hospital, while Osburn thought that Miller had gone to nurse private patients. The two versions are not incompatible as hospitals hired out nurses to care for wealthier patients in their homes. Schultz records that Miller worked at the Hospital for the Insane at Goodna [Queensland] and died in the Melbourne Benevolent Asylum on 12 March 1907. The Victorian branch of the Australian Nursing Federation owns the book presented to Miller by Florence Nightingale in 1867.' From 'Lucy Osburn, a lady displaced : Florence Nightingale's envoy to Australia' by Judith Godden. Sydney University Press : Sydney, 2006 p. 315 'This betrayal of all that had been said to Tate [Henry, Alfred Hospital Secretary-Manager 1874-1876] was in keeping with Annie Miller's reputation (earned in Sydney) for being unreliable and a trouble-maker. Miss Miller was also an intimate of Miss Turriff's. Annie Miller is said to have had a brief term as matron in Brisbane after her resignation from the Sydney Infirmary in 1870 but the Brisbane Hospital authorities are unable to provide this one way of the other. Lucy Osburn thought that Miss Miller was in private nursing in Melbourne in 1873 and the Vagabond [alias of John Stanley James, Argus journalist] stated positively that she was working for Miss Turriff at the Alfred when he was there in 1876'. From 'The hospital south of the Yarra' by Ann Mitchell. Alfred Hospital : Melbourne, 1977 p. 242 'Annie Miller was appointed matron of the lunatic asylum at Woogaroo (Goodna) in Queensland in 1877, and remained there for ten years. When she left the medical superintendent, in his report for 1888, praised her for the work she had done in the female division of the asylum'. From 'A tapestry of service' by Bartz Schultz. Churchill Livingstone : South Melbourne, 1991 p.222Annie Miller was one of five Nightingale-trained nurses who come to Sydney in 1868 with Lucy Osburn, the newly appointed Superintendent and Chief Female Officer at the Sydney Infirmary. Florence Nightingale gave them all books before they sailed in December of that year. Annie worked in Sydney, Brisbane and Goodna, and in Melbourne. She died in 1907 and is buried at Boroondara cemetery. Annie was a member of the Royal Victorian Trained Nurses' Association. This note was written in Annie's book and this item is in the archive collection of the ANMF Vic Branch Library. The note was written on the front page of a book. We believe the item was donated to the Branch.Hand written note by Florence Nightingale to Annie Miller, upon her departure to Sydney with Lucy Osburn in 1868, written in ink on a blank page at the front of Walter Scott's 'Poetical works' (1866) [The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott]"For Mrs. Miller affectionately offered in remembrance of her own Scotch country by Florence Nightingale London 27 Nov. 1867"nursing history, nursing