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Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph, 1918 ?
This photograph was taken at Orbost Higher Elementary School circa 1918. Mr Bill Guy was the teacher in the photograph.Orbost High School / Orbost Secondary College has played a significant part in the education of senior students in the Orbost district . It is the sole senior educational institution. This item is representative of its history. A black / white photograph taken inside a classroom science laboratory. A dozen female students are involved in science activities, some holding apparatus, others sitting observing. There are shelves holding bottles at the back of the room.on back - "the science room H.S. about 1918? Mr Bill Guy HT"education-orbost orbost-higher-elementary-school guy-bill -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - Bust Bodice, 1914
Made by Mrs Harris in 19141914 short bodice, fuller at front, short sleeve. Fly front closing, embroidered with lover's knot and scalloped edges, round neck drawn with tape, also at waist.costume, female underwear -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Decorative object - Patch
This seems to be a recently produced patch that may have been made for an anniversary/commemorationCloth patch, round. Embroided with a yellow border around the outer circumference of the patch. "VILLERS-BRETONNEUX" is embroided in red cotton along the top half of the circumference. There is a yellow kangaroo with the year 1918 in white cotton. The lower area of the badge has "AUSTRALIA" in yellow cotton."VILLERS BRETONNEUX 1918 AUSTRALIA" -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Document, Packet: Army 24th Battalion, Ringwood. AIF Correspondence, Cards, Sketch, Cuttings etc. 1918-1957
ARMY 24th Battalion, Senior cadets 48A; 1909 Ringwood Troop 10th ALH -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - GROUP PHOTOGRAPHS WW1, Edgar Dawson Collection : Leave in Killarney Ireland March 1918, 1918
This three-photograph group is the fifth 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 three photographs above portray various members of the AIF on leave in Killarney, Ireland. Three photographs taken by a commercial photographer in Killarney Ireland. These photographs illustrate how men from different units relaxed together on leave. 1. A group of AIF soldiers enjoying leave outside the Graham Hotel, Killarney. The soldier on left is a corporal in 2nd Division Pioneers, next to him is a private in the 1st Division, then a signaller from 5th Division with two years' overseas service chevrons and two wound stripes, RSM Hector Dawson, 57th Btn, then a Gallipoli veteran with what seems to be a Fifth Division patch, unknown, and lastly a 1st Division sergeant. 2. A relaxed group outside the Graham Hotel. RSM Dawson is third from the right. Second from the left is an officer of the Canterbury Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. 3. RSM Dawson (hatless) and comrades setting off to likely see the famous local lakes. Each photograph is inscribed on verso "To dear Mother and Father, with love from Heck, Killarney" with the date.postcards, 57th battalion, edgar dawson dcm -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Journal - Diary, Diary of Augustus Bostock 1913-1918, Circa 1913
Augustus Bostock was the 9th child of Robert & Rachael Bostock of Vaucluse Epping Forest, Van Diemen’s Land. He was only 4 years old when his mother died. He was inspired by his father to seek his fortune in the Western District of Victoria. He arrived around 1850. He married Margaret Aitkin in July 1865. Augustus owned several properties in the district and leased others. He sat on the court of Warrnambool, Mortlake or Hexham as required. He resided at Marramook in Hawkesdale and later moved to Vaucluse in Hopetoun Road Warrnambool, where he died in 1920 at the age of 87. He was involved in many aspects of life in the Western District, racing, cricket, and social activities to name a few. This diary shows the daily entries over a long period of time with activities ranging from fencing, visiting neighbours and weather details. It mentions many local people and many properties he visited. Augustus Bostock along with a number of his brothers was one of the earliest pioneers in the Western District of Victoria. This diary sheds considerable light onto the life of Augustus and people of his era. There is a wealth of information on a range of topics relating to early life in Warrnambool and district.Brown cloth over card cover with maroon leather spine. Grey paper label pasted on front cover.188 pages all handwritten in black ink.Augustus Bostock Vaucluse 1913 handwritten inside front cover.Diary 1913 handwritten on label on front cover.augustus bostock, bostock brothers, warrnambool, vaucluse warrnambool, marramook hawkesdale -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Ledger, Alex Black Painter & Decorator 1908-1918, Circa 1908
Alexander Black was a painter and decorator who operated a business in Timor St below Swinton’s. This ledger shows the items typically sold by the painting and decorating trade as well as names of local people and businesses such as T Redford, PJ McGennan, Smith Bakery, Sheldrick Brewery, and Co, Mr. Plowright and Victorian Railways and Gas works.This ledger provides a snapshot of daily life in the early 1900’s and documents the type of work completed by tradesman and their associated costs. It lists a number of people and organizations which are of historical interest to Warrnambool and district.Long thin rectangular ledger book. Worn dark aqua cardboard cover with black binding. Handwritten entries occupy three quarters of the ledger with line drawn through each entry. The entries relate to goods sold. Year written at top of page and dated in left hand column. warrnambool, warrnambool painters and decorators, black painters warrnambool, -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Catalogue, Nicholas John Caire-Photographer 1837-1918, 1980
A catalogue of a selection of Nicholas John Caire's photographs from an exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South WalesPaperback. Front cover has a photograph taken by Nicholas John Caire named 'On the Yarra'.Stamp of Marysville & District / Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779nicholas john caire, photographer, history, art gallery of new south wales, exhibition -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, The MIneral Industry its Statistics, Technology and Trade during 1918, 1919
This volume includes Australasia, and lists each state seperately , as well as New Zealand, It also lists Bismoth, Chome iron ore, coal, copper, gold, lead, mineral industry growth, alumite, antinomy, cobalt, coke, copper ore, gold, iron, lead, limestone flux, managanese, shale, silver, silver-lead, tin and zincRed hard cloth covered book of 937 pages. Includes contents and index.non-fictionThis volume includes Australasia, and lists each state seperately , as well as New Zealand, It also lists Bismoth, Chome iron ore, coal, copper, gold, lead, mineral industry growth, alumite, antinomy, cobalt, coke, copper ore, gold, iron, lead, limestone flux, managanese, shale, silver, silver-lead, tin and zinc mining, statistics, technology, trades, metal industry, minerals, united states, canada, china, france, germany, italy, japan, russia, south america, spain, sweden, united kingdom, ireland, coins, cuba, blast furnaces, gold, lead production, manganese, opals, silver, +, alumite, antinomy, cobalt, coke, copper ore, iron, lead, limestone flux, managanese, shale, silver-lead, tin, zinc, abrasives, chemical industry, gems, precious stones, dividends, akalies, salt, earthernware, glass, petroleum, aluminium, bismuth, tungsten -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - BOOKLET, SOUVENIR, Victorian Branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia, ANZAC Memorial Day 25th April 1918
Soft cover with dust cover. Cover - paper, white and blue print on front and back. Illustrated in colour, flag, laurel leaves, column with silhouette of a soldier and cross. Dust cover - waxed tissue paper, beige, stapled to booklet. Pages (no page numbers), cut, plain, white, illustrated black and white photographs.booklet, military history, ww1, anzac -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK WW1, Joan Scott, A Soldier of the Somme 1916 - 1918, 2014
Book, soft cover, cardboard, red print on front, spine & back. Sepia background map with half portrait sepia photo of soldier in uniform on front. 186 pages, cut plain, off white. Illustrated black & white photos, documents. End papers illustrated with diary notes.Title page: "Diary of Pte Edwin Henry Need, 59 Battalion AIF" Handwritten in black ink on title page: "Donated by Joan Scott" "Bendigo RSL stamp in black ink"book, somme, somme ww1 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Work on paper - DIARY EXTRACTS WW1, Excerpts from the 1918 Diary of a Soldier, Post WW1
A4 size document with no cover, pages stapled top left. 17 pages not illustrated. Entry start date: 19.6.1918. End date: 1.1.1919. In black print at top: “Pte W E McKee 3346 B Company 38th Battalion 10th Brigade AIF France”diary, extracts, 38th -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, BATTLEFIELDS, Kangaroo Press, Australian Battlefields of the Western Front 1916-1918
.1) Soft card cover with black & white photo of battlefield on front & back. Coloured photo of soldier carrying a wounded comrade over his shoulder. History of Author, John Laffin on back cover. 204 pages black & white with photos & maps. Complete history covering cemeteries, battlefields, commemorations, etc. .2) - .6) Tourist Information in Belgium, French & English.“3rd Edition on front cover”books - military history, battlefields -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Otto von Bismarck, My Memoirs: 1878-1918 Ex-Kaiser William II, 1922
Navy blue hard cover with title & author printed in gold on front & spine with German eagle insignia on front. 348 pages, no illustrations.On front end paper black ink stamp & badges: Bendigo District RSL Sub Branch Inc PO Box 449 Bendigo Vic 3552 On fly leaf written in biro: Donated by Mrs Audrey Bollowsbooks, autobiography -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - WW1 BOOK, Henson Way, Kettering, 1918 The Year of Victories, c.2005
Soft cover book, 240 pages, illustrated with maps. Cover is slightly green tinted with photographs of Scotish soldiers on an AA mg & A WWI tank. Writing is in black & white ink.books, victories, 1918 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Malcolm Brown, The Imperial War Museum Book of 1918 - Year of Victory, 1999
Dark blue softcover with photo of a large group of soldiers on the side of a cliff near a bridge.Written on first page "Donated by Bendigo YMCA"books, history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, CPN Publications Pty Ltd, 'We have not forgotten' Yass and Districts War 1915 - 1918, 1998
Softcover, cardboard, quarto bound, red print on front cover and spine. Black and white photo of child with flags on front cover, inset on sepia background of an enlarged section of the B&W photo. 343 pages, illustrated, with black and white photos.Handwritten in black on front end paper "For Bendigo & District RSL Museum / (?) / Richard S Reid / 6 April 2006"books- military history, yass, rememberance -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Ronald J Austin, Black and Gold, The History 29th Battalion 1915 - 1918, 1997
Copy number 207 of 500 printed. Has a sticker with address and other details of Francis W Dean BEM.Hardcover, black buckram. Black and yellow dustcover with black and white photo of a group of soldiers. 231 pages, illustrated with pen/ink diagrams.books, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOKS, Winston Churchill, The World Crisis 1911 -1918, 1) c.1938
Books, red buckram cover, gold print .1) Volume I - pages 1 - 430 .2) Volume II - pages 431 - 808 .3) Volume IIII - pages 809 - 1154 .4) Volume IV - pages 1155 - 1472books, history, military -
Murrumbeena Cricket Club
Photograph, 1918-19 Premiership, c. 1919
Photograph of 1917-18-19 premiership team.murrumbeena, murrumbeena cricket club, cricket, cricket clubs, cricketers, albert forscutt, tom quarterman, wal bristowe, walter wilde, lew bristowe -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article and Photograph, John Lee Grimshaw 1833-1918, 2016_
Information and photos about the John Lee Grimshaw, son of Aaron Grimshaw. Includes a copy of his obituary from Trove.This photograph and text was copied from a Facebook site. Members are people who lived in the Greensborough area and share their reminiscences of the area with others. The site is administered by a GHS member but is not officially affiliated with the Society. Any information is the opinion of the contributor. Article and photograph sourced from social media.john lee grimshaw, grimshaw family -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Charles Marshall et al, Corporal Cambage and two Medina soldiers, Damascus 1918, 1918_
This photographs depicts Corporal Cambage and two Medina soldiers.Digital copy of black and white photograph. "Damascus. Corporal Cambage & two Medina soldiers"charles marshall, world war 1 -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Charles Marshall et al, Tripoli, Lebanon 1918, 1918_
This photograph shows a rooftop view over Tripoli, Lebanon.Digital copy of black and white photograph. "Tripoli"charles marshall, world war 1 -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital image, Charles Marshall et al, Syria 1918, 1918_
This photograph shows a seaside view in Syria.Digital copy of black and white photograph. "Syria" [other words illegible]charles marshall, world war 1 -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Royal Armoured Corps Tank Museum, An Illustrated Record of the Development of British Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Tanks 1915 - 1918, 1960's
A soft covered bookletbritish tanks world war 1 -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, Department of Veterans' Affairs, A Guide to Australian Memorials on the Western Front, in France and Belgium. April 1916-November 1918, 2002
Colour printed bookletP045memorials, western front, world war 1 -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, C E W Bean, The Australian Imperial Force in France During the Allied Offensive 1918, 1942
Hard covered book of 1099 pages -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, C E W Bean, The Australian Imperial Force in France During the Main German Offensive 1918, 1937
Hard covered book of 825 pages -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, J Williams, Peter Cochrane: The Western Front 1916-1918, 2004 (exact)
Hardcover Book. A presentation of photography of the Western Front, written and compiled by historian, Peter Cochrane. ABC Books, ISBN 0-7333-1280-2. Published April 2004.photography, world war 1, australian war memorial, western front, peter cochrane, abc books -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Book, The Royal Australian Survey Corps, Never Forget Australia. N'Oublions Jamais L'Australie. Australia and Villers-Bretonneux 1918-1993, 1994
Soft covered book. Written in English and FrenchInscribed: Presented to the 4/19th PWLH Regiment Library by Ross Bastiaan 30/10/95 ISBN 0 642 20141-2book, world war one, army, history, western front, commemorations, villers bretonneux, blankfield, corfield, royal victoria regiment