Showing 20410 items
matching archival
-
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Flyer - Exhibition Opening Invitation, Mission to Seafarers Victoria, Early Origins of the Mission to Seafarers, 2017
The permanent exhibition developed by Georgia Melville opened on 27 July 2016Sponsors: Framed and mounted black and white reproduction of photograph from the archive: group photograph of the crew S.S. Siltonhall after the shipwreck in 1929 with the attached letter sent to thank the mission for helping them.mission to seafarers, mission to seamen, flinders street, melbourne, exhibition, early origins, 2016, helen mcpherson smith trust, bendigo bank -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph reprint of a scan of a photograph - Bridge Inn at Casterton (1906 flood), Victoria, n.d
Vern McCallum CollectionReprint of a scan of a black and white photograph. Image shows Bridge Inn, in centre, surrounded by Hoodwaters, as are all other buildings in this photo. Print mounted on a white archival mount board frame. -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, The Collection - Calendar 1999 - Sailing on Port Phillip, 1998
'The Collection' - pictorial calendar for 1999 using photos from the archival collection of the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron. All are photographed on Port Phillip Bay; many date from early 1920s.sport - yachting -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Minutes, Port Melbourne Benevolent Society, 1979 - 1988
After recording the final meeting of the Port Melbourne Benevolent Society in 1988, Mrs Elwin ALLEN kept the books until 1997, when she handed them on to PMH&PSMinutes of the Port Melbourne Benevolent Society 19.7.1979 to 20.7.1988, entered into grey book with green linen binding, printed 'Service Account Book'. One of several documents from the Society's archives.Pen scratches lower right front coverbarry 'bomber' mitchell, charities and appeals, societies clubs unions and other organisations, mrs elwin allen, port melbourne benevolent society, beris campbell, julia lindsay, jessie edwards, heather wale, lorna mason, emmy harrison, dudley sherlock, l smith, anna louise robieson, rosa coluccio, katherine partridge, w skelton, margaret white, tom stewart, shirley stewart, j stewart, barbara stewart, vera cunningham, frederick robert winduss, noni winduss, raymond frank julier, lil julier, iris wills, w bowtell, james mitchell, val mitchell, leslie mantle, ronald 'bunna' walsh, kenneth william stark -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Ian McFarlane et al, "My Heart is Breaking", 1993
"My Heart is Breaking" - A Joint Guide to Records about Aboriginal People" in the PROV and the Australian Archives. A4, earth tones, with photo of Susan from the Gippsland tribe, with baby. 192 pagesaustralian aborigines, public record office victoria, australian archives -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Private lives, public records : family history resources at Public Record Office Victoria, 2003
Intended as a key resource for both first-time and experienced genealogists. It offers an introduction to the role, services and collection of Public Record Office Victoria, and a guide for family history researchers using the archives.colour photographs, b&w photographs, charts, letters, records, maps, plansgenealogy, local history, family history, public records, bibliographies, catalogues, victorian history -
Canterbury Primary School
Student Registers
Archival storage box of student registers. Contains 7 registers covering the years 1969 - 1976 and the Register Numbers 15098 - 78/145. Packed between acid free tissue paper. School Registers 1969 - 1976 -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Nunawading and District Historical Society Inc. Whitehorse Historical Society Inc, 1965
Archives comprising correspondence, reports and newslettersArchives comprising correspondence, reports and newsletters, 1965 - of the Nunawading and District Historical Society, named Whitehorse Historical Society in 2003, and Schwerkolt Cottage Committee of Management. See box lists for contents.Archives comprising correspondence, reports and newslettersnunawading and district historical society, nunawading historical society, schwerkolt cottage committee of management, whitehorse historical society inc., friends of schwerkolt cottage -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Visit by Mitcham High School, 1/10/1985
Resource Kit for Mitcham High School students visiting Nunawading Historical Society and City of Nunawading archives, 1st October 1985. Comprises examples of land documents relating to the Mitcham area.mitcham high school, nunawading historical society, city of nunawading, mitcham -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Sub-series) - Subject File, CAMERON, Donald, 1958
Various partiesReference, Research, InformationSecondary Values (KHS Imposed Order)Subject file containing a newspaper article/clipping on an exhibition by the Kew artist Donald Cameron. Cameron’s address is given as Grandview Terrace, Kew. The file also contains postcards promoting the exhibition.donald cameron, artists -- kew (vic.)donald cameron, artists -- kew (vic.) -
St Patrick's Old Collegians Association (SPOCA)
Photograph - History, XC Archives
-
St Patrick's Old Collegians Association (SPOCA)
Photograph - Students, 1920s
-
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Newspaper - Newspaper Cutting, The Leader, Horticultural Notes, 1895
Copy of article in "The Leader" (Melbourne) on 2 December, 1895 p 9. Description of meeting of the Horticultural Board of Advice, exam results and prizes. Several names listed (new to archive records).the leader, examinations, students, student names, exam results, horticultural board of advice -
Darebin Parklands Association
Collection of media clippings
This item and all other Darebin Parklands Association archival material is now held by State Library Victoria (Accession No: YMS 13746). Please contact State Library Victoria if access is required. -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Archive - Port 'n' South Living and Learning Centre, 1985 - 1995
The centre was one of several community groups established in the mid 1980's. After 1998 when the Baptist Church decided to discontinue the relationship, co-ordinator Julie Allen donated the minutes, brochures, photos and other records to the society.From archive box containing the archives of the Port 'n' South Living and Learning Centre located at the Ross St Baptist church, 1985 to 1998. Also includes item 1207 (various files listed on separate attachment) Refer also to items 1084 and 819 and 1207. .06 - set of A5 term programs approx 1986 to 'Last chance term" Oct-Dec 1987. Four terms to a year. Many are duplicated . 4 to 8 pageseducation, community, education - adult, societies clubs unions and other organisations, religion - baptist church, julie allen -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Archive - Bayside Development, Resident Action Group, Pat Grainger Archive, 1987 - 1992
These papers document Pat Grainger's involvement with the many facets of campaigning against the Sandridge City Development Company Bayside Project. Files & indexed by J Bolitho.Pat Grainger Archive - Bayside Development, Resident Action Group - Public Action Campaigner. Archival box containing audio tape & tape log. Individual manilla folders for the following years & subjects; 1987, Organisational submissions to ESS Sept 1987-Feb 1988, personal file retained from ESS Sept 1987 - Feb 1988. 1988, Friends of the Park 1988 - 1999. 1989 - 1994, Clarendon Street Bridge Light Raillink Advisory Committee.public action campaigns, local government - city of port melbourne, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, pat grainger -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Sub-series) - Subject File, CARRUCAN Pte. Thomas M. & Family, 1958
Various partiesReference, Research, InformationSecondary Values (KHS Imposed Order)Subject file including information relevant to the Carrucans of Kew. The Carrucans were fuel merchants, selling wood, coal and coke) on the corner of Highbury Grove and High Street, Kew (Vic) for over 60 years. The file contains two loosely bound archive files written by Francis William Lynch, one on Pte Thomas Michael Carrucan (1892-1951), and the other on the Carrucan family generally. The general history was presented to the Society in 2011 by Kathleen Murphy.carrucan family - kew (vic), pte thomas m carrucancarrucan family - kew (vic), pte thomas m carrucan -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Plaque - Insignia, Bank of Australasia, 19th Century
This decorative plaque displays the insignia of the Bank of Australasia, which was incorporated by the Royal Charter of England in March 1834. The bank began in Australia on 14th December 1835, opening in Sydney. The Acting Superintendent of the bank at that time was David Charters McArthur. He was Superintendent from 1867-to 1876. The Melbourne branch opened on 28th August 1838 in a two-roomed brick cottage on the north side of Little Collins Street, where two huge mastiff dogs were used at night to guard the bank. The government also provided an armed military sentinel. Due to the bank's rapid growth, a new building for the Melbourne branch was opened in 1840 at 75 Collins Street West. By 1879 the bank had been upgraded to a magnificent two-storey building on the corners of Collins and Queens Streets, with the entry on Collins Street. In 1951 the Bank of Australasia amalgamated with the Union Bank to form the Australia and New Zealand Bank, now known as the ANZ. Then in 1970, the ANZ merged with both the ES&A and the London Bank of Australia to form the ANZ Banking Group Limited. The ANZ Banking Group Ltd kindly donated a variety of historic items from the Bank of Australasia. BANK of AUSTRALASIA, WARRNAMBOOL – In 1854 Warrnambool had two banks, the Union Bank and the Bank of Australasia. Later, completely different bank businesses opened; in 1867 the National Bank of Australasia, then in 1875 the Colonial Bank of Australasia. The original Warrnambool branch of the Bank of Australasia was established in July 1854, and operated from a leased cottage on Merri Street, close to Liebig Street. The bank later bought a stone building previously erected by drapers Cramond & Dickson on the corner of Timor and Gibson Streets. Samuel Hannaford was a teller and then Manager at the Warrnambool branch from 1855 to 1856 and the Warrnambool Council chose that bank for its dealings during 1856-57. In 1859 Roberts & Co. was awarded the contract to build the new Bank of Australasia branch for the sum of £3,000. The land was on a sand hill on the northeast corner of Timor and Kepler Streets and had been bought in 1855 from investor James Cust. The new building opened on May 21, 1860. The bank continued to operate there until 1951 when it merged with the Union Bank to form the ANZ Bank, which continued operating from its Liebig Street building. Warrnambool City Council purchased the former Bank of Australasia building in 1971 and renovated it, then on 3rd December 1973 it was officially opened as the Art Gallery by Cr. Harold Stephenson and Gallery Director John Welsh. The Gallery transferred to the purpose-built building in Liebig Street in 1986 and the old bank building is now the Gallery club. Staff at the Bank of Australasia in Warrnambool included the following men but others were also involved: Samuel Hannaford, Teller then Manager from 1855-1856; W H Palmer, Manager from January 1857 until November 1869 when the Teller Basil Spence was promoted to Manager; H B Chomley, Manager from April 1873 and still there in 1886; A Butt, Manager in 1895-1904; J R McCleary Accountant and Acting Manager for 12 months, until 1900; A Kirk, Manager 1904; J Moore, staff until his transfer to Bendigo in December 1908; J S Bath was Manager until 1915; C C Cox, Manager until April 1923; Richard C Stanley, Manager 1923 to April 1928. The plaque has historical significance as it belonged to the Bank of Australasia which was established in Australia in 1835 by Royal Charter. The plaque is significant for its association with the Bank of Australasia in Warrnambool, the first bank in Warrnambool, established in 1854. The bank continued to operate until its merger in 1951 when it became the ANZ Bank, which is still in operation today. The Bank was an integral part of the establishment and growth of commerce in Colonial Warrnambool and throughout Australia.Plaque with insignia on glass in a rectangular varnished wooden frame. Insignia of the Bank of Australasia has been painted onto the glass in a mirror-like fashion. Insignia depicts a heraldic shield with sheep hung up by their waists and ships in full sail. Inscription on insignia. Stamp and handwritten inscription on the rectangular label with a blue border on the reverse.Insignia: "BANK OF AUSTRALASIA INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1835" Label's red oval stamp with "AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANK UNITED ARCHIVES" Label's handwritten black letters "AM1" flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, commerce, banking, plaque, insignia, bank of australasia, insignia on glass, union bank, australia & new zealand bank, anz bank, david charters mcarthur, d c mcarthur, sydney, new south wales, currency, banknote, legal tender -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Last chance term program, Port 'n' South Living and Learning Centre, 1997
Kept by a member of the management committee in the 1990s (Archive Box) File items indicating struggle of Port & South Living and Learning Centre to survive. Eventually closed 1998. Last chance term program for 1997. Related to catalogue number 2345societies clubs unions and other organisations, education - adult, religion - baptist church, julie allen, port 'n' south living and learning centre, anne callaghan, ann gibson, wendy morris, alec babos, sister norma jean barnett, pat grainger, beatrice (betty) goddard, adele davis -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Flagg Simon and Gurciulla Sebastion, Flynn of the Inland, 2008
A story of the struggle of the Aboriginal Pepper family to survive in the prevailing attitudes of the early twentieth century The extracts from Archival records show the harsh and uncompromising attitude of government, and the effect laws and policies haaboriginals, genealogy -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Mc Adam, Angela; Ruhfus, Margaret; Bagnall, Kate; Gil, Rob, Orbost StateSchool No 2744 A-H, 2007
A handbook explaining the principles of establishing and managing archives, written in plain English for Australian historical groups, schools, sports clubs, cultural groups and any group wishing to organise its records and holdings.archives -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Sub-series) - Subject File, Boroondara, City of - Periodicals, 1994
City of BoroondaraReferenceKHS OrderSubject file containing a number of business and community directories, privately published rather than council publications. The five issues in the file date from 1996-1999, and include articles as well as advertisements.city of boroondara -- publicationscity of boroondara -- publications -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Sub-series) - Subject File, COLQUHOUN Family, 1958
Various partiesReference, Research, InformationSecondary Values (KHS Imposed Order)Subject file containing information about the Colquhoun family. The Colquhoun family lived at Swinton in Kew. Most of the material, including a Catalogue published by the Castlemaine Art Gallery focuses on Archie and Amalie Colquhoun.artists - kew (vic.), colquhoun familyartists - kew (vic.), colquhoun family -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Series) - Subject File, Cresco Reserve (Kew), 1958-present
Various partiesReference, Research, InformationSecondary Values (KHS Imposed Order)Subject file containing information on the Cresco Reserve at Kew Junction and its naming in c.2008. The file includes an item of correspondence from the City of Boroondara plus a print out of map of the Junction.cresco reserve, parks and gardens - -- kew -- boroondaracresco reserve, parks and gardens - -- kew -- boroondara -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Series) - Subject File, Eastern Freeway (Kew), 1979
Organisation generatedReference, Research, InformationSecondary Values (KHS Imposed Order)Subject file containing sundry newspaper files about protests against the freeway’s construction, land acquisition, speeding, noise etc. There is also a CRB brochure of ‘Your Eastern Freeway Driver’s Guide’kew (vic) - history, kew east (vic) - community groups, kew (vic) - roadskew (vic) - history, kew east (vic) - community groups, kew (vic) - roads -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Sub-series) - Subject File, Kew Historical Society, Handicrafts (Victorian), 1958
Various partiesReference, Research, InformationSecondary Values (KHS Imposed Order)Single item subject file containing a National Trust of Victoria exhibition catalogue - Hearth and Home: Handicrafts and Pastimes of the Victorian Era (TOY, Ann [Asst. Curator, Extension Galleries], NTV, 1980)national trust of australia (vic), victoria - 19th century - arts and culturenational trust of australia (vic), victoria - 19th century - arts and culture -
St Kilda Historical Society
Photograph, St Kilda Primary School, (BrIghton Road) 1882, c. 1882
St Kilda Primary School, (BrIghton Road) 1882, additional notes: built in 1875 On the back: Copy courtesy LaTrobe Library, Melbourne From: Archives Victoria Photographs of State School Buildings. Vol 1. State School, St Kilda (Brighton Road) Hand written: School built 1975. Tower was not moved until some time after 1882. Accompanied by a smaller copy of the same photograph.black and white photograph fair condition unmountedSt Kilda Primary School, (BrIghton Road) 1882, additional notes: built in 1875 On the back: Copy courtesy LaTrobe Library, Melbourne From: Archives Victoria Photographs of State School Buildings. Vol 1. State School, Paterson Bros. Photos. Melbourne. St Kilda (Brighton Road) 1882. School built 1975. Tower was not moved until some time after 1882. D.J Taggart 58 Glenhuntly road, Elwood 3184. St Kilda Historical Collection, 150 Carlisle street, St Kilda. -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, National Archives, "Melbourne NAA", c2015
Postcard - publicity take away - Melbourne published by the National Archives Office of two trams at the intersection of Elizabeth and Bourke St Melbourne 1955 with the London Stores in the background. Tram 392 has the destination of Essendon Bulla Road, Route 52 (has been changed prior to arriving at Flinders St) and tram 373, destination of Maribyrnong River, Route 54. On the rear has the details of the National Archives Melbourne Office, reading room and details of the photograph and reference details.trams, tramways, elizabeth st, route 52, essendon bulla rd, route 54, maribyrnong river, bourke st, tram 392, tram 373 -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Postcard, The Great Tokyo Earthquake on September 1st, 1923: Asakusa 12-Story Tower with its Upper Floors Destroyed, 1923
The Great Kantō Earthquake of 1 September 1923 devastated the major cities of Tokyo and Yokohama, as well as five other surrounding prefectures and was one of the world’s worst natural disasters of the early twentieth century. In terms of loss of life and material damage, with an estimated 140,000 deaths and countless homeless, it is still Japan’s worst national disaster. Nearly 90% of the newspaper printers were destroyed in the earthquake. These postcards were not produced for aesthetics but as a major tool for the spread of information. Seeing how newspaper companies were left with their offices in shambles, postcard publishers tried to fill the gap hence some were in three languages. A very small number of publishing companies were fortunate enough to survive, one of them being Mitsumura Printing, which took advantage of its remaining resources to churn out postcards. When the Ōsaka Mainichi Shinbunsha published its bilingual three-volume photographic pictorial of the Great Kantō Earthquake just two weeks after the event, the calamity had already been captured in thousands of images that circulated on a national and international media highway. Commercial photographers and photojournalists produced the most abundant and immediate images of the quake, which were transmitted in newspapers, special-issue newspaper pictorials, commemorative photography collections, illustrated survivors’ accounts, and sets of commemorative postcards. These photographic images functioned as both news and souvenirs, rendering their consumers/viewers, inside and outside the devastated locale, into both witnesses and voyeurs. Images in the news media and those issued by respected publishing houses carried the visual authority of supposed facticity. As such they both produced and became the historical record of the event. Since the vast majority of 1923 disaster postcards that survive have no writing on them, they were likely treated more as collectibles than as a form of postal communication. Many were put into albums, creating new ways to combine images and create visual cultures of disaster for home viewing. Accordion-style albums allowed for personalized, serial organization of images that produced unique, imagistic narratives of the event. The album pages were also two-sided and could be stretched out to view a series of images on recto and verso. References: Imaging Disaster: Tokyo and the Visual Culture of Japan’s Great Earthquake of 1923 震災をイメージ化する 東京と1923年関東大震災のヴィジュアルカルチャー - The Asia. (2024, March 31). Retrieved from https://apjjf.org/2015/13/6/gennifer-weisenfeld/4270 The Great Kanto Earthquake: Postcards of Tragedy. (2024, March 31). Retrieved from https://www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_culture/japanese-culture/the-great-kanto-earthquake-postcards/ See also: Postcards from Hell – Glimpses of the Great Kantō Earthquake; M. William STEELE (International Christian University, Japan) 14th Conference of the European Association of Japanese Studies: Visual Culture and Postcard Research Papers – East Asia Image Collection Blog. (2024, March 31). Retrieved from https://sites.lafayette.edu/eastasia/2014/09/01/14th-conference-of-the-european-association-of-japanese-studies-visual-culture-and-postcard-research-papers/] And https://icu.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/4503/files/ACS44_01Steele.pdfThis item, a souvenir from Japan from between the wars (circa 1923) was brought home to Research, Victoria by Bill Teagle who was serving in the Royal Australian Navy (1919-1945). Bill Teagle's sister Violet Amelda Teagle had married Theodore (Curly) Feldbauer in 1933. Bill's brother-in-law Curly was taken as a Prisoner of War by the Japanese and died at Sandakan in March 1945. The family did not learn of Curly’s death till months later and Bill's sister, Violet, herself could never forgive the Japanese for what happened to Curly. Curly is remembered on the Eltham Roll of Honour Board and his son, Albert Feldbauer (Bill’s nephew and youngest child of the children of the soldier fathers attending a school in the district), was given the honour of turning the first sod for the Eltham War Memorial Infant Welfare Centre Building. Despite this, the family maintained this cherished souvenir from a time of previous foreign friendship with Japan. The item was possibly given by Bill Teagle to his sister Margaret Rose (formerly Ingram) who later married Richard Edward (Eddie) Fielding in early 1948. (Eddie had been engaged to someone else before he went to war, but his fiancée broke it off before his return to Australia.) It was cared for by the Teagle/Fielding family for approximately one hundred years. It is of particular significance given the family's connection to the Eltham War Memorial and the significance of that memorial to the local community and represents that despite the horrors of war, former friends then foes can become friends again.tom fielding collection, japanese postcard, postcard, 1923, great kanto earthquake, japan, tokyo, yokohama -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Postcard, The Great Tokyo Earthquake on September 1st, 1923: burnt remains of Asakusa Kannon Temple, 1923
The Great Kantō Earthquake of 1 September 1923 devastated the major cities of Tokyo and Yokohama, as well as five other surrounding prefectures and was one of the world’s worst natural disasters of the early twentieth century. In terms of loss of life and material damage, with an estimated 140,000 deaths and countless homeless, it is still Japan’s worst national disaster. Nearly 90% of the newspaper printers were destroyed in the earthquake. These postcards were not produced for aesthetics but as a major tool for the spread of information. Seeing how newspaper companies were left with their offices in shambles, postcard publishers tried to fill the gap hence some were in three languages. A very small number of publishing companies were fortunate enough to survive, one of them being Mitsumura Printing, which took advantage of its remaining resources to churn out postcards. When the Ōsaka Mainichi Shinbunsha published its bilingual three-volume photographic pictorial of the Great Kantō Earthquake just two weeks after the event, the calamity had already been captured in thousands of images that circulated on a national and international media highway. Commercial photographers and photojournalists produced the most abundant and immediate images of the quake, which were transmitted in newspapers, special-issue newspaper pictorials, commemorative photography collections, illustrated survivors’ accounts, and sets of commemorative postcards. These photographic images functioned as both news and souvenirs, rendering their consumers/viewers, inside and outside the devastated locale, into both witnesses and voyeurs. Images in the news media and those issued by respected publishing houses carried the visual authority of supposed facticity. As such they both produced and became the historical record of the event. Since the vast majority of 1923 disaster postcards that survive have no writing on them, they were likely treated more as collectibles than as a form of postal communication. Many were put into albums, creating new ways to combine images and create visual cultures of disaster for home viewing. Accordion-style albums allowed for personalized, serial organization of images that produced unique, imagistic narratives of the event. The album pages were also two-sided and could be stretched out to view a series of images on recto and verso. References: Imaging Disaster: Tokyo and the Visual Culture of Japan’s Great Earthquake of 1923 震災をイメージ化する 東京と1923年関東大震災のヴィジュアルカルチャー - The Asia. (2024, March 31). Retrieved from https://apjjf.org/2015/13/6/gennifer-weisenfeld/4270 The Great Kanto Earthquake: Postcards of Tragedy. (2024, March 31). Retrieved from https://www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_culture/japanese-culture/the-great-kanto-earthquake-postcards/ See also: Postcards from Hell – Glimpses of the Great Kantō Earthquake; M. William STEELE (International Christian University, Japan) 14th Conference of the European Association of Japanese Studies: Visual Culture and Postcard Research Papers – East Asia Image Collection Blog. (2024, March 31). Retrieved from https://sites.lafayette.edu/eastasia/2014/09/01/14th-conference-of-the-european-association-of-japanese-studies-visual-culture-and-postcard-research-papers/] And https://icu.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/4503/files/ACS44_01Steele.pdfThis item, a souvenir from Japan from between the wars (circa 1923) was brought home to Research, Victoria by Bill Teagle who was serving in the Royal Australian Navy (1919-1945). Bill Teagle's sister Violet Amelda Teagle had married Theodore (Curly) Feldbauer in 1933. Bill's brother-in-law Curly was taken as a Prisoner of War by the Japanese and died at Sandakan in March 1945. The family did not learn of Curly’s death till months later and Bill's sister, Violet, herself could never forgive the Japanese for what happened to Curly. Curly is remembered on the Eltham Roll of Honour Board and his son, Albert Feldbauer (Bill’s nephew and youngest child of the children of the soldier fathers attending a school in the district), was given the honour of turning the first sod for the Eltham War Memorial Infant Welfare Centre Building. Despite this, the family maintained this cherished souvenir from a time of previous foreign friendship with Japan. The item was possibly given by Bill Teagle to his sister Margaret Rose (formerly Ingram) who later married Richard Edward (Eddie) Fielding in early 1948. (Eddie had been engaged to someone else before he went to war, but his fiancée broke it off before his return to Australia.) It was cared for by the Teagle/Fielding family for approximately one hundred years. It is of particular significance given the family's connection to the Eltham War Memorial and the significance of that memorial to the local community and represents that despite the horrors of war, former friends then foes can become friends again.tom fielding collection, japanese postcard, postcard, 1923, great kanto earthquake, japan, tokyo, yokohama