A 123-page book by R.W.H. Miller with a monochrome coloured cover featuring the British Channel Mission's signal flags and the Bristol Channel Mission Cutter Eirene. non-fictionInstitutional foundation stories have a tendency to change and develop with the passage of time and much repetition. Maritime social historian R.W.H. Miller here explores the life of The Rev. John Ashley and his association with the foundation storyof the Mission to Seafarers, the work of which society is much admired by its present Patron, HRH the Princess Royal. The traditional story is that Ashley's son, out walking by the Bristol Channel with his father, in the early 1830s, asked how the islanders could go to church. Ashley went to see, and from the islands of Flat Holm and Steep Holm seeing large fleets of wind bound ships, asked himself the same question. He used his own money (deriving mainly from the trade of sugar and slaves) to build a schooner, which he sailed in all weathers to provide an answer, in the process creating for himself a place in the ancestry of several Anglican and Catholic societies, of which the Mission to Seafarers, the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, and the Apostleship of the Sea, continue to provide seafarers with a valued and often heroic service.cutter, eirene, shipping, r.w.h. miller, mission to seamen, seafarers welfare, reverend john ashley (1801-1886)

Written on back of photograph, "24/8/81. View of corner of (Blank) court and Tortice Drive looking east towards Wonga Rd. Thought to be Middlebrook Drive, not a court.

Colour photograph standing together, one is in the academic gown of the University of Ballarat Honorary Doctorate and is worn by David Haymes. Professor David Caro, Chancellor of the University of Ballarat stands on the left. david haymes, david caro, honorary doctorates, graduation, academic gown

While studying at the Ballarat College of Advanced Education Steve Bracks was President of the Student Union. Ballarat College of Advanced Education is a predeessor institution of Federation University.Colour photograph of former Premier of Victoria, and student of Ballarat College of Advanced Education wearing the academic regalia for a University of Ballarat Honorary Doctorate. steve bracks, stephen bracks, premier, honorary doctorate, graduation, ballarat college of advanced education, student union, student association, alumni

In 2014 University of Ballarat became Federation University Australia.Colour photographed used in the book "Honorary Doctorates from the University of Ballarat" by Marie Kauhonorary doctor, university of ballarat, marie kau, fiona caro

In 2014 University of Ballarat became Federation University Australia.Colour photographed used in the book "Honorary Doctorates from the University of Ballarat" by Marie Kau. Architect Ewan Jones was responsible for the design of a number of buildings on our Mount Helen Campus.honorary doctor, university of ballarat, marie kau, ewan jones

In 2014 University of Ballarat became Federation University Australia.Colour photographed used in the book "Honorary Doctorates from the University of Ballarat" by Marie Kauhonorary doctor, university of ballarat, marie kau, edward woodward

In 2014 University of Ballarat became Federation University Australia.Colour photographed used in the book "Honorary Doctorates from the University of Ballarat" by Marie Kauhonorary doctor, university of ballarat, marie kau, david pennington

In 2014 University of Ballarat became Federation University Australia.Colour photographed used in the book "Honorary Doctorates from the University of Ballarat" by Marie Kauhonorary doctor, university of ballarat, marie kau, david haymes

In 2014 University of Ballarat became Federation University Australia.Colour photographed used in the book "Honorary Doctorates from the University of Ballarat" by Marie Kauhonorary doctor, university of ballarat, marie kau, david caro

In 2014 University of Ballarat became Federation University Australia.Colour photographed used in the book "Honorary Doctorates from the University of Ballarat" by Marie Kauhonorary doctor, university of ballarat, marie kau, cathy freeman, catherine freeman

In 2014 University of Ballarat became Federation University Australia.Colour photographed used in the book "Honorary Doctorates from the University of Ballarat" by Marie Kauhonorary doctor, university of ballarat, marie kau, allan webb

Charles Fenner graduated in Science with honours and Diploma of Education in Melbourne. He became Principal of Ballarat School of MInes in 1914 and moved from there in 1916. Lectured in Geology at the Ballarat School of Mines.Photographic portrait of a male wearing glasses. charles fenner, ballarat school of mines, geology

David Acrum Alexander was born c1925 and died in 2015. He practiced medicine in Ballarat but also had a keen interest in sketching and painting. The 52 books range from 1971 to 2012. They include rough outlines for characters, often with a comment re changes to be made. If a pencil sketch or water colour 52 artist's sketch books of varying sizes, spiral bound. Some are thematic in content; characters from novels, places, people Some comments are written and names of peopleDate of work written on covers and on some individual pages. Place name and those of characters from novels.david alexander, sketchbook, artists sketchbook

David Ancrum Alexander was born c1925 and died in 2015. He practiced medicine in Ballarat but also had a keen interest in drawing and painting, mostly water colour. The sketch books range from 1971 to 2012. Each appears to be related to a specific theme - people, places, and characters in novels. Often this is mentioned on the cover. He became a member of the Art Acquisition Committee at the University Campus at Mount Helen. A Thanksgiving Service was held in his honour at Federation University in the Caro Convention Centre on 27 March 2015.52 sketch books, spiral bound. Pencil drawings and water colour workYear printed on cover of each book. Themes contained in book written on coverdavid alexander, doctor, ballarat, drawing, painting, water colour, art acquisition committee, ballarat university, federation university, caro convention centre, thanksgiving service, 1971, 2012, c1925, 2015

Digitised video (2.66GB) Duration: 51 minutes. Recorded August, 2022 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)Presenter: Louise Blake is a writer and historian with an interest in the stories of women, families, and communities on the nineteenth-century goldfields in Australia and New Zealand. Inspired by her family connection to the gold mining settlement of Woods Point, Louise completed a PhD on Women and Community on the Upper Goulburn Goldfields in north-east Victoria in 2019. In this talk Louise will share her research on Lawrence and Esther Chubb, who lived and worked at Gaffneys Creek on the Upper Goulburn Goldfields in the 1870s and 80s. In a series of letters Lawrence wrote to his family in England, and now held by the State Library of Victoria, Lawrence shared his early struggles as an independent miner on the central Victorian goldfields, his protracted courtship with Esther, the ordinary intimacies of their life at Gaffneys Creek, the work that Esther did to support the family in this remote mining region, as well as the material and emotional support provided by and to family, friends and neighbours. A rare and revealing source, these letters help to expand our understanding of the lived experience of mining families, particularly the work that women did to sustain families and communities, in this period of waged labour and tribute mining in Victoria.

Digitised video (4.41GB). Duration: 63 minutes. Recorded March, 2018. (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)Presenter: Gary Presland is an Australian archaeologist and writer who studied history at LaTrobe University, 1973-76 and archaeology at the University of London, 1977-79. He was a staff member of the Victoria Archaeological Survey from 1983 to April, 1988. His research interests are in the Aboriginal and natural history of Melbourne.

Ill, p.64non-fictionUndoubtedly the most famous fighter type to see service on either side during World War 1 the Fokker Dr1 was inspired by Sopwiths triplane of 1916-1917. The Dreidecker enjoyed immediate success with Germany's elite fighter unit, Manfred von Richtofen's JG1world war 1914-1918 - aerial operations - germany, fighter pilots - germany

Ill, p.151non-fictionPeter Firkins has produced a heroic figure comparable in courage and selflessness to that of the legendary 'Weary' Dunlop, and whose story should be known by all Australians in the same way. What a wonderful epitaph to a man born into a humble Yass family at the end of the nineteenth century who, by his own determination and intellect, won a scholarship for his secondary education at St Patrick's College, Goulburn and an Exhibition to study medicine at Sydney University. Almost by pure chance he pursued his medical career in an outpost of the British Empire then known as British North Borneo to become Principal Medical Officer at the time of the Japanese occupation during World War II. The Japanese allowed the civilian medical staff to remain at their posts with the status of 'simple confinement' while at the same time the bewildered local people looked to someone for leadership in their new and unaccustomed circumstances.Aided by his wonderful wife Celia he was imperceptibly drawn into the key role of organising the underground movement among loyal native and giving support to the Australian Prisoners of War transferred to Borneo from Singapore. In 1943 he was exposed to the Japanese, arrested and terribly tortured. Donated by Major General M.P.J. O'Brien, July 2018. Signed by authorworld war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese, world war 1939 – 1945 – personal narratives – australia

Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Dr Jonathan Hartley, 2006silver gelatin photograph