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National Wool Museum
Photograph, 1980s
... Textile Mills Woollen Mills... Industries" closed down. Textile Mills Woollen Mills Classweave ...Acquired when "Classweave Industries" closed down.Photograph, colour: a "polaroid" photograph of machinery and equipment at Classweave 1980s to 1990s.H L S POTTER/ PHOTO STORES/...textile mills woollen mills, classweave industries pty ltd federal woollen mills ltd, textile mills, woollen mills -
National Wool Museum
Book - A Forecast of the textile vogues for the coming season from R. S. & S. Woollen Mill, Geelong Part 1, Returned Soldiers and Sailors Mill, 1941
The Returned Soldiers and Sailors Mills was located near the Barwon river on Pakington Street, Geelong, where its building still stands. The mill was established in October 1922 with capital acquired from War Gratuity Bonds. The mill produced fine grade woollen products with its speciality being ‘Retsol’ travelling rugs.25 page red book bound with metal pins containing fabric samples glued onto paper, with some printed text.cover: [printed] A FORECAST OF TEXTILE VOGUES / FOR THE COMING SEASON / FROM / R. S. & S. Woollen Mill. / Geelongr. s. & s mill, soldiers, sailors, geelong, war, wool, mill -
National Wool Museum
Book - A Forecast of the textile vogues for the coming season from R. S. & S. Woollen Mill, Geelong Part IV, Returned Soldiers and Sailors Mill, 1941
The Returned Soldiers and Sailors Mills was located near the Barwon river on Pakington Street, Geelong, where its building still stands. The mill was established in October 1922 with capital acquired from War Gratuity Bonds. The mill produced fine grade woollen products with its speciality being ‘Retsol’ travelling rugs.31 page red book bound with metal pins containing fabric samples glued onto paper, with some printed text.cover: [printed] A FORECAST OF TEXTILE VOGUES / FOR THE COMING SEASON / FROM / R. S. & S. Woollen Mill. / Geelongr. s. & s mill, soldiers, sailors, geelong, war, wool, mill -
National Wool Museum
Archive - Alexander Lau Clothing Tag, Alexander Lau Pty Ltd
Alexander Lau established his business in 1950 in the Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne. He designed textiles and commissioned many of his textiles to be spun and woven in Geelong mills. He had a long association with the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Mill and with Mr Schofield, the manager. In 2000, he retired and closed the business.Glossy paper clothing tag with rainbow coloured logo and black printed text.front: CRESTKNIT KNITWEAR & / ALEXANDER LAU FABRICS / TOGHETHER IN / CO-ORDINATING FASHION / (SEE OVER) back: This ticket is your / SYMBOL GUIDE / to help you to / co-ordinate this garment with / a color-matched CRESKNIT lambswool / pullover or cardigan. / Look for the matching ticket on / CRESKNIT LAMBSWOOL KNITWEAR / and you'll find colors created to / give you sophisticated / CO-ORDINATION. -
National Wool Museum
Machine - Wrap Reel
... . MAKERS/ VWM Wrap reel manufactured at Valley Worsted Mill ...Wrap reel manufactured at Valley Worsted Mill and possibly used in the laboratory. "Wrap reels were used to check the yarn count in a spinning mill. A set length of yarn was wound off several test bobbins and weighed, if the weight was not the correct amount expected the spinning machines draft could be re calculated and the machine draft wheel ( cog ) changed to achieve the required count". - Greg AldridgeA small hand operated wrap reel. The reel is on a wooden base, the winding mechanism is metal and turned by a wooden handle. There is a metal plaque on the base inscribed MAKERS VWM. A wood and metal yarn feeder has broken off its mount.MAKERS/ VWMtextile machinery textile production weaving, valley worsted mill valley worsted mill, warping machinery, textile machinery, textile production, weaving, wrap reel, skein winder -
National Wool Museum
Photograph, Foster Valley Mills, Geelong, 1970s
... Textile Mills..., maintenance manager at the time. - Greg Aldridge Woollen Mills Textile ...Photograph shows the installation of the new Sulzer weaving looms in the early 1970s, they replaced the old Hattersley looms that were in use at the time. The gentlemen in the suit overseeing the procedure was Jack St Quentin, maintenance manager at the time. - Greg AldridgeColour photograph of textile machinery being installed at Foster Valley Mills. Image shows Elliots Mobile Cranes, Geelong supporting machinery being guided through mill doorway.woollen mills, textile mills, foster valley mill pty ltd valley worsted mill, sulzer weaving looms -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Aerial Photograph, Norwellan / AUNDE
... Textile Mill infrastructure when Norwellan North Western.... Plastic frame imitating brown marble. Textile Mill infrastructure ...Textile Mill infrastructure when Norwellan North Western Woolen Mills became Norwellan Textiles then AUNDEEarly Colour Aerial Photograph showing complete land and infrastructure. Plastic frame imitating brown marble.industry -
National Wool Museum
Photograph - Staff Group Portrait, Excelsior Woollen Mill, c.1905
... Textile Mills staff... Excelsior Mill No. 2 Textile Mills - staff ...Photograph depicts the staff of the Excelsior Woollen Mill (owned by Godfrey Hirst Pty Ltd), c.1905. Pictured 4th from left in the front row - Frank Gliddon and 5th from left front row - Arthur Gliddon.Photograph, black and white. Mounted on a white mat with an embossed edge. Photo depicts five rows of mostly women, with some men and boys in the front row. They are pictured in front of a high blue stone wall. Biro inscriptions on back. EXCELSIOR WOOLLEN MILL (HIRSTS) / 4TH FROM LEFT FRONT ROW FRANK GLIDDON / 5TH FROM LEFT FRONT ROW ARTHUR GLIDDON / C1905textile mills staff, godfrey hirst and co. pty ltd, excelsior one mill, excelsior mill no. 2, textile mills - staff -
National Wool Museum
Photograph - Valley Worsted Mill, 1923
... Textile Mills... view of the newly constructed textile mill. A chimney stack... Mill, c.1923. Textile Mills Valley Worsted Mill Foster Valley ...Photographic postcard depicting the newly constructed Valley Worsted Mill, c.1923.Photographic postcard, black and white. Depicts an aerial view of the newly constructed textile mill. A chimney stack and many saw toothed roofs can be seen.POST CARD / CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS ONLY / KODAK / AUSTRALtextile mills, valley worsted mill foster valley mill pty ltd, aerial photography, factory, wool, industrial building -
National Wool Museum
Audio - Record, Gramophone, Gramophone Co Ltd, Better not roll those blue, blue eyes / You rhyme with everything that's beautiful, c.1946
... Textile Mills staff... in the mending room of the Foster Valley Mill. Textile Mills staff Valley ...Gramophone record used in the mending room of the Foster Valley Mill.Gramophone record housed in a brown paper sleeve bound in a orange folder with a blue spine. One of a collection of 12 gramophone records housed in the folder.[printed] "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" / TRADE MARK / MANUFACTURED SPECIALLY FOR THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD, SYDNEY, NSW / BETTER NOT ROLL THOSE BLUE, / BLUE EYES / (At Somebody Else) / Quick Step / (Twomey Goodhart) / JOE LOSS & HIS ORCHESTRA / Dance / Orchestra / (OER713) / Speed 78 / Cat. No. / E.A. / 3104 / CHAPPELLS / SYDNEY / MUST NOT BE USED FOR RADIO / BROADCASTING, NOR PUBLICLY PERFORMED [Hand written on sticker] 51/7 [printed] "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" / TRADE MARK / MANUFACTURED SPECIALLY FOR THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD, SYDNEY, NSW / YOU RHYME WITH EVERYTHING / THAT'S BEAUTIFUL / Slow Fox Trot / (Stoner-Reisfeld) / JOE LOSS & HIS ORCHESTRA / Dance / Orchestra / (OER719) / Speed 78 / Cat. No. / E.A. / 3104 / CHAPPELLS / SYDNEY / MUST NOT BE USED FOR RADIO / BROADCASTING, NOR PUBLICLY PERFORMEDtextile mills staff, valley worsted mill, gramophone, record, textile mills - staff, his masters voice (hmv), gramophone co ltd, dickson's geelong, music, audio -
National Wool Museum
Award - Sporting Trophy Cup, 1937
... Sporting teams Textile Mills - sporting teams.... Sporting teams Textile Mills - sporting teams Collins Bros Mill Pty ...Sporting trophy cup, G.I.C.A. W.T Wiggs Discipline Cup won by Collins Bros. 1936-37.Trophy, large electro plated nickel silver cup, ornate handles and stem, on bakelite base. Engraved on side of cup.G.I.C.A. / W.T Wiggs / Discipline Cup / won by / Collins Bros. / 1936-37sporting teams textile mills - sporting teams, collins bros mill pty ltd, sport, sporting teams, textile mills - sporting teams -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Aunde Album 29, Milling, 2002
... Aunde / Norwellan Textiles North Western Woolen Mills...Aunde / Norwellan Textiles North Western Woolen Mills ...Aunde / Norwellan Textiles North Western Woolen Mills became Norwellan Textiles then AUNDEColour landscape photo: Male worker inserting / extracting blanket into milling machine. Trolly with blanketsMillingindustry, aunde -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - Classic Retirement Village, Brighton
... Industry Weaving Mills Textile Factories Textile Manufacturing ...Four documents about the history of this site pre Classic Retirement Village: 1/A copy of a description of the sale process of the Gascor site, cnr Nepean Highway and Thomas Street, to Becton Corporation in 1997 And 1998. Printed on 31/07/2010 from the Victorian Auditor General’s Department website with aerial photograph 2/A copy of page one of the Gleneira Planning Scheme dated 19/01/2006 which mentions the Gascor site. 3/Research note by Andrew Frederick dated August 2010 listing occupiers of the site in the 1960 and the 1970 Sands and Mc Dougall Directories. 4/Research note by Claire Barton dated May 2010 containing Ian Swan’s recollections of working at Daylesford Worsted Woollen, occupier of the site, in the 1960s.thomas street, brewer road, bentleigh, gascor, becton corporation pty ltd, virginia park, gas and fuel, hughesdale dairy, east boundary road, moorabin, east bentleigh, hooblerstone, clairmont avenue, glen eira, daylesford centenary woollen and worsted mills pty ltd., nepean highway, f and j industries australia plastic and rubber division., swan ian, korman stanley, mills, wool industry, weaving mills, textile factories, textile manufacturing, manufacturing industry -
National Wool Museum
Document - Advertising Material, Collins Bros Mill Pty Ltd, 1934 - 1970s
... Wool Marketing Woollen Mills - history Textile Industry...Wool Marketing Woollen Mills - history Textile Industry ...Advertising documents and props from Collins Bros. Pty Ltd, including Physicians blankets price list 1934-35, Physicians blanket information sheet, advertising material from 1970 physicians blankets campaign.wool marketing woollen mills - history textile industry - history, collins, mr trevor m. - collins bros mill pty ltd, wool marketing, woollen mills - history, textile industry - history -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Textile - Costume and Accessories, 1943
... North Western Woollen Mills became Norwellan Textiles...North Western Woollen Mills became Norwellan Textiles ...North Western Woollen Mills became Norwellan Textiles then AUNDEGrey Blanket. Pink Blanket Stitch Both Ends. – Woollen Mills (Norwellan) 1943stawell clothing material -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, H. J. (Jim) Melbourne, North Western Woollen Mills And Norwellan Textiles, Stawel's Great Asset, 2007
... North Western Woollen Mills became Norwellan Textiles...North Western Woollen Mills became Norwellan Textiles ...North Western Woollen Mills became Norwellan Textiles then AUNDE -
National Wool Museum
Functional object - Container
... Used at Foster Valley Mills. Foster Valley Mills Textile ...Used at Foster Valley Mills.Kidney-shaped plastic textile container with lacing on joins.foster valley mills, textile industry, loom, weaving, container, wool -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Textile - FLOUR BAG COLLECTION: GRIMSBY ROLLER MILL, BENDIGO, 1900-1950
... TEXTILES Domestic Grimsby Roller Mill Bendigo flour bag Textiles ...Textiles. Calico flour bag printed on one side in red "GRIMSBY ROLLER FLOUR MILLS, STEWART SCOTT & CO CRYSTALS, BENDIGO''. In centre is a crown. Remnants of black cotton stitching along top opening. The two-story section of this mill was built in about 1873 with grinding stones. In 1887 the owners Stewart and Scott purchased new roller machinery and built a four-storey building to house it. The new building was designed by Architects Beebe and Son.textiles, domestic, grimsby roller mill bendigo flour bag