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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Pamphlet, Paul VAN HERK, What Killed Fishermans Bend?, May 2024
Exhibition guide 'What killed Fisherman Bend' created for Melbourne Design Week 24 May - 2 Jun 2024White folded pamphlet with red title and numbers.fishermans bend -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Mr John Bird & Mary Cocking -- possibly in front a Butcher Shop & Store
John Bird & Mary Cocking with five other people in front of a Store & what's said to be a butcher shop c 1874.Black and white photo of 7 people outside a weather board shop. Four of the group are females and two men one is on horseback and one a young boy. The women are in long decorative dresses. A house & chimney can be seen on the left side behind a picket fence. Handwritten on photo "Father" and part of "mother" (above squiggly line). The first two on left of photo.stawell business -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Newspaper - Clipping, The Canberra Times, Canberra Defended Against Author's Charges of Departure From Plan, 13.12.1960
This is a review of Robin Boyd's book 'The Australian Ugliness'. It has a local aspect looking at what Boyd says about Canberra.Article on page 2Handwritten in blue pen top right 'for Robin Boyd'.australian ugliness, griffin, overall, national capital development, featurism, walsh st library -
Mont De Lancey
Book, Australian Primary Producers Union Wandin Branch Minute Book
This blank book was used by The Australian Primary Producers Union Wandin Branch. Minutes of the first meeting were taken Nov 20th 1947 in the Seville Hall and the last minutes were on 23.11.1954.A large green paper patterned covered Minute Book with orange tape on the spine. This blank book was used by The Australian Primary Producers Union Wandin Branch. Minutes of the first meeting were taken Nov 20th 1947 in the Seville Hall and the last minutes were on 23.11.1954. The book is filled with Minutes of meetings and has two paper insertions - a paper photopcopy of an Invoice Wandin Yallock April 30th1909. Mr Aitken for The Evelyn Preserving Co. Limited Manufacturers of Pure Jams and Jellies. Terms Cash. On the same paper The Colonial Bank of Australasia Limited stating a Sale and acknowledgement receipt of a letter and the enclosure of a remittance, signed by the manager. The second insertion is dated Sept 1950 - a Survey of cost of Production Berry Fruit Wandin Silvan Area. Youngberries. Based on Land at 100 pounds per acre and average 2 ton crop. Full details are listed.non-fictionThis blank book was used by The Australian Primary Producers Union Wandin Branch. Minutes of the first meeting were taken Nov 20th 1947 in the Seville Hall and the last minutes were on 23.11.1954. meetings, reports, proceedings, minutes of meetings -
Mont De Lancey
Book, Norman Bros, Silvan Progress Association Minute Book, Unknown
This blank book was used by the Silvan Progress Association. Minutes of the first meeting were taken Sat March 1th 1916 and the last minutes were held in the Library Mechanics Hall on 5th Oct. 1922. The book is filled with Minutes of the monthly meetings and has three paper insertions - a Mont De Lancey Wine List with three wines and their prices per bottle. A second quite damaged paper is: Wandin ? Progress Association Inaugurated 26th Oct 1912. The meeting was held Jan 11, 1913. It lists the monthly meetings and minutes taken up to March 28 1913. The third document is a copy of 13 typed pages from the Shire of Lillydale to Mr. S. Bradley, Hon. Secretary, Silvan Hall Committee, Silvan suggesting to the Committee that the attached plan for the maintenance and betterment for the hall be forwarded to the Public Health Department for approval. It includes a list of names of Guarantors and witnesses.A large red, blue and cream wavy lined paper patterned covered Norman Bros., Minute Book with burgundy tape on the spine. This blank book was used by the Silvan Progress Association. Minutes of the first meeting were taken Sat March 1th 1916 and the last minutes were held in the Library Mechanics Hall on 5th Oct. 1922. The book is filled with Minutes of the monthly meetings and has threeo paper insertions - a Mont De Lancey Wine List with three wines and their prices per bottle. A second quite damaged paper is: Wandin ? Progress Association Inaugurated 26th Oct 1912. The meeting was held Jan 11, 1913. It lists the monthly meetings and minutes taken up to March 28 1913. The third document, dated 17th May 1928, is a copy of 13 typed pages from the Shire of Lilydale to The Hon. Secretary, Silvan Hall Committee, Silvan. It includes a list of names of Guarantors and witnesses.non-fictionThis blank book was used by the Silvan Progress Association. Minutes of the first meeting were taken Sat March 1th 1916 and the last minutes were held in the Library Mechanics Hall on 5th Oct. 1922. The book is filled with Minutes of the monthly meetings and has three paper insertions - a Mont De Lancey Wine List with three wines and their prices per bottle. A second quite damaged paper is: Wandin ? Progress Association Inaugurated 26th Oct 1912. The meeting was held Jan 11, 1913. It lists the monthly meetings and minutes taken up to March 28 1913. The third document is a copy of 13 typed pages from the Shire of Lillydale to Mr. S. Bradley, Hon. Secretary, Silvan Hall Committee, Silvan suggesting to the Committee that the attached plan for the maintenance and betterment for the hall be forwarded to the Public Health Department for approval. It includes a list of names of Guarantors and witnesses.meetings, reports, proceedings, minutes of meetings -
Melbourne Legacy
Pamphlet, The Legacy Boy - worthy son of a worthy father, 1960
A brochure explaining Legacy's work and providing information on how to donate. Headings included: Whom does Legacy help? What kind of help does Legacy provide? How many dependants is Legacy actively helping in Victoria? What does Legacy spend in this State in its work? How are these funds provided? Why it necessary to provide this degree of help, when there is a generous Repatriation Act? What is Legacy's aim? Address given is Swanston st Melbourne so it is for Melbourne Legacy.(There is another at 00408 for Legacy Albury). Reprint July 1960. Also a leaflet using the same boy's photo, format changed to fit a single page without folding.A record of how Legacy portrayed itself to the wider community in 1960.Brochure x 4 pages made to promote Legacy in 1960. Black and white photograph of a young boy and printed text. Also a single page white leaflet with the same black and white photograph and printed text.legacy promotion, fundraising -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Fred Mitchell, Looking east along Arthur Street just down from intersection with Bible Street, Eltham, 1968
Valiant is parked outside what was no. 43 now part of a unit complex at no. 41. Immediately in front of Valiant is no. 45, which has been a vacant block since before 1990. Gentleman in hat with paper walking up hill is outside no. 39, now a unit complex and the old house on left is no. 37 (since replaced) which borders what is now the Walter Withers ReserveDigital copy of colour photographfred mitchell collection, 1968, bible street, arthur street, eltham, houses, streets -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print, Allan Mann, Ikon to a Fossil King, c. 1982
NoneAbstract image. Centre image is a human (shown without skin) climbing a narrow mound/hill form. At the top is a screen supported by three poles. The screen reproduces a photograph of what appears to be a classical narrative bas-relief sculpture. On each side of the hill are Celtic and Norse carvings/gilded artefacts/metalworks mounted on long poles. Abstract could patterns are at the top of the print. No matt. Silver metal frame.Front: 1/10 (lower left) Ikon to a Fossil King (lower centre) Allan Mann (lower right) (pencil) Back: (no inscriptions) -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - MOUAT CRAWFORD COLLECTION: FARMING IN THE WIMMERA, c1960s
Mouat Collection - Farming in the Wimmera. 2 large silos & 2 smaller silo, the smaller one have W T Thomas & Son PLI LTD Wheat Silo. 1 shed on road side and 2 larger sheds out the back, one with a square chimney. And what looks like a square water tank on a high stand. Markings; Flour Mill Warracknabeal. Used as a teaching aid.kodakfarming -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: THE BEGGAR'S REVOLT: THE STORY OF THE FREEDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
A book titled ' What Came of The Beggars' Revolt : the story of the Freedom of the Netherlands. A splendid record of the Rising of a People against Tyranny and Oppression.' London : Ward, Lock & Co., Salisbury Square, E.C. New York : 10 Bond Street. 625 - 640 pgs. (ill.). This booklet is one of a series of 37 Ward & Lock's Penny Books for the People.' 'Historical Series.' Price one penny. There are also advertisements of note.books, biography, the netherlands, lydia chancellor, collection, ward & lock's penny biographies, ward & lock's penny books for the people, penny books, historical series, biographies, history, the netherlands, book, books, advertisements, willliam of orange, european history -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - VICTORIA HILL - NOTES ON VICTORIA HILL
Handwritten notes on Victoria Hill. Notes mention the completion of the Bendigo and District Tourist Association's Mining project, what can be seen in the area, the views of Bendigo from the top of the 68 feet high poppet legs, geological features and rock colourings in the open cuts, its direct link to Fortuna mansion and the one-time deepest mine workings in the world. On the back is a number of references and page numbers.document, memo, victoria hill, victoria hill, notes on victoria hill, bendigo and district tourist association, new chum line, lansell's fortuna mansion, central nell gwynne -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - ELMA WINSLADE WELLS COLLECTION: PHOTO OF 'HARRIET' BALMORAL HILL
A small black and white photograph of "Harriet", there is no surname, Balmoral Hill Blackheath. A relative of Elma Winslade wells. Harriet is show standing with her arms resting on a cushion on top of the back of what looks like a leather chair, she is wearing a black long dress. At the bottom T. Wright, Poplar. On the back the logo of T. Wright, photographer, 199 East India Road, opposite Poplar church, London.person, individual, female portrait -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - PIECE OF DELICATE BLACK LACE, 1950--------->
Black cotton lace, 50 cms deep, and 115 cms wide. A 2 cm wide band of hexagon shaped lace a 4 cm wide band incorporating a floral design, a 23.5 cm hexagon panel edged with a 21 cm peak edged panel. Oval shapes in edge panel, 12.5 cm deep, have what could be interpreted as a rose in each oval "frame".manchester, trimmings, delicate black lace piece -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: GROUP OF PEOPLE
Photograph of a group of eight men and three women on the bank of a river. The women are all in dark skirts and white blouses and what appears to be bow ties or normal ties. All are wearing boater type hats. The gentlemen are in suits and one is wearing a bowler hat. The younger man on the right of the photo is holding a long spouted Tea pot?. The young lady at the rear left of the group is holding a kitchen knifeperson, group, picnic group, picnic -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: LOADING WHEAT
Photograph of two workers loading or unloading bags of grain (wheat?). There is a shed with a low Veranda extending from the front, there is a wagon drawn by two horses backed up[ to this Veranda. One man is standing in the wagon and the other is sitting on bags of grain on the veranda. There are numerous bags of grain on a low platform extending into the background. In the far background there is what appears to be a loading ramp. Written above the photo is Dingee negative 201topic, farming, loading wheat, dingee, loading wheat -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Certificate, Victorian Branch VVAA Statewide Gravesite Commemorations, Sunday 21 February, 2016, Certificate of Appreciation awarded to Eric Cross
Awarded to Eric Cross for your significant contribution to the success & dignity of the Commemorations by playing the Last Post & Rouse. as above 2016 Good G Wade 2019 7/03/2019 Collected 11/07/1905 Library G Wade Victorian Branch VVAA 7/03/2019 7425 Document Documents: Folder 3 The Battle of Long Tan: Vietnamese Accounts Reviewed - What did they say?"Battle of Long Tannational vietnam veterans museum -
Clunes Museum
Book
Black hard cover book/pay records . Handwritten in black ink, shows fortnightly days worked, rate of pay and amount paid out from August 1904 to 1907 individuals worked on barges and received wages for the corresponding barge size. W Bennett features in this book in what appears to be a managerial position. The last few pages number the barges, record their size and the location of each one Purple stamp on inside of front page; W F Newham Stationer Castlemaineengine drivers, pay books, ledger -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Whitehorse Road Sign, C1940s
2 copies of sign on south side of Whitehorse Road opposite Dunlavin Road, Mitcham, looking east. Early 1940s. Note in 1870 the area was known as Air Hill. (See also NP941) Center of shot shows shop on west side of what later became Alexander Street and further east house on the corner of Peel Street.These signs are very similar to those erected in nearby Vermontadvertising signs, whitehorse road, mitcham, dunlavin road -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, HMAS Sydney Loss and Controversy
Tells the story of the controversy around the sinking of HMAS Sydney by HSK Kormoran on the 19 November 1941.Hard cover blue book with title on spine in gold. Dust cover has picture of HMAS Sydney on front with title above and authors name below. Spine has title and authors name in white print. Back cover has a picture of HMAS Sydney. Inside front of dust cover has what book about and inside back dust cover has information about the author.Donors name inside front coverhmas sydney, hsk kormoran, australian navy ships, german auxiliary raider ships -
South Gippsland Shire Council
Quilt
Decorative quilt made by SGSC staff. Each department contributed a decorated fabric square which represented what that department did. The body of the quilt features these decorated squares in between plain blue and green squares. Orange fabric border. Backed with calico and hemmed with a wood dowel hanging rod upper edge. Four plain white squares with the council logo in the centre are includes in the top and bottom rows. -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Champion steeplechaser, Mosstrooper, with his owner and trainer, Robert Gustavus “Gus” Powell, in the saddle
B&W photo of Australian champion steeplechaser, Mosstrooper, with his owner and trainer, Robert Gustavius "Gus" Powell, in the saddle. Gus is wearing a pale hat and a light-coloured suit and is carrying a whip. He has a pipe in his mouth. He was a personal friend of William Hermon Snr. The photo may have been taken in Lysterfield. There is a large cleared area with what appear to be low hills in the background. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "The trams, the shed; what we have left?", 15/09/1970 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the history of the demise of the Ballarat system and what was left and the future outlook.Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, titled "The trams, the shed; what we have left?", Editorial of Tuesday 15/9/1970, about the muted Government proposal to close the tramway system in Ballarat. Notes Mr. H. Bell's trolley bus proposal, state government issues in Parliament, tramway loses, Victorian Government politics, Country Roads Board and the possible sale of the tram shed.closure, city of ballaarat, sec, depot, parliament, trolley buses -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, January 1988 In Retrospect, Jan. 1988
A newspaper Clipping from a section of The Ballarat Courier called In Retrospect which states events that happened from the past. Contains two items involving the new Horse Tramway system. Top one was about the horse tramways first accident involving a cow and the second one about what type of tramway system to have as the councillors described the horse trams as painful. Images added 3-12-2016trams, tramways, ballarat horse tramways, horse trams -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Instruction, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Tramcar Braking", late 1960's?
Yields information about the instructions about tramcar braking and providing a set of questions and answers that drivers needed to know.Set of four foolscap sheets duplicated, titled "Tramcar Braking ", providing a series of questions and answers on the braking system. Gives description of system, the various means of what to do if the system fails - undated, signed by F.K. White as manager. Sheets stapled twice along the top edge. See Reg Item 261 for an earlier version, 3520 for a 1950 instruction on the same subject and 3457 for a similar document.trams, tramways, braking, instructions, sec, emergency, driver training -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster, Georgia Foley, "Changing Environments - Ballarat Tram Depot", mid 1990's
Yields information from a students eyes about the history of the tram depot and how the associated environment changed and why. Has a strong association with the student.Poster prepared for a school assignment, titled "Changing Environments - Ballarat Tram Depot", features 6 photographs of the tram depot, maps, story boards pasted together onto a large sheet of heavy paper with Velcro mounts on the rear. Looks at the purpose, the location, the site characteristics, what changed, history, cause of change and likelihood of future change. Prepared by Georgia Foley Year 11C - school unknownTop right hand corner has the student's name in ink and on the rear a bibliography advising of Richard Gilbert's assistance.trams, tramways, depot, posters -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. STORES AT THE DIGGINGS, 14 September 1852
Diggers & Mining. Stores at the diggings. LUXURIES AT THE DIGGINGS. Our attention yesterday attracted to the cumbrous machine upon a dray, evidently bound for the diggings, and upon enquiring to what ascertained that it was a machine for the manufacturing sausages, and that the proprietor was fully sanguine that he should realise an independence in a short period by supplying the diggers with these luxuries. (M.M.H., September 14, 1852) Markings: 16 994.LIF. 5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1850s
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. In a Ballarat Mine c. 1867. - - - Became the wage-earning miners in the later 1850's and in the 1860's. Slide shows what appears to be the room that the rock is raised up into, and and then carted off in the mine trolleys by the horse (in this case). Walls and ceiling are lined with timber. Floor has either timber or rock laid on it. Markings: 31 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Medal - GOLDEN SQUARE P.S. LAUREL ST. 1189 COLLECTION: CENTENARY OF FEDERATION MEDALLION
Eleven Centenary of Federation Medallions - For Primary School Students. The medallion is gold coloured with: Australia It's What We Make It and six people moving objects on one side and a rough sketch map of Australia 1901 - 2001 and 'One Hundred Years of Federation' on the other. The end of the line drawing of Australia has a star on it. The back of the card has a brief history and the front has a rainbow colour and the title and dates.Medallion designed by John Skillington and produced buy the Royal Australian Mint.education, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square primary school 1189 collection - centenary of federation medallion - for primary school students, john skillington, royal australian mint -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Instruction, Yarra Trams, "Tram Driver Information", "Power Centre", 2011
Instruction - A4 sheet - "Tram Driver Information", providing information to drivers on instructions for services to the Grand Prix along either St Kilda Road, Fitzroy St for routes 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 16, 67 and 72 for four dates in March. Dates line up with 2011 calendar. .1 - titled "Power Centre" reminder crews what to do if a loss of power during the event.trams, tramways, malvern depot, grand prix, drivers, st kilda rd, control centre -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Badge - ATMOEA Vic. Branch (Tramways Union) badge
Given to members of the Australian Tramway & Motor Omnibus Employees Association union wear on their uniforms. The union badge was permitted to be worn on a uniform.Demonstrates a MMTB uniform button.Badge was made on a brass/gold backing with painted enamel on the front. On the central portion of the badge, had the ATMOEA logo, with the words "Vic" with red enamel backing, and on the outer edge of the badge "Aust Tramway & Motor Omnibus Employees Association" with a royal blue background. The back of the badge is fitted with a spring retaining clip. The plastic bag is most likely what it was delivered in and was handed to Union members. There are no manufacturer details. tramways, mmtb, crews, drivers, conductors, uniforms, badges, unions, atmoea