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Orbost & District Historical Society
jerkin
A leather wool- lined jerkin. It is lined with a brown woollen fabric. It has 4 button holes on the left side.jerkin leather equestrian clothing -
Orbost & District Historical Society
album, Gem Album, c. 1880s
Gem Albums date from the 1860s in the USA, made for small ferotype images.A small photo album with grey-brown fabric cover and the words Gem Album written in gold lettering on the front.inside cover - G Munro, Clifton Hill, 1881album gem-album book photos -
Bendigo Military Museum
Manual - Notes on Map Reading 1929 - The War Office, 30.06.1939
Instruction in Map reading. The object of map - reading is to tender possible the clear and accurate visualization of the ground from a map productBrown Cardboard book, A5 Size, Several insets. Reprinted with Amendments 1-4 1939, 95 pages.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr -
Bendigo Military Museum
Souvenir - PROPELLER, WOODEN MODEL, 1942 - 1945
Oswald James Renshaw No. 116751 RAAF Enlisted 6.8.1942 aged 37. Discharges 13.2.1945 with rank of Corporal in No. 1 Stores Depot. Served in New Guinea, Goodenough Isl, Noemgor Isl, Kirinina Isl.Propeller - laminated wood, brown, shaped as a propeller on a stand, six brass screws and circle metal disc in centre.souvenir, raaf, o. j. renshaw -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - TOILETRY BAG
General issue bag to carry toiletry items as required.Camouflage colours of greens and brown toiletry bag with black drawstring with a green plastic tip. Foldable into plastic parcel.toiletry bag, army, accessory -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - FLASK & LEATHER CASE, Post WW1
1. Container - leather, brown, straps, metal clip. 2. Drink flask - glass, clear, metal top,passchendaele barracks trust, drink flask -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Badge, W'bool SLSC, Mid 20th century
This badge would perhaps be attached to the uniform or blazer of a member of the Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club. This club was established in 1930 with Fletcher Jones (President) and Bon Nutt being notable early members. A ladies’ club was also formed in 1930. As Warrnambool has a bathing and surf beach and is situated on a coastline with many popular surf beaches the Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club is an important group with a proud history of service to the community. The current clubhouse, built by members and other volunteers in the 1950s, includes a public restaurant today. This badge is interesting as a memento of the Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club, an important club in Warrnambool’s community. This is a diamond-shaped cloth badge. It is made of brown cloth with white cotton stitching and an image of a rescue reel and rope. ‘Warrnambool, S.L.S.C.’warrnambool surf life saving club, warrnambool -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Container - Boracic Acid Tin: Kennedy Chemist, Early 20th century
R. F. Kennedy operated as a pharmacy in the late 19th and early 20th century in Timor Street Warrnambool. Mr Kennedy manufactured a large number of drugs and perfumes on a wholesale basis as well as very impressive retail business. Around the mid 1880’s they were shipping 5000 dozen bottles of Janos salts annually. Boracic acid was one such product which was commonly used product as an insecticide, herbicide and in cleaning products.A common item which was manufactured by one of the largest manufacturing chemists of the area. R. F. Kennedy was a significant business in Warrnambool.Oval shaped tin with cream paper label overlaid with blue and white label. All labels are stained brown.R.F Kennedy & Co Chemists Timor St Warrnambool, Tel, 31. B Farrer proprietor Kodak dealer. warrnambool, r. f. kennedy, chemist timor street warrnambool, timor street warrnambool, chemist -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Bag Gethla Forsyth, Satchel Music
This bag could be used for carrying sheet music or similar documents. The item was owned by Gethla Forsyth who graduated as a nurse from the Alfred Hospital Melbourne in 1936. Gethla served in the Australian Nursing Corps in WW2. Gethla was a sister to Gladys who was married to Dr Angus , a long serving doctor in Warrnambool. her family had earlier connections to the district in the 1900's in the Koroit area.A common object but an interesting social connection.Brown leather bag with metal catches and handle. It has a small gusset in each side. Long rectangular in shape."Gethla Forsyth" written inside on right hand side.warrnambool, gethla forsyth, leather music satchel -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Pie dish
This item appears to be a pie dish used in the early to mid 20th century. It would have been used in an oven and could have been used in an early gas or electric oven. Ceramic cooking dishes are still used but Pyrex glass dishes are also used. This item has no known local provenance but is retained as an example of a cooking implement from the past.This is a glazed ceramic oval-shaped dish. It is light brown or beige in colour. It has a ridged rim and is somewhat stained. kitchen items -
Bendigo Military Museum
Journal - Cartographic Mapping Precis - WO2 R C Andrews Mapping Precis Folder, Circa 1960
This is a compilation of Precis about cartographic mapping procedures to produce a map, compiled by WOII RC Andrews, Technical Warrant Officer Cartographic Squadron, retired 1975.Book with 2 x "chicago" screws, cardboard cover- brown, green cloth tape along binding edge"WO II R. C. ANDREWS PRECIS FOLDER"royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr -
Bendigo Military Museum
Container - LEATHER WALLET with Foreign Currency, Wallet with Foreign Currency
Currencies are issued by Japanese to three occupied territories, are as follows; 1. Philippine Peso - 2 notes. 2. Philippine Centavos - 2 notes. 3. Japanese Yen - 2 notes. 4. Hong Kong cents - 6 notes. 5. Indonesian Roepiah - 2 notes. 6. Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) Gulden - 7 notes. 7, Unknown - 50c note.Brown leather wallet - fold out. Various currencies of different denominations - issued by Japanese in WW2 in occupied countries.Embossed on front of wallet - "Compliments Chas. F. Hawkins Pty Ltd".wallet, foreign currency -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - SLIDE SHOULDER BOARD
Part of the Reverend Chaplain Major thomas Bruce Williams, No 556101, Collection.Two jungle green coloured slide shoulder boards with captain's pips embroidered in light green and brown thread.army chaplain, rank insignia, uniform, major thomas b. williams -
Bendigo Military Museum
Pamphlet - PAMPHLET, MECHANICAL, Allied Land headquarters, May 1942
Alan Mason collection, refer cat No 3979.2Pamphlet “mechanical vehicle Training, brown covers, all print in black, 60 pages with all print in blackOn front,”Drivers Routine Maintenance 1942”mechanical, pamphlet, driver training -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Postcards, France
John Lachlan McIntyre was born at Beeac, Victoria in December 1890. He enlisted in the 1st AIF in July 1915. John fought on the Western Front, taking part in the battles of Fromelles and the 2nd Battle of the Somme. He was severely wounded at Fromelles and spent 12 months in hospital in England before returning to the front. John returned home in 1919 and was granted a soldier settlement block in Lara in 1937. He was a founding member of Lara RSL and is its longest serving member. John died in 1990. This letter was written by John and sent to his mother in 1918 on his journey through Belgium. The McIntyre family were early pioneers in the Lara district, and the brothers were founding members of the Lara RSL. This letter represents a significant link to the history of the town and sub-branch.A brown envelope addressed to Miss J McIntyre. Within the envelope is a pack of 12 illustrated souvenir post cards. Envelope: O.A.S. Tower of London. Miss J McIntyre. Elcho Lara lake, Australia, Victoria. Rear of postcard pack: London December 27th 18 Dear Mother, I arrived here yesterday. Spent Xmas day travelling across France. The trip took the best part of four days. We are up near Belgium. Had to go into Belgium to get a train. Will write when I get settled. Hoping you are all well. With best wishes for a happy new year. Jack. Edition Martinetty Charleroi Front of pack: J. L. McIntyre Xmas 1918 Souvenir de Charleroi-Belgium 12 cartes postales 12 En Photochrommother, letter, postcard, first world war, wwi, world war one, belgium, lara -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Hat, Australian Governmentb Clothing Factory, Chief Petty Officer Naval Hat, 1979
Worn by Robert Lawson Promoted to Petty Officer Engineering (MTP) 1979White Peak Cap. Black Knitted Hat Band, Brown Plastc Sweat Band, Black plastic bandAGCF 1979 Size 67/8 Cloth and wire woven Chief Petty Officer badge -
Shepparton RSL Sub Branch
English Sniper Gloves >1960, English Sniper Gloves, > 1960's
English SAS Sniper glovesKhaki green coloured gloves with brown leather palm side covering. Khaki dark green knitted cuff sas -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK - NEW TESTAMENT, 1916
Percival Bird WETHERALL Regt No 6903 enlisted in the 19th reinforcements 23rd Bn on 13.1.1917 age 20 years. Prior to embarking he writes a letter to his CO asking for 5 days leave to get married and have a honey moon. Embarked for England 11.5.1917, embark for France 16.2.1918, WIA 22.3.1918 GSW shoulder severe and transferred to 1st Eastern General Hospital Cambridge, discharged to furlough 2.8.1918, embark for Aust 25.1.1919, hospital on board ship with Influenza and Cong (congealed?) Lungs, disembarked at Suez and hospitalised in 14th AGH on 8.2.1919, embark for Aust 1.4.1919 classed Debility, discharged from the AIF 6.6.1919 medically unfit.Small bible with brown cover. Front cover has "New Testament" written on it. Belonged to Percival B. Wetherall.6903 Pte. P.B. Wetherall 23rd Battalion A.I.F. Abroad 1917-1919, 1914-1918.books-religion-christian, new testament -
Bendigo Military Museum
Container - SLEEVE WW1, 1914 - 18
Rupert EXON, refer Cat No 486P for his service history.Brown buckram sleeve for holding most likely a shaving mirror. There is a small scallop cut out on right side.Handwritten on front: “408 R Exon C Squadron 9th L.Horse”container, sleeve, shaving -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPHS POST WW1, MOUNTED, 1920's - 1930's
38th Bn Between the Wars.Group of 6 black / white photos relating to Roy SHADFORTH. Mounted on cardboard with brown border, white background.In pencil on back: "9445T, 9445T, 9445T, 94456, 9445T, 9445T"passchendaele barracks trust, photographs -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - BASIC KIT ASSEMBLY, LEATHER, Possible WW1 onwards
WWI leather kit Assembly with 10 cartridge pouches, brown leather. Brass press buttons, brass buckles.military history - equipment, trades-leatherworking, passchendaele barracks trust -
Federation University Historical Collection
Administrative record - Minutes, North Central Junior Technical School Sports Association Minute book, 1956-1963
The Ballarat Junior Technical School was a division of the Ballarat School of Mines.Foolscap book with patterned brown cover holding the Ballarat Junior Technical School (North Central Tech) Sportsncjtssa, north central junior technical school, ballarat junior technical school, student union, h. chaplin, f.w. cheshire, harry ely, sport, hugh mcdougall, softball, colours, sports association, h.l. caton -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW1, FRAMED, C. WW1
Heavy wooden frame, brown with khaki border, glass front, sepia photo showing ruins in Ypres Belgium.“The Great War 1914-1919 Ruins of the Cathedral and Cloth Hall Ypres, Belguim October 23 1917”photography - photographs, frame accessories, military history - souvenirs, ypres, cloth hall -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH WW2, FRAMED, 1942 - 45
Attached list of those present in photo.Copy of black & white photo, Aid Detachment, group of females. Brown plastic frame with gold trim & glassAt bottom of photo: “Unit 352 (Bendigo) Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Bendigo Military Camp Hospital (Lansellstowe) 1940 - 1945” (Mrs K Proud on back of mount) photography - photographs, frame accessories, medicine - hospitals, vad’s lansellstowe, bendigo -
Bendigo Military Museum
Manual - MANUAL, ORIENTEERING, Cadet Supply Depot, 1968
WATERSTON, David Raymond, Regt No 3170581, served Vietnam with 6RAR 8.5.1969 - 16.5.1970, held the rank of Cpl.Soft cover, brown manual re Orienteering & Aid to Training, 72 pages with sketches & fold out sections“WATERSTON”manual, orienteering -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Mary Kent Hughes, Matilda Waltzes with the Tommies, 1944
176 page illustrated hardcover book with maps on inside of front and rear covers. Brown cover with black wordingbooks, military history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Administrative record - DRIVERS LICENSE, issued 1943
Driver's license brown covers issued to KG Shugg. Tan cloth covered, triple fold, license No 94281.documents-licenses, military history, drivers -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Boots, G. P
Pair of Australian Army standard issue brown leather boots. High ankle support, tied with cotton laces. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, The Science and Practice of Butter Making in Australasia
Warrnambool's Mechanics' Institute (or Institution as it was sometimes called) was one of the earliest in Victoria. On 17th October 1853 a meeting was held where it was resolved to request the Lieutenant Governor of the Colony to grant land for the erection of a Mechanics' Institutes building. A committee was formed at the meeting and Richard Osburne chaired the first meeting of this committee. The land on the North West corner of Banyan and Merri Streets was granted but there were no funds to erect the building. The Formal Rights of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute's encompassed its aims and these were officially adopted in1859; "This Institution has for its object the diffusion of literary, scientific, and other useful knowledge amongst its members, excluding all controversial subjects, religious or political. These objects are sought to be obtained by means of a circulating library, a reading room, the establishment of classes, debates, and the occasional delivery of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy, mechanics, astronomy, chemistry, natural history, literature, and the useful and ornamental arts, particularly those which have a more immediate reference to the colony." The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute opened its first reading room in November1884 in the National School building at the corner of Banyan and Timor Streets. The Institute was funded by member subscription, payable on a quarterly, half yearly or yearly basis. Samuel Hannaford, the Manager of the Warrnambool Bank of Australasia, was the first Honorary Secretary of the Mechanics' Institutes, and an early President and Vice-President. He also gave several of the early lectures in the Reading Room. Another early Secretary, Librarian and lecturer was Marmaduke Fisher, the teacher at the National School. Lecture topics included The Poets and Poetry of Ireland', 'The Birth and Development of the Earth', 'The Vertebrae - with Remarks on the pleasures resulting from the study of Natural History' and 'Architecture'. In 1856 the Reading Room was moved to James Hider's shop in Timor Street, and by 1864 it was located in the bookshop of Davies and Read. In the 1860's the Mechanics' Institute struggled as membership waned but in 1866, after a series of fund raising efforts, the committee was able to purchase land in Liebig Street, on a site then called Market Square, between the weighbridge and the fire station. A Mechanics' Institute building was opened at this site in August 1871. The following year four more rooms were added to the main Reading Room and in 1873 the Artisan School of Design was incorporated into the Institute. The same year Joseph Archibald established a Museum; however it deteriorated when he was transferred to Bendigo in 1877. In 1880, with Archibald's return to Warrnambool, the Museum was re-established, and in 1885 a new building was built at the back of the Institute to accommodate the re-created School of Design, the Art Gallery and the Museum. In 1887 the Museum section was moved to the former court house in Timor Street (for some time the walls of the building formed part of the TAFE cafeteria but all is now demolished)). In 1911 the Museum was transferred back to the original building and the management of the Mechanics' Institute was handed over to the Warrnambool City Council. The Museum and Art Gallery became one and housed many fine works of art, and the Library continued to grow. The building was well patronised, with records showing that at the beginning of the 20th century there were between 500 and 800 visitors. During World War One the monthly figures were in the thousands, with 3,400 people visiting in January 1915. The Museum was a much loved Institution in Warrnambool until the contents of the Museum and Art Gallery were removed to make room for the Warrnambool City Council Engineers' Department. The contents were stored but many of the items were scattered or lost. When the original building was demolished the site became occupied by the Civic Centre, which included the new City Library. (The library was temporarily located in the old Palais building in Koroit Street.) In the process of reorganisation the Collection was distributed amongst the community groups: -The new City Library took some of the historic books and some important documents, historic photographs and newspapers. -The Art Gallery kept the 19th Century art collection and some of the artefacts from the museum. -The Historic Society has some items -The State Museum has some items -Some items were destroyed -Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village has old newspapers, Government Gazettes, most of the Mechanics' Institute Library, ledgers and documents connected to the Mechanics' Institute Library, some framed and unframed art works and some photographs. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute Library book collection is deemed to be of great importance because it is one of the few collections in an almost intact state, and many of the books are now very rare and of great value. The Science and Practice of Butter Making in Australasia Author: William Brown Publisher: McCarron Bird & Co Date: 1889Label on spine cover with typed text RA 637.2099 BRO Pastedown front endpaper has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, great ocean road, book, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, warrnambool public library, the science and practice of butter making in australasia, william brown -
Greensborough Historical Society
Domestic object - Meat platter, F.G. & Co, Doulton Burslem 'Wattle' Meat Platter, 1892
This was manufactured by Doulton at their Burslem factory at Stoke-On-Trent in England and imported by Feldheim Gotthelf & Co who were hardware merchants and importers in Sydney. The registered design number 188386 dates the item to 1892. The platter features an Australian theme showing Australian native flowers in 'Wattle' pattern. White rectangular platter. It has a slightly wavy edge with the brown 'wattle' design bordering around the outside of the platter.Marked DOULTON BURSLEM, ENGLAND WATTLE Rg No 188386. Below this is F C & Co. SYDNEY domestic items, platter