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Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Sheila Prendergast Photo Album 1941-1944, commenced training June 1941
Children's Ward, balcony - 3 nurses with patients. 1940s, Ballarat & District Hospitalchildren's ward, ward, children, nurses, 1940s, ballarat, hospital -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - Protective Plates, c.1940
Items used by most families in the area in the 1940s to 1980s to protect the heels of their shoes.Cardboard covering displaying tacks and protective plates for 12 pairs. Size OO to be used on mens/ladies/children's shoes to protect the heels.costume accessories, footwear accessories -
Unions Ballarat
The unservile state : essays in liberty and welfare, Watson, George, 1957
A collection of essays about British Liberal Democrats and their policies in the late 1940s and 1950s. Relevant to British political history in the 1940s and the 1950s.Paper; hardcover book. Front cover: yellow background, black text.Front cover: title and editor's name.keynesian, macroeconomics, microeconomics, distributistism, politics, politicians, liberal democrats - britain, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history -
Circa Vintage Archive
Gold lame' 1920s jacket, Gold and bronze silk lame' evening jacket 1920s, 1920s
Sourced from the private collection of fashion designer Lisa Ho, purchased at Moss Green auctions.A good example of the silk and metallic lame' fabrics available in the 1920s.Evening jacket of rich lame' in burnished autumn tones of gold, bronze and olive. Ruched square collar, long sleeves with turned back ruched cuffs. No openings, is worn open. Fully lined in chinoise style rayon jacquard in a cafe au lait colour - lining dates to the 1940s and probably replaced a delicate silk original lining.None -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Tool - Hay Bale Saw, c1940s
Hay bale saws were a common agricultural tool. Ed Nolt, a Dutch resident of Pennsylvania, USA, invented the prototype for the small square baler back in the 1930s. His patent was purchased and mass produced during the 1940s. These balers quickly spread throughout the world and became a common agricultural machine. The hale bale saw was used to cut up the bales when distributing feed to livestock. As modern agricultural production has turned more to the use of large round bales, these small saws have become obsolete. This saw was used by a farmer in North Barnawatha approximately 18 kilometres from Wodonga, Victoria.This saw is representative of the agricultural tools in the mid to late 20th century.A metal saw with 2 wooden handles. The saw has a very coarse serrated edge. One of the handles is parallel to the blade, and the other handle is perpendicular to the blade.agricultural tools, hay bale saws, north east victoria -
Greensborough Historical Society
Container - Jar, Hoffman Australia, Earthenware storage jar, 1930s
This is an unmarked earthenware storage jar possibly made by the Hoffman's Pottery of Brunswick Victoria. It displays a dark treacle glaze typical of Hoffman's Pottery in the 1930s. this jar would have been used to store foods such as biscuits, flour or rice away from rodent attack. it has a wide mouth to enable easy withdrawal of produce. Originally it would have had a large cork stopper or cloth fastened with a string to seal it.This item was recovered from the abandoned barn of the Pope family in 1971, when the property was sold to the Shire of Diamond Valley. This barn was located on the northern side of Pope Place and sketched by Ron Reynolds for the book "Greensborough and Greenhills".Glazed stoneware jar with dark treacle glaze to top, wide neck. Stopper missing.hoffman pottery, stoneware jars -
Greensborough Historical Society
Container - Jar, Hoffman Australia, Earthenware storage jar, 1930s
This is an unmarked earthenware storage jar possibly made by the Hoffman's Pottery of Brunswick Victoria. It displays a dark treacle glaze typical of Hoffman's Pottery in the 1930s. this jar would have been used to store foods such as biscuits, flour or rice away from rodent attack. it has a wide mouth to enable easy withdrawal of produce. Originally it would have had a large cork stopper or cloth fastened with a string to seal it.This item was recovered from the abandoned barn of the Pope family in 1971, when the property was sold to the Shire of Diamond Valley. This barn was located on the northern side of Pope Place and sketched by Ron Reynolds for the book "Greensborough and Greenhills".Glazed stoneware jar with light treacle glaze to top, wide neck. Stopper missing.hoffman pottery, stoneware jars -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard, Rose Stereograph Co, "Bridge Street, Ballarat Vic.", late 1930s
The photo shows tram 12 in Bridge St Ballarat on its way to Mt Pleasant. The photo is of Bridge St looking west from Peel St. In the photo are a butcher, a newsagent, a sign "Join ANA Today", along with two ladies with prams crossing the road. Wal Jack on the rear of the photo notes it is about 1940. Based on the cars in the photo, late 1930s. Item 5463 has a poor quality negative of this postcard. Yields information about Bridge St Ballarat during the late 1930sPostcard black and white, divided back, with a handwritten note on rear.See image 2 for details of the handwritten note by Wal Jack on the rear. tramways, trams, bridge st, tram 12 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Cable tram 389 Bourke St, late 1930s
Photo of a cable tram set, trailer 389 at the Bourke St terminus shortly after its arrival. Passengers are waiting in the Safety Zone, for the shunting to be completed before returning to Nicholson St. in the background are the Bourke St West Police station, Hudson's Stores, the MTO Co. Head office building and Carlyons Hotel. Under the awning of the MTOC Head office building is Buchanan;s Cafe. Photo late 1930sYields information about the Bourke St cable tram terminus, late 1930sBlack and white print with a plain backtrams, tramways, tram 306, cable trams, bourke st -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Flower Show Cards, 1940s
These are cards awarded as prizes in Flower Shows in Warrnambool in the 1940s to the Misses Ardlie. Dorothy Ardlie (1910-1993) and her sister Agnes Ardlie (1915-1993) were the daughters of the Warrnambool law clerk Arthur Ardlie and his wife Ethel, the granddaughters of the prominent Warrnambool lawyer, William Ardlie and his wife, Mary and the great granddaughters of John and Mary Ardlie, early Warrnambool settlers. The cards were mostly awarded to Agnes Ardlie for prize flowers and pot plants and come from the Warrnambool Agricultural Society Annual Show, St. John’s Warrnambool Presbyterian Church Flower Show and St. Joseph’s Warrnambool Catholic Church Fete and Flower Show.These cards are of minor interest as mementoes of Agnes and Dorothy Ardlie, members of a prominent Warrnambool family in the 20th century. These are lightweight cardboard cards, rectangular in shape. They all have printing in various colours and handwriting in ink or pencil. Some cards have been annotated on the back and one card has a newspaper cutting and a photograph of the winning pot plant. ardlie family, history of warrnambool -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Leisure object - Sheet Music, My Grampian Rose, 1940s
This is a waltz piece of music with words and music by Ruby Wharrie. Mrs Wharrie is best known for her doll-making business which she operated in Stawell, Victoria with her husband and son. Mrs Wharrie was the designer of the dolls which were made in the 1940s and 50s. One doll was named ‘Shurl’ to cash in on the popularity of the child actress Shirley Temple and the consequent popularity of the Shirley Temple doll. Stawell is a provincial city situated close to the Grampians mountain range and the title of the music reflects Mrs Wharrie’s interest in the area. ‘My Grampian rose’ is a person and the theme of the music is the fulfilment of love - ‘I am coming back to you, my little Grampian Rose’. This music is of interest as it has been written by a person who lived in western Victoria. It has Ruby Wharrie’s signature inside the front cover, making it more valuable. It is also an example of the sweet and sentimental music produced during the 1940s and 50s as a foil to the sadness and brutality of the world war. This is sheet music of four pages (two pages printed back to back) with the printed music on three pages and the cover having a multi-coloured illustration of the Grampians mountain range in Victoria. It is in good condition and has an old catalogue number ‘94’ on the back page. Front cover: ‘My Grampian Rose, Words and Music by Ruby Wharrie, 2/6’ Inside front cover: ‘Ruby Wharrie’ ruby wharrie, my grampian rose, sheet music -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Print - Miners at mine Poppet Head circa 1938, 31/10/2017
8546a Photograph of 13 miners at the ?? Poppet Head, date unknown, possibly circa late 1930s. Note on rear states Pat Scarff second from RHS Refer 8546b attached Long Gully Rivers Football team 1938; Pat Scarff second from RHS, second row - 11520.493Box 616a miners, unknown poppet head, possibly late 1930s -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Hat making equipment, Heritage Week at 728 Main Road, Eltham, 1990, 1990
Two Colour photographs of hat making equipment,for Heritage Week display at the Local History Centre (former Courthouse), 728 Main Rod Eltham. (Home of Eltham District Historical Society) The equipment was used at the Hat Factory in Eltham which started in the 1940s. The equipment shown includes a mould for making felt hats, stud press, looping machine for berets and hand sewing machine for straw hats. Sign accompanying the display is hand written and reads: "Eltham has not generally been known for manufacturing industry. One factory which started in the 1940s was "the hat factory" in Sherbourne Rd. The equipment displayed here includes moulds for making felt hats, stud press, looping machines for berets, hand sewing machine for straw hats."heritage week, eltham, courthouse, hat factory, hat mould, activities -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, circa 1940
Commercially available print made approx 1940s. Bayview Guesthouse burn down in 1950s.L shaped Jetty, left, Jetty Shed at end. Large trees along beach front. Thompson Avenue middle showing most buildings on right. Bayview Guesthouse in foreground right.Valentine Series (rest cut short)local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, aerial view of cowes, black & white photograph, foreshore, jetty -
Greensborough Historical Society
Painting, Lower Plenty Hotel, by Sylvia Jones, 1960-1970
Painted by Sylvia Jones 1960s from a photograph of Lower Plenty Hotel taken 1940s.Oil on canvas painting, framed and glazedlower plenty hotel, sylvia jones -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Photo - large - Group of 6 skiers
Skiing became a popular sport during the 1940s as access improved to the Bogong High Plains The Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme was constructed on the Bogong High Plains during the 1940s and 1950s. This group of men (possibly workers on the Scheme) are back country skiing during the 1940s prior to the development of Falls Creek and downhill skiing.Large photo of a group of six male skiers with snow gums and faded mountains in the background.skiers on the bogong high plains -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Sheila Prendergast Photo Album 1941-1944, commenced training June 1941
Dr Q. V. N. Whitehead with 2 babies, 1940s Ballarat & District Hospitaldr, whitehead, babies, ballarat, hospital, 1940s, prendergast -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Sheila Prendergast Photo Album 1941-1944, commenced training June 1941
Nr Lois King & Barbara E on balcony of Chalet, Ballarat & District Hospital, 1940sking, chalet, ballarat, hospital, 1940s, prendergast -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Sheila Prendergast Photo Album 1941-1944, commenced training June 1941
L-R: Sheila Prendergast, "Big Chief", Grace Fletcher - nursing friends, 1940sprendergast, fletcher, nursing friends, 1940s, ballarat, hospital -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Sheila Prendergast Photo Album 1941-1944, commenced training June 1941
L-R: ?Auty, Sheila Prendergast, Margaret Williams, ?Trask - nursing friends, 1940sprendergast, williams, trask, 1940s, nursing friends, ballarat, hospital, auty -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Sheila Prendergast Photo Album 1941-1944, commenced training June 1941
L-R: Sheila Prendergast, Sr Dorothy Roberts, ? Trask, 1940s. Ballarat, Hospitalprendergast, roberts, trask, 1940s, ballarat, hospital -
National Wool Museum
Photograph
Depicts male, night shift workers at Godfrey Hirst Mill, c.1940s-50s.textile mills staff, godfrey hirst and co. pty ltd excelsior woollen and worsted mills, photographs, textile mills - staff -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Poster - Port Melbourne Festival event, Pat Grainger, Feb 2001
Displayed to advertise the 1940s-1950s Postwar exhibition at the Freemasons Hall 24-25 March 2001.Poster for 2001 Port Melbourne Festival event: "Every time the Historical Society puts on a Back to Port exhibition, people complain." A3, black on pale violet, one-off only.celebrations fetes and exhibitions, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps -
Ithacan Historical Society
Photograph, Ithacan Picnic Group, c1940s
The photograph was taken at an annual picnic organized by the Ithacan Philanthropic Society some time during the 1940s.Taking place annually for over 100 years, the picnic is one of the oldest and most enduring events on the Ithacan Philanthropic Society's social calendar. It continues to attract large numbers and is an opportunity for the generations of Ithacans to reunite. A mounted black and white photograph of a group of men at a picnic. -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Glass wound irrigator syringe associated with midwife Mary Howlett, c. 1866 - 1920
Glass wound irrigating syringes were in general use from approximately 1915 to the beginning of the 1940s.Mary Howlett (1840-1922) began practising as a country midwife in 1866 in the western district of Victoria. She qualified as a 'ladies monthly nurse' in 1887 and continued to practise as a nurse and midwife until 1920. She began her six months training at the Melbourne Lying-In Hospital. She was known by many as 'Auntie', and her career spanned more than 50 years. Mrs Howlett's midwifery box and contents were given to Dr Frank Forster, and he donated them to the museum collection in 1993. Glass wound syringe, with wood cap at distal end and cork bung inside a glass barrel with tapered end. irrigation, midwifery -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Equipment, 1920s
Surveyors compass in wooden box used up until the 1940s. The box trimmings date to the 1920s.Equipment -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Sheila Prendergast Photo Album 1941-1944, commenced training June 1941
L-R: Nr Sheila Prendergast & Nr Margaret Ying, 1940s, Ballarat & District Hospitalying, nurses, 1940s, ballarat, hospital, prendergast -
Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League
Sheila Prendergast Photo Album 1941-1944, commenced training June 1941
L-R: Nr Bronwen Thomas & Nr Alice Fechner, 1940s, Ballarat & District Hospitalthomas, fechner, nurses, 1940s, ballarat, hospital, prendergast -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - A E Wearne & Son Coachbuilders, corner Crockford and Ingles Streets, Port Melbourne, 1910
COPYRIGHT City of Port Phillip collection pm1036 Black and white photo of A E Wearne & Son Coachbuilders at the corner of Crockford and Ingles Streets. Motor vehicles were constructed here up until the 1930s. Photo shows staff lined up on footpath outside the building. Image used in 2015 PMHPS calendar (February)a e wearne & son, coachbuilder, transport - motor vehicles, transport - horse, built environment - industrial -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Equipment - Train Departures Signal Device
Wooden box used to advise other stations - Box Hill and Ringwood when the Mitcham train was departing. Acquired when the Mitcham station was demolished in 2014. Handset altered c. 1970s.Metal plate with switches. Wooden box 1930s. Handset altered C.1970s as used by trains as they departed from Mitcham to Box Hill and Ringwood. Switches Black - Up to Box Hill and Down to Ringwood. Red "UP" Bell to Box Hill Red "Down" Bell To Ringwood To advise the train had left Mitchammitcham, box hill, ringwood, victorian railways, railway stations, trains, railway signals