Photos are in a collection relating to James Lyle TRUSCOTT No.1842. Enlisted in the RAAF 13.5.1935, aged 19. Discharged 7.2.1942 with the rank of LAC. .1) Photo, black & white, three men standing in front of a large tree. .2) Photo, black & white, group of men stretched out in a barracks area. .3) Photo, black & white, man in uniform, pith helment beside ant hill. .4) Photo, black & white, two men, in uniform, hats, ties in gardens. .5) Photo, black & white, Bush setting with crashed plane in distance. .6) Photo, black & white, crashed aeroplane. .7) Photo, black & white, harbour scene with two ships in distance. .8) Photo, black & white, close up of section of large ship..1) On rear in pen: ARCH LOXTON, JIM TRUSCOTT, BOB THOMPSON. .2) On rear in pen: RAAF DARWIN, ACCOMMODATION CIVIL DROME 1940, note lack of rainwater tanks. .3) On rear in pen: ARCH. A. LOXTON (S.A. ATHLETE) near Darwin 1940 - 1983 lives at Tocumwal NSW. .4) On rear in pen: Jim Truscott, Ben Kennedy, Darwin Botanic Gardens 1940. .5) On rear in pen: 6AM 11.12.39 Thursday, END OF DARWIN CIVIL DROME - No Deaths - Troops Returning south to join AIF. .6) On rear in pen: 6am 11.12.39 DARWIN CIVIL DROME, No Deaths - Lookheed Electra, DMF troops going south. .7) On rear in pen: 1939 - from ABBOTTS House DARWIN HARBOUR - foreign ships detained. (why?) .8) On rear in pen: This is part of the Queen Mary close up - will enclose this next letter - Lyle.photographs, raaf

This raker/jointer/guage set is a sharpening tool for cross cut logging saws. The logging saws used in the early 1900's for the clearing of forests required constant sharpening of their "cutting teeth". The logging of forested areas during these times was very much a "hands on" method of either one or two men by the use of saw or hand axe. Chain saws, chain and ball(clearing) and bulldozing methods came in the mid 1900's.This particular saw sharpening method was used by surveyors laying down boundaries for the S.E.C. Victoria Hydro Electricity Scheme (1920's). This item was given to a local Kiewa Valley lad who accompanied the initial surveyors. The lad was responsible for the tendering and feeding of the surveyors "pack horses". Surveys during this period and in the dense mountainous terrain of the Victorian Alps was both exhausting and hazardous. Overnight accommodation at various log cabins was not always possible and swag/tent alternative was the "fall back" This raker/jointer saw sharpener was made in the USA (DISSTON) from cast and flat iron. The main body has been painted in orange. It has three adjustment screws on the top horizontal bar and one bolt on(adjusting) leveling platform on the bottom. The small size and weight of this saw sharpener was ideal for the travelling/mobile logger or surveyor(as in this case). The main frame resembles two towers connected by two horizontal bars and the top of the towers has a horizontal bar with adjustment screws. See KVHS 0090 (B) for setting stake wedge adjusting the rake and cutting angle and KVHS 0090 (C) for a small spanner (for adjustments).On one inner supports is stamped "DISSTON" and on the other "U.S.A."hand tool, saw, sharpening method, tree felling.

The author, Bennett H. Brough was an associate of theRoyal School of Mines, a member of the COuncil of the Institution of Mining Engineers, a fellow of the geological society and of the Institute of Chemistry, a member of the Mining Institute of Cornwall, and a former instructor of mine-surveying at the Royal School of MinesRed had covered book 372 pages - part of Griffin's Mining Series. Contents include general explanatinos of surveying, an historical sketch, mineral deposits, mining terms, measures of length, measurement distances, the chain, rods, steel bands, measuring wheel, Miner's Dial, Magnetic needle, Fixed needle, German Dial, theodolite, traversing underground. Surface-surveys. plotting the survey, calculation of area, leveling, Telescope, Setting out, Mine-Surveying Problems, Mine Plans, Photographic Surveying, examination Surveying. Illustrations include: Whitelaw's Dial (Fig 22), Theodolite of the American Type with Hoffman tripod head, (fig 37a)mining, surveying, miner's dial, chain, survey, theodolite, scientific instruments

Document. Greeting Cards. Small cream card with raised border. Inside the border is a black circle inside a gold border. Inside the black circle is a scene with a red sailing boat with gold sea and sky. The moon setting behind the water. On the right is black land with a light house. 'Kind Thoughts the Gulf of Distance Span' is printed and underlined in black with black edged gold capitals. The K is cream with gold edges, filigree and border on a red background. Left and bottom of the K are black leaves and gold flowers.The underlining and capitals are decorated too. Card & insert are held together with a small red ribbon.person, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards

Between 1954 =- 1965 thousands of these cameras were made. This contributed to the recovery of Germany after World War 2Agfa Clack Camera in green plastic case. It is a bulky looking moulded plastic camera using 120 roll film. The enclosure holding the film is made of steel and is held to the main body by a large rotated key at bottom. The exposure counter is on the lower back. The camera takes eight 6cm x 9cm photos on the 120- film.|a small view finder is fitted on the top of the camera. It has two speeds B (bulb( for long exposures and M for standard photos. Speed is approx 1/30 second with two aperture settings - f11 = overcast; and f12.5 = sun. Six pieces make up the set.AGFA Agfa Camera -Werk AG Clackphotography, cameras

Yields information about the official opening by the BTPS of its operations in Wendouree Parade.Set of 16 AGFA blue and white plastic mount 35mm slides of the official opening day of the BTPS Wendouree Parade tramway operations by the Chairman of the SEC 1/2/1975. .1 - 40 heads the opening line up in Wendouree Parade .2 - 27 at the other end .3 - ditto .4 - 14, 26 and 27 in the line up. .5 - about to break the opening banner .6 - ditto .7 - going through the banner .8 - the opening speeches .9 - ditto .10 - ditto .11 - ditto .12 - ditto .13 - ditto .14 - the band setting up .15 - the band marches .16 - ditto Various notations by John as to the slide number and the trams in pencil and ink.tramways, trams, btps, opening, wendouree parade, depot, tram 40, tram 26, tram 14, tram 27

Set of seven colour photographs of initial work in the construction of the off site storage buildings at Bungaree. Taken by Carolyn Dean on 29/1/2000 and 30/1/2000. On Kodak paper. .1 > .3 on 29/1, rest 30/1 1347.1 - John Phillips and Alastair Reither setting out the foundations pegs. .2 - Foundation pegs in. .3 - ditto .4 - Mowing the grass (jungle) - John Phillips and Jim Parker. .5 - the sheep watching the grass go. .6 - the site from the south end. .7 - ditto from the north end.` See Fares Please! March 2000.All have on rear in black ink "29.1.00 or 30.1.00 / Photo by Carolyn Dean"bungaree, storage, btm

Negative No. N391 and black and white print made by a laser printer (stored in folder) of Ballarat tram No. 34 about to cross Grenville St from Sturt St into Bridge St. Photo has the driver setting the route to control the tram signals for Mt. Pleasant. Photo has the buildings along the north side of Sturt St in the photograph. Date of photo on folder - 5/9/1959, but this is incorrect, as the tram has been fitted with dash canopy lights and tiger stripes, post 1961. Folder and negative could have been mixed up. Original negative rescanned 24/5/2020 and image file updated. Paper folder that contained the negative had "NR8A" in red ink, "BA19" in pencil, date stamp of "5/9/1959" on front, and on rear date stamps "26 Sep 1962" and "26 Sep 1962".trams, tramways, sturt st, grenville st, signals, safeworking, tram 34

Yields information about the process for recording tramcar mileage against a run number and the use paperwork put to - waste paper?Gestetner reproduced 'State Electricity Commission of Victoria / Electricity Supply Department/Ballarat Branch/ Trams out from Depot and Mileage Run' consisting of a single sheet with details of "Time Out, Time In, Normal Mileage, Variations of cars in Service and Run Number" with a space for the actual tram used to be entered against the respective run". For weekdays only. On rear has pencil sketch of a crossing and the possibly the over gauge recordings on a curve or the offsets for setting out a curve. This could mean that is was used a piece of scrap paper - the form having being superseded at the time. Was located with item 3700 - 1966 Trackwork diary.trams, tramways, sec, trackwork, timetables, forms, tramcars

Murray Comrie Collection. Monochrome photograph depicting members of Tarnagulla Cricket Club posed as a group in an outdoor setting, possibly at the Recreation Reserve. An accompanying note identifies some of the subjects: Back row (in street dress): 1. __________ 2. __________ 3. Dan Duggan 4. __________ 5. Ted Toole Cricketers: Back row (standing): 1. Bill Minton 2. __________ 3. _________ 4. ___________ Middle row (kneeling): 1. _________ 2. __________ 3. _________ 4. ___________ Front row: 1. _________ 2. __________ 3. _________ 4. ___________ 5. Tom Page 6. __________ In distant background: 'Denty'. This fair quality copy was made from an older original photograph, probably in the late 1960s. tarnagulla, cricket, sport, clubs, people, duggan, toole, denty, minton, page

Murray Comrie Collection.Sepia photographic postcard, with image of soldiers in uniform posed in a makeshift studio setting, with a prop boulder at left. Subjects are residents of Tarnagulla and other towns in surrounding district who served in First World War, dating the image to circa 1914-1918. Reverse is printed with postcard template. Handwritten note on reverse gives the following names: (From Left to Right) Back Row: Luther Stone, George Corrie, Cash Fitzgerald, Harry Biggs, Geo. Williamson Front Row: Bert Runting, Claude Whimpey, Bill (WIlliam) James, Bert Gray Same image as THA-2019.0026 (slight difference in names) Handwritten on reverse '1914-19 War' and 'Tarnagulla Boys' plus names.tarnagulla, waanyarra, war, military, service, soldiers, veterans, ww1, first world war, stone, corrie, fitzgerald, langan, runting, whimpey, james

Document or book - 96 pages, clear plastic cover, black card page, black wire bound titled "2012 Enterprise Agreement One - Operations", setting out the industrial agreement between Yarra Trams (KDR Victoria), the Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union, Tram and Bus division (RTBU), the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia (APESMA) and employees. Applicable from 2012 to June 2015. Covers application and operation, consultation and dispute resolution, type of employment and termination, wages and related matters, hours of work, leave and public holiday and other conditions. Has a table of contents.trams, tramways, yarra trams, unions, employment, agreements, rtbu, apesma

Alexander Butters enlisted on 12 November 1914 as a gunner. He was awarded a Meritorious Service medal for his "determination and courage .....setting a splendid example to his men..." on the SOMME. 'Aussie' (1918- circa 1929) was a commercial magazine of opinion, review and entertainment. It was edited by Phillip Harris and published in France 1918 - 1919 on a small printing press that Harris brought with him to France. Initially the print run was only 10,000 copies, but soon it reached 60,000 and later 100,000. The magazine celebrated a distinctive 'Aussie' identity through language, humour and imagery. It distributed news, provided light-hearted ways of seeing the war experience and gave soldiers an outlet to express dissent or dissatisfaction. It also provided a voice for Australian authors such as Banjo Paterson, C.J. Dennis and Bernard O'Dowd. (Ref Museum Victoria)This magazine provides an Australian soldiers' view of the political and world climate during World War I, and also represents the bond between Australian soldiers. The magazine celebrated a distinctive ?Aussie? identity, through language, humour and their assertion of what it meant to be an Australian. It allowed news to be distributed, gave the soldiers an outlet to express any dissent or dissatisfaction, thus preventing any greater form of rebellion and promoted Australian authors like Banjo Paterson, C.J. Dennis and Bernard O'Dowd. (Ref. Museum Victoria)A thin black and white paper magazine called "Aussie". This is Volume 3. The magazine contains stories, illustrations, songs and poetry from the First World War. On the front cover the title is printed across the centre, with a drawing of a soldier in uniform standing sideways, and holding a gun. Four drawings within circles are positioned in each corner, joined by a wreath and ribbons bearing the names of the war fields. His head is in the shape of the map of Australia. On front cover - From Alexandy Butters with best wishesmagazine ww1 aussie military

Before setting the barrel head, the cooper smooths the inside surface of some barrels with a stoup, compass or circle plane and an inside shave (or in shave plane). A stoup or compass plane has a convex sole in both directions to work within the doubly curved staves of a barrel. The cooper smooths the outside of the barrel with a downright, another large-handled shave, and a similar scraping tool to finish off called a buzz. The final step is to fit the head and drive on wooden or steel hoops. Making the barrel has taken a number of planes similar but different from those of other trades, each perfectly adapted to a cooper’s work shaping curved surfaces. And if he has done his work well, the barrel will hold the exact amount of liquid and not leak.A tool unique to the cooper used to smooth out the inside of a barrel that has been in use since the making of wooden barrels and buckets for hundreds of years without much change to the design or how the tool is used.Compass or Circle face PlaneNoneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

This badge was produced to celebrate a gathering of past and present residents at Port Fairy in 1921, with the event officially called ‘Back to Port Fairy’. Port Fairy is on the Princes Highway, 28 kilometres west of Warrnambool. By 1921 Europeans had settled in Port Fairy for about 85 years, with John Griffiths setting up a whaling station on Griffiths Island in 1836 and James Atkinson establishing the town area in the early 1840s. Atkinson called the town Belfast and it was known by this name until 1887 when the name reverted to Port Fairy. The Back to Port Fairy celebrations in 1921 ran from November 10th to November 19th. A month before, in October 1921, the Glaxo factory, a prominent business in Port Fairy for many years, had been established.This badge is of minor interest as a memento of a celebration at Port Fairy in 1921 and is retained for display purposes.This is a metal badge with red edging, red lettering and a grey-coloured image of boats at the Port Fairy wharf. Back to Port Fairy November 1921port fairy, history of warrnambool, badge, port fairy

Desley Elkhom and Ralph Rudd, the owners of Sutherland (once an orphanage) run a Sunday market to raise money for Rotary. Neisha Forbes email 1/4/2017: "In this photograph is of my brother, Ralph Rudd and his partner Desley Elkhom, they were setting up a market at Sutherland Homes site – a community market trying to bring on local produce, and involve the Plenty CFA to raise money for equipment.  It ran for about 2 years, but sadly as they did not have indoor cover, it either rained on the Sunday, they had the stalls, but did not get the people, or had the people and no stalls.   It stopped about a 18 months ago.  It was at 14 Yan Yean Road, Diamond Creek.  At the intersection of Yan Yean Road and Diamond Creek Road, the old Sutherland Homes property."News clipping, black text, colour image. Text incomplete.

Contents: People we know --Places we love--Nature around us--The Ways things were--New Dimensions "The snapshots in this publication are clothed in the techniques of fiction. They contain a writer's view of Nillumbik through their awareness of and importance of setting, character and dialogue; syntax, metaphor and literary allusion. The writers have lovingly evoked the past and present, the ordinary and the extraordinary. They have sung their songs loudly and clearly and with their words have addressed Nillumbik's unique history and identity" - Foreword "A collection of short stories and verse about people and places in the Shire of Nillumbik" Members who have contributed stories, poems and illustrations to this volume are: Prue Clark, Kath Every, Theresa Fitzmaurice, Fay E Gravenall, Kevin Henry, Susanne Haywood, Gwayne Naug and Tina Seaton. Additional illustrations by John Every.Small softcover book with stories and some black and white illustrations. 52 pages.Signed on introductory page Fay Gravenall one of the contributors ISBN 0646451707 short stories, reminiscences, living and learning centre

The bed jacket, a woman's garment, is a waist-length robe worn to cover the chest, shoulders and arms while sitting up in bed. Its short length and cape-like cut allowed it to be put on (or removed) while in bed. Often made of sheer or lacy fabrics and displaying very feminine trimmings and details, it was often used more for seduction, rather than warmth or modesty. It was popularized in 1930s Hollywood films featuring glamorous settings and glamorous stars lounging languorously in their silken bedrooms. Ostrich feather tips, swan’s down, pleated tulle and shirred lace were just a few examples of the extravagant materials that could be used in creating these confections. These garments are currently very popular with people who have been hospitalized or recommended bed rest. (Source: http://www.wikipedia.com) Pale lemon coloured ladies silk bed jacket with silk lace edging. Figured silk bow tie at front neck.home, lace, female, ladies, silk, bed, jacket, bow, made

Before setting the barrel head, the cooper smooths the inside surface of some barrels with a stoup, compass or circle plane and an inside shave (or in shave plane). A stoup or compass plane has a convex sole in both directions to work within the doubly curved staves of a barrel. The cooper smooths the outside of the barrel with a downright, another large-handled shave, and a similar scraping tool to finish off called a buzz. The final step is to fit the head and drive on wooden or steel hoops. Making the barrel has taken a number of planes similar but different from those of other trades, each perfectly adapted to a cooper’s work shaping curved surfaces. And if he has done his work well, the barrel will hold the exact amount of liquid and not leak.A tool unique to the cooper used to smooth out the inside of a barrel that has been in use since the making of wooden barrels and buckets for hundreds of years without much change to the design or how the tool is used.Compass or Circle face PlaneNonewarrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, coopers tools, joiners plane, coopers plane, woodworking tools, circle plane, convex plane, carpenters wood planes

Appears to be original to Mt Buffalo Chalet. "A number of specific items, which have been useful in the day to day operations of the Chalet, remain in the building with each complementing the other to provide context, meaning and character to their setting. Items such as the hall porter bell, the many signs providing information to the guests, the wall clock, barometer and dinner bell point to the Chalet being a well-run social institution with a pleasant environment for rest, recreation and congenial company." (Pg 81 Historica, MBCC) This temperature gauge has a plaques inscribed "Presented by C.P Sanderson 7/08/1973. It is not known who this person was. Listed in Draft Inventory of significant Collection items. A.3 Fixtures and fittings. (Pg165 Historica Cultural Heritage Projects. Mount Buffalo Chalet collection. Prepared for Parks Victoria, 2011)Listed in Draft Inventory of Significant Collection ItemsSmall circular silver coloured temperature gauge mounted to wall. Plaque attached below temperature gauge. Face is white and has a glass cover.Plaque below barometer: "Presented by C P Sanderson / 7 - 8- 1973"

Silver plated vase which was part of the Dining room silver service settings . 'When the Victorian railways took over managemen of the Chalet from 1 october 1924, they ran their dining room and cafe in similar fashion to the dining cars on their trains and refreshment rooms on their stations, using the same ceramic hotel-ware and electro plated nickel silverware (EPNS), all made to order items that are clearly idenitified by the distinctive 'VR' monogram. The Chalet retains a good selection of of the diverse range of EPNS item formerly used in the dining room..- which in all their variety and function help to interpret the dining room protocols of the 'tourist house' and the service provied by the Victorian Railways refreshment and Services Branch. Many of the items were manufactured by by Stoke & Sons of Melbourne (est. 1856.' (Pg 103. Historica) Listed in Draft Inventory of Significant Collection items. Appendix A.3.Tableware. (Pg 166 Historica).Two fluted electroplated silver vases with Victorian Railways insignia and a number at base."VR" and more...

The Cheese Factory in this image was opened around 1879 by Mr. G.G. Pearce. It was in Waddell Street. It was one of the first cheese factories in Victoria. It was later owned and operated by William Telford with the assistance of John Mahon. The factory was described in the Bacchus Marsh Express newspaper as an important business and service for the region. G.G. Pearce was reported to have spent a good deal of money in setting up the factory to ensure it was one which produced high quality cheese using modern methods of production. The factory was sold in 1889 to a Mr. H. W. King who was from Abbotsford in Melbourne. Unfortunately within a few days of Mr King buying the factory it was completely destroyed in a fire. All that was left were two large pine trees and two large underground concrete tanks.G.G. Pearce was described as a pioneer of cheese factories in Victoria. His first factory was just outside of Bacchus Marsh at Hopetoun. Around 1879 he moved into Bacchus Marsh and opened a new purpose built factory in Waddell Street. The Bacchus Marsh Express newspaper reported that no expense had been spared in constructing this factory. The factory was completely destroyed in a fire in 1889 which makes it fortunate that this image was captured of this early cheese factory in Victoria.Small sepia unframed photograph on card with gold border framing photograph. Housed in the album, 'Photographs of Bacchus Marsh and District in 1883 by Stevenson and McNicoll'. The image shows a group of men and women standing in a row in front of the Bacchus Marsh Cheese factory. One of the women is holding a small child. In front of another woman stands a young boy. Behind them is a covered wagon with a man seated upon it. Some of the men and women are wearing long aprons. In the background is the Cheese Factory. It is a large wooden structure with a high and steep pitched roof.On the front: Stevenson & McNicoll. Photo. 108 Elizabeth St. Melbourne. COPIES CAN BE OBTAINED AT ANY TIME. On the back: LIGHT & TRUTH inscribed on a banner surmounted by a representation of the rising sun. Copies of this Portrait can be had at any time by sending the Name and Post Office Money Order or Stamps for the amount of order to STEVENSON & McNICOLL LATE BENSON & STEVENSON, Photographers. 108 Elizabeth Street, MELBOURNE stevenson and mcnicoll 1883 photographs of bacchus marsh and district, cheese factories, bacchus marsh cheese factory

Peta Clancy is a descendent of the Bangerang people from South-Eastern Australia. She explores hidden histories of colonisation in Australia. Through manipulating photographic prints, she reconstructs these hidden histories in a contemporary setting. In 2018, Clancy was awarded the inaugural Fostering Koorie Art and Culture grant from the Koorie Heritage Trust. The grant enabled her to collaborate with the Dja Dja Wurrung community to create a body of work investigating massacre sites on Dja Dja Wurrung country. The exhibition Undercurrent at the Koorie Heritage Trust focussed on a massacre site submerged under water. Clancy says of the exhibition and this work: ‘I explored this site as a metaphor for the hidden history of many massacres throughout Australia and the denial of this aspect of our history and the trauma these sites evoke’.

The Bell & Howell Ringmaster slide projector was capable of projecting 35mm mounted slides onto an internal screen and then played them much like a television set. Different settings allowed the slides to be projected onto a larger screen if desired. The RingMaster included cassette tape player/recorder that was able to synchronize the playing of sound with the projection of slides. It was compatible with 80 and 140 count Kodak Carousel slide trays which were mounted on the top. A carry handle was attached for the top of the machine for easy transport, Accessories with the projector included an external microphone and cassette tapes. Donald J. Bell and Albert S. Howell founded Bell & Howell Incorporated with a capitalization of $5,000 in February 1907. This projector was used by the Country Fire Authority Training Wing to conduct training and information sessions for its members.This item is significant because it is representative of development in home entertainment in the late 1970s. It was donated by a local organisation in Wodonga.A large cube-shaped projector with a slide carousal which was placed on the top. It included a built-in cassette recorder and an external microphone jack. The front featured a screen allowing slides to be viewed on this screen or projected onto an external screen.On front: Bell & Howell Metal Plate on back: Serial Number 9005079 and Patent informationbell & howell, home entertainment

This whimsical sculpture high on the wall in a narrow lane uses woven wire patterns to lift the view beyond and to the sky. The artwork is of aesthetic significance to the people of BallaratWire sculpture attached to wallOUTROSPECTIVE/ Artist: Bridget Hellier/ This work is inspired by it's setting. Walking through a shopping mall it is easy to become immersed in consumerism and material things. I have tried to create a link between the urban and the natural world. Walking through the area I couldn't find many references to nature. The organic shapes that "grow" out of the wall to attempt to serve as a reference - reminding us of what once was./ Officially opened by Cr Des Hudson 7 December 2011./ Commissioned by the Public Art Advisory Committee on behalf of the City of Ballarat./ City of Ballarat logooutrospective, bridget hellier

.1) Black & white photo, copy, Air Force, BILL WEST on back. .2) Black & white photo, original, cannon in park setting. .3) Black & white, photocopy, RALPH BELL (Spinner) on back. .4) Sepia photo, original, RALPH BELL & Jean .5) Sepia photo, original, RALPH BELL, Bendigo Milk Co on back, inside sprig of flowers, Greetings to McKenzie Family from Ralph Bell. .6) Xmas / New Year card, cover: Photo of Solomons Pools. .7) Sepia, photocopy, soldier in uniform, ERNIE DOWER. .8) Black & white photo, soldier in uniform, ERNIE DOWER..1) BILL WEST on back. .3) RALPH BELL (Spinner) on back. .5) RALPH BELL, Bendigo Milk Co on back, inside sprig of flowers, Greetings to McKenzie Family from Ralph Bell.photography-photographs, military history - air force - army

This is part of a crosscut saw raker/jointer/guage set used to bend the tip of each cutter tooth for cross cut logging saws. The logging saws used in the early 1900's for the clearing of forests required constant sharpening of their "cutting teeth". The logging of forested areas during these times was very much a "hands on" method of either one or two men by the use of saw or hand axe. This item was used by the surveyors commissioned by The S.E.C. Victoria Kiewa Hydro Electricity Scheme project mapping the relevant Alpine region. Chain saws, chain and ball(clearing) and bulldozing methods came in the mid 1900's.This particular saw sharpening method was used by surveyors laying down boundaries for the S.E.C. Victoria Hydro Electricity Scheme (1920's). This item was given to a local Kiewa Valley lad who accompanied the initial surveyors. The lad was responsible for the tendering and feeding of the surveyors "pack horses". Surveys work during this period and in these dense mountainous terrain of the Victorian Alps was both exhausting and hazardous. Overnight accommodation at various log cabins was not always possible and swag/tent alternative was the "fall back".This cast iron Spring Setting tool has a main body of angle iron contours with one end tappered into a flat circular extension with a slit (3/32" wide) running from the top to nearly the centre(15mm). This slit is to allow the bending of each "cutter tooth" of the cross cut saw. The "bottom of this slit has a semi circular ending. Protruding from one side of the bar body, and close to the "slit" is a tounge like extension (wedge) to fasten the spring set tool into a tree stump. See KVHS 0090 (A) for its Raker/Jointer saw sharpening guage set partner. Also see KVHS 0090 (C) for the associated wrench. On one side of the bar "DISSTON U.S.A."hand tool, saw, sharpening method, tree felling

Schuss was advertised as Victoria’s Official Ski Journal It was issued monthly from 1935 to 1961 except during the war when summer issues covered two months. This continued after the war, but it averaged 10 issues annually over its 25 year life. Schuss was published by the Ski Club of Victoria which had a membership of 38 Ski Clubs and demanded to be recognised as the prime authority on skiing in the state. The other 30 ski clubs with 85% of the members disagreed and the politics of skiing became heated. These clubs formed the Federation of Victorian Ski Clubs with their own journal, Ski Horizon. With the establishment of the Victorian Ski Association, Ski-Horizon published its last issue in Nov - Dec. 1955 and the role of the official journal was fully taken over by “Schuss”. This item is significant because it contains stories, images and information documenting the development of the ski industry in Victoria.The journal features stories and events chronicling developments in Victoria and internationally. Items related to the Falls Creek Area in this issue include:- Page 127 features a photo of Skyline Lodge taken by S. Flattely with the following text " THE S.C.V.'s SKYLINE LODGE, FALLS CREEK, BOGONG HIGH PLAINS This Lodge in its setting of alpine grandeur, with the impressive outlook to the Spion Kopje Spur, is one of the most comfortable cabins in our mountains. Some vacancies in July and Spring, when snow is still plentiful in this area, Book at S.C.V. Office. Page 134 outlines information for visitors to Skyline including transport, garbage, safety, traffic rules and the use of the lodge.schuss journal, the ski club of victoria, skyline lodge

This photo is probably the oldest known photographic record of the Balliang Football Club, an Australian Rules football team in the Bacchus Marsh area. Australian Rules football was played in this area as early as the 1870s. An organized competition to play regular matches was formed in the early years of the twentieth century. This item has historic and social significance as an image of one of the early sporting teams of Bacchus Marsh and district. It is a typical example of team photographs of this era. It is evidence of the transition of football from a social informal setting to an organised activity and signals the growth of importance of sport, in this case Australian Rules football, as a cultural and social activity central to the Australian ethos.A sepia photograph print mounted on mounting board, showing a group of 20 men arranged in two rows with two men reclining in front. Fifteen men are wearing horizontally striped football guernseys, one wearing a guernsey which is vertically striped. Two men wear white guernseys with a diagonal sash, one man in the back row is dressed formally in suit, collar and tie. One man, identified as the umpire, is in a white polo-necked sweater and is holding a football. The photo is taken in a clearing in an outdoor setting. It is possible to see the figures of three women in the background, two looking on from under a tree, one walking along a footpath.Above the photo in red ink:"Balliang Football Team 1912." Beneath the photo in red ink with one alteration in blue ink the names: "J.Davie, C. Bissell, F. Dodemaide (these two names showing a reversal of position), J.Turnbull, G.Dodemaide, A. Phalp, A. Bissell, A. Cashmore, J.Sharkey. R.McArthur, J.Cashmore., W. Loats, C. Smith. Elliott (ump), B.Phalp. W.Cashmore, L. Beggs. Because the number of names given does not tally with the number of men in the photo, it is not possible to accurately ascribe a name to any individual player. Underneath the hand-written names, there is a circular professional stamp of the photographer, reading: PHOTO ARTIST BACCHUS MARSH. A.BESELERballiang football team, australian rules football