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Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph (item) - Mutton Bird Egging on Phillip Island, 1905
Photograph taken at The Narrows Rookery on Phillip Island. Field Naturalists' Club Excursion to Phillip Island to see Mutton Bird Egging.Mutton Bird Egging on P.I. about 1905mutton bird egging. the narrows phillip island. the narrows rookery. j. gliddon. a.d. hardy. v. mchaffie. -
Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation
32-minute video documentary on 1986 Victorian nurses strike, Breaking point: the 1986 nurses strike, 10 years on, 1998
In October 1986, Victorian nurses began an historic strike action which was to last 50 days. Breaking Point (1998) is a retrospective work, reflecting on the 10 years following the 1986 Victorian strike. It was produced by Mark Bird and Nicholas Bird (of Waterbyrd Filmz, the production company that, as outlined above, also made Vivien Bullwinkel, Nurse TV and Australian Nurses). In this film, it is not primarily images of striking nurses and the words of striking nurses that tell the story, but the voice-over. The narrator (Patrick J. Bonello) positions the strike alongside other national and world events of 1986, ‘the year that changed the nursing profession in Australia forever’. In this film, the strike is framed as a pivotal one in the history of Australian nurses, and one that affected individual nurses deeply and transformed their profession irrevocably. There is a conscious discussion on the emotional effects of the 1986 strike – relationships broke up, people had no money, unionists could not feed their families, it was hard to keep going, families fought over the strike, picketing nurses recalled getting spat at, and there was even a death threat. [Description adapted from Milner & Brigden, 2014, pp. 116; 118]39 minute video file (.mp4 multimedia format), transferred from original videocassette. In colour, with sound. Original was released with a booklet explaining the broader context for the documentary.labor, labour history, nurses, royal australian nursing federation, strikes, industrial action, film, trade unions, 1986 victorian nurses strike, nursing, strike action, unionism, women, irene bolger, john cain, david white -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet, McCarron, Bird & Co, Royal Artillery Training Memorandum (Field, Tank Attack, Anti-Aircraft Branches) No 7, March 1943
Paper booklet covering a number of new methods, drills, and procedures from the previous two years - dealing with signal procedures and anti-tank shooting and training.Not to be publishedartillery training, world war 2 -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stewart & Co, Possibly George Bird, c.1875
Possibly George Bird (1845-1920) prior to his marriage to Janet Kilpatrick in 1878. However the contextual placement of this photo in the album opposite who is believed to be a young Phillip Shillinglaw in 1865 does not seem to fit though the person does not look like a Shillinglaw male and may well be a family member by marriage. Stewart & Co operated from 217 Bourke St., East from 1871 to 1876 and from 217-219 from 1877 to 1889. Other locations included 42, 284 and 286. Overall, they operated in Melbourne from 1871 through at least 1910 though Carte-de-Visite photos were superseded by 1890. CARTE-DE-VISITE (cdv) 1857-1890 Cartes-de-visite (cdv's) are the most common form of photograph from the nineteenth century, generally measuring two and a half inches by four and an eighth inches (6.3 x 10.5 cm) when mounted, sepia toned, mounted on a card which was generally printed with the photographer's name and address on the back or beneath the portrait. - Frost, Lenore; Dating Family Photos 1850-1920; Valiant Press Pty. Ltd., Berwick, Victoria 1991marg ball collection, shillinglaw family photo album 1, stewart & co photographers melbourne, 1871-1890, george bird (1845-1921), unknown, 1875 -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph
Part of collection of Photographs donated to the museum by the family of the late Mr. Jack Jenner (1977)Sepia Postcard - photo of two young Mutton birds (Shearwater)Labelled "Young Penguin and Mutton bird"local history, photography, photographs, slides, film, view -baby mutton birds - phillip island, sepia photograph, jack jenner, penguins, mutton birds, shearwaters, phillip island -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Poster - Print and Lithograph of Western Victorian towns and businesses, McCarron Bird & Co, Birds Eye Views in Western Victoria, c. 1900
This poster has been produced as a saleable item by the firm of McCarron Bird & Co of Melbourne about 1900. This firm was founded in 1872 and is best known for its publication of the two-volume work, 'Victoria and its Metropolis' (1888). The poster was intended to be hung on a wall for decorative and advertising purposes. It contains four attractive lithographs of the towns, Warrnambool, Port Fairy, Portland and Hamilton and a great number of advertisements and illustrations, some from Melbourne and the rest from the Westen District towns mentioned above. One Warrnambool advertisement is for the general merchant business of William Caffin in Kepler Street and two others are advertisements for the coastal ships, Flinders, Dawn and Casino which came into the port of Warrnambool. This poster has local historical significance as it has a descriptive drawing of the town of Warrnambool about 1900 and shows the buildings that were existing at that time.This is a cream-coloured sheet of paper with a coloured centre piece showing the title of the poster, four coloured lithographs of Western Victorian towns and advertisements printed and illustrated in black and white. The edges of the poster are frayed and the paper is torn at the centre left edge.warrnambool 1900, western victorian towns 1900, william caffin general merchant warrnambool -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Post Card, Early 1900's
One of 5 Postcards donated by G. Haywood.Sepia postcard of nesting birds at Phillip Island."Birds at Phillip Island." "Valentine Series M. 4134"nesting birds phillip island, wildlife - birds, g haywood -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - Realia, Bob & Rob Bell, Display case of taxidermy birds by Bell brothers, 1917
Birds prepared some time before 1917 Collection in case was created by Robert H (Bob) Bell 1875-1927 Engine Driver and brother Rob Bell collected around Ironbark's and Stawell Lived in Lilian Street Stawell. P A Bells brothers. They were good sportsmen and also had greyhound dogs. Taxidermy Bird in Display Case. These birds were done in the 1800's (Possibly in 1917 as indicated on old newspaper on top of case.) By Uncle Bob Bell Uncle Rob Bell They lived in Lilian Street Stawell. They were P A Bells brothers. They were good sportsmen and also had greyhound dogs.hobby -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Postcard, Bird's Eye View of Melbourne, c.1911
Collection of thirty-nine postcards donated by Jillian Rigby which had been owned by her grandparents, George and Edith Weir, who from c.1917 lived at 84 Princess Street, Kew. The mostly 'mint' postcards were purchased in Victoria and while travelling overseas. The sole dated postcard is dated from 1929. The postcards are numbered sequentially from 2017.0058.01-39. The remainder of the collection donated by Jill Rigby which was once owned by the Weirs of Broken Hill and Kew consist of costumes, costume accessories, photographs, and documents.The postcards in the Weir collection, especially those purchased on a trip or trips to the mother country, i.e. United Kingdom, represent a representative sample of sites that were considered significant to those Australians undertaking a reverse grand tour by member of the erstwhile colonies. Those postcards which are early views of Melbourne must have been produced commercially for some decades from the early part of the 20th century.Bird's eye view of Melbourne looking across a park to the Princess Theatre. Coloured postcard. Weir collection."Bird's Eye View of Melbourne"postcards, george and edith weir, princess theatre, eastern hill - melbourne, weir collection -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Postcard, Bird's Eye View of Melbourne, c.1911
Collection of thirty-nine postcards donated by Jillian Rigby which had been owned by her grandparents, George and Edith Weir, who from c.1917 lived at 84 Princess Street, Kew. The mostly 'mint' postcards were purchased in Victoria and while travelling overseas. The sole dated postcard is dated from 1929. The postcards are numbered sequentially from 2017.0058.01-39. The remainder of the collection donated by Jill Rigby which was once owned by the Weirs of Broken Hill and Kew consist of costumes, costume accessories, photographs, and documents.The postcards in the Weir collection, especially those purchased on a trip or trips to the mother country, i.e. United Kingdom, represent a representative sample of sites that were considered significant to those Australians undertaking a reverse grand tour by member of the erstwhile colonies. Those postcards which are early views of Melbourne must have been produced commercially for some decades from the early part of the 20th century.Bird's eye view of Melbourne looking across a park to the Princess Theatre. Coloured postcard. Weir collection."Bird's Eye View of Melbourne"postcards, george and edith weir, princess theatre, eastern hill - melbourne, weir collection -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: ADVERTISEMENTS
A box with an advertisement for ' Birds' custard power pasted on the front. It contains cuttings of the same advertisement taken from a magazine. On the back of these advertisements are some very interesting advertisements on a variety of products.Bird songsperson, individual, lydia chancellor, lydia chancellor, collection, advertisements, manufacturing, food, bird song, media, business, artwork -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Personal Effects, miniature square hand mirror, c1900
Celluloids are a class of compounds created from nitrocellulose and camphor, with added dyes and other agents. Generally considered the first thermoplastic, it was first created as Parkesine in 1856 and as Xylonite in 1869, before being registered as Celluloid in 1870. Celluloid is easily moulded and shaped, and it was first widely used as an ivory replacement. The main use was in movie and photography film industries, which used only celluloid films prior to acetate films that were introduced in the 1950s. Celluloid is highly flammable, difficult and expensive to produce and no longer widely used, although its most common uses today are in table tennis balls, musical instruments and guitar picks. Celluloid was useful for creating cheaper jewellery, jewellery boxes, hair accessories and many items that would earlier have been manufactured from ivory, horn or other expensive animal products. It was often referred to as "Ivorine" or "French Ivory". It was also used for dressing table sets, dolls, picture frames, charms, hat pins, buttons, buckles, stringed instrument parts, accordions, fountain pens, cutlery handles and kitchen items. The main disadvantage the material had was that it was flammable. Items made in celluloid are collectible today and increasingly rare in good condition. It was soon overtaken by Bakelite and Catalin.. A miniature, square, Ivorine hand mirror with bird engraved on back. An accoutrement for use in a lady's Evening bag c 19thCbird engraved on back of mirrormoorabbin, cheltenham, brighton, market gardeners, pioneers early settlers, mirrors, ivorine, celluloids, bakelite, plastics, -
Ararat Gallery TAMA
Textile, Frances Burke, Bird and Tree, c. 1940
Frances Burke: Designer of Modern Textiles Australia’s most influential and celebrated textile designer of the mid-20th century, Frances Burke (1904-1994), employed Australian native flora, garden flowers, marine subjects, Indigenous culture and increasingly, abstract motifs in her stunning modern fabrics. A confident, determined designer and businesswoman; Burke made the shift from fine art to design in 1937. While she began by designing dress fabrics for Melbourne’s fashionable Georges Department store, printing them on linen using lino blocks, she was an early adopter of the screen-printing process and during the war years began printing on cotton. Burke’s furnishing fabrics took their place in influential modern buildings Australia-wide through collaborations with leading architects and interior designers. They included Robin Boyd’s 1949 House of Tomorrow, Roy Grounds’ Quamby flats, Guilford Bell’s Royal Hayman Island Resort for Ansett Airlines, and Yuncken, Freeman Brothers, Griffiths and Simpson’s Canberra Civic Centre Theatre. In the post-war period, Burke made regular trips to the United States and Europe, on her return advising homeowners and manufacturers on the latest trends in products, colours and home design in lectures and interviews. At New Design her fabric showroom and interior design consultancy Burke introduced furniture by emerging designers Clement Meadmore and Grant Featherston in the early 1950s and presented local and imported homewares, mostly from the United States. She was enthusiastic about the convenient and comfortable lifestyle experienced by ordinary American women. Her fabrics and advice were regularly featured in Australian Home Beautiful, Australian House and Garden and the newspapers of the day. Some of Burke’s designs had remarkable longevity. Tiger Stripe (1938) for example, continued to be produced in a wide range of colours until 1970 and Crete (1946) remained a popular choice for interiors into the 1960s. Drawing from a rich variety of sources including Indigenous culture in Goanna (c.1954) and Pacific Island tapa cloth designs in Bird and Tree (1940), Burke also looked to Japan in designs such as Plum Blossom (1948) and Zen (1965). She loved exploring the potential of native flora, seen in designs including Waratah (1955) and Flannel Flower (1955), while garden flowers were the source for many other designs including Belladonna (1940), Periwinkle (n.d.) and Rose (1947). Burke’s clever interplay of a single striking printed colour with lively gestural lines revealing the white base fabric, gave her designs a vibrancy that characterised the optimistic post-war era. This can be seen in Burke’s fabrics for Hayman Island including Angel Fish and Seapiece (both 1949) which expressed the freshness and excitement of the luxurious new tropical resort and led to further commissions. Burke’s three decades in business (1937-1970) were an unparalleled success in the story of Australian design. Her fabrics have been collected by the NGA, the Powerhouse Museum, NGV, RMIT Design Archives and Sydney Living Museums in addition to Ararat Gallery TAMA. Written by Nanette Carter and Robyn Oswald-Jacobs. -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Hardcover book, McCarron, Bird & Co, Victoria and its Metropolis-Past and Present-Volume 2, 1888
A history of the various colonies and districts of Victoria from the time of the discovery of Australia through until 1888.Hardback. Dark brown cover with the title in gold lettering. There is also a border in gold decorating the outer edge of the front cover. The spine is also decorated in gold along with the title and the volume number.non-fictionA history of the various colonies and districts of Victoria from the time of the discovery of Australia through until 1888.melbourne, victoria, pioneers, colonisation, history, fauna, flora, banking, finance, medicine, western district, south-western district, wimmera district, geelong district, ballarat district, avoca district, coliban district, campase district, loddon district, lower goulburn district, upper goulburn district, ovens district, north-east district, gippsland district, mornington district, westernport district, upper yarra district, evelyn district, bourke district -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Animal specimen - Eastern Spinebill, Trustees of the Australian Museum, 1860-1880
The Eastern Spinebill is found along the eastern coast of Australia, from Queensland to South Australia. It lives in wooded areas. It is an insectivore and also eats nectar, which is why its beak is a long slender shape. Females and males have slight aesthetic differences; the males have more distinct markings on the head. The female birds build nests and incubate eggs, but both parent birds will feed the young. The Eastern Spinebill has a bright rust coloured belly and throat, with black wings, crown and tail. Its back is light brown. There is a white stripe on its chest which stretches up underneath its eyes. The eyes are red. This taxidermy specimen is not a good representation of the live bird because it is considerably faded and their feathers are very ruffled. This specimen is part of a collection of almost 200 animal specimens that were originally acquired as skins from various institutions across Australia, including the Australian Museum in Sydney and the National Museum of Victoria (known as Museums Victoria since 1983), as well as individuals such as amateur anthropologist Reynell Eveleigh Johns between 1860-1880. These skins were then mounted by members of the Burke Museum Committee and put-on display in the formal space of the Museum’s original exhibition hall where they continue to be on display. This display of taxidermy mounts initially served to instruct visitors to the Burke Museum of the natural world around them, today it serves as an insight into the collecting habits of the 19th century.This specimen is part of a significant and rare taxidermy mount collection in the Burke Museum. This collection is scientifically and culturally important for reminding us of how science continues to shape our understanding of the modern world. They demonstrate a capacity to hold evidence of how Australia’s fauna history existed in the past and are potentially important for future environmental research. This collection continues to be on display in the Museum and has become a key part to interpreting the collecting habits of the 19th century.There are two birds on a wooden stand. One has its beak in the air and the catalogue tag attached to its foot (main bird). It has some minor pest damage around its eye. The opposite bird looks straight ahead. The birds are placed next to each other, facing opposite directions. They are faded and have some ruffled feathers. 60a/ Spine Bill / See catalogue, page 18taxidermy mount, taxidermy, animalia, burke museum, beechworth, australian museum, skin, reynell eveleigh johns, bird, eastern spinebill -
Federation University Art Collection
Artwork - Sculpture, Mairin Ni Shiochain, 'Untitled 13' by Mairin Ni Shiochain, 2012
Mairin Ni Shiochain Máirín Ní Shíocháin’s practice reflects a lifelong affinity with non-human animals. Her observation of animals and birds in natural habitats in and around Ballarat and district was the foundation for this research. She won a Ballarat Art Foundation Award in 2012. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over r000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Blue headed bird perched on a wooden stand. Individual feathers are made from paper, coloured with watercolour. art, artwork, mairin ni shiochain, bird, sculpture -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Korumburra &? District Historical Society, land of the lyre bird : a story of early settlement in the great forest of South Gippsland, being a description of the big scrub in its virgin state with its birds and animals, and of the adventures and hardships of its early explorers and prospectors, also accounts by the settlers of the clearing, settlement and development of the country, 1998
Stamped 'Phillip Island & District Historical Society'.land settlement, victoria, gippsland, south gippsland, personal observations, history -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Book, What bird is that?
Robert Addison Ramsay attended Ballarat College 1932 - 1944; attended Clarendon PLC Kindergarten; brother of Shirley and Margery. Green cloth bound book with school crest embossed on front cover; book plate inside front coverBook plate inside front cover: School crest / Ballarat College / Remove upper Form / 2nd in form Prize / Awarded to / R A Ramsay / R E Thwaites M.A. / December 1939 Principal. robert-addison-ramsay, 1939, book-prize, r-e-thwaites, ballarat-college -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Book, Geoffrey Dutton, A Rare Bird - Penguin Books in Australia 1946-1996, 1996
Soft cover book with orange coloured spine featuring Penguin Books logos.'I had always a wish that one day I could be published by Penguin Books' - Elizabeth Jolley -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood High School - 1954, Form 1A. Boys standing (L-R): 1. Ian Kilpatrick, 2. Keith Anderson, 3. Peter Zaff, 4. Jim Ord, 5. Gordon Burnett, 6. Tim Pinninger, 7. Geoff Giggings, 8. Bernard Whitney, 9. Andrew Termouth, 10. Clive Kettle, 11. Robert Tozar 12, Frank Stubbs. Girls standing: 1. Janet Johns, 2. Norma Walsh, 3. Marilyn Bird, 4. Doris Hemell, 5. Lynette Jungwirth, 6. Janice Hunt, 7. Sandra Davenport, 8. Margaret Williams, 9. Margaret Norwood, 10. Lorrice Stratton. Girls seated: 1. Kathleen Lowe, 2. Valma McLean, 3. Sandra Tyndal, 4. Gillian Morris, 5. Esma Bradley, 6. Jill Pump, 7. Judy Byrne, 8. Shirley Kofeod, 9. Marlene Mangels, 10. Pam Erlandsen, 11. Myrna Cooper, 12. Elizabeth Hinchcliffe. Boys seated: Robert Crutchfield, 2. Stuart Barclay, 3. James McAleese, 4. Robert Horkings, 5. John Smart, 6. Ronald Crutchfield
+Additional Keywords: Reading from Left to Right: Back row boys: 1. Alan Carter, 2. ??, 3. Maurice Henry, 4. Peter Van Ketwich, 5. Douglas Hume, 6. ??, 7. John Callam, 8. ??, 9. ??, 10. ??, 11. Peter Gluth, 12. ??, 13. Geoff Edwards, 14. Len Armfield, 15. Ray Davidson".(incorrect list)Written on backing sheet, "Ringwood High School. 1956?" No children are identified.Paper list with photographs reads, "High School - Bedford Rd. Ringwood. Photo Pupils Form 1C. Reading from Left to Right. Back row boys: 1. ?, 2. Keith Anderson, 3. Peter Zaff, 4. Jim Ord, 5. ?, 6. ?, 7. ?, 8. Bernard Whitney, 9. ?, 10. ?, 11. ? 12, ?. Boys sitting front: Robert Crutchfield, 2. ?, 3. ?, 4. ?, 5. John Smart, 6. Ronald Crutchfield. Girls standing: 1. ?, 2. Norma Walsh, 3. ?, 4. ?, 5. ?, 6. ?, 7. Sandra Davenport, 8. Margaret Williams, 9. Margaret Norwood, 10. ?. Girls sitting: 1. Kathleen Lower, 2. Valma McLean, 3. Sandra Tindall, 4. Gilliam Morris, 5. Esma Bradley, 6. Jill Pump, 7. Judy Byrne, 8. Shirley Kofeod, 9. Marlene Mangels, 10. ?, 11. Myrna Cooper, 12. Elizabeth Hinchcliffe. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (series) - Subject File, ALLEN, BIRD & PARKER Families, 1985
Various PartiesReference, Research, InformationKHS OrderReference file containing information relating to the Allen and Parker families. It includes: A History of the Allen Family by David Allen (1983), correspondence and a newspaper article/clipping relating to a family reunion at Wattle Park (1999). The file provides information about the donor, David S Allen.allen family - kew (vic.), parker family - kew (vic.), bird family - kew (vic.)allen family - kew (vic.), parker family - kew (vic.), bird family - kew (vic.) -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, John Masefield, The Bird of Dawning, 1964
Paperback"Suzy Boyd. III S." inside front coverwalsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Vance Palmer, The Rainbow Bird and Other Stories, 1977
Softcoverwalsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Maurice Maeterlinck, The Blue Bird, 1927
Hardcover, No Dust Jacket"Robin Boyd, Xmas '28 with Love from Lysbeth Adams"childrens play, fairy tale, walsh st library -
Federation University Art Collection
Drawing - Drawing - Pen/wash drawing, 'Pale Sun Bird Rising', 1957
PETER CLARKE (1935 - ) Born Deloraine, Tasmania Peter Clarke was both artist and teacher. He held 14 exhibitions between 1957 and 1977, as well as participating in a number of group exhibitions, including Contemporary Australian Painting shown in Los Angeles and San Francisco. He is best known for large colour-field works. Peter Clarke's abstract painting emphasises texture, colour and gesture. He won the George Crouch Memorial Prize in 1967 This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Framed abstract drawing with wash.art, artwork, printmaking, peter clarke, mixed media, ballarat teachers' college collection, abstract -
Horsham Regional Art Gallery
Photograph, James TYLOR, Un-resettling (bird snare), 2017
Purchased through the Horsham Art Gallery Trust Fund, 2018 -
Nillumbik Shire Council
Pottery (mug): Leon SAPER (b.1928 POL, arrived 1949 AUS - d.2005 AUS), Green mug with brushed bird decoration
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Nillumbik Shire Council
Print (lino): Mirranda BURTON, Bird Stitchers, 2010
linocut; inks on paperA/Pek prac 2015 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Furniture - Chair, Blue Bird Cafe
Originally from the "Bluebird Café" in Tatura. Later used in the Boomerang Café next door which was owned by Mrs Myers.Metal framed chair with wooden seat. Seat was originally blue but has been painted black.chairs, bluebird cafe, boomerang cafe, mrs myers, tatura cafes -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Djamaramee dhippee = the small bird, 2003
Short story for children in Butchulla language translated by Jeanie Bell and Joyce Bonner.illustrations, word listsbutchulla, stories