Robert Hamilton, and his wife Alice Webb Hamilton (nee Russell) and their son Robert Hamilton travelled on this vessel to Victoria, Australia. Alice Webb Russell was born at Torphichen, Scotland, while Robert Hamilton was born at Schotts Works, Scotland.champion of the seas, hamilton, russell, immigration

This Pewter Mug Collection is a set of 32 trophies won by Australian Alpine skiers Ross and Malcolm Milne between 1959 and 1964. Ross and Malcolm grew up on their family's tobacco property in Myrtleford, and began skiing at Falls Creek at an early age. They were both taught by Austrian Sigi Haberzettl, who was chief coach at Falls Creek for 17 years. Ross went on to win the North-Eastern District Ski Association (NEDSA) Junior Championships for three years in a row. In 1961 Ross was a member of the Australian team which competed against New Zealand in the Inter-Dominion Championships. In 1963, he won the Downhill and Alpine Combined title at the Australian Championships, while placing second in the Grand Slalom event. Ross Milne was selected in the Australian team that participated in the 1964 Olympic Winter Games at Innsbruck, Austria. A few days before the opening of the Games, on 25 January 1964, he tragically lost his life when he crashed into a tree during a training run for the Men's Downhill. He was only 19 years of age. Malcolm became a member of the Australian Junior Ski Team to Japan at the age of 14. He won all of the NEDSA children’s races and won the State Title in 1966. Malcolm continued to achieve great success, winning the Australian Championships for the next five years. At the end of 1969 he won Gold in the Val d'Isere FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Downhill, Australia's first Alpine Ski World Cup medal. He was on the Australian National Ski Team for eight years, representing his country at the 1968 and 1972 Olympic Games and the 1966 and 1970 World Championships before turning professional in 1972. Malcolm Milne was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985. In 2000 he received the Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to skiing. In 2004, Ski & Snowboard Australia granted Milne Life Membership for the contribution he made to the sport by becoming the first World Cup medal winner in Australian winter sports history, and the subsequent impact his performances have had on future athletes. Malcolm Milne was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to skiing in 2016.This item is significant because it is part of a collection which documents the career of two outstanding Australian sportsmen.A pewter mug awarded for the Australian Junior Championship 1964Engraved on side of mug: AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP GIANT SLALOM 1964ross milne, malcolm milne, milne brothers, australian alpine skiers

This programme dates from 1957 when the VBL formed a large brass band made up of the finest brass band musicians from across the state. This band was conducted by the great Harry Shugg of which was probably one of his last engagements before his passing. The musicians came from a number of brass bands including Malvern Municipal, Kingsville & Yarraville, Hawthorn, Preston, Ballarat, Thompson's Foundary, St John's Ambulance, Coburg, the Red Cross and Footscray, This propgramme is significant as it highlights the activities of the Victorian Bands' League when they presented major events. The list of names on the forth page of the program display a who's who of banding at the time. It is also significant as it again shows the many facets of the work of Harry Shugg.Printed programme on cardvictorian bands' league, harry shugg, hawthorn, kinsgville & yarraville, preston, malvern, footscray, st john's ambulance, red cross, ballarat, brunswick, thompson's foundary

non-fictionAncestors of a Wimbledon Champion (2010) by June Shanahan tells the story of June’s sister Margaret Court (née Smith) and her ancestors. Margaret grew up in Albury and became one of the greatest tennis players that the world has seen.margaret court, margaret smith, ancestry margaret court nee smith, wimbledon champions, australian tennis players

Collage of 3 photographs. (1) 2 men with a wheelbarrow beside chicken pens. The barrow contains a wooden box with compartments holding eggs. (2) Chicken head. (3) 2 men weighing and recording eggs.eggs, poultry, egg-laying competition, burnley, chicken pens

Certificate awarded to Messrs. Roger & Andrew at the Burnley Competitions Winter Test 1917 for First Prize Greatest number of eggs laid by one bird - Light Breeds, Section B, 103 eggs. Issued by direction of the Hon. The Minister of Agriculture, signed J.C. Hatton for Director of Agriculture, A. Harts - Chief Poultry Expert, Macaulay - Curator of Exhibitions.Illustration of a certificate on a postcard certificate, mr roger, mr andrew, first prize, eggs, j.c. hatton, a. harts, egg laying competition, macaulay, curator, director of agriculture, chief poultry expert

W.D & H.O.Wills (Australia) Ltd began manufacturing tobacco products in 1913 at its Raleigh Park factory in Kensington, Sydney. In 1945 an estate of 16 acres was purchased at East Bentleigh, Melbourne, with a further 22 acres purchased later and the Virginia Park manufacturing branch was established. The 1950s were to be one of the most successful decades in the company’s history and it enjoyed a peak of 83 per cent market share in 1954. But this was also a period of increased competition as Phillip Morris and Rothmans entered the Australian tobacco market. By 1972, increased competition meant that the company’s market share had slipped to 39%. By the time tobacco advertising was banned on Australian radio and television in 1976, Wills' market share had fallen a further 6%. In 1985 Wills combined the separate factory operations in Sydney and in Melbourne into one site at Pagewood, Sydney which took on the name Virginia Park. In 1989 W.D & H.O.Wills (Australia) became a subsidiary of the British American Tobacco Industries group of companies. 1999 British American Tobacco merged with global competitor Rothmans International. Rothmans in Australia and Wills merged to form the wholly-owned subsidiary British American Tobacco Australia. The merger left British American Tobacco Australia, Phillip Morris and Imperial Tobacco Australia A tin with a hinged lid for 'Champion' Tobacco flakesCHAMPION / HIGHEST GRADE / CUT TOBACCO / MANUFACTURED BY / THE BRITISH AUSTRALIAN TOBACCO CO.PTY.LTDtobacco, cigarettes, brittish australian tobacco co. pty. ltd., moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, early settlers, , wd &h.o.wills pty. ltd., east bentleigh, kensington , virginia park east bentleigh, champion flake tobacco

Sports Clubs in Kew in the final decades of the 19th century and in the early 20th century were often umbrella organisations with facilities for a number of sports. Typically in Kew, this included teams in lawn bowls, tennis and croquet. The Kew Bowling Club was formed in 1880 while the privately owned Auburn Heights Recreation Club was opened in 1904. By 1998, the two Clubs decided to amalgamate at the Auburn Heights site in Barkers Road, forming the Kew Heights Sports Club. The combined club was itself taken over by the Melbourne Cricket Club in 2012 becoming MCC Kew Sports Club. In 2017 MCC Kew closed and its landholding was subsequently sold to Carey Baptist Grammar School. Both the Kew and Auburn Heights Clubs assembled important collections. These historically significant and large collections were donated to the Society in 2020. The collections include manuscripts, pictures, trophies, plans, honour boards etc. References Barnard FGA 1910, 'Sports and Pastimes' in Jubilee History of Kew Victoria: Its origin & progress 1803-1910Reeve S 2012, City of Boroondara: Thematic Environmental History, p.216.The combined collections of the four sporting clubs making up the collection number hundreds of items that are historically significant locally. They are also significant to the sporting history of the greater Melbourne area and to the sports of lawn bowls and tennis in Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection illuminates two of the Victorian historic themes - 'Building community life' through forming community organisations and 'Shaping cultural and creative life' by participating in sport and recreation.Navy blue felt peaked cap embroidered in white with the words State Champions 09 Kew Heights. State Champions 09 Kew Heightskew heights sports club - barkers road - kew (vic), kew heights men's bowling club

Used by donor in 'Blackburn - a picturesque history'Black & white photo of early Blackburn shop under construction. Isaac & Ray Champion.champion, isaac, ray

Photo depicts a show entry of woolwork which won first prize and show champion at the Royal Melbourne Show in 1933 and the first prize at the Bendigo Agricultural Show in 1933. According to the donor, the entry was undertaken by the Women's Section of the Country Party to promote the use of wool in furnishings. There are two certificates in the photo, on which the word "Tarnagulla" can be seen. The women who made the items may have been from this town. The items are interesting for the use of modernist, Art Deco style designs.Photograph depicting a show entry of woolwork which won first prize and show champion at the Royal Melbourne Show in 1933 and the first prize at the Bendigo Agricultural Show in 1933."WOOLWORK" / 1st Prize & Champion Melbourne Royal Show 1933. / 1st Prize Bendigo Agricultural Show 1933.handicrafts agricultural shows, country party - women's section, handicrafts, agricultural shows

Sports Clubs in Kew in the final decades of the 19th century and in the early 20th century were often umbrella organisations with facilities for a number of sports. Typically in Kew, this included teams in lawn bowls, tennis and croquet. The Kew Bowling Club was formed in 1880 while the privately owned Auburn Heights Recreation Club was opened in 1904. By 1998, the two Clubs decided to amalgamate at the Auburn Heights site in Barkers Road, forming the Kew Heights Sports Club. The combined club was itself taken over by the Melbourne Cricket Club in 2012 becoming MCC Kew Sports Club. In 2017 MCC Kew closed and its landholding was subsequently sold to Carey Baptist Grammar School. Both the Kew and Auburn Heights Clubs assembled important collections. These historically significant and large collections were donated to the Society in 2020. The collections include manuscripts, pictures, trophies, plans, honour boards etc. The combined collections of the four sporting clubs making up the collection number hundreds of items that are historically significant locally. They are also significant to the sporting history of the greater Melbourne area and to the sports of lawn bowls and tennis in Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection illuminates two of the Victorian historic themes - 'Building community life' through forming community organisations and 'Shaping cultural and creative life' by participating in sport and recreation.Engraved glass tumbler presented by Tennis Pennant Victoria in 2014 to MCC Kew Sports (Tennis) Club as the Grade Champions.TENNIS PENNANT VICTORIA / 2014 GRADE CHAMPIONSmcc kew sports club - 397 barkers road - kew (vic), mcc kew tennis club - trophies

PHOTOGRAPH OF A CHAMPION LINCOLN RAM - "DREADNOUGHT" IN GOLD LETTERING ON THE CARDBOARD MOUNT: CHAMPION LINCOLN RAM "DREADNOUGHT" J.R. AND A.W. CARTER "SCALE PARK" CLUNES ON THE RIBBON AROUND THE NECK OF THE RAM: "BALLARAT A P & S"local history, photography, photographs, carter family

CLUNES COURSING CLUB CHAMPION MEETING THURSDAY 22 JULY 1909. DRAW SAME EVENING AT CLUB HOTEL 7 O'CLOCK. A. E. KEMPSON. SECRETARY.POSTCARD PHOTOGRAPH - TROPHIES PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT GEORGE FRASER TO CLUNES COURSING CLUB. CHAMPION STAKES 1909 LARGE SILVER ENGRAVED TRAY, SILVER TEAPOT, SILVER COFFEE POT, SILVER SUGAR BOWL &SILVER MILK JUG.1909 CHAMPION MEETING. CLUNES ESTATE STAKE. THURSDAY JULY 22 & FOLLOWING DAYS. 64 ALL-AGES AT L 3.3.S EACH, TROPHY VALUE 35 GUINEAS. PRESENTED BY GEORGE FRASER. ESQ J.P. WITH 25 GUINEAS. ENTRIES CLOSE 3 PM WEDNESDAY 21ST JULYlocal history, photography, photographs, coursing

Brown and blue metal Wangaratta Agricultural High School badge, gold red and blue Wangaratta Agricultural High School old students association badge and gold Wangaratta Agricultural High School junior champion badgeWAHS WAHS OLD STUDENTS ASSOC. WAHS Junior Champion

Photograph of Girls Interhouse Sports Champions in 1931. Between the 1920’s and 1950’s the YWCA, Blue Triangle and local committee of representatives organised an Inter House Athletics Day for Girls in Geelong and Melbourne. Local Geelong business, such as the surrounding woollen mills, business firms and church clubs would form teams of seven women to compete in a variety of sports such as bowls, basketball, hockey, cricket and soccer. Events such as these were organised to encourage women to participate in competitive sports and network with other women in the workforce.Framed photograph of the Girls Interhouse Sports Champions 1931.Back Row L-R: M. Paley, Kath Whelan, Olive Dodds, Fairbrother and Mabel Chapman Front Row L-R Kathy and Mooney Nhiel.textile mills sporting teams, sport, textile mills - sporting teams

Black and white photograph of two Junior running team Champions.( Paul Grenfell, Mark Brown). Photo taken at the Ely St. fire station in the meeting room in front of the concertina doors in 1986.Black and white photograph of two Junior running team Champions.( Paul Grenfell, Mark Brown).paul grenfell, mark brown, junior running team, 1986, ely street

Photograph of the Superfine Merino Ewe who was the Champion & Grand Champion at the Melbourne Sheep Show in 1935. The Sheep was bread and exhibited by Trustees Late Yalla-Y-Poora homstead located in Ararat, Victoria.Framed sepia photo of a Merino Ewe with handwritten description in footer of matte.Superfine Merino Ewe Champion & Grand Champion Melbourne Sheep Show 1935. The Sheep was bread and exhibited by Trustees Late Jno. Ware. Yalla-Y-Poora, Vicyalla-y-poora, merino sheep, melbourne sheep show

Photo of Carmel Lagon (nee Arenas) who was champion fruit packer, presented with cup 1964 when she worked with Blue Moon Cool Stores in BlackburnChampion fruit packers Cup, presented to Carmel Arenas when working at Blue Moon Cool stores Blackburncool stores, blackburn, trophy

Malcolm McKenzie entered the school in 1923 and again in 1929 and left in 1933. A highly competitive sportsman, this trophy was awarded to him as overall swimming champion in 1932. Malcolm also received the Open and Under 16 champion trophy in 1931 and the Under 16 Champion in 1930. Medium silver stand and bowl on melamine stand, silver plaque attached to standEngraved on plaque: BALLARAT COLLEGE / OPEN SWIMMING / CHAMPION / M. K. MCcKENZIE / 1932malcolm-mckenzie, sports, ballarat-college

Champion certificate for the Australian Corriedale Association, International Fleece Competition 1965 awarded to R W Pettitt for the Victorian Corriedale Ewe Fleece Class 6 No 224Certificate for Champion in the International Fleece Competition, Australian Corriedale Association. Won by Mr R.W. Pettitt's corriedale ewe fleece, 1965.R W Pettitt/Victorian Corriedale Ewe Fleee/ 6/224corriedale sheep sheep breeding agricultural shows, australian corriedale association, pettitt, mr r. w., corriedale sheep, sheep breeding, agricultural shows

This croquet mallet was presented to Mrs Huffer when she was the champion player at St. John’s Presbyterian Church Croquet Club in Warrnambool in 1957-8. Croquet has been a sport played particularly by women since the second half of the 19th century. It was popular in Warrnambool and was a competition sport with several clubs from the beginning of the 20th century. St. John’s Club was operative in the 20th century but no longer exists. Mrs W. Huffer was the wife of William Huffer who was an employee and then the manager of the Grasmere Butter and Cheese Factory from 1940 to 1963 when it closed. His father before him had been the manager of the factory from 1918 to 1944. The Huffer family had come to Warrnambool from Gippsland. This croquet mallet has been well used.This mallet is of significance as a memento of St. John’s Croquet Club in Warrnambool and of the Huffer family associated with the local dairying industry for the first half of the 20th century. This croquet mallet was presented to Mrs Huffer when she was the champion player at St. John’s Presbyterian Church Croquet Club in Warrnambool in 1957-8. Croquet has been a sport played particularly by women since the second half of the 19th century. It was popular in Warrnambool and was a competition sport with several clubs from the beginning of the 20th century. St. John’s Club was operative in the 20th century but no longer exists. Mrs W. Huffer was the wife of William Huffer who was an employee and then the manager of the Grasmere Butter and Cheese Factory from 1940 to 1963 when it closed. His father before him had been the manager of the factory from 1918 to 1944. The Huffer family had come to Warrnambool from Gippsland. This croquet mallet has been well used.‘Champion of St, John’s A Grade Mrs W. Huffer 1957-8’ ‘STC Sil’23 croquet mallet, st john's presbyterian church warrnambool, warrnambool, huffer

Four golden plastic medals with a green and yellow striped ribbon and a coloured sticker in the centre presented to the 2003 Boys U16 Champion, Girls U17 Champion, Boys U21 Champion and Girls U21 champion

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Photo of Tom Duggan in boxing apparel. Australian Champion. South African champion middleweightsport - boxing, thomas duggan