Travelling entertainment has been one popular way that charities have been able to raise revenue over the past 170 years. The Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind toured regional Victoria regularly to help raise awareness, showcase their talents and fundraise to provide care and education for vision impaired men, women and children. Double sided printed ticket for a concert in the Bendigo Town Hall featuring blind artists and dancers from the Royal Institute of the Blind.Obverse; Under the Patronage of the Mayor and Mayoress (Cr, and Mrs J. A. Michelson) and / Councillors of the City of Bendigo / 30 Blind Artists !! / FIRST APPEARANCE IN BENDIGO of The Famous Orchestra and / Concert Party of Blind Artsits and Blind Children Dancers from the / ROYAL VISTORIAN INSTITUTE for the BLIND, / (ST KILDA ROAD MELBOURNE) / WILL GIVE THEIR / FIRST BENDIGO ENTERTAINMENT / IN THE BENDIGO TOWN HALL, / on TUESDAY, MARCH 22nd, 1927, at 8PM / His worship the Mayor will Preside / Tickets 2/- box plan at the Premier Piano Company from March 14th. / PROCEEDS IN AID OF INSTITUTE S.W Hedger, Superintendent and Secretarymayor and mayoress michelson, vision australia, city of bendigo town hall, city of greater bendigo community partnerships, city of greater bendigo events

A) 1 photograph of Caulfield Primary school number 773, date unknown, B) 1 photograph of 5th class, date unknown, C) Musical and Entertainment programme Nov 11, 1867caulfield primary school, schools

Pictorial history of early years of settlement in Box Hill up to 1930 including photographs of houses, schools, churches, people, entertainment, wars, transport, commerce, government and the City. 87 pageshistory, box hill, photographs, houses, schools, churches, people, entertainment, war, transport, commerce, government

Transcript: Athenaeum building celebrates 170 years Australian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast: 11/11/2009 Reporter: Lisa Whitehead Tomorrow marks the 170th birthday of one of the nation's historic cultural landmarks. Melbourne’s Athenaeum building has, in one form or other, provided education and entertainment for the Victorian colony as it became a city; and along the way, documented its growth. Transcript KERRY O’BRIEN, PRESENTER: Tomorrow marks the 170th birthday of one of the nation's historic cultural landmarks. Melbourne's Athenaeum building has, in one form or another, provided education and entertainment. For the Victorian colonies it became a city and along the way documented its growth. The building's original library and theatre still draw devotees and as Lisa Whitehead reports, a loyal band of volunteers. KEVIN QUIGLEY, ATHENAEUM PRESIDENT: There's nothing like us that has been here from day one, four years after the boat pushed ashore, here we are. It's a thread that runs through the life of Melbourne. LISA WHITEHEAD, REPORTER: In the heart of Melbourne's CBD, the Athenaeum is a celebrity in disguise, the oldest cultural icon in the city, but barely noticed. MARJORIE DALVEAN, VOLUNTEER HISTORIAN: People of Melbourne walk past this area and they have no idea what it is. RAY LAWLER, PLAYWRIGHT: It seemed to me to be a place that absolutely, or breathes Melbourne, I suppose, culture. LISA WHITEHEAD: Just four years after Melbourne was founded, the colony built a Mechanic's Institution, one of the first in the world, a place where the working class could meet and learn. KEVIN QUIGLEY: People think of it as Wild West sort of place where these hearty types drank and rushed about, but Melbourne was freely settled. It was a city of people who wanted to better themselves - entrepreneurs. And the Mechanic's Institution was that innovative idea that had grown up in Edinburgh and London about providing an opportunity for education for the working people. LISA WHITEHEAD: Mark Twain lectured there. Later, other buildings were added and a theatre to host classic plays. And it adopted its more bourgeois friendly title of the Athenaeum. Crucially from the start there was the library, the first to offer affordable lending to the working man. And it still attracts devotees. Former University lecturer Margaret Bowman, 89, comes in every Wednesday, along with her dog to join an enthusiastic band of volunteers sorting through the archives. MARGARET BOWMAN, FORMER UNIVERSITY LECTURER: Doing research is something that I find actually I enjoy more than anything. Every old lady needs to have a project and now I've got a project. MARJORIE DALVEAN: Margaret, Christine has just found out that Alfred Deakin was a member here from 1874 to 1877. This place is not flashy, we've never been flashy. But book lovers walk in here and they know this is the place for them. ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE: Old times and old names. The Athenaeum theatre in Melbourne for more than 40 years has been one of the city's best known cinemas. LISA WHITEHEAD: In the 20th century, the theatre surrendered to the new craze of talking pictures, and one particular fan was famous Australian playwright Ray Lawler. At 13, he dropped out of school to work in a Footscray factory and two years later his first trip to the glamorous Athenaeum cinema hinted at the education he was missing. RAY LAWLER: It just had a style about it which I responded to, I think. I was looking for something and this seemed to be part of it. Ray Lawler went on to write "Summer of the Seventeenth Doll" and found literary fame overseas. About a century after it had started as an educational place for the working man, Ray Lawler had, in effect, become an Athenaeum graduate. RAL LAWLER: If they had been looking for the sort of person that they were hoping to encourage along the way, I suppose I would have been somebody that might have fitted the mould, you know. LISA WHITEHEAD: In time, the cinema was returned to its theatrical roots. FRANK THRING, 1977: It has a great resemblance to the Theatre Royal in Hobart which Larry Olivier has called the best theatre he's ever worked in. And it's almost identical. It is the true Victorian playhouse. The horseshoe shaped thing: stalls, dress circle and gallery. And you're close to the audience and they're close to you. Marvellous feeling. LISA WHITEHEAD: Today, it's still a theatre. But time has brought compromises. The once vaunted art gallery has now covered its windows and become a comedy club and performance space. TV and suburban life have eaten away at the library membership. It offers an online service now, and a recent federal government grant will pay for the upkeep of its gracious interior, including the 1930s elevator Ray Lawler used to ride. For him, it's money well spent on history quietly made and discreetly observed. RAY LAWLER: It's the lack of awareness, I think, that people don't know what they've got here. They've really got the whole history of Melbourne almost. KEVIN QUIGLEY: It was a similar organisation in Sydney but we are the only one that's got a continual lineage on the same spot. We started here and we're still here and we'll be here for another 100 years. KERRY O'BRIEN: Lisa Whitehead on a great Melbourne landmark. © 2010 ABC | Privacy Policy Beginning as the Melbourne Mechanics' Institution in 1839, the Melbourne Athenaeum has a long history that reflects the cultural and social development of Melbourne. It continues to be managed as a not-for-profit organisation by a volunteer board, with a subscription library (maintained since 1839) and a leased theatre.Video broadcast ABC 7:30 Report for 11/11/2009. "Tomorrow marks the 170th birthday of one of the nation's historic cultural landmarks. Melbourne’s Athenaeum building has, in one form or other, provided education and entertainment for the Victorian colony as it became a city; and along the way, documented its growth."athenaeum, australian broadcasting corporation, kerry o’brien, kevin quigley, lisa whitehead, marjorie dalvean, ray lawler, margaret bowman, frank thring.

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Event, A delightful Entertainment will be given by the pupils of St. Mary's College, St. Killian's and St. Joseph's Schools in St. Killian's Hall Bendigo,, on Monday Evening September 26, 1921.Tickets 2/- and 1/-.J.B.Young & Co, Printers &c, Bendigoevent, entertainment, catholic schools

A menu from the Shamrock Hotel Centenary Ball held on 30 April 1997. Inside cover includes an outline of entertainment and acknowledgements. Back cover gives a brief history of the hotel from 1854-1997.

Entertainment - Debutante Set c1935-1936stawell

Entertainment - Dance Miss E. Falkstawell

Entertainment - Concert Party Group 1917stawell ww1

Entertainment - Concert Party Group 1917stawell ww1

Pictorial history of Box Hill from 1930 to 1960, covering development, government, community services, industry, transport, arts and entertainment, war, sport, schools, churches, people, houses, shops, and centenary of local government.history, box hill, photographs, development, government, community services, industry, transport, arts, entertainment, war, sport, schools, churches, people, houses, shops, centenary, local government, 1930 - 1960

Booklet owned by Arthur Baggaley, Fruiterer, who lived at 15 Forest Street, Bendigo. His business 'C.A. Baggaley & Son' was at Covent Garden, Mitchell Street, Bendigo. Arthur was born in Bendigo in 1903 to Charles Arthur Baggaley and Ada (Mallon). He married Evelyn May Grigg. Arthur died in September, 1993.Six page booklet, on front cover: Laughable Dialogues for School and Public Entertainments, Social Gatherings, &c, &c, (free from objectionable language and incident) by S. Knowles, No. 13 "Is Marriage a Failure?'.Baggaley CollectionOn front cover overwritten on text "A. Baggaley, Forest Street, Bendigo'.fruiterer, confectioner, business, mitchell street, covent garden, entertainment, play script, marriage

Bendigo Advertiser from Friday 26 June, 1998. Article titled: the theatre & other pleasant entertainments in nineteenth century Bendigo by Frances Gladwin. A photo of the Theatre royal and a programme for the Princess Theatre complete the article.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, theatre royal

Four pages Bendigo Easter Fair - Easter Entertainment Program: April 5th-8th 1969. With the compliments of Bendigo & District Tourist Association. Program by courtesy of Bendigo caravan park - Golden Hills Motel, Bendigo.event, easter fair, bendigo easter fair

This publication was compiled by the Falls Creek Business Community to advertise events and businesses during coming weeks. It contained results for the Giant Slalom event held the previous week at Mt. Buller where John Stokes took out the title of Combined Victorian Champion whilst the female Champion was Carol Gadsden. This issue also reported the visit of Dr Dietmar Kettle, Director of the Austrian Tourist Board who was a Member of the Organising Committee of the 1964 Olympic Games in Innsbruck. Venues advertised in this issue included Molony's Ski Hire, Falls Creek Ski School, Big Julians Lodge, Koki Alpine Lodge, Snow Haven Lodge, Naarilla Flats, Spargo, , Apartments, 4 Seasons Chalet and Southern Cross Flats and the Frying Pan Inn.This newsletter is significant because it documents routine activities and events in Falls Creek in the 1970s.A newsletter printed on both sides, including results of recent ski events, visitors to the community, upcoming events and entertainment. Short headlines of news are included, as well as advertising for several guest houses and accommodation at Falls Creek.HEADLINE - FALLS CREEK VILLAGER NEWS IN BRIEF with the compliments of the Falls Creek Business Communityaccommodation falls creek, falls creek business community, falls creek newsletter

The magazine Picture News, published by the Herald and Weekly Times in December 1939, shows how sailors were entertained at the mission. The photographs depict sailors having a good time, dancing with the ladies from the guild and even Mrs Moira Oliver, Padre Oliver's wife, playing ping pong, sining with pianist Mrs Helen Ellis. Padre Oliver was then chaplain on the HMAS Australia, and Rev. Dixon Tracy was the interim chaplain at the mission.The photographs demonstrate the work of the mission during the war. The Picture News was a short lived magazine first published in November 1939 and ceased in 1940.4 pages of the magazine Picture News, Picture News Volume 1, number 5 dated 2 December 1939: Page 3 to 6 illustrated with photographs form the Seamen Mission's entertainments offered during the war. ww2, picture news, 1939, moira oliver, helen ellis, lhlg, dance, song, reverend dixon tracy, g. spratley, ping pong, dances

A menu for the Shamrock Hotel Centenary Dinner and Ball held in April 1997. Inside cover contains entertainment schedule and acknowledgements as well menu. Back cover provides a history of the hotel, presented as a timeline, from 1854 - 1997.

Entertainment - Debutante. Norma Maloney c1935 Two photographsstawell

Entertainment - Dance Miss E. Falk & Norma Maloneystawell

Entertainment - Concert Party Group 1917. Two postcards.stawell ww1

Stawell Town Hall Interior of Entertainment Hall 1995stawell