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Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
DVD, Australian Electoral Commission, Your vote matters : understanding the federal electoral system
Information on why we vote, how to register to vote and what to do with the ballot papers. It also explains the special arrangements for absent, mobile an dearly voting. Includes tracks in 5 languages as well as English.pitjantjatjara, western kriol, walmajarri, torres strait creole, jaru -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - THEATRES COLLECTION: CAPITAL THEATRE
Six pages report on Capital Theatre outlining a statement of significance. What is significant, How it is significant and why it is significant. Also in the report extracts from the Annals of Bendigo and the Argus. Date and author of the report unknown.entertainment, theatre, capital theatre -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Newsletter, Special Issue, Why Port refused the State Government's "final offer"on Bayside, Bayside Bulletin, Mar 1989
Bayside Bulletin, a set of newsletters issued by the City of Port Melbourne to keep residents informed about the Bayside development: Special issue 'Why Port refused the State Government's "final offer"on Bayside' (no date) 4pptown planning - proposals shelved - bayside, chris raeburn, jim kennan -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO BUSINESSES COLLECTION: MATTHEWS BROS
Large advertising feature: 10 good reasons why you should shop at Matthews Bros. Nothing new but we thought we would remind you! We present to you 10 good reasons why we can proudly claim the reputation of being the busiest drapers in Bendigo and the North. Blue, red and white small label: Matthews Bros. exact fit clothing. Blue, red and white label: Matthews Bros. Manchester specialists for sheets, towels, quilts and other goods.bendigo, business, matthews bros -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, War Memorial is home at last, 1988
Mitcham's war memorial has been moved to Halliday Park.Mitcham's war memorial has been moved to Halliday Park. This site was originally chosen for this bugler memorial. It is not known why the memorial was placed in Whitehorse Road originally. This new site allows him to face east, to the hills.Mitcham's war memorial has been moved to Halliday Park. clubs and associations, mitcham returned servicemens league, war memorials, halliday park -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING, c1854
Diggers & Mining. The gold licence. (Huyghue) Troops arriving at the Government Camp, Ballarat, 28 November, 1854. Why? Government Camp in background. Similar in appearance to Government Camp in Heathcote. Markings: 19 994.LIF. 4hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields, diggers & mining. the gold licence. (huyghue) troops arriving at the government camp, ballarat, 28 november, 1854. why? government camp in background. similar appearance government camp heathcote -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book, Triangle Community Steelbands-The First 5 Years, 2014
The history of how and why the Triangle Community Steelbands were formed Paperback. Front cover has a drawing of a steelband.ABOUT THIS BOOK Following the Black Saturday bushfires of February 2009 in/ Victoria, the Triangle Community Steelbands were formed/ in late 2009 as a way to assist in the recovery process. This book documents the First 5 Years of Triangle/ Community Steelbands, from is genesis in mid-2009 till/ the end of the 2013-14 concert season, including the/ formation of four individuals steelbands, Pans on Fire, Hot/ Pans, Jammin' and the Buxton Primary Steelband.triangle community, steelband -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book, Triangle Community Steelbands-The First 5 Years, 2014
The history of how and why the Triangle Community Steelbands were formed Paperback. Front cover has a drawing of a steelband.ABOUT THIS BOOK Following the Black Saturday bushfires of February 2009 in/ Victoria, the Triangle Community Steelbands were formed/ in late 2009 as a way to assist in the recover process. This book documents the First 5 Years of Triangle/ Community Steelbands, from is genesis in mid-2009 till/ the end of the 2013-14 concert season, including the/ formation of four individuals steelbands, Pans on Fire, Hot/ Pans, Jammin' and the Buxton Primary Steelband.triangle community, steelband -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - STRAUCH COLLECTION: THE PENNYWEIGHT KIDS
The Pennyweight Kids 1852 1857, why did more than 200 children die at Forest Creek, Victoria and who were they ? 1830 The Ancestors - The Descendants 1930, soft cover 116 pages with black and white photographs & illustrations.A R McMillanplace, cemetery, castlemaine, history-victoria-castlemaine-children-cemetery -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, "Elimination of Waste - Standardization Simplified Practice", 1927
Book - 8 pages + grey covers, side stapled, issued by the Australian Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association, "Elimination of Waste - Standardization Simplified Practice". Dated February 1927. Provides information about why standards and common practices.On top right hand corner and inside the cover has stamp of the "The Electric Supply Co. of Victoria Ltd Ballarat" and date "7 March 1927".trams, tramways, standards -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: BEAUTY CONTEST
BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Tuesday, January 6, 2004. Beauty contest: is this bevy of bathers standing on the banks of the old Bendigo swimming pool and, if so, why? Is that an old diving platform in the background? The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Geelong Cycling Club
Shield, 1982
This item began in 1982, finished 1983. Question arises - why did it not continue?Attempt by Club to recognise another success - but not continued.Wooden shield with small separate brass plaques in the shape of shields attached to the shield. Two of these are inscribed with winners names. The Shield also has an inscription at the top and a separate medallion with an outline of a cyclist stamped on it. A gold coloured stand with what appears to have been a cyclist on this stand has been broken off."K W Smith Perpetual Trophy/Fastest Time Road Aggregate/1982 R Bradford/1983 R Bradford"k w smith perpetual trophy; road aggregate; r. bradford; 1982; 1983; -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Strategic Repositioning: Identifying Areas for Future Investment: A Case Study of Rapid Change at the University of Ballarat, 05/1998
In 1996 and 1997 the University of Ballarat made a series of changes in response to the reductions in Commonwealth operating grant funding announced in the 1996 Commonwealth budget, and the university staff salary increases then being negotiated. The university decided that it would make its major decisions about changes as part of a continuing process of strategic repositioning. Brown soft covered book of 92 pages. Contents include the formation of the University of Ballarat, Review of the Office of the Vice-Chancellor and University administration, the process of strategic repositioning, Commonwealth budget (1996), Vice-Chancellors forums, and why the process workeduniversity of ballarat, university of ballarat act, david james, scholarships, campus plan, university plan -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CONNELLY, TATCHELL, DUNLOP COLLECTION: LEGAL PAPERS, 1886
Document. Connelly, Tatchell & Dunlop - Legal Papers. 1 - 1886 - Post Office Telegraph from Nicholai A for Irving H, Kerang, re Hughes. 2 - 1886 - Letter from Martyn James re loan. 3 - 1886 - Letter from Barrett Henry, Runnymede East. 4 - 1886 - Post Office Telegraph from M? G Roche, Inspector of Liquor, Maryborough re Roche & Why. 5 - 1886 - Letter from Bennett & Co re Irving & Hughes. 6 - 1886 - Letter from Bennett & Co re Hawthorne & Brady. 7 - 1886 - Letter from Hawthorne D, Kerang. 8 - 1886 - Post Office Telegraph from Sterry D C re case. 9 - 1886 - Letter from Mendell W, Melbourne re Lazarus B. 10 - 1886 - Letter from Moore Hugh H, Omagh, Ireland re Spittal F? J. 11 - 1886 - Post Office Telegraph from Sterry D C re Trestrail.cottage, miners, connelly, tatchell & dunlop, nicholai a, hughes, martyn james, barrett henry, roche m? g, why, bennett & co, irving, hawthorne, brady, hawthorne d, sterry d c, mendell w, lazarus b, moore hugh h, spittal f? j -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Card - Member, Dot Wharrie, Port Melbourne Settlement, 1933
(As Settlement was a boy's club, why was Dot Wharrie, an 8 year old girl, a member?)Port Melbourne Settlement Members Card 1934, belonging to Dot Wharrie.. Blue covers, four page.2d monthly payments entered, February- Aprilsocieties clubs unions and other organisations, dot wharrie, port melbourne settlement -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Newspaper (item) - Collection of newspapers from Wellington, New Zealand, The Wellington Post
Unclear why the newspapers were donated, there does not seem to be aviation-related news in these issues -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Federation University International Course Outline, 2019, 2018
Ballarat School of Mines is a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia.Soft covered booklet of 93 pages. Contents include why choose Federation University, career succes, scholarships, course summaries, living in australia, Campuses, english language courses, multicultural student services, student support, Accomodation, alumni success.federation university, international students, helen bartlett, deborah cutts, aneena baby, ballarat, berwick, brisbane, gippsland, luke icely, talia barrett, jun wang, ranjit singh, sharnie bilston, kiran mazumdar-shaw, martin andanar, alfedo pires, robert chong, sufiyan memon, daria soldatenko, avneet kaur, medina lamunu, nipuni gunawardena, ily azzedine alaia mh subari, raveena prasad, ali afzali, rob townsend, bert labonte, nihar bhosale, fadi charcher, bharti garg, truong phung, gloria li -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Virtuosity: inside the heads of 100 prominent Australians, 1997_
100 prominent Australian were asked why they have achieved so much - is it talent or determination?Paperback book, 143 pages, black and white photographs and line drawings.australia social conditions -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - Comic play script, S. Knowles
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.Seven page booklet. On front cover: 'Laughable Dialogues. For School and Public Entertainments, social gatherings &c, &c., free from objectionable language and incident, No. 37, Why Grandfather altered his Will, a play for five males and five females'.Baggaley Collectionfruiterer, confectioner, business, mitchell street, covent garden, entertainment, play script -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - INVESTITURE BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, The Crown, Victorian Government House, MELBOURNE. THURS 4 MAR 1954, 1954
WO Harold Jackson Bailey Burrell mentioned on P.10 B.E.M. Section.This is a foolscap size booklet. The front cover is white cardboard with the Royal Crest. The printing is in black ink and there is a decorative rectangular around the title. Inside are 12 pages. Printed in block letters are the Rank and Names for Honours. In lower case is a brief paragraph as to why the award was given.souvenir, booklet, queens investitture -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO REPERTORY SOCIETY PROGRAMS
Five programs from the Bendigo Repertory Society a. Why Not Tonight? b. The Reluctant Debutante March 1962. MacGillivray Hall c. The Bride and the Bachelor May 1960 Girton Hall d. Kind Lady McGillivray Hall e.The Grass is Greener McGillivray HallBolton Bros, Print. Bendigoentertainment, theatre, bendigo repertory company -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, The Pennyweight Kids, 1988
Written to try to discover why more than 200 children died at Forest Creek, Victoria. Stories of their families.Yellow cover, sketch of scales 1852-1857. Gold mining scene and grieving mother. On back cover sketch of excavation of old burial site. London 1852. Gentleman's Magazine.forest creek victoria, deaths at forest creek victoria -
Unions Ballarat
Off the rails : the Pauline Hanson trip, Kingston, Margo, 1999
Relates to the resurgence of One Nation party in 2001 and analyses why the party did not disappear after the 1998 election.Relevant to Australian political history and particularly to Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party.Paper; book. Front cover: white background; colour photograph of Pauline Hanson with two men with their heads on her shoulders; brown and black lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, one nation, hanson, pauline, elections, politics, government, pauline hanson's one nation, election campaigning, journalism, politicians -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Education Department Victoria, Curriculum Policy Making: An introduction for School Councils, 1984, 1984
Brown soft covered book of 20 pages. Contents include: Why have a policy?; What approaches are generally used to develop curriculum policy?; What changes, if any, should be made to the school's present curriculum policy?; what are some features of a school curriculum policy?education, curriculum, policy, victorian education department, education department of victoria -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1853
Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: (von Guerard) Deep Sinking, Ballarat, 1853. Shafts were generally covered with canvas awning. Why? Slide shows canvas awnings over mine shafts. Markings: 25 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Military Museum
Certificate - CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE
Certificate issued at completion of service on 29th July 191 after 3 years service for John HOWLETT, 59TH BATTALION.A.I.F Refer Cat 41 for full service details Single paper sheet, cream colour with heavy dark discolouration. Details on both sides. Some small tears on foldsForm includes requirements for name, regiment, address, where attested, why discharged, length of service, where and when discharged and description of individual. Details written in Form “Australian Imperial Expeditions Forces”certificate, discharge certificate, certificate howlett john -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Mixed media - Video, RDHS Meeting Presentation - "Ringwood's Irish Immigrants" - Russ Haines
Digitised video (2.68GB). Duration: 85 minutes. Recorded October, 2023 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)In this presentation, Ringwood and District Historical Society President Russ Haines talks about Ringwood's Irish Immigrants - a brief overview of their ancestry, why they came here, and how these pioneers added to our culture. -
St Kilda Historical Society
Administrative record - Forms, Certificate of Unfitness and Certificate of Insusceptibility, c1915
Uncompleted certificates of unfitness and insusceptibility, issued under the Victorian Health Act 1915, to certify why a child has not been vaccinated.Single sheet of green/grey paper that has discoloured with age, printed in blackhealth act 1915 - victoria, public health - victoria -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document (Item) - Photo Album Showing Construction of Ansett Maintenance Facility at Avalon, Victoria, 6001
Very limited information available about who took these photos, why, and where it was taken. Identified by museum members as Avalon, Victoria. -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Document, Jane Wilson, Interview with Brian Pell, 2013
brian pell, principal, principal's residence, changes to campus, changes to burnley gardens, changes to administration