INFANTRY DRILL 1893 BY AUTHORITY - Infantry Drill Training - BritishCover - hard cover, cardboard, leather - dark red with gold print on front and spine, with gold military coat of arms above print on front. Front embossed to frame print. Pages - 269 pages, cut, stippled edges, coloured light red, off white. Block print including front and back end papers. Illustrated - black and white diagrams and illustrations. Grey lead pencil annotations throughout the book. Contents Page. greylead pencil - " ......./D Coy/69th Battalion" Throughout the book - grey lead pencil - "X"book, infantry, drill, british

This large, leather bound journal was made for the Public Library and Burke Museum in Beechworth by book manufacturer, William Detmold in 1875. It was commissioned by the President of the Library and Burke Museum committee, Dr Antoine Mousse, for the purpose of cataloguing all the items in the collection. The cataloguer was the curator at that time, William Morton, whose hand-writing appears in the journal today. When William Morton first started recording in this journal in 1875, there were already a number of existing items in the institution. The Public Library and Burke Museum in Beechworth had actually been operating since the 1850s; first as a Young Men’s Association in 1856, then as Beechworth Athenaeum in 1858, then as the Beechworth Public Library in 1860. Then in 1861 when news of the death of Beechworth’s former police superintended, Robert O’Hara Burke, reached the town, it was agreed that the Public Library would also become a museum to tribute his legacy, renaming it as the ‘Public Library and Robert O’Hara Burke Memorial Museum, Beechworth’. Many of the items from the early institutions would have been used to form the nucleus of this new organisation. Plus, the additional items that were either collected or donated to develop it into a museum. The catalogue is extensive. There are exactly 461 pages of recorded items, each page detailing the various collections the museum acquired in the late 19th century. Collections recorded in this catalogue include a large collection of geological specimens, that were given to the museum in 1868 by the Geological Survey Department of Victoria. A large collection of taxidermy mounts, that were given to the museum as skins by the Museum of Australia in 1865. An extensive collection of Aboriginal artefacts that were purchased from amateur anthropologist R. E . Johns in 1868. As well as artworks, charts, photographs, machinery, maps etc., all of which have been held in the museum since. This catalogue also details the governance and management of the organisation. There were originally 30 rules that governed the actions for the management committee and, while anyone could read in the free library, only subscribers could borrow two books and one periodical. At first, subscriptions rates were 7/6 a quarter. This was later changed to £1 per annum, paid quarterly in advance. This was a considerable amount; 7/6 per quarter meant that the annual fee was £1.10. This was equivalent to about £650.00 or about $1,182.00AUD today, while the reduced subscription fee of £1 a year was the equivalent to £450.00 or about $818.00AUD today. Membership of the athenaeum would have been the reserve of the town's notable citizens. The vale of the catalogue lies not only in its historical connect with the establishment of the Athenaeum and the current museum, but also in its record of the names and positions of all members of the institution's committees of management from 1875-1876. This is a unique object that contains important records for a notable country town. Large brown leather bound book made in 1875 for the Beechworth library and museum by William Detmond. Inside is a comprehensive and detailed itemised listing of the paintings, drawings, charts, photographs, specimens and books that entered the institution from 1850 -1882. non-fictionCover: RULES / CATALOGUE OF BOOKS / INVENTORY OF PICTURES, DRAWINGS, / MAPS, CHARTS, FURNITURE, SPECIMENS / OF THE / PUBLIC LIBRARY AND BURKE MUSEUM / BEECHWORTHburke museum, beechworth, catalogue, museum catalogue, 1875, william morton, william detmold, exposition universelle, ferdinand von mueller, public library, collection, book, leather bound, restored, digitised, robert o'hara burke, hand-written

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Two hand written recipe books. Articles and recipes from magazines and the newspaper are also includedTwo eecipe books with clippings of recipes from magazines and newspapers. recipe book, edith pickford

Index, bib, ill, p.236.non-fictionIt is difficult to overestimate the excitement that accompanied the birth of the Spitfire. An aircraft imbued with balletic grace and extraordinary versatility, it was powered by a piston engine and a propeller, yet came tantalisingly close to breaking the sound barrier. First flown in 1936, the Spitfire soon came to symbolize Britain's defiance of Nazi Germany in the summer of 1940. Flown by pilots of many nations, it saw service as far afield as Australia and the Soviet Union. Spitfire: The Biography is a celebration of a great British invention.spitfire, world war ii - air warfare

Contains volumes 1-12 of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.CD-ROM

Hardcover w/ Dust JacketPlain envelope, Australian Dictionary of Biography Subscription card and Corrigenda insidebiography, dictionary, australian biography, walsh st library

Red cloth bound copy of W B Russell's biography of Legatee Savige with a paper dust jacket with photosnon-fictionThe detailed biography of Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Savage. history, w b russell, biography

Autograph books were popular in the 1950s and these contain a variety of signatures and messages from friends of Shirley Fraser (nee Black). A list of autographs contained in these books is available at the SocietyThe Blacks were a pioneering Bundoora family and these books are a memento of Miss Black's friends and acquaintances.2 autograph books, one with black cover, one with simulated leather cover. Coloured pages."Shirley Black - Hillboro' Park Grimshaw Street Bundoora" inside front cover and autographs throughout.autograph books, shirley fraser, shirley black, bundoora

448 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm.Genealogists and local historians have probably seen every birth, marriage, death and census record available, and are adept at unsing the internet for research. However, once they have learnt everything they can from them, the next step is reading and understanding older documents. These can be hard to find (not many are online), are often written in challenging handwriting and use legal and other unfamiliar terms. Some will be in Latin, antiquated English or Scots. Readers need to be able to understand the nature and intent of a range of documents as well as the palaeography (the handwriting) and orthography (the 'shape' of the contents). Documents covered include wills and testaments, contracts, indentures, charters, land records, personal letters, official records, Church records and others, mainly from the period 1560 to 1800. Also covered are dates, numbers, calendars, measurements and money, abbreviations, transcription conventions, letter-forms and glossaries, and it includes a Latin primer.genealogy -- handbooks, local history -- archival resources., genealogy -- archival resources.

Part of the collection of KEVIN JOHN HERDMAN No. 397661. See Cat. No. 5942P for details of his service record.Pocket sized note book with soft cream coloured cover and lined pages. Pages have cut edges. Handwritten notes in black ink on each page. Pages are attached to cover with staples. Title of notebook in black type on front cover. Text on back cover in black type.Handwritten in black ink on back cover: “223”notebook, australian military forces, kevin john herdman

Index, bib, ill, map, p.230.non-fictionThis is a study of Sir Ian Hamilton VCs command of the Gallipoli campaign. Appointed by Kitchener after the failure of the initial Allied naval offensive in the Dardanelles, Hamilton was to lead the ambitious amphibious landings that were intended to open the way to Constantinople. In the event, however, opportunities immediately after the landings were squandered and, in the face of unexpectedly effective Turkish resistance, soon stalled in attritional trench warfare like that on the Western Front. Hamilton has often been criticized for this failure and in many ways seen to typify the stereotype of a British general clinging to outdated Victorian thinking. Yet this fresh reappraisal, drawing on original archival research, shows that Hamilton did display some progressive ideas and a realization that warfare was rapidly changing. Like all generals of this period he faced the challenge of unprecedented technological and tactical revolution as well as the political and media battle.world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - gallipoli, generals - great britain - biography

Grey plastic covered folder with silver four bar clip. Contains about 700 pages.australia - armed forces - service manuals

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A ligh gray coloured cover that had black writing on the front. Note: Most of the writing has been erased.There is a black binding down the left hand side.australia - armed forces - service manuals, patrolling and tracking

Includes enlisted soldiers and those killed in action. Framed listing of names of Shire of Buninyong residents who served in the First World War. An asterisk marks the names of those killed. There are seven columns of names with about 500 names listed.On back of frame 'G.D. Whykes, 310 Forest Street, Buninyong 3357'. world war 1, buninyong, military history

A greyish coloured cardbord cover with black information on the font. Near the top right reads 7610-66-019-1535. Under the Australian Coat of Arms is the description of the booklet. There are two metal staples down the left hand side. The booklet is covered in a plastic cover and stored in a plastic bag.australia - armed forces - service manuals, infantry training, the platoon

A cream coloured manual which has lots of discolouration on the cover. the manual is held together by one rusty staple at the top left hand side. The name of Maj. Rees Jones - Mon. U. Coy is written in black in of the top right hand side of the manual.Maj. Rees Jones, Mon-u-Coyaustralia - armed forces - service manuals, training, maj rees jones

A dark beige coloured cardboard phamphlet folded in four places. The information on the front is in black ink. Top of the front page is a Serial No. 062. The Royal Australian Artillery Insignia is near the top of the page.phamphlet, citizen mitilarty forces, royal australian artillery, 7th field regiment raa, 7th field regiment lad raeme, programme of training, lt col h.a.f. benson, capt w.d. feakes, lt d.r. bird, wo1 c.j. maynard, capt d.k. lehmann

A gray thick cardboard cover with black information on the front of the cover. top right hand side reads 7610-66-012-8614. there is a dark blue binding down the left hand side. the booklet is held together with a metal slide clasp.australian military forces, standing orders, vehicle operation and servicing