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Seaworks Maritime Museum
Lifejacket- Prop, Melbourne
Intact pale fabric lifejacket made by Smith & Co makers in melbourne.Side 1: ADULT OR CHILD/ GUS? SMITH & CO MAKERS MELNOURNE. Side 2: BOARD OF TRADE. STANDARD/ LIFE JACKET. Inside of Side 2: F.S. On shoulder: ???? INSEPCTED.lifejacket -
Seaworks Maritime Museum
Divers helmet
Standard dress diving equipment used by Melbourne Harbour Trust from late 1800s until 1991. Because of its structure of heavy canvas, lead and brass, it was used in wharf construction and salvage. Total weight on wearer is approximately 90 kgslarge brass diving helmet -
Red Cliffs Military Museum
Bandage
Bandage used by Maggie Walker while attending First Aid Training during World War One approximately 1916 while her fiance Thomas Bishop was serving overseas. They married after the war. This bandage remained in the Bishop family for many years and was treasured. This would have been fairly standard equipment in first aid training. Probably had an associated instruction card that explained the numbers on each method of using the bandage as printed on the bandage.Triangular shaped bandage of calico material with multiple printed diagrams showing how to use item. Indicates base edge as well as sides and pointPrinted on top point the St John Ambulance Association Star "THE ST JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION" "M.W." written in permanent pen on edge -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Geological specimen - Basalt (igneous-volcanic) containing Olivine, unknown
This particular geological specimen was found in Mount Franklin or Lalgambook in Djadjawurrung, located between Daylesford and Newstead, approximately ninety minutes drive from Melbourne. The mountain is an example of a breached scoria cone (a steep conical hill of loose pyroclastic fragments) which was created by a volcanic eruption about 470,000 years ago, a date which may indicate the age of this geological specimen. The volcanic eruptions of Mount Franklin were most likely witnessed by members of the Dja Dja Wurrung Aboriginal tribe, who referred to this country as the 'smoking grounds'. Mount Franklin and the surrounding area appears to have been a place of considerable religious significance to Aboriginal people, there is evidence which indicates that frequent large ceremonial gatherings took place in the area. Basalt is the most common rock on Earth’s surface, more than 90% of all volcanic rock on Earth is basalt. Basalt is an aphanitic extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon. Specimens are black in colour and weather to dark green or brown. Basalt is rich in iron and magnesium and is mainly composed of olivine, pyroxene, and plagioclase. Olivine is the name of a group of rock-forming silicate minerals with compositions ranging between Mg2SiO4 and Fe2SiO4. Unlike other minerals, Olivine has a very high crystallisation temperature which makes it the first of the minerals to crystallise from magma. As magma cools, the crystals begin to form and settle on the bottom of the lava and form basalts that are abnormally enriched in olivine in the lower part of lava flows. According to H. M. King (on geology.com) "Olivine is thought to be an important mineral in Earth's mantle. Its presence as a mantle mineral has been inferred by a change in the behaviour of seismic waves as they cross the boundary between Earth's crust and mantle". Lava from Mount Franklin and other volcanoes in the area filled valleys and buried the gold bearing streams that became the renowned ‘deep leads’ of the gold mining era. In 1852, as part of the Victorian gold rush, gold was discovered in the immediate area, this gold was created by lava flows during the Newer Volcanic period, which were mined intensively during the nineteenth century. Around 1865 the presence of a deep lead in Mount Franklin was established. Deep lead mining was initially unsuccessful, and it was not until the late 1870s that the Franklinford Gold Mining Company mined at Mount Franklin on a significant scale. A few years later the Mount Franklin Estate Gold Mining Company also struck gold, followed by the Shakespeare and Great Western companies in the mid-1880s. By the late 1880s, however, deep lead mining had ceased in the area. Soon after gold was discovered in 1851, Victoria’s Governor La Trobe wrote to the Colonial Office in London, urging ‘the propriety of selecting and appointing as Mineral Surveyor for this Colony a gentleman possessed of the requisite qualifications and acquaintance with geological science and phenomena’. Alfred Selwyn was appointed geological surveyor in Australia in 1852 which began the Geological Survey of Victoria. In 1853-69 the Geological Survey issued under Selwyn's direction sixty-one geological maps and numerous reports; they were of such high standard that a writer in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London bracketed the survey with that of the United States of America as the best in the world. During his years spent in Australia, Selwyn collected numerous significant geological specimens, examples of which are held in collections such as the Burke Museum.This geological specimen is an example of basalt and olivine which shows the volcanic lava activity and geographical specific nature of Mt Franklin as a significant volcanic site. According to Agriculture Victoria 'The crater is one of the deepest in the Central Highlands area. It is a major megacryst site with some of the largest known Victorian examples of megacrysts of augite and an orthoclase. The small parasitic mound of Lady Franklin on the western flanks adds to the geological interest of the site'. This specimen also highlights the locality as a significant place for both indigenous activity and Victorian gold rush era mining practices. This specimen is part of a larger collection of geological and mineral specimens collected from around Australia (and some parts of the world) and donated to the Burke Museum between 1868-1880. A large percentage of these specimens were collected in Victoria as part of the Geological Survey of Victoria that begun in 1852 (in response to the Gold Rush) to study and map the geology of Victoria. Collecting geological specimens was an important part of mapping and understanding the scientific makeup of the earth. Many of these specimens were sent to research and collecting organisations across Australia, including the Burke Museum, to educate and encourage further study.An angular, solid hand-sized piece of grey volcanic Basalt with green/brown Olivine phenocrysts along one flat edge.Olivine in basalt / - label is probably / correct. / C. Willman / 15/4/21burke museum, beechworth, indigo shire, beechworth museum, geological, geological specimen, mineralogy, basalt, igneous rock, igneous-volcanic, volcanic geology, volcanic, olivine, olivine specimen, basaltoid -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Geological specimen - Coorongite
Coorongite is a dark, rubber-like, highly resilient structureless algal deposit. In the Coorong district of South Australia it occurs in moderate quantities associated with the coastal swamps and sand dunes which extend for a considerable distance east of the mouth of the Murray. This particular specimen was recovered from the south of the Coorong River, South Australia. A type of sediment rich in organic matter, Coorongite is the unlithified end-member of the sapropelic coal series. The members of the sapropelic coal series can be ranked in order as sapropel (the unlithified form), sapropelic-lignite, and sapropelic-coal (the lithified forms) based on increasing carbon content and decreasing volatile content. Sapropel (Coorongite) is an unlithified dark, pulpy, fine organic mud containing concentrations of algae and miospores that are more or less identifiable. Coorongite is typically found as an algae like substance, that can be found in irregular size pieces. Coorongite was believed to be dried up oil due to its rubber-like texture. The Coorongite is also soft to the point where it can be cut into with a knife or it can be broken and torn by hand. Otherwise known as 'Kurangk', the Coorong River is home to the Ngarrindjeri people, which acts as both a place for gathering food and a spiritual place. In 1852 the first sight of Coorongite was found along the Coorong River. The finders mistook the Coorongite for dried up oil, which lead to the belief that there were oil reserves under the Coorong River. Between the 1860s and the 1930s the Coorong River became a place where mining oil and Coorongite became precedent. Nowadays, the local council and the South Australian Government are working together with the Ngarrindjeri people to sustain and preserve the Coorong River and the culture that is with it. Soon after gold was discovered in 1851, Victoria’s Governor La Trobe wrote to the Colonial Office in London, urging ‘the propriety of selecting and appointing as Mineral Surveyor for this Colony a gentleman possessed of the requisite qualifications and acquaintance with geological science and phenomena’. Alfred Selwyn was appointed geological surveyor in Australia in 1852 which began the Geological Survey of Victoria. Selwyn went on to collect geological samples and catalogue thousands of specimens around Australia. In 1853-69 the Geological Survey issued under Selwyn's direction sixty-one geological maps and numerous reports; they were of such high standard that a writer in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London bracketed the survey with that of the United States of America as the best in the world. During his years spent in Australia, Selwyn collected numerous significant geological specimens, examples of which are held in collections such as the Burke Museum.Coorongite is considered to be a mineral with a unique texture, where it can be both hard and soft. Coorongite can also be considered to be a rare mineral, as it is only located along the Coorong River and due to the mining of it, has left very few sources. It was believed at one point that Coorongite could be used to replace oil. This specimen is part of a larger collection of geological and mineral specimens collected from around Australia (and some parts of the world) and donated to the Burke Museum between 1868-1880. A large percentage of these specimens were collected in Victoria as part of the Geological Survey of Victoria that begun in 1852 (in response to the Gold Rush) to study and map the geology of Victoria. Collecting geological specimens was an important part of mapping and understanding the scientific makeup of the earth. Many of these specimens were sent to research and collecting organisations across Australia, including the Burke Museum, to educate and encourage further study.Three solid varyingly hand-sized pieces of wooden appearing organic matter derived from the river in the Coorong District in South Australia. A rubber-like, highly resilient structureless algal deposit.Specimen 245 page 69 / in Descriptive Register / "Elcestic Bitumen, / Coorangite" South of / Coorung River, South Australia . / C. WIllman / 15/4/21burke museum, beechwoth, indigo shire, beechworth museum, geological, geological specimen, mineraology, coorong, coorong river, kurangk, ngarrindjeri, south australia, coorongite, coorongite specimen -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Geological specimen - Brown Coal
Brown Coal is typically found as rocks. During formation the Brown Coal starts as peats, which is an acidic brown deposit resembling soil, and over time when subjected to pressure and heat these peats form the Coal. Brown Coal is the lowest rank of coal as it has a low carbon (energy) content, and a high moisture content. This high moisture content makes Brown Coal unsuitable for overseas exports. This particular specimen was recovered from the Yallourn Mine in Latrobe Valley, Victoria as part of the geological survey of Victoria being carried out by Alfred Selwyn. Otherwise known as the 'Yallourn Power Station', the Yallourn Mine is Australia's second largest mine. Yallourn Mine was first built in 1920, and since then it has been providing over 1 billion tonnes of Brown Coal to Australia every year. The Yallourn Mine is responsible for 22% of Victoria's electricity and 8% of Australia's electricity. As of 2021 the mine employs around 500 people. Due to ongoing maintenance issues and Australia's move to cleaner energy, the Yallourn Mine intends to shut down permanently as of 2028. Soon after gold was discovered in 1851, Victoria’s Governor La Trobe wrote to the Colonial Office in London, urging ‘the propriety of selecting and appointing as Mineral Surveyor for this Colony a gentleman possessed of the requisite qualifications and acquaintance with geological science and phenomena’. Alfred Selwyn was appointed geological surveyor in Australia in 1852 which began the Geological Survey of Victoria. In 1853-69 the Geological Survey issued under Selwyn's direction sixty-one geological maps and numerous reports; they were of such high standard that a writer in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London bracketed the survey with that of the United States of America as the best in the world. During his years spent in Australia, Selwyn collected numerous significant geological specimens, examples of which are held in collections such as the Burke Museum.Brown coal is considered to be an essential rock to Australia's energy consumption. Although plentiful in sources, Brown Coal is not able to be exported overseas due to its high moisture content. As Australia moves towards cleaner energy, Brown Coal is going become less used. This specimen is part of a larger collection of geological and mineral specimens collected from around Australia (and some parts of the world) and donated to the Burke Museum between 1868-1880. A large percentage of these specimens were collected in Victoria as part of the Geological Survey of Victoria that begun in 1852 (in response to the Gold Rush) to study and map the geology of Victoria. Collecting geological specimens was an important part of mapping and understanding the scientific makeup of the earth. Many of these specimens were sent to research and collecting organisations across Australia, including the Burke Museum, to educate and encourage further study.A solid hand-sized sedimentary rock that is a dark shade of brown.13 / BROWN COAL / Showing Woody structure / Locality: Yallourn, Vic. | Label probably / correct but / can't find reference / no. 13 to match in / registers. / C Willman / 15/4/21burke museum, beechworth, indigo shire, beechworth museum, geological, geological specimen, mineralogy, yallourn, yallourn mine, victoria, coal, brown coal, brown coal specimen, alfred selwyn, geological survey of victoria, geological survey, yallourn power station -
Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park
Minute Book, Emerald Mechanics Institute Minute Book 1942
The original Mechanics Institute Hall burn down on 28/8/1965 and this book contains the minutes for the this hall.Standard Minute Book used by the Emerald Mechanic Institute in 1942minute book mechanics institute emerald -
Victoria Police Museum
Photograph (police car), Kodak
Photo of Doug Fraser 8226 of the Geelong Highway Patrol with a 1939 Ford sloper. Registered number shown in caption is incorrect.D.D. Fraser 8226 with 1939 Ford Standard Sloper, circa 1940police vehicles; transport branch; wireless patrol; motor police branch; motor traffic section; ford standard sloper car; fraser, douglas duncan -
Victoria Police Museum
Photograph (police car), Kodak
Doug Fraser was stationed at the Geelong Highway Patrol and this is his police vehicle, a Ford coupe from 1939Daughter and friends of D.D. Fraser 8226 with 1939 Ford Standard Sloper, circa 1940police vehicles; transport branch; wireless patrol; motor police branch; motor traffic section; ford standard sloper car; fraser, douglas duncan -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Administrative record (collection) - Warrnambool Town/ City Council Newspaper Reports, 1897 - 1925
Warrnambool City Council CollectionHistorical RecordInformation contained in three ledgersNewspaper cuttings from The Warrnambool Standard concerning the Warrnambool Town/ City Councilwarrnambool town/ city council meetings.warrnambool town/ city council meetings. -
Sunshine and District Historical Society Incorporated
Replica of McKay Smithy, Opened on 10 October 2001
This Smithy is a replica of the building in which the first H. V. McKay harvester was built at Drummartin in northern Victoria in 1884. The original Smithy was moved from Drummartin to Sunshine Victoria where it remained for many years outside the H. V. McKay manufacturing plant. With the construction of the standard gauge railway line the road outside the Smithy was demolished, and the original Smithy was taken to the Melbourne Museum.The original Smithy is now in a fragile state and is no longer on public display at the Melbourne Museum. The site where the original Smithy stood in Sunshine was no longer available so the replica Smithy was erected a few hundred metres away, in the South East corner of Barclay Reserve on King Edward Ave, Albion 3020.The replica Smithy permits the public to view a full sized model of the building which eventually led to the formation of the H. V. McKay Sunshine Harvester Works. This firm grew to being considered the main manufacturing plant in the southern hemisphere, and also led to the local area being renamed in 1907 from Braybrook Junction to Sunshine.Brown wooden building with bark roof. This building is a FULL SIZED REPLICA of the original SMITHY that was used by H. V. McKay.THE SUNSHINE HARVESTER WORKS 1884smithy, h. v. mckay, sunshine harvester works, drummartin, replica, massey harris, massey ferguson -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, Caring for our culture: national guidelines for museums, galleries and keeping places, 1998
This book contains a series of questions framed to help museums explore their direction and plans for the future and a set of 'technical guidelines' which set out minimum standards and which are for self evaluation by the museum.39p; 30 cm; This book contains a series of questions framed to help museums explore their direction and plans for the future and a set of 'technical guidelines' which set out minimum standards and which are for self evaluation by the museum.museums, administration, keeping places, galleries, guidelines -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
DVD, Beyond Barbed Wire, 2017
Interview of three persons, members of the Temple Society, who were arrested in Palestine during World War 2 as "enemy aliens". They were transported to Australia on the "Queen Elizabeth" which was being used at that time, as a troop ship. As part of a group of approximately 650 men, women and children from Palestine,they were held in internment Camp 3, Tatura, from 1941 until 1947. Those internees who chose to remain in Australia after the war were released at such time as they were able to obtain employment and accommodation. Also interviewed is Lurline Knee, Researcher for the Tatura Wartime Camps Museum. Interviewees: Hans Minzemay; Manfred Haering and Herta Uhlerr..Personal experiences of three members of the Temple Society, arrested as enemy aliens and brought to Australia for internment during World War 2.Standard DVD in plastic case.Not for distribution, assessment purposes only. Run time 6 minutes.tatura internment camp;, camp 3, palestine group of internees., temple society -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Watering Can, Karl Wied, 1940 - 1845
Large standard shape watering can hand made from flat galvanized iron in Camp 3 by one of the inmates.watering can, handcrafts, internee, camp 3, karl wied -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Certificate, Deutches Reichs Sportabzeichen, 1945
Sporting events were organized and carried out by the German civilian internees within the compounds of the camp. This certificate sets out standards and achievement of internee.The item indicates the organizational capabilities of the internees and the sporting facilities made available by the Australian authorities. Photocopy ofeEight pages, five blank, hand printed and typed certificate, personally signed containing sports performances conducted in Camp 1.. All in German. Photocopy. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Album - Photographs, Collegium Taturense Anniversary 1940-1941, 1940's
Complied in Camp 4 by Dunera Faculty members to substantiate the academic standard of their school. 20 copies were made.Navy blue photo album containing a copy collegium taturense booklet No.7. Black & white illustrations and type anniversary & history of school at the campsbooks, albums -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Exercise, Prior 1946
Else Oertel was an internee in Camp 3A from 1940-1945. Else (a German) was interned in a camp where Russian was being taught & so took up lessons. Her husband was away on business in Germany at the outbreak of war and was not interned with them & therefore Else was also motivated to learn Russian because it was possible she would be repatriated to the Russian sector of Germany at the end of the war (namely Chemnitz, Saxony). This book is one she used in these lessons.Exercise book with blue & white cover, with lined pages. Standard arithmetic & multiplication tables printed on back cover. Some separate lined & unlined pages inside, some held together with a nail. Lessons in Russian with phonetic spelling & German translations. Exercise book used by Else Oertel in Camp 3A, in study of the Italian language.Printed on front cover: The "Vana" Exercise Book/ Name/Grade/School/ Approved by the Education Department|(name) E. Oertel; (grade) 3.A; (school) Russischtatura, ww2, russian language, german language, camp 3, internment, internee camps, education, language study, books, school, educational -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Toilet roll paper- illustrated, 1940's
School work of 6-7 year old Gretl Frank on standard issue toilet paper in Camp 3. Gretl was the daughter of Kurt and Emma FrankIllustrated paper toilet roll. School work. Text in Germantoilet roll, paper, school, frank g, hurnung g, camp 3, tatura, war camps, documents, education -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Hydromatic Quick-Feathering Propellers Service Manual Hamilton Standard Propellers No.1408, Hydromatic Quick-Feathering Propellers Service Manual
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Hydromatic Quick-Feathering Propellers Interchangeable Parts List Hamilton Standard Propellers No.141, Hydromatic Quick-Feathering Propellers Interchangeable Parts List
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Propeller Hydromatic Governors Service Manual Hamilton Standard Propellers No.123, Propeller Hydromatic Governors Service Manual
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Hydromatic Propellers 22D30-22D40 Maintenance Manual Hamilton Standard Propellers Noi.145, Hydromatic Propellers 22D30-22D40 Maintenance Manual
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Hydromatic Quick-Feathering Propellers Parts Catalogue Hamilton Standard Propellers No.143, Hydromatic Quick-Feathering Propellers Parts Catalogue
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Hydromatic Reversing Propellers Overhaul Manual Model 43E60 Hamilton Standard Propellers No.163B, Hydromatic Reversing Propellers Overhaul Manual Model 43E60
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Counterweight Propellers Service Manual Hamilton Standard Propellers No.110D, Counterweight Propellers Service Manual
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Counterweight Propellers Parts Catalogue Hamilton Standard Propellers No.111, Counterweight Propellers Parts Catalogue
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Prop Tips The Hydromatic Propeller And Constant Speed Control Hamilton Standard Propellers, Prop Tips The Hydromatic Propeller And Constant Speed Control
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Air Screw Log Book 2087For Hamilton Standard Propellers Hydromatic Model 23E50-473
Purchased by P.Jansen from Ansett Disposals - used for a period on AARG P-40E aircraft -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Single-Acting Constant Speed Control Assemblies For Hydromatic Propellers Illustrated Parts Catalogue Models 4G10 3G8 ,4L11 4B2 ,4W8 4G8, 4W10, Single-Acting Constant Speed Control Assemblies For Hydromatic Propellers Illustrated Parts Catalogue No 1244 Hamilton Standard Propellers
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Hamilton Standard Controllable And Constant Speed Propellers Service Manual 110C