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Wangaratta High School
Secondary Schools Booklet, 2001
... box on the secand half with coloured text reading:... on the secand half with coloured text reading: Secondary Schools Booklet ...Pamphlet with images from the three 2001 Wangaratta secondary schools- Galen catholic College, Ovens College and Wangaratta High School- along the left half of the page and a green box on the secand half with coloured text reading:Wangaratta District SECONDARY SCHOOLS 2002 & Beyond -
Wangaratta High School
WHS Welcome booklet, 2007
... of the page with white text reading Welcome to Wangaratta High School... of the page with white text reading Welcome to Wangaratta High School ...A4 bound booklet with a black bar on the left side of the page with white text reading Welcome to Wangaratta High School. There is an image of the principal Judy Rose. This booklet gives introductory information to current and future students and their parents -
Melbourne Water
Ashtray, Maroondah Dam, Healesville Souvenir, 1930s-1940s
... of The Maroondah Dam on the base, with text reading “Maroondah Dam... Dam on the base, with text reading “Maroondah Dam, Healesville ...The Maroondah System was first and foremost developed as a functional component of Melbourne's Water Supply System. In addition to functionality, the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW) envisioned the Maroondah Reserve to be enjoyed aesthetically and recreationally by the public. This souvenir illustrates the realisation of the Maroondah System as a local recreational and tourist attraction in the early 20th century. The Maroondah Reserve gardens were landscaped with English-style ornamental stonework, exotic trees, flower beds and rose gardens. All features of the water supply system became widely celebrated as beauty spots that continue to be very popular to this day with tourists and locals alike. This souvenir is a product of that flourishing tourist trade. These water supply sites continue to enhance Melbourne’s charm and liveability and are now recognised as places of cultural and historic significance.This souvenir item has been curated by Melbourne Water as it represents an important historical aspect of the organisation by demonstrating the popularity of its water asset sites as recreational places and tourist attractions, and although these sites are functional parts of the water supply system, they were also designed to be enjoyed by the public both aesthetically and recreationally. This Souvenir glass ashtray, used as a receptacle for ash from cigarettes, features a black and white photograph of The Maroondah Dam on the base, with text reading “Maroondah Dam, Healesville”. The ashtray is round in shape with three indents on the rim to place cigarettes. melbourne metropolitan board of works, mmbw, maroondah, dam, healesville, melbourne water, scenic view, souvenir, glass, ashtray -
Wangaratta High School
WHS Framed Certificate, 2009
... an orange box with the MONASH University Engineering logo and text... Engineering logo and text reading: WHS Framed Certificate ...Wooden framed beige two panelled scholarship recipient certificate awarded to Timothy Goodson. The top panel is a photograph of Timothy and a Monash representative, and the bottom panel contains an orange box with the MONASH University Engineering logo and text reading:The Faculty of Engineering at Monash university congratulates Timothy Goodson from Wangaratta High School 2009 scholarship recipient -
Wangaratta High School
WHS Information pamphlet, 1989
... Cream booklet with three navy stripes, a WHS logo and text... with three navy stripes, a WHS logo and text reading HANDBOOK ...Cream booklet with three navy stripes, a WHS logo and text reading HANDBOOK for PARENTS WANGARATTA HIGH SCHOOL. This booklet is given to parents to provide them with introductory information about the school when their child begins attending as a student.HANDBOOK for PARENTS WANGARATTA HIGH SCHOOL. -
Wangaratta High School
WSC Yearbook -Geronimo, 1994
... in a cap bursting though the page with a spray can, and orange text..., and orange text reading GERONIMO 94, as if it was sprayed ...White Yearbook with a full page art cover depicting a black and white class reunion photo with a non-descript brown mammal in a cap bursting though the page with a spray can, and orange text reading GERONIMO 94, as if it was sprayed on as graffitiGERONIMO 94 -
Wangaratta High School
WHS Trophy- Sport, 1998-2000
... and base is text reading:... and base is text reading: WHS Trophy- Sport ...Red marble trophy with a base and upright section. Flanking the upright section are two black and red triangles. On the base and on top of the upright section are identical gold statues of bowls players. Engraved in the metal plates on the upright section and base is text reading:Wangaratta Bowl Club INTER SCHOOL COMPETITION 1998 WANGARATTA HIGH SCHOOL 1999 OVENS COLLEGE 2000 WANGARATTA HIGH SCHOOL -
Wangaratta High School
WHS Yearbook -Korrumbeia, 1965
... is text reading "KORRUMBEIA" The magazine of the Wangaratta High... right is text reading "KORRUMBEIA" The magazine ...Black and white photocopy of the 1965 yearbook. White cover with a WHS logo in the bottom left under 1965. in the top right is text reading "KORRUMBEIA" The magazine of the Wangaratta High School. Two intersecting black bars are in the bottom right corner of the cover"KORRUMBIA" The magazine of the Wangaratta High School 1965 -
Wangaratta High School
WTS Yearbook -Geronimo, 1985
... of the page is text reading "Geronimo" Wangaratta Technical School... of the page is text reading "Geronimo" Wangaratta Technical School ...Yellow grid ruled yearbook with green drawing depicting a number of individual drawings in the shape off letters which make up the word GERONIMO with annotations. Along the bottom of the page is text reading "Geronimo" Wangaratta Technical School Magazine '85GERONIMO "Geronimo" Wangaratta Technical School Magazine '85 -
Wangaratta High School
WSC Information Folder, 1995
... of the cover page. A small WSC symbol is at the top, with green text... of the cover page. A small WSC symbol is at the top, with green text ...White folder given to new parents and students to give them introductory information about the school with green and yellow diagonal stripes and a colour image of WSC students in the centre of the cover page. A small WSC symbol is at the top, with green text reading:INTRODUCING WANGARATTA SECONDARY COLLEGE "Preparing todays students for tomorrows challenges" the VCE and beyond -
Melbourne Water
Ashtray, Graceburn Weir, Healesville Souvenir, 1930s-1940s
... on the base, with text reading “The Graceburn Weir, Healesville... on the base, with text reading “The Graceburn Weir, Healesville ...The Maroondah System was first and foremost developed as a functional component of Melbourne's Water Supply System. In addition to functionality, the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW) envisioned the Maroondah Reserve to be enjoyed aesthetically and recreationally by the public. This souvenir illustrates the realisation of the Maroondah System as a local recreational and tourist attraction in the early 20th century. The Maroondah Reserve gardens were landscaped with English-style ornamental stonework, exotic trees, flower beds and rose gardens. All features of the water supply system became widely celebrated as beauty spots that continue to be very popular to this day with tourists and locals alike. This souvenir is a product of that flourishing tourist trade. These water supply sites continue to enhance Melbourne’s charm and liveability and are now recognised as places of cultural and historic significance.This souvenir item has been curated by Melbourne Water as it represents an important historical aspect of the organisation by demonstrating the popularity of its water asset sites as recreational places and tourist attractions, and although these sites are functional parts of the water supply system, they were also designed to be enjoyed by the public both aesthetically and recreationally.This Souvenir glass ashtray, used as a receptacle for ash from cigarettes, features a photograph of the Graceburn Weir on the base, with text reading “The Graceburn Weir, Healesville”. Rather small in size, this ashtray has a unique shape with four protruding glass points to place cigarettes. melbourne metropolitan board of works, mmbw, maroondah, dam, healesville, melbourne water, scenic view, souvenir, glass, ashtray, graceburnweir -
Wangaratta High School
WHS Kool Skools CD, 2002
... across the left with text reading 'Kool Skools 2002'... across the left with text reading 'Kool Skools 2002' WHS Kool ...Kool Skools is a Sydney and Melbourne based recording and multimedia project for secondary level students where students write and record an album of their own music, with opportunity for live performance.Green CD case with the head of a bass guitar with a green tree frog hanging onto the bottom of the bass head. A heading reads 'Downside Up WANGARATTA HIGH SCHOOL' A blue bar runs across the left with text reading 'Kool Skools 2002' -
Wangaratta High School
WHS Yearbook -Korrumbeia, 1994
... of the page. Above and below this symbol is text reading WANGARATTA... this symbol is text reading WANGARATTA HIGH SCHOOL 1994 MAGAZINE WHS ...White yearbook with a full page drawing of cartoon students with green, yellow, red and blue stripes at the top and bottom of the page, and a blue and black WHS logo in the middle right of the page. Above and below this symbol is text reading WANGARATTA HIGH SCHOOL 1994 MAGAZINEWANGARATTA HIGH SCHOOL 1994 MAGAZINE -
Wangaratta High School
WHS Parent Handbook, 1986
... information about the school. On the cover it has three text boxes... information about the school. On the cover it has three text boxes ...Light blue stapled booklet that is given to parents of new students at an information evening to give them some basic information about the school. On the cover it has three text boxes reading: Wangaratta High School SENOIR SCHOOL That HSC Year PARENT INFORMATION-DISCUSSION EVENING and BBQ Thursday, February 27th, 1986. -
Wangaratta High School
WGHS Kool Skools CD, 2005
... the left side with text reading 'Kool Skools 2005 a national... the left side with text reading 'Kool Skools 2005 a national ...Kool Skools is a Sydney and Melbourne based recording and multimedia project for secondary level students where students write and record an album of their own music, with opportunity for live performance.Orange CD case with a black and white image of a street and shopfront with a blue pickup truck parked in front of a shop with a sigh reading 'WHS Open For Business'. A white bar runs along the left side with text reading 'Kool Skools 2005 a national recording and multimedia project' -
Wangaratta High School
WHS Kool Skools CD, 2003
... '. A white bar runs across the left side and light blue text reading...'. A white bar runs across the left side and light blue text reading ...Kool Skools is a Sydney and Melbourne based recording and multimedia project for secondary level students where students write and record an album of their own music, with opportunity for live performance.Coloured CD cover with a drawing of an ambulance with dropped suspension and a large sound system, reading WANGARATTA H.S., and a graphitised footpath reading 'HIPHOP PATIENT'. A white bar runs across the left side and light blue text reading KOOL SKOOLS 2003 national recording and multimedia project. -
Wangaratta High School
OC Drama Production Shirts, 1997-2001
... Black T-shirt with white and violet text reading...-country Black T-shirt with white and violet text reading ...Black T-shirt with white and violet text reading ROCKENSTEIN. This shirt was used in the 2001 school production Rockenstein. Grey T-shirt with white writing reading DOCTOR LOVE, Love Doctor overlaying a red stethoscope and heart. This shirt was used in the 1997 school production Doctor Love; Love Doctor. -
Wangaratta High School
WTS Yearbook -Geronimo, 1968
... the right side is white text reading Wangaratta Technical school... is white text reading Wangaratta Technical school magazine ...Brown yearbook with an abstract white pattern. Along the right side is white text reading Wangaratta Technical school magazine, and white writing along the bottom reads Geronimo 68. There is a lot of degradation of the paper cover, with wear across the whole page. The cover has water damage in the top right corner.Wangaratta technical school magazine Geronimo 68 -
Wangaratta High School
WHS Yearbook, 1989
... of the schools opening. there is black text reading WANGARATTA HIGH... of the schools opening. there is black text reading WANGARATTA HIGH ...Light blue yearbook with a red, blue, yellow and green stripe down the left and two sepia images, one of the students in 1909 and the other of students in 1989, celebrating 80 years of the schools opening. there is black text reading WANGARATTA HIGH SCHOOL 1989 MAGAZINE and a black WHS logo in the top right corner. -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Postcard - Haeusler Collection Postcards and Greeting Card c. Mid-Century
... a photograph of a city with text reading "Board of Works" overlaid... depict a photograph of a city with text reading "Board of Works ...The Wodonga Historical Society Haeusler Collection provides invaluable insight into life in late nineteenth and early twentieth century north east Victoria. The collection comprises manuscripts, personal artefacts used by the Haeusler family on their farm in Wodonga, and a set of glass negatives which offer a unique visual snapshot of the domestic and social lives of the Haeusler family and local Wodonga community. The Haeusler family migrated from Prussia (Germany) to South Australia in the 1840s and 1850s, before purchasing 100 acres of Crown Land made available under the Victorian Lands Act 1862 (also known as ‘Duffy’s Land Act’) in 1866 in what is now Wodonga West. The Haeusler family were one of several German families to migrate from South Australia to Wodonga in the 1860s. This item has well documented provenance and a known owner. It forms part of a significant and representative historical collection which reflects the local history of Wodonga. It contributes to our understanding of domestic and family life in early twentieth century Wodonga, as well as providing interpretative capacity for themes including local history and social history.Three postcards and one greeting card. The postcards depict a photograph of a city with text reading "Board of Works" overlaid; a man posing with an early 1900s airplane; and an illustrated cartoon man and woman walking on a road in a rural area in Europe. The greeting card has text that reads "Loving Greetings" and a raised floral bouquet design made of plastic.haeusler collection, wodonga, postcards, postcard, post, mail, airplane, greeting cards -
National Wool Museum
Booklet - Catalogue, Mossgiel, c. 1920
... and text reading "LIST. HICKIE. PTY. LTD"... drawing of a shield or symbol with flowers below and text reading ...From the collection of a family who had three generations that worked for Dennys Lascelles. This is a catalogue describing the Mossgiel estate for an upcoming auction which was going to be held through the Dennys Lascelles Company. Mossgiel was built for or owned by Brigadier-General Robert Smith, who (I believe) was the founder of the Returned Soldiers & Sailors Mill in Newtown.Cream/pale yellow coloured paper booklet with maroon/brown text and border on front page, "Mossgiel" text in centre. 6 pages, bound with two metal staples on spine. Text and images throughout, describing and showing the Mossgiel estate. Back cover has small drawing of a shield or symbol with flowers below and text reading "LIST. HICKIE. PTY. LTD"dennys lascelles ltd, hendy leary and co, mossgiel -
Orbost & District Historical Society
match box cover, 1950-1960's
... label with text reading, "BRYANT & MAY'S CROWN SAFETY MATCHES... with a sliding cardboard drawer. The box has a paper label with text ...This was owned and used by J.G. Ralston of Orbost. John Gavin Ralston was born 26 July 1914 at Eden, N.S.W. and came to Orbost in the early 1920's, with his parents and siblings. They lived at the corner of Tennyson and Salisbury Streets. Jack was educated at Orbost Higher Elementary School before being apprenticed to William Ross at the Snowy River Mail as a lino-type operator. He married Jean Cameron. After WW11 when he served overseas in the islands) He resumed his trade at the Snowy River Mail until 1949 when began J.G.& J.M. Ralston, Seed & Produce Merchants. Jack Ralston was very involved in the Orbost sporting community, the Presbyterian Church and the Orbost Municipal Band. He also served in the Orbost sub-branch of the R.S.L. He died on April 15 1967. (ref. Margaret Smith O.D.H.S. Newsletter) Collecting match box holders / grips was a popular hobby. They were made to fit over a box of matches for protection. Some were especially produced for significant occasions. This item is an example of a very common personal item rarely used today.A painted metal matchbox cover with a thin wooden matchbox inside. It is cream coloured with a picture of a cricketer being bowled out. In the top right hand corner is "OWZAT". The matches are Bryant & May's Crown Safety Matches. it is a rectangular cardboard box with a sliding cardboard drawer. The box has a paper label with text reading, "BRYANT & MAY'S CROWN SAFETY MATCHES" and an image of a crown. The top and bottom side has a purple striking paper, to light match. Bottom and sides of sliding drawer are a green color.J.G.Ralstonmatchbox-holder smoking-accessories ralston-j.g. -
National Wool Museum
Booklet, 1940
... . Front cover has an image of a rams head above decorative text... decorative text reading -Goldsbrough, / Mort / & Company Limited ...Donated by Mrs Robyn Adams, daughter of Victor Clyde- a wool grower in North East Victoria. Mr Clyde used this waybill booklet to record the details of wool bales which he sold through Goldsbrough Mort. The front yellow carbon paper slip indicated a sale of wool in 1946.Red paper booklet with three staples on left side spine. Front cover has an image of a rams head above decorative text reading -Goldsbrough, / Mort / & Company Limited-. Company address and services are also listed on front cover. Back cover has an image and addresses of warehouse storage locations. Inside front and back covers are instructions and tips on how to use the booklet. Several yellow lined pages are included inside, some of which have been removed. These pages are used to record bale details with carbon paper. There is a small, handwriten word on th front cover above the word MELBOURNE.wool growing, wool production, wool auctions, wool sales, wool transport, mrs robyn adams, elder smith goldsbrough mort limited -
National Wool Museum
Booklet, 1947
... head above decorative text reading -Goldsbrough, / Mort... decorative text reading -Goldsbrough, / Mort / & Company Limited ...Donated by Mrs Robyn Adams, daughter of Victor Clyde- a wool grower from North East Victoria. Mr CLyde would use this booklet to record the details of the wool bales which he sold through Goldsbrough Mort. The first yellow sheet in the booklet indicates that it was filled out in 1947.Faded red/orange paper booklet with three metal staples on left side spine. Top of front cover has an image of a rams head above decorative text reading -Goldsbrough, / Mort / & Company Limited-. Address and services provided are also listed on font cover. Back cover shows an image of a warehouse and gives addresses of warehouse storage locations. Inside front and back covers have instructions and tips on using the booklet. There are several yellow pages upon which can be recorded the wool bale details, transferred between pages with missing carbon paper. There is a loose, small white sheet of paper which displays an example of how the yellow sheets should be filled out.wool sales, wool auctions, wool transportation, wool bales, mrs robyn adams, elder smith goldsbrough mort limited, dalgety and company limited elder smith goldsbrough mort limited, goldsbrough, mort and company limited -
National Wool Museum
Stencil
... text reading IMPORTANT / DO NOT BEND. Back of envelope has... is the text AWC PROPERTY / NOT TRANSFERABLE. Rear of stencil ...Wool bale stencil owned and used by donor. Donor was a wool classer in New South Wales working from the 1960s to c2000. This stencil was used by the donor as they traveled from station to station and was used to stencil their registration number on the bales of wool that they had classed. The stencil was created by the Australian Wool Corporation who mailed the stencil to the donor. We also have the original envelope.Metal rectangular wool bale stencil. Stencil has cutouts of a sheep head symbol on left side and the number '83' and 'PI' on either side of an Australia shape on the top right. There are three horizontal rectangles below this, and below them is the number 54719. Faintly engraved at the top is the text AWC PROPERTY / NOT TRANSFERABLE. Rear of stencil is a shiny light metallic colour. Front side is scratched and stained, particularly around the text areas. This would be due to use. Associated envelope is worn and becoming frail. It is a cream colour with heavy staining and opened on the right side. Top left has a printed return address, top right has a stamp area. Affixed postal address is for the donor and that is above a blue stamped text reading IMPORTANT / DO NOT BEND. Back of envelope has a stamped print of the stencil and another bright red stamp. Possibly put there by the donor. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Manual - MANUALS, MAP READING, British War Office, 1929 - 1943
Items in the collection re Col J. Swatton, refer Cat No 6719.2P for his service details. 1. This is an Army Training Manual. on the front is the British Coat of Arms. The book's title dated 1929. Khaki cardboard cover. Printed in black ink. It has 93 pages of text, maps and drawings. 2. Small boklet, Khaki cover, Prtinted in black ink dated 1943. British War Office.1. On front cover is "Illegible" and W. Swatton. Inside front cover is handmade amendment chart. Daily entry is dated April 1938. On rear cover is a sticky label with the words "On loan from the Estate of Colonel J, W. Swatton" Ref No JWS M18. 2. On front cover is written name "Swatton". On rear cover is a sticky label with words..."On loan from the Estate of Colonel J. W. Swatton." Ref NoJWS M19.map reading, j. w. swatton -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - Typesetting Equipment and Personnel, Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo, c1968 to 1979
This is a set of nine photographs of cartographic typesetting equipment and personnel in Cartographic Squadron at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo circa 1968 to 1979. The rooms on the top floor of Fortuna Villa where the photos were taken were formally the nursery and boys bedrooms during the Lansell family’s occupation of the building. The Fotosetter type setting machine replaced the letterpress method of type production in 1956. Its operator entered the text using a type order provided by cartographic draughtsmen/ draughtswomen. The type was output on a film positive, which was contacted onto strip film. The text was cut out by cartographic draughtsmen/ draughtswomen and affixed onto type sheets using bees wax. Cartographic Squadron’s CPL Arty Lane specialised in the operation of the Fotosetter type setting machine for many years, as shown in photos .3P and .4P. For more information on the Fotosetter, see page 71 of Valerie Lovejoy’s book 'Mapmakers of Fortuna – A history of the Army Survey Regiment’ ISBN: 0-646-42120-4. The computer based Editwriter Model 7500 typesetting system was introduced in 1975 as a replacement to the aging Fotosetter. It was operated by a specialised technician, who generated a large variety of map type styles and sizes quickly and reliably, as well as text panels. Output on Copy proof adhesive backed stripping type film replaced messy wax and spray adhesives in 1978. The Editwriter capability supported all RASvy units and its contractor type setting requirements. SGT Jim McDonald operated the Editwriter for a couple of years in the late 1970’s. He is seen in photos .7P and .8P. reading off a type order and entering text into the computer. See item 6181.23P, photo .1P for a reduced scale photo of SGT Jim McDonald undertaking this task. Also see item 6123.12P photos .1P and .2P featuring CPL Paul Richards, who was another technician that operated the Editwriter for several years in the 1980s. The Editwriter was also operated by SSGT Pat Lumsden, as featured in photo .9P taken in 1979. The Monotype Photolettering Machine seen in photos .5P and .6P is understood to be in service for a shorter period, as it was not as productive compared to the Fotosetter and Editwriter. This is a set of nine photographs of cartographic typesetting equipment at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo, c1968 to c1979. Black and white photos are on photographic paper and scanned at 300 dpi. .1) - Photo, black & white, c1960s, Fotosetter type setting machine, unidentified technician. .2) - Photo, black & white, c1960s, Fotosetter type setting machine. .3) to .4) - Photo, black & white, c1968, Fotosetter type setting machine, CPL Arty Lane. .5) to .6) - Photo, black & white, c1970s, Monotype Photolettering Machine, unidentified technician. .7) to .8) - Photo, black & white, c1979, Typesetting machine, ‘Editwriter’ Model 7500, SGT Jim McDonald. .9) - Photo, black & white, 1979, Typesetting machine, ‘Editwriter’ Model 7500, SSGT Pat Lumsden.Personnel and equipment are identified in photos .1P to .3P. on a card. A description is provided: ‘Fotosetter: This model was used from 1956 to 1974. Where photograph was taken: Army Survey Regiment. Person in Photograph: Arty Lane. Approx date photograph taken: 1968. Any Misc Information: All type on maps was set on this machine. The operator of the machine (Ex SGT Lane) joined the Army in 1956 and was discharged in 1977. Also with Survey from 1942 to 1946. Information given by: Arty Lane’. Photo .9P is dated 1979 on the back.’royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, asr, carto -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, National reading book. Book V, 1876
... . school text NATIONAL READING BOOK Red cloth and card cover ...This book is a school text book in the 19th Century and was used in British and in British Empire schools . It would have been used in secondary school classes as a reader and a literary appreciation text.The extracts are of a very classical character.This book is retained as a reference book and as a fine example of a 19th century school text. Red cloth and card cover with black text.400 pages. Inside front and back covers are lists of the Chambers’s Educational Courses. NATIONAL READING BOOKschool text -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Fifth reading book, Late 19th century
This book is an early school reader for the Fifth Grade. It appears to be a British publication and has no Australian content (except for a brief biography of Captain Cook). The name ‘Matilda F.’ from Mailors Flat can probably be identified as Matilda Freckleton as the Freckleton family members were prominent settlers in the Mailors Flat area in the early 20th century. Matilda Freckleton (1886-1957) was the daughter of Francis and Catherine Freckleton. She married Calvin Chambers in 1906. This book is of minor interest as it is an example of an early school reader and it probably belonged to an early Mailors Flat resident, Matilda Freckleton. This is a soft cover book of 414 pages. The original front cover has been lost and a piece of grey cardboard has been used as its replacement. The back cover was originally a brown colour. The spine is now covered with a piece of grey material stitched on to part of the original spine. Some front and back pages are missing. The text has three sections and these contain prose extracts, stories, poems, hymns and work exercises. There are some black and white illustrations. A couple of pages are loose. Pasted in at the front and back pages are cuttings from newspapers. The handwritten material is in blue ink and pencil. There are two blue stamps of the Warrnambool and District Historical Society. ‘M.E.F., Mailors Flat’ ‘Matilda F., Mailors Flat’ matilda freckleton, mailors flat history, history of warrnambool -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, The castle of doubt, 1907
This book is a novel by John Whitson published in 1907 and it could have belonged to either Thomas Redford Senior or his son. Thomas Redford Senior (d. 1909) was in the produce business with Frederick Stevens in Warrnambool in the 1860s and in 1879 he took over the business under the name of T.Redford and Co. This business operated at the corner of Fairy and Timor Streets. Thomas Redford Junior was a Major in World War One. He was killed at Gallipoli and his body was recovered from the site of his death by members of his company who were also from Warrnambool. Notable among these men was Paul McGinness, a war hero who was later to found the airline Qantas. This book is of interest as it belonged to a member of the Redford family, prominent in business in Warrnambool and in military exploits in World War One. The book gives us a idea of which novelists were popular reading in the early years of the 20th century. This is a hard cover book of 283 pages. It has a light brown cover with lettering in black, gold and brown, a colour image of a rose on the spine and a colour image of a house and a car on the front cover. There is a full page colour plate at the beginning of the text pages and this is covered with protective tissue. The inscriptions are handwritten and printed in black ink. At the back of the book there are advertisements for other books published by Little, Brown and Company. The binding is coming loose at the top edge and the cover is very faded and stained. ‘T. Redford 1908’ ‘Redford’ thomas redford, history of warrnambool