Variable speed cloth puller, used for tightening and smoothing blanket edges, prior to them being sewn or bound. Used at Collins Bros Mill.Textile finishing machine. Horizontal, made from grey steel with a small encased gear box and two attached rollers. Separate belt drive and nine other rollers. Enclosed in original brown cardboard box, used for shipping.SUISIE / VARIABLE SPEED / VERSATILE CLOTH PULLERtextile machinery, collins bros mill pty ltd, blankets

Jelbart Road Roller property of Northcote Council, circa 1930. This roller was manufactured in Ballarat by Jelbarts, whose foundry was located in Mair Street.jelbart, ballarat, mair street, manufacturing, road roller, northcote, foundry

Jelbart Road Roller property of Northcote Council, circa 1930. This roller was manufactured in Ballarat by Jelbarts, whose foundry was located in Mair Street.jelbart, ballarat, mair street, manufacturing, foundry, northcote, road roller

Brown Oblong wooden box with rollers and knobs. - Stawell Butter Factory Commercial Calculatorstawell

Black painted iron machine with wooden handle to turn rollers. Clamps onto bench'Crown'/Pat Nov 2 1875/July 3 1877/Reissued Mar 23 1880'domestic items, irons

3 x Hair dryers, curlers (hot rollers, curling wand) (1960's)ladies, hair dryers, curling wand, hot rollers

John Gartner was a fine printer and publisher, an author, a noted philatelist, and also collector of Australian banknotes and coins. He was born on 16 July 1914 and was largely self-educated, leaving school at fourteen for work following the death of his father. Gartner developed a strong interest in the history of typography and printing and was apprenticed at the Advocate where his father had been a linotype operator. Aged 17, Gartner bought a hand press and some fonts of type, and in 1937 acquired a platen press from which he set and printed his private press books, published under the imprint of The Hawthorn Press. Gartner had a strong collection of Australian bookplates. He also looked at the work of artists overseas and commissioned personal plates. He subsequently built an international collection with preference for artists who printed from wood. His initial searches were in Belgium and Holland.(http://www3.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-84/t1-g-t7.html) Inside a room a large printing press is depicted alongside a bench with ink rollers on top Nonebookplate, keith wingrove memorial trust, printmaking

Jelbart Road Roller property of Shire of Frankston and Hastings circa 1930. This roller was manufactured in Ballarat by Jelbarts, whose foundry was located in Mair Street. jelbart, road roller, mair street, manufacturing, foundry, frankston, hasting, ballarat

This drum carder was purchase by Gill Stange at the Whittlesea Show in the late 1980s. The carder allowed Gill to spin fleece from her own Merino sheep. Merino is a difficult wool to spin when compared to other popular varieties, such as Corriedale or crossbred wool. The carder helped her to tease out the fleece, slightly separating the fibres before spinning. It also allowed for easier removal of foreign matters, such as seeds and mud. Little is known about the Kacoonda brand who produced the carder. They were Australian based and appear to have only operated throughout the 1980s.The carder has one large central roller with two smaller rollers on either side. The larger roller rotates in the inverse direction of the two smaller rollers. The carding cloth is a mint green in which closely spaced wire pins are embedded. The shape, length, diameter, and spacing of these wire pins is that of a standard carder. On one side of the carder a handle is found that is used to spin the three rollers. Additionally on this side is a sticker which reads “The Kacoonda Carder. Subject to Patent Action”. A Silver grip for the easy movement of the carder can also be found high on this side. On the opposite side of the carder, many nuts and plates can be found which hold the rollers in place. This is opposed to the other side of the carder, which has a brown plastic cover plate attached underneath the handle. The walls providing a path for the carded wool to follow when being carded, are made of wood. The carder comes complete with a teasing tool. This tool has the same mint green carding cloth as the carder’s rollers. It is attached to a simple wood handle for ease of use.Wording, green, printed. Sticker on side of carder. “The Kacoonda Carder / SUBJECT TO PATENT ACTION”whittlesea show, drum carder, textile production, carding wool, kacoonda

Black and white photograph of steam roller and steam-tractor pulling church building along road.Written beneath photograph, "Church of England. Being shifted from cnr. Main St. and Pratt St. to Ringwood St. 1924."

Used in Building Studies at Ballarat School of Mines. The sander used to sand rough timber smooth, remove old finish from wood, put a bevel on a door, reduce the thickness of timber, dress up a poor saw cut. Also used for back cutting miter cuts for neater joints and for polishing and cutting.Stainless steel with rollers and sanding plate. Hand held. Continuous loop of sandpaper would be mounted.Maker's Plate: MILLER FALL TOOLS CATALOG 830 3 INCH BELT SANDER MODEM "C" USE 3" X 21" BELT 230/250 VOLTS 3 AMPS 25-60 CYCLES MADE IN USA PATENT 2,991,595 MILLER FALLS COMPANY, GREEFIELDS, MASS. TO CHANGE BELT PULL LEVER DIRECTION OF BELT ballarat school of mines, building studies, david flintoff, timber, smooth, miter cuts, polishing, buffing, thinning

Small black and white photo of Bendigo City Road Roller No 2. Name written on the back.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, bendigo city road roller no 2

Small dull black photo of the Bendigo City Road Roller No 1. Name written on the back.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, bendigo city road roller no 1

One of a series of photographs, taken by Edgar James Dower in the second decade of the twentieth century. Born and raised in Olinda, his family later moved to Surrey Hills. He worked as an adult as a clerk in the city office of the Metropolitan Gas Company, and in his role as a 'collector', he was able to photograph scenes including the construction of tramlines and associated buildings in Kew, Hawthorn, Camberwell and Surrey Hills. Later he established a real estate agency with his brother - the E.J. Dower Real Estate Agency, Dandenong Office.The image is an historically significant record of the development of transport infrastructure which was used to connect Victorians in the first two decades of the twentieth century. This development resulted from increases in population and the consequent extension of Melbourne's suburbs. The photographs, both individually and collectively, richly detail the labour of workers and the tools and machinery used to create and extend Melbourne's tram network in the years preceding and during World War 1.Digital copy of an original mounted photograph depicting construction of a new electric tramline in Cotham Road, Kew. The photo shows both a horse drawn and steam roller. A works supervisor and two men on bikes stand on the road to the left of the horse drawn roller. Annotated recto: "Preparing electric tram track / Cotham Road Kew / Near Normanby Road x. Annotated verso: "Preparing for electric tram / Cotham Road Kew / Taken near Normanby Road.theme --- travelling by tram, theme -- connecting victorians by transport and communications, cotham road -- kew (vic.), trams -- kew (vic.)

Green painted cylindrical lawn mower with rear roller, pull start and no catcher. Regal coat of arms on front housing signifying maker is official motor mower supplier to the Queen. Rectangular petrol tank mounted between the handles above the engine. Small wooden roller in two parts on front. Pale grey plastic cover on starter mechanism. Height adjustment on front roller. Engine controls on right handle.Possibly "Eureka" model.machinery, cylinder motor mower

Given by Harold Bake and was used by him.|2007 - Seized gearbox repaired.Petrol driven motor Qualcast lawn mower (motor - Villiers Midget made in England) with a large roller.Qualcastdomestic items, gardening, machinery, engines - internal combustion

See history NP4104Black and white photocopy of the inside of a factory with men sliding sheets of masonite between rollers on to a conveyor belt.csr masonite fabricators pty ltd, mitcham

grey body with large slider with a silver roller at the back. In the centre of the body is a black and white Facit logoFACIT

Kilpatrick and Co were London based Mathematical Instrument Makers, Opticians, Goldsmiths, Jewellers and Watchmakers who operated in Melbourne at various Collins Street addresses between 1876 and 1898. Believed to have been a part of the Shire of Marong's surveying equipment.Rectangular brass ruler with beveled edges and rollers on underside. Housed in custom made hinged wooden box. Centre front; Kilpatrick & Co., Londoncity of greater bendigo surveying, shire of marong

'Peckett's No. 2' Cast iron, hand-cranked twin rubber roller knife cleaner, with a wooden handle."Peckett's Blackpool"

Eltham Shire Council Health Department Inspectors - possibly used for stamping meat Cross Ref: EDHS_01870-13 - Dianne Yans, Health Inspector, undertaking inspections at Safeway Supermarket, 1989Self inking rotating brass roller with "ESC" raised surfaces in four locations at 90 degrees. Roller mounted between two brass arms contacts a felt pad (dampened with ink - red residue evident) covered by pivoting brass cover; with fromed wooden handle Stamped on side of brass support arms M. Lober P/L Melbourne Pat Pend 3198 \ 6eltham shire council, health inspector, shire of eltham, meat stamp

In 1867 Frenchman, Joseph Monier patented reinforced concrete horticultural troughs. In 1873 this process was extended to iron reinforced bridges with the first bridge built in 1875. In Australia, Sir John Monash of Monash and Anderson company, originally built 8 Monier bridges in Bendigo all single arch except Weeroona Ave., which was a double arch. Six of these remain.Black and white photograph. Steam rollers appears to have collapsed from a Monier bridge with men investigating amidst the rubble with one steam roller remaining on the bridge, and another resting in a creek underneath. Photograph by W. H. Robinson. Photograph mounted on cream-coloured card.Written on the front in black ink 'May 1902.'monier bridges, bendigo creek, accidents

From an item in the Nunawading Gazette on Weds ,15th Nov 1972 , this item was a gift of Mrs. Jennie Wagg and that it was given to her mother, Mrs. L.L.Bruce, when she was married 93 years ago(ie.1879). It is understood that it was purchased in 1855.Solid iron frame with three wooden rollers. Pressure is on the rollers obtained from an adjustable worm drive to a five leaf spring set(similar to a car leaf spring). Large reduction gearing from handle. Used for pressing sheets, towels, table clothes, etc.GH+G NICHOLL BANK STREET 1820domestic items, laundering