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Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Magazine, Did The House Live Up To Expectations?, Home Beautiful, March 1969, pp6-13, 1969
Article on home designed by Alistair Knox for Lindsay Maurice Edward, teacher, at 151 Old Eltham Road, Lower Plenty. The home was originally featured in Home Beautiful magazine in 1953 and was revisited in the March 1969 issueMagazine, 92 pages , 28.5 cm Digital scan of magazine article saved as searchable PDF documentN/Aalistair knox, home beautiful magazine, lindsay edward, lower plenty, old eltham road, susan edward -
Federation University Historical Collection
Letter - Correspondence, Correspondence re saddler's pannies, 1948-1949
Four letters relating to the Ballarat School of Mines search for saddler's pannies required for instruction in Farm Leatherwork.letterhead, minister for the army, victorian barracks, saddler's panniers, cyril chambers, r.t. pollard, commonwealth of australia department of the army, f.r. sinclair, r.w. richards, dick richards, richard w. richards, farm leatherwork -
Clunes Museum
Ephemera - TICKET
TICKET FOR CLUNES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRESENTATION OF "SEARCH FOR A SMILE" AT THE CLUNES TOWN HALL 18 OCTOBER 2007local history, documents, tickets., schools, 1552 -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, LERHS, Murder of Hopping Kitty, 2017
Account of Gippsland Aboriginal and the search for the captive white women an a report on the shooting of an Aboriginal at Lakes Entrance Victoriaaboriginals, settlers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: SEARCH FOR GOLD
Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from 1999. Search for gold: the Garden Gully amalgamated claims.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, 520 Mitcham Road, 2005
Papers relating to objections to development of 520-528 Mitcham Road Mitcham.Papers relating to objections to development of 520-528 Mitcham Road Mitcham. Includes: statement by Neil Edwin Kerby & Margaret Anne Kerby; Title searches for 449 Mitcham Road Mitcham and adjacent properties; plan of 1906 subdivision; ASIC extract of development company organisational details; aerial photos of the area; photographs of nearby properties and of Mitcham Road streetscapes and list of Mitcham objectors. CD copy at NP3771Papers relating to objections to development of 520-528 Mitcham Road Mitcham. mitcham road mitcham, nos. 520-528, kerby, neil edwin, kerby, margaret anne, mitcham road mitcham no. 449, 520 mitcham road pty ltd, listermay nominees pty ltd, land subdivision -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Document - Booklet, Blue & Gold - Ringwood Cricket Club Through the Years
Scanned, searchable PDF of photocopy version. 49 pages. Provided by Peter Vergers (junior) through Neville Burns.Not sure of author - either David Penny or Peter Alford, as per inscriptions on the document. Covering the years from 1901 to 1980. Also partially on RCC website - http://ringwood.vic.cricket.com.au/content.aspx?file=217|37459h. Note that the last paragraph of page 44 should read, "While the 4th Eleven Pennant was intended to close up this brief history, we cannot possibly finish without the tremendous news that in 1979/80, the fourths again got into the Final again led by Jim Myerscough and again won. They were set 295 runs to win and finished with 9/296. Plenty of heart attack and blood pressure material there! The star performer was Stephen Crump who made 138. While he would be the last to agree there is little doubt that the "Myerscough" guidance and skill played a major part in the victory and history will show that many of these lads gained enormously from Jim’s guidance and would go on to outstanding individual successes with the club." Also note that much of the Ringwood history seems to have been copied from the "Place of Many Eagles" book. Some further research on Trove has revealed that a Ringwood team was playing in 1886. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1989 copy
Copy of original black and white photograph camp 13 compound.Copy of black and white photograph. Search light over race between compounds. Trees scattered through compounds.camp 13, murchison victoria, internment camps -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Women's Suffrage Petition 1891
Search results showing names of women who lived in the Whitehorse area and signed the Petition for Women's Suffrage in 1891.Search results showing names of women who lived in the Whitehorse area and signed the Petition for Women's Suffrage in 1891.Search results showing names of women who lived in the Whitehorse area and signed the Petition for Women's Suffrage in 1891.women's suffrage petition 1891, suffrage, petitions -
Victoria Police Museum
Photograph (ten men with rifles), 1879
Black and white photograph showing a group of ten men with rifles in a staged bushland setting. Eight are standing and two are crouching. Superintendent Hare's search party taken just before they were about to start for the Strathbogie Rangeskelly gang, bushrangers, search party, francis augustus hare, thomas lawless, alfred john falkiner, joseph ladd mayes, john milne, thomas hewitt kirkham, william canny -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Journal of Landsboroughs Expedition
WARRNAMBOOL MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE Warrnambool's Mechanics' Institute (or Institution as it was sometimes called) was one of the earliest in Victoria. On 17th October 1853 a meeting was held where it was resolved to request the Lieutenant Governor of the Colony to grant land for the erection of a Mechanics' Institutes building. A committee was formed at the meeting and Richard Osburne chaired the first meeting of this committee. The land on the North West corner of Banyan and Merri Streets was granted but there were no funds to erect the building. The Formal Rights of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute's encompassed its aims and these were officially adopted in1859; "This Institution has for its object the diffusion of literary, scientific, and other useful knowledge amongst its members, excluding all controversial subjects, religious or political. These objects are sought to be obtained by means of a circulating library, a reading room, the establishment of classes, debates, and the occasional delivery of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy, mechanics, astronomy, chemistry, natural history, literature, and the useful and ornamental arts, particularly those which have a more immediate reference to the colony." The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute opened its first reading room in November1884 in the National School building at the corner of Banyan and Timor Streets. The Institute was funded by member subscription, payable on a quarterly, half yearly or yearly basis. Samuel Hannaford, the Manager of the Warrnambool Bank of Australasia, was the first Honorary Secretary of the Mechanics' Institutes, and an early President and Vice-President. He also gave several of the early lectures in the Reading Room. Another early Secretary, Librarian and lecturer was Marmaduke Fisher, the teacher at the National School. Lecture topics included The Poets and Poetry of Ireland', 'The Birth and Development of the Earth', 'The Vertebrae - with Remarks on the pleasures resulting from the study of Natural History' and 'Architecture'. In 1856 the Reading Room was moved to James Hider's shop in Timor Street, and by 1864 it was located in the bookshop of Davies and Read. In the 1860's the Mechanics' Institute struggled as membership waned but in 1866, after a series of fund raising efforts, the committee was able to purchase land in Liebig Street, on a site then called Market Square, between the weighbridge and the fire station. A Mechanics' Institute building was opened at this site in August 1871. The following year four more rooms were added to the main Reading Room and in 1873 the Artisan School of Design was incorporated into the Institute. The same year Joseph Archibald established a Museum; however it deteriorated when he was transferred to Bendigo in 1877. In 1880, with Archibald's return to Warrnambool, the Museum was re-established, and in 1885 a new building was built at the back of the Institute to accommodate the re-created School of Design, the Art Gallery and the Museum. In 1887 the Museum section was moved to the former court house in Timor Street (for some time the walls of the building formed part of the TAFE cafeteria but all is now demolished)). In 1911 the Museum was transferred back to the original building and the management of the Mechanics' Institute was handed over to the Warrnambool City Council. The Museum and Art Gallery became one and housed many fine works of art, and the Library continued to grow. The building was well patronised, with records showing that at the beginning of the 20th century there were between 500 and 800 visitors. During World War One the monthly figures were in the thousands, with 3,400 people visiting in January 1915. The Museum was a much loved Institution in Warrnambool until the contents of the Museum and Art Gallery were removed to make room for the Warrnambool City Council Engineers' Department. The contents were stored but many of the items were scattered or lost. When the original building was demolished the site became occupied by the Civic Centre, which included the new City Library. (The library was temporarily located in the old Palais building in Koroit Street.) In the process of reorganisation the Collection was distributed amongst the community groups: -The new City Library took some of the historic books and some important documents, historic photographs and newspapers. -The Art Gallery kept the 19th Century art collection and some of the artefacts from the museum. -The Historic Society has some items -The State Museum has some items -Some items were destroyed -Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village has old newspapers, Government Gazettes, most of the Mechanics' Institute Library, ledgers and documents connected to the Mechanics' Institute Library, some framed and unframed art works and some photographs. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute Library book collection is deemed to be of great importance because it is one of the few collections in an almost intact state, and many of the books are now very rare and of great value. Journal of Landsboroughs Expedition From Carpentaria in search of Burke and Wills (maps missing) Publisher: Wilson & Mackinnon Date: 1862Label on spine cover with typed text RA 919.4 LAN Pastedown front endpaper has sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Librarywarrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, great ocean road, book, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, warrnambool public library, journal of landsboroughs expedition, carpentaria, wilson & mackinnon -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, HMAS Sydney, 2009
A & L Knee discovered copy of book in library at Bowen & then purchased online.Book depicting the sinking of the HMAS Sydney by the raider Kormoran during WW2, the search for HMAS Sydney & its eventual discovery.hmas sydney;, kormoran, hmas sydney, books, history, local, maritime -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - 112 Eaglehawk Road Bendigo
112 Eaglehawk Road Bendigo - an Edwardian Cottage. A google search on street view shows a newer home built on this site.history, bendigo, national trust collection bendigo, 112 eaglehawk road bendigo -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, 1989 copy
Copy of original black and white photograph early stage of Camp 13.Copy of black and white photograph of search light over race between compounds. Huts in background. Single building among trees at rear.camp 13, murchison victoria, internment camps, internment camp buildings -
B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia Inc
Radar Antenna, c. 1945
Airborne radar was developed as WWII progressed; it only started to become really useful nearing the war's end.Radar Antenna (Dish), forms part of the S.C.R. 717c search radar fitted to RAAF Liberators. It is an early microwave airborne pulse radar.The antenna designation is RC266radar -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - WELCOME STRANGER, 2005
The amazing true story of one man's legendary search for gold - at all costs. 307 pages with photographs & illustrations. Published by Penguin books.Denise Deasongold, goldfields, signed by author -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Schwerkolt Family, 2001
Search results for members of the Schwerkolt Family in Victorian Pioneer Index, 1836 - 1888, Federation Index 1889-1901, and Edwardian Index 1902-1913Search results for members of the Schwerkolt Family in Victorian Pioneer Index, 1836 - 1888, Federation Index 1889-1901, and Edwardian Index 1902-1913Search results for members of the Schwerkolt Family in Victorian Pioneer Index, 1836 - 1888, Federation Index 1889-1901, and Edwardian Index 1902-1913schwerkolt family, victorian pioneer index -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Functional object - RECCO Avalanche Reflectors, Magnus Granheed, 1983
The Recco system was developed in response to an avalanche tragedy in Are, Sweden in December 1973. The inventor and founder of RECCO, Magnus Granheed assisted in the rescue work. He was frustrated by the primitive methods for locating buried victims that existed at that time, by “probing” with ski poles and digging at random. Unfortunately two people were found deceased. created a passive reflector that could be carried by a skier at all times. After careful research and consultation with professional rescuers, the first prototype was finalised in the beginning of the 80s. In 1983, the company called RECCO was founded. Today the system consists of two parts: a reflector integrated into clothing, boots, helmets and body protection worn by skiers and riders and a detector used by organised rescue teams. These avalanche reflectors were given to participants at the 1987 Interski International Ski Institute Instructors' conference held in Banff, Canada.The invention of these reflectors was critical to increased safety for participants in outdoor activities including skiing at Falls Creek,Two Recco Reflectors which are worn on a skier's equipment or clothing. These strips contain a passive reflector which can be detected by searchers in an emergency situation.From left to right: INTERSKI Banff 1987 / RECCO Avalanche Radar Reflector / INTERSKI ARE 1991recco reflectors, recco system, avalanche rescue, magnus granheed -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - "Time To Go", Bendigo Advertiser, October 31 2020
Bendigo Advertiser. Bendigo Historical Society asked to vacate the Bendigo Regional Archive Centre Bendigo. Search begins for new home for BHS Collection.brac, prov, eviction -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper
Black and white photograph of two of Australias Newest Coast watch and surveillance planes Names Search master above and Shrike aero commander coastal Australiatourism -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Liam Davidson, Lucy Strobridge Maid of the Mountains, 1994
A story compiled from official reports, hearsay and popular myth concerning the search for the white woman believed to be captive of the Aboriginal people of Gippsland during 1846.aboriginals, police, shipwrecks -
Bendigo Military Museum
Film - PHOTOGRAPHS
The photos belonged to Alf MASHELL VX25221 POW. They were given to Alf by a mate in Alf's unit, Sergeant D T MOORE who was also a POW & worked on the railway. Refer Reg No 2485 for Alf MASKELL's service history.Photos, black / white, copies of originals. The photos are a mixture taken during the building of the Burma Railway, DR's at work on the railway, the surrender in Singapore & the search after the War.pow’s, military, burma railway -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - 'DOCTORS AND DIGGERS ON THE MOUNT ALEXANDER GOLDFIELDS', 1974
Doctors and Diggers on the Mount Alexander Goldfields. The writer has traced the varying fortunes of a number of Doctors who ventured onto the Mount Alexander field in search of a living.Keith Macrae Bowden.castlemaine, gold, doctors and diggers -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Kerosene Searchlight, Circa 1935
The Tilley lamp derives from John Tilley’s invention of the hydro-pneumatic blowpipe in 1813 in England. W. H. Tilley were manufacturing pressure lamps at their works in Stoke Newington in 1818, and Shoreditch, in the 1830s. The company moved to Brent Street in Hendon in 1915 during World War I, and started to work with paraffin (kerosene) as a fuel for the lamps. During World War I Tilley lamps were used by the British armed forces, and became so popular that Tilley became used as a generic name for a kerosene lamp in many parts of the world, in much the same way as Hoover is used for vacuum cleaners. During the 1920s the company had diversified into domestic lamps, and had expanded rapidly after orders from railway companies. After World War II fears about the poisonous effect of paraffin fumes, and widely available electricity, reduced demand for domestic use. The company moved from Hendon to Ireland in the early 1960s, finally settling in Belfast. The company moved back to England in 2000.A significant item demonstrating the early use of kerosene under pressure as a lighting medium. These types of lamps were made by a company whose products became synonymous with oil lamps generally. Lamps that were used commercially, domestically and by the armed forces of many countries during the first and second world wars.Tilley Searchlight Projector, or search lamp, made in Hendon, England 1935. Metal kerosene pressure search lamp, glass front, fixed mirror at back, wooden carry handles. Mounted on fuel tank with pressure pump. Lamp has 8 airflow holes in the bottom and a covered outlet on the top. Glass is in 3 pieces, fitting together to make flat circle there is a maker’s plate on the pressure tank. “TILLEY / SEARCHLIGHT PROJECTOR / MADE AT / HENDON, ENGLAND”, “256” handwritten in red on one wooden handle, “9” or “6” hand painted in white on top on light flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, tilley kerosene pressure searchlight, lighting, john tilley, pressure lamps -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH VIETNAM, FRAMED, 6.6.1965
Black & white photo taken in Vietnam of soldiers in grassy field with helicopters above. White mat surrounds photo black wooden frame.On rear of photo: "6.6.65 1st BAT RAR, Move to cover after landing to start search & destroy. Bien Hoa Vietnam"photography-photographs, frame accessories, military history - airforce, vietnam -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newsclipping photocopies, Holdup of Commercial Bank, Main Road, Eltham
Articles cover the story of an attempted bank robbery of the Commercial Bank, (Main Road, Eltham) on Thursday 15th December 1949 when shots were exchanged in a bid to prevent the escape of a man who had attempted to rob the bank. A subsequent search took place. 19 year old youth Kay Arthur Morgan was later caught and committed to trial. He had used a stolen gun, 15 shots had been fired.. Two bullets were fired into the ceiling and back wall of the bank, after penetrating the wooden counter and passing in between the legs of the receiving officer Spear. Names mentioned: Senior Constable N. Forbes, Harry Wallace (Manager), Mr. L.A. Spears (Receiving Officer) , Senior Detective H. McMennamin, Mr H. D. Pettie (Mountain View Rd, Montmorency, Detective Sergeant K. Hubbard, Inspector F. Hobley, Senior Inspector R. Newton, Detective P. Pedersen, Detective L Dent, Detective J. Oakers, Includes photosFour pages of photocopies of newspaper clippings with typed source information. Pistol stolen, The Argus, 10th December, 1919 Search of Scrub proves fruitless, The Age 17th December 1949, page 3 Pistol Battle at Bank, The Age 16th December 1949 "Guilty" pleas to pistol theft Court told of lad's hold-up bid, The Argus 23rd February, 1950 page 7 commercial bank, eltham, robbery -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, The White Woman, 1994
The white woman of Gippsland, or the captive woman of Gippsland, was supposedly a European woman rumoured to have been held against her will by Aboriginal people in the Gippsland region of Australia in the 1840s. Liam Patrick Davison (29 July 1957 – 17 July 2014) was an Australian novelist and reviewer. He was born in Melbourne, where, until 2007, he taught creative writing at the Chisholm Institute in Frankston. Davison and his wife Frankie, a teacher at Toorak College, were both killed on 17 July 2014 aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 This, his third novel, was shortlisted for both The Age Book of the Year and the Victorian Premier’s Awards.This is a useful research tool on the history of indigenous and settler relationships in early Gippsland.A book titled "The White Woman" by Liam Davison. It is the story of the search for the lost white woman in Gippsland, Victoria, 1846. The cover has a black and white picture of forest with the title in white print.Bottom left corner - orange sticker Orbost Secondary Collegedavison-liam aboriginal-history -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document - Journal Article, Locating the Eureka Stockade: Use of a Geographical Information System (GIS) in a Historiographal Research Context, 2003
Jack Harvey conducted research into the site of the Eureka Stockade. the research was published in 'Eureka Rediscovered'. Jack Harvey is a long term employee at the University of Ballarat.Six pages from the journal Computers and the Humanities 37 229-234, 2003. The article is by J.T. (Jack) Harvey and discusses the use of a Geographical Information System in the search for the Eureka Stockade site.eureka stockade, site, jack harvey, eureka, geographical information system -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, 12 Platoon D Coy 7RAR 1967
Framed coloured photograph of four Soldiers of 12 Platoon taking a break during a search of Long Phuc Hai village. Chris Cannin, Ken Ward, Pat McEwan Dave Pullar12 platoon, d coy 7 rar, long phuc hai -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 2000
Date made December 2000Colour photograph showing fire brigade vehicles parked in front of the remains of the Club Hotel, whilst members search through the debris and damp down smouldering areas. Lakes Entrance Victoriahotels, fire brigade, disasters