Note from collector- "For more than 100 years blankets were made all over Australia in over 100 woollen mills. My aim, is to preserve 100 examples of these wonderful pieces of history. Ten years ago I started collecting the iconic Onkaparinga travel rugs, so that on movie nights at home there would be plenty to go around. Everyone had their favourite; even the cat had his own – a small red tartan one. Keeping an eye out for those travel rugs at op-shops and markets, collectable stores and bazaars, led to noticing vintage blankets. I'd never really thought about them before or paid much attention though of course I had grown up with them at my grandmother's. When I discovered my first Laconia cream blanket with blue stripes, my eyes just went gaga. Well that was it, I was hooked and since then over 500 blankets have passed through my hands. These common, everyday items, found in all households for so many decades, were traditional engagement gifts. Pairs were prized wedding presents turning into family heirlooms. They were fashionable dressers of beds, givers of warmth, bestowers of security and reliability. The comfort found in these objects resonates with almost all of us; we grew up with them ourselves or fondly recall them in a grandparent’s home. There is no modern replacement with the integrity of these old blankets, many of them now older than most of us. They are romantic, sensible, special, familiar, nostalgic and nothing else feels so appropriate in so many situations. No offense to the great Aussie doona, but from hippie to hipster, at a music festival, picnic, campsite or couch, a vintage blanket is something coveted by all. This industry that employed tens of thousands and must have been such a huge contributor to the economy is almost completely lost now. Blanket Fever is an ode to everything that came before: the land, the sheep, the shearers, the hands, the mills, the weavers, the designers, the distributors, the department stores. To the grandparents that gave them, the people that received them, the families that kept them; thank you. I’m passionate about my collection of Australian blankets manufactured in mostly Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania from the 1930s to the end of the 1960s. The collection has blankets from each of these four decades representing the styles and fashions of their time and includes dated advertisements which help determine the eras the blankets are from." 'Laconia Makes a Bed' blanket range across two pages Laconia Makes a Bed/Softer, warmer, lovelier for years and years to come/Laconia 100% Pure Lambs' Wool Blankets blanket, blanket fever, wool, laconia, advertisement, the australian women's weekly

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced by Coats Patons and contains knitting and crochet patterns for hats, scarves and gloves.WINTER / WARMERS / PATONS / Book 483 / 40 Designs for Hats, / Caps, Scarves, Gloves / and Mittens. / PRICE / CODE / Eknitting handicrafts - history crochet, coats patons (australia) limited, knitting, handicrafts - history, crochet

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced by Coats Patons and contains knitting patterns for womens jumpers and cardigans.Think / warm thoughts / in Totem / Patons / Ladies' Totem, / Double Knit, Baroness, / Sea Urchin / Book 964 / 40cknitting handicrafts - history, coats patons (australia) limited, knitting, handicrafts - history

Sweep - hand puppet from "The Sooty Show" (1955-1975) British children showGrey coloured hand puppet with black ears and red nose with black paw pads. Has yellow & black plastic eyes. Red neck band with white stars. Tag: Made exclusively for Patsy & Marketing Ltd, Shipley Yorkshire DB 18 1BP under license in China. Registered 758227Matthew Corbett Ltd Surface washable, sponge with luke warm water and mild soap. When dry, brush lightly. sooty, sweep-hand puppet, the sooty show, toys

French army accoutrements, as part of uniform allocation.Army green (dark) wrap-around neck warmer, wool and elastin blend (?), rib stitch, two tags stitched into interior end, one which reads 'Antimite Definitiv' (Anti-Moth)' the other reads 'T.M.P AMIENS'. Overlock stitched at both ends.Two tags stitched into interior end, one which reads 'Antimite Definitiv' (Anti-Moth)' the other reads 'T.M.P AMIENS'.neck warmer, tour de cou, snood, uniform, the french armed forces

?early 1900, used to warm the bed when filled with hot waterused to warm patients' bedgrey metal body, oval in shape, horizontal ridge around mid section, black metal screw top with black metal handlewhite sticker on top 176-020 in blue ink, also black ink mark on top 176-020bed warmer, metal object, ahnl, alfred hospital (melbourne)-history

Landscape painting of a pine in the Australian bush landscape. Painted just after the devastating Victorian bushfires of 1962. Two figures run down the hill in the foreground. There are hills in the background and the sky is shades of pink and violet. Painted in warm earth tones in a painterly, tonal realist style.Lower right, grey paint, signature: 'Sonia Skipper'

Clothing. Pink satin woman's panties with gussett and straight legs trimmed with 4cm coffee coloured lace. 15 cm opening with placket on LHS fastened with two X 1 cm white plastic buttons. Turned over hem on waistband.Tag on inside seam, ''BURCHARD LINGERIE'' ''IRON WHILE DAMP USING WARM IRON'' ''MADE FROM CELANESE TRADE MARK''.costume, female underwear, woman's pink satin panties

Heavy rain and warm temperatures in Spring 2016 led to high numbers of mosquitoes in Victoria.News clipping, black text and colour image. banyule, mosquitoes

Recognition of service by Bendigo Citizens of World War II servicemen on return homeBifold souvenir program on stiff card for the welcome home of servicemen by the citizens of Bendigo. Program includes addresses by Mayor, a tableau by 300 school children, ball and sports program. "Bendigo Citizens gratefully acknowledge your service and warmly welcome you home". Saturday July 20th 1949. world war ii, welcome back

This shirt was manufactured in 2004, and was presumably owned by a Beechworth local service personnel by the name of Cross. This piece of clothing would have been worn as part of the standard Royal Australian Naval Ratings uniform.White short sleeved shirt. Square collar with thin navy blue trim. A curved slit on either side of the lower edge (near the hip area) and an extra piece of fabric within each slit. A white label with inscriptions is stitched to the seam in the middle of the lower back seam. This has n written inscription beneath on the shirt fabric.Inscriptions on the label: CAN'T TEAR 'EM 8405-66-132-3767 R.A.N 2004 SIZE: 117 35% COTTON 65% POLYESTER GENTLE WARM MACHINE WASH. RINSE WELL. WARM IRON. DO NOT SOAK. DO NOT BLEACH. DRY CLEAN (A) MADE IN AUSTRALIA Written inscription under label: CROSSshirt, naval ratings, royal australian navy, navy

This hot water bottle was designed to lay flat in a bed between the sheets. Its purpose was to warm the bed before use. The bottle was filled with hot water then a stopper was placed in the top to seal it, preventing the water from running out. The inscription on the attached label of this hot water bottle gives both the donor's details and the location of the bottle when it was first displayed at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. the "P.M.O." are the initials for the Port Medical Office. The donor's details are also written in pencil on the base of the bottle. In the 16th-century people warmed their beds with the 'bed warmer', which was a long-handled, metal pan filled with hot coals and embers and covered with a lid. The pan was placed between the bedsheets to warm the bed before the person retired to sleep for the night. In the early 19th-century earthenware bed warmers came began to be used for the same purpose. They would be filled with hot water and sealed then often wrapped in fabric. The ceramic material would hold the heat for quite some time, without being too hot for the person in bed to also warm their feet as they went off to sleep. Hot water bottles were later made from glass, copper, brass or tin. Some manufacturers made them into decorative pieces that still had practical use. In 1903 a patent was taken out for the first rubber hot water bottle, invented by Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, a Croatian engineer. This bottle is of historic significance, as an example of personal heating equipment used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Hot water bottle, earthenware, pale colour with brown glaze on top over the shoulder and mouth section and clear glaze on the remainder of the sides. The cylindrical bottle tapers to a slightly narrower base. One side of the bottle, about a sixth of the circumference, is flat. The base of the bottle has a handwritten inscription. An inscription was on the paper label originally attached to the bottle. Inscription hand written on base of bottle "Mrs K. Rob _ / Browns Rd / Offic / 3 _ _ 9" Inscription on paper label " "Mrs K Robinson Browns Rd Officer 3809 - Hot water bottle P.M.O." flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, domestic item, hot water bottle, heating equipment, ceramic bottle, stoneware bottle, potter, earthenware, personal item, bed warmer, foot warmer, flat-sided hot water bottle, household item, stoneware, clay, ceramic

General Sir Peter Cosgrove is one of Australia's most significant public figures. As a soldier he saw action in Vietnam, winning the Military Cross, and rose to the very top of his profession, becoming Chief of the Defence Force.cosgrove, peter, 1947-, governors general - australia - biography, soldiers - australia - biography

Donated to collection. Used in 1950s as hot water bottle to warm bed in cold Western District homes.Household object in 1950sSilver plated metal cylinder with metal screw top stopperPAT APPN 6368/42 Sunrise stainless steel Melbournecan, water bottle, hot water bottle, stainless steel, bed warmer

This jacket is part of the dress uniform of a Major in the Army Reserve. Major Bernard Farley who owned this jacket wore it to official functions in the Mess dining room. He served in this capacity from 1998-2001.Bernard also served in the RAAF for a number of years.This jacket has significance as it is typical of dress requirements which were worn to official Army functions.Short white jacket with wide front lapels epaulets at the shoulders and a small V shaped downward peak at the back. The sleeves have a stitched over section at the cuff with a point in line with the shoulder. On each epaulet from the collar edge side there is a brass coloured button with the Rising Sun in low relief and on the lower edge of the epaulet a brass coloured crown with red nsert and a circular shaped badge with the word Australia. There is a badge on each lapel two crossed rifles holding a crown in brass colour over the top of a silver VLabel states ,' Fetcher Jones Victoria 1998 NSN 8405-NIC Name....... Service No......... Polyester / Viscose Dry Cleanable ( A) Warm Gentle Machine Wash Rinse well. Warm iron. ZC785 BR1689 425267911.ZC785 107 R 347 044 05037649 cloth br 1689 17. J10129 OW Wwarrnambool, army reserve, dress jacket

Greens which shows view across Warm Holes to Golf Club No 1 green adjacent to Eastern BeachColour photograph showing Brian Klemm of Keep Australia Beautiful Council with Margaret Daly and Trish Haberfield of Tidy Town Committee with John Stapleton Robert Blackham Tony McDonough Barry McKenzie and Trevor McCubbin of LE Golf Club inspecting stabilisation work on dunes beside greens Lakes Entrance Victoria people, golf club, sand dunes, warm holes

A double sided A4 sheet publicising an event in Melbourne to celebrate the anniversary of the Eureka Stockade. The speaker swere Fr Bob Maguire, Rob Stary, David Spratt and others, and topics included Defence of civil rights and liberties, climate warming, democratic rights in the community, multicultural Australia and an independant foreign policy. "Unite under the Eureka Flag for a truly democratic, just and multicultural Australia" ... "The fight for justice, democratic rights and sovereinty started at teh Eureka Stockade more than 150 years ago is not over yet."eureka stockade, spirit of eureka, liberty victoria, victorian trades hall council

Black and white photograph taken from Roadknights Merrangbaur property looking towards the natural entrance, seven people sitting or standing on brow of hill Lakes Entrance Victoria. Also a colour photograph taken from Merrangbaur hill of warm holes and dunes and ocean approximate site of original entrance taken in 1995 historic site, topography, ocean

Glass rolling pin can be filled with warm or ice water, cork stoppers missing. Used in baking for rolling out pastry.Glass rolling pin, molded lass, cork stoppers missingrolling pins, cooking, baking utensils

This knitting pattern book was published by Coats Patons and contains knitting patterns for childrens garments.Patons / BOOK / 772 / Warm, woolly / and / wonderful: / PATONS / LUXURIOUS / LAMBSWOOL / Classic / and / casual / handknits / for / children / and / toddlers / 25 CENTS / 2 SHILLINGS / & SIXPENCEknitting handicrafts - history, coats patons (australia) limited, knitting, handicrafts - history

Worn as part of the femal formal Winter Olympic uniform, 2002WOOLMARK MERINO SELECT PURE NEW WOOL WOOLMARK 100%MERINO WOOL DRY CLEAN ONLY WARM IRON MADE IN INDIA LIC. NO.: 5345AA97Wfashion, weaving, costume, sport, salt lake city

Part of the mens formal uniform for the 2002 winter OlympicsWOOLMARK MERINO SELECT PURE NEW WOOL WOOLMARK 100% MERINO WOOL DRY CLEAN ONLY WARM IRON MADE IN INDIA LIC. NO.: 5345AA97Wfashion, weaving, wool, costume, sport, salt lake city

Used at Orbost Hospital where it was used for testing the temperature of bath water. It was donated to Orbost Historical Society in 1991. This is a floating bath thermometer made in Germany for the British market.This item is associated with Orbost Hospital and is an example of an early medical instrument.A glass tubed thermometer in a wooden case with temperatures for bath water written on it. Has a red "Orbost" label glued to it indicating that it was used at Orbost Hospital. The thermometer is housed inside a wooden frame that is stoppered with a cork at the base. It is in degrees Fahrenheit and includes water and spirit boiling temperatures, as well as hot, warm, tepid and freezing points. Can be hung.Made in Germany. Dr Forbes specifications.thermometer-medical

Tawonga School No. 2282 was opened on 27th July 1880. From 1881 to 1894 the school was worked half time with School No. 2551 Mullindolingong School.Tawonga State school educated the children who lived in the Kiewa Valley. The clothing worn by the students indicates the period that the photo was taken and compares with current school uniforms / clothing.Black and white photo of 26 pupils and 3 teachers standing outside the school. The children are dressed in warm clothes some with hats, some girls with white collars on their dresses, the boys with long shorts and 2 children at the front are bare footed. This photo is published on pages 105 and 108 of 'A History of the Kiewa Valley' by Esther Temple and David Lloyd On the back in ink "Tawonga Schooltawonga school, education, mullindolingong school

Carob is a warm-climate tree that grows up to 50 feet in height. Its long, reddish pods contain seeds used as medicine and food.A long brown flat carob (locust) bean seed.bean carob

The Mt Beauty Golf Course was a tourist attraction during the warmer months. The SECV Gate controlled entry to the KHES only allowing permitted workers.

1. 2. 3. Shirts - khaki colour, cotton/polyester, long sleeves with button cuff, collar, shoulder epaulettes, two front pockets with button down flap. Plastic buttons. White cotton fabric manufacturers label, back below collar. 2. Left sleeve - fabric shoulder patch. Rising Sun Badge with Queen's Crown and lettering embroidery. "THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY".Manufacturer's information - black ink print. 1. "A.G.C.F./ VIC 1982/ ^ / 8405.66.088.7068/ SIZE 41/84/. SERVICE NO./ NAME/ DO NOT BOIL. OR WRING/ MACHINE WASHABLE/ DRIP DRY IRON NIGHTLY/ WITH WARM IRON". 2. "A.G.C.F./ VIC 1983/ ^/ 8405.66.088.7065/ SIZE 40/88". SERVICE NO./ NAME/ DO NOT BOIL. OR WRING/ MACHINE WASHABLE/ DRIP DRY IRON NIGHTLY/ WITH WARM IRON". 3. "ADI/ VIC 1991/ ^/ 8405.66.088.7102/ SERVICE NO./ NAME/ 65% POLYESTER/ 35% COTTON" "DO NOT BOIL. OR WRING/ MACHINE WASHABLE/ DRIP DRY IRON NIGHTLY/ WITH WARM IRON". uniforms, army, service dress, shirts, passchendaele barracks trust

Card with illustration, traditionally of a baby girl's head indicated by pink ribbons on her gown, holding a rattle, with greeting. Card with illustration, traditionally of a little boy's head as indicated by blue clothing, with greeting. Card with little child's head, with greeting.Greetings read: "With sincere congratulations and a hearty Welcome to the Little Stranger" "With warm Congratulations and a welcome united with best wishes" "To with kind Congratulations and a hopeful welcome to the New Comer"greetings cards, baby cards, gift cards

Slovenian Club Melbourne participated many times at the Royal Melbourne Show with the musicians, dancers, folk dances, art and craft exhibitions. They were always warmly welcomed.The second Slovenian children of the first generations keeping up the traditionsColour photo of the large decorative heart with the Slovenian children in national costumes and boys playing piano accordions at the Royal Melbourne Show. The children are:Young generation of Slovenians, born in Australia, keeping the Slovenian traditionsslovenian traditions, slovenian national costume, slovenian music, slovenian polka