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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Magazine - BADHAM COLLECTION: LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS JOURNAL
Locomotive engineers journal December 1937, editor Paul Smith. Published by The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers B of L. E. Building Cleveland Ohio. Train photo on front cover, contents include 'The Brotherhood', 'technical articles' and 'current events'.magazine, organization -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Memoir, Port Melbourne Bus Depot, Life at the Port Melbourne Bus depot, 2005
Donated to the PMH&PS by Kevin Stanes, together with the Listing of Employees (Reg.No. 2103)(11) page story on the life of the Port Melbourne Bus Depot in Bay Street from 1937- 1966 written by the donor, Mr Kevin Stanes, who was the last Port Melbourne bus driver to retire from the Government Transport servicestransport - bus, melbourne & metropolitan tramways board, mmtb, kevin stanes -
Royal District Nursing Service (now known as Bolton Clarke)
Photograph - Digital image, 07.05.1937
This sepia digital image shows the Austin car which was donated to the Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS) in !937 by the Rotary Club of Victoria. It was used by the Matron of the MDNS District Division to visit patients weekly. The photograph is taken outside the MDNS Headquarters at 39 Victoria Parade, Collingwood. The photograph appeared along with an article in The Age Friday May 7, 1937. The photograph appeared in the MDNS Annual Report of 1937. On page 8, mention is made of J.D Johnston Esq, President of the Rotary Club of Victoria, presenting the Austin vehicle to MDNS. Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) has had various modes of transport over the last 130 plus years. At first, from 1885 as Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS), their Trained nurses (Nurses) walked the streets and lane ways amid the slums of central Melbourne. As the Society expanded public transport was used, and bicycles were bought by the Society in 1903 and used in inner areas until 1945. During the Spanish flu epidemic, in 1919, MDNS appealed for assistance to procure Motor vehicles so the Nurses could visit an influx of cases. Through trusts, grants and donations four 'Ford T Model' cars were procured which enabled the Nurses to triple their visits. Through constant use the cars were in such a poor state two were sold in 1922 and the others later. In 1922-23 three Peugeot cars were purchased and a woman Chauffeur, 'Miss Sword', was employed who lived in the Home and was also in charge of the garage. MDNS was expanding and a Motor Auxiliary was formed in 1929 to take the Trained nurses (Sisters) to patients, and some Sisters used their own cars; even a motorcycle was used by one Sister in 1933. All these forms of transport were intermingled and in the early 1950s, and now as Melbourne District Nursing Service, seven Ford Prefect cars were bought followed by twelve Ford Anglia cars 1955. Having received Royal patronage; the now Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) had its own fleet of Holden vehicles by the mid 1960s and the Motor Auxiliary ceased operating in 1971 as by then all staff employed were required to have a driving licence. Seat-belts had been introduced to Victoria in 1959 and District fitted them to their cars from 1962, even though they did not become compulsory until 1970. The Holden vehicles were replaced with grey Holden Torana vehicles. After several years the fleet was changed to white Toyota Corolla vehicles. The Melways Directory of maps was introduced in 1966, which was a boon to the Sisters, though it was a few years before it went beyond Seville, so a large paper map was used by the Sisters visiting patients in the areas passed Seville. By 2009 there were 598 cars in the fleet and the Sisters travelled 9 million 200,000 kilometres – this is equivalent to 12 trips to the moon and back. In the foreground of this sepia photograph is a side-on view of a four door 1937 style small grey car with a nose shaped bonnet, parked on the road beside the kerb with the headlight facing to the right of the photograph.The bonnet joins onto a straight windscreen which adjoins a slightly curved hood running back along the car. This adjoins a back window which joins onto the sloping rear body of the car with a small protruding boot. Windows are seen above the body work of both facing doors and a smaller sloping window above the body work and rear wheel arch. On the drivers door is a Maltese cross and the words "Melbourne District" written above the Maltese cross and "Nursing Society" below it. In front of this door the body work forms a wheel arch and the headlight is attached between this body work and the bonnet. Rubber tyred wheels with solid hub caps are seen below each wheel arch. On the footpath, behind the bonnet of the car, four Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS) Trained nurses (Sisters) are standing. They are wearing dark grey coats over their grey uniforms with white collars, and brimmed grey hats with a Maltese cross on the light coloured headband. The Sister on the right has her left hand gripping the handle on top of her oblong nursing case. A metal spiked fence is behind the Sisters, which runs to the left into one of the two square concrete columns which sit either side of a path. A hedge is behind the fence, and behind this part of a building with three arched windows can be seen. A white plaque is attached to the fence near one of the columns.mdns, melbourne district nursing society, rotary club of victoria, mdns transport, rdns, royal district nursing service, rdns transport -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Bonfire, Beckett Park, Balwyn, c1937/8, 1937
The bonfire at Beckett Park was the culmination of the EMPIRE DAY/CELEBRATIONS in Surrey Hills in 1935 and 1936. In 1937 vandals lit the fire prematurely but residents hastily rebuilt it - about/100 tons including old tyres. A volunteer fire-watcher had his caravan close by until lights-up time on Saturday night. From glass negative taken by Ian Barkla's father, Frank Leslie Barkla of 37 Grovedale Road, who was a keen photographer and a member of the Melbourne Camera Club.Image depicting the building of a large bonfire made primarily from rubber tyres, supported by a wooden frame c1937/8. There is a significant crowd of people watching the erection of the pyre from ground level. Several members of the crowd are seated or holding bicycles. There are multiple persons situated on the pyre or on a ladder propped up against the mound of tyres. The area containing the pyre has been fenced off with rope (?). A young boy in the image (second from left with bike) has been identified as Alex Walker.Black and white, W 25.3 cm x H 20.4 cm, landscapeparks and reserves, 1937, beckett park, bicycles, crowds, empire day, bonfires, alex walker, frank leslie barkla -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Automatic Signal System, General Instructions", 25/11/1937
Document or instruction titled "Automatic Signal System, General Instructions" for Ballarat Electric Tramways, dated 25/11/1937 giving instructions for the Forest City signals, how they operated, what to do if they fail to operate, power outage, trams operating to Victoria Park or Haddon St only, the depot and Bridge St. This instruction follows installation of the signal system after the collision between two trams in Wendouree Parade. See item 4638 for a later set of instructions.Yields information about the Forest City Signalling system in Ballarat.Document - five foolscap sheet, duplicated, stapled on left hand edge.tramways, tramcars, secv, forest city signals, signals, instructions -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - GAS MASK, Mask: 10.1937; Band: 3.11.1939
Item re Frederick Gardner DAVEY DFC No 410533 RAAF. Refer Reg No 3536P for his service details.Small gas mask with black circular canister attached to rubber face covering. Single oval eye piece made from clear plastic like material. A rubber band secures the face covering to the canister.Printed on rubber face covering: L&B.R.Co (G) Oct 1937 Printed on band securing face covering to canister: POPPE LOT 3.11.39 7231gas, masks, military -
Ballarat RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
Medallion - Coronation
Circular medallion attached via a ring to a red, white and blue striped ribbon, open frayed edges at ends. Medallion bears text in a circular design with a motif of two figures either side of a coat of arm; the coat of arms carries a Southern Cross and a kangaroo figure sitting atop. On the reverse, an embossed image of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth is present.Around circle: "To commemorate their majesties coronation - May 12, 1937” Circle interior: “VICTORIA”/“PEACE AND PROSPERITY” On reverse: “KING GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH"collectables, ballarat rsl, ballarat -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Wal Jack, 11/10/1939 12:00:00 AM
Yields information the appearance of the SEC tram depot in July 1938 and in particular No. 29, the orphan of the fleet.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of No. 29 at Rubicon St., 11-10-39. Tram has the destination of Lydiard St North, has a number of billboards in the background, including one for Atlantic Petrol. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeOn rear of photograph in ink "Ballarat No. 29 ex MMTB 152 11-10-39 / (1937 - ? ) and in bottom right hand corner "W. Jack T34"trams, tramways, rubicon st, albert st, tram 29 -
Orbost & District Historical Society
journals, Gippsland Heritage Journal, 2003
Gippsland Heritage Journal is a journal, produced about every nine - twelve months, for those interested in regional, local and family history in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It is compiled by Meredith Fletcher, Debbie Squires and Linda Barraclough and includes a diverse range of articles, both academic and non-academic. This issue has been edited by Meredith Fletcher.This item is a useful reference for the history of Gippsland.A 64 pp magazine, plastic covered, titled Gippsland Heritage Journal. The front cover is orange with a b/w photograph of Mr Stringy at Dead Horse Flat on the Omeo Road c 1937. The magazine contains photographs, articles on the history of Gippsland.On back - library barcode and price sticker - $13.20. On the front cover is a call no. 996.65 GIP journal-gippsland-heritage-journal history-gippsland mr-stringy-omeo -
Victoria Police Museum
Photograph (police car)
Eight Gamins Branch plain clothes police in front of a police vehicle. Six are standing and two are sitting. Circa 1940. Vehicles are a 1937 Ford and a 1940 Chevrolet. Members include A Gutys, A Mason, F Henderson, T Meekle, H Dawson,police vehicles; motor transport branch; motor transport section; wireless patrol -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PIEPER COLLECTION: RECEIPT CENTRAL NAPOLEON GOLD MINING COMPANY
Yellow document, receipt 683 issued by Central Napoleon Gold Mining Company, Comonwealth Bank Chambers, Charing Cross, Bendigo, 11 May 1937, to C.O. Pieper, for 100 shares in the mine. Receipt signed by J. J. Stanistreet, Manager.bendigo, mining, central napoleon gold mine -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - School photos, Alan Mathews
The Mathews family have been in continuous ownership of 395 Howe Parade (was 8 Howe Parade until 1964 when addresses re-assigned), Port Melbourne from 1938 to the present (Sept 2019)Six folders of assorted documents relating to the life of Alan Mathews and his family. Employment documents. Folder 6 has photographs. School photos for Alan. 1937 Albert St (probably Brunswick east) and later primary year at Graham Streetdomestic life, alan mathews -
Beechworth Honey Archive
Diary by B. Kirkwood 1946- 1947
This was a diary kept by B. Kirkwood, one of the men employed by Frank Lebbell Frost to assist him in his beekeeping.Daily diary kept by B. Kirkwood from 16 December 1945 to 24 August 1947. At back of diary are two pages of production notes for 1936 and 1937. Book with yellow pages and black cover. Pencil and pen were used for entries.diary, hand-written, beekeeping, kirkwood, 1945, 1946, 1947, beechworth honey -
Clunes Museum
Document (item) - EXERCISE BOOKS, Clunes Brownie Pack, UNTITLED
1ST CLUNES BROWNIE PACK RECORD AND LOG BOOKS1st clunes brownie pack, record books, log books -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Five page copy of a broadcast titled 'Hydroculture' dated 10 September, 1937. Heading - Chemistry of Today. Mentioned is plant growth, farmers, chemicals for plant growth, and an experiment with a tomato plant grown in a bucket. Broadcast (2) written at the top of page.sciences, instruments - general, bill ashman collection - correspondence, chemistry of today, hydroculture, john seaverns -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Framed Photographs, George Netherway, 1930's late
Framed set of 17 No. 60mm x 38mm black and white photographs (see 588 - 604) showing arrival of new trams ex Melbourne in 1930, construction of Lydiard St North track relaying in Ballarat during 1937, opening of Lydiard St. extension in 1937 and two Geelong trams in 1937. Mounted on a white cardboard based with captions written under photos in brown ink, red ink underline contained within a brown stained wooden frame with glass front and cardboard backing sheet, held with small nails. For photo of opening of Lydiard St. Nth extension, has a piece of tape over date, corrected from 28-9-37 to 30-8-37. Also in pencil on rear of frame. For details of individual photographs see prints of photos items 588 - 604. Photos taken with a Kodak Vest Pocket camera. See Kings, Ballarat TramwaysIn pencil on rear "Lydiard St. Nth from Aug. 30/37"trams, tramways, ballarat, geelong, lydiard st. north, new trams -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Magazine (Item) - Newsletter, The Victoria Missions to Seamen, Jottings From Our Log, 1906-1937
Likely to be the idea of Reverend Alfred Gurney Goldsmith, and first published in January 1906 (missing), the newsletter was issued quarterly (printed generally in January, Easter, Midwinter and Michaelmas) but became annual from 1932. 110 Jottings were printed from January 1905 till October 1937; although there was an error in the numbering or a special edition number 88. And unfortunately a few issues are missing The Mission holds a photograph of this publication being packed in calico by the members of the 'Ladies Harbour Lights Guild' for distribution to branches and supporters.Published for some 30 years by the Victorian Missions to Seamen issued to supporters the series contributes to the history of the organisation. Although incomplete, the set is a likely to be the only one remaining. It is a key cross reference supplying many details and dates of ships, crew members, supporters, committee members, chaplains and LHLG, activities in both Melbourne, Port Phillip and other States where Missions were gradually established and information not able to be included in Annual Reports. It is an invaluable source of images. Some of photographs published are still in the missions heritage collection.newsletter, victorian seamen's mission, melbourne misson to seamen, jottings from our log, lhlg, ladies harbour lights guild, alfred gurney goldsmith -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Box, cardboard, c.1937-1960
Trove : Advertised from 1937-1949 in various publications search under "Wellcome"' Calcium Borogluconate (yes with 2 'l's) . Victorian Government Gazette , no.2 Jan 5, 1960, page 16. List of Registered Stock Medicine. Registered Wholesale Dealer : Burroughs Wellcome and Co. (Aust) Ltd. Cressy Street, Rosebery New South Wales. Manufacturer, if other than the Wholesale Dealer - , Distinguishing Name of Stock Medicine : "Wellcome" Calcium Borogluconate, Approved Use or for the Treatment of : Milk Fever, hypocalcaemia. Rectangular faded pink cardboard box opening at both ends with the remnants of a paper label on one side, containing a folded paper leaflet and a cellophane bag containing white granules.Outer label '.....ATE .s enclosed)..........ELLCOME & .............STRALIA..D., SYDNEY, N....in Australia'. Impressed on one flap of box '132'. Printed leaflet (side one) Illustration of a unicorn, a thick black line under which text 'WELLCOME' brand CALCIUM BOROGLUCONATE (Vetinary)' followed by another thick black line. 'Calcium Borogluconate ia a stable , non-irritant calcium preparation for subcutaneous or intravenous injection in the treatment of milk fever and other forms of acute hypocalcaemia. It is available in the dry state as 'Wellcome' Calcium Borogluconate, a granular product in single dose containers of 2 1/2 oz. Milk Fever In the treatment of milk fever in cows, 21/2 oz. to 31/2 oz. of the granules should be injected subcutaneously at two or three points in the neck, with the usual aseptic precautions. The granules should be dissolved in 10 fl. oz. of boiling water, the solution allowed to boil for five minutes, then cooled to body temperature before administration. Repetition of the dose is very rarely necessary. Should a more rapid response be desired, the whole of the solution hay be given by slow intravenous injection; alternatively , the greater part of the solution may be injected by this route and the remainder given subcutaneously in the manner described above. A convenient apparatus for the controlled administration of large volumes of fluid (leaflet side two) is the 'Wellcome' Flutter Valve Injection Apparatus. Prophylaxis Recurrent attacks at successive parturitions may be prevented by giving calcium borogluconate immediately after calving and again about 20 hours later. Each dose should be from one or two ounces of 'Wellcome' Calcium Borogluconate, dissolved as directed above. Other Indications Certain other conditions have been found to respond readily to calcium borogluconate therapy. These include parturient hypocalcaemia or milk fever in ewes, parturient eclampsia in sows and bitches, so-called "staggers" in lactating dairy cattle suspected to be due to hypocalcaemia, and transit tetany in horses. The dosage for various species is generally within the ranges indicated below : horses and cattle 11/2 to 31/2 oz. Sheep, goats and pigs 1/2 oz. to 1 oz. Dogs 11/2 dr. to 3 dr. 'WELLCOME' brand CALCIUM BOROGLUCONATE A readily-soluble granular product issued in cartons of 21/2 oz.' Illustration of a unicorn, 'BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO. (AUSTRALIA) LTD. (Incorporated in England) SYDNEY, N.S.W.' A black line 'ref.A5007g 54.1. 25' milk fever, hypocalcaemia, subcutaneous -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Drawing, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Clifton Hill car shed", c1937
Set of six photocopied plans or drawings on A3 sheet of Clifton Hill car shed - 3/1937 Some of the sheets overlap with each other. .1 - P? - Plan showing depot block, building plan and track plans .2 - P7689 - Plan of Land - dated 6-3-1937 .3 - P7690 - same as sheet one, but shows date and drawing number .4 - P? - part of shed with notes hand written on it - changes made to buildings - notes condensers and gas storage - possibly for the gas producer buses. .5 - part of plan with hand written notes .6 - dittotrams, tramways, drawings, depots, property, clifton hill cable tram depot, cable trams, world war 2, buses -
Victoria Police Museum
Photograph (police car), Kodak
Front view of 4.3 litre 6 cylinder Alvis, registration number 174-614, Wireless Patrol, including three sets of headlights and radiator grill, circa 1937. Also are electric horns below the registration plate. "Police" sign over windscreen.police vehicles; transport; motor police branch; alvis car; wireless patrol -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''THE BAY AND PADIE BOOK'' BY FURNLEY MAURICE
Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 55 page hardcover book of Child Poems by Furnley Maurice. Published in 1937 by Melbourne University Press in association with the Oxford University Press. Printed by Galleon Press, Sydney. Catalogue sticker ''2110 MAU'' on spine.Furnley Mauricebooks, collections, poetry, alec h chisholm collection, furnley maurice, poetry -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: LETTER FOR COHN'S 50 BIRTHDAY
Typed document on Company letterhead dated 10th Dec 1937 stating that to celebrate 50 year birthday of Cohn's, an extra bonus of 3d per share would be paid as well as employees participating in a special gift. Signed Edward B Newell, Secretary.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Copy of a letter dated 25 January, 1937, from Frank A. Stevenson to R. H. S. Abbott. Letter details the changes in the colour of the water from the diesel engines on the 180 Gold Mining Coy., Bendigo, after the Scale Buoys were installed.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, stevenson bros. motor service station, r h s abbott, crown hotel, 180 gold mining coy, frank a stevenson -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Pamphlet, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Overhead Line Material", Jun. 1937
Yields information about equipment made for Overhead tramway range and materials used and how correspondence was exchanged with the SEC via the Agent General.4914.1 - Letter from The Forest City Electric Co. Limited of Manchester 23/6/1937, to the Agent General for Victoria and the SEC, notifying that they have included within the shipment free of charge, three sample insulators and booklet 15.2. 4914.2 - Booklet or Sheet 15.2, titled "Overhead Line Material" comprising 12 pages showing details of porcelain insulators available from The Forest City Electric Co., and other associated equipment, including cap and cone suspensions, wood strain insulators, Giant Strain Insulators, overhead frogs, crossings, bonding compressors and contactors. Each sheet had three staples on left hand side and two punch holes. There were removed for scanning and have not been replaced.trams, tramways, overhead, forest city signals, insulation, trackwork, trolley wire -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Book, No makers listed, RAAF Flying Log Book, Mid 20th Century
This RAAF Flying Log Book belonged to Flt Lt Basil John Adam 400451. The first entry in the log book is 16 November 1940 at Elementary Training Course at Narrandera NSW.This is a RAFF Flying Log Book belonging to Flt Lt B J Adams.Not quite square book, blue cloth cover. White tape on the front upper left cover with the number 59259. On the spine the number 4259. On the spine on tape the number 184. Writen on the bottom pages thickness of the book ADAM.B. 400451.Royal Australian Air Force Flying Log Book Form A.18 (Revised April, 1937.) (RAF Form 414) Name ADAM Basiel John 400451.raaf, log book, adams b.j., 1940. -
Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park
Yarra Valley Mountain and District Football League Results1623 to 1946, Fixtures and Ladders
The reports are primarily historically and socially significant for understanding the local football community . Also gives some insight into the local families who were regularly involved with the Emerald Football Club.black plastic 4 ring binderlabeled "FTG News Results 1923 - 1925, 1936, 1838 - 1941, 1945 - 1946 Fixtures 1937 - 1974 YVMDFL Results and Ladders" been re-labeledemerald, football, match reports, fixtures, ladders, seniors, reserves, under 17, yarra valley mountain district football league -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Chalice
Plain EPNS chalice with engraved Celtic cross and engraved text on the base. "ST ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH GARDINER" "To the Glory of God : In loving memory of W. CLAUDE HEAD. An Elder of this congregation 1937-1940. The gift of Mrs Head & Naomi"st andrew's presbyterian church gardiner., claude w. head. -
National Wool Museum
Book - Wool Classing Exercise Book, 1936-38
The story of 90 years of wool classing between father & son begins in 1936, when a young boy by the name of Stanley James Hucker walked through the doors of the Gordon Technical School in Geelong. Born in 1921, Stanley was 15 years of age when he began his 3-year course in Wool Classing. 30 years later, Stanley’s second son Denis completed the same 3-year wool classing course. Beginning in 1966, Denis attended the same Gordon Technical School and walked the same halls as his father before him. Stanley finished his course in 1938. He went back to the family farm in Lake Bolac for a brief period before enrolling in the Second World War. At the completion of the war, Stanley returned home and married before gaining a soldier settler allotment, north of Willaura. This enabled Stan to use his wool classing knowledge. He ran between 1,500 and 2,000 sheep for many years, while his wool classer stencil also allowed him to go out and class at various sheds around the area. He held his stencil from 1938 until he retired at the age of 60 in 1981. On retirement, his second son Denis was working in the district, managing a local property while also leasing land himself. Upon his father’s retirement, Denis had the opportunity to lease his father’s farm, an opportunity he could not refuse. Denis had finished his wool classing course at the Gordon Technical School in 1968, graduating dux of his class. He began working with a local contractor and started classing wool in his team. Denis gained a great deal of experience working as part of this team in big sheds of up to 8 stands servicing between 10 & 20,000 sheep. It was not all smooth sailing for Denis however, and he soon learnt an important lesson. Class wool the way you’re taught, don’t listen to the owner standing over your shoulder. At a clip of Corriedales near Casterton, Denis was pushing too many fleeces into the line of fine wool. This resulted in a notice from the Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) “mixing counts too much, submit three clips for inspection”. Denis was able to submit 3 clips with no further complaints, however, this proved a valuable lesson he would never forget over his long career classing wool. In the early 1980s, when Denis was leasing two properties including his father’s, things were going well until drought struck. February 1983 was the date of the Ash Wednesday bushfires, and saw Melbourne have three days over 40 °C for only the second time on record. This period saw Denis give away farming, turning towards contracting work instead. After the difficult times of the early 1980s, the next two decades were a good time for the sheep industry. 15 micron wool was selling for prices between 4 to 5,000 cents per kilo, double what you’d expect for the same wool in 2022. In 1995 a single bale of wool sold for a million dollars. This was a good time for Denis too. His contracting work saw him employing local shearers and shed staff. His team was involved with the shearing and classing of more than 130,000 sheep. After 20 years of contracting, it was time for Denis to transition into the next phase of his life. He gave up independent contracting, preferring instead to return to being a member of someone else’s team. In 2018, having completed 50 years of wool classing, it was time to call it a day and retire completely. At the annual Gordon Wool School Old Students Association dinner held in 2018, Denis was presented with his 50 years as a registered wool classer stencil awarded by the Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX). This is a rare honour achieved by few. As of February 2020, a total of 430 wool classers had achieved this 50-year milestone. For Denis however, his proudest achievement is achieving 90 years of wool classing with his father. The National Wool Museum is proud to share the collection of objects gained from 90 years in the wool classing industry by Stanley and Denis. This ranges from Stanley’s first stencil and Wool Sample book, started when he first attended the Gordon in 1936. The collection concludes 90 years later with Denis’ 50 years of wool classing Stencil. The collection contains many more objects, all telling the story of these 90 years, and the hard work invested by this dedicated father and son duo. This is the fifth in a series of 5 wool classing exercise books. They were written by Stanley Hucker in his time at the Gordon Technical College from 1936-1938. This book begins in a white cover with blue ink swirls covering its entirety. It has a central sticker label. Internally, the book is handwritten on yellowed pages with blue lines for the assistance in clarity of handwriting. The pages are also surrounded by a margin of red pen. The exercise book’s content is about recording and tracking the financial transactions of Sheep Stations and Wool Classers. It is handwritten. A selection of pages have been photographed to give an impression of the information taught in classes, 90 years ago. This includes information about: - General bookkeeping terms and definitions - Practise invoices - Larger multiple page definition of bookkeeping - Assets liabilities - Practise bale bookFront Cover. Wording, printed and handwritten. “The “Gordon Geelong / CASH BOOK / Stanley Hucker / Station + Farm / Bookkeeping / Bookkeeping / Terms 1.2.3 for 1936. 1937. 1938”gordon institute geelong, wool classing, 1930s sheep farming, 90 years wool classing between father & son -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Arthur Blood. c1930's
Black and white photographWritten on back of photograph: "Arthur Blood". Arthur Blood was a Ringwood Councillor 1924/25 to 1937/38, and Mayor 1929/30, 1930/31, 1931/32. -
Greensborough Historical Society
Map, To-day's Map of Ivanhoe - Heidelberg; including Rosanna, McLeod, Watsonia, Greensborough to Eltham, 1937-1953
Map of the suburbs of Ivanhoe, Heidelberg, Rosanna, Macleod, Watsonia, Greensborough and Eltham. Dates to mid 1950s. An Advertiser on this map may be found in the Hurstbridge Advertiser Friday 17 December 1937, page 7: "Lyon Bros, of Eltham garage, suggest in their advertisement on the front page of this issue. that motorists should have their cars checked over by them before Christmas, so that any 5mall defects which might militate against the pleasure of the trip, might be remedied." As does "The Montsalvat Plant Farm" in The Age of Saturday 5 September 1953, page 48.Shows early streets and open space in these areas.Fold out map in pale blue cover. Cover dimensions: 21.5x15cm. Map is surrounded by advertising for local businesses.ivanhoe, maps, heidelberg, rosanna, macleod, watsonia, greensborough, eltham