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Federation University Historical Collection
Costume Accessories, Tee-Dee, School & College Wear, Ballarat High School Tie
This Ballarat High School belonged to Ramon D'Arcy when he attended the school from the end of the 1950's. The school was opened in 1907 as an agricultural college before transitioning to an academic focus in 1925.This fine woollen bottle green tie has diagonal stripes of grey, black, grey which are 30cm apart.Printed on a small cotton tag - "Tee-Dee", School & College Wear, Pure woolballarat high school, uniform, school tie, costume, textiles -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document, Frank Shennen, "Melbourne cable car fleet", c1966
Document compiled by Frank Shennen (1907-1998) providing a list of cable trailers or cars and their lines used on and specifically painted for as of the end of the MTOCo operations in 1916. Includes the zoo, Northcote cars, and spares. Demonstrates an extensive record compiled by Frank Sheenen about Melbourne cable trams.Foolscap hand written sheet, multicoloured.tramcars, tramways, cable trams, personal papers, bogie cable trailers, records -
Puffing Billy Railway
26 NAC - Passenger carriage, 1/ 7/1907
NB Class - Number Built (1st Series) 6 - Number Built (2nd Series) 17 - Number Built (3rd Series) 4 26 NAC - Former NB Class (3rd Series) - Carriage 3 compartments and van (24 pass.) In Active Service - Belgrave Station Yard NAC COMBINED NB PASSENGER CAR AND GUARD'S VAN. A compartment NB which has had a guard's compartment temporarily added in one end. Due to the temporary nature of the guard's compartment, this vehicle retains its number in the NB numbering sequence, but has been classed NAC to differentiate it from the standard NBC. The use of the A is a recognition of the car's original NAB classification. VR Service History NABAB 2.VA - 1/ 7/1907 NWS Built new - circa 1910 - To NAB 2.VA - *NAB 2.VA - circa 1910 - Reference Photo SL20 p20 20/ 8/1923 FTG To NB 26.VA - NB 26.VA - /12/1927 - Modified AC Malco BO 27/ 9/1934 NWS Into Workshops - 30/10/1934 NWS Out of Workshops (34 days) 17/12/1954 - Scrapped Body to Eng. Spcl Works, RS55/707 Purchased by the Puffing Billy Preservation Society as a body & underframe. Historic - Victorian Railways Narrow Gauge - Passenger Rolling Stock: Passsenger carriage Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H2187 The Puffing Billy Rolling Stock Collection Passenger Rolling Stock: 26 NAC - Passenger carriage - Made of Timber on a Wrought iron frame 3 compartments and van (No. 26)26 NAC puffing billy, 26 nac, nac passenger carriage, victorian railways, narrow gauge passenger rolling stock, 2'6" guage -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Register, school
Passed on to the society by Belgrave South State SchoolA pre-printed booklet, comprising 6 pages. Cover has instruction sheet glued on. Pupils' details filled in by hand in ink. Was previously stapled but staples are missing.On cover, "Narree Worran East" ruled through and "Belgrave South" written below; "3551", all in ink. "1907-1913" in heavy black ink. "A.D. 30.4.09" written in ink on top left corner of second page.belgrave south state school, narre warren north-east, narre worran east, school pupils, sophie giles -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Sepia, Mr and Mrs Gurney Goldsmith, Picnic at Orchard House, Cup Day 1909, November 1909
Gathering of seafarers and LHLG members, at Orchard House, Haverbrack Avenue, in Malvern on 2 November 1909. Mrs Beatrice Higgins, nee Shuter, was the secretary of the Malvern branch of the Guild since 2 July 1907.George Higgins, a graduate of the University of Melbourne, was a Lecturer in Surveying, Civil Engineering and Hydraulic Engineering 1907-1910 and in Civil Engineering 1911-1921 at that institution. The Shuters were supporters of the Mission. Mrs Charles Shuter gifted many items located in the chapel in memory of family members.Small monochrome photograph1909, malvern, cup day, orchard house, george higgins (c.1860-1943), charles shuter, picnics, social events, entertainments, beatrice elizabeth higgins (nee shuter), goldsmith album -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Main Road, Eltham, looking south from Bridge Street, c.1906-1907
Birthday greetings sent by Mary and Ada Shillinglaw from their home, 'Wattle Brae' at Eltham to their sister Carrie (Watson). Carrie was born 29 Feb 1876. Whilst the postcard was dated 1917, the actual photo is dated between 1906 and 1907. ""Wattle Brae" Eltham 28/2/17 Dear Carrie Wishing you a Bright and a happy birthday. With love from Mary & Ada" See also SEPP_0624 Looking south along Main Road from the south side of the intersection of Bridge Street with Main Road. Anne Hunniford's Post Office and Burgoyne's store on left. Miss Harriet (Minnie) Williams's Cash Drapery Mart (est. 1902 and enlarged in 1906), also known as Eltham House on the right. Harriet (Minnie) Williams was born London, 1857, the daughter of George John Williams (1812-1895) and Jane Mansfield (1812-1895). In September 1885 she was operating Williams’s Drapery Establishment in premises on Main Road owned by R. Wallis who advertised them to let in September 1885. In 1902 she opened Williams’s Cash Drapery Mart at the southwest corner of Bridge Street and Main Road (opposite the Post Office), owned by W.J. Taylor. In 1906 she bought the premises and one quarter acre of land and expanded the business with a re-opening in April 1906. Harriet was also well-known and esteemed as an active worker in Methodist circles and also Superintendent of the Sunday School. Harriet fell ill in August 1907 and died 15 August. She is buried in Eltham Cemetery with her good friend Ada Ford. Evelyn Observer and Bourke East Record (Vic. : 1902 - 1917), Friday 30 March 1906, page 5 ________________________________________ ELTHAM. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) For over three years Miss Williams has carried on a drapery business in very small and inconvenient premises opposite the Eltham post-office. Recently she bought the building and a quarter-acre of land from Mr. W. J. Taylor. Thus having a free hand, she at once matured plans to enlarge and improve the premises to make them suitable for her growing business. The result being that she consulted Mr Roach, contractor, of Heidelberg, put the matter in his hands, and now he has completed in a very satisfactory manner and up-to-date style extensive improvements. A large addition, of very neat and attractive design, with three large windows, has been built right along the front of the old building, and the counters and inside fittings are very neat and convenient, harmonizing well with the attractive outside appearance. Miss Williams has now got in a large now stock of goods, and is making extensive arrangements for a “reopening week," commencing 2nd April, during which time she will make 10 per cent reduction on all cash purchases in the form of gifts of that value. Miss Williams has gone to considerable expense and liability both, in the enlargement and improvement of the premises and in purchasing additional stock. We therefore trust that the public will stand by her by heartily and en masse patronizing her re-opening effort to show their appreciation of pluck in this advance movement. Google Street View Feb 2017: https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.7191341,145.1462046,3a,50.5y,191.91h,88.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sARwwqEQfMSfH9oTWWapPgQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 POSTCARD 1905-1940s Like the carte-de-visite, postcards enjoyed a collecting craze by large numbers of people, and were often kept in albums through which the interested visitor could browse. Postcards were posted or exchanged in huge numbers. Postal authorities in Australia only allowed the private printing of postcards from 1898. At this time the back of the card was reserved for the address and postage stamp, and the front was used for the message and a picture. In 1902 British authorities allowed a "divided back", so that the left side could be used for the message, the right side for the address and stamp, and the whole of the front was devoted to the picture. France followed suit in 1904, Germany and Australia in 1905, and the United States in 1907. - Frost, Lenore; Dating Family Photos 1850-1920; Valiant Press Pty. Ltd., Berwick, Victoria 1991marg ball collection, postcard, 1906, 1917, ada maria chrisfield (nee shillinglaw) 1889-1974, ada maria shillinglaw (1889-1974), caroline (carrie) watson (nee shillinglaw 1876-1956), cash drapery mart, eltham, eltham hotel, main road, mary ann shillinglaw (1880-1963), shillinglaw cottage, watsons hotel, wattle brae -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Photograph, 1907-1914
This photograph is of the sailing ship ANTARES at full sail, taken between 1907, when she was named ANTARES, and 1914, when she was wrecked.. THE ANTARES In mid-November 1914, after the beginning of the First World War, a young local man went one evening to fish near the Bay of Islands, west of Peterborough. He later arrived home hurriedly and in an agitated state declaring: "The Germans are coming!" His family laughed and disbelieved him, as this young fellow was prone to telling fictional tales. About a month later, on December 13th 1914, local farmers Phillip Le Couteur and Peter Mathieson were riding in the vicinity, checking on cattle. Phillip Le Couteur saw what he “thought was the hull of a ship below the cliffs.” He rode to Allansford and contacted police. The next day, two Constables and Phillip Le Couteur returned to the site, where they dug a trench near the top of the cliff and sank a log in it. To this they attached a rope, which they threw down the cliff face. Constable Stainsbury and Phillip Le Couteur then made the dangerous descent down the rope on the sheer cliff face. They found wreckage strewn around a small cove and a portion of a man's body under the cliffs. The hull of the ship could be seen about 300 metres out to sea. Some of the wreckage revealed the name Antares and the remains of the ship's dinghy bore the name Sutlej. During the next two weeks and with the help of the Warrnambool lifeboat and crew, two more bodies were found. Later investigations proved that the tragic wreck was indeed that of the Antares, reported overdue on the 207th day of her voyage from Marseilles, France, to Melbourne. She was a three masted, 1749 ton iron clipper, built in Glasgow in 1888 and originally named and launched as the Sutlej. Bought in 1907 by Semider Bros. from Genoa, Italy, she was refitted and renamed Antares. It was later realised that the local lad who a month earlier had declared he had seen German guns being fired, had probably seen distress flares fired from the deck of the Antares the night she was wrecked. She was last sailed under Captain Gazedo and wrecked at what is now known as Antares Rock, near the Bay of Islands. She had been carrying a large cargo of roofing tiles from France to Melbourne, consigned to Mullaly & Byrne. Many of them are now to be seen amongst the battered and scattered remains of the wreck. Some of the timbers were found to be blackened by fire. An Information Board has been erected on the cliff top near to the site of the Antares wreck, at the end of Radfords Rd, west of Peterborough. (Ref: Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village’s “Antares” fact sheet, Victorian Heritage Database, Information Board at Peterborough, Flagstaff Hill Significance Assessment 2010) The Antares was one of the last of the 'tall ships' to be lost along the south west coast of Victoria, and is the only wreck that took the lives of all people on board. She is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register VHS S34. The Antares is significant as a sail trader carrying an international inbound cargo. It is part of the Great Ocean Road Historic Shipwreck Trail. Photograph of the three masted fully rigged Antares at anchor. (ref: Ships A-B SH016.)flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, antares, tall ship, peterborough, 1914 shipwreck, phillip le couteur, peter mathieson, constable stainsbury, sutlej, antares rock., bay of islands -
Chiltern Athenaeum Trust
Painting - Oil painting on gumleaf by Alfred William Eustace, circa 1851 to 1907
This gum leaf painting is one of a pair displayed on foil in the same frame. It is typical of many paintings by the self-taught Australian artist Alfred William Eustace (1820-1907). A.W. Eustace, a well-known Australian artist, was born in Berkshire, England, where he was an assistant gamekeeper to the Earl of Craven at Ashdown Park. He migrated to Australia with his wife and children in 1851 and camped on the Ullina and Eldorado Runs on the Black Dog Creek at Chiltern, which was in excess of 50,000 acres of grazing land. A.W. Eustace was employed as a shepherd by Jason Withers and while tending his flocks in the solitude of the bush, Eustace turned his attention to painting and music to while away the long and weary hours. He endeavoured to capture the spirit of the bush painting on board, canvas or tin plate, but as these materials were not always readily available he then started painting on large round eucalyptus leaves from the White and Red Box trees that grew around about him. About 1856 he painted a small picture of the famous Woolshed goldrush and during the next few years became well known in North-East Victoria. John Sadlier, a police officer stationed at Beechworth said that Eustace painted 'some really exquisite scenes. He was of an easy-going dreamy temperament, a student of nature only, despising the works of men. Unfortunately his drawings were on eucalyptus leaves, the largest and roundest he could find and not on canvas, and no doubt have all perished long ago.' In 1876 the Melbourne Age newspaper reported, 'Eustace’s celebrated paintings on gum leaves are again attracting attention,…Mr Eustace is an elegant artist…he seems without effort to catch the colour and spirit of Australian scenery…' In 1864 A.W. Eustace held an Art Union in Albury, and again in 1884 in Ballarat. He exhibited at the Victorian Academy of Arts in 1877 and also held an exhibition of gum leaf paintings at Stevens Gallery, Melbourne in 1893. By 1896 he was receiving orders from heads of states in Europe, with his works acknowledged by Queen Victoria, Emperor Frederick of Germany and the Czar of Russia, as well as the Governors of New South Wales and Victoria. His paintings reflected his ability to paint the sky in his realistic style which is still noted by art critics of the day. A.W. Eustace was also a skillful taxidermist. The collection of birds and animals that can be seen at the Beechworth Museum are examples of his taxidermy skill. When not doing his work, painting or taxidermy, he regularly contributed letters and verse to the Chiltern newspaper, The Federal Standard. A book of verse in his hand writing was presented to The Athenaeum Trust by the Boadle family. In the 1870’s he became interested in spiritualism often being involved in lively debate at lectures and séances. Alfred William Eustace died in 1907 and is buried in the Chiltern New Cemetery with his wife Sarah and one of his daughters, Elizabeth.An oil painting on gum leaf by the well-known Australian artist Alfred William Eustace. He was a self-taught artist during the 19th and early 20th century and a prominent resident of Chiltern. Oil painting on gum leaf by Alfred William Eustace. A scene of a log cabin on Black Dog Creek Road, Chiltern, with Skeleton Hill in the background. The canvas is a juvenile Red Box (Eucalyptus polyanthemos) leaf. It is one of a pair of Eustace gum leaf paintings mounted on gold foil, under glass in a brown frame. Inscription on back. Labels on back: Rehoused by The Centre for Cultural Materials/ Conservation, University of Melbourne "Oil on Gum Leaf"/ by Alfred William Eustace/ Donor:- Cam & Connie Boadle/ Wales U.K. Crescent/ MUSEUM/ GRADE/ 24 OCT 1998/ CONSERVATION BOARD ALBURY/ PICTURE FRAMERS/ Shop 15 & 16/ AMP Lane,/ Albury, 2640/ Ph: 02 6021 7088black dog creek, chiltern, alfred eustace, skeleton hill, gum leaf, painting, eustace -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
China, Dish Holloway's Ointment, 1920s
This pot contained ointment made by Thomas Holloway. The ointment was invented and produced by the Englishman Thomas Holloway from 1837 on. This particular pot was produced about the 1920s. The ointment was popular for those suffering from variety of ailments including gout, rheumatism, ulcers and bruises. The sales of Thomas Holloway’s patent medicines made him a wealthy man and amongst his endowments is the Holloway College in Surrey, England, now part of London University. This ointment pot has no known local provenance but is kept as an interesting example of patent medicines of the past. It will be useful for display. This is a white china pot with a lid fitting into a grooved top. The lid has a black and white image of the trade mark of the ointment firm – said to be the figure of the Muse, Hygeia and her brother Telesphorus. The child is holding a banner with the address of the Holloway business and the prices of the ointment jars. There is some slight chipping around the rim of the upper part of the pot. ‘113 Southwark Street London’ ‘in Pots at 1/3, 3/-, 5/-, 12/-, 24/- & 36/- each’ ‘Holloway’s Ointment Trade Mark 3s 0d.’ holloway’s ointments, patent medicines -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper Clipping, May 1876
The Illustrated Australian News is a former monthly news magazine of record in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its precursor Illustrated Australian News for Home Readers was first published in 1837 by Ebenezer Syme and David Syme. The title was later changed to The Illustrated Australian News and Musical Times and finally shortened to The Illustrated Australian News from no. 233 (Jan. 26, 1876) through to the final edition, no. 408 (May 1, 1889).Copy of an article in The Illustrated Australian News about a visit from Melbourne to Phillip Island. The holiday started from the Albion Hotel at 7.00am by coach - assumeably horse drawn!. Drawings accompanied the clippings, however have been mislaid hopefully only temporarily.phillip island, churchill island -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Document, Thomas Smith Probate 1880
Tait collection: item 33 of 62 This probate document gives details of the will of Thomas Smith, a farmer in the Wangoom district who was a pioneer settler, having arrived in the area about 1848. He erected the Shamrock Hotel in Dennington in 1868 and it was opened for business in 1869 with David Duffy as the first licensee. Thomas Smith was the licensee in 1870 and members of his family (Cornelius, Robert and Mary Smith) held the licence of the hotel until 1880. A codicil to the will gave Mary Smith, Thomas’ daughter, the hotel land and building. This hotel closed in 2011. Thomas Smith signed the original will with a cross (his mark). Other names mentioned in the probate document are Frederick Wilkinson, Master-in-Equity, Ernest Chambers, Solicitor, John Drayton, Clerk to E. Chambers, William Ardlie, Senior, Solicitor, Thomas Goodall, Clerk to William Ardlie, Richard Sheldrick, Clerk to William Ardlie, Walter Davies, Stationer.This is a significant document as Thomas Smith was a prominent owner of land, especially in the Dennington area. The Shamrock Hotel in Dennington was built by Smith and still owned by him when he died in 1880. The will gives important details of the estate of Thomas Smith and adds to our knowledge of his life and work. Document – Probate, 1880/1907 - the Will and Codicil of Thomas Smith, Farmer of Dennington The will has six ruled paper pages of typewritten material. Each page has printed ruled red lines top, bottom and sides and all are tied with green corded string. There are handwritten corrections and signatures, including those of Ernest Chambers, Solicitor of Warrnambool and John Drayton, Clerk to E. Chambers.Thomas Smith Shamrock Hotel, Dennington Ernest Chambers, Solicitor thomas smith wangoom 1848, shamrock hotel dennington, warrnambool history, thomas smith 1880 -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Posters - "Tawonga Remembers" x 5, 2016
The town of Tawonga is in the Kiewa Valley surrounded by farmland. It is adjacent to Mt Beauty (built from 1946), an SECV town built for workers on the SECV's Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme, which was being constructed from 1911-1961. Tawonga consists of essential amenities including a store, school, post office, butter factory, sporting facilities, hall and hotel. Activities involved sport, social get togethers eg. dances, fund raising, CWA etc.The posters are a collection of historical photos, documentation and information re the history of the town of Tawonga, which is the centre of a farming community in the Kiewa Valley.Posters framed with thin black plastic strip, covered by glass. Each one has a title re "Tawonga Remembers" and includes print and photos in black and white. These have a beige background. 1. Tawonga 1907; 2. Tawonga 1962; 3. Tawonga State School- 1880-1929; 4. Tawonga Primary School -1960; 5. The Beginning of Change: 1930-1970tawonga, photos of early tawonga, kiewa valley, tawonga remembers, tawonga school -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - Snippets of Bendigo History by Edith Lunn, 2008
65-page soft cover brown cover booklet 'Snippets of Bendigo History' by Edith Lunn Illustrated with colour and B&W photos including colour photos of the author on pages iii and 65 Brief biography of Edith Lunn on page iii. Born 1907 Foreword by Daryl McClure Sept 2008 Printed by BMP Sept 2008 - this edition 500 copies.Handwritten in pen on title page 'Donated to Specimen Cottage' bendigo history, edith lunn -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - The School on the Hill (1907-1997) by Janette M Bomford
BHS Collection64-page soft cover booklet 'The School on the Hill'. Bendigo High School and Bendigo Senior Secondary College 1907-1997 by Janette M Bomford. A history of the Schol/College illustrated with B&W photos. Colour photo on front and back cover of school/college. Printed by Richard Cambridge Printers P/L September 1997. Includes a list of Senior Staffbendigo, school, college -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Audio - Gramophone Cylinder, National Phonograph Co, Poor old England, 1908
Edison Records was one of the early record labels that pioneered sound recording and reproduction, and was an important player in the early recording industry. The first phonograph cylinders were manufactured in 1888, followed by Edison's foundation of the Edison Phonograph Company in the same year. The recorded wax cylinders, later replaced by Blue Amberol cylinders, and vertical-cut Diamond Discs, were manufactured by Edison's National Phonograph Company from 1896 on, reorganized as Thomas A. Edison, Inc. in 1911. Until 1910 the recordings did not carry the names of the artists. The company began to lag behind its rivals in the 1920s, both technically and in the popularity of its artists, and halted production of recordings in 1929. Thomas A. Edison invented the phonograph, the first device for recording and playing back sound, in 1877. After patenting the invention and benefiting from the publicity and acclaim it received, Edison and his laboratory turned their attention to the commercial development of electric lighting, playing no further role in the development of the phonograph for nearly a decade. Start of the Recording Industry: In 1887, Edison turned his attention back to improving the phonograph and the phonograph cylinder. The following year, the Edison company introduced the ”Perfected Phonograph”. Edison introduced wax cylinders approximately 4+1⁄4 inches (11 cm) long and 2+1⁄4 inches (5.7 cm) in external diameter, which became the industry standard. They had a maximum playing time of about 3 minutes at 120 RPM, but around the turn of the century the standard speed was increased to (first 144) and then 160 RPM to improve clarity and volume, reducing the maximum to about 2 minutes and 15 seconds. Several experimental wax cylinder recordings of music and speech made in 1888 still exist. The wax entertainment cylinder made its commercial debut in 1889 at first, the only customers were entrepreneurs who installed nickel-in-the-slot phonographs in amusement arcades, saloons and other public places. At that time, a phonograph cost the equivalent of several months' wages for the average worker and was driven by an electric motor powered by hazardous, high-maintenance wet cell batteries. After more affordable spring-motor-driven phonographs designed for home use were introduced in 1895, the industry of producing recorded entertainment cylinders for sale to the general public began in earnest. Blank records were an important part of the business early on. Most phonographs had or could be fitted with attachments for the users to make their own recordings. One important early use, in line with the original term for a phonograph as a "talking machine", was in business for recording dictation. Attachments were added to facilitate starting, stopping, and skipping back the recording for dictation and playback by stenographers. The business phonograph eventually evolved into a separate device from the home entertainment phonograph. Edison's brand of business phonograph was called the Ediphone. The collection of three phonograph cylinders are an example of early recorded music use for domestic entertainment. They are significant as they represent the beginnings of the modern recording industry.Cardboard tube-shaped gramophone cylinder box with lid. The printed label on the outside of the box advertises the maker and patent details. The Catalogue Number and Title are either printed or hand written on the cylinder’s lid. This cylinder contained Record no. 13619, the recording “Poor old England” published by Castling and Godfrey, sung by Billy Williams. Made by National Phonograph Company USA. C.1907On lid “Edison Record” and “This record should turn at 160 revolutions per minute, no faster” Written on lid in blue pen “Trumpet”, “EDISON AMBEROL RECORD / FOUR MINUTE”warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, gramophone record, gramophone cylinder, edison cylinder, edison record, home entertainment, music recording, edison laboratory orange nj, usa, national phonograph company of australia ltd sydney, thomas a. edison -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Nail, circa 1825
Nails such as this solid copper nail were forged by blacksmiths. A nail of this length could have been used for the ship's decking. It was recovered from the shipwreck of the barque Children. The Children wrecking: The barque Children was one of the first vessels to be lost in the Western District the vessel was wrecked to the east of Warrnambool on 14th January 1838. When it ran ashore in hurricane-force winds, 22 passengers and crew were fortunate to escape being battered to death on the rocks. The Children broke up within 20 minutes, sweeping sixteen of those on board to their deaths. After eleven days, the survivors, all of whom were injured, were rescued and taken to Portland. According to Lloyd's Shipping Register 1837-1839, the Children was built in 1825 at Liverpool and operated by owners Gordon & Co, of London. Registration number 123/1837, James Henty then bought her in 1837 as a three-masted barque of 254 tons, with a hull of “part pitch pine, felt sheathed” and “coppered in 1837” at Launceston registered number 6/1837. In 1838 the Children, under her master Captain H. Browne, completed a successful round trip from Launceston to London (carrying wool and whale oil loaded in Portland), returning in late November of that year carrying a general cargo including house bricks used for ballast. On the 11th of January 1839, the Children sailed from Launceston for Adelaide, with 24 passengers, 14 crew, and an awkward mixed cargo, including 1500 sheep, 8 bullocks, 7 horses, and farming implements, and six whaleboats with associated whaling gear. One account states that when the Children were “put out from port she was light and badly ballasted”. The vessel immediately encountered four days of hurricane-force storms, eventually clearing on the early morning of the 14th. However, it was too late to take accurate measurements of the sun or stars to establish their position relative to the coast. The Children collided with a limestone stack at the entrance of Childers Cove, and the seas smashed her into pieces within half an hour. All the cargo and 16 lives were lost including 8 children. The Henty brothers contributed £150 towards a fund for the 22 survivors at a memorial service held in Launceston later that year. It was a major financial setback for James Henty and his brothers, but one from which they recovered. In a submission to the Governor of New South Wales dated 24 March 1840, the Henty’s summarised their work over the previous six years of establishing the Portland settlement stating. “Six stations have been occupied, one at Portland Bay three at the open country about 60 miles inland called ‘Merino Downs’ They have erected two houses at Portland Bay and two others at Merino Downs”.This nail is significant as part of the vessels original fixtures. The Children was delivering cargo intended for the Portland Bay settlement of her owners the James Henty brothers The wreck is also significant as one of the first vessels to have been lost in the Western District of Warrnambool. As a result the shipwreck of the Children is registered with the Victorian Heritage Register S116. Ship's nail, copper, with a washer attached. The nail has a round head, solid round shank and a flat end. It is bent, twisted and has indentations in the centre section. The nail was recovered from the wreck of the CHILDREN.warrnambool, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, shipwreck artefact, the children, nail, copper nail, ship's nail, children shipwreck -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Magazine - 2018 St Joseph' school magazine
The foundations stone for "St Joseph's" school was laid 29/8/1906 and the school opened to students in April 1907. The school initially operated under the auspices of the Sisters of Mercy and a lay principal was first appointed in 1985.Forty-eight pages coloured glossy magazine. Picture of four young children on the front cover with the school logo at bottom right with the words St. Joseph's school, Quarry Hill - Building communities of faithst joseph school, 2018, magazine -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Scales, Gold Scales
Understood to have been used in Linton c.1864. Information provided in 1993 by Russell McDonagh Bennett suggests these scales may also have been used at Dawsons Dam mine c.1907-1909.Beam scales used for weighing gold. Scales consist of two circular metal dishes, each supported by three wires suspended from a metal balance (beam), which in turn is linked to and supported by a vertical metal stand. A lever attached to the stand can be used to move the weighing dishes vertically and horizontally. The scales are mounted on a rectangular wooden box with a sliding drawer which is divided into three compartments.Maker's marks stamped on dishes, lever and stand. Date "1863" stamped on lever, also (in smaller letters) "10.8.1864".gold scales -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HOUSE IN PRINCES STREET, CAMPBELLS CREEK
Black and white photo taken circa 1907 at Princes Street, Campbells Creek (Rantar's Gully). Sparnon house built 1862, demolished circa 1910, original home of John Sparnon and wife Bessie Peters Sparnon (nee Tyack/Teague). At this time (1907) Stow's were living there. Left to right: Joe Stow, stepson of Joe Stow and wife Kate (nee Sparnon). Annie Stow, daughter of Joe Stow and wife Kate (nee Sparnon). Unknown. Bessie Stow of Joe Stow and wife Kate (nee Sparnon). ''Jinny'' Jane Peters Stow of Joe Stow and wife Kate (nee Sparnon) born 1900. (Cliff) Arthur Clifford Gray son of Fred Gray and Kate (nee Teague) on bike. Out of the photo on the damaged paert probably Willam Stow eldest son of Joe and Kate. the photo was copied by Jim Goodwin.house, private, campbells creek -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Sepia, Anne Treverton Goldsmith (nee Lobb), Boxing Day at Findon, Kew 1906, 26 December 1906
Wednesday 26 December 1906: Mrs Audrey Bowen received over 70 sailors on her property. According to the article published in The Standard (5 January 1907): "On Boxing Day a most enjoyable time was spent at "Findon," by the kindness of Mrs. Aubrey Bowen and the trustees. During the afternoon Mrs Bowen drove on to the ground and was received with hearty cheers by over 70 sailors. A game of football and races filled up the time only too rapidly, and the party returned to the tea a the Institute." Another outing at Findon was organised for Boxing Day in 1907, this time 125 men took part to the party.Group of seamen standing and sitting in front of house.findon, boxing day, mrs audrey bowen, football, races, seamen's institute, lhlg, kew, sports, tea, ladies harbour lights guild, mansion, anne treverton goldsmith (nee lobb, picnics -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Ballarat School of Mines Calendar, 1908-9, 1908-9
In 1908-9 Andrew Anderson was President of the Ballarat School of Mines. Contents of this booklet are: Asssociatesjip Final Certificates, Calendar, Classification of Subjects, Departmental Regulations, Discipline, Discipline Board, Examination Results Nov-Dec 1907, Fees, Full Certificates Issued, General Regulations, Introduction, Notices, Officer Bearers, Professors and Lecturers, Subjects of Instruction - Department of Chemistry and Metallurgy, Geological Department, Engineering Department, Electrical Engineering Department, Department of Mathematics and Physics, Practical, Plane and Solid Geometry, Photography, Subscriptions and Donations 1907, Technical Art and Trade Schools, Time Table, Photos of Buildings and GroundsPale blue covered 74 page booklet relating to the Ballarat School of Mines in the year 1908-9. ballarat school of mines, andrew anderson, j. m. bickett, hon. r. t. vale, james millhinch bickett, james oddie, r. maddern, charles kent, robert lambert, fred j. martell, professor a. mica smith, daniel walker, hubert r. murphy, charles a. deane, arthur garrard, t. s. hart, a. d. gilchrist, a. e. c. kerr, j. brittain, e. j. a. mcconnon, john m. sutherland, bertram whitington, h. j. hall, j. f. usher, charles e. campbell, sir roderick murchison, sir redmond barry, judge rogers, r. m. sergeant, thomas bath, dr james stewart, general regulations, discipline, discipline board, associateship and final certificates, mining engineering, metullurgy, geology, electrical engineering, plans of buildings and grounds, certificate courses, departmental regulations respecting order of study and examinations in chemistry, assaying and metallurgy, fees, time table 1908, department of chemistry and metullurgy, chemistry, metallurgy, assaying, geological department, mining, engineering department, electrical engineering department, department of mathematics and physics, practical, plane and solid geometry, photography, full certificates issued, examination results nov-dec 1907, subscriptions and donations 1907, technical, art and trade schools, full courses, classification of subjects and fees per term -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Holy Trinity Church of England, Surrey Hills post 1926, After 1926
St George's Church of England, Mont Albert was built in 1886 and from 1904 until 1907 was known as Holy Trinity, Surrey Hills. As the population increased there was a need for a church in Surrey Hills. This brick church was consecrated in 1922 and replaced the earlier one built in 1907 on the adjacent site in Union Road. After construction of the brick church, the earlier one became a Sunday School. The copper spire was added in 1926, which dates this photo as post-1926. Norman Carter took many photos of Surrey Hills and Mont Albert in the 1920s; many were associated with events and activities of the Church of England.Black and white photo of the 'newly' constructed brick Holy Trinity Church in Union Road, Surrey Hills taken from near the south-west corner of Guildford Road. Further up the hill is the earlier church. Both buildings are bounded by a simple post and rail fence. Immature street trees are planted on both sides of Union Road.churches, holy trinity church, anglican church, sunday schools, norman carter -
Greensborough Historical Society
Administrative record - Compact disc, South Australia: births, deaths, marriages: [1842-1937]
South Australian births, deaths and marriages (B.D.M.) Each disc contains records for South Australia: Disc 1 South Australia births 1907-1928; Disc 2 South Australia marriages 1917-1937; Disc 3 South Australia deaths 1842-1915; Disc 4 South Australia pre-reg deaths ; Disc 5 South Australia: pre-reg marriages; Disc 6: South Australia marriages 1842-1914; Disc 7 South Australia marriages 1842-1916; Disc 8 South Australia births 1907-1928.A database of vital records (births, deaths, marriages) from South Australia.8 x compact discs in plastic casesContents listed on each CDgenealogy resources, family history, registers of births deaths marriages, south australia -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Framed photograph of Warrnambool 1887, Town Panorama. Warrnambool Queen's Jubilee 1887, 1887
This is a framed photograph of a panoramic section of the Warrnambool township taken in 1887 to commemorate the Jubilee of the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1887). The photograph is taken from Booval Hill (Liebig Street north) and shows the fencing in that area with groups of people in the foreground posing for the photograph. The panorama covers Liebig Street and Raglan Parade and includes private houses, a windmill and three tanks, St. John's Church, St. Joseph's Church, Tattersalls Hotel and the Saleyards.This photograph provides us with historical information on a section of the Warrnambool township in 1887 and is a valuable resource for researchers.This is a black and white photograph in a brown wooden frame and enclosed in glass. The photograph has a gilt metal edging outlined with ornate kite-shaped pieces on the corners and depicts a section of a town from an elevated position. At the top of the photograph is a crest in a shield shape and at the bottom is another shield shape containing the title of the photograph. The left centre section of the photograph is splotched or water-stained.Warrnambool Queen's Jubilee 1887warrnambool 1887, queen victoria's jubilee -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Currency - Ceylon Bank Note, 1st February 1942
Given the inscription, it is possible this note belonged to MCNAMARA CECIL STEPHEN : Service Number - NX1416 : Date of birth - 26 Apr 1907 : Place of birth - GUNDY NSW : Place of enlistment - SCONE NSW : Next of Kin - EILEENTen cent note from the Government of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. It is small, rectangular and paper with blue print on one side. The back is blank except for a black six-digit number. The text is mostly in English.Front: "THE GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON / THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT / OF A N A MOUNT NOT EXCEEDING FIVE RUPEES / TEN CENTS / TEN CENTS / 1ST FEBRUARY 1942 / COMMISSIONERS OF CURRENCY" (what is possibly an Indian language inscription beneath) "NX1416 / Cecil. S. McNamara / 26/8/42" (handwritten in ink) Back: A / 8 / 480657"ceylon currency, sri lankan currency, 1942 bank note, wwii money -
Unions Ballarat
The golden city and its tramways : Ballarat's tramway era, Bradley, Alan, 2005
The Ballarat tramways system commenced in 1887 as a horse-driven service and became electrified in 1907. The service ceased in 1971. The book tells the story of the Ballarat tramways and includes pictures, stories from employees and other social history.Relevant to the history of public transport and social life and customs in Ballarat.Paper; book. Front cover: red background; black and white picture of a tram in Ballarat; fawn lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, trams, tram workers, public transport, social customs, trams - horse drawn -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document, Frank Shennen, "Originals (from Alf Twentman's account), April 1978
Document or list compiled by Frank Shennen (1907-1998) providing a list of cable cars or trailers, lines, builders numbers and those equipmed with rail groove scrapers. First sheet dated 13-4-1978 and numbered.Demonstrates an extensive record compiled by Frank Sheenen about Melbourne cable trams.Hand written notes on 9 sheets of paper.tramcars, tramways, cable trams, personal papers, records -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO ART GALLERY POSTERS
Five posters advertising exhibitions at the Art Gallery, Bendigo. 1) Colonial Bendigo from December 5, 1984 to February 25, 1985, celebrating Victoria's 150th Anniversary. 2) Views of Bendigo 1857 N. J. Caire (1837-1918) from 4th April to 28th April, 1985. 3) Louis Buvelot Centenary 1888-1988 from 31 March to 30 May, 1988. 4) Hogarth a Rake's progress from 20th March to 28th April, 1991. 5) Poster advertising the gallery with a George Lambert watercolour depicting Burke and Wills at Mount Hopeless 1909 -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Sepia, Mr and Mrs Gurney Goldsmith, The chaplain ship visiting the Barque Elverland, afterwards lost, 1906
The Elverland, a New Zealand barque, was in Victoria in August 1906. It was wrecked in January 1907 near the Three Kings Islands (Manawatāwhi) on its way to Auckland from Newcastle with a cargo of coal. Captain Savory and his men were saved.Small monochrome photograph with thin white border depicting a group of 4 men on board a shipWritten in pencil on verso "12"reverend a. gurney-goldsmith, crew, ship visit, elverland, barque, captain savory, three kings, new zealand -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Sepia, Mr and Mrs Gurney Goldsmith, The chaplain ship visiting the Barque Elverland, afterwards lost, 1906
The Elverland, a New Zealand barque, was in Victoria in August 1906. It was wrecked in January 1907 near the Three Kings Islands (Manawatāwhi) on its way to Auckland from Newcastle with a cargo of coal. Captain Savory and his men were saved.Small monochrome photograph depicting Reverend Alfred Gurney Goldsmith on board a ship with three young seafarers; one of them is looking at the photographer.Written in pencil on verso "12" and in blue ink: CHAPLAIN/VISITING/SHIPreverend a. gurney-goldsmith, crew, ship visit, barque, elverland, three kings islands, manawatāwhi, new zealand, newcastle, captain savory