Alexander McKenzie Tyers was Grenville Shire Secretary 1891 to 1894, and Shire Engineer 1891-1896. In 1892 he married Mary Jane Johnston, of Spring Vale. Part of S E Surman collection (album) page 23.Sepia photograph of a bearded man wearing trousers, knee length coat with striped sash from right shoulder to left of waistband, some insignia at left chest and hat, standing with left arm resting on furniture, right arm by side."Tyers". surman collection, alexander mckenzie tyers, shire engineers

Wedding held 13 March 1948 at Church of England, Thornbury, Victoria. Charlotte Edith (Tottie) Tooke nee Ryder (Maurice Wyatt's aunt) to Alfred George Tooke b. 1898 d. 1998 EnglandFrench Knickers, 1948, Salmon pink colour. Appliqued bow design on each leg. Band of lace around bottom of each leg. Pearl-like button at button hole each side of waist band for closure. See Negligee set NA4922, Wedding Dress NA4923, Horseshoes NA2924 and Wedding Veil NA4925.costume, female underwear

Wedding held 13 March 1948 at Church of England, Thornbury, Victoria. Charlotte Edith (Tottie) Tooke nee Ryder (Maurice Wyatt's aunt) to Alfred George Tooke b. 1898 d. 1998 England1948 Long Tulle cream wedding veil with pleated edges and short face veil attached to a ruffled edge decorative headpiece. See also knickers NA4921, Negligee Set NA4922, Wedding Dress NA4923, Horseshoes NA4924costume, female ceremonial, wyatt m

Negligee set or Wedding trousseau for the marriage of Charlotte Edith (Tottie) Ryder (aunt of donor) to Alfred George Tooke (b 1898 England d 1998) held at Church of England, Thornbury on 13 March 19481948 negligee set comprises two pairs of knickers, camisole, bed jacket, petticoat, nightgown. All items are cream coloured satin with appliqued coffee coloured lace. One pair of knickers has appliqued coffee lace encircling each leg with a hand-worked buttonhole and is missing a button. Second pair of knickers has appliqued lace floral design on each leg with an elasticised waist band and a plain band on the legs. Camisole has coffee coloured lace along the top edge and rouleau style shoestring straps. Bedjacket is short with long sleeves and a front fastening with four self-covered buttons and rouleau fastenings. Coffee coloured hand appliqued lace is around the neck and along the bottom. The shoulders are padded. The petticoat has coffee coloured lace around the hem and yoke. It has rouleau style shoestring straps. The nightgown is long with a coffee coloured lace Vee front. Two satin ties attach to slightly gathered waist. See also Knickers NA4921, Wedding Dress NA4923, Horseshoes NA4924 and Wedding Veil NA4925trousseau, tooke, wyatt m, wedding

Negligee set or Wedding trousseau for the marriage of Charlotte Edith (Tottie) Ryder (aunt of donor) to Alfred George Tooke (b 1898 England d 1998) held at Church of England, Thornbury on 13 March 1948.1948 Cream coloured wedding dress comprising a full length petticoat, full length lace skirt and lace peplum top. Petticoat is cream colour with narrow straps with opening on left hand side with two press studs and hooks. Lace skirt is cream coloured full circle with satin waist band, open placket with one pearl button. Lace peplum top has short sleeves with twenty-three cream coloured rouleau loop buttons and a lace bow at the sacrum. It is edged with a net frill. See also Knickers NA4921, Negligee Set NA4922, Horseshoes NA4924 and Wedding Veil NA4925.tooke, wyatt m, wedding

Silver cup with lid and ornate handles. Handles have a floral design. Lid with double star, engraved and decorated, with a finial on top. Engraved double star on base.Won by \ the \ Bright Cricket Club \ Six Clubs Competing \ April 1893 Breen's Challenge \ Cup \ Presented by \ T & P J Breen \ Seasons 1891-92 & 93 Philip Ashberry & Sons 1171 K cup, trophy, breen, challenge cup, cricket, 1893, competition, sport, recreation

Percy Code was the elder son of Edward Thomas Code, one of Australia's foremost bandmasters of the early 1900s. This book was part of Frank Wrigth's collection. Red hard covered book, 100 pages, with gold lettering title on coverEdwd. Code Elsternwick 1891 (left hand side front end paper) 15 27 9 14 33 (right hand front end paper), Some pencil markings inside near textmusic, wright, curwen, orchestration, code, edward code, 1891, percy code, frank wright

Single sheet pamphlet/flyer re Complimentary Concert and Presentation to Mr H G A Winkelmann, Payne's Theatre Royal, Bairnsdale Wednesday March 30 1898. Programme (songs and piano solo) including song ''Gondola Dreams'' sung by Mr Bush. Presentation to Mr Winkelmann by Dr Duncan. Tickets - One shilling. Printer: Vogt, Bairnsdale. (Two copies in similar condition).person, individual, bush collection - personal

Hardcover book with blue front cover and brown spine. On the spine a red square with gold letters "Letter Book''. The book has an alphabetical index at the beginning without any entry. Five hundred pages of very thin paper complete the book, only four pages have writing with letters dated 1898 and 1899. The letters are from Mr. Abbott relating to business orders.business, letters, abbott

Blue and light brown ledger of land sales reports during 1898 to 1924. Blue water marked cover with light brown spine and corners, with red label on spine noting "12". Contains Crown Lands sales by auction documents, including purchasers' names, land section, allotment numbers and price. Ledger of Land Sales Reports 1915 sample reports of Colbinabbin, Kyabram & Rochester.land sales, auction

[a] Plain manilla envelope with ink handwritten caption 're Grace, Cambrian Hotel, C. K & Co Statement, January 1946. [b] Seven typed pinned red lined pages of Messrs Cohen & Kirby, Solicitors Bendigo, in Account with Cohn Bros, re sale of Cambrian Hotel to Grace and another. £1891/14/3 sale total amount with costs.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery

Soft covered book The Forest City containing 30 views of Sandhurst around 1891, souvenir of Sandhurst-Bendigo Centenary celebrations 8th May 1919, compiled and set up for printing by Ken Arnold, published by Crown Castleton , printed by D.G.Walker pty ltd. Signed by author inside front cover. 2 copies 5914.1 and 5914.2 kept in Box 13Ken Arnoldbook, bendigo, photographs, bendigo-history-buildings-photographs

The Bendigo Chamber of Commerce and Industry was constituted in 1886 with the vision to be the single voice for the business community across greater Bendigo. ‘Be.Bendigo’ is the trading name of the organisation ‘Bendigo Business Council’ which was formed in 2008 as a merger between two Bendigo business organisations: The Bendigo Chamber of Commerce and Central Victorian Business Network (CVBN). Upon the merger, Bendigo Business Council continued the functions of both the Chamber and CVBN by providing advocacy, networking and events to members and partners.Large minute book/journal - 366 pages of hand-written minutes of meetings of the Bendigo, Eaglehawk and District Chamber of Commerce and Industries. First entry 15 December 1986. Last entry 11 November 1904. Includes newspaper cuttings pasted onto pages and a letter from Barkly Hyett agreeing to act as solicitor for members of the Chamber. (dated 11 August 1891).Secretary's Copyhistory, bendigo, bendigo chamber of commerce collection

First bridge over the Snowy River at Orbost built 1891Black and white photographic print showing early first bridge across Snowy River thick vegetation along river banks. Orbost Victoriabridges, waterways, transport

The City of Sandhurst was changed to the City of Bendigo on May 8 1891.Notice paper for Special meeting of the Bendigo City Council to be held on Wednesday 21st July 1971 to commemorate the 100th Proclamation of the City of Sandhurst in 21st July 1871. Five-page document, stapled for the meeting; blue print.city of sandhurst proclamation, centenary

Clag was first trademarked in 1898 by Joseph Angus, manufacturer of North Fitzroy, Melbourne. The original paste is thought to have been starch-based. Clag glue was sold in these containers from the early 1900's to the mid 1900's.These items are examples of glass containers used in the early to mid 20th century. Clag glue is an Australian made product still in use today.Two glass Clag bottles . Both are cone shaped and appear to have been sealed with a cork. 2373.1 is a smaller brown glass bottle. 2373.2 is a larger clear glass bottle.2373.1- on base Angus & C0 above ISM Pty Ltd with CLAG on side and numbers 12732 vertically. 2373.2 -on front CONTENTS MADE BY ANGUS & Co PTY Ltd on base - CONTENTS MADE BY ANGUS co PTY ltdjar bottle glue container angus&co clag

Grace and Millie were daughters of William Garnsworthy Bennett and Susan Bennett née Williams. Grace Bennett (1875-1960) married Neil Wishart in 1898. Millie Bennett (1872-1948) married William Charles Allen in 1901.Sepia photograph of two young ladies in long, long sleeved waisted summer gowns, one on left of photo standing behind lattice leaning on left arm, one on right seated with hands together on lap."Grace and Mill Miss Grace and Amelia Bennett".grace (louisa grace) bennett, amelia (millie) bennett, surman collection

Details of P. S. Queen: construction: composite 16 h.p. Registered tonnage: gross 128, net 92. Dimensions:L.103.3 ft B.18.5ft. D 5.7ft. Port and date of registry:Adelaide, 1880, no.43, 154. Built at Goolwa, S.A., 1865!. Owner: Chas Oliver. Lengthened in 1872. Details of barge Bourke. Construction:wood. Tonnage: 124. Dimensions:L 108.5 ft X B 20.5 ft X D 8.0 ft. Port and date of registry:Adelaide, 1898, no. 74, 771. built at: Miland, S. A. 1876. Owner: A. L. Land seer. Information from "The register of Australian & N. Z. Shipping 1898. This photograph has historical and social significance being typical of transport on the rivers systems of Australia in the late 1800s. Paddlesteamers carried supples to settlers and then carried their produce such as Wool and other produce down the rivers to markets or to be transferred by rail to the major ports such as Melbourne or Adelaide. Black and white photograph of P. S. Queen with the barge Bourke rigged to its side. Photographed in a gorge where boats appear to be moored. Photograph taken from the bow of the Queen with 3 people visible on the port side of the boat and there appear to be sacks stacked on the front of the boat. The barge Bourke has a tent structured tarp over it. Copy of an original photograph (date unknown)Inscription in pencil on reverse:Queen. On the photograph can be seen "Queen" on the bow and partically on the wheelhouse. The barge has "Bourke" visible on its bow.p. s. queen, bourke barge, paddle steamers

This is a cookbook of family recipes and promotes products available for purchase at that time. The products include Kandy Koola, Nestle, Usher’s Whiskey and O.K. Kandy Koola ran an advertisement in the West Gippsland Gazette on 2 May 1911 promoting its tea as perfect for a picnic. The text reads “Picnicking. All as hungry as hunters – made a fire of small twigs – put on our billy of fresh spring water – and waited. Soon bubble, bubble, bubble and the billy boiled. In goes the pure Kandy-Koola Tea. Tea! Tea is not the word – it tasted like nectar! One cup, two cups, three cups – then had to make a fresh billy full. Lazed away the rest of the day sipping our Kandy Koola and chatting. How good indeed! “All grocers sell Kandy Koola Tea. It is pure leaf, selected and blended with the greatest care and skill. Ask your grocer for Kandy Koola . Sold in three grades, i.e. red, blue and green packets” A copy of this cookery book is in the Monash University Library’s Rare Books Collection and has a cover with red printing on a cream background. The price stamp on the corner of the cover is “One Shilling” and is under an image of a crown. The book has 71 pages. It is listed as being published in Melbourne, 1898. The comment given is “This is an early example of an Australian cookbook printed as a product promotion, ‘published by the proprietors of Kandy Koola Tea for presentation to the ladies of Victoria, with compliments.’ “ Flagstaff Hill also has a green Kandy Koola Tea tin in our Collection This Kandy Koola Cookery Book is an example of the recipes, foods, manufacturers, advertisements available and used in the late 19th century in Australia’s colonial times. Food types, preparation and cooking methods show those available to housewives in those times.Book, cookbook, The Kandy Koola Cookery Book and Housewife’s Companion. Small book, pages bound with staples, contained in a black card cover (original outer covers is missing). Pages start at number 11, which is an advertisement for Kandy Koola Tea. The book includes a wide variety of recipes promoting products of Kandy Koola, Nestle, Usher’s Whiskey and O.K. There are pages of line drawings of a ‘Chinese Tea Plantation’ and ‘Natural Bridge in Virginia U.S.A.’ Advertisements include a drawing of a kangaroo. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, cookery book, cookbook, australian cookbook, 19th century cookbook, colonial cookbook, domestic, book, promotional cookbook, o.k. preserves manufacturer, nestle, usher’s whiskey, image of chinese tea plantation, image of natural bridge in virginia u.s.a., cook book, kandy koola cookery book

Hymettus won the Caulfield Cup in 1898 and the owners built this house, near Lake Wendouree, with the winnings. It won the title of Ballarat's Champion Cottage from 1915-18. The cottage contains many of the original furnishings and fittings and has beautiful gardens. Two digital images of Ballarat's hymettus Cottage. .1) The garden as it was before the 1980s drought. .2) The Cottagehymettus, hymettus cottage, garden, flower, taffe

Albert Martin and Company were manufacturers in London and they held the patent for these clippers. They were advertised for sale in Bendigo in 1898 for 4 shillings a pair and in 1914 they were priced at 4/6 (4 shillings and sixpence). They were sold by various ironmongers. Metal clippers, used for clipping horses. Wooden handle. Quite dirty.A. MARTIN & CO MANUFACTURESmetal, wood

Wilhelm Martin Koska (1873-1937) was born in Germany and came to Australia in 1898. In 1908 he married Lily Maud Lever but she died in 1919 leaving very young children and Wilhelm remarried Mary Frances Wirth in 1923.W. Koska Invoice: Cream paper with black and red ink. Hole in the centre. Charing Cross ('Busy Bee' Next Lyric.) Bendigo, 22nd October 1930. Mr S.A. Bush. Dr. to W. Koska, Ladies and Gents' Tailor, Good Fit, Style and Workmanship Guaranteed. Terms Cash. 1930 Oct 6, So (sic) one suit to order £9/10/-.Includes receipt no. 141, pink paper black print. Bendigo 29th October 1930. Received with thanks from Mr. S. A,. Bush. W. Koska per W. Koska. Orange Stamp Duty 2 pence dated 29/10/30 and initials W.K. Box 625business, retail, general, w. koska. s.a. bush

"Brown's self interpreting Bible with numerous notes by the Rev Henry Cooke, DD, LLD. Reedited with additions by the Rev J L Porter DD" Editors preface dated 1873. Mary Hannah William Thomas married John Thomas at Sebastopol Congregation Church. John Brown (1722-1787) was a Scottish weaver who became a Presbyterian minister. Although self-educated, he prepared an annotated Bible, Bible dictionary and concordance, and a metrical version of the Psalms. His self-interpreting Bible appeared first in 1778 in Edinburgh and was reprinted many times. [Source: https://hbu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2018/06/Byrd-Collection-.pdf]Heavy dark brown dimpled leather covered bible with marbled endpapers, gilt page edges and many monochrome plates. The bible has a dedication plate inside the front cover.On spine "BROWN'S BIBLE" Plate: "A GIFT TO MISS MARY HANNAH WILLIAMS ON HER WEDDING DAY JANUARY 14TH, 1891, BY HER OLD SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER TIMOTHY THOMAS. "May the Lord protect her path"mary hannah williams, brown's bible, sebastopol congregational church

Copy print of Bendigo steam tram and bogie trailer at the railway station, 1894. Has Baldwin Motor No. 5 with trailer No. 4, crew members around the tram motor and trailer with a man wearing a top hat on the rear platform. Railway station goods shed in the background.Yields information about Bendigo steam tram 5 and their operations.Black and White copy print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details.On rear in ink " Bendigo No. 5 Motor, No. 4 car, at Railway 1894, Motor No. 5 built by Baldwin B/No 12244 of 1891." Has Wal Jack copyright stamp in bottom right hand corner and No. T169 written in.trams, tramways, bendigo, steam trams, railway station, trailers, tram 5, tram 4