When the ship Schomberg was launched in 1855, she was considered the most perfect clipper ship ever to be built. James Blaine’s Black Ball Line had commissioned her to be built for their fleet of passenger liners. At a cost of £43,103, the Aberdeen builders designed her to sail faster than the quick clippers designed by North American Donald McKay. She was a three masted wooden clipper ship, built with diagonal planking of British oat with layers of Scottish larch. This luxury vessel was designed to transport emigrants to Melbourne in superior comfort. She had ventilation ducts to provide air to the lower decks and a dining saloon, smoking room, library and bathrooms for the first class passengers. At the launch of Schomberg’s maiden voyage, her master Captain ‘Bully’ Forbes, drunkenly predicted that he would make the journey between Liverpool and Melbourne in 60 days. Schomberg departed Liverpool on 6 October 1855 with 430 passengers and 3000 tons cargo including iron rails and equipment intended the build the Geelong Railway and a bridge over the Yarra from Melbourne to Hawthorn. The winds were poor as Schomberg sailed across the equator, slowing her journey considerably. She was 78 days out of Liverpool when she ran aground on a sand-spit near Peterborough, Victoria, on 27 December; the sand spit and the currents were not marked on Forbes’s map. Overnight, the crew launched a lifeboat to find a safe place to land the ship’s passengers. The scouting party returned to Schomberg and advised Forbes that it was best to wait until morning because the rough seas could easily overturn the small lifeboats. The ship’s Chief Officer spotted SS Queen at dawn and signalled the steamer. The master of the SS Queen approached the stranded vessel and all of Schomberg’s passengers were able to disembark safely. The Black Ball Line’s Melbourne agent sent a steamer to retrieve the passengers’ baggage from the Schomberg. Other steamers helped unload her cargo until the weather changed and prevented the salvage teams from accessing the ship. Local merchants Manifold & Bostock bought the wreck and cargo, but did not attempt to salvage the cargo still on board the ship. They eventually sold it on to a Melbourne businessman and two seafarers. After two of the men drowned when they tried to reach Schomberg, salvage efforts were abandoned.32 In 1975, divers from Flagstaff Hill, including Peter Ronald, found an ornate communion set at the wreck. The set comprised a jug, two chalices, a plate and a lid. The lid did not fit any of the other objects and in 1978 a piece of the lid broke off, revealing a glint of gold. As museum staff carefully examined the lid and removed marine growth, they found a diamond ring, which is currently on display in the Great Circle Gallery.33 Flagstaff Hill also holds ship fittings and equipment, personal effects, a lithograph, tickets and photograph from the Schomberg. Most of the artefacts were salvaged from the wreck by Peter Ronald, former director of Flagstaff Hill. The Schomberg, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR S612), has great historical significance as a rare example of a large, fast clipper ship on the England to Australia run, carrying emigrants at the time of the Victorian gold rush. She represents the technical advances made to break sailing records between Europe and Australia. Flagstaff Hill’s collection of artefacts from the Schomberg is significant for its association with the shipwreck. The collection is primarily significant because of the relationship between the objects, as together they have a high potential to interpret the story of the Schomberg. It is archaeologically significant as the remains of an international passenger Ship. It is historically significant for representing aspects of Victoria’s shipping history and for its association with the shipwreck and the ship, which was designed to be fastest and most luxurious of its day Metal Sample, Possibly Lead, irregularly shaped, recovered from the wreck of the Schomberg.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, schomberg, shipwrecked-artefact, clipper ship, black ball line, 1855 shipwreck, aberdeen clipper ship, captain forbes, peterborough shipwreck, ss queen, metal sample

Port of Portland Authority archivesFront: (no inscriptions) Back: (no inscriptions)port of portland archives, cargo, cargo handling, portland harbour

Port of Portland Authority archivesFront: (no inscriptions) Back: (no inscriptions)port of portland archives, cargo, cargo handling, portland harbour

24th Kooyong Regiment 1921 -1940 possibly taken at Pukapunyal or Seymour Campsphoto, 1940, army

Photograph.Green depot tram. A lady standing in front of tram, possibly driver or conductor.tramways, history, bendigotramway

Slide. Bendigo Views. Night scene with coloured lights and possibly an outdoor picture.slide, bendigo, bendigo views, bendigo views

Most conversation tubes were made in the late 19th and early 20th Century, but there are still some manufactured today. They were manufactured for a variety of reasons, not just for the hearing impaired. Metal bell for a conversation tube. Metal connection, black bell (possibly metal) deaf children australia, conversation tube, bell

Sent from Germany by Elfriede & Paul Faig.Handmade pulleys (2) attached to a frame which possibly attaches to a lathe (no. 7955).tatura, camp 3, faig, p, kaltenbach, g, hermann, w

Robin Boyd developed a close friendship with the founder of the Bauhaus in Weimar Germany, Walter Gropius, who had moved to the USA in the 1930s. Through this connection, Boyd was invited to be the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Bemis Professor at the School in the North American academic year 1956-7. Robin and Patricia Boyd, with their youngest daughter Suzy, were based in Cambridge, Massachusetts for the year. Boyd gave some lectures at MIT and he was also invited to give lectures at many other universities, allowing him to travel widely within the USA, especially on the East Coast. This gave him the opportunity to meet architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, Paul Rudolph and many others, and visit the offices of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and places like Taliesin and the General Motors Technical Center Detroit. On the way home, the Boyds visited London, Berlin, Paris and Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp Chapel in France.Colour slide in a mount. Tenement buildings, possibly South Boston or Harlem, USAMade in USA / 9 / Encircled 2 (Handwritten)mit bemis professorship, mit, robin boyd, slide

Colour slide in a mount. Unknown location, possibly New Orleans or Charleston, USADate: 04819 / Subject: / Encircled 14 (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Dry stone walls, unknown location (possibly UK)slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. (Possibly) Terrace Houses, East Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaMount Made in Australia / 21melbourne, slide

Colour slide in a mount. (Possibly) Terrace Houses, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia6melbourne, slide

Colour slide in a mount. (Possibly) Terrace Houses, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia8melbourne, slide

Colour slide in a mount. Suburban street, unknown location, possibly Melbourne, AustraliaMade in Australia / 11 / JUslide, robin boyd

Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. The garden outside the pavilion featured a sculptural pool, a coral display, animal pool, a pit for kangaroos and Eucalypts and other native plants. The indoor exhibits covered aspects of Australian art and culture, architecture, industrial design and scientific innovation, such as the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, the Parkes radio telescope, the design of Canberra, and the Australian way of life.Colour slide in a mount. Unknown display, possibly at Expo '67, Montreal, CanadaMade in Australia / 16 / MAY 67M6expo 67, montreal, robin boyd, slide

Colour slide in a mount. Suburban homes, unknown location, possibly Montreal, CanadaMade in Australia / 15 / APR 67M4slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Crane and dock, unknown location, possibly Queenland, AustraliaMade in Australia / 26 / DEC 68M8slide, robin boyd

Colour slide in a mount. Exhibition, possibly Japan or Malaysia (see also S1626)Made in Australia / 16 / MAY 70M3slide, robin boyd

Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. The garden outside the pavilion featured a sculptural pool, a coral display, animal pool, a pit for kangaroos and Eucalypts and other native plants. The indoor exhibits covered aspects of Australian art and culture, architecture, industrial design and scientific innovation, such as the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, the Parkes radio telescope, the design of Canberra, and the Australian way of life.Colour slide in a mount. Possibly interior of a pavilion, Expo 67, Montreal, CanadaMade in Australia / 20 / MAY 67M6 / Encircled 20 (Handwritten)expo 67, montreal, robin boyd, slide

Colour slide in a mount. Fountain, unknown location, possibly Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaMade in Australia / 13 / JUN 67M6 / Encircled 49 (Handwritten)slide, robin boyd

PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ACROSS THE VALLEY FROM PORT PHILLIP MINE. TWO POPPET LEGS IN LOWER FRASER STREET, CLUNES.BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF POSSIBLY A PAINTING OR LITHOGRAPH OF CLUNES LOOKING SOUTH WESTCLUNES 1880local history, photography, photographs, buildings

3 Aerial photographs of Stawell possibly mining Surveys for Stawell Gold MinesCoordinates

see 895Glass bottle with hinged metal lid possibly used for castor sugar at the tabledomestic items, containers

Small oval dish with two handles. Possibly from child's tea set.domestic items, crockery

Metal wheel (possibly from a wheelbarrow), five spokes, metal bolt as the axlemetal, wheel, wheelbarrow,

Colour slide in a mount. Kentucky Fried Chicken, possibly regional Victoria, AustraliaMade in Australia/ SEP70M3victoria, slide

Colour slide in a mount. Motel Walkabout, possibly Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia.Made in Australia/DEC 68M8queensland, slide