A Spalding 'Professional' tennis racquet, with handle grip wrapped in perforated leather and, plastic butt cap featuring manufacturer name/logo. Model name features on right shoulder. Manufacturer's name appears on base of head and their 'S' logo appears on lower shaft. Inscription on edge of shaft outlines the wood & fibre composition of racquet. Materials: Wood, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Nylon, Leather, Ink, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Fibretennis

A Wilson Jack Kramer Pro Staff tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo. Throat features gold crown device. Shaft features two diamond devices along its length. Shaft and butt cap feature 'W' trademark. Leather handle grip is the Fairway brand, by Balmforth. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Paint, Ribbon, Adhesive tape, Hidetennis

A Wilson, Maureen Connolly Stylist tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo. Throat features model name. Shaft features decal head and shoulders image of Connolly. Base of shaft and plastic butt cap feature 'W' trademark. Leather handle grip features quatrefoil perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, Ribbon, Plastic, String, Adhesive tapetennis

A Wilson, Tony Trabert Match Point tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo. Throat features decal head and shoulders photo image of an older Trabert. Shaft features model name. Leather handle grip features quatrefoil perforations. Lower shaft and butt cap feature 'W' trademark. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Paint, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Plastictennis

A Wilson Billie Jean King "King Cup" tennis racquet. Base of head features model name. Throat and shaft features alternate Wilson logo. Base of shaft features head and neck photo decal of King. Butt cap features red 'W' trademark. Leather handle grip features floral perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Paint, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Ribbontennis

A Wilson Stan Smith Victory tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo, flanked by two pairs of black and gold diamond devices. Throat and shaft features model name, with a shield device. Lower shaft and butt cap feature 'W' trademark. Leather handle grip manufactured by Victor Sports. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Paint, Adhesive tape, Ribbon, Plastictennis

A Bancroft Forest Hills tennis racquet, with plastic whipping from shoulders to shaft, and leather handle with patterned perforations. Bancroft logo features across base of head. Throat features model name, and a decal image of Forest Hills main court. 'B' trademark features on lower shaft and butt cover. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Plastic, Cloth, Adhesive tape, Paint, Stringtennis

A Bancroft Bill Tilden All Star tennis racquet, with plastic whipping from shoulders to shaft, and leather handle with clustered perforations. Bancroft logo features across base of head. Throat features model name, and a decal bust illustration of Bill Tilden. Wreathed 'B' trademark features on lower shaft. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Plastic, Cloth, Adhesive tape, Painttennis

A Bancroft Winner Junior tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle with triangle-patterned perforations. Bancroft logo features across base of head. Throat features model name, with wreath device. Wreathed 'B' trademark on lower shaft, and red 'B' trademark on butt cap. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Plastic, Paint, Ribbon, Adhesive tapetennis

A Bancroft Monte Carlo, Bjorn Borg Model tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle with X-formation perforations. Bancroft logo features across base of head. Throat features model name, 'BJ' trademark. Wreathed 'B' trademark on lower shaft, and red 'B' trademark on butt cap. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Plastic, Paint, Ribbontennis

A PDP 'Open' model metal tennis racquet, with double shaft, cream plastic throat bridge; handle wrapped in brown suede and plastic butt cap. Manufacturer logo on adhesive label on throat bridge. Model name on decal on left side edge of shaft. A white plastic strip around crown buffers strings from the metal. Materials: Metal, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Suede leather, Adhesive label, Nylontennis

A PDP 'Open' model metal tennis racquet, with double shaft, orange plastic throat bridge and handle wrapped in brown leather. Has a plastic butt cap with adhesive label featuring PDP logo. Manufacturer name & model name in orange along edge of shaft. Manufacturer's logo on bridge decals. Strung with Wilson Championship strings. Materials: Metal, Adhesive tape, Vinyl, Plastic, Ink, Leather, Adhesive labeltennis

A Pro Group 'Tony Trabert C-6' split shaft tennis racquet. This racquet, was one of the earliest Graphite racquets made, hence it's name. The C stands for carbon (the source of graphite), and the 6 for its atomic number. Adhesive labels of past second-hand retailers feature on inner shaft, and on butt cap. Materials: Graphite, Composite Materials, Paint, Plastic, Leather, Adhesive tape, Ink, Nylontennis

Ring Auger, Double Twist with Lead Screw and Curved Cutting Lips, 1 1/2 inch with wooden handle 666mmL made by A Mathieson Glasgow. Marked H on shaftflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, ring auger, auger

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 Horse harness brass buckle 3½" x 3" Buckle is complete except for a small section of missing shaft, and has Slight verdigris and encrustation. 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, horse harness, brass buckle

Laminated, faded colour photograph. Image shows stope with air lines. On bottom of image: ' looking east towards main shaft No. 1 level, Wattle Gully Mine 1979'mining, equipment, wattle gully gold mine

Metal intravenous needle. Needle has a gold coloured dial and fittings at one end, and a straight hollow shaft ending in a sharp point. The word 'CONTRACIO' is engraved on the needle fittings.'CONTRACIO'surgery

Winch Tool to pull tree stumps. Steel frame, two steel wheels, a cable drum and a large steel handle. Handle fits on square shaft of drum and ratchet arrangement

Wooden frame, gut strings, some broken, leather grip which is worn. Racquet well used as it is worn on the head. Large size grip. Makers markings mainly on the shaftMax ply International, Duroplas overlay. Presenting the new Duroplas overlay developed by Dunlop, a Dunlop production. Five star quality

Mould for making flower pots (terra cotta). Made of steel framing with a 'pedal' operated moulding shaft for forming pots of various sizes. The 'pedal' operates a chain and pulley system.ceramics, terracotta

A Limao Professional squash racquet, with open throat/split shaft, and synthetic leather handle grip. Materials: Graphite, Ceramic, Fibre, Nylon, Leather, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Inktennis

A three-way strung Dunlop 'McEnroe Mad Raq' split shaft tennis racquet, with black plastic bridge. Materials: Metal composite, Plastic, Leather, Ink, Synthetic materialtennis

A Dunlop 'XLT-Pro' ceramic reinforced tennis racquet, with split shaft frame, and white plastic bridge. Materials: Metal, Ceramic, Plastic, Leather, Ink, Nylon, Adhesive tapetennis

A Dunlop 'Turbo 690' tennis racquet, with split shaft frame, black plastic bridge, and Wilson 'Championship' netting. Materials: Metal, Plastic, Leather, Ink, Adhesive tape, Nylontennis

A Dunlop X-30' split shaft tennis racquet, with grey plastic bridge. Materials: Metal, Composite Materials, Synthetic material, Ink, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Plastic, Painttennis