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Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Iron - Flat
This iron was used to press clothes prior to the spirit and electrical irons becoming available circa 1930s - 1950s. The main body of the iron was placed on a flat heated surface of a stove (wood, coal or gas fired). It was mainly used by women in their domestic role, ironing the family's clothes and linen. In the Kiewa Valley the supply of coal or gas was not available or too expensive than the locally cut hard wood trees. Ironing was time consuming as the iron had to be heated, used and then reheated to the required level of application. Kiewa Valley farmers' wives used these irons having heated their stoves with local timber from their farms. This iron is made of cast iron. The handle is a hollow cylinder and is 70 mm above the solid 30 mm base. Presumably the handle was wrapped and/or threaded with cloth to protect the hand from the heat of the iron. The iron would have been heated on the top of a stove.6 Metters KFB Victoriairon, laundry, domestic, antique, pressing clothes, household -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Postcard
Black and White Postcard of the HMS Hood. On reverse side, inscription reads -'March 1924, visited Melbourne. Sunk by German Battleship - Bismark off Greenland May 24 1941" 136 mm 86 mm. SH 0171 Ships F - H.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, postcard, post card, hms hood, bismark, battleship -
Bendigo Military Museum
Container - MEDAL CASE & RIBBON
Refer Cat No. "1038 G. Turner MM" . Box 39.1. Medal case, metal, black vinyl with cream inside lining, hinged on the left hand side. 2. Small blue, white and red ribbon.Front of case "Military Medal". Inside on left side "Royal Mint" and Coat of Arms in black.medal, ribbon, military medal -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Bucket - Enamel, 1940's
This bucket was used in the Tawonga District Hospital when it was built in the early 1950's and later in the Mt Beauty Hospital. All enamel equipment was eventually replaced with stainless steel. The Tawonga District Hospital was built as the Kiewa Valley population increased due to the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme.White enamel bucket with a black lip around the top. It has a thick wire handle with a wooden handle in the centre. The bottom of the bucket is 30 mm above the ground as the bucket rests on the base of the wall of the bucket. The top extends outwards for 5mm then upwards for 75 mm.enamel bucket, tawonga district hospital, kiewa hydro scheme -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Theodolite, Troughton & Simms, Mid 19th Century
The theodolite was sold by T. Gaunt & Co. of Melbourne, a manufacturer, importer and retailer of a wide variety of goods including jewellery, clocks and watches, navigational and measuring instruments, dinnerware, glassware and ornaments. Thomas Gaunt photograph was included in an album of security identity portraits of members of the Victorian Court, Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne, 1888. (See further details below.) History for Troughton & Simms: Edward Troughton & William Simms established a scientific instrument making business in London in 1826. Edward Troughton (1756-1835) had previously had his own scientific instrument business, inherited from his father. His achievement's included a transit telescope for Greenwich Observatory (1816) and the precision surveying instruments for the Ordnance Survey of Britain, Ireland and India. William Simms (1793-1860) had trained as a goldsmith and began to gain work dividing circles on fine astronomical instruments. When William Simms died in 1860, the business was taken over by his son James and nephew William. Troughton & Simms shop in Fleet Street became the hub of the finest scientific instrument made in London, in a period in which there was an expanding demand for precision instruments, for astronomy, surveying and precision measurement. They made instruments for Greenwich Observatory, for imperial surveys and exploring expeditions. When fire destroyed the Houses of Parliament in 1834, the firm was commissioned to create new standard lengths, this required 10 years of testing against the remaining old measurements. Troughton and Simms made several of the main instruments for Melbourne Observatory, including an 18 inch azimuth used of the Geodetic Survey, portable transit instrument (circa 1850), zenith sector (1860), a 4.5 inch equatorial telescope (1862), an 8 inch equatorial telescope (1874) spectroscope (1877) and an 8 inch transit instrument in (1884). While the firm had an excellent reputation for quality the company exasperated many of its customers with delays of years in delivering some instruments. History for Thomas Gaunt: Thomas Ambrose Gaunt (1829 – 1890) was a jeweller, clock maker, and manufacturer of scientific instruments, whose head office and showroom were at 337–339 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Thomas Gaunt established Melbourne's leading watchmaking, optical and jewellery business during the second half of the 19th century. Gaunt arrived in Melbourne in 1852, and by 1858 had established his own business at 14 Little Bourke Street. Around 1869 he moved to new premises in Bourke Street on the corner of Royal Arcade, Gaunt's shop quickly became a Melbourne institution. Gaunt proudly advertised that he was 'The only watch manufacturer in the Australian colonies'. While many watches and clocks may have had Gaunt's name on the dial, few would have been made locally. Gaunt did make some watches for exhibitions, and perhaps a few expensive watches for wealthy individuals. Gaunt's received a telegraph signal from Melbourne Observatory each day to correct his main clock and used this signal to rate and repair ship's chronometers and good quality watches. Thomas Gaunt also developed a department that focused on scientific instrumentation, making thermometers and barometers (from imported glass tubes), telescopes, surveying instruments and microscopes. Significance: With the rapid urban expansion, one of the most important needs of the new colony was to survey and map the landscape of the Australian Colony’s interior. Theodolites, such as this one, made by Troughton and Simms, who were significant scientific instrument makers of the 19th century were instrumental to the colony's surveyors and would have played an important part in their everyday work. This transit theodolite remains of national significance due to its pioneering role in Australian science and its association with Australia's earliest surveyors and astronomers. It is also significant for its association with nineteenth-century surveying instruments and instrument makers. Theodolite, Vernier repetition theodolite with enclosed horizontal circle (of about 130 mm diameter). Vertical circle exposed and somewhat corroded (diameter about 115 mm). Plate level 20" per division. Altitude bubble 20" per division. Horizontal and vertical circle intervals 20". Original (blue/grey) paint. Altitude bubble setting screw disabled. Tribrach allows movement of theodolite by 15 mm inside tribrach (for centering).Inscribed on the inner mounting plate,“Specially made in England for T Gaunt & Co Melbourne” and inscribed a little lower “Troughton & Simms London”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, theodolite, t. gaunt & co, troughton & simms, scientific instrument, measuring instrument, surveyor's instrument -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Decanter, wine
Wine decanter. glass, spherical body, 110 mm long neck, large oblate spheroid stopperdecanter, mess -
Darebin Parklands Association
Darebin Parklands, 1980-2000
Col. photograph. Image of the Darebin Parklands. Mounted on board. Board dimensions: 375 x 529 mm. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Film, Sacred Heart School, 1940's
Historic film of first Sacred Heart School in Tatura.16 mm film on metal spool inside a green and black box. Black text, yellow No. 810sacred heart school tatura -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Weapon - Bayonet French
This type of bayonet was common issue for the French Army in World War 1 (1914-1918). Part of a collection of edged weapons, some relevant to Victorian Colonial and Australian military forces, others are souvenirs brought home by returning soldiers.French Model 1892 Berthier bayonet, 527 mm long fluted steel blade, with metal scabbard. On ring - "AE 30556"france, berthier -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Photograph
Black and White Photograph of Eurypylus. 160mm x 115 mm. SH 088 Ships C - E.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, eurypylus -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, Sears' Studios, A survival of the good old coaching days at Queenstown, Vict, 14 Oct 1926
Reproduced on pp32-33 of 'Pioneers & Painters' Royal Mail coach with passengers, parked outside Post-Office and St. Andrew's Hotel, Buggy parked in front.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 35 mm B&W negative Print 20 x 25 cm (2)shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, queenstown, post office, pioneers and painters, st. andrews, st. andrews hotel, horse drawn carriage, royal mail coach -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Ammunition 30 mm Dummy
30 mm round as used by Apache Helicopter and A10 Warthogs Aircraft and some other US armour.ammunition, iraq 1 -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Slide - Newspaper, The Kew Advertiser, 1926
One of a group of eight slides containing images of publications and newspapers produced in Kew including The Kew Mercury, and the Kew Advertiser. This image is of the front page of The Kew Advertiser, published in January 1926. The slides were donated by Miss Katherine Murphy in 1980.35 mm colour transparency (slide) of the front page of the 21 January 1926 issue of The Kew Advertiser.newspapers -- kew (vic.), the kew advertiser -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Slide - Newspaper, The Kew Advertiser, 1926
One of a group of eight slides containing images of publications and newspapers produced in Kew including The Kew Mercury, and the Kew Advertiser. This image is of the front page of The Kew Advertiser, published on 4 March 1926. The slides were donated by Miss Katherine Murphy in 1980.35 mm colour transparency (slide) of the front page of the 4 March 1926 issue of The Kew Advertiser.newspapers -- kew (vic.), the kew advertiser -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Slide - Newspaper, The Kew Mercury, 1888
One of a group of eight slides containing images of publications and newspapers produced in Kew including The Kew Mercury, and the Kew Advertiser. The slides were donated by Miss Katherine Murphy in 1980.35 mm colour transparency (slide) of the front page of the 23 March 1888 issue of The Kew Mercury.newspapers -- kew (vic.), the kew mercury -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Award - Silver Trophy, ?
Silver cup, mounted on black plastic 100 mm high base, two vertically mounted handles.trophy, mess property, trophy, mess property -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet, Cambridge Press, An Address of Honor, 1958
Refer to Service of Harry Burrell "MM". Cats 290, 297.2P, 298.4.This is four pages of glossy paper folded and bound with two staples. It has photos and historical articles. The front cover has a purple and red vertical stripe on RHS. Top centre is the Crest of City of Bendigo. The words printed in blue - City of Bendigo presents an "Address of Honor to the Northern Victorian Regiment, 38 inf Battalion. There is the badge of 38 Bn at bottom followed with words: - Queen Elizabeth Oval Bendigo 24 August 1958.38th battalion, bendigo, souvenir -
Bendigo Military Museum
Document - MENU - 38 Bn. Centenary Dinner Sgt's Mess, Sgts Mess, 16 Aug 1958
Refer to service of Harry Burrell MM, Cat 290, 297.2P, 298.4.This is a single sheet of thick paper folded to make the menu. The front is printed in blue ink:- The 38 Bn badge is at the top: - The words "Souvenir Menu for the Northern Victorian Regiment, 38 Inf Bn Sergeants Mess - Centenary Dinner, 16 Aug 58". Colour of the cardboard is an off white/Khaki colour.38th battalion, militia, souvenir -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Work on paper - Private William Reginald Rawlings 3603, biography
Awarded MM posthumously (1 of 2 Voctorian Aborigines to receive the award)Typescript of Life and Service of Private W R Rawlings. KIA France August 9th 1918 -
Woodend RSL
Medal - 1914-1918 WW1 medal, 1919
This medal was awarded, posthumously to Pte. Dash. He was born in Burwood(a small town near Sydney). He joined the Army 12/6/1915. Strangely, he did his medical inspection in May. He is listed as being in 1st Battalion from 18 May until 5 August. 6th August he arrived at the Battalion (on the Gallipoli Peninsular). He was wounded 7 August, whilst delivering ammunition, by machine gun with wounds to the neck and shoulder. From there, there was no record of him and was catergorised as Missing in Action". His father received notification with scroll 21/12/21. He received his Victory Medal Jan 18 1923. Pte Dash is interred in the Lone Pine cemetery, in Turkey. He was originally interred in Brown's Dip cemetery, but this site was deemed unsuitable for cemetery due to the changing landscape due to flood waters. Pte Dash was discovered in Lemnos, convalesencing after being hospitalised, 1st October 1915. However the board of inquiry made no mention of his sighting in Lemnos. He was interred in Gallipoli, so the sighting in Lemnos appears to be a mistake.British World War 1 Medal issued to Australians Round 36 mm Ribbon Royal Blue/Black/White/16 mm orange/White/Black/Royal Blue The Observse side is a bust of the King (George V). The reverse is a horseman astride his steed.2220 PTE F N DASH 1 BN AIF -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Surveyors Chain - Steel Band
A chain is a unit of length equal to 66 feet or 22 yards. This is a statute measure in the United Kingdom. One link is 100th part of a chain, which is 7.92 inches (20.1 cm). The chain and link became standard surveyors' units of length and crossed to the colonies from the United Kingdom. The chain is the unit of linear measurement for the survey of the public lands as prescribed by law. In Australia most building lots in the past were a quarter of an acre, measuring one chain by two and a half chains. Also street frontages, roads, laneways. The chain also survives as the length of a cricket pitch, being the distance between the stumps. Surveyors and residents of the Kiewa Valley used the Steel Band Surveyors Chain to measure distances when developing the land.Surveyors' steel band measuring tape, known as a 'standard band', or a 'steel band chain'.This chain consists of a long narrow strip of steel of uniform width of 3 mm and thickness of 0.3 to 0.6 mm. The chain itself is between 20 m and 30 m long.surveyors, surveyors chain, measurement of distance -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - PITTOCK COLLECTION: ROUND TIN CONTAINER WITH DRILL BITS
Pittock collection:round tin container with nine steel drill bits * eight brace and bit drill bits * one standard drill bit * container 170 mm L x 65 mm diameter Item stored in Pittock coach builder's box, reference 13000.1. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Weapon - 40mm Bofors AA Shell
Standard issue item as used by Australian servicemen during the conflict in Vietnam (1962–1972). 40mm Bofors AA shell (RAN )CP 40 mm ; Balic. MK N2 ; He Sub. T. S.569 Meg 6/69 Plug Firing /REP 259 / MK NI/ AN /1956 MF 40 MM /LOT 281 / 2 / 56 B3 REP T &1bomb shell, bomb, 40mm bofor -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Mixed media - Reg Saunders Display, Reg Saunders - His Story
Highlights the significant and often unheralded role of first nations people who served in Australia's wars.A large display of memorabilia connected to Reg Saunders, Australia's first Aboriginal Officer. Includes Aboriginal Flag,, Photographic images , Service Medals and Biographical details listed separately as 0355.2 etcA separate typed story of Private William Reginald Rawlings MM, killed in action in August 1918, is included in the display -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Tram 18 Sebastopol, late 1950's or early 1960
Black and White photograph, of Ballarat No. 18 at the Sebastopol terminus. Photo taken either late 1950's or early 1960. Tram has the destination of Lydiard St. Nth and a "Trotting Showgrounds Tonight" auxiliary board. 2nd copy added 6/1/15."TMSV Sales" stamp on rear. On rear of 2nd copy in ink "PM & MM H 63 = BALL 18"tramways, trams, sebastopol, tram 18 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White, Bendigo 3 climbing Mitchell St, late 1950's
Black and White photograph, of Bendigo 3 climbing Mitchell St, near the Railway Station with the Destination of Quarry Hill. Has a Hutton's Ham ad on the front drivers panel and two rood ads. In the background are Sandhurst Dairies shop advertising Toppa Ice Cream, a boot repairer and a van marked Jeffreys Bread parked on the north side of Mitchell St. Nearing the point where the double track became single - see the signal wire insulators in the overhead. Printed on Fujichrome paper. Two copies held."TMSV Sales" stamp on rear. On rear of in ink 'HTT16 = MM N 102 = Geel 32 = BED 3"trams, tramways, bendigo, mitchell st, quarry hill, overhead, tram 3 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - Army Survey Regiment – RSM Handover at CO's Parade, Fortuna, Bendigo. 1995, 1995
These 15 photographs were taken in 1995 during a CO’s Parade at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo in 1995. On this occasion outgoing RSM WO1 Phil Meagher handed over to incoming RSM WO1 Ken Johnston OAM MM. WO1 Phillip Nicholas Meagher served in the Australian Regular Army (ARA) from Jan 1971 to Jun 1997. He was RSM of the Army Survey Regiment from 1992 to 1995. He was succeeded by WO1 Ken Johnston OAM MM from the Royal Australian Infantry Corps, who was RSM for the remainder of 1995. WO1 Johnston served in the Citizens’ Military Force and the ARA from Feb 1966 to Mar 2002. A tribute in the Army Newspaper on the 14 May 2014 and discoverable on the Trove website, stated he passed away on 12 May 2014. In this tribute it stated he was a Vietnam War Military Medal recipient, known as a “Digger’s Digger” and for his direct no-nonsense approach. As RSM of the Army Survey Regiment, WO1 Johnston was instrumental in shaping and sharpening the military skills and behaviours of personnel who chose to continue in their reallocation to other corps in the ARA or the 1st Topographic Support Squadron in Enoggera, QLD. His tenure is covered in more detail on page 164 of Valerie Lovejoy’s book 'Mapmakers of Fortuna – A history of the Army Survey Regiment’ ISBN: 0-646-42120-4. On this occasion CO LTCOL Duncan Burns presented MAJ Mick Banham the Defence Force Service Medal for 15 years of efficient remunerated service in the Australian Army. This is a set of 15 photographs taken of a RSM Handover at a CO’s Parade at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo, 1995. The photographs were printed on photographic paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photographs were scanned at 300 dpi. .1) - Photo, black & white, 1995. Outgoing RSM WO1 Phil Meagher. .2) - Photo, black & white, 1995. L to R: MAJ Mick Banham, outgoing RSM WO1 Phil Meagher. .3) - Photo, black & white, 1995. L to R: CO LTCOL Duncan Burns, MAJ Mick Banham. .4) - Photo, black & white, 1995. L to R: ADJT CAPT Brenton McDonald, RP SGT Peter Coles, CO LTCOL Duncan Burns, MAJ Mick Banham receiving Defence Force Service Medal. .5) - Photo, black & white, 1995. L to R: ADJT CAPT Brenton McDonald, CO LTCOL Duncan Burns, MAJ Mick Banham (background), outgoing RSM WO1 Phil Meagher, incoming RSM WO1 Ken Johnston OAM MM, CAPT Bin Fashar Sutiman (Indonesian Army). .6) - Photo, black & white, 1995. L to R: SGT Perry Langberg, MAJ Dave Stephenson, SPR Trevor King, SPR Craig Smith, CAPT Colin Davidson, LCPL Mark Fedden, SPR Donna Grayland. .7) - Photo, black & white, 1995. L to R: unidentified (x3), RSM WO1 Phil Meagher, SGT Darren Wilkinson, SSGT Steve Drummond, unidentified, SPR Donna Grayland, SPR Allison Ottaway, unidentified, back of ADJT CAPT Brenton McDonald, unidentified (x4), CPL Darren Maher, SGT Laurie Justin. .8) - Photo, black & white, 1995. Outgoing RSM WO1 Phil Meagher, remainder unidentified. .9) - Photo, black & white, 1995. L to R: WO2 Peter Imeson, CPL Darren Maher, unidentified, SSGT Steve Winner. .10) - Photo, black & white, 1995. L to R: MAJ Mick Banham, ADJT CAPT Brenton McDonald, CAPT Doug Arman, WO1 Phil Meagher, CAPT Bin Fashar Sutiman (Indonesian Army), WO1 Ken Johnston OAM MM, CAPT Bill Griggs, unidentified. .11) - Photo, black & white, 1995. L to R: WO1 Ken Johnston OAM MM, ADJT CAPT Brenton McDonald. .12) - Photo, black & white, 1995. Outgoing RSM WO1 Phil Meagher. .13) - Photo, black & white, 1995. L to R: Outgoing WO1 Phil Meagher, incoming RSM WO1 Ken Johnston OAM MM. .14) - Photo, black & white, 1995. L to R: Incoming RSM WO1 Ken Johnston OAM MM, outgoing WO1 Phil Meagher. .15) - Photo, black & white, 1995. L to R: MAJ Mick Banham, RP SGT Peter Coles, outgoing RSM WO1 Phil Meagher..1P to.15P – There are no annotations.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, asr -
Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch
Memorabilia - Ashtray, 1918/19
An ashtray made from a 85 mm artillery shell, inside the ashtray there is a small arms cartridge firmly embedded in the internal primer housing/ the shell has been cut to a height of 40 mm and the rim has been scalloped/ the base diameter is 85 mm/ the item does not sit flat because a small arm cartridge has been firmly wedged into the external primer housing and is not flush to the surface, it protrudes about 5mm out of the base.On the base in stamped or engraved "5 - DE - C (believed to be the lot number of the casing; F - R - E 99 16 X" around the external surface is engraved ''FRANCE - AUDRUICQ" and the side are further decorated with engraved flowers -
Bendigo Military Museum
Document - TELEGRAM MILITARY, C. 1943 - 45
H.J.B.Burrell (Harry) BEM, MM, VX 59659. Refer 296.2P, 297.2P, 298.4.Telegram "Wounded in Action" VX59659 Burrell H. J. B., remaining on duty. dirty white in colour, blue and black lettering. Pasted on two sheets of note paper Faint date stamp appears to be "26 JUN 1945"communications - telegraphic, military history, wia -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH 38th BN, 1939
H.J.B. Burrell BEM, MM. VX 59659. Refer 290, 296.2P, 298.4P. .1) Copy of sepia tone photograph re the 38th Battalion. The original taken in 1939. Harry Burrell 4th from left back row. .2) cardboard backing for .1)photography, military, 38th bn