sepia photograph of adult female holding baby, small girl at her right. Group is standing at gateway to double fronted weatherboard cottage. Youngster wearing pinafore over dark dress. Picket fence and gate, brick chimney at left of cottage. Wall Bros. printed in script, photographers, Melbourne and Bendigo printed in lower case and capitals at bottom front of card.Wall Bros., Melbourne and Bendigoperson, family, casual

Battery trams operated between 1890 and 1892. The Mollison Street depot was the original tram depot and included the facilities for charging large numbers of batteries.Black and white photograph. Four rows of men posed in front of doorway of brick building. Tram tracks leading into doorway. Men dressed in suits, top hats. Man in front row left holding baby. Window to right of group has Bendigo Tramways written (partly revealed). Sign on far left above heads of men says positively No Admittance.Mollison Tram Depot written in blue ink on back of photo. Basil written in pencil.person, individual, basil miller

Black and white photograph of Pickett Family posing outdoors -Date unknown"Written on back of photo" Back row L to R: Hilda, Rita, Celia, Dorrie Next row L to R: Father-John, Bert (baby), Jack, Enos, Mother- Elizabeth Front row L to R: Alice, Henry, Nell, Olive. Frank not born yet.

Photocopy of Membrey family, from "Memoirs of Ray Membrey" Book Cat. no 820 Magazine Box 4. Photo taken about c 1910. Photo taken at 14 Skene St. Stawell. Names and information on the back of the photocopy was supplied by the family who visited Stawell in 2016 and attached to the back of the photo. Photocopy of a family group taken about c 1910. In the photo seven people are standing and three seated with a child on the knew of a seated person. There is also an empty chair. Names and information in inscriptions supplied by family who visited Stawell in 2016 and attached to the back of the photo. On front of photocopy "The Membrey Family with first daughter in law & baby". Back row Florence T. or Gertie (11.7.1891) aged 18/19. Laurence Harold (29.8.1886). Ivy (13.6.93) aged 16/17. Victor William (27.6.84). Ivy? Florance or Gertie T? (11.7.1891) aged 18/19. Federick Stampone (4.10.1882). Lillian Hazel (8.4.1897) aged 12/13. Front row. Empty chair William Edward (Father?) died 1898. Elizabeth Sarah, holding baby Hazel 1909. Raymond Edward 8.4.1897 aged 12/13. Harrier Emily (mother)1859 aged 50/51.stawell

This Christening gown belonged to William Edward Housden who was born in Castlemaine in 1890 and died in Warrnambool in 1972. He served in World War One and married Lucy Knowles in 1921. It was on occasions, and still is, a common practice to make a special dress for a baby's Christening or to use a gown that has been handed down over the generations. This is a fine example of a Christening gown made for a baby 130 years ago.This is a Christening gown made of cream cotton. It is high waisted with a gathered skirt and a pintucked bodice with hand embroidered leaves and fine drawn thread work. The draw string waist opens at the back. It has long sleeves with lace and embroidered cuffs. There is lace and draw string tape around the neck. The seams have been machined.william edward housden, christening gowns

The women of the pioneer families were very skilled at dressmaking , needlework and lace making. The early settlers had to be self reliant and made and repaired their own clothes, haberdashery and furnishings These tools were used to make crochet work doilies, antimacassars, and add decorative work to lingerie, collars, cuffs, baby clothes, bonnets and bibs.5 assorted steel crochet work hookscraftwork, crochetwork, needlework, early settlers, pioneers, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, steel manufacture

These are long obstetrical forceps following the design of Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870). They are longer and heavier than Simpson's type of short forceps and were used to deliver babies from higher up the birth canal. Simpson's long and short forceps were adapted in many later designs. (Science Museum Group)Dr Mitchell Henry O'Sullivan worked in the Victorian country town of Casterton as a general practitioner from 1919 until his death in 1977. He also practiced obstetrics. His son, Dr David More O'Sullivan donated his obstetric bag and its contents to the College in 1999. The bag and contents are a unique time capsule of the type of instruments and pharmaceuticals used in the inter-war period.Metal forceps, consisting of two blades with detachable traction axis.obstetric delivery

Collector says: I'm intrigued to know why this 1930s & 1940s fashion of blanket - with panels of stripes on each end - only came in the colours of pink, baby blue and mint. Over the years I gathered many 'panel' blankets with labels from over a dozen different mills and yet they are all in these 3 colours only.Note from collector- "For more than 100 years blankets were made all over Australia in over 100 woollen mills. My aim, is to preserve 100 examples of these wonderful pieces of history. Ten years ago I started collecting the iconic Onkaparinga travel rugs, so that on movie nights at home there would be plenty to go around. Everyone had their favourite; even the cat had his own – a small red tartan one. Keeping an eye out for those travel rugs at op-shops and markets, collectable stores and bazaars, led to noticing vintage blankets. I'd never really thought about them before or paid much attention though of course I had grown up with them at my grandmother's. When I discovered my first Laconia cream blanket with blue stripes, my eyes just went gaga. Well that was it, I was hooked and since then over 500 blankets have passed through my hands. These common, everyday items, found in all households for so many decades, were traditional engagement gifts. Pairs were prized wedding presents turning into family heirlooms. They were fashionable dressers of beds, givers of warmth, bestowers of security and reliability. The comfort found in these objects resonates with almost all of us; we grew up with them ourselves or fondly recall them in a grandparent’s home. There is no modern replacement with the integrity of these old blankets, many of them now older than most of us. They are romantic, sensible, special, familiar, nostalgic and nothing else feels so appropriate in so many situations. No offense to the great Aussie doona, but from hippie to hipster, at a music festival, picnic, campsite or couch, a vintage blanket is something coveted by all. This industry that employed tens of thousands and must have been such a huge contributor to the economy is almost completely lost now. Blanket Fever is an ode to everything that came before: the land, the sheep, the shearers, the hands, the mills, the weavers, the designers, the distributors, the department stores. To the grandparents that gave them, the people that received them, the families that kept them; thank you. I’m passionate about my collection of Australian blankets manufactured in mostly Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania from the 1930s to the end of the 1960s. The collection has blankets from each of these four decades representing the styles and fashions of their time and includes dated advertisements which help determine the eras the blankets are from." Double sized blanket with mint stripes Made Expressly for Mark Foy's Ltd/Sydney/The Laconia Blanket/Guaranteed Odorless and Free From Filling/Made in Australiablanket, blanket fever, wool, laconia mills

Collector says: I'm intrigued to know why this 1930s & 1940s fashion of blanket - with panels of stripes on each end - only came in the colours of pink, baby blue and mint. Over the years I gathered many 'panel' blankets with labels from over a dozen different mills and yet they are all in these 3 colours only.Note from collector- "For more than 100 years blankets were made all over Australia in over 100 woollen mills. My aim, is to preserve 100 examples of these wonderful pieces of history. Ten years ago I started collecting the iconic Onkaparinga travel rugs, so that on movie nights at home there would be plenty to go around. Everyone had their favourite; even the cat had his own – a small red tartan one. Keeping an eye out for those travel rugs at op-shops and markets, collectable stores and bazaars, led to noticing vintage blankets. I'd never really thought about them before or paid much attention though of course I had grown up with them at my grandmother's. When I discovered my first Laconia cream blanket with blue stripes, my eyes just went gaga. Well that was it, I was hooked and since then over 500 blankets have passed through my hands. These common, everyday items, found in all households for so many decades, were traditional engagement gifts. Pairs were prized wedding presents turning into family heirlooms. They were fashionable dressers of beds, givers of warmth, bestowers of security and reliability. The comfort found in these objects resonates with almost all of us; we grew up with them ourselves or fondly recall them in a grandparent’s home. There is no modern replacement with the integrity of these old blankets, many of them now older than most of us. They are romantic, sensible, special, familiar, nostalgic and nothing else feels so appropriate in so many situations. No offense to the great Aussie doona, but from hippie to hipster, at a music festival, picnic, campsite or couch, a vintage blanket is something coveted by all. This industry that employed tens of thousands and must have been such a huge contributor to the economy is almost completely lost now. Blanket Fever is an ode to everything that came before: the land, the sheep, the shearers, the hands, the mills, the weavers, the designers, the distributors, the department stores. To the grandparents that gave them, the people that received them, the families that kept them; thank you. I’m passionate about my collection of Australian blankets manufactured in mostly Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania from the 1930s to the end of the 1960s. The collection has blankets from each of these four decades representing the styles and fashions of their time and includes dated advertisements which help determine the eras the blankets are from." Double sized blanket, cream with mint stripesThe Walmer Blanket/Guaranteed All Pure Wool and Odorless/Made in Australiawool, blanket, blanket fever

There were several small private hospitals in Orbost in the early 20th century. Babies were born at these private hospitals and mostly only a midwife attended as the doctor could be away on horseback treating another patient. As the new Orbost and District Hospital ( officially opened June 30th, 1930) developed and its facilities grew private hospitals closed. By the 1930's in Victoria there was an increase in the demand for beds in public hospitals by those who found private hospital costs prohibitive and wanted the higher standard of care provided in public hospital . This meant that many small private hospitals closed. Maldon Hospital in Orbost was one of several which could not compete with the new Orbost public hospital.A small white paper account with black print from Maldon Private Hospital to Mrs Lovell. It has a yellow tax stamp. orbost-health maldon-private-hospital

Shows the east side shops between Arthur Street and Dudley Street and former Eltham Shire Offices. View is from the entrance of the Baby Health Centre. The roadway outside the gates was not made and was used for parking. The shops and an early fire station (near to left gate post) show the area before the Woolworths rebuilding of the area to Eltham.In February 1968 an unknown person took a series of photos from the Eltham Hotel at Pitt Street heading north along Main Road through the shopping centre to just north of Elsa Court covering the length of the section of Main Road which was duplicated shortly thereafter. Shows the condition and environment of the streesscape of Main Road, Eltham immediately prior to the duplication between Pitt Street and Elsa Court through the shopping centre. Also shows a number of shops and businesses that operated at that time.Black and white photographduplication, eltham, main road, dudley street, shire of eltham war memorial, arthur street, shopping centre, eltham shire office

Interest through father who had a Kodak camera and a home development kit and could adjust size. In school Howard formed a camera club 'aged 16'. Had a Baby Brownie. When he retired he built his own workroom . Was one of the first get a digital camera. Hobby ceased due to poor eyesightCase, yellow top with Kodak logo. Opaque container. Slides box has a clear plastic cover with magnifying viewer. 40 slides in totalKodakphotography, photographs / slides / film

Made by Janet West in the 1970s when she lived in Nunawading. Blanket material left over from making a blanket for her baby in 1972. Janet is the niece of Margaret Skey member of the Whitehorse Historical Society and resident of Mitcham. The embroidery was an examination piece for the Embroiders Guild of Victoria. Janet, now Janet Green, is a tutor at the Embroiders Guild.Tea cosy made of beige blanket material with apricot satin edging and two pink satin bow ties. Lined in blue cotton material with small daisy pattern in pale apricot. Front of tea cosy has a wool embroidered bunch of flowers pink roses and blue/mauve daisies and tied with a silk satin bow. Two sprigs of roses are on the front and 5 sprigs scattered on the back.handcrafts, embroidery, domestic items, food & drink consumption

A memorial to still born babies at Eltham cemetery lies under the trees on the west side. A plaque within a garden bed states: “Cherished, but not cradled. This small garden is adjacent to a communal gravesite for stillborn babies, or those who died soon after birth. They were all born and /or died at Queen Victoria Medical Centre and buried between March 1979 and April 1986.” The landscaping was funded by Stillborn and Neonatal death Support (SANDS) Vic. Members. It also initially had a low wooden seat in place. (No longer in place as of April 2022) The Queen Victoria Medical Centre itself was founded in 1896 and at the time was one of only three hospitals worldwide founded, managed and staffed by women. The Centre has since merged and amalgamated with the Monash Medical Centre. EDHS records indicate that the communal burial site was also fo bodies that were donated to science. Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 6 stripsKodak GC 400-9eltham cemetery, communal grave, stillborn, plaque, memorial plaque, memorial to still born babies, women in eltham cemetery tour

Six photographs set into a white, wooden frame, each with their own description at the base of the picture. Image 1 is of two girls, one with a doll in a pram and the other holding a doll. Image 2 has four children with a large doll dressed as a sailor. The caption runs under both pictures: "They love their dolls." Image 3 is of a girl in a pinafore washing doll's clothes in a bucket on a table which also contains a miniature clothesline, iron and washing basket, the caption reads "Washing day for the dolls". Image 4 shows children touching the tactile picture of Prince Charming and Snow White on a horse, with the caption "They follow by touch the story of the seven dwarves." Image 5 is of a baby in a chair with a cushion and a blanket "The Institute's youngest blind boy". Image 6 shows Matron holding two babies, with the caption "The Institute offers them it's care from 'the cradle to the grave".6 black and white photographs ; in white frame Descriptions below each photographroyal victorian institute for the blind, rvib nursery

oil on linenpainting, buildings, mother, baby, plants, apartments, rob mchaffie, high rise, parquetry, neighbourhood, foliage

This journal detailing the author and friends walks and observations together with black and white photographs of the Kiewa Valley and the Bogong high plains regions during various "walks during the years 1945 to 1948. These walks were undertaken during the various Hydro - electricity generating plants and infra structures were being installed. It relays how the walker and adventurer enjoyed the pristine Alpine regions of Victoria. The wilderness and higher sense of adventure encountered by the author and his "walking party" is now no longer that intense. The isolation of the region was, at that time, still a barrier for the casual adventurer and required a dedication of the "pioneer" mountain walker.The significance of this journal is that both the photographs and accounts of those intrepid adventurers walking throughout the Victorian Alps and the Bogong High Plains details the countryside in one of the remaining years of relative pristine and minimal "tourist" developed regions of rural Victorian. The necessity of greater electrical power supply to the rapidly growing demand from cities and larger towns, post World War II immigration, had resulted in drastic changes to the infrastructure of the Victorian Alpine regions and particularly the Kiewa Valley. The photographs and the written accounts of the "adventurers" in this journal presents the last phases of the " Australian rough outback environment" and also the typical "bush wise" city/town dweller that although lived in towns and cities still had the adventurers heart of their fore fathers.This item has been photocopied by the author of his journal, consisting 27 pages of A4 size paper. A covering letter by the author is at the front of this loose leafed journal. The journal is bound in a yellow plastic cover with spirals. At the back is a 2 page biography of Myrtle Emily (Grigg) Deamer 1922-2006, then a photo of Meg with baby Bryn and son Tony followed by a letter from David BottomleyThe author's correspondence and covering letter has his signature "D Bottomley"alpine country, bush walking, bogong mountain, alpine adventures

Cream wool hand knitted square necked dress. Small balloon sleeves, short cream satin ribbon tie at waist. Yolk has an open pattern, while skirt is stocking stitch, with a band of diamond shaped patterning 13 cms wide, and a bottom band of garter stitch. This collection of knitted and sewn garments were made in the early 1940s and were intended for a baby that was stillborn.costume, children's, baby dress

Hand knitted salmon pink coloured ladies woollen bed jacket with set in long sleeves. All over feather and fan pattern with rib pattern on yolk. Fold over collar. Front opening. Pink satin ribbon tie at neck. Apricot coloured ribbon ties at cuff.This collection of knitted and sewn garments were made in the early 1940s and were intended for a baby that was stillborn.costume, female, ladies bed jacket

Black and white photograph. Four rows of men posed in front of doorway of brick building. Tram tracks leading into doorway. Men dressed in suits, top hats. Man in front row left holding baby. Window to right of group has Bendigo Tramways written ( partly revealed ). Sign on far left above heads of men says positively No Admittance '94' on back in pencil.person, individual, basil miller

Cotton calico bag. Raw edge at top. Printed yellow and blue picture on one side of the three Bears standing upright holding porridge bowls with spoons. Written above their heads "Three Bears Porridge Rolled Oats". Written near Baby Bear's feet "Somebody's been tastin' my porridge an' they've eaten it all up". Underneath the picture "7 lbs NET".manchester, furnishings, calico bag

This mat was donated to the Museum by the Rev. Andrew Rule Osborn. Reverend Osborn donated several artefacts including Aboriginal artefacts, Zulu and Pacific Islander objects. The Reverend came over from Tasmania to serve here in Warrnambool. His wife Annie was a fantastic author and wrote children's literature which was serialised in the newspapers. She was a supporter of women's suffrage and also the first woman editor of The Age.A flat circular mat made from native Australian grasses. Indigenous Australians would use this as a baby-carrier on the back. One band would be placed around the lower back and mat and two higher up. The child would be placed between the back and the mat. It was also sometimes used as a sun shade or something to sit on. It is a spiral form with grasses woven around to bind it together.aboriginal, indigenous, child carrier, mat, native grasses, reverend andrew rule osborn, annie osborn, women, mothers

Made by MRS Harris for her daughter Norma (donor) in 1920Baby's Cream silk dress with round neck sleeves, opening down back of bodice with three press studs to waist. Waist band has 18 button holes for ribbon to be threaded through. Herringbone stitch insert 2/3 down skirt. Embroidered flowers on skirt and bodice. All edges finished with crochet edging. All embroidery and crochet in cream silk thread.costume, children's

Black and white postcard showing slab bark house belonging to Northrope family. Photograph shows Mr Northrope sitting in front reading a newspaper, Mrs Northrope sitting in a chair, young mother and baby in doorway, boy with dog on grass. Climbing rose over window. Bark roofing overhanging wall held down with logs. All glass windows. Lake Bunga VictoriaThe Homestead Lake Bunga Vicgenealogy, historic site

Yields information about the appearance of SEC trams early 1960's at Sturt and Lydiard Sts and the streetscape.Black and white photograph of Ballarat trams 39 entering Lydiard St North from Sturt St and No. 38 about to cross Sturt St. No. 30 has the destination of Sturt St West. Dated 21/3/1962. Printed on Agfa Gevaert paper in a postcard format. In the background are the ANZ Bank, the ES&A bank and The Baby shop in Sturt St. Photo by Lloyd Rogers.In ink "Cars 39 & 30 at Sturt St and Lydiard St corner 21/3/1962 and 4/25"trams, tramways, sturt st, lydiard st, tram 39, tram 30

John Kelly (1859-1941) was born at Lockwood, the son of Patrick and Ann Kelly. In 1873 he married Sarah Ann Nievandt and they had 11 children. John Andrew (Jack) 1874-1952; James 1877-1878; James (1878- ); Mary Ann (1880- ); Eleanor Harriet (1883-1982); William Patrick (1885-1965); Elizabeth Margaret (1887- ); Sarah Louise (1889- ); Annie (1892-1902); Lottie (1897- ) . Eleanor married George James Lakey in 1904. No birth record found for Martha. This photo can be dated to 1897/98Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2003. Family snap: John Kelly and wife Sarah with their family outside their Shelbourne home in 1897. Left to right: James, Elizabeth (Lizzie), Sarah, John (Jack), John Kelly Sen., Sarah, Ellenor (Eley), Martha, Mary Ann, Annie and William with his bike. Two-week old baby Lottie was in the house. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

The photo is of Halls Gap's first General Store, opened in 1921. The store comprised a substantial shop and residence close to today's (2009) Public Hall. The people in front of the building are the operators of the store, J. Hemley (third from right), R. Mair (fourth from right) and Mrs J. Hemley with baby (on left). The identity of the other people unknown.Photograph of a wooden (? log) building with a wooden picket fence at the front. Three people are standing in front of the building at the gate, there are a few people on the verandah of the building and a child riding past the front on a bicycle.buildings, shops