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Seaworks Maritime Museum
Certificate
Certificate from the Delaware Port Authority featuring large gold image of the Liberty Bell, Short description of the bell and the seal of the organisation. Sits in a gold frame. Philadelphia/ Bicentennial/ 1776-1976/ The Liberty Bell/ originally ordered to commemorate/ the 50th year of Pennsylvania under Penn's/ charter of 1701, the bell was cast by/ Thomas Lister of London, arriving here in/ 1752/ It was hung in the tower of the/ Pennsylvania State House. Cracked during/ testing, the bell was melted and recast by/ two Philadelphia foundrymen, Pass and/ Stow./ On July 4, 1776 the newly written/ Declaration of Independence was read to / The continental Congress in the State House./ Four days later the bell was rung to alert/ the people to the public reading of the / declaration./ As a result, the Pennsylvania State / House has become known as Independence / Hall and the revered symbol of the occasion / became our Liberty Bell./ it was cracked on July 8, 1835 while/ tolling for the funeral of Chief Justice/ John Marshall./ Presented by/ Delaware River Port Authority/ World Trade Division/ to/ Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners/ September 21, 1976." verso: PMA 0288 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Bottle sleeves, straw, n.d
From the former Bower Bird Museum, HeywoodSet of 5 straw bottle sleeves used to protect bottles during shipping. Short lengths of straw folded & woven with brown string into a 'cone' shape. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Card - Card - Advertising biography of William Moodie, Hedges & Bell Pty. Ltd. Maryborough, Vic, William Moodie, n.d
Card blue with black print, advertising biography of William Moodie. Photo of William Moodie on front and description of book. A short history of William Moodie on reversewilliam moodie -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Plan - Ship Plan / Mould, n.d
Wooden pattern for mould for boat fitting. Cylinder with two short wooden dowels protruding from top. Cylinder painted pale yellow, dowels unpainted. -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Bottle - Medical
This bottle was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950's specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Small clear brown bottle with screw top opening. Base is a rectangular shape. Heavily embossed on the front. Short narrow neck. Heavily embossed on the base.Front:'The J. R. Watkins Co. / Made in Australia Base: 'MG888'medical, j.r. watkins co. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Treadle Scroll Saw, Hobbies Ltd, Manufactured by Hobbies in England from 1928- 1965
Since 1895, Hobbies Ltd have been supplying model makers and enthusiasts throughout the world with a wide range of quality model kits, accessories, tools, components and handbooks. The Hobbies Company began life in Dereham, Norfolk in 1881 with a London Office opened later (1922) at 65 New Oxford Street, WC1. In 1895 Hobbies began supplying model makers with their products and in 1897 were incorporated into a Public company. In 1922 at a British Industries Fair the company had a stand advertising their products as "The All-British Firm with a World reputation". Fretwork Outfits. Fretwork Machines. Carpentry Outfits. Strip work Outfits. Also manufactures of Fretwork Tools and Benches, Wood, Circular Saws, Lathes, Picture Framing Outfits, Tools, etc. In 1947 the company had expanded and was still making tools and materials for the amateur craftsman in wood. They had acquired a reputation as manufacturers of quality Fretwork Outfits, Tools, Treadle Machines, Model Maker's Tool Kits. The company also publishers of ‘Hobbies Weekly magazine’ and also sold plans for fretwork, model making and wooden toys. In 1961 they were still manufacturers and retailers of craft tools and materials, timber merchants, light engineers and Government contractors with around 500 employees. A vintage tool made for hobbyists and distributed throughout the world by a British company that is still in existence today. The item is significant as it catalogues the manufactures history at a specific time in the company's development.Foot operated treadle Fret saw called "GEM" subject item is a short saw , the stand in the background is the base for a Delta Q3 model scroll saw. Gem inscription cast into the cast iron frameworkflagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, saw, treadle saw, fret saw, pedal saw, the gem, tool, hobbies ltd, treadle, foot operated -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Postcard (item) - Colour postcard, Neil Cutts, The Marysville Story-Steavenson Falls, Pre 2009
A postcard in a series produced by the Rose Stereograph Company in Victoria, Australia as a souvenir of Marysville.A colour photograph of Steavenson Falls in Marysville, Victoria. The Steavenson Falls is named after the Victorian Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, John Steavenson, who arrived in Victoria in the early 1860s. At 84 metres high, Steavenson Falls is Victoria's tallest cascading waterfall. The falls are split into roughly five cascades, with the last of these plunging into a small, picturesque rock pool. Rose Series Postcard No. 3530. The Marysville Story/ Marysville lies in the Great Dividing/ Range, a peaceful town where lush/ mountain forests provide a perfect setting/ for bush walks or just relaxing. Lookouts/ and waterfalls abound, the most famous/ being Steavenson Falls, one of the tallest/ in Victoria and spectacularly floodlit at/ night./ Established in 1863, Marysville was/ named after the wife of surveyor John/ Steavenson. The discovery of gold at/ Woods Point meant that it became/ an important stopover for/ diggers on their/ way to the/ goldfields. Steavenson Falls POST CARD The "Rose" Series/ De Luxe Proudly Printed in/ Australia Since 1880 AFFIX/ STAMP/HERE/ Rose Series/ Post Card No./ 3530 ADDRESS/ POSTCODE the MARYSVILLE STORY & Steavenson Falls/ MARYSVILLE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA/ Photo Neil Cutts Copyright Rose Stereograph Co., Glen Waverley, Victoria (03) 9560 7772marysville, steavenson falls, victoria, postcard, souvenir, rose stereograph co, 3530, john steavenson -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Postcard (item) - Colour postcard, Neil Cutts, The Marysville Story-Steavenson Falls, Pre 2009
A postcard in a series produced by the Rose Stereograph Company in Victoria, Australia as a souvenir of Marysville.A colour photograph of Steavenson Falls in Marysville, Victoria. The Steavenson Falls is named after the Victorian Assistant Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, John Steavenson, who arrived in Victoria in the early 1860s. At 84 metres high, Steavenson Falls is Victoria's tallest cascading waterfall. The falls are split into roughly five cascades, with the last of these plunging into a small, picturesque rock pool. The Rose Series postcard No. 3530. The Marysville Story/ Marysville lies in the Great Dividing/ Range, a peaceful town where lush/ mountain forests provide a perfect setting/ for bush walks or just relaxing. Lookouts/ and waterfalls abound, the most famous/ being Steavenson Falls, one of the tallest/ in Victoria and spectacularly floodlit at/ night./ Established in 1863, Marysville was/ named after the wife of surveyor John/ Steavenson. The discovery of gold at/ Woods Point meant that it became/ an important stopover for/ diggers on their/ way to the/ goldfields. Steavenson Falls POST CARD The "Rose" Series/ De Luxe Proudly Printed in/ Australia Since 1880 AFFIX/ STAMP/HERE/ Rose Series/ Post Card No./ 3530 ADDRESS/ POSTCODE the MARYSVILLE STORY & Steavenson Falls/ MARYSVILLE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA/ Photo Neil Cutts Copyright Rose Stereograph Co., Glen Waverley, Victoria (03) 9560 7772marysville, steavenson falls, victoria, postcard, souvenir, rose stereograph co, 3530, john steavenson -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
earthenware bottle
Used circa 1900 as a storage for ink.A straight sided, brown pottery bottle with a pouring lip. It has no lid/cork. It has a rough, slightly concave base, a short neck with sloping 'shoulders'Bourne Denby -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Snatch Block
Snatch Block, 1 sheave wood block with hook and locking mechanism electric blue paint. Short white line marked from centre of block.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Clothing - Clothing, lady's white fine cotton nightdress, c1900
This lady’s cotton nightdress is an example of the dressmaking skills of the women of the early settlers families in Moorabbin Shire in the early 20th C Early settlers and market gardeners established their families in Moorabbin Shire and this item shows the skill and craftsmanship of the women of these families A lady's white fine cotton long nightdress with fine lace around neckline and short sleeve cuffs. There are pin-tuck gathers on each side at waistline.cotton, lawn, lace, dressmaking, craftwork, earlysettlers, pioneers, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, clothing -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS - HISTORY OF TRAMS IN BENDIGO
Newspaper clipping, Bendigo Advertiser, Saturday April 15, 1912. Photos and short history of Trams in Bendigo. 1890 - 1903 - 1972. Two(2) copies.person, individual, basil miller -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS - CARD
Card issued by 'The tramway Museum Society of Victoria Ltd'. ' Last Trammail Cover'. Reverse: short note of thanks to 'Basil Miller' from 'Bob Prentice'.person, individual, basil miller -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - UNKNOWN FAMILY COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH, 1890
Photograph, black and white. Portrait of a young woman, leaning on a rock, looks like in a garden.She has curly/wavy short hair, wearing earrings(sleepers).Bartlett Bros. Sandhurst.person, individual, female portrait, photograph. portrait of a young woman. unknown family collection. -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Short Road ferry crossing Yarra from west side, 1930
Black and white photograph of Short Road ferry crossing the Yarra, taken from the west side. Roads on both sides with cars. Buildings on west side.piers and wharves, short road ferry, williamstown road -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Memories of 1940s/50s Port Melbourne, Jan MacDONALD, 2001
Jan MacDONALD lived with her family at 42 Beach Street, Port Melbourne in the 1940's and 50's. Jan wrote several books about her family's association with Port Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay including 'Monkey for a Yacht'.Green A4 sheet with 21 short memories of Jan MacDONALD of growing up in the 1940's & 50's at 42 Beach Street, Port Melbourne.jan macdonald, station pier, pier hotel, swallow & ariell ltd, missions to seamen, fox hay timber and hardware pty ltd -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Domestic object - Clear glass with engraved SBC and decorative ferns
The history of this item is unknown. It has been suggested that SBC could be the initials of a person or could stand for an organisation such as Sandridge Bowling Club which was formed a year or two before the municipality, and the club, changed its name to Port Melbourne. It may stand for Sandridge Borough Council. The glass was donated to PMHPS by David GRAHAM, the last Town Clerk of Port Melbourne. David does not know the origin of the glass other than it was kept by a succession of Town Clerks at Port Melbourne Town Hall, to his knowledge going back to the 1970s. The glass is older than that and it is tempting to think that it could be from Sandridge Borough Council and has been kept by each Town Clerk of the municipality since the 1860s, 1870s or early 1880s. The truth may never be known.Clear drinking glass with a short stem and a flute-style bowl. The initials SBC are engraved on one side of the bowl and a decorative fern is engraved on the other side.domestic life - containers -
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Denman-type short handled obstetric forceps used by Dr Ronald Rome and Dr Kelvin Churches, Lindsay
These forceps were owned and used by Dr Ronald Rome and Dr Kelvin Churches. Notes suggest that these may be a modified set of Denman-type forceps, as appearance of the outer part of the handles indicate they are an 'adaption' for independent use. (Note from Helen Johnson, 2000).Set of short handled forceps. Both blades of forceps are stamped "Lindsay of London" (for manufacturer) and "R & C" (for Dr Ronald Rome and Dr Kelvin Churches). "R & C" "Lindsay of London"obstetric delivery -
Maffra Sugarbeet Museum
Beet Knife
These knives were used during beet harvesting. The beets were mechanically lifted, with workers following to pick up each beet, removing the tops with these knives.A beet knife with a long blade which has a pointed end. The handle is short and brown with four rivets in it that have one black dot in the centre of each."Joseph ---- & Sons, Endure, Sheffield" on the knife bladesugarbeet -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Candle, Burglar's Horror
Short, cylindrical candle with label, 'Burgler's Horror', black print on card paper. Base of candle made from other material rather than wax.Marked on label 'Burglars Horror' trademark pyramid N.B no water required, Clark's pyramidcandle, burglars horror -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Tea Pot
Gold-brown and brown coloured with fancy handle. Short gold-brown spout from near top. White inside from half way down. . -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Equipment - Equipment, Army, Bandolier
7.62 short bandolier for Russian made AK47/AK50 rifle carried by North Vietnamese troops. (Liberated on the battlefield during the 2nd Battle of Balmoral 1968)battle of balmoral, ak 47, ak 50, north vietnamese -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Uniform - Uniform, Army, Dinner Jacket
White dinner jacket officers - short epaulettes on shoulder. Decorative piece on ends of sleeves. Large lapels - 2 small eyelet holes in each lapelTag for Regiment No. and Nameclothing -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, War Service Record 1939-1945 - The Men and Women Who Returned, 1959
An alphabetical list of Education Department employees who returned from service in World War 2, giving a short resume of their careers; some photographs included.military history, education -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, The Bicentenary Pioneer Register, Second Edition Vol. 3, 2001
A souvenir booklet of the Rubicon Timber Workers reunion at Alexandra, Victoria. Contains short references to the workers, schools, and the hardships of life in this remote area especially for the women.timber industry, schools, natural disasters -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Clothing - Costume and Accessories, c1960
Black Cotton short sleeved Boy Scout Shirt (Black) 1st Stawell. Vertical white stripe on pocket and red embroidered scout badge on sleeve.stawell clothing material -
Friends of Kurth Kiln
Scraper, Mid 1940s
perhaps used to rake out chacoal from kilnFormed Steel Rake or Scraper, a half-round steel plate rivetted to a short shaped steel arm. Rounded side of steel plate is ground to an edge -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Wedding Wartime
HUttleyB/W. Studio Portrait of Wartime Bride in white, Groom in Uniform flanked by seated Bestman in Uniform and seated Brides Maid with short Sleeved dressKeith Donald, Lorna, Jack, Hazel Richhuttley -
Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Book, Kenilworth Library - Village Fables, Unknown
Red hardcover book of short stories 340 pages. Many were stained due to wear and age. The spine is damaged. Contains black and white illustrations -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - Tee Shirt, c. 1985
See Ref. No. NA4362Maroon child's school tee shirt. Short sleeves and round neck. White motif on front with 'Blackburn East' in a scroll beneath 'rising sun' Emblen.Blackburn Eastcostume, children's uniform