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National Wool Museum
Book - Fabric Sample Book, c.1920
A Textile Designer’s Fabric Sample Book is an important tool for keeping a record of past designs. This is useful in order to showcase a designer’s previous work; functioning like a portfolio or a résumé. They also serve as a source of inspiration, sometimes even providing a template to re-release iconic designs. The National Wool Museum has a large collection of Fabric Sample Books. They reveal the colour and daring designs produced by textile mills across various time periods. This Fabric Sample Book is from the 1920s and gives us insights into design trends that are now over a century old.The cover of this book has a brown/grey marble. It carries many marks and oils from the hands, after more than a century of use. A strip of red tape has been added to the spine of the book in order to give it integrity. The book internally has white pages that have turned a brown/cream with age. These pages have a faint blue line printed horizontally across them, to assist with handwriting. The contents of the pages are fabric samples which have been staple to them, as well as handwriting with a blue ink. The pages also include technical drawings, relating to the fabric samples and how such samples were woven together.textile design, textile manufacture -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Programme, Ballarat Begonia Festival, "Ballaarat 70 Begonia Festival", Feb. 1970
Yields information about the City of Ballarat and its involvement in the promotion of the city through the Begonia Festival. Yields information about the tramway through a map.Programme or book, 16 Quarto pages, centre stapled full colour on semi gloss paper, titled "Ballaarat 70 Begonia Festival" for the 1970 Begonia Festival. 27/2/1970 to 9/3/1970. Gives details of the city, the begonias, industry, how to grow them, Festival activities, agriculture, map showing the city roads, a suggested tour route, tram lines, Eureka stockade, Historical Park (Sovereign Hill), 3BA, The Courier, BTV6, Education and sporting facilities. Really a City spruiking document with many colour photos. Note all words with Ballarat in them are spelt with the aatrams, tramways, begonia festival, ballarat, map -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Art Book, International Contemporary Masters X111, 2019
A artbooks featuring numerous artists. One of them is former Ballarat Technical Art School student and teacher Betty Collier (Thege). Collier's work is featured on pages 65 . .1) Collier's work is featured on pages 65 . .2 ) Collier's work is featured on pages 66 . non-fictionbetty collier, art, michelle purves, jillian grombeek, jean marc la roque, christine vella -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Instrument - Chronometer or Marine Clock, ca. 1935 to 1975
This chronometer was made around 1936 and has been on display at Flagstaff Hill for over 40 years as part of the exhibit of the ‘Reginald M’, an Australian-built, 19ss, coastal trader vessel. A chronometer is an accurate mechanical instrument used for measuring time. It is constructed carefully to remain stable even under the changing conditions of seafaring life such as temperature, humidity and air pressure. The Master or Navigator of a ship could use the chronometer and the positions of celestial bodies to calculate the ship’s latitude at sea. In 1905 the business Chronometerwerke GmbH was formed in Frankfurt, Germany, to supply the country with high-quality mechanical chronometers and ship clocks for their maritime trade, making the country independent of other international suppliers such as those in England. In 1938 the firm was renamed Wempe Chronometerwerke. The business continues today. Its products now include its well-known chronometers, battery-powered ship clocks, ship’s bell clocks, barometers, barographs, thermometers, hygrometers, comfort meters to measure temperature and humidity, and wristwatches. The company also performs chronometer testing facilities for the State’s Weights and Measures office. The article written by Givi in July 2022 “The Basics of Marine Meteorology – a Guide for Seafarers” refers to the weather’s signs and patterns being repeated over and over, and the recording of these observations helps forecasters predict changes in the weather. The chronometer is an example of a mechanical navigational marine instrument in use in the early to the mid-20th century. The maker is significant as part of a German government initiative to be self-sufficient in the production of good quality marine technology. This chronometer is significant as part of the exhibit, the Australian-built vessel, 1922 coastal trader ‘Reginald M’, listed on the Australian Register of Historic Vessels and on display for over 40 years.Marine chronometer or marine clock, brass case, glass cover, Roman numerals, 24-hour numbers beside them. Two black hands, a keyhole for winding and ventilation holes in the side. The base has a collar with four machined mounting holes. Inscriptions are on the clock’s face."Made in Germany"" and ""WEMPE / CHRONOMETERWERKE / HAMBURG"flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, marine meteorology, horology, chronometer, marine technology, latitude, marine navigation, mechanical instrument, scientific instrument, ship clock, chromometerwerke gmbh, wempe chronometerwerke, marine clock -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print, Sentinel, 1968
Art CollectionThe picture depicts a black background featuring two white squares on top of one another. The white squares have rust-coloured lines and circles in them, as well as blue circles and lines. These blue lines are much thicker. The frame is wooden and has a white mount and glass.Front: 8/10 (lead pencil, lower left) Sentinel (lead pencil, centre) Stephen Spurrier 68 (lead pencil, lower right) Back: Stephen Spurrier "Sentinel" (1969) Silk Screen and Etching (printed on white strip, clear plastic cover) -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - Sepia, C 1933
Photo shows a young boy filling a teapot held by a man over an old copper. The man is holding a billy in his other hand.Part of a sign can be seen on the weatherboard wall behind them; it reads, "Progress A(ssociation) Wildflower S(how) Sep (. . .) -30-1st"events, wildflower show -
Federation University Historical Collection
Correspondence, Letter from C.F. Kurtz Concerning the Ballarat School of Mines Museum, 1949, 06/10/1949
This building is part of the Federation University SMB Campus, and was given an Art Deco Three pages relating for a request to obtain rifles, war trophies amd similar from the Ballarat School of Mines Museum. A response was sent stating that the weapons belonged tot he Local War Museum Committee, and the Ballarat School of Mines had no authority to dispose of them. ballarat school of mines museum, former ballarat wesleyan church, ballarat school of mines -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Quay No. 2, Portland Harbour, n.d
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesBack: A border ruled around the edge "reduce to 30 cm wide" in top border. 30x18 bottom left. 13 (in a circle) bottom border, - all in pencil. '62%' in green centreport of portland archives, quay 2, portland harbour, construction, concrete -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - K.S. Anderson at the launch of "A Port is Built", 1983
Port of Portland Authority archivesFront: (no inscriptions) Back: KS Anderson/ Chairman PHT (blue pen, centre)port of portland archives, celebration, k s anderson -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Early Shipping Railway / Ocean Pier, n.d
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesFront: 'SHAW SAVILL LINE LANCHES 1928' Blue biro beneath photo. 'SS SEALANDIC AT PORTLAND' -white printing on photo Back: PURPLE STAMP - ' PORTLAND HARBOR TRUST COMMISSIONERS'port of portland archives -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Furniture - WASHSTAND & DRESSING TABLE PIECES
Seven wooden blocks from dressing table or washstand. One block has a smaller piece glued to it. Another block is made of two pieces of wood glued together and one piece is slightly wider than the other. Four of them have been wood stained.furniture, domestic, washstand/dressing table, washstand & dressing table pieces, m ballhause -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - LEATHER NECKLACE
Necklace made of black 3 mm leather knotted 7 cm from the end. Below the knot, the two strands have a light brown 2.2 x 0.9 piece of wood cut to a point on both ends and another knot to hold them on each strand.personal effects, jewellery, leather necklace -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - DEBORAH MINE - MAP OF LINES OF REEF AND MINES (BENDIGO)
Two adjoining photocopies of part of map of Bendigo Goldfield showing lines of reef, mines, streets, locations and contour lines. Map is a beige colour with darker lines and letters. Some of the mines have their depths printed beside them. This item is stored in Map drawer 7mine, gold, deborah mine, deborah mine, map of lines of reef and mines (bendigo). -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Cutting from The Sanitary Age, dated September 7, 1934. Cutting is pasted on an exercise book page. Article has an illustration of a household installation of a Scale Buoy and a Hand-operated Scale Buoy. It also mentions how the Scale Buoy works and the benefits of using them.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, the sanitary age, canadian national exhibition, scalebuoys -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - PMHPS book launch, Port Melbourne Town Hall, Ann Smallpage, Mar 2004
24 colour photos of PMH&PS members and guests at the launch of PMH&PS publication 'Port Melbourne Town Hall: the Buildings and People Who Used Them'. 13 March 2004. Booklet (16pp) written by Susan REIDY Liana THOMPSON at lectern and audience groupBack: Individual members in blue ink by A. Smallpage.societies clubs unions and other organisations, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, liana thompson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - PMHPS book launch, Port Melbourne Town Hall, Ann Smallpage, Mar 2004
24 colour photos of PMH&PS members and guests at the launch of PMH&PS publication 'Port Melbourne Town Hall: the Buildings and People Who Used Them'. 13 March 2004. Booklet (16pp) written by Susan REIDY Kerry McKENDRICK, Josef (Jo) SZWARCBack: Individual members in blue ink by A. Smallpage.societies clubs unions and other organisations, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, kerry mckendrick, josef (jo) szwarc -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, Australian Army, Australian Army: Signal Training (All Arms) Pamphlet No. 6: Communications Security, 1971 (Copy 1), 1971
A blue coloured cover with all information in black ink. Top right corner reads DSN 7610--66-039-4906. Above Australian there is a kangaroo above two crossed swords and a crown above them. Down the left hand side a two punch holesaustralia - armed forces - service manuals, signals, signal training -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: GROUP OF GIRLS
Sepia photograph of about fifty-five girls (School photo?) in front of a brick building. All of them are dressed in the clothes of the era - Frilly dresses, many with pinafores. On the reverse in biro is: Maud Hammer, and almost unreadable:- 'Mrs S Coeby? Cnr. _____Somerville St, Bendigo'person, group, school, school group, maud hammer, mrs. s. coeby? -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - BENDIGO VIEWS, Mar 1962
Slide. Bendigo Views. Crowd of people watching two fire trucks with their long extension ladders. Each ladder has a man at the top. Two uniformed firemen on the ground are watching them. A large white disc with 'disc 2' painted on it is hanging from an overhead wire.slide, bendigo, bendigo views, bendigo views -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, Australian Army, Australian Army: Signal Training (All Arms) Pamphlet No. 6: Communications Security, 1971 (Copy 3), 1971
A blue coloured cover with all information in black ink. Top right corner reads DSN 7610--66-039-4906. Above Australian there is a kangaroo above two crossed swords and a crown above them. Down the left hand side a two punch holesaustralia - armed forces - service manuals, signals, signal training -
El Dorado Museum Association Inc.
Photograph (item) - Digital Image
Image of Cocks Pioneer Gold & Tin Mines NL directors with Mrs Molly Moline and children, Dorothy and Geoff. Taken at Sherwood - the mine manager's residence. (1914) Cocks Pioneer Electric Gold & Tin Mine Company was formed in 1899. The company's first power station, located at the eastern end of the valley began operating with its 340 Kilowatt steam-powered generator. By 1909, from 2,500,000 cubic yards worked, reported recovery was 17,284 ounces of gold and 224 tons of tin ore. By 1909, Cocks Pioneer’s power plant had become inadequate and uneconomical. The barge was floated downstream about a mile, but lost time caused the operations to cease. Following testing, a new mine was established by diverting Reid's Creek at a cost of £25 000. Settling dams were built, one of which held 1,935,900 cubic feet. Sold earth banks, built against a wall of stringy bark saplings constructed and laced with vertical props, were built. In 1914, the company was reformed as Cock’s Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines NL, another power station was constructed at the western end of the township, near the junction of Clear and Reid's Creeks. From 6,800,000 cubic yards of material processed, the returns were 64,397 ounces of gold and 855 ton of tin. Cocks Pioneer mine then moved the barge downs stream and continued sluicing. In 1929 Cocks Pioneer Electric Gold and Tin Mining Company ceased operations due to a drop in values. Cock’s Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines NL carried on large-scale hydraulic sluicing operations until 1941. "COX PIONEER MINE DIRECTORS" top "GEOFF DOR (unclear) TED SHACKLE" bottommine, gold, tin, gold mining, tin mining, cockatoos, sluicing, men, women, children, cocks pioneer, el dorado, eldorado -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Cato Lake looking from Viictoria Street -- Coloured
Cato Lake view from Victoria Street looking towards Sloane Street. This view shows the emptying of the lake carried out in c 2002 for deepening the lake by Shire Council Works. This view shows a tractor working around the empty lake. Coloured photograph of emptied Cato Lake from Victoria Street side looking towards Sloane Street. The lake was emptied in c 2002 for deepening by Shire Council Works. This view shows a tractor working around the emptied lake. In the background are trees with houses amounts them.Written in biro 5.2.2002stawell -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Photograph - Image, c1939
Small photographs pasted on both sides of a piece of grey cardboard. Additional photos of the "Back to Rutherglen 1939" celebrations. One of them appears to be the no. 1. Jaspers Corner Group photograph that is missing from the collection on record 358.001. The other is a closer view of those marching in the parade. back to rutherglen, main street, jaspers corner -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph
Photograph likely taken on Childs Road in Kalorama in the early 1900s.Black and white photograph showing a woman with a long dress, apron and headscarf leading a got that is hitched to a small cart loaded with collected firewood. They are on a dirt road with bush above them. The photograph has been produced in postcard format with the picture in an oval in the centre of white frame.goat, wood collection, cart, wood, kalorama, childs road -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Family at Fern Glade Track
Photograph of family group of four females (at least one of them a child) at Fern Glade Track near Mt. Morton, Belgrave Heights. The family appear to be holding on to a railing in a heavily treed area. Probably taken by Betty de Coite nee Woods or her parents. -
Wangaratta High School
WHS Information folder, 1999
A4 booklet with 5 images of WHS students and grounds with a white box in the middle on the right containing the title and a WHS logo. Information booklet given to new students to provide them with introductory information about the school. Also has a sticker identifying it as property of Paul DiffeyWANGARATTA HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION FOLDER WANGARATTA HIGH SCHOOL ESTABLISHED IN 1909 Practising Excellence: Doing Better Today than Yesterday Paul Diffey Wangaratta West P.S. -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, 1st Surrey Hills Boy Scouts in c.1912
1st Surrey Hills Boy Scouts in c.1912.Identified as follows: From left, seated: Theodore Hendy who founded the Scouts in 1909, Bob Brown, Rev. Pratt (Wyclif Church), Mel Hill. Taken at "Kookaburra" 46-48 Albany Crescent, Surrey Hills (next to the Fire Station), the home of Theodore HendyRev. Pratt seated with 9 boy couts, 3 sitting and 6 standing on the grounds at "Kookaburrra" 46-48 Albany Crescent, Surrey Hills. Two boys standing holding flags and two boys sitting on the grass with a drum between them. See also SH0992boy scouts, children, clothing and dress, clergy, trees, "kookaburra", house names, surrey hills, albany crescent, insignia, uniforms, hats, flags, 1910-1919, wyclif congregational church, theodore hendy, bob brown, rev pratt, mel hill -
City of Kingston
Photograph - Sepia, Percy Fairlam, Cheltenham and Moorabbin Show Committee, 1913
This image shows the group of men who formed the committee for the Cheltenham and Moorabbin Show. The men have been identified as: Seated (left to right) Mr R L Amess (Hon Sec), Cr George Brownfield (President), Mr Harold Irwin (Hon Treasurer). Standing (left to right) Messrs P White, F Wilson, E T Fenny, J H Butler, G Wells, R Mills, H F North, G T Allnutt, J Shields, F Reynolds. Seated (in front) Messrs F Moorhouse, E Marriott, A Hewitt, CD Scullin, R Potts.The Moorabbin Horticultural, Poultry and Dog Society Show became an annual event in 1898, following a 35 year tradition of Brighton Horticultural, Poultry and Dog Society annual exhibition. Sepia toned image of the Committee of Cheltenham and Moorabbin Show. Five men are seated on the ground in the front row, with hats resting on their knees or on the ground. Three men are, presumably, seated behind them on chairs, with the man on the left reading a document or book. Ten men are standing at the rear. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Tete-a-Tete
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of small Vietnamese children having a tete-a-tete as they watch their respective Regional Force soldier fathers at work in a fortified regional outpost near Lac Thein in 2 Corps. Vietnamese Regional Force troops took their families to live with them in the outpost.photograph, vietnamese children, south vietnamese regional force, lac thein, gibbons collection catalogue, photographer, vietnam war, denis gibbons, 2 corps -
Slovenian Association Melbourne
Photo of Slovenian migrants arriving to Port Melbourne, President of Slovenian Club Melbourne welcoming Slovenian migrants at Port Melbourne in 1956, 1956
The photo was taken at either Station or Princes Pier in Port Melbourne. President Verbič talked to the migrants in Slovenian language making them welcomed and helping them to overcome the trauma of leaving behind parents, relatives and friendsFor Slovenians the meeting of another Slovenian in a foreign land is very significant, especially with the promise of help and understandingBlack and white photo of the President Zlatko Verbič welcoming Slovenian migrants at Port Melbourne. The Slovenian Club welcomed as many migrants arriving as possible to make their stay in Australia more friendly and homely.slovenian migrants, port melbourne, president zlatko verbic, slovenian language, migrants, trauma