The seed bean industry was a major industry in the Orbost district for the first half of the 20th century. The total area sown with beans for seed at Orbost was estimated to be about 1000 acres. Fisher Bros, grew or supervised the growing of approximately one quarter of the bean seed produced at Orbost, and, in addition, prepared for market and sold a considerable quantity for other growers. From Newsletter February 2015 : "the Fishers took over the old Butter Factory in Lochiel Street. They had sorting tables there in the 1920s. In Orbost, the Fishers had a Shell fuel depot at the back of the bean factory. The Fishers were very enterprising people, very smart. One of their uncles is supposed to have invented the knot that was used to tie the sheaves of hay in the fields. At their Lochend Barn, they had a Blackstone engine which ran on oil. They used to light a fire under it and hot it up to start it. This engine drove all the bean machinery in the barn" The seed bean industry was a major industry in the Orbost district for the first half of the 20th century. the Fisher Brothers were a significant part of that industry.A black / white photograph tajen from a river bank. On the right behind some trees is a barn. On the left between tres is a small building. Reflections can be seen in the water.on back - "Snowy River, Fisher barn on right. Mary Gilbert"bean-industry fisher-beans snowy-river

This hand pump would have been used on a tubed tyre. Hand pumps similar to this one were in use in the late 19th century through to the latter half of 20th century.During the 1930s and immediate post-World War II period few people owned cars as they were too expensive. To get to work most people either walked, relied on public transport, rode a bicycle or, if they could afford one, a motorcycle. A cylindrical silver metal bicycle tyre hand pump. It has a valve connection which is cloth covered and fits inside for storage. It can be fitted to a bracket on the bike frame.bicycle transport hand-pump

Large original plan of an engine of the Lal Lal Iron Company. Note, this item is in fragile condition and can only be viewed exceptional circumstance. Digital image details are available "W. Watson Prectical Mechanical Engineer Draughtsman Windermere St Ballaratw. watson, lal lal, lal lal blast furnace, lal lal iron company, steam engine, lal lal iron company steam engine, plan, engineering drawing

Bowspit/Jib Traveller, an iron ring which slides along a bowsprit so that you can attach the tack of the jib from the foredeck and then haul it outboard. 130mm diameter.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, bowspit/jib traveller, bowspit traveller, jib traveller

Bowspit/Jib Traveller, an iron ring which slides along a bowsprit so that you can attach the tack of the jib from the foredeck and then haul it outboard. 178mm diameterflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, bowspit/jib traveller, jib traveller, bowspit traveller

Bowspit/Jib Traveller, an iron ring which slides along a bowsprit so that you can attach the tack of the jib from the foredeck and then haul it outboard. 155mm diameter.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, bowspit traveller, jib traveller, traveller

Trays wooden for documents (5) connected by wooden pin, trays rotate. Wooden section attached has three holes drilled so object can be screwed to table. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, trays, wooden trays

Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from 2002. Can you help?: do you know the identity of these men, the shield or the date this photo was taken? The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

8463.1 - An eye and eye swivel (two oval loops of metal connected by a short metal rod about which they can independently swivel) with a single chain link attached.

Churchill Island has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century. This series shows the extensive work and volunteering conducted on site by workers after it was turned into a heritage siteColour photograph of a team of three horses ploughing a field using historical machinery. In the background another team can be seen. Potentially taken in 2001 at a Working Horses ExpoCatalogue number on reverse in pencil. churchill island, photograph

Photograph of the Hospital Wood Day at Eaglehawk. An overhead photo of people with horses and drays full of wood that has just been collected. In the background can be seen the Township of Eaglehawktopic, hospital wood day, horses, hospital wood day, eaglehawk

Black and white photograph of the interior of the Hanro Knitting Mills withing the centre of the photo is a group of 5 women working on sewing machine more women can be seen in the backgroundorganization, business, hanro, hanro, hanro knitting mills, knitting mills

A Bell 47 (Possum) Helicopter from 161 (INDEP) Recce Flight uses a Centurian Tank Bridgelayer as a landing pad. An APC with 6 soldiers can be seen in the foregroundmakeshift landing pad

Framed coloured photo of what appears to be captured weapons including a rocket launcher, serveral rockets and land mines. civilian men, women and children can be seen in the background.photograph, weapons

Photograph of cranes offloading equipment from a ship. Trucks and 2 x Wesses helicopers can be seen on deck. 2 men are riding on a platform suspended from a craneHelicpoters No 33 And 18photograph, crane, wessex, re-supply

White aluminium full beer can commerating the Welcome Home Parade. Tooheys draught includes Australian flag in the outline of Australia, Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera HouseAustralian Vietnam Forces Welcome Home Parade 87, Sydney 3rd october 1987. Together Then, Together Again.beer can, welcome home parade

White aluminium full beer can commemorating the welcome home parade. Tooheys draught. Includes the Australian flag in the outline of Australia, Sydney harbour bridge and Opera House.Australian Vietnam Forces welcome home parade '87 Sydney October 3rd 1987 Together then, together againwelcome home, beer can

White aluninium full beer can commemorating the welcome home parade Tooheys draught includes Australian flag in the outime of Australia, Sydney Harbour, Bridge and Opera HouseAustralian Vietnam Forces welcome home parade 87 Sydney October 3rd 1987. Together then, together againbeer can, welcome home parade

Army officers of A Company, 17th Garrison Battalion, No Camp 1 Tatura. (2 different size photographs) Front row (l to r): Lieutenant J A Frances, Lieutenant Cyril Leyshon White MM, Major E C Foster MC, Captain E A Scates Back row (l to r): Lieutenant S H Edwards, Lieutenant I H Trend, Lieutenant L F Brown.Black and white photograph of 7 officers in full uniform, (3 standing, 4 sitting). Tree directly behind them. Buildings can be seen on either side in backgroundlieutenant s h edwards, lieutenant trend, lieutenant brown, captain scates, camp 1 officers, lieutenant j a frances, lieutenant cyril leyshon white, major e c foster, 17th garrison battalion

The mud brick cottage and outbuilding was possibly built by James Waylett in the 1850's and it is only one of three remaining mud brick buildings in the Oaklands-Greenvale which were constructed in the late 19th Century.A coloured photograph of farm scene. A dam is in the foreground and the remains of a mud brick cottage and timber and corrugated building in the middle distance. Further farm buildings can be seen in the distance.mud brick buildings, waylett, james, farm buildings, sherwood, somerton road, oaklands hunt club, george evans collection

The Tullamarine Airport opened in 1970 and replaced Essendon Airport as Melbourne's main airport terminal. Gellibrand Hill was incorporated with Woodlands Park and became a public reserve during the 1980s.A coloured landscape photograph with rounded corners taken from Gellibrand Hill and overlooking the Tullamarine Airport which is on the RHS of the photograph. The Melbourne City skyline can be seen in the distance.gellibrand hill, tullamarine airport, melbourne skyline, george evans collection

This medallion was struck to celebrate the 100th anniversary of fellmongering in Mazamet in 1951. Fellmongering - In French, ‘delainage” means, literally, ‘de-wooling'. It is the industrial process of separating wool from sheepskins. In the 19th century, the southern French town of Mazamet became the world centre of délainage and played an important part in the Australian wool industry. At one time Mazamet was reputed to be the 15th richest town in Europe, and it was said that the town’s branch of the Banque Nationale de Paris (French banking firm) was the second largest in France. At its height, Mazamet had 48 fellmongeries and imported more than 100,000 tonnes of sheepskins a year from the southern hemisphere, mostly from Australia and Argentina. It also supported numerous associated industries such as tanneries, spinning mills and clothing manufacturers. In the 1980s Mazamet’s fellmongering industry fell into decline under pressure from environmental concerns and cheap imports. The town’s last two fellmongeries closed in 2004. The town continues to have a strong relation to Australia, with street names such as, Rue de Australie, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney in recognition of a connection to the two distant lands. Today, half a century since wool importation largely ended, there remains a link to the past. Elite quality leather and woollen clothing companies such as Hermes and Chanel still source much of their stock in Mazamet. This medallion was presented to William Haughton and Co. who were one of Australia’s largest wool-buying companies of the first half of the 20th century. Wm Haughton had a major presence in Geelong and its “SKINS WOOL HIDES TALLOW etc.” signs were prominent on railways stations throughout the Western District and beyond. Haughtons had branches in all Australian capital cities, New Zealand, London and Bradford. Its agents in Mazamet were Maison Louis Maffre, an enterprise founded by M. Louis Maffre, mayor of Mazamet from 1912 to 1919. This medallion was donated to the National Wool Museum by the family of Sir Robert Southey AO CMG, former managing director of Wm Haughton & Co.Bronze medallion contained within purple case. On one side of the medallion, a mill worker is seen scraping the wool off the treated sheepskin. On the reverse the inception can be read.Wording: CRESCAM ET LUCEBO // CENTENAIRE / DU DELAINAGE / MAZAMET // 1851-1951. Smooth edge stamped with a cornucopia and the inscription BRONZEmazamet, fellmongering, délainage

Jackie Kerin's (donor's) story. In 1973, I was in my late teens and while I’d moved to Sydney from Melbourne, to begin my first year of drama studies at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. My parents had moved to Lake Bunga, a few kilometers north of Lakes Entrance (Victoria). On my first holiday visit to Bunga, I called into the Jolly Jumbuck Country Craft Centre in Bairnsdale http://jumbukwool.com.au/history. I was entranced by the place and spent the following weeks learning to spin lumpy wool on an Ashford Wheel. By the end of the holidays, I had my own Ashford and it travelled with me back to Sydney. After graduation, I returned to Melbourne and the hippy “back to nature” movement was in full swing; there were many shops and galleries selling handmade woollen items and pottery etc. So I found an outlet for my pieces. Sometime in 1976-77, I met a spinner and weaver of Swiss origin (I think) – her name was Ingeborg Guber (not sure of the spelling). She had a small gallery/shop at Brighton Beach where she worked, with her pet duck for company. Ingeborg had an upright Philip Elford wheel; an Australian wheel crafted from Acacia melanoxylon (blackwood). I was smitten and ordered one. I have a memory of Philip driving to Hampton from Ballarat to make the delivery. I used this wheel for years but as time and enthusiasm for spinning waned, the wheel became a decorative item in the house. Then in the 90s, and with my drama training, I set myself up travelling to schools and festivals, museums and galleries as a storyteller. The spinning wheel had a new life accompanying me on my adventures. For many children, familiar with references to spinning in fairy tales, seeing the little Philip Elford upright was magical. The wheel was donated to the National Wool Museum in 2021.Vertical tripod leg spinning wheel. 6 spoke wheel with three bobbins. Inscription “Philip Elford Ballart” can be read in gold text stamped to the base of the wheel. Wording, stamped, gold. Philip / Elford / Ballartspinning wheel, textile production, hobby textiles, aciacia melanoxylon (blackwood)

Commercially made quilt, c.1930s. Maker unknown, found in Ballarat. The Country Women's Association of Victoria had been active during the Depression in promoting the use of wool in domestic items and handcrafts in its "Handcrafts and Home Industries Committee". In 1933 during "Wool Week", a train jointly sponsored by the Wool Board, toured the state demonstrating amongst other crafts, the making of wool quilts and mattresses. Commercially made quilts much like this one marketed as 'Kosy Quilts', were used in these demonstrations.Quilt, plain light blue cotton cover with lambs wool filler. Machine sewn. Evidence of a label can be seen at one corner, however it has been removed.quilting history, textile mills, running stitch group, running stitch collection, ballarat, quilting - history

Part of Tim Shambrook's Collection for 'This is Vermont'. Not used.Coloured photo of Canterbury Road, Vermont, taken in 1970, showing double lane road with median strip looking East. Roof of Cadbury-Schweppes Factory can be seen.canterbury road, vermont., cadbury-schweppes, shambrook, tim

White cotton triangular bandage printed in black with drawings showing how it can be used. Small white label sewn to rear with initials N.R machine embroidered in red.Made in England The Vernaid Bandage Registered Design Approved by Sir James Cantlie K.B.E., F.R.C.S V & Co Ltdbandage, vernaid

Postcards were a common form of souvenirs for soldiers who were travelling around Europe either during World War 1 or just after, before returning to Australia. The link to Legacy is not known but there are many postcards are in the collection.Postcards were a very common form of communication in the first World War. This postcard also records the war for those who didn't have cameras. This type of souvenir would have been familiar to the first Legatees as they had served in World War 1 and many had served at Gallipoli.The postcard's image depicts a field of white canvas tents line the background. Several people can be seen cutting wood in the foreground, standing just behind a wire fence. world war one, souvenir

An empty, unsealed Wilson 'Optic Yellow Championship' tennis ball can. Ring pull top missing. Has red plastic reclosure cap. Materials: Metal, Inktennis

A sealed Wilson 'Championship Extra Duty' dome-top tennis ball can. Key winder attached to base. Materials: Metal, Ink, Rubber, Synthetic material, Wooltennis