8343.1 - Irregularly shaped grey mudstone containing some carbonised plant fragments, but most prominently (most likely) secondary iron mineralisation pseudo fossils

8326.1 - Medium-to-small mudstone in roughly prismatic shape, displaying numerous small plant leaf fossils, and possibly a prominently rounded conerstion on one face.

Coloured photograph Two women inspecting the site of Gillies Farm Narrewillock rear of photo notes: Gillies Farm Norm, Allan planted these trees 1944

Colour photograph of Old Buninyong Baths after restoration in 1993-94 showing the reinforced concrete wall built by returned soldiers from World War 1 circa 1919The swimming baths were originally built in the early 1870s and the reinforced concrete wall was constructed c 1919 by returned soldiers and was a focal point for community swimming until the 1950sColour photograph of the memorial garden created in the area of the old Buninyong Baths showing the reinforced concrete walls, plants, paths after restoration in 1993-94Old swimming pool, Buninyong gardens built c 1918, restored 1993-94. Photo taken Jan 1995returned soldiers ww1, buninyong gardens, memorial gardens, buninyong baths

St. Matthew’s Church Stawell first Manse. Built 1862. Photograph of the original First Manse built in 1862. The photo has two people standing at the corner of the Manse verandah. The garden around the verandah is full of plants. Old Manse 1862 stawell religion

Wandinong Sanctuary: history and development of Wandinong. [ Extracts from 'Wandinong Sanctuary - its origins, objectives and development' includes bird and plant list.] October 1986.wandinong sanctuary, parks and reserves, hooke, albert arthur, janet emily

Xavier 'Plant Man' David will shortly be vacating 479 Mitcham Road, Mitcham after operating the Mitcham Hobby Garden and Nursery on site for 34 years.Xavier 'Plant Man' David will shortly be vacating 479 Mitcham Road, Mitcham.mitcham hobby garden and nursery, david, xavier, mitcham road, mitcham, no.479, rangeview shopping centre

Black and white photograph of Fred Shoppee (left), Anne Gervasoni (Pedretti) with white hair, and Ivy Gervasoni right). Where are they, and what plant have they picked? fred shoppee, anne gervasoni, anne pedretti

Black and white photograph group of students, few adults, out in paddock, teacher planting a tree, on Arbor Day 1910c, Moormung School. Bairnsdale Victoriaschools

Under the direction of lecturer Raymond Thomas five students of Koorie Studies at the Gippsland Centre for Art and Design created this work. The were Vickie Turvey, Robyn Yates, Kellie Parsons, Melissa Fenton, Deanna Mobourne.A large canvas with indigenous plants, and Aboriginal animal motifs. If you can assist with information about this artwork, or the artist, please use the comment box below. artwork, artist, gippsland campus, aboriginal, kangaroo, emu, fish, clan map, vickie turvey, robyn yates, kellie parsons, melissa fenton, deanna mobourne, koorie studies

4 similar photographs of John Delpratt (Staff) in the Nursery with Grassland plants. Report by John Delpratt and Iain Shears on the Burnley College Grassland Construction Project.john delpratt, staff, nursery, grassland plants, iain shears, burnley college, grassland construction project

Box of slides. Mostly photographs of plants in pots labelled with different chemicals in soils Oct, Dec 89. 2 Jun 90 "Proteoid Roots, Pladiges".Stamped "OCT 02" and labelled "Wilsons Prom./Greenhouse"wilsons promontory, plants, pots, proteoid roots, pladiges, diseased soils, diseased trees, metalaxyl, n.p.k., plantations, fenamiphos, chemicals in soils

This set of photos is from a leather bound album bearing the inscription "HUME RESERVOIR AUSTRALIA" plus 'The Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, P. C., M .P.' all inscribed in gold. It was presented to The Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, P. C., M. P, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs on the occasion of his visit to the Hume Reservoir on 2nd November 1927. This album is of local and national significance as it documents the planning and development of the Hume Reservoir up to 1927. It was the largest water reservoir in the British Empire. The album records the pioneering engineering work that went into its construction.DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, N.S.W. RIVER MURRAY WATERS SCHEME. HUME RESERVOIR. 10. Quarry Plant (New South Wales) completed. September 1922. hume reservoir australia, river murray waters scheme, quarry plant

Appears as an illustration in, "Green Grows Our Garden," A.P. Winzenried p 106. Students identified as Oliver Frost and Dian Durrant. the caption reads, "The Old Nursery had only bare facilities but note the espalier fruit tree and the Shade House."Black and white photograph. 2 male students working outside the Shade House putting potted plants in small glasshouses. Espaliered fruit trees in the background.On reverse, "Photograph by Publicity Branch Victorian Department Of Agriculture Ref. No. c.1695Q ."students, shade house, glasshouses, green grows our garden, a.p. winzenried, oliver frost, dian durrant, espaliered fruit trees, students working outside, old nursery, nursery

This canister which contained a blend of Rasawatte tea was produced in the early 1900's and for the most of those who acquired it for its contents it was useful (because it was made from solid pressed steel) as a tea caddy or container for other kitchen utensils or loose grains etc. It was also a good advertising item for a general agent W.M. Peterson & Co. in Melbourne. This company along with neighbouring tea importers offices were burnt down in a horrific building fire in Melbourne.This item was used in a period of time when the tea beveridge was the main hot beveridge to accompany meals, and "high tea" was a special treat to enjoy quality teas and "finger" food. In the rural sector of the Kiewa Valley, the favourite hot drink at "smoko" or other rest times was a freshly "brewed" pot or "billy" of tea. The hot drink tea was later in time challenged by the hot cup of coffee. This change occured at a later time in the rural sector than in cities or larger towns. The rural sector in this time frame was a lot more "traditional" in a lot of their day to day learned mores. Life style changes took longer to evolve mainly due to lack of media bombardment (mainly from city based advertisers) within the family home . "The latest jadgets" took longer to permeate into "isolated or semi isolated rural regions" such as the Kiewa valleyThis cylindrical tin container, which originally contained fine Ceylon tea is totally constructed from pressed light steel. It is embossed with content details and the name of the general tea agent. The main body has been fastened by pressed, not soldered connections.Embossed with the following "Ceylon Flavoured" and in bold large letters "RASAWATTE TEA" and below this in smaller print "ONE POUND NETT" This is encapsulated by Tea plant petals and vines. On the opposite side and in script writing "3M" below this in an unfolded banner presentation "BLENDED & PACKED BY" below this "Peterson & co Melbourne" This is also encapsulated by Tea plant petals and vines.kitchen storage, tin container, cannister/caddy, kichen advertising

Handwritten notes on the sale of mining plants. The mining plants of the South St Mungo, Lady Barkly and the Sth St Mungo Crushing Works were sold by Messrs Bell, Lambert and Nixon, Auctioneers of Ballarat. Notes taken from the Bendigo Advertiser, July 14th, 1910, Page 2. Purchasers were H Ralph for Aus ? Co and W J Seve?, Mining Merchants, Melb.gold mining, miners' safety cage, sale of mining plants, bendigo advertiser, south st mungo, lady barkly, st st mungo crushing works, messrs bell, lambert and nixon auctioneers ballarat, h ralph, w j seve?

One hand written notes, one typed and three carbon copies of notes on the Deborah Mine. Notes include depth of shaft, locality, plant, engine house, winding engine, boilers, crushing battery, earlier plant, prominence, best gold, gold yield and dividends. References: Mines Dept. Booklet Bendigo Goldfield 1936, Mines Dept. Quarterly and Annual Reports and A. Richardson.mine, gold, deborah mine, deborah mine, notes on the deborah mine, mines dept. booklet bendigo goldfield 1936, mines dept quarterly and annual reports, a. richardson

13 photographs with the same numbering system on reverse. (1) 3 copies fruit tree in blossom, probably almond. Person standing amongst tall grass. (2) 2 copies. Plant label in photograph reads,"Prostanthera sieberi." On reverse of one, "New purple flowers." (3) Plant taken out of its pot. (4) 2 copies. Conifer. (5) Conifers. (6-8) ?fruit trees, blossoms, flowers, garden views, conifers, plants, almond, prostanthera sieberi

Five page copy of a broadcast titled 'More About Hydroculture' dated 17 September, 1937. Heading - Chemistry of Today. Mentioned is the growth of plants, carbon - diamond and graphite, animal life and some plants that a Mr. Franklin D. Underwood of Harwich, Mass. Had grown using the growing salts. Typed on paper with printed letterhead and has Broadcast (3) written at the top of the page.sciences, bill ashman collection - correspondence, chemistry of today, john seaverns, more about hydroculture

Part of 'Woolcock Gallery Collection' Exhibited CEMA 1989.Drawing of a stem and flower detail of plant with flat, elongated serrated leaves of a pale sage green, bigger at base of plant and diminishing in size as they ascend the stem. At top of stem are flower heads consisting of multiple small yellow blossoms. At lower right is a detail of one of these flowers. Work is mounted in a double matt (pale cream on faun), framed under glass in gold and green wooden frame.Front: Senecio odoratus (Scented Groundsel) (lower left) (pencil). CEW/85 (lower centre in image) (maroon pencil). Back: 38 (top left) (pen)collin woolcock, botanical, woolcock collection, cema, botanical drawings

Chicory farming on Phillip Island was introduced in 1870, with the root destined used as a coffee additive or substitute. It reached it's peak during WW2.HistoricalCopy of a small black and white photo of a man wearing trousers with braces and a hat, with hands on his hips, standing in front of a chicory kiln. Tall plants in the foreground.Henry Bennellchicory, photograph, henry bennell

Australian War Contingent Association, LondonCream cover paper booklet, 24 pages, illustrated throughout. Cover with holly plant, illustrated black & white photo - steamship soldiers on wharf (red print)."Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Australia"documents - pamphlets, military history, passchendaele barracks trust

This book was part of a large group of books referred to as the Pattison Collection, which belonged to the Warrnambool Public Library, part of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute. About RALPH ERIC PATTISON and the ‘PATTISON COLLECTION’ The ‘Pattison Collection’ is a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the WMI was led to ask the City Council to take it over in 1911 due to lack of financial support. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Public Library as it was then called. Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up home in Warrnambool. In 1935 when Pattison accepted the position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council his huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower areas of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave from 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However, he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. THE NEW WARRNAMBOOL LIBRARY When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Pattison. Eventually, the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. WARRNAMBOOL'S MECHANICS' INSTITUTE Warrnambool's Mechanics' Institute (or Institution as it was sometimes called) was one of the earliest in Victoria. On 17th October 1853 a meeting was held where it was resolved to request the Lieutenant Governor of the Colony to grant land for the erection of a Mechanics' Institutes building. A committee was formed at the meeting and Richard Osburne chaired the first meeting of this committee. The land on the North West corner of Banyan and Merri Streets was granted but there were no funds to erect the building. The Formal Rights of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute's encompassed its aims and these were officially adopted in1859; "This Institution has for its object the diffusion of literary, scientific, and other useful knowledge amongst its members, excluding all controversial subjects, religious or political. These objects are sought to be obtained by means of a circulating library, a reading room, the establishment of classes, debates, and the occasional delivery of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy, mechanics, astronomy, chemistry, natural history, literature, and the useful and ornamental arts, particularly those which have a more immediate reference to the colony." The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute opened its first reading room in November1884 in the National School building at the corner of Banyan and Timor Streets. The Institute was funded by member subscription, payable on a quarterly, half yearly or yearly basis. Samuel Hannaford, the Manager of the Warrnambool Bank of Australasia, was the first Honorary Secretary of the Mechanics' Institutes, and an early President and Vice-President. He also gave several of the early lectures in the Reading Room. Another early Secretary, Librarian and lecturer was Marmaduke Fisher, the teacher at the National School. Lecture topics included The Poets and Poetry of Ireland', 'The Birth and Development of the Earth', 'The Vertebrae - with Remarks on the pleasures resulting from the study of Natural History' and 'Architecture'. In 1856 the Reading Room was moved to James Hider's shop in Timor Street, and by 1864 it was located in the bookshop of Davies and Read. In the 1860's the Mechanics' Institute struggled as membership waned but in 1866, after a series of fund raising efforts, the committee was able to purchase land in Liebig Street, on a site then called Market Square, between the weighbridge and the fire station. A Mechanics' Institute building was opened at this site in August 1871. The following year four more rooms were added to the main Reading Room and in 1873 the Artisan School of Design was incorporated into the Institute. The same year Joseph Archibald established a Museum; however it deteriorated when he was transferred to Bendigo in 1877. In 1880, with Archibald's return to Warrnambool, the Museum was re-established, and in 1885 a new building was built at the back of the Institute to accommodate the re-created School of Design, the Art Gallery and the Museum. In 1887 the Museum section was moved to the former court house in Timor Street (for some time the walls of the building formed part of the TAFE cafeteria but all is now demolished)). In 1911 the Museum was transferred back to the original building and the management of the Mechanics' Institute was handed over to the Warrnambool City Council. The Museum and Art Gallery became one and housed many fine works of art, and the Library continued to grow. The building was well patronised, with records showing that at the beginning of the 20th century there were between 500 and 800 visitors. During World War One the monthly figures were in the thousands, with 3,400 people visiting in January 1915. The Museum was a much loved Institution in Warrnambool until the contents of the Museum and Art Gallery were removed to make room for the Warrnambool City Council Engineers' Department. The contents were stored but many of the items were scattered or lost. When the original building was demolished the site became occupied by the Civic Centre, which included the new City Library. (The library was temporarily located in the old Palais building in Koroit Street.) In the process of reorganisation the Collection was distributed amongst the community groups: -The new City Library took some of the historic books and some important documents, historic photographs and newspapers. -The Art Gallery kept the 19th Century art collection and some of the artefacts from the museum. -The Historic Society has some items -The State Museum has some items -Some items were destroyed -Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village has old newspapers, Government Gazettes, most of the Mechanics' Institute Library, ledgers and documents connected to the Mechanics' Institute Library, some framed and unframed art works and some photographs. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute Library book collection is deemed to be of great importance because it is one of the few collections in an almost intact state, and many of the books are now very rare and of great value. The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. The Plants Indigenous To The Colony of Victoria 1 Author: Ferdinand Mueller Publisher: Government Printer Melbourne Date: 1864-1865 Further Information:John Ferres Government PrinterThe label on spine cover with typed text PAT F 580 MUE Paste down front end paper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library Front loose end paper has a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service Front loose end paper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service Flyleaf has a stamp from Warrnambool Public Museum flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, the plants indigenous to the colony of victoria 1, ferdinand mueller