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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageDomestic object - Lamp, Bradley & Hubbard, Early 20th century
One of the most common centre draft kerosene lamps one can find in the USA and Canada is the Rayo. Large and sturdy, simple to use, but also notorious for being a fuel hog. This lamp was made by Bradley and Hubbard Metalworks in Chicago also Bradley and Hubbard made the “Perfection” brand lamps that look like the Rayo and are pretty much the same lamp with all parts interchangeable. The Rayo was given away to customers for free as a promotional item by the Standard Oil Company. The lamp’s huge appetite for fuel meant a hefty increase in sales of kerosene for the company and increased profits. The Rayo is a classic centre draft lamp that uses a widely available tubular wick that measures 62mm flat. It employs a simple and reliable mechanism for securing wicks in the burner along with a brass tube with many small teeth at its end. The tube is attached to the toothed rack that’s moved up and down by the adjuster knob. This type of lamp was used in most households and on rural properties before the introduction of electricity and is an early example of a promotional. The lamp was given away to customers of Kerosene oil as a means of increasing the Standard Oil Company sales of Kerosene during the late19th to early 20th century.Kerosene Lamp, side lifting arm to light.Inscribed "Rayo" and "Made in the USA"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, kerosene lamp, lighting, hurricane lamp, storm lamp, rayo ltd -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub BranchMedical Kit
RAAMC Patrol Medical Kitequipment, desert storm, army -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub BranchShell Casings
Shell Casing ZSU23 Russian shell cases. 23mm. 2 ofammunition, desert storm -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Garth Pratten et al, Still the same: Reflections on active service from Bardia to Baidoa, 1996
War is a noisy, confusing and frightening experience and it is the job of the soldier, usually against better judgement to walk through this storm and secure victory.Index, appendix, ill (b/w) (maps)non-fictionWar is a noisy, confusing and frightening experience and it is the job of the soldier, usually against better judgement to walk through this storm and secure victory. war - psychological aspects, military art and science - australia -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Readers Book Club, Atlantic fury, 1962
On an island in the outer Hebrides, a British guided weapons unit battles the elements during a raging polar storm. Underlying the ordeal is the mystery of Major Braddock, who disappeared on the island 22 years before.p.317.fictionOn an island in the outer Hebrides, a British guided weapons unit battles the elements during a raging polar storm. Underlying the ordeal is the mystery of Major Braddock, who disappeared on the island 22 years before. english fiction, psychological fiction -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Carroll and Graf, The mammoth bookof battles: The art and science of modern warfare, 1999
Forty gripping accounts of battles from the Boer war to Desert Stormmaps, p,498.non-fictionForty gripping accounts of battles from the Boer war to Desert Stormbattles - history - 20th century, military science -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, HarperCollins, Just Another Soldier: A Year on the Ground in Iraq, 2005
At age seventeen, Jason Christopher Hartley joined the Army National Guard. Thirteen years later, in 2003, he was called to active duty, to serve in Iraq. Sent to a town called Ad Dujayl, made notorious by Saddam Hussein's 1982 massacre, Hartley was thrust into the center of America's war against terrorism. This is his story." "Just Another Soldier takes the reader past the images seen on CNN and the nightly news, into the day-to-day reality of life on the ground as an infantryman, attached to the First Division in the first war of the twenty-first century. From the adrenaline rush of storming a suspected insurgent's house to the sheer boredom of downtime on the base to the horror of dead civilians, Hartley examines his role as a man, as a soldier, and as an American on foreign soil.Ill, p.336.non-fictionAt age seventeen, Jason Christopher Hartley joined the Army National Guard. Thirteen years later, in 2003, he was called to active duty, to serve in Iraq. Sent to a town called Ad Dujayl, made notorious by Saddam Hussein's 1982 massacre, Hartley was thrust into the center of America's war against terrorism. This is his story." "Just Another Soldier takes the reader past the images seen on CNN and the nightly news, into the day-to-day reality of life on the ground as an infantryman, attached to the First Division in the first war of the twenty-first century. From the adrenaline rush of storming a suspected insurgent's house to the sheer boredom of downtime on the base to the horror of dead civilians, Hartley examines his role as a man, as a soldier, and as an American on foreign soil.iraq war 2003 - personal recollections, iraq war - biography -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Windrow and Greene et al, Victory in the gulf, 1991
A photographic essay of the first gulf warIll, p.128.A photographic essay of the first gulf wargulf war 1991, operation desert storm -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Arcturus Publishing, 1918 : the year of victories, 2003
At the outset of 1918 Germany faced certain defeat as a result of Allied technical innovation in tanks and aircraft, and the American entry into the war. Victory could only be gained by the immediate application of overwhelming force in new tactical form; the 'fire-waltz' artillery barrage and the storm-trooper infantry attack. 1918 examines both the Germans' tactics and the Allies' preferred solution to fighting this war, the combination of artillery, tanks, infantry and aircraft, and argues that this reached a level of sophistication in command and control never before achieved. The war of attrition was far from over, but as more Americans arrived in France the ghastly cost became affordable. For the Germans, it became a question of whether they could negotiate an armistice before their armies were utterly destroyed.Index, bib, maps, p.235.non-fictionAt the outset of 1918 Germany faced certain defeat as a result of Allied technical innovation in tanks and aircraft, and the American entry into the war. Victory could only be gained by the immediate application of overwhelming force in new tactical form; the 'fire-waltz' artillery barrage and the storm-trooper infantry attack. 1918 examines both the Germans' tactics and the Allies' preferred solution to fighting this war, the combination of artillery, tanks, infantry and aircraft, and argues that this reached a level of sophistication in command and control never before achieved. The war of attrition was far from over, but as more Americans arrived in France the ghastly cost became affordable. For the Germans, it became a question of whether they could negotiate an armistice before their armies were utterly destroyed.world war 1914-1918 - history, world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - france -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Cassell, To win a war : 1918, the year of victory, 2008
At the outset of 1918 Germany faced certain defeat as a result of Allied technical innovation in tanks and aircraft, and the American entry into the war. Victory could only be gained by the immediate application of overwhelming force in new tactical form; the 'fire-waltz' artillery barrage and the storm-trooper infantry attack. 1918 examines both the Germans' tactics and the Allies' preferred solution to fighting this war, the combination of artillery, tanks, infantry and aircraft, and argues that this reached a level of sophistication in command and control never before achieved. The war of attrition was far from over, but as more Americans arrived in France the ghastly cost became affordable. For the Germans, it became a question of whether they could negotiate an armistice before their armies were utterly destroyed.Index, bib, ill, p.283.non-fictionAt the outset of 1918 Germany faced certain defeat as a result of Allied technical innovation in tanks and aircraft, and the American entry into the war. Victory could only be gained by the immediate application of overwhelming force in new tactical form; the 'fire-waltz' artillery barrage and the storm-trooper infantry attack. 1918 examines both the Germans' tactics and the Allies' preferred solution to fighting this war, the combination of artillery, tanks, infantry and aircraft, and argues that this reached a level of sophistication in command and control never before achieved. The war of attrition was far from over, but as more Americans arrived in France the ghastly cost became affordable. For the Germans, it became a question of whether they could negotiate an armistice before their armies were utterly destroyed.world war 1914-1918 - history, world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - france -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Pan, H. Norman Schwarzkopf : road to triumph, 1991
A hagiography of General H Norman SchwarzkopfIll, p.287.non-fictionA hagiography of General H Norman Schwarzkopf general h norman schwarzkopf - biography, operation desert storm -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Lewis, Jon ed, The Mammoth Book of True War Stories
Gripping tales of real-life horror and heroism from the history of human conflict.Gripping tales of real-life horror and heroism from the history of human conflict.war - press coverage, desert storm, killing fields of vietnam -
Melbourne Athenaeum ArchivesTheatre Program, The Playboy of the Western World (play) by John Millington Synge, performed by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Athenaeum Theatre commencing 25 July 1978, 1978
John Millington Synge's plays were produced by the Irish National Theatre Society in 1905. Program notes reveal that the first performances "were the focus of some of the bitterest scenes ever witnessed in a theatre. Audience unrest ... grew to full-scale riots, and Yeats claimed that by the end of the week's run 70 police were keeping order inside the theatre, while 500 patrolled the streets outside".Unruly gatherings have been witnessed in the Athenaeum Theatre and Collins Street, such as in 1843, a year after the building was completed: "The first election for the Melbourne seat in 1843 turned into a sectarian battle between a Catholic and a Presbyterian candidate." Supporters of the losing candidate "massed outside the Mechanics Institution where the official declaration of the poll was to occur, and tried to storm the building. The police arrived and did disperse them but only to send them on a rampage throughout the town, ...("Building a Free Australia : Places of Democracy" by John Hirst, 2009)Paper program; coloured cover; 16 p. includes articles about the play and the actors.melbourne theatre company, the playboy of the western world, john millington synge, athenaeum theatre, katy wild, riots -
Torquay and District Historical SocietyLegacy of the storm ,Scammell house, Photocopy
Scammell HousePhoto of front of house & Drivewaywreck of joseph h scammell -
Latrobe Regional GalleryPrint, TOYOHIRO, Utagawa, Masaki (Boats in a Snowstorm)
Edo PeriodColoured woodblock printboats, snow storm -
Ballarat Heritage ServicesPostcard - Artwork, J. Stormer Green, Daylesford Hospital by J. Stormer Green
The Daylesford Hospital opened in 1862.Photograph of a painting of a double storey building - Daylesford Hospital in Hospital Street, Daylesford.daylesford hospital, daylesford, painting -
Unions BallaratThe storm has many eyes: a personal narrative (Don Woodward), Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1973
Autobiography by Henry Cabot Lodge who was a US senator and diplomat. He ran for the vice presidency of the United States in 1960, but was unsuccessful. He came from a politically active family. John F. Kennedy successfully challenged Lodge's Senate seat in 1952. Autobiographical & political interest - USA.Book; 272 pages. Front cover: blue background; colour picture of Henry Cabot Lodge; yellow and white lettering; author's name and title.Sticker: A2936. Dewey decimal code in pencil: 923.273 LODbtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, lodge, henry cabot, politics - united states of america, autobiography, senate - usa, kennedy, jf -
Numurkah & District Historical SocietyMundoona Tornado newspaper article
"The Sun" Newspaper article from 29th July, 1955 describing the Mundoona tornadoas per photomundoona, tornado, storm, newspaper article, dave osborne -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumPhotograph - Digital image, John Ward, 28/08/1971 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the use of Wendouree Parade and big hail storm over Ballarat on the last full weekday of operations.Digital image of tram 42 at depot junction in Wendouree Parade, just after the heavy hailstorm of the 28 August 1971, on the last full weekday of running. The driver is changing the points. The tram has the destination of Mt Pleasant. In the background is tram 17. Photo by John Ward 20 August 1971. Slide title "04718 200871 7174-H SECV bogie tram 42 single truck tram 17 Wendouree Pde at Stafford Court Lake Wendouree Ballarat Vic"trams, tramways, wendouree parade, depot junction, closure, mt pleasant, tram 42, tram 17 -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumNewspaper, The Courier Ballarat, sheltering from the rain, 28/12/1999 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper Clipping from the Ballarat Courier of 28/12/1999 featuring a colour photograph of BTM driver Dave O'Neil sheltering on tram 123 during a heavy downpour on 26/12/1999 during the 25th anniversary celebration of the operations of the tramway by the BTM. Photo by Jeremy Banister of The Courier."Tuesday 28th Dec. 1999" in bottom right hand corner in blue ink.trams, tramways, btm, storms, 25th anniversary -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumPhotograph - Black and White photograph/s - mounted
Yields information about the impact of a snow storm in Wendouree Parade. Black and white photograph mounted onto black cardboard backing (blue back cardboard) of an Ex HTT bogie tram (see also item 289) in Wendouree parade, just north of present BTM depot junction, with crew standing in front of tram brushing snow off front after a snowstorm. Approx date between 1946 and 1952, possibly 1948. See Reg. Item 290 for another similar print of this photograph. trams, tramways, ballarat bogie tram, wendouree parade, snowstorm -
Queenscliffe Maritime MuseumEquipment - Ship's compass, J. Priestman & Co. Read more at wrecksite: https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?57395, 1913
On August 23rd, 1949, S. S. TIME was on voyage from Sydney to Melbourne with a cargo of sugar (3,000 tons), timber, general cargo and coal, when she was wrecked on Corsair Rock, entrance of Port Philip Bay. Read more at wrecksite: https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?57395The S.S. Time was a land mark vessel in Queenscliff and surrounding areas from August 23rd, 1949, when it was wrecked on Corsair Rock in the entrance of Port Philip Bay until the early 60s when it broke up in a storm.A brass Compass from SS Time mounted on a wooden frameNo 857 E Easdailess time, compass -
Queenscliffe Maritime MuseumFlag - Australian Red Ensign
On August 23rd, 1949, S. S. TIME was on voyage from Sydney to Melbourne with a cargo of sugar (3,000 tons), timber, general cargo and coal, when she was wrecked on Corsair Rock, entrance of Port Philip Bay. The Australian Red Ensign is the official flag to be flown at sea by Australian registered merchant ships. The S.S. Time was a land mark vessel in Queenscliff and surrounding areas from August 23rd, 1949, when it was wrecked on Corsair Rock in the entrance of Port Philip Bay until the early 60s when it broke up in a storm. Australian Red Ensign from the salvage done on the wreck of the S.S.TimeSS Time hand written on calico edge of flagflag, red ensign, s.s.time, corsair rock, rip, port phillip -
Queenscliffe Maritime MuseumFunctional object - Life bouy
From the Swan Spit LighthouseSteering failure in the early hours of 23rd August 1949 resulted in the S.S. Time running aground on Corsair Rock off Point Nepean. All attempts to save the vessel were abandoned and she was subsequently sold. Salvage attempts were financially more successful. The remnants of the Time remained as a landmark for over 10 years before a storm sent her remains to the bottom.Lifebuoy from the "SS Time"SS "Time" Melbournelife bouy -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Photograph - Photographs 5
Princess of Tasmania operated for 19 years across Bass Strait from 1952 to 1972 Empress of Tasmania operated for 14 years across Bass Strait from 1972 to 1986 when it was replaced by the Abel Tasman which still operatingVessels operated through the Rip and Port Phillip for 19 and 14 years respectively 5 Photographs: 1. MV Princess of Tasmania, 2. MV Empress of Australia, 3. Rip in 1951, 4. PV Akuna, 5. unknown phototasmanian ferry, mv princess of tasmania, mv empress of australia, pv akuna, storms, rip -
Queenscliffe Maritime MuseumFurniture - Captain's Desk
On August 23rd, 1949, S. S. TIME was on voyage from Sydney to Melbourne with a cargo of sugar (3,000 tons), timber, general cargo and coal, when she was wrecked on Corsair Rock, entrance of Port Philip Bay. Read more at wreck site: https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?57395The remnants of the Time remained as a landmark for over 10 years before a storm sent her remains to the bottom. http://home.vicnet.net.au/~maav/diary3.htmCaptain's desk from the SSW Timess tme, shipwrecks, salvage, furniture -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - SANDHURST BOYS CENTRE COLLECTION: MINI TORNADO DAMAGE
Four photographs showing destruction caused by a mini tornado to a Nissen hut on 8 June 1978 which had been used for storage of vegetables and feed for fowls.bendigo, institutions, sandhurst boys centre, storm damage; tornado; -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumPhotograph - Black & White Photograph/s - set of 2, late 1940s
Yields information about the impact of a snow storm in Wendouree Parade.Photo of an ex HTT Bogie tram travelling northbound in Wendouree Parade, near Windmill drive Nth, during a snowstorm. Photo taken prior to fitting red battery lamps and white triangles etc. Between 1946 & 52. Some suggestion of 1948. See also item 290. Two copies on file 289.1 and 289.2 289.2 - added 1/8/1997 - ex BTM display. Original donor unknown. Photo area slightly different to that of 289.2.trams, tramways, ballarat, bogie trams, wendouree parade, snowstorm -
Ballarat Tramway MuseumPhotograph - Black & White Photograph/s, late 1940s
Yields information about the impact of a snow storm in Wendouree Parade.Photo of an Ex HTT bogie tram (see also item 289) in Wendouree parade, just north of present BTM depot junction, with crew standing in front of tram brushing snow off front after a snowstorm. Approx date between 1946 and 1952, possibly 1948. See Reg. Item 2793 for another print of this photograph.On rear in pencil "26/88" plus other markingstrams, tramways, ballarat bogie tram, wendouree parade, snowstorm -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Journal, Kewriosity : August 1991
The greening of Kew [Street Tree Masterplan] / p1. Free mulching of prunings / p1. Looming threat to the character of Kew [Victorian Government plans for medium-density housing] / p1. Diary dates for August / p2. Free self-defence and relaxation classes / p2. Anonymous house [house numbering requirements] / p2. Tom's incredible Spider Ring! ['The Spider Ring' by Track Players] / p2. Commentary / Cr Daryl Oldaker p3. Chief Executive's Column [Property valuations] / p3. Looking down rat holes [storm water drain audit] / p4. Waste plans not half baked [120 Litre Mobile Bin Recycling Trial] / p4. Lower your gas and electricity bills [Kew Community House workshops] / p4. Tribute to John Fleet Maughan 1898-1991 [City Engineer 1924-63] / p4. Indoor celebration of parkland [opening of Burke Road to High Street section of Outer Circle Linear Park] / p5. Forward planning for youth [survey] / p5. Kew saves an endangered species [Studley Park Red Gum - E.Studleyensis] / p5. Compliments, criticism and complaints [Kew Library Comments Book] / p6. Life in East Kew / Mr Tony de Clifford p6. New face [Pierrette Boustany, Outside School Hours Co-ordinator] / p6. New face [Lisa Gaffney, Public Relations Officer] / p6. Kewriosity deadlines / p6. Advertising [charges] / p6. Thankyou to the volunteers of Kew / p7. Another Anniversaire [Count Francoise de la Perouse] / p7. Heartfelt thanks [donation by East Kew Synagogue congregation to Kew Citizens' Advice Bureau] / p7. Kew Rotary Club good works / p7. Cinema to expand [Balwyn Cinema] / p7. Winter Song [Brian Hansford performs 'Winterreise at St John's Hall, Camberwell] / p8. Come to Cameron Country [Donald Cameron et al at Kew Gallery] / p8. You be the Gypsy [Victor Herbert's 'Gipsy Lady' by Viola Musical Comedy Society] / p8. Classical music in Kew [Kew Philharmonic Society] / p8.Kewriosity was a local newsletter combining Kew Council and community news. It was published between November 1983 and June 1994, replacing an earlier Kewriosity [broad] Sheet (1979-84). In producing Kewriosity, Council aimed to provide a range of interesting and informative articles covering its deliberations and decision making, together with items of general interest and importance to the Kew community and information not generally available through daily media outlets.non-fictionThe greening of Kew [Street Tree Masterplan] / p1. Free mulching of prunings / p1. Looming threat to the character of Kew [Victorian Government plans for medium-density housing] / p1. Diary dates for August / p2. Free self-defence and relaxation classes / p2. Anonymous house [house numbering requirements] / p2. Tom's incredible Spider Ring! ['The Spider Ring' by Track Players] / p2. Commentary / Cr Daryl Oldaker p3. Chief Executive's Column [Property valuations] / p3. Looking down rat holes [storm water drain audit] / p4. Waste plans not half baked [120 Litre Mobile Bin Recycling Trial] / p4. Lower your gas and electricity bills [Kew Community House workshops] / p4. Tribute to John Fleet Maughan 1898-1991 [City Engineer 1924-63] / p4. Indoor celebration of parkland [opening of Burke Road to High Street section of Outer Circle Linear Park] / p5. Forward planning for youth [survey] / p5. Kew saves an endangered species [Studley Park Red Gum - E.Studleyensis] / p5. Compliments, criticism and complaints [Kew Library Comments Book] / p6. Life in East Kew / Mr Tony de Clifford p6. New face [Pierrette Boustany, Outside School Hours Co-ordinator] / p6. New face [Lisa Gaffney, Public Relations Officer] / p6. Kewriosity deadlines / p6. Advertising [charges] / p6. Thankyou to the volunteers of Kew / p7. Another Anniversaire [Count Francoise de la Perouse] / p7. Heartfelt thanks [donation by East Kew Synagogue congregation to Kew Citizens' Advice Bureau] / p7. Kew Rotary Club good works / p7. Cinema to expand [Balwyn Cinema] / p7. Winter Song [Brian Hansford performs 'Winterreise at St John's Hall, Camberwell] / p8. Come to Cameron Country [Donald Cameron et al at Kew Gallery] / p8. You be the Gypsy [Victor Herbert's 'Gipsy Lady' by Viola Musical Comedy Society] / p8. Classical music in Kew [Kew Philharmonic Society] / p8. publications -- city of kew (vic.), kewriosity, council newsletters, community newsletters
