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The Ed Muirhead Physics Museum
Photograph, Van de Graaff accelerator
Small black and white photo showing equipment comprising of a large oblong ball on top of column.Handwritten on back in pencil: “Van de Graaff Old Physic Building (Natural Philosophy)” -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph
A black and white photgraph of several soldiers playing volley ball in Bien Hoa 1965 - 1966photograph, bien hoa, charles (john) shay -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
BLACK & WHITEPHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN ASSEMBLY HALL AT CLUNES TOWN HALL AT JAMES ESMOND FESTVAL BALLNOEL KLEINE MRS.KLEINE GREAT GRANDSON OF JAMES ESMONDlocal history, photography, photographs, events and celebrations, james esmond festival ball -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
A BALL AT CLUNES TOWN HALL, TOM EVANS, BRUCE REID, ROBERT VINECOMBE & BRENDA TREMBATHlocal history, photography, photographs, events and celebrations -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Marj and Don Fraser, 1947
Black and white photo of Marj and Don Fraser and daughter, Beverley at City of Nunawading Ball 1947fraser, marj, don, city of nunawading ball -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Photograph - Image, 1940-1949 (Approximate)
Donated by the Presentation Sisters of Mt Carmel Convent Rutherglen. Convent closed May 1990Black & white snapshot of pupils of St Mary's Parish School playing ball games (unmounted)"Playground St Mary's School - Rutherglen"st marys school, school sports, school games, playground -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Digital Photograph, L.J. Gervasoni, Fletcher Jones Gardens, 2011
The famous Fletcher Jones clothing factory boasted a beautiful garden for the use of its workers. After the factory closed the building and gardens were retained.Colour photograph of the Fletcher Jones Gardens, Warrnambool. This image includes the silver ball (water tank). fletcher jones, warrnambool, factory, gardens, heritage, silver ball -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1994
Black and white photograph of Wendy and Rob Wheeler at St Brendan's Ball Lakes Entrance Victoriacelebrations, people -
Williamstown High School
1971 Senior Volleyball
Black and white photograph of Williamstown High School senior girls volley ball team of 1971.williamstown high school, 1971, volleyball -
Wangaratta High School
Electric Typewriter, 1976-1992
First electric typewriter at Wangaratta High SchoolIBM Golf Ball Electric Typewriter Grey Plastic body with a keyboard in the front with a missing key. IBM -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: DEBUTANTE BALL
Black and white photograph. Debutante ball. 20 couples. Flower girl. Attendant. Chaperone. Bouquets.photo, group, debutante ball -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Domestic Object - FAVALORO COLLECTION: CHEESE DISH
EPBM Cheese dish with tray and handle, heavily embossed with floral decoration, 4 ball feet.James Dixon & Sons E.P.B.M PE259 A.Saunders A1 Quality Sydneydomestic equipment, table setting, cheese dish -
Tennis Australia
Instruction Manual, Circa 1975
A four-page instruction manual for use of the 'Tennipump' tennis ball pump. Materials: Paper, Inktennis -
Tennis Australia
Ball container, Circa 1975
An empty, unsealed Slazenger (U.K.) tennis ball can. No lid or balls. Materials: Metal, Inktennis -
Tennis Australia
Figurine, Circa 1910
Painted bisque figurine of a youth in pink hat holding a tennis racquet and ball. Materials: Ceramictennis -
Tennis Australia
Figurine, Circa 1950
Glazed white ceramic figurine of a youth holding a tennis racquet and ball. Materials: Ceramic, Inktennis -
Tennis Australia
Button, Circa 1915
Set of 4 wood buttons each with a crossed racquet and ball motif. Materials: Wood, Inktennis -
Tennis Australia
Bracelet, Circa 1890
Silver cuff-style bracelet with racquet and ball motif. Stamped on reverse:SILVER. Materials: Silver/Metaltennis -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Leisure object - Cup-And-Ball Game, 1940-1958
The Kew Historical Society’s collection includes a wide range of leisure objects. Many of the items are European-made, generally of British origin, however there are a number that were made for the Australian market by Australian manufacturers. There were clearly a huge range of toys produced for the Australian and International children’s market in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries. The examples of toys in the collection include examples of alphabet toys, arcade toys, baby toys, construction toys, dolls, doll accessories, educational toys, soft toys, tin toys, toy animals, toy blocks, toy machines, toy typewriters, etc. Yellow painted wooden game with a beehive lid on a pedestal base. There is a red ball underneath the cap.cup-and-ball game, games and puzzles -
Tennis Australia
Bottle, Unknown
Glass bottle marked with unidentified tennis symbol (Tennis ball inside an 'A' shape). Materials: Glasstennis -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - Soldiers Memorial Hall Canterbury, c1960
Interior view of the Soldiers Memorial Hall(decorated for the Mayoral Ball?) 1960s black and white photographcanterbury, soldiers memorial hall, canterbury road, keats street, mayoral balls -
Kilmore Historical Society
Tool - Shoe stretcher, Wooden and metal shoe stretcher
Hollowed polished wooden toe puff joined with tight metal spring to wooden heel ball1/325/3 ink stamped on hollowed toe puff -
Kilmore Historical Society
Tool - Shoe stretcher
Carved pale wooden toe. Stiff metal spring. Unsealed wooden ball at heel end1/325/3on inside of toe carving -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Booklet - Hamilton-Smith Collection Dance Booklet c. 1928
The 1920's brought many changes to social life in Australia after the austerity of the war years. This was reflected in many cultural activities including music and dance. In the latter years of the decade ,this was evident in the new dance craze of the "Yale Blues" and the "Heebie Jeebie". Young people were eager to learn the latest music and dance steps. Everything needed to support these new trends could be purchased from "Blake's Busy Bazaar and Music Shop in Dean Street, Albury. Peter Wesley Blake, born in Ontario, Canada in 1860, immigrated to Australia in 1881. He moved to Albury in 1896 after purchasing the news agency and stationery business of Messrs. TF Hughes & Co. Described as ‘enterprising’, his store named Blake’s Busy Book Bazaar, stocked “everything required in books, newspapers, stationery, leather and fancy goods, music, musical instruments etc”. Blake sold the store in 1912 to Arthur Hewish who retained the name of the store. It operated with a variety of different owners until 1941.This item is unique and has well documented provenance and a known owner. It forms part of a significant and representative historical collection which reflects the local history of Wodonga. It contributes to our knowledge of social activities of the post-war period, as well as providing interpretative capacity for themes including local history and social history.A small paper booklet printed featuring a picture of a crowded ball room, and a list of song titles.1920's dance, blake's busy bazaar and music store, social life 1920's -
St Patrick's Old Collegians Association (SPOCA)
Photograph - SPOCA, Dances & Balls
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St Patrick's Old Collegians Association (SPOCA)
Photograph - SPOCA, Dances & Balls
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Melbourne Legacy
Photograph, Annual Demonstration
A photo of a junior legatees in elaborate ballgowns and old fashioned outfits, and wigs dancing on stage at the Annual Demonstration. Central characters appear to be a queen and a girl in a tutu as part of a dramatic dance routine. Legacy clubs ran classes for junior legatees for many years such as gymnastics, swimming or dancing classes. It was part of providing for the children of their deceased comrades. The skills they learned were show cased in an annual demonstration usually at the Melbourne Town Hall. It appears to be photo taken professionally of the Annual Demonstration. Year unknown.A record of a way Legacy provided classes for junior legatees and the skills learned were displayed in the Annual Demonstration.Black and white photo of junior legatees in ball gowns dancing on stage at Melbourne Town Hall.Stamped "Leslie Thomspon / 8 Keystone Cres / East Kew WL 3078" in purple ink. Handwritten 'Legacy P2' in blue pen.junior legatee, annual demonstration -
Heidelberg Golf Club
Book - Handbook, Heidelberg Golf Club, Heidelberg Golf Club Members Handbook 2000, 2000
Contains Club information, members' names and contact details and a calendar of events. Some sponsor advertising throughout.Part of an incomplete collection of members handbooks from 1985-2015104 p., stapled, black and red cover with Club logo on golf ball. 2 copies.heidelberg golf club, members handbooks -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Weapon - Carronade, 1840
The carronade was designed as a short-range naval weapon with a low muzzle velocity for merchant ships, but it also found a niche role on warships. It was produced by the Carron Iron Works and was at first sold as a complete system with the gun, mounting, and shot altogether. Carronades initially became popular on British merchant ships during the American Revolutionary War. A lightweight gun that needed only a small gun crew and was devastating at short range was well suited to defending merchant ships against French and American privateers. The invention of the cannon is variously attributed to Lieutenant General Robert Melville in 1759, or to Charles Gascoigne, manager of the Carron Company from 1769 to 1779. In its early years, the weapon was sometimes called a "mellvinade" or a "gasconade". The carronade can be seen as the culmination of a development of naval guns reducing the barrel length and thereby the gunpowder charge. The Carron Company was already selling a "new light-constructed" gun, two-thirds of the weight of the standard naval gun and charged with one-sixth of the weight of the ball in powder before it introduced the carronade, which further halved the gunpowder charge. The theory of its design was to use less powder and had other advantages that were advertised in the company's sales pamphlet of the time, state. The smaller gunpowder charge reduced the barrel heating in action, also reduced the recoil. The mounting, attached to the side of the ship on a pivot, took the recoil on a slider, without altering the alignment of the gun. The pamphlet advocated the use of woollen cartridges, which eliminated the need for wadding and worming, although they were more expensive. Carronades also simplified gunnery for comparatively untrained merchant seamen in both aiming and reloading that was part of the rationale for adopting the gun. Other advantages promoted by the company were. The replacement of trunnions by a bolt underneath, to connect the gun to the mounting, reduced the width of the carriage that enhanced the wide angle of fire. A merchant ship would almost always be running away from an enemy, so a wide-angle of fire was much more important than on a warship. A carronade weighed a quarter as much as a standard cannon and used a quarter to a third of the gunpowder charge. This reduced charge allowed Carronades to have a shorter length and much lighter weight than long guns. Increasing the size of the bore and ball reduces the required length of the barrel. The force acting on the ball is proportional to the square of the diameter, while the mass of the ball rises by the cube, so acceleration is slower; thus, the barrel can be shorter and therefore lighter. Long guns were also much heavier than Carronades because they were over-specified to be capable of being double-shotted, (to load cannons with twice the shot, for increased damage at the expense of range), whereas it was dangerous to do this in a carronade. A ship could carry more carronades, or carronades of a larger calibre, than long guns, and carronades could be mounted on the upper decks, where heavy long guns could cause the ship to be top-heavy and unstable. Carronades also required a smaller gun crew, which was very important for merchant ships, and they were faster to reload. The small bore carronade and carriage is part of a collection of nineteenth Century Flagstaff Hill Guns and Cannon, which is classified as being of significance and was made a few years after the beginning of Queen Victoria's reign in 1837 and fires a 6 lb pound cannon ball. This nineteenth century artillery piece is a rare and representative item of artillery of this era, used predominately on ships, both military and merchant. The artillery piece, individually and as part of the collection, is highly significant for its historical, scientific and aesthetic reasons at the state, national and world level. This carronade represents the methods of artillery technology, its advancement and its modifications to suit dangerous situations that sailors encountered from attacks from free booters (pirates, living from plunder) or others at the time. Carronade firing a 6 lb cast iron ball, with a smooth bore barrel 6.5 cm in dia the item is mounted on stepped wooden carriage with wooden wheels. Cannon barrel can have its elevation adjusted via a wooden wedge. Gun carriage has loops for locating and holding in position to a deck by ropes. Carriage is a replica made 1982Cast into the barrel is the royal emblem of Queen Victoria (VR "Victoria Regina") indicating the carronade was cast during Queen Victoria's reign / 1840 & 4-2-0 denoting the weight of the barrel. Right hand trunnion has a serial number “8708”. Also on top of the barrel is the British "Board of Ordinance" identifying mark a broad arrow indicating the carronade was in military use. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, colonial defences, victoria’s coastal defences, warrnambool fortification, warrnambool garrison battery, warrnambool volunteer corps, ordinance, armaments, garrison gun, smooth bore cannon, carronade, black powder, 12 pounder, 1840, artillery, lieutenant general robert melville, charles gascoigne, carron company, mellvinade, gasconade -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - BARBARA JOHNSON COLLECTION: LAVENDER BAG, 1958
Mauve silk organza fabric containing fragrant lavender seeds, tied into a circular ball with a 5cm pale green satin ribbon tied in a bow.4cm frill at the top of the ball. Used at marriage of Barbara Johnson to her first husband Ian Bulte.costume accessories, clothing accessories, lavender bag for wedding