Receipt dated 22 February 1956. The receipt reads: I hereby agree to indemnify Mr. S.R. Wilkinson against any loss which may arise through the payment of cheque No. 2136 for 5 pounds 4 shillings and 6 pennies, dated January 1st, 1956, made payable to myself, such cheque declared to be lost or destroyed. Signed by D.L. Smyth. The receipt is in a manilla folder.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate, yellow label 594.

The Bendigo Advertiser Newspapers invoice to H.A. & S.R. Wilkinson dated 06/12/1956. The invoice has four entries ''sale account Jones'' for a total of 8 pounds 14 shillings 8 penny. A receipt n. 23840 dated 10/12/1956 is stapled to the invoice recording the cash payment. A 3 penny stamp duty is attached to the receipt. The receipt is in a manilla folder.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate, yellow label 595.

The Bendigo Advertiser Newspapers invoice to H.A. & S.R. Wilkinson dated 16/11/1956. The invoice has four entries ''sale account Reed'' for a total of 23 pounds 14 shillings 0 penny. A receipt n. 23402 dated 23/11/1956 is stapled to the invoice recording the cash payment. A 3 penny stamp duty is attached to the receipt. The receipt is in a manilla folder.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate, yellow label 595.

The Bendigo Advertiser Newspapers invoice to H.A. & S.R. Wilkinson dated 13/11/1956. The invoice has four entries ''sale account Bradley'' for a total of 10 pounds 6 shillings 3 penny. A receipt n. 23275 dated 16/11/1956 is stapled to the invoice recording the cash payment. A 3 penny stamp duty is attached to the receipt. The receipt is in a manilla folder.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate, yellow label 595.

The Bendigo Advertiser Newspapers invoice to H.A. & S.R. Wilkinson dated 08/11/1956. The invoice has five entries ''sale account Greasley'' for a total of 10 pounds 13 shillings 11 penny. A receipt n. 23106 dated 12/11/1956 is stapled to the invoice recording the cash payment. A 3 penny stamp duty is attached to the receipt. The receipt is in a manilla folder.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate, yellow label 595.

The Bendigo Advertiser Newspapers invoice to H.A. & S.R. Wilkinson dated 09/11/1956. The invoice has four entries ''sale account Andrews'' for a total of 6 pounds 3 shillings 1 penny. A receipt n. 23104 dated 12/11/1956 is stapled to the invoice recording the cash payment. A 3 penny stamp duty is attached to the receipt. The receipt is in a manilla folder.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate, yellow label 595.

BHS CollectionThe Bendigo Advertiser Newspapers invoice to H.A. & S.R. Wilkinson dated 16/10/1956. The invoice has three entries ''sale account Cummings'' for a total of 7 pounds 2 shillings 0 penny. A receipt n. 22326 dated 18/10/1956 is stapled to the invoice recording the cash payment. A 2 penny stamp duty is attached to the receipt. The receipt is in a manilla folder.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate, yellow label 595.

BHS CollectionThe Bendigo Advertiser Newspapers invoice to H.A. & S.R. Wilkinson dated 07/06/1956. The invoice has three entries ''sale account Swift'' for a total of 8 pounds 5 shillings 1 penny. A receipt n. 18442 dated 08/06/1956 is stapled to the invoice recording the cash payment. A 2 penny stamp duty is attached to the receipt. The receipt is in a manilla folder.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate, yellow label 595.

BHS CollectionThe Bendigo Advertiser Newspapers invoice to H.A. & S.R. Wilkinson dated 17/03/1956. The invoice has three entries ''sale account Bourke'' for a total of 8 pounds 2 shillings 7 penny. A receipt n. 16220 dated 21/03/1956 is stapled to the invoice recording the cash payment. A 2 penny stamp duty is attached to the receipt. The receipt is in a manilla folder.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate, yellow label 595.

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Saturday, August 23, 2003. Team players: the Saint Vincent's College first eighteen football team, 1956.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

B&W photograph from the play "Quiet Weekend" dated 25 August 1956. Actors are May Sommers, Bert Housden, Don Barrett and Nance Downs.

The United Protestant Church at Woomera was built at a cost of 10,000 pounds. It was opened on 14 October 1956 by the Governor General Sir Robert George. The church was dedicated by Chaplain General A. Brooke and Principal Air Chaplain R.C. Russell. B & W exterior view of the United Protestant Church at Woomera, South Australia.united protestant church, woomera, governor general sir robert george, chaplain general a. brooke, principal air chaplain r.c. russell

State Rivers and Water Supply Commission Coliban District map. Titled: S.R. & W.S.C. Coliban District Plan showing Irrigation and Town Supply Channels 1956. Scale: 1 inch = 4 miles. Indicates concrete lining and concrete re-lining channels. Printed in blue ink and information added in red. The map is dated at the bottom - 30/11/'56. There is a number, 25,491, in the bottom right corner.state infrastructure, water supply, coliban system, state rivers and water supply commission. coliban system.

Cardboard, Kodachrome slide, white with red band around slide on non viewing side of Geelong No. 18 at East Terminus. Photo shows a crewman boarding the front end of the tram. Possibly taken on the last day of the Chilwell - East West line, 8/1/1956. See Reg. Item 476.5 for a similar photograph taken by Geoff Grant and 2675 for another copy of the slide. Photographer unknown.tramways, trams, geelong, east, tram 18

Yields information about disposal of tramcars from Ballarat and 21E trucks.Newspaper clipping from The Courier, 30/1/1956, titled "The End of a Tram" with a photo and caption of depot workers pushing a 21E truck back into the depot after the body of a single trucker was sold for a "sleepout" - See Reg Item 5526 - most likely No. 16 as the dates match up. Contained originally within Reg Item 5507 at the back of the binder. For items see btm5507 loose items list.pdf disposal, 16, sale of trams, depot

An audio recording from 24 April 1956. The tape has not been played. From the date it could be a recording of the annual "Anzac Commemoration Ceremony for Students" event, usually held just prior to Anzac Day. The ceremony provides a valuable opportunity for students to gain an appreciation of the Anzac spirit, the significance of the Shrine and the meaning of Anzac Day. Inscription starts with 'Shrine Ceremony', 'Commentator L/ W Scott', also 'Governor Sir Dallas Brooks', 'Land of mine', 'Pres L/ R Gaylard'. Legatee Gaylard was president in 1956. The Governor of Victoria was patron of Legacy at the time and attended many ceremonies and events.A record of a ceremony at the Shrine run by Legacy for students.An audio tape, 90 mins, on a clear plastic spool in a red cardboard box.Box, Recording tape for magictape recorders,Pyrox LTD. 14-36 Queensberry St. Melbourne 18 Albion St. Sydney Sound- recording Tape 60 minutes twin track. For use with magictape recorders.All in blue print The Official Magictape in white print on a dark blue background. Title Melbourne Legacy,speed 7 1/2" per sec, in blue biro. Various recordings listed with times in blue ink. Spool. Side no1, side no 2, Magictape made in Australia. Tape. anzac commemoration for students, governor of victoria

A box with a picture of men and women on the front. It contains 2 folders of newspaper cuttings. (1) A series of 'Bendigo Advertiser' newspaper cuttings under the heading of 'Woman on Bendigo' 1956-1957. Also contains a few cuttings all relating to Bendigo 1932 - 1960 and from 'Bendigo Advertiser' and 'Table Talk.' 1932 - 1960. (11) 'Press pictures of Bendigo Women and their Work.' 'Bendigo Advertiser,' 1956 - 1967.Women on Bendigo and Paper Snapsperson, individual, women, lydia chancellor, collection, bendigo, women, 'women on bendigo, ' 'paper snaps, ' pioneer women of bendigo, ' female, individual

1956 C.R.B. Plan of Survey of Part of Crown Portion 13 Section 4 Parish of Nillumbik, County of Evelyn Eltham-Yarra Glen Road, Shire of Eltham Shows Surveyor field notes, property ownership and building type and construction.eltham-yarra glen road, country roads board, eltham, main road, survey plan, 1956, a.l. lyon, a.w. brinkkotter, arthur street, c.r. burkett, dudley street, e.n. staff, eltham war memorial trust, henry street, luck street, pryor street, the board of land & works, the equity trustees executors and agency coy ltd, the roman catholic trusts corporation, victorian railways commision, neil webster collection

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 a 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 a 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. 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 Mystery of Edwin Drood Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Oxford University Press Date: 1956 Further Information: With twelve illustrations by Luke Fildes and two by Charles CollinsThe label on the spine cover with typed text PAT 823 DIC Pastedown front endpaper has a sticker from Warrnambool Public Library. Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service. 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 mystery of edwin drood, charles dickens

Invoice from Hesse Bros Electrical Service, Lyttleton Terrace, Bendigo. The invoice is dated September 1, 1956 and is issued to Abbott Supply Co. Market Square, Bendigo.business, retail, hesse bros

German wood carvers, Eva and Alf Schubert lived at 129 Mount Pleasant Road, Nunawading, from 1956. The house was built in 1891 and it now up for sale again.German wood carvers, Eva and Alf Schubert lived at 129 Mount Pleasant Road, Nunawading, from 1956. The house was built in 1891 and it now up for sale again.schubert, eva, mount pleasant road, nunawading, no. 129, alf

Document. Cheque stubs 158641 11/10/1950 ES & A Bank Ltd. To 158790 15/3/1956. 4 cheques signed for South Wattle Gully Co. N/L by Leonard Dungey. Remainder stamped East Clarence Gold Mining Co. No Liability. Stamp, South Wattle Gully Company etc. 72 (Red Ink District ?) Stamp East Clarence etc. (Red Ink District ?)McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, south wattle gully co. n/l, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, south wattle gully co. n/l, east clarence gold mining co. n/l, gold mining, cheque book.

Yields information about the then new tram No. 41 in Ballarat, ex Geelong 39 about to do its 1st trial run, and Lake Wendouree at the time.Black and white photograph of Ballarat No. 41 in Wendouree Parade outside the depot, about to go on its trial run, following its transfer from Geelong, ex Geelong No. 39 Photo by Wal Jack on 13/4/1956. Scan of negative from the Keith Kings donation add 13/5/2020. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of negativeOn rear in ink. "Ballarat No. 41, ex Geelong 39 on its 1st trial run, Wendouree Parade, 13-4-56"; and Wal Jack copyright stamp "T235".tramways, trams, depot, bogie trams, tram 41

Kodachrome Transparency - 35mm slide - cardboard mount, with one side with red border and words "Kodachrome Transparency" top and bottom. On the other side is "Made in England" and "View from this side". Photo taken by Ben Parle 4/1956. Photo of Ballarat No. 32 at the Sebastopol terminus, with the Royal Mail Hotel in the background, with the tram waiting for departure. The tram has the destination of Lydiard St. North. Image2828ia - cleaned image of 9/2021. "Sebastopol Ballarat" "1/54"tramways, trams, sebastopol, royal mail hotel, tram 32

Kodachrome Transparency - 35mm slide - cardboard mount, with one side with red border and words "Kodachrome Transparency" top and bottom. On the other side is "Made in Australia" and "View from this side". Photo taken by Ben Parle 4/1956. Has slide No. "2" stamped in red in top corner. Photo of the Ballarat Scrubber, standing on "0" road, with the tennis court in the background. Has a friend of the photographer standing at the back of the tramcar. "Depot Ballarat" "4/56"tramways, trams, wendouree parade, sec depot, depot, scrubber tram, scrubber