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Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Crystal vase
Fire Brigade trophy - no inscriptionPart of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collectionCrystal vase with decorative floral etchingManufacturers stickerkyneton fire brigade, country fire authority, trophy, fire brigade demonstrations -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Trophy
Fire Brigade Trophy with inscriptionPart of Kyneton trophy collectionSilver goblet heavily decorated with flower motifs on bowl with some decoration on base.Maryborough Volunteer Fire Brigade 25th ANNUAL FETE Easter Monday Hose Practice 4 Men 2nd Prize WON BY A. Birkin J. Croft W. Fowler J. Hankinson KYNETON BRIGADEkyneton fire brigade, kyneton volunteer fire brigade, fire brigade demonstrations, trophy, country fire authority, birkin a, croft j, fowler w, hankinson j, maryborough volunteer fire brigade -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Trophy
Fire Brigade trophy with inscriptionPart of Kyneton Brigade trophy collectionSilver sandwich tray with handleC.D.A.DEMO 1st 6 MAN HOSE & REEL WON BY KYNETON 1947kyneton fire brigade, country fire authority, fire brigade demonstrations, trophy, central districts association -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Trophy
Fire Brigade trophy with inscriptionPart of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collectionSilver urn with elaborate decoration on base and body. Gold interior. Female figure as stemK.V.F.B. Presented by Mr. W. N. Wherrett FOR FIRE BRIAGDES HOSE PRACTICE FOUR MEN kyneton fire brigade, kyneton volunteer fire brigade, country fire authority, trophy, fire brigade demonstrations -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Trophy
Fire Brigade Trophy - no inscriptionPart of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collectionCut glass and silver claret jugkyneton fire brigade, kyneton volunteer fire brigade, country fire authority, trophy, fire brigade demonstrations -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Trophy
Fire Brigade Trophy - no inscriptionPart of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collectionTall urn with two handles, long stem mounted dark on wooden basekyneton fire brigade, kyneton volunteer fire brigade, fire brigade demonstrations, country fire authority, trophy -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Trophy
Fire Brigade Trophy - no inscriptionPart of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collectionOrnate silver coffee pot with four legs and elaborate decoration chased on body and lid. Lid surmounted by peacock. Cloth filter on metal band resting in opening. kyneton fire brigade, trophy, country fire authority, fire brigade demonstrations -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Trophy
Fire Brigade Trophy - no inscriptionPart of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collectionSilver coffee pot with black handle. Attached lid surmounted by decorative knob. Ribbed pattern on body and lid. Cloth filter inside opening.kyneton fire brigade, kyneton volunteer fire brigade, fire brigade demonstrations, country fire authority, trophy -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Trophy
Fire Brigade Trophy - no inscriptionPart of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collectionSilver sugar bowl with two elongated handles. Ribbed decoration and gilt interior.kyneton fire brigade, kyneton volunteer fire brigade, fire brigade demonstrations, country fire authority, trophy -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Trophy
Fire Brigade Trophy - no inscriptionPart of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collectionSilver jug with elongated handle. Ribbed decoration and gilt interior.kyneton fire brigade, kyneton volunteer fire brigade, fire brigade demonstrations, country fire authority, trophy -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Trophy
Fire Brigade Trophy - no inscriptionPart of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collectionSilver teapot with elongated handle. Decoration at top and bottom of body and around opening. Decorative lid and handle.kyneton fire brigade, kyneton volunteer fire brigade, fire brigade demonstrations, country fire authority, trophy -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Trophy
Fire Brigade Trophy - no inscriptionPart of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collectionSilver rose bowl with three handles, gilt interior. Wire mesh cover mounted on decorative brown plastic base. Separate plate resting inside bowlCDFBA 4 MEN HOSE & REEL WON AT CRESWICK 1927kyneton fire brigade, kyneton volunteer fire brigade, fire brigade demonstrations, country fire authority, trophy, central districts fire brigades association -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Trophy
Fire Brigade Trophy - no inscriptionPart of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collectionSilver sandwich tray with two handles.kyneton fire brigade, fire brigade demonstrations, country fire authority, trophy -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Trophy
Fire Brigade Trophy - no inscriptionPart of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collectionSilver teapot decorated with floral pattern with arms to fit matching standkyneton fire brigade, fire brigade demonstrations, country fire authority, trophy -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Trophy
Fire Brigade Trophy - no inscriptionPart of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collectionSilver biscuit barrel. Lid integrated with handle. Body and lid heavily decorated with floral motifskyneton fire brigade, fire brigade demonstrations, country fire authority, trophy -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Trophy
Fire Brigade Trophy - no inscriptionPart of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collectionSilver teapot with handle above . Centre of handle is plastic. Two arms each side for resting on stand.kyneton fire brigade, fire brigade demonstrations, country fire authority, trophy -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Trophy
Fire Brigade Trophy - no inscriptionPart of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collectionSilver teapot stand with four legs. Filigree decoration at top of bracket. Separate oil container fits into base. kyneton fire brigade, fire brigade demonstrations, country fire authority, trophy -
Kyneton Fire Brigade
Memorabilia - Trophy
Fire Brigade Trophy - no inscriptionPart of Kyneton Fire Brigade trophy collectionSilver teapot decoration on lid and top section of pot. Lid surmounted with acorn as knob. Decorative handle with centre piece of turned wood. Four arms that link to stand. Card inside teapot : "UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HIS EXCELLENCY / THE EARL OF HOPETOUN / Country Fire Brigades Demonstration / WARRNAMBOOL / 6th, 7th & 8th March 1894 / SECOND PRIZE / PRESENTED BY ??? Hose (?) Race for 4 Men kyneton fire brigade, fire brigade demonstrations, country fire authority, trophy, warrnambool -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Currency - Coin, 1835
This Great Britain shilling is dated 1835. There were over 3 million of these coins minted during the reign of King William IV, 1830-1837. British coins such as this one shilling were in circulation in the colony of Australia until 1910, when the Commonwealth of Australia began producing its own coinage. This coin was minted by the Royal Mint at Royal Mint Court, in Little Tower Hill, London, England. Coins for circulation in the Kingdom of England, Great Britain and most of the British Empire were produced here until the 1960’s when the Royal Mint shifted location to Wales. The obverse side of the coin’s inscription translation is “William IV by the Grace of God, King of the British territories, Defender of the Faith”. The engraver of the obverse image was William Wyon. The reverse side’s inscription on the coin is translated " King of The British territories, Defender of the Faith” The engraver of the reverse image was Jean Baptiste Merlen. AUSTRALIAN CURRENCY The early settlers of Australia brought their own currency with them so a wide variety of coins, tokens and even ‘promissory’ notes (often called IOU’s) were used in the exchange of goods and services. In 1813 40,000 silver Spanish dollars, purchased by the English government, were delivered to Sydney to help resolve the currency problem reported by Governor Macquarie. The coins were converted for use by punching a hole in the centre of the coin. Both the outer ring, called the holey dollar, and the punched out ‘hole’, called the dump, were then used as the official currency. The holey dollars hold the place of being the first distinctively Australian coins. In 1825 the British Government passed the Sterling Silver Currency Act, making the British Pound the only legal form of currency in the Australian colonies. Not enough British currency was imported into the colony so other forms of currency were still used. In the mid 1800’s Australia entered the Gold Rush period when many made their fortunes. Gold was used for trading, often shaped into ingots, stamped with their weight and purity, and one pound tokens. In 1852 the Adelaide Assay Office, without British approval, made Australia’s first gold coin to meet the need for currency in South Australia after the Gold Rush began. In 1855 the official Australian Mint opened in Sydney, operating as a branch of the Royal Mint in London, and the gold was turned into coins called ‘sovereigns’. Other branches also opened in Melbourne and Perth. Up to the time of Australia becoming a federation in 1901 its currency included British copper and silver coins, Australian gold sovereigns, locally minted copper trade tokens, private banknotes, New South Wales and Queensland government treasury notes and Queensland government banknotes. After Federation the Australian government began to overwrite privately issued notes and prepared for the introduction of its own currency. In 1910 a National Australian Currency was formed, based on the British currency of ‘pounds, shillings and pence’ and the first Commonwealth coining was produced. In 1966, on February 14th, Australia changed over to the decimal currency system of dollars and cents. Australia did not have its own currency in the colonial times. Settlers brought money from other countries and they also traded goods such as grain when currency was scarce. For a long time there was no standardised value for the different currencies. In 1825 British currency became the only official currency in the colony of Australia and coins such as this silver shilling were imported into Australia to replace the mixture of foreign currency. Australia became a Federated nation on 1st January 1901. In 1910 National Australian Currency was formed and Australia produced its own currency, based on the British ‘pounds, shillings and pence’. The British currency was no longer valid. This silver shilling is of national significance as it represents the British currency used in Australia from 1825-1910. Coin, Great Britain shilling. 1835. Silver coin, round. Obverse; King William IV bare head, looking right. Reverse; crown above denomination, surrounded by wreath, year below wreath. Inscription on both sides.Obverse “GULIELMUS IIII D : G : BRITANNIAR : REX F : D :” Reverse “ONE SHILLING” and “1835” flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, coin, currency, money, legal tender, australian currency history, royal mint, great britain shilling 1835, king william iv currency, colonial australia currency, william wyon, jean baptiste merlen, numismatics -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Equipment - Ship's Telegraph section, A. Robinson & Co. Ltd, Late-19th to mid-20th centuries
The ship’s communication system that was used from the late 19th century to early-to-mid-20th-century is called an Engine Order Telegraph (E.O.T.) or ship’s telegraph. The system has two parts, the Bridge Section and the Engine Room Section. The Bridge Section is usually mounted on top of a pedestal, and the Engine Room Section is often attached to a vertical surface. The standard commands printed or stamped onto the dial are the directions of AHEAD and ASTERN, and the speeds of STOP, SLOW, HALF, and FULL. The ship’s pilot on the Bridge of a vessel sends his Orders for speed and direction to the to the Engine Room with the E.O.T. He moves the lever or levers, depending on the number of engines the ship has, to change the indicator on the Bridge Section’s dial to point in the new direction and speed of travel. This change causes the Orders to be duplicated on the Engine Room Section’s dial and a bell to signal the change at the same time. The engineer then adjusts the ship’s engines and steering equipment to follow the pilot’s Order. The manufacturer, A. Robinson & Co. Ltd of Liverpool, established his business in 1780 and continued until 1968 when the business was purchased by marine products maker Chadburns, established in London in 1870.This Engine Room section is part of a ship's telegraph communication system and represents marine technology used in the late-19th to mid-20th-century. Engine Room Section of a ship’s telegraph or Engine Order Telegraph (E.O.T.). The round brass dial has inscriptions stamped around its edge and centre. Red inlaid glass plates have inscriptions in white paint on them. The inscriptions are nautical terms for direction and speed and include the maker’s details. A rotating pointer is joined to the centre of the dial. The maker is A. Robinson & Co. Ltd of Liverpool. Stamped: “FULL / HALF / SLOW / STOP / FULL / HALF / SLOW / STOP”, “AHEAD / ASTERN” Printed: “FULL / HALF / SLOW / STOP / FULL / HALF / SLOW / STOP” Stamped on the dial: “A. ROBINSON & CO. LTD / MANUFACTURERS / LIVERPOOL”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, marine technology, marine communications, engine order telegraph, e.o.t., ship’s telegraph, bridge section, engine room section, ship’s engine telegraph section, marine telegraph, a. robinson & co. ltd, liverpool -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1930
A wooden racquet with a split open throat, and long handle. The base of the head on the obverse features decal inscription: PRESIDENT. The short stem on the reverse features a decal of a crowned garter with the inscription: E. KENT. Remnants of the inscription DUCO PERMANENT/HIGH POLISH FINISH, feature across left side of stem. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Gut, Ink, Leather, Cloth, Stringtennis -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1932
A concave wooden racquet with blue, black, and gold whipping and short, leather handle grip. Inscription along throat on obverse: RELIANCE. Inscription across throat on reverse: "BENTLEY"/NIAGARA/FALLS. Inscription along right side of stem: MADE IN CANADA. Name carved into leather grip on reverse: C. GREEN. Materials: Wood, Nylon, String, Metal, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Leather, Clothtennis -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1892
A wooden tennis racquet with solid, convex throat, and a slender, fine-grooved handle. Impressed inscription across and along throat on obverse: CHAMPION/E.H. SCHUTZE. Impressed inscription along throat on reverse: BERLIN.S.W.12. Impressed inscription along right side of handle: E.H. SCHUTZE. BERLIN./S.W. KOCHSTRASSE S5. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Ink, Guttennis -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1902
A wooden tennis racquet with solid, convex throat, cloth tape shoulder reinforcements, and a fine-grooved handle. Impressed inscription across throat on obverse, accompanied by impressed crown device: KING EDWARD. Impressed inscription on reverse: R. ALTSCHULER/MANNHEIM. Inscription along left side of shaft: JAQUES LONDON. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Ink, Gut, Cloth tapetennis -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK WW1, The All Australia Memorial, 1917
The All Australian Memorial (Victorian Edition) A Historical Record of National Effort During The Great War. Australians Roll of Honour 1914 - 1916, Heroes and Helpers.Hard cardboard cover, black buckram, gold print on front & spine. Australian Military Forces badge illustrated on front. 158 cut, gold page edges, beige paper. Black / white / sepia photos, drawings, maps, portraits, etc. Many photos mounted on cardboard mounts. Fold out photos & maps. Fly leaf & end papers are dark green. Some photos missing. Inscription stamp.Inscription on front end paper handwritten in blue ink: “Desmond V B?er 146 Queen Street Bendigo” Title page: “RSL stamp”book, memorial, all australian -
Montmorency/Eltham RSL Sub Branch
Weapon - Scabbard for German Bayonet, WWI Scabbard
WW1 German steel scabbard for the 1898 German Bayonet. Painted blackNo inscriptions -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Mr George Cox, fisherman, Cowes
Part of a collection of 'Rose & Valentine' series of Post Cards. Copied by John Jansson 1984B&W postcard. Photograph of Mr George Cox, an elderly fisherman sitting outside his hut, which was near the end of the Cowes Jetty (East).No Inscriptionslocal history, photography, photographs, postcards, local identities, black & white postcard copy, george cox, fisherman, jetties, cowes, phillip island -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Elderly Citizens Club, Ringwood East early 1970
Black and White Photograph. Date derived by comparing to later photo of same buildingNo Inscriptions. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood State School No.2997, Maroondah Highway, Ringwood (corner of Ringwood Street) - c.1900
Sepia Photograph, also B&W large print. Mr. Hocking (left), was Headmaster 1898-1917.No inscription -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Portmanteau
The etymology of the word portmanteau: A portmanteau was a travelling bag used as a mailbag. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, both newspapers and letters were transported in these leather mailbags that opened into two sections. A portmanteau is a word created by the blending of two other words in terms of the sounds and meaning. Portmanteau itself is a portmanteau; made up of the French ‘porter’ meaning ‘to carry’ and ‘manteau’ meaning ‘cloak’. The other meaning of this word is ‘a travelling case or bag' but was coined by Lewis Carroll with its new meaning in 1882. History: English merchant Thomas Witherings established mail routes throughout Europe in the 1620 s. He drew up a proposal in 1635 for an English mail system based in London in which portmanteau (containing 2 leather bags lined with cotton) could travel to European towns with sealed bags of mail for protection against spies. The system was put into motion and some 26,000 letters were mailed safely and unopened between London and European towns each week. In the nineteenth century, the official portmanteau was used to carry the mail, letters and newspapers on Americas New England stagecoaches that travelled the postal routes. Before 1789 newspapers were mostly excluded from the mail and the official portmanteau. After the first United States Congress (1789–1791) the postmaster general allowed printers free postage to communicate reports and articles of Congressional informational newspapers with other publishers in other towns and cities for distribution. Example of a mid-20th-century leather bag not connected to a person of significance from history or a historic event. The significance lies in the historic social aspect of this type of bag and how it got its name. This type of bag was popular from the mid 19th century for personal use and fell out of Portmanteau soft leather bag with lock, leather handles (one broken) and with metal plate on front.No inscription flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village