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The Ed Muirhead Physics Museum
Photograph, Cyclotron accelerator
Builit in 1950s and used till the mid 1970s within the Physics Department used in Melbourne. John Rouse and David Caro was involved in the construction.Black and white photo of cyclotron (nuclear physics accelerator)Focusing lens generators. Duplicate of 201 Sticky typed labels on back from top and left to right: “FOCUSSING LENS GENERATORS” -
The Ed Muirhead Physics Museum
Photograph, Cyclotron accelerator
Builit in 1950s and used till the mid 1970s within the Physics Department used in Melbourne. John Rouse and David Caro was involved in the construction.Black and white photo of cyclotron (nuclear physics accelerator)Focusing lens generators. Duplicate of 202 Sticky typed labels on back from top and left to right: “FOCUSSING LENS GENERATORS” -
Unions Ballarat
One big union : a history of the Australian Workers Union 1886-1994, Hearn, Mark et al, 1996
History of the AWU which was formed in 1886. Shows AWU's role in strike actions (including the 1890s), opposition to conscription and the 1950s Labor split.Relevant to the history of the Australian Labor Party, Australian trade unions, National AWU, industrial relations and conscription.Paper; book. Front cover: yellow and blue background; picture of Australian Workers Union banner; white text.Front cover: authors' names and title; AWU name and slogan on the banner picture.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, australian labor party, alp, awu, australian workers union, industrial relations, strikes, unions, conscription, alp split -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Manual (Item) - Overhaul instructions for Pratt & Whitney model J42-P-6 and J42 P-8 turbo-jet engine, Overhaul instructions Pratt & Whitney model J42-P-6 and J42 P-8 turbo-jet engine
Pratt & Whitney overhaul manual covering J42-P-6 and J42 P-8 turbo-jet engine. Produced early 1950s.pratt & whitney, aero engines, j42 p-6, j42 p-8, turbojet engine -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Furniture - Timber wash stand cabinet, porcelain basin, brocade dust cover, 4 May 2015
Wash stand possibly from sailing ship cabinet formerly owned by Point Lonsdale Lighthouse Keeper Charles Alec Richardson 1950sWooden wash stand and blue and white porcelain basin [not original], mirror under lid [not original] with brown brocade dust covermarine furniture, lighthouse keeper, charles alec richardson, point lonsdale lighthouse -
Apollo Bay Museum
Audio - The Cable Station and Communications
Hear about the cable station with the voice of Bob Davis (staff at the station in the 1950s and 60s, recorded 1986) and Postmaster General archival soundapollo bay, cable station, telecommunications -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Headwear - Pink Silk & Net 'Pillbox' Hat, Stella Long, 1960s
Stella Long's millinery business was located in the Block Arcade Melbourne. She was one of the best known Melbourne milliners during the 1950s and 1960s.The Kew Historical Society’s fashion and design collection is comprised of costumes, hats, shoes and personal accessories. Many of these items were purchased or handmade in Victoria; some locally in Kew. The extensive hat collection comprises items dating from the 1860s to the 1970s. While most of the hats in the collection were created by milliners for women, there are a number of early and important men’s hats in the collection. The headwear collection is particularly significant in that it includes the work of notable Australian and international milliners.Pale pink silk circular hat bordered with darker pink satin, and crowned with pink feathers and a silk rose, all draped with pink net. The hat was retailed by Stella Long, 14 Block Arcade, Melbourne. Label: Original model from Stella Long. 14 Block Arcade Melb. 638507.milliners -- melbourne (vic. -- stella long, milliners -- stella long -- block arcade, women's clothing -- hats, headwear -
Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch
Equipment - Cartridges 303 Inert, 1941
The .303 inch catridge was the standard British and Commonwealth cartridge from 1889 until the 1950s when it was replaced by the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. Cartridge .303, comprising brass casing and projectile .303 inch calibre.Manufacturer's markings. Year of manufacture 1941. Manufacturer MH -Military Small Arms Factory No. 3, Hendon, Australia; Lot no: 11Aammunition, cartridge, .303, bullet -
City of Kingston
Photograph - Black and white, c. 1950
This image highlights the rural nature of the area during the 1950s where areas that are now major highways and intersections appear like country roads.Black and white photograph of the intersection of Warrigal Road and Centre Road in Oakleigh. There is a truck travelling south toward the camera along Warrigal Road which is a sealed road. On the right hand side is a Caltex petrol station with a street sign for Centre Road.Handwritten in blue ink on reverse: 2191 Handwritten in red ink on reverse: 72%oakleigh, cars, roads, suburbs -
Melbourne Legacy
Slide, Camps and Holidays, 1958
A colour slide of children at a train station in 1958. In the 1950s for many years Legacy provided Junior Legatees holidays in the country instead of camps. This was a group of children that had gone to Traralgon by train. Was with many other slides taken in the 1950s and 1960s. The slides have been photographed to make digital images and moved to archive quality sleeves. In many cases the original images were not well focussed and the digital image the best available.A record of holidays being organised by Legacy for children.Colour slide photo of a group of children on the train platform in Traralgon.Handwritten on front 'Group members meet the children' and '1958' in blue pen. Imprinted '18' in black ink. Printed on reverse 'Kodachrome Transparency / Processed by Kodak' with a red outline on edge of slide. Also 'Set 2' and '7' in black ink.holidays, trains -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Book - Reference Countryside, The Australian Countryside in Pictures, circa 1950s
This book is a "snapshot" in time (1950s) detailing life in Australia covering a time when a "man's word and handshake" were his moral and quasi legal bond, and the now relative defunct saying "smoko" (having a "time out" from work for a cigarette and tea or coffee). The book spans an era where the male was still the "head" of the family even though for a majority of families the women took on the many "male only" roles during the World War II period. This shift in the leadership of the family hierarchy is mentioned, so ever slightly, (not to offend the still predominant macho male image) in both rural and city environments. The effects of the war, and later the push for women's emancipation and equality in both family, social, workplace and political areas of life, since this book was published, is now finally resolved. However there are still some sections of the recent migrate population where this male dominance is causing a few problems.The significance of this book is not only because it was donated by Mrs C. Roper ( from the Roper Family, a pioneer Kiewa Valley and surrounding Region family - originally beef cattle graziers) but also a Kiewa Valley resident and family, experiencing the shift in the social and economical life of post World War II rural Australia. The strong heritage link to this region of many families still residing within its boundaries, is a clear affirmation of the bond that the Kiewa Valley and its Regions have upon family unity. This unity within the rural environment is something that is attracting more and more families from sometimes alienating city life.This printed coloured sketched, or painted paper sleeve of the book is freely wrapped over a dark red hard cover. Into the front of the cover is pressed a standing pose of a farmer with long sleeves rolled up over his elbows. Behind him and to the right are what appears to be three sacks of wheat and next to him is a merino sheep. To the left and down are two dogs one with a fox in its jaws. The book contains 240 pages, 300 illustrations in gravure and 25 pictures in full colour. The inside fly leaf is a colour photograph of a rural scene with dirt road running in the centre and to the left a farm house and a five bay open storage barnOn the tittle page is a signature "C Roper"country life, australian "outback", rural industries, life on the land, swag-man of the bush -
Brighton Historical Society
Dress, Stage costume, circa 1950s-70s
Purchased from an opportunity shop, this dress is a stage costume bearing the label of Bonn & Mackenzie, a prominent UK costume designer from the 1950s to the 1970s. The dress appears to have been worn by June Bronhill (1929-2005), a prominent Australian opera singer and actress, whose name is handwritten on the label. Born June Mary Gough, she began using the stage name of Bronhill in 1952 in honour of her NSW home town of Broken Hill as a form of thanks to the local community who had helped raise money to send her overseas for professional training as a singer. Bronhill trained in London and gained early exposure with the English National Opera. She went on to star in many theatrical productions in Australia and the UK. She moved back to Australia permanently in 1976, and in 1980 was cast in her first television role as Mrs Crawford in the Australian version of 'Are You Being Served?'.Full-length short-sleeved dress of white cotton, lace and nylon, featuring elaborately ruffled sleeves and vertical stripes of lace on the skirt and bodice. The dress is open at the back, fastening with hooks and cotton ties to facilitate quick costume changes.Label, white cotton with red text: "BONN & MACKENZIE LTD. / TEMPLE BAR 1393". Handwritten underneath in black pen: "JUNE BRONHILL".june bronhill, bonn & mackenzie, theatre costume -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Moynihans Stomach Clamp
This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment.Metal scissors used to clamp the stomach during medical procedures. Near finger ends steel between with 4 "teeth" for firm and permanent hold. Lond grip section with longitudinal serating . Screw at pivotmedical, hospital, equipment, clamp, scissors, tawonga, mt beauty, nurse, operations, doctors, stomach -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Tonsil Snare
This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and it therefore required good equipment.Long metal instrument with sliding two finger piece. The other end is hollow and fitted with a very fine wire which was used to snare the tonsil (or nasal polyps). Note: incomplete - wire to be fitted into holes.BRITISHMADE at handle end.medical equipment. hospital equipment. tawonga. hospital. mt beauty. medical instrument. nurse. medical. tonsil. -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Auvard Self Retaining Vaginal Speculum Weights
This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance- Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Good condition and good interpretation capacityMetal instrument with 2 parts. 1. heavy solid metal cylinder - hollow with 1 section open to fit onto handle 2. long metal hollow 3 sided curved handle spreading out to saddle shape and back on 80 degree angle to wide curve shape. Holes used for tape and tied to stirrups (therefore self retainer).BRITISHMADE between 2 holds on saddlemedical equipment. hospital equipment. tawonga. mt beauty. medical. hospital. nurse. doctor. speculum. auvard. -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Straight Myringotome Knife
This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historically Significant: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Good condition and good interpretation capacity.Steel instrument - handle wide with gentle curve. Blade short, thin, flat and sharp with some rust.H.A.T.MELB. on handle Some rust on blade.medical equipment. hospital equipment. tawonga. mt beauty. hospital. medical. knife. nurse. doctor. -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Straight Spencer Wells Artery Forceps
This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built specifically in the 1950s for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historically Significant: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment.Rachet Closure to Clamp Arteries Metal shaped like scissors - serrated across at end for gripping. Finger grips have 3 teeth attached both sides to hold arteries firmly and permanentlyT.D.G.H. on one side (at junction) LRI / STAINLESS on other side (at junction) medical equipment. hospital equipment. mt beauty. tawonga. medical. hospital. nurse. doctor. artery. scissors. spencer wells. forceps. artery. -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Michel Clips
This medical / hospital equipment was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Good condition and good interpretation capacity.Inside white and orange cardboard packet. Metal ends like wire attached to metal sections adjacent to each other. Used instead of stitches. Requires applicator and remover.'100 Michel' (in white writing on orange background) and other side - '18/8' circled (white numbers in orange circle). 'Mt Beauty' handwrittenmedical equipment. hospital equipment. tawonga. mt beauty. medical. hospital. nurse. doctor. medical aid. health. stitches. -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Mathieu's Needle Holder - long
This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme. Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Good condition and good interpretation capacity.In sterilised bag. Steel medical instrument used as scissors for holding needles. The handle section is very long with teeth at the end enabling that end to join. In between the two handles is a piece of steel running lengthwise and attached at the end to each handle (goes across). The scissor end is short and blunt. Used as a needle holder during operations. medical instrument. hospital instrument. mt beauty. tawonga. doctor. nurse. needle. -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Mathieu's Needle Holder - short
This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Good condition and good interpretation capacity.Steel medical instrument used as scissors for holding needles. The handle section is very long with teeth at the end enabling that end to join. In between the 2 handles is a piece of steel running lengthwise and attached at the end to each handle (goes across). The scissor end is short and blunt. In sterilised pack.medical instrument. hospital instrument. mt beauty. tawonga. doctor. nurse. needle. mathieu -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Nasal Polyp Holder
This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Good condition and good interpretation capacity.Steel curved scissors used for grasping nasal polyps for removal. The handle is used with a spring like action controlled by pieces of steel in between. At the join the handles cross have a hinge and then cross back again and become scissors - flat and blunt.medical instrument. hospital instrument. doctor. nurse. tawonga. nasal. polyp. -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Pointy Nose Suture Scissors - small
This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Good condition and good interpretation capacity.Steel scissors used for dressings. Look like school scissors.medical instrument. hospital instrument. scissors. dressings. nurse. doctor. tawonga. -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Round Nose Dressing Scissors
This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Good condition and good interpretation capacity.Steel scissors used for dressings. Blunt ends. Look like child's safety scissors.medical instrument. hospital instrument. tawonga. dressing. scissors. doctor. nurse. -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Kirshner Wires
This medical / hospital equipment was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built specifically in the 1950s for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment.Steel wires tapered at each end. Orthopaedic - Used to stabilise e.g. the toeshospital equipment. medical equipment. tawonga. mt beauty. orthopaedic -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Packing Forceps - straight
This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Good condition and good interpretation capacity.Long steel scissors. Blades are bowed when closed with serrated ends for gripping. Used with packing gauze into a cavity.medical equipment. hospital equipment. scissors, forceps. mt beauty. tawonga. -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Kidney Bowls
This medical / hospital equipment was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment.Tin kidney shaped dish/bowl used as a utility dish. Two the same. Cream colour except for black edges.A little scratchedmedical equipment. hospital equipment. dish. bowl. tawonga. mt beauty. -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Kidney Dish
This medical / hospital equipment was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was builtin the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Large stainless steel kidney shaped dish. Used in the operating theatre for collecting specimen or holding instruments. Edges are lipped (curved and blunt)Centre bottom of dish: Inscribed - Stainless / Steel / by / Paramount / K. C. Luke / Melb. / 48hospital equipment. medical equipment. hospital theatre. dish. mt beauty. tawonga. operating. -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Cheatle's Lifting Forceps
This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment.2 the same each in a sterilised bag. Long steel forceps with 1 curved hook (for the fingers) and circle for the thumb. The scissor part is serrated with slight hook at end. They are curved from the pivot towards the hook side. Used for lifting instruments out of the autoclave. Was stored by the autoclave in a container of sterilising fluid.Inscribed on inside of hook handle: AH THEATREhospital equipment. medical equipment. forceps. autoclave. mt beauty. tawonga. cheatle's. -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Skin Graft Knife
This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment.Long thin bladed steel knife. The handle is a similar length to the blade. The blade has a sharp serrated edge seemingly split longitudenly with a sharp tooth alternating on each side.hospital equipment. medical equipment. tawonga. mt beauty. knife. skin graft. -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Sigmoidascope
This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment.Used for rectal examinations. Stainless steel. 2 parts. Shaped like a gun the handle of the hollow holder being at a rectangle. The connections are attached to a cone shape. The part that fits inside this holder is straight with a handle at one end, with a shield to stop it travelling into its holder too far.Then it continues as a rod, half way along which is another shield until the rod stops at a solid half cylinder. The handle of the 'rod' is rounded with 8 faces.medical equipment. hospital equipment. sigmoidascope. rectum. mt beauty. tawonga.