This is a program of a concert organized by the Soldiers’ Christmas Comforts Group and the Red Cross in Warrnambool to raise funds for the soldiers on active service in World War One. The concert was held in the Warrnambool Town Hall in September 1916 and featured a Melbourne artist, Horace Wood, who gave several violin solos and the local Warrnambool orchestra of Miss Gertrude Rooney. The Rooneys were early settlers in the Dennington area and had the property, ‘White Rock’ in Dennington and a produce store in Warrnambool. Miss Gertrude Rooney was an accomplished musician and was prominent in musical circles in Warrnambool during the first half of the 20th century. This program is of interest as an example of the fund raising activities in Warrnambool during World War One and of the type of entertainment offered at concerts at that time. There are many well-known names listed among the orchestra members at the back of the program. This is a sheet of buff-coloured paper folded in two to make four pages. The front page has an ornate red edging and there is dark blue printing on the front and back pages. The front page has a large Red Cross emblem The inside two pages have the printed program of concert items in black print. There are also advertisements for local Warrnambool businesses. The edges of the program are torn and ragged. world war one, warrnambool in world war one, gertrude rooney, musical entertainments in early 20th century, warrnambool

2 page letter, buff coloured paper, handwritten in black pen. Letterhead 'Atcherley Private Hotel, Petrie Bight, Queen Street, Brisbane, dated 8th. Feb 1931'. In good humour yet reflecting on bus 'Moth' crash; joy flights; business opportunity; others showing interest; Miss Grace; Nambucca Heads; written to Howard Jolley and referring to Howard and Mrs 'Jolly'

Three black and white photos mounted on buff cardboard. Photos depict remains of wall of the Arblaster's Powder Factory with three men inspecting site, thickness of wall 3 ft., and Arblaster's home in Arblaster St., Eaglehawk. House is miner's cottage, with lace iron work on verandah, white post and rail fence outside. Photos taken by unknown person, however, could be Albert Richardson ?business, mining, arblaster's powder factory, arblaster's powder factory, arblaster, explosives, eaglehawk, bendigo, mining

Buff coloured envelope addressed to Mrs. M. J. Randell. Hand written on the envelope 10/?100Bonds held for Safe Keeping. 1/100 Bond 2?% due 1923. Printed in the bottom left corner: Registry of Commonwealth Government Inscribed Stock, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Melbourne. Red was seal on the envelope flap. Impressed with Registry of Commonwealth Government, Inscribed Stock, Melbourne.business, stockbroker, kelly & allsop, kelly and allsop collection - envelope, mrs m j randell, commonwealth government inscribed stock, commonwealth bank of australia

3/4 portrait of a young woman wearing an academic gown and mitre board. She is holding a scroll in her right hand. She has a white dress under the gown. She has a bracelet on each wrist and a pendant necklace and a cross at the collar of her dress. Photo is mounted on buff cardboard and has indented lines around the photo with an embossed bow top and bottom.Bartlett Bros. Bendigophotograph, portrait, female, foster & wilson collection, photograph

Photograph: black and white photo, buff mat, black wooden frame, glass front. 20 men seated in three rows, dressed in suits and hats, oars crossed in front. Written on bottom of photo: S.R.C. Committee 1910 - 1911 ( Sandhurst Rowing Club ) Written on rear of frame ' Mr. J. Godfrey 3 from the right front row. ' 1/6 written in pencil.organization, club/society, sandhurst rowing club, sandhurst rowing club, sandhurst

Newspaper cuttings from local papers announcing scholarship winners from Williamstown High School. Cuttings have been taken from 1921- 1925, 1930, 1932 - 1937, 1939 - 1941, 1944 & 1946. Also includes a clipping about the opening of the new school building in 1945. Folder with buff card cover and single sheets formed into a book with split pins. 17 pages.On cover: 4273/29 Indecipherable signature.scholarships, williamstown high school, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1930, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1946

Buff Coloured Paper Receipt No. 51648 The Standard Insurance Company Limited Fire Renewal Policy For Mrs Christina Cooper of High Street Kangaroo Flat. Policy No. 120223 Due Date 24th August 1930, Renewed to 4pm 24th August 1931. Insurance for dwelling and furniture. Sum insured £300, Premium Paid £1: 7:- Agency Kangaroo Flat W.J. Anderson.bendigo, housing, fire insurance renewal

Three hundred and fifty three page share register, dark green cover, buff bindings. On spine of register in gold text, printed on maroon background :" Share Register' and 'Kong Meng Gold Reefs N.L.' printed in gold on brown background. Alphabetical index of share holders in front of register. Dates range from 1935 to 1936. Share register is part of the Margaret Roberts Collection. bendigo, gold mining, shareholders, share transfers, kong meng gold reefs, dargo, margaret roberts collection, mccoll rankin and stanistreet

Register: Residence Areas Register Sandhurst: Volume 18, brown hard cover register, maroon and buff coloured spine, containing pages nos. 1 - 802. Entries of residence licenses, Bendigo district, Sandhurst Division, 24 August 1905 to 4 February 1914, plus entries of rent paid subsequently. Not indexed. Nos. 13279 to 17302. On spine ' Register of residence areas'place, residence areas, bendigo, sandhurst, land sales, rents

Buff coloured contract, black typed print. 10 page document. On top of first page letterhead of Emil Mauermann, Architect, Sandhurst General Conditions of Contract for (handwritten) alteration and addition of a 'Mansard story' (sic) to the private residence of Geo. Lansell Esq, Sandhurst. First four pages are generic typed contract document, appended are pages of handwritten details as to the construction of all aspects of the extension.Emil Mauermann Architect , Sandhurst.bendigo, buildings, fortuna villa

Register: hard covered register, maroon material with dark buff spine and corners. Contains A-Z index in front section linked with registration details of residence areas in the Sandhurst district, Sandhurst division. Written on front cover in gold ' Residence Areas Register' on spine 'No. 7' Blue lined paper pages 1 - 148. Dates from 30 August 1866 to 15 June 1887.place, bendigo, sandhurst, land sales, residence areas, residence register

It is believed that this booklet was produced for visitors to a Fortuna Villa Open Day in 1964. Contains historical photos of the Fortuna Villa Entrance Hall and Music Room. Army Occupied Fortuna from 1942 - 1996.Printed buff coloured photo of Australia on a 4 x page folded A5 booklet. Contains a black printed Survey Corps badge , Surveyor characture and Title "Army Survey Headquarters Survey Regiment" on the cover. The booklet contains other selected early photographs of Fortuna and a diagram of the layout of the grounds. Pages 3 and 4 contain photographs and descriptions of Field surveying from the period."Public Inspection at 'Fortuna' Bendigo 10th May 1964" Donation 2/- royal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr

Small Buff card issued by the Commonwealth of Australia War Damage Commission, under the National Security (War Damage to Property) Regulations. This Certificate of Authority, Number V589, was issued to Ringwood Councillor J.K.McCaskill, Alexander Rd. Ringwood on 14th July 1942. Under the regulations, "..for the purposes of assessing FIXED PROPERTY & OTHER THAN FIXED PROPERTY Claims...", the bearer "is authorised to enter premises and inspect property in accordance with the Regulations"

The Captain Cook bicentenary was commemorated in Australia in 1970. The British explorer Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook sailed and charted the East Coast of Australia in 1770, and claimed the Eastern Seabord of the Continent for the British Crown. This is not considered the official bicentenary of Australia, but rather the mapping of the Eastern coastlineLike many other towns around Eastern Australia, Yackandandah celebrated the bi centenary with a street parade, enjoyed by residents of surrounding areas including the Kiewa Valley3 black and white photographs mounted on buff card. Photographs taken at Captain Cook bi-centenary parade and celebrations in Yackandandah on April 4th 1970 1. Float depicting Captain Cook and sailors aboard the H. M. Endeavour 2. Local children on horseback possible representing the pony club. 3. Group of spectators standing outside the post office. One unidentified person dressed as a golliwogHandwritten in black ink above photo 1 "Capt. Cook Bi Centenary. Yack. 4 April 1970 (last number of date unclear) No marking on other photosyackandandah, parade, clare roper

Grassmere is a small hamlet about 12 kilometres from Warrnambool. It is a farming area. The Grassmere Gold Mining Company, presumably established by local people in Grassmere, was created in 1898 for the purpose of acquiring from Messrs James and Mewha a lease of a Cassilis gold mine (23 acres). The Manager of the Company was Horatio Dickson of Melbourne and the brokers were McMeekin and Co. of Melbourne and Warrnambool and Dickson and Osborne of Melbourne. This reef mine was one of several in Cassilis, Gippsland, 12 kilometres north west of Swifts Creek. The gold-bearing quartz reefs were discovered in 1885 and worked to 1914. It is not known whether the Grassmere Cassilis mine was a financial success but the mining operations were impeded by the hardness of the stone in the area. William Robinson was a farmer in the Grasmere area. This receipt is of considerable interest as one of only three items the Warrnambool and District Historical Society that is connected to the establishment of the Grassmere Gold Mining Company. The gold mine establishment was one of the many minor events in the district in the 1890s. This is an 1899 receipt for William Robinson upon payment of six shillings and three pence, being part payment for shares in the Grassmere Gold Mining Company. The buff-coloured paper has black printing and black-ink handwriting. There are two stamps – one is the stamp of ‘H.S.Dickson’ and the other is the stamp of the ‘Grassmere Gold Mining Company, No Liability’. The certificate has silver fish damage at the top and the right-hand side‘May 30th 1899, Received from Mr Wm. Robinson the sum of six shillings and three pence, being the amount of 5th call of 1½ per share, due on 50 shares, nos. 12651/12700 in the above company, H.S. Dickson, Manager’grassmere, grassmere gold mining company, william robinson, warrnambool

Two Buff card covered receipt book containing perforated pages with handwritten names and addresses of students and the course certificate they have received. Stub on left hand side attached still for schools records, right hand side is to prove student received certificate. 00323.1 begins 28/05/1914 ends March 7,1924. 00323.2 begins 7/3/1924 ends 25th February 1929Front Cover of 00323.1 - (handwritten) 'Certificates Delivered etc note: Gum ea receipt in Book when returned.' Front and Back Cover of 00323.2 - missing Printed on each receipt page 'The Registrar, School of Mines, Ballarat. Dear Sir, I have this day received the undermentioned Certificate from the Ballarat School of Mines. Yours truly,'ballarat school of mines, certificates, diplomas, students names and addresses, louis h vernon, mary b. brown, carl schache, marcus stone, linda moncrieff, peter chatham, lena lancaster, guido brelaz, alex kum yuen, cecily levien, j. p. elsworth, loyal finch, john dulfer, george baragwanath, j.c. o'loughlin

Buff coloured certificate and covering notice certifying that Bro. Arthur James Bromwich Aird was received into the Order of the Secret Monitor on the 14th October AL 5953 AD 1953 in the Amicitia Conclave No.96 meeting at Camberwell, Victoria and registered in the Books of the Grand Council. Both documents signed by the Grand Recorder and affixed with the Seal of the Grand Council of the Order at London on 31st May AL 5955 AD 1955.

Buff envelope addressed to Michael Kelly, Esq., Sharebroker, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, post marked London, Sep 2, 1926 J. Envelope has an insignia in the top left corner. It has a shield with a cross, a sword makes up the vertical part of the cross. An eliptical shape wreath surrounds the shield. Envelope from The Rev. George L. Craven, 48, Compton Street, London, W.C. 1.business, stockbroker, kelly & allsop, kelly and allsop collection - envelope, michael kelly esq., the rev. george l craven

Buff coloured invoice issued by J.H. Abbott & Co., to Mr. J. Guiney 126 Sternberg Street, Bendigo, dated 1 September, 1934, for ladies shoes 4578, price 1/14/0d. Letterhead has image of elephant in harness pulling a shoe, which is tied to a tree trunk. ( indicating strength of shoe manufactured by Abbott's ? ) 'Manufacturers of Anatomical Boots' written within shield on letterhead.bendigo, business, j.h. abbott & co, mrs. guiney. j. h. abbott.

Document: hard cover journal with green cover and buff spine and corners. Contains listing of applications received for leases ( type not specified ) in Bendigo area. LH page: number of application, date of receipt, name, postal address, parish. Rh page: allotment, section, area, recommendation and disposal. On spine in red rectangle ' Land Act applications received' Written on front cover in black ink: application register.Lands Office Bendigocottage, miners

Newspaper clippings and a photo of Stan Savige's funeral from a file about the life of Stan Savige. The file contained documents pertaining to the creation of the book 'There goes a man' by W.B. Russell (catalogued separately) as well as these newspaper clippings and photo of Sir Stanley Savige's funeral. The newspaper features refer to the portrait by E Buckmaster submitted to the Archibald Prize competition (00634.4 and 00634.5, page 7 missing) as well as to the book (00634.6). The portrait is hung in the Stan Savige Comradeship Room on level 2 at Legacy House.The items indicate the high esteem in which Sir Stanley Savige was held by the Australian public for both his war service, and for founding Legacy.00634.1 Buff coloured cardboard folder, metal slide 00634.2 Black and white photo, funeral Sir Stanley Savige. 00634.3 Five newspaper clippings. 00634.4 Newspaper feature - The Argus Weekend Magazine, May 10th, 1947. Photo of a portrait of Stan Savige. 00634.5 Newspaper feature - The Argus Weekend Magazine, May 10th, 1947 00634.6 Newspaper clipping - The Age, Friday September 25th, 1959 00634.1 Folder, 'Book biography of Sir Stanley Savige' hand written in black ballpoint pen. 00634.2 Stamped in purple ink "Copyright not for reproduction Herald Sun Feature Service Melbourne Australia'savige book, stan savige, funeral

Journal: black hard cover with buff spine and corners. Contains details of crown land surveyed and sold, district of Sandhurst. Double pages numbered on top right, page columns - parish, town lands, particulars, survey fees, date of survey, date of sale, auction, selection price per acre, total amount, purchaser. No index. On spine '08' 'Bendigo A' 26th June 1857 to 1879 (?)Lands Officeplace, land sales, lands office, crown land, land surveys, bendigo, sandhurst

Document: hard cover journal, black cover with buff spine and corners. Contains register of land maps sold by Bendigo Lands Office. Handwritten entries on ruled pages. LH page: date, number received, name of plan, litho number, price, amount, date, name of plan, price, number sold, amount, number used in office, amount. Rh page: repeat of LH page.Lands Office Bendigobendigo, lands office, litho register

Register: hard covered register, blue material with dark buff spine and corners. Contains A-Z index in front section linked with registration details of residence areas in the Sandhurst district, Sandhurst division. ' Residence Areas Register' on front cover ' No. 2' on spine. Register has blue lined pages 1 - 50 with details of property registrations. Dates from 30 March 1883 to 16 June 1883.place, residence areas, bendigo, sandhurst, land sales, land registrations

Register: hard covered register, blue material with dark buff spine and corners. Contains A-Z index in front section linked with registration details of residence areas in the Sandhurst district, Sandhurst division. 'Residence Areas Register' on front cover, 'No. 1 'on spine. Register has lined pages 1 - 202 containing details of registrations. Dates from 1 April 1882 to 19 January 1883.place, residence areas, bendigo, sandhurst, land sales, land registrations