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Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Medal, S. S. McKay Memorial Medal
... Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat 8 Cardigan St Lake ...medal, horticulture, royal horticultural society victoria, ballarat horticultural society, michael taffe -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Souvenir - Medal, 29th Eucharistic Congress Sydney Sept 1928
... Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat 8 Cardigan St Lake ...The Catholic Church held an International Congress at Sydney in 1928. This was the first such gathering in the Southern Hemisphere and special trains were run from other states to convey visitors to the event. A range of souvenir items were purchased by Catholic families and a collection of these souvenirs including Congress rail tickets were collected and remain in the Taffe family Hymettus collection.This, the 29th Congress was the first ever held outside Europe or the USA. It was first great public demonstration of faith celebrated by Catholics in Australia this event attracted a crowd of half a million, the largest religious spectacle ever seen in Australia to that time.sydney, eucharistic congress, pope pius xi, medal, -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Souvenir - Medal, Australian Championship Regatta 96
... Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat 8 Cardigan St Lake ...This medallion was issued to all competitors at the 1996 Australian Rowing Championships to commemorate the official opening of the Sydney International Regatta Centre at Penrith , March 1996 in which Marion Taffe was rowing.The Sydney International Regatta Centre at Penrith was opened in March 1996 as the new venue for the Sydney Olympic Games 2000. The national regatta 1996 was the first regatta held at the centre and used as a trial for its suitability for the Olympic rowing and canoeing events and the regatta was sponsored by ABN Amro.rowing, regatta, sydney -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Functional object - Fan, Ladies hand fan
... Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat 8 Cardigan St Lake ...Handmade fan for social evenings made by and for Theresa (Tess) Taafe c. 1930s.Small fan made of bakelite, lacework with sequins all hand sewn to netting backing.Nilfan, lady's fan, evening wear, tess lazarus, patrick taafe, redesdale. -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Decorative object - Fabric Horseshoe, Wedding Horseshoe
... Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat 8 Cardigan St Lake ...horseshoe, ornament, luck, tradition, ballarat -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Work on paper - Book, Memoirs of the Family of Taaffe
... Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat 8 Cardigan St Lake ...ireland, austria, taaffe, vienna -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Domestic object - can opener
... Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat 8 Cardigan St Lake ...combination bottle and can opener with corkscrew."Buckle proof blue blade" and "Made by Henry Squire and Sons" etched into opposite sides of the handle.can opener, -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Functional object - candle holders
... Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat 8 Cardigan St Lake ...Scandinavian design in furniture and accessories was very popular in the 1960s - 70s as represented by these two minor decorative candle holders of the period.A small example of the very popular designs reflecting Scandinavian influences of the period.In the modern Danish style of 1970s.etched underneath each holder 'Stelton stainless 18/Denmark.' denmark, stainless, ballarat, 1970s, wedding present -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Domestic object - candle holders, crystal candle holders
... Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat 8 Cardigan St Lake ...donald, candle holders, crystal, wedding present -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Work on paper - Book, The Gardener's Warning
... Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat 8 Cardigan St Lake ...A small book of 47 pages printed at The Specialty Press Melbourne. Covers in poor condition due to wear and water but content pages fair although cover now detached.fictionedna walling, gardeners, poetry -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Work on paper - Newspaper, Weekly Times
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Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Instrument - Cornet, Boosey Cornet
... Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat 8 Cardigan St Lake ...In 1920 Michael Taffe was awarded Junior Cornet Solo Champion at Ballarat's South St competitions, The Grand National Eisteddfod of Australasia. This competition was the premier band contest in Australia with musicians from every state and New Zealand taking part. This Boosey & Co cornet was on display in the window of Allan's Music store Melbourne when the building was severely damaged by fire but these items were saved. Part of a large family collection of local & family history items at Hymettus Cottage, home to the same Ballarat family for the past 125. This cornet has a well documented provenance and a known owner and has been at Hymettus for over a century. Boosey & Co joined with Hawkes in 1930 to become Boosey & Hawkes. This cornet forms part of a significant and representative historical collection that reflects Ballarat's local history from a family perspective. It contributes to our understanding of social and family life in Ballarat from the 19th to the 21st century and provides interpretative capacity for family, local, and social history themes.Heavily decorated and inscribed.cornet, music, michael taffe, south street competitions, ballarat, boosey & co -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Work on paper - pamphlet, Boosey & Co's Compliments
... Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat 8 Cardigan St Lake ...non-fictionmusic, musical instruments, brass bands, -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Furniture - Bookcase, Secretaire bookcase
... Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat 8 Cardigan St Lake ...This bookcase was from Fintona private school Camberwell Melbourne. Fintona was a Presbyterian school for girls founded by Annie Hughston in 1896 and was originally in Camberwell and now Balwyn, Melbourne. The daughters of Pompey Elliot attended the school and the bookcase contains one of their several awards. Colonial Australian cedar secretaire bookcase c.1880 with a piano lid action to the desk lid instead of the more common drop down type.Two door cabinet base with two deep shelves, desk slope inset with gilt tooled leather. desk has rear drawers and one secret compartment and lid. Top section is simple two door glazed cabinet with three moveable cedar shelves topped with a simple pediment.secretaire, fintona, bookcase, violet elliot, pompey elliot -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Domestic object - candlesticks, glass candlesticks
... Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat 8 Cardigan St Lake ...Always kept in front bedroom and used on bedside table and dining table, also for accompanying priest from front door to sick bed. 2 x glass candlestick holders, with a broad square base and a square column leading to the top square area which holds the candles. There are diamond and star-shaped patterns in the base and the column.glass, candlesticks, light -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Work on paper - pamphlet, Boosey and Co.'s Brass Instruments
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Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Work on paper - Souvenir programme, Carboni
... Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat 8 Cardigan St Lake ...10 page programme and synopsis of the musical Carboni.eureka, carboni -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Work on paper - book, Eureka Stockade Centenary December 3: 1854 -1954
... Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat 8 Cardigan St Lake ...The book of Thomas Kennedy’s March from Creswick’s Creek by Harry.H. Pearce was published in a limited edition of 300 for the centenary of Eureka in 1954.non-fictionThe book of Thomas Kennedy’s March from Creswick’s Creek by Harry.H. Pearce was published in a limited edition of 300 for the centenary of Eureka in 1954. creswick, eureka stockade, ballarat, kennedy, rams skull press -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Work on paper - Souvenir, Eureka Official Souvenir
... Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat 8 Cardigan St Lake ...non-fictionballarat, eureka stockade, eureka centenary, peter lalor, 1954 -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Domestic object - Ashtray, Kookaburra ashtray
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Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Work on paper - Newspaper, Recorder
... Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat 8 Cardigan St Lake ...Newspaper style journal of twenty pages given over to articles, opinion pieces and coverage of the events at the Eureka Stockade in 1854.non-fictioneureka stockade, ballarat, labour history, bi-centenary -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Work on paper - Newspaper, Eureka 150: 22 November - 5 December 2004
... Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat 8 Cardigan St Lake ...eureka 150, ballarat, courier -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Work on paper - Book, Eureka and Beyond: Monty Miller his own story
... Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat 8 Cardigan St Lake ...non-fictioneureka stockade, ballarat, monty miller -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Work on paper - Booklet, Master of Mosaics
... Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat 8 Cardigan St Lake ...non-fictionmosaics, world war i, aif, ballarat, arthur pickford -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Ballarat trams 16 and 34 Wendouree Parade, Ken Winney, 12/1949
The photograph shows SEC Ballarat trams 16 (Mt Pleasant) and 34 (Gardens via Sturt St West) crossing at the Carlton St loop. The conductor is standing in the rear door of No. 16. The grass alongside Wendouree Parade is overgrown. Photo by I K Winney of Sydney, 12/1949.Yields information about the use of Carlton St loop during 1934Black and white photograph with photographers details on rear."Car No. 16 and 34 on loop on west side of lake, Ballarat. 12/1949, I K Winney"tramcars, sturt st, wendouree parade, tram 16, tram 34, carlton st loop -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Print/s - set of 5, Stephen Butler, Feb. 1979
Has a strong association with the BTPS's first wedding charter in Feb. 1979 and the people involved.Set of five colour photographs of the BTPS's first wedding charter Feb. 1979, done as a promotion for wedding photographs. See March 1979 Fares Please! .1 - 33 dressed awaiting the party .2 - ditto .3 - In Wendouree Parade with 28 .4 - Opposite Lake Lodge with the Wedding party in front of the tram. .5 - 28 in service.trams, tramways, btps, weddings, charters, tram 33, tram 28 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper - BTPS Tram 27 in Wendouree Parade, The Courier Ballarat, 17/07/1972
Photograph of tram 27 in Wendouree Parade, Saturday 15/7/1972, while being moved into the new depot. Tram parked at the future depot junction. Has destination of Mt. Pleasant and a Twin Lakes sign. See Reg Item 3821 for a print of the actual photograph.Yields information about the relocation of the single truck trams from the old SEC depot to the new BTPS depot in the gardens and partly how it was done.Newspaper cutting from The Courier, Ballarat Monday 17/7/1972.btps, moving trams, depot junction, tram 27 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White copy, Charles Pratt, "Ballarat looking west ca 1925-40"
... to Lake Wendouree and along along Sturt St. Shows the nature ...Original photograph by Charles Daniel Pratt, with the original image held by the State Library of Victoria. Edited by Richard Conn. Purchased by the Museum.Provides information about the appearance of Ballarat East and views across over the Railway Station to Lake Wendouree and along along Sturt St. Shows the nature of the Bridge St shopping centre and other places.Black & White copy photograph aerial view A4 size, titled "Ballarat looking west ca 1925-40" - looking along Sturt St with the Railway yards, Bridge St and Victoria St in the view. Some trams can be seen at Grenville St.ballarat, aerial photo, sturt st, victoria st