This item was used by Nancy Bland in 1934 when she rode Silver King from Coonalpyn in South Australia to Melbourne - a distance of 370 miles. The trip took took seven days and four hours. Nancy did this trip as a personal challenge. Horse bridle and reins made of narrow brown leather straps with metal attachments.equestrian reins bridle

A large group of men of varying ages stand on or beside the first steam train to Hurstbridge. Two hold children on their laps. A small group of seven boys also gather for the photo. The line opened on 2 January 1912 and was officially opened in June.The photo commemorates the culmination of many years of community and political agitation for the extension of the railway line. 100 years later the Hurstbridge railway line remains a vital part of Melbourne's public transport network. This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book, "Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image Also black and white copy of original mounted photo (broken) printed on glossy photographic paper 30.5 x 40.5 cm; image size approx. 18.5 x 28 cm (One of 36 photos (5 with duplicate prints) from Kevin Patterson of Nillumbik Historical Society, no captions, subjects largely unknown but mostly of Diamond Creek area and people.)sepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, hurstbridge, steam train, railroads, group, hurstbridge railway line, steam engine, diamond creek, wattle glen, railway line

Note from Frances Warren. In the early 1930s the wireless was our lifeline. My parents usually listed to 3DB Renn Miller and Charlie Vaurd ran the Smile Away Club they were a funny pair. Their theme song went like this - 'Ten to seven let's be bright and gay, Ten to seven smile away smile away, A shilling that's the coin, that's all it costs to join, so join in the club and be a smile away' Robin Hood & His Merry Men was a programme for children and when you joined the girls became Maid Marion and the boys were Robin Hood of course. It was a great programme better than the modern ones.Certificate No. 6368 Vacuum Radio Feature Robin Hood and his Merry Men. 'Certificate of Membership - Frances Johns you have now been selected to become a Merry Member of Robin Hood's famous band. Inscribed on paper with illustration of Maid Marion. Vacuum Oil Company Pty. Ltd. Super Plume Ethyl, Plume Motor Spirit, Mobiloil, and Laurel Kerosene. Bordered with silver surround. Cream paper and black printing.documents, certificates

Newspaper clipping from "The Mail", 4/6/96, P 8Maroondah Council commissioners are eager to hear the community's view on how future elections in the city should be conducted. But chief commissioner, Morton Browne is pleased with the vision his council has presented for public discussion. That vision includes postal voting, simple preferential counting, triennial elections and the introduction of seven, single-member wards.

Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, white background with red and black print on front, spine and back. Illustrated on front in colour, collection of seven flags. 64 pages, cut , plain, white gloss paper. Illustrated in colour photographs and flag illustrations. End paper - have printed information, green, black and gold colours.books, australian flags

Part of the Kevin John Herdman, No. 397661, Collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service record.RACT officer's collar badge. Badge is constructed of gold and silver plastic. Silver coloured laurel wreath is mounted on a gold coloured seven-pointed star. A Queen's Crown is located at the top of the star. Laurel wreath encloses a Royal Cypher and blue garter featuring silver lettering. Two metal pins on back for fastening to a collar.Printed on blue garter: ' ROYAL AUSTRALIAN CORPS OF TRANSPORT'. At bottom of wreath: 'PAR ONERI' Stamped on back: 'SWAN & HUDSON'.badge, uniform, royal australian corps of transport, kevin john herdman

This letter book contains the correspondence from the legal firm of William Ardlie in Warrnambool to other legal firms in Melbourne and other parts of Victoria (1951-1957). The correspondence deals mainly with legal matters concerning property transfers, wills, probates and court cases. William Ardlie (1943-1933) was the son of John and Mary Ardlie, pioneer settlers in Warrnambool. In 1865 William Ardlie established his legal practice in Warrnambool, initially in partnership with George Barber. William Ardlie, prominent in community affairs in Warrnambool, practised as a lawyer until the early 1930s and the firm continued on after his death with members of the Ardlie family involved in legal firms in the Warrnambool district until the early 21st century. This letter book is of historical interest because of the letters dealing with the property, wills etc of many residents of Warrnambool and district during the 1950s. It will be a useful research tool. This letter book of 393 pages has a buff-coloured cover which is somewhat stained. 227 pages contain copies of letters written over a period of seven years and the rest of the pages are blank. The pages are of a lightweight strength. At the front of the book is an alphabetical index with black printed letters on tabs cut out of the outer edges of the pages.Agents 1951ardlie family, history of warrnambool

A large brown hardcover book. Title and author's name are written in black on front cover and in gold on spine. This is the 4th ed., containing twenty-seven plates. It includes a preface to 4th and 1st ed., a list of plates, 20 p. of text and a list of references. This book contains a selection of architectural designs of the Orders as employed in ancient buildings.r phene spiers, greek roman italian architecture, the doric order, the ionic order, the corinthian order, the composite order, the temple of theseus athens, the theatre of marcellus rome, temple of vespasian rome, library plate, book plate

Land title Vol. 3730 Fol. 745810. On the fifth of April Edward Patrick Drake of Axedale hotelkeeper paid 6 pounds for one acre more of less being allotment four of section seven in the town of Axedale, parish of Axedale County. On the other side the names and dates of when the land changed hands up to July 1976.axedale, history, drake family

Group of four Black and white proof photographs numbered F131 -134, 135. and 136,. f131 shows a group of seventeen men outside the factory entrance, 136 a group of seven men inspecting a large document, 134 Four men inspecting a Hanro Garment, 135 Man with a cup in his hand standing by a Ladies suitorganization, business, hanro, hanro

Seven pages typewritten essay titled: "just a fleeting glimpse of a portion of Victoria" (as seen during the springtime of 1944). In the essay John Ellison describe a journey he took from Melbourne to the northwestern part of Victoria, the various towns he went through and some of the people he met. Part of the Aileen and John Ellison collection.northwestern victoria, 1944

Pittock collection: nine assorted metal spanners * seven double ended steel spanners, 155-250 mm L * one single ended 24 mm nut, 140 mm L * one odd tool, 140 mm L * some manufacturer's numbering Items stored in Pittock coach builder's box, reference 13000.1.

Entry ticket to the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956. Row B, seat 27 for the 4th of December 1956. Tickets were printed in 15 - two colour combinations based on 4 basic colour backgrounds and seven overprints. Thus there was a colour for each day of the Games. The back of the ticket showed a plan of the particular stadium indicating the position of the seat.Front: Pictures of soccer players and Olympic Torch. MAIN STADIUM / MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND / XVI OLYMPIAD MELBOURNE / NOVEMBER 22 - DECEMBER 8, 1956 / B27 / ROW SEAT B11 / DEC 4 1956 / DEC 4 - INC. TAX. Back: Sketch of stadium / 3rd elevation / Brunton Ave. / Score board / Finish / Main Stadium / Melbourne Cricket Ground.olympic games, melbourne 1956, ticket

'Tiles from the Boomerang Studio' is a prototype of the work 'Year 2052', created while Mooney was an Artist in Resident at Laughing Waters in the Boomerang studio in 2002. Records of flora were collected in and around the Gordon Ford garden in Laughing Waters Road. The work 'Year 2052' is made up of '77' tiles and was acquired by Geelong (Regional) Art Gallery in 2003. Whilst working at the Boomerang studio, local based artist Mooney noticed that “a battle raged in the bush between non-indigenous plants and indigenous plants”. She also noticed how humans “invade” land, changing the surrounding environment and causing irreversible damage. This work is an interpretation of the fragility and value of Nillumbik’s indigenous flora and of its conflict with introduced species. The title of the work (Year 2052) and look of these ‘fossilised specimens’ asks viewers to cast themselves into the future and to look back at today. “These tiles have been found; an incomplete record of flora collected in and around the Gordon Ford garden in Laughing Waters Road. The tiles appear to have been made at the beginning of the millennium. The viewer is asked to contemplate which species are missing”. Mooney works with collected indigenous items to emphasis the beauty of their natural shapes, while at the same time introducing selected materials of contrast or sympathy. Her work creates a great sense of “stillness and peace, of simplicity and connection with the natural world as well at the vanishing Australian bush.”This work is made up of seven handbuilt earthenware oval/round clay 'tiles' - (eight pieces - with one tile intentionally broken), brown in colour and bisque and blackware fired, giving a matt black ash coating on each of the tiles' surface. Each tile has an imprint of a floral specimen indigenous to the Laughing Waters area in Eltham. Each tile has an imprint of the following specimens: tiles, earthenware, flora, indigenous, bisque, boomerang, ford, laughing waters

Belonged to W. Hawkins who founded the Carry on Club in 1932 - a group of returned servicemen and businessmen of Melbourne. The Club was to help many WW1 veterans who were experiencing hard times after the economic collapse of 1929.Australian Red Ensign. Red cross on white cross on blue background on hoist side of flag, upper left corner. Main background colour - red.|Seven pointed white star on hoist side , lower left - Commonwealth star. Four smaller white stars - 7 points. One small star - 5 points.Stamped: Commwth - 2yd- Made in England. All woolflags, national

c1860s Long women's dress in fine two-toned pink strip. Skirt longer in back. Bodice has three deep pleats on each side from shoulder to waist.Sleeves have self ruffle and cream lace frill at wrist. Seven buttons gold backed and white stars pattern in centre run down the front of the bodice.costume, female

Yields information and has a strong association with the people in the photograph, possibly at the time of closure of the SEC operated system.Glass negative mounted in a three side metal holder - seven drivers/conductors and a young lady in the fashion for the time standing in front of tram 43, possibly at the City Loop, 1971, probably just prior to closure. Cap Numbers: 41 13 59? 24 38 Photo by Harvey Studios. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.trams, tramways, personnel, sturt st

Set of seven colour proof sheets and original print reproductions prior to making the printing films for BTPS book "Ballarat's Heritage Tramway". Each of the pages of the book have been laid out, though the centre pages vary to the actual printed work, on a sheet and contained within a folder "Exposure", except the all black and white sheets.btps, btm, history

Yields information about the City of Ballaarat the time of the Mayor's report to the City Council, about the events, industry, transport and other issues within the City.Photocopy of part of City of Ballaarat's Mayor's Report for 1951 - 1952. Originals held in the Ballarat Library. Seven pages covering trams, railways, telephones, one page item and artists impression of new SEC Power Station Ballarat "B" then under construction and photo looking from Town Hall - showing a sign "orderly parking".trams, tramways, city of ballaarat, trams, railways, civic history

Book of shares receipts. The receipts are numbered from 1701 to 1750 only the first seven are detached, all are blank. The words on the receipt are: extended St. Mungo Gold Mining Company No-Liability St. Mungo's Reef, Eaglehawk. Registered under the mining companies' act, 1871. Capital: pounds 7,500 in 30,000 shares of five shillings each.st.mungo mine, gold mine, shares receipts

Frances Rigg was a local business identity in Kew, at one stage managing the local branch of the English, Scottish and Australian (ES&A) Bank at 175 High Street from c. 1920 until the 1940s. After Francis Rigg’s death, the collection of buttons and medallions was inherited by his son, Ken Rigg (1922-2014). The collection was subsequently donated to the Kew Historical Society in 2015 by Francis' grandson, Adrian Rigg, at the time of the Gallipoli & Beyond Commemoration in 2015. The collection covers a period of almost 40 years. The majority of the buttons are patriotic buttons, issued and sold during and immediately after the First World World War (1914-1918) to raise funds for national and overseas causes. The collection also includes a number of locally significant sporting event buttons and sporting club medallions, issued in the 1920s and 1930s.Patriotic and other pressed tin buttons and badges were produced in large numbers in the first decades of the twentieth century. By nature, insubstantial and ephemeral, they have not always survived. The collections of badges, buttons and medallions in the Kew Historical Society collection is homogenous and yet diverse, ranging from buttons sold to raise funds for the war efforts in 1914-18 and 1939-45, to those used at festivals and sporting events. Because of the manufacturing process, many surviving buttons and badges have been affected by inadequate storage, suffering from oxidisation and physical damage. These survivors are now historically and socially significant artefacts, revealing much about the attitudes and values of the period in which they were produced. Their widespread distribution means that they are frequently significant at a local, state, national and international level.Small circular pressed tinplate badge featuring a gold-bordered art nouveau style heart within a green wreath, surmounted by a yellow seven-pointed star, all on a brown background. The words ‘Discharged Soldiers’ Fund For Our Returned Soldiers’ feature within the heart, on a buff background. A gold and white border encloses the whole design.first world war (1914-18), patriotic buttons, badges

Report - seven pages - was stapled in top left hand corner, titled "GE 247 Traction Motors" written by Noel Gipps for the AETA in 1957. Outlines the history of the motor, manufacturer, electric braking and issues, weak filed running, trials by the MMTB on W5 class cars, Westinghouse VA23 system, PCM systems and trials in Melbourne.trams, tramways, tramcars, controllers, electrical engineering, electrical equipment, motors, electric traction, pcc, general electric

8375a: The Victorian soldier settlement scheme created in 1917 to lease farming land to soldiers and nurses returning from WW1. The Scheme was heavily criticised. Some reasons for this were the settlers' lack of capital, the size of the land allocated, and the prices of agricultural products both purchased and sold by the farmers. In the wake of WW2, the soldier settlement scheme was refined and, under the supervision of the Soldier Settlement Commission, was re-established. The Yarraberb Settlement was one of the settlements established in 1948. 8375b: Archibald Edmund "Archie" Robertson was born in Eaglehawk in 1884 to Martin Robertson and Anna Margaretha/Hannah Marguerita (nee. Weseloh/Wesloah). Robertson was a commissioned officer during WW1 and contributed to the welfare and advancement of the California Gully community. Following his death in 1922, following a fall from his bike, the community honoured Robertson with a memorial seat in 1923. Bendigo Easter Fair Charity Carnival 1964 - raffle ticket (ticket No 3604) costing one shilling, in support of Miss Merilyn Payne (in aid of the Bendigo Hospital and Bendigo Hospital and Home for the Aged). The raffle offers seven prizes ranging from 1st - electric floor polisher to 7th - electric jug. Printed by Cambridge Press, Bendigo.bendigo easter fair 1964, raffle ticket

The Northern District School of Nursing opened in 1950 in to address the issues around nurse recruitment, training and education that had previously been hospital based. The residential school was to provide theoretical and in-house education and practical training over three years. The students would also receive practical hands-on training in the wards of associated hospitals. The Northern District School of Nursing operated from Lister House, Rowan Street, Bendigo. It was the first independent school of nursing in Victoria and continued until it closed in 1989. The book "The First of its Kind" was published in 2015. Printed in Bendigo by "Bendigo Modern Press". Sixteen pages of memories compiled by Bev Stapleton (nee Todd) of attending NDSN, PTS 41 & 42, commencing in 1959: two pages of memories of NDSN lister House seven pages of photographs of fellow nursing graduates one obituary for Marjorie Scott (4.2.1918 - 5.3.1998) six pages of documents for Bendigo Base Hospital Graduation ceremonyall documents were regarding the compilation of the ndsnga inc. book "the first of its kind"

This image was photographed from an original oval framed photograph in possession of Mrs Vi Symmons, nee Coate, daughter of Joseph and Isabella Coate. The Coate home was moved to Kalimna West 1960-1970c.Sepia photograph of the family home of Joseph and Isabella Coate, situated on Esplanade. It shows a tile roofed California style bungalow residence, two internal chimneys each topped with twin chimney pots. Veranda has decorative frieze under roof, seven men standing in front of house, five in workman's aprons. Lakes Entrance Victoriatownship, architecture, people, clothing, room display

This is a book by Jean McDonald (nee Henderson) telling of her childhood experiences. Born in 1924 Jean McDonald was one of seven children who grew up at Rivery Park, a dairy farm in Grassmere in the 1930s and 40s. She went to school in Cooramook and Warrnambool. This book is of interest as it describes the life of Jean McDonald in Grassmere. It is an important social history of the life and times of a local woman. This is a soft cover book of 189 pages. The front cover has a coloured photograph of three children near a stream and the back cover has an extract from the book and some comments on it. The book contains ten chapters and many black and white photographs. ‘M. Jansen’ jean mcdonald, grassmere, cooramook, rural life in the western district

Contains articles by Alan Marshall, Albert Tucker and Clem Christesen (prior to his settling in Eltham) and an art review by Paul Haefligler on Seven Paintings From the 6th Annual Exhibition of the Contemporary Art Society of Australia (including Albert Tucker's "Images of Modern Evil")Alan Marshall, Albert Tucker and Clem Christesen were all notable identities of the Shire of Eltham districtSoftcover; 114 pages; 27.6 x 21 cmalan marshall, albert tucker, angry penguins (journal), clem christesen

By 1950 Hotel Bellfield was owned by Mr and Mrs McMullin In June 1952 the staff quarters at the rear of the main building was destroyed by fire. As the staff accommodation comprised seven detached bungalows, similar to those in the photograph, it was possible to isolate the fire from spreading to the main building.Guest house with bus in foreground Wonderland Range in backgroundThe Rose series P 4894 copies Kodak Picture maker, Agfaaccommodation, guesthouses, bellfield