Greenwich Palace no longer exists however archaeology had added greatly to our understanding of life at the Tudor Court at Greenwich. Since 1971 there have been well over 20 digs on the site. Many wonderful and intriguing items from gold coins to tiled floors and human skeletons have been found. The first major dig uncovered the structure of the royal apartments next to the river. Not only did it clarify the floor plan but finds included some rare Tudor ceiling decorations, a hoard of gold coins and many personal items such as dice used for gaming. Perhaps the most revealing excavations have been the most recent. In 2005 while monitoring the digging of a drainage trench archaeologists found brickwork and tiles that formed the floor of the east end of the Tudor Chapel Royal where the altar once stood.Photograph of interpretation information in Greenwich Chapel and Museumgreenwich, stone, museum, chapel, stone, musuem, chapel

Abraham Harkness was Mayor of the City of Bendigo when St Andrew's Presbyterian Church school hall was erected. The foundation stone was laid on Wednesday the 15th March 1899 to much ceremony including hymns and speeches. Abraham Harkness had arrived in Victoria in 1857 aged 28. He was initially successful in his search for gold and after a return trip to England in 1862 returned to Bendigo were he opened a general store and then a foundry whereby his company manufactured mining machinery. He stood for council from in 1880 and was elected a further eight times over the next twenty years. Cr Harkness served as Mayor in 1882, 1897 and 1898. His son Andrew became Mayor in 1908-09. Abraham Harkness married Jane Noble in Bendigo in1864 and together they had six sons and five daughters. Abraham died in 1912 and Jane in 1927.Sterling Silver ceremonial trowel with silver collar and bone handle. Front surface is ornately engraved with fern leaf pattern scrolled around central middle section which holds the engraved dedication. Back section is plain. Engraved: PRESENTED / TO / A. HARKNESS. ESQ. J.P. / MAYOR OF BENDIGO / ON THE OCCASION OF HIS LAYING / THE / FOUNDATIONAL STONE / of / St Andrew's School Hall / 15th March, 1899. Hallmark: P.A & S E P (Peter Atkin ?) + (windmill or pump) mayor harkness, mayoress harkness, city of greater bendigo education

A hand operated knife/blade sharpener was a very important implement for farmers to keep tools in good working condition. A hand-operated grinding and blade sharpening wheel. It has a wooden handle, stone wheel and a clamp for attachment to a flat surface. grinder knife-sharpener

Photograph - black and white photograph on paper, a large group of soldiers on the stone blocks of a pyramid. Possibly the 11th Battalion. WW1.photographs, mounted, ww1

black and white image: brick forecourt, edged in stone building, with curved arches. Appears like walkway around building.bendigo, buildings, hospital, bendigo, hospital

Opening in 1891 the Moonta School of Mines was intended for students who wanted to increase their knowledge of those arts and sciences which were especially important to miners and others similarly engaged. The School was situated close to the Moonta Mines, at that time the most important copper mines in Australia, and the smelters at Wallaroo. The the mines students were able to acquire practical knowledge of the work of a miner. The close by smelting works at Wallaroo were seen to be of great service to those wanting to become acquainted with chemistry and metallurgy. Subjects taught at the Moonta School of Mines included Chemistry, Metallurgy, Steam and the Steam Engine, Magnetism and Electricity, Mathematics, Machine Design, Mine Surveying and Leveling, Drawing, Plumbing and Sheet Metal Work. The Moonta School of Mines building in Ellen Street was formerly Baptist Church.Stone building used as the Moonta School of Mines. This image can be compared to a 1904 image at http://victoriancollections.net.au/items/519c24142162ef13f0648d42 moonta, school of mines, mining

Robin Boyd travelled to the USA and Britain for several weeks. He attended the opening of the new Australian Chancery in Washington DC, where he had designed an innovative exhibition with cylindrical display cases and sound recordings.Colour slide in a mount. Exterior, Museum of Modern Art (1939), New York, USA. (Architect: Edward Durell Stone.)Made in Australia / 15 / JUL 69M2 / Encircled 23 (Handwritten)new york, slide

In the 1970s the bluestone bridge over Jackson's Creek ceased to be used and a wider bridge was constructed to its north. The curved approach to the bridge was taken out of the road and the old approach area was redeveloped and is now Apex Park.A black and white photograph of the old stone bridge over Jackson's Creek in Macedon Street. A utility is in the distance approaching the bridge.macedon street, jackson's creek, bridges, transport, apex park, sunbury, jackson's creek bridge, george evans collection

The series of photographs were taken after exceptional heavy rain had fallen in Sunbury in the early 1990s. Jackson's Creek overflowed its banks and the surrounding flood plain area was under water.A coloured photograph of Jackson's Creek in flood. The floodwaters have almost reached the top of the arch of the Macedon Street stone bridge.floods, weather patterns, jacksons creek, george evans collection

This artwork was a finalist in the 1987 Shire of Eltham Art Awards. The materials Cowcher has chosen constitute different transformations of earth - stone, sand (fired into glass), bamboo and dried grass. The work is a sign of the artist's passion in working with these materials and 'packaging' them into an aesthetic composition that connect and dance with one another.Three purple glass objects in the form of pine cones, held together by raffia, resting on a large slab of white stone. N/A

Congregation at Service for Laying Foundation Stone for Mountview Uniting Church, Mitcham. 26 February 1967. Cross Ref: ND1837.mitcham uniting church, glasson, bill

Condition of faces of hammer head indicates that it may have been used for driving wood wedges, or chisels in stone quarrying.rural industry, farm machinery, trades, blacksmithing

Black and white photograph of the dignitaries at the laying of the Foundation Stone by Sir John Harris MLC for the Rutherglen Bush Nursing Hospitalhospital, john richards harris, foundation stone

Black and white photograph of Old Fire Station during the ceremonial laying of the Foundation Stone for the Rutherglen Bush Nursing Hospital.On back of photo: "The Old Fire Station next library" Also rubber stamp: "Printed by W.H. Skey, Rutherglen"hospital, fire station, foundation stone

The Clydesdale War Memorial is an obelisk situated in the Clydesdale State Shool grounds (now the Clydesdale Hall). The 150th anniversary of the Clydesdale State School/Hall was celecbrated in 2017. A number of colour photograph of a sandstone building that was built of local stone as the Clydesdale State School (SS900). It is now the Clydesdale Hall. clydesdale, world war one, world war two, clydesdale state school, clydesdale hall, sandstone

The Observatory on the high point of Mt Corrhanwarrabul was used to take trigonometrical readings from as early as 1850. The area became very popular with tourists as a place to walk and drive to. The SkyHigh restaurant is on the site of the Observatory.Black and white photograph showing a stone base topped with a wooden structure. Two women are posed below the wooden structure.observatory, trig point, skyhigh, mt corrhanwarrabul

The structure shown is the Mt Dandenong Observatory, also the Trig Point at the top of Mt Dandenong. It was a popular viewpoint and walking destination. The SkyHigh Restaurant now stands on this location. The photograph was taken by Ivy Child in the late 1920s.Sepia coloured photograph showing two people standing on top of a stone work structure below a wooden pyramid structure.Written below photograph in album - OBSERVITORY 2700FT.observatory, mt dandenong, trig point, ivy child

Colour photograph. Looking through window of ruin into what was the interior. Stone wall with window lintil and long grass. No roof.photograph, building, ruins

Set of 2 matching buttons, each with filigree edging, a racquet and shuttlecock motif, and studded with reflective stone. Materials: Metaltennis

Accesssioned from Catholic church at Patchewollock in 2013 where it had been since the1950s before which it was used for Sunday Mass in the local hall. Tradition has it to have been a field altar used by Rev O' Sullivan Goidenach, MM at Gallipoli and on the Western Front 1915 - 1918. Associated correspondence in archive includes a letter of gratitude from General Birdwood to Monsignor Goidenach.A rare surviving example of a Roman Catholic Mass Travelling/ Field altar from the WWI era, used in Western Victorian venues before churches were built.Wooden cased travelling altar with altar stone, brass candle sconces, brass crucifix and storage for vestments, and Mass requirements. travelling altar, field altar, world war i, rev o'sullivan goidenach, patchewollock, birdwood.

Cast iron grain sickle with hand-cranked wooden handle, stone grinder head, and 4 wheels, on a wooden base.International Harvestersickles, grinding tools

Black and white copy of original photograph of a stone house on the hill and in the foreground horses and cattle grazing and a woman standing with a horse.piggoreet west

Black and white photograph. Shows road leading to the Plant Research Laboratory in the foreground, newly planted areas and stone edging.On reverse, "Plant Research Laboratory 1932 Looking south from front entrance. AWJ."stone edging, plant research laboratory, 1932, a.w.jessep, plant research institute, swan street entrance

Inspected by Joanna Freslov, archaeologist 2.6.22008. Grinding stones are slabs of stone that Aboriginal people used to grind and crush different materials. Bulbs, berries, seeds, insects and many other things were ground between a large lower stone and a smaller upper stone. This is the lower stone.Large grinding stones such as this one were designed to be left at a camp site for use the next time the group moved there. Smaller grinding stones were carried between sites. Grinding stones were not abandoned when they became worn and smooth through use. The stone would simply be roughened again so it was once again suitable for its function. This is an example of a food preparation utensil used by the Early Indigenous people of Eastern Australia.A large flat rock with grind hole in top. Rock has split. gridstone aboriginal stone-artefact