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National Wool Museum
Photograph - Transporting Wool, 1960s
One of fifty one photographs originally in a photo album found in the National Wool Museum’s office. The album was water damaged and the images were removed for conservation. The images follow the process of wool. Beginning in a sheep paddock and finishing as a folded fabric. It includes all the steps in between in this process, including shearing, transporting, selling, washing and the many different steps in the process of turning a single thread of wool into fabric.Black and white image showing a man standing in front of a truck loaded with wool bales. The bales are being transported from Boorowa to Sydney.AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PUBLICITY / ASSOCIATION / FLINDERS STREET RAILWAY BUILDING, / MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA / W40. Seventy bales of Wool going by motor vehicle from Boorowa to / Sydney.wool industry, working life, women, boonoke station, farming, sheep farming, agriculture, sheep stations, transport, wool processing, shearing, textile industry, wool -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - ENEMA SYRINGE
Brass Enema Syringe with 2 finger rings & one large ring for thumb which operates plunger. Top screws off to allow filling. Silvered nozzle also screws off plaque attached with wording W JNO Baker, 3 Hunter St Sydney, and Made in England.W JNO Baker , 3 Hunter St Sydney , Made in Englandmedicine, nursing, enema syringe -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plaster cast, David Pepper-Edwards, Plaster Cast of a Tropical Dingo Footprint, 04/2004
The cast of a captive Alpine Dingo was made by David Pepper-Edwards at Taronga Zoo, Sydney, NSW. David Pepper-Edwards used a number of plaster cast footprints for comparison of unidentified field casts.Two plaster casts of a Tropical Dingo footprint. These casts were used in the identification of photographs and sightings of large cats in the Australian Bush. Australian Animal Folklore CollectionVerso: TZ, Tropical Dingo, 4/04australian animal folklore collection, david pepper edwards, pepper edwards, tropical dingo, dingo, plaster cast, footprint, mythical, myth, folklore -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plaster cast, David Pepper-Edwards (probably), Plaster Cast of an Alpine Dingo, 04/2004
The cast of a captive Alpine Dingo was made by David Pepper-Edwards at Taronga Zoo, Sydney, NSW. David Pepper-Edwards used a number of plaster cast footprints for comparison of unidentified field casts.Plaster casts of an Alpine Dingo Footprint. These casts were used in the identification of photographs and sightings of large cats in the Australian Bush. Australian Animal Folklore CollectionVerso: TZ, Alpine Dingo, 4/04australian animal folklore collection, david pepper edwards, pepper edwards, alpine dingo, dingo, plaster cast, footprint, mythical, myth, folklore -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, c1940
Photograph is of Sydney Thomas Parkin, taken in his butcher shop on Main Street, Rutherglen, which he ran from 1925-1940Black and white photograph, mounted on cardboard, showing a man in a striped apron, standing next to a butcher's block, with a large scale in the foreground.Written on back of photo: "Sydney Thomas Parkin, 1925 - 1940"sydney thomas parkin, parkin family, butcher in apron, butcher shop -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Strop Dressing
Packet containing round jar of strop dressing. Packet is yellow - jar black with white writing instructions in box.PACKET - Rolls razor strop dressing for all razor strops.|JAR - Rolls strop dressing Rolls Razor Co. of Aust P/L 8a Castlereagh St Sydney N.S.W.personal effects-toilet requisites, shaving -
Mont De Lancey
Container - Tin
The tin was used by Mr Des BlythA small rectangular, metal tobacco tin with red edging around the yellow, hinged lid. It has the label "LOG CABIN" Flaked Gold leaf Tobacco printed in three scroll shapes. There is an outline of a cabin in the bush, with a horse and man in the foreground. The manufacturer's details are written at the bottom. The tin is worn with age and use, and the lid is loose.On the lid: '"LOG CABIN" Flaked Gold Leaf Tobacco' is printed in three scroll shapes as well as 'Manufactured by W.D. & H.O. Wills )Australia) Ltd, Sydney, Successor in Australia to Lambert and Butler.'tobacco tins, tobacco containers, smoking equipment -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plaster cast, David Pepper-Edwards, Plaster Cast of a Snow Leopard Footprint, 27/07/2003
The cast of a captive male Golden Cat was made by David Pepper-Edwards at Taronga Zoo, Sydney, NSW. David Pepper-Edwards used a number of plaster cast footprints for comparison of unidentified field casts.Plaster casts of a male Snow Leopard showing front and rear footprints. These casts were used in the identification of photographs and sightings of large cats in the Australian Bush. Australian Animal Folklore CollectionVerso: TZ, Snow leopard, male, 27/7/03, front + rearaustralian animal folklore, david pepper edwards, pepper edwards, snow leopard, big cat, cat, footprint, cast -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder, Mrs Irmhild Beinssen, An Account of Life in Internment Camp 3 Tatura during WW2, 1994
Recollections written in 1994 relating to experiences of German family residing in Sydney in 1940/ internment of Ekke Beinssen/internment of his wife Irmhild and 3 children in Camp 3. English translation by Gerhard Meinke.green plastic folder containing clear plastic envelopes and black spineekke beinssen, irmhild beinssen, camp 3 internees, gerhard meinke -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Till & Maggs Wedding
Studio photograph of the wedding of Sydney Norman Till and Evelyn Victoria Maggs - June 12 1920. Groom seated, dressed in dark suit, wife standing dressed in a white suit, shoes and hat. Photograph mounted in a folder. Smaller version in Till collection.maggs, evelyn, till, sydney -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Mines and Minerals: A Guide for the Australian Miner, 1885
This book was presented to Professor Ferdinand Krause of the Ballarat School of Mines by the co-author Felix Ratte who had taught Geology at the Ballarat School of Mines. Felix Ratte became mineralogist to the Australian Museum, Sydney.Hardcovered book with brown cloth cover. 341 pages with illustrations. Chapters in the book include Geology; Rocks and their Movements; Stratified Deposits; Mineral Veins and Lodes; Dynamics of Lodes; Filling of Lodes; Irregular Deposits; Alluvial Deposits; Physical Properties of Minerals; Compsition and Determination of Minerals; Noble Mineral; Silver and Lead; Quicksilver or Mercury; Haloids and salts; Quartz and Opal; Precious stones; assays and the use of Blowpipes; Special Assays for Gold and SilverFrontise page handwritten in ink: 'Prof. Krause from F. Ratte'mining, ballarat school of mines, geology, felix ratte, minerals, ferdinand krause -
The Foundling Archive
Photograph- golf
This photograph is part of the West Sydney Collection which depicts the period around Second World War in Australia from the perspective of a young unknown woman.This photograph is part of the West Sydney Collection which depicts the period around Second World War in Australia from the perspective of a young unknown woman.golf: sport; west sydney; australia -
The Foundling Archive
Photograph- girl and car
This photograph is part of the West Sydney Collection which depicts the period around Second World War in Australia from the perspective of a young unknown woman.This photograph is part of the West Sydney Collection which depicts the period around Second World War in Australia from the perspective of a young unknown woman.Pippy, outside Father Inghams Tarree 22.2.47west sydney: car; 1947; 1940's; aaustralia -
The Foundling Archive
Photograph
This photograph is part of the West Sydney Collection which depicts the period around Second World War in Australia from the perspective of a young unknown woman.This photograph is part of the West Sydney Collection which depicts the period around Second World War in Australia from the perspective of a young unknown woman.Barney Grimes, Mum, Mary Grimeswest sydney; australia; melanesia; polynesia; holiday; -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Menu
Menu enjoyed by internees from Singapore, on board the "Queen Mary" used as a troop ship, conveying internees from Singapore to Sydney, and then to Camp 3.Menu enjoyed by internees from Singapore, on board the "Queen Mary" used as a troop ship, conveying internees from Singapore to Sydney, and then to Camp 3. -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White Coburg Horse Tram - Sydney Road at Warren's Corner
Photograph shows a horse tram in Sydney Road, Bell Street at Warren's Corner. This tramline was operated by the Northern Tramway Co. from 1889 to 1915 when it was closed and the line electrified by the Melbourne Brunswick and Coburg Tramways Trust to build their lines. See the reference for an extensive history of this horse tram line and the second reference for the City of Moreland about the history of this location. On the right hand side of the photo is "C & H Warren Bakers & Grocers" The Hotel on the corner is currently (2022), Browns Corner Hotel.Yields information about the Coburg horse tram and the streetscape. Black and White photograph of a horse tram in Sydney Road, Coburg at Warren's Corner.northern tramway co, horse trams, coburg, sydney road, trams, tramways, warren baker grocer -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Banner - Banner - Sydney Olympics Torch Relay Glenelg Shire, n.d
The 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia. The torch relay was the transferral of the Olympic Flame to Sydney, Australia and this was also part of the build up to the Games. The torch travelled to several island nations in Oceania before beginning an extensive journey around Australia. This included many regional areas including across the Glenelg Shire.Printed banner, shiny fabric, blue with white print and design used in towns across Glenelg Shire where the Olympic torch relay passed throughBack: 'Sydney 2000 Olympic Torch relay, Tyrendarra 20 July 2000' -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Banner - Banner - Sydney Olympics Torch Relay Glenelg Shire, n.d
The 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia. The torch relay was the transferral of the Olympic Flame to Sydney, Australia and this was also part of the build up to the Games. The torch travelled to several island nations in Oceania before beginning an extensive journey around Australia. This included many regional areas including across the Glenelg Shire.Printed banner, shiny fabric, blue with white print and design, used in towns across Glenelg Shire where the Olympic torch relay passed throughFront: 'Sydney 2000 Olympic torch relay. Heywood 19 July 2000 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Banner - Banner - Sydney Olympics Torch Relay Glenelg Shire, c. 2000
The 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia. The torch relay was the transferral of the Olympic Flame to Sydney, Australia and this was also part of the build up to the Games. The torch travelled to several island nations in Oceania before beginning an extensive journey around Australia. This included many regional areas including across the Glenelg Shire.Printed banner, shiny fabric, blue with white print and design, used in towns across Glenelg Shire where the Olumpic torch relay passed throughFront: 'Sydney 2000 Olympic Torch Relay, Narrawong 20 July 2000 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Domestic Object - WAWN'S WONDER: WOOL
Wawn's Wonder - Wool - Cardboard Box containing pink cotton wool - Red and black label reading 'Wawn's Wonder - Wool Relieves pain - a medicated cotton wool that brings warming, soothing relief from aches and pains - relief of Rheumatism, Fibrosis’s …colds, congestion, influenza, bronchitis. Tonsillitis, Laryngitis, gout, lumbago …/ instructions for use on the back / Wonder - Wool pty ltd Sydney Australia / .front of box signed V.A.Wawn.Wonder - Wool pty ltd Sydney Australiamedicine, nursing, wawn's wonder - wool /-wonder - wool pty ltd sydney australia / v.a.wawn -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Map, South Pacific Electric Railway, c1970's
702.1 Map of Sydney Trams - diagrammatic in 1921, includes electric and steam, shows streets, railways and where starting (Not original a reproduction) 702.2 - as above, but shows track layout, crossovers etc. - more to scale, also a reproduction. Image added 20-12-2016.trams, tramways, map, sydney -
Australian Queer Archives
Uniform - Textiles, Jasper Laybutt's Dolphin Motor Club overlay, c1990s, 1990s
This Dolphin Motor Club, or DMC, overlay belonged to Jasper Laybutt, a highly active member of the Sydney LGBT community of the 1980s and 1990s, co-founding organisations like Wicked Women, Girls and Guys of Disgrace (G.O.D.), and Boys Will Be Boys. Sleeveless blue denim jacket with light and dark blue ribbon trim on the sleeve holes, with cotton patches and metal and enamel badges on the front, and a large club patch on the back.motorcycle club, transgender, gay -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plaster cast, David Pepper-Edwards, Plaster Cast of a Lion Footprint, 04/2004
The cast of a captive female African Lion aged 5 months was made by David Pepper-Edwards at Taronga Zoo, Sydney, NSW. David Pepper-Edwards used a number of plaster cast footprints for comparison of unidentified field casts.Two plaster casts of a Lion footprint. These casts were used in the identification of photographs and sightings of large cats in the Australian Bush. Australian Animal Folklore Collectionverso: TZ, lion, male, 04/04australian animal folklore collection, david pepper edwards, pepper edwards, big cat, cat, lion, plaster cast, footprint, mythical, myth, folklore -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, Undated c.1938
Born on 4 July 1918, the son of Queen Sālote Tupou III and her consort Prince Viliami Tungī Mailefihi. He was educated at Newington College and studied Law at Sydney University while resident at Wesley College in Sydney, Australia. He was appointed Minister of Education by Queen Sālote in 1943, Minister of Health in 1944, and in 1949, Premier. He remained a lay preacher of the Free Wesleyan Church until his death, and in some circumstances, was empowered to appoint an acting church president. He was King of Tonga from the death of his mother in 1965 until his death in Auckland on 10 September 2006.Hand tinted waist length studio photograph of H.R.H. George Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, mounted on cream card.george taufa'ahau tupou iv, king of tonga, preacher, free wesleyan church of tonga. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: TRAMS - JOURNAL 'ELECTRIC TRACTION', December 1964
Journal of Australian Electric Traction Association, Volume XIX, No. 12. December 1964, 16 pages. History of document: Part of 'Basil Miller. Cover picture shows a ten car interurban set in a bushland setting at Beecroft in the Sydney suburban area.Pub: Australian Electric Traction Asscn. Printer: O'Loughlin Bros. Pty. Ltd., Sydney NSWdocument -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Clothing - Shorts - Sydney 2000 Olympic Torch Relay, 2000
The 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia. The torch relay was the transferral of the Olympic Flame to Sydney, Australia and this was also part of the build up to the Games. The torch travelled to several island nations in Oceania before beginning an extensive journey around Australia. This included many regional areas including across the Glenelg Shire.Shorts, white jersey fabric, double aqua stripe outside of each leg, printed in aqua ' Sydney 2000 Olympic Torch Relay'. Elasticised waist with drawstring, worn by the torchbearers.sydney olympics, torch relay, uniform, kit -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Cream Separator
Dairy farms used cream separators to separate the milk and the cream before using it themselves or selling it to the dairy companies, shops or directly to the public.This cream separator was used by P & R Creamer on their dairy farm in the Kiewa Valley.3 parts - top brass lid with hollow cylinder enclosed across its top and extending beyond its circumference. 2. Stainless Steel hollow cylinders that fit the base and the lid but has 2 long curved spouts extending out - one for the milk and one for the cream to come out 3. Black cast iron stand that houses the gear mechanisms that drive the separator cones. The gear speed reduction wheel is on one side. "Alfa-Laval MOB / 80 Gall Capacity per hr / 48 Rev of Crank per Minute / Alfa-Laval Separator / Co. Ltd / 299 Sussex St. / Sydney" - on bottom side of the machinedairy; cream separator; kiewa valley; creamer family -
Federation University Historical Collection
Timber Instrument, Teco Grooving Tool
This item was last used at the Ballarat School Of Mines, Flintoff Building Studies Centre, Youille Street, Ballarat. Instructors at the above centre used them. Two pages photocopied from a text book dealing with timber trusses (100-101) are filed for reference.A steel disc equipped with four cutting blades bolted to disc periphery. Disc mounted on a plain shaft, top end can be inserted into a chuck, bottom end enters a pilot hole. Purpose - to produce a circular deep groove in structural timber. Stored in a green wooden box.Stamped on disc top and bottom faces "TECO 418" On front of box, ' "TECO " GROOVING TOOL' On lid of box, "TIMBER ENGINEERING Co - SYDNEY - N S W " Brass hook for closing lid.ballarat school of mines, flintoff building studies, cutting blades, disc, chuck, plain shaft, circular deep grooves -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Book - English, English Assignments, 1955
English Education in the 1950s. Roy Davies who grew up and lived on a dairy farm in the Kiewa Valley.Historical: Comparison of education in Victoria. Provenance: The Davies family and their education living in an isolated valley, attending local country schools.Grey book with 2 lines around the perimeter, the outside one thicker than the inside one. Black writing. Cover is of thin cardboard. In black: English / Assignments / for Senior Classes / By / L. G. Mahony / small coloured in black diamond / Pellegrini & Co. / Pty. Ltd. / 543 George St Sydney / In the Myer Emporium, Melbourne / 370 Queen St., Brisbane / 68 Gawler Place, Adelaide / 820 Hay St., Perth Roy Davies 4 B in smudged blue ink on inside cover page. And stamped below 'The Assembley Book Shop / 44 Margaret Street / Sydneyeducation. english. davies family. -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book, Colin Roderick, The Children's Lawson, 1949
A book of stories and poems by Henry Lawson collected and published in 1949 especially for children.No dust cover. Front cover has an illustration of some men sitting around a camp fire. The name of the author and the series is on the spine. On the back cover is a list of books published in the same series.fictionA book of stories and poems by Henry Lawson collected and published in 1949 especially for children.henry lawson, poetry, fiction, junior library of australian books