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Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Town Hall c1920 -- 2 Photos
Stawell Town Hall without clock tower with Easter sports ticket box in front. Two 1920's vehicles parked out front.stawell -
Ballarat Diocesan Historical Commission
Architectural plans, Architectural plans for R.C.Church St Arnaud
Plans drawn up by architects Keogh and Austin of Bendigo in 1906 for the Catholic church St Arnaud. The church was completed without its tower and spire. st arnaud, catholic church, architectural plan. -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, War Memorial Tower, Kangaroo Ground
View of Kangaroo Ground Tower from the entrance gate area beside the footpath (Contained in an album originally put together by Harry Gilham. Photos subsequently relocated to photosafe archival storage.) On November 11th 1926 the Shire of Eltham War Memorial Tower at Kangaroo Ground was opened. It is regarded as one of Melbourne’s most outstanding lookout towers. It commands a magnificent 360 degree panorama from Kinglake across the Diamond Valley to Macedon and the You Yangs. It is built on a peak which was once a volcano, 237 metres above sea level. After World War one a memorial cairn was erected on the site, and in 1925 a committee of public-minded citizens began to plan for a tower. Many generous donations of material and money were forthcoming so that in 1926 the Governor General Lord Stonehaven was able to unveil the plaque before a crowd of 500 people. There was some concern in the 1960s when the Forests Commission wanted to build a firespotters cabin on the top. At first R.S.L. branches opposed the idea, but it was realised that this use could combine with its use as a tourist attraction, and would ensure its maintenance for the future, Today the Kangaroo Ground tower provides one of the best views around Melbourne and is a fitting memorial to those who died in two world wars. From: Historic items for Diamond Valley Community Radio September 1990 (EDHS collection) Colour photographgarden hill, kangaroo ground, memorial park, shire of eltham war memorial, shire of eltham war memorial tower, war memorial tower -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO LOOKING EAST ALONG PALL MALL, c1915
Black and white photograph taken from the City Family Hotel Tower, looking along Pall Mall towards White Hills, Showing Alexandra fountain, toast rack tram, 1903 tram, Hustler's Royal Reserve Mine, Post Office, Law Courts behind, tram track, School of Mines tower, Shamrock Hotel and other businesses, The Beehive, Pikes Building and verandah of building in foreground. Inscriptions: 'Bendigo, looking East' in TLH corner. History: photographic copy in black and white of a colour tinted postcard, printed c1915. Copied c1970place, streetscape, pall mall, photograph, photography, bendigo, alexandra fountain, toast rack tram, bendigo law courts, bendigo post office, bendigo school of mines, beehive building, hustler's royal reserve mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - VIEWS OF BENDIGO: LOOKING WEST FROM ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, 1875 copy,1970
Sepia photo on cream board. Shows westwards view over Bendigo from St. Pauls church tower. Inscription: Above image, 'Views of Bendigo|No.45.'. Below, 'View from St. Paul's church tower looking Westward.', 'N.J.Caire Photo, Sandhurst'. Bottom, 'Casey & Wenborn's Print Forbes & Holmes, Agents',' Mitchell Street, Forest Street in the distance',' View Point, View Street, Charing Cross with lamp in the centre. Knipe's Castle on the hill'. On Back, RHSV stamp, Bendigo Branch '1959|70' Nicholas CaireN.J.Caireplace, bendigo, view west from st.pauls church, see: 'views of bendigo' by n.j.caire -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: GARDEN GULLY UNITED MINE
Three page typed document plus map showing location of the Garden Gully United Mine. The history and features of the mine operation are described and include: the locality of the shafts, winding engine, air compressor, crushing battery, engine house, gold obtained and dividends and gold production. The lookout tower in Rosalind Park was formerly the poppet legs of the Garden Gully United Gold Mining Company. Albert Richardson writes: ' a fitting tribute to Bendigo's most famous goldmine. The four legged lookout tower, was originally the six legged poppet legs of the Garden Gully United.bendigo, mining, garden gully united mine., garden gully united mine, gold mining, poppet legs, rosalind park -
Ballan Shire Historical Society
Photograph - Photograph. L A Fairbairn, Lachlan Alexander Fairbairn, 1916
There is not much information on this item at the moment. The record will be updated when more becomes available.A small black and white photograph of L.A. Fairbairn sitting in a wicker chair outdoors. The photograph is under glass in a small timber frame with scrolled upper edges.Labels stuck on the glass read - " the founder of L.A. Fairbairn 7 Co. St. James Bldg Melbourne" and "Lachlan Alexander Fairbairn - Ardoch tower-Essendon (1916)". A sticker, D4, is on the back of the frame.fairbairn lachlan alexander, l a fairbairn co -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Sir Dallas Brookes, Kangaroo Ground Memorial, 1951, 16 November, 1951
Black and white photograph of Sir Dallas Brookes meeting special guests, at re-dedication of Shire of Eltham War Memorial - Kangaroo Ground Tower of Remembrance 16 November, 1951. Also held in the Shire of Eltham Pioneer Photograph Collection.kangaroo ground memorial, war memorial, sir dallas brookes, ceremonies, sepp -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, Solomon and Bardwell, Western Fire Brigade Ballarat, c1861, c1861
The former Ballarat West Fire Brigade is one of the oldest fire stations still standing in Victoria. Black and white photograph showing a double storey bluestone building with tower known as the Ballarat West Fire Brigade on the corner of Sturt Street and Raglan (north) Street. A number of fire carriages and uniformed men are evident in front of the fire station. ballarat west fire brigade, western fire brigade, bluestone -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - 2 CARTE DE VISTE
Two small portrait photographs by N.White Photographer Mitchell Street Sandhurst opposite St Pauls Tower, one of a small child with arm resting on a book on chair with initials MB written on back, the other of a woman seated at a Davenport with book.N.White.photograph, portrait, lady & child -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH OF THE LOOKOUT TOWER IN ROSALIND PARK
Black and white photo of the Lookout Tower in Rosalind Park. On the reverse side is a marking MNG57. there is also a notation; 'these legs once belonged to the Garden Gully United Mine, and were presented to the City Council for erection as a memorial by the wives of the directors of that mine'.bendigo, mining, garden gully united mine., lookout tower bendigo. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - RALPH BIRRELL COLLECTION: EIG SCHOOL, c1966
EIG School - Ralph Birrell Collection. - Construction of Latrobe Uni. C1966, 1977. Bendigo Institute of Technology, Engineering School, Applied Science. Construction nearing completion, crane and other equipment on site. Tower in back ground. Markings: OCT71M2Kodakeducation, tertiary, latrobe university bendigo, eig school - ralph birrell collection. - construction of latrobe uni. c1966, 1977. bendigo institute of technology, engineering school, applied science. construction nearing completion, crane and equipment tower -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Receipt, Boat, Tower Motors Auburn, 5 Jan 1961
The Mathews family have been in continuous ownership of 395 Howe Parade (was 8 Howe Parade until 1964 when addresses re-assigned), Port Melbourne from 1938 to the present (Sept 2019)Six folders of assorted documents relating to the life of Alan Mathews and his family. Employment documents. Folder 4 has Motor car purchases, Registration & Licences Receipt from Tower Motors Auburn. Fibre Glass Boat £50transport - motor vehicles, alan mathews, commonwealth aircraft corporation, cac -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - SANDHURST POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICES
Black and White Photo/Drawing of the Sandhurst Post and Telegraph Offices - Pall Mall, the tower clock shows the time as 12:20pm, Markings read 'Sandhurst Post & Telegraph Offices'. Two horse carriages 15 people walking on the road.buildings, post office, sandhurst post and telegraph offices, sandhurst post office, sandhurst telegraph office, sandhurst post & telegraph offices, sandhurst, post office, pall mall -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, 1918
Taken by photographer for State Rivers and Water Supply Commission.Medium sized black and white photograph. Sugarloaf Reservoir construction 22/2/1918 / Round concrete control tower and the spillway under construction / Traction engine and pump under timber cover middle foreground / Mount Sugarloaf in background.victorian state rivers and supply commission, sugarloaf reservoir -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1964
In 1964, Robin and Patricia Boyd spent several weeks on a world tour - Boyd took a leading role at the International Design Conference in Aspen and he also visited Chicago, Yale University, and New York’s World Fair. The Boyds then travelled on to England, Finland (especially to see Tapiola), Russia and India to see Le Corbusier's Chandigarh, and also Hong Kong and Thailand.Colour slide in a mount. West tower of McCormick Hall (1963) Massachusetts Insitute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Kresge Auditorium is on the left background and dome of the MIT main building is just visible on the right. (Architect: Herbert Beckwith.)Made in Australia / 13 / AUG 64Mslide, robin boyd -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1941
Date made 14 May 1941Black and white photograph of St Mary's Church of England, Buchan, showing a small timber building painted white with gable roof. Steel frame bell tower beside church, wire lace front fence and gate. Buchan Victoriareligion, buildings -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, 13 Evans Street, Sunbury
The cottage in the photograph was situated at 13 Evans Street in Sunbury and was one of the last houses to be demolished along the business of Evans Street between Brook and Macedon Streets. The cream brick building on the RHS of the house is a Telstra complex. The cottage was demolished in the early 2000s and a fast-food outlet now occupies the site. The cottage was one of a group of small attractive buildings erected along the northern end of Evans Street in the second half of the nineteenth century.A non-digital coloured photograph of a small double fronted Victorian cottage with a slate roof and a verandah across the front of the house. A cream brick structure with a signal tower is on the RHS of the photograph and a large bare elm tree is growing on the nature-strip. 13 evans street, victorian cottages, evans street, telstra -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard - Ocean Beach, 1950c
Black and white small format postcard of the ocean beach. It shows an expanse of sand dune, remains of a brush windbreak fence, and the observation tower, built for Royal Lifesaving Club, pre Surf Life Saving Club. Lakes Entrance VictoriaThe Ocean Beach Lakes Entrancebeaches, surf lifesaving -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - ROY AND DORIS KELLY COLLECTION: PARIS, LES NOUVEAUX QUARTIERS DU PARC DU CHAMP-DE-MARS, VUE PRISE DE LA TOUR EIFFEL,CARTE POSTALE, 1900-1920
Postcard, B&W photograph, taken from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, of the new section of the Champs-de-Mars park. The park and trees have been tinted green for the postcard. Among the buildings in the distance can be seen the dome of the Pantheon.postcard, photograph, postcard, paris, parc du champ-de-mars, eiffel tower, pantheon -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1950c
Black and white photograph of the Esplanade, showing Cunninghame Arm in foreground, forrested slope of Kalimna escarpment in background, Central Hotel with tower positioned on corner of the Esplanade and Mechanics Street. Cars of the era parked in front of hotel. Lakes Entrance Victoriahotels, township, waterfront -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Album - Hume Reservoir Australia Album - Work proceeding inside the coffer dam, August 1927, 1927
This set of photos is from a leather bound album bearing the inscription "HUME RESERVOIR AUSTRALIA" plus 'The Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, P. C., M .P.' all inscribed in gold. It was presented to The Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, P. C., M. P, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs on the occasion of his visit to the Hume Reservoir on 2nd November 1927. This album is of local and national significance as it documents the planning and development of the Hume Reservoir up to 1927. It was the largest water reservoir in the British Empire. The album records the pioneering engineering work that went into its construction.DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, N.S.W. RIVER MURRAY WATERS SCHEME. HUME RESERVOIR. 25. Work proceeding inside the Coffer Dam. This shows the curving downstream face of the Spillway section taking shape, the bottom edge being the line of the contraction joint between the wall and the energy dissipater which has still to be built. Note the steam navvy at the end of the bit of curved work ready to take out the foundations for the energy dissipater. The tall concrete pillar is a portion of the work at the intersection of the main and south wing walls which was built in advance of the rest of the work to accommodate the tail tower of the cableway. The Tail Tower for the first stages of the work stood on the ground. Part of it is seen erected on the pillar while part of it is still in its original position. To command the concreting of the pillar end of the south wing wall a twin hoist tower of steel construction was erected at the end of the belt conveyor. This hoist is 160 feet high. The belt conveyor will at a later stage be raised for the concreting of the upper portion of the dam and the trestles are now being built up for that purpose. A drag line excavator with a 2 cubic yard capacity bucket is at work near the tail tower on the foundations for the south wing wall. New South Wales, August 1927.hume reservoir australia, river murray waters scheme, hume reservoir construction -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph, Late 1990's
Riddell Road is the continuation of Macedon Street and is on the west side of the town centre. It is the main road to Riddells Creek, the Sunbury airstrip, Sunbury tip and water towers.A coloured photograph of Riddell Road looking west. A red car is in the foreground travelling north and is at the T intersection of Riddell Road and Ligar Street. There are houses along the north side ofRiddell Road and the football ground is on the south side of the road.sunbury football club, riddell road, ligar street, george evans collection -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph, Panorama view of Sturt Street circa 1870
This view is from the Post Office tower looking south. Things of interest include the Town Hall, the Burke & Wills Monument, Cobbs Corner and the Mechanics' Institute.panorama, commerical, public, building, gadens, sturt street, streetscape -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph - Card Box Photographs, Hancock residence, Ballarat 1869
The house is located at 806 Mair Street and is currently owned by the University of Melbourne. This photo is believed to have been taken from the Ballarat Base Hospital tower.mair street, private dwelling, building -
Forests Commission Retired Personnel Association (FCRPA)
Alidade - sight tube used in FCV fire towers, c 1940s
Victoria once had well over one hundred fire lookouts and firetowers. Fire lookouts, or observation posts, were often just a clearing on a hill or a vantage point, whereas firetowers were definite structures. Many were established by the Forests Commission Victoria (FCV) in the 1920s, but the network was expanded rapidly in response to recommendations of the Stretton Royal Commission after the 1939 Black Friday bushfires. When a fire or smoke was spotted from the tower a bearing was taken with the alidade and radioed or telephoned into the district office. It was then cross referenced with bearings from other towers on a large wall map to give a "fix" on the fire location Alidades and telescopes were used in the post war period but were replaced with a much simpler map table and reference string suspended from the centre of the tower cabin.Uncommon usageAlidade Sight TubeFCV and bearing markers on the alloy base. Very simple design. bushfire, forests commission victoria (fcv) -
Grey Street Primary School, Traralgon
Photoboard
Sir Mac's mother and maternal grandparents. When he died in 1985 he was buried at the Tower Hill Cemetery, in the Western District, close to his McKay grandparents.Part of the collection held by Grey Street Primary School.Family group portrait of Sir Macfarlane Burnet's mother Hadassah McKay and her parents, George Gilbert McKay and Hadassah Pollock. -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Manuscript, Robin Boyd, (some people commit suicide …..)
Personal reflection of apartment tower developments in San Francisco - Golden Gateway Centre and Ghirardelli Square. A critique of their urban planning, particularly treatment of the ground plane and landscaping.Handwritten, quarto, 3 pages.apartment towers, urban planning, san francisco, golden gateway centre, ghirardelli square, robin boyd, manuscript -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Newspaper - Clipping, Standard (Warrnambool, Victoria), Natural history centre fruition of Apex planning, 18.11.1971
This article announces the history of the Tower Hill Natural History Centre, designed by the late Robin Boyd, and its opening the next day Friday 19 October 1971.Robin Boyd's name underlined in pencilwalsh st library -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Digital photograph, Jacqueline Dark and Dorothy Wickham attend Ballarat's International Women's Day Event
International Women's Day at the Bell Tower Conference Centre, for the launch of the publication "Amongst Ballarat's Finest". Jacqueline Dark, performer and soloist, Dorothy Wickham, guest speaker.Jacqueline Dark and Dorothy Wickham attend Ballarat's International Women's Day Eventamongst ballarat's finest, international women's day, dorothy wickham, jacqueline dark