This league advocated for the creation of a new state encompassing Portland, Warrnambool, Camperdown and Mount Gambier.Program for the Annual Conference of the Victorian Decentralisation League at Portland September 14th and 15th 1948. Eight pages, black and white including photographs and mapsdecentralisation, programme, programme, annual conference, 1948, 1940s, post war

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip visited Hamilton on February 26 1954. It was the first time a reigning monarch had visited regional Victoria. More than 13000 children were said to have listened to a speech by the Queen in Melville OvalFlag, Royal visit to Hamilton, 1954, blue, red and gold print and coat of arms, attached to wooden stick. Pennant style.royal visit, hamilton, western district, queen elizabeth ii, prince phillip, post war

Black and white photograph, of Portland social Amusement Club Honour Roll 1914 - 1918 World War. Photo is attached to buff coloured card, with fancy scroll work embossed on the card as a border to the photo.Front: Presented by the president and members of the Portland Social Amusement Club as a memento of the unveiling of the Honor board in the free library Hall at Portland by Arthur S. Rodgers, Esq M.P, for Wannon on 21st January 1919 - Printed on card beneath photo.

K.S. Anderson Collection12 page magazine, the Twenty-Second's Echo, issued to members of 22nd Battalion Association, issued 25th April 1976.k s anderson collection, war history

K.S. Anderson CollectionFive typewritten pages - extracts from the Gallipoli evacuation diaries written by K.S. Anderson. (Full copy of diary at War Memorial in Canberra)k s anderson, gallipoli, war diaries, world war i

K.S. Anderson Collection5 foolscap pages, printed both sides, staped top left corner, the 22nd Battalion Association 'Echo', issued 25 April 1986.k s anderson collection, war history, the echo

Cloth-covered spine and board covers, maroon. Impressed border on edge of each cover.

Cardboard identity card for Herbert Leslie Vivian. In cover, with clear plastic front, vinyl back.identity card, identification, world war ii, wwii

UnknownImperial War Museum photograph of H.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA, mounted and framed in stained timber frame under glass.Front: Brass plaque on frame - HMAS AUSTRALIA. Australian Flagship of the Royal Australian Navy 1913-1920. Sunk under terms of the Washing. Treaty 12 April 1924. This frame is of teck from her deck. Back: (no inscriptions)

Black and white photo. Anzac Day floral display at Portland War Memorial, Old Town Hall in background. Man and woman looking at floral display.

New Testament, olive hardcover. Black print and wreath on front cover. 'NEW TESTAMENT SOUVENIR OF PEACE WORLD WIDE WAR 1914 - 1918'

Book, hardcover, dark blue cover, gold print on spinefictionA Flight of Chariots is a 1963 novel written by Australian author Jon Cleary about two friends who fly planes during the Berlin Airlift and Korean War then become involved in the space programfiction, australia, adventure

Dark brown leather bound spine and cover corners. Green cloth-covered board covers. Gold text on spine.fictionDorothy Hawtrey's life is turned topsy turvy by a rogue enemy who cultivates a poor girl who resembles Dorothy and uses her to impersonate Dorothy. The tale expands to the California gold fields where the double and her captor are eventually discovered. The double turns out to be a long lost sister, the rogue is killed, and all ends well.fiction, historical fiction, thriller

Book of William Shakespeare's play, 'MacBeth', edited by A.W. Verity. Red hard cover, black print.Three witches tell the Scottish general Macbeth that he will be King of Scotland. Encouraged by his wife, Macbeth kills the king, becomes the new king, and kills more people out of paranoia. Civil war erupts to overthrow Macbeth, resulting in more death.

Book, hard cover, dark green, gold lettering on front cover and spine. Explanation of policy pursued towards Germany by Great Britain through the years preceding World War Iworld war i, wwi, history, european history

Book, hardcover, black, gold print on spine. Collection of letters written by Sir John Monash to his wife and daughter, during WW1. Includes black and white photos

Found by an abalone diver at wreck of the Corio. Alfred Graham & Co was a British company which was founded in the 1880s. They developed a niche market for ship's phones. They had gone out of business by the end of the Second World War so this object would be pre-1945.Metal speaker system unit - circular, instructions for use inscribed on front.Front: 'Press plunger to call distant station Speak close into mouthpiece Lift right hand tube to ear Patent Navy Phone Alfred Graham & Co, London' - all capital letterscommunication, marine, ships phone

Certificate awarded to Dawn Turner on the 50th anniversary of the end of the second World War. Parchment style card, yellow rising sun border. 'Australia Remembers' logo, Commonwealth of Australia coat of arms, black script, hand written 'Dawn Turner' signed by PM, Minister for Veteran Affairs and Federal Member.

Coloured photograph: Portland Harbour, and Whalers' Bluff, from the World War II memorial watertower lookout.

Round brass medallion. Obverse has an inner circle in which a returned soldier is depicted greeting a woman and two children. The boy is wearing the soldier's slouch hat. The outer circle contains the words 'AUSTRALIA REMEMBERS 1945-1995'. The reverse has an inner circle with the Australian coat of arms and an outer circle with the words 'FREEDOM MEDALLION'.medal, world war ii, wwii, commemoration

Exemptions from serving in the military were made during World War II to protect certain occupations. See this article from the Australian War Museum: https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/encyclopedia/homefront/reserved_occupations#:~:text=In%20March%201942%20the%20list,for%20any%20change%20of%20employment.Certificate of Exemption from Service in the defence force. Granted to Herbert L. Vivian, as he was employed in a reserved occupation, as a fireman. Printed form, details typed in.world war ii, second world war, exemption certificate, reserved occupation, vivian family records

Part of "Woolcock Gallery Collection". Exhibited CEMA 1989.Framed ink drawing of cuttings and flower details of two plants. Five drawings include one cutting of multiple stemmed plant with long leaves and one flower per stem, one cutting of multiple stemmed plant with long narrow leaves and one flower (daisy-like) per stem and three flower details. Mounted in a double matt (white on dark grey) under glass in a silver painted frame.Front: CEW/85 (signature, lower left in image) (ink) Ixiolaena leptolepis (Plover Daisy) Mallee & Wimmera Minuria leptophylla (Minnie Daisy) (lower left) (pencil) Back: 32 (upper left) (pen)collin woolcock, botanical, woolcock collection, cema

K.S. Anderson CollectionLetter from Dept. Veterans Affairs Office of Australian War Graves to A. Anderson re memorial to the late K.S. Anderson. Typed, white Dept. Veteran Affairs letterhead paper.k s anderson, death memorial, veteran affairs

Metrawatt of Germany made the Horvex line of meters, of which there are three major versions. The original came out just before the war. The Horvex 2 is from the mid-50s, and this Horvex 3 showed up around 1960.a) 'Horvex 3' light or exposure meter made in Germany. Cream bakelite enclosing metal meter. 'Horvex 3 ' on front panel b) Brown leather case for the 'Horvex 3 ' embossed on front loops for strap on backphotography, light meter, exposure, german, 1960

Coloured photograph - several soldiers unloading bread from portable ovensFront: 'THE EUROPEAN WAR. BRITISH BAKERY AT THE FRONT

The Edina was one of the longest serving steam vessels anywhere in the world. Built on the Clyde by Barclay, Curle & Co. she was an iron hull single screw steamer of 322 tons with three masts. In 1855 Edina was requisitioned by the Admiralty from her owners the Leith, Hull & Hamburg Steam Packet Co. to carry stores and horses to the Black Sea during the Crimean War. After return to her owners Edina traded around the UK and Mediterranean before being purchased and used as a blockade runner during the American Civil War carrying cotton from the Confederate states in 1861. Edina arrived in Melbourne under sail in March 1863 and was purchased by Stephen Henty for use from ports in western Victoria and later carried gold prospectors across the Tasman to New Zealand. After a refit in 1870 she was used in the coastal trade along the Queensland coast for Howard Smith until returning to Victoria and the Melbourne-Geelong trade as a cargo-passenger vessel. She was taken out of service in 1938 but was later renamed Dinah and used as a lighter until 1958 when she was broken up and her remains used as land-fill.Small round shallow wooden bowl, 9 cm diameter with small brass plate attached wit two small brass tacks to the inner rim. Inscription 'MADE FROM THE WOOD OF S.S. EDINA''MADE FROM THE WOOD OF S.S. EDINA'souvenir, ss edina, shipwreck

Identification numbers 6977 a,b Invitation to K.S. Anderson to opening of Gallipoli Gallery, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 29 August 1984, together with a covering letter from the Office of the Director of the Australian War Memorial.k s anderson