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Robert E. Lee (Don Woodward Collection), 1973
Lee was a general of the South in the American Civil War and commanded the Army of Northern Virginia. He ultimately surrendered his army to Ulysses S. Grant. Historical (USA) and biographical interest.Book; 224 pages. Dust jacket: picture of Robert E. Lee on horseback and men flying the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia; author's name and title. Cover: red background; gold lettering; author's name and title on the spine. Red stamp, "Stock check 1985". Remains of a library loans slip - mostly torn out.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, lee, robert e., warfare - us civil war, history - usa, biography -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Letter - Personal letter, Description of Schwerkolt Cottage in the !960's, 14/01/1962
Photocopy of photos and the description of Schwerkolt Cottage in 1962, in a letter to Mary JackPhotocopy of photos and the description of Schwerkolt Cottage in 1962, in a letter to Mary Jack.non-fictionPhotocopy of photos and the description of Schwerkolt Cottage in 1962, in a letter to Mary Jackschwerkolt cottage, jack mary elizabeth, schwerkolt charles clarence victor -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Badge - Centenary of the Brisbane General Strike, 2012
Replica Australian Tramway Employees Association (Tramways Union) badge. Badge made on a steel/ silver backing with words "Australian Tramway Employees Association" on inner edge of badge with a black background. In centre of badge has the Australian coat of arms with a railway type spoke wheel above the logo and underneath the coat of arms the words "Federated Australia" in a banner. Has a steel ring through a hole in the top of the badge. On the outer edge with red background "Centenary Brisbane General Strike 1912-2012". Badge has a metal clip on the rear. Contained within a plastic envelope, "Centenary Brisbane General Strike" and details of the even printed on a piece of light card. Printed in Association with the book "One American Too Many" - see One American Too Many, Boss Badger and the Brisbane Trams, David Burke, Published Queensland Museum 2012.tramways, trams, unions, badges, atea, employees, brisbane -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, Australia Worldwide tickets - Wal Jack Collection, 1950's
Has tickets from:, ESCo Ballarat, Form TYE 1-37 re acceptance of breach of regulations - to Reg Item 5017, Geelong tramways – 1, Bendigo ESCo – 3, SEC – weekly, tourist and parcel / newspaper, scholars, SEC – various, also for Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong and small packet of loose tickets., Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust, MTT Adelaide including a small packet of loose tickets, MMTB – 2 sheets including two loose sheets with tickets and a Pensioners Fare Concession Certificate for 61 – 62 with some loose tickets, NSW – Sydney two pages, NSW – Newcastle one page + 2 tickets, and four tickets for the Yass to Yass Junction tram Brisbane – two pages with one Rockhampton ticket, VR St Kilda Brighton, Parramatta steam tram – Sydney ferries limited, Hobart, Launceston, Wellington NZ – two pages, Christchurch, Wanganui, Auckland, New Plymouth - 1, Invercargill - 1, Johannesburg, Cape town, Pretoria – 1, Liverpool, Sheffield, London – 3 pages + loose 7 day go as you please issued in 1963 to Wal Larsen, Manchester, Newcastle and Gateshead, Bolton, South Lancashire Transport – 1, Oldham, Barry Corporation – Lancs, Birmingham, Llandudno, Salford, Stockport, Sunderland, South shields, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Darwen Corporation – 1, Dublin, Belfast, Blackpool – 1, South Wales – 1, Bradford, Dundee, Southampton, Plymouth, Leicester, Douglas, Southend on Sea, Croydon, Naples and other Italian ones, Antwerp – 1, Istanbul, St Quentin, Vevey Switzerland, Dusseldorf, Bombay, Calcutta, Karachi, Bangkok, Penang, Milwaukee Electric Railway, Los Angeles Railway – loose on page was a Tram pass for American Fleet celebration, 2/9/1908 to Eaglehawk - to Reg Item 5017, Market St Railway, Loose San Francisco Municipal railway, Puget Sound, St Louis Public Service Co., Sandwich, Tacoma Railway, Capital Transport Little Rock, Pittsburgh, Connecticut – New Haven, Twin City Lines, Chicago and West Towns, Chicago Aurora and Elgin, Elgin and Belvidere, Chicago Rapid Transits, Chicago Surface, ClevelandFeatures tickets from Australian and Overseas tramway systems. Collected by Wal Jack. Light brown paper covered album with dark red binding band, with off-white paper inside covers holding some 40 sheets of card on which tickets have been mounted using stamp hinges, captions in blue or black ink. Three supplementary sheets have been glued in as well. Has some 750 tickets including loose tickets. Reg Items 5017 (ESCo Employee Report outcome) and 5018 (Bendigo Tramways ticket for the visit of the personnel from the American Fleet - 1908) were loose in the album and have been separately collected. Some tickets in envelopes of clipped into the sheets.Individual captions for each group of tickets from a city.trams, tramways, tickets, ballarat, melbourne, usa, uk trams, esco -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Card
Capture of Hamel Village July 4th 1918 - card size colour copy from the original painting specially executed for the Australian Comfort Fund by A Pearse War Artist. Other side depicts a colour sketch of a German tank captured by the Australians near Villers-Bretonneux Card with coloured war scene with caption beneathFront - Capture of Hamel Village July 4th 1918 by Australians assisted by a detachment of Americans. From original painting specially executed for the Australian Comfort Fund by A Pease, War Artist. Rear - narrative and sketch of a German tank captured by the Australian near Villers-Bretonneux.ww1, hamel village, a pearse, acf -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, The Metallurgy of Gold, 1896, 1896
M. Eissler A.I.M.E. was a member of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.Red Hardcovered book of 678 pages with around 250 illustrations and numerous folding plates. Contents include: gold mining in California, Gold as a metal; Hydraulic Process; treatment of Gold bearing Ores; Crushing and Amalgamation (Queensland, California); Mills; Buddle; concentrator; Roasting ores; Roasting Pyritic Ores; Hydro-Metallurgy; Chlorination; Electro-Metallurgy; Cyanide; Erection of a Cyanide Plant; Chemistry of the Cyanide Process; Spelting, CupulationCrushing ore; 160 stamp battery; Mill site and battery; causes of failure in gold mining, South African Gold Fields; Gold in Australia (pg 589) Advertisements include: Fraser & Chalmers; Bowes scott & Western Ltd; Fried. Krupp Grusonwerk; Stanley; Humbolt Engineering Works Co., Townson & Mercer.gold, mining, metallurgy, pyrites, cupel, brook, rand, california, america, gold mining -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Our First Century Great and Memorable Events, 1876
This book deals with American history from 1776 to 1876 and does not appear to have any connection to Warrnambool history. It is retained as a good example of an antiquarian book.Of antiquarian interest only.This is a hard cover, leather bound book of 1007 pages with gold coloured printing on the spine. The pages contain printing and black and white illustrations and one coloured illustration. The cover is scuffed and torn and the binding is coming apart.american history, warrnambool, our first century and memorable events -
Bialik College
Photograph, Student activity with flags, Shakespeare Grove, c. 1970s-1980s, c. 1970s-1980s
Students outside at the Shakespeare Grove campus, holding Israeli and American flags, c. 1970s-1980s. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.1970s, 1980s, shakespeare grove, primary school -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Book - World War II Vol 1-8 Orbis
Magazines describing the build up to World War 2. The invasion of countries by Germany to American and japan's involvement. There are 8 volumes with an index compiled by F. D. BuckPictorial .History of Word War 2 in Magazine format containing 3360 pages 0415Eight Red Plastic Folders Containing paper Magazines World War II Vol 1-8 orbis -
Orbost & District Historical Society
gramophone record, 1949
Galway Bay was a hit around the world for the American singer Bing Crosby in the late 1940s. Crosby was very popular in Australia and had planned to visit Australia in 1949.The phonograph disc record was the primary medium used for music reproduction until late in the 20th century, replacing the phonograph cylinder record—with which it had co-existed from the late 1880s through to the late 1920s. Records were still the most popular media even when new formats such as compact cassette were mass-marketed. By the late 1980s, digital media, in the form of the compact disc, had gained a larger market share, and the vinyl record left the mainstream in 1991. This item is representative of the music popular in the mid 20th century.Double sided black disc with a single central hole. A side is Galway Bay. B side is My Girl's An Irish Girl. Both are vocal with orchestra by Bing Crosby. On the central label is Y6121 and detailed information of the maker, Columbia Gramophone Company (Aust)., in gold print on black background.Pressed - WL4583T20Aphonogram-record vinyl crosy-bing music-irish -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Headwear - Helmet, US
Heavily pitted American helmet collected by Craftsman F W Penfold during his service in Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Vietnam 1968.Olive green coloured metal helmet.helmet, us army, vietnam, uniform, penfold, raeme, 1968 -
Grey Street Primary School, Traralgon
Photoboard
Sir Mac Burnet arrived back from the U.S. where he won a Lasker Award (a gold statuette) from the American National Health Association in 1952.Mac Burnet was born in Traralgon in 1899.Sir Mac Burnet receives Lasker Award in the U.S. -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Manuscript, Resurrecting the Australian Film Industry: The only law a gun
Discusses the Australian television program Whiplash and how the use of guns is not as necessary as in the American television industry. Technique, poetry and drama appear to be the basis for the Australian film industry.Handwritten, quarto, 7 pagesWritten on scrap paper at Page 5.whiplash, australian film industry, australian television industry, robin boyd, manuscript -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - Development history moving onto usage during WW2 and afterwards incl usage by various nations, CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES NORTH AMERICAN P-51 Mustang, CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES NORTH AMERICAN P-51 Mustang, 2009
Development history moving onto usage during WW2 and afterwards incl usage by various nations, CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES NORTH AMERICAN P-51 MustangGrey jacket cover showing closeup and slightly above colour photo of in flight Mustang British markings, over fieldsnon-fictionDevelopment history moving onto usage during WW2 and afterwards incl usage by various nations, CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES NORTH AMERICAN P-51 Mustang -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: WHAT TO EAT AND WHY' - BY G. CARROLL SMITH , MD
Hard bound green covered book with gold lettering - What To Eat and Why - by George Carroll Smith , MD - Boston , Mass./ Philadelphia and London WB Saunders Company 1912 / note on inside front cover ' James Little importer of Medical & Surgical Works , 430 Bourke St Melbourne ' Copyright 1911, reprinted January 1912, Printed in America / food as treatment for various ailmentsG. Carroll Smithbook, lydia chancellor collection, collection, what to eat and why - by george carroll smith , md - boston , mass / wb saunders company / james little importer of medical & surgical works , 430 bourke st melbourne -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Newspaper article titled Life Processes - Auckland Research - Work of Two Doctors. Bendigo Advertiser, Friday, June 6, 1940. Article mentions metabolism, Electricity in the Body, American Research, Electrically Altered Water and Two Hundred Cases Tested. Also four other articles, one dated July 30, 1941 mentioning metabolism and Scalebuoys. Two articles have several copies.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, the bendigo advertiser 6/6/1940, metabolism, dr george crile, rockefeller foundation, auckland hospital board -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional Object - Electrical conduit, 21/01/2018 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the materials and the methods of installing electrical domestic cables in Ballarat houses during the 1920's.Section of timber or wooden electrical conduit used in houses c1920, to contain wires for electrical lamps and fittings. Consists of a timber base (very light softwood - ??) with two slots that was nailed to a wall and after the cable installed a cover strip applied. Has one end mitred or cut at 45 degrees. See Early Electrical wiring systems in American buildings - L. D. Mitchelltrams, tramways, esco, electrical equipment, house extensions, houses, electricity -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1962
A wooden racquet with orange and white painted surface and decal illustration of Ted Williams on the throat. Inscription across both sides of the racquet, from crown to stem: LAMINATED CONSTRUCTION/FOR CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY/CERTIFIED AND APPROVED BY/TED WILLIAMS/FOR ACTIVE AMERICANS/FIBER/FACE/SEARS/ROEBUCK AND CO. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ribbon, Fibreglass, Leather, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Ink, Glue, Lacquertennis -
Tennis Australia
Book, Oct-04
Book, from the 16 volume 'American Sportsman's Library' series: 'Lawn Tennis. Its Past, Present, and Future'. Also features a section regarding Lacrosse, authored by William Harvey Maddren. 419 pages. Hardcover, no dustjacket. Gold impressed cover design of forest scene. First edition, first print. Published by Macmillan New York. Materials: Paper, Ink, Cardboard, Glue, Clothtennis -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Document - Sites 4 & 4a - Certificate Of Currency No.3191 Public Risk Insurance Policy, 26.10.1964
Bob (Herman) Hymans (a former member of the Royal Netherlands Navy) was born in Bloemendaal, Holland on 30th September 1922. During World War II he fought against the Japanese in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and was imprisoned in Changi and on the Burma Railway. After gaining qualifications as a Ski Instructor, Bob arrived in Falls Creek in July 1950. Working as an Instructor and Supervisor at Bogong Lodge, Bob decided his future was in accommodation. He was successful in negotiating an indenture for land from the State Electricity Commission (SEC). It took Bob two years to build his Grand Coeur Chalet but, tragically, it was burned down in August 1961. Bob also built the first Chairlift in Australia. This was a single chairlift and the structure was built from wooden electricity poles. He was constantly full of new ideas and proposals for the village. Bob Hymans die on 7th July 2007. This Collection of documents and letters tells the story of Bob's endeavours to develop Falls Creek into the ski village it is today.This item is significant because it documents actions taken by the Falls Creek Tourist Area Management Committee in their role overseeing the Tourist Area.This letter accompanied a policy for Public Risk Insurance with the Insurance Company of North America. The policy had been increased to cover a further £10,000. However the Management Committee felt this may need to be increased by an additional £10,000 if Mr Hymans was to go ahead with further development of Site 4A. It also requested that Mr Hymans sign and return lease documents which had been sent to him.Hand written at bottom of letter: Ski Lodge and Site 4 5 Flats 4A & Burnt out Shell of Chalet Dan (?) 512663falls creek tourist area management committee, falls creek administration, parking regulations falls creek -
Orbost & District Historical Society
sheet music, Will You Remember (Sweetheart), 1940's
Will You Remember (Sweetheart)was written Sigmund Romberg with the words by Rida Johnson Young. It was sung by Jeanette McDonald and Nelson Eddy in the musical "Maytime" "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" is a song which was written by James A. Bland (1854–1911), an African American who wrote over 700 songs. It is an adaption by Bland of the traditional "Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny" popular since the 1840s and frequently sung by Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. It was sung in the 1937 musical "Maytime" this item is an example of songs that were popular in the mid 20th century.Sheet music for "Will You Remember (Sweetheart)" The cover is black/white and has details of the composer and lyricist. There is a drawing of Jeanette McDonald and Nelson Eddy as in the musical film MayTime. The cost is 2/-. It also contains music for "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny".music sheet-music-will-you-remember sheet-music-carry-me-back-to-old-virginny -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Manuscript, Sick Cities by Mitchell Gordon
Boyd reviews Mitchell Gordon's Sick Cities. He opens with a scathing description of American urbanism: the skyscraper and the automobile in a fight to the death, and a culture unwilling to engage with a discussion of urbanism. Boyd presents Gordon's book as a non-technical and non-partisan contribution to the new field of American urbanism, focussed on the functional problems (sprawl, traffic, squatting, air pollution) rather than visual ugliness. He commends Gordon's book as 'good, meaty [and] helpful' to city administrators and city lovers everywhere.Book Review (Mitchell Gordon)Typewritten, quarto, 3 pagesScribbled out sections on pages 1, 2 and 3; addition of notes in pages 2 and 3.mitchell gordon, sick cities, urban planning, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy, the american way, racial segregation, suburban sprawl, air pollution, urbanism, traffic, robin boyd, manuscript -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, Doris Wright, member of the Australian Women's Army Service
Doris Lilian Wright of 214 Union Road was a milliner but joined the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) in the early war years. The Women’s Australian National Service (WANS) was inaugurated in 1940. Training for members of the WANS included air raid drills, first aid, basic military drills, and even shooting, signalling, and mechanics. AWAS on formed on 13 August 1941 with the objective of releasing more men into forward areas. The Army was particular with its recruiting and four references were required; another stipulation was that teeth were in good condition. Doris was located at Elwood. Their training area was along the foreshore and one day to their great surprise there were crowds of American Marines – "the cream of the American Army". These were the first Americans to arrive in Australia to strengthen the defence of the country. The Americans soon went north and the AWAS went off to Balcombe on the Mornington Peninsula. At this time there were no uniforms for the girls only ‘giggle’ dresses – of a non-descript colour. They were not expected to appear in public in these and wore civilian dress. Japan had just entered the war and there were more urgent demands on restricted supplies. The formal uniforms eventually arrived.A black and white photograph of a lady in an army uniform and wearing a hat.union road, surrey hills, uniforms, clothing and dress, (miss) doris wright, australian women's army service -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Brace, 1859-1866
No contextual information available at this time give the items usual design and no makers markings writer believes item is from the 1860s either American, British or could be of continental origin.An early tool significant because of it's unique design writer cannot find one like it during researching the item.Metal Brace possibly for gas fitter has leather in centre, (owner installed)Noneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, VIETNAM, Vietnam - War, Myth and Memory, 1992
The book examines how & why Australia became involved in the Vietnam War & Australia's reaction to the war. It explores the unique Australian experience of the war compared to that of the Americans & New Zealanders.Soft card cover. Title in red & black lettering. Front cover illustrated with colour & sepia photos. 157 pages with cut edges. Illustrated with Black & white photos & diagrams.books - military, military history - army, vietnam -
Greensborough Historical Society
Pipe, Clay pipe with head, 1970s
Clay pipe, replica depicting the head of Southern Slave. Original pipes given to bidders at the time of slave sales in America. This replica made middle to late 20th century.From a collection held in Greensborough.Replica Clay pipe depicting the head of Southern Slave. No maker's marks.Made in England stamped on stem.pipes, smoking pipes -
Expression Australia
Newsletter, Earforce 15th December 1990
Newsletter 15th December 1990 of Earforce Companion Group Inc. founded 1972 with brochure from Deaf in America to Voices from a Culture by Carol Padden and Tom Humphries29.5cmHx21cmW, 6 pages -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Print - Photograph, Matcham Skipper working at his Montsalvat workshop, ca 1970
Sculptor and jeweller Matcham Skipper at work in his studio working on a medallion. The second image is a 'mandella' style decorative metal work inspired by a Native American traditional ceremonial shield.Black and white print with two imagesmontsalvat, jeweller, workshop, studio, silversmith, sculpting, medallion, mandela, metalwork, wall-art, matcham skipper -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Elizabeth Docherty (nee Shillinglaw), c.1910
Seasons Greetings photo card sent by Elizabeth Docherty to her sister Carrie. Inscribed on reverse "Carrie" and stamped "American Photo Coy. Queen St, Petrie's Bight, Brisbane"1910, american photo coy queen st petries bight brisbane, greeting card, marg ball collection, shillinglaw family photo album 1, straw boater, elizabeth docherty (nee shillinglaw 1861-1942) -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Elizabeth Docherty (nee Shillinglaw), c.1910
Seasons Greetings photo card sent by Elizabeth Docherty to her brother Phillip. Inscribed on reverse "Phillip" and stamped "American Photo Coy. Queen St, Petrie's Bight, Brisbane"1910, american photo coy queen st petries bight brisbane, greeting card, marg ball collection, shillinglaw family photo album 1, straw boater, elizabeth docherty (nee shillinglaw 1861-1942)