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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Article - Axedale Quarries
Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopied articles, notes and images, relating to Axedale Quarries. Compiled by Carol Holsworth. Collection is in plastic pockets, contained in a white A4 two ring binder. Eighty-six plastic pockets in total.quarry, quarries, axedale -
Bendigo Military Museum
Clothing - GREAT COAT, 1967
Peter Ball collection, refer Cat No 4704Army issue Great Coat khaki colour, outer lining heavy duty with green light inner lining, all gold colour buttons intact and have a crown and crossed rifles on, plastic brown buttons under collar one missing, large white label sewn in on with maker, date & personal details, white card label on LH side with coat size.On collar label in black print, “David Klein PTY LTD Victoria 1967 (arrow up) Size 7 Class 8405 - 66 - 012 - 0495”, hand written on in black, “3796117 BALL PC”.clothing, great coat, army issue -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - SHIRT & PANTS, ADA, C.2006
Items issued to JOHN M GIFFARD 0327699 EOD AUST Army Training Team Iraq Rotation 8.1) Shirt, long sleeve, cotton polyester, camouflaged desert pattern with 2 front pockets on each arm. There are 5 velcro areas for badges re unit & rank. .2) Pants, long legged, cotton polyester, camouflaged desert pattern. Each leg has a pocket with zips, normal side pockets & one rear. Legs have adjustable elastic cords.uniforms - army, desert pattern -
Federation University Historical Collection
Costume - Blazer, Ballarat School of Mines Honor Blazer, 1955, c1955
Graham Willey was a School of Mines Ballarat student from 1953-55. He was awarded the 1955 Honour Blazer. The School of Mines was established in 1870 in Ballarat, making it Australia's third oldest tertiary institution. Redmond Barry was its first president, and he was involved in the creation of university degree level courses for the school. The School of Mines was divided into a tertiary division and a technical division. The tertiary division provided higher education courses such as mining engineering, geology, education and business studies, while the technical division provided such programs as wool classing, plumbing and bricklaying.It remained in that form until the 1967 when it was split into three institutions, Ballarat School of Industries, Ballarat Technical School, and Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education. They remained three entities until 1976. Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education merged into Ballarat College of Advanced Education. The Ballarat School of Industries and Ballarat Technical School merged into the School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat (SMB) in 1976. Several entities merged or had arrangements with SMB. In 1994, a memo of understanding (MOU) was signed between SMB and the Ararat Technical School, which was founded in 1969. Then, in 1998, SMB and the Horsham-based Wimmera Institute of TAFE (1984), dating back to 1882, merged into the University of Ballarat to create a larger University.This three quarter lined, 3 buttoned, bottle green woolen blazer is edged in black twill piping and has a SMB badge on pocket "XVII ATH. XI Honor 1955 S.R.C." The 2 side pockets are also edged in the black twill and there is a trim of the twill 8.3cm from the sleeve cuff. The breast pocket has a top binding of yellow and green diagonal stripes. Cloth label - Messer & Opie Ballarat On embroidered badge "Incenio Effodore Opes", "XVII ATH XI Honor 1955 S.R.C."blazer, honor blazer, harold john hassell, smb, school of mines ballarat, graham willey, costume, textiles, coat of arms -
Federation University Historical Collection
Costume, Ballarat Teacher's College Blazer, c1948
This blazer was worn by Helen Veitch in 1948, while a student at the Ballarat Teachers' College in Dana Street. She lived in Ascot Street South and attended the Urquhart Street Primary School. The first class she taught was grades 1&2 at Wedderburn Primary School with 46 students. She also taught at Wendouree West, Wendouree, Urquhart Street and Pleasant Street Primary Schools. She married in 1955 and died in 1979.This royal blue woollen, unlined blazer is bound on all the edges with braid including the tops of the three pockets and 8.5cm from the sleeve edge. The embroidered patch breast pocket has the emblem of the Ballarat Teachers College. It has three buttons at the front. Most of the seams are bound, though some are turned back and stitched down. The back of the top of the pockets are reinforced with cotton fabric.Maker's embroidered patch - Paterson, Powell Pty Ltd, Ballarat White tape with handwritten marking - Veitchblazer, helen veitch, costume, textiles, logo, embroidery -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Carbon copy of a typed letter to Mr. L. Taylor, dated 18/8/57. Letter recommending the Hand Shaker Unit supplemented with the Vest Pocket Unit . The Vest Pocket Unit is OK for table use. Note at the top of the page mentions a typical reply from Frank Stevenson where he recommends the hank Shaker Unit supplemented with the Vest Pocket Unit.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, frank stevenson, mr l taylor, mrs paynter -
Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch
Accessory - Australian Mk1 Bandolier, Ammunition 7.62mm, 1967
This bandolier was made in 1967 for Australian military use. It has pouches for 5 round stripper clips of 7.62mm ammunition. Bandolier as worn by Australian personnel serving in the Vietnam War.Jungle green five pocket AUST MK1 ammunition bandolier. The pockets are designed to hold 7.62 mm ammunition. There are six painted brass snap fasteners to secure the closing flap over the pockets. Stamped on the back is 'AUST/MK1 VQ V 5/67'. The bandolier is secured around the wearer via a self-fabric strap with a double brass ring fastening.AUST/MK1/CH/N/12/67bandolier, belt, vietnam, beechworth, ammunition -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Crucible, The Patent Plumbago Crucible Company, circa 1873
This crucible was raised from the wreck of the Loch Ard. It is one of six similar relics, in a range of sizes, now in the Flagstaff Hill collection. All were manufactured by the Morgan brothers who founded the Patent Plumbago Crucible Company in 1856, making crucibles in a small factory in Battersea London. A crucible is a container used for purifying and melting metals so that they can be cast in a mold to a predetermined shape and use. They must withstand extremely high temperatures, abrupt cooling, and shed their contents with minimal adherence. The addition of graphite to the traditional firing clays greatly enhanced the durability of industrial crucibles this technique was pioneered by the Morgan Bros thereby making a significant technological advance in foundry technology and metallurgy. The Morgans first noticed the advantages of graphite crucibles at the Great Exhibition held in London in 1851. Initially, they contracted to be sole selling agents for the American-made products of Joseph Dixon and Co. from New Jersey, but in 1856 they obtained that firm's manufacturing rights and began producing their graphite crucibles from the South London site. The Morgans imported crystalline graphite in 4-5 cwt casks from the British colony of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and mixed it with conventional English (Stourbridge) clays to be fired in kilns. Their products were purchased by the Royal Mints in London and India and exported to official mints in France and Germany. They were successful exhibitors of their crucibles and furnaces at the London Exhibition held in 1861 (Class 1, Mining, quarrying, metallurgy and mineral products, Exhibit 265, Patent Plumbago Crucible Co). The range of sizes represented by the six crucibles retrieved from the Loch Ard suggests they may have been part of a sample shipment intended for similar promotion in the Australian colonies or at Melbourne's International Exhibition to be held in 1880. A newspaper account of an 1864 tour of the Morgan brothers' 'Black Potteries' at Battersea indicates: "All the pots were numbered according to their contents, each number standing for one kilogram, or a little over two pounds; a No. 2 crucible contains two kilograms; a No. 3, three kilograms, and so on." These numbers are obscured by marine sediment on three of the crucibles in the Flagstaff Hill collection, but those legible on the remaining three are 5, 6, and 8. None of the six is of the same size. (For more information on the Loch Ard wreck see note sec this document) The shipwreck of the Loch Ard is of significance for Victoria and is registered on the Victorian Heritage Register ( S 417). Flagstaff Hill has a varied collection of artefacts from Loch Ard and its collection is significant for being one of the largest accumulation of artefacts from this notable Victorian shipwreck of which the crucible is a small part. The collections objects give us a snapshot of how we can interpret the story of this tragic event. The collection is also archaeologically significant as it represents aspects of Victoria's shipping history that allows us to interpret Victoria's social and historical themes of the time. Through is associated with the worst and best-known shipwreck in Victoria's history.A medium size crucible, or fluxing pot, for heating and pouring molten metal. The container rises in a slight curve from a smaller flat base to a wider open top with a lip for pouring. It was recovered from the wreck of the LOCH ARD. The crucible has a coating of sediment that obscures its numerical specifications of size and capacity. The markings that remain visible indicate it is a Morgan’s crucible, made with graphite to prevent cracking and provide a smooth non-adhesive inner surface. .On base: “…ORGAN’S …ENT”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, graphite crucible, plumbago crucible, morgan's crucible company, loch ard, morgan potteries, crucible, fluxing pot -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
School slate and slate pencils, School slate and pencils, Early 1900's
Used by school children up to 19302 x slates different sizes 7 x slate pencils used in above slates, different sizesOne has alphabet and numbers around sidesslate, schools, slate pencils, cowes state school -
Beechworth Honey Archive
Publication, Australian Transport Statistics 2007 (Dept of Transport & Regional Services), 2007
Soft cover A7 size, blue & grey size with a picture of a rail line 26 pages 2 copies -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - UNIFORM, CAMOUFLAGE, ARMY, Australian Defence Industries, c
Uniform shirt and trousers issued to WO1 "Graham Russell WYBAR" Reg No. 317098. Refer Cat No. 6372.25 for photographs of G.R. Wybar.1. Shirt - camouflage jungle pattern, green and brown colours, polyester/cotton fabric with long sleeves, shoulder epaulettes, two front pockets with two button down flaps, left sleeve pocket with button down flap, green colour plastic buttons. Left shoulder patch with Rising Sun, crown and " THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY". Two rank insignia on sleeves and crown for WO1. Polyester fabric manufacturers label - no visible print information. 2. Trousers - camouflage jungle pattern green and brown colours, polyester/cotton fabric. Green colour plastic buttons, metal zipper fly, two side pockets, two front to side pockets with two button down flaps, back pocket and button down belt loops. Waist and pocket lining - polyester/cotton fabric. No manufacturers label.graham russell wybar, uniform, army, camouflage work dress -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - JACKET AND TROUSERS, SERVICE DRESS, ARMY, Australian Defence Industries, 1980
1. Jacket, khaki colour, wool/polyester fabric, service dress style with gold colour plastic buttons with metal shank and split rings. Buttons have raised emblem RAEME. Collar, shoulder epaulettes, four front pockets, top two with buttons and two metal press studs on flap, lower button down flap. Two lapel badges - metal RAEME. Rank insignia patch on sleeves - crown - Warrant Officer 2nd class. Green colour polyester fabric lining with white cotton manufacturers label. 2. Trousers, khaki colour, wool/polyester fabric, service dress style with fob pocket, two side pockets and one pocket. Green colour polyester fabric lining to waist and pocket with manufacturers white cotton label inside one back pocket.Manufacturers information on labels - black ink print. 1. & 2. "CARBONE APPAREL/ VICTORIA/ ^/ DRY CLEAN ONLY/ RE-PRESS USING IRON AND/ DAMP CLOTH OR MEDIUM/ TO HOT STEAM IRON/ CREASE UPPER HALF OF LAPEL ONLY/ SERVICE NO./ NAME" Handwritten blue ink pen "11.6.80/ ENNST G.A." uniform, army, service dress -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - JACKET, TROUSERS - RAN
RAN Winter Ceremonial Officer's Uniform - black colour wool/polyester fabric. 1. Jacket - double breasted style with six buttons, collar, one inset, left breast pocket, two inset lower pockets with flap. Collar with two lapel metal badges - gold colour - Coat of Arms, Australia. Shoulder patch - black fabric, gold lettering "AUSTRALIA". Sleeve rank insignia patch fabric - Coat of Arms Australia = Warrant Officer. Buttons - gold colour metal buttons with shank with raised emblem lettering. Queens Crown, Anchor and "AUSTRALIA". Lining - black colour, polyester cotton fabric. Two concealed pockets. 2. Trousers - with fob pocket, two inset side pockets, one inset back pocket. Belt loops nylon/metal zipper fly and metal hook closer.Manufacturers inscription on back of buttons "STOKES & SONS/ VICTORIA"uniform, ran -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Geological specimen - Native (metallic) copper, Unknown
This specimen is a native copper specimen that is metallic. Copper is typically found in the earth's crust and is often found alongside other metals such as gold, zinc, lead and silver which all belong to the same group which is the Copper/Gold group. Copper is most commonly formed from large masses of molten lava rock which has solidified in the earth's crust and over time though different sizes and speeds of crystal growth has turned into large amounts of copper, stored in porphyry copper deposits. Copper has a distinctive colour, yet can sometime appear blue and greenish which is often caused by oxidisation or a mixture of copper and other metals. This specific specimen was recovered from Moonta, South Australia. The Moonta Mining Company was established in 1861, after a Shepard in the area noticed traces of copper. This lead to a rush in the copper mining industry which was relatively young in Australia at the time, making Moonta Mining Company one of the richest in Australia. By the 1860's, South Australia had been nicknamed the "Copper Kingdom" due to its vast amount of Large copper mines and resources. As of 2016, Australia was the second largest producer of Copper internationally, following behind Chile in first place. This copper specimen is significant historically and scientifically as it is such an important metal commonly used throughout the world in various ways. Copper is an invaluable recourse used in daily life, used in most electrical appliances as it is a great conductor of heat and electricity, as well as being soft and malleable, making it easy to bend and mould into delicate sheets and wires. Copper does not corrode and is therefore used in the production of water pipes among countless other significant necessities that are often overlooked in our society. Historically, Copper holds great significance as it was the first metal used by humans. It was discovered roughly 9000 years ago and was utilised by the Neolithic Man who learnt that heating the metal made it more malleable, thus tools and utensils were made which were far superior to the previous stone tools used by humans. This history and its connection to the current and ongoing relationship between humans and copper must be preserved and highlighted as it is integral to the history of all humankind. A small, palm-sized solid native copper mineral specimen with shades of browns, black and rustic tones throughout the specimen.NATIVE (metalic) COPPER / Locality: Moonta, South Australiabeechworth, burke museum, geological specimen, native specimen, geological, mineral, mineralogy, indigo shire, beechworth museum, copper, copper ore -
Bendigo Military Museum
Administrative record - AGM MINUTES, BENDIGO RSL SUB BRANCH, Bendigo RSL Sub Branch, C. 1949 - 1953, 1960 - 2000
The Annual General meeting Minutes of the Bendigo RSL Sub Branch. The first AGM report is 21.2.1949 through to 2.12.1953. The second AGM report 15.2.1960 through to 14.2.2000. These reports were scanned and reprinted in A4 size and placed in leather bound volumes, refer Cat No 8122.5.Binder folder foolscap size with Bendigo RSL Annual General Meeting minutes. The first entry is an original for the year ended 31.12.1934. The first AGM reports begin in 1949 through to 1953. The second entries are from 1960 through to 2000.The typing is in black with the use of underling in red. There a a few hand written. Each report is in a seperate sleeve.brsl, smirsl, agm, minutes -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - Apron
These aprons were very popular in the 1990's.As used to 1990'sCream calico waist apron. Material doubled to make deep pocket for clothes pegs. Pocket hem and waist band trimmed in green cotton; painted design on front, consisting of clothes line, the words, 'Pegs' and 'Clothes on line'.costume, female working -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - BATTLE DRESS, ARMY, 10 and .2) Keith Courtenay Pty Ltd .3) Herbert Johnson for Chorleys, 1) and .2) 1972-1973
Part of the Kevin John Herdman No. 397661 Collection. See Catalogue No. 5942P for details of his service record..1) Khaki battle dress jacket with button front and attached belt and buckle. Royal Australian Corps of Transport badges on each shoulder. Major's Crown on each epaulette. Red and blue lanyard threaded through left epaulette and secured in left breast pocket. Two button-down breast pockets. Buttons are khaki bakelite. .2) Pair khaki trousers with pleated front and zippered fly. Two side pockets and button-down hip pocket. Fob pocket and six belt loops. Buttons are khaki bakelite. .3) Khaki peaked cap with brown leather band. RACT badge on front of cap. Brown sweat band and clear plastic lining..1) and .2) On manufacturer's label: ' KEITH COURTENAY PTY LTD, VICTORIA, 1972-1973, 9upwards arrow), NAME: CAPT HERDMAN. K.' .3) On label inside cap: 'HERBERT JOHNSON, 13 OLD BURLINGTON ST, LONDON, W1, FOR CHORLEYS, CANBERRA'.royal australian corps of transport, kevin john herdman, uniform -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Instrument - Hourglass
An hourglass or sandglass is an instrument for measuring a defined time and can be used perpetually by simply turning it over immediately the top bulb empties. The clear blown glass is shaped into two equal sized bulbs with a narrow passage in the centre and contains uniform sized sand or glass particles in the lower bulb. The width of the neck regulates the constant flow of the particles. The glass is held in a stand with top and bottom of equal shape and size. Hourglasses can measure an infinite variety of time by gauging the size of the particles, the shape and size of the bulbs and the size of the passage between the bulbs, thus measuring hours or minutes or even seconds. Generally an hourglass sits between discs of wood at the ends, which are joined by long wooden spindles between the ends and tightened by screw caps. The length of time can be adjusted by adding or removing sand particles. The use of the marine sandglass (or hourglass) has been recorded in the 14th century in European shipping. A one minute sandglass was used in conjunction with the ship’s log for ‘dead reckoning’, (see below) that is, for measuring the ship’s speed through the water. They were also used to regulate ringing the ship’s timetable; for example a 4 hour sandglass was used for the length of the sailors’ watch, and a half hour timer for taking of readings for the ship’s log; the ship’s bell would be rung every half hour. It was usually the role of the cabin boy to watch and turn the sandglasses over at the exact time of them emptying their upper chambers and to ring the ship’s bell. Hourglasses have been used historically for many hundreds of years. Some have been used for timing church sermons, in cooking, in industry and at sea. Even today they are used for measuring the cooking time of eggs and timing a player’s turn in games such as Boggle and Pictionary. The sandglasses at sea were gradually replaced in the late 1700’s to early 1800’s by the more accurate chronometers (marine clocks) when they became reliable instruments. DEAD RECKONING (or Deduced Reckoning) Dead reckoning is the term used to describe the method of calculating the ship’s position from its speed and direction, used in early maritime travel, mostly in European waters. Both the (1) speed and the (2) direction of travel were recorded on a Traverse Board at half-hourly intervals during a helmsman’s watch of 4 hours. The navigator would record the readings in his ship’s log, plot them on his navigational chart and give his updated course directions to the next helmsman on watch, along with the cleared Traverse Board. This was a very approximate, but none-the-less helpful, method of navigation. The wooden Traverse Board was a simple pegboard with a diagram of a compass with eight peg holes along the radius to each of the compass points, plus a grid with ascending half hours in the left column and increasing ship’s speed in knots in a row across the column headings, with a peg hole in each of the intersecting cells. A number of wooden pegs were attached to strings on the board. By placing one peg consecutively in the direction’s radius hole, starting from the centre, and the speed holes when the half hourly reading was taken, a picture of speed and direction for the whole 4 hour watch was created. (1) To measure the ship’s speed a one minute hourglass timer was usually used to measure the ship’s speed through the water and help to calculate its longitude. A rope, with knots at regular standard intervals and a weight such as a log at the end, would be thrown overboard at the stern of the ship. At the same time the hourglass would be turned over and a seaman would start counting the number of knots on the rope that passed freely through his hands as the ship travelled. When the timer ran out the counting would be stopped. A timer of one minute (one-sixtieth of an hour), knots spaced one-sixtieth of a nautical mile apart, and simple arithmetic easily gave the speed of the ship in nautical miles per hour ("knots"). This would be recorded every half hour. The speed could however be inaccurate to the travel being affected by ocean currents and wind. (2) To calculate the ship’s direction a compass sighting would be recorded each half hour.Marine hourglasses or sandglasses were used from around the 14th to 19th century during the time of sailing ships. This hourglass is representative of that era, which is during the time of the colonisation of Australia. Hourglass or sandglass; an instrument used to measure time. Two equal sized clear glass bulbs joined with a narrow passage between them, containing equal sized particles of sand grains in lower bulb. Glass sits in a brass collar at each end, in a frame comprising 3 decorative brass columns or posts, each attached top and bottom, using round screw-on feet, to round brass discs. Disc have Roman numerals for the numbers 1 - 12 pressed into their inner surfaces and hieroglyphics on the outer surfaces. Roman numerals on inner surface of discs " I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII " Hieroglyphics impressed on outer surface of discsflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, horology, hourglass, hour glass, sandglass, sand glass, timing instrument, dead reckoning, deduced reckoning, finding latitude at sea, sandglass with hieroglyphics and roman numerals, hourglass with hieroglyphics and roman numerals, brass hourglass -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
4 Coloured photographs numbered 10043 to 10046, Demolition of buildings in Adelaide Street -Ringwood. Circa 1960
Postcard size coloured photograph"Written on back of photograph" Demolition of buildings East side of Adelaide Street- Ringwood Mail Office and Pines Hospital in background. Early 1960's -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
4 Coloured photographs numbered 10043 to 10046, Demolition of buildings in Adelaide Street -Ringwood. Circa 1960
Postcard size coloured photograph"Written on back of photograph" Demolition of buildings in Adelaide Street - including Bloods Emporium on corner of Maroondah Highway . Early 1960's -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
4 Coloured photographs numbered 10043 to 10046, Demolition of buildings in Adelaide Street -Ringwood. Circa 1960
Postcard size coloured photograph"Written on back of photograph" Demolition of buildings in Adelaide Street - including Block Building, Bloods Emporium, built in 1912 under Capt.E.T.Miles. Early 1960's. Corner of Maroondah Highway -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
4 Coloured photographs numbered 10043 to 10046, Demolition of buildings in Adelaide Street -Ringwood. Circa 1960
Postcard size coloured photograph"Written on back of photograph" Demolition of buildings corner Adelaide Street. Early 1960's. K.T.Williams- Chemist -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood and Croydon Mail, Adelaide Street ,Ringwood. Early 1960's
Postcard size coloured photograph"Written on back of photograph" Ringwood and Croydon mail,Adelaide Street . Early 1960's -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Timber & Trading Builders and Plumbers Supplies on Maroondah Hwy cnr New Street Ringwood.Circa 1960's
Postcard size coloured photograph"Written on back of photograph" Ringwood Timber & Trading. Corner of New Street and Maroondah Highway, Loughnan Hill in background. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Demolition of Ringwood Coolstores Circa 1960's
Postcard size colour photograph'Written on back of photograph" Demolition of Ringwood Coolstores -Circa 1960's -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Bill Patterson Motors -Ringwood- circa 1960's
Postcard size colour photograph'Written on back of photograph" Bill Patterson Motors - Maroondah Highway -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Market - circa 1960's
Postcard size colour photograph'Written on back of photograph" Ringwood Market, Ringwood St, later to become Cosco - circa 1960's -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Market - circa 1960's
Postcard size colour photograph'Written on back of photograph" Ringwood Market, circa 1960's -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, The English, Scottish & Australian Bank - Ringwood -circa 1960's
Postcard size colour photograph'Written on back of photograph" E S & A Bank - Maroondah Highway Ringwood -circa 1960's -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, State Savings Bank -Ringwood - circa 1960's
Postcard size colour photograph'Written on back of photograph" State Savings Bank - Maroondah Highway ,Ringwood -circa 1960's