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Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Enginemen of the Victorian Railways, 2011
Anecdotes from railwaymen working on the Victorian Railways in Australia.ill, p.182.Anecdotes from railwaymen working on the Victorian Railways in Australia.railroads - victorian railways - personal reminiscence, railroad operations - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Enginemen of the Victorian Railways Volume II, 2013
More anecdotes from railwaymen working on the Victorian Railways in Australia.ill, p.190.More anecdotes from railwaymen working on the Victorian Railways in Australia.railroads - victorian railways - personal reminiscence, railroad operations - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Dare, John, My Railway Days: A Photographic Journey with John Dare, 2015
Nostalgic images and memories of Victoria's changing railway system from 1970 to 2007 from photographer John Dare.ill, maps, p.160.Nostalgic images and memories of Victoria's changing railway system from 1970 to 2007 from photographer John Dare.railroads - victorian railways - personal reminiscence, railroad operations - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Barnett, David, Life On Australian Locomotives, 2015
Memories of railway man David Barnett on the Victorian railwaysindex, ill, maps, p.208.non-fictionMemories of railway man David Barnett on the Victorian railwaysrailroads - victorian railways - personal reminiscence, railroad operations - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Hughes, Richard, Roaring through the 20s
... Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...The writings of Richard Hughes from The Victorian Railway Magazine 1927-1930. Selected, edited and with commentary by David Burke to provide a nostalgic journey across Victoria's great railways.index, ill, p.255.non-fictionThe writings of Richard Hughes from The Victorian Railway Magazine 1927-1930. Selected, edited and with commentary by David Burke to provide a nostalgic journey across Victoria's great railways. railroad operations - victoria - history, railroads - victorian railways - personal reminiscence -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Victorian Railways The Spirit of Blue and Gold, 2021
Reminiscences of the Victorian Railways in Australia during the era of their Blue and Gold color scheme.ill, p.336.Reminiscences of the Victorian Railways in Australia during the era of their Blue and Gold color scheme.railroads - victorian railways - personal reminiscence, railroad operations - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Life on the Victorian Railways, 2014
Reminiscences of railwaymen on the Victorian Railways.ill, p.170.Reminiscences of railwaymen on the Victorian Railways.railroads - victorian railways - personal reminiscence, railroad operations - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Thompson, John E, Travels by Trainor: A Railwayman's Memories 1921-1931, 2000
Reminiscence and anecdotes by the late Douglas McNaughton Trainor an employee of the Victorian Railways from 1921 to 1931.index, ill, maps, p.100.non-fictionReminiscence and anecdotes by the late Douglas McNaughton Trainor an employee of the Victorian Railways from 1921 to 1931. railroads - victorian railways - personal reminiscence, railroad operations - victoria - history -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Series) - Subject File, Fairyland - 57 Malmsbury Street
Various PartiesReference, Research, InformationSecondary Values (KHS Imposed Order)Subject file on ‘Fairyland’, 57 Malmsbury Street, Kew. Fairyland, when owned by the Tabulos was a noted local, state, national and international tourist attraction. The grandparents of the historian Dorothy Rogers had originally owned the house. The file contains a copy of Rogers’ history of the house. The file also contains sundry newspaper articles/clippings, correspondence between KHS and the City of Boroondara relating to heritage protection, personal email correspondence (not for distribution), poetry, research documents including timelines, and colour and black and white photographs (donated by Betty Morgan, Matt Dickerson, et al). Primary sources included in the file include photocopies of Jim Tabulo’s War records and Jim and Grace Tabulo’s wedding certificate. The Tabulos collected and displayed in their garden many items of porcelain, pictures etc. The file contains a copy of a document/booklet on the British Royal family that once formed part of the Fairyland Collection.kew (vic) - history, fairyland - 57 malmsbury street (kew), jim tabulo, grace tabulo, mrs warboys, william lowe, henrietta lowe, dorothy rogers, arthur spruzen, william coucherkew (vic) - history, fairyland - 57 malmsbury street (kew), jim tabulo, grace tabulo, mrs warboys, william lowe, henrietta lowe, dorothy rogers, arthur spruzen, william coucher -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Fowler, John, Gerald Dee: The Life and Times of a Remarkable Railwayman, 2015
The life and times of Victorian Railway engine man Gerald Dee.ill, maps, p.160.non-fictionThe life and times of Victorian Railway engine man Gerald Dee.railroads - victorian railways - personal reminiscence, railroad operations - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Holmes, Lloyd, A Railway Life, 1991
Reminiscence of railwayman Lloyd Holmes and his time working on the New South Wales and Victorian Railways in the 1950s.ill, maps, p.112.non-fictionReminiscence of railwayman Lloyd Holmes and his time working on the New South Wales and Victorian Railways in the 1950s.railroads - victorian railways - personal reminiscence, railroad operations - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Yates, Thomas E, What a Journey: Life in the Victorian Railways 1948-1987, 2004
A reminiscence of life of working in the Victorian Railway from 1948 to 1987 by Thomas E Yates.index, ill, maps, p.222.non-fictionA reminiscence of life of working in the Victorian Railway from 1948 to 1987 by Thomas E Yates.railroads - victorian railways - personal reminiscence, railroad operations - victoria - history -
Federation University Art Collection
Work on paper - Bookplate, 'Ex Libris Bookplate for John Gartner'
John Gartner was a fine printer and publisher, an author, a noted philatelist, and also collector of Australian banknotes and coins. He was born on 16 July 1914 and was largely self-educated, leaving school at fourteen for work following the death of his father. Gartner developed a strong interest in the history of typography and printing and was apprenticed at the Advocate where his father had been a linotype operator. Aged 17, Gartner bought a hand press and some fonts of type, and in 1937 acquired a platen press from which he set and printed his private press books, published under the imprint of The Hawthorn Press. Gartner had a strong collection of Australian bookplates. He also looked at the work of artists overseas and commissioned personal plates. He subsequently built an international collection with preference for artists who printed from wood. His initial searches were in Belgium and Holland.(http://www3.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-84/t1-g-t7.html) Oval design depicting the face of a monk, possibly St Francis, with hands showing stigmata and a dove near his headSignature bottom rightkeith wingrove memorial trust, bookplate, australian bookplate design awards -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Patsy Adam Smith, Folklore of the Australian Railwaymen, 1969
From the back cover: "Patsy Adam-Smith has collected a rich host of humorous, historic, and tragic anecdotes from the navvies, guards, fettlers, gangers, station-masters, drivers, and other men and women of the Australian railways - men and women who, bringing character and life to the loneliness of the remote parts of Australia they opened up, were a vital part of our history."p.308.non-fictionFrom the back cover: "Patsy Adam-Smith has collected a rich host of humorous, historic, and tragic anecdotes from the navvies, guards, fettlers, gangers, station-masters, drivers, and other men and women of the Australian railways - men and women who, bringing character and life to the loneliness of the remote parts of Australia they opened up, were a vital part of our history."australian folklore. special subjects: railway services. personal observations. collections., railroads -- australia -- history. -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Jack Booth, Only The Tracks Remain, 1972
A novel about the history and anecdotes from some of the people who built Australia's railways.p.196.non-fictionA novel about the history and anecdotes from some of the people who built Australia's railways.novels in english. australian writers, australian folklore. special subjects: railway services. personal observations. collections. -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Rayment, Alfred, The Romance of the Railway - with reminiscences of a railway staff-officer, 1935
Reminiscences of Alfred Rayment a railway staff-officer on the New South Wales railways.p.79.non-fictionReminiscences of Alfred Rayment a railway staff-officer on the New South Wales railways.railways - new south wales - history., railways - new south wales - personal reminiscence -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Grainger, J.M, On And Off The Rails - A Railwayman's Story, 1964
The recollections of a railwayman in the steam era of New Zealand Railways.ill, p.141.non-fictionThe recollections of a railwayman in the steam era of New Zealand Railways.railroads -- new zealand -- history., railways - new zealand - railway staff - personal recollections -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Bygone Australian Transport - A Personal Journey of Nostalgic Memories 1959-1985
A pictorial nostalgic reminiscence from Bob Wilson of his interest in railways, ferries & planes from 1959-1985ill, p.64.non-fictionA pictorial nostalgic reminiscence from Bob Wilson of his interest in railways, ferries & planes from 1959-1985transport - reminiscence - australia, australian transport reminiscence - autobiographical - bob wilson -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Roberts, Frank, Vintage Steam, 1967
Stories from railway people of their work experiences on the New Zealand Government Railways.ill, maps, p.179.non-fictionStories from railway people of their work experiences on the New Zealand Government Railways.railroad operations - new zealand, railroad - new zealand - personal reminiscences -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Tronson, Mark, Footplate Yarns of Old, 1997
Reminiscences of railway workers on the railways of Australia.ill, p.128.non-fictionReminiscences of railway workers on the railways of Australia.railroad operations - australia - history, australian folklore. special subjects: railway services. personal observations. collections. -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Tronson, Mark, Tales of the Footplate: Australian Locomotive Enginemen's Stories and Anecdotes, 1988
Stories and anecdotes from railway men on the Australian railways. Published in celebration of Australia's bicentennial.Ill, p.159.non-fictionStories and anecdotes from railway men on the Australian railways. Published in celebration of Australia's bicentennial.australian folklore. special subjects: railway services. personal observations. collections., railroad operations - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Tronson, Mark, Ripping Good Railway Yarns, 1991
Stories and anecdotes from railway men on the Australian railways. Published in celebration of Australia's bicentennial.Ill, p.159.non-fictionStories and anecdotes from railway men on the Australian railways. Published in celebration of Australia's bicentennial.australian folklore. special subjects: railway services. personal observations. collections., railroad operations - australia - history -
Merri-bek City Council
Photograph - Ilford smooth pearl print, Atong Atem, Nyanluak, 2022
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Box Hill Historical Society
Book, Robert L. Hayes, Ad altiora certamus : a collective memoir of the Box Hill High School 1950-55 Cohort and the Foundation Matriculation Class, 2015
The reminiscences of 190 of the foundation matriculation class of Box Hill High School are collected to provide a history and memory of the school and the students. Stories of school life as well as life after Box Hill High School were contributed. A list of the members of the cohort as well as names of those who provided personal accounts are included.214 pages : illustrations (some colour}, facsimiles (some colour}, portraits (some colour}; 3 appendicesnon-fictionThe reminiscences of 190 of the foundation matriculation class of Box Hill High School are collected to provide a history and memory of the school and the students. Stories of school life as well as life after Box Hill High School were contributed. A list of the members of the cohort as well as names of those who provided personal accounts are included.schools, box hill high school, reminiscences, memoirs, agnew> malcolm, aitken> michael, baker> jeff, barber> rance, barclay> robin, blackwell> john, chandler> geoff, dahan> paul, dobbin> graeme, filshie> barry, francis> arthur, friday> robin, gannaway> alex, hancy> tom, hayes> bob, hewitt> neil, hiscock> peter, hobday> garth, lee> bryan, mckirdy> lindsay, olsen> ken, roffey> stuart, schaeche> marshall, smart> leslie, smit> kees, smith> graeme, swales> david, tucker> murray, wade> mark, webster> john, wilshier> eric, wilson> geoff -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Textile, Handkerchief cream embroidered WW1, Circa 1918
Hankerchiefs have been used for centuries as a piece of cloth deemed useful for personal hygiene. They are usually kept in one's pocket but at times through history have been fluttered to attract attention or send a message. In harder times they proved to be a cheap item often used to add interest to an outfit. This item is one of five hankerchiefs which were brought back from France after WW1 by great uncles of Gloria Redman and have been passed down through her grandmother and mother. This item has significance as an item linked to a local family and World War 1 and as such has social, and historical significance. It is well provenanced and can be used to provide interest to the relating of a fairly common story whereby many soldiers brought or sent back small items such as hankerchiefs to their loved ones at home.Cream silk hankerchief embroidered in cream silk white work.The edge is done in blanket stitch on a scalloped edge. The embroidery is patterned around the edge in a wide border.warrnambool,, world war 1 hankerchief, hankerchief, redman hankerchief, embroidered hankerchief -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Textile, Handkerchief Pink Green embroidered, C 1918
Hankerchiefs have been used for centuries as a piece of cloth deemed useful for personal hygiene. They are usually kept in one's pocket but at times through history have been fluttered to attract attention or send a message. In harder times they proved to be a cheap item often used to add interest to an outfit. This item is one of five hankerchiefs which were brought back from France after WW1 by great uncles of Gloria Redman and have been passed down through her grandmother and mother. This item has significance as an item linked to a local family and World War 1 and as such has social, and historical significance. It is well provenanced and can be used to provide interest to the relating of a fairly common story whereby many soldiers brought or sent back small items such as hankerchiefs to their loved ones at home.Cream silk hankerchief with gold coloured blanket stitch on scalloped edge. Hot pink flowers with green leaves and stems are embroidered in each corner.warrnambool, silk hankerchief, embroidered hankerchief, ww1 embroidered hankerchief, redman -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Textile, Handkerchief Pink edge, C1918
Hankerchiefs have been used for centuries as a piece of cloth deemed useful for personal hygiene. They are usually kept in one's pocket but at times through history have been fluttered to attract attention or send a message. In harder times they proved to be a cheap item often used to add interest to an outfit. This item is one of five hankerchiefs which were brought back from France after WW1 by great uncles of Gloria Redman and have been passed down through her grandmother and mother. This item has significance as an item linked to a local family and World War 1 and as such has social, and historical significance. It is well provenanced and can be used to provide interest to the relating of a fairly common story whereby many soldiers brought or sent back small items such as hankerchiefs to their loved ones at home.Cream silk hankerchief with soft pink edge in blanket stitch Embroidered with cluster of flowers and leaves in each corner with embroidered mauve butterfly. Smaller embroidered flowers above each butterfly. All done in colours of pink mauve, green and cream.warrnambool, embroidered hankerchief, ww1 embroidered hankerchief, redman hankerchief ww1 -
Federation University Art Collection
Work on paper - Artwork - Bookplate, 'Ex Libris Bookplate John Gartner'
John Gartner was a fine printer and publisher, an author, a noted philatelist, and also collector of Australian banknotes and coins. He was born on 16 July 1914 and was largely self-educated, leaving school at fourteen for work following the death of his father. Gartner developed a strong interest in the history of typography and printing and was apprenticed at the Advocate where his father had been a linotype operator. Aged 17, Gartner bought a hand press and some fonts of type, and in 1937 acquired a platen press from which he set and printed his private press books, published under the imprint of The Hawthorn Press. Gartner had a strong collection of Australian bookplates. He also looked at the work of artists overseas and commissioned personal plates. He subsequently built an international collection with preference for artists who printed from wood. His initial searches were in Belgium and Holland.(http://www3.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-84/t1-g-t7.html)Etching showing a reclining nude woman holding the letter E in the foreground and a printmaker in the background. Signature bottom right hand cornerkeith wingrove memorial trust, bookplate, australian bookplate design awards, printmaking, nude -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Container - Wooden Box, 1930s
One pharmaceutical enterprise which put greater emphasis on the manufacturing side of its business and whose successors strengthened this emphasis was Faulding's. A pharmacist, Francis H. Faulding, started his shop in Adelaide in 1841 and formed a partnership with an English physician, L. Scammel, in 1861. From its beginnings the firm showed a flare for innovation. After Simpson's discovery of the anaesthetic properties of chloroform in 1847, Francis Faulding was the first to import chloroform; in 1858 he distributed cocaine preparations; in 1864 he produced the first olive oil from South Australian olives and, after J. Lister's reports in Lancet on the reduction of mortality after surgery with the use of phenol, Faulding began production of antiseptics ('Solyptol') in 1867. Faulding was also the first to utilize the medicinal and antiseptic properties of eucalyptus oil which was obtained from distilleries on Kangaroo Island The Second World War in Europe disrupted the supply of cod liver oil, an important source of Vitamin A. Faulding chemists found an alternative source in white schnapper shark, which sustained supplies in Australia as well as generated exports to the UK . When supplies of I.G. Farben's newly discovered sulpha drugs ran out, Faulding became involved in the national program organised by the Medical Equipment Control Committee (MECC) and, jointly with universities, synthesised sulphanilamide. Following the transfer of American knowhow. Faulding's was also the first private enterprise to produce yet another life saving drug of military importance, penicillin. After the war basic synthesis of antibiotics became difficult to sustain by private enterprise because of the gigantic scale advantages of competing US producers, and competition in the synthesis of new drugs demanded huge investment in R & D; Fauldings maintained their business by a combination of marketing, wholesaling and producing consumer and medical products. In the 1970s, however, Fauldings set a remarkable precedent in research strategy and achievement in the Australian pharmaceutical business. They decided to concentrate their research on drugs which had proven efficacy, but which also suffered from certain shortcomings restricting their clinical usefulness, and to seek advances overcoming these shortcomings. This was an imaginative new strategy, a way of grafting Australian knowhow on to major products, in keeping with local resources and yet offering opportunities for sophisticated skill. At the same time it promised to open international markets, since the major producers of the basic drugs could hardly ignore significant advances. https://www.samhs.org.au/Virtual%20Museum/Medicine/drugs_nonsurg/Fauldings_drug/Fauldings_drugs.html This decorative gift box once containing Faulding’s Old English Lavender soap or powder belonged to Dr. Angus’ wife Gladys. It was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the family of Doctor William Roy Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. It is part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. Powder or soap in boxes such as this was perfumed and used as part of a women’s personal grooming in the early to mid 20th century. Faulding’s Company began in Adelaide, Australia, in 1845 and made a wide range of cosmetic and perfume products as well as pharmaceuticals. The company is still in operation today. ABOUT THE “W.R.ANGUS COLLECTION” Doctor William Roy Angus M.B., B.S., Adel., 1923, F.R.C.S. Edin.,1928 (also known as Dr Roy Angus) was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria in 1901 and lived until 1970. He qualified as a doctor in 1923 at University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was house surgeon to Sir (then Mr.) Henry Simpson Newland. Dr Angus was briefly an Assistant to Dr Riddell of Kapunda, then commenced private practice at Curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, SA, where he was physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as new Medical Assistant to Dr Thomas Francis Ryan (T.F. Ryan, or Tom), in Nhill, Victoria, where his experiences included radiology and pharmacy. In 1927 he was Acting House Surgeon in Dr Tom Ryan’s absence. Dr Angus had become engaged to Gladys Forsyth and they decided he further his studies overseas in the UK in 1927. He studied at London University College Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and in 1928, was awarded FRCS (Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons), Edinburgh. He worked his passage back to Australia as a Ship’s Surgeon on the on the Australian Commonwealth Line’s T.S.S. Largs Bay. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1929, in Ballarat. (They went on to have one son (Graham 1932, born in SA) and two daughters (Helen (died 12/07/1996) and Berenice (Berry), both born at Mira, Nhill ) According to Berry, her mother Gladys made a lot of their clothes. She was very talented and did some lovely embroidery including lingerie for her trousseau and beautifully handmade baby clothes. Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . Its first station was in the remote town of Oodnadatta, where Dr Angus was stationed. He was locum tenens there on North-South Railway at 21 Mile Camp. He took up this ‘flying doctor’ position in response to a call from Dr John Flynn; the organisation was later known as the Flying Doctor Service, then the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A lot of his work during this time involved dental surgery also. Between 1928-1932 he was surgeon at the Curramulka Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. In 1933 Dr Angus returned to Nhill and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital (a 2 bed ward at the Nelson Street Practice) from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what previously once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr Tom and his brother had worked as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He had been House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1902-1926. Dr Tom Ryan had one of the only two pieces of radiology equipment in Victoria during his practicing years – The Royal Melbourne Hospital had the other one. Over the years Dr Tom Ryan had gradually set up what was effectively a training school for country general-practitioner-surgeons. Each patient was carefully examined, including using the X-ray machine, and any surgery was discussed and planned with Dr Ryan’s assistants several days in advance. Dr Angus gained experience in using the X-ray machine there during his time as assistant to Dr Ryan. When Dr Angus bought into the Nelson Street premises in Nhill he was also appointed as the Nhill Hospital’s Honorary House Surgeon 1933-1938. His practitioner’s plate from his Nhill surgery is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. When Dr Angus took up practice in the Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan’s old premises he obtained their extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926. A large part of this collection is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. In 1939 Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool where he purchased “Birchwood,” the 1852 home and medical practice of Dr John Hunter Henderson, at 214 Koroit Street. (This property was sold in1965 to the State Government and is now the site of the Warrnambool Police Station. and an ALDI sore is on the land that was once their tennis court). The Angus family was able to afford gardeners, cooks and maids; their home was a popular place for visiting dignitaries to stay whilst visiting Warrnambool. Dr Angus had his own silk worm farm at home in a Mulberry tree. His young daughter used his centrifuge for spinning the silk. Dr Angus was appointed on a part-time basis as Port Medical Officer (Health Officer) in Warrnambool and held this position until the 1940’s when the government no longer required the service of a Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool; he was thus Warrnambool’s last serving Port Medical Officer. (Masters of immigrant ships arriving in port reported incidents of diseases, illness and death and the Port Medical Officer made a decision on whether the ship required Quarantine and for how long, in this way preventing contagious illness from spreading from new immigrants to the residents already in the colony.) Dr Angus was a member of the Australian Medical Association, for 35 years and surgeon at the Warrnambool Base Hospital 1939-1942, He served as a Surgeon Captain during WWII1942-45, in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W., completing his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. During his convalescence he carved an intricate and ‘most artistic’ chess set from the material that dentures were made from. He then studied ophthalmology at the Royal Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital and created cosmetically superior artificial eyes by pioneering using the intrascleral cartilage. Angus received accolades from the Ophthalmological Society of Australasia for this work. He returned to Warrnambool to commence practice as an ophthalmologist, pioneering in artificial eye improvements. He was Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist to Warrnambool Base Hospital for 31 years. He made monthly visits to Portland as a visiting surgeon, to perform eye surgery. He represented the Victorian South-West subdivision of the Australian Medical Association as its secretary between 1949 and 1956 and as chairman from 1956 to 1958. In 1968 Dr Angus was elected member of Spain’s Barraquer Institute of Barcelona after his research work in Intrasclearal cartilage grafting, becoming one of the few Australian ophthalmologists to receive this honour, and in the following year presented his final paper on Living Intrasclearal Cartilage Implants at the Inaugural Meeting of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists in Melbourne In his personal life Dr Angus was a Presbyterian and treated Sunday as a Sabbath, a day of rest. He would visit 3 or 4 country patients on a Sunday, taking his children along ‘for the ride’ and to visit with him. Sunday evenings he would play the pianola and sing Scottish songs to his family. One of Dr Angus’ patients was Margaret MacKenzie, author of a book on local shipwrecks that she’d seen as an eye witness from the late 1880’s in Peterborough, Victoria. In the early 1950’s Dr Angus, painted a picture of a shipwreck for the cover jacket of Margaret’s book, Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks. She was blind in later life and her daughter wrote the actual book for her. Dr Angus and his wife Gladys were very involved in Warrnambool’s society with a strong interest in civic affairs. He had an interest in people and the community They were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens. After his death (28th March 1970) his family requested his practitioner’s plate, medical instruments and some personal belongings be displayed in the Port Medical Office surgery at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, and be called the “W. R. Angus Collection”.Fauldings Company is a very historical Australian company, still in operating today. The powder box is an example of fashion and grooming in the 1930's in Australia. The W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The collection of medical instruments and other equipment is culturally significant, being an historical example of medicine from late 19th to mid-20th century. Dr Angus assisted Dr Tom Ryan, a pioneer in the use of X-rays and in ocular surgery.Container, wooden powder box with separate lid. Round box is made from light coloured timber and was sold containing Faulding’s Old English Lavender cosmetic powder. The wooden bowl is light in colour and the lid has a decal with text and images of two ladies facing each other, a gentleman looking over his shoulder at them, and red roses. From the W.R. Angus Collection.Faulding's Old English Lavender, and picture of old English men and women in period costume.flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, warrnambool, shipwtreck coast, dr w r angus, faulding's, lavender, powder, cosmetic -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Textile, Handkerchief white edge, Circa 1918
Hankerchiefs have been used for centuries as a piece of cloth deemed useful for personal hygiene. They are usually kept in one's pocket but at times through history have been fluttered to attract attention or send a message. In harder times they proved to be a cheap item often used to add interest to an outfit. This item is one of five hankerchiefs which were brought back from France after WW1 by great uncles of Gloria Redman and have been passed down through her grandmother and mother. This item has significance as an item linked to a local family and World War 1 and as such has social, and historical significance. It is well provenanced and can be used to provide interest to the relating of a fairly common story whereby many soldiers brought or sent back small items such as hankerchiefs to their loved ones at home. Cream silk handkerchief with cream blanket stitched edge with three cream and one pink flower embroidered in each corner. Stems and leaves worked in green.redman, hankerchief, warrnambool, ww1 hankerchief, souvenir ww1