This graduation gown was worn in 1923 by Dr Angus when he graduated as MB and BS at University of Adelaide. 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” that 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. 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”. 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. Graduation gown, part of the W.R. Angus Collection.Black tailored graduation gown belonging to Dr Angus. Label with maker's details and Dr Angus' name.Label; “JAS MARSHALL & COY LTD ADELAIDE / W.R. ANGUS”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, dr w r angus, university of adelaide graduation 1923, graduation gown 1923, w.r. angus graduation 1923

Black and white group photograph of 15 men and the Minister at the side of the Church of England Rutherglen. Mounted on cardboard.Written on back: "Circa 1923/24. Back row - ___, Farrell, J. Stanton, H. Turner. 2nd row - G. Barnes, W. Backman, S. Bray, E. Furze, Bert Furze. Front - H. William, Neville, C. Judd, Rev. James Watt, G. Chandler, Mr. Chandler, F. Uren." churches, anglican church, farrell, stanton, turner, barnes, backman, bray, furze, williams, neville, chandler, uren

This watch belonged to Alan Robert WEBSTER who was born on 11-1-1923 at Wangaratta. He enlisted in Melbourne and served with the RAAF 30 Squadron. He was killed on the 11-8-1944 when his Beaufighter A19-194 was hit by AA fire at Cape Simork, Dutch New Guinea while on a bombing mission. He is buried in the LAE Cemetery in Papua New Guinea. Gold coloured metal watch with square face and white plastic watch band.Engraved on rear of watch - ARW 409630 RAAFalan robert webster, raaf, 30 squadron, ww2, lae, png

"Winnie Wattle" was a radio announcer who conducted shows specifically for children. H R Hughan was originally from Tasmania and started his first news agency in Prahran before opening his establishment in View Point Bendigo. He was advertising as an importer of books, magazines and school requisites in 1923 . Whilst in Bendigo, he was active in the Chamber of Commerce. He left the area in 1926.Bookmark "Winnie Wattle", "You're tired of reading, I see by your face, so put down your book and I'll mark your place". Advertising item produced by "H. R. Hughan, Bibles, Hymn gifts, Presentation and Library gifts, school requirements.bookmark, adverising, hughan

Concerts were a fundraiser that the Association for the Advancement of the Blind first introduced in 1900, based upon the experiences of the RVIB concert tours that Tilly Aston had participated in whilst attending the school. Initially not as successful as hoped, they were re-introduced in 1911 and soon became a regular fundraiser for the fledgling organisation. This undated handbill lists the acts and the ticket seller for one such performance, possibly around 1923.Long paper sheet with printing on one sideThe Most Popular Company on Tour Blind Variety Entertainers will visit here Thur May 28 The following Up-to-date Artists will appear Norman Leslie comedian Charles Bennett welcome reappearance of the famous Blind Tenor and Pianist T.H. Andrew welcome reappearance of Blind Instrumentalist A. Solomon welcome reappearance of Old Time Blind Comedian Special Engagement Paul Debur paper manipulator and sketch cartoonist Fred Tilley welcome reappearance of the Popular Blind Basso in Songs, humorous and sentimental Leslie & Debur in Double Comedy & Melody The Most Popular Company now on Tour. Interesting Program of Genuine Delight. Instrumental, Comic, Classic, Trios, Duets, Etc. The Whole of the Proceeds in aid of Association for the Advancement of the Blind and the Home for the Adult Blind Any Blind Person may participate in the benefits of this Association. An Association of Blind People. Popular Prices No Tax Advance Representative, R. Reid Touring Concert Manager, Norman Leslie General Secretary: T. Marks, Oxford Chambers, Melbourne City Service Press (A.J. Charles), Rear Payne's, Bourke Streetassociation for the advancement of the blind, fundraising

There is no indication either of who wrote this, nor whether other chapters were written. Although it covers the same events as "Legacy" by Claude Blatchford, and "The Torch" by M.H. Ellis, it is not a draft for either. The chapter covers events from the inauguration of Legacy in 1923 to a conference of Legacy Clubs held in Melbourne in 1928. The notation H43 in red pen shows that it was part of the archive project that was trying to capture the history of Legacy.A briefer and more readable version of the period described.White quarto paper with black type, 19 pages about the beginning of Legacy, headed Chapter 1.Page 1 "H43" (See Item 00937) and "2"(circled) in blue biro; Page 2 notation in the margin of paragraph #3 "Later", written in blue biro; Page 15, pencilled corrections #1.history, founding legatee

Black and white photograph of Q class No. 197 at South Melbourne depot, probably soon after it's entry into service during Sept. 1923. Has the MMTB name along the rocker panel, and a PMTT-style destination box, showing the destination of Hanna St Depot. This type of destination mechanism would have required a person standing on the bumper bar, to reach up to change the destination.Yields information about the then new Q class trams.Black and white print with photographer's detail on the rear."C J Frazer" photographers stamp.tramways, tramcars, tram 197, south melbourne depot, hanna st depot, q class

This is a pencil used by carpenters and builders and other tradesmen on site. It has been produced in a flattened shape to prevent it from rolling away. The pencil advertises a Warrnambool business, Pontings Timber and Hardware. This business was founded in 1923 by brothers Walter and Len Ponting. Three of Walter’s sons took over the business in the 1940s and today it is still operated by members of the Ponting family. The business is at 110 to 114 Kepler Street.This pencil is of interest as it advertises a prominent Warrnambool business, Pontings Timber & Hardware. This business has operated in Warrnambool for 95 years.This is a rectangular-shaped wooden pencil with a yellow coating and graphite inserted inside the wood. There is printing on both sides of the pencil. It has been sharpened at one end and part of the pencil has been used up. ‘Pontings Timber & Hardware PH 62..’ ‘Stanley Bos…’ pontings, timber & hardware, warrnambool history

Reproduction of a tribute to Malcolm McCaul Brodie, who died in 1946, by his friend and work colleague William Tainsh. Mr Brodie was a passionate supporter of the Braille Library and joined the Board in 1923, occupied the position of Honorary Secretary before becoming Vice President in 1925, then President in 1929 until his death in 1946. Mr Brodie was the grandson of John Alston who made the first Braille bible.1 white page attached to cardboardvictorian association of braille writers, malcolm brodie

Photocopy of a pamphlet held by Melbourne University Archives detailing the history of Melbourne Legacy 1923-1944. Details include the genesis of the organisation, and how it came to be called Legacy as well as information about various activities Legacy children could access. Includes a concise chronology of Melbourne Legacy during those years. It includes an extract from a speech by the former Governor General Sir Issac Issacs about Legacy.It's a brief and concise history of the early years of Melbourne Legacy.Photocopy x 16 pages of black type and black and white photos.history, annual summary

A letter dated 21st September 1928 written by P.W. Powell with his recollections of the first years of Melbourne Legacy. Legatee Powell was the first Honorary Secretary of the Club, attending the first meeting in September 1923 when the office bearers were appointed and the name of the Club discussed. He notes that the early documents and press cuttings were included in the first Minute Book, but goes on to say that the book is missing.A personal signed account by a man who was part of the creation of Melbourne Legacy.2 typewritten pages, black on white letterhead.'H46' in blue ballpoint on first page, signed 'P.W.Powell' in black ink on the second page.history, founding legatee

Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from Friday, March 5, 2004. School's in: Bagshot Primary School in 1923. Back row: Phyllis Smith, Ethel Clay, Gladys Peatling, Hazel Clay, Cliff Clay, Tom Gooding, Kevin Gooding. Middle row: Eric Baker (teacher), Herb Clay, Cyril Peatling, Ethel Peatling, Alma Clay, Grace Pollard, Beatrice (Dolly) Smith, Ernie Stanley. Front row: Morrie Clay, Wally Clay, Len Clay, Norman Clay, Bert Clay, Ivor Clay and Bill McGrath. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Thursday, November 13, 2003. In the swim: this picture was taken at the old Bendigo Ladies Baths in Bath Lane in 1923. The students are from the Bendigo High School. Back row from left to right: Eileen Graham, Freda Baggaley, Ellie Coakley, Edna Burrowes, Miss Broughton (teacher), unknown, Daphne Stevenson, Lyle Willis. Middle: Evelyn Lamb, Mavis Hampson, Elsie Anderson, Betty Rymer, Unknown, Unknown, Doris Munro Florrie Spencer. Front: Isobl Blake, Ruth Spiers, Joyce Long, Beth Beischer.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Thursday, September 25, 2003. On track: the Victorian Railway Institute 1923 Committee. Back row: P. Davidson, W. Emmett, H. McShane, D. Patterson, A. Horbury, W. Heath, J. Martin and J. Bruce. Middle row: F. Bond, S. Ellis, W. McShane, J. Wheelock, T. Liddle, H. Murdoch, G. Ryan, J. Bishop (vice chairman) and J. Finch. Front row: A. Elliott, P. O'Neil, G. Salter, W. Ellis (chairman), A. Swann and T. Daly.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

The Bendigo Competitions Society Inc. was originally started by a group of local traders – The Chamber of Commerce – a group of businessmen. 2024 marks the 98th Bendigo Competitions Society Annual Bendigo Eisteddfod. Gwenllian Maude Dunstan Born: Long Gully, 8 August 1911, daughter of Thomas Dunstan and Maude Jane James Married: 1939, William James Rowe Gwenllian Rowe died Bendigo, 18 March 2002 William James Rowe Born: Long Gully, 1912, son of William James Rowe and Hilda May Goldsworthy Railway employee. William Rowe died Bendigo 24 June 1985. Both are buried at Bendigo Cemetery; Quick Lawn, Section 1, Row 1. (No photograph available) Bendigo Musical, Literacy and Elocutionary Society Competitions Certificate 1932. Third prize awarded to Gwen Dunstan for Champion Solo, Ladies and Gents 16 and under 21. Signed by the President H. Woolcock and the Secretary. The rear side of the certificate has handwritten notes. Six Bendigo Musical, Literary and Elocutionary Competition Awards Judge’s Award Sheets for 1923, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1931 and 1932. Letter to Miss Dunstan notifying her that she had been included in the Annual Masonic Ball Debutante set in 1931. The chaperone for this event was Mrs G V Lansell. history, bendigo, bendigo competitions

Henry Beater Christian (1886-1962) , was a descendant of one of the earliest settler families in Kew. Employed at the Kew Asylum as a 'public servant', he was a skilled amateur photographer, photographing numerous scenes in Kew and on his travels around Victoria. The majority of his photographs date from 1916 to 1929. His finest photographs are housed in two photograph albums. Digital copy of a photograph from page 7 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. This photograph was taken during a flood year, perhaps 1923, when the Yarra encroached on the grounds of the Abbotsford Convent. In the distance, the Johnston Street Bridge separates the viewer from the industrialised landscape of Fairfield. In developing the photo, Henry Christian employed a circular frame to artistically focus the view. He empkloyed this technique for what he may have viewed as his best photographs. "Studley Park / Kew"henry beater christian (1886-1962), landscape photography, kew (vic.) — yarra river, christian-washfold collection, photograph albums, fairfield, kew, johnston street bridge, studley park

Black and white photograph of VR tramcar 42 at Elwood Depot in St Kilda St. VR tramcar 42 built at VR Newport Workshops as one of 4 air brake equipped bogie drop centre trams (40-43) and entered service at Elwood Depot in 1923. Operated by VR on the St Kilda to Brighton broad-gauge line until it was scrapped in 1957. Tramcar 42 operated the last service on the Brighton Beach to Park Street Middle Brighton, on 1 January 1956. Tram has the destination of St Kilda Station. Advertising includes "Blue Label" and "Briquettes"trams, tramways, elwood depot, vr class tramcars, vr photos, vr trams, st kilda brighton, tram 42

Series of three Mounted black and white photograph - rail. .1 - close up or high definition of two sections of rail - showing metallurgical structure and failure in one case. Cast numbers 100 and 103 have been written under the respective photographs. .2 - as above for cast Number 54 - showing failure, possibly after testing. .3 - two sections of grooved rail which has been bent around the vertical web without failure. All have a date stamp in top right hand corner "2 Nov 1923" - the three could be another numeral.trams, tramways, rails, testing

Photograph - mounted onto a heavy card, numbered 65-576 in the top right hand corner of Whitehorse Road looking west near Yerrin St, c1920. Shows the single line that was duplicated in 1923. Notes that the image is courtesy of the TMSV. See image i2 for the actual photograph. 4673.1 - loose print of the photograph with the words on the rear: "Melbourne / Whitehorse Road, Balwyn / Single Truck tram on original single track line. Probably about 1920 or so (Opened 30/9/16 and duplicated 14/2/23 from Burke Rd to Talbot Ave)On rear in ink "Reproduced C No. 1450, ?? Original photo now have Negative" and the "Surrey Hill Neighbourhood Centre" stamp. On the front under the number "Original Neg No. 2106"trams, tramways, whitehorse road, balwyn

Hilda Hill Collection. Combination of Sepia and Black & White Photographs on double sided card total of 10. Images. Uncle Jack foreground wearing suit and hat and sitting on a stool, lady to the right wearing a light coloured dress and white shirt with dark coat over her shoulders, behind lady on right back of a man in dark clothing, other people behind Jack are indistinguishable, 'Kilmuir' December 19th 1920. Five men standing in a group, all dressed in suits with collar and tie, four men wearing hats other is bare headed, to left is garden bush setting. Two men in dark suits with white shirts and ties bare headed, two ladies wearing white blouses and dark coloured dresses with young girl in white seated on the ground, large tree to right of group, 'Durvol' December 1920. Three young ladies all dressed in white and white large brimmed hats in a bush setting, left background has a number of people playing a game, the girls a standing next to a rocky outcrop, December 27th 1920. Two men in dark suits wearing hats a lady and two young girls wearing white dresses, young girls to the left is looking to her left and wearing a broad brimmed hat with a hat band, the lady is wearing a white broad brimmed hat and the young girls next to her is wearing a black broad brimmed hat, at a swimming carnival December 27th 1920. Moll Doreen Hilda each wearing white blouses and dark coloured skirts seated in a garden setting, large tree to background right with glimpse of a large decorative fence line and roadway, 'Durvol' October 1920. Old car, Durant', with fold back canvas roof and without side panels, wooden spoke wheels, running boards, three occupants all male two in front seat wearing black suits and hats, man in rear seat wearing a white shirt, background is gable roofed house with decorative lace work below the gutter, white picket fence, trees right background in front of gable roofed house, 1923. Jonah dressed in white dress standing at the end of a verandah, verandah post to the left, gable roof and chimney in background showing above the garden enclosure, 'The Ranche' November 1922. Doreen wearing a large brimmed hat dark coat white blouse, sitting on a log, two baskets of flowers one each side, background left show trunk of a large tree, three posts with a wire attached to the top of each, background right shows a tree trunk laying on the ground. Two men and two boys, one man is down on his haunches with his hands clasped together in front, wearing a dark suit with white shirt and black tie, other man is lying on the lawn wearing a dark suit, both boys are sitting on the lawn, black shorts white shirt and dark ties, dark socks and boots, boy on left holding puppy between his legs, background is garden and shrubs, 'Durvol' 14 February 1919.Hilda Hill Private Collectionaustralia, history, post war life, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/durant_motors

This book has the stamp of ‘Ecker’s Hotel’. This hotel was on the east side of Liebig Street between Lava and Koroit Streets and was opened in 1875 by James Dooley. It was take over in 1885 by James Taylor and then by Joe Ecker in 1910. When Joe Ecker left the hotel in 1923 the licensees following retained the name ‘Ecker’s’. The hotel closed in 1962. It is the only hotel in Warrnambool to have had no other name except that of three of its owners. This book is only of interest because of its connection with Ecker’s Hotel, well-known in Warrnambool for 90 years as a comfortable, well-managed place to stay or visit. No doubt many of the clientele were farmers and this would explain the reason for the book being retained at the hotel. This is a hard cover book of 408 pages. It has a green cover with black lettering on the front cover and on the spine. It has a Preface, a Contents page, 25 chapters of Text, a Gestation Table and an Index. There are many black and white photographs and illustrations scattered throughout the text. The back page is torn and the cover is scuffed and the book is a little warped out of shape. There is some pencil scribble on the first page and a black-coloured stamp. ‘Ecker’s Hotel’ ecker’s hotel, warrnambool, joe ecker, warrnambool history