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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETING CARDS, 1915
Creamy white card with embossed flowers, leaves and decorative work. The left fold with flowers on overlaps the right fold which is narrow and has a leaf at the top and decorative work along the edges. The flowers are pink with pale leaves above them and a darker green background. The top edge of the card is cut along the edges of the leaves. Below, printd in gold, with a gold edged capital letter is: 'Wishes'. It also has decorative work above and below it. Inside is written; 'To Bettie from Uncle Audre (the rest is missing.)Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., London, Paris, New Yorkperson, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETING CARDS
Document. Greeting Cards. Small, single light brown card with timber pattern background. Top has scallop edge and gold coloured scallop pattern with tassels and rings hanging from the points. The left side has 4 gold flowers which extend past the edge. The bottom has 1 gold flower and the base of the urn extending past the edge. A gold urn with black flowers at the bottom and black shading on the top edge has mauve flowers with gold leaves in it. Picture on card is embossed.person, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards -
National Wool Museum
Administrative record - Business Card, George Hodgson Limited Business Card, Unknown
George Hodgson Limited Business Card, a British loom manufacture based in Bradford England. The card showcases the awards the company as won as well as a description of one of their looms.Cream business card printed with the black ink. The front of the card lists the awards and medals the company had one in the background with an image of each award. The company logo is placed in the center. The back of the card has a drawing of a loom with a decorative border.Front top edge - Awards for Improvements & Excellence in Power Looms for Weaving. Front middle - George Hodgson Limited Makers of Power Looms for Weaving. Bradford, Yorkshire, England Front bottom edge - Presented by J T Elioors (?) Back bottom edge - One shaft heavy underpick worsted and woollen cloth loom, with 4 holed drop box on each side, fitted with positive wheel dobby.textile machinery, wool manufacture, wool, loom, george hodgson limited -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Plate, The Hopkins Warrnambool
This is a dish sold to tourists visiting Warrnambool in the 1920s as a souvenir of Warrnambool and the Hopkins River. It was made by the Royal Stafford Bone China Company which was founded in the mid 1800s and based in Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. The scene depicting the Hopkins River mouth shows the Lyndoch windmill, the Lyndoch bungalow built in the early 1920s by Florence Lake, Proudfoots Boathouse and the Rowing Club building. This dish is an interesting example of the high-quality souvenirs sold to tourists in the mid 1920s. Local Warrnambool residents may also have purchased an item such as this. Souvenir items depicting local scenes are still sold today in most places in Australia.This is a square-shaped white china dish with a fluted edge and gold colouring on the edge of the fluting. In the centre of the dish is a black and white image of the mouth of the Hopkins River near its mouth. On the base is a blue stamp of the maker of the dish. ‘The Hopkins, Warrnambool, Vic.’ ‘Guaranteed Royal Stafford English Bone China, Made in England’ hopkins river, warrnambool, lyndoch, warrnambool, history of warrnambool -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Jug, China Jug, Early 20th century
This jug would have been used in a household some time in the 20th century. It was probably used to hold milk or could have been used as a vase. It has no known provenance.This jug has no known local provenance and may be useful for display. It has been an attractive object.This is a jug with a blue floral pattern covering most of the jug, except for the white handles. The top and base are edged with gold decoration but this is mostly faded away. The top has a fluted edge and there is a small chip on the lip and a crack at the top.‘Dee’ noritake jug, warrnambool -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Pennant - Centenary, Portland, Connecticut, September 20th, 1941, 1941
Red felt pennant with painted lettering and a roundel depicting an early settlement by edge of a harbour with a sailing ship in it. Left edge is bound with white felt, and two red felt tags and sewn at top and bottom of white edging.Front: "CENTENARY / PORTLAND. CONN/ FIRST HOUSE IN PORTLAND, 1690" (in roundel). SEPT. 20TH, 1941 (white paint on centre of pennant). -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Book - Bible, Holy Bible, 1939
Black leather soft binding with stipple pattern; capped leather edges to cover sides of book. Red and gilt edges on pages. Gold lettering on cover and spine with publishers crest on tail of spine. Black end papers. -
Yendon History Group
Enamel Station Sign
The sign is shown in photo P , taken on the western platform in 1967. Just prior to demolition of the station, the sign was taken by Ian Smith of Buninyong, and kept by him until its donation to the YHG.Sign from Yendon station platform. Metal, black underneath, front white with black lettering. Top and bottom edges rolled over to the back. Three holes along the top and bottom edges, fitted with metal eyelets.YENDONyendon railway station, station sign -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Table, Side, Unknown
This table was probably used as a desk. It has many ink stains and scratches.Small side table with drawer. Bevilled edges on front and two sides, back has a straight edge. Legs and frame have been varnished or painted a dark color. Alll four legs have been turned. Nonetable, side, drawer, bevilled -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETING CARDS
Document. Greting Cards. Very ornate white card with lacy pattern embossed on it and cut outs. Edges pattern cut and flowers extend over the edges. Blue & white flowers and green leaves. Pale blue background.Raphael Tuck & Sonsperson, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Card
Christmas card in the form of a book. Scalloped edge with black cat embossed with gold bow and good luck written in gold and awaiting somebody, May it be you - Gold pattern around edge held together with green cord.Sincere Greetings.|It needs few words, This wish to say that none can wish to say, that none can wish you greater happiness this Christmas Day.documents, cards -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Candle Holder, 1930s
This is a china candle holder which is a souvenir of Warrnambool with an image on the item of the Warrnambool War Memorial. Czechoslovakia was established as a country in 1918 and began to export china goods in the 1920s and 30s when the label ‘Victoria China’ became well known. The Warrnambool War Memorial at the southern end of Liebig Street was unveiled and dedicated in 1926. It was designed by John King, the Headmaster of the Warrnambool Technical School and erected by the local stonemasons, Wooles and Carpenter. This candle holder is of some interest as an example of the tourist souvenirs that were popular in Warrnambool pre-World War Two. This is a china candle holder with a circular base in brown-orange and white tonings and a fluted edge. The candle holding section is also circular with the same colour tonings and a slightly fluted edge. Inside this are the hardened remains of a candle. The base has a handle attached. On one edge of the base there is a colour image of the Warrnambool War Memorial. The maker’s name at the back has a crown symbol. ‘Soldier’s (sic) Memorial, Warrnambool’ ‘Victoria China, Czechoslovakia’ victoria china czechoslovakia, warrnambool war memorial, history of warrnambool -
Orbost & District Historical Society
axe head
Inspected by archaeologist, Joanna Freslov on 2.6.2008. Stone tools were used for a variety of purposes, in ways similar to those of steel knives, axes, hammers and chisels. Ground-edge tools are made from fracture-resistant stone, such as basalt.This is able to withstand repeated impact, and and so was suitable for use in objects such as stone axes. The stone was quarried, and then roughly shaped into a tool blank with blows from a hammerstone. The edges were then sharpened and refined by grinding the tool against a coarse, gritty rock. The necessary tools and equipment for hunting, fishing and warfare were some of the very few items that Aboriginals carried with them from place to place. Most were used for a multiplicity of purposes. Because many were made from raw natural materials, such as wood, generally only partial remains are found today. This artefact is an exaample of the stone tools that Aboriginal people used.A dark stone handmade Aboriginal axe head.aboriginal axe-head stone-artefacts tool -
Orbost & District Historical Society
axe head
Inspected by Joanna Freslov, archaeologist 2.6.2008. Stone tools were used for a variety of purposes, in ways similar to those of steel knives, axes, hammers and chisels. Ground-edge tools are made from fracture-resistant stone, such as basaltwhich is able to withstand repeated impact, and is suitable for use in objects such as stone axes. The stone was quarried, and then roughly shaped into a tool blank with blows from a hammerstone. The edges were then sharpened and refined by grinding the tool against a coarse, gritty rockThe necessary tools and equipment for hunting, fishing and warfare were one of the very few items that Aboriginals carried with them from place to place. Most were used for a multiplicity of purposes. Because many were made from raw natural materials, such as wood, generally only partial remains are found today. This axe head is an example of an early stone tool used by the Indigenous people of Eastern Australia.A handmade stone Aboriginal axe head.aboriginal tool stone-artefact axe-head -
Orbost & District Historical Society
axe head
Inspected by Joonna Freslov, archaeologist 2.6.2008. Stone tools were used for a variety of purposes, in ways similar to those of steel knives, axes, hammers and chisels. Ground-edge tools are made from fracture-resistant stone, such as basalt which is able to withstand repeated impact, and is suitable for use in objects such as stone axes. The stone was quarried, and then roughly shaped into a tool blank with blows from a hammerstone. The edges were then sharpened and refined by grinding the tool against a coarse, gritty rock.The necessary tools and equipment for hunting, fishing and warfare were one of the very few items that Aboriginals carried with them from place to place. Most were used for a multiplicity of purposes. Because many were made from raw natural materials, such as wood, generally only partial remains are found today. This axe head is an example of an early stone tool used by the Indigenous people of Eastern Australia.A handmade stone Aboriginal axe head. Finger grips are clear.axehead aboriginal tool stone-artefact -
The Ed Muirhead Physics Museum
Resistance Bridge Hartmann & Braun
Machined metal parts, polymer base, wooden box plinth. Uncoated metal, polished wood. Surface finish: wood varnish. [Stamped] on upper face, centre of front edge: Hartmann & Braun A.G./ Frankfurt a.M/ No 13881. [Stamped] on upper face, centre of back edge: Manufacturer’s symbol. Paint dot on upper face in top left corner approx. 0.7-1.0cm in diameter. -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Functional object - Sailmakers Palm
Sail makers Palm - Used to push the sewing needle through heavy sail material (sometimes several layers thick) and when sewing edges included material and rope.Brown Leather sailmakers palmsailmakers palm, queenscliff maritime museum -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Machine - Duplicating machine
Spirit duplicating machine known as Roneo in Australia and Banda in UK, further information on Wikipedia, this machine used in 1960's to 1970's at Waters Edge Caravan ParkSteel duplicating machine, grey in colour, handle on right hand side to activate the copy process, black carry handle, front and rear opencommerce, office equipment, stationery -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - INFANT BOY'S DRESS, 1883- 1885
White child's dress of heavy cotton lace. Sleeveless bodice with arm holes edged with 3cm ungathered broderie type lace. High round neckline with 5cm lace flat collar. Back opening to waist with 5 x 1cm white buttons. LHS is seamed with buttons attached. RHS edge has button holes pushed through edge of lace. 5mm cotton tape is threaded through seam at neck line to form ties at the back. Skirt is made up of two layers of fabric gathered onto the bodice. Underneath layer is 25 cm deep - 12 cm plain fabric from waist with 13 cm edge of broderie type lace with scalloped edges. Top layer of 13cm of broderie type lace with scalloped edges. Unlined. Machine stitched. Skirt pieces are single pieces of lace fabric with seam at centre back.costume, children's, infant boy's dress -
Mont De Lancey
Functional object - Wundawax Polish Tin, Nabisco Pty Ltd, c1950's
c1950's. This vintage 375g Nabisco Pty Ltd Wundawax Floor Polish was used to shine wooden floorsA flat round vintage Wundawax Floor Polish tin with a removable lid and polish contents inside. The top of the yellow and black lid has a red star in the middle with 'Instant Shine' in yellow letters. Around the edge of the lid 'WUNDAWAX' is printed in red lettering as well as '375g Net Weight'. 'Product of Australia' is in small black print on the right side of the top of the lid.' The lid cannot be opened.The yellow and black lid has a red star in the middle with 'Instant Shine' in yellow letters. 'WUNDAWAX Floor Polish' is also on the top. Around the edge of the lid 'WUNDAWAX' is printed in yellow lettering as well as '375g Net Weight' 'Goes on easily Shines up instantly' is on the lid at the top. A black barcode is printed at the bottom on the top of the lid - numbers 9 310034 100296. As the lid is rusted it is not very clear to see.cleaning equipment, cleaning products, floor polish -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, The Holy Bible, 1838
This book is one volume of a series of six volumes of Bible commentaries. It was a 30 year project for the writer, Adam Clarke. He was the great uncle of Daniel Clarke, a 19th century resident of Warrnambool. Daniel Clarke, as a social worker for the Anglican Church, established the Framlingham Aboriginal Reserve in the 1860s. For thirty years he was a prominent businessman in Warrnambool as a photographer and artist. He is well-known today for his paintings of Tower Hill and the Hopkins River mouth. This book is retained not only because of its antiquarian value but also because of its link with Daniel Clarke, important in Warrnambool’s 19th century history. This is a hard cover book with a black leather spine and black leather trimming on the cover edges. The cover is green with gold lettering and ornamentation on the spine. The pages have a mottled blue and brown pattern on the edges. The cover is a little torn and stained. adam clarke, daniel clarke, bible commentary -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Two Tailors' Buttons
These two buttons are tailors' buttons for clothing made in Warrnambool. The brown one is from the firm of Frederick Williamson who had a tailoring business at 157-159 Liebig Street, Warrnambool. His father Edward had started the tailoring business with a shop in Timor Street in the second half of the 19th century. Frederick Williamson was a Warrnambool City Councillor on three occasions (1924-1930; 1934-1939; 1942 -1945) and Mayor 1942-1943. The black button came from the Liebig Street, Warrnambool clothing and haberdashery store of Cramond and Dickson who employed tailors and dressmakers to make clothing to order. John Cramond and James Dickson opened their Warrnambool store in 1855 and it was a dominant business in Warrnambool for 119 years, closing in 1974. It was common practice in the first half of the 20th century for tailors and large clothing stores to have their own buttons for their suits etc.These two buttons are of some interest as examples of buttons made specifically for two local Warrnambool businesses. .1 Round button, light-brown in colour with four holes in the centre, a curved back and imprinted letters around the edge. .2 Round black button with four holes in the centre, a curved back and imprinted letters around the edge..1 F. Williamson Warrnambool 2. Cramond & Dicksonfrederick williamson warrnambool tailor, cramond & dickson warrnambool -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Book, The poetical works of Longfellow, 1921
Memorial Prize awarded to former CPLC student Minnie Monteith (Dux of school and Head Prefect 1921) by the Melbourne Shakespeare Society for excellence in the 1923 society examination. Item provides intriguing detail to Minnie's academic pursuits following her years of schooling at Clarendon Presbyterian Ladies' College Black, padded and textured calf binding with gold printing on front cover and spine; gold detail to inside edge of cover; marbled end-pages and gilt edge; hinges generally firm; book plate inside front cover; Book plate inside front cover: Crest of the Melbourne Shakespeare Society / Examination 1923 / The Toynbee Stevens Prize / Awarded to / Miss M Monteith / Signed by President Long and Secretary Daley minnie-monteith, melbourne-shakespeare-society, e-toynbee-stevens, book-prize, 1923, -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Pot Lid - Cast Iron
Cattlemen used cooking pots when on the High Plains.Used by the Cattlemen on the Bogong High Plains at Roper's Hut.This cast iron lid fits the cast iron pot. It has a handle (cast iron) on top. The lid is domed. The outer 1 cm edge is flat. Inside this edge the lid dips 2 cms before rising into the dome.Albion / No. 15 / Maryboroughbogong high plains. cattlemen. camp oven. cooking. roper's hut. -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Entrance to Shire of Eltham Memorial Park, Garden Hill, Eltham-Yarra Glen Road, Kangaroo Ground, c.1923
View to south-east from Shire of Eltham Soldiers' Memorial Park showing the carriageway from the road to top of Memorial Park. Accompanying notes state that the entry gate was put in place in May 1921. Eltham and Whittlesea Shire Advertiser and Diamond Creek Valley Advocate Fri 21 May 1920 p 2 reported: Kangaroo Ground Memorial Park "It was decided to arrange for a working bee on Saturday, 29th inst., for the purpose of forming and gravelling the track leading to the Park, and of carrying out other necessary works." A history summary of the Shire of Eltham Soldiers’ Memorial Park • The summit at Garden Hill was a popular tourist lookout and picnic spot from the 1880s. Virtually the entire Shire of Eltham and beyond could be viewed from this location. • A local farmer, Mr Walter A. D. Wippell is credited as being the first to propose the idea of a war memorial park and offered £50 towards the purchase of the land. • The earliest public reference to this project is to be found in the local Advertiser newspaper edition of August 9th, 1918. A report of the August Council meeting records the Eltham Shire President, Cr. Robert White, saying: "some time back it was proposed that the Council obtain and place on an Honour Board in the Council Chamber [at Kangaroo Ground] containing names of the lads who had enlisted. Just recently however, it had been suggested that a more fitting memorial would be the obtaining of a piece of land on the summit of Garden Hill, Kangaroo Ground, and the formation of a memorial park in which a monument could be erected to represent the whole of Shire. If a couple of acres could be obtained a gentleman had promised to donate 50 pounds, and another one would fence it, and other contributions, he was sure, could be obtained." • Councillors were favourable of the proposal and the President, Shire Secretary and Shire Engineer were deputised to wait on Messrs Mess Bros. (the owners of the Garden Hill farm) and ascertain if they would gratuitously give the land. The Mess Bros. land adjoined the farm/stud of Mrs Fanny White (Cr Robert White’s mother), daughter of Andrew Harkness who established their property on Garden Hill around 1846. • Access to the land came in February 1919 when several Councillors and the Shire Engineer surveyed the actual two acres of '5 chains along the road and 4 chains deep'. The Engineer volunteered his services free to do this task. The Mess brothers however demanded £100 per acre but eventually agreed to take £50 per acre. • Entry from the Kangaroo Ground-Yarra Glen road was seen to be a problem and Mrs. White, who owned the land beside the park, was asked to donated a triangle of her property to allow this access. • By September 1919 returned soldiers were employed by the Shire and volunteers were called to clear the hilltop by ploughing up the rocks and clearing the area, the fencing was put into place and in May 1921 the Council erected three gates, within an archway, at the entrance to the drive and pathway to the summit. • Public subscriptions were sought through the Advertiser newspaper to beautify the site. The views of the Curator of the Melbourne Botanical Gardens were sought as to the ‘class of ornamental trees most suitable for planting in the Park area”. • The Memorial Park or Shire of Eltham Soldiers’ Memorial Park was officially opened by Mr. W.H. Everard, M.L.A., 3 September 1921. • In 1922 plans were made to place a War Memorial in the Park. Funds were donated by the Council of £250 and a challenge to the community, to match this money with contributions was met. • On Anzac Day 1923, 1,000 people gathered on the summit in the park for a memorial service. A much smaller group of about 50 people gathered around a newly constructed cairn and flagstaff in the afternoon of Anzac Day 1924 amidst rain and a squally southerly wind, the morning service being cancelled. • A meeting for those interested in establishing a War Memorial monument within the park was held in January 1924 and the Eltham Shire War Memorial League was formed and a design competition decided upon. • The Shire of Eltham War Memorial tower was built in 1926 at a cost of £1,023 and 5 shillings with locally quarried stone donated by Dr Ethel and Professor William Osborne. It was formally known as the ‘Shire of Eltham War Memorial’ and was unveiled on 11 November 1926. The large bronze inscription above the entrance to the tower states: SHIRE OF ELTHAM WAR MEMORIAL THESE MEN DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1914 IN REMEMBRANCE THIS TOWER WAS BUILT 1918 • The Caretaker’s hut was built in 1927 with left over from the tower construction. • A returned soldier was appointed to act as caretaker for the memorials. Tiny Carrol, a huge man, was the first caretaker and lived in the stone hut. There was a push to have alterations made at one stage to provide additional rooms for a married caretaker but was rejected. • A new Caretaker Cottage was built in 1951 at a cost £2,500. The cottage had been subjected to raids by thieves three times during construction until a guard from the Returned Servicemen’s League was posted until its opening. • The War Memorial tower was re-dedicated by Sir Dallas Brooks on 8 November 1951, unveiling new bronze plaques containing the names of those who fell during the Second World War. Sir Dallas also officiated the opening of the new Caretaker’s Cottage. • A toilet block was built in 1965. • A further dedication of the Shire of Eltham War Memorial tower took place 11 November 2001 to recognise the men who fell in subsequent campaigns up to and including Vietnam. • Four land titles are involved: o The purchase of the two acres from owners Ruth Gosling, Alexander Mess, James Johnson Mess and Joseph Mess is recorded in two actions, the first being the payment of £100 for the two acres, the second showing that the Shire of Eltham did not get a transfer of title until 14th January 1952. o The access land donated by Mrs. Fanny White is dated 26 February 1924. A further need to widen the entry came after the deepening of the road cutting and another land donation was given by Sir Herbert Gepp, title dated 15th May 1952. This would have been about the time he sold off the former White ‘Garden Hill’ property. o The land reserve to increase the area and possibly allow a circuit road to be put in place on the western side of the park was purchased by the Shire of Eltham, title dated 16th February 1973. Rare photograph of the entrance to the Shire's Memorial Park during early stages of development prior to the erection of the Shire of Eltham War MemorialSepia photograph printed with white border with slight crack lower left hand corner and three significant vertical cracks fanning from lower centre edge to upper edge Digitally enhanced version to minimise impact of crackseltham-yarra glen road, entrance gate, garden hill, kangaroo ground, shire of eltham memorial park, shire of eltham war memorial, kangaroo ground war memorial park -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Album - Giles family photograph album
This album contains a number of photographs of British royal family, ministers of religion persons of renown such as Florence Nightingale and family members. Most are named.This album contains a typical collection of photographs which people of the later part of the 19th century put together of people of importance, especially the royal family and leaders of state. Religion also played a major part in the lives of people at that time hence the inclusion of the ministers. Small green leather bound cover with geometric pattern. Two metal clasps. Edges of pages edged in gold. First page is photograph of page from the Book of Proverbs snd last photo is of prince Alfred with ships in the background.warrnambool, photograph album of warrnambool -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Button - brass, P J King Pty Ltd, 1940's
Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war time camp guardBrass button with Australian Military Forces around front edge, map of Australia in centre with a crown above. Has a brass loop on the back to attach to clothing. Contained in a black material covered display case with gold around edge.on front: Australian Military Forces and a map of Australia and crown. on back P J King Pty Ltd Melbbrass buttons, camp 13, military uniform accessories -
Queenscliffe Historical Museum
Four silver thumbles
Belonged to two grandmothers of donor - Emma Quimby, Maryland, USA and Anna Katherine Smailes Gilbert, Illinois, USA.1. Made in USA, Mt Patd. Thread cutter on side. 2. Handmade Victorian thimble, silver mark, fancy edge. 3. Silver thimble, floral edge. O for name. 4. Silver thimble size 8. -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Sign, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "DEPOT FOREMAN"
Wooden sign with bevelled edges lettered "depot foreman". Background painted white, with black letters. Has three countersunk holes along bottom edge. Rear painted light green, with some red lead primer apparent.trams, tramways, depot, ballarat -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - Wedding Veil, 1948
Wedding held 13 March 1948 at Church of England, Thornbury, Victoria. Charlotte Edith (Tottie) Tooke nee Ryder (Maurice Wyatt's aunt) to Alfred George Tooke b. 1898 d. 1998 England1948 Long Tulle cream wedding veil with pleated edges and short face veil attached to a ruffled edge decorative headpiece. See also knickers NA4921, Negligee Set NA4922, Wedding Dress NA4923, Horseshoes NA4924costume, female ceremonial, wyatt m