Wooden racquet painted white from shoulders to handle, with gold and black string whipping, and a black leather handle grip. Inscription across base of head, throat and shaft, on obverse: BARONET/DG/SERV-ACE/.../DUNBAR GIBSON/INC./NEW YORK/DUNBAR-GIBSON. Manufacturer's details, within clover device also features on throat on reverse, and butt cover. Materials: Wood, String, Gut, Ink, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Cloth, Painttennis

A wooden tennis racquet with parchment supports, black and white string whipping, and a fine grooved handle. Partially legible inscription along throat on obverse: NEW/W[INNER]. Inscription across throat, on reverse: F.J. BANCROFT/PAWTUCKET/R.I./... Accomapnying decal trademark comprises of an eagle grasping a tennis racquet, in front of the Globe, with motto: USED/THE WORLD OVER. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, String, Cloth, Parchmenttennis

A Bancroft Players Special tennis racquet, with string whipping on shoulders, bamboo laminate, hide reinforcements under shoulders, and leather handle with X-formation perforations. Bancroft logo features across base of head. Throat features model name. Wreathed 'B' trademark features on lower shaft. Older 'B' trademark on butt cover. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Plastic, String, Adhesive tape, Paint, Hidetennis

This is a passenger ticket for the Screw Steamship "Otway".It was built in 1872 at Glasgow for the Warrnambool Steam Packet Company. She traded to and from the Western Ports until 1878.when she was sold for the Melbourne West Australian trade. She was broken up at Sydney in 1924. The Warrnambool Steam Packet Company commenced in 1868 and operated on the Western Ports run using the ships "Edina", "Rob Roy", "Otway", " Nelson" and "Julia Percy".In 1878 it became the Western Steam Navigation Company which operated until 1896. There is no information available on the passenger James Gilligan This item which may come from the old Warrnambool Museum is of considerable interest as a rare memento of steam travel to and from the Western Ports in the 19th century. Warrnambool was an important port at that time and this item is part of our marine history. This is a receipt for a passenger's ticket to travel to Belfast ( Port Fairy) on the Screw Steamship "Otway" in 1875. It is pasted on a brown background and enclosed in a glass covered brown wooden frame.There is string at the back for hanging the item. The Warrnambool Steam Navigation Company Limited Received from Jas Gilligan Ten Shillings for a steerage passage to Belfast 1875ship "otway", warrnambool, warrnambool steam navigation company

Tobacco farming began circa 1960 in the Kiewa Valley and consequently became one of its major industries. Many of the Italian families were involved in tobacco farming.Historical: This equipment was used on one of the first tobacco farms in the Kiewa Valley at Mongans Bridge. Provenance: This tobacco farmer came from Italy and was sponsored to visit a tobacco farmer in Myrtleford to learn how to grow tobacco so that he could transfer those skills to his own farm in the Kiewa Valley.2 different sized iron needles curved and pointed at 1 end and opening at the other. Twine: like soft string - 35 lengths tied together. Used for hand closure of tobacco bales.tobacco. kiewa valley. mongans bridge. twine. sewing needle. rossaro.

This disc belonged to Frank Wright. The letters ENSA refer to the Entertainments National Service Association, which was set up in 1939 to provide entertainment for the British armed forces personnel. Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born in 1901. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. He was the youngest of eleven children. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was appointed in 1934 as the Musical Director of the London County Council (the GLC or Greater London Council), where he organized many amazing concerts in most of the 150 parks, in and around the London district. He was also responsible for some of London’s major concerts at Kenwood, the Crystal Palace and Holland Park. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and Conducting and was a Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. Frank was awarded an M.B.E. in 1967 and he died in November 1970. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.This red coloured 3.5 cm leather disc has been stamped with the letters ENSA Frank Wright CE. It has a hole pinched in the top, through which a string has been threaded.frank wright, armed forces entertainment, musician conductor, brass bands, ensa, entertainments national service association

Pointing bones were ritualistically used by sorcerers for magic. The 'magic' and 'sorcery' from 'pointing the bone' can involve the ritual removal of organs from the body, done when a person is asleep, and then put back into the person unknowingly. In this way a person can be 'sung' but will be unaware of it. This pointing bone was originally given to Sir Wilfred Fish, FRCS, who was a Kings Surgeon and had been giving lectures in Sydney in the 1920s on his specialty, maxillofacial surgery. His daughter, Mrs Vivian Greaves, gave this item to Sir Keith Drayton some years later. Pointing bone, from Central Australia. The object is a carved macropod fibula. At one end there is a blob of resin and an attachment of human hair in a string. At the other end, the bone has been sharpened to a point.

Clothing. Pink satin full slip petticoat with shaped top at bustline. Shoe string satin shoulder straps. front top edge and hem trimmed with 4 cm coffee coloured lace.costume, female underwear, pink satin full slip petticoat

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Walhalla - Gold Town. This is Walhalla in 1864. On the right is the Long Tunnel Mine, and in the middle foreground is Stringer's Creek. Markings: 13 995 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

A wooden racquet with a convex throat, red whipping, and grooved handle. Inscription across throat and along stem: MARVEL/G.G.B.&CO.LONDON. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, String, Leathertennis

A rare Dunlop Mad Raq, graphite/composite squash racquet with open throat, and 3-way stringing pattern. Materials: Graphite, Plastic, Nylon, Leather, Adhesive tape, Ink, Composite Materialstennis

A Newport Challenger tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders and a vinyl handle grip with floral perforations. Materials: Wood, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Nylon, Enamel, String, Vinyl, Plastictennis

A Markwort Speed King Professional tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders and shaft. Materials: Wood, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Nylon, Enamel, Leather, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Fibreglasstennis

A Fox 'King Pro' wood/graphite tennis racquet, with open throat, and Wilson 'Championship' string netting. Materials: Wood, Leather, Ink, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Plastic, Paint, Lacquer, Gluetennis

Multi-part object of 4 identical racquets (parts are numbered from 2008.977.1 to 2008.977.4). Each racquet is: a Paramount 'Speed King Autograph' racquet with no net. Materials: Wood, Paint, Leather, Stringtennis

A small carton, with inscription across one face of the box: THIS CARTON/CONTAINS TWO/COMPLETE ATTACHMENTS FOR/THE TENNIS AUTO COACH, 1/6/... Materials: String, Rubber, Metal, Cardboard, Paper, Inktennis

This item is part of a collection of items owned by Arthur Lock, a member of the 2/23rd Battalion, an all-volunteer Second Australian Imperial Force which served as part of the garrison during the Siege of Tobruk, then at El Alamein, New Guinea and Borneo. It has particular local significance as the battalion was know as "Albury's Own" because a large majority of the battalion's initial intake of volunteers came from the Albury–Wodonga region.This shaving brush was part of standard supplies and personal items issued to members of the Australian Defence Forces during World War 2.Standard Defence issue shaving brush issued to Australian personnel during the World War 2 era. It has a pine timber handle with black bristles and string reinforcement bindin at the top of the handle. On base of brush "H. OLDFIELD/& SON/ SYDNEY/1941world war 11, rats of tobruk, soldiers kit

A plumb bob or plummet is a weight suspended from a string or rod and used as a vertical reference line or plumb line. It is the vertical equivalent of the water level. It is used to ensure constructions are plumb or level. It has been in use since Egyptian times and is also used in surveying. It is still in use today. This plumb bob weighs 910 grams and was probably used in the building trade. This item is retained as an interesting example of a trade tool from the past.This is a brass weight with a bulbous-shaped body rounded on the bottom, a slender neck and an enclosed top. The top has a metal ring to which is attached a metal rod with a ring at the end. The item is a little stained.building accessories, history of warrnambool

The Dogtor knocked at 13 Spook Street and a faint voice said "Come in". Behind another door inside, came a faint child's voice "Help me" which led the Dogtor down a passageway. It was of course, Crafty Carson Carpetbag setting a booby trap to kill him by using a trick string and a huge stone. The Dogtor braced himself and pushed open the door...The Flying Dogtor" series was broadcast on Australian Television Network (later becoming the Seven Network) between February and April 1964 (see item D254 for schedule).Typewritten, carbon copy, foolscap, 2 pagesthe flying dogtor, robin boyd, crawford productions, manuscript

Used by tramway revenue clerks, most likely the MMTB to count coins, as only so many 3d or 6d would fit into each container. Each has a hole in the base to enable it to be checked that it was empty prior to use or after being used. One of the 3d containers have a loose "washer" which shows the nature of the construction. Has been secured with a piece of string.Demonstrates the methodologies used to count coins and stack them in a revenue office. Provides a sample of each coin that would have been used.Brass coin holder - for use in counting 3d and 6d coins. Made from brass tube with a brass washer rolled or fixed to one end. In storage bag is a 3d and a 6d coin. 5 x 6d and 6 x 3d holders held in the collection.See physical descriptiontramways, tickets, cash handling, depots, revenue clerks, coins

The double-storey homestead with 1920s Arts and Crafts styling was built by A.K.T. (Albert Keaston Trenavin) Sambell, the the island’s first shire president. It sits just above the original site of the homestead of the pioneering McHaffie brothers, the Island’s first settlers.HistoricalLarge black and white photograph of a flat topped cart with no sides, pulled by 2 draught horses. Water tank on stand in rural background & people sitting on the cart. 3 women wearing hats and 4 boys, one holding a cricket bat.Off to the Nobbies for a day's picnic - 1917 from "Trenavin Park". Keaston Sambell driving. Sitting behind him - Betty Parker and on side of vehicle from left.-May Lambert, Jim Patterson, Jim Blake, Carmen Sambell, Bill Sambell.trenavin park phillip island, a.k. t. sampbell, betty parker, jim patterson, jim blake, carmen sambell, bill sambell, may lambert

03039 PC Main street Yarra Junction. Team of horses pulling sawn timber on log bogies along the wooden Gilderoy tramline. Upper Yarra Shire 1888-1988 Centenary collection. Black & white Negative, scanned at 600 dpimain st yarra junction station masters house gilderoy tramway

Made for son of Portland Lighthouse Keeper, Matthew Edward Mabbitt.Child's bonnet made in fine cream cotton fabric. 2 gathered frills at front. 2 rows of fine thread threaded through head piece to pull up for gathering. Fabric gathered into circular insert at back. 2 hemmed ties.childs clothing, child, bonnet, headwear, hat, portland lighthouse

Lansell collection - Man's walking stick with pull out umbrella, telescopic with pointed end, made of thin celluloid type material with a chalky composite filling, outer casing striated in brown, black & grey to resemble bone, umbrella of black silkcostume accessories, male, walking stick

The Pastoral Pattersons - 236 pages with illustrations and photographs and pull out maps. History of the Patterson family in pastoral life. Myles Patterson arrived in Hobart in 1822. First edition limited copies 775. Signed by J.O. Randell, copy number 325.J.O. Randellbiography, family, patterson, patterson, myles patterson, farming, agriculture

The ship "Hereford" was stranded off Anglesea in 1881. The bell was in the possession of the Noble family of Anglesea since it came off the ship.Brass bell suspended in ornate hanger - four lugs in base to secure - now with wrought iron and chain bell pull bolted to top rail of hanger. Small repair to left-hand arm of hanger which partially obscures the emblem on the stem.Hereford 1869 [unidentified emblem on stem of hanger]noble, ship's bell, hereford

Fittings out of the Mitcham Station Master's house, the last block of land on the east side of Station Street, now a car park. Railway Department house number 1273 brass and ceramic light switches. 2 brass picture hooks. 1 brass and lead counterweight for lamp. 2 gas jets on wooden base. 1 door bell pull. 2 brass curtain holders. All on wooden base.metalcraft, brassware

Also another copy 13 x 20cm, good conditionRail tractor built by J A Day and Son especially for New Works project, powered by dredge car engine, pulled three rail trucks loaded with rocks to reinforce original wooden piers. Three men not identified. Lakes Entrance Victoriaboats and boating, islands, public works