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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - 'Bendigo Gold' a novel by Heather Smith
204-page paperback novel by Heather Smith entitled 'Bendigo Gold' Published by Shedels Ireland 2015 Inside front cover is a 'Thank You' card from the author to Carol Holsworth for helping with background Bendigo information. Address of author given as 'Mount Eagle' Mitchelstown Co. Cork Ireland bendigo, gold, fiction -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Archive (Sub-series) - Subject File, LEES family
Kew Historical SocietySince its foundation in 1958, members of the Kew Historical Society have been compiling and storing information about subjects relating to the history of Kew and its environs, of which this file is an example. Arranged by Secondary Values (value of records to users)Subject file containing a published account from Australian Plumbing (March 2015) Norman Lees in WW1 and his subsequent career as a plumber - co-founder of Cook & Lees Plumbing in 1920. The article includes information about the retirement of Fred Cook in 1950 and the role of subsequent family members in the business.cook and lees plumbing -- kew (vic.), norman lees, stan cook, ian lees, max leescook and lees plumbing -- kew (vic.), norman lees, stan cook, ian lees, max lees -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Hat, Hard Yakka, 2015
This hat is part of a General Purpose Uniform issued by the Australian Airforce to Bernard Farley during service. This uniform type was developed in 2014 and replaced camouflage as the uniform worn during general base duties and in non-warlike environments. Although a camouflage pattern, this design is not intended for use as camouflage. This item has social significance, as an item of uniform worn by Warrnambool RSL community member and Secretary (2019), Bernard Farley during service with the Australian Airforce. The item is a representative example of current Airforce General Purpose Uniform and is in excellent condition. As a set, the uniform has aesthetic significance in it’s design, incorporating GPU uniform design from the Army alongside the colours and motifs of the Australian Airforce. General Purpose Uniform (GPU) hat in Airforce colours of blue and grey in camouflage pattern. Broad brim hat with black plastic cord end fastener on a blue cotton cord. Plastic tag on interior of hat lining with printed inscriptions.Inscription on tag: “Hard Yakka/AUSTRALIA/AUGUST 2015/PO No: CC2XZ8/LAY No: 10609/SQNCOR FARLEY/(broad arrow)/[Mobile Phone Number]/NSN: 8415-66-161-4051/SIZE: M 56cm/NAME:” Inscription on reverse of tag: “PM KEYS No:/75% COTTON/25% POLYESTER/CARE INSTRUCTIONS/HAND WASH IN COLD/WATER WITH MILD/DETERGENT RISE/WELL DO NOT WRING/TUMBLE DRY OR/DRYCLEAN (X)/DRIP DRY IN SHADE”camouflage, airforce, uniform, general purpose uniform, australian defence force -
Orbost & District Historical Society
digital recording, Richard Rudolph Kreymborg, 2015
This recording was originally made C1970's-1980's at a service club meeting in Orbost. It was transferred from a tape recording in 2015. Rudy was the son of George James KREYMBORG and Ada Victoria (nee DAVIS). Born at Bulumwaal, near Bairnsdale he arrived in Orbost after time in Melbourne and then at the Bell Bird Hotel where his family had the mail run. In Orbost Rudy lived on the back of his his truck next to the present Murray Goulburn Store in „B‟ Road, Orbost with tw horses for company. (More info. from newsletter "RICHARD RUDOLPH KREYMBORG 1904-1987" by John Phillips.) Richard Rudolph “Rudy” KREYMBORG was a well-known district identity, a man who was often described as a legend in his lifetime. He lived a rough life, breaking horses, delivering mail on horseback, building roads and bridges, driving bulldozers and talking.A disc in a black plastic case. It is a recording of Richard Rudolph Kreynborg(b.1904 d.1987). It has been copied from a n original recording. -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, A tale of two cities: a History of Modern Warrnambool, 2015
This book is the story of modern Warrnambool, describing aspects of the city from the 1980s to 2015. It looks at such topics as religion, law, population, housing, infrastructure, employment, industry, health, education and politics. The author, Gordon Forth, was formerly a lecturer in the Faculties of Education and Arts and the Director of the Centre for Regional Development at Deakin University in Warrnambool. He has written and edited a number of books dealing with Warrnambool and district history. Mark Rashleigh, responsible for the design and lay-out of the book and many of the photographs, was a lecturer in visual communication and graphic design in the Faculty of Arts at Deakin University and is now involved with the Warrnambool and District Historical Society in the preparation and cataloguing of historical photographs.The book is of some importance as it is the only comprehensive study of Warrnambool over the past 30 years and complements ‘By These We Flourish’, the story of Warrnambool’s people, places and events up to the 1980s. It is will be of great interest to readers in general and researchers in particularThis is a hardcover book of 320 pages. The dust cover is multi-coloured (black, white and gold) with an image of the water tower at the former Fletcher Jones Factory site on the front cover and an image of the Warrnambool Breakwater on the back cover. The hard cover book has the same colouring and images as the dust cover.Front covers – ‘A Tale of Two Cities – A History of Modern Warrnambool’, ‘Gordon Forth’, ‘Halstead Press’ Spines – ‘A Tale of Two Cities – A History of Modern Warrnambool’, ‘Forth’, ‘Halstead’ Back Covers – ISBN number and code warrnambool, gordon forth, a history of modern warrnambool, a tale of two cities -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Uniform - Belt
Item from donor's mother (1926-2015) and father (1923-1962 ). They lived in Camberwell and then in Box Hill from the 1950s. The Boys' Brigade (BB) is an international, interdenominational christian youth organization conceived in Glasgow in1883 which spread quickly across the UK and worldwide. It was founded in Australia in 1890.One brown leather belt with round brass buckle with "The Boys' Brigade" on the buckle.The Boys' Brigadeboys brigade, youth group -
Bendigo Tramways (managed by the Bendigo Heritage Attractions)
Photograph, Bendigo Tram No17
Tram Number 17 known in Bendigo as the Summer Tram. Now (2015) fully restored, Photo was taken by Lloyd Rogers Black and White Photographtoast rack tram, bendigo, tram -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANZAC - INVITATION TO 'BENDIGO ENLISTS' EXHIBITION AT POST OFFICE GALLERY, PALL MALL, BENDIGO
Invitation to the Anzac exhibition held at Post Office Gallery 11 December 2014 - 21 June 2015, 'Bendigo Enlists' the First World War 1914 - 18. Large Rising Sun badge depicted on front. Sponsors' logos on back ' City of Greater Bendigo' , ' Arts Victoria', ' Bendigo Art Gallery'.bendigo, history, world war 1, bendigo, anzac, first world war, invitation -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - POST OFFICE GALLERY - BENDIGO ENLISTS - THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-18, 2014
28 page soft cover booklet. Post Office Gallery Exhibition 'Bendigo Enlists: the First World War 1914-18. Illustrated with B&W and colour photos including some Bendigonians who enlisted. Exhibition dates Dec 2014 to June 2015. Published 2014 by the Bendigo Art GalleryRoss McMullin -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Various streets in Port Melbourne, Ron Laing, 1990 - 1999
Part of Ron LAING's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.A set of 49 colour photographs of varous streets in Port Melbourne, including Graham Street, Swallow Street (before and after wrecking), Bain Street, Graham overpass, Williamstown Road, Normanby Road, Ross Street and Bay Street, Princes Street March 1999 (Number 48 missing August 2015)built environment, ron laing -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photographs [Series], Robert Baker, Exhibition: Victorian Fashion, Kew Court House, 2016, 03/03/2016
From its beginnings in 1958, the Society has mounted exhibitions and/or displays, in early days in shop windows and in community spaces located in the Kew City Hall (later Kew Library), and since 2010 at the Kew Court House. Exhibitions typically coincided with the annual Kew Community Festival in March, but after 2013 evolved into three new exhibitions yearly at the Kew Court House. Smaller displays continue to be mounted in the Kew LibrarySeries of born digital images of an exhiition at the Kew Court House in 2016 of Victorian era costumes, largely drawn from the Coombs Collection of the Society. The mounting of the costumes was made possible by a City of Boroondara Strengthening Communities grant for 2015-16. Each of the costumes displayed here is separately catalogued on Victorian Collections.kew historical society - exhibitions, australian fashion - 19th century, coombs collection -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document - Webpage, VicRoads, Victorian Roads Number Plates, 2014, and 2021 updated version
Victorian car, truck and motorcycle number plates and for the years 1960 to 2014 have been printed from the VicRoads website, supplemented by further brief notes describing the plates from 1930. An updated list of car plates is also included with an updated plate number for 2014 and a further 4 years between 2015-2018.Victorian car, truck and motorcycle number plates for the years 1960 to 2014 have been printed from the VicRoads website, supplemented by further brief notes describing the plates. An updated list of car plates is also included with an updated plate number for 2014 and a further 4 years between 2015-2018. non-fictionVictorian car, truck and motorcycle number plates and for the years 1960 to 2014 have been printed from the VicRoads website, supplemented by further brief notes describing the plates from 1930. An updated list of car plates is also included with an updated plate number for 2014 and a further 4 years between 2015-2018. number plates, car, truck, motorcycle -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, The Met, "Check Ticket Zone 1 Only", mid 1980's
Check ticket, issued by The Met, as a not cash ticket, for use with a short trip tickets only, zone 1 only. Printed in green ink on off white paper, number printed in black - A 625854. Two further examples added 20/12/2015 from donation of Harry Jackson - B167584 and C604246.trams, tramways, mta, the met, check ticket, short trip tickets -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
Trousers, Australian Defence Apparel, 2015
These trousers are part of a General Purpose Uniform issued by the Australian Airforce to Bernard Farley during service. This uniform type was developed in 2014 and replaced camouflage as the uniform worn during general base duties and in non-warlike environments. Although a camouflage pattern, this design is not intended for use as camouflage. This item has social significance, as an item of uniform worn by Warrnambool RSL community member and Secretary (2019), Bernard Farley during service with the Australian Airforce. The item is a representative example of current Airforce General Purpose Uniform and is in excellent condition. As a set, the uniform has aesthetic significance in it’s design, incorporating GPU uniform design from the Army alongside the colours and motifs of the Australian Airforce. General Purpose Uniform (GPU) trousers in Airforce colours of blue and grey in camouflage pattern. Long pants with elasticised drawstring fastener at ankle and velcro adjustment fasteners at the waist. Pants take a straight leg style and bears several pockets: two thigh level pockets with zippered horizontal opening, two open hip pockets on the front, one open pocket on the reverse right hand side with blue plastic button fastener. Five large belt loops encircle the waist and there is a zippered fly, secured at the top with a blue plastic button.Label on interior front right of trousers reads: “A193/ADA/MADE IN AUSTRALIA/JUL 2015/ PO: CC2X91/NSN: 8415 66 161 4017/SIZE: 95 R/(broad arrow)/NAME:............/PM KEYS NO:............./75% COTTON 25% POLYESTER/WARM MACHINE WASH 40*C/RINSE WELL, WARM IRON/DO NOT IRON OVER HOOK AND PILE/DO NOT BLEACH/DO NOT STARCH/MAY BE TUMBLE DRY 40*C/DRYCLEANABLE (P)”camouflage, general purpose uniform, airforce, uniform, australian defence force -
Greensborough Historical Society
Advertising Leaflet, 36 Wahroonga Crescent Greensborough, 08/05/2018
36 Wahroonga Crescent Greensborough. 6 bedroom house. Sold March 2018 for $968,000. Previous sales: May 2015 for $799,950. Real Estate advertising leaflet,1 sheet folded into 4 pages, printed in colour both sides. 2 copies.wahroonga crescent greensborough -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Gas Mask, Mid 20th Century
This mask belonged to Tina Howard, 1922-2015, Tina lived in Glasgow during WW2 and was required to carry the mask at all times.This is an original maskA gas mask in a vinyl 'V' shaped cover, On the mask VRB 4.40, mediumgas mask, tina howard, glasgow -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - Beret Hat, unknown
Item from donor's mother (1926-2015) and father (1923-1962)who lived in Camberwell and then from the 1950s in Box Hill.The Boys' Brigade (BB) is an international, interdenominational christian youth organization conceived in Glasgow in1883 which spread quickly across the UK and worldwide. It was founded in Australia in 1890.Black wool felt beret with black ribbon edging and ribbon hanging down back. On the front a metal badge "The Boys' Brigade" with an anchor in the centre with the words "Sure", B B "Steadfast" inside. Size 6 5/8. "The Boys' Brigade", anchor, "Sure", B B "Steadfast" inside. Size 6 5/8.the boys' brigade, beret -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden Ballarat
Functional object - Bookmark, Legacy Anzac Centenary
A plastic bookmark issued by Legacy in 2015 marking the centenary of the allied landings at Gallipoli where the Australian soldiers forged the ANZAC legend.legacy, anzac, gallipoli -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Maurice Kelly, "Australian Trams Through the Ages", 2015
Book, hard bound with photo jacket, 320 pages, sewn binding with glued end papers, printed on gloss paper, titled "Australian Trams Through the Ages", compiled by Maurice Kelly of Topmill Pty Ltd. Limited Edition - number 340 of 1000. Published 2015, has a table of contents listing photos of 22 tramway systems, including Gold Coast light rail, Museums horse trams, include some light railways such as Aramac. The Melbourne section includes Doncaster, horse trams, cable trams, electric trams, a maps c1950 and 1956, 1981 and PTV map of July 2014. many electric trams, generally photos by Arthur Perry, including an E class tram. Features tram 5012 on front cover.trams, tramways, topmill, maps, melbourne, cable trams, horse trams, mmtb, melbourne, ptc -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Station Pier, Port Melbourne, Lyn Allison, Mar 1993
Colour photograph showing Station Pier with West kiosk still in original location and some foreshore work in progress taken 8th Match 1993. In the foreground a sheoak (casuarina species) is visible and is of interest as it is still there in 2015 after so much change has occurred in the area (opposite 1-11 Waterfront Place)piers and wharves - station pier, natural environment - beaches and foreshore, abel tasman -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Series, Robert Baker, Exhibition of Victorian Fashion at the Villa Alba Museum, 00/08/2016
From its beginnings in 1958, the Society has mounted exhibitions and/or displays, in early days in shop windows and in community spaces located in the Kew City Hall (later Kew Library), and since 2010 at the Kew Court House. Exhibitions typically coincided with the annual Kew Community Festival in March, but after 2013 evolved into three new exhibitions yearly at the Kew Court House. Smaller displays continue to be mounted in the Kew Library. Series of born digital images of a lecture and an exhiition at the Villa Alba Museum in 2016 of Victorian era costumes, largely drawn from the Coombs Collection of the Society. The mounting of the costumes was made possible by a City of Boroondara Strengthening Communities grant for 2015-16. Most of the costumes displayed here are separately catalogued on Victorian Collections.kew historical society - exhibitions, villa alba museum, victorian fashion, fashion & design exhibition -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Ration card, Meat Ration Card, 1947
Meat ration card issued to Florence M. Howell in 1947. Card issued by Deputy Director of Rationing, Commonwealth of Australia. See 2015-163 Commonwealth of Australia food ration coupons issued 1945-46, which entitle the holder to purchase rations of butter, tea, sugar and meat. From same donor.Text: " COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA / MEAT RATION CARD / 1947 ISSUE. "ration cards, world war 1939-1945, florence howell -
Greensborough Historical Society
Advertising Leaflet, 7 Greenmeyer Court Greensborough, 20/05/2018
7 Greenmeyer Court Greensborough, 4 bedroom house sold 20/05/2018 for $965,000. Previous sales: October 2015 for $550,000.Real Estate advertising leaflet,1 sheet folded into 4 pages, printed in colour both sides.greenmeyer court greensborough -
Bialik College
Photograph (Item) - Photographs of the Primary School rebuild, 2015
Photographs of the Primary School rebuild, 2015, featuring Principal Jeremy Stowe-Lindner. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.2010s, building -
Ambulance Victoria Museum
Painting, Ambulance Station, North Eastern Victoria District Ambulance Service, Wangaratta, Grant and Associates Architects and Engineers, Circa 1950s
Created by architects Grant and Associates to show their concept for a new ambulance district headquarters and station in Wangaratta. This building was subsequently built and as of 2015 is still in use.Timber framed water colour showing ambulance station seen from the road. Two cars present and several women and men are walking near the building. Ambulance Service logo has been adhered to the building.north eastern victoria district ambulance service, wangaratta -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - ELAINE SWANSON COLLECTION: ANZAC DAWN SERVICE 2015 RSL BENDIGO
Field of white crosses beside Bendigo RSL, placed to commemorate the soldiers who lost their lives during WW1. Crosses were placed in the lawn by descendants ( if possible ) of those killed. Ceremony occurred on Anzac Eve 2015. RSL Memorial Hall on right hand side of image, Rosalind Park and Bendigo Creek in background.bendigo, institutions, rsl bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - SWATTON, JOHN WILLIAM - RESEARCH ANZAC
Copy of research conducted for Anzac Display at Specimen Cottage 2015, on Jack Swatton, President of the Bendigo Branch of the RSL 1958 - 1960. Jack enlisted for service in the first AIF on 10 July 1915. He died 9 August 1988, buried Bendigo Cemetery MON G7. Research sourced from M. Poustie.-person, individual, john william swatton, swatton, j.w., bendigo rsl -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - A E Wearne & Son Coachbuilders, corner Crockford and Ingles Streets, Port Melbourne, 1910
COPYRIGHT City of Port Phillip collection pm1036 Black and white photo of A E Wearne & Son Coachbuilders at the corner of Crockford and Ingles Streets. Motor vehicles were constructed here up until the 1930s. Photo shows staff lined up on footpath outside the building. Image used in 2015 PMHPS calendar (February)a e wearne & son, coachbuilder, transport - motor vehicles, transport - horse, built environment - industrial -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster - Digital Image, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Schedule of Fares and Charges - July 1951", Jul. 1951
Demonstrates the way the SEC provided information to passengers about the fares and sections and other charges on the Ballarat Tramway system.Printed poster on heavy cartridge paper showing Ballarat Tramway (SEC) Fares, Charges, and Section Map. Also gives charges for Scholar's Monthly tickets, Luggage, Parcels and Newspapers. Dated July 1951. Digital image btm6322i2.pdf scanned in 2011 from the Bill Kingsley collection. Added 12-11-2015 trams, tramways, ballarat, fares, sections, map -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
DVD - State Electricity Commission of Victoria Photos
Photos taken by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria. These photos are kept in the PRO Ref. 17092, Units 5 and 8 and have been copied and put on the DVD for the KVHS. The SECV constructed the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme. They employed an official photographer to take photos to record the development of the Scheme.White DVD with Archival Access Victoria printed in black above 'Bringing the Victorian Archives to you' / www.archivalaccessvictoria.com stored in a white cardboard envelope with a stamp, KVHS address and notation "Received Oct. 2015 / 17092 Unit 5 Photograph Albums SECV - 61 photos / Unit 8 Photograph Albums SECV - 28 photos'As Abovedvd secv, s.e.c.v. photos, mark grealy