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Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Emily May Donaldson
Black and white copy of original portrait of a lady with hair pulled back, wearing a light coloured dress and black collar with a brooch. Dress is buttoned down chest from left shoulder.emily may donaldson (nee smith) -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Irene Clarke
Black and white photograph of lady wearing light shirt with open collar and black jacket. Bobbed hair, parted down the middle and pulled back at sides. Leaning forward and looking up.irene clarke, rene -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Club Hotel Fire, 2000
Date made December 2000Colour photograph showing fire brigade vehicles parked in front of the remains of the Club Hotel, whilst members search through the debris and damp down smouldering areas. Lakes Entrance Victoriahotels, fire brigade, disasters -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Variety Club Bash, Lake Post Newspaper, 1991
(number in album 03373.2)Black and white photograph, Shannon Brown of Smash Repairs sanding down motor vehicle, Spirit of Lakes Entrance, an entry in the Variety Club Bash, for children's charities. Lakes Entrance Victoriaclubs, fundraising -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, British Army, Field Engineering and Mine Warfare, Pamphlet No. 2A: Obstacles, Part 1 (All Arms), 1960 (copy 3), 1960
A blue coloured cardboard cover with black information on it. There is a code near the top right corner which reads WO Code No. 9665. There are two metal staples down the left hand side.british armed forces - service manuals, field engineering, mine warfare, obstacles -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Clothing - Hand-Woven Jacket, Grace James, 1971-1988
Grace James, the creator of the items in the Grace James collection, designed and created costumes over a 19 year period (1969-1988) for her daughter Ceri. The collection of clothing ranges from evening wear to knitted garments. All the items display exemplary dressmaking skills. The designs are of the period and reflect evolving fashions of the time. Some items are copies of published designs whereas others are original creations. The collection was donated in 2006.While most of the items in the Fashion & Design Collection of the Kew Historical Society are commercially designed items of clothing, there are also items made by home dressmakers. Many of these exhibit outstanding design knowledge and technical skills. A large and important group of these items of women's clothing is contained in the Grace James collection of outfits created for the dressmaker's daughter. The items have additional significance due to information about the purpose of the creation and the date when it was constructed.Hand-woven woollen jacket with white bands interspersed with diamond patterned bands in shades of green and pink. The kneck and a band down the front uses the dark pink wool. There is a matching belt.grace james, women's clothing, australian fashion 1969-1988, dressmakers - surrey hills (vic), woven jumpers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Mary Hannah Abbott, 1895
From Abbott Family album (Box 892). Mary Hannah Abbott was child of J.H. Abbott and Ann Abbott (previously Ann Smith)A Mendelssohn, View St. Bendigo, sepia head and shoulders photo of Mary Hannah Abbott in a lace shouldered dress beaded down central front and attached with pins at throat. Two copies.In ink on reverse 'Mary Hannah Abbott born May 11th 1862 taken Dec 1895. For Harold with Mothers love'.abbott, mendelssohn -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, Australian Army, Australian Army: Unit Guide to the 1949 Geneva Conventions for the Protection of War Victims (Modified for Australia), 1969
A cream coloured cardboard cover with black information. The top right hand side reads 7610-66-033-8014. There are two rusty metal staples down the left hand side.australia - armed forces - service manuals, geneva conventions, war victims -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BASIL MILLER COLLECTION: DECORATED TRAM, 1938
Black and white photo of decorated tram with crepe flowers and numerals '1838 - 1938' displayed in flowers down side. Destination shown as 'Special'. Written on back in pencil 'Ballarat 1st (?) 1938'.basil miller, bendigo trams -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, Rosa McCall, Ligar Street, February 2014
This is a view of Ligar Street looking towards Riddell Road and opposite the tennis courts, taken in February 2014. The weatherboard Californian cottage was probably built in the 1920s and is one of a few other cottages of this style in Sunbury.A non-digital coloured photograph of a street with a fenced in area adjacent to a weatherboard cottage. A pedestrian crossing is in the foreground and a small white car is parked further down the street. There are trees visible in the distance.ligar street, sunbury, californian cottages -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - New Theatre, Maling Road Canterbury, Jan Pigot, 1/03/1990 12:00:00 AM
Remains of the New Theatre, Maling Road Canterbury burnt down March 11 1990, looking west from the side door and the glass area looking at the inside of the Maling Road wallcanterbury, maling road, theatres, new theatre -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph - Central Hotel Lakes Entrance, Holding M, 2005
Date made May 2005Colour photograph taken of the rear of the Central Hotel, showing demolition of the building in progress, heavy machinery to knock down walls and a large skip full of bricks and rubble. Lakes Entrance Victoriahotels, machinery -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Manual, Marconi School of Wireless, Marconi School of Wireless: Television Practical Course
A cream coloured cardboard cover. There is a white lebel on the front with the words on black Television Practical Course. The manual is held together with two metal staples which are down the left hand side.wireless communications, television equipment, manual, marconi school of wireless -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph, Nyerimilang Jetty, Reeves channel Gippsland Lakes Victoria, Easter 1928
Sepia photograph of track to Nyerimilang Jetty soon after opening showing track down side of cliff to jetty and boat shed adjacent to shore, Reeves channel Gippsland Lakes Victoria waterways, boats and boating -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Manual, Australian Army, The Army Law Manual, Vol. 1, 1964
A burgandy heavy cardboard cover. There is no information of the front of the manual, however down the spine of the manual in gold reads Army Law Manual Vol.1. The Manual is held tpgether metal binders.australia - armed forces - service manuals, army law -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Slide - Colour slides, Kodachrome, Yandell Reserve, 1975
8 colour slides dated "Aug 75." Excursion to Yandell Reserve. 1 labelled, "Looking down St. Helena Road from in front of Yandell Reserve (Note all the trees.)"excursion, yandell reserve, trees -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, Australian Military Forces, Australian Military Forces: Examination For Promotion to Captain: Staff Duties and Training, 1969, 1969
This booklet appears not to be complete. It is made up of sections which are stored in a plastic cover. Down the left hand side of the sections are the marks of where a pin and two staples. It is in a very poor condition.australian military forces, booklet, examination for promotion to captain, staff duties, staff duties and training -
Federation University Art Collection
Painting - Artwork, Artwork by Daphne Wallace, 2006
Daphne WALLACE (1964- ) Gomaroi, Ullaroi, Wurralli, Muralli Country Wallace is a Gamilaroi/Ullaroi-Yuwaaliaay artist whose intensely coloured and textured abstract and pictorial paintings are interpretations of the Yuwaaliaay stories passed down to her by her grandmother. They are evocative of her spiritual and emotional attachment to her home in Lightening Ridge.Daphne WALLACE Gomaroi, Ullaroi, Wurraili, Muraili country Artist's statement: This painting tells of many different stories, most of them I knew growing up and some were told to me since working on the Bubbles of the Surface Project. ... Reading this landscape through Murri / Murdi eyes and our relation to country. In the top, Yurri Yurri women/people, Rainbow serpents the other side of Coocoran Lake, Bunyip waterhol near Angledool, Ants nest believed to be where Baiame laid his tow wives, where the ants ate off the slime and brought them back to life, mining fields around Lightning Ridge, Bush tucker such as bumbull, burrigan, nappan, greewee, snotty gubbuls. In the middle, Gurra the crocodile, Gurra the crocodile himself, when Baiame killed him to retrieve the two wives, a rainbow shone no him and his scales turned inot opals, left to the Narran Lake was where Baiame sat down and left his bottom imprinted in the rock. he got up and moved onto the blue mountains where his wives gave birth to the three sisters. At the botttom of the painting, Walgett council dug up two old Kings sitting up face to face with their legs crossed, with their Tin King plates around their necks; Their head bands of kangaroo teeth were still inbedded in their skulls. The water dog stories are at spots along river "don't go down thereon the bend (Namour Researve River) the water dog witll get you" Nan used to tell us. It is believed that the water dog makes whirlpools and will drown you. He makes a druming sound, which can be heard along the Namoir, Barwon, Darling, Gwydir, Mihi and the Narran River; and the Duck is part of the creation story, with the twin platypus. It tells how the water dog kidnapped her and kept her in a cave on the river bank, she escaped back to her people. They knew she was bingal therefore vanished her fro that region, she travelled to New England region giving birth to twin platypus.daphne wallace, aboriginal, gippsland campus, churchill, gomaroi, ullaroi, wurraili, muraili -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book - Novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Other Stories
This book was part of a large group of books referred to as the Pattison Collection, which belonged to the Warrnambool Public Library, part of the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute. About RALPH ERIC PATTISON and the ‘PATTISON COLLECTION’ The ‘Pattison Collection’ is a collection of books and records that was originally owned by the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute, founded in Warrnambool in 1853. By 1886 the Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute (WMI) had grown to have a Library, Museum and Fine Arts Gallery, with a collection of “… choice productions of art and valuable specimens in almost every branch and many wonderful national curiosities, are now to be seen there, including historic relics of the town and district.” It later included a School of Design. Although it was very well patronised, the WMI was led to ask the City Council to take it over in 1911 due to a lack of financial support. In 1935 Ralph Pattison was appointed as City Librarian to establish and organise the Warrnambool Public Library as it was then called. Ralph Eric Pattison was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, in 1891. He married Maude Swan from Warrnambool in 1920 and they set up a home in Warrnambool. In 1935 when Pattison accepted the position as City Librarian for the Warrnambool City Council his huge challenge was to make a functional library within two rooms of the Mechanics’ Institute. He tirelessly cleaned, cleared and sorted a disarrayed collection of old books, jars of preserved specimens and other items reserved for exhibition in the city’s museum. He developed and updated the library with a wide variety of books for all tastes, including reference books for students; a difficult task to fulfil during the years following the Depression. He converted all of the lower areas of the building into a library, reference room and reading room for members and the public. The books were sorted and stored using a cataloguing and card index system that he had developed himself. He also prepared the upper floor of the building and established the Art Gallery and later the Museum, a place to exhibit the many old relics that had been stored for years for this purpose. One of the treasures he found was a beautiful ancient clock, which he repaired, restored and enjoyed using in his office during the years of his service there. Ralph Pattison was described as “a meticulous gentleman whose punctuality, floorless courtesy and distinctive neat dress were hallmarks of his character, and ‘his’ clock controlled his daily routine and his opening and closing of the library’s large heavy doors to the minute.” Pattison took leave from 1942 to 1945 to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, Volunteer Reserve as Lieutenant. A few years later he converted one of the Museum’s rooms into a Children’s Library, stocking it with suitable books for the younger generation. This was an instant success. In the 1950’s he had the honour of being appointed to the Victorian Library Board and received more inspiration from the monthly conferences in Melbourne. He was sadly retired in 1959 after over 23 years of service, due to the fact that he had gone over the working age of council officers. However, he continued to take a very keen interest in the continual development of the Library until his death in 1969. THE NEW WARRNAMBOOL LIBRARY When the WMI building was pulled down in 1963 a new civic building was erected on the site and the new Warrnambool Library, on behalf of the City Council, took over all the holdings of the WMI. At this time some of the items were separated and identified as the ‘Pattison Collection’, named after Pattison. Eventually, the components of the WMI were distributed from the Warrnambool Library to various places, including the Art Gallery, Historical Society and Flagstaff Hill. Later some were even distributed to other regional branches of Corangamite Regional Library and passed to and fro. It is difficult now to trace just where all of the items have ended up. The books at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village generally display stamps and markings from Pattison as well as a variety of other institutions including the Mechanics’ Institute itself. The Pattison Collection, along with other items at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, was originally part of the Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s collection. The Warrnambool Mechanics’ Institute Collection is primarily significant in its totality, rather than for the individual objects it contains. Its contents are highly representative of the development of Mechanics' Institute libraries across Australia, particularly Victoria. A diversity of publications and themes has been amassed, and these provide clues to our understanding of the nature of and changes in the reading habits of Victorians from the 1850s to the middle of the 20th century. The collection also highlights the Warrnambool community’s commitment to the Mechanics’ Institute, reading, literacy and learning in the regions, and proves that access to knowledge was not impeded by distance. These items help to provide a more complete picture of our community’s ideals and aspirations. The Warrnambool Mechanics Institute book collection has historical and social significance for its strong association with the Mechanics Institute movement and the important role it played in the intellectual, cultural and social development of people throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The collection of books is a rare example of an early lending library and its significance is enhanced by the survival of an original collection of many volumes. The Warrnambool Mechanics' Institute’s publication collection is of both local and state significance. The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Other Stories Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Chapman & Hall Ltd Further Information: Other stories are 1. Master Humphrey's Clock 2. Hunted Down (1860) 3. Holiday Romance 4. George Silverman's ExplanationThe label on the spine cover with typed text PAT 823.8 DIC Pastedown front endpaper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library covered by a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service. Front loose endpaper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, the mystery of edwin drood and other stories, master humphrey's clock, hunted down, holiday romance, george silverman's explanation -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photographs, n.d
Four black and white photos attached to grey cardboard. a) Man sitting on cannon - Battery Point b) The harbour from Battery Point c) The battery, Battery Point d) Henty Memorial, town GreenFront: 'Battery Point Portland' - handwritten, black ink, down left side of mount. 'Henty Memorial' - handwritten, black ink, beneath photo of Henty Memorial -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Photograph - VX139182 S B Freeman, ?mid 20th century
VX139182 S B Freeman served with the 2nd Aust Medium Regiment during WW2 and he is featured in this photograph. VX139182 was born in Geelong but enlisted in Karrakatta WA.This is a photograph of a Geelong man VX 139182 S B Freeman who served during WW2 in tge 2nd Aust Medium Regement.An oblong, black and white photograph on photograph paper.Hand writen on the back of the photograph frame - Sydney Barrett Freeman, 2 Aust Medium Regiment, VX 139182. 8th from left, 3rd row down.vx139182 s b freeman, 2nd aust medium regement -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Bridgewater Lakes, n.d
Coloured photo postcard, Bridgewater Lakes, taken from the hill above the lakes, looking directly across them to the sea.Back: 'Bridgewater Lakes near Portland, Vic' printed in blue, bottom left 'Rose series, Colorview No. 585' printed in blue, down right hand side -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Badge - Country Women's Association of Victoria. x3
The Tawonga branch of the C.W.A. commenced on the 7th Feb. 1946 and often combined activities with the other branches in the Kiewa Valley. The C.W.A. aimed to improve health, welfare and education for women and children in the country. Women living in Tawonga were mostly on farms and, in 1946, when the branch commenced would have been feeling more remote with WW11 having an effect on available workers and the well being of the women and children.Round green and white badge with the CWA logo in the centre of a green triangular shield. The logo is in gold. Around the triangular shape it is white with Victoria in gold at the top and 2 slim leaves on each side of the other sides. The badge has a green border. The back is gold and two of them have a pin attached. The third has a ring attached at the top. On the back each one has a different inscription and all are hard to read. Each badge is very slightly different in texture and depth of colour perhaps indicating that they were made at different times."Victoria / CWA" On the back - 1. Inscribed in oval shape 'Morgan Swann' but upside down to each other. 2. Inscribed - 'Stoker' 3. Inscribed - 'Stokes' or 'Stones'tawonga. country woman's association of victoria. badge. cwa logo. -
Tramway Heritage Centre
Ticket Holder, Unknown
A leather ticket holder for conductors to use to store books of tickets, it can hold seven books on either side for a 14 books of tickets.One side is showing wear and has markings where the leather is worn down around the area that the ticket book staples would be, the other side shows no markings.ticket holder, ticket, mmtb, m&mtb, melbourne & metropolitan tramways board -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1956-1957
Robin Boyd developed a close friendship with the founder of the Bauhaus in Weimar Germany, Walter Gropius, who had moved to the USA in the 1930s. Through this connection, Boyd was invited to be the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Bemis Professor at the School in the North American academic year 1956-7. Robin and Patricia Boyd, with their youngest daughter Suzy, were based in Cambridge, Massachusetts for the year. Boyd gave some lectures at MIT and he was also invited to give lectures at many other universities, allowing him to travel widely within the USA, especially on the East Coast. This gave him the opportunity to meet architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, Paul Rudolph and many others, and visit the offices of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and places like Taliesin and the General Motors Technical Center Detroit. On the way home, the Boyds visited London, Berlin, Paris and Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp Chapel in France.Colour slide in a mount. Uptown Manhattan, New York, New York, USAMade in USA / 9 / UPTOWN MANHAT (Handwritten) / CORRECT (Handwritten) / Encircled 1(Handwritten) / Encircled 100F (Handwritten) / FIRST SLIDE OF "C" , UPSIDE DOWN (Handwritten)mit bemis professorship, mit, robin boyd, slide -
National Wool Museum
Photograph - Wool Bales Stored on a Ship, 1960s
One of fifty one photographs originally in a photo album found in the National Wool Museum’s office. The album was water damaged and the images were removed for conservation. The images follow the process of wool. Beginning in a sheep paddock and finishing as a folded fabric. It includes all the steps in between in this process, including shearing, transporting, selling, washing and the many different steps in the process of turning a single thread of wool into fabric.Black and white image showing bales of wool stored in the hold of a ship. Three men are standing amongst the bales.AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PUBLICITY / ASSOCIATION / FLINDERS STREET RAILWAY BUILDING, / MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA / W42. Looking down into the hold of a / ship where the bales are stored / for transport overseas.wool industry, working life, women, boonoke station, farming, sheep farming, agriculture, sheep stations, transport, wool processing, shearing, textile industry, wool -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - TROUSERS, ARMY, Australian Defence Industries, 1984
Trousers - green colour cotton twill fabric, plastic buttons. Five button fly, two side pockets, two back pockets with button closer, two front of leg pockets with two button down flaps. Button down belt loops. Waist lining - cotton twill. Pocket lining - polyester fabric. Army work dress trousers, commonly called "GREENS". Green cotton manufacturers label inside back waist band.Cotton label information - black ink print. "A.G.C.F./ VICTORIA/ 1984/ ^ / WAIST AND SIZE/ 4 - 84r/ 8405.66.029.660b/ ARMY NO/ NAME" "BARTLENT" uniform, army, work dress trousers -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - TROUSERS, ARMY, Australian Defence Industries, 1987
Trousers - green colour cotton twill fabric, plastic buttons. Five button fly, two side pockets, two back pockets with button closer, two front of leg pockets with two button down flap. Button down belt loops, waist lining - cotton twill. Pocket lining - polyester fabric. Army work dress trousers commonly called "GREENS". Green cotton manufacturers label inside back waist band.Cotton label information - black ink print. "A.G.C.F/ VICTORIA/ 1987/^ /WAIST AND SIZE/ 74/ 64L/ 8405.66.029.6615/ ARMY NO/ NAME". Handwritten black ink pen "WO1 PURCELL".uniform, army, work dress trousers -
Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch
Shirt, 1989
The item is a representative example of previously standard issue uniform and is in excellent condition. As a set alongside 0040.2, the uniform has aesthetic significance in its design, incorporating the Disruptive Pattern style of camouflage which has its roots in the 1980s and continues to be adapted into uniform design by the Defence Force.Field shirt in disruptive pattern colours of green, khaki and browns. Long sleeve with five buttons up the front, two chest pockets with button-down flap pockets. Both sleeves are reinforced from the elbow down to the cuff; cuffs are fastened with a single plastic button. Above the right chest pocket is a patch with embroidered inscription in black thread on disruptive pattern backing. Shirt also features plain epaulette's on both shoulders, fastened by plastic button. Manufacturer's label on interior reads "ADI P/L/VICTORIA/1989/[broad arrow]/8415.66.130.0033/SIZE. 100R/NAME/SERVICE NO./MACHINE WASHABLE/DRIP DRY ONLY/DO NOT IRON/DO NOT STARCH/DO NOT BLEACH" Patch above chest pocket reads "PARKER"camouflage, uniform, australian defence force, disruptive pattern -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, British Army, Royal Engineers Supplementary Pocket Book, No. 5D: Soil Mechanics 1952 (Copy 2), 1952
A very faded bule coloured cardboard cover with black information on the cover. At the top of the cover and a code of WO Code No 679. There are three punch holes and one metal staples down the left hand side. The back cover is missing and the booklet has sticky tape down he spine to help hold the booklet together. There is a stamp mark which reads HQ 6 Const Gp, Library Copy No 84 (note 84 is written in black texta)british armed forces - service manuals, pocket book, royal engineers, soil, soil mechanics