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Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, N. L. Harvey, Ballarat Teachers' College 130 Victoria Street Student Hostel End of Year Party, 1951
The Ballarat Teachers' College Student hostel group Black and white end of year party at the 130 Victoia Street Student Hostel.ballarat teachers' college, student residences, victoria street student hostel -
Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre
Propeller
This type of propeller was used on Oxford Airspeed aircraft which was a similar type as the Avro Anson and also used for training at other air schools in Australia.Wooden two blade propeller, painted black with red tip one endDRG Z 3931 /4 Cheetah X LHpropeller, cheetah, oxford airspeed, -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Steel, Unknown
Steels were used to sharpen knives.Steel with an ivory handle - light yellow. Tapers at end. Grooves along length.Made in Englandsteel, cutlery, domestic item, ivory -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Wooden Spoon
Used for stirring a multitude of kitchen produced food, especially jam, scones, cakes, and soup. Also used by the mother as a threat to naughty children. The word spoon derives from an ancient word meaning a chip of wood or horn carved from a larger piece.[1] Wooden spoons were easy to carve and thus inexpensive, making them common throughout history. Wooden spoons have been made in virtually every nation on earth and (compared to silver or pewter or gold spoons) represent the ordinary artisan and reflect the life of ordinary folk: this is their "folk art". Source: www.wikipedia.org An essential item found in the kitchen. One piece wooden spoon. Turned marble-shaped decoration at end of handle.kitchen, food, spoon, wooden, stirring, mixing, jam, cakes, batter -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Container - Bread Tin
Rectangular cooking tin, plated with folds in end of tin. On base - Made in Willowglen.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Domestic object - Pewter Dome Cloche, James Dixon & Sons, 1900-1940 as indicated by the design No 399 stamped in the cover
James Dixon & Sons were founded in 1806 in Sheffield and were one of the major British manufacturers of the Industrial Revolution. They were manufacturers of pewter ware, electroplated Britannia metal, silverware, and electroplated nickel silver. Their products included hundreds of items for use in the kitchen (e.g. bowls, cutting tools) and the dining room (e.g. tea services, cocktail shakers, and mixers) as well as items such as candlesticks. They were a world leader in manufacturing shooting accessories through the nineteenth century and exported powder flasks in large quantities to America, They were known as whistle makers, which like most of their products were of outstanding quality. They were located first at Silver Street (1806), Cornish Place (1822) Sheffield. Their registered trademark since 1879 was a Trumpet with a Banner hanging from it. Although registered in 1879, the "Trumpet with Banner" logo was used at times before registration and appears on some of their silver plate pieces. They were one of the foremost names in EPNS and sterling silver tableware including silver tea services and hollowware pieces. They also made silverware serving pieces and had a wide catalogue of patterns. Their tea sets and hollowware pieces produced in silver are now very valuable as antiques. The firm continued to be a family-run enterprise until 1976. The patterns are currently owned by another Sheffield firm that exports products mainly to the Middle East.An item made for domestic use late19th to early 20th century by a renowned maker of pewter and silverware products. These types of products give us a snapshot into domestic and social life during the time it was made.Pewter Cloche or cover for food ornate handle at top. Ring on one end. Number 399 inside lid & Dixon & Sons Sheffield.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, pewter ware, james dixon, silver ware, kitchen cutlery, britannia steel, food cover, cloche -
Bendigo Military Museum
Accessory - CLOTH, SWEAT RAG
Sweat rag used during the Vietnam and later era’s, cut from a long bolt of cloth. Camouflage pattern green and black mesh woven cotton hemmed at each end.sweat rag, camouflage -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Kirshner Wires
This medical / hospital equipment was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built specifically in the 1950s for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment.Steel wires tapered at each end. Orthopaedic - Used to stabilise e.g. the toeshospital equipment. medical equipment. tawonga. mt beauty. orthopaedic -
Bendigo Military Museum
Weapon - ORDNANCE, WW1 onwards
Armour piercing projectile, solid steel, cylindrical narrowing to a point on one end."S RH X 3558 O 11 A"arms - ordnance, metalcraft, armour -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Gastric Feed Tube - Medical
This medical / hospital feed tube was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950's specifically for the increase in population due to the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.Historical: Shows the development of scientific hospital equipment. Provenance: Used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was remote and therefore required good equipment. Good condition and good interpretation capacity.Clear glass hollow cylinder with one end curved and tapered into a small cylinder.gastric feed tube, medical, hospital, tawonga district hospital -
Orbost & District Historical Society
hat pin, early 20th century
It is possible that this hat button was originally a shank button from a British World War One army tunic. Metal hat pin. Brass bobble on end shows British coat of arms.On back of button : Smith & ??? - Bir..........( possibly Smith & Wright -Birmingham)hat-pin hair-accessories -
Orbost & District Historical Society
foot warmer
This container could be filled with hot water and put on the floor of a train so that passengers could warm their feet by placing their feet near the container. A blanket could be put over the warmer to contain the heat. This foot warmer was used on trains. A galvanised iron container with a screwable stopper at the top and metal handles on both ends. foot-warmer metal-foot-warmer -
Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch
WW1 Bayonet Scabbard, around 1910
This scabbard was used to carry a 1907 pattern British bayonet which was used by all Commonwealth Countries during WW1 and WW2The scabbard is made of leather and has a metal top section and a metal end sectionbritish ww1 bayonet scabbard -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, Alan Marshall (1902-1984), Whispering in the wind : by Alan Marshall ; illustrated by Jack Newnham, 1969
Hardback missing dust jacket; 165 p. : ill.,map on end-papers.SBN 17002901alan marshall -
Tennis Australia
Letter opener, Circa 1930
Metal letter opener with tennsi player motif at top end. Materials: Metaltennis -
Yarrawonga and Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Wax Match Holder and Striker
Local Stock and Station agents.Metal match box holder enamel casing with photograph and match striker on the end."With compliments McPherson Thom & Co Stock and ...Station Agent,Yarrawonga,Victoria. and 430 Collins St Melbourne ,Branch Offices at Corowa N.S.W, Oaklands N.S.W.matches, stock agents, yarrawonga -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Scarf, 1940's
Made in camp 1 for Albrecht KazenwadelWoven woolen black and white scarf with black and white tassels on each end.albrecht kazenwadel, woolen scarf, camp 1 hand crafts -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Chisel, 1940's
Used by internees at Camp 3Moulded wooden handled metal chisel, metal ring around end of handlechisel, hoefer family, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, trades, carpentry -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Chisel, 1940's
Used by internees at Camp 3Moulded, wooden handled, metal chisel. Metal ring around end of handleRHchisel, hoefer family, camp 3, tatura, ww2, trades, carpentry -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Knitting needles, 1940(Approx.)
Made by Internees at Camp 3 Tatura for Metz twins from wire surrounding the camp.Maia and her twin sister,aged 18 trained as nurses at Mooroopna Hospital with an armed guard beside them at all times.Both girls were keen on craftwork hence the need for knitting needles and the ingenuity to make them.Two knitting needles,pair,wire,with cork on one end of each needleknitting, camp 3, tatura, internees, nurses, handcrafts, eilene ubergang -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Weapon - Toy Gun Wooden, 1942
Used by internees at Camp 3. Given as a gift to son of a Stanhope dairy farmer by a German internee when they delivered milk to Camp 3 in WW2Handmade wood and metal toy/model gun. Piece of rubber nailed on the endLA 5 No 134 T 14 cal CY Dunlopgun, toy, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3 -
Puffing Billy Railway
Tool - Rail bender
Railway tracks are produced straight. They may appear to be easy to bend and may appear flexible, but are required to be bent for curves, at rail joins on curves and at point (turn-out) junctions. For a safe transition around curves and in the finer areas of the point, this was required to be done with a manual rail bender. Sometimes referred to as a Jim Crow, the rail bender attaches its two claws to the rail. In the middle of the two claws is a screw that is slowly tightened using a crow-bar to bend the rail. Tightening the screw too fast or too tightly may not give the structure of the rail time to redistribute and the rail may break if not done properly.Victorian Railways Permanent Way and Works track equipment Light Rail Bender narrow GaugeCast iron semi-circular tool, with hooked ends and central screw shaft.puffing billy, rail bender, jim crow -
Clunes Museum
Tool - GIMLET
METAL WITH WOODEN HOLDER/HANDLE, GROOVE IN SHAFT PART, POINTER SCREW END.NILgimlet, tool -
National Wool Museum
Crook
Belonged to grandfather of donor George Lang, "Riversdale", "Mtn Creek", Avoca.Wooden leg crook with curled iron tip and metal end cap tip.crook -
Ambulance Victoria Museum
Humidicrib, CIG, Thermocot, The Commonwealth Industrial Gases Limited, Circa 1970s
Humidicribs are used to transport sick babies from small hospitals to major hospitals for specialist care. They work by maintaining normal body temperature and provide oxygen if needed during ambulance transit. Known by a variety of commercial names, earlier humidicribs were ones heated with water bottles. Not part of an ambulances standard equipment, humidicribs are kept in ambulance stations and carried if babies needed to be transported. In the early days before humidicribs came into use and when air ambulances did not exist, many more babies died during emergency transits than do today The Thermocot Developed from the Port-O-Cot, CIG later produced the Thermocot. The new humidicrib had a number of advantages over the Port-O-Cot. Most importantly it had an over-temperature alarm and cut out. It was also calibrated in degrees Celsius as by then the metric measuring system had been introduced to Australia. It also had a front opening canopy which was easier for nursing staff to use. Metal box with Perspex opening top section. Carry handles at each end.Thermocot portable infant incubator CIGinfant -
Ambulance Victoria Museum
Humidicrib, CIG, Thermocot, The Commonwealth Industrial Gases Limited, Circa 1970s
Humidicribs are used to transport sick babies from small hospitals to major hospitals for specialist care. They work by maintaining normal body temperature and provide oxygen if needed during ambulance transit. Known by a variety of commercial names, earlier humidicribs were ones heated with water bottles. Not part of an ambulances standard equipment, humidicribs are kept in ambulance stations and carried if babies needed to be transported. In the early days before humidicribs came into use and when air ambulances did not exist, many more babies died during emergency transits than do today The Thermocot Developed from the Port-O-Cot, CIG later produced the Thermocot. The new humidicrib had a number of advantages over the Port-O-Cot. Most importantly it had an over-temperature alarm and cut out. It was also calibrated in degrees Celsius as by then the metric measuring system had been introduced to Australia. It also had a front opening canopy which was easier for nursing staff to use. Metal box with Perspex opening top section. Carry handles at each end.Thermocot portable infant incubator CIG -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Functional object - Horse lead
Lead used by dismounted horseman to control horse while exercising or grooming. Clips attached to halter or bridle.Representative of equipment used in handling of horses in light horseLeather lead with two brass snap clips on one end and a loop on the other.military, horse, horse husbandry, light horse -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Tool - Marlin Spike, Unknown possibly washed up from a wreck late 19th century
A marlinspike is a tool used in marine rope work it is shaped in the form of a polished metal cone tapered to a rounded or flattened point, it is used in such tasks as unlaying rope for splicing or untying knots. For drawing a marline tight and using a marlinspike hitch as well as for joining toggle ropes under tension in a belaying pin splice. Most marlin spikes are 15–30 cm long, but may reach 61 cm and more for working heavy cables and ropes. They are usually made from iron or steel, whereas fids, similar in shape and function, are formed from wood or bone. The marlinspike may be a separate tool or as an item on a pocket knife. Sailors who become proficient at knot tying, splicing, and sewing using the marlinspike are said to have mastered marlinespike seamanship, earning them the right to be known as marlin spikes or marlinspike seamen.A tool still very much in use today wherever a rope or cable requires joining, splicing etc the marlin spike tool design has not changed since first invented centuries ago as a sailors tool to splice and make repairs to ropes and cables on board a ship. This item gives a snapshot into the life sailors have on board sailing vessels past and present. Marlin Spike made of solid steel. Handle is bulbous and spike end is rounded.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, marlin spike -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Depth Gauge
Depth gauge, J. Heath stamped on the end, 88mm long, 18mm wideflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Plane
Plane Moulding type marked No 6 on end. Owner D Fininley no bladeflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village