Won as a prize for English and History in December 1904 at Tatura Grammar School. Receipient was James Reilly.Red material covered book with black lines, titles and embosed floral arrangement on front. On spine authors at top under which is a gold square with the title of the book in red, under which is a red floral design with gold back ground. Bottom of spine in gold writing is printers name. Back of book is plain. Page edges are gold.inside cover: Tatura Grammar School Prize James Reilly English and History and signed by the principal Mr Zerscho.tatura grammar school, james reilly, waterloo, zercho

The essay pasted into this booklet was originally produced in a newspaper (name unknown). The original essay was written by Cornelius (Con) O’Mahony and in 1883 it won the Bowen Prize Essay Competition for the best essay written by a student or past student of the University of Melbourne. The Bowen Prize was established in 1874 by the Governor of Victoria, Sir George Bowen, and was awarded annually thereafter. It is still awarded today. Con O’Mahony was a lawyer in Kepler Street, Warrnambool from the 1880s to 1920, initially in partnership with E.W. Klingender and later operating under the name of O’Mahony and Murray. He was born in Bendigo in 1863 and studied at Melbourne University in the early 1880s. O’Mahony received a set of ten books, Lives of the Chancellors, for winning the Bowen Prize and this set of books is in the collection of the Warrnambool and District Historical Society today. This essay, although only a typed copy, is important because it is a prime example of the 19th century positive writings on the need for Federation in Australia and so it played its part in promoting the cause of the Federation movement. It was written 17 years before Federation came into being by Con O’Mahony, a person who also played a part in Warrnambool’s history as a prominent lawyer in the town for over 30 years. This is a soft cover booklet of 24 pages. The cover is brown with black print and has handwritten material written over the original printing on the front cover. The booklet, originally an insurance booklet, has a stamp and typed material (a Federation essay) cut out and pasted onto 17 of the original pages. The booklet was originally stapled but the staples have been removed. The cover is partly torn and detached from the pages. The first couple of pages have silverfish damage. ‘Apr 22 1914’ ‘The University of Melbourne, Bowen Prize Essay 1883 won by C. O’Mahony’ con o’ mahony, bowen prize, history of warrnambool, federation campaign in australia

Tatura State School book prize. Awarded to Alfred Reilly 1899Hard cover, red and black letters. Sketch of girl reading a book. Rabbits and grass. Title on spine.State School 1441. 29th Dec. 1899. 4th Prize. Class 3. Alfred Reilly. Samuel Hill, Head Teachertatura state school 1441, jarrold & sons, london, tatura, mrs h b paull, education in tatura

"Expressions 2000: the wool quilt prize" - National Wool Museum, 2000. This book is a catalogue of the quilts shown in the exhibition "Expressions 2000: the wool quilt prize", held at the National Wool Museum, Geelong from 16 September - 3 December 2000 (extended to 4 February 2001). It contains details of the exhibitors and an essay by quilter Jan Irvine-Nealie. The exhibition contained contemporary quilts and the prize winning quilt was acquired by the National Wool Museum.expressions / 2000 / the wool quilt prize / 16 September - 3 December 2000 / National Wool Museum, Geelong / NATIONAL / WOOL / MUSEUMquilting patchwork, irvine-nealie, ms jan, quilting, patchwork

Awarded as school prize to James Reilly.Hard cover, blue gold lettering. Blue embossing on the front.State School, Tatura no. 1441. Prize awarded to James A Reilly, Class 1V, Exercise. Teacher S Hill, 27th Feb. 1902. 381 pages.swiss family robinson, shipwrecked family, reilly j, tatura primary school, s hill, tatura state school, school prizes