W.D & H.O.Wills (Australia) Ltd began manufacturing tobacco products in 1913 at its Raleigh Park factory in Kensington, Sydney. In 1945 an estate of 16 acres was purchased at East Bentleigh, Melbourne, with a further 22 acres purchased later and the Virginia Park manufacturing branch was established. The 1950s were to be one of the most successful decades in the company’s history and it enjoyed a peak of 83 per cent market share in 1954. But this was also a period of increased competition as Phillip Morris and Rothmans entered the Australian tobacco market. By 1972, increased competition meant that the company’s market share had slipped to 39%. By the time tobacco advertising was banned on Australian radio and television in 1976, Wills' market share had fallen a further 6%. In 1985 Wills combined the separate factory operations in Sydney and in Melbourne into one site at Pagewood, Sydney which took on the name Virginia Park. In 1989 W.D & H.O.Wills (Australia) became a subsidiary of the British American Tobacco Industries group of companies. 1999 British American Tobacco merged with global competitor Rothmans International. Rothmans in Australia and Wills merged to form the wholly-owned subsidiary British American Tobacco Australia. The merger left British American Tobacco Australia, Phillip Morris and Imperial Tobacco Australia. Virginia Tobacco, or Flue-cured tobacco, is named after the US state where it was first cultivated. It is also called ‘bright tobacco’ because of the yellow to orange colour it achieves during curing. It grows particularly well in subtropical regions with light rainfall, such as Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas in the USA, Southern Brazil and Zimbabwe. In Australia, blends are predominantly Virginia, for example, Dunhill and Winfield. Virginia blends contain only flue-cured Virginia tobacco The W.D.&H.O.Wills Ltd manufacturing plant was situated in Boundary Road East Bentleigh 1945 – 85. Virginia Park is still a Commercial Business Area A tin with a hinged lid for 'Capstan' "Navy Cut tobacco Lid: CAPSTAN / NAVY CUT / W.D. & H.O. WILLS LTD inside lid - This tin of which only a / limited number will be / issued will be found convenient / for smokers as a vest / pocket container and can / easily be refilled with the / contents of the ordinary 1oz / packets of 'Capstan Tobacco'tobacco, cigarettes, cheltenham, moorabbin, early settlers, smoking pipes, cigarette papers, bentleigh, navy cut tobacco, w d & h o wills pty ltd , british american tobacco ltd, rothmans international ltd, east bentleigh, capstan tobacco

This book was owned by the late Dr Elizabeth Kerr and was donated to the Museum by the executor of her estate, Margaret Cameron. It was produced by Patons and Baldwins and contains knitting patterns for womens garments.Patons KNITTING BOOK NO. 332 / "VIRGINIA" - See page 8 / P&B / WOOLS / 1'4d.knitting handicrafts - history, patons and baldwins (australia) ltd, knitting, handicrafts - history

Black enamelled cast iron company seal for the North Virginia Gold Mining Company with gold trim and the name N.Virginia painted on one side in white paint.gold mines, mining equipment, company seal, bendigo-companies-gold mines- north virginia

Document. Light brown with darker brown pattern cover with blue binding and North Virginia Gold Mine label on the spine of the book. Only 10 cheques used.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, north virginia gmc n l, nccoll, rankin & stanistreet, north virginia gmc n l, gold mining, cheque book

Photographs of the Turner family: Sheet 1: Charlotte Caroline Turner (1942), George Turner (29/03/1947); Sheet 2: Harold and Francis Virginia Turner (2 photos, Feb/March 1955 and December 1942), Francis Virginia Turner (nee Smith) was publican of the Greensborough Hotel; Sheet 3: Wedding of Harold Law to Dorothy Turner (group photo) at Greensborough Methodist Church (24/02/1917) and Harold and Dorothy on their wedding day.3 photocopies of black and white photos.Photographs are named.turner family, greensborough hotel

Document. Solid card (speckled tan) red spine. Pass book for the North Virginia GMC N L. Details of financial transactions at The English Scottish & Australian Bank.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, north virginia gmc n l, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, north virginia gmc n l, gold mining, pass book

Book: 'Courting Triumph' . 192 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket (first published 1978). Signed by Virginia Wade on front free endpaper. Materials: Paper, Ink, Cardboardtennis

Three pages of information (copied ) regarding reefs and spurs on Bendigo Goldfield. Page 1020 'Geology of Australian ore deposits', drawings labelled in blue biro: No 19 level Virginia Mine, No 6 level South Virginia; No 9 level, Big blue, Big Blue, Deborah Cons'ted ( consolidated?) North Deborah. On bottom ' cross sections through various saddle reefs, showing the range of shape possible, and the association with monchiquite dykes' Page 1021 ( cont) Virginia South Extended; 3000ft New Chum Rly; Catherine Reef, Spurs in Carlisle. On bottom ' Cross sections through a trough reef, 'double' saddle reef and spurry systems. Final page: mines listed and descriptions of workings: Golden Age, Johnson's Reef Extended, Golden Pyke, Constellation, Great Northern, Virginia, Specimen Hill United, New Argus, Clarence United, North Argus, South New Moon.bendigo, mining, reefs and spurs

Rectangular tin with hinged lid, predominantly orange coloured, brand 'Altsons'.Marked on lid 'By special appointment to their Excellencies the Federal and State Governors Alston's Est'd 1886, Virginia cigarettes....'.

Document. Blue/grey book with red binding. The English Scottish & Australian Bank Limited. North Virginia Gold Mining Co. Also 'Central Napoleon' written on the front cover.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, north virginia gmc n l, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, north virginia gmc n l, the english scottish & australian bank limited, gold mining, cheque book

Tobacco tin, badly rusted of J.G. Dill's Best Cut Plug. J.G. was once a great Virginian tobacco company, known worldwide for its Dill's Best Pipe tobacco.Lady with arms above head. DILL'S / BEST. J.G. DILL'S / BEST / CUT PLUG / RICHMOND VA USA / On sticker - red writing: 1.8.oz Net Factory Weight when packed Sides of tin: (1 & 2) DILL'S BEST CUT PLUG x 2. (3) THE BEST CUT PLUG. Celebrated for its smoking quality. (4) Notice - The manufacturer of this tobacco has complied with all requirements of law. Every person is cautioned under penalties of law not to use this package for tobacco again. smoking, j.g. dills, pipe tobacco

Shows advertising hoardings showing ads for Greater Hauling Power Ford OHV V8 Trucks, Tanox Paints, "let's paint for the Olympic Games", Craven A Virginia Cigarettes "They Never Vary"black and white photograph, unmounted, original, fair condition (small rip in corner)On back: View across Ormond Rd to St Kilda St & golf links

Manilla Folder containing correspondence and consents relating to the following Gold Mining Leases; 10819, 10027 (North Virginia Gold Mining Co.);, 10370 Great Eastern (Bendigo), includes map; 10014, South monument; 10059 North Neanger, with map; 10072 ; 10104; North Virginia; 10068 New Don Company with Map; 10032 New Balaclava, Whroo; 10026 East Clarence Gold M/C. Dated 1933 - 34gold mines, bendigo, gold mines, north virginia, great eastern, south monument, north neanger, new don, east clarence, new balaclava

Red Benson and Hedges tin, with Royal Crest."By Appointment Tobacconists to His Majesty the King" "When only the Best Will Do" "Benson and Hedges Super Virginia Cigarette"containers

Virginia JONES A ceramic and installation artist, Virgina Between 2002 and 2005 Virgina Jones was the recipient of a Post Graduate Scholarship from Southern Cross University Postgraduate Scholarship from 2002 and 2005 .Nine blackware Formsjan feder ceramics collection, blackware, virginia jones, installations

Virginia JONES A ceramic and installation artist, Virgina Between 2002 and 2005 Virgina Jones was the recipient of a Post Graduate Scholarship from Southern Cross University Postgraduate Scholarship from 2002 and 2005 .Blackware sculpturejan feder memorial ceramics collection, blackware, virginia jones

Virginia JONES A ceramic and installation artist, Virgina Between 2002 and 2005 Virgina Jones was the recipient of a Post Graduate Scholarship from Southern Cross University Postgraduate Scholarship from 2002 and 2005 .jan feder memorial ceramics collection, blackware, virginia jones

Document. Blue slim book. Ruled. North Virginia Gold Mining Co. 14 pages used, the rest blank. Stickered from Frank Every's Book & Stationary Centre Bendigo.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, north virginia gmc n l, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, north virginia gmc n l, gold mining, journal

Black and White Photograph of group of girls in Sunday best, ready for Sunday School at Methodist Church Ringwood. From Left to Right: Peggy ?, Virginia (Ginny) McGowan, Unknown, Merna Kercheval, Unknown

Advertising card for Darnel tobacco made from Virginian leaf, wholesale and retail from G. A. Wright tobacco merchant Pall Mall and Mitchell Street. On the back the Bendigo league fixture for 1923.bendigo, business, g.a. wright

Document. Coarse cream coloured paper with typed corrections and additions. Assistant Registrar of Titles. Made out to Virginia Consols Gold Mining Co. Lease No 10144 Vol 304 Fol. 33719.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, north virginia gmc n l, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, north virginia gmc n l, virginia consols g. m. co. n. l., gold mining, lease

Édouard de Reszke was born into a well-to-do and cultured Polish family in Warsaw, where he first learned to sing. He spent four years in Italy, studying singing first with Stella and Alba in Milan and later the retired baritone Filippo Coletti. He later went to Paris to study with Giovanni Sbriglia, who was also his brother's teacher. Initially, he did not want to become an operatic performer but at the urging of his younger sister, Josephine (Józefina), he accepted an engagement with the Paris Opera. He was chosen by the composer Giuseppe Verdi to make his debut in the first Paris performance of Aida on April the 22nd 1876, appearing under the composer's baton as the King of Egypt. De Reszke's older brother was the renowned lyric dramatic tenor Jean de Reszke (1850–1925), with whom he would sing often in Paris, London and New York City during the next two decades. In 1887, for example, the brothers performed together in the 500th performance of Gounod's Faust at the Paris Opera. Josephine, Eduardo and Jean's sister, also embarked on a career as an opera singer in Paris but she retired early from the stage after marrying an aristocrat while at the height of her powers. Between the start of 1880 and the end of 1900, Édouard de Reszke appeared on more than 300 occasions at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, performing a wide range of roles in French, German and Italian operas, including works by Wagner, Verdi, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Ponchielli, Verdi, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti and Mozart. He was a huge favourite, too, with audiences at New York's Metropolitan Opera during the same era. He also sang in Chicago in 1891 and, in 1879–1881, at La Scala, Milan. In 1903, he retired from the stage after his once superlative voice developed technical difficulties and went into a swift decline. De Reszke taught singing for a while in London before returning to his estate in Poland, where he was adversely affected by the outbreak of World War I in 1914. He was cut off from his brother by the fighting, and died on 25 May 1917 at a house in Garnek, near Częstochowa, Poland. Édouard de Reszke, was a Polish bass singer from Warsaw, born with an impressive natural voice and equipped with compelling histrionic skills, he became one of the most illustrious opera singers active in Europe and America during the late-Victorian era. De Reszke cigarettes are named after Édouard de Reszke and were advertised as ‘the Aristocrat of Cigarettes’. They were produced by J Millhoff, a Russian cigarette maker living in London. He created a special blend of tobacco that it was believed would not damage the famous singer's voice. In gratitude, Millhoff was allowed to sell the blend as 'De Reszke' cigarettes. Cigarette tin, small square, pale aqua color.Marked on lid with two coats of arms in gold, and text in dark blue underneath. 'De Reszke Virginia ‘The Aristocrat of Cigarettes'.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, aristocrat of cigarettes, j millhoff, opera singer

Documents: folder contains - Dept. of Mines correspondence re lease10335 Neanger Extended allowed to lapse, Rent arrears postcard for lease No. 10316(22/9/35) - Virginia United, application for Mining lease.MCCOLL RANKIN AND STANSISTREETorganization, business, gold mining - legal, mccoll rankin and stansistreet, neanger extended and virginia united.

Document. 5 blue/grey cloth covered bank books. White label on the front 'North Virginia Gold Mining Co. N. L. in account current with The English Scottish & Australian Bank Limited.'McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, north virginia gmc n l, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, north virginia gmc n l, the english, scottish & australian bank limited, gold mining, bank books