Wooden Butcher’s Shop (J. Cock) Main Street Stawell on West side of Town Hall with butchers wearing aprons and horse drawn cart out front. Note sheep carcases hanging out in open air.stawell business

Pale wooden shoe last extensions with metal rings attached at the top. small locating holes on both sides of each. Locating grooves on each.L and R stamped on side. 10/3 written in lead pencil on inside

Stone of which wall is constructed is believed to have been used in the construction of Jamieson's Buninyong Inn, built for Margaret Jamieson starting about 1853. She owned the earlier Buninyong Inn which impinged on they surveyed Learmonth St. and was demolished. Margaret died in 1854 before the building was completed by her son, who built the third Buninyong Inn on the corner of Learmonth and Warrenheip. The two story hotel was tenented for a while, then bought by Dr. Sparling who demolished it.Colour photo, bottom section of wall, showing individual Sandstone block with hole to support wooden strut, in reconstruction of wall, at 405 Learmonth St. Buninyongbuninyong, jamieson, sparling, buninyong inn, wall, sandstone

Carved & painted wooden Naval plaques. HMAS Brisbane; HMAS Melbourne; HMAS Parramatta; HMAS Stuart; HMAS Swan; HMAS Sydney; HMAS Torrens & HMAS Yarra.Ships namednaval plaques

Wooden Sign with Copper Lettering for Vietnam Veterans Assoc of Australia Vistorian Branch. Map of Vietnam, Caribou Aircraft, RAR Cap Badge, Australian Flag and Crown are also depicted.vietnam veterans association of australia, wooden sign, caribou

Made by Internee at Camp 3 Tatura40 wooden buttons, round. 37 with shanks, 3 with two holes in centre. All attached to backing board with individual pieces of Velcro. Board is Masonite covered with blue material. Sizes and designs vary.camp 3, wood, tatura, internees, wilfried imberger, wooden buttons

A photograph of a wooden fence with a cyclone gate overlooking Mount Dandenong, Kilsyth and Heathmont. Taken from Bedford Road, looking south. Donated by Mrs Purser and has printer's marks that suggest that the photograph was printed in a newspaper.View over Ringwood

A darning mushroom such as this was a common household item in Australia up to the 1950s. Socks were mostly made of wool and when holes appeared, (particularly in the heel) they had to be darned, usually in a criss-cross pattern. The darning mushroom gave the darner a good smooth and stable surface. Many of these darning tools were homemade. The darner could also have been used to mend torn sleeves or other items of clothing. Some people may still use a darning mushroom today but in general socks are not darned but disposed of when holes appear. This darning mushroom has no known local provenance but it is a good example of a household item of times past. This is a light-coloured wooden darning tool. The mushroom-shaped top is attached to a handle which is elongated at the bottom end and has a slight ridge near the base and a small hole at the end. There are some pit marks on the top surface. darning mushroom, social history, history of warrnambool

Carved wooden plate depicting a happy event - a baby. Father and Mother are looking at the baby in the beautifully decorated cradle, with sign IHS and flowers at the head end. In the background is a kmečka peč - a huge heart for bread making, cooking and warming up.IHSslovenian association melbourne, carved wooden plate, slovenian folk art, wooden cradle

Made by internee at Camp 3, Tatura (Theo Baer's Father Michael)Toy carved wooden duck, painted yellow and pink on wheels. Can be pulled along by string attached to body. Head/neck of duck attached to wheel pivot. Moved up and down when in motion. Smaller wheel under body at backduck, wood, toy, roscher i, baer t, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, handcrafts, woodcarving, general

Gunsight in a wooden storage Box. An arrangement of lens contained in a 6cm diameter x 70 cm long steel tube. Contained in a polished wood box with a hinged lid. Box also holds several accessories - aperture, resisters, filters. Serial Number 173scientific instruments, gunsight, lenses

Pale coloured vanished wooden shoe last with metal hinge at the heel end. Hollowed inside with nail at the toe to join both sides. Large hole through both sides below the arch. 5 smaller holes on both sides from toe to instep9 stamped on left side 10 stamped on right side between arch and toe

Presented to Cr J K McCaskill by J C Taylor & Sons Pty Ltd.|To lay Foundation Stone of the Ringwood Town Hall 27.6.1936.Wooden handled silver trowel with engravings EPNS - Apex. On trowel: Two bands of circular cut-outs on handle. Small knob on end of handle. In a presentation box - lined with pale blue silk. +Additional Keywords: McCaskill, Cr J K / Taylor, J C & SonsPresented to Cr J K McCaskill by J C Taylor & Sons Pty Ltd.; To lay Foundation Stone of the Ringwood Town Hall 27.6.1936.

It has been impressed with a checker's stamp which employs the broad arrow 114, and is stamped MO 1943 MK III ,also has markings on rear 15-ND-D.

Owned by Arthur McCann a guard at Camp 3Camp 3Wooden Jewellery Box, with corner feet attached with tacks and a double hinged lid , 4 x section lift out insert. Light colour wood, insert lined with green felt. Lid in 2 sections and glued to a surrounding edge. Lid also appears to have been sanded downNumbers on bottom written in pencil 4....32.....18 .... 2 .......30 .... some writing un readable

Rose Series Postcard. Victoria Reserve later Cato Park at Head of the St George Mine Dam originally established with donations from Mr E Simmons and voluntary efforts. Shows rotundasB/W Photo The Rose Series P. 1643 Copyright of Stawell Post Cards. Victoria Park, Stawell, Victoria. Top right corner torn off. Shows a Wooden Rotunda with seating by Lake Victoria (now Cato Lake). Shows young Willow Walk on right of lake . Renamed Cato Park. Reverse: Real Photo POST CARD. The "Rose" Series DE Luxe Produced in Australia. Published by "The Rose Stereograph" Armadale Victoria. Rose emblem logo divides the post card.stawell

Braille hand frames and styluses were the primary way to produce Braille for over a century. The stylus was used to make a separate indentation for each dot, and the hand frame to keep dots within the same cell. Braille rows are produced from right to left. The process was very time consuming. Volunteer transcribers for the library could take an average of ½ hour to produce one page of Braille using this method. For example: “Oliver Twist” required approximately 600 sheets equating to 300 hours of work! This wooden slate, which was used to make the system portable, served as a firm base needed to sustain puncture pressure. The frame can also be slotted into both sides of the slate, thereby ensuring that the lines of Braille were straight across the page. The metal clasp at the top of the frame held the wooden which kept paper from slipping. In this example, the Rules of Membership for the Victorian Braille Writers were attached to the board.1 wooden back board with metal hand frame and stylus156 carved into wooden framebraille equipment, victorian association of braille writers

Wooden based Presentation plaque with a RTBU Logo mounted onto the shaped brown finished colour wood block. The presentation label states "Ron Scholten / In appreciation for your loyal membership of 30 years." Presented to Ron following his retirement from Yarra Trams by the Rail Transport and Bus Union. Mad by VF Trainor of 289 Flinders Lane Melbourne. Has the manufacturers label on rear - see image 2. See reg item 931 for an associated certificate.trams, tramways, unions, anniversary, retirements, presentations, rtbu

Murray Comrie Collection. Monochrome photograph depicting wooden building being moved by traction engine. This is probably the building built in the 1850s as the Welsh Church in Tarnagulla. In 1893 the church was sold and the building was removed to Llanelly, where it was remodeled and became St. David's Church of England and served as such for quite a number of years. It is probably this move which is depicted in this image. During the early 1970s, with the decline in population at Llanelly, it was necessary to close the church which was sold and removed to Bradford for a private amenities hall. This photograph is a reasonable copy from an older original. Copy probably made by Murray Comrie in the late 1960s. tarnagulla, llanelly, bradford, churches, welsh, religion, buildings, transport

Murray Comrie Collection. Monochrome photograph depicting wooden building being moved by traction engine. This is probably the building built in the 1850s as the Welsh Church in Tarnagulla. In 1893 the church was sold and the building was removed to Llanelly, where it was remodeled and became St. David's Church of England and served as such for quite a number of years. It is probably this move which is depicted in this image. During the early 1970s, with the decline in population at Llanelly, it was necessary to close the church which was sold and removed to Bradford for a private amenities hall. This photograph is a reasonable copy from an older original. Copy probably made by Murray Comrie in the late 1960s. tarnagulla, llanelly, bradford, churches, welsh, religion, buildings, transport

Wooden Wax Sealing stamp - wood handle with a small brass stamp with the letters "R.Ty." and "I" or "1" underneath. See e-mail message from Andrew Cook dated 3-2-2019, Andrew advised "That is a wax seal (see attached image of a modern day one). You can still buy them to this day. I'm only guessing, but maybe the seal came from one of Melbourne's cable tram depots? 'R' could possibly stand for 'Richmond' or maybe 'Revenue'. See: https://milligram.com/creativity/wax-seals - accessed 22/2/2019 for samples of the seals and the stamps - very similar in design.trams, tramways, mmtb, revenue clerks, tickets

Vega Trophy (Mounted Wooden Life Ring) Donor: Graham Noel During World War II when the Germans occupied the Channel Islands the local people went through very severe food rationing and were on the verge of starvation. Near the end of the war, the Swedish ship Vega was allowed by the Germans to deliver several shipments of food to the civilian population, easing the critical shortages of food on the islands. Further background detail can be found below. Graham Noel was born on the Islands and lived there during this harsh period. The trophy is awarded to the winner of the Combined Division AMS Aggregate Series. First Winner: Under Capricorn, P. Bedlington 2005/06 Vega – Further historical background Early in the Second World War Jersey was declared “unarmed” and the German military took over, taking quite a few lives in the process, through strafing the main harbour and a few other places which they needlessly considered threatening. A considerable number of locals evacuated to England before the Germans arrived, but more than 60% of the population remained and endured 5 years of very strict and difficult conditions. Not only was the population unable to contact relatives in the UK or elsewhere, but very quickly they found themselves subject to harsh curfews, strictly rationed foodstuffs, no fuel for vehicles, radios confiscated, and homes and hotels commandeered by the military. The military demanded first pick of all foodstuffs and kept meticulous records of all livestock forcing farmers even to show newborn calves and piglets to them, then claiming the new arrivals for their dinner tables. However there are many stories of farmers outwitting their masters when twin calves or suchlike arrived! Lawbreakers were quickly dealt with, mostly with lengthy prison terms in Jersey, but the more serious crimes were punished by being sent to some horrible French prisons, or even some of the notorious German concentration camps. All local Jews were dispatched to concentration camps, and even English born families were similarly shipped through France and on to Germany. Sadly, a considerable number of those deported did not make it back safely to Jersey. In June 1944 the locals were delighted to hear that the Allies had invaded Normandy and very soon they could hear the battles as the Allies worked their way along the French coast. Little did they know they would still have to wait another 11 months for freedom, having to put up with a very demanding German occupation force which was still determined to obey Hitler’s order to “Defend the Channel Islands to the death”. Now that France was in Allied Hands the local military commanders were unable to supplement their food supplies from France and even harsher demands were made on the local population to ensure that all branches of their still very substantial military force were reasonably well fed. As well as the military, Jersey farmers had to provide food for the Allied POWs and the many “forced labourers”, mainly of Russian, Polish and Italian backgrounds who had been directed to the island to build all the concrete bunkers. This included an underground hospital, all this complying with Hitler’s orders to ensure that the Channel Islands would never again be part of Britain. Many requests by the Jersey authorities for Red Cross assistance were rejected, but finally in December 1944 they agreed and on 30th December the Red Cross vessel “Vega” (Swedish Registry) arrived and delivered parcels to the civilian population. These parcels contained a variety of foodstuffs supplied mainly by Canadian authorities, desperately needed medical supplies, flour, oils and soaps, as well as tobacco from New Zealand. Vega made a further 3 or 4 trips and most certainly eased the desperate situation being faced by the locals. In fact, it resulted in the locals having slightly better food supplies than the military and many local farmers tell stories of having to protect their stock from marauding soldiers. Understandably Churchill was reluctant to send in an invading force to retake the Channel Islands, but by May 1945 it was clear that the Third Reich was finished and on May 9th the German Military surrendered, without a fight, to a large British landing force. On a slightly lighter note … in January 1945 Jersey stonemasons were seen in the main town square repairing flagstones … the Germans had never noticed that the name “Vega” had been formed in those flagstones! As a side note Vega is the name of the brightest star in the universe. Furthermore, throughout the occupation, despite German law that demanded confiscation of all radio sets, punishable by long prison terms or deportation to Germany, there were still many sets being listened to. The locals had a well refined news system for the dissemination of news of what was happening in the outside world. vega, graham noel, ams, combined division, aggregate