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Button hook with pearl handlecostume accessories, collar accessories

Used as advertising material by Nugget Boot Polish Co.Silver coated button hook'Use Nugget Polish'costume accessories, footwear accessories

Khaki dress button-on collaruniform, ww2, army

Anodised button x 10Airforce badge

Button hook with carved handle.button hook, domestic item, footwear

THE CATARAQUI The Cataraqui was built in 1840 in Quebec, Canada, and wrecked on 4th August, 1845 off the west coast of King Island, Australia. The lives of 400 people on the emigrant ship were lost. Many of them were on government assisted passages from Britain and Ireland. Only nine people, one passenger and eight crew, survived the shipwreck. A man who lived on the island, sheltered them and five weeks later the group was rescued by the ship Midge, which took them to Melbourne. It was the largest civilian maritime disaster.The button is significant as an example of a 19th century clothing accessory. The button is also significant for its association with the 1840 Canadian built ship, Cataraqui. The Cataraqui is significant in maritime history as Australia's largest civilian maritime disaster. The wreck also has a connection to the establishment of the Cape Otway lighthouse and to Warrnambool’s history as Superintendent Charles LaTrobe came to the Warrnambool district several times in an effort to find the best route to the Cape Otway area. While doing so he became familiar with the Warrnambool area and the need to establish a new settlement as Warrnambool.Metal button, vertical shank on back. Button experiencing corrosion and one edge has been eaten away. Inscription and two circular markings on shank side of button. Salvaged from the wreck of the Cataraqui.Unable to decipher.flagstaff hill maritime museum & village, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, button, king island, shipwreck, maritime disaster, cape otway, cataraqui

Belonged to Leon, translator Vietnamese translator, who gave it to Australian soldier Michael Hagan on his last day in-country as it was his most prized possession.A two piece uniform, shirt and pants in cotton tiger stripe camouflage fabric tailor made in Vietnam for owner. The shirt has buttons down chest and pockets (left button missing). Four button on fly, one button on waist, one button on each side pockets and drawstrings at hem.tiger suit, vietnam, leon, michael hagan, hagan, translator, vietnamese uniform

When the ship Schomberg was launched in 1855, she was considered the most perfect clipper ship ever to be built. James Blaine’s Black Ball Line had commissioned her to be built for their fleet of passenger liners. At a cost of £43,103, the Aberdeen builders designed her to sail faster than the quick clippers designed by North American Donald McKay. She was a three masted wooden clipper ship, built with diagonal planking of British oat with layers of Scottish larch. This luxury vessel was designed to transport emigrants to Melbourne in superior comfort. She had ventilation ducts to provide air to the lower decks and a dining saloon, smoking room, library and bathrooms for the first class passengers. At the launch of Schomberg’s maiden voyage, her master Captain ‘Bully’ Forbes, drunkenly predicted that he would make the journey between Liverpool and Melbourne in 60 days. Schomberg departed Liverpool on 6 October 1855 with 430 passengers and 3000 tons cargo including iron rails and equipment intended the build the Geelong Railway and a bridge over the Yarra from Melbourne to Hawthorn. The winds were poor as Schomberg sailed across the equator, slowing her journey considerably. She was 78 days out of Liverpool when she ran aground on a sand-spit near Peterborough, Victoria, on 27 December; the sand spit and the currents were not marked on Forbes’s map. Overnight, the crew launched a lifeboat to find a safe place to land the ship’s passengers. The scouting party returned to Schomberg and advised Forbes that it was best to wait until morning because the rough seas could easily overturn the small lifeboats. The ship’s Chief Officer spotted SS Queen at dawn and signalled the steamer. The master of the SS Queen approached the stranded vessel and all of Schomberg’s passengers were able to disembark safely. The Black Ball Line’s Melbourne agent sent a steamer to retrieve the passengers’ baggage from the Schomberg. Other steamers helped unload her cargo until the weather changed and prevented the salvage teams from accessing the ship. Local merchants Manifold & Bostock bought the wreck and cargo, but did not attempt to salvage the cargo still on board the ship. They eventually sold it on to a Melbourne businessman and two seafarers. After two of the men drowned when they tried to reach Schomberg, salvage efforts were abandoned.32 In 1975, divers from Flagstaff Hill, including Peter Ronald, found an ornate communion set at the wreck. The set comprised a jug, two chalices, a plate and a lid. The lid did not fit any of the other objects and in 1978 a piece of the lid broke off, revealing a glint of gold. As museum staff carefully examined the lid and removed marine growth, they found a diamond ring, which is currently on display in the Great Circle Gallery.33 Flagstaff Hill also holds ship fittings and equipment, personal effects, a lithograph, tickets and photograph from the Schomberg. Most of the artefacts were salvaged from the wreck by Peter Ronald, former director of Flagstaff Hill. The Schomberg, which is on the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR S612), has great historical significance as a rare example of a large, fast clipper ship on the England to Australia run, carrying emigrants at the time of the Victorian gold rush. She represents the technical advances made to break sailing records between Europe and Australia. Flagstaff Hill’s collection of artefacts from the Schomberg is significant for its association with the shipwreck. The collection is primarily significant because of the relationship between the objects, as together they have a high potential to interpret the story of the Schomberg. It is archaeologically significant as the remains of an international passenger Ship. It is historically significant for representing aspects of Victoria’s shipping history and for its association with the shipwreck and the ship, which was designed to be fastest and most luxurious of its day 1⅜" brass button from the wreck of the Schomberg. Button has slight encrustation underneath. Recovered from the wreck of the Schomberg.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, schomberg, shipwrecked-artefact, clipper ship, black ball line, 1855 shipwreck, aberdeen clipper ship, captain forbes, peterborough shipwreck, ss queen, brass button

Fundraising badge sold by the Commonwealth Button Fund to raise funds for the victims of the Armenian massacres in the Ottoman Empire during the war. The button was designed by Frances Woolcot, the Honourary Organiser of the Melbourne Branch of the Commonwealth Button Fund. The design was approved in November 1917 and the buttons were sold on 30 February 1918 - £7,300 was raised on the day. Part of the button collection of Frederick HyamsRound metal badge in orange, blue, black and white. Desert scene with city, three palm trees and camels with riders silhouetted. Words printed under scene. Pin at back fits into slotServia Syria Armenia

Worn by Helmut SEEFELD, a Jewish Austrian refugee at Tatura. Part of the Singapore group of internees.Long woollen cream underpants with 3 button holes, 1 button. A tape is laced through 2 holes at the centre back.men's underwear, helmut seefeld, singapore group

Part of the Reverend Chaplain Major Thomas Bruce Williams, No 556101, Collection.Green Army issue work trousers with adjustable waist band, two side pockets, two button down hip pockets and two button down thigh pockets. In addition there are five button down belt loops. All buttons are green plastic. The waist band is secured at the front with a button. Fly is a button down type. A green manufacturer's label with black printing is sewn on the inside back of the waist band.Handwritten in black texta on inner waist band: 'TOM WILLIAMS' Printed on manufacturer's label: 'A.G.C.F., VICTORIA,1987 (upwards arrow), WAIST AND SIZE, 84/94R, 8405.66.029.6610, ARMY NO, NAME'.army chaplain, uniform, major thomas b. williams

Item relates to Gilbert Turner MM, No 1410 45th Batt AIF. Refer 1294P, 1039P, 1038.Copper button with outline of Australia in centre."Australian Military Forces"uniforms-accessories, costume accessories-haberdashery

Button hook with mother of pearl handle.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

Green Wool Tailored Button Flyuniform, army

UK Regt Button. Brass (1)badge/buttons, ww2, army

Woolen Trousers Khaki. Button Flyuniform, 1952, army

Small metal button. Item is rusted.bendigo, gold mining, qc binks

Sent from Germany by Elfriede & Paul Faig.Cardboard box for button die (no. 7959).tatura, camp 3, faig, p, kaltenbach, g, hermann, w, instruments, measuring

Metal button hook with silver handle.Silver markcostume accessories, female

Used by unknown country ambulance service.Light blue microphone with red button.PYEmicrophone, country ambulance service

Used by unknown country ambulance service.Light blue microphone with red button.PYEmicrophone, courntry ambulance service

Silver glove button hook with embossing.buttonhooks, gloves,

Assorted buttons and RAAF button and patch

Shirt Mid olive green Button through two breast pockets with button flaps . Embroidered writing : white polyester cotton B.H.C.C.Label Can't tear 'emcostume, male uniform, civilian

BHS CollectionKnee length fur fabric coat, lined with soft black satin-like fabric. Long sleeves, revere collar and five black button fastening at front, five machine stitched button holes. Shoulder pads give a broad shouldered profile. One button at top is high under the collar, allowing the coat to button up to the throat.costume, female, black fur fabric coat

Black woollen jacket. White detachable collar, four front pockets. It has epaulettes, the buttons are R.A. ENG. One button is missing from chest section. One button missing from right sleeve. There is a spare button in one pocket.Written maker's label is NAME= CLEARY 3060uniform, post ww2, passchendaele barracks trust