This historic bronze nail dates back to 1790s to 1890s. Nails such as this one were used for ship building, as deck fasteners and many other uses. This nail was made at a time when the shanks of nails were usually machine cut but the heads were hand formed by blacksmiths. The nail was recovered from a shipwreck along the coast of Victoria in around 1968 and is part of the John Chance Collection. The nail is significant historically as an example of hardware used when building wooden ships in the early to mid-19th century. The nail is historically significant as an example of the work and trade of blacksmith. The nail is also significant as it was recovered by John Chance, a diver in Victoria’s coastal waters in the late 1960s to early 1970s. Items that come from several wrecks have since been donated to the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village’s museum collection by his family, illustrating this item’s level of historical value.Nail; bronze, deck nail. Rounded rectangular head, rectangular shank cross-section, tip flattened to a rounded wedge shape. The surface is pitted and rough and has blue-grey, green and orange concretion and degradation on the nail's surface. Recovered from an unspecified shipwreck along the coast of Victoria. Part of the John Chance Collection. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, john chance, fastener, nail, square nail, machine cut mail, blacksmith, historic nail, bronze nail, hand forged, coastal shipwreck, victorian shipwreck

Laminated copy of two page newspaper article. Bendigo Advertiser Monday 24 July 2006."Bendigo's City of Gold is unearthed", article about the revival of production of gold from the Bendigo Goldfields. Plans include cross section through the mines/goldfield covering the New Chum, Sheepshead, Deborah and Garden Gully tunnelling. gold production in bendigo, kangaroo flat decline, aerial photo, revival

Sample pages from "AACC Handbook No.3: Recipes and general hints on preparation of Army rations in SWPA". An example of a war time handbook issued to Australian Military Forces, and has a 'restricted' warning printed on cover. These sample pages include cuts of beef, mutton and pork, and a cross-section of a drum pug oven. An example of a war time 'how-to' book.Digital copy of sample pages from a bookaustralian army, rations, cooking, drum pug oven, meat cuts

Report - Foolscap, card covers, red binding strip, 12 sheets + 4 drawings (fold out), titled "Swanston Street Underground Tramway City Road to Bouverie Street", detailing the proposal, including costs, issues, drains, obstructions. Includes cross sections of the tunnels and notes on public access. Dated June 1972. Drawings not scanned.Has "Lees" in ink on top right hand corner.trams, tramways, underground tramways, swanston st, reports, new tramways

Yokes like this one were key components used to control bullock teams. These teams were very important in Australia during the 19th century, hauling heavy loaded wagons of goods to remote settlements and rural produce to cities and ports over rough unmade roads. The bullocks were yoked together in pairs. Chains joined the yoked pairs. A heavy wooden bullock yoke with only one metal collar. One is missing. The fittings are iron. There is a small leather patch tacked on to one end. The yoke is made from a length of wood of roughly rectangular cross-section. It has been shaped to form curved depressions that allow it to rest across the necks of two bullocks and yoke them together. bullock-yokes transport

This historic bronze nail dates back to 1790ss to 1890s. Nails such as this one were used for ship building, as deck fasteners and many other uses. This nail was made at a time when the shanks of nails were usually machine cut but the heads were hand formed by blacksmiths. The nail was recovered from a shipwreck along the coast of Victoria in around 1968 and is part of the John Chance Collection. The nail is significant historically as an example of hardware used when building wooden ships in the early to mid-19th century. The nail is historically significant as an example of the work and trade of blacksmith. The nail is also significant as it was recovered by John Chance, a diver in Victoria’s coastal waters in the late 1960s to early 1970s. Items that come from several wrecks have since been donated to the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village’s museum collection by his family, illustrating this item’s level of historical value.Nail; bronze, deck nail. Rounded rectangular head, rectangular shank cross-section, tip flattened to a rounded wedge shape but cut straight down at the end instead of a point. The surface is pitted and rough and has yellow and orange concretion and degradation on the nail's surface. Recovered from an unspecified shipwreck along the coast of Victoria. Part of the John Chance Collection. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, john chance, fastener, nail, square nail, machine cut mail, blacksmith, historic nail, bronze nail, hand forged, coastal shipwreck, victorian shipwreck

Object. Small amber glass bottle rectangular in cross section. Label in green, white and red for moone's Emerald Oil. Antiseptic and deodorant by International Laboratories Inc. Rochester New York USA. For whom Riley-Williams Pty Ltd Melbourne are sole distributing Agents in Australia. Small stamped metal screw top cap. Directions label on back.Poison.. Not to be Taken internally.medicine, first aid, emerald oil

Originally this teaching model belonged to Prince Henry's hospit�l library and was transferred to the Monash Medical Centre, Clayton in the 1970s by Sister Gertrude Berger, a famous nurse-educator, who is best known for her work leading up to the transfer of nursing education in Victoria from hospitals to universities in 1986.Gerty (as she was known in the School of Nursing) bought them in Europe in the late 1940s and early 1950s.Model of female uterus with cross-section revealing a foetus, also, fallopian tubes and ovaries with cut away section revealing vagina and cervix. Painted plastic on metal rod with round wooden stand. Labelled on base "AV618.2 / 01 Fetus". Stamped on base, "PRINCE HENRY'S HOSPITAL/ NURSES LIBRARY." Label underneath base"Adam Rouilly/ London England".teaching model, anatomy, female uterus

The lectern was gifted by Mary Georgina Howard Northcote in December 1907 for the Siddeley Street mission (see Annual Report 1907: list of gifts for the new institute page 8). It was moved to the St Peter Chapel, Flinders Street, and has been in use ever since. Mary nee Reynell in Cheltenham, England, was the wife of Edward Northcote, ex master mariner and general manager of the Adelaide Steamship Company between 1899 and 1926, before his death on 4 November 1926. Edward Northcote was the cousin of Henry Stafford Northcote, Governor General of Australia (1904-1908). Lord Northcote laid the stone of the Siddeley Street Seamen's Institute on Tuesday 5 February 1907. Mary died in December 1932, in her will she made a donation of £25 to the Mission. As it was moved to the St Peter chapel when the Flinders Street Mission opened, it was added to the 1917 list of gifts.The Mission to Seafarers Victoria has been in operation for over 150 years in Victoria although experiencing many name and location changes. Support and patronage by Governors general and State governors was key to official recognition of the work of the Mission.The current site at 717 Flinders Street is the most enduring and many artefacts from previous locations have been relocated to this site. This lectern underscores the relationship between the Mission and notable Victorians.The head of the lectern is supported by three wooden cross sections each engraved with a criss-crossing leaf pattern. The legs of lectern have a similarly carved decorative panel forming an arched shape. Each corner of the panel has gum leafs and nuts carved into it. The foot of the lectern is less ornate although there are three decorated wooden panels mimicking those supporting the head.Brass plaque on lectern: FOR THE GLORY OF GOD/THIS LECTERN/WAS PRESENTED BY/MARY HOWARD NORTHCOTE/DECEMBER 1907religion, lectern, australia-wharf, mary georgina howard northcote nee reynell, edward northcote (1854-1926), adelaide steamship company, henry stafford northcote (1846-1911) g.c.m.g, mission to seafarers, seamen's mission, mission to seamen, flinders street, yarra river, siddeley street, heritage listed, gifts-1917

Shows a cross section through the Museum Station under La Trobe St (later Melbourne Central), showing trams, stairs, trains of the then new underground station. Published by the Melbourne Underground Rail Loop Authority and Ministry of Transport, late 1980. The station was opened in Jan. 1981 see reference. Note the Z class trams with incorrect doors given the trolley pole and silver or Hitachi trains.Demonstrates a calendar produced by MURLA to show the Museum Station in cross section.Printed card with punched out folds and 1981 calendar. Two copies held.murla, museum station, diagrams

The Land Conservation Council was established by the Land Conservation Act 1970. It makes recommendations to the Minister for Conservation with respect to the use of public land. Notices showing the boundary of the study area ... published in the Victorian Government Gazette Sept. 1973. A descriptive report was published in July 1977. Submissions (1538) on the future use of public land were received & included those representing a wide cross-section of the community. These were considered in the final report.Of interest for research on the changing ideas regarding the use of public land and the environment.Blue book bound by dark blue cloth tape. It has 92 pages with maps at the end and an empty folder inside the back cover.alpine area, land conservation council, alpine study area report

Sample of trolley wire taken from overhead (South wire) ear 12C, which has worn flat under ear, with metal flow to side,- good grooves and short length past ear and worn to one side at the other end. See Reg item 514 for wire size details. See sketch on original worksheet for cross sections and colours. Images added 3-12-2016ballarat, overhead, fittings, trolley wire

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

Three walking tours ogf Bendigo Produced by Bendigo and District Tourist Association a Golden Tour - a two hour tour takes in a cross section of Bendigo's development from a booming gold field to a thriving provincial city (Fortuna to White Hills botanic gardens) b Blue Tour - an extension to the Golden Tour to include the mining areas of Eaglehawk c Walking tour - a leisurely stroll around the perimeter of Rosiland ParkBendigo and District Tourist Association

This medical / hospital instrument was used in the Tawonga District General Hospital which was built in the 1950s 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.Used to look into the rectum. Part 1 fits into a hollow cylinder of part 2. 1. Plastic brown handle - round and shaped at end with 4 slices to form square shape for easy grip. attached to steel with protective plate long thin rod & then cylinder with covered shaped ends. 2. All steel - spoon shaped handle on angle to hollow cylinder wider and shaped into hollow cylinder - bottom cut cross section on angle.11AQ - on part 1. on steel between protective plate and wooden handle 11AQ - on part 2. across tip of handle DOWNS DA-001-01-Y length ways on handlemedical instrument. hospital equipment. mt beauty. tawonga. rectum.

Report - Foolscap, card covers, red binding strip, 12 sheets + 4 drawings (fold out), titled "Underground Routes - Ultimate Development - St Kilda Road Section", detailing the proposal, including costs, issues, drains, obstructions. Includes cross sections of the tunnels and notes on public access. Dated August 1969. Includes parts where the roadway would dip under cross streets as well as the tram lines. Drawings not scanned.Has "Lees" in pencil on top right hand corner.trams, tramways, underground tramways, swanston st, reports, new tramways, st kilda road

Report - 9 pages- handwritten, dated June 23 1857 to the Provincial Committee of the Ballarat and Dunolly Railway" Prepared by Henry Smith Civil Engineer, looks as various aspects of a prolapsed timber rail / sleepered tramway plated, horse drawn, grades, earthworks. Gives a total cost of 2897 pounds. Last page has a ink and washed sketch of the track structure - plan and cross section. Only the cover, first page and last page imaged.trams, tramways, tramways, costs, dunolly, timber tramways

This book was produced as part of a raft of community projects under the umbrella of COWCH (City of Whitehorse Community Houses) with funding from the federal government. Projects aimed to celebrate the Centenary of Federation by recording a broad base of aspects of life and experience in Whitehorse drawn from a cross-section of ordinary members of the community. The steering committee for the book worked with the management of the Vermont South Community House - Marjorie Morgan, Carol Pawsey, Val Eldridge, Sue Barnett, Anne Jones, Margaret Banks and Murray Lewis (editor).A collection of stories contributed either as written memoirs or drawn from oral histories that reflect the ways in which the contributors have been associated with the City of Whitehorse. Title page: stamp top right hand corner :Surrey Hills/ Neighbourhood Centre / 157 Union Road; Hand written note "Gifted to Sue Slonek/by Sue Barnett/ Sept. 2012; stamp: Surrey Hills History - top of page.whitehorse, (ms) susan barnett, (ms) susan johns, (mr) arthur tonkin, (mrs) kathleen beanland, (mrs) nancye gration, (mr) norman kerr, (mr) murray lewis, tara cameron, andy hannam, christine howarth, danielle burgess, yeek hoon tija, ian grandy, frances warren, jessie williams, joan nethercote, joyce kotze, john pawsey, hope hughes, thelma osborn, margaret sharp, merle forrest, catherine jenkins, ted o'rourke, judy gordon, george ellis, rene stevens, albert stevens, jessie barnes, mary roberts, howard broadstock, valda broadstock, nelliesutherland, jean johnson, evan walker, joan roberts, pat nitz, joan crummy, patrick crummy, ray stanfield, plaatjien braaf, kath ferrugia, noelene whitaker, margaret wood, phyllis johnson, marie stubbs, eileen pearson, jennifer o'sullivan, joy edwards, virginia burns, walter thompson, mae buckingham

This book was produced as part of a raft of community projects under the umbrella of COWCH (City of Whitehorse Community Houses) with funding from the federal government. Projects aimed to celebrate the Centenary of Federation by recording a broad base of aspects of life and experience in Whitehorse drawn from a cross-section of ordinary members of the community. The steering committee for the book worked with the management of the Vermont South Community House - Marjorie Morgan, Carol Pawsey, Val Eldridge, Sue Barnett, Anne Jones, Margaret Banks and Murray Lewis (editor).A collection of stories contributed either as written memoirs or drawn from oral histories that reflect the ways in which the contributors have been associated with the City of Whitehorse. A Federation Project of the Collective of Whitehorse Neighbourhood and Community Houses.whitehorse, (ms) susan barnett, (ms) susan johns, (mr) arthur tonkin, (mrs) kathleen beanland, (mrs) nancye gration, (mr) norman kerr, (mr) murray lewis, tara cameron, andy hannam, christine howarth, danielle burgess, yeek hoon tjia, ian grandy, frances warren, jessie williams, joan nethercote, joyce kotze, john pawsy, greg bawden, hope hughes, thelma osborn, margaret sharp, merle forrest, caterhine jenkins, ted o'rourke, judy gordon, george ellis, rene & albert stevens, jessie barnes, mary roberts, howard & valda broadstock, nellie sutherland, jean johnson, evan walker, joan roberts, pat nitz, joan & patrick crummy, ray stanfield, plaatjien braaf, kath farrugia, noelene whitaker, margaret wood, phyllis johnson, marie stubbs, eileen pearson, jennifer o'sullivan, joy edwards, virginia burns, walter thompson, mae buckingham