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Bialik College
Plaque - Bialik College and Colegio Tarbut Buenos Aires 2003
The first exchange trip between Bialik College and Colegio Tarbut occurred in March 2001. This evidence is from another silver plated dish given at the time of exchange. The condition is good, being mildly tarnished. Electroplate, engraved. Circular, 18cm silver plated dish. Rim in twist pattern. Central base engraved with the words. The condition is good, being mildly tarnished. To Bialik College From Colegio Tarbut Buenos Aires-Argentina In Recognition March 2003. judaism, exchange, school, 2001 -
Wangaratta High School
WHS Mette-Marit Høiby Photos, Circa 1992
Mette-Marit Høiby was an exchange student at Wangaratta High School before being crowned the queen of Norway.Two colour photos of Mette-Marit Høiby sitting on a bench in the school grounds with seven other Wangaratta high school exchange students. -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White - Mail Exchange Spencer and Bourke Streets c1920
Photo of the Mail Exchange Building with a cable tram loading prior to departure and a number of motor vehicles. The photo shows the monumental construction for the then Post Master Generals Department. This building was completed in 1917 to replace the mail sorting functions of the GPO on the corner of Bourke and Elizabeth St. It had tunnels that connected with Spencer Street Railway station opposite and was designed for the sorting and transporting of mail.Yields information about the Mail Exchange building.Photograph - Black and White - Mail Exchange Spencer and Bourke Streets c1920tramways, trams, cable cars, bourke street, spencer street, post office, post master general, mail exchange -
Harcourt Valley Heritage & Tourist Centre
manuel telephone exchange
A manual telephone exchange, manufactured by British Ericson, History Originally in use at Cohuna. When Cohuna was converted to automatic dialing this exchange was relocated to Harcourt, to become the third and last in a bank of three exchanges. At this time Harcourt exchange was expanded to 260 lines. It was connected to the district central exchange at Castlemaine. Operated by mains power with battery back-up. Harcourt exchange was operated by Betty McLean, Miss Mitchell, Josie Hogarth, Mr. & Mrs. Heighway, Bill & Valerie Milford, Irene Bolitho and others. Decommissioned approx. 1970. Incoming calls prompted the fall of a shutter. The operator made the connection by plugging the line into the number requested. While responding to calls the operator needed her hands free to jot down the billing particulars or to write out each telegram. Nearby stood pigeonholes with various items of stationary. Many telegrams were received each day, particularly advising fruit growers on interstate markets. Most telegrams were phoned through by the operator. This exchange was restored in 2004 - 2005 by Trevor Grant.. Many people relate to this exchange. It is a survivor of the pre-electronic era when ‘telephonist’ was a common occupation. A vital element in the communications between households and between district orchardists and their suppliers and clients.A manual telephone exchange, manufactured by British Ericson complete with operator hands-free headset/earphones and speaker mouthpiece. Wooden case with one hundred shutters and sockets. Accommodates twelve lines with extension leads with associated switches. Operated by mains power with battery back-up. Decommissioned approx. 1970. Incoming calls prompted the fall of a shutter. The operator made the connection by plugging the line into the number requested. This exchange was restored in 2004 - 2005 by Trevor Grant. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Equipment - Magneto Telephone, C1930
Used to communicate with the local telephone exchange and for connection to other subscribers. The introduction of automatic exchanges saw the their demise. This phone was used in the family home of the donor at Caboolture (aboriginal for carpet snake) during the 1940s and 1950s.A magneto telephone for communication with a manual telephone exchange. The handle on the right hand side, which was turned to rotate the magneto to call the exchange - ask operator for a number and then to be connected. Telephone enclosed in a specially designed box for mounting on the wall. There was a bell on top which rang when the magneto ringer at the exchange was turned. Fitted with a carbon microphone mounted on the front of the box for the transmission of the spoken word and an electro- magnet. A receiver which hangs on the left hand side on a hook. The hook acts as the on and off switch to answer the call and to switch on the battery to provide power for the receiver and energize the transmitter. There is an angled ledge for writing any messages. There is no battery. The circuit for the phone is on the inside of the door to the interior of the phone. pHone is type CDA116 - PMG Registered - Ericsson.communication, telephonic -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Domestic Object - JAMES MURRAY AND CO. ONE HANDED CLOCK
Wall clock in a round cedar case with a single black stationery hour hand and moving brass dial, black Roman numerals surrounded by a brass outer ring with a stippled look, brass bezel painted black with flat glass, 1 side and 1 bottom inspection doors, top hook for hanging, front of clock secured to case with wooden pegs. Brass pendulum with bob. Time only Fusee chain driven movement. Dial engraved 'James Murray & Co Inventors Melbourne & Royal Exchange London.James Murray & Co Inventors Melbourne & Royal Exchange Londonhorology, clocks, one handed, horology-clocks-james murray & co -
National Communication Museum
Vehicle - Mobile Telephone Exchange, c. 1965
Manufactured in the 1960s, this mobile emergency telephone exchange was fitted into a caravan. Part of the Shepparton Division State Disaster Plan, the caravan could be towed to areas affected by disasters to enable communications to recommence. The caravan remained in service until approximately 1974.Mobile infrastructure plays an important role in Australian communications, owing to the often remote and hostile environments in which Australians live and work. Exchanges such as this facilitated phone calls in the aftermath of an emergency, particularly for hospitals, police and other emergency services. Today, Mobile Exchange on Wheels (MEOWs), Cell on Wheels (CoW) and Satellite Cell on Wheels (SatCOW) - which provide temporary landline and broadband services, mobile phone coverage and service in areas without communications infrastructure respectively - are a critical part of emergency response procedures for natural disasters such as fire and flood. Though technology has progressed, the need for rapid service in remote areas remains a present concern of the communications service providers in Australia. This mobile service infrastructure is historically significant as an early example of a service which has evolved over decades, yet is still needed today. The exchange, as a representative example of a vehicle which would provide early-response in a disaster, is socially significant as a facilitator of critical communications needs in devastated communities: access to emergency services and contact with family and friends. The exchange itself, intact from its period of use, provides an insight into technology of the 1970s.Mobile emergency exchange housed in a caravan trailer on 2 wheel base, duralin body, steel tow bar, Caravan divided into 3 sections; the exchange room; the relay room and the main frame room. The exchange room contains 3 switchboards, a folding table, cupboards, benches and switch rack (.1). table (.2), steel bar for attaching the table (.3), back boards of switchboards (.4-.6), switches (.7-.16), box of switches (.17). There is a wall phone magneto, 300 type handset on wall and 2 skylights with wire screens. .11? hat pegs and shelf; there are 2 fluorescent tubes for lighting, all in exchange section. The floor is covered with 2 tone grey tiles and there are wire mesh on outside of windows and a geometric curtain inside behind switch rack. There is a flywire screen door as well as exterior door. The relay room has a sectioned door so half can open at a time. Room contains a cupboard with folding bench top beneath a curtained window. The opposite wall has a bank of batteries and transmission condensers; there is a shelf above window, one fluorescent tube and fuse boxes. Tiles on floor also. The main frame room contains many metres of coiled black covered cable, a black covered magneto wall telephone with 300 type handset; grey plastic jumper cords, a rack of termination points and wire with wasp nests attached. There is a small iron step under door, a fluorescent tube on wall and 3 hat hooks. Roll of Paper Handtowels (.18), cord and handle (.19), red exchange cords and plugs (.20-.22), plastic aluminium runners (.23,.24), headset (.25,.26), logbook (.27), battery readings (.28), box containing papers circuit drawings etc (.29-.93), paper lists off wall (.94,.95). Books, record books etc (.96-.103). Manila folder (.104) containing circuit drawings (105-.124). Wooden drawer (.125), metal drawer containing subscribers master cards, record of faults cards, particular switchboards connected, Junction line cards (.126). Box of valves (.127), box of clamps (.128). Box of 2000 type rack fuses, red 1 1/2 AMPS, black 3 AMP, blue 1/2 AMP (.129). Box of sleeves for covering wire joints (.130), plastic beakers (.131,.132), soap (.133), box of white plastic squares (.134), time switch "Venner BF/43 time switch" Made in England (.135), box of bolts, knobs etc (.136), box of switchboard number indicators (.137), fuse (.138), fuse wire (.139), football card (.140). Box of cartridge fuse 6 AMP (.141). Envelope of drawing pins, rubber bands (.142), black plastic, paper tape centres (.143-.152), metal plug (.153), 2 signs "Beware of vehicles" (.154-.155). Paper listing Naringal East automatic conversion (.156). Green Commonwealth of Australia note pad (.157). Wiring plug for tail lights (.158). Black fuse plugs (.159,.160). Box of bolts (.161). 2 sections of blue plastic coated wires (.162,.163). Gloves used for working on batteries (.164-.167). Wasp nests (.168,.169). White fuse (.170). Photographs of van in use (.171,.172)..1 on front: "ANOTHER / MOBILETRAIL / PRODUCT" "MAX SPEED / 25MPH" "TRAILER BRAKES / --- / " On sides: "EMERGENCY TELEPHONE EXCHANGE" "NO 1" "PMG" "TCQ / GROSS 250 / TARE 182 / LOAD 162" "6" "COUNTRY BRANCH / NORTH REGION / [SHEPPARTON DIVISION]" "LAW'S SIGNS" "Telecom Australia" On back: "DANGER / LONG LOAD" "MQA 3787" .133: "FIR OIL" "AUSTRALIA"mobile telephone exchanges, mobile telecommunications trailers, trailers, transport, natural disaster, black saturday, bushfires, floods, emergency communications -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Functional object - Post Master General Exchange Clock, Junghans Watchmakers
The Postmaster-General's Department (PMG) was a department of the Australian federal government, established at Federation in 1901, whose responsibilities included the provision of postal and telegraphic services throughout Australia. It was abolished in December 1975 and replaced by the Postal and Telecommunications Department. Telephone calls were transferred through exchanges by manual operators who staffed switchboards throughout the country. The clock was used to time calls in order to levy appropriate charge for telephone usage.The use of manual telephone exchanges played an important role in Australian telecommunications history, not just for day -to-day business and commercial use, but for social connections and communication during emergency. This timer has local significance as it was used at the Wodonga Telephone Exchange.A small clock used by switchboard operators to time calls at the Wodonga Telephone Exchange. Lever on the side operates timier.In centre of clock 'C. of A./P.M.G -50" Insignia of the Junghans Clock Manufacturers At the bottom edge of the time "Made in Germany",telecommunication, wodonga telephone exchange, p.m.g., timer, wodonga -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - THE AUSTRALIAN BOY SCOUT DIARY 1933, 1933
The Australian Boy Scout Diary 1933. Inside front cover is an intimate picture of Chief & his family. With specially written notes and Sketches for Cubs, Scouts, Rovers and Scouters. Obtainable at all State Headquaters in Australia. Prepared and Published by the Victorian Section in conjuntion with the Federal Scout Council of Australia. Printed by Exchange Press Pty Ltd, 310 Spencer Street, Melbourne. Index: Boy Scouts. Bush Fires. Calendars 1933, 1934. 1934 Calendar. Conventional Signs and Maps. Fires. First Aid. Headquaters Address. Holidays. Knots, Bends and Hitches. List of Badges. Local Fixtures. Morse. Our Flag. Personal Memoranda. Pioneering. Plan of Camp. Rover Scouts. Scout Uniform. Scout Signs and Salutes. Sea Scouts. Sea Scouting - Notes on Boat Handling. Semaphore. South by the Stars. Swimming. Torch. Treatment of Snakebite. Troop Camps. Weights and Measures. Wolf Cubs. Wood Badge. Uses of Scout Staff. Inside rear cover is a sepia photo of the site of the 1933 Jamboree at Godollo, Hungary. Book is very detailed giving information on all aspects of Scout life, with sketches for knots, maps, etc. Inscriptions are on page 58: Troup or Pack - 1st Epsom Pack. Watch No. 4133033. Season Ticket No. Commonwealth acc 957. Savings No. 4729. Size in Hats: 7. Size of Boots: 5. Size of Collar 14 1/2. Size of Gloves 6 1/4. Iinscription on page 60: Books Read: In Search of Wales, Morton. Faraway, Priestly. Jock the Scot, Alice Grant Rosemary. Bernard Shaw, Frank Harris.Exchange Press Pty Ltd., Melbournebook, bendigo, scouts, the australian boy scout diary 1933. photo of chief & his family. notes and sketches for cubs, scouts, rovers and scouters. obtainable at all state headquarters in australia. published by the victorian section in conjunction with the federal scout council of australia. exchange press pty ltd, melbourne. index: boy scouts. bush fires. calendars 1933, 1934. 1934 calendar. conventional signs and maps. fires. first aid. headquarters address. holidays. knots, bends and hitches. list of badges. local fixtures. morse. our flag. personal memoranda. pioneering. plan of camp. rover scouts. scout uniform. scout signs and salutes. sea scouts. sea scouting - notes on boat handling. semaphore. south by the stars. swimming. torch. treatment of snakebite. troop camps. weights and measures. wolf cubs. wood badge. uses of scout staff. sepia photo of the site of the 1933 jamboree at godollo, hungary. information on all aspects of scout life, with sketches for knots, maps, etc. inscriptions page 58: troup or pack - 1st epsom pack. watch no. 4133033. season ticket no. commonwealth acc 957. savings no. 4729. size in hats: 7. size of boots: 5. size of collar 14 1/2. size of gloves 6 1/4. page 60: books read: in search of wales, morton. faraway, priestly. jock the scot, alice grant rosemary. bernard shaw, frank harris. -
Federation University Historical Collection
Coloured photograph, Former Ballarat Library, c2004
Coloured photograph of the section on the corner of Camp and Sturt Streets Ballarat showing the extension to the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery. These are the former Library (white building) and shops. In the background on the right can be seen the back of the former Mining Exchange.Coloured photograph of the section on the corner of Camp and Sturt Streets Ballarat showing the extension to the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery. These are the former Library (white building) and shops. In the background on the right can be seen the back of the former Mining Exchange.camp street, sturt street, library, mining exchange -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Functional object - Three early telephones, 1960s
Until 1960 there were no telephones in Falls Creek. The only access to a phone was at Rocky Valley Camp where the State Electricity Commission (SEC) had an extensive network to Mount Beauty, Bogong and the other camps such as Clover power station and Howman's Gap. There were test points with a phone beside the road where contact could be made to the office in Mount Beauty. The SEC was unconcerned about Falls Creek, so no power was connected until 1960 when Tom Mitchell aired the matter in parliament. Tom was a keen skier. He applied to the Post Master General who was then responsible for telephones as well as mail. The PMG staff came up from Bright and installed an exchange in Diana Lodge. There were only about 15 lines to a post across the road uphill about 20 metres. It was from here that you could put a line from the building into a box where connections were possible. You had to buy a cable from the disposal store. It needed to have an alloy of copper and steel in the wire similar to what the army had used during the war. If the phone failed the owner would have to find the break in the wire, not an easy task in the heavy snow. Then came the telephone itself. Falls Creek was given old-fashioned sets with a hand wound magneto to ring the bell at the exchange. When the operator answered she could then plug a line into another phone line or the exchange in Bright. In the phone were two dry cell batteries that carried the spoken word to the other phone connected. Trunk lines were expensive then, so each trunk call was timed by the minute. The operator would disconnect you after a minute if you did not reply to her question "are you extending?". These telephones were donated by Julian Newton Brown. Julian's Lodge Arundel was known as Falls Creek 11.These telephones are significant because they illustrate the earliest form of technology available to connect Falls Creek Village to other areas.Telephones constructed of polished wood, brass bell, handles and cabling. Designed to operate through a telephone exchange. They operated on two dry cell batteries.Attached to front of telephone: Instructions on how to make or receive a call.falls creek village, falls creek communicaton -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Photograph - Photograph, 1906 The Moorabbin Co-Operative Stores, 1906 The Moorabbin Co-Operative Stores, 1906
1906: The Moorabbin Co-Operative Stores. Located on the Nepean Road, Cheltenham, (before 1st WW). . There are four men outside the Store and a 3 horse carriage. Two of the men are sitting on their carriages, one to the left and the other on the right of the photograph. The third horse and carriage is right beside the left of the store, carrying eight large sacks. Towards the side of the Moorabbin Stores there is a building located to right which is called The Exchange Hotel.1906: The Moorabbin Co-Operative Stores. Located on the Nepean Road, Cheltenham, (before 1st WW). The Leader Newspaper office occupied the site. The Exchange Hotel is to the right.Photograph is black and white. 1906: The Moorabbin Co-Operative Stores. Located on the Nepean Road, Cheltenham, (before 1st WW). The Leader Newspaper office occupied the site. The Exchange Hotel is to the right.Stamped on back :City of Moorabbin Historical Society Written on Front of mount : 1906moorabbin, stores, horses, men, ww1, world war 1, tobacco, nepean road, co-operative, cheltenham -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DOCUMENT. THE ROYAL EXCHANGE RESTAURANT
Document. The Royal Exchange Restaurant. -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Wynne, Pamela (pen-name of Winifred Mary Scott), The Last Days of Summer by Pamela Wynne, 1934 reprint (first published 1931)
Romance novel.Hardcover book, 285 pages. Book has a red cover. Original dust jacket removed, title and author's name handwritten on spine.fictionRomance novel.pamela wynne, winifred mary scott, romance, fiction -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - ESTELLE HEWSTON COLLECTION: TWO PHOTGRAPHS OF BENDIGO STOCK EXCHANGE PALL MALL
Two colour photographs of the Bendigo Stock Exchange building Pall Mall, Bendigo Stock Exchange closed Aug / Sept 1987Estelle Hewston -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - VICTORIAN TELEPHONE EXCHANGES LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS, 1914
VICTORIAN TELEPHONE EXCHANGES LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS List of subscribers to telephone exchanges in Victoria. Alterations and additions to 11th. May 1914. 30 pagesCommonwealth of Australiatelephone, victoria, subscribers 1914, telephone, exchanges, subscribers -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Victoria Bank in Main Street Stawell 1991 - 2 Photos
This two story building was once The Victoria Bank, in Main Street Stawell later other businesses. Photo taken in 1991. The building now restored, and the home of Ron & Trudy Smith, who conduct a book exchange.Two black and white photographs of a two story brick building once The Victoria Bank and later a Book exchange. Doorways and windows on the ground floor have similar arch designs. The three top windows are rectangular in shape with a parapet on top of the building. One photo is a closer view of the building than the other. The photos may have been taken at different times as the window curtains appear different.stawell -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CAMBRIDGE PRESS COLLECTION: EXCHANGE NOTE
Exchange note. At sight of this First of Exchange pay to the order of The Bank of Australasia the Sum of - - . Value received in terms of - -. To - -. Date line ends 193-. Decoration on the left edge.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, the bank of australasia, exchange note -
Clunes Museum
FIREMARKS
.1 Black plaque, raised teardrop with building, crown on top, red background with number .2 Black plaque, raised oval, showing castle and lion .3 Black plaque, rectangular, gold sun with face on blue, lion, a circular raised section with name below .4 Black rectangular plaque, spearhead shape raised, gold border, crown on top. Building depicted in spear head .5 Black plaque, circle shape raised, gold with lion and unicorn, sheild with lute/harp on top in centre.1 Royal Exchange .2 Norwich .3 Bath Sun .4 Royal Exchange .5 ABERDEEN ASSURANCE COMPANY, SCOTLAND 1825firemark, fire office, plaque -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph of Commercial Road, Tarnagulla, June 1866
Murray Comrie Collection. Copy of an 1866 photograph by Aimé Marchand. Thomas Comrie's Exchange Store was at south end of Commercial Road, it has since been destroyed. In June 1866, Aimé Marchand (1846-1910) made a series of fourteen photographs which were submitted to the 1866-67 Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition, where they earned a 1st Class Honorable Mention. This is one of those fourteen images. Of French or Belgian origin and possibly formerly an assayer in California, Marchand appears to have begun his practice of photography in Tarnagulla around 1865 as an assistant to A.B. Clay. By the following year he had settled in Portland, where he opened the Royal Photographic Studio in Gawler Street. From his base in Portland he toured surrounding districts, offering portrait and view services. Little else is known about his life. He appears to have left Australia in 1878. A misprint of his name in a local directory as Annie Marchand created the misconception that he was one of only a few named women photographers in the colonies. Monochrome photograph looking north down Commercial Road, Tarnagulla from the Wayman Street corner, opposite Thomson and Comrie's Exchange Store (at south end of Commercial Road).tarnagulla, views, thomas comrie, comrie exchange store, commercial road, local people, residents, aimé marchand, photographers -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Document, Pattern Spotlight, 1996
Paper patterns have been used by seamstresses and home sewers throughout the 20th century and are still used today. The Simplicity Pattern Company was established in New York City in 1927 by James Shapiro and distributes patterns world-wide. Spotlight is the largest chain store in Australia selling fabrics, craft and interior decorator supplies at 100 stores throughout Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. It is currently situated in Warrnambool at 84 Raglan Parade. This dress pattern is of minor interest as coming from a local Warrnanmbool shop. It may be useful for display. This is a paper envelope containing the instructions and cut-out material for a child’s dress. There are three loose items inside the envelope. ‘Simplicity, 7009, Daisy Kingdom’ ‘No Exchange, Spotlight, Warrnambool’ spotlight store, warrnambool, sewing patterns, warrnambool -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - B/W, C 1924
Photo shows 3 young men known as the cook brothers stading beside Charles Knight (far right)Photo shows 4 young men standing beside a car (Essex?) outside Knights HenhamCharles and 3 Cook boys Stoack exchange Melbournepeople, knight -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Cement ship, Goliath, in Yarra River on first voyage to Melbourne, 1990s
Colour photograph of Goliath moving upstream in River Yarra on first voyage to Melbourne. (Cement ship registered in Devonport, Tasmania.)Notoations regarding a function at which plaques were exchangedtransport - shipping, goliath -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Wool Exchange, n.d
Port of Portland Authority archives.Front: (no inscriptions) Back: (no inscriptions)port of portland archives -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF MELBOURNE DOCUMENTS
Document: various documents - blank, from Stock Exchange of Melbourneorganization, stock exchange of melbourne, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet: melbourne stock exchange -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Business docket: Reid's Exchange Stores, 1943
Donald Clark Collection. A paper business docket from Reid's Exchange Store, Tarnagulla. -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Business docket: Reid's Exchange Stores, 1942
Donald Clark Collection. A paper business docket from Reid's Exchange Store, Tarnagulla. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - KELLY AND ALLSOP COLLECTION: ENVELOPE
White, shiny surfaced envelope addressed to Mr. M. Kelly, Exchange.business, stockbroker, kelly & allsop, kelly and allsop collection - envelope, mr m kelly -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - SALE NOTE FOR SHARES (WOOLCOCK & TREMBATH), 1900 - 1910
Blank Sale Note for shares (Woolcock & Trembath), Beehive Exchange, Bendigoorganization, business, bendigo businesses -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - Laneway between the Telephone Exchange and No. 141 Maling Road, Jan Pigot, 27/03/1993 12:00:00 AM
Coloured photograph of the laneway between the Telephone Exchange and No. 141 Maling Roadcanterbury, maling road, shops, laneways